The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 June 1904

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 14. 1904. DAILY ISSUE NO. 5094
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 758 1 P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For China. Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, MediUrI" L ranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Tbrvigb Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Peisian Gulf, Continental, and American f Ports. f Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Oni" >rd (for China)
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    • 772 1 fluOClt-Sfl-lfflUf^ N.D.L Norddcutscher L oyd, Bremen. D-sPEBIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fust and well known mail steamers of this tamAAMj *a.l fortnightly from BremenHamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton. Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, Port Said, Suez, Ad.n, Colombo, Penang. Singapore, Hongkoug, Shanghai, Nagasaki and Kobe to Yokohama and bark. They are due
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    • 1643 1 aulimiscmrntfi. Singapore and Kranji Railway. From April 11th, 1904, and until further notice. Train Service for Week Days and Sundays. DOWN. a A A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. SINGAPORE d...6.25 7.32 10.00 12.35 2.10 3.22 AIA 6.00 a C 6.32 7.39 10.07 12.42 2.17 3.29 5.01 6.07 Newton
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    • 664 1 -JUtocrt torment*. Hongkong and Shangnai Banking Corporation. Paid-up Capital $10,000,000 Rbsbkvb Fund i Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 Silver Reserve.... s 6,500,000 16 00 000 Rbsbbvb Liability op Pboprtbtors $10,000,000 Cctjrt or Diractors. A. J. Raymond Esq,— Chairman H. E. Tomkinn Esq— DaPtTTY Chairman. E. GOBTZ, Eaq N. A. Sibbs, Esq Hon.
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    • 557 1 3Ubrrttscmr.r.s. Milkmaid f '•"Ksiain nrta^cf.iF I■> H UaF 1 k|.J IuIIK mW&. 'Zd Onaranteed ?TJ N^°at«. svrrrz»iJ> i a' |<r: > y— mbt See I ii *aii tbAde a?-. Largest Sale m the W<>rld. **ZT Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTED CAPITAL. aGSOO 000 RESERVE
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    • 431 1 The Liverpool <& London an, Globe Insurance Coy. safariiirlAS lawrf, Bmsbi beaa ■ffssssai Aj^nts for the abava- ■iLaiiCosnAsary, ma are now prepar. d ta Mie Poliest of Xi,. InMir.in.-e at current r ot j remisAn. BBUKMAJTaV A Co.. a«i, THE STANDARD LIFE OFFICE WIB pay £1,000 Sterling, at the age
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  • 84 2 Domestic Occurrences Marriages. At St. .l.lin'ri Cathedral, on the »>th instant, ly the ka« F. T. Johnston, ma Mabei, Da'SY, aABJAAAaI daughter <>f the Iste H. L. Mather, rTnAAmTOAg. to stoAKAt Hom.KK, Fort (Jlasgo v. .^cot'anJ. On law -7th Mny, .t ti,-. Catholic Church, Port Edward, \V.-ili..i wei. !,y the
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  • 2101 2 The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1904. >'• R -II IBS I' r- 1 r-oj.v.. n.-H ma.nta.n, l.v arisl 1 ni> 1 ruw i S..VKK..i)V 'has Ire. ii pining Up'. ll the credulity of tii.- Standard' vjf RUB|RUU lmi sl Sl. IV;. s!.ur_r, for it is RssArSsAsifAble that Admiral
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  • 405 2 (Reutei'g Agency.) THK COMING STRUGGLE A General Advance Critics consider that th.- advance of General Kuroki's forces OA a l.ro.id front towards Liao|RRRBJ an-i MukJen. i> accurately timed to correspond with the near approach of Gnneral Okßß'l assault on Port Arthur. A ST. PBTKKSIiI KG RBPOafT From N'la'Jivostoek to
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 240 2 Hut! i-it.sr.ur.iis. ROBINSON Co. Photography I IN ALL ITS BRANCHES CHEMICALS wHEiS HIGH CLASS CAMERA "U K|T .Vbole Piato 6. Half-Plate m*.«A*m. FRAMES 0/RK ROOM MRTERNS -1 .Sr> to H »..">(). S"NDS. MOUNTS i a PUTE "CNREMR"" *6 .jO For Pbbaa ar PlAtaa ■*ir..00. Hand Cameras v3O to $75. Kodak
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    • 277 2 ro:Uaus &&s)C.tirJ'mr.u<s HOTELde I'EUROPE SPECIAL DINNER A N D FULL MOON BAND ON Wednesday, the 29th instant at 7.30 p.m. C. CHAYTOK, Manager. Jim 1" I The PI A La. P ft ft I lAiiuuoLtd THE APOLLO AMI THE NEW APOLLOETTE The Robinson Piano Co. invite inspection ami atrial of
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    • 675 2 NOTICE TIIH bllnillo. I >. "n .1 Si •'1 <• iriied on m aOHRARMAraitip ••'H»c "he 1111. dersigued) BAjdTi U», at 21 on- Causl Road. SingajKir. i nd from the lot li dty oor. r BAJ will < ea->- lo <v. I (.."1.-e I. I i.pr* bj i ,i; 1,
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    • 5 2 wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm BAsAsAA^BABBBBBBBBaS A. Straesele ppc.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 380 2 THE WEEK. Tubsdat, Itth Hu?h Water —11 :ls. lo 2* p Town Band.Hii;|i Service Reservsir. p Indra Zanibar Theatre, 9 p Wbdnbsday. l*>th Hi K h Water —1143 a. 11.4 p B I Mail Homeward Kails. I p Indra Zanibar Thetstre. 9 p Thursday. l».tb: High Water I 24 a..
