The Straits Times, 2 September 1897

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED: 1881. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1897. NO. 19^18.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 304 1 '•'HE BOBRBO COMPART. LIMITED rptlS SUadvd Lif* A^oimnoi Korvtak C»ioo Fir* Inrannn* Socitty AtlM kmvn— Co-pMiy (Vn%). IT,, RqoiUbl* Lif« Amnm Boci»f 7 Ma M»rißi> lararaac* Compunj. m,r n chink Matasl Maua N»ri(t«ti..ti Ompuy 'Miliw I*c« Bwr Compw.T. II M.ntimo Intvwo* Company, limited •to partiruUn d thne Oompuim, am tlw
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    • 806 1 i_^ BUCHANAN WHISKY |O fill— C 3 CO T" BOLB IMPORTERS ■zsw^zEms ib Inc. btol. kaizbros, BOLD BY ALL LICENSED BPIBIT DEALERB. LIMITED Same as supplied to flu Houbbs or Lords and Commons and to all good London i'i.i-bs. 81/r-' s l sl 11 SMOKE HELIOS" MANILA CIGARS K MADK
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    • 681 1 INSURANCES rpH KBTHAITB ISSURASCK J. COMPANY, LIMITED. established 1883. Hkai> Office, Singapore. Capital Fully Subtcribed 53,000,(K>0 Capital Paid-up 600,000 Reserve Funds 168,2^0 Balance of Working Account to 31st December, 1*96 684,fe.50 Cash Assets at Slst December, 1896 1,394,fi10 A. 8. MURRAY, Secretary A Underwriter rV.' CHINA TEADEE- "iNSUKASCK i;OMPANY, LIMITED.
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    • 367 1 INSURANCES. C (ANTON INSUKANCK OKKICE LIMITKI). Capital Subacrihcd $2,600,000. Amount paid up 800,000. Reserve fund 1,200.000. Hun Onici, Honuiomo. The underaifrned, having been appointed Air.-uts of the above Company, are prepared to i. t Marine Kiska at current rates. A li.i.. is annually paid to all contributor* of Win.-» whether
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    • 453 1 BANKS. I THE NATIONAL BANK Of CHINA LIMITED. Authorised Capital £1,000,000 Subscribed Capital 800,000 Head Omci Hongkong. COURT OF DIRECTORS:— I Gillies, Esq. Chan Kit Slmif. Esq. H. Stolterfoht, Esq. Chow Tung Shan, Esi|. Kwan Hoi Chuen, Esq. Chief Manages: Geo. W. F. Playfair. Interest on Fixed Deposits, For 12
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    • 766 1 FOR CHILDREN WHEN TF.ETHLVO. I have two littlp grandchildren who aro teething this hot summer weather and are troubled with bowel complaint. I bit* them Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and DiarTh.ea Bemed) and itartslikna charm. I earnestly rnrommend it for children with lioweUrduhle*. Mrm. W. DirmnAß, Bon-a(|im. Hickman Co Term For
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  • 511 2 Hisoiroßl, IM Seftemiier, 1897. PRODUCE. (Hates are corrected to one p.m.) Gambler, 7.06. Copra Bali 6.30. do Pontianak 5.96. Pepper, Black, 18.25. do White, (6%) 30.50. Sago Flour Sarawak I do Brunei, 2.45. Pearl Sago 3.70. Coffee, Bali, picked 42.00. Coffee Palembang, picked 45.00. Coffee, Liberian, No. 1 24.50.
