Straits Times Weekly Issue, 5 December 1887

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  • Title Section
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    26 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. Publm ma Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Steam mil Pun i. 40 VOL XLIII. SINGAPORJ], MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1887. NO. 3,4-47
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Article
      MARRIAGE.
      41 1 On the 29th November, at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, by the Venerable Arch•.,11 Meredith, assisted by the Bevd. J. W. ii. Wii.i.iam H. McPs bland, of Bangkok, to Mary, ■•ml daughter of the Revd. N. A. Macdonald. d.i>.. Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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    • Obituary
      DEATHS.
      76 1 At 55, Belsize Avenue, Hampstead, on the 27th November, George M. Sandilands, of Penang. By telegram. Ar the General Hospital, Singapore, on Sunday, the 27th November, Thomas B, Reid, Chief Officer of the s. Western Australian papers please copy. At Spottiswoode Park, on fche 30th November, Dan hi. Ron
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    STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, 5th DEC. 1887. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    213 1 STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, 5th DEC. 1887. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. t Singapore 5th December, 18K Produce. d^. le OuDe'NoVi'.V."^'' 10.07*. B lack Pearl Sago 2.60. Coffee, Bali 27.50. Tapioca, small Jbiake 6.20. do. do. Ist quality 0.75 do. mod. Hake o' 50. do. small pearl 6.50. do. mod. do 6.37irftieklac, oiam
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    507 1 The hist homeward mail was despatched on {lit 28th ultimo per P. A: >. steamer Anoonu and tne present mail is taken on per M. M. steamer Sain I, leaving at I light to-morrow. The London mail of the Ith November was delivered on Friday morning,
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    658 1 (F<>,- Straits Times., The Presides Paris, 28th Nov. Monsieur Q-revj has postponed his resignation to Thursday. < i EBMANT, Berlin, s i!i Nov.— -The Emperor received a deputation to-day from the citi- zens, and said that with regard to what had passed m the Reichstag, with every desire
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      329 1 1f >I> SHK SHOWED BIT VFAK s\r,x* OF DEATH JOP 52 Storks-romd, S BITTERS "OP "To the Hop Bitters Compa- BITTERS H. Farrmgdon-road. I 4 1 have much pleasure m BITTERS. stifyiug to the excee ling--1 OP ly great value of your Bit- BITTERS. J ra. My grandmother, who TTAP
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    2271 2 11 Salminand of the -n to Admiral uiltion, k.v.b. aper states that at Vienna •ban 'U>3 .Jews became mot her journal says that dnee the first century have an Judaism to Christianity re at presi John I little A Coy. have issued dsome writing pad of blotting
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    The Singapore Gas Company (Limited).
    274 3 lhe directors report of this company for half-year ended June :}u, lss 7 B t a tes*that the gas and meter rental shows an increa £340 over that of the previous half-year The f residual produc been well maintained, an some improvement The lesson exchange
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    North Borneo News.
    281 3 hX. li. Urn, hi Ist ,r, mbcr. We learn that the Brunei iovernment have oin England a large amount ofcopper coins for issue m their Territory. The Chinese Government Commissioners who have been making a lour of the .blast, including Australia, on behalf of Chinese subjects, have
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    Shakespearian Reading.
    995 3 On T da;, evening last. Mr. .1. D. Vaugha v read > from Macbet ,i i the fourth I literary entertainments that 'nan has volunteered to put I the result b; highly successful. There v. >od and npprei iat n e\ idently tho- d My Mil's thought- r<
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    The Great Explosion at Amoy.
    610 3 The Aiu.'v correspondent >f the China Mail, writing on 19th November, gives the following particulars of this terrible di- At 2.30 p.m. a terrible explosion Was heard IU Auiov and at the same time the wind and cci flings commenced to fall m the bourn
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    The Yellow River Inundation.
    685 3 The following letter sent to Mr. Muirhead, Shanghai, and published m the G. Daily X ws, gives some id -a of the t irrible destruction that has been caused by the Yellow River bursting its bankf Al v Dear M.l know 1 can count on you
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    Tonquin News.
    318 3 H the dearth of laboui Panama .-anal, has res,. to secure coolie.- u,r t he purp. mi. A I uitractor ai llaiphoi undertaken to sup] thousai hundr. ,1 of th started a syndicate •mi enterprise to account, A Cnr/i>ntlr> luis chartei tin m to Panama. 30th > less
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    Saigon News.
