The Straits Times, 21 April 1900

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    12 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED: 1831. SINGAPORE SATURDAY, APRIL 21. 1900. No. 20,119,
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      907 1 rpHE BORNEO COMPANY. LIMITED r liHI Oaaaeara Lit* Aassnasn*. Monrkk Daioa Fir* Usuimnos Society. Atlas Aawraaoe Ooaapaaj (rn|. I IsjavaakSS lit- V..ur»m» >...rty. Ta* Oeaaa Maria* laemrasw* Company. The Cataa Mataal SUass Navigation Company. The Tottenham Ufav Ban Cosspanv. .be Manusa* Ixavawaa* Cosspanv. Lixaivsd. «ull°L£Smass»t of THbbSrNBO COxtPANT, LIMITED. AgenU.
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      1306 1 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. -l^-ONINKLIJKE PAKETVAABT MAATSCHAPPIJ Under contract with the Netherlands India Government. AgenU at Singapore: Suit Aoisct, late 1. Darrdrls 4 Co., 2-3, CoLLTRB Quay. The undermentioned dates are only approximate. Steamer From Expected Will be Despatched for On Cnen. BaUvia. Apl. 16. BaUvia,Cheribon,SamarangandSourabaya. Apl. 19 Bruuwr. Deli. 1". Paneh,
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      640 1 INSURANCES. rpHE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE 1 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £3,157,n00 Paid up Capital 21j,760 Reserve Fund 975,»46 The undersigned, AgenU for the Company, are prepared to accept Are ri*k* at current rates of premium. ROUSTEAD A Co. rTTHX CHINA TRADKBB INSURANCE X COMPACT! LIMITED. Capital Subscribed txvOOU,OOO. Amount Paid
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      415 1 INSURANCES. NATIONAL Absceabce Cobfabt OF IRELAND. Ettablithed 1822. Capital £1, 000,000 funds <«r 500,000 The undersigned, having been appointed Aa-eats for the Fire aVpartairsit. a-e prepared io accept Risks at Current Rates:— TRANSATLANTISCHE HANDELS COMPAONIE. TRANSATLANTIC TRADING CO, LTD.) 86/4 BRITISH EMPIRE /rUHDB üBEBAIX •(Bs. 430.00.000.> /koHDiTION^/ \MI]TTJAL> largeN. <
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      665 1 BANKS. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL •10,000/100. RESERVE FUND II 1,500,000. RESERVE LIABILITY OF) .wjononon PROPRIETORS. -*H i > IM >* M >- Cocrt or Directors N. A. Etn*. Kaq -Chai*m»» B. >hbwam, Kaq.— DsrrTT Ckaibkait. B. M. Gbat, he,. D. M Moaas. K*o. E. Oosm, Kaq. A.
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      328 1 JfOffCES. ST. ANDREWS HOUSE. A CHURCH of England Boarding House A for European and Eurasian boys who desire to attend the schools of the place, under the care of the Aev. D. Holland Stubbs, to whom applications can be sent, or to the honorary secretary, 6 a Mount Sophia. w.s.
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      937 1 THE BEST LINIMENT. I consider Chamberlain's Pain Balm tn* finest liniment forhousehold purposes then is on the market," says Chas R. Ooetie, a prominent druggist at Wheeling, V*. "I us* it in my family and my wife insists on its being kept in the honse. I bny it in fro**
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    CLEARANCES.
    54 2 u««. Vnoi'i Kami PuaAIbo Ciiriw D««i»iTio» $£sr "s? r r^T Bar ™^t^ u fsgr :s~3& II ssr 1 iu'rinnd 1P<> K»» K oon and OWcutU I lii.r- u'ii vi Irenianile Via port* 2 I •«>•■ Vedrene Saigon f n lul «tr. (on.i^liere Muir M.wituDK Uer »tr. Kebblcuiuod Kbauhai »l
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    SATURDAY, 21st APRIL, 1900. THE SINGAPORE RIFLES.
    414 2 SATURDAY, 21st APRIL, 1900. THE SINGAPORE RIFLES. About ninety men of the Singapore Rifles attended drill in the Town Hall' yesterday afternoon, and five squads were formed. The Sergeant-Major and his assistant took each one squad, and the othe." three squads were taken by individual members of the Rifle Corps.
