Straits Times Weekly Issue, 13 September 1892

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548 559 Straits Times Weekly Issue
  • 25 548 WEEKLY ISSUE. Pished, 18;»1., Published fok Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Steamer. [Price 40 Cents. VOL XLVin. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, cSEPTEMBER 13, 1892. NO. 3 694
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    50 548 The Straits limes has the largest circulation of any newspaper m Asia, British India excepted. It circulates m Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, m Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and French Indo-China. No other Eastern newspaper has so widespread a circulation.
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  • PESDAY, 13th SEPTEMBER.
    • 81 548 Ir 'Sitiff*p-»r*-. oa tlifl ~th Sept »mber, Mrs. X P. CCaskt k 1.1. s of a son. S the Bth instant, at 8 o'clock a. m., at nr House, Cairn Hill, the wife of H. HKE. Es»j of a daughter. T Blanche House, on the 10th instant, the >
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    • 31 548 IN S f Andrew's C*t>iedral. Singapore*, on jgeptemV oh. 189J by the Revd. VV H O. I) rley. Caloniil Chaolain. Mr. VVm. H SFoNE, to Mis* EVELEIGH C. G*UH VME.
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  • 72 548 i.arket Quotations, animary of the Week. ,entW- Telegrams. 00*1 and General Newussia and the Pamir> Sclera Decreasing, at pnce. Spreme Court. overnmcnt Gazt tte. iews fro n Pahang, Perak. Penang. Netherlands India, the Philippines. French Indo China Deli. S am, Ac. he Chiusse Educational Institute. The Colony's Trade Returns
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  • 507 548 On India.— Bank T. T 226. Private 30 d/s 22M. On Hongkong.— Bank T. T \°j dis. Private 30 d/s H°/ o di*. On Shanghai. Bank d d 72. 1 Private 30 d s 74L On Jmra.— Bank T. T 167*. Private 30
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  • 473 548 which shows 363 tons milled for 236 ounces of gold, an average of 13 dwts. per ton. The British India steamer Straw arrived here ou Wednesday from Penany, with 2,000 cases of Langkat oil f»»r the Singapore market. IH. ths Sultau of Johore intends to (Jrymk
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  • 319 548 The Cxolira 11 Hamburg. London, 9th Bept. Cholera at Hamburg continues to b* of a virulent nature, aud the daily mortality from thisdisea.se is considerable. Fu w< i L' i ->i it K*hyi It is >tat.-*l thai tbe Govern menti Franc.' and Russia have agreed upon a common
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  • 518 548 T::k Netherlands [odiau Grovernmeni Lighthouse tender, Ttgal, Captain Laudtreer, arrived bere from Batavia on Saturd.iy, and after coaling will leave for Deli this afternoon. o The Qerman seamau who was injured by a Call from the fore yard of the American barque Wakefitld Las< week, died in
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  • 400 549 A ttphoon, says the Hongkong weather telegram of this morning, is approaching Swatow. It was erroneously stated a diy or two ago that the former tax on 'rikish&l was $4 a year the intention was to say SI. -^a> It is advertised that Messrs. Behn Meyer and
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  • 129 549 Owjno to t he facilities afforded by the opening of the telegraph Station at Kuala Lipis, Messrs. Becher, Louis A Co. have received a week earlier thau usual the telegram giviug the result of the August cruehing at the Peujom mine, which it will be seen is again highly
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  • 178 549 Be* orb Mr. Haughton. yesterday afternoon, five Javanese were charged with breach of contract under Sec. 13 of Ordinance I of 1882, on an agreement signed m Jeddah, and binding the parties to come to Singapore and enter the domestic service of Syed Mahomed Alsagoff. The defendants
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  • 257 549 Sugar Growing In Perak. Sugar Growing in Perak. The annual meeting of the shareholders m the Perak Sugar Cultivation Co., Limited, was held at Shanghai ou the 22ud Aug., the chair beiug occupied by Mr. W. V. i)rummoud. The directors reported The prospects for the coming season are iv every
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  • 294 549 I The Bangkok Time* states tbat the lovernment of Siam intend, m April uext, > start a financial scheme for a State isue of paper CUrrency to tbe value of Tcs. 9.200,000, or something over oue and a half million sterling. The project is uot
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  • 230 549 Gymkhan a Meeting. PH. the Sultan, presumably with a f entertaining the Sultan of Pahang uite, has decided to give another baua meeting ou the Race Course ou day the loth instant. following gentlemen have been apd aCommittee of management, which promises well for the carrying out of tbe arrangements
