The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 March 1900

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, 6th MARCH, '190a DAILY ISSUK. No. t«^n
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      735 1 o Office. Co'lyer Quay. JMJ Wharves. New Harbour 0 STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADKN. EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, j MALTA, BRINDISL VENICE, PLYMOUTH A \D LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian niintntal and American Ports, also (or ait, ar.d San Francisco via
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      539 1 pHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIM TED. THK following are the dates on winch (he Co.'i Sieamers may be expected here, viz OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Hongkong Shan,- hai&J.pas Ports. For London. lyco. U)<X> Yargtsze Mai c T««nkai M-.r 15. Tl>rouph Bills ni l.H.ini. issued to Mai. 1 -1. r, Continental
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      1045 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAAKT MAATSCHAPPIf I'ndbr Contract with the Nbthrrlands India iovirn *sm-. Acf.nts at Singapore, Ships Acencv. late DAENDELS dc Co., 2-3 Collyer cjuav Time Table lor March, 1500 From Eioecteo Will be despatched tor G. G.'l Jacob B.il.ivi.i M.ir. 5 Billiton, B»t;ivia, tit noon, Sain.ir.ni/; SoiiriVj.-ua, Maca'-b.-ir, Mtnado, Amljon,
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      659 1 UONGKONO AND SHANGHAI AX BANKING CORPORATION. :> Ci' CAPITAL iMyMMM RESKRVB LfABiMTY CK pko ■.<:: TORS. $10,000,000 tf ut DimrTous. 1 M. Gk*v, Kvj Chairman. A SIBM, Esq. DCVWTf I HAIKMAN. t Qttn Bb% a. l. tiTß— R Q U- 1 -sr E iq R. L I in Kaa. A.
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      429 1 PETER SYS WONDERFUL SPECIFIC lllk o-.ly remedy ataaaaj knovn as m INFALLIBLE and PERM AN BN I .jt| Sprue Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhage and Uteeratiof) of the liowels RFCOMMKVf)KO B vSOMKo ![r IK<HiKKs,'K.1 K<HiKKs,'K. lAUSTO r.a MBOI ALPRO So R< tail >■ ali (h.r.M, and Wh l«<ale bv '>»l».n THE PETER
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      331 1 pACIFIC MAIL S COMPANY OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND 'pOYO UUtM KAISHA (oauaarai c o.i I-hrou.: 1 pn«n«;- txkrts mm H ranee, and (ifriaaj b> •thai I tan points at at il rc-iu<e 1 ra A f, Navy, and Civil Service, »o be obu eu ttion. ■•I 1 .vrrl^dby
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    The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1900.
    1094 2 The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1900. r r PMm t.ft miimuim. Cr.awed by influence »n,l m,b«.t*..! 1,-, Mere patr.ot Truth her r10n0,,. pr* r .J,,« P'timti to Rciicioo. Ix>r»ltT. and r jiw. ALTHOUGH are bold sufficiently decided Iriewi i- t'. the |i »li y n4 th<- w.ir in
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    663 2 I lie Calcutta Mint is now working ov> itime coining oew nip*:-*, which are being ed at the rate of 4,50,000 per day. General Dtcksoa, c.sV, out 1 bo on the l6th for South Africa. I about be there by thi 3 time Sergt. M tjor W <> Holway 4
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    17 2 Youir Maid: "What is the best time u. marry Uld Maid i Whenever the man 13 willing
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      THE YUNNAN MURDERS.
      38 2 PUNITIVE ACTION BY BRITISH TROOPS. Eighty Chinese Killed or Wounded. (.Special tv> S. nga-. ../r Hongkong, Mar 6<h 1 j 5 {J m British troop-, have killed and mounded eighty Chinese on the unnan frontier
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      REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
      26 2 THE QUEEN. Visit to the Riviera Abandoned. The Ou<*en has abandoned be o visit Bordighrra, deciding to reauia in England at the present juncture
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      THE WAR.