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    Monday is St. Gorge's Day.
    38 2 Mr. (itNTLi proposes to spend part of the Queen's Jubilee Memorial mone) returned )on incinerators lor burnini: rubbish). Mr. Tomiiuaon (who is a total abstainer) wants part of the Jubilee money for waterworks.
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    44 2 Among those at present in Singapore is Mr. Kershaw, i^al adviser to the Malay States, but at present acting as Judicial Commissioner. He k a charming and a clever man, but is addicted to solitary walks, and is passionately fond of wearing khaki He
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    60 2 is believed to sleep in khaki. Tbe Singapore Municipality will be homeless after the 3uth of June. Well, the Supreme Court is to be content with an attap shed Further the Municipality might get excellent space and air if they could arrange to go to the nicely-built but closed market
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    8 2 To-day's 4 m/s bank rate is 1/1 Iff.
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    14 2 The homeward mail by the Weimar I closes at 5 p. m. on Monday.
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    12 2 Mr. P. B. de Silva advertises a consignment of China-made silvir ornaments.
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    14 2 A lai nch leaves Johnstons Pier for the Swimming Club at 11.30 am to-morrow.
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    25 2 The Hamburg, with the German mail from liurope, left Colombo on the 20th instant at noon, and is due here on Thursday next at daylight.
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    27 2 A Cmsrs* boy named Eng Moh, aged 10 years, was found straying by the MUM yesterday. The b»y arrived with his parents from China the day previous.
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    26 2 Jt is advertised that intending purchasers of the Castlewood Planting Coy. should tend in their offers to Mi P. T. Evatt on or before the 30th
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    30 2 The Malay Hail War Relief Fund was to close on Friday last. It stood at $18,000 on Wednesday. At that date fsS WM n y a outBUndin 8 u «n
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    39 2 A TuxoKAMi coolie was rowing his boat in the Singa,..e river at 9 p m on the 19th with another man when he fell into the bottom of the boat, and fractured his. skull. He was sent to hospital.
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    35 2 Augusts Louis Emile Ruzette, an ex-American volunteer, has been sentenced to six mo iths' imprisonment for breach of trust in respect of a bicycle belonging to Mr. E M. Lyon, of the Straits Cycle Agency.
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    38 2 A Spaniard named Paulino Resaraberd, doctor of the I'aiuJa reports that while riding along Tanjong Pagarat 7.30 pjn. yesterday a Chinaman snatched his hat and holted with it. The Spaniard pursued but could not manage to catch him.
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    57 2 To-day's share and produce cuiotations came too late- for correction on the back page. Contributory Rauhs have dropped to 554, and fully paid Raubs to 556. Temelongs have risen to SI 9.25, and Fraser and Neaves to SB6. Jelebus stand at $13. Gamhier has risen to *7 37j, black pepper
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    COLLISION AT SEA.
    1305 2 THK HO TANO" AND "BHI TKI.NUQAN U.- Ok the Court resuming after luncheon yesterday, the evidence of the captain of tike Sn Tringganu was taken. The harbour- master of Rhio was also present Abas, captain of the s. s. Sri Tringganu, said I ieft Tebing Tinggi at
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    COCONUT FERTILISER.
    42 2 Mb Arthur Keyser, the British* Consul for Borneo, writes to the \filiu Mail that coconut trees at Sandakon in British North Borneo thrive luxuriantly fiom b»ing manured with the refuse of tlie mangrnve bark after extraction of its dyeing material*
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    607 2 M UNICIPAL COMMISSION. Aiprcial meeting of the Municipal Commission was held yesterday afiernoon, the President (Mr. Gentle) in the chair, with Messrs. Jago, Capper, Miclaren.and Choa GiangThye. t •THE FINANCIAL POSITION. object of the meeting wan to der Supplemental Budget No. 1 30. The President first explained in the Supplemental
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    184 2 The following appointments are notified with effect from the 22nd instant:— Mr. RH. Bland, Inspector of Prisons, to be Acting Resident Councillor, Malacca 1 Mr. J. O. Anthonisz, Official Assignee, to act as Inspector of Prisons, in addition to his other duties. Mr. U. de Rougemont, Cadet, to
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    MR. WALTERS.
