Straits Times Overland Journal, 1 September 1877

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times XVllf .^X<). 376. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1877. IW. »o c«n
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  • 23 1 V' 11 1 8t l- °f Somerset a Pfi7 to open u cou- l > Sf^|plpM'^6 with Naturaw ,1 |i ne«r tr, land shells
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    • 23 1 u^.,'- ''l^.ft^t *&t. Stephen's v p4rk, by the Rev. the Queen, Clarke, cousin i youngest :s, to Amelia 'y > W li. Read
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    • 20 1 'ksP&u*-, <-i\ S. B. on the \^TNl\]VIvR- .v LL SABLE, tht: 1 -:<> f 'v- I r Wilson t:, of
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    64 1 lalTkst -mah&i&t Rotations. MN-iAP( he, Z#r Sept., 1877. OwnW'" 4 ~i< Blaok Pepp r > 7 7 oago Pionr, tsanwi^Hr Pearl Sago ...i „70. T 'n •••tjHBR^ 19.25. Shirting^ .00. 7 do do 1 4>4 i 1.07*. do, 1.30, Benares fj BauV bil b 3/lli Doc :«i i 4.
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  • 139 1 The !iowiug*ljjfes( :gers have ar- ;t or passedVi^imigtr the port, the i'oi^^^^H^^H P. a ncU;O. Jpainer 'oiO7nLar(ly, on Mi! MzgiMH^^Hß i »S' -..—^Bwmt^Qafo^ Messrs. Liano; H J. Reuben and O. SaMiJft-oni Galle Messrs. C\ de 3^^H.'ur#a»G. E. Coluiian, Conimaacl'i «a^ sei ieant J. Gascoigne, It. 2 Chinese. From Singapv
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  • 1020 1 Tuk last Overland issue was dated the 18th August. Since that date three mails have arrived from home. On Sunday morning the H>th August, the P. O. steamer Lombard^, arrived with the London mails of the 20th July. On the morning of Friday the 24th August, the M.
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  • 686 1 ogtug8ihyut8ur esting gentleman who, not finding I cent scope for bis superabundant m Victoria Gal. attempted to effedfa escape into a freer atmosphere by bi Iking through the wall of the solitary cell m which he had l>*en confined for ''f^^^| of gaol discipline. This remarkable i emplification of
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  • 1895 2 f^s^-TK Post Office (;«.-<' m Penaiii? m iji which Khoo Soo Chuan and five others ij N'iMe char^nl with sending" letters to j| China otherwise than through the Post I j Oflice, has ei!<le<l m a conviction and a j fine of $200. \\Y make room for
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  • 2548 2 Thb following 1 report of a recent visit by Ma. Edwaru Sinclair, Police Magi trate, Laroot, along the Perak coast, has been sent to us for publication from the Colonial Secretary's Office Mata.no. 24th June, 1877. Sir, I have the honor to forward the following report of my visit
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  • 710 6 The following is the Report of the Directors to the Shareholders of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company for the first half of the present year which will be submitted at the meeting to be held on the 30th instant Gentlemen", Your Directors have now the pleasure
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  • 1187 6 (Transjateo For the Strait* Times.) (It is requested of our contemporaries that m reproducing these translations their original appearance m the Btftttta Tim**, may be acknowledged.) From Netherlands India papers to the 18th August, the following intelligence is translated "It gives us pleasure to make known that our
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  • 1577 7 (Translated for the SlralU Time*.) d It i 8 r%i'.. --toa of our contemporaries that m re»roin S^v V r traMlaWon t»«*r ordinal ap£SX?e t m the Strotfe Knur, may belacknowledged). i From Manila papers to the 9th August, the following intelligence is translated "Manila. 9'h Auguat 1877.—
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  • 4610 7 The Education Report for 1 -I peared m the last Govern/. and we make room for a portion of j to-day There are no great, changes to record this year. The now ('<»<!.• of Rul. s am. tinues to be enforced and much has still to be
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  • 842 9  -  Nemo [Br I hear the grave has been dug for the body of the Kling seutenced to be hung, but I don't know the Rate. And this is justice The American Spaniard, who brutally murdered the mate of his vessel had a nolle proxequi entered on the first charge
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  • 2077 9  -  Nemo [By I BHOUI.D fancy that the Russian has by this time found out his mistake, and regrets having allowed his Naboth-like desire for annexing his neighbour's vimyard to have overcome all scruples and obliterated all traces of right and wrong from his mind. The tremendous defeat inflicted upon
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  • 1062 10  -  Nemo fßx figt8g7yt [wo H|H| •:¥?£)*(> 1/11* M£ ■\»S' rule Bpstt ttj ;tn tfa' ften tpf The i .;.\l Mr. .1 l,s- i 8 i i lit! let v't- up is pU I i I inish merit u'tioiK'd l>v I. -lative l aaQj»i, t* V .Jud- softlicSS^n,. > Ed
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  • 1275 10  -  Nemo [By The distress m Madras is simply awful. Half-a-million of death* have already occurred, and there are three months more of scarcity to be provided for before any harvest can be expected to alleviate from local sources, the hunger of the starving people. More than a million of
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  • 720 11 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Siu,- j} v your kind favor 1 took the .iberty to invite attuntion, m your issue of the 16th instant, to the Tort Rules, and pointed out the necessity that exists that these rules should not remain a dead letter.
