The Straits Times, 17 August 1878

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    16 1 The Straits Times. IHL XXXIV. PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1878. SATURDAY EVENING No. 2,920
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    THE STRAITS TIMES.
    119 1 I »K1 IVEKV I \\'kkki.\ Edition Per Annum llfi i urly terly. r > I I ir \iiii'.!m inol do in ii bents made known into for ion^ periods «-ill be .'so in \>-. Cletneit's ify. in tl pv.tlie i di require else all till countermanded M'-illy
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    STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST, 1878
    90 1 STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST, 1878. QUOTA [0N3 i: 17TH I ..1ST, 1878. 1.55. 7 13. i n.iininil. 1- i 1 l t:. 1.05. l.22| to. o dm. dia. 229. 231. 231. di». par i pal Co. LA. pme. V: ad ft. los. ni. Sh lbi Kabkkt. B mk— 86
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
    795 1 . immaryoftbe Week's Overland Journal be overland Stkmts 9 iturday the lUtfa W. M. Bteamer Aftadff I day at 1 p. m. •meward mail. 1 steamer China was ftl 9 m. this morn--1 here on Monday mornndon mail of th.- littli earner Bura.i arrived yesterday afternoon I
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    27 1 Till: MUNICTPALITY. > M im iks of proceedings of the Municipal Couinmsioners, on Thursday, the 25th July, LB7*. Commifionert Pntemt. ||„u'l.le W 11. Keao\ Fre*i<k*t Blajo) Mi N"air
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    957 1 i-: .1 w.iis. k-.|. M. K. l)e Sou/a, Ks.|. Tlie Minnies of the hut meeting were read and con Tinned. l.'cad the fortnightly progress report from the Assistant Municipal Engineer. The Assistant Engineer •'as directed to send in the Estimate of oosl of repairing and slating the Town Hall ordered
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    308 1 With regard to the supply of Water to ships at tlie wharves nothing further secnn to be nece.-snv thaii t'nal the Oompany should be charged at the same r.ite per ton whether the water be taken for dock or do sti.- |i in>o.,v.s or foi the shipping, a oonsampti "i
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    1073 1 I'm. Loefl Of tiik Ami:i:k Siiip M \m:i. Ci.aiik." Wi have obtained from Captain O. D. Shkldon, of the wrecked American ship, Mabel CUtrk, Mm following particulars of the loss of thai vessel and the tumble soJEering endured by all on board Tlie Mabtl Clark Isil Liferposl on Mh March
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    525 1 Tin; Boot. Cecil C. Smith. Oik Hongkong contemporaries appear t<> view with much regret the approaching departure of the Hox. Cecil C. Smith from that Colony, and our new Colonial Secretary would seem to nave made himself very popular there daring Ins sixteen years' official life. Tin' /)ii{'/ Presi declares
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    JAVA NEWS.
    831 1 (Translated for the StraiU Times.) < It in requested of our conMmporariaa that, is reproducing tlieao translation-., their nriifinal app«umn.« in the Shrotta Timm may be acknowledged.) Ofh(l.\i. telegrams from Acheen down to the 2nd August appearing in the latest received Batavia papers, re]iort the successful progess of
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    504 2 the animals The laaMi were fed by h .(iiantity of more than 1,000 tin* leura. Our correspondent estimates the damage at more than 100,<X>0 guilders." "We not* the firßt sign of life rom the Sum iti;i scientific exploring expediter the lihh June last, it steamed ble up th-- Batang H
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    Penang News.
    2226 2 Tin." following items are taken from (be Penadg BUmiard of the tith August I'm.in,/ Otievnnaei A correspondent -:_-ning himself Singapore, baring mitten following letter to the Stmt imrd, I think it is much to l>e regretted thai the local pres.« at Peuang should endeavour to keep alive the
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    WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    936 2 (Prom our own Qtrtetpotuhmt.). Perth, tith July. IS7S. Sis ll\iiin Oiti) is distinguishing himself. The Legislative Council, which lia> I.een sittuii,' for the last month, has shown it>elf as lit fill and wayward as any Council of the kind that ever sat, aud Sir Harry, who has to
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    PORT DARWIN.