    224 2 A PROBLEM FOB A COMMANDANT \V« regret to state that Mr. Walters, of the Strait* Timu reporting staff, who has been in hospital with fever for the last fortnight, is reported to be suffering from quite a serious case which it will take a month to cure. There
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    TO-MORROW'S MAIL.
    105 2 The P. and O. CoromantM, with the mails up to 30th Mar.h, left Penang at 4 p.m. yesterday, and is due here on Sunday morning. Among those on buard are MiH F. ,Jonn«. Mr. W B O Stewart. Mr. Hrv.mt, Mr W Prioe Mr i heeseman, Mr. A.
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      ASHANTI.
      68 2 THE TROUBLE SPREADING. loyal natives Massacred. London, 2U< April. A Reuter message from Accra says that H M. S. Widgeon has left that port to fetch additional Haussa troops The governor of the West Coast of Africa telegraphs that other tribes are neing. He again aska for assistance. The
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      GENERAL BRABANT.
      9 2 General Brabant has arrived at Aliwal North.
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      BLOEMFONTEIN PREPARATIONS.
      26 2 LORD ROBERTS READY. The Daily Chronid, correspondent at Bioemfontein wires that the remounts and equipment have arrived, and that Lord Roberts is now ready.
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      GOVERNMENT POLICY.
      180 2 (jonstitik.m iks will NOT BE RUBBED. S.r Michael Hicks-Beach, speaking at Bristol, said that if the war did not extend beyond the natural life of Parliament, Government would not appeal to the constituencies before they (the constituencies) were able to judge the Government's policy. The present Parliament was
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      Later. BRABANT.
      13 2 Later. BRABANT. The report of General Brabant's arrival at Aliwal North is contradict*!.
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      INCREASED CENSORSHIP.
      18 2 INCREASED CENSORSHIP. DEVELOPMENTS MAY BB EXPECTED. The censorship over telegrams is increased temporarily owing to movements of troops.
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      THE PRINCE OF WALES.
      85 2 GREETED BY THE KAISER. GREAT RECEPTION IN LONDON. The Prince of Wales has returned to London. He received a great ovation all the way to Marlborough House. While passing through Altona, the Kaiser arrived unexpectedly for the express purpose of greeting the Prince of Wales The
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      "FOR VALOUR."
      23 2 Surgeon Major Babtie, of the Army Medical Service, has been awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry at the battle of Colenso.
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    145 2 The report on the Raflle* Library and Museuir for 1899 notes the addition of 501 works to the library that year, including 267 classified as fiction. The number of subscribers has increased to 349, almost double the figures for 1894. But, fur all that, the library is not
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      459 2 INOTICES. SIDERQSTHEN PAINT. »n absolutely anti-corrosive paint for IRON AXD STEEL (iuarauu-eu lv Ue Jie best HUBT-PKEVENTIVE ««ant. Invaluable (or Ships, Machinery, Bridget etc., etc. One gallon will cover g4() iquare reel. l*«ict »2.*>— P° r dr lm of A splpii.ii-l report ju-t received from the Secretary of the Trinity
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      878 2 NOTICES. NOTICE. IT having come to oar knowledge that .n...,,(.,urfin.ihH. been forged vi. .Ifhvry orders, »•>• her. -by give w"rnln K H'»t no delivery orders should be »"-cpt.-. laradnlTalsnaid by ;i aHM .if our European stall whose siKuatura is known to the vendor. m/t HEHX MEYER 4 CO. NOTICE. \|R
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      408 2 NOTICES, MAKUE IN HORSES. C ALVITIB Anti-eptic Solution is O the only ihoiounbly effective remedy for mange, itch, aiid akin diseases of nil kinds in hor-c«. One week's careful dressing will generally suffice to completely eradicate all traces of mange whether of loug or receut standing. In bottles making JO
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      617 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. An Amateur Performance of IN TOWN A MUSICAL OU.MEDY IX WO ACTS BY ADRIAN ROSS AND JAMES LEADER MUSIC BY F. OSMOND CARK WILL BE GIVEN WITH FULL ORCHESTRA AND CHOKL'B IN THE TOWN HALL Saturday, 21st April, and suotequent nighu. Committing at 9 p m. Seats may
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      84 2 OF CRUDE OIL. TO THI EDITOR "F THK STHAITf TIMES. ln your issue of Thursday, 2'st inst a paragraph appears stating that The expenment made by Samuel Samuel .v Co. of importing crude petroleum from Borneo to Japan is said to have proved unsuccessful The fact is that tbe experiment
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    JELEBU.
    1964 3 HALF YEARLY MEETING TO-DAY. At noon to-day, the twenty -first I .1 meeting of the Jelelill Hiniagd Trading Co wag held at the m .1 aganta, Hasan II Mteiihi li Itros ,v Oe. The business Dg was to receive the direcI ri and amounts for the half n.ied 31st
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    AN ECHO FROM MALACCA.
    295 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THIS STRAITS TIMES." .Sik,— While reading over the account ot your Malacca correspondent which appeared in your number of the 18th, > lighted on a paragraph, re eußOStt, which calls for notice Being one of the uninvited imlividuals referred to in his
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    2547 3 It has been my custom to leave my oilier tthttle baton four o'clock, and to go home, have a cup of tea, change my dress, and prepare leisurely for my clt ■■hi, ion open air amusement. Of late, that has been impossible. 1 have three mining companies
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1311 3 There was some interesting work done this morning, which amply repaid the large number of men who were down early to see it. Claret (Calder up) and Plutus (Fiddes up) were the first out. They trotted round to the Derby post and from there went a good spin
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    IT SEEMS A PITY.
    61 3 The Secretary of the Selangor Rifle Association has been officially informed that the Ordnance Department in Singapore cannot in future be asked to supply ammunition to the Association except in cases of emergency. This means that the Association will be obliged to obtain its ammunition through
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    PENANG HILL RAILWAY.
    187 3 ORDINANCE TO BK REPEALKD AM> REDRAFTED. The Secretary of State, by despatch dated 10th March? directs thi repeal of Ordinance No. 19 of 1899— the Penang Hill Railway Ordinance. The Secretary of State finds the Ordinance to need amendments giving the Government greater controlling power over the
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    H. M. S. TERRIBLE.
    239 3 H. M. first class cruiser Tern'Me, Capt. Percy M. Scott, has arrived at Colombo from South Africa on her way to China. She left the Cape at the end of March and steamed straight for Colombo She may be expected to arrive at Singapore on Thursday
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      1088 3 NOTICES. gDJOAPORE SPORTING CLUB. Programme for Spring Race Meeting, 1900. MAY 22nd, 24th, and 29th. FIRST DAY. Tutuday, 22nd May. First Race. THE MAIDEN PI.ATE.-Value 1300. A Race for Maiden Horses— Weight as per scale (lOst.). An allowance of 21 Ib. to ex-Griffins, imported into the Straits Settlements or Native
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      672 3 SHIPPING. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINK. r THEs.MrE; j f< lhe j, oold()oti(%her V." lMTeon Tuesday, the 24th r^L i Lr m Ui *"•""<"■ pas^eTp l^^™ •>i,i BEHN, MEYER 4Co 24/4 Agents, Nordd.uUcher Lloyd. N *VIOAZIONE GENERALE ITALI ANA. FOR PENANG AND BOMRAY I 1,499 tons reg: Captain Bartorio having left
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      337 3 AKKANc.KMKMSatcrday, 2 1st April. Hidh Water 53 p m. S. V. A. Inspection. 3.15. S. C. C. Cricket. 8. R. C. Cricket. I. 0. G. T. Temperance Club. 7.S0. In Town." Town Hall. 9. Sunday, 22xd Apbil. High Water 2.12 a.m. 3.58 p.m. Moon. La»t Quarter. 9 29 p.m. Low
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    COMMERCIAL.
