The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 July 1900

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, 28m JULY,./ 1900. DAILY ISSUE, Xo. 3940
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      442 1 PpHIN Office. Telegraph St. gg Wh.rve, KeppelH-rb,ur. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co for CHINA IAPAN PENANG' bteamers 1^"lN^ I f J.^AJ:TV* »I)FNl Srvp? iiSskiLLES g braltSr. SSITA'. BR^NDISI. VENICE. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. mail lines MAIL. Linta. oiiTWARD HOMEWARD OUIWARU 1/ww, 1000 r.m.ttß AuL^fi Corom.ndel Au..o fVde A»V 20 Man, Aug. l
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      408 1 A MUTUAL STEAM NAVIv_, QATION COMPANY, LIM TKD. ou|WA pn. I|OM WAl<n. -^o. s IJ^u. a. J )000 ,goo Through R.ll. of 1.-dm, issued vo Manche^ie.• Continental ports. Ne« Vffc, Hi HIM. I'hiladel-p**-d H;,,t,m t. ;^f;^ nan.ru l.rs ,PP l> 1 HE BORNHO ONJPANV. L'MI IEI). 'ijssSrs roPRNANr, h*^ n.
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      535 1 DE KONINKLIIKE PAKLTVAAKT MAATSCHAPPII. I Uidii 1 «m«CT win 'H ktm eRL»Nt>s l».ni» Oovbiimiht. ACKN I' AT INM rr *v -M.p. ArKNCV ..A I DAK NDELS To.. „3 COLLN ER QUAY f Brouwer H. i, v, July 24 Ke KU.,.,-,,k J»,,,. h A- «h ....Det July 27 V. d. Lvn
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      267 1 r the I TT Hor^p Repository KOi< bE S, COBS Ex S S BUCEPHALUS b P f L CE PH ALUS AT k \l'.k\\,S bffci lo inform the 11 o*"*'/ d Si«|taU*ore, Native Slate* ,n, D-„ A- :..s U.ul. d .x-y-ei.h Ho.^ Co* and Monies. KS tt t am* of
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      432 1 UONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. AID.UP LAPITAL „*****00! IlilTl PROPRIETORS 1i0.000.000 Co«it o» Uliciom. N. A Siebs, E^.-Chai.hai. R. Shewa,, E^.-o^rr chme-a-. M. G. AY. X«. IH.WSu.E,. Goitz. E^. I D. m. m ..»s, Esq. iHAMIIAIH. P. wad*vgardnbr, b.o. ^!<doii BAiiuu-Uiiuia add Couirr Bamih Co«4i7liiiiti^ w»m«i. Lnim. SINGAPORB-INTBRBST ALLOWED On
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      398 1 OTTTi-iTfD ovc<, xxr^TVTT^ X^JL 1 JLJ\ 010 W L/IVJj THE only remedy at p.esent known as an IN H DiS 7 hOCa Of the Bo RKfOMMPMnBri cnuu nr-t-^r>.«, KKLOMMENDED», SOME o.thk LHlhhM 'h Sold Retail all Chemis ,p THE PEf ER SY H^ ff 1^"" «—~-l "~^?-£r~" |u|?crib? d c
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      360 1 **'J llißFr SPFCTPTr* A,a m r an,) PHRm^FV. H-O^C^^ci^n* wels V' 1 CIAI.ISIS ,w the M Al. rKOFbS^OS ts and Wr-oleiale by WION S COMPANY, bf> O« C»a S«a. T. B.*,^ 17.11.r000 o^afiuar I ani> mnvn J\. i.ttj 'pOYO RISEN KAISHA (oribhtau s. s. Co.) rhrou^h p*»age tickets panted to
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      DEATH.
      24 2 At l.advmnh, M M fever, Fte. i.Kt I nwycf M«wn«d li.fan--1 try (lata Sgt. S. V. A.J of Messrs. Robiason and Co., Singapore.
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    The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, JULY 28. 1900.
