Straits Times Overland Journal, 18 October 1877

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  • 11 1 The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1877. Pri
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  • 22 1 I w^fW^Bßß^^^ 7 Hil1 fch Raeburu Bui 'fk^' C f>l"HU fclE^ Ll^^ S WILKiN, youn^ea 'f p^^' tl»(?jB|p" :~&&ria, Charle
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  • 25 1 ;^bi>^M Bpr'ATj (»NS. |I£ TH Oct., 1877 i o,do r. oioy*^,., i i _< Benart %< j,. 57 010 i1)09h6" lias Cjfil itfi 1
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  • 67 1 Per e;i caniey vAoEzu%e,, from A>/ £fangBpoi e.~^Bß>fal^tar seilles Monsitur Bagplet ,^^^-^l^^^-cwtoo. .From Adeu >rrs. |>03id 2 Arabs, r roiii 3. Kicholas and -^T- teilies Messrs. a „'apoor, Dp* and Swaab, May'r r Captain older, X^t^.:de^tSXffmoT\, essrs. Boriuuire, Keinbird, nt au<i -Ff«»h B'-rraJfit. i^wfopH^-ipSator Ma--1 Pei P. from Fo
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  • 1686 1 >tcmoer oa> Rnc /tn the 15tK > if>fctapt.^ '^Oy- Ihe present mail leaves this afternoon at 3 o'clock by the P. and O. steamer Nizam. The E. and A. Co's steamer Brisbane was despatched with the Australian mail at day break on Tuesday morning the 1 Oth instant.
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  • 913 2 jS^PkB Pall Mall Budget of the 81st M^Au^Udt sontains, a very opportune ar,fc^tiola iipoa the nature and object of V" oajnary inquiries m criminal cases and tbto. abuses which have lately been i flowed by magistrates to creep into I" tftettt. A« a' preliminary criminal mii 'jfiiry ig going
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  • 480 2 Prison Discipline m Hon<jkon<;. As our readers may be aware H. E. Mr. Pope Hennessy has contrived since his arrival m Hongkong some two or three months »go to alarm the residents-and excite the hostility of the j press by certain radical changes he was alleged to be contemplating m
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  • 1613 2 in tli6 Straits and di» Oy 1 >n noigfi- hours have reason to know to our cost, wrote to Mr. Hennessy: that be re-' lied upon him to review the whoh j question of prison discipline in Hongfr c kong; and to make such proposa will place the system
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  • 878 3 which would have Tjuickly met all exp( nces, and given a surplus; if a wise economy had been inaugurated. The Lieut, governor could have taken charge without being overworked. If 4he place is handed over to the Maharajah well, I do not like to be an evil prophet, but
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  • 1350 3 STATE. Further correspondence hetween Tuanku Allum, the Tumongon^, and other Chief's of Moar and His Excellency the Administrator, m continuation of that published m our paper of 4th October: lo His Excellency Colonel A. E. H. A>ison, C.M.G., R.A., Administrator of the Government of the Straits Settlements,
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  • 761 4 pendent to what we have alrea-4^-.^imhii^hed »nd a further contribu- < tion to the iory of the succession to Ittpj^ptate, gpe have been favoured j \#ltri the t Mowing translation of a Malay taument, which is alleged to fcave been handed at Malacca to the i Hon. b&.
