The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 20 June 1899
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Title Section18 1899-06-20 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, 20™ JUNE,/i8 99 DAILY ISSUE, No 360418 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement846 1899-06-20 1 X* q Office. Collyer Quay. XjJ Wharves. New Harbour O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steam for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON, INDIA. AUSTRALIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, HRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH. AND LONDON. Through Bills ot lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for Chin* Coast, and San Francisco846 words
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Advertisement615 1899-06-20 1 pHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVI- GATION COMPANY, LIMITED. TTHE following are the dates on which the Co.'s Steamers may be expected here, viz OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Hohoioig, Suano- For Marseilles hai ar lAr an Ports. and London. s.a. Kaisow due June a.a. Oanfa June 15 s.s. Oopack do. a.B. Kintuck June615 words
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Advertisement456 1899-06-20 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PARLTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Umdbr Contract with thb Nbthbrlamds lodia Gotbrnmbmt. Agents, at Singapore, ships Agency, late I.DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collyer Quay Time Table for June, iBog. From Expected Will be deapatched fo v. Outhoorn Sourabaya June 15. Batavia, Samarang, Sourabaya, Boeleleng, Ampenan, Macassar, Menado, Gotonulo and Gulf of Boni456 words
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Advertisement676 1899-06-20 1 THE TANJQNG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY. LTD. Shipwrights, Engineers, Iron and Brass Founders, Wharfingers. 6kc. Graving Docks up to 500 feet m length and II feet on sill. Wharf frontage one mile and a quarter. Sheer* Wharf 3.50 feet m length, Boiler and Masting Sheers worked by steam. Extensive range of676 words
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Advertisement626 1899-06-20 1 1 fJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI x BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL H0.000,000 RESERVE FUND liooooooo RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS 1i0,000,00e Court or Dißßcroaa. R. M. Gbat, Esq.— Chaibmam. N. A Sibbs, Esq.— Diputt Chaibmam. E. Goktz, Esq. A. J. Raymond, Esq. fc- SHKLLiM.Esq. R. H. Hill, Esq. A. Haupt, Esq. K. Sachsb,626 words
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Advertisement469 1899-06-20 1 PETER SYS WONDERFUL SPECIFIC THE only remedy at p.esent known as an INFALLIBLE and PERMANENT! |fR| b Sprue, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhage and Ulceration" of the Bowels RECOMMENDED by SOME o, thk CHIBPSPBCIALISTS m thb MEDICAL PROKK^i Sold Retail tjv all Chemists and Wholesale by b,ON THE PETER SYS COMPANY 9mtf469 words
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Advertisement188 1899-06-20 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY OCC S l tlam^A ND OMENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. T 0Y 0 KISEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA SR& and S'^^ttlSit! F- cIJ? P S^ ort p^v„d fi Pacific Railways W Sailing dates from Hongkorn- y i% nk>J° kohmm ttho h S Franco™ r- 1 about 1 Gaelu June 2188 words
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Article, Illustration1265 1899-06-20 2 The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, JUNE 20,1890. Ie 'ft -i HwtpitrciTM 1 ir |W r r>d**4 to R»!,*^>„. Ltrm.tw. t-4 I VCSTEKOAN we published a statement m the form <>f an ..j., eal bi the Prmriaonal Commrtee charged with the iluty ol asitrtarning ihe natu" and extent of the public1,265 words
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Article125 1899-06-20 2 I BC strain- r Sari Borneo passed through from E. to W. at 4 p.m. yesterday. The average value of the tin turned out by each coolie annually m Selangor is stated to be $228. Mr. Thomas Jones, of the Chartered, Bank, Penang, is t > be transferred to Shanghai125 words
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Article25 1899-06-20 2 The P. O. s, s Socotra will leave (or China at daylight on Thursday next, the 22nd inst from the Tanjong Pagar Wharf.25 words
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64 1899-06-20 2 I'm o Hoamatao Lnraa Lost. We regret to hear that a telegram has been received m Singapore, dated Tokio, June 19th, to the effect that there has been a terrible explosion ol fire-damp m the Hokoku Cod Mine, Japan, by which 200 lives Were lost64 words
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Article76 1899-06-20 2 When a youngster comes a- oust tbe 1 m. r of a table with lis pale, be thumps the table. So a cyilist when spilt by an unnoticed stone or a rut, rubs bis contused os coccygium and cusses roads and roadmakers from crown to heel. X. to-day borrows76 words
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82 1899-06-20 2 I HE SINGAPORE CHINESE GIRLS SCHOOL To Orsa is 1 t. A friend writes privately You aril Ibe interested to know that the Smgapore Chinese Oir s School will start m July to receii lis habitation will be m High Street, opposite the Cbioeae Consulate. Mr \V. H Rend, from82 words
