The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 18 November 1891
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section27 1891-11-18 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. Pitroß 20 Cen'ts. PjiirE 20 Cents. VOL. 111. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1891. No- 247.27 words
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Advertisement844 1891-11-18 1 The Nortli-British and Mercan- THE STRAITS INSURANCE tile Insurance Company. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. CO MPANY, LIMITED. K«tabiishea 1809. KOMINKLIJKE PACKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Capital £>2,000,000. Subscribed capital $3,000,000 AccmM ted Sr Invested Funis, £2,838,118. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS- Paid up 600,000 THE undersigned have been appointed Reserve Fund 115,000844 words
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Article937 1891-11-18 2 It lias been remarked that no very strenous effort is required to be honest, the great difficulty is to keep so, in the face of the manifold temptations with which the path of the public man is beset. We are not speaking of the dishonesty which937 words
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Article785 1891-11-18 2 When we have got rid of the idea that, in fashionable society, no one sins, we shall have begun to get at the root of that most debasing of social evils, gambling. You must not be found out, is the unwritten commandment which is allowed to785 words
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Article1460 1891-11-18 2 (Home papers up to October 23.) Franck. —A Paris correspondent says—A Foreign Office contradiction m been sent to the papers of a detailed report sent from here of the conversation between M. de Giers and the Kin» of Italy. Attention is called to the absurdity of a1,460 words
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Advertisement151 1891-11-18 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT PUBLISHED IVIKV ff tilN tSDAV A\D SATURDAY E Y KNIXGS. *<>• TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Pci* Annum Hnlf-year 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 ot the151 words
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Article815 1891-11-18 3 Writing from Amsterdam, October 21, tlie correspondent of the L. C. E rep orts The Java Budget has been tlie subject of consideration in the committee of the Second Chamber of the States-General. Tlie impression made by the Budget has been very favourable, and confidence is expressed in the815 words
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Article657 1891-11-18 3 Says the London and China Express in its issue of the 23rd ulto:— We have had occasion more than once lately to refer to the heavy losses which have overtaken Eastern banking during the last twelve months. That the losses in this field when they come can be657 words
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369 1891-11-18 3 An official attached to the Dutcli Golonial Government in the has forwarded to the Geographical Society of Amsterdam a report on the subject of Chinese emigration. He traces the main cause of this not to the excess of population, but to the poverty of the369 words
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Article130 1891-11-18 4 Penang, 18th November, 1891. Hates rule as follows London, Demand, Bank 3/1 dollar Do. 4 months sight, Bank 3/1 f Do. 6 Credits 3/2| Do. 6 Documentary 3/2j Calcutta, Demand, Bank Its. 223 Do. 30 days sight, Private 224. j Bombay, Demand, Bank 223 Do. 30 days sight,Private 224^130 words
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Article103 1891-11-18 4 London 13 th November. —The recent; storm in the Channel is the worst that has been experienced for years. There have been numerous wrecks on the coasts of Kent and Sussex, and about forty persons have perished. Signor Fonseca, the President of Brazil, has suspended the constitutional guarantee,103 words
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Article1094 1891-11-18 4 {London Sf China Express Oct/23.) Ihe Court. —The Queen is still at Balmoral. Her Majesty, it is stated, will confer the Order of the Garter on the now King of Wiirtemberg. The Prince of Wales has been spending a few days with the Earl and Countess{London Sf China Express, Oct/23.) - 1,094 words
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Article2331 1891-11-18 4 Postal Notices. —The next homeward mail, vid Brindisi, will close on Friday, 20th instant, per P. O. str Ravenna. Parcels (not letters) sent to the United Kingdom by the next English Mail should be delivered about Christmas day. Parcels can be insured up to §250 each. Tiie2,331 words
