The Straits Times, 27 July 1872

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  • 17 1 The Straits Times ,0L XXVIII. PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 27th, 1872. SATURDAY EVENING. NO. L 404
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  • 37 1 STRAITS TIMES LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS Singapore, July $3.> i bo IJ..">". _.37i. Sarawak 17. i .ugs 2.20. 1.40. 1.7". I>> London £8. .ill new I 1 nominal. BXC&LXOI 01 U>VD Cred fhtl H W.tiO. Jo.l£spaidjso/o.prem. Shares, -l"Opaid.i*llo
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  • 1124 1 ■ml (iaztttc, dated -taut, but which apiieared ruing, is more interesting sefol but dry official pubbg 'Lilly is. The Colonial SeOffice seems to have been olific of bulletins but week, news, and some, new- ol 1 nance, and the Clerk OS unknown but >me sins of onrisafffn or
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  • 925 1 SIUUAPOHE, bill JILT, 1872. I'KLsKVr Bu Kxcelleney the Governor. II > lluiu the Chiet-.Justiee. The Hou'ble the Ottieer Commanding H. Ms. Troops. The Hon'ble the Colonial Secretary. The Hon'blo the Attorney-General. The Hon'lili- tlie Treasurer. The Hon'ble t)ie Aetini: Colonial Engineer. The Hon'bk 1!. Little. M.D. Tlie Holi'Lle
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  • 852 1 Tiik currency aueetioa threaten- to become ratlfer a SBtioßS one to the trade of UkßSe Settlement-. The banks are raising the rate of ex( haiige, and discount is difficult to lie had by native traders. Ueau-e the all-powerful and all-ncifssary Mexican dollars are i-caive and likely to become
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  • 933 1 Thk shorthand rejiort of the Legi-la-tive Council meeting on the 11th instant, which we publish to-day is an interesting one, containing as it does, the first debate on the attention of abolishing the Municipal CIMUMHMM. It b impossible to read the argument *ur;fed ill support of the
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  • 398 1 In the midst of all the talk about the lKcissitv of improving the Police, and the means of doing so, we have daily proofs forced upon our attention of the inefficiency of the force in either preventing or detesting crime. We hear of the commission of frequent robberies
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 190 1 Al NTB. Nt- made known I into for long periods ions will be < "tHee; also in OoUTHrXL, i. mhard Bfereet, city; in Co. tv in the copy the rtioni required, else all rted till countermanded. rdinafr. sjinspoaDßVTs. t'ully requested to li intimation to the proprietors _-:ilarity in the delivery
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  • 1031 2 (Trauxliili-,1 for StftMk Time*.) The following particulars of tin- amn -I of the Chines,- coolie* who murdered Mr. Van Zaliogeo (as luis been noticed in a late number <d' tliis journal) when be was on the ere of turning a ejold mine on the island
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  • 292 2 Sim.apuhk. Mn July, 1572. i x fiit lli> Bxcßunci i ii k Oo\ KiiMMi. The Hon'l.le the < Mticer Coindg. H. M 'n [Troops. The Hon'hle the Colonial Secretary. Attorney-General. Treasurer. Acting Col. Engiueer. .1. .1. irccnshiclds. K. Liulc M.I). T. Shelford. The minutes of the last meeting
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  • 5212 2 Singapore, 11th Jclt, 1872. Present i His Excellency the Governor. The Hou'ble The Officer Conidg. H. M.'s Troops. The Hon'ble the Colonial Secretary. The Hou ble the ireusurer. 1 he Hou ble The A. tg. Colonial Engineer. '1 he Hon'ble J J. Greensh-'elds. The Hon'ble R. Little, M.D.
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  • 260 2 Singapore, 18th July, l>'~. His Excellency the Governor. His Honor th«» Ihlef-Ju The lionble The Officer Gomdtf. MM* The Hon'Ma The OoL Secretary. I The Hon'ble The a>ttoraej Ueneral. The lion'hlc Tin- Ti.;iTii.' Bon'bte The A. ting Col. Engineer. The Hon'ble K. 1.nt1.-. M.D. Tin- bWble T. Shelford.
