The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 April 1900

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    20 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. MONDAY, 16m APRIL, 1900 DAILY ISSUE, No. 3 f 4
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      776 1 f% Office. Collyer Quay. XJJJ Wharves. New Harbour O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, t KYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, KGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR. MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills ot trading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for China Coast, and San Francisco
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      693 1 pHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED. "PHE following are the dates on which the Co.'s Steamers may be expected here, viz OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Hongkong. Shang- For Marseilles and hai Japan Ports. London. 1900. 1900 Ch'n< Wo Apl. 18 Yangtese May ai. Ping Suev May 24 Cfcieg Wo June 15.
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      1503 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPI). Undir Contract with thi Nbthbrlands India Government. Agents at Singapore, Ships Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co.. 2-3 Collyer Quay This undermentioned dates ark only approximate. From Expected Will be despatcbed tor Cien Batavia April 16 Batavia, Cheribon, Samarang Ac Sourabaia April 10 Brouwer [)eli April 18
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      729 1 UONGKONG AND SHANGHAI X<L BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL Irooooouo MSIRVI FUND lim* 000 RRSBRVS LIABILITY OP > i >OO PROPRIETORS j $10,000,000 COUBT Or UIBBCTOES. N. A Sinn, Esq.— Chairman. R. Shbwan, Esq.— Dkputv Chaibman. R. M. G«Ar, Ej^. j H. W Si *o«, Esq K. Goiitz, Esq. J L>.
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      500 1 PETER SYS' WONE THK only remedy at piescnt kno*n as an IN Sprue, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, of the E RECOMMENDED by SOME of the CHIEF SU Sold Retail t.y all Chem THE PETER S' (Propribtors an/. Soib Manlfacturbi Nov 16 ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY FIRE LIFE -r- To TAL Il>vlSTtn Flnds Kk
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      393 1 >ERFUL SPECIFIC. FALLI-iI>;.i.,IPERM\ Nl JKR |ir Hemorrhage and Ulreration towels. S2lli^l^' h BOICALP 0 «wo" YS COMPANY, us), g, Old Cmm Strpkt, S.mn.jh»i »7" PACIFIC MAIL STEAM SHIP COMPANY Occidental and orikntal STEAMSHIP COM AN!) 'pOYO KISEN KAISHA rhrou^h passage OekM hmM i.. France, and Grrvan, by ail trA- lmr%
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      DEATH.
      12 2 \t t'ri ■< ..!> I- %D*MSO«, ihird -on <i| Mr. Ak.cd lln pi) <
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    WAR NEWS.
    102 2 (From Dmtck Sources./ The military attaches of. llie Netherlands Indies Army. Lirutb. Asaelberg mm] Mix, liav- arrived at Capetown. I!ie Free State men who were lo r ced lo surrender to Lord Roberts art- making u[> new -ommandoe*- to tight the Brni.-li a^ain. Fiyhtin^ has taken place at
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    MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1900. The Singapore Free Press.
    122 2 lifrep»if«iTnitr < THI b :t Ultk tO it any it n^lh 10-da) I t> But fl v tor) t>- tee that the M s^u*-* ot tl.» renewed Boer intmtion into t. I.*1 re* up against the »*al i BaMitoland iin prOgTVM an«l
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    310 2 H M S .i!t< r her rtturn (rocn I.abu.u rei il Siflgapore a^ Senior Naval Officer*! »liip iii-- SelaOgOf > >• 111 mtru.ua. w.niii arnv«iJ Imm Klmih yeslerda) brought Mr H.L Belficld 1 deot*G serai, Sclaagor, Ili>: .>jjain-ii transport arr» ■v i Iroai Manila on Saturday with soo paaaCßgetl on
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    AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.
    215 2 Mr. Cha A alian cdi i.tl I- i- >• hen ■■■t- .r Mr. A. J. tJillojr, Fir-.t (.ord of lli': Treasmy tlu: l)u*> I) Kin Lord I'resident ot the (.ouni.il Sir Richard WtLi>ler > Atlormy-ljeneral j Sir Robert (j W. Herbert, .utiiH (Vtmanenl Under-Secretiry for the < olonies,
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    THE ARMY ESTIMATES.
    107 2 lii. \ni) K-Mriiit-- lor the Far Eml -how ii. t Hung estimated font ol 4- 7 I iu> mpaaiei vi t:t it Singapore jm] Bo -übmannt ■inert 1 1 i Regimental Wei'hai wei con»i»tt ot ii serI -t being too I -7 cry I I men *s
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    CRICKET.
