The Straits Times, 21 March 1883

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    16 1 The Straits Times. ?L. XXIV. NEW SERIES.] SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. 21st MARCH, 1883. DAILY ISSUE No. U.'.
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      443 1 ■am *t)tp compantrs. and oriental COMPANY. v Office— Collyer Quay. DOWNS— New Harbour. LINES. sr 1 Aldernoted are tbe dates on wntcb Mail Steamers may be examve at Singapore during the Hovfwahp. Monday 12th March. A 1 2f.tli El April. Pth April. 23r4 iJMMay. Friday 4th May. tCif ThurndavlTth •XJune.
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      663 1 #tram *J)ip Compantrs. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANT. Agamemnon. Patroclub. Ajax. Antenor. Achilles. Deucalion. Diomed. Glaucub. Nr'iTOß. Anchiseb. Piiam. Orestes. Sarpedon. Stentor. Hector. Teucbr. Menelaus. Laertes. Cyclops* Telemachus. Bf.llerophon. Jason. Ultsses. The Coy's Steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for Straits and Chinal and from Shanghai homewards for Lon don every ten
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      840 1 &>tram 4k>t)tp Compantrs. Riouw every 14 days. Padang, via Penang, Acheen, Patti, Regas Analaboe, Tampattoean Troeinnn Goenong Sitoelie, Singkel, Baros, Sibogha, Natal, AyerbangieaandPria. man monthly. A. The North Coast of Java.— From Batavia via Sam,e:ing for Soerabaya and back; on the sth, I Oth, 15th, 20th, 25th and 30th of
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      622 1 Attain *l)ip eomyanfrs. Homeward*. For Aden, Suez, Port Said, and Plymouth 30th September 1882. 2fitb October 25tb November 23rd December 20th January 1883. 17th February 17th March The above steamers are specially adap ted for the Trade. Each carries a Burgeon and Stewardess and has accommodation for a large number
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      524 1 Insurance THE LONDON A PROVINCIAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED Capital, l Oni Million Sterling. The und ersigned, Agents of the Company, are prepared to effect insurance on current terms. STME A Co. Singapore, 2nd Oct. 1882. (to 2nd Oct. 1883) GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE" ASSURANCE OOMPANT LONDON Established 1821 I
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      598 1 ffnduranrr. THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANOI OOMPANT LIMITED Capital $2,000,000 Paid-up 400.000 Reserve Fund 564,202 General Managers. Messrs Jardine Matheson A 00. Hongkong. Consulting Committee. ft. Andr«, E«q. (M««t». M«loh«n. Co.) f^™** >• <M— n- HoUidaT,WH« Co. A. T. Man«m, rM«Mn.Don«Ua,Lapralk«Co. ST.NIc.iM, (Bom*. ComSSr Ltd.) •J- J- <s<xi Roreedloa, (J. J.
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      593 1 fnsuranrr* 3 LANCASHIRE INSURANCM COMPANT. Capital £3,000,000. OFFIOEB OFTHB OOMPAFT. Manchester— Exchang* Street. Liverpool— 4, Manchester Buildings. Birmingham— Cherry Street. London— l 4, King William Street, B. < Glasoow— 133, West George Strwet. Bristol— Corn Street Leeds— l 2, East Parade. Newcastle— 40, Mosley Street Dublin— 9, Lower SackviUe Street
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    STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, 21st MARCH, 1883. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    159 2 STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, 21st MARCH, 1883. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. riINGAPf-RB, iIST March, 1883. Gaiobier 9 7.30. Black Pepper 17. White Pepper, fair onalitr. 26.75. Sago Flour, Sar 3.10. Pearl Sago 3.45. Coffee, Hontbyne picked.. 15. Tapioca, small Flake 3.75. Tin 31. 40s. Muletwist *i lbs. ShirtiDW l.« 0. 7 do
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    57 2 For p*r at Batavia, Emirne. 6 p.m. Colombo Aden. I'ortsuid Marseilles, Volga, 6 p.m. TO-MORIIOW Malacca and Klang, Rainbow, 1 p.m. Hongkong k Shanghai, Glenojle, 'I p.m. Sourabaya, Bally, Am. panan aud Mnu&asar, li iy Leong. 5 p.m. Keidat. Malacca and I'enang, M<iy Flower, Nikjq. j Penang, <jdops,
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    ROTTER'S TELEGRAMS. PARLIAMENT
    41 2 ROTTER'S TELEGRAMS. PARLIAMENT fr'nr OraiU Tiuut.J Lord Carlingford has been appointed Lord Presideutqf. the Privy Council. The I'nder Secretary for Foreign Atlair- in reply to question slid that the Government lad no intention of reinforciug^iis Naval strength a l Madagascar, ge/
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    26 2 Friday nut, (Good Ipriday), Saturday, the L'4th, :tn\ Monday the 20th instant, being Government H/blidays, the Banks, we are informed, will close their homeward mails to-morrow.
