Straits Times Overland Journal, 8 March 1877

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    14 1 The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. m^d GAP^Bji^^ TKBI)AY> MAR CII 8, 18Y7. AJK ICE <*■'
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    STRAITS TIMES. THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1877.
    103 1 STRAITS TIMES. THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1877. SisoAr-K., Mak lf-77/ -.m Qambit: Black Pepper.^. WTrite Pepp- Sago Flour, Sarawak £b5 v% Uoffee, Bontyno...- Tin, -U.l '2s 40b. Mule twist 104 8i lbs. Shirtings 1.70 7 do do i t, 6 do T. Cloth I.^ 7 do do 1 :is Benares Opium
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    Passengers.
    395 1 The following passengers have a rived, left, >r pa^»«l through the par; tiuriug the for' Per steamer i. from Bangkok, <ni the 25th February Captain Paulseii and Mrs. FalokV* Per E. k im jftfarmanfiy. from i Sydney, on th February For Si i l[f '^ore. Messrs. J. J£. Efcrh,
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    Fortnight's Summary.
    1550 1 THE last Overland issue was dated the-£2nd ultimo.. Since, the London I mails of the 2Cth January and 2pd 1 lebruarVf have been received, the fitst by the M. M. steamer Peiho off the afternoon of Monday the 20th Felruai j ry, and the second by the F.
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    Copyright of the DAy PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
    494 2 Copyright of the DAy PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 1 of time and as its finances af low, to concentrate upon Fort Fullertjoj 61(6. the ohippinj? Oficc. tu& JTmpor 1 an4t t: 'Ex »>ort Office, atld varuKs othei offices belonfriiu? to tbe Harbour' De< partment. It is also said that th( j 'IJibrary
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    NEW ORDINANCE.
    300 2 morrow at half-past two o'clock f f i first reading and consideration f°lvJH important bills, £he text^f wkiivlT* 3 been published in. au ExtraonT Government Gaaf^^M T Ia^^Mlust, a copy of which wj^HHtt^N^ 1 this morning-. sH^ *&wty~Q. 1 Tl'o first is called Tlic StttU. I J^iT C€^»
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    THE LOAN.
    430 2 i ftpWo^ a Ibitt^r I of) »o,f l>#,.|ou M^piKt aTleast, only o<iotfO i ing ancH^ther purp < i;i PeSfcj arw fO)'^^^^H^ public works in Sin rr re -to tlie draff <i r j bill, it is stated that the reason for raising- the loan is to pay oti
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    THE NEW ORDINANCES.
    740 2 TH E NE W OR DIN AN CES. I 1«B Lioan I>111 we tab ls to be a BeL cesßity r».^ jg wl discuss: ojpposition is neither desirable nor rcquired, and perhaps tl»e only legr. i t? -nticisia that it calls is that Lit mi^-lit bave/been 1 iong ago. r
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    THE PLANTERS OF JOHORE.
    581 3 ok^ It appears desirabj* pnt on record the exact circumsJiSlees jtfJ^he recent communie.it''ott^ibSWMliSS^Bf»*f the Maharaja-, of ment, and the Chamber dmbi i fdiv, >ipi xrancrs' artu ]>iautep territon r It will bo exp< the*} first place to explain u^H|fa|^r tern of land hewatiJl^^M tions which the
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    RUSSIA AND WAR.
    4639 3 m$t ?®^P'8*flfto, maintains that exista a* a European Power, pBarope ia released i'v u\ all 1^^^ ltMTgw^nty, that the eS**^ 9^]^^ 8 *irttaaUy".oancelledf, u( j i^^^^^^^^^^Boe in Turlcish affairs, can .feiSicefSPtth.^ regarded as a vijiaiioaof WE/t£r Po whole obliadhjal party in TStujiacd, head- nMrv* i» ed by
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1812 6 23rd February, 1877.. Present. His*Excellency tuts Governor The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. |H^ the Attoraey-Geueral,. J M Treasurer. the General. H. A. K. Whauipou, C.M.G. W. Adam son. J» R. MacArfehur. Mr. A. M. SKINNER took the oath aa A ung Clerk of Councils. Th<- Miuutea of the
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    Correspondence.
