Straits Observer, 4 November 1876

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1 4 Straits Observer
  • 18 1 THE STRAITS OBSERVER. PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK. VOLUME 11. »bw mmmiwm.l SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, 4xh NOVEMBER, 1876. [NUMBER 206
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 662 1 SUBCRIPTIO* TO JHB OTAAITt OSSBStBRTer annum (in advance) $15.00 WonUWy „I^o ADVERTISEMENTS. At p^r Square or Twelve lines Pint inaertlon £2.00 Kacb succeeding insertion 60 On« month „5.50 A 1 ibpral deduction will be made to parties wishing to contract for a longer period. In the event of a special
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    • 659 1 I MOTHERLANDS INDIA STEAM NAVIGi TIOS COMPANY, IIMIXEDr Tf* Stumers of the ibore Company wffl so malofthefiigUahllail from home. H«A» Oim, 8 Giut Winchester Street Bvildisob, London. Pasbaoe Monxt Tmirr Clabb. p«a«g JJ St-arang ZZ. to Sourabaya via Batavia \.\.""l S« do. direct Jk Btnjennsssm 1(0 1 Macassar via Batavia
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    • 475 1 1- I THE EASTERN AHD AUSTRALIAN MAIL STEAM 00., LIMITED. TIIHE following is the Time Table of tl r fi mv to «nd dspartures o f the Rov Maaateamer, rftbe abore company dS Leave Singapore for Arrive at Singapore 1 870. 1 3^« 9^ Y 22nd Mar t i: 26th
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    • 536 1 JOHN LITTLE CO, ml WINR -hernes from Cockbura and Campbell, Whi 1 Port from Cockburn and CampbeU, *Page ar J Carets from Bordeaux direct. ther Champagne from Jules Mmum, Qeisler an Hocks and Koselles from do. do^' Sauterne, Ste. 9 tf urgundbr* Sparkhng. White and Red. Hungarian Wines from Max
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    • 443 1 E. ULLMANN of Jewellery ahd Watch Estabi.i SHM «bt, Fauct and General Goods te STOBE. J BATTERY ROAD, •a. Corner of Commercial Square. 3 d J U ulSu p r i t Frencb nuil d A NEW STOCK OF GOODS Comprmng a variety oj best Pari. ma'dt wbl(« S »or
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  • 40 2 Domestic Occurrence. MARRIAGE. At St. Andrews Cathedral, on the 1«t o f November, by the ftevd. G. Hrown, Arthur llodcth Tillt, S'«i of Jama 1 illy, of Penwerri*, Budock, to Helen KUry, second daughter of William Burrows of this Settlement.
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  • 5749 2 THE STRAITS OBSERVER. Saturday, 4th November, 1876. The steamer Get-long Captain Fraser, from Shanghai 20th, and Hongkong £6th ultimo, arrived here on Wednesday morning and left for Penang and Gaffe with the Mails at 4 P. M. on Thursday. The following is the list of passengers For Singapore. From Hongkong
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 570 2 In consequence of spurious imitations of LEA PERRINS' SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive the Public^ Lea and Perrins have adopted A New Label, bearing their Signature, tints which is placed on every bottle of Worcestershire Sauce, and without which none is genuine. Ask for LEA PERRINS* Sauce, and I
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    • 46 2 NOTICE. A DMIRALTY CHARTS or tub EASTERN SEAS, TH£ ATLAJfIHC AND PACIFIC OCEANS, AND BEVKKAL OTHER PASTS OT Tfflt WORLIX, OF THK LATEST ttUR VEYS ALSO, NAUTICAL BOOKS OF WEAKLY ALL DtascaipjioNs, Are sold at the SAlLOBflr HOSIB. Oppoftito St. Audrew'a Cathedtal. Feb. 29. [1 y.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 113 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS OBSERVER. Sir, The Inspector General of Police must have reaped a harvest of comments on his report, especially from China. These were attributed to the publication of it in your columns, as your contemporary did not publish it, but made use of it from
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    • 163 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS OBSERVER. Sik, —As a supplement to your leader regarding gambling, 1 am afraid you have not completed the girdle. Look at tbe houses in Teluk Ayer; the women there (Nonia Malaccas) gamble during the day, while their Lords and Masters gamble during the night.
