Straits Times Weekly Issue, 16 April 1883

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    28 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New S Eli iks. Published tor Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Steamer. Prick 40 Ce> VOL. XXXIX. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 16. 1883. < 3,205
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      626 1 Efiohtts. NOTICE. Horn and after the Ist January 1883, following changes will he made in the >lieation oV tlu> Straits Times. The subscription to the Daily issue will 'derably reduced. "!he Weekly issue will be published in e for transmission with the homeward ;»rtd will be of the same shape
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      473 1 Notices, We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. We cannot undertake to give reasons for the rejection of communications that are addressed to us THE LONDON* SINGAPORE \NTI FOULING PATNT COMPANY, LIMITED. (DENNYS' PATENT3V Incorporated under the Companies' Actr 1862 to 1880, the liability of Shareholders beiny limited to the
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      576 1 iHigcellaeoumt. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE. The Original and only Genuine. Advice to Invalids. If you wish to obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from headache, relief from pain and anguish, to calm and assuage the weary achings of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous media, and regulate the circulating systems of
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      494 1 iHisirrllaneotu NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confidently recommended as a simple bu certain REMEDY for INDIGESTION NORTON'S CAMOMILE PLILS are wi justice called the Natural Strengtl ner of the Human Stomach." Act a. a powerful tonic and gentle apei b i arc mild in their operation and ttrfe under any circumstances.
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      606 2 JKttallanrotnF. The Original and Genuine. ■^WORCESTERSHIRE OAUCE bears the autograph sig-~ nature of Lea and Perrins on a red label. Sold wholes sale by the Proprietor, Worcester; and Crosse and Black well, London, r EA and PERRINS' ttAUCE. Of Grocers and Oilmen throughout c the world. Singapore Agents. Messrs. John
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      689 2 Rouses. THE STRAITS INSURANCE COY., LIMITED. f Incorporated with Limited Liability under the Indian Companies* Act, 186b\) Capital $2,000,000 in 20,000 Shares of $100 each Payable $5 each on application, and $15 on allotment. Further calls not to exceed $20 per Share, nor to be made at less than three
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      669 2 pany to attract speculators by the alluring promises of large dividends, but rather, by the payment of a dividend which mul represent only fair interest, to be in a position to encourage contributing shareholders. The Directors propose that the annua profits be divided as follows l«f. Interest on the paid
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      585 2 OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPAKT^ Agamemnon. Patroclub. Ajax. Antenob. Achilles. Deucalioi. Diomed. Glaucus. Nf'lTOR. ANCHIBIS, Pkiam. Orestes. Sarpedon. Stentor. Hector. Teucer. Menelaus. Laertes. Cyclops. Bellerophon. Jason. Ulysses. The Coy's Steamers are despatched f r(a Liverpool outwards for Straits and A and from Shanghai homewards for don every ten days, and have &oeo
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      638 3 £>ttaji £Wp companies DE NEDERLANDSCH-INDISOHE SSTOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contracts with the Netherlands, Indian Governments.) Head Office, 13 Austin Friars, London, E. C. Head Agency Batavia. The following are the dates on which the Company's Steamers running in connection with the mail steamers of the P. A O. S. N. Coy.,
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      780 3 Ateam *ftip Gompantes* for Am pan an via Pasoercwvui Probolingo, Besoekie, Panaroekan, Sumanap, Kangean, Banjoewangi, Bali- Boeleling C. The South Coast of Java.— From Batavia via Anjer for Tjilatjap and back ;on the 2nd of every month, calling i at Patjitan every alternate month, begin- j nine; with the month
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      791 3 Borfes* TTTE TANJONG *PAGAR DOCK COM PANT LIMITED. The works of the Company are situated it Tanjong Pagar, within one mile of the of Singapore, and comprise the fol- owincr establishment*, viz i Wharf. Affording berthage for twenty rossels atone time with sufficient water lo^craidp, for vessels of the heaviest
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      670 3 Sorfc*. THE NEW HARBOUR DOOI OOM PANT LIMITED. Thts Company executes ships' repairs >f all descriptions in the most effioienmanner under the superintendence of European Shipwrights and Engineers. No. 1 Graving Dock. Length— 4ls feet. Depth of water from 14 feet to 15| feet Width at Entrance 42 feet. No.
