The Straits Times, 3 August 1878

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  • 16 1 The Straits Times \<)L XXXIV. PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, .SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1878. SATURDAY EVENING 2 918
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  • 24 1 \,,u U. HKI.IVEKV. BDinoa Pei lino *1»> •i !f Yfiirly '.ii^irterly 5 lußuni includiOK m, M....H1S .In nirce Monthi dn H
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  • 155 1 meats made known i into for lon^r periods riptions will be id Otli.-: klan in I A \i...\u. CHement'i i g ktes H.-ndv in Cal.uf.i. Kmst*. tp» ity. in tli.M- py, the juir.l. dsf all ■•I till eount<'rnianded ugly. \Nl> ORREBI-O\l>K reapectfolly rrqoerti I intimation to the pra| nvgalaritjr
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  • 154 1 Domestic Occurrence. BIRTHS. STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, 3RD AUGUST 1878. \HKKT gUOTATIONS. I f the -H>t July, the wifa M M DoNOUGH, Of KMk l( Park," Singapore, un Eeof Geo. Ad. Link m*± ipoar, :'.i;n August, 187s. I**. I it r 7.;,0 quality l:;.:.o. i k I LIH. I noanaal. I
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  • 920 1 B "inmarv of tl,c Week's »>r Overland Journal ieoverland SikviiI irdaj the I7tb H r"i»g with the hist W Katifgr ar- with the Londoa u.irning, and at I w \i. with the proent homeward mail. Tlie B. A. Co's steamer .Wv/.'//hf arrived here from Australia with
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  • 591 1 Thk papers received by the last mail from home uunteia the report praaeßt- i ed to the shareholders ol this Company at their annual meeting, and the fol- lowing particulars are extracted as be- itig of some interest, now that mail questionable in course of settlement The
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  • 511 1 i. an informed, but not in any way officially, that the result of Rajah Bot's interview at Government House with 11. B. 818 Wm.i.ia.m Robinson on Friday last ended in no satisfactory result. The Rajah wa« accompanied by his own Munshee, as the Rajah knows nothing ol Knglish and
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  • 237 1 Singapore, 2oth July, 1878. J Sir. I Rajah Bot Bin Rajah Jumahat of Lukut with t?reat pain and sorrow beg to inforn your Excellency that I hare j 'x, ■■.■i\ -d letters from my brother Rajah Tah Yah in charge of the Government of Lukut and Sunghie Rayah
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  • 132 1 To all persons dwelling in the co intries of Lukut" and Sunghie Rayah." I, Rajah Bot bin Rajah Jumahat, do hereby uivE Notice that no men from the country of Sunqhie Ujong have any I i authority or power within the countries of Lukut and Sunghie Rayah. No men
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  • 2401 1 Bkfukk F. H. Gotti.ikb, BIQ., Juuior Magistrate. John Edmund Cooper, eerstu Harry I L. Hughes. This wasanaction for defamation, brought by tl»e Plaintiff, clerk to the iit-istrar-General, against thn Defendant, who is Kilitor and Propritor of the Sf raits Chronicle, in consequence of an article which appeared
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  • 1224 2 contact with since I joined thf department. I remember Mr. Phillips himself paid the passage for woman to China who reformed from prostitution Abo it a month ago a woman came to ask me for and I got her situation as an inder Mr. A. Mitehajl after keeping her at
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  • 2861 2 The judgment. «w n'ortliip naid: This case has already lasted some time, but under the whole circumstances I do not consider that it i,as lasted longer than was necessary to elicit all the f tcts both lor the prosecution and for the defence via. h are ..maily important to both.