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  • 1332 3 Br Jambs P. Hun., or Manila, P. I. (Wide World Magazine.) Three weeks ago at tbe moment of writing. Captain Herman and Lieutenant Johnson, of the Philippines Constabulary, were trusted officers of the Insular Government, enjoying the confidence and goodwill of the inhabitants of Misamis. Mindanao,
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  • 1547 3 Ir Yoce KjDsars abb 111. Nature alway gives a warning when anything goes wrong m the fiody. If a pain attacks you, "stop aad think." what it !b and what causes it. Do you realise what an important work the kidneys do? Do you know that
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  • 94 3 Ths has long beea regarded as one of th-' most daayBSfUAB and fetal disease* to wbicii m fants an- subject. It can be cured, however, when prop rlj (rested All that is necessary i, to gire Ch(i:iljerlain'rt Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea R-inedy and a.»'.>r oil aa directed, with
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  • 22 3 Grimault and Co's Sarsaparilla cleans--. the blood from all impurities arising from Scrofula, Eczema. Hail Legs. Skin Diseases, Pimples and Sore*. 7
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    • 636 3 atrtarmscmrntg. WHISKY AS MEDICINE li. I.. 1 0 ,be8 y8 f B(,i ,nt irit v and u«uf"rni efficiency of specific drugs— miMming patent medicines— and into the subject of general dietetic, it is rather remarkable tnst so httle attention is paid by tbe medical profession to the matter ot u.e
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    • 428 3 Learn Shorthand at Home by coi rei.pi,i.deuc. lo v.— r iv leu*,! v,;H oiake you perfect. OBTAIN HIUHER KALAttV. Shorthand is nowaday*, indispensible to everybody. Utilize -.par.- time. Very moderate fee. We procure positions. Write for free l>ooklet. i'kn 1 1. ai C'tißKfHivmatxci (.'ollbub, ■Jl-"., Temple Cbarn.-erß, Temple Avenue. London,
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    • 93 3 NOBEL'S Explosives Go, Ltd GLASGOW Manufftcturers oi Dynamite, Gelignite, Gelatine Dynamite, Blasting Gelatine Detonators, AI.L KINDB OF Safety Puses AND Electric Blasting Apparatus The above Explosives, being all manufac. tured m Great Britain, are made to pass the high standard of safety and purity tests imposed by the British Gorernmont,
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    • 280 3 &•%> ti :s I l^^e laboratory, V-»a-I f79 fuKhvrth Street, I C TajM teuton. Oe;. 31, HK2. irJ^l /V'Ol I t'ave made a most careful Vi W( analysis of the Soda Water 'fphk I ,/f manufactured by Messrs -,-Ht 1 i** J. Fraser A Naave, Ltd.. and find ./^a« Je
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 905 3 Shtpping. V E S S E LS~irxPECTED. kn^i",!! W °l ae PPr* r v"'u and (where known) date due here, and name of Agents MEN-OF-WAR. Aube, Fr Toulon, due June Calabria. Ital., Spesxia, due June Carlo Alberto, ltd., Spezzia, due Jnne Claubet, Fr., Toulon, due June D'Assas, Fr Toulon, due
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    • 463 3 Suddenly Harniao mtered an eiciamatio* toAbfot. Theaext inst*Tt^ MAttAJMI fivasßaadkyslowa m the M bullet that a treacherous proa man haul intend i .v I f ennao J?*"** >*■ ™rk and penetrated the sleeping Fuente's collar-bone. B-fore the proa-men could fire another sho* Herman had anafherl up his Krair from the
