The Straits Times, 21 August 1897

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED: 1831. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1897. NO. 19,808.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 301 1 'pnE BOINIOCOaf PANT, LIMITED .HB Life Asraraa*.. Norwich tTaioo Fire Jnraranm Soolatj iwucn Oo«J«i J Kin-). t; iniuhl* Lit* l»«iM» Uooiotjr. \t»rm»la»anuio < .Co»|)«uy. CMaa M>t«al Navigation Compaay. TV Haritiaw lawaiaaoi Company, i irait-d >„r pwiicmUn of thm CompaniM, mm the Mat o: IHK HOK.NKO COM- I si.I.IMITKD. iir«n«ji. .77
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    • 300 1 A^BUCHAN AN WHISKY I -If- I IP— f^ f— T» SOLE IMPORTERS **®**&*%m& is THE BtST. katzbros SOLD BY ALL LICENSED SPIRIT DEALERS. J TAJ TTVT) Sameab °i pi'i.iku to the Houses or Lords and Commons and to all good London Clubs. Sl/ia NOTICES. KHILIKK,:,, BM()KE HELIOS MANILA CKiAKS A^^T^^^^ylyiht-J
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    • 210 1 THK STRAITS AXD MALAYA during the Queen's Most Glorious Reign. With the Jubilee Song of the Malay Peninsula." Printed on n good quality of antique PRICE: 60 CENTS. T.i be l>a<l from the Strata Tiiiu* Bice or Mos»rs. Kelly mid WuMi (Lid.), or John Little Co. (Ltd.) DOUBLE-U Robinson Co.,
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    • 704 1 XSUKANXES f"PH fc HTKiITH I XItII K A N K J COMPANY. IJMITED. established 18h3. Head Office, Sim.aiukk. Capital Fully Subscribed &t,000,000 Capital Paitf-up «»O,aKI Renrne Funds 168,2* Balance of Working Account to 81st Decemliir, IH9O 584,»A-| Cash Assets at 81st Dncemtier, ld'Ki 1,301,516 A. S. MURRAY, Secretary Undervt ritei
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    • 368 1 INSURANCES. ttAXTON ISSUUASCE OFFICE LIMITED. Capital tiuUcribed $2,600/100. Amount paid up 500,000. I Ueurre fund J.2U0.00U. Uud Orrici, HoMaioHO. The ÜBden*i^rned, having l**o appointed A: nit- of tlie above I ulnpauy, are prepared to iccept Marine Kicks at cuntnt rates. A Bon.ia it annually paid to al contributors of kn
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    • 701 1 B A X K S, THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED. Authorise.! Capital i:l,000,000 sul.-. iii... I Capital 600,000 ilKJtn i ihi. k —Hongkong. I COURT OF DIRKCTOKS:— P. (iillien. K«i|. Clmn Kit Shag, Esq. 11. Stollcrfnlit Baa. Ch>w Tung Shan, Esq. Kttai, Hoi Chuen. Esq. Chief Manaueb: Co VV.
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    • 748 1 A GOOD THING TpORCL'TS ANDBRUISEfI. Cnles* Uie J. injury is very serere there will be no cna'nration and hut little swelling or soreness if Chamberlains Pain Balm Is promptly applied, and a cure can be effected in one third the time any other j treatment would require. Toothachk is quickly
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  • 512 2 Singapore, 21st Ar<;rsT, 1K97. PRODUCE. < li'de* are correctetl lo one p.m.) OanUsr a ajfc iViprn Itali, 6.50. de I'mitiarmk, 600. IV|.|*r. ltbick, J7.25. do White, -jft.ifi. s»(jo luwi Siiiawak, 3.K1. do Brunei 2.40. Penrl Sago 3.40. 'onW, Bali. ]>ieked 37.00. Coffc VuloniSiang. picked 40.00. Codec. Ijltfrinn, No. 1
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  • 36 2 Municipal Debentures 5%. Do. Do. 6%. Tanjong Paear Bonds. New l'rve Kiver Dock Co. l'unjoms. Straits Ice Co. Mavnar.l Co. Kaubs, t'ontiii.utory. FOR SALE. Pengeraog Plaating shares. SOMKUVI LLJt A UUNX, Kx.l.angfl Share Brokers.
