Straits Times Overland Journal, 30 November 1876

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  • 17 1 The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. >L. XVII. -NO. 366. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1876. Price HO Cents.
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  • Domestic Occurrence.
    • 51 1 SMITH— RODGER— September 21st, at 22 Holyrood Crescent, Glasgow, by the Rev. Alexander Macquisten. of Inverkin, cousin of the bride, assisted by the Rev. Daniel Wright, of Bellahouston, Reginald Henry Smith, son of the late John Fairfull Smith, Esq., W. S., to Jacobina Macquisten, youngest daughter of William Rodger,
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    • 29 1 At Singapore, on the 21st instant, J. M. Barradas aged 33 years. China papers please copy. At Penang, on the 22nd instant, William Marshall Esq., aged 33 years.
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  • 104 1 Latest market quota th in h Singapore. November 30th, 1876. Gambie; 4.30. Black Pepp 8.37|. White Pepper 15.50. Sago Flour, Sarawak Pearl Sago 30. Coffee, Bontyne s Tin 21. 40s. Mule twist 101. Si lbs. Shirtings LTfc 7 do do 1-45. 6 do T. Cloth 117
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  • 1095 1 Our last Overland Summary was dated the 16th instant. The M. M. steamer Iraouaddy, from Marseilles 22nd October, with the London mails of the 20th ultimo, arrived here on the 20th instant. The M. M. steamer Anadyr, from Shanghai 10th, Hong-, kong 16th, and Saigon 20th instant, arrived
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 240 1 For Despatch pee P. o. Steamer Lombard* NOTICE. Owing to the increased bulk of matter contained in the Overland Journal the subscription to that publication wili hereafter.be 518 per annum, or eighty cents for a single copy. Singapore, 17th November. 1876. Im. NOTICE. Is hereby given that Mr. Henry Antonio
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 564 1 11 following passengers have arrived, left, or passed through the port, during the fortnight. Per M. M. iddy, from Marseilles, ou the 20th November. For Singapore.— From Marseilles, Mr. Van Brakel, Archdeacon Carriedo, Mr. Tuster, Mr. Rodrigo, Mr. Luchsinger, Mr. Vidal, Mr. Plana, Mr. Puig, Mr. Streiff, Mr. Birner, Mr.
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    • 77 1 For Bombay. From Hongkong Mr. Katsey. For Suez.— From Yokohama Mr. Boyle. For Brindisi. From Yokohama Mr. Fireri, Mr. Imberti, and Mr. Hughes. For Venice. From Yokohama Mr. Pini, Mr. V. Frisby, Mr. A* Mrs. Christy and Miss Christy. From Shanghai Mr. J. H. Evans and Mr. W. E. D.
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  • 1341 2 CIJ SECRET SOCIETIES. Thi: t well-written arMr. Pickering to which we published forms a very well-timed contribution towards the solution of the Chinese Secret Society difficulty. It contains little new information to residents here, but it draws attention to several important points of the difficulty which
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  • 1255 2 t The Council Meeting on the 10th instant may be said to have been the most practicable yet held during the year and /n: report of the proceedings hal___n read, we have no doubt, with minlStnterest by the public. The three subjects brought forward by Mr. Adamson
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  • 930 2 The American Consul in Hongkong has been engaged for some time investigating a charge of cruelty brought by the crew of the American barque C. 0. Whitnore against the Captain, Thomas Peabody, First Mate Snow, and Second Mate Stafford, during a voyage from Cardiff to Hongkong. One
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  • 1604 3 The London and China Express in ig Mr. Pickering's article in Eraser's Magazine has expressed an adverse opinion regarding the proposal to introduce in the Straits the Chinese system of wards and headmen with a view nf prevent riots, strike at the power of the Secret Societies
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  • 560 3 There is little news from India by the mail. Our Indian Exchanges are principally occupied with the approaching Famine in Central, Western, and Southern India, the Imperial assemblage at Delhi, and the delinquencies of the Governor of Madras, the Lieut.Governor of Bengal, and the Governor General of India
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  • 1310 3 Ix the debate in the Hou&e of Lords regarding the recent disturbances in Barbadoes, the Earl of Carnarvon promised that on the first favourable opportunity offering, Mr. Pope Hcnnessy, the Governor would be transferred to another sphere and the noble Lord has kept his word by namiug
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  • 1023 4 The question of War between England and Russia about Turkey seems trembling in the balance according to the latest telegrams, and yet if we look back and can rely upon the telegraphic news received since the 20 th October, the date of last mail's news, it
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  • 579 4 Last mail brought accounts of the half-yearly meetings of the three Banks which manage our monetary affairs, «and in the existing perplexity as to me past and uncertainty a the future course of exchange and the silver market, one naturally turns to see what those oracles of finance, Directors
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  • 1262 4 There has been, I think, no more important matter, since this (iovern- ment was established than the policy "to be adopted towards the Native States, and we are at this moment considering it, after a decision has been come to largely affecting the future, and when nothing
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  • 967 5 As the Government, we understand, intend to send for trial within a few days, Maharajah Lela and Datu Sagor, two of the chiefs who will be accused of complicity in the murder of Mr. Birch, we hope .the Executive have exercised all care and precaution to ensure