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  • 138 3 THE EXPEDITON TO THE EAST COAST. <tl,r Ihih, Tit.tet. In a late pa]>er you inform umr H. E. thi-Covernor, BWlompat the Maharajah of Johort, and 11 li, S. Zrhr,,. intends to three Bajaha oa the Mast tii oultivative mod feeling and ntimate relations with a view to the trs le
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  • 138 3 tke Doily TSmm. timttte appointed to e0-..-sirability of smploying it in the Police force. nlv excellently chosen, but wfa for that selected to f the Municipality. vernor, after what j rally viewed as a n to his n represented by the •'.lenient. and ition of the
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  • 142 3 I- r Dnilij lnnr*. :.iy. the ll v :oiu Java." the fol- eg ilation for natives, to d January, 1878, con>ion that a line from/ K> dieted 00 every one. who, v Bervant or ial term or for an :i the month," etc., etc. well known what employers have
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  • 247 3 To th, K.li/,,, of hr I >,.■/•, 77, I M -ar it whispered thai th- Municipal Commission v- have had sony eulty in restraining the co-ahead propensities of our worthy Colonial Secretan-, who by virtue of his office is President of the Commission. With his usual energy, which
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  • 914 3 To the Editor of t'ir Dmilf Tinu-x. Sir 1 am not going to imrtsajata the defence of the Municipality. lam not so Quixotic! Like the Honi.le Dr. Little, I am well aware of its mans shortcosaings hut whoa I see Boar Bseskbtrs of the Le» nsfavfeive Council rise
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  • 23 3 MONDAY, tsm JULY. Tiik British steamer SaisjlMC, Capt. Creiejhton, from Malacca 20th instant, anchored in the roads yesterday afternoon.
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  • 17 3 Tiik Siamese >teamer Cmw f'Aj", ('apt. Orton, l'rom Bangkok 17th inst., anchored in the roads yesterday atternoon.
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  • 20 3 Tin. British steamer Jmatß, Capt. (iuan llin, from l'enang iMh and Malacca 21st distant, anchored in the roads this morning.
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  • 19 3 Tiik M. M. steamer ivVsM, ('apt. Mannarino, from Batavia lsth inst., arrived at the Borneo Company's wharf yesterday morning.
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  • 48 3 It was reported about town on Saturday, that the outward I-'reiieli mail ■teaaaet had broke* her shaft in the Suez Canal, hut had replaced it, and left Aden lor (ialle on the loth instant. If this be correct, she will probably not arrive here before the i.th instant.
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  • 73 3 Thk O. S. S. CVs. steamer I)' MtffiM, Captain Butler, left Pcnang yesterday evening and may be looked for here tomorrow afternoon en ritrnte to Hongkong and Shanghai. The two mail lines mu>t soon look to then laurels. This line would appear to be setting them a good example in
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  • 109 3 It would appear that 11. K. the (Jovernor is not going to Siam as stated iv Saturday's paper Hu Kxeellenev, accompanied by 11. 11. the Maharajah of Joliore, K. S. 1., intends on Monday next to start in the I'lntn to pay friendly visits to two or three of the
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  • 35 3 Thk honu'waiil Frcncli mail sttamcr PtortMce, ('apt. Macaire, from Hongkong I3tb and Saigon l v th inst., arrived at the Borneo (Vs. wharf yesterday morning, and left for (Jalle, Aden, and Marseilles early this morning.
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  • 18 3 Tin. British steamer T/i<i/rx, Capt. Hurnie, from Hongkong Lfitt instant, via Saigon, arrived this morning.
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  • 29 3 Thk extra I. O. steamer Emtm, Cant. Angove, from Hongkong loth instant, arrived at the P. 4 O. Compan \V wharf yesterday afternoon, and left for iosnbay this morning.
