The Straits Times, 2 November 1897

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED: 1831. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1897. NO. 19,370.
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    • 605 1 MS |0»» COMPAHT. LIMITID %g MM** 4 I* A al *"^i m no» Boetty 1 i utnp*iiT, I.imitwi. t «ni«i. th« lUX HoKNEO COM- I n STEAMSHIP OQMPANIB& I Oft in, Colltib QHT. > I I. WIURVM, NltW HIKBOIR I ft \WliiAiluN (HIMI'ANY. M .1 »PAS, I'KSAXO, -iKALU, Amw, EoTfT,
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    • 2215 1 BUCHANAN WHISKY -^SHMstfcl I sfN sat a sksssi Msak sassssß saw* BOLE IMPORTERS cr-o^ Trill DL'wii katz bros, SOLD BY ALL LICENSED SPIRIT DEALERB. LDIITED. Same as supplied to the Houses or Lords and Commons and to all good London Clubs. si/r-' INSURANCES. HONGKONG FIRE IXSIIUMK COMPANY. LIMITED. Capital IuhWIJWII
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    • 720 1 BANKS. THE NATIONAL HANK OF CHINA LIMITED. Authorised Capital JLl.OOO.OIH) Subscribed Capital »00,0(KI Head Office: Hongkong. COURT OF DIRECTORS:— D. Gillies, Enq. Chan Kit Shag, En.|. H. Stolterfoht, Esq. Chow Tung Shan. Rsq Kwan Hoi Chuen, Ewj. Cuikp Manaoek Geo. \V. F. Playfair. Interest on Fixed Deposits, For 12 months
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    • 911 1 IT CURED HIS BOY OF CROUP. MY boy, fi yean of age, wan recently taken with a severe attack of rroup 1 and I thought suro that I would lone him. I had seen ('hamberlain'fl Cough Remedy advertised sod eon.luded to try it, and am happy to nay thai after
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  • 502 2 Sihuapokb, 2nd November, 18V7. PRODUCE (Kitlet are corrected to one p.m.) thunbier 6.80. Copra Bali 6.70. do Poutianak, 6.20. I'cpper, 81ack,. .buyers 1900 do White, (6%) 86.60. Sago Flour Sarawak, 3.80. Jo Brunei, 8.40. Port] Bago 5.70 Coflee, Bali, picked 39.00. Coffee Palembang, picked.... 37 .50. Coßoe, Liberian No.
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  • 99 2 K/r Per sir. To-Morrow. liatavin (iodaverii, Chorilion A S'arang l'mang,' Djiimhie Kian Ann, \M\ via ports Sink, .Silicon Charon, IVnanij and Deli Hebe, Klang via ports Horn San 11, Maltu.'l-a viii port- Sultan, li'gkalis A liagan Ho Tang, T. Anson via portß Malacca, Kuclat A Sandakan ItnnM. Bangkok
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  • 106 2 From Buaon By the P. A s.s. fmgn, doe on Nov. 7tli with the mail from Karopeof the Ifitn Octobe.-. Bbc brings replleetotha malls which left Singapore be Ifitn an. l aotli Sept. FkomChi*a:— By the I. A s.s. Thnnttt, duo on Trrndny Time Tahi.b Ok Mails
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  • 215 2 AKKIVALS. Per s. s. Kiau Ann from l>jaml<ie: Mr. I Heldring. i| l'.r 6. <./(<> mat from Ootie. Mi*. Kroehmeiier, Miss da Youg, Mrs. Geriitn, Metiers. Warren, nml Kraal. I Port.! (Httfa from Kobe.— Mr. Moon. Par t, Apeat from Hongkong:- Mr. Iv Bilra, IVi- M. If, t,
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  • 19 2 Established: 1831. PRICE 15 CENTS [Sulismption rai«s and advtrtuing ratei may be found on the fourth page.}
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  • 75 2 TUESDAY, 2nd NOVEMBER,1897. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. TRIPLE ALLIANCE. DOrBTS TO BE DISPELLED. Ijoiulon, '2nd Noveml>er. Count (ioluchowski, the Austro-Hun-garian Minister for Foreign Affairs, will visit King Humbert at Monza, on tho 6th instant. The Marquis Di Rudini, the Italian Premier, and Count Venosta, the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, will also
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  • 25 2 A terrible cyclone has raged at Chittagong. A thousand persons perished. The number of persons rendered destitute is reckoned at one million.