    334 2 The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, JULY 28. 1900. f f'r -j fnaw*d bf inf.uenct »nd unht.bti bj gi.n Here patriot Truth her g.oriw.i pr». ept» dra» Pt«d«e4 to Reliß.cn. U»r»!t». and l^w. A laurx h will Iravr Johnston's Pier for thr S« miiiiit x Clu'i Bnngalow on Sunday next 1
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1262 2 Quicquid agunt homines nostrt est farrago libtlli. JI'VtNAL. Materials are accumulating m England for a right royal row m (he ecclesiastical world, when existing wars and rumours of wars a-e past. The E. C. V has emitted a declaration vrhu h will < ause rubbings of
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    A BLUE-JACKET WITH THE ADMIRAL.
    497 2 We are m receipt of an interesting private letter from a member of the British Naval Brigade now at Tientsin. The writer say that he, with 250 others, landed from thr Centurion on June 9th, and joining the other contingents, m all about 4.000, set
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    THE NEW GOVERNOR.
    48 2 Sir FUDUUCI CaEOSW. The London and Chin* Express says it is unofficially announced that the Governp of tb« Strait^ Settlements vacant by the dt-ath of Sir Charles Mitchell, has bren bestowed upon Colonel Sir Fred'-nclc Cardew k <; m.i, now Governor and Com-mander-in-Chief of Sierra Leone.
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    L. L. T. C.
    249 2 Last evening the American Tournament for the prize presented by Mr. d. Mactagwas concluded, when Mr. and Mrs. Braddell with a score of 123 games were declared the winners. Out of a possible 160 ijames thi> was a very creditable performance, an average of 0 15
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    MR. TRUSCOTT.
    180 2 Mr. S. J Truscott, whom many will remember as connected with the late mining firm of Messrs. Becher Louis and Co. D'Almrida Street, is at present on a brief visit to Singapore from Celebes. Mr. Truscott is managing a very important gold mining enterprise at Pahlthleb, Celebes, for
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
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      MISSIONARIES MURDERED AT PAOTINGFU.
      97 2 Probably Ten, Including Ladies. (Special to ehe Singapore Fret Preti.) Shanghai, July 27th, 8 44 p.m All the foreigners were murdered and the minsion premises butnt at Paotingfj on July 7th. [If none of the mission people at f'aotin^t'a had left for Peking or Tientsin they
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      MORE CHINESE ASSURANCES.
      34 2 "Foreign Ministers 'Safe* Last Tuesday." Yuanshikai has sent a telegram to Consul General Pelham D. Warren at Shar.^ to the effect that the Ministers were saf» at Peking on the 24th.
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      THE KIND GOVERMENT!
      20 2 Fresh Meat and Vegetables He sjys that the Government were plying them with fresh meat ami vegetable.
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      GREAT MASSACRE OF CHINESE CONVERTS.
      29 2 AH Native Christians m Shansi Province Killed. A telegram from Hsian-fu on Monday, states that all the native Christians m Shansi have been massacred.
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      FIVE EUROPEANS MURDERED.
      11 2 Also that five more foreigners have been murdered.
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      NEWS OF PEKING.
      43 2 INFLUENTIAL CHINAMAN ESCAPES FROM PEKING. ALL LEGATIONS DESTROYED. ALL FOREIGNERS •DISAPPEARED. 1 A prominent na Lye banker who escaped from Peking on July 7th states that all the Legations had by then been destroyed and that the foreigners had disappeared.
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      TOO FRIGHTENED TO ENQUIRE.
      39 2 He himself was too scared to enquire as to their fate. TUNG'S ARMY £cF T PEKING. Peking Quiet." General Tungfuh-siang's troops wer* reported t<. have left Peking on July 7th. The city was then quiet.
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      REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
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      LORD ROSEBERY AND THE DISSOLUTION.
      33 2 Speaking at a dinner of the College of I the Royal Society of Surgeons, Lord Rose- I bery referred to the rumours of the dissol- I ution I
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      EXPORT OF ARMS TO CHINA.
