The Straits Times, 17 April 1883

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    14 1 The Straits Times XXIV [new series,] SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. 17th APRIL, 1883. DAILY ISSUE.] No.
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      471 1 am *f)ip Compantrs. IsULAR AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION COMPANY. Office— Collyer Quay. Wooowns— New Harbour. r are tbe dates on wmen Hrs) Mail Steamers may be exB^^iv' at Singapore during the H til HoitrwAßP. Monday 12th 2fith ■fflUpril. Oth April. I 23r.l ■Bfay- Friday 4th May. ThursdavlTth Hi/June 31st trLd Vth
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      698 1 £>tfam *>I)(p companies. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. aoamemnon. patrocluB. Ajax. Antenoß. Achilles. Deucalion. Diomed. Glaucus. Nf.TOR. Anchibeb. Pmam. Orestes. Sarpedon. Stentor. Hector. Teucer. Mrnelaus. Laertes. Cyclops. Yelemachuh. Bellerophon. Jason. Ultsses. The Coy's Steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for Straits and Chinal and from Shanghai homewards for Lon don every ten
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      849 1 JMram *hip eomuanfre. Deli, via Bengkalis. Siak, Paneh and Assahan every 14 days. Riouw every 14 days. Padang, via Penang, Acheen, Patti, Regan Analaboe, Tampattoean Troemon Goenong&itoelie, Singkel, Baros, Sibogha, Natal, Ayerbangies and Priaman monthly. A. The North Coast of Java. From Batavia via Bamarang for Soerabaya and back on
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      631 1 strain dbip Compantref. ted for the Trade. Each carries a Surgeon and Stewardess and has accommodation for large number of Passengem. Passengers and Goods are hooVel a throngh rates from Singapore to all the > ports mentioned above and London via Bataria. Through Rates of Passage from Singapore. I Ist
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      542 1 InsHiranrr. THE LONDON 4 PROVINCIAL FTRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED Capital," On* Million Sterling. The und ersigned. Agents of the Compa~y, are prepared to effect insurance on i current terms. SYME 4 Co. Singapore. 2nd Oct. 1882. (to 2nd Oct. ***** GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASBURANOE COMPANY LONDON Established 1821 i
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      598 1 fnsuranrr. THE HONGKONG FIRE INBURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Capital $2,000,000 Paid-up 400.000 Reserve Fund 564,202 General Managers. Messrs Jardine Mntheson A 00. Hongkong. Consulting Committee. A. Andre. E*,. (Km,,, ir.lol.er., Co.) J. P. RamM (MfM«n. HnllldaT.Wlrw Co. AT. Miniw, (MaMni.DonrlM.TApraikaCo. H. Nl(»i««, (Borneo Comt»nT Ltd.) J. J. doe RemMioa, (J. J.
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      560 1 fnguranrr. B LANCASHIRE INSURANUM Capital €3,000,000. OFFICES OF THE OOMPAJTT. Manohbsteb— Kxohang* Btrert. Liverpool— 4. Manchester Buildings, Birmingham— Cherry Street. London— l 4, King William StntfcA 0. Glasgow— l 33. West George Street Bristol Corn Street Leeds— l 2. East Parade. Newcastle— 40. Mosley Street J Dublin— 9, Lower Sackville
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    THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, 17th APRIL, 1883. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS,
    165 2 THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, 17th APRIL, 1883. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS, Singapore, 17th April, 1833. Gambier 7. Black Pepper 16.25. White Pepper, fair quality. 26. Sago Flour, Sar 3.10. Pearl Sago 3.421. Coffee, Bontbyne picked 14.50. Tapioca, small Flake 3.65. Tin 30.15. 40s. Mule twist 97. wj lbs. Shirtings 1.57 J.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    50 2 IO.HAT. ftr ptr at J Hongkong, Hotter, 6 p.m. To-mobbow. Billiton and Pontianak, B. Whntt So><n, 9 a.m. Saigon, Pearl, 11 a.m. BsjSßSwal Ranee. 1 p.m. Malacca and KUng, Bmtan, 2 p.m. Sonrabaya, Bally, Ampanan and Macassar, Uye Leong, 2 p.m. j Sourabaya 4 B'massing. fidar, 4 p.m.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    29 2 CFor Strait* Time*.) Nkw Giinea. London, \tifi Apr, l.— The island df Papua or New Guinea has been formally taken possession of by the Governor of Queensland.