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  • 853 549 Perak Government Gazette, 2nd September.) By notification all Magistrates are instructed that whenever application is made for the extradition of an ofteuder, the depositions of the principal witnesses are to be takeu and forwarded, after haviug beeu duly authenticated, together with the information and warrant. At a meeting
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  • 471 549 Lieutenant C. F. Martin, of the Ist Battalion Connaught Rangers, left Madras, on the 15th instant, says the Bombay Gazette, to take up tbe appointment, of Assistant Commissioner, Perak. Straits Settlement. Mr. Martin has been on leave m India since hiB battalion went home. trying to effect au exchange, or
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  • 479 549 Miss A* -X Kit. MANN, the temp*sfl|^| tuier shortly expected here, h ing forth m W. st Australia of A- base*! ou her l^^H experieuc.s. She thus dealt with then s Of Siam The people of Siam were ihe only Bj| who siill remaine.t purely
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  • 740 550 Ui ujlJobo re steamer Pantie arrived he.e vwetfay trora Kel.uitan and l.-ft to-dav ■Of tloli 1 A Saigon, opium smoking is said to n§ Buh tht> craviuK of iuail v Eur^mg addicted t<» it. m The Tonquin press is to be reinforced ■teap 1> ,ar;u,n.uf il nu,|
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  • 72 550 i he annual general meeting of the Singasxrre Volunteer Artillery Corps was held intihe Drill Hall last night Th*' accounts for I he year were passed, and it was remarked hat the corps were m a better position financially than might have been .'xpeoted Iv the course
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  • 185 550 (bhb bngweera Association Football ub In 'l.l tbeii fourth annual general me.-t- >>' the M urine Club buildings vestery eveniug. The principal business waa election of office-bearers for the ensuing year, and it resulted as follows President, R. Allan. C l dai 1 —J, Law son.
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  • 119 550 I A MBKTino of the Tanjong Pagar Laud unpanv was called for noon to-day, and, cording to usual custom, there was no *'tiug, owing to the absence of a quorum, accordance with the order laid down m a Artid. s of Association the three share- j
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  • 195 550 I News was received by the local agents, essrs. Mansfield Bogaardt vV Co., this orning, aays tbe Pinang Q of the b instant, of the safety of the o. s. S. o sb tmer Myrmidon, which left Snei j 1 the sth August List bound for Singal
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  • 249 550 It is not generally known that t ho ship Chesapeake, famous for her his- or c encounter with the British ship, the Shannon, is I*l3 is m existence to-day, as sound and staunch aa tin* day she was launched bat is used m the inglorious capa
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  • 816 550 Sic mining manager, Mr. William Bibby, rts for the four weeks ending the 2nd ember, as follows left Kaub ou the 7th August, for Sinre, to make arrangements for replacing Dissing parts of the winding machi- arriving there on the 10th. aud after deting my business, left again on
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  • 94 550 I The Saigon Municipality, with a view encourage the introduction of jinricklas iuto Saigon, lately decided to grant cc licences to all public jinrickshas for ro years, and Johu Chinaman, always on l ie alert for profit, ordered a consignment j om Singapore. The first indent
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  • 112 550 h i" learned from the Colonial Govern. ment that a party of rebels appeared on the Pahang river, half-way between Tern, belingand Lipis. on the 6th instant, and plundered two boats conUining rice and ■tores, one beings Government boat aud the other belonging to private traders. O*
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  • 252 550 Another Collision With the R ebels. Ma. Louis .1 un,. Paasnn, who doing neatly all the Government i work m Tin Pabaug, anived heie I -lav. giug news a further encouul J l rebels. It appears that, ou Thinsnd Ins followers were dowu id Lap,/, and a number of in*
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  • 626 550 liiioNs are souudaul iv the t\ ipptaes, pecies being identical with thai omuil During our s: m inlands, win,- sum eoi i tv we have heard many ais of tne enormous size attained by snakes, and recent!) have obtained tl.roe Bens, 'lie Kuinlttsl of
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  • 865 551 A Son-tay telegram m the Avenir dv Tonkin says that Dinh-van-Tbuong and three followers and Doc-binh, who had been sentenced to three years' hard labour, mid who effect' d tli ir pscape on the occasion of a fire iv the gaol, have been recaptured alive. The eMef p rate.
