Straits Advocate, 19 January 1889

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  • 16 1 The Straits Advocate. A WEEKLY 1 APER PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. \Ol, 11. SINGAPOB v ;ANI asdfadfadfadsfadsf
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 136 1 TEI IF SUBSCRIPTION, rly |2.00 FOREIGN DELIVERY. l'er quarter $2.50 Half year. 5.00 All matters uiteiukd for publication should l>e a to The Editor Straits Advoi'i.lin Rooms. nurmni I tj any p hv mime will net be attended t li 1 J. F. Xi I to the Editor faith. They
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    • 97 1 C hd. JOHN LII CO., are now showing a large and varied B*JLi tion Novelties in. Trimmed Hats and Bonnets very handsome and pretty and rked at exceptionally low pri< Robes in Zephyrs and Nun's Cloths French Serges latest patterns and colours for evening wear. Dress Cloths a large variety.
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    • 215 1 <fc SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. ID UP CAPITAI $7,500,000. UNI) $4,000,000. RESERVE LIABILITYOF I LOPIUETORS. i7 J t),UK Cot DiascTOßS: Imirman. Hon. Jors Bell Irving. Deputy Chairman. W. II FoRBI D. Bottomley, Esq. Hon. A, P. U W. G. Brodie, Esq. 8.0. Michaelson,Esq. 11. L. Dalrymple, Esq. .1. S. A. r
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 174 2 NOTICE. ropeaa STORE OF MANILA CIGARS. T>.-._rv Tii w. e)i< ion of fi Ihe celebrated Factory M MARIA (Mils', Awarded medals in the Amsterdam and Ivxhi bit ions, and Gold Medal iv the Ma li id Exhibition of 1887. The attention of smokers is particularly tirawn I) these Cigars, all
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    • 252 2 i Gi \hj L' ins ingeade Ac, Ac. OF ci ARAKTKBI) PUUIT\ m i kad Bottles snd Syphoi lion oi drawn r thai larged premises, in which entire.) new machinery of the highest order has been bout to be opened, and may depend on being supplied with .Lraed* Wate first
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    • 116 2 POWLLL CO. .1, I Office and Sale-RoomSj Commercial Square. •ich Silc-ltoom* and I'urnituri* Faotorv, Orchard Road. Fok Bali. Almeir lee Clw lieditcadi i iron) wel Sufi Bedding Japai <'n* Itc i r "in Suites I snips I; *>k Cum* Linoleum Book-itamD Mattli iard Tables SUbs rJ Tabli iiis onto Curtains
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    • 150 3 KELLY I LIMITED. 5 BATTERY ROAD, Thick PafN i i iheeta I,. 1 1 >*rv I mted Note tnd 50 Envelope! in box .all ets. tercolonial Pspeteri ts fownt" BnTelo i* 'I he Vans )c T of Note paper contaming 5 quires good Cream laid Note caper '2o cents. 21st
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    • 91 3 the above address at moderate prices. BroeadeSilks&Ratiii Velvets& Velveteens. Prints Pompadors. Crewe] Silks. Kirby's needles with Chinese Letters. Bow handle 'rochet !otton Sheetings. From and after Ist January next the rate of subscription to the "Stbaits Advocate" will be Dis. 2 payable quarterly in advance, for i bscribers in the
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    • 180 3 Esau^u] < vicinal ism lan isquiekl? I compi ou („r !|5 ■rthor particulars apply TOW lILL k Co., Auctioneei Singapore, (Hh January, i _>_/| MUNIC] ;-CE. Cavanagh Bridge will be closed to I i a g e traffic on the morning of Wednesday the 23rd instant and until further notice,
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  • LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    • 11 5 A i appointed ire into the wnrkii 'liinese Pi a Penanir.
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    • 24 5 MB, L BA CEB 18 now in uv chai Public Works Department at Mala He assumed charge ot his duties di the 3rd Instant.
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    • 35 5 iful bazaar in Id of the Orphan Boarders of George's uirls' School was hold in the Town Hall at tan g. 1 1 v> as n umerously tided and a sum of over was realised. ,>.
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    • 42 5 Mr. A. Ebi >me time hold the Ilerk, St. Andrew'fi Cath >dral and lv' lv a clerkship in the Marine Department, left this on Wednesday last per Rajpootana for Penang an route to Perak to take up a more xative appointment, there.
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    • 38 5 A JAPANESE Consulate will shortly ho established in Singapore. Mr. Nakagawathe< bull ct, sent out by th" I I at Tokio, arrived hereon the Instaul by French Mail. Mr. Nakagawa is Baid to ho a good English Scholar.
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    • 56 5 The first Criminal Astizos of 1889 opened on Tuesday last the 15th Instant. Mr. Justice Goldm myinsr the Bench. Tb.ero was a formidable array of cases numb ping 31 iti all. They are very quickly being disposed of and there remain D P 3 cases to be .It with, which
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    • 44 5 Tin: Postmaster General had kindly favorod us with a copy St raits Set tlements Co^t,i I .iido for 1889 which is nal replete wit b eyeri information connected with postal matters. The pi is only 25 cent ao business m Id b iout one.
