The Straits Times, 6 May 1876

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    16 1 The Straits Times. ml.. XXXII PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 0, 1870. SATURDAY EVENING NO. 2,082
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    STRAITS TIMES. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1876. LATEST MARKET QUATATION
    81 1 STRAITS TIMES. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1876. LATEST MARKET QUATATION BmATOK. May 6th I**6. 'junbier 5.37 J. PW 8.17* .[T U 10. Sarawak 2 70. S^o 3.40. -•■fee, Bontjne. Sl.O. B" U.M. ••vMule twin 'i lU. Shirtingi 2 12i. jto do 1.55. I T dothe 1 '*> do 1 .n. Daira
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    OUR POLICY IN THE NATIVE STATES.
    1107 1 OUR POLICY IN THE NATIVE STATES. much to be lamented that n in the Straits and at '"me should not bi in accord, with <■ policy to be pursued in janetan of affairs in the i the Malayan PeninIntemperate writing, the sponitkm of local feeling here, done much to prevent
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    NATIVE CREDULITIES.
    708 1 We noticed the other day the extraordinary stories current amongall classes of servants, and the lower or.ler of natives generally, to the effect that Government had secretly ordained a sort of head-hunting campaign with a view to propitiate the divinities presiding over- the Water- Works. We re^ fer
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    THE COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
    500 1 There are not a few indications j cropping up that exchange has seen its lowest. The present low rates have been attributed by most people mainly I to the extraordinary fall in the value of silver since 1872, and this fall to the increased production of
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    A NEW MEDICINAL PLANT.
    580 1 Some twelve months ago, there appeared in the Straits Times a translation of an extract from the columns of the Diario de Manila, in which attention 4 was directed to the use of the Chiri'moya, a fruit more commonly known under the appellation of the Buah
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    THE GIFTS TO THE PRINCE OF WALES IN INDIA.
    974 1 That fierce light which beats upou a throne Aud blaekeus every blot" apparently sheds its rays upon the Heir Apparent to one. Much scandal has been created of late by the fact of the Prince of Wales having received presents from
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    COURSE OF EXCHANGE
    424 1 I n enumerating yesterday the causes which experts consider will 6oou affect favourably the rate of exchange, we omitted to notice one which is not without importance, and that is the action of the Secretary of State for India with regard to his monthly drafts upon the
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    OUR POLICY IN THE NATIVE STATES.
    451 1 Wk have no wish to cuter into any controversy with our keen critic, Del In whose letter we published yesterday, the more especially sis lie appears to have misunderstood the ineaniu^ and drill of the article he criticises. We are at one with him
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    MANILA ITEMS.
    560 2 [Translated ft the Straits Times.) It it raqn«««t«<] »f jur ountenipjr«riei that in «"pro- 4adaf vis* trmimlatinnii, their ..runnul sppmranca MS, may be acknowledged.) M\mi.\ papers down to the l&tfc ultimo state that the troops which had returned from Soolooonthel9thu.lt.,. made their triumphal entrance into Manila, where they
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      MALACCA.
      452 2 Frmn an ornitioiial Correspondent.) M LLACCA, iiOTH Al'Rll., 1876. Thk Straits steamer Sharpshooter, CapWTood, from Singapore in ruutr to Pinang, nrrive.l h.re last Wednesday, and reeMMtl her rorwe the same Hgfcfc The B. IS. N. C,s. steamer' liunnuh, »'.i|'t. .1. T. Lewis, v. n., arrived here tnm Calcutta (via
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      THE COMFORTS OF SINGAPORE HOTEL LIFE.
      950 2 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, I have always understood that the press has exerted more power in the suppression of nuisances, and in the advancement of personal happiness than any of the other estates, and knowing its Hlkmmlity in taking up
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      813 2 (From our Sporting Cur respondent.) Dkar Sir, Perhaps the following jottings, the result of nearly daily observation since training began, may not be improving to such of your readers as take an interest in the approaching races. I may remark that I have neither exaggerated nor extenuated anything nor set
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      VANDALISM.