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  • 73 551 ADVicssfrom up-river Bangkok, state that 30,000 loga of teak-wood, oelonging respectively to the Borneo Co., B. B. T.ading Co., Dr. Cheek, and P. B. Smith, are m the water between there and Moung Tern. Most of this timber has been m transit since 1890. Rice crops are also reported to
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  • 321 551 The s. s. Dornnda is advertised to go direct to Lou don. The P. O. steamer .4 ur<»m which uow plies between Hongkong aud Japan is to be withdrawn from that line in October and she is to carry the homeward mail leaving Yokohama OH October 15th
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  • 115 551 Tin: Rajah of Sarawak has issued the following n*. t ification L bavins] been represented to me that the Mea-ur m. -nt for Registration < f Vessels both, m Kuching ami the OutstStions is not m accordance with the Rules used m Singapore. 1 BOW dinot
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  • 132 551 Tnm Loa motief, a newspaper published at Samarang m east Java, m a recent issue stat- that H. H. tbe Sultan of Johore. on being officially sounded on tbe subject of the war m Achet-n, has signified his readiness to use bis good offices with the Achiiieso
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  • 207 551 This is the way Messrs. Powell Co. boom their sales For the convenience of tboss who may wish to attend Mr. Heim's furniture sale at Bunker Hill, to-morrow, the 10th instant, it has been decided to place at the disposal of buyers, free of charge,
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  • 3528 551 (Written foe The Indian Engineer m Arthur P. Haslam. a.i.e.e.) The Bissnnoon ani> Newky Elei tri* Railway. SnnniO that we have an electric locomotive line m course of progress m Singapore the following should prove oi interest. Leaving the experimental lines built on Brighton Sands and Ryde Pier,
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  • 404 552 Thh Minister for the Colonies lias sanctioned an increase of the education vote m the islands by one hundred thousand dollars. Manila counts among its societies au Association of journalists. They, too, have decided to take part iv commemorating at that city the fourth centenary of the discovery
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  • 448 552 Decrease m Total Vou-me. Then turn of imports and exports m the Straits Settlements during the year 1891 has been published. The figures given bring out the following results on comparison with 181 M Imports (Singapore). Mercfcaadias. United Kingdom 1891 $18,454,765 1>0 J 15.862;524
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  • 67 552 In a letter to the manager of the Madras branch of the New Oriental Bank Corporation, the Attorney at Melbourne of Mr. Welton, the Liquidator, correcting a statement which appeared m the newspapers, says The total advances of the Melbourne branch are about .£320,000, the larger portion of which consists
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  • 76 552 The return of visitors to the Kafflt'8 Library and Museum during the ireak wan 835. Police Inspector Portaooi who has for sometime been \ctiog Chief Inspector has, we understand, been confirmed iu the sub•tantire appointment. A MKKiiN.; of pastoraUsti and others at Brisbane has decided to form
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  • 55 552 The 8. 8. Laertes, which arrived with the Myrmidon iv tow yesterday, reports: Proceeded from Peuaug to assistance of s. s. Myrmidon 90 miles to the N. W. and towed her from thouce to Singapore Road*. The Myrmidon reports Lost propeller 250 miles E. of Galle. Towed into
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  • 175 552 The 'MioTcrament tisrettc," 9th Sept. Thk Yen Archdeacon Perham's leave has beeu extended for one mouth aud that of Commander C. Q. G. Craufurd by thro* mouths. Mr. William Nanson to be a Municipal Commissioner for the Municipality of Singapore Town, vice Mr. C. E. Crane, resigned. His Excellency the
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  • 239 552 I j is sfat.-d, Biys the Japan Mad. that the Portuguese coinmu its m Yokohama have addressed to the Gove. Lor of Maca*. a memorial charging Mr. L>u.eiro, latch Consul-General and Charge' d' Affaires foi Portugal m Tokyo, with having left his post m Japan without making proper prt
