The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 14 December 1892

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1 8 The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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    28 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. *.v*. PUBLISHED EVEIY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. Price 20 CeWps. Price 20 Cents. VOL. IV*I PENANG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1892. No- 355.
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      753 1 the straits INSURANCE tile insurance Company. BRITISF N Q| A STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. company, LIMITED. JCsUil>li«LOtl 1800. I A TST TC-T-cn> lOOfl Capital h, 000, 000. j KININKLIJKE PACKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. established ins. T r tv milersignajd, being the appointed j liirointTiii nr oTrmiirno Capital fully Subscribed gents of this
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    MR. HUTTENBACHS’S DISABILITY.
    851 2 The G)vkrnoii li;i vim; refused to ratify Ar. Huttknbach’s election as a Municipal Commissioner, there is very little left to say upon the subject. His Excellency, Sir Cecil Smith, through the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, has informed Mi*. lluttenbach, in the most emphatic terms, that this refusal
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    THE INDIAN IMMIGRATION AMENDMENT ORDINANCE.
    1044 2 THE INDIAN IMMIGRATI ON AMENDMENT ORDINANCE. It seems to ho the fate of Commissions organised to forward any special object in Penang or in the Straits Settlements generally, that the members should so set about, their task as to defeat heir own ends, and it will always nmain one of
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      285 2 the straits independent. rmisim kvkry ivkiim.sdw am* SITUKIIAV EVKXIXtiS. KX TERMS of subscription, PAYAIsr.B IN ADVANCE: S 12.00 Per Annum v 0() Half-ye*r 400 Quarter Sit»gle copy twenty cents. TF PAID IN ARREAR 5 f or three months, nfter which term lh« paper will only he supplied on payment ot
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    SUMMARY OF HOME NEWS.
    979 3 /j S'mChiua Express, Nov. 18.) •j’H* 1 I Court left Balmoral ,>vt< 1 Jrarnoun for Windsor. Her Mj VMt w Was accompanied by Priu* vSS drove to Balluter, and proceed 1 ,,e journey South shortly t'V<> c ock. There have been ru,noai*s c° no riling the
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    EUROPEAN SITUATION.
    1894 3 (From lome papers up to Nov. 18.) Franck— The judicial inquiry into the affairs of the Panama Canal Company lias been dosed, and it is announced that the Procireur General has decided that legal proceedings shall be taken against the direcors for breach of trust and malversaton of
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    HOLLAND AND NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    802 4 Writing from Amsterdam, tl.e corres,,««dent of llio L. C. E. reports under Jute November 1(3 T|,o Court is at present residing at Hot lion. I" tiio Second C lamlier o tl.e Slates General tl.e COUS 'f ,0 u f f the Bills for tl.e extension ol
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    EXCHANGES.
    147 4 4 I'bnang, lOtb December, 1892. Rates rule as follows London, Demand, Tank ‘2/81 dollar. Do. 4 months sigiit, Bank 28$ Do. 3 Credits 2/9$ Do. 3 Documentary... 2/9$ Calcutta, Demaud, Hank Its. 222$ Do. 7 days sight, Private 224 Bombay, Demand. Tank 222$ Do. 7 days sight, Private 224
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    LATEST TELEGRAMS.
    146 4 (From the Vinang Gazette.) London, Slh December. —Mr. Hill has introduced a Bill into the Senate to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act. The report of the Secretary to the Treasury on the Sherman Act is not satisfactory. The depreciation of the silver in the treasury embarrasses the
    (From the Vinang Gazette.)  -  146 words
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    54 4 M A Kill AGE—On tlie Kil, inst. :it St. George’s Church, by tlie Hov. L. C. lliggn, Colonial Chaplain, V. Maxwell Lillie, M. D., Selangor Govenmenr. Service, second won of the laU It. Little, M. 1)., Singapore, lo Marit Elisabeth, thin! daughter of Majo* Ifei'inaim SchioJer, J Oth
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1332 4 Consula it Visitation. —Tin lion. A. M. Skinner, C.M.G., Resident Councillor, Penang, pays a Consular vist to Kedah and the Siamese North Wes' Provinces some time next month. Postal Notick. —In format on having been received that Zululand as forming part of Natal) bas entered die Postal
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      149 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Applications for tl.e following appointments will be received by tbe undersigned up to 4 p. ill. oil Monday, the 19th instant. 1. Inspector of Vacnnt Houses. I rivate Carriages, etc., at a salary of §JbO per annum. 2. Inspector of Markets at a salary of §720 per annum.