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  • 175 2 The plague is extending in the interior of India. The plague began at Bombay, months ago, then spread to a few outports, and finally reached I'oona, a city one hundred and nineteen miles to the south-east. Tho disease at the outports proved to be of little importance, but
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  • 9 2 The plague is increasing in the interior of India.
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  • 236 2 Chittagono, which has been stricken by a cyclone, is a maritime district in Lower Bengal. It is bounded on the south by the province of Arracan, and on the west by the Bay of Bengal. The district extends over 2,49s scfiiare miles, with a population of nearly one million and
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  • 251 2 Otm I'iihaiig correspondent sends us an interesting item about the Sultan of I'ahanjr. His Highness, who hag boon staving in Singapore since the Durbar in I'erak, lias decided to ex|w>nrl some of in- hitherto dormant wealth in lha purchase of house property here, and has sent to I'ahang for a
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  • 8 2 Tn« Strait* Riulyrt was published at noon, to-day.
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  • 16 2 Thb mail closed to-day, at noon the i Mraiti llmlgrl was published prior SO that hour.
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  • 20 2 The P. O. mail uteamer (taiiy* l«ft Colombo at a p.m. yesterday, and may be expected here on Sunday afternoon.
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  • 24 2 There will be a Paperchaoe to-morrow, from i )rango Jrove at S p. m. The finish will be at Mr. Gansloscr's residence, Grange Road.
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  • 29 2 A Chinaman, Li Yam Xgi, senten 1 to death by Mr. Justice Jackson at Batu Gajah, has had hi* sentence commuted by the State Council to 14 years' imprisonment.
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  • 34 2 A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held to-morrow. at 11 a. m., to consider the Estimate" i for 1898. There will also be the usual meeting on Thursday, at U.'.K) p.m.
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  • 32 2 Monsionok Zalcnski, l'apal Delc-at. in the East, is to be trans "erred to Koine, says the Catholic Time*, w.iore he will. prob..bly, receive a Ca d'nal'n hat. MonBi<;nor Zalenski recently visited Singapore.
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  • 31 2 Mb. Angtllia, of D'Almeida Street, i informs the Police that, when his men finished picking a large quantity of coffee this morning, eight piculs were found to be missing.
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  • 44 2 While on her way in at Woosung on the 21st inst., the German flagship Kuiser took the ground near the Kiutoan lightship. She got off herself and_ with- j out injury before the MmW WiUtelm could be sent to her assistance.
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  • 43 2 Thk dead body of a Chinaman, much decomposed, was found in the river at Kirn Seng Bridge, yesterday. The dead body of a Chinaman, very Respectably dressed, was found at the Toot of Fort Canning this morning. Inquiries are being made.
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  • 48 2 Mr. T. Davidson, who is employed at the American Consulate, woke up between three and four o'clock yesterday morning, and found a Chinaman in his house. He got up and ran after tinman, but the thief got away with a dollar and a silver watch chain.
