The Straits Times, 15 July 1897

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times ESTABLISHED: IB3L SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1897. NO. 19,277.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 936 1 rpHE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED t inn StasKUml Ui. Asraraaes. Korvioh Daloa Firs Insannm Soetsty Atlu Imiun losapanj (Fin.) tabl* I. if» iUnnon SocietT. -in Maria* ißOTmuKwCnmpanj. n... Chia* Matwl fltsam Narigstion Company. The TnttMihass Lag«r Hwr t'nmpany 11 M«ritim» Imswmao* Company, MM ...H-uUm t4 thm Coapaaini. w the full advMiisosMit
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    • 1442 1 i^BUCHANAN WHISKY itjiii" mhßi if% t i i v Amm r™^ r™* m r m SOLK importers Kr^^^g I^ I M tl bLb I katz bros, HOLD BY ALL LICENSED SPIRIT DEALERS. j TA[TTJ]T) Same as suppliku to the Hocbes of Lord:! and Commons and to all good London Cixm.
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    • 640 1 NOTICES. MOKpjD CONDENSED MILK 10 "Milkir.aid" Brand is guarantee!-. l^^»^j| contrin all the ci-eam of the original milk. i. CONDENSED MUM l^ e P rocess oi manufacture nothing but ~7ater Ute. Jbf-ciawl S remove( l- nothing but the best refined gjbj Jc^mi sugar added. ?3Lj^ t^| Avoid low-priced brands from
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    • 427 1 IXSUUAXCES. CIASTOM iX'si'liAM K OFFICE, i.imiti:i>. < upit.il Subscribed «,000,00u. Amount paid np 500^)00. R«iervefund I.2OO,IX». II i:m Orricw, I >■■.--■ The under»i(fned, havin* heen aapaMei At^ents of the above Company, are pn-pitrud t" iceept Marine Ki»ks at current nites. A Bonu» v anniiaUy paid t.>a!lwutributor»,if I,UMHe-» ■hrtliei si— a%nM—
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    • 460 1 JBANKS. THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED. Authorised Capital 11,000,000 Subscribed Capital Il 500,000 Hbad Okfh t lluuiikoiig. COURT OF DIEECTORS:— D. Gillies, Esq. Chan Kit Shag, Ew|. H. Stolterfoht, Esq. Chow Tung Shan. Esq. Kuan Hoi Chuen. Esq. Chief Manaoeh i Oeo. W. F. Playfair. luterest on Fixed Deposits,
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    • 853 1 IT CURED HIS BOY OF CROUP. I \f V boy, S rears of age, wu recently a»X taken with a never* attack of croup and I thought sure that I would Una him. I had seen Chamberlain's Cough Remedy advertised nnil ooachjded to try it, and am happy to »ay
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  • 471 2 MKOAFUhI, MM JII.Y, 1H97. PRODUCE. Unit* tire curreclril to one p.m.) lambier, liuvpm 5.H5. do Pont'ianak, fi.-JO. Pepper, Black 1500. do White, (SO 2!5.m. ■;»go Flour Sarawak, S.6V do Brunei, 2.0.'. Pearl Sago 3.-J.V I'nflee, Bali, picked Si.OO. Coffee Palemhnng, picked.... 40.00. Tapioca.'small Flak-,'. 5.95. do do lit quality,
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  • 36 2 SHARES WANTED Municipal Debentures 5%. Do. Do. 6%. TanjoDg Papar Bomls. Xew Prye Kiver Dock Co. Punioms. Straits lee Co. Mayimnl i Co. Kuubs, Contrilmtory. FOX SALE. PengoraiiK PlaoUna Hbare*. SU.MKKVII.I.K A GU.NN, ExLhniißc Sliare Brokers
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  • 89 2 ror ret utr. Time. To-Mokkow. Bangkok Hydra, 11 a.m. Malacca A Kliing BalawMr. 2 p.m. Saiifon (Inni Shan, Spin Bgkalis ISHgan //u fW« 3 p.m. IVnang Nam Yomi, 4 p in. I'alembang Carolina, 4 p.m. KmmW via port- Jn/.«ra, 4 p.m. Souniliaya via ports 7VA Ann, 4 p.ni.
