The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 12 May 1894
1894-05-12
1
8
https://www.nlb.gov.sg
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/browse/straitsindependent
The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
-
Title Section27 1894-05-12 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVtwiwu. Price 20 Cents. X'IUOB -j OISNI’S. VOL. VI. PENANG, SATURDAY, AIAY 12, 1894. Ho. 48127 words
-
Page 1 Advertisements
-
Advertisement875 1894-05-12 1 Nortli-Britisk and Mercantile BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. The Netherlands Fire InsnrauceCompany. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. InsnranceCompany. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS- islied 1845. V- Tvvfsted Funds £2 838 118. Tn tended Sdiliilff and e xpected Arrival of Steamers, The undersigned lias been appointed Agent 1 M LO J j .i875 words
-
-
Article1162 1894-05-12 2 IItiNKWbD agitation is now going on with ;i view of inducing our City Fathers to lend themselves to a scheme for improving the condition of the Esplanade, which is' fast becoming a disgrace, rather than an ornament, to the town. With this movement, which lias been started1,162 words
-
Article1192 1894-05-12 2 London Sp China Express, April 13 Tuk CoU KT. K Ing Humbert ;i 11(1 Queen Margherita arrived at Florence on lOlli insl., >tticl later in the day visited Queen Victoria at the V r illu Fabbrieotti. Her Majesty embrac'd lier Itoyul visitors n:id conversed with themLondon Sp China Express, April 13 ) - 1,192 words
-
Page 2 Advertisements
-
Advertisement146 1894-05-12 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. prillJSlllill EVERY WKMKMY AND SATURDAY EVENING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, PAVAltr.l'l IN AUVANUK: '’er Annum S 12.00 Hulf-yeat* 7.00 Quuitnr 4.00 Single copy twenty cents. Postage, 2 ctfnts extra per copy. All subscriptions are consul©!*©»! to be run* ning until formally cancelled. IP PAID IN Alt HE Ail146 words
-
-
Article1102 1894-05-12 3 From Rome paper» up to 13 April.) Fkanck.—M. Fionreus has stated in the Figaro that ho would not, did he think he could serve his country by doing so, for a moment hesitate to publish any Foreign Office secret of which he i« aware. The answer to this,1,102 words
-
Article352 1894-05-12 3 According to the American law, all the Chinese resident in the United .States must register or leave the country. It is hardly necessary to add that there are considerable difficulties in the way of enforcing this l »w. For instance, on the Pacific coast the Chinese form so352 words
-
Article767 1894-05-12 3 Writing from Arnsterdurn, on the 13t,h ulLo., the correspondent of the London 8p China Express reports .Tile Queen and Queen Regent have given up their plan to pay the customary annual visit, to Amsterd »tn this year on account ol the advanced season, Yesterday the general767 words
-
Article701 1894-05-12 3 London fy China Express, April (j, With the opening of the season for tohacCo sales, in Holland interest is again felt in the prospects of this industry, and the prices attained at the first sale at Amsterdam on sth inst, are such as to encourage producers. The resultsLondon fy China Express, April (j, - 701 words
-
Article913 1894-05-12 4 (From our Exchanges Heutuk’s Agency. London, 23 rd April. —Sir Charles Russrll Inis Wet'll appointed a Lord Justice, and Sir John Rigby becomes AtfcorneyOenentl in his place; whilst Mr. Ried succeeds M**. Rigby as Solicitor General. Loudon 24th April. Verrnrn, tlie Italian Anarchist wlio was arrested at(From our Exchanges ); Heutuk’s Agency. - 913 words
-