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  • 420 552 Ths Conrrier d' Haiphong reports au important success over the pirates who swarm m the interior of Tonquin. Th:e reverse had befallen Doc Ngu, a formidable chieftain, who not long ago beat off with heavy loss a pursuing column ou the banks of the Black River. He m
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  • 610 553 Ache. -n ad vice 8 bring word that tb*' j titular Sultan ol that country whom the Netherlands India Government has vainly tried to gam over, is steadily extending his influence over th*' coast States. In Acbeen propei tb*- Achinese have encircled the lives of the army t^i
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  • 1555 553 M Patience is a virtue ana siroug uuun. is a vice is an old axiom which is found m almost every school copy book, and is invariably impressed with due significance on tbe young and rising generation. The accepted interpretation of patience is calm endurance: but the particular measure
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  • 682 553 An official report on the east Coast oi Sumatra, recent. lv lai*l before tbe Netherlands States General, tells bow the sprt ad of tobacco planting enterprise has checke 1 native cultivation vi Deli as so many of the natives tiud it more profitable to work for tobacso planten
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  • 95 553 Tir M ii Pc i' u'i4| I iv our i tl 24th August iv five bio I I tnfl lLs Jj.-j:,.» 100. 11l .Miicfl«to < Liveruuieutfosfli r. ita Chill. Agent of the Mc-gui lVarlinß udp* j cafe. Siugapote, who iv addition to *^H paid for 1
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  • 265 553 At a general m< etiug oi the mem ben JU the Engiueen' As Football ?):> other day the mat l >e 4s^H is. the Club having m. p.-rm incut rsU^^B^Y* and. Tina a wm^B*. lei ling that t his anomaly .should ISifl <''^* i •Us
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  • 283 554 I Russia and the Pamirs. nth Times, 7th September.) l Yanoff who has now, it is llleu under the displeasure of for excessive aggressiveness on its, bad already distinguished Bftre last summer m the same o British officers, then explorLofty and inhospitable region Younghusbaml and Lieiitenm—wen stopped by a
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  • 332 554 II aits Times, Sth S<ptt mix > Hp cholera epidemie now reported to RecreisitiLC in Europe by the weather Hlg colder, differs in its course from takeu by the previous outbreak in That epidemic started in Egypt, Hnd Europe at Toulon, and from there •veiled to Italy and
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  • 623 554 1 Bl kian.,l Electric Line by which mime "<' Wtsfobe known, as it ,s intended to disassociate ita nomenclature from aov thing sugg,st,ve ot a railway- has already 1 'b,,l such a stage of progress m so far mile is completed, and, we might almost say
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  • 151 554 The Hongkong Daily Press falls foul of the local Volunteer Artillery which it says, numbers under forty effective members, nearly a third of whom are officers and I non-commissioned officers. The corps has apparently been m a struggling condition for several years, fighting against apathy and
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  • 248 554 Th* following was forwards! to us by tbe Colonial Qoverument yesterday afternoon but arrived too late for publication on that day The Government are m receipt of a telegram from Lipia reportingthat 50 of tbe rebels, believed to belong to Si Bahman's party, bare been captured aud
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  • 400 554 aejore the Acting Chief Justice. T\n Van Xko and her husband An1 ww Ooan, Plaintiff*, again si A.og Laan Bong, administratrix of Tan Kens Soon 'i era-, d, Defendant. The case has oecu| ie 3 the time of the Court for. ral d»yj last m »ek, and in
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  • 144 554 (Before Mr. Justice Colhjur.* In the matter of the Queen on the prosecution of \Vi Lim against Kho Khee, Appellant. On the 18th and 21st August Kho Khee was charged before Mr. Barnes, with cheating one Wi Lim by inducing him to believe that a bundle containing ten
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  • 946 554 Cbusuinc; Defeat of ihe Yoluniebks Cm Saturday, the third match of the a son m the list of fixtures arranged by the Committee of Jthe S.C.C. was played on tat esplanade Ihe da 3 was l>eautifully fine ana the wicket mgraud conditiou for ruugettmgas will be see,, subsequently, Cahagan
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  • 1243 555 A Tobacco Company to be Enbi* iiki» by Oil. An extraordinