The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 August 1899
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Title Section17 1899-08-19 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, 19™ AUGUST, /1899. DAILY ISSUE, No17 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement767 1899-08-19 1 P Office. CoUyer Quay. Oy. Wharves. New Harbour O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, aWVION INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, t-, h VPT MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR MALTA. BRINDISI, VENICE. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills ol lading issued for Persian r if Continental and American Ports, also for aSmCmSsSi Smn mmmmm767 words
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Advertisement634 1899-08-19 1 pHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVI- GATION COMPANY, LIM TED. TTHE following are the dates on which the Co.'s Steamers may be expected here, viz OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Hongkong, Suang- For Marsbillbs hai at apan Port-. and London. s.s. Ching Wo Sept. 12. Through Bills of Lading issued to Manchester, Continental ports,634 words
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Advertisement434 1899-08-19 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contract with the Netherlands Indi* Government. Agknts at Singapore. Shipsagency. late f. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collyer Quav Time Table for August, 1899. Prom Expected WUI be despatched tor Maetsuycker Batavia Aug. 16. Batavia, Cheribon, Samarang and Sourabaya Au>,'. 18 Bantam Sourabaya Aug. 11. Bawean, Sourabaya,434 words
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Advertisement304 1899-08-19 1 NOBEL'S Explosives Co., Ltd. GLASGOW. MANL FA< ll RKRS OF Dynamite, Gelignite, Gelatine Dynamite, Blasting Gelatine, Detonators, ALL KINDS OP Safety Fuses, tmm Electric Blasting Apparatus The above Explosivcs,.being all manu factured in Great Britain, are made t pass the high standard of safety and purity tests impo.'d by the304 words
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Advertisement640 1899-08-19 1 LIONGKONG AND SHANGHAI j XJ> BANKING CORPORATION FAID-UP CAPITAL |i0,000,0-o j KtSERVE PUND 1 10,000 ajo '< 1 Ri-SKRVB LIABILITY OK 1 I PROPRIETORS i 1i0,000,000 j Co.jnr ot UIMCTOR*. R. M. Gray, Esq.— Chaibman. N. A Sms, Esq.— Dipi/ty Cmai_j____. E. Gokt_, Esq. A. I. Raymond, K q. E.640 words
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Advertisement642 1899-08-19 1 PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. THE only remedy at piesent known as an INFALLIBLE and PERMANENT CURI Sprue, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhage and Ulceration of the Bowels. RECOMMENDED bv SOME o, thr CH lIP SPECIALISTS i* tub MIOICAI PROFFSSii.m Sold Retail bv all Chemists and Wholesale bv THE PETER SYS COMPANY, n%MM»as__642 words
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Advertisement404 1899-08-19 1 '7JQ-99 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. 1 AND TOYO KISEN KABUSHIKa KAISHA (ORIBNTAL S.S. CO.) Through passage Uckets granted to England Krance. and Germany by all trans-Atlant.c line' ol S eameis, ai <;o to San Francisco by the steamer* ol the above lines. i'o other European404 words
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Article, Illustration33 1899-08-19 2 Here ihall the Pre»§ the Peopte'i right maintain. Unaawad by influence anal unbribed by gain Her* patriot Truth her g.oriout pr eceptf draw. Pled«.d to Religion. Lanta. and Law.33 words
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Article201 1899-08-19 2 President Kruger is understood to be considering yet another modification of the Outlander franchise. But a curious feature about this new effort at tern, porising, whatever that may be worth, is that the worthy and astute old gentlemen who rules at Pretoria proposes to make it201 words
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Article955 1899-08-19 2 It is satisfactory to note that the Directorate of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company which, associated with the New Harbour Dock Company as it is, practically monopolises the available wharf frontage of Singapore, are meditating an extension of wharf accommodation. I .ate in the day as it is to think955 words