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  • 110 2 I-ko.m BOBOFl By tlie P. <S s.s. KaUtrI- Hind with dates to thattth Juno due on the- 18th inatant. She bring* raplle* to Urn miils which left Singapore on the 31st VUOU < 'iiina:- By the I'.tU.i.s. RMWMML due on Tuesday. Singapore Duo in London Arrived June
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  • 226 2 AHKIVALS. Par I. I'rnOmn from Kunntun Mr. and Hn, (legft. aii'l Mr. Hums. Pi r Sappho from Kiting via uortx Hewn. Win. (iibby, Smith! OH* Warren M. Hale. Boyd, Brown, and Watson. IV r Siugapert bra Bangkok Mr. TO AWilVlv 'Fur the Far Ewstj lVr I', a 1
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  • 44 2 STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, 15th JULY, 1897. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. THE CAREW CASE. Kstabi.i.-'HEIi: 1831. I'RICE 10 CENTS. \Bvlwr\ptwn. rule* tmfmkmtituif ftrt nviy lie fouivl oik. tlie fourth page AWKAI. KKKI'SEII. London, \Uh July. The I'rivy Cowteil has rejected tho appeal in the Carew poisoning ease.
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  • 90 2 BEHIUXU SEA SEALS. FKESR TROI'BLES. A despatch from Mr. Sherman, the I'mted States Secretary of State, to the American Ambassador at London, dated the 10th May, has been published. The despatch deals very sharply with the refusal of the British Government to join in a conference of the
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  • 52 2 IIKITtSH TKOOI'S IN (IjSH.Kr Sixteen British soldiers have been killed at Candia, in Crete, in a conflict with Bashi Bazouks or Turkish irregulars. Three hundred British marines have been landed at that place. The. aduvrals have sent live warships there to repress any further movement on the part of
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  • 15 2 I'LAYEHS r. BBRlsm, I'be Players have beaten the Gentle men at cricket at Lords.
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  • 43 2 The manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Corporation at Singapore has been advised by wire that, subject to audit, the dividend for the half-year will probably be XI 5 with five lacs to the Reserve, and carried forwurd to next half-year three lacs.
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  • 144 2 That leave to appeal has been refused by the Privy Council in the Carew case will be a matter of satisfaction to all who followed the course of the trial and who agreed with the justice of the verdict that was returned. On the evidence, there could only be one
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  • 359 2 Thk Beliring Sea seal question, which had long been pending between the United States and Britain, has now reached an interesting and important stage. The approaching extinction of seals there led the two Powers to pass regulations in 1*94 to check the indiscriminate slaughter of those sjnfl The United States
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  • 28 2 Probadly Mr. Egorton and Mr. Nun son, as we go to tires.:, are bciii^' selected by the Municipal Commissioners to sit on the Town Hall build ings committee.
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  • 321 2 In the calendar of this Assize, thero are several cases of attempted suicide. Some have already been disposed of, this week, by the discharge of the prisoners. In one case, the jury stopped the Crown prosecution before evidence had been called, and assured the Acting Chief Justice that they did
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  • 17 2 The Orderly Officer of the Singapore Volunteer Artillery, lor the ensuing week, is 2nd Lieut. W. Hilton.
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  • 19 2 ICejSSSJS. Brinkmann A Co. ailverti-e that they arc the agents here for Brown s f.mr crown brand Scotch Whiskey.
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  • 19 2 Mkiishs. Powell <Ji Co. advertise an auction of the furniture belonging to Major-ticueral Jones Vaughan on the aut inst.
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  • 20 2 Kassaa, GsM Buos. advertise the auction of Mapledurham," on Mount Elizabeth Estate, at their gale-rooms, on the L'L'nd ii. -1
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  • 26 2 Thk Malny Mail reports that the tin duty in Selangor is to be increased, and that the free pass syetem for miners is to be discontinued.
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  • 25 2 MK9SUS. HoMi T'EK C'HVK A Co. advertise an auction of land in Tanjong Pagar and Claymore districts, at their -.ili -room, on the 23rd inst.
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  • 22 2 Choa Kirn Swek, auctioner, at Malacca, advertises an auction sale, there, of a tapioca estate in N^gri Sembilan. on the .'list inst.
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  • 23 2 h ib advertised that the cargo of the s.s. Atiraaly has been transferred to lighters, and consignees are requested to take immediate delivery.
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  • 30 2 Thk half-yearly general meeting of the members of the Singapore Sporting Club is advertised to be held on M,,n- day, the 19th instant, at 5 p. m., in the Ki.-hange.
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  • 36 2 11. M IS. Iphiyvnin left at halt past seven o'clock this morning fur the Cocos Islands, with Mr. Justice Leach, who will make the annual report to the High Commissioner on the condition of the group.