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  • 55 2 Ykstkkiiay, a Chinaman was lined fifty dollars, or two months, for offering a process server attached to the Protectorate two dollars, to say that he (the defendant) was the husband of one of a batch of women just arrived from China; also, to conceal the fact that
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  • 51 2 A I'EKl.iNii of uneasiness prevail* among residents in the localities where crackers and other fireworks are stored owing to the belief that large quantities of these commodities are kept in stock. This uneasiness should be of short duration a eurprisc visit from the oflicer responsible should settle the
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  • 52 2 Last night. I'ampougs Bencoolen and (ilatn were made lively by a Hindoo procession. There was an abundance of torchlight, smoke, and noise. The cars were ornate as usual, and were accompanied by a considerable multitude. No particular signification was attached to the procession, it being an ordinary annual
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  • 60 2 This morning;, about a hundred persons appeared in answer to summonses for not having licences for ■table*. Hitherto, no fee was payable now a small fee is demanded, which tinowners of the stables object to. They. however, promised to take out Unnecessary licenses, and their cases were
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  • 74 2 Several of the store-keepers carrying on business at South Boat Quay complain that various commodities, when landed from the boats, are stored along the bank of the river until they lind purchasers and are removed. Some of these articles, such as dried salt fish, Ac, are of an
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  • 89 2 Tub other day, in Jelebu, a deaf and J dumb Chinaman was brought up charged with causing hurt, having bit another Chinaman a nasty cut on the head. It was a diflicult matter at lirr-t to know how the case could be conducted until it was found
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  • 91 2 I'llß Royal Hongkong (roll Club gave a dinner to the (iovernor of thai Colon* on the 21st October. In proposing 'Tire Royal Hongkong doll' Club," HK said that the latter was a very young club, but very vigorous, it was popular and populous numerically, and financially it
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  • 112 2 lhe Borneo Company, Limited, have reottred telegram intimating thai the l.inj.>n K l>a K ar Dock tun tf*rc*ru duly found Uw M Voyim i» KaUndorang Hay, Balabac bland, in tin- Philippine Hi, I>l •l""R«i<l" Hue Oawftllly. Ilir .livers ami appli■"'7'* WA to work speedily, and t Ik- temporary
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  • 573 2 A r*t||K< .ttioh. 1 His morning, Mr I Choon <.u ai the owner of houses So*. I to l« .lalan Kiumtan, appeared heforc M r Wolfewtan in answer to a summons for failing to comply with a notice t-, dose several wells. Mr. Ellis M for tlio
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  • 439 2 TO THE KDIToIt OK THK "fTBAJTI Sm, A paragraph appeared in y||.rdays issue of your journal on the subject of paying fines in tlic >!;■'• courts. A? the matter i- me importance, it deserves to be treated a little more fully. It not until •■j:;i ii 1 1
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  • 96 2 Rapixm Girls' Bel Iwa lerday, by Mr Elcum, and obtained the excoediuKlj hi -M I age of 88 o( possible pa I highest to the coloni I aoeount the Increaseii tetti of examination, and jectt <>i' drawing, [wiintii gy astics. ami musii itl drill thisyear.and, therefore, time,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 632 2 NOTICES. I NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LD. Manufacturer* of DYNAMITE (JEI.IOMTF. «EI.ATINE DYNAMITE HLAHTINO GELATINE DETONATORS EXPOKTIRH OF: »LL lIIK OF SAKKTV n> AHO ILBOTBIO HI.AKTIV; APPARATUS. |HI AW/VI KXPLOSIVM, BIIHO ALL M»irr»<-TLRKI) ISOItIAV ||KITAI!«,AK* MAl)l TO PAM THI MI'IH HIA.IDAKI) OP PDIIITY AND lAFITY TEfrm IMPOKKD BY THE BBITIIH (tOTIUMIITT,
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    • 528 2 NOTICES, HAKMSTON'S GRAND CIRCUS '"*^f *-ffg*-TO-mOBTt TO-SIOHT! A.NOTHKK I NPW{AI.I.KI,KD SUCCESS. Andien. ntnaoed at Urn p«taMM last night. THE WAKHION SISTERS In their I'liicjUi; A Original Aerial Flight*-. THE RIOS. Posing in AaeJesi A Modern Statuary. GILBERT Ki'.'iiKEirs sault« "ii horseback mil Ura Wonders Mi- KMM LIKE SCHADELI.E. Rightly called
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    • 414 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENT. IT )>.-iiiK tli<- nirtli<lay o( the H. M. the 1 Krn|Hi.>i ..f Japan, the undersigned rloae tlicir ofle* to-day. For urgent buiineH, please communicate to Bukit i'urmi, KHmiMjng Babru. THE MlTsri BUBBAN K I -H I ELECTRIC TItAMWAKS. ELECTRIC POWER FOR MIXES. BAGNALL HILLES, Electrical Engineers, aO A,
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    • 42 2 BHABEB WANTED. Municipal Debentures fi%. Do. Do. 6%. i'nnjong Pngnr Bonds. N.-w Prye Kiver Dock Co. Punioms. Straits Ice Co. Haynard Co. Knul.s, Contributory. KOK SAI.K. I'ongcrang Planting Shares. SO.MKKVII.I.E AOUSX, HsnhMlgi A Share Iliokors. I'uU OBNBHAL SHIPPING HKWU WEE i'AUK I.