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Article1015 1899-08-19 2 Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli ]UVINAL. Fhe Topicist has long sought for a word or an expression to denote succinctly the Peace-Conference, and at last has found one that fills the bill. It is Political Faithhealing. As a man is known by the company1,015 words
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Article102 1899-08-19 2 i^ Th \J lome Magaetne recall, a good story whieh Ur. Newman Hall used to tell on the lecture plaitorm. An illiterate negro preacher said to his congregation i 'My brethren, when de (ust man Adam was made, he was made ob wet clay, and set up agin102 words
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Article61 1899-08-19 2 THE TRANSVAAL DIFFICULTY. Some New Franchise Variations. President Kruger is now considering I a new scheme, which has not yet been sub- mitted officially to Great Britain. The scheme contemplates giving the franchise to Outlanders after five years residence, without any irksome restrictions It also includes giving the61 words
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Article23 1899-08-19 2 It is understood however that Mr. Krugc asks for a quid pro quo regarding the suzerainty. London, igth August, /Sqf.23 words
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Article320 1899-08-19 2 The Directors' report for the half year ended June 30th, to be presented at the meeting on Aug. 28th, is as follows. The reconstruction of the Company has been carried out in conformity with the special resolutions of the shareholders, and the present (ompany which320 words
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Article112 1899-08-19 2 Ceneral Charges, Salaries, Sutionery. rtinting, Advertising, \c %<u.B(k Uuu Rent and AssessfSent dYre 1 n oebemures -mm, Mc, m n, r r e su ce on stoi*, ace::: 'SiJ2 U i rectors rees o.n*~ Lißhter^;... L ndonCommittee Contributory Pay menu *'J" Reserve Fund 2 3>* CM112 words
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Article108 1899-08-19 2 fert_l of Mr R Lambert's claim against Mr. W. Cutler for 3 00 for the loss of Ins horse said to have been killed tt the corner of Pr»nceps-»treet on June 25th by defendant s dog-cart was adjourned yesterday afternoon to 12 o'clock on Thursday. Mr.108 words
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Article115 1899-08-19 2 INCREASE OF BICYCLISTS IN JAPAN. The Osaka Asahi sutes that the number o» cyclists has considerably increased of late in this country. Bicycles are now seen in remote places as well as m large cities. The number imported in in^L?" _/5 ,Ued o at Y ,O0 -500, rising to V.115 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement1005 1899-08-19 2 EXTRA SPECIAL FOR CLIMATE ■Pff-v^^f^ RACHALS PIANOS. v^BL_ --^&-Jfej| THE ROHINhON PIANO Co. t.th.>. LIPTON TEA MERCHANTS BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN LIPTON'S TEAS drunk everywhere in air-tight tins. THE FINEST OBTAINABLE. LIPTON Limited are the Largest Tea, Coffee and Provision Merchants in the World. UPTON'S TEAS.1,005 words
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Advertisement876 1899-08-19 2 MUSIC. LESSONS on the Zither, given by Mr. E STAM, Union Hotel. Fibs Moorratb. lune 33 THE MANSION. DOARD AND LODGING. One large room for couple. One single room. Aug 1 1 u.c. WANTED G*OR British North Borneo, an Assistant in thn I Telegraph Department, with a knowledge of i876 words
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Advertisement517 1899-08-19 2 IQ-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS NOTICE j R. T. J. B. Wearne has been admitted a iVI partner in my business from this date. J. J. ANDERSON, 5 BmiitT-RD Ang 19 23.8 a situation as Clerk by an Englishvv man can converse in English, French, German, Dutch and Portuguese and thoroughly conversant with517 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous247 1899-08-19 2 The Week. Saturday, 19th High Water:— 9.14 a., 8.25 p. Sale of Curios, Anson-.oad, 11 a.m. Garrison Rifle Club practice, Tanglin, 3 p.m. S. G. C. Cup Competition, Third Round. Regatta, Single Sculls. Star of East, 7-30 p.m., Temperance Club. Meeting R. A. O. 8., Temple Bar. 8 p.m. j247 words
