The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 8 May 1895

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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. Prior 20 Oknts. Prior 20 Cbnts. vol. VII, PENANG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1895. No. 516.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 906 1 insmt 9 a compauy BR,TISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. The Netherlands Fire 1 y KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Insurance Company. r NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ia4 0 rrr;MUiiA.TEi> Investeb Funds... 62,838,118. intended Saili H<f (Did expected A.Vl*iv<ll of Stefimers The undersigned lias been appointed Agents T1 i|3 undersigned, being the
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  • 1252 2 We lmvo great pleasure in pub. belling, and calling the attention of the parents and guardians of our local youths to the following Regulations made by Government with the object of securing apprentices to the printing and book-binding professions. These regulations appear in the Government Gazette of the
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  • 1577 2 THE LIQUORS ORDINANCE 1894.” The Government Gazette of the 26th ulio. also publishes the following now Unit's made by IIis Excellency the Governor, under section 3"» (II) for the management ol Retail Liquor Shops licensed under section 33 of The Liquors Ordinance 1894: No Retail Liquor Shop shall be open
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 261 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. PUBLISHED EVER? WKDNRSDAV AED SATURDAV KVRNINU. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, rAYABLE IN ADVANCE: s 12 00 Hull-year Quarter w Single copy twenty cents. Posing©, 1 cent extra per copy. All subscriptions are consnf&red to bo runi„g until formally cancelled. IF PAID IN ARREAR: 5 for three months, after
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  • 1396 3 [London China Express, April 12.) I uk Court. I'iie Queen's Birthday wili be celebrated, in London, on Saturdey, May 25, and at all other stations, naval and military, on Friday, May 24. 1 he weather at Cimiez, where the Queen is staying, ns warm and brilliant.
    [London § China Express, April 12.)  -  1,396 words
  • 2230 3 (Home 'papers up to April 12.) FitANC«.— Most of the French newapapers, in commenting on Sir E. Grey's statements regarding French expeditions in Africa, and especially regarding the Nile Valley, agree that M. iittuotaux cannot bufc reply by energetic protests. 'They declare, however, that they do nob attach
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  • 670 4 Reuter’s Agency. (From the Vinang Gazette.) China and Japan. EUROPKAN INTERVENTION. London 26//i April —The protest by Germany, France ami Russia, which is couched in tho most friendly language, maintains that the cession of the Liaotong peninsula would lie a constant menace to Pekin and to the autonomy
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  • 127 4 Penang, Bth May, 1895. Rates rule as follows London, Demand, Bank 2/1 s 1 Do. 4 mouths sight, Bank 2/2 Do. 3 Credits 2/2J@2/2J o Documentary 2/2^ Calcutta, Demand, Bunk fli, 194,* Do. 30 days’sight, Private 197 Bombay, Demand, Bank 194 Do. 30 days’sight, Private,, 197 Madras, Demand, Bank
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  • 190 4 Sinqap.>ke, Ci.lt M.ty. Jelubus, $5 pc 4 sellers. liaubs, 13/10 pd 4.25 sales. £l, fully paid 6.80 do. Punjom*. s3| pd. 6 buyers, Pahang Corp., $1 pd. buyers. Maynard Co., $lOO pd. 3o Peugerangs, $5O pd. 65 sales ex divd. Straits Insurance, s2opd. I7f sales. Straits Fire, $2O
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 138 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The next Ordinary Mooting of the M" m oipal Commissioners will be held in 0 Town Hall, at 2-o p. m Ou Friday, tbe iOili May, 1593. Business Minute* of Inst mooting to I* confirmed. So™ 'o Ik• 3. Paper re- transfer of y contract lor 'he «'MM»!)’
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  • 1285 5 Mrs. Trotter will be “At Home” at the Residency on Friday, the 10th instant, at 5 o’clock. There will be lawn tennis and croquet. The Hon. 11. Trotter, in his capacity of Acting British Consul-General in the Siamese Protected States, paid his usual monthly visit to Kuala
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  • 164 5 {Perak Pioneer May 4th.) Phe travelling agent of Messrs. Pritchard Co. had his handbag containing bills and samples, etc., stolen in the train from Fort Weld to Taiping a couple of days ago. Mr. Birch is rapidly improving in health, and there is every prospect of Ins being
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  • 645 5 'Plie Government Gazette of the 26th ulto. publishes the'third Snplemental Charter which Her Majesty the Queen in Council has approved and ordered to he granted to the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China on the 14lh of December last. Aftei\reciting the'terms on
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  • 155 5 (Straits Government Gazette, May 3.) 'i'li© following appointments, with effect from the 27ih April, hr»ve been made by H. E. the Governor Mr. J. K. Birch, Ist Magistrate, Penang, to be Ist Magistrate, Singapore. Mr. H. A. O’Brien, PostmasterGeneral, Straits Settlements, to be Ist Magistrate, Penang. Mr. H.
