The Straits Times, 10 October 1900

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  • 15 21 The Straits Times. EST. OVER h A CENTURY SINGAPORR WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1900. No. 20,2(52.
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 853 21 NOTICESrniE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED Ado li—rMO. Olll|l»y (*»>■ Ta. Bamitabl. Ul» Aaraianos 8o«ist». Tfc. Ossmi M»ri»e limua Cossyaav TW. Ate HrtMl Staa- *arfjj3Eo«-»a«J-ftNY. LIMITED >yU STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. P ornoi, lii.k k»ph Stbiet. -£r WH»»vi».Kirr«LHiMOD» «UI NAVIGATION (HtMI-ANY. Kteiiibbk fob Chika, Japah, c'eylo* I»i>ia, Acstbaua, Adm, Egypt, IIABBULLB*, GIBBAITAB, MALTA, Bbddiei.
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    • 1312 21 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. -|f ONINKI.UKE PAKETVAART MAATBCHAPPIJ l)o der contret with the Netherlands Indie GoTernineot. Aaent, at Sxnottpm: BHIP AOIJCT, L»T» J. DuIDIU Co., M, OOLLTM A., mi. at 1 7 nilermen t Looed m onljr .pprorimrte. Stumer From Eipeeted Will be Deepatched tof Jto on °»Va I'orU. Oct. H»we«n, bour»b«ym
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    • 622 21 INSURANCES. rpHE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE 1 FIRE INBUBANOK COMPANY. Capital £SJS7,MO Paid up Capital £J1J1,760 Reaerre Fond £1,073.580 Ihe undersigned, Agents lor the Comnut, are prepared to accept fire risks at urrent rale* of premium. ROUWTEAD Co. npac china teadkes insurance 1 COMPANY, LIMITED. r»piu] Subwibed t*flU),«X>. Amount Paid op
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    • 255 21 INSURANCES, Two Great Necessities. VIZ. 1. FAMILY PROVISION. 2. PROVISION FOR OLD AGE. I Easily and Economically net by a Policy in THE BRITISH EMPIRE MI'TDAI. 1,1 FK OFFICE, EnTABLIIRKD 1847. I Chairman The Right Hon'ble Sir John Oorat, H. P. Funds— R». 420,00,000 Claims Paid-Rs. 450,00,000 UtH 'WIM» lIRESVL
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    • 1425 21 Ideal Milk Enriched 20 per in qnality cent, with Cream. 6very other f'^s^t^J STERILIZED— (^@&j NOT SWEETENEI) fejgggggj A Perfect Substitute for Fresh Milk. BANKS. HOSQKONG AND SHANGHAI BASKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL !}W2M2S' RESERVE FUND »11,000,000. BBBBBVK LIABIUTY ot\ 10 *****0. PROPRIETORS |-«i«A»». COCBT OF DlBBOlOBJ:— A. Bia«a, Eaq.~C»AlBM*Ji. K
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    • 776 21 FOR BALE EMPLOYMENTS TO LET- AND_PEKM)NAL8 ■in timi.1* cents a Una, MndM limes, 10 oents a lim «tb to Btb tlmM 6 MiH lint; 7ih to lMh times onto line j afterwards, S onU a Um bat no charge lees than en* dollar. Ttn a rtrse «m advartleament, cloee set,
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  • 126 22 L»»t«. Vmu'i Ku< VuoARig C»ri»in i Outciotiu-) «cl 10 Will Otbe Witp Brit ilr lUlph 10 James ;Brand itr. Torrancr 10 Banlawer. Mr. Uubelor 10 Nam Yang »tr. Huotcr 10 Sri Tringganu Dut Mr. tfauodah 10 Bawcan «tr i Scbcl 10 Ku«me ',ir. l»nn»)10 O. Q. Mayer Mr. Vo.
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  • 28 22 Ok the 7th m«t at home, Joh* Colin Camiroii, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banning Corporation, son of the late John Cameron, Mingapora. (By wire.*
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  • 1020 22 Just a year ago M-d.-iy, the Boer Government issued the ultimatum which led to one of the most extraordinary campaigns in all the records of war. Though a caviller might claim that the end thereof is not yet, still the ordinary
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  • 274 22 O.\k of the most peculiar episodes that ha* so far occurred in tbe China affair is chronicled in our despatch to-day, announcing that 18 men from the /'i'jri.i.7 hoisted the British flag at Shan-hai-kwan one hour before a Russian force, 3,000 strong, arrived there. The incident seems to forbode trouble.
