Straits Times Overland Journal, 24 February 1876

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1 1 Straits Times Overland Journal
  • 17 1 For D The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. >L. X\ 11. No. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, IKERUARY 24, 187<>. ASDF
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  • 80 1 STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, FEB. 24, 1876. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. SINGAPOKE, FEBRUA; Gambier Black Peppt 8.50. White PeKK Sago Flour, Sarawak... Pearl BfttfO 3.25. Coffee, Bontync. Tin.. 40s. Mule twist 8i lbs. Shirtings 7 do d< 5 do T. Cloths 6 do do 7 do do Benares Opium new Ex on
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  • 499 1 The foil arriv during tht- _:ht. Perstea For Pinany. Mr. M For Colombo. Mr. Dave Carson and Troupe. r London. Mrs. Berg r aildren and nurst Mr. and Mrs. Quelch, Misses Messrs. Hughes, M 1 Barlow. Per pool, on tht 1 For S ig: Li Hunt ley, a tier
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  • 582 1 1 Journal v. int. The Tiyre arriv. [7th with tli' h mail and Ith Jam and Ml the i mail of the Ist idem. tenet ■ith the Sydney and wanl which Longarrived Ld will I politi the on the 1-th, LBtb, t. The Indian lmnii- nance, as amendite
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  • 499 1 (Daily Press, Vth Feb.) Some of the passengers brought by the steamship Douglas yesterday from Swatow ar« en route for the port of Kiunc: (Hainan), via Canton, to form the Foreign branch of the Imperial Maritime Customs there. The Chinese Revenue Cruiser Feng, which for some time past has
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  • 331 2 OMPAN UM I 1 LD. EfeffV Docli Limited, for t lie ho! of Profit and i comment from us. It will be seen ti th< >rs propose a divicent declared for the yes a dividend it It would not been for I, the t the Company
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  • 67 2 statement 0/ d Lost Aco 575. Dk. ASDF Tolnt Balance carried do rtlrmfts t. M ueneral Charges, espouses of Managenierr g De i rectors' Fees DfWtiati it n.l hut t!<Niti vi >> ijiuenU doe au. balance, as per Balance Bhet C*. By balance at Credit
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  • 626 2 THE POTSMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT. SDFSDF iseof bi Mr. Tr lv: an unfavoun rt of I above his I)US opinion of place to be got out soon as possible. Thi in b r owing to an unfori on which he u > haw given utt and whirli WMi •d, and, Colonies
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  • 63 2 THE SULTAN SHOAL LIGHT HOUSE. >m the dvi for in t-hou>e on >c remembered ted ou ioal in stroyed by lightning last I aster Attendant rerepairs small lookout re often want tan Shoal. c at the mo The Chamber of to, Ell Colonial citation ale and quite in lrmoi the
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  • 256 3 That Januai :i the spot is over and that it only I J shall be done with all have to govern ii i) it o] ig a nati loollah ir duty is 1 the easier 1 "of the abovt fromtli romthe Cci a Shaughai paper conducted
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  • 523 3 lence of the Pinang •malous are at c and we are not at war. u-e on the most friend lv her lot wherever they aie met with. One day the c out on the war-path, burning an ig-ht and left, columns of smoke marking their march. The the oi
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  • 657 3 The Ball given last night in the Tanglin Club to the Officers of 11. lUth Regiment by the Community was as about a successful a one as ever given in Singapore. The Committee appointed must be credited with discharging their duties in the I most
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  • 1069 3 (Translated for t Times.) It is requested of anr eontempjuriea th»t m repr» dv.- ..<„' these translations, their oriffiml apfeanmee in the Strait* Tinus, may be acknowledged.) It appears from lengthened details be Java journals, that, owing to heavy rains, the rivers at and about a, becoming swollen, overflowed
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  • 483 4 -th instant, the d down th the U ail advices wm portion of tha had bet :lce the 3rd instant, and been fallii, dg of natives wh l ie opongs of the flooded ■in the trj wS c Bhr. Thee r I have taken *»t ttalion has arri DOW ing
