The Straits Times, 22 May 1875

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  • 16 1 The Straits Times. rOjj. XXXI PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1875. SATURDAY EVENING NO. 2,032
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  • 46 1 I \iib. TATIONC i Mai ..'M'. 1875. .s 15. I 10.724 li. n M S-50. Tn. I Ift. 1 77}. 1.15 .1 1 7 i 1 62 a. iim new "iiioi.n the spot i monthi si^-h I OH. pren 10. 0. .lloUl
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  • 2237 1 ntinoe to be far more .in Home m us. While can find little di than fume about questions .and equable with the brazen foul-mouthed member he Government of India is •■1 with State questions of Impclepoaiag and setting s, deliberating upon war or no n short, "making history." tve
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  • 227 1 Possibly some of our readers may be glad to learn a little more about Baroda and its affairs, and also about the personal history of fhe late Gaekwar whose deposition we narrated yesterday. The Gaekwar of Baroda, with his lady love Luxmeebhai, has created more sensation in India and
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  • 129 1 WHAT IS BARODA Baroda is the principal of the six Northern Native States iii the Bombay Presidency. It has a population of about 2J millions, and a Revenue of about ,llo(),UOU ]>er annum. The Qaes> war has an arm}' of his own, consisting of 1 1,000 infantry, 8,098 cavalry and
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  • 620 1 The deposed Mulhar Ran is a very long descended gentleman indeed. His ancc-tors were the chiefs of a Gaekwar Of Shepherd tribe so far back as the 9th century, but they did not come into much note until the lMh ceiiturv, in 172l)-o(), when
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  • 1816 1 Iv answer to this question we extract the following 1 graphic description of this frail fair one, and, if not her first love, at least her fint husband. It is not every day that a mill-girl steps at one bounce from the loom to the throne, and
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 129 1 A i lu.fle kn >wn foi v. ill lio il-. iii 1 Mi 11 .1.. Blbard Street, <-ity Old Jewry; in CalI 00. ifj in the •>>]}■ the required, ill countermanded Qgly. tfollj lejK. ■!i to the proprietors tj m the d< I ;l'll. Ko He ■tlier rerbsl '1 be
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 705 2 Thk extracts from home papers, which we publish to-day, show that although according to appearances. Earl Carnarvon, tlu- present Secretary of State for the Colonies, is disposed to avoid undue interference with the internal affairs of our own Colony, lie keeps a •watchful eye over the affairs
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  • 1610 2 (Tr.iiixfiitnl for (lie Strait* Time*) Tho following summary of Acheon illUllligllUM is taken from the Butuviu '-',!> i'/ of the Mli instant From the Military Bad also Civil Commanding Officer at Aeheea a telegram dated the 3i'th inst. has been received, running as follows; '2oth
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  • 1073 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. London, loth Apkil, 1875. SiX William Jervois left by the last French mail, aud will have been sworn in before the receipt of this. It is rejjortcd that a few days before his departure he was interviewed by some
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  • 552 2 London, 147// May. During the recent alarm, England expressed to Germany a very decisive opinion respecting the maintenance of peace. A friendly and satisfactory reply was returned, and France also thanked England for her friendly attitude. The Assembly was suspended in compliment to the elections and with a
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  • Correspondence.
