The Straits Maritime Journal and General News, 29 March 1895

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1 16 The Straits Maritime Journal and General News
  • 25 1 THE Strait s Ma ri time Journal. AND GENERAL NEWS, .PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. f OL, 1. gp, 26, PENANG 29TIJ MAkCE. 1895 rEICE 20 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 283 1 Johannis, THE KING OF Natural table Waters, and DEWAR’S WHISKY. MartynPenan jf. BOLS GIN. H. J- Marty n, and his Agents. r« nQT mr( p Wiii' sTJiAM .SHIP COMPANY’S. VJ V/C5 1J Jl JN M 4X; Co, Peparttu’es from England, 10 P r GP<-wed to supply Shws in Uarbtmr .r.
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    • 358 2 BRITISH INDIA ST DAM newmantjoumfoud. T 4 \M(< a rni /\vr w I f(! Consulting Engineer and Surveyor. i\A i luAllUl>l W•? 1 1 (Engineer Surveyor to Lloyd’s Register). Office, 8 Cavanagh Bridge Road, Singapore. [Opposite the I'ost Otjiee.) SERVICES FROM PENANG, AY e e k l v. —To Singapore,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 239 3 SINGAPORE, ENGINEERS, IRON, and BRASS FOUNDERS, ALSO BOILERMAKERS, BRIDGE, ,j- SHIP-BUILDERS, GENERAL CONTRACTORS. HAN UFACTUR ERS OF: SOLE AGENCIES for Steel Bridges, Piers, Lighthouses of all classes, CERA OIL-IVO Smoke! No Trimming Land and Marine Boilers and Engines -‘Vic- LancasMre p atent B dtmg tor Centrifugal rumps, Boring* tools, rug
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  • 51 4 Penang, 29m March 1895. Tin $31.90 sellers. White Pepper 13 do. Black Pepper 8.50 do. Nutmegs 93. t 0 Mace No. 1 go.— buyers. Mace Pickings 70. do No. 1 7.20 do. Sugar No. 2 3.70. do. Basket 3. do. Tapioca Flour 2.05 do Cu P ,H ;5.70.-
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  • 68 4 Penang, 29eh March 1895. London, Bank o-d and T. T. 2/05. p) 0 j Lo. 4 months 2/1 L<». Private bills 3 months 2/1 Calcutta T.T. and o,d t ...Rs 187 ft |ln K°°“ 186 V Bombay 137 Batavia Bank o,d ]23 Hoirßkong Bank V/ 4 o/o ~rem. L
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 318 4 PASLAiE i 0 ENGXjAUD* The Muynifleent White Star Steamshin "OCEANIC” P O OnQt°ns, HOW running on the China—San UjUUU Francisco Mail Service, with accommodation for 150 saloon passengers, will leave Penang for home about the 30th March and furnishes an exceptionally good opportunity for intending passengers to London. Electric Light.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 125 4 HIGH-WATER AT PEHAiTG. Approximtite Times. Date. Day of the AM p. M Mails week. Mar. 30 j Saturday 304 3-32 31 i Sunday 356 4-23 Aprl. 1 Monday 4-48 5-11 2 Tuesday 5-38 6- 3 3 i Wednesday 6-30 6-55 4 Thursday 720 7-45 5 Friday 810 8-38 The Flood
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  • 615 5 jj The Appointment of a Trust for the improve■nent of the Penang Harbour is a matter of ■nvater importance than the improvement of Ihe Harbour itself. The duties of the Trust Bie so far-reaching and so important, the power ■«trusted to the members will be so
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  • 135 5 GOVERNMENT NOTES Something of a surprise has been caused by the news that the Straits Government purposes issuing currency notes for circulation in the Straits. Of this it may he said better late than never,” and though the step ought to have been taken long ago, before we were swamped
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  • 371 5 We shall watch with considerable interest the development of the proposed engineering classes in Singapore, designed, to assist the education of the embryo engineer. Our Singapore correspondent is very sanguine as to the good results to be obtained by instructing the voutlis there, who are apprentices in the
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  • 783 6 NAU TICAL GOSSIP. T, he fi, S rm ,lticm of s,li P s of j?reat burthen in England is derivable from an inscription on Cannings tombs in RadclifFe Church, Bristol viliich states, that he had forfeited the king’s peace,” or, in plain words, committed pi nei on the high seas,
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  • 679 7 BY CAPTAIN WILLIAM WILSON. 1 862. continued Once more Captain ilson had entire command of his ship, but with a crew of two men, neither of whom could even steer, nor were they accustomed to go aloft; while he lmd 15 prist nts
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  • 978 8 A circular has been issued to members of theTurf Club, containing several proposed alterations and additions to rules. Some of them probably will give rise to interesting debate, but we sincerely hope the addition to rule 20 which will prevent ayahs and children under twelve being admitted to
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  • 826 9 THE ROYAL NAVY IN TH E SEVENTIES. BY THK BOATSWAIN. V As we steamed into the harbour T thought 11 Ml of I he grandest) sights that I lead seen 1,1 uiy life, the high land towering above us literally lined with houses, and every thing looked as if it
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  • 655 10 The comedy recently produced at the St. Jamess entitled The Importance of being Earnest is the latest success from Mr. Wilde’s pen and the following account taken from The i'eople will interest our readers at the present time*— 'I lie wliimsicHl quality and fresh humour
