Straits Times Weekly Issue, 16 September 1886

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  • 27 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Series. PUBLIBHKD FOE TRANSMISSION BY EVERT HOMEWARD MAIL STEAMER. [Price 40 Cents VOL XLII. ISINGAPORK, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1886. NO. 3,384
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  • 81 1 Penaag on I w bant, Petbb Fulton, (form Etiley H< sA Hngap Pennnjr, on the 7 i instant, the infant rhter of F. k". JENNIKOB, E>f{.. of the Strait- Poliee I lg< I 2 m mtlis and 7 days. Oh the lltli instont ai North Bridge B
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  • 11 1 STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, 16th SEPT, 1886. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. jhhkjhkjhjkkj ghfghfgjhfghfjhff
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  • 670 1 The last homeward mail i despatcl on the 9th instant, p >t«-;im-vr Iraotitdhj. and the mail Li t;ikn> i,n per P. and O. si B > •<< The London mail of tfa ist, was delivered this morning per P. and O. steamer Ravenna. The pad week
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  • 706 1 Messrs. Won. < Hale «v Co.'a mof 6th September 1886 state* Biee. The market baa lately i exhibited a marked decline but, on aeeounl of meagre supplies roming <> hand here, I haa not bad iN usual l«-<-i* !<><] influence upon our prices several steamers are
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  • 63 1 \\k note in the Bombay QamtU ..f the loth August, that ike Ist" Battalion Eiut Kent Regiment dhe Buffs) will leuvr Singapore for Kumebee. It is reported that the Buffs will not depart till Man h next, when the Himalaya will eonv.v them to their destination. They will Urelieved by
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 236 1 AMTSGERICHT HAMBURG. /vBERLEHRER FRIEDRICH yj NICOLAUS LIEBERMANN, als cur«tarderabwrsendeii JOHANN (xEORGSAIUBERLICH und HEINRICH CHRISTIAN THEO D( R S AIUBE RLICH. vertreder durch die Rechtsanwaelte DRES. STAMMANN NOLTE und SCHROEDER, hat \rorgetragen 1 JOHANN GBORG SUUBERLICH geboren 21 August, I^B, sei im Herbei 1855, als Obenieaermanii m See gegangen und babe
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 149 1 1-— —^iii I, lIPWIIIMJ)[^^^ PASSENGERS. Per M. M. steamer Anadry, on th> Stli in< t For Singapore. From Marseilles: Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Pereiv 1 1, Messrs. en, and van Varaeveld. From Colombo Mr. J. F. van Langenberg. Fur Batavia.— From Marseill M »ssra. B. Barkej and B. Bossat.
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  • 5422 2 -I- I The total return of visitors to the Raffles Library and Museum during thA week j ending Friday, 10th Sept, 1886, was 629. In another columu we reprint from the Saturday Review au interesting notice of the lately published memoir of Lieutenant Rudolph de Lisle, K.N,
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  • 225 3 A meeting of the above Club was held yesterday evening, the 7th instant, in the Exchange Booms, J. Burkinshaw, Esq., in the chair. The following were present Capt, Hughes, The Buffa," Cant. Blackburu, The Buffs," Gfoo. L. fourchier, Esq., A. J. Rosa, E*.,.. A. F. Aviv. Baq
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  • 472 3 The following notes have l>"»>n made l>v Mr. J. A. Skertchlv, P.G.S., of ML Geological Survey, ou th" gold and mineralogicaJ »pecimenj trom British North Borneo at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition An inspection of Hie specimens of gold ■hewn to me Croßi North Borneo
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  • 519 3 The Tanjong Pagar Dock Company Limited. Minutes of the Forty-fifth Ordinary teneraJ Me tiug lera, held at the Company *s i >fli Quay, at noon, on Fridaj the I bird day ber, 1--Sn LBl I >LDEH IV The lion. TH< ;air kfesars. J. Lutjens, A. Our Hh. B R. Little,
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  • 1017 4 Sarawak Gazette tit September.) H, H. the Rajah has been pleated to appoint H. R. A. I>ay, Esq., to be a Cadet rathe Government Berrice to do duty in the Baram, and Percy P. Cunnyngbam, Esq., to be a Cadet in the Government Service. Th.' s. >. Ranee
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  • 484 4 T I'm l a COm 9\ "tub itt.) Any stranger passing the CroM Heads, Tanglin a1 I. l*< on Saturday, afternoon, must have come to tin* conclusion that something was up. Well they were not far out, as a paper chase was coming oif that afternoon. Shortly after
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  • 669 4 (From the Rangoon Times.) Monday, 20th Augutt 1886.— At about 9p. n. on the 16th the North West bund gave, or A-iis cut a way and the lower part of Mandalay ir&s quickly flooded. The noise was tremenlous, and confusion and fright reigned supreme. Mr. Carter our superintendent
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  • 87 4 For tit- Strait* Tim Bulgabi London. ?tlt Bept. I*llll**- Alexander has tendered his submission to the Czar, bul baa Buffered a rebuff, and is expected to abdicate. I* \i; i.i mi: M. The House of Commons has v«»t«»d the address in reply to the speech from the throne
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  • 851 4 From the Ceylon Observer. Tirnova, 28tk Aug. Mr. Stambuloff in the name of Prince Alexander has proclaimed martial law and has appointed Colonel Mutkuroff to command the Army with full powers. Prince Alexander's whereabouts are still a mystery. Berlin, 2oth Aug. Prince Bismarck and M. G-iers meet tomorrow
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  • EDITORIALS.