    • 300 2 (Aval an occasional Correspondent.) Malvcca, 13th May, 1575. H. M"s. steamer Fly, Cpatain Bruce, from Singapore en route to Langat, arrived here last Friday afternoon. The Straits steamer Benmore, from Singapore and Sharpshooter, from Penang, anchored in the harbour last Saturday morning. The Colonial steamer Pluto, Commander Welner, having
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    • 132 2 1 enclose a copy of the Memorial lately forwarded to His Excellency Sir Andrew Clarke by a BJUnbor of the clerks in Oovsrnasent ■aaploy, applying for an increase to their present salaries, with His KneUoney'l reply through His Excellency's l'ri\att*St eretaiv Sir,— We the undersigued Clerks of the Governuient ivil
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    • 161 2 The mnjorily of us of H ire bnving fiin.ilies an.l mt.i, tin th< thereby prjwnting those aadi i cumfctunces from seeking for more I employment in either I", we wonld bring to Hu l\. notice that, in the I Wof t»< years, prices of the eoasmoß a life bait mereaat
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    • 123 2 Bcajm Houaa, Mala. t-a, loth April, Is?:, Gkntlkment:— l am rennsslsj byUo vernor Sir An.ire.v l.irke. to tckaowled the receipt of yoar eouununieatioii of thu day 'B date, on the subject ol tl, rates of salary y.>u a i V at present near. ing; and to aware joe that the
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    • 138 2 A Monxicur <1, hi SrJMctcvr iv "Singapore iJily lima." Monsieur,— lour cviter lea bmitt con. trains i la verity, je pre/ere bin con. aattre la lcttre, ecrite par moi an de eea jours, a Mr. A. Dshra et qoe Mr. < a eu I'obUgeances a trsduin. Quant I mes projets
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    • 868 2 To Dr. Anton Doims, Director of the Zoological Station ut Xuple*. DBAS Dohrx,— You are well iiwaiv that 1 share your views as the great ralue of Zoological Stations to Science; and you will not doubt that the account of the excellent results of the great establishment founded \<\ yon
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 74 2 •1 Laveu.it U.mi-.I «1..-th.-r tli.- Btettoa •kick) and 1 ;«!t»u ut Mf. .uiu la UM7-0 Mrirad »t i i istsliimiirnt. or *k«ta«i it thmuk kato a i in.-:, t U) Domad life l,i, iuv.m,.,i „i ■iijr otlwr ttiun >o«irii m N»i.l< Imui n riuint,i.', lilo Dot kuo« whether lb« Slntlciu
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  • 490 3 Council, 4th May, 1871, I tiic Subcommittee of the iv< Council on the aaaation ef the I went of Savings Banks in the aicnta. n rider it highly „n ,i* ,i\,.ur thdsdd be Q .ruuient v Sauch an institution I >perly conducU-d. wmiJ laje and convenience to I
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  • Srtracts.
    • 1462 3 Hew, IfA April Lord Qraj, WBO Waa OBM iimsclfaCo- loaial Secretary, had an opportunity list ni^'ht of qaeatMHUap: the Earl of Carnarvon a« to his n-e.-nt BOJiej iv Natal, and alao ■Mai v humlile addn >s to Her M.iifMty. praying her to allow .Art No. 8
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    • 791 3 (flfoh*. Wh April., The uttack wade last night by Lord Grey upou the course pursued by Lord Qarnarvoß i:i dealing with the Laugaiiba- Me affair OPOaufl iriAtT WIH MMVWII important late than win th r Bit Beujauiin Pine took a right view of the Catfi
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    • 455 3 Amongst the hundreds of officers wbo have fouml their way to the retired list of the Knyal Navy under the pressure brought to bear upon them by recent bcheines of retirement, a vast number are uot m.ly fit, but anxious, for further service under the Crown. The idleness
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  • 125 3 ffoUeway'i 1 Hutment and Pill*.— Old Wounds, Sores, and Ulcer*. Daily experience confirms the fact which has triumphed over all opposition for thirty years siz., tbat no means ace known equal to Holloway's remedies, for curing bad legs, soree, wounds, diseases of the skin, erysipelas, abscesses, burns, scalds, and, in
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 545 3 Saturday, IMb. May. Danish steamer Kjobenhavn, 701 tonn, Paulsen commander, Hongkong 6th May. consignees Scott, Witham <t Co. British steamer Fitzpitrick, 597 tous, Humphries commander, Penang 13th May. Sunday, ltith Slay. British schooner Bungaree, 89 tons, Crawford commander, Fre- mantle 18th April, consignees Behn, Meyer <fc Co. British steamer
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    • 233 3 Sun. lav, 16th May. P. A O. steamer Zambesi, Cates, for Hongkong. Dutch steamer W. K. P. der Nederlandeu, Hagera, for Batavia. British steamer Celestial, Douglas, for Saigon. Monday, 17th May. Siamese steamer Bangkok, Belbin, for Bangkok. Danish steamer Kjobenhuvn, Paulsen, for Samarang. Dutch ship Alblassordain, Willenis, for Saigon.
