Straits Times Overland Journal, 27 February 1873

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  • 24 1 For Dm pu I'- O. Stbamei "Austraua." The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. VOL. XTV. -NO. 208. SINGAPORE HURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, *****. Price, 45 Cents,
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  • 5 1 Domestic Occurrences. BIRTH. the l'.Ui
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  • 26 1 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1878. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. \;bkuaky ly. Do. Tin 7 do d--5 do T. Cambi Ex Credit PrivaI T. P. I'l'H V.. -M Muuritiu-
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  • 361 1 The follov. rs have arof passed though the port dur: fht. Per bI Hoßgk on the 12th inst f, Ir. JasV lt\ Krav.'ii hotf An „tp >re I hiclit. r. Jo> la. Per Pinangj on llie Uth insl HerPer steam N ,od the 1 < tli Mr. S. [r.
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  • 949 1 lasi Overland Journal was ii 1 the loth February. The Par- riv with the French mail and London advii the L7th January, cam. 1 m yesI terday with I i mail of the h idem. The homeward French mail per this vessel pick ujt the mails and passengers
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  • Page 1 Advertisements

  • 1143 2 Fmm the Strait* Time*, February 15ft. PINANG. I 1 nam; lias liad another grievance Ided to thf list which, m the opinion of its inhabitants, it owes to its unhappy connection with Singapore and Sir Harry Old's centralising policy. The title of Lieutenant Governor is to
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  • 1001 2 We publish to-day, to the exclusion of other matter, the Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the Riots of the 29th October last, together with the Governor's Minute thereupon, both ofwhich were, we believe, forwarded to the Secretary of State by Thursday's mail. The
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  • 6759 2 of the Commission ait m.- be Int<» i*he b iobbb, L 872. In obediem mands, we have addressed our* subject of iii'i' rth m the < undt-r date ber, 187; c now j of «»ur i into ti. ler m which they are laid down m to mission ab
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  • 2322 4 BY THE GOYEBHOR u.\ 1 H THE COMM. The subj the Commission are contained v: nine beads, upon each of irhid i. and th .v with the c 'n.-lusions at which h;i'. d. 1.1. i ly the promulgation through tl an order which i u]> by tur Genera] of
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  • 837 5 From the Straits Times, February loth: The last Pinang Gazette contains a judgment by Sir William Hackett upon a question of some considerable interest from a mercantile point of viewj bearing upon a practice; we have taken occasion more than once to mninadvert upon here. It
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  • 915 6 w tht Sir February \~>(h. We gleaif the following items from the latest numbers of the Sarawak Mr. Crespigny, tbe Acting Resident Mi;k;i, notifies to mariners that tbe light showing from the Sands to the eastward ofMuka has bren shifted to the left bank of the river, a short
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  • 1044 6 From the Straits Times. February 22nd. Residents of Singapore are envied by strangers the luxury of riding about m elegant carriages, lolling back m state upon easy cushions while they enjoy the cool morning and evening air; but they little dream of the c and worry this
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  • 610 6 From the Btr<tiU Time*, Febnuiry 22«<</. Tub following i* the Report of the I Directors of the Tanjo Limited, for the last half of IB7t, appended is the Profit and Low count for tin* same period 15th IM'V.. i To TUB SHAREHO I LR Do.
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  • 1004 7 </•// '22n<l We have been requested to insert the following from the Minutes oft) ting of the Raffles Trustees the information <#f any young men iffices who might he disposed to atI the class to which it refers. Five gpo several gentlemen m the interest of which be
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  • 727 7 From the Daily Times. February The Theatre Royal last night witnessed one of the most successful peri formances our Amateurs have ever experienced, so far as a full house and a distinguished audience can be reckoned. Their Highnesses the Coburg Princes were there, and Ilis Excellency Sir
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  • 1914 7 THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE RAFFLES INSTITUTION, FOR 1872. From tin Daily Times. February 26M. I. The Trustees be^to submit their Annual Report to the Subscribers to the School and to all interested m its welfare. 11. In putting on record the history of Institution during IS7U,
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  • 2424 8 From the Straits Times, February loth. (Translated for ike Strait* Timet On the 24th Jan., the greatly damd cargo of the British sin')) Kate Carnie, consisting of a quantity of loose tea and 4,014 chests of that arti- was sold by auction at Batavia for
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  • Correspondence.