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    • 62 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS OBSERVER. Sir,—Your con tern poiary sneered at at tbe S.V.R. aud wanted tUe grant given to a fire brigade. By the Indian p ipere, I bee that the Viceroy has invited all Volunteer Corps to Delhi to take part in the great tomasha. What
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    • 77 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS OBSERVER. Sir,— ln the Indian papers I fiud that the Accountant General h»s retrenched the Madras Governor's pay bill, because he went ouuide his Presidency during a trip. Will our Auditor General retrench tliat ot some of our own high officials, who spend dajs
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    • 308 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS OBSERVER. Sik, I was surprised to find in your issue of last Wednesday that there was no mention made of the races. I suppose you abhor gambling Because Harry and Mary wrote against such practices in your respectable columns. Madame Phoebus said in "Lothair,"
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    • 652 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS OBSERVER. Sir, I quite concur with your article on Secret Societies which appeared in your issue of the 25th ultimo. I suppose you are not aware that I have been, during the last thirteen years, a member of almost every Sacred and Secret society
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    • 163 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS OBSERVER. Sra, I bear tint the Inspector of Jails went away to Penan* by last Thursday's mail steamer, bag and baggage, with the exception of one horse, that insisted on stopping to see the end of the races, in spite of all the efforts
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  • 570 3 Maxdalay, 23rd September. An ail.». took place lait evening whic l i might bare been attended with very serious results. A Frenchman in the employ of the King, aud acting as Commauder of the Burmese steam War-boat Uandoola, was most unmercifully maltreated by tbe Burmese. To save his life,
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  • 103 3 A Contemporary says that Lord Lytton intended to have resigned tlic deplo. matic aer*ic« at the end of this year, and to have «»orie mrl lived at Knebsworth .ml devoted himself to literiry work. L »rd Lytlon at first refused the off t of the Viceiovalty on the score of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 593 4 GEOK TEAT Co. GENEUAL WAREHOUSEMEX, iMi OUTERS OF KTERT Dt£BClllPTrOK OF EUROPEAN GOODS. provisions ALLSOP'S Ale in Wood and Bottfen. BEER Assorted, Quarts and PintsPORTER Quarters and Pints. PORT WINE, Various. BRANDY, HenneB«ey, Jules Robin, and Maitels CHAMPAGNE, Aesorted. CLARET, <fcc., Ac. SODA WATER, LEMONADE. PLATED WAKE, CUTLERY, AND SADDLERY.
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    • 974 4 I Protected bv Royal Letttn Fmtettt, Dated October 11th, 18C9. -^^^k -9m^ DR. BRIGHTS PHOSFIIODYIfL (QZQ.v/C-BB m OXYQEX) A <»icmical Preparation of Phosphor?*, with the Vepefable Alkaloids Quinia, Cyprirwdeu, Xantiioxvln, See. Tho New Curative Agent, and only Reliable Remedy for Nervous and Xaver Complainta. This PhosphaHc combination is pronounced by
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    • 640 4 FAIBB ANKS* SCALES AJSD of tbe WORLD. ,^siflß bwWTj* X aa^s^mi SCALES Adapted to tbe STANDARD of all Nations and Carefully racked for Shipping. EVEHV SCALE WARRANTED. WAREHOUSES FAIRBANKS CO, 31! Broadway, New York. FAIRBANKS, BROWN CO., 2 Milk street, Boston, Mass. MA N UFA CTURES E. T. FAIRBANKS CO.,
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    • 918 4 HOLUOWAYS PILLS. fAMI.Tr or person should be wHb*«t these Pills. Tbeir Joaff trieil efficacy in correetin*; disorder* of the Hw aw? stomach, *timuhitfn? the bowel*, and purifying tbe blood, ha* secured for tbewan isßperksCable tome throufthouttke world. A tew dose* produce conrorr, a short continuance effects a complete ear*, la*
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    • 678 4 Fall printed direction* art atfis«d to #»rh h( Pot, and can b« hmd in wmy tony safe, e?en iq TurV'l J Arabic, Ar»«i4« f PmiM.orUunia«. rWjSJJa" j HOULOWAY'S OINTMENT, to: j BsA Lees, Bad Breasts, Wounda, and I Ulcerations of aU kinds. Tbert hno mediduat preparation which m». k. ♦*^2r°«f*»l
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