The Straits Times, 25 February 1899

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED: 1831. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 85, im. No. 19,768.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 864 1 B<ll> eOBWIO OOMPAMT, LIaHTID W<1 1 1 K Standard Life A r Bis fcraiUM* Life Aiuunvam Society. i j The China Mutual St.auo Navigation Compaay. B W The 'I'i.Uenhaij, Ijiger lleer t'ompany. f The Maritime [nsmance Company, Limited. I For particiuarß of these Comnaniea, sea the rail aaWtiaeuMttt of THK
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    • 751 1 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. I^ONINKLIJKE HAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ Steamer JW__fap«lM_^V. m b, D^p^SiJ^ ri "--abi,,a n.at^Z^r^X.Ampen.n 2H SOUTTIHfI OKI Kin VI SIKVM COMPANY. LI.MIIEI' Cioi>« Lint Betweik Baikiios a. »|S||4 Capt. alder. BSK lon- Km,,j Hmn, Capt. Joslin. (KB 7Vii (%nr, Capt. Primrose, 801' /Aro Chum a*i,,.,.C-,|,t. F0,,1-r 1 Oil' I'hrn Caulo f*oia
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    • 341 1 nKlllsll INDIA STKAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED. To rENANG, RANGOON. A CALCUTTA "ne of 1 he Com pan yv steamers is i nteoded to leave lanjnng Pagar Wharf every week. Passengers and Cargo are Iwoked l.y th« >c steaniem al through rates to all |»irt« in India and Ceylon also to
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    • 698 1 INSURANCES. 'PHE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE 1 FIRE INSURANCE COMI'ANY. Capital 42.127.M0 Paid up Capital 212,7.10 Reserve Fund „:,v, The undersigned. Agents for Ihe Company, are prepare.! to accept fire risks at urreut rales of premium. BoUSTEAH A Co. 'I'UK CHINA IKADKK I.NSI'KA.VOF. A CO>IPA.\V. LIMITED < ..[urn! -!.i, f Amount
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    • 655 1 INSURANCES. E TRANSATLANTIC FILE INSIRANCE CO.. OF II.VMIILRi;. NORTH (iEHMAN FIRE INSURANCE CO., HAMBURIi. HAMHUHti- BREMEN FiKK J INSURANCE (11.. HAMHURU. r 1H E undersigned. Agents of tho above X conifianies, are prepared toaccept lire PITTFtKCKEN A Co. SOUTH BRITISH KIKK AND MARINE Insurance 'ompaiiy. FIHK [n*urniß-f pfftvt^l on every
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    • 473 1 CyTICURA_^v LUXURIANT LUSTROUS HAIR ciucecl by wuualunpoc»willil'i'Tlrr>A<loAr.'aii.l fi^'n'i'.'i .'n'"-'.^-^'.."."/'.''™.' I.W. the h.ir telllcfc.. Dounil... H.na.uJ n.fa. ibc h.irl k'..!,,'., John Little Co., Ltc SINGAFOUE. SULK AGENTS FOR: BOVEB CYCLES. From sIOO to BANBPAREIL CYCLES. A high grade mount for *145. CHRISTY'S ANATOMICAL CYCLE SADDLES. For I adies or Gentlemen's MachinesLadies'
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    • 695 1 FROM «KW ZEALAND RatnOK, New Zealand, N0v.23, 1M I am rerj pleased to -tale Ihat sum 1 took Ihe a«encv of Chamberlains me.li. ones the sale has been n-rt large more especially of the cough Remed,. Illwi ytm I have sold more of this parti, ul.r remedy than of all
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  • 54 2 Ysctkriiav afternoon, a gharry containing a law/, a girl, an ayah, and a baby drew up at a shop in North I ridge BokL Th. lady and the girl •lighted The pony then bolted. After crossmgtlgm Bridge, the vehicle came tv a standstill, having sustained some damage.