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  • 166 2 Malacca Klang Sappho, 4pm Satan A- U w «f. 4 p.n.: )eh "iin'ilia, 4 r. Darwin Dm win, 4 a.m. Bamarang via ports r;i«,i;/ Ann, 4 pirn! Mnntok and I'bang Ilubu, 4 p.,,,. Cot if via ports Cru'thit, 4 pin' Indragiri Ho Pole, 4 p.m Mosday. Europe via
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  • 103 2 Ikom Kikoi-K:- By the M. M. s.s. Y,,na due on the iltli inbuilt with dates to the 301 h July. Kkom (;iiixa By the Oerninn steamer Hniietu. <lue on Sun lav. en Blngopora Ime in London Arrive. July 7tli I. AO. Auk till Auk 2nd July l.'ith
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  • 178 2 ARRIVALS. Pei i, S 'i* trom Assail ibs -Mr. < OoJlet. I'ei I. s. from Teluk Anson via ports: Messrs. B. Nissan, Wars, liuinneu. Broadi lek, and Qrooni. l>.-i C. C. h'l<i; from Bangkok M--.-I-. Von Hast i.i.in. Xnlo. anil Speller. Peri. s. AmKtni from Tcluk Anson via
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  • 50 2 ESTABLISHED 1831. PRICK 10 CENTS. SATURDAY, 21ST. AUGUST, 1897 REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. NAVAL COLLISION. \Suhfcription rates and advertising rales may lie found on the fourth ptige.] l-i'KI-KKO HEsTKoYKR DAMAGED. London, '2\sl Augurl. The torpedo-destroyer Thrufhtr. mid the cruiser Phaeton have collided in the Channel in heavy weather. Tho Thratherji hadly dainagi'd.
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  • 50 2 AMKKICAN RtPLV TO JAPAN. Tlie reply of Mr. Sherman, the United States Secretary of State, to the latest note on the Hawaiian question from the Japanese Government, is markedly friendly. The reply repeats the assuranco that the rights of Japan in Hawaii will be safeguarded by the L'nited States.
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  • 20 2 THE WAR INDEMNITY. The Ottoman Bank has oirered to advance a million as first instalment ofthe war indemnity.
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  • 13 2 The murderer of Sefior Canovas, the Premier of Spain, has been executed.
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  • 9 2 Kleetric cabs have been started in London.
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  • 781 2 Tn nicmbcrsufthe Singapore Cricket I'lnb, last niglit, approved the new Town Hall scheme, but their approval was inly expressed by a small majority. Therefore.the scheme isdoomed, though, in reality, it was practically doomed long ago. Yet, withal, it was incomparably the best scheme that had been put
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  • 10 2 The Straits .Settlements Bluebook for 1898 has just been published.
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  • 15 2 Th« Selangor Government Railway earned $5«,299 last month, a decrease 01 compared with July, 18M.
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  • 24 2 The Paknam Kailway Company held its half-yearly meeting at Bangkok on the 12th instant, and declared a four per cent, dividend for the half-year.
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  • 29 2 On the 10th instant, Miss Matilda Cohen, M.A., of Calcutta University, applied to the High Court there to M admitted an attorney. The Chief Justice declined to admit her.
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  • 32 2 Two Frenchmen were arrested vea> terday evening for furious cycling around the Esplanade. Out; of them uas already been convicted of a similar otlenee. The case will be disposed of on Monday.
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  • 37 2 It is notified that Mr. F. J. Weld acts as Private Secretary to the Governor with effect from the 18th instant, in addition to his duties as Secretary 10 the High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States.
