Straits Times Weekly Issue, 19 December 1887

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    26 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Seriei Published for Transmission by Evert Homeward Mail Steamer. Piihi; 40 VOL XLIII. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER .19, I<«i7. NO. 3,449
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS.
    39 1 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS. k morning of the L3tb instant, t h»Hfc of .lon [I of a *<m. I 1 7th ii Mount Aim wit".- of A of, a the 17th instant, the >■ F. A\ I. <Ii 1 1 LT
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    STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, 19th DEC., 1887. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    187 1 Di Pro Gainbior do. Uube No. 1 do. do. No. «J >> Copra, Bali *j«4do. Pontianak^ Pepper, Black Sago Jb'iour, cjsi:- ..W Pearl S&o W 0 OoffoejSlli n Tapioca small i?'iako do. d.». 1st qvm do. ined. tlako b do. small
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    374 1 JSie last homeward mail was despatched on the L2th instant per P. £O. steamer Malwa and the present mail is taken on M. M. steamer Ox**, The London mail o£ the LBth November was delivered on Saturday, the L7th instant, perM* M earner Sindh. i Last
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    413 1 (For Straits Times.) Tim: PoP**B JUBFLEE. London, 11 th D Tke Duke of Norfolk and two attaches start on Monday <hi >ecia from Queen V i storia to felicitate Hia Holiness on the occasion of bis .1 übilee. Tin: MIIfIBTBY. t2th D| M. de Fallit'rea and then M.
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    Telegraphic Summary.
    100 1 PariA i ■•il T W\ rv 21 2 M Ereyciaet thei .vithd contest in puhliciin vet '1 though uui lll\ i M i '-'I-' W ill. ill.- |.;-oviur j■ > 1 lir. ni-li sed. The i I to dm t. I'm: < v I Baroda at Wind* in\vst«>d
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    21 1 in<l ma. t (.1 tin- w.-t liii'iit thr M. M that tli -•nil it i«»n> 0, ernmeut, s«m to >4aL'^ tli
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    2135 2 I from Messrs. Katz Bros, a \vrv [ear and convenient office or the jrear MBB. Wb have just heard that the French mail steamer Natal, on her last run down from Hongkong, in one day made a little over 40ti miles or an average of 1 7
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    Naval Intelligence.
    215 2 '1 11 k British gunboat msnder Adams, left H-m-1,, mst. for Shanghai. The Writ is h doul>l<>-s<.-rcw Snuff, (luinnjuidiT lironil. v oj^| Hopg] o 1 on the «;t]j inst. from which port| M i| lt )t i, us t a nt Tli.' British <-uis.T Alor,- 'am fl M
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    574 2 ho com* 18 111 ii. tli. and with tin- i in 'in* l i the fall of tii. 1 in ISSA lie v. K Ui<^. lull nsiolls ;i\\> UpOU 1 uriu'd to I year him i in >st «1 I M ku.'w n for some tin^ that the 1( j|^
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    The Loss of the s.s. "Lorne."
    2705 3 (China Mail 9th Dec.) We are informed by Messrs A.damson, Bell a Co. that they have received a mesre from Efoihow that qo news had been received there et of t he < laptain and ot her Europeans missing from the Lome. The vessel
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    Tyersall Drag Hunt.
    475 3 The Meel w i in-hard Ko-id I »1 1 1 a.m., i \V >|i<>itl\ after that time the hounds h and werequicklv laid on through th» i ce to M r. Vaugha <>f t lie K' < Grange < J-rove, where i, taken, then across l»v H
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    Siam News.
    111 4 1 1 In eons. the departure of Mr. C. SLoekie, Mr. E. B. Gould. H. B. M\s CharjEre d' Affairs. ls, ;it the requ< st of the Danish inuuuity. taken c of t\\v Danish ;fr j»f(i. torn. regret to have to announce the death, ivemher, at his residence,
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    Penang News.
    763 4 I'. natty GazetU nth I) e 15th December a full Cmu-t of A|»|h-;i1 it the S 1 1 1 rv f i Court. His Honour will shortly arrive in Poto preside. H.>ilay evening a rogi lar meeting Prim f Wales 1. d^ Pree- IS held. After lie or-
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    Ministries of tlie French Republic.
    821 4 On the eye of M. Grevy's resignation the Tsme* oj I iews the ministerial changes which the Republic has witnessed. On the resignation Qoral MacMahon in 1^7: Prestdi I devolved on M. who was at the time of hia elects his 72nd year. One sentence
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    Legislative Council.
    352 4 ij|Hter, 1-Vl U I >l. I \|i;KK. I— I fLI SI SMITH, The Hon'ble the Actjj. Col 4^ the Auditor tin I .Treasurer (R. S. O'Connor.) tli" Acting 'oloniiil Bngint c meron, i. •nl. H. i er. \Y < onmgton. .1 Finlayt >n. After the the last m<
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    The loss of the Vortigern.
