The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 26 May 1894
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section27 1894-05-26 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. Price 20 Cents. Puioe 20 Cunts. VOL. VI. PENANG, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1894. No. 48527 words
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Advertisement901 1894-05-26 1 Nort'i-BritisU aaid MercautUe BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. The Netherlands Fire XusarancaCo-.npany. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCH APPIJ. Insurance Company. NEBAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS- irni TvrR«TKn Fitmos £2.868 HR. Intended Saill tiff and 6JC)>G(sted' Arrival of Steamers* The undersigned has been appointed Agent 7 j i .1 of the above Company,901 words
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1225 1894-05-26 2 It is with unfeigned pleasure and satisfaction that we record Mr. Huttenbach’s appoinlrnent to a seat in the Legislative Council l)y His Excellency the Governor. Although tardily, an act of justice has been done to Mr. llutthnbach, fora seat in Council belonged to1,225 words
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Article939 1894-05-26 2 The details of the Home Budget, are now to band, and the important and advanced fiscal reforms which it. contains make it deserving of a little attention, even in this far off Colony of ours. Below we give an epitome of its proposals. It has939 words
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Article1184 1894-05-26 3 {London Sf China Express April 27. The Court.— lt is officially announced Unit tlie Queen, who remains at Coburg, has appointed the German Emperor Colonel-in-Chief of the First Dragoon Guards. Her Majesty is expected to reach Windsor Caslle about half-past eight o’clock to-morrow evening. The J’rince{London Sf China Express, April 27. - 1,184 words
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Article1373 1894-05-26 3 (From Home papers up to 27 April.) '< France. —The new City of Paris Loan bus proved an extraordinary success, tlie amount having been covered nearly ninety times. So great was the eagerness of the Parisians to invest that the various financial establishments at which subscriptions were invited1,373 words
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Article1098 1894-05-26 3 \Y ril ing fi'om AmsferJam, on the 25th ulto., t,}»o correspondent of the London $>' China Express repot Is Yesterday the re-elect ions for th© Second Chamber were held hero, and in several oilier places of this country, hub the result is as yob unknown. In1,098 words
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Article123 1894-05-26 4 (From our Exchanges.) Havas’ Agency. Paris, 1 Hh May. —'Two Companies of the 17th Native Regiment have mutinied in Bombay. 1 Great Britain has delermiud to reinforce the troops iu India. 'The English Cabinet is said to be divided and the tenure of office of tlie Liberal123 words
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Article291 1894-05-26 4 11 hutu it’s Agency. (From the Pinang Gazette.”) London, 23rd May. M. Verier lias resigned. By treaty with Ihitaiu the Kin# of the Belgians leases Province Buhrelgpzd to the Congo State tor a long period. King .Leopold aird Ids successors remain sovereigns of the Congo State. The Temps11 hutuit’s Agency.; (From the “ Pinang Gazette.”) - 291 words
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Article103 1894-05-26 4 Penang, 26th May, 1894. Rates rule as follows London, Demand, Bank 2/1 dol. Do. 4 mouths sight, Bank 2/11 Do. 3 Credits 2/1 f-i Franck, Demand, Ihuilc F. 26 t Calcutta, Demand, Hank Its. 191 Bombay", Demand, Hank 194 Madras, Demand, Hank 191 Rangoon, Demand, Hank 193 Moulmein, Demand,103 words
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Article1398 1894-05-26 4 Hams, Champagne and Leek Salad” is the very comprehensive heading which the Singapore Free Press gives to the Retraction and Apology” which the Pinang Gazette went down “ou its hams” to make (o Mr. Swettenhara in connection with its recent article ou Bribery in Perak.” 'Tlie wording1,398 words
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921 1894-05-26 5 OUR CONTEMPORARIES’ OPINIONS ON MR. HUTTENBACH’ S APPOINTMENT. Says Lite Straits Times Tliat the choice is a good one, there can be no doubt. Mr. liuttenbach certainly has spent Lhe most of nearly a quarter of a century, during which time lie has been in the Straits, in Penang. But921 words
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336 1894-05-26 5 The Times of Ceylon says: Mr. E Creasy, {Superintendent of Police, has, we learn, applied for the post of Inspec-tor-General of Police of the Straits Settlements rendered vacant by the retirement of Captain [sic) Maxwell. The appointment is worth £l,OOO per annum, and Mr. Creasy has336 words
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Article163 1894-05-26 5 Beginner” writes in the New York Tobacco Leaf: —The cables that were received hero from Amsterdam after an examination had been made of the tobacco which was to be offered at the opening inscription filled the hearts of the larger holders of old Sumatra with j »y.163 words