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  • 67 2 A BB]M|aj says that he susjweted his dairyman was supplying him with adulterated milk. In his own as well as t1,,, public i,.terest, he sent a MaM bottla of the milk to the Municipal Health Officer, for his opinion. He was informed later that the
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  • 69 2 Thk higher grade police in Upper liurma have just come in for sharp censure frou, a Judicial Commissioned lor slovenliness 1.1 pr parini, cases The lower grade aata. of Burtna are said to be notorious for getting into scrapes; and rs for efficiency, the terrible percentage of
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  • 87 2 For house-breaking, a man has gone to jail for three months another for receiving stolen property has a month and Mrs. holey has simple imprisonment for three weeks for theft For snatching hairpins from a girl, a Chinaman has got six months. For ohs, met ion with building
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  • 86 2 taaaVa, mtl, Fclmtary. A I'kivate message from the eipedit."n to the I j.per Nile, received^ Momhassa, and dated the end of October, reports that all sections of a steam-launch had then been tr.u.s--1~.rt.-d overland to Hcdlcn, the pr „t headqiiarlers there, to be rebuilt and steam down
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  • 73 2 l/«/.ij, afu,7. was done o"n Ihe'railwa'y 1..1W,..,, K.mla Lumpur an.l Kuala kuhu on the ilst inst. Two bridges iv, -re waaM away, one at the 21st mile and the other at Serandah Also a considerable quantity of the hanks fell away, thiee slips having curred between KaanacaadSaraadaa.
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  • 217 2 Ther». is promise of much mirth an. music at the Town Hall to-night The > ivianne Uaginar Company will put aa the boards the comedy The Klderof the Kirk," and, after the™ are to be variety performances by several artists who have been appearing at the I/indon Halls
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  • 215 2 Osdsaate, 10//, n^ S'OWI Inini Daaaaa states that on 27th ".tuber Captain Kowler with a -•rtv of Ihe ffta Hah,,|,i« „n,| Uh haat African Rilles surprised about TuO one killed and thn-e wounded thi w raaaosm Mhi.,,1,,,,1. uh, nn No bad effect seems H far to have been
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  • 85 2 SATURDAY, 25th FEB., 1899. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. FRANC K. M. FAURE'S FCNERAL. M. LOIBET WKLcoMtn tjOndon, 25th Fehruanj. The funeral of M. Kaure was both impressive and orderly throughout M. Loubet, the new President, m t crowds assembled at the funeral STREET DISTI'RBAXCKS. On the evening of the day of the
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  • 61 2 M(IB FIRED UI'ON. Mr. Hrodrick, the tnder-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, gave in >!ie House o' Commons the Chinese account of a collision between Chinese and Russians at Talicnwau. It appears that a deputalion of Chinese peasants were asking the authorities there for a reduction in
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  • 28 2 CANADIAN RESENTMENT. REPKISAI.S CWiKD. The Canadian people bitterly resent the American at the recent ne S otiati.,ns carried on by the AngloThe CanaZn's'Tinanil tariff reprisals on the Americans.
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  • 183 2 LONDON LOCAL GOVERN MKNI Mr. A. J lialfour has introduced win the 11,,,,, 0 uf Commons a Bill for dividing London into areas for local government. The City of London It is to be gathered from Iteuters Telegram to-day that a collision has occurred between Cossacks and-China-■nen at Talienwan.
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  • 135 2 Mil. Chamberlain has transmitted to the Governor a copy of the l/nited Mat*. Cumm Tarlf and RaaatadeM forthe Pliilippme I«land«. The publication forms a small pamphlet hj "self and fills, with lllnln forms, and index, about twenty-five pages of this weeks OvMrwawd Haarik Th,.. regulations are set forth under the
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  • 10 2 T" Ml s4 s hank rate is 1 11 1,
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  • 8 2 ndtl'e ma^hBt','"n' J ;,n n |'.a K e'T
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  • 11 2 The Municipality invites tenders for the farming of leluk Ayar Market
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  • 13 2 Another polo meeting is advertised to be held at the exchange on Tuesday
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  • 18 2 The mail steamer Oaaaaa left I'enang at 4 a.m. to-.lay and is due here at p in. to-morrow.
