Straits Times Weekly Issue, 23 September 1889

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1 1 Straits Times Weekly Issue
  • 28 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Serie* PCBt.Ha,,> ro T« AMMIIMI0K BY Et£rt Hombward Mau STBAMjiR [Pkice 40 Cent* TOL XLV. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER z3. 188<). NO. 3,539
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  • 73 1 STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, 23rd SEPT., 1889. CONTENTS. Market Quotation. Weekly ouinnuiry. Reuter's Telegrams. Local and General News. The Monetary Conference. German Colonisation. The blare Trade. Babies and Bicyclists Telegraphic Summary. Shipping New*. Passenger List. Lots of the Baron Blaature. News from Perak, Siam, Netherlands India, Deli, French Indo China, Penang
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  • 328 1 Singapore, 21st September, 1889. Produce. Gambier 8.77$. do. Cube No. 1 13.05. do. do. No. 2 11.50. Copra, Manila 3.90. do. Ponrtanak ,3.70. Pepper, Black 20.374 Stg© Flour, 2.70. rWl Ss«o 3.62*. Oofee, Bali 27.50. TtqjKMa t ffm*U FUko 5.17$. do. do. 1st quality 5.65. do. med.
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  • 327 1 (For Straits Times,) Renewal of the Strike. London, 18th Sept. -The Dock Labourers and the Lightermen refuse to work with the blacklegs (non-union or emergency men) and 1,500 have again struck. The Dock Directors insist on retaining the blacklegs," and as constant fighting is going on between the
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  • 832 1 The Dumber of visitors to the Raffles Library aad Museum during the wee k was 1,280. The French steamer Canton, which conveyed .Russian troops some time ago to Vladivoatock, passed outside the harbour on Wednesday evening, bound from east to west. Mr. Jose d' Almeida, Belvedere, complains
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  • 25 1 Per Palitatia from B*agoou and Calcutta. Mr. aud Mrs. Faush Mrs. By era Mrs. Friedlander,Mr. aDd Mrs. Maclutvre! Messrs. Distant and Irelan d.
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  • 130 1 The sobject of hydrophobia continues to attract attention with every prospect of the authorities dealing shortly with the in #wr by legislation. In Johore, it is infended to take stringent measures to stamp JBjHbeorii. 0* Wednesday, the Court of Inouif/ «%|ke loss of the Baron Blantfn
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  • 634 1 THE C mrr irr a" Haiphong of the Bth I September gives particulars, of recent campaigning against j.irates then-, which show that the tatter are uot yet discouraged by the submission ot' several of their chieftain*. In the district of Lam. a field force was hard put
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  • 492 2 WEDNESDAY, 18th SEPTEMBER. Siomor Louis Fusco, an Italian violinist, has arrived here from Batavia, and will give a public concert before his departure. When tbe mail left London the following were the prices of certain stocks Pahang Corporation 65/ to 70 Pahang Kabang 12/6 to 15 Bentongs
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  • 185 2 About half past 7 o'clock last night a little Chinese boy named Pong Cheng Wan was taken to the Sepoy Lines Station suffering from three distinct incised wounds on his legs. The little fellow stated that he had been bitten by a black and white dog belonging
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  • 314 2 i {China Express *>U*iiT°4. t l me c pa t rnmo huve been o rWand J^ T°f: TlM Mww finned 1. rumours are now co«. a S ga tion G ™V*y the Wetoerhmds^ Natation SWshipCott. mag at preseaTaa fwEi* i^**?*' r,ui- *u •'snrferred on
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  • 676 2 The lese of the ship Baron Blantyre." The Marine Court of Enquiry for the purpose of investigating the circumstances attending the Toss of the British ship Baron Blantyre (Official Number 67,924, of Greenock) on the 28th August, 1889, by striking on the Timbaga or Copper Rock, m the Banka Straits,
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  • 333 2 H^^^^stt^rj. i to cause a tamnAw*. u, «*t M,re *na I 1 very unsettled, perhaps due to the change 1 iv the monsoon. Yesfce*#ay afternoon the I eky was overshadowed with huge black clouds, but all that resulted were two or three downfalls over small areas. About half-past
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  • 46 2 Thk Apenrade arrived this afternoon from Jeddah with 313 pilgrims for Singapore. 209 more were landed at Penang. Passenger List. Per Singapore from Klang, Mr. Fisher. Surywongse from Bangkok, Mr. Frans, Mrs. Smith, and Miss Smith. Ape. trade from Penang, Mr. and Mrs. Steglin.
