The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 June 1900

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  • Title Section
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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, 12m JUNE, '1900. DAILY ISSUE, No. 39u
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      804 1 J^ q Office. CoVyer Ouay Xj Wharves. Keppel Harbour O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers for CHINA. JAPAN, PENANH 1 CEYLON, INDIA. AUSTRALIA, AI>EN KGYPT, MARSEILLES. GIBRALTARMALTA. BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills ot Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for China Coast, and San Francisco
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      747 1 f HINA MUTU^'. S T E«MNA.VI. GATION COMPANY, LIU TED. THE lollowintf are ihi; ditis on wl.uh the Co.'s Ste-iintrs may be expected h<-r-, vz OUTWAIM). HOMrWARO. For Hovunosci Shanu- P— MhMIIIHIH hai J«fan Ports. London. 1900. 1900 Kin uck due June 17. Ching Wo due July I. Moyune due
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      1180 1 DE KONINKLIIKE PAKfcT^AAKT MAATSCHAPPII. UNOBIt COWTRACT WITH 7Mi ■>• IT tULf NP« I~DI* <> IKSrffNT ACENTb at Sincahokk ">hi p^ Agency. lat t I DAENDEL-^ ft z-] Collvek Jl'av Ihb undbrmi-.ntionkd datrs ark omt afproximatk Fron. -iir< >. Will be -espatct. 1 m r de Carpenticr Batavia June 11 BUliton.
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      675 1 UONGKONG AND SHANGHAI ;AX BANKING XMtPOJtATION. i PAID-UP CAPITAL ..,.1,*****.0 k,sEKVfc FUND |n5« 1 KESERVH LIABILITY OF PkOPRIKT* <KS j 1j0.000.00c Court o» Uirrctobs. N. A Sum. Esq.— Chairman. R. Shiwan, Esq.— ()<putv Chaiiman. R. M. GkA», Esq. IH. W. Sladr. E4q. t. Go-w, D. .VI. VI M Esq. 1
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      497 1 PETER SYS" WONDERFUL SPECIFIC THE o!> remedy a pw. kno.n ,s ,n hH*UI«U^ PEKvl X .V XV o f Sprue. Dysentery, Diarrhoea. Hemorrhage and Ulccration RECOMMENDED .v IOME THB CH.^S.^UsV.S TH M IJIC AL PROFKSS.n^ Sod R, t .,il by ill f h.m.s.s and Wholes*)" by «OFu.SS»ION THE PETER SYS
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      330 1 17.11,1900 p*cmc -giyTj^rO CCI S D T E E N A T M A S L Htp N l o?| R p I A XK N N v TAL AND YOYO KI6EN KAISHA (OKIINTUS.S.CO.) ymji with,n one year. wi.« be £m /r 0m Ch. na a *.i Japan to EurJ<,
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    Domestic Occurrences. DEATHS.
    55 2 Domestic Occurrences. DEATHS. On the 13th of May, at her sister s residence, at Malaga Spain, Jr>»Bi>Hi*r. Br> no's, wife of E. E. H. Brydges. Esq.. B trnster-at-[.aw. On the 24th May, at the Restaurant de Paris Manila. Emilia Clara Cathirin a, the beloved daughter of Captain and Mrs. C.
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    The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1900.
    1527 2 The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1900. Here thai! the I'm the People'* r. r ht maintain. Unawed hj influence and unbribrd b r f i,n H*re patriot Truth hct gloriout precept! draw. PU4«4 to R«u«,on. Lermitr. and \*w. The Boer raid from the hill country m the north-eastern
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    560 2 The next Tanglin Club "At Home will be held on Friday, 22nd inst. The Federated Ma'ay Sia'es yacht Meran left Klany on Sun<ay, arriving here at I p m jt-bterday. H If. torpedo bf a destroyers Fame and Whiting left Si anglai on May 47, ior Weihaiwti. The subscription list
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
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      THE CRISIS AT PEKING.
      43 2 THE CRISIS AT PEKING. FOUR THOUSAND RUSSIANS LANDED. MARCHING ON THE CHINESE CAPITAL. (Special to the Singapore Free Press.) Hongkong, June nth, 4 55 p.m. It is reported that 4,000 more Russian have landed at Tongku to-day and «r marching on to Peking.
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      THE FOREIGN LEGATIONS ACTING.
      31 2 THE TSUNGLI-YAMEN IGNORED. The Chinese Government No Longer In Being. The Foreign Legations no longer consult the Chinese, and the Chinese Government has become a dead letter.
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      ALLEGED "BOXER" ATTACK ON CHEFOO.
      44 2 ALLEGED BOXER ATTACK ON CHEFOO. The Boxers are reported to have attacke Chefoo on Saturday. THE TfENTSIN-PEKING RAILWAY. Guarded by Foreign Troops. Under Repair by Foreign Engineers. Foreign troops are guarding and foreign engineers are repairing the railway f fO m Tientsin to Peking.
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      THE PARTITION OF CHINA IN PROGRESS.
      26 2 THE PARTITION OF CHINA IN PROGRESS. THE BREAK-UP OF THE EMPIRE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEGUN. It is generally believed that the divis.on of China has begun.
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      THE CAMPAIGN.
      20 2 IN NORTH NATAL Buller onjthc Frontier Buller's force is camped clo.e to the Transvaal and Orange River boundary.
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      PRESSING ON THE BOER RETREAT.
      48 2 Enemy's Guns m Positions. The force met with opposition. After a march of eight miles the Boer, retreated, when the enemy-s heavy ordnance came into action. A Boer Stand Farther North. The enemy are making another stand 00 the ridge ahead at Gansvlei.
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      IN THE FREE STATE.
      55 2 THE ROODEVAL RAID. The Derbyshire Militia Engaged. The Casualties. The ofhcial report of the fighting ar Roodeval on the 7 th inst. states that seventeen of the Fourth Derbyshire were killed and 76 wounded. The remainder [of the detachment] were taken prisoners. Details Awaiting. No explanation
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      CASUALTIES AMONGST OFFICERS.
      84 2 Two Killed Five Wounded. The killed include Colonel Baird Doug. Us and Lieut. Horley. The wounded include Colonel Wi Ikmsoiand four other officers. Colonel A. B. Douglas was formerly an honorary I, I lII* and major of the ;rd Cc"; a L ßatu on of the Cameron
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      METHUEN'S DIVISION IN ACTION.
      46 2 METHUEN'S DIVISION IN ACTION. AN ENGAGEMENT NEAR HEILBRON. Lord Methuen-^iuTuTe bulk of bis Dlv.. s.on was fighting on the Bth feat early i. the morning, ten miles to the Matt of Heilbron. No DetailTsupplied Yet. The despatch le^eTlverything uc plained. London, a th June, 9 00.
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    42 2 the E S n. W '"> a k football "»«eh played on S C^and^i^ e ™g. between t he Club The f«H JODg L P *8 4r Football Ihe following are the te?.m s S pence Me Murray Noble c Tc.fr
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    12 2 iOf Borne **sp.n..onthe ,othin,t. ea ey S rdl ur b turned from
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      744 2 Pianos FOR CASH AND. BY EASY PAYMENTS From $360 to $680 The Robinson Piano Co., 33, RAFFLES PLAGE, SINGAPORE. May 31 tu.th.s. FOR SALE. C*OU R-seated phieton m good order, bay Australian mare, harness, ice. complete. ALSO Deli porn dogcart, harness, ace. complete, Apply to Dr. M. F. SIMON. June
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      713 2 WANTED A smart, young Chinese Clerk for correspondence and book keeping. Apply by letter to C. W., c/o Frt* Press. May 30 v.c. WANTED. ClrrW (Eurasian) with good experience oi General Office work. Address No. 23, co Frte Press. June 5 uc. WANTED SUPERINTENDENT of Telegraphs for British North Borneo.