    156 2 V' G tin Ftpf— a4t ill >aturda> ai\j irinaiog uv j4 runs. Capt. Tulloch liattt.-ii *<_■', lor 51 and Capt. Dewing MIC style lor b* not >i;t. A liattcnuur^ 1 1 A j! < <m. L>«WtHf anil b »>•- f Hayward b Aircy s l.t. Vc •> h B«
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    THE GERMAN MAIL.
    253 2 'Juoting llie following from Urn China Mail as V) the extent to which the duvt rnimtit at hose M aCJlisiog the additional postal opportunities by the .Yorddeutsclicr Lloydl we would a^ini suggest la >>ir A!> x.i n <3«- r Swettcnhani that it would be a great ceaveoieocc
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    37 2 We are very sorry to see that another of our old friends among the Northumberland Fusiliers, Capt. Casson, is among the killed at Keddersburg. Casbon was of a bright, cheery disposition and hud many mends lie re.
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    THE SINGAPORE-KRANJI RAILWAY.
    375 2 I TTIM, TI'K FIR>T SO/>. I -day must be counted an epoch m „<>re'.-> hi-tory, for this morning the Brat tod of the Smgapore-Kranji Railway .t by the Acting Governor. l>'-|-it< the adverse weather, a fairly largt* concourse ol p»-opk- had assembled at i .m <arly hour,
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    RAFFLES INSTITUTION.
    237 2 The year book of the RatHes Institution show s that both the boys and girls schools ar- doing well and maintaining their position m the Colony As a result of the new code, ihe boys school earned $5, 532 and there was a satisfactory balance at the lit
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    THE LATE MR. G. F. ADAMSON.
    263 2 I he news of the painfully sudden death of Mr. George Frederick Adamson, of the linn of Messrs. Giltillan Wood i* Co., of Penang, will b«- heard with much regret by many m Singapore. Advices received from iVnang stite tliat, on the i ith
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      THE BOER DEPUTATION.
      28 2 Leyds Consults Fischer and Wolmarans at Milan. l)r Leydh met the BoCf dq>ut,,t. sisting of Mes.-r?. Fischer and U'olniarai at Milan for a prolonged conference.
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      Leyds Goes to Holland.
      10 2 He proceeds to the Hague to-morruw
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      A German Consul Present.
      24 2 The German Consul at M during the ronferenr. I I;- papers -tate that he \va- i during the latter half.
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      The German Foreign Minister
      26 2 They also am. on;. f (l Kuelow, who i-> la\ ing I to Milan puterda) pre» iiaabl) He stayed for mmm ho.
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      Von Buelow and Leyds.
      36 2 The Da Mail also >tair- \> r I.' yds had a long conference v von Buelow m the morniny. {Lat> Reported Interview Contradicted. It is untrue that Count Buelow f. the Boer delegates.
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      THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
      33 2 An Imposing Ceremony. The I'ari* Exhibition ha-? beer. iriCli a c> r* mony atones liiaplr ai.d impo;ing. The President's Address. dent Loubet, surrounded foreign ambassadors and Comnndelivered the opening address.
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      THE RHODESIAN FIELD FORCE.
      33 2 More Australians and Scotch Ghilhes Gen. Sir F. Carrington has sai. Capetown for Beira with an additional fort tralians, as well as with Lord Lovat Corps of Highland Cihil!
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      THE SITUATION AT WEPENER.
      14 2 No sounds of shelling werr i.eathe direction of Wepener yesterday
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      GEN. BRABANT ADVANCING.
      20 2 den. Brabant with his headijuarterali hi 3 mounted troops, ha- left Al:»a' North for Rouxville. Lmter j
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      THE BOER ATTACK ON WEPENER.
      36 2 THE BOER ATTACK ON WEPENER. The British Ca-.ua.:.: Reuter's correspondent at AliWa wires that it m orhciallv reported that the r.ritish losses at WVpener during four Uya fighting, amounted lo 18 killed and 1 ji wounded.
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      FEARS OF THE BOER BESIEGERS.
      18 2 The Boers besieging Wepener were ftp-prehen-ive of being themselves, -urr and retired northwards.
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      GUARDING BASUTOLAND.
      24 2 Three thousand men have been stationed on the Basutoland border to prevent Boers t rom crossing the Caledon River^ into that erritory
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      LORD ROBERTS'S POSITION.
      41 2 Ready for Anything Anywners. An Overwhelming Force At His Disposal R« uter s correspondent at Bloemfontein states that Lord Roberts is now m a posilion to concentrate an overwhelming fone on any desired point. London, April 16th, iyoo.
