The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 4 May 1892

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  • 27 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. psicß 20 Cents. Price 20 Cent.?. VOL IV. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, MAY, 4, 1892. No- 292.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 850 1 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION company, limited. TSSr Established 1809. I KONINKLIJKE PACKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Head Office.—Singapore. Capital £2°' 8118 lirniDiTlu liur nr eTnurna Subscribed capital §3,000,000 a*** 1 4- appointed NEGAPATAM LINE Of oTEAMERS- Paid »p coo.ooo Aunts', and are authorized Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. 1 000 t;,is
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  • 1171 2 Mr. Riccard's Report on the St raits Settlements Police Force, and state of crime during the year 1891, lias very few novel features in it. A suggestion is made that, under the new system, the Chief Police Officers ought to send in their own reports
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  • 1024 2 (London China Express April. 8.) The Court. —The Queen has decided no prolong her stay at llyeres for another week. Her Majesty has received a deputation of Crimean veterans, who were each introduced to her by name. According to a Vienna correspondent, the eetrothal of Princess
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    • 276 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. PI BUSHED F.VKCV WEDNESDAY AND SATIRBAY EVENINGS. K» TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: Per Annum 3 12.00 Half-year 7.00 Quarter -1-0 O Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN ARREAR 5 for tliree months, after which term the jtaper will only he supplied on payment of
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  • 972 3 I um m Krs h p to Apn B —The .Select Parliamentary to» foreigners has been for some ff tin steriously study.»» the best I lire vent foreign residents from WH y o f French citixeus, iniurmo France l.y dwellI ffgrJL On the Ist inst M rlV
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  • 871 3 Writing’ from Amsterdam, tiie correspondent of tlie L. .3* C. E. reports, under date April C Tiie date for the visit of the Queen and the Queen Regent to this city has been lixed for tlie 2bt.li of this month, and very probably their Majesties will
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  • 986 3 Tub Paris Outrages. Explosions of dynamite still continue in France. At Augers an infernal machine, placed on the window-still ol the Police Commissary, exploded at midnight on the 51li ult. It caused considerable damage, but injured no one except a constable who was slightly wounded in
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  • 133 4 Penang, 4i h May, 1892. Hales rule as follows London, Demand, Bank 2 dollars. Do. 4 months sight, Bank 2 10} Do. 2 Credits 2 10}-} Do. 3 Documentary 2 10}-* Calcutta, Demand, Bank Its. 222}-223} Do. 30 days sight, Private 224-223} Bombay, Demand, Bank 222}-223} Do. 30 days
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  • 203 4 (From the Pinany Gazette.) London, 27 1 h April. —President Harrison’s message to the United States Senate, regarding the projected Silver Conference, expresses a belief that the full use of silver, both as coin and as a metal, M ill promote the prosperity of the peoples of the
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  • 714 4 “The situation in Pahang,” says the Singapore Daily Advertiser, remains unchanged, and, so far, everything appears to bo quiet. However, it is the impression that trouble may arise after the puasah season. Wo trust that everything has been done to provide against any sudden outbreak of
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  • 1041 4 The Municipality.—There was a special and an ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners on Monday afternoon last, when the Supplemental Budget and various other interesting subject were discussed. Mr. J. Y. Kennedy, the President, occupied Ins seat for the ffrst time since his accident. We regret that
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  • 557 4 It is our sad duty to ann, death of Mr. p£ LUt^f whom no man was more resr )e ,V Straits Settlements. It M,:i Reuter should not have wired n formation; however, ill news tra ace, and always arrives too soon destination, llie London Jp Qj l V ress
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  • 25 4 I) O HES TIC OCC URR EXCE. DEATH. Huttenbach. —At Holland House, Norfcharn Road, on the 30th April, Camilla Louisa, tho wife of A. Huttenbach.
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  • 83 5 |olV in S account, for Marcli, T > forwarJed by tlie Mana- i’ I’. 1 under-meutioned Banks, du y r for p«Wi«t.un >“ ‘be o fuovurOF Bank Notes is Circulation. Singapore. n V 97^040 ntil0 »l 1,338,242 Bank!:. 1,419,741 433,925 M^» ntlle 1,436,939 c ,u,.