    • 246 9 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sih. Thanking you for your handsome >mmendation to Lord Kimberley, which, it, is rather too lute to ensure success, 1 take the liberty to correct your statement as to the cause of my detention m Siam. The simple tact is
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    • 187 9 To the Editor of the Daily Times. IH:au Sib, I heard yesterday a Malay mother singing to her child what she called a v Pantun Malayu.* I—l1 1 persuaded her to repeat the words to me. and from what 1 could understand, they seemed to be almost
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    • 1181 9 From the Strait* Tun tary I'lnd. To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sin You were pleased the other day j to notice, with uncalled for comments, the 1 fact of some members of the Singapore Club having got up a Sweepstakes upon the chances of the
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    • 322 9 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir,— L will thank you to insert the i particular! of a burglary which took place, on Sunday last, at Messrs. Crane Bros godown m Battery Road. This spot has been notorious for house-breakers for some time past, and every
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  • News of the Fortninght.
    • 27 9 The Submarine Telegraph Uomponies maintenance steamer Captain Worsley, returned > harbour thiamoruing from Pinang, whither ihe has been repair a detect m the Madra> cable.
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    • 31 9 YF.sTF:RUAY,the Prench steam* went into the I*. S. k I>. Co'a. D taking the place of the iron ship H Queem, which went out to the Head ballast.
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  • 61 9 The British ship Malleny, Davi.s, from North Shields < I i 12th, with a cargo of ooals, arrived ben late on Wednesday si raits of Sun. la 011 11th January, Aujer the same night, aite «>:. Uie L6th, detained m t! till ird instant I enl and om having broken
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  • 112 9 Oji the afi day l^ 1 the German barque Baltic, rom I'inan<, r to Amoj pa i through the outer harbour, and when w ight Branci, goi I <1 anchor. Th< watch retired up i the deck thai ti ye In his boat, taking with theeight Mala .sii tins there
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  • 59 10 'i urn Li" G mst.j thus comments upon the verdict m Joshua's case, and wo make the extract •be benefit of our intelligent jurors:— The ease end< 28th m one of which the i law has all the premiums itted, we think the lilty" for the jn i I have
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  • 45 10 The yesterday brought from Siam W. 11. Read, ■ted resiwe understand, was eh r to decide upon a question of ndary between the Kings of Siam B an«l has been during the last V) w it it him t i appoint Mr. I >vernor its.
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  • 73 10 His Hon try to n, and to y jary for >us I eh. i ir verdict. c h;i\ upon can readily imairy fully desen its reprimand. We question, however, Aiis tji; justified m reprimanding .the foreman g 1 his men m >vcr ;i class, as he did. We always be
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  • 13 10 r^ Captain Pinang bound for and i ber o-day or
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  • 53 10 The British iron barque Maggie c, Captain Robertson, from Glasgow I lth Oct., repfrts a passage of a] fair weatlx r Jan. 31st, m .'ava Sea, passed tl nan barque nun, from Cardiff'bound for Singapore .'ays on;. Signalised a Peruvian barqu ispar Straits. After letving Glasgow took m about SO
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  • 43 10 Ox her lust arrival m Manila the Spanish S. S. Mindoro was put on the provincial line, and Is nj»w running between Manila, Iloila, Samarang and back; the Panay (late Tanah Merah) filling her place on the line between the PUillipines and Singapore.
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  • 126 10 The S. S. Dnna, Captain Thompson, anchored off the Pilot ground on the id proceeded to Tanir yesterday she left London Docks on the Dec. had thick v weather and strong S. gales until :l:h\d. On the 24th a hard and high sea, after-steering gear aijy all moveables swept off
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  • 35 10 Ai.riiou.n the Civil Sittings of the Supreme Court nominally opened on Monday last, the Court lias n. I during the entire week, owing t indisposition of the Chief Justice, who has been unable to attend.