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Article159 1899-08-19 3 The large number of members and of the public who were prevented from attending the Philharmonic Orchestral Concert at the Town Hall on the Bth will be glad that the Committee have arranged for a repetition to-night. The orchestral items will he the same, but a punctual159 words
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Article350 1899-08-19 3 The Ksgatta. (Contributed. j fhe final of the Fours took place last evening under conditions of weather and sea of the very best. Scoular s boat was the first to appear and rowed up to the starting post, having a long wait before Russell's boat got up350 words
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Article409 1899-08-19 3 In an illustrated interview with Mr. K. C. I>ehfn in The Young Man lor Auguf,, we are told iHav vhe famous coach spent two years at Harvard instructing the crew> there. He tells us lhat the .ery much the same in America as here,409 words
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Article167 1899-08-19 3 At the last council meeting ol the Royal Niger tempanyy, Sir George Goldit presiding, there *'*•> discussion on the remarkable courage displayed by Father Rousselet, of the French Roman Catholic Mission of the Soci^tt des Missions Amcames, in remaining at his post at Issele during the167 words
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Article187 1899-08-19 3 A Soochow dispatch states lhat the Imperial Commissioner Kang Yi arrived at that city from »ank, n on Sunday, the 23rd July, having travelled and that since his arrival he has been all the officials, from the lowest to the Rntst, how much their incomes are annually,187 words
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Article89 1899-08-19 3 A San Francisco telegram states that the j lapanese steamer Nippon Maru has been I released from quarantine. She has several j English passengers on board who are returning to l.ondon, and are now permitted to land. Tlie number includes the wife of a London89 words
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Article202 1899-08-19 3 It is pleasing to find a German professor trying to persuade his fellow German professors that English is to be the universal language of the future. Professor Dtels has —according to the Spei tutor been earnestly doing this in lectures before the University of Berlin. One of the202 words
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Article272 1899-08-19 3 Aims oi- tub Panslav is. In a long article on the opening of the new Port Catherine, on the Murman coast in Northern Russia, the Svet takes occasion to insist very strongly on the insufficiency of Russian outlets, and to advocate the opening of a272 words
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Article450 1899-08-19 3 Mr. Hennker-Heaion, the successful champion ot Imperial penny postage, has now turned his attention to the question of cable communication between the mother country and her various colonies and dependencies. He asserts that the rates charged by lhe different companies are excessive, a contention which has also450 words
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422 1899-08-19 3 In connexion with the Wesleyan Conference, of which the representative session opens this morning, a crowded meeting was held in St. Jame.'jhall on Sunday afternoon to welcome a number of French priests who have seceded from the Roman Catholic Church in the past few years.422 words
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Article46 1899-08-19 3 Two spherical fibres, or orbicularis muscles, in a consuetudinal state or condition of susceptibility, contraction, or relaxation, with periodical appreciative abiluiveness, and a philosophising, anomatical, or phenomal contiguity or juxtaposition, and perilous but unsophiscated consentaneous and consecutive opportunities of continuity.46 words
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Article1325 1899-08-19 3 lo connection with the telegram from Hongkong announcing an alleged French annexation of an island near or at the mouth of the West River (the Si-Kiang) another bit of news comes by a mail from China It thus appears in a Hongkong contemporary French School for Hoihow.1,325 words
