The Straits Times, 30 August 1900

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times. EST. OVER I A CENTURY SINGAPORR THURSDAY. AUGUST 30. 1900. No. 20,227.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 858 1 •pHE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED THX Stan<tor<l Life Aaraiaaoa. Norwich TJaioa Fin lassaanes Society. Atlas Aavaisaw Ctwfaaj (m). rh. K.i».<^». aavors-o. SooUtJ. TW oesaa Maria. lasmos f«p«j. IV«»*slsslß»s^«l|i»Uc<ia«aif. Tbl Mantua. isMrance Coasfamj. Ltaissd. PAST, UMTTID. Airsnts. STEAMSHIP COMVAMES. I OmcE, lßXt.;K»ni Stbekt. fa WHiBTBS,KErPELH*B»ODB. STEAM NAVIGATION (XiMI'ANY. StBAMBBS FOB OHIKA. JiF»»,
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    • 769 1 STEAmiP^COMPANIES. T'UMNKLIJKE PAKETVAABT MAATBCHAPPIJ Under contract with tbe Netherlands India Government. Agmh al Singapore SHir Aobsict, latb J. Darndrlb A Co., 3-3, Collteb Qdat. Tbe undermentioned dates are only approximate. Steamer From Expected Will be Despatched for On B/assssMSW. Batavia. AugS7. Batavia (Cheribon. Samarang, Sourabaya,) Macassar Dougala, Menado, Ternate, Gorontalo.
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    • 733 1 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIUA TION COMPANY, UMITED. TO PENANG, RANGOON, 4 CALCUTTA OneoflheCompauy'ssteamersis intended to leave Tanjong Pagar Wharf every week. Passengers and Cargo booked by the above steamers at through rates to all ports in India anrf Ceylon, also to East African Ports, Mauritius, and London. TO MANILA, DIRECT,
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    • 643 1 LNSUBANCES. THE LONDi>N AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £2,127,M0 Paid up Capital fili.lfC Reserve Fond £1,07*,680 Tbe undersigned, Agents for the Comany, are prepared to accept nre risks at current rates of premium. ROUBTEAD A Co. 'I'tll CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE OOMPANT. LIMITBD. Capital Sabscribsd $1,0uu,000. Amount Paid up. 900.00
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    • 256 1 INSURANCES. BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE OFFICE. ESTABLISHED 1847. FUNDS R8. 420.00.000. LOW LIBERAL PREMIUMS. CONDITIONS AND LARGE BONUSES. "Endowment Assurances at English rates." Agent*: Memr*. LYALL AND EVATT. v. th. s. Singapore. JAPANESE" BEST WHITE CREPE SHLRTS. SIZEB FROM 14' TO 18". G. OTOMUNE CO. DRINK ELIZABETH WATER. The best
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    • 710 1 NOTICES. Gold Medals, Pans, 1878 1889. JOSEPH GiLLOTT S Of Highest Quality, and Having T Lai O Greatest Durability are Therefore U b H CHEAPEST. L II O BANKS. HONGKONG AND KHANOHAI 11 BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL |10,000,00 a RESERVE FUND 11 1 ,M»,000. REBERVE LIABILITY OFI ainrmrtti PROPRIETORS J
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    • 655 1 SHIPPING. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. FOR HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, AND JAPAN PORTO. THE Imperial German mail steamer HAMIiURi;, Cap Lain Krech, of the Hamburg-Anierika Linie, having left Colombo on the 24th instant, may be expected to arrive here on Thursday mornukl, the 30th instant, en route for the above ports. For
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    • 792 1 FOR SALE EMPLOYMENTS TO LET- ANDj»EIW)NALS ;ist time, 16 cents a line, SMiaslM tlmes, 10 osnts a line; tin to OUj tlaua t osnts a line 7th to 18th times I osata line; afterwards,* cents a lias; tnt ac chargsless than one dollar. Tans a iMrm Urn* advertisement, close set,
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  • 75 2 The reference in to-day's Reuters telegram to General French at Elandsfontein is obscure. A few days ago General French was operating near Belfast with the forces advancing against l.'uns Botha. Klandsfontein is close to Johannesburg, though there are several other Elandfonteins. Perhaps the place mentioned should
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  • 156 2 For the good name of the British Army, it is to be hoped that the statement that the British contingent of the Peking relief force kept the other troops waiting over a week, owing to distressingly dilatory British arrangements, wiM be proved or disproved. The statement is made by one
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  • 226 2 It has always been a matter for wonder why sailors serving with their ships in tropical climates are notsupplied with hats which afford them at least reasonable protection from the sun. We are led to comment on this fact by seeing a number of American sailors about the town at
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  • 280 2 The ejection of Botha's Boers troin their etrong positions in the Eastern Transvaal is taking exactly the course which we were of opinion it would take. The British attack on the Dalmanutba positions has been brilliantly pushed home, and the Boers scampered nit. followed by the British cavalry, to another
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  • 8 2 To-day's 4 m/s bank rate is 2/o \l-
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  • 12 2 The M "la ij MM reached its thousandth number on Monday last.