    479 4 hma M<iil Uth h- Five oflieers aud seveu seauien pwrecked stcanit-r 1 an [V^H to-day by the ow<« from tain remained behind i a coming up, we believe, with the q« E rench nail steamer. Hie I 1♦ 1 T Sourahaysi on November with a
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    Saigon News.
    566 4 LHJ conv< the remaius of M the Uu rnor of Cochiu shipbod The w id 'li'apecT%i black! decorations and trappin iourning emblems around, presented I an imposing sight. Troops lined the route ich the funeral procession took. A salute of guns heightened the imposing nature ot the ceremony.
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    Tonquin News.
    687 5 ML. Richaud lias been appointed Kesidal in Tonquin. He has held offices in French India and 8e- administrative talents he has there are said to be of a high order. A long term of service in Cochin has admitted of his acquiring a Innamite ways and eharacffiria l
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    Methodist Episcopal Church.
    251 5 pro very interesting services in connection with this churc place on Wednesday afternoon in Coletnan Street, It was the tiist anniversary <.f the opening of tin 1 Church for divine worship, and the E&evd. \V. F. Oldham, its pastor, commemorated it in the afternoon bv a service
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    Building Fund.
    530 5 -Loraj i Ulmirli ami JSoiiool Buildings si Paid of this 11,614. 2-1 Due $200.00 Add loan 5900.00 $1400.00 Deduct balance of general account .",<»<>. 7:< Deduct also estimated receipts for December, l v *7 15<).«><» Net dehcit $449.21 The Rev. A. IS. MacPhee aexl hddres* the meeting, and
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    The Sea Serpent again.
    713 5 Washington, /ih November. Information reached tiiis city thai ;i sr;i serpeni or an unknown marine monster wai e in the G Mexico, but on account of it- immense size only the li«>;i<l could be secured. The head will soon be in National Museum, there to be
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    Upper Burmah.
    252 5 Tin- follow mil: ts arc made from t lit- M auila la v <•,. in..- ».f tli a Tin)' 9. Mituduhiij, 'Jsfi, The Gov^r meni is >tilt pur>uinir it- iad eareor of r up temporary trnm r\ buildings material is on;_v < j 1 1 il ■i by
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    EDITORIAL.
    588 6 Usury. T. D 12.) KVEitAL crying wants in the Colony hare been successively taken up and relegislation, with more or less advautu to the community at large. Others which fall under the category of downright evils, seem to be beyond the eh of legislative remedies. Take usury for instance.
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    Judicial Reform.
    557 6 The Secretary of State has sanctioned the introduction into the Legislative Council of Ceylon, of a bill embodying reforms in judicial procedure iu criminal cases which go far beyond those attempted here. The most sweeping change lies in making trial by jury optional. The opinions of the Ceylon
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    Chinese Ship-owning.
    488 6 i.S. T. l> The terrible disaster t.» the steamer Yeung and the accompanying loss tul hundred* <>»; liv«> on her t. -in Bongkong to Canton, as detailed in our columns, show serious shortcomings iii the marine office arrangements in the Northern Colony. The frightful rapidity ■>-itli which the
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    North Borneo Prospects.
    507 6 W I Uoti< •he f-< plaul m_; ronnimnit v in Java uiv «a-tiug wistful V-n h I- The easj conditions under which i .'i i><- taken up for <u. ti b) sel< tore, have beeu tip- chief attraction Th.- consequences hav< aoi failed t«» manifest themselv< Several
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    France.
    345 6 v V. Dt m The m?\VH it v v j (>l t 11 I'uliti s |fl France would be I with s Dot only |,v all bVem bin n. I iimuunii jM.htlr.il stiltV" of I »au\ edu fciht .111 iii t lie i; hundred jr< and anvth >rtuue. hav«
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    China and her Armaments.
    936 7 (S. T. December \Vhi:n on,' reads the detailed accounts of the uew Chinese cruisers, it is imp.. ble not to ask with a smile what will she do with them r 1 Here is a country, part of whose naval force actually consists to the present
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    The Armenian Church.
    1316 7 a iV >-„ Vbbi little is known <>i this community, bo little indeed that the few facts 1 have been al>le bo glean concerning the branch "i this church in Singapore, inaj be news to all but the «.'itil j* residents. As far back as 1826, there
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    A Tour on the Malayan Peninusla
    2141 7 TBy T. J. Keaughran*] V ell, we have arrived at Lunga. H the nights aiv \\ug\\ cold aud I water in the river goes boiling and d&i ing along at ch »f four miles an hour, Bhowing that the pUu< n>ideniblv above the level
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    The Royal Colonial Institute.
