The Straits Times, 4 June 1884

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    14 1 The Straits Times. M.w SSI SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, 4th JUNE, 1884. [DAILY ISBUE.J No. 15,320
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      172 1 I^-hip <Pompan(fS. ORIENTAL hTP ANT -iay. LINEB. r. wuicr. r t during the HomwiEP. H an lay l!th June. he iime as t !UCI. Ist Class -J: s and back. r Venice fbom bbin. I Company's jjajß i no claims for ifter the goods iwns at •hat package* landed Fire
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      540 1 *tram *l)tp Companies. BUBMAH A STRAITS Sfi-VICE. The <"\ mpany's Mail Steamers are des. for Sitp»r ria n.Moulmein, P. n ng ard Malacca and the rame way back ever? for'night. The following are the dates on which th.y mny be expected to Arrive from Calcutta A Leave for Calcutta Fxtra
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      827 1 *tram ADip companies. Children between two and 6ft«>n years pay h*lf th» above rates, if travelling with th,ir parents one child under t«o years fr. wl.en nor,, than one. each child addi- tion:il will be ,-harged one quarter fare. The voyage to the BTntllfill laaßßjaa is made monthly: the voyage
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      615 1 *trnm £f)ty Cotnpantt* V. Borneo's West Coast. From BaUvia via Riltiton and Pontianah or Singkawang and back on the 15th of very month. VI. Borneo's South A East Coast. ■Vaaj iaawaaaaa via Rawean. Bandjer- masoin, Knttabaroe (Poeloe L«ut) for .nd via the same place* back on h.' Had Of every
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      532 1 fnsnranrr. X7ARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AP T7RANOE OOMPANT LONDON. Established 1821 subscribed Capita! £2,000,000 •potal Invested Funds, upwards of 3,000,000 Annual Inoome upwards of 400,000 The undersigned have been appointeAgents at Singapore and are prepared to issue polioies against Fire on the usual terms. PATERSON, SIMONS A 00. Singapore, Ist
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      621 1 fnsuratur. IMPERIAL FIRE INBURANOE COM PANT. Instituted 1803. Capital «1.600.000. Paid-np and Invested 700.000. Funds in Hand 1,200,000. DIBECTOBS. Rl<-haH J. Aihton, E*q. Alfrad flonror, B»q. rbomaa O. Barolaj, William Rawthora. Rob«rt C. L. B*»an, Omm Hlhhart, Parrlral RoaasquH, Skmnal Hj.l» Jam». Brand, William Lrali, CharlM CaTa. Charlx Marryat, <Horf«
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      530 1 fnsaranrr. THE BOOTTIBH IMPERIAL INBUBANOB OOHTANT. LlPl. Oapital ONB MILLION Stbbuvo. fXmnlkm, A^marf-U. AMBWMI Bmiwt (mm ofpiom, r OLAB3OW f 151 WM *****1 Bdili w 54 O^S?W>». LOIII>O1 {2KI»GirrLUA«BT. Li vebpool. f 38 Innuni St. I East. MtNCHBMIB fOBOW» BWILDIKGi 120 Boon BTBIBT MONTBBAL, f B Melbourne, f 8 Eubabbth
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  • Domestic Occurrence.
    • Obituary
      DEATH.
      21 2 At Brixton, L >i.d -n, on tbe 29th May, AtJoc-TA Ma«ia. wife ol Walter KsTaogs. Ee.j u( Trafalgar EsUte, Singapor.-.
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    STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY 4th JUNE, 1884. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    173 2 STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY 4th JUNE, 1884. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. SINOAPURC 4TH JITN I, ||M> (Jambier f 6.45. Black Pepper MM Whit* Pepper, fair qualitj. '£6 .75. Sago Flour, Sar i!.I2J. Pearl Sago 2.65. Coffee, Bonthjnr 13. Tapioca, small Flake IM, Tin S«.li4. 40s. Maletwist ■ii lbs. Shirtings 1.52|. 7 do
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    66 2 To- DAT. ftr fr Palombins;, Muntokamd DJamhi*. Pmtntak. 6 V m Saigon, Hongkong, Amov 4 Bw»tow, CamoHa, 6 p.m. To-mor«ow HongVong 4 J»pan. RadnorMre. 14 a.m. M»l«cra and Klang, Jfay flown- 1 pm. Shanghai. Namhui, P". Keid»t. Malacca and Penan*. Japan. 1 p.mPenang, Colombo and Bombay, Orion. 1
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    39 2 (For StriUt Time*.) The Soidan. London, %rd June.— The Governor of Berl>er has defeated the rebel*, and the siege has been raised. General Gordon continues to hold out. New Yo»k. Messrs. Fisk and Hatch have resumed payment.
