Straits Times Weekly Issue, 19 August 1886

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    27 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Series. Published for Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Steamer. [Pbice 40 Cents VOL XLII. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1880. no. a,a«o
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH.
    47 1 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH. At Victoria Str->». on Tuesday. l<>t:: instant, the wife A. I*. William-, of DEATHS. Ati.'ib- ''ith, Lto:sBKT Camesou Gii I Bob month, only son of Tom and m Gibson Drowned at Johore Bahru. On tli" nigl it, ai ih in in < i ir p
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    STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, 19th AUGUST, 1886. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    183 1 STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, 19th AUGUST, 1886. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. I A CTGTT8 > <; i e do. 4.32A. 23 2.27*. 2." \-2.7'i. 1 90. 5.00. i 5.05. <>o. •,n 9.75. 30.00. 37.50. 495 .CHANGE. On London Bant Im/a 3/li. do 6m/a 1 Pri i/s 3/1 j do. Docs. 6m/i 3/2
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    558 1 Tiii: la i homeward mail was despatched on ilif l^th inslant perM. M. C nner .!/-'f, and the present mail is taken on per I*. A < steamer /'< s/i.nr,,,-. The mail despatched from Singapore on the 15th ultimo, per M. M. Co.' imer Oj delivered
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      352 1 THE STRAITS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. In •>• j> > -i' 1n- Lii't'l Liability under the Indian Companies' A is;; Capital $2,000,000 in 20,000 Shares of si<> > eaeli Payable $5 per Share on Application, and $15 i» t Share on Allotment. Fiuther Calls nol I i 1&2 I per
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      273 1 the net Premiums contributed by them respectively during each year. 4th. In adding to the Company's Reserve Fund until the same shall have reached $600,000. The only Contract entered into on behalf of the Company is an Agreement dated the nineteenth day of In! y. 1886, and mad" l.etween The
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      132 1 PASSENGERS Per M. M. stammer Ava, on the 12th inat. For Singapore. From Hongkong: Father Bn-f and ICr. ECaaaim. For Aden. -From Saigon: Mr. Oudin. For >■' -From Shanghai: Mr. EHlmann. Port Sat From Shanghai: Father Van Sante. For Marseilles. -From Yokohama: Me B. Manu and li. Swats. From Shanghai:
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL
    1129 2 The total return of visitors to the Raffles Library and Museum during the week ending Friday. 13th Aug., 1886, was, 475 The American ship St. Nicholas, which passed Anjer on the 4th instant, leports that a sailor fell from aloft and was killed. The British l>arque Bertie
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    Penang Centenary.
    1597 2 1 in: following t.-l^nmis have beer changed between the Singapore and IVnang Chambers of Commerce "Singapore, 1 2th August, 1886. Singapore Chamber i < mmeree ads congratulations and heartily v, Penang continued and increas osperity." Penang, August, 1886. Penang < jhambertha pore heartily and reciprocates good v. Bi
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    Havas Telegrams.
    903 2 The following telegi appear in the Journal Ojfidel de la i /W/s, .?;//< July. Colonel Bofsnis-De* bordes, of the Marine Artillery, has promoted to be General of Brigade. Thomson baa been appointed envoj extraordinarj and minister plenipotentiary <>f France at Copenhagen. Paris, 3rd Aug. In the election! i'«>rth«»
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    The Brisbane Courier of 14th July says:
    2394 3 The acconnta which we receive from New donia. Leave no doubt in any one's mind that the French Government intend to annex sbrid that the occupation of tin* ip \\.i-> deliberately planned and intended. and that, in spite of nil professions to the
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    Court of Appeal.
    100 3 "Mi. T I V His Ho bief Ju l>\ Mr. Jusl istice Peller .iu. continue Tues- ships 1 attention since .\i Municipal Co mini Aj»j» ?llanl D B pj k> 1 1 1 \i ta Court below, the Company seal for their i the higher a .1.
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    Naval Movements.
    429 3 The Frenc Le < iorree, from ttaipho rived ai Hongkong on the Lsl instant. The German gu ib -at iptain l£ot;_c<T. l-'i'l H<>:, ins Eor a cruise. The French c Yokohama «>n tli< l b u dat<\ H. M. 8. L'uiii'i. Command Marruck. Left Sluuinliai for Hamilton on
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    The Caricature Plant.
