The Straits Times, 24 June 1896

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times. RSTABLISIIED. 1831. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 1896. NO. 18,957.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 869 1 NOTICE. "n I'KKVEXTORKEMBDY Btingt, Itch, Itinirworni, Skin Ailment., iim TSSOo/o CARBOLU SOAP I RACT ..f letter from London Mia. like TniiuMiiyik«,<entr«l Afiiea: i- ante «lth -.in-!.. IJMNL A.-.. ta lieal.tl with tlmt oilier \|...|i.«l S.»p. Tim.- would tail t.. it- ilnp.-iiHlleled value. p.. i Time 11 panarall) prer \i «ej«Me
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    • 1600 1 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. I\E KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATBCHAPPIJ. Under contract with the Netherlands India Government. AgrnU nt Singapore: Ship Aoircy, latk J. Daksdels A Co.,^-8, Collykr Quay. HajßJMt From Expected Will be Despatched for On S'/.i/r. Bcngkalis. 27th7Bengkaiis, Siak, Paneh.Tlila, Assahan^ and D.-11. 29th June Q.Q.Mvmr. Penally. L'Ttli. Batavia.(;heril<on,BamaranK,4Sourabaya. 30th '.'->/. 11
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    • 1516 1 NOTICES. Condensed Milk The "Milkmud" Brand is guaranteed in 5 contain all the oi'eam of the original milk. In [fotffirZriSFDMPl the P rooeBß o{ manufacture nothing but water I £Z I \b removed, nothing but the best refined WJti *B Avoid low-priced brands from which the Ba_f>y- cream has been
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    • 586 1 BANKS. HONGKONG ANU SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000. RESERVE FUND 6,780,000. RESERVE LIABILITY OF •mnnnnnn PROPRIETORS ..fIO.UW.OUO. COI'KT OF DIRECTOBB: A. McCONACHIE, Esq.— Chaikman. SO. MICHAELBEN, Esq.— Diputt Chaibman. TbcHon.JJ Bill Inn- J. Kkaxik. Kwi. O. B. Dodwill, Eiq 1 D. B. Bauoon, Eaq. M. D. EtKiiL. Eaq. N.
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    • 320 1 NOTICB& MCALTSTER&CO. JUST UNDKI). EX S.B. CUTUB AND LAU'OORA AUSTRALIAN OOUHDMNtD FORA(iE, $4.00 per ewt bale. AUSTRALIAN OOMntUBBD RACING FORAGE. 84.30 per. ewt bale. AUSTRALIAN COMI'KKssKH CHAFF FORAGE, *S.»O per ewt bale. AUSTKALIAX APPLK.S, in splendid condition. |XT ea-e S6.OU per haaltal ll.oti A. -o. ju-i landed, a Miiall r.m>-lKinni-nt
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  • 470 2 LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. S.-M..M-OKK, 24th Ji'se. 1898. PRODUCE. Gnmbier 7.J0. do Cul>e No 1 11.41. <lo <I<> No i H.flo. CoimuMnli.. .ViO. do I'..nt liinak ■>.% Pepper, Black, 10.30. .Sa«o Flour, Sarawak, &M. do Brunei, 2.42|. I'earl «ngo 3.5fi. Coffee, Bali. itlltn at *».00. Coflee. Ufceriaej. No. I 40.00.
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  • 49 2 To-Mokkow. B. and I'oiu i.uiak H. II'. Suva, Xoon. Pontianak Sri PoiUiana):. -2 p.m! Pcnang and Deli Heht. :t p.m. Labuan via ports Hecuba, 3 p.m. Friday. K. nnd Kvlnntan Sultan. 3 p.m. SATt'BDAY. lintavin via ports Ciaiuj Am,. I |..ni. Kuropc via port* Prim Iftinrich. ."> p.m.