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Article51 1899-06-20 2 Paaaca'a Taan r. Eoliu'i I rbia match will be played tomorrow afternoon instead ol on Thursday, Mr. F. I) Mactaggart will referee. PtSttea'l Tram Sharp, Sells, Gibbon, armichael, Fletcher, Sheward, Atkinson, Greig, Glen- Hinnaford, and Garner. t's Team -Lloyd, Thrupp, Wlnt < lough, Sanson. Curtis, Bullen. Duncan, M lonald,51 words
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Article92 1899-06-20 2 AM ERICA AND THE PHILIPPINES lilt P»m\w.r. < 'Muri,\. IHI LSn < KIS AT Wrißl, S| ecial to China Mail.. Manila, June 12 General Law ton has I the country southward from the itid Lagun .1 de Bay to beyond Paranaque. 'I !.< b>| c !:ne of troops then -d92 words
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Article214 1899-06-20 2 A C lima:! I '-'Jug, why on May 25th. died m the General Hospital at 10 \i m. last night (rum lockjaw. Two of tlie are m t u»tody atid will be charged to-morrow morning. Ihe ir < t ar->t w. a tin- afternoon al o clock. L214 words
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Article205 1899-06-20 2 In the Supreme Court this moming the Chief Justice heard the case of KoonaMeyna M^>na Meyappa Chitty against Seena Navena Naiainen Chitty and other Chetties. Plaintiffs and defeodaata on June 15th 18S9 agreed to carry on business m co-partner-ship as money h-.idrrs and shopkeepers. On Sept. 23rd,205 words
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Article192 1899-06-20 2 Those onlookers m the Pavilion who. on Saturday before last, were amused at a case of stopping a hard off-hit by extracover interposing his shins will perhaps care t>. read this Maaaia was a lovely hitter tin- bail travelled rarely when he K ot hold of rt, but it was192 words
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REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
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15 1899-06-20 2 M. Waldeck-Rousseau has failed to f orm a Ministry.15 words
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Article26 1899-06-20 2 Mr. Balfour has announced m the Hou that the Government would bring mi n a bi taking over the Niger Company 3 territory.26 words
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Article42 1899-06-20 2 A Firm Attitude. Baron von Bulow, m the Re clared that Germany opposes any encroachments on the Samoa Treaty. He also stated that Germany mand an indemnity for the loss of property and the illegal arrest of German su:42 words
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Article56 1899-06-20 2 A Mass Meeting of Boers. No Concession Beyond Kruger s Proposals. At a large g „f Boer L held at PaaVnV kraal it ama ma ,:■,<■ was impossible to concede anything m the way of concession to the Uitlanders beyond the proposals made by President at the56 words
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Article332 1899-06-20 2 1 >>c Ku- -mer Kherson I I, arrived thia morning trom Ha* kow with Capt. Poaodsvery, Lieut. Sbweat and Mr. Teganaheff. She is expected to leave for Odessa this evening. At noon to-day a Royal Salute of 21 guns was bred from Fort Canning il honour of Het Majesty accession332 words
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Article147 1899-06-20 2 Yesterday afternoon Prince Alexander Czar applied to the Supreme Court lo grant a re-hearing m a matter decided by the Chief Justice on April nth last The Prince was then given two months is which to pay the rent of a house he kept at147 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement520 1899-06-20 2 FOR SALE a VI 5 a HIRE OR HIRE-PAYMENTS. at M U A Horizontal Concert Grand almoat new $700. Original cost $i,aoo. by M. F. RaCHALS. iune™ E ROBI NSON PIANO C 0.,-33. Raffles Place. telephone No. 191. LIP T O N TEA MERCHANTS BY J TDT^!m^ APPOINTMENT t O520 words
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Advertisement407 1899-06-20 2 HAMPAGNE. Just Landed _«jS_? "Lanson Pere et Pils." As supplied to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and the leading 1 ondon C lubs. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co. J"" tuir.v BJjf NEW POPULAR MUSIC l rice 15 cents each. 12 Copies for M.50. VALSES. SONGS, PIANOFORTE PIECES. Stc. John Little CO LTD407 words
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Advertisement993 1899-06-20 2 I STEAM LIGHTER. \X7 ANTED new or second-hand sea going steam lighter to carry no to 150 tons on 7 ft. maximum draught. Suiface condensing steam Engine and steam winch. Letters to be addressed H. to G. C. T. van DORP& Co., Samarang. June ly 21.6 BOARD ft LODGING. TJMRSI993 words
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Advertisement318 1899-06-20 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS MUNICIPAL NOTICK. '"THE public are warned that, from ist July next, all dogs found out of doors not having the registration badge for the year 1 809- 1 000 attached to the collar, will be liable to be destroyed. I. POLGLASE, Municipal Secretary. Municipal Office, Singapore. loth June,318 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous196 1899-06-20 2 The Week Tuesday, aetb High Wa.er:- 7 17 7 p. Clueen's Accession. I eg sla'ive Council, 2-}o p.m. Football. —S. i Band K. O R S. V A. N.C. 0,. Parade, 5-isp.m. Wednesday, aist iliiih Water —8.44 a., 8.9 p. German Mail Outward. K. O k. Sports, Thursday, aand High196 words
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Correspondence.
