The Straits Times, 1 June 1897
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Title Section12 1897-06-01 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED: W>L SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1897. NO. 19,241.12 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement990 1897-06-01 1 rrnK BOKNEO COMPANY. LIMITED 'I VI K Maadarl Lif* Assßimaos. I »nr»tafc Vul-m Firs lasoranos Sodetj Atlas Aaawano* Com) «ny (Firs). Th* Kqaitabl* Lif* Asa raaea SoeMv Tb* Oosaa MariM lanra. "m Coanpaa.v Tb* Ohiaa Mataal SUsun Narvratioo Company Th. ToMaahaaa Lspr Baar Ooaapaav Th* Maritia* (aanaaoa Company. Limited For990 words
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Advertisement1233 1897-06-01 1 i^^BUCHANAN WHISKY -^^^felljilJgiWiafc I -f" I— ■-> P" -X- tf()I E IMPORTERS JJ J^* Wgaß Ib THE. BLST. KATZBROS,. SOLD BY ALL LICENSED SPIRIT DEALERS. I ii rl Same as supplied to the Houses op Lords and Commons and to all good London Clubs. :ii i XQTICES. REOISTEBED "HELIOS" MANILA1,233 words
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Advertisement649 1897-06-01 1 INSURANCES rpHE MARINE INSURANCE COY., LTD Cai-itai. m mm kmu.ii. £1,000,000. Capitai 1-aid vp, £180,000. Ueservr, £800,000 Tbc undersigned, having buen appointed Agent at Singapore for the above Company, is prepared to accept risks by First Class Steamers and sailing Vessels. FRANK RITCHIE, Agent. THE P HOO .NIX ASSUBANCE COMPANY649 words
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Advertisement425 1897-06-01 1 INSURANCES. CIANTON INSI I:\NCE OFFICT LIMITED. CapiUl Mnbseribed |S,Bon,rr/>. Amount paid ap Son/mOt E«*crr* rand 1 J (io,(Xjo. Hiad Oifki, Hohuiohr. The amleniirnrj, haring been appoir? A jwita of the aho»c Commny, art. prfpxr.<l at acwpt Marine RUks at cun.ut rates. A h..^,. is an u!lv i..!.| t« all cont.425 words
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Advertisement688 1897-06-01 1 BANKS. THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA. LIMITED. Authorised Capital £1,000,000 Subscribed Capital n 600,000 Head Office -Hongkong. COURT OF DIRECTORS:— I). Gillies, Esq. Chan Kit Shag, E-| H. Stolterfoht, Esq. Chow Tung Shan, K- Kwan Hoi Chuen, Esq. Chief Manager: Geo. W. F. Playfair. Interest on Fixed Deposits, For IS688 words
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Advertisement807 1897-06-01 1 A.N INFALLIBLE CTJRE FOR DYSENTERY. XMOST cheerfully recommend Chamherlaio's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhrm Remedy. I have used it in my family for the past six years, and pronounce it the best proprietary medicine on the mai ket. My little son had a severe case of dysentery, and one dose of807 words
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Article492 1897-06-01 2 LATKtfr MAKKKJ MUTATIONS. SISOAPOKE. Ut JI'ME, 1897. PRODUCE. Gambler, 1 9 6.Bi»i. Copra Bali, 5.66. Jo Pontianak, v 6.25. Pepper, Black, in :<o. do White, (6%),., 25.00. Sago Flour Sarawak, 2.78. do Brunei 3.2 H. Pearl Sago 8.27 J. I'offee, Bali, picked.; 87.50. Coffee PalxmtMiig. picked 39.50. (Toffee, Liberian492 words
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Article118 1897-06-01 2 For Per $tr. Timt. To-Mohkow. Uatavia via porls Oodavery, 7 a.m. Ojambie K,an Ann, 10 a.m. liutu l'iiliat Aing Ann, 1 p.m. Manila Klcaiio, 1 p.m. Bangkok Charon, 2 p.m. tVnang i. Calcutta IJyhlning, 8 p.m. Saigon Petrarch 3 p.m. i'udang via ports Vajirunhia 3 p.m. SaUong Vyner,118 words
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Article113 1897-06-01 2 Fkom Kriioi'E By iiiu P. A O. s.s. liaienna, with dates to the Nth M;iv, due on oth June. Bhe brings replies lo the mail which left Singnpore on the 14th Apl. ruoji China:- Uy las IL M. s.s. Yarra, duo on .-iiturday. eft BlngipilM l>ue in113 words
