The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 August 1900

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press and MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, 2 NI) AUGUST, 1900. DAILY ISSUE. No.
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      2732 1 PpHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVI- DE KONINKLIJKE PAKfcTVAAKT MAATSCHAPPIJ. I tTONGKONG AND SHANGHAI I TDrr-rpT^o oxro» T*r^*T^««« 4 Office. Telegraph St. v^ QATION COMPANY, LIMITED. Undbk i ontra. i with thi kth pklanls Ikdi* Ooyirnmikt. ■*■■*> BANKING CORPORATION rLlilin OI O YvONIjERFI Cprr 1 17T/^» 1 fi Wharves. Keppel Harbour. ou
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    The Singapore Free Press. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1900.
    629 2 The Singapore Free Press. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1900. Hen put.ot Trucn t.n ».o».<x.i M r.viata lo Re. 1# ,0r.. Lor»ii». i/>t l« A rerjr considerable »uf.rrs-ion ol »i.'es now appeara to be puu ing from ih« Chinesr telegrapa ttatiooi i. r 1 t'^Kiu^ m the name <.l vai ious hliniitiei
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    1228 2 Ihe P. and O. intermediate -learner Shanghai left Peiang .<t 5 p.m. yesterday, •-"I i* due- hen at daylight, tomorrow (Friday.) The M.M. Company;, steamer Yarra left Colombo at 8 p.m. on the 30th July and may be expected here on Saturday at 10 a.m. A telegram has been received
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    63 2 H. .I.S. Arethusa Jclt Vancouver for Bremen: Saved^.Vo't 051 |f M Thc ii 5) lost 44. »he Main. p-tattT^jrste to corporal wluUt tn thr m ?™f P oiice Further, for beii* n S2 Utl on o( revolver at the Vi^' 011 a load<& «tra panishmcru 5 e yCsix weeks Womrward'
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  • REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
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      SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
      57 2 THE CRISIS I IN CHINA. A MESSAGE FROM THE BRITISH MINISTER (Special to Singapore Free Prtit.) Hongkong, Aug. Ist 4 8 p.m. Sir Claude Macdonald's message from Peking is dated fuly 21st. Our Guards Hold Ground Outside Legation. He say«. they have taken 200 yards of the Tartar
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      Sir Claude Declines to Leave Peking.
      22 2 He refused on the 2olh to leave Peking for Tientsin. THE BOXER RUSH ON THE LEGATION.
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      Repulsed by U S. Marines.
      37 2 Capture of Boxer Rifles. When the Chinese rushed the British Legation, Captain Myers and the American ManMa made a sortie, drove the 1 enemy back, and raptured a hundred rifles with ammunition.
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      American Officers Wounded.
      25 2 Capt. Myers was wounded m the hip. Dr. Lippet, [Lippitt] the assistant surgeon ol the I' S. lialtimtre s is severely wounded.
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      THE BOXER ARMY.
      42 2 Reported Southward March. A telegram from Chinanfu, dated the JQth, says that General Tungfuhsiang and the Boxers are coming south. Chinanfu, or Tsinanfu, is the present telepraph wire terminus m Shantung, and is under the control of Governor Yuan-shi-kai
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      BIG BATTLE AT TECHOW.
      51 2 Tungfuhsiang v. Yuanshikai. A rnttl*- is raging at Techow between th^m and Yuanshikai's troops undc Suen Yuan. Ki^ht thousand Chinese troops are en-ga^t-d and two officers have- been killed. re-chow is a little oser 150 miles due South of Peking, and about 70 miles N.W. of
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      RUSSIANS AT NEWCHWANG.
      32 2 RUSSIANS AT NEWCH WANG. They Occupy the Fort. British and Japanese Consuls Protest. The Russians have taken possession of NewcftWMg fort, against the wishes of the British and Japanese Consuls, who protested.
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      ENGAGEMENT NEAR NEWCHWANG.
