Straits Times Weekly Issue, 14 March 1887

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    27 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New; Serie Published for Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Btbamer. [PIJICE 40 JENTS FyOL XLIII. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 14, IJUJ7 NO. 8,409-
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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    STRAITS TIMES Monday. 14th MARCH, 1887. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    127 1 STRAITS TIMES Monday. 14th MARCH, 1887. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Bingaport: 14th March, 1887. Produce. jj°- Cube No. 1... 9.a r >. W&: do. No. 2..... 8.05. 'opra, Bali 4.025. do. Pontianak 3.60. Black Pepper i:». Sago Flour, Sar tl 2.15. Pearl Sago 2 Jottee, Bonthine M 20.00. rapioca, small Flake
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    332 1 M. In hip i!i«l the i on the Bth m 'oin t h Mauriti il. M." >] >nd battalion of i ith Lancashire Regiment, which she disembarked lu'iv. and having embarked the ttd battalion of The Buffs (Easl Kent imeni left on the 12th instani for
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    Governemnt Gazette, 4th March 1887.
    149 1 11- r Majesty the Queen I a pleased to allow and confirm the Ordinance No. XXI of LBB6, entitled "An Ordinance to render unlawful the Sale by Retail of Bxciseable Articles elsewhere than m duly licensed Places." It is hereby notified that the Queen's Exequatur
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    Penang News.
    16 1 ll' A lvniai m P( nang, V. If r htm to imj>! ordi i
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    It would seen that Aden is likely to be.
    67 1 I "iin- thai 1 hf ;r. will j.i men-of-war m Dem >mj i(»i: How < mously the demand for petroleum haa increased m Englaud within tlw I years may be judged from a r. itatemeni l»v one of her M Ministers
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      86 1 DX. .1. (OLLIS BROWNEE < CHLOBODYSN Th?: OKIiiINU \M> ONLY GENUINE Advice to Invalids, If yon wish t,, obtain I qni> refreslung 'rum headache, j^,.f t m pain .-m:] an^uisli, 1 ard a ractod disease, Erflronr' 'Vims modia. and rc--ulnlt> 1 lu> 10 hody, < >v will 1 whicli the
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      59 1 PASSENGERS. Per P. and >. steamer M .1 W Griffi 1)> putv 9. and 1 P. W in'! \V. I ).u idson. I II nmphre; F. Denison, K'X. From wart. Pro n Cc| I aud T<». 'Rom London: Bfr ad Mis. :l. W. R.UB--.1 no. D i J. D\ niond,
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    LOCAL AND GENEARL.
    4997 2 LOCAL AND GENE A RL Reverend Benjamin Price, of the ,n, died at Bangalore on 9th ry, aged 72. He was one of the missionaries m Southern India, and bratvd the Jubilee of his missionary m January last. On loth February. H. H. the Sultan of Johore gave a farewell
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    Her Majesty Jubilee in Hongkong.
    652 4 A public meeting was held m the City Hall, Hongkong, on tli»' 2nd instant. To consider m what form the Queen's Jubilee Bhould be celebrated m that colony. There was a very large and representative attendance. His Honour the Chief Justice presided. The following resolutions
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    Entertainment by the Men of H. M. S. "Champion."
    500 4 Entertainment by the Men of H. M. S. Champion." Lasi Monday night the men of the Champion gave a very j_r* >« I Amateur Dramatic Entertainment m the Town Hall, commencing at 9 p. m., and fora very worthy and laudable object, namely, for the benefit of as old shipmate
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    Tanjong Pagar Dock Co. Limited.
    581 4 The half-yearly ordinary general meetting <>f ih<- shareholders m this Company lI aoon Last Tuesday m ihe < Jompany's Office, Collyer Quay, for the pur>f receiving the Directors' Report, t-» pass the accounts for the half-year ending December "Ist. LBB l. to declare dividend for
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    182 4 I I an-1 S«-r\ ia .;>.■ .-tini-fiii i;.*>n the Bulgarian frontier. The military iv\.»lt lias beensu] London, r alth to laud, Arthur i >.; mr. Lord Salisbi l>auqu< said thai the political outlook m I w&a brightening, .im<l thai Ih pi of peace i ere improving. [tali Home,
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    Telegraphic Summary.
    177 5 roon Gazrtte. 7 Feb. Several shocks of took place at six o'clock this ili.' south of France. The 1V especially severe at Cannes, and Mentone. Several houses at Icollapsed and a panic seized on the *nulati"ii 'I' 1 visitors are hastily leaving The Canadian e]ee[.suited m a Jovernnieiit
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    EDITORIALS.
