The Straits Times, 8 June 1878

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    15 1 The Straits Times IuLXXXIV. PUBIISHEp EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 8. 1878. SATURDAY EVENING No. 2,910
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    THE STRAITS TIMES
    10 1 I VfBSKLI EIUTION DUlll $16 fl I"
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    STRAITS TIMES
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    SUMMARIES.
    1549 1 j .nd v inlay the 1 amer Gwal that day a! I D tieward mail. r A hedive, brinfi nto arrived here on the morning of Mondaj the 27th instant The Ki&dtv* arrived here on Wednesday morning the 'Z'.Hh instant, and is now discharging rgo, which is •ninjnred, in
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    The Postmaster-General's Report for 1877.
    1199 1 LasT Friday's fi^c-ffe contained the i Report of the Acting PostmasterGeneral for Is 7 7 which will be found appended below. Although Captain Ohm is not given to be over liberal in the amount of information he grVM) and there an one or two pomt
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    General Post Office.
    475 1 ,>.>,■■. Bm April, 1878. j 818, I hare the honor to submit, for t lie information of Government, the An- Dual Report on the Postal Department of this Colony for the year ending 30th No- vember, 1877. The ordinary revenues of this Depart- i merit derived from
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    Strait- Asiatic Society.
    443 1 The monthly General Meeting ol the Straits Asiatic Society was held on Monday evening. There were present, of the Council, Archdecaon (President), Mr. A. M. Skinner, (Hon. Secretary), Dr. Bieber and Messrs. Miller and Koek l>esides 86 members and visitors. The proceedings began with the election of
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    A Pioneer of Commerce.
    976 2 Tin. latest Indian papers contain details of tbe murder of Mr. T. T. Coopiu, ell-kt)OWii Chinese Traveller,'! Hhanfu.on the <Jord April by one of 1 ,< own guard*. The Guard was mainly. Ed of Sikhs, armed with Snidereui and consisted of a jemadar, I naiksj and
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    The E.E.A. and C. Telegraph Co. Limited.
    517 2 The E.E.A. and C. Telegraph Co. Limited. Tii k if this Company subt In* last half of to the ninth ordinary general holders in London, on rhursday, the IHh April. The paid-up Company consists of t LlO each, making i and there are :3,21H1 l)e- 11 mi each at G
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    JAVA NEW.
    1338 2 [Trmix/n'rit Straits '/'>„■ 1 >l Miir uut.'iii|H.rari.~ lh.it in I. 'Ie „i'i-i].iii.iin their oriiiual >p|x t1,.. v 1 A telegram lately received from the (iovernor of the Wart Cout of Sumatra translated, contains the following in- t^lligenoe I On the oth May. the column If] lv the j
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    Sarawak News.
    537 2 Thk fkrmmk G«:rtte ot the -tu\ May publishes the state revenue returns for 1877 which show very satisfactory reeulU. There is an iuireaw on the revenue of ls7(I of 114.760J6 while the expenditure has deoreaeed 116^88.06, and Hue, Dotwithetaading the bet that, In '7t> the expenditure exceeded the
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    The Freemasons
    1124 2 Sincai'ouk has been Btroogly masonic in its tendencies ever since its foundation by Sir Stamford Rallies, and, in tlic old (lavs, the inauguration of BUM J of our public btriUiogSj notably the Eiorabttrgn end ItaHlt-s Lisht-hotHea was. delegated to the members of th« Craft and, even in then
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    SYDNEY LETTER.
    404 2 the ne\vl\ i, here. Tl, pasnii I year. Fmm 1 then* htve a I that it has been I Iv to define I I the House. I j would pay Sllrtl c mirth and lave voliiiin' tn dom of the t Fast ami Pni ■tend better tract Mr
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    TUESDAY, 4TH JUNE.
