The Straits Times, 9 July 1898

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED: 1831. SINGAPORE SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1898. NO. 19,57(5.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 739 1 R0 ,-oMPiNY, LIMITS D STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. FOrrtcE, Collvie QuiY O. WMAEVM, New Hirbou*. HUM NAVIGATION (X)MI'AXY. Cult A JaPAK, I'I.NAS*!. '•""""is'"!. \l Ar»UA, AUEK, EOTPT, '■"'iuJil Vis "IHK...TAK, Malta, MM VESIHE, PI.VHOt.TH, Through Rdlsol Idling issue.] for /Vrsi™ V r lt.V'i.a. »""cnii l'mt'.alurjat „l S a,hTanri™,viaH,m,jk.my MAIL UNE. 01TWAE... HO
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    • 1341 1 NOTICES. Gold Medals, Paris, Ib 7» lfcoa. JOSEPH BILLOTT'S Of Highest Quality, and Hnrtag f\ f ftl f| Greatest Durabmiy a c Iheiefore M H CHEAPEST. L H O c. f. .li-l.' STEAMSUII' COMPANIES. TTJ-ONINKLUKE PAKKTVAART MAA TSCHA I'll .1 VnderTOi.tr:,. I with the Netherlands IndiaOovernment. AtfHtt at Simgap&i Mm'
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    • 633 1 NOTICES, MILKMAID V m BRAND J?*** CondensedNilk m l^ m m mmm Tlu Milk;nla il1 Brand is guaranteed H^e^^S^Bej contain all the cream of the original milk. In toItDENSED MSJfI me P rocess manufacture nothing but water 1^;... eV. JJlfa 8 removed, nothing but tho bP3t refined |?jtß BW I
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    • 578 1 INSURANCES. rE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE I FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £2,127,1500 Paid up Capital 211!,760 Reserve Fund 078,5156 The undersigned. Agents for the Com pany, are prepared to accept fire risks at current rates of premium. BOI'STEAD 4 Co. rpUE CHINA TKAHKK- INSI'K l.Vl'l J. COMPANY. LIMITED. Capital Subscribed Amount
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    • 779 1 WOTI0B& CHEAP CLASS GERM AN PIAN( MS, I$Y KOSEXKKAXZ. KASY MONTHLY PAYMKXTs ROISI.NSON PIANO CO. I UK BEST THING TUAT EVER HAPPENED. rpilK Ii,, r 1.... kwcrks and Coni'ml Metal Foundn, Ali-.irli. X W I'rovin--1 India. I'lie. .uly practical Lookwoikabi Urn Bint. liiiiiiii itiianl Kuroiwnn nrnriu'cnieiit and sUMrrUaon If »c
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    • 723 1 HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY. CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM is a general Liniment for Ihe relief and cure of rheumatism, lame back, pain in the side and chest, sprains and swellings, cuts, bruises, burns and scalds. One appliand sprains in one-third the time another treatment would require The pain of a burn is almost
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 42 2 Aiauna -On Bth June, at I;. •n. ,i ii. Ru.lil.rooke. county Cork. Colonel Aiitiii R Ci.lfkokdAlkhm.er. l»te Koval Knginecrs. and lite Colonial Kngineer an.l SurvevorliencraloftheHti.'iits..ettlemenls youngest eon of the lale Rev. John Alexander, 1..1. !>., rector of Came, county Weiford, aged 54
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  • 112 2 The Straits Times. SATURDAY, 9TH JULY, 1898. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Established: 1831. PRICK II CENTS. \Hul*rriplion ralei and aaVaPaWaf ratti may be found on Ihe fourth paqe.\ TRfCK AT UnUM BOUMI in pkisomsiik. I*jnHon, »lh .July. A truce had been concluded lietween the American and Spanish armies at Santiago.