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  • 23 2 Mr. and Mrs. Van Ailst arrived from Europe this morning by tbe Uernian mail. They are staying for the present at Raffles Hotel.
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  • 22 2 Phenomenal he.it is reported from the Mississippi Valley, in the United States. In Chicago, 5,000 horses have dropped dead in one week.
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  • 22 2 LiEI'TKNANT-Cotonel dv Paly de Clam has requested the French Minister of War to give him a post in the Peking expeditionary force.
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  • 29 2 The M. M. s. s. Indtu with the mail from Europe of the 10th August left Colombo at 6 a. m. yesterday and is due here on Monday morning.
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  • 27 2 A liusiAMAN was buried amongst a quantity of coal at the Borneo Wharf yesterday. He was dug out by tome coolies but died later in the day
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  • 26 2 A ITTHOX, ten feet four inches long, got into the English Pharmacy at Bangkok, the other day, 'and broke several medicine bottle* before it was killed.
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  • 26 2 A friendly game of Association football will be played on Saturday next between the Mohamedan Cricket Club and tbe men of the 16th Madras Native Infantry.
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  • 26 2 TwksTV men have been sentenced to be banged in India' for complicity in riots and murders at Cawnpore, arising from tbe anti-plagiie measures taken by Government.
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  • 27 2 Thikk is reason to believe, says the Globe, all rumours notwithstanding, that M Louis de Rougemont is not the Shanghai correspondent of one of our morning contemporaries.
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  • 33 2 The llota, a steamer that used to ply on the Singapore- Penang run, has been sold to Manila owners who intend to employ her in the Philippine coasting trade, under the American flag.
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  • 37 2 The M. M. mail steamer liutur, due from Marseilles on Monday, is expected to bring out four hundred French troops lor China. The M. M. cargo-boat *r is on the way to China with six hundred troops.
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  • 38 2 The German gunboat Luclu arrived from Kiel via Colombo yesterday evening bound for China. The Imch* is of 196 tons, has a crew of 129, and carries 10 guns. She will stay here for three or four days.
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  • 37 2 Tbe members of tbe Moslem Association are illuminating their clubhouse at Bencoolen Street to-night to celebrate the silver jubilee of Sultan Alidul Ham id II of Turkey. To-morrow night, the members are "at home to their friends.
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  • 49 2 On enquiry this morning with reference to the wreck of the Mmwel which we reported yesterday, we learn that the .7 was going from Gorontalo to Menado. Tbe Keynitrsy has been despatched from Batavia with divers and pumps to tbe Mostet. No further particulars have yet come to hand.
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  • 54 2 The new Siamese telegraph line down the Malay Peninsula, which almost establishes direct communication between Bangkok and Singapore, has not yet been opened to the public on account ol differences as to tbe tariff's on the branch line to Penang. Negotiations lor a settlement are being conducted through the British
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  • 87 2 B__UM_M_i College held its prize distribution early in August, when the headmaster in the course of his addresß Mud that in the war in South Africa no fewer than :c(s Old Marlburians had taken part. Only three public schools Eton, Harrow, and Wellington— had sent more officers to the front.
