The Straits Times, 9 February 1884

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    16 1 The Straits Times. I, XXV. MW SERIES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, 9th FEBRUARY, 1884. [DAILY ISBUE. No. 15,228
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      287 1 jr>tfam *h«p eompamrs. !AK AM. OBITOTAL nOM COMPANY llycr Qnay. Oopowns— New Harbour. 1.TM.8. n 1 Cb r'.Mail Stoam,r.mayl.ceT. v, at Singapore dunng the .Tan. Htb I 10th Mar. '♦th 2Ut APrl IMb aia RETTRN TICKF M Pk.ni.isi 01 AVI' BACK. ntDF sawn Ist Class r]t $3 < BE TO
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      567 1 strain *fiip Companies. '"KAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY" AOAMEMNON. PaTBOCLOB. Ajax. Antenor. Achilles. Deucalion. Diomed. Ci.aucub. \k-tor. AnohiseS. i mam. Orestes. Sarpedon. Stentor. Hector. Tfc-er. i awa. Laertes. i "Ps. i'ki.emachuh. Bei.lebophon. Jason. Ultrbeb. The Coy* St amers arc despatched from f .iv«'rr>.»>l outwards for StraiU and Chinal Mini fn.m Shanghai homewards
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      826 1 *tram *l)(p companies. K. t urn tickets are issued at a reduotio n In the fore<roing rates is included the f Provisions and Wines. Second Claas passages, inclusive of Üble are granted at half of First Claas rates. Children between two and fifteen years pay half 'he Shove rates, if
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      678 1 *tra m *hip Comparers N. B. There is also one non-contract trip on tbe 10th of every month. B. From Pa'embang via Muntok and Moeera-Kompeh for Djambie and the same way beck on the 10tl. of every month. V. Borneo's Wbst Coast. From BaUvia via Rilliton and Pontianal for Singkawang
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      546 1 Insiiranrr. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ABBURANCE COMPANY LONDON Established 1821 Subscribed Capita! £2,000,000 Total I n vested Funds, upwards of 3,000,000 Annual Income upwards of 400,000 The undersigned have been appointeAgents at Singapore and are prepared to iasne policies against Fire on the usual terms. PATERSON. SIMONS k 00. Singapore,
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      602 1 Incfuranrr. THE HONGKONG FIRE INBURANOB COMPANY LIMITED Capital 12,000,000 Psid-up 400,000 ReserTe Fund 564,902 General Manaoers. Messrs Jardine Matheeon k Co. Hongkong. Consulting Committee. A. An.tr., E*,. (Ifrmn. Mclobsra, a Co.! J. P. Bums fWcssn. HoOid.jr. >ls» a Co. A T Maacr, fMMsra.Dsulas,Xa>rslk*Cc H NlralM, (Bon«> Oosipaav Ltd.) J. J.
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      529 1 fnsttranrr. THBBOOTTIBH IMPERIAL INBTTRAWOI OOMPAJTT. un. Capital ONK MILLION BrmUM. Cnairmii,—Ai.EXANnEß Rowaldso».»». CcmmMmg 4«»»ory_H. Ambrose SMIsTT r».i a OHIIF OFTIObW. GUMOW f'sl WBtT OKMI I Street. EDIf BUMH M OloMl Rnn,, London Kino Wiixiamßt. Liverpool f 28 Bxoham«l St. East. Manchester f2?°£" Bl S20« 20 Booth Bnilt Mo/rraEAL, f 8
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    STRAITS TIMES. SATURDAY, 9TH FEB., 1884. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS,
    157 2 STRAITS TIMES. SATURDAY, 9TH FEB., 1884. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS, Sinoapobe 9th Fibbcaby. 18S4. Gambier 7.32 J. rilack IVpper 18.* White Pepper, fair quality. Sago Floor, riar M*X Pearl Sa^o i OOMja, K.mthjn.- 15.5 H. I'apioia, small Flake UO, fin 25.&71. iOs. Male twist M ii ll.«. ShirtiDßS LM| 7 do
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    66 2 Queensland A-- Hromo, 6 p.m. To-woriiow. Muntok A P lembang. KuUr. Noon. Penang ami Acheen, Jasasm. 1 p "> BingkoV, filoumt, 1 p 111. Bengalis. Siak Deli, Biak, p.m. Hongkong, Swstow and Amoj, Pietiola, t p.m. Hongkong, .Swstow and Amoy, Btmtlutha, S p.m. Bangkok. Htntba, p.m. Mondat. HongV<.ng
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    37 2 stIUTSK'S TBLHUB4MI (fm Sl railt Timo.i PaKI.I VMtNT. London, sM t'th,— On Ibaviay next Lord Salisbury and Sir Stafford Northtote will move- that the disasters in the Stu.lan are due to the vacillating policy of the Government.