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    15 2 11 M troopship Thalia left Hongkong on the morning of the 10th instant for Singapore.
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    28 2 TllE P. A O. Co.'s steamer An-»na, with tly homeward mail, is fixed to leave Hongkong at 4p. v. to-day. She v.ill therefore probably arrive here next Sunday.
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    36 2 The French ironclad La Victorieute, flagship of Rear Admiral Meyer, left Hongkong on the 10th instant for Saigon. It is supposed that Admiral Meyer has been instructed to render assistance to the French expedition at Tonquin.
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    38 2 A Gospel Service will be held in the lower room of tbe Town Hall at 8 o'olock p. m. on Thursday, tbe 19th instant. Rev. Messrs. Aitken, Cook, Grant, and a Military Officer, will probably addaess the meeting.
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    44 2 Ay inquest was held on the 22nd March, at the Sepoy Lines, by H. O. Newland, Esq., coroner, on a male Malay named Dollah, and adjourned till the 16th inst., when the jury returned a verdict of culpable homicide amounting to murder against Saman."
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    130 2 The break in the China telegraph cable proves to be only a few miles to the eastward of this port. There being no repairing steamer here at present, several members of the Telegraph Company's staff have gone out in the Government steamer Pilot Fith to pick up and rejoin the
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    74 2 The Journal Offlcieldela Cochin-Chine Franeaite states that tbe export of rice from Saigon, for the three months ending 31st March, was as follows i Vitals. Cargo 1.965,713 White 40.668 Paddy 868,837 Total 2,874,721 The quantity exported during the corresponding period in 1862 was i Piculs. Cargo 1,174,877 White 54,33« Paddy
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    159 2 Ua Saturday night last, by special desire, a short entertainment was given to the orphan boys of St. Joseph's Institution, in the recreation room, by the Eurasian Darky Minstrels." The programme consisted of songs, accompanied by violins, guitars, accordions, bones, tambourines, &c. The Right Revd. Dr. Gasnier, accompanied by several
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    LOSS of the the " Minard Castle."
    488 2 LOSS of the the Minard Castle." The China Mail of the 10th April gives the following particulars of the loss of this steamer The fine new steamer Minard Cattle, Captain Skinner, which left here at eight o'clock this morning for Saigon in ballast, went on shore about a quarter past
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    152 2 Tue Shanghai Courier of the 3rd inst. says The long talked of connection by telegraph of Peking and Canton is assuming proportions which show that the Chinese Government is in earnest in carrying telegraph lines through the Celestial Empire. To-day an expeditionar. arrived in Shanghai, and will proceed to Soochow
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    139 2 A BBf) steamer for the Clan Line was launched on 12th March, from the building yard of Messrs. Scott <S Co., at Cartsdyke on the Clyde. The following are her dimensions Length, 3Soft. breadth, 48a. depth, 32ft. tonnage, 4,000 tons. Her engines, which will be supplied by the builders, are
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    The Calcutta International Exhibition.
