Straits Times Overland Journal, 25 July 1874

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  • 18 1 aestioopkdf The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. VOL. XV. NO. 21)r>. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 187 L Prick, 45
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
  • 68 1 LARKJBT QUOTATK .poke, July 25ti Black Pepper White PtSago Flo nominal. Pearl Sa_ 3.17|, Bonty 8L Tin Si lbs. Shirt 7 do t> do 1.50. 7 do J7o. Benares Opium i. Excha London. Bank bills 6 mouths sight I Credi T.P.Dock liv. Singa par. C'dra- filers.
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  • 212 1 T irrived, 1 the p durino- the fortnight. Per steamer Tom Mortoa i 1- on the i«>th inst Per steamer from Hong kong, on the 13th inst From Singapore. For London. Messrs. Neill, Gatherer, Murray, and WiUon, 1 soldier, wife and child. Pei iv Soural) Passengers > an Berk
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  • 772 1 Tin Overland Journal the 1 Ith July. The v arrived OQ the 19th inst. with London dal be 19th June, and the Pet .m in this morning with the l^nglish mail of the 26th idem. The homeward French mail left this per steamer I' on the llHh inst.
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  • 508 1 We find tin; following items in the Jlougkoug papers to hand by the lah Loss of the S. S. Canton."— By the ncr Jeddah, we are confirmed as to the loss of the Canton. She struck on the Mm Rt iO p 111.. 7tli inst.. in very It weather.
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  • 1078 2 TJ. IX PARLIAMENT. used to be a common complaint among Straits residents that this Colony, with its affairs, although it is not the least valuable gem in Queen Victoria's Colonial diadem, favoured with ant notice and less interest by the Horn .d the Houses of liament.
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  • 704 2 WHIM Lord Stanley of Alderley made his somewhat startling charges against Sir Harry Ord, there can be doubt but that he thoroughly believed in their truth, and that he had some grounds which he deemed sufficient to warrant his making them. Tli dent because In- baa net
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  • 830 2 It would appear that it has been something very different from holyday making that has been detaining the vernor in Pinang. Perak and its affairs have been requiring and occupying His Excellency's attention, and we are glad to learn that the excellent arrangements agreed to at Pulo
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  • 2116 3 JOTTING FROM A TROPICAL ISLAND. 11. M) the fauna and Li having been brought to a you will object pplementary notice in this one i tgular animal here, which I omitted to mention in my previouTh» ;re 1 refer to is the stickOne OT its most curious chares its own
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  • 2180 3 MIL Resuming my observations on the commerce of L I shall now deal with that great and valuabl Far Eastern trade, opium, A good deal of what 1 cannot help calling nou;>e has been uttered and written about the deleterious effects of this drug upon those who use it. The
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  • 1990 5 fated for thf S/ratU Times. j The Batavia journals quote the t'oliug intelli^ i^ardin^ the cannibal Tobello pira m the Samarang Locometief of the 27th ultimo •am Auiboa, a correspondent writes to us as follows In May, six Tobello pirates were brought as prisoners to
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  • 978 5 (Translated for the Straits Tit***.) The latest received Manila papers publish the following official report of an engagement with Sooloo pirates: Misamis, loth May,— The Commander Dapitan received on the 13th April, < much behind time, information of an ac- tion in the neighbouring waters,
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  • 748 6 Before Sir Thomas Sidgreaves, Kt., C. J. Mosday, 13th July. Joseph Cheney Bolton, Gilbert MeMicking, Kobert Jardine. .1 ray. Johnlioss, .1 hnioml Paton and Frederick Maitland David- together ader the name and style or linn of S vine <fc Company. Plaintiff*. vs. Compagnie dcs Services i times of
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  • 1357 6 VICE ADMIRALTY COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. Before Sir Thomas Sidgn iv< Xt (1 In re the Siamese bartnic "Aim i Launeo Bfai In a ca Mr. Donaldson appeared for the' Egeria, Mr. Davidson for the Advance. Judgment. This was a claim for salvage by the owners of the steamship
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  • Correspondence.