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  • 61 2 The following acting appointments take effect from the 16th instant -Mr. \V. C. Michell to be Second Assistant Colonial Secretary; Mr. H. V. Ciihbes, District Officer, landings; Mr. K. L. Talma, :2nd Assistant Protector of Indian immigrants, Penang Mr. li. J. Wilkinson, District Officer, Bukit Merlajain; and Mr. L
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  • 65 2 Tiik Hongkong Hotel Company made a profit of over forty-eight thousand dollars on working account in the litst six months of this year a dividend of three per cent for the half-year is proposed. The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company's report for the half-year, ended onthe mith June
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  • 90 2 As at present arranged, the KiiiL' of Stain is to remain in Kn^laivl through out August, guest in many country houses, and on leaving there he will nan Holland and Kclpium, to which 1,,- In. received the most hearty welcome. This will be in the lirst
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  • 77 2 Sefior C. Demoranda, a Peruvian petroleum magnate, says the goldtields of the Incas, discovered in the departments of Cusco and I'una, in Eastern I'eni, are richer than the Klondike Qoldflelds. K Califomiaa named Hardison, who left in IN] to s.-aiv], for petroleum, went into the interior of I'eru,
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  • 70 2 BO CBIHBiI WANTkt) Advices from Japan state that the number of Chinese arriving at Formosa from China was SO large that tho authorities had to take measures to cheek their arrival. Over 1,000 were arrested in one town, (ieneral Tachimi, Director of the War Atl'airs Bureau, Formosa declares that
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  • 100 2 A FATAL GAI.K Tiik Ameri.an sailing ship Abtter Colmni, which arrived at Hoagkong on tho 13th instant, from New York, reports having met with a heavy eale in 44° B. anl r,j ft Daring' it, a trrmendous sea sh..t over the stem of the ve-sel. The result
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  • 249 2 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. ASSOCIATION. ANNIAI. MKKTINc. TllK annual iiiec.-tint; of the Straits Settlements Association was hcl.l, yesterday afternoon, in the Bxehanm Mr. C. Stringer was voted to the ebair, and among those present w. re Meatn R Little, A. Darker, Buchanan Smith \V. G. St. (lair, Kri/ell, Arnot Reid! K. E.
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  • 137 2 On a breezy moonlight night, n ston's I'ier makes a roally bracing In enjoyahle promenade, as I fouml evening, a fc;w days ago, when on my verandah to smoke a con 1 cigarette there. Leaning o\. I had, stretched before me, a considers:>le number of vessels of
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  • 137 2 Thinking on matters maritime, the capsizing of the .Vi nTeajf .1 to 11. mind, and I remembered with iiukii fUtisfaction hearing thnt the ilim n. n icnt had, at the useful instai, if Mr. Joai|iiim, promised an mvi 1011 into thi! farcical and abortivi inquiry originally held on the 1
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  • 104 2 I am speaking with tho' authority ol many men who, undoubtedly, know thai what they say is correct, when 1 am it that few coasting steamers come to tins port that are not to some extent 1 milch-cow to some subordinate Board ing Officer. The occasional present „f a ham,
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  • 189 2 1 hero is another thing 1 have learned from my friend, the Master Mariner, which is instructive in the art ..I "bn not to do it. Our Government, in then wisdom and solicitude for the Colony'i health, have prohibited immigration to this from Amoy and Swatow, on account ofthe bubonic
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  • 175 2 The (joverninent, do doubt, h-...-, bf regulating the traffic on Cavenagk Bridge, t.. stave off the evil .1;. when the cost of a new bridge will i nln appear in the Budget In my oj. ikm, all the regulation in the world II fail to make the Bridge as eonveni