      415 2 To the Editor of the Daily Times. •'"'IR, 1 read with much pleasure the ifiiiaiks in your issue of yesterday on the contemptible robbery of plants from the Botanical Gardens and tlie wanton cruelty which a visitor displayed to the iiiiiuiiiU It is only just to state however, that
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      OUR FUTURE POLICY IN THE MALAY STATES.
      689 2 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Dear Sir, I deem it my duty, as one taking a deep interest in the question now debated among us, and an important one too, that is the policy to be observed towards the Malay States,"
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      QUERY.
      50 2 To the Editor of the Daily Timrs. Dear Sir. Can you or any of your readers tell me where the following linos J occur And he kicked them downstairs with such exquisite grace, That they thought he was handing them up." Yours truly, CHESTER FIELD. Singapore, 4th May, 1870.
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      "THE COMFORTS OF SINGAPORE I HOTEL LIFE."
      209 2 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, In reply to the racy letter of i Jrour correspondent "A Bewildered Travel- er," in Wednesday's paper, I am happy to inform you the* Police have taken in hand j the prosecution of those gharry
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    News of the Week. MONDAY, 1st MAY.
    41 2 News of the Week MONDAY, 1st MAY. The following passengers took their departure per P. O. steamer Lo//ibar</y, yesterday for China: Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Massfen, Mr. Mrs. T. W. H. Tolbert. Revd. Dr. Field, Mist Field and 23 Chinese.
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    25 2 The Mail steamer Paragua, Captain Elizalde, sailed this morning for Manila. Passenoers. Adolf Garcia Hidalgo, Melquados Cano, Julian Vicente de l.is Cajigas, and 2 Chinese
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    32 2 The French steam corvette Infernei, Captain Pierre, from Hongkong, arrived in the roads yesterday afternoon, and went alongside the Borneo Company's wharf this morning to coal, preparatory to her departure for France.
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    53 2 Thk Straits steamer Japan, Captain Guan Hin, from Penang 27th, and Malacca 30th ultimo, anchored in the roads this morning, and will leave on her return voyag« to the same |K>rts on Friday at 'I p. m. Pastengers. Mr. W. Kraal, Mrs. Phipps. Messrs. A. Velge, M. Velge and 228
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    44 2 The British steamer Glenfinlax, Captain MacBain, from London, with dates to the 23rd March, via the Suez Canal, arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf on Saturday afternoon, en route to Hongkong and Shanghai, with the following passengers. For Singapore. Mr. White. For Shanghai. Mr. Waring.
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    55 2 Thk O. S. S. Co.'s steamer Nettor, Captain Courtenay, from Hongkong, with dates to the 23rd ultimo, arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf yesterday, en route to Penang and London. Passengers. Mr. and Mrs. Hauschild, child and servant, Captain Touch Mr. \X O. Eden, Mr. aud Mrs. Droege and 4 children,
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    65 2 Thk O. S. S. Co.'s steamer And ises, Captain Butler, from Liverpool 18th March, via the Suez Canal, arrived at Tanjong l J agar wharf on Saturday morning, en route to Hongkong ;ind I Shanghai. Passknokks. Mr. C. W. and Mr. H. W. Wahluhin, Lieut. Mann 11. E. Commander, Wright
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    69 2 By the mail which arrived yesterday j His Excellency the Governor received a despatch from the Secretary of State imforming him that Her Majesty, the Queen, had been pleased to appoint H. H. the Maharajah of Johore a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and St. George
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    70 2 By the English mail which arrived yesterday, we learn from Mauritius, that Mr. M. J. Gorree, second Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court there, has been appointed Qhief- Justice of Kigi. This arrangement will no doubt cause His Honor Sir William Hackett (who was appointed to enquire into the judicial
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    80 2 Tay Tit, the Hokien Chinaman, who was tried for being concerned in the murder of Mr. Digby Dent, and condemned to death, whose sentence was commuted, but who afterwards murdered a warder who gave evidence against him, and was again condemned for that crime, was executed this morning, a few
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    7 2 the warder's sUitomrnt* were false. l ">m
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    90 2 Thk following i« extracted fr Time* of 1n,!,,, of th, 10,1, fc'' hand by the Knglisl, m:il Vl Mb. Beodhurst, tie Jud K •s to be sent on *i, gapore. in connexion with the final", donment of the Indian penal bered, had the honom „f e, u rUl dian malefactors
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    52 2 Wk extract thefollow-ngXotific^ from Friday's Government i; His Excellency the Govern,,. pleased to appoint Captain Murray Rv to act as Civil Commissioner with it Troops now stationed in Sri Menanti In his nb ence on this special dm* \t N. P. Trevenen will act m Assi.t.nt V f dent in
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    23 2 In consequence of the chanep in n, mail-dHys. the weekly half-holiday ln tK Gov .-rnuieut Offices will be on Wedaend. until further notice.
