Straits Times Weekly Issue, 23 May 1893

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  • 30 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. I frrABUSHKl). 1881-J PUSU8HED FOR TkANSMISSION BV EVERY HoMEWAKD Mam. Sx.il.KF. I'k.CS 4(1 C E N IS. VOL XLVT. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. MAY 23, 180& :{.7:{()
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  • 102 1 IHarket Quotation*. Summary of the W>ok. The Military Contribution The Wel»h Suspensory Bill Oliineie Exclusion from the United State* France and Siam The Oolf Club. News from Pennujf Malacca. Selaugor, Perak. Pahang, D*>ii. thf> Puilippities, Netherlands India, French Indo China. British North Borneo, China. Siam Am. Thp Ladies' Lawn
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  • 553 1 Singapore. 23bd Mat, 1893. Peodjci. <*ambier, 6M. do do No. 1, U).t>24. do do Mo. 2, 8.75. Oopra Bali, 5.65. do Pontiauak, £.00. Pepper Black, tf.074. 6ago Flour, Sarawak 2.874. tWlSago 3.6 ii, Ooffee Bali, 34.00. Coffee Liberiau, 35.0f. Tapioca small i* lake, 4.1*. ao do Ist
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  • 351 1 This week's homeward mail leaves per Natal, and the next one goes by the P. and O. a. Oriental timed to leave on the 31st Maj. The outward mail per M.M s. 8. Sydney is expected this evening. The Governor opened the Tapah section of the
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  • 612 1 HVrthki; Bank Faii.trhs i\ thiColomkv London, hith May. The QoeeiieUuM] National Bank, the ComoMrctaJ Baakiag Company of Bjdoej, tlit 1 B.tuk of Nortli Queensland, and the Permanent Building and Banking Society of Brisbane Imvi* all suspended payment. Yesterday we ianouaced the failmv ol th" Qaeeatila&d Nati. nal Bank
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  • 367 1 Thk -v'iniM 'i'iu Mmiiiu Com pan jMI liquidatiou iu< i' H »u^ ou the loth instant, ;iixl j>ii«^- '1 resolul adopt th<- liquidators md the liooks, t in'-. ,i".-l documents of f Company and ot the liquidator to il Linn Tin Mir rnpany, Ltiniit-ed, \h> puiwbatei of
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 50 1 The Straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper m Asia, British India excepted. It circulates m Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, m Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and French Indo-China. No other Eastern newspaper has so widespread a circulation.
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  • WEDNESDAY, 17th MAY
    • 1495 2 To-DAYJA telegrams are interesting, Supplied from Singapore with an excellent memorandum <>t' latesi facts and figures (a memorandum which we have published m full), the committee of the Straits Settlements Association appear to have produced some impression on the Secretary si State for the Colonies. There Ims
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  • 113 2 A SA.MPLK of block gainbief produced m the Government RlperimenUl Garden at Saudakan and weighing 4 4 picnls has lately been nent forward to London through Messrs. Huttenbach Co., of Singapore who report thus favourably thereupon "The quality we are pleased to say is pronounced
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  • 110 2 Tm» Selangor Judicial Department Report for 1892 notes increasing frequency of quarrels amonwr uiiners there resulting fatally, and a decrease IB civil cases owm>r to the Chinese favounnk' the settlement of dispures outside the Coartt and avoivlIttg OOfirt tees, Mr Bmiog^Oß, tbt Cbitf Magistrate, notices the fa<-t that
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  • 179 2 Captain Syfrs. \\»> Suiterioteodeot of PritoM m Bafauigor, fioat it extiwoflj difficult t<» f{OOd iiifii to art as war.i The duties arc very irkwMM aud the pay not better than cau be obtained b? ordinary labo'ir.rs. therefore neither BUthl nor Malays of the better class care