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    34 2 Thi. homeward M. M. steamer Djemnah left Saigon at 9 o'clock on Monday evening, pameil Cape St. James at half past 2 yesterday (Tuesday) morning, and will probably arrive in the roads this evening.
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    9 2 532 men visited the Sailors' R«st during last month.
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    19 2 Members of the Tanglin Club are reminded that the theatrical performance tixpd for the 3rd June, takes place to-night.
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    26 2 Fkom recent intelligence received from the Siamese capital, the relations between the Siamese Monarch and the ruling nobles still are strained, and the position remains unchanged.
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    29 2 A Marine Court of Enquiry, with R. S. O'Connor, Esq., Senior Magistrate, as President, is sitting to-day to inquire into the circumstances attending the stranding of tbe s.s. Aicalot.
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    36 2 Is consequence of the Senior Magistrate being to-day engaged in a Court of Enquiry, the Court of Requests cases, to be heard by him to-day, were sent to be heard before Mr. Kyshe, the second magistrate.
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    35 2 TBt Lynch Family Bell Ringew, who have lately been playing very successfully at Shanghai, will come on thence direct to Singapore, by the P. and O. steamer Terona, which left Shanghai on tbe 31st May.
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    40 2 An* impudent case of annexation occured last night in Fo.-t Canning. A private servant of Major Annesley robbed him of 3135, and some valuables and then made off. The suspect 1 was very promptly arrested this morning by Inspector Richards.
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    46 2 The European Police Contingent, which has been reduced in numbers by promotions, desertions, etc., was this rooming augmented by the arrival of twenty-three men from England by the s. s. Rail north irf. These men were mo.tly enlisted from the Bradford, (Yorkshire), Leeds, and Edinburgh police.
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    68 2 Thl K. I. S. S. Makavajinnihi* I while on her last voyage from Penang to Madras suttered from the cyclone then raging in the Bay of Bengal. I From all accounts the cyclone must have l>een of terrific intensity. At one time, the Captain while standing on the steering bridge
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    65 2 The following telegram, dated Paris, the 23rd May, appears in Le Saxgonnaii of the 29th ultimo Deputy to the President of Colonial Council: I had au interview terday morning with the Foreign Minister. lam partially assured of the intentions of the Minister that Saigon will soon become the capital of
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    103 2 t have to acknowledge the receipt of the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiastic Society for the half year ended Deo^nber ISS:J. The table of contents indicates an interesting series of contributions which we must notice in a future issue. "Malayan Ornithology," by Captain H. R. Kelham
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    519 2 With reference to tbe recent covery of a supposed ancient text of c the O'd Testament, tl correspondent of the Staimtrd says that 1 Dr. Harkavy, of the Rtusian Impc- < rial Library, has informed him that i The manuscripts in question hail MM in bis poMe»»ion for MOSS months,
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    The Dhobies.
    536 2 Muh as has been written about the dhobies, and the necessity for a wellconducted laundry, the latter institution has never y.t Imm a success in Singapore, owMg to the opposition of the na'iw washermen, who coalesced against Mr. Keng CbeowV venture in Stevens Road and fairly Bojoottad It.
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    Sarawak.
    593 2 From tho Sarawak Oai day, 2nd June, we tak ing:— In another co'umn we p parativf »t itcMii-rr ,f R diture for tbe y»-ir-at a glance the sure »n<] steady «i)r 4 th.it Sarawik bis m;id. ye*rs An increavrmi" if am ,st gratif] should natisfy the m clearly establishes
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      808 2 fit\B aabrrtttrrnrrttß. NOTTCB. Tk* > "tail sale of Opium '< f Borneo, either for tbe years IWS/BT, b^KsoM a^ Resident at r utianak n M nday, 'hi' 14th Juli W. H. READ. H. N. Ms. Consul General. Smgap-T. -Nth May, 1884. tlOJuly. FOR .-%ALE Tb« chastnat Arab pony. Ruby, running
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      841 2 fitto 3Dbrrti«fmrnt«. SALE OF Valuable HntnuiHoiD Furniture Ac. AT CAIRNHILL. The Proprrtt op the Members or the Cairn hill Mess, Saturday, 7th June, 1.30 p. m. The undersigned arc in«tructed by THE MIMBfBS OF THK CaIBNHILL MfSS. to sell by Auction, at th»ir Residence on 1 airnhill. nn Saturday Tib
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      712 2 flrto xn»bfrtt«rmmt«. TOWN HALL THURSDAY, sth JDNE. 1884. FAREWELL BENEFIT TO Miss E. Heresi-ord, Who will api.'ir In the Great London Kurlisqu < Drama, THE FORTY THIEVE*. Tliis aWsBSfSM was plavi-.i „t th' Gaiety, Lond-ii where it reached thr unprecedented run o/".'2 nights. Ali Bsba, Mr. Petnberton WilUrd. Gamen. (Hi*
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      467 2 tlrto arjbrrttsrmrnts. FOR TRIESTE, VENIPE A ANCONA. The Anatro-Hungarian Lloyd's P. S. ■OBIOH," Capt Mahorcicb, having left Hongkong to-day, m:,y be exa*cted here on the 3rd pn-ximo, en route for above j ports via Colomb > and Bombay. She has I i-argo and firtt and Second class arcommodition for passengers,
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      62 2 WKATHEK KKl'OKl'. Kandany Krtiovc HosfiUl, tr4 Jfuy, 188 i. i* tp.m. 9p.8. Rimakks. Bar rad. rU. *>■•!»*»«») SS st? Temp. -!O 7»» Moralu(o*wW*t Balk TlMf 77 0 n v oast, d.y Dir. otwtad sw wsw.Oalsi ontcui. Mm. ttmr. la ibadi s« s nl«lit i;«r. Mm. do do 72 2 Mil.
