Straits Times Overland Journal, 9 April 1874

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  • 24 1 Despatch pee P. &O. Steam er Zambesi." The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. VOL. XV. \O. 2557. SINGAPORE, TIIUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1874. Price, 45 Cl
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 48 1 -rith Mar iry lost and beloved Hno of A siii- [arm, now Karrikal Madras, and formerly of these On 30th March, O illiara Clou K hton, late of Singai r many yean Ifaaaffiii t..r «^f the Patent Slip and Francis iblin, ag«d 32, Surgeon teamer M Hector."
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  • 76 1 LATEST MARKET QUOTATION ngapokju, April 9th, 1874. Gauibier I 4Jl*, Black Pepper .11. White Pepper. U. Sago Flour, Sarawak... Pearl Sago 15. C'"ffee, Bontyno 20 nominal 25i 40s. Mule twist 7 do do 2V do do du Benares Opium new 562 firm Exchange on Lund Bank
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  • 776 1 Mowing passengers have arrived, it tt, or passed through the port, during the fortnight. Per steamer China, from Calcutta, on the 28th March /'.tjtore. From Mr. and Mrs. Barker. From Penang Mrs. Guun and child, Mrs. Earl. Jfcr Homgkany— From Calcutta: Mrs. Gardner, Mr. N, Hassanijee, the Chiarini troupe,
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  • 735 1 The last Overland Journal was dated the 26th March. The Hoogkljf arrived with the French mail on the Ist, and the China on the 6th inst. with the English mail of the 6th March. The homeward French mail left this per steamer Meikong ou the 2nd inst. The
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  • 45 1 Tin. Netherl; i-ul has forwarded us the followiug telegrams, ved by him from Penaug Penany. '11th March. Ariadne arrived from Acheen last night. No telegrams, no news of importance. to reliable information per Arladtu men remain a u. Panglimah I less host
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  • 60 1 Wi. ai ted to I for the following item Mr. J. B lali^t who is travelling in the East t nieiis foi Science at Michigan just returned to H mjjb Formosa. He spent bix r of tbat pla nearly the wh<»lc tine inifMig tlic wild tribes of tb- ties.
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  • 557 2 I'M LAID ISKFOUK IL. ntertaining Th ve alre;i it is hanll I urn is loth tile in the i int out. This •I) tilt' atement that "the general li I well main- tained tluri and the fact is ing» by ■nee of the same sec t
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  • 1124 2 The lirst races of the Sprinj ing of the Singapore Sporting Club were run on Tuesday, afternoon. The weather was fine, and the races attracted a large crowd to the Grand Stand enclosure, while, as usual, the course for a long distance above and below it was lined
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  • 1502 2 H\ Carh KIKST Dal. Tut chilli; wl n<>: i ha or talent of I hem to know it. I kiiov j not the gift; mm) I decline to uall J mjt "to Autocrat «.t the Brea readers of this journal d über that in my remarks uj> ien)
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  • 789 3 At about two o'clock lust Friday morning, fire broke out in one of the wooden ihedfl adjoining the Ghee Hok Chinese theatre in New Bridge Road, next to the Ellenborough Market, and owing to the combustible nature of the theatre and outbuildings, which were woJt en constructions, the
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  • 1554 3 aess has been i oted at /!!.">. and 1 P« r pi gs 48 Macassa nutmegs in the shell have been reduced to VOT— Broker." Bar tanera] Van bbe late ved Batavia journals, which come down to contain a >f the (ieneral's diary, dethe •n
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  • 1128 4 la the official journal at Batavia, tppetn the following regarding the submission of several Achine&e states |'H. N. MV steamer Metalen Km is. Kip, which had been despatched by the Civil Government Commissioner and Military Commanding Officer of the second expedition to Aeheen on a mission to the Aehinese dependencies
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  • 572 4 On the 12th, 13th, and 1 Uh ult A me* Philip. hiueee won id in ;i their appearan s a bandsoi. r bree.i horses, famous beir becant Tartar horse, inea Me or aeari una r present difficulties. to v, to which those -f Turtary ani
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  • 736 5 m March, Is; I. Hit V l H JOVfiKNUB. Son. the Officer Coindg. the Troops. Hon. the cretary. Hon. the Attorney- General. The Hon. the Treasurer. The Hon. the Colonial Engineer. The Hon. H. A. K. Whumpoa. i The Hun. K. Little. M. D. The Minutes of the
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  • 3387 5 CARTOUCHE SKETCHES IN SINGAPORE. No. 8 I ain really extremely obliged to the public for the interestthey are kind enough to take in this series of papers, which have been, are, and will be, written with the honest intention of amusing them. I know of nothing more agreeable to a
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  • Corrrspondence.
