The Straits Times, 30 September 1897

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  • 11 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED: 1831. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1897. NO. 19,342.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 510 1 HvrOCOMPAIIT.LHIH^I |n-unui.-.'C.™ii<uiy m ,viirati,,n ('<>mi«ny. |.»itrr Bmt Company. J^ilwmnuio CoopMj, Limited. of th«»» CompMKw, Me th« ,'JHK »OHXKO COM- VMSHIP OOMPANB& 1) 'OLLYIB QI'AY, I inhVKH, New Habboi-r. SAVI6ATIOH (K)MPANY. M.IUAX, PINANO, I -iku.ia.Ai)K!>, Egypt, ii.HKAi.TAB, Malta, VfM'E, Plymouth, „,fl/iding issued for Pertiav 1 .1 merican Portfolio for ynmriico via
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    • 1257 1 i^BUCHANAN WHISKY $Jffi?^}ss§*BlMM I Q «y» I IMM fmy t»— A■_ BOLE IMPORTERS ■wirr -r mr-Hh-M Q IM t DLO I KATZ BROS, SOLD BY ALL LICENSED BPIHIT DEALERS. t TTIfTTPT) Same as scppliid to the Hotjsks of Lobos and Commons and to all good London Clubs. :u i- s
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    • 668 1 INSURANCES. HONGKONG ffiE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Capital subscribed $2,000,000. Amount paid up 400,040. Reserve fund. „1,066,049. Head Office, Hongkong. (fi-neral Manngers, Messrs. JtMßUtf, Xt.»HF«fKT *,<> GUTHEItt A Ck). rpHE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE 1 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £2,127,800 Paid up Capital 212,780 Reserve Fund 676,366 The undersigned, Agents for the
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    • 234 1 INSmtANCES^ SUN INBUSANCE OFFICE, LONDON ESTABLISHED 1710. Insurances effected upon almost every descript ion of property at the current rates of premium. Total sum insured in 1892, £301,800,000. do 1891, £873,700,000. »do i > l w^f»¥t do i--:<. £388.900,000. i Singapore Agents, BRIN KM ANN 4 Co. rpHE QUEEN INSURANCE
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    • 456 1 BANKS. THE NATIONAL BANK OK CHINA LIMITED. Authorised Capital £1,000,000 Subscribed Capital 600,000 Head Office Hongkong. COURT OF DIRECTORS I— T> rwr-s, K« qri „-;:.aa K»«b»r, 6*4**? H. Stolterfoht, Esu. Chow Tang Shan, K- Kuan Hoi Chuen, E«(|. Chief Manager: Geo. W. r. Playfair. Interest on Fixed Deposits, For 12
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    • 850 1 SHE RECOMMENDS IT. Vf RK A INVEEN. renirt ing at 720 Henry ITI Bt, Alton, 111., suffered with aciatic rheumatism foroverpight months. She doctored for it nearly the whole Of this time, uoin|? various remedies recommended by friends, and was treated tiy the physicians, but received no relief. She then
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  • 509 2 SIK..M-URE, 3OTII SKIIKMMI.H. 1097. PIKtDIK.'K. fllatet nr» corrected to one p.m.) flamalsr ti.»7j. > <;oi>r.i Bali «.ii-.>}. ilo Pontianak, 0.16. Popper, Black. buyers MM. do White, (6%) Sfl.SO. Saeo Flour Sarawak, S.JO. do Brunei, 2.41). Ppnrl Hugo r 3.76. Coffee, Bali, picked 41.. 10. Coffee Palernbanß, picked OM. Coßee,
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  • 35 2 MuDieipal Debcnturus r>%. Do. Do. 6%. lanjoug Panr Bonds. New I'rye Kivor Dock Co. Straits Ice Co. Maynard A Co. Kaulis, Contritiutorv. FOX BALK l'i;ni;erang Planting snares. SDMSBVIIiLK a OVSS, ■sshanae !-liare Brokers.
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  • 86 2 for l'er str. To-Morkow. Japan via ports Tltum.*. li.-umk.ik B. S. (limn. HaiiHkok Cntnur, Malacca <k 1'akan Ilvifi \l'an, fmmam Gittifutloch, IIllllKkok llilfirn, liungkok i > w, Sourabn\a via port- <:. t. Bglandt, Saturday. Penangand DaU r«/>/;«o, Hongkong rat Smf, Japan via port* SofpfdM. IN'liailK Srt Hnmliur, liatavia
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  • 115 2 TUOM Kikoik By the M. M. s. I. ii,.,,,,;,,,. .in.- ontbated Oct. witadatee to the lOtbBepL Bbc brings replies to the mail) uh.ri, left Singapore on the loth AllU. PROM China ISv the I', t Ip. s, s. i:.,hiiin, dne on TuMday. Timk Tabu Or Mails Dik.
