The Straits Times, 13 May 1876

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  • 16 1 The Straits Tims. ml, XXXII PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1876. SATURDAY EVENING NO. 2,083
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  • Domestic Occurence.
  • 95 1 LaTaXT HA.KK.BT yUOTATI »N». SmsAroaa. Mat 13th t>. 'kibier 520. Bl»r.k Pepper „8 25 White Pepper 1J.15. 9t«o Flour, Sarawak.. 870. Pearl Sag<> 3.40. Coffw, Bontjne -JiM^i. Ts 21.50. toi. Male twist I<s. H IU. Shirtings '2<»7J. Ido do l<> 5 do T. Cloth. IMk 1.484.
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  • 1019 1 vi it last mail summary was dated ilttmo, when the P. O. •Jinir .1/ nj(,l',a and the M. M. stearaleft here on the same date :1 < the home mails. The P. &O. JtoMMr arrived with the isilt of' the .'list March on Sunday rooming the :50th ultimo.
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  • 891 1 By the end of the present month or thereabouts we ought to be in posses- i sion of the promised Blue Book which was to explain and justify to the House of Commons the recent proceedings in i the Peninsula, now nearly six months
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  • 1019 1 "A chiel's amang ye t ikin notes Anil faith he'll prent them." Burns. A French critic once said that the British take their pleasures sadly, but he could scarcely have seen the boister- i ous mirth of Derby day processionists, or perhaps, he was disappointed in not
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  • 682 1 Ik our correspondent, W. A., had considered a little and read the article he criticises with such warmth a second time, we think lie would not have concluded that we intended to advocate the retransfer of these Settlements from the Colonial Office to the
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  • 821 1 Thk Chief Justice and a Special Jury were occupied the whole of yesterday with the trial of eight prisoners charged with murder committed at Bukit Rambi near Malacca. This is one of the cases which have been sent down to Singapore for trial, owing, as the Chief
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 195 1 CEMENTS. amenta made known fir long periods „i i -uWriptiong will be U Time* Office also in ii Street. Cornhill. [jomhsnl Street, city; i l OU JewTy; in Cal- ,f. >py thp i •i- i [i: i .1. else all till countermanded i UNDENTS. tfiilly requested to hi inti— tirm
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 1700 2 Till public Investiture of Mr. Whampoa as companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George by His Excel- the Governor, took place ve>terdaj afternoon in the Town Hall liefore a large and influential assembly. Baforo the hour appointed groups ofwsidents, \i.-itors,aii(l Chines*-
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  • 2033 2 SPUING MEETING, 1876. The First Day's Races. (By our Sporting Correspondent.) kstkrday afternoon the first day's Kates of the Spring Meeting came off with due eclat and may be pronounced a fair success. The weather was all that could l>e desired, and, had the clerk of the weather wished to
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  • 1468 2 Second Day. (By our Sporting Correspondent.) Sir, The attendance yesterday was decidedly smaller than on Tuesday, but. there was a great den I more lite and amination in the proceedings. His Excel- lency, family and suit, H. H. Tho Maharajah of Johore, and other bit; wigs patronised
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  • 582 2 (From our own Correspoudtnt.) Sydnit, 20th April When I liave to inform you that since the date of my last letter that nothing has been done in Parliament, though it lias been sitting all the while, you may well feel surprised. There has been any amount of talk.
