The Straits Times, 15 September 1897

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED: 1831. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1897. NO. 19,329.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 696 1 Iu.KNBO COMPANY. LIMITED l.if» Awnmooß. 1 ion Vim loKuruos Sooiety j" iijth Lif» Amunuiot' S<«ii'tj. 1 ikL» M»™w lsw"« Company. •••m Narigatioa Company. Ij^lWrl'ompu;. luonaos Comply, Limited. f ti Osssbbbsss, tm tbe f lUX lIOKNEO CX)MTri,\MSHir COMPANIES." ("oLLYER QfAY, I. w iuKvi:s. New Harb.hh. WMiiATInN OOHPAHT. 1 1 vi JaTAK.
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    • 812 1 k 1 BUCHANAN WHISKY :ITJMh |Q TLJIT DCCT r 3 -^^f«g« IO mC DLO I KATZ BROS, SOLD BY ALL LICENBED SPIKIT DEALERS. LIMITEDi Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords and Commons and to all good London Clubs. 81/12 BOOTCB WHISKY IS THE INIVERSAL f3 BBTBRAGB. J^\ ALWAYS
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    • 523 1 CI\XAI>IAX I'A II IC RAILWAY j COMPANY 1 ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP LINK. THE PAST BOUTE HITWKKN CHINA, JAPAN, AND BUBOPB, VIA CAKADA AND TIIK IXITED STATES. ROUTE VIA -HAXGHAI, NAGASAKI COBE, YOKOHAMA, VICTORIA. AXD VANCOIVKR, B. C. Twin Si-re*- (Steamships— 6,oBo Tons— WflM Horse-Power— Speed 19 knots. PiioposKn Sailings from
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    • 706 1 INSURANCES HONGKONG 1-1 UK ixsi KANri: COMPANY, LIMITED. Capital subscribed $2,000,000. Amount paid up -100,040. Reserve fund 1,056,049. Head Office,— Hongkong. General Managers, Messrs. Jardinf, Mai in. mn Co. <;T'THRIE A Co. THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £2,127,600 Paid up Capital 212,750 Reserve Fund 676,355 The undersigned,
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    • 841 1 INSURANCES. SUN INSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON I.SIAIU.I-MI I. 1710. Insurances effected upon almost every description of property at the current rates of premium. Total sum insured in 185)2, £391,800,000. do 1891, £373,700,000. do !««>, £361,600,000. do 1889, £888,900,000. Singapore Agents, BRINKMANN A Co. rpHE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY 1 NOW MERCED IS
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    • 352 1 BANKS. THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED. Authorised Capital 11,000,01)0 Subscribed Capital 600,000 Head Office Hongkong. COURT OF DIRECTORS:— D. Gillies, Esq. Chan Kit Shag, Esq. H. Stolterfoht, Esq. L'houil'ung Shan, X- Kwan Hoi Chuen. K- i Chief Manager: Geo. W. F. Playfair. Interest on Fixed Deposits, For 12 n
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    • 574 1 A 0001) EXAMPLE. rpHEexample of W. W. Brewer, jnstice of 1 the peace and a prominent citiienof Mt. Jewett, Pa., is worthy of emulation. He says: "I novor Imive home without a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Dinrr: ir-a Remedy and always recommend it to my friends. It is
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  • 501 2 SIMOAPOKK, lfiTH SUTEMBKH, I»1I7. PRODUCE. (llntif "rr rumclcil to mie ji m.) (4anibier <l "R Copra Hali, BM Jo I'ontiannk Pepper, Bln-k ,t., White, (6%). Hago Flour .him <lo Brunei, J. ..">. Pefirl Sago To. Coffee, Bali, picked 4* no. Coffee Palemb.ing. pteked 4*oo, Coffee, Liberian, No. 1 50.
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  • 35 2 Municipal Debentures 5%. Do. Do. 6%. Tnnjong Pagar Bonds. Xew Prye Kiver Dock Co. I'iinjoms. Straits Ice Co. Mi.ynard Co. Kiiubs, Contrilintorv. F(JK SAI.i;. l'engerang Ptanting Bbares. SO.MKKVII.LE A UUNN, Kxdmnue Share Brokers.
