The Straits Times, 28 August 1869

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    16 1 The Straits Times. Oli. XX PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28th, 1869. SATURDAY EVENING. X(J. 4-^46".
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    SATURDAY. AUGT. 28, 1869.
    64 1 SATURDAY AUGT. 28, 1869. K ET Ql 01 \TIu.\S. J' n \*>-\>. ier 18.20 Pi t P. p] er 10 to !< Flour Sago ::.i" t. :l.~> „135 do 150 >i lbs. Shirtinga -:<'< I T. Cloths 1.66 t0J.70 i 85 to I.:"' 2.15 to &20 i 1 J£lls.od*£2o.od. Opium
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    FORTNIGHT'S SUMMARY.
    931 1 fin: last Overland Journal was published on the 18th instant for despatch the Mail of that date. Since then London Mail of the lC.th ultimo I la- conn- to hand by the I*, fc 0. steamtl/itiu, on the lMh instant. The I'ieiK Homeward Mail arrived here from tungkong
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    THE OPIUM FARMS OF SINGAPORE AND JOHORE.
    827 1 Mis Kxcki.i K.\tvtheGoveraorisdialled l»v souk- with haying made a great deal too much of Urn Maharajah since hia arrival here, and tf encouraging an intimacy with him which they a»y r u 1 1 t to a certain degree Iwnen lii> respect i'or
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    ITEMS FROM JAVA.
    504 1 Java papers of the 1 lth August, state, that the British ship Ouangondy, Captain Amsley, which left Bombay for Hatavia in liallust, got ashore in the Straits of Snnda. The steamer Fi'iinten i'<i It PutU returned on the LBth having the Captain »n board. The ship lies
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    CHINA. POLITICAL AND GENERAL SUMMARY
    910 1 CHINA. POLITICAL AND GENERAL SUMMARY MARY. OSHSBAL. The bow usiKil. bi-weekly oatnge haa to lie recorded. A missionary chapel, about a hundred miles from Hankow, has been bornt down. Full particulara are »i". t.> hand, but it appears i bai c beei i' the ordinary outbreaks against fureignera similar to
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    KIUKIANG.
    131 1 A correspondeni of the Evening Courier from Kiukianu' writes that the combined efecta "f the ex« ssim rise of the Tangtse and of the heat, is producing much misery I ami mortality along the ajathrea at that port Befugeea from the inundation on the opposite tide of tire river,
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    HANKOW.
    145 1 The water is subsiding almoal as pii.-klv as it rose, anil the "navigation" of the treeta in the settlement is mat beeosaing imposaiblr so thr bonrmen "who throve on our being>water bound will aoon give place 1 t the chair ami it> bean rs. Whai a -i-_rl> t the
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    PEKING.
    106 1 Newa has arrived from Peking thai the Hemplatcl vi-it of Mr. Mart ti the treaty ports, tor the purpose of inspecting and examining the Customs' establishments and employes, ia adjourned tine die. Rumour aangna aereraJ bhww to this change in the resohe of the Inspector-General The embarraasmeni resulting from
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    MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.
    826 1 Minutes of proceedings of the Municipal Commission* rs, mi Wednesday, the 18th day of August, 1869. 'omtnittioHen Present. The Hon'bleCol. Macpherson, President W. 11. Head, It. C. Woods, Esq. T. Dunman, Esq. A. T. Cannichael Esq. Progret* Report, -'fhe Engineers fortnightly Report was read. Inconsequence of the Overseer
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  • Correspondence.
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      CHRONICLES OF ST. GRORAGE.
      659 1 Chap. vm. 1. And not long after the return of the Chief Ruler from the Coast ofDjawa, he departed unto the land of the Betclnut. U. For it was among the allowances and pickings of the Chief Buler and his satellites, that whenever they wenl abroad
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      THE POST OFFICE
      185 2 i> ihi Times. Sik. (J to >-all public attention. through your columns, to a nuisance which and whi -h I think calk for comment, ti refers to the management in the cireulati <v of the Post Oflice which ;it times are sent round t<> with ;i disregard
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      221 1 Ai.. Tern mta made known red into for long i Advert foments and Bubacriptiona wiD be I >!!i. c; also in bi Gkoi hii. i.. Lombard Street, city in Calcutl ify i the c number of the insertions required, ried till countermanded, ply. Subscribers w n Correspond riben are respectfully
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • News of the Week.
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      TUESDAY. 24th AUGUST.
      4131 2 The N. I. s. n. 's. steamer B tier Beele, aptain Schipper, from Batavia with dates to the 2 1st in-tan!, arrived here this morning. Thi amer Telegraph, Captain Taylor, from Penang with dates to the LUth and Malacca the 22nd current, anchored in the harbour yesterday
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    NOTICE TO MARINERS.
    532 2 TIPARA REEF. SPENCER'S GULP. Notice is hereby given, thai the lights ai present exhibited &om the light-vessel on the Trpan Beef, Spencer*! Golf, "ill h discontinued, onand after the Ist day of January, 1870; and will be replaced by a light-ship exhibiting a fixed bright light thirty-five
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    GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS.
    338 3 GO V ERN MEN T NOTIF ICATIONS. NOTK E la hereby given I all to whom it may c.n.erii that li- ties entered into on the 21s1 Mar.h 1868, and 6th May 1869, between Her M the Qii «n of Great Britain and Mis Majesty the King of Siam. the
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    NICOBARS.