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  • 2645 5 (Translated for the 8 rimes. Olt in requested of our contemj»oraries thmt in repro (l'n •ins. r these translations their oriziunl appearance at, the Strait* T >>c acknowledge From Batavia pi the 10th instant, the following intelligence translated The Banda company to which the steamer Egeron bel 'lied
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  • 1201 6 (JUranslvted for the Straits Times.) Eg requested of our contemporaries that in reproducing these translations their original appearance iv the Strait* Tiiiu>, may be acknowledged). The following items of intelligence are from Manila journals to the 4th instant At the Manila lottery drawing held on the -'ml instant
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  • 1793 7 Singapore, 17th November, 18 OR The '.limitread and confirm NEW 1 ARTHUR, in absence, put tl J n of whh had been given— when the public P*^ i new edition of th»of this Colony. TheATTOF ENER that in the pre 2] gt( December i ring:— 44 The Attorney-General
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  • 706 7 (From our own Correspondent.) Sydney, Not. 4th, ls7o. Although I take up my pen to drop you the usual monthly letter, it is with difficulty that I can find subjects on which I would wish to touch. This country I mean Australia, is peculiarly a world in itself. It
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  • 855 7 (From an occasional Correspondent.) The Klang River has always been supposed to be a very meandering one, but it is nothing compared to the Laugat. As you approach within sight ofthe.Jugra mountain this fact becomes very apparent, at times approaching towards, and then again receding from it,
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  • 619 8 (From our own Correspondent.) Mai u\.\, 20th Nov. lb7o\ There is very little net Mial,)here worth chronicling, beyond the fact, that on the 9th instant, a Chin irbance took place near or at the Chin Chin Tin Mines, between some of the Hai Lob Hong and Keh tribe of
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  • Correspondence.
    • 135 8 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, Your Journal sometime since commented in strong terms upon the exorbitant charges of lawyers against their clients. If the lawyer is a necessity, how much more so is the medical practitioner I have now in my possession a copy of
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  • 311 8 To the Editor of the Daily Timet. Sir, Your correspondent *B'has not quite hit the point. The operation referred to never has been one of difficulty and for no it is alleged, been performed in a rough and ready, but safe 1 y sundry of our American cousins,
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  • 53 8 To the Editor of the Daily Timet. iß— Reuter's Agent has (not) cd the following telegram London, llth November.— lmmense re- I ioiciAVs in Barbadoes-the whole island 1 llumlnUl. The ~"W/ hasunSouslya,! He may go-he may go to-Hongkong j for me. Yours, LAI 5 V AN. Singapore,
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  • 1362 8 To the Editor of the Daily Timet. S i R) __There was much talk some months about Field Telegraphy. Government advertised for volunteers to join classes to be instructed in the practice. Can you give any information as to the result of such a step and
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  • 1587 8 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, With your permission 1 will record _:nlar incident which has just happened to me when in pursuit of a He was found in a jungle to tl the Bukit Timah Road at the Sixth but broke back without chance.
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  • 265 9 To the Editor of the Daily .—Being of a constitution of an even disposition, 1 little to do with Doc fessionally, and not being intimately acqua n i gentlemen concei I read the dished Ju yesterday's Paper with a mind devoid of all prejudice. My first feeling was
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  • 1014 9 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, I only to-day ascertained from a long correspondence in your paper, that a fee of $10, had been charged by Dr. Robertson and paid by Messrs. Aitken Co., for attending on me in their office in March last. As I
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  • 665 9 To flic Editor of the Daily Ti4iws. Sir, The letters of Drs. Anderson Randell and Bentley published in your issue of yesterday's date, if they are answers to enquiries setting forth the facts which gave rise to the correspondence j published in your paper of the day yesterday,
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  • 439 10 To thfi Editor of the Daily Times. Sin, May 1 ask you to insert in the columns of your influential m paper, the following facts relating to the management, or rather mismanagement, Singapore. I arrived in Singapore, per the Geelong, from Hongkong, on the first of this
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  • 576 10 To tin Editor of the Daily Times. it seems to me that the corresnce on Medical Fees has now drifted into something very much like nonsense. Rurkinshaw, as a lav ould known whether or not he was legally liable and I am forced to conclude that he d
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  • 297 10 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sib, I see the good people of Galle, oft' the neighbourhood of which many wrecks have within the last two or three years taken place, are determined to maintain the safety of their harbour against all comers. The master
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  • 221 10 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, I am of opinion that Mr. Adamsou should not be satisfied with the. Colonial Secretary's answer to his question' regarding a new edition of the Ordinances of the Colony. At present the Ordinances are in a state of muddle and
