The Straits Times, 7 June 1897

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED: 1831. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1897. NO. 19,246.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 936 1 rpHB BOMIO COMPANY. LIMITKD 11BK Staadard Lil* Aaannnoa. Norwtoa Uaion Fir* Innuranoe SocM; Ai!m aaannno* C'cmpan.v (Fin>). litabU I. if* Aaauranw 80. The Obmu Maria* Imnrantv Oonpanj. > M.itnal Htmm Kari^t,,^ Company Th* Tattmbaai Lager Bear Company. Tes Maritim* famraae* Company. Limited. f, r particular. o» the** Companion. SSe tli«
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    • 1238 1 BUCHANAN WHISKY WHUbW IQ TUP DCCT SOUUMFOKTSKS ife.T.-acaß I PI EL DLO I KATZ BROS, SOLD BY ALL UCENBED BPIRIT DEALERS. LIMITED. Sambas st i -plied to tiik Houses of Lords ami Commons and to all good London Clibs. 31/ li BCOTCH WHISKY I- THK UNIVERSAL fiß ALWAYS DKINK I
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    • 663 1 LNSURAXCKS riIHEMARINEIXSI HANCECOY., LTD Capital Bsjasmiaia £1,000,000. Capital paid it, £180,000. Reskbvk, £0O0,(KX) The undersigned, haviug I n appointed Agent at Singapore for the above Company, is prepared to accept risks by First Clnsn Stean.ern nnd sailing Vessel-. FRANK RITCHIE, Agent. THE PHffiNIX ASSURANCE COMPANY OF l ONDON. (ESTABLIIHIO AD.
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    • 528 1 INSURANCES. CANTON INBURANOB OFFICE, LIMITED. CapiUl Mubeerlbed $2,500.00-). Amount paid op (00,000. Reeerva fund 1,200,000. Hbad Omen. Ho«oi<>»o. The andenifriwd. haring been appouH<Hl Ai;Hnt» of the above Company, an prepared to aooept Marine Risks at current rates. A Bonus v annually j.m.l to all eontribnton of bnnine^s wn.-t]..» iharaboldera or
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    • 707 1 NOTICES. BANKS. THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED. Authorised Capital £1,000,000 Subscribed Capital 600,000 Head Office Hongkong. COURT OF DIRECTORS:— D. Gillies, Esq. Chan Kit Shag, Eso H. Stolterfoht, Esq. Chow Tung Shan, Es.). Kwan Hoi Chuen, Esq. Chief ManagesGeo. W. F. Playfair. Interest on Fixed Deposits, For 12 months
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    • 837 1 CHAMBERLAINS COUGH RKMEDY 18 Famous a» a cure for bad colds. Famous as a preventive of pneumoniaFamous as a preventive and cure for croup. Famous for tho relief it affords in case* of whooping-cough. Famoux as a safe and pleasant medicine forchildron. Itactson nature'splan loosens the cold, relieves the lunir».
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  • 504 2 SINu.U-OKK, «TH JCSK, 1897. PRODUCE. (Rates are given vp to one p.m. only.) UHini.ier 5.75. Copra Bali, 6.50. do Pontiaimk fi.Oo. Pepper, Black 14.86. do White, (5%) 26.00. Sa«o Flour Sarawak, 2.72 J. do Brunei, 2.10. Pearl Sago 3.35. Coffee, Bali, picked 37.00. Coffee Palembang, picked 89.60. Coffee, Liberian,
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  • 92 2 tor l>,r ttr. Tin*. To-.Mohkow. Bangkok li. ft Guan, M a.m. I'oiitiannk .Sri J'onlianat, 9 a.m. Japan via ports Frey 1 1 a.m. Penuug liataritr, Noon. K-nang and Deli Hrbt, 2 p.m. Cotie riu ports Sri l'tyatan, 2 p.m. Kl'iiil' yin ports H. Hrn (Juan, 8 p.m. l'euang
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  • 114 2 Fkom Ei-uoi-e lly the M. M. s. Melbourne, with dates to the flat May, due Oft Uth June. She brings replies to the mail which left Singapore on the 20th Apl. Kkom China ity the P. &O. 8.6. Hohilla. duo on Tuesday. eft Singapore Dm; in Lond
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  • 20 2 Maotaiii.ax.— On April 23, 1597. at Clyde, Hustings. Ellen, wife of Jons CSkey Macfaw.an, aged 70 years. Deeply regretted.
