Straits Times Weekly Issue, 30 April 1883

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  • 29 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Series Published fob Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Stbamkh Price 40 Cents. vol. xxxrx. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 80, 188:$. NO. 3 5 207
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 638 1 tfiOttffS. NOTICE. From ami after the Ist January 1883, c following changes will l >e made m the publication ot the Straits Times. The subscription to the Daily issue will considerably reduced. The Weekly issue will be published m time for transmission with the homeward mails, and will be of
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    • 478 1 Notices* We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. We cannot undertake to give reasons tor the rejection of communications that are addressed to us. THE LONDON SINGAPORE ANTI FOULING HATNT COMPANY, LIMITED. (DENNYS' PATENTS). Incorporated under the Companies' Arte 1862 to \H*O, the liability of Shareholders being limited to the
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    • 591 1 ißtecellaeouns. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE. The Original and only Genuine. Advice to Invalids. If you wish to obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from headache, relief from pain and anguish, to calm and Manage the weary achin^s of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous media ard regulate the circulating systems of
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    • 497 1 ittisrrllaiumu NORTON'S CAMOMI LE PILLS are confidently recommended as a simple bn certaiD REMEDY' fur INDIGESTION NORTON'S CAMOMILE PLILS are with justice called the Natural StrengtheIner of the Human Stomach." Act a; a powerful tonic and gentle aperients are mild m their operation and safe under any circumstances. NORTON'S CAMOMILE
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    • 623 2 iHtetrilaneousf* Tr t,™-,^ BEWARK OF IMITATIONS EA and PERRINS' Q( AUCE. The Original and Genuine. TyORCESTERSHIRE OAUCE bear^ t he autograph sig.. nature of Lea and Perrins on a red label. Sold wholesale by the Proprietorj Worcester; and Orosse and Blaokwelli London. T EA and PERRINS' OAUCE. Of G rooera
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    • 717 2 notice*. THE STRAITS INSURANCE COY., LIMITED. Incorporated with Limited Liability under the Indian Companies' Act, 1866.) Capital 12,000,000 m 20,000 Shares of $100 each Payable r e ,ich on application, and $15 on allot mort. Further calls not to exceed #20 per j Share, nor to be made at less
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    • 659 2 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 sharehfiiders. The Directors propose that the annua profits be divided as follows Ist. Interest on the paid up capital 10 per cent per annum
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    • 569 2 OCEAN STFAMSHTp OONIP^^H Agamemnon. Patroclub. Atax Antenor. Achilles. Detjcalio*. Diomed. Glaucus. Nfitor. Anchisbb. PKIAM. OREBTEB. Sarpedon. Stentor. Hector. Teuoer. MenelauB. Laertes Cyclops. 'V.lemvchub Bellerophon. Jason. Ulysser. The Coy's St >am«rs are despatched f,^^ Liverpool ontwirds for Straits and OhS and from Shanghai homewards for f don every ten day*, and
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE.
    • 10 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, 30th APRIL, 1883
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    • Domestic Occurrences.
      • 12 1 At Leonie Hill, on the 22nd instant, Mrs. TuLLOCH.Iof a daughter.
