The Straits Times, 10 August 1878

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    16 1 The Straits Times \(>L XXXIV. PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1878. SATURDAY EVENING No. 2,919
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    THE STRAITS TIMES
    195 1 Hum kky. 1 Wkfki.v Km mm KiO Per Annum Jlti rUlfTi I Quarterly. Dauvi ..urn includlnit tbi .1" 1" Three M..nth« da li A n v i iMMrants made known 1 into f"r long periods 'iotls will be Bee. also in Gaow K K Ai..;\k. Clement's !!elldv
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    STRAIT TIMES SATURDAY, 10TH AUGUST 1878.
    62 1 STRAIT TIMES SATURDAY, 10TH AUGUST 1878. i; KH1 QUOTATIONS. IA.POEP, 1" I "7^ I U MO. iir niality l->. '■> l.J'i. ivi'i. 1 t'i. 1 15. l.u.y l.JJ\. :,<<]. ui 3/10}. U nl .1 .1 0 o dia. If o/d dia, 231. Prn JU. 15.20 i |i lid] 81W). ei
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    671 1 iinuiaiN- oftho Week's out Overland Journal EfUlJt. leofthe Overbad Straits v turday, Km ird P. O. Bteamer Zambesi bed at I p. u. on that as( homeward mail. ■I. steamer Irttouaddjf armoruing with fcbe Louith July. steadier Antdyr i- due *****1 mid >:iil;(iii tliis afternoon, -morrow
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    The New Guinea Expedition.
    1683 1 The following, the latest, account of the expedition for the colonisation ol Nih (iuinea is taken from the Cooiiown Herald of the 13th July: "TIIK have hardships, privation, and possibly, sufferingsto experienoe." Sneh were our remarks when the entsrpruuig members of the 1 ColonUi expedittea party
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    The Straits Asiatic Society.
    872 1 At the meeting of tlie Asiatic Society last night there were present, the President, the Yen. Archdeacon Hose; the Vice President, M. .1. 1). Vangbaa; Hemben of the Council, the Hon"hle C. [tying, Dr. Bieber the Gersan Consul. and Mr. Koek the Sonorarv Secretary Mr. A.
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    Opium Smoking.
    714 1 ()\i. of the vexed questions "I the day is the evil effects of Optnm smoking on mankind in general and thi' Chinese in particular, and, U in matters of controversy of this kind, one grain of fact is worth I whole bushel of theoretical argument, the following extract
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    An Australian's Opinion on sin
    7818 1 (iAPORE. "A Chiki/s been amang us takin' notes, and, faith! he's prented them," in the Melbourne Argm of the 22ml June. The chiel" preserves his incognito under the initials of J. H. and his communication is rather a lengthy one, but as it is said
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    21 3 v■ i. SiH'IKTV. t the Meetii a j which api>eared in li übtonly 1 n- i,, voluntary V SDI K.. -7^
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    114 3 Ebb \ium. thr Daily i rtion rdav in Singapore ural ministration J Malay Mahoit important to which th the permission given to him. in the c adminf t,i isoni i or to given to any but aw :>h to the latter. Kbrahim, he waa wish it. he might prh ilegt
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    News of the Week.
    27 3 MONDAY, :»in AUGUST. in the Square to-daj il intimation ha- been that the llnx. Ck n Smith i has been appointed our Secretary.
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    21 3 i Emperor, -ay- the ol the tith tough Count Monster, »an Order of the Crown, 11. the M \n wu/ah oi
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    10 3 I of the British ship j in Simdcrlancl, morning, report
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    238 3 hai og picked up at sea Captain Sheldon ofthe American ship \i,i,i, < with his wife and children and portion <»f crew, who imd been wrecked near Tristan d' Acunha. R v i i Kfi Museum, thanks to the enerthe Curator, is still making progress. The skeleton of a female
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    78 3 W i are informed that 11. M. S. D Moml, at present in harbour here, will shortly leave for Knglaml in accordance with instruction- from home. She wa-de-ached from the Ivi-t India Squadron a- a reinforcement to the China Squadron undei Admiral Hillyar, owing to the threatening aspect of affairs
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    268 3 Ox Saturday evening, a most successful entertainment \\a- given in the Theatre Royal, Fort Canning, by the ,*Mh Regimental Amateurs. The ier< s select d I asion were, 1 >/.'-./ lr>*k Doctor, and A M U The tv v. re represi nvd a~ woll as Amateurs could possibh manajje S
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    140 3 Tin loll, .win-- paragraph i* taken from the Illustrated S Yew* of the 15th June The Cable Conferenceat Melbourne ended by approving of the Eastern Extension Company 'c oiler to duplicate the submarine cable between Port Darwin and Singapore, and keep it in workin-- order for the sum of £32,400
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    174 3 \|i.ii.()i:mi.ih.i( m. Observations for the week ending 3rd August, 1878, taken at the Hospital, kandan- Karl-au. BAROMSTKB I.H'l'H'Dati Ktfa Jnlj -.'tli SOtfa Sid Id Lugt L'.vl :ti 1 ;i ;l in. 3 j). in. 1»- inchea. Inolie*. indie*. 89.884 29.859 89.936 ..,li v;o .916 906 -not; .898 £64 .768 -i
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    321 3 I'khfukmance ik iii i To« s II k\.\.. Mr. have ('arson and his troupe ways welcome iruesta in Singapore ga ye r vi n Buccessiul performance in the Tow" i Hall Theatre on Saturday evening. Th'" entertainment this time did not include 1 the iie_-ro minstrelsy for which the troupe
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    TUESDAY. 6th AUGUST.