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  • 38 2 ANNEXATION KESOLI 'TIO.N SIGNED. President McKinley has signed the rosokition forth.; annexation of Hawaii. which had been passed by both Houses An American man-of-war will start for Hawaii forthwith, to hoist the I'uited States Hag there.
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  • 466 2 U > mMM to-ilay thai there hae been in existence at Santiago a truce which was supposed to have ended on Thursday last But despite the expiration of the time allowed l>y the truce, fetal ii.i- not lieen resumed at Santiago. The reason given is that both armies
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  • 23 2 The Acting Governor, Mr. and Mrs. Kynncrsley, Mr. and Mrs. Burkinshaw, and Captain Duff, arrived this morning in the .v.' BelU from Penang.
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  • 31 2 A < oKRKSPoNDaxr writes some unpleasant things about French sailors. But, obviously, it is not fair to take one or two instances and to use these as the basis of a theory.
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  • 9 2 To-day's 4 m s bank rate is 1 II
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  • 9 2 Thirty -o.nk Chinamen were fined this morning for gambling.
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  • 10 2 Mil K. V. Cakey, Kuala Lumpur, advertises coffee for sale.
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  • 13 2 i"i >:. exchange, and share pricea. and the mail list, are on page 4.
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  • 12 2 Laii..i: banking profits in India are ttftt under the headinß Latest by
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  • 15 2 A Kdkasian teacher to teach in the Cheang Jim llean Free School is advertised for.
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  • 18 2 Some details of the burning of the V. 0b Uangrt will be found under our Latest by Wire."
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  • 12 2 A nissATispiKu applicant advertises cert nin statements under the heading Licensing Sessions."
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  • 22 2 The mail despatched from Mneap.ire tn London, via Ilrindisi, on the 17th June, is expected to be delivered on the Uth instant.
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  • 20 2 Tiik I'nited States Government pro|K>ses to ask Congress for an appropriation of MUM to send a commercial mission to China.
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  • 19 2 About thirty hawkers were arrested this morning, ill the neighbourhood of China Street, for obstruction. They were lined nominally.
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  • 45 2 Tiik second son of the King of Siani, who arrived in Berlin on the Bth June from Paris, left the German capital on the I.lth June. He was accompanied by two other Siamese Princes, and the Siamese envoys in Paris and St. Petersburg.
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  • 44 2 r.M».Rthc auspices of the Church of England Temperance Society, a concert will be held at the Boustead Institute on the l.'ith inst. The programme will contain sentimental and comic songs, banjo solos, recitations, an.l conjuring tricks and admission will be free
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  • 46 2 EM opening day of the Ladies' Uan Tennis Club Autumn Tournament is tixed for Monday, August .ith entries close on Wednesday, :trd August The events for competitions are:— The Championship.Siuglc Handicap, Ladiea' Doable Handicap, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Double Handicap, ami Championship Pairs.