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      • 111 1 On the 24th April, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, by the Venerable Archdeacon Meredith, m. a, Major W. H. Mttlloy. Royal Engineers, and of Hughestown, Roscommon, Ireland, to Edith Louisa Cortlandt, second daughter of the Honorable Henry Trotter, AuditorGenera l Straits Settlements. On the 24th April, at the Cathedral
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    • 166 1 STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, 30th APRIL, 1883. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS, Singapore, 30th Apbil, 18S3. Gambier *>.s7i. Black Pepper M.7.". White Pepper, fair quality. 2»: S Sago Flour, Sar 2.95. Pearl Sago 3.45. Coffee, Bonthyne picked. 14.50. Tapioca, small Flake 3..~>" Tin 30.37*. 40s. Mule twist 96. 8i lbs. Shirtings 1.57*. 7
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    • 1421 1 His Excellency the Governor beingstill absent on a short visit to Penang, there has been no meeting of the Legislative Council since that of the 17th April, the Government shorthand report of which is published on another page. The debate is remarkable chiefly for the speeches
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    • 295 1 The following items of news are taken from the Penang Times of the 20th A A new company under French auspices and the directorship of Mons. de la Croix. who is on the way out, will soon Commence mining operations m Kinta, Perak. Mr. Hirzel, our fellow-townsman, has prod to
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    • Page 1 Advertisements
      • 72 1 NOTICE. INY By By residing on the East coast Sumaira, are kindly r* quested to send their names to the undeisiyn^d, who *has to marks them some c< mmunications. RITGEN. Rotterdam Eatate, Deli. Singapore, 2 1st April, 18S3. 2kh inst.) NOTICE. Mk. John Anderson and Mr. Alexander Johnston are Partners
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      • 181 1 From Singap re. For Penan*/.— Messrs. G. Brown and Thomas. For Colombo.— Revd. A. Weld, Dr. J. C Elison and Mr. F. Osier. j For Bombay —Messrs. A. Aderalley and Marioar. For Madras. Colonel J. Ross Church and Miss Ross Church. for Aden. Sultan Yousolf, mother, wife, son and 2
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    • Page 1 Miscellaneous
      • 128 1 JJassrngersu P er P. and O. steamer Ancona, on the *3rd inst. For Singapore. From Hongkong Lieut. Holmes, Lieut. Porter, and Mr. and Mra. G. R. Haines. Vu^ 0 Fenanj.— From Hongkong Mr. Unp, Mr. Wong Him. and 187 Chinese. For Melbourne.— From Shanghai: Mr. and Mm. Herbert. Brindisi.— From
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    • 2297 2 IRE only new notification m the las Government Gazette is the announcemen I the confirmation of Mr. A. Friederich as Consular Agent for Italy at Penang. Air inquest was held on the 26th m stant, at the Criminal Prison, on a mal. Chinese named Eoh Ah
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    • 712 2 te postponed annu, general J of the Singapore \acht Club w the Exchange Koo: to pass the Treasurer's Jtl Min £*2fc officers lor the ensuim* \-e- lr Tk^^^H present. M.-r,. .J. P. doa 4 uim^ ding, Vlv Hooper, M ij^'^l if rant, C. Lmmerson and John JoaJ
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    • 23 2 J J o- 1 M °nJay night, the FreentfW W»» gave a gnnd Ball m -he Town Sail. The arrangemenU *we
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    • 1695 3 made by a committee consisting of R. W.Bro. J.l|Yauirhan,J).D.G.:u. Bro. the Hon. W>l. Geddes Wor. Bro T Cargill, D.G.S.W. Wor. Bro. N. B. Deunys, D. G J. W. Wor. Bro. R. B. Bead; Wor. Bro. C. Dunlop Wor. .Bro. T. Sohst Wor. Bro. J. 11. Wiu3rum Bro. Major Paterson Bro^Mar
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    • 179 3 fFor Straits Times.) Liverpool. London, -I'drd April. A great lire broke out this morning m Liverpool. The loss is at present estimated at £200,000. South Afrk a. Kruger has been elected President of the Transvaal. Parliament. London, I\th April.— On the 2nd reading o f the Affirmation Bill
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    • 2259 3 {From Ceylon and Indian papers.) London, 23rd March.— The Rev. Stephen Gladstone, son of the Right Hon. E. Gladstone, m a speech which he recently delivered at Hawarden, implied that his father contemplated retiring from the active affairs of political life shortly. In commenting on thesubject, the Daily
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    • 5435 4 TIIK ToBRtNS Sv.-Th.M OP COMHn, IN I. In the Government Gazelle of Friday the 20tfa .nstunt, then appears the Report by Mr. W. K. Maxwell, Commission,* of Land,, S. S., upon the I iorren- system of conveyancing. The Report is very able and interesting, h k
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    • 5498 6 We publish below a Report on the Revenue Survey of the Settlements 1, the Hon. Captain McCallum, It. E., as I Surveyor-General S. S., which was laid betore the Legislative Council at its last meeting on Tuesday on the 17th instant. Although it is
