The Straits Times, 7 July 1896

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times SINGATORE, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1896. NO. 18,967. ESTABLISHED. 1831.
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    • 917 1 STEAMSHIP COMJ'AMES. o M A' WMsSVCa, N, >, Harbour. sTKAM NWlMlloN (.iMI'ANI. PM '!l IItUL IV.XAKO, (111." IXMM. AIHKM.It. VIIKS, K(.YIT, <iniKM.T«B. Malta, Batman, i »h r, nxmoftm, AXi. LoVMBS, I, Hill- of Idling issued for .-»oi. /Vr..Vi,i u;il, CwMasaaiai and ■asuHwa I'ortt. MAIL UN K. I»«ll' lIO.MKWAKU. Imiw. MMB
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    • 4741 1 BUCHANAN WHISKY l^iy^ IS THE BEST. KATZBROB JBJBB_BBBBBBWjBSS sold by all licensed spirit dealers. (Hoosta or Pjrliamsmtj Same as di-pplied to the llhi skh or Lords amd Commons and to all uood London Clcbb. INSURANCES. LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. OA VI TA L... :r:I ...£3,O(K) (XX>. POWELL CO., AGENTS. TbITcOMMERCIAL UNION
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    • 437 1 BANKS. HONUKONU AND BHANGHA BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE KIND t 5,750,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OKI „n nnnnm PROPRIETORS ..f 10,000,000 Coiki of Directors: A. McCONACHIE, Esq.— Chairman. S.C. MICHABLBBN, K«j.— UvunCuiuui. The Hon. J. J. Bili.-Ikvi.su. I J. KItAMIK. K»u. G. B. Dodwill, K»ii I D. B. Bassoon, £ki.
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    • 315 1 yoTKm, MCALISTER&CO. JUST LANDED, EX B.H. ILITL'S AND LAU'OOHA AUSTRALIAN COMPREUKKD FORAGE, M.U) |ier cwt bale. AUSTRALIAN COMPRESSED RACING FORAGE, *4.60 per. cwi bsl>\ AUSTRALIAN COMPRESSED CHAFF FORAGE, $3.80 per cwt bale. AUSTRALIAN APPLES, in splendid condition. per $n.OO |>er banket fl.oo Al»o, just landed, r email comtignnivnl of .i.iiutiii-M'
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  • 487 2 UTEST MAKKKT QUOTATIONS. SiNliAI-OKK, 7TII JVLV, 1886. PRODUCE. Uambler t 7.10. do Cube No 1 11 JO. do do No 2, ».60. Copra Bali, 5.40. do Pontianak 5.10. Pepper, Black D.tto. Sago Flour, No 1, 2.00. do No 2, 2.83. Pearl Sago 8.45. Coffee, Bali, 84.00. Coffee, Liberian, No.
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  • 77 2 For Per ttr. Time. TC-SIOBKOW. Bangkok IS. S. Guo>i, 9 a.m. Batu Pahat Aing Ann, 1 p.m. Malacca Hortburg, 2 p.m. Europe via ports Kuiter-f-Hind 2 p.m. P. and Calcutta Kut Saiuj 3 p.m. Telnk Aneon Malacca, 3 p.m. Hali via ports Ttrexi, 3 p.m. Bangkok Cerberus 4
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  • 118 2 Fkom Kiikope By the M. M. s. s. Yasra. due on July lltli with dates to the 10th Juno. Bad brings replies to the mail* which 1.-fi IWlUppwri on the |:it li and 19th May Fkom China Bv the F. o: O. s. s. Kui»er-i-llinil. thus on
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  • 216 2 AKBIVALS. I'll' c. 1 1... if, from Bangkok:— Minx Ferries, Mrs. Man-/, and Messrs. Gow, and DEPASTURE*. (Booked). j Per P.& <). s. Kaiser-i-Huut for Colombo:—Mr. Jas. Creamer. For London:— Mrs. Quinn. TO AUK I VI.. (for the Far Ea»h Per P. U. s. Home from London, June
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  • 86 2 STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, 7TH JULY, 1896. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. KsrAiii.isiiKii: 1831. PRICE 10 CENTS. [tiiilmriptimi rule* ami lulccrtifiny ra*M may Im-. fou ,«l «>„ the fourth p»ge.\ THK NILE EXPEDITION. fin inn, rtli July. Mr. Brodrick, tka Under-Secret ary of State for War, has stated that no British regiment lias been
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  • 32 2 The Berlin press adopt a markedly cool tone on bidding fan-well to Li Hung-Chang. The also express disappointment at the absence of orders by him for German work and materials.