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  • 268 2 Tme Selaugor Government Gazette of ihe 18th May oontaine a Report on a visit to fcbe office of the Registrar of Deeds, Biogapore, by -Mr. L P. KWhi, Collector Laud Revenue iv that State, who had bm instructed to inquire iuto the regietratioo system m this pettteeseot Mid
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  • 143 2 Dr. Traters, the Residency Surg«3 Selangor, report* marked progress m t3 nation there, last year. On his &rri?al m t State, he found that there was do svsteq of regular vaccination and that very littV interest was taken m it Dr Travers the*' intimated to the various officers
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  • 257 2 tiritifh X..rth o Hvrnltl I,{ Mam) We publish a oompalatire statement of the foreign trade t North Borneo for the m IBvl nil 1 a lar^e decreabe m the import*. Fjoui 1887 I^9o these were more than doubled bj the rp. <juu»'nieuts of the tobacco planting
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  • 287 2 I Pinang Amttt, l<~th Miy.) Tl Timtt teeras to have entirely ow r which we made to the ♦■fft-ft r i v proofs were b«lf pttpar unent. If they bad kept tbii id mind, probably a rerj different article would have been writ titi W. m
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  • 185 3 I From our C returned to Kuala Lip 3 Puogku Alii bi d iaid it roam w lt five ivelling, conliderins: Hi D Superinl >f p 'lifford, who bad botne tv the Clv at of inspection and hi intent. returning to 1. tbroagb B at >ng and Bemantan. sik
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  • 231 3 Thf I ieet Ninth half-yearly r ovdiaary general meeting of shareholders, I inT T<l 7th January, 1893: The submit to the shareholders d b.ilsj;.shr 31st D pr<>- ie half-} rent, mi I on d dividend tax 13s. lid. tota I II rhich t)ie dirt' 1
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  • 203 3 rt Resident Engii Selangor id a progress repoi v Selangor rail. for the first quart, r of the pi. teni Owing to the great deUjs m the compleJ* on 1 ander contract with M«4r 8 Uampbel Co the Government decided to he contracts and complete >rks
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  • 580 3 I'hf SelaDgor Government OcueUe publishes the i Polici Department n\ which ipeaki highly and discipline of 3 wiring 1 he turban* the t of Police Id afraid that the prev-al a prejudicially «>u the P V j of 1 neu m it 1. v utterly ruiuea through
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  • 868 3 Thf Recevt Reportei> Disturbajcce. A. Siamese View. O«"iv<> t<> the strong flavour of improbability which soomed to us to **ach itiell to the telegram received from London, ferday, to the effect that the Siamese n&d attacked a French convoy and seized an officvi o*»r reporter called upon
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  • THURSDAY, 18th MAY.
    • 390 3 the date of last mail a.) April), preparations for th.- Anglican '•■siiistical meeting to M ist the Welah Suspeni > Bill, mentioi Beater*! telegram had I m« plrt.-d The Bill m question ai-. .5.- from th. allegation that the < fhurcli u ,j m i the
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  • 264 3 li appears, from America, that th Su!t.in of Johoie h.t> fortj native |>nncti m truia lvi v'liinauiau who was iiul with couutert'eit ii'>trs m his n remanded for <>ne month. Mr l>'.»vri xnj. Mis^riTH ha- arrived from Madras to take charge o\ \\n> locaJ biuucb -t IteMn Miaqaitfa I Thi
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  • 82 4 EbABLE PROSPKCTfI Mr. Bibby, writing ou 12th May. sayi it the lode at the Raub Hide has improved, and that m the South Drive the lode is Ib 'nick The hard ground .it Bukit Koman ma\ cause tn able. He lays great sti on having -truck goldiring >t utl
