The Straits Times, 15 March 1884

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    17 1 The Straits Times. I n>i v NEW SERIES.] SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, Ijth MARCH, 1884. [daily issue.] No. 15,258
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      149 1 *bip <ffompan(f«(. \H AND ORIENTAL COMPANI llycr Quay. .vns— New Harbour. LINES. wrnCrJ ng the 10th Mar. Tth Aprl. May. 15th TICKETS. R Venice 1 Clas* $275 < Class ?.™o BACK. ad Oa*g 1325 1 Class $350 noM Brin. Jnd Cla*»*3Oo of argo by this Company's in.» for ted after
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      507 1 strain *hip Companirs. Rangoon, Miiilineir. P, nang and Ma'srca iird li-f same v I- ick every for'night. Tbv f. ll., wine are the dates on which they may be expected to Arrive from Calcutta Leave f.rCalcutta. 18«4 March lnth 13th. d.. 21th rth Arnl Tth April l<>;h. 21st Mth. May
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      767 1 *ttam *!)(p commnttt*. Children between two and fifteen yenm nay half the above r»te». if travelling with their parents; one ohild under two rears free, when more than one, each child additional will be charged one quarter tare. The voyage to the Molnccos Inlands is made monthly the voyage to
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      639 1 *tTam *bip Companies V. Borneo's Wbst Coast. From Batavia via Billiton and Pontianak for Singkawang and back on tbe 15th of very month. VI. Borneo's South A East Coaitl From Soerabaya via Bawean, Bandjer. mauin. KotuWoe (Poeloe L«ut) for i and via the sane places back on j he 220
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      540 1 frtsuranrr. GUARD. AN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LONDON. Established 1831 Subscribed Capital £2,000,000 Total Invested Fund*, upward* of 3,000, 000 Annual Income upward* of 400,000 Tbe undersigned have been appointeAgent* at Singapore and are prepared to Mine policies against Fire on the usual terms. PATERSON, SIMONS A 00. Singapore,
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      611 1 f nsuranrr. IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANOB COM PANY. Instituted 1803. Capital 41,600,000. Paid-np and Invested) 700.000. Funds in Hand 1,900,000. Director)). Richard J. Albton, Esq. Alfred Oonfar, E«|. b ?5I"- O i B Y? ta > William HawtW», Rnl*r« C. L. B»raB, O«orOT WMIH. P»rrl»al hasnit, H. raM Hrla. Jam«« rirmDd,
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      512 1 liumrantt. THI BCOTTIBH IMPamiAf, INBUBANOB OOMPAJTT Ltm Capital ONI MILLION tnaxi-o. <n 7*r- Au A "«>«* BoaaUMi, Ira Olasoow M< f 151 West Oiowi. EDi.Bnßa. M O B T o«Vi"B«mr. Lo DO f 2 Kino WiixiamSt. Livebpool, J 28 Bxchahoi Br. Bast. Manchbitbb fCsowN BniLonas i2O Booth Sniat MOHTBBAL, f
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    THE STRAITS TIMES. SATURDAY, 15TH MARCH, 1884. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    181 2 THE STRAITS TIMES. SATURDAY, 15TH MARCH, 1884. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. diN<>a,p<>Ki I.th Mabci, 18-»4. (Jrmbier t T.3'i. dlack Pepper 17. i". V7hite Pepper, fair quality. H M Sago Flour, Sar 2.45. Pearl Sago 1 Coffee, Bonthyne U.TS. Tapioca, small Flake 32U. Tin 26.184. 40*. Uul« twist t. ■JJ lbs. Sbirtings
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    44 2 To-dat. Bangkok, McAlitttr, 5 p.m. To-nouaow. I). li. Ganymede 1 p.m. Soural.iya. B*l!y and Macassar, Hyr t«in#. 6 p.m. Monday. RangkoV, Tai Ckxu-, 11 a.vi. I'olombo A London Ihomtd. 4 p.m. Batavia A Samaranir, CelttUal, S p.m. Tuesday. Sarawak, [ataMSj 7 am.
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    41 2 Ax important typographical error appeared in Thursday's paper in announoin<* the award* at the Calcutta Kxhibition. Instead of E. Ayert, Selungor, for scales' of crocodiles and big game," it should have read "H. C. Syer, Y.v\., Selangor, skulls' of crocodiles," etc.