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  • 205 5 are requested to authenticate r< <ubl to favour m, coriJhlentviUy, V 'I, iC r Mines if they do not wish to have Inwt hold, ourselves responsible for the r<( tqtrcss’i lby our Correspondents. A Public Nuisance. Su;-lt the chinchews always rifle tlie liortewitli you, they aw no less ari
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  • 350 5 Saturday, 30 th April. —Mr. Penney, A .'ling British Resident of Selangor, arriv,,d this morning from Kuala Lnmpor. Ine Bishop of Singapore and Saraik, ami Mr. IT W. Birch, arrived this in n-iiinjr from Malacca by the llye Leong. *ho transport Oriel of tbe Russian Volunteer Fleet arrived
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  • 364 5 By the Home papers just to hand, we are informed that Mr. J. Howard Gwyther retires from the management of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and is succeeded by Mr. Thomas Forrest, formerly inspector. Mr. Gwyther retains his connection
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  • 130 5 From the report of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China it appears that the net profit for the half year was £10,274 1 Is. B*l., making, with the sum brought down, a total of £18,279 Is. lid. 'This
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  • 176 5 From Home. The following passages have been engaged for the Straits Per Peninsular and Oriental. Per s. s. Oriental from London, April 14. —To Singapore —Mr. A. B. Lewis, Mr. C. Douglas, and Mr. J. Lverton Wood. 90 l>e V' s Victoria, from London, April Singapore :—Mr.
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  • 793 5 The following are the official Alinutes of the meeting of the Alunicipal Commissioners, held on the Ist April, 1892 Present. —The Honourable 1). Conn ie A. G. Wright, Esq.; A. R. Adams, Esq; and \V. C. Brown, Esq., M D. Absent. —J. Y. Kennedy, Esq., (President); Captain Cameron,
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  • 1660 5 To tlie representative of the Vail Mall (razette, Mr. J. Macdonald Cameron, M. P., thus relates It is recent trip to Borneo r hat made you select Borneo for your travels?” asked the interviewer. All 1 can tell you at present is that I was sent
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  • 326 6 d’lie Russian Government Administration has rejected the proposals of a group of French capitalists to undertake the construction of ihe Trans-Siberian Railway. An official telegram received from Tong-King announces that the French troops operating against the rebels in the province of Yentlie have taken the fortified positions occupied by
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 980 6 NEGRI SEMBILAN. IT I| V V Tr" I Government Notification. A Jild jhj fiB^ 1 Tenders will be received at the Office of pATTAHM)V r\r B the British Resident, Negri Sembilan at jj (J U IN Dll COMIMYvB Kwala Pilah, up to noon of the 10th May, 1892 for the
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    • 1194 7 McLARTY COMPANY, e3RA phic a ddress: consulting engineers, naval architects, Head 0ff!ce I '«ilrURTV. PENANG surveyors No. 30, beach street, CODE (1887.) AND PENANG. CONTRACTORS, '{general I codes- B3AMC233 AT THAIPIMG, 3ATU GAJAII AMD SINGAPORE. F M McLARTY, u.i.u.e. H plilV’A 1 I WE SUPPLY THE UNDERMENTIONED: 1. forms, Forgings
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    • 694 8 RANEEGUNGE FIRE CLAY. NOW OP_EJ A UVDER EXPERIENCED EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT. POTTEHY WORKS. VICTORIA HOTEL. Works, we are prepared to enter consalt oLfaBD. d Bio“ ewam: pipes MAIN ROAD, TAIPING. i,ar 2 oiyLedtbron o g”outlndi.. <J C m »band Centrally situated; close to the Railway Station, and the Straits for Culverts,
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    • 236 8 B THE undersigned havi f B Agents for this Offi C( I accept Marine favorable terms. Ula For full parti cn The balance at credi, H amounts to #»(8.196.18 to divide as follows V licli :< VBI A Dividend °f 7* /0 t0 B Shareholders A Bo„ U9 o 5
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