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    Police Courts.
    40 3 Inspec ft? to the in. and .ati mi M B .wasah Puty. lion of a I fend int. fiaed $.'5 and ■v. and is was ag si ill ase was put i I irthet n f r: from
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    Before H.T.Newton, Esq., 3rd Magistrate.
    158 3 Mat. n h $5. uipri- was di^ch^rg^-d. w*« chareed with unbsistence He >u aril irped with lt( nj.JDth'i •j i with having in his p -h, in S-.urh fined IS, or Hdaya i with stt-alinc in, in JTth, aod 2 months rijoroo* im. ii May
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    Netherlands Indian News.
    1696 3 om ■/<■> Jui' J^' r 'o aJr*sdy mad* a glooxaj im- iUatating that capital bad i 1 salaries had beeo cut down. he conaA of tbe f»U .1 i T Tn w.s •nons t rUnd, Irdia it a mom „r s mipori.nt hnames. ferablv. »nd in I
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    35 3 Acer's Sarsiparilla i* a highly concentrated <it not /f Sarsiparilla, and other purifying roots, combined with I >dis\s of Potsssium and Ir >m. Its control over scroful in diseaies is unequalled hy any other medicine.
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    131 3 HoUowaf't Pills and Ointment.—Rheumatism ai.d Gout. These purify n leoiedie* drserve the earnest I all persona li ible 10 r othi-r [nii.ful aff c:ions of the muncles. nerves, ur j >int«. Tl.e Ointment hh old i» applied after the aff.cted parts have been pitiently funented with warm w.itt-r, wheu the
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
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      ARRIVALS
      92 3 ¥14* VwiL'a Kun. mo R.o. Captaih. K*om. I biILID t COHBISKSM. Jus* S Louisa Oer. ach. 240 Saodai S Allegiance Brit. ah. US William? 3 (firman la lUI. atr. ISfig Parodi 3 Kon. Genl. Kead Dut. itr. 427 Vincent 4 May Flower Brit. atr. »5 Bob«t« 4 Orion Au«.
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      CLEARANCES.
      40 3 Date. V tarn's Nami. Flao A Bis. CirrAijr. >i_, nmriOH. June 4 Mercury Brit. ttr. 4 Cunorta Dul. «tr. 4 Nan Shin Q«. *tz. Sioio Brit. itr. Martin Oritlle Koethnet Smith D.U Araoy ria port* Shanghai Johorc ria port*
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
      536 3 Rio. I A.Dh^ f War Hope H .M.rti MO April 30. Bangkok Senior Naral O«0«.l t' IMI. ThSnx, Col..tr. ««> »<a, 87 Malacca Col. Gor.rnm.nt. Z^mnmur Burmerah Out. K .b. MaySOPenang Dutch Con.ul l££nt Nicol Sia. gb. SSC June 1 Bangkok Siau>«e Con.ul. CtaST™ Lingard Brit.
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      171 3 flotitrs. THE B4S3EIN SAW MILL 00.. N >. 1. Ia prepared *o execute orders for the supp y Te ik wmi or other Jungle wood. Timber of any dimensions required on the shortest notice and at moderate riffs. The above Mill w,»h nly lately er. .-t. d. Orders to b«
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      838 3 #oticrt. HONOKOTfO AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Paid-up Capital $S.rmri.ono. InsUlment reoeiv- ft 074.744.75. I ed on New Shares t $7,074,744.75. Reserved Fund ll.snn.non. Instalments of Pre- M mmm received on J i New Share* f4,OftS,S6I.AA. Chairman— A P McEwnw. "si. Depntvr'hairmar.—F r> Sass^o*. Esq. H. L. Palrymple, Esq. I A.