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  • 87 2 From Ei'KOPE:—By the (ierinau. Prrutten, due on the 24th June. From China :—By the Uerman. s. a. Preu*Ma, due on Saturday. fit Singapore Due in Londun Vrrivn .May lath P. A O. June Kttli Jmu tith May Wtli M. M. June l:itli June l.itli May I7tt 1'.
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  • 265 2 ARRIVALS. Per s. s. M Pmitianak from Pontianak Mr. H. Leyzers Vis. Per s. s. Awitralhul from Fremantle Messrs. r.Caoper W. Newman, C. E. Strode. Hall. f. Owens, W. S. Laurie, VVestbrook, and Sir. and .Mrs. A. Canhani. Per a. s. Jlye Uong from Teluk Alison via ports
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  • 116 2 STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, 24th JUNE, 1896. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. ituaumm: lsii. F'HICE lu CENTS. [Subscription rate* tindiulrertmntj rotemay lie found cm the fourth page.] DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL. lonian, H&Jvn*. The House of Lords has read for the second time the Deceased Wife's Sister Marriage Bill, by a majority of twentynine.
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  • 267 2 The House of Lords, by reading the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill a second time, brings a long and bitter controversy within sight of victory for the friends of progress. For the last half century, fruitless efforts have been made to induce I'arlia nt to sanction marriage
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  • 17 2 Thk homeward mail by 1 1n- German steamer nine lleinruli CHMM at .'i p. in. on Saturday.
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  • 16 2 ox .Monday, being the Queens Coronation Day, there will be no i-<9ue of the Straits Times.
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  • 19 2 ImiU noon, yesterday, and noon i to-day one case of cholera was reported. j It was discovered after death.
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  • 20 2 Tiik Nagri Seinbilan (iuvernineiit advertise old gold mining machinery for i auction sale at Tampin on the 89th of July.
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  • 25 2 Tmk Right Rev. Hishop Hoiirdon is j appointed to officiate to the Roman Catholic troop.- at Singapore, appointment to date from the 9th April, IMHi.
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  • 38 2 Ox our back page will be found shi| ping news, comprising arrivals, departures, vessels in port, and vessels expected. The last named list is Verified by most of the ship agents, and will bo found of much use.
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  • 34 2 Off l'ulo Dumar (lIJO miles from Singapore), at 8 p.m. yoatenlay, the full rigged ship Sullej of London w;is signalled steerini' K. N. K. The ship ■Uad to be reported all well.
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  • 35 2 Thk moonlight perl'orniance, next Sunday, by the Sta. Cecilia Band at Messrs. DVott.is residence, "Caroline Cottage," Tanjong Katong, will be open to the public at S.JJO instead of 9 p.m., as previously announced.
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  • 36 2 Mil. flOfl— WHIM, Acting Superintendent „1 the Botanical Gardens, has been appointed Government Inspector of Mines, and proceeds to flnkay at the end of the month. The salary is SJoO pel month, with free quarters.