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  • 169 5 Sf G. E., April 12. At the last moment the dies for thenew British dollor were somewhat delayed, hut they were definitely despatched for Bombay per l*. and O. steamer Khedive on 8th inst. They will he duo iu Bombay about the end of the month, and
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  • 100 5 We (Singapore Free Press) understand that the construction of the KedahSenggora railway is progressing favourably, the engineer in charge being Mr. Wilson of Swan and MacLaren’s. The Rajah of Kedah and the Rajah of Seuggora have been appointed by the Siamese Government to net in the matter
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  • 106 5 'The following account, for blie mont.li of February, 1895, has been forwarded by blie Managers of the under-mentioned Banks, duly certified by them, for publication in the Government Gazette Avskaob Amount of Bank Notbs in Circulation. Singapore. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, 1,428,050 Uongkong ami
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  • 495 6 Specially translated Tl.e Suumrang Locomotief says the following on the projected plans at I ulo Way, Aclieen The island, as it well known, is situated near the northern entrance of the Straits of Malacca, and consequently, like Penang, {Singapore, Colombo and Galle, on the route
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  • 852 6 This island, called by the Chinese Taiwan, lies near the soul beast coast, of China, and is separated from the mainland by the Straits of Fukien. The Chinese first beard of its existence in the beginning of the 16th centrry. Oean Liau Fob, a ennuch in the service of
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  • 1110 6 Progress Report for March, 1895. Meetings. —Ordinary meetings were held on the Ist, 15th and 29tii of the month, and a special meeting on tho Ist. Revenue.—' 'Phe total amount of revenue collected during the month was $14,1b8.9b while the expenditure amounted to $17,018 30 The Iml anoe
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  • 210 6 The policy of working the opium monopoly under Government management, experimented with in !|P island o dura off the Java coast, has proved sue i a success, that the Governor-Gem t a w had opposed the idea, now mt'i‘ extend it to three provinces in The Government
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  • 847 7 Tlie Sun gives an amusing account of the fust appearance of the Lady Footballers who bowed to the public on March 23rd at Llornsoy The New Woman, as a footballer, had not accomplished her emancipation in a half-hearted way—if she retains such ft n old fashioned trifle as
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  • 266 7 THE SPECTATOR” ON CRICKET. “Nothing,” says our contemporary, <( sells in London to-day like a picture of destitution, except uu account of a great game. The papers indeed vied with each other last week in providing the former, hut their real expenditure has been upon the latter. If the Rev.
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  • 834 7 A Madrid telegram to I he Comercio states that- China had offered to sell the island of Formosa to England and that the offer had been declined. It is believed that the Emperor of China is preparing to remove his Court to Sian, where Imperial quarters aud a forbidden
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  • 270 7 Penang, 7th May, 1895. CENTRAL MARKET. Description. Bibf. Soap per catty Cts. 8 Roast if 18 Steaks 18 Rump Steak f 14 Stew or Curry Meat J 8 Ox Tail... each 15 ii longue if if 35 Feet f ii I® Heart per catty 20 Tripe 8 Liver
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 80 7 THE DISPENSARY, No. 2, Bishop Street, IS NOW OPEN, And will, hereafter, be open daily, From 9a. m. to 5 p. m. On Sundays, from I a. m. to 1 p, m., and from 3 to 5. P- MPrescriptions accurately dispensed. SPECTACLES to suit every variety of defective sight. TOILET
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    • 26 7 liyyiLL Sweet Scents from flowers RIGAUD’S WHITE VIOLETS. RIGAUD’S WHITE ROSE. I RIGAUD’S WHITE JASMIN. RIGAUD’S WHITE LILAC. RIGAUD’S white iris. \jUGAUD, C° f perfumers, ParisJl
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1047 8 I»»™7T PRITCHARD CO. Company, Limited. Glimpsks of the Eastern Archipelago, 11 Ethnographical, Geographical, llisLor0,, P i1,»l Subscribed »2,000,000. ica l. A collection of twenty-five sub- 1 «T.. NtU IuJ,M,,u BU,teJ f,o,u 11,0 PROVISIONS! Hk'AD Okfick, llonokono. by PROVISIONS ."•I'";"' “”P‘ o' lS I r •WMSrSttSI PROVISIONS!!! tl.e premia paid. 'Abe
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    • 402 8 Canton Insurance 1 Cupilul Subscribed Amount Paid up 'S°°Reserve Fund P H«*n Or,,ci; UomoJ' 000 General Agents, ,f.i 4UDINI! Watbww Co HIE undersigned having been pomted Agents for the above P •re to accept M current rates. Kaut A Bonus ,s„,.unally paid toallcontri butm-sof bus,,,ess,ethers', arell o WwB The Bonus
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