The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 5 November 1892

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    25 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. Price 20'Cents. Prior 20 Cents. IOL. IV. PENANGI, SATURDAY, NOVEBIBER 5,1892. No. 344.
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      699 1 Te iTorfcli-BritisU aud Mercantile Insurance Company. PPitiou mm» ATf a T,IE straits INSURANCE BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. company, limited. JCstablislieil LSOO. Capital £2,000,000. koninklijke packetvaart maatschappij. ESTABLISHED 1383. up nndmvtmned. being tho appointed JL of this Company, aro autl.ori.od to NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS- C riTAf- fully Subscribed:
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    THE “DORA ” ENQUIRY.
    1099 2 THE “DORA ENQUIRY. We are a long way from being satisfied with the manner in which t lie enquiry into the loss of the s. s. Dora has been conducted. As in the case of many others of these so-called enquiries, the whole proceedings thereat degenerated into a mere farce.
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    TTE DANGER OF INFECTION.
    425 2 Tick present outbreak of smiilpox mty be, as the Health Olfijer asserts it. is, sporadic in its natuiv, but, judgiii*' tt*om the number ol cases which are now occurring flails wo can arrive at no other conclusion than that the malady we are now facing partakes
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    PENANG A SEPARATE COLONY
    878 2 “Ss,“ issue of the London. Chum fy" G f S “«■>■»? Kale.” Tin, member for tiungei Penang cannot lit ,!0 1)1011(1 <)f tlj o distinction thus confr. r l U 1' 0U them, wl.ilst Mac, the teTu pulverising Mac” who distinguished himf elt f° n, k'
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      270 2 ThTsTBAITS independent. rniUSIIItll IVEBY UKI»XKS!*\Y AMI SATI'KIIAV eykmygs. terms of Subscription. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: l’er Annum CJJJ loo Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN AttKEAK S 5 for three months, after which term the paper will only be supplied on payment ol the nr rear.” Postage, 1 cent extra
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    CHINESE IN THE SEYCHELLES.
    268 3 Until a year ago native Indian merchants had a practical m(Wopoly of tlio trade of l!ie Seychelles Islands, anti the miiirier of merchants was perhaps more than could expect to find lucrative employment. Unlot i nnately for them, while they imported stocks largely in excess of
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    AMERICAN RICE.
    314 3 Is America us a rice-grower to com* P with India? —The Pioneer states: i |l latest American papers received c !i taiti some news of considerable in* to the rice exporters of ltangoou Calcutta. The new rice crop in the 'nitliem States is said to be the most
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    TOBACCO PROSPECTS.
    1028 3 —L. cj* G. E. The drift of the meeting of the shareholders of the Loudon and Amsterdam Borneo Tobacco Company on the 6th u!t. was fortunately not in the direction ol sacrificing their property in such very imuspicious times as the present. The stare holders, perhaps, feel considerable
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    THE PANGS OF POVERTY.
    1085 3 (by one who has Suffered them.) There are some people so poor that they can scarcely he said to feel the pangs of poverty that is to say, they become so habituated to them that it is —and always has beeu—their life, and they look for
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    EXCHANGES.
    162 4 Penang, sth November, 16P2. Rate# rules as follows: London, Demand, Hank 2 -C dollar Do. 4 months sight, Bank 210 Do. 3 Credits 2 10} Do. 3 Documentary... 2 Calctti a, Demand, Punk lig. 223.^ Do. 7 days sight, Private 228.1 Bombay, Demand. Bank ~223! Do. 7 days sight,
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    LATEST TELEGRAMS.
    110 4 (From the ‘lining (Jazette.) London o\sl October. The Roil mania, from Liverpool to Bombay, has become a total wreck to the north of Lisbon. 'I hero were one hundred and twentytwo persons drowned, and only nine saved out ot a tet.d'ot one hundred and thirty-one. London, Li November.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1563 4 fo run their first trial trip.— foiuvi L tto i rrcss. Til is Prince of Walks’ Birthday.— Wednesday next being the anniversary of the birth of LI. U. 11. the Prince of Wales, wiji he observed as a Public holiday throughout the Colony. All the Public Offices,
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    PAHANG.