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  • 81 2 To-Moimow. JiiftrH via ports H. Timor, Malacca Kwjmit, Miiar Imbella, Malacca KI;.iir Okttm I'liun. Malacca via portl NW/u/i. Hkorix an.l Aim.y ll,,m, lecuj, IlotMl.ay i'r Ihtui. Friday. Sarawak Vtrwtmtt, Chariboo i Vmag I'nmmj, Bonnban vin porta l'"li <;uan, KuMat t s>yiul:ik;ui EUrUBDAT. Batavia <;, raal Muntok and V\,:ma
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  • 93 2 Mom Bnaon: By the Gernmn s. b. Prmutn, due on the lt<tli instant. Kko.m ("iiixa l!y the (ierman s.s. Print Ueinrieh, duo on Buaday. I i.MX Tabu Of m.mi.s Due Left Biogapon Due in London Arrived An:.' 4lh P. .V Sept 111 Sept. Ist Aug loth 11.
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  • 285 2 AKKIVALS. Iii I. A- O.M. ffOMfra from HoiiKkuni;— ICiu Penruddock, Measa. Derrick, and Macartney. I', i I. S. Hfhitt, from Hongkong: Mr. Km 1 Per Sana Irom sand;ikan Gap*, and Mrs. Raddle, uu<l Mr. A maaman Peri. I. ihnri,a from lluuxkok Mr. and Mrs. .S|>;m. MetSl*. Andrews. Flano,
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  • 56 2 Straits Times WEDNESDAY, 15TH SEPT, 1897. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. SEDITION IN INDIA. Established: 1 •>:<!. PRICE 15 CENTS. [tfuhitrriplimi rate* and advertising rattt may l#fumvl on the fourth pnge.\ TII.AK CONVIITKI). l.uivlwi, \sth SepteuiUr. Tilak, member of Council and newspaper proprietor at Bombay, has been sentenced by the High Court there
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  • 45 2 I K.MikllS oI'h.NKK. Yesterday, tenders were opened at the Indian Ollice for India Bills amounting to two and a half millions sterling, payable six or twelve months after date. The tenders for twelve months were accepted ut £97 ss. M. per £100 allotted.
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  • 20 2 The military forces on the North West frontier now amount to fifty-nine thousand men and ninety gunfl.
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  • 37 2 ■Mill SATISFIED. (iermany and Britain are practically agreed on the basis of Lord Salisbury t> proposal that the evacuation of The«aaly should not be made subordinate to the question of the payment of the indemnity.
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  • 7 2 The Kgyptiaiiß have occupied Berber
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  • 353 2 Tuk Honourable BaKiangadhai Tilak, member of the Bombay Legislative Council, and newspaper proprietor, has been sentenced by the High Court at Bombay to eighteen months' rigorous Imprisonment, for inciting and attempting to incite to disaffection. It is a sentence which every loyal British subject will beartOy endorse.
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  • 78 2 -iKAM launches, and also a boat, will be provided at Kranji from 4..i0 pjn to-morrow, to take tha 3ohaa's gueata to Johore and the launches will also run later at night for the use of suefa of tin; guests as may wish to return that night. We are rWMHatOu 1
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  • 160 2 Tiik road serving Taujniip hgw, whidi used to be an excellent granite road, is now being patched with luterite. That is a very questionable policy, ■Oeauee it la improbable that laterite will stand the heavy tralli.- that paeMS over the road. On the general question of the condition of the
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  • 15 2 Tn homeward mail by the German a, s. Prim KriarM aMeea at noon, on Monday
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  • 15 2 A HKAN.u ot the rluagkonfl and niiaa|hal Hank baa I n opened at Cneiiinlpo. int'orea.
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  • 19 2 Han BUMS, a MpM in the i'ahanfc Doliea force, was thi.-* ni.nning fined S;J for being drunk and disorderly.
