The Straits Times, 27 February 1884

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    16 1 The Straits Times. aW. m w m:ries.] SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, 27rn FEBRUARY, 1884. [daily issue.] No. 15.243
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      162 1 e»hip (Rompantre. mRIENTAL \NT w Harbour. LINES. the date* on wdlCb Steamers may be ci. -.pore during the y»r I" 1«M Jan. 11th 24»h Aprl. Tl 12tVi Jnne. rPth RF.TTRN TICK V PACE. nths. IM v ANT) BACK. too Class $325 ntbs. ,>« Venice Mm mi p.sisfi from Briv. I
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      467 1 strain *t)tp Companirs. \N STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Agamemnon. Patroolus. Ajax. Antrnoß. Achilles. Deucalion. Diomrd. Oi.Arcus. Vfctor. Awchices. Pk.' Orekteh. Sarpkdon. Stentor. —or. Trr'-ER. Tei.emaohus. Bellerophon. Jaron. Ultbses. nmers arc despit<*hed from >ntwarda for Straita md China 1 Phanphai homeward" f■• jon every ten days, and have k 1 pa»seri stewardess i
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      815 1 *traai *!)fp rompamrs. Return tickets are issued si a reducio n In the f 'rejroing rite* ia included tht cost of Pin .visions and Wines. Second Class pasaaffos. inclusive of table are irrunted at half of First Claas rates. Children between two nnd fifteen years pay hilf 'he above r>tes.
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      700 1 jfrtram *ftip Compantrs N. B. There ia also one non-contract trip on the 10th of every month. B. From Palembang via Muntok and Moeara Kompeh for Djambie and the aame way back on the 10th of every month. V. Borneo's) West Coast. From Batavia via Billitonand Pontianak for Singkawang and
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      540 1 InsHiranrr. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LONDON Established 1821 Subscribed Capitai £2,000,000 Total Invested Funds, upwards ot 3,000,000 Annual Inoom. npwards of 400,000 Ths endersigned have been appointeAgenta at Singapore and are prepared to issue policies against Fire on the usual terms. PATERSON. SIMONS A 00. Singapors, Ist April.
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      612 1 Insuranrr. THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED t Capital $2,000,000 Paid-up 400,000 Reserve Fund 564,202 General Ma waters. Messrs Jardine Matheson A Co. Hongkong. Consulting Committee. A.Andr., Bsq. lifaaara. Mal^hara. Co. l J s™" rtlaasra. Hollld«?,wias k Co. A. T. Hum, (Hasan. Don 'UcLspraiUro. H. Nlraiaa, M.irsM Oomr^iiT Ltd.) J.
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      546 1 fnsuranrr. THE BOOTTIBH IMPERIAL INBCRANOB COMPART. ura. Capital ONE MILLION Bnuno. CkaM-isMm-Ai.BXAwr.BB Ro«alm©W.«.« Con-Umt Aetuary-H. Ambbom Biinrr CHIEF OFFIOEBI Olasoow, f 151 Wbst Oswmoa Edihbcboh M o^oMßnmwt. LoBDOII 2 Kmo William St. Liverpool f 28 Bxchawoi Br. M e£?SK£ M o-™«^ t^b^o^Melbodrme, f 8 Elizabbtb Bt. LIFE DEPARTMENT. The Directors
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    WEDNESDAY, 27TH FEB., 1884.
    176 2 WEDNESDAY, 2 7TH FEB., 1884. L&TfIR IIAKKKT QUOTATIONS. SISQA.POBI 27TH FIBkUA»Y, 1884. (iambier I 7.35. Slack Pepper 18. White Pepper, fair quality. MM. 3s«o Flour, Sar ±bO. Pearl Sago .1 Coffee, Bonthync 14.75. Tapioca, small Flake 3.40. Tin 'Jfi.OO. 40s. Mule twist H3. 3t lbs. Shirtings 1.521 7 do do
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    107 2 TO-DAT. Vof ««r Sourabaya k Amboina, Martaban. ft p.m. To-morbow. Colombo, Port Sai.l and Ti.ulon. St. OtrmaiH, 8 a.m. h.nli m* Samarang, Sormantty. 10 a.m. Oalle, Colombo and London Olenroy. 1 p.m. Penang, Moulmein, Uurmah and Calcutta, Ha.jKUid. 1 p.m. HonKkong k Yokohama, Bnglot. lpm. Malacca and Klang,
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    REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
    63 2 rFor tfrsiti IWmbJ I'WU.IAMK.VT. Imnlm, Mfl Fehy.— The House of Comm.itis Ins vote I the address in reply to the spi erli from the throne after a "long 1 debate. The Sot dan. The hlack troops at Suakitn have miitiniiil, and will hi *ent to Cairo. Suakim is
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    30 2 Th 3 M. M Cot steamer Sindh, which brings the London mail of the let left Colombo at noon on the 24th instant, and should arrive here next Friday afternoon.