    1061 5 EsiiitrnjMtn' Merchants and t li idulteration of tiambier fcWjswishto draw especial lit tent iou to Ptb» i present unsatisfactory Btate of the trade, for which uv have to merchants of Sin-.q. The :n -iunl»i''i- is one o liief of tin 1 plac, tin* exports for havinir reached :> t-.t
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    Trade aud Taxation In Netherlands India.
    750 5 (S. T. March 8.) Mr. N. P. Vvn dkh Berg, President of the Java Bank, has brought out a pamphlet dealing with the financial progress aud condition of Netherlands India during he last fifteen years m concention with the existing currency difficulty. The pamphlet,
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    II.
    834 5 v T. March 1" Next to the opium raonojxi that oj salt, as a considerable so revenue. The manufacture of salt ar;«l its retail salt- have beeu kept wholly m I hands of Government. Its manufacture goes on m the island of Madura alone, tht Government buying up all
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    The Prison Report for 1886. III.
    720 6 T. Ma Tin, mi prisoners m the I ;il Jail falls behiud the growth of poLtion. N i^o 1 1 1« wer< pore < Jriminal pr: ■ust L ,015 on the 31 sonably be exp i cted m intervenir.-., j. 1 1 1 to
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    Openings for British Trade.
    715 6 (N. T. Mirrh 7.) Mi;. Holt Eallett, the well known commercial explorer irho has traversed portions of In«l<»-( I liin;i m tin- interests of British trade, delivered an address <>n the subject ;ii [pswich on the 25th January last, under the anspices of the l->cal chamber
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    The Business Outlook in Netherlands India.
    350 6 I T. March I' Mk. V,\ dkn lU;i tmphlet tuifl I lii v-' hardly dfl I Til oil! il; I m- Linou J I i >f^| lii I. Til. In t. >llt fl^| rlli I ii.-n |»ro lv ad v lialf milliu a unv
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    The Selangor Government Railway.
    304 7 I the foil .1 the Ki'hr ami i A, B, A. X id I am m :i commercial iev 1 ha\ c i ii»' honour t<> I Yum- ol F. Dn The iv the qi reIferred to skct.-li of tii wuy and i1 1. I)., yon
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    The Municipality.
    1837 7 Minutes of Proc of the Municipal Commissioners on Wednesday, the 2nd March, I issiom rs Pn nt. .1. 1\ Joaquim, Esq., President. S. I )>lli!o]> C.M.G., 1.--l>.\ T. 1. Rowell, p.c.m.o. G. E. Crane, Esq. Tan Keong Saik, Esq. The Mil, E tin- last nieel ing v Da
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    Malacca News.
    406 8 )th March. In Ihe absence ->f Mr. r, who is unwell, the Beg d- I A h lie caught vDinent. ■li rwo mi, ard «>!' 1 -ho hoi a, Cl wourder of the 1 m th< < al a aken to 2 was rate i A id id
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    Picturesque and Busy Singapore. By T. J. Keaughean. XL
    1021 8 Next m point of importance to the coi munity are the schools of the French missionary society. These establishments were founded by the late Father Beurel, a gentleman for many years well known and much esteemed m Singapore. In LB5O ier
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    XII. Our Public Institutions.
    898 9 XII. Our Public Institutions. he iiist "i tins Settleh stands out m bold relief to the rovrrnment as well of the K£istb;it which was long known as. Hospital, and at present tU per Hospital. In order approximate idea of the tudeaud utiUt\ of this establishment, ;,1 a>k liiv readers to
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    Supreme Court, Civil Sittings.
    790 9 >f much int be legal Lto tlif pubhY w Thursday tor* ttis 1 (■'<>r. l m nil. th< On a IJill of >^ i;nin<li McAllister curity i I made to lia Austral i On v Lin M< I .1 i ■•«>.; -t. .till N'.w Dock Co
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    Cochin China News.
    488 9 i Chine of the 19th I attention to the difficulties m the way of Euro]H*ans competing with ('inn.-'- retail dealers m French Indo China. Trade i this description draw their supplies of goods from the nearest wholesale house. Th.'\ <lo noi lay m a li «»i articles,
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    Netherlands India News.
    641 9 touring m .lava, w re ibe aut ive paid thru, mar'x.'.l honour i i li'iu cwrv faeiht to acquire on. The head lommHs it int. -rest m the poorer el 1 lion.', to whom h< ivadil it any hour of th« da\ I n affable aud cour
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    Deli News.