    6 3 /('oiiimannnchored and will
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    15 3 ■tneml -M m at drill, will shortly Le 1.-: lanade, I will lie reI m
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    13 3 It ommittee pthe S] ecial 1 -day \at twelve ■ias not i 1
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    11 3 j J j dramaAwn Hall, t B «ep would r patriotic
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    9 3 new Tanp ruing f: left here at t, has
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    38 3 •urn, from \deti. dalle, the Pack* 1 ing the ia lii«;h .itulatnck run out Inspectors, who m is the rule 1 made a iperty nature, I I this that va whom such artiin Hill har- in doul 1
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    126 3 luim--1 he Bxohange asd from the sob-committee appointed to <|Uir the delivery of jiroduce. I it, which was ordered to he and circulat.-d generally a- mercantile community, remends the adoption of a uniform form of contract for all produce putchases, declaring 00 the face of it that iill disput (iiality
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    Thunder and Rain sporm at Hongkong.
    665 3 rrific thunderstorm occurred 111 Hongkong on the :'lst ultimo. The loribea it. The thnnder-storaa "f laal night r been sx« D tbil 00l 'iiv. and .is mi^ht I no little pi perty, We also regret to -.I livaa were lost. The lay i-oiitinu-with little
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    WEDNESDAY, 5th JUNE.
    24 3 Mis- Km 1 M w, with a large oj^ratroupe, will give a perform in the Town Hall on next Saturday evening?
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    28 3 Wfc observe that several of tlx 8 N ater taps are leaking badly. The defects should be remedied at once to prevent any further waste of the water.
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    32 3 Tin Western Australian papers >t.it<that an occasional Steam service, between that colony and the Straits Settlements and India, is likely to beshort1\ established, in connection with 1 service to the other Colonies.
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    40 3 Wi are requested to state that a Cricket match will be played 1 11 the Esplanade this afternoon, Land v. Water, and that the band of the EBth Hegiment will play daring the afternoon, commencing at half past four o'clock.
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    35 3 Is reference to the announcement which appeared in oar issue of y< day, I I European residents have already identified more thau half of the property which wac -ei/ed by [nsprckii; hVICHABM in Waterloo Street.
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    232 3 Tiik cession of territory in Borneo baa attracted much attention in Hongkong, when the project seems to be received with Favour. The //,/i/i/ Press writes. Thk iKiin aaeion oi territory in Borneo to tbe trading ooaspany of which the llaron Dk Otmbsci is the head has excited a good deal
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    277 3 .Vi the meeting of the Select Com* niittec whicli >.tt \e>t(il;iv to .•ii.juire into the necessity of appointing a Special Commisaioner for the Court of Requests, and, if the Committee ahoald advise upon the appointment, to nominate a Commissioner, Mr. P. A. Oottlub and Mr. Cm-i.N> irere examined, and, .1-
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    The Singapore Washing Company.
    547 3 Tiik Honfhmf Dadf Prut is a leading article thus discourses upon the prospectus published in our columns of 1 the new washing company being formed here ThoU'.h the -< heine for the estaMishment of a steam luuudry in this Colony fell to the ground partly through
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    THURSDAY, 6TH JUNE
    23 3 Wi learn, on go<Kl authority, that three tigers have lately been seen by police peons in the "ighbourhood of Changhie.
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    57 3 Tul P. k O. steamef fektmm, bringing the London mail of the loth May. was signalled in Penang at six o'clock this morning, and may consequently I xpeeted here on Saturday morning. The P. k O. steamer Lmnhanlii, with the homeward mail from China, is due here to-morrow evening, having
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    285 3 Tiik bit of garden in the centre of Commercial Square is. rapidly degenerating into a withered waste of trampled grass and neglected shruliberry. Pot many long years, this patch of verdure was tended and cared for at of the merchants and bankers whose godowns faced it, and who formed 8
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    FRIDAY, 7th JUNE.
    23 3 H. M. S. S/uiuimn, Captain CJrant, left the roads this morning, bound for Japan, calling at Hongkong OH the way.
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    27 3 Tiik. name of Captain A. C. Beauts* was accidentally omitted from the list of newly elected members of the Asiatic Society in our rejwrt of Wednesday 1
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    22 3 Wi understand that the British bark Zephyr, 895 tons, was sold yesterday, by Messrs, Powell k Co., Auction for the sum of|6,aoo.
