The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 12 November 1890

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1 565 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)

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    • 415 2 Maruman Hotel. SAISEKI SHIJIO, KYOT< i ibovc Hotel is now the a< comtnodation oi Foreign Visitors to Kyoto. Die l J roprietof appeals to the ommunity and a ihare oi their patrortage NAKA43AWA KAMEJIRO Kyoto. July I i Ruttonjec Mcrwanjee Co., Indian and Colonial Merchants, 22, St. \[ak\ Axe, Londok,
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    • 228 2 McALISTER Co. H A YE JUST RKCKI VKI) PRR S. S. CLYDE, PROM Messrs. PERINET ct FILS a consignment of their EL E B«K ATE I) CHAMP A G N E EDRY VERZENAY," aixl nlfef it at the following prices: Si 5 per Case, i Dozen Quarts. $16 per Case,
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  • 768 3 (November 6th). Within the compass oi a few months America has contrived to disturb the commerce ol the world by two great measures concerning which it i> impossible to gut-s what the future may bring forth, but ot which one thin*; appears certain,— that in neither
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  • 204 3 CON TENTS. Lbadimg Articles. Paoi. The United States Tariff 541 New Coolie Laws 541 Sir V. Dickson's Rule 54-' Local. Paragraphs 543 The Pahang Kun 54^ Malacca 549.55$ Dyak Sketches 55°»55^ Selangor News 55|»554 The S.V.A. at Tanjong Katong. 551-558 LttPauNUcs 55 2 Supreme Court Low Ouee Lew v. Low
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  • 59 3 (COKRBCTED t'»' TO N<>\ KMHKK On London. Bank 4 m s 3 Si demand 3 M Private credits o in s -A Si documents 6in s .> 5* 3 m's 3s: On Indm. Bank demand On Honukonu. Bank demand P**« Private 3od t s J^bdis. On Java. rtauk demand
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  • Domestic Occurrence.
    • 18 3 On the Bth in^t., at Ardmore. i>i»- wife ol Mr. John Wintbr, Trafalgar Estate, of a son,
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    • 33 3 On the loth instant, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, by the Rev. J. Perham, Acting Colonial Chaplain, The Imperial German Consul, Haws Bschri, to Oloa Bertha, elded daughter «>f Throdor Sohst, of Singapore.
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    • 32 3 MEDICAL NOTICE Dr. I). Gallowa\ has removed to Vie* Place/ 1 Mount Sophia, formerly occupied by Dr. Rowell. Dr. Murray Robertson continues in residence al Balado, I.conic Mill. Grange Road. Oct. 28.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 59 3 NOTICE. THE BENTONG STRAITS lIN COMPANY, LIMITED. The undesigned ceased to be Afents fai ilie bove Company, on the 15th iitStant. HUTTENBACH BROS, -v o. With reference to the above- I b g W Jive notice hat the Agency «>» the Bentong StraU« Tm ompany, LMnit,d > u.transf,rnr! i,, mi
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    • 309 3 The Week. The M. M. steamer Djenuiah, with London mail of October 19, arrived this morning. Tin: homeward mail is taken by the M. M. S. S. Caledonien this afternoon (Nov. 12). H. E. Sir Cecil Smith arrived by the Djemnah this morning, after an absence of seven months, and
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  • 965 4 November 1 1 th). To-morrow morning II E, Sir Frederick Dickson, our Acting Governor, will relinquish the reins of Government into the hands ol Sir CECIL CLEMENTI Smith. who returns to his Colony, we are pleased to hear, all the better for the rest and the
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  • 1440 545 Local. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1890. Mr. F. A. Swettenham returns to Selanthis afternoon per S. S. Will o the iv is/>. The Singapore Photographic Society will meet at No. 53. Hill Street, to-night. The North China Herald comments on the high telegraphic rates from Shanghai ($J a word) and discusses
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  • 941 545 The Paper-chase on Saturday will start irum the Tanglin Club at 4.45 and finish at Government House where l«ady Dickson will also hold her !a>t reception, in the rarden, 01 d wet, indoors. Krom private advices wr lieai ot tigrr being both bold and plentiful in
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  • 769 544 11. E. the Ailing Governor returned this morning in the Sea Belle from Port Dickson. The M. M. Company's Steamer Djemnah left Colombo at 8 a. m. to-day and may therefore be expected to arrive on Wednesday next. Four liremen oi the s. s. Thorndale went