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    271 2 Penang is playing Perak these holiday at Cricket. Golf, Football, and Tennis. That enterprising firm, Messrs. VongLec Seng are about to open a bakery m Orchardroad, where the bread will be mixed and kneaded by machinery, to ensure cleanlin? i Capt. Tuckey ol the Poh Ann, which arrived from Banjermassin
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      627 2 TOLET, FROM APRIL Ist. THKCROVE," raniane Kaaaat. Paajgr--1 t.cal*., apply 10 MI.VfcK BROTHERS Mar 2; u c TO LET WIIH entry from the 15th of May, l-ar^e 4"y v Offices, now m the occupation of the unOerM ied BARLOW ac Co. Ntar 2 7 ih uc TO BE LET l-Arge
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      367 2 TO BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY Friend Tommy, AND OTHER TOPICS 1 BEING A COLLECTION OF VERSES Joss Chinchinjoss Apl 1 The Twentieth Century Wonder." Lovely and Powerful light TABLE ACETYLENE GAS LAMPS **r> < ARBIDB Ol CALCII M IOR SAM€ To be had from EDDIS LUDDV, >>, Raffles Place. Apl 1
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      826 2 WANTED AN experienced Miner and Pro'picioi tor a partly developed cold proptrty. Apply, statins; past experience to PROSI'HX FOR," c/o /Vv Prwi Office. Mar 15 'i.e. VIZ ANTED fa* Borneo. Competent Draught** man, with some 1 knowledtfe <<f Surveying and able to compute Surveys by Gale's system. Address E. L.
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      328 2 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR SALK iHK OWIB Lfcl\|V(. IHK < <)LON>. aaattaft Galloway 14.2, >>uar»ntef-d ijuiet m id<lle and harnts-. An American Bu^jjy with new rubber tired wheels, and nearly new harness Strongly recommended. Apply to H AHRAMS. Apl If 17.5 SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, kc The PlarHtn or Ci. Wimh
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      189 2 The Week. Monday, 16th High Water 11.21 a., 11.12 p. Kasier Monday. Public an<i Bank Holiday. Gammon Kitio Kib pr.nt.' c, H^ksticr, 2 p. H.uicl, Botanical (1 irdens, q p, Tuesday, 17th 1 Mich W.wr i— 11.52 a., 1 1 vj p. ii.m Penan^ Member vi ouncil. South Raub c-
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    IN GALLANT MAFEKING.
    1528 3 IN GALLANT M AFEKING. How ihb Bbsibobd Keep 011 the liot.RS. Messages are stil! being received from M itekinj; by way of Lobatsi and Colon I Plumei's camp. One from the correspondent ot ihs Daily Mau, written m the besieged town on March 6th, says I or tht sixth time
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    A PYTHON LOOSE ON A GUNBOAT.
    369 3 An e xciting and amusing affair occurred on board H.M.S. Rattler two or three days ago, which, while it lasted, gave the ship's company a liveh quarter of an hour. Theie are two pets on board, a big Borneo orangutan, and the other a
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    EASTER SUNDAY.
    158 3 S eiterday being Easter bunday, St. An. dr*w*f Ca'.hedral was as usual well attended at kll three yervices, the singing on each occasion being distinctly good, more e-pec ially at the evening M rvn Ea^ter-tide was m no small way indicated by the Horal decorations prettily arranged throughout
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    WRECK OF THE 'TOKYO MARU.'
    86 3 The Nippon Yusen Kaisha Agency at Shanghai received advices on April j of the wreck of the well-known ste-mer Tokyo Maru, near Cliefoo. No parti< ulars as to how the ac< ident orcurred were g yen, b- yotid the fact (joth passenger;, and crew were
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    NOTES FROM THE NORTH.
    288 3 On the 28th of last month there was nearly a not at Weihaiwei, some 700 Chinese having assembled, with a r ms of a most curious variety, to protest against paying taxes. About 420 of t he Chinese Kegiment, however, surrounded the malcontents and, behaving admirably,
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    68 3 Mr. J. J Francis, Q.C, whose trip to Au*tralia seems to have quite set him up again, is taking a short holiday, m the course of which he has arrived at Singapore. Mr*. Bethge. the wjfe of the DuectorGeneral of Railways, Sfam, died after three hours' illness of choleia at
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    TELEGRAMS.
    1188 3 (Via Ceylon) The Prince of Wales, when passing through Bru-sels to-day on his way to Denmark, wis tired at with a revolver at the railway station. The assailant, who was arrested, is a Belgium tinsmith, aged sixteen, named Sipido, and is an anarchist. He states he wanted "to avenge
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    MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS.