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  • 58 2 A.mXAMis named Heng Ah Sen*, a trailer living at ."»*:>-6 North Bridge Road, reports that at 6 ;tO, hist night, he went out. after locking the front door and leaving the back door open. On his return at 11 p m. be found that a small box containing
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  • 60 2 This morning, CnongChoi, a prisoner undergoing a sentence of eieht years, was charged with assaulting warder Brind by striking and biting him. It was stated that tbe prisoner had refused to obey an order in the prison, and had been punished when ho heard of his
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  • 61 2 Til* death look place recently ut Uosenealh, Kushbrooke, county Cork of Colonel Arthur Clifford Alexander, R.K. late Colonial Engineer and aW veyor-( ieneral ofthc Straits Settlements. He was the youngest son of the late Rev. John Alexander, L.1..D, rector of Came, county Wexford. and was in
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  • 98 2 "n the tth instant, the wedding of Mr. Cameron and Misa Talbot was eele'rated at St. Mary's Church Kuala Lumpur. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. F. Prcmont of Taiping The church was fairly full of friends of the bride and bridegroom. The bride, who was given
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  • 163 2 Oxa ol the most interesting preparations of the outfitting of the .Manila expedition lias just ln>en announced. The Government has purchased MtyMO Mexican silver dollars which General Mcrritt will take along to defray the expenses of the expedition. This amount is not expected to be enough, I
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  • 1077 2 This craze for proceedings by moonlight threatens to endanger the sanity of the community. Is the gallant commandant of the Singapore Volunteer Artillery aware that the moon in the tropics is as much stronger than the moon in England as the sun in tbe tropics is stronger
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  • 145 2 THE NEW UUTJ RK(iII.ATIOSs. 1 HIMOMSTKANCCS To TIIF I.OVIRtui.. I Yksibkdav, a meeting of the n Advisory Board was held at theClii,,,^ Protectorate to discuss the ne» n- RU tions i,n,«sed by the Opi um Far,,,;' with respect to opium shops selling fa. hoons of opium instead
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  • 757 2 NOTES, NEWS. AM) OIMMKNIx WHEAT (lull's. ftuauaitajajaa tfa* aaoraaa idvauce in wheat and Hour, the .fhothinthe I'nited States „r tl.anayearago. On March Hi, l-:c th. Government reported the wheat iv*, n at SS.OOO.COO bj. iels. The visible ..iiiblv ,n me same date was 47^)00,000 kasSk .otal stock, I:u,uuu,iium
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  • 118 2 In Serdang. ooflaa cultivation. tl.e Comxt, is rapidly exU-l Liberia being the kind profenw Tobacco growing also Bndi bi but the leaf produced 1- nol ■>"?■ •Ought af.er in th kel cultivation baa taken linuer buH of the dislriet. From four I thousand iuanaaa 1 lie* aieeagafd
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 498 2 NOTICES. NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LD. laanajeaetaeaeeali DYKAMITE '.f'lK.Mi 1 '•H AII.NK IIYX VMIIK BLAST I NU y.K'.ATI.Vh liKTtlXAToi^ I unrrimw Kl.Kciuic BLAsmra Ai-i-A l:\11 Taa ABOVE Kxi'LOfllVKS RKiHn \i. ""7™ (iovukhiht, ktiuium.TiituroH, qmu". KAVh ALWAIB IN nIoCK All. ihk ABOVIL SIOEROSTHEN PAINT. 4 mH uaaiMaim paint bi IKON AND STEEL.
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    • 798 2 NOTICES. >TKHKKI.\MIER.». wonende le Sin(ra- pore i■■ mnaobaa daal in bledla n.lre» v.m i;.'luk .*ii. i'ii iian 11. M. de K..nin^iti bij uriegpnheid van HoogatdeaalTaF troonslewnden'iuin het Contulaat-Oenaral der < Ne.lerl:ui.leu rudr l.ii l.'i de/ur. Dinnporr, r Jul. I M IK- oiiMil.li, ii. ml .I.t Ni'.lerlandcn It/I i a DEVIOQ.
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    • 587 2 NOTICES. THE VICTOKIA TIIKATItICALCO. ■VnajM, Mi Mm. New Play New Scenes New Drctscs I BI'LBUI.I BABHA THE LII.IITTIAN FROLICS. M Little urchins en Imlinn niEhtinpilM I New burLanue dsne 1 A.id a Iwcutiful farce. W Bmmt taaa*l ..;.,*(>.,■ Mr. ffaftiaH.fflr HTIIRIA lAKSI TIIKATItICAI. 00. n..N.'« >en.,.< piny:MUUnBOI KOIiKKT MAIAIKK. I
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    • 474 2 LATEST ADVELTtSisIIENTS. WA\TEi7 Municipal DelH-:. ares. Tanjone IV" Dock IM,«. I'rye River Dock Coy. Shares. Praser aud .Neave Ltd. Debs. KOR ULK. Mi .ills Steamship Coy. Shares. FKASIiK Co., v GlchaOKe and Share Brokers. WANTE -A compete Kurasian teacher, must l.now Malay well, for ■■I'heaog Jim 11. Free School." Apply
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    • 226 2 M. mi. .in tho Tth mst.. at Atieb HoiiMv Orchard Roa<l. the wife of the K. r. II V Miller, of a son. NlCHOMOa— FlMwrv-On the llth June, at Christ Church, l^Micaster-jjatc, Loudon, bythc Rev. 8. Walter Soil, D. D., coumn of the hridc^roooi, isl.'.; *-v tii- Rev. C. .1.