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    44 2 H. E. the Governor, we learn, left Penan-; thin morning ab>ut 10 o'clock, and is expected to arrive here late tomorrow evening, as His Excellency OMBH down without touching at Malacca. His Excellency will land quietly, and there will l>c no guard of honour.
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    21 2 The total return of visitors to the Raffles Library and Museum during the week ending Friday, Bth February, 1884 was 1.t,"
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    29 2 Thk H'iv HajarMaNakO.M <» Acting Resident Councillor of l'enang, accompaajad by Mr- M Nur, are passengers to Hongkong on a holiday trip by the P. O. mail steamer Mai tea.
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    46 2 The French transport Annamite, Captain I>j|«vrier, from Toulon, with about l,(«»t reinforcements for Tonquin, arrived i\- afternoon, and will leave for her tlsstination after coaling. The Chartered transport Vile de Mrti, with provisions tor 1 in juin, arrived yesterday, and will *U<) lea c after coaling.
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    45 2 \> I 1.. .t was held by Dr. Muglitfton, r, on tbe ItUth .January, at Wat<rloo Str.t-t, on a male Burmese named o-kbin, and was adjourned till the •tant, when the jury returned a Verdict of Culpable homicide not amounting to murder »<ain.-t Mong Oung Doou."
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    63 2 Bt kind permission ot 1 lie Hon'ble Col Hales aadOSam, the Band of the Koyal lnni>killing t'u^ili.rs will play in the Ganlens on Monday next, 1 lth inst., at 9 p.m. Pboosammc 1 Match Fitul <i mood, 2 Ut rture I'uet .1 Vent int. Suppe. 3 Re,u.ui»c. nc-> of BuyLuul
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    143 2 Wit h reference to the announcement that the Oriental Bank Corporation propose to register as a Limited Company, we understand, that the effect of this change will be, that, instead of l>eing styled "The Oriental Bank Corporation," as tv, with a capital of £1,500,000, it will ho called the Mental
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    121 2 We would direct the attention ot the public in general, and the Catholic community in particular to the advertisement in another column oi the performance to be given in the Town Hall on the night ol the 17th iuntant, for the benefit of the Extension Funds of the Cathedral Church
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    396 2 Thk P. 40. CoY steamer Maliea, Captain Loggin, from Bombay, Colombo and IVuaug, with the London mail of the 11th January, arrived along side the Company's W' arf this morning, and will leave for Hongkong and Shanghai at 5 p.m. to-day. Passcnoom. For Singapore.— Krom London: Major Taylor and Mr.
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH FEB., 1884.
    305 2 H. K. the Governor has beei. pleased to appoint J. W K. Cvah Justice of the Peace for the Straits Settlements. •rs despatched on Her Majesty's Ser\ice within th.- BoMloaMaU, can be franked when sent by the following Oth'cers, in addition so those named is
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    THE "NISERO" CASE.
    842 2 The Kajali of Ten in lias shown iinnself t<> lie a wily a.- well a* bold and determined nun, ,v« li.- i> at present complete MOata* I tin- Mtuation. Ht hold* tin- jHn.r ili'li'iiri-li >- i'irv of the tfimf ibMMi .nt inl v \w< niiTi-v, and hits
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    TONQUIN NEWS FROM SAIGON.
    490 2 Wk translate and condense from th» Independent of the 26th January the following items of nen Tonquin brought by the mail boat Sou yon on the 2 Uh January Chinese reiaforce ied to pour into the No.-th Kast Tonquin vince*. On the 1 lth January, a
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      708 2 qgrto gftbtTttfrmrat*. M rOMMUNTOATTONTO WESTERN AUSTRALIA. THB West Australian Steatnah.'p Com pany's steamer NATAL," J. Wmd. com saander, ander engagement with the Straits and Western Australian Governments, is aapected to leave Singapore for Fremantle, MJting at Batavia. Roebuck Ray, Cossack, Shark t Bay and Geraldton, as notified be PROPOSED TIMETABLE.