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  • 1314 4 Fairplay A Navigation and Shipping Bill has just seen introduced m the Senate of th.' Australian Joinmonwealth. containing no ]>■<* tlian 429 :lauses. A large portion of the Bill seems to j to be a codification of tuo existing law. but a numl-er of clauses
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  • 1165 4 iNTKKM ATI OS A L RIVAI.KV Mr Acting Consul General Playfair's Report I on th» trade of Hankow for the year I POM -m I uniit-iiully prompt and informative document contain*, tome interesting remarks on the rivalry I t-. which lb-it i-h trade is now -ni.j.-.t
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  • 431 4 Mission Isolated fob Wiik, Calcutta, May 30th. A telegram from Grantee, dated Msy 2rfth, says i Tbe garrison was engaged to-day for fourt en hour* m a most arduous tight, m which the Thibetans showed denperato courage I regret to report that Lieutenant Carotin, of the
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  • 128 4 Every one know- that cholera morbus is one of tbe most painful and dangerous diseases known to humanity. The fact that it is ao swift and so often fatal m its result* makes it mora to ba feared than almost any other malady. It often terminates m
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  • 380 4 Singapore, June 13, 1904. Bean... Long per catty 5 <10. French do 14 B**f per pouß<i *2 Beef Steal <Jo. 54 H«mii SpnHitu per catty 3 Bam!--) Sj. routs do. 4 h n do. lg Brini.ii.- do. 4 CabKtye. t'».i -M 4 do. ail do., Cliini do.
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    • 676 4 3tJt3fitisn«nm_^^____ r iTi SATINETTE ylftVZr SATINETTE 5 .ttaawJOßdGia Jf(i" mmmtmOt U i r Isa.^ ,t Tbf special pis-pertiea and uuiforn.ity m BsatiiM-it*, m the nuivst au-l lujliteat "l r* r r 1 •auueu*. i me punmi ft Satinet t- nave c-btuned the utroasa.Aiiili.nts. IX.uUv distilled and matur. d 7,1 ,ppr"val
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    • 403 4 Debility Perhaps you eat enough, yet yon »lo not get much benefit from your f..»1. You keep thin and weak; are tired all the time, and your nerves are m a bad wsy. Why not strengthen rotßg digestion and get rid of your bihty Read theisf.'wertto freei RJr*. E. O
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    • 117 4 That STIR the LIVER, and Make the HEART Jayne's Sanative Pills. These Pills are aa absolute specific for HEARTBURN. SICK HEADACHE, and tha ills arising from BILIOUSNESS and DYSPEPSIA. They are also very effective m cases of LIVER COMPLAINT. JAUNDICE, and HEART PALPITATIONS. They positively CURE CONSTIPATION, and relieve the
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    • 1357 4 aubniisnucntxr, Penang Turf Club. PROGRAMME FOR AUTUMN MEETING 1904. Tuesday 2t',th Tl.ur-d.iyiHrli, Saturday 30th July, and Honda a I*7 Aiojunt. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 20/// July, 11*04. 1. Tub Mahjbn Plats. Value -A Race for Maiden Horse*. Weight is* per scale (IO at.) An allowam* of 14 lb. to all ex-Gnmn*.
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  • 556 5 An Aipeai. to thk Est. I OorEV.: nt. The Houorarv Boeieas aperl Anglo-Indian Association, baa ao.iressed th following letter to the fjecreurv to the Govern men? of Bengal, Judicial Department Sir,— I am directed by the Council of the Imperial Anglo-ludiau Association to solicit the attention
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  • 446 5 I 1 -lßoeriag are Uaa BAtriea ba 1 hand; m the ahwre b| BiAiohe heldoA Saturda 190 f RJRAA Bl IHi lat haßßl H F ,reter. l.t W ITllsM. Tl B I QbABBbbARW, Ii P Silly. J BT. Ba* May, .'nd H-hi Jas a Laadb say."