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    • 627 3 Date hip's Names. Captains. IFlau and Rio. lons ot ar- Where From. kival. Consignees or Agents. DESTINATION. MEN-OF-WAR Thistle hiding H. M. steamer \-U< April 2!) Dinding Lapwing WiIWIB H- M. steamer ti«>:s May 5 Bangkok feMßt Richelieu Siamese war str. 400 May 10 Bangkok i'lv"
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    • 43 3 1 Tanjong Pagar Wharf. •1 Victoria Dock <> Jardine, Matheson and Company's Wharf. U P. &O. Wharf 7 Bon A.ccord Dock I Borneo Company's VVhart 8 Government Whurf I Patent Slip and Dock Company 9 At Johore
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  • 40 4 Thk followiug new books have been received by the Rallies Library Gait's The Ayrshire Legatees. The Bpaswile B Tale of the Scottish Chronicles, 3v. Lawrie Todd, Lander':; Lcngendary Tales of the Highlands, v. The Wolfe of Badewoch.
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  • 54 4 W k are informed that the Ollicial members of the community purpose entertaining at dinner His Excellency Sir Andrew Clarke previous to his departure, and His Excellency having accepted tinir invitation, the dinner will come oil' on Saturday next, in the Singapore Club, the use of which has been ivadily
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  • 159 4 Wk dip the following information concerning 1 Her Majesty's ships in lud 1.1 v waters from a late Madras paper The principal officers in H. M.'s Uinlniintnl, which is ntxt month to relieve the QlaifOM) at the East India Station, ar. Uv.ii- Admiral Maedoiiald Captain Hugh Campbell. Flat; Oaptaia j
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  • 132 4 N 1. t iiiuk we do nat intrude upon the priraejr of private grief if we notice iua few words, Uk death, announced '■11 Monday, of Charles IrOWw Waller, (£m|., so lon^ and/so favorably known b«ie in connection with the dmtetioa of our Fbfiol and the Sujieriutendeuee of the Jail
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  • 167 4 Oir attention has been directed to the fact that visitors to the Botanical Gardens frequently take their dogs with them, and, worse still, allow them to bathe in the lake. Not only is it contrary to the rules to take dogs into the (iardensat all, but their bathing in the
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  • 313 4 A xi MKKorsi.v attended meeting was held in the Exchange yesterday afternoon for the purpose of organising the proper measures to carry out the resolution come to some time ag ■>, to present Sir Andrew Clarke with a piece of plate in appreciation of his ><rvices as Governor of these
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  • 687 4 Wi. had much pleasure in giving publicity yesterday to the interesting communication from M. de MikluhoMaclay, which we have no doubt our readers perused with the attention anything from the pen of such an adventurous and successful Traveller must always and everywhere command. The paragraph which caused Baron Maclay to
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  • 769 4 Gitta I'kkciia is an important article of export from Singapore, and the following information concerning its preparation, and the possibility of the supply becoming exhausted, which we take from the Suruir<ii- Qttiitt of the Ist instant, will be read with interest Gutta, which has proved so useful and beeouie such
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  • 49 4 r are requested by the private S. cMtery t<> the Mahal ujuh of Johore to that, through the kindness of His the Governor, the S. S. will take gu«U to Johore, lcav- ngapore at "ln-od a.m., on the 20th instant, and returning on the following roorniug.