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  • 511 544 The total return of visitors to the Raffles Library and Museum during the week was 865. The Senior Magistrate's Court was closed t D-day, Mr. Thornton having gone to Malacca for two or three days. Mr. William Warren. i-.r.g.5., the wellknown mining engineer, is now here
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  • 1366 545 Tfielh'emnak, bringing back SirCccil and Lady dementi Smith will probably arrive at daybreak to-morrow, reaching the wharl early in the morning. The official landing of His Excellency will take place an hour after the usual mail gun from Kort Canning, at Johnston's Pier. We trust there
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  • 445 546 The Products of the Straits Settlements. I „i following committei has been nominated by the Acting Governor to iz steps to provide a representative collection of the commercial and economic products ot th«- Colon) and the Native States for the Imperial Institute The Colonial Secrel Prei ident) I!v Resiaent ouncill
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  • 657 546 Lamp broke up this morning, aft i one of the pleasantest and most profitable ij> oi Bojourn under canvas that the Corp had. The w< ath< rto some in i .a timi have seem< <1 extree, l>ut the ijk n \w re nev< r i
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  • 446 546 Weather telegrami trum Manila and Hongkong, dated ioth and iithrespectively, read There is a typhoon to the East of Luzon probably fhoving westward (Manila). The typhoon ll near Manila, moving \V. N. at the rate ol about ten miles Manila). There appears to be a typhoon to the S. E.
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  • 734 546 V HOLIDAY 1 OK THE OFFICERS. The following correspondence appears in the Hongkong papers Pursuant to instructions received from the President of the British Mercantile Marine Officers' Association (Capt. Samuel Athlon, A.1.N.A.) I beg to forward you enclosed copy of the decision which the Chairman of
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  • 308 547 Yesterday afternoon at St. Andrew's Cathedral Miss Olga Sohst, eldest daughter uf Mr. Th. Sohst, wa> married to the German Consul, Mr. 11. Etcbke, in the presence of the largest and most brilliant assemblage of wedding guests that has been seen in Singapore for a long time. H. E. the
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  • 824 547 To in k Editor of thk "Hongkong Telegraph." Sir, Ihe accompanying repiy has been addressed to Mr. Kraser-Smith in answer to tin- letter communicated by him to your paper. The Directors wish to state lha't they aie fully satisfied with the services rendered by Mr. Becher,
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  • 1288 547 pmpiltd far the Frtt Ptm) oal id Ja\a. I heard oi I \u,. ari <ual iui i{ .i^* even in Kur«jp</. but it v.is a question of quantity and <jualit\. A few da\ "•> ><x>j I il-* I the opportunity of making a little trip to Tanisari with
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  • 573 548 Ninth Sitting Tu bsd ay Nov. 4. Present. Capt. Cameron (President) Mr.Swettenham Mr. Powell and Mr. \V. K. Hooper. Mr. G. Reimer, of Messrs. X uitenberg Sellmidl Co. said he had been <> years connected with the coolie trade, for Deli and Sumatra only, and knew nothing
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  • 680 548 A whale "yarn* from The Colonies and India An extraordinary "story of a whale's pluck" conies from Adelaide, ana from the pen of Dr. Mannington Caffvn. The captain of ihe#team- ship port Adelaidi when he was taking his sights »>n July 17, noticed a large sperm whale alongside, m> close
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  • 62 549 One "f the boats running to Pahang is already "knocked out" by tin- monsoon. The Sn Tringanu, \\lnch left vii Sunday for the Kuala, put back on account of heavy weather, and is not tfoin^ again until the monsoon changes. Ihe Glangii is also understood toJiavu made
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  • 624 549 The thirteenth ordinary general meeting ol shareholders in the North-China Insurance ompany, Limited, was held on the jolh insi. al ihe offices of the Company, Shanghai, Mr. 1.. M. Layers presiding. The Chairman, in the course of hi^ speech said: As far as the ii^ures go,
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  • 351 549 1 Special** writ- sto the Shanghmi Mercury I throw out the-< hmts to those requiring them in hopes to lessen the number of l.ime dvi k> eli.ir.u tenstic ot subscription griffin treatment at Hong* koni; and outpofts. The first tiling to look after is their feet."