    603 4 Correspond Ulu p Af T IvWAr A Since I w 29 Octc i,h« raui wi'icii comiuuiu.r yvßr y lv K'euter pert of eHC i. n t rou S l, c ll several places. Many o 7| UU aW are now comnletelv i :irts «"ciHllj the M|>'iili lauds around R
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    BREAK UP OF THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
    238 4 IiIIEAK UP OF Tub OctoberLater, QuaW. Lkepi3 > e n> Telegrapldc orders we.« ie |,re..k* last ..ial.tlrom bmuupore a lb* up of tire Expeditionary 1 work of zing tl.« W U't me a ceil tbi» oroiuiug. Col*' Ms without delay to Singapore via meet
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      122 4 NOTICE. Meeting will be held in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, On Monday, 7th inst., at 3 pm., wit preference to the Report hy the Special Committee on the proposed Harbour Improvement Scheme. All interested are invited to the present. A. G. WRIGHT, 534 Chairman Chamber of Commerce.
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    858 5 (V 'i leuts a re req irsteij to authenticate r an! (> y‘ar >nr us, eoniideiitiaUy, r ,it jt r names if they do aot wish to have fainf'Vsiied. 11', n l hold oarstdr responsible for the expressed by our (Jorrespondeuls. Tilth; ian' Immigration Amendment Ordinance. T!uIM i tor,
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    THE BANKS’ RETURN FOR SEPTEMBER.
    100 5 The following account, for Sept. 1892, has hue it forwarded by the Managers of the undermentioned Banks, duly certified by them, for publication iu the Gov eminent Gazette. Average Amount of Bank Notes in Circulation. Singapore. Mercantile B ink 483,745 Chartered Bank 1,252,470 ll’kong Shanghai
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    AN ACT OF JUSTICE.
    138 5 The Bokhara” Lascars. The following letter, bearing upon the conduct of the lascar crew of the Bokhara, appears in the Hongkong papers: Sir, —The official enquiry into the loss of the Bokhara being concluded, the survivingjofficers wish to state, iu justice to tho native crew, respecting
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    THE MUNICIPALITY.
    517 5 'i’lie following are the official Miiiu ts of a. Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, held on the 14th October, 1892 J. Y. Kknknsy, Esq (President); the onourable, D. Comkib; A. It. Adams, Jf'l A G. VVuigut, Esq VV. C. -OWN, L-Q., M.D. atul C.MT. ANDIUi SON, B E.
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    322 5 From Home. The following passages have been engaged for the Straits Per Peninsular and Oriental. Per s. s. Arcadia, from London, Oct. 4.—To Penang: —Air. J. G. M. Vau Biusbergen.—To Singapore: —-Nai Yin, Nai Piaak, Nai Cliate, Miss Maude Smith, Miss E. S. Shakespeare, Miss Coh», Mr.
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    MARKET PRICES.
    216 5 Penang, sth November 1892. CENTRAL MARKET. Description. Beef. Soup per catty Cts. 8 Roast 16 Steaks 16 Stew or Curry Meat 12 Ox Tail each 15 Tongue „30 Heart 20 Tripe 8 Liver 14 Pork. 16 Pig’s Head each 12 Feet 14 Tongue 12 Fisii. Selangin per catty
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      1601 6 Jj A 111 II I A RinQ MUNICIPAL NOTICE. NOTlCP^r^ NOTICE OF SALE OF CROWN LAN o. A V rv T- f tenders for the renting of the following, WILL be held in TH(r r n ,u sifnated in the Nortli-tost Lhstrict, f or 0110 year from tlie Ist of
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      787 7 I McLARTY COMPANY, I rfm'ld"" CONSUI,m<} EIIW »^R S naval architects, p ,c SURVEYORS m No. 30, BEACH STREET, 1 i. CODBllOOl.) THtf £S V PENANG. ,C.”,4th Edition. AND I A iND CONTRA rtot? Aener Manaser; fB vAXE CODES. 1 L F. M. McIAKTY, MI.U.X. eg];.' I WE SUPPLY THE
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      495 8 rr yt A now open XT W 2j H U UNDER EXPERIENCED EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT. foundry company. VICTORIA HOTEL. Weld QnaiJ. MAIN ROAD, TAIPING. ENGINEERS, Centrally situated; close to the Railway Station, and BOILER-MAKERS, Government Offices. BEDROOMS NEWLY FURNISHED. iron AND BRASS FOUNDERS IKUN AND Dnnwo Excellent Cuisine, AViues, Spirits, &c.
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      284 8 Royai imC*'""*'* a I to accept Firo f> e ni P a <y aro f“v«.uJu c 4 1 BEBN Penang, 9th Sept. 1892 I ““‘“"■“«'‘SpSiSijl Agents' f w Ibis 'f' spptiiy I accept Marino Pre W to I favorable terms. nce f-'»!*, on tU c. ttl H For fall parti
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