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  • 253 2 AKKIVALS. I.i I. Bappko li. mi Klnng \ia pontiff*. Medina and child. If essrs. Groom, K. Watson, Palshaw. and 0. Parry. Peru Seamara from Mm Iras anil I,'eimiH!: Mr-. hick. Mrs. l.iinlierg, MissE. Jobns, Mi— K. Johns. Kajn Alang lskiindei-, Messrs, Velge, CJohns, Umberg. 1.. Chas■erian, B. Onaswriau,
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  • 18 2 Ksiaiu.ishkii: 1831. PRICK 15 CENTS. (MasnaAiea rate* and advertising rate* muy hefouivl cm Hit fourth page.}
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  • 86 2 THURSDAY 30th SEPT., 1897. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. SOCIALIST PLOT. ATTEMPT ON TUB czar's LIKK. Ijondon, 30th Sept. It has transpired that the Russian police have frustrated another plot against the Czar's life, on occasion of his recent visit to Warsaw. Socialists of German nationality had mined under the chief street of
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  • 925 2 THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS. Wk publish, to-day, the Governor's annual address to Legislative Council. It s -u that the financial situation of the Colony i9 very satisfactory. The completed figures for the year If9« show that the revenue for that year exceeded the estimate by $308,000, the net result being that
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  • 17 2 Tiik mail steamer Wiaaw will be ready to leave for China, *c, at 8 a. in to-morrow.
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  • 17 2 11. K. Ms. cruiser Prim Ihiiilril; d<r Snl, rlii ml en arrived here, this morning, from Acheen.
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  • 16 2 Two more eases af cholera are reported from Jalan I'.kan. neither of them as yet fatal
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  • 17 2 Tub next quarterly meeting of the Licensing Justices is advertised to be held on the 7th October.
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  • 14 2 HbssM Roiu.nsos Co. advertise a consignment of ladies' blouses, novelties, muslins, Bilks, and shoes.
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  • 32 2 H. 11. Kajau Ai.anu Iskanilar. son of the Sultan of I'erak, arrived here today by steamer, to meet Sir P. A. Swettenhaui. who takes him to Knglaud on the 6th of October.
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  • 29 2 At eleven o'clock, last night, two Chinamen quarrelled at the comer ol Hongkong Street and New Bridge Koad. One cut the other's lingers all but off with a chopper.
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  • 24 2 A Ki.lNu butcher, was this morning lined fifty dollars for slaughtering two bullocks within municipal limits, but not in the municipal abattoirs.
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  • 33 2 IT is advertised that the revised lists of persons ipialitied to be elected Muni cipal Commissioners for Singapore or to vote at Municipal election! are nowopen to inspection at tho Municipal Office.
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  • 37 2 ('attain Dinsdai.k has summoned Laosj (iroetare for shooting his dog. This morning, Mr. Stuart pointed out that the case was OM for two Magistrate* to decide. It was accordingly postponed till the Bth proximo.
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  • 40 2 A uaso rohln-ry by eiL'lit Chines* with blackened noes nt a Malay': house took place in i'rovinee \Velle?le; on tho 28th instant. The polici arresti'd seven of tlio robbers wboat laces still bore traces of the blacken ing.