    27 3 TUESDAY. 6th AU G UST. Gkvkrai (Jraxt, ex-President nftlio Iliited States, is expected ill Siam in December, and afterwards he will probably do the grand Indian tour.
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    30 3 Tin dead body of a Chinaman was found tlii— morniug Hoating in the water between Clyde Terrace Market and the Police Station. On examination. no marks of violence were discovered.
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    144 3 Tiik following quotation for Straits Skhikmim- Bonds appears in the money article of the x of the sth June i In Colonial Bonds, Straits Settlements advanced Ito l l 103, Tasmanian sk per cent.) Ito I l"> 1 1 7, Pro- vin. f Quebec \to 99^ UH)\, and New Zealand
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    126 3 The following is the report ofthe Mate oi the American barque Mabel Clarke, Captain < l>. Sheldon, wrecked <>n the Island of Tristan da Cunha, at 2.30 p. m. on Ist Ma\ Is s: 'Mh Mtureh lief I Liverpool bound t-> Hongkong. 1./ __':;o p. h. Thick and hazy. We
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    117 3 ■|'n i. Ceylon paper* received by the last mail from home report the strandin- in (ialle harbour of the Dutch dredger Meraek, from Amsterdam bound for Batavia, on the morning of Monday, the 22ml July. She had pal into Gafle to ooal on Sunday evening, and about three in the
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    414 3 China ra idkbs 1 I \-i iw< i. Comp im, 1.1 Ml I 1. 11. Report for presentation to the Shareholders ;ii the Twelfth Ordinary Meeting to beheld in Hongkong on Wednesday, tin- 31st J ul Is?^, at •>'«l"ik |>. in. The Directors beg to present their report en the
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    613 3 11. M. Till (111 XX's POKI X.VII nn; nil Straits. 'I'm Edinburgh Daifj fierier of the :2 Ith Jane contains the following description the presentation portrait of Her Majesty the Queen, ordered by H. 11. the Maharajah ot Johore:— The Ifahtrajan >f Johore, Q. C tt. G., K. C.S.L, ■evenl
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    WEDNESDAY, 7th AUGUST.
    65 3 St n-< imi-.m:- to the Uailj Time* »l 1<! receive to-day with then- paper a copy of Button's Tropical Garden Guide. Reti h\ of Visitors to the R<iffles Library iind Museum during 7 days, ending Friday Mh August IK7H. •Saturdaj ttrd Augt 148 Sunday tth Monday sth
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    63 3 Cap iu\ I'm.-, of the Crest of fie Wave, was yesterday arrested on warrant obtained against him at the Police Court, on the complaint of the 1 mate ofthe vessel, who alleges that he was illegally confined by the captain for a long period during the voyage out from Cardiff.
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    269 3 A Uazette Extraordinary, dated Monday hist, the ">th instant, makes the following announcement Ai;k\m;kmk.vts have been made for I the introduction on the Ist proximo of the Money Order System between the Straits Settlements and the following places in China Hongkong. Swatow. Shanghai. Amoy. lloihow. Foochow. Canton. Ningpo. Macao. Hankow.