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    39 2 H. H. ihe Governor and staff will leave in 11. M. s> Champion for Malacca on Monday next, ana 11. M. 8. Foxhound will meet His Excellency there. The Governor will probably be abseut from Singapore for a week.
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    30 2 TlO Council of the Koyal Colonial Institute have elected Mr. O. W. H. Campbell, I oeral of Pohoa, Ceylon, and formerly Lieut. Governor of Pcnang, a member of the society.
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    37 2 Ax inquest was held on the 20th inst., by H. O. Newland, E-q.. coroner, at the Criminal Prison, on the body of a male Malay IMHM4 IJootak the jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes."
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    48 2 Thk Hon. Captain McCailum, Acting Colonial Engineer, and Mr. \V". B. Maxwell, Land Commissioner, proceed to-day, we learn, by the steamer Meanatehy to Penaug, on business connected with the Land Office there, and will return in about a week or so, touching at Malacca probably on the way.
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    40 2 Advices from Ascension, Jan. 31, state that the French barque Charit*, from Bangkok for Havre, put in there Jan. 5, with captain suffering from dnu was attended by the medical oil the island, and the vessel proceeded on the 7th.
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    43 2 Joseph Siu.au. a deserter from Her Majest;. ..netit, now stationed in India, surrendered himself to the police authorities here yesterday, and on being brought before Dr. Dennys, Second Magistrate, this morning, order was made that he be handed over to the Military authorities.
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    51 2 The following is a list of the passengers by the steamer Olenogle, which arrived here yesterday from London For Singapore. ilr. Th^m g PiUfe, Mr. and lira. Dave;. For Hongkong. Messrs. J.ihn W. PaterHon, Adoll Toraskin, Jauies Sinit'i Sagas, Wm. Crawford, Wai. .Simui.ns and 3 ebildrrii for Shanghai.— \lr. Jams
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    102 2 Mb. Vauohas Cousins, Second Magistrate, whose health has lately been anything but satisfactory to himself or his friends, has been led to send in his papers for retirement, and will shortly go home ou pension. Mr. Cousins, as a Magistrate, has been most indefatigable, and his decisions have generally gITCU
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    124 2 Referring to the loss of the JEmmmv Cattle, the St. Jamet* Gazette writes There is one sentence in the story of the second officer of the Kenmure Cattle which deserves the attention of the philanthropic persons who desire to put dowu the use of opium. He reports that the Chinamen
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    410 2 Thk following Naval notes are from the latest home papers The Cockchafer, gunboat, LieutenantCommander Hill, left Plymouth on the 10th inst. for the China station, but put back on the 12th for shelter and to make good defects. She encountered terrific weather in the Channel during the whole night, and
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    205 2 The Cairo correspondent of the Stand- ard telegraphs that Colonel Warren is now engaged on the prosecution of Professor Palmer's murderers. The trial is held at Tantah. Several of those concerned in it have already confessed. It appears from their revelations that the lives of Professor Palmer and his companions
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    152 2 The latest addition to the well-known Glen line of steamers is the Glengarry, of 3,000 ton» gross register, which had just been launched before the departure from home of the mail now to hand. She has been built by the London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company fro-n the