    620 4 One oi the most remarkable plants in who 1 kingdom is that known to botanists as the Justicia picta, which has also be< n well named the cari-cature-plant. Says a writer in St. Nicholas At first sight, i app ara to be ;i heavy, large leafed plant,
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    Singapore Insurance Company Limited.
    290 4 An Extraordinary Genera] Meeting of the above Company was held on Tuesday the 17th instant at noon in the Exchange Booms, A. Currie Esq., in the Chair, for the purpose of confirming ai Special Ji>§ohUiotu the resolutions unanimously passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the
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    Gold Escort for Kimberley.
    343 4 'ei 1 nstral '.an.) The force of police recently organised l>y laptain Phillips, the .V uj>enntendeut, lefi Perth od Tuesday 29th June en routt for Kimberley. The "members of the party in Perth paraded during the afternoon in Si Gte >r 'a Terrac opposite i Government
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    Mr. Kyshe's Reports Vol. III.
    373 4 The third and concluding volume of Mr. Kyshe's exhaustive and praiseworthy work oil cases henrd and determined in Her Majesty's Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements from 1808 to 1884, has been sent to us for notice. It worthily brings to a close a work
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    Perim.
    455 4 "The Drue Story of the Occupation of Periin is told for the Krsl time in the pages of the Aftiatic Quarterly Review l>\ Sir t£. 1. Playfair on.- of the two men living now thai W.M.Coghlan has passed awaj wrho ban speak tli absolute knowledge of all t!;e fact-.
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    Jurisdiction in Siam.
    621 4 We learn from the Gazette of lmli (lt t), at an order has been issued by Her Majesty the Queen as to her jurisdiction in Siam. Under this order accused persons have the option of being tried before jurv of tiw in all eases tried l>efore a
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    194 4 For Straits Time*. Tn i;k k> \n n I.' i ssijl London, 9th .!"</ Two Turkish Arm) Corps have been to Macedonia to counteract ttussian intrigues and Greek designs. M>. '(Inn, I tih Aug. There was desperate fighting ji %\a rdaj in Belfast. Twelve persons re killed and
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    EDITORIALS.
    641 5 (icrman Steam 'oinptfitiou. (flf. T. Augutt 11.) Thi arrival of the steamer Oder marks the starting of German subsidised competition in the Far East trade which, solonff as it is fair and straightforward, deserves every support and encouragement it can command. The North German Lloyd, which runs this pioneer
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    Local Fisheries.
    952 5 {8. T. August 12.) Some time ago, we drew attention to the graft! need of improvement in fish suppliehere and pointed out the advantages attending the employment of a sea goin^ strainer and smaller craft with suitable appliances and wells for fishery operations, manned by experienced fishermen sure
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    Roadside Trees.
    514 5 (8. T. August tS.) The <ju«-stion of roadside treei lately raised by a correspondent in our columns for the Bpeeial behoof of t\i<> Municipal Commissioners concerns the bulk <>f th«public as w.-]l. from the trees profiting them in shade and relieving sameness of view. More than thirty years
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    German New Guinea.
    1227 5 (•S- T. Awjutt li.) The Germans bare not beeD behindhand in exploring their possessions in New Guinea and ascertaining their capabilitiei and resource*. Last year, Dr, Pinsch, at the expense of the New Q-oinea Company, undertook an exploration journey in thai island. The information be gained aneni
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    Hylam Emigration.
    834 6 v V. August 16.) 'l';i!: A* tin itoms Commissioner at Kiungchow, in the island of Hainan, whom,' come the rlylams so num< and almost indispensable as servants in quarter, gives in his report for last year interesting particulars regarding the outflow of emigrants from there, showing tii.' eagerness
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    Judicial Oaths.
    596 6 (S. T. August 17.) Asiatic witnesses in Court are so given to prevarication, economy of the truth, and downright lyiug that getting truthful evidence out of them is indeed a hard matter. In the Celestial Empire, Chinese magistrates on finding witnesses going beyond bounds in falsehood are wont
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    Netherlands India News.
    16337 6 Tratulaied for tin BiraiU Ti „>>.<. Event* in A.cheen pj^s.-ut little variety calling for notice. At Analabu, two asaassins endeavouring to take the life «»f a Dutch officer mei with short shrift, thej being shot at oriee immediately after capture In Achtvn Proper, the A- hints, bands
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    Draft Minutes of the Legistlative Council.