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Article258 1897-06-01 2 ARRIVALS. Per s. s. Chow Yhtjn from Kl.uig via ortx: Mr. JafflSS. Per a. s. Darius from Port Darwin Messrs. 11. B. Sulmon.l. and P. J. Grey. Per s. (llengamj from Lon lon and fansng lfrs I War snd Mr W. Warren. lVr s. JfalOdM /rum 'leluk Anson258 words
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70 1897-06-01 2 THE ST R AITS TIMES TUESDAY, 1ST JUNE, 1897. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. THE PEACE. Establisrkd: Ikh. PRICE 10 CENTS. [Subscription rale* and advertising rates maybe found on the fourth page.] (IHEEK FKAK-. 1 1' i udi iii, lit June. The < iiveks arc organising defence preparations at Thermopylae It is reportedReuter - 70 words
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Article19 1897-06-01 2 RKNRWKD DISOHDHng. Tlie insurgent Cretans continue to be npcTPSsive. The Bnshi Diizouks h.-ne massacred fifteen Christians near Candia.19 words
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Article17 1897-06-01 2 Thk dead body of a pauper Chinaman was found in a lane off Rochore RoaJ, this morning.17 words
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Article16 1897-06-01 2 Among the Jubilee Addresses to the Queen, will be one from the Colombo Chamber of Commerce."16 words
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Article15 1897-06-01 2 The Singapore and Straits Aerated Water Company advertise lemon soda on sale at their premises.15 words
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Article19 1897-06-01 2 Ox tho 24th ult., Raub shares wore quoted at *24. To-day, in Singapore, they are scarcely purchaseable at 52«.19 words
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Article22 1897-06-01 2 ft M. S. I'iijmy returned to the liarhour last evening from gun practice and, this morning, went to the wharf to coal.22 words
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Article30 1897-06-01 2 It is rumoured that the Hritish Sorih Burtieo Iferalil is soon to appear as an illustrated paper. The illustrations will be from photographs taken in various parts of the territory.30 words
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Article34 1897-06-01 2 The bicycle factory in Yokohama has just extended the scope of its undertaking and raised its capital to L'oo,ooo yen. A rush of orders is alleged as the reason for deciding upon these changes.34 words
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Article26 1897-06-01 2 A Gnui seaiiKin, who was engaged in painting work on the mail steamer mat lleinrich yesterday, fell into the water and was drowned.26 words
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Article37 1897-06-01 2 Mk. K. Emvakd (iEKi.owsKi has l>een commissioned, through the Colonial Ollice, to execute for the Government of Jamaica a replica of the marble Jubilee stut no of the Queen which he did for Singapore.37 words
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Article54 1897-06-01 2 A coolik, named Chin Ah Kin, jumped out of the window of a coolie depot at 54, Cecil Street, yesterday, and was severely injured. He made the ridiculous excuse that he had been told to jump out by the other people in the house as they54 words
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Article46 1897-06-01 2 A sevekk gale which swept the Ningpo seacoast and neighbouring archipelago of Chusan on the Oth May completely destroyed over a hundred deep-sea tishing smacks, and as each boat contained on an average five persons, at least 500 fishermen were drowned in the disaster.46 words
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Article61 1897-06-01 2 Yestkkday evening, a Frenchman, named Rembourg, who was arrested on Saturday evening for assaulting a Chinaman, tried to hang himself in his cell by moans of his waist belt. The attempt was a failure, owing to the watchfulness of the police. Tho man is a stoker on the61 words