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      981 2 flrto a&brrttsrmrnts. VaLTTABT.^ FRFI' 1 RESIDENTAT, PROPER! On Mount Ei.izabitr Estatb. Tbe undersigned liave received instructions to sell by Public Aucti v, at their Sale Room. No 25 W«(n» 8 Place, on Thnrs day. 21st February. l c ftl. st 2 p.m. the following valuable Freehold properties situated on Mount
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      723 2 flrU) ?^hfrti«jnrrr f John Little On their stock, an in -rtnieWTrWfcWßWßW] ing Brown f'anvas L->wn Tennis Shoes. Rlne in, In. White in. do. Th.- r r »stf>n" Merino. r,,M.,n and Silk half Hose. Brown RHlhrigem do. Indian flanz» Merino Vests half sleeves. Brown Ralbrigiran cV>. Lonceloth Pliirrß. Collars air SO
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      528 2 Unoeb thi Di«Trsaciin«D Patbomi«b OF H. E. THE OOVERNOcI. OM TUE3DAT. 19ih FBBRU VRT, ISB4. Gband Oobckbt to be given by the Members of th- i'Hit-HARM MC SociBTT. assisted by some well ku .wn gentlemen amateurs iv "id of t*ie Fond for tba Extension of the Cathedral of the GOOD
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      63 2 WEATHER KEPORT. KcMiar^ Karbow Hofpital, Sth Pibrtfiry, 1881 fla.m. 3p.m. 9p.m. Rikiui. By. r.4. fah. »7» iaVSM IS 971 T»mu. US SJO 75-8 NaTulas? puW«t Ralb Ttwr. 77" 7S 5 74 S tlalij oloadr, I Dir. ut Wind N.W. N E. Wm d«T »»d atait Mil. Temp, la thtl. S9>
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    THIRD MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
    582 3 I Haugbton daring the present w«ek. i Fkbbi abv Tan (.'bow m charged witb being unlawfully in potaeaaioc perty •hoist F.bruiry in South Bridge raad, n-im-ly one red blanket, raloe beinif unlawfully bit* bija .nd OM n the tki impn•OMßtl. :ld waa th-r ill, H-' was aentenc.d
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    TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
    280 3 (From Ceylon and Indian paper: Cairo, 12/ A January. —The negotiations which have been proceeding for some time lietween the Qorewant nf His II tad Mr. Smith, the Superintendent in Ki:vpt of the gartarn Telegraph Company, Limited, have at length been hniught to a •Jon, and the Eastern
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    817 3 His KxcelleiK-v Sir Freilerick Wall left on Sunday last, the 3rd instant, in the Government yacht Sea Belle, for Penang. His Excellency has been in telegraphic communication with the Secretary of State with repanl to tlir»'i crew, held captive by the Rajah of Teuora, on the
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    MAIL NEWS.
    1241 3 i take the following from the H"ine Neat of the 11th January The G jvernment bare at laat mad- a de&nite decUrai i m of their Egyptian p >iicy, and. if they have limited its area, Live iccre.io-d and empbasiaed their responsibility The E/yptian frontier is fixed i
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
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      ARRIVALS
      152 3 jj Vmu-i Name. Feb. 8 Tille d. Meti 8 Pieoiola 8 Renduthm 8 Penan* H Fatkol Maaana 8 Pontianak !> Tyne 9 Cairnioiuir 9 M. Meanatchj 9 UtrtM 9 Annamitr 9 Malwa ajtd S CArrAiK. Rio- Fch. str. 1788Temor Uer. str. 875 Xiiwn Brit. btr. 133S Lunt Brit. itr.
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      CLEARANCES.
      73 3 C LEARANCES. Date, rnui'i Namb. Feb. 8 £gean 9 Benclutha 9 Vidar 9 Tyne Ville de M«tz 9 Bromo 9 Japan 9 Silk 9 Hecob* 9 Paknam Flao k Bio. Cajtain. i Brit. rtr. ThomM Brit. str. Lunt Brit. itr. Vincant Brit. atr. UatArd Fch. itr. Temoon Dot. itr. Domen
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    624 3 Oastains aa4 AmoU ot tvsmli «m r v, OCTOT or osiissioa m th* above Saippiat is th. harbour. I Flaw VHUL'I NaM». I"AIT»ni. AMD V«MTBO( FaOH. COMlOlira. t/aTlO* 1 Ei«. I Men-of-war /..,.vr Hope H.H.>b UOJu. l&Pak-hoi Senior Naral O«c«r. Station Bank* Spanjuard Dut. fb. M
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      202 3 JtsMlMs TO BE LET. That convenient quite recently repairdence Kichmond Lodoe, lately ui'cupied by H Liodelow E*|.. aitutted at the junction of Lloyd 3i Oxley Ruds the house is within five minutes drive from the Square. Good stabling and outhouses. For particulars, apply to KATZ BROS., Singapore, Krtt Nov., 1883.
