The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 31 December 1890

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    17 731 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, 31st DECEMBER. 1890. No. 1 79
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    CONTENTS.
    100 731 Liaoimg Articles. l» 4(>r Manuals of Instruction The Foreign Coins Bill "732,731 Lot il, Paragraphs ;u Malacca... m 74u hi istmas m In the Shops m j^. The Hospital ;4_AtTangfin 4J Java News M ;v s Important Trade Mr.ik Case SeUngore Notes 736,737 Bankruptcy Court 7^"Al.ayoithc Legislative Council".. 744
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    EXCHANGE.
    61 731 P(( ORREtTKD Vr TO I)r«F.MBHi JO. On London Bank 4 in s 3 5, demand 35l Private credits 6 m s 3.6^ M documents f m s. 36j m 1 ,> b[ Bank demand 2.^4 On lloNUKosti Hank demand IA (lls Prhmlt jnd i »l%d». On |wv. li.n.k demand
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    PRODUCE.
    91 731 (I)K(KMBKK 30.J lm 'Xf Gambler J? do. Cube No. i s j°" do. do. No. 1 Jo. White, (FairL/W-5%) g-7J Niitmetfs ll«'^ lothelb.) Mace (Banda) Cloves (Amboina) ■/•JJ Bally Coffee w% Wack*) »7«J Ta P u,.M, small pearl (K'l.r T .ml>).. do Uo. H«*kc (do. do.) 3-»5 do! do.
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      BIRTHS.
      37 731 On the 28th instant, al Bukil Purmic, ihc wife of in< Ei 1, <>t a daughter. On Nov. 20th, al s Rugby Terrace, Broughty Ferryi N. B. the wife ol I). 6. Grant, of a son.
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      MARRIAGE.
      34 731 On the 17th instant, at ihe (!ath< dral of < iootl Shepherd," by the very Revd. (anon Delouette m. a. Daniel JamesMatmews to Eliza Mari Magdalen, eldest daughtei < t Joseph Ellis, <»t Nottingham, England.
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    The Week.
    192 731 The outward P. and <>. i.s <>(nn>< i with London mail ot I >t< ist Ckftsan arrived yesterday afternoon (30th homeward mail is taken by the P. md O. s.s. Thames, nhich arrived early yesterday morning and leaves this afternoon al fo 1 o'clock. A Legislative Count il
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    Manuanls of Instruction.
    800 731 1 1. -i I December _''>'li IN cornet lion with < crtain remarks on < ducation in tin Colony i!i< other day, and t li»* teaching ol science in particular, it appears to be now the time to exam in< the <j"< lion of the text books
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  • Page 731 Advertisements
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      15 731 FOR SALE. P«o»m« Umwam Corns Sew. Apply HILL ft RATHBORNB. n[F; Sis*' M'okk. r.F. 1an.311
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    • Advertisement
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      126 731 Ruttonjee Merwanjee Co., Indian and Colonial Merchants, St. Mary Am. London, E.C. Established 15 years in London. Large 01 orders from Town or Up-country for European and Ami. km w goods executed with promptness and economy. < dnsiukmi kts realized and roceeds remitted by wire 01 advances made according to
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    The Foreign Coins Bill.
    1244 732 December J<jth). The new Foreign Coins Bill comes before the Council to-day, and from what has already appeared in connection with the discussion of thU measure in tluj public pres^ it is pretty certain that it will receive i very comprehensive recasting before it emerge- m
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    692 733 Fhl: debate on the Foreign Coins Bill in the Legislative Council, interesting as it was, is another example of the difficulty which a Crown Coloii) Government can throw in the way of intelligent legislation. Into th* question of what is proposed by the Bill it is unnecessary to go, the
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  • Local.
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      WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1890.
      1382 733 Mr. K. A. Watson, of the Bentong Com* pany, leaves for England by to-day's mail. We regret to hear that Mr. Kite hie <>i the P. and O. office lias to go home on account of ill health by the i.ext I*, and mail. Then.' is
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    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1890.
    870 734 Mr. Bagnall, from Selangor, has arrived to take pan in tl>.- forthcoming mat hes ns one oftne Straits t< am, ll< is M old l T i>pjngham man, and will no doubl show that D.Q.and 111;. Steel andW. 11. Patterson didn't carry away with them all
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    MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1890.