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    30 2 His Excellency the Governor has aewn ted the resignation by the H.n'lilo DbtH Brown of his seat in the Legislative Com cil of the Colony on his proceeding t Europe.
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    33 2 Certikicates of Naturalization we* this day granted by tlio Governor in cil, under the provision* of the Natural^ tion Act VII J. of 1««7, to the following persons Ong Hit. Kirn Ah Mah.
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    177 2 The P. O. Co.'s steamer Lombard Captain Gillson from Bombay Imi Galle 23rd and Penang BBth instant] bringing the Home mails to the ult., arrive<l at the Co.'s wharf at 9 a.m. yesterday, and left for Hongkong at- 5 p. M. same day Passengers. For Singapore.— From Southampton Mr. J.
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    295 2 Wk regret to have to chronicle thai one of those disgraceful acts of vandalism which are sins against the whi community was committed on Saturday night at the Botanical Gardens. Not less than seventy rose tre stolen; and the knowing thieves evidently not insensible to the charms of a rare
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    TUESDAY, 2ND MAY.
    32 2 His Excellency the «ioverm» turned from Johore vestml.i> in the Colonial steamer Pl" f <>> n landed at Johnston's Pier, wh< met by a large number of Gorem 101 Officials.
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    29 2 Ei.ci a MwV Company I nounced a performance m>t r under the patronage ol (jlovernor. The piece selected opera of "The Boheniiau G Digbt will be repeated G* Brabant.
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    36 2 Thk French ste corv.tt. Captain Pierre, iteamed out Ir Borneo Co.'s wharf (where gone the previous day man-of-war's anchorage in tb* this morning, and saluted t Hag, which salute was immedi* 1 turned from Fort Canning-
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    SATURDAY, 6TH MAY.
    25 3 Wk regret to state that The Hong i k""i/ Ttmm has ceased *to exist. The last number was issued on 2l)th ult.
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    97 3 Thp. If. |f. steamer S'nul/i, Captain Rapatel, with dates from Shanghai Mm, Hongkong I9tfc ult., and Saigon ■3rd iust. arrived at the Borneo Co.'s wharf this morning. The following ]i—engers came by her For Siaij.iporc.—From Hongkong i Mr. Khenge An. For PoA Said.—From Shanghai I Revd. Talher Grant. For Marseille*.—From
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    61 3 W are requested to state that His Kxeelliiuv the Governor proposes on Wednesday next, the 10th instant, at j past 4 i\ m., at the Town Hall, to hold a public Investiture of the degree of companion of the most Honorable Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, confered upon
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    84 3 Thk following Post entries for next week's Races have been made FIRST DAY. The Hong Lim Cup. I H. H. The Maharajah's Lady Mary. The. Governor's Cup. H. H. The Maharajah's Lady Mary. SECOND DAY. The Exchange Cup. H. H. The Maharajah's Lady Mary. Mr. B's. Fritz Triddelfitz. THIRD DAY.
