Straits Times Weekly Issue, 18 February 1891

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1 1 Straits Times Weekly Issue
  • 27 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. v Seuik; PBUBHED FOR TU.VNSMISS.ON BY EVERY HoUWABD MAIL BtBAMEB. [Price 40 Centi ■^rOL XLVTI. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. FUmuVRY 1». 1801. NO. :UM2.
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  • 20 1 I At c l. Institution Hill. «.n tho 11 rh instant, fewife of Jamks H Drysdai.e. of a son.
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  • 60 1 STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, 11th FEB,. 1891. CONTENS. Mark-'t Q »tati Summa Week Reuter'Local and Gom rn\ N •>*•-; Nhlh" a: The Ma ay Tlu> I T:i»» Bxi Tho Pr vdropi, Arms on. T 8 Ti Hydro] Tli- ontribntion. Hyi. •ii Indo ill. ,71(1^ ludia. The M The New LraaehelUi I
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  • 24 1 At Grew N 3 > p m. on tho 15th B bsUnt, Maxi F: vncis d Souza, Aged 71 years. At' H nerlv Singapore
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  • LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Singapore , 18th February, 1891.
    • 60 1 5 do Cube Niv I do do No. J 7 >pra Hnli. 4.«*2i. do Pontifl:.; Pepper Bla<-lc, I 1 Sago Flour, ..2.25 f Pearl Sajro, 2.80. Coffee Bali. Coff<-o Liberian, 26 <( Tapioca smn 11 Flake 15. <lo l»t quality •">" do rae*l. f: 4.15. do smal > Ml
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    • 57 1 Do —Batik 4 m/s.. o 3. Domain 1 3 Private m/ 5..... 3|. Do. 3m/i i :>l —Bank d/d 4.03. Private 3 m 'a 4.13 X India.— BanfcT.T Private 30 d 226 i. JfaHougkoag.— B.ii. T di*. Private 30d/a 2i die. 7a»a.— Bank T. T 195. Private *J -I
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    • 153 1 [nsaruM ftUpd) $n; k-f#r- Strut* Fire Insurance (ftttpd) $U hi Simraporo lnsnraooe (s9o p4) |g| M I) ISO pi) iso Trust ;\u>l Lota EL I V IH \M. ■but., u^ "Str Aits Tm f£l pdj 50. -i. HkG..MfieMs i tl p<^ $3 (■<•■■- (sspd) SU pi) specting Co. ($7
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  • 241 1 iHK Co Dcil meeti on Thursday, with an order of the day conprising on sawngfl bauks. the posi ©•oe, the D of deeds, and votes ">n accoui I the militan contribution. The Am.-. I .i; r f or [ggQ pointi v busio is. A bill is
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  • 287 1 tiis Titm The C.vfk. London, I Hh F.h -J The Natal Parliament have passed t!. >nsible government bill. The CIAB LND hi: L'»k:> Mayki:. His [mperial Majesty the Csar has returned unanswered the letter from the Lord Mayor the memorial m favour of the Russia a Jews. 1
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  • 74 1 BAUD SIHHFs. a >.< Briti t.) Brisbane W lay. h February 4 \ki\\. Th.- Drioe «>f Raub SharM if Bni Rone. S.nlos none. Brisbane, Fridaj. IStb Pebroan I p.m. Til* 1 price of Baab 31 ReiUra 2/4 Bales uomt. Brisbane, Monday, 16tb Pebroarv, 1 Ift
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  • 262 1 TUESDAY 17th FEBRUARY. H. N. ]M. B%ndoro after doctrine^ reMorinL r and coaling at Tanjong Pa-jrar left yesterday erening for A.cheeu via. Penang. Thk Russian flagship Admiral Nakhinoff carries an excellent band. Perhaps, if requested, Admiral NazimofE would allow thp band to play on the esplanade Thk bon. Senator P.O.