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  • 72 4 ASDF Mr. 'hi D >ie tii Mr E McNair, K. A.) v\ hau: I D I Right Ho. T! of the lad n w it' the mot: Ti M ;;iin in the Sultan Shoal. Masts, jtion of Dr. Li sonded liill a first the motion of t I
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  • 546 4 Singapore, 18th February, 181 ent. I the Governor. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary (Mr Douglas c. the Attorney- 1 BraddelL) the Treasurer (Mr. Willans.) he Au>. 1 (Mr. Q. J. Major A..) 11. A. K. Whampoa. I Thomas Shelford. Thomas Scott. R. Little, M. D. Mr. John Douglas,
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  • 780 4 ail oft do as a very vJLtru A< 1 ■rt et the be lence was •i b tic ii m turn. nuts 1 1' ii i ,i s of ivassemU ami now that tl«-v have bertsou >w wht may be substantial in dir Parkes, able as has
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  • 385 5 THE "TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY LIMITED" The follow ie Official Report, g of the Tanjong Pa k Company, held ill the Com pan Offices, on Friday last, the 18th in—la the Chai'stield, E- Lutjeu O. 1 J. R. Kjllock, Esq., J. H. Traehsler, Esq., I. Henderson, Esq.. C. Glinz, Esq.,
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  • Correspondence.
    • 395 5 To the Editor of the Daily Times. May I ask you to be good enough nsert these few lines in your paper. His Excellency the Governor arrived here from Penang some time last month and remained only for 24 hours. During his short stay here there were
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    • 126 5 the Editor of the Daily 1 Sir, Will you kindly allow i in your paper to say how glad 1 shall be eceive old periodicals, newspaper, and I, for distribution ai men at tins port. We are in want of a few good uages for the General
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    • 67 5 To the Editor of the Strait* Time*. —I think if the new water carts were employed every morning during this hot dry weather, in watering the Espla<sa great improvement would soon be visible on the grass, which in the meantime has a very brown and unhealthy look about
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    • 91 5 To the Editor of the Daily Times. R As you seem to take an interest in the sale of Farms on the East Coast of Sumatra, and have commented favorably on the price realized by the Opium Farm at Delli, allow me to hand you the result of
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    • 181 5 Vo the Editor of the Daily Times.) 3 1 R At last it would appear that those in authority are becoming aware of the expediency, nay even justice, of banishing some of our mass of criminality to the Andaman Islands. Why this has not long ago been done
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    • 32 5 THE SUNGHIE UJONG FIELD FORCE. 'or ofti Time*. Sir. patx 7tli c oi the tail ice in your coh; M g the sto do official account of perusing the gra oial corresptj
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    • 14 5 Rnm. an;. v ill CM) i at am into son
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  • 153 6 net. Dea Jots ought to be gratt SStopw for the site he has proposed on l'ulo Salak n't g a bad feeling wards in a friendly w bat to wish to g- >ple slily is really too 1 c rate would have any on* all night scooped
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  • 176 6 (From our own Correspondent.) Ma cbt., 18' it Ava, Capn Irvine, from your port en route to ing and Calcutta, arrived here last Friday. r >;mg, anchored harbour last I the same M i in Xl :>■ <tes to t before yesterday, and returns to thai his n> and
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  • 817 6 To the Editor of the Daily Times. SiH: In your issue of the lot! er from Malacca, dat 7th idem, under the sigi f Jin Tayou," which I think calls for some eral undeserved aspersions upon the character of wellknown .hi, who is as much I lie
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  • 135 6 Bom an occasional Correspou Mala c British steamer Rainbow. from Singapore, bound to this port klang, Stlengore, and Penang, ar Id here last Tuesday and resumed her ige the same night he Straits steamer Sharpshooter, CapAugustin from Penang with dates to 14th current, arrived here last Weday, and returned
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  • 7 6 THURSDAY, 10th lORUARV
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  • 15 6 It ?e* has conyears w Angloave the between Sunday nL i r thousand pountl- \g.