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  • 91 2 for Perttr. Time. To-Mokrow. Japan via ports ilacduff, 3 p.m. Malacca a Klnng Chow Vhyu, 3 p.m. Hongkong .V Japan Flintshire, 4 p.m. Kuuntau via ports BengkulU, 4 p.m. Saniarang S'uaya liupth, 4 p.m. Saturday. K. Pahnng via ports ftrrioaa, 1 1 a.m. Oheribon A S'arane ftwMf, 11
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  • 104 2 From Eißor-E By the SI. SI. s.s. 6><ncw, due on the 4tli Sept. with dates to tho 13th August. Kkom China By the H. SI. s.s. Sakah due on the 7th instant. )'\l Miigapore Hue in i.tiiKlun Arrivei July aist P. A (>. Auk l»*th Aiir- l«th
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  • 258 2 AKKIVALd. Par a. s. Sumatra from Deli:- Sir. and i Sirs. Ranch, and Sir. Waldagjr. Per s. s. Sa/iph'i from Klang via ports Mr. Hart. Per s.s. Vorn-arU from Sarawak :-Mr. Lewi*, and Mr. and Sl-s. Nuuhronuer. Per s. s. (lonjun from Bangkok .—Mr. Lellia, Per t. s.
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  • 114 2 STRAITS TIMES Established: 1831. PRICK 15 CENTB. THURSDAY, 2nd SEPT., 1807. RKUTER'S TELEGRAMS INDIA. [Subscription rates and advtrtinng rates nuiy be found on the fourth page.] council mr.Ls. I,oiulnn, 2nd Septemltr. The Secretary of State announces that biddings for Council Bills will be suspended for not less than ten weeks.
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  • 49 2 NEGLECT TO HKLP. The Times has published a letter from Mr. Cooke, the Secretary to the British Chamber of Shipping, re the disaster to the s. s. Glengtjle. He vehemently denounces fifteen British men-of-war then at Gibraltar for ignoring the fact of the Gle.igyle being in danger.
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  • 39 2 GKH.MA.NY AUAIN if..- nil i II \K The Greek reply as regards assignment of revenue to meet the indemnity loan satisfies the Powers. Tin; only exception is Germany, whose views on the subject have not been made known.
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  • 28 2 The India Councii notify the suspension of the weekly allotment of Council Hills for a period of not less than ten weeks. Council Bills now stand at i/Ht.
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  • 39 2 Thk strike of local marine engineers continues, there being no sign of a compromise. This morning, Messrs. Tan Kirn Tian and Cos. steamer Penang came in, aud the engineers aboard her at once gave twenty-four hours' notice to leave.
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  • 67 2 We would be .y to believe the statement of the secretary of the British Chamber of Shipping that, when the Illengyle was stranded near Gibraltar, fifteen British men-of-war ignored the danger to the steamer. Such statements are usually exaggerated. It is certainly the duty of a man-of-war to render assistance
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  • 132 2 This troublc3 on the north-west frontier of India are extending, ami affect such a wido area that a small army will be required tv quell the disturbances. The frontier lies among mountains inhabited by fierce and warlike tribes whom fanatical agitation easily rouses to action. The tribes, stirred upby fanatics
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  • 8 2 Thk f-elangor Government advertises for a railway draughtsman.
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  • 11 2 Mks9K«<.Kai.nai.i, andllii. i. ls advertise a Roentgen Uay apparatus for sale.
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  • 12 2 Mrs. Cameron and Mis. MacHitchie were among the passengers, to-day from I'enang.
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  • 16 2 Thk Governor and I.ady Mitchell leave for Malacca this afternoon by the Colonial steamer .S'e« Belle.
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  • 20 2 The dead body of a male Chinese pauper was found in a godown at the R O. Wharf this morning.
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  • 20 2 The Bangkok Tramway Company, at its half yearly lliaaillll on the 26th August, declared a dividend of six per cent.
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  • 23 2 Tv Hand of the Rille Brigade will play at the Botanical Gardens, on Tuesday, Sept. 7th, and Monday, Sept. l:ith, at 9 p.m.
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  • 21 2 Mu. La Soo Tat goes to Johore today, being advised by reputable Johore Chinese that his grievances, will he considered there.
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  • 22 2 It is advertised that samples of superior Japanese cotton crapes, to be hud on order, may be seen at I., Kobiiisun BoM.
