Straits Times Weekly Issue, 5 April 1884

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    28 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Skkies Publwhkd iok Transmission by Every Homkwakd Mail Steamki.. Vku i: -in Cents VOL XL. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRI_L 5, 1884. XO. 3,256
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      603 1 NOTK E. Subscribers are requested to intimate us early as possible whether they wish to pay their eobacriprtons in advance for the ensuing jear, and their attention i_ requested to the terms of subscription, which are an follows i-OCAL Delivery. In Advance. Daily Edition Weekly Edition. Per Annum $24 I
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      481 1 potters. Job Printing Department. This Department is now under the control of an experienced European Supreintendent. and is capable of executing alordet* for Bills of Lading, Shipping Orders Bupineas Card?, Bill Heads, Funeral Cards Ball Programmes, Manifests, Permits, And every description of Job Printing. 11 Colly tr C^uay, Singapore, 17th
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      139 1 £>team *t)fo compames* LINES IN OPERATION FPOM SINGAPORE. To Batavia via Riouw and Muntok _xnd back in correspondence with the ma.'l steamers of the P. O. S. N. Coy., every fortnight. n Acheen and Pofloe Bras via Penang, Edi, Telok Semawe, Samalangan and Pedir and back, every 28 d.iys. M
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      556 1 £>ttam £>fttp Compantt* Singapore for Riou was soon as possibl after the arrival at Riouw of the steamer specified in service No. 11l A. and B. IV". Banka, Palembang. A. From Batavia via Muntok for Palembang and back on the 25th of every month. N v B. There is also
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      441 1 MAIL SERVICES. 1 Java. A. North Coast. From Batavia via Samarang for Soerabaya and back, on the sth, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th and 30th of every month to the 25th February, and again every five days from the Ist of March. N. B.— The steamers sailing both from Batavia and
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      546 2 iHittrllaittou*. BEWARE OP [MI TIONS 4r'_U3A and I EltRI NS J Oi LM 15 The Origij rinrORCK STERSHIRE V J i: of Le Perrins on a red lal pr! and I .•11 London IT EA and PERRINS 1 QATJ Of Grocers and < )ilmen throughout the world. Singapore Agents. Sdessrs.
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      641 2 iHtsrdlaneou Vendor* and Cheap J)n Onsor on I LepuJPB V i >r. Lalor'sTi irk M of India. IMPO M Ge Uar*t Phi England, is y flam of each bottle, r tie beam tlu< British u Stamp with the words Dr K -»'i,-'s Vhopphodyne. London Er thereon by 0<-.7>'/-of T tty'i
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      733 2 4Hicrellamoi!3. DM JWLLTS TIROWNK'P H vmODYME. The Ok <:inw. and ont.y Guruis*. Advice to l> slids. If you wi<h o( ob« tain quiet, refreshing sleep, freS from hesdpebe, relief from rviin and anguish, and m- i jo ihe weary aching ed disen invigorate tbe oerroua •i V *be o •*<
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE.
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      10 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, oni APRIL, 1884.
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      SATURDAY, 5th APRIL, 1884.
      173 1 LATEST MAKKET QUOTATU >NS. Singapore sth April, 1834. Gambier 7.325. Blaok Pepper 17.12.. White Pepper, fair quality. Sago Flour, Sar 2.35. PeariSago 290. Ooffee, Bonthyne 14.75. Tapioca, small Flake 3.15. Tin 2b'.25. 40a. Mule twist !'l. Si lbs. Shirtings 1.52*. 7 do do 1.42.. 6 doT.Cloth
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        BIRTHS.
        38 1 At the Grove, Tanjong Katong, on the Ist April, the wife ot Mr. 0. E. Crane' of a daughter. At the Hotel De La Paix un the 3id April, the wife of Captain Hohlmann of a Daughter.
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        DEATH.
        26 1 At Bonnyorass, Singapore, on the 6th of April, Maby Elizabeth, the beloved wife of R. Little, M. D.,Er. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
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      Passengers.
