Straits Times Weekly Issue, 17 November 1883

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  • 27 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Series. Published for Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Steamer. Price 40 Cents VOL. XXXIX. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1883. NO. 3,23«
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  • 79 1 DE NEDERLANDSCH-INDISCHE STOOMYAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contracts with the Netherlands Indian Governments.) Head Ofpice, 13 Austin Friars, London, E. C. Head Agency Batavia. The following are the dates on which the Company's Steamers running in connection with the mail steamers of the P. A O. S. N. Coy.,
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  • 313 1 Netherlands Indian Ports Singapore Ist Class To Riouw 8 Muntok 28 Batavia 46 M Cheribon by direct steamer 60 m do via Batavia „67 Samarang by direct steamer 62 do via Batavia 71 Sourabaya by direct steamer 76 do via Batavia 87 M Banjermassin 117 Banjoewangie 138.20
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  • 127 1 LINES IN OPERATIO N FROM SINGAPORE. To Batavia via Riouw and Muntok, and back in correspondence with the mail steamers of the P. A O. Company every 14 days. Macassar and the Moluccos, via Cheribon, Samarang, Sourabaya, Bally Boeleling, Ampanan, every ten days. Acheen. via Penang, Edie, Telok-So-mawe, Samalangan and
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  • 659 1 and back on the sth, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th and 30th of every month. N.B.— The steamers sailing both from Batavia and Soerabaya on the 10th, 20th and 30th, shall also call at Cheribon, Tagal and Pekalongan during the favourable season. B. The East Coast op Java.—
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 603 1 plotters. Local Delivery. In Advance. Daily Edition I Wefkly Edition. Per Annum $24 1 Per Annum $16 Six Months 14 Six Months 9 Three Months.... 8 Three Months.... 5 In Arrear. Per Annum $30 1 Per Annum $18 Six Months 18 Six Months 10 Three Months.... 10 Three Months.... 6
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    • 542 1 &>team £>t)fp eompame** In tbe months of May, Jnly, September and November, via Bima, Maoemeri, Larentoeka. Timor Koepang and baek via Timor Koepang, "Kotti, Savoe, Nan games* 1 and Bima. L. lst. From Macassar via Bonthain, Boelekombs, Saleyer, Sindjay, and Boeton to Kendaribnai and back in via ths same places
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    • 578 2 ittt-tteilaiteous. LVI BEWARE OF IMITATIONS K and 1 EKRINS' O AUCE. The Original an i '-nuine"Y\7OHCi:STERSJrnn-: OAVK bears .he autograph signature of Lea and Perrins on a red label. Sold wholesale by the Proprietors, Worcester; and Crosse and Black well, London T EA and PERRINS' OAI'CE. Of and Oilmen throughout
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    • 721 2 floutts. THE ONLY TRADE PHOSPHODYNE. Sanctioned by Her Majesty's Government. Protected under t^e 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 Dr. LALOR'S PHOSPHODYNE the only
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    • 906 2 _Honres. Phosphodynk in India :—Treac her& Co Bombay, Byculli, and Poona Frnith Stanistreet Co., Bathgate Co., and Scott, Thomps on A 00., Calcutta H. H. Maynard, Penaug; It. Robertson, Ceylon; E. Gillon .v Co., Lahore; O'Hara ft 00., Baneal re; VV Madras; B. Bpeohly, Kurraohee Rangoon Dispensary, 215, Daihousie otrert.
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    • 686 2 DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S rILORODYNE. The Original and only IntfT/ini Advice to Invalids. If you wish pt obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from headache, relief from pain and anguish, to calm and Manage the weary a. hings of protracted disease, ini nervous mediV*, and regulate the circulating syof the body,
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE.
    • 10 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, 17th NOVEMBER, 1883.
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    • Domestic Occurrences.
      • 19 1 LAT 12 Tank Road, Singapore, on the 12th Nov., the wife of Alfred W. Lkrmit of a 8011.