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  • 102 3 M 1 and your readers, to and snerianre, that iing. |.!\i ll v Dandy up to the M boa the favourite and />', tty close on his <|tiarKOI I Crr Toxopholite a mor- a m liinnta'r two is ii hsk. Jfasnj fins to
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  • 87 3 THE STATE OF VICTORIA STREET Editor of the Daily Times. 1- i> to be regretted that the lothoritiea do not pay aaaan* splaints af the residents in The Irains are seldom clean is in accumulation of dirt tditioa to being highly dis- particularly injurious to i The streets in watered
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  • 123 3 qnesaion has often Wen aak> -.itist'aetorily answered why leprous Chinese are to be eren Sunday morning going from acKuaj for charity such a least) is not creditable nail \v!n»e duty it is to see rensares arc attended to, r M circumstances allowed lo
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  • 510 3 iv the Editor of the Daily XSaMf. Sir,— Whatever tends to popularise awatni»M of justice will be 1 by the public, in our Emporium ot' Commerce at Singapore. His Chief Justice, felt this so much tliat he expressed his surprise instmstions of his were not car1.. gentlemen
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  • 222 3 To the Editor of Ihe Daily Tunis. >ih. The Race Lotteries were drawn last night and I was tliere to see and hear but 1 haven't the slightest intentiou to tell where it w.is nor who was there. It is siitHekMit to lav that the
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  • 166 3 NM TO-MORROW. To the Editor of the Daily Times. Snt, Who proved a true prophet yesterday I should hke to know r Lady Mary did you say r Sir, Lady Mary, though she's a bonny mare and a good one which is more than can l>e said
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  • 556 3 versus INDIAN GOVERNMENT RULE. To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, I am sorry to sve in yesterday's Strait* Times an article in which you give currency to an opinion, that perhaps it might be well if the Straits Settlements ceased to be a Colony and became
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  • 253 3 To the Editor of the Straits Tinns Sin, It may not be unprofitable SO recount in a few words some part of the story of tho Singapore Sporting Club. It was established thirty-four years ago by ;< body of gentlemen whose interests, as residents, might be considered
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  • 361 3 To thf Editor of the Daiht Km*. Dear Sir, In your reply to my letter j of the 10th, you intimate that I have misunderstood your article of the previous c!:iv and that you did not intend to advocate the transfer of these Settlements
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  • 82 3 THK STRAIGHT TIP, TO-DAY. To the JUiUr of the Duily Timrs. Sir, lo triumphans which means in the vernacular that 1 am more infallible than the Pope of Rome Ain't 1 just Listen, therefore, once more for the third and last time of asking to the words of wisdom. I
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  • 24 3 News of the Week. MONDAY, 8TH MAY. The steamer Shihu/m which arrived this morning from London, formerly belonged to the P and O Company.
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  • 19 3 The Sarawak steamer liuyaiml, Captain Kork from Sarawak with dates to tbe 4>th iustant anchored in the roads yesterday.
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  • 31 3 Tin-; P. &O. Co.'s steamer (Jualiur, Captain Babot was to leave Hongkong on i>aturday, 6th instant, with the homeward English mails and >he may coMsecpiently be ex|>eeted here next Friday afternoon.
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  • 41 3 Eu'lA M vy's troupe announce the play of The Grand Duchess" for the last time, at the Town Hull to-morrow night; and their last appearance here will be in L<i Filli- il<: jfktVfffr .inf/ol which will be produced on 'Ihursday night.
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  • 57 3 Wk learn by Friday's Oot>ormme*t (iitzellr that the average amount of Notes issued by this branch oftiieChar- tored Mercantile Bank of India, London, aud hina for the month ending •"Jllili ult. was 5.")2 .>,.") l.'i; aud the amount of this branch of the Chartered Bank of India Australia and (/hina,
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  • 67 3 The 1 a i li'/w lulu u t de Huti/im* of the 16th inst. notices the fact that five of I the pirates of the Ptliea* have ljcen arrested. S^,(i(lll had also been recovered, an 1 a further sum of $4,000 it was hoped would be unearthed. The I Annamites
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  • 189 3 The Colonial Government steamer I I' l a In, Captain Welner, from Malacca with dates to the 7th instant, arrived at Tanjong fogST Wharf this morning. Besides the prisoners and 'vitnsssis connected with the murder cases which arose out of the recent Chinese riots there, numbering in all :2 1
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  • 128 3 The Guvi-rnnunt si British Burma has given Notice that the erection of Cliiua Bueketr lighthouse, on screw piles, in 2 fathoms at low-water «iof«, being completed, the lit;ht w.is exhibited oa the Ist March, lJS7'i, ;>n] the temporary light-ves-el disc. lutimie 1 from the SMM date. The lijrlit isa/.m/ and
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  • 99 3 Als.>, th;it on the Ist May l*<7t) > it is intended to exhibit a li_jlit from tbe lighthouse recently WCUJ "li the Oyster reef. The lim'ht w. 11 bo a jixe-l white Hoftrie Ityltt of the BSOOBtd order, visible all round the heiiiii I. elevated 77 feet aboTe the level
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  • 339 3 Thk ceremony of the investiture on Wednesday next of the Hon'ble Mr. Whampoa with the companionship of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George may render interesting to our readers the following particulars of the Order. It appears to have been established in I*so, and to have
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  • 351 3 Wl are requested to staff that the public Investiture of the H<Ml*blc Mr. \VIi;ihi]mi;i m Companion of the Order of St. Michael ami Si. G«grn will take pfaMfl at halt-past one o'clock on WaAwttt&J afternoon, instead of at half-past four o'clock, a.s previously announced. 11. M. steam
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  • 37 3 Thk following is the handicap for the Ctisttiml Plate to-morrow: To.r-,pholite 11.7. Dandy M.7. Bar 6m 1 U. Coletuo 10.0. Chin Chin 10.0. Rinnhh J».7. No Penalty for professional Jockeys j in this race.