    • 123 6 it hah taken over the Library, 1 tru will be taken to secure a complete copy of that most ink .aable work, The Journal o logo, edited by the late .J. \l 1 have been told that it recently in Pinantr to publi- w ediprovided a sufficient number
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    • 527 6 To the Editor of the Daily Tune*. Sir: We all know that there is no pleasure without pain, and, conversely, that then is no pain without its pleasure. We have an exemplification of this in the protracted) correspondence concerning Railways. Although painful to observe the rigglings and
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    • 907 7 To the Editor of the Daily Tt >i: The oir "fii crnor Sir Harry Onl "rom th< dm down to tli- must 1 annoyed hi who value truth and fair play. One of the latter I class myself, for it is only from a sent that 1
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    • 345 7 To the I >f the Daily To Sib, "A friend in need is a friend indeed," says the proverb, and it was illusby Dr. Liv }>:»! lunchly defending his at* friend. But while doing full justice to Dr. Little's sterling motives, and l>elieving that his explanation of
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    • 149 7 To the Editor of the Daily Time*. Si it Every lover of his country, jealous of the honor and probity of her rulers, must rejoice at the straightforward charge brought against our late Governor by the Honorable Dr. Little for however much that gentleman desired to defend
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    • 1074 7 rum our own CorrespondeuL) Bangkok, 4th July. Last mail brought a copy of the Strait* Time* containing a letter prosing to explain why, in a former letter of mine, a certain Siamese nobleman is called Ex Regent. I am obliged at once to say that the reason assigned was
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    • 1091 8 tileitt.) M 1574. Thi i of "how not to doit," may be said to ha bed its climax in > at last so far as street-light-ing is concerned and it is only a matter m ratepayer! >o quietit themselves to be taxed by the ■egularly pay their without any
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    • 174 8 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sik, -The account of Mr. Pope Henin the administration of the Bahamas, in your paper of We i nes lay, emanates from that gentleman himself, resembling in this respect the nourishing accounts of Labuan published from- time to time during
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  • 472 8 SATURDAY, Jim LV. TifK B. A. Mail steamship Co's eliartered steamer Tom Morton, Capt. from Melbourne Bth, Sydney 1 Ith, and Brisbane 16th June, with the Sydney and Queensland mails lor Eu- j rope, India and China, arrived in the roads at 10 o'clock yesterday evening,
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  • 663 8 THK British steamer trmmmJt, Capt Kewat, from Sarawak, anchored in the roads vesterda The Sarawak steamer Roya/i«/ f Capt. Kirk, from Sarawak 9th inst., anchored in the roa The Strait iiuer Japan, Capt. Mi lues, from Penan** 9th and Malacca 12th iust., anchored in the roads this
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  • 505 9 The Bi apt. Barrow, from Sourabaya Llth inst., anchored in tlie roads this morning. Spanish steamer Paragua, Capt. j KlizaMe, from Manila 7th inst., arriv at Tanjong Pagtur wharf this morning. The criminal session of the Supreme j»ened this morning, before the Chief Justice. Timi >n will
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  • 113 9 Committee of Administrator. Kuching, 18th June, 1874. Present The Acting Resident Rodway) Commandant, (Capt. Bacchus) Treasurer, (Mr. J. Innes) And by request The" Resident of Sadong, (Mr. A. R. Houghton) Auditor, \V. M. Qrocker) The present position of the Sadong coal mine was discussed fully A proposition i to contract
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  • 309 9 ,iid lately about coal Slantik, at Muka, and at thin the territory of iias been also of i professional diamond with the iut- i starti;. at Sim per Sarawak. A. report vow ►f <,'old m uponti able rush of Chinseekers I art of the country may the ti to
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  • 65 9 Marup, June 18th 1574. Gold having again been struck here in considerable quantity, a new kongsi" has been started to work it. This will no doubt attract to the spot many hundreds of Chinese who have left during the last three years on account of the smallness of the
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  • 51 9 The Siamese steamer Chow 'Phga, Capt. Orton, from Baugkok 10th inst., anchored in the roads this morning 1 The P. steamer Columbian, Capt. Stead, from Saigon 12th in arrived this morning. The Columbian is still under private charter, and is consigned to Messrs. Madame, Fraser Co., as
