The Straits Times, 4 July 1896

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1890. NO. 18,965. ESTABLISHED i 1831.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 923 1 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. IMM i.. 9Ut, A r ,> W.iAivis, New Harbour. ,IKAM KATIGAIKH idMPANT. k Chi ha, Jai an. I'KxAjfo, (mn o* |v|l|> irstßatu, Abo, Mmt, atASSSiLLas, itiniui.TtK, Malta, BSIKIHsI. *■»«■> I'LVMOITH, AND I.OMX.S. Through Bill" of I-ading iuued for aunt C'siul. I'trtian (MJ, Continental «tf /'"r(«. MAIL UN£. hi
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    • 1156 1 BUCHANAN WHISKY 1.^ l A IS THE BEST. KAIZBKOS ''^^^"g^^T^^^^^St^S SOLD BY ALL LICENSED SPIRIT DEALEKS. Housed or PaßliamsnT.) SAMK AS HVPPUED TO THK HcIUgES OF LORDS AXD COMMON* ASt» TO ALL OUOD LMDPJi C'l.fUC. STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. I yE KOMNKI.I.IKK I'AKKTVAART UAATBCHAPtII. ln-ler eoiitraet with the Nrtlieilaiicls India Oovetninent. Am
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    • 642 1 IXSrUANCKS. THE EMPRESS ASSURANCE 1 CORPORATION, LIMITED. The undersigned have haw appointed agents for the above Company, and are prepared to accept marine and lire risks at current rater. 21/7 PUTTFARCKEN Co. rrun china traders insurance 1 company, LiirrriD. Capital Sob«rib«d......,.lJflOn,roo. Amount Paid np.. IM flro.ono. Kfleerve Fund 800 000.
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    • 685 1 INSrKANCIX UNCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. CA VI'YAL.... ...£SfIUOfIQO. POWELL CO., AGENTS. THE COMMERCIAL UNION" ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Fire risks accepted at current rates. FUNDS. Capital Fully Subscribed £2,fi00,000 Capital Paid-up 2M>,om Assets £-1,000,010 Total Invested Funds ia,afiO.olx) Total Auuuul Income £'I,UX>,OOO Local Koakk. a. vv. Buna, Bag. f. Wakr^k, Esq. Max.
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    • 437 1 BANKS. HONOKOXO AND SHANGHAI BANKINO CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000. RESERVE FUND 5,750,000. RESERVE LIABILITY OF 1 .m.wv^nnn PROPRIETORS $10,000,000. Couht of Directors:— A. McCONACHIE, Esq.-Ch.ukmak. S.C. MICHAELBEX. Ewj.-- Dkpi'tv Cmaibhak. TheHon.J.J. Bill-Ibvino. J. Ksamib, E«. 0. n Dodwill, E>q. I). 11. Sahdoox. V:-.j M. D. EzEKin.. Etq. N. A. SltM.
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    • 484 1 NOTICES. PKKSKRVK YOIR TEETH, by using any of the Dentifrices.below named CALVBRTB CAKIIOLU TOOTH If)WI>ER, t«l.. I 1 nnd lIS. 1 tins < ARBOI.K TOOTH PASTE, U- I anil I li pots, or CARBOLIC TOOTH SOAP. ;!d.. (id., and I niptal boxeß. fiioh prepared with Calvebt's purest Carbolic- At asH
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  • 471 2 UTKST MAItKKT QUOTATIONS. SIS.iAIi.ISK, 4TII JI'LY, 1896. PRODUCE. Uamhier tM. do Cube No I 11.80. do do No i, 9.60. Copra Bali 15.4.-,. do Pont ianak 5.15. Pepper. Black 10.10. Sa«o Klouq.No 1, 2.80. do No 2, 2.88. Pearl Sago. 8.471. Coffee, Bali 34.00. Ooffoe, Liberian, No. I SS.OO.
