Straits Times Weekly Issue, 20 May 1886
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Straits Times Weekly Issue
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Title Section28 1886-05-20 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Series. Published fob Transmission by Evert Homeward Mail StbaWß. [Pi; hi; 40 Csnts VOL XLII. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1886. NO. >728 words
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11 1886-05-20 1 THURSDAY, 20th MAY. 1886. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. SiNG.vi'oitK 20th May, 1886.11 words
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Article71 1886-05-20 1 (jamlner 6.02iCube do. No. 1 5.27 7 do. do. Np. 2 7. <;<>." Copra Bali 4.00. do. Pontianak :>.S7',. Black Pepper 18.S7 1 Sago Flour, Shr UMll. Pearl Sago 2.67^. Coffee, Bonthine M 13.00. Tapioca, small Flake 4.2">. do. do. Ist quality 4.62id0. med. flake M 4.^:». do. small71 words
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Article60 1886-05-20 1 On London Bank 4 m/s 3/4. do 6m/s 3/41. Private credits 6 m/s 3/4 A do. Docs. 6 m/s 3/4|. do. do. 3 m/s 3/4J. On India Bank T. T 227',. Private 30 d/s 230.* On HTcong Bank d/d U°/ O di*. Private 30 d/s 24°/ Q diB. On60 words
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Article89 1886-05-20 1 Tanjong Pa^ar Dock: ($100) 81H!>. New Harbour Dock ($lOO p*aid), $145. Straits Insurance Co. $37. S'poro Insurance Co. Ld. SIP?. S'pore Gas Co. £5 paid, $30. I'kong S'gliai Bank 190°/ o pm. Maynard Co. Ld., SlOO paid, $64 S'pore Tramway $100 paid, par. Sayle Co. Ld. $50 paid. 823.89 words
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Article765 1886-05-20 1 The lasi weekly iss ii, Stra 1 dal I the 13th inst.. on which date i!i s P. &O, C >.'a st am t Ancona left with the last homeward mail, whilst the present mail is taken on \>n- M. |f. V »M. The London mail765 words
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Article368 1886-05-20 1 H. E. tlif Governor has beeo pleased to appoint W. A. Cusca.l.-n. Esq., to ad temporarily m Assistant Superintendent of Police, Singapore. H. E. the Governor has been pleased to appoint C. H. Ord, Esq., to act temporarily as Assistant Superintended of Police, Penani,', vice W.368 words
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Article272 1886-05-20 1 Penang Gazette I lib May. > In Perak, we are reliablj informed, the righi to gamble U farmed out, and a very i ctable it. in of revenue i nit. N s, the I'i-ij. :n 3 "I 1 1 raliti but I a decision will b arrived at272 words
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Article95 1886-05-20 1 In order to pftctfi tin- dudJi <>f i< s n-a--den, an<i to slx.w them th*«y have nothing t«. fear from ;i supposed Nostradamus pro* )»lu'cv which con net ti Batter on St. Mark's day with the end of the world. B^lgiau paper has taken the Utmhk of counting up how95 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement380 1886-05-20 1 FILES FILES. FILES. BUYDIRECT at 00 and 2J per cent off trade list delivered f. o. b. any port in England and instruct your Bankers to tell their agents in England to pay us on receipt of Bills of Lading, Mates Receipt &c. We will pay freight and consign right380 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous166 1886-05-20 1 PASSENGERS Per P, and steanu.r AneOHM, on th9 l_!th inst.| For Singapore. From Yokohama Mr. J H. McLaren. For Penang.—Trom Hiogo: Mr. <;. H. Stephens. From Singapore: Mr. and Mrs. J Steiger, Mr. and Mrs. Cantleyand infant. Or. A. \V. Sinclair, Messrs. (J. M. Dare and fa H Ord. For166 words
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Article1074 1886-05-20 2 Tuk total return of visitors to the Raffles Liltrarv and Museum during the week ending Friday, 14th May, was 57^. Ln: Juhg Pu, the Black Flag leader, n appointed Colonel of Namoa in the province of Kwangtung by Imperial ree of the 25th April. The N. C.Ibid - 1,074 words
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Article525 1886-05-20 2 Cubioi b Letters are often receired by editors <>f popular magazines. Here is one of them sent to the editor of Barer** the other day. It was from a lady who wrote that she was dying, and that her physicians told her she would be dead before the conclusion ol525 words
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Article1985 1886-05-20 2 H. M. S. Champion, Captain Powlett, from Kobe, arrived at Yokohama 011 Thursday the 22nd ultimo. On the 13th inst. the following British men-of-war were to leave Hongkong for the North on a summer cruise.: Audacious, Constance, Leander, Firebrand, Swift and Vigilant. Captain Lang, R. N., with aNature - 1,985 words
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Article2133 1886-05-20 3 Thk Russian men-of-war Krayser, Sevauchy and Morye left Nagasaki for Korea on Wednesday, the 28th alto., the British gnnboal Espoir left the same place for Port Hamilton on the 30th ulto., and 1 1 Turenne proceeds to Kagoshima on the same day. His Excellency M. Cogordan, French Minister2,133 words
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Article372 1886-05-20 3 The Royal Geographical So ciety. Op the 1 lit li Aj.r.l, Lord A>berdare, vicepresident of tbe H graphical Societv. presided over meeting of the society :it t!i Dnii rsitv „i London, when a paper bj Captain Cyprian A. Gh Bridge, B N was read by Mr. J M w. The372 words
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2033 1886-05-20 3 Tra action of Browne v. M'Kinlej Mid Oarrington was tried in tlw Supreme Court at Melbourne on Wednesday 24th March liefore His Honour Mr. Justice SolfOjd, without a jury. Tin* plaintiff. Mr. E. V Browne, was lately i clerk in the i>ost-ofti« In July last2,033 words
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341 1886-05-20 4 Australi an Rifle Team for Wimbledon. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Zox, M.L.A., Mr. Carter, M.L.A., and leading members of the Victorian Rifle Association, waited upon the Premier on Wednesday, olst March and asked that the Gk>Ternmenl should grant a sum of £1,000 to enable toe association to tend a341 words
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370 1886-05-20 4 The New Ge rman Lines Of Mail Steamers. Tin: North German Lloyd has perfected its arrangement* for despatching Its tto men to the Far Basi and Australia. The service to the Far Basi will be provided for by the steamen Oder, 8,158 tons barthen; the Neckar, 8,120 tons burthen; andLondon & China - 370 words
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397 1886-05-20 4 The following is the B port of the Directors submitted at Um Fourth Annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholder! held at the Cannon Btrsrt Hotel, in i the City of London, on Monday 19th day of A])ril. 1886. The Directors liavo the397 words
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530 1886-05-20 4 Adelaide Jubilee Internaional Exh i bition 188 7. ooucn Australia was constituted a British IV.nimr by A. t o! Parliament l a Win. IV c. 95. N, i\ T«ar will thereto* be ill.' fiftieth year of her separate ent enoe as Colour, and it is proposed to •■••l.-hmt.- the Jubilee530 words
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619 1886-05-20 5 Charges against Captain Sorenson of the "Duoro." At the Criminal sitting of the Supreme a1 Brisbane, Queensland, <>n 2nd April, Xrils Peter Sorensen, master of the Douro, was charged with robbery under arms, <>u the 18th October, L 885, off Carpenter Island, in the Pacific Ocean. After hearing evidence for619 words
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Article486 1886-05-20 5 (Frcm the North China Daily New*.) On Monday evening, April 12th, while advancing towards Peking in a houseboat on the Peiho, at half ast §eyen o'clock, a large and brilliant meteor, shooting from north io south, -was observed to burst in the sky al crol midway between486 words
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Article208 1886-05-20 5 For the Straits Times. I'm: ;.i II BHT. London, I lth May. In the Bouse of Commons last night, Lord Hartington moved the rejection of Rfr. Gladstone's Home Rule BilL The debate waa adjourned. 'I'm I kn Crisis. Athens, I lth May. King George bas accepted the resignation208 words
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Article1648 1886-05-20 5 Englishman.) London, •'>//< May. Sir J. Pmm introduced a motion in the Hoi;>e of 'ominous la>t night urging the abolition of Dm cultivation of opium, and of ilie maniifsctare and trade in opium, liy the Government of India. Mr. Stafford Howaid, tlu- Under Secretary of State for India,1,648 words
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Article917 1886-05-20 6 Fanatical agitation In Java. i.S. T. May 12.) In our Netherlands India Newi there have been frequent aotioei of a growing ■pirit of discontent and restiveneas among the Javanese, hitherto so submissive no matter how harshly not to say oppressively treated by Government. By last accounti from that quarter,917 words
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Article602 1886-05-20 6 (N. T. May /•>'.) Tm-: fiery sea presenting a splendid appearance as the petroleum in the hold of the burning ship Bt. i>>>i-<j> overspread the surface of Surabaya roadstead till the set of tii" prevailing current bore it away from iii'' shipping there, is unpleasantly suggestive of whai602 words
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Article671 1886-05-20 6 (S. T. May 13.) Bom idea oi' the difference between .lava and Ceylon in planting enterprise maj be gathered from the following particuian taken from a Batavia newspaper. At a meeting of the Planters /Lssociation of Bukabumie 1 1« I at thai station «>n the 22nd April.671 words