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  • 122 4 'I'm Crowu Agents for the Colonies, on behalf ol he Government of Hongkoug.iuvit.'d ten I rs for an issue of 200,0001., HoDi, r koi:L Go* rntueut Three-ai Ua-H r Cent. Inscribed Stock. The loan ared ow general n tud ass nieut of Hongkoug, and the principal will
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  • 111 4 Thi Perak reports i visit to the Kuala X mgsai district m April, where he visited all the mil in* the district, looking thoroughly over them and examining the laud round about. The three chief miuing ceuti i\ prent, Salak, Plang, ai rap Kati on the Kota Tampau
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  • 268 4 Df:. Fox, the District Surge n of Taiping, m Ins report for 1892, records thai during the year, the Assistant Magistrate Fapah was brought into Taiping sufl ing with a bad cype of typhoid fever. The only possil»le source of this disease m have been from the water,
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  • 2020 4 Wednksday. 17th May. A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held m the Board Room at tht- offices, Robinson Road, yes:.flay, Mr. Alexander Geutle presidium There were also presents -Metsn. Bfanson, Joaquim, Sohst. Fraser, fiiejer, and the ELon'bl< Major McCaHum and T. Bbelford. TIM KXIKNsION OF
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  • 76 4 Lt the Am at the Buun me Court I I I .'u»tKV, Ml. I m wei :li Guau Koug lor lioum- trespass \Mtb iuttut I :..uat ttx'li and voluntarily hurt, was lenten mpri- '.in- 'iii. and Sin All \iouj; Lor the s>ame offence, two iiu q< i i
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  • 85 4 lvi gen I -uictij ■v. m bii r. <Tt i.-i l \x i, and j the soil, tieshn iiiou, it J ii»_: turn. .1 use .-I turning; for all racei llui ii known to !•<• au ik:cu« I \A K>o ->t lin un!.. bj D I LOU i« iv
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  • 82 4 < >N> >t tile dlstm. Nfl orid'a Fair tv June wn I" >> 4| dm, wtiu win con ii.i«- uitij i >uiu* < I"M\ ll.it IV.' J.IIIH. tj W f* tid\.-i witti great jionip. Ili I \soui- wluif luiv uiaun>ua> J| 'J.UOO.UOO.
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  • France and Siam.
    • 230 5 FURTHER REPORTS OF THE FIGHTING AT KHONG. A French Fobci Cut to I'ieceb. From Bangkok we hear to-day that ,t message *as received by Captaiu .I^nes, the British Minister at Siam, ou the 12th itistant to the effect that au Annamite battalioa ot aoldiera offleered by the French Was attacked
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    • 189 5 Ptom our Qorretpomdeui Kuala Lipi*. Pakang, Tth May tS A quautity <>t rations for the Sikhs inch as Hour, ghee remaining over m the Goverumeut si on' here from the su j>j>lu>s itored during th»' recent disturbances, was wld by public aoction, yesterday. Tlu> purchasers were Chinese and sikos
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    • 330 5 I From Truth of April 13th.) Tm stoppage of the Commercial Bank of Australia must have brought to ruind to many of mv correspondent! the ;<<]viee which I have invarmblj vjiven them, to withdraw their de] >sita from Australian Banks and to reduce thnr commitments a<
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  • 793 5 Anothfh Bank Gone. The Extent of thk Collapsf To-day's telegram states that the Cit? of Melbourne Dank hai stopped. The following are particulars Tin: City ok IiSLBOUBVI Bank. Limited. Authorised Capital £2,000,000 In 400,000 Shakes of £6 Ea« h Botmcbibbd 61,000,000 Paid Op L' 500,000. Reserved
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  • 958 5 Accident to a Pilgrim Steamer Thk Presidential Akmii The One Thousand Gujweaj r Atlakmbad, S7(h April— Lieutenant-Colonel rate reports be baa reached Giriskh on the Belmand river, where be was received v the Afghan Governor. He should by this time hare passed Parrali liomUm,. v,,,/ afoy.— Very
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  • FRIDAY, 19th MAY.