      166 1 Per P. and O. steamer Nepaul, on the ith April. For Singapore. —From London.- Miss Thornton, Miss Heily, Mr. A. Billingtin, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. VV 2 none mmissioned officers, 2 'Vrpomfs, 6 Privates, 2 women and children.' From Colombo: Mr. J. Robertson. From Peaanp: Dr. Hogan, Mr.
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      Summary of the Week.
      1296 1 The last weekly issue of the Straits Times was dated Saturday, the 29th March. The homeward French Messeageries steamer Iraouaddj was despatched at noon on Tuesday, the 1 April, witb the mails via Naples. The P. O. steamer Nepaul arrived on Friday with the English mail
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      Government Gtazette, 4th April.
      389 1 H. B. Governor Sir Frederick A. Weld has been pleased to grant to Sir Hugh Low, cc.ir.o., Resident of Perak, vacation leave for three months, from the 27th March, to be followed by leave of ablence with half salary for nine months. H. E. Governor Sir
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        295 1 IMPORTANT NOTICE. FOR SALE. On account of the Managing Proprietor's I ill-health.) The well known CHASSERIAU ESTATE, situ^'-d in the district cf Bukit Timah. tb > Estate has a total acreage of 3,108 Tores, 3 roods, 2 poles, comprised in one cat of which 1 ,961 acres, 3 roods, 2
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      News of the Week.
      4106 2 Last month tbe Sailors' Rest was made use of bv "»21 men. The total return of visitors to the RafLibrary and Bfuseum during the week ending Friday, 4th April, LBB4, was 611. An inquest was held by Dr. Mugliston mer, on the 30th ult., at tbe
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      Swearing in of His Excellency the Acting Governor.
      331 3 On Saturday the 29th March, at half papt four, the ceremony of swearing in the Hon'ble Cecil C. Smith, C.M.G., as tbe Officer Administering the Government of the Straits Settlements, took plaeein tbe Legislative Council) Cham ber. There wen 1 present His
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      Penang News.
      945 3 We take tbe following items trom tbe Penang Gazette of 2<i_h March The Nisero Case. There is no further news regarding the above case, and since there is no British man-of-war on the spot to keep them provided with provisions we can well imagine their condition will by
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      REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
      179 3 f¥or Straits Times.) Obituary. London, 2*31/1 March. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold died on Friday morning. He had a fall at the Nautical Club, Cannes, on Thursday. The cause of death is believed to have been apoplexy. The Soudan. London, Z\st March. The latest news from General Gordon
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      Telegraphic Summary.
      1074 3 {From English and lndivn papers.) London, 18M March. The Marquis of Hartington in moving the army estimates in the House of Commons yesterday said that the prolongation of the occupation of Egypt necessitates an increase of two thousand five hundred men. His Lordship pointed out the unprecedented increase
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      Topics of the Day.
      5343 4 Prance and China. The Situation. France bas carried everything before her in Tonquin, and is H3W mistress not only of that rich, many-rivered Delta, but also practically of the whole of Annam, for the Emperor has not only openly disallowed and decla at an end the
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      The Lilliputians.
      465 5 Ok Saturday night the Pollard troupe performed for the third time the comic opera of The Little Duke, to a large au~ dience. It is perhaps one of the most pleasing oj be Company plays, and vas particularly well rendered on this Miss Marion Norm m as The
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      Tonquin News.
      3387 6 Tut: Fall o* Bacninh. The special correspondent of the China Mail, writing under date 15th March, gives the following particulars of the French attack on Bacninb and the subsequent operations Bacninh, loth March. The long awaited coup ha< been struck and Bacninh is in the hands of the
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      The Soudan.
      1917 7 The Battle of El Teb anu Relief of Tokar. The French mail brings particulars of the recent engagement of General Baker's army with Osman Digna's forces at tbe battle of KI Teb, and the subsequent relief of Tokar bv tbe British troops. Tbe Ceylon Observer publishes the following
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      The Battle of El Teb, 29th February.