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  • 206 10 Yesterday's Gazette contains the ow.nii' notifications: A Meeting o\ the Executive Council was held on the 1 Ith instant, when the Pawnbr i was 01 come into operation In Singapore on the Lsth instant (to-day), and at Pinang and Malacca on the Ist April next. An Order m Council was
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  • 719 10 There has been recently great dissatisfaction among the cargo-boatmen, which very nearly culminated m a strike, but this has been averted by the simple method of calling the boatmen together and explaining the law. It appears that under the Torts and Harbours Bill, th.c ice lor registering cargo boats has
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  • 19 10 Captain an: £$tb, arrived ng English barque ..n brig Bertha so up, both being about to load for Singa-
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  • 16 10 nit: British steamer Paktiam, Ca] Kneeu, from Uaugoou bth inst., arrived uu Saturday.
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  • 27 10 H. M. S. JJitrru.su, Capt. Moore, arnved m the Roads on Saturday ai •n, from Hongkong 4th inst., The Barroia goes home via the Caw Good Hope.
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  • 14 10 The British steamer Benta* t Moppett, from n <., anchored m the road* moon. a
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  • 30 10 The British steamer Jap Capt. I Guan ilm, from Pinaug 13th and Malacca 10 th mat., anchored m the roads this morning. The Ne 1 Ith lust., arrived a pany's
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  • 3 10 Ti! and London.
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  • 193 10 The Hongkong U ments v mo: Dpon th< O I of lini alarm on i tiu. this g m which a that there might be i 1 >vern >r np .;i principle of I poli 1 that with Bttmniarj whilst in »t relax the: Crom q th the action of
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  • 38 11 The Dutch stean Ca pi at Tanjong l';< It the S V- informi by As m I* i and a man b« was lisfter dark, and the >n duty there ought to l>o more 'IS.
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  • 65 11 bui iul ha< ries. mornii g towards I L mats were spread out, half across the "roadway, sticks laid round to keep the pepper m plw rer as comlbrtably a> though All. W C d knon the p< ppei I i mui'h i ay with r a^ tiif cartmen to
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  • 15 11 3 stant ships and a brie (names unknown) at anchor m Straits.
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  • 105 11 The Bteam< we Irani, is bi mg 1 out another batch of policemen of the Metropolitan I duty m Hongkoi Tb< to be paid a month, and they enter into engagements for five years. They 1 reoeiyed an advance oi tlo to pn for the emigration. About twelvemonths members of
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  • 8 11 arrived at tl leave I
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  • 145 11 w can nev exemplified on Tv <!;iv agh fortunately •ne was iiijui' i. A gentleman into Messrs. John Little C< a rifle for which he wished -ion and ]>nt ie caps on the nipple to try it. rifle, it app< ared, had an old ehai I ball m it, and
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  • 183 11 fiolug telegram rrom Berlin; ''The "..•rial orgaiij luis a and bitter article against Xi land. It gpej the invasion of Bay. anil the m- The i and the I nited v rraai and hint tight divide the wurld betvveeu N Massachusetts, with all p Per I tain Vannah, from Singapore,
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  • 10 11 The £one into at Tanjong Pagar. n^^
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  • 37 11 The British steamer Bun v Capt. Craik, from Bangkok 1 6th iust., anchored m the roads this morniug. 11. Yi. S. Hornet coaled yestesday morning at Government wharf and ivturned to her anchorge m the outer harlx
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  • 43 11 The S. S Captain \aliant, left Hongkong on the loth inst., had strong N. K. monsoon with high sea until midnighi th, when anchored outside, proceeding to Jardine's wharf early this mornings she will leave for Calcutta via Pinang at 'I \>. v. to-morrow.
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  • 30 11 The S. S. m Miller, Hongkong on the Lstb instant, simultam and anchored m Ibe I i last Tanj *ar at and moderate \v inds i Hindustan leav< i .H.