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  • 23 2 Mv Iv C. Howard, Snperinlen.icnt ot E<lncatioii, who had been away in Kngland on leave, arrived at I'enang by mail on Saturday last.
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  • 30 2 A MAN has been enrolled in the lot nl police who has but just completed a term of imprisonment for two yean. He will be dealt with for fraudulent enlirtment.
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  • 28 2 To-hAYs weather telegram reports the entrance of a typhoon into the Chin 1 Sea through the Hohnao Channel (Philippine!.). A northerly to easterly gale is expected at Hongkong
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  • 32 2 Wsk Km Hoos. of :t<i, Boa* Quay, has reported to the I'olice that, yesterday, hi? cashier went out to cash a Cheque for S3,4l';J. and had since digappean .1.
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  • 33 2 Thk annual Government examination of this school ended on Thursday last. It was conducted by Mr. Klcum. Four hundred and ninety boys were presented andthese obtained H2 of possible passes.
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  • 44 2 Thk King of Siam has given a xilvergi'.. lotus challun^e bowl as a perpetual trophy for dinghey racing at the Maidenhead Kngineer«' and fishermen's Regatta, which was competed for in Cliveden reuch on the 19th August for the first time.
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  • 50 2 The entries from the Straits Settlemeits for the Cambridge Local Kxainination were sent oil', h.iys the I'm t g Swath, by the s. S. Laauds. I'enang has entered 1? seniors and -J'-i jUnion. Singapore, it is understood, has not enterod so many bojt as l'enang for this eniiiiinati.nl
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  • 83 2 P.C.MB waa, this morning, sentenced to six months' imprisonment for giving false information to Inspector Maxwell. and thus causing him to exsreies hipower an a poKee officer to the injury of one Shaik Syed. The prisoner Im.l said to his chief I hat Shaik Syed had a
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  • 198 2 RICE-EATEKS' PAT. At a meeting of tlm Muni. i| alitv at Penang on the l Uth instant, the IVe-e--dent (Mr. J. Y. Kennedy) read the following letter which had been received from the Colonial Secretary I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter askiiii: tor
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  • 211 2 lOAI. AM) SHIITI.NO Anvic ks from Labuan in tha British Merit Barnes HerwM report trade in coal to bars ban so i<ii-k there last month that stocks ran low July was a noud month 119 regards shipping as total of l.-> staasiniis of -'(i.ii' 7 tuns register wan entered
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  • 172 2 11. 11. B. UndmtmUd vaa t<> go into •lock »t Hongkong on the loth init. Her crew will turn over to her from the 'Vniiuir c:iily in i totober. Beveral nun s having been in circulation at Hongkong ronrdins the data ..f II M. s 1',,,,,rf,,r, depair frnm
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  • 201 2 Ml MI. Al. EVF.NINOB A circular has been issued to tha active 111. ■inber- <>f the Singapore |'|,j|. harmonic Society by the bon. H .r--tary, Mr. Polglase, containing m proposals in regard to the Boeiety'i Mn-ical Bvenmga Thaaa Uusical have fallen into abe>ance hinie I year or
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  • 350 2 COtnOTTAL TO THK ABSIZKS Vk'TKKliav, Naiiiswaylum and Anguuwanii mneodered their bail and, together with Clmkra, were put in tlie dock for the further hearing of the case The magistrate observed that, as thi Eolice had no further evidence to offer, o would hear counsel on the
