The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 22 October 1892

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  • 27 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. r I'IIBLISIIEI EVERY WEDNESDAY ID SATURDAY EVENINGS. Pe 2 Cents. Price 20 Cext3. yOhlY. PEJANG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1892. No. 340.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 781 1 I tfnrili-Britisli ancl Mercan- I Tje tjle jusarauce Company. BiITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATE COMPANY, LIMITED. 1 compant S limited NCE I f iud £3,000,000. I KONINKLIJKE PACKETVAAI MAATSCHAPPIJ. established isss, l r .j s ('(jinpany, are authorized to negapatam line QSTEAMERS* Capital fully Subscribed Pire npon the most taror- §3,000,000=£500,000.
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  • 1277 2 Tire wel-worn aphorism Lhat“ all work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy/’ is now hero more applicable than in the tropics, where the tendency of the climatic influences is to induce an indolent disposition and a disbite to any exertion. Unless this
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  • 325 2 A ricuusAL of tbo report ol tlie last general meeting of ilie members of tbe Penang Marine Association, may awaken uncomfortable suspicions in tlie minds of many tint all is not quite as it should bo with that most important of all Departments in a sea coast
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  • 912 2 Tlie commonest of'the various s; of Uungaa is Melanorrhmi Curtis i a fall ami luindsomuly toliaged jun;’ tree which flourishes luxinianily many of tho hill slopes of the M.n y Peninsula, ami extends m>i Llnv.-tnfs far as the Southern Provinces ot hi ma. All tho trees of this
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    • 269 2 the straits independent. PI'BI,ISOLD EVEIII BtDSESDAi AND SITUEDA? EVOIM K» TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: T> A 12 00 Per Annum -^OO Half-year ”4.00 (Quarter Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN AHKEAB S 5 for tliroe months, after which term tho paper will only he supplied on pa}
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  • 472 3 tagarilirig the Jaffa, Jerasalem Rail* v 1 which mast have been formally by tins time, tbo Standard says: l ,s not, '»ig 18 sacred to a sapper, so uilway engineer is determined to j O tavoc with our most cherished sen--1 1 nts. Recently the
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  • 496 3 I Abyssinia is a country where, if mai 1 rhge is a failure, it can be easily disso'' vol. There is absolutely no legal holy tie. When a man is desirous c' marrying a girl ho directly applies t her parents. The maidens, like those i iiany
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  • 1369 3 (From our Exchanges.) London, Bth October. —The latest advices from the West Coast of Africa state -that a P reuch force aided by six F I L ieadlies has routed the tl w!io were commanded by the King in person. Tlie fighting was of the fiercest nature.
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  • 160 4 Allahabad, lUh October.- It appeal» ti e followers of Nizaiu-ul .Mulk at A‘U> refused to fight aud hence his flight Allahabad, 12 th October.-) No ai l a have yet been received regHidn'b the extent to which the south-eas er ..art of the Uaz.ua country 1. occupied
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  • 144 4 Tenant, 22ik1 October, 1802. Hates rule an follows London, Demand, Tank 2 10 dollarDo. 4 moiths sight, Bank 2 10| Do. 3 Credits 2 10J Do. 3 Documentary... 2/11 Calcutta, Denand, Bank 11s. 2*26£ Do. 7 dayfsigbt, Private 228 A Bombay, Denand. Bank 226£ Do. 7 dayfsigbt, Private 228£
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  • 126 4 (From the Vinaixg Gazette.) London, 17 th October. —The First Life Guards have been removed to Shorucliffe. Saddle and harness cutting lias occurred in the Army Service Corps and the men are confined to barracks. London, c Jth October. —At a meeting* of the shareholders of the Chartered
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  • 2454 4 Mail Notice.— The mail despatcl from Penang to London, via ILiui, on the 23rd ultimo, was delivered one 17lh iustaut. The UoMKWAKD -Mail. The P. J. extra mail steamer I erona arrivea laming at 3 o’clock lids morning, 1 left again, en route for Colombo, atd'.j As
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    • 160 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The Municipal Commissioners o George Town, Penang, invite application» for the following appointments 1 Registrar of Jinrickshas and Ke gistrar of Hackney Carriages. This officer will also be required to super intend tl»e licensing of bullock carts. Salary $250 a mouth, with trauspor allowance, §3O, for 2 horses.
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    • 40 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE The next ordinary meeting of the Munial Commissioners will be held in tin Town Uall, at 2. 30, r. m., On Friday, 28th October. (By Order,) J. W. iIALLIK, Secretary to the Municipal Commissios. Municipal Otlice, lown Rail.