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      771 3 tmTTJRE St nndersinned have received instrucCapt. JOHN BLAIR, leaving for Europe. to sell by Public Auctioh, At his residence, Tsnjong Pagsr Road. ON WEDNESDAY, 13th FEBRUARY, COMMBNCI*O AT 11 A. M Va'naMe H"uaehold Fu-niture, *c, 'c. as follows Drawing room. H indsomely carved ■uitein wnlnnt. "prifg seated and upholstered in
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      386 3 jtourre. INTHI SUPREMK cnrRT CFTHF. STRAITS SETTLBsfBRTa Sbttlement of Singapore. Tn the Goods of HadJIESIaYMAW BUBOO— Deceased. Pubsfant to the Indian Act Vo. 2« of 1866. inHtnl. d The Trnatees and Mortgagees Powers Art Ift6«," notice is hereby given that all creditor* and persons having sny claims or demands upon
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      398 3 ftmuttt POSIT! VK On VVHNMKVT SECURITY LIFE AStfTTR New. noMPANT, LTD 104 r.MTB Stbbbt, Oa^bbssbbH Provitumfor oU ag* rombntd wtA Fanti'%. Premium in eat of EmA. EXAMPLE. An assurer, aged 25 next birthday, wishes to lay apart a sum of about 901 a month in such a way that his
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      693 4 iKtgrrllanrottf. 7. P-ROTT APOLLINARTS WATER, The Natural Soda Water. H The qneen of table waters." British Medical Journal. APOLLINARIS WATER. W Supplied oontinnonsly to the Table of H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALEB daring the last five years. APOLLINARIS, TFTE NATURAL SODA WATER. 'Far superior to manufactured aerated waters.
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      675 4 ♦torrt anß fHtrtban&itt. JOHN LTTTLF. CO. RAFFLES PLACE, Singapore. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, Importers or Provisions, Groceries, Oilmam Stores. Cigars, Tobacco, Hardware, Glassware Lamps. Saddlery and Harness, Crockery Electro Plated Ware, Jewellery, Stationery, Perfumery, Fancy Goods, Arms and Ammunition, Ladies and Gentlemen's outfitters. Watch and Clock makers. Japanese and Chinese
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      1027 4 TRK T<v'iv: r^O\R TWIK 001. The works of tbe Company are situated at Tunjong Pugar, within one mile of the town of Singapore, an 1 comprise the following establishments, viz WHAJir.— Affording bcrthage for twenty vessels atone time with sufficient water tl mgside for vessels of the heaviest draught, and
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      719 4 BOrks. ■Sjrther information msy be had at the Office of Meaars. Paterson, Simons A Co., General Agents, who forward Telegrams to *he Dook free. OH4RLES WISHART. Manager. Singapore Ist July 1875. (a. c.) #lot(rt9. FOR SALE. A Few Weees with the Malays. In pamplet form. Price 50 cents per copy.
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      776 4 flotitts. v. iTIi'E. SuBSCRIBKRS sre requested to Intimate as esrly as posaible whether they wish to pay their subscriptions in advance for the ensningyear, an! their attention it request- < ed to the terms of subscription, which are as follows Local Delivery. In Advance. Daily Edition I We? ely Edition.
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      704 4 P.OtlttQ. I LTFR QUAT, PIW(}»PORF. (opposite the ninb 1 Drapers. Milliners. Oilk Veroer». Hsber dashers. Glovers, and General Outfitters. GwtTi.FM»N's Outfit' ivo n»PA»TMF!«T. Every description of clothi-g -mile on the shortest notice by un experienced Cutter, fl» guaranteed, a good assortment of tweeds, worsteds, sergex, broadcloths for selection. Calf walking
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      684 4 Maeeb. and Optician Flint s-rKrrr Has always „n hand a well If Jewellery, Watches, Olocks, N onstrumenu, Ac, comprising Bracelets, Indies' gold su ,l Brooches, Gents' ditt Earrings, Sj] Trr watches I^ockets, American Ladies rings. Carriage -'ocka. Signet rings, Marbl. Wedding rings. Ohron.i: Keepers Thermometers Albert chains, Baror: Guard chains.
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