Straits Times Weekly Issue, 11 October 1892

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    28 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. is.; l. Published for Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Steamkk. I PltlCE 4d ('KNT.S. VOL XLTjVIII. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, I»<>2. NO. ;s.(>*)»
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    23 1 The Straits Trues has the 1 irgest II circulates m Singapore and Peninsula, m Siam, Borneo, ti Eastern newspaper has widespread a circulation.
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  • The Straits Times TUESDAY, 11th OCTOBER.
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      BIRTH
      17 1 BBBJB the -I'll iiist-iir. al 1 > i m -r-\ haxan.i, Hp^^ii'e of .h>>; Ur-.iM. a o.iau'ht".-.
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      DEATH
      20 1 DEA TH Bfsetllea on tlie 2T>tli September, I liam tl sr\ Letchf >sd, the peed of B. Letchtoul nee Johan.
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    327 1 laroßE. 11th October, iab2. PSODJCB. t > ie No. l i 1 No. 2, 8.10. i, i 4-M'-itiauak, li°ack, 12.00. r, Sarawak 2.80. o, Ueriau, matt S lake, *.0i Ist quality t» 4.7 U. d. Hake, JJ I pearl, J- 5 uo Siaui i«2!" mboiua K jV*
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    286 1 A Q itta-Percha Manufacturing Company hits been started at Bangkok, The Government 3iving*B»uk m Perak has reduced its rate of inter three and a hill' per <■ ait ;i ear. The Sultan of Johore' b yacht Sayang arrived from Pahang ou Friday, having on board Mr.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    597 1 The Bri ira r Lib IU arrived b on Baturday with 1. 532 tons of Labuan coals. Tin. a. o. Quorra arrived this morning with 2,800 cases of Laogkal oil for Singapore In the S. C. C. Tennia Championahip Match on Satnrd ty Mr. Or. P. I
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    354 1 Th r ■> PES] 808. Load n. HJi O lly anBounced thai the [utemati< ia! Monetary Conference will meet at Brussels m Nov»mber. J'h Bmpi ton Ol li AND Til TSIPLS A1.1.i \N< B. Ia replying t<» certain delegations, the E nperor of Ausl ria said thai h
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    WEDNESDAY. 5th OCTOBER.
    366 2 On the 28th September, the new Loyal Military College at Bangkok was formally opened "by H. M. tbe King of Siam m person, with considerable pomp. Yesterday, T. C Loveiidge, a bankrupt. asked leave of the Court to go pearl fishingto Mergui. Mr. Heard. Assistant Official Assignee,
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    Gold Fields of Slam Limited.
    109 2 Gold Fields of Slam Li mited. The Bangkok Tin n formed by Mi Preston Gibbons that be had received a cablegram fiom London announcing that the Di ecb is i tbe G< Id Fields of Siam Ltd., amongst themselves and friends < including the Mess,.. Rothschilds) hay. tficieut capital to
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    Pahang.
    279 2 (Frion our own Correspondent.) Pekan, Ist October. On Wednesday's mail Mr. Blarney, the manager of the Pun join mine, arrived here together with two miners and a boohkeeper, aml tiny all left yesterday for Punjotn m one of Mr. Hole's boats. The journey will be continued day and night,
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    Wire Netting in Plate Glass.
    63 2 1 m: Hew ioi k engineering and Mining Journal says: A German firm at Dresden, Saxony, is manufacturing plate glass m which wire netting is imbedded. This construction not onh gives additional u'h to the glass, bnt it also protects the windows from butglarioua attacks.
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    Gatta Perena Manufacture.
    118 2 i:: i. oaugxi 1i ue soin a details of a gutta-percha manufacl uring Company, eleven thousand of wins.. shares have been made available there. Tbe venture is said to be backed bj local firms of high repute, and M Grrassi, m x s i>. Brand 1 and
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    Russian Petroleum Trusts.
    169 2 ihe continued ow price ol Russian oil. itung, is the result ol the insensate rival n of the producers 'No one mak a b profit neither the producer nor the government lor tbe latter taxes only the amount used m th.' try. 'Ihe joie.s o| petroleum and
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    Masonic club Smoking Concert.
