Straits Times Overland Journal, 19 May 1878

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    14 2 The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. exjK SINGAPORE, SLXDAY, MAY 19, 1878. Prick i st
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    Domestic Occurences
    15 2 <lpP I'ai *>i i House, tl morning, j $*l l s -NRy Deman,
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    SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1878.
    53 2 p -th May, 1878. h nominal. j. Poppo ;iiality 13. fc'lofLr, ru r-** 3 4v. .uri 6ag9 t-. H>. Is mtyne., •<>. i=. ri« J[ S 1.55. m 1.35. Okrth I. 10. m v L.25. B^B v 553. M pd l $W L pa iS Ld.
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    Passengers.
    106 2 B <f7- Mr. Parsons. I h Muy. Vi<;.(./ 0. Rodyk, Wm. m, 3 -von and 1 Chinese, 32 Na- Jzl'mttccfi U v<?i, deck. I i fa^u< M b ambers. Mr. E. -1 'Vani.^l'-. Mrs. Tromp, V ucdis. S. l?.fch f.la>.— Prom PcMil Mr. J. Oooper, Mr. K^ Mr A.
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    Summary of the Week.
    508 2 I of the overland "^B*! dated Saturday, the 'ie <^cneward mail haW: i npatolied hat day at vi P. steamer Nizam. he t .fcte^Ser Thibet, arrived 1 1 is c^e i do i) mail of thfi 1 2 th ii .osvt|& c& tiag of Saturday, the
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    The Government Gazette 10th May.
    110 2 The following new notifications are taken from yesterday's Gazette The Consul for France having notij lied that Mr. Comrie has been appoin- ted to act temporarily as GoMmar Agent for France m Penang, vice M*. Mackie, His BjsftUeacy the Governor The Court* Ordinance (3dflB7b), Jiril
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    The Government Gazette, 17th May.
    183 2 The following new notifications are taken from yesterday's Gazette The Public Offices will be closed on Friday, the 24th instant, being the Birthday of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. His Excellency the Governor will hold a Levee at Government House ou Her Majesty's Birthday,
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    NEW ZEALAND.
    1814 2 By the steamship Rotorua, which reached Fort Jeckson yesterday morning, we have New Zealand tiles to the Ist of April, which afford tfce subjoined intelligence His Excellency the Governor is at present residing m Auckland. On the 25th ultimo, his Excellency, the Marchioness, and suite, accompanied by Colonel
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    Council Meeting 7th May.
    1287 3 From the Daily Times, 14th May. The eighth meeting- of the Council I on Tuesday last, which it may l>e prej sumed, closed the Spring session, was not less interesting thau any of its predecessors, and was chiefly remarkable i for the meekness manifested by the
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    An Indian Garrison for The Straits.
    2434 3 From the Daily Times, 15th May. Ii is fully l>e!ieve<l iv T -lain between Rtisi annr' and* in that case it is v bable that the 28th xiid raeut, will 1. ••■lrav- i flfrtft r Straits and Hon^koo^^f native regiments fro! Indi^. point the
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    Penang Revenue and Expenditure.
    1765 4 From the Daily Times, 17 th May. Wk publish\to-dav m the u> >tw Penang a repor\drawn up by a ,Vil committee of the\ Penang s »n I respecting the relative propo the revenue and expenditure of Pc as compared with Siugapoi tj-A>-sociation does not state the
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    Penang News.
    2286 5 From the Daily Times, 17th May. tr,y I troops till the of H yl Stt>/ ■> -fion. Notice* 0 Sittlngß of the Supreme Court on it-? <lifferent sides appear no >be sufficient j made public. Instead of the Notices boi: only sent to the members of the Bar
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  • Letter
    Letters of Marque.
    980 6 From the Daily Times, 18th Jidoino from the persistency with which Reuter keeps referring *to the subject, the idea of preying upon British Commerce" by means of privateering- seems to have taken fast hold of the Russian mind m case of war breaking* out with England. Despite
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    The Municipality.
    901 6 From the Daily Times, 13th May. Minutes of Proceedings of the Muni- cipal Commissioners, on Tuesday, SJJfrd I! April, 1878. Vjj Commission'!'* Present. f\\ Hon'ble W. H. Read, President 3 1 E. J. Wells, Esq. V Tan Seng Poh, Esq. M. P. de Souza, Esq. j The minutes
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    Java News.
    1233 7 From the Daily Times, 18th May. '^f'SISsKaU /vr c/>ie r a il* limes.) i '-t»A'' X 11 °n the Cbinchoaa < wf U4C for tie I jiarter of I 1 p?7> ri"' U^V :ii! iiU^ ber'idd }l -;^OO Officinalifi w*p eonfcrnued. The lep^MJonclinlos follows: I "Of f he
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    MANILA NEWS.
    722 7 From the Daily Times, 14th May. [Translated for thr Straits Times.) is requested of our contemporaries that m r» rransUtions tbeir original appearaii.-n m the !j ,(uw may be acknowledged.) Sooloo. A correspondent from t i writes to^us as follows under date the instant During th<» present year
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    Penang News.
    717 7 From the Daily Times, 14th May. The following it^^H .takoi. the Penang G v, < f tJSBw»t ;i May Ihe Penang P< n •>" 6 4uv« juently i ked o xt Au I ter of Penan,; and wh i 'fCh" of the Lieut nai < have a I
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    Austrailan News.
    873 8 From the Daily Times, 18th May. items' ire taken fi-om I on Thursday JOlll JBird -m expedition g j nt!.jnu>u Messrs. Nfl^Ue anaH<iii(v j WuTeß The eid^r of tb^lwT S vt^wo di?gers On °¥h C i •>T occe«.Harjr for six taoo^Tnd wir u'-ldin Now Guinea, give a goo.