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  • 233 2 ARKIVALS. Fere.*. Beat bom I)eli:-Mr. Rayner. I'er s. s. In/i hirmm from Batavia: Mi— r-. Loreh, l'es'-io, anil Ledeboer. P»T I. A O. s. J'enhiiuur from Hungkong :-Mr. A. J. Seed. I'er s. h. B'i/i Win (Juan from Malacca Mr. Foster. Fir s. s. Bqnfrl from Palemhang: Hetere.
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  • 131 2 THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, 7th JUNE, 1897. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. THE PEACE. Establubrd: 1831. PRICE 10 CENTS. [Siilifrription rate* and advertising rales may be found on the fourth page THE THEBBAMAN QUESTION. London, 7th June. Various indications point to th<* Turks preparing for a long occupation of Thessaly. Turkish governors, judges,
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  • 27 2 M. Fatire, President of the Frencl. Republic, goes to St. Petersburg on the li.'itli July, along with M. Hanotauz, the Minister of Foreign Affaire.
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  • 48 2 A COMBAT. An Egyptian force has met with a Dervish patrol, sixty miles to the north of Dongola. The Dervishes have been repulseti and pursued. The Egyptians have lost twelve killed and wounded. Captain Peyton of the loth Hussars is severely wounded but he i>doing well.
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  • 24 2 MONSOON AND FAMINE It is feared that the monsoon will be weaker than usual at Bombay. Famine prospects at Bombay are mor. hopeful.
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  • 14 2 Lord Robert* ha* been appointed Knight of the Order of St. Patrick.
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  • 354 2 It may be remembered that there was some delay in certain racing telegranif that we received from Kuala Lumpor. and that some remarks were made on that delay. It may also be remembered that such delay occurred not merely on the route between Kuala I.umpor and Malacca,
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  • 124 2 We have received to-day from the Hon'ble Dato Bentara Dalam of Johore the sum of 5582 as a further Johore i subscription to the Indian famine Fund. Of thisamouiit.SlOo is subscribed by the Europeans in Johore, and S2O by Johore Malays, and the balance by Chinese storekeepers and merchants in
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  • 15 2 The monthly Missionary meeting will be held at the Prinsep Street chapel at 8 to-night.
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  • 15 2 Among the ladies presented at the laat Drawing Room was Mrs. McCallum by Mrs. Chamberlain.
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  • 15 2 Colonel AC. Alexander, the Straits Colonial Engineer, and Mrs. Alexander arrived here yesterday by mail.
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  • 19 2 The mail despatched from Singapore to London, via Brindisi, on the 1-tli May, is expected to be delivered to-ilay.
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  • 20 2 The Hongkong Public Liln-uv is threatened with extinction from want of funds, unless the Government lnlj s it liiia .cially.
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  • 24 2 We are glad to hear that Mr. William Bibby has practically recovered from his recent illness, and was able to tak. a drive yest-.-day.
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  • 25 2 The Straits Observer is to appear as a bi-weekly at Penang this week. Mr. C. J. Skinner is editor, and Mr. James Rodyk is manager.
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  • 26 2 Japanese Consuls at Singapore aim Hongkong are said to have been direct eil to ascertain the coal consumption I I certain naval squadrons in those water?
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  • 26 2 The plague appears to have almost died out at Bombay, Kurrachee, and Poona. Very few fresh Basel and deaths are reported daily, but vigilance is unrelaxed.
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  • 35 2 Mr. Justice Lkach won the June monthly medal of the S'ngapore Goll Club, un Saturday afternoon, with a net score ol 80. The course was in good order, and the scores were very poor considering.
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  • 44 2 Mb. Leu.nahd Wkay, curator of the I'erak Museum, has gone to Selangor in order to report on the museum in thai State. It is under coiiMueratiun v remove the exhibits from Kuula Lumpor to Taiping, and to close the institution in the former town.