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Article802 1886-05-20 6 T. May Thk important of this engine ol naval warfare in the defence of our harbour leads us to call attention to the tad that then- is some prospect <»f gaining such controlling power over torpedoes when once launched out on their deadly mission, as t»> render them802 words
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Article686 1886-05-20 7 (S. T. May ir>. be gratifying to all patriotic Her Majesty t.. find that Mr. i scheme tor the separation of from the United kingdom has hith Ttd met with little encouragem< from any men of light or Leading. E\ the t men of any note who686 words
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Article1281 1886-05-20 7 (N. T. May 17.) Th« last number of the N. B. Herald contains an exhaustive report on the climatic condition! of this bo called Land of Promise b] Dr. Walker, the principal medical officer there, who starts 1 > laying it down thai the climate of thai1,281 words
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Article676 1886-05-20 7 [8. T. Wnj 18.) Thi trial of ill- Socialist lea charged with inciting the recent rioti in London cannot but bring out tin* point that the Socialist party there are organis<>|l% in thoroughgoin I don, a v/lll(>h has not lufficiently attracted the attention i4 Government676 words
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Article940 1886-05-20 8 (S. T, May We haw received the Repo^ (> e Singapore centre of 1 his ;isv lation from its commencement to <(l<l pw«enl line. The centre appear to Im> in :l Vt>l T fl 11--risliin^ coml'*^' 11 which is the more noticeu .f l,] P ..i940 words
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1188 1886-05-20 8 Singrspore Baees spring Meetinrg, 1886. PIBST Day, TUESDAY, 1 Ith May. The first meeting of the above, under the auspices of the Club, came off on th-> 1 ltli inst .at 3.30 p.m., inthe peresenceof a large concourse «»f spectators, particularly oi the native element, though the numbers were noi1,188 words
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Article6244 1886-05-20 8 Value Sls<>.— For all hones. Weight u per scale. Distance, mile. Kutr.ince £10. The Sultan's Kyawmt) 1<»!' A brains 1 Mr. Tait's Ca;>r. Marryatt 1<».!» Dalits Mr. Watson's Kettledrum lo 4 Mr. Holmes The three old veterans Ca/;<. sflsnjssfl. Kifnunna. and Ktttlnlnnu only started. Th«« Bultu'f horse6,244 words
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Article980 1886-05-20 10 Translated for the Strait* Tin Notwithstanding the centuries of Netherlands domination in the Indian Archij>elago very little is known about wme 2>ortionB of the island groups. Thus for mitance the island of Timor Laut which is somewhat of the size of the provinces of North and South980 words
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Article1028 1886-05-20 10 (Translated for thr Straits Tim* Fire <it Labuam, DdL On the 24th April, a fearful fire raged in Labuan. [n the morning at half past five, it began in a Chinese Bhoemaken shop. Thanki the indiffereqce and unwillingness l>oth of the Chinese and Malays on the spot to1,028 words
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Article924 1886-05-20 11 lated forth* Straits Times.) \\\>U shipping authorities in the 4 are still so fai behind the times i.ii returns bearing upon the trade of tuo6B inlands in 1884 irere noi published until last nonth. As the I out, a interest i>y not coming out within a few months924 words
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Article2211 1886-05-20 11 (British .V. B. Herald Ui May.) btt Geloea d'Elsloo, the first Netherlander to take up land in British North Borneo, described in the Java papers as "The Land of promise,' 1 left Sandakan for Singapore <m the night of the 3rd April b\ thes.s. lit fit Geloes,2,211 words
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Article2056 1886-05-20 11 UCEAB Befort Mr. -I A run. LO, Tni-. ca > rai-'d ,i .!n<lu r «'> observed, baa I I. of .mi enormo is aud >tra a Litigation irhicfa it vra« new, after two trials and au ipp •ii Lords. l>y an ap Litigatiou had of charge2,056 words
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Article2663 1886-05-20 12 S. W. Griffith - S. W. Griffith .The followiug memorandum has been sent l>\ Bfr. Griffith, Colonial Secretarj of Queensland, to the Governments of the Aust l'alunsian colonies Colonial Secretary's Office, Brisbane, 30th March, 1886. There can be no doubt thai the present position of affairs with reference io the2,663 words
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Article1400 1886-05-20 13 A war vessel remarkable in many ways has, says The Timet, just left England for Japan, having at traded great attention during her brief visits to Portsmouth and Plymouth. The Na niini k>ih is the swiftest, most, heavily armed, and best protected cruisernowafloat. She is equipped with1,400 words