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  • 1143 2 Supplementary to Straits Times Tt ley rams. (Ceylon Observer.) The Germans in East Africa. Zanzibar, nth September. Captaiu Wissmann. with a force of 400 men. has started on a puuitive expedition against Mpwapwa. Cashmere not to be Annexed. London, 6th Sept.— Iu a speech made by Lord Cross
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  • 305 3 at. reteraourg, -dixies*.— An article m the Novos Vremya this morning declares I that Great Britain's virtual annexation of Cashmere compels Russia to adopt meagß.es with a view to safeguard her interest, on the Afghan and Thibetan frontiers. Th. I&isk TJhiversity Bill. London, 30th August. A growing
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  • 175 3 {London and China Express.) The appointment of Mr. A. Spcnce Moss to be m charge < f the new railway lines m Perak, m addition to the appointment he now has of ta similar nature m Selangore, marks a further short stage m the
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  • 278 3 I Mr. Matthews has come to what we hold to he the right decision m the Maybrick case. sad he has come to it on what we hold to be, ea the whole, the right grounds. In regard to the fi**sT, m the Hom i > Secretary
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  • 796 3 The Saturday Review, after discussing prospects of Siam and its growing hfcde, .ay.:— Jgo have thus, on the one hand, a King and jjfjfwsrs sincerely desirous of promoting "Jsueau enterprise, and, ou tiie other hand, **ttopean public hairdly lee. ready toemJ« capital therein. What hindrance
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  • 432 3 Tiie Sapphire, which recently returned from i the China station, is to be surveyed as to her suitability as a training-ship. The Army and Navy Gazette, referring to the recent sharp run of the Imperieuse, tiagj ship, which after an overhaul aud repairs by her own
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  • 319 3 The Hon'ble T. Shelford and Mrs. Shelford, who have been ov a visit to Sarawak, are expected to return to-day iv the steamer Normanby. Messrs. Drew and Napier, solicitors for the official liquidator of the Rawang Miuing Co., give notice of his appointment. All debts due to
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  • 100 3 Hava.B telegrams from Paris to the 13th instant, m Saigon papers re eived this morniug, state that the French Premier has received a letter from General Boulaujjrer iv which the latter asks for trial either by an appeal court or by court martial. The explosion at Autwerp
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  • 109 3 In Java the uative population has been so rapidly increasing during the present century that the dauger of over-popula-tion becomes imminent. Mr. R. A. Eekhout, m a pamphlet, has raised an alarm by showing that the population estimated at 21,000,000 m 1885, doubles m 39 years, so
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  • 220 3 The pawnshop keepers are still remaining m an unsatisfactory state of indifference regarding the new Pawnshop Regulations, and, from all accounts, they seem determined to remain firm. It must be perfectly evident that since no new pawnshop licenses have been granted 4 pledging is being illegally transacted
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  • 190 3 (From a correspondent m Johore.) I understand that Mr. Bentley has been stirring up the Council h re to make defensive preparations against the inruad of dog_ that may be expec!<-.i when the legislation recom mended m the Straits Times takes ..effect, ani I expect that
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  • 187 3 Since Captaiu White brought the s.s. Hydra here on hor maiden voyage iast December, it has often been a .abject of discussion, both here and m Singapore, as to which is tho fastest boat running between bingapore and baugkok? Popular opinion has beeu about equally divided
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  • 327 3 j (Perak Government Gazette 13th September.) Mr. MacFaydeu, m prospecting m the dis- trict of Selaina for Gurhrie k Co., has found j the tin drawn from au alluvial working at I Sungei Morah to be as fine m quality as any he had se*>u m the couutry.
