Straits Times Overland Journal, 17 August 1878

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  • 25 1 Foi Despatch peh l\ k O. Steamem Slrat. ;j The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. VOL. XIX.-NO. lit). SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1878. Price 40 Chn
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  • 182 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, AU GUST 17, 1878. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. SiNHAPoR' 17th August, 187* i;imbier B'a r 7<i White Pepper, fair r" .Mir. Sara <k i,.; Ooff n >» nominal. L8.25. M JV2 7 d<> I lo T. Ulotu 1.05 m Brr, I Ipium KXCHA N [jnudon Bank Private...
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  • 840 1 Tin. la>t issae of the overlaid Straits Tjmbs was dated Saturday the LOth j instant, the M. M. Bteamer Anadyr being despatched nexl day at 1 p, m. with the hist homeward mail. The L\ and steamer China wraa signalled at Penangat 9 a. m. this
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  • 754 1 The Government Gazette 2nd an d 9th Au gu st. Kuoo A>n has been granted a Certificate of Marine Notices are published the Red Lights on the North Groin «>t the Harbour Works of Madras, and the sunken dangers in the Mia River approaches. Her Majesty has been pleased to
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    • 241 1 Galatea, 9th Augt. From Hamburg: ii Lieutenalit von Schnckmann, Lieutenant Guth, 30 mariners (on d*. Dr. Ostermann, Mr. Yanns. Mr. Sal"inan. Mrs. l rreenhaua and 2 children, Mrs. Biehl and 1 child. Per Emime, 10th August Singapore. Messrs. D. Charnay, A. ermann, Mashefer, Daron, Symona, Lea, Pigott and 173 Natives,
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    • 122 1 For Brindisi. From Hongkong Mr. W. I P Qalton. For Southampton. Fr >m Yokohama I Mr*. Clarke and child and Mr. Jno. Wil- lianas. From Shanghai 2 distressed men. from Hongkong Mess b. B. C. Smith, James May, W. Juskip, (J. Gallop, j ;ind ,i distressed seamen. Per Fleum CaUU,
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  • 1139 2 .ten, j i weeding* ie Municire, on Thursday, the 25th C 'o in m iasionrrg Prexrnt. Hon'ble W. 11 Head,— President. Major McXair. E. J. Wells, Es<,, M. F. De Souza, Kh(\. The Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Bead the fortnightly progress report from
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  • 946 2 The Loss of the American Ship Mabel Clark." Frm t!«> Dailj Times, 15tf August. Wb have obtained from Captain O D. BHWJXW, of the wrecked American I ship, Mabel Clark, the following par- ticalars of the loss of that vessel and the terrible Buffering endured by all on board J
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  • 526 2 From the Dai!,/ Times, 16M Amgtut. Our Hongkong contemporaries an. pew to view with much regret the ai> preaching departure of the Hox. Cecii C Smith from that Colony, and our new Golozm Secretary would seem to W made himself very popular there lne Daily
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  • 1282 2 From the Da 15/// A (Translated for (he Btr*iU Times.) re«iueBte.l 'Ujnipomries that, „-o. S2fa£S2f-r their ori^^l "H" mtUebf -knowled^ed.) 1 I(IAI telt ms from Ach« 11 down to the :2n<l 'US* appearing in the latest received Batavia papei p<»rt the successful process of the operations gainst the
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  • 2182 3 From (he Daily Timea l \(\//i Angusl. Tin. following items are taken from the Penang Standard of the (Jth August Penang Qriewtrice$—A correspondent signing himself Singapore, having written the following letter to the Standard, "1 think it is much to be regretted that the local press at Penang
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  • 843 4 torn the Daily Times, \W>. August. om our Dim Correspondent.). Perth, Oth July. I^7^ Btb Habrt Ord is distinguishing himI The legislative Council, which 1 n sitting for the last- month, has shown fitful and wayward as any Coun- I <'il Of the kind that' ever sat, and
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  • 1247 4 v rom the Bail// Times, 14M August. I {From our own Correspondent.) 26th Jilv. 1878 Thkrk has been nothing stirring lately in the Northern Territory at least nothing tliat 1 know which would be interesting to the people in Singapore. Like all young Settlement* we have a gnat
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  • 919 4 Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon's Address on leaving Fiji. From Ihe Daily Tim I August. H. E. Sir Arthir (Gordon-, Governor of the Fiji Islands, and H. M. High I Commissioner for Polynesia, appears t\ have arrived in Melbourne on his waj home in the beginniii^ 75 fJ 1I W rHTs
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  • 1305 5 !t AaffuH. < From < >f.) Mauritius, ;!rd July, |> I .tii myself <>f the departure >r" the i your." port, to send your r« inio of event* hero of though not coming from a colony which y 0 much or Important oommamc*< tion, I hope it iuay not prove
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  • 821 5 /■',;>„/ the Vd'th/ Tn/K'.s, Ldtf Aikjiisl. RjICORDS of shipwreck iu the Indian, China, and Australian seas have been unusually frequent during the last two 1 months, and certainly tho€ who Kp down to the sea in ships have been having a troublous time of it lately. Scarcely a
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  • 933 5 l\oin the Daily Times, Wfft August. From our own Correspondent.) Malacca., Llth kvavn, 1878. THE British steamer Shr.<>j/<hi(/onf, Captain Gibbs, from Singapore, m route, to Penang and Rangoon, arrived here last Thursday morning, and sailed the same niu'ht. The only passengers by her the Kevd. A. Grant, and Mr.
