Straits Observer, 4 March 1875

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  • 18 1 THE STRAITS OBSERVER. PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK. VOLUME I. NEW SERIES.] SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, 4m MARCH, 1875. [NUMBER 34.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 610 1 Sl-BCKIFTIO-5 TO TUB STBAITS OnSBBVBRPmß Aikk (In advance) I *^J Monthly I<OW ADVERTISEMENTS. At pc» Square of Tw«Ne lines— First Insertion 1»-JJ Each weeeediug in»erUo« Ui* month 3 A\ iberal deduction will be nade to parties wishlr? to contract for a longer period. In t!*e*«»t of a special contract oot
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    • 594 1 NETHERLANDS INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED. t\sxD Of r ice, 13 Austin Fkiabs, Lokdov. This Company continues to perform the following regular service m the Indian Archipe* I la-", under contract with the Netherlands Indian Government. Fbom ."iso Arose. To Batavia via Riouw and Muntok. and back, m correspondence with
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    • 556 1 JOHN LITTLE CO. Have always on hand direct importations of the following goods WINS. Sherries from Cockburn and CampbelL White and others. Port from Cockburn aud Campbell, Page %nd others. Clarets from Bordeaux direct. Champagne from Jules Mumm, Gcisler and others. Hocks and Moselles from do, do. Sauterne, &c, burgundy,
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    • 547 1 KATZ BROTHERS. Have newly received and opened for sale, a fresh supply of the following articles SADDLES By the best English PONY HARNESS Makers. A new Invoice of MUSICAL INSTEUMENT3. German Concertinas, Accordions, Flutes, Drums, &c, &c. Best American SHIP ft OTHER CLOCiS. consisting of 8 U&y Ship Clocks striking,
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    • 572 1 THE LONDON AND ORIENTAL STEAM! TRANSIT INSUEANCE OFFICE. 137, Leasbxhall Street, London. Established 1843. The undersigned is authorised to accept risks on behalf of this Office by first class steu.oers, and sailing vessels. All losses under their policies payable m London will be settled at the expiration of one month
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  • 3510 2 THE STRAITS OBSERVER. Thursday, 4th March, 1875. As we were going to Press the Charybrfis was signalized with His Excellency tbe Governor and suite on board. Mails will be made up to-morrow at 1 p. m., for Malacca and Pinang per Sharpshooter, and at 5 p. m., for Samnranjr, Sourabaya
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 968 2 SPECIAL NOTICE. THE SIGH r FIIESERVED. BLIN DXEssTkEV ENTLD. MR. J. S. ROSENTHAL, Graduate of the Universi y of Berlin, OCULIST AND AUKIST, Has arrived at Singapore, Aikl m*y be oonsuUod at his Consultiog Kooms, At bis Private Apartm nts, HOTEL D't-UKOPE Family Hotel), From 10 ft. m. till 5
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    • 561 2 FOR B ATA VI A. SOMERSET, TOWNSVILLB, BOWEN, COOKSTOWN, KEPPEJL BAY, BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MBLBOUBNE. "kj*. niHE E. A,.*!". S. Co. Ltd., 2fl3^ J- Steam-Ship SiyGAPORB, sSsßsaT 1,750 Tous, Captain Dunbreck, will be despatched for above ports with the Eugliah mails due here about 7th or Bth inst., leaviug Tanjong
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  • Correspondence.