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  • 399 11 To Hie Editor of the Daily Timrs. Sir,— "Vera" m his letter of yesterday says that no steps have been taken to carry out the Port rules. I just said, and stick to it, that the water Police clean the landing steps, and cannot helD thinking that
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  • 506 11 To the Editor of the Daily Time*. Sir, I saw m your issue of the 11th instant, for the first time, a copy of the Maharajah of Johore's letter dated the •3th January last, commenting upon the statements made by Maharajah Lela and
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  • 194 11 To the Editor of the Daily Ti»>r«. Sir,- Verily, this is a strange world and these an strange times. Unless a man obtains some sort Of notoriety, rvil preferred, he has little chance of getting on* m our clays. A man who publishes a tilth v. scene
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  • 684 11 To the Editor of the Daily Times.' Sir, The following extracts from tho statement made by Maharajah Lola the ULst of July 157(5. which dec! by the Maharajah of Johon I William Jervois, are alluded to m my last.' letter The letters brought
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  • 353 12 I To the Editor of the Daily Times. 5Ut, Our Municipalities being regulat« by old Indian Acts, passed many years before the transfer, we have, m our Municipal affairs, as m many other things, been following the dictates of distant India, whose political identity is anything but co-essential
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  • 424 12 To the Editor of the Daily Time*. Sir, In continuation ot my proposal I would submit that the increase m population, number of buildings, streets, &c., has entailed a corresponding increase of labor upon the Commissioners yet no proportionate augmentation to their number lias been made. Jt is
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  • 449 12 News of the fortnight. SATURDAY, 18th AUGUST. At the Police Court yesterday afternoon, Mr. Hazle, of the Straits limes, applied to Mr. W. E. Maxwell, the Senior Magistrate, for summonses against Captain Ellis, the Master Attendant aud Sub-Inspector Scott, for assault, and the Magistrate, having heard the application, granted the
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  • 759 12 Monsieur le Red active. Je lis dans le numero de votre journal dv 15 eourant, tj\u* les passagers dv Meikong, se seraient plaints vivement de la conduite dv Capitaim et des Otticiers de cc paquebot, apres le n:e. Us pTetendraient qua Tordre et la disci]
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  • 388 12 The Messag|nef. jlfaritim* c Company's -t earner SinM, London mail of the 27 th July, ba\ Galte at 5 3 ou P-iturdav th. I instant, m&ji fc here on t ridflf •i'tei i instant. The Messagei ilidKßi Company's s1 uaet /i/e>» homeward ma if* kong for Saigon an turday,
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  • 912 13 liiu loiiowmg is a literal translation the correspondence whicli appeared m Saturday's issue of cur paper relating to tb«*losßof the Meikong:--To the Edityr of the Daily Times. ♦h\ IR ;r BaW ln y° ur P^erof the 15th, that tjie passengers of the Mekong are said to havc-.-mplained very much
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  • 1066 13 The cremated remains of General Nino Bixio r the Italian patriot, were forwarded to Genoa, by Messrs. llubattmo k ('..'>. steamer Balavia, which nailed yesterday evening. Tmk following is the report of the Captain of the Loudoun Castle, which steamer arrived here on Saturday even- ing last.
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  • 127 13 An inquest I at the Brick-fields on the Ist W. V. a male Chinese, who d drowned m a canal. Verdict, Found 1 cd." An inquest has hoen Jjeld At the j minal Prison on the l»'-dy of an Ara prisoner named Said Sheak, wlio died from
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  • 559 14 *f|jM*» reporter to this paper, against Captain Ellis, Master Attendant and pB||l| Marine Magistrate, and Sub lnspec§P!|i tor cotfc r assault on Friday last, %jr were beard j-esterday m the Police r j| Court before W. E. Maxwell, Esq., :j who decided that he had no jurisdic.''l i) -tioa
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  • 1197 14 j Thrt 6. I. S. N. Go's. Mail steamer |j Oriental, from Calcutta, via Rangoon, I j Maulmein, Penang and Malacca, an- j ehored isi the roads this morning with the foil owing passengers. j From Cai jutta. Revd. and Mrs. Moor- j house aud child, Messrs.
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  • 2885 14 The British steamer Japan, Captain de Smidt, from Hongkong", arrived alongside Tanjong Pagar Wharf this morning, and will leave for Calcutta to-day. Passengers. For Calcutta. From Hongkong: Mr. and Mrs. G. Apcar and Child. Mra. Chapman and child, Messrs. R. W. Howe, S. A. Nathan, Leng Moh,
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  • 1171 16 I The O. S. S. Co's steamer S ttn fur, Captain White, from Hongkong-, ari rived alongside Tanjong Pagac wharf r t morniug, en route to Pinaog and '&&1 adon, with the following passen- > II Mr. Moore, Captain Reuter, 2 distressed |Jj seamen and 20 Chinese.
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  • 1985 16 Tub P. O. Co/s steamer Khica with the London mails of the o*rd August, was signalled at Peuang at 0 o'clock this morning, leaves at I p. m., and may therefore be expected to arrive here on Saturday morning-. Ax Inquest was held at the stone steps
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 838 17 i SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR. r L'ATk Ship's Names. Captains. I lag Rio. of ab- Where From Whbre Lying i ussionkes ok Agents Destination, KIVALB HIEN-OF-WAR AartVanNes VVellekins tf. N.M'sstr June Acheen T. P. Wharf H. N.M.s < i ul Gen Acheen Oharybdis iHotham H. M.'a atr. lsot> Au^. 3
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 1515 18 ipn^fr^ r Ak T^^^i^T i ii m t iP^r Dutch steamer Prins Alexander, 957 toTivßdP^jJßll^pHp v Wednes^.ty, 20th August. Tf 3 1 Brit, steamer Stentor, 1,301- tons, White, Hongkong JlsfeAiur^ Dutch steamer Ophir, 332 tons, Ommcr, Deli SJ^th 4^o Ai, Du^ch steamer General *Pel, 1,205 tons, de Hart, Wig* '*Wl»
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