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  • 275 3 {Siim Mercantile Gazette, 14th Sept.) We tear that Captain Lorenszen and Mr. Bethje have bought the s. s. Volant tor the purpose of engaging m the pepper trade. The Government ought to encourage a private enterprise such as this, but instead of doing so we find them running
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  • 74 4 Arrivals. Per Sappho from Klang, Messrs. Bailey, West, and Knight. B. TV. Hin from Pontianak, Mr.Rader. Perse from Peuang, Messrs. Little and Anson. Sissie from, Linggie, Mr. MacGilL Giralior from Hongkong Messrs. Jones and Barrados. Volga from Shanghai, Mr. Vance from Hongkong, Messrs. Petria and Cfoell. From Saigon,
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  • 619 4 Mr. J. C. Zylker, a pioneer who has long aud un wearied Iv endeavoured to bring the petroleum wealth of Langkat, m East Sumatra, into notice, intends, so says the Java Bode, now to interest Europeau capitalists iv the oil wells there. His idea is to start
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  • 395 4 At this moment nearly the whole of the Asiatic traders of Singapore are threatened with absolute stoppage of credit., aud unless the situation be modified within the next day or two, there will be a crash of the most serious ,kind. It is genera y
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  • 453 4 Tho Lancet 9*\ Kqua] m importanea to a seaworthy li- r is it to have seaworthy sailors, and whilst we are engaged m testing the fighting qualities ef our ships we ought not to forget the men to whose care they are commi. ttod c)
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  • 1283 4 {By Tuesday's Mail.) East-enders ou strike are not an absolute novelty m London, for there are often some sections of the wage classes trying, by sundry combinations, to better their condition. But it is uearly seventeen years since, until the last week, there was a strike amongst tbe
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  • 502 4 Mr. Hear don, the Deputy Health Officer, is now m charge of the Government Out-door Dispensary. Victoria Street Thb directors of the Straits Insurance Company (Limited) have declared an iaterim dividend at the rate of 5% for ths last half-year. H.N.M.'s Samarang, Lieut. Commander Ledeboe ived he»e
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  • 72 5 We understand that Colouel Anderson has ordered, or will order, that every dog m the cantonment at Tauglin shall be removed or destroyed. The Government Veterinary Surgeou has examined the brown aud white dog that bit the Chinese boy. Pong Cheug Wan, the other evening, and
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  • 250 5 I On the 15th of July the Opium Farmer gave notice by placards m the streets aud otherwise that certain unqualified persons have for some time past been making and selling pills containing opium," and that after 31st July the law against such unlicensed sale would be
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  • 23 5 rrer Kian Ann from Bengkalis, Messrs. David and Berehem. Normanby from Sarawak, the Hon'ble Mr. Shelford, Mrs. Shelford, and Mr. Benjafield.