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  • 18 2 Tut post-office asks the public to lacililale the sorting of Bath by fully directing their letters in future.
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  • 20 2 TI.K Cermai, mail steamer Bam having left Colombo on the -Mill inst ue," 00 1 S due here on WoJmsday
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  • 19 2 THt Victoria Hotel, at Kuala Lu.npur. may have 101.,.,.|0,,.,10win B to the ahsence of somebody to undertake its iiiaii;iK»*ment.
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  • 22 2 nane of Mis. Ui|.|, v 10 Mr I'atil of (he I alianc Cotpomtioa was to Ijo i-elebra-t«l a day or two since
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  • 13 2 Thk iiionthly -sewing meeting of the llmrchWoik A*-,., i.it „i, will h<- li^M
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  • 24 2 Thk Sp ,,,i»h ...ilitary court has d, J-iJ.-d that Admiral IVrvera and another he prosiviltril In i ..nnection with 'he naval disaster at Baßjfcaaj
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  • 28 2 A .111. K«r maul, h,.1»,.(-i, [|,c SCC second eleven a,,,l the next XXI I was commenced on th,. K-plsnad* yesterday afternoon, and will ho „o n liuued to-d;iy.
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  • 58 2 At -Chicago, there is a strong moven"™n t "I U im M ">''i|'al pawnshops, where wage-ennurs may cent"" a y th r U f c l< r Thi body of Tan Hung, the coolie broker, who was drowned last Thursday while attempting to jump on board the s. a. Jloth,
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  • 30 2 To-day's produce and share quotations came too late for correction on the back page Oamhier has risen to *SIS Tin has advanced to 5«4a74 Boata Kaiiba Cnd buyers at *2«0.
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  • 40 2 Wterdav afternoon James Clarke took hack the bicycle (valued at »7o) he "h.'rrowod from 4 Armenian Street on Thursday last Both tyres were burst He was arrested in the evening and is awaiting trial to-day on a charge of theft.
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  • 1283 2 {Written for ths Strait, Tana Thk Japanese have a quaint and beautiful notion tliat a doU tliat haa been preaerved for a great many yeiira in one family and been loved and played with by generation* of children, gradually acquires a soul. Lafradio 11. uz, tells us
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  • 761 2 AiJHEKX. Tin news from Achren tells of an im. |K.rlant l.atlle at hand in !',.jir (Jl ralvanHeunlsi, Hie(;o-.iTn l .i ul A,lml .1 miH that country aiul hi ■W*. I J into the |,i||,, .I^, the rainy season set in aad M .xt..i.,ve,n,l,tary operation. BE th.- j.uc^mt t
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 274 2 NOTICES. NOBEUB EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LD. Manufa.tim.nof Dynamite. Gelignite, Gelatine Dynamite, Blasting Gelatine, Detonators, Safety Fuses, tlectrio Bkstinq Apparatus. fit I I"" I mwitf I. aayaMoni THE BOILVEO COMPANY, LTD. II I tOKIfTM Ml SIKOArOKI. Padorat, I >:.v<. Klaisa, num. lava, and Barasf. HAVE AI.U \v- HI Jl-l IKg l\ gTOCI
