Straits Times Weekly Issue, 12 April 1884
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Straits Times Weekly Issue
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Title Section28 1884-04-12 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Series. Published kok Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Steamer. Pbk i. n> Cents VOL XL. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1884. NO. 3,25728 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement605 1884-04-12 1 NOTK E. Subscribers are requested to intimate hi early as possible whether they wish to nay their subscriptions in advance for the ensuing year, and their attention ii requested to the terms of subscription, which are as follows Local Delivery. In Advance. Daily Edition Weekly Edition. Per Annum $24 Per605 words
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Advertisement497 1884-04-12 1 BotiresJob Printing Department. This Department is now under the conI trol of an experienced European SupreinI tendent, and is capable of executing al- orders f o r Bills of Lading, Shipping Orders Badness Cards, Bill Heads, Funeral Cards Ba!! Programmes, Manifests, Permits, And every description of Job Printing. 11 Collyer497 words
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Advertisement141 1884-04-12 1 £>team £>Dfp &ompame& LINES IN OPERATION FROM SINGAPORE. To Batavia via Riouw and Muntok and back in correspondence with the mail steamers of the P. A O. S. N. Coy., every fortnight. n Acheen and Pofloe B tAS via Penang, Edi, Telok Semawe, Samalangan and Pkdir and back, every -8141 words
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Advertisement542 1884-04-12 1 £>team 4&t)ip Companies 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. B. There is also one542 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous441 1884-04-12 1 MAIL SERVICES. 1. Java. A. North Coast. From Batavia via Samarang for Soerabaya and back, on the sth, loth, 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 and441 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement625 1884-04-12 2 iHisscdlanfous, Lt, BEWARE OF TMI ATIOMS LA and 1 LKRLW QATCE. The Original and Genu! TTTOBCESTERSHIRE OAIVi; bear t)x> autograph nature of Lea and Perrins on a red label. Bold wholesale by the Pr.>.. prietors, Worcester; and Crosse and Blackwell, London EA and PEERINS' QATJCE. Of Grocers and Oilmen throughout625 words
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Advertisement737 1884-04-12 2 iHterdlanruu*. Wholesale and Retail Medicine Vendors throughout the world. BEWARE of SUBSTITUTES, Compounded from Vile and Cheap Dr _rs, which some Mean Unscrupulous Persons making up to sell on the ereat R< potation of Dr. Lalor's Phosphodyne Fraudulently nsinc Dr. Lalor's Trade Mark Phosphodyne," Mis Advertisements ard Patients' Testimonials, to737 words
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Advertisement740 1884-04-12 2 iHtsrrllaiuouau DR. J. COLLIS BROWXPrs CHLORO DY Thb Original a _rn only Genuis*. Advice to Invalids. If V'»'i wish ol <^>- tain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from head' icpe, relief from pain and anguish, calm mge the weary achings of protracted disease, invigorate the d< media, and regnl \te the740 words
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Advertisement605 1884-04-12 2 _fl*i*cel[amous.. Jar results have been er:> 1. r,^ in the form <»f Dv Bright' its invaluable net ion on th* ba is realize I whieh oth^r modes of prriably produee Dr. BRI-; 'rS PrTOgPH ny OATJTION, Ph sphorus is Rometj sold in tha form <>f Pi 'ls and L it605 words
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THE STEAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE.
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Title Section10 1884-04-12 1 THE STEAITS TIMES. WEEKLY ISSUE. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, 12th APRIL, 1884.10 words
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178 1884-04-12 1 STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, 12th APRIL, 1884. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS, Singapore 12th April, 1884. Uambier 7.25 Blaok Pepper 17. White Pepper, fair quality. 26. Sago Flour, Sar.... 2.25. ■f Sa^> 2.85. Bonthyne 14.75. Tapioca, small Flake 3.15. Tin 26.50. 40s. Mule twist Si lbs. Shirtings 1.524. 7 do do 1.424. t>178 words
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Domestic Occurrences.
