The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 8 June 1892

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1 8 The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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    26 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. ~,.ck2o Cents. Price 20 Cents. VOL. IV. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 8, 1892. No. 301.
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      830 1 li: s£“ 11 comp“uy? a BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. 1 TI, coMPANT S Lm S iTED NCE Xtit2oooooo.' KONINKLIJKE PACKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. j H EiD klei TlL,te,i Famls, £2,838,118. NEGAPATAM I INF nF STFAMFR* Subscribed capital §3,000,000 'Cr nlem-med have been appointed NtoArfl AM LINt Of OItAMtRS* Pmd up
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    THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF PERAK.
    1857 2 The State Auditor’s Report on the financial position of Perak for the year, 1891, is very interesting reading, lor more reasons than one. White the sum dealt with during that year, is in excess of previous years, hy no less an amount $2,274,417 over 1890,
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    THIS ANTI-FOREIGN MOVEMENT IN CHINA.
    376 2 Moke Outbreaks Imminent. Tlie oilier day we st.it.~l Shanghai Mercury in its i»» llc0 ult that the a.-S.S. I’etrelvr» t»l i r in 11 «rest hurry, "> consequence" quieting rumours iroin hood of Chinkiang. VVe are m") say that though our report IS J tinned
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      254 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. rctusui mvi wehbivt am» SATI’EDAT EVtMMiS. KX TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: Per Annum Half-year Quarter Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN ARREAR 5 for three months, after which term the paper will only be supplied on payment ot tiie arrear.” Postage, 1 cent extra
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    THE HONG KONG SHARE MARKET.
    1024 3 [t nmi ungracious task to have to remind people of their losses, eve,, though tlieee may largely consist of depreciation oil paper only. It is there foreaii iiupiensant duty to call attenta the VHiy considerable fall which I, »8 occurred in Gong Kong of late,
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    “ON THE LIST.”
    1258 3 We all liave tliem—Lite friends who never would he missed by us, says a writer in a contemporary. They meet us at every street corner and in every drawing-room. We jostle agaiast them in Alpine passes, and if we choose to sojourn iu the Sahara, they are
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    REGIMENTAL NICKNAMES.
    499 3 The famous Seot3 Greys” ami Second to None,” from the colour of their horses, and their motto, sNulli secundus.” Also known as The Old Greys.” At Waterloo, under Colonel Bonsouby, the regiment, with a wild shout of “Scotland forever!” charged the French iufautry masses, and almost annihilated them.
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    EXCHANGES.
    132 4 Penang, Blh June. 1892. Rates rule as follows London, Demand, Bank 2 10| dohar. Do. 4 months sight, Bank 2/11 Do 3 Credits 2/Jlj Do. 3 Documentary 2'llg ;> Calculi a, Demand, Bank Its 225 Do. JO days sight, Private 226^ JJomhay, Demand, Bank 225 Do. 30 days sight,Private
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    LATEST TELEGRAMS.
    136 4 (F rom the Pin an y (J turtle.) Lcndon, 2nd June. —The following is tlie result of the Derby, run yesterday: Sir Hugo first, la flee he second, aud Bucefttaiue [Hueroueer thrid. Thirteen hoists ran. •tai ted at 40 to 1. The Right Hou'ble W. h*. Gladstone speaking
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    THE PAHANG RISING.
    301 4 The Colonial Government learns that six hundred of the Sultan’s men were despatched on the 26th May to scour the country between Seinniitan and Ijipis. They were in three parties: one going towards Rnub, one to Hudoo and the other to Chikn. They will probably unite at
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    24 4 BIRTH. —At Bideford Lodge, on Sunday the sth insfc., the wife of Mr. W. W. A. MusKett, Editor, Straits Independent, ola Son.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1904 4 Mail Notices. —The mails for 1 eunng ex. French Packet Oxus, left. Singapore by the s.s. Brindisi at 6 p. m. yesterday, and may, therefore, lie expected here to-morrow. 1 he outward i A O. Packet Malwa, left Colombo at 11. p. in., oil tlio st.li mst.,
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    HORRIBLE MURDER.