    • 1068 6 To the Editor of the Jjaily Titue*. Siu The coming race "is the title of a book which I am certain J have never seen, but which I have a ragoe idea treats of the future development of the human > (in the Darwinian theory. I expect
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  • 21 7 To ike Editor of the Daily with all my heart i that your ita•nietotl rei'errr un tli r
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  • 498 7 the Strait* Tunes. Siu: —Mv attention was, only yesterday, drawn to your leading article of Thursti bolesale r of birds and game in our id, by a gentleman remarking that "it waBaliitatme!" When, Mr. Editor, you know my sentiments on the rabji which thoroughly coincide witli your
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  • 23 7 ln read n the put down a* it ID le who that tl .Jurors. 1 am afraid have bui JUROR.
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  • 49 7 Tmes, t suttici. ut < told M iear il working of the Com- ild be hard iftl Sharehold be 1 by that lip and the lip, and'the I of their patience go I holy vices of the criminals of the ours faithfully, PBECAUTION Singapore, :;l>t March. Is7l
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  • 63 7 To the Editor of the JJnilj/ Ti,. mr We will by your inserting the following telegram from the proprietors of the 1 ■ur issue L •'.•nient under G r Express sixty (I- 1 sixth) March Ht.rriational bank totally untrue con- tradiot in newspapers advise our Agents lingly." Yours faithfulh
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  • 218 7 Jfrotn an occasional Correspondent. Malacca, sth Armu, 1^74. THE Straits steamers Benmorc and Jonan, the former from PfeMßg, and the latter from Singapore, arrived here early day morning. The foUowu seugera came by them Per li> nnmrc. Mr. Presjjrave. /''<• Japan Messrs. Harvey, Lonberg, Sturrock, Van Akkeree, Coirigan, and
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  • 274 7 To the Editor of the Straits Time*. Sir: -On the 2nd instant, judgment was given for the Plaintift' by this division of tbe Supreme Court in an action for libel brought by Dr. Vetteh against the proprietors of the Print ny Huzrttc. The libel was contained
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  • 27 7 THURSDAY, 26th b an Private advices received here state that the hull was sold in Hongkong for $490, and the cargo for $1,04
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  • 14 7 Thi Sapt. Byrne, from Liverpool via Su< Pinang, arriv< this awnings Hongk and Shanghai.
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  • 403 7 1 1 is a pity that some i not put upon the wh birds and game were formerly pretty plentiful in our jungle, have become rare, and the perith which the remaining are huuted down will, unit ked, terminate them altogetl while the wholesale shunting, day a day, at birds
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  • 15 7 Mi;ssi. i Co.'s s na, Captain (Gardner, left yesterd;i here to-morrow mormw
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  • 14 7 Tim H M. tiie Mali. Johoi Moar and plao ill <»ii the Johore terr
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  • 22 7 ilcnt/& mil Mi lonid S y, ha> 1 uted video t of T .Mr. Birch will, shortly but in* villpio\>\y be four
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  • 56 8 Th. 08 taken by the ficer daring ..irv HighMt raKttSff Ot Barometer in the month, 50.(J«5 inc. LMI do Heisht of cittern above hm level »boat -i.*.—.}K" i T i c tin*** rmin-fa: nr» l.« inches, »t Mount PlCMNntontbr He»vie«t niin-Ull in the month, 5.11 inches, at Mount Pleasant. Mean
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  • 46 8 1 1. R. Bheem, Mu- »e of the poll ng- adulterated iling iminilk and pork Hampshire, who g his pig had never been The cases were tried yesI r Gottlieb. Rengasainilkiiian. was fined $3; the pedlar was d :ed, but the meat ordered to he buried.
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  • 89 8 Kntries haw been made forthcoming races RST DAY. The Govenor's Cup. Blair Athol. Je<> Kangaroo. The Koadsteks' Plate. Cha The Ladies' Puk Blair Athol. \ddL Sydney. The Celestial Plate. Bonlhi. Grand J Sydney. A. 1. /rtm Duke. KCOND DAY. The Maharajah's Cup. Mouthy hc. Kanyaroo. Grand Juror. Btishttf Sydney. A
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  • 14 8 •alotiy Capt. H'»hl; '2nd inst. arrived at Tanjong Fbgar wharf yi
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  • 12 8 Tallin-, from Hoi d \w>\., ar- at the g Pmgar whmrf this
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  • 10 8 Tn k British Miln ih and Malaol in the roads
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  • 12 8 iwak steamer Boy<> ('apt. Kirk, from S 25th inst., anchored in tli
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  • 14 8 Chin* r Aden, (.'apt. IVU'ixM, from ith Maivli, anchored in the roads last night
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  • 13 8 l»t. Valiant, CalcaUa liHi. ami Pioang E6th 1 at Jardine, Math and left
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  • 5 8 4li inst. hart" .ml k-t'
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  • 248 8 font, an I icbild utelkavs inquiry ed the whole day and until a late hour in theeveim il>. VaugbaH watch,.,l the pro 8 for the relatives of the deceased, and Mr. Atebison appeared as counsel for and to guard ta of Tan Cheng kway. It would appear from the evidence
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  • 263 8 ob Richards has during tin* pa>t week beta making inquiries into of stabbing and alleged murdef committed at Pulo Dammar. A Chinaman came to the Passir Efcnjaag station on Monday, and reported that he had on the previous day, with another Chinaman, gone to Pulo Dammar for pine-apples, but when
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  • 716 8 Wi have to acknowled. eceipt from the Clerk of Councils of the Shorthand Report of the Council proceedii on the 21st instant, but in addition to the Governor's speech and the repetition of the matter contained in the Official Minutes, which we have already published, the report contains only the
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  • 32 8 Thk Dutch steamer Prim <ler, Capt. van Kmmerick, from Aoheen instant, arrived yesterday. Tin. 8. S. Rainbow t Capt. Fox, from Palembung 27th inst., anchored in the roads yesterday.