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  • 52 2 Small C'liinese in High Street. HW| a correspondent, have been in the habit, lor some days past, of using the tivcl'ont w;iy as a godown, ami blocking up tin-" verandahs with jars, rattans, ,v,. Other parts of the town are the tame, and foot traffic on the verninliibs
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  • 51 2 A WK1.1.-KXOWN Calcutta jooruatkl my» tbat the new Chainnau ul ibe .Municipality is tiiuliug his office no -ii.. run. "An otlicial wlio tries to inniigurate departniental puritr Hunt uniiei stand thut innovation is a WtM ■Hi which, if not carefully shoulderej.' .c likely to kick a> well a«
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  • 41 2 "Hi rischamira, the True," which attracted such crowded audiences at tho above theatre last week, is billed for performance to-night, for the last time. The company intend leaving for Rangoon, by the s. s. Xerbiultla. on the Ist proximo
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  • 96 2 A i ■iiKRH.'foxDEST writes that, in the absence of water carts, many Chinese in sever.:! parts of the town are in the habit, in order to lay the dust, of scooping up the stagnant water from the drains, and watering the roads with it. It i»
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  • 84 2 The differences of opinion between medical authorities at different times and in different places have been productive of many curious events. Some years ago, in Lucknow and elsewhere in India, it was resolved that the growing of shade trees in military cantonments would influence the health of the
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  • 79 2 The Finance Committee of the Rus--ian Council of State has endorsed the proposals of M. S. J. Witte, the Minister of Kinnnce, for the institution of a gold currency. Prince Lobanoff-Rostovsky, the Minister for Foreign Affairn, and General P. S. Vnnnosky. the Minister tor War. both opposed
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  • 94 2 A Yorsci tapir was caught in tho interior districts, and brought to town for the usual Government reward. It is now kept ilia pen in tlie cattle po'ind. The I'augliiua Kilchil— a fine stra]ipiiiL' man of Segani.-.t came to Ml death a day or two ago, by being
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  • 214 2 At Colombo, a dhobie strike is tixed for the Ist July next, when certain new regulations, in theinatterof the Colombo dhobies, are to come into force. The local dhobies have issued formal noticeto their clients that: After the Ist of July, 1 will not wash for
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  • 108 2 TIIL KUITOK OK THK "sTKUTs lIMK-. Sik. A lire took place la-t night ill Koiliore Itoad, and the Kire Brigade were promptly on the spot. Hut .me 0C two of us, having private lines laid on from the Telephone Office, ignite tailed to get any intelligible communication. 1
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  • 351 2 TO THE KDITUK OF THE BTKAITS TIMKS. Sin, -Your correspondent yesterday, alluding to wlut he m pIMMd t'> call the World's Fair' at ÜBpaß| Glim, and to tl;e similarity of faragn-made goods to British niaaaJaeturea, >ai<l thai, in his opinion, the Trade Marks Act Aid not
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  • 97 2 Thk House of Representative 1,,-,, passed a Bill facilitating the Onstoau routine by authorising an inspection upon the wharves of merchandise imported in vessels of the Hailed Mates The American Steamship Line aloM comes under this description of deataiininntion against other lines, and this new regulation wih
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  • 101 2 In the Ceylon Customs Returns for 1895, the total value of exports ihowi I large increase over previous years. The increase is, however, confined to a few articles, such as tea, coffee, cardamoms, coconuts, and desiccated coconut. On the other hand, there is a decrease bj cacao,
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  • 968 2 A TALE OF sic I So-. The Koyal Netherlands Company for working petroleum wells in Netherlands India have juet issued their report for last year. It shows that the books in this part of the world closed with a net profit of 1,313,000 guilders On the 31st Dec.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 629 2 NOTICES, NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LI). Manufacturer* of DYNAMITE GELIGNITE GELATINE DYNAMITE BLASTING GELATINE DETONATOBB nraiai ot: \l.l. MM>- H SAFETY FUZE. Manufacture! hy I KICKMHMi. SMITH ti.. AND TIIK SW.WSKA OOtiPAIY. I UK Ml'AI. K.Ml'i»lVl.> HI. Tilt. ONLY ink- M\M MCTI 1.1 D I" >\>- lir IMIII-M, MY. IMi I
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    • 1106 2 NOTICES. TU STItAITS TIMES" HA* THE i,.\H<;kst CntCULATKMI op any NKwsi'AfKt: in Acia, BniTisit Iniha ■B KI'TKh. IT IKiTI.ATKS IX SINUAPOIIK ani> I'knani;. ■antWl am. the I I'm.; i' tki> Statks ok tiik Malay i PkMMOfca, in Siam, Hornko, the Nkiiii:ki.ami- Isiuk". tiik Phii.ipi'lXKP, KSD KkK\. II iMM«-('HINA. No OTHKR
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    • 680 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. PAR.SEE THEATRE. TO-NIGHT I TO-SIOHT!! A'e»- Haa Wm Urn 1 1 Kntitlcl: IHRISHCHANDRA. TIIK TKI K With gorgeous scenes and dreßxes. The Company intend to leave for Rangoon oil the SHth instant. JAVA BAKERY. 'I'lIK iindiT-igncd is prepared to supply 1 bread of the Ixst qiMlity from the
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    • 7 2 FOB GENERAL BHIPPI.VG NEWS HLt PAUK 4.