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  • 73 2 Tbe Shanghai Mercury learned that a party of missionaries from Sbansi arrived at Hankow after a journey of the most arduous description. One lady was killed outright, and two other ladies and two children succumbed by the way from injuries inflicted upon them. Eight adults and six
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  • 121 2 The Shanghai Daily Prett thus hits out at the Volunteer force there for its shortcomings: Tbe causes of failure are to be found in the faulty organisation of the corps, the inefficiency of the officers, the unsuitable rules of promotion, the absence of military discipline, and, most of
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  • 140 2 S. C. C. CRICKET TOURNAMEN T. YtsrKKUAv afternoon, the uncompleted tourna_ent crickef match, Officers of the Garrison, <fee., c. S. C. C, was continued on the Esplanade. The garrison had made I' 1 to which tbe S. C. C. had responded with 72 for 5 wickets, so that with only
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  • 132 2 Messrs. Powell Co. sold several lots of property by auction yesterday afternoon, when good prices were realised. Six freehold bu'lding allotments on reserve road off Jalan Besar realized *2,.-,17. A freehold building allotment on Weld Road off Jalan Besar was sold at 64 cents per foot ->7.>
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  • 158 2 On the subjec'. ai excessive devotion to games and alliletics, the Bishop of Hereford, when distributing the prizes at University College School, gave some sound advice. His lordship urged that these recceations which were absolutely essential in moderation to produce a vigorous and healthy body must not
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  • 62 2 Kour more shiploads of Boer prisoners over two thousand in number are expected shortly in Ceylon from South Africa, along with the whole of the Ist Gloucester Regiment as guards This addition of nearly M.OOO mouths to the population of the island is viewed there with dismay,
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  • 98 2 It is stated that the .Standard Oil Company of America has started working oil-wells in Echigo (Japan) by establishing a company with a capital of yen 100,000. It is also reported that Messrs. Samuel Samuel Co., of Yokohama, have followed suit by organising an oil company
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  • 186 2 THK "SILKSIA" DAMAGED. The Hamburg-America steamer Siletia of 3,138 tons, Capt. Muller, of which Messrs. Behn, Meyer and Co. are the local agents, sailed westward at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. When oft' Still, in Shoal about noon, volumes of smoke were suddenly seen to pour out
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  • 219 2 Tiih Russian transport ffioMaj is due from Odessa to-morrow morning. She has about 700 or 800 soldiers on board, and will remain here long enough to take in coal and stores. Tbe British transports I'gaiula and Duke t,i VvrtlaiiA are both expected to arrive from Calcutta with
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  • 249 2 A letter addressed to the Japm Timet by a European correspondent with the troops in China contains the following account of an incident at the capture of Tientsin The assault was made at -I. am. on the 14th July. The assaulting party was composed of Japanese infantry
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  • 265 2 DKTAII.B O>' THK PLOT. Some particulars have been received of the Pretoria plot, which aimed at the capture of Lord Roberts and the murder of the members of his starV. It appears that the conspirators intended to commit an act of incendiarism in the western extremity of