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Article1139 1899-08-19 3 {from our turn Correspondent.} The policy of the present General of the Dutch forces in Atieh in sitting on the money-boxes of the enemy is, says the Locomotief, no mere chimera. From January to the middle of July 1899 there was paid into the Government Treasury at Kotaradja1,139 words
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Article59 1899-08-19 3 Some curios ty is felt here as to the future of thi children left by the late Czarevitch. It is not generally known that the Grand Duk George contracted a morganatic marriage som years ago with a very poor princess of one of th Caucasian princely families,59 words
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Article123 1899-08-19 3 St. Andrew's Cathedral. i jth Sunday after Trinity. 7 a. tu. Matins. 7.30 a. m. Choral Celebration and Sermon. ■i a. m. Litany and Celebration. 4 p. m. Catechism and Sunday School. 5.30 p. m. Evensong and Sermon. Otfertory for (hurch Kxpenses. St. Matthews Church, Sepoy Lines. 8123 words
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140 1899-08-19 3 INSTRUCTIONS TO JAPANESE SCHOOL CHILDREN. I he following instructions have been given to the children of ttie Kobe -.hogakko 'Kobe Elementary School) I) When in the presence of a foreigner be very sociable and polite, and never be rude. (2) When you meet a loreigner do not gath«-r around turn,140 words
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Article245 1899-08-19 3 What .-> the explanation of the comparative immunity fr.m plague enjoyed by Europeans in India lhe German Commission sent out to India in \"6-j- to study the bubonic plague attributes the exemption oi the white population and oi the wealthier population generally not only to245 words
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Article76 1899-08-19 3 (Corrected up to August 19). On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/0I demand '/"J Private credits 3 m/s 2/0$ documents 3 m/s 2 /°r* credits 6 m/s 2 l°f,', FRANCE, demand 250 Germany, demand j.... India, T. T 149 HONGKONG, demand i% dis Yokohama, demand 4% pm JAVA, demand 176 words
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Article397 1899-08-19 3 AUGUST 19th, ib 99. Quotation Capital. Paid Up. Sharks Pah. .I.?. Bank of h.na and Japan, Ltd. Nominal, f 2,000,000 450.968 ,99.875 fc 2.5. ileterred. £5 2So 1 j Bell's Asbestos Eastern Agency. 33 Sellers. ,0.000 MN 8,584 U L 'a ei. L l)eDS P*^ I25.0.W te.W* ndS a397 words
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Article70 1899-08-19 3 August 19. Kuai Br.t. Mr., Sellar-., lor Muntok sl Palemb&n* Huso Ann, Brit, str., Follett, for Samarang, via ports. La Seyne. Fr. str., Gatfory, for Batavia. lsnc>>, Fr. str., for Saigon. China and Japan. Trin«<_ ".si Ger. sir., Morier, fjr Bangkok. Srm-'m. Ger. str., Von Rie^en. for Deli. Bibimn. Dut.70 words
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Article103 1899-08-19 3 (August 19) -j $8, 7b "•nibicr do. Cube NO.l gL •pper. Black (ordinary S'pore) 2; do. White. (Fair I/wi 5 4 .utmegs „os to the Ib.) ft, '10. (80s to the Ib) g?" •Lice (Banda) 8l 'loves (Amboina) Libenan Coffee .....V" s 0 Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) _wt103 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement183 1899-08-19 3 r DAMP PROOF 1 PIANOS P Robinson Piano Co. m^^~mr~~~~& Guaranteed for Climate. A Mother Tells How She Saved He Little Daughter's Life. 1 am the mother ol tight children and have had j a great deal of experience with medicines. Last summer my little daughter had the dysentery in183 words
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Advertisement260 1899-08-19 3 OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY AND NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN. The Company's steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China, and Japan, and from Japan homewards for I ond. 11 every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java l.me _a:e despatched Irom Amsterdam and Liverpool very fortnight for260 words
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Page 3 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous161 1899-08-19 3 LADIES LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. PLAY ON FRIDAY. Championship. Mrs. Coleridge beat Mrs. Hanitsch, 6—l, 6—o. Mrs. S.al/mann beat Mrs. Dare, 6—l, 6 3. Championship Pairs. Mrs. Waddell and Mr. Wright beat Mrs. Wetherall and Mr. Broadrick, 6 3, 6—3. Ladies Singles. Mrs. Lovell, owe 15 beat Mis~> Gunn, owe _>,161 words