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  • 92 1 Yesterday at ,i meeting of the Committee of th.- Singapore Bramh of the Straits Association the ion This com m it I ptvs anting tj, d preneml bo 1 Br&nefa •Mi r merits i Mr .Uni- n float h whirl: m-* depi sar\ m eir
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  • 202 1 A lak«»] i v attended pri\ meeting was bold m the Exehan^'e h'.-ouis, ou afternoon o( the IBtb instant. \>ider tli<- Hydrophobia <}iit>sti< following t ii was adopted That this meeti \< ot opinion that, owinjf to tii" increa ed number <>!' deaths from Hydrophobia m Sin^
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  • 137 1 (Frnni OUT Kuala Lumpor, 14th Feb.- H. B. leave* to-day at 2p. m per special train for Klang on roiito for Singapore. Durii bis stay, the Governor iuspeeted the jail, hospital and m fact every department and locality, which might possess eitb official or visitorial interest. Th. i,-ut
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  • 1325 2 LOCAL AND GENErAL. WEDNESDAY, 11th FEBRUARY. W.i, which was to have taken place at Govern men t House, Hongkong, on the 3rd instant, had to be put off owing to the illness of one of the Governor's ddreu. Owing to the death of Mr. Davidson, Mr. W. Nansou who was
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  • 65 2 Two men charged with participation m the Namoa piracy have been committed for trial at the Supreme Court, Hongkong. Several junks said to be concerned m the affair have been captured at Macao as well as a number of alleged pirates. The instigator of the piracy also
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  • 204 2 From the Hongkong Daily Press, i In reply to au inquiry from Hongkong, a letter has been received from Messrs. Huttenbach Bros. Co., Singapore, the General Manage! s ot the Jelebu Mining and Trading Company, Limited, from which the following is an extract We are m receipt of
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  • 313 2 (From our Correaj ><> ndent.) Kuala L>n,:i>or, 7th Feb.— Yesterday afternoon the Resident presided at a murder trial. A jury was empanneled consist in-; of five Europeans, a Malay Rajah, and an influential Chinaman. The facts „f the cast-, briefly, are as follows the prisoner, who
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  • 481 2 Fin-production it now carried on m ewrv v»nt* the Australian colonies -m Ni South Wales at Tinghaand other parts ol N.'u England ;iu Victoria at Mount Wills, m Gippsland m the Nortl C ritory of South Australia; at Mount ft and elsewhere m '.Rumania at
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  • 559 2 When tb Con this morning a touching and impr*** tribute was paid to the memory theltftjl Mr. Jamet Guthrie Dfttfttson, wbbv an anident on Sunday morning laafl The Chief Justice, who was acrompaniefl oa the Bench by Mr. Justice Golduey, tosjS bif si-u.t at 1 1 o'clock. The Bar
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  • 268 2 Via A ralia.) L indJa Tl -aent m conpectioa with the Scutch railway strike has become easier. Some of the men are return ing to work, luit tlu* North Western labomn are urging the strikers to persist, ami also threaten to strike *nle«
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  • Page 2 Advertisements

  • 2871 3 I ELI AM. M- S AND KUMAHRAPPA Ohittiks. Ji i kor mil Plain rj yy. This is a < t some importance which was coimn»'n<< -I U-toro the Chief Justice Ota the 2^th January, and m which there sum of s-Jl !'..">(;•.) at issue, but the iff inter*
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  • 101 3 I otmect ion with tix- ot N. < 1». C. against Arnai-hellaii), Mootoqjjappa, and Komarrappsi Chittii iich the Chief Justice gave judgment ou V v, it may U' reineinlvivd I same day Arnacbcllaui w;t arn-st<-d «h a warrant charging him with comaull [>erjury, and ou the