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      688 4 THE ONLY TRADE MARK— PHOSPHODYNE. Sanctioned by Her Majesty's Government. Protected under the Trade Marks Act (38 and 39 Viet., ch. 91). HEALTH, STRENGTH, AND ENERGY. DR. LALOR'S PHOSPHODYNE. Twenty Years Public Test, and Thousands of unimpeachable Testimonials from all parts of the World, establish DR. LALOR'S PHOSPHODYNE the only
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      713 4 iHtsrellanrmts. Indies, The Colonidfe, Turkey, Asia, and other Hot Climates. Appointed Amenta for Dr. Laloe Phusphodyne in India: Treacher Sl C's Bombay, Byculh, and Poona Smith, Stanistreet Co., Batbgate Co., and Scott, Thompson Co., Calcutta H. R. &f aynard, Penang R. Robertson, Ceylon; B. Gilion Co., Lahore; O'Hara .V Co.,
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      818 4 j&mtllantou*. Preparations with Liebig'r Name. It may be remembered that some time sin^e a controversy was raging i n the medical journals as to the original inventor of a certain Obstetric Bag, wherein two eminent gynaecologists disputod the right of priority to certain improvement others joined in the fray and
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      591 4 only Reliable Rerae..y f or v?^^ i. Nervous Debility, La 88 itnde ower, Depression, Femaje Co^^^V pies, Imperfect Nutrition, p r i line, &c. "^Mire r. BRIGHT'S PHOSPHODYN the Best Known Remedy f,,, Indira, Liver Complants, and all Functional rangeinents of either aex. Dr. BRIGHT'S PHOSPHODYNP The beneficial eff.-cts <»f
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE.
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      10 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, 16tb APRIL 1883.
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      STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, 16th APRIL, 1883. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS,
      152 1 STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, 16th APRIL, 1883. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS, Singaporf, 16th Aphil. 18 Gamltic 7. Black Pep] !t;.-J White LVh fair quality. I*6. Sago Flour, -ir 3.10. Pearl Sago Coffee, H •ntliyne picked 1 50 Tapioca, small Flaiv*' :;•;"> Tin 408. Mule twist 8J lbs. Shirtings J.57£. 7 do do
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      Summary of the Week.
      1233 1 The Legislative Council is summoned w meet to-morrow, the 17th instant, Reorders of the day being, the ii.-.f fading of Bills to amend the Excise Ordinance, I--!, to amend the Tramways Ordinance, ISB2, and to improve uielaw relating to uu lawful gaming; ana the second reading
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      Government Gazette, 13th April.
      366 1 The Secretary of state lias boon pleased to confirm tho following Officers in their appointments A. P. Talbot, Esq., at tasistant Colonial Secretary and Clerk of Councils, vice I. A. Swettenham, Esq., promoted. Gr. F. Penney, Esq., as Second Magistrate and Commissioner of the Court of"
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      (Before N. B. Dennys, Esq. Second Magistrate.)
      327 1 April 13th 1892. Kong Ah Chak, for allowing an employ. of his to draw a 'ricksha without a license fined $10 with the alternative of two months' rigorous imprisonment. Teo Choon Ho, for being found in posses sion of illicit cl l3 fined
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      Purneah 29th March.