    1513 8 Jm: Eighteenth Volume of the Proceedings of this Society has already been on our table for s< me w< eks, and bul for "f other work, would have received earlier notice. Thai it is noi int( nor in int. real tq ita predeci ssors might l!
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    Supreme Court.
    8551 8 In Vick-ADmj kali v Jukisj /f 'ml other*, On-, ►A1 Mil D This \\a- an action h<-l Ford in ill.- Yice-Adnnralt\ „urt I ill-, who weir owner* which uhs -link in a collision with the (j in th. Straits of Malacca ou the UJ»th March last, sought, to
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    Netherlands India News.
    791 11 for the M fl ifb 7V s -> me 6th December at the Pulo Jill?* expedition has lu end l) ind of Achl k lhat Lslet ■^mainland. Their oil.! 01 1 was t() tall then thej h s hey have in M laud so,-i! through famine is
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    Deli News.
    689 11 ranslatedfor U ►vj a the Deli < N.- 1 shov bat the bou of Tamiai The \'!;i. se in th I said >ily prepai upoD i)eli. I red themselves for good in Edi, where, aa also in AcheeD Proper, they have Bhowa a marked t;; I fighting. Is
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    Manila News.
    669 11 {Tram d t traits 7 Manila U i"' p1 abreasi of the times by improvements in more than one direetio rbourworli ma,i operations, the electric Light, and a Municipal laboratory, progress h. been manifested in the construction <»f public buildings likely to be not only ornament*] but also
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    Malacca News.
    673 11 Malacca, 10th Dec. Tin- l>od\ infant \va the 1 lth «-u i it '1 ill I vard proi led to t !i. body. I understand t ln-i ■>'■ evei poet of Mr. S tailing his during the fii i> i large nuiiihor d obtained in Ma pore aud
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    Fancy Sale, Town Hall.
    567 12 I. \it it pours is ;m old r i] I'v ;i second Fancy Sale within a fortnight there has beefl a si !y downpour «»f baby's w\ w«»rk. mi t iniaca.-siiis, dolls, bawls, the inevitable pin-cushions. not to mention the .luhilee <<\\< and other trifles light
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    The Singapore Volunteers.
    277 12 The following letter from the Caj>tain Commandani of the Singapore Volunteers, and the Minute of His Excellency the Jovernor thereon, are published in the rnmriti (lnz*it> of yesterdav Singapore, Blh December, /.ssr. SIR, 1 h.-ivc the honotir to state, for the information of His Excellency the QoYOtnor,
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    Minute by His Excellency The Governor.
    405 12 The Captain Commandant of the Singapore Volunteers has, I think, adopted a wise course in recommending that the Corps should be disbanded. I have iratched it-; prot dinu^ since 1 arrived in the Colon J in LB7B, and while hoping that some satisfactory and
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    Sarawak News.
    1273 12 (Sarawak Gazette, tet Committee of Administration. A meeting of the Committee of Administration was held on the 17th November in the Resident's Office. Present The Hou'Ue The Retidtnt, iF. R. 0. MaxWell t. VrmitU'itt. The Datu Bandar, (Haji Bua Hassan). The DatußmawK, Haji ltetaim). A bang atahomel Kassim.
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    The loss of the "Wasp."
    255 12 Captain Lord Walter Kcrr wriflj Time* on this suhjeet -More than A^J"'" jmiv graph has lately appeared in tin- pi.ljV h>Ml to tlu> ett'eot that H. M. fc>. Mm it la now feared can do longer »>«<^ was undermanned, leaving the r> drawn that to
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    VARIETIES.
    767 12 Cock-tightiDg ami IJoxiiig nr»> Uttli iiow popular in I'aris. 1m. the wav Prenefa journal pin- it. 14 GlTe in t foiupany-proinoter, "a lord aj chairman, a barf>uet, a couple of generaJ officers, ami an AM 1\ as directors, mil a to note f.»r a t'-\\ luiuflieons at the .ml
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    386 13 Poen Office Details. i > i v jc Sin, I wa> a'oout to coin] of the Post Office when i,) ttud behold! 1 i su\v your leader on the same. Why didn't you throw a word in tor the Savings Bank as well? Now we must
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    Methodist Episcopal Church.
    320 13 Sir, In jour report of. the anniversary of the above Church, a mistake is made in the summary giveu of what I said, which. for the sake of those interested in noting the distinguishing points of Churches, i1 may be well to correct. Two several remarks J
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    UNKNOWN
    149 13 1 am prepared to rei'RE.sknt mantfac- turkrs desirous of opening up or i I in«r business relations with the Australa^ Colonies, it abovu Exhibition. which will o] in Melbourne on Ist August, IHaving acted as i. uki-kksentativi* :\tt he several hit tu -im,,., Exhibitions held j in Australia daring
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