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  • 62 2 Very keen competition, says the PEbjsjm 'iir.tttr, now exi-t- in the buying of tin ore at Kuala Lumpur. The production of tin is gradually dc. Teasing, as several small mines have been compelled to stop work, owing to the high price of rice. It is reported that a certain
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  • 65 2 The three nun who weieairc-led the day before yesterday with three knives, that were identified as part of nine hundred and sixty dollar's worth of property stolen from a shop in Market Street, wore brought baton the Magistrate yesterday. Two of them wen discharged, and the other was
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  • 74 2 This morning, in the first court, Mr. Khory applied for a postponement In the case of Tan .Jiak Kirn M. M.s-r-Katz Bros. The latter are suinnioneil for refusing to permit the former to complete tbe incompleted works in their godown in riunhuni Street. The Municipal Commissioners have
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  • 91 2 Last nigbt, a Javanese man went t.. Mr. Ochlerhs house in Killin.-y toad, and asked the kelmii, also a Javanese, to allow him to sleep in his bouse for the night as be was very ill Tbekebun ooasented. At Ore o'clock, this morn ing, the stranger got up
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  • 101 2 It is reported that .-i Sikh ol the Malay States (iuides, at Kuala Lumpur, has been arrested for being in possession i.i a seditious letter from [ndia. The Pmaaa BmmUt layi that the writer „t the letter seams to be a hill tribesman on the North West frontier
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  • 99 2 I HIM US INHI M.i Mii Tiik Hahy M.iil gWM chiiier-. inhumanity to a coolie on the Pahang Road The coolie had been ill for a month in a kongait hou wh.n, so ,i is alleged, the olwk of the latter with the aid of another coolie took the
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  • 485 2 OUK "UPPLKMENTB Wit h 10-lllorrow's i-s-ile of till- .^lrinlr IfsMS, there will be given fflMl to all sabeoriben tares large sheets contain ing pictorial views of varfara Singapore 'I'li.-.-e sbewtt are lined from photograph! taken in Singapore by Me-Ms. i;. i.aini.eit i a snd tiny have been printed
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  • 520 2 to TIIK EUROS, ol Tin: -i i Bib, Your correspondent "PI Is evidently member oi Committee si the document he refers to was m by me t" memben of < Committee onl\ and I think it would have been betti r had be written t" me
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 676 2 NOTICES. NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LI). Manufacturer* of I DYNAMITE ÜBI K.NII I OEI.AIINE DYNAMITE Hi\-I^'. i.KIMINK DETOHATOM KxroKTKII- Ol mi. icmi-d or >AhKI V Fl ZK n ki i we Buun im; afpajutus. Thi inovi Kiplohivkk, biiko all MiHrFACTI-KID IttaRKATBBITAIN.IEIMADI TO PASS THI HKHI HTAKI.4RI) OF POKITY AIII) IAFBTY TSrni
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    • 756 2 NOTICES. AUSTRALIAN SALT BEEF. I^KKSII Birival: Australian Salt Bast, retail, Ueeats n<T Ib. Si. m.istek i 00. >• o| ICE Is hereby given that the pawuI broking business of Kirn Heng Hin Im- been discontinued from this date, and that hII unredeemed pledges will be sold at the expiration of
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    • 513 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENT 'I'M I. monthly atWIBB meeting of the I Cluireh Work A«Hoeiation »ill he brhl at the Kafflo Girls' School, on We.l nowlav. thn (tth Oct., at 4 p. ni. «/IO r I'M IK sMetiagal Licensing lasMees for 1 the niiarter cninnieat lns l»tOetol«r ill Ih' held iii the
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    • 36 2 At the Adolphi Hotel, the wife of F. lioBc.uA*, of a son. THE "STKAI'I^ TIMES" HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN ASIA BRITISH INDIA EXCEPTED. NO OTHER EASTERN NEWSPAPER HAS SO WIDESPREAD A CIRCULATION.
