Straits Times Weekly Issue, 13 September 1883

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  • 27 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. Nkw Series Published tor Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Stbamkr. Price U) Cl VOL. XXXIX. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1883. NO. 3,227
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 583 1 Local Delivery. iIN Advance. Daily Edition. Weekly Edition. >er Annum ?24 Per Annum $16 '"ths 14 I Six Months 9 Kree Months.... 8 Three Months.... 5 In Arrear. Vr Annum $:*0 I Per Annum $18 ix Months 18 Six Months 10 hree Months.... 10 Three Months.... 8 oreign Dflivfry Including
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    • 526 1 strain Companies. DE NEDERLANDSCH-INDISCHE STOOMVAART M AATSCHA.PPIJ. Under Contracts with the Netherlands, Tndian (4overnmt nts Hfap Office, 13 Austin Friars, London. E. O, Hkad Agency Batavia. The following are the dates on which the Oompany's Steamers running m conn "etion with the mnil steamers of the P. A O S.
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    • 667 1 3>teatn £>i)tp Compames, *r.d back on the sth, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th and 30th of every month. N.B. The steamers sailing both from Bat h via and Soerabaya on the 10th. 20th and 30th, shall also call at Cheribon, Tagal and Pekalongan during the favourable season The East Coast op
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    • 536 1 attain £>fttp CompaniesIn the months of May, July, September and November, vi:i Bima, Maoemeri. Larentoeka, Timor Koepang and back via Timor Koepang, Kotti, Savoe, Nangamessi and Bima. L Ist. From Macass-tr via Bonthain, Boelekomba, Saleyer, Sindjay, and Boeton to Kendaribaai and back m via tbe same places on 12th of
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 602 2 iWtsrellaneous* NEWARK OF IMITATIONS T EAand IEKRINS' The Original and > Genuine. XTTORCESTERSHTKE OAUCM bea theautograph signature of bea and P( rrins on a red label. Sold wholesale by the Proprietors! Worcester; and Croese and Black well. London J BA and PERRINS' y< UJCE. t>i < trooen and < Oilmen
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    • 777 2 THE NORTH-CHINA INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Incorporated with Limited Liability under the Companies Acts 1^62 to 1880, whereby the liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of their Shares. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Subscribed Capital— £1,000,000 SterU lino. Equivalent, at Exchange Five Shillings per Tael, of Taels. 4.000,000 Shanghai Currency. In 5,000
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    • 700 2 thereof, will be available for allotment by the Directors of the "North .China. INSURANCE Company, Limited." Applications for shaies from firms or individuals desirous of obtaining un interest m the Company whether thareholdera m the North-( hina Insurance ComPany" or not should be m the from subjoined, and adde-sed to
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    • 787 2 plotters. the cure of Debility, Nervous and Mind Diseases. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaints m all their various forms. The Promptness and Certainty of its action is such that when the fire of life seems to be dying out m the system, and the mind sympathising with tbe body, the man
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    • 713 3 iHterellaneous. 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 assuage the weary aehings of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous media, and regulate the circulating systems of
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    • 747 3 iMtstelianeaus. LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT. Finest and Cheapest Meat Flavouring Stock for Soups, Mad" Dishes and Sauces. Invaluable for India, as an efficient tonic m all cases of weakness Keeps good m the hottest climates and for any length of time. Liebig Company's Extract of M at, Is a
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    • 799 3 tfUsrrllantmis. PreparationswithLiehio'sName. Ttmay be remembered that some time since a controversy was raging m the medical journals as to the original inventor of a certain < mstetrie Bag, wherein two eminent gyn;i loorists disputed the right of priority to certain improvements others joined m the fray and this WOrdy warfare
