Straits Times Overland Journal, 15 January 1874

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  • 16 1 The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. VOL. XV. -NO. 281. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1871. Pki rs.
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 16 1 At woode Park on the 2nd Jannary, the wif apt. Henry Buxton, of a s-
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    • Article, Illustration
      17 1 At Sans Souci, on the 9th inst., Jessie Camp! ,t daughter, of James Parker n, Esq.
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  • 83 1 I ngapore, January 15th 1874. Gambit Black Pepp Sagu Flour, Sarawak... „-70. Pearl Sag. Coffee, Boi Bf. 40s Mule twist 8* lbs. 7 do do ft do T. Cloths 6 do do 7 do do Cambr Benares Op 006 Exch Bankbil's'". months >igh' i :>.. Credit
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  • 225 1 The following" possengers have arrived, left, or passed through t during the fortnight. Per steamer Egeria, on the sth inst For Singapore.— Mr. Fan, Mr. and Mrs. Rich ten. For Hongkong.— Mr. Scharpff, Miss. Caroline Scharpff Prom Pinang Mr. Huttsnbach. M. M. steamer Neva, from Batavia, on the 7
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  • 726 1 and Journal wa The cc rarived on the 7th instant with the ail and London advices to the and as we go to press, the re is signalled with the h mail of tin- 1 2th idem. The oeward French mail left this by the inn Eocjklf on
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  • 10 1 lai th; dated Pi] which says th-
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  • 295 1 inn Ith J any. —Following rec a Acheen through an in nt sour. Within range ol Kraton Commence bombarding on the $rd Janaurv unlesa the Achinese surrender. Cholera and Beri-beri are reported prevalent in the Dutch JCamp, and the mortality is great, chiefly am- ye troops. Wfh m.
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  • 22 1 -pring. Mr. Ro< on t The deceased had before, i para} a« caused m as y ea was very generally respected.
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  • 619 2 THK INOFFICIAL MEMBERS, „„d all doubt very I i-islative Council have rest. lal elei if we have much w igratolate ourselves mi tn( >, in which this restoration <ent juneBettei kh«B the three members who reaeeepted 0 n; last it would be ue to obtain, men
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  • 706 2 It is very hard to be without a grievmfes4 we are somewhat in this condition here at the present moment. We nave done our best to maintain ial tone, but according to "CaCannie" with rather indifferent success so far as the Unofficial Members of Council are concerned,
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  • 324 2 We think the Petition of the Pr vinee Wellesley planters, which reproduce in another column. very moderately worded document. cept in so far as it impeaches the b Magistrate of the Province of baying encouraged vexation* against them, and of having Bar led his legal powers. So
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  • 1073 2 We reproduce, below, from the Pinang a petition from the natives in Province Welleslev to the Lieutenant Governor against the manner in which the Vaccination Ordinance has been carried out there, and making charges against the public vaccinator employed 1 rnment, whicb, since it was written, have been
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  • 1029 3 Or the two ordinances announced to come into force in March ne the most important to the public that relating to Stamps. This will undoubtedly prove a popular measure, effecting as it does a complete revolution in and removing the disadvantages of the present stamp system.
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  • 900 3 other year has passed away, and contributed its fair share to general and local history. It has witnessed two wars, in which each of the contracting parties to the Sumatra Treaty have found themselves involved as a direct consequence of that convention the British Government with the wild Ashantees
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  • 765 3 Nsw Year's Day waa celebrated here in the customary manner, by Sports on the Esplanade for natives and Europeans, and a regatta in the harbour. The day was unusually sultry, and the sun poured down its blazing rays all day long with unremitting fury, while the crowd
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  • 2643 4 (J I for the Si s.J ant (Dec.,) the ing official telegrams regard in" the tr had been made public at il Telegram from Lieu- .1 Van Swie- I ten forwarded from Pinang, I the j I Our second object has be attained. We have,
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  • 499 5 N.) ■Q American vessel appears in the Liario de Manila of the 2 sat about expiring has be j "tal one to shipping in this Archipelago. k ne disaster at sea has come to our "T, P Tbe American ship I which le t this for
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  • 1016 5 AY k extract the following from the Gazette of the Ist instant Below will be found a copy of a petii which has been forwarded to His Excellency the Governor, by the Planting Community of Province Wellesley, regarding the Cooly Question. To His Excellency Sir Andrew Clarke, R. E.,
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  • 52 5 ■i Laroot we learn that Captain has captured the strongest fortifiof the Sin Engs, and was, up to tbe inuary marching towards tbe coast with all his fo^s- driving the enemy be. fore him. The casualties on his side were literally nominal, only amounting to five or six at
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  • Correspondence.
