The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 21 April 1894

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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 EVENING. Price 20 Cents. Pricb 20 Cunts. VOL. VI. PENANG, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1894. No. 478
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 890 1 Wort iJ?n^MM a oamß»n o^ Utlle BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. The Netherlands Fire ins npauy. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. lusnrauce Company. ™Z'7w>o*oo: NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS- Estahl x 8«. Accumulated Invested Fun ds... £2,838,118. Sdiluiff find e.w }>(*,(} tcd> A r rival of The undersigned has been appointed Agent
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  • 3370 2 Of all the measures that could he devised for raising the means of paying the heavy Militai ■y 0. mtribution with which we are saddled ami keep up the Government m.tchi nery of the Colony in the face of an always increasing expenditure and a decreasing income,
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    • 264 2 c.ii«5i'A: A I) <.\ i’jNLVa, i tRiVsG OF SUBSCRIPTION, PA YA HTjTS in ADVANCE: Pe: A 5 12.00 Half-year 7.00 Quarter A.uO Single copy twenty cents. Postal, 2 cents extra per copy. All subscriptions are considered to be rum uing until formally cancelled. IF PAID IN A UREAR 5 for
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  • 189 3 Tbe Hongkong manager of t'e ICisto?n Extension and Great N>’ them Telegrap Compam s, has made tne following cominunic ,tion public:— An arrangement, was mde at tbe Haris Conference of 1890, the International Bureau at Borne to -pare an official vocabulary ol Code. Is. This work is
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  • 529 3 Thu Sklxngor Mining Depautmicnt in 1893. I lie report of Lite Milling Department of Stdangor for 1893 states that hist ye-ir lias been a prosperous mining year h»r the State. I’iie output of tin has >*xcead« (1 expectations, ami miners gen«r.nly have done Wtdi. The t-xporL of tm
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  • 253 3 Professor Dr. Emil Solenka, a wellknowu German naturalist, arrived at (Colombo at tlio end of last month from Calcutta on Ids return to Mi ope from researches to enable him to st udy the development of the monkey in relation to man and the treatment ot disease. The
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  • 326 3 Mr. J. G. Alexander, the Honorary Secretary of t'-e Society for the Suppression of the Opium Traffic, has paid ilongkon visit ami has been interviewed there lay a reporter. In reply to questions with r« iorence to Hongkong and Canton, Mr. Alexander said L ive lieeii spending
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  • 416 3 The sanction of Mr Grassn’s M i.iacea railway scheme !>y Her Majesty** Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, wlio had I Hit» recently opposed the project 0)1 political grounds,” is one <>f the events of the day. We Init little knew here on vvhat data
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  • 847 4 (From our Exchanges.) Rkutb&s' Agknut. London, s th April. —Liter accounts <d the bomb outrage iu Paris yesterday nt I lie Ros'nuraut. LL»yot state that the ioroe ol the explosion was most terrific, ami smashed the windows elsewhere in the netg l» bouring streets. An Anarchist, lumii-d
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  • 116 4 Picnanu, 2lst April, 1894. Rates rale as follows London, Demand, Ban k 2/01 dol. Do. 4 mouths sight, Bank 21} Do. 3 Credits 2/1} Franck, Demand, Bank F. 259 Calcutta, Demand, Bank Its. 182 Bombay", Demand, Bank 182 Madras, Demand, Bank 181 Bangoon, Demand, Bank 181 M(Hl i, m
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  • 241 4 Rkutkb’s AciENcr. (From the Pinang Gazette.”) London, 1 7th April. —Golonel Nolan’* bill for t he repeal of I,lie coercion act ban been read in the House of Commons I lie second time. Eighty-seven supporters of i lie Government voted in its favor. Mr. Balfour’s amendment re tlie
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  • 1542 4 Mail Notick. The M. M. mail steamer Melbourne left Colombo for Singapore at 3 p. in. on the 10th instant,. 11. E. the Governor left Singapore last, Wednesday at, halt past, 4 o’clock in hi iho Sea Belle for Malacca; from thence 11. E. goes onwards,to Selangor,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 121 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICEA Special Meeting 1 of the Municipal Commissioners will be held at the Town Hall, at 2.30 r. m On Fkiday, the 27th April. Busin less: To consider and pass a Supplemental Budget, N r o. 1 of 1894. Immediately after the Special Meeting the usual Ordinary Fortnightly Meeting
