Straits Times Overland Journal, 29 September 1877

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    21 1 The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. VOL. X 111. \o. :i7<>. SI \(i A PORE, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 2i), 1J577. Price SO Cents,
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      BIRTH.
      32 1 V^^ l* I o:l d, thu **>th Sop tke-^lflgK^BHHtober, lJh» wifej of .'lNfANlV^jpßW^^Bißjpl^ o f a (JaughOn f *th >■ pi. 'üb^r||jH^|iaag%low, iii; the wili^fij^p, A. M. -''fh t^e wife of Mr.
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      MARRIAGE.
      13 1 f:f .^^^3*P tfcn *b€r» George vdolp h •i'*£sms: to j|s*»* > -JStn'ik Leah
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      DEATH.
      73 1 I>ta il; Clarendon 11 iA. the-f ve&.wita «.fM r C. KmI LL&&BB&*. 1 1 FjXlti nil 1 at Clarkxck, the nt: n \WBlam /Alexander j- -tan- at tbe'Sepoy Lines liobj ital, Mis.- q%t I'.r >3O a. j^owthej.u. amg of 24th Sepcenr. ei\ at .isr» v fic Mioey Road, TAjrliu,
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    STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 1877. Fortnight's Summary.
    1706 1 STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 1877. Fortnight's Summary. Tv !a&kOvJPlai jssu<> of this jour- 'hat d Jio: in&ih have mdj < mails will 'I M. M. &u-ar^ ■•>■■•!#■/ arrived tb tfe Lo^u ;i N the 2 4th :,"ist on 't^r^>rt|K. .gJjuie 22nd abd, thi> -P» ail(^ O. steamer A r
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    Topics of the Bay.
    2030 2 UE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wk do not know whether the feeling jljjg a if&ncnl one, but we must confess to p ojisidcrable disappointment on learning that there was to be no formal emng of the Legislative Coniual on 1 last no guard of honour, no ■Tuniony, and,
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    THE WAR OF RUSSIA UPON.
    3137 2 JGH sCTUj UlOu: y Wl! brought 'o' 1 tie i) iui(juit*n, uniustitiabie war of an imt tunes, as it. is Hnr.:- J most bruta and !oo«r. '.■(•«!> <'«>rd m all !ukU|M| r,rui*»mr .Napoleon by tfe ijoWfeu f.iba. wo, r declaring most invoioua' motive, jealous r.f.'j.
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    RECEPTION OF THE NEW CEYLON GOVERNOR.
    857 3 RECEPTION OF THE NEW CEYLON G OVERNOR. Tin: Ceylon folks have received their new Governor, Sir J\mks LonudkNj with considerable state and ceremony, and as we shall have to receive our new Governor very shortly, and as it cannot well be said from past painful experien that our Officials are
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    THE WATER WORKS.
    3482 4 We make room to-day for the folI lowing interesting: correspond price between Government and the Municipal Commissioners respecting the Water Works Colonial Secretary's Office, Singapore, 16th July, I^77' SIE, I am directed to inform you that the Colonial Engineer has urged upon this Government the importance of
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DEBATES.
    3818 5 Eighth Day, Tuesday, 25th Sept., 1577. Present. H. E. the Administrator. H. H. the Acting Chief Justice. The Hon. the Officer Commanding H. Ms. [Troops. the Colonial Secretary. the Attorney General. the Acting Treasurer. the Acting Auditor General. H. A. X, Whampoa, C.M.G. J B. Mac Arthur.
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    EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.
    812 6 EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. JKG I V. m their n r fon herein- OCu IllT*t lipt* i f '^j^^gpßgNM|liii<^haary; and '^v it case 1 ''""^^^Pl^lgq^Wlßßatisfactory I '^.iV, em y^^ii^;aB|p a^ ove aspects, he ji ine *j^j^^^|^Plfa>isBion to the Civil ir "^l^ 1 selected, j j w^^ t«lte
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    JAVA ITEMS.
    1539 7 {Translated /or tie Straits Times.) < It is requested of our oon temporaries that m reproducing these translations their original appearance In the Straits Times, may be acknowledged. The following intelligence is translated from Java papers dated the 10 th instant "Captain Robertson of the British barque Darmouth,
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    From Java papers to the 19th Sept.