    1234 2 From our own Corretfandent.) •Jtirii .In.v. UfK TUB! has lx-eii nothiiiir stirring lately in the Northern Territory at least nothing thai 1 know which would W interesting to the |K-ople in flinaapoiT Like all young Settlements we have a irreat deal to complain of. We were rejoicing the
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    1064 2 Si k aiTHOI Hamilton- Gordon's ADOUM on USAVOM Plil. 11. I.. Sir Ai:rm k Gordon, Governor of the Fiji islands, mid 11. M. llt^li 'oininissi.uier for Polynesia, appears t>> have arrived in Melbourne on his way home in tin- beginning of July. His farewell speech mi leaving I'iji is abridged
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    217 2 Fi-imi a < AIAUKITIUS. 'id I a ail li. Norfolk t.» your p..r;. IVMIIIIC of though II eolnill- t'lolu :i yon Imve much or iin j 1i" tion, I hope it may not pr-'ve v id of int. r VVitfa regard Singapore, I may report I nese UuDiigrHuti wbicfa month
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    37 3 involves considerable .Mr. Smith, and is, we Mom confatred upon sa the Registrar (Jenhe Colony arc so Nothing h;s eveii ben oocenng the new EUn although If has been (lie office might possi.ljramated with that af In--1
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    TUESDAY, 13TH AUGUST.
    41 3 iano anoed thai an toe manaw be opened by Mk. (Ji in Koad on Saturday next. ,T, h ml news. a~ eohipt tition will th? public from dependence on I moonpoly, and. doubtless the high prices hitherto exacted.
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    58 3 to the London oorrespon,,i the linn 1 Gaeette, the I'ostera reqairea under the new the Kastcrn Mail senrim an ,<( I"2 knots an hour beJiw and Bombaj on both Sm Canal, and the China ,v 1 all the way at an averof eleven knots an hour. -ions arc. it is
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    76 3 i( stated that the Comtinted to report to Council ting of the Straits between thia lias agreed to rel jrhthouse on any one led, 'nit a lightship red on the Formosa bank. port itself is published, it mature to offer an opinion, rtainly thought we had got lightships when the
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    183 3 cvingare the Meteorological tbe fortnight, en. ling 1 8 7H, taken at Salangore, States. 1, I" I tl V. I -at. 3 N. H. DOUGLAS H li. sL'i K.'si.leut BaJaagore. H K ii ehaiM. Kabometer. :t. i>. li D {>. in. 18. :«> s 900 BM RBB BIS si i
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    158 3 Major Gray'h Convicts fk again upon tbe triangu- lying Let ween Tank ll 1 River Valley Koad, which l!v lilled up by the cuttings "Joinghilt So far so good, we will have to thank 1 It the acquisition of a vMiuble piece of public ground. j*nl see wi, v this
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    218 3 feel how little in the way of sport a lover ut *»g« baa to sol,, bimaalf with here. A few dwarf snipe v the rainy autumn is about all that the sportsman bare can fairly look to. Not so, however, the YOUth of our Malayan population their sport has a
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    WEDNESDAY, 14TH AUGUST.