    1111 10 THUBBDAY, I2IH A.UQUBT, 1 Pusses Hon. the 4 Secretary (J. p. I ickson, Um Attorney-' >• the Act>_'. Col. Treasurer (B S.O'< the Auditor General, (H. Troti tin- Aetg. < Um Com. of e ll, ...i T. Sbelford. T. Cut] A ,T Hi- Rxcellencj
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    The Municipality.
    878 10 Mihutm of Proceedings of the Hw pal oommisßionerß on Wednesday the 28th July, 1886. Commuriom n prtmtd. Colonrl s. Dunlop, a m a Dr. T. I. Bowell. J. P. Joaquim Esq. C. E. Crane, Eiq. Dr. Rowell baring been dulv gazetted a Municipal Commissioner took his seat at
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    Penang during the Centenary.
    1599 11 (Fro jit our Special correspondent) Pemu, :h s>tnday,BthAwjmt. According to the Official Programme, the Fetes do »"t begin till next Tuesday, and in the meantime there is nothing to be said about Centenary, which may not be much better described at a later date. Such being
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    Deli News.
    703 11 TramOaUd for ike Strata Tim JxTDQima from advices in the Ih-n Cou. rami to the ith August, the intelligence to hand uiK-nt the movements of theAchii lauds m Tamiang and Lanjrkat oontinnei to be of a tranquillising oature. Recon. uoitnui,' parties and scouts sent into the hitherto disturbed
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    Manila News.
    727 12 (Translated for th< Strait* Times.) The Com' rdo draws attention to a shortcoming on the part of the Singapore DOS- tal department in occasionally neglecting to forward mail matter direct to Manila instead of by way ol" Saigon. On one occasion, recently, newspapers and letters from Spain expected
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    Malacca News.
    1196 12 {From a Correspondent.) Malacca. (>th Aiujuxt, 1886. The Commissioner sat to-day for about ten minutes, and disposed of a tew cases. Yesterday a Celestial was prosecuted by the Government Overseer of Forest s Air. Walker, for trespassing into the Government forest reserves at Bukit Billing. The Magistrate, Mr.
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    The China Review.
    841 12 'i'li-- number of t h<' view for Mi) and June last, now Lying before us for notice, comes above the mark of the [<r. i m iii variety and judicious seleet i<m of subject matter, an kp <-ni at a glance w h lookiu iible iri icle
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    Paris Letter.
    2542 12 Pari*, l/th July. The Nation* of the fourteenth passed off ext reni In the morning it rained cat and which the monarchists forgetting thai lid falls alike on the just and the unjusi viewed a^ a kind <>f the h. niv,. t||,. Ducd' Ann.., set out more t«»
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    Rangoon News.
    1356 13 I rom a <orn spondi nl Rangoon hi August s >'/. Matters in CTpper Burmafa are still very unsettled, and demands are still made for more troops. Cavalry is most urgently needed and ;it last Regiment has been ordered over from Madras it is not that our troops
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    The Dollar.
    835 14 Sh a aghai Merrv nj. Thk origin of the dollar, the unit of value principally in use in the Far East, somewhat shrouded in mystery. From an article before us treating on the subject ire learu that the earliest, use of the word in national coinage was made
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    The Volcanic Eruptions in New Zealand.
    2890 14 Auckland papers contain full particulars of the recent volcanic eruptions in New Zealand. We give below extracts in which the incidents of the disaster are graphically described: The Outbreak Described. A gentleman from Rotorua gives the following account of his experiences on Thursday, and
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    A Remarkable Discovery.
    580 14 i'l ing t<» i he Washing llif wr YorkGraphu Professor S Graham Bell and nis cousin, Dr. Uhic Bell, have recently made verj i discovery, which they think is quite t .mi as the transmission of the roic the telephone. They have discovered falling |ot of irater
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    Unsurrendered Rights B ill.
    1039 15 The following is the paper laid before the Legislative Council on 3rd August, being a report by the Commissioner of Lauds Titles in reference t i certain matters counected with the above mentioned Bill. We omit the Schedules attached to the Report which are not absolutely
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    Netherlands India News.
    997 15 Translated for the Straits Times.) According to Batavia advices to the loth August, Mrs. Hanseu and Mr. Fay are again in the hands of Tunku Umar somewhere in tli.' interior of Teuom. It is reported thai Umar had sworn on the Koran not to pre up the
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    Malacca News.
    434 15 From a t.) Malacca, 16th Aug ?6\ Yesterdav evening s large crowd gated at I 'ampong I Chinese Loiang performing ou the public thoroughfare with s sword. This o juror, who is considered by the Celesl to be a kind of sup rnatural being, cui himself all over
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    VARIETIES.