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    • 48 2 (Yktis.— At Bangkok, on the *Sth in»t., the wife of Km in km J. OHH| Muster, 8. 8. Ii I Of S SOD. THE "STRAITS TIMES" HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN ASIA BRITISH LNDIA EXCEPT ED NO OTHER EASTERN NEWSPAPER HAS SO WIDESPREAD A CIRCULATION.
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  • 246 3 sKm paoMMBB. bf tli.- nianiigcCircui have i programme for > passed n, w Biil of Far*" midienoe, which i ink R *d, last ni^lit I mam c, bai ttt BM VM entirely ditVi r.-nt la week. A game of mi horse-hark, imoment Mr. „r ,j .l|..we<l this UD
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  • 39 3 ii i Myi Complaints ..ituiL 1 population that fell owing to the centre Klgin Bridge being left unligh- hi ii aaj that, when dm- ridge on dark nights, their way dearly. Co) fully lighted why not the
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  • 114 3 the 20th October I mtet in the Sooth- tidal wave, about gh, broke over the coasts of s imar It i- reported that been lost, and the ■1 town of Tacioban and thai the forts rengan have I n i the earth. Several ii n-orth of property have
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  • 192 3 il Dutch i.:i[..-rs, following ■i the women organ, v mi re taken up tlu> ulvisability of bringing the i ipeedy termination, repeated aatertlon thai which the ioverninent liav [Tially ;it heart. I iwi i i. thai commieii i and honourable- I iin-n of all iliadM "I
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  • 1140 3 .11 lIII.EK TAXATION. \l a meeting (if tile I.cgi-latlVc CiillllBongkoag <>ri the L>:>tli O toi,.-r. the Hon. T II Whit.-1i.a.l ask. I th« following question Can tin Government's contribution of 106,803 towards th" Quean's Jubilee Pandho paid nut of the existing balance of the sterling loan, or out of
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  • 742 3 GERMAN COMMERCIAL MISSION. The (icrman Trade Commission is Mow making Kobe its centre of operations, and Dr. Knappe, tin: (ierinan Consul iit Canton, whq. is personally conducting the Commission, has been interviewed by the Kol* Chronicle. The .'■mli-nii-ii composing the commission, Dr. Knappe said, are representative business men selected from
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  • 208 3 An experiment is being made at B«m Lauihah by using liand labour to decorticate ramie and extract hemp fibre. By employing women and young people only, the expanse of the lattor, it would appear, approximates 11.60 per picul. The ramie experlmeni is not yet advanced enough to
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  • 170 3 It is notified thai ''ills of frrnh>nffr Irawn l»y private Individual! or by Companlet in Nefri BembUan oa in Singapore, will i>.- received in the treaturiee of the State (when iiroi>or arrangementi haw I n made in respect thereof): bol they moat baai i three centa colonial itanipiii
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  • 614 3 CKIMPINU. Crimping of imported labour lias been very prevalent at Bangkok of late. The evil has latterly so increased that Mr. < treville, the British Consul-General of I that port, has promulgated the following regulation, dated 26th October When nny British subject who is under any contract of
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  • 110 3 An "xplosion of gas occurred during a cinematograph entertainment at Tong I'ark Wesleyan Chapel, Baildon, near Bradford, on 2nd hut The flame shot to the ceiling over the heads of the crowded audience, but the two men in charge of the apparatus immediately turned off thfl gas, thus
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  • 162 3 Thkkr have recently been fires, supposed to have been caused by incendiaries, on several cotiee plantations. The losses reported are as follows liento de Abreu Vidal, 180,000 Baroneza de Dourados, S:jO,uO<>; Captain Aurelio Civatti, *L>on,oOo. In tin; fire on Captain Civatti'l plantation 6,600 arrobaa of coffee were destroyed.