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  • 132 11 ran a vei I m seven days, arriving at the outer anchorage at 10 p. if., and passing m to coal n! Government Wharf at 2 p. m. terday. The Jury has now been five years m commission, aud during tins time I made four voyages to tin; West [ndies,
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  • 80 11 We have been asked to (*all the sttenl ion ot'our readers to the Annual Public Meeting m connection with the Raf[nstitution, to be held m the Town i [all at i .-ill r. m. By uwthe Meeting has l>een ad rday, the Ist March, but this mistake is corrected m
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  • 43 11 To-i>\^> Gin i onb or two new n< t ifications 1 i T. A. appoini Shipv. under Ordinance of Ten the conl ernment will 1" mi. at the Office of the Colonial tary. next Malacca Crimi be opened on Monday, th< trch next.
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  • 106 11 Yk>i i ::i>\Y morning three com nd dead m tin. 1 Convict .hiti. An inquiry mi showed that all tlnve had eaten fish-roe purchased and brought to tho jail by a«tellow convict, who had i of it himself, and was also b ill, but had net eaten bo much as
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  • 22 11 11. M. S. Barrosa steamed out <»! port dii her way home via Cape Hope, at s o'clock this mornii
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  • 179 11 i.-ii i: [>.\\ afterm barque f ranotSy the American ship and the Austrian barque three of the vessels w \'vw\ m the Straits of Banes has been rejx>rted recent arrival.-, entered the harl siniultaiu meutiom d. The \i Captain Gibbons, sa from Cardiff on the iilst October, experienced a passage
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  • 69 11 Wk would remind the entertainment to be given by Dramatique m the J] ai on Mon< and recommend I w bo haw not done so to seeon early as possible. The perfi will be under the patron; His he Governor aii I L )nl, and we learn that m all
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  • 85 11 A Hi ting of the Executive Council was lay, and for the §econd these I regime, two i Council, >-ii who live hi me re when they v larg< stick t<> were the beof their v wisdom. It is that the question under consideration was the continuance of the Postal
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  • 104 11 We learn that French from Amoy <>i" the d iven by the British Consular Court there m a case brought by the Trust i jje Bothers 4 tc, through M gainst the Mercantile Bank, represented by their Agents. Mess >. The circumstances, we learn, are briefly as follows: Messrs. Boyd
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  • 55 11 Tin; Vina inst. says, that tin i •t §20,000 should be T'Avn Hall i'<»r balance, $10,< plan <li<l licsc did ii"t appr lays dud Ivluii;^ th i ntitled I ire. T i -"i^ts thai *ai»- ■-•(1 to edacationj all ataom might benefit by it. The i j and Opium i
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  • 221 11 Al official la v< ceived with the oars. On stepping ashore laptain Geoei Dumber of their high officials, dq] limenti usual on roch i exchan *e<l, the I scut m a drawn \>y six driven m company eral to the bouse h bad been pre- ion during bis ila. The
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  • 481 12 Hongkong Dai m its 1 Oth instant, professes to give, ir ab] authority, a correct and Spanish designs m and as it affecting the trade of the Straits Settlements, perhaps our readers i be interested by a short oar contemporary's stateBays that ly intended to occupy o (Java, but the
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  • 73 12 We have been requested to state a Public Ball will be given at Government House to-morrow evening to the Coburg Princes, who are expected from Batavia, and as sometimes invitations go amissing and mistakes about them take place, to prevent misunderstanding, it is desired to be under--1
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  • 26 12 11. M. S. left Government Wharf at 1 I o'clock on Saturday morning, steaming out direct through the Sinki passage she goes home via Suez Canal.
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  • 35 12 Tin: German ship DeutscAland, Captain Seemann, from Hongkong bound lor Rangoon, to load there with rice for Hamburg, touched here on Friday night, to take m rattans for dunnage. She proceeds to Rangoon this afternoon.
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  • 30 12 Russian man-of-war Iffiu:, is to have had one of her boilers blown up on her way from Ilon^kon"--to Manila, when three sailors were killed, some others and one officer wounded.