      53 2 IN THE SOUTH Brabant Captures a Boer Position. Enemy Try to Recover It. Repulsed with Heavy Loss A later despatch foe* Dordrecht Mates that (ieneral Brabant'-, troop- hi I the Boer position. A determined atteaipi by the en< retake it was repulsed with heav. The British los- ws-
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      RUMOURED BOER CONCENTRATION.
      45 2 A Stand at Abrahamskraal. The J :mf, r orr.- wiring on March jih], say- that npnasilkjii i» anticipated at Abrahaniskraal I miles east of Paardesberg \vhrr> f;-Mera! Joubert is collecting a force from of the f.adysmith forces, and fror. north-eastern I-'ree State
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      CLEMENTS ADVANCING
      43 2 Our Troops at Achtertang. Boers Still Hold Norvalspont. <ieneral Clement- reporta ti.at he haadvanct'l. Hia troops now hold Achter. taag. 1 be esjesay 1^ -tiil ia force at \or\al--pont Bridge. MAFEKING ALL WELL. AH was well at Mai' k.ng or. Fc
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      WAR FINANCE.
      106 2 I .at'y A SIXTY MILLION WAK BUDGET Increased Taxation Income Tax Raised Beer, Spirits, Tobacco, Tea. Other Proposals. The Budget to meet the wa: cxpenditJft amounts to l f >0,000,000 It increases the income tax by io--in the the tax on beer by a shilling a barrel, on
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      THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH.
      24 2 The Casualties. The laaatf suffered by the British ia the relief ot Lady-mith amount to <)T killed and 709 wounded
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      THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN
      31 2 Wires Congratulations to the Queen. The Emperor of japan has telegraphed to the Queen his congratulations on th>. British success in >oulh Atrica. LonJ^r, March 6th, igoo.
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    114 2 Miss Tilly Matthew of Aberdeen, whu carried off the gold medal in the recent solo-singing competition for female voice? open to all amateurs in Scotland, is a iMtet of Mr. J. T. Matthew, the Manager for the Straits Cycle Company. Mr. Matthew comes ola musical family for this th<third sister
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      364 2 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. JUST RECEIVED THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY, by Fie<i T lane, IMust. $18.50 DOUNh ALL ot SPAIN, by H. W Wiaoa s HOME and GARDEN, b> Gertrude J. C. RylJ *7-S° UNBEATEN 1 HACKS in I A PAS', by Mis. Bishop, in w ll!u-t. Kdn *i.uo BALEV WILKINSON'S
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      885 2 WANTED AN A«i»tant Foreman in a workshop, preference ■ivea to a good turner. Free quarters. Apply by lettrr statinff salary to MALACCA E.MiINK WORKS. Heb 20 "t WANTED A Hospital Dispenser for British North Borneo. Salary S3O per month wi'h <iuarters. Apply t( GUTHRIB Co. As Agents British North Borneo
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      476 2 TO GOLFERS STOCKINGS of any size and colci:r, of besl Alloa Wool, made to order {u .^2.50 per pair, Superior to hand made. Straits 11 lk Agency. 15, Battery Road Fcb 2\ STfcAM LAUNCH TUSI" completed. SpeiUlly huilt (or towing pur« J poses. 75 (t. lailg 14 ft. beam, 5.^
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      707 2 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMEN I F. NOTICE NJO further claims will h<; paid alter to-day by A^ the undersigned on behalf of r: a pt. H. Vos, of the b.s. G. G. Meyer. HO. K SENG, Agent s.s. G. G. Mey Mar 6 RAFFLES LIBRARY.' \I7AM EO Chinese lerk. Salary %m lo
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      31 2 Communications on literary matters should be addressed to The Editor, Singapore Free Press." All letters connected with business (advertisements, subscriptions, accoun's, &c.) should be addressed to The Manager, "Singapore Free Press.