    783 4 M. Constans, the newly appointed Governor General of French Indo China, an :on on the 15th November. md of cannon announcing the the steamer with bun on he shipping m the harbour dress;i tlags. Au enormous crowd >d Chinese. Annamites, and Hindoos lined the quay. Tint whole ot"
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    Malacca News.
    1063 4 rretw a correspondent.) Malacca, 24th Nov. Periasamv alias Soopramania was charged with breach of contract of labour. According to the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been wrongly arrested by mistake for some other person. His Worship accordingly discharged t he prisoner, and fined the prosecutor So
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    Penang News.
    637 4 ml application has been .made for the use of the Town Hall for the purpose of holding a meeting to protest against the withdrawal of the European troops. It has been suggested that a voluntarily elected body should be foi lc d I) P< to advise and support
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    Singapore Chamber of Commerce.
    445 4 ing. Members of the Chamber of < Jomm remind.,! during the week following ilar issued b\ A. meeting of very great iinpoitauce the Mercantile Community, to be held on^ Thursday the 1 it M r- of flic 'handier of '..mm. are reminded that the Special General
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    The Singapore Debating Society.
    349 4 This last Frida eveuiug m 1 1 at the Ma soi Hall. illS Til iV be i I v at v ©vfifTcw < f tl c n ees which should pervade generally, and partly to an luate supply of other fluids and the inestimable privilege of
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    Siam News.
    414 5 Bangkok Times hdh Nov. The Gymkhana Sports last Monday were ver\ successful. We hear that 11. P. 11. Krom Mun Praehuk will take have „f His Majesty (the King to-inoriow. ami that on Tuesday the General starts with the expeditionary troops for Luang Prabaug, accompanied by the two
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    Export of Java Rice to the Straits Settlements.
    275 5 Export of Java Rice to the Straits Settlements. attention has been drawn by m the London and China issue of -Ist October ou the subtile possible retaliation for the new iv Saigon ou foreign goods, Rice imp*' i fo r dy. and ii is further argued that the export from
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    Telegraphic Summary.
    537 5 Ceyion Obsi rtn r. Kurrachee, 14th November, it appears from information received from Persia that Ayub Khan gave himself up on the Bth to Bashin h'ban, son of Mohamed Sharif Khan, at Meshed. Both Sashim Khan and Mohamed Sherif Khan were lose adherents of Shore Ahi. and this
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    EDITORIALS.
    744 5 The Rambling (Question. (S. T. December I.) Wi: inserted an article m our issue of Tuesday which seemed to us to arrive ,t a very fail conclusion upon what was, all the same, very defective reasoning. One conclusion was that it is hopeless to try to make people moral
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    The Law of Evidence.
    356 5 v T. A 1 )k late, our local Ordinal), kept abreast of the times m on respect namely as regard the temper! i evidence m Court. Heretofoi of prisoners m criminal cases hay shut to the detriment of the even of justice. This drawback m ju
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    Merchandise Marks.
    555 5 I. The cry ing evil of fraudulent marks on ods, has every prospect of being I ied so far as legislation .an do any good m that direction here. Action m tl has at length been taken locally. uly at the prompting of the Secretai for the 'oloni.s.
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    Balik Pulau.
    602 6 (S. T. D* >■■ m her 2. Among tin- papers laid recently before the Legislative Council figures the final report on the Settlement operations m the Balik Pulau district m Penang. This locality has come prominently before the public oi late. It had been chosen a- the test
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    Portugal and China.
    196 6 N T. h THE i man-of-u mi. II 1 1 our p..rt ou her i| ceeded thither to enforce tin Portugal m strips of te that < v the have I i on for some i Portuguet eu\ o\ at Pekin with t main iis jJM the
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    Merchandise Marks. II.
    733 6 Merchandise Marks. II. ordinances empoweriu idant, if he thinks proper, to bear witness on his own behalf. His standing m that ca.se will be precisely that of auy other witness. With regard to imported goods, evidence establishing their port of shipment will hold good, Inless rebutted, as proof of the
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    Singapore Races—Extra Day.