    • 848 5 11. (S. T. September 7.) When once it was decided upon to undertake a cadastral survey in the Balik Pulau district by way of trial, Eurasians and natives qualified for the task in hand were engaged in India and drafted into the Revenue Survey party
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    • 809 5 (S. T. BepUmber 8.) In Penang, early in 1885, field to field cadastral surveying was begun under the Superintendence of Mr. Laseron. Progress was slow at the outset, owing to the usual difficulties attending a start on new lines, increased this time by the hands engaged in India proving
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  • 1071 5 T he Coal Supplies of the Far East. (S. T. September 9.) In a recent article entitled the Political Aspects it in} Future Possibilities of the Coal Track of Singapore, interesting and important subject was placed before our readers from <|iuti i an original point of new, coal being treated
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  • 1043 6 (S. T. September 10.) Captain Colomb, who has made the subject of Colonial defences peculiarly his own, has delivered before the United Service Institution, a lecture on Imperial Federation viewed from a naval and military stand- point. The main features of Imperial Federation, a question becoming daily more
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  • 774 6 8. T. September 11.) Thk BCunicipal minutes published in our columns yesterday Bhow the Commissioners to be Indefatigable in determining to pul a etop to the hitherto steady growth of private Chinese burial grounds in uuniand extent, owing to lack ol let or hindrance from Government, which
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  • 864 6 (flf. T. Sept mb( r !■>.) Thi. precise legal standing of foreign mail steamers in the Colony, often ;i topic of discussion in Council bere so fur ;i> French onei are concerned, bids fair t«» be agaki brought np for «l"Uit'' now that a
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  • 843 6 (>. V iember i Afkaiks In Cambodia since that country was put formally under French proton have taken a turn decidedly for the worse, judging from the '-nt appearing in the Saigon an.] Hongkong journals. S«» far as ran be gathered from tin- particulars available,
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  • 729 7 Minutes of Proceedings of the Municipal Commissioners on Wednesday the Ist September 1886. Commissioners Present. Colonel S. Dunlop, c.m.0., President. Dr. T.I. Rowell. p.c.m.o. J. P. Joaquim. Esq. C. E. Crane. Esq. Tan Keone: Saik, Esq. The Miuutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Read letter
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  • 2102 7 The following is the Municipal Engineer's Report to the Commissioners for the month of July, 1886 Municipal Engineer's Office, Singapore, 15lh A ttgnst, Ifiß<>. The Secretary to the Municipal Commissioner)*, Singapore. Sir, For the information of the Municipal Commissioners I beg to hand you the following 1 monthly
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  • 1357 8 Friday, 10th September, 188b. J. M. Lyon Co. v. E. J. Wells Co. His Honour Chief Justice Ford gave judgment in the above case on Friday last. It \v;is a claim brought by the Plaintiff J. M. Lyon Co. for the sum of $44)1, the cost of an
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  • 1672 8 (I- rom Corn epondent.) Malacca, 3rd September. The MagisIrate, Mr. Skinner proceeded last Wednesday, to Alorgajah i«» hold a court. There were abotrt halt' a dozen cases oi encroachmenta on Crown lands, which took up a i part of Mr. Skinners time. Mr. >lmberg, the Chief Government Foresl
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  • 1670 8 Translated for tkt Stroll* 7 tin eleven dayi from LOth t«» the cpnti do ban Is wet despatched b mer i hier localities. At this r.*i-- t li« Lcheeo ton be too modi o hold il "U ll. The A.chin< to hi le parrisons of ili> ■ed
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  • 990 9 Translated for the Straits Tin Telegraphic communi I Java and I>eli has not el bligfc notwithstanding every effort t bring it ab a pioo 'i" which started from the K;:si Court oi Sumatra for the purpose, had to give it i\> when almost within sight of the goal,
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  • 926 9 Trandai d {<>>■ ike Strait* Times.) By last official advices from Mindanao, the Spanish forces in the hYld go on successfully bringing to their bearings, the Moroa or Moslem rebels there. Communications between the feat of disturbance and the pita] fall s > i'av below the mark that
