The Straits Times, 24 April 1884

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    15 1 The Straits Times. XXV. M:w series.] SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. 24th APRIL, 1884. [daily issue.] No. 15.29:
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      353 1 j»tfani (companirs. -'VTAL MPANT LINES. ire the dates on wlicb .m.-rsmay be eTt«.re during tbe lR p. HomwiiD. IBM lT Urt Aprl. Friday Snd May. rv.lay 15th taas, 2Wb ISth June. Wth Kth July 2*th ,th Aug. «l«t Ith Sept. 1 1 >'Mh •J Ml r..!av S^th I 17th Ul
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      584 1 *tram *f)ip Compamts. Burmah A Straits Sruvicr. Tbe Company* Mail Steamer* are d.-s--atched from Calcutta for Sii gapore via Rangoon, Moulmein, P. nang and Malacca and the tame way back every for'night. The following are the date* on which they may be expected to Arrive from CalcutU A Leavo forCa'.utta
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      796 1 *tram AD(p compantfS. CMMISBJ between two and fifteen year* pay half the above rates, if travelling with i their pareaU one ohild under two years free, when more than one, each child addiI tional will be charged one quarter fare. The voyage to the Molnccos Islands is made monthly i
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      625 1 *tram *ftip Companies V. Borrko's Wist Coast. From BaUvia via Rilliton and Pontianah or Singkawang and back on tbe 15th of very month. VI. Bobreo'B South East CoAsTt From rVierabaya via Bawean, Bandjer. mauin, KotUharoe (Poeloe Laut) for Ko-tei and via the same places back on i he 22nd of
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      530 1 frttfnrattrr. GUARDIAN FIRB AND LIFE 1 ABSURANOB OOMPANT LONDON BSTABLISRBD 1821 nubsoribed Oapitai £2,000,000 Total Invested Fonda, upwards of 3,000,000 A.nnnal Income upwards of 400,000 The andersigned have been appointeAgents at Singapore Mid are prepared to issne policies against Fire on the usual terms. PATERSON, BIMONB A 00. Singapore, Ist
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      615 1 fnsuranrr. IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANOE COM PANT. In.tituted 1803. Capital £1,600,000. Paid-up and Invested 700.000. Funds in Hand 1,200,000. DIBBCTOBS. RichMd J. Altaic B*4. AlfrwlOoncw. Ba*. L°; wmi»» Hawtaon, RotoH C. L. Bma. Owrf* Htbtart, PwolTalßo^a^Mt, Sa.Ml H^J. Jja-i Bru4, WUlaa Lnll, Ckuto* Cay*. Ckartoa Marnmt, Omis* H. Chantm, Jum o.
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      482 1 fnauranrf. TH» BOOTTISH IMPaTRIAL INBURANOI OOMPAJTT. LIFI. Capital ORB MILLION •nunr*. usHsrsu Mannftr W. W W Awra "Mm* OTIIT OfTTOBBf, Qlaboow, Mi fill Waw» Ommi Jdi 54O f «^-»f M »T Lolfl>oir [aafc..WttiiA»tßT. Livebpool, f 28 stx<r«A»S)» M"RCHBSTBB, f J^T" UM> l» Boon Stbbsi M0»TBBAI, f 8 XA I VIM
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • Obituary
      DEATH.
      44 2 O.i Tbursd.y uiorning, 84ta A-nl, at '.'i, at he: residence, Vut >ri» S:i gapore. Hose Reuim a Mabie, widow of the late Joseph Man Caxalaa, aifed 42 years and 4 m >i.tU. Peaang snd M.un. tiuspa[er« please copy. Funeral at tt.3o to morrow.
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    STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, 24TH APRIL, 1884 LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    171 2 STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, 24TH APRIL, 1884 LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. i.A TKSI' M \UKBT yUOI'ATIONS, SIMOAPOBI JITH 4PiIL, ■isiiibier t;37|. rflack IV^ptr White Pepper, fuir quality. J5 i r >. Sago Flour, Sar i<i7l. Pearl Sa»o iBi. Coffee, Bouthjue 14.50. Tapioca, small Flake ;i 15. Tin tOs. Mule twist lbs. Shirtings
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    63 2 Wfr Hr si f Soombßja. Hally. B lenir Ampanan and Macassar, Pok Ann, I p.m. To-morrow Hongkong k Japau, Ftinlihirt, 8 a.m. ■■a A B»marang Wonnoitfry, «> I a.m. Malacca and Penan*. Bentnort. 1 p.m. Fcnaog, Olutktlmrg, 2 p.m. Manila, lsta dt Panaf, 4 p.m. Hongkong k Shanghai,
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    40 2 fFor Striitt Timft.) England. titm, ~'-ir,l April. There has beeu a severe Hhock ol Kartln|iiakc in the Eastern Countries causing serious damaLri'. At Colfhester snd Ipswich and ■I villages, spires am! chimneys, were overthrown and some people injured.