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  • 355 2 CONTUSION WORSE COH»Ot NPKD Yesterday, Captain Husk and Tun Poh Tong, rospeetively the maal rand the owner of the s. Will o' the YVitp, weresumiiionedl.ytlieMastei Ami l.mt, for having, on the SStfa ol August, ear ried passengers in excess of the number allowed l>y the license Chief
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  • 172 2 IMI'IWTANT ARBHB. TiiK.lav before yeeterday.a Chinaman wi -lit to a pawnshop in South B Boad to redeem hum trousen H was arraeted on wiapiciun, and on him wai bund bad British dollar Ho •aid ha got the dollar from another '"an -h ha pointed out T uian was
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  • 46 2 ■vv afternoon, Chi Ua yean ol dm. living iv a In l.ill.liiliv Pag v Ro I. VIM IeUU h parapet el tha back to pi i when tha Ml ovi r into thi She sustains i «kiill and .1 broken arm. and i" ili.- hospital
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 633 2 NOTICES. NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LI). Manufacturer* of DYNAMITE GELIGNITE GELATINE DYNAMITE BLASTING GELATINE DETONATORS KXPORTEKH OF: All imne or SAFETY FUZE ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS. TBB ABOTE KZPLOIIVIB, BIINO iLL HAIOriCTUBED IN OBBAT UkiTAIN.AKK HAIiZ TO TtM TIIK Ilinil KlAXl.Uil. OF ITBITY AIIO IAriTY TEKTfI rSTfOSBJD XV THK BBITIHH boTEBMHINT, AND
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    • 1384 2 LATEST AnVERTISKMKNTS. TIIK "EMPIRE" TYPEWRITER THK< HKAI'KST,MOSTI)I-KAIiI.i:.AM)I;i:-r.M.\rlllNK<»N 1 H K MAItKKT. rte "EMPIRE* is c 01 1101 sin 'P le construction, and capable of the heaviest and fa-test work, and is a powerful inai ifoMer. ft will do anything that any other iimchine «old at h niuch I ighei 111
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    • 110 2 AT 95. Bukit Timali Road, on the 14th ll,taut, tlie wife of K. \V. WKIIB. Of laughter. On the Uth September, at ii. MOIIIU <nphia, Singapore, the wife of VV .1 Wa.. S, )f a son. M" v. 1 nud baby nre I. >th iloiug nil. 1! I S ,ut-n^r.t
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  • 1328 3 rHi uuomnD ukjubwt. i in. pi.— t int.. 111.' ittending th« .i.'atli of Denii W iM raaii— d on, at tii- 1 GenetaJ mm, I'r l C W Braddell am I Wispaner. of the i M BUiotl I) o li, eOffli •rMr I II M i
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  • 243 3 BOLD. [t is announced in the BriUik Nortk ll,', ,1,1 that a gold-bearing quartz reof has been discovered in the Darvel Bay district and that s concession to work it has hecn granted by the Court to the discoverer. Dr. Beelhorat haa reported the discovery of a
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  • 203 3 Tiik "clearances from the Police (force have uol y.-t oeased, »ayi the and another officer has been called upon to resign. This ii Bereeanl Phelps. an old meinbor of the Force. The Secretary of State ii to be supplied witli particuten ofhii case with a new to
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  • 40 3 Tin Shanghai Peatlrei Cl an ing Co.. 11. r, ,1 h -v. i app i, i n (actor] Imildin on i Boochow Crack aw now being ru A .1 ..11 then* »rj niiu.-hio i „,.>,!,■ in Sbaagbai ...udiuto u»e.
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  • 1121 3 TO THE EnITOB Ot TUB STRAITS TIWES." Sir. -Mr. Hcim having invited iritiii^ni on his article re this vexed l|llUstlnn in tho Strnits Bntlget of :(i»t August, which I havo perused with much interest, I venture to pen the following comments upon the oonclutfont In- Ims arrived at.