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  • 55 2 Mh. Symons, Malay inturproter at the Supreme Court, Hjaipipn c, haB brought out a useful book which aims nt syuchroni jing the Kaglish and Mohammedan calendars from A 1). 1849 tv 1922. The work meets a business want, and ix arranged on the plan oi giving English
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  • 64 2 In the early hours of Saturday DMfDing, v shophouse, No. Bench Itoad, caught fire. An alarm was raiscil, ami the Brigade was quickly in attciuhui. The house was gutted, but the Brigade were able to overeat the flames spreading to adjoining property. No. 270 arai damaged by water. The
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  • 86 2 At a meeting of the Dover Town Council, particulars were given with reference to the Jubilee Yacht line t. a cup, value 300 guineas, presented bj the Emperor of Germany. The course is from Dover to Heligoland. The date has been b'xed for June 23, and it
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  • 90 2 Captain Carlund, of the sailing ship Cambusdooa, which is lying iv the roads, died suddenly on board the v.--, shortly after midnight last night The deceased had been unwell and feveris-h for several days, and last night he suddenly became exceedingly ill, and the second mate
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  • 97 2 A MILITARY CONVICTION. Adverse comment has been aroused at Hongkong by a military sergeant named Kretter being reduced in rank for receiving a gratuity in connection with tho canteen. It is alleged that be was found guilty under a recent order against receiving gratui ties, which had
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  • 103 2 DKAHTH OF MINERS. The collieries in friom ili-tri.ts in Kyushu, which are now in difficulty owing to the increased demand and deficiency in supply of miners :ind the consequent rise of wages, arc contemplating to import lubuur from foreign countries. Bone mint owners in .Saga prefecture hare
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  • 200 2 THE ACCIDENT TO THE SYDNEY." The French mail steamer tifimtff, which left Shanghai on the ttnd -May, returned to port on the 24th diaabled. The facts of the accident are brief ami simple, and it appears to haw ln.ru ..m--which no human foresight could guard against. It occurred
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  • 1180 2 BURRBY V. EKSKX Th« Essex eleven gave, a good account of themselves at the Ovsl on lot h May Und wreMiot got rid of until they hail totalled Sltfruna (M(i:ihcy, t»4l. Surrey vn d J posed of on Tuesday for im». Mr. P.O. Bull look nine of Surrey's
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  • 146 2 Thi: two performance! giv< Saturday doted the circna -.-.i matinee mi fairly well attend' tadiei ami children. The prop contained feati well calculated t< the young, ami. all through formance, juvenile applause was with great spirit. The eque nf the performance waa ex e| i good. At the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 588 2 NOTICES. NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LD. Manufacturer* of DYNAMITE GELIGNITE GELATINE DYNAMITE BLASTING GELATINE DETONATORS EXPORTERS OF: All nim or SAFETY FUZE ELECTRIC^LASTING APPARATUS, The above KxrLosivEH, being all HAjicrAOTCaio in Great Britai s, are mad;. TO rum THE HIGH (TAKDAKD OF PUBITY AHI) SAFETY TEBTB IMPOSED BY THE BRITISH (kOVEEXUENT.
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    • 873 2 NOTICES, PABBEE THK \TKK. .Y«WA Hridge Road. Will play to-night: Will appear in their popular .rama, entitled: BAJA AIK BACH A NaIK. TILEBME WTUMOAR, An adaptation from Dick's English drama. One O'clock. Id the Hindustani I* iguage. NOTICE. rHE Commercial Museum i» opened to the public daily at this office.
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    • 313 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. I LOST or stolen, a large gold finger-ring, set with a black cameo engraved with a Venus in white. A reward for recovery will be paid. Apply to Sir AKMi'i REID, »/6 Slrailt Tim- Office. INDOCHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR HONOKONG. riMIE Company's steamer CHELYDRA, K. l
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    • 49 2 BHABEB WASTED. Municipal Debentures 6%. Dct Do/ 6%. Tanjong I.i ■:n Bonds. New Prye liiver Dock Co. l'unjoms. Straits Ice Co. Maynard A Co. Raubs, Contributory. FOR SALE. Singapore Ins. Co. (In Liijuidatioa). Straits Fire Ins. Co. Do. Jelebus. I'ahaug Corporation Shares. SOMERVILLE 4 GUNN, Exchange A Share lirokers
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    • 23 2 THE "STRATrS TIMES" HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN ASIA BRITISH INDIA EXCEPTEDNO OTHER EASTERN NEWSPAPER HAS SO WIDESPREAD A CIRCULATION.
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    • 9 2 Thi Strait* Budget will be published at noon to-morrow.
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  • 1428 3 THE STRAITS CONVERSAZIONE. A WMTVI FUNCTION [h'rtmt our Correspondent London, UfA Hay. \\HM the Straits Settlements Asso- w-d to depart from tht cus- li i sgnlatet tlie social gatherings BM R and lepluce the Annual izhnit. tliere were h ;rcil the change was fatal. inner, they argued, is a tinie-hon-
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  • 87 3 R] IN „iK r. PEIIAK I! i :i -iikt has it that Selangor is s^ndiug t formidable lean to Perak for the cricket match to be Aid at Taiping to-day and to-morrow! The eleven, which is said to be the strongest ever |.ut forward by the former against I'erak.