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    27 2 Captain Hi.kisii., of tht Uerman 1 corvette Leipzig, has kindly consented to allow the fine Bawl of his veswel to play on the Esplanade on Saturday afternoon.
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    8 2 TEi.EoHtriiii: communication with Bangkok is no v restored.
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    22 2 Tut: mail despatched from Singapore on the 25th March per P. O. steamer Alalira, was delivered in London on tbe 22nd instant.
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    29 2 Thk KiiMiat. transport Sulini Xoiyo. rod came in this morning from Olessa with about 000 Government passengers for Vladivostok, and the Kottromn left this morning for the same destination.
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    51 2 T ii K homeward Krenih mail steamer Xiital was fixed to leave Hongkong last •y, to be followed Jto- morrow by the P. O. steamer Rukilla, m> that iv xt week we shall have two mails i.r K irope, the French probably leaving on Monday, and tbe P. O. on
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    51 2 The steamer Baghdad, which left to-day utta via the intermediate ports, is the last uteamer of the B. I. S. t. Company umler the mail contract with the Settlements Government, which at the end of the month. Tbe Company will, however, run steamers on their own account for cargo and
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    54 2 II K. Major (ieneral Sargent, Comuianding Her Majesty.- troops in Hongkong and tbe Strait* Settlements, will tomorrow bold his inspection of tbe Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at the Tanglin Barracks. The troops will be formed in review o*der at 6 o'clock to-morrow morning, on toe parade ground, where tbe review and
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    64 2 Br kind permission of the Hon. Lieut. Colonel Hales and officers, the Band of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers will play in the Gardens to-morrow, 25th instant, at -I p. m PbOIiBVMME. 1. March All Uu Baye Riviere. ii. Overt ir< 71oJu>.: in Algeria Rossini. sV Selection Don Patau.il D t.
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    85 2 A Chinaman, who had married a white woman, say* the Ariamtat Traveller, ap. plied the other day for a divorce. l)on't like the white w.iman," he said, by means of an interpreter. objectM* have you to herr" the Judge asked. "Heap." ''What has she ilme-' Nothing, and that's why I
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    164 2 Tn Acting Inspector General of I'olice, Mr W Maxwell, is duvoting his personal attention to the numerous gambling bouses in Hongkong and Carpenter aud vicinity, and on '1 n-s.lav prosecuted two cases before the magistrate, in one of which he captured no less than twenty prisonern. The gaming houses in
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    122 2 A nkw Ktnitod liability eoaxfCssJ has been floated to take over and conduit the tailoring, dry goods, and general store- business of Messrs. .Sayle A Co. here, with a capital of $200,000, in 1,000 shares of $50 each, with power to increase. I'll' proposal is »o far a success, a
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    258 2 1 1 may not Ik- generally known that North Borneo offer* a rich |sid lor or- liul-hunting, audiu-vcr.il bota Germans, have realised handsome profits by the orchids their explorations in that island have yielded them. Our of our moat ardent floriculturists, Mr. Frank Ih.-kxHi, h.is lately bw riaiting North H
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    217 2 A vebt serious »l recently made in tin Standard with ivjwi to our navy. It was made by Mr. Cameron, the special war correspondent, Iran tions made by him, and conversations with our naval officers, in distant seas—Madagascar, Hongkong, Bombay, an I He states emphatically that Kussia, Italy, and France
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    ENGLAND AND HOLLAND.
    435 2 E NGLAND AND HOLLAND. Wi. ]'iil>li-h t'-ilay I MM crit.ci-in from tlie Java /<■»/<• in Ngard to what our contemporary is laMaa 1 i I trrrr. insinuuti>ii- by the titrmih Rmm in r.'|)utch |Kjlicy M A'-luvn. It is good and wholesome I times to see oursoivfi not very much MMMMCi
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    304 2 Ml Alt.lllHM.l) 1 1 in;,' curimis p The "ring- brot.n mi -ed, in two uUc»< i wat a group of mjre or noblemen, wh j seemed obstio»' They were all Ibe in y. either eirei I their ml names were the Eirln ,f rife mgre»t territorial p. er s in
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    CRICKET IN SELANGOR.