    450 4 A dastard 1V crime was {>e« p< t• a e Saturday morning hist, at ~,,4S* Gladstone Hoad, No 40, I 11 1,11 a China woman named C.i*«n 1 J who resided tiiero with hei a lad about seven years of t iH boy, who laid been ont I'
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      39 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The next ordinary meeting <*f the Municipal Commissioners will be held in the Town Hall, at 2.30, r u., On Friday, 10th -Junk. (By Order,) J. W. HALLIFAX, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners. Municipal Office, Town Hall.
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    THE NEW PUISNE JUDGE.
    138 5 —Straits Time*. ilrW.lt. C'diver, who is the new junior inline judge for the Straits, is xpected to arrive at Singapore about tile middle of this mouth. Mr «justice Oollver is, we hear, a bachelor but, no douhr, he lots assented to the usual undet standing that,
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    THE WHIT MONDAY CRICKET.
    817 5 L ist Monday’s M it oil between t.lie l*en:tn -_T Cricket Club ami the United K«eiv.ttion Clubs of Penang ami the Province, was productive of some of ti*e tinniest hitting W e have witnessed on Mm I'enunir ground. Mr. Wright won Lie toss for Penang, and
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    THE BANKS’ RETURN FOR APRIL.
    103 5 Tiie following account, for April, I 1892, lias been forwarded by the Mana gers of the under-mentioned Banks, duly certified by them, for publication in the Government Gazette. Average Amount of Bank Notes in Circulation. Singapore. Mercantile Bank 959,285 1 Chartered Bank 1,360,308 li’kong Shanghai
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    309 5 From Honk. U'<e following passages have been* engaged for the Straits.:— 1 EH PrNINBULAU AND ORIENTAL. I cr s. s. Victoria, from Loudon, April 29. Po Singapore:—Mr. and Mrs. Martin. Mr. G. Pratt Barlow, Mr. F. 1 'ay'lie, R. N, and Mr. J. Mitchell.—To Penang :—Mr. J.
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    THINGS WORTH SEEING IN PENANG.
    1296 5 ll Two Llooks Wmi John Wkymss. “Anything worth seeing here,” lie ejaculated, scornfully in answer to our well meant enquiry as to whether there was anything of interest in tlie workshops of the Penang Foundry Company, Well, that all depends upon what you may regard
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    GLEANINGS.
    1441 6 A despatch received through Reuter states that the locust pest is still doing a great deal of damage iu South Africa. One swarm crossed over Alicedale towards tho sea in a column over six miles wide. Tne bulk of the mealie crop in the Orange Free State has been
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      244 6 Siamese Government Opium. 1 endues will be received at the Opium Department, Royal Financial Office, Bangkok, up to the lOiJi July, 1892, for .supplying 1,200 CHESTS BEN ARKS OPIUM, required for one year, or 100 per month, deliverable at Bangkok, free of ail charges. MOM CHOW BWAS, Director General of
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      357 6 khyeho FOUNDRY COMPANY Weld Quay ENGINEERS, BolLER.imjj.gg IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS Boiler Fittings and Engineers’ Stores, etc., always in Stock J. G. ALLAN Manage, MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Not i C f, iS I'T f-’ iven U'»* the per. tion ot 1 erak Road between D.ito Kraat. and Jelufong,
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      1150 7 McLARTY COMPANY, JbLEGRAPHIC /ID dress: CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, Head Pff.ce “McLARTY, Penang” surveyors no. 30, beach street, ot 'sA. <• CODE (.887.) AXD PENANG- K C()MS CONTRACTORS, r. m. mcearty, mi.u k. yH IVA. r rK CODRb. WE SUPPLY THE UNDERMENTIONED: 9 i u nil forms, I' orgni^ B
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      809 8 RANEEGUNGE FIRE CLAY. NOW OPEN POTTESYWOaSS. UNDER EXPERIENCED Ĕl J ROPE AN MANAGEMENT. Having been appointed Agents for the T A TET T Kaneegunge Fire Clay and Pottery y J \\j U At XxL 111/ X JCiJjt Works, we are prepared to enter contracts for the undermentioned SALT GLAZED, STONEWARE
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      274 8 Ae.ol. tor A." accept Marine Insurancr P, pl e P ar6 -a favorable terms. 1 oq tte For fall particalars aripl, to b °dstead 4 c„. A geui( Result of the worltin»..., for ihe jeur 1890: e utu P»:.T The balance at cred. t amounts to 3338,196.18, whi i lB9O
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