Hatest Anbices to Batavia and Singapore aboard Voorwaarts
A Dutch steamer Voorwaarts from Nieuwediep on May 19 carried many passengers including Mr. and Mrs. Verheul and numerous others, with a long list of names and families. The Patroclus from Liverpool on May 29 carried Mr. Erskine to Singapore and Mr. Donaldson to Shanghai alongside a large group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Ree Nederland Company
Voorwaarts
Nieuwediep
T. Verheul
C. G. Lagerwey
P. F. van Wage
T. G. Sachse
B. Scholten
T. M. Bonga
C. D. Versteeg
M. Schultze
K. J. Hoffman
B. van de Lyl
I’. Conneman
K.N. Reuter
L. WA. Medenbach
G. F. van Mulken
A. Greven
Patroclus
Holt’s Line
Liverpool
Singapore
Erskine
Shanghai
Mr. Donaldson
Mails From Asia Arrive Ahead of Schedule in London
The P and O mail from China and the Straits Settlements reached London two days early via Brindisi. The Japan advices arrived via the City of Tokio from San Francisco. The next French inward mail, with Yokohama Shanghai Hong Kong and Singapore dates, left Suez early and is due in Marseille next Monday. Far East telegraph lines are functioning satisfactorily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Japan
Yokohama
Coe
Osaka
Hiogo Ae
Akodachh
Nagasaki
China
Peking
Chefoee
New-chwang
Hankow
Siam
Bangkok
Borneo
Labuan
Sarawak
Java
Batavia
Maxacca Straits
Singapore
Penang
Colombo
San Francisco
P. and O
Straits Settlements
Brindisi
Pacific Mail Company
City of Tokio
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Marseilles
Suez
Far East
Passengers Inward and Outward for P and O and Messageries
Passenger lists show arrivals and departures by P and O steamers Pera and Indus with names such as Sir W. H. Gregory and Dons Topete, and outward sailings by Messageries Maritimes ships Peiho Djemnah Tigre listing Pollard Desharpes Lushington Phillips and Cameron among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Per P
Pera
Brindisi
Galle
Patison
Venice
Penang
M. Carder
F. R. Luces
W. H. Gregory
Lieut. Thackwell
A.D.C. Er P
Indus
Southampton
Shanghai
Haslam
J. Hyde
Hong Kong
H. G. Brown
Singapore
Cameron
Stewart
P. Bell
J. Brown
Manila
Gibraltar
Dons Topete
Guzman
P. Sanchez
Messageries Maritimes
Peiho
Marseilles
Yokohama
Pollard
D.S. Saiff
Sataschnikoff
Colonel Lée
Messrs
W. Clark
W. Heyerink
Batavia
Desharpes
de Falcourt
Baptiste
Justice Lushington Phillips
Clarke
Colombo
H. S. Saunders
Mr. Handyside
J. H. Tring
Rollo
Messrs. Mitchell
J. E. Koeb
Djemnah
Messrs. A. White
W. L. Bennett
E. Wells
Tigre
Mr. A, P, Cameron
Far East Dispatch on Foochow Telegraphic School Closure
News from Foochow after a monsoon delay notes the Chinese authorities plan to close the Telegraphic School for economy and reactionary reasons. Rumors of Woosung to Soochow railway gain traction as railways appear preferred to telegraphs. Hong Kong records mournful death of a banker. Go vernment in Japan shows mixed progress in Kumamoto siege with Saigo’s fate unconfirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Foochow
Woosung
Soochow
Hong Kong
Thorburn
Chartered Bank of India
Australia
Pope Hennessy
Japan
Kumamoto
Saigo
Tokio
Yokohama
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