      21 2 ENGAGEMENT NEAR NEWCHWANG. Chinese Attacking A Russian Force. Kight thousand Chinese are attacking four thousand Russians at 1 abicjao near New.hwang.
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      "REASSURING NEWS FROM PEKING."
      32 2 Foreigners Cheerfully Anticipate Relief "Wounded Doing Well." Most reassuring new> has been received from Peking, where the foreigners arr cf.errfully awaiting relief. The wounded are doing well. (Later.)
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      THE BOXER MOVEMENT.
      24 2 Discovery of Incriminating Papers. Documents found m Tientsin prove that the Viceroy's yamen thrrr was the headquarters of the Box«*r movrmrnt.
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      ADMIRAL SEYMOUR AT NANKING.
      23 2 He Visits h. E. Lin-Kun-Yih. Admiral Seymour has gone in Xh\ Alacrity ty Nanking to-dav, to visit the Viccrov.
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      Flight of Hupei Missionaries.
      22 2 Eleven Missionaries left^Hsianfu on Sunday tor Hankow. Hsianyangtu is m Hupei Province, about 180 miles northwest ol Hankow.
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      Wholesale Murder cf Missionaries in Shansi.
      35 2 Wholesale Murder cf Missionaries in Shansi. Fifty Kjlled. Great Massacre of Native Converts. Shanghai, Aug. ist, 7.26 p.m. Fifty missiona.ies have been killed in Shansi and there has been I terrible slaughter of native Christians.
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      ANTI-MISSION DISTURBANCES AT CHENGTU.
      56 2 ANTI-MISSION DISTURBANCES AT CHENGTU. Missions Destroyed: Converts Killed. Disturbances have occurred near Chengtu, where chapels have been destroyed, converts killed, and their houses pillaged. Chengtu is in S/e-chuen province, far up the Yingtse. It is on the hung river, the Urges. Cit.es, on the mam stream, to the south, be.n
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      THE JAPANESE MINISTER AT PEKING.
      36 2 THE JAPANESE MINISTER AT PEKING. Three-Fourths of Legation Staff Killed or Wouuded. Nishi s message, of the igth, shows tha t six out of the eight members of the Japanese Legation ha\e been killed or wounded.
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      FRENCH ARTILLERY FOR SHANGHAI.
      18 2 FRENCH ARTILLERY FOR SHANGHAI. Warships Land Guns. The lren< h men-of-war arc landing guns in th« French Settlement
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      THE BRITISH ADMIRAL.
      16 2 Takes Measures to Protect ShanghaiAdmiral Srymour is arranging for the defence of Shanghai.
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      The Action Proceeding.
      12 2 Fighting was still going on when the message left.
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      THE ALLIED ADVANCE ON PEKING.
      28 2 March Begun Yesterday. Hongkong, Aug. _'nd, i.to p.m. The advance frum Tientsin to Peking has already commern e-i f -tart being made yesterday.
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      RUSSIANS REACH PEITANG.
      26 2 The Russians h*vr already captured E'eitsang, [Peitang driving of! the Chinr-e who were utterly demoralised. Pe:tang m about 20 miles north of Tientsin.
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      THE "TIMES" CORRESPONDENT.
      40 2 An Alleged Message. Contradictory of Sir Claude's. Dr. Ci. t. Morrison s rae^MJ' to tie Times is dated July Jist *nd Mjri t>jat there are fourteen day- provision^ which Sir Claude Macdonaki th^La>- on the 4th in~>t.