    103 3 WEDNESDAY, 14TH AUGUST. Mi 88B& Me Ai.isiki; ft this morning received a message irom Captain Duncan Johnston of the British ship Trafal§mr, 1,696 tons Register, that he had passed through the Straits of Singapore on the \ti\\ instant, bound Irom Bombaj to Batavia, 21 days out, and desired to be
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    51 3 Cam w\ EL Mom: of the German steamer, Vim: FrieJric Karl, which arrived here this morning, reports that be passed tbe Dutch steamer /«m, in latitude 8.42° N. and longitude LOB.KP E. as well as the British ship Pe§m*%% of London, 11 days from Bombay, who wished to be rep
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    64 3 Thk Captain of the steamer l'',m,uj, which arrived in the roads last nighl from Soorabaya, reports that female passenger, a Malay woman, after being on board two hours, jumped overboard whilst the steamer was getting under way. The Captain immediately tent the mate in a boat to pick her up,
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    64 3 A Court ot Enquiry was held veater> day on the Summary side of tbe Court House into the loss of the British barque Rkodk. Mr. O'Connor, the Senior Magistrate, presided, assisted by Lieut. Wood and Captain \Vorseley U nautical assessors. The Captain and crew were, we arc informed, acquitted of
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    101 3 The Special Commission appointed by 11. K. the Governor to report upon the state of the Colonial steamer Pimto, and advise as she is in 1 1 r present state considered unsuitable whether it would be desirable to purchaee new steamer or have new machinery provided for her, forwarded on
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    175 3 A mi bukb is suspected l>\ the Police t.i have been committed in tbe Lavender Road on the morning of Sunday last. It appears that two Chinamen, partners, had had some disputes on bumiic» matters, and an angry discussion took place between them on Saturday night. On the next morning,
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    115 3 Tin: Captain ami crew of the British barque Leutre, arrived here yeeterday from Biliton in the steamer Poutimiak. j From the Captain we glean the follow- J ing particular! regarding the loss of the ill-fated vassal. The British barque Lemore belonged to Sunderlatid and \\;i> eight months old only when
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    121 3 Nangka Island bore N. K. N. Napier do do S. E, by R, Longitude 10s° 2!)' 15" E. Latitude 2° .'}♦>' 15" S. After all efforts to save the vessel were found to lie unavailing, the crew repaired to Nangka Island, whence they visited the wreck every day to save
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    95 3 I\tki.i.k;kx(K, says the Soul/i Auitraii* Advertiser o\ the I lth July, of the departure from England for South Australia of the Governor, Sir Wm.i.iam Jkuwms, by tlieS. 8. Mmmm the Mb July, has been received with pleasure. His Excellency and family will be warmly welcomed to the colony." Atadiawing-rooinheld by
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    175 3 Ik the Few York Sun is to be believed, an important step has been made towards the solution of the problem of aerial navigation. The first open air exhibition of Professor C. F. Ritchell'a flying machine, says the journal in question, was conducted at Hartford, Conn., on Wednesday afternoon, June
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    THURSDAY, 15TH AUGUST
    36 3 Tin. asboooer P*/, which arrived here this morning from Port Walcott, North Western Australia, brought i^ horses ami 2 sl sheep, which will be sold by auction in the Square on Tuesday next.
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    45 3 Two adjourned inquests were held on the 1 -Jt h instant, at the Coroner's oflire by A. W. V. Cousins, Esq., H. M's Coroner, on the bodies of two male Chinese, names unknown. Verdict, the former" Accidental death and the latter Death from natural causes."
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    76 3 Sm i i.atiov is again rife in official circle! as to who will succeed Captain Ilatchell as Chief Magistrate of Penang. It is generally thought that the Colonial Office will make the iinHiiih' luniiiriihli to Mr. Gorn.iKH, our preeenl Junior Magistrate, by offering him the post. Should he be disposed
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    85 3 Oil him. intimation of the death of Hki; M.ui.sn ink Ui IKK or Srwx having been received by the Spanish Consul by last mail, and communicated by liiui to the Government here, the "Union .lack" is half-mast high, in mourning, to-day on the Flag-.-t all's of Fort ('aiming and Mount
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    154 3 Tfll lion. Mr. Douglas, C. \i.o., has received orders to leave here by the coming mail for Ceylon, to undertake the duties of Colonial Secretary of that Colony. The Hon. Cecil Smith is not expected to arrive here from Hongkong before the Ist of October, and, meantime, the Hon'ble C.
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    382 3 It will be acknowledged that there is a good deal of pertinence and truth in the following jtfcragraph from the Jjondou niul (Hi Hi n K.ijtrens of the 12th August respecting the resignation of Captain Hakiiki.i., tin- Police Magistrate of Pcnang. Captain Haichki.i, was one of the tew remaining of
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    678 3 A Java correspondent sends us the following communication Java Tavks. i likely episode and a teaming scene) A Custom House in Java, .lan., lS"i). A poor foreigner just landed from a steamer tries to pass through. To him the Controlleur. You have there a cigar case full of Manila cigars.