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      547 2 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS. For Havre and Hamburg The German Steamer. SARNIA, 2,052 tons, reg., Capt. Fuchs, may be expected to arrive here on the 1 8th inst., and will have quick despatch for the above ports. She carries a Doctor and has splendid accommodation for saloon passengers. For further particulars apply
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      638 2 TO-ADY'S A r VER I ISEMENTS K^ECHANICAL Engineer, experienced, desires employment; first cUs* lev imonials. Apply A. 8., c/o Free Pret%. June 12 Ig 6 WANTED draftsman for the Public Works Department, Prfhang. Applications, stating a>»e, nationality, experience, and. if possible, accompani.d with specimens of d' awing*, will be received
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      151 2 The Week. Tuesday, mb:— Hitjli W».n lo.ta a., y.40 p. Football-S.C.C. T.P.F.C., 5.15 p. Philharmonic Choir, 5 30 p. S.V K. Rifle and Marching OriN. Lodge Zetland Kegular, 8.30 p. Wednesday, 13th Hufh Water 10.53 a., 10.86 p. Full Moon, 10.38 a. Eclipse of the Moon. Subscription Hogan 6c Co.
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    REVOLUTION IN TELEPHONES.
    65 3 A syndicate has been formed by the Darmstadt Bank for the commercial exploitation <f the telephonograph, a combination of telephone and phonograph, the great merit of which se -ms to be that one can hear the message a long time after it is spoken. The Postmaster-General, Herr
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    DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AND INDIA.
    124 3 It is quite on the cards, says the Indian Mrror 1 hat the Duke of Connaught may succeed the I .ie s,,r William Lockhart as Comm inder-in-Chief m India. The choice, if made, will be beyond all praise. The Queen's son is a keen soldier,
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    MINING IN NEGRI SEMBILAN.
    384 3 From the Administration Report for 1809 A concession to dredge ten miles of the bed of the Lin^gi river for tin, accoiding to a process which has been lucratively empoyed m Australia, has been granted to Mr. Wiliam Dunman. well known m this State, and to
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    THE JAPANESE TROUPE.
    196 3 An excellent performance is being given at the tent m bcach-rd by the abov? troupe and it is well worth one's while to pay a visit there. Nfftrijy every item is a novelty, and the exrred ngly neat mam er m which all the triiks are cxci
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    FIRE ON THE "TAMBA MARU."
    307 3 correspondent writing to the .V..C D±ily Se-j. r- Penang, on xyh May reports a fire »hn.h md on the Tamba Maru the prtv.<u. d^y, >*hen the ship was about 50 miles from Penan^ Oriental-like, the engineers' storekeeper, a Japan. was examining the tap of a
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    "HOLY MOSES!"
    193 3 "HOLY MOSES Piaqi.es Case 01 Umlvckv Svb-Euitimg. An issue of the Daily Mail to hand by the mail contains this telegram Sctriciois Ca«b on a P. awd O. (From Our Own Correspondent J Sue/, Sunday, May IV— The P. and O. steamrd/jiu has arrived here wiih a 'uspected case oi
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    20 3 The death is announced at Taipeng, m childbirth, of the wife of Mr. H. B. Collinge, Inspector of Schools, Perak.
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    THE BOXER MOVEMENT.
    1503 3 The Situation at Ppkinq. (China Mail Correspondent.) Prking. May 24,— Drought, heat and dust storm* are bad enough, bu 1 just to fill up ihe cup, we hay« been cond< mnt d to listen to unending stories of the murderou doings and intentions of the Boxers, the
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    WAS IT MURDER.
    77 3 Last night, a Chinaman named Lock San Chan gavr another Celestial, one Chah Ah Poh into custody, s*ying he had killed a man m a r arp«-ni*r's workshop m the rear of Messrs. Powell Co 's premises m Or-chard-rd. A search was instituted by the police, and
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    A NEW COMPANY.
    148 3 The Malay Mining Company (Limi ed) has been registered by Nicol and Co., 3, Lime-street. E C, with a capital of ,£50.000 m shares. The object is to adopt and Mffi y into effect an agreement bearing date May 7, igoo. and expressed to be made between
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    AMERICA'S PROBLEM.