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    • 671 3 iHferellanrous* the only Reliable Remedy for Nervousness. Nervous Debility, Lassitude, Loss of Power, Depression. Female Complaints, Pimples. Ivi perfect Nutrition, Prematnre Decline, &c Dr. BRIGHT'^ PHOSPHODYNE is the Best Known Remedy foi Indigestion. Liver Complants, and all Functional Derangements ..f either sex. Dr. BRIGHT'S PHOSPHODYNE.— The beneficial effects of the
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    • 429 4 f TREASURY oftheTHROAT 1 PA 4* sH r 4'\lrnKs ri W m^mikm d^iljrClasse \1 \\a\ .^paris. J GICQUEL'S LOZENGES composed of CHLORATE of POTASH (Bertholet's salt) ARE THK BEST MEDICAMENT AGAINST SORE THROAT, EXTINCTION OF THE VOICE, QUINSY, APHT>C, ANGINA. CROUP, GANGRENE OF THE MOUTH, SCORBUT, ETC. They are Indispensable
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    • 698 4 QUINA-LAROCHE Ferrugineux SYRUP In spite of the ever Increasing success of the X.aroche Bark QUINA LAROCHE which has been honored with a prize of 16,600 francs, a Gold IVXedal, etc., there are many cases m which the Sensibility Irritation of the mucous membrane may cause a preference to be shown
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    • 346 4 This (treat Houskhomj Medicir RANKS kMONOST THE LEADUPJ NECKSS kRIBS l Ij! These famous Fill- puri'y the BLOOD, and j t«-l most powerfnllv, yet soothingly, oi the LIVER, STOMACH, KIDNEYS, md F.< >W 1". 1,5. _rjvi ,"t« ne, en erg v. and vigour great MALN SPRINGS OF LIFEThey are confidently
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE.
    • 10 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, 13th SEPTEMBER, 1883.
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    • Domestic Occurrences.
      • 16 1 At Sophia Road, on the 9th Sept the wife of Ernst Haderup, of a daughter.
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      • 30 1 On Tuesday, 4th September, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, by tbe Revd. W. H. G'*mes b. d., tbe father of the bride, Aliert Blair Cooper to Alice Ellen Goif£B.
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    • 172 1 STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, 13th SECT., 1883. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS, Singapore, 13th September, 1833. Gambier 7. Black Pepper 16.65. White Pepper, fair quality. 26.^ Sago Flour, Sar 2.70 Pearl Sago 3.12*. Coffee, Bonthyne 12.75. Tapioca, small Flake 3.25. Tin 29.50. 40b. Mule twist 94. Bi lbs. Shirtings 1.55. 7 do do
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    • 943 1 The Legislative Council met on Monday, the 10th iust., when the debate was resumed on the Hon. Mr. Gulland's motion regarding the purchase of Messrs. Sandilands, Buttery Co/s property at Penang, which was very lively, but no report of the proceedings has yet been made public.
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    • 64 1 The following vessels were, reported as loading for the Straits or China on the 10th August Achilles s at London. Gienelg 8. do. Glenfruin s do. Kangaroo s do. Laju s. do. Nestor s. Liverpool. Sarpedon s do. Aj.*i s. 4jpK Giuseppe Bertolotti Cardiff M. Riekmers do. Olap Trygvasen do.
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    • 341 1 The following letter, received from Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Batavia, it published: British Consulate, Batavia, \at September, 1883. Sir. —From reports tbat are now to hand it appears that the passage between the islands of Krakatau and Sibesie, which is the channel usually traversed by
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    • 253 1 A meeting of the Penang and Province Wellesley Planters' Association was held m Penang on the 3rd September. There were present. L. C. Brown Esq. Chairman: Hon'ble J. M. Vermont. Messrs. B. L. Roberts, J. J Tair, Kboo 800 Ann, H. de Mornay, F.
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    • Page 1 Advertisements
      • 114 1 FOR SALE. A Flw Weik^ with the Malays. In pamplet form. Price 50 cents per copy. "Straits Times" Office, Singapore 26th April, 1883. NOW READY. P NOTES OF A JOURNEY Across the Isthmus of Kra. Made with the French Government Survey Expedition, January April, 1883. With explanatory Map and Sections,
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    • Page 1 Miscellaneous
      • 128 1 passengers* 1^ Per P. and O. steamer Bavenna, on the 6th inst. For Penang. Messrs. Saver and E. Brown, Professor and Madame HaseK meyer and 3 Assistants and Mr. and Mrs. Chooyen and \L children. For Colomboo— Mr. F. S. Deacon. For Bombay. Mr. E. A. Solomon. for Trieste —Mr.