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  • 782 4 At Hongkong, Mr. John Surtees Webbe, late a member of My Sweetheart** Com- brought an actiou agaiust Mr. Obat ding the manager of tin; coinj, and sought to recover tin* sum of I breach of contract. Prom th 6 evidence adduced it appears that the plaintiff joined
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  • 636 4 An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the above company wen* beld at the office m Lotbbury on the 12th January, Mr. D.tvi.l Brown presiding. In his opening remarks tbe Chatrtsau ■aid thai m lieu of sending out circulars •jiving notice of
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  • 132 4 Si i. < Iharles arrived tliis afterdoou trooa Calcutta tbe steamer Palu tana. The bodj Chinaman m an advanced state of decomposition wu discovered m the jangle bordering Natsiin Hill arcane I bit mor ling. Om Tuesday morning, wt Mr. .1. H. Mcliiryn-. of the Tanjong
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  • 232 4 .IrsT after the Chief Justice bad deliv.t.ml judgmeul m ilif case of ih«- x Orient il Bank versus Arnachellatn,. MooKt(»uaj»|»;i, .unl Koinarrappa Chittiea yesterday inoruing, ioformatioa was laid against the first and last Darned defendants on a charge <•»' per|nry, aud warrant*
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  • 162 4 'na Mail.) In a recent >{>• to the Fin Brig tde, Mr. Wodehouse said that the immunity from fire which Hon tas enjoyed as compared with >reviousj i due to the introduction oi Fire Inquiry Ordiuau The withdr i Chinese »ks on ibe part of the larger
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  • 232 4 i i i onrant, tth i Dry we*ther prevailed m. th<- country last month, thereby favoui »r labour on tfa tat I, tha*. sorting operation! have concluded on almost all the latter, and th< have b< I-- wort on his year's to op. Phe forwarding of la.nl year'i crop
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  • 729 4 Before the Chief J" MAiil •■"RATKS" Al'I»BA. Chow Aw Mot Lin Km b'so.N Chow These two appeals lav from 11 deciti of a Court of two Magistrates, the li: prisoner having been eon vie ted fo* bring iiiLT a false charge and giving I and the second
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  • 641 5 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. following is the fifty-first report of irt of directors to the ordinary halftr\y general meeting of shareholders to City Hall. Hongkong, on 28th February, 1891, at coon. T<> the Proprietors of phe Hono\x i > Shanghai B a n kihg 10l POB VI Gentlei The
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  • 941 5 Mr. Thomai the Hongkong Shanghai Bank, left Hongkong for England on the Previoui to his ring, a large Dumber of those who had known him both m soda! and business re-!i».-t him m the Chamhe I >ml»* M the City Ball for the puri'
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  • 457 5 V i Lit hundred arrests have been made m m connection with revolution there. Uluba kiave been closed by order of ih>« Government. It has transpired H at the insurgents at Oporto had counted on •■<»ncarrent outbreak of other provincial garrison* ami had planned a combined advance <»n
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  • 345 5 ro-DAY before the magistrate v fbii pork dealer was prosecuted l>v [ns] Bateman for wilfully tampering wil rerified small darning \>y means oj v he OOUld in. lUc a profit Of "J every 20 catties of pork sold < i lie was tiued si:, ami the darh
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  • 2091 6 our vorrevj>onaetir.) esday, 1 lth Feb. idav moraiog burst upon us with a five clear sky and a feteady breeze, and with every indication of the besl [K>Bsible editions for tbe first day's races of tbe Gymkhana Club, Spring MeetTh»' first business on the prone was th<-
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  • 547 6 French Indo- China. Jhk Saigon Progre* of last month bean that alarming newt has l> vn reoetved from Cambodia, a kingdom under protection of the French OoTermnent *or sometime, the King of that md the Kesi.lent at his court have beoh on bad terms, and the difficulty has so 1