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  • 376 5 ews qnnlifyiiig or coufirming the tel<>k' r ;un received by the ‘ere, and published by us, has l»»»d concerning the loss Steamer Bokhara It is 1111 nUiuir i n speculation, as some it r J4 pr>raries have done, over 11 u All we
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  • 192 5 A Planter, writing fioui Singora to the Ceylon Observer says On the hills in Jen la there are a number of Atabiau coff*e plants in great vigour, giving big crops without any signs of leaf disease on si low elevation of only about a hundred and twenty
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  • 260 5 A lorrespondent lifts submitted to the Lancet for examination a living creature which he states was obtained from the inside of a tinned pineapple. The lruit, says the medical organ, had been boiled at Singapore previously to timing it, and was then sent to Londcn.
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  • 141 5 Ihe Japanese torpedo cruiser Khisvxa arrived at Singapore, on the afteron of the 17th inst., from St. NaZiiro, »noe, where slio was built by tlie icieiĕ «ies Chantiers de la Loire. io Khishima is 70 metres long and r greatest breadth i 3 Only 6 met
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  • 182 5 Tlie report which is to bo presented the shareholders in this Company, at leir forthcoming eleventh ordinary eueral meeting, states that tho bamco at credit of the 1891 Account $510,965 12, out of which the sum $227,615.80 has already been paid >r a Dividend of
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  • 390 5 v From Home. be following passages have boon enpged izr Imc Straits Per Penusular and Oriental. P: s. s. Oceana, from London, Sept, 30.—fTo Penang —Mr. and Mrs- Me ieoi and iufaut, Mr. 11. R. Thcrnett, dr. i v llan Mr. A. Page, and the Lion, nd
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  • 903 5 (Hongkong Telegraph.) Our esteem- d I riend Arnot Reid, whose visit here on the w.iy to America we recently cnrouicled, has met with a most uiiloi tiioate accident whicli has deprived him of his reason. lie always was affected by a swelling in tho
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  • 1170 6 Since the opening of the Suez Ciual sharks have yearly been growing nine numerous in the Mediterranean,and lave become a real terror to sea bather! in the Adriatic. In the Bay of Fiutn? a few days ago a female shark, fifteen feet in length, was caught. In its stomach
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  • 225 6 Penang, 22nd October 1892. CENTRAL MARKET. Description. Beef.— Soup p er catty Ct 8 16 otew or Curry Meat 19 Ox lail each 15 Tongue 30 eart 20 JPP® „8 Liver 14 Pork.— M Id Pig’s Head each 12 l eet 14 longue „12 Fish.— Selangiu per catty
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    • 214 6 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The Municipal Commissioners of 4eorge Town, Penang, invite separate tendtrs for the following, for one .year from tae Ist January next: 1. Road metal (broken in Gaul). 2. Extra road metal. 3. Bricks and lime. 4. Firewood. 5. Portland Cement. 6. Various Materials. 7. Printed Receipt and other
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    • 307 6 khyFho foundm COipany. Weld Q Uay engineers, BOILER-Makeks, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS AND general contractors. Boner Fittings and Engineers' Stores, etc., always in Stock J. G. ALLAN, Manager, MNaiWjRU. .NOTICE. Notice is lirreliy given that a portion ol Lite Esplanade Road facing the sea wi be closed to traffic until
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    • 770 7 McLARTY COMPANY, JKAPH'C Address. CONSULTING ENGINEEIS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, McLarty. Penang subvjyors no. 30, beach street, t HUE SA. 1. CODE (i 887.) PENANG. AD ••A. 8.C.”,-lth E3<UUo“. q(n(ral r PiiIVATK CODES. CONTRACTORS, r. m. mclarty, m.ui.s. WE SUPPLY THE UNDERMENTIONED: ;j3 in all forms, Forguiffsof «H kinds. Iron and Steel
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    • 533 8 baneegtjnge fire clay, now opu RAS±,Mr and under experienced ejropean management. ■POTTERY WORKS. VICTORIA. HOTEL. WORKS we are prepared to euter couf |wSB B S d MoSKWAMPiPM MAIN ROAL TAIPIZG. sizes from 2 to 24 and Centrally situated; close tcthe Railway Station, and ceß “a IrrigatioiTsystem». WZ Governmnt Offices. case
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    • 317 8 Koyal The undersigned havinc u Agents for the above aPß°iLte to accept Fire Insurance Kisk/ r are P rfcparfJfi favourable Terms. mo&d BEEN meter Co. Pisa ng, 9th Sept. 1892. Agm CantonbTauranceOffice,L imitel THE uoderaigued having bw„ Bnnr Agents for this OHice, ar e nowt PP d accept Marine Insurance
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