The Straits Times, 22 December 1877

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    13 1 The Straits Times. XXIIL RY >SlN< SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22* 1(577. SATURDAY EVENING V(
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    STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, 22nd DEC., 1877.
    7 1 ST RAITS TIMES SATURDAY, 22nd DEC., 1877.
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    624 1 ■*i in W. 11. i: >n with ithe M 0.,. I md which had S the MaI'umon- he Maharajah's representuwhtch fully Bubother the impriis of one, luche Tanir, Johore, the Headman md a inkn Allum. Mr. produced his deposition, but it U), although he bail reference
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    Famine in China.
    1021 1 By ived From Shanghai it appears that st. again being taken by the foreign community at that port, with a view to sending relief to the famine-striken North China. In the early part of this year an appeal was made j to European and American residents in
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    Government Gazette Extraordinary.
    1346 1 (17th l> A d Eft i-iich-il'i iitii-y dated Mi'tidav the l/tli instant, notifies that H. Y. the (lovenior has Appointed the Mon'ble Major M.vcXaik to be a Municipal Commissioner, and contains the draft of Tiik Coi ims Okdi.n \nm LB7B, Tiik Nkw Coi rts Oitmx im b.
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    The Council Meeting, 7th Dec.
    1702 2 11. Daily tOti. Th&ek other Bubjeeta occupied the attention of the Council 00 the Ttli December, the M">n- Succettum, the Bill for 1878, and tilie Jewith iff it c Bill. The Supptg Bill, making the provision 0f~51,644,337, the largest ever made without any important public
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DEBATES.
    488 2 Sbventkkvth i DECEMBir. PRSBKNT 11. E. The G< His Honor the Acting The Kon'hle the Col theAtt-r; the Acting Treathe i H. A. K. Whami W. H. ft«ad. .1. B. Ma.-Arihur. I. S. Bond. The minutes o( the last in< read and continued. CHIMES! INTBRPKKTBBS. Mr. Mac
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS TIMES, DECEMBER 22, 1877.
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      8 3 SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS TIMES, DECEMBER 22, 1877.
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      JAVA NEWS.
      700 3 Hitherto the ntl from this calamity R ':t of the East bl a- follows ■On the I ive I a letter from Kedjnruan Abu, •■n<- ..f the four el nid. This letter to to the R.ijih of Kdi, Tuku It«iii of Blaaj Bekodjie, np.iufd by s banlo. Ci
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      PARIS LETTER.
      2653 3 Pajus, Noi ncfei l The people feel avenged after the Chamber, where the Ministers have -y whipped for all their bad since the merry month of Mn. The only two Cabinet Ministers who spoke, were the Home Minister. It. le Foiirton, and the Due de Brogtie the latter
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      The Municipality.
      554 3 The Munic ipality. MIMTKS of riOOeeflingl of the Municipal Commissioners on Tuesday, the "-'7 th Xovemlier. 1^77. Commixxionrrs I'rrxenl. Hon'ble W. H Bead, PisiiaVar. K. .1 Wells, ha Tan Son^ Poh, bo. M V. De Souza, Ks.| Mimitr*. The Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. l'm./rrx* Rfjiortx.
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      VARIORUM.
      959 3 I Ni\t > < I.'kiiuimm. again to the question <>f our educational system, it must be said that we have BO proj>er system in the Colony. A largo earn of money is annually spent with very little amount of good resulting. tVith an officer of such ability at the
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      VARIORUM.
      968 3 Bl Nemo.] I iikvh there was a smart passage at arms in Saturday's Council in consequence of the ignoranes of Malay titles on the jiart of tlie Colonial Secretary. That < )fllcial has been here long enough and has had SUOOgh to do with Malay matters, surely, to know
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        723 7 inidrrllanrous. OKI LIFE iii dern li«"i f-.r bu- in fail known. It will work nothing else will produce, and it i advantwre of not causing, when it- use is relinquished, tl ton or dcprest n The question natural itself, raluable an element little regarded and so Mldun prescribed:-" Th. v.r
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        818 7 iHidrrllanrous. [)H. .1 r01.1.w BROWN] CHLORODTNE. < >RI, is M. AND The Public are C*#ri"N the unfounded stat.-' cnK frequently composition of Chlorodtne is known to Cheniial and the ICedioml Pro- The fa. t is, <'in OBODTV md Invented by Dr. .T. Medical Staff), and so nhined by him, and
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        596 7 c comvanp. .RIKN'TAL OMPANT. D'Almeida Street. .—At New Harbour. \!\U> LINES. Thk following are a»c dates on which ,l, t '.lil Btoansri lli; ,y I t« arrive tx re in 1^77 Odtwaui.. Homkwaed rueaiay 9th Jan. Wednesday 10th Jan. 83rd 2 j,\ (ith Feb. th Feb 20th 21st 6th Mar.