    1350 7 papers the following extracts are trai t "Since our previous Summary the Col ing tidings have been re< 1 Acheen: 'Forwarded from X il* Bth Sept; handed m for transmits h( I Pinang on Hth Sept.; 29th to'Ust nothing unusual. Ist Sept., at
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    Penang News.
    717 8 The Plnang Gazette of the Bth inst. states that Inspector Scully of the Police Force was to have been prosecuted on the 10th instant on a charge of bribery and that there are several other Police prosecutions pending. "We are glad", says the Gazette, that the Police Amjean-siahU'
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    Hongkong News.
    1418 8 An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the China Traders' Insurance Co. was held m Hongkong on the 11th September when the resolutions passed at the last meeting for the subdivision of the (Vs. existing shares ((5,000 each) and a division of its capital into shares of one-third,
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    SUNGHIE UJONG.
    1229 9 Extracts from Resident's Journal m sunoh c ujong. {August 16-3 1 st.) Thursday August IQth. At 3 a. m., anchored oft' Kuala Moar to wait for daylight. Shortly after getting underweigh, the Serang m charge put us on the beach, with the beacons, showing the way across the
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    DIARY OF H. B M RESIDENT SALANGOR.
    3903 9 DIARY OF H. B M RESIDENT SALANGOR. Moiidny l:\th Si >i, Cool and ploasant. Star.cd a I m Rosebud for I mip by Mr. Syeic lice. I hid previously c PjSJkt^ and dog cart and saddl sar;.! j by the Klau_j v from > Pungkalan Batu by keeping gut i
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    UNKNOWN
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DEBATES.
    809 11 SESSION 1877. Eighth Day, Tuesday, 18th Sept., 1877. Present H. E. the Administrator. The Hon'ble The Officer Commanding Her [Majesty's Troops. The Colonial Secretary. ii n The Attorney-General. n n The Ac:in<£ Auditor-General. H. A. K. Whampoft, C.M.Q. J.B. M.-ic Arthur. Wm. Adainson. I. S. Bond. Mr.
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    VARIORUM
    1525 11 KHG !^!^ME> bjjjffcli<; uM f Femajt pasted iin?u, Clerkshi] m HH^S|wc>th>M »l m Colombo mm--**fsx>y llo J m fch if 1 Mftoiißiaos better known as I >r. |i -d^t\a'b. and which was owned by Dr. HjP§P* riy was sold the other dayVl am S^Sold. at tne handsome figure of
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    VARIORUM.
    394 12 Wki:;. you pi Ir L Lli Kxftfttnge lain toldit wa.* »1 ki P J and fcli odds were something like two to one on the winner you lftul your clptce j Lower Queen Street, too, ha* ha campaign. It opened on Gie^ 15th, and was not concluded until the
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    VARIORUM.
    1041 12 [By Nemo.] If I was hoaxed m accepting as true the statement made to me about the m- debtedness of Jjhore, I can only ity it came from a source which 1 had every reason to believe was a good authority, j If 1 was m error m saying
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    MALACCA.
    1302 13 (From an occasional Correspondent.) Malacca, 17tu Sept., 1577. The Colonial steamer Pluto, having on board His Honor Acting Chief- Justice Ford, arrived here last Saturda}' morning, and leaves again for your port this afternoon. The second and last Assizes for the present year were opened last Saturday. There were
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    MALACCA.
    428 13 {From a u occasional corn M \lacca, 23rd Sm j The Malay steamer Teicgra^h t i >< British steamer i?"/;t£"//r. both [j arrived here last Tl morning i jj afternoon, res{n j The Straits steamer Japan from Pil arrived here last Friday night, anr Benmore, from Singapore, early yesi
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  • Correspondence.
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      TRAINING NOTES.
      222 14 j \^jjjm§^To the Kd'i tor of the Dally Times. p Dkar SrR, Training for the coming r| Autumn Meeting was formally opened j this morning on the course. There were 3 i but few sportsmen present to do honour to Ij k the good things provided for them
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      CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
      245 14 j j ITo the Editor of the Daily Times. 1 1 T)e vii Sir, I would beg to draw your I :iou to a crying evil existing m Sinore, aucf that is the disgraceful mal;ment horses are subjected to by our i European would-be breaksmen, whilst \i
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      TRAINING NOTES.