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    MALACCA.
    481 8 From the Daily Times, 13th May. (Jfrom our own Correspondent.) Malacca, Uth Mat, 187* The Malay steamer Telegraph, and I British steamer Rainbow, both from Klan<* arrived here, yesterday, and the latter i vessel proceeds to your port to-day, for I the purpose, I hear, of being docked, and
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  • Correspondence.
    • Letter
      The Borneo Cession.
      306 8 To the Editor of the Daily Time*. Sir: In your issue of the 20th April, you published a letter from X. H. Q. M correcting the ideas of the Java pre.^- with regard to the Sultans of Sulu and Brunai. fcAs your correspondent's statements are most incorrect,
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    • Letter
      Sarawak, 13th May,1879.
      318 8 Sarawak, 13th Ma y,1879. An ukkwo tb. To the Editor of the D Time* Sir, Taking advantage of a■■ w mo- j ments of leisure I paid a visit the ot her da^ to the Waterfall Club, owned and^H a respectable Chinese named Keong Whee. The Club is situated at
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    News of the Week.
    158 8 SATURDAY, 11 tii MA! J Tub El Comer of April 2r>th jl. details of the total loss of the Its ~xsk'. barque Florence Sfarace, C.iptaiu Gr*** -r*tf?'' guita, of 494 tons reg r. She left fr Hong-kong for Manila, eking, an I obtained at C^bu a
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    The Wei-yuens, says the Hongkong
    73 8 Daily Press of latent, I gentnr afvpoin! I on a >• .n, tee: Jßr^4g%_ the php.vernor- ui||T r -jHf^> fBs^ ♦^fopt of the tiarii. loik- ;ii t^^jaß^lfi f j ifentcl repoi 1 !i jK 3 I 1 6^ ascertain the num- I l«jßB^fPKP i -oat
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    The London and China Express, of
    133 9 jj J- '<■>, contains the follow--.iglj'^jgr^p 1 Sir Charles Dilke's ques*4^ ft; P^ liament on 9th April, and Jft&'fc repljEbf Sir Michael Hicks Beach, iiif ■■•"tttarr' of State for the Colonies, MjP $fan the cession of territory m Borneo |~r to Baron Overbeck's Company
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    MONDAY, 13th MAY.
    788 9 !J^ W r K*re auihorised to state that H. ij H. the Governor's signature under the j TiUesfcf Oidinances 111, IV, and V, j of X- published m last Friday's j Gxzrife was inserted m error, these i Or i nances not having* been yet for- >
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    TUESDAY, 14th MAY.
    517 9 An inquest was held on Saturday, the 1 1 th instant, at the Sepoy Lines' by A. W. V. Cousins, Esq., H. M.'h Coroner, on the body of a male Chinese named Bow Wat. Verdict, Suicide by hanffintr." We are informed that H. M's corvette Diamond, 14
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    WEDNESDAY, 15th MAY.
    989 9 BVVk have been requested to make the lowing- corrections with regard to a I •agraph which appeared iv our issue of yesterday First, Mr. A. P. Talbot has not been appointed Acting Superintendent of Police for Singapore, but will, for a short time, give some assistance m
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    THURSDAY, 16th MAY.
    345 10 ar I^vee will be i\Ad iot fic i by His Exon tne l±th [i fl&ayeßt- -Birthday.) l be'Mi to intimate Btv- f Hi Highness the \KCfM -.ill play on the i'ie -orr( afternoon (Frit Eskbank Estate as i by ;*-aeti..'si .yesterday after■loiij 'ghi Ira, by Messrs. Powell
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    FRIDAY, 17th MAY.
    39 10 An adjourned inquest was held yes"J^i! 6 16th sfca^ at the Coroner s Office, on the body of a male Chinese named Keng Chin, by A. W. V. Cousins Esqr., H. M. Coroner. Verdict.—" Accidental death."
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    SATURDAY, 18th MAY.
    258 10 Y^ Wednesday last an occurrence took place m Boat Quay which illustrates fche cruelty with which Chinamen will treat a suspected thief, when his attentions are supposed to by directed towards their own property. mail named Kirn Hong, was found, under suspicious circumstances, by the owner ot
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    Return of Visitors to the Raffles Library and Museum durning 7 days, ending Friday 17th May 1878:
    287 10 - Saturday 11th May q q Sunday 12th Monday 13th iv Tuesday Hfeh „m Wednesday 15th '^Va Thursday 16th 7£2 j I^, T0ta1.. .3,774 N. B. J>SNXYB, j Acting Secretary, &c. > na'Consular service,
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    • Miscellaneous
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      876 10 shi ppiyq int elliTencT Saturday, IHh May. arrtt>ai£f— Contyt wl.) British Bieamer Hiatovian, 1,201 tons, Wallace commander, Pc- British steamer Menelaufe. 1.650 tons. Scale commander. ernfitfg yth May, consignees W. R. Scott Co. I pool sth April, consignees W. Mansfield A Co. British steamer Pontianak, 99 tons, Milne» commander, Pon-
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      452 11 SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR, :-'ATK 'j i ship's Kami ptainj- •ag A- Rig. >f ab- mikre From Where Lying onsioneks or Agent* i)kstination. KIVAI> MEN-OF- WAT Charybdis Hothaiu H. M.'s str. pslB7Apr. 2!Cruise Hoods nior Nav.il Officer, Banda S r vu S te 5" f M BGO Mar> heen T
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