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  • 35 4 Thk British steamer 9in4fm, Capt. Klwards, from London l<>th April, arrive I .it Thnjoag hgtr whan jesterday afterno.ii. Pauknobbs. Vor Bi*gai>nrt —Hr. ('has. G. Bernard. Hongkong.— Mr. J. Bigley. Shanghai. Dr. Mackenzie, Mr. J. Wjper.
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  • 169 4 Tiik Supreme Court was yesterday <<-c-upied with the OOSe of .Mahomed Mhanjee, charged under Penal Code by Chan All Seng with cheating, in having, on the 2:2 nd August last, obtained delivery from the prosecutor of i"> oases, containing 400 boxes of Tea, under fraudulent representations, he promising to pay
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  • 314 4 STEAM-launches are acknowledged by all to be one of the conveniences of the agSj and we hardly know what zealous Otlieials, peripatetic British Residents, erratic Cadets aud Mine Managers, would do without them in these waters. Still, it cannot Ik- denied that the engines driving them so swiftly over the
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  • 37 4 UrnaTiHO— 01 has reached this ])lace of the total loss of the ship Jupiter T., which lefUthis place for Boston on the 2nd March, with a valuable cargo of Straits Produce estimated at §190,000.
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  • 34 4 As will be observed from the adver-t.M-ment issued by the Banks to-day, Monday, the sJ4th instant, will be observed by them as a holiday, and we believe the mercantile community generally will follow suit.
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  • 145 4 Lam Saturday's Government Gazette publishes an extended correspondeiA-e that has passed between Dr. Thwaites, the Colonial Office, and Dr. Hooker, concerning the coffee-leaf disease in Ceylon, which we refrained from noticing, as having no local application. On looking carefully through it, however, we find that Dr. Hooker has named Penang,
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  • 344 4 A somewhat interesting rifle match was contested yesterday at the Rifle Range on the Race Course, between the members of the Singapore Volunteer Corps and the 1/lOth regiment, the contestants having 7 shots at each range of ZOO and MO yards, the Volunteers using the Snider rifle, and the 1/lUth
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  • 73 4 We learn from the Penang Gazette that at a meeting held in the Penaog Chamber of Commerce Rooms ou the 10th instant, it wan resolved to hold the usual Race meeting this year, and Messrs. Addis, Anthony, Aiusley, Comrie, Fox, Gray, Kynnersley, Elliot, Naf, Noordin, Shaw ar.d
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  • 86 4 At about midnight on Thursday, the 6th instant, a fire broke out in Laroot, in the village of the Taipengs. An alarm, consisting of three guns in succession, was fired from the flagstaff hill, and Captain Speedy, the Assistant Resident, hastened to the scene of conflagration with a poase of
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  • 39 4 The five survivors of the boat's crew of the Euxme, after spending considerable time in jail here, are to be sent home by the Nestor to-morrow, nominally to be tried there, the Court here having no jurisdiction over them.