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  • 287 10 To the Editor of the Daily Timet. Sir, May I be allowed to raise a feeble plaint on behalf of the European community of this prosperous and social colony, which does not include those who, between the hours of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. are ensconced
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  • 410 10 GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILLIPINE ISLANDS. To the Editor of the Daily Times. Manila, 1 Sib, I enclose a translation from the of the 17th instant, which will perhaps interest you. We expect that a considerable portion of our trade with Zauiboanga which has hitherto supplied Sooloo will now be diverted
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  • 262 10 THURSDAY, 16th NOVEMBER. Thk following paragraph was hurriedly issued with our paper yesterday afternoon, as the intelligence conveyed would, we deemed, be of no small interest to our readers. By Reuters telegrams to subscribers dated London 10th November, it is announced that Lord Beaconsfield stated in
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  • 311 11 legrams to subscribe to tn announce that owing »f the election for President of the United Si 10 wg Tilde: In a despatch to L if)rt j De the l land would chai that Constantinoph menaced. The Czar of Russia in a speech at ated that ishes
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  • 164 11 Rei ter's telegrams of latest date announce that the Czar's speech is generally looked upon as a reply to Lord Beaconsfield's speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet. The following notifications appeared in the Government Gazette of yesterday. The Right Hon'ble the Secretary of State for the Colonies
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  • 240 11 oapobe, 17th November, 18? PbESENT: His Excellency the Governor. The Hon'ble the Colonial Secretary, I J. Douglas, C.M.G.) The Hon'ble the Attorney-General, (Mr. Braddell.) The Hon'ble the Treasure Lilians.) The Hon'ble the Auditor General, C. J. Irving.) The Hon'ble W. H. Read. The Hon'ble J. R. Mac Arthur.
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  • 705 11 Captain Brown of the S. S. Deucalion, reports having passed yesterday the British ship Welfoot, close to the one fathom Bank and wished to be reported all well. We are informed that H. H. the Regent of Siam, is expected here from j Bangkok on the 4th
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  • 1205 11 Our readers who patronise Cricket will regret to learn of the death of the soldier who paid so much attention to their ground on the Esplanade. He leaves a wife and three children. Reuters telegrams to subscribers dated 16th aud 19th instant, announce that the Russian Army
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  • 1607 12 The P. &0. s n with the London mails of I th October at 'clock on the morning of the Oth instant aud expecte I at Galle on Thursday eveninn; or Friday morning lm At the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi ir's Day when I Qu« be proclaimed
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  • 1402 12 A Calcutta telegram of the 10th vember to the Ceylon Times states that in addition to the damage and loss of life caused by the Cyclone on the Ist November, several ships foundered with rice cargoes from Chittagong for the Coast. Names or details are uot given.
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  • 2467 13 daand reassuri <ard to Tnr- I Loftu »rdial audience with the nrged complete and Kngse aims the The Czar solemnly 1 of honour that he had no intention of acquirit itinople; and if Russia v. liged to oc iria it would be only for a time. B
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  • 1811 13 Yesterday's Gove/ Gazette contains the following new notifications His Excellency the Governor has been pleased provisionally to recognize Mr. W. Oldham as Acting Consular Agent for France at Penang during the absence of Mr. F. W. Mackie. The following gentlemen having consented to become Trustees of a
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  • 51 14 The E. A. Mail Cos. steamship Bowen, Captain Miller, from Sydney 14th instant, and the other Australian ports arrived along side Tanjong Pagar wharf this morning. She reports having experienced between Sydney and Brisbane fresh head breeze and sea, and from thence moderate variable winds aud fine
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  • 1176 14 The British steamer Hindustan, Captain Gardner from Calcutta 19th and Penang 27th instant, arrived alongside Tanjong Pagar Wharf this morning, and will leave to-morrow at 10 a. m. for Hongkong. We learn by the mail this morning from China, that H. E. the Governor of Hongkong has
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 696 15 Thursday, 16th November. Asaer ship Electra, 985 tons, Clark, Liverpool 12th July. German barque Jan Peter, 336 tons, Ewart, Bangkok sth Nov. Dutch war steamer Semiroe. 101 tons, Randorf. th Nov. Friday, 17th l%vember. British steamer Paknai ns, Mair, Saigon 13th Nov. Brit i- s, ?P*M, Amoy 10th Nov.
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    • 442 15 Tlnir_^pfS4*>,th November. P. O. steamer KhivaH-iee. for Galle and Bombay. British steamer Martaban, de Padua, for Bangkok. Hrttish steamer An tenor, Jones, for London. Friday, 17th November. British steamer Japan, Guan Hin, for Malacca Penang. Dutch steamer Prins Alexander, Buys, for Batavia. German barque Hermann, Davidsen, for Bangkok. British
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 749 15 VMSS-81-nl PASSEI> AXJEK. Date. Flag. Ship's Name. Captain. From. To. i j Nov. 9 American npareil |Cobb 40a Bay Order do ice iDyer iang Batavia 10 Dutch President Trakranen Hoekstra Amsterdam Samarang 11 do Cornells Smit wehand Rotterdam jßatavia 12 British Tongoy Edward Samarang Queenstown do Mantura (Cooper Swatow London
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