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  • 180 2 That the British Empire is an Em piro upon which the sun never <i ton known among the Malay-. I. i» receive.' by many of them witli temptuous incredulity. Hut the Malay policeman, who w,- r ,t to London foi tie Jubilee, have come back with |m proofs which have
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  • 222 2 lie.v teemi to bs 1 rrreal dissatisfaction just now with tin I Magistracy. The Munii ipal eoruplaining, many merchants an plaining, and the general publi complaining, of magisterial ineffi thai 1- manifested in divert wayi 1- do continuity on the Bench Nsooner is a judicial fledgeling get I sight knowlodgoof
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 556 2 NOTICES. NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LD. Manufacturer! of DYNAMITE GELIGNITE GELATINE DYNAMITE BLASTING GELATINE DETONATOIiS KX PORTERS OF: All kikms of SAJETY FUZE ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS. Ths arovs Exi'lobivks, bkino all makufactuksn in (irkat britain, ark mai.k TO PAHB THI lIH.II BTANIIAKI) OF PUkirV AJCI) giPKTr TIBTB IMI«8KI) BY THR BRITISH
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    • 782 2 NOTICES. TOWN HALL. LESSEES: MESRRB. POLLARD AND ciiKsnn MONDAY, AUG. -'■•*•'>" Im«.i7. •iRAND afunra night. I'OLLARDS LILLIPUTIAS OPERA (X)MPANY. IN UILBEKT A SU.I.IVAVS GREATEST BCOdMI THE MIKADO. 1 < BSDAT, Ai Jllli. The Mlka'l... WcDKBSOAT, nth, l.n Mascotto. TannssMT, Mia and > It.xcaocio. Krihay, 27t1i,) Sati-ruay, vrntli. Dorothy. Plan now
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    • 434 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS, j WANTED TO KENT: A furnished he or furnis ed rooms. AddlCM to I. W.. c/ 0 ntraili Tii.u. 27/8 NOTICE. MY wif<\ Blanrhe, having left my pro-tc-tinii >mr.. the 17th July, 1p97, I will not be responsible (or any debts wliirh the may incur. S,'» (Sd.) T.J.
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  • 1418 3 V \m m HUIIJHJ in niK rowa uu mfmf. ,1 general nicotine of the the Singapore Cricket Olub night, at lhc>Tiiiu;lin Club. ittcti i.iiiir, the Presii m li, oo spying thr iiiiiu.il minting ill penrrnl meeting t., Iteration to Bade I. was proposed by Mr I
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  • 320 3 IKTHOI.KIM Thk Royal l.aimkat lVtroleum Company intends to bring oat another issue of shares. This is expected to arouse greater Interest in oil shares In Holland. There, the oil fever which raged SO lieivelv. early this year, has abated and shares in ordinary petroleum companies, no longer command
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  • 231 3 Tbb artangemenU for Increasing the I Japanese navy continue, aaya the Bydn«y currespondenl of the SopM Kou, to excite uneasiness in Australia, where the coloni-t- are beginning to discover thai the question of restricting alien immigration is surrounded with .-raver dangers than were at Brat imagined. The
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  • 116 3 \N invitation ha- iu-1 been n wived from Genural Kouropatkine, Uovernor- General of tlie Asiatic ProvineesofHujsia, b y Mr W.-ohych. T. rowncCollep. W0r- to arrange for tbevisil to Ceutrul Vl; o a party of Englishmen uexl Soveinher. The Minister ol War lias granted the full use of the
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  • 1004 3 TO THR F.IItTOR or THC STKAtTR TIMES." Si k,— The Government clerko, who recently memorialized the Secretary of State for the Colonies about the curtailment of their leave and, unfortunately, received a crushing reply to the effect that the procedure adopted by them was an act of
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  • 196 3 The production of coffee in Peru is ~,d'\ to be increaaing, and it ii though) tha) this article will l oma <>i f Peru's principal products. The great coffee producing dktrici is compoaedoi the Chanchamayo, Pereae*. Paucarbambo, and Rio Colorado valleys, which BM all connotcil by