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  • 842 549 {trow our oivn Correspondent.) I am sorry to hay»: to send yon accounts of more trouble between the Government of the Necri Setnbilan and some of tinplanters there. In the latter end ol 1889, Mr. Tan Hun Guan lent on mt^rt<^a<^e on an estate called "Ju Seng San in
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  • 249 549 Id l longkong then > an agitatit/n fui the imposition <>t it^i^i.itiv. re^tricti upon Sunday laboui on all m ia rti Ih« ,n>- mu\ii)^ ill the otber direction down in the Australian < ol<jni< as ihfollowing extract will show nif.iVifr has becti introduced in |Im South Wales l.r^isl.itu- niLK b)
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  • 1172 550 I i thai bnglishi col the i hai ,ii.t(.-r of the Pvak race is formed In m accounts <»t them written some forty years ago al latest, whereIhey .1" described .1- piratical and bljod thirsty, ['his may be correct ol those on the sea-coast, and before contact with
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  • 755 550 I L. cV Express.) No doubt whatever has existed (or m)iuc 'time ft the capacity ol Borneo to produce tobacco of an excellent quality, which will hold its own against the famous importations from Sumatra. Both climate and soil are found to satisfy the
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  • 600 550 Ihe following extract from the annual report of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce for i 88«; will be of considerable interest to all having any stake in Borneo Tobacco Whilst Java gave but pooi results for the tobacco trade. Borneo came more to the foreground. The total sale-)
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  • 1388 551 An Exchange Company's telegram from Paris states that Joan Charlet, a boy aged cloven \ears, ha&jiucceeded in ascending Mont Blanc. He is the youngest climber who lias accomplished such a feat. It is/anticipated in Russia that the Pacific Kleet will soon be as independent of English
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  • 166 551 Sfxangok Nkws. 1 (insette% ()< t. rst iB«iu. Appointments.- Mr. (ierarti Wilfred VVelman, from the Government <>i Pcrak, to be Government Secretary, Solangor Mr. l).(i. Campbell, Secretary to Resident, to be a 1 district Officer. The following appears fn the minutes 11 the Sanitary Board Read a^ninute iiotn the British
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  • 280 551 The s. C \\w 1 Katong.' Thunder .tnd lightning and a heavy bturm ol rain, in the middle <>i the <iull ivel day, conNI not be considered ver) encouraging to the members ol tl>«: detai hmenl <»i the S. who bad signified their intention of n>inL; into < -imj m
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  • 134 552 ooi.ii- Brokers' kicks, I (i THF I'.DITOK. Dear Sir, -With reference to Mr. Romeny's evidence before the Labour Commission, reported in yours ol the 4th inst.. anent Javanese tor Bornt 0 \>u ked up at Singapore.it mafbe of some interest to know that most ot these mm are deserters
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  • 544 552 Monsoon Communication with Pahang. To IMF KdITOH. Sik, Many quite unfounded statements liavc appeared in the papers about the condition ol mining a*tod estates in the State of Pahang, and the difficulty ol communication b\ steamer between Singapore and Pahang during par! ol tht year. Some one wrote lately that
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  • 381 552 I ranslatcd for the Singapore /■;■»'<• Press (M. r y. The leading article says that in view ol the numerous assault cases whkh arc now continually taking place, heavier punishment should be imposed by the Magistrates on the guilty parties. Fresh legislation is advocated, as