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    42 3 his arrival in Java to the nearest assistant Kesident, is .'> guilders per day. up to f. 100 and few know this till they are fined, as it) notice in circulated or povte.l in any place to which the public have ready acee«e.
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    FRIDAY, 16TH AUGUST.
    111 3 FRIDAY, 16TH AUGUST. A Kki TKii's ti legr.iin, dated London, I o*rd May. which appears in the Hong. i kong pa|>ers, states on the authority of the Shim/ant that a reduction in the j Fleet on the China Station is in con- temptation. X»tion»lity Enteretl Cleared. Mo. T. >miiui.i' No.
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    67 3 At the half yearly meeting of Shareholders of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, held in Hongkong yesterday, the Re|x>rt of the Directors for the halt year ending June 1878 was agreed to. A dividend of tl per share of Us 2s. 6d. or $12") has been declared, and the
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    168 3 Captain Drevar of the British ship Norfolk which arrived from Mauritius on the l'Hh instant, reports as follows: Left Mauritius July 4th with 145 Chinese passengers. Had lii?ht westerly winds the first tw > days, and then E. N. E. wiuds in plac of the usual S. E. trad*; winds,
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    76 3 Tin; (onrrier i/e Saigon of the "»th August publishes the imports and exj ports of Saigon for the second quarter of the current year. Their total value j was as follows Imports. Exhorts. From France f. MW.Mi To Fraiice f. I'»',-'7l sinmtpore WtAfc.' Singapore. China I 1-: Java, and Stm.lri.v4
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    SATURDAY, 17TH AUGUST.
    26 3 Ox Tuesday last, the back of a large newly built Chinese house, in North Bridge Road fell, but, fortunately, no injury was done.
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    42 3 Rktlk.v of Visitors to the Rdfles Library and Museum I mini,' 7 days, ••ndinjj Friday ltith August 1878. Saturday 10th Augt 11l Sim.lv 11th Mouduy 1-itb 1 1(> Tuesday l:Jth "Mr, Wednesday Utk 37 Thursday 15th 107 Friday 16th m Total 1.154
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    22 3 Tin: Hon'ble John Douglas, c v. <;., leaves by to-day's mail for Galle, to take up the appointment of Colonial Secretary of Ceylon.
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    30 3 Ax Inquest was held yesterday on the body of male, named Boonoot, at the Criminal Prison, by A. W. V. Cousins, Ksq., H. M. Coroner. Verdict. Death from Natural Causes."
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    37 3 An Inquest was held on the 1 5th instant, on the body of a male Chinese, named unknown, at the Bukit Timah Station by A. W. V. Cousins, Ksq., H. If. Coroner. Verdict. Death from Natural Causes."
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    37 3 Ax adjourned Inquest was held on the L>th instant, on the body of a female Chinese, named Kum Chin, at the Coroner's Office by A. W. V. Cousins, Esq., 11. M. Coroner. Verdict. Death from Natural Causes."
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    33 3 Thk ship Cmutf of Kimreet, 1,640 tons register, J. Cumming, Master, passed through the Singapore Straits yesterday, W days out from Bombay, bound to San Francisco, and wished to be reported all well.
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    43 3 It is expected that the insignia of the Order of the Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George, with which His Majesty the King of Siam is to be invested, will arrive here by the mail from home due on Monday next.
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    41 3 Major General Donovan, Commanding 11. M. forces in Hongkong and the Straits Settlements, was a passenger from Hongkong; yesterday, per P. O. steamer Surat, on an official tour of inspection of the military forces stationed here, in Malacca and in Penang.
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    189 3 Thk P. O. Co.'s steam ship Smmt, Captain Geo. C. Burne from Shanghai Wi.and Hongkong 1 1 imUiit. arr.vcd alongside the Company's Wh nr f >, lst<nl; v I and W i|j leaw for Pcnang, Galle, „,,,1 Southampton at t l\ M toda\, the mail ckwiag at the General Post
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    336 3 A horrible murder," says the Hongkong />„//// frwa* of the Kith instant, wascommitted late Oil Thursday night (Hh Aug.) by a man named Chart, s Newman. Newman cohabited with a woman named Louisa Lo.-khardl and had been in company during the evening with her and a man named Silbano Gutierrez.