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  • 40 2 In the article on silk in our issue of yesterday, which was extracted from a London paper, Hankow is named as a port of export for that staple. Undoubtedly. Hangchow i* meant a port opened last year. Hankow exports tea.
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  • 81 2 Mb Tomj.inpon has given ijotice of the following resolution to be proposed at to-morrow's meeting of Town Hall subscribers. 'This meeting of snltiHisis lothe I'mnioml Jubilee I'erniaiient Memorial Fund is fif opinion that before the Hite for the proposed Buildings is settled it i* desirable that the
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  • 115 2 MR. BIBBY. Mr. Bihhy arrived from Uaub last evening by the Sappho. He will leave probably next week for America <•» route for England. Mr Bibby has, unfortunately, not yet fully recovered from the bad attack of lever lie experienced when last in Bingapore, and has been somewhat seriously unwell
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  • 133 2 Vkstkkday, at the Assizes, heloie Acting Chief Justice Collyer, Raaisanii a Kling. was convicted a rash act! It appeared that, a few weeks ago, the prisoner was going atoDg Victoria Street, near the Malay lirun. Ii Bcbool, and ran ovei a child who wm playing in a roadway.
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  • 46 2 BTATB6 OOOVOIIi OPENED KIKH DKIVE Uy telegram from our C0rretp0,,.!,,,) l\inrfa K'liigtar, \\'rtlne*<l<i>. OwOM to heavy rain yesterday, tl,» openiiiK of the States Council did not ink,- place till this morning. The lish drive at the B!at [stakes] opposite the Astana, to-day, proved failure.
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  • 130 2 TUTM KIMTi'K Of THE "STRAITS TI.\U80, Ill selection of two meniben tv asm on tlie Town H.ill Buildingg Committee is n,> doaU ol Inti but, rinlly. it does nut matter much wli v an si lected to be it they know ho* to 1n, 1,1 tla-ii tongues.
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  • 862 2 (from Chinete Contributoi) 1 should think Mr. Chua Kirn Kiat ii a suitable man to be proposed a Moo cipal Commissioner. Mr. Chua Xii Kiat is manager of Messrs. Tan Kirn Cheng A Co., and is son-in-law of tb« late Mr. Tan Kirn Cheng;
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 561 2 NOTICES. NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LD. i Manufacturers of DYNAMITE GELIGNITE GELATLNE DYNAMITE BLASTING GELATINE DETONATORS EXPORTERS OF: All Ki>n« or SAFETY FUZE SBJBJ ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS. THB ABOVS EZPLOHIVE*, BKINO ALL BtAXCrACTCBID IN OEKIT BRITAIN, ARE MADX TO PASS THK lIIOH STANDARD OP I'URITY AND RAFBrt- TESTH IHPOtfBD BY THK
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    • 654 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. PARSEE THEATRE. North Bridge Road Will play to-nifc lit: BADREMUNEKK AND BENKZEER. CARGO PER S. S. "\S\VANLY" FROM BOMBAY. /^ONSIGNEEH arc requested to take ileli\y very at oik ■<>, as the cargo has been discharged into lighters and now lifs at their ritk and exiierie. OILFILLAN. WOOD A
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    • 1149 2 LATEST ADVKHTISKMENTS. anUAPOHl Sl'OKTINO CLUB. NOTICE. TliK Half Yoaily BmhI Meeting of the lUBfllun of tin- Club will Iw held in tlie Exchange, on Koaday, the i»th July. Ht ft o'clock p.m. HrsiM To neeive the statement of the accounts for the h;.lf rear ended 30th June. To fix dates
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    • 49 2 7KBBBLB AIIVKKIISKI) TO SAIL. For l'cimng and (akulta, lightning, due 1 tit I July, Barkiei A Motet. Hongkong, Bui*ang, due 17th Jane, Boat- Manelll. and London, J-uUi,,,,, due 19th July, D iro I i II due 20th Juh, i:,-h,, Meyi i ,v Co. Ron KM-.itAi. sHiPPivovßwa HKH I'AUE 4.
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    • 95 2 M 8 fi 'ntmded for ttan St>i»l« Timtt ihoold b« wrifton on one li,U nf tb« l«p»r n«ly. By th« hok tot or that oonditioii. lun.y SI. S.S. in»]«W tu.t might otherwiw b.. putliahwi. All »3..rti«ing oontmot* »r» .übi»ot to th« ooadition th»t th. Mmumtm m .j, M r. tli.
