Straits Times Weekly Issue, 11 April 1887

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    Masthead
    28 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Sekii > Published fob Transmission by Every Bomb ward Mail Steamer. I'im.i: 10 Ckn NO. :$,413 VOL X.LIII. SINGAPORE, MONDAY. APRIL 11, 1»»7.
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    DR. J, COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE
    190 1 DR. J, COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE BTui: Original \m» only (Ji.mixk jV(lvi<-.- h) Invalids, —lf you wish to obtain n»fr«'shnig sleep, free from headache, E mi pain and anguish, to calm and weary achings of protracted i irorate tli< i nervous media, and regul i1 lljil iiiir >> st«'ins of tin'
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATHS.
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    MONDAY, 11TH, APRIL, 1887. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    44 1 MONDAY, 11TH, APRIL, 1887. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. I HE IITH A.PBIL, i Gambia 3 6.40. do. Cube No. 1 do. do. No. 2 8- n Copra,Bali 1.17 V do. Pontiaiiak 3.65. Black Pepper 21.50 Stgo Flour Sar -.1"». Pearl Sago 2.70. Coffee, Bontiiine 22.00.
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    245 1 I M board, < I! limn t, aud W ml the arrival j ..!•>. the Master An.-n--fctlements returned from Europe on the <'.ih instani m th- I I s. s. N irpt don. CaptaiD Bradbery will now take up his substantive appointment ;i> [{arbour Master at
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    217 1 (jtoveriiuu'ii i. IssT. has b Hoe allowed t-» be co of T. [rvine I 11. ap] I tinned th i I rom (•111 Who Hi the I tovernMr. J. Palmer, Lal Clerk m the m of Eiequesi 5 ■;•<•. Mi. C. Holloway, lat< erk m the Marine i department, Singap
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    Siam News.
    67 1 Tho I i i Tl 11. \asdf sdf af I I adsf asdfsfdf m 1 1 1 tor rapid it; tho\ hay.' i. 'i- In othor vessels I 'ill that th«-\ --'ii -'k under steam, lim 'ulneta to corst-de Proposals are now uuder for the lighting >»i railway
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    LOCAL AND GEENRAL.
    231 2 i 1 lie London it ml China Smith will very likely eive the post of full Governor of Brl- Guiana. It is not \<-t definitely settled, but the matter is bein«r eonsid,'r«<] m Downing Stre«>i. \\V trust the report is true, as there was a rumour that
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    The S.S. Bentan.
    460 2 Th e S. S. Bentan. 'asf sdf Loss of s In* Bontan." Penang, to Co] rvivor !>'> titan, pick- ;ht, rvivor reliiiiln:. ank few M r should As now ib< ler ar abolished. I a] a I t lie plague of Hies around Sepo> [jin< utinues im1. if not mi
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    Brunei.
    644 2 A .•oil follows l •m into a j I :he Lim- )!ll t tli.> 1 7thand I Bruneis l.\ the t Limbang people, two at Trusan Bunot, i and I -I it is further re- i ported thai six others were captured and > lr heads taken while gathering
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    Penang News.
    90 2 uang Ga Mr. Noel Trotter. A«tin v [V s < reneral, having finished his tour ti.ni. left for Sii Bokhara last night. M. A. Row< < i«,\, rnin.ni s, lr veyor lel'l I)} ?he Bokhara lasi ni L San I- I is America, on fift« en moni wish
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    The Queen's Juillee Memorial.
    731 2 df dasf asdfsdffs i I] I as SL 1 3 our'i^ in 1 .niiiiii.l (he Vdniiral tlif the who the Japane il"ii liit-h expressed >proval, be tliiii tlir mat i.r will .'V.'iituallv 1.,- aniicab^fl settled to the l»..ih (ioventfl nit'iitv. Noi nian\ |.r-.|,],. alv aware, we
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    Naval Intelligence.