    963 3 Ft is a fact that Porto Rico is attached to the Am iic*n continental system and that there are some special circumstances, to be considered m respect to the Hawaiian islands. Disregarding for the moment these special matters and remitting t,he constitution*! question to the decision of the
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    A MISSING WORD COMPETITION.
    110 3 A MISSING WO RD COMPETITION. Here i* a tip for an amusing after-dinne half hour At the At Home given by H. H. the Maharani of Mysore at Ooty the other day the missing word <. .mpe iti ms for ladies *ere clever. The first ran as follow "Sitting m
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    L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE.
    130 3 Oh, England, Scotland, Ireland, boys, Have fought the world together, They've ohared their sorrows and their joys, Through tine and cloudy weather. Chorus. Then stand by the Union, boys, Why shuuld wr three sever? All hand m hand, We'll take our stand, The Union Jack for
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    104 3 Lord John Kuntll was not tactful. On one occasion he took the Duchess of Inverness down to dinner and, *l er h- hod sat d»wn for a minutt, tie jumped up and went to (he opposite tide of the table, and ut by the Duchess of St. Albans. His wife
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    "LOVE IN A BALLOON."
    265 3 Th?re is something very human a'mut the lovers of in«e< ts. but sun ly the most novel way of attracting frminin^ attention to tlie giy male is that practised by a creature railed the Emfiis, which appears to fascinate its lady friends by blowing a sort
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    POLICE NEWS.
    259 3 A passenger on one of Messrs. Jardine's steam«-rs reports the loss of ♦751* Iroin his c«bi'i, during his absence from the vessel, whilst lay alongside Borneo Whatf Klii.g woman of 99 New Market-st. says she was robbrd of all her jewellery, whilst as et-p m her house last
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    A LOYAL CHINESE CLUB.
    155 3 By an apt coinridrnte xhr first anniversary ..f Mm E»r B.<on Km dab (Sirai Born Ctnne^' <n < urr»-(i \< -it-rday, ll»e d-iy set aj>-in as public huli'l iy m honour ol t'«t- mH of Pit-totia. Ihe rlub t»;rrefor«--c« 1» br.Ofd thr diai .vent, and m
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    382 3 Hingaport, J une i i, iqnu. Beans, 1-ong per tatty ct. 3 Do., FieiK.h do. 16 H<< i do. 24 Beet Steak Uo. 26 r-W-.in Sprouts do. 2 Ktmtx>> Jipruuts do. 2 Kiac'idii do. 12 B.ii'j-il-. ao. a Gibber, BaUvia do. Nil Uo., Cimi* do. 15 D<>.,
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    THE COREAN SITUATION.
    479 3 Ri^shns *t Mmmn, 1" tOrrespo..d.-.it of the Kobe herald writes m m < hemulpj on M.iy j Tlie I .ml ju>t acquired by the Ru-siansin Masam,.o i| e.idv presents »ij<ns ot a finite milnary occupation. S. mated as it is within the ten U limits, th«- land
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    218 3 Mr. VV G Bell is appointed a Magistrate for the settlement of Singapore. A correspondent writes Her Majesty the <"Jueen has been pncfcwMlf pleast-1 t'< accept a cop) «.f 1 owa.ds the l.uid ol ihe Rising Sun or Four year* m Burmah," a book wtiiten by Sister Katherine of St
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    EXCHANGE.
    72 3 (Corrected up to June jj, UN LONOO.N Ba"k 4 m/- ,/,,|j demand '/»'{i r* ivatr credits j rtj/s > Or documtrnts3 m,s 2 ».J cfdit- 6 m/n 2o\ RANCR. il' mir-i ,ekma:i 2 1* > ONGKONC, :tmand > J, s Yokohama, lrma.d 3$ prn ava, dnaaad Manila, (irmaii'i 2.}*
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    PRODUCE.
