Straits Times Overland Journal, 27 December 1876

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  • 21 1 ri) J Mm The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. VOL. XVII.- No. .558. BINGAI »ORS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1876. Price 80 C
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  • 92 1 I LA xKT QUOTA 1 J Singapore, Dec imb i Qamhie Black Pepp White Pep- nominal. Sago Flour. Sarawak Pearl Sago Coffee, Bontyne Tin. 40s. Mule twis 8i lbs. Shirtings 7 do do I to 6 do T. Cloth 1.174 7 do do Benares Opiui 2t
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  • 448 1 The following passengers have arri\ed, left, or passed through the port, during the fortnight. Per steamer Benmore, from Pinang, on the 18th December Passengers. Mr. A. Leicester, Monsieur Roland and 105 deck natives. Per M. M. steamer Meikong, I Marseilles, on the l.th December For Singapore.— From Marseilles, Mr.
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  • 1310 1 Oi r last Overland Summary was dated the instant. The M. M. Co's steamer Meikong from Marseilles with dates to the 19th ultimo, bringing the London mails of the 1 7th November arrived here on the 19th instant. The M. M. steamer Djemnah from Shanghai Bth, Hongkong 14th
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 149 1 I>TICE. The partnership hitherto subsisting betwe€B T vrles Dunlop, Li:wi> Fraser, GsoßGl JohnFraser and Alexander Gentle, under the style and Firm of Maclaine, Fraser k Co., at Sinjjapore, and Fraser A at Penang, is this day dissolved by mv eoa far v. Charles Dunlop and Alexander TLE, whose interest and
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  • 1160 2 i R Mr. Adamson nor Mr. Read >k much by putting their tw tions i i Friday 11. E, ior was decidedly diplomatic, and, iv reply to Mr. Adamt, stated that it v tent with the inter the public vice nor with his duty to Her
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  • 671 2 i hk notincation wincii appeared in riday's Gore rumen I Gazette to the effect that a Chinese sub post office ild be opened at bl Market Street has been, in the hands of some interested leaders of the ignorant body I of the Chinese, made an
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  • 1051 2 The riot on Friday last was so senseless as to be utterly inexcusable. It is therefore a matter of congratulation that it was so summarily suppressed. The Police and the Magistrate seem to have acted with a vigour which probably took by surprise the rioters and which they
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  • 2794 3 Ox Satun of the riot re tried before Captain Walshe at the Police Court and of these I ntenced mths, r irapris ment and .JO stripes with a rattan each, c of these were declared by the Colonial Surgeon unfit to receive the latter punishment and 27
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  • 778 3 Wt remarked the other day, iv commenting upon the late riot that hanging was much too good for its instigators, and we think most people will agree iv this opinion who have read the translations we have published the several proclamations issued by the Kongsis of the two
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  • 992 4 in is now over and we have it fro highest authority that there no probability of >g revived; some of those who took immediate part in it have been adequately dealt with, d it now remains, first, to bring home to them and punish the crime of its
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  • 1657 4 This is a sceptical, materialistic a. and spiritualists or mediums are having a grievously hard time of it even in liberal England, which displays so much sympathy for Turk-oppressed Bulgarians, Servians, and other nationalities. There was the other day one of the shining lights of spiritism Dr. Henry
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  • 892 5 <Db c has appealed against nis sentence and it is rather odd that one of the Judges of the Court that may hear the appeal is Mr. 8 Cox, who is a j firm believer, n 1 spiritualism I what he calls Psychic Force or Phenomena learned Serjeant
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  • 818 5 If the Council is not to be closed this year there are two matters that I might form subjects for interpellation j by the unofficial members subjects i which Mr. Read or Mr. Adamson j might take up notwithstanding their non-success the other day. One is the deplorable
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  • 1913 5 {Translated for the Straits Time*. J i It "is requested of our contemporaries that iv reproducing these traunlations their original appearance in the Strait* Times, may be acknowledged). From Java papers to the Bth instant the following news is translated We understand that it is intended to increase
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  • 1212 6 \jcrum uur van Maj, A' ii DWO, 1876. 15. 1. > Captain liogers, from owte •ulmain. md Calhere the day before vesterJ (Oil. tion Milcns from your port bound to l'ein the harbour yesterday and sailed last evening for her port of destination. The British steamer Rainbow, Captain t
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  • 188 6 (From an occasional Correspondent.) Malacca, 16tu i IA. I mentioned in my last letter that t monument of polished granite had been erected on tin nade here, (nearly rj in commemoration of tl 10 fell during the Sungie Ujoug war, durin_ llowing are the inscriptions upon it. On
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  • Correspondence.