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  • 2770 2 Mr>UTEB of proceedings of the Municipal Commissioners, on Thursday, the 11th July, 1878. Committionm Present. Hon'ble W. 11. Read,— PrrsiJrnt. Hon'ble Major McNair. ES. .1. Wells, Esq. Tan Seng Poh, Esq. M. F. de Souza, Esq. In consequence of the annexed full and ample apology tendered the Commissioners
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  • 578 3 Ei i ctbici n v. Qam. To the Editor of the D"ih/ Time* Judging from the recent eorreuvour paper on the <Ja* quesAould appear that little or nothing I re of the great discovery of Mr. iikokk. a Russian Engineer otlitleman h:i> dol only solved v to hon to
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  • 35 3 MONDAY, -VMu JULY. Tiik Mn\. Mi;. Doici \s, C.M.G., will leave here for Ceylon on -"list August. No information as to who his L ■MOOMBOr will We has yet been rc.-cived.
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  • 510 3 Mktk<>i:oi.o<;k w. ()lisoivati.iii< for the week ending ilth July, |s?s, taken at the Husjutal, Kaiulang karlnui. Uakomkiki; Bbduobd. VTKS a. in. 1 1>. in. 9 i>. in. 21st July 22nd M nri 24th 25th 2»!th 27th inclii-s. i ii.lk-.s. in. h«-s. ***** 2:t.s2'.t 2;t.'.K)l .'.»oi .hi 7 .;»oti .!*>.-> .818
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  • 28 3 A m v\ was run over by a carriage in Orchard Bond this morning and was badly injured. The svee who was driving the carriage has been arrested.
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  • 52 3 Tiik following paragraph is taken 1 ***** the London aml ('lnn,! ASnWM of the 28tfa June:— "'l'll' 1 M;iliar:i.j:ih of Johoiv h.ts participated in tbfl I'e.-tivitits „f the London ne:i>'ii. To-morrow be will mml •> fiir^e party of old Kninporaaaa and others at tbr re■iden -c of .Mr. ,\.n\ Mrs.
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  • 51 3 Tiik trial of Ibrahim, the Malay, who H charged with the murder of a Chinese boy, commenced this morning at the Supreme Court before the Chief Ju.-tice and a Special Jury. The At-torney-General is prneaontinfl on behalf of the Crown, and Mr. Bond at the request ol the Chief Juestice
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  • 49 3 conducting the defence. Tiik discrepancies in the account* ol some junior officials reported late have caused the Auditor-General to apply to 11. B. the Governor for an increase in the number of hi- staff, and His Excellency baa appointed a Special Conuniaiion to inquire and report upon the matter.
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  • 59 3 A somewhat animated interview took place, it is said, between 11. E. the Governor and Raja Bot at Government House on Friday last, but no result wm arrived at. as the Rajah has declined all the pecuniary offen which have been made to him, and refuses to acknowledge the right
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  • 56 3 Thk Colonial steamer /'//</<>, which WM despatched to tile a->istance of the British ship John (/Gaunt, which _:"t asbore on the Hoipburg Reef on Friday morning la-t, returned on Saturday ami reported that the Joku CC succeeded iv getting afloat without a--sistancc and before the arrival of the I l'hiU>,
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  • 71 3 \Vk are requested by Maxm (h:\\ to announce that a parade of the Volunteers will be held on Wednesday alier- noon on the Esplanade, and, to avoid any accidents, it is requested that resi- dents in carriages with horses unable i to "stand fire" will be good enough to avoid
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  • 71 3 Cwiain (i. F. (ikwivm of the S. S. E'islci-ii hies reports that the British barque ttkoi* of 115 tons, laden with bones and bound from Mncaasnt to Singapore, was wrecked on Dewakan I>land, Straits of Macassar. The (Yew and cargo were all saved, and the i wreck has beep, sold
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  • 20 3 B. DOUGLAS, 11. B. H.i gssidsnt sal;. ii-.!. 11. KI.YXK. Apothecary iv charge. <•> m i;ai. Hospital, Dug, 25th July. IH7B.