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  • 12 2 Sir Hercules Robinson has been raised to the peerage.
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  • 220 2 As we anticipated the other day, Li Hung-Chang has raised in Germany expectations which are now found to rest on nothing firmer than sand. When that astute old statesman entered Germany, hopes ran high that German trade and industry would profit hugely by the visit. Rumour s|wke of
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  • 13 2 A si. mi in boarding officer for the Chinese Protectorate is advertised for.
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  • 14 2 TIIEKK is mi |H'rforinance at the Town Hall to-night, the Willard Company having left.
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  • 15 2 Betwke.n noon yesterday and noon to-day, one case of cholera was reported discovered after death.
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  • 21 2 THE M. at S. a. Tmm left Colombo at 11 a.m. yesterday, and is due here on Saturday next, at noon.
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  • 17 2 THK Governor and Lady Mil. hell and party have postponed their trip to Malacca until next week.
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  • 18 2 Ax appreciative article on Sir Her. cules Robin.son, now created a pear, will be found iii another column.
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  • 16 2 Thk Skmik lfudyri was published to-day at MM, A mail supplement will be issued to-morrow morning.
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  • 33 2 It is notified for informal ion that Lieutenant J. MaeDougall, K A., was placed on the sick list on the sth inst. Captain J. Reilly, A.S.C., was removed therefrom on the 6th inst.
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  • 37 2 Ox our back page will be found shipping news, comprising arrivals, departures, vessels in port, and vessels expected. The last named list is verified by most of the ship agents, and will be found of much use.
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  • 26 2 The annual athletic- sports of the sth Fusiliers take plan- on the 17th and the 18th inst., and not as previously notified. X
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  • 23 2 Last night, Mr. Sehwerderis house in Waterloo Street was entered through an open window, and jewellery to the value of $«;t stolen.
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  • 32 2 No continuation of tin; rumour that the Anchises is lost has been raeeirad. Tho ugentii arc taking cargo tor Iht as usual. She is expected la-re on the 12th but,
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  • 40 2 A dead child was found, in Telok Blanga Rood yesterday. Il was al«jut four days old, and was wrapped up in an old baju. An inquest revealed the fact that the child had died of natural causes.
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  • 43 2 The M. M. steamer OaaaMMM with the homeward French mail leaves Hongkong to-morrow, and should arrive here on the morning of Tuesday, the 14th instant. The Oceanien proceeds to Marseilles without transhipping at Colombo, and calls at Djibouti instead of Aden.
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  • 54 2 We have received from the agents, Messrs. Powelland Co., a copy oft lie Lancashire Insurance Company's Balance nheet for last year, which reveals an extremely satisfactory state of affairs. Afterpayment of a 5 per cent, dividend, .£4o.ooo 'were added to the Fire Reserves, besides an increase in
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  • 82 2 Pilgrims from Jeddah are now returning in large numbers. The Public Works Department are busily engaged in providing accommodation forthosedetaineii at the quarantine station. Five sheds, each 173 feet long, are being built. The Acting P. C. M. Dr. Hoad, the Acting Colonial Engineer, Captain Anderson. and
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  • 88 2 An accident happened on the Esplanade hist evening. Mr. Lambert, Junr., of the carriage factory, was seated in his carriage on the road, when the horse became frightened by something passing, and, plunging violently in the shafts, succeeded in breaking them •lean away from the body
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  • 108 2 The Selangor Survey Report for lt*9o mentions that the introduction of tin system of licensed surveyors workinj. on fees took place during the year, am has proved a decided success, inasmuch as the work is executed more rapidh and all the revenue surveys are carrici. out without