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Article64 1897-06-01 2 Wmt.E tiniher was being lowered, yesterday, into the hold of the s.s. I'enlnlets, one of the planks slipped from the chain, and struck a Chinaman, named Khan Koo 80, on the head. The man's skull was fractured, and his condition is hopeless. A precisely similar accident also64 words
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Article63 1897-06-01 2 Honukonu, Shanghai, and Tientsin have been the chief markets for the export of matches from Osaka and Kobe. Despite the depression of trade last year, the matches exported from the latter port amounted to 464,700 boxes. The economic activity of those markets having revived this year, there has63 words
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Article83 1897-06-01 2 On Saturday Mr. I'ike, of tho Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, was driving quietly along the road from the Races when a 'rikisha coolie rushed across the road with his 'rikisha to get a fan Mr. like at once pulled up his horse. hut the coolie, all unheeding, rushed83 words
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Article32 1897-06-01 2 Mr. Bibby, we regret to say, is ill with jungle fever, contracted, most probably, during his recent visit to Cherubang. He was very ill last night, but is better to-day.32 words
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Article77 1897-06-01 2 The Spanish Official Gazette recently published an order as to the new money in the Philippines. This enacts that— there is to be minted for the Philippine Islands a special coin to be called peso, of dimensions and value exactly like the present peseta. The said money, peso,77 words
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Article83 1897-06-01 2 Mr. Dando, of Messrs. S. R. Robinson and Co., lost a gold ring some three weeks ajp, and acquainted the police with his loss. Last night, a detective in Malay Street saw a Chinese tote" swaggering down Malay Street with a ring on his finger. He stopped the83 words
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Article93 1897-06-01 2 Amoso the passengers from Europe passing through by the Ravbnna due on Sunday nest is H. E. Kung Ta-jen, the late Chinese Minister to Britain, who has been ill from paralysis for the last eighteen months. He wus conveyed to the London Docks on the 6th May in93 words
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Article88 1897-06-01 2 Tub most delicate of the duties that fall to the lot of Australian guhernato«.il pyvate secretaries and aiilrg it camp, according to a Melbourne paper. is that of showing to the door impudent people who turn up at every Government House function and attempt to gain88 words
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Article117 1897-06-01 2 Thrhe is an old prophecy, much cherished amongst the Greek people, that in the days when the Greeks af_'ain have a Constantine as their ruler, and his wife bears the name of Sophia, the Cross will be re-erected on the Church of the Holy Wisdom, St.117 words
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Article133 1897-06-01 2 The mail steamer atawsM left Colombo at 10 a. m., yesterday, and may be expected here on Sunday afternoon next. The following is her passenger list for the Far Bast Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Buckell, Master Buckle, Mr. Carter, Miss Southon, Mr. and Mrs. Q, O, Kin::,133 words
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Article493 1897-06-01 2 BKEDIN AGAIN BEATEN BY DOWSKII. The great race for the quarter mile between E. C. Bredin and A. R. Downer is over. Its ending was not in accordance with the expectations of the majority. Despite Downer's victory over Bredin at 400 yards in the professional recevd time of 44493 words
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Article110 1897-06-01 2 The annual general meeting of tlii, company was held on 6th May, M r Samba] Spencer presiding. The "Chairman remarked that the accounts for •the past year showed an bnprovi met on those for 1895. During 189« the coals used by the company bad been sent110 words
