The Straits Times, 1 June 1897

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED: W>L SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1897. NO. 19,241.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 990 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 For
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    • 1233 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" MANILA
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    • 649 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 COMPANY
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    • 425 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.
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    • 688 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 IS
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    • 807 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 of
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  • 492 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, Liberian
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  • 118 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,
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  • 113 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 in
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  • 258 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 Anson
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  • 70 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 reported
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  • 19 2 RKNRWKD DISOHDHng. Tlie insurgent Cretans continue to be npcTPSsive. The Bnshi Diizouks h.-ne massacred fifteen Christians near Candia.
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  • 9 2 Rerziik has been scratched for the Derby.
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  • 17 2 Thk dead body of a pauper Chinaman was found in a lane off Rochore RoaJ, this morning.
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  • 16 2 Among the Jubilee Addresses to the Queen, will be one from the Colombo Chamber of Commerce."
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  • 15 2 The Singapore and Straits Aerated Water Company advertise lemon soda on sale at their premises.
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  • 19 2 Ox tho 24th ult., Raub shares wore quoted at *24. To-day, in Singapore, they are scarcely purchaseable at 52«.
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  • 22 2 ft M. S. I'iijmy returned to the liarhour last evening from gun practice and, this morning, went to the wharf to coal.
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  • 30 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.
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  • 34 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.
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  • 26 2 A Gnui seaiiKin, who was engaged in painting work on the mail steamer mat lleinrich yesterday, fell into the water and was drowned.
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  • 37 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.
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  • 54 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 they
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  • 46 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.
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  • 61 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 the
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  • 64 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 also
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  • 63 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 has
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  • 83 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, rushed
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  • 32 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.
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  • 77 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,
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  • 83 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 the
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  • 93 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 in
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  • 88 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 gain
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  • 117 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.
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  • 133 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::,
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  • 493 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 44
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  • 110 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 sent
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  • 150 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 for
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  • 146 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,
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  • 399 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 annual
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  • 366 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 i
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 530 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 BRITISH
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    • 879 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. -hai
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    • 653 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 A
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    • 51 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'AUE
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    • 87 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.
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  • 3570 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 these
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  • 790 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 the
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  • 124 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 for
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  • 142 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.
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  • 183 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 large
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 534 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. Bheen
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    • 684 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. THE
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    • 423 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 thrrrline
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 263 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.
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 143 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.New
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    • 1218 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.
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    • 417 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, at
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  • 38 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-
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  • 113 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. PrMtiei
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 252 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,.
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    • 222 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 Face
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    • 441 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 BuiLDl
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    • 699 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 years
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    • 88 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 English
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    • 99 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.
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