The Straits Times, 12 January 1878

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  • 80 6 iriews ilieres valent that tyrants ii i- a •he welfare of his lly driThe d aboul oods, little court the ad "I oppres- the I'iight into ■r an in- that his po- the whites, and thai L, .ins t<> in Fiji. For L why the k uropcan inI nan people,
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  • THURSDAY, 10th JANUARY.
    • 26 6 H. Reddell, from d alongside 9terdaj pnrts K «fe, Mr. \..yI inuarj 1878 md at 2.10 ■i the ieno From tnere with back to •rat tinging
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    • 27 6 1 Icntta with i Ranj P ang and Ma rning i men. .Mr. v rvant, \l HI .Hid 2 i Hose and •errant, Mr. ,n.l 22 steer--9
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    • 18 6 I lesi waa beld jreeiV. V. Cousins, Esq., a male Chinese, name imption. I teath from natural Call
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    • 36 6 Tt ofH.M. 74th hi< h was given last Elooao at Tangu and the attinla are thai many residents procon imtne was well arranged ami i displayed waa a reveltj. Hi- Excellency the and Lady Kobinaon were
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    • 28 6 brd of the 29th tatea that Captain .1. 11. R. K. Assistant Colonial P siaii^', baa taken np d itj in ilic Australian Colonies th the defence works."
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    • 191 6 i nial of the Ist has the following concern- i 'I loph aexl advance beyond an artilephone ia manifestly one graphically record ipeech place. Among othertj Mr. the famoiu American electri- ported to have achieved this ■ilt, nt lead to a certain I be able to liner inflection! of the
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  • FRIDAY, 11th JANUARY.
    • 45 6 Hi- Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Lady Robinson and attended by his private Secretary, kffr. Kinc-t W. Howard, left for Malacca and Penang yesterday afternoon by the Colonial steamer, Pluto. The various heads of Departments were present at Tanjong Pagar Wharf to witness 111--llencj '> departure.
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    • 106 6 T:w. neuter's telegram dated London 11th instant, announcing the capture ofthe whole of the Turkish Army in the Schipka la- i- verj ominous of import, and would lead to the supposition that the tactics of the Germans in the Franco Prussian War have been repeat id by the Rus-bns. There
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    • 393 6 Till, cause of the removal of 11. M. 71th Highlanders to Hongkong to replace the 28th, seems to exercise the minds of our friend- then- equally with our own. It i- satisfaetor] to be assured that the excuse of illness among I he latter Regiment scarcely holds water, and it
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    • 754 6 4s our annual sports have been occupying mod attention daring the l:it festive season, perhaps the following description of New Year's day's proceeding! on the Green in IM"> may give a hint to the Cricket Club as to the manner in winch sports were conducted by tin- more sedate Colonists
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  • SATURDAY, 12th JANUARY.
    • 149 6 THI troopship ftuMf, arrived from Hongkong yesterday afternoon with two companies o( the 2Sth Regiment on board. These landed early this morning and inarched to Tanglin Barracks. The Taniiir will leave shortly for Malacca and Penang, and embark the companies of the 7 Ith Highlanders there, and will afterwards return
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    • 100 6 Thk skeleton of the Maharajah's well-known racer, The Count," is, we observe, now in place in the Baffles Museum, and the discovery has been made that not only had two of the ribs been broken a long time previous to the animal's death, but that the bones had remained unjoined,
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    • 74 6 If lOHT we suggest to the road metallen that the very excellent system followed opposite the Post Ollice might advantageously be adopted on other roads needing granite patching. In the first named locality the rough stone is bound by fine stove-dust, which materially saves the feet of horses passing over
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    • 44 6 Thk overhanging branches of the trees in many of the country roads sadly need clipping, mure especially in that leading past the English Club house at Tanglin. The roads are well looked after but a little attention to the also would not be ami--.
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    • 84 6 Wk have heard nothing of the Rre Bogines lately, bol tru-t that they have been put ia good order, though it is whispered that nothing has beea don,' to improve either their appearance or Working powers. It is a pity that the Municipal CommisMoiier- do not publish the result ol
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    • 77 6 Hi.-iukm- who habttually use Orchard Boad complain bitterly of the fact that nighteoil men with their unsavoury cargoes are often allowed to pervade it in long 1 strings of 20 or •"50 men at a lime, as late as 10.9 1 i a. m. Surely -m-li necessary bat anfragn&i mesabeis
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    • 203 6 Tn Kith is a kind of consolation in Comparing the misfortune, of others with our own. It would appear adulteratkw is the order of the day among the depraved Mercantile classes,and the following paragraph from Iron will show that "iir celestial friend- do not monopolise the penckmni for unfair dealing.
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 469 6 Saturday, "ith January. EL M. str. Charybdis, 1,1-7 tons, Bothan, Peaana 29th !>■ Dutch steamer Ophir. 332 tons. Cramer, Deli 2nd Jan. Dutch steamer Bromo. 1,238 •■■us. Sdfcten, A'-h>-. I,t Jan Sara. .str. Rajah Brooke. S>~> tons, I'ender, BoormtMTa Ist Jan. Spanish steamer Leyte, 88] tons, Zulnana. Mmiln Ist
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    • 272 6 Friday, tth .l.inuary. British steamer Beamore, Aognntin, for Haltooi A Peaaag British Bteamer Ru'iy. K .<. for Mintok and Patembtßff. Briti- i steamer "r.stes, Wshvter, for Peßaag and Lon 1 ,n. German barqoe Calliope, <>ilri ihs, for Blephant ponl Brit, barque Firth of Tay, Thomos >n, (or Abmur^t point
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