    784 734 Mr. Maxwell, Inspector-General of Police, goes home on leave by Wednesdays I. and O. mail boat. Mr. Xewland returned from Japan last week, though his leave was not quite expired. It is possible that Mr. Bell may come from Penang in the Ganges to-morrow, but it
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    TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30.1890.
    482 735 Mr. Bibby. Manager of Raub has wired that he will arrive per S. s. Billiton lomorruw morning with the results of the last cleaning-up at the Raub mine. A Hongkong paper says By advic from Brisbane it appears probable that one of the Australian directors will shortly
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    FOOTBALL.
    202 735 Police v. Engineers' Association. The European Police, with the aid ol the Artillery, got up a team yesterday (29th) to play the Engineers 1 Association. Considering that the Police football team hai been in existence only two or three months, and that they were tackling some ol the be»l
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    164 735 Sri I\i \h i- 1 ing, i Rsn 1 De( Present, M< wrs. Gentle, Shrlford, Beng Wan, Ink Kirn, Bug Keng, rane, .ni Major M( Callum. Mr. Maxwell wrote thai would be unable to attend i >r six months. Sonic discussion on the legality of thU had result.
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    Singapore v. Native States.
    425 735 The rain of esterday morning mad«- (29th the pitch rather better for batting, not so hard and a little slow rr and truer. The .Mates be«an well, Swettenham and Thomasi batting very patiently and tiring bowler after bowler. I homasz. and Fox after him, also played
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  • Correspondence.
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      The Copper Coinage.
      567 736 allowed the circulation ol l» >nu o, Sarawak and Labuan cents. It is Lrue in their vario departments su< h a the IVm an I Offices they have refused such coins, bi they have ali aloi g been aware o( th< ir i xislence as a circulating
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      621 736 rri\ of mi' Hongkong Te \m. About half-past seven this morning the P. C). S.S. Thames, Cap*. Scaton, with the Hongkong team on board crossed the ow ihg lo the condiiion of the tide, passe 1 outside Blakan Mati, coming in by the W< stern entranre. i>n the Wharf tomi
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    Masonic.
    131 736 On Saturday St. John's Day, Bro. S. R. Robinsuu was duly installed in the chair as W.M. of Lodge Zetland in the East, \o. 508. There was a very large attendance of the Brethren at the installation ceremony, which commenced at 5.30 and was impressively conducted throughout. Bro. J.
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    Perak News.
    22 736 Gazette, \hc. 24th.) Dismissals. Mr. 11. E. Perkins, Dispenser, General Hospital Larot Mr. W. Harrington, Engine Driver. Perak State Railway.
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    Selangor News.
    109 736 GaMette, Dec. 26th.) Dismissals. F. J. A. Goontiog, clerk in Government Secretary's office, having been sentenced t<» three months imprisonment for ihett. J. B. Pasqual, E, <X* Sousi and B. de Mello, ot the General Hospital. A Regulation defining the law relating to Railways is published. Also one
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    SINGAPORE. VOLUNTRER ARTILLERY.
    162 736 Corps Orders. Orden by Major H. E. McCallum, r.i i .W.o H ommandanl S. A. SiHgtpofti -'</th Ihwmber, iSgfl. I. Ihe following will be the detail during the m ech Ordcri) Officer, Lieut. St. Clair. Sergeant, Serg. Wrench. (To-day Monday and Wediu ->d iv. KM. I.. for
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    SELANGOR NOTES.
    697 737 (From am- Correspondent it is a great pleasure I me to have to mention a rumour which has been widely circulated, and which will involve quite a revolution. UY have a railway, not belonging to a private company desirous of making all I lie money it ran but
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    608 737 Important Trade M vrk vse. I iiis morning befcire a court ol two magistrates rompo>ed ol Messrs. S. 1.. Thornton and J. I). Anthonisz, Peng Ho, a Chinese cloth deah r residing at v> Circular Road, was charged with having unlawfully sold and having in his possession for sale goods
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    Bankruptcy Court.
    506 737 I kifo re Mr. Jusl ue < ioldne) (22nd I >- < ember.) A' Moon a Roona Ahna troonasnl im hi I In this case the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, wli<» had obtained .1 judgment against the debtor for $18,961, applied that a receiving order should l»«--made
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    JAVA NEWS.