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  • 53 6 linal A W Esq., H. M. b. 1876, on ese prisoner named The d- ted into the il 1874, 16 Court prisonment He was admitted ainal Prison Hospital on suffering from 1 at ing last year, he was in li hecary in charg ai^ oeased was due to Death frt
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  • 29 6 vi 11 be r advert y to en^ atrical and a host in hii: i Rangoon and Q The; Cal tncetJ, with ach Indian speak htall lovers of 1
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  • 44 6 IJiabad to the <-113.t t! Hllnß UTS 6X" n the h U I »th t pli ar, but we dia a v Sap} In that ie thrc ments aud the Peninsula j -he artillery, perhaps 7 all. it m\ t[ 6 ue, Die, exj
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  • 5 6 y call i of off
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  • 17 7 in tlip of lian coo 1111 exj riors. ever, v from fear i por adv har tion.
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  • 43 7 ferences a Colonial Office aiul tli Go adds th« tha b woul. George for or for wb. Btane jourP« nnced baand m; ims to deal thfrora a ill m ram pa* fession to do but to talk about ma wh; and w tbo
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  • 74 7 Eraffibling, and for the monthly sum figures afl ben vernment. It would know what the Dutch umlerfairt in ord and guaranteed in Perak und r Britisl is not a Revenue from t there would experience a like, even a l irnpro o i 1 1 1 ra
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  • 17 7 before OU lie follow ;ram dat- 10th -76, Acheen. I import.; infcaftioaary. Spirit of the troopi excellent.
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  • 32 7 ant ifortuna rujjnell all Id furnitui O#J >nging I family, the accumuU- I He and bit family being will be very 1. Pelt, ;ik their iie aim unit ralthem from the disti
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  • 55 7 lit* noti: ng three months' leave of A. Irving, Assistant tary, to \> I to Euion for 1 week from the leave granted to ernor ofMaI st Jan ranted rage Note tion of the iringJani; Cba Mercantile Bauk of India* LonLondon and China, Singapore, 3^! do Penang, Chartered Bank of
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  • 214 7 from the Penang Gazt of the 2nth ultimo the following Borne the way Straits ontemptuously ttes, disch;in Pravince-Wellegley. ting is a highly laudable >uit, but, as the Preacher of old i, there is a time for all things and from 10 a. m. to 'I p. in. is certainly not
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  • 521 7 n opened Parliament in on the JHh instant. Her Maopening speed riefljr sum:ized in a Reuters telegram to the that, after the usual platitudes at the existing cordial relations with other Powers, Her Majesty spoke ut the efforts to pacify Bosnia and rzegovinia, describing Count An- 'heme as recognizing the
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  • 140 7 SATU RDAY, 12th FEBRUARY. he fc A. R. M. S. CVsstwiu ■jajwrc, Captain Peake, arrived Tanjong Pagar Wharf about hatt-pai gapore lias brought ii" passengers this time, having been necessitated, owing to the accidi tlie Bt and Bowen, to leave Sydney in a harry and come on iirect in order
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  • 167 7 W e learn that it is proposed to give a Ball on the 21st Last to the Otfi. 11. M.'s 10th Regiment before their departure from the Settlements, and that the Memberi of the Tanglin Club ha placed their Club at disposal for the purpose. This is aright and pr<
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  • 174 7 incil on the 29th ult., was the Colonial 102T©8S •ie with tuore detailed art furii Utti rthwatte, As.< i both fche following 1 principal facts. Satisfactory progress has been made with all portions of the work, the chief difficulty being met with in making excavations for the puddle wall for
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  • 77 7 As regards expenditure there have been excesses over estimates on nearly I all the portions of the work undertak and, notwith- a saving on one item, Engineering Superinte &c. of $10,000, there will be a probable excess of $50,000 on the original estimate for the whole work. About $£3,000 of
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  • 182 7 II held at the General Hospital, Sepoy \V. V. I Cousin .1. Coroner, on the j 11th Feb. 1576 on the body of a male Chi ;ime unknown. It appears that the deceased was walking in Carpenter Street, at ab 7. p.m. on the 9th instant, when he ac against
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  • 13 7 The 0 Captain But I kon^ ai jar wh: day
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  • 10 8 a or Dig iccito happen. A all V. I to
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  • 26 8 we thin! why ild nurse, it' tl iddfcaacd to Id Mar 11. R. 11 t, it 1, we fancy, be tantamount to until tip to us
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  • 144 8 turd ay last an interesting I. even of the ,dl num- ore Yolui The distances with 7 rounds at each range. From the undernoted scores it will that the v V, tits. ig to a strong 1 lowing, the so stt'i proseveral v c made up. H. Ms Mo-ra REGIM!