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Article150 1897-06-01 2 SHOCKS IN AI9THAI.IA Thk mo9t severe earthquake ever known in the history of Australia »a< experienced thero on the Uth May. In the city of Adelaide the buildings trembled and swayed such was the panic that the occupants rushed out into tbestrei tl in teiTor, blocking all traflic for150 words
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Article146 1897-06-01 2 Thk annual general meeting of the members of the Philharmonic Society was held in the Town Hall last fretting Mr. \\.l'< St Clair, President, in the chair. There were also present Mr. J. E. Craig, Vice-President, Mr. J Polglase, 1 lon .Se, Mr. J. S. Robertson, Treasurer,146 words
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Article399 1897-06-01 2 STRAITS SETTLEME NTS ASSOCIATION. THK CONVEKSAZIONK. Tnß-Btraiti Settlements Association were to hold a conversazione on the Bight the mail closed (May "th) at tin- ln'stitutavof Painters in Water Colours, Piccadily. Writing on that evening, our London correspondent said (here wai every indication tliat the experiment in changing from the annual399 words
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Article366 1897-06-01 2 oowbsj i-i.A\iiN,.. Mr. llKsitv Wai.kkk, the Commii lionet of Lands in British North Borneo, was in Ceylon at the date of b advices, to make known the inverting advantages ol Borneo. In the com of an interview, Mr. Walker said th lie estimated the cost opening i366 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement530 1897-06-01 2 NOTICES. NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LD. Manufacturer! of DYNAMITE GELIGNITE GELATINE DYNAMITE BLASTING GELATINE DETONATORS EXPORTERS OF: All imi's or SAFETY FUZE an ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS. Ik AROVI Exri-OBIVEB, BKINO ALL MjL>cnrACTi'R(i> in Grkat Britain, ark mads TO PAM THI HIOII STANDARD OP PI'KITY AND lAFITV TIKTK IMI'OBKD BY THE BRITISH530 words
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Advertisement879 1897-06-01 2 NOTICES. PABSEE THKATtt. North Bridge lload. Will play to-night llmii sensational Open entitled (iI'LZAR E-NEKrY. An evening's excellent and irresistible entertainment. 18/6 tf^Ji ADELPHI HALL. <^& next iWyPf^ Adelphi Hotel, Singapore ■^K-VL^gS (OMMEX'ISI. i A^^^M lI V. Im-filaiJ, Jmii .'n'l. PEOFESBOB RICHAED. M.K. MBDICAL-ELKCTBICAL I>KMONSTRATI()NS. Doors open p.iii.i 'oiMmeneingUp.m. -hai879 words
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Advertisement653 1897-06-01 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. HAMSTON'S GRAND CIRCUS AXD ROYAI.MKNAdKHIKOI'I'KHFoKMIXfi WILD AHDfIaLS LAST NIGUTS LAST NIGHTS!! OF THIS GREAT SHOW MORE NUVKLTIKS. MOKK NOVELTIES. First tmturaorai Kovai. Tioom Japanese Tiichi-e. First aiieahamk or thk Kcivai. Tycoon Japanese Tkoipe. SPECIALLV_ENGAUED. MOXSTKH PJHHiKAMMKS. k.uikhkll SSVTBeTIS M'.in>. MONDAY, TUESDAY.* WKDNBSDAT, Mat W**i J c Xl A653 words
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Advertisement51 1897-06-01 2 SHARES_VVAXTED. Municipal Debentures 6%. Do. Do. 8%. Tanjong Pagar BomU. New Prye RrVer Dock Co. I'unjoms. StraiU Ice Co. Maynard Co. Raubs, Contributory. FOR SALE. Singapore Ins. Co. (In Liquidation). Straits Fire Ins. Co. Do. Jelebus. l'nhang Corporation Shares. 80MERVILLE GUNN, Exchange Share Broken FOR UENERAL StIIPPINU NEWh HH. I'AUE51 words
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Advertisement87 1897-06-01 2 M. B. 3. intended for tt.e Mr<rJU Til~. written on one aide of ta. pajw "^.Jf^J neglert o« that oondition, many M. 8. 8. tr€i*ft*i that mitfht otherwise br publiah»d. All alerti-in, oootracU are «M»et to tksmihtion that the Manager a»y leave »»V a r» r *"rJ"! out of th.87 words
