Straits Times Overland Journal, 6 December 1871

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. VOL. KIT.-NO. 228. Sl\(JAl>oi>F, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEB 6,1871. Pbice, 35» Cents
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  • 83 1 Domestic Occurrences. BIRTHS. .tba th "-M m v ShepW" I F,tmdu. i hou J Mr.J gt. Aust.-11. Cornwall of ihe ly.to M terofMr P B Lloyi Church, Singa ..i: wiiH daughter of I hhl:. h- i ol I; iwich. ■•Wjn. William] r fi CB h, t.,M ;1 8 tor's tharina,
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  • 57 1 STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, DEC, 6, 1871. LA IRKEI i n. LB7l Black Pepj nom. VVhi $21. F1..111 70 Do. 80rn,., Tin 40a M Hi Ihs. Shirl 2 7 do dt 2.15. 5 do T. Cloths i 6 do 1 7 do do i D 63 Js. iid. nominal. Benares <
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  • 807 1 Thl last Overland was dated the 2 1st November. On the 28rd, the OrJs.su came m with the Kn^lUh mail of the 20 tb October, and on the 28th the Ara arrived with the Franch mail and London advices t<> the 27th idem. The homeward French mail left
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  • 680 1 B I N'.IIAI. The great topic of interest .it the above port baa I n m \isit from Tseng-kwo-fan. A- already noticed, the news of his approaching visit gave rise to a vast number of rumour*, and every coiiceiTable hypo-th.-sis aa to his reason for Tinting the place was
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 164 1 ipasftrngrrd. Tin following passengers have arrival, left, ami passed throtgh the port during the fortnight. r steamer Vice President Prins Batavia <>n tho 2 iih November: Mr. Han is. Miss Quadling. Per Bteamer Donned from Liverpool on the 24th instant He wn. Frensbnrg and D. la lamp. n- Hongkong. Mr.
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    • 345 1 Per steamer Canton from London on the 28th instant 1 Singapore. From L *idon Mr. and Mrs. B ibert Liddelow, Mr. Thos. Tirendale Prom tiang: Bon! F S. Brown. P r Konghong. —Prom London: Mr. Henrr Shanghai. From Lond n; Mr. Alex. 1 rqnhart, < K Warren. Per .M. S\.
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  • Topics of the Day.
    • 1131 2 From the Straits Times,November 25th. THE AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAPH. The Australian colonies have at the realization of their wish; the disce that bo ,o\ed them from the mother country and the rest the world has been annihilated I>\' the magnetic wire. The Undertaking that i .1- just been -fully carried out,
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    • 640 2 From the Straits Times, December 2nd. SULU. We arc somewhat astonished that bo little notice has been taken by the mercantile community of the proceedings of the Spaniards m the Sola seas;— for beyond the two translations from Manila papers published m our columns, and which we thought sufficient of
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    • 830 2 Et is, we think, greatly to be regretted that the Estimates for the ensuing year were not laid before the public before the Council had actually concluded its labours, and had passed that part of them which relates to bhe expenditure
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    • 613 2 From the Straits Times, December 2nd. PROTECTION OF IMMIGRANTS. Some time ago, i Dumber of respectable Chinese residents memorialized the local Government on behalf of Chinese immigrants to the Colony, who arc systematically made victims of fraud by a set of unprincipled rascals, generally allied to one or another of
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    • 961 3 From the Straits Times, November 25th. JAVA. Thf. \</r Baiavia Handletblad of the 2 7th October, furnishes the following particulars of Delhi, tin- Portuguese Settlement m Timor. v Timor Delhi is the most wretched place, I have ever visitt-d,. Youcannot imagine to yourself a more unlucky, poverty stricken and neglected
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    • 926 3 From the Straits, Times, December 2nd. According to the Batavia Handels. blad of the L6th Nov., a Police [nspector at Batavia received orders on the l~th of that month to repair to the roadstead on board the British >hip Hope, Capt. Henderson, which had arrived from Shanghai and was then
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    • 1499 3 Singapore, LOth N'ovembkr, 1871. Present. His K\i i:i,i,i;x( y the A i»mimsti:atok. The Bon. The Colonial Secretary. Attorney -General. Treasurer. Auditor-General. lolonial Engineer. \V Adamaon Hoo .Mi Kay \Thaiiq.. •)..!.< treenahields. The liinutea <>\' the last Meeting w< read an<l confirmed. The
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    • 640 4 From the Daily Times, december 5th. PUBLIC CIVIL LAW SUITS. Tin: Penang Municipal Commissioners are at last to engage m a law suit to settle the question of their rights regarding 1 certain plots of ground. c do not know much of the merits of the but it' we may
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  • Correspondence.