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    • 1477 7 W e have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of the Tenth Number of the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, now m the seventh year of its existence, and with much that is encouraging m
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    • 1764 8 The Fencing Times of the 17th insl publishes the following Memorial froi the Penang community addressed 1 the Secretary of State for the Colonie with the view of inducing 1 his Lordshi to rehabilitate, so to speak, their Hea Executive Officer into his old statu
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    • 1552 8 Queensland, although the voungeet of the purely Australian Colonies, i s cer. tainlv the most <;<>-a-head under its pre. sent Premier, Sir Thorn;»s Mellwraitk K. C. M. G. One of his measures haj been the sanctioning of the construe, tion of a Great Transcontinental Hail. way
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    • 828 9 The Peuang ffmijofthe 17th April, publishes the following news from Acheen Hostilities on a large -scale have, as ire predicted, it commenced m Acheen, and from the way the enemy is tightin* and the reverses the Dutch are experiincing, there seems to be inuoh improvinent m
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    • 1262 9 Dynamiters are, it appears, to be liable only to penal servitude at the worst, according to the Bill recently passed by the Home Government. In the Colonies or m the Western States of America, Judge Lynch would make very short work with such wretches. They would be
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    • 812 9 v C. C. cs. Army and Naiy. •SISf»APOR« CkICKIT CICB. Ferguson lbw b. Bm* n tt 1' b. Cockrel (i. L. Bourehierb. Bennett 14 Hedley b Hetny M E. W. Birch b. Charley 1 c Brown, b. Ch*rleyja H. H. verdon c. Bennett b. Charley 22 c. Dunning b.
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    • 255 10 The S. C. C. Lawn Tennis meeting commences on Monday next. The popularity of this game and the hold it has taken on the community here are strikingly illustrated by the number of entries, which greatly exceeds that at any previous competition of the kind. In
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    • 1234 10 We fake the following items from The North Borneo Herald of Ist March (first number). Kri>\ r. The Resident, Mr. A. 11. Everett, has been compelled, on the advice of the docj tor he consulted on his recent visit to SingI apore, to send m his resignation preparatory
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    • 5703 10 Tuesday, 17th April, 1883. Present. His Excellency the Governor. H. E. the General Omd'g H. Ms. Troops. Hia Honour the Chief Justice. The Hon'ble the Acting Colonial Secretary. ti the Acting Attorney General. the Colonial Treasurer. it the Auditor- General. N the Acting Colonial Engineer. ,i James Graham.
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    • 1778 12 at a meeting of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, Thos. Scott, Esq., in tbe rhair, it was resolved to avail of the opportunity afforded by the leave of absence taken by the Hon'ble H. Trotter, Auditor General, to mark the sense
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    • 1396 12 (Prom our otcn Correapondent The limit of the tax-producing poWr of rL Mi mm b squiring toil. The State, as a first move out of the i* .rochet th l ntln g of grants lor every on the iJ2V V I t the foot down £ld2^>. the of
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    • 424 13 From a correspondent.) Sikce the removal of the former Dato l'onghulu ol liembau to Singapore, and the appointment of the Dato Bands in his place, all chances of a disturbance have disappeared. The extra force of Police stationed at Kantarn and Permattan Passir have returned toSeremban with the officer
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    • Correspondence.
      • 162 13 S, I, H With reference to a letter signed 4Z. m your issue of 17th instant. If a reference to Webster's Dictionary be made, it will be found that he gives the following definition! of Immigrant M and "Emigrant." s Immigrant, one who removes into a country for the
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      • 156 13 To the Editor of the Strait* Times. Sir,—Mr. Swettenham had better have allowed my letter to pass unnoticed. Government Officials should not write to the newspapers, and m this case Mr. Swettenham has not improved matters by so doing. Most people know the meaning of the two very every-day
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      • 97 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Slß,—This nuisance has been often and repeatedly noticed m your columns, vet still it is carried on. A few nights ago, whilst a number of people, among them several ladies, were enjoying the sea breeze and bright moonlight on the Government