    243 2 A Smoking CouceM which promises to be considerably above lie aveisge of its class ia to be given by the Masonic Club m the Town Hall on Thursday, loth iustauL From the particulars which have been provided us, we learn that it was the original intention
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    Chinese Secret Societies in the Straits.
    218 2 The New York Times, dealing with the subject of Chinese labour and Secret i Si cietii s in the Last, says The Labour question is m its crudest stage and it is al solute!) impossible to make head way against the s< crot si
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    The Anglo-Chinese School.
    1760 2 1 The Laying of the Foundation Stone of the New Building. The foundation stove of the New j Anglo-Chinese School building, Coleman Street, was laid by H. E. the Governor, m the presence 01 a large number of interes- ted ou lookers on Wednesday afternoon. The proceedings
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    THURSDAY, 6th OCTOBER.
    562 3 Tut; ionial Government learns that the c itre about to be withdrawn from H md Budu. The Kesideiit (Mr. J. P. Rodger) is exj ed here next Monday. i: petroleum steamer Murex cleared BBLday lor Bangkok. ■British steamer Durham arrived I morning with 55,000 cases of kerosine.
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    A Coming Execution at Penang.
    393 3 Two men, Ramjau and Mahomed, roor, sentenced to death at Penang for murder •rising from beating a man to death with Ih are to be executed there on Monday. i 'e Governor's warrant for the execution itr 1 there on the :3rd instant, despite a
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    Charged by Wild Boar.
    166 3 The Collector of Kuala X ai.;- .r, Perak, m his monthly report foi- An sr- a r. mai kable occurrence t b took p il Pulau Tengkorak about thai time. i, Loth old and infirm, we;, working m their, padi nursery, clo to their own and
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    A New Batavian Liner.
    131 3 Tin-: Rival Sbipbuild Login ing Com Limited), at Flushing, has launched uier, built, for the Rotterdam Ll>-;. d line "i' mail b1 to Batavia. The nes vessel is of tie- fob lowing dit L gth, 348 bre depth, 27 feet moulded bttill tO gi *of Veritas.
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    Charge Against S. C. C. Tambles.
    202 3 A T the -2nd Magistrate's Court, this afternoon, one Pakir, a convict formerly employed as tam by by tbe Singapore Cricket Club, and vow serving a senteuce of six mouths for stealing propert v belonging to a member, was charged with criminal breach of
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    Perak versus 58th Regiment-Cricket Match.
    202 3 Perak ve rsus 58th Regiment-Cricket Match. Prologue at the Smoking Concert BY Jiallyhuolly Junior. An Irish welcome faith it is the best Lead Mille a failthe* to ev< rv gu< st. A hundred thousand welc imsa yes and more From Persk's Cricketer*! to S ugapore. We'll own wedid*nt want you
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    Upper Perak.
    185 3 Th. Upper Perak m his report I The i lovernment pit have done well they nave been extended, and many experiments tried pil h pa cl o ili and other plan wl ich we will I able to distribute to > ii' I a prise m mining or
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    Sharks.
    506 3 In* i we find a li. pap 61 mo ing it I ti taken doi diver who, m irks. seems to have had "man' d ventures \vi'ii sha k- while lupation. r< that gave nn ed b owing ii j t a n ef of rocks so as *ge
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    RAUB.
    368 3 The Mining Manager's Report on I Raub Mm.- tor tbe fortnight eliding September, 18J»2, runs as follows:— Uaub Hole.— I new engine ihaft is i •>.. completed at d hfl total depth of 123 t. et. L en timi "i.iied and ladder \\a\ ii 120 I- and we are
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    The Municipality.
    259 3 Mint iks oi P :i:i CIPAL < l AL M SB riNG c. M. oN 1 1 i:»i v ttBPl i USER, I PRESENI T lent, A atle. Esip the tionnle tho olonial Login Maj..r McCallun v\ Aausoa. jisii. A. L i a, fci»H Patera Esq. I 1
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    The Asiatic Society's Journal.