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  • 88 4 Two very destructive fires have occurred at Shanghai, iv the Chinese (juarter of the British concession, one on the night of the Ist, aud the other on the night of the 4th instant. The fire brigade worked hard to subdue the conflagration, but it being low tide, the lire wells
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  • 78 4 Thk inquiry in H. B. M. Consular Court, Yokohama, into the great Bank defalcation, has resulted in the honorable discharge of Capt. Withers, who it appears knew nothing of the matter, and was only engaged two days before the ship sailed the prisoner Adds, who was privy to the frauds,
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  • 124 4 \Vk learn that the appointment of Mr. R. W. Maxwell M Superintendent of Police, as notified in the last d'n <■„■,!-- watl Gazette, is not that of a chief Superintendent, there being no offim ol that description contemplutrd in the Police Force Ordinance. The wording of the Notification was somewhat
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  • 268 4 We regret to learn of a fatal accident, through the careless handling of firearms, resulting in the death of a European seaman on board the Swedish barque Orienten, Capt. Hook. This vessel cleared on the 18th instant for Bangkok, and had got out nearly as far as Rhio Straits when
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  • 195 4 A Court of Inquiry was held in Hongkong on the liJth instant, at the Bequest Of the Captain himself, into the circumstances attendingthe grounding the British steamer ikimj, Capt. Tannock, on the Bombay Shoal, at i.'6'i a. xi., on the 11th April, on the voyage from Singapore to Hongkong. Five
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  • 271 4 A NNUOnil case has occupied the Court of Quarter Session for the pa.-t two days. From the evidence adduced it appears that on the 80th ultimo, Tringauu traders were going along Beach Road with a datching, or Chinese scale, which they had just purchased from a Chinaman's shop, when they
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  • 34 4 A IKKIOt* typographi.-al .11 curr.'d iv our pttragi kph yucterd 1 aovneing ti Of the steamer Chin 1, ma 1 1 It should have beel VI instant not the litttll 1
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  • 42 4 'I'm. following pat departure by the < I r this afternoon de l an 1 t. Brown; J. Hiuhhudi .1 Milne. .1. kindly, 1 Pearl L i.^li 1 > Co.'s m J Holler, V. S d latrom, M. urn Vemeulen, privates an l/10th Regt.
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  • 187 4 W« publish, to-day, the n-|o,i the Sub-('( nimittee of the Ley Council 0.1 the question of I Savings Banks v the Colony, 1 fore that body on the 4th in Though the Commit tee have 1111 moosij signed the Kej>ort, some 1 are in doubt as to the financial of
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  • 346 4 I'iik following Address wa edjto H. B. Sir Andrew dark Chinese inhaliitants of Penang:— T. His Exckllkxcv Sit: \s I m ion of the of the Until, Knight Own moti ctitHitfuuhed or clfirl anil >■(■,.' Q < Army. Owtrnor, Commumli and vie*- Admiral of th S mentti. <(c, I Humbly
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  • 273 4 Ax inquest was held at tin (i Hospital, Sepoy Lines, yestei lay A. V. Cousins, Esq., the body of Carl PahlsMMl, P of the Swedish barque Or died from the effects' of a shot on board on the afternoon of tin instant. There* waa much 1 procuring an interpreter to
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  • 2428 5 THE E. A. MAIL ROUTE. S U iimrt. and main- my'i lisa of .i m. liter of eolii latern A tence to -|Kvtiiii; the ntereet to your M Bd J I MM notes i s. e>V//(, under the OOSSr Bimjm j .'ii the Uth April I trriyed at BriebaaM on
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  • 36 5 Arms of the week MONDAY, 17th MAY. \\k are reciuested to state that Lady Jervois will be at home to i«;eeive v:»it- ,rs, on Tuesdays from 12 to i, aiul M Fridays from 4 to 6.
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  • 36 5 Wk are requested to state that a meeting of all favorable to the presentation of a testimonial to Sir Andrew Clarke, will be held at the Exchange Rooms, to-morrow, the 18th instant, at half-past two o'clock.