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  • 31 3 THURSDAY, 11 TH MAY. A number of Horses have arrived here to-day from Port Walcott, which will be ofleted for sale by auction by Messrs. Powell Co., on Tuesday next, i
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  • 33 3 What is the Society tor the prevention of cruelty to animals about We arc informed on good authority, that I two if not three Omnibus horses dropped down dead to-day in the streets.
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  • 45 3 Tiik B. I. S. N. Co's steamer drmiim, Captain Britten, from Calcutta, with dates to the 24th ultimo, ria Rangoon, j Maulmain, Pinang and Malacca, arrived at Tanjong Pagar Wharf this j morning, and will be despatched on her return voyage at p.m., on Saturday.
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  • 103 3 Thk B A. If. CVs S. S. BruUme, Captain Ralyuer, arrived alongside the T. P. wharf at I) a. m. this morning. She left Sydney at 1.1") i\ m. on the 20th ultimo, arrived at Brisbane early on 22nd, remained in port until the following day to receive Mails and
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  • 198 3 Wi: are informed that a change has been made in the uniform of the In- j spectors of Police, by the removal Of the braid. The distinction now i between the dress of the Inspectors and that of Sub- Inspectors is the lace lon the cap. It is difficult to
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  • 28 3 The British schooner Good Luck which arrived yesterday from Port Walcott reports having signalled the barque Echo from London 115 days out, bound to Shanghai.
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  • 40 3 Wr an- informal tlial the now (Jovcrnmfiit ttCMMf K>»ti, l»>avcx tn-mor-row Mf M.ihirci ;iinl 1'fHiiiiij, with the If— tec \tt«nil:int «ii Ixmnl, wlio >»octi 1 ilown (iti a visit of ii!<|wctic>M to the I li<jlit-h<>iis(>,s in tlif strait- of MaliK-ca.
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  • 42 3 Ihe British steamer Hnini,i)ir Captain Steward, from Penang with date* to the sth instant, via Salangore, Khnig ami Mahin-a anchored in the I roads yesterday. She reports that, whilst going up I lie Klang river the cook fell overlward and was drowned.
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  • 88 3 Tiik performance of La Fille de MirI 4*m Aiiijot at the Town Hall la-t iiight was a success. Miss May habecome such a favourite owing to the /li'/miii/ and graceful manner in which she renders popular songs, and this pwot abounds with them, that the audience j sometimes display a
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  • 79 3 Tut trial of the ten prisoners for murder at Malacca was linished this afternoon at half-past one o'clock. The Special Jury found all the priaasjen guilty, when Mr. Woods, their counsel, moved an arrest of judgement on the grounds that the Court had no juri.— diction to try the case.
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  • 44 3 Tiik P. O. Co.'s steamer (Jwtiier Captain Babot from Shanghai -iOtli ultimo and Hongkong b'th instant arrived alongside the P.fc O. Co.'s wharf this forenoon and will leave for Pen.ing, (ialle and Bombay to-morrow at I r. m. the mail closing at i o'clock.
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  • 454 3 Many of our readers must have noticed the larjje omnibus traffic that has sprung up within the last few months along North Bridge Road. The omnibuses run from near the Central Police Station to the corner of Roc ho re Ho'ad, the fare is three cents for the distance, and
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  • 20 3 A certificate of naturalization ha*, we learn l)y last aighW Oar.ette Imcu granted to Tan Peng" Heanj,'.
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  • 23 3 11. Ms. corvette Thalia, Captain Woolcombe, left the anchorage y«-*ter-day forenoon, on her homeward rout' and proceeds ria the Cape ot Usoi Hope.
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  • 36 3 Thk following pMMHgWi take 'heir departure per P. O. steamer (iviltor at 1 P. M. to-day. ft Peiiamj.—Dr. and Urn. Veitch .«nd servant. To Bvmbuij. Messrs Ewai und B. MUtry. 2'« Brim&tL Lieutenant Berkeley, Mj. Aligeuiii.
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  • 48 3 Thk Hritish steamer Banca, Captain Craig, anchored in the roads tliis morning from Saigon which port *he left on the Htli instant. She WfOlti having passed the Britiuh ship Lord Ma. eauly, at the Northward of Pulo Aor, and also one of the Australian mail steamers bound north.