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  • 1835 3 WHO ARE THE CEYLONESE? 1 11 K Kliiroß or TIIK STKAITS TIMES." Ks* ir. .in the Far East reaches m Ceylon so, slowly that I, in an out-tatici.i village in tho i i !c-r.i'.lv isjimitll .jiotis where niodei n civilii ij bs B» use-.l ton oniing toiwivs S llisi inriusi
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  • 70 3 To THK KIiITOH Or THK M sTKAITS TIMKH." Brjk As I do not have Xhe time at my disposal (even if willing) to act on the site Committee of the proposed new Town Hall, I would feel obliged if your correspondents would kindly leave my name- and
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  • 165 3 no hk-H'i:miai. tiun 001. TIIK Kesicl.-iic v horse- at Kuala Linnpot are to be sold to-morrow. The \1,,1,n, Maii understands that this is owing to the fact that the Federal Government have decided that the old system of providing Resident! with hones and carriages is not to continue.
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  • 188 3 A nroM by M. Hubert, the French Consul at Pretoria, upon the coroner ial. industrial, and Bnani ial condition of the- Transvaal, begins by stating that in spite of the- troubles and unrest ari--ing from the .lame-on raid, the- reve.lutionatJohanneeburg,therinderpest,and the scarcity in the northern districts, the prosperity
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  • 558 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THK STKAITS TIMES." Sir, -I ha-t>vi to pay my reverential homage to the lofty morality of the Slrtiiti Timet, as exhibited in its leader of yesterday, entitled The Guilt of Rhodes. It is, indeed, wonfferful how virtuous, how upright we all can be
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  • 212 3 THK LAKE Cl.i:n. Tm Lake Club at Kuala Lumpur l.e -i-i a general meeting, on the loth instant, to consider certain extensions to the Club premises proposed by the Committee. The extensions Included the erection of re-sielential quartern for visiting members and for a small number of resident
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  • 341 3 < AHT UEOI ■LATION*. l-'iioM the Ist of January, l-t9*. no carts that have not been registered in one of the Federated Malay state- or in Malacca will be allowed to be kept or use-.l upon estates within the Negri S.-mliilan, nnel from the Ist of January, l*9s,
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  • 1226 3 GERMAN VIEWS. The indiflorence of Parliament when such important subjects uh Indian affairs are under discussion has, says a correspondent of the Morning Post, become proverbial. From contagion, perhaps, or from natural inclination. Ministers sometimes appear to di-play i like apathy in matters Colonial. It is not
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  • 98 3 THK COMMAND IN EGYPT. A -I'Ecial Lonelon wire to the Allahabad Vitmeer says that Sir Francis Grenfell will succeed General Knowles, whose tenure expire? in August, in command of the forces in Egypt. This is considered clearly to indicate the intention of Government that the next Nile campaign
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  • 405 3 It Is not altogether unlikely that this requirement of the railway companies, so far at least us the name of the owner is concerned, may lie made universal, and every cyclist will thus be capable of immediate indentification. Name plates are compulsory in some parts of the Continent.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 28 3 INDIGESTION Ml I l>ll> CIHHU 111 Condy s Fliric! Book Ol D*rtctlon» inJ Phv.i ,4i.V K<l»rti oa MMf bolllr Insirt on buying "COMOTi HUID. an IM UH Htnultttur.il
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    • 1067 3 NOTICES. THE DIAMOND JUBILEE PERMANENT MEMORIAL A MEETING of IteaMhMribM to the X. -w Town Hall fund will l.f liol.l at the Chamber of Commerce, at o p. m., on Friday rext. ■Sana; To elect two representatives of the subscribers on the Committee of 7, who are to be entrusted
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    • 768 3 NOTICES. NOTKK NKTHKItI.ANDH CONHULATE (iKNEKAL. STRAITS SKTTLEMENTH. I X FORMATION regarding the conditions J anel dates on wjiic-h the auction of 11- IJ7 plculs ftovurnnient .lava coffee will take place at Batavia, during the current year, may he ohtaincel at this Consulate tieiic ral. L. A. I>K VICQ, Cn-iil i;,-ii.-.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 270 3 KATHKR ÜB^OST. h'andwui Kerbau ll;*),itr:t, I IlliJuh, /S»7. a.m. 3 p.m. !>(>.m. Ke.m .ticks. Bar. 'J».i»7O 2H.K IS -.ttOOd Temp. 76.0 7H.0 7(i.0 J+W W. B'll.Tli.-i 70.0 74.0 750 JS >• liir.of Wind S.E. B. S.E. >== »S Max. Temp. BH.I >.z Mm 74.0 itlflfi Max. in Sun f10.2 Terr.