    703 10 anxlated for tin Straits Tinu Deli Courant, <vi the authority from Bengkalis, states thai iv has taken place m Siak. close to timber felling works Mr. BolleY, a Chinese of several perBOllB has been found murdered. The corpses were rocioaslv mutilated apparently t«» facilibold of the ornaments, the
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    Manila News.
    491 10 Translated for ///<■ Straits Times. By last advices from the Philippine* ii the Comercio, the province of Uoilo hat just ]>as S .'<l through a visitation of eartl quake. On the night of the 2nd February throughout the whole province, that phe nomenon manifested itself iv heavy Bhock
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    Notes and Queries.
    1919 10 k itiiN. received a cop mrth and i,i»i number of the publication l.\ the St i-;iit> Branch of the Royal t ty, entitled Note* and Queries." 1 > Thi> work, as we mentioned ><>mr tiint f ago, is to be m future amalgamated with "Indian Notes aud
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    The Jubilee Celebration in India.
    738 11 The fol a full repoi I of the speech ot l, the Vu ro India, m re I beaddr< uted to from Euui, on th of the celebration ldth p Lssocia- .md L'ominu fathered nd me to-d ha\ in^ t'ti; .'i more 1 sovereign the
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    Tpe Jubilee Celebration at Calcutta.
    562 12 His Excellency the Viceroy having informed Her Majest; Hi< Queen-Em preggj of the enthusiastic manner m wim^'aer Jubilee has been celebrated .throughout India by all classes ]:•■>• subjects. Her Majesty has been pleased command the Viceroy to convey to the people of India her warmest
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    Second Criminal Assizes 1887.
    2290 12 rat l).i>i Ttu <day, March 9th. His Honour Chief Justice Ford opened the Second Criminal Assizes For tin- present jrear at 11 ajn. Several Jurors were absent and were fined on not appearing to answer to their names. Tin* Attorney < Joierai appeared t<» protte on
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    Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
    667 12 'I HE ordinary half-yearly meetini; of tlie shareholders of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation was held at the. City Hall, Hongkong, on Saturday, 2f>th February. There were present Messrs. M. Groto Chair* man I). Bottom ley I Vice-Chairman Hun. .1 Bell Irving, Hon. A.
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    Upper Burmah.
    407 12 Th* Miiixlalav rorr«'S]M)ixl«'iit of thl Rangoon Gazette writes .<> follows umler j date 1 Mli Febj The past \v» i?k lia.B been h quiet one m Man- inlay, nut t li« news from the districts is of 1 j more stirring character. Several eugageiiK! have been fought with
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    National Growth.
    419 13 Mr. Mulhall, the eminent statiscian, at elusion <>f a very interesting article ,I,'d "Ten Years of [British National m tin 1 Conf' ht/><>niri/ I\>ri,n\ arE^res at tin- following conclusions, which, ■c extremely satisfactory Firstly, we find that the reproductive power of our people, .'is shown by the numher
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    Exploration In New Guinea.
    1071 13 Brisbane Courier lias been kindly faby his Excellency the Hon. John Doua short account m pamphlet form of ploring trip m New Guinea thai was onten by Dr. Olarkson, now medical super"lent of the Polynesian Hospital at Biac*av. Mr. George Hunter, and Peter, a Lifu The
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    The First Kimberley Gold Mining Company.
    453 13 The first, or more strictly, the second, although the life of the earliest effoH was a ->hort one, Kimberley Gold-mining Company, which promises to be the precursor of many similar ventures is m process of being floated. Aft or the many gloomy reports of
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    VARIETIES.
    758 13 1 hope and pray," remarked i gentleman as he left the steamer, "that 1 shall nerer have occasion to to cross the Atlantic again." 'Rough passage, eh?" queried a friend Rough is no name for it. I had four icings heat three times." \> >•• York Sun. TWO old
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
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      The Weathmr.
      1032 13 Sib, It is a matter of surprise to me that so little comment has been made m your columns upon the weather. lam tempted to ask whether I am the only man m Singapore who moves m a mist, is rained upon m torrents, and washed into a
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      A. Nuisance.
      102 14 The police would do well to look ll' rtaiy trainer of horses who, not ►ntent with minding his own business, ide himself a nuisance m the neighof Brass liassa, Selegie, Sophia, 1 Wilkie Roads. 1»\ following ladies and insulting them grossly. The afraid now of going aboul there
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      Muar.
