The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 24 September 1892

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    27 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EiVENINGS. paid 20 Cents. Price 20 Cents. VOL. I y PENANG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1892. No- 332.
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      724 1 nrVarit.isliandMercan- THI3 STRAITS INSURANCE t-jgSSi company. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. COMPANY, LIMITED. lBo 9‘ KONINKLIJKE PACXETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. established isss. r.wital £2,000,000. negspatam line of steamers. t Eire upou tho most favor- Intended Sailina and exnected Arrival of Steamers. Capital paid-up: 1 1 §Goo,ooo=£ 100,000. 1! nyjT\ T MEYER
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    THE MACALISTER ROAD MURDER CASE.
    1917 2 The Time for ATtiox. 13 very right thinking man, wo imagine, will entirely agree with t he finding of the Jury in the Macalister Hoad Murder Case, in which an inoffensive and respectable old man was mercilessly clubbed to death by a band of drunken
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      259 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. fIBMSIiKD EVERY WMSESMY AMI S.ITUMAT EVKMASS. K* TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE-: r, 12.00 HrfTf-yenr 4JO Quarter (Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN AH HEAP 5 for three months, after which to* n J J'J'® ■paper will only I*3 supplied on payment of nrrear.” Postage,
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    THE GRIEVANCES OF THE EUROPEAN POLICE.
    736 3 Vl> G given the mutter our most ;lI 1a thoughtful consideraea‘ 1 ve l‘ ave doeided upon a defi--o,,%urSe% urS e of action in regard to European Police Force and lhe .grievances. It is our intent!,el r reason 3 which we will proll°ntW explain,
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    MARS IN “ OPPOSITION.”
    1254 3 MARS IN OPPOSITION.” Vail Mall Budget Speculations about our Nearest Neighbours. It is not Mr. Gladstone only who has been iu opposition lately, nor is it he —martial old man though ho is—to whom reference is made in the above heading. The planet Mars has also been iu opposition, and
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    THE FRENCH COLONIAL ARMY.
    281 3 The French Government propose offering inducements for service in their Colonial Army, which hitherto has been a heavy charge on the budget, owing to the cost of relieving every three years troops serving abroad. Iu future the term of service in the Colonial Army is to
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    THE CONDITION OF NORTH BORNEO.
    536 3 The natives of North Borneo are reported by the British Consular Agent to be going on fairly well “in their way.” It seems that from time to timo there is a tendency to revert to the practice of ''head hunting” but the preparations for a
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    EXCHANGES.
    149 4 Penang, 24ih September, 1592. Hates rule as folloics London, Demand, Bank 2 9 dollar. Do. 4 months sight, Hank 2/D 8 Do’. 3 Credits g/lV Do. 3 »> Documentary 2 CaLCUma, Demand, Dank Us. 22b Do. 7 «layssight, Private Bombay, Demand, Danlc 220 Do. 7 days sight,Private Madras, Demand
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    LATEST TELEGRAMS.
    177 4 (From the Pinang Gazette.) London, 19th September. —At a Parnellite meeting held at Limerick it was resolved not to accept homo rule unless an amnesty to the dynamiters now in prison bo included. London, 2 Oth September. —It is stated that at tho Vienna Convention the representatives of
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    THE PAHANG MUDDLE.
    1939 4 (From our Correspondent with the Expedioionary Force.) [As already said in cur last issue, the first part of this correspondence, which reached us in three different letters posted at Tapah, app< ars to have been stopped or delayed en route. —Ed. S. Raub, 27th Aug. 1892. The
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    NARROW ESCAPE OF SIR CECIL SMITH.
    226 4 The s. s Taw Tong brought the new, thi, morning of a narrow escape from drown. wind, happened to Hi, Excellency ,I,’. Governor and suite, yesterday, if, th, 1 erak River. It appears that the Govern* or was coming down the river in a
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1047 4 Postab Notice. —ln future Money Orders drawn ui Mexican dollars on Japan will be paid in yens at the rate of exchange of tho day. The yen is at present at a premium of 1 i per cent. Returned— Mr D. Logan, the Soli-citor-General, returned from Japan
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      38 4 "municipal notice. Tl.e next ordinary meelingof the Municipal ‘Commissioners will be held in the 'J'own Hall, at 2.30, p. m., On Friday, 30th September. (By Order), J. W. UALLIFAX, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners. Municipal Ofiice, Town Hall.