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  • 20 2 Tiik duriees, or ladies' tailor-*, of Singapore, advertise increases in dressmating Qbargea beeanai of the km value of the dollar.
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  • 24 2 LaM Mm hull's reception yen ml.iv was numerously attended. The paj chase, wit li about a doioiii lifev, tulahed in tight of the guct-
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  • 45 2 This morning, a Chinese coal ie engaged on board the s.s. Loch lav unloading coal at Tanjong Pagar hart, overreached himself, and fell into the hold. He was taken up in an insensible condition, and was Bent to tho Ooneral Hospital.
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  • 50 2 Thk Chinese cook of the s.s. Aamthan was, this morning, fined $60, or one month, for being in possession of sixty dollars' worth of illicit chandu. The man admitted the charge, but said the drug was the joint property of ten ol the crew. The drug was confiscated.
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  • 97 2 THE LAKE CLUB The Lake Club, at Kuala Lumpur, held a general meeting on Saturday last. It was decided to raise funds for extending the Cluh buildings by issuing debentures. It was resolved to raise the entrance fee from S4O to S7.">. It was also resolved that, in future,
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  • 110 2 MALAY COFFEE PLANTIX'i The District Officer of L'lu Langat (Selangor) reports noticing among native coffee growers there signs of an increasing belief in the practice of topping the trees -a practice which is generally advocated by European planters. The condition of many of the older Malay gardens is
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  • 149 2 Some half a dozen enthusiast ie cyclists met, yesterday afternoon, at the Marine Club to consider a scheme for the holding of bicycle road races some time in October. It was decided to have two handicap races on the first Saturday in October, one -a ten mile
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  • 284 2 Pollard's Opera Company, last night' presented to a very large and enthusiastic audience what is one of their most successful performances he. Cloches de CorneWlle." The acting was so successful that the audience could at times forget that the performers weie but children, so thoroughly well were all
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  • 353 2 A LONO LIST Tub Police are considerably concerned at the number of burglaries and thefts of various kinds being reported to them just now. The thieves seem to have been taking unusual advantage of Hi" dark nights, and tlic bwflariM an committed, in such a manner as
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  • 123 2 ADVOCATES AND SOLICITOat' Ttt< At Legislative Council, thisalternoon the Hon. J. P. Joaquim moved the fallowing motion That the depreciation in thi> Nrrenci of the Colony caused l>y the wriou- fall n the value of silver render* it rc-asi,u n i,|.. that the fees to tie
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  • 136 2 This afternoon, at Legislative Co'im-i the Colonial Secretary, in aoaordanc* with notice given at the previous meeting, moved That this Council resolves to n.Mro., a requisition to His EiesUoact tb< Governor, under the hand of tiie ("k-rk of the Council, requesting His Excellency to to tie pleased
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  • 159 2 571.000 OBTAINED L'OMMEHI'IAI. SQfAKE LBAUHOLM INI KB THE HAMMKH. This afternoon, Messrs ('nine l!n>- Auctioneers, held a sale of valuable leasehold properties, by order of n Supreme Court, in the matter of the Estate of Khoo Tiong Poll, iteoeejod, and an aetimi connected therewith Lot 1 eoniprisnl
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  • 702 2 THE HUMAN K.MHIKK AM> CHRISTIANITY Thekk was a fair attendance in the Presbyterian Church yesterday evening, when tin lirst of a series of historical lectures was delivered by the Rev. S. 8. Walker, M. A. Taking as his subject, The Roman Empire as a preparation for Christianity," the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 598 2 NOTICES. I NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LD. Manufacturer* of DYNAMITE GELIGNITE GELATINE DYNAMITE BLASTING GELATINE DETONATORS EXPORTERS OF: All ciar* or SAFETY FUZE ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS. The above Kzpixmivu, Biiao all n*acr*CTUßii> in Gbbat Britain, vi made TO riM THE HHIH HTANIIARIi Or PCBITY IMB (APCTY TEfTS IMPUKED BY THK HkITISH
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    • 833 2 NOTICES. TOWN HALL. POLLARD'S LILLIPUTIAN OPKRA COMPANY. IoNIOHT! TO-NIGHT!! Last Sight IM One. TmasnAV. September to PIRATES OK PENZANCE.'' FRIDAY, SEFTEMdER3RD. Act I of Paul Jones and Grand Variety Entertainment. C. A. POLLARD, Manager. NOTICE OF REMOVAL rpHK undi-r»igned have removed to 8, 1 Robinson Road. TRANSATLANTIC TRADING Co. Ltd.