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  • 61 3 It would be ungenerous on our part not to notice t he departure from thejKast by yesterday's Prated Mail, of KoKert limes Harper of the Chartered Hank of India Australia and China. Robert Harper bat made his mark in the Bast) is well loved, and thoroughly understood, and, we hope
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  • 42 3 TUESDAY, SOn JULY. W I learn from the Company'! Agent here, thai the l\ ft O. steamer Kmiifmr, with the London mail of the sth July, leftGalleat 10 a.m. last Saturday, and may consequently be expected to arrive ben next Saturday morning.
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  • 34 3 Mk. K. \V. Biiuii, who, a< was announced in last Friday's Oovurnmemt GmMette, has been appointed a cadet of these Settlements, is the son of the late Mk. Biiuii, who was murdered in ftnk.
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  • 29 3 Mk. 11. Km vi:i>, who, as m announced in last Friday's fJoptrntunt (racetle, has been appointed Superintendent of Police at Penang, is an Inspector of Police in the Mauritius.
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  • 36 3 Thk Supreme Court is occupied today with the trial of two men Akhar and (iuiiny lor extortion and taking a gratification not to prosecute. The prisoners pleaded guilty to the second charge, and sentence is deterred.
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  • 42 3 Till-; Special OominiMMHl appointed to inquire and report upon the he-t .-ite for a lighthouse between Malacca and the llallles light concluded their nttiiio> yesterday, and their report is now being prepared and will be forwarded to Government iv a few days.
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  • 241 3 Tiik body of a Chinaman was seen floating in the Harbour, oloae to shore, last evening, and the attention of the police having been called to the fact, the body was quickly recovered and brought to the back of the Borneo Company's Godowu. Only a slight bluish spot was discovered,
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  • 293 3 WM in the habit of playing. On the lay when the boy disappeared, he was seen with the prieonat about I til) yards away from the place where the rnxly was subsequently found by B Chinaman, who noticed that the boy had on 1 a pair of gold bangles worth
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  • 583 3 Tin; Paris Postal Congress concluded its deliberations on the loth June, after a session lasting four weeks. In the finrf week, as already announced, two Committew were formed, the one to consider projects of a new Convention, and of the detailed regulations for working it; the other to consider projects
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  • 383 3 heretofore the .-übject of special agreeI ments between the countries intonated. The advantage of general international agreement upon the subject was almost universally admitted but the existing iin penal of such traffic held in many quarters by private agencies railways, steam companies, Ike.) placed a bar upon its present adoption.
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  • 17 3 WEDNESDAY, Slar JULY. 11. M. S. Diamond, Captain Bosanquet, returned here yesterday afternoon from a short cruise.
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  • 29 3 Thk S. S. 9feks lIiH, which arrived yesterday from Bombay, reports having passed the British vessel Ctntnan-ii'u-r', Umnd from Bombay tor San Francisco, off Pulo Jara on Monday morn-
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  • 44 3 A telegram was received to-day by one of the Stewards of the Sporting Club from the Secretary to the Penang Sporting Club notifying that Entries for the forthcoming Penang Races mii>t arrive in Penang not later than noon on Monday next the Jth proximo.
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  • 41 3 Thk two men, Akbar and Gunny, who pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court yesterday to receiving a gratification not to prosecute in a criminal charge, were sentenced this morning by His Honor the Chief Justice to one month's simple imprisonment each.
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  • 52 3 A ROMmVf of BSOO in bank notes and silver was committed in the house I of a Chinese firm of Gambier Merchants in River Valley Road on Monday last. The money, it appears, was extracted from an iron safe, and the son of one of the partners has been arrested
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  • 57 3 Tiik Maharajah of .lohoiv, G.C.M.G., K.C.s.i., ate, mys the BSnm Kirn, has had a portrait of Her Majesty the Queen painted by Mr. Tavernor Knott. It is intended for the adornment of the walls of Government House, Singapore. When the Uueen was last at Holy rood Palace, the picture was,
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  • 81 3 Pool Chinamen, Supercargoes of the S. S. Ruxti, were placed upon their trial iv the Supreme Court this, morning on a charge M causing hurt to one of the crew by beating him cruelly, and on another count of causing him to commit suicide. After receiving the beating the deceased,
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  • 37 3 THIRSDAV, Ist AUGUST. iiiquc-t was held at the Criminal Prison, on the 30th July, by A. \V. V. Cousins, 11. M. Coroner,on the Ikklv of a male Chinese named Pong Ah rook. Verdict, Death from natural causes."