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  • 102 3 Tiu. noKec have lately dim-ted their attention to the Wah Wl.ay lotteries anil <, r anil>lin»; sWs»s*i with very good success. A MM was tried last week, where §f» ChuMM found gambling in •i rambling house were fined each fifty dinars, and Inspector Warne also last week executed a Wall
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  • 108 3 Fiiom the China papers to hand yesterday by the extra P. steamer Kiim, we l.am tu.-it tho steamer -nii.i.iiix, Captain Proud, which was belegTaphed from London on the ISth instant ast ill\ wrecked off Cape Qardafui, left Mank>>\ on the Sth June witli a eargoof 1,783,276 Uavoftoa. Shepassed throagh Singapore
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  • 97 3 A sKitim s accident happened on board the British ship Octtu M>ti/, Captain Watson, yesterday forenoon. Mr. \Y. Hormann, one of tlie assistants to Messrs. Behn, Meyer Co., to whom the ship is eoii.-i^ned, was on board of her, and some way lost his footing and fell down tlie hold,
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  • 209 3 A VsM! occurred on Sunday night on board the British ship O/'rn-i/i-, lying in the roads of which the particulars, as nearly as we can learn, are a> follow. There existed an ill-feeling Ih--tween the crew and the mate. and on Sunday evening the mate returned to the ship from
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  • 166 3 Wk learn that the llou'ble Colonel Phillips, k. a., Commanding 11. MV. Troops in the Straits will be leaving this for Hongkong about the 1 lth proximo, under orders from Kngland. The Straits is now subordinate militarily to the China command, and it is considered desirable by the Home authorities
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  • 760 3 The following letter, which appears in the Xurfh (J/iinu /><///// Newt, a curious account of the way in which Spanish Courts of Inquiry are conducted A COLLISION CASE. TolUr (Wlsr of the S. C. Vaihj X, m Sir, A collision happened latel} between the Daman bark Esbern Snare and tbe
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  • 478 3 Thk Ctiiihi tfttVof the!2th inataal contains the following ae.-ount of the death of a Canton missionary at the hands of river pirates. "On tbe swraing of the I'tli instaal hhres Anierieui Missionaries left this iv matriiiioniil li > it" luTthe vUlageof K.unkai. B"Ui- tiftt-en arils! north west >■( this city,
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  • 225 3 Tbe completion of the Census return-. shows that the population to this colony in \<\ w;i« 731,529^ rather v larger number tlmn at first reported. The Re^istr ir-(i.-nciul has iaened tables showing the Ijiith phnns of the penis. In 1««>1 there were in the eOSOSH Vmflll DStmOnS
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  • 17 3 WEDNESDAY, 24th JULY Tiik British steamer Mi' ('.vi.i. Captain rlybert, from Cebu 10th i:ist. arrived this morniug.
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  • 17 3 Thk Spanish steamer Mantelet, Capt. ElisaMe, from Manila l'itii instant, arrived a( Tanjoug Pagar Wharf this morning.
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  • 20 3 The Ocean Company's steamer />•/<- -ration, ('apt. Bauer, from Live/pool 15th June, via Sue/. Canal aud lVnang--Is! inst., arrived this aftornoou.
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  • 23 3 \l MB*. Apia.- ft Co's steamer China, Capt. Gardner, from Hongkong 1 7 1 li inst.. arri\ed at Tanjoag Pagar wharf this morning.
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  • 73 3 Tiiimii; was a report yesterday, the Origin of which We have been unable to ascertain, that the detention of the French mail steamer was os/iag, not to the breaking of her shaft, but to BOOM obstruction in the (.'anal; it is said by some that a vessel was lyini; direct
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  • 131 3 RrHOCES are current that the P. ft steamer I) eem* beat the s. S. Co's steam -r Asamem»e* in their race homewards \rit'i Tea, but only by a few hoars. Mr. (Jetgvr has received the following telegram dated hniilni. 10th July. Arrivals Deecan,' Klcaaor,' 'Agamemnon.'" It will be noted that
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  • 135 3 Tin: police were yesterday attacked in the execution of a gambling warrant in Hongkong street, and assailed with a shower of bricks, atones, and bottle*, in which Corporal Holmyard, a European, was struck in the head with a l>ottle, inflicting' I severe wound. lliwas sent to hospital. Tlie home was
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  • 154 3 h will l>e gratifying to our readers to know that the Etevd. W 11. Gomes, who has lately arrived in Singapore to take charge of St. Andrew's Church .Mission,-- ami who has for the last fifteen months been acting as Colonial Chaplain at Penang', during the absence OB leave of
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  • 22 3 Thk Dutch steamer Vim Pnttitemi Prim*, ("apt. Wooiteii, from Uatavia 22nd instant, arrived at Tanjong l'agar wharf this morning.
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  • 17 3 Thk British steamer H'lxtonnn, ("apt. Tuttoii, from Hongkong 17th instant, arrived at Jardine, Mathcßjnn ('■>'> wliarf this morning.
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  • 24 3 Thk Meseag«ries Maritimes steamer iJnnnti, witli M.c overdue I'Ycnch mail, left (Jalle lor Singapore yesterday noon, aud may he expected here aboul next Tuesday.
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  • 230 3 Thk Hwagfcrng Doty /V^vr of the lb'th instant gives the foUowiag a<--count of the arrival and reception of the Ktny of Otm^odi* there The Kiuij of Qambo nt arrived yesterday by the Fr.ncli .-.■rv.'it.- li ,'inujin\ I few minutes after- no >n. and lav I1 it •*> p. m. at
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  • 17 4 SATURDAY, 27t h JULY The British itramcT Pilot W«i,Captain Qale, from Saigon ESrd instant, arrived this Burning.
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  • 24 4 Thk Ooaan Company*, itnaiw Nttfor, Capt. livrne, troni Hongkong 1* 1 1 instant, m route to London, arrived at Tanjon^ Pagar wharf last night.
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  • 20 4 OuiN(i to presmre <>! work in our printing department, the issue of the Overland Journal is unavoidably delayed till to-morrow morning.
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  • 24 4 Tiik foMowiag p—aengeia take their departure by the itnaanar Ifettor today hr tsarina Mr. Brandt. Mrs. Murray and r > children, 1 MOOad CMS. Basasagar.
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  • 23 4 The llritisli steamer Bavtmtmortk Castle, Capt Sergant) from Hongkong 17th instant, arrived last ni^lit MM pfoeeedfld to Urn Borneo Contpany'i wharf this morning.
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  • 30 4 The Ocean Company's (steamer 4Wpedon, Capt. Ferguson, from Hdngkong 19th instant, m mute to New Tork via Suez Canal, arriveil last night and proceeded to Tanjong l'agar wharf this morning.
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  • 38 4 Messks. Apenr&CoV steamer Hindoitun, Captain Millar, from Calcutta 18th and Penang £6th instant, arrived at TVnjong Magar wharf this morning. She brooght the following paaaaav gore /■',-r Siiujtipare. Mrs. Abraham. Messrs. Wavte, Badman, Lawry, D. Nowrajee, and Musliah.
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  • 34 4 Tiik lateness of the hour at which we received the Short hand Report of the Council proceeding, on the 18th July, published fen-day, compels us to defer comment upon the debate until Mob* day.
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  • 118 4 Hollnicny's Pill* and Ointment.— Biliout affev'tions. with all their concomitant aunoy.iii is indaosd by ataaospaerie changes, or too liberal diet, should be checked at once, or serious consequences may ensue. When any MM finds his ideas ttM clear than u-iiial, his eyesight dimmed, and his bead diz/.y. aeosanjaaisd by a
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  • 20 4 Tiik British steamer Teritf, from London via Su Canal, arrived at the Borneo Company', wharf thia afternoon.