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574 1899-06-20 3 To TUB EDITOE. DEAR SIR, The work m which the Philadelphia Commercial Museum is engaged, and the results it has heretofore accomplished, with the generous co-oper-ation of our own md other governments, may already have come to your notice as an editor who keeps m close574 words
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Letter225 1899-06-20 3 a S X Thanks many and hearty, lor your permitting m your open correspondem c columns the showing up ol th'.-se little priestlings.' I can understand and I hope appreciate, the position of tbe honest X C priest to the manner born, trained and disciplined,225 words
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860 1899-06-20 3 1 o thb Kditor. sir. The the Society known as The Confraternity of the Blessed s a<. rament appear to be as follows i Honour due to the /'erson of our Lord n the Blessed Sacrament of His Body and Blood [al Mutual860 words
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Letter91 1899-06-20 3 IV fhi KditobDf.AR Sik. TbeffC is strict law against Secret Societies m this Colony Harmless bodies like Cricket Clubs, Chess Clubs, Church Work Associations and the like, which do not meditate infi ingement of the law mot be officially excepted from 'lie j rttathing to non-registration. What about the C91 words
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Article387 1899-06-20 3 orr;' iai at I sneaaasaas f China Mail.) A gentleman wo has just returned from Manila relates a very disj BTMgMg stale of affairs m high official circles. General Ou«, the Governor-General, and the C.S. I'eace Commissioners are at loggerheads. Twas ever thus. Kven m387 words
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Article49 1899-06-20 3 Sixty Shops Destroyed. |)ams>.es Onk I.AS.H or Dollars. Shanghai, June 12. Sixty shops m Foochow Road, Shanghai, were destroyed by tire last niglit. The damage is estimated at over a lakh of dollars. The Hongkong Fire Insurance Company is interested to the extent of fo.ooo.49 words
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Article1127 1899-06-20 3 No. VI. A Letter from Aild Reekie. (Written for the Singapore Free Press by ihe Revd. G. M. Reith. May-day Could we only take our weather from two poets, m what a paradise should we live Then came fair May, the fayrest maid on ground, Declct1,127 words
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Article57 1899-06-20 3 Ihe French cruiser D'Entrecasteanx, carrying ihe Admiral's flig, has gone to Along Bay. It is rumoured that the whole of the French squadron will assemble shortly m Kwongchau-wan. The rumour is that this demonstration is rendered r.w?*sary, because of the attitude of the Chinese authorities, and that the French garrison57 words
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Article509 1899-06-20 3 (With apologies to Rudyard Kipling.) Now T-ml-ns-n slept late one morn m his house m Singapore, And he dreamed a dream the like of which he never had dreamed before; He dreamed that a Cyclist gripped his hair, and drew him from his bed, And carried him out and509 words
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555 1899-06-20 3 COLON LI PALM CULTIVATION IN IHE STRAITS I j U.e t.dilor, Ceyi-m < '^server, j Dear Sir, I have read w.th much interest, m the Selangor Geiernment Uaeette ot sth May wh.cli you kindly sent me, the Notes on the etteas 01 Sugar Kstates m Coconut plantations.' As tlie.e rtre555 words
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Article102 1899-06-20 3 The Kings Own Regt will celebrate the anniversary of the battle of Vittoria on the _'2nd June. Sports will take place, the events being as follows. I. 100 yards flat race. 11. i_o yards hurdle race over 10 flights. 111. High Jump IV. Boys tug-of- war Band v. Drums.102 words
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550 1899-06-20 3 With reference to the suggestion that similar means might be taken m the Straits and Hongkong, respecting some measures to take the pUce of the C.D.0., and particularly to the enforcement of the Cantonment Act as m India and Burmah, a correspondent writes i As550 words
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Article136 1899-06-20 3 CLAIM B Y JUDGMENT CREDITORS 1 eslcrday morning the Chief Justice m the .Supreme Coc;rt gave judgment m the case oi Fung Sia Wa and others Lan Jiak Chuati and others. This, case related to the marshalling of securities m equity. His Lordship said it was not a case for136 words
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Article142 1899-06-20 3 recer t references lo the mass of useless paper work turned out by secretariats and District Officers m India, come, the toilowing from the Saturday Journal —lire heads <.' Departments and Offices, unable to read and consider the mass ot pape:s t'ley are required daily to sign,142 words