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        796 7 HOLLOA rMKXT. OLD SORES AVD OLD TJTSFASF.S. The Reeds "f these tunllv expelled by this -vent. not only from the B.ipenidai parw. but from the intenal tißmios likew en«e even of rs standing, sp^ l^r^ilWOnßirPOß BRONCHI A CFB r^ f DIPHTHERIA. SORE THROAT ASTHMA. Xc. For Onrinr sore thro;,., dipht
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        55 7 iftisrrllnirou:,. Pad.l! MAC.' .KM Gun Gunpo« M Fin^ PAH WILL DAMP HOl'Sl silip and Full P Fin Co Km r ii Wil EX 1-^ TH V ON Wi >v; t OF THE C LI M DIB] UY. I by taking I OFI the ily of it" wh ii i mer
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    MALACCA.
    394 4 From th* J)ailif Time*, December \lth. {From cur own Vorrrspondriit Mai v. i *> i n I>K<\, 1577 Tut K. 1. S. N. Go's, steamer Arabia, Captain Mann, arrived here from Bangoon, en route to your l'ort, la.-t Wednesday, and is expected back here on Tuesday next. The Hritish
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    THE CRICKETERS' ABORTION !
    252 4 THE CRICKETERS' ABORTION i s .in.' bold jauaaj men of Singapore ■Tho i > i v 1 the puna "l Who «;i!k'll aboul mi pads, with 1111. 1 1 Ami Umnglii ueossalvea the ticket Detamda'd fur t*. have estti 1'11.. n the Beplanadi Whei-.. th'-v OOald .Irink tlieii B ui'l
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  • Correspondence.
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      MIGHT I SUGGEST?
      42 4 MIGHT I SUGG EST T» I/"- Editor if thr I),,ih, Tiiiirx. Sm. —I hear H. K the Governor is going to Johore within two or three days, I hope he will not touch. Yours obediently, OomiT Gooa lh. ipore, 17th Dee., 1^77.
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      A gross Indecency.
      175 4 A gross In de cenc y. y,) the Editor of th, Daily Tin,,*. Sin,— On Sunday last I was an e\c witness to a moat indecent scene on the lialastier Plain. At about a thousand yards from the Pauper Hospital a hole had been dug about four rest deep. To
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      A suggestion.
      176 4 A sug gestio n. To thr Editor of the Puil,/ ZV«M. Snt, -No one who attended the Athletic Sports at Tanglin yesterday, but auat say they were conducted and regulated ;i> all such sports should be, with due i are for the safety and wants of I cominunit v, space-
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      TO Explain.
      88 4 TO Exp lain. thr Editor if tin- Dili /if IVmat. Sm, -Many people have 1 n intrigued as to the true meaning of obat goonah, 1 and it may be as well to explain it for the "benefit off country cousins." It signifies coining over a poreon putting the rumr/hrr
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      The Christian Brothers' School.
      640 4 To t/tf Editor of tin- Dmitf ffasee. Si H, -I read in your issue of the 13th instant, the corns| ondeaoe between Brother Sagittaire and the Inspector of Schools, in reference to the remarks made regarding the Christian Brothers' School, in your paper of the Mb
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      557 4 To tki blilttor of th' Dst/jf ZVmM. But, Communities like individual! are ■low <>r appreciation when boon liw at their doors and can be had for the asking. Than u a pleasurable sensation in imagining a giievaaos; and crying l"r the moon baa always been an indulge. 1 luxury. If
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      The Christian Brothers' School.
      290 4 To thr Editor of the Daihj Time* Sr R< I wonder what on earth the Xian Brothers intend doing to themselves. By the very fact of their writing to Mr. -Skinner for his approval or disapproval to a public Examination, makes me conclurte that they are
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    The Government Gazette (21st Dec.)