    1223 4 The 24th number of tbe Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society opens wil republication of a proclamation is Sir St am ford Rallies m 1823, a COp) of which was lately found among some old documents m the Treasury here. In it.
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    FRIDAY, 7th OCTOBER.
    575 4 Police Assistant Suporinteodenl Stewart to-day assumed charge of the Detective Depart m cut. The Russisn transport Nijni Novg from Odessa for Vladi vostock with passengers, convicts, and cargo, passed through to-day. Tim: Selaugor yacht Ei Isndiug her i i uchored oil' Tanjong Rhoo and she ia go
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    Pahang.
    168 4 From our own Correspos^^B T iNsi'b roa Sum from Pulau Tawar, where he has ha been iv ikeu q^^H P ■>;•■• I Prison -I > irt in cuts fßa^| Hayler, who i Vananoasajit Cei.an. Mr. Al.l ath, 9 Colle \-r\!F^' last night iioni his ton, „J the Konij a
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    The India-Rubber Tracts of Upper Burma.
    470 4 The India-Rubber Tracts of Upper Burma. m •'''Sr iul i > A an i \m at'd^j^^H sn Iffij i' V<-jla afj rly or m groups •jas'^R -SB*Bums* nl out* ti-.'. vssy! thevi IS aWfl rt it the distii. J tr an ti. figui I ll tlmt it w d be
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    The North Australian-Straits Cattle Trade.
    755 5 The North Australian -Straits Cattle Trade. IW. H. Stsvkn tin m the N ik. tohe >n her ment with t nl\ on 1 1 I lonths ou I ■no O 111 5 Kit. By the .king ti ter is lij; a suil i ding lie tow i :>»li, Madura. fact,
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    Late Telegrams Via Rangoon.
    940 5 Allahabad, I it. he Rusa r is report d, have withdrawn from the po*itio have been occupying on tin* Pamirs but time i ted thai [1 f tree m iht* ley wi'h the intention of keep. ii gil tl ore y. If this hi v ishan
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    Customs of the Malays.
    2258 5 I ding m Weill ll is I D -nl A two on and i bul for Malay, hi and a on i.e. bul 1 b< the;. The y is i some wrong or brou vi if. He set though 1 1 om a physiognomi mi of
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    SATURDAY,8th OCTOBER.
    35 6 Toh Rajah of Jellei was received at Government House by the Governor at 1 1 a. m. to-day, the Colonial Secretary being present.//./-/// ZVorand S;iigi«l Hassan accompanied Toh l\'aj<t. Mr. Clifford is ill
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    TRADE OF THE COLONY.
    116 6 The return of the Straits Settlements Imp.i ts am! Exports for the qusrter ended :si»t h Jane, 1 892 b 3 been published. showing ein imports but decrease iv Exports. It gives tin- following total. Imports. easure.) Sl^ SB. ■2nd Quarter of 1892, $24,597,449 2nd Quarte
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    "Government Gazette,"dated 7th.
    344 6 October, IS»*. Mr. I '_riMti.ni ag !i r m Provii ud Mr. L. rJ. Bell, S P have been gra 'ble J. Lurkinsl aw official M. Council of 1 be the S ilai i Ord so 0 The Paw v- iew to further am let iug A
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    Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute.
    1447 6 Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute. The recently published 23rd volume of the Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute opens with a paper read before that association, m November, 1891, ou the ALi lay Peninsula by Mr. W. B. Maxw.il, then K.s tlei t y>\' Selangor. This paper has been
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    Aboard the "Nijul Novgorod."
    305 7 Rl'sslVN RA* .inn Volu 1 08- couvicts .vi board, bboul the treatineiii L te who offend agaiusl her la tat the prii uudergo m Sib ria shock the i iv estiraabl md would etil iou of an old Btory. ut purpose concerns the liussiau The vessi
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    Deli News.
    635 7 ri'KNou visitor gives m tbe Deli want his impressi mi of travel m that sent where the fertility of the soil especially struck him. But he points out also how the ta, notwithstanding, impoverished bj the present exhausting system of tobacco cultivation. He found wide stretches of land
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    EDITORIALS.
    558 7 Colon r-BllndsesSi (Straits Times, sth October.] The British Medicsl Aaaociation's Committee OC Colour Vision, wdn.se reporl was recently issued, have done good service m forcibly and authorit itivelv recalling atten- ai O tion to ii matter of the utmost public importance, and have elicited some cur. facts; but it
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    The anglo-Chinese School.
    166 7 [Straits i The proc. ing the I ion uu «i[ the An IMeth slartt d missi m and he i •<! m hi I idling tic th;it warm leoiieiiieut met tl, idea of hit The our i\ he Chi.nitnunit l ,c> An tine au led a the
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    Reuter.
    341 7 (Steads Turns, Bth October.) It was only tbe other day that we had occasion to speak disparagingly of Reuter's news, or alleged news, supply and, judging by the telegram received to-day, one tuust really feel some measure of aland for the mental safety of the man at the other
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    Horse Breeding in Australia.
    181 8 In discussing the Australian horse-mar-ket, a coi resp 'udenl oi 1 i I says the I laud, aud Q d is can it d on uu dill, uditions. lv England, owiug to 1 11 end- the climate, and cost of fee uid care of mares aud
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    A Crocodile Duel in Sumatra.
    306 8 An E of Sun the Lata i ara riv. r to gapoie am.-r tie- c the <• > who w ,rk '0». Weig i fa a box b himself and two as he I was yen and when the cry brought me to a sitting
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  • MONDAY, 10th OCTOBER.
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      Pahang.
      220 8 (From our own Correspondent.) Pekan, 7th October. I>i h'l.Nti the past month a great thai of rice baa been m ought to iVkan from the neighbouring Stales of Kelantan and Treuggannu, ami almost all of this has been purchased by the Government. About '-h> t •vans have al ead\
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      The Horse Market
      175 8 Tbb steamer Solingen from Melbourne arrived at Singapore on Saturday with a batch of bort a i a gned to Mr. Abra for the Singapore aud Straits market. It is imbed lemarkable how this branch j bus iv s, for there now seems to be so many
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      Coolie Emigration from Japan.
      196 8 V (1 t 1 s phevii.g ihe pnlati -c pave; lb,, expo -puts been alt ft rai, repr seiitii g t! axten d tour and i red a i he i leading p business men. The deputation arrived m -yd...', on Thursday morning by the Rock
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      Opium Smuggliug at Penang.
      101 8 On the arrival of the steamer Teresa at Penang from Singapore on the 4th October, she was seen to fly the signal for police. The police boarded her, when two Chinese were given m custody by the Captain, oue of the prisoners being a fireman on
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    So Jaya Horses For The Races.
    140 8 It is a matter for regret to know that tbe entries for the Singapore Autumn Race .Meeting will not be augmented by the names of any of the Java horses. Trainers and others who take more t ban ordinary interest m the preliminaries attaching
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    Trade Items from India.
    242 8 lbs trade returns ol India lor tne buaucial year 1891-92 show that the imports of coffee into that section oi the Btnpbe are mainly from tbe Straits Settlements, ami to a small extent from Ceylon into Bombaj They amounted to 96.258 cwt. last year, value lat
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    Telegrams via Rangoon.
    813 8 Telegrams v ia Rangoon. lie a wi d to caver 1 e\p U from the f I m sih e-tiuia rupee*. .■> at w ill be mad i uditure grants be t- under cir< pre udia to I Hue 1.23*2 .U tl ipl !,lt>l per ais. c and I .1
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    Fighting in Acheen.
    296 8 L Acheeu a! mi m mer^^l It a] < !;t| I the 12th t wi eu L mi eeg j "I t<"' ie- tas rt i Li I A hiu se Le t. Un command of well known .!>9 i v-1 ing out the enemy, ami iioin
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    281 9 Fare well, to Mr. Justice (.oldaey. I Intimation having been sent to the I mbers of the Penang Bar on the morn- t'Uh instant, that Mr. Goldney i ld sit for the last time, the whole Bar jembled at .the Supreme Court. Mr. n behalf oi t be Solicitor-Oenoral, IB
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      The Governor's Escape.