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  • 51 12 TELEGRAMS have been received that the S. S. Sun/00, which left this m December, met with very bad weather m the Mediterranean, and has been obliged to put into Malta, discharge a portion of her cargo, and into dock for repairs. This mishap entails considerable loss on the local Insurance
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  • 50 12 Tin; S. S. United Service, Capt Distant, from Amoy Feb. loth, anchored m the Roads at 10.80 on Saturday night; she brings about 500 Chinese passengers and a general cargo. About 100 of the Chinamen landed here the remainder are for Pinang, for which port the steamer left this afternoon.
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  • 133 12 TURNING to our tiles, we observe that the Dutch steamer Gor. Gen. Meyer reported having passed three ships and a brig on the 16th inst., at anchor m the Straits of Banca. One of the ships, the Majestic, has come m, but the brig and the two others, known to
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  • 144 12 Tin: S. S. Danube, Captain Efopkin from Liverpool 29th November, via Malta and Galle, anchored outside at 7 .ID p. if. on Friday, and came alongside wharf at Tanjong Pagar at 9.30 a. m. "n Saturday. The causes ol'tliis steamer's detention, by having when about 800 miles from Malta collided
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  • 340 12 The S. S. Cyphrerics, Capt. Stephen, Left London on 11th January, arrived ill Port Said on £stb, and left Suez on TBth January. Passed Galle on l~th inst., reached Pinang on 18th, left on 19th and arrived at Singapore at noon on Friday, passing m to Tanjong Pagar. Experienced strong
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  • 47 12 TuEEK has been, during the past day or two, a squabble between the Ghi Hiii and Hai San kongsees, but it has not yet assumed serious dimensions, and, as the Police are well informed of the movements of both parties, is not likely to amount to much.
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  • 68 12 A valuable riding-horse, belonging" to .Mr. (iulland, while being groomed the other day, took fright at something, broke loose from his halter ami gallopped away. The syce went after him, but lost sight of him", and for several days a fruitless search was made for the animal. On Saturday, he
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  • 92 12 Charges of bribery and corruption against Government servants have grown common of late. On Saturday, a ease that lias been pending for some days m the police court, terminated m the committal for trial at the next criminal sessions of Mr. \V. Stewart, of the Public AVurks Department, who is
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  • 94 12 A correspondent writ u»k what progress has been made towards the compietioa of the Macpb* i montftl/' subscriptions for which >\ collected m the Spring pi l v 0, and perhaps those who know will ■apply the desired information. It m ton assumed the shape of polished granite erected m
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  • 93 12 An amended sheet of the last Government Gazette contain.- a Proclamation by the Governor m Council, prohibiting the export of arms and munitions of war to the territory of Laroot, where a Chinese faction quarrel has been raging i'or tnore than a year past, the contending parties receiving their supplies
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  • 25 12 The Ocean Steamship Company's steamer Ajax, Captain Kidd, we learn left Pinang yesterday, and may l>e looked for here to-morrow morning to Hongkong and Shanghai.