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    164 2 Wt lean from the home papers just to hand that the new Chinese man-of-war Ting Yuen, built- by the Vulcan shipbuildiug Company of Stettin, will be navigated to China by a German crew. Savi our contemporary Ting. Yum will leave Stettin in the month of April for Kiel, where she
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    335 2 To abuse the conduit of the Dutch in Acheen is said to be the prerogative of erery British subject in the Straits and it must Ix admitted that some of us avail of that proverbial Knylisli man's privileyi 1 to grumble at his neighbours, to a very fair extent. But
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    POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
    228 2 Before Dr. Denny t, &CM^J This morning Ve^^^^H charged with < been found in a hoJH Street, and v. yf.^H able excuse ess^H cord shouvil the 1 For theft March, 1-^<^B :unent fur tP;H for theft six '-loii;:^^ May, ISM Y£■ ber, lb *J part of his time
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    THE LOSS OF THE
    357 2 Prtsentation to 4rf^^^H Mr. Campi'!! ofUkMM :ia! meeting of t^H 1i ...u-.l u.isQ^H Home, QbH presenting t the steamer Anterior, anf J^H bell, chief officer, a P'fgMH binocular awaraj^H Government in r rendered to t The Mayor (.Mr. and there were ;t!.-o preaH T. K. Shall,
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      774 2 mtf. 'OTHERS. STOLEN. gold Hunting Watch, black H9tb. f|fi; on case by Faire 4 Leuba, s' 8 »n carat gold chain with attached. Any one giving inwith respect to this property to Richards, will be rewarded. Singapore, 15th March, 1883. (v. c.) TH^NATIONAL MARINE association, Ltd. Kith ihility under the
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      897 2 #-Uto 3>>bfrtfsftnrntB. such as the Indemnity and Marine, has been even more remarkable. Thr following -particular* show tbe results achieved by the lending China Offices, and the prices of their Shares i Ntmt of Comply. a-g S Jgyiil H North Chin« Inta- Tl«. T1«. Tin. S Company 2 000 «X>
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      756 2 &tt gUbrrJtenrrrts. vwr- ".r.R FREFHOLD RF=ID CWOB FOR RALE. Thk undersign, ir, in t>ucbd by the Hon. Henr% Tkott( i\ Auditor General, to pill l>y Acctio'*, at ■>ur Snle Rooms, on Thnrßday, the 29th M»rch 1888. at 9 o'clock p. M. All that valoaMe freehold i land, with well built
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      492 2 gubtrt(stmtnt«. •-VPORE SPORTING CLUB. Tn c coarse will be opeo for training on and after Monday i.ext. the 19th iaxtnnt. A. P. ADAMS, 11 -.noriiry Secretary. Singapore, 17th March, 18&3. N .TICE. Mr. 0. A. Racch bus been a u' homed to sign oar firm per procarition from this date.
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    KENMURE CASTLE."
    1718 3 ■■K/i Express. Feb. 16.) t^?^B^[7ry,» particulars of ire Castle, and an- aese survivors had that .iioin we La. H Vivid there on thi ar -taying «el torecruis all going to proceed I. inquiry bas •rival of t: J Ear wit1 Mi [y^Bß^Rne further account is to had to
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    A Few Weeks with the Malays. V.
    1765 3 Finding a steamer starting for Penang, whicb Called in at all the in' erm-diate ports, we took pass.ige in her in preference to tbe mail steamer, whioh Bailed direct. On goird we found we were to enj >y a luxury we had not
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      ARRIVALS.
      138 3 Kr.A'i ll's Kami. asp Captain. From. Sailid. Coniiowum. a Rio Mar 20 Encounter HM .-tr l.TO K.jbinson Hongkong Mar. 12 S. Naval Officer. 20 Siak Dut. Img Palembang Mar- 19 Stiver Co. 20 Xorwaj Nor. Ixj. U7JAlbi»UiMn New Tort Oot 30 20 Maria Gaj{i{ino Ital. bq. si lli Ay.-L.-no
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      CLEARANCES.