    1242 738 (From our own Corresf mdent A Correspondent write, from Kota Radja, tcheen, to the Sourabaya HandtlsbUd as follows, which shows how gallantly our people behaved in the affair at Kota Pohama The European fusiHer Lcroi who was only armed with a fire-bucket ran to meet the attack of
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    THE OPENING OF THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL DIET.
    954 738 LI Ml* Oft IKG and IMI'KK.sMVK CEREMONY. [Hyogo \\~vs Special Correspondent.) Tokyo, November 29th. All Japan was on the tiptoe of expectation todi\ for before the mvi set 11.1.M. the Emperor would have declared the Imperial Diet open, and Japan would have changed
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    1976 739 such a prospect a > nut a pleasm* oa liW ever.m.uus were nnt, t quite so [»dai that, for theweat her mended considerably towards noon n* Upper House VIM lo be the see of the toy s proceeding,, and persons possessing tickets Vlcw lhc ceremony began to assemble before oclock
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    THE NAMOA PIRACY.
    892 739 This terrible affair -till engrosses the mind ol ibc Hongkong public, and wt subjoin several paragraph! relating t<» the efforts made tv bring tin- perpetrator! to ju>li< It VfOtlld almost appear aj though til'- Xiuuni had been igain having an en- < <it j 1 1 1
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    MALACCA.
    1144 740 Nearly everyoty baract< r ol the cvid( n< lx*tt in lii> v q iirv into the i harj ainst Mutahir bin Puasa ai d :■•<■ r M s a for ctuting ihe death ol V be* n Mirprised to hear Ih Ul ieyG aj far oo Tuesday the i6tli
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    CHRISTMAS.
    690 740 [From a Church Correspondent.) It is perhaps difficult to reali/e under a tropical sun the snow-clad ground and glistening holly boughs of Christmas time in Merry England, but wherever Englishmen are gathered together the friendly greeting of A Happy Christmas ami the warm handshake will ever recall to our
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    In The Shops.
    1388 741 Shopping at this Mason in Singai* c w a very different matter from the home institut'.on. There is n > frofl or snow no i Enau-a .vindows. no Ih.ll> „r m,« except the millinery article, no boisterous ,iti,m among rival traoWn no n ,ud ol happy munied-up
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    Christm as at Tanglin.
    167 742 At Tanglin barra< ks ihe vi ual ivities of this season were somewhat subdued at first by the general sen >c ol i apt. Edward critical position, between life and death. On Wednesday morning, however, he was sufficiently recovered to be considered "progressing favourably," and th<
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    LALTE TELEGRAM.
    1192 742 I From eylon /'<// London, Dec. i Parnelliefl Dublin yesterday for Cork, ami on hi> way spoke at the railway stalions. Several uproarious scenes took place, and at Mallow station a hostile crowd attacked hi^ carriage with sticks, and nearly forced an entrance. On his arrival at Cork
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    JAVA NEWS.
    553 742 8C om i)i led tor the Free Press..) The Government have received the following telegram dated 1 7 tli Dec. from the Resident of the last oa.st of Sumatra. On the 13th instant at seven oclock in the evening eight Achinese came to the toll house at Pulo
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    IN THE SUPREME COURT.
    219 743 uetore Justice Goldn^y VN '<■ >\ F.OIR. 1 M'Ul |.l| ,S I lllt A .1., :Er-i—i- Onl the case being called Mr. Drew aiPearedfortheDefepdaDtsbut no d I n ted the Plaintiff, although S«S Joaqu.ni and E^rard hadbeen acli..- for Wm and it was said, had retained
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    CRICKET.
    1451 743 trial match «as played on Friday and Saturday between teams chosen with a rjew to selecting the be*l men for the intercolonial matche*. •»><: rlevcn. captained by Birch, included eigbtof the mm nicked to represent the Club against Hong-konjj-Migginbothain. Cart-r. Cook, Lloyd, Talbot, Himle, Birch, an,! Saunden. Ibe opposing
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  • Page 743 Miscellaneous
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      113 743 To- Day's Ckickkt. At two o'clock to-day this match a commeiced between a team composed mostly (f Native Ssates men and a Singaporeeleven. The two sides were roost i- tuted as follows Singapore. Hinde, Higginbotham, Uoyd, Watson. Co(\)k, Carter. Birch, McKeozie, Garrard. Smith, Burnside and Freer (reserve). States.— Bird, Swettenham.
