The Straits Budget, 9 August 1900

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1 10 The Straits Budget

  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 41 2 London Saturday. Seven hundred more Boers have General Ian Hamilton has gone to Rustenberg to bring away BadenPowell’s garrison, who are virtually besieged there. Lord Kitchener has gone to Rhenoster to conduct operations against De W et.
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    • 20 2 4,000 MEN —9 GUNS. London Sunday. At Fouriesberg, 4,000 Boers with nine guns have now surrendered.
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    • 22 2 The Boers have derailed a train on the line south of Kroonstad. Several men were killed as a result.
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    • 25 2 Lord Roberts reports that Olivier has repudiated his surrender. He is now between Harrismith and the Newmarket Road. General Rundle is following him.
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    • 45 2 HIS SUCCESSOR’S PROCLAMATION. The funeral of the late King Humbert ot Italy has been fixed for the 9th inst. (Thursday next). King Victor Emmanuel has issued a vigorous proclamation in which he promises to protect national institutions with a strong hand.
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    • 38 2 Tliv, fuUl/IMI uf tliu lulw O “I*o of UuaO Coburg was solemn and impressive in character. The Queen’s wreath was a simple one. It bore the following inscription: From a sorrowing mother.”
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    • 38 2 London Monday The Boers derailed and burned near Honingspruit a train conveying the American Consul, Mr. Stowe, to Pretoria. The train was Hying the Stars and Stripes at the time. The Boers took no prisoners.
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    • 41 2 I A large quantity of explosives destined for the Boers has been discovered at Delagoa Bay owing to a fire in the cargo of the steamer. The explosives were entered on the steamer’s manifest as disinfectants.
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    • 18 2 Many residents of Pretoria have been banished for long periods for ill-treating Britishers during the war.
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    • 40 2 London, Tuesday. A fourth Brigade of troops has received orders to proceed from India to China. Moreover, the Fifth Hyderabad Infantry has been ordered to take up garrison duty at lion gkong.
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    • 23 2 A British force from Standerton surprised Commandant Delarey’s laager on the road to Vredc, and dispersed the enemy with considerable loss.
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    • 46 2 Telegrams from Shanghai, published semi-ofiieially at St. Petersburg, accuse the British commander on the Yangtse of carrying on underhand negotiations with the Viceroy at Nankin. These telegrams also charge the British commanders with a general inclination to disagree with the commanders of other nationalities.
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    • 29 2 General lan Hamilton is now operating to relieve the garrison of Rustenburg. The situation of affairs there is apparently more difficult than had been previously realised.
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    • 53 2 Lnivloi i, Wednesday. The Colony of Victoria has sent a contingent of 200 men to China; New South Wales has sent 300 men South Australia has sent the colonial gunboat Protects. The expense incurred for these contingents and for the gunboat will be shared between the Imperial
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    • 35 2 Raiding parties of Boers infest the district of Kroonstad, where a fresh unsuccessful attempt to dynamite the railway has been made. Trains have ceased running in the neighbourhood.