    3305 3 X.,. 184. To The Sxcbxtabt ro the Guvkkxmk.vt ok India, Borne Department, \i.. rri a. /M. /;/.<;,-. the 12m May, 1869. Sib, I have the honor to forward a report of my proceedings, sii the receipt of the ■-sued by Hia Excellency the Gov-'•■>-,1 in Council, for me to
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  • SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
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      Arrivals.
      300 3 Augt. "20, British barque Arabetea, 841 tons. Bope, Tuticorin. 31st •Tuly. 20, British ship Sparkeuhoe. I^oo tone, Bnteller, Bombay 21st July. 2u. M. I. steamer Doiinai, L 675 tons, Mdi/an. Hongkong 12th August. 80, Colonial steamer Rainlmw, 86 tons. Bradberry. Halaoea 18th August. 20. British ship Empress of India.
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      Departures.
      193 3 Augt. 21. French barque Moiid.ili. Dernis, I br Bordeaux. 21, French brig Arabic. Nignot, for Saigon. 11. V. steamer \,,rna. McXaiuara. for Bombay. 22, French barque Silence. Dugona, for Bangkok. 22. Dutch barque Jnstina, Stevens, for Bangkok. 22, French barque Antoine D'Or. So 4, for Saigon. 22, British barque
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    801 3 Ships .Names. Captain imp 3 AMES. APTAIXS. fs. Flag asd Rig. Tons. MEX-OF-WAR. Rinaldo Robinson Midge Rising Diaiuant Barriere STEAMERS. i H. M. steamer H. M. >t.;uner JH. I. M. steamer 461 Pdko Fox Rainbow Bradberry 5 Mohr Enterprise De Vos 5 Johore Dean Pilot Fish
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    VESSELS IN DOCK or LYING AT WHARVES.
    47 3 VESSELS IN DOCK or LYIN G AT WHARVES. w m > 1 faqoag Bmmt Wfc«l '1 Vu-torui Dock. Jardine, ICatheson and Cwupun Wbkil P. A <). Wl.arf 7 Bon A. i-. l Dook 4 Bonwo Oaaputy'i \Vbarf B ki JokoM. 5 Patent Slip and Dock Cumpaiijr U QftwanUMBt W'liurf
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      159 3 [Advebtisemkn i. Goldsmiths' Work. TIk 1 progress of fine art manufacture in this branch of trade IS strikingly exemplified in a little work published by J. W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond Sti t. and of the city steam Factory, Band (50. Ludgilte Hill. \t is enrich, d and embellished
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      179 3 a&brrtisnmnte. COO K AN' D CO MPA NY. ..-.m ii! I i;m 1.-: v M-v StiioKoS's. HORSE DEALERS, 4c., Calcutta. Wii.i. be happy to undertake e., ii i i,i for the supply and shipment of horses to China, the Strait-., or elsewhere, and in he|e the He|, ctiOO is left
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      588 4 3j. <D. Company, PENINSULAB LND ORIENTAL \M NAVIGATION COMPANY. QODOWBS Al N'\\ Harbour. MAIL LINKS. Tin: cxi ted date of arrival of oneofthe Company s Contract Mail Steam Shi;.* at tion with the sen c for the rear 1809, as approved by HerMaM:.M. r < General m ill be as
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      868 4 }J. xV <T>. Compani). Nones. A Written Declaration of the contents and vahsa of Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Transit Administration, and nrosi be delivered by the shipper to the Company's Ageal with the Bill of Lading, or with uie Parcels; and the Company do
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      803 4 iHi3rrllanrot!& NEWEST GRAND STATE-LOAN-LOT-TERY. Guakantkki) and Controlled by the Government in the amount of: 120 MILLION FLORINS OR 250 MILLION FRANCS WHICH IS TO BE REPAID BY 400.000 PREMIUM PRI/KS. In yearly twelve drawings, i.i the manner that on the first of every month takes place a great drawing.in which
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      934 4 iHiorrUanro«s(, THE MOST RELIABLE FRIEND. HOLLOWAY S OINTMENT. Its Searching and Healing Properties are known and recognised throughout the world. The number sf years this in valuable Ointment has stood the test of public opinion land the longer known t lie better appreciated* is ii testimony of itself more convincing
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      755 4 iHisirrilanfousf. OAKET SONS EMERY BLACK LEAD MILLS. Blackfairs Road, London, England. Oakbt*b Silversmith's Soap (non-mer-euri.il for Cleaning and Polishing Silver, Elect ro,,late, Plate (..l.iss. J.larMes. 1 Tablets 6d. Oakky's WUJSSOTOa Knifi; Polish. Packets 3d. each: Tins <h}., Is.. -Js. tid.. and Is. each. Oakky's IBDIABVBBBB Knife Boards from Is. 6d.
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      870 4 THE PERFECTION OF PREPARED 000 A mm: v:i i.a cocoa. S.-l.- Pi 'I a l v Bmot London. The Cocoa oi Caca of MaraviUa ist| M > true Theobroma of Linnens. Cocoa ia indigenous to South A merica, of whi villa ia a favomv i ortion. Taj lor B having
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