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      Dateb Believed to Have Been Tampered With
      19 2 This it ads to the suspicion that the dates have been altered
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      ADMIRAL SEYMOUR PROCEEDS UP THE YANGTSE
      175 2 Admiral Seymour has gory- to Nanking and Wuchang m the Alacrity. Nanking.— A native correspondent writes from Nanking (m Knglish) that everything ii \ery quie* there and that Viceroy l.iv is m excellent health, and busy every hour of the day, receiving officers and
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      1646 2 METZLER PIANOS $450 to-days advertisements^ I „a > aU<- m on. s -ar. tuning free. Longer Cr. can be arranged., 10^ discount ior Cash AUGUST BANK HOLIDA Y| A First Class English Piano by an Old Maker Guaranteed for this Climate T^HE Exchange Banks *ill he closed on Monday HAAKE
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      228 2 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMEN S For Rangoon Calcutta Mntish India Steam Nhv. Co., Ltd,, steamer MADURA, 1,27^ tors, C.ipt n Bowman, will be despatched for the abnvs i^ris oi) Saturday, the 4th mvant, For might oi p ivjge arply to UOL'STEAD &Co.,- Agents. Auij. 2 EMPLOYMENT bOUGHT A fffnilcin.ii. who h.iv gra.liad.-d
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      195 2 The Week. Thursday, and:— Mi^ri Water i.4y a., p. Penang Races Second Day. Municipal Offices Closed. S.V R. Signalling. Popular Orchbstrai C oscbri, 9 p. Friday, 3rd.:— Hijjh Water 2.30 a., 2.50 p. legislative Council, 2. ,0 p. Football— Final Association Cup Tie d S.V.R. ic S.V.A. Lecture on Musketry.
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    BOERS FOR CEYLON.
    82 3 The first batch of Biers for Cej lon con--ists of of whom r> .ire officer*. There are 97 Transvaalers, rloHaooWa, jj Irish Americans and 23 tn'Tnans m that number. Capt. J. Jr-sser Coope, of the South Africa* Irregular Horse (a brother we believe >f Dr Jesser Coope
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    S. V. A AND R SIGNALLING.
    25 3 Arrangemf-nts are now complete for the practice of i.i^ht signalling, lour lamps being BO«J avail .ble for use. m <
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    FROM THE GERMAN MAIL.
    376 3 To Ears th»t Hur bo Morb. Mali r Rasch, m.p is responsible lor a grimly •'umon us story ol ihe war. H*re," he said, speaking at a public meeting .it Springfield (Kssex), is a specimen of the value ladies at the front. Recently at a Military
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    ANN KEAT & CO.
    154 3 ANN KEAT CO. 'lOrr.ing m the Supreme Court, the public examination m oankruplry of the •;rm ct Ann Ke^t Co. wa^ coexfttCted by the Offi< ia! Assignee. The debfor-. j-ibi ities amount to|. and the total available assets are- :he balance of liabilities being $10,704 rh•lebtOfi' have good book debt-
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    TO-NIGHT POPULAR ORCHESTRAL CONCERT.
    171 3 the P'l.harmon S« tv F'opular -n'rai Con crt this evening the :ne will br of a light and attractive The Orchestra trill rontribute hall a ..ten items, including H^r mir.r, me tj- ire 'La Lyre rf'Ol Si ide (Fiuc'alossi) VValv In era Sagasta) Mazurka Mili"i au
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    215 3 KacKtrt' i.'ly, m connection with the huke of Saxe»Cpbarg'f death, the name of on trai mentioned relative to the su< iot», m momentary forgetlulne*.s that that young prince h.i<l 'iied just at the time •.'her was installed m the Dukedom f>uk" of Connaught on behalf of his fa lined the
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    EXPORTING ARMS TO CHINA.
    25 3 A Gasette Extraordinary has heen issued to-day prohibiting the exportation of *'m«. ammunition, &< to Cluna for six months, Iron this dale.
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    CHOLERA IN THE PUNJAB.
    70 3 Kight Th tw»\n Di-ath*. Calcutta, JuU 2% —Up to the 7<h January, the numh. r ol ci ole a cas. s in the Pu j iti' was 1 ,7 m and the d a'hs wee 8317. The disease fia^ .v t.ick«d six tv w d>s ri<
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    SIR W HARCOURT'S WAR LOAN SHARES.
    150 3 Sir \V. Hafeoavi knows a gooci ihnikj when he see* 11. Htiiis licca one of the sir. n^rst opponent* of Mm «var m S nth Xfiica, but it appears he hisa !>eei> ab. v- puMin^ buojm ol his me e\ n th. If securny
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    MEN-OF-WAR ARRIVALS.