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  • 8 22 To-day's 4 m/s bank rate ia L' I
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  • 13 22 I'aoiiirK, exchange, and share price, and the mail list, are on page t.
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  • 15 22 A i.akuk party of liberty men were landed from the Japanese cruiser JaaaM this morning.
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  • 15 22 Mr A K. Stiven, manager of the Arracau Co. of Bangkok, is passing through Singapore.
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  • 19 22 T:<k (iarrison Rifle Club are holding a practice shuot at the Tanglin range next Saturday afternoon at 'J o'clock.
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  • 18 22 Mr 8. M Bosanguet, the Governor* private secretary, paid a visit to the Japanese cruiser .j.imn this morning.
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  • 26 22 Thk export duty on gutta in Sarawak has been raised to Sl6 a pirul, to keep pace with the rise in the price of the article.
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  • 25 22 M iss Rhode, a missionary lady from riiinx, will give a lecture at the Prinsep Street Church on Friday, the 12th inst., at I p.m.
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  • 24 22 Thk Herman mail steamer Hitt-rn, with dates from Kuropc to the 17th September, left Penang yesterday evening, and is due here to-night at o'clock.
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  • 28 22 Mr.. Rolin-Jacquemyns, the general adviser to the Siamese Government, is expected in Singapore early in November. He was due to leave Genoa on the Mh inst. for Siam.
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  • 26 22 Tiik parliament of West Australia has under consideration a Public Service Bill, one clause of which empowers the Governor compel civil servants to insure their lives.
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  • 30 22 Sn. II I'ree.e, the well-known civil engineer and electrician, has discovered a method of telephoning without wires The system work«d successfully across the sea for a distance of eight miles.
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  • 36 22 At the recent meeting of the Trades I'nion Congress at Huddersfield, a protest was made against the proposal of Mr. Cecil Rhodes to import Chinese labour into South Africa to the detriment of British subjects there.
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  • 43 22 Tv- hay's produce quotations came too late for correction on the back page. Black pepper has risen to $29-5, small flake tapioca U> J6 90, and tin to 569 7.V Pearl sago has dropped to 56.00 New Benares opium has dropped to SO.V)
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  • 45 22 In a paragraph in yesterday's Straits Ami relating to a theft of goudß belonging to Barlow and Co., it was stated that three of the men implicated were arrested at I Boat Quay. The place of arrest should have been giveo as 4.') Boat Quay.
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  • 38 22 This Italian police havecommunicated in t lir Yatir.au information from America that the Anarchists there have condemned the Pope to death. In consequent of this the Vatican authorities are taking great precautions for the protection of the Tope.
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  • 49 22 1/ .id Roberts will leave South Africa for Knglaud on the earliest possible date. He does not, however, think it desirable that liv should take lint departure from Pretoria until a settlement in arrived at with regard to the future government of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony.— IIWM
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  • 58 22 At the Congress of British Chambers of Commerce held last month at Paris, Sir A. K. Rollit, M.l', urged that attention should be given to keeping riven in a navigable condition. London, be said, was ceasing to be a great intrepnl partly beca.se large vessels could not get up to
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  • 68 22 The pearl and pearl shell statistic* of West Australia for 1890 show that t hero were 17» vessels engaged in the industry, and their aggregate tonnage was 2,707. The numberof uieu employed was 1,105, of which total 091 were Asiatics. The pearl shell raised totalled 720 tons, valued at £60,470,
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE "STRAITS TIMES."
    • 45 22 18 BRITISH SAILORS ARRIVE AN IKIt'K BEFORE 3,000 RUSSIANS. Shanghai, 7'uW.iy H M S. I'igmi) ha* arrived at Shan-hai-kwan, which place the Chinese evacuated. The I'igmi) landed eighteen men who hoisted the British flag one hour before .'l.OOO Russians arrived.
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    • 14 22 General Reid, with the :ird Brigade, has gone to Shati-hai-kwan.
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    • 42 22 THEY MAY RUN SHORT A Chinese report states that the Yang-tie Viceroys and Yuan-shih-kai has informed the EmpressDowager that they cannot continue to send supplies to the Imperial Court if Hsian-fu is made the capital of China.