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  • 2449 3 THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS sen i rielativt Council September), I! B >ir the Lcgislativa von tnc K-i i I i maka i |hi ]u.'L'i'-- "f th« you, iiii'l to a i..- what I p I he t I lie actual roceipta v.;,,- JOS 111 PXCCM 0( and 1317,704 in ,i the
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  • 597 3 Tiik annual general meeting of the Singapore Rowing Club was held, last evening, in the 8. C. C. Pavilion, by permission of the Committee of the S.C.C. Mr. E. J. Nanson, I'resident of the Club, occupied the chair. THE REPORT. The Committee reported as follows Your Committee
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  • 250 3 NO CAUB KOH ANXIKTY. The I'olice do not anticipate that there will be the slightest, trouble next Monday, consequent on the recent publication of Chinese placards inciting to disaffection on the 4th prox. There was a rumour about the town this morning that a rikisha strike
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  • 67 3 In the Inl emit, this morning. Mi. Stuart applii d foi an adjournment in the cue .d M. fa! Bliaa w. SL k. Meyer, who uas summoned lor alleged disturbance in the Synagogue in Waterloo Street n the IBtli instant, and for using WOrdl alculate.l t.i
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  • 824 3 Thb Mining Manager's report on the Haul. Mine for the live weeks ending 23rd September, 1 897, runs aa follows MINING. I Raub HnU. -LW Level. The main w-l ero-.eiit ha- 1. .-en extended a distance o.' 3S' through slate eountrv with several ».nall loaders, none of which however
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  • 243 3 DANGEROUS CORN ERS. A < orresi'oxukxt calls attention to the danger which menaces the public, by drivers of vehicles abruptly turning corners. Yesterday evening, an accident, which might have been serious, happened to a European at the junction of Sophia and BeJegle Roads, A lady was driving a buggy at
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  • 192 3 A Cuinksk uiri.ai»iii'l.:'it .-;i)> With regard to the question of the wil lidrawal of foreign copper coin fre.ui circulation, holders ofetoekl would bu glad to part with them at a discount of ten or even twenty per cent. The loss would he felt, but it wtMlkl he
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  • 105 3 DISHONEST CHINA BOY" A Uu.am boy at the Central Hotel has been arrested for theft, tie is ,il».i_\s s.ni ..ut Ear beet when il ».i--required, and the proprietor, Mr. Lanxmann, noticed thai the beer always di-appean d with remarkable rapidity. Mr l.aii/maiui t..ok the precaution to mark sum.- boUlei of
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  • 208 3 YESTEKDAY'B PLAY. CHAMPIONSHIP. B. Reid Inwt Wolferstan. B SINGLES. V. D. Parsons scr. v. A. W. Soutliam scr. (unfinished). 0 BISGI.ES Kdliu »er. v. A. Carmichael Eillin retired. I-HOKK9SION I'AIRS. Army I, Kara and Captain Parsons luiil Army 11, Captain White and Woodrofle. Law I,
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  • 213 3 Tiik Malap Mail has received news ol the arrest of Mr. A. Duiay, Belangot I*. \V. D. clerk, employed at Ilaub, under Mr. Browning, on the Pahang Trunk Band, on the charge of accepting an illegal gratification from coolies. The accused has asked that he may be tried
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  • 67 3 30/ A Bepltmi*r, »7. 1. Order!] OBeerlor tl nsuing week ■•.id Lieut r". Hilton. Orderly Bergeanl for the ensuing week: Sergt. L. A. tl. .1 dinston. I, Parades- Sunday, «.t"» a.m. K gun drill and Maxim gun practice, at Tanjong Katong. Monday. 5.15 pin. Hqnad
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 30 3 INDiOESTIONi sri ,in ci nn i"i 9 Condy's Fl i Book ol IHHlMilll Ph IH Bj^wl t Imut on buyinj "C^N3Y 8 HUI3. P Co»m j*. i.»..''. Mm I V <"■'
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    • 1028 3 NOTICES. (I R, LAMBERT CO. I'KOTOGRAI'HERS. H AVt NOW HKCKIVKH ASH OFFSR FOB SAIE A NEW SUPPLY OF EASTMAN'S BROMIDE PAPEK. PLATINOTYPE PAPER. Ilford's Empress and Kxtra-rapid dry plates. Wrattenand Wainwright's instantaneous and drop shutter dry plates. (OF ALL ENGLISH SIZKS.) Also, a consignment of Ilford plates in continental sizes.
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    • 1061 3 F( rBSALE; KM IM.( )YM ENTB; TO LET; AND I'KRSONALS. IsTiiMK. I', cents a line; 2nd and 3rd times, 10 cento a line 4th to 6th times, A cnts a line; 7th to IMb time. 3 cents a line; afterwards, a cents a line; but no churge le«H thnn onedollar.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 249 3 WKATHKH KKi'Oin'. Ceadoaf Kmhtm Hospital, Mtt Sept, m;. tta.m.Bp.m.i9p.m. Klmakks. Har. tMEi Lii.«7l -JM.xW Temp. HtiO 88.8 BU W.FlbTher 79.h 7«.0 700 -^c IMr.ofWin.l s.s.B. s.s.E. S.K. rMax. Temp. HO.i Mm... TV.) fx Max. in Sun 168.? '5 a Terr. rad. 710 fee Rainfall Xil. S WKATHKR TELEGRAM <*.'. ,1.