    649 7 Singapore Races— Extra Day. iomuchsothat at the f running the Course was m a most ondition, but the atmosphere Lntly cool and the sky as clear could be wished. Though intimation ot the event was given but two days pre viously, there was the usual crowd G f .Oriental visitors
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    The Municipality.
    572 7 Ejjkinul Proceedings oi the Muniminiissi.meis on Wednesday, the aber. 1 s Present. nel S. Dunlop, .M.G., i.o.r. 1 ugliston, Esq., m.i j AT 1 :it Dr Mu X roted to the chair. The minutes <t the three meetings held on Wednesday, 2nd instant. Monday 7th instant, and Friday,
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    Entertainment at St. Joseph's Institution.
    860 7 An Entertainment iv aid of the Building Fund of the pro-Cathedral of the "Good Shepherd" was given on Saturday evening the 26th ult.al St. Joseph's Institution bi the Amateur Dramatic Club oi 11. M.5. Orion. The Right Etevd. Edouard Gasnier, Bishop of Eucarpia, Captain rioyse
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    A Tour on the Malayan Penisula.
    4019 7 Lv T. J. Ki:.\ XII. The I bland Sbttlbments m MLuab. Tin: distance from P acalan Bukit across country is trom five to -i\ miles over a stretch o|" delightful undulating downs prolific m vegetation and full of Landscape beauty. On near approach, the
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    The China Review.
    862 8 m for September aud October 1887, contain- a good matter inter, sting to g< „eial aiong v. itli the usual makeweight of a w linn o, s in en j first article deals with th practice „f western Medi. me ('i. i'h bulk of the Chin* stuck
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    Passing thoughts on the Gambling Question.
    1398 9 By a c* rresponai ht. j the present time when the attention /eminent, ami it may be. of some the public also, has been and is still directed to the question of gambling, it not be inopportune to submit the folh remarks which present
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    Paris Letter.
    1811 9 From our own corresponds nt.) Paris, sth Nov. The Rouvier cabinet has again been saved by the monarchists. That does not look like republican harmony; the test vote was ..li the scheme for raising 1*;;, million francs to meet the budget deficit, by the conversion Of t- per
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    Legislative Council.
    3025 10 Tuas w. 29th November. Present. His Excellency the Governor, (Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, EC.M.O.j The Hon'blethe A.ctg. Col. Secretary (A.M. Skinner.) the Attorney-General (J. W. tJonser. .1 the Aii'titor-Geueral H. Trotter.) the Actg. Col. Treasurer S.O' Connor. the Acting Colonial Engineer (Capt. flf. A. Cameron, aa. the Acting
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    The Portuguese Squadron in China.
    470 12 With the arrival of additional vessels, the Portuguese Squadron m China bob consists of the following Bartholomeo Uias. A wooden corvette of the first clans, built m England m 1 Sin- has lately undergone extensive and important improvement Wmd received new boilers at Lisbon. Her
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    VARIETIES.
    1105 12 A n Intelligent I >*>g < !re< n 1 be- kilhd the d. g. Pat Tl h-r i -elf no vi sor. Hs always lies down whin a ginthuain miss**burred, just to ai--or in' him think he sic A m was b, -he, ,1 I J ;l nev the
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    • Letter
      The Constagious Diseases Ordinance.
      60 13 SlB, I hear that the Q. D. Act is about to be abolished. eiicl.tse a cutting from the Army and Navy QazetU, of tin- 24th September, which 1 think at the present time is rather interesting, and which perhaps you might find room for m your
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      The Navy.
      136 13 At the Royal Hospital, Chatham, there is at the present time no room for more patients from venereal. At Haslar over 400 seamen am at present under treatment and probably the accounts from Plymouth would not be more satisfactory. A considerable number of this men will become incapable
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      Saturday's 3rd Race.
      184 13 Sib, Thai Nelly won this race, but 1 through some irregularity orother iv the j weight of its rider, Carnation which was left about 3 lengths behind, carried the j pri/e, is a fact palpably true. But the public will be much obliged if you or the
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      A complaint.
      77 13 Sin. Allow me through the medium <'i your columns to draw the attention oi the authorities to the following incident Whilst a part} of the Methodist Mem, goers were close to the Musuem bridge last party. is to bo hope* take measures to k< m *1 trespassers alter
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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