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  • 140 2 For Per sir. Time To-Day. Padang via ports. 0. G. Meyer, 2 p.m. Ampanan via ports O.G.Jacob, 2 p.m. Pennng nnd Deli Hebe 3 p.m. Penang M'athi, 8 p.m. Malacca <Sc Klang Sappho, 8 p.m. Aden Dortlognt, 8 p.m. Indrngiri lienuit, 8 p.m. I*. and Colombo Japan. 4
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  • 114 2 I-ko.m Kikoi'E:- By the I', it s. s. Ravenna, due on to-day with dates tothe li'tli .luiie. Khu.m China: llvtlie I\ Ao. s A'ikW-i-llia>l. due on July 7th, Time Taiilk Or .Mails Die. Left Singapore Dew In Lamlaa Arrived Miiy 19th P. O. June 10th Jom 8tb
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  • 189 2 UMUI Per s. s. ./;<*.. u from Amsterdam Dr. Hayper. Per I. iiertn from Hongkong Mr. Kern. Per s.s. liegutt from Soumhayn Messrs. P. \V. Koscnemaiiz, and Chavniann. ftC s. s. \eera from Teluk Anaon via ports:— Messrs. Dalian. Raymond, O'Neill \V. R. Rowland, J. K. Bloom, J-
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  • 81 2 STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, 4th JULY, 1896 REUTRE'S TELEGRAMS. EsiAnusm;i, IgfJ, PRICE 10 CENTS. [Sulacription rates and atlcertisiiKj rutet may liefvunrt mi the fourth page.] THE GSBMAN NAVY. I.AI S. H O> HATTLESHII-. London, 4th July. The Emperor William, at the launchins; of the German battleship Aafomr ItoaMat said that this
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  • 21 2 Li Hung-Chang has visited Cologne where he was received by the Burgomaster, and by the leading merchants and manufacturers.
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  • 20 2 TI'KKISH KLVKKsI The insurgents in Crete have repulsed the Turks. The Turks lost two hundred killed and three guns.
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  • 119 2 German manufacturers and merchants continue to pay court to Li Hung Chang, but their lavish flattery aud interested advances must l.y thitinie have disgusted and bond that erudite old statesman. Germans possibly do not think that Li Hung Chang's influence in China is on the wane, and i that he
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  • 199 2 Tn launch uf an additional battleship for the German Navy has given the Emperor William another opportunity for emphasising the naval Kof Germany. The Emperor has taken keen interest in the n Navy, and has nlwaye >upthe demands for increased naval expenditure, despite strenuous opi>osition in the Reichstag. Last year,
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  • 8 2 Shauk business is dull in Hongkong just now.
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  • 12 2 Between noon yesterday ajid noon to-day, one case of cholera ma reported.
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  • 15 2 There was only one case of plague reported at Hongkong on the L'lith J line.
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  • 17 2 flu; lUtceniM passed Malacca at 0 o'clock this morning, and is due here about 2 p. m.
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  • 18 2 The Court of Appeal meets ul Penang OH the 21st August next as also a Council oi Judges.
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  • 21 2 Ma. A. J. Koss takes charge of the Siamese Cojisulutc at Singapore, during the absence of the Consul, Mr. J. Anderson.
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  • 23 2 Tut l»l Battalion Rifle Brigade is expected to leave Hongkong tor Singapore übout the end of No veinber or early in December next.
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  • 26 2 Foh the third quarter of lft»«, tho rate of exchange with the Crown Agents lor the Cotoiues will be Jwo shillings and threepence to the dollar.
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  • 28 2 The other day, a Chinese nshing boat caught v largo shurk in Hongkong harbour. When the shark was cut up a man's skull wus found in its stoinacli.
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  • 22 2 An Arrangement between the Governor of the Colony and the Rajah of Sarawak regarding fugitive. Criminal is published in yesterday's Uvrernment Uatelte.
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  • 33 2 Ihe Municipality advertise that the Municipal rates and taxes for the latter half of the present year ami water lutes for the .'Jrd quarter of this year are now payable at their office.