      32 2 French Prohibition Doubtful. Lord Salisbury disavowed any knowledge of the French decree which prohibtts the export of arms to China and contiguous countries. L»ndon, July 28th, iqoo.
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      THE LATE SERGT. CLOKE. S.V.A.
      104 2 JSLTR thit surmise m d m our columns on June 23rd, that Pte W Clarke, Thor ft s H orse died JEZ£g* May referred to Sgt. Cloke, late pore m December last for the Capr, where £J3 r n lled m Thorneycroft'. Horse. Several letters
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      728 2 METZLER PIANOS $450 payable m one vrar tuning free. Longer Cr. can be arranged, 10% discount for Cash A Ftrst Class English Piano by an Old Maker Guaranteed for this Climate HAAKE PANCS $475 Payable m one year, tuning fret-. £48 discount ii cash paid. A thoroughly reliable Gernfen Piano,
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      330 2 BOARD AND LODGING CINGI.K rcoms can be had at moderate D ApP! > a> Frins^ ■i J* JU'y ?< "boTrD ALODGINP «OAKD LODGI NG. WA?J2g ttZltttZlF"" Apply a.s.r.. c/o Free/-r«,. July 2; uc. J3< >ARD etc. with wlim* room lor 2 gentlemen *llh Pri%Ate ""''y. Healthy and pleasant l^fwiJf fc
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      546 2 NOTICE pROM this date Mr. Gavin Edward Mosley a^ d jSgßftß M. GINSBURfI *Ck July i-3 NOTICE wr. m. fOAKIM havii.« left our firm the Power of Attorney held by him is revoked from this date. Mr. A. SarkifS |r. is appointed Manager of Raffl<sHo.eis,ni. aP ore. Messrs. haytor and
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      531 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT S TO LH A Double B-d ro>m, and a Single Hed-room. Large and airy, f'i ivate F.imilv. Apply 7. OX LKY RISK. J u| y 2 S 4 .8 DUTCH CIGARS *"PHF best brands of the above Cigars ate on sale, price moderate, .-it Chop KONG TIONG MIX,
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      63 2 1 he yrff^! SCrvlce that was Proposed to be held m St. Andrews Cathedral "for po°ne ce d maSSaCred Peking HaS been P^ sl The transport felunga, wild naval reliefs 1* expected to arrive here on Monday morn.ng. A cricket match has been arranged between a team captained by Mr
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      135 2 Saturday, 28th High VN^ter:— 11.59 a., 11.36 p. C GaJi«n nament SX C S V A k Off>ctTS S.V.A. Musketry, Balestier. 3, p Football— Police v. 16th M.I. Sepoy Lines Goll, Monthly Medal Warren Tug-of-War, WkmL 5 p Star of East. Temperance Club 7 *> D Annual General Meeting, S.R.C.,
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    SINGAPORE RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
    392 3 i The annual general meeting of the Singapore Rifle Association was held it the Drill Hall last evening un<!rr Hi* Presidency of Capt. St. Clair, Acting Commandant S.V.A. The accounts were adopted and a number of alterations m the rules of which due notice had been given
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    MEDIATION.
    218 3 An amicable settlement of all questions fvije Reutery The use of violent language is a thing one should avoid You should hold yourself m tightly if you're angered or annoyed And this is no exception, for no words are adequate To hurl upon Mackinley's mild attempt to mediate. \n
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    YUNNAN AND THE "BLACK FLAGS."
    159 3 If news had reached Yunnan-fu that a French force wa> on the march from Tonkin there would certain,) have been a popular rising, and all Europeans would have been killed. M. Fra^ois acted wisely m warning his Government not to move troops, and we doubt
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    THE WALLS OF PEKING.
    339 3 Writing on the city of Peking, the Engineer says that the walls of the Tartar city are of an average height of 50 ft., but portions of the north wall reach the height of 61 ft. Their average width it about 40 ft. but they have
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    TELEGRAMS.