    • 126 3 TO THE EDITOR 07 THS STRAITS OBSERVER. Sin, The Times appears to be much exeroiaed about the due performance of the dati'-a of Coroner. It should be a distinct office, and the holder of it, whether a police officer, a lawyer, or a doctor"— l will •dd, newspaper
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    • 884 3 TOTHH EDITOR OF Til K STRAIT* OBSERVER. Sin, la making known our grievances through the medium of jour pa^er we lay do blame on any person or porsous m par. ticnUr bat simply object to certain proceedings, and of coarse to the parties who originate th? measures. You
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  • 662 3 No. XII. The Chinese New Year, (Continutd from lust Thnrtiaij* Str*U* Observer.) The Chinese hare one or two theatres m Hongkong, the principal of which is oiled the Tang Hing. They are all open at tbis time, aud are patronised by large
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  • 991 3 No. XIII. —Amateur Theatricals. Much has been written of late about the decliae of the drama and the passing away of the theatrical age, old play goers of fifty yearn standing sigh orer the departed glories of" their youug days when George the Third was king". Ultra *religiouiats denouuca from
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  • 485 3 (Foochow Herald^ Uth February, 1875. The late Emperor bavin; ascended upon the Dragon to be a guest on high his Majesty Tsai Tien, aged about 4 years, has been proclaimed Pupieir.e Ruler of the Nation. It is needless to state that but little is known of the Cbild-Emperor beyond
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  • 121 3 (Xorth Chin* Daily New*, Feb. \l.) Captain J. J. Smith, nf tbe three matted bripantine Emprtu of Ckimi, arrived yesterday, reporti thit during the passage from Swan ISiver to this i> nt. whi.e be was h?c*lm«d off the I-ianJ of Lord JSorth, about tLi<ty large stiiioj; outrijrger canoes, cor
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  • 101 3 We are getting rather go-ahead peopla m liurmab. A contemporary o a Thursday morning published an obituary notice a column an J a half m length of a well known Chinaman, who only died on Thursday morning at 0 o'clock. As matters turned out the article was not read
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  • 360 3 The latest dates from Fiji are to the 30th December. There is no news of any importance. A oorrespondent of the Fiji Ttme*, writing: from Yaaawis on December S>, fives an account of three distinct shocks of earthquake, luting a^out two minute*, and of a large waterspout. Further north
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 149 3 HoUowayt Pill* and Ointment —The most effectuil Care for Gout and Rheums' ism frequent c^use if these corn-*! i;i is fhft inflimmitory state of the b!<>o<i. ten ie.l with had lii/e*. tion, lassitude, and great debility, showing tba want of proper circulation of the fluid, and that imparity of the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 429 4 CAUTION. J. F. MARTELL'S BRANDY. It having come to oar knowledge that spurious iai*tkms are imported. Consumers «honld be careful to that they obtain the genuine article with our Brand, tehMO a to be bad of ail respectable Deaien. KARTELL CO. NOTICE. CARTER AND COS pOTHOGRAPHIC Rooms, late Patehleit, No.
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    • 752 4 DYNAMITE. NOBEL'S DYNAMITE, SAFETY GIANT BLASTING POWDEB, THE most powerful of all explosives for Mining and Quarrying Blasting m hard or soft, wet or dry Hocks, Construction of Tunnels, Clearing Land of Tree Roots and Boulders, Breaking up Blocks of Motal or Stoae, Clearing away Wrecks, cunken Rocks, &c., and
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    • 285 4 HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. No pa kilt or person aboald be without these Pills. Their long trial efficacy m correcting disorders of it* liver and stomach, stimulating the bowels, and purifying the blood, has secured lor them an imperishable lame throughout the world. A tew doses produce comfort, a short continuance effects
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    • 232 4 volution m his whole system. Thousands of persona have testified, that by their Me alone, they have keen restored to health after all other mtans had proved unsuccessful. > Indigestion and its Cure. Indigestion with torpidity of the liver is the bane of houands, who pass each day with accumulated
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    • 279 4 Tne PilN and Ointment arc aold at FroteaK>r Hor l»b»iie.rijre»erjr respectable Vendor ol McdiZZ throoKhoat th.Chili»ed World, i. Boxr, Ji^S 9d site conu ii.g thtwe, the 4s. 6d. .ue.ix the U». Jz ..xteen, ibe«2.. ,i« thirty-three, and 33.. »ite fln, two time, the quantity of a Is. IJ«L Box or
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 1127 4 Arrivals, Anr.ivALs,_cw...««*. Wednesday. 3rd March. Colonial ateamer Pluto, 180 feua, McEwen, Bangkok, 27th Feb Colonial Monday, Ist February. Government. Britiah ateamer Patroclua, 2,607 ton-, iTewung. Liverpool, 1 1th Jaeuary. «.r ntwh Bte *m* r Arratoon Apcar, 959 tona, SchulU, Sourabaya, 28th Feb^ W. Manafield and Co. Gllfillan. Wood ft Co.
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