The Straits Times, 19 May 1884

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    15 1 The Straits Times. XXV. NKW SERIES.] SINGAPORE. MONDAY. 19th MAY. 1884. [daily issue.] No. 15,312
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      160 1 »tfam *■^tp (CompanifS. SND OKIKNTAL •T!i>N CdMPANT Quay. s New Harrxmr. LINEB. WulCB rs may be erduring the n Sept. r Venice "4CE. Ist Class 2nd <"lass. ANP BACB. r Venice vrom Brin- :ice Company's ■nt for tied aft** the ?x>ds wns at hat packages landed re Insurance whilst 1
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      568 1 *team *hip Contpamrs. Burmah A Straits Service. mpany's Mail Steamers are des. 1 from CalcutU for Singapore via Moulmein, Penang and Malacca and the aame way back evcrv fortnight. The following are the dates on which they may be expected to Arrive from CalcutU A Leave for Calcutta lttt Extra
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      840 1 *tfam *fifp companies. Children between two and fifteen years pay half the above rates, if travelling with their parents one ohild under two years free, when more than one, each child additional will be charged one quarter tare. The voyage to the Moluccos Isl.-.ids is made monthly the voyage to
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      636 1 #tram *hip Companirs 1 I V. Borneo's West Coast. From Batavia via Billiton and Pontianah or Singkawang and back on the 15th of very month. VI. Borneo's Socth A East Coast From Soerabaya via Bawean, Bandjer. mansin, Kottabaroe (Poeloe Laut) for Koetei and via the same places back on at
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      543 1 fnsftiranrr. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASBURANOE OOMPANT LONDON. Established 1821 subscribed Oapitai £2,000,000 "potal Invested Funds, upwards of 3,000,000 Annual Income upwards of 400,000 The nndersigned have been appointeAgents at Singapore and are prepared to issne policies against Fire on the usual terms. PATERSON, SIMONS A 00. Singapore, Ist April,
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      622 1 Insuranrr. IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE COM PANT. Instituted 1803. Capital £1,600,000. Paid-up and Invested 700.000. Funds in Hand 1,200,000. Directors. P.lrhanl J. Aihton, Ekj. Alfred 0..u«0r, E*i. rhoma« O. Barclay, William Hawfliora, Robert C. L. Beran. Oeonre Rlbbert, PerrHal !V>neii<in»t t Samnel Hyde, Jamei Brand, Wllll.m Lrall. Cfcarle* Care. Charles rfirryit.
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      539 1 Insuranm THB BOOTTISH IMPERIAL INBURANOE OOMPAKT. LIFB. Capital ONB MILLION Bmun. Chairman— Alexander Rowaadson, Bp. Qentral Manager— W. W. W. RllD. Esq CWUinj Actuary-n. A«r*o«Y' Sm7«t OHIBF OFFICES, Glasgow f 151 West Oioroe Edinburgh 54 Gb'or^Tswiit. Loiidoll {2Kino Wn&iAjißr. Liverpool, f Exchanoi St. Ear. M^-nchkstkr f Crown Buildings NCHESTBR B<j<nn
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    STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, 19TH MAY, 1884. LATEST MARKET QUATATIONS.
    164 2 STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, 19TH MAY, 1884. LATEST MARKE T QUATA TIONS. Sinoafokc 19m M*v. 1891 Uainbier J Black PapfW 17J> Whit.- Pepper, fair quality. 1". a 118. i Pearl Sa tf 170. I'onthyn. 13. Tapioca, »m*ll Fut<Tin Ute. Male twin i| lb«. Shirting 1.5*1. 7 do it lAiL 6 doT.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    15 2 Billiton 1 I'onti«n»k. JT. W*aH 1 Labiun 4 Sandakan. H<m» Ann, 6 p.m
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    47 2 RE UTER 'S TEL EGRAMS. rFor Strut* Tirnet.) Kiuktovm. Lon,lun, \lth Mag.— Lord (iranville in reply to a question said that refugees from Khartoum report that General Gordon is well, and is amply provisioned. New Yoi:k. The panic is subsiding. Messrs Fisk and Hatch have suspended payment.