      132 14 Xot lv»n- YOU1 1 Mi stated m \i]< l»u,l-v! H >lera w W th.-n l"r»nn Ma-la« i" hot ha '.mv let me ted the Town of Moar i Ban and tfoni iburbs both by lai by nothing and heard nothi though special enquiries v i this poiiu. N.»r w«-re
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      A SUGGESTION.
      128 14 Si k. hile suggest ions are b *ng mud. as to the best form of commemorating Eer Majesty's Jubilee, I should ;>,. ;l) i you could find Bpace for an idea which, however, has already appealed m youi columns m another form. rould suggest thai on the 21st
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      Gambier.
      118 14 Si b, lii the leading ati icle «>!' aur the 9th instant you have called atten tion to a point of the great* s1 imp I ii«-i only to Merchants bul int 1 1 l i Ljbier continues to be shipped m f lie Banie wretched condition as for
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      Fast Steaming.
      237 14 able paper o announcing the s^ean pours, will perhaps b Br 1/.,/. > Vttjirunhes, five years ago, ran the same distance m two days seventeen hours. Tho Maha Vajirunhis was then owned by Messrs. Kutz Bros, and is now thy property of the Netherlands India Steam Navigation Company
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      An Unsound Affair.
      91 14 Dkab Mi:. Editok i j I most ardent Sportsmen wciv l>itt< I appointed at th,' »-..11;ip5.. ,i" tii. SoiJ Affair" intimated m your columns. It appears thai "our 1,,, ro J Country Kid.r" had a sli-' tin' heart and paralysis of il I the ;///</•/.-. and was
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      76 14 ARRIVALS. I 17 mc p.o 1 M in-i |>in:i 1334 i ..-lot An,! i'; !1 Brit .^'f. V; >f Dorff is 5: I Mar" w" 1060 O'Neill Roi m y, Mlu »*field 4 Co. 513 Molsen i v"" sBehn5 Behn Meyer A I ■tr H > ll SS^ M :U
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      99 14 ULEAKANCES. M I cate Btr FairJ Btr H A.I. h I;. B^ I»M ,V|,, IS PoUre bq. ,V r at N; i oui lanak J O] tn|? str. II,:. Jl Thi A 4 1 6 anshiro Klin? liir, is tck-bur^ I Elm oil 7 7 M .i,v Ad Pyah P
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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      177 15 POWELL CO. AUCTIONEERS, S ING A i'O RE. s J*»Wel S:il Lai Book Stan<ls Liuoleura Mr; Mlk-c 'hairs Drawers Punk (Is Piano u r^ (iron Bro-proof) j-mi,)\\ ti^-liai Bathing Jars Pinner Soi Mtls Hgtrd'W, n<ls bles \Vardr< lath-room ids. Work Tallies. I ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES FREE f \fg I J h-^
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      866 15 I WALTER M ACFARLAN E CO. FIRST CLASS AWARD INTERNATIONAL SANITARY EXHIBITION CONSERVATORIES. \fW\\ "T X > 1 1 I O stca' :h; stair& LAMP Pli I ARQ V vy/ **V^ A J vf-V^ ik STAELr SITTINGS. SHOP FRONTS. ---T^- J^^J&L^l^'fS' v '^v' I, i pi 'R'DO ARCADES i r/\v
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      273 16 BEW STJ LMSSa WITH SPEEDS BANGING rl' TO J<l MILES HOUR. EAMERB with DRAFT RANGING DOWS TO «i INCHEg OF WATEK 3TKRX WHEEL STRAMERS WITH VERY SHALLOW DRAFT ESPEOT ATT T SUITABLE FOB RIVER NAVIGATION. IfACHINERI CONSTRUvTED FOB BOATS BUILT ABROAD YARROW CO., POPLAR, LONDON, E. Builders of tlw Storu
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      174 16 The Pills and I 1 1 1 Syrnp ci ble t tl cy >- A' is I'.rer) i for the solidtQcatioa fihatlc su!.i>rts and all suffenng from Debility. I- I and the DiarrboH m is well adajaeato Uothcn White Suckling aud ill) GRIMAULT Co., Paris. Sold by all Chemists. r
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      396 16 t4h// thfspeptie Cocoa or Chocolate Poicder. (JTARANTEED PUKE SOLT7BLK con >A OF THK KIMOST gr\NTY U OUT SUGAR OK" ADMIXTf Tlm' Facci/iv jintiiouiicc it tho most nutrition^. |»crf«»ctly ilijrcstihlc I>»'v»t;il:' Luncheon, or Supper;" and invaluable for invalids and Young children. Being absolutely ".-ill Cocoa/ 1 with fche excess of fal
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