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    • 69 2 BRITISH ATTACK PUSHED HOME. BULLBB (XciiMKs MACHAIKHMUM' ENEMY PURSUED KY DINDONALDS MEN. liondon, Vhurnday. Lord Roberts reports that (iener.il Buller occupied Machadodorp yesterday. The Boers made but a poor stand there, and retired to the northwards. They were pursued by I^ord Dundonald as far as Helvetia. Lord Dundonald
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  • 240 2 THK CITBOHBLLa AND PHTCH OIL INIH'STKIKS TO THE EDITOR O> THE BTRAITB TIMES." Sir, A friend of mine has called my attention to an article headed as above and appearing in your issue of 2tttbinst., which article is presumed to be written by an old Singaporean. Of tins I
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  • 717 2 TO THK EUITOK OK THIS BT BAITS TIMES." Sir, The present highly enhanced cost of living in Singapore, which taxes all the ingenious resources of householders, is not likely to be improved by the disturbance in north China. Should the war drag, it is bound to affect
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 448 2 NOTICES. KRIS BEER A hr>t |u^:ity I ili.«ner. at a moderate prior Guaranteed equal to anything in the market 1 1 3.50 per case of 8 do/, pints, of all dealer*. BORNEO CO., LTD. Hole Importers. RITCIIIES WHISKY SI'KCUI.I.Y HtamM blend; thoroughly niaurwl in Urn.i. Price $10 per cast" sani].:
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    • 777 2 NOTICES. JOHN LITTLE OOu W. >o:( HfN TO ANNOINCK FRKSII DELIVERIES Of Toys, Tricycles, and Rocking Horses. ROCKING _s_g?W TRICYCLES l.irp.. ___B_»^ WHEELS each jj> $_»«M«h. :0: Perambulators Best (Quality Landau Body, Painted Cream I'ancls. Mounted on best hammock spring's ■Xa* Wheels. _a___ _______P__B_________M_H__B_____\ llllMl,|l|..i! 1 1'iitii ■> n:i:i ii
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    • 891 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. r |MIK monthly sewing meeting of 1 the church Work Association will be held at the Raffles Girls' School on Wednesday, September Mb. at 4 p.m. S.S. "CAZBNGO." ABTEAM launch will leave Johnston's Pier, on Saturday, the Ist September, at 4 p.m. to convey passengers on board. HUTTENBACH
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    • 42 2 PRICK IS OKNTB. Strait* Times $00 a year, or, port free «34. Straits Budget SlB a year, or, pout free, »20. Advertising Rates may found tit tke fourth paq«. I'boduci, exchange, and share price, and the mail list, are on page 4.
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  • 1294 3 A mmies "I the Municipal r.wniiii>rsMnl Hwn H Jago, Moees. I Goan. 1 1 nutes or the last meeting were ...nnrnied i'K\ i i:km\kks The Pbbudut, in bisopaainc remark*. >h.,»ed he had had uuawHllinai nk the officer in chat, rfci and survey- i> far n would gain a
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  • 585 3 Mb BaUOCI ratwatljj inaugurated the iumruet meeting of I'niversity Extension students at Cambridge, and chose The Nineteenth Century" as the subject of his address. The mo-t characteristic note of the story, he *aiu, was the growth af natural science. The runHamental Biftemea waica us
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  • 1212 3 C HINA. (Wires from Europe anil India.) ON TO PEKING. London, Wh August The Allies entered Peking on tbe evening of the 14th instant, after a day's bombardment. The Japanese and Russians were north of the Tungchow Canal, and the British and Americans to the south. The walls were obstinately
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  • 318 3 ARMY INEFFICIENCY. LORD WOLSELIY's OUTSPOKEN CRITICISM. London, l»tk Augwl. The caustic censures passed by the Commander-in-Chief on the Aldershot Review have caused a sensation in military circles and throughout the country. Their sting is felt to be their truth. The Time/, in a powerful leading article, praises