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  • 1865 2 (Strait*'Times, 7th August.) After a considerable lapse of time, occupied in organising efficient transport for the troops, the Allied forces are moving on Peking. The column has already covered approximately onethird of the distance between Tientsin and Peking, having reached Yang-tsun Station. The obvious intention is to
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  • 441 2 WHY NOT IN MALAYAr H The Times of Ceylon gives a particulars of a .scheme which is atcftH to be laid before the Ceylon Govern.Hj ment for consideration. The idea gradually to replace the ]iimbtrmz.H| cumbersome, and inccnvciiifii: which now ply along most ol'the('-h main roads
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  • 963 3 ■r r, nr ie of Malacca, is returnB; A I- French mail toI .iith of Europe, personal B r is estimated at e-t tie, i were received by the 1' ll .r for the opium and penang. I i, .M Mining Co. reports ,-i u- crushing for
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  • 120 3 Consul Playfair of Foochow says of the Chinaman His character is a homogeneous one, and varies little whatever the latitude, nf the .‘tOO millions (whatever the exact number m.ay he) there are 2°9 000 000 who resemble one another in the most astonishing way. To the new arrival
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  • 133 3 TnE Italian cruiser Sfromboli Capt. Marselli Ilaftaele, arrived this morning via Colombo, and went alongside No 7 Section Borneo Wharf to coal. The Sfromboli is of 3,898 tons, has a crew of 355, carries 36 guns, and is of 7,000 horse-power. She is expected to leave for
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  • 162 3 Messrs. Latham and Mactaggart report: —Our markets remain very depressed. Rates in mining shares of all descriptions continue very weak. Pahang Kabang The Directors advertise a call of 6d. per share, payable at the office of Messrs. Paterson, Simons and Co. Tin Mines —Pahang Corporations have changed
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  • 701 3 From China Paper*. DESERTING THE 8INKING SHIP. News has been received by the Shanghai mandarins from the North, stating that a large number of southerners, holding official post» in Peking, have succeeded in escaping from the capital south of the Yellow river. The Boxer leaders are said
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  • 1158 3 THE CHINA TRADE. The troubles in China have called attention to the trade of that empire with Holland and Netherlands India. From Netherlands India, petroleum and sugar are the main export staples shipped to China. But this trade is carried on under foreign flags to the disgust of
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  • 456 3 Yesterday, Koh Tua Soon and Han Tan Poh were brought before Mr. Sarwar, on remand, on the allegation of dishonestly retaining eight cases of opium valued at $7,240, the property of Messrs. Meyer Brothers, in a twakow in the harbour on the 21st ultimo. Mr. R. W.
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  • 2249 4 FRIDAY, 3rd AUGUST. PRE8ENT. His Honour Sir AlexanderSwettbnham k.c.m g., (Acting Governor). Hon Lient.-Col Chippindall, R.E (Officer Commanding the Troops). Hon. C W. S. Kynnersley (ResidentCouncillor of Penang). Hon. W. Egerton (Acting Colonial Secre- tary). Hon VV. R. Collyer (Attorney-General). Hon. E. C. W. Hill (Auditor-General). Hon. E.
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  • 1616 4 EXPERIENCES OF TWO RAILWAY ENGINEERS. AN AWFCL 8IGHT —DEAD BODIES EVERYWHERE. Two railway engineers—till recently in the employ of the Chinese Imperial Railway Department—passed through Singapore this week. Before the disturbances broke out, these men were living about a mile and a half outside the British
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  • 30 4 SEVENTEENTH U sT a 7*> Q74.«>* Previously acknowledged j: A. J. Allen v Hon. Sec. Indian Famine Fund, Perak.. 73,014 04 G. W. Butt, Hon. Treaiurw.
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  • 1031 5 ke-I-UVED FINAL TIB. H N py ONE GOAL TO NIL. .>-:j i H i i tie between the 35th I TFT r fj l> R A. took place last before a large T.V- The ground, owing a vy riiins, was a little on V, but, in
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  • 1109 5 The new Parsonage building at Kuala Lumpur is almost finished. j The Malay States Guides fire for the Warren Challenge shield this week. Lieut. H. M. D. Shaw has arrived from India for duty with the 16th I Madias Native Infantry. The American hospital ship Maine which
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  • 74 5 The revenue of Ceylon for the first half of this year showed an increase of over 1,104,000 rupees over the figures for the corresponding half of 1899. The increase was largely under Customs, which totalled 3,559,091 rupees. In 1890, the total collections at the Customs were R 3,866,927,
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  • 113 5 s. c. c. v. s. R. c. A cricket match was played on the Esplanade yesterday between elevens representing the S. C. C. and the S. R. C. The latter went to the wickets first, but could do very little against the bowling of Reid and Mactaggart, the former
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  • 22 5 Per M. M s. s. Yarra from Marseilles—Messr s. Clemens, C. Pringle, Mr and Mrs. Mathien. and Mr. Gaggino.