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    207 3 The M. M. steamer Amazone, Captain Champeuois, from Marseilles, with dates to the 9th April, bringing* the London mails of the 7th ultimo, arrived at the Borneo Company's wharf early this morning, and will leave for Saigon, Hongkong and Shanghai at 8 a.m. to-morrow. The following is her list of
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    102 3 A (ask of forgery has just been brought to light. The Kling cashier of a gentleman in town, was given the sum of $25 with an order from his mastei- to pay the amount to the Chinese cashier of an English horse trainer but instead of complying with his master's
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    182 3 It would appear from the following extract from The Toronto Globe that Canadians share with the majority in the Mother Country the feeling of aversion to the assumption of the title of Empress by the Queen Queen Victoria has long been a household word the world over. Empress Victoria, we
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    178 3 Wk are enabled to-day to publish a report of the meeting, last held, of the Committee of the Singapon; Cliamln-r of Commerce the Committee meet weekly, and it will be observed that for tRe future it is purposed to <jive continuously, to the public, throngs' our columns, an account of
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    252 3 Si.voa.pore Chamber of Commerce, Committee meeting, IftsmaVajL ith Mtuj. 1876. Present. Measrs. J. R. Mao Arthur, (Chairman i W. H. Read, Gulland, Schl. Bishop. Hrnderson. and Brvce (Secretary.) A letter has been received and read from the Secretary of The Yokohama Chamber of Commerce dated 10th ult., 1576, requesting attention
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    118 3 Holloicay'ii Ointment and Pills. Wheenver the weather is variable, and the tern peratnre constantly changing, the weak and delicate need be very careful to repel the first symptoms of disordered action or ill-health. |The scrofulous and consumptive will find in these noble remedies the means of casting out the bad
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    Vessels Expected from Europe. From London.
    198 3 (str.) TSuiiiatrn Tynedalr 2nd Feb. Evelyn h#'l Feb. Perse (str.; 20th Feb. Kaisow Bth Feb. Antipodes Wy«th 18th Mar. Lorn« (str.) 2oth Mar. From Liverpool. So. 1 Longa 15th Sept. Magdala Souse 27th Aug. Kimliaii' (-tr. i Bertie 3rd Jan. Dr. Peterman 3rd Jan.
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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      699 3 Saturday, 29th April. British eteamer Kromatah, 482 tons, Craik commander, Bangkok 24th April, consignees Abdullah, Bomanjee Co. British ship Lord Clyde, 1,116 tons, Profumo commander, Penang 21st April, consignees Bnrjorjee Khodadad A Go. Sunday, 30th April. P. O. steamer Lonibardy, 1,7:26 tons, Gillson commander, Bombay 18th April, consignees P.
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      Deparure..
      244 3 ounaay, ttirtn April. P. O. steamer Loabardy, QiOsoa fcr Hongkong. Dutch steauier Kamng. Kettel. fi>r Pinang Deli. Monday, Ist May. British steamer Arratoon Apcar, Cass, for Saigon. British steamer Anchises. Batter, (»r Hongkong. British steamer Petrel, Miner, for Batavia. Italian barque Bianoa Pertic i, Taneredy, for Channel f. o.