    147 2 •m a Correspondent.) Tut influx ni w.tke up I are thoroughly .1 in the rig nudeeJJ tin' stir: promise of a very succeei ger, th splendid no liner place for Crii 1 World di ■pjantuui of cii -Von-Orticial.- v right nii-n or to llo» Kvans at game
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      768 2 *rto atibfr NOTICE. Tkndzbs aro invited for the supply of Provisions, Ac., to Ifac Majesty's Ships ai Singapore, for s period of Three years from 12th October next. Tenders to be lodged with the Senior Naval Officer, Straita Settlements, not later than the Ist of June. Firms taadsriag miy obtain
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      893 2 *Ai*h) vlftbf rti^r inrnts. SPRINtJ MEETING. FIRST DAT. TUESDAY, 27th MAY. i 1. Thb Maharajah's Cup. Value 8150. Presented by H. H Th Maharajih of Johore, o.c M.0.. X.C.SI. A Selling Race for all horses. Bor «c» to be entered at a declared value frmu $Jim to 84«0. If entered
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      765 2 As the Company leires at tbe end of this month for »I.md..:.iy by speci -i! fr m their Majistiea the Kinu an of Upper Hnrmnh, it is rcquest«d that the ity and Gentry of Slngnpore will n it f ii! tn witness tbeir performances during tbeir stay. VICTORIA THEATKK. Bfach
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      525 2 •Afto 3Bbertf«mrntsf. MR GOVERNMENT NOTI Applications for the appointment of Financial Cle k in tbe Publio Works Depsrtmenr, Malacca, wnl b> received in the C'llociil Secietary's office up to noon on May lnth. Salary 8900 per aonuji. Security will be |nirtd. Colonia 1 Sicretiiry's Office, Singapore, 2Kb Ap n, 188
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    THE DUTCH AND ACHEEN.
    469 3 ■h rltH.lt 'J,j i atten. la by in the i red within Jay* to lead Bablk opiai I tray with I .hoy in I i mtn above .a. d ne BSSMM th*' th- s| ire harm .r itc ffrtf b und to I ■*l:> i sore
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    POLICE COURT.
    1035 3 at, 19th Apkil. II", was ar- I the Hth. in N w Bridge Rind, for plyiug for hire witb harne** unfit for puuiic use, and *v > of in default 6 day* rigorous imprisonment. A second ch«r<- >v pro. fi-rrd agaiast him, of n.iug a \> "ty .fit
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  • Correspondence.
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      NEWS.
      85 3 Tv the Editor of the Straiti Time: Dial Mu. Kditob, —U it true tliat, ration th.it his mU-iion has bven a failure, tinLiberal Government ua« resigned, thai tbe lidtoalli.el that our Senior Magistrate ha* app 1 employment there so a* to be in a more salubrious climate anil near.T
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
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      ARRIVALS
      145 3 Vnin'i Nam. in Car Am. Fbom. Sailzd. I Commnm. a_ Bia_ 18 Kapid 8ia. bq. 429 Steinbank Bangkok April STjo Joo L*s pktrick Brit. str. Humphries ?rn*ai? April 21 23 Ran Yong 8et? H r-^or Bangkok April 19 Low Sum Co. ■idenwn Bamfkok Mar. J7 O Kern Holm.- Mi
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      CLEARANCES.
      53 3 Dat». Vmu'i Nawx. Flao k Ri«. CATTAia. DUTIWATIOK. PldTIKATlOH. .pril U lU*n.W Zl k.<bmy May Flower ii Poh Ann tt Bonnie Lu*i« M B»n Lw Brit. »tr. Oer. «tr. Brt. rtr. Brit. itr. Brit. bq. Fletcher Bcrtel»*n Roberts Craik Clarke Aadmon Itta via porU PenanK Malacca Klang Sourabaja, Bally
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
      721 3 O9 «cr or 01 lUlllfc ih. »bo»« Shipptat in »>«• kurto*. vnuu'H Nut Smm Rio. i liiim Pao>. Coniairns. Men-of-war B.nk^'1.11 Tbecke Out. war 4*8 Mar. Acheen Dutch Consul. I'..,,... Bickford H.M. atr M3« Mar. if Penan* Senior Naval OScer. 1 ■M B.-11- Huddle Col. str
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      83 3 flotirrs. \LB. Ten, Eight and H P. Portsb't I n- slate muki-r* atLKY. H'.RIiKK- VKi I Aleuts I.r W. H. Allbn A Co's Cmtri- .mps. .-jiogapjre, 4th April, IS-J4. (v. c) F.m 1 Full ai/.'d- Billiard Table, nearly new, with Balls and Considered he b at Table* in the Colony.)