    320 4 The following notit'ications are taken from yesterday's Ga:rttr: Notice has Itee 1 received from the Madras (lovernment, that "The Straits Settlements bue^wtwOJ Act, 1577," will be brought into operation from and after Ist January, 1878. Mr. Frank Oliver has been appointed by His Kxcellency the
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  • MONDAY, 17th DECEMBER.
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      114 4 MiI HUUJ LOGICAL Observations f ur the week ending Loth Dec, IS7 7, taken at the H'.spital, Kandaiig Karbau. BAKoMETKK KKl>r< Kh. DATK. I il. 111. 3p. m. 9p. m. >-r. Kb loth >. mil 12th lath lkh loth a .998 K4 .'J33 972 ■320 Hjmi Mt H4O -It .863
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  • TUESDAY, 18th DECEMBER.
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      220 4 Tut following is a List <>f Art ides DICMOtfld to tlu 1 Kaflles' .Museum ami Library, from Dee. tad to Dec 17th, >77. Dr. T. I. Rowoll. I voU Meteor..! Bulletin. .1 V. Wiohokoa, Ks.|.— 1 Aths Moth. His Highutt>s the M ih n.ij.ili <>t Johore. 1 Live I ython.
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  • WEDNESDAY, 19th DECEMBER.
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      37 4 An m,,iu-st war. held at tkfl Pauper Hospital, on the lsth iaataat, by A. Cousins, Baq., oa the body ol .1 male Chi— W nainttl Tan All Hok, who iliwl from dropsy. Verdict, Death from natural BMM6I
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      103 4 Thk ckma publishes tin- following statistics of Baogal Opium in Hongkong lor November An in,,iu-st «M held at tlu> l';i;i|>< r Hospital, on tlif Imli inrtaat, bj A. W. V. Cousins, Km|., on the body of I male CkuMM named Tan All Hok, kvlio diad Bnmi goMral drapajr. \'.rJict, Death
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      98 4 n EioOffkoag, it appears that the Collector ofStMDp H.-venue publishes monthly returns of hia reewpta. The Uinia M.vi contains a paragraph statj"ff that the total stamp revenue collected in November was $11,476.83, and a comparison is given between the revenue collected np to the 80th November i,, 1876 and L
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  • THURSDAY, 20th DECEMBER.
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      18 4 Prokksmh: M fame will gives inir iiia-je a Town Hall Theatn I instant. Tl miller the patr Governor.
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      23 4 I\ another colunu proftramme o| M Batardaj di i ■errcdl) populai a is sure to be are needed from n of the t
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      47 4 Wi are ri tlif Heiratta Si i Tuesday, Ist Jar. rowing and 1 sampanmuch n- v swimminir an for coins, and milii for ship's and m Colonial steamer lu> placed at the for the day. heavier by divid two days, the comi scriptioriß for the i li!>eral.
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    FRIDAY, 21st DECEMBER.
    131 4 FRIDAY, 21 st DECEMBER. Thk If. M.C tain liormier tV i ultimo, via N Aden ami Poil London mails ol arrived alongsidi wharf this mornii Saiiron, Elongh daylight to-morrow, I at 8 p.B. to-day. Pa»i For Singapore. i and Mr*. .1 N l Caswll. Mr.. l. G. D Mi. M
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  • SATURDAY,22nd DECEMBER.
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      18 4 \\k nre inform I sovereigns are in piv-ei t, and it W' lore, tliat p< receiving thi> coin.
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      16 4 Tin. Chairman tin- Justices I on Thursday, for the I'm] for the ensuing J otllt'l bllsl!
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      20 4 Thi ("i" 1 life, tor being of Mr. Digb; boa the C month- kg spector Rich instant, iv brought back
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      26 4 CM] will I- I old foliioufd ty will M I" 1 1 heartd peo| I Christmas f I the you, I din- will t,alv-' til h
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      29 4 T.ik follow to US I I pie in. M.I. I that they •< a disorder^ I street bis I I there all nigl" I and diii I of the I
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      34 4 3*ud»y,tlKi< .i holiday I bhi Mtn-liants, vernment, who been very liln-ra] of It^e ii, W that day ably th*re will n,,t I>V rk at the paUk oftce*, wh«a cloced. It 1 pßaing the M<
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      61 5 Duntber of the ll.u--the >liipj.in<,' line is and mal assuming a aranoe than they have done are 1 w odon The I lump £aged a half a rate*. There Marimbier 1 1 1 left eaveshortthe i lie oora- thai rted, jFltfl 111 BernI Hoag* i I Mr. M: K Mr.