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  • 384 7 sfydropfcobla* {Straits Times February 11.) us Straits Government which recently subsidised I>r. Hampshire to study Pasteur's method of copiug with hydrophobia fttParis (aud which has just now allowed biai I i way on leave), has been dislanoed the (Jovernmeut of Kreiu-h Indo-Cliina m measures to combai hydrophobia. Our French
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  • 317 7 l'J. >iivfy.'<] iii to-day's gran:- that the Natal Council or Parlianit'ut has pass* i 1 1 i b 1 mmeut Uiil a that another Crown Las prououinvd for emancipation froo Colouial Office rule. just taken that step, and Natal follows h-T hard. The latter colony lies
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  • 530 7 (Strait* Times February 12.) hi another column we publish oerUin proposals thai will be put before the shareholders of the Malay Peninsula Prospecting Company, uu Sat vi day, and which they win be invited to ;ls freely. ii. i substance of Che matter id that
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  • 923 7 (Straits Times February IX.) Since it is sometimes said jeeringly, or jestingly, that no real influence attaches to the post of unofficial member of the Legislative Council of the Straits and since the frequeut saying of such things causes people to believe them— it
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  • 224 7 /'.>■ I', brunry The surrender of Messrs. I >'Bri< aid Dillou, the abscond iug members ol Parliament, is announced m our te to., lav. These two politicians bai t heir mark as eouspicu of Mr. Parnell a;il prouiiaeut II I>U l*' the iiuprisouineul which consequently befell
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  • 414 7 raits Ti bru iry In .1 paragraph iv auothei will he found tbe result of the discussion a1 a long continued meetiug whtd held ..-i Friday a. the Hydrophobia question n I decide whether it would l> > adi mli that the Europ >inmunitj
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  • 334 8 (Straits Time* February 16.) Thk Arms Exportation Ordinance Amendment Bill to be laid before the Legislative Couueil, arises from a recent decision iv the Supreme Court. About a year ago, there was seized ou board a steamer at Malacca, a quantity of j arms and ammunition on their
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  • 212 8 (Straits Tit Wuary 16.) The Postmaster-General of r jV? m bii report for lasl year, lakes t jf th rtay.; resulting from the uniform 5 cents rate now iv i to r is. itiou, late ft-es, and postage tfespatehed to places beyond the lunits the Colony, though
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  • 623 8 Thi news of an Euglish mining prospector having been murdered m the interior of Jumble, has been officially confirmed. He turus out to Lie an eiiL'ineer named Houston Walker, iiiul is said to have lost his life m the l»a--taugharie district, where the people are known to
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  • 4162 8 {Written for the Btraiis Ttwuss.) January, 14, 189 L— "Give a dog a bad i) ma', and you may as well bang bin*. It is singular, nevertheless, to reflec! that people to whom the most atrociously bed names have been given have contrived live on, uahauged,
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  • 209 10 n-of-war passed through -his morning from east to w< The M. I*. P. Co. does not distribute any Raub shares ainoa^ its shim-holders rains them as capital. Thk Russian cruiser Mandjonr anchored m the roads last ui-ht from 3a4ffon and ►'clock this morning exchanged salutes with Fort
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  • 138 10 H M. rioopship Ttfuf arrived this moruio#fi*oni Plymouth, January Ist, ria Gibraltar. Malta. l*-»rt Slid, Suez, Aden, < .Joiulto. having ou board 1- blue jack >ts and 82 office is fur ships on the Station, <»nlv (M>e of whom (an officer) remains m Singapore, t.> join