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  • 1005 3 II v« you read Professor Kerrero's ,Vi,,| remarks on the subject of i' l\ wwomen" 1 said Ihe Blue-stock-H '.ii, takes up the cudgels on S^t-^th^.r 1 1^J2d.,».r .laughter,, imploring them, o thrir-ona^ Tfofta^ja u ,thof what beaplly, all-,/ /rr»««»; •"i,,, 1 ,|.1,.-..»anal.pali...KluUirewlicn will be over-run by a
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  • 1178 3 TO THK EDITOR OK TIIE BTRAITB TIMES. i Sir,— At a moment when the whole civilized world stands aghast at the i amazing spectacle of the ship's crew of an Atlantic liner beating off the passengers from tho boats in order to save themselves in a collision, I
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  • 888 3 THE I'EDIR EXPEDITION. Tin: l'edir expedition now resolves itself into the pursuit of I 'mar, the most formidable Achinese chieftain of the day. The titular Sultan of Acheen flees before the Dutch, who have occupied his capital. Hut he is at present left to his own devices, while
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  • 90 3 That Hufltl—* an" making prop-ess in Western learning i» no longer to w qtMtioned. Ooa of the last sironßhoMs to give way "ill the regular Government examinations. M than are ■hovtH "f" s rfjrwWtaf t»U» examinations in lluiingrhoiifii the majority of thn questions proposed were on foreign subjects.
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  • 135 3 Sir Nicbolu and Lady Hnnnen gave ■i living whist" party at Shanghai on gut June. The Sbao d, (HUM gives il.e following daecripttoa eftltegame: The ace* wen dream in white blouses wlthedeeignintherespocthrecolourson i1.,. ,h.-t Fonrerowned kings Ml..w«i lour majeatia e,-ueoiis. and four gigantic El »vos. The HhUh cards
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  • 1768 3 Losdos. 27th June. Is the House of Common, last night Sir Michael Hicks Beach movedaresolution to mail the loan of £7»<,00O advanced lo Egypt for the Soudan Expedition in 1997. 1 11 doing no Ihe Chancellor of the Exchequer, referred to the eminent success of that expedition.