    • 592 7 To the Etlitor of (he Daily Times. »f your readers will find th. article, (cut from the Surrey Comet of the 14th October) rather fetched; yet it is a well known fact that in the neighbourhood of Paris the industry is carried on, the "fat" collected iv
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    • 251 7 Editor of ike D.iily 1 From iny/flong experience of the Chinese charawer, I am able knowate tlngf it for eminent to e sweet any from the Chi; i 1/mits in order to quell any riot or disturbance within the Colony, let them be eithe^ J Justices of the
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    • 118 7 To the Editor of tin Daily Tii, Sib, —In your account of the late riots in yesterday's paper, you state: on Saturday and yesterday, busin pended at Ellen borough Market.' Allow me to correct this, —on Saturday afternoon, both markets in town were opened, and continued so
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    • 186 7 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, On reading the Report of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council of the Sth instant, published in your issue of the 12th inst., the following passage in the speech of the Hon'ble the Colonial •rotary on the Police Establishment, rather
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    • 275 7 To the Editor of the Daily The situation of the town s alarm: all for the serious attention of every man who has au interest in the place, or who cares for the pu fare. A spirit of distrust and dissatisfaction appears to be uni v. among
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    • 273 7 To the Editor of the Daily 7 Sir, With every respect for an opinion which differs from my own, 1 really cannot see the good which can ensue from the publication of such letters as Hector's which appeared in yesterday's paper. 1 do not admit that a
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    • 79 7 To the Editor of the Baity limes. 1 noticed on Monday night, two lantern signals at the yard arm of the Fort Canning flag-staff, between 7 and 8 o* clock, and as these lights are only displayed in case of a tire breaking out, and as I have
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  • 821 7 IMMIGRATION THE CHINESE SECRET SOCIETIES. To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir. Under the central zone of the tropic- not properly term on: .lava, Cochin China the Straits do not allow the white race to increase and we must obtain labour from other lands in the former places, na:
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  • 1634 8 THURSDAi, 14th l)i'At-.\inrai. steamship Flenrs Castle, Captain Thompson, from Hongkong, with dates to the Bth instant, arrived alongside Tanjong Pagar wharf this morning, en route to London. She reports the total loss of the American barque Milo, close to Forme Tn N. I. S. X. C
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  • 189 8 The Schooner Harry St. George Ord, was sold at Auction yesterday by Messrs. Powell Co., for the sum of j §4,600. We understand that the question of the liability of the ship so far as attaching to the mortgagees and j the shippers of cargo alluded to
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  • 2135 8 SATURDAY, 16th DECEMBER. The Colonial Government steamer Pluto, Captain Welner, from Larut with dates to the 13th instant, arrived alongside Tanjong Pagar Wharf yesterday, with the following passengers. Lieutenant Johnson and 15 men of H. M's 80th Regiment. The Commander of the Steam-ship Edinburgh, reports having passed the British ship
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  • 992 9 The M. M. steamer Djetanah, having left Saigon at 2 p. m. on tbe 18th inst., may be expected to arrive here on Wednesday evening the 20th inst., The Straits steamer Ben more, Captain Augustin, from Pinang 14th aud Malacca 17th instant, anchored in the roads this
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  • 183 9 The M. M. O Captain Foache from Mar- ith dates to the 19th ultimo, via Xapl Port Said, Suez, Aden, and Point de Galle with the London mails of the 1 7 th vember, arrived alongside the Borneo Co's wharf this morning and will leave for Saigon,
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  • 3517 10 It i t oeen aecicieu wuau adopted towards deulg with the twelve towkays who are ied on board the Pint are.glad to state business is being Gondii -ual in the markets and sh Ir. Read, in his capacity of Chairman of the Municipal Commissioners, has to be
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  • 1302 11 Tut M. M. Co. s steamer Djemnah, tain ChampenoV from Shanghai Hongkong 14thXand Saigon 18th Instant, arrived alongside the Borneo Co.'s Wharf yesterday evening and will* leave for Galle, Aden, Suez, Port Said •les and Marseilles at 5 p. m., today, the mails by her closing at
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  • 1031 11 ■■•fy ..■«v,..v^.vivmo UI'I'VUI lit to-day's Governmr <fe His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following temporary judicial appointments Mr. Justice Phillippo to be Acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Ford to be Acting Judge of Penang. The Right Hon'ble tl. tary of State for the
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  • 1940 12 SATURDAY, 23rd DEC EMBER. adjourned Inquest was held at the Giheial Hcu-jiial on the 22nd taut, by A. AN. V. I Esq., on the body of a male Chinese named Och Ah Choon. The diciastd v. Iking along the side of the Reservoir of the Water Works at 1 p.
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  • 1033 12 The British steamer Arratoon Apcar which arrived from Swatow on the 24th instant, has imported from that port SO6 Chinese coolies. The S. S. Eastern Isles about whose safety some anxieties were felt, has we are glad to announce arrived here safely. Her late arrival was due
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  • 309 13 S. C. C. v. H. M Fleet. The above match was played on Friday aud Saturday last, and from the annexed score it will be seen re-sulted in a drawn game although virtually the Fleet won with several wickets to are. The additional attraction of j the Band of
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 793 13 Thursday, 14th December. British steamer Bentan, 340 tons, Moppett, Cheribon 10th Dec. British steamer Flours Castle, 1,622 tous, Thompson, Hongkong Bth Dec. Dutch str. Sindora, 1,222 tons, Benstauseu, Acheen 11th Dec.*) lay, 15th December. Siamese ship Young Siam, 701 tons, Benedictsen B'kok Bth Dec. Dutch steamer Banda, 782 tons,
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    • 390 13 Thursday, I4tu uecemoer. British steamer Rajah Bro ke, Pender, for Bangkok. British steamer Martaban, de Padua, for Bangkok. British steamer Ferntower, Yon Bargen, for Bangkok. P. O. steamer Travancore, Barrett, for Galle and Bombay. Dutch steamer Sindoro, Berghius. for Batavia. Siamese barque Race Horse, Olseu, for Bingkok. Friday, 15th
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  • 758 14 SHIPPING IN THE HARB OUR. Date Ship's Names. Captains. 1 Flag Rio. ofa&- Where Fbom Where Lying Consignees oe Agents. Destination. RIVALS MEN-OF-WAR Juno Poland H. M. str. Acheen Roads Senior Naval Officer. Station Moorhen ffoj M. str. 464 Dec. 17|Perak Do. nior Naval Officer. Station Narcissus Scott M. str.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 72 14 VBSBBLS PASSED t.\JKI._ D a; Flag. Ship's Nai. Captain. Fiom. To. Dec ti' American itelope ney Manila w York itish Lake Leman igapore London ican me Avery Batavia Channel j The Sir Jan m i ly Cobbs M a nila Ripple liuiibu: gapore American iekstep Barnaly w York British Liverpool
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