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    THE LILIPUTIANS.
    365 2 L.\rr night Pollard's Lilliputian Company played Leoocq's comic npera, Tit Little Duke, even better th»n on any previous evening- Miss Marion Norman, as the Dnke de Parthent/ wm inimitable, and judging from the manner in which she was applauded by a fairly well-filled bouse, it was evident she
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    22 2 Tne M. M. Co* homeward mail steamer Anadyr left Saigon at 4 a. m. to-day, md should arrive here on Monday mornng.
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    22 2 The total return of visitors to toe IUC 1." Library and Mu-i-um during the week ■tiding Kridav, Uth March, l^--t, IM J2l.
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    22 2 Mk (i. B. Cerruti, of Singa|>ore, ha* im-c:i awarded a Bronze Medal for hit, Titieapplcs au naturfl" at the Calcutta International Exhibition.
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    30 2 Til Iftmsian Government has decided, m the opening of the navigation at Crons:a.lt. to despatch the new ironclad /7aiimir MoHomack ami the clippers Djijit mil Krruer to the China Station.
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    69 2 Wk are MfMM, aays the London ami China Exyretx of the 15th February, to state that the Deutsche Borneo Company, the formation of which we recently no- j ticed, is not, as bat been stated in some quarter*, in opposition to the British 1 Xorth Borneo Company. The German Company
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    89 2 QoraUntm Gazette, Uth Mak>ii. Hkk Majesty has been pleased to allow ami eontirm the Ordinance So. IX of IMB, entitled An i Irdinanee for making provision for the I'ublie Service tor the year UM H. K. the (Jovernor, in accordance with tlw provision* of I'he Mahomedan Marriage Ordin iihv, lsso,"
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    162 2 Wk take the following news from the Rangoon Time* of the 28th February I In our last nummary we gave currency to a report to the effect that the town of Hhamo had been sacked and burnt by the Kacbyens. This re|iort still lacks confirmation, or rather, it would be
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    265 2 The M. M. Co'f tteamer Natal, C.'ptain O. Diilier. from Marseille." 17th ultimo, via Naples, Port S.iid, Suez, Aden, and Colombo, with the London mail of taM loth February, arrived alongside the liorneo Co'a wharf yesterday evening, and will leave for Saigon, Hongkong and Shanghai at 5 p m. to-day.
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    783 2 Tnt Madrat .Mail ol'tlie KM February publi«he« tbe following letter from Captain C. Keeret, of the British nhip Umcoti, I which is of more or loss interest here in lid to the KrakaUu eruption I first met with the pumice in il s u'h 1 latitude. To sja| 1 mgitude
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    POLICE COURTS.
    101 2 Fkidat, Uth Habch. Ikfun, J. Vf. Norton Kythe, K.tf. 2nd Magistrate. Lre HlO >v htrg.i under a warrant with tbe thelt of 155 but lea of beer, fr mi a tungking enpl jedby a Klmg boat con. tractur, tte property of Mmrs. Behn, < Mey.i a boa Sob
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    206 2 8atd«dat. 15th March Be/. re R.S.OC.n- P«h Ah <'h «>n w»t ch irc»d will. ing w.-er at K.15a. m.onth. i i,"* 1 in Wnt.rl.o Street, and >.. i H.-f.nli i-i dp.j. rigorooa impi B K M nth ""^"i-H with 'rZtFF hi- HiM .cka, and cirt with JJ tn.l. at lit
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    474 2 Thubsday. 1:1 th If/ Brfore H. T. II Tan Chen* Wan wa« <.] voluntarily cia.ni; bar 1 H .h, f.m-.U.. h •tre.t at 645 p. in on th- I h id,*,? The prisoner wa- a si m n< n j ttri A tbe woman a severe bl. .win; her a
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    RISING OF THE TRAIL SOCIETY IN WEL-CHAU.
    215 2 With refer." disturbance in tin 1 W wln.-h a|>|»-ar<-.l in i a» i, given Mow. 'llb^sW turbance in rjtuwl tlieloii-look-.l M (Tri... i ciation of n I dvnaaty. ha« f I ,/iiny, It) bel »g allegiance |r M for years bsen ia *P?