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  • 3900 9 Tti I ing r >port l>v Mr. I rich, M. M I i m, oo the trad Bangkok for tin war LBB5, was presented to both H<<>f Parliament in June hurt l«\ command of Her Maj istj,
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  • 1014 10 Recently at Bombay Mr. K. A Btern- > dale delivered an interesting lecture ;;i i tigers and the larger carnivora of India. After describing the anatomical structure of the tiger, the lecturer came to the vexed question of their size regarding which reams of acrimonious correspondence have been carried
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  • 2477 11 (From our own Correspondent) Piirix, lith August. Excellent clinical lectures on legal medicine are delivered at the Morgue. It is now proposed to found, in connection with the Law School, a chair devoted to the study of Clinic Criminals, in order to enable judges and magistrates to deal
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  • 624 11 Professor Ahdi tends m the following interesting a<- iut «»i the typhoon eueouutered by tuv Cclrln* on 1 u ]>as> from Hongkong to Saigon On Sunday, Align »< 29th, in the China S«'a. on a voyage from ti.mgkoug to Saigon, Oochin China, the ship Celebes,
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  • 2568 12 Surkly. amid Cardinal Newman, in one of his parochial sermons, "the life of soldiers on service is a verv school of <reneiv.sitv and s. If-ucglect, if rightly understood, and is used as such by the noble and high-principled." Such noble use <d' their lives has been made,
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  • 1524 12 Total Loss of the British Steamer Ferntower." Hongkong Daily /*/>»• itk Sept.; News of a definite character readied ihi 8 colony yesterday of the total loss of the steamer Fvrniower, concerning tin* safety of which rnid fours have been entertained for several days- past. The British steamer Vimiulmla, which arrived
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  • 1092 13 Territory Times 15th August.) A few vreeka ago the Resident Magistrate at Derby. King bound, acting under instructions from liN < rovermnent, dispatched a small party under the command of Sergeant Troy, of the Police Department, to the fields. Upon the return of Sergeant Troy. he handed
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    • 205 13 SlB, Your Correspondent Field is, I ;mi afraid, very much astray in the letter about these liutY*' trying to bluff,and establish a funk in Mr. Chopard." They have nothing at all to do with Ifr. Chopard'a race, ami if" Field" will take the 1 rouble to read Corporal Martin's
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    • 457 13 Set, When the Honorable the late K;ist India Company assumed the Government of the Straits Settlements, a chatter to that effect was granted to them by the Imperial Government, of which the following was the provisions in existenee relative to the observance bj them of the different
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    • 129 13 Sn;, Extradition cases generally l»risile with difficulties. As a rule, authorities, especially British, an- not easily moved. A case, however, has just occurred in which the rapidity ol action on the part of the Netherlands India Government Officials deserv.-s notice. On the 3rd September, a requisition was
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    • 314 13 Sik "These Bain that is evidently what has fetched "an old I>ufY" are really very entertaining. This old muffs letter is delicious in its weird simplicity its delightful rigor in <>I<] age its 'fightfair' statement, at the outset, of the cause of offence, and its 'one straight from the
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    • 406 13 Dear Sir, Will you be good enough to allow me to say a few words about the i disgraceful scenes which take place daily in the public streets in the destruction of stray dogs. No one will for a moment deny that during certain seasons of the year
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    • 86 13 Sir. I am iriwu to understand that the memberi of the above Association are getting cool now, and that the Mine will soon It.' dissolved. It is, ind<< i d, a pity should such he the cm ing thai this is th<> first literary Association that has