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  • 76 22 THE "NEERA ASHORE. 'his morning the Aw™, ('apt. Coysli, which was coining in from Palembang, went ashore at Pulau Sambau, or FieKhwater Island. No damage was done, as the ship struck a mud bottom. The crew made use of the occasion by cleaning and scraping their vessel. At high tide
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  • 76 22 ITS IHHUI FUR THK WINTIK Thk question of the location of the Indian Expeditionary Force in China will command early attention, u th« ■liftposiiinn of the trooiw during 'Uih winter is an important matter. The point, however, cannot be settled until it is known whether
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  • 151 22 AChinksk trader of 61 Kling Street aMajM that his collector has absconded with >vMahomed, who keeps a jeweller's shop in High Street, gave one of his workmen a piece of gold and a diamond, valued at 3280, to make into a ring. The workman has not since been
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  • 203 22 Am its from Hongkong received 10-day ciirne to tbe -'trd instant. Tientsin and Peking telegrams announce that the withdrawal ot the I! and American troop, from Peking has begun, and that small foices only of these nations remain now A Note mint round by the French Government expresses
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  • 242 22 Capt.T. Bruhn.ofthe Varuarln, which arrived from Sarawak this morning, reports that between IL' midnight and 4 a. ni yesterday the second officer who was on duty heard a noise on deck among some of the deck passengers The second officer went duwn to the deck to
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    • 78 22 BOERS WILL LN.IOY E\ EKY IRKKDOM. Immloii, Walnetday Mr Chainrjorlain, speaking at Cbasetown said that (iovernmrni on the Crown Colony model will replace military administration in the late Boer Republics Tlie new system will be organised as soon as resistance by the Boers has ceased. When
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    • 29 22 The wanderinz Boers in the Orangi; River Colony have entered Kicksburg. Waaaaar, and Rouiville. A large British force is endeavouring to surround them.
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    • 33 22 A LtBVIBW BTTHKQUBBN. It is stated that the Queen will receive a representative C'olonml ii.ntingent o,OUU strong, at the end of November, when Lord ICoberts is expected to be present.
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    • 31 22 The Dsaaj i'l'ijmpli states that the members of the Cabinet have formally laid their resignations before Lord Salisbury to facilitate any contemplated reconstruction of the Cabinet
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    • 32 22 sun utm •ill Im, mists, H. 7 Liberals, and M Nationalists have been returned The I'nionisls gained a teat at Burt'jn the Liberals gained tw» seats Torquay and High I'enk.
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    • 14 22 An army order to disembody tinbulk of the Militia has been isaned.
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  • 80 22 Wl have to, acknowledge recoiut of the September number of the Stnub Cmsmm Kajasia*. which, as usual, is an interesting and instructive production. Among the contents ate Part II of a historical review of the Raffles Institution The Peking Coup I)' Ktat of IMS," by Hisioricus On
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  • 199 22 A 1 iiinkxk Uil, a pupil of the Augli. Chinese School at Penang, had an out-of-the-way funeral there, the other day, attended not only by hi* fellow pupils but also by the Free School boy* The lad was looked upon as a little hero because be attended school
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  • 386 22 TH E LAMBTONS. MX. i'HAMIIKHLAIS's VIEW*. At the date of last mail advices, Mr Chamberlain had written a letter to Mr. Backhouse, a! the South K*n Durham Conservative and Liberal Unionist Association, which adopted the Hun t. Lanibton as the candidate of the party at the i.-n.-r.-il Klertions, in which
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 435 22 NOTICES. NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY LI). Minn'* lnp*r« o! Dyuamite, Qel ignite. Gelatine Dynamite, Blasting Gelatine, Detonators. tu liKiwor Safety Fuses, EJeeirie Blasting Apparatus. '•ring all DMb" f-ui-ini in Onal Hnt.HH, urr made to puw lU kigk MUindoni of mfity and porily t«*l, impo—i by the Hrilitk O»c»nmmi, and are, thereforr,
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    • 865 22 > >.uand I >> in, l.,\ Swee. ,1.. hereby fue not— that w.- Imvh on Km *M b) of .i I tinman, at I I -,,n Moad, s,,, K »,,ore, under Hie n< of a Dull 1 Abaco Md Coy., as l»if ilmllll II and storekeeper*. hereby given thai nil
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    • 911 22 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD. Brinsmead Pianos. WITH OUR OWN SIMPLIFIED TRANSPOSING KEY BOAUJj— $150. Pianos on hire at $10, (12, and $14 to $20 pt-r month, LncliHing Tuning. hire**± |l2'-snd*--A thokov^hly trained and cases in Singapore or «ny place in the straits Satllamenu. For particulars and references,
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    • 58 22 M H. a uMM for tb« tomlt Itaa ibaald •HIM on oma del* of tfe w« only. B7 tin mbni nf ll»1 nnniiiHriii. »nnj M.S. 8. «n t*)Mt>d th»t miirht otlurwia* W psblUUd tioa tk»t Ik. Mini««r a«; 1«.t. «1m minrtimmmt out of tb. mw ii of pun of ulUr.