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      • 299 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. SlB,—It is quite time that some notice was taken of the inefficiency of the police force. Xight after night most barefaced robberies take place, and the residents, especially m Tanglin Ketchil, are really living m a state of siege, sleeping with
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    • 511 13 a To the Editor of the Straits Time*. c Tiik training is getting livelier since c the advent of the new horses and poniea from Penang and Deli, and there are also a few galloways and some new poniei i going their rounds. Fair Nell, Spangle and Sinbad,
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    • 891 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. s m,— ''The Lark" has tried to wake up the dormant sporting spirit of the laggard members of the Sporting Club, so many of whom used to attend the course regularly every morningduring training time, out have so
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    • 132 14 To the Editor of the Straitt Time*. Sib, —The Memorialists who have recently petitioned the Secretary of State to restore to the Chief Executive Officer it I enang the title of Lieutenant Governor md that as heretofore, 1* he may rank n the Colony next to the
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    • Page 14 Miscellaneous
      • 238 14 CLEARANCES. Date. Vbssil's Name. p LAO &Rm j r j LA Rla Captain. Dmtination. 23 j Mercury "T.T^ TT~" 23 Bengkalis HHt S^ n Deli L 3 'rf SSt£ SS Malacca KUn, 24 Billiton Hrit teUr D^ 24 KiUamey IS^ fel P° rts *4 Pontianak t» f n+ i>eu Saigon
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      • 493 14 ARRIVALS. hj Flao JH Vessel's Namb. and I Caftain. Fbok. Saihtd C 3 Rio. '^iQirn^ Apl. 21 Cleator Brit, ntr 317 Wood Amboina Vpril leu 21 ,G. G. Loudon Hut. str 7M Lin.lorwann Batavia April io^ 88 Son. 21 Breconehire Brit. str. 1240,riddy London Mar 1 L v en Co
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    • Page 15 Advertisements
      • 669 15 DB NEDEtfLANDSCH-INDISCHE STOOMYAAET 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 lie Company's Steamers running m connection with the mail steamers of the p. A O. S. N. Coy., may be expected
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      • 750 15 £>bip ©ompanfes* Probolingo. Besoekie, Panaroekan, SumaDa Kan 2 ean Banjoewangi, Bali- Boeleling C. The South Coast of Java.— *rom Batavia via Anjer for Tjilatjap and back on the 2nd of every month, calling at Patjitan every alternate month, beginning with the month of January. D. The West Coast of Sumatra.—
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      • 784 15 THE TIN JONG PAGAR DOOK (JO'M PANT LIMITED. The works of the Company are situated it Tnnjong Pagar, within one milp r>f the 'jown of Singapore, and comprin- tbe following establishments, viz Wh a f,f.— Affording b^rthaer*' fo- tw«i ty vessels atone time "with sufficient water Alongside for vessels of
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      • 672 15 BOfftf. TPE NEW HARBOUR DOCK CO PANY LIMITED. This Company executes ships' repairs )f all descriptions m the most efloienmanner under the superintendence of European Shipwrights and Engineers. No. 1 Graving Dock. Length— 4ls feet. Depth of water from 14 feet to 154 feet Width at Entrance 42 feet. No.
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      • 712 16 jHtettUmitow. THE ONLY TRADE MARK— PHOSPHODYNE. Sanctioned by Her Majesty's Government. ,oo Pr0t ol ed imder the Trade Marks Act (38 and 39 Vict., ch. 91). HEALTH, STRENGTH, AND ENERGY. DR. LALOR'S PHOSPHODYNE. Twenty Years Public Test, and Thousands of unimpeachable Testimonials from all parts of the World, establish nnSi.f
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      • 715 16 iHtsrdlanemis. Indies, The Colonies, Turkey, Asia, and other Hot Climates. Appointed Agents for Dr. Lalor Phosphodyne in India Treacher C's Bombay, Bycnlla, and Poona Smith, Stanistreet Co., Bathgate A Co., and Scott, Thompson Co., Calcutta H. R. Maynard, Penang; R. Robertson, CeylonE. Gillon A Co., Lahore; O'Hara Co., Bangalore; West
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      • 790 16 Mtsttllmeau*. Preparations with Liebio's Name. It may be remembered that some time since a controversy was raging in the medical journals as to the original inventor of a certain Obstetric Bag, wherein two eminent gynaecologists disputed the right of priority to certain improvements; others joined in the fray and this
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      • 610 16 iHttttllanrous, the only Reliable Reinedv f v ness. Nervous Debility. uJ£ n A°* of Power, Depression. F, M1 r d< Pimples, Imperfect Nutrition p Decline, Ac. n Pre n»a^ Dr. BRIGHT'3 PHOSPHnn^ the Best Known Remedy fo, Y J KB ia Liver Complants, and all F un Jr increments of
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