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      • Article, Illustration
        150 1 Allan— Mflvii.le.— On November 13th, iBS3,at the R >man Jatholic Church of the' Holy Rosary, Amoy, China, hy the Revd. P. Sainz, assisted by the Revd. Vails, and afterwards at Her Brirannic Maj-sty's ConsnJate, William J seph Allan, of Fulham, England, to Margaret Mary ftfWriLLE, only daughter of the
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    • 169 1 LATEST MARKET QUOTATION Singapore, 17th November. 1883. Gambier 7.025. Black Pepper 14.90. White Pepper, fair quality. 28. Sago Flour, Sar 2.72*. Pearl Sago 3.05. Coffee, Bonthyne 14.30. Tapioca, small Flake 3.15. Tin 27.62*. iOs. Mule twist !>4. 1 8* lbs. Shirtings 1.52*. 7do do 1,124. 6
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    • 1259 1 The P. O. mail steamer Kaiaar-I-Hmd, arrived here with the London mail of the 19th October, on Friday the 16th instant, and the P. O. steamer Rohilla leaves with this week's homeward mail on Monday the 19th, the last homeward mail having been despatched on Tuesday
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    • 588 1 Tuesday, 13th November, 1888. His Honor the Acting Chief Justice. The Hon'ble the Officer Com. the Troops. n the Acting Colonial Secretary. the Attorney-General. the Colonial Treasurer. His Houour the Acting Chief Justice The Minutes of the previous meeting are read and confirmed. The Attorney-General moves, and the
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    • Page 1 Advertisements
      • 238 1 IMPORTANT NOTICE FORS^LE. (0»~of the Managing P, oprie tor's The well known CHASSERIATJ ESTATE VMaV^t l be diBtricc cf R Timah This Estate has a total acreage of 310ft f acres. 3 rood* 2 noi** *Z _V 'U8 lotofwhiVh iq7m P comprised m one lot of which 1%1 acres. 3
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    • 4328 2 11. E. the Governor and staff left Penang for Laroot on Friday evening, the 9th insfc., after witnessing the Regatta which took place that day in Penang Harbour in very boisterous weather. This charge of arson against Abdul Gunny, the Kling cloth-shop keeper, in whose shop
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    • 424 3 Tuesday, 6th November, 1883. Present. His Honour the Acting Chief Justice. The Hon'ble the Acting Colonial Secretary. the Attorney General. the Colonial Treasurer. the Acting Auditor- General. I. S. Bond. J. Graham. W. G. Gulland. R. B. Read. His Honour the Acting Chief Justice presided. The minutes of
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    • 280 3 The following is the Calendar for the sixth Assizes, which commenced on Tuesday, the 13th instant, Mr. Justice Ford presiding, and the Attorney General, Hon'ble Mr. Bonser, prosecuting. 1. Eng Ah Yoh, Lam A.h Toy, and Koy Ah Seah, murder and culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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    • 297 3 (From a Correspondent.) H. H. the Maharajah of Johore returned to his capital, Johore Bahru, on the Bth in st., alter an absence of six months on a visit to Saigon, China, and Japan, for purposes of pleasure and observation. His Highness, who looked well and in good
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    • 282 3 H. K. the Governor has been pleased, subject to the approval of Her Majesty's Government, to recognize Sr. Don Ricardo Rodriguez Diez as Acting Consul in charge of the Spanish Consulate, Singapore, during the absenco on leave of Sr. Don Arturo Baldasano y Topete. H. E.
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    • 990 3 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of this bank was held on Wednesday, 17th October at the Cannon-street Hotel London for the purpose of declaring an interim dividend. Mr. W. Paterson, who occupied the chair, stated that nothiug had occurred of an
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    • 2134 4 The directors of this company state that since the issue of their circular of July 28th last they have received closed accounts from their branches, and it is now ascertained that the exact balance at the credit of profit and loss amounts to C 80, 402 17s. lQd.