403 1894-05-12 4 L. (J. Express. Some correspondence has recent’}' taken place in The Times with regard to the protection, in case of war, of the new trade line and new sul 'marine oatde to be established between Canada and Australasia, which really raises the general question of Colonial.—L. (J. Express. - 403 words
-
Article116 1894-05-12 4 Penang, 12 h May, 1894. Rates rule as follows London, Demand, Bank 2/1 dol. Do. 4 months sight, Bank 2/1 Do. 3 Credits 2/If France, Demand, Bank F. 264 Calcutta, Demand, Bank Us. 193 Bombay, Demand, Bank 193 Madras, Demand, Bank 192 Rangoon, Demand, Bank 192 Moulmkin, Demand, Bank116 words
-
Article635 1894-05-12 4 Reuter’s Agency. (From the Pinang Gazette.”) London, Ist May The following is the result of the Chester Cup: —Qunesit um, I Dare Devil, 2- SpindleJey, 3. An international bimetallic conference has been opened at the Mansion House, at which there were present German, {French and Dutch unofficial delegates.Reuter’s Agency.; (From the “ Pinang Gazette.”) - 635 words
-
Article1155 1894-05-12 4 Monday next (Wl.it Monday) being a Bank Hobday, all Government office* ns well as the Exchange Banks, will b 0 closed. Major General 11. T. Jones—Yaiigl an the m-w Officer Commanding the TroopS. S., Was a through passenger hy t|, a P..& O. mail steamer Sutlej, which1,155 words
-
Page 4 Advertisements
-
Advertisement80 1894-05-12 4 TKNDKIiS FOR RAISING Tin; s. s. Itivung Tung. TENDERS are called for raining steamer Kiuang Tung ami bringing l )ei tQ Penang. The vessels is sunk in about 3* fathoms of wafer off the liruas, with stern cousi. derably damaged. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be acceptedTenders80 words
-
-
Article78 1894-05-12 5 No further step lias yet been taken by the Colonial party in the House of Coniinoua in the matter of the Srraits Settlements military exaction, but the matter is hy no means being lost sight of. Matters Parlimeiitary have not been auspicious as yet, and it will78 words
-
Article204 1894-05-12 5 TiCNANO CIHCKBT CLUB. VB TfUt DttTACHMENT lOl’H RkQT.) Ibo fine, full-sized ground at the bepoy Bines was, on Thursday last the scene of the ret urn football match between the above teams. Neither eide was fully represented. The forwards, pt incipally Weeks (tor the home side) and Anthony and204 words
-
104 1894-05-12 5 Miss Henhnm, the daughter of the officiating clergyman at Butlerworth, now doing duty for the Rev. Biggs, absent, oil leave, has taken the initiative tor holding a Bvzaar in aid of the Buttepworth Church, for which the Town Hall I ias been put at104 words
-
Article113 1894-05-12 5 ’The following account, for the Month, of MYrdh, sr L39 f/ has been r for warbled' by tbe Managers of the Under-mentioned Banks, duly certified hy them, for publication in tbe Government Gazette. Avkuaqic Amount of Bank Nones in Circulation. Singapore. Chartered Bank of India,113 words
-
Article134 1894-05-12 5 The Burma Government would appear to have made a bad bargain in having leased certain fields in the vicinity oi theMergui Archipelago. The Chinese are, however, reaping the benefits These leases were granted in October 1892 lor a period of. 3 years, at an annual rental134 words
-
280 1894-05-12 5 CamKA'J tJLATOKY M KSBAQKfI. I lie following telegrams dated 8 1.1» instant, have passed between Sir John l coder and the Chairman of the Singapore Ghainbar of Commerce, on the completion 0 l the calde between Singapore and Ijabiian: I' min Sir John Bender,280 words
-
Article462 1894-05-12 5 Thus A Wandrrku” to the Editor of Indian Engineering Sir, —Your article on the Drainage of Singapore had led me lo Send you a few home truths about the capital ol the Straits Settlements. To the visitor Singapore is a disappointing place, especially if he has been led to462 words
-
561 1894-05-12 5 Considerable dissatisfaction, says the L. 8f C. E. in its issue of the 20th ulto., has lately been caused at Singapore by the action of the Chief Justice at the late Assizes in keeping the special jurymen, who have not been empanelled, waiting561 words