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    123 2 OvtM to the unavoidable absence of our Reporter during the Acting Chief Ju-ti ci-'g summing up in the trial of Mr. Kirn Ching we were indebte<l to a note from a member of the local bar for tsM report which appearetl in our columns and, as is obvious from the
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    57 2 .A v. the English Masonic Lodges have b.en directed by H. R. H. the Prince ..f Wales, as Grand Master of the Order, to go into mourning for H R. H. the Duke of Albany till the 4th of next. The Lodges on the Roll number at present in England
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    30 2 Thk M. M. Co.'s steamer Saghalitn, with the London mail of the 25th April, left Colombo at 5 p. m. on the 17th instant, and should arrive here next Friday.
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    36 2 Thk S. S. Bentan, while on a WJlft from Malacca to Singapore, got ashore •at Pulo Pisang between the Sultan's Reef, at 4 a. m. on Sunday but was got off without having sustained any injury.
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    65 2 TIIK I.KWS TEN MS Tol ItNAMKM. Thk following are the ties for to-morrow, Tuesday the "Jinn May Doublt Handicap. O. P. Om l_i..i J. Q. JUv»s 1 > i.inuM I r I'.lmtr < T. J. N»n^>n hall SJUr l«" l W.C.MuttctmrUUen. The Championship Match, which could not cvm 1 off
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    70 2 Eviuexti.v the publication of the Bazaar Retail Prices in our columns is much appreciated by the public, for one of our correspondents writes Thanks for the Bazaar Retail Prices which now appear in your paper. My shopkeepers have always charged nn- (1.60 pat pieul t..r 'paddy, whereas in your list
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    112 2 Mr. \V. 11. Newman, tlie British \i. n-ii! at Bugkoki arrived in Slßgtpon la-t Week, ai.d left by the aewanl Knijlisli mail fur Kurope. :i liis pniinn Mr. <i. 11. Freoeh will act as ice-Consul for the present, and it is likely tin appointment will ba eoaCnaed. Mr. Newman has
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    136 2 Wl lnar from Cofla that the liberal Sultan of that territory has ju>t littel his palace with eleetrie hells, the appaiatu> havinc. kaM ktasjgki from SinI gapore. He eoutemplates further a<!ditaona iv the way of chemi j philosophical apparatus which lie in- aMall to manipulate. The Sultan r.-- v c;,,|i
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    75 2 'I'm. Danicli steamer Activ, which arrived in Hongkong on t he hth Muy, with dates from Tonquin to the 2nd May, brought news to the Lima Mail that an expedition waa to ktai bead-quartera at Hanoi about the end ut April for a plao* in the Tooqtiin callrl Mi-due, portod
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    160 2 Thk CUm MM of the LOtk has tli'_- following paragraph ragnldaßg the Oriental Bank in Hongkong:— Keuter telegraphs from London that it is n ported that depositors will probably receive a dividend of *eveneighths per pound and rumour regarding the formation of a new bank iconfirmed by the following received
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    391 2 \Vii.i.abij's Angi.i-Ami M kßiomrm. Punchinellu, or Punch, as the English folks abbreviate it, utill niv cliililren ot' a kllfW [fth, cl.-c Mr. Willard would not be travelling roood parts deliijhtiiii; lar^e crowils with hil Marionettes, which really baloog to the Punch family. The fact that he has a superior set
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    414 2 CllAKlHiK.il IS .INK Hi IM.U, AIsIKU.IA IMi CIHV th Ordimry gaMral uu etmg of the shareholders of the Cfcartafwd B.ink ot India, Aus r.ilia and China was held on the 16th April at ti.e Cuy Tarainos H '.I. Mr. W. Pai-rsiu preaijij, iv i iv m ii .f the r.p
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    SINGAPORE SPORTING