    • 100 4 From the Straits Times, November 25th. A PERTINENT QUERY. 7' the Edito of the Daily Times. Sir:—Can you solve the following puzzle r The annual sum expended by the Colony as military contribution is £'27(.UH»0. and quite enough, too. considering all. But m the Ordinance to apply for further monies
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    • 270 4 From the Straits Times,December 2nd, THE TEO CHEW PROCESSION. the JEd Tim Si k•. 'To-day being the fii^eenth day of the tenth Chinese Moon, the Teo Chews will consult their v" 1> as to the propitious day m which their annual pr is to t;. which must be before the
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    • 308 4 From the Straits Times,December 2nd, THE "POLICE POUND GUARD" AGAIN. To the Editor of the Daily TimSi*:—" Found empty" was the very Yankee finding of an American jury, so mji a Southern paper,— at an inquest held over suit of clothes including boots, sconcer &c., found on the banks of
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    • 401 4 To th Editor of the Daily Tinu Deab Sir: It would never do to allow your next Issue of the Overland Time* to go forward to Europe without recordngi iv it the indignant protest of myself and erery gentleman of Singapore at the of tlic Leader m the
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    • 187 4 From the Daily Times, December 4th, RECEPTION OF ADMIRAL KELLET. tor of (he Daily Times. Siu: On Saturday, the 2nd instant, at one o'clock v. \i.. His Excellency Sir Henry Kellett, k. r b. Naval Commander-in-Chief on the China station, landed at the Dalhousie Tier. His Excellency who. was accompanied
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    • 47 4 To the Editor of the Daily Tin Sik: May i aak you whoie duty it ito .see to the Roada and streets beins un- ■-i pn»um« X dutj it ■•"V ar.v be Sir, is-, l ORD EH Se officer
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    • 163 5 From the daily times, December 5th, COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS. Ike Dai) i V8 1 Hermit" ti V 1 «>w he has ever heard of the th fc, who wrote Napoleon nm fY' fOreal Britain ana lnn *}*m I.x the indignant prov gentleman m Sin- an anonymous writer n unknown gentleman linst
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  • 222 5 From the Daily Times, December 4th, THE WAY WE GO TO BANGKOK AND PRA-PRATOM. r l.ivor swift and broad; Bj V* -la here Bud "cd. I by M:tv be! uiyra r ith (fM fruit-1 \\*ith cl Btd whoHe mouth wemxj Bui onward itUl we roam. i ground, rnai, bound. ipid
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  • News of the Fortnight.
    • 485 5 On Sunday night a petty piracy, or a fight at sea, i: is not known which occurred ott 1 Buddoh, the combatants being Teo Chew and Hokien Chinese. The police are inquiring into the matter. British steamer Glendarrock, Capt. Hall, From London 6th October, via Malta, Porl
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    • 235 5 The Dutch Bteamer Konhigin der Nederhnden, Capt. HagerSj From Batavia L2th instant, arrived yesterday eveningr. The British steamer Ditna, Capt. Mann, from Hongkong 1 lth and SaigOU I 7th instant arrived t hi> morning. W understand the t wen ty-hve coolies charged with the murder Messrs. Kiing
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    • 84 5 If our Sporting friends intend to have anything of a good U;i<r Meeting next spring, it i> high time they about making additions to the limited list of Racers which came to the front last meeting. There is plenty of time left yet to semi either to
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    • 149 5 The British steamer Danube, Capt.. ll»»]»kins, from llon^kon^ 17th hist., arrived this morning. A\ k Learn that among the Dionted's passengers to Penang wen' Captain and Mrs. Old. Messrs. Apcar Co'a steamer Hin~ dosUtHj Capt. .Miller, from Calcutta lGtli and PenaDg ZZnd insl., any. at Tanjong Pagar
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    • 1049 5 Mi ssits. Jardine, Matheson Co.'s steamer Gl< Captain Bolton, from Calcutta Lttth and Peuang 23rd instant, arrived at their wharf, New Harbour, i bis morning The Government <i,>:r(i<> of yesterday contains the following notification, m correction of the one m the previous number. His Excellency the Administrator
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    • 181 6 H. M. S. Captain Blomfield, from Hongkong 10th instant, cruizing, arrived this mornincr. The British steamer Sharpshooter, Captain Cowan, from Penang :2:5nl and -Malacca 26th instant, arrived this morning. The Siamese steamer > Ck Captain Walrond, from Batavia instant, arrived on Saturday afternoon. THE B. I. S.