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  • 74 5 Per M. M. s. s. Tonkin for Colombo— Miss H. Btranger, For Suez—Mr. 8. Bar ram. For Port Said —Mrs. 8. Alter. For Marseilles—Mr. and Mrs. Peeters, Messrs. E. C. H. Wolff, O. Blass, Mr. and Mrs. H. Black, Mr. and Mrs. J. Mees, MesBr« T. 8.
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  • 100 5 The following appears in last Friday’s Government Gazette With reference to Government Notification No. 818 published in the Gazette of 20th July, 1900, it is notified that Kong Ki Yin Chang alias Mivasaki and Chin Tan alias Kiyofugi, two of the persons therein ordered to be banished from
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  • 115 5 The Italian cruiser Vettor Pisani left for China at 12.10 p m. yesterday. The German cruiser Fiirst Bismarck sailed at 2.30 p.m. oil Saturday for North China. The return British transport Nairung (No. 3) passed through the port from East to West at 12.30 p ni. on
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  • 201 5 By the P. 0. mail steamer which leaves Singapore for Europe next Friday, Mr. A. B. Leicester’s eldest son, who recently won a Queen’s Scholarship in the Rallies Institution, proceeds to I England to prosecute his studies at Cambridge, at the close of which he proposes to take
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  • 219 5 MONTHLY MEDAL. d w £2 S 3 3 o 2 fc- a ao C m jP Mr. Justice Leach ..47 44 10 *1 J. B. Robertson 41 47 1 87 J. Mackenzie 54 58 24 88 J. W. B. Maclaren ..48 55 14 89 A. Young 54
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  • 69 5 We hear there is some hitch about the Gymkhana on Saturday, the 25th instant, owing to the Golf Club Committee refusing to give the day unless they get something for it. We are sorry for this, as a gymkhana would have been an attraction to many and the
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  • 166 5 Directions for entering the port of Macassar, in Celebes, sent by the harbour master there, have reached us. The harbour is described as a safe anchorage at all seasons, but as vessels must lie alongside a wharf for loading or discharging, they are, during the west monsoon, from
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  • 509 5 London 14 th July. Three companies of the Lincoln® occupied the pass at Nitral’s Nek, and two companies were camped on th® plains with guns, and an escort of Scot® Greys in advance of the main body. Nearly every gunner and trooper was killed or wounded. A
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  • 1968 6 (From a Correspondent) The Sarawak Races took place on the 23rd, 25th, and 27th July in fine weather. To any one who has not before seen these races the appearance of the Course must be rather remarkable. The usual crowd of Eastern people of all sorts of races
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  • 107 6 A CHINAMANS SIGHT DESTROYED. Adopt 9 o’clock last night, a Hokien was walking along North Bridge Road when he met two other Hokiens and a Vtalay. One of the Hokiens said, 44 This is the man,” and the Malay then threw a quantity of acid in the face
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  • 398 6 London July. The following is the result of the Liverpool Cup Skopos 1 Kleon 2 Cutaway 3 In the House of Commons, last night, Lord Geo. Hamilton presented the Indian Budget. He said the famine expenditure had turned a surplus into a deficit; and, therefore, he
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  • 2127 6 (News from India and Europe.) Calcutta 26 th July. Three thousand Martinis and bayonets and one-and-half million rounds are required for the possible armament of the British subjects at- treaty ports in China. Local levies have left in the “Matiana.” The Thirty-fourth Pioneers are ordered to China
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  • 181 7 iN Mauritius, where the horses are Au>tialian-brcd, the races are ‘•'joppM>ite way to that followed and the events are decided in should the same horse not win lii ‘‘♦'•-oml trial, then a third trial is :tr y between the winners. This tn- w rv heavy and hard
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  • 94 7 third day. (Special Telegram to Ute Straits Times?) The Penang Races concluded on Saturday—the third day of the meeting. The racing was excellent throughout. The following are the names of the first two horses placed in each event: The Larrikin Cvp. Flaneur 1. Lucifer 2. The Penang St.