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  • 413 5 Thb Deli Courant has a good deal to »y about the British steamer Hokwei •-wing to pay hospital dues the other day there, a levy never before laid on any vessel at Belawan, the port of that Settlement. That port used to be under the control of the
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  • 543 5 While it is true, as set forth m our issue of yesterday, that the banks have flatly refused to make further advances to the Chitties, it is urged that the refusal is m the true interest of local trade. It appears that, tempted by the
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  • 693 5 The English Vice-Consul at Mannheim has sent home an interesting report, m which he l T 7 Woma V:,l,nbI obsM,vati ms concerning the difference between English and oerman clerks. A good deal has been written and said on tins subject, and many of our readers will
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  • 1134 5 H. M. S. Orion" at Home. The dauce given last night by Captain Bruce and the Officers of H. M. S. Orion was the most successful entertainment we have enjoyed m Singapore this year. Some doubts were expressed at the Club and elsewhere during the aftei noon as to whether
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  • 912 6 (From our own Correspondent.) DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. Paris, August 24.— What a rainbow of < events banquets to Mayors, to make them love the Republic to Edison, for enlightening the world; to the father of Volapukism, for making the coufusion of languages more confounded. Congresses of stenographists, where nothing
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  • 766 6 Threatened Collapse of the Tbads. Tho gradual failing of the petroleum wells of Baku and its vicinity is now officially confirm d. Later accounts from tho oil region of tho Caspian which have reached this country show that the falling off m the yield of naphtha
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  • 289 6 The Monetary Conference. {Straits Times September 18.) The closing of the monetary confereuce at Paris, recently announced iv our telegrams, came after debates which showed opinion to be evenly balanced among the advocates of monometallism and of bi- metallism. The intricate and difficult nature of the controversial points dividing
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  • 373 6 (Straits Times September 19.) Prince Bismarck's refusal to allow Imperial protection to a German Company now trying to exercise sovereign rights m Damaraland, marks a turuiug point m German colonial policy. The Priuce sets his face against employing military force to bring under hostile native chiefs iv distant
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  • 293 6 (Straite Timea September 2') A telegram from London inform,**, that a convention has been concluded be tween England aud Italy on the *üb__* of the Slave Trade, making it ly piracy. It was by a Statute of i B2l that the trade was first declared to be
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  • 849 6 {Straits Times September 20.) The directors of one of the principal American railway companies have gives practical demonstration of their sympathy with two classes of the coram unity which do not, at first sight, appear to have much n common with oue another, aud the metn1 bers
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  • 234 7 {Straits Times September 21.) The telegrams we publish to-day, giving particulars of a disastrous colliery explosion at Pennecuick, m Edinburghshire, canaot fail to awaken interest and arouse sympathy. From time to time news of calamities of the kind come to remind us of the risks of coal
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  • 1821 7 Municipal Office*, Town Hall Singapore, 10th September, 1889. Meetings. ui»_£ mo nt h f Au^ U9t 3 meetings 28th A \™V 2 ord5 ™y>™ the 14th and ZBth August and one special, on the 17th idem. TmspesM meeting wa, convened for
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  • 1690 7 (From the Rangoon Tunes./ Wathln^ton 10th Sept.-Tn, Agricultural Bureau monthly report Mtates that the average condition ofthe crop i. oiuveu cotton states is BH pc, cent. Tiie Crop is backward owing to excessive moisture which retards development of bolls the caterpillar and boll Zn n I^V°/iV om9sli S