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    377 3 Now that the new building fiir the Exchange and Ciab is creeping up, the remarks we have already made about the consequent appearance of the Post Office building begin to prove themselves correct. It is said that the Govern nient have already taken the matter into consideration, and that the
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    56 3 Extract from the. Daily New* of the 13tli May 1878. (KBOM OUR COKKESI' >NI>ENT.) PARIS, Satukuay Ni.;iii Messrs. A. Rowland and Sons, ..f M, oaaaar Oil othbrii;, Imv.-, after leap nM i iv«. iu.i'l.- a siiiM-t-s^fiil o xupaigu m Pain against ptraiss of v prodaol which w« liuiw <iv tho
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    526 4 into bw shop, under the pretexl of giving I gold for a note, and then mm Icy.l the man haa been only nmtenced totrapsportatioti lor life. Want and ruin urged the man to kill someone for money. Wad so |>a\ otl debts. "When hotel charges fr. 16 fora candle, ir.
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    MALACCA.
    963 4 l-'ri'ni our ssm Per respondent.) M LLAOCA, 1 1 I'll 4,1 81 >1. 1878. Tin: ISritish steamer Skamgdagane, Capi.nii (iiM>s, from Singapore, en rwA to Penang and Rangoon, arrived here last Thursday morning, and sailed the same night. The only passengen by her were the IJevd. A brant, and
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    373 4 KI.KCTKHITY V (1 v>. To tie Edit,.,- of the Daila ZW*. I>kak Sin. In \our corresp.in.leiirr ..f the sth instant, there is an extract sent in by Mr. Pell taken from the Tefegraphie Journal." Bj the mail 1 received a communication from a friend in England >vii" has taken
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    83 4 Tiik Wkathku. Ti> the Editor of th,- Doily Times. Sir, -If an abundance of forest mean relative abundance of rain, let me implore the tree planters to hold their ready hands. Permit me also to invite the Attorney (Jeneral to bring in a Wood Hill "for the purpose -of still
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    157 4 Tin: Loos of tiik Mabel Ci.awk." l\, ili> Editor i,f tin' Daily Time*. -Hi. On the iw of n,y departure for mv nakive country. ]x-niiit me, throiitrh your eelnmnM, to eipluss my heartfelt th;inks to the inhabitants ;nnl Ship Hasten of this jMirt for the kimlness and generosity which 1
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    370 4 KI.KCTHICITY V. Q IM. To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sin: -Mr. Wells' letter in your issue of the 18th instant is very interesting but it is likely to give a wrong impression about the new Electric light. When it is stated that it retiuires a '2~> 11. P.
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    A QUERY.
    408 4 To I In- Editor of thr D,ii I, i Times. Sin. It has frequently given me pleasure to find from the correspondence appearing in your paper, that, notwithstanding the practical and commercial tendency of our aspirations here, we have IDMBM us a fair share of literary at.d scientific
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    65 4 Tiik Cdvkiinmkxt (Jazkttk, 2nd and Oth Auuvst. Kiioo Ann has been granted a Certificate of .Naturalisation. .Marine Notices are published respecting the Ked^Lights on ihe North Groin of the Harbour Works of Madras, and the sunken dangers in the Mm Kiver approaches. Her Majesty has been pleased to allow and
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    736 4 The Secretary of State has a»proved*he appointment of Mr. T. A Dl Cm zk ai Benior bWrding and Kniiirration Ottie.r in the Master Attendant's llepartincnt. H. K. the (iovernor has appointed Mr. Mwm Mkown .1. P. to be a Visiting ti.eofthe Penang Prison, and Mr. JaJTO [mm bO be Magistrate
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    The Government Gazette. 16th Aug.
    187 4 The following new notifications are condensed from yesterday's Qtuttie At a meeting of the Executive Council on the sth August, it was ordered by the Governor in Council that, in consequence of cattle disease of a malignant type having broken out in I lie Dutch
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    News of the Week.