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      • 193 1 and infant From Singapore Revd. H. L. Mackerzie, Mr. C. Capelle and Mr. Hong Tye. For Shanghai. From London Mr. and Mrs. Connell. From Brindisi Mr. W. N, Purdon, Revd. J. L^sbuber. Revd. F. Bartels, Revd. J. Bucker. Revd. C. Lembrock. Brothers H. Blaes and P. Derver. For Yokohama. From
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    • 3178 2 The wreck of the I'nited States steamer Ashuelot, at Lammoek Koeks was sold at Hongkong on the 31st August, to Captain Ashton, the highest tenderer, for 8300. The total return of visitors to the Rallies Library and Museum during the week ending Friday, 7th September 1883,
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    • 3217 3 The Penang Gazette of the Oth Septem- j ber publishes the following return of the exports of Tin from Larut from Ist .January to 31st July 1883, the figures being furnished by Mr. Walter 11. W Audit Clerk, Perak, to Mr. W. Scott, Inspector of Mines M^
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    • 1578 4 We are informed that the telegram received from the Governor General of Netherlands India on the 31st ultimo, did not, as was generally understood at the time, refer to the offer made from here of assistance to the sufferers from the calamitous disasters m Sunda Straits,
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    • 1829 4 fFor Straits Times.) Tonqi'in. London, hth Sept. It is reported that 15,000 Chinese troops have crossed the Tonquin frontier. The French I Government has decided to send strong reinforcements. The Royal Family. Prince Albert Victor of Wales has been created Knight of the Garter. TONU_I IN. London, 6th
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    • 952 5 The Municipal Commissioners. Section 111 of the Indian Municipal Act No. XIV of 1556, An Act for the Conservancy and Improvement of the Towns of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay and the several stations of the Settlement of Prince of Wales' Island, Singapore, and Malacca, reads as
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    • 666 5 'Ihk French Press, echoed by the Italian and Spanish Press, have been accusing England with a childish ignorance which is ridiculous, but with an open-mouthed viruleuce which is deserving of the severest reprobation, of wilfully introducing Cholera into Egypt from Bombay and the occasion has been seized by the
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    • 1192 5 This bill has passed through committee without much* alteration, and will, as amended, probably soon become law. Passing by, for the present, the serious objections to the principle of the measure, it may be instructive to consider what changes it will effect m the law regarding
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    • 950 6 A case tried m the Supreme Court yesterday brought to light a curious anomaly m the working of this Ordinance, with respect to the return of any of the deportees to the Colony without the permission of the Government m tbat the only law
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    • 775 6 (By Nemo) The active members of the Art Club were supposed to have objected so much to the cutting up their works received from those cruel cruel men m the papers that they had firmly decided never again to favour the public with a chance of
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    • 6987 6 A correspondent writes from Selangor as follows under date Ist Sept.:— I looked for the arrival of the Strait* Timet yesterday (Friday) with much cariosity, to see if therein I could find any explanation of the sounds heard here last Sunday and Monday. They
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    • 1193 8 The Tonquin correspondent of the Hongkong Daily Press gives the following particulars of tbe engagement near Hanoi, with the Black Flags Important Engagembnt near Hanoi. Haiphong, 19th August.— lmportant news has come down from Hanoi since my last. On the morning of the 15th inst General Bouet made
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    • 5402 9 U c make room for tbe following 1 special correspondence from the China Mail and the Daily Press, Hongkong m tbe order named from each paper. Hanoi, 2\st August.— My necessarily short despatch of the 17th inst. informed you of the engagement which took place at
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    • 753 10 The Executive Committee of the Calcutta Exhibition have published the following regulations: 1. The opening ceremony will take place at IT a. m„ on Tuesday, 4th December. The Exhibition will be open from 9 a.m. to holders of season and invitation tickets /ree. Tickets of adminsion