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  • 31 2 At Hongkong, too, there have been in force, since the Ist instant, several important reductions in rules for telegrams from that Colony to the Si nuts Dutch Indies, Borneo, and Mucuo
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  • 36 2 The orders of the day for next Thursilny's meeting of Council include Ooav mittoe stages of t';c tfanioipal, Lepeft, and 'l'i-lr^ia|ilis Bill*, and the flrei re;idiims of tin: Women's I 'rotation and Burials Bills.
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  • 36 2 To-day is the "(iloiii.iis Fourth." One American ship in port is dressed iv honour of the occasion. The Consulate is closed, and, this evening, Mr. .1. P. Joaquiin, Acting Consul-General, glm a dinner.
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  • 40 2 Lord Salisbury lms instructed the Marquis of Dufferin to thank President Faure on behalf of the British nation for the humanity and kindness shown to nil classes of the victims of the wreck of the Drummmid Cuttle.
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  • 48 2 The Außtro-Hungarian Budget for 1895 includes provision for promoting the commercial interest* of Austro11ungaiy by the establishment of permanent Consulates at Hongkong and Singa|M.re. In view of the recent development of events in the Fur East, the cost of an independent Legation in Pekin is also included.
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  • 60 2 A Macaonkse, named Vun Tong Naug, was arrested at two o'clock yesterday morning, in Kallnng Road, for being in possession of illicit chain hi dross, valued at 8:*. He was fined 860 or three months' rigorous imprisonment. Goh Ah Cheng was arrested in South Bridge Ilna.l on Thursday
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  • 76 2 1)\ rim. Mm calender year I.^UT, not more than U9,000 chests of Bengal opium will be offered for sale at Calcutta, and not more than H,lioo chests iv each month of the year. Of the quantity to be offered for sale each mouth, not more than 1,625 chests
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  • 112 2 At five o'clock last evening, at the conclusion of the day's business, Tang Eng Ho looked up the premises of Messrs. D. Brandt and Co.. in Battery Road, nnd went home. At half past seven the watchman called upon Mini, that he had heard gomebody moving
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  • 112 2 I.MI-OKTANT ■ODll IN BDMUTCMBJn YEBTEHUAY Police-Superintendent Bell effected a very large seizure of counterfeit copper coin at a marine store at 50. Churchy Street, belonging to a Chinaman. Two arrests were made. The coin consisted of 2S boxes and 11 bags of cents and half cents,
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  • 119 2 I'm: amount of the .Japanese Govern inent bonds purchased l.v London i capitalists last year and this, through i the medium of "the London I. ranch of I the Shokin Ginko, is not leee than I 1,4.JO,O«IO yen, in addition to a large amount held l.v
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  • 354 2 LA CKiALE." Acuhan's pretty and tuneful comic opera La Cigple* was selected l.y the WiHiirdCompanv for performance' last night. Asa whole, perhaps, the Company are not quite so RUeceeend in that kind ofiiieccas in bnrleaqaee of the trpe of the "GeJetrGbi" where individual talent has more
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  • 563 2 THE lILKNUK-HY." Tub k.«. (JUiittx-ltij, the latest .1.1 litiaa to the Glen Uh«ilmmi l»l urn, to the well-known linn „f >|„,, McGregor, (tow and Co., arri\ i gajn>re from New York yeMcrda>. a left here at MM to-day 1,,, Tin 1 MmmMmJ Captain MfQMfor, i» a magnitici
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  • 560 2 MR. Sl-GAB. (Translated Jruin rariouf neir^j,. ytn) The military oiKirations in In. n reHulting In mi I'mart* Aafection have now passed tin: fir>t ttage. l.i'neral Vetter, tho Conuiiitnili-r iaChiel uftbt Netherliinds India Army, who bit I been appointed Government Coniini ioiii-r in Acheen, has Im.vii irli.v. I irf
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 621 2 NOTICES. NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY. LI). Mniiiiiib't urci f of DYNAMITE <;klk;mte gelatine dynamite blasting gelatine detonators KXPORTKKS OK All KiMir- m SAFETY FUZE AM. BLBCTRK BLASTING APPARATUa IIIK IMVI KXII.OSIVKS. lil.lM. U.I 'UVI KAITI Klili InOKKATIIKITAIN. ARK MADE m HMi m dm nmn ov itkity unuim nm immmm nm Hkiti.su
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    • 949 2 Tn "snum timks ha- th« LARGEST CIRCULATION m any MMIH Asia, Kritibh India KXiKITKH. It (IK<i I.ATKS H SINGAPORE AMI hUM| THKorr.HOIT Al.I. THE I'lliUl.. TKI> hUi <>K THK MALAY I'kmnhi la. in Siam, Borneo, the netherlands indies", the philippine*, and Fren-ch Indo-China. No other Eastern newspaper uas do widespread
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    • 806 2 -LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. I TOWN HALL. JWILLABD <H'KKA COMPANY, f "n-ainlil. Sidurilny, July 4111. "OENTLKMAJI Jofc." Vowta*. July nth. IN TOWN ich "i ksmtmum: ?s, >2, hii>i 11. Plan at Kelly A Walsh. TO BK LET,— FURNISHED. UNEARN," for one year from the 15th of September. Apply to BARLOW A Co.