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  • 134 5 The annual rers.rt of St Mary's College faff I 19t>3 give* a timely reminder of the reason f. r the establishment of the Institution m 1894, and a -sssuii.e ..fits history for the past ten Pvears. St Mary 'a rs<l) aa Orphanag**. where f Yd girls are
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  • 205 5 Beii">- Mr- Cumming IbbTl Singapore for Europ*' 9tm presented the Sipoy Line* OoU Club with iv... prizes for comj-etition by inetn-1-era m mixed foojraoaarA. The play t«. I** according to medal nib**, and over a course of ajighu.li hole* !S v. aftaea couples entered and Mrs
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  • 206 5 The proposal to establish a de facto Government BAIRh m I'eking with branches throughout the Empire (the N -C. Daily News" says) km U*en eagevly htskea up by the Empress DowAger and her advisers, but unfortunately owing to the pres-nt war m Manchuria the
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  • 122 5 BRITISH AR MY DOCTORS. Cosßßßentie 'he rerj boAry losses from disease dv i ig tbe i.eiruau expedition against the 11 rtteatota, the British Medical Journal" Bays -'J he expedition is the »o t of military Opera-UOa .vhicii the British arm* is coAetaVntty carry in,' ou ail ov.-r fife world, au
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  • 191 5 A BBBtAtßre passed receatly m the bboa] Supreme t'oiin m abich ree oraa to a r.volver under what w-.-re conai lered artaAuatiag cir-.•unistaii.-es. rsnaad death, might ha coiapAis'd with tbe following, wh .-.1 seeaaa bbvbaa SalUtl-d >• ss was .ha 1 at the l.lisgow. High Court
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  • 186 5 1 he open rtAdiot .n the Li-Bdaay Th >mp*on c-h where they w.-re I>».. i..r»- 1 1..- ,;aT Bat the law, a* Oor.uer. is and insuranee gene rJly M B i. 'If th.p.irties iuU*res'e.l .ul 1 prori asad r I li- d»-lil-erate it dearly m I n-.t
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  • 377 5 BaVASAa v Ra' Baa** aVsaaßM In the B-ha***** of l*eiiig able to procure a ground, tin* Ringer* had to play their return BBBieh again*! Raffles School on tlieir 1 n -.'erday e-.e,.ing, and from the length •1 lllar-hv ground oU one side, the Bssae was naturally not
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  • 94 5 This morning belota Mr Beatty, Dr I>eask prosecuted a H\lam cook at the General Hospital for disposing of food given him to prepare for the patients He was fined 525 or m default a month Mr E. L. Brock i n an having returned troin I resumed hi* duties aa
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  • 1221 5 fFrom our own Correspondent.) Chefoo, 24 May 1904. That the halcyon days of the War Cor resfOmimmi are past and gone is a fact which we w.arilv-waitiun scribes m the Far East are just Isegiunii.g to realise. No mors? will the expectant public iv the homeland, read
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  • 139 5 The Philippines cuttle trade, which has hitherto seemed to oa a virtual mouop.il y lor Hongkong, holds m prospect the possibility of <• .in|retitiou from the Australian Colonies. We learu that a Colonial tirni has taken a preliminary plunge iv the purchase of fifty head of
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  • 913 5 A BURMO -CHINESE RAILWAY. Opinion OA thk 'i ißßaTX. Genekai. at Yunnan Fc. In a letter from H. M. Consul- Gem ral at Yunnan Fu, dated Feb. 24 1 st via Bhamo, Burma >, to the Liverpool CbamWr of Commerce, Mr W. H. Wilkinson writes I ouly arrived at tins
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  • 242 5 In China Papers, t Shaughai. June '■>. It is tMOBBad that th c Japanese an- negotiating with the Chinese Government with a view to ChiaA* p. lieing the chief Maticliuriaii ktrtßß*. C iptured by the Japanese. M. Lessar, the Russian Minister at Peking, is using pressure to proreol the
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  • 98 5 Captaiu Richter of the Wilhelm," which arrived here Irom Macassar this morning, reports that on the voyage from Macassar to tSourabaya an old Jewess, named Mrs Ezekiel who was a paHseuger ou tho Wilhelm ,I'ell overboard by some uuaccountable means. The engines wen* stopped and a boat
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  • 29 5 We are informed that Mr Arnold Abraham, a Jewish gentleman, has left for Rangoon, under the auspices of Buddhist Mission at Havelock Road, Singapore, to enter the Buddhist Priesthood.
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  • 251 5 The Britijrli soldier iv ludia is now so well paid, remarks the "Pioneer," that a thrifty mau can save quite a round sum m a few years, especially if he is a single man m barracks," with no family expenses. That thrift is lieing exercised m
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  • 46 5 KICK' LBHT PRICKS Wa are informed that transactions have been put through to-day, m Para rubber, No. 1 quality, from the Native Stab**, at 8310. per picul, a rise of |S0 on previous transactions. Also that scrap rubber has realised S2W per picul.