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  • 51 5 W I understand that negotiations are in progress between the Ciovernments of India and the Straits to establish a money-order system between this Colony and India, a public convenience that would undoubtedly lie largely availed of by the natives of India resident here for the remittance of small sums of
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  • 110 5 Last Saturday's, (Jorennueiit Gazette, notifies that the Hon'ble C. J. Irving, having returned from leave, as: mned office as Acting Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, on the 14th inst. The llou'ble E. A. Irving will continue to Act as Auditor-General, and Mr. Arthur Knight will act as Assistant Colonial Secretary. The
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  • 247 5 Wi learn from the Indian papers that the expedition to Caiuorta, in the NieobaiS, to observe the total eclipse of the sun on the tith April last, proved a total failure. An hour before anil an hour after the eclipse the sky was bright and clear. About ten minutes before
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  • 430 5 Tiik prisoners found guilty on the tighter counts of the indictment in the great prison murder case were brought up before the Court this morning, when the Chief Justice passed the following sentences upon them Cheah Ah 800, 1 in Kirn, Teo Ah Chee, Low Seng Chek, be kept to
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 807 5 ittisffllanfous H. GRIESSELICH Si CO., 59, Basinuhau. St., London, E. C Manufacturers' Agents, Importers and Jeiie ill Commission Merchant, EXECUTE INDENTS, for the ludian, China, Australian, Cape, West African, South American, United States, and Canadian markets. For every description of Continental aud British Goods, direct from tbe Mills of their
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    • 758 5 iHisrrllanroHS. ENGLISH GOODS. i ViaSubz Canal AT CHXAPKBT RATES. D. NICHOLSON* CO., BILK, WOOLLi N AND MANCHESTER WARE. HOUSEMEN, INDIA, COLONIAL AND FOREIGN OUTFITTERS, 50 to 52. ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD CORNER OF CHEAPSIDE, LONDON, ESTABLISHED 1874. Invite attention to their Illustrated 120 page Catalogue and Outfitting List «0 pages, sent
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 702 6 vV 4R. ccmtianp. NIVSULAB AND ORIENTAL STFAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. < in ices— D' Almeida Street. (.uDOwn-At New Harbour. M\ll. LIITBB. Ihi |ij -.'1 i 1 ites of Hi-rival of the nys Contra.t Mail Steam Ships at Singapore, m connection with the ■< will b,' ai follows: OVTWAS. HoMKWARIt TMaday 1-th
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    • 881 6 ittisfrrllanrous. To the Queen UQ BoTAK Famii.v To H- R. the Ppince op Walks 'Special Appointment^; And to Bfveral Indian Potentates. Foreign Governments, and Railway Companies. FsTxni.isitFP 1749. J. W. BFNS( Wat«h and Clock Maker. Goldsmith. Sii ver-Smith. and Artistic Metal W T ORKER. Prize Medalist of the London. Dublin,
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    • 940 6 i¥lis(rrllnnrouo. PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT GUANO, Dissolved by OHLENDORFF CO.. at their Works, Plaistow. Victoria Dock, London. iiy virtte of a special concession granted by THE PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT Under Mess. J. Henry Schroder ACo.'s Control. (General Agents for and SoleConsipmeeH of The Peruvian Government Guano in the United Kingdom. GUARANTEED TO CONTAIN
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    • 897 6 ifltsrenanrous. THE MOST RELIABLE FRIEND. HOLLOWAY'S OTNTMENT. Its Rearchine and Henlinc Properties are known and recognised throughout the world. The number of years this in valuable Ointment has stood the test of public opinion faml th<> loTV'er known tbe better appreeintedl i.s a testimony of itself more convincing than anvthinsr
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    • 1007 6 iflisTfll.inojus. Established in 1890. C. LAZARUS A CO., Incorporated with Shearwood Co., Cabinet makers. Upholsterers, Billiard Table Manufacturers. Carvers, Gilders, Decokatobs, and General Furnishing Cotjtkactors, By Appointment To His Excellency the Viceroy of India, H. R. H. th<- Duke Edinburgh. Ac. Ac, House. Land and General Commission Agents, Appraisers and
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    • 895 6 iti igrrllnnr oil*. V DR. J. POLLTS BROWNS? CHLORODYNK [l r \i". Original avd ovi.v GbVoihi Tiik Public ru-e CwiniM'ii V ''> unfounded statements frequently iftil.-, tb*l "the coini'ositi.in of OBLO«ODTIIK ii known to Chemists. -md tie- Me li. il I' sion." Tbe fad is. CaLOBODTNI 1, I) veredandlnventedbvDr.J.Coi.LlsMiiowN: (ex
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