    1498 3 (Vim Ceylon.) London, July iBlh.— The Chinese Ministers m London and Washington have transmitted a Despatch declaring that Foreign Ministers at Pekin were safe on the 9th instant, and requesting the Powers not to destroy Tientsin. On the 14th instant, four thousand Chinese attacked HI igowestchensk, which is m
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS.
    209 3 M m'lay, Augu>t 6th, will be o >-i»rv»-tl thruugl out the C< Id' y a- Bank li li *a\ Ihe lollowiiig apsoiaiaesti ir<- made m the S V R _u r -M.ster Priuhard to or 2nd Li-ut Prter Fowttc, Mv c M., to be Surgeon Captain Fred K^-r^y
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    MAKE HASTE!
    251 3 J he Japan Tunes publishes the follcvMM < rjgfrnal poem written by a huropean lady resident m Tokio, and of unu-ual l.terary ability AW APHAL FROM fIMIW. I Extract from Sir Robert Hart's mesage dated Peking, the 24' h June 'The situation is desperate. Make haste.'; Make haste
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    SERVICES TO-MORROW.
    103 3 St. Andrew's Cathedral. 7a. m. Matins. 7.30 a. m. Choral Eucharist and Sermon. 4p. m. Sunday School. 5.30 p. m. Evensong and Sermon. St. Matthew's Church, Sepoy Lines. Bp. m. Evensong and Sermon. M. E. Church, Coleman St. 7.30 a.m. Rev. F. H. Morgan. 5 p.m. Rev. VV.
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    THE LEADER OF THE ANTIFOREIGN CRUSADE.
    1773 3 YUNG-LU. Generalissimo of the Ta-tsing Empire. (Continued from Yesterday) The military preparations of Yung-lu have already been referred to, and an incident soon happened to gratify his pride. It will be remembered that m the spring of 1899, the Italians meditated the acquisition ot
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    EXCHANGE.
    79 3 (Corrected up to July ->8). On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/0J demand 2/o T f s Private credits 3 m/s 2 /°t documents 3 m/s 2 l°\k credits 6 m/s 2 /°r« France, demand 253 Germany, demand 2054 India, T. T 151 1 Hongkong, demand pm. Yokohama, demand 3^
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    SHARE LIST, JULY 28th, 1900.
    150 3 BankofCh-naandJapan^. NWa,. a.000.000 4U .>,, ,09.***** CICITCO> j65 C 1.250 £1 Bell's Asb^tos Eastern A K enr y Nominal. 10 000 (4 8 8 -584 Z« Bersawah Gold Mine Co. B uyer lC l>4 6 unisstird Clear Water Da.ry Harm Ltd. »00 I 73< i
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    PRODUCE.
    117 3 (July 28) I 1;,,. Gainbier 7 t. dc. Cube No. 1 T Pepp;r, Ulack (ordinary Spore) i do. Wh.te, (Fair L/W- 5 ]fi. Nutmegs 110s :o t::e Ib.) 62 do. (80s to the Ib) 80. Mace (Banda) Cloves (Amboina) jj* Li berian Coffee Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) t>
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      17 3 By last accounts Capt. White, d.v.c, Singapore, who is on leave up N»rtb, was 4t Tsintao, Kiaochau.