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    • 90 2 M. 8. S. inton.lM for tlw fee* Tim', .honld be written on ono aid* of Mtc i*p»r only. Bt ths wg\*rt of th»t '■onHition. m»nT M. S.S. «r» r»j«4»d that raljfht otherwise pnbli^hed. All *iiTertinin( onntneta are »nhii-.-t to Urn onn.lition that the Manager out letTe tn*- ftdvertiMment out of
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 73 2 WEATHER REPORT. Kandang Kerbau Hotpital, BM June, mi}. '■i a.m. 3 p.m. 9 p.m. Remakks. Bar. .MMOnUIeVMBT Temp. K7..-> 89.(1 83.X \V. ffll.TI ler 1*1.(1 79.0 79.4 >■- Uir.ofWindS.S.K. S.W. S.W. j! WalTemp. 900 Mm RU Max. in Sun |.",7.;! Tarr.rad. 7.i.0 Kainfall Nil. j| WEATHER 'TELEGRAM. K A. «t-
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  • 563 3 Una, |„-,M>V ye-le,day. pro- ■i.-iiintl Ah Mahomed, U «l\de Terrace I ,i,; h.i- lined Sill M lIIVAMIV i mi waa am ited tn i;.,.i.1. "ii Monday, for beinc --i I a quaatttj -i, id, iv. he w.i- wtßtev ■>' i- iinprisoiiiiieiit. nK«n. who 'hot hini-.-ll in the ..i\.
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  • 80 3 in. ni-w atcaaaer Ctfmybeen imili by Heaara. 1 lUvWaaon and Co.', Of laiw "ii -Tyni'. for the Cbine-isehe ellachaft, of Hamburg, "I satisfactory trial trip. The built i,i -tr, 1. i> 310 ft. in beam, il riggad as ii ooser, and bai I a I for
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  • 95 3 her of emigrant- naP -id. in y during unouated to u't't.ir-. or ....l or in per cent. ri naval indento the Straits Settle- 'ml from Negapatam; i. nstered vU., I,<i7<> and SO dependents M6adulU,fil chilendenU embarked. The i re i.~-i registered, 75childrenandl9depeni einharked. r,V, I.BWI iiiid IB il,
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  • 1151 3 NOTOB FOR HorsEKEEPERS IN HHOAPOBE t llij v Lull/ (\rrrrfptnulent. Motto for tlir wok •'Tin- miliWl service coiiiea from namei. lian.l- Hiiil tin- Ix-st niTvant does Ilia TMK RGB. line, tin lippingof horses is required -il'ti that your horse needs this M by its fn-<)ui-tit sweating. I'.rhap- you
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  • 1619 3 (Daily Telegraph, May 28th.) Gon Save the Queen Yesterday, tin' familiar words gained a newer and more vivid significance on the anniversary of her Majesty's seventy-seventh birthday. On May 24, 1819, was born, at Kensington Palace, th« gracious lady who has now reigned for some
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  • 61 3 MM sympathy is felt for Mr. J. Deins. the Municipal Inspector of Burial Grounds, in the double bereavement he has just sustained. Yesterday morning his elder daughter, 17 yean of ag-a, died of dysentery, and. iv I he afternoon, hi- Infant child, not yet a year old,
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  • 182 3 Tiik. coolie labour question is al present a burning one all over CeylonIt appears to resolve itself into a desire on one side to legislate for the benefit of coolies, and on the other into an opposition to such procedure., based on tjie planter-' contention that