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    • 7 2 KOK GENERAL SHIFTING NSWt BEE PAGE 4.
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    • 94 2 M. a. 8. Intended for the ■Mb Timu •hoald be written on one side of the paper only. By the nnjrl.vt of that condition, manr M. 8.!!. are rejected thnt mirht otherwise be published. All adTertiainir contract* are nil.ieat to the rot: lition that the Manager may leare the wlrertiwin
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 86 2 WEATHER REPORT. Kandany Kerbau Hotpital, 3rd July, 1896. 9 a.m. 3 p.m.' 9 p.m. Remarks. Bar. 29.908 29.790 29.848 Temp. ..85.9 87.5 183.4 W.BUTlier 78.9 78.0 78.2 s Dir. of Wind 1 S. E. s.s.E. Is.s.E. |rj Max. Temp. 88.8 K .'s Mm... .i 77.8 f3«J Max. in Sun 150.0
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  • 287 3 Brian or thk "smuts nns." I H oiie-poti.|eni A Thrifty mnanng m no) instructive I, „n v ti 11- u« bow ,f.t to |m ome i yen lie rmnia It me ot a poor couple living in the ..I. MM year. Th. put I- together
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  • 368 3 Sir, Your well-meaning but heartieai ....nd. Nt A.1..0.5." lias plunged to the depths of misery. She has It, i«d BIT t0n. 1, --t dreams to the I am employed in a merchant^ office an ottoe renowned, and justly fur the munificent salaries it
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  • 471 3 I 1 1 K TollAi 00 BUM un. i ii. nun lii report of the Netherlands Acting ul 1.. -nc ial.on I he trade of Singapore 1*416, lias been published, and extracts from it appear in the MM* I'mirrnut. I'll- ..pott gives the imports from Sumatra to Singapore
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  • 1109 3 the triai> Munr. Thk tnl number of the twenty-iirst volume of the hum BtIMW opens with .mot ln 'i -instalment ol'apaper^ivinspcc- stanton of the Hongkong Mm, on the Triad Society or Heaven anil Karth \--H>ation. known hereas the Tan The Hoev. This part deals with the signs
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  • 116 3 Oa ll»' morning of the I'nth ull the Peak resident*, al Hongkong, had something exciting to talk about as they ie down in th.- Train-car. Whilst the China pony TorehUfU, belonging to Mr. 6. C. C. Master, was being taken along the pathway from the Mount Au>tin
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  • 1114 3 Thrrk art- now 2M.300 teetotallers in the Hnti-li Army in India, out of a total force of 69,00t.'. "It iR, pcrhapx, not generally known that ■••mithl Kolmrta is a teetotaller, and the Conimandpr-in-Chief is next door to tectotallism. More than tint thlnll of the whole of the ministers
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  • 1029 3 We were all sup|>osed to have a holiday on Monday of this week. But holidays in Singapore are a fraud. That, of course, does not apply to the huppy Government servant, who was, no doubt, able to absolutely neglect his ordinary business from Saturday forenoon till Tuesday
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  • 160 3 Thk C*M against a Kling, named HiiK.-ian. tor eriininal breach of trust, which has been postponed on several occasions, was finally disposed of by Mr. Blagdeu yesterday. Than were three charges entcivil against the pri- goner first, criminal breach of trust in rasped of n5.74, belonging to
