Straits Times Weekly Issue, 9 April 1883

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  • 26 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. vv Series. Published fou Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Steamki:. Price 40 Cci VOL. XXXIX. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL <), 188:3. NO. 1204
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 633 1 NOTICE. From and aft or the Ist Jaimuy 1883, tlu 1 following changes will ho made m the publication of tie Straits Times. The subscription to the Daily issue will br considerably reduced. The Weekly issue will be published m time for transmission with the homeward mails, and will be
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    • 478 1 thankfully received and promptly attended t o We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. We caanot undertake to give reasons for the rejection of communicuticns that are addressed to us. THE LONDON SINGAPORE ANTI FOULING PAINT COMPANY, LIMITED. (DENNYS' PATENTS). Incorporated under the Companies* Actr 1862 to 18S0, the liability
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    • 575 1 iHtsrniaeouns. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE. The Original and only Genuine. Advice to Invalids.— Tf you wish to obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from li.:idache, relief from pain and anguish, to calm and assuage the weary achings of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous media, and regulate the circulating systems of
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    • 487 1 iTitgJrrllanroiL NORTON'S CAMOM I [.E PILLS are confidently recommend g >i tuple bu certaiD REM E I V t >r I XDIGBSTION NORTON'S C A MOM I LE PLILS are with justice called the Natural Stren^thener of the Human Stomaeb a a powerful tonic and gentle aperWfits mild m their
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 618 2 iSUsreiianeous* t BEWARE OP IMITATIONS. and PERRINS' O AUCE. The Original and < Genuine. TyORCESTERSHIKE bears the autograph sig^ nature of Lea and Perrins on a red label. Sol<l whole*, sale by the Proprietor, Worcester: and Crosse and Blackwell, London. T EA and PERKINS' OJAUCE. Of Grocers and Oilmen throughout
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    • 678 2 THE STRAITS INSURANCE COY., LIMITED. {Incorporated wifli Limited Liability under the Indian Companies' Act, 186*>.) Capital $2,000,000 m 20,000 Shares of $100 each; Payable $5 each on application, and Si s on allotment. Farther calls not to exceed $20 per Share, nor to be made at less than three months
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    • 686 2 Notices* intention of the Straits Insurance Company to attract speculators by the alluring promises of large dividends, but rather, by the payment of a dividend which will represent only fair interest, to be m a position to encourage contributing shareholders. The Directors propose that the annua profits be divided as
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    • 588 2 £>team &&tp Consumes. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPA Agamemnon. Patroclus. Ajax. Antenob. Achilles. Deucaliob. Diomed. Glaucus. Nf itor. Anchises. Pmam. Orestes. Sarpedon. Stentor. Hkctor. Tfucer. MENELAUB. TjAERTEB. oyclopB. i'elkmackus. Bellerophon. Jason. Ulysses. The Coy's St am^rß are despatched fiJK Liverpool outwards for Straits and Ghiatj and from Shanghai homewards for J don
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 647 3 g>team p&fp companies* DE NEDERLANDSCH-INDISCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contracts with the Netherlands, Indian Governments.) Head Office, 13 Austin Friars, London, E. C. Head Agency Batavia. The following are the dates on which the Company's Steamers running m con--1 tjpetion with the mail steamers of the p. O. S. N. Coy.,
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    • 751 3 JMeam &>j)fp ©ompanfesi* Probolingo, Bpsoekie, Panaroekan, Sumanap.Kangean, Banjoewangi, Bali- Boeleling C. The South Coast of Java From Batavia via Anjer for Tjilatjap and back on the 2nd of every month, calling at Patjitan evory alternate month, beginning with the month of January. D. The West Coast op Sumatra.— Ist. From
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    • 783 3 130(69. VIE TANJONG PAGAR DOCK: COM PANT LIMITED. The works of the Company arc situated at Tanjong P<g>nr, within one mih' of the of Sincfoore, and comoris^ the followiiigectfcM?«l'meii+«. viz Wjtark..— A ff. »r Hug berthacre for 1 wonty vessels at one time with sufficient water fclo^gside fr.r vrqsolq of
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    • 669 3 Sorts. THE NEW HARBOUR DOOK OOM PANT LIMITED. This Company executes ships' repa r af all descriptions m the most effici^nmanner under the superintendence of European Shipwrights and Engineers. No. 1 Graving Dock. Length— 4ls feet. Depth of water from 14 feet to 154 f^ol Width at Entran 42 f<
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 686 4 i»ferellanrous. THE ONLY TRADE MARK— PHOSPHODYNE. Sanctioned by Her Majesty's Government. Protected under the Trade Marks Act (38 and 39 Viet., eh. 91). HEALTH, STRENGTH, AND ENERGY. DR. LALOR'S PHOSPfIODYNE. Twenty Years Public Test, and Thousands of unimpeachable Testimonials from all parts of the World, establish Dr. LALOR'S PHOSPHODYNE the
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    • 731 4 iKUottllantouo. Indies, The Colonies, Turkey, Asia, and other Hot Climates. Appointed Agents for Dr. Lalor Phosphodyne m India: Treacher C's Bombay, Byculln, and Poona Smith, Stanistreet Co., Batbgate Co., and Scott, Thompson A Co., Calcutta H. R. Majnard, Penang R. Robertson, Ceylon; E. Gillon A Co., Lahore; M'.'fari A Co.,
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    • 795 4 iHtaeellantou*, Preparations with Lhcbio's Na«. It ma] be remembered that some time since a controversy was raging m the medical journals to the original inventor of a certain Obstetric Bag, wherein two eminent gynsecolojists disputed the riefht of priority to certain improvements others joined m the fray and this wordy
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    • 589 4 1 iHrtaHaijraus* r the only Reliable Remedy f or v ness. Nervous Debility, Laßeit n of Power Depression Female Coin t I Pimples, Imperfect Nutrition p3 Decline, f rrei »«S Dr. BRIGHT* PHOSPHODY* the Best Known Remedy fo, l n^. Liver Complants, and all Function^ ranrjem«>nt^ of eitber sex. Dr.