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809 1886-05-20 13 The German gunboat Albatroxs, acting under orders from home, has been cruising about the islands in the vicinity of New Britain and New Ireland, for the purpose of puniahing natives who had been guilty of various crimes. The German High commissioner, Von Oertzeu, wentSydney Mail - 809 words
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Article997 1886-05-20 13 (CorrespondeiU <>j Amoy Ghuette.) Bvery reflective mind bent upon the proper study of mankind, cannot [ail to !*> struck with th»> barrien which our rial forms and ceremonies throw in the I»;tth of the enquiring student, and the genial believer in the progress <>f civilisation is997 words
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Article1291 1886-05-20 13 A correspondent of the Tinn* has lat»-!\ made arctul penonal enquiry in EtefauMl into the various CMMI ol th«* Irish difficult v. and has embodred the result in a series of papers under the* above beading. I He concludes as follows In closing this series of M1,291 words
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Article66 1886-05-20 14 What \n Opticiah Sai ts i Not a I Ol 1 When a man sees double, evidence that his glasses are too strong >r him. The hardest iliinu; in the world fora young ..Miiiiiii to do is to look unconcerned the first lime she comes out in a handsome66 words
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Article123 1886-05-20 14 A PP] B \N< I I M.\l. 1 nous phenomenon was obser^ last, ;t!»»'Ut 7 p. m.. at M i m, a f--u .n<ls aw.iv from ;ii'' H<»l\ Chapel of Santa Cruz. Whilst the choir were p ig there for the following day, prhich was the123 words
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Page 14 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1489 1886-05-20 14 CLEARANCES. Date Vessels Name Flao Eig Caitaik Destination I May 12 CWiboa Fch. tra. Antoni AJjrMfl 12 Rainbow Brit. str. Etosells Malacca and KUng 12 Qoafamn str. Windebatak Calcutta ria pod 12 CelH..~ Dut. str. de Haan Bowabaya ria pocw ll Ophir str. Hotithoff Deli via pori 12 Tambora str.1,489 words
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Page 15 Advertisements
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Advertisement399 1886-05-20 15 I POWELL CO., I A UCTIONBEBS, I SINOAPOa E I FURNITURE, Ac., For Sale. Almcirahs Ice Chests Bedsteads (troa .T«>\vt:l Saf««.s Bcnl-room Suit- Ja|muiass Screens Book Cases tamps Book Stands Linoleum Billiard Tallies Matting Card Tables Marble Slabs Chairs M<\if SsJet Cmpbosttls Office Desks ■blasts < HHce Chairs Chests of399 words
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Advertisement906 1886-05-20 15 WINEwuhEXTRACTofCOD LEVERS r-~--~~~~-~~---~-~~------« PREPARED BY ill ih^°} CbmUU sfe "^BsJsssV WAM S^BS^^^BsM*^Bsk GK>Xieral The WINE with Extract of God Livers, prepared by M' GHEVRIER, first class chemist, in Paris possesses the active principles of Cod Livor Oil together with the therapeutical properties of alcoholic prepara' f^ S 'M~r 1S ln906 words
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Advertisement578 1886-05-20 15 Cheap Ice Industrial Company (or ine lanntactm ol BAOUL PIGTEFs INVENTIONS CAPITAL FRANCS 3,000,000 IB- Rue de Grammont 3L9 Prospectus sent post free Machine s making from 10 to 1500 kw OF ICE PER HOUR This result Is obtainable even in the hottest countries. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE The578 words
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Advertisement585 1886-05-20 15 AMTSGERICHT BAMBUBO. OBERLEHRER PRIEDRICH NICOLAUS LIEBRMANX. ah eaxator der abwesenden JOHANX QBOBG SAIUBEHLICH und HKINKICH CHRISTIAN THEODOR BAIUBERLICH, rertreder durch die Bechtssawaelte DRSS STAMMANN, NOLTEnnd SCHROKDER. hat rorgettagea 1— JOHANX OEOBG SAUIiERLICH ■übaiaa '2\ Aagast, LB2B»sd im HerUt 1855, als Obersteaeraiaaai /.nr See npaav gen und \\;\\h- in August, H7:>.585 words
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Page 16 Advertisements
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Advertisement667 1886-05-20 16 YARROW'S. SMALL STEAMBBfi AND STEAM LAUNCHES. Screw Sikamkrs with speeds ranoivg n» t<» -J<; miles ant hour. Paddle Steamers with draft ranging down to 6 inches of water. BTBRN WHEEL STEAMERS WITH VERY SHALLOW DRAFT ESPECIALLY M IT ABLE FOR RIVER NAVIGATION. MACHINERY CONSTRUCTED FOR BOATS BUILT ABROAD. YARROW CO,667 words
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Advertisement645 1886-05-20 16 SCHWEITZER S COOOATINA. Anii Dtjsj> worn or Chocolate Powder. GUARANTEED PURE SOLUBLE COOOA OF THE FINEST QUALITI WITH OUT SUGAB OR ADMIXTIT The Faculty prononnoe it thr> "mast nutritious, perfectly dig tarex-age for Break fa. Luncheon, or Supper;'" and invaluable toe invniids «ud Fount; ehildrvn. Being absolnfoly all Cocoa," -with645 words
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