      68 9 The Governor's E scape. Wgp THE EIUT-'U OF till: s ll.'Alls Ti MKs." ,—1 fully < xpected lo hear that a w oiihl be se; apai t Rpr pra\- .ol thanksgiving to God, I'm .<• deliverance of tl I rnor from h io Kiula rive The is of so p
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      The Gatta-Pereha Manufacturing Company Limited.
      1136 9 is Times iv Wediper, 1 pi ocuia tl the I us iiiLimitc, w of which is t uWd. I do rth Pwb i 1 w uu Duriug the we m Sn have gaiu vies an but, ueverthen to s ou the pros] HjbAi s l
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      The Gutta-Percha Manufacturing Company, Limited.
      855 9 To thk Editor OS the "Straits Times.'' sj IK> _l Lave read your correspondent X. Vs. letter about the Gutta- Percha ManuI staring Company, Limited, with great crest. His notions about this comuy appear to be preconceived and I all endeavour to set them right
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    THE "STRAITS TIMES."
    317 9 THE STRAITS TIMES." THB price of the v fed ollowa Within Britis) Malaya. Dai per y< r 24 dolla do cpy 10 1«; dollars, do euj, ft) cents. Beyond British Mai lly issue per year 30 dollars. do* tlo COpy i I eeilts. Weekly issue year I dollars. do do
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      354 9 POWELL CO. SINGAPORE. Please scad these yew links and beak .'iii km m mind. OIL' FURNITURE FACTORY is m Orchard Road, and is the largest and nn st complete. It is supplied with steam power to drive our Woodworking Machines, Saws. Lathes, ac, therefore Contracts and large orders can he
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      748 10 SHIPPING. .........a., fc I man. Ifcal. etr. 391 tons. Cant. Valle. ;toth. 1 Sept. From Phanrang, 24th. G. c Gh tbiggino A Co. For Penang V. Kds. Recorder, Brit, str- 676 tons, Capt. Dunmale :wth Sept From Banjerwongie, 20th. Telegraph Cable. B. B. A. aC. Tel. Co. Ltd. U.— if.
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      401 10 AKKVAJ b. FLAW t Vksski/s Xamk. Tons.) Captain. Prom. saii.kp p. Km t let I 4 Galatea Au*. str 7.<> Mit;s ivia 4 Thibet h*tc 1665 IWibmer if.,,. r ompan I Hanoi Brit, str 97 edenful Klaug 4 Celestial r. 640 1 Uetl n a rang 'Dm Km M F
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      730 11 Dr. Lalor's Trade-Mark Phosphodyne is registered uuder the Trade Mark Por thelndian Empire and attested for the sale of the resristiar. tr. Lalor s Phosphodyne For THIRTY YEARS tas iraintaired its a-oild-aide iqutation as the Best and ONLY SAFE RELIABIE PKO3FH.RIC CURE for Irn-.n Wreckafe, Paralysis. Bli Ltcay of Vital
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      557 12 •STABLISHED 18«5. RILEY, HARGREAVES CO. Engineers, Iron Brass Founders, Boilermakers, Bridge Builders, Shipbuilders, General Contractors. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPOH. Ship JiiiiMinic Yard. HIGH class STEAM VESSELS always under construction, from 38 tt. to 160 ft. length of keel, of Lest design and finish. MACHINERY from leading British Firms with Board of
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      767 12 YARROW'S SHALLOW DRAFT STEAMERS. warn /^T v y' >^V?jjjrc 'f iffi]^' t,"/"" 1 iniwwui iiTt Y-ww, !t i aaißnaawtell i STERNWHEEL BAM] have b-en fonnd by exponent-* t,, b,* tl..* I, -t m. v..-,1 for shallow river navigation, and of these. Messrs V lrrow hti itrueted a large nt ber
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