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  • 105 8 The godown property belonging to the estate oft] EL G Woods was sold at public auction Crane Brothers on Saturday, for the aggregate sum of $60,200, as foil i he building in B;, occupied by UM Co, and the Straits Disu>. was knocked down to Mr. Cheang II >U,GOO; that
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  • 13 8 are r ite that, in continued in sition Coon sine
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  • 30 8 Ihk Ocean fro in I o l 30t h h mg 12th inarrived at r i> a g ur wharf yes terday afternoon, en route to Hongkong and Shangh b
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  • 18 8 which Sourabaj nd of mer Br Pearl Sh boat in re and he was given Up hi lost.
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  • 14 8 UK l:Ltf»<t i -i- f,- .1 -i I'■' g Oil ki he I>>t! ana
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  • 27 8 it tacked Fusan. A m en held at t h e Prime Minister, in feobama id to have lei! fcki in Delusion they arrived at. War ertain.
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  • 123 8 \V beerve that public opinion 1 l moal itself in no doubtful tone, and i; .cialion, which did much good work .-even more into form few surviving Ofl I the brant of c and d have heen always om in unity, co, no doubt, impressed with the importune and anxious
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  • 158 8 V I tended meeting of th< to the proposed farei Ball to be given in the Tanglin Club to the Officers of 11. M. 10th giment on Monday the 21st instant, was held in the Exchai iterday afternoon at half- ck for the purpose of appointing a Commit of management
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  • 223 8 The following Report of the vov of the K. and A. Iff. S. Compan ore, Captain Peake, from Sydney to re baa been furnished to us b\ ft the Cosmopolitan Wharf Sydney on 2 iary, at JM At (> p. m. returned t.. port in c »f an accident having
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  • 329 8 toftlie Annual meeting Hongkong Chamber of Comh '^ant, whirl, appears id the Hoi ib »ed whi fcerest to our merctntile oomna hci The Chamber is in correspondence with the Shanghai Chaml rder that both bodies n m making representations to the Postmastol with a i obtaining some reduction upon the
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  • 306 8 Advices from Manila down I sth inst. state that, on that day, the Governor General of the Philippii who is to command the expeditions troops in person, left Manila for Zamboanga along with that portion of the Sooloo expeditionary force which had not previously left for the said p The
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  • 48 8 M. steamer I C apt Pichat from Batavia 13th j thi: d r »i e ng Borneu Corapan^ 3 wit si Ij) i me mercautil It was <l mil the bank .rh they >< asseml)le<J ardaj next as a holiday in h natal day of Si:
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  • 47 8 Tn '< 'tied and sou and gene* ►rded to t the mii m ttacto criirticular part of the proi m mc, 1 c Calcnbe most laughable and comic icrepreto the BciKja isual, Dave was one •old and were ln:_ the fun poked at t secutor and lawv illy.
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  • 163 8 Til v. m: 'oo much truth in ur correspomlent i the Colonial Engine ed Sultan Shoal house. Major Ma resume the is his approval and may he said to be i) is on! lore striking instance of the utter disregard euse which is eh; Public Works sewhere. Ofti P. W.