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
      1325 3 Ship's Names. ai Da te Cai'tains. Flag 4 Rio. of ae- IWhere Fkom Where Lyix«s Consignee* or Agents. Destixatios. I S I KIVALS MEN-OF-WAR Lily Banjermassin Ringdove Sheldruki Modeste STEAMERS Pilot Fish 1 Weazel j Calabar I Tigre van Cotie 1 Johore Chow Phya Kalahome Paraguay
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    24 4 12nd .1 till W«lMay Tin R ,-as' f'»r tl'«* Common .i. and the Other .i rw :-.lu-tice, iii the trii _r the eaoi rftfc>
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    54 4 iry of the oinmercc, who consular expe- f Cong Chow with a consi- trad.il arodoeta The collection n the City Hall in ue m.iv mention for our merchants and hi sort* of wood. iiiil silver ware, ml &c, &c, I i~k. t ware, k neks, twenty- textile fal rice manufac-
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    53 4 I Co.'*, I r Cap- in Manila with dates, arrived at Tanjoni,' in .riuti_r, and will Baraalnaa and Liver- m, with the bUowiaf g Manufl Binos, rawea lad S children, A-.- leio Vi/i lino, Eu- >r.-n 1 >, Franeueo Aglon, Leandro i*". Lv i in. i Jose Leonor Bosh soldieri
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    51 4 taaaagen left par M. i i Ujf, Oaptaia (iauv- -1 Indian. nk Assam Bid- Abdulla A' illrt— MesTs. Thomas Neil. i i J daughters U bet- Lord. I and I Misses 1 lohn Hay. His Vitte Revd Fathers Mr Boyer and Hiewe. H r > lleaen Kumpt-rs, J. A. Heddle,
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    213 4 AiiiiT report of flic barque re to Cotie, t forwarded to us for r.. ids February Bth j i ru rounded Pulo-Laut. variable wind< after. IK.w t Rwaier calm •he south- I i tad iel the vatea, ,s surprise! to hear the j g til I. in Is saying there
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    494 4 I ci J Sir toorge btgfaad C.B G.C.8.1., "lie of the ablest I! Miluv service has up I .11 the now much Ti'l.'s bill in the fcten to flfaWane* So written of late on the the aaMwatioa of the title that it may not be uninli<Nir something on the the
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    640 4 In the AaaaWof the LStfa Ifareb lie tgaai writes. In my letter ou the Queen's title which you have published to-day I expressed the opinion that it could not be 'ii y tr itisl.it.'<l iuto any of the laagvajrea oi India, and that the best solution of this difficulty was
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    270 4 Tin following extract from the Daily Press shows that our Hong Kong friends are becoming alive to the neces- sits- af ending the nuisance which it ex*Let us hope we are more fortunate though it makes us reflect whether the evil is not at our own door Tbe letter of
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    690 4 However genial a soul Jack may be, and that he is we must all admit, there are times and placi* when his exuberant goodnature is not always rational. As the following will show, he seems to have got into a difficulty in Hongkong, and though the matter coin- plained of
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    46 4 Tut A.TWM und Xaiy G-i:ettr states, that a special award of extra pay and allowances to Her Majesty's naval forces which played so important a part in keeping the rebellion in the Malay Peninsula in check, and in finally quelling the outbreak, is contemplated by Government.
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    581 4 The following is a copy of the Provisional Custom-House and Harbour Regulations for the port of Kiungchow in Hainan I. Masters must deposit their Ship's Papers and Manifest with their Consul i if they have no Consul, with the Customs, or with the Consul of some other Nation 1 within
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    WEDNESDAY, 3rd MAY.
    27 4 Di'Rixh the heavy thunderstorm of last night a Chinaman was killed by a l>eam falling upon him in a shed at Tanjong Pagar wharf.
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    40 4 A disturbance which ended in a fight took place yesterday l>etween the Hokicn Coolies and the Macao Chinamen who are engaged in removing coals at Tanjong Pagar wharf. Six men were injured. The police have succeeded in quieting the parties.
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    54 4 The German steamer Git Iv tea, Captain Taube, from Hamburg via the S'?z Canal and Pinang, arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf yesterday, en route to China. I'ASSKNiiI.K.-S. For Singapore. Miss P. Krause, Miss M. Mychl. For Manilit. Dr. Kauifmann. For Hongkong. Mr. H. Harling. For Shanghai. Miss E. Schle-welinann. For
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    66 4 Tiu: British steamer Arratooii Apatr, Captain Mactavish, from Calcutta 23rd ultimo, and Pinang Ist instant, arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf this morning, en route to Hongkong. Passengers. From Calcutta. For Singapore: Mr. M. Nahapiet, and tW deck. For K< >ugkong Mr. and Mrs. Coies, Col. Newdigate. Mr. and Mrs P.