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    • 726 2 .VOTIiJES. m niIXA MrTI'AL iImNSrHAXCE COY. »S A W.VIIIK. Manager. HBCTTOB W. SA MI'SON. Tr',velh n )|"i e| Pc Bnt!ll i V( Mi: BRR, TAX KIM TUX SO.XS. U»alAa»kv i Ins V.mpan, „ir,. nan, tunns an,| tH.. t t er K miws t lan r ...hv .1,,.,, „M,,55,,,,1,eKa,t. an,l Win,
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    • 456 2 (OMI.Vfi! ('OMIXO! fl"asf| aaH atsaM) Tbe large., tronpe of BKILrOI, I'KItHUJMKU.s 1 TBE PABSI ELPHINSTOHE DRAMATIC CLUB of Ciilcutla. Oomprlslng slit] mi, „,,-d men, and ■evaja women artiste.. j. r. btaook, Batik Proprietor. TOWH II aTT TO-KIQBT Saturday. ZTtth HailLl (For a short season only \ivia.\xi: DAGIfAB \tSSSmm •THK KI.DKIi
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    • 663 2 LATEST ADVURTISEMEyTS. WANTED. Municipal 6 Debs. FOR BALK. rengerang Planting (!oy.. share*. FRABEK Co.. v. c Kuchange and Share Broken. KMI'LOYME.N'T WANTED BY Young lj«ly English, as assistant in suitable business or as companion to lady. Apply to v c A i si tl c o Ulrtil, Time. OOc«. POL
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  • 1432 3 (Tiikrs is an English classic with a lilting refrain that sternly enjoins the roung man of the period never to mtroluce Ins donah I„ a pal Th.rewill shortly Ite added thereto a companion cm whose moral shall run. "Oh, never lend your BBS-fai to a friend It
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  • 183 3 Dumb tba chairmanship „f M r \v. W...1de11. Hie rie-l.lelll, ihe allllllal neeting of the nieml>ers of the raiiclm Club was held la.t intlit it "lie Club-house. The i.| .11 nnd (counts, aa outlined in ye-ler.la>'. -I to* titnOt fawn, were ■assed and the officers were (•CM as
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  • 356 3 rJV*a>«t»i ■■■ndiiil.J li"' /'•■Vniry. •flit Chinaaa N. V..,, oalobntiou .|...,i,li,,eiit many paupla b. re, not I i Ihclestivilie. them-, he- but from licensed S :imhl!i,i at..-,, .ling them Ihe Chinese gambling 1,r,,i.|. bay. Led themselves will, tb* M- tiiuiihilion. alel -.t.ii,^- of Ban) SO idea of their g.tlis
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  • 185 3 Had (*...w.« (haadkaa.li A Ohaa Mr- S:.lllilatr, an.l X .in ....e :1. U ..I. tell an.l M. Ma. lloiiiriill lowe-JI, Mi- (.nun mil Mr .M...1,., I M, it. „n.l Mr lire, in, .-r „,n.. i I.■ i. i Mi and «r- I M Ui,,,e (on
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  • 1196 3 (From our CorrespoiuUnt.) Kuala Ufk, UIA February i The conduct of the Uanler, a Sikh anas*, vtaawa bUffe, ha i the subject of a departmental enquiry. He was aabai 'pi.ntly airclcd on the charge of criminal misappropriation Among olh.T duties performed by convicts in ilii- Kuala Lipis
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  • 975 3 No less a person than Mr A II ■BBBM, Hie lie, order of Headline lltl- Is'en t,r..11i11l ts'f.tr.' the R.'...hnj Co.iiil, -i,.-5i,,,,. an,i laad i- a... i s. ad tost* for rMla* a ..ieycle on the footp.'h T'i" .lac upon whi.ti me gran offeu bad ban commute i
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 510 3 SORE THROATr "You cannot co bsttor thsn gwgto with Candy's Fluis." I'hy... iw,,. It.. Ui« tvp«,uf of Cwtrnwiy. Jifh' Condy's Fluid iL SAIiAWAK I.OVKKN.MKNT XOTIKICATION. N(t. IV. 18W. 'I'KNUKKS will I-- re.-ene.l uplolta-m. I on Saturday |:.Hi April. I-". for .mine Hie t,,||.,«.ne Farm, lor Three Years from Ist July.