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    • 790 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED. T < IDM (iIKLS for Uress-making Workroom. 2/9 KOBINSON 4 Co. I'ELANGORCiOVKRNMENT RAIIAVAV- \\T ANTED, immediately, a Draughts- T man for the Selangor fiovernment Railway salary $7.1.00 a month. Applications which should state age, nationality, and experience, and be accompanied by testimonials will be received nt th-
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    • 44 2 8HABKB WAWTBP. Municipal Debentures 5%. Do. Do. 8%. 'J'anjong l'.-iL r ;ir Bond*. New Prye Kivcr Do.k Co. I'unioms. 8trait« Ice Co. Mnynanl Co. Kaulis, «'ontril)utorv. FOK SAI.K. I'ongci-ang I'lmitini; Shares. SOMKKVJLI.E GUXN, ExchaiiKi! A Share Brokers. KOH IiK.NKKM. SHIPPING KKWH *tt PAGE 4.
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    • 91 2 M 3 8 iotanded for th* Straili Timt •hoold b* «ritt<m' on on. lid* of th* pun only. Dy th. neirli-.-t of that oondition, many M S S. ar» r«j~" I that mifrbt othcrwiM be pobliahad. All a.lT.rti»inf oontnwU are rabiwrt to th. omdition that th. M»naK" mar l«a<« th.
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  • 886 3 THE KING OF SIAM AT OSBORNE. the »t I. of August. His Majesty til King of Siam journeyed from Buckji ham Palace to UswetM House to t.. the QaMM Tin King and Maws CMra ami I'rince I 1 irnehatra. with the member* of his -i ill. left the Palace in
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  • 154 3 1M lIKIIOISM I OffioM of Kuala Selanow, the other day, he went ■'■"it the death ot'a Chinese r among mbm cams tin-re. It 'hat tin- man Sew Yew, with mends, was collecting tin-sand i the stream which runs i whenalargerockfell I pinned him to the ground. who Were
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  • 987 3 I'm Society ol 1837, says n writer in the Morning I'ort, was a Society of great ladies and great houses. The houses that received conspicuously then were many who hear tlie same name as those who 60 years after open their d >orq and with magnificent hospitality receive
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  • 157 3 ÜBPBKBBION IN SAMOA FboM Samoa, it is n-pm-tcil that the (ifinian ci>liiini-ivi;il business then is v.tv dqpwmod Tin- cultivation of cottdii nii'l coffee have ln-i'Ti dropped, eepe- i.illy becauee th« Qmdiii linns boa MT to year hay.' to ONtCOM BHtO! difficulties in getting native troriuuan, as
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  • 52 3 A qolusmith, named Tan Ah Chang, of IJ, Chinchew Street, was discovered to be missing this morning. He is alleged to have taken away with him two thousand dollars' worth of jewellery entrusted to him for repairs. The Police believe he has been gone at least two or
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  • 433 3 The law, says a London paper, is notoriously illogical, but its curiosities of omission have rarely been more clearly illustrated than in the course of the case recently tried before Justices Collins and Kidley, which has formed the subject of a couple of questions in the
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  • 745 3 rXPBDUOm ADOPTED BY EVENING PAI'EKS. One of the secrets of success among evening papers which depend to a large extent upon what is known as the street sale is to obtain and publish any item of important news before tiu-ir contemporaries. Even a period ill