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    27 3 Wi hear, -ays the Hongkong Daily that the :2Mh Regiment will leave Singapore for England in autumn, should peace continue. The Regiment will be relieved from home.
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    47 3 Wi learn that H. gunboat Commander McNeil, will leave in a day or two for 1 cruise along the ooasl of the Native States, and that Captain Douglas, H. B. Ma Resident at Salangore at present lure, will avail himself of this opportunity to return to Klaag.
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    62 3 Wfe, are informed that a rcpori waa made to the Shipping Office yesterday, that a man was lost overboard on the voyage of the steamer Rum from Singapore to Sourabaya. He was first linging to the Patent log the engines were reverted at once, and a boat lowered, but the
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    105 3 Tiik E. A. Co's steamer Somerset, which arrived here yesterday, brings news of the burning of the British barque Alexandra, while on a voyage from Newcastle to Siam with horses. The ship took fire in Torres Strait. It is supposed to have occurred by the spontaneous combustion of lucerne hay.
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    135 3 Thk llo\. Mk. DOCGLAS, as Chairman of the Special Committee named bl 11. K. the Governor to report upon toe Question of the necessity of ap- i pointing a Special Commissioner for the Court of Requests, has .submitted bis report to tlie other memliers. Mk. DouOLAS, we learn, is of
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    87 3 Pm success of the British India Steam Navigation Company, says the Cf if Inn Time* of the 24th May, has tempted a number of Liverpool capital- ists to set on foot a rival company, and the Asiatic Steam Navigation Com- pany" has been registered at Liverpool, with a capital of
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    164 3 By latest advices from Saigon, we learn," suysthe Bongkoog Doilg Press, that on the 2:3 rd May, a boiler which iv need at the Ice Company's store. 1 ploded, and one Annamite was killed and several wounded. The boiler-house is at the rear of a dwelling house, and the engine-house
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    162 3 M. BTBi vT, < II w i fcCo. ijives tinfollowing account of the Saigon Rice Market in their circalar of the 29th May "The state of bosuteseal thisportdnringthepart fortnight has been much the mum as tliat !ast reported perhaps the untoward circumstances tan advised liave become intensified, supplies smaller, pries*
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    SATURDAY, 8TH JUNE.
    90 3 Thk I. I < Cos. steamship ZW Captain A. 11. Johnson, from Bombay, :!7th ultimo, < JalK- 1-t, and Penang iitli instant, with the London mail of the H'th Ma\, arrivived alongside tbe Company's wharf t l»i-~ morning and will leave for Hongkong and Shanghai! at o'clock
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    8 3 Yokohama. From Qalle Mrs. Parr and Miss. Parr.
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    31 3 Thk following passengers from Singapore take y the Lorn-to-day. r?ant, imd Lieut Hinde Mrs. John Fraser. 2 childrrn md European maid Mr. W. F. B. Paul, Lieut. Farmer, and Captain Ross.
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    33 3 An adjourned inquest wa the 6th instant, at the Cor on the body of a male Chinese named Koh Hee, by A. W. V. Cousins H. M. Coroner. Verdict, Death from natural causes."
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    37 3 Thk Merry Makers," a troupe ol performers formerly attached to the Christy Ministrels, and who bavr drawn large houses in New York and through India, will give a performance in the Town Hall on Wednesday ning next.
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    63 3 Thk Amateur dramatic Society of H. M. -ls\\\ Regiment are bnsy daily in rehearsing some humourous p which they will perform on an earlydate at Tanglin Ba/raek-, and also at Fort Canning, on which occasions, wr believe, the public will be invited to be present. Tf we remember rightly, the
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    42 3 Return of Visitors to the Raffles Library and Museum during 7 days, endin- Friday :J Ist May I*7* Saturday Ist Juno 'l Sunday 2nd Monday 3rd Tuesday Ith .83.% Wednesday sth Thursday fith Friday 7th TqtsJ...3,2oP N. B. Denhys, Acting Secretary Ac,
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    The Governmemt Gazette 7th JUNE.