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  • 55 4 We learn from the Courier de Saigon of the sth instant to hand by the Banca this morning that the departure of the French war transport La Creute from that port with invalided French troops for France is fixed for the 20th inst., and she may consequently be looked for
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  • 62 4 Among the passengers by the P. O. Co's steamer Gicalior from Hongkong yesterday for Singapore was MajorGeneral Colborne C. B. the Comman-der-in-Chief of the Military forces stationed in China and the Straits Settlements. General Colborne has come here, we are informed, on an official visit of inspection and will extend
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  • 38 4 Last night G ore m went Gu:ette announces that the leave of absence granted to Captain Ord has been extended for two months with half salary commencing from 4th June next, and for two and-a-half months without salary.
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  • 59 4 Bt last nights Uwenwt Gazette we learn the amount of notes issued by the Penang branch of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China during the month of April, i* §373,545, and the numKr of notes issued by that branch of the Chartered Bank of India A ustralia
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  • 49 4 It is announced in the Government Gazette that the examination for the Government Scholarships 1575, which was postponed, will beheld on the l^tli, 19th, and 20th instant at the Offices of the Inspector of Schools in Singapore and at the Offices of the Lieut. Governors in Penang and Malacca.
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  • 92 4 An inquest was held at the Sepoy Lines by A. W. V. Cousins, Esq., on the 12th May, 1876, on the body of a male Malay, name unknown. Th<» deceased was a convict sentenced in Batavia and sent down to Aeheen. On the morning of the 12th in.-tant, at about
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  • 121 4 Eollcuay'g Pills and Ointment. Rbeu-mati-m and Neuralgia. Though the former disease remorselessly attacks the young a' d the robust, and the latter ruthlessly selects it« victims from the weak and delicate, the same medical treatment will infallibly cure L»>th complaints. After the affected parts huve been diligently fomented with hot
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  • 121 4 ADVERTISEMENT. Bekki'LEY. Sept. 10t9. Gentleman I feel it a duty I owe to you to express my gratitude for the groat benefit I have derived by taking Norton's Cumomile Pills I a; plied to jour «gent, Mr. Bell, Berkely.e for the above named Pills, for wind in thstomach, from which
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 390 4 Saturday, 6th May. M. M. steamer Emirne, 862 tons, Pichat commander, Batavia I 4th May, consignees Mess igenes Maritimes. Kiiti^li barque Southern Queen, 789 tons, Richard commander, Fo< chow 4th April, consignees Boustead A Co. Sunday, 7tli May. Sarawak steamer Royalist, 151 tous, Kirk commander, Sarawak 4th May* consignees
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    • 81 4 Dutch steamer G. G. Loudon. 1,400 tons, de Hart commander, Batavia 9th May, consignees Hamilton, Gray A- Co. Siamese schooner Kirn Tean Hin, 91 tons, Nacodah, Bangkok 20th April. British steamer Thales. 820 tons, Cole* commander, Hongkong sth May, consignees Gilfillan, Wood A Co. Amer. barque Witch, 473
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    • 260 4 Sunday, 7th May. M. M. steamer Amazone, Champenois. for Saigon A Hongkong. M. M. steamer Sindh, Rapatel, for Marseilles. Monday, Bth May. British steamer Vidar, Barrow, for Sumarang. British steamer Penang, Hedlej, for Samarang. H. M. steamer Sheldrake, Haye, for Klang A Perak. British barque Falcon, Hicks, for Bangkok.