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    • 358 8 Sir,—Ten months ago it was your unI fortunate duty to invite the attention of Singapore Scotsmen to their strange neglect of the festival of their patron saint; and, as you said at tbat time, "it is advisable that once a year at least the English and
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    • 741 8 Sir, I notice m your issue of yesterday's date more remarks eon.-erniug tl c Pos f Office, and althoi.-gh 1 do uot think the Daily Pa|>ers the proper medium tor official corn spomlence, I am glad you have given me an opportunity by mentioning the dates
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    • 393 8 Sir. Your correspondent Saudy suggests that we should have a festivity 1 ou St. Andrew's Day, but he doesn't seem I to be able to make up his mind what form it should take. Now I object to a dance. We have plenty of dances here. Not
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    • 100 8 Sir, I am all for a ball on St. Andrew's Day. A dinner confined to men is a selfish kind of thing m any ease, and especially here, where ladies are cut off fiom the amusements of home and have so little to interest them— even their
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    • 129 8 lt is scarcely possible, by a newspaper discussion, to ascertain whether the Scotsmen of Singapore would prefer to celebrate St. Andrew's Day by a dinner or a ball and, indeed, your correspondents have done little beyond calling attention to the subject and showing us that there is
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    • 145 8 SIR 1 do oot like your Dite VI er." The selfishness of is so *J»Jportrayed m h,s letter of last nigkttfi. I cannot let >t pass without one wl|_ reply for our side of the question ol f it always be tbe price /tq! Sb "J Rawang
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    • 358 8 Sir —With reference to the corre,r_,n„ ence m the Straits Times aLTth^T hore Post Office. I shall Id J will allow me to say, as one who C resided m Johore e^ver sin" the Posl suffered any of the annoyances and de_v_ complained of by your
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 214 8 KTO-id fTHHE price ol the Strait* Tim**" ia For the daily issue $24 yearly For the weekly issue $lb' The subscription, which s payable quarterly m advance, includes free delivery each afternoon m Singapore and free delivery by post within the Straits Settlements. Single copies may be had for 15
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 434 9 LA MBBBT BlEtblp¥ElßSr SINGAPORE CARRIAGE WORKS AND HARNESS MANUFACTORY. Orchard Road, Singapore. Established 1862. Manufacturers of all kinds of Carriages on the newest principles and with the best materia Beg to call attention to their present large stock of new and fashionable carriages consisting of STANHOPE GIGS, to suit either
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    • 695 9 PREPAID AD VERTISEMENTS. meet the convenience of occasional adcW VertlBe Straits Time* offers at specific articles for sale j For 20 words, small' type close set. Portions j on ,2 $1.50. i $2.50. 1 month $400 For each additional 10 words, or' part of 10 words, add one third of
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    • 220 9 MUOI AN_N| 111 LIQUID WATERPROOF AMg^g SELF SHINING. NOBrSSFeI RafoufßED fl__o__J KSI b*f washed f oS _SS '^u^! 1 lM 9 aw k or dr J weather. Mad I i|Xi| _-tU Suthu- sff5 ff t^H 8 remains. Does not Injure leather uor l «Hff __*rWv M?s;J*£j£ &nd 8 oot8 S-
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 978 9 ARRIVALS nffi ~Flao I gg Vksskl's Nam.. A |Tons. Captain. From. Sailed. Consiqnkbs. Sept 16 Robilla JITS pc Home Hongkong Sept 10 P. AO. Company 16 Nowsherra Bnt.str. 1938 Liddiard k alcntU Aug 31 Boustead AcT 16 Sherborne str. 181 Edwards Cebu Sept 8 Gilfillan Wood A Co. \l t
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 667 10 SHIPPING. tv part Bengale, 54 1, Behn Meyer Co. Uncertain. tut wl' Uorro, 999, Gilfillan Wood Co. for Hong-Men-of- w ar. kong Roads Miner No. 10 Colonial torpedo-boat, 17 tons, Diam(mdf 346) L. Johnston Co. UnCaptain Branch,— Roads. certain— Roads. Orion, H. M's. steamer, 4,870 tons, Captain E F Whitney,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 355 11 PBWLLL CO. yl rCTIONFERS. SINGyV P O H E rrRKTtrRE. Ac. Ton Sale *l_tfif*b* I** Ch#stJ* °,S_is(tTou) Jew«j| ?»>ifen \Vaok C»-** L«mpH S_kS')»»*4« LitH^om J_J^t Bu|f* M«*»t Safen Js_^, Offio*. D^skp Cur'-<xr<lK OfHc*. Chnini J_^pef Pin.fculi^ JJ^T I- ?troj fire-j.roof> VAmaJiW''*"™ s ,tM Shar.ifbai Bsthmg Jsrs nigatr W—rt° n,i S<-«fH«