    491 2 The Calcutta International Exhibition. With regard to the approaching international exhibition to be held in Calcutta, the Englithman says Whilst the local Exhibition Committees are busily engaged in Calcutta, we are glad to hear that the Executive Commissioner, Mr. Jules Joubert, is also doing good work abroad. On his arrival
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    Madagascar
    349 2 A Stnndaril i dated February 15, (<N^^| states: The excitement threatened French rif^^^H throughout the wl^^^H th .ugiit that if the < > <E to give way and permitH tain a footing :,e .^M iti >n might n-t il vene. The Hovaa ar H and otherwise P re P*Cf^|
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    Netherlands
    688 2 [Translated from /^fl Uatueia. 2nd April.^A now j uns in the Penffl the Hollanders ia Ach^B token. The more v^H newspapers are in situation of affairs ia Jiflfl may conclude that tHJ fulfilment uf their iflj NetberUud- ra would nSJ the Acbineae game. party in Acheen poAV attacks on
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      699 2 fKtin SRsbtrttdrntttttf T<) BE LKT. With Immediate Entry. House, situated on Mount it 2J miles from town. newly built, with excellent r a small family. It is 0001, and commands a Hplendid view of the or. Rent moderate. ApSohst. POWELL A Co., Agents. trapore, 6th April, 18f (v. c.) FOR
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      844 2 SALE OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, He. At Abbotspord. WEDNESDAY, 2nd MAY. The undersigned have received instructions from Dr. Ernst Bifbsr, Imperial German Consul, leaving for Europe, to sell by Auction, at Abbotspord, on Wednehday, 2nd M«v. commencing at 11 a. M The whole of the valuable Household Furniture, <tc, most
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      872 2 THE BANKRUPTCY ORm N K. IR7". In the Supreme Court or the Straits Pettliments. Settlement op 'isoapire. Ono Watt Siew, trader, of No. 19 South Canal Road, Singapore, carrying on busi. i ness under the chop Poon Enir." was ad- judged binkrnpt on the 13th day of April. 1883. The
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      579 2 tfrtn a&brrtrttmrnts. NOTICB. The undersigned are instructed by His HighneßaThe SulUm.f Sooloo, to dispose of his complete turnout, viz i \mt Lind.ui, liuiltby Lambert Broß in use less tbac one month, original cost $960. One set of pair horse harness, 1 early new, oiiginal cost 9150. One pair of Bay
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    Netherlands Indian News.
    1274 3 (Trantlated from Dutch netcipapen.) Batavia 21*/ March. From Chianjur (Java) a correspondent writes to us as follows: The villages in this neighbourhood are still much troubled by tigers, which have become so daring that they I come out in the daytime to attack people at work in
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  • Correspondence.
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      Selangor.
      87 3 To the Editor of the Daily Timts. Sir, —Mr. Swettenham in his report, such as it in, might at least have given His Excellency and the general public credit for knowing the meaning of the two English words immigrant" and Emigrant." The report is a poor production, aud if
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
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      ARRIVALS.
      154 3 j r I.AO j Vigil's Xasii. a*d CAriAi.N. r'noii. Sailed. Consiomibs. IK Lombard? P. O. str 187" llr-eze Hongkong April 10 P. AO. CompugjS 16 Mosser Brit. str. 1 323 L.ongley London Nov. 15 I. Simon* 4 Co. 16 Iniziativa Ital. str. 1293 Rozusec Cardiff Mar. 7 Ma*ck 4
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      CLEARANCES.
      64 3 Dati. Vissil's Naxi. Flao Bio.' Captain. Dmtinatiow. .pril 16 Panay Spa. st.. Gojenechea Manila 17 Louisa 111 Brit. str. 'Mariner Malacca k KUng 17 lVntan Brit. str. Lyon Malacca Klang 17 Ban Tong Sent' Brit. str. Hide Bangkok IT Han Whatt Soon Brit. str. j Cockburn Billiton 4 Pontianak
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
      681 3 Vbsbsl's Nam*. Captain, and S ARRrviD From. Consignees. D"a.i > Kio_, g Men-of-war Foxhound MoQuhit.- H.lf str *'>S April !M>lko« Senior Naval Officer. Static Champion Pasley H.M. str 2380 April 2 Malacca Senior Naval Officer. Stetii Steamers Leila Flint N. B'nec lS5Jan. 17 Put Back A.