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE.
    • 10 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, 9th APRIL, 1883.
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    • Domestic Occurrences.
      • 58 1 At the Prince of Wales HvUl, on the night of the 3rd April, the wife of Philip Mission, of a daughter. At Singapore, on the sth April, the wife of E. Johannes, of Malang, Soerabaya y of a son. At Soerabaya, on the 6th April, the wife of Martin
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      • 19 1 At North Bridge Roud, Singapore, on Friday, the 6th April, George lakke, aged §4 years and 6 months.
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    • 164 1 MONDAY, 9th APRIL, 1883. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS, Singapore, 9th April, 1883. Gambier 6.50. Black Pepper 16.25. White Pepper, fair quality. 26.7o. Sago Flour, Sar 3.10. Pearl Sago 3.45. Coffee, Bonthyne picked... 15.^ Tapioca, small Flake 3.75. Tin 30.60. 40s. Mule twist 97. 8* lbs. Shirtings 1.60. 7 do do 1.40.
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    • 1331 1 The Legislative Council met on the 4th April, when His Excellency Sir Frederick Weld made a very full and clear statement of his recent action with regard to the Rembau difficulty and the means he had taken to settle it. Although it had been stated that
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    • 416 1 Under the provisions of The Mahomedan Marriage Ordinanoe, 1880, M H. E. the Governor has been pleased to recognize Hadji Hamzah bin Abdul Ghanee as a Kali, and to appoint him to be a I [ahomedan Marriage Registrar for th ;ay inhabitants m the Settlement of
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    • Page 1 Miscellaneous
      • 282 1 passengers* Per M. M. steamer Iraouaddy, on the 2nd inst. For Singapore. From Shanghai: Messrs Arthur Maclin and John Mackeller. For Colombo. From Hongkong Mr. Yang Fong. For Madras. From Hongkong Mr. Tso Chim. JFor Pondicherry. From Saigon Messrs Amur and Pharot. For Aden. Fiom Saigon Mrs. Berguin and 3
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      • 223 1 tor Shanghai. From London Mrs. j Cardwell, Miss Cardwell and .\lr. F. A. I Stevens. From Brindisi: Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, Revd. R. W. Smar+ Bud Mr. t j Campbell. For Yokohama. From London Miss Pallen. From Biindisi: Mr. -V L. R<\. binson. From Colombo: Mr. YV. V. I Grainger.