    • 542 5 Chinese Exetusion from the United States. .1 UDCiIKG I :n X» -liter the Chinese' m the United have mi- rh.- belt of it m fhf Exclusion qu< tion \i first, Chinese immi^ra irere welcomed there ;i> labourers much needed railways; l>ut, soon, their competition m t!i«- lilm.iu- market l>\ lowering
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  • 102 5 A m pi i noN headed b jjii.t |»i... -I t- tli- British Kml. «>>v at l» m en tli.- 14th April, and bauded Lord Vi via ii .1 > i v. i i >U8 medals t<> h. [Mi'Hentt d v* the ]>• it i.sli sailura who !•■<! m I
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  • 63 6 vn that one of our local le^'al ctitioners. having, a few weeks a^o, i 'l'aipinu r I 38is1 i client, was inbv tii" Ma^istrafe that be (the tgistrale) had i r v instructions that l;tw\ er v l»e all -wed t»> communicate with hurt. urt. This ii
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  • 113 6 m r touched tbe bauk at the mouth of the Kedab river on tbt 1 1 1 b insi The rudder became uoppt'd ai mier uumauageable iiost imu The Perak was then driven ashore In the strong wiud and very bigh sea i nu u
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  • 152 6 The Pinang Gazette \\rg >s stricter m tares with lepers on the grouiid that tagious uj m \ien* < i iQger from these wretched people arises from their trying t<> p;i-> the dis ise <>n others, under tbe supev-M- is belief that the transferable, and that, having bet'd C^om*
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  • 518 6 l\ th< Edu tion Report for l^ l .»-J. the Inspector .»ls makes the t'ollowinij remark- Paddy planting I circulars issued to The oola m the (!o--y. 'i '''year, one was issued m M j'laurin^ lv }*-:>l. n visiting P ileslev. miuu> M lays complained to
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  • 1219 6 Mb« T. H. Hatton Richards, Treasurer the Colony, delivered a lecture on British New Guinea at a meeting of the ELoyai Colonial Institute m the Whitehall Booms, Hotel Metropole, on April 11. Mr. Richards, m th" oonrse of his paper, is the following Interesting description of the Papuans
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  • 1855 6 Royal Bank or Queensland. Limited. Tnc following i» the latest balancv-sli.vt 1 of this impended bank Fourteenth report pretested at the or- dinar/ general BMeting of shareholders held at Brisbane on '24th January, l v!< Th<> director* have pleaeure m submitting 1 to th»- shareholder! the fourte-nth half-yearly report with
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  • SATURDAY, 20th MAY.
    • 270 7 Ryx u telegrapbs to-dsj tliai x\w actioa which w;t^ reported to bare taken plate at K bong is repudiated by the SiasjsscGovernment. It may be remembered that od Thursday Urn pobUsbed, witb all possible r of that report, which bhowed that a party of Anuaraite soldiers, under
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    • 755 7 Yesterday, the Golf Club decided to accept the v* -ry liberal proposal by which the Sporting Club offers to build a paviIi for the Golf Club. Substantially, the posal is that the Sporting Club shall 1 the money to build such a pavilion he Golf Club desires,
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    • 51 7 Madrid. l*t May. Since the last elections there has been much disaffection m Cuba. May 4th. A rising m Cuba has been suppressed by the Spanish troops, and the whole island is now quiet. All the insurgents have been pardoned, and the despatch of troops has been
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  • 134 7 Mr. F. Powell, Protector of Chinese, Straits Settlements, is granted leave of absence, with half -salary for six weeks from the 4th instant. The Hou'ble T. 0. Bogaardt, has taken six months' leave of absmos from his duties as a Mefßber of the Legislative Ooancil