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    63 2 A General Meeting of the Singapore Debating Society will be held in the new Masonic Hall, Hill Street, at 9 p. m. on Tuesday, the 4th March. The tunject of debate "will be "That the expultion of Chinese or any other labour is inconsistent with the principles of a free
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    62 2 Rear Admibal CorsBET, says Lr. haijonnuu of -he 17th Feb., will be raised to tbe grade of Vice Admiral, as soon as General M .lut shall have assumed the comin*nd-in. chief of tbe Tonquin expeditionary corps. A new Admiral, probably Hear Admiral Martin, will, at tbe same time, be named
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    87 2 Oprni Caje. To-dat, before Mr. Haughton, Gob Ah !.>n Ah Chang, Tee Ah Seng and were charged with being in possession of 7 haps of contraband chandu, \alue $I*l. in the office of the Protector ol Chinese at 12 noon on the 17th intt. X 1 pleaded guilty to having
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    137 2 The French ir-'bclad La Galittonnirrt, Captain Fleuriais, and bearing the flag of Hear Admiral Leape*. from Lorieut and last from Colombo, arrived alongside the l!<irneo Co.'t wharf yesterday en route for Hongkong, where Rear Admiral Lespet will assume the enmmand-in-chief of the French squadron on the China and Japan station,
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    287 2 The P. A 0. Cu'« steamer CiyJ; Capt. KM Edmond b. s. m. from Bombay, Colombo, and Penang, with the London mail of the 25th January arrirrd »u Monday, and left for Hongkong and Shanghai yesterday afternoon. PaSSENOIBS For 8iiyapore. From London i Mrs. Parsons, Meuri. W><llin«t >n and Ooi
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    498 2 Ilerr Montz Siegl s second concert was I better after.' Dim the first, and gave great satisl The Company is ur> i«jti<- of it* kind and a finer musical treat was never give* in Singapore. The general public must be iiuite unaware of its excellence or the Townhall would lie
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    299 2 Some time since we referred to the ditpute between Thibet and Xipaul occasioned by the plundering of Xepalete trader* by a number of disorderly monks at Llassa. The Nepauleae demanded ample compentation under penalty of war.. The Chinese Goverment, after enquiring into the affair, recon. mended the Llam-« to grant
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    362 2 The Lm4m corren|)omlciit ot the Time* of Ceylon, t{i v c* the following partieuiar.t of a somewhat romantic story which has Seen occii)ivim; the attention of B jestys L'>nU JastkßS* ami ii alluded to in the newt by laat mail: Se?eral wevka ng\> I mentiined t nf I nip-. .ii.
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    UPPER POLICE COURT.
    237 2 IfSJMT, J>>TH fmaASt, H. Capel, Muui tpal I HMO, lamm nei Pikir Maidin for d«w I r v >h(an (Xl nn ouatity I drain in Uhioa S-r. t. F v •seta. The same vs. (jury Ty ■< his bouse nn.l p N Jtj ilnrket tfil'Hy m I
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    366 2 Ol R Ql AB.i.VTINI. S Thr. arrival of the P. 4c 0. mail ■Mr Clfile on Monday luornioj showing the quarantine of a case of»mall-; iz am Mi;thela> hour-, is likely to tnak- MiitftWH stir, and will, we 1 1 reform in the <■■ jiiaraO" tine systt m. The Clyde
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      726 2 X,t\s SlJbrrttsrmmtfy. STEAM <"OMMUNTCATTONTO ;-RS AUSTRALIATUB West Anatmllan Steamship Com paay's steamer NATAL." J. Wood, commanrter under engagement wi;h tbe Straits and Western Australian Government in expected t .learn Sinijap .re foi Fremantle, oelling at Batavia, Rmtbuck By. Coanack, Sharks Bay and Geraldton, aa notified below:— PROPOSED TIMETABLE. NOBTHWABD SEBVICE.
