Straits Times Weekly Issue, 29 March 1884

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1 14 Straits Times Weekly Issue
  • 28 1 -Site Sfvaitfi WEEKLY ISSTJE. Series. Published fob Transmission by Every B^meward Mail Stsamkb Price m Ceni.s Vol, XL. SINGA PORE, SATURDAY, M ARC! 29, 188 L NO. 8,255
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  • 54 1 Job Printing Department. This Departnient is now under the conI tml of un experienced European Suprein- tendent. and is capable of executing al- orders for Rills of Lading, Shipping Orders Ba»inesa Cards. Bill Heads, Funeral Cards Ball Programmes, Manifests, Permits, And every description of Job Printing. 11 Collyvr l^uay,
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  • 118 1 DE NEDBHLANDSCH-INDISCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contracts with the Netherlands Indian Governments. Head Office, 13 Austin Friars, London, E. Q. Head agency Batavia. The following i*re the dates on which I the Company's Steamers running m conaection with the mail steamers of the P. O. S. N. Coy.,
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  • 312 1 Rage of Passage. Netherlands Indian Ports Return, tickets are issued at a reduccio n In the foregoing rates is included the j coat of Provisions and Wines, Second Class passages, inolusive of table re granted at hiilf of First Class rates. Children between two and fifteen years paj half the
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  • 141 1 LINES IN OPERATION FftpM SINGAPORE. To Batavia via Riouw and Muntok Vnd back m correspondence with the mal! steame-s of the P. O. S. N. Coy., every fortnight. ii Acheen and Pokloe Bras via Pe~ HANG, EDI, TsLOK SEMAWE, SAMALang an and Pi dir and back, every
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  • 500 1 Singapore for Riou was soon as possibl after the arrival at Riouw of the steamer specified m service No. 11l A. and B. IV. Banka, Palemba.no. A. From Batavia via Muntok for Pajemhang and back on the 25th of every month. jSt',B. There is also one non-contract
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 599 1 flatlets, MOTICE. BBOSIBERS ;<rp requested to intimate aa early aa possible whether they wish to pay their subscriptions m advanoe for the ensuing jcar, and th^ir attention i^ requested t»> the terms of subscription, which are as follows IjOcal Delivery. In Advance. !)\!lv Edition I Weekly Edition. r Annum... $24
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    • 55 1 J. M. LYON CO., ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS, IRON-FOUNDERS. ALBION ENGINE WORKS, Singapore. Improved Patent Tapioca Machinery. Latest Improved Rice Machinery. Best Leather and Rubber Belting.. Mining .»ud Pumping Machinery Select Saw Mill Requisites* ENGINES AND BOILERS For Land and Marine Purposes. ENGINEERS' STORES, TOOLS "AND MATERIALS. Office axd Saleroom, B ttert
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 438 1 MAIL SERVICES. 1. Java. A. North Coast. From Batavia via Samarang for Boenu l>aya and back, on the sth, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th and 30th of every month to the 25th February, and again every five days from the Ist of March. N. B.— The steamers sailing both from •ia
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 602 2 iHisfrrllanrou*. I a Original and \YT' m;i. jali i.,, n the autograph Big* uatifre of Lea and Perrina on a re<l label. Sold wholeBal«> by the i prietora, Wore* i n 1 < ,in<l Black well, London *f EA and PERKIN i CJAUCE. •>t Gt< cer and < m linen
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    • 740 2 Wholesale and Retail Medicine Vendors throughout the world. BEWARE of SUBSTITUTES, Compounds! from Vile and Cheap Drugs, which me Mean Unscrupi^ous Persons an Ig up to sell on the trreat Reputation of Dr. Lalor's Phosphodynb Fraudulently usine Dr. Lalor's Trade Mark PhoSPHODYHS," His Advert^ements and Patients' Testimonials, to Frfst their
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    • 734 2 4Ht3rrllanrou*« DP. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S HLORODYNE. The OJtr<;iNAi. and only GmWJTittM. Advice to Invalids. If you wish ot obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from headache, relief from pain and anguish* calm and assuage the weary aebings of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous media, and regulate the circulating systems of the
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    • 609 2 lar results have perieooed. Hut m the form of Dr. Bri^ht's Phonphodyiie, its invaluahle action on th htta it raaKzad without any of th >s#» drawb which other modes <>f preparation invariably produce. Dr. RRTORT'S PH6BPHODYNE, OAUTION. Phosphorus m s., M |.ri m .s sold m Mm f»rm of Pi'lk
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  • 5 1 WEEKLY ISSUE.
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  • 5 1 'SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, 29th MARCH, 1884.