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  • 72 3 Tiik match between the S.C.C. 2nd XI and The Next Fifteen," which commenced on Friday, concluded on Saturday, the former team winning the match hy 114 runs against 86. A match between the B.C.C Ist XI and theCorpotab of the Regknent was commenced on Saturday. The Club compiled 140. sad,
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  • 80 3 OH May 7th, tin- KsStalMM the first of the Iwm SLMw steamers p!a ed with Messrs, Workman. Clark and Co. (Limited), Belfast, by Mr. A. K Brown, Glasgow, for the Nippon Yusen Kaisha ot Japan, completed her official trials on the Clyde. The vessel is MS feet long,
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  • 522 3 PA HANG. UICE-OBOWINO. The Residential repo rt on Pahang for April mentions that large quant iueß of ii. c, imported for that purpose by the Government, were distributed, during the month, to the i ative chiefs on the security of their salaries. Eight thousand Bintflnf 1 ofpadi seed, which had
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  • 1958 3 NOTE 9, NEWS, AND REPORTS. P. AND O. DIVIDEND. Th« directors of the P. O. Company announce a dividend of S per cent per annum on preference and an interim dividend of 7 per cent, on deferred ■teak. UOLI) IN CELEBES. Concerning the working of gold mines in
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  • 70 3 The Selangor Mines Office report for 1896 states that the year has been anything but a prosperous year for the miners In Kuala Lumpur, many of whom have been forced to leave the State. While the price of food, opium, and articles in daily use by the Chinese
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  • 349 3 ACltoN OK THE HESIUKNT-OENERAL. A mketino of the Perak Diamond Jubilee Special Committee was held at Taiping on the 82nd May, Mr. R. ti. Watson in the chair. The Chairman explained that, with regard to the proposed Perak Permanent Memorial which was to take the form of
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  • 187 3 TELEGRAPH IC SU MM ARY. (From tU "Timet of Ceylon") Losdon, 28th M»y. Thi Turkish army in Thessaly tiaa been steadily reinforced, and now numbors nearly two hundred thousand men. The Indian Famine Fund now amounts to £631,000. The death of Westley Richards is announced. 29th May. Tbe Irish party
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  • 151 3 INVESTMENT ny BARON KOTHSCHILO. Japanese papers report that a contract was signed between the Bank of Japan and Messrs. Samuel Samuel Co., on the 12th May, for the purchase by the latter of War Loan Bonds to the amount of 40,000,000yen,attherateof 102 pounds sterling for 1,000 yen face
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 107 3 RLLEY,HARGREAVES &COY. SOLE AGENTS FOX Hoyal Psycho Cycles POB LADIES AND GENTI.EMKN BY Starley Kkothekd, C'oventkv. (ISvS^eial Koyul Wair.-int of Ap|)ointinent) MAKKKS TO tm MAJESTY THE QI'KEN A 1-nrge (Jonsinnmuut of High Grade Cycles Roadsters, Liylit Roadsters, BatSCS and Ladieis' 1807 Patterns, HAVK JUST BEEN INPACKKD WHICH KoK Design Strength
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    • 1076 3 NOTICES. JOHN LITTLE CO., LI). SOLE AGENTS FOR "ROVER" CYCLES, NEW LIGHT I*OI»ULAK ROVER, is illustrated, 1 mcked und delivered to any port in the Straits Settlements 01 Nativo States. $160.00. NhT CASE Write for MMplete catalogue of Bwvtr" Cycles, including Koadstent. (ientM and Ladies, and Koad Racers. RECORD CYCLES.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 230 3 WEATHER REPORT. Knmiann IMti Hmrpttnl, 6th Jtiut, lH<Ti. y a.ni.Jtp.ni. 9p.m. Remarks. Bar. H9.889 iit.HOo •2».8«3 Temp. 86.0 87 0!82 0 W.BWrher 80.0 79 0 I 79.0 IM Dir.ofWind N.E. S/B. 8. jlf Max. Temp. 89.1 tot: Mm 7«.4 j i,«J Max. in Sun 1670 >."? Terr.raxl. 68.9 Rainfall Nil.
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 125 4 Underthiiheadingthefollowingabbrcvin- ;iom are used: —str. —Bteamor; sh. —ship >q.—barque: Brit.—British U.S. United states; Fr. French; Ger.—German; Dut.— Dutch; Joh.—Jobore; Ac., G. c, G<^neral ■argo d.p. —deck passengers; V.—Uncertain T. P. W.—Tanjong Pagar Wharf; T. P. D.—Tanjong Pagar Dock B. W. Borneo Wharf; J. VV.-Jardine's Wharf ;N. 11.