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      665 2 BTTAM COMMUNICATION TO IWESTERN AUSTRALIA. i Tub West Australian Steamship Company's sttamer NATAL," J. Wood, comaaoder, under engagement witb tbe Stnits and Western Australian Governments, is expected to leave Singapore for Fremantlc calling; at BaUvia, Roebuck Bay, Cossack, Sharks Bay and Geraldton, as itified below:— PROPOSED TIME Ta BLE. Northward
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      641 2 #rto sn>brrt(«fmfnts. THEATRE RO> TOWN HALL. TO NIGHT, SATURDAY, 15th MARCH, POLLARD'S LILIPUTIAN OPERA COMPANY in their grand production of Gilbebt A Sullivan's Nautical Comic Opib*, II If. S. "PINAFORE." MONDAY, 17th MARCH, for one night only, 111 Licoci/s Celebrated ComicOpera, LA FILLE M MADAME ANGOI. THURSDAY. 20th MARCH, Gbasd
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      591 2 NORTH BORNEO GOVERNMKN'T NOTIFICATION. The undermentioned Government lands, situated in the Town of Elopur*. North Borneo, will be sold by Public Auction at tbe Lacd Offlce, at 1 o'clock p. m. on tbe day after the arrival of the 8. S. Borneo" j from Singapore, about tbe 30th of Marcb,
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      508 2 j*rtD aWjertlwirifnW. NKW DRK-S M4TERIALB. Fancy Check Sateens. Lawn Stripes. Cream Brocades. i tevt.v Printed Nona' Ooth. h Printed Sateeos. Fiei ti Cash merer, all Color*. Satins to match. Brorl c AlpieiiH. And a few Nuns' Cloth Robea. Blue, Pink, Cream. ROBINSON A Co. Singapore, 15th Marcb. 1884. <U r-HTriSG
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    TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
    1473 3 trt.J —The Admiralty .ice yes.ind the Ittx P**li; IJritUh los»ic k Bj*' and the enemy's killed in the t Freeman, I of Mm Pl> Wil- P detail* of FriBj'* 'the Hat; of truce, c troopi m r l-iL-d. Af- Bghtiflg, the eue- 1, and .'.v of the r.--
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    PARIS LETTER.
    1826 3 (From our oun Correspondent.) Paris, UUk Feb. —Tbe publication of 170 Christians at 1< hi kin, simultaneously with the Government sthfßtjßSj tint |>eace and prosperity reigned in t lit- new colony, has unsettled miMic opinion. It is belieud tliat many ■Of! lives must be sacrificed and some idditional
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    34 3 Tnte Ayer's Sarsaparilta in tbe spring of the year to pnrifv the bl >od, invigorate the system, rxcite tbe liver to action, and restore tbe beilthy ton; and vigor of the whole physical mechanism.
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    123 3 lloH'.xcay't PJlt —Indigestion and Liver Complaint*.—Tbe digestion cannot be imperfect or seriously disordered without the tfivcts of such derangement becoming visible on the countenance. Tbese Pills at once remove tbe disorder and its unpleasant consequencss. They stimulate the digestive acd assimilative functions, and consequently promote that great blessing—a Eiodsppetite. Holloway's
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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      ARRIVALS.
      105 3 h Vemel'i Nam. C A!fD S CArTAIK. Rio- g Feom. Sailed. Connrai. Feom. Sailed. Mar 14 timbro 14 Ganymede 14 Heater 14 Natal 14 Cel«*tial It Hre Leong 15 chrysolite 15 Leong Bin lUI. «tr. 1400 tVmauchi Brit. «t r 2«3 Kvuton Brit. itr. »17 Moore m m. ttrmanmtm
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      CLEARANCES.
      90 3 DiTI. Vim'i Nakb. Flag k Rio. Captai*. Dmtihatioh. 14 Namoi U Iphi({»ni» li McAliiUr 16 Penang li Oceu 15 Ganymede 15 Hje Laong li Jeddah II Kontul Qen«ral Baad 15 Nestnr 16 Chrysolite 16 Pfcku Col. ftr. WaUon Oar. rtr. Akrcu Brit. (tr. Tallocb Brit. (tr. Coarteo»y Brit. itr.