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  • 570 3 TO THF. EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES." Sib,— ln last Wednesday's issue of your valuable journal, appeared a paragraph from a correspondent, headed Relief for the Magistrates." In this paragraph, the writer alluded to the appointment of a special magistrate to dispose of Municipal cases, and
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  • 225 3 A brigand chief named De-Tham has defied t hi ant horitiesinffon.iuin through a daring deed of blood, by slaughtering several informers. This chief has always mfff* *o baulk all the oolrana sent in pursuit of him. One of these columns had been guided by people from a certain
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  • 335 3 PoUowiag upon tliO recent bazaar dimeter in Paris, th<' London County Uounoil instructed the Theatres ('.nnniiltie to report upon the nature of the security thai is afforded >>y 10 existing law to the public against lire and panic in charitable bazaars and other similar gatherings, and
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  • 588 3 BI'OAR. Sugar planters in Java look more hopefully to the future, now that the I'nitedStates Tariff includes a surcharge on that article imported from bountycountries. By the tariff provisions, sugarß, privileged by an export premium, will come under a considerable enhancement of import duty. Java planters now expect
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  • 204 3 An interesting race took place in France on the July, between autocars of various sorts, I'ouiprising petroleumtricycles, l'anhardwagonnetttj and phaetons, Landryand Beyrotu vehicles, victorias, Delahaye brakes, dog. art-, and so on. The competition was organised by the I'igam and Journal it i Sport*, and the course was from
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  • 293 3 Bukt Hiirlo and Mark Twain havo I made familiar certain phaaaa of Chifldan character with Which Americans havo liul in deal, but neitherauthorcotildhave realised how far their tendency to take advantage of circumstances would cany them, in tin' old days, the Chinese punished a man who incurred the
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  • 90 3 TIMRIR REGULATION Some time ago, the King of Siam passed enactments rendering the defacement of timber marks there a penal offenoe. Lord Salisbury has approved of those enactments, and has paused a regulation to enforce them. This regulation has been posted up at the British Consulate at Bangkok. It
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  • 69 3 YESTERDAY'S RESI'LTS. BINGLEB. Mi- M Bogle, scr. (unfinished) bral Mien Bogle ecr., 4-«, 0-4, tt-3. A. MIXKI) DOUBLES. FINAL. Mrs. Kcrr and Mr. F. D. sfaillsajarl rm\ I beal Mrs. SalzmnunandMr. Rainnie.oweS, 2-6, b-3, ti-f>. !1. MIXED DOUBLES.— FINAL. Mrs. Somerville and Mr. Boyil owe 2
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  • 186 3 GAME 1. Ruy Lopez. White Singapore. Bla.k Hongkong. I>-K4 t K I K Kt-B 3 Q Kt-B 8 B-Kt 6 IJ-Q1 J -Q 8 r-Q4 I'xF KtxP B-y2 Kt— Q B 3 K Kt-B 3 F— K B 4 U-K2 Kt— Kß3 Cant lea Castles P-Q K 3
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 252 3 TO-MOBROW'8 CHURCH BERVICE8. TkNTII SlNDAY AKTKK TxiNJTY CHURCH OF ENGLAND St. UHHAI CttlWMt 7 n. in.. Matin*. 7.:tOn. m.. Holy Kiirh.ui-I and S.-i inmi. 4 |>. in., s.rw.vof the Oateohiun. :>:M p. in.. EfHMoag ami Sermon. St. Matthew* Chii.i ii B p. ni.. BVWHOBg and Si-rni'iii. ROMAN CATHOLIC I'ATIIKOKAI.OK Til
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    • 965 3 NOTICES. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. CLOSING OF BUKIT TIMAH ROAD. OTIGC Is h.n-by given that in order I to continue the duplication of the U" Water Main, Bukit Timah Ko»d, from thi! corner of Cavenagh Road to it* junction with Canipong Java and Mat-Kcnzi* Roads, will be closed to traffic for about
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 192 3 WEATHER BSFORT, Kandang Kerbau Hotpital,-JUIh Avf, MT. 9 a.m. 3 p.m. ft p.m. Kkmahks. Bar. L«.t.!<74 isUfIMBJOB Temp. KH.O BH.O BJ.. r i 4 W.BlbTher 79.0 82.0 78.0 >. c Dir. of Wind E.x.E. S. S.E. -|J Max. Temp. 89.4 Mm... 7.i.9 f« Max. in Sun 155.0 f« lerr. rad.