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    • 48 6 The M. M. Bteamer Capitole, Capt tinarino, from Bata via 25th inst., ard at the Borneo Co's wharf this morning. The Bi teamer Canton, Capt. JaqueSj from London 13ih October, via Malta, Port Said, Suez, and Penang ~t)i!j inst., arrived at Tanjong Pagar this mornii
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    • 534 6 Tin; British Bteamer Cheops, Capt. Hunt, from London 1 8th October, via Suez ('anal, Colombo 1 9th and Penang ~i>t h instant, arrived yesterday afternoon. Tkk M. M. steamer Hooghly, Cap!. Rapotel, from Hongkong 22nd and _;on ~.~)th inst., with the homeward French mail, arrived y< sterday
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    • 115 6 It is gratifying to observe that the Estimates for 1872 make provision for the erection of a new market at Clyde Terrace, to replace the disgraceful colbion of sheds that now serve the purpose. Thia work baa long been projected, and it is mow to !><• hoped
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    • 126 6 The Spanish steamer Emiliano, Capt. A.rrinaga, from Liverpool Ist and Barcelona l!>th October, via Suez Canal and Galle, arrived yesterday afternoon. -a-. kVEMBBR 1871. ABSTRACT OF THEBMOM ;L OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT TANGLIN. Falir. degrees. Highest I day temperature p. m. L2th) S9-50 Lohi lerred day temperature 9m
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    • 408 6 SAT URDAY, 2nd DE CEMBER. Two Chinese arrested yesterday for keeping a Wah Whay lottery, escaped from the lock-up at the C Police station. The window of the station was barred, but every second bar was of \\<' .<l one of tlie wooden bars, it seems, was short, and by
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    • 62 6 The British steamer on Sarawak > Hewatj from Sarawak 80th November, arrived on Saturday afternoon. The Colonial steamer Pluto, Capt. Bradbery, arrived yesterday afternoon from the Horsburgh lighthouse. The P. <S: O. Btesmer Hindostan, Captain Etoskell, Prom Hongkong £9th November, with the homeward mail, arrived this afternoon,
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    • 338 6 Tin: Ocean Company's steamer fV//,?--.vr.v, Capt. Henderson, from Hongkong 29th November, arrived at Tanjong Pagar this morning, en route to London via Suez Canal. We take the following notifications from the last Government Gazette: Bis Excellency the Administrator Ims pleased t>> appoint Captain T F- i ■i.
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  • 186 6 Printed ami Published for the Proprietors, by 8. \V. Al at the "Straits Time*" PreM, No. +2 Raffles Place Singapore. Dat«v riag. Ship's Name. Captain. From. To. Nov. 17JOerman Julia Ann Baker Hongkong New York is Hainan ;a 7,anrissen Jo British Cochin Miliigaui Cardiff Bataria iS^?^ 0
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 475 7 SHIPPING INTELL] Srrtba I r 14th >, v ml- or. K loth Irond, Bal \.m*\ M i 7th Nov. N remD v der Bakker v L7th 1 r TliurI HM. 0 4,047 tons, Hew< tt, 22nd SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR. [P8*ae «H8. Flag and Ri< WhereFeom. Consiok Agents. Destinai AKKIYA1
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    • 166 7 arribate*- v/. r ber. lOthNo^ tuber r kok28th •thNov. og29th T iber kong29tl Umor 2.1th Novombor Drpnrtm I.;,: Galleand Bombay. Jombo. [all. for H gkoiig. Bn Rangoon. n Jn: mber. M French barque I Friday. 241 toanierl Br British barque Windermere, David, l( ,l i I. Bril German hooner V
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