      78 3 Datk. Vessel's Name. Flao Kiu. Captain. Destination. Mar. 20 Martaban Brit. str. Griffin Sourabaya 80 Coinorin Fch. str. Trebuchet Marseilles 21 Oanvmed.' Brit. str. Fox I Deli -1 Crystal Brit. str. Darling P.-nang Calcutta I 21 Chi Yik-u Chin. str. Wallace j Saigon 21 M. Meanatch; Brit. str. Menzell
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
      653 3 PliSfKHaiwwswK^^pw^ Kl.A'. J I I Vissil's Kami. Captain. and I ABRrviu Fkom. Cokbioxhs. PxstiiuS Rio. p Champion Fask-v lI.M. ...r 23Sn Mar. 7 B of Mslaoca.S. Naval Officer. Station pi_ r Hop/ HM.-l. 490 Mar. s ßangkok s. Naval Officer. Station I Encounter Robinson H.M. cor
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      130 3 Hullvway't Ointment and Pillt. For tbe j cure of burns, ■oald*, wound*, and ulcers, t bis justly celebra'ei Ointment stands unrivalled. Its bmlaaunie properties, immediately on applicitioj, lull the anguish, protect the exposed verves from the air, give to the vessels tbe figotf necessary to heal the sore, and confer
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      919 3 THE STRAITS INSURANCE COY., LIMITED. i Incorporated wi'h Limited Liability under the Indian Compnniet' Act, 1866.) Capital $2,000,000 in 20,000 Shares of $100 each; Payable $5 each on application, and $15 on allotment. Further calls not to exceed 820 per 1 Bhare, nor to be made at less than three
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      268 3 case may be, to the payment of the amount due on allotment. Prosp«ctuses and Forms "f Application can be obtained from the Oriental Bank Corporation, the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and Chin*, the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, bag Corporation, or
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      325 3 FRIEND OF ALL, Nevrr Dkspaib." HOLLOWAF'S PILLA This Great Household M I amongst the leading necewariee ofIBBBJ These famous Pills purify theJBBBJ and act most powerfully, yet efIBBBJ I on the Liver, Stomach, Kiunktb, j| and Bdwelh, giving tune, energßßßJ vigour to these i»re.it Main s PIBBBBJ I Lire. They
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      936 4 Borfes. pagar dock com pany limited. The works of the Company are situated i Tanjone Pagar, within one mile of the town of Singapore, and comprise the following establishments. Vl7 r Whabf.— Affording berthaee for twenty .▼•••els at one time with sufficient water HBflfeia'e for vessels of the heaviest HBVght.
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      685 4 KATZ BROTHERS. APOLLTNARTS WATER, The Natubal Soda Wateb. The qneen of table waters." British Medical Joubnal. APOLLINARIS WATER. C*T* Supplied continuously to the Table of H. R. H. THE PRINZE OF WALES during the last five years. APOLLINARIS. THE NATURAL SODA WATER. Far superior to manufactured aerated waters. Medical Times
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      659 4 Jktorr* anU iHfrrfjanrjfsr. JOHN LITTLE A 00. RAFFLF.S PLACE, Singapore. WINE ANY) SPIRIT MERCHANTS, Impobters of Provisions, Groceries, OILMAM STOREB. Cigars. Tobacco, Hardware, Glassware, Lamps. Saddlery and Harness, Crockery, Electro Plated Ware. Jewellery, Stationery, Perfntnery. Fancy Goods, Arms and Ammunition. Ladies and Gentlemen's outfitters, Watch and Clock makers. Japanese and
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      794 4 TO LET FURNISHED. Labrador!! Villa. Passir Panjang, lately bnilt, and with good access to town by road. Tne house commands a splended view of the sea and aurrounding islands. i It is well furnished, has 4 bedrooms beside* public rooms, and has an excel. lent staked in bathing place. The
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      1004 4 NOTICE. From and after the Ist January 18P3, the following changes will he made in the publication of the Stbaits Times. The subscription to the Daily issue will be considerably reduced. The Weekly issue will be published in time for transmission with the homeward mails, and will be of the
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      733 4 iWtsrrllanfOue. MALAY VOCABULARIES BT F. A. SWETTKNHAM. Vol. I. English-Malay, with Note and Dialogues. Price $2. Vol. 11. Malay-Enolish. Price »2. Agents, Singapore, J. Little A Co. Penang, H. R. Maynard, Penang Dis- pensary. London. W. B. Whittinoham A Co. J 91 Gracechurch Street. Singapore. 13th April. 1882. Q-) NOTICE.
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      506 4 t t^totton CHBONOMBTER, WaTOB Aitn CLOOI Has alway* onfcd mB *eiected clock [f Jewellery. Wats*-, Cloaks, Nan- tl >nstrument*, Ao. t [ladies' rings, Oarr^^Briocks, Jignet rings, p«". bedding ring*. OhronOT keepers Thermon^ters, Übert chains, Barom«t«rv, }uard chain*, Jtndf Sleeve But- Salinometers, tons and Links, Compasses, M ?old pencils, BinoonUr tfUif-M
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