    110 4 MONDAY, Lfcra AUGUST. Tiik British S S. Menmnir, a now steamer built in Sundcrland and purchased while on the stocks bj the B. A. R. M. Compnny as a cargo vessel tf> trade between Hongkong and the Australian ports, arrived alongside Tanjong Pa gar Wharf yesterday
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    191 4 Mktkoi!(H.()(.l( \i. ()l)servati(nis for the week ending 1 nth August, l s i\ taken at the Hospital, KandangKarbau. Bakometer Reduced. l> a. iv. Sp. m. 9p. m. inches. inches. inches. Mh Aiijjt. 20.879 29.795 29.842 Cth .852 .771 Mi «th MH .813 ATI 7th JM AM AM Bth .'.121 .831
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    127 4 Ebrahim, the Malay, who suffered execution on Thursday morning last, for the wilful murder of a Chinese hoy, made, the night before his execution, a confession to the prison authorities giving some details of the manner in which the murdered boy was put to death, and mentioning the names of
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    305 4 Tiik charge against Captain Press of the British barque Cresf of the Wave, was heard on Saturday last before two Magistrates, Captain Ellis and Mr. Pickering. The chnrges were for assault and wrongful confinement of the mate On the voyage from Cardiff to Singapore. The evidence for the mate was
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    115 4 It mjffht l>e thought, by the way in which Kducation is always talked about, that it is almost a necessity of life, and certainly one of the main objects, wbioh we, a 8 Englishmen, and the leading civilisers of the world, are bound to promote to the very best of
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    213 4 officials, the Colonial Secretary and Attorney-CJeneral gavr anvthinjfj?' Treasurer, the Aodjior-Oeneral tIT" ting Chief Justice, the Colonial p*" noor, and the Iff affietrutes are aH* l spicuoup by their nbsenrp, whj| o r"'' the Inspector of School* nwnff J not one of the Colonial servant- "i been liberal enough to
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    159 4 MMffU. W. 0. Hale ft Co., rpporta. follows in their circular of the August regarding the Saigon R market The stagnation in business report*) previously Rtill prevails in an .-nhaiH decree, no purchasers Win.; found forth. meagre qunntity of ri.v now ooaios don which does not exceed 1,500 pieuls dail?
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    136 4 Thk Bkm*fkai Ceurirr heai Thomas Francis Wale will Law fa* land for China in August. II ing out alone, without his farailv, ani will remain for two years only. Tiik Oylon ZfssM notices ssfottoti the appointment of the II Douji.as C. M. G. to be Colonial Secretary of Ceylon. The
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    497 4 Oi r Hongkong contemporaries notice as follows the appointing Hon. Cfjca. C. Smith to bl (denial Secretary of these Settlements:— The Daily PrtM.— On TmnrawJ (Ist August) the Hon. C Smith received and accepted the offer ot aj appointment of Colonial Secretary I the Straits Settlements, vice tbe J. Douglas.
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    125 5 ..Berkeley, Sept. 18fiJ).— 'lentleraeQ, i feel it a duty I owe to you to exDress my gratitude for the great benefit i have derived by t «kiug Norton's Camomile Pills. I applied to your agent. Mr. Bell. Berkeley" for the ab >venamed Pills, for wind in the stomach, from which
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      Arribals.
      350 5 Saturday. 10th August. M. M. steamer Anadyr, '2,424 tons HbNU, Saigoi Bth Aujjt. M. M iteWßflr Emirue. 727 tons, Piehat, Batavia 7th Augt. British steamer Wet/.rl. ti.". tons, Berlingham, Malacca 9th Au.'t. Britisli str. Meumuir, 1,290 tons, Darkc. Sunderland :>rd JuTy! Sunday, llth August. Briti-h sti'anur B..nca. SBS tons.
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      Departures.
      244 5 Saturday. lUth August. British MtUM Mii a. Morney. for Penung. British steamer Uiubulla. Sini h, for Cal< utu via the intermediate ports. Dutih steaiuer Aiul»-iii i. Craner, for Acheea via Peuang. Gorman steauier Galatea. Boh me. for Hongkong. Suuday. lit h August. M. M. steauier Iraotiaddv. G.titvain. for Sai^
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR
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