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      105 3 Steams' Wine of Cod Liver Oil Can be taken by the most fastidious and m cases where the old-fashioned, nauseating, fi-,hy oil was simply prohibitory. It is a solution of the active principles of Cod Liver Oil m a delicate wine. No fat, no odor, no unpleasant taste. Entirely different
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      128 3 The Best Remedy for Stomach an d Bowel Troubles. I have been in the drug business for twenty >ears and have sold most all of the proprietary medicines of any note. Among the entire list 1 have never found anything to equal Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for
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      269 3 OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. AND NEOERLANOSCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIj OCEAAN The Company's steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China, and Japan, and from Japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java Line are despatched trom Amsterdam and Liverpool every fortnight for the Straits,
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      234 3 MAILS CLOSE. T*»Day. For Per M xc. tt I.yn 3 fm Saigon M lion Independent J p* Bu.ivu, &C. Giang Seng 4 PM Ddl 4pm M •<'■>, *c. 4 PM Colombo ic Cochin U'tttenburg 4 pm Muntok Ac PalemLiaiiK A'«i<y 4 PM Indragin Aing Ann 4 PM Muntok Ac 1'alembang
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      1097 3 fISIKLI IN po k 1 Men-o-.W., F1« B .nd Tona Commanders Arrived From BRISK Bm. cruts. 1770 Skß.Wrty July 2 Kuala Klang Statim. Other Ye..el. Plan Ton. M..ter. Arnved From Con.irnea. 9m Whc v Brit. 1968 |),sney June 29 Ban] Hornro Co. R.pa.rmg. S\^n. irnby Urn S. TradCfl KeUnuiflul) Bangkok
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      520 4 NOTICE M ae,in bolt,, n8 L coo., t Co., h--. iS. P,.n,; ,^^s^^ /^S^xim /F&ir<h3k /f^NDIAV2M /fo/|/vQ\i /(S/n»ir AlAfitt fi >^5 •^M /f/^/PALE ALt\\\ O M f/<r -'feSStU* r*iE\ i^^T^S>L^l IS; t^*» i*« afj"^^<r^'^<^ST| H BURTONON-TRENT fl 1 .or X.v LJ! t& <OnjdQxyfoM? e^ll lra\To2) \i»i uikccnon I fC^ 3
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      673 4 prospectus china Matting Maniifacturine-Co XHlHlllU-La/OtUJIJLLg UO*) Limited. .0 capital $1,000,000 (Hongkoko CiRRtNCY) Divided into 50,000 Shares Of Sao each. I i *^«*fi^-+*~*.-**~ ■»<■»< I head office Hongkong. CONSULTING COMMITTEE v ,ru n f"u' h! q" fg^T^ D. Gilli.s, Esq.^HonKkonj? and W hampoa J.H.LawislE Sq. l Messrs."DouKUs.Lapraik&Co. CM*uTum>Sm*m.Emi GENERAL-MANAGERS T ■■■TOT—•*%*.
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      1163 4 T/^Vifi T i-f-4-U A\ I~* T 4-^1 PROVISION DEPARTMENT xv^^ V IOJ-V^l^ l^JL^l ni\ 1 IVIL.I^ 1. On and affcer Au S ust lst a reduction of over 5 wer cent wiU be made UK UVUI O pt?r Ceilll Will DC lUciae on all prices of Provisions and Cigars, Uus
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      514 4 T/\U« T -l^-^-I^W If\fl fl |_ITTIG J V/llil A^i I, Is AV^ Sir C* C\ T T^T\ V-.W., J-i IU. SINGAPORE. A r APCntS lOr BRETEI FRERES' ™g«y butter Inland' 2 b. tin& 4 4^ T^\Vit-i T iff m I fill I 1 J I I IvT _f WW*"^^ CO
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      708 4 OOVNORrS N BORNE B o RiriSH t.-o^H !!T^ JK—. Lft?ftWaa«raa?wa for igBl or fo7pe riods of »or 3 years. S5TiT^STtJ^SS.*— w. g;""* only). ForPartSllarsaf?VHHlßArro "-aS?SaiSSrß^.co. July 17 -^Ssre"6pium and spirit rftKMa. Tenders will be rece.ved, up to noon on 3,st y> r renling tne Johore Opium Ind Farms for three
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      76 4 Passengers for Straits, CHina Japan. 1" fcf^ N- """""•M"a"~ sino, Mr. M.S. Reid, Mr. J. Rietschy, Mr. L.onel SShitkfts^--^,* fta;rdSl'S-.t£*KSl<StSJ L rnc y; Mr. l^ng, M..CD. Cardew. Mr. K. A. Bonner, Mrs. I. Black. Mr. C. N. Murphy, Mr. aj^fc^^^iuaJEL"^* Per p. &'o. C/y^ and Rome, due Aug. 25.--g^A»tfyfe g^g-g^
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