    357 7 Corr esponde nce. To FAiior of the J Si r,—The oocufrenoe Ktliev fl^ri^ i n"3 We -tern and Southern Xn<J affo^j|i|'ijl thitil uq opportunity i'or m pinutoi'a of j T ii-iintf,';*S|gp)plY-^l labour enough to eatiafy all tra^^^itefbr j a Ion.; time -me. That is^fcKy take I proper titage E it.
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    THE CLAIMS OF PENANG.
    352 7 THE CLA IMS OF PENANG. To the Editor of Urn Daily Timed SiA,—I citn easily fancy an old Penang- its J^*ns f oftixact at yotir extremely cool I pnjpoaal." "that'"the whole <r»»| J ot the water-works tshoaH, without any more ado, t oloay/' or- ibe should i*aise his voice *U(1
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    THE PUBLIC DEBT.
    374 7 To the Editor of {he Dmtf Tune*. SIR, 1 hasten to congratulate Sir Wili Jiatn Jervois and his Government on buv- 1 ing at last raised tbc Colony of th»> -m 1 Settlements to a posi ion somewhat wort by of that held by her numerous sisters.
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    PENANG CLAIMS.
    290 7 j To the Editor of the Daily TimI Sib.—Yotir rr.n---^ :.-,r p,-lt« .md I yourself fc^jre« i 10 je*l*> >a i the part of I tii^. T nev«r etjit t tlwrewasaac! f j iogr. It isn.,: ,elj that K)y f i cold winter's ni^|i|^tit« in c i r
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    EDUCATION FOR THE CHINESE.
    536 7 EDU CAT IO N FOR THE CHINESE. Totu i the Daily Times. iR, In a Utter of mine to yon a short time a^o, 1 said what was to tl efl that of tUe Str.i i: lit to start a tu; j turn to the Chinese cooliein this Colony. At
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    News of the Fortnight. THURSDAY, 22nd FEBRUARY.
    1632 8 New s of the Fortnight. THURSDAY, 22nd FEBRUARY. Aw Indian convict coSbUint'd yesterclay tnat s box in his hodse had been property and money iron He also said he siigftauted a sul>-wrarder of the Couvkt .Tail, wlio lodged with him, of beffi^ the thief. Ahe flatter was a patient in
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    MONDAY, 26th FEBRUARY.
    798 9 MONDAY, 26th FEBR UA RY. PEBHf The British steamer Peugx^n, tain CJowell, arrived alongside* Melesiß. Jardine Mathesou Go's wharf this morning from Calcutta and Trinangv with dates from the former port to tut k leth instant IS The Burmah steam-ship Cos steamei ■trunk Pakktit. C&DtduHMfi^HKl' from Pi f arrived KUgfo
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    CRICKET.
    1259 9 80th RiEGT. l\ SINGAPOUE CIUCKKT Cu j, Duriug the first hour ami u half of play in the above match ou Saturday last, the game could scarcely be called cricket, owing to the drenching rain which fell and the main endeavour of the fielders seemed to be to keep
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    2141 10 SiNMrAp' b, 23 u» Fkkri'ahi, 1^77. Blfi) JA<:ellkxcv tub tfovKKXu Tim Hon'ble the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Do i^las, C tt.C.) Hou'ble the Attorney- i in al, (Mr. Braddell.) Tlte llon'Me the T>< I Mr. Will.m-. Tiie Jlo.rbFe the An lit Gei ral, (Mr. C. j J. Irving.) I
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    WEDNESDAY, 28th FEBRUARY.
    868 10 WEDNE SDAY, 28th FEBRUARY. TllfcJM. l. t <ir, i Ouptainr Batavia with dates to i nit, arrived alongside the 15oi ii<v jftkart' this i morning with mails, ami the Tj!K S. S. Bfjfcrof* \\U'\\ was ottered for .vie by Aurti< i Monday lust, was bo m** lit in t< .'^OO.
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    THURSDAY, 1st MARCH.