-
Article151 1894-05-12 5 'l’hr following passages have been booked for the Colony Pl£U PICNfNSULAR AND Ou?BNl f AL. Per s. 8. Parramatta from London, April 26.—-To Pknanu:—Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Brewer and two children, Mr. E. M. Schwab**, Mr. Kruyt, and Mr. Klatte. —To Singapokb Miss Voules, Mr. R.151 words
-
Article1085 1894-05-12 6 The following very interesting article on the present position of affairs in iSinin, appeared in the Straits Times of I lie 26th ulto. The shock with the country sustained by the sudden invasion of the French last, year is not likely lo be easily recovered Ironi. Its effects1,085 words
-
Article140 1894-05-12 6 The production of gold throughout the world is placed at $250,000,000. (American) for the Calendar year 1893 by tbe Bureau of the Mint at Washington. The production of 1892 was $238,801,000, showing till increase of $1 1,000,000, mainly furnished by the "United States, South Afrit*»,140 words
-
Article224 1894-05-12 6 This is tbe Jubilee Year of the Empress Dowager of China, that is, ibis her sixtieth year, thus completing the Cycle of Cathay. Great and costly preparations, writes a correspondent, are lieing made for celebrating the event in the tenth moon of this year, i.e.224 words
-
Article682 1894-05-12 6 It is estimated that there are 8,000 Chinese in the City of New York of whom 300 are Cbristiuus. An Auckland inventor has constructed a net to catch whales, The mesh is big enough for a calf to past through. It is Haid to have been already used with682 words
-
Article268 1894-05-12 6 PieNANa J2r,h May, 1894. CENTRAL MARKET. Description. Beef. Soup per catly Cts. g Roast Steaks M »0 Stew or Curry Meat Ox Tail... each on »> <Z\J longue 35 F f® 4 10 Heart per catty 25 Tripe "g r iver 16 Buffalo meat m Heart U L>ver268 words
-
Page 6 Advertisements
-
Advertisement102 1894-05-12 6 NOTICE. We beg to inform our customers that from tlie Ist March we shall sell for cash only. We also cancel herewith all onr present and previous price lists, which, for tho fulure, will be based on the r;ite of exchange of the day. GOSLING* Co. Pzn a no, 24th102 words
-
-
Page 7 Advertisements
-
Advertisement798 1894-05-12 7 GOSLING-* co j DANDO Co. PEN AN G—SIN GAPORE. r A I LORS AND We import the following:- GENERAL OUTFITTERS. wines and spirits. No. 1, Beach Street Union Street, AH Wines and Spirits imported by PENANG, ns are kept on tap, at our Posada Dep6ls in Penang and Singapore. JUST798 words
-
Advertisement67 1894-05-12 7 EASTERN ORIENTAL HOTEL. Branches:- FARQUHAR STREET. Branches:RAFFLES’ HOTEL, Singapore.. RAFFLES’ HOTEL, Singapore. RAFFLES’ tiffin ROOMS, THE LEADING ESTABLISHMENT IN THE ISLAND, raffles* tiffin rooms. SARKIES’ HOTEL Rangoon, "77TZ., SARKIES’ HOTEL, Rangoon. ORIENTAL TIFFIN ROOMS, UX lON STREET. A Good table, the Best Wines Spirits, and Superior Accommodation will be found67 words
-
-
Page 8 Advertisements
-
Advertisement833 1894-05-12 8 Company, limited. ESPLANADE HOTEL. KSSter-fS® (£42® EASTERN HOTEL.) Deserve Fund >, /50,000. llkao Office, Hongkong. Hotel which has been thoroughly repaired, Decorated and Secretary, \V. 11. Hay, Esq. 1 The undersigned, Agents for the newly furnished, is now open. shove Company, are prepared to accept r m/#/#/) "Marine Bisks at833 words
-
Advertisement443 1894-05-12 8 Canton Insurance Office, Capital Subscribed §2,500,000 Amount Paid up 5()o’o 0 o* Reserve Fund 730’000’. IJiiAD Office, Hongkong. General Agents, I\lf.ssrs. Jakdinb, Matbeson Co. TUP undersigned Living l, een pointed Agents lor tl.e above Comps!,!» are prepared to accept Aluriue Kisks at current rates. A Bonus is annually paid to443 words
-