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  • 217 4 i ri.Au *kskl'B .Naju A Toss Captain Fkom rUiun Coxbioneks Rio. WrStKlalM Brit.utr. ltMB liayue New York June .SO Doustead and Co. 90 K imi Yung »ti. 70 Kunatli Muar Aug lit Khoo IVong SO r»tai«bui£ Ruitra. Mil Plaahlnaky Odessa July MBpmwCoj Ltd. •JO llin Snug Km -li I'
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  • SHIPPING
    • 155 4 Cndertlii*headingthefollowingal>t«rcvi tionsare used -str. —steamer hli_ >hl| bq.-barquc; Brit. -British; b. S. I'nitc States; Fr. French Ger.— German Dm. Dutch; Joh.— Johorn; 4c., G. c... General cargo d.p.-deck passengers; U.—l.ruv-r--taia; I. P. W.-Taujong Pagar harf 1 P Tanionc Pagar Dock B. \V. Borneo Wharf jT Janlinen WburfjX.H.W.
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    • 1573 4 AkkivalsSikck Soon of Yesterday. Aiiherst, lirit. str. 108 tons Capt Ro/.liIM ing. From T. Anson, 18th Aug. and lsWd.p. Wee liin and Co. For 1. An-, n 23rd ~IMs. Chelydra, Brit. sir. UW tons, Capt as-, 20th Aug. From Hongkong. 14th Aug. G.c. 497 d.p. Boustcad A- Co.
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    • 390 4 ,V.i»i>. f.robiiblr datf of arrit'l, awl name 0/ agenti. Btmndara, CalcnUa, tag -'3,- BotHtead. H lyern, Hongkong, Au« U Helm Meyei Benlarif, H'kong, AQ| I. Bimon C. Apear, OalettMk Au| M s i- MoMa, i ere*, Bamborg, Sept tt BaoWnberK. Ceylon, Hongkong, dept 11 P. in, ('limit \\<>,
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  • 97 4 lUtk. Vkshki.V lA'l N <IHE n m 1 1. 041 i U* I>IUITI.>IATU)Ji lii VotomJ 81 I L'l KOOgM* L'l Kirn. \nn 21 Uanymwla g| McAIUUi li iteppso Li Qtaill Ann gj Danna l»l Sumiilru '.'I Burarn LM eHemhlld L'l iVti<r>.UirK Brit in Kh- ill Rrll ii rtr. »if
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 433 4 NOTICKB, JKANRNCA of Japan TOILET WATER Ipprmated for iv delicate pirfnine and the Ming of comfort and frrsMiess which It imparts h tbe skin Kananga Extract a aajJBMI i *ie rtiin ni: k..k ti f. RaHKaMaV At once or- I. ("iltl.il •■•l aaM ■--.''> fr.iKTint RIGAUD.'cC", 8, rue Vivirnne, PARIS
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    • 1195 4 XmTU'KS. '..i>" ,i.\h hi lit I-., Hiatfi Tim—, |..-t <r <■ |«> i year, or nianranvb, ar tra aaataaram ntrmtlt «urf I"-' ..?-i- :i\ i. or?", i.junrter ,r 4< nUacopy. Hi' I'lverii-inis rates are: fir»l time. Ifi <-.-nts n line: 2n.l and 3r.l time*. 10 centa a lino; 4th to
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    • 349 4 notices. Pure, Rich Blood in the noil in which roots life, health, strength, happiness. The soil of the blood can be drained or impoverished like any other soil, nnd can be fertilized and nourished in a similar way. You can get back Hie old spring and snap. You can enjoy
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    • 853 4 NOTICES. ADOLK STERNBERU, UI'ItOLBTERER A»D DEALKR IN NKW AXU SECOKD-HASI) FITKNITCRE, M, VICTORIA STRKET. 4 DOLF STERNBERG respectfully l«'gs i\ to inform the public of Singapore that he hns re-opened his establishment at the above address. He also begs to state thnt his constant endeavour will be by the -ellf-tiee
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