The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 26 October 1892
1892-10-26
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section26 1892-10-26 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. Price 20 Cents. Price 20 Cents. VOL. IV. PENANG, WEDNESSAY, OCTOBER 26,1802. No. 341.26 words
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Advertisement782 1892-10-26 1 •p, aNT or tli-British and Mercan- j mTI T tue luanrauce c«. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. in co S HA A^Sr D NCB Capital £2,000,000. I KOMIMKLIJKE PACKEVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. established im TUB nndorsiafned, being the appointee! NEGAPATAM LNE OF STEAMERS. Capital fully Subscribed of this Company, are author,™,!782 words
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Article724 1892-10-26 2 '•The Governor's speech, delivered at I ho opening of the Legislative Council on Thursday last, reads like a gloomy page from an unusually dyspeptic writer. It must afford no small satisfaction lo the leeches ol Downing Street, who aro persistently sucking the life-blood of these Settlements dry,724 words
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Article1097 1892-10-26 2 FIGS.” Once again, His Excellency Sir Toil Smith has announced to the stening world of tho Straits Setiemenls that tho Pahang risiim is o o .thing of the past, and that tho iuch exercised country of tho exI rang Kay a is pacified at last, aid there is every probability1,097 words
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Advertisement273 1892-10-26 2 the straits independent. Pl'llljsimi tVKUV «EMBSDAY AM» SATL UIIAY EVDiIMiS. K>-i TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: 4 .3 12.00 J er Annum 9 ltnlf-ye« I'oO Quarter Single cop}’ twenty cents. IF PAID IN AUUEAU 5 for three months, after which term the paper will only he supplied on payment273 words
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Article2405 1892-10-26 3 L EGISLATIVE COUNCIL. TriE Governor’s Speech. ,r„ r nearly seven mouths of in- v rVi the Legislative Council once s uiet to deliberate, on Thursthe 20th inst. The Hon. A. L. s on linti t,iG llon A o ,filien > «worn iu and took their seats as of the Council.2,405 words
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Article698 1892-10-26 3 (From our Exchanges.) Simla 14 Ih October. —The Finance Department, in a resolution reviewing the working of tho Mints for 1801-92, says the net imports of gold to India were much smaller, being ol tho value of 24 lakhs only, against 50 in tho previous year, no698 words
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Article213 1892-10-26 4 (From the L'inang Gazette.) London, 20 th October.— 'l' he Government Inis withdrawn the order forbidding meeting» in Trafalgar Square. After continuous lighting for three days the French have defeated the Dahomeyans heavily. The French casualties are considerable. London 21s£ October. —Lord Rosebery, replying to a deputation urging(From the L'inang Gazette.) - 213 words
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Article143 1892-10-26 4 Penang, 26th Oc-Lober, 1802. Rales rules as follows •London, Demand, I tank 2 9} dollar. Do. 4 months siglifc, Bank 2/10} Do. 3 Credits 2/Lof Do. 3 Documentary... 2/10} Calcutta, Demand, Bank Its. 226 Do. 7 days sight, Private 228} Bombay, Demand, Bank 22(3 Do. 7 days sight, Private143 words
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Article1878 1892-10-26 4 Mail Notick.—The M. M. steam** Natal left Colombo for Singapore at H p.m. on the 20lh inst. Letters ail papers by her will probably be brougit on to Penang by either the Secundra <r the Sindow i Another P. O. Steamer in Tkoubi—The P. O. mail steamor1,878 words
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Advertisement122 1892-10-26 4 municipal notice. The next ordinary meeting ■JJ" Uo 1 Commissioners will be beiu Town Ball, at 2.30, r. m., On Friday, 23tu October. Business 1. Minutes of last meeting. 2. Captain Anderson s question as progress made with drama, scheme. i 3. Captain Anderson’s motion to wU the Municipal Engmeer122 words
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Article944 1892-10-26 5 [from our own Correspondent) Kwai.a Lipis, VSth October. q A the morning of the 11th instant ij Clifford, Superintendent of Ulu I’laug, who had beeu ailing with an .ff'climi of the throat for the past fortr: t left iiere for Singapore via Pekan friver road.) Mr. Wise, Collector, Temtiloh,944 words
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544 1892-10-26 5 THE LOSS OF THE S. S. BOKHARA.” No further direct intelligence lias, as 3'e*, boon received here regarding the loss of the I*. O. s. s. Bokhara, although tlie following items from tlie Rangoon papers differ somewhat from the accounts already published by us: Hongkong, 17 th October. —News has544 words
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Article71 1892-10-26 5 Jho following matches have been irranged by the Penang Cricket Club Committee: 2911 i Oct. Scratch Match. sth Nov.—Town (Shropshire) versus Country (Wright). oth Nov.—Club vs. P. W., at Buttervortii. 12th Nov.—Legalaud Medical (Shropshire) vs. Club. 19th Nov.—Golf Club (Wright) vs. Tlub (Shropshire). 2Gi,li Nov.—Club vs.71 words
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Article159 1892-10-26 5 Quito an enjoy r ublo afternoon was pent yesterday at tlie Lines by r a large umber of ladies and gentlemen who •/ere the guests of Captain Copland and fie Officers of the Detachment 2nd Balt. Jorthamplonshire Regiment stationed ii Penang, tlie occasion being a series cf159 words
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Article530 1892-10-26 5 A new comer to the Straits, Bully liooly, Jr.,” under which pseudonym a most charming and clover yonug man will he recognised by some of our read •*rs, has continued the account of his search for tho Oof-bird,” and in the Madras Mail thus describes his530 words
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173 1892-10-26 5 The Report of the Legislative Council Committee on the Penang Harbour Improvement Scheme, which has just beeu laid on the table of tho Legislative Council, and about which we shall have something to S;»y in our next issue, urges the rejection of Sir John Coodo’s173 words
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Article324 1892-10-26 5 ST BA ITS SETTLEMENTS. Government Gazette, Oct. 21st. 'The estimates for the year 1893 aro published, tlie estimated revenue for next year being nearly §200,000 less than the actual revenue of the year 1891, §833,335 less than that of 1890, aud §779,187 below that of 1839. It is324 words
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Article768 1892-10-26 6 Tl.oa-1, twenty or thirty wl.ales l.ave js nl w/ it is probable that Ibo great ter Of tl,e P last century Ims dun,uislied their number until there are no more than a few hundreds in «.stence. I :„ean, of course, of the r. K ht768 words
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Article765 1892-10-26 6 Tho name Union Jack,” to the meteor flag of Lug anr, j J derived from tl.e signature adopted by Lis pedantic Majesty, kif, James I. Out of every 1,000 males born at tie present day 24 more will attain the of 35 than used to be the case P765 words
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Article205 1892-10-26 6 Penang, 2Gtli October 1892. CENTRAL MARKET. Description. Beef.— Soup per catty Cts. 8 Roast jj 10 Steaks 16 Stew or Curry Meat „12 Ox Tail each 15 Tonguo 30 Heart 20 Tripe 8 Liver 14 Pork.— 16 Pig’s Head each 12 Feet 14 Tongue 12 Fish. Selangiu per205 words
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Advertisement118 1892-10-26 6 ICE! ICE!! ICE!!! Messrs. Uuttekbacu, Liebert Co have opened a branch for the sale of ice at No. 232 Penang Koad, where Ice bo ol>taiued, at the usual price o> cents per lb., any hour of the day 01 nigbt. Penang, 24th September, 1892. NOTICE. The Chamber of Guardianship oVee0118 words
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Advertisement429 1892-10-26 6 be closed to traffic until f„l U sea »«1 (By Order,) J.W nur"?^Secretary to the Municipal Cw' L U FA *> Municipal Office, T OWn uT‘' Sm ,(n r knang, 20U. March iso, 420 municipal notice. George Town, Penang°i!vi'te'm'” tenders tor the rentinc 0 t f pa ata for one429 words
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Advertisement804 1892-10-26 7 McLARTY COMPANY, j£ts !,,5 lc Address. CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, EAD FFICE “HcURTL Penan 6 surveyors no. 30, beach street, 1. CODE (l 887 PENANG. AND tth Iljdltlo (general Manager: Recodes. CONTRACTORS, F. M. McLARTY. U1.U.8. WE SUPPLY THE UNDERMENTIONED: it all *<«•“»> Fire Ch!v Ir n and St0 ?l804 words
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Advertisement497 1892-10-26 8 n TT a NOW T£ H Fj I! V UNDER EXPERIENCED EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT. FOUNDRY COMPANY. VICTORIA HOTEL. Weld Quad- 31 AIN ROAD, TAIPING. I ENGINEERS,! Centrally situated; close to the Railway Station, and BOILER-MAKERS, Government Offices. i BEDROOMS NEWLY FURNISHED. IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS Excellent Cuisine, Wines, Spirits, See. AND497 words
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Advertisement258 1892-10-26 8 ROyal^ I loi I Agents fo"^ 8 >*tt»p,».. l BEHS MEYER i( I 9th Sept, less, Cautouiu Sl^officeiLi THE undersigned Imr i I Agents for tl.is Office a 8 Wcn l Woi>B accept Marine Insurance irT 3 *-)B favorable terms, J F rfnllp I Co., amounts to *338 Act-I to258 words
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