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  • 42 3 Two n-w teamen uf about 8,000 i i. a, ring and Mining Co are exj leave Burop shortly for China; the. are the Kxaitgmng and Hipitu. Thi ig being nuiahed off al Kic-'.aml oSiviugi* trout tho yards of Scott 4
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  • 785 3 THE CURRENCY. A Japanese vernacular paper states that, since the adoption of the silver yen in Japan, tin- export has exceeded the import every year. Ip to July last. 121,934,311 yen had been exported against 7,459,883 yen imported, leaving balaaM of 1 14,474,448 yen. If these figures are
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  • 247 3 TliK (ioverninent of Perak lias pasted in enactment empowering the Judicial Commissioner to make rides for fixing tables of fees and easts in the Senior Magistrate's Court in that state. At Goa Petei. in Selatna, some fifty acres of coffee land that WOW taken up there last year
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  • 103 3 THE HOOI.KV SYXDICATS. Mr. Krossel, the special agent of the .lainieson-Hooley Syndicate, has arrived at Shanghai from I'ekin lie has mad.-, it is reported, quite sat is I'.e I oiv arranger meats with the Tsungli Vami v regarding the loan of £16,000,000 to the Chinese Govermuent. Hi- mainolijecl
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  • 1147 3 AKBITRATION IN GERMANY. The Hamburg underwriters, with the SSSOBt of the shipowners, intend this autumn to establish a Court of Arbitration, to decide claims arising out of collisions at sea. The Court will con- sist of experts, who will probably be elected by the shipowners and
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  • 340 3 TIES FOR WEDNESDAY. A SINOLEB. A. U. Wright scr. v. J. G. Mactaggart, owes 1. Woodrofl'e scr v. J. Campbell, roe 1 R BBMUS. I'inborn scr. v. K. H. Grant, ree. 4. (•'Sullivan per. v. R. Allen, scr. Lysley ser. v. Prentice, rcc. 1 Buttar ser. v.
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  • 34 3 Por UongkoiiK, C/Myrfnt, due 17th Sept.. lioilstlM.l A o. Java port-. Oamuf, due isth Sept. Boustesd A Co. Japan via Hongkong, Pi misiii, dm Wtb Sept., Behn Meyer 4 Ca
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 264 3 1 TiIENKW HARBOOR DOCK Co.. LTD rphis Ooaspaay .-\--ut. khfps' rapslr* of ail daseriptioms Id the most effiVient niHin.-r llleler t!i- mi;., r !,t,-M''-i "f Roropaaa BhlpwrighU and Knglnssw. No 1 Ohavino Dock. Length— llfi feet. 1 Deptb of Water from 14 (sat to I6| feet. Width at Knlian.e ll'
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    • 620 3 F()USALK;EMPLOYMKNTB: T( LET AND PERSONALS. j [Ist time, 16 cents a line; 2nd and 3rd i times, lOcenUa line l!h lo nth ti -hob. S rents i line; 7th to IHth times, 3 cents a I line; afterward*, 2 eentn a line; hat no I chartfe less than one dollar.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 255 3 KATHKK REPORT Kantlany Kerbau Hotpitil, UM Sajrf, 's'"' Ha.nvSp.in.»p.rn. Kimm-ks. liar. 19.9661" >.«« 2H.H06 Temp. i*2.2 BB.i 77.0 W.B'lljfher 7H.0 78J 7r>4 I 'ir. of Wind lAV, K.s.E. Calm Max. Temp. 86.8 Mm 7H.0 Mhx. in San-lOM Terr. rad. 73 0 Rainfall Nil. UKATHhII TKLKURAM K A. C. Telegraph ob.)