      76 1 meeting of almost all the European r enta of the district was held la>t might at the Milliard Club. Resolutions I^H unanimously passed condemning proposed Criminal Pro< i 'ode Afr nw nt Bill, and subscriptions wecs/op towards the Defence Assoeiatiol£ Akyab,29th March.— Colonel It. F. who recently
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        294 1 Per steamer Kilwa, <«n the Bth inst. i For Singapore. From Calcutta Bev(T father A Wold and Mr. Swale. From moulmein Mr. Catan and Mr. Th'impsi^p. Mom Penan? Mrs. and Miss Scully, Mttter Scully and infant, 1 European poKefe sergeant and warder. 1 apothecary, 2 n&tive warders. 20 constables and
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      News of the Week.
      4279 2 r Mr H A. O'Brtkx took his place on luesday afternoon, in the Second Police Court, as Acting Magistrate. The total return of visitors to the Raffles Library and Musuem during the week ending Friday, 13th April, 1883, was 502. An inquest was held on the
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      Death of Mr. Justice Snowden.
      977 3 The China Mail of the 2nd instant contains the following 1 announcement <>{' the death of this esteemed gentleman. Mr. Snowden was well and honorably known in the Straits Settlements, where he officiated some years ago first as Senior Magistrate, and subsequently as Senior Puisne
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      The Malay Peninsula.
      590 3 We take the following 1 paragraphs from the letter of the London Correspondent of the Ceylon Times Vou are of course aware that Mr. K. 15. Downall visited Selangor, one oi" the 14 protect -mi states" in the Malay peninsular, in LBBl, hut you may not know
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      REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
      232 3 (For Straits Times.) Parliament. London, Ith April. Sir William Harcourt announced the introduction of a bill on Monday to stop all traffic in dynamite. The Fkn.ans. London, sfh April. Several arrests have been made of dynamiters. There are grounds for suspecting a widespread conspiracy. More explosions have taken
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      TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      1034 3 {From Ceylon and Australian papers.) liro, I>S//, Marc h.— Colonel Hicks started today with five thousand Egyptian troops on an expedition against thftMahdi, and is marching in onl« r to effect a junction with Abdelkader, whose force consist >* of live thousand more K^yptiantroopLondon, 2Mh March. Mr. Mundell
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      Topics of the Map
      2612 4 H. E. THE GoVKRXOR AXI) THE EtBMBAU Difficulty. His Excellency the Governor left Singapore id FL M. S. Champion on Monday, the 26th March, and reached Malacca the following morning at daybreak, 11. M.S. Foxhound baying arrived there the previous evening to await His Excellency's arrival.
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      Fancy Bazaar.
      459 5 A grand fancy fair or bazaar in aid of M»e iunds of the Presbyterian Cliurch here, opened on Tuesday evening (the 10th ttst.) m the upper room of the Town Hall, and was continued on Wednesday. On the opening night, the staircase, the entrance *uoon, and the hall
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      Inspection of Buildings.
      698 5 The minutes of the meetings of Municipal Commissioners published on Eriday were more than usually interesting. There was, however, one item in those of the meeting of the sth instant, which seems rather inexplicable to those not acquainted with the internal economy of the Municipal offices. This
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      The Johore Club.
      483 5 The gentlemen of Johore, both European and native, have long felt the want of that institution of modern life, a Club, where they could meet for social intercourse without intruding: °n each other's domestic privacy. This want has now been supplied by the formation of The Johore
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      Singapore Amateur Dramatic Club.
      508 5 On Saturday night this energet ciety repeated the performance of "Robert Macaire to a crowded audience in the Town Hall. The acting was quite as good as on Friday night, and the music and dancing were if possible, even better. The chorus and ballet troupe were
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      The Municipality.
      4643 5 Minutes of Proceedings of the Municipal Commissioners on Friday, the 30th March, LBBB. mers Present. Thomas Scott;, Esq. President. Col. S. Dunloji. r. a. Edwin Koek, Esq. Syed Mohamed AlsagoH. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. ,ad the fortnightly Progren Report from the Municipal
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      Annual Report on the Postal Department of the Strai's Settlements, for the year 1882.