    592 4 SinaAroßß, 21st Ami, 1900. PRODUCE. (Bate* are eorncUd to noon. Gambler 7.30. Copra Ball, 6.H0. do Pontianak, 6 30. Pepper, Black 50.60. do Whits, (SJ) 46.00 Sago Flour Sarawak, 3 60 do Brunei No. 1 3.30 Pearl Baso 4.40. Coflee, Bali, IS* basis 51.1 m Coffee Palembang, 16% basis..
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    231 4 Af «<»•■ nw. To-DAY. Muar Jar/otfa, 3 p.m. Kangoon via ports Putiala, sp m IVnang 4 Calcutta A- U m«,,n<7, sp m' Kl»ng via poru Sappho, 4 p. m Saigoo Tihre, 4pm Wunlok 4 Fblng Ruby, 4 p. m Kremiin tie via port* A witraiind, 4 d 111
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    228 4 ARRIVALS. Pers. s. Fleto from Kelantan— Messrs. Kenhaw, Ellison, and Bayl. y. Per s. s. Hye Ltong from Tcluk Anson via ports-Miss L. Strugnell, Mrs. Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Allen, Messrs. JUveu«w«v V. W. Wickwar. Per s. s. I'akan from Siak— Mr. Kelp TO ARaiVK. (For Singapore.) Pit
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      SHIPPING IN FORT.
      156 4 Under this heading the following abbreviations -c used —str— steamer sh.— ship iq.--b. que i sen.— schooner; Yet.— Yacht Cru.— Cruiser Obt— Gunboat Tor Torpedo H. p.— Horse-power Brit.— British U. S.— United states; Ft.— French; Ger.— German Dot Dutch; Job.— Jobore 4c, G. c— Genera cargo
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      TRADING VESSELS &c.
      255 4 ASUVALS SIIICI NOOH OF Vt-T»RI)AY, Ban Hin Guan, Brit. str. 199 tons, Capt Bcntt,2lst Apl. From T. An-on, 19th Apl Q.c, and I9Bdp. Wp« Bin and Co. For T.luk Anson, 23rd— Rds. H'nlang. Brit. str. 1,463 ton*, Oaptxin Kroble. L«th Apl From London, I lth Mar. (i.e.,
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      Vessels Which Have Previously Arrived, and are still in Port.
      632 4 Vessels Which Have Previously Arrived, and are still in Port. Auiralind, Brit. str. .V>4 tons dipt Mills, 17th *pl. From Fremantle, -.'7th Mar. O.c, and Sap. Boustead Co. Fur Fremantle Aurora, gia. bq. 30ft tons, Capt Brnmond, 29th Mar. From Bangkok, 26th Mar. Q c Siong Lim. For Bangkok, U-Rds.
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      577 4 rport, pnbablt dolt of arrnal »,d name of agenu. Hiumu. Agamemnon. L'pool Apl 28 Mansfield. Andalusia, H'kong, to leave May 3D B. M. itallaarat, Colombo, May B K4 0. Babelsberg, Hburg, p'srt Canal Apl 11 Hamburg, H'kong, June i B. Meyer. Haoca, London, June 7 P. 4 O.
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      ARRIVALS.
      130 4 j Km. 5 Voiel'. Nih< i To«. Cuuii I Fboh B*ilii>. Oonaiovin. a ni"- Apl 1» Flero Brit.tr 18fi Poster K«lantan Apl UT. K. Tian Co Ltd. LII Hsnlnriii I str. 1463 Kroble London IMu 4P. Simoni and Co. ■Ai Farfa.lla lUI str. 147 Con.iuliere Mtlacca Apl liiKaiiKlno 4
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      610 4 Infantile Loveliness of the skin, scalp, and hair is assured by the use of Cuticura Soap, the most effective skin purifying and beautifying soap in the world, as well as purest and sweetest for toilet, bath, and nursery. To preserve, purify, and beautify the skin, scalp, and hair of infants
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      140 4 NOTICES. SAFES -SAFES II "SAFESTTI f bassffi I GEORGE PRICES f j < PATENT I I W "PEOPLES" 'i I r nor nonnr W i The Bank of England use* Price* Safrt became they are the hett and rheapt'J GEORGE PRICES BENT STEEL SAFES. Makers to Her Majesty's Government, the
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