    1172 15 A (Km iii county (Jalwa\ recently for i!i' he district The nun drunk that he had to put awav till >r, win".! In 1 w. red t" perform his work. This being done the gentleman told him thai he would never employ him again. The Bedad, yell have to,
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    • Letter
      Local Fisheries.
      366 16 Dear Sir, —On reading your article on local fisheries I thought the following suggestions might lx? of use for obtaining a cheap and large supply of fresh fish and also a good profit to the undertaking and I requiring no special skill in the obtaining. East and west
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      Judicial Oaths.
      294 16 Sir. —You are perfectly right in your remarks ou oaths in our Courts of Law ami Police, The way the swearing is carried on in both is sufficient to deprive it of all solemnity and value to the natives. The usual oaths should be abolished, and a real
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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      609 16 ARRIVALS. ;!v,^ !te^T- K, (M AII EI COS-S.OKKKS Aiif 11 Boineo O t" str I4M Viltn a 'l'^' L>o K; Co. 11 Espana Spastr *)0/\ A T ln<>y Jul^ 81 Bourte«a ACa 11 Glenogle H• V S OQOO w P^ Aujf 4 s vn Co. U Benmore SSH I( U(lon
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      1107 16 CLEARANCES. Datb Vessels Namk Flao Eio Captaiv Destination Aug. 10 ir on Brit.str. Orr X- r sTork 10 Pp win H rtr. Sturrock -rtta 10 J)'-, x"- id M B tr. Humphries }J A f N Rtr Lontit via port* Bornpo Dnt. ?tr. Will. Cowpta Lami Homeo Brit.str. Hide kok
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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      378 17 POWELL CO., AUCTIONEERS, SINGAPORE. FURNITURE, &c., For Sale. Almeirahs lee Cl.» Bedsteada (iron) Jewel Safi Bed-roon Suites Japanese Screens Book < > vt Lamps tok Stands Linoleum BilHard Tables Matting Card Tables Marble Slabs Chairs Meat Safes Chamber Cupboards Office Desks Cabinets Office Chairs Chests of Drawers Punkahs Clothes Stands
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      1094 17 [^ALOR'S "OHOSPUODYNB 3. Vic IL Certtned by the lte«i»ti»r a| Trade SUrks. London. "JGTEALTU, STRENGTH, ENERGY. QH. r ALOR'S T3HOSPHODYNE E?> SSPJTOKBQ! YBARS Proved the ONLY £AKK, RELIAn.,I;. PHOSPHORIC REMEDY ever rti-eovered for U»« eernwoept Cure ,f Brain Wreckage, ParalyMs. sleepless. Dem, H»rftMtßg Dreams, Premature Pecay of Vital P<Ver and
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      584 17 Cheap Ice mdnstrlai Company (or me MamUacmre of RAODLPICTET'S INVENTIONS CAPITAL FRANCS 3,000,000 3.0 Rue de Grammont 3.9 Prospectus sent post free tfaohinesmakinff&omlOtolSOOk* OF ICE PER HOUR This result is obtainable even in the hottest countries. DR. J, COLLIS BBOWNES (HLORODYNE The Original and only Genuinf: Advice to Invalids, If
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      749 17 rp H E SRAITTS TIM K S. Rates of subscription and Advertising for 1885. Local Delivery Payable Quarterly In Advance. Daily Edition. Weekly Edition. Single eopy 10 ets. Single eopy. .40 via. Per Annum $24. Per Annura .$l6. Foreign and Outstation Delivery PITOLI in Advance. Daily Edition. Weekly Edition. Per
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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      605 18 JOHN HENRY GWYNNE. Bngineera, 89 Cannon Street, E.G., Hammersmith Iron Works, W. London and X Avenuf. Percier, Paris. "Invinciblo" Patent Combined Cenritfugal Pumping Engine and Portable steam Engine for general purposes. The only Centrifugal Pump that swivels on its bedplate. Tlie handiest, strongest, li^Htesi and m >si effi *i >n1
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      348 18 SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA. Anti Djftpepiic Cocoa or Chocolate Povthr. GUARANTEED PURE SOLUBLE COCOA OF THE FINEST QUALITY With OUT SUGAR OR ADMIXTURE. The Faculty pronounce it the most nutritious, perfectly digestible berapgefbr Break fa» Luncheon, or Supper;'" and invaluable for invalids and Young children. Being absolutely "all Cocoa," with tlio oxtvss
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