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    BOWLING ANALYSIS.
    41 744 G ar i; I irst Im > M. W. Thoms< i) Talbol 6 Bfrch 4 Lloyd Cook ;.i 3 »i 9 Hindc Me Ken. 13 6 I oveney 16 8 K,)s< 1 1.2 6 ij d io 6 43 4
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    CRICKET.
    254 744 Last W< dnesday G. Co. mc-1 I. Co. f< r the last time, b eau rolm< n from the latter are going I ome and the form* are under orders for I J VVI ile 'i. Co. has defeated the other com pan) teams, it has three limes had
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    New Year's Day.
    249 744 i H E Ai v The following are all the rntries that have come in up to date, but many more are <. xpe< ted Set <»nd Rac< i' I Ii rkasa," cutu r and crescent. Incite Mad Srte," i while, blue Mar and i n u
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    The Hongkong Cricket Team For The Straits.
    451 744 The Hongkong Cricket Team For The Straits. F hijis< lav next t; ing tlii' has .it last on. !i ias nol been an c is) i lon. > R.i 1 1 iv i Mr. i• i ihe pains he has tak< n isil Ie selected for tin* be ren rkcJ
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    The Copper Currency.
    810 744 \\i reprint below an article from the Sinji i Press ol Oct. 2s, 1 SS(>, which will show iliai four years ago tin* (lcl).isc men( oi the copper coinage had not reached anything like the pitch it has now. hut .sti:! i!;;a it was so marked that
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCUL.
    4274 745 H.E.the Governor^— le Hun tll;: Officer Commanding the Troop^ M. okinner), the Resident Councillor ol M (D. K. A. llervey). {.'Y.'Ken^° Nt The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Thk Foreign Coins Ordinance. 1 he Colonial Secretary rose to propose the second reading of this
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    180 747 Severe Weather in England. London, Dec. 23rd. Phere have been heavy falls of snow, severe frosts and dense fogs in Loiulun for five days the rivers Trent, Severn, and I pper 1 liames arc all frozen. [9.35 \..\i Dec. 24, 1830.] The Kilkenny Election. Lou lion, Dec. 2\th.
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    RAUB.
    121 747 I in. Second Ckl'sh. The Local Secretary of the Raub Australian Syndicate, Umited, has .received the following telegram from Mr. Bibby: 1 h>wala Kubu, 27th December. Crtwhwg 6nifhed 490 tons ftone yielded 760 ounces smelted gold. Left to-day with gold for Singapore Ma Selangor. Mr. Bibby may l 'M'"
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  • Page 747 Miscellaneous
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      632 747 Paa n^ers Arrived. I)- Per Ha > I'u I'lsfHtnn: I. Oi t I. M iin, l Murphy, I 1 0* .24 Pei Let from I iveij II Me ikl ,Mi ameron. I Pei from I>. I Mi Aer and 1 hild. Krom Asnlwin.— Per Siak from Deli. Mi i<• .-i
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    SHARE LIST, DECEMBER.