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  • 164 12 We are indebted to the courtesy of the French Consul tor the following information relating to Pausportt. It is I sTY for the subjects of any nation entering 1 France by the Ports ou the English channel and by the Belgium Frontier to have patsports. English, Belgian, and Dutch subjects
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  • 272 12 A MEETING of tlie Friends of the Kailles Institution was held m the Town Hall, on Saturday the 22nd 1 ruarv, LB7& There VM a large and influential attendance of ladie* and gentlemen. Hi> Excellency MajurGeneiml Sir Harry Old, Governor of the Straits Settlements, presided. The Honorary
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  • 23 13 S. S. i:lll: f and Malacca on 23rd T« ia at li c >r ner-stone will, sonic h llnd Marcl
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  • 7 13 sy of Mr. the ml >ngkong and
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  • 64 13 \Vi, hear it eonfiderillj report that our uexi Governor Mr. who. we find from the int id Go\ meni derk at the Falkland Islands m Ig ting C lonial Secretary there imm IM.'i till LB5 n he was Dfirmedin the appointment. In IS6I he was appointed President of the irgin
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  • 141 13 al Highnesses Prince Philip and Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg and Gotha rel yesterday fn> q Batavia m the steamer Baton Bemtinck. There is to be a Hall at Government House m their honor to-night, and they leave tor Pinang, with his Excellency the Governor, m the Colonial Bteamer thence
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  • 153 13 A very large passenger traffic has grown up between Singapore and N Johore, owing to the lively competition bel om ners, vi: gio lo dof tares to a that wa first thought ruin* has m th( un been found to pay very w< 11. So great has been the increase
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  • 124 13 The < 1 cousiderable comment b usion m the Supreme C art "ii Monday. The plaintiff wasa ho, m applying for an poiutmenl under Government, some three m< forwarded hia mastei' M testimonials of chadefondantj who is Private 11. E. the Governor, ami the papers had been mislaid and could
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  • 33 13 The S S. Vidar, Captain Reynolds, from Sourabaya 18th inst, anchored here at noon to-day. Had hAvy gale during lour .lays of the passage. Pasaeng >rs 1 oati* De sk.
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  • 56 13 Thb S. S. Scotland, Captain James, e ft Hiogo oo the 12th inst., wffli a cargo o f rice for Hongkong arrived there, was ordered to Sourabaya, left Hongkong on 20th at 7\. m. and called uThereto coal, b< naming alongside Borneo Company's wharf at 10 o clock this morning.
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  • 57 13 The S. S. Galley of Lorne y which arrived m Hongkoug on Feb. 2nd. from Hiogo, discharged her cargo of rice but subsequently rel >aded it and left for Samaramg on 17th inst. We also note that the S. which arrived m Hongkong <>v the 7th Prom Saigon, w.is despatched
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  • 92 13 The C >looial Bteamer P/*/o, arr from Pinang on Monday last, having on board the Master Utendaut. After coaling at Tanjong Pagar, si out int the outer harbour at o'clock this morning, and anchored t o await the embarcation of theCoburg Princes and H. E. th s Governor fo r
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  • 29 13 The Ocean Company's steamer Capt, Kidd. from Liverpool b'th January, via Suez Canal and Pinang 23rd instant, anchored outside 13 evening, and went alongside Paear wharf carh this morn;
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  • 45 13 This morning, imeof the Municipal Inspectors of Nuisances observed a quarter of putrid beef m a buteh< shop m Arab street, and seized ii the same time arresting the vendor, name was Hadja m. He wa> taken before P. H. Gottlieb, Esq., and 6ned $SO.
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  • 87 13 The case of the T>roker Perdinand ECoenig, charged with forging sharecertificates, was tried at Hoi on the 19th inst, before Chief Justice Smale. 'l\^ prisoner pleailed guilty to the forgery, and asked for mer ing hs, had intended to redeem d i 'uments m :i legitimate way, wl we learn
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  • 186 13 Vesterda^ afternoon, a very serious riot occurred at the Tanjong Pagar wharf, between the H >kien lalx>uring coolies and the Macao carpenters, faci > case, as nearly as we can let were, that tour carpenters \v«'iv wh< ing along a piece ot' timber on a truck, when the win the
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 625 13 S H IP P I N(J I N T E LL!(J E N C E arribafe iJrrftaUL— Thursday, 13th February. German barque Anna, 350 Saigon 7th Feb. Dutch steamer Baron Bentu British ship Malleny, 1,025 tons, Davis, North Shields 12th Oct. i pJench&e Amiral D. v .i.'.x. 775 tons, Carrique
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 610 14 VESSELS PASSED W.IICK. I'it V\u\<;. ship's San Captain. From. To. m > fVb. 1 British at. Btamford Grardin Aden Batavia Pt-ruviaii kgustina Barbier Ma Callao /Dutch I Idolf Jaskie tria ilatjap British Montrose rton eenock s iba Thomson Shanghai \< w York LOOerman Anita Bruhn Batavia Amsterdam British Fin Haverberg
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