    762 3 H. M. s. Leanck r, Captain M l>unl<>,.- I rrived at Ani.-v on the moruiug of the 24th March. H. M. s. lommander W. V. More, I.' N"., arrived at Amoy od the 2 Manh from Hon md lefi the followmorning for Formosa. British corvette I returned tgasaki
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    145 3 lp m paper !>•• I ;n <>r boycotting present prevails ii doubt] low to >•< bui it nevertbi of the li gest an<l best kn have banded togeth< t the jute mi which have been lately running shorl tii and hav< 1 to boycott ti are agents of tha mills
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    Protocol Between Portugal and China.
    84 3 A. supplement to tin.' it .1 f Pro. vina i d M<■> Tim >r, dated 28th March, has th following It i-, notified for that it h-is i i! mica! 'd „.y the •md U'tl auil Uhhia I i win it a I I iuosl
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    The Asylum at Medan.
    80 3 7. luu 21 111 I Mir: i const i ;ui<i nearly ±M <><),< I it an. l with i crai )klu( j cran rial. There are ;tls.. m use. including i<»n while more than a million <-v timber have been requi :h e timporarj works. As
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    Loss of the S.S. Bentan.
    410 4 6th 1887S. Horthnnjh arrived this inornut half past 7. Kumours have been last two or tluvc days that the id the First Knginoer of the unfortunate S. S. //>///</// bad b.en found en the beach at Batu Pahat by some Masand taken up to their
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    Firing the Most Powerful Gun in the World.
    281 4 power>rks 1 I ti blltts t' ;irl i! \ct r conn i i-; like _:un m Dov- In length 524 i i'l steel tin by jack ips, The 1 1 1 i i-t v calil which i of a r of fler
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    Paukaha vs. Refrigerators.
    444 4 of air refrigerating machinery hows.) thoroughly tested during ncrs Hnd \n chillthat i! Ik -uprising no effort been made m India to apply the same principle m reducing the atmosphere of laree bnildingd, such as hospital barracks and public offices. The punkah is a primitive, inconvenient and
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    Notes from the Bace Course.
    547 4 i ining has idily during the ]k\.:\ w< < >;. Saturday morning gal herii I nearly all lit round a ■><! t bree-quarter pace. All the horsei are Looking well, >uld tin'\ remain bo, the coming meeting will be tin- best ever held m I
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS
    184 4 I r the Straits Tina \l\ ssi London, l&i April. An unsuccessful attempt has Imch made to assassinate the who bowever lias 1 <>t received any Injury. (JNIOHISTB AND CONSKRVATIY] London, lei April. Lord Hartington speaking ata Banquet said that Union would Buppoii Government so loi ►ontinued t<»
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    Telegraphic Summary.
    250 4 i From .Jiirn a Tin Hayue, 23rd March, 1887. The »nd < Ibamber bj to 15 I aec* pted the clause granting the fraud to Dutchmen of legal age ami possessing education and prop rty the qualificati< to be settled by the new Electoral Law. Soldiers an- excluded.
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    EDITORIALS.
    245 4 fir. v. .I/-/*;/ i.) An esteemed correspondent who returned from Pahang informs ih things ;ir»' not m ;i satisfacton st.it.- m thai country. The jK'ttv nati\. rapacious and tyrannical, and [m-c. groan under their oppression. In the: mote districts, the Sultan has lift] authority, and the |>eople, especiall) th
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    The Master Atteudant's Report for 1886.
    493 4 l'ul<» i <M B 1 ij|H ma. I I is hard to their \j i• r, th<- I' ci over v direction. LV<-.m g w thai m., ami i> md' ill 1 It haunt- v.ll 'md ami dial ricts, w li< re Ii aati
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    The Jubilee Celebration.
    615 5 E'ial 1 sum a lilt l< i L ion.it m »>lv made f lii(-h the >: ib•rs hay m dei eD I it itit he pubthe d. Tl uder I i liu»i H public c ime f take ad ion, iinplc time and ()■<' for the due
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    The fuel of the future.
    646 5 from j el. Am for thai oil m pai ;i of Russian pet roleum is to be already ou The use of pel roleum as an illumiijin. tpid Ijy in' all v have been with it i\»r the furnaces of stea other purposes. In LBBl,
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    The Imperial Institute.