    250 3 1 FumsT Bismarck" Tlr araj •?< mm armoured rruis- r Furst Bhma»ck, v»hicti Wft \'\u-\ on Junf 30 !i, arrived re \ia Colombo .it 4 p.m. yotrr day the exr'ian^ed the customary salu' c >• ith >h' p«>rt. Thr /•*.<' ti smnrck, a steel itHathcd t a«, was
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    GYMKHANA.
    136 3 We I to be Gymkhati* at th» |< v satU 'iay altfrno n. thr 2y\> Ihe GvakhaJi i, is to 1 riplion 11l Ijn tv one do iar. 11 »v- ta, ca of T- lumj my, I'ol I a V v a d I lirea I i 'it; nijinin-
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    THE REFORMER SUN YAT SEN.
    462 3 VjMf or his MovBMMTS. MM Hotly Thfe h,-. be n s j-n p^, j iti <n of. Ute regardmgt'e 'r:,ji'tiii "f >iuii Y-it Sm the leader o an jburi.nr ing ii n-on several years agj, who I >ny f ,und his way to Londo i,
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    TELEGRAMS.
    1214 3 (Via Ctylon.) London, Ju'y 20 —In the race (or the Eclipse Stakes ihc result was as fallows Diamond Jubilee i, QaNNjahwj 2, shaaaa In the H use of Lmds, I onl O< slo« said hat Government had not had time to consiJ. r the rec mmenditi.ins ol ih>: Welby
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    SOME NAVY "IFS."
    925 3 Would Oi r Fliit be Ovirwo»»jd m thb ErtNT or a Eu^opban War? Once a_'am ika question of the efficiency of the N ivy is b.jng gem rally discussed. Like tha Littla En^'l .nder, the pr bl. m is always with us, for more thin ever it
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.
    315 3 Corps Ordrii by C^i.tam W G. St. < lair, Ag C«MM K»p V li t'fr Arillery, .id (^u-irtt r OfioSi For! Ful.'«rton, Singapuit, August 2nd, igoo, I» Dl TIIS OrderW Otficer for the ensuing week Capt. C- Dawes. Ordeily N. C. O. bf the ensuing woeU VV.
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    26 3 Mr. R. J Gordon, of Olga Lodge, StTh mi as' Walk, reports the thrft of $140 m notes, from a desk. He suspects his HyUm boy.
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER RIFLES.
    214 3 C«rps Order* by Capt. W. St. Clair, Atf. Commandant, S V A., Head Quarter Office, Fort Fullert»n. Sinjfapoie. August 2nd, 190*. 1. Duties Orderly Officer for the ensuing week Lieut. J. MacLennan. Orderly N.C.O. for the ensuinr week Sergt. H. W. Sharp. 2. APPOIN7 Vf KN j
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    HONGKONG WEATHER TELEGRAMS.
    115 3 Harorruter, reduced to 32 decrees Far,, en hen, »nd to the level of the sea m inches tenth, and j :rrdihs. Manila baro. readings m millimetres, lemperature m the shade m decrees, hat.renheit. Maniia temperature center M jmniity, m percentage of saturation, the humidity u f h.t
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    PRODUCE.
    112 3 (August 2 S^r *73-7S Oamb.tr m -j gQ <c No. I 1 .ck I rdtnmn Wnite, (Fair L/W= 5 ,6. 110s to tr.e lb,J 62. the It; go,' ll .rida.: M gj_ Cloves (AmbomaJ I. Lcnan Cui.ec m Tapioca, MmII pr.-irl (hair quality) 67^, do. do flake (do. do.)
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    92 3 Better than Cod Liver Oil or its nauseating m x tures m the tre itment ol W 'Sting diseases is Steams' Wine of Cod Liver Oil, It hecks further tissue waste and builds up tissues fuitlur, it improves the appetite and aids digestion, wh« reas Cod Liver Oil impairs digcstioi
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    A Minister's Good Work.