      241 14 I fo the Editor of the Daily Times. Srn, This morning, horses, trainer, j spectators were nearly as late as ou l tbe previous day. What can the meaning '.|j °f tbia unusual development of late h -a-bedness among Singaporeans? It •Nlu't use to was, aud it is
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    UNKNOWN
    546 14 UJFGJJFGHJBG time concerning the treitnfent of horses Wng broken m by an European trainer. I can answer from rnj own knowledge, that your correspondent could not have seen horses beaten ab:>ut the heads and different portions of their bodies with large sticks, flayed with ropes, stamped on" on the
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    TRAINING NOTES.
    436 14 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, Things were considerably livelier on the Course this morning. Business began earlier there were more horses, trainers, sportsmen, spectators the fair sex was represented and showed the way round to some of the other sex and it was unanimously agreed,
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    IN REPLY TO "A HORSE."
    330 14 To the Editor of the Daily 'Times. Sir, Having had the opportunity of reading your valuable paper of yesterday's (Tuesday's) date, I felt very much annoyed on seeing a letter signed A Horse." I have not been long m Singapore and have only of late
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    News of the fortinght.
    184 14 SATURDAY, 15tm SEPTEMBER. j The Government Gazette. I We take the following new notifiI cations from yesterday's Government Gazette I The appointment of Mr. Thomas Lett Wood as Judge of the Supreme Courtf, S. S. is gazetted. Mr. Justice Wood assumed his duties on the 10th
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    MONDAY, 17th SEPTEMBER.
    912 14 A robh m i d Sa day n i: v c d«m oi Afe# Kerne Bro' \s c |1 lnsp -iv^arlt? haft,ii- v**d"»». naur.in usfticK'U. Wtk An adjouruet 1 cji|£*>t the Coroner's offi< Aflijfr Uia m by A. W. V. Cv. JK. Ksq., on tin body of
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    TUESDAY, 18th SEPTEMBER.
    583 15 The O. S. S. Co's steamer Auc/iites, Captain Butler, from Liverpool with dates to the 9th ultimo, via Suez Canal and Penang, arrived alongside Tanjong 1 Pagar wharf yesterday en route to Hongkong and Shanghai with the following passengers For Singapore. From Liyerpool: Mr. Haworth's family, and
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    SIAM.
    326 15 The Siamese Advertiser of the 6th instant discusses as follow* tht weather prospects m Siam and the prohibition of the export of Rice: "During the past two weeks the rainfall has been abundant, and it is to be hoped that it is not too late to be beneficial to
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    WEDNESDAY, 19th SEPTEMBER.
    65 15 At the general meeting of bi bers of the Sporting Club m thai change rooms i il'ternoon, tli Programme submitted by the i was approved, and an cx 1 Hurdle one, was added for the day, making five events for that day,, ji We have received the
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    712 15 Singapore, 18th Septkmkku, 1877. Phksknt His Excellency dhe Aduinistra The Hon'ble the Officer Cooiraariu M's Troops. (Col. MeLee The Hon'ble the Colonial Secretary, .J. Douglas, C \l.< i The Hon'ble the Atturuey-GWMH M > Br i The Hon'ble the Acting Audit -< ral, (Mr X A. Irving.) The
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    THURSDAY, 20th SEPTEMBER.
    1378 16 T A adjourned inquest was held on m the J.U- ant, by A. W. V. Cousins f ii<^ i on the body of Louise Lutz, of the Hamburg Hotel, who, on the ni;yht oftlie 10th instant, about 10 L o eloekgj got her clothes on fire whereby
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    FRIDAY 21th SEPTEMBER.
    1334 16 The S, S. Hiutiattau, Captain Mactavish, from Hongkong, with dates to the 13th inst, anchored at Tanjong Pagar Wharf this morning, and will leave this evening for Penang and Calcutta. Passen-.ers. From Hongkong,— To Singapore :Mr L f J?^l ui Mr. Teo Chin Scan* and 200 Chinese.
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    MONDAY, 24th SEPTEMBER.
    829 17 The following passengers arrived this uoornning per Straits steamer Ja- I pad. Kevd. H. Lange, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Angus, Miss Mitchell, Captain Mills, and Mr. A. Light, 21 natives 7 policemen, 9 prisoners and 220 steerage. The steamer Glenearn of Messrs. McGregor Gow (Vs. line
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    TUESDAY, 25th SEPTEMBER.