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  • 3706 10 I.\m i Ivieea from French Ludo-China, thai the pirates m Touquiu present :j.-\\ .1 formidable trout to the fore a of I Government, who sometimes find themes li;»>l put to it. Marauding bands cook 1 ni^lit uudei the walls »»t' Hanoi, the capital, and their bullets whistle
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  • 563 12 terian Church yesterday inorui liev. G. M. Keith preached a J meu sermon, having reference to the I lit!. J. G. Davidson, taking for his Cor. V. The gr- et of success, the preacher ■1, m all departments of life, was to be independent of
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  • 130 12 ijhin L Fvb.— Parnell l 1;l s urrivod at Enms < received l.y a deuso multitude of v who >ravo him an entluiHiastic ig aed banners [lyiug. pH.-noij. iv an address to a uieetiuff held m thu bquare, said if would transpire IU ""it a permanent settlement arintf
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  • 1406 12 The list of "orders of the day" for Thursday's Legislative Council has to-day been added to by votes on account of the military contributiou, so it may perhaps be presumed that the "answer" from the Colouia! Office, concerning which Mr. Shelford asked on the 15th of January,
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  • 2846 12 Bl Nehtm;. The Malay Peninsula has alwaya been associated with a race of men who have a reputation W their wonderfully clever Bailing and general management of a boat, and as one comes more into contact with the Malay, one is the better able to recog
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  • 915 13 i th< chi- 1 Chid Sboi Ni Ciir.i: H<>..\ Bong un OTHSI This was notion by Ch wan ha<l libert y to att I m the aboi c ado ,t -v i portion ol aade m parsua nil by finding thai < Ihee llii her but bo ■Is
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 285 13 In Bankruptcy. Re-Fre i. Po j. < Mr>. Dowuie made ;t claim against of Frc'}. Pooles A Co., and day, Mr. Justice (roldne\ d» j liv< \pmenf as follows J think Mrs. Dowuie is entitled fto interest at 7 ou the £114 7s. 4d. t'rooi the <late of the respective
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 39 13 Shipping Nous. The Knt Sang spoke a Dut<] tiviuLC the sigual o. F. B. M. which v. to b« i Deported. PaMMffir List. Akkivals. Thk s. s. Tonyshui repdßk li i <'<1 ;il><)ut 6 hours ou th< all well.
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  • 202 14 m POB AR. i.i i t. r. i H Trading Si bai V4.J ir. Alunt.-k au.l i:. c. a. .1 c. at-. Xi! <-'>iing Sf !o. i)■ B UrctlMTs, for t Poni ianak, nafi.il.] (\>. for Hon^gar. ti.-l.i.v Co. UncerPa«ijar. raits Stoamshiii ■Is. Sailing Vkss«ls fe»j > 1 Co.
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  • 50 14 1 I 7 i i 11 11 II 11 n ii i a 19 12 12 VJ Tamfc i> m Decima 19 ii r 13 13 i re tn 13 14 'ii! i 11 I'll Hebe Hrt f Iff r:;: t! ii M-VAusti,, Bm SJ3" p.o.itr i Sa H
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 100 14 iS. fT*HE f fine Cigars from JL V." •elaso tinn rotai' 11 Urkr hru•oldwatc] fin**. (Jar Tl t buttons. J«1 J^w-Bino! ■;-;>. leu, Cbrosomet« ,1 Bole Ag«t tor Watches '.y Tmomai Kombu, son, London and Liverpool r a H? rs J f° thc Qll or and th<l Sdmindty. J. M.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 147 14 AKKIVAI Pdb. p.... -i I L 9 .str. 107 m [>eCw Dut >tr 7^7 Gnll Flintshire Brit.*tr. I*>l7 P KriemLild 9 Lain P.« I 10 !»ut 0 i 10 Tibre UM.itr 1131 G I m i 10 I. ]i» i; J'.IV m J 1 1 11 2 l'J iff 12
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 407 15 i Notice to Consumers >L. LEGRAND ORIZA-PERFUMERY? 9 F>lace de la Madeleine, JPJLFiIS Formerly 207, Rue Saint-Honor^ M Such as ORIZA-OIL, ESS. ORIZA, ORJZA-LACTE, CR^MEORIZA ORIZA-VELOUTE, ORIZA-TONICA, ORIZAUNE, ORIZA-SOAP HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING THE PATRONAGE OF THE PUBLIC BECAUSC! V Their manufacture is supervised wui.t he greatest care; W