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
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      Arrivals.
      435 5 Sarawak nU»mvr &Sftt D «*ember. ■tdiaa l.a,. |v,. Ann?""''.'.'"' "'"■>>■. <tot2S'SA™'S 1~B ™"s;:»»£S v"di" t;''^''™^i;n;:ri:^;i'™--^v;;: Cardiff 26th c" w V" 1"' <;"»"-i"l' -'."u.Hndor '■tiilisli .st.aniiT Ixiwvll l >-i -^arsSaaSSp* t. i M"i d;iv. 17tli I).-,., tuber 4^^^&- 1s« t rBo Foiw A,,,,,,a. 1.17 V Halle, l1 Saatenberc, Bchmidt i
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      Departures.
      164 5 Patardajr, IStk December; Br'tiah ateaaaer Cheami Hook Ciaa. Vfebb, for Hoagtoi l;. Kritisli pteamer Svayeawjoaje, Bower, lot Baafooa vi.i Ponaog, Barawak aefcooatt Eaem, Barmbuodia, for Sarawak. America a aehooaMv Win. Fhillijis. Houly, lot Puiam;. Monday. 17th De.emb«;r. Pritisli tteaner Arabia, Mann, for Han^inm. Fn-iiili barqae tifn«\i.-v,-. Lenretre, for Saigou.
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
      1168 5 m Ni utaixn iai) .1 Hio «k ar V'nbbi Kkom Whkrk I-Yi.Mi Oovsiombm o« Agents. l)»> v t< 1 KIVAI..--kut-op-wa Paleml.aiic 3 u.:in H.XM.'sstr. Get. J" A. lic-i; V i.-tt>i-i.t Dock H.XM.s ('..nsiil General. Acli.-.n ito l':.u! H. V atr. I'fN'.^. 24Peoang i\->i<l-< Senior Naval Otti.vr.
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      113 5 flout/*. LlTS TI.MKS ..inJ ■rill be itly, iBMUl bere« Dec. lRABICA. i 111. Tins. SAT ft 00 B Si itair< a ii 1 Bmbruidered t ■■atlieiEmbroidered 19th Dtc. IW« NKV. it n iv.-d. -OoobU h i i tingle H n* ..i:. I'.id. lothi iia is. reins, rtmigbt Bi H-. it
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    The Water Supply.
    386 6 The Wa ter Supply. submits the 10lI to the roughout the tow n iv p| U the various the mains through the principal thor u^hfarcs aparativi oftofl in vaB thai mona rer four hun- uaand dollai lull, all i.and the offii but what is the them in this form V
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    The Government Policy towards the Native States.
    280 6 The Government Policy towards the Native States. Sir known hi ement. It Viaharajiili forward, and shitkiug its -iliility, tl nmoot tuberous nmtj I this it on well, the Maharajah get the h( and glory if ill, we should lia. md moreover, would to pay the expense of restoring was and
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    Athletic Sports at Tanglin Barracks.
    313 6 Highlander! relieved the monotonous i\-K- ef their daily life, yesterday afWiiu.vn, by ;i spell at "high jinks" in the shape of athletic sports of all descriptions. A foreigner witnessing such amusements, c.>!uliutol under the broiling heat of a tropical miii, would lx> inclined to Wieve
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    Athletic Sports at Tanglin Barracks.
    382 6 H acterised t! eat rouse I „t upon 1 the sport. lit listeners, by a windn; I 1 ?ured attherope in i es was small Hvelj of tile i nable i i ir popular Secoi; il presence is ever we ou gala invasions. The Off!
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    Penang News.
    15 6 Me«sc- I Urov n Fri^^^^^H tl lt where tnerti erected pulled Hwa 1
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    Sarawak News.
    417 6 In ta- agriculture i Mr. mil his own in the followtioning the Chinese my beto flip v be in Ut, U.ud that lity for in* Malay race, and that I which they them ell-to-do ;iiul iuiportastead of the V Colll- in speaking of Sai- fer to the Malays
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