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  • 26 8 The Colonial steamer Plufo lei Sunday for Pinang. She took down the Hon'ble J. W. W. Birch, Colonial Secretary, who goes on a visit to Perak.
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  • 271 8 Considering the strong opposition manifested against the Preservation oi' tiif Peace Ordinance as it repeatedly came before the Legislative Council for renewal from year to year, it is somewhat surprising that this law, with the extraordinary powers it confers, has now been actually in force in Singapore for the past
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  • 20 8 The M. M. steam* Ravin, from Batavia 2tHh March, arrived at the Borneo Company's wharf this morning.
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  • 251 8 'I'm i ntdent I and an Extraordiuai -t March notify the following appointnu MeT. Braddell, A: to be Acting 1 Colonial Secretary during Mr. Bin Mr. K. A. 1: Assistant Colonial Seen ing Auditor General; Mi.E. H. Watte, Collector of Land Revenue at Malacca, to be Acting Assistant al Secretary;
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  • 68 8 Thi of the M instant says We understand that at a meeting oft! skbohien and Borneo Tradii: it wm resolved t^» wind uj> he trade, which ti formed to work, was highly remunerative when carried on by pi duals, \\t think sufficient time bt allowed for the
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  • 25 8 The i .rd French mu: (coug, Capt jai 1 si, Hongkong ith March, arriA u- Bon wharf aid will le;. Galle, AdeD a. m. to-morrow.
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  • 1 9 to-morru\v.
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  • 5 9 iritish I whait carry do
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  • 490 9 Wi mce the \J Manti nit's i Hong] and II ma. The information is from the Mes- okohama to the i 29th March, I in tli _;kong J> < of the 30th ult., an e rrom whit a priva uner on the ii mails and pai» Dear
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  • 290 9 2nd t several failures ken place s; these are however only il It of tbe q of tr. l>v the Dutch in Aeheen. The falling off in value of mports and exports amount '.000 in 1873 as compared with Tbe S. S. Ananda. 1 the Burmab Steam
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  • 353 9 \Vi the following \'\< particulars <>f t lie loss of th(> M. 11. 7, with the list of her pas--3 and crew, from the Hail of the 80th March. The other itappended will als<» be found <>t" interest THE LOSS OF THK XI L.It can, we fear,
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 316 9 Thursday. 26th March. Brit Ban Yong toeng, 366 tons, Cruik, Bangkok 21st March. British ■teamer Duna, n. Saigon 22nd March. British steaim Byrne, Liverpool sth F Vent i s, Echeveria Manila 10th March. 27th March. Por; i'»tli March. Spanish steamer Par ,ns, Elizalde, Manila 21st March :sth Mai Dutch
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    • 85 9 April. British barque Bri] Newman »*n. Itali-ui barque r J tons, Bi tf 18th Oct. ish steamer t si;ovr 22nd Feb. Monday, ftth April. tmer Paknai ~^^^^H^f P. c«l 0. Am- dp X. B ynton, 1,065 toi 13th Jam British steai We«tl Dutch steamer Wm, Cores de Vries, 316
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    • 109 9 Thursday, 2 P. O. steamer Mooltau li and Bombay. British steamer Paknam, Bl Saigon. 4i brigantiuo, Hawk. B- Adelaide S. A. British steai Sarawak, Hewat, for Sarawak. British steamer Seng, Cr Bangkok. German barque Papa, Blose, for Bel uish steamer Bu» tria, for Liverpool. Dutch barqueEUy, De Jong, I
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 508 10 vkssei^ iv\ssi:i» a\.jkk. Date SWp^NM»e. Captain. From. "^T B-ginton ~SSh i~" W^T Beek van der Woude Batevia Rangoon -Dutcb Btad«i*Wb«, deN "^'l-W.pjatavia A. (jruntber Kuhn J" Kitcnei venock Singapore inencau Kiel, Johnson "w York British lelaide van Nooijen jCocos Island S^&ui BL '23S* Fahnouth Anna Dorothea gg^ Ho^on, Yo rk
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