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    • 171 13 Sik. PercetTing the remarks made of your correspondent "A rerj *>ld Etendent in your issue ol the 7th instant. 1 deem it not undesirable, for justice's sake, to add thereto my obserrations upon the sasst subject. I may say thai the Chinese actuallj form the neatesi part
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    • 168 13 Sik. lam rather sorry to inform "A True Friend" that the ;ii><-\<- association lias l«vn suffering from Ague and asthsas for a very long time. However, the hod stage has already passed oil, and K is nothing but natural thai the patient must now It*- chilly. He
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    • 887 13 Sip, On the 24th ultimo, a KUag tfiri came to my house and begged lot shelter. Both I and my wife questioned the girl, and she stated that she had es<*aped from the house of her mistress at Serangoon, owing to continual ill-treatment. We asked in what way
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    • 251 14 Vita tine lit' ris mon >>■/.' Sue. Your correspondent "Field" is i t|iiit«' an amusing, And what I Bnould rail a punctilious type of the jolly fat Bengalee Baboo. His second attempt at lexicology ■till confirms OldMufTs (as [am satisfied to be called) previous opinion that no one in
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 780 14 ARRIVALS. Flam jTmti'i Kami Tons. Captain From Saiued Consiovjcxs 1 lii^_ Sept t\ Bom Urit. str. 349 H Bangkok Sept. 2 Low Sum A Co. 7 Ban Yong Seng itr. 387 Peterson .Ja\.i pt. l|Wee Bin A Co. 7 Naashan fcr. 906 Blackburne Swaton \ng. 31 luthrieACo. 7 Cheang Hock
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    • 1154 14 CLEARANCES. Date Vessels Name Flag Big Captain Destination Sept. C Ganymede Brit. str. Martin Malacca. Deli aad Bate Bahra 7 Hector str. Batt Hongkong and Shanghai 7 Malacca str. Carroll Penang vi.i ports 7 Bengloe str. Webster Tx>ndon 7 BbVM str. Millingtou Muar 7 Armida Ana. sh. Martinoliich Sourali.iya 8
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 374 15 POWELL CO. AUCTIONEERS, SINGAPORE. FURNITURE, Ac, For Sale. Almeirahs Ice Chests Bedsteads (iron) Jewd Safes Bed-room Suites Japanese Screens Book Cases Lamps Book Stands Linoleum Billiard Tables Matting Card Tablo- Marble Slabs Chairs Moat Safes Chamber Cupboaidl Office Desks Cabinets Omce Chairs Chests of Drawers j Puuknhs Clothes Stands Piano
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    • 966 15 r\*. y ALOE'S "DHOSPHODYNB T« tk* onlr >'*t*nt M«4iat*t of tas kUta »r urn* awai«s« •Vj-tlflc»r,. r>: Merit at t>>« Ca>utt* laUrn»Uoat>l KxiUUtion, l*®: 1; utt th Tr»4« M»rk-"PMO«rHODTNB >> K«rist«rftd and Prr t«. c w4 «ji««r U« Trad* Marks Act. 38 aad > lc. »1. Certiflsd by «k« KsfUtrsr
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    • 579 15 Cheap^loe industrial Company tor 'fie lannlacmrc ol BAOOLPICTET'S INVCNTIONB CAPITAL FRAKCS 9,000,000 18- Rue da Grammont —1.9 PARX^ Prospectus sent post free i MaciilaosxnahinarfromlOtolSOO^ OF ICE PER HOUR This result is obtainable even in the hottest countries. OK. J. COLLIS BROWNES CHLOBODYNE The Obioihix a.\i> onli (Iknuine Ailvicf to Invalids.
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    • 708 15 rnHESRAITTS TIMES. Rates oy subscription and Advertising fob 1885. Local Delivery Payable Quarterly In Advance. Daily Edition. Weekly Edition. Single copy 10 ct«. Single copy 40 ct». Per Aimwin $24. Per Annum $16 Foreign and Outstation Delivery payable in advance. Daily Edition. Weekly Editiom. Per Annum 330. Per Annum |18
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 752 16 JOHN HENTtY GWYNNE. Engim-ers. 8!* O*n?tfm Street, EC. M*mmcr*ith Iron Work*, W. L**do* and 8 Avenue Percier, Paris, Invincible" Patent Goiuluumeil Oenritfngai Pumping Engine and Portable steam Engine fot geutyfal -puq>oBe«. The only Centrifugal Pump that swivels on its bedplate. The handiest, strongest, lightest and most efficient 1 ortnlne Pumping
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    • 661 16 COCOATINA. Auti Dyspeptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powdirl GUARANTEED PUBB SOLUBLE COCOA OF THE FINEST QUALITY. WITH OUT SUGAR OR ADMIXTTRE. The Faculty pronounce it the most nutritious, perfectly digestible beverage lor Break/at Luncheon, or Supper ami invftlanble for invalids ami Yonnj* 1 children. Behi£ absolutely "all Cocoa," with the «'x<*«»ss
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