    1015 11 ThkM. M. Co/.s b1 -ncr Amazoue, Captain Mortcmart do Boisse, irora Shanghai 16th, Hongkong &nd/aad Saigon 2Pth ultimo, .arrived' alongside the Borneo Co.'*? wta&^etfmlayevening and will leave for Galle, Aden, Suez- Port Said, Naples and Marseilles at t p.m. to-day, the mails closing at the General Post
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    FRIDAY, 2nd MARCH.
    721 11 Tiik French war steamer Cosmao, Captain Dumas, from Brest with dates to the 28th November, via Galle, arrived alongside the Borneo Co/s wharf this morning, r&ute to Saigon. *WBk ¥riench war steam-transport, Tani y loft the Borneo Co/s wharf yesterday mottling for Saijyon with 380 mijitarv and
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    SATURDAY. 3rd MARCH.
    1400 11 The O. S. S. C wner Sttntor, Captain M. K. White, from Hon^Uong with dates to the 24th ultimo, arrived alongside Tanjong Pagar wharf yesterday, en route to Peuang and London. Thb B. I. S. N. (Vs. mail steamer Mecca, Captain W. E. I! on, frooi Calcutta,
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    MONDAY, 5th MARCH.
    628 12 11 N. M.'s steamer Bromo, Capt. \Y.f. Schelts van Ascfcak, arrived on Saturday from Acheen which port she left on tlje 28th "ultimo. IT. N. M.'s ironclad corvette Prim lltadrik, Capt. O. N. E. Koops, from Acheen, with dates to the Ist instant, arrived alongside TanjoDg Pagar
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    THE TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY.
    890 12 Minutes of the Twenty-sixth Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held at the Company V Offioe, No. 4 Colly er Quay, at noon on Tuesday, the 27th day of February, 1877.. Shareholders Preteiit in Person. I'he Hon'ble W. Adamson,— ln the Chair. Hon'ble J. R. Mac
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    CRICKET.
    458 12 CRICKET S)< ifn R'eot. v t The Singapore cket Cliu. IHP. 6. G. C. mushed their firsjt ioning» on Saturday last, on the Tanglin ground, and managed to briug the to- tal up to 61, Mr. Penney J)faiviiic well for his '27. lu the secSaditen^ fare of the s1> ih
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      271 13 'i' «1 EToII p)i Mln «r&& fch at 'mraunicati<^j^f^fflk>i.^k<>ri^ tored. J ,< v y The V. k GK^M^^ptxlru^teumer f Jed dab, with da! ultimo, j via Gall e |H med iQtk roads terdajj^H #tth F,064 Muhomtuedan frorii tjie tixst '^Sir*' P J i H. !< '^^^^V; cofvetiv, war anchorage "*^^H
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      485 13 German »tr. Hesperia, 1,13d tous, Johan*£! liondon 9th Jan. I Bntfsl£*teamer Ar^, 1,271 tons, Scott. -"Hongkong 17th Feb. j J"SSo* e e -^GOO Krpimoßi, 474 toni* Vorrathy Bangkok I "^^J 8 a^,jflindQs4an, 9M tons, Js|«iMfr 4KoDgkoDg 17th"Yeb. i v^fttpfiflfly, Ljrfcju. v oru&ry. I British steamer ALacgwgoi, 1,413 toua, Newell, London
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      561 13 RTELLIGENCE arrivals— 'nutmm Norwegian Sinstd schooner Sofiid. 26 uiss.'n I nang 27th Feb. Italian barque Brennero, 766 tons, Baz?alini, iitf tUb 0 Italian barque Nuova Savona, 761 tons, Au'ehin Penaog 3rd Mar. British steamer Pontiauak, 92 tons. Lyon, Pontianak 3rd >far. Tuesday, 6th March. British steamer Paknain, 359 tons, Stanttor,
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      396 14 British >Bhope id< I>3 V^<\i "atavia JS!*' 17 Dutch "^.t v w^Jp 6 >- > *yß» a P or^^^B dft '^£l^ t >. "ft^cliai-«l Bunlerland <Jo 23JBfritMh ;Jamoa Wi«) -art w-2fi l N'etr Oi^q Ship's Names. < 'UnjSmm^ir <** i^K I T MEN-OF-WAR '?w' r 1 *nns Hendrik lKoot> ft"
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