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  • 152 4 V nilerlliisliciMling tin" folio wing abbreviations ftro used :-Btr.-Bteamr>r sh--""^ Un-bftrqun; Brit.-Uritish I', a. United State*; ft. Kren.-h Uer.—Oernmn; Dut.— Dutch; Ja*.—Jobora; ate, O. c, General New Harbour Wharf; W. H. D.-New Har--1 our I)o.k P. 8.-Pulo Brani; P. 8.-Pa-icnt Slip; Rds.-Roads; Where no month if named,
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  • 1223 4 AKHIVALB SISCB NOOK OF YKBTEBUAY Han tt'hatt Soon, Brit. str. 190 tons, Capt Rouse, 16th Sept. From Pontianak, IMb Sept. G.c, 47 d.p. 3an Beng. For Billiton Eugenic, Dut. »tr. 196 tons Capt Falck 10th Sept. From Malacca, Uth P<-pt. Sugar and 33 d.p. Liong Boc. o—Hds. Meduta,
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  • 460 4 ,Vi.i,. /.f.rl. „,ii!u,l,lr diUr ol nrriru. an I name ol .1. Kopgkomf, Del I ;B. Arab Uu. liin.it/ii. fcpt 13 P. Simon-. I) n !Ic Hongl g, s.-ji- v I. Simons. Bsyoru, Europe, Nov II Bulin Meyer llurinida, Bombay, Bapi M 1!. lin Meyer. Rrucniwriire, Hen York. 11l
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  • 87 4 riao Vishkl'h Namk. 4 Tomb. Captain Turn EUIUU) I KlO S|,l It Uo-.ita MOrtr. *tt TUlard Shanghai Hep) IP. and O. Co II M.Mlunn An- ctr. 17M Androvi.-h HojAong B«pt SBaul II Brit str. S7< Baker Sandkkan s.-i.t BW I 16 StMotra PftOttr. SBlfl I'm.ic London Lug 7P. and
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  • 127 4 lUte. Vesmll.V N'A.Mt KlacAKu. (UITAU I>EBTI.\ATIUN S'l't 14 .Miikc Mmv Jap xtr. (toiag ifi Hebe Bnt.str. [okktei II N.-r.i »tr. Coy«h 18 Mai... .a itr. I'alv IS Ban ><>ng tiuan -n. Lrona Ifi Hy.lra itr. K.I ndMfl IS C. A|.. nr str. K. v I". UUmbra lml ttr. BeUito
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 454 4 NOTICES. MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST REPUTATION EVERYWHERE Fortity the System against Disease PURE BLOOD SEC XFS GOOD HEALTH. ESSENCE OR F'-'JIO sTKTfU 3T OF RCD .JAMAICA Lsld WmtVkik^m* K*a ilict 1829. ClJ jJt £j£i- '•.^J^SLtMamMMSLmamMam !Si T JBiW T JORP!D LIVER, DEBILITY, ERUPTIONS, WEAK a;.:, LANGJID FEELINGS, over 6O Yearß' V
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    • 428 4 NOTICES. i mow n s I-..1H Crown Hhami WHISKEY, THK HIM Wlll-KKY IN TIU: \VoKI.I>. Ah sappUed tv H.K.H. UllTHaWasa II IIKINK.MANN >V CO., 14 Hi Sole Agents for Singapore. iSaol t**tiiiiuiitaN iiinvr tlio Gx.*pllcnre of H .fill's CBLEBKATSD M AMI! A RIM RAZOSS, »,lli I .11; warranuy) iMnaaaaeaßta ),l>.lr>.
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    • 278 4 JfO^ICES^ /(languid women I pale oßunimt OLD PEOPLE, IWALWS YIN CHAPOTEAUT (ffliPOTEairn Wl OF PEPTOIK) A 111 I. l' I"I NLTHITIVE STIMVLAXT Th.. .lim.nt.rT wm< ...ily ...imil.l.d wbati Bo ether .olid or liquid food will remain on tbe I .ma h. it i. MMd in HMaMtaOl weaknn. •y SDOdal Warrant
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    • 462 4 NOTICES. Beautiful St« grow dull and dim Beautiful, willowy forma ao alim 1.0.c 'aimed with every day. But the Itlll queen and halb charm« H who wtartyouth'asoronal-beautilui Hair. Ayer's Hair Vigor wUI praserve your hair, and thui preserve your youth. "A woman i» as old M she looks," s«y» the
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    • 30 4 NOTICES. INDIAN KNCiINEKKINCJ. An Illuhtratkd Wkkkly Joitbhal. THE KECOONIZKD ORGAN OF THK PROFESSION IN INDIA. With guaranteed bona /Ulr circulhtion, LIBT OPEN TO INSPECTION. PAT DOYLK, O. E. CALCUTTA w*(
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    • 33 4 NOTICES. NOW HEADY: GOLDEN RAUB WITH H MAPS AND A STATISTIC Al. TABU Priii!: OmDoßsy: Io ba had at th Times Oflice, or from Kelly and W'nhU (Ltd.), or John Little; Co. (Ltd.)
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