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      732 2 NOTIi E Katz Bros, have now on hand, A large assortment of household furniture, consisting of Drawing Room Suites in various styles and finish. Bedroom Suites, comprising Almeinth, Wash-hand Stand, Toilet Table, Cupboard, Towel horse, and Cbairs.in Oak and Walnut. Occasional Tables. Cabinets. Whatnots. Music Cabinets. Canterbury. A very fine
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      674 2 #rto ftfclKrtfeftnrjrt*. TOWN HALL! TOWN* HALL!! GREAT ATTRACTION, GREAT ATTRACTION, Thursdat. Tbi-r«d\y. HER MORITZ SlKvil/.S CELEBRATED BO HE MI AN ORCHESTRAL UNION. Ladies 14 f Ladies and > in number < and Gentlemen J 14 Gentlemen. Tbe most artistic Combination of Mu. sical talent ever heard and seen in India.
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      527 2 tlrto aubnt(«fmtrts. TIIF J IN'DUCRK I lATJ HAPPY < HINA SERVICE. Commencino with the steamer on the lat April, the Cotnp mv's Steamers, leaving Batavia on the 18th of each month, will call at Singapore, en route to Saigon. Hongkong and Amoy, and over the same ports buck to Batavia.
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      51 2 WEATHER KEPORI'. ar«Mla«« JCrabov Uotpital, Hth F.bnary, itttU. fta m. 3p.ai. Kp.m Uranu. Har Md ar rak. »voi Htm* iaaw Taaia... si ■> htv Moraiaaxlaar, Wat Bolb Tbav. 7" s 770 75 5 da/ civ-udj, Dir.of'VmJ s H MI. Calm nl^t ota»r. Max. T«ui|i in Mai. la s as Terr,
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    413 3 .ml- in 1 on a ■ihdi a pailille ir pori their .ind the .1 iinaiiiI I juIIt, at.d ii lUOUl wr.. r .t -i, t .ill J ..iber the higheat standing, eon. ngs, and declined to Every means waa 1 by the defendants to prolong ■n, but at tbo end
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    HYDERABAD.
    703 3 -ii Ki U i.s I 1 HI. ISnTALLATI >H UP H. H.TlK NlaM. .> tbe Time* of India tii.- young N'izim of Hjderabad by tbe Viceroy on Tuesday i. i» been tbe moat prominent ertnt of the past week. The inusreir w.i» peif rmtd in bis Highuecs's palace m
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    THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE NIZAM.
    279 3 Uak AM—Salar Jung as he will be kn .wn henceforth—is only four years o'd-r. But it must be rememberei that hia famous father be.an political life at sixteen f a.?-. Li«e the Niiim he haa had i r,l>le traiuing for hia duties T. s
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    ThE Nizam's Family.
    2024 3 A brief history of th- Niztta'a family whoa* last representative has jmt the chief Mabunudan Soverign to lodi* tin,' la th.' >■ i ir-e nf the Mutiny the last of tbe M"i{hul» and the B.le surviving representative of tbe Peisb. wa were swept away, bat the «itv
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      Tm " Nihkro " Ca§«.
      272 3 Tm Nihkro Ca§«. To t\* Editor of the Strait* Time*. Stb,— Hnitv Toitv What in the matter with Ivanhoe the gentle, the courteous, the chivalrous Ivsnhoe He enter* thi> li»t«. riding his hobby, Mambrino'i helmet sur chef," and nn hi« «hieM the word desdischado." I a«k Isaac of York the
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    34 3 The di»fijjunne ernpti..n« on the f»oe, rl-e «nnk-n fyo. the pallid onmplexion, indi'-atc th»» there i« »"impthin(f wrong within. Eiwl lh« larkinkr I he«llh. Ayer'i 8»r«p.iril!» w<.i deTi»ed for th»t parpoa« »nd doe* it.
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
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      ARRIVALS
      97 3 ruo Vessel's X»«. Amd CifTint. Kbo*. Sailed Oomianas. J K,c_^ I F,'t.. 28 Rengloe Brit, itr Webster Tendon Jan. 16 P ijimoni Co. 2fi Germain fvi. §tr. W95 Tranb Tonquin Feb. 21 26 'Pearl Brit. »tr. 706Wharton Saigon F»b. 28 Bun Hin Co. 2« Qaliaaonniare Fch i'dd *»8« Fleunait
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      CLEARANCES.