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  • 131 7 A Hokien clerk at Tanjong Pagar Dock reports to the police that at 11 a.m. on the 3rd inst., 4 bales of goods were put into a bullock-cart, numbered 862, and driven by a Malay. The Malay was ordered to take the goods to Messrs, Hooglandt and
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  • 309 7 Appended are the full scores in the Gentlemen v. Players match at the Oval, July 9th to 11th. Though beaten in the end by 37 runs, the Gentlemen made a big effort on the last day. They went in at 12 o’clock with 351 to get to
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  • 1052 7 Capt. White’s leave of absence has been extended to September 25th next. For perjury in open court Chew Tua Chye was yesterday fined $25, in default one month. Yesterday, ten persons were fined $lO each for verandah obstruction. An old offender was called upon to pay $45
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  • 77 7 Three cases of housebreaking last night have been reported to the police. Mr. C. Jones, living in Gaylang Road, states that an entrance was effected into his premises, and that six white suits and a tweed suit were stolen. A Chinese spirit shop keeper in Havelock Road reports that
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  • 123 7 India has sent an Infantry Division to China with a proportion of cavalry and artillery, while now more cavalry regiments, another battery, and other divisions are getting ready to move. The last demand ofall is for several thousand bullocks to draw the guns and waggons of the
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  • 125 7 (From our Correspondent.) The towkay in charge of a Chinese wayang party, who arrived at Batu Pahat a few days ago, reported on arrival here that three Chinese lads belonging to his troupe were missing. On enquiry being made by the police, it has transpired that the
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  • 266 7 THE KING’S OWN.” The Ist battalion ;i King's Own” Royal Lancasters entered several companies for the Evelyn Wood shooting Competition on July Bth. The conditions prescribe a march of about eleven miles to be accomplished within three hourB,each company being told off at once on arriving to the attack of
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  • 188 7 1850-1900. The Jubilee celebration of the Dalhousie Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, No. 508, was held yesterday afternoon, at the invitation of the principals, officers, and companions of the Chapter, at Buitenzorg, Paterson Road, the residence of M. E. Comp. J. P. Joaquim, P. Z. Between sixty
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  • 275 7 The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in tlm Hongkong and Shanghai Bank will be held at Hongkong on Saturday, August 18th. The directors’ report on the affairs of the bank during the half year will be presented. It is as follows:— The net
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  • 301 7 ANNUAL REPORT. Mr. \V. Evans, in the annual report on the Chinese Protectorate for 1899, notes that there have been no disturbances whatever during the year, nor has there been any trouble caused by societies or samsengs that has not been easily dealt with. There has been a
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  • 135 8 Captain Talbot, in his report on the Police Force of the Federated Malaya for 1899, shows himself to be in sympathy with his men. For example: There is a very satisfactory decrease under ‘drunkenness/ but there have been increases under ‘absence’ of 19, asleep on duty of 28,
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  • 128 8 8. C. C. V. BROKERS AND INSURANCE. The tournament match S. C. C. v. Brokers and Insurance was concluded yesterday. The S. C. C. had made 88 the Brokers 73 for 7 wickets, laundersbeingnot out4 Anotherwicke! fell at 78, but Robertson who came in played very steadily, and the
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  • 561 8 AN IMPORTANT POINT. It is remarkably strange that, alter go much consideration and attention have been given to the subject of the experimental beri-beri ward, every one has had anything to do with the .JpnaUer, barring the doctors, has got hold Of the business at the wrong