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    • 817 3 I NOTICES. W. DALLAN Has just received AT THK AISTKALIAN HORSE RKPOKITORY A select consignment of Australiai I saddles, bridles, harness, 4c Apply to \V DM.LAN. CIIAMI»A(iM<;. urn ■"■rural kxiKa on (■natn*. for (ireat Britain) Louia Rouderer. Carte Blanch* HI! IX KM ANX 4 CO MafarJOatl i.mt.K4co. i.ti>. ItKdW.V'.s Koi«
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    • 940 3 NOTICES. MESSItS. (i. 1!. LAMBIH 00, lIAVINt; ad.led ciistderahly to Iheir II alrca.l, large, oll.vtion ol SINOANH VIKWS AMI TYI'KS, are nowofTering them for sale with NFW JAI'ANKSr AMI "I 111 li Al XI MS Also, Views of Bangkok. N.iti,.' st.it.v etc. A large, ollc, I ion of RCW I'IIOTOOUTDBU
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    • 725 3 FOR SALE) EMPLrtntKim Tit I.IT: AND I'K USONALS. tun.-. ID.-enlsa line, llh to «th limes, 5 c.'tits a line; 7th to ISHi times, t itnUl line; afterwards, 1 cents a hne;lnil no saanga less than one dollar. Thus, a Htmhi*' atlTertisement, close set. In this true, can l» inserted 3
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 80 3 UKATHKK KKl'dlil' Caaanaa *'.™n .1 1-:-. Itar. SiMUSBJMAIeVI Temu. slu svu 77 4 t iv. 11 i. 1 1. > r.vu 7ti.s :4-j lur.ofWi... m ava. Calm If Max. Temp. n>\ A Mm... fl M»«. in Simll':: =1 Terr. rad. i«. lUinf.li Nil. WKATHKI; IUiiHUM Ut h .4. i I
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    • 390 3 AKKAN'iKMRNTS S»TtaDAV. iVTH KeBKI AKV Uiili Water. 10 58p.ru. Full Mood 8 11p.m. S. K A Spoon Competition. S. I. C Hold M.-.lil I'lay Sc|...v Lines (Soil Monthly Medal l'lav F. G T TeuiiHTance Cluh. 7.30. Pamnnr Troupe Town Hall. 9 ■BBBMTt, Bgna Xt l-.lii .lil HiL-h Water lowa.m. Illiip.m
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  • 452 4 Hiioiroii. mituT. law. PRODUCE. (K-itn an eomtttd to nom.) liambirr- MB. Copra Ball 7.M. Jo Pontianak, 7.2 H. Pepper, Black. 27« J. Jo White, («X) «M* dago Flour Sarawak, m 3.1*) ~o Brunei No. 1 S.IHPearl Sago «■*>■ Codec. Bali, picked WOO. Coffee Palembang, picked 20.00. Ooße., Libcr.anTT«o. 1
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  • 108 4 > Prr tV. Tim,. I'enang /aifrcai, 3 p.m I'.-nang Colombo -,j >. t.j. S p.m. I'enang Cal. utt:i Ml >r. 4 p.m Malacca A Klang >..,.;,/.,, 4p m Muntok Jl P*bang J.'i./.,. 4 pm. llangkok 4 pm. Saigon aMaW 4 p m II .tv Pahat '.'hajyi, 4 p.m.
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  • 113 4 Fbom Kuu>r> :-Bv the P A (1 > t. aiunii. in.- on 11..- ■.■•ill hen. and with replies to the in-111- win. I, left Singapore on the ntli and l.'th Jan. Fbom i-i s- i: the M. M. it. IW *ia. due on the 3rd Mar. I'll
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  • 381 4 ■MB I'.r Hi' l*m.j from Teluk Anton via porti Mr l.illy. Miaa Dyke. Mea.r.. J. Bank, W. Dallan.'A lion. K.t. F Vignol Ret V Ruandel. an.l Mr. F. N de Sou/a. r.r» .Uiarr.f from Teluk Anton via 1».,i- Mi and Mi- W.-t.-iliuiit. M.-.-,-Neubronner, and Aini-iroug. Pei a 1..,.i
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  • SHIPPING
    • 205 4 Un.larlhit heading the following abbretia lions are uaed atr. aieajner ah. ahip tq. -ttarqo* Vet.— Yacht, On. i m- r (il.l— (lunboat, BriL— Britith V. S. United SUM. Fr. French (ler- German Dut.— Dutch; Toh Johore; Ac., Go., Oeneral canro d.p. deck paaneogera U. UnceTUin T. P.