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  • 50 3 Mi:. John Ricii.wu», who was lately ■mated on suspicion of having extracted from a registered letter at the Malacca l'o-t Olliec notes to the value of 9300, wm discharged this morning by Mk. O'Co.vnoh, the Senior Magistrate, the Government having withdrawn the proaaontion owing to the notes having been recovered.
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  • 11 3 Thk next monthly General Meeting •of the Bnum Aauni Sooun, will
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  • 60 3 I take place „n Monday next, the sth instant, at 8.80 v. m., in the Raffles Library, when a pepef on IfriruUmn in the SI rait* will Ik- read by .Mr. Wai.iih Ksw.v.-i, and another on A Malta V—tck will be read by Mr. P. A. Bwi itkxiiam. Both subjects
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  • 66 3 Tick four prisoners, supercargoes of the S. S. Horn, were yesterday convicted in the Supreme Court, one of voluntarily causing hurt for the purpose of extracting a confession, and '5 others of voluntarily causing |,vr t. The first prisoner was sentenced to 4 years' ri« goroue imprisonment, and the three
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  • 99 3 Tiik wreck of the British barque EnJWnsr and the cargo left on board of her were sold at public auction yesterday by Messrs. Powem. Co., for the sum of $2,400. We understand that a considerable portion of the ship's stores and cargo was salved by the Captain before he left
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  • 91 3 1 The following Penang news has been kindly placed at our disposal by neuter's Agent here. The mail from Acheen arrived in Penang on the 2i»th ultimo and brought the following news "A large expeditionary force has advanced into the interior of the district I of the ii Mukims with
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  • 98 3 Tv Bombay Gazette's London CorI respondent telegraphs under date .Jrd, July, that the Government has made the tenders for the mail service for India returnable within 25 days, and that the period is considered shamefully short, as, if more time were allowed for sending in tenders, competition would be keener.
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  • 394 3 The crime of the man Ebrahim, convicted on the -Z'Mh ultimo in the Supreme Court, of the murder of a Chinese boy for the sake of the gold bangles he wore, is a very common one all over the East. Thus, for example, a woman, or rather a girl, for
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  • 63 3 FRIDAY, 2N D AUGUST. W I are requested by the A^'iMit to intimate that the I*. steamer Jesjmwi will he despatched with the MMMWwfd mail to-morrow aftenMMM, it' aha <an Im- yot ready. A\ adjourned inquest wa* held \e>terduy tha Ist insUut, by A. W. V. Cousins, Esq., H. M.
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  • 42 4 Wl have to-day received a telegram troin the Secretary to the Penang Sporting Club, staring that Singapore entries for the Races there may he made up to Monday evening next and not Monday noon as listed in our MM of Wednesday last.
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  • 49 4 Hi» Imperial (iennan Majesty's steam corvette Augusta, Captain H—fnflng, 1,600 tons, carrying I<> gone, and 210 men, from Japan and Hongkong with dates from the latter port to the l")i\\ July, anchored in the roads yesterday afternoon, and saluted the British Bag, which was duly acknowledged from Kort Canning.
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  • 66 4 Captain Miiaks of the S. S. Penlianak, which arrived here to-day, reports having heard from the Billiton people that the Barque Leow>re was Iving a wreck at one of the Islands on the East Coast of Billiton near Mangar Point. On the 24th July, all the crew abandoned the ship.