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  • 18379 4 We have received a copy of The Strait* Settlement* Blue Book for 1876, and cannot but pronounce it to be a very fair specimen of printer and-book-binder's work, which does credit to the management of the Government Printing Establishment. The paper is good, the type
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  • 1399 6 The following paper wsis laid on the Council Table on Tuesday, the 18th September coukkbpondencb on the subject of a maBtees and servants ordinance. Penang Association. Pewmg, 23rd April, 1577. < Sir,—I have the honor to inform you, that at a meeting of the Peuung
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  • 4374 6 nsutmd WJfpFK- r > I It is re<iuP9t«a of Mr *>»t<, lucing the^« timurijiAOAlt rl 1 d the Stm^^^^^^^^H TrannHJßl Sebi t Jill. M B.itayU, SithlßKl^ trade whicb h i.bcc^^fcJn re depress bylS^Hkil!. i rope&u firtua, whai^liy; ••.•»»i^ Tin een rniling. Exp -<rts- l.iu«SSts4 rs At* I her Uusiucbti
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  • 3744 8 Tenth Day, Tujwday, 2nd Oct., 1877. Present: H. B. the Administrator. m/ 8 **onor The Acting Chief-Jnstice. The Hon'ble The-Qfflcer Commanding Her [Majesty's Troops. *he Colonial Secretary. The Attorney-General. i 5^ c Actu|j Treasurer. said person of «Hp/3iUjouut of <; rrc f which each was committe], of
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  • 921 15 OUR B I'D GET ifflj To the Editor of tht Dm!, cut*. Sir,— The Budget for ar 1 *7\ is now published for genera nation and m I unit of the great bodj < nomi nated the Public," I ci j.< mission to offer a tew updfl it contents.
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  • 126 16 thr Kit'i/nr of'the Daih/ Tunes. I Sip ir correspondent "Taurus" t,; think the Chinese department r} 'iaP* if he compares the j; rSt^^l^^t! 1 iat g*ven elsewhere to j V^^P^lpenkipg officials he will cease to ;d, ot%^° l nterpreter m the Chi--4« o^H*^w|forns Service—and that for
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  • 356 16 This Moiuaifo's Walk. To the Editor of the Daily Times. Friend,—I went on the Course this j morning and saw a pretty few—not as to personal appearances—noble sportsmen there to receive me, and perhaps, also, to see the horses. Abram's jroung Hopeful was there m full toggery on
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  • 143 16 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, Martingale's production m last Thursday's Times was anything but creditable to the writer. The expressions used m describing the work done by the horses on the Course on that day were vulgar m the extreme, and I should be
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  • 588 16 AND EXPORT RETURNS. To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir,—I am Jglad that your correspondent Nemo has called attention to our Import and Export Returns. He correctly states that, m Sir Harry Ord's time, it was proposed to introduce some order m the manner of
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  • 202 16 EXCISE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE. To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sin,—Following a suggestion made to Government some time ago by the Committee of the "Sailors Home," it is proposed to introduce a clause into the Excise Amendment Ordinance, which will have the effect of transferring the
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  • 373 16 Its Remedy. To the Editor of fhe Daily Time** Str,—The meeting of merchittts h. at the Exchange rooms yesterday, urn r t he ausoibes of th.« Chamber of ('oinmer. to consider the means of pn adulteration of gambier a'• s 1 arrived at no sfttiafa<'tnrfr ci.i i ll|v
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  • 882 17 f, 1 ..Font/ Sen/;, dates r< ;iJBWp6^/'*l^f£WHj|jfl m the j i v <'; 'ffittfeffi'.ffy le Cap tain <* > wit lii;nates to v B lear! -Uow!g«r Exchanges by "uav that tresses 'j./iC jn,\^^Qipi^i- Qouncils of »otq Iv. rviid r i*e,^ftptle, to which he m a^e s^^^^wßf The ;,Tem peraiiee
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  • 173 17 The following passengers arrived by the B. I. S. N. Co's steamer Partial*, Captain Franks, this morning From Rangoon.—Mr. T. E. Coxhead and seven natives. From Penang.—Captain and Mrs. Bradbury, four children and five servants; Mrs. and Miss Gottlieb and two servants eight natives. From Malacca.—Rev. Mr.