      1027 7 Friday's Government Gazette contains the Annual Report of the Postmaster General for the year ending 30th November, 1882, and also the Report of Mr. F. A. Swettenham, Resident of Selangor, on that State for 1882. We
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      Manila News.
      1566 7 {Translated from Spanish, newspaper*.) 11 Manila, 2nd March. On the day before yesterday, there returned to this city, Don Pedro Ortueste, an official employed in the secretariat of the Governor General, who had recently proceeded from the port of Singapore, where he had fulfilled a mission entrusted to
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      Manila News.
      1441 8 (Translated from Manila newspapers.) .MonOo, 30to March.— The Races, First ij/:— When heavy showerg, a rare phenoboth^n M hlB time f y ear fell y^terday iStoJZ *> morn l n g and early in the couM no?V v W t B feared thafc races Lould not take place
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      Legislative Council. Wednesday, 4th April, 1883.
      6560 8 Present. His Excellency the Governor. The Hon ble the Officer Omd'g the Troops, t. the Acting Colonial Secretary. the Acting Attorney General. m the Colonial Treasurer. n the Auditor -General. the Acting Colonial Engineer, n James Graham. W. G. Gulland. m Seah Liang Seah.
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      The French in Tonquin.
      1293 10 The Haiphony correspondent of the Hongkong Daily Press, under date the 27th March, writes as follows to our contemporary regarding the French in Tooqain Haiphong, -17th March.— When I last wrote 1 thought and so did everybody that things here would go off quietly, and all
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      Salvage Payments.
      924 10 Ihe question ot the n^ht of ship. masters, on behalf of their owners to bind owners of ear^o to pay their pro. portion of heavy sums of money for salvage services rendered to the vessel was raised in a case tried some monthg ago before Mr. Justice Cave,
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        1963 11 By about 10 o'clock we were at the mouth of the Tumoa River, and as no other European had ever seen this river before, we, of course, were determined upon going up ns far as we could the men, however, point blank refused to go. They said that not
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        2260 11 Next day, having settled with the boatmen and re-engaged them, with a new crew for the second boat, we started off down the riv^r, with the object of seeing Mr. Low on business matters, and as we did not intend returning there, we took all our spare stores and
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      A few Weeks with the Malays.
      1840 12 XIII. As some of my readers may be ambitious of becoming coffee or sugar planters, it may be interesting to them to know the nature of the land regulations of Perak, The land is granted by lease nine hundred and ninety-nine years*-at a premium
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      The Tyersall Drag Hunt.
      966 12 [A Stirring Ditty showing how eight jovial Singapore Huntsmen a hunting they did go, and they hunted and they hollo' d and had a rattling day."— Old Rhyme.} This ia onlj a short little ditty, f In which, if I fail not to lag, I'll try
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      Police Intelligence.
      901 12 (Before Dr. Dennys, Third Magistrate.) Monday, Apeil 9th. Nyfco Piu was fined 50 cents for causing an obstruction at Johnston's pier with his boat. F Thm other Chinese were fined |1 each lor nice onences, committed, likffthe fi r§ t given, at night time. In two <*fter case^
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      Kudat.
      847 13 (Fro% an occasional correspondent.) SiycE^y last, beyond chronicling the arrivals and departures of the steamers Royalist, Banca, and Borneo, there was little or nothing to interest your readers. But recent events have given us something to talk and write about. First,— Mr. Everett, the Resident of the West Coast
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        1607 13 ARRIVALS. w Flag T"j tj Vbsskl's Name. and j Captain. From. Sailed. Consign***. P Rio. I I 7 Sindoro Dut. Btr. 677 Frutlaro Bitavia April f: Stiven k Co. 7 Tomaseo Ital. bq. 645 Borzone ETcastle EngOct. 22 Borneo Coy. Ltd. 8 Japan Brit. str. 371 j Woods Penang April
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