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  • SHIPPING
    • 218 4 Cnder thisbewJingtbe following atibrenationsare used :—str -steamer sh—ship bq.—barque; Brit -British I I States; Fr. Freneb Ger.—Ornian Du'. Dutch; Joh.-Jobore; Oc <i«ner»l cargo dp.—deck MMenger*; V. —UncerUin, T. P. W. Tanjong Pagar Wharf; T. P. D.—Tanjong Pagar Dock B. W. Borneo Wharf; J. <V. (ardine's V, barf,
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    • 1054 4 Akhivau Sihce Noow or Yesteboat. j />< Bail, Brit. str. 1,082 tons, Capt Muni--1 lard, 29th Sept. From Dunkirk, 14th Aug^. Gc. P. Simons and Co. For Shanghai. I U-W. Fmgn/r, Nor. str. 719 tons, Capt Storm, 30th Sept. From Bangkok, Mb Sept. Ri.e. For Bangkok 4tb—Rds. nl.nlaUorh,
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    • 488 4 Name, port, probable date of arrival, and name ol agentt. A. Aacar, Hongkong Oct 1; s H Antenor Liverpool, O.t 4. HanaUeld. Au-traliii'l. Derby Oct a B-ju-t.-nl Biw—n, BWm—ttn. Pel 10 DaendeU. Bantam. Molueeat, nt 1$ D Henmohr, London. O< t 10 I 1 B Bayem, K;ir.>|>,-. v
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    • 37 4 I Vmu'iNim.. 4 Tokb Capta.n Kkom miun> On Q KKi. B|>t ill Moravia Aus »tr. sit a Hecoizi Batoum \n- un;,..,i i »Deßay Brit ttr. lOftl Mumford Dunkirk Aim UPBimo. ssu Nor.::;: sten ss! as g^.^Sii'
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    • 116 4 Date. Vessel's N*mi> KL.tc.AKn. Ckftut Dam mh.\ ept 30 Chow Phya •■•M I Hl.k :u» [aabella 30 Ban Whatt U,n 30 Pnkan 30 Bun Wliult Soon :K) 11.-.-.ii., SO Will O'tho \Vi»u so I>,. Bai 30 Furnti.l.l 30 Chun Sang SO llun l.imiK 3() Vonmerti 30 Moravia Brit sir.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 385 4 NOTICES. ELLWOOD'S patent AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS A HOUSEHOLD WORD INDIA. WoBH I* TnC Ka«T BY All. AWABDET) The OrwRM, The Gold Medai. TbbC iviLSßavn Band the Co<.m«" ».v;i H K ly.xrx.v 1--4 ELLWOOD'S paient Ait-CHAMBER HELMETS r. m.k th .2 11 JAMES WATSON COB SCOT II WHISKIKS AKK THK HBI \AI
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    • 232 4 NOTICES. t l For Constipation I I and Biliousnessf j A Bit* ud *tU nm*dj fcr Udt«« «ad ckiUrrm to I lad fcfttly S--T promtl? «po« iht live* HoM*ck«ad I IWUW Pnlt JmUmt cum b." tv! iMt:.f*:..ti. I trralb ..j .itk-k..J..b. I JDLIEN. 8, rue Vlvlenne, PAJUB «r.0.0^ PhT.r.Un. prr«:rib,
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    • 387 4 NOTICES. Weakened Vitality IMPOVERISHED BLOOD. Read what Acer's Saniaparilla did for the Rer. Z. P. Wild*, a wellknown city missionary in N>w York and brother of the late eminent Judge Wild,: "I was for many yean a •ufferrr fruii boils mid other <-rupti.>n9 of a like nature. ca^is»-d by the
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    • 1189 4 NOTICES. "TIMES" AND BUDGET.' Strait* Timei,tX> a year, or a month. or fifteen cant* a copy. Po«t Free, a quarter. .S"(ro»«» Budgrt, post free, tJ> a year, or (6 a quarter, or 40 cent* a copy. The advertising rate* are: first time, 15 cent* a line: 2nd and Srd time*,
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    • 37 4 NOTICES. COALS AT GALLE. PRICE of bMt Cardiff is now the wrne hert as at Colombo, vii., 30/ per ton, f.o.b. CLARK BraVCB 4 < E. (JOATEH <'>, Bu<:<:*«*on to E. T. DET.MKGr. Galle, SOtb July, IW7. m.w.f. ilc.
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    • 25 4 NOTICES. CRAPE SHIRTS yi VainatoTa Crape Hhir T T Coloured Kioya Crape Si Tie at 7.x A larg« p»<><k ii, hand Y. BHJrirVA i.. H
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