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  • 440 3 London, 19(A StgmL At the trial at Pretoria, Gamo, a detective of .Spanish origin, denied instigating the plot 'hut said he merely made friends with the prisoner (Lieut. Coidua) with the object of eliciting the facts I:, utcr. wiring from Pretoria on the Ittfc, states tha* Do
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  • 750 3 THI "TIMES" TKST CASK London, 9th August. Tbe House of Lords, has ty four votes to one, reversed the decision given last year in the case, Walter v. Lane, by tbe Court of Appeal, that speeches reported by and printed in the 7Vm«* did not come under
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  • 98 3 Per N. 1> 1.. s Hamburg from Southampton—Mr, aud Mrs. Pears. From Genoa— Mr. and Mrs. C. .1. K. van Aalst, Messrs. Lejeune.and J. Garavagba, ilr.and Mrs. H. W. Lungl»bn, Messrs. Orenshurg, H. Siil on. on so n, K. F. liieudonne, A. Keller, A. Gut, Chas. A.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 354 3 ALEX. POX GO. BEG to intimate that they are now showing at No. 7. Stamford Road, th) following goods, which they respectfully invite an early inspection of.vii:— Ladies' White, Black, and Khaki Coloured Straw Sailor Hats, Khaki Blouses, Infants' Cashmere Frocks. Ladios' Cashmere Hose and India Gauze Vests, Plain and
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    • 1077 3 AUCTION SALES. SALK OK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Ac. The property of H. 8 Whiteside, K*v At Woolsthorpe, No. 10, Mount Sophia. Saturday, Ist September, at 2 p.m. 'PHE undersigned have been instructed X by H. 8. Whiteside, Esq.. to sell by auction tbe household furniture, Ac, consisting of rattan fancy furniture,
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    • 997 3 NOTICES. gINGAPORiJ SPORTING CLUB Programme for Autumn Race Meeting, 1900. OrTOBKl; 2.W, 2«A, and 27th FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 23rd October. First Racx. THE MAIDEN PLATE.— VaIue |SOOA Race for Maiden Horses— Weight as per scale (lOst). An allowanc«of SI Ib to ex-Gnfßns irr, into th« Straits Settlements or Native HtatMal
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 191 3 AKKAMiKMKK'I'M TiirwiiiAV. 30th Arc I'm'. High Water. 1.8 pjn. 8 V. K. nmnilliiiK. 6.1.1. Football. VolunU-ert r«. Bugulitrs. Philharmonic. Urt-he-tni. h 30. Friday, Sl»t Acuoiit. High Water. lJ6a.ni. 1.34 p.m. Distress Sale. H. A. Crane. 11. Dutch Consular Birthday Keccption. Raßleo Hotel. 1 Football. FoMili/.tMlCrocki r«. 8. K. C. S.
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    • 117 3 WEATHER REPORT. KmuUttp Kerb** Hmpilal. S9M Aug. 191)0. va.m Hp.m 'ip.m Rmuuks. Bar. »9225».H4259.910 Temp. 88.8 78.0 77 8 x.» W.B'lbTher 79.8 770 78.8 Dir.ofWin.i B.E. B.E. S.E. of Max.Temp. 87.1 S Mln... 71.9 ?ci Max. in Sun 138.0 -g Terr, rad 7.00 g Rainfall 1.H7 S The time hall
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  • 586 4 S.ituAro**, 30th AnuusT. 1906. PRODUCE. {Kat*4 an eorrteUd to noon) (Jambior buyer* 1.7 b. Copra Ball, 6.M. do Pontianak, „6.00. Pepper, Black buyers 39.76 do White, (SJ) 46.00 Sago Flour Sarawak, S.4S do Brunei !fo. 1 9.90 PearlBago „107. Coflee, Bali, I.'>X bail* ss.ou Coffee Paleml«ng, 16% basis. 27.00
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  • 101 4 for Per ttr. Time. To-Morbow. Tringganu via ports Flew 9 cm. Sourabaya P. AUzandrr 11a.m. Kl»qk via ports H. WKatt Hin 4 p.m. Falembaog Ophir i p.m. Biturdiv. Penang A Colombo K'gawa Maru 10 a.m. Singora via ports M. Vajiravudh 11 a.m. Manila A Japan (loalpara 11 a.m.