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    • 1374 11 __-1 JfttNilT^jTEoSß T|\i___^MtWM lAdjoinini: Me**sr<«. Lnri.K A Co,) I ilil_Bß!__L_— [NiiliilJl R^m-s pu... P-HI t"a_ B*fW^i_4rVW l P Establishki. ls_:,. ii,,v X N0 .66. P~ *W^ ~|JR e3£A|BSlijQji^«fl IBs^^^^^_l_lS?l_lllTil!l_l¥_ 'p' ,X M«i.«cin< Proj.ri^tur Im*. h regular if^- I_B_bU h 'V4_l_____l -«|»!»1« of hrugai.d Pstent Me.li.-inesfrom i"- g Rl BTTafirMa Ouar-Ps
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 512 12 SCHW E I T Z.E E* S oooo____-zisrA. A.,tiT)v*pcptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powder. GUARANTEED PUKE SOLUBLE COCOA. WITHOUT ADIHXTURE Society say> THE QUEEN faivarUbly Las a cup of x SCHWEITZEK'S COCOATINA brought to her be.lside at 7-30 and two hour, lata she qnaffs the -aine beverage at the breatfsst-taL.e. o
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    • 419 12 I (JJWice to Consumers i T__e PBODTJOTS of I ORBAPERFUMBS L. LEGRAND I 80?, rue Saint-Honore, _P_4._F?rs I sac* ORIZA-OIL, ESS.ORIZA, ORIZA-LACTt, GENe-ORIZA I ORIZA-VELOUTE, ORIZA-TONICA, ORIZALINE, ORiZA-SOAP I HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING THE PATRONAGE OF THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I 1* Their manufacture is supervised with the greatest care-
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    • 348 12 THF MIDLAND UWNTIES WATCH COMPANY. Or VYC_. STREET, BIRMINGHAM, Cata orruea /jr Catalogroi to any part of V i _e_ to any part of the World. V^_J_rT the WorA l /^^TJ^^^_ H. 1 0//f\ M />SS___ ?I fziai/ftt*^ ,__k\^_ or** hi r^*-. sr i\B el W[*r_r^^r 4|P 25, 25A Let
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY "STRAITS TIMES," 23, 1889.
    • 8 1 SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY "STRAITS TIMES," 23, 1889.
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    • 18 1 rln consequence of the mail arrangements fa mw* of to-day (Monday) is given m a f*}mmplament. ii '"~~*~——it-—i-h»
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    • 202 1 MONDAY. 23rd SEPTEMBER. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. {For Straits Times.) i The Navy. i don, Xl*! Sept,~U. M's -uuboat hdy nas foundered off Newfoundland, aud I 1 1 her ci e w were dro w tied I Ireland. i) Sandhurst and theßt. Hou. James SUnafeld who are touring Ireland iv the iute«est.>
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    • 226 1 At Penang, too, the new baked pawnbroking Ordinance fails to work. Those peo- pie who had hitherto taken to that line of business, refuse to carry it on under tbe new order of tbiugs. They object to the loweruir of tbe rate of iuterest, the
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    • 2137 1 Jotting* from tbe Diary of a ti lobe -trotter In Singapore. Tuesday, 7 a. m. Find myself at P. O. Wharf, Singajwre. Carefully examine bag*ag«v Resolve to go to Hotel, if there is oni. Am distractedly gathering together the scattered fragments of my baggage, when I hear uiy name prouounced
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    • 527 1 Pekan, 19th September. -Tha luspecj tor of Mines returned last week from i (Kwantan) his southeru tour, where the j mines of the Pabaug Corpo-atiou are, and i is preparing to proceed up stream to Ulu Pahaug, where very exteusive concessions are granted to large capitalists by H.
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    • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
      • 230 1 Sir. —I wowli like to add my quota to the correspondence tj»iu_j on m your columns about the due celebration of St. Andrew's Daw We must not forget that there" exists m Scotland a large class, who are utterly opposed fa. dancing ou moral aud religious grounds,
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      • 467 1 Maistbr Editor, Ma mitbcr tauld me to write you a haver o a screed aboot the Sin Awndrau's Denver. She says we micbt be ashamed o oorsels no beiu able to get twa or three chiels tbegether ta a sort o hamely denver, an she gaes deed
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