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    • 3118 2 E total return of visitors to the Rafiibrarv and Museum during the week ending' Friday, 6th April, 1888, was 597. The Qlenfruin reports having passed, on the 27th March, the British ship Lord Dujferin, of Belfast, from Akvab to Liverpool, m Lat 5° 10' JN. Long
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    • 1169 3 i general meeting of the shareholders o f the above Company was held on the Gth ril, when- there were present, T. Scott, hairman of the Company; Hon'ble W. G. Gulland, Messrs. T. Cuthbertson, W. Stiven, T. Sohst, -las Sword, J. R. Cuthbertson, \V. Dougal,
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    • 286 3 (For Straits Times.) France. London, Sltl March. Louise Michel has been arrested m Paris. Central Europe. London, I*/ April, An understanding is announced to have been arrived at by the Austrian, German, aud Italian Governments that m the event of France attacking any of them, the others will
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    • 2045 3 {From Ceylon and Australian pa pern.) London, VSth March. Obituary, Ashton W. Dilke, late member for Newcastle, and Major-General John Mitchell. London, 15M JUurch. Patrick Egan has arrived at New York. He denies that he fled from Dublin, and states that the funds of the Land League have
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    • 1981 4 {From the Straits Times, sth April.) The Tanjono PagarDock Coy. Limited. It will be observed that an extraordinary general meeting of this Company is to be held to-morrow, the 6th April, to confirm the resolutions passed on the 16th and 22nd March. These resolutions are three
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    • 1586 4 About five o*ol ock on Tuesday evening a fire broke out m a Malay hut, tfß of light wooden polos with attap root, the extreme further corner of Campong Kapor, close to the river. The owner of the house had been out and had ju
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    • 1363 5 Wo were favored on Friday night, by the Amateur Dramatic Club, with the most successful theatrical performance ever witnessed m Singapore. The play was the old favorite, Robert Bfacaire," taken from the French, and like all the playi that pleased our grandfathers, it abounds m
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    • 2879 5 Reports on the Savin gs Banks, Singapore and Penang, for 1882. Among the papers laid before the Legislative Council on the 4th April, was a report by the Colonial Trea forwarding the I t h<>Secret»i <•!' the Singapore and Penangf S Hank- for the year i SB2. set n that
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    • 1913 6 Municipal Engineer's Office, Singapore, 10th March, 1883. To The Municipal Secretary, Singapore:— Sir, I have the honor to forward the following Report for the information of the Municipal Coinniissi'jners. Town Thorough/ares. The picking tip, reforming and metalling of Bouham Street is completed, and the raising and meUil* iugjof Carpenter Street
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    • 393 7 We have received the following communications from North Borneo. The accidental death of Mr. Frank Hattou is indeed to be deplored, as putting a sudden end to a valuable and most promising life: (From an occasional Correspondent.) Elopura, 22nd March. Just time before the mail starts
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    • 1755 7 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Blß,— All article entitled "The Land of the Sun," which appeared m the Australasian m December last, and to which 1 am replying, has, I notice, been reproduced m your paper. Will you be good enough to insert a
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    • 7782 8 Having breakfasted early, we. started at 6 and soon after arrived at Qualla Plus (mouth of the Plus River where we were detained waiting for Imaum Tapa, who had promised to meet U3 there and introdu us to a Pungulu who lived higher up
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    • 4443 9 Alleged Fraudulent Removal of Property. Sim Kong Lim was charged under Section 421 of the Penal Oode with the above offenc. Tho Section provides that whoever dishonestly or fraudulently removes, conceals, or delivers to any person, or transfers or causes to be transferred to any person, without
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    • 658 11 PKESENT His Excellency the Governor. The Hon'ble the Officer Comd'g the Troops. the Acting Colonial Secretary. the Acting Attorney-General. the Colonial Treasurer. the Auditor-General. the Acting Colonial Engineer. J. Graham. W. G. Gulland. Seah Liang Seah. The Minutes of the previous meeting are read
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    • 1657 11 (rrom our own Correspondent.) Paris. 3rd March. The Egyptian question is cropping up again. France feels acutely the blunder she committed m not marching hand m h^nd with England as invited, to uphold law and order on the Xile, and the latter will bitterly rue the day if
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    • 612 11 Tiik following items of Penang and Acheen news are taken from the Penang Tones of the 27th and 30th March. Tbe Chinese widow and her daughter! who were accused of the murder of a female servant, were last Thursday acquitted of the charges brought against them, to the great surprise
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    • Correspondence.
      • 250 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. SlB,-— "Old Hand's" letter discloses what an eminent personage lately described as a lamentable fact," and it certainly would be interesting to learn how a lightship, moored m about the calmest waters of the navigable globe, is found to
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    • Page 12 Miscellaneous
      • 700 12 ,L trr===?=r==?rrr—. ARRIVALS. Vkssil's Nam i. and Captain. From. Sailed. Consiqnsks. K-o. Ma 7. 81 Petrel Brit, str.! 171 Landweer R'jermassin Mar. 27 Bun Hin t Co. t\ Ban Yong Seng Brit, str. 336 Hide Bangkok Mr-. 27 Low Sum Co. •1 Race Horse Sia. bq. 826 stemeyrr ?enMM| Mar.
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      • 1072 12 CLEARANCES. r Date. Vessel's NaM«. Flag A Bio. Captain. Dkstinatiok. s ""sap 1 1 p ri *o%' "ssu ?w k At oh Dut. str. Reudler M arassar^ia port^ 2 sXllorso Ital. bq. Cavassa Akyab 2 Ava M. M. str. Bretel n 1 IIT 2 M/vrlbcrough Brit. str. Kunath >;i'^< '^Hongkong.
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