    196 3 I had a severe attack of bilious colic, got a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, took two doses and was entirely rure'V sa>s Rev. A. A. Power, of Kmporia, Kan. My neighbor across the street was sick for over a week, had two
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    SHARE LIST, AUGUST 2nd, 1900.
    98 3 v .r. Quotatioh. Cantal. P*m Vr. Shams Paid OiBanUoUh.naandJ.pan td. N nllnal |gft Bell's Aso-mos Kastern A XC „cy. Nominal. 4, lOu Ji < '>B4 8,584 Z 1 lattu^dis: fea= HS~ i-mjj-Maynard and Co.. Ltd. 524 < V J Paialm X CofW to., Ltd.. »,a
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    The Standard Time Balls.
    49 3 A Time Ball at Fort Canning and one at PiiUn Br.im falls each day at 1 P.M. Singapore mean tim« (Greenwich mean time 6 hrt., 4 rain., 35 sec.,) being hoisted five minutes previously. To- day Fort Canning and Pulau Brani both fell correct ly.
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    EXCHANGE.
    61 3 (Corrected up to On London. Bank 4 m/s 2 /<y<. n demand Private credits 3 m/s documents 3 m/s -/ofi credits 6 m/s France, demand Germany, demand ..20 India, T. T Hongkong, demand Yokohama, demand pm Java, demand o i Manila, demand Sovereigns, (to buy '.'.|V 0 Bank of
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      20 3 LJ I* /"S^Z-V OEVELoriMU, r^notO) ■a:™?... Frbb I.bssows ro 4- /N4*Ar< PL 'c:^:; 0 OLOieb GF.ORGE MICHAEL, l, Rob:n*on Read*
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      268 3 OttAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY' AND NEDEKI ANDSCHESTOOM. VAAKT MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN. The Company's steamers are despatched Irom Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China, and |apan, and from Japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java Line art despatched Irom Amsterdam and Liverp<x>l every fortnight for the
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      270 3 MAILS CLOSE. I O-MORROW. Kor 'Vr At Bangkok C-AiMxrma. f ,m Uilliioi. Ponnanak //d« l^.jrr .S n.on X Kahang, &c JttaiM 2 m rringganu, Ice. Mmlv Vmjimwwdk t, py 1 ke.^ btbmii rM .Vit:. v v, arabaya /Viuj Alexatuifr »m M Ucca, iV dW iv..,^^ 4 MumujU a »^lembang 6.
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      455 3 ven-o'-Wai Flag, and Too. Comm.rder. Arrived Pi ADHIR4L NiH.HOrp RM.CWB..6S A VMMM I'lKitlou Master. Arn»ed From Convener, Arus Br.t. 1968 D.sney June 29 Bam ATM4W Brit ll :h >' fulyajKeUnun S.I |nr teg g- b?Bas r''^*, «"'^Om July 31 Ka.. K kok 1,,* Sum J LL t, i 9, r**"
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      2694 4 TO LET MAKER TO HER MAJtSTV THE QUEEN VESSELS EXP EC T E %-iffl/itiAlitiit S w- SiSev oensons watcnes A(0 <01 ,,»,:5r.,*,-. Hfe^Wl kK^" fl HIV/I I 111 l Bramblb. H.M.S. «.b.. due Aug. P_^^__lC 1O Lhl Aw^t>v SPKriAI I \HvriAf ll liniMlK rup pici HriTOMart, H.M.b. >;.b., rfur Au«.
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      638 4 The Singapore Free Fress. AND Mercantile Advertiser Cablb Addr«ss,— Advertiser, Sy«g*pcr: Tblbthonb Num«.-Ni. 61. Published at 30 3, Raffles Place, Singapore. T^HE leading English Newspaper c the X Straits Settlements Johore the Federated Native States of l'erak, Stiff*. gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Negri Sembilan British North Borneo; Sarawak, Netherlands
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