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  • 529 3 MAKKKT KAUUING. TIIK Courritr ,U Ihtai complains bitterly of the hardships the lower classes there endure from the revenue tanners, who are Chinese or Chetties. To pay Urn Government revenue .leui.inci, the farmers have to put their rates up. wiih the result of increasing the prices of most
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  • 40 3 For HangLok. K,.n,1. OB aatmdaf, Borneo I o. Calcutta Tla porla, Pw on Dili July, Boustevt A Co. i'enangand Calcutta. < A/KMT, doe 14th Juiv. larklM ii )iw China and Japan. Oofaek, due -lith July. Borneo Co
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 313 3 TO-MORROWB CHUKCH SKKVKKS. (Fii-th Sindav tFtmm Tkimtv) CHUKCH OK KNGLASU. ST. ASURIiWB CATHIDBAL SICIIVICIM 7..H111. ni., Ch <r»l Cel. brution and Mnnon. 4 p m Service of the C»t«hism. 6.;K' p. ID., Evensong Hncl Sermon. m Matthi.u Ciukch. 7.ai)».ni.. Holy Ku.hansl. 8.30 p. m.. Kvrnnonp nn<\ Svrmon. ROMAN CATHOLIC 1
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    • 1016 3 NOTICES. EMMKRSO.V.S TIFFKN KEADINIt. k BILLIARD ROOMS, ESTABUSHIO IStM. (Opposite the Oeneml To»l Ofllce Hot Lium Daily from Ito -.'.3 op.m. Meals ala i'ivti: from 9amto 4 p.m. Aftmkooh Tea from r> to X p.m. BILLIARDS k BAK. WINF.9, SPIUIIS, AND LUJUaWM OF THE BEST QUALITY. Euro|«>an. Americnn. and Colonial
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    • 793 3 808 BALK: BMPLDTMENTBi TOI.KT: ANT I'KUSONALS In Tint, b> cents a line; L'n.t and Srd times. lOceßDtsa line; 4th to Kth timiu, i oaats a line, 7th lo 18th tim-i. .1 canU a Baa; afi>rwar.l«, cenU a line l.i.t no cliarip. leu tban one dollar. Thus, a Hn» NM ailvertix-ment.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 220 3 W'KA'i'HKK \Ukfim, KamUmn K.n-.,, Hotpilal, 8/» July. lsVB. a.m s p.m. 11 p.m. BsMiau. Bar. JC s7O ifI.US >9.H46 Temp. Mv 87.0 800 < W. rflbTliw 7S(I 79.0 1 7»0 liir.ofWind S.K. S.E. Calm Si Max. Temp. MM K-fadAS H Ten-.rad. 71.3 go K»inf«U Sll. I j WBAI'HKIi 1 KI.KUIIAM
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  • 511 4 Simirou. 9th Jon. IMS. PRODUCE (Raltt an mrndtd In 11 OT a.m. I Uftmbier buyers t ■*»*>'' Copra Bali 7JB. do Pontianak 7.00. Pepper, Black H.B7J. do White, (6X) 44.U0 Sago Flour«armwak 2.96. do BruiMi. 2.10. Pearl Sago 4.( W. Coileo, Bali, picked SO GO. Cofffta Palembang, picked :-.<M
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  • 104 4 Fur Per Mir. Timr. To-lliv. Mi .1 FarMla. I pm. Kobe viu port- J'.rwtt Simuut, S p.m. Malacca 4 Klang Sappho, 4 p.m. Li-li Sumatra, 4 p.m. Pontiauak M I'tmtianai, 4 p.m! M .mi. ik 4 Kbang Rul,», 4 p.m Indragiri Ainu Ann, 4 p.m. Bangkok tiorqnn, 4
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  • 79 4 FbomEubopk:— BytheP.A (I. Paramaim. dut> "ii the MB instant tvith dates to thu 21th June. FkomCiiisa: By theP.4o.s.s. Vrron; due oa 14th instant. UmyiftliM M. Jun« Wtli JunnJOlli lln)M N. I). 1.. June aith JunnSmh Jnrii- Sr.l I. A <>. .luni> -.lith June L'7ih .Imif nit', M
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  • 319 4 ARRIVALS For s. Ban P*h '.niin from MacuurMps&rs. L. Na'iki*, anil Vincflnt. IV i.ii/.- from 1 rluk An.nn mi\ IK.it* Mrs l-roplry. and Mr«. WVst^-rlinut. IVrv-. /*uiiji from Taluk Anson vis ports MeMn. F. 11. n.!««ii>. and II ik'l.i-i iv..l Mr. and Sirs. Ncavr. and ll r Cook.