      5356 7 We make room to-day for the following account by Mr. Cameron, the special correspondent of the Standard, of the Battle of El Teb, fought on the 29th February, near Tokar, between the British Relieving Force of some 4,600 men under General Graham, and
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      Phillippine News.
      1632 9 -anslated from Manila newspapers.) Sooloo. Ou {Saturday last, we received the following letter from tins station dated 29th ultimo —On the morning of the 23rd, news of the Sultan's deith s received here. There is every probability of either Datu Alhusin or the Rajah Muda being chosen to
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      Netherlands Indian News.
      2183 9 Tra I) uf'-// it. rs. Hitivia. I'.tk Marrk. —in the Locomo Hef, a Simtrui,' newspaper, the subject of the consul ite a* (Singapore is fully discussed, tbe gre .t merits of dr. Re ii, our venerable coasul there, being, first of all set in a proper light.
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      Shorthand Report of the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
      859 10 l! OB DAY, 31ST IfABCH, 1 PaEsEMK His Excellency the Acnng G pernor. His Honour the Act ng Chief Justice The Hon'bl the Officer Comdg. the Troop*. the^rcti ng Colonial Secretary. tray Attorney General. Acting Colonial Treasurer. /the Auditor General, tbe Acting Colonial Engineer.
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      Paris Letter.
      1891 10 {From our own Correspondent.) Pari*, Ist March. The crowd and the heat, these are the drawbacks of all balls, whether imperial, royal, or republican. The ball given on Thursday night last by President Crew, at the Palais de l'Elysee, recalled in taste, brilliancy, and eclat, any ball ever
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      The New Steam Service.
      826 11 With r< _rard to the new steam line to be established between London, Singapore, and the Australian ports, via Port Darwin and Fremantle, the West Australian says By the last mail from England we re" ceived full particulars of Messrs. Bethtdl <fe Co.'s arrangements relative to
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      Police Courts.
      199 11 Saturday, 29th March. Before H. T. Haughton, Esq 3rd Magistrate. Lim Kim Seng was charged with mischief, in breaking a Chinese lantern, value 90 cents, the property of oue Lee Ah Swee, at 8.3d p. m., on the 28th, in Hongkong Street. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced
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      Monday, 31st March.
      856 11 Before J. W. Norton Kyshe, Esq., 2nd Magistrcte Leow Bun Hin, for having in bis possession 50 cents' worth of illicit chandoo dross, at 6 15 a. m. on the 30th in Lavender Street, was fined $4 or in default 8 days rigorous imprisonment. Lim Tian Guan
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      Tuesday, 1st April.
      2055 11 Before R. S. O Connor, Esq., Senior Magistrate. W. C. Browne, Inspector of Nuisance, vs. Tan A Boey, Kim Leang What, Wee A Teng, Quek B*>on Yang, Lim A Boon, Wee A Dow, and Goh Soon How, for covering certain portions of a drain in Roohore Road.
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        403 12 CLEARANCES. Daw. .el's Name. Flag A Rio. I Captain. 1 >kstination. Mar. 28 Cilurnum Brit. str. M~e Amsterdam Celestial Hrit. str. <; Batavia ur y Hrit. str. Martin Deli H r >rneo Hrit. str. B Iwards dakan via OOlti >.' fe nnoX ET sr- Hrit. str. Scott Hongkong Cheang Hock
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        1308 12 A IiIUVALS. H Flao Vesskl'k Name. ani> 5 aptain. From. Sailkd. Consionkf> 5 Rio* Mar. 29 Ruhy Brit. str. 149 Partridge Pa'bang Mar. 26 ,V tV Bin A Co. i".» Emirne M.M. str' 7_;7 I' Brtaris M tr. 27 M. Maritii: 3 Pioneer Brit. str. 71 Habel Sehantang Mar 2
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