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Miscellaneous819 1899-08-19 3 Mr...„f.w»i Klsrs and Tons Commanders Arrived From Por Wtaoo RBn,' OLB Br.t. cruiser, 80s K.F.H. Booth July 12 Labuan Roads. Other Vessels Flats Tons Masters Arrived Krorn Consignees For When Anna Aus. 1316 osul.ch Aug. 12 Maji n Meyer Rangoon Aif Bat* Lion.. Dut. 275 KUk Aug. 13 K..tc. Ek819 words
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Miscellaneous238 1899-08-19 3 MAILS CLOSE. To-im\. For f'er At Rangoon aru w Bengkalii Bagan PangUalan Brandan Salahadji Bangkok Tringganu m > V Safif-., > si Batavia, &c. Giang Ann 4 PM Muntok Si K.Uii.'t.ang Ruby P> Sourabaya, Bantam Batavia, ic. Tttmm Hongkong, Sec. SamMonday. Newcastle, Omitm U.'gkok Bangkok 8 AM Manila Union *m238 words
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Page 4 Advertisements
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Advertisement1024 1899-08-19 4 OLD TANJONG PAGAR DOCK Co, *Ltd.) NOTICE is hertby given that the Transler Hooks of tins Company will be closed from tne uth to the 30th day ol August. iBgy, inclusive. Wm. C». NlVEN.— Secretary. Singapore, nih Nu^ust, 1890. .<■•«< OLD Tanjong Pagar Dock Co., Limited. I o 1 hi1,024 words
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Advertisement375 1899-08-19 4 __kJ____ Unrtei the Mo jJIBxV Distinguished p r .<n«g- of Jfe-3P?f > i- 8 Highne«» THE SULTAN OF JOHORE ISMAIL RAHEEM Diamond Merchants, Manufacturing Jewellers, Dealers in Precious Stones No. 82-1 and 82-2 Brass Bassa Road. HAVE ALWAYS IN STOCK Fashionable ready made Jiwe.Uiies of variou deM^n, mounted vv uh375 words
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Advertisement404 1899-08-19 4 TO BE LET. m TYRIE. Mount Elizabeth. Entry ist October. I POWELL fc o.,— Auctioneers. J Aug ,7 24.8 TO LET C Q Devonshire Road, from ist Sept., 1899. j O-O Rent $40 a month. Furniture and fixings can betaken over at a valuation. Apply on premises. Augy 3'-8 TO404 words
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Advertisement624 1899-08-19 4 KATZ BROS., Limited. o BEG TO ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL OF A CHOICE SELECTION Oh NEVV GOODS IN THEIR DRAPERY DEPARTMENT INCLUDING Ladies' Sailor Hats in Straw and Pique, White Pink and Blue Children's Sun Hats and Bonnets Chiidrens Cloth Sailor Hats Embroidered Under Skirts and Chemises. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF624 words
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Advertisement125 1899-08-19 4 PINAUDS Eau de Quinine. FOR THE HAIR ll Superior to all Others JOMN V. SHOEMAKER in his celebrated work entitled, Heredity, Health Personal Beauty SAYS One of the test hair tonics is PINAUDS "Eau de Quinine" This ib ll.e Universal Opinion, 'lhe many imitations being usele Pinaud's Eau de Quinine,125 words
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Advertisement226 1899-08-19 4 For Europe. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. The Imperial German Mail steamer PRINZ HEINRICH, aptain Si ihbr, having left Hongkong on the i6th instant, may be expected to arrive here on the 21st instant. She will probably be despatched for Europe the following day via the usual ports of call. BEHN, MEYER 8c226 words
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Advertisement621 1899-08-19 4 The Singapore Free Press ANO Mercantile Advertiser Cablb Addrbss,— Advertiser, Singapore. Tblbphomb Numbbr.— No. 6t. Published at 30-3, Raffles Place, Smg.p THE leading English Newspaper in the Straits Settlements Johore, the Federated Native States of Perak, Sel an gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Ne gr Sembilan British North Borneo Sarawak621 words
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Page 4 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous994 1899-08-19 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port of departure, and (where known) date due here, and name of Agents. Mbn-op-War. Akbbona, Jap., Poplar, Carlo Alberto, Ital., Spexz.... Dwarf, H. M.5., g.b.. Devonport, Fybh, Danish, Hai-PKN, Chin., Portsmouth, Hatsusb, Japanese, Idsumo, Jap., Elswick, Iwatb, jap., Elswick, Liguria, Ital., Speuia, M. kakumo, Jap., London, Rosbt,994 words
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