    584 5 the obj of the Imperial IIn- 1 ii ute m be fully understood l>\ thos i he eours< to it, and the dis< 'h refrom m the >nies, many s may be so far engi by busiares thai t hey fail i > its full ticance. They
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    A Lady's Trip in the S.s. "Australind."
    4514 5 IM Fr] ,t 1 1 1 v -onie delay we ai«' ai if al>out <• p. m. in*' when rated, thai ii<l pat icii." is ii nisi i' ■•iiu-tant though the} i y will n »t be sorry to r I heir usual
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    Malaceea News.
    527 7 M ••'i\ ed 1 h sad I iii_r of tin. 1 the ivws «an thr i tin- !)'•><■ 1 11 W Mil iiu \> v i seni household li.-iv i and those who ha\< on board are to \u Telo^ra|)h < Mii< have n saved. 1 ku well-to-do
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    In the Supreme Court of Malacca.
    1508 8 ian, ■!v. A])pell;\l H. .1 i ird .dent. Mr. R rnddell appi L, and 5. Samuel „1 fur \d. The -I-. Atlorno) Gon- eouiisol ap]i n 01 i md tlmt him! XU oi 181 to an jippe.i] are r and defei rlie poii Eiim,
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    Tonquin News.
    466 8 Haimi corresponded .«i tbe de Haiphong announces fresh sue< ever the rebels m the province of Than Una. These successes are seldom of a decisive charcater. The rebels fall had. only to rally, and renew their depredations m other directions. The French find they have always to begin
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    The China Review.
    567 8 1 HE !1 o\ 111." I !Vl>niary fairly K. ;> to! the Iv i i) ham <l. ili-' u)v,,i i '1-1 l^H and neg] fco be influenced b> t, i heir own ends, and did n<»t l<-;ist about doft'iuliii^ the i 1 1 1 the hordes of
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    Netherlands India News.
    820 9 (Translated for the Straits Times.) Tumongong Gamar who beaded a robber venture which, afterwards, when neglected, developed into a forma] rebel movement against the Netherlands authori--1 lts »n Bast Borneo, lias been render* d harmless under peculiar circumstances which come m short to the following: Gamar had
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    Singapore Insurance co., (Ltd.)
    971 9 The Third Ordinary General Meeting of this Company was held on the ">th inst., at noon, m the Exchange Rooms, to lav before the Shareholders the Report of the Directors and the Statemeni of Accounts for the twelve months ending -Ist December, l^ s ;i. The
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    Deli News.
    123 9 I >i'li V mi terdani n< \v>: .ijmt. i brings to ii^ht tj, c importa--1 liat Out lio cudi Ilildf 1" Sol\C til,' have l< liol hii [udian will iu>\ i ;i conviMll of t'aeilitai nut t liis nul.'ss hero is evei urit v for immigrating, .'iijoyiii- m
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    640 10 otting of Deli planters itow m bis last depart mental report, out shortcomings among Netherlands consuls m China, m failing to supthe information which the planters icerued bad to get from the Proteetobe report. Dutch consuls m India have likewise preserved silence m the same way regarding the opinions of
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    Perak Tim Mining and Surelting Company, (Limited).
    652 10 Perak Tim Mining and Surelting Company, Limited com] annual <renera! meeting of Hie m thi was held on moon. the tuigW. I i i. < i i».i, i, <_ n- were present Messes. It Francis, A. Thurburn, 11. 11. ph. ii- rood, iJ. M. Campbell, W. ml <'..!. Dud^ooii, Secretary.
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    UNKNOWN
    1501 10 i i 1.1! l ..i tion 17 l j L 51.705 eoB< of Sarutus Less pr 1- oi sundr* Properi I 1 1 iitns Mi' i ;h Plaut) >17,j:,n I > lin i «-st iiu.i ted Ol I'l.lllT us above... ;>,u*) $l:i,850 10,249/hj I Proceeds of sundry I'n>iH>rty sold
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    Good Faithin Insurance.
    664 11 A receni ise uiportanee m Marine Insurauce re-nflinns, with more stress than many b<'lie\<Mirrt\ssary. the fundamenta] rule that m this hrancii of coinmcrce the utu boitn tld (j lisitc. It is important becau~ with some liarshness the application of the rule that the concealed knowledge of one's
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    Mail News.