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    • 1035 4 Ship's Namks. Captains. iFlao A Rio. T. g I OF AEC > RIVALS Wherk Fkom Whkeb Lying ConBlonkeB or Aoknts. Dkbtination. MFN-OF*WAR Lily Coehrane H. M.str. 62o:Mar 37 Hongkng New H»r. Dock. Senior Naval Officer. Baniernmssin BiMhH H. N. M. str. 350| April 10 Acheen T.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 165 4 iHisrnlanrtios. REFRESHING, AND INVIGORATING— Are the eflects of Row)j nds' Kalydor on the face and hands of ladies, and all exposed to the scorching rays of the sun and heated particles of duet; it eradicates all sun-burn, freckles, tan Ac Rowlands' Eukonia will be found by ladies to be the
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  • 30 5 I maiol Bar a proA v m \ULIATIOS AND VKR. wit Proclamation 11.-wv Sir It lualaa George 1 tiro** Order .f S.ui.t ior and i 1 ny <>f MM. v
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  • 318 5 ;,..,t,..n efttMvery I ,n of the protri.t.'.l ..it a day shou'd be as may nnite VI mi/1 Divine Mercy a kail 'Mla'uity ml expedient that be iriven t-> th«> religion <>f all her Majesbj of New South h a d.tj of humilia- w. therefore, I. tha h ffal -s. with
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  • 2864 5 MM correspondent.) Pamia, mm Awl, IH7G. t of the rai-in- of I th respect to the ig the Exhibition ire so contented ting them i> a mat- n i enthusiastic writing And why, because tin the services of any in- a ii.it is excellent in a me, the
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  • 1789 5 (Trinxtuteil for the Btr*iU Tunes.) (It U requested ol our couleiiij^mries (hat iv reprodiu'iux these translation*, their original apt>earaQce iv the yrru Mm may He acknowledged.) Tlie following official tolegl'Maf from Acdieen, are translated from lato Batavia papers down to the Ist instant A. dated lS»th April. On
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  • 173 5 Mini tks of Proceedings of the Municipal Commissioners on Friday the 21st April l«7f^ Commissioners Present. J. R. Maearthur Esq., President Kon'ble W. H. Read. Tan Seng Poh Esq. Minutes.— The Minutes of tha last Meeting wore read and confirmed. Hrogresx Report*. Read the Municipal Engineer's fortnightly report.
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  • 427 5 Singapore, 20th April, 1876. To H. HkwetBON, Esq., Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners Singapore. Sir, —I have the honor to report the following for the information of the Commissioners Cavenaoh Bridge Footway, (proposed.) The distance from foot of Bridge to junction of Battery Road is 220 feet.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 206 5 OUR POLICY ON THE NATIVE STATES. To the. Editor of the Daily Times. Sir: —It is not my wish to prolong a controversy, but as in your remarks on my last letter you accuse me of misunderstanding the drift of your article, I beg to make a few remarks on
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 719 6 Ccmpani'. DWULAI AND ORIENTAL STFAM NAVIPATION COMPANY. orrirm D'Altneidn Street. CoDowir*— At New Harbour. VI AIL Inr f.llowir? nrr the dates on which ntr.i. t M«il in it >' o »'i"ive here in 1876 1 Outward. Homeward T««ki»v 11th Jan. W.-dnet-day 12th Jan 25th 2fitb *th Feb. 9th Feb. I'
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    • 866 6 ifltsirfllanrous. To THE Q^KEN AND ROYAL FAMILY To H. R. the Prince of Wales (Special Appointment) And to several Indian Potentates, Foreign Governments, and Railway Companies. Established 1749. J. W. BENSON, Watch and Clock Maker. Goldsmith. Silver-Smith, and Artistic Metal Worker. Prize Medalist of the London, Dublin, and Paris Exhibitions.
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    • 901 6 iHtdrfllanrous. PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT GUANO DIBSOLTID BY OHLENDORFF CO.. at their Works, Plaistow. victoria Dock, London. by virtue of a special concession eranted by THE PERUVIAN GOVERWMENT Under Mess. J. Henry Schroder Co.'s Control. General Agents for and Role Consignees of The Peruvian Government Guano j in tbe United Kingdom. GUARANTEED
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    • 868 6 itttSrrUanrotitf. THE ROAD TO HEALTH. AN LONG LIFE. Secured by HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. Impurities of Blood. In selecting the most appropriate medicine for a particular ailment, there may be some difficulty unless one can be found to purify, reijnlate. and improve the quality of the blood. These Pills possess and exert
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    • 882 6 iflfefttllanfou*. Protected by Royal Letter* PaUnt, Dated October 11th. 1869. Under Distinguished Patronage. DR. BRIGHT 3 PHOSPHODTNE f Oxonic Oxygen The new Curative Aoent. and omlt Reliable Remedy for Ni.kvous and Litkr Complaints. This Phosphatic combination in proonunced by the most eminent niembcrs of the medical Profession to be unequalled
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    • 778 6 ifltsrrllanfoug. DR. J COLTJS RrowvpCHLOROPYNR Is thk Original and 0 »i. t n,, r Thk JnW.cr,r*rTi.,v Ml unfounded stntcnirritß f r that "the composition of f^"? 1 known to Chemists and th-M sion;Thefactis,CH,.OßU f ;:t^ IP vered ana Invented by T>r J f (ex Army Medical BUffy and B x
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