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  • 129 2 The Selangor Police Report for I*»S gives 221 as the strength of the Sikh contingent there on the Slat Deccmbci last. The report notes that it i? extremely difficult to make the Sikh contingent efficient in military details, owing to the heavy duties they art called upon
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  • 135 2 Thk Acting Municipal Knginecr, in his report for May, notes the |Nt 4 ditlicultics tube met with coiitii.ualh in cleansing the town, owing to tin: incapacity and obstinacy of the Cart Contractors. Another difficult) arises from the fuct that the order issued last year with regard to the
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  • 203 2 Thk twenty-tinst annual MeetMg of the Institution of Mining Kuciin, iopened on Juno 4, in Grail (jitmrnt street, Westminster. Mr. (i. A. Mnehell, the president, Occupied the chair, and delivered ;m UOreM, in j which he referred to Ihe variou. changes and improvement.- which had, since the
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  • 89 2 For China and Japaa, Knii/ht afgt, John iluu JOt li July. Maraon Simons i- Co OdMDfae unit Bombay. fflrmafria Htm dna loth .inly, Patsnea 5i,,,,,,,, o MmM> via port*, UfajajMn, on 111!, July, Toll II in Chun. Sydney via port*, M ultra, iluc 12th July, Bonataau
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  • 624 2 AN AITK4I,. We publish Mow n lettc, i ro Police Superintendent Hell re-.in1i,,,, the painful ease of young U rnia., that has come under his noli,, y\drew attention to the matter ncae weeks ago, but we willingly twfm the main facts in the hope that they may
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  • 68 2 Ykstkhimy afternoon, a Ja; named George Ohno committed -ukiac by blowing out his brains nitll a revolver at M, lianda Sired The deceased Jap, it appears, had i-.j.lc contract to go to Western Auitialia fur pearl diving. When thetiine i aim irliiin to go he evaded
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  • 205 2 Thk object of this extension, uyi the annual district report for la.-t year, il to connect Klang, the pinaanl port terminus of tho State, with the mouth of the Klang Hiver, where it is proposed to construct bettor wharfage ucconimodation than at pzeaent exula Klang. The
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  • 39 2 Tiiksk Halls 'should fall ;K r'-i Canning and Polo ISiani daily to UK"' cate 1 p.m. Singapore m« eoiTespundiiiK with B hw. 4m. 3S« time at Greenwich. To .lav: Fort Canning: Correct. Pulo Brani: do.
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    • 1473 2 NOTICES. NOTICES. \FAPI7T 'C rHK "BTRAITB TJMES" ha» the IIUDJjJjO IJVRGEST CIRCULATION of asy SEWSPAFF.K IN ASIA, BRITISH I.SDIA T7YPT HQTWSi It uwtutei in Sikgapobk JjAl ljUOl f FJKJ Vm I'ENANO, THROUGHOUT ALL THE! IIIMPANY I) rwipiW I. Siam, Borneo, the j V Villl illl A« -U.L/. Xbtherlanus Indies, the
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    • 810 2 LATEST ADVEKTISfiMENTS. WANTED. EUROPEAN lady desirous of return- J\_ ing to England, offers her sen i. -1 nurse to children or mother's help Ac., in return for a free passage. Apply to 6/8 W. i- o Straiti Titiiei Ofli<-«\ GOVERNMENT XOTIFICATIOX. A PPLICATIOXS will Iw Metivid at the l\_ Colonial
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    • 7 2 FOB GENERAL BHIITINO .NEWS SEE VAOE 4.
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    • 93 2 M. 8. 8. intondeJ for the Htnitt Timit akomld be written on one aid* of th* paper only. Bt the neglect of that condition, many M. 8.8. are rejected that nuiht otherwiee be pnblulied. All admtiainc oontraete are nibiect to the en- lition that the Maaairer m*j leare the adrortiwrniont
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 91 2 WEATHER REPORT. Kaiulany Ktrbau. Uimpital, (ith Jul'i, U)U6. 9 a.m. 3 p.m. 9 p.m. Remarks. Bar. 21)^71' ->»~.V> *).)<i>7 Temp. «0.0 W.O i 83.0 >. W. B"lb 'flier 77.0 81.0 i 79.0 54 Dir. of Wind S.W. rt \V. j B.W. J■= Max. Temp. -~'z Mm 7U.e y|J Max. in
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    • 110 2 Ahungkmknts. Tiksday, 7m Ji i.v I High Water. JM pi" Band Flopig I.im Green, 6 p-m Wkuxkshav, Bib l iv High Water. y.M ml 1!' r■' I*. &0. homen-nnl mail clo»e« THURSDAY, UTil Jfl .V. High Water. 9..V. ;i.mi I" 1 Association Cu|. Tie, R. A. r. Tnngl'" Club. Ltghlative
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  • 663 3 t iuiml < yi mit« notHMt [> ill.' currant ihihilmt <>!' :in inti re-tinn iirticli- l.v LeWtf mii Singapore mainly from a point of i.w. It i- mm of a ,11 uli-. entitled On tli way The writer »ayI bad MM dirliculty in nJakini v) i niifli the