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  • 1339 552 P November 6th, 1890. Bdbrc Chief JfUice O'Malles. LOU' UL'KK Hff 9* LOW U NKO. 1 nis case, which has occupied the Court for three days was concluded yesterday and His Lordship gIVC judgment this morning, as follows The i*>suc in tbi -> case was whether Tan Sew
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  • 2698 553 SVDJOt'RNED SPECIAL Mi:i:iiM.. NOV. 5. Present— Mr. Gentle (President), Messrs futhbertson, Shetford, Beng Wan, Jiak Kirn, Eng Keng, Soh>i, and Capt. Cflmeron. The consideration <>t expenditure 011 wl^Tics w;iresumod* On the vote !>»'• flic Hackne) Carriage I j*.ii tment the question of the large number of inferior ricktba
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  • 835 554 (Hongkong 'Daily Press, The histgryof gold mining in the Malay Peninsula np to its present jpoint closely resethbles'thaf ot the early stages of gold mining in India. The extravagant hopes that were entertained respecting the Mysore and other mines, the excitement in the stock market, and the
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  • 78 554 A joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and Exchange was held in the Ex-* change Room at 2. 15 P.M. to-day. (sth) Mr. T. Shelford took the chairand there were present Messrs. Finlayson, Sohst, Ileim, Edelmann, Kauch, and A. J. Gunn, (Secretary). The accounts for the
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  • 550 554 (From a Correspondent.) This would" be a perfect paradise if we had no complaints to be made, but people will insist on grumbling even if they have less reason than the public of Selangor. There is for instance a Post Office among our institutions but thetC are some
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  • 604 555 Ihe remarkable viewsthat Lord VVolsei.kv expressed in the Review ol Revtews respecting the future ol th<- Chinese race were bou ml to provoke discussion, and the theory he adduces that China's spread will take "the form ot a military conqu ?st W bring combatted in many
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  • 612 555 SUNGEI I h 11. K. Sir K. hi- K^oii returned L 1 1 i morning from a short visit to SungeiJ jong, undertaken mainly in order t<> inspejii t!i<now nearly completed railway Irom Porti Dick son to Seremban. 1 in 1 .V..7 Belle lefl Singaporean
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  • 302 555 Uefore •< hiel jiistio >\\Ul IHI I l Mi-:M -i.I.M k \i. v| \in BARKKL.S U\ 'I iii- was a case brought undtfr th< l?rown Sun Ordinance XX o( i s Ihe Al *torney General filed an information in rem against certain ammunition which v seized «»ji boafd
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  • 1843 556 reasonable or unreasonal d If you take the const™ lion i Attoroey-Gcn< t. you (iut first getting leave, then the way the Ordinano will w v ik a this, fhere are tv nt cases ol information in ihere was the i ase whec< judgment liad been obi lined either in
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  • 1880 556 I he following scene was witnessed in a Dyak kampong, and may Uc interesting lo inhabitants ol Singapore, who sec men. (A all races in the streets of that town, but know little of their nature* or customs. The kampong is known as Assoean, •situated on a ctwk
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  • 875 557 {Allen* i I" J^ 7 It *as my good fortune mrites <>>* knl la Karachi paper, a few yean .*&> 10 iptndsoMi months every PeaflOfl I fint forest and hill country, where my dtttiei mc chanoti of Mtinf a jrealdoUofelepluni \*m* t M^ other bif §mim
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  • 166 558 The Charge Against a Labour Commission Witness. Tan Xi charged v. '.i the I v *nr I. In tin I ondui l< '1 the i I .in A I 1! said 1 down, and arrived \i ill' i to the In i door, saying tl and when he v room