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    THE TRIAL OF THE BROWNS.
    136 5 Lp to the tune of going to press, all that is known here concerning the progress of the trial of the Browns ,at Singapore, is that the Counsel lor the defence objected to the admission of Mr. Garrard’s notes, taken at the defendants’ public examination
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    WHOLESALE CONTRABAND CHANDU.
    560 5 Ton “NamYonq” Skizkd. On Wednesday evening when tlio s. s. Nam Yong owned by Messrs. Wee Bin Co., arrived in Port from Chitia, she was boarded by E. P. C. Sims, a Malay Corporal, and a posse of uative constables, and a search instituted for contraband opium.
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    THE GOVERNOR AT KWALA KANGSAR.
    866 5 Investiture of the Sultan of Peiiak as K C.M.G. (From our own Correspondent.) Kwala Kanqsak, 22ud September. The District Magistrate, Mr. Butler, wont out on the morning of Monday la-t, the 19th inst., to Padang ltengas, which is about eight miles oil the road to
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    THE BANGKOK NEWSPAPER LIBEL CASE.
    371 5 Journalist ic Am is niti us. Commenting on the libel case Page v. The Bangkok Times, which came on for hearing before Mr. French, U. B. M. Consul at Bangkok, on the7lh inst., and iu which the defeu hint wis mulcted iu a fine of
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      79 5 NOIICK. In consequence of a press of matter reaching us at the last raoLent, the publication 0/ which cannot be well delayed, we are compelled to hold over a letter touching on the Police griecances, rejei ence to which is made in our leader columux. ACQUITTAL OF THE BROWNS. r
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    THE MUNICIPALITY.
    1051 6 T: o following are the official Minutes of the Meeting of the Municip; Commissioners, held on 2nd September, 1892 Present.— J. Y. Kennedy, Esq President, The Honourable D.Comkie., A. G. Wright, Esq., A. R. Adams, L-q M C. Brown, Esq M. D., Capt. Anderson, r.e. The Minutes of
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    GLEANINGS.
    741 6 According to tho Rangoon Gazette, tho Government of India intend to push their claims against tho Ruby Mines Company for the payment of their annual rent of 4 lakhs. Tho Company, we are told, hasapplied fora reduction of, if not for an entire release from, the rent, aud they
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      144 6 JUST ARRIVED. J. Lowe’s Prime Ham 35 cents lb. Do. Finest Bacon 35 >? Do. Salt Beef 20 Do. Salt Pork 25 Do. Cheddar Loaf Cheese 40 n Everything perfectly fresh and of best quality. GOSLING Co. Penang, 21st September, 1892. 519 NOTICE. Mr. O- 11. Allen, representing the firm
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      361 6 khye ho foundry compasy. WeU Quay engineers, EOILES-Makers IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS BoUer Fittings aid Engineers' Stores, etc., always in Stock. J. Gt. ALLAN Manager. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Notice is liereliy K iveu tliat :i portion ol tl.e fc.spl.made Itoa.l tl.e sea wi I he closed lo traffic
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      999 7 McLARTY COMPANY, graphic Address. CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS “McLarty. Penang surveyors No. 30, BEACH STREET, mUB'S A CODE (1887.) PENANG. Tn u AVD n C.”,4th Kdition. 7 •‘A 13, (general Manager: ~|-IVATE CODES. CONTRACTORS, r. m. mclarty, m.i.m.b. r=»2CB3 WE SUPPLY THE UNDERMENTIONED: j Iron a lJ Stool IMates, Iron
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      676 8 RANEE GUNGE FIRE CIAY. NOW OPEN AND POTTERY WORKS. UNDER EXPERIENCED EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT i VICTORIA HOTEL .Works, we are prepared to enter con- W \J AvA l tracts for the undermentioned UALT GLAZLD STONEWARE PIPES MAIN 7? O 4D+ TAIPIXI (1 All sizes from 2to 24 diam. JxxJJXMSi J- ■J-MTJ.JM
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      242 8 I f/«ms torthe?&i»g W, favourable W c t I IIETjg I 9th SeptaB9o I I I accept Marine 1 favorable terms. ["1; I Besult of tlie work- I for the year 1800 llje 7 I the balance of r 1 amounts to $338 1.96.18 S? f Ac I to divide
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