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  • 1067 1 The last weekly Straits Times was dated Saturday, the 22nd March. The homeward P. and O. mail steamer Malic a was despatched at fi a. m. on Tuesday, the 25th. The Measageries Mantimes steamer Yang-Tse-arrived on Friday evening, the 28th inst., with the French mail and
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  • 575 1 We take the following items from the Pinang Gazette of the fcfcnd March New Dock. It is whispered abroad that an influential and wealthy Chinese syndicate is ahout to take m hand a project suggested loug ago, viz., that of starting a dock at Pulo Jerajah. The site
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 490 1 floutts. IMPORTANT NOTICE. FOR SALE. On account of the Managing Proprietor's ill- health.) Tbe well known CHASSERIAU ESTATE, situated m the district of P.ukit Timah. this Estate h** a tot^l acre^g* of 3,108 Tores. 3 roods. 2 poles, comprised m one cat (t which 1,961 acres, 3 roods, 2 poles,
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    • 298 1 fflomrsttr ©rrurrenns. HIRTH. On the 28th March, at Government Hill, Siuguporp, tbe wite of tbe Hon'hle Major 1 H. E. Me Callum, r. c., of a Son. DEATH. On the 9th March, on board the P. O. ■ieamer Thames, after a short but painful illness, Bertrand Alexander, the only and
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  • 4864 2 The total return of visitors to the Rallies Library and Museum during the week ending Friday, 28th March, 1884, was 711. A Public Blue Ribbon Temperance ing will b>e held at the .Sailors' Home on Thursday, the 27th instant, at 7.45 o'clock p.m. Temperance Headings and
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  • 338 3 (For Straits Times.) The Soudan. London llnd March. Despatches have been received from General Gordon up to the 15th iustant. ToNQUIN. The French Government has claimed an indemnity from the Chin* vernment of U>,OUU,OOO Sterling. TOMQUIN. London, "llnd March. The French have captured Thai Nguyen without loss. [Thai
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  • 1704 3 From Ceylon and Indian paper i. London, 11/7* March. The Army estinntes for the current year amount to £fr 927,500. A T ong discussion took place m the House of fords last night relative to Mery. Lord LvU j\ moved for further correspondence i^yding recent movements of Russia
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  • 2172 4 Thk "Nhbbo" Cam. We aro enabled to lay before our readers the following particulars of the recent visit of H. M. S. Pegasus to the West Coast. It will be remembered that the Pegasus left Penang on February Kith after taking on board the Hon. W.
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  • 870 5 The official opening by the Mummi Commis^i the new iron dge across the U l\>ie Canal oppoud of Arab Street, leading into n^' Kapor, took place on Weduesafternoon at half-past four, the h.-ing performed by the Won. McCallum, I!~ E., Preaint of the Municipal Commissioners.
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  • 689 5 We have to add one more to the number of inventions which have to be credited to this Colony, and which we have had to notice during the la>t year or two. A verj uioua apparatus for taking soundings at great depths has lately been invented
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  • 1027 5 Ox Sunday evening last, after vesperSj the Roman Catholi< community of the Cathedral Church of the Good Shepherd" adjourned to the Bishop's House, where an address was read by the Hon. I. S. Bond, M.L.C., and preeeated to His Kxcellenev the Governor. There was
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  • 623 5 Flower Show <jh J\nm aby 1884. We have been favoured with the Report of the Committee of the late Flower Show held at th< Botanical Gardens. It will be seen that Powei Shows are not very remunerative 1 and that the guarantee subscribers had
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  • 676 6 England being m trouble m Egypt, Russia's opportunity has occurred, so she has seized Merv, the gate to India. This step was bound to come sooner or later, and it only remains for England to face resolutely the inevitable and light the Russ or retire from India
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  • 721 6 Wl take from the Queenslaader the following account of the tornado which destroyed the Meat Freezing Works on Poole Island and wrecked the steamer Ft ado, which was to supply us with fresh meat. The catastrophe, as our readers are aware, has led to the Company being
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  • 2223 6 Mr. A. R. Colquhoun, the special correspondent of the Times m Tonquin, recently succeeded m chartering a steam launch to go about independently, and the China Mail publishes a letter from its special correspondent dated Haiphong, Ist March, whom Mr. Oolquhoun had invited to accompany him, giving an
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  • 1410 7 Mit. C. A. Lawson, the veteran editor of the Madras Mail, has m co-opera-tion with the editors of the Madras Times, the Times of India, the Bombay Gazette, the 'Englishman, the India Baity News, the Statesman, the Civil and Military Gazette and some half a dozen other newspapers,