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  • 76 558 11l !ii tli». laun< li from tow n the party^S.V.A. who are proce* and the Adjul I he men kept bl< to stor< s I he < v g fey P^ in I 1; hr to town for the bui r er i i Rnd China
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  • 142 558 the broker ih |oo I Lwo i hers was brought up tke Protc< toral ive i the discovery of tlu: ihr< r first prisoner's! pi ate b >vs c. •n been to the place and iitl that parl of the build- where he lived, nothing
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  • 301 558 fit.) Mr,< h s was felt in Malacca last Tv evening, when the news ol the Irs. Boswell, the wife of the Supt. rveys ai tin- early age of known. Mrs. Boswell had recovered from a recent but the immediate cause of as heai t disc ise. The memol
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  • 170 558 His Excellency Governor Sir CECIL CleMENTI Smith, K.C.M.G., is expected to arrive at Singapore in the Message ries Maritimes Co.'s steamer Djemnah or, the morning 4>l Wednesday, the 12th instant Th nfficial lauding ol His Excellency will 1 re at Johnston's Pier ontf hour after the usual
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  • 368 558 November 5. What news can you expect from eserted country? Our respected Ruler Ins been away so lon^r that some of us begin lo wonder if be is ever going to return: The .Malays have complained of the Sultan's neglect through the columns ot your cootem torary but
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  • 630 559 Adjourned Special Meeting, Nov. 7. Present Mr. Gentle (President), Cnpt. ame|pn, Messrs rant, Bcng Wan, Ji.k Kirn. Sliclford, and Cuthbertson. The consideration <>i the Estimates was resumed. The Secretary produced detailed information .is to miscellaneous expenditure/ and after some discussion thevote was reduced from $1 ,000 t«».si. ,<>.
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  • 721 559 Tim M'|vTMA« Prd<;r\mmk i he special g< neral meeting ol the (ricket Club called for last night (yth) at Tang, lin lub. owing to many counter engagements, was not very numerously attended, about thirty being present The Hon'ble A. P. Talbol took the Chati in lhe absence
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  • 910 559 Rangoon C>a z ho.u'un ;nl )ctobei fhc H ;■>.. i. He- tli.it Hi- Very Rev. I une I l.n S. f Rectoi <>f St. Bernard's College, Liverpool, has been selected by the Pope foi the Archbis)io|>in ol Bombay, will. he consecrated before leaving fui India, m<l may l»
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  • 2699 560 I i hei tiser publishe the folio* ii g Mini of an interview with Mi. Krank Lincoln If the gentle rcadei readers are always tomehow is fond of a heart) genuin laugh, and lias not yd heard Mr. I* rank Lincoln, the clever American hum »risl who
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  • 87 561 Laut evening was not -a favourable one, the fain affecting tlie grouud considcralily. The semi-linal (which, by the retirement of Mr. (j. 1\ ()\vcn. is reall) the firfal oi the* chainplonshtp between < apper and Craven was* played. the former sustaining^ his reputation l>\ winning t\\«» sets
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  • 387 561 Lotfdon, At/:. 1 1 i-- Imperial lhs*lincv^ tl^- Czarewitch has startea for I rieste un his toui t<» Greece, t-gypt, India, It now appears certain thai tlic CJB^ewitch will \i*it Constantinople as originally intended, notwithstanding ihe rumours that the difficulties between tin.- Pyrte and tin- (.Ecumenical Patriatcliatc would
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  • 445 561 1 mfon. Bth A D eh of B* i I In- (ii in IS( Oil Ml •>('.'• lil|" li.tI'roin In- v in lit at I '»< :.<-( Lio.tel < i.mft. Id S i on .t Karl I)< i.m.nt. <ii«l^v.i wen |t Ist, lB< II o I..