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Advertisement143 1891-11-18 4 TOWN HALL. THURSDAY, 26th NOVEMBER. An Entertainment will be given at tbe Town HalL, on the 26th inst., by the Penang Dramatic Club, in aid of the funds of the Penang Band, when there will be performed a COMEDY IN THREE ACTS ENTITLED “TIME WILL TELL.” By HERBERT GARDNER Esq.143 words
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Article491 1891-11-18 5 Just before going to press, we learn that Mr. Martijn, has acted with characteristic straightforwardness in declining to have anything further to do with the joint tender sent in by himself and Mr. Harrison for the Jetty sheds lease, in the face of the openly expressed opposition491 words
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Article200 1891-11-18 5 From Home. The following passages have been engaged for the Straits Per Peninsular and Oriental. Per s.s. Oceana, from London, Oct. 17.—T0 Singapore: —Captain Pitt, R.N., Colonel Graham, Mrs. Pitt, Mr. Graham, Mrs. Watkins. Per s s. Mirzapore, from London, Nov. s —To Singapore Mr. aud Mrs.200 words
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Article638 1891-11-18 5 [From our P. W. Correspondent.] Since last I wrote to you, I have made enquiries auent the cheating case, which has rudely roused many Government subordinates from their lethargy, and I think I am now in a positiou to furnish you with all the638 words
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Article607 1891-11-18 5 Thursday, 12th November. (From the Straits Times). The Legislative Council met this afternoon at 2-30. The members present were: His Excellency the Governor, (Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, k. c. m. g.) The Hou’ble the Officer Commanding the Troops (Major GeueralSir Charles Warren G c.M G., K.C.B. the607 words
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1459 1891-11-18 6 The following is the first Progress Report issued under Mr. J. Y. Kennedy’s Presidency Municipal Office, Town Hall. Penang, 10th Nov. 1891. I entered upon my duties as President on the Ist October. Meetings. —During the month theusual fortnightly meetings were held on the 16th1,459 words
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5126 1891-11-18 6 IMPORTANT CASE AT TAIPINGr. \V. S. Fraser vs. Loii Ah Heng, Wong Ah Kong, and Lim Hock Seng. Dastardly attempt to implicate a Public Official in a charge of receiving bribes. This case was commenced at Taiping, on Thursday, the sth5,126 words
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Advertisement363 1891-11-18 8 4. Government Notification. Tenders will be received up to noon on Saturday, the 21st November, 1891, at the Colonial Secretary’s Office, Singapore, and at the Resident Councillor’s Ofiice, Penang and Malacca, from persons desirous of contracting for supplies for the Government at Singapore, Penang and Malacca, respectively, for one, two363 words
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Advertisement1192 1891-11-18 8 NOTICE. MUNICIPAL NOTICE^ Tenders will be received at tho Resi- Applications for a Miiiiicin-.li (lout Councillor’s Office, Penang, up to inyited to 1)0 sent in hv n oan ar(l the 15th December, 1891, for removing mleU W ,)e SUlt mb > Ljll > Dec. next. night soil from the undermentioned1,192 words
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Advertisement1104 1891-11-18 9 McLARTY COMPANY, Telegraphic Address: CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, P EA => Pff.ce: McLarty, Penang surveyors no. 30, beach street, THUE S A. 1. CODE (l 887.) aND PENANG. A B c A D 4tll Kdltion CONTRACTORS, cneral 3Una s cr pbivate codes. BEANOHE3 AT THAIPING, BATU GAJAH AND SINGAPORE. r1,104 words
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Advertisement573 1891-11-18 10 FIBE ClA¥ ESPLANADE HOTEL. POTTERY WORKS. (LATE EASTERN HOTEL.) Raneegungb F ire Clay and Pottery AV r oitKS, we are prepared to enter contracts for the undermentioned THIS HOTEL, WHICH HAS REEX THOROUGHLY SALT GLAZED, STONEWARE PIPES r REPAIRED, DECORATED AND NEWLY All sizes from 2” to 24-" diam. Largely573 words
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Advertisement289 1891-11-18 10 Canton Insurance Offl^Lh^ d THE undersigned havino L, Agents for this Office, are now accept Marine Insurance Risks favorable terms, and all risk’s ost fire) on TORACCO in and from ,C Ul|l and Fbrmekting Sheds on Estates in*' 1 matia, till airival in Europe. 1 bu For full particulars apply289 words
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