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Article74 1899-06-20 3 (Corrected up to June 20). On London. Bank 4 demand l i ll l Private credits 3 m/s _/ot documents 3 m/s 2 /°A credits 6 m/s 2/03 France, demand 250 Germany, demand 202 India. T. I" 149* HONGKONG, demand dis Yokohama, demand 4^ pm. Java, demand 1 iyfc74 words
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Article111 1899-06-20 3 ljune 20. 111. $68. Gamb.er 5.40 do. Cube No. 1 9.30 I'epper, Mack (ordinary Spore) 25 75 do. White, (Fair L/W=s% „4150 Nutmegs nos to tne lb.) 65. do. (,80s to the lb J 80. \face (Banda) 81. Cloves (Amboina) 32. Libenan Cotlee CS 50 Tapioca, small pearl (Fair111 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement109 1899-06-20 3 PERFECT tPiauos AT THE ROBINSON PIANO CO. 33, RAFFLES IM.At E. Jan 7 tuthß The Stuff that Saves Children's Lives Mr. Hardin Norris, clerk of the drug store of R. Shoemaker, Perry 111., says A man came into our store the other day and said, 'I want a bottle of109 words
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Advertisement247 1899-06-20 3 OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY AND NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN. The Company's steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China, and Japan, and from Japan homewards lor London every ten days. The Company's steamers on ihe Java Line arc despatched from Amsterdam and Liverpool every fortnight for thr» Straits,247 words
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Page 3 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1505 1899-06-20 3 SHARELXST JUNE toth, 1699. 0,, QIOTATIOM. Camtal. Ps,DUr. Shar.s I'm.. Bank of h.na and Japan, Ltd. Ll Nominal, f 2,000,000 45 0,y63 ,008^ Deferred. £s T, Bell's A br-stos Eastern Agency. $3 Sellers. io.oooJ^ 8 -5 8 4 Clear Water Da.ry Farm Ltd. $100 25.000 3 %i£ ,c 0 Eraser1,505 words
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Page 4 Advertisements
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Advertisement267 1899-06-20 4 SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITERS, sOI.K AGENTS. STRAITS CYCLE AGENCY. IjBArTIRI ROIP. SINOAfORK. |:mc I mdt. RILEY, HARGREAVES CO., LTD. ENGINEERS Boiler-Makers, Shipbuilders AND General Contractors. WE ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY FROM STOCK Steam Pumps. Mining Horizontal and \erucal Direct Acting Duplex and Special Sinking pumi» up to jo.ooo gallons per hour267 words
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Advertisement515 1899-06-20 4 [AMES WATSON COS SCOTCH WHISKIES. ARE THE BUST VALUE IN THE MARKET. Flag Brand, 10 years old. $12 per case, duty extra. (Specially Recommended.) V. V. 0. 8 per case, duty extra. OBTAINABLE FROM RETAIL DEALERS OR McALISTER Co., SOLE AGENTS. Apl i 2 TO BE LET. P'L'KMSHKf* rooms with515 words
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Advertisement387 1899-06-20 4 TEACHER'S HIGHLAND CREAM 4 WHISKY. Is the oldest, purest and best m OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE SANDILANDS, BUTTERY A Co KM— AGENTS SINGAPOKE PENANG ft N. B. fl NORMAN 4f I^IiKOWN Rs^ SPECIAL l_Sfe SCOTCH WHISKY. RAPIDLY COMING TO THt PRONI Si. I V> Ml OV XX THK I'r.M'A' 1 McA. LVrER387 words
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Advertisement439 1899-06-20 4 KATZ BROS., Limited. Beg to announce the arrival of a large stock of miscellaneous goods and invite inspection. Comprising Harness and Saddlery, Horse and Pony Sizes Stable Requisites, Carriage Lamps A good assortment of Dog Collars Crockery and Glassware Enamel Ware, Cooking Stoves, Spirit Stoves, Coffee Mills, Garden Tools, Bird439 words
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Advertisement1113 1899-06-20 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port of departure, and (where Known) date due here, and name of Agent-.. Mkn-oc-U'ar Akrbona, Jap., Poplar, Dwarp, g.b., Devonpoit, Endtmion, Brit. Chatham, July Fybm, Danish, Glacier, U. S., Brooklyn, due June Hai-Chi, Chin., Stettin, Hai-PeN, Chin., Portsmouth, Hai-Tien, (hin., Stettin, Hatsusb, Chinese, Idbumo, Jap., jDnrick, I1,113 words
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Advertisement625 1899-06-20 4 The Singapore Free Press AND Mercantile Advertiser Cab lb ADORmss,— Advertiser. Smgap, rt Tblbphonb Numbbr.--N 0 6l Published at 30-3. Raffles Pl.ce, Sin e por "pHE leading English Newspaper i. »fc. A Straits Settlements, Johore! Federated Native States of Perak, Sela gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the .\>- ri Sembilan British625 words
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