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  • 233 3 A few days ago, an additional constable assaulted a fruit-seller in Aral) Street, pncticallf arrested him because he objected tn what was really a theft, and then handed him over to another constable. This dads to a query as In the status oftheaa additional constable*. They are anroOad
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  • 424 3 HTRAITS TIMES" TOI'RNAMEN T. Mr. I*. M<l.ntyhe, who retired from the tournament about ten days ago, li.iwith the consent of the committee, rejoined his score to stand. queen's fawn i.amk White. Black. (Mr. W. Craig). (Mr. O. 8. Keutens). P-y 4 l'-K 3 Kt— K B 3 Xt K
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  • 552 3 MIXING. Mr. H. \V. Bathurst, Acting Collector and Magistrate in Jelebu, reported that there have been seven applications for mining land, and the total duty collected on tin for September was 53,391, an increase on the month of August by H£lo. The Jelebu Mining Company are opening another kongsi
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  • 53 3 H. M. H. (imftim will not make a prolonged stay here. She is shortly to proceed to Colombo to convoy the two j new torpedo-destroyers from there to the China Station. H. M. S. Plover left here yesterday for gun practice off Malacca. H. M. 8. Iphigenia leaves
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  • 260 3 Pabi«, 28lh Octolur Sr.viN has decided upon replying to the I'nited States Note on the Cuban i|iiestion. by insisting upon her Sovereign rights over Cuba, and by denying tlint the United States have any right to interfere there. M. Muline, the French Prime Minister on being questioned in
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 17 3 DELJQHTFUL in/: :-'-n^TiNC Condy y IN l!l Supplier Ozo;:e v N l»i:;»J In Mi Vidltr. .ptTTiVyTi, o
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    • 371 3 NOTICE. IH.WK iiiis daygivea otm charge of the lii m to Mi Hal.atbhoy Aldeali. who will manage all the business (taring mv ibsenCß from Singapore. ii/11 A. M. ESBABHOY. NOTICE. XKTHKItI.ANPS ONSII.ATKGENERAL. BTBAITB SETTLEMENTS. <\N Urn l«th November next, the Opium- farm of tin- residency Bhio and Dependencies, excepting the
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    • 724 3 FOR SALE; EMPLOYMENTS: T< t LET; AND PERSONALS. [IaT.TIMI, IS cent* a line; 2nd and 3rd times, 10 cents a line 4th to 6th times, 6 ■■■mi, ii line; 7th to 18th times, .1 cent* a line; afterward*, 2 cents a line; bat no rharge lean than one dollar. Thus,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 245 3 WEATHER REPORT. Kandanq Kerlmu Hotpilal, SUI Oil, IH»7. !1a.m.3p.m.9p.m. Remakks. Bar. 19.977 MMeefS9.9W Temp. 7ti» BTi.fi 80.0 J W.B'lbTher 75.4 77.0 74.6 S Dir.ofWind X.F.. W. Calm Max. Temp. 8«. l |8™ Mm 75.0 c^i Max. in Sun 143.0 Terr. rad. 72.7 Rainfall Nil. S>'s~ WEATHER TKUKOUM A.& C. Telegraph
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  • SHIPPING"
    • 175 4 L'nderthlahaadingthe following abbreviv i ioih are used :—«tr. -steamer »h.— ship bq.— barque; Brit.— British 11. H. United State* Fr. French; Ocr— German Dut.--Dutch; Joh.-Jobore; 4c, G. c, General cargo d.p. dock passengers; V. UncerUin T. P. W.-Teojong Pagar Wharf, T. P. D.— Tanjong Pagar Dock B.