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  • 332 5 Elkctbicitt V <Jas. To the Editor of the Dail Dkaii Sir, In your con tlie sth instant, then* is au e\ in by Mr. Pell taken from tin ;r»pliic Journal/' Ijy the mail I received ft amimuiii ti<sn t'rotn a friend "n Kn taken Home inter* Belo>v is the
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  • 142 6 The Loss of the Ma bel Clark." the -Editor of Daily Time: Si*,— On the eve ol my departure for my native country, permit me, through your columns, to express mv heart thanks to the inhabitants and Ship V ters of this port for the kindness' and winch I have
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  • 265 6 Electricity v. Gas To the M.lito.-ofthe bail,, rr,,,r, to Kgi. s,, O f t i 50 a1k c I X," wm idea of the intensity of the Uaht produced .should, J think, be given the «tatem ell t 8 made at a ineetiu-, hs to make the LOU lar «e
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  • 284 6 SAT! K.DAY, 1n,,. AUGUST. If. MV corvette Modeth isexpeoted here next week from the China Station 'I will be stationed here as the Se- v adjourned inquest was held on the Mli instant, on the body of a male I Chiueae name unknown at, the Coro-m-r's
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  • 258 6 VvHversio* of a CkrktiaH to BmU•?*•A^ttfrrespondent of the China tblw-~ Wth July> Wlites l nia. baa been the conversion to Buddhi«n of a European Christian, and h-s forma instalUtion into the Priesthood, which took place on^ the Bth inst. In counR?L nf? 118t in in B ect wa
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  • 1636 6 The British S. S. M**muir y a new i steamer built in Sunderland and pur- chased while on the stocks by flic I]. A. R. M. Company as a cargo vessel trade between Hongkong and the Au>- tralian ports, arrived alongside Tan- joug Pagar Wharf yesterday on
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 80 6 The Wkvthkk To the editor of the Daily I Sir, -If an abundance of forest mean relative abundance of rain, let mo implore 1 planters to hold their ready bauds. Permit me also to invite tbe Attorney General to bring in a Wood Bill the purpose of still further denuding
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  • 1001 7 It is announced that an ice manii- j iactory will* be opened by Mr. Guy in the fanglin ltoad on Saturday next. This is good news, as competition will relieve the public from dependence on the present moonpoly, and, doubtl from the high prices hitherto exacted. According
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  • 1017 7 WEDNESDAY, 14 rh AUGUST. Ml>srs. Me Auster Co tliis morntog received a message from Captain Duncan Johnston of the British ship Trafalgar i 1 ,GU(J tons Register, that he had passed through the Straits of Singapore on the 12th instant, bound from Bombay to Hutavia, 21 days out, and desired
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  • 1469 7 The echoouer Pef, which arrived here this morning from Port Walcott, North ■tern Australia, brought 20 horses and 2 S sheen, which will be sold by auction in the Square <>n Tuesday next. Two adjourned inqu on I the L -it U iustant, Coroner'f^of\>y A. W. V.
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  • 450 8 A Keiter s telegram, dated London, M May, which appears in the Hongkoug papers, states on the authority of the Standard that a reduction in 'the > Meet on the China Station is in contemplation. At the half yearly meeting of Shareholders of the Hongkong and Shang-
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    • 96 8 SHIPPING" INTELLIGENCE arnaate. u Saturday, 10th August. R Sunday, 11th August. 7 Ings sjs&iff ascMrfta jj*^t Bnt.sU Bt IOU fo^Zt^lt^ R meaaay, lJth August. A B I.t1 .t. Bter.Choa8 ter.Choan g Hock Kian, a> t t!,., Webb, P enaa({ Hth Brit. barq. Douglas Castle 678 tons, Skinner, Glasgow Ist Mar
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    • 233 8 British schooner Clara. AM) tons, Simpson, Penang 7th Au*t R m Friday, ltith August. British str. Fleurs Cu.tle, l.tnU tons, Jones, Hankow i*>th July. British str. V.dar. 2M tons, Barrow, Baujermwsiu 12th Au. firvarturfg. Friday. 9th August. British steam-r Stentor, KirkpatnVk, for London British steamer Pearl, Munk, for Saigon. British
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    • 1028 9 %KSBBlife| PAHMED A\.IKIV Fi Ship's Name. Captain. From. To. JUly ?7 Briish H^l S R P hia Sordr^rer B ka'^S Am^rdam S7(Bntt«b Beech Holm Boren»*n bay Ord ~l>uth I>rumado<m Perr y do Hatavia Wr an v' XV 1 Ymui.l R^uvia -A H.^ui BosieWelt Welt Liverpool Hongkong ~F,;', MantimeUmon Elliott Cardiff
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