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    228 3 Tin. outlook in Madras," says the is very unsatisfactory. I'e.n- arc already entertained of a cond famine. We hear from Simla that the Madras Government has reported that the monsoon has been Ii^ r ht and irregular, that prices are rising, and distress must greatly increase nnlcs- g 1 genera]
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    181 3 "Tin cinchona febrifuge,' says the 1/ Hi,-, is Tmi' "manufactured at lluiil,'--bee in the Sikkim cinchona plantations, ha- proved so efficacious in lever cases that the Government of India have, on the recommendation ol the Surgeon* General, 1. M. D., Calcutta, adopted its use more largely than hitherto. Am, by
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    179 3 Tiik Courtier 4$ Buif«m, ofthe 15th ultimo, contain- some elaborate tabh-s giving the returns of trade at the new-ly-opeiied |Mirt of Haiphong for the yea- 1H77. These returns indicate a very satisfactory state of trade at the port daring the twelve months. The total value of the. trade is estimated
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    365 3 Tiik Nkw Colonial Skckktary. Thb Hon. Ckc n. Smith of the Hongkong service has, it appears, really been appointed the Hon. John Douglas C.M.G.'fl successor as Colonial Secretary of these Settlements. Appended is Mr. Smith's record of service as it appears in the Colonial Oflk e List for l^l'i, from
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    331 3 Tiik Sth vi rs Asia in SociBTT. Mim ns of the General Meeting of the Straits Asiatic Society, held on Molid:«\ the Sth August, I^7v" Prksks i \en. Archdeacon Hose. MA President J. I). Vaughan, Bsq., Vioe-President Hon. C .1 Irving, Hon. Treasurer. A. If. Skinner, X-).. Hon. Beeretary l>r.
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    THURSDAY, 8th AUGUST.
    40 4 Captain Neynaber of the German barque Oberon, which arrived here on the sth instant, reports that he spoke the American ship Rossetnelt, bound from Liverpool to Hongkong, off Banca Island, all well, and wished to be reported.
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    120 4 The Volunteers were paraded yesterday afternoon on the Esplanade in line with a Company of H. M. 2Hth Regiment uuder Captain Layard, the battalion being under the Command of Major Gray. The Corps went through skirmishing with blank cartridge firing and their performances gave much satisfaction to the military gentlemen
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    151 4 Road making, where there is a good deal of traffic, may be troublesome, but we hardly think it is necessary to keep the Orchard Road in such a rough state as it has been for the last two months. Surely the Municipal Engineer might contrive by 6ome means to repair
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    163 4 Wk have to caution the public again regarding bad dollars. Yesterday, out of a parcel paid in to the Oriental Bank, fifty-six were found to be spurious coin. In this case, the money was paid in by a respectable trader, and he appears to have received the dollars from Siam.
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    126 4 Thk Madras Times calls attention to the commanding; position in the Mediterranean which the possession of Cyprus gives to England, as appears from the following statement On Land. Gibraltar. Malta. Cyprus. Lord Napier. Sir A. Borton. Sir. G. Wolseley 7,000 troops 8,000 10,000 On Sea. Sea of Marmorv and neighbourhood.
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    SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST.
    27 4 11. Ms. corvette Modexle is expected here next week from the China Station and will be stationed here as the Senior Naval Officer's ship.
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    FRIDAY, 9th AUGUST.
    163 4 We have so often called attentiou in our columns to the unbearable right which is presented to the public gaze ever}- Sunday by the large number of leprous and pauper Chinese who go about begging from house to house that it is not encouraging to return to
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    31 4 An adjourned inquest was held on the Bth instant, on the body of a male Chinese name unknown at the Coroner's Office, by Mr. Cousins H. M. Coroner. Verdict Found drowned."
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    36 4 Mr. Davk Caksox's entertainment did not come off last night at the Town Hall as advertised, owing;, we regret to hear, to the small attendance, which was, no doubt, due to the inclemency of the weather.
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    55 4 Thk C— 4*l Ga zefie ol the 1-th June contains the following 1 announcement "ZWh M'nldtexe.i Rifle Volnu/e,-,-Corp*. Thomas h Milton Lee Bkai>dei.l, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant (Supernumerary). Dated sth June, 1878." Mr. Bkadhei.i. is, we believe, the j eldest son of our worthy AttorneyGeneral, and is keeping his
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    90 4 Thk Maharajah of Johore, says the i London din] China Telegraph of the Mh July, since his arrival in Knglaud has been lionised in the usual manner where Oriental Potentates are concerned. His Highness has had the honour of NOMTIBg from the Emperor of Germany, through Count MrxsTKR, the Royal
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    314 4 Bamjkok News. Conversion of a Christian tc Build. Utm. A correspondent of the CSaMM MM, under date lo*h July, writes as follows The great event of tho year, so far, in Siatn, has been the conversion to Buddhism of a European Christian, and his formal installation into the Priesthood, which
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    232 4 Extract from the Daily Xeio of the l;ith May 1878. I FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Saturday Night. Messrs. A. Rowland and Sons, of .Macassar Oil celebrity, have, after long suffer- ing, made a successful couipaigu in Paris against pirates of a product which we know on the authority of Lord
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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      Aribals.