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  • 467 3 Hadji Amat was this morning charged with rash navigation in the Singapore River, and causing damage to a twakow to the extent of S^o by colliding with it. Mr. Fort defended. Lee Ah Peng said he was a boatman. About 11 a.m. on the 30th ultimo, he
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  • 135 3 HI'IIIIEK < TLTIVATION Facts are said to show that there is good prospect of a new industry springing up for the benefit of the northern territory of Australia, in the cultivation of the India-rubber tree. Mr. M. Holtze, director of the Botanic Gardens at Adelaide, who has had
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  • 225 3 A Bi.i E-nooK was issued on August 4 containing ■>: pers and desuatohes rolatitigto the execution by Major Lothaire of Mr. Stokes, an Kni;lish trader, in the Congo Free State. Lord Salisbury, in one despatch to Sir K. I'lunkett, British Minister at Brussels, says Her Majesty's Government is
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  • 331 3 A MM TO THF MEMORY OK (loon OLD RA.IAII BROOKE." Tune, Good Old Jen. It's just ii year ngo to-day. That I remember well." The Rajah lironkr went on tlif rocks. Amidst a heavy swell. A right tight little ship was she. As sailed the Eastern Sen. Hut
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  • 632 3 Mr. Oldboy: 'lama self-made man, sir. I began life as a barefoot boy." Kennard Well, I wasn't born with shoes on either." That's aqueer-looking picture you have on the mantel." Yo«. That's a composite photograph of the only girl I ever loved." Just after tlie first race at
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  • 53 3 YESTEKHAYS UtftTLT. CIIAMI-lONSMir. Mrs. Stokes heat Mrs. Adams 6-5, «-5. OOMtOLATIOB TIK FDK TO-DAY. Mrs. Jelley 1-1 v. Miss (iunn, sor. CONSOLATION TIESFOKTO-MORKOW. Mrs. Kynnersley— 4 v. Mrs. IVeston 8 I unfinished). Mdme. lira-:. dc Thuy, scr. v. Mr>. Karle, scr. Mias Cook v. Mrs. Jelley
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 19 3 INCIDESTION Sri:l DILV LI k'l II I > Condy's Fi i Report! on cvrry bMUfc lnl.lt on buying "CONOYJJI'JIO. m»mt*sMumtm*rm
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    • 847 3 NOTICES. PABTKRB MORTGAGK A!» B kJ AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED. Au'biri.ed Capital f'.,«00,000 8ub5. t ««U'so Aflvan.es made upon Mortgage of Free--lolds. Stocks, Shares, and other approved <eeurities ¥l»te. Municipal, and other t*ubi:c Lnati" 'iei,'oliiited nud issued upon &v I.Oii'U-.. M .iket. PATBUOM, SIMONS A Co.. AwDBSI J. MOTION CO. WATCHMAKERS.
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    • 468 3 F( )H SALE; EM IM.< )YMENTS: TO LET; AND I'KRSONALS. Ist time, 16 cents a line; 2nd and Brd timed, 10 cents a line 4th to Hth times, fi cents a line; 7th to INtli times, 3 cents a line; afterwards, 2 centa a line; but ne charge less than
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 220 3 WKATHER REPORT. h'anJany Kerbau Hospital, 1«/ Se).l. /W7. d!i.ni.3p.m.«|).m. Remarks Bar. i9.960 M.^n l'Si Xi9 I .-mp. 82.4 W.-i K-10 \V. K'II.TIi.t 79.0 T&0 77:.' J^l 1 >ir. of Wind S. s.s.E. 8.s k. '8x1 Max. Temp. 87 9 u oT Min 76.0 f8« Mai. in Sun 166.9 >"u. Terr.
