The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 21 December 1892

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  • 27 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEQNE3QAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. Pbiob 20 Cents.' Pities 20 Cents. VOTj. IY. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1892. No- 357.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 571 1 theNortli-Britlsh andMercau- THE STRAITS INSURANCE tile Insurance Company. BRiTiSH IN’OIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. co BIPANT, limit ED. Hislablished 1809. Capital £>2,000,000. I KONINKLIJKE PAGKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. established im THIS undersigned, being the appointed MTOADATAy l iMf or OTrAII/ICDO Capital FULLY SUBSCRIBED agents of this Company» are authorized to IVi.bAi A
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  • 1562 2 Bk yond a mere passing reference, the petition signed by a large number of the ratepayers of Penang, praying that, the Commissioners would consent to the transfer of the Street Lighting Contract from Mr. 11 UTTKxcA.cn to the proposed Penang Lighting Company, Limited, and thus remove the
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  • 852 2 Tlio following is the Petition alluded to in our leader;— To THK MtnICIPAL COMMISSIONED,PkNANO. The Humble Petition of Certain Rate-Royers ami Occupiers of Houses in the Municipality oj Renting, SIIEWKTIf, The undersigned Petitioners are rate payers and occupierso! houses within the M nnicipality
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    • 267 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. I'lr.i.isin.D Kviiuv wotshw ami SMI ltllM KVhSIM KX terms of subscription, |..\VAHI,K IN ADVANCE: ISs.IW Per Annum v 11 all-year 4qo Quarter Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN AUU IS Alt 5 for tlnee months, after which term the paper will only he supplied on pa}ment
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  • 739 3 Referring to the above subject, aud particularly to the scheme put forward by Mr. E. A. Watson, for the Government taking upon itself the inliative in planting operations, the Times of Ceylon bus the following As far as we are able to judge,
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  • 1297 3 Tho opium question bag not j T et troubled the even tenor of «Siamese official life, though wo suppose sooner or later wo shall bear the matter agitated with ag bitter acrimony aa lias prevailed elsewhere. With opium aa with drink there are a number of people
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  • 391 3 (From our Exchanges.) London, 9th December. —Colonel J. W. Rhodes and Lieut. Arthur (Rifle Brigade) will also accompany Sir Gerald Portal on his mission to Uganda. Brussels, 9lk December. —At a meeting of the Monetary Conference yesterday, Mr. Allison, one of the American delegates, proposed that tho
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    • 123 3 EASTERN ORIENTAL HOTEL. K* X’MAS “CRITERION” DINNER. Friday, 23kd December, 1892. MENU. Tlors d’Okuvres. Caviar oil toast. —Savoury Eggs. Sours. Tan Kail.—Ox-tail, clear. Fish. Boiled Slanging and Lobster Sauce. Fillets o£ Soles. Entrees. Aspic, Pate do foie gras. Lamb Cutlets with Green Peas and Tomato Sauce. French Pie. Joints. Roast
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  • 151 4 Penang, 21st December, 1892. Rates rule as follows London, Demand, Bank 2/8§ dollar. Do. 4 mouths sight, Bank 2/8J Do. 3 Credits 2/9J Do. 3 Documentary... 2/9} Calcutta, Demand, Bank JRs. 223 Do. 7 days sight, Private 224} Bombay, Demand, Bank 223 Do. 7 days sight, Private 224} Madras,
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  • 135 4 (From the Pinang Gazette.) London lath December. K |n h Money Us proposed to cede Wl.yde i to Eu.-lund, deoluriuff lint U» broke their compact in tulvaucing on Moimrchists anti revolutionists of all shades me seeking to fan the K' discontent in Haris and I' ranee with t
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  • 1580 4 Mail Notices. —The M. M mail steamer Ocean ten, left Colombo lor Singapore at noon on the lGth instant. The P. O. mail steamer Mirzapore, with the mails, etc., of a week biter, left Colombo for Penang at 2 p.m. on the 18th instant, and should, therefore,
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  • 636 4 Penang vs. Perak. Last Saturday’s match, on the ho plauade, between a team from Perak, captained by Mr. Ingall, ami the eleven which is to represent Penang against Singapore, was interesting, as showing what the chosen ones can do against first-class bowling, for we have seldom seen Fox so
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    • 298 4 town hall. MONDAY, 26th Inst. t PENANG AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB. T. W. EOEEETSOX'S 1ILIIAEV C01SW “OUR S.” CHARACTERS. Vrince Petrovsky, ...Mr. W.-Hargreaves, Sir Alexander Suenpryn, ...Mr. H. Scott, Captain Samprey, ...Mr. W Marshall, Anocs McAlister, ...Mr. E. B. Vnor, Hugh Chalcoit, ...Mr. M uskett > Sergeant Jones, ...Mr. It. 1.