    238 11 1 Hi March. The < labinet hi irioua Mow m the breakdowu of Sir H eh. The resiguat ion of Ihe < 'hi tary at thi lentona junctun rery properly styled ;i national il I t!if general sympathy which is dered I i acb is »o1 mixed witl
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    The Bowan Times savs: Mr. D. Miller.
    77 11 i roin Sin-.. i 1 good I stral iii i fan fr. i in tin re, >\ itv good and en m, the) mWestern imported bj nun S h ivr realised ml hiT'buggv, stead} nights aero no <lt'i)i-in<i. Sin-apon' -uj.pl;. i i. li«
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    Loss of the Hudson.
    117 11 fl Finding -art Enquiry 1 1 1 1 > the v re pub--1 Uruns<official Ma«l Octoi bourd to 1 until the AniMaauw abojt 1 1 noticed that th" the land, ami „i- Id fell calm, and i ards the I ..iviiig no Lilt tliat or tin-
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    VARIETIES.
    548 11 Xl inner Dean umorofci li\ I ml) \va»t- -:<; t asked h««\s ire m n •eminent ry ability :iitli 0] Mr. Winks Well, paper says a rich Kentucky farmer, blessed with a charm- wife and children, committed suicide by hanging 1 himself m Ins dining-room. What could have possessed
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    125 12 Strait.- I an. i Dear Sir, I have read over your report of the proceedings of the meeting of the Straits [usurance Com- pany. One would suppose from the report thai everything went off harmoniously and that 1 the shareholders were quite satisfied with the way
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    British North Borneo.
    219 12 SlI; -J hav< i with interest your I leading article m your issue of the 26th February and my friend Mr. Maxwell's i rejoinder m your paper of the Lsth in- stant, under the heading of Sarawak and j Brunei." toring to the position I have the
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    Brunei and Sarawak.
    448 12 Sib.,- A Pangeran of Brunei desires to know if you or any of th<' readers of your paper will kindly inform him if the Rajah irawak be also Rajah of Labuan ami representative of Her Majesty the Queen m Borneo, as he (the P«tngeran was deputed not
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      181 12 ARRIVALS. S tue. V BSEI S NiMl! „,f v P«O*. BA.L. Apl.' Sr tS life ?F" k K^«Safe; 2 S i v'l r\ alaCCa Al nl IW^ Mansfield ACo ,ie MoppeM Sourabaj. M«r 30 Wee Bin 4 i F ill 11 fir 3 f I-fe lif If us Ir E£
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      285 12 CLEARANCES. DAT! Namk Xi 1G A Rk mn Mai. M Smit hut iak Sai 3] Pembrokeshire Drii str. 31 Qleneaglei str. Park A i >nl s len r i udoo F a l a fr D utta A"t. s tr. Qrier 1.,,,. as. MH,.:;;- Si :tii i.v P°t»«t»«k Joi Pontianak
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    POWELL & CO.
    38 13 POWELL CO. AUCTIONEERS, SING A i'O HE. P< >i; S.\ LX. anene Screens p Linoleum Matting I CI i >csks i i v- vi i k 1 iolh C .rI Drawinu- trs pinner W ills ices rden S
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    ILLUSTRATED CATAICCUES FREE
    48 13 I I I feed [lie hro'r iiici I Ihe taking 1 the jiiin. 'J'liis une mot ing vli-tt un". ■r.l rapidly the .i" arm- hut r^ well with ;i coiu■fc. k r i< (louhtful. For E"'/." 1 1 1U 1] ■"I-"- »ew Liirlit asdf adf
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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      346 14 SMALL STEAMERS AND I LAUNCHES. BW StEAMBKS WITH BPEI D 8 »A» UNG UP TO 26 MILES AM HOUK. ADDLE Si; I IVITH DBAFT BANGING DOWN I < 6 [NCHEB OF WATER. IRN WHEEL STEAMERS WITH VERY SHALLOW DRAFT ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOB RIYEE XAVI >\. MACHINERY CONSTRUCTED FOE B LT
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