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    • 20 5 Ti; I Mr, harlea Nelligan, chi t .1 gratificalia^ buns fire lor >nsidoraido and v. argo has Irawn, it sufficient
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    • 54 5 Committee appoint the R( sid( ►uncifior of I** ang t<> enquire Into a rtain lirepi lei in the working of office of the < Chinese Protectorate In thai Settlement was to have sal on the 15th Instant. Until the termination of this enquiry Mr. Nelligan the Chief Clerk will continue
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    • 68 5 Ihe Municipal Commissioners not ity that Cavanagh Bridge will bo closed to carriage trafiie on tho morning of Wednesday tho 23rd Instant and until further notice to admit of' the carrying out of cortain repair. This will ho exceedingly inconvenient to a large portion of the public whose business takes
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    • 83 5 PIiEIV lONS on a grand scale are being made in Malacca for the forthcoming Sports to bo held there during the Chinese Xew Year holidays. It is proposed to hold tlie Land sports on Monday the 4th February and the Sea Sports on Tuesday the I'LL, and an arrangement is
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    • 81 5 ME. Swift MacNeill. M, P. in a letter to ouo of tho Secretaries of the Indian National Congri writes that Mr. Parnell "desil me to say that, in his opinion, you should use any power of soltgorernment, however limited, you may possess as means ofeducational development to lit y masses
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    • 72 5 A BOY named Thomas Bond icked up a p andkerchief di I from I Her Majesty and tie eight* of Winds The boy's sister m the I and ha and the handkercl which it was ne I, hi Ent| Fr< k. Tho r concluded "Sir H. Bonbr, in o [](v
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    • 90 5  - Penang Gazette. is timo wo think thai th i Municipal Board should ho pro- idoi! with a ballot box for tho r of muc II at bii en ir. found necessary, under Ordinance, t.» hallo- a BaiMr. Halifax, tlie So y, was. however, equal to ihe occasion. promptly 1 lid
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    • 153 5 Straits Times Bay 1 The Prince* and Princes of Wales. with Prince George of Wales, has mid a vis t to the Colonial Office, in order to so the marble Jubilee Statue Queen, which is to be placed in <■< men! House, Singapore. Lord Knotsford and Sir I{. Herbert of
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    • 73 5 r< ached h A re on M< iic lay last oi a di ship collision whicL Klai ri i collided boat mil drov, i ho hiit fi st accotiiits a i i d o(i •ed h nail having et Captain Am: imanded the illand Captain Tho nan the two uniortui
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    • 182 6 A den, hapI to i "lily living in on Itoad on Thursday whet' hers of I I tmily had night the cr was raised. Inntly fusion and led. Tlie i c upants of oach room barred their doors and a (hind to venture out of their hod for fear of
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  • 447 6 A lar^e numbci lincse a j ;u I brought do* the Central Si liefore the Magistrate with ri< iirraignmenl t! eh;ir<f.' 1. ;it Fanner li I ;ari a Mr. Hohday lata ;i Teacher in ornui 1 1 tliat a Malay m k in the SmalM'ox Hospital of thai eomplalnt
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  • 838 6 I OF Xlitf TIME' The appointi I Mr. Cira as Sherif will probably I popular as thai l < unbol at Madras is sure to hey. i\lr. f if a merchant, and like I also very bei It. We sin vat ths the a-eroy has Palleu him on account
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  • 471 7 rhey laughed l>. B. White to scorn some years ago when be started the idea of makin an oi th* Eurasinn in India. But it is apparent now that ths a icipator of his community had seen very far into tho future and had not
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  • 79 7 The affections of another Am iri an bai e > ion on by a Bri the m id mi and i he son iror of I ads, was i som preparing dinner in tl their arrival, a daughtei ding -i entered, approai bed th oa I his
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 37 8 EfiCO." V, LTD. I I i i i TOBAOC r brand lb. Hi i TOYS. LADIES DEPARTMENT. i urith ribbon I The New KIIO l«dia I and low HABERDASHERY, &c. i oi i i ii i, I
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    • 91 8 THE MANILA CIGAR STOHE, OPJ >Al.\ "AIMM.A." 30M3 GENERAL" i LA I, llaI sjuio, 1 i LA COS lA. r LA IS ai;. No and li La Perl < o a > Hah: r.A PERLA DEL ORIEXTE COM ETA I is Xuevo 11 i E !'a vend is! 1 1
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    • 56 8 'it in w turn learKf i\>nhaudt\v* ihi all v i Iti ry i very and 1 II I aWe boras harBits A 1. \L Rim.. ii,.:.s n on, iat etc. JEWELLERY. new BrnAn inapectii v s EMMERSON'S TIFFIN ROOMS, icrof I'hu: Bridge :i.p .fu f:om i IT i by BtJn>
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