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
      601 3 as and i ata ut v«sm wwilirti wkfc *c« »k ■a? om« eaiwka ia tfcr »boys Uklppinj la the barton. VtvSlL's N*»l. CirTAIM. *HD IKBITBD' FbOH. ConiUKIM. R'O- rVnkoelen Tbeck« Dut. nr 429 Mar. S Acheen Dutch Coaaul. s*a iJellu Huddle Col. rtr. 800 M»r. lSKlang
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      232 3 #otirrs. G. B. LAMBEBtT^To! Photoobapbbbs. Orchard R .ad. 430 Portraits artUticil coloured, specially recommended for photos in fancy-dress. Chi dren taken instanteneous. Photos of houses, hhips, etc taken to easier. Pictures framed in all styles. G B. Lambbbt A Co's views of Singapore. Siam, Borneo, Cumbodiria, etc etc. are also
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      333 3 flotfrrs. TFTF .VEDERMVDS^H ISDI-" STOOMVAART MAAT^HAPPT CHINA BEBVIOE. CoMMEHCtKO with the steamer on the Ist April, tbe Comp»nv's Rtenmen, leaving Batavia on the Ist of each month, will 1 call at SinLa.iore, en route to Saigon, Hongkong and Amo/, and over the same ports back to Batavia. The c te»mers
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      336 3 FOR SALE. A Share (bslfl in the Proprietorship o' tbe Sthaiti IifTCLLiocifoi, wWtK^^I count of iU large circulation and poaitio M an advertising medium e>ffers a splendid retnrn to the pnrchuer. In* ending I chasers can learn full partirolari of the property on application to tbe owner of this share,
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      677 4 4Hf&ttllBnfon9. KATZ BROTHERS. APOLLTNARTR WATER, The Natural Soda Watbb. "The qneen of Üble waters." British Medical Journal. APOLLINARIS WATEU. Hr Supplied continuously to the Table of H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES during the last five years. APOLLINARTS, THE NATURAL SODA WATER. 'Far superior to manufactured aerated waters. Xbdical
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      659 4 Atcrrd ml) iJfUrffjanlMSf. do. RAFFLES PLACE. Singapore. WIVE AND SPTRIT MERCHANTS, Importers or Provisions, Obocerikh, Oilmam Storfs. Cigars. Tobacco, Hardware. Glassware T/smpa. Saddlery and Harness. Crockery Electro Plated Ware. Jewellery, Stationery Perfumery. Fancy Goods, Arms and Am. munition. Ladies and Gentlemen's outfit tern, Watch and Clock makers. Japanese and Chinese
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      963 4 ?3orfts« TrT3 1 PANY LIMITED. The works of the Company arc situated at Tunj. ntr P-nrar, within one mile of the town at Singapore, an 9 comprise the foi- lowing establishments, viz WHABr.— Affording berthagc for twenty vessels at one timo with sufficient water tlongside for vessels of the heaviest
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      640 4 I co-nplete for ♦H«inc>nt musts. Boiler.» FnT'her inform i tion may he had at the nm w of Miwri. PaMrson, Simons A 00., I Qen« ru l *\tr*T)ti. who forwi'd Telegrams Dook frfje, CHARLES WISHART. M*iige r Sing-.pi-e Ist July 1875. (v. c.) potters. FOR PALE. A. Fjw Wfpks with
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      662 4 fiotirfs* TANJOWQ KATONP, HOTRI.' This Hotel is now open to reeesit Oreat care has been I>eBtowed on the hni'ding of these premises, which will be found on inspec.ion to He utry and comM Reinf «ituated on the sea -Leach, it commands an extensive view of the Harbour. Town, and neighboring
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      650 4 Jlottrr*. dsshers, Olivers, snd Oeneral On»*OR'«TM'Mii:N'» Outfit'' n»nT>TrA»TM«-sT. Kvory description of rlothi- g W*i»tM the snoriest notice hy«n eiper'enced Cntto-, fit gnarantced, a (food ..srortmcnt <.t •weeds, worsteds. Rentes, broadcloths f.r eUatJoa. Calf walk ing sh Qfcuutilg hnntl and thoes. Patent and Kid shoes. C*n»as and lawn aennia shoes. Silk,
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      428 4 J. MOTI< f.-KoNoMtTKR, Watch a y Makkr. and Optioi Flint Strbbt Ha* always on hand a well If Jewellery, W < nstrnments, Ac., c mpniijQ« Bracelets, Indies' gr.ld».. ri Brooches. Oents' dit, Earnnga, Silver T^ockets, An. Ladies' rings, CarrW Signet rinir«, Mtrl.l. Welding rings, Chron, D Therm Albert chains. Baron,
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