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  • 115 4 Fboii KUKoru By the M. M. s. s. Indus, due on the Ist Sept. with dates to the 10th Aug. She brings replies to the mail which left Singapore on the ISth July. From China:— By the M. M. s.s. E-nust eft Singapore Due Id London Arrived
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  • 240 4 ARRIVALS. Per s. 6. Ffcro from Kalantao— Mr. and lire. Bibby. and Mr. Foster. Per s. s. Ban What! Hin from Klaue via ports— Mrjaod Mrs. Paglmr. Per s.B. Gianti Stng from Samanng— Dr. Raech. Per s. s. /Mi from Deli— Messrs. P von Bulow, B. von Bulow,
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  • SHIPPING
    • 256 4 Under mis beading the (ol lowing abbreviations are used str— steamer sh.— ship bq.— barque sch.— schooner; Yet.— Yacht Cru.— Cruiser Übt.— Gunboat Tor.— Torpedo H.p. —Horse-power Brit.— British U. B.— United States; Fr.— French Ger.— German Dut.— Dutch; Joh. Jobore Ac, G. c, Generalcargo d.p. deck
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    • 882 4 AkBIVALS BlHni NOOR Of YKBTIRDAY. Ban Lima Dut. str. 376 tons, Capt Flak, 2»th Au«. From Bandjermassin. *'.th Aug U.c. and 91 dp. Ek Leong Chan. For Sourabaya, Ist— lids. Hanca, V. O. str. 5.783 tons, Capt Babot, '-'4th Aug. From Hongkong, 23rd Aug U.c. P. *O.
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    • 861 4 Name, port, probable date ol arrtmi. tmd name of acenu. BTSAHIES. Agami'innon, I. pool. Sept 26; Mansfield. Afderney, Kuchlnotzu, Aug 30 M. B. K BatK-lsberg. Barry. I ft July 31 Bayern, Hamburg 0.1 1 1 ,B. Meyer. Benalder. Europe, p'sd Canal, Aug 17 Bengal, H'kong, Oct I P.
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  • 210 4 5 Vant'i Kami A lon. Ciptaih Fbom Sulii.. Co»ie»M. Rio. •J8 Trigooia Brit Btr. 1097 tPbillips Madras Aug 21 8yme and Co. 29 Banca PAOitr. 8793 Babot Hongkong Aug s>3 I. and O. Cojr. 29 Strorabus Brit »tr. S»2B Hockcn Kchinotzu Aug lßWyme and Co. 29 'Qlenlalloch «tr. 1434
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  • 85 4 UITK. ViUMI.V Rill I KuoAKn Cimix UMTI«ITIO* i Auk Hour H m) Flevo 30 Chow Phvii .11) Machew .10 Sri Trinwtaim SO Oandia 30 K»n«K»\i:i Mam 30 Braid 30 Serbia 30 Hamhure Brit it.-. HiuiKon Hi. Foater «tr. Jellicor »tr. Farrell Uut itr. I Nacodah MO si i Bvm«
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 379 4 NOTICES. KILEY, BARGREAVES COY., LIMITED. KNGINKKKS. BON Wl> MLABS POUNDKBS, BUDOI AND SHU 1 BUILDERS, AND (JKNKIIAL CONTRACTORS. STEAM VESSELS IN BTBEL OR WOOD, BOILERS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, ENGINES OF all TYPES, STEAM PUMPS. SOLE AGENTS il Steam Jm ijllglllGS '^•*-*=>^~ BHLOD Stock sizes from 4 to 16 Horse Power
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    • 24 4 J. MOTION &CO. WATCHMAKERS, JKWKLLERS. OPTICIANS. REPAIRS- PROMPTLY EXECUTED. ROBINSON CO. JUST UNPACKED TENNIS RACKETS "E. G. M." DEMON." AYRE'S TENNIS BALLS. ROBINSON CO.
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    • 694 4 NOTICES. JI^AfiRJIGA of Japan TOILET WATER Appreciated (or its delicate perfume and Uk feeling o( watet and treshoess which it imparti Is Uk ikii Kananga Extract k in I I'MOl's EXOTIC PERFt'ME FOR THE HANDKKRCHIIF At once orijin.l. frsttfuj md perainmUr frs(TUI. RIGAUD&C", 8, rue Vivienne, PARIS indcoope~&"co.lji). burton-W-trent. CELEBRATKI)
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    • 473 4 DEVOE'S PETROLEUM. REWARD OK $1,000 OFFERED. AS cases, tins, and advertising papers of Devoe's Petroleum are fraudulently used for oil not Devoe's oil, so as to make it appear as if such other oil is Devoe's oil, M hereby offer a reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS to the first party
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