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  • 288 5 A feat in cycling has jest been ae— Com hi is I ied in Asa loin by two Dutch gon'leineii, Mr. A. Vandoii Schuijl and Mr. C. H. Burgersdij employes at tile 11 ad Office of the Nederland Asahau Tabak Maatschapy there, who left# the 11 —ad
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  • 170 5 The following prices were realised nt lie Tobacco s;ile held at Amsterdam on Dm 1 9l 1) i list Deli Mij. 1,:00 bales (Medan Estate) 107 cts. /A. 576 (Belawan Estate) 15L /< b 643 (Bokalla) 102 /1). 209 (Tandj »ng Djaln) 10 !< M. 574 (Mariondal)
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  • 793 5 (Bangkok Paper# Louis Bei tnzzi, mi Austrian subject, accused of mui doling a Bin man named i oung Nan tee at Ciiantaboon on the 1 31st of January last, was put upon his trial on Wednesday morning, at the j Austrian Court, on a charge of man- j
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  • 764 5 The Government Gazette of the 13th irist. contains the text of three hills dial ted by Mr. W. R. Col Iyer, ilte Attorney-General, 8. 8., which are to he introduced into the Legislative C mnoil when it assembles in the course ol next month. The first, which is
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  • 327 5 The Times of Ceylon says that Englishmen in the Far East may well ho proud of the flagship that the British Government is sending iSut to the Listen» station, for the Centurion now in our harbour, is a magnificent# vessel, and what is
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  • 388 5 Am i iterest.in>' story is told by Mr. S. B. S lit,er, wliom most, of our readers will remember sis having been made it victim under 11• o G tmhlin<r Ordinance when 1 1 0 was here a few mouths of the oiotu'o of nn
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  • 1474 6 Times of India. A Srinngnr correspondent, writing on V. iiioJt 22m1, relates the following ext ru* ordinary adventure with u leopard: Immense excitement has just been created in Srinagar, ot‘ all places, concerning as extraoidinary a wild beast adventure as has ever been heard
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  • 759 6 Tonqu'n agricull.ui is s ireexperimenting with Chinese and other Asiatic varieties of the Cotton plant, in order to test its merits side by side with Egyptian and Antei icau cotton. It is reported that i:> consequence o-f the numerous annoyances d insults of* fereil recently t\) f* r s
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  • 278 6 Pen a N(J 21st April, 1894. CENTRAL MARKET. Description. BichF. Soup per catty Cts. 8 Roast ]3 Steaks 13 Stew or Curry Meat -1^ Ox Tail.•• each f) oq Ton S ue 35 >» Feet o 10 Heart per catty 05 Tn ‘pe *8 h vev 16 Buffalo
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 27 6 PERAK, PLEASE NOTE. For Salic.—Two we 1 thrown, I l>orou<*lily trained FLEPUAn IS, at modern!o prices. For full partieu’ars apply to B. VV c/o Sti'aits Independent Penang.
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    • 95 6 NOTICE. We beg to inform our customers that from tlie Ist March we shall sell for cash only. We also cancel herewith all our present and previous price lists, which, for the future, will he based on the rate of exchange of the day. GOSLING Co. I’enano, 21th February, 1894.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 842 7 GOSLING-* CC. DAN DO &C 0. pENANG-SINGAPORE. -j- A rrX n rv i AILUKb AND We import the following:- GENERA L OIJ TEITT E E B WiNEa and spirits. ]No. 1, Beach Street Union Street, All Wines and Spiri (s imported by I PEHANGa us are kept on tap, at
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    • 67 7 EASTERN ORIENTAL HOTEL. Branches FA R Q UHA R STB EET. Branches RAFFLES’ HOTEL, RAFFLES’ HOTEL, Singapore. raffles’ tiffin rooms, THE LEADING ESTABLISHMENT IN TTIE ISLAND. raffles’ tiffin rooms, SAURIES’ HOTEL Rangoon, SARKTES’ HOTEL, Rangoon. ORIENTAL TIFFIN ROOMS, UNION STREET. A Coed table, the Best "Wines k Spirits, and Superior
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    • 804 8 Company, Limited. ESPLANADE HOTEL. C'stpihil Subscribed $2,000,000. -rTS\ Amount I’hM np 600,000. (LA TE EASTERN HOTEL.) Reserve Fund 750,000. H.CA» Orient Honokoko. This Hotel which has been thoroughly repaired, Decorated and Seciefcnry, W. H. Ray, EsQ. Ti.e undersigned, Agents for the newly furnished, is now open, nhove Company, are prepared
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    • 435 8 Canton Insurance Office, Ltd Capital Subscribed $2,500,000 Amount Paid-up 500,000.’ Reserve Fund 730,OOo! Dead Office, Hongkong. General Agents, Messrs. Jakdinb, Mathkson Co. THE undersigned having been appointed Agents for the above Company are prepared to accept Marine Riaka at current rates. A Bonus is annually paid to all contributors of
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