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Article39 1884-04-12 1 On Monday, the 7th April, at Rochore House, Singapore, the wife of W. T. Batten, Esq., of a Son. On Wednesday, the 9th Apri', at Sunnyside, River Valley Road, the wife of Mr. G. Edg.r, of a Son.39 words
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Article38 1884-04-12 1 On the Bth April, by special license, at the Presbyterian Church, hy the Rev. A. S. Mac Phee, B. D., James Miller to Cornelia Amanda Augusta, eldest daughter of Maior 0. E. Thornton, late 7th Royal Fusiliers.38 words
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Obituary18 1884-04-12 1 On Palm Sunday, after a short illness, A. H. Turner N.wcom.n, Esq., of Kirkleathctm Hall, Redear, Yorkshire.18 words
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Article229 1884-04-12 1 Per P. and O. steamer Clyde, on the 6th inst. For Singapore. —From Hongkong Mrs. Noronha, Misses (2- Noronha, Messrs. F. C. Bishop, F. M. Bennett, Hodgkins and Thomas and Mrs. Clarke and child. For Penang. —From Shanghai: Mr. G. S. Murray. From Singapore; Quarter Master Evans. 2 men,229 words
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Article1266 1884-04-12 1 The last weekly Straits Times was dated Saturday, the sth April. The P. O. steamer Clyde was despatched on Monday afternoon the 7th, with the homeward mail via Brindisi. The homeward French mail steamer, is expected from China on Monday evening. Owing to the Easter season,1,266 words
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Article198 1884-04-12 1 The Secretary of State has been pleased to approve of tbe title of Postmaster at Penang being changed to that of Assitadt Postmaster General. The Secretary of State has bee n pleased to approve of the appointment of Noel Trotter, Esq., to be Assistant PostmasterGeneral at198 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement319 1884-04-12 1 IMPORTANT NOTICE. FOR SALE. On account of the Managing Proprietor's ill- health.) The well known CHASSERIAU ESTATE, si mated in the district of Bukit Timah. this Estate bas a total acreage of 3,108 Pores, 3 roods, \l poles, comprised in one cat of which 1,961 acres, 3 roods, 2 poles,319 words
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Article1214 1884-04-12 2 By private advices from Kwala Lumpor, we learn that steady progress is being mad" with the State Railway. The contractors, Messrs. Halliday and n, have commenced the earthworks about 2i miles from Kwala Lumpor, and have nearly finished clearing from Kwnla Lumpor to the point where1,214 words
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Article1031 1884-04-12 2 TtfE following Cricket matches have been recently played by the S. C. C. and the scores are appended. The match against the Recreation Club will be continued on Saturday and is remarkable as having produced a larger pne innings score then has been made for etsJK OD this ground.1,031 words
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Article3352 1884-04-12 2 I Aif interesting case was recently decidI ed in Calcutta affecting the responsibility of Municipalities for accidents arising fr insufficiently protected street improvement works, and we notice it as it may afford someconsolation to ourown Commission! and also a lesson or warning in vh» u of3,352 words
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Article228 1884-04-12 3 fFor Straits Times.) The Sot :n\.\. London, bth April. Lord Hartington in reply to a question said that if General Gordon should prove to be iu jeopardy, the British Government must certainly send assistance, otherwise the policy of evacuating the Soudan would be adhered to. Prince Leopold. London,228 words
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Article1964 1884-04-12 3 (From the Rangoon papers.} London, 2oth March. According to intelligence received from Central Asia, General Komaroff intended to occupy Merv on February the 7th, and to establish Russian administration there. Rangoon, 12/// March. The Mandalay correspondent of the Rangoon Times describes a rebellion which has recently broken out1,964 words
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Article357 1884-04-12 4 The Civil Service. There is one thing upon which we think the Colony can well congratulate itself, namely, that it possesses a Civil Service whose ideas are not confined to the intricacies of red tape routine. With one or two exceptions the officers composing its ranks357 words