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  • 803 3 A Scotch professor has to Im- added to the li»t of those who him- found new applications of the Rontgaa ahaaagraahy. The professor i-ccently lllaciovaraa in a cellar in a St. Andrews mill I niiiniiiiiii'-d woman's foot. Apparently having Trilby on the brain, lie photographed the foot I
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  • 42 3 These Balls should fall at Fort Canning and Pnlo Brani daily to indicate 1 p.m. Singapore mean time, ■corresponding with Ohrs. 4ni. 355. mean time at Greenwich. To-day: Fort Canning: Fell correctly. Pulo Brani: Fell coi reel ly.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 744 3 WHY NOT LIVE A CENTURY? "In the Oatting time," said u famous English poet, "a uiau or woman eighty or •mi liun<ii'eil yean old will lie more beautiful inau the youth or maiden of twenty, as the ripe fruit'is more beautiful ami fragrant than the green. These ripe men and
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    • 517 3 AUCTION SALES. 1 1 SALE OP HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. *c. At Lakk View. I'rrtß Wii.kik Road. Saturday, Xth June, at 2p.m. OCCASIONAL tahles, chair-. »l,atn,,ts. rattan fancy furniture, picture*. ornamentß, *c. Iron bedsteads, alm.-ir.ili-. u.-i-h-t.-inil-. toilet tabloK. Dining room furniture, eroeb iy and aJaaewarK Catalogues will lie issued, and the prowrty
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    • 828 3 i"OR 3ALE; EMPLOYMENTS T(UKT;AM)|>KHS()\AL.S. I [1»T TIME, 15 c s a line; Jntl and 3rd tiinis. In --I-U-- ;i lull- tth to titli time* .*> cents a line; 7tli to iMtli times Beanlai line; afternnr-ls, J eeata I line; hut no i charge Iran than one dollar. Thus n tknr.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 154 3 AHKAXUEMEXTS. Wanwi, 24th Jink. High Water. 0.20 p.m. German outward mail due. Panec Theatre. 9 p. in. Tiu'rhuay. 25th Jink. High Water. 10.56 a.m. 10.6 p.m. 1'iul Moon. UO p.m. Legnlativa Council. 2.:so p.m. Philharmonic Orchestra. MO p.m. Footl>all. S. C. C. R. K. I'ill.arra Mining I'o. Sliare List closrs.
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 146 4 Under thig heading the following abbrevit ions are uged :—gtr.—steamer; sh.—ship Ikj —barque Brit.— Britigh U. 8. United States; Fr.—French; Ger.—German; Dut.— Dutch Joh.—Johore Ac., G.c.,—General cargo d.p.—deck pasgengerg U.—Uncertain T. P. W.-Tanjong Pagar Whnrf T. P D —Tanjong Pagar Dock B. W. Borneo Wharf; J. W.-Jnrdines
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    • 1202 4 arrivals Since Noon op Yesterday. Auttralind, Brit. str. 554 tons, Captain Talboyg, 24th June. From Frcniantle, 4th June. G. c, and 16 d. i>. Boustend and Co. For Fremantle, U—T.P.W. Chelydra, Brit. str. 1,574 tons, Capl. Cags, 23rd June. From Hongkong, lrjth June, (i. c., mid 444 d.