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Article3570 1897-06-01 3 irßWa VM> REI>ORTB. Mr llenniker Beaton, in tliv House us .in ilii> flth May, elii-it <•<! in the I'.i-t Office utboritie* th< tli.it the objection to an pennj poet, evw if ii wtoa going only to t.'ie (010I land, would fttrati, not alas, from lonia whoa* i.uluays these3,570 words
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Article790 1897-06-01 3 TELEGRAPH IC SUMMARY. (From the Timtt of Ceylon.") London, SJOth May. The Foreign Legion took a notable part in the battle at Domokos, in which an Italian Republican Deputy, Signor Fratti. was killed, and an Italian Socialist, Siguor Cipriani, was wounded. 21st May. The House of Commons has passed the790 words
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Article124 1897-06-01 3 ALL TARRED WITH THE SAME BRUSH. It is not often that, an ordinary British Ma^istrntehastodeal out justice to a full-blown Chinese Mandarin but it was a distinction that fell to the lot of Mr. Wodehouse at Hongkong, the other day. Said mandarin waeapaeaengerpar steamer Vushtui from Shanghai, en route for124 words
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Article142 1897-06-01 3 A in giant steamer w;i> launched i.ii the 4th May from tin- Vulcan Wharf, stettin, which Imm bean ordered bj the Nordcl. Lloyd at Bremen; *\\e will be named Kaiitr Wilktbn im Pro—, alter tin; deceased (ieriiian Emperor, lli-r dimensions are nivtii as IBOJto. in length, 20.1 m.142 words
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Article183 1897-06-01 3 The progress report on the work curried on at Punjom during April is published. The August shaft had been sunk an additional 10 fe.fit 6 inches, and tlie north shaft, 12 feet. The stopes to the west of new shaft, 200 feet level, had opened out to a large183 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement534 1897-06-01 3 Tender Feet, r\ HotF««t,TlrMlFa«t 1 H^XioSoW Evrr)"»h«rr. Condy's Fluid I p ii mi« THE TANJONG I>AU Alt DOCK COMPANY, LTD. Shipwrights, Engineers, Iron and Brass Founders, Wharfingers, <4c. Graving Docks up to 500 feet in length j and 21 feet on sill. Wharf frontage, one mile and a quarter. Bheen534 words
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Advertisement684 1897-06-01 3 NOTICES. THE AUSTRALIAN HOKSK REPOSITORY. P. DALLAN. HORSE DEALER, TRAINER, Eti Etc nAB now removed to his new and commodious premises in Koek's Road, at the renr of Orchard Road Market, Tangiin. Horses carefully broken to saddle nml harness. Commission and livery stabli*. INDIAN ENGINEERING, Am Illubtrateu Wkekly Journal. THE684 words
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Advertisement423 1897-06-01 3 FOR SALE; EMPLOYMENTS: TO LET AND PERSONALS. Ist tims, 15 cents a line; 2nd and 3rd times. lOcectsa line 4th to (Ith times, 5 cents a line; 7th to 18th times, 3 cents a line; afterwards, 2 cents a line; but do charge IeBS than one dollar. Thus, a thrrrline423 words
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Page 3 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous263 1897-06-01 3 WEATHER REPORT. Kundang Krrlau Hospital, 31»( Mail, 119". »a.m.3p.n 9p.m. Remarks. liar. J» !141 W.HJ:! :f(.«85 Temp. Hti.O T&8 H3.0 W. B'lbTher 78.3 WO 78.0 >.c Dir.ofWind S.W. 8. Calm 2% Max. Temp. 89.1 \~S Mm 76.0 g=Max. in Sun 161 0 Terr. rad. I 69.0 S a Rainfall Nil.263 words
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SHIPPING.
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Article143 1897-06-01 4 Underthis headingtho following abbreviations are used —str. —steamer; sh. ship bq.—barque; Brit.—British U. 8. United States; Fr. French; Ger.—German; Dut.— Dutch; Joh.—Jobore; 4e., G.c, General cargo d.p. —deck passengers; U.—Uncertain; T. P. W.-Tanjong Pagar Wharf; T P. D.—Taniong Pagar Dock B. W. Borneo Wharf; J. W.—Jardine's Wharf;N.H.W.New143 words