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      925 3 &ot\tn. THE ONLY TRAD* «ARK— PHOBPHODTNB. Sawctiojied bt Hbb Maj khtt's Uor ebmmest. Protected under the Trade M rVs Act i (38 and 39 Viet., eh. 91). HEALTH, STRENGTH, AND ENERGY. DR. ItALOtVS PHOSPHODYNE. Twenty Years Public Tes», and Thousands of unimpeachable Testimonials from all parts of the World, establish
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      380 3 ftottttf. Nonoi. 1 The Interest, n d re*pon*i»»mi** of Tbo I.ti Towo, Taw Leano Hock, and 1 Low Lovo Tt»o, in the firm of Web Bo« Ohkk A Po.. r.h nv Bock Ohee Leong, at Nos 15 and 18 Kling Street, oessed on the lfttU instant, and from and after
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      309 3 ftoUrr*. BINOAPOBI ART Cl.V* Tbeßul VxhiSitioa <4 ta««Hia-«js»r* Art Hnr," will tike plao* at the to* H. on Monday, .Tune 16th, at 4 o'eUs* r. Toßtributor* are reqne«t«d to **M tfc*u Paintrngs. Ac, to the Secretary, if foa*ihW not later than onr clear d«v baft**.' J. MANNRBS KVRK. Honorary rWr*t*ry
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      691 4 ißi«tllanroii9. APOLLINARTS WATER, Kattbai, Soda Watib. T"h« «JMa) of table waters." Ban-inn MtPirn. Jocbnal APOIXINARIS WATER. TV Wfalisd continuously t. the TaM.- of H B. H THE PRINCE OF WALEB faring th« lut five year*. APOLLJWARIP. TIR NATTTRAL BODA WATER. Mr •njerior to manufactured mit«J MiDIOAL Tnn as n Oakttk,
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      673 4 »tott* ana ;flßmt>jm&we. JOHN LTTTLE CO. RAFTt.BB PLACE. Binoapobe. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Importers of Provisions, Owciwm, Oilmajc Stores. rigam, Tobarco, Hardware, Glassware l.»mp«. Saddlery and Harness, Oi Electro Plated Ware. Jewellery, Stationery Perfumery. Fancy Good*, Armt and Ammunition, Ladies and Oentlemen'i oatflt t*rs. Watch and Clock makers. Japanese and
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      1010 4 mi, TXTt TAKTO\r,v\c,\-i nOTK OOH. PAWT LIMITED. Thi works of the Company are lit nated at Tsnjong Pagar, within one mile of tn« town of Singapore, and rompriae »he folI >wmg establishments, viz i WHARr— Affording berthage for twenty veuel* at one time with sufficient water l<->ngsile for vessels of
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      724 4 Borita. r»tttni**ndi'n*lingnf steamer*, a 'an Shears •.ilrinr^ntTniwts. Roller* %c 'irtV"!- >'nform«tion may be had at tVr r>m— -,1 V...r. p,f»r.on. Simons A Oo "/.ti^T^l Ap«nt«. who forward Tfllerram* to •>,. n v OTTART,T?9 WIBHART. Manager. Singapore I*t Inly IR7V (n. c.l flottrrs. FOR RAUL Frw Wffk« with th* Malays. In
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      749 4 ftMtim TAV.TOVO KATONO HOTEL 1 This Hotel is bow open to rece»Ai boarders. care has been bestowed on the building of these premises, which will be i found on iosp<ction to l»> airy and commodious. Being sitnated on the seab»«ch. it commands an extensive view of the Harbour. Town, and
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      727 4 fiotfrt?. roiv on J3 OOIXTBV QOAT, P|W<»\POBK. fopposice the Clnl> 1 Drapers. Milliners. Silk Verc. r«. Rabei dashers, Olorers, and General Ontfitters. GE^TLFMEH'sOuTFITIiyaDtrARTsIEIfT. I Every d."<cription ..f 1 thi g mide on the snortett notice by an experienced Cutt«r, fit guaranteed, a good ssrortment a| sweeds, worsteds, sergen, broadoloths for
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      615 4 ilottrr HHimiosirm, W, T MtKER. Ml flu alwtiys on hand aw If Jew onstruments. K BrHr Tries' »o| d Br-oches. Oent< Earrings, Lorkets, Ladio*' rings, Carriat* ci" Pignet rings, Ht r s rings, r Keeper. Therm. n-. r Albert chains, Baro m Guard chains. BMt,,.8 Mt Studs, Sleeve But- Balinomet*rs
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