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  • 180 3 This morning nt eight o'clock Doric watchman No. 16 saw a gharry drivin;; 1 up to Borneo Wharf. Attached to Ihe back of tin; gharry wan an unusually large Ihix. The watchman's suspicions were aroused. He stopped the gh:irry and, on opening the box, he found
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  • 193 3 ROT l«E FuK MH. BUCKLKY'B COOK-llOl'BE. A i Howl) of sixteen Chinese servants, Hylanifr, Macaonesc, and Taichews, who were found gambling in the cook-house of Mr. 1 tin 'k ley's residence, No. ]-Jx, Orchard Road, at 10 p.m., on Thursday, figured in the dock l.efore Mr. Blagde'n
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  • 42 3 These Balls should fall at Fort l '.inning and Pulo I Irani daily to mdi I -ate- 1 p.m. Singapore mean time, corresponding with ton, 4m. 355. mean time at Greenwich. To-day: Fort Canning: Failed. Pulo Brani: Failed.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 379 3 TO-MOBROWB. t'HI'RCH SERVICES. (KIITII HINDAV AKTKK TkIMTV.) CHUBCH OK KNGLAND. M. ANl>litw'.s C.ITIIKDKAI.. .i. in., Matins and Sermon. 7..K1 a. in., Dioral Eucharist and Serinoii. in., l'wrade Service. 1 1. i.i.. Children's Sorviee and Addles-. .")..W 1 1. in.. Kvensonn. and Seriiiini. St. MattiikwV. in., Braaaang, and Batmen. WOMAN CATHOLIC
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    • 611 3 NOTICES. NAME-PLATES. ORDERS received for Enamelled Name liatrs. Sign-Boards, Ar. K. M. LYON Co.. 18, Buttery Road Agents for the U. c. chroiuograrihic Enamel Co., Ltd J. OROBBMITH SON. LOiNDON. Celebrated I^rfimkiiv YAP WHATT CO., Almeida Street. Sole Agents. Sty" For Singapore A S .S. AUCTION SAI.K af HORBKS AND
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    • 827 3 FOR SALE EMPLOY^ XT.S TO LET; AND PERSONALS ..[•"JIIIK, l^cenr, a line; J.ul and 3r,l times, 10 cent* a line; 4th toHtlitimei, r, cents a lino; 7th to ltth limes :j ,-rnt* line; afterwards, -j ,-ents a |i,,,. i,,,, rhamless th.n, dollar. Kaa*<*Ml line adT«rtl«pnielit, e'r iii tllis tvtseaat*in»eited.itinirs for*
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 134 3 ARRANGEMENTS. SATI KI>AY, 4TH IOLT. High Water. 4.42 p.m. American Independence Day. I". S. Consiilale clom-il. B. C. C Athletk- Sjiorts. I*. &O. outward mail due. 2 lav Willard Co. Gcntlumen Jo« Town Hall. ».:Wp.in. SINDAV, STH JILY. High Water. M 7 a.m. Ut (..in oth Sunday after Trinity. Mo.nday,
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 186 4 Under this headinK the followingabbreviations are used str. steamer; hli.— ship bq. -barque Brit.- Hritihh I!. S. I'nited States Fr.— French tier.— Uunuaii Dut. Dutch; Tllll TlliUM .il 0.c.,- (Vneral cargo d.p.— <leek passenget Uw—l'ncertnin T. P. W.— Tanjong Pagar Wharf T. p. p.— Tnnjonß J'ngar Dock
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    • 973 4 Arrivals Bon Noon of Yesterday. U. ll'. Soon, Brit. str. IH9 tons, Captain Rouse, 4th June. From Billiton and Pnntiauak, 2nd July, (i.e., ami Hia iiau Seng and Co For Pontianak. nu<l liali. 7th Cffiln, Oer. str. 2,052 tons, Cn|>t. Klil.r-. .'id June. From Hongkong. 27th June. (I.e.