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  • 77 4 Captain Kidd of the S. S. Aj**, which arrived here on the 31st ultimo, requests us to state that he spoke with the following vessels which wished to be reported On the -25th July, the British ship Knifit of the Garter, in Lat. 5.50 N., Long. 88.10 E. On the
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  • 108 4 Wk omitted to mention yesterday that the Volunteers, in command of Major Gray, paraded on the Esplanade on Wednesday afternoon accompanied by their band. They went through their manoeuvres in very creditable form, as far as the admiring spectators could judge, and the band, though not equal in numbers or
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  • 154 4 Thk following is the list of New Books received at the Rattles Library, Ist August 187 V Bryce. J; ItWHeueMH and Arrarat. Campbell, Revd. L Some Aspects of the Christian Id< a. Campbell, Memorials of John Me Lend ■J vol. Cesnola, General Louis Palma Di Cyprus; its ancient Cities, Tombs,
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  • 249 4 Wl would direct attention to the tact that about twenty houses in Macao Street with their swarms of occupants have been dealt with in a somewhat arbitrary manner. From what we can gather, notices from the Municipal Commissioners were posted on the outposts of the houses, addressed presumably to the
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  • 301 4 commodation near enough the same spot to euable them to continue their calling. It is probably a good move for householders further afield where property is not so mnch in demand, so that it may bo truly said, it is an ill wind that blows nobody good," but we cannot
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  • 45 4 Rktirx of Visitors to tlu> Riflles Library ami Museum doriag 7 days, ending Friday 2nd August 1878. Saturday J7th July 78 Sunday _^tv Monday -2JUh 1 Pi> Tuesday 30th M 8 W.an.'Mlay Sill HM Thursday Ist Augt 167 Friday 551 Total 1458
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  • 89 4 Wk would remind our readers of the entertainment to l>e given to-night in the Town Hall, by Mr. Dave Carson aud troupe, the well-known Variety and Comedy Company, who arrived here lately on their way to Europe, after making a successful tour iv China. The programme is a promising one,
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  • 176 4 Thk P. k O. Co.'s steam ship ftanV m, Captain Symons, from Shanghai 21st, and Hongkong ultimo, arrived alongside the Company's Wharf this morning and will leave for Penang. Galle and Southampton at I p. m. today, the mail closing at the General Post Office at 2 o'clock. The following
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  • 74 4 Thk following is an abstract from a letter dated loth May, K72, from an led inhabitant of Horningsham, near Warminister, Wilts: 1 must also beg to say that your Pills are an excellent medicine for me, and I certainly do enjoy good health, sound sleep, and a good appetite this
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 467 4 Saturday, 27th July. M. M.str. Au.a/.one, 2,650 t0n5, Nomdedeu. H?****" 1 M. M. *m*m Emirne. 727 tone. PichatßaUv,aJsth July. British steamer Pearl. 705 ton.. Munk. .Saigon 24th July Colonial str. Pluto, 180 tons. Huddle. Lighthouse 27th July. Dutch str. Banda, 790 tons. Van Loenen, Dutch steamer Amboina. 785 tons,
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    • 227 4 Saturday. V* J"^-, British steamer Achilla. V^™V f^ji British steamer Banca. Craig, for Batavm. interajediate British steamer Peinba, Guy, tor o»"P °SritiBh steamer Ferntower. Mackie. '^J^** British steamer Nestor. Freeman for g^nVrneo.) British schooner Subahani. Kelly, for T^.; t)e de Islau.l British schooner Sea Rfpple. Patterson, for Laupede islau.i