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  • 496 5 The following are tiro arrangements for the Christmas week, so far as can be at present settled The Secundra will arrive here tp-morrow with the Singapore team on board. The same evening, Egerton in Singles, and Cole and (Shropshire in the Doubles, will meet Elliot and MacTaggart
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  • 533 5 As we were going to press, we received a copy of tlio following letter which Mr. lluttenhach had just addressed to the gentlemen who intend to ro propose and re-nominate him for election at the forthcoming Municipal contest-. Penang, 21st December, 1892. To Messrs. M. A.
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  • 2234 5 At a Special meetiu# of tlie Municipal Commissioners of George lown, 1 enaug, held at the Town Hall yesterday, there were present, J. Y. Kennedy, Fisq., resident,) lt m Hon. D. Comrie;A. H. Wbight, hsQ.; Du. Beown and Capt. Anderson. 'lhe minutes of the previous meeting were road
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  • 675 6 To encourage fisb-curing m British North Borneo, the Government ot tbat Stale offers a bonus of §lOO to lbo first person who placet 30 picult o locally dried fish in tho Sandakan market. During October forty-six British sailing vessels and seven steamships were wrecked, involving a less ol lilo
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  • 229 6 Penang, 21st December, 1892 CENTRAIi MARKET. Description. Beef. Soup per catly Cts. 8 Roust 16 Steaks JG Stew or Curry Meat j} 12 Ox Tail each n J 5 Tongue 3<) Heart 20 Tripe 8 Riven* 1 i POKK. )i It) I'ig’s Head each J 2 Feet 14
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  • 590 6 programme first day, 1 [TUUSDAY, 19th Jasca 10 0 Q eirst race.—3-3 o p i 893, IHK Maiden Plate.— Valm» si n -e ilil llo,Bea H'Hl bare uev er „J n J\ P#r a ">; coa >*>, Roadster, Griffin "1 f l{,l f as ‘‘xeepted. Wei »1,1
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 229 6 NOTICE. Du. SNYDER, representing the under, signed, has arrived from Singapore and may ho consulted daily at the Eastorn Oriental Hotel. Dr. J. W. NOBLE,” 557 Dental Surgeons MUNICIPAL NOTICE. ELECTION OF COMMISSIONER. Notice is hereby given that Mr. August Uiittenbach, elected a Municipal Commissioner for the Municipality of George
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    • 1231 7 McLARTY COMPANY, T uZm'/mm"* CoHBTC *a«hsineebs, haval akchiteots, 'J SURVEYORS No 30 > BEACH STREEI. fHUES A, 1. PENANG. “A* B.C.*\ 4th Kdition. AND '{fcncrac IManager: LMiIVATIS CODICS. CONTRACTORS. F. M. McLARTY. M.I.M.E. —i i. WE SUPPLY THE UNDERMENTIONED: Asbestos in all forms, j Iron and Stoel Plates, Iron and
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 445 8 IKHYE H0 N UNDEII EXPERIENCED EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT. foundry company. VICTORIA HOTEL. Weld Quay. engineers; maim road, taipirg. BOILER MAKERS Centrally situated; close to the Railway Station, and Government Offices. IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS bedrooms newly furnished. Excellent Cuisine, Wines, Spirits, &c. Table d’H6te—Separate Tables. GENERAL CONTRACTORS. BILLIARDS AND BAR IN
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    • 282 8 Eow i^K3S3is«s favourable Terms. sks on the BEHN < Meyer 4 c Penang, 9th Sept. 1892. eri -(i Cautonlnsurance^^i^ Agents for this Office'Tre no 1 appoiriW accept Mat ine IneuraClhsfe iavorable terms. 8 °n the moat I'or full particularsappl, to i^ousteI&Yco, ■Agents, Result of ilie work in or 0 f
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