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  • 71 4 Tiik Wall !,a\ cr.-e which we reportx'd a few days ago U still pending in the police com I, counsel licui:,' employed, 'there are aevanteen prisoners, ami the police eovrt is crowded day after day, as the case progresses, by friends <>t' the priso an of tfa ]>arties who laid
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  • 131 4 I.s Wedneoday*a paper we reported the aiaoation <>:' a gambling warrant by the police, by mnh sams.'uo's of the Say Linw, in which tee latter ma le them* lv< w:\ officiooa in taking pi wooer* A party of these hlaekgaaras, we learn, availing thoaaarraaof the gambling row, entered the house
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  • 219 4 Wi; quite agree with our correapondent Pair Play," irhoM 1 tl appears in another column, thai the Committee appointed by 11. B. the Qovenor to inquire into the working oftbeMonicipal Act eooJd aol have been worse chosen. The two unofiieial members of the roininittee "have publicly coiiimitted themselves ao ]>.»sit
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  • 344 4 Sunday, 21st July. M. M. ataaaaar Neva, 727 tons, Mnaarino comiainter, Batavia lHh July, consignee- M Maritime*. British steamer Rainbow B 8 tons. Creigatoa eoniinaiuler. MaImss 20th July. Dutch tchooner Kirn Hap Whatt, KMltons, Nacodah. PaleuiKan17th July. British sLip St. Hilda, l<*>i> Urns. Kennedy luminaiider, CarditV r.tl. March. British
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  • 138 4 Arrivals -Continued British steamer Histori,:.. 1.2 ;<M,, ,,5. Tutton.om^iauder. Hong- Kong li'th July, coaeiga* m. M.i.d.ei.u i Co. Friday. 2 :th July. Sarawak schooner Soltanar. U< tons, Vaoodah, Sarawak 17th "liVitish st- ivi -•■•T, w N 10th June, ooasigaees B *ueo Ooapaay Limited. British steamer Ne-itor. 1,414 tons, H.vnie .iiimander.
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  • 139 4 Saturday. 2"th .lulv. British steamer Trafalgar. Watson, lor Bftagkong. British ste.iui-T Vidar, Jhiii-.iv. tor Palenibaag. British steamer EM S;y.:wak, ilcw.it. for Sarawak. French li.ir.|ue Harie, H ■.rv.-n Cor Havre. Monday. 2-iul July. British ship Fearnought, (ir.il; mi. for ualmtta Dutch aobooaer Hone Gtaan, .1 tana. Tuesday. 23rd July. P.
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  • 451 4 VESSELS IN DOCKS OK LYING M "I,: 7 1 Tan.jo Uk Pan* Wharf 5 J'To" wtl k f 2 -Wine, Mathesou an 1 SoMpsaV. P- &O. Wharf 7 BonAccorDo.k l 4 B >rnee Company. Wharf x Government Wharf 1 Patoni Flip and Dock Company 9 At
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    • 501 4 ftatict*. IN THK SUPREME COURT OF THE a STRAITS BBTTLBMSHTB. DIVISION OF SINGAPORE. In the <Jood> of PARSICK JOAIiUIM, late of i-ingapoie. Merchant. Deceit tttt. NoTIfK i hereby given that on the 2">th day of Jaae 1872, Probsts of the last will and TestasMßt of t c abovs named deceased
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    • 170 4 CHINA AND JAPAN MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. At the Half- Yearly Meeting of Shareholders in the above Company, on the 2nd instant, it was resolved that two-thirds of the profits of the Company, after pa> meiit of the interest dividend, will be returned as a bonus to all contributors of business.