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    • 839 10 We take the following items from the English man of the 2Sth August:— Lahore, 22nd Aug.— A Peshawar correspondent telegraphs a widely spread rumour m the city of Peshawar that Amir Abdul f Rahman Khan has been assassinated by his cousin Azeez Khan. Sirdar Zakaria Khan now m
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    • 1811 11 (Translated from Dutch newspapers.) M Batavia. ]Sth August. —The commander of the steamer Madura, belonging to the "Nederland" Company, which arrived here on the 15th instant, reports that, on the day, before, when steaming past Krakatau the ashes from the crater continually fulling far and wide m
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    • 3047 11 [Translated from Spanish newspapers.) Manila. Ith August. letter received by us from Sooloo d ited 28th July contains th.- following intelligence: A few day-* ago a Ri itisb yacht was one hours m ibe roadstead here with th.- Elsj i of Borneo on board. She haa left f>r
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    • 1827 12 Before Mr. Justice lord. Tuesday, 11th September. Chua Ah You, was charged with having snatched a crossang or native bro from the cabayah of a Malay woman named Amina, m a pawnbrokers' sile shop m South Bridge Road, whither she bad gone to buy a sarong. She ciught
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    • 1613 13 We take the following items from the Sarawak Gazette of the Ist August Coroners' Courta.— Extract from the pro. ceedings of the Supreme Council, Sarawak, September 1871. The clauses relative to the aopointment of Coroners for the purpose of examining and reporting on all persons who meet with
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    • 1318 13 Y\ B take the following items from the Shanghai papers of the illli Aug 1 A short time ago we quoted a letter from the North announcing that Li Huug-chang was exoeeted to leave agiin for the South ere long. Our informant had actually re« ceived official
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    • 812 13 (From our own Correspondent.) Bangkok, BOM August. His gracious M ijesty the Supreme King of Siam, held a grand Audience on the 15'h iustant, m honour of his grandfather the first Roya! Prince of tbe Dynasty. The occasion was the completion of the term during which his grandfather
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    • Correspondence.
      • 610 14 To the Editor oj the Straits Times. SIR, There is one actually, to be found now and again but, m this case, as, unhappily, m so many others m the wrong place. From all that I can gainer, with respect to tbe case m point, there seem to
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      • 137 14 To the Editor of the Strait* Times. Sir, —With reference to the lt rider," appended to the Juror's verdict given on the body of the late Engineer of the German steamer Picciola, which appeared m your issue of the 10th instant, I beg to inform you tbat
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      • 1106 14 {To the Editor of the Straits Times.') Sir, In your issue of Saturday last you inserted an article which contained inaccuracies respecting the relations between the Municipal Commissioners and their Engineer, Mr. T. Cargill. It was at mtf private request that Mr. Cargill wrote the letter which
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      • 667 14 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —My old friend, Mr. John Capper, Editor of the Times of Ceylon requested me to give him a few notes on the Austrollungaiian Lloyd's Service, and such I have jotted down. If you think them, at first hand, worthy of
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      • 215 14 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—As the residents of Sirangong I Koad are now made to pay Water rate on 9 account of 3 standards placed on it, it/ is to be hoped tbat additional standards be placed somewhere between the Ist and
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      • 196 14 A young (very) bachelor sends us the following for publication The Declaration. Madame,—Most worthy of my admiration after lonjj consideration, and much meditation, of the great reputation you possess m the nation, I have a strong inclination to become your relation. On your ap-
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    • Page 15 Miscellaneous
      • 1844 15 ARRIVALS. CLEARANCES. m Flag 7~~ T~ and Captain. From. Sailed Consignees. Date. Vessel's Name. I Flag A Rio.l Caitaih. DisnifATlOw. Jtl H sLetimbro rsAi to^.iv Sopt 4 Cambodia Brit. str. Wildgoose Honirkon_f 5 Siak Dui'str li?? e Rf rC hl irdiff July 2S Maack&Co. Ganymede Brit. str. For Deh^ f
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