      79 3 Date. tnu'i Name. Flao Eio. Cajtaiii. Dutixatiom. Feb. 27 i ion £p»- itr. Cordero LWerpool J7 Meinam M.itr Farw «-igon 17 ATeyron Fch. tr». Michelin T- olon S7 Sea Belle Col. itr. Huddle Malacca n Rainbow Brit. it-. Rotella Malacca k K\*ag 27 Litcard Brit. »tr. Campbell Rangoon 27
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    751 3 TWIll'' J*4MI. I'lTTAIH. AKD I VMEIT1D FBOM. C'ONNIdKSBi. D*ATIOII Bio. Batka Spanjuard Dut. ith. 606 Jm, 2fi Acheen Dutch Coniul Acheea Galiaaonniere Fleuriaii Fcb i'cld *«M Feb. 26 Lorient French Consul. H'kong Steamers Martaban Brit. rtr. 890 Aug 28 Bangkok Ty« Joo Lee. S'muUf Rajah Brooke
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      306 3 flotitrt, GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. T^hdfrs will he reo>ire<] at the Colonial JWreUrr'n Office, op to the 1.5th March next, f >r the maintenance of fortnightly Mail Packet Service between Singapore and Pennne, and rice rent, cnlline at MaUcca. fnr r> ri d nf three yam, from the lit Mit, 1804, aahject
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      280 3 Jlonrrs. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TIWDIB' are invited for the creation of the Abutments of tbe Bencoolen Street Bridge. These abutments are to be bnilt of bricks carried on cast iron Cylinder foundations. Plans snd specifications may be seen anl fnll particular* obtained at the Office of the Municipal Engineer between the
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      279 3 SEA BIDE RKBIDENOBa Thi sea side Bungalows on the Confederate Estate, completely furnished, will be let on the following terms. One month of 30'davs »SO. Half a month or 15 days.. 125. <)n< week 112.50 Each day'leaVthan a week... 12. Applications to bemade to the Ma. Hash, at the Rinoapoii
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      688 4 iSfdrfllanrons. KATZ BROTH ERB. APOLLTNARTS WATER, Tub Natural Soda Watbb. The qneen of table water*." British Medical Journal. APOLLINARIS WATER. aY Supplied continnously to the Table of H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES during the laat five year*. APOLLINARIS. THE NATURAL SODA WATER. •Far »uperior to manufactured aerated waters.
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      698 4 *torr« anli iKnttanHtsr. JOHN LTTTLE A 00. RAFFLES PLACE, Singapore. i WINF, AND SPIRIT MERCHANTB. Importers of Provimons, Gbocbbibs, Oii.mam Stores. rigars, Tobacco, Hardware, Glassware Lamps. Saddlerr and Harnesa, Crockery Plated Ware, Jewellery, Stationery P. rf m.ry. Fancy Goods. Arm* and Am. munition. Ladies and Gentlemen s ontflt ter., W».tch
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      984 4 T!TP TAVT ivoPAO*.* nO<TK ODV. PANT LrMITED. THI work* of the Tomnany are*ituated at Tanjong Pagar, whin ne mile of the town of Fifigaporf-, an I -ompriso Mi« fol- .winge.tjiH qi m-Tjt. Wharf. Iffbr ling bertha** for twenty vessels at one Hme with sufficient water r ve»««l. of the heaviest
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      718 4 Sorts. ll till las; siiiiinisliiiii iif nli nun I* lii i fHi i in oomnlete for taHnp ortt masts. Boilers ke Further information may be had at the O«W o* M«Mrii. Pateraon, Simon* at 00., Qen«r*l Apentji, who forward Telegram* to 'h« DonV trtm. OHARLES WTBHART, ■*Mg*r, Singapore Ist .Tnly
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      806 4 flotttt*. NOTIPE. Subscribe** »re requested to intimate as esrly as possible whether they wish to pay their subscriptions in advance for the enauine year, .nd their attention ll requested to tbe terms of subscription, which are a* follows Local Delivery. In Advance. Daily Edition I Wkfbti.y Edition. Per Annum $24
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      743 4 JRterrlhnroo*. EOBTNSON CO. 23 Ollter Quay, Sinoapobe. foppoaice the Clnb Draper*. Milliners. Silk Mercer.. Haberdashers, Glovers, and Oeneral Ontßttera. OH'TLFMEN'S OuTFITTINfI DEPARTMENT. Every description of clothing made on the snortest notice by an experienced C n t. ter, Bt guaranteed, a good ascortment of tweeds, worsted., serges, broadcloths for selection.
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      466 4 fiO\Ut. T. M< OW*ONOMETBR, Watch A^n (W, Makes, a- u >°* Fir!w.iy» on haiv If Jewellery, W onstrumenta, Ac, cojnp rilir£ **t><»l Bracelet*. Ladi.v Brooches, Barrings, T^ et lock, Ladies' rings, Signet rings. Wedding rings, Albert chains, Barornetert Guard chains, Bextants, Studs, 81eeve But- Salinometeis tons and Links, Oompaasr* Gold
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