    • 106 5 To the Editor of the Daily Timet. Sir:— The following extract from a letter from a gentleman at Penang, whose word I have no reason to doubt, may v Mr. M*r*!ialL I mstant. "Upon receipt of your t gram of 18th, I had an interview with Marshall, Reuters Agent.
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  • 130 5 12b the Editor of the Daily Timet. Dear Sir:— A Bath House in Sinx>re is a great necessity. Gentlemen nmg to this place from Hongkong and er place.- there are good arrangents for swimming, feel very much the nt of this very bene6cial and delightful rcise. I for
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  • 109 5 Ean Occational Correspondent.) Malacca, 4th J a>. i^7i. Straits seamer Japan, from P id Benmore from Singapore, bo! iere yesterday. The stea <h, from your port en route to the Lightship Torch, arrived here yesterday. About 24 of the coolies who were engaged to proceed to tbe spot where
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  • 305 5 of the Jj mm. Sih, I read with .prise and regret the a appear' on M commenting wi seats in article very v these gentle as to I sumed otfici ned." ire been maintaintirc rect in'asserti, •ill after full ke lev hot! irn to bl lor took
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  • 1255 6 To the Editor of the Daily Ti; Sir: Your pert Us uding the preservation off I your nervations on my letter in your issue of t tent ion That there is difficulty in hitting on method of d< obvious, otherwise I its of denui wouhl not
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  • 91 6 To the Editor of the Daily Timet. Sir, Allow me to send you a translation of two telegrams this moment received, having reference to Acheen. Batavia. lltk January, from the cretary General. Position before Acheen "satisfactory. Emphatically contradict immediately all alarming repor Pinang, 144k January, from Vice
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  • 281 6 PIUDAY, an JANUARY. The Spanish steamer Paragua,( Elizalde, from Manila 27th inst., arrived at Tanjoug Pagar wharf this morn- His Excel; Sfif Andrew Clfl on Wed 11 and \V. I >ns as 1 übers of the I e<» which tl bed. destru best i eh has ly tor I
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  • 75 6 Through the courtesy «>f the Netherlands Consul General, we are informed that he yesterday received a telegram dated Pinang 2nd inst., which says:— Pedir has been attacked, forts taken and villages burnt 40 Marines ascended tbe river in boats and met with fair success country difficult of
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  • 162 6 The British steamer Ceneola from ol Ist inst., via Suez Canal and Pin rived at g Pagar whai .uday. The German steamer Eyer'm, Capt. Eutw Hanbi don i >v., via Suez Canal, and Pinang 3rd inst., arrived at the Tanjong Pagar wharf this morning. His Excel vernor
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  • 268 7 We cannot understand how it is, tint withstanding t put in circulation by tl within the it is impossj obtain change fora dollar v.ith. aitting •ortion by the n _rers I shopkeepers to the of three or and even then a^ number of Same notimes as many as lmlt-a- will
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  • 195 7 The Spanish Bto Capt. Olano, from Liverpool 17th November, arrived at Tanj wharf this morning. The Swedish ship Zaritza, Cap A. Skantje, from Hongko; goon, passed, through niti this morning all well and wished to be reported. before the opening of tbe Criminal Session, application made before
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  • 603 7 i-O ll* I* LiiL vj O\ C 1 1 1 1 iA -U a' i. 3 $ent and O ral for Egypt, a Pridai P" that unprowith Bills of Health from each of t]u 1 to n porta. The lis a Hoard oi i which is appended an Order of
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  • 126 7 The Mess;; Mari tin uner Capt. Manarino, from Batavia Ith in^t., arrived at Borneo Company's wharf this morning. The Spanish steam. Bat, Capt. Larrinaga, from Manila, arrived f this mornlug, en ruu t to Liverpool via Suez Canal and Cadiz. Wi cannot s ratulate ment new •uihiing
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  • 142 7 Thj increasing passenger traffic to Johore by the omnibuses, of which no less than eight now run daily each way, renders it necessary that some safer means of conveyance across the old Straits should be provided than is afforded by the boats now in use in connection with the omnibus