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  • 199 10 Clever Capture. Early on the morning of the 20th inst. Air. Hartley of the Government School was seriously stabbed whilst trying to capture a native who had broken into his house in Farquhar street. About 4-30 a,m., Air. Hartley, (who was laying awake tit the time) heard a
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  • 291 11 Mr. John Rae an and respected Engineer of this Port was accidentally drowned on Saturday night last, it appears that Mr. Rae had been on shore dining with his wife and left her about B.do to proceed on board the S.S. link}/ a vessel lie had just been
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  • 327 11 THE CANDID OPINIONS OF A CAUTIOUS BACH FLO It. I have to console myself for this disappointment' with tiir refieetion that Miss 15. certainly had a temper, was Inght fully extravagant and vain, and coquettish to a ilwjire that would hard made me a very Othello of
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  • 289 11 There was another girl who must be mentioned. A better specimen of womankind never wore petticoats. *>he and 1 had known each other f«, r —well, more than twenty years. That, means we had danced together in Our very young dasy ere she had left, the schoolroom,
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  • 513 11 On the 29th of May 1877 two British corvettes, the Shah and the Amethyst,’ were engaged in (he Onlv encounter at sea in which Her Majesty’s ships have been engaged (with t lie exception of tights with slavers) for very many years, and this conflict,
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  • 384 12 Death is at all times solemn, but never so much so %s at sea A man dies on shore, his body remains with his friends, and the mourners go about the streets; but when a mui falls overboard at. sen, and is lost, ihme is
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  • 902 12 Trade Captain Wiggins and this Ska Routb to Sibkria A eiowdod meeting of members of the combined associa- tioiiR of the Imperial Russian Technical, G .1'. Commercial Rncoui aglneiit, ami Commercial N»v" Societies was specially convened at, St Fein, 26t h Jan a ary to hear
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  • 90 13 Served Them Right HA number of tourists, when then they alight at an imi, in the Highlands, are in the habit of scratching their names, &<*., on the window-glass. A short time Boce, one of a party of four had written his own name I id Hie
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  • 121 13 With roses wreathe the wine-cup, Let, joy prevail to-night, New strength has been imparted To England’s naval might Resisiless power and science Hold on their high career, Neath t be hand And command Of the Naval Engineer When storms rage round the welkin, And angry ocean’s stirred,
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  • 139 13 On woman, patient, loving womau, Best blessing in hour house, So brave to bear t he greatest pain, Yet frighteued by a unuse Oh woman, gentle, soothing woman, To us in wisdom sent, You rear the greatest, noblest men, Yet nothing you invent. Oh woman, sympathetic
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  • 66 13 TIIE Half Yearly General Meeting of the A Club will be held in the Chamber of Commerce on Friday, the sth April, 1895, at 4 p. m. Business I.—To receive a statement of the accounts of the Club, under Rule VII, lI.—To consider certain proposed alterations to
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 119 13 List of Unclaimed Letters and t apers li/inq at the Penally Post Office. Allen A. A. Meady C. Allen, C. H. Palmer, A. E. Belt, F. D. Pearson, Thomas Brewster, F. 0. Sellrreildmanu A. Castango, Capt. Smith G. I’. Dent J. G. Steele F. W. Fiddle. Stevenson, Vaughan ProFischler Mosses.
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    • 307 14 CRITERION TIFFIN william ,loss park, I AND I T)TT TTA"D "H "D nm\/TO Consulting Engineer and Surveyor 1 ■DI-Ll-Lll-tJ-ri-U rtUUIYIb. Address:—Marine Club SINGAPORE I BEACH STREET No. 7. I (One minute from tie Landing Stage.) ATTPTVTn Tk K BAR, BILLIARD READING uUAi OJtliljJNl U BfOS,I ROOMS. 27 BEACH STIIBEET, I
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    • 250 15 I HOWARTH ERSKINS Limited. I SINGAPORE. I SOLE AGENTS IN THE STRAITS FOR lnK BRUSH electrical engineering Co., Ld. DIATOM FT E FOSSIL MEAL. 4 LO3STBOIT. 7 i/ttf west non-conducting composition in the ROBEY Go., Limited. Market. Engineersfor Portablei Engines, BLACKMAN VENTILATING Co., Limited imipmg And Mining Gear. Limo Power
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 48 16 HUTTENBACH BROS CO. KUPPER’S beer. y 'V“ 9or r i.iius ni>-jou::o 111 Djag’s He»..l Bruuil Ur i^iKi S W-'- f "i •«WRA-vitto. ffiflggg. Amerie; u Curts “BOS” WHISKY. Tiereal “cup o’ kindness” The Cream of Scotch Whiskies. MARIA CHRISTINA CIGARS. THOM CAMERON'S. OLD TOM GIN. HUTTENBACH BROS. Co.
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    • 223 16 KhyeHo Foundry» 40 WELD QUAY, PENANG. I ENGXUEEES BOILER MAKEK3.B SHIPWRIGHTS, IRON BRASS 1 FOUNDERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS, L! GENERAL CONTRACTORS, Ac. I AGENTS ECU w ZYNKARA.—A perfect preventive against corrosion J.l pitting in huilers j PRICE’S Engine and Cylinder Oils BELDAM’S Patent Metallic Valves and Engine Packiiß DICK’S Canvas and
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