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Article1218 1897-06-01 4 Absjvals Sine* Noon of Yestekdw. Chow Phija, Brit. str. 370 tons, Captain Jollicoe, Ist June. From Klang, With Slav G.c, and 97 d.p. Ban Swee Hong. For Malacca, and Klang 3rd—Eds. Dartrin, Brit. str. 476 tons, f'apt Edwards, 31st Slay. From P. Darwin, 86th May. Cattle.U. A. Derrick.1,218 words
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Article417 1897-06-01 4 Name, port, probable date of omra.', md name ol agentt. Achilles, L'pool, June lfl| W. Man-:. Anto^or, China, June 0; Mansfield. I A. Apcar, Calcutta, June Skies Mo-v--j Bawean, Sourabayc, June 8; Daaodclt. Bantam, Souiaba'va, May 31 Daen.i h Baycrn, Europe, July 22; Belin Me Blue Cross, at417 words
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Article38 1897-06-01 4 V^Nu, Tons (UIIU, I Fhom 4ltlu 0.^,, S^kongAlf Xor.tr. 4»iThinn Sai K on Jky 5 I K "t'» a« 1 Cho'wPhva StS'i'SSEte!! 1 rulombci M,,v ,V,M. Varan,,. 1 L,,htniD, HMtrtr. 8184 .S,.e.,ce H^kon K £v SSSK^wd M-38 words
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Article113 1897-06-01 4 VisaiL's Namk FlaoAßiq Captain DbJTINATIO.\ ilay HI I'iikan 31 Federation uno 1 Sri Triiigguuu 1 Kiau Van« I Uiang Bmg 1 miMhm 1 mm Bang 1 Oecanien 1 Uodavorv 1 VorwartI R»nUrw l OldaoboM 1 Banka 1 Ilnu I'o Soon 1 SiMelman 1 Kong Alf Brit.Btr. tk-ott atr. PrMtiei113 words
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Page 4 Advertisements
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Advertisement252 1897-06-01 4 NOTICES. JAMES WATSON COS SCOTCH WHISKIES ARK THE BEST VAUK IN THE MARKET: y y j) SI 1.00 PM CASK, DOTY PAID. V V O SPECIAL Ui;Si:in I!. »13.00 m cas«, duty paid. DOMINIE. 10 YEARS OLD, sie.oo per casi, duty pau>. OBTAINABLE FROM RETAIL DEALERS, OR McALI STKR Co,.252 words
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Advertisement222 1897-06-01 4 NOTICES, j JOUNLinLE&CO. LIMITED, Dressmakers k Milliners, NEW TRIMMED HAT* i TOQUES UNTRIMMED STRAW HATS NEW FLOWERS NEW RIBBONS NEW LACES. DKESS MATERIALS IN LATEST STYLES Cashmeres, Grenadines, Gauzes, Silk Canvas, Wool Canvas, Silks, Fancy Glace Silks, Peau <!<■ Soie, Surahs, Satin Merveillrnx, Broche Silks and Satins. Dress Tweeds Face222 words
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Advertisement441 1897-06-01 4 NOTICES^ ALAIS MINING, FOUNDRY FORGE Co. A K Compute dci Mints. Fcsderict el Forfei 4'AUIi.- Paris Offices 7. RUE BLANCHE. BOILED lIWI, FOUNORY REFINED PIGS, CHAINS, CABLES FOR NAVAL PURPOSES. TAMARIS IRON. {>& KINDS OF ROUEO BTEEL, STEEL RAILS, SLEEPERS, FISH-PLATES, Etc. J BOiLER-MRKINQ CRANES. SIGNALS. Etc TURN-TABLES. T~"j|fci BuiLDl441 words
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Advertisement699 1897-06-01 4 SHIMAUirS SYRUP HYPO-PHOSPHITE Of UME I FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST All suffering from Catarrh, Consumption, Obstinate Coughs or Colds and those affected with diseases of the Chest, Lungs and Bronchial Tubes, should take 6BIIADLTS SYEIiPoIHYPO-PHOSPHITEiILIH Prescribed by the leading medical authorities in all countries for the last twenty"vo years699 words
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Advertisement88 1897-06-01 4 NOTICES. gE N B (9N' S_W A T( II E 8 MinrFurroßY. Lddoati Hill, LorniOM. MAKER TO H. M. THE yUEEN. Specially manufactured and recommended for use in the East. Bisbom's Special Stbbnoth "FIELD" WATCH. A Gold Keyless English Half Chrono meter, £36. BENSON'S "LUDQATE" WATCH. A three-quarter Plate English88 words
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Advertisement99 1897-06-01 4 NOTICES. ceiVientlghtT A PAINT for reducing the temperMur* under galvanized iron roofing urul on galvanized iron Buildings from 9 s to la» Fahr. A non-conductor of Heat or r n impervious to dampness, and also p: Proof. Specially Suitable fortheCovorinii of Buildings. A protection again-t > l! and low temperatures.99 words
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