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  • 312 7 SUPREME COURT.— CRIMINAL SESSION. Before Sir Thomas Siixjreaves, C. J. The first case tried yesterday was 1 that of Ung Ah Hee, a Chinaman indicted for murder. It came before a special jury, who, after hearing the evidence, found the prisoner guilty. He was sentenced to death. The second case
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  • 452 7 The British steamer Regalia, Capt. Harrison, from Hongkong, 31st December, arrived at Taujong Pagar wharf this morning. Tin; British steamer Legislator, from Calcutta via Pinang, arrived at Jardine, Matheeon Cos., wharf this forenoon, and will leave for Hongkong at noon to-morrow. H. I. EL M. corvette Vit'/az,
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  • 250 7 The British steamer Sharpshooter, am Carroll, from Pinang sth and Malacca Bth instant, anchored in the roads this morning. The British steamer Petrel, Captain Ristiug, from Labuan 4th instant, anchored in the roads this morning. The British steamer Kromatah, Capt Haflenden, from Bangkok 4th instant, anchored in
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  • 67 8 I j tain \V« sg Pagar thM j from B. and will leave w. Bril Murray, frees Sourabeya 7th in- gtantf d in the roads this morn- i Hia Excellency ti mot m\ n the fof Penang, the oh ideavonring to f the Laroot and difficulties. The
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  • 114 8 The Brit a Prived at Tanjor. wharf this morning, from bound to Calcutta with I 11. M \WhAI to this port J which The team launch Mala .Inch has come up to get in new boilers. Quits an excitement \va^ ned j renoon at the Central Police
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  • 219 8 boilers, hsvmg twice had unter the perils of, for her, a long and we snpposewhen the boil*re in she will have to make her back again to Pinang, thus travel- line about 1200 miles altogetherperfora amount of actual service. The Siamese steamer Chow Phya, Capt., Orton, from
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  • 300 8 THI British steamer Paknam, X apt. Black, from Saigon 10th inst,, anchored in the roads this morning. TH I S. gunboat Yantic arrived in the roads this afternoon. She cony Uuu from Batavia, and intends visitn. sen, Ws learn, also, that Admiral intends visiting Singapore shortly, in
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  • 343 8 Thl Government Gazette of Use 9th inst. contains the following notifications Proclamation by the H. E. the Governor announcing that Her Majesty has confirm- the Courts and Criminal Procedure Ordi- nances. C. W. S. Kynnersley is appointed a Vi- siting Justice at Pinaug. Mr. F. J. C. Ross is appointed
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 494 8 Thursday, Ist January. German barque t E. Vidal, 329 tons, Angelbeok, Cardiff 4th September. Friday, 2nd January. Spanish steamer Pavagua, Elizalde, Manila 27th Dee. French 3 m&td. schooner Alice, 214 tons, Lagarde, Amoy I ember. British 3 mstd. schooner Formosa, 380 tons, Quayle, Fremantle November. irday, 3rd January. British
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    • 327 8 Thursday, Ist January. British schooner Subahani, Harrey, for Austral British steamer Ban Yong Seng, Craik ngkok. Dutch schooner Hong Whang, Nacodah, for Batavia. Dutch steamer Lieut. Genl. Kroesen, de Hart, for Macassar. P. A O. steamer Nizam, Barlow, for Galle and Bombay. British barque Tek Seng, Langan, for Pinang.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 74 8 VESSELS PASSED A.\JEK. 44— —_—j— an»»^B>BBB P^te. Flag. Ship's Nam*. Gsptain. From. To. Dec. 2tJ Hamburg Carolina Meyer Hamburg Bangkok "~'7 Dutch Anna en Sophia Hoekstra Amsterdam *via 28 British Mjlle Tonnes Minard .Mauritius ma -sano Montevideo ..-.via 30 Oarrick Cardiff japore y. British l>iana Da\ iatralia a. via Jan.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 122 9 SHIPPING IM THE HARBOUR, .x iiSTk a= ,BS OF MEN-OF-WAR ion ton J Kb FT.,! Go Ris uderPn Fc "J--■e. Brit Hoagkoi ijS *?ndt. Amira: limidt A An. P! >8t Ben Nevis Coh rioFm^ni on R„. Law „ff Bo»' y Limited. Charter ira vof Pc n u i? Coeran Brit
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