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  • SHIPPING
    • 144 4 Under thisboading the following abbreviations are used str. steamer sh. ship i -l.arquf Brit— British U. S. I'nitod sta>s. Fr. French; H«r.— German Put Dutch; Job Jobore; .t.-., O.c. Oenenl argu ilp. -de, k pasaengers; I). Uncertain T. V. W.— Tanjong Pagar Wharf T P. 11. Tanjong
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    • 1196 4 AitaivALs smni Noon or TatoawvT. Amhmt, Brit. str. 10H tons, Capt Hoiells. »tli July. From T. Anran. tith July O.c and 04 dp. Wee bin and Co. For T. Ansoii, llth-Kds. r(ur. Kin Brit. str. S7A tons, Capt stratton, Mli July. From M:i-a-- ir. Ist July. G.e.
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    • 438 4 Name, port, probable date ot arriraj. m i Sieimiks. Arni-iiia. H'kong.Julv M;B. Mever. Ashley, Xew,»slle N.'S W -tiorlly I' > Vr-iiihii. Hamburg, July l*\ 11. M-\.t. A. Vp.ar. Calcutta, July IS .V M...... llallaarat. Hkons, July 2»; P A (I. B-ii-al. Coloiiilh), July SO: P. O. Han-.ui. Sourubaya,
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    • 198 4 r i Vu»L'a tUmm. A lon- r.nus Fkom Sailid Cuxmomb. Bio. J'ly Ttflw Nor Mr. ihi-j Priam l.on<lon M.v 'iioustnvl «".l 0» Furfalla luli.tr 117 (i.iKKinu Mu.ir July 7 (i: W L;Mi.. .1 x iXam Youg Brit «tr. HM Dbwmjii IVnaiiK July **w ll. n ■unl 1 >. H.-i.i
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    • 145 4 DiTI i VtwlL'ii NlHt ftviti liilßill DIKTINATIO.I uly 8 cluing Hock Kiau 1 Brit Mr. Ma.ldo\ Pcnang (iianKAnn Btr. Dnnlop CheriUin anil KamarauK B Han whnll Hin »lr. Eiiwar.l., Ilillilon anil l'untiaink Ho Leon* itr. \n B us Triniocanu >l KetaolM Purnca ttr. Kiikuuul Caliutla via porn tUbt air.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 444 4 NOTICES. SLEEP FOR SKIN-TORTURED BABIES And rc>t tor tired mothers in v wnrm bath with OrhosU Soap, ud riaglt anniniing with CcnODU (ointuiPiit). purest of emollients :itnl greatest of skin ernes. This treatment will afford instant relief, and point to a speedy euro of the must sWrtwinf. diaflgorißg, huniilintinir, itchinft
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    • 567 4 NOTICES. For Nervous /t^—Wyl CH«PCTE«UT'S -*^R Pbosphoglycerate |^V J~r motor* rttttntit j v- "we* if Mti-io. PHOSPHOGLYCERATE SYRUP ICHAPOTEAUT) PHOSPHOGLYCERATE WINE PHOSPHOGLYCERATE CAPSULES ,CHAPOTEAUT| t a* Sesclal Warrant Purveyors to MM Oussn CEL.EBRJt.TED PICKLES, SAUCES, JAMS, JELLIES, TART FRUITS, POTTED MEATS, PRESERVED FISH, SOUPS, CAME, SAUSAGES, HAMS, BACON and CHEESE,
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    • 282 4 NOTICES. R. O(iAWA. AX t'll'inrtilTlassT JAPANESE ARTIST ra o.v nil: iim tip icinoi'E. roll a VKUY FEW WKKKS ONLY. 0. TOMIKI. 26, High Street. RILEY,HAUGI{EAVEB &COY. tUn IX STOtK TIIK FOLLOWING HIGH CLASS STEAM PUMPS: DIBKCT ACTING HL'I'LKX AM) MKOLB lUKIKU, SINKING AND .SPECIAL POIIFB, to deliver from AOO to
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    • 749 4 NOTICES. THE STRAITS TIMES THE STRAITS BUDGET DAILY AND WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1831 Trlepkoiu. So. 70. TtUfrapku A4drt* "Times, SmoiroaE." i The Straits Tim^^ has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. It circulates in Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula,
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