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  • 178 5 A notice to mariners has lieen issued that information has been received from the master of the ss Van Imhoff through the Consul Genera! for the Netherlands that a wreck is afloat m the Java Sea. Bearings 4 deg. o mm. S. lat 10«> deg. If mm. X
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  • 64 5 (COBBBCTBH UP To Julie 14.) bank 4 m a I/»lt* 1/11, Private credits lin 1 11,'. credits 6m* 111 Fba.vcb, demand 242; Germany, demand... 197 laoia. T. T. 144 HoKOa-oN'., demand B dis Yokohama demand 9b Java, demand 11">. Barukoic, demand M SoVBRBMNB, UfjLatt Bank of England Ka.te 'i
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  • 355 5 Jun« 11 f i Capital, k 3 3 ■st RE s -»_**s > MINES. M MtAM f I f Betat Tin ...$lO lo 800,***** lO* 10 Hornwal. 1...M 0rd. lo 74 7.'>,o<»> l**j I6| Do I'.-t m lo 40,0u07 5 li Brunch II Tin lo lo ttou.uuo 7| ti\
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  • 135 5 (June 14.; Tin 71.50 Gambier 8 30 do. Cube No. 1 14.75 do. do. No. 2 14 25 Pepper, Black 'ordinary B'porei „28 35 do. White. (Fair L. W. I p.c, 43 Nntmega (110 to Mie lb.) 43. do. 80 to the lb. 90 Mace (Banda) 145. Clove* lAmboina)
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    • 280 5 OCEAN STE.4M SHIP Co., Ltd. AND China MutuaJ Steam Nay. Co.. Ltd. The Companies' steamers are despatched from Liverpoo! outwards for the Straits, China ano Japan every week, and from Japan IsBBBBABf*! for London every fortnight and for Liverpoo monthly. One outward steamer each mont 1 extends to Vancouver Se
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 70 5 WEATHER REPORT. (June 13.) Taken at Kandang Ferbau Hospital Observatory. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 p.m. Bar. red 32 Fah 20.868 19. TO 2.1.833 Temperature IM 87.2 78.6 Wet Bulb Therm 70.5 70.2 77.2 Dir. of Wind S.n'. S.W. Calm. Max. Temp, m shade 88.5 Mm. do. do. 70.. 1
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    • 1617 5 I >T PORT. 1 3 V V' F'*g tndTottn Com-r.nJrr. Arrw.d Fr, Po* Then Koning n Begentea Dnt eraser 1910 (du.eyei- "> 28 n_ Cnce-tain si H.M.B. cruiser 360 Moore June ti Ho n g Uneartain .V'^ 1 H MS. lo.tl'Bo Fc,„h,r June 10 BaUria In.-rtain ht Dutcruis-r l*.;?.i Rei.ders
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    • 976 6 gbbfrttstntcnts. NOTICE Tenders for unloading from B.R. Neptune „M» tons of patent fuel and placing it m the .•imiralty sheds at Pulo Brum will he received |v the Senior British Naval Officer at this port «ntil noon on the 18th instant. i Earther information a* to condit on* can be
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    • 919 6 gtobfrtisrmrnts. NOTICE We nave **.ppoint<»d Mesani Guthaib A Co. S"le asAAeaai for the sale of Portable, VeiticaJ, i and Fixed Engines. Boiler-, Ac, for Malay PerI 'a-snht, Sumatra, Siam, and Cochin China. MesaTH GCTHEIK A Co, have st present a stock of our improved Portable Steam Engines from 4 to
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    • 832 6 I -StaffltefmcnfaA. RILEY HATC^iWES¥CoJ Limited. ENGINEERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS SINGAPORE. I j BBaWaal hLbsbßl bbHlllbbbV^ taamWyl Sll*. We have also a large and selected Mock ot the followingENGINEERS STORES. MINING MACHINERY SHIPS FITTINGS STORES. PUMPING MACHINERY. MILL STORES. SAWMILL MACHINERY HOUSE BUILDERS FITTINGS. Full pi.iticnlai-s and prices on applicaticßn. Drawings
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    • 662 6 -Jbl'rrtisrmrnts. HOUSS TO LHT 8--* Chang« Alley, a] -.uris. Barbin^to n." completely furnislied facias ■sua.id.*. Apply to WEB KAY POH. Juue R. 7 j 17, Wilkie Road. j Room with board, with private family. Gen j tleman preferred. Ground Floor Show Room m Battery Row van be sharad by a
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    • 667 6 I3Ubrrtisri.uiUs THE igapore Free Press" AMI d« A MILE ADVERTISER i.LiKBSH Advertiser" Singapore. TELEPHONE NO. 61. at No 30-3 Raffles Place, Singapore ling English Newspaper m the Strait ts; Johore, the Federated Natira Perak, Selangor, Sungei Ujong, he Negri Seuibilan British North Sarawak, Netherlands Indies, Java tra. Also widely circulates!
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