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    • 967 4 p*| Nami- l TAlN» i ao A Rio.l 5 DAT* <>p ak hkkk From RIVALS Whkrk Ltin«! ONSIQNEKS Oil A()KNT> I KSTI NATInw MEN-OF-VA Rul.v Molyneux H. M.'» str. 2162 May 29 Aden Roads t BwUi 'I-' Paxola H.N.M.'astr 350 June itiAebeen T. P. Wharf Thiatk
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 57 4 flotirrs. CHAMPAGNE. Paul Contant Co.'s >>f K»-itus Bouy.y 860. $10 per lom >\» <rts. CAMERON, DUNLiOP CO., Agents. Bnuppora, 1st July, 1878. NOTICE" E. Hwci ii i.i,. 27 Battery Road, has just received and opened out Opera and Marine Glasses; Telescopes in great variety and superior <|iiality Barometer aneroids, each
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  • 1756 5 ;'l>pr,'v,l „t very compjte U judges I, i, tl Qnde nlirioM and th Ha»« rcnlts. wnt-o piWir spirit, m h v indueo.l their Overtaking ;l rdu. ■'.M-w.rl-. n,o undertaking has obtained ■<■ I'm" approval from the pre*s. ad due i;r«dtl is given I i the Q,ieen»k»nde>Pwprieta > for the laudable
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  • 2460 5 I'.vuis, 2!>i m Jink. The authoritative inklings connected with the great patchwork Congress .ot Berlin have disappointed public expectation. Opinion had to the la.-t counted upon the lirinness of Austria and England l>ut theafl powers have either forgotten their cuntting, or liave been afraid wia, lor the latter
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  • 1202 5 Thk following items are taken from the Sarawak Gazette of the 29th July Rajah Brooke to visit Europe At a meeting of the Supreme Council on the *th July, H. H the Rajah announced his intention of leaving for Europe in tbe beginning of September and returning early
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  • 758 5 From our mon Correspondent.) Malacca, 27th July, 18Th Tn B. I. S. N. Co's steamer Pemba, from Calcutta, (via intermediate ports,) arrived here last Monday, en route, to your port, and is expected here on her return voyage, tomorrow. H. Ms. steamer Fly, Commander McNeile, from your port, on
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 933 6 iWigrellanfoiid. THE PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1878. We learn tbat the stand of Messrs. Sntt.r A Sons, the Queen's Seedsnr.fn. and prfdnn.n by special warrant to H. R. H. The Prince of Wales, will dp one of the most rxhsustiWdioplays of Horticnltnral and Agricultural Produce ever brought Tnkini; ndvantnge of the
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    • 891 6 iflisrdlanfous. SARSAPARILLA. WILKINSON'S ESSENCE OE FLUID EXTRACT OF RED JAMAICA RARRAPARTT/EA IS THE ONLY PREPARATION RECO* JNISEi) BY THE FACULTY AS A WONDERFUL PURIFIER OF THE HTJXAK BLOOD. It is not too much to say that those 1 suffering from the effects <»f TROPICAL CLIMATES, such as TORPID LIVER, DEBILITY.
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    • 798 6 iHisfrrllnnrousf. OXYGEN IS LIFE. Although the modern Materia Medica includes many valuable remedies for human auctions, it is a matter of certainty that in all eases where the animal vitality is failing. Phosphorus ip decidedly superior to every other remedy at presenv known. Tt will work effects such as nothing
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    • 1683 6 DR T OOIJUTfI BROWNES- HOLLOWAY'S OTNTMENT. I. th. oJmTom Gnruiir. OLD SORE?7^d"SID SKIN l8 T H H E X £BX OAWIOK.D against DISEASES, the unfounded statements frequently maae <>f t]ief|e fligo derB are a fTec that "the composition of Ch^*? o^^' 8 tually ejv^M by this penetrating Unknown to Chemists
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    • 545 6 JLIXIKL'S CHOICR PKR.p,, Ihlan«r,Jocke r Clnh. and^ Toilet Vinegar of Toilet Wat£. lis?g!j Water. Eau de (rycerine for the Flair, Windsor, and oil, powder, Aquadentine w*l»ihwt 5r....... bill, London. Sold h, -.,■,>' Srte. R^ tri Singapore, 23rd Dec.. JOVi SPORTIX,; am Mi ESTABI.ISHKI. Th.- attenti ,n to the following A,*
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