The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 21 November 1891
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section25 1891-11-21 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENINGS. Pride 29 Cents. Price 20 Cents. VOL. 111. PENANG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1891. No- 248.25 words
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Advertisement748 1891-11-21 1 The North-British and Mercan- THE STRAITS INSURANCE tile Insurance Company. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. COMPANY .LIMITED. KstK»»lisHetl 1800. KONINKLIJKE PACKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. I Capital £2,000,000. Subscribed capital $3,000,000 Acaonnhted Sf Invested Funds, £2,838,118. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS* Paid up 600,000 THE undersigned have been appointed Reserve Fund 115,000 this748 words
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Article1473 1891-11-21 2 The painful duty, in the interests of the public, is again imposed upon us of bringing beforo the notice of our readers a matter which is nothing less than an open scandal The position which, from tho first day of our publication, we have taken up1,473 words
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756 1891-11-21 2 In his tenth letter to the I) 7 Graphic, Lord Randolph Churchill <]* oribes the adventure with lions whirt was hinted at in his last communication Lie says: We were ridimr a] through a small open glade covered with high grass, Lee a few756 words
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Advertisement259 1891-11-21 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT PUBLISHKD EVEtY IViIIBKSHA 1 AAD SATURDAY EVENINGS. Kx terms of subscription PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Per Annum a!! Half-year Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN ARREAR S 6 for three months, after which term the paper will only he supplied on payment of the arrear.” Postage, 2259 words
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Article557 1891-11-21 3 \Ve extract the following from the C. Express, as being of interest to m0 of our local Orchidologists, many ot whom, we understand, are collecting specimens to send home, in hopes of turning the nimble but evasive shilling. Thus, our London contemporary :—The month of October,557 words
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Article1787 1891-11-21 3 (Fbom Native Papers.) Hie Hiogo News says that all the Nahve papers teem witli reports of the earthquake and its disastrous effects. We fear that the worst is even yet to be recorded. The centre of disturbance appears to have been in Gifu province, 'vbich suffered1,787 words
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679 1891-11-21 3 Dr. Wemyss Fulton contributes an interesting paper on tin's subject in Fart HI of the “Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scot laud” in respect of 1890, wherein lie states that the fecundity of over a hundred specimens of fish, comprising thirty-nine specimens,679 words
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Article17 1891-11-21 4 BIRTH. —To-day, Saturday,the 21st Nov. 1891, the wife of T. L. Gosling, ot a Daughter.17 words
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Article135 1891-11-21 4 Rhnang, 20th November, 1891. Rate# rule as follows London, Demand, Bank 3/lg dollar Do. 4 months sight, Bank 3/If Do. 6 Credits 3/2§ Do. 0 Documentary 3/2 f Calcutta» Demand, Bank Us. 223 Do. 30 days sight, Private 2*241 Bom hay, Demand, Bank 2*2:3 Do. 30 days sight,Private 224*135 words
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Article201 1891-11-21 4 {From the Tinang Gazette.) Tendon, 1 6th November. —Sir Michael Hicks Beach, speaking at Bristol, hinted that the present Parliament would be allowed to run its full term, and a dissolution would take place in 1893. Mr. Lambert, Liberal, has been elected for South Bolton, with a majority{From the Tinang Gazette.) - 201 words
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Article1437 1891-11-21 4 (From our Exchanges.) Berlin, 6th November. Prince Damron g of Siam lias arrived in Berlin, and will be received by tbe Emperor on Monday next. St. Petersburg 6th November. —News lias been received that tbe police at Berditchev, a town of Russian Poland, Lave expelled Mr. Pennell,1,437 words
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Article1779 1891-11-21 4 The Penang Band. —The Penang Band will play the following selections of music, on the dates, and at the places indicated. To-day, at the Golf Club. 1. March, Bona Fide, Goring. 2. Selection, La fille du Regiment, Donizetti. 3. Waltz, Soldabeu Lieder, Gutig’l. 4. Selection, Orphee aux1,779 words
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Article38 1891-11-21 5 Correspondents are requested to authenticate their letters and to favour us, confidentially, with their names if they do not wish to have them published. We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our Correspondents.38 words
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Article583 1891-11-21 5 To the Editor, Straits Independent. Dear Sir, —Of all the ways of carrying on a correspondence in the columns of a newspaper, none, I consider, is so bad, unmanly and mean as to unnecessarily enter into personalities, and this error lias been perpetrated by a correspondent of583 words
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Article825 1891-11-21 5 By our own Manufacturer. “A Ghiel 's arnang ye, takin notes, An,' faith, he'll prent 'em." After watching the Billiard Handicap, now in progress at the Oriental, the other night, the same iuducing a deadly thirst aud the consequent consumption of much whisky and soda—by-the-way, they object to serve825 words
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Article250 1891-11-21 5 The difficulties of the journalist, never very few at any time or place, are considerably enhanced in the Far East, where a paucity of subjects, combined with a delicate sense ot injury in the supporters of the Press, combine to render the unfortunate Editor’s life, like that250 words
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Article639 1891-11-21 5 Aurusse, a Frenchman, who was condemned to death on Aug. 10 fora triple murder, accompanied by robbery, was executed on the 20th ulto. Up to tho day of execution Aurusse never abandoned the hope of ultimate reprieve in consideration of the bravery lie displayed during the Tong-King war in639 words
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Advertisement111 1891-11-21 6 TOWNJHALL. THURSDAY, 26th NOVEMBER. An Entertainment will be given at tlie Town Haul, on the 26th inst., by tlie Penang Dramatic Club, in aid of the funds of tlie Penang Band, when there will be performed a COM ED Y IN THREE A CTS ENTITLED TIME WILL TELL” By HERBERT111 words
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Advertisement1530 1891-11-21 6 NOTICE. MUNICIPAL NOTlcl^ Tenders will be received at the Resi- Applications for a Municimi t Government Notification. dent Councillor’s Office, Penang, up to invited to be sent in bv Fit 1, i» n are r the 15th December, 1891, for removing oc -Urxt, Tenders will be received up to noon1,530 words
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Advertisement1163 1891-11-21 7 McLARTY COMPANY, tci egraphic Address: CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, p FF ,cE: i NlcLarty, Penang < surveyors no. 30, beach street, t HUE's a. 1. CODE (l 887.) AXD PENANG. 1 A C AND lth K llon CONTRACTORS, general Onager: private codes. BLANCHES AT THAIPING, BATU GAJAH ANB SINGAPORE. r1,163 words
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Advertisement679 1891-11-21 8 RANEEGUNGK FIEE CLaY. ESPLANADE HOTEL. POTTERY WORKS. (LATE EASTERN HOTEL.) Having been appointed Agents tor the v Ranbbgonge Firk Clay ami Pottery Works, we are prepared to enter eontracts for the undermentioned TIMS HOTEL, WHICH HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY SALT GLAZED, STONEWARE PIPES REPAIRED, DECORATED AND NEWLY All sizes from 2”679 words
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Advertisement312 1891-11-21 8 Canton lusuranc^^ THE undersigned liari n L. r Agents for this Office, are 1» ‘«•««(j accept Marine Insurance Risks, )re P to favorable terms, and all risk tle fire) on TORACCO in and fj? '"''«n; aod Permitting Sheds on p. I 1 matra, till arrival in Europe. m Si tor312 words
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