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Article410 1884-04-12 4 The next racing year," says the Bombay Gazette of the 2 1st March, will mark a new departure in the histroy of racing on this side of India, which may be considered worthy of note. At Poona and Bombay, where the two principal race meetings of410 words
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Article292 1884-04-12 4 The Bagpipes of the Highlanders, which, however unsuitable for the din-ing-room or drawing-room, give tbe grandest and most inspiriting battle music in tbe world, appear to have played no small part in the battle of El Teb on the 29th February, as the pipers played throughout the fight,292 words
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Article682 1884-04-12 4 The North China Herald, in its issue of the 26th March, sums up in the following succinct fashion the coMpo* versy nowbetween France and China u The contention of the Chinese is simple and to the point. You French, they say, are invading a country over which682 words
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Article1550 1884-04-12 5 The Annual Medical Report of Dr. T. Irvine Rowell, Principal Civil Medical Officer, on the Hospitals of the Straits Settlements for 1883, is a most minute and exhaustive document, covering 38 foolscap pages of text and tabulated matter, and is therefore too bulky for reproduction in1,550 words
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Article1538 1884-04-12 5 The last Government Gazette contains the Report of Mr. W. F. B. Paul, H. B. M.'s Resident at Sungei Ujong, on the administration of that State for 1883. There does not appear to be much of general interest in it, and the affairs of1,538 words
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Article815 1884-04-12 6 Tbe following is the Report for tbe last two years 1882-1883, of the Sailors' Home, an Institution which assuredly deserves every support from all and sundry in this busy Port. We would suggest that Government might well undertake tbe repairs of the Building and so relieve somewhat815 words
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Article829 1884-04-12 6 Singapore seems to be regaining its late unenviable notoriety for fires, for, after a comparatively long period of respite, we have had two within past few days, and the delay in procuring water shews the inadvisableness of depriving the town of its water supply at an829 words
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Article2599 1884-04-12 6 In Berlin the feeling against Mr. Gladstone is finding strong expression. One journal suggests sarcastically that be should now be raised to tbe Peerage, under the title of Lord Gladstone of Sinkan (and Majuba Hill). The Liberal National Zeitung ascribes the massacre of tbe Sinkat garrison to2,599 words
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Article1533 1884-04-12 7 The Penang Times of the 2nd April has the following items of news A gang of robbers have been prowling about in an armed tongkang for several days, and have now settled down for plunder near Deli, where they have succeeded in carrying off a large quantity of1,533 words
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1667 1884-04-12 7 The Chinese Sabah Land Farming Company of North Borneo. Company of North Borneo. The annual meeting of shareholders in tbis Company was held at Shanghai on March 20th. Present Messrs. Ernest Major (Chairman) Ching Lien San, Wang Tso Chin, J. Daeth, and John Morris (Directors) E. P. Lalcaca, J. M.1,667 words
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5305 1884-04-12 8 Acrounixci to the Society papers, Buddhism is the latest "ism" taken up by the fashionable London Society, and we have had sent to us by the Council of the Victoria Institute, with a request for publication, the following paper on the subject At the last5,305 words
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Article570 1884-04-12 9 Thobsday, 3ed April. Before R S. O'Connor, Esq. Senior Magistrate. Joseph Gavan, P. C. No. 18, vs. Lim Tan and Hung Tay, for obstructing a public road by placing thereon a number of jars of vegetables, and alsj dried fish. Fined each $2 and costs. W. C. Browne,570 words
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Article1608 1884-04-12 9 Before H. T. Houghton, Esq., 3rd Magistrate. Choo Ah Hoh, Koh Ah Wan, and Koh .I< o Kim, were charged with having no visible means of subsistence, and with i being unable to give a satisfactory acj coua; uf themselves at 3 a. m., on the j1,608 words
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Correspondence.