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  • 1007 23 i;k PLATO final iik I.m 00, r. a Ins le-play of the final lie batwMß i hi' tw Artillery teams, lor the Warren am Mui'l.t, took place last night on the liecreation Cluh ground heforo r w.l i>l spectators. The was in Im rondition, and I j
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  • 137 23 Ix>»n Ampthill, vfaoM apiHiintment lo succeed Sir Arthur Ilavelw'k as Govrrnor of Aadras has just been announced, is young for so important a post, I hough he is several yearn older than his l>r"ther-in law. lx>rd HeHurlimnp. who »iiit out t<> >ylnev n« Uovcrnor at the
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  • 927 23 WHAT lIBFKI TWO I.AUIIW This story of the Chekiang missionaries has yet to be told, and the whole truth never can he told. I'eopl* in the I nitotl States will not lie so ready, perhap*, to leave the punisliuiunl of the instigators of outrages to the Chinese (iovernment
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  • 164 23 TO THE EDITOR OF THK STRAIT! TIMKS." Sir, regret that I find it necessary to bring the' following to your notice. On Monday evening, at about 5 .'JO, a gentleman mil 111 at the QmM iloh|<iu!, ard a»ke<l the surgeon on duty if he could interview
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  • 81 23 ArmafaaaDts have been made to land about 1,000 soldiers from the Uusnian trans|>ort llarhi,,, now lying in the roada, to-morrow morning at 7 o'clock, in unlcr that the men may stretch their legs I 'In y Iwve l>een cooped up on boardship from the time of
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  • 1562 23 A YEAR OLD TO-DAY A y«ar ago today the British'Goveminent received tbe ultimatum from the Boer Governments which marked the commencement of the campaign in South Afno*. Hot tlie lonvenience of our readers, we append a diary of the war up to date Oct. 10. -Boer ultimatum
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  • 249 23 Im Menu* uf the German Mail. London, 28M Sept. Lokd Roberts, telegraphing from Pretoria, stntw that a poriiop of (ieniral Pagel force at Pienaar's Kiver was attacked by the Boer* on two •idea but he succeeded in repulsing them after three hours' righting. General Buller bas occupied Maemac
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  • 452 23 I'm Ambalu, with a full cargo, left f.iruul 1.11 1 1»! iMli SeplThe Terrier should arrive to-day, as she left Bangkok nn tin: 6i.li inal. The Clenarlvey is expected, u> site is repotted tohavelcft Suez on the 21sl ul'. The U. S. S. Ajux is expected lrom the
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 69 23 VESSELS AUVERT18E0 TO KAJI. littiuno and Manila, Trirvjgmu, on 10th Oct., Bolm Meyer Co. Kramantle via port*, Sulkm. on 13Vh Oct., V. Mansfield A Co. Japan vii portt, Baym, due 11th Oct., Behn Meyer A Co. Hongkong A. A pear, on 11th Oct., 8arkies 4 Horn. Ijil'usn and Manila, Sinijura,
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    • 139 23 Tou must stop Coughing. The best way to cur* Cbronic Cough?, Bronchitis, and Chest-Colds is to apply Little's Oriental Balm. Rubbed well into the chest and back, it [wnetrales immediately to 'the inflamed parts. The tickling in the throat c**as*>* the spasm weakens: the cough disappears. 1 1 often curt-s
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    • 377 23 NOTICES. MALAIVA TKA HAS NO EQUAL. To uw It oner is to ate II always. BIJ V the cup that cheers but does not inebriate. TO BE HAD AT Messrs. John Little A Co., Ltd., Messrs. Ann Lock A Co., Battery-rood, and Mesara. Yong Lee Kong. Orchard-road. m. V. I.