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  • SHIPPING
    • 1421 4 Cnderthis heading the following abbrevia tions are used str— steamer sh ship bq.-baraue Brit.-British U. S. United States Fr. French Ger.— German Dut. Dutch; Job.— Jobore; Ac, G. c., General cargo d.p.— deck passengers li.—Uncertain; T. P. W.-Tanjong Pagar Wharf; 1 P. D.-Taniong Pagar Dock BW. Borneo
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    • 494 4 Namr, port, probable doit of arrival, ami name ot agent*. A. Apcar, Calcutta. Sept li; ifUw .v Mosvh. Agamemnon. Liverpool, Sept 8; Hanatteld, Bawean, Banjerniiissin. Bet 1 10: Daendell. Hayern, Europe, Nov 1 1 Behn Meyer. Caiiton, London. Nov 4 P. 60. Ceres, Hamburg, Sept <> Rautenberg. Ceylon,
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    • 178 4 VlMlL'B NiMH. a 4 Tons Captaih Fkom sailid Ocwuoau KIO. B'pt I st.'Jerome 1 Mac In II I FMilka I Nun-linn 1 Isabella 1 Sappho 1 Vorwnrt 1 Iti-n^'kali--1 Centaur I l'.nlnna if Uorgon ■> Buun Sumatra I IVimilL' ■1 Hoiik »'»ii Brit s J r I OjrdM .J.ilv
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    • 58 4 Dm Vt ,-ki Name FlaoAKio Caitaih UIOTIMATION s.-i.t I Biofltpon 8 St. Itoiml.l I isuUllii 'ii- 1 v i> l'rin» AU'xaml.T Hril sir. 1 htr. »tr. 1 1 1 1 itr. I »tr. Main Clunenl II ii< i hi I n i<i 1 1 Kaiuli n IlHUKkok MnuliiHiii Muar
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 675 4 NOTICES. ELLWOOD'S patent AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS A HOUSEHOLD WORD in INDIA. Won* the East ky aii. Awarlto The Omciii, The Hold .Jedal. Tbi Civil Service and the Cou.NOBVESTi- I. UK London. MM ELLWOOD'S paunt AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS c. m. A th. 2/11 Tame s w a t s o n c as
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    • 26 4 NOTICES. ROBINSON CO.'S ANNUAL CASH CLEARANCE SALE. WILL COMMENCE TUESDAY, 31ST AUGUST. SPECIAL LINES IX ALL DEPARTMENTS. ROBINSON ft CO. •Sui^Hpure, -7th Augmt, 1497. j v
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    • 1139 4 NOTICES. /\R('IIID8. J.I). A. I'KREIRA. HORTICULTIKIST AND FLORIST. COLLKCTOK AMI EXrOHTEK OF OKCHUtt. Orders for Bouquet Sprays, Ac, Ac., Carefully and promptly executed. Ch»apest House in the Trade. NURSERY AND UKSIDENCE, OXLEY ROAB, CINGAI'ORE BPOMMfI CLL'B. The Autumn Race Meeting, will he held on the 19th. 21et, and fjrd October.
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    • 458 4 NOTICES. I For Constipation I and Biliousness I A S <n.l aafa rUMdy l«Ji«" •"<' childr«» lo I C mt if but rtomriW upon the liver, itonicb ura I bla'l.iut trull Julltß cum babilul con.upalioo. locT«n.i» breaih anj .ick-htadacb.. I JULIEN, 8, rue Vlvionm, PARIS RaoowDcd Phv.ician. praKrilx Gtimauh'a Malics
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    • 102 4 NOTICES. "TIMES" AND "BUDGET." .S'frniro 7'iW»,*3O a year, or *2J a month or fifteen cents a copy. Post Free, a quarter. .S/roi7» Hwtyrt, po*t free, B'-M a year, or 86 a quarter, or 40 cent" a copy. The advertising rates are: first time, IS cants a line: 2nd and 3rd
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    • 28 4 NOTICES. BROWN'S Finn Cmn Hkavd SCOTCH WHISKEY, THE man WHISKKY IN THE WoBLd As supplied to H.R.H. the I'rineeof W»|,., ISItINKMAXN tt CO 14/10 Sole Agents for Singapore
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