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  • 76 8 W I learn, with den lent amoii ,-kln iat foul \ght jfaroos i two old ones a The old Ka had son their bodies ai 1 its lead in a g attitude, althoi t was q well and lively on v Poison in S at Dre. Little and A i
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  • 36 8 The Spanish expe against Sulu is v the Captain General, campo, who knows t> ve having for some theman-o! ,pe aud be Lcytc and Januahas h that ah prenila I 11. M will look in 0
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  • 98 9 It;; for pap. mv ally gt* difficult a ell-known althouL nan: in lar^e qnan- m iio le mand a [y. In these i to bamboo as a lised f ledge proposes, tl> central fa tioi. wh« sul me baths. He calculatt> iken as dry, w fibrous h could imported at
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  • 25 9 The M. M. steamer Ana tain de Butler, with dates Saigon yesterday at at 4 p. x. to-day with the homeward mails.
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  • 17 9 mer, Tig re, Capt seilles c ith the London m. arriv wharf a leaves f. to-morrow morning.
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  • 28 9 Nort ula for the Siamese Go Bangkok and Provinn W< proc inpleU ah and Qui the i and Bangkok to Tavoy is at present being taken in hand.
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  • 65 9 troops dispersed the 1 1 an All their I q slain or taken k and tile fled oo n fusion from their stock;; it provisions and for a place called Puen. described as a dr aien and solate one, th: and gorge- Id not reached under 15 days, and as
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  • 47 9 in living on ii diets and the pertan^ confriobservation* for of rainfall ne month. r in the month i in If. on the I°. The g nfall in I I ll <>n the fc6th, and the month 50th the month w ;l drj the rain falliiur aft
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  • 57 9 may be formed of the ex--katin^-rink movement in nd from tbe fact tbat an associarmed in London, under ti}* >' London and I vincial Skating Kink Company" with -hares of ach i in aoqnirin London and other B of population in the I Kingdom and abroad, and rinks of a
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  • 131 9 I learn, with miieh satisfactions that thn Mr. Birch's murdt d*^ ight, and that one of them, Seputan by name, confesses ding to this worthy's tale t'i: v nine men conned in the d ri he has furaraes of them all. Seputan and another man of the name of Gundak
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  • 25 9 THE Spanish steamer Mariveles sailed i'"i Manila yesterday afternoon and the following passeni: Don Ramon Castellote, Dona Josefa Sainz, and Miss Heaps.
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  • 38 9 op ship Himalaya, we learn the Clt embark for tl i Regiment in Hongkong on the 11th intt. ell dinner was glTen to the I in^ of the 9th inst., with the band of I h Regiment nt.
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  • 17 9 a the y in N. Lat. the British il well on hoard. uner that arrivi rom Glasgow.
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  • 35 9 Volunteers held lay afternoon Captain Read, in name of the members, presented Subit. Wm. Drenaaiij (who for home a ith a handsome n i W. Drennan by the mem V. mark of t and esteem."
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  • 22 9 Tiik 1 raer CapiVom Hongkoi, with il the 12th instant, this morning 1 and 1 t noon to-morrow for Pinang and Calcutta.
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  • 12 9 The B. araer EtAio•i, arri- the Wharl reurmah t'turn voyage ou Moudii
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  • 17 9 11--annoarn ments hn Don 1.G., late Audit -nts, arrh >k up his appointment on the 17th instant.
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  • 104 9 Mr. Alexander Gentle has been recognised by H. M. Government as Vice-Consul for America in Singapore. Sir Thomas F. Wade bas annoi* officially to H. E. the Governor, under date Peking 12th January, that he is about to i nsular Officer in Kuing-Chow, Hainan, and ranees may be granted 1
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  • 255 9 It is with great regret we have to announce the death of Mr. llartung, who acted for six years as Consul for France at this Settlement. This sad event occurred at Amelie les Bains on the 11th December la^t. Mr. Hartung arrived here as acting Consul for France in July
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  • 51 9 The P. O. steamer Teheran, Capt. Johnsou, arrived at the P. O. wharf aboiit 8 o'clock this morning with the home mail of the 21st January, and with dates from Bombay Bth, Galle 13th, and Pinang 19th inst., and will leave for Hongkong at 8 a. m.