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    • 518 4 We take the following items from our Australian exchanges Sydney, 9th Oct.— By the mail from Noumea we have intelligence from the New Hebrides. The French schooner Energy, which arrived at Noumea on 28th September, reports that three more murders have been committed at Api, and one not
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    • 228 5 fFor Straits Times.) France and England. London, lOth Nov.— At the banquet in the Guild Hall Mr. Gladstone expressed his warmest sympathies with France, and said that the settlement of the Madagascar incident confirmed the Entente Cordial e between the two countries. M. Waddington spoke with emphasis of
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    • 963 5 !(From Ceylon and Indian papers.) London, %Qth October. Major General Dillon has been appointed to the command f the Bangalore division. News from Jeddah states that cholera las broken out at that port, and that all rilgrim steamers are being sent to El rhor to undergo twenty-one days'
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    • 3455 5 The Execi tive and Legislative Councils of Hongkong. Hongkong is now a happy family were. The Governor and the o-ovemed are in accord. Iu Sir George Bowen, tha busy residents of the Isle of Fragrant Streams" appear to have got at, last a Governor after their
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    • 916 6 The Chamber of Commerce comprises the principal Merchants and Bankers of all the races settled in Hongkong, including the Chinese. There is no Chamber of Agriculture, because Agriculture can hardly be said to exist on this rocky Island. Justice8 of the Peace.f I propose tha 1 in pursuance of the
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    • 914 6 t The Justices of Peace are now 52 in num. i her, including three Chinese* 15 I have consulted the members <f thp existing ExecuVeand Legislative CoinoUi respecting the proposals sub-ri ted in this despatch and they have a fiVl their cordial agreement. The voice f the com munity at
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    • 471 6 •The Omee of Auditor General_U|W combined for some years paal wiA tha' Colonial Secretary, r Jr I members to represent tbe public opinion of the Colony, as expressed by some of its leading business institutions, I thVk it desirable, in order to maintain the present Proportion of official to un„<
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    • 678 7 The Government has not yet heard the last of Ordinance No. X of 1883, nor is it likely to do so for some time. It is styled an Ordinance to prevent encroachments on Crown Lands, but lawyers and owners and mortgagees of landed property are
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    • 1212 7 BHCBOAOHINa on Crown Lands. Ordinance No. X of 1883 was passed professedly for the purpose of discovering and punishing persons who 'nave unlawfully occupied or encroached 'upon Crown Lands, and of preventing or punishing such encroachments in future. That there have been such encroachments, and upon a large scale too,
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    • 460 7 The Australian Colonies seem determined to obtain a reduction on the present rates for telegraphic communication with Europe, and probably that will be the only practical outcome of the conference of delegates from all the Colonies which is to assemble in Sydney on the 30th instant, although the
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    • 1776 7 An esteemed correspondent, who resided for some time in Perak, has sent us an interesting communication on the position and prospects of the Malay inhabitants of the protected Native States. It is somewhat too long for publication, but we shall endeavour to give a
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    • 2153 8 The last Government Gazette contains the Administration Report of the Hon. Major McNair, Resident Councillor of Penang, on that Settlement for 1882. The Report itself is very brief, and we give it in full but there is a vast amount of other matter added, most of
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    • 1267 9 J. M. M., in his weekly social and political letter from London to the Bombay Gazette, writing on the sth Octoher, gives the following explanation of the rage of the Parisians against King Alphonso of Spain. It is plausible enough certainly, but makes out Prince Bismarck
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    • 2151 9 Tin-; Tonquin correspondent ol the Times, (Mr. A. R. Colquhoun) writing from Marseilles on the tth Octob after having learnt all the late.M NBWH and the deadlock in the negotiations between China and France with regard to Tonquin! gives bis views as follows with regard to the
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    • 1494 10 t translated from Manila newspaper*. By direction of the Governor General of the Philippines, scientific researchhave been oilicially undertaken in the ilmost unexplored island of Palawan, e arrival of the exploring party there being thus noticed by a correspondent Puerto Princesa in that island in the trio de
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    • 2941 10 (Translated Jrom Dutch newspapers.) Batavia, 31st October. The Government surveying vessel Hydrograaf returned hither a few days ago from Sunda Straits, the whole of which has now been resurveyed and mapped out afresh. During the survey, it became apparent that the navigable water in Sunda Straits has
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    • 1133 11 Wi take t be following correspondence from our Hongkong contemporaries. The "Special" of the China Mail writes Haiphong, 29M Oct. After anything but a pleasant run from Hongkong, 1 arrived here safely yesterday afternoon. Nothing occurred to make it worth while giving you any account
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    • 2957 11 We take the following from the Merchants and Planter* Gazette, of the 6th October By the steamer Argo which arrived yesterday from Tamatave via Reunion we have received news from Madagascar up to the 6th instant. The Hovas have discontinued their night attacks upon Tamatave and are now
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    • 892 12 That coal existed in Tonquin bas been known for sometime, but in what quantity and of what quality has been uncertain. An official report, however, has lately been published in the "Annates des Mines" for 1882, by two French Engineers, Messrs. Poena and Saladin, which
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    • 1370 12 The following remarks on North Borneo I'.y. Hongk i-respoudent of The Ti, nee will be read with interest: Hongkong, ,2oth A ug.— The opinions which are entertained respecting the success of the North Borneo colonization scheme are most conflicting. Resideuts in North Borneo possessing capital and having
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    • 618 13 Wednesday, 14th November. Before Mr. Justice Ford, Actg. Chief Justice. Charge o» Kidnapping a Girl. Leong Ah Pat, a woman, was charged under five counts with kidnapping an Annamese girl named Aboh 20 years old, and bringing her from Hongkong to this Colony for purposes
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    • Correspondence.