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      729 3 M!Tf9. FOR A First Clms Billiard Tabk with cv Billi ri ,nd P. ...1b ll«, in i Can b* smb at the <i A.Mhh Fort Cani nil n SiDir.pore, Ist April, 1-84. t3UApr. FOR HONGS (TAKINO CAKOO pnß) KOftE, YOKOHAMA AND NAGASAKI. Mr««R«. Apc»r ro's Btenmer Arratnnn Apear, Cupt. H
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      1024 3 fioUtt*. Capital 1200.000 m i.miO Shakes op ?50 bach. 500 Share* »re Reserved for rnyment to the Vendor and 300 more M in* w 'I be purchased by him tbe balance is offered to the Public for Subscription. Payments. K Per Sh.-ir- P/iy ihl on Appliciti.n $10 Payable on Allotment
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      311 3 Knotim. 7 wil| be applied in the firsg interest to the Shareholder* upon their CapiUl. at the rate of 10 p. per annum, and the balance will be avast- able for division nmongat contributing Pharehnlder*. for the formation of Reserve Fund, snd for *uch other purposes as the Shareholder* may
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      242 3 PAVILION HOTEL GRAND OONCBRT. FIERRMOHITZ SIEGL'B KoHBIf lAN ORCHt-STBAL TTiflOK. The grandest Combination of Maaioal Talent ever seen and heard in India. I Consisting of 7 Ladie* and 8 Oentlemeo, I Will give Every Evening, at 8 p. if., precis*Attractive Grand Instrumenul Ooaos^^H the Choicest (election* from the new. teat
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      689 4 KATZ BKOTHERR. APOLLINARTB WAtfER, «Tbi Natural Soda Watib. The qneon of Übl« waters." Bmiritß Midicai Jocbhal. APOLLINARIB WATER. Supplied continuously to the Table of B. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES during the lint five yean. APOLLINARIB, THE NATUKAL SODA WATER. Par superior to mannfaotnred aerated mUn. Medical Tim in
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      652 4 ♦torfs nib fRtithstditt. JOHN LITTLE CO. RAFFLES PLAGE, Sinoapobe. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Impcbtbbs op Provision*, Gboobbibs, OlLMAM 8TOBBS. Oigarn, Tobarco, Hardware, Olawwtre Lamp*. Saddlery and Hr.rnesa, Crockery Electro Plated Ware, Jev ellery. Stationery Perfumery, Fancy Good*, Armi and Ammunition, Ladiea and Gentlemen's outfit tcra, Watch and Olook maker*. Japaaeae
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      976 4 T.lr" TAVI.iVaPAH-! n-XTK COM. PAVT T.IMITKT) The work* of the Company are situated at Tunjone Pigar, within one mile of the town of Singapore, ami -o-nprise the following establishments, viz WntiF.- Affor Img bcrthagefor twenty ressels at one time with sufficient water tl<mg»ide for resstls of the heaviest dr inir'
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      653 4 »ofko. pfitMDgandcoalingotfteamen, a'»o Shear* OTnKlptp for takinp ont maata. Boiler* t« Fnrther informitiontnaT b« had at t\r >fln» of Mean-*. P«t«r*on. Simons A Oo I^n^ra' AffAtita. who forwan TelegTama o -hi> Dook free. OHARLEB WIMIART. Manager. Smgipore l«t ,Tnly 1875. (a. c) flotirrs. FOB SALE. Few Weeeh with thi Malays.
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      691 4 KATONO HOTEL' Tm« Hotel in now open to reoesAi f?r<-»» ran- ha* been l-entnwed on the j building of the<w premi«>»«. which will be fonnd on inspection to be airy aad com* modious Reing situated on the set-beach, it <"o-nmands an erten>iiv.> view of the Harbour. Town, and n<Mt»hhorii>» isltnds.
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      790 4 TIOP> <■ the rinh > Dnp.m. Milliner*. PiU V. I lasbers, Olover*. and General On Mir 3>'TLriltN'*nuTriTltl«) DEPARTMENT. I Every devription of clothi-g made on .he snorteat notice by »n experienced <'»• «r, flt guaranteed, a good assortment ..f iweed*. worsted*, *erue», broadcloth* for .'lection. Calf walking shoea. Shooting hoott
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      261 4 HA« alwitfs ,11. ti I DKirnin. nta, Ac, ci>m pi U( nroocrea, Mftrl.l.. Pl,.. k^ TWn nina. aains, i id Linka, I rip. .pom. Jim d r» mak.-rn. w] wi.»rh Kmrior Hieir nam> or trad* mart «'n*»i>or*. 2««h Ffl, HONGKONG Wli SHAJ MWKINt; CORPORATION. '«pit»l.. IB.rmri.rYv, »nt weir- 'J 12.074.7U.76.
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