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  • 181 9 inquest was held at the General Hospital, Sepoy Lines, by A. W. Cousins. Esq., 11. M. Coroner, on the 20th February, 1876, on the body of a female Kling named Airieam. It appears that the deceased was by profession an ayah and bad no settled place or occupation and being
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  • 73 9 Wl hvg to call the attention of to the Advertisement o: i English Oj pany which apj The Company will b Btrong in number. They were i; of the Corinthian Theatre, Calcutta, and have been spoken of favourably there, as s by a Rangoon and Pinang. L.
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  • 174 9 Ti i inslani iblish ment. We 'Link mod I people will a^ree in the pro]-: Mr. ford's withdrawal for the production < dence which, it appears, took place between H. and the ■fficial Membe to Perak. c have beei i our cri--m of H. E/s action in tliis wretched Perak
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  • 22 9 This morning the Russian War Steamer Askold, arrived in the Harbour from Hongkong, and exchanged salutes with Fort Canning.
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  • 19 9 Her Ifajei ansport Himalaya arrived in harbour this mo/ning having on board the Right Wing of the 80th Regiment.
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  • 49 9 Wi learn, by the eoorJ he Mai' the Telegraph Company here, that the New <ted by the British Indian Ai an China Telegraph has been completed and the Britain of the Southern H misphere is now within almost communication with the Britain of the North with Jill its dependencies.
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  • 36 9 The homeward P. O. steamer Gwalior, Captain Babot, with dates from Hongkong to the 1 7th instai arrived at the Company's wharf th morning, and will leave with the home mails at 4 p. M. to-morr
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  • 60 9 Tmscarcit remarkabl' if may ji its which are i evil is apparently difficult to n The other day, an old that a Chin vant who had been with him for V caw, had mddi ]y li liim all t •ulil lay hold ol and tfa The letting loo>e old <
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  • 34 9 lj forth id dr\ weather, we have 't*selves on not 1 terrible flex bours in Java Batavia, the rive: driving" th( nefl and #c in Ci the Dj liii i 1 1 1 perha.
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  • 4 9 farther ipanv having eogmge<i <■>£?&&
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  • 9 10 ilia by the nday, will i han one or
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  • 186 10 will question the thai the Unofficial Men Council have had I difficult and hard Usk them,— a •'<> sympathies of th them beyond all ir remi must undervaluing or leiestimating the work they bai not, however, be have failed in indicating, in any clear and pronoun, way, the right and
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 541 10 Th February. German barque Iris, 509 I .ns. Wcndt, Hongkong 31st Jan. British steamer Vidar, 21 row, Sourabaya sth Feb. Ihh February. British schooner Flower of Yarrow, 111 tons, Macall, W. Australia 2 Is* Dec. British barque Indian Empire, 519 tons, Baird, Samarang dlst German barque Codan, 400 tons,
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    • 299 10 TL h ruary. P. A O. steanie: mann, for Galle and Bombay. British steamer Pontianak, Lyon: for Biliton Pontianak. Sarawak steamer Rajah Brooke, Pender, for Sarawak. British steamer Deli, Gallope, for Penang. Danish steamer Fyen, Torm, f Friday. Hrna™. British steamer Benin lor, for Malacca A Penang. man schooner
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    • 33 10 Dii Ship's Name Z_ Ct Captain. From. To. wart Bal Count j of Forfai art am Graafstroom Ft -British ar of China m o L iam narang oiaicer Manila Liverpool
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 892 1 SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR. AIKS captains. Flao and Rio Tons, of a*- WheeeFeom! Consignees or Agents. Debtihatwm. RIVAL. MEN-OF-WAR i Sofeato R r n Cc HM. steamer Jan. 20 DurianSbatang! Senior Naval Officer. -ak X n F H.M. steamer 05 Feb. 17 Dindings Senior Naval Officer. Station Aakold nSfm M.
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