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      73 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. A Special Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will bo held at 2.30 p m., on Tuesday next the 20th iivtant, at the Town Hall, to consider and piss certain bf laws for carrying out the pirposes of the Jinricksha Ordinance, 1892. Immediately after the Special Meeting, the usual
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    THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    882 5 From the Free Press.) Thursday, Bth Dkc. Fkksknt Ilia Excellency the Governor, (Sir Cecil C. Smith, G.c.M G.) The Bon- the Colonial Secretary (\V. E.) Maxwell, c m.g.) the Acting Colonial Treasurer (15. 15. Isemonger.) v the Colonial Engineer (Major McCallum, U.K., C M.G.) the Audibar-Geuerul (11.
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    PAHANG GOLD.
    260 5 In tlie paper read before the Geological kSooitty of London on the 9fcli uit., oil The Gold quartz Deposits of Pahang (Malay Peninsula)/ by LI. M. Beecher, Esq., F.GB., the writer said The gold quartz deposits of Pahang traverse an exteusive series of slates, sandstones, and dark-coloured limestones,
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    NOTES FROM LOWER PERAK AND BATANG PADANG.
    833 5 (From our own Correspondent I lie first section of tlm Kinhi Vnlh*y railway from tl»e port of IV! tic Anson, to the 17tii mile, Topnii—Teluk Anson Road will in nil probability bo opened for traffic early in the coming year probably February or
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    300 5 ];i:om Dome. The following passages have been engaged for the Straits PER PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL. Per s. s. Pekin, from Loudon. Nov. 11.—For Singapore :—Mr. J. S. Elmore. Per s. s. Australia, from London, Nov. 25.—T0 Penang»:—Mrs. Sarre. —To Singapore :—Mr. J. Sommerville, Mr. Davie, Mrs Lyop
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    SANITATION IN THE EAST.
    977 5 (London China Express, Nov. 11.) Mr. Hubert Boyle iifm republished, under the title of A Sakitary Crusade through the East and Australasia some I.‘Hers addressed to a teomical journal. One of these letters dealt with the sanitary state of the Straits Settlements and some towns in
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    GLEANINGS.
    675 6 Victor R..W, a ontivo of Leipzig was arrested oi. the lOtl. nit. by tl„; I’ar.s > police on suspicion of being impl.c. od 1 in tlie fatal dynamite outrage in Hie line des Boos El. fans. Tl.e prisoner it is stated, was an associate of well-known > Anarcliists, and
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    MARKET PRICES.
    234 6 Pknano, 14tb Decern >er, 1892. CENTRAL MARKET. Description. Beef. Soup per catly Cts. 8 > 16 Steaks j} jg Stew or Curry Meat ~12 Ox Tail each J 5 'longue 30 Heart „20 T "po r> 8 Livei 14 Pork.- 16 Pig’s Head eudi n jo beet 14
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    568 6 progjrl^e Thubsda™? fe; ElttST kack.®»s I he Maiden Pr ate Jlv i P »11 Horses that have’lj"“ ?,3 °-Por !I .V course, Roadsl er S’ «Ce n ™P excepted. H lL a "<l H'a.; allowances :is 8n,.., fJ si. tance I mile. E„lra..c|X| o Di SECOND RACeJL\I
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      166 6 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Notice is hereby given tlmb fclio books containing the valuations of rates imposed on buildings and lanes situate within the Municipality of Gecrgo 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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      1248 7 am f McLARTY COMPANY, I c# engineers, naval architects, H d p I STJRVETORS Ko. 30, BEACH STREET. I ihubsa. '■Rod E l 88 7 penang I v B.C.”.Jj|th Kditioii. AND I ANIp Qeneral I pkiv.vijk cooks. CONTRACTORS. r. m. mclarty. mi.um. I > M ~=a£CSj WE SUPPLY THE UNDERMENTIONED:
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      479 8 H 0 UNDER EXPERIENCE P EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT. FOUNDRY COMPANY. VICTORIA HOTEL. Weld Quay. ir.l V ji OA D, TA 11*1$ C ENGINEERS, MAIX mm BOILER-MAKERS, Centrally situated; close to the Railway Station, and Government Offices. j iron AND BRASS! FOUNDERS bedrooms newly furnished. Excellent Cuisine, Mines, Spirits, &o. Table cl’llote—Separate
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      305 8 Royal LondoM aace The undersigned haviML i gents tor je above a Pl>oii»i, j ttcce Pf l%e Insurance favourable Terms. If 8 011 tie DEHN| BrEa4C( is a x —1" Cautoulusurauceoftc e lilnitel THE undersigned lmvinß-Wn Agents for this OHice, are low n *f P luted accept Marine Insuranceltisb n»*!i
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