Straits Times Overland Journal, 11 April 1878

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    12 1 The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. -^^H^P NT). 102. JDSGF Price 40 CektS
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  • Domestic Occurrences
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      BIRTH.
      15 1 ,^Sjife- J^ nUi! on the 2nd April, iSaßF^* JC BH'POOM, of a son Btill-
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      MARRIAGE.
      43 1 i^-S*iAL Andrew's Cathedral, uq the > ids j^t, by the V^njsbabls Akch. f^°^>?3«w«Bted by the Rev. Mb. !°IK Johannes G dfbibd Hipjf ,^tam t Royal Netberlands BnEAB^ >TTI5 > yoangest daughBAUMGARTBxW BSQ. jS DEATH. v ""JSKf'-^J* the 3rd April, John >ITALD, aged ii o^tj.
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    STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 1878.
    108 1 STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 1878. L o%ttt^ i jsri% QUOTA TIONB. %?IP*oAJ»i^HE 1 Ith Ap*il, 1878. *$#>••< 13.95. r-io Wbih* Pepper 11.50. Sstfo? tm.^K*** 3,124. r* 4.10. stetyii(s^ 10. »xw. 18.30. n wJS^ w 50 -»^BapT:i^s M 1.65. I *^M l > 1-35. tegr.Olb&i i.: do 1.-; w. On
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    Passengers.
    180 1 l£ '■■Piojfi >m Liverpool Major <fe Gap tain Peters, Mr. Raynea, s^^k qbtua ud 3° Chinese. BBfr^BHMfa^ r ~rroaa Penang Mrs. "fcg£&&4 afflra mm*, Mrt. Parett-a, Mr. N. Mr. Holuiyard, 1 1 Constables >0 Cvrivict*. From Malacca -^-Captain D. M -i-vay. Mr, L. Wood*, Mr. Faulkener and Bi*oapore.-~Mr. Miller.
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    Summary of the Week.
    1655 1 1 h e last issue of tiie Overland Stiu its iiUKs was dated Thursday, the 4th instant, on which day the P. O. steamer Kkiva was despatched from here wiUi the homeward mail at 3 p. m. The M. M. steamer Iraonaddy, arrived here with the
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    2016 2 hSRIr* Estimates for IS7S, which fSfeqfe^ published m the Gazette of Friday !n%»^* Tiio whole State appears to be rii^fe^fed for revenue purposes into four > Kwaia Kangsn, Ijower Perak, Dtl Kuan, and the following |f f;i v shows the rhtimated total reve- n> *n& for 1878 for these [1
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  • Article
    From the Daily Times, 9th April.
    1074 2 The Cor rts Bitf V \a,n<., The Court mil lo t bgeaggft^j and there therefore, <m!3ifWf<.". Government- reconsider tߣ<s>- -v of the number of Judges, wl should be three or foar E. the Governor and his i£*b- now know that the vote r[Hb*J2|fcjli.cial members
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    From the Daily Times, 6th April.
    940 3 The Bibths and Deaths of 1877. Wjs have received from the Registrar General of the Straits Settlements the returns of the registered Births and Deaths m Singapore, Penang, Pro- vince Wellesley and Malacca, from the j Ist January to the 3 1st December 1877.
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    From the Daily Times, 10th April.
    3381 3 Q£r Malay Cohque.sts. I teresi to j i©L here, phlet r m a pretf mary JEc have orginaU d vi a sug^estiou w^lPfigfc one of the ii Meetings of thesjj|fl|toit f iPfc* of the Abony Protection. i and it is dedicated to that Soci
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    From the Daily Times, 5th April.
    977 4 The Volunteer K< A i.i those who have coihl-j the Volunteer Corps no niation were requested i -si^du; afternoon m the Council C 4 ':;i purpose of discussing pralin ding upon uniform, an otn m The meeting was fixed for iv o'clock. but those
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    From the Daily Times, 6th April.
    677 5 The Tin Mines of Baap£L I The following interesting statistics and information respecting the product of the Banca tin fields appear m the Queentlander of the 23rd February, and is of nearly as much interest here m connection with the tin fields m the
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    From the Daily Times, 6th April.
    737 5 jnotes. (By Argus.) The Water-works, which for so many years proved a Chinese puzzle to our Engineers, have been at last handed over to the Municipality, and pronounced m apple pie condition, and the long suffering public were not allowed an opportunity of demonstrating
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    From the Daily Times, 4th April. JAVA NEWS.
    708 5 From the Daily Times, 4th April. JAVA NEWS. {Translated for the Straifi Tim t.) vßfi' (ft is requested of our contemporaries that t^^l 'cif^ during these traMlations th«ir original appeanM: «t m the Straits Tinut may be acknowledged.) iff Man eaterg. In an article on tbo ge<> f graphy and
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    MANILA NEWS.
    867 6 l|t LgS& (fta minted tor the Sfra it a It mes.) wjuts&~\to vtquealeU of o-ir oontotoponrMl that m reproSSffi- y^S^L^f* traa»l»tionB their ori^inad appearauee MB^^MJawpW^fftit^ 7 .s may be acknowledged.) fllfwi' f^P I£ lCK^° de Manila of the 22nd March, v? ff^H^ °P tbe snbject of the new
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    Australian News.