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  • 895 7 The final day's athletic sports of the I loyal Inniskilling Fusiliers were held last Saturday afternoon, at the Tanglin Barracks. His Excellency the Governor and Lady Weld, as well as a fair number of ladies and of civilians, were present, and the ladies of the garrison
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  • 440 7 Early jester morn (2Gth March.) 1 burst my cerements and flew on the wings of lov« to the shores of your beautiful Isle, and reached the Town Hall m the midst of the concert. The nobility aad gentry were disporting themselves as usual m
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  • 3160 8 Of Perak, ion LSB3. The Resident of Feral: to the Colonial Secretary, S. S. Kuala Kangsa z7th Feb., 1884. Sir, 1 i the hon forward an Abstract of the Accounts oi ie and Expenditure of the State of PeruK for the year 1883. The total
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  • 549 9 The delightful little piece, Sweethearts, called a dramatic contrast," was played by the Pollard Company on Saturday evening (<> a well filled hou>.\ It was rather a daring teat, to attempt a piece which requires such a high mdard of acting but the little arti acquitted themselves very
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  • 1789 9 Trantlaled from Dutch ur>r S pajjers. The Java Bode of the 4th March, after quoting from the Straits Time* of the 26th February particulars of the structioD of the Frozen Meat Works at Bo wen, &c, supplements them as follows Inf rmation g -lined at B&taria confirms,
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  • 1411 9 instated from Manila newspapers.) The British ship Walls Castle has collided with a Spanish steamor under circumstam- set forth as follows m the Diario de Manila: 11 Manila 26th Fe6.— The mail steamer lanao, which arrive! m our port on Saturday last on her return voyage from Northern
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  • 4821 10 WeDI«^SDAV, J rtf !AIiCH. Before, J. H Norton Ktjt:! 2* ite. man was arrested ;it 10 p. m. on thu 18th instant m Malay Street, f< drunk and d n Ity, being fined JW r m default b days rigorooi imprisonment. Ung Seak, a dealer m fowls, wis
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  • 1897 11 The Public Dinner. {To the Editor of the Struifs Times.) Mr. Kditor, In your report of the speechesat the Governor's dinner, "eheert," "applause," and "laughter," are plentifully distributed through the earlier speech' But the Speech of our friend Bond appearto have fallen flat, m solemn silence. Tbif was not
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 699 12 AKKIVALS. X Flag Vessel's Name. and Captain. From. Saimsh MMVfI 5 Rig. jh BUr. 21 .\rbib Brit, str.j 1231 Pharo rdifl Pod. 7};. O f Ltd 21 lia ttal. bq. 1079 Manfroni Cardiff tfov. 20 p Simona A < JJ I*Plal |Fch. bq. «57|parel Saigon Mar. H Bouatead A Co.*
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    • 833 12 CLEARANCES. Date. Vessel's Namk. Flag A Ei Captain. Dk^ti nation. Mar. 21 Glenfalloch Brit. str. Buroh Penan** 21 Valkyrien Brit. bq. White Boston IT. S. A. 21 Kong Beng Brit. str. Jones Bangkok 22 Henriette (Jer. bq. Wobck— Elephant pfint f. o, 22 Rosa i3rit. str. I'.'tersen Sourabaya, Bally Ac.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 537 13 HHHpHHpH| HHHlthe safest mild fW I BB hTaI Si ■f«ff r^^ APERIENT FOR Iklll Ll I I 80 I mJmM B^^ DELICATE CONSTI--t i ft A ladies, ■■HBBHHHHBHfI HflH children and THE BEST REMEDY FOR ACIDITY OF INFANTS, AND FOR STOMACH, HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, GOTTT REGULAR USE IN AND INDIGESTION. WARM
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    • 552 13 ks and Ammunition. Rifles. Fowling Pieces and Revolvers from first class makers. Cartridges, Cartridge Cases, Wads, Shot, Percussion Caps, Gun Oil and all accessories. Pieron and Wilkes Alliance Gunpowder. Outfitting for Gentlemen. Shirts, Collars, Scarves, Socks, Hats, Belts, Braces, Gloves Underclothing, < Handkerchiefs, Umbrellas, Trunks, Bags, Boots and Shoes. A
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    • 621 13 AVER'S Hair Vigor restores, with the gloss and Toshnpss f youth, faoVd or errav hair to a latur^l, rioh brown color, or deep bhi^V, na nay be dosirod By i*s u s e light or red n.-iir m»v hp diirV^md, thin hfir thickened, *nd baldness often, though not always, 3ii
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    • 595 13 itusmianrous. ROWLANDS' MAOABSAR OIL preserves, strengthens and beautifies the hairit contains no lead or mineral ingredients; and can now he also had m a golden colour: which is especially suited for fair or golden, haired children and persona. Four sizes. ROWLANDS' KALYDOR is a most cooling, healing, and refreshing wash
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 328 14 'TREASURYoftheTMAT v 4 HIS/ jl \\Cor' HpTOix/jf GICQUEL'S LOZENGES composed of CHLORATE of POTASH (Berjholet's seclt) ARE THE BEST MEDICAMENT AOAINST SORE THROAT, EXTINCTON OF THE VOICE, QUINSY, APHTiC, ANGINA CROUP, GANCMENE OF TriE MOUTH, SCORBUT, ETC. They are Indispen? l hle to all persons who are obliged to speak
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    • 800 14 QUINA-LAROCHE <^^^^^^> Ferrugineux p% SYRUP JS&eM^r In spite of the ever increasing: success of the J?., Bf4 larocbe Bark QXJIKTA-I.AROCHE > r~ •'-vßi?Ssr -wbicb bas been bonored v. ith a prlxe Ifi > T v of 16,600 francs, a Gold IVledal, .tc t .rl o are many cases m which
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