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    • 1370 4 Arrivals Since Noos or Vektekdav tttngkali*. Brit. rtr. 90 tonK Oft Ml] l.t Nov. From Muar. 31st Oct. We, and 31 il.p. WiM Bin and Co. For Muar ami Malacca 2nd K<l3. C. Aprar. Brit. str. 1,7:11 ton-. Captain Fct. Ist Nov. From Hongkong. -.'tith ip. t O.c.
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    • 446 4 AMM, part, ptwkakk tint? "I arn--tl, no i.i. at ti»ft ft'v A. lull.-. L'pOOL Nov 10; W. MaOlfleld <■*■* Hongkong, Dec £i P. *O. BuMVHii, li'iiiuxi'iii, Nov IS; Daendels. Baatam, BatavU Not 18; Daendeli. It.-nv.inir. Lobdoa, N..v S3 IV li.iv-iTi. Burope, Mot II Behn Merer. BaUoaa, Hamburg, Nov
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    • 150 4 5 ViasiL's Nam*. Oct 1 C Apcar 1 Gi^-fa 1 Glenearn 1 Kinn Ann 1 Kian Yanif" I Karfalla 1 Sum Tor' 1 li.nnU.-.1. Habt 1 Sultan 2 Hhow I'hya I Kevnst Syilnoy 4 Tons. Caitain Kia Brit. »tr. 17;il r V\ Aua rtr.l s»;i3 Bralich Brit str. H-JI
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    • 119 4 Date. Vkwjblh Xamk Fh..a-IJi.. OlPi*n Dbrii \iit>-. i i, I>e^ oll Brit etr. h1,.|,|, [>»" Hrn Uuan ,r. D'Vraie "V an »tr. Kanstfa 2"" llpr itr. Taylor rr e Nr. Bchuur I llanka D,,, Ml v CwoliM „t r |.-,,i,. k ■J I!«tn\| 1H tt Hrn Brit *tr. I
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 469 4 NOTICKS. JAMES WATSON COST SCOTCH WHISKIKS ARK THK BKST VAI.I K IN THE MARKKT: V y $11.00 PER CA»E, PI TV PAID. v. v. o. special hi;si;i:\ i.. *i:t^ per caw, duty paid. DOMINIE. 10 TEARS OLI >. •!•■«> p«r<a«, puty PAro OBTAINABLE FROM RKTAII. I>KAI.KRB, OR McALISTKR CO.. HOLE
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    • 253 4 I NOTICES. GRIKAULT'S SYRUP i HYPO-PHOSPHITE ol UME FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST I All suffering from Catarrh, Cod- sumption, Obstinate Coughs or I Colds ami those affected with disease; of the Chast. Longs and Bronchial I Tubas, should take j CUIADITS STftUPotHTPO-PIOSPHTEtILIII I Prencribed liy th»; leariinir medical aulho-
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    • 365 4 NOTICES. I7ABTERN MORTGAGB IKI 111 AOBIOV COMPANY, LIMITED lv; -I Capital r.,«00,000 Bub«.^i*'i eoojjjo Adrun as made upon Mortgage of Free- boMs, Storkt, Shares, and other approved i wunti<-» State, Municipal, and other Pi: 1 |ii. ni-untirited aDd iwued apoo he Lomi'jn M uket. PATtK.-uN, SIMONS Co., AkodU /"IAUTiON TU
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    • 662 4 I NOTICES. G. R LAMBERT CO. PHOTOGRAPHERS. BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT In MIS MAJESTY THE KINO OF .-IAM A>D H. H. THK SULTAN OF JOHORE. hWMt Qretham Ihute, Battery Road, and «6, Orchard Hood. Sri iiI.ITV KVLAW.EMKNTH IH ALL lIZKS BrsiNSM Hoy»: BATTERY KOAD STI'DIO. Week days from 8 n. in.
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