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    • 318 15 NOTICE. STATUTORY SOTICETO I IT(»US. ln* i v Pkob vtk I Ittbiqdictioh. In the Will :m«l Batata of Oh vki.kn Wait Sandakan, Deceased. "V[ i )Tl i> hereby iriren th.-it nil creditor! I and •>? urn having any claima in-T tbe I Cl Wai Xi !nt, deceaned, landakan, Merchant, vhoee
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    • 948 15 DR. J. (OLLIS BROW XK CITLORoDYNE I'hk Original and only Uexuine Adyiee to Invalids,— lt you wish to 01,t rtUl „uiet., u i e t. refreshing sleep, free I idache, rehet from pain and anguish, to calm aud Hs^na^e th»» weary acliin^s of proi use, invigorate the nerroua media, and
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    • 240 15 R. WADA, Ja|Mnese Artist and I'ortrait P«iiiti'r. BEGS to inform the public thar he i* able to radertake E3nlatyeiDent« m Crayon to --am photograplis or oi -paintings, at vory inoderA- intend* for Europe li»^ will 1 o mnch obliged it nit. n§ will tarour iin with tlwir -irly at mjt
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 316 16 DR. LALOR'S PHOSPHODYNE. IT CUBE'S 3>yspepsia, TTerve, and Heart Disease. <" ''i* cUK£i ICidney and X.ivcr Complaints. JF« J CURES u.i Blood Disorders. "*"T^ ~Tr 1 cuaij Consumption .md General Debility. -P^rS^ w a/ CIIECZIJ iiil V/.i Uing ot the Vital Forces, *£L- t S *^> •'^tW'^' j^"- \ajj^ 31'
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    • 814 16 Ft In contequena of Imitations of T&E WORCESTERSHIRE fj SAUCE which an calculated to >'>'" Put and Pmnt jk have to request tin P "cha that th". Label on el I 7/# J without which m hotth of the original WORCESTERSHIRE W WCE is genuine. j Ask /''>■ LE 1
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  • 32 1 nee of the mail arra nts ressanj to give th> latent netot J tht week m a loo*- supplement a/hl for tkt >> of those whufh the pap, m its j'i tp< r
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  • 51 1 War StraiU Tim PAR! I V.MKNT. F'h Mr. Morlej M. P. ise ol Commons moved a vote sure oii the adniinist rat ion of affairs iti Ireland especially with rega d to the trials. The Bight Eloo'ble W. E. (T.idst..:ie wa-ral> supported the motiou Phe Jebate is still
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  • 727 1 ii£ the deputation appointed at Friday's meeting had an interne* with vernor on the subject ol lydropnohia, and. with Mr. Sh el ford as their spokesman, urged t ln* policy with which our rea familiar the poll extermination modified as a I try matter of detail
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  • 699 1 §Lm vuiHT have been expected from the conspicuous part taken by Mr. Korley m the 'i'ipj»:.i: v trials at the time, that politician has availed himself of them m parliamentary warfare. To understand the why and wherefore of the proposed rote of censure mentioned m to-day's telegram.
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  • 212 1 The usual fortnightly parliament nseetiug «»t the Sil 1 lebatinie Society was held iv the Freemasons 1 Hall 1 night, twenty-t hr* c members being present. A motion m the' name of flic Premier Mr .1. C. Cuff) intended to the Speaker power duriug the course
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  • 283 1 Tut Hongkong papers give accounts ol .t Fancy-dress bait (given l>\ Ladj •!< > Vivux lit Hongkoug on t i>< l<>ih inst. Tin- Daily Pr< m b iy« Tim ti^utv- l^U-l v !'l with (be novvn and V. R., on thr st indir.l at t
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  • 865 1 Th> Residency, Stlangor, F>hrtiary, Kith* I 1 T<> in' BDITOB of the Straits Ti Sir, As during the part ->t the period that the late Mr. J. <;. [> a i i was Resident of Perak, J was bia principal assistant, and possessed bis f
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    • 44 1 15v th<> French mail, Mr. Dow, manager m BiOg»pore of Hongkougaud Shanghai Bank, leiwfl with Mrs. How for Hongkong; and possibly he may extead his journey to Chiua or eveti to Japau. During Mr. liow's abseooe Mr W. B. Thomson trill h* m ck+rst
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