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    • 967 23 NOTICES, wßmfts A (tamady rev all lrr«*ul«Htl««. |OM by SlnKa»or« Olspanmlns Cm., IM, Raffia* Plao*, Slna>por*. MARTIN. CW.W. SOUTMaMPTtW. BNOLAMsV ALEX. FOX Drapers and Haberdashers. 7, Stamford .Road. linif jiinl niTlicil ill. lullon inu k<m«l». viz Black Mohair and fancy crepona Coloured and black nun' veilings Printed muslins, white pique
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    • 511 23 iNnIKES. REDUCTION OF COST OF LIVIIG, Kvervone iai»rnplainin«.->f the ineroa««l coat of liviuQ. A considerable item in muvi hnuN-holds i. I.AMIMiIL Why nay on KXOKBIIANT PRICK for an oil »huh is often not what it pruKnda Lo tie, h«n you can obtain FIRST CLASS OIL AT ABOUT HALF THK PRICE
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 188 23 AKKANGEMEVlh Wednesday, 10th Uctobir. High Water. 1 1.45 p.m. S. V. R. Instruction Cla»». 0. 8. V. K Physical Drill. 8. V. A. and 8. V. K. Lamp Practice. 8.43. 8. V. A. 2.'-." guu and uad drill. Gorman outward mail due. 1 1,1 K-liAV. llTH OCTOBKR High Water. ll.:i*u.m.
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  • 573 24 IiIIUNU, 10TII OrTOMK, 1800. PRODUCE. latst an eomtted to noon QamSisr buyers 7 mi. Copra Bail, 6.4 a do Poitlanai 8.00 Pepper, K'ack. buyers. 21MB do While, (8Z) U OO Hwo Flourgaramsv .306 do Brunei So. 1 1.90 Pearl Sago 3.(0. Ooflee, Bali, I>X basis MM) OoflM PaJenil«ng, 16%
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  • 178 24 MAILS TO AKRIVE. Piom Kdbopi By the N. D. 1.. Hayrn, due on the liitli Oct. with dales from London to the 17th rv-pi She bringi replies to the mails which left Singapore on the 2Uth An.FkOH Ciii>a By the M. M. Indut. due on Sunday. To-Mouow. Ponlianak
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  • 277 24 TO ARRIVE. (/■'or Stafspora.) IVr N. D.I. Havtrn from llremeo S»|.l. I Mm ]i«anie V eager. From Antwerp Miss C M. Van Wajrennlgen. From U™.»-Slr. A. Van Am. Miss Ida Calm Mr. anil Mm. Kiene. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer From Nanlea- Mr. Kolbe. Par MM. s. 7«n**» from
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  • SHIPPING
    • 1433 24 Under tlm heading the following aburcTia- I tions are used: ttr. steamer sb. »hip; I b<|.— barque ten.— schooner; Yet.- Yacht Cm. —Cruiser 'Ibt. -Gunboat Tor I Torpedo H.p. -Hone-power j Brit.— I Bnti.n U. B.— United SUtet: Fr.— I French: Ocr— German Dnt— Put.h Joli.— Jobore
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    • 745 24 .Mopm. port. prvtMdU dmtt 0/ mrrvni. ■MMiro/ l(Mi. BTBAMUS. .Kolui, Rangoon, tali; Boustea.l. A. Apcar, Calcutta, OM I-' S. A Mont. Agamemnon, China, Nov It) ManafleM. Aglaia, Trieste, psd Coal, Sept IH; Kberg. A)ax, 1. pool, Oct U M«u»tU'l.i. Amboto, I'd Cardiff, Bepl la Borneo Coy Ambria, Hamburg,
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  • 169 24 ,1 I LAU Vmil'i Kirn row. C*rTAi» hw Huimd. Coiunw. Get 8 iGlenlochv Brit ttr. 4«M Hill Cardiff iv-pt H Bomtoa.l cbd Co. 9 Baliten Tonkin Poll »tr. -Jri Berry Maneillea Kay I! t'ron.h Cnoaul 9 \Vill()lheWi»inßril«tr lln BaJp'li l>ontianak (>«l Bin I« Hong II Chigwell itr. UK. Mackeiuia
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 878 24 NOTICES. UIitjfoPLEUPERRIIS' Til iif WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. v BO Special Wirniit^ra feJ^The Qoem .-A Pimiirs to »^^a™^^^ Empress ef India. CELEBRATED OILMAN'S STORES^ PORT ARTHUR. GRUNBERG AND REILLY, STEVEDORES, SHIPPING COMMISSION AGENTS. (stevedores to tin' Seagoing Steamship Service of the ChiMM Eastern Railway Co.) In Ai.nn; KF.11.1.Y m.w.f. Where to? Where
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    • 513 24 yon*m JKAflflflGfl of Japan TOILET WATER Ipprecsw lor its drlicau prrhme and the Milk] of amtort ami (mtuess winch it imparts to the skin Kananga Extract A MUCMUH 1 rWI 111 I"* TIE lIAMIKKBCHItr 41 once ari«Mt, K'lle'ol lod perii»ienil» fragrinl. RIGAUD& C", 8, rue Vivienna. PARIS CHINA MUTUAL LIFE
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