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  • 342 8 AN 44 ATTEMPTED MURDER. A few” weeks ago, it will be remembered, we published the exclusive information that two Japanese had been arrested on suspicion of having intentions to injure K wang-Hu-Wei, who was then in Singapore. This is how a newly-«tarted London paper describes the incident: A determined
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  • 130 8 Two men of H. M. S. Goliath met their death at Hongkong on the 3rd instant. The blacksmith’s mate (Jones) and a marine artilleryman named W. McNicols were engaged in some repairs 10 the double bottom of the ship when Jones let the hatch down. Ten minutes
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  • 302 8 Tis an ill wind that blows nobody good.” The opium monopoly, while apparently satisfying the monopolist, is to bring into the Government coffers several millions of dollars during the next three years. This will enable it to do much good. Recently the cadets and subordinates sent petitions
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  • 2251 8 NEWS BY WIRE. ADVICE8 FROM SHANGHAI. Shanghai 28 th July. An Imperial edict has been issued at Peking re the Foreign Ministers. Addressing Li-Hung-Chang, the edict said the murder of the Foreign Ministers would be inconvenient and to send them to Tientsin was undesirable. It was better
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  • 188 9 ,,/the “straits times.” I 'k q'tne public consider A, nkUlia hire should WKm-s ri n Who delivers a l:’,J t v It has to be borne original cost of the m-- 1 Gvhhi>. so high, in fact ]t !t be considered \rrth»' message quickly, t
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  • 331 9 ED1 J ,-,K or THE “STRAITS TIMES.” V-P.-AS the paragraph which are( i in your issue of yesterday possibly convey to some of your s a wrong impression as to the ■T r;: ch" in connection with the ■Ovikhana on the 25th instant, I conI, .fe it advisable
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  • 367 9 arrivals frr?. s. tian Hin Gunn from Malacca p ansen an< 4 Mrs, O. Graasrs. er s. s. Loodiana from Madras via ports—Lieut. H. D. Shaw, Messrs. Curties, spencer, and Nicholson. fVrs.s. Suisang from Calcutta via ports— Lttut. Mitchell. er s. s. KumsjLng from Hongkong—- pavne, F. W.
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 181 9 Uuder this heading the following abbreviations are used:—star.—steamer sh.—ship bq.—barque; sch.—schooner; Yet.—Yacht Cru.—Cruiser; Gbt.—Gunboat; Tor Torpedo H.p.—Horse-power Brit!British U. 8.—United States; Fr.— French; Ger.—German Dut.—Dutch: Joh.—Jobore Ac., G. c., —Generalcargo d.p.—deck passengers; U.—Uncer tain; T. P. W,— Tanjong Pagar Wharf; T. P. D.-Tanjong Pagar Dock; B. W.-Borne*
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    • 544 9 Arrivals Since Noon of Yesterday. Brouwer Dut. str. 326 tons, Capt Reek, 7th Aug. From Deli, 4th Aug. G.c., and 26 d.p. Daendels <fe Co. For Deli, 1-. th Rds. Ban Seng Guan Brit. str. 601 tons, Capt Lyons, 8th Aug. From Bangkok, 4th Aug. G.c., and
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    • 881 9 Wame, port probable date of arrival, one name of agentt. Steamers. A. Apcar, Calcutta, Aug 10 8. A Moses, .glaia, China, Aug 1« Rautenberg. Albenga, H’kong, Aug 13 B. M. Aleinous, L’pool, Aug 20 Mansfield Annam, H’kong, Aug 19; M. M. Antonio Lopez. B’celona, Aug 19; Barlow. Abturia,
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    • 669 9 M FRAU j 5 Vessel's Nam* A Toms Captain From 8auju>. Consignees. Q Rio Aug j 8 Charterhouse Brit str.] 1278 Dawson Amoy July 24 Wee Bin and Co. 8 HokTjioe Dut str.f 897 Hubert 8aigon July 81 Eng Ghee tone 8 Sm 8ang Brit str.j 177« Tadd Calcutta
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    • 407 9 j Date.! Vessel’s Nam* FlaoARio| Captain Destination 1 V Aug 4 Pin Seng Brit str. Davidson j Penang 4 Ruby str. Smith Muntok and Palembang 4 Madura str. Bowman Rangoon and Calcutta 4 Sappho str. Turner Malacca and Klang 4 Su>tan str. l itts Fremantle via ports 4 Ophir
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