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      216 2 The Week. Tuesday, 6th Hiyh Waier 1.6 a., 1.4J p. Opening S'. Mary s, Hill-st., 4.30 p. L.L. l'.< Cliampionship and I'ri^e Giving S V.A. Carbine \c. for RecruLtb, j.; Philharmonic Choir, 5-30 p. Marine Club Meeting, y p. The Runaway Girl, Town Hall, > p Wednesday, 7th High Water:
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    THE DALLAS COMPANY.
    457 3 1 A KUNAW A*l GIEL. ilaotllfi quite (all IN greeted the first rf nresenlation of Ivan Crylt't n- lodiouy u sical Plav "A Kunaway Oiri," one of the briglitcst of the well-known Gaiety projurtiomi M»e them-- of the piece is a flight out Winiired Gray, an English
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    THE NEW MILITARY SCHEME.
    464 3 1- —In Um H ord I^n^downe, the Secretary- rf State t>-e Govern:- ent'- new nil ttned in the House of j Ml George Wyadhajß, the L'nder-i-y of State for War. H stated that the schem»- .vHch theGovern- rre about to introduce was intended only as it
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS.
    70 3 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS. A e are asked to raemtion that, by per--^ion of the Acting Commandant S. A i meeting of those persons who have signed nrolment forms will be held at the S.\ A. Heatfqoarten Fort Fullerton, on Thursday, iii-t. at J.14 p.m. lor the purpose tiag a
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    17 3 The annual meeting of the Swimming !ib will be held on Monday next at y p ni.
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    L.L.T.C.
    151 3 L. L. T. C. Tlu- spring tournament of the L.L.T.C. closes to-day with the final of the Champion*iiip, wlu-n Mrs Salzmann, the runnerup, meets Mrs. Lovtll, tlic lioldt-r. Yesterday the Ima! in the ladies singles ended in a win for Mis. Lovell, owe 15.5, who beat Miss Gunn, owe 15.1,
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    "ABSENT MINDED BEGGAR" FUND
    22 3 A sum of S^s from M C Gn id It. for the above fund, is acknowledged with, thanks.
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    "TOMMY."
    108 3 < )nly a private soldier, One of the rank and file, With rifle on his shoulder, Marching many a mile. Just a machine for tiijhtir^. r'ood for powder and b II He's taught the art «f sighting, And dull by bu>,le call Hut, 'nealh his scarlet shoddy, A human
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    TELEGRAMS.
    740 3 V i Cry Mr. W. J. La abia, the war correspondent of the MdbouriM Agt, has b-en killed. Maj if-tie.iorTl Hiittort, comman l.n,j the Militia m Canada, has been ordered to Afr. 1. Dm British S>uth A »t the end ml Matber i y >x> men. This number includes
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    11 3 The Ceylon Government intend establishing an earthquake observatory at Colorn bo
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    "PLAGUE IN RELATION TO SINGAPORE.
    1022 3 "PLAGUE IN RELATION TO SING A PORE. In the Lancet (Jan. 20th, 1900) Dr. Max F. Simon, P.c.M.O. Straits Settlements, makes some genera! remarks on six years experience of the few casual cases imported into our quarantine station, and the cases at Penang. Bring careful not to commit himself to
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    WAK TELEGRAMS.
    128 3 i From I hitch Source* j 1 lie Ha^uc, March Ist. l.adysmilh lias been relieved. The Eogtwh have occupied Ladysmitli, R 1 Blllf g. Arund< I, and Colesburj4 without meeting with any resistance. They have retaken |amcstownfrom the Boers. The losses suffered bv (jentral Buller in the last
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    "DEAR DEWEY."
    57 3 Milroy in the Sydney Mail deplores the xportation of Dcwey, the Sultan of Johorr's new cup horse, and says Ik; i* the most valuable of all the horses recently sold out of the country, being the best horse Lochiel has tver sir-d. The price I paid for the
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    THE PADRE IN SCOTLAND.
