The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 10 December 1892

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1 8 The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
  • 27 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. PEtjE 20 Cents. Price 20 Cents. VOL. IV. penang, Saturday, December io, 1892. No- 354.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 619 1 TheN’or 1 ®l^lf.Vamnanv n THE STRAITS INSURANCE tUp r Col P y BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. company, limited. p blished 1809. Capital £2,000,000. I KONINKLIJKE PACKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. established isss. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. «SJSKSKJSSST «crainst Fire upon the most favor- n Slrm*- behn mbtbr a Co Intended Sailing
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  • 1266 2 Last Wednesday’s contested election lias opened our eyes to one or two points of questionable advisability Til the manner in which elections of Municipal Commissioners are conducted here. Last Wednesday’s grand display of the voting power of the community was, wo believe,
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  • 884 2 (London China Express Nov. 11.) The Court. —The Queen and Princess Beatrice are expected to leave Balmoral on the 18th iust., for Windsor Castle Princess Louise of Batten berg (Princess Victoria of Hesse) ‘has given birth to a son, Her Majesty’s thirteenth great grandchild. The fifty
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    • 261 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. PIBUSHED EVER! MXKSDAY AX'D SATURDAY EVENINGS. K>h TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: Per Annum Half-year Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN AttREAR 5 for three months, after which term the paper will only be supplied on payment of the a r rear.’’ Postage, 1 cent
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  • 2171 3 [From Some papers up to Nov 11.) t.m-rible dviiiimiiM uvn NCIit —A terrible dynamite explo* A |nietl against the directors of tlie BloU UX M' lieB > to °k on the Bth IKrIIII pafia. A messenger in the em'f'rf the comply Baw a P a,, cel lyiug )l
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  • 873 3 Writing from Amsterdam, th^correspondent of tlie L. C. E. reports under date November 9 There is little of interest to chronicle of the week under review. The First Chamber of the States General is in recess, and in the Second Chamber the Budgets are being considered
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  • 1353 4 (From our Exchanges.) London, 24 th November.— A. member of tbe anti opium deputation, which re* oently waited on Lord Kimberley, urging the suppression of the opium traffic in India, not being satisfied with tbe reply given by bis Lordship, lms addressed a letter to Mr. Gladstone
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  • 148 4 Pknang, lOth December, 1^92. Rates rule as follows London, Demand, Bank ftr Do. 4 months sight, Bank 29 4 Do. 3 Credits 2/9j Do. 3 Documentary... 2 Calcutta, Demand, Bank Its. 222 jI )o. 7 days sight, Private Bombay, Demand. Bank 22 1 Do. 7 days sight, Private 22
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  • 159 4 {From the IHnang Gazette London, 5//i December.-—' Tl»e American delegate to the Monetary Conference having stated that it is believed that America will cease the monthly P m- chase of silver if the Conference failed, the Times considers the Conference has alreatly failed and that a sharp fall
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  • 1388 4 —Free frees. ONUrr —A rumour baa gained denco in the town since tub mr U r K*c«lle«oy the G„. r T"i:s ret used to grant Mr. llmteulmcl, „er «> ,Ik, U nnic i«i Wd Ue K'vo publicity to this inour for wl.at it is wortli. For our
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 82 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The next ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will bo lic.d at I lie Town LI all, at 2 30, p. if., On Tuesday, 20m December. Business for Meeting: 1. TIih Minutes of last meeting to bo confirmed. 2. Some bills to be passed. 3. Appointment of Mr.
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    • 16 4 x’mas criterion” DINNER AT THE eastern ORIENTAL hotel, ~ord instant. The Band will be in attendance.