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  • 356 17 List of articles presented and lent to the Raffles' Museum since date of last published return. Presented by H. J. Martin, Esq.—l Veillot's Fire backed pheasant; 1 Monkey. R. Jamie, Esq—Tree bark from Pontianak m Borneo (used for dresses); Hema-. tite Iron Ore from Tringaqu; Stone qnarti
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  • 1884 17 OCTOBER. SJ)|I Thk M. M. CtoVtteame ving left Saigon at 7 \i. thi» t ru-, ing, may be expected to arriv n Saturday afternoon, the Oth H. K. the A'lmini-.-:.!;.. r iias ivcaj^H| a telegram that Sir William R leaves Sydney ou the 6th f r Singapore,
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  • 1186 18 SATURDAY, 6th OCTOBEK. Thk Messageries \faritimes Company's steamer Amazone, haying left (mile j at 8 a. m. on the 2nd instant, uaay be expected to arrive here to-morrow afternoon, the 7th instant. The next homeward Mail steamer will be the P. and O. steamer Kh Captain Leo,
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  • 387 19 The Siam IFeekly Advertiser of the 20th September, contains the Customs Export Returns of Bangkok for the month of August, of which the following is an abstract. It may be noticed that the export of rice was somewhat larger than usual. The total value of the exports was
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  • 445 19 An inquest was held at the Criminal Prison on the 9th instant, by A. W. V. Cousins, Esq., ou the body of a male Chinese prisoner named Lye Ah Hin, who died from continued fever. Verdict,—" Death from natural causes." Another inquest was held on the same
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  • 130 19 P. T. Modelly, a clerk m the Supreme Court, who was arrested m Saigon on a charge of misappropiating moneys receive] by him for stamps, has been tried and found guilty m Saigon and sentenced to four years' itn- I I prisonin -iit, and, m additiou, to
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  • 244 19 The casts trie<l at the Asri yesterday were: The Queen vs. Scow Pec Boh, chart:- with criminal breach of trust.—Th prisoner waa found guilty and tence was postponed till this mor when, upon the recommendation to n of the prosecutor, his master, the er was sentenced to nine
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  • 1172 19 FRIDAY, 12th OCTOBER. As inquest has been held at the Tanjong Paggar Dock, oi body of a Malay lascar, na known, who was found drowned the Tanjong Paggar Dock. Verdict. Found drowned." An Lnquest was held at the Ci Prison on the 11th instant, on body of
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  • 1423 20 At the Supreme Court, on Friday, the two prisoners charged with robbery from the house of Rajah Mahdie were i'ouLd guilty and sentenced, one to 7 years', and the other to live yeajs', rigorous imprisonment. The Supremk Court was occupied all day yesterday with the case of
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  • 557 21 The Supreme Court is engaged to- day upon the trial of Abdul, rah man, j a syce m the employ of Mr. D'Souza, who is charged with having 1 committed a rash and negligent act, whilst driving, owing to which a Chinaman lost his life. We may
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 806 21 SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR. d I DAT* Ship's Names Oai'tains. lag 1 Rio. of ab- Prom Where Lying onbiqnebs oa Agenth. Destinat C 8IVA!,S MEN-OF-WAR Swinger jTudor H. M.'s str. 430 Sept. 20 Rhio Straits Roads Vnior Naval OffitCharybdis (Hothani H. M. str. 2168jSept. 22 Dindings Do. nior Naval Officer.
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 1347 22 IE?* arrtbalg. arrihalS— {Continued.) .#MW*W* Saturday, 20th September. life.. British fttr. Japan, 1,865, tons, de Smidt, Calcutta 20th S*pt. British str. Rainbow, 125 tons, Stewart, Salattjpr Oct jp- British steamer Argyle, 1.J71 tons, Scott, Calcutta 20th iSept. Spanish str. Sal vadora, 615 tons, Hormachea, Ma? O< ip^ T British steamer
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 345 23 YKSSEL.S PASSED AVJFK. Date. Fia». Ship's Name. Captain. From. T^». lept. 22British jHuntly Castle Hughan Singapore 'oiasgaw A do Donald Ferguson Ross do London 23. do Ziba Croot Cardiff Order 'American Olustee Nickerson New York Bat a via British Star of Brunswick Timothy Cardiff Order j do Corinna Williams Rio
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