      334 4 Arribals. 22nd April consignees Me Mister A Co. V Sunday, 4th August. British ship Oberon, 1.104 tons, Dunn commander, Galle lbth J t te °hTam:r e C C ,\037 tons. Weber commander, Penan* 1 Vitish ssrzsxs Gi v bb r Pe4th Augt. consignees Hamilton Gray A Co. Monday, sth August.
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      Departures.
      221 4 Saturday, 3rd August. Spanish steamer Leon, Arrana. for Liverpool. British steamer Ajax, Kidn, for Hongkong. British steamer Tintern Abbey, Tindale, for London. Norwegian ship Heros, Olsen, for Batavia. British steamer Kromahtah, Smith, for Bangkok. British steamer Pontianak, Milnes, for Billiton A PontiauaV Sarawak steamer Rajah Brooke, Pender, for Sarawak.
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
      884 4 i. 'AT* Nvmk- stains. ko Rio. r a« hkkk From U'hbrkLvinC. KIVAL> .l,r'« N.VMKoNSIONKKS OK A<JKNT>. DISSTIKATIci MKN-OF-ATA. Sambas de Paxela H.N.M.'sstr. 350 June 16 Acbeeu T. P. Wharf Thistle Hunt H. Ms. str 466 July 22 Labu*n Roads Diamond Bosanquet H. Ms. str. 2155 July
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    438 5 <**^^ t (Uowinii i« sUted: :i1 !-i ill fur(lrea t > I i lljr t ilth very i not 1)11 Mil ii high.' I illow lUi,' COBI -The '_T I)>|]"(1 D K.-tta !i .Till y —On th.' xxn nun- fr "i Lambaiii iver as v Uuai 'Piic bridja p .rtioT
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    MANILA NEWS.
    986 5 flrait* Tmtei. ,r. •!i it, in rapro- .1 uppaaimnoe —To day there i which li id to "here the I was lying >S is! hi. ls. In ■ii. the crew irooaded per-. .us Prom what informs n I herself i, and will l>e sold nit of Insurance ib
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    The NEW Mail Contract.
    549 5 Th\i>iK- for the new Eastern Mail Services wen 1 opened in London <m the 2.") th July last, and it is, therefore, a little surprising the result has not yet transpired by telegraph, seeing what au important question it is all over the Far Bast The
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    Public Execution in Singapore.
    598 5 Tims morning, shortly after G o'clock. Khrahiiu. the Malay, who was sentenced to deals at the recant assizes for the murder of a Chinese boy Udder circumstances of great atrocity, suffered the last penalty of toe law. 1 luring the trial, the prisoner u,is unmoved, ami.
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    Penang News.
    816 5 Thk following items are taken from our I'enang contemporaries Martimge of Miss Pwyiw and Mr. A. Clarht In our issue of Tuesday last, i 30th July, time and Spaes ])revented us i from giving anything more than the usual laconic notice of the marriage solemnized oh that day,
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    MALACCA.
    598 5 From our own Correspondent.) M vi.vc v, 6th Aioisr, 1878. Thk B. I. S. N. Co's steamer Pemba, Captain Guy, n. >'. ft., arrived here from your port fit route to Calcuta via intermediate ports, on the 2Sth ultimo, and the 15. 1. S. N. Co's steamer Vmballa, from
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    Correspondence.
    733 5 Ltkir ami Ha.ivii Hot. To the Editor of the Daily Tnn,s !^ik, I have noticed several remarks in your paper lately on the subject of Rajah Hot, and Lukut. It appears to me, who am entirely disinterested in the matter, that there is another side to the question, ol
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    The Resident System.
    239 5 To the Editor of the Daily Time*. Sir,—I heard a great person say the other day, "The Resident System is on its trial." and I wondered much where the trial was being made, as, unless you t tell taradiddles in your paper, there is not a native
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    Electricity v. Gas.
    142 5 To Ihr Editor oftin- Daily Time*. Dk.yr Sir,—The following extract from j the "Telegraphic Journal" of the Ist ultimo, shows that street lighting by electricity is now &fait accompli: Jablochkofp's electric oandleia rapidly making headway in Paris. Besides the 8 !.i ni]'- of the Place de l'Opera,
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    CYPRUS.
    403 5 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Dkah Sir,—Apropos of your agreable account in a late numl)er, of England's latest territorial acquisition, I feel a pleasure in enclosing the following delightful account of the romantic isle by the Author of Eothen." The isle (says the author of 'Eothen' who
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