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  • 79 561 1 1 v tion i. i V hence ai J)• I I Xt X I I J S j Oct. 24. Cicr. Sfi., M ■1 H H I i,» I: \i\ Smitli lial«i¥ia I• 1 i 1 I 1 i U 1. 1 bk., Pa 1. 1
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  • Page 562 Miscellaneous
    • 289 562 1 \p I; Bat* Humphi 1 Lou d on Se 1 Oct. liKiE J. Rl3 N' gap >X Mere; Jourdan SaJiron, bk., D^fessor; O 1 Sahsarang, m Brii ißton Bangkok, Vov/3. S ;m As>n ul"\ t; I longkon^, Sep t Jt i S !ui:ii idi 1 Maui iOct. 7 BiH
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    • 627 562 \!v- kk. Dut. str., 128, Nainby, Muntok, N, v. Ballast, Lim bn h t -K. Asu, 6er. str., 1.040, Hcerm^ Cardiff. -Sept. i&, 1 ifj B< hn M« k( 0. -No Un< 1 ifciiiLBanjermasj .Bi 26».Suirtsrlan3, Sanda- < 1 28, General. Mansfnld 8t Co.— Nov. l.aliii.m, Sfov. K. mbroki shire,
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    • 603 562 SURI VVOWCSE, Ger. -tr., 573, Vil, S.mrabdva Nt\ t 6, Balia i, Bchn Meyer <\ Co.— R. Ni/\m, Brit, str., 1,015. Gadd, Bonil».u Oct General, 1' .v Co.— P. ft O. VV. I \n>. r»ICE Biit. s.tr., 1407, Herhis, Australia i*. Creftefal, Guthrie ft Co.— T. p. HECroK, Biit. sir.,
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  • Page 563 Miscellaneous
    • 542 563 Xovember 10. Chow Phya, Bnt -tr., Cockburn, T»r <M*hc<fa and Klantf. JiAN \\li\it His, Brit. *ir., Snow, for Siinibas and Pontianak^ (jLaucas, Brit, str., Haimah,* for Calcutta and London. (iEHON. Aust. bk., Scopmclr, for Bangkok. L\ju, Brit, str., PatfeTV for Hongkong. IVknh, I'rit. str., Icelv foi Calcutta viaj»rls, Xov. 11.
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    • 915 563 FiONGKONG \V%ATHKR TBLEGRAMS. Barometer, •reduced* to 32 degrees Fahi ..j j ~< h#4 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 < 1 1- > 2 rim nrlli 1 1 1 1 tfiiricn. I lumidii i-< 1^ 'I litnniditj of an rtmrale< 1 bcinu I )ir« 1 1< hi
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  • Page 564 Advertisements
    • 307 564 KNIGHT CO., Art Furniture Manufacturers Decorators and Designers. 14, Littlb Brit* in, 49, Hill Street, LONDON. SINGAPORE. REGIS C v TER E D TRADEI [v^Sr MARK Drawing Room Suites upholstered in a variety of the newest patterns of bilk tapestries velvets satrns and plushes. Dining Room Furniture of the latest
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    • 357 564 STEAM VESSELS. I RileyHargreaves&Coi ENGINEERS fc SHIPBUILDERS, SIVG\fORF. i I 1 i Have at present uiidt-r construction and STEAM YACHT or PASSENGER Length 80' o' Bean 13' 0' Draft 5' o' Tastefully fitted throughout. Cargo Capacity 20 tons. Speed 11 Knots. STEAM LAUNCHES. LaryQ Sea-goin^ launch with Compound Surface Condonsing
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    • 481 564 J. M. LYON 8t CO. Crvn amd MffCMAKicAt < sr«:»jfaaaji, Mftxn'iiffAii (■OMfOITNDBai L<■^^^«^CTO■a 4LPIOH Knoink WoBKA MkACH Kt>AT>. OrricK and fJAtM-myntM Flint Street. ne*r the (.wi^pl I'f-.t O^r* SPK£IAUT!RS Small jtMIMfl and launches. Klcphant Laud Boilers. Lyon's Patent Rice Mills. Self-acting Tapioca Machinery. Colonial Wood Working Marhm^rv M ining and
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  • Page 565 Advertisements
    • 584 565 POWELL CO., AI'CTIOXKK KS, SINGAPORE: FURNITURE CAN BE FORWARDED BY LOCAL STEAMERS TO THE NATIVE STATES, SUMATRA (AND BORNEO, Telephone: DDIIt^C Qi OTII I mkiim Q No. 517 DnUvU 06 O I IL.L., »alvanizer I 7 r MERSEY GALVANISING WORKS, I Norfolk St. LIVERPOOL. Norfolk St. <s*r- j-Aja^O M^^S—SSB>^ISS^S p
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