Straits Times Overland Journal, 20 December 1870

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  • 22 1 POR DESPATCH PKK P. I o BTEAMEB OJUBBA STRAITS TIMES OVERLAND JOURNAL. VOL. XL NO. 204 SINGAPORE. TUESDAY DECEMBER 20th, 1870. Price3s
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, 20th DECEMBER, 1870. Domestic Occurrence.
  • 63 1 EMBER 20TH, I Black „9.10 Wl. 12 >2h S. Tin 120 to I_J *i It- -1 .">7'. 7 -j lo j 5 do T. < ..1 37| to 1.40 6 do do 7 do ,lo Freight to London £2. 00i to £2. I<k. Benares Opinm new (517
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  • 311 1 Thi following passengers have ar- rived during the fortnight. Per P. and O. steamer Kmeu •in Southampton: lira. Bing, Mi-, and Mrs. Boyd, V < H. Smith and V V' Ison. ni«\ I Fr< 'in Aden nativ. ps. From Boml Messrs B l ■<>. P. Bram P r B Burjorjee
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  • 804 1 The last Overland waa dated the 6th l> eember. On the 9th, the 1\ amer Emeu arrived with the London mail «.f !t|] November. Telegraphic advices from Euro I nd to the 1st instant. The homeward French mail left this per M. M. steamer A•/■n the 1 7tli
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  • 1149 1 POLITICAL AND GENERAL SUM- GENERAL. 'I 1 >rtnigh< has been aim. of political news. Ati'ahv m forth >ing on quietly being, and it is to be pre anied the 1 matter will nol no* re >pene 1 ir ha i I scertained how the tiang m, which lei I
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  • Topics of the Day
    • 1019 2 From the Straits, Times, December 10th. THE NEW BANKRUPTCY LAW. The Legislative labours of the Session of Council which closes to-mor-row have been \i>vy considerable, and a large number of useful laws and amendments of laws have been added to our Statute book. To a mercantile community like this, however,
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    • 1940 2 From the Straits Times, December 10 th. JAVA. A correspondent from Padaniy writing to the new Batavia HkudeU6imd of the 24th Nov., states that the Kajah of Tarumon, an independent Achinese princeling, is now here. He was received by the Governor under a salute of 9 guns. It is said
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    • 518 3 From the Straits Times, December 17th. THE SHORTHAND REPORT. ding to the shorthand report ng of Council on the 24th which we publish to-day, it will be wen that the ordinance for improving the administration of the Criminal law introduces some new and important features concerning the proceedings m our
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    • 672 3 From the Straits Times, December 17th. THE FIRE WELLS. .V Question, apparently of the most trivial nature, but liable to prove of considerable important to the general public tVum the action that has 1 n n m it, has arisen between the Municipal Commissioners and the Government This is, simply,
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    • 978 3 From the Straits Times, December 17th. THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASE ORDINANCE. Distasteful as is the subject of a Contagious Disease ordinance, we should be lacking m our duty as public journalists were we to allow the bill which has ju>t par-sed to come into operation without touching upon the points which
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    • 1376 3 From the Straits Times, December 17 th. JAVA. The following- official notification of hitherto unknown reefs and of a new light house is translated from late Java papers The Rear Admiral, Commander of the Naval Forces &c. m Netherlands India makes known to those concerned that the commander of IT.
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    • 119 4 From the Straits Times, December 10th. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. s/ !> mber, ls7o. His [lev the Jovenior. His 1 [onor the Chief Justice. The Hon'ble The Aetg. Attorney-General Treasurer. Au'litor-: leneral. W. 11. Read. T. Bcoti W. \i. Scott. \V. Adamson. H. A. Whampoa. The minutes oi' fche last meeting rea
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    • 1621 4 The session <•( the Legislative Council was formally closed yesterday afternoon, at o'clock, with the usual Afl.T the business of the meeting had been concluded, His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council as follows: SomormbU Oemilemen of ktivs Council.
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    • 707 4 Thb t I m B laudable zeal against gambling houses, bui it *rs little practical acquaintance with the Bubji et, when it declares thai our law, as it stood, was "amply sufficient to meet the evil/ 1 And this is
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    • 2177 5 From the Straits Times, December 17th. SHORTHAND REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. jnpore, Utk November, 1870. PRESENT: His Excellency the Governor His Ko*oTthe Chief Justice, Hi" Hon. n,. X Attorney-General. M Tr N -Audi tar -General h T. Scott. W. B n W". A'l.iin KML Hoo Ah Kay Whampoa. Tli..
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  • Correspondence.
    • 982 5 From the Straits Times. December 17th. REVENUE OFFICERS AND THE POLICE. To the Editor of the Daily Timrg. Sir, After reading an article m the issue of your contemporary of the 22nd ultimo, I was surprised at the lp'uss misstatements which it contains, and well knowing your principle that justice
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    • 440 6 From the Straits Times, December 17 th. JUSTICE. To the Editor of the Straits Tmm. Sir: In your issue of last Tuesday, I noticed a letter signed M Justice,* 1 m which the writer remarks that he w;i^ iur<.l at the gross tnisstatementu which contained m an article which appeared
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  • News of the Fortnight.
    • 23 6 The British steamer Mauritius, Capt. Corrv, from Cannanore 25th November, frith troops, arrived here yesterday evening, en route to China.
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    • 39 6 Wi; learn that the left wing of the 7. r >th Regiment, now stationed here, will exchange places with the right wing stationed at Hongkong. The head quarters will, we believe, continue to be at Hongkong.
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    • 169 6 I he British steamer Arratoon Apcar t Capt. Miller, from Calcutta 3rd and Penaag 10th inst., arrived here this morning". The Dutch steamer Minister van Staat Rochussen, Capt. Buys, from Batavia Sth inst., arrived here yesterday. The Dutch steamer Baron Sloet ran tier BeeU, Capt. Schipper, from
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    • 153 6 Tin first line on the keeper of a Wall Whny lottery, under the (taming Houses Ordinance, was inflicted by the Magistrate on a Chinese named Yiap Kit, who was anvstod on the 7th inst., at No. IYI-l Cross street.- He was mulcted §200. Some better provision, we
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    • 450 6 The British steamer Sri Sarawak, Capt. Hewat, from Malacca 13th inst., arrived here this morning 1 Ox Monday evening a police constable on duty went to the D. police station and informed Inspector Barnum that four Javanese had been taken suddenly ill a house m Clyde Street.
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    • 80 6 The British steamer William Cory, Capt. Edington, from Penang 13th inst., arrived here this morninjr. The Sarawak steamer Royalist, Capt. Helyer, from Sarawak 13th inst., arrived here this mornimr. Thk British steamer Bangkok, Capt. Hatl'eiulen, from Bangkok 12th inst, arrived here this afternoon. Wk learn that His
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    • 345 6 ills Excellency Chung-how was among the passengers by the homeward French mail steamer Labourdonnais. He goes as an ambassador to France, to explain his conduct with regard to the Tientsin massacre. The M. M. steamer Labourdonnais, Capt. Foache, from Hongkong 9th and Saigon 13th inst., with the
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    • 485 6 The P. &O. steamer Orista, Capt. Tomlin, from Hongkong 13th inst., with the homeward mail, arrived here this morning. We were somewhat m error m the paragraph of Saturday concerning the accident to the French mail steamer Volga. That vessel left Yokohama on the 29th November, and
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