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  • 914 5  -  (By F. C. Burnhand.) v There is to I>9 an election to-day! So thought lusl Wednesday morning-. I \yill go there; I will swell the list of the li*eo and independent.—Happy thought: tikka a stick —still happier thought: do w'ithout it; —superb happy thoughts constiß the
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  • 143 5 Correspondents are requested to authenticate their letters and to favour us, confidentially with their names if they do not wish to have them published. We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our Correspondents. The Penang Band. The Editor, “Straits Independent Sir.—As there appears to be
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  • 302 5 From Home. The following passages have been engaged for the Straits I’eu Peninsular and Oriental Per s. s. Ballarat, from Loudon, Nov. JO.—To Penang: —Mr. Iff. T. Tranchell. —To Singapore: Mrs. E. Heald, Mrs. Huntley, Miss E. M. Gillingham, Mr. \V. A. Bicknell, Miss Stevenson, Miss ii.
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  • 366 5 Mt-tkriou* Deaths of Seventeen Chinese in Singapore. On Friday the 2m I instant, no less than seventeen deaths of Chinese were registered at the police stations. The simultaneous nature of the cause of death created some alarm, and led the police to institute enquiries from the
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    • 34 5 NOTICE.—On and after Monday next, the 12th instant, the Office and Printing Establishment connected with the Straits Independent, will he at No. 11, Union Street, at which address this journal will henceforth he published.
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  • 1238 6 In accordance with an understanding arrived at with the Chinese Government, a number of Russian consulates will shortly be established iu Central Ghiua, as well ns in the province of Manchuria and in Mongolia, with the object of encouraging the transport and sale ot Russian merchandise, and competing with
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  • 198 6 The lust number of the Deutsche Revue publishes a statement on the origin of the Franeo-Russian Alliance purporting to come from a diplomatist. The writer says that in 1875 Priuce Bismarck dosiied war with France, and sent to St. Petersburg to inform the Russian Government that
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  • 222 6 I’bnang, 10th December, 1802. CENTRAL MARKET. Description. Reef. 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. 16Pig’s Head each 12 Feet Tongue 12 Fish.— Selangin... per catty 16 Koorow
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  • 555 6 programme AY U "y# B se Kosd.br, Griffi Jump J*ces excepted. Weial.t l/'" 1 4 lbs.jEallovvai.ces as p er r st tanceMmde. Enlrancefoo Dls •kcond KACeJSop.h. Governors Cop- p,. eo li UisMxcellency .Sir Cecil C 0 twl lAT lo Vo o, s nj 2 mid uuder ap
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 167 6 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that tiie books containing the valuations of rates imposed on buildings and lands situate within the Municipality of George Town for the year 1893 are open to the inspection of rate payers at the Municipal Office, Town Hall, daily on week days between the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1142 7 S'' LARTY COMPANY, 7 Head Office ONSTJLTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, SURVEYORS No. 30, BEACH STREET, PENANG. 1 1 <-iy general Manager CONTRACTORS. r. m. mclabtt, u.i.u.b. iUPPLY THE UNDERMENTIONED: ds, Iron and Steel Plates, Iron and Steel Jellies, Mining Plant, Rolled Zinc Slabs, la y> J* ai- s, Lighthouses, Muntz’s
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    • 469 8 TB straits^— s 3P-LM J VJJROPEAN KHYETOi uw^ Tr m o ulA HOTEL, irOBBDEY COMPANY. ten J Governnieiu NIsnED Agent ENGINEERS, bedrooms nr Spil Us &c. BOXLEE-H4KEB3. tfST^S^WSn».» UItJMAROSANI» erftte> b „H M.D BMSB FOUNDS J The Proprietor. J f V opT,AKiDE HOTEL. 1 E s™r.ss. 1 Boiler Fittings and
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    • 243 8 l t> *f*^'K Tenang, 9th 1892, I T» 15 fflw'“' l)lo!(ltct l^ Agents i;i i: accept l ln Wen asr/ 3 terms, fun e Jear 1890 16 ifo Glance »r w. A lJ.v.Jen.l of mHm of ]To/ ol< I ers A io o, lu l l tarred 0C ol Reserve
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