    126 17 Thk Government G\/k; A Gazette Extraordinary was issued yesterday, of which the following i brief abstract At a Meeting of the Executive C< cil, held at Singapore, on Saturday 22nd September, there ben 1:4 preH. E. the Administrator, the II The Colonial Secretary, Attorney ral, and Acting
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    ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, 1878.
    100 17 =1" p« w iuu« i<«. M 1-4 4 9 1 K'ments >ie« Allowances. office Coutinireacies 10,40] 5.265 I PensiouH MS lfnue S'vices.. 9,600 Ad'nistrat: of Justice.. -.I 5 I ioal Charitable Alt' lowances 7 Kdunatiou 10.7 8 Me<lical W.I -I 1 9 Police Gaols ioe 16,280 L4,«|
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    ESTIMATED REVENUE, 1878.
    855 17 j. i'oHdwni^ is an abstract of the J: ftevenueand Expenditure of the Straits I i Settlements from IHGs The following paragraph from the lugoon Times of the 80th August may be of interest to Government and Municipal Commissioners m contention with our Waterworks and the distribution of
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    WEDNESDAY, 26th SEPTEMBER.
    232 18 The Telegraph Company report that there is still a delay on mei-sages to Batavia. The United States steam corvette Kear surge, Captain McNair, from Hongkong, with dates to the 17th instant, anchored m the roads this morning" en route to New York via the Suez Canal. The
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    THURSDAY, 27th SEPTEMBER.
    516 18 The O. S. S. Go's steamer Deucalion, Captain Brown, from Liverpool, with dates to the 18th August, arrived alongside Taujongr Pagar wharf yesterday morning en route to Hongkong and Shanghai with the following passengers. For Hongkong. Miss Watt. For Shanghai.— Dr. and Mrs. Dudgeon and family, Mr.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    303 18 Singapore, 25th September, 1877. Present. His Excellency the Administrator. His Honor the Acting Chief Justice (Mr. T. T. Ford). The Hon'ble the Officer Cotng. H. Ms. Troops (Col. McLeod). The Hon'ble the Colonial Secretary (Mr. J. Douglas, 0.M. G.) The Hon'ble the Acting Treasurer (Mr. .Trotter). The Hon'ble
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    FRIDAY, 28th SEPTEMBER.
    375 18 Wk ]f:ini tha :|M Kttflej MaseuitfM ready to receive, an <l properly a printed ieeeipt is g- the ol ct bein<r reMrnable at an. > v fV«. 10 to 6on preeenti&io& of ti' ipt The compt^ou-^lfe W ork«, we are informed an 4, our will l>e #lad
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    UNKNOWN
    300 19 w^fcved,^ feft, or- :ou#li tbe port, I for Binyaj)p|'«w£|jghom Southamptou Mr*, and Mis tfcer. Prom Galle <ure. Prom tsra. Smith and Jon<po. 2xl*4. nlofT^nß}^. -JfrjsJ^Janib v and 4 i ifc* Southampton; -Ttrom BrinixO'n^oH Ft <iri Southampton: i M Rst-a. Qftnwiddi*. K. UnL'di R. N. f I R. N Qegarty
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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      1228 19 Sunday, 16th September. Wednesday. 26th Septetnl British ship Sapphire, 1,272 tons, Congdon, Cardiff 3rd June Ameri <»° war steamer Kearsarge, 1,000 tons, McNiiir, Hong Sarawak steamer Rajah Brooke, 255 tons, Pender, Baugkok kk g.£ g V th '^P*12th Sept. British steamer Deucalion, 1,639 tons, Brown, Liperpo^' i British stumer Tintern
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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      929 20 SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR. J|ji Ship's Names. Captains. 'KlaoAßio. 5 !of ab- Where From WhebeLtino (-onsionkes or Aoent^ DBSTiMATroH^'^ Z RIVAT^ MEN-OF-WAH C v. Antwerpen Bosch H.N.M.'s str 1800 Sept. 2 Acheen T. P. Wharf H. N. M.'s Consul G'ral. Acheen Swinger Tudor H. M.'s str. 430 Sept. 2" Rhio
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