The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 31 October 1891
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section27 1891-10-31 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. Price 20 Cents. Price 20 Cents. VOL. 111. PENANG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1891. No. 242.27 words
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Advertisement664 1891-10-31 1 The North-British and Mercan- north ni.ii».. r tile Insurance Company. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. _n_«rance co.,hta. Capital Subscribed £1,000,000 KONINKLIJKE PACKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (in 5,000 shares of £.200 each Capital £2,000,000. Capital Paid dp f cm Ablated Invested Funds, £2,838,118. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS- The undersigned' iT',, THE undersigned664 words
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Article1768 1891-10-31 2 Ths dreadful Dhobie is a public, private, and persistent nuisance, all over the East, wrecking the peace of inind of both young and old, and is the cause of more wholesale profanity than we care to contemplate. A perfect repertory of shiftiness and mean evasions, there is1,768 words
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350 1891-10-31 2 For some time p;.st, says tlie Times oj Ceylon, there have been rumours that in the near future the M. M. steamers on the Australian service were to make Colombo their port of call instead of Mal e in the Seychelles as now. Rumour350 words
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Advertisement257 1891-10-31 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT PUBLISHED EVERY WEDSKSDAY ASD g A TIIRIIA EV KNIHGSKx TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION TAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Per Annum Quarter Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN ARREAR S 6 for three months, after which term the paper will only be supplied on payment of the arrear.” Postage, 2257 words
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Article1070 1891-10-31 3 u T ritin< r nruler the above heading, the GazeUe recently stated <r n he Government of Burma baa often n re proached for neglecting shamel ii the mineral wealth of the country l! y )OVV very true this reproach may h e en in the past,1,070 words
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Article466 1891-10-31 3 R”, tlie usual signature of a gentleman thoroughly acquainted with the affairs of this Colony, aud whose identity will*be readily recognised by most of our readers, lias addressed the following letter to the Editor of the London and China Express Silt, —In your last issue is466 words
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943 1891-10-31 3 Via Australia. London, Ist October. —What appears to have been an attempt on the life of the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has been discovered, two bombs having been found under a bridge in the envirous of Reichenberg, in Bohemia, across which the943 words
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Article544 1891-10-31 3 (From our Exchanges.) London 1 6th October. —It is expected that Mr. W. L. Jackson, Secretary to tho Treasury, will take Mr. Balfour’s place as Chief Secretary to Ireland. Berlin 1 Qth October. —The Government have decided by try the experiment of enlisting men for two years*544 words
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Article198 1891-10-31 4 (Fbom the L'inang Gazette.) London, 26th October.—The Xocoe Vremya says that the Ameer has scut an embassy to Russia to conclude a Russo-Afghan commercial treaty, 4 The distress in Russia is unabated ana the peasants are eating earth and rags. London* 2 tth October, lu a lettei to.(Fbom the L'inang Gazette.) - 198 words
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Article134 1891-10-31 4 Penang, 30th October, ls9l. Bates rule as follows London, Demand, Hank 3/Pj dollar J)0. 4 months sight, Hank o/*2j Do. 6 Credits 3/2f Do. 6 Documentary 3/2| Calcutta, Demand, Hank Rs. 223} Do. 30 days sight, Private 225 Pom ha v, Demand, Bank 223 4 Do. 30 days sight,Private134 words
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Article1971 1891-10-31 4 Postal Notice. Beginning' from tomorrow, Nov. 1, the Straits Settlements Money Order system will be extended to Jelebu. TnE Mails. —Owing, no doubt, to an accident, if not to the change in the monsoon, the M. M. Mail steamer Salazie only left Colombo for Singapore last Monday,1,971 words
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Article210 1891-10-31 4 Tho Bachelors* Ball, last night, at tb Town llall, was, in every respect, «Jj 1 unqualitied success. The Hall was u > but not uncomfortably so, and the being iu perfect condition dancmg va kept up unflaggingly until near t o’clock iu the morning. Deserved must be210 words
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Article195 1891-10-31 5 What’s in a Name ■f o the Editor, Straits Independent. Sj r —How many Sequalis are there t r ead in a Dutch paper that there was j Via Rotterdam on the 7th September j‘ t Now, with all his craft, he could ot possibly have come across in195 words
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Article926 1891-10-31 5 By our own Manufacturer. ((J Chi el’s arnang ye, takin notes, An/ faith, ho 1 ll prent ’em” What is wrong with the Post Office? 'flic mails which arrived from Singapore ami Rangoon oil Thursday morning last, ~t 8 o’clock, were not delivered at the Straits Independent Office until926 words
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Article1804 1891-10-31 5 At a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners for George Town, Penang, held iti the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, there were present J. Y. Kennedey, Esq., President; Capt. Cameron, r. e.; and Mr. A. G. W right. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the1,804 words
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Article1854 1891-10-31 6 From an old Block. Vf. It is said that man breathes at least seven hogsheads of air in twenty-four hours. No wonder that some aie so ««pig-headed.” I have often had them before me, wanting pecuniary assistance, and insisting npon telling me, that Lam their ha pa. To whom1,854 words
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Advertisement217 1891-10-31 6 PENANG TUBE CLUB. The Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, 10th November, in the Chamber of Commerce at 4 o’clock. Business 1. —Pass accounts. 2. —Pass Programme and fix date of the January meeting. 3. —Elect a Committee. 4. —Elect Stewards for the January races. 5. —General. II.217 words
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Advertisement664 1891-10-31 6 municipalnoHce^ Applications for a Municipal i n invited to be sent in by 15th b ec n arp Municipality op George Town p Issue of §lOO,OOO six percent. ure Stock redeemable at par on o?* day of December 1931, being a se charge on the rates and taxes Municipality of664 words
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Advertisement1252 1891-10-31 7 McLARTY COMPANY, j el egrahhic A ddre J s CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, |Tead Pffice: McLARTY, PENANG surveyors No. 30, beach street, thub’sa. i.code(i»Bi.) AND PENANG. A .B.c.”*4th Kdition. CONTRACTORS general Manager i*itivatb cooes. BRANCHES AT THAIPING, BATU GAJAH AND SINGAPORE. F M- McX,ARTY > x.i.m.e. WE SUPPLY THE UNDERMENTIONED:1,252 words
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Advertisement617 1891-10-31 8 ESPLANADE HOTEL. POTTERY WORKS. (LATE EASTERN HOTEL.) Raneegunge Fire Clay and 1 ottery Works, we are prepared to enter contracts for the undermentioned THIS HOTEL, WHICH HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY SALT GLAZED, STONEWARE PIPES REPAIRED, DECORATED AND NEWLY All sizes from 2” to 21 diam. Largely used throughout India, Burmah and617 words
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Advertisement295 1891-10-31 8 Canton Insuranceß 6l^| THE undersigned having B Agents for this Office, are a Ppoit* I accept Marine Insurance Rm 7 B favorable terms, and all ri V the ß fire) on TOBACCO in andfZ*, 1 and Fermenting Sheds 0n Ft D *t:t B matra, till arrival in Europe ]Q B295 words
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