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Article200 1894-05-26 5 THE QUEEN’ S SCHOLARSHIPS. —Free Press. A telegram has been received by the I Government from the examiners stating hat the Queen’s Scholarships of £2OO a year for four years have been awarded to I H. A. D. Moore Anglo Chinese School. 2. Koli Leap Teug Free School, Penang. This—Free Press. - 200 words
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Article711 1894-05-26 5 FtsNANa Cricket Club. vs. Sic hot. McMuruay’s Team. It will "readily be seen from the composition of his team that Sergt. Me Murray had mustered a warm lob to meet the I'. C. 0. on the Esplanade yesterday evening. The P. 0. 0. was not far short of its711 words
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Article521 1894-05-26 5 Mr. 11. Bennerlz, of Calcutta, wl.o is at present in Singapore with the object of promoting his new process for the treatment, of Ramie, is understood to intend to give shortly an experimental demonstration of his method of treatment, by permission of Mr. Ridley, at ti e Botanical Cardens.521 words
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291 1894-05-26 6 A decree lias been signed by the French President., forbidding the mai riatge of any member of the diplomatic or consular services without the permission of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. In cases were unions are to be contracted with ladies of foreign nationality291 words
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246 1894-05-26 6 As an instunce of the obstacles which foreign medical missionaries find thrown in their way when treating various css s, owing to the superstitious dread of the Chinese to operations involving loss of limb or organ, the following extract from a recent Missionary report is given246 words
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Article871 1894-05-26 6 The Japan Gazette says that rich gold oroa have been found at Mayumidani and Hatohodani, in Fukuoka-ken. An application has been made fol* a mining lot of 101,840 tsulio at Mayumidani and of 98,523 tsubo at llatchodaui. There have been so many applications for coinage at the Osaka Mint,871 words
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Article259 1894-05-26 6 Penance 26th May, 1894. CENTRAL MARKET. Dkscuution. Beef. Sonp per catty Cts. 8 RoUst )J >1 Steaks »> Stew or Curry Meat J 1) Ox Tail 20 Tongue 35 1' eet ?> lO Heart per catty 25 Tripe j> 3 Liver 16 BUFFALO MIiAT 16 Heart »> 14259 words
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Article, Illustration380 1894-05-26 6 PROGRAMME. OF AUGUST MEETING, 1894. FIRST DAY. Thursday 2nd August 1891. FIRST RACE. Value §l5O. —For Maidens. All Horses that have never won a race on any course, Griffin, Jump ami Roadster Races excepted. Weight per scale. Dia* tuuce one mile. Entrance §7. SECOND RACE. Vat, UK380 words
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Advertisement173 1894-05-26 6 NOTICE. In tho Goods of Henry Nethersole, deceased. PURSUANT to Section 46 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Ordinance, 1886,” NOTICE is hereby given that all persons having any demands upon the Estate of Henuy Nktiiisrsole, deceased, who died at Penang on the 16th day of December, 1893, and173 words
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Advertisement73 1894-05-26 6 NOTICE. We beg <o inform our customers that from the Ist March we shall sell for cash only. We also cancel herewith all otir present ami previous price lists, which, for the future, will bo based on the rate of exchange of tho day. GOSLING o. Penang, 21th February, 1894.73 words
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Advertisement889 1894-05-26 7 GOSLING* CO. JJ AN DO &C 0. PEN AN G-—SIN G APORE* y j LqTr S AND We import the following GENEßAL OUTFITTERS. wines and spirits. No. 1, Beach Street Union Street, All Wines and Spirits imported by PENANG, ns are kept on tap, at our Posada Depots in Penang889 words
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Advertisement66 1894-05-26 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, SA If KIES’ HOTEL Rangoon, SAIfKIES’ HOTEL, Rangoon. ORIENTAL TIFFIN ROOMS, UXION STREET. M Gccd table, the Best Wines Spirits, and Superior Accommodation will be66 words
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Advertisement794 1894-05-26 8 Company, Limited. ESPLANADE HOTEL. pits»] Subscribed §2,000,000. j rvmnTlllT T Amount P«id-np 600,000. (LATE EASTERN HO ILL,) Reserve Fund /50,000. Hf.*o Ofkick, Tlonokono. Tin's Hotel which has been thoroughly .repaired,!,Decorated and Secret»» ry, W. 11. Kay, liiSQ. Tl.e undersigned, Agents for the newly furnished, 19 now. open, itl.ove Company, are794 words
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Advertisement441 1894-05-26 8 Canton Insurance Office, Ltd. Capital Subscribed §2,500,000. Amount Paid up 500,000. Reserve Fund 730,000. Ii lad Office, Hongkong. General Agents, Messrs. Jardinb, Matheson Co. THE undersigned having been appointed Agents for the above Company are prepared to accept Marine liisks at current rates. A Bonus is annually paid to all441 words
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