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Letter97 1884-04-12 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sib, —Rajah Brooke, writing iii the Pall Mall Gazette, advocates the adoption of the Sarawak plan of Government m the Soudan. Sir James Brooke's rule may be summed up in four words,—Truth, Justice, Tact, Temper. These, combined with Firmness, will govern97 words
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Letter223 1884-04-12 10 (lo the Editor of the Straits Times.) Stii, Kindly permit mc through columns to bring to the notice of the Departments it may concern, the dangerous state oi" the steps of the Kranjie Jetty. More than one person has of late had an involuntary cold bath ingoing223 words
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Letter134 1884-04-12 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. 1 M:\u Sir, Allow me to corroborate Observer's remarks as to the state of the steps of the Police Jetty, Kranji. Xot only are the steps not flat, but they slope outwards and downwards, aud are moreover covered with134 words
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Letter300 1884-04-12 10 Sonnet. To M. E. H. Su I i rruLHj Why wf uld'st then >-ow thy should* rs 'neath a load )f gilded toys, with many a worthless thing log Behold my precious offering. Wherewith I trade for praise alon^ the road Toilsome and bard, which leads to love's ab'de?" ay300 words
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Page 10 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous867 1884-04-12 10 SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR. Flao y Vessel's Name. Captain. and g Arrived From. Consignees. D'ation Rio. _-< Men-of-war Benkoelen T'becke Dut. war 420 Mar. 6 Acheen -eh Consul. Repairing P.-asus Bickford H.M. str 1130 Mar. 2" Penang Naval Officer. Station acciolo Aniezaga It il. cor. 18(H) Mar. 20|Sydn-y Italian Consul.867 words
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Page 11 Advertisements
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Advertisement546 1884-04-12 11 jom\^K/jLWHjLWK/mmm^/mmm SAFEST MILD H_Th I I 3 WmArnXm ___l AmS APERIENT FOR I _k* HtM j SI S-l I ■^JIBELICATE CONSTI- 9M m-A --h I ___S Bkl ladies, Hi __n___-H-B__i-9-H H_H mLm children and THE BEST REMEDY FOR ACIDITY OF Tl INFANTS, AND FOR STOMACH, HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, GOTTT REGULAR USE546 words
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Advertisement550 1884-04-12 11 a l a am> ITIOH. Sea, PowJing Pieces and Revolvers from first class makers. Cartridges, Cartridge Cases, Wads, Shot, Percussion Caps, Gun Oil and ali accessories. Pigou and Wilkes Alliance Gunpowder. Outfitting for Gentlemen. Shirts, Collars, Scarves, Socks, Hats, Belts, Braces, Gloves Underclothing, Handkerchiefs, Umbrellas, Trunks, Bags, Boots and Shoes.550 words
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Advertisement571 1884-04-12 11 ifitstellanrous. Rev. FATHER WILDS' Experience. Thi Rev. Z. P.Wills., well known city missionary in New Y->rk, and brother f Ihe late eminent Jndge Wilds, of the chaaetta Supreme Court, vr rites foil WH V E.TyUh tf. New York May 16, 1832 -its. J. O. Ayer A Co., Gentlemen: Last wii«ter571 words
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Advertisement564 1884-04-12 11 iWtsrdlaneou*. C v>^Sr^^ -»—^^____s nltf ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL preserves, strengthens and beautifies the hairit contains no lead or mineral ingredients and ran now be also had in a trolden colour; which is especially suited for fair or eolden, haired children and persons. Four sizes ROWLANDS' KALYDOR is a most cooling,564 words
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Page 12 Advertisements
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Advertisement376 1884-04-12 12 r TREASURYoftheTHROAT v GICQUEL'S LOZENGES composed of CHLORATE of POTASH (Bertholet's salt) ARK THK BEST MEDICAMENT AGAINST SORE THROAT, EXTINCTION OF THE VOICE, QUINSY, APHT* ANGINA. CROUP, GANGRENE OF THE MOUTH, SCORBUT, ETcf' ANC,NA They are Indispensable to all persons who are obliged to speak frequently. MODE OF use the376 words
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Advertisement778 1884-04-12 12 This (jri _t Household Medicine IV W AMONGST THE 1.l XH I 88AR1E8 Of Li: These fan I'ills purify the BLOOD, and moat powei Fullj »thinglj LIVER, STOMACH, KIDNEI ind BOWELS, giving tone, energy, and rroot .MAIN SPRINGS <>F LIFE. nfidently rerommended as a n j failing remedy in al!778 words
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