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    • 159 4 #otirrs. NOTIqEThe undersigned has thisj *L«T£i ced business as Chronometer J^» Optical instrument 'f^S^SSS formerly occupied by Messrs. *uoni Bros.) under tne style of J. g. L«sk« Singapore, 15th June. H7" PACIFIC MAIL BfliM SHIP COMPANY. Through U. S. aUttLIM to New York Steamers will be despaf.-hed form Hongkong as
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    • 203 4 SEAM ENS MISSION. Old Newspapers. P-nodieals, and Books ■n K» tb-inkfully received for the use of rri.il r, a- ore. and afloat in this HarWr P reel of these addressed to the Rev (S, 'v. Be kles. at ..Andrew s Vestry, will be grutefully £toowledgsr Singapore. KM Jan., lfl<~ NOTICE.
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  • 4521 5 I in form the I -hingblemeu, at th< r that the time Municipality might ■V I if barge of tlio 11 nod .y. the r starj and membSfe. I 1 band thai the brought forward on thai i evolution on Since then. 1 bare seen in the of the place,
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  • 499 5 MALACCA. (Prom an Qootrionml Oorrotptßdmt.) M \i v( i v, SOra .In.v. Is 7'_'. Tm old laying It never rains but it pours is very applicable to this place with regard to steamers. For days and days. soinetini.s. not one is te be seen at anchor in the roads,
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  • 1051 5 J'u the Editor of the Daily Timtn. Siu: I am sure the community were as much surprised as you could have heen, at tin' unwonted deference of His Excellency the Governor to your editorial as an expression of public opinion, in reference to the Municipalities. Tis strange, 'passing
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  • 390 5 (Prom an Occational Corretpondent.) At last we have had something to stir us up, yestwosomethings first, the burning of an Americansliip the Brnrfactor, with some 2000 cases of Parattine Oil on board, and secondly the promulgation of a new ordinance having for its object the licensing of brokers. What
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    • 701 6 i). dP. CoMpuip. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Offices— D'Aln Godowns At New Harbour. MVI L frj&ffif LINES. '1,, pro] of arrival of thf Company's Contract Mail Steam Shipeel connection with the sen toe for the rear 1872, as approved by her MaPos< Master (ieneral. will b« as follows
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    • 809 6 vV 0. Companp. SHIPPERS Of CAKCO. Notice is hereby given that from this date shippers of Cargo bj the Company's steamers will have the option of consigning their goods to either London or Southampton the rates to London will be the same as those hitherto charged to Southampton, and a
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    • 776 6 ittisrellaneous. ENGLISH GOODS (Via Suez Canal) At Cheapest Rates D. NICHOLSON COMPANY. Silk, Woollen and Manchester Warehousemen India, Colovial and Foreign Outfitters. :.o SS, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD (Comer of Cbenpside\ London. Established l«l-'!. Invite attention to their Illustrated 120 Oatalogne, sent post fm ■tailing full particulars as to Woollen, Silk
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    • 854 6 iHisrrllanfous. THE MOST RELIABLFRIENED. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT. Its Searching and Heaemg Properties are known and recognised throughout the world. The number of years this in valuable Ointment has stood the test of public opinion (and the longer known the I .etter appreciated) is a testimony of itself more convincing than anything
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    • 758 6 iT-lisrrllanrotif) JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION Established 1890, FREDERICK JOYCE CO. Invite the attention of Sportsmen to the following Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general use throughout England. India, and the Colonies. Joyce's Treble Waterproof Central Fire PERCUSSION CAPS. Chemically-prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding, Cartridge Cases of superior uality
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    • 752 6 ittferrllaiuou*. BRI6TOW, EDMONDS A WILL] (Late Bristow Edm. Perfumers, Fancy Soap Mai AND DRUGGISTS Alho GENERAL BRUSH AIAKI WBOUHAXI AND EXPORT I ISMOI'SIJATEAVENUE CITY V c LONDON. l lished nearly 100 Years) So well known for their ESSENCE OF PEPPERMINT, ESSENCE Of JAMAICA „in,,,k. sad their JAMAICA and MARROW POMATUM.
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