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  • SHIPPING
    • 129 4 UndorthUhfladingtbefollowingabbreyia. tionsare used:— str.-stoaraor; sh -»hip bq.— barnuo Brit.-British U. 8. United States Fr. French Oer. -German Dut.— Dutch; Joh.— Jobore; Ac, O.c, General cargo d.p.-deck passongors U-Uncer-tain T. P. W.-Tanjong Pagar W harf T. P. D -Tanjong Pagar Dock B.W. Borneo Wh.-irf; J. W.-Jardi no's Wharf
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    • 1407 4 Arrivals Biifci Noos of Yb»teri>av. Hatnvitr. Bit. str. 816 tons, Capt Robert»on, 14th July. From Klang, Uttl July. Go, 4 98 dp. Wee Bin and Co. For Klang Irtth Rds. Ban Whatt Hin, Brit. str. 19G tons, npt Olson, lfitli July. From Pontianak 13th July. G.c. and 146
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    • 399 4 Name, port, probable dale oi arrtr.. 0/ agentn. A. Ap.-ar, Calcutta, July M 8. U Ajax. Liverpool. July 18; Man Haron lunerdiil.'. left Parry, Jaae 1"; Bawrii, Kuru|»', July Behn Meyer. BcUarophon. UTwpooL «Vng 1 HuufltU Benvonae. Hongkong, July 2* Benlomond, 1. 0n. 10n. July It) R Simos«
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    • 87 4 Flao 5 VraiL'aNAMß. 4 Tons. Captain From Saimi.. O -H IUG Fly !j i l *i Nor »tr. ltfTi. JJu,,.,.,, X,nv Y.,rk Mai KBoui 14 hwn Mian Brit str. 1883 Mumhv Honskona hilv 7Gutl UHydr. ,t,. ci» Kd^kon ItaQtak 1 &Sj BW 4 Batavier gtr. 21« Robertson Klan g
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    • 134 4 Datk. Vissil'B Name FlaqAßio Uaptaik ÜBKTINArIUJi ul\ 14 Sri Tringgaiiu M Calypso 15 Isabella 16 Chow Pfcya 18 Cromarty 15 Darwin 1.1 Fl.'vu 1"> Ciiang Sen^ Ifi C-iylon 15 Formosa l*> Keijniersz 15 Generaal IV I Ift Bri Baiuljar 1« Vyner 15 Liv 15 Kirn Kirn Bsn|( 18 M.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 222 4 NOTICES. ELLWOOD'S patent AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS A HOUSEHOLD WORD in INDIA. ■m ih thk East by am. i Awaloed Thi OrncßM, Tmi o*lb Medal. Tb« Civil Sifvice and thk Cognoscenti. 11l IC. L(ini«»n. 1--i ELLWOOD'S paunt AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS c. m. A tb. *J/1JAMES WATSON COS SCOTCH WniSKIES ARK THE BEST VAI.I
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    • 122 4 VFor Constipation I and Biliousness I A Dice aod 5 Maud? for ladiaa jr. j chlUrta lo I I act gaallf but promptly upon the lirer. stomich and I JULIEN, 8, rue Vlvlenoo. PARIS Renowned Phraiciani preacribe Grlmault a Matiio •a tha moat active and at the nn: tima the
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    • 404 4 NOTICES. TIMES" AND "BUDGET." Straits Time.t, post free, $30 a year, it 2H a month, or ten cents a copy. .S'(raif» Budget, post fret-, $iO a year, or eVS a quarter 1 I or 40 cents n copy. Tho advertising rates are: first time, l/i cents a line: '2nd and
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    • 983 4 NOTICES. That Tired Feeling AND GENERAL DEBILITY. The cause is poor, thin blood, resulting in deficient vitality. To overcome this, the blood needs to be fnriche-.l and vitalized, and for this there is no medicine in the world equal to Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The cures it has worked, the men, women
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    • 1015 4 AUCTION SALES. SAU UF VALUABUt HOUSEHOLD FURNITIUE. ste. Thk Paofani V Dk. G. D. Kkekh, AT It 13 IiI'ARTKRS, Near the General Hospital, Ski'(iy Lines. Satunhiy, 17th Jvly, at 2 p. m. rpilK nn.liT-ii;in'il nre instructed l>y Dfc (i. 1). In-.-r to Rell l»y auction, »t hie quarter*, M«f Owieol
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