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  • 108 7 A i the meeting of the Municipal Comjnissiouen to be beld on Wednesday next, the Hon'ble the C tkraial Engineer, Major McOctlluu). Las given private notice tli.it be will more the following resolution 14 That a «uru uot exceeding $30 per sit* "MB hy voted
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  • 238 7 Thk Cowurdo complains of the ilow passaices maue by the mail steamers running between Singapore and Manila, and Ands the pr< ien( arrangements for the ser- I rice onsatisfactory. Ir is shown that, with a favouring DKMMOOO, now the Tilth, passage ou^ht not t.. t'x««'t.>d s.ii daw*. Miiuila
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  • 353 7 The Chi na Borneo Company. Limited. Ttth fourth ordinary yearly meetiug of the shareholders of this contfMMJ was held at Hoiiifkona on 1 If h iustaut, Mr. H. Laytou being hi the ohair. The Chairman naid UtnttolMß, tho report AMilaccoun'N for I^)2 hare been m your bauds t'»r Home days
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  • 345 7 Alleged Jewel Bobber y in Singapore. A Solicit >r Loans Frvs Thousind Dollars. Wo^th of Valuablml The police at tb- D-t.-Mv.' Station receive 1 a visit from Mr Nibletl solicitor, residiut,' m OrdmJ X >>| list evening, who stated th it he li 1 1 I. robbed of jewellery t
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  • 694 7 Owing ti> the heavy ilr.nii upon its ivsouros. the directors <>f tb< Strait* Widows' and Orphan* 1 l'mi-1 .nxioui ;»s to its titi.tijci.il posit iou. This was the subject matter <»t au article iv th< Straits Time* winch laid stress on the «ircumttancei attending tin- drawing
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  • 842 8 »b Home Goveinn en' has asked parliamentary tjauctiou to extra expenditure m ludia, amounting to o'UU,»h»u guilii<-i> Of tins sum, oue-bixth is on it of expenses m uouuectiou with the shipping regulation m v. fcJxtra outlay i» contemplated on builtiug works at Pulo Way aud Telok Semawe, the
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  • 789 8 A French View of the Opium Question. I>k. Bftxm Makiin. a medical officer attached to the Fiencn Bmbassj it IVkin, has just brought out at Paria a work -•ii opium, dealing with the drag, its use and abuse, opium-eaten, opium-smokers, id morphia-maniacs. I v tin- preface, the author gives his
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  • 711 8 Thi OfPII Of IHI Sr.'hiiNi. CLUB to paoviDi a Path iov. Tel HATTN ftBFBBBBD PO A COMMITTBI TO BK i HAl.l WITH. Lasi evening, a fairly representative meeuug ol tlf membera uf the Singapore Q -if Club was b< Id id the s 0. Pavi. lion. Mr.
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  • 204 8 Nnvs h.is reached Bangkok, by ulemmfrom S;iii:<>n, that bosti! aTe broken out between the Frtucli ;un\. Siamese m the neighbourhood of Khoi It is asserted by toe Si.mh- m that pai of French ").»-n«.l tiro »>n ibe Siamese, and that the latter ai one* ratal .f- J,
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  • 249 8 Thk Courrier <T Hat) i ,io ooticingthafl a oumbei i. ported to be leaving for the lerritorj wrested from ih«' Sian se n Ibc V g to l uii uister jlj»- r t 1j »ci Protectoi LUthorities, van ibe ■gainst carrj idea an j turtlirr. The Am. ,1111.1.
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  • 1804 8 I hid, :>tli Ma I ut.«iiHin I Dv i." i. British Aif.-nt at Gilyit, n irn to Lndia to report on Burttan ronnt with ill.- A.ffMMJ, ».nl llird:.l.-. t ur*- rnofli depend on the mv,>* ,i t« m Chilas and ChitraL The .■lil.-.t mm of ili.- Kii.in..!
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  • 101 9 Owing to Mr. Braddell's absence m Mai a. tU<' following tie cannot lx» played until Thursday ~-\h M.iv. Pmowmamiom Paxm Final. Mi-- Donaldson iuid Mr. Bra<M<ll (Law. 9 Mr-;. Waddell and Mr. .M;i< > tat;«»-;irt (Merchants 1 1.) An actiou for libel baa been entered iv
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  • Correspondence.