      • 778 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Witb reference to the above, and my letter to the Straits Times of the Bth instant, I would like to acquaint you that the warders at Singapore prison are taking a very lively interest in
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      • 91 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, It is true? and if it be, has the attention of the Straits Government been drawn to what coolies tell me is a fact, that the passage money, though remaining at $10 from Negapatam to Singapore, can, on
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      • 315 13 To the Editor of the Straits Timet. Sir, With a feeling that it May be encouraging to those who subscribe to, and take interest in, the Sailor's Best in this place, to know how much it is appreciated by the sailors of the men-01-war now in port,
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    • Page 13 Miscellaneous
      • 248 13 SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED 1883. July 16 Fratelli Doge Cardiff 30 Plinio Cardiff. 31 Gio Batta do Aug. 3 Esperance do m 3 Arvio do 8 Revolving Light do M 10 Giuseppina Bertollo do 13 Madeline Rickmers do 22 Olaf Trygvason do 23 Shannon do 24 Pembrokeshire do 25 Maria Raffo
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    • Page 14 Miscellaneous
      • 1602 14 j^^ ARRIVALS. CLEARANCES. ~~ii Flag j I 5 V»ssb_*B Nana. and Captain. From. Sailed. Consionkks. Date. Vksskl's Namk. IFlag A Rie. Captain. Dsstination. Q Rio- H Nov Nov. 9 Chow Phya Brit. str. Smith Samarang ft Cheribon 10 Emirae M.M. str 727 Barthelemy Batavia L\ T ov. IM. Maritimes. 9
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    • Page 15 Advertisements
      • 631 15 LIE BIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT. Finest and Cheapest Meat Flavouring Stock for Soups, Made Dishes and Sauces Invaluable for India, as an efficient tonic in all cases of weakness. Keeps good in the hottest climates and for any length of time. Lieblg Company's Extract op Mkat "Is a success
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      • 565 15 iHtsrtllaiumis. Marks Statute, without further notice Dr. BRIGHT'S PHOSPHODYNE En- I riches the Blood, Strengthens the Nerves j and Muscular System, Promotes Appetite and Improves Digestion. Dr. BRIGHT'S PHOSPHODYNE Animates the Spirits and Mental Facultes, and thoroughly recruits and re-establshes. the General Bodily Health. Dr. BRIGHT'S PHOSPHODYNE is the only
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      • 533 15 Cigars, Manila, Havanna, Deli, Burmah and Coconada. Tobaccos, Golden Leaf, Birds Eye, Turkish, Ac. Ac. Cigarettes, fine qualities. Hardware Department. Bedsteads, Iron of all sizes, and bedding made to order. Cooking Utensils, enamelled and plain. Chubb's Box Locks, Padlocks, Drawer and Desk Locks. Barron'a do. do. do. Hink'B Patent Duplex
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      • 781 15 Bork* There are commodious Godowns erecte on the Wharf for the storage of goods vhicb the Company coyer against risk by are under and subject to the conditions of their open Policies at the rates of premium *et forth in their scale of charges, when generally or specially instructed to
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    • Page 16 Advertisements
      • 394 16 r TREASURYoftheTHROAT v I GICQUEL'S LOZENGES composed of CHLORATE of POTASH (Bertholet's salt) ARE THE BEST MEDICAMENT AGAINST THR P£ T EXTINCTION OF THE VOICE, QUINSY. APHTiC ANGINA. CROUP, GANGRENE OF THE MOUTH, SCORBUT, ETcT' ANC,NA They tre Indispensable to all persons who are obliged to speak frequently. m m
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      • 619 16 j QUINA-LAROCHE Ferrugineux SYRUP In spite of the ever Increasing success of the -barocbe Bark QUltf A- X. AROCHE which bas been bonored with a prize of 16,600 francs, a Cold Medal, etc., there are many cases in which the Sensibility and Irritation of the mucous membranes may cause apreference
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      • 275 16 This Great Household Mbdicdj ranks amongst thk leading NECESSARIES of LIKE. These famous Pills purify the BLOOD, _jjfc iat most powerfullv, \-<>t soothingly, on the, LIVER, STOMACH, KIDNEYS, md BOWELS, giving tone, energy, and vi>' to these great MA IV SPRINGS OF Llpg,v They are confidently recommended as a never.
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