    908 3 No. XXIX. W-ilten for the mgapore Frt* PrtU by the Rev. li. M. Ki.uh. A good many things have happened since my last letter, thr < vm ka im, Popular feeling received three rude ■bocks in «<uc- i cession, in a iinf;le week, !>y cable from
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    POLICE NEWS.
    125 3 A liiii.uii.ii!. who was poshing a tiu<k along Market-street yesterday, slipped and ti He \\a^ pi< k«-d up by tin- police, l>ut <!ii.-<l b» lor<- be could be removed to the 1'oiu e >tnti'iti Heart disease U supposed to have caused bta death. A Macao baa died of
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    THE ASSIZE.
    89 3 I lie Asaiaefl opawea to-da>, tl-.e Chief Justice, Sir Liotud Cox presiding. !he first ias< l.ikin was tliat oi Neo Kun Tclt and N^ Lmi^ Sen^, two Chinaman, thr first beinj; dutrgwd wiih using a forged delivery oidt-r as £< nuitie, and ihe MOOod with abetment of this
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    SUPPOSED MURDER
    239 3 Yesterday morning, Um body oi an old Hokien was discovered in a go-dim n ,it Tanjoaq Ran, heating marks of rioleacc and having a wound under liie I- It eye. From enquiries made by tin- police it appears that the deceased was employed as watchman by lay Cheng
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    LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    39 3 I lie eatrin tur Um above tournaiii' nt which commences on March iStb, u:follows, up to dat* Championship, four; tingle handicap, tisty<-six handicap pairs, iliiri\ ~ix Profession, I'airs eleven. Th.- entries dose on Thurday, the Bth
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    EXCHANGE.
    60 3 [Corrected up ro Match 6). us London. Baiik 4 in/-. i'ii 1 'id i i i Pnv;i' ii. 4ocu»e«ti 3 i a <> credits 6 ra/i a P Inima, > i Hongkong, deauad Yokohama, desaad 3 ..m [ava demand it, Manila, dtmanrl 2% pa. Sovereigns, (to bay) |i< Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    90 3 [Man (jambier di. Cube No. i i v5O ordinary do. White, (Pair LfM Nutmegs IMto tfie Ib.) do. -os to ihe .b) 80. '.i uida. 92. Cloves (Amboina) 32. Liberia!) Coifce 22. Tapioca, small pamrl I r quality] 7;s do flake (do. do.) 7.7 s d«.. medium pearl [Fair
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    SHARE LIST, MARCH 6th. 1900.
    119 3 Bell's A tBtegMU,,,A| IsSrfhn. t f 4 "31 f« <":•■•' w..:,., i). 11Iy i.t.i. s,(ki i ll rJ ftanr and Neav* Ltd fa < o 7 Kcchau Gold M. Co. lis Ktlubi Co., 1.,,:. Z;: ■•»>* 140 u.ooo$!. Maynardand /.t,i. t 2(J <■ Pahan K
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      313 3 tf(A0ACai is a common syrr>ptom of diaeas*, and may occu as a forerunner or accompaniment of a variety ol Maladies, though COMMOnly H is not a serious symploni. Stearns Instant Headache Cure Is a speedy, s*t'* aid certain remedy in alaMOt aP forms. j4 positive rtlifj Jor W-uralgut. Ob-ei\e (he
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      164 3 OCtAN STL AM SHIP CUiNBOBRLAND VAAKT MA kPPIJ O. The Company's •,ttamei' J n: <: e p., l.ivetfool outward-, for t'e Japan, and from Japan homesardi for i every ten days. The Company's steamer; on tie Java I me rfr despatched from Amsterdam „;.i fortnight for thn Straits, 8.-iU* ,1
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      174 3 MAILS CL.OBK. Hoi i'.r At Bangkok Sra^f I '< am Hoii^!(.)ti,» .1 Apcur 11 4M Djai Kiau Ann II AM 5 I I M fcc. rv ffr*f i< 1 m "II f FM M v 4 nn im ,t< u 1 HI I. Indrat'iri Aimg m ■V/».. 8 am I'KII
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      746 3 VX S S L>_^ PORI iPH,«..M STi!:! £¥fsß BS g BuS^sGui. iv M sip- 1 2 P»T*»« Rhlert P'«« Dav,;. 'm Robertson M I 1 A TE S T A F R I A I Nur.tjio Amvndttn M VI r or VrsseJj* and Passenger r 4 Pas^enters Arrived. Mar. 4.