    • 230 9 Tv tmi Kditor Of thi: "Straits Times." Sib,— Referring to a letter by a Shu,'. fcolrferonBaadaype,yto Estate oooliee which Appeared m the Straits Time* of tfee Bth i instaut. it eertaiulj will be great benefit to the Estatei to do awaj with Sun. daj pay. But how can it
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1113 9 SHIPPING. HHieriUti m pout. Dndac this heading tlio following sbbreria;i.»ns hp< ssed: str. steamer; sh. r>hii» bq. barque; Brit, Britiwh; U.S. United StrtToH; Pr.-Frenesi;Qer.Q«rmaji Dut— Dutch; Job. Johott \r.. (i.r. Isaeral cargo ;<l.r». .l.M'k paatenffera; Ll.— Uncertain ;T.P.\V TmijonK LVar Wharf; T. P. D.— Tanjong Pa^ar Dock B. W.— Bor
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 596 10 Establishes 18«5. j T>ILEY. HARGRBAYESX CO. Engineers, Iron Brass Founders, Boilermakers, Bridge Builders, Shipbuilders, General Contractors. SINGAPORE A KUALA LUMPOB SHIP UI'II. DING YARD HIGH <lass STEAM VESSELS always uuder construction, from 38 ft. to I"><> ft. lengtli of keel, of best desig-n and finisli. MACHINERY' from leading British Firmwith
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    • 658 10 n^ines, Sight feed Lubr»< hinker and space lai^P«t Ph j fcr valves. Indiaru*ber, A«4. packings. Cylinder and engine o^H 'inda; Boiler tiu^s Patent I 'ossil meal covering Fireclay an«l hrid Engineers and (Jax taps and dies io T.»anJ ets; Vices, Anvil-*. Gumming* patent, and allows forges. MILL s i^M Laucashiro
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 641 10 Per s. s. Per/v from Penang via ports Mr Braddell. Per s. s. Will 0' the Wi*p from Pontianak Mr. and Mrs. t asscha Messrs. Tregan, am Barth. Per s. s. BilUtov from Klang via ports Messrs. Hill, and Woolonhnuse. Per s. s. Pru»>etl(e>i* from Liverpool.— Messrs. Henderson. Suft'ert. J
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 565 11 y *ri; 2*A *^c i i6ti n> 1 jcj>pjLt ty*^^' J S^Sv^^^^^S^V tX I Ik^Kl Bk^|hßr WOKCESTERSHIRE SAUCE L, E2 A P^RRfNB SAIJCK. retail ev:r:r-s- v^ keb Singapore Agents, JOHN LITTLE fc CO. c^HDfIB^SHRK£MKfIHsHHBiBHsHHHBPHBH the safest mild f~^^f «V "^i ■■Fil^Vflslß lalsßn APERIENT FOR IR\^Bs f?u* BJ?1 DELICATE CONSTI I
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    • 402 11 Dr. Lalor s Trade-Mark Phospbodyne is resist Act for the Tndian Empire, and attested by the Seal of th Br. Lalor sFhosphc c jfift^ For THIRTY YEAPS tat Paralysi. Vital 3Jt T CUR^S Disease. CURES Cc x j£/L WsM ff EFFECT rvou» 'l£lUNJ9['W f JUSffir Dtbilit} *r.e Miserablt Tff'uLxji'imß Feel:
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 891 12 ri^)\ j.\ \.Jn.\<; \> \<; r DOCK CO JL CIMITED. Pi*h« pi ot npany >».re pi^u>*te<l at Tanjon^ ['n^ar adjoining the town of Singapore. S1 "am-cars run at shcrt interva s carrying passengers and from Wharf to 118 at low rat 'i'h«* Wharf extends t<> one mi** and quarter and
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    • 700 12 YARROW'S SHALLOW DRAFT JTEAWERS. Z- 7^^ feA^BJsnv**J'Ss^Hfe^Bl^BßS9 1 1 I AJmi^bwfL w>^ W^hwfc'Sai^Mj ■■■■■■■■■■^■4^pW S^''^^^^£S^SSS^BiiQSMs7 1 STEBNWHEEL STEAMERS boon Ponod by ezporienee to be the heel lyr< for shallow rirer narifation, and of the** ll^Mrs. Vai;k««w hare eonetracted I l«r|r* mnbet ot* snocessfoJ esamples for all i»Ht-t* ol Hie world.
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    • 151 12 llic most ssitaMi ud ificwtlic 1 \M SOAPfor ilcl irate Skin- < 1» idea i somp delightfully pwlamed.*— CA Of Unovesi onable .>x«-. M^M l^' Ikil1 kil N > > v[ K BALSAMIC IfMki <>im rsile*), and VifiSTA Shaving rompmicKLi heats, 1 tii snKK >EET< A For a«'ii»» spots »m
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