    265 2 genera change paa* tl t* for the year 1*53, ial hers w(Hon. Sec.) J B irk W Q Qn A I 1 A lam*, A P i: I Harper, J I. \V. E. Maxwell, I G 1). :r;,k, J. M. Allins .n, W 1 .1 tie Tb.- the
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      879 2 fltto flßbcTtttfinrnttf. 'RE SPORTING CLUB. BPRINC,~EETING. FIRST DAY. TtTESDAT. J7th MAY, 1884. I.— The Clcb Cpp. Vai .Ming Race for all hone* ntered at a rtntered at »400 to carry list. Tibs, with an allowan lba for every MOO. DisUnce R C. Entrance SI". 2.— The Subscription GairriN* Ccp. Value
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      747 2 L :HOI.n FT'RNITTJBB. *c. At Buithzobg, Saturday. i4tb May, I«8t. The undersigned hive received instructions from J C. F. OlOßor.Esq., to sell br Auctiow, at Bniteiizor?. Pslerson Road, THnglin. on Satnrday, iHh M.iT.eommen. eingat 1 p.m. The whole of the Valuable Household FcßKiTfßf, Ac, consi«ting of a handsomely carved sideboard,
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      642 2 fitto afobrrttefmrnts. MBERTON. W. WII.I. U ANGLO AMERICAN M A R I ONE TTE S, The Greatest Novelty of the Age. The Most Complete A Conglomerate Amalgamation of Splendour, Ever Organized. TOWN HALL, SATURDAY AND MOND VY, MAY 17th and 19ra. Plan and Seats at Town Hall. SPE(.'I\L EXTRA AFTERNOON
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      431 2 rto attfrtt^tmnit*. (LIMITED.) The undersigned are prepsred to pay, on application, an int 'rim binua to all contributors of the Office during tbe year 1883 W. R. SCOTT 00. Singapore, 17th May, 188.. MUNI IPAI, NOTICE. N,.ti.e i« hereby given that on and after the Ist of July, the tenanU,
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      95 2 WKVIHKK UPOBT. a'uitduny Krabow Hospital. LTM V-.y. 1881. 9a.m.:<|..»i. tp._ Kimsit. liar. red. fab. M »U KM Tamp M.TBia* i-l.iu-Wet Hull. Thar. »i .1 :?'•> it. d«j orarI>ir. ufWwd Calm. Calm. Calm <mat, rain at 1 Mai. Tamp, id ihaU m p. m nlnht Mln. do do 73 7 otsroasl.
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    POLICE COURTS.
    47 3 •y to i i" '.mkt, value |t> v Ml f.ur i ktftp the rlt in the Land Offi K With W rate-] by Mr. J with tL ft T p in. luck »iU maker. T-w. ■:jr, the pri« .r, IDUBg J Ii ih- fim- itriz.
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    799 3 rxponiirnt.) i dittia-i-m» O|iiriial ex;s willin* en I. Th<itra four mi; leclare of acI It. her U r* have v has taken the lead rate at mtt for ir juri*her ad- now i irther, lebt of />• will r\ge to wttle is not I man. is in mill
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      TRAINING NOTES.
      465 3 Those who rode a cock horse to Singapore Course might have seen litt tit -it on a brown horse" this morning, and I now send you a screed from tiie brown j horse aforesaid. The course was too heavy after yesterday evening's rain to permit very much of
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      A GROWL AT THE MUNICIPALITY.
      174 3 To Ihe Editor of the Strait* Timet. Sir,— The extension of Municipal limits, passed by the Commissioners on the Ist and confirmed by H. K. on the ICth inst. j will cause, not a row, but great discontent amongst vegetable gardeners, and .m to seek
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    62 3 'hstanding much has bten said ul. nit trie importance of a hi >< .d-pnnfying ineil eine, it may be possible that tbe matter has never seriously cl iim.il your atten- l,y the use of a few bottle* ul Aycr's Samaparilla yon ,iv ul ihe evils of sen full, and transmit
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
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      ARRIVALS
      194 3 5 Vessel' a N'txi. d Fi.a axd Ciitaik. From. Sailed. Connna. RioM 17 Fortune 17 Vienne 17 Sorrento 17 Mercury 17 I»lade Luun 18 Rory 18 Ingraban 19 McAlirtor 18 Martaban 18 Pakan 18 Voonraartu 18 Ren tan 18 Hong Ann 19 SijjnaJ 19 Benmore Sia. bcj. 417 Sod.'r«trani
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      CLEARANCES.