    1519 3 W'iiai c*n thby Know oi F.ni,i.»nd th*t ONLY iNUia Kmiu s (L. and C. E*fr*ss j There vv.i>> a time it is ut II within the recollection o{ many of us who art not rofy old when the attitude ol Ingmad tuv.ird her colonies was very ditlerent
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      515 3 It is rrported in Manila that the C. If. steamer Romulus has been chartered to lay tlie cable From Leste to C i The cal>!f w as originally nn ihi> Hooker, i>ut wa s Kred from thai vest I »beii »fa WKcked or Cone^iHor. Hon^kon^ papers record the ricath o
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      273 3 UCfc-AN STh.AM SHIP COMPANY AND NEDERLAN')itHE SfOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN. The Company's steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for Ihe Straits, China, and Japan, and from Japan homewards for lx>nd I every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java Line are despatched Irom Amsterdam and Liverpool avan fortnight for thr;
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      10 3 oa§ DAMP PROOF i» l^fSk PIANOS lu^^ Robinson Piano Co.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      418 3 MAILS CLOSK. Vm IVr Al I O-M'IRKOW. Klang fiatnvur It AH K. Pahwig, Jrx. AmgHt.i ii »m Port Dickson 6i Klang Hun U'.iu't If m i i m Sourab.i>a, &c. Ter, i < m Hongkong, fci P«*r*c/«j '5 pm Penang DeS D .4 pm Mumok f'alembang G .\frytr h* WtDNKSIJAV.
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      816 3 SHARE I. IST. APRIL 4 th,| M Bank o. 1 -nd |ai>an 9"°\ 4T ON ;r C4PIT4U P inUp n,T. '[ii -No-naf.J 0.000,000 414>2 lf j^j Bell' h Raster,, A, S3 Seller-. J^ff "«.584 tSJ f Z Rt!, 5 f I 70.000 7,,, Maynara 2o Hjyers lOoiooo JMNatioi.r.l M.-u.K of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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      1124 4 Singapore Sporting Club, PROGRAMME FOR SPRING RACE MEETING 1900. May 22nd, 24th and a6th. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 22nd May. First Race. 1 mr Maideh Plate.— Value I300. A Race foe M.. ..en Horses— Weight as per scale (lost.) \n allowance of 2ilb. to cx-Griffins, imported .110 the Strain Settlements or
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      321 4 RILEY, HARGREAVES CO., LTD. ENGINEERS, Iron and Brass Founders Bridge and Shipbuilders AND General Contractors. Steam Vessels -IN STEEL OR WOODPASSENGER AND CARGO STEAMERS LAI NCHES AND LIGHTERS Stern Wheel and Light draft steamers a speciality Boilers. L<nia-liire. Cornish, Vertica', Locomotive and Marinr. Engines Winding and Hauling I'ortable. Semi* portable
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      363 4 ANDERSON Co. 5, BATTERY ROAD. We have just opened out our 1900 Free Wheel I "ELSTON" CYCLES First ctass machines, at a mode, rate price. Electro-plating a speciality Repairs executed promptly CYCLES ON HIRE. Feb*7 J. M. Lyon 8c Co.'s Patent Liberian Coffee Pulper A N effective substantial and simple
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      172 4 r BRAND see that the W§SEra^ II iST #11 MILKMAID Full Cream. Tin Largest Sale m the World. The above label is the property of the oldest established hrm of Aerated Water Manufacturers m ihe Kast. I lias held it«« own against al' Dppontii fcr ov« r 12 ytar>, ar.d
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      179 4 G.R LAMBERT Co PHOTOGRAPHERS. Siwoaiorb— Grisham Holm. Opposite to General Po<=t Office DEG to call attention to their continuously m creasing collection of more than 2000 Different Views, M SINGAPORE. PENANG, JOHORE, F EDERATED MALAY STATES.SIAM.JAVA BORNEO and SI MA I RA. Of which copies always ready on hand A
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      616 4 The Singapore Free Press. AMD Mercantile Advertiser Cable Address, Advertiser, Stngmport. Telethons Number. No. 61. Published at 30-3, Raffles Place, Sir, c fO r« THE leading English Newspaper m the Straits Settlements Johore, the Federated Native States of Perak, Sdan. gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Xegn Sembilan British North Borneo
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      936 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port Ot departure, anJ ;wbere known) date due here, and name of A*r-.f,. MiN.nf.W»«. As ami. Jap Portsmouth, due Apl. Goliath, H.M.S., Chatham, due May In<»u.ls, U. S., New York, due Apl. i\Nts, t.b.d. H.M.S., Shetjrnesa, due May IUI, t b.d. Jap., Portsmouth, due Apl. Otter, t.b.d.
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