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    • 928 4 a&iitau xiici Noofl or Yetikhdav. Amkenl, Brit. «lr. KM ton..<\-v,.i MaiMoi, 3T,11i Ki-li. From T. Anaon, ijrj Feb. 0.C.. an.l W» p W«t Bin 4Co. For T. Anaon, iTIh— K.l«. llfllllfr. Span. Mr. Mi loui.l'apl (Hivr. i'.lh F.-I. Fr..ni Ca.lu. Liilli J«n 11 U-u--lowan.lCo For Manilii. -Will
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    • 499 4 It—*, port, protwu *v. m^ •OWM Of Otffiff UMh HI inn. p'«.l An.ipi. llarrv. fSi Uaaal K. Aii.lalu-i.-.. II .nil.u'i:. \l v B k^, I Anlenor. China, Mar 17 Mn:L«ri^ld 11,1. I- -TK. ll.inil.uni.Mu 11 B y_Ballwal. Cnl.mil... M.ir;, I' i,, I Hiw.-nn. <-iiii.il.-Ka F.-l. Dvirfifc lUy.'rn. Bremen,
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    • 168 4 Vhil's N*m. Tom TTimr F »o» ma** Uo«si°»i» Rio. Kel» :'4 Aurora' Hia bq. >« Bcrtuui Bangkok Ju IV., S4 lta»eau Dul «r. Mil Van Xl Hooraban X.-I, WlftMwtabiadOk M ll»ii Whan Hin Brit ilr. nw Kdwar.l* Ponlmn.k K.I. M Hock Kiaii »tr BM (Vary lVliami I M HaUlutn
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    • 98 4 DlT>. Vmu'lXui KL»..i!l. OWU PMIWITIM 'ul. M Salraategui tip* »tr. I JUmU I; 1 Brit ttr. hnvid.im IVn«nn il K .in Ann .tr. IK'ru; ItyuntlK L*s I'nlypso fclr. l^jwry i'cii:ini: ail I' 1 i-fi >i|'[.:i.. -1. Ihiiht Kkni; vi» |H»tt^ Bub* «tr. Im HoMok aod rklM>» Alboin »ir. Kit.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 196 4 NOTICES f .1 (»N r, s celebrated P^JrK J with complete' BROWN OTBHHER'S Famous Glasgow 1 Special reserve very old I iquor WHISKY. Ijg"»-q2 I" ri lifiiiiinil tliruui<liout tin- Straits. Sole A^-nts for both YAP \VH ATT CO., ALMEIDA STREET. tab A«.-iit IiAN TIOXO TAT, PentnnKATZ BROTHERS, LTD. (Boot Shoe
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    • 367 4 NOTICES. JAMES WATSON CO-'S-SCOTCH WHISKIES AKK THK RKST YAM K IN THK HAKKKt: V. V. (>. 111.00 PIBCAU, OOTT PAID. V. V. SPK( 'I AL K KSKIt VK. *13 •«> rn< cam, doty run DOMIKIS, 10 YKAIIS OL1». «i«oop»«ca»«,i«ittmid. OBTAINABLE FBOM BETAIL IIRALEBB. OR MnAUSTER Co.. Mtim McALISTER CO., Have
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    • 355 4 NOTICES. "TIMKS" AND "BUDOBT." SlroiU rim/»,»au Ijrar, mK|l monl'i or fifl.vn i»ntt a copr. Poat Tn*. S" a quarter. .".Irani Budget poat free, t a year, w t quarter, or 40 out* a copy. Th« a<l»ertiaing rmt«« ar»: Brtt time, IS trait a line: 2nil and 3rd timet. 10 cenu
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