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    60 4 Hat Maiksty's new title of Empress of India" will, says a Calcutta paper, be publicly proclaimed simultaneously throughout the British Empire, and a salute of 100 guns will be fired from all batteries on the oe- i e.isi.m. The Queen's birthday, the "21th instant, will perhaps be chosen for this
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    142 4 We believe Singapore residents are sometimes given to boast of the Malay and other sampans in harbour, and are under the impression that there are none equal to them anywhere. They will be undeceived by the following extract from the diary of a high Chinese Official who passed through a
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    436 4 We have already announced that His Highness the Maharajah of Jo- hore has received fresh honours at the hands of Her Majesty and we now subjoin the official notifications to that effect from the Government Gazette Extraordinary published on Monday. At the present time this mark of distinc- tion is
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    THURSDAY, 4th MAY.
    27 4 Ihe British steamer Rosa, Captain Chopard, anchored in the roads this I morning, from Bali Boeling which port she left on the 29th ultimo.
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    37 4 The British steamer Pnknum., Capt. I Mair, from Saigon with dates to the 80th ultimo, anchored in the roads yesterday and will leave for the same port in a few days. She brought 1 European and natives.
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    34 4 Tiik steamer Putty, which arrived j this morning from Pcnang, was formerly under French colours but was recent- i ly sold to a Chinese firm in Penang and is now flying the British flag.
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    83 4 The Colonial steamer Pluto, Captain Wclncr, will leave on Saturday for Malacca to embark the prisoners and > witnesses connected with the murder casts which arose out of the late Chinese riots there, as His Honor the Chief Justice has decided to try these cases here Mr. J. G. Davidson
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    123 4 We learn, with regret, from our Indian files that cholera broke out among tbe Buffs upon their arrival at CawnpON from Calcutta. They landed in Calcutta from the Himalaya on their return from Perak in perfect health as far as regards cholera, but un- luckily were located on the maidan
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    82 4 Ax inquest was held at the General Hospital Sej)oy Lines by A. W. V. Cousine Esq., on the 2nd inst., on the body of a male European, name unknown. The deceased was found floating in the water otF Tanjong Pagar wharf with the body very much decomposed and swollen, particularly
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    137 4 Ax inquest was held at the General Hospital Sepoy Lines by A. W. V. Cousins Esq., on the 3rd instant on the i body of a male Chinese name unknown. The deceased was a passenger from China by the O. S. S. Nestor, en route to Pinang. At about o*
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    231 4 A\ inquest was held at the General Hospital Sepoy Lines on the i^th < ultimo, which was adjourned to Ist j instant, by A. L. W. V. Cousins, In., 11. M. Coroner on the body of a male Chinese named Tan Ah Kye. From i the evidence it appears that
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    194 4 Notwithstanding the bountiful supply of vegetation which nature pours upon Singapore there is a bin en table I neglect displayed in making the )x>*i I use of it. Europeans generally carry their good taste with them, but to a ■trangfcf tbe aspect of the Square here is anything but pretty.
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    251 4 The following new books have been received at the Raffles Library Circulating Library. Addison's work by Richard Hurd, 6 v, Bancroft's, Native Races of the Pacific states, v. 5. Cartwright's, Memoirs of Sir John Peres by. Collier's, The Oration of Demosthenes on the Crown. Coinyn's, de State of Philippine Islands.
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    FRIDAY, 5TH MAY.
    1749 4 11. M. S. Thalia, is expected here shortly from China en route to England having been recently relieved by H. M. S. Juno. We learn that 11. M. S. Sheldrake, Capt. Haye, will leave to-morrow for Perak to relieve there H. M. S. Ffy, Capt. Bruce. We
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