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    • 385 4 Name, port, probable date of arrival, and name, of agenlt. Afjniiioniiion, CUWL Juiy IS: >lim bid Ifniveloim, Manila, July 15 O. Wou.l. Hnvcru, Europe Auk. 20 BehirMi->. r. Bclluna, HniulmrK, June 29; Baulaalerg. Blue Cross. Cardiff. Juim- P. Simoii>. lloriieo, Europe, July V. A Caledonien. llonKkon*, Junn :«i;
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    • 150 4 .j Flau 5 Vessm/s Name. 4 Toss Captain Fkom Sailjeu Oommwm 9 Rig. Jue H Sant Anna lial. bq.i 62tf Uainbur Hongkong Juni> Bi-lm Mm* l 2:i Clii'lvdra Brit.str. 1.174 Ca^^ }lonKkoiiK lun.' lii lloii-ti-ail mil ■S.\ I'onliunak Out. »tr. 311 IJit-s.-lu- I'oiitiinmk Juiii- L'l Y<.i.« H«» i'.t FntliuolMouin
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    • 86 4 Datb. ik. Vessel's Kami Vt.--n Namb FlauAKiu Flau&Uiu Caitain Dkotwatiok 23 j Oyniiiii' H t'iii.iiin i -I Singapore M Mala.ru Jl I'llllHll l'l HongWu M linn Bang Bmb M Sum Tor IM I'ri'vuwn -■I K...,.ttu BritHtr. Pallutt Muaf Hut. sir. Naouilah iriiiKKunu Brit. str. Mum Saniaraii(i viu iioria. str.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 367 4 NOTICES. THE MOST REFRESHING DRINK IN INDIA. L IiONTSERRAT i JHBs- LIME FRUIT JUICE AMtf*sh -AJKTID CORDIALS N The LANCET taut -"W* counsel the Public to drink MONTsIRtAI I.IMK rki:il JUICK, «ia»r al™. or with Soia Walar. a del^hlfullj laliaf)™ Uilr«. I .JiTl.li. l> cra.riul aaaaf at iku.bno. a/J Ir.
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    • 474 4 THENE W FRENCH REMEDY Thi» r»uoo«h(ul and highly iwpuUr r*mtdy, v empluyod to th* Ooatiaratal EoapiUU by Bieord, llortan. Jobe t, Velpemu, tad othen, oombtnea «Q tb« dt*t'!-r»U to be viught in a medicine of tb* kind, and irpwM--* -'TTytliiox nitherto employed. THERAPION No. 1, in few dun only, I
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    • 169 4 NOTICES. The Most Perfect Disinfectant Known to Science. Fragrant, Non-Poisonous Does not Stain or Corrode. "I coniider Ihe 'Sanitat prepuatiou ts b* excellent, and t use them in my own home. (Sir) CHARLES A. CAMERON, M.D.. P.R.5.C.1.. ftc. I'lffPrftnt.'Ht of SurfMV, htlmntl, WtM I ,fljir,/Jl,*ltk/tir D*ti:*. Pamphlet will be s<mt
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    • 269 4 NOTICES. KATZ BROTHERS. 1 i HIGH CLASS TAILOIfc AND BREECHES MAKERS. OUTFITTERS AND HOSIERS IJEO TO ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL OK THEIR NEW SEASON'S GOODS. A FINE ASSORTMENT or WEST OF ENGLAND BLACK AND BLUE COATINGS. (Tropical Weight). WEST OF ENGLAND TWEEDS, CASHMERE SUITINGS, ANGOLA TROUSERINGS. A SPLENDID SELECTION OF GOODS
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    • 803 4 I NOTICES. LABUAN-BORNEO. /COMMISSION AGENCY. The Borneo i Vy Minerals Company, Liu-ited. London Mid Laliiiaii, fire prepared to .-ender =iM'.ial I facilities to Manufacturers and others .legiroiu of beiug lepreaented in the East. m. w. A s. v. c ROBERT LENZ k CO. Ily special appointment. PHOTOO&APHEBS TO H. M.
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    • 31 4 NOTICES. "PSYCHO CYCLES.' >taklev Bros.' Nawarr ,-hai PNEUMATIC MB CUSHION TYRED. A stock always on hand luitablo i. < LADIES AND QENTI.KME KILEY, HAROREAVES Co., 13, BATTEKY ROAI>. m. w. A i.
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    • 65 4 NOTICE& ONLY A DOLLAR. AT Ihe Straitt Tiw,. amo* a thouwind Mtatoim for on, n* Your menseiiKcr mn-t Maa then.,'" b« cannot «<■! i] nOopS. NiCl "oy«f B»NT FRKK By ]'o,, T i M EASTERN MORTOAfir AQBNOY COMPANY, L?MJTKD r gaayy f'Zr seruritieg. Hut. 1 M, m, i,,,,! "j' l
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