    121 3 The following new notification* appeared in yesterday's Gazelle. H. E. the Governor has appointed the Hon'bles Major Ma'cNair, W. H. Read, and J. R. Mac Arthur, and Captain J. D. Steward of the P. &O. steam- er Khedive, as a Commission to report upon the
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    309 3 A~ will be seeen by our advertisement columns, Mr. FaircixH'GH,* tragedian of excellent repute, will, assisted by Miss Elcia May and other memhers of her troupe, give selections from Hamlet" in the Town Hall this evening. The London press is enthusiastic in its praise of Mr. Pairclough's acting. The following
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      35 3 fIOtUTS M 1 N'OTICK is here! Valuation uf HoutM. Buildings and Lands, for 1 the year 1878, has beeo completed, aud I that i and the rates assessed may be nioner-, ion* B flu. IstJun*
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    LETTER
    2073 4 l'.\' AjlX. Kxhi,ii n n v their What Iplendidly o ttinguished igbbouring gas lamps and Venetian isimony presided at lightthe opera house, but tb Ik on the summit had a appearance ie cadaverous looking electric light. in colored papci inng iii variegated rows tied to the ends of cams
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    83 4 with >urwben usi- ilism 1 im 101 I iina- had Last month. imnnperor keep j w ith rather thibiisual satis- tier this i lony is idver- it on him for thoi favourite i more likely UK I irrel between Mr Berry. He is now i I he ■r on aland
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    MALACCA.
    1357 4 From uiir own Corrrt/ioiiileit/.) Mai U i L, L«f Jim:. 1^ Tiik British steamer Betnleef, from your l'ort with dates to the 27th ultimo, arrived hc-e on Tuesday last, and sailed the bOfcwiag evening, for Klang and Salangor*. The Malay steamer Telegraph, Captain Valberg, from Klang, arrive.! here the
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    Correspondence.
    220 4 Mi; M M -Ait mi it's Sueesai lot In the Kilitor nf tin- liailg 'I'm Sik, The sensible niggnsttim mwitainnd iii our issue oi Friday List, that cookery should l>e taught to the girls in the Institution School, is well deserving the attenI tion of the Committee. It is
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    The Malacca Survey Department.
    481 4 To the Editor of thr Daily 7 Sir, It is gratifying to see that grievances of Malacca are now beiuLquently noticed by the Press. TbmHscussions, so long as they represent fact^, cannot but be productive of much good but I regret to notice in your local
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    News of the Week MONDAY, 3rd. JUNE.
    37 4 News of the Week MONDAY, 3rd. JUNE. Captain B. Docglas, k. n. r., H. B. M's Resident, Salangor£,and£jHr.-PArL, 11. B. M.'s Assiigftnt Resident, Perak, arrived here «bterday, per steamer Pyah Pekhel,m>\\ business connected with their respective Kesiden
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    31 4 Thk P. a#l O. Co's steamship Khedive, which/collided with the Dutrh m;iil steamlr Voorwaarl* off Penang, will, we \JLx, enter Victoria Dock tomorrow for tin- purpose of being examined And repaired.
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    37 4 A Boa Constrictor about 16 feet long \v/as yesterday caught in a drain in the uarters adjoiuiug the Master Attendant's Office. It wa-s killed to-day by administering carbolic acid, and the body forwarded to thY Katlles Museum.
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    49 4 A special Committee, competed of members of the Le. I, has beeu appointed by H. E. the Governor, with the object of deciding upon the question of the necessity of having it Commissioner appointed to the Court of Requests. The first meeting of the Committee will be held tomorrow.
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    33 4 >n McNuKand Captain Walker \.y.i uted to represent ernor, at Sungei -ion of the mai of the l>atu Klana's daughter, ami two in the that purpos ntendu tlif i>ccaßi' >>nient to leave Singa]w>ie.
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    14 4 11. It's ironclad frigate Shannon, Captain W. B. (haul, li'im Malta, via (See Supplement.)
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