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      931 4 FOR SALE ONE transposing piano, by G«orge Russell, cost *600 price $450. Apply 15* Killmey BJaadL Feb i 10 -3 FOR SALE L A Hay mare, l.ght gig, and a Ml '.KM new. Apply to K.S. E/KKltl.. i eb 13 FOR SALE BLA( K Mire, Buygy a** Indaa Rubber Tyres
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      958 4 Auction Sale ol Government Building Allotments. SITUATE AT ROBINSON ROAD, Singapore Tow n. lo be held at Powell Co.'s Sale-room, on li'rdncsday, jth March, igou, at 2 jo. F'Ol'R valuable building allotments situate at R.bmson Road, Teluk A)er, fronting the New Market. The back poition of these allotments faces a
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      874 4 ,|jy y^\_' '"^^biWlM ES D I T/'H I V fi ~IT /5 C* £^JBtf>.~-A '*wh f > 'ft'\ arc "i-inufactured hy th«; veo' tit^^ <,'^nw t^' Highest Class of Machinery M v-E ,fr4\\f. ■.'£w9f'&V > s .w *\'*W&i''j& /k. >4fi^S ij*fl '»^i^kg^l^Wr^ I from the lofr^i A I§R>^~~ _-<^^li S3
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      351 4 JKfI^ANGA of Japan I TOILET WATER App OMRft mi faatßM *ti; Kananga Extract I '—•> RIOAUD dt O*, 8, rue Vhrimn< I'ARIS I Katz Brothers, Limited. Beg to Announce the Arrival from America of 100 "Dodge" Bicycles M^EKj^^Bmmmm^mmwlmmmmmmmmWmm^^* Price 75 Dollars Nett I !)«--< M Sale. ;> 1 Bach 111
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      57 4 John Little CO., LTD. SINGAPORE, Physical Exerciser H The No. 5 GoM Medal m liox with (Jhart &c. complete $12.50 Whitley's xercises 7 Sandow's Noted 7 The Manhattan 4 John Little CO., LTD. leb 2b )LT 8 T ARRIVED Steam Riding Gallery Situated under Fort Canning Hill. Open daily from
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      150 4 THE BANGKOK TIMES. CaUo,--" limes Bangkok." Til UUBUN NiWIMWI in Siam and widely circulated in V.alay.i, ochin-China, China, the Straits Settlements and Burma. A Daily Newspaper with a weekly Mail Edition (20 p.p.) Subscription Daily postage extra) delivered free locally, $30 a year. Weekly, Post Free $jo a year. AnvERTi.MNo
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      1164 4 Mange in Horses. »< OALYITIS antiseptic solution O only thoroughly effective remedy or mange, itch and skin disease- of all kinds in horses. One week's careful <Jre>.. ing will generally suffic to completely eradicate all traces ot mange, wh»i long or recent standing Sold in making 20 gallons of the
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      1172 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving putt of departu'e. Bad '•.ere krov>n) ila I due here, and trim of Aleuts. M bn-ok-W »k. Kdoa«, H.M.S., Dovoapoft, due Mar. laaaltß. U. S., New York, due Mar. PittUK, H.M.S., Devonport, due Mar. Siijkishim*. J-'ip., Portsmouth, due Apl. Si mmkr, U. S., New York, due Mar.
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