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  • 433 9 The British steamer Hentan, Capt. Sdoppett, from Samarang 12th inst., anchored in the roads this morning. The Spanish steamer Maclaan, Capt. Larrinaga, from Leith 3rd June, via Cadiz, and Suez Canal, arrived yesterday forenoon. The British steamer Cdeat'iai, Capt. Darke, from Saigon 13th inst., anchored in the
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  • 93 9 Tee steamer Pulai arrived at Joli terday from Patani and SangThe Dutch steamer Kouiny Wdlem 111, from Sourabaya 15th inst, arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf this morning. Thk British si from Hongkong 10th inst., arrived this morning, en route for Pe- nang. Thk German steamer Esxea, Ca
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  • 314 9 I'm: Dutch war steamers Itioutc and Melalen KruU, which have been under- repair here, left yesterday morning- for Acheen. The N I s. X. •/<?, Ca -els, arrived yesterday afternoon from Rhio, and left at 6 p. in. for Bcnkalis. The British steamer liuOg, Capt. Chopard, from
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  • 477 10 The Britisi ncr Regalia, Capt. i Calcutta via Penang, Jardine, Matheson Co's wharf on Saturday afternoon. Till Colonial steamer Pluto, Capt. Welner, from Penang 15th inst, anchored in the roads on Saturday afternoon. The Brit: rnier Paknam, Capt. Black, t i 16th inst., anchored in the road-
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  • 22 10 dsakgjiytr The British steamer Petrel', Capt. tain Risting, from Penang 17 th inst., anchored in the roads yesterday afternoon.
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  • 16 10 The British steamer Ban Yong Seng, from Bangkok 16th inst., anchored in the roads this morning.
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  • 201 10 At the Quarter Sessions Court yesterday, the Italian sailor who stabbed his comrade in such a cowardly manner near the Central Police station a couple of weeks ago, was tried and sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour. The wounded man is, we learn, doing well. 1 Some time ago a
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  • 453 10 We find the following particulars cerning the revenue of Siam in the tdvertUer of the i)th inst. Gambling. In the Siamese Government Gazette of the 22nd ult. we notice that the monopoly of the right to establish gambling houses in twenty locations has been disposed of. The successful bidders have
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  • 217 10 Mi Lpcar C©.'i steamer II Miller, from Hongkong 14 tli in>t., arrived at 6 o'clock ye day evening, and will leave for Peuang and Calcutta at 3 p. m. to-morrow. The China Mail gives the following particulars of the loss of the steamer Canton: "We regret much
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  • 59 10 H. M. S. Cadmus, from Hongkong, anchored in the roads this morning. The Ocean Company troclus, Capt. Drenning, from Liverpool 13th June, via Suez Canal and Penang, arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf yesterday afternoon. m The British steamer GU*gylc t Capt. Gulland, from London 13th June, via
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  • 232 10 The following case- have been tried this week at the Criminal Session Reg. v. Ching Ah Seng, culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Found guilty, and sentenced to two years rigorous imprisoment. Reg. v. Koh Ah Joo, Ho Ah Kee, and Ho Ah Jee, gang robbery. Verdict,
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  • 313 10 The following proclamations appear in a Government Gazette Extraordinary, issued at Penaug on the 15th July The following Proclamations are published for general information. PROCLAMATION. By His Excellency Colonel Sir Andrew Clarke R.E, C.B, K.C.M.G. Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements. Whereas an Engagement was entered
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  • 274 10 By Hia Excellency Colonel Sir Andrew Clarke, R.E., C.8., K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements. Whereas by an Engagement entered into at Palo Pangkor on A. CLARKE the 20th day of JanGovernor and Com- vary 1874 at the in- mander in Chief. stance of and by the
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  • 390 10 By Hi 8 Excellency Colonel Sir Andrew Clarke R.E., C.8..K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander- in-Chief of the Straits Settlements. Wh ereas by an engagement entered into at Palo Pangkoi on A. CLARKE, the 20th day of JanGovernor and Com- vary 1874, at the in-mander-in-Chief. stance of and by the Chiefs
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1398 11 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, June^ 11 brig ton!, Shaw, Fremantle 26th Uth July. i TV.rw,V,,ir oui t Briti H Umi. p^k l\r Dutch steamer Prins >r, Kajser, for Bata steamer ua^ 6fch T 1 19^ Tune Morrison, 563 tons. Davis, Fremant^e British steam. lOnd <m •uderhnd 4th March. JSSSX *-*>»*>' £*J lC
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