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    • 476 4 Xame, port, probable, datr uf milral, and Vl.'ii. HongkMML .hilv 17; I*. A ii Agamemnon, CliiiiH, .lulv 18: IfanaftekL Ylvrrton, left (iliiKgow, itm SB; lluii-tcml. Anverg. loft QtaafOW, Mnygtf; A|.i:iir. Ciil.'iitta. Juh 1:1; S. A M.,.*8. i: .11 i..n:i. Mniiiln. July M;Q. w i Bayern, Euro[M\ In i
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    • 121 4 5 Vimsbl's Name. Flag Tons Ki K I Captain From luub Cmutmf Jly I Kirn Nam Seng Uutsch. 123 3 Janon str. IMS 3 «cr<la <)<.,■ str. MM a Wuslii Brit. str. Ml 3 Sultan htl i( r > I I'aknn utr. K4 4 Koynst Dut. »tr. N>» X<'<Tii
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    • 96 4 Date. Vsssel'b Namk FlaqJcKio Captain Destination July :i 3 I a i 4 Dioiiitil Sanit Wongse llnii'lji-t'iiui in l.il.rllr AUHtraliml Kubv Waolii Sappliu Gorgon Olenlochy Kavenna 11. Q. Jacob U. U. Meyer SiiiKki'ji llril.-li-. str. str. Htr. Mr. str. otr. itr. Htr. Htr. PAOHtr Uut. »tr. «tr. «tr. Barllott
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 551 4 NOTICES. MAINTAINS THE .lIHiHEST REPUTATION i:\KHVWIIEHE. ENOE OR W.UIO Ht.»:TOf WED JAMAICA Prononnood by th» MtOHWT Ml->IO*L AUTMOWITIM th« mo«t > FOR OVER <v <f sixty years Reliable Remedy TORPID LIVER, DEBILITY ATTENUATION OF BOOY, ERUPTIONS. USSITUDE, And all IMPURITIES of tha BLOOD INDISPUTABLE KVIDCK ;E OF SUPIRIOKITV. Y.mr I-—
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    • 320 4 NOTICES. MCALISTER&CO. JUST LANDED, EX 8.8. CUTUS AND LALPOORA: AUSTRALIAN COMPRESSED FORAGE, M.OO per cwt bale. AUSTRALIAN COMPRESSED RACING FORAGE, $4.60 per. cwt bale. AUSTRALIAN COMPRESSED CHAFF FORAGE, $3.80 per cwt bale. AUSTRALIAN APPLES, in splendid condition, per case 95.00 per basket $1.00 Also, just landed, a small consignment of
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    • 273 4 NOTICES. ROBINSON CO. BEDSTEADS, BEDSTEADS, BEDSTEADS, j I inch PILLARS, 6 ft. ii in. by 3 (t, 6 in. «f ft. 6in. l>y 4 ft. Oin. 6 ft. 0 in. by 4 ft. ii in. I inch PILLAKS, 6 ft. 6 in. by 3 ft. 6 in. ti ft. G
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    • 486 4 NOTICES, f |MiE PET« KiVER DOCK -1 PENANG. Tlio nhove Dock situated in Province W.-1 1. v. at the entrance of the Prye Uiv.-r. h;i, lately been lengthened and •liv|KMicd. and is now of the following dimension!": Length on the blocks 330 feet. Breadth at entrance 80 Depth of water
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    • 72 4 NOTICES. NOTICES! THE FINEST BUTTED ~Bo EDEmt s w^~ ■"•"«-> CHAMI'AONR GUARANTEED TO BE I'l'llK AM> NATURAL BUTTER. J^ K '^MANN 4 Co ■***>■» Lima *cfc,(u»i y^t^cl^v BENKnoKP k 7^>T \«k O^/ W n ALLAN. havin K ol.tnin..l ti,. \^fA>. ,*2yy Vlr s f MpWIaiKHJ 1|,,r.,.. K AT7 I^ROTHF IiS
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