    302 748 30th, 1890. K. DUNMAN,— Broker. (Jlotation. Cap. Pd. up Shares Valw: Pd. Div. H'konir S'hai Bank. 248% Prem. 7,500,0007,500,000 60,*****5 125 >:« w Oriental Brink. $50 last sale. £.2,000,<xm £567,100 67,100 50 50 6 p.c. T»njong Pagar Dock. $192 Sales. i,jkm»0 1,400,000 14,*****0 100 10 p.c. H>
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  • Page 748 Advertisements
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      153 748 HONGKONG WEATHER TELEGRAMS. Barometer, reduced lo 32 decrees Fahrenheit, and to the level o! the sea in inches tenth, and hundiedths. Temperature, m Ihe shade in degrees, r*«J»« renheii. Humidity, in percentage of saturation, (he humidity ot an taiuratod with moisture being 100. Direction of Wind, to two points. Force
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  • Page 748 Miscellaneous
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      659 748 Vyner, Sar. str.. 405. Moore, S«iJ i<s», Dec. 22, Coal, Paterson Simons Co.— N. ti. i>. Poseipon. Aust. str.. 2,51 I.env-ich, Hon^kon^, Dec. 19, General and 291 Detfc Passengers, D. Brandt k Co.— T: P. Craiglbb, Brit, sir., 1,232, Munray, Glasgow, Nov. j, (ienrral, Synic ,V Co. T. r. Achilles,
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    • Miscellaneous
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      383 748 Sachsev, Ger. str.. Vom Gossel, for Braitttrlia«rn i via ports Mklroi-rm, Fr. sir., Paul, for Marseilles \ia poi ts. Vw Dii.mkn, Dui. iU., K<- alrr, Uvr B itavi.i. PerRA, l^rit. sir., Peternen, l<»r Lokl n via ports. Cvlytso. Brit, str., Inkster, for Uoiu Bahra and Deli. Sum, Brit. str.. Tulloch,
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      250 748 3tk\mbrs. Amwv. Brit, str., >,04<), Kilgour, Batavii, Dec. 14. General, rlou4tead Co. Dec. 16, London.— R. LIB CARrBNTIBR, Dut. str.. 740, Mert/, Rolterdani, Oct. 61 Iron, Dandels Co. Nov. 29,, Uncci lain. T. P. G. G. MBYRR, Dut. sir.. 442. Acheen, Dec. 23, General. Bju»tead Co. Dec. 28, B itavia.
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  • Page 749 Advertisements
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      333 749 IMPORTANT TO HOUSK-KKKPKKS. JOHORE TEA. Ttose unrivalled l t n«-, which ol.laincd I v the pr.ze at last Singapore Flower Show, I n can now be obtained from I JJ Messrs. Katz Bros. c GIOK That &T Co. V Siiurapt/ Mr. A. Hollky, »~> (;r ditect from the underpinned. W.
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      363 749 FIRE BRKKS, TILES, AND Dk<AlN PIPES. Messrs. GRUNBERG Bros., have been appointed Sole Agents for the Straits, Sumatra, Borneo and Siam of the OLD KSTABLISHKI) Raneegunge Pottery Works, Glazed Stoneware Drainage or Sewerage Pipes, (I- rum 2 in. tu jj in. and Pressure (htiwanteed.j Best Fire-Clay Goods, made of the
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      307 749 KNIGHT CO., Art Furnitur-.' Manufacturers Decorator ami Designers U, Littli Ban uh, Hn 1 Strict, LONDON 6INGAPORK REGIS /y TERED a TRADE f MARK. No \v dfr *****Drawing Room Suites upholstered in a variety of the newest patterns of .silk tapestries velvets satins and plushes. Dining Room Furniture oi the
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  • Page 750 Advertisements
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      379 750 P0 W EL L C 0 AU Q T I O XE E Rt, F^p>ru RH ti FURNITURE, &c. W 'c Ch"e* s^ For Sale. K U'Et S^.. Bedsteads (iron). c §T \m s Cl <EKxs Bed-room Suites. Ac =^^1! ED Vnf m Chksts ok Drawkks. C '/V |By^-^|^i <i\
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    • Advertisement
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      215 750 HONOURABLE MENTION, EXHIBITION LONDON, 1862. Silvkr Mkdal and First Class Certii icatk CALCUTTA EXHIBITION, 18S3. Gold Medal, International Forestry Exhibition, Edinburgh, ISB4. Brovzb Mkdal, pAdelaidi Jubilee International ExumiTioN 1887. JOHOR STEAM SAW MILLS Co. Timber for Railway, House, Shipbuilding and eral purposes. Johore, near Singapore. J. MELDRUM, Manager THE STRAITS
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      354 750 NTIL^VKR TlkS£R E SvHs^r tO s, Local and inl^^VH, 'Si Single COpiet r.\ W Limitki), price n%' a b/e Qua/ B^bl available. lHi AiZi mm i M Foreign Ddi\crW|j(H PVJ P» X A\NU!^^ '•^^bW IK 1 r kl x^fm^ H I*'^^^ Local and Interseul*: A C 5 1 Foreign Delivery
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