      38 3 Dati. Vessel's Nami. Flao k Km. Caftain. I'i-hnai-i DnTIIfATIOR y.,v i 19 19 Olendower Mercury Signal Ida de Luion Brit. itr. Blacklock Brit. «tr. Martin Oer. «tr. i Toke Spa. itr. I Mendazona Saigon Deli Tladirottock Manila
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
      478 3 SHIPPING IN THE H ARBOUR. CtDtaiM uxi AaenU of veaasU ar» rsqaoitad to oo«»«juo^» w **«t tBT «rror P oro»i-V«irth.»boT.Bhl W U t In th. WWr VnSIL'S rAM«. IArTAIH. AKI> VkRIT»D FEOM. COMIOICIM. D-iTWII Rio. I lUWle'"" Tbec-ke Dut. w«r 429 Mar. 6 Acheen Dutch Conrol. Repairing l( ,ii,, rhcrpo
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      118 3 i./"» Pill*.— lmportant for the —I- ii (Vi-nlt to determine which i« the wore trying to the human c nstitu. limp. < -ild d.iys of au'umn und winter, or the keen, dry, easterly winds of spring. Turoiiijhout the toaMH i.y occ.wiouil lay's Pills, wbieh purify tfc- !>:■... ilfioine stimulants t
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      762 3 flotirrs. NOTICF. TiNpEEsS are invi'.-d for th.' unpply of Provisions, 4c, t) Her Msjes'y'n »t Singiipore, for a perioi of Three y.ara from l2th October next. Tenders to be lodged with the Senior Nav.il Officer, Straits Settlements, not later 1 th»n »be Ist of .Tnno. Firms tendering may obtain Form
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      342 3 fiotitts. FOR PENANG AND CALCUTT Apcar .t Co'a steamer Arraioo* Apear. f»pt. McTaviab, is expected here onornbont tbe 23rd instant, en route for above ports. Intending pas«engors must apply to the undersigned for paaaave tickets before prooeedine on board, otherwise they will not he admitted on board. For freight or
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      385 3 #lotffrt. BOARD AND EDUCATION. A pWaant home in South Devon, with education, is offered by a Lady woo kaa lone had the care of Indian and delicat* children. Address, Mrs. Mate, Croft OtarleUm, Kine*bridge, South Devon. Reference permitted to Mr. W. B. Sum, Singapore. Singapore, lit May, 1884. t3lst mat.
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      694 4 KATZ RKOTTTTm APOLLTNARIR WATER, Tib Natural Soda Watbb. "The ojaeen of table waters." British Medical Joubnal. INARIS WATEK mm- Supplied continuously t<. the Table of H. R H THE PRINi'E OF WALES dnn>« the last five years. APOLLINARIS. THE NATURAL SODA WATER. Fmr superior to manufactured aerated Medicai Ttmbb and
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      681 4 ♦tort* ana iHfrtftanlii JOHN LITTLE 4 00. RAFTLBB PLAOB. StNOAPORB. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, Importers of Provisions, Groceries, Oilmam Stores. Cigars, Tobacco. Hardware. Glassware I^amps. Saddlery and Harness, Crockery Electro Plated Ware. Jewellery, Stationery Perfumery. Fancy Goods, Arms and Ammunition, Ladies and Gentlemen's outfit ters. Watch and Clock makers. Japanese
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      1013 4 TrTIT/> 'OM. r PANT LTMiTKii. t Thb works of the Company are situated at Tanjong Pagar, within one mile of the I < town of Singapore, and comprise the fol- lowing establishments, viz Wharf.— Affording berthagefor twenty vessels at one time with sufficient water I longside for vessels of the
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      772 4 Borit*. refitting and coaling 6f steamers, also Shears* oorapletn for taking out masts. Boiler j te Turther information may he had at the Oflw of Messrs. Paterson, Simons A 00., Tenersl Agenta, who forward Telegrams to the Dook free. CHARLES WISHART. M*uage T Singapore Ist July 1875. (n. c.) #ottrrs.
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      726 4 notices* TANJONO KATONO HOTEL' This Hotel is now open to rece»*t ■oajvsVm, Oreat care has been bestowed on the building of these premises, which will be found on inspection to be airy and commodious. Being situated on the sean>eacb, it commands an extensive view of the I Harbour, Town, and
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      773 4 flotfrra. ROBTXSOV t.lyer Quay. Piwoapore. (oppoeice th* 1 Club, t Drapers. Milliners. Silk Wercer«. Haber dashers. Glovers, and General Outfitters. GBNTLrMBN'sOuTFiTi ing Department. 1 Every description of clothi 'g m»de on tbe snortest notice by an experienced Cutter, fit guaranteed, a good assortment of sweeds, worsteds, serges, broadoloths for Calf
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      681 4 flotfrr H.\< always on h»nd nHtruments, 4c, Earrings, Silver w Looket«, Airi Ladies' rings, Oarrui Signet rinif«. Mar l Blaakt Welding rings, Ketpers Ti..rm BMsHm Albert chains. Baron. Orard '■hams. Sextants, Studs, Sleeve But- Salinometers tons and Links, Compass.* i ils, Binocular glasaa*. Waistoout buttons, Tele*. Jet Jewellery, Sp,vtH W
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