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    • 1170 4 ABKIVALB BINCB NOON OF SATfKDAY. Antenor, Brit. Btr. 3,5t!3 tons, Capt Jackton, 6th Jure. From Hongkong. Ist June. 3c. W. Mansfield 4 Co. For London, U -Rds. Batavier, Brit. str. 216 tons, Cant Robertson, 6th June. From Penang, 3rd June. G.c. kii d.p. Wee Bin and Co. For
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    • 506 4 Name, port, probable date of arrival, miJ name ol agents. \,inin.lall, at Barry, 14; Achilles, l.'pool. Juno It: W. Mansfwld. Apcar. Calcutta, Jane 7 B'klesA Moses. Bayvrn, Kurope, July L' 2; Uehn Meyur. Bisacno, 11-jiiKkong. June 9; B. Meyer. Benledi HoiiKkong, July al P. Simons. Benalder, Antwerp, June
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  • 47 4 PASSKI) SI M>\ STRAITS Oft \KUVi:i> H.I; OKIiKHS Flac; Hi,,. r Datk. i and Ships Samk. Cdmmasi.ki:. o» Kko.nmmikkk Diana- makki Smi.is.; ation ilay SOjAmeUip Daniel Barno>Ai|»- Ma] 188'mnDore B^toii a^»or Ixj.Sigri.l VVi'. -l.ar.lt May -.iTjiUt M B«Siu« une l|Dut ».g.Geda Isikemeier Apl -I Kottonl!.... Batam
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  • 254 4 ti Mm. 5 Vi.-m-nh«. <& I'onk. Oaptaid a I Kio I'i;'>m Saiiki. Comsionkbs. ('no I s |Tai Chcong Oar str 838 Dob me (5 Benlawers Brit.str lt«l Webeter 0 Peiihawur P&Ostr. 890J V Uteri 6 Produce Nor. str. liki| Borgenen 5 Ha.avier Hrit.str. Jlfl Robertson 8 Sultan *tr. In.'
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  • 119 4 Uatk. Vkmkl's Najii Ul] IE Fl.KiAltl,. (AITAIS UESTINATIOM 'l.\[.,\ mi.- 6 Orestes 5 Ganymede 5 Clitus 0 Bt. Roimlil 0 Wilhelm •"> Ho Leoiii; 7 I Isabella 7 live Li-ong 7 Anihcrst 7 Pakan 7 Borneo 7 I Protluiv 7 Van IJioincM 7 Bantam 7 Bawean 7 I Sultan
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 378 4 NOTICES. ELLWOOD'S patent AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS HOUSEHOLD WORD in INDIA. Worn in thk lAH ny ai i Awarded Tiik Okkhkm, Thk (ioLD Medal. Thk Civil Sehvue and thk I. HE Ijimx.s, ls**4 ELLWOOD'S patent AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS j a meHTa t s o nXco's SCOTCH WniSKIES ill THK B^T VAl.l K IN
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    • 124 4 POSADA WINK COMPANY. Wine, Spirit, oigar,A 'J'uhacco Merchant* Wholatalt and BaUdL 4, Battery Road, 5i,,,,,,,,,,,,-. -'4 7 MslMAaav TIMKS" AND "BUDGET."' Mroto ItsMs, post free, 830 a year, or *:'i a month, or ten cents a copy. Straitt Hiulgrt, post fires, &X) a year, or «5 a quarter or 40
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    • 516 4 NOTICES. I A^Hf9^L. Relieves the seallyß'^ifr'^*^'"s r j at e UK|bJ| and JulTtlkW CURES yjMM^Bp all discharges iro.n the acnitoobtair.cd h from AW^^^Jmk urinar y (<r the «aillj!^«ausiiicitlici best MHpDM' cx m •ysore \ih*lkW 43 I'OUP.S Unlikcthesjii jJ^BK^^, is a dal oil ol lll '^BlJ|ftf^ f r i: ;i I
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    • 934 4 NOTICES. Ayer's i Sarsaparilla. Cloanso your Mood with Ayer's Sarsaparilla the nn>st thoroughly reliable alterative ever compounded. For scrofula, boils, ulcers, sores, carbuncles, pimples, blotches, and all disorders originating in vitiated blood, this medicine is a specific. Ayer's Sarsapvllla is equally beneMai as a remedy for catarrh, rheumatism, and rheumatic
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    • 784 4 NOTICES, J. MOTION CO. WATCHMAKERS. .IK WELL ERS. OPTICIANS. REPAIRB PROMPTLY EXECUTED. rvRCHIDS. J. D. A. PEREIRA. hortktltfbist and florist. Collector and Exporter op Obchids. Orders for Bouquet Sprays, Ac, Ac, Carefully and promptly executed. Cheapest House in the Trade. NURSERY AND RESIDENCE, OXLEY ROAD. G. R. LAMBERT CO. PHOTOGRAPHERS.
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