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  • 274 3 in row*." I in.- rnrit of lip tn Jatii burieeqae »M produced lust niplit by the Willard I apany with thefar uMim] itraac '-'..ni'l nii't with a (jimk! reception from innrhrt mrMgrn ■iidiwinn It deals ■.•illy with the pri •tnii.-iry and km utvnuiumofCap/atn Coddington fa part
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  • 74 3 I HE report oil Kuala I-an^al. Ul Si-lan-lorUgi y, :u tutet that the pngnN '.'oltivation in the dtatrid i- truly i-.i> Ti,,. dtmimnd for bud i> I'ly ini-i...,.i, 1 M t.nvai.l- the end U Rendle, OibM>n, Mid !-i'i>"i t..i mx \ou .it an Uld Mr (al.v for MM
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  • 353 3 FINANCIAL. 0 Thk M '.iiih 'i|ml l'resident'- njMiit for \i« the revenue oilliTiioiiH f»r the iit>t In mbum of the fttt m bttag S«M,000 against M7,«M daring i tii" oorcMpaqdiaf tommm tt ]*•■<:,. Tin- Provident Fund was to Halted j OB tin- Ist July, but clerical
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  • 472 3 THE IKMMt YEAH ON XXi oKR TJnSelangor PoUes Report fof l>-«."> linds that the year under review i- uni■ue in the history of the State a* being .iicwDi-t on iv. oni. mi (arascrbne iseoncemed. During the early pert of th« year, Kuala Lumpur town and ih" suburbs
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  • 36 3 Tin. 1 111: 1 1 i 1 1 1 transport Forea*; arrived thin morning (roan Odaaai with MO -„i lii i-. I i~> tailors, and 706 emigranta ou board. She leave* for VUdlnoatooh to-morrow.
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  • 94 3 In Klang. duriM May. live appli.a- timi- «.-iv reoeived for laiwUocu of i.,;,,! |h,i were from Mr. It. 8. Meikle for Moeke of 3fio and WOacree, reepectivelj al Daiiiaiiaara, eloae t.. (be 870 held by Mr. T. H. Christie. One irai from Mr II Httttenl»eli forittO ;i,l|..iiiin^ (ilemimrie
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  • 1501 3 TDK OVBMM CASK OF ilNtiy CAKI'hNTKK. The Orient Royal Mail Steamer Ori- '< .tl*t. from Australia, which entered the i Thames "ii ">th wit., drought to Lontluii. ;iiiiuiiL'hiT passengers, a, gentleman who has suffered severely from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune duriiirecent years, and
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  • 789 3 lilt Mulitl. Dl A J'EKt'Li T MnMii The arrival of Sir Hamdai Kohinson, the veteran High C*i millli— lnilWl in London, coincident as it is with the release of the Keform priWMMtl from Pretoria gaol, even if it does not end a chapter, marks a point, in
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  • 144 3 Tiik Municipal Health Officer, in hi* report tor May. rivet ISI Mlbenuaibei of choli'iu CUM ilitlir U.wn tlnti month, s;j being in 1 1 1«- leotioa nortb of the river. 121 of tlic cnso «i-;c among Otiinmn t li«- Bomber attacked, in; died. Them »-nv M
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  • 1093 3 Mark Twain will come to England at the close of his African tour. He will lecture a little, then settle in a seaside village, and finish his book of travels. It is interesting to r.-.-iill the fact that J4 years ago Mr. Gladstone, then Prime Minister, moved the
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    • 30 3 Na>NBWHb& jJCor. :!y's Fluid Dc.1r,.. kll luul.ini.ll,. kllli MaM liern... I i, i... Air .i Water t CiF.lrr.is. »nj I'll.c. t AI am in Mi H. .1 n,. 4Condy':; r'Lsid
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    • 767 3 NOTICES. NOTICK. NETHERLANDS CONSI LATE tiENERAL. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. rpilE Spirit, Gambling and Pawnbroker's L Farms of the Residency Baaka, for 1*97 and liW, IK9H, and 1899 will be let at Muntok, on the I.th September next. J. J. M. FLEURY, Ag. Coiisul-Oencrnl for the Netherlands, 8. 8. Singapore, U June,
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    • 923 3 FOR SALE- i:.MI'LOY.MKXTS TO LET AM) PKRN< »NALB. [In TIM*. eeali line Bkl and 3rd times, 10 cents a line; 4th to Hth times o cent« a line; "Ih to IMth time* 3ceaUa line; afterwards. •> ceiitu a line; l )U t m charge lest) than one dollar. Thun a
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 187 4 rnder this heading the following abbreviations are used: str. steamer; sh. ship bq.— barque Brit.— British U. 8. United States Fr.— French Ger.— German Dut.— Dutch Job. Johore *c., G.c, General cargo d.p.—^ieck passengers U. Uncertain j I. P. W.— Tanjong Pagar Wharf T. P. D.— Tanjong
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    • 1382 4 aickivals Sikcb Nook of Yesteriiay. (him Pliya, Urit. »tr. 370 ton», Captain ,li>llico<>, 7th July. From Klang, At li July. G. c. nnd HIM. p. Bun Hin and Co. For Kliiiitf. Oth— Rd». H'ralr, Brit. *tr. FlO" tons, Cnpl. \Vait<', Oth July. From Bangkok, l-i July. G. <..