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      301 3 flotirrs. PKKAK GOVERNMENT NOTICE. Applications are iuvited fur T. in tbe Government Schools at Teluk Anson, Selauin, Batu G'j-i and Bernain. At Teluk Anson and Selaina tbe pupils would be cbitfly Malaya, and the Teacher must be qualified to teach English and ■Isjo Malay reading and writing ii the native
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      880 3 SPRING MEETING. FIR-T DAT. TCKSDAT, 15th MAT, 19^3. First Rack. —Value j A Selling Race for all horses. Horses to be entered at a deelired value from $250 I to $400. If entered at $400 to carry list. with»n 7 lbs for every $50 beluws4iO. Entrance $10. Once round the
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      915 3 Horses entered for Second Class or Roadsters' Races mint be entered for first Second Claes or first Roadsters' Rnce. The first Second Class and Roadsters' Rice shall be weight for value" m.rl each following Second Class Race shall be a handicap. Any horse entered for Selling Rac*>s is liable to
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      391 3 profits nntil such time as the Reserve Fund has reached $15".000. after which the I interest to be increased to 12 percent. 2nd In payment of a Bonus to Sharej holders in proportion to the net premia c ntrilmted by them respectively during eeek year. Srd. In the establishment and
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      256 3 STEAM N < n 3|^| CoMMCMCisa with the a^*Hß^^^| Singapore i.n J^'h June n> ward Mail Steamers will prooeea^^H ul to Marseilles, and. after ItS^^| pasxenuerH and e.ri;.., continue the V^W^H I to Plymoath and London. Full partirulurs n-garding freight snd^ passage money oan be obtained ftt t Company's Offloe.
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      899 4 Sorfts* TTTB TAN.TONO PAGAR DOCK POM PANY LTMTTED. works of the Company are situated st Tanjong Pagar, within one mile of the Singapore, and comprise the folf lowing establishments, viz Wharf.— Affording berthase for twenty Teasels at one time with sufficient water rtlongside for vessels of the heaviest and protected
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      694 4 KATZ BROTHERS. APOLLTNARTR WATER, The Natural Soda Water. The qneen of table waters." British Medical Journal. APOLLINARIS WATER. tSkT Supplied continuously to the Table of H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES during the last five years. APOLLINARIS. THE NATURAL SODA WATER. Far superior to manufactured aerated waters. Medical Times
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      670 4 Atorrsf anti ItltvtJjsvibHt. JOHN LITTLE CO. RAFFLES PLACE, I Singapore. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, Importers of Provisions, Groceries, Oilmam Stores. Cigars, Tobacco, Hardware, Glassware, Lamps. Saddlery and Harness, Crockery, Electro Plated Ware. Jewellery, Stationery, Perfumery. Fancy Goods, Arms and Ammnnition. Ladies and Gentlemen's outfit- 1 ters. Watch and Clock makers.^
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      719 4 FOR SAI/R. A small shipment °f the very well known »ran<J Royal Blend Whiskeys" in Ro ties. Jars. Jeroboams and Fluil-s. CAMERON. BUNLOP Co. Singapore, 23rd Feb., 1883. NOTTCIE. During mv absence from Singapore Mr. Waltfr w. Wflls. has been appointed Acting Manager and Secretary of the Singapore Gas Company,
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      843 4 A desirable family residence on Leonie Hill. Four bath -ooms. Entry from Grange and River Valley Roads. Apply to Mr Mackay. The Dispensary. Singapore, Ist August, 1882. NEW GOODS FROM PARIS. At Mrs. Landbsbero's Milinerv and Dress Making Establishment. No. 49 Battery Road, Commercial Square. Mrs. Landesbero begs to inform
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      864 4 flotirtt. NOTIOS. From and after the Ist January 1883, the following chances will »>e made in tie publication of the Straits Times. The subscription to the Dailt issue will be considerably reduced. The Weekly issue will be published in time for transmission with the home .yard mails, and will be
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      501 4 #otrr JOTION. Chronomet/^o^*?; »'«<-> a B^r^^ysstf-tc^ Brooches, Wver watches I Wk'eT' Vno.n Loekms, t^Kriaffe elnri. L*die.' ring* Signet rings. ™V>om. Albert chains, Guard chains, Sexta Studs, Sleeve But- Salinl tons and Links, Coml Gold pencils, 1 Waistcoat buttons, TeUsl Jet Jewellery, Speai Plated Ice pitcher*. st* Silver forks, spoons. MB'""
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