    1070 6 Tiik following 1 items are extracted Iran/ our Australian exchanges ¥\£olJ m, New Gviaeaz— Mr. Morton, one f* Goldio's New Guinea exploring party, fSnd who, we are informed, is connected fywith the Sydney Museum, was a passenfger to the South by th« B. M. S. Bowen on Wednesday.
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    Penang News.
    430 6 We take the following items from the I'imng Gazette of the 23rd and 27th Mr. Lou ax has fciven notice that at the next meeting of the Municipal Commissioners he will move that the Water rate charged under the head of Private Service" shall be reduced from $3
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    Penang News.
    406 6 i following items arc t-d% o m the I'inhg G<t:<:'<* of A meeting of the P^in^ij; was held 01 :heBrJ >'\%'' '-U\ u.ivid Brown delivered m 'rv±.the Courts Bill ;1 pr :> >\ ing resolution h na- !>! %L un<1 mously -^VSc* "1. That v lOr 4f j?k
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    From the Daily Times, 9th April.
    570 7 tj- vuc^ljand Question. *&tf ;|gNu rt ing petition of the Malacca ;p< TF»k!|ttTS to fl. K. the Governor Jjggp- Wss-£jiP u> with a request for $r*JpuT5 I BOBINTSON, X.C.M.(. >^'™*iEj£&& n uauuader m Chief f 4Hfe W Ll(i aaa hle Petition of \<*~*^ Jfe
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    Correpondence.
    119 7 lit-OUGANISATION OF THE VOLL WTEEH Force. To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, The X volunteer of 1801," argues his point well but where are the guns he wishes to man Not all the Europeans between 20 and 30 iii the place could form a resisting force, but
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    Pulo Pasang Lighthouse.
    468 7 To the Editor of the Daily Time*. Sir ln jour paper of the 2nd instant, I find the following But now m March 1878, three years afterwards, notwithstanding the,, reports of experts, the almost unanini' 'is consensus of opinion, and vote« of money, nothing has been done,
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    The Suez Canal.
    399 7 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir,— Every one knows the importance of the Suez Canal to England, m war or peace, but few consider how easy it would be to impede its navigation by the simplest means, and no doubt Russia has many plans for
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    A fragment.
    239 7 To the Editor of the Daily Time*. Sir, The following lines were found m an old manuscript m the Museum or thereabouts and considering that they are ao very pathetic, perhaps you will deem lihem worthy of being reproduced m your paper. Yours respectfully, Lkx non Script a..
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    A Sporting Question.
    127 7 I To the Editor qf the Daily Times. j Dear Sir, I was surprised to learn frcnifc your issue of yesteiqay's date that K^StewanJf- of the Sporting Club had cached a rfliolution altering t bet weight hands >Dra;iO at. 4 with I exce{ ''^^^^^^^^1 or pwnei of
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    News of the Week.
    853 7 FRIDAY, sth APRIL. The E. A. Co's mail stea^^x- Brisbane, Captain J. A. R<-Jdefi,arrivpT at the Tanjong Pagar wharf ye vd%j morning, and left for -irafian po*S^ at 4p. m. yesterday, with the Lo nd n mail of the Ist March, and the folio ving passengers
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    SATURDAY, 6th APRIL.
    374 8 SATU RDAY, 6th APRIL. I ?MBeSj& requested to intimate tha 4 jl^^^Sleerßgri]! be enrolled m the Town ii'wff-*feir^ Monday, the Bth instant! from I j *^jjHBBr^R» S. N. Cog steamer I ''"Z&Mm* we learn, has anchored m lati- r&rcte .7* 44-'_ longitude 107° 28', her b having 1 become disabled.
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    MONDAY, 8th APRIL.
    922 8 We are requested by the Hon'ble Mr. Whampoa, the Russian Consul, to state, m reference to a remark made m Occasional Notes, by Argus on Saturday, that the Russian Consulate flag flies over bis godown, and also over his private house at Sirangoon. Major S. Dun lop,
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    TUESDAY, 9th APRIL.
    817 8 ruiT- n& of steward h eld on sth instant, it was arranged that the weight for ponies of 13 hands at the coming race meeting should be 11 stone, instead O f 10 st 4 lbs., with an allowance of 3 ib«u for every inch. We learn
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    WEDNESDAY, 10th APRIL.
    411 9 f^HPft.H(Sflh|^lj- of water from the i i) l^- NVas <J«ite sufficient m dip 5 >vt a^ requirements, and <?^ .v be no doubt but that a perfect success. The i ii received from England, stand pipes, which flHHfek^ l! M forthwith, and a want i jß|j||&a»*:4)ee it
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      992 9 S HIPPING iIJ arribai*. n x Thursday, 4th April. Dutch Bteamer Otohir, 332 tons, Cramer commander Rhio 4th April, consi^ees Hamilton Gray Oo British steamer Colonel Phayre, 191 tone, Creichton com mander Penang Ist April, conai^ee* Lim Kon* Wan Son kn??™. 1 111 BriBbane 8^ tona, Reddell commaSder Honirkong 30th
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      343 9 L T .LLIGBHCE^ 7^ arrfcalsf— fContinw diff St rqnC J 8efa 85 Horetcnaaa c^an^f^ Af m Tuesda y. 9th April. fitkWi rBini 727 tons.Pichat Commwrfer B*kri, otd April consignees Messageri. Maritimen rtDa ko^sS A 16 6 U1^ 88e8 1VJ1 ton G comman^r B**r Mfrch Siam 215 Um De8en Bangkok 18U.
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