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    • 500 4 Name, port, probable dntr of arrival, name of aagent.t t. Idas, Hongkong. July 17 1". A 11. VKiiMioiinion. China, J uly 12: Itanalield. \lverton, left Qlaajaw, Slay 18; Boiuteid \u\. is. ftltaanw. Tiili 14; Booateari ApaST, Cal.utta. July s. A M. 'aroelona, Manila, July U Q. Wood. Bayern,
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    • 120 4 M FLA*! 5 Vtoii's Xamk. A Toks Captain From Bailed Ommh»" Q H* 4 Orcalla Brit. t.h. 170k Stt-wnrt CUdlfl .Mar l':i Bi.n«t''M'l b'" l ii Koiorder str. i>7. r Branton SainlaL'iiii July »fTele«rsph <»} Mnilicw str. MMiKnrn-ll Hoiliow June 88'Behn Meyer t; Harrow atr. 1701 Siuitli Bugkok July
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    • 145 4 )ATK. VKB«SEI/iJ NaMK. VLMABM Captain taRUMTM* ily 6 Gvmpic 6 Rio 7 linn wimtt Boon 7 Amli.i-t 7 I 'a km i 7 t'alypno 7 RatHvit'i--7 Harrow 7 Maili.-w 7 Uii.l.lii. 7 TttTC 7 ItryiiM 7 I'tivrlit 7 .latton 7 I Sri I'iiiitiAiiiik 7 Scn.lari 7 lagmkM 7 Qarmaata
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    • 642 4 NOTICES. McALIOTER Co. HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FRESH SHIPMENT OF WATSON l /^^"^X!^ V V 0. CELEBRATED #OX*^A" 4^T^RBA fajf^te v^vSSx i>hi< c tAflt tured Whisky to be W^%fT^^^\^^&^ti laujl U T\A\rT\TT» McAIiISTEK Co. AVPr'S GRIMAULTS SYRUP CSeff^lk HTPO-PHOSPHITE of LIME &^*S£r--JP> r *X^^,3Wsw All suffeiing from Catarrh, Consumption. Obstinate
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    • 217 4 NOTICES. KATZ BROTHERS. HIGH CLASS TAILORS AM) BREECHES MAKERS. I OUTFITTERS AND HOSIERS BEG TO ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL OF THEIH NEW SEASON'S GOODS. A FIXE ASSORTMENT OF WEST OF ENGLAND BLACK AND BLUE COATINGS. (Tropical Weight). WEST Off ENGLAND TWEEIJS, CASHMERE SUITINGS, ANGOLA TROUSERINGS. a ■unm «ti.tcnox nF iiiM)^ mttMM
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    • 346 4 NOTICES. JOSEPH B.\KEH. CONFECTIOMBB AND IKNSA BAKBK. BEUB to inform the Ladin» and Gentlemen of Singapore that he has openec a Confectioner}- and Vienna Bakery, at No tt, Victoria Street, next to the Convent. ''AKKS and wedding Cake- at moderate charges, and all other different kind* of cakes of the
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    • 775 4 ri'iHE Government of Netherlands M. India is prepared to pny to those win i will give information lr-adinj; to the M-i/ui- in Netherlands Indian territory of counterfeit Dutch silve coin, a rewurJ of 60 pMt cent, of th intrinsic value of the coin seized, th minimum reward being 25 guilders.
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