    110 3 (June 12 j Tin GmMk 7i dc. Cube No. 'i!.'.'"."."!.' nppar, Mack Trfi-.iry sw]" J".-'i do. White, (Far 1./wi SS)5 S) J H Nutmegs no* to the 1b.)...... 62 do. (80s to the !b! a-' Mace (Banda) t Cloves (Amboma) Liberian Coffee rapwea, miail ptut (Fair qJiaJiiV*) s Bo
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      212 3 Steams' W.ne of Cod Liver Oil lleinjf a power/ul tonic and reconstructor, is txt^nsively prescribed t.y physicians m ihe treatment of consumption, scrotua, chronic bronchitis anatmi-i, asthma, rheumatism, neuralgia, nervous prostration, and debilitated conditions of the ystem > encr.jlly. It has -dso been employed with benefit m the various skin
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      248 3 OC&AN bh.AM SHIP COMPANY" AND NEDERi.ANDSCHE STOOM. VAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAANThe Company's steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for tlie Straits, China, and (span, and from Japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java Line an despatched Irom Amsterdam and Liverpool every fortnight for thrj Straits,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      198 3 MAiLS CLOSE. 7 O-HORROV. r-or |> r A K. Panang, ace. Amhertt KM J'e.Mi.t; K«4 7 AM Uj^mbie A';a« II am Penang ff Oia fH HurujKong a I PM S«ilt— /?r. A':a?r PM //a»; P,,h Guan I PM Port Oickson At Kkng Pr^atan 3p M LaOuan, ace. Tringganu 3 rM
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      710 3 SHAKE LIST, JUNE i2fh 1900. Bank 0,(,,na and 1t Z^Z < r r Bell's Asu:,u>, Eastern A^. lt> Nominal. <, ,0,000 H 8 584 8,584' Z Clear Water Dairy Firm Ltd. $100 X ,r »V£ l>4 6 urn sued Fraser ..i,d Neave Ltd. v 2 B V er* 1 f
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      1029 4 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION APPLICATIONS will be rrceived at the Colonial Secrrlary's Office up to noon on the oth instant, for appointment as Clerk anJ Shroff n the U"d Office, at Singapore, on a salary of $540 per annum. The Miccessful candidate will be required to to the amount of $500. \pplications
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      316 4 John Little CO LTD. GOLF BALLS The "Agrippa" Ocobo etc. GOLF CLUBS. John Little CO., LTD. June 1 v.c. G. R LAMBERT Co PHOTOGRAPHERS. (iREbHAM House, Bat 1 iky Road. and 180, Orchard Road. T3 Kb I houri (or taking portraits, from 8 a.m. to 1 1 *.m. It is
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      547 4 The DIAMOND MEECFANT J. GOLDENBERG HAS removed from "No. 17 Waterloo Street to No. 122 Albert Street. May IS 18.6 ORCHIDS. J. d' A. PEREIRA, Horticulturist, By Special Appointment to H. H. THE SULTAN OF JOHORE GROWER, Importer, Collector and Exporter of Orchids. Nursery and Residence, Eskbank," Tanglin. Apt aa
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      379 4 4£*IWIANGA of Japan I TOILET WATER H Appreciated for its delicate perfume and the Minq of comfort B and freshness which it imparts to the skin \^M Kananga Extract m3Bmta£E£^JgjA Al UIKC or '-'">-* 1 K' ra^ f u' n d re^'Mc" ll fragrant <w «o. S t« w d>
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      1152 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port or aepafi'e, *nd (wr.rre known) date due here, and nanv of Agent*. Mtx-np-WiR A'«vovait, H.M.S., Chatham, due June Coou.ttb, H.M.S i.b.d., Chatham, due June Cyonit, H.M.S. I b.d.. Chatham, due June huitST Bismarck, Ger., Wilhelmshaven, due July Goliath, H.M.S., Chatham, due June Janes, t.b.d. H.M.S., Sheerness,
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      601 4 The Singapore Free Press. AND Mercantile Advertiser Cablb Aodriss, Advertiser, Singapore. Tblbphon. Number. No. 61. Published at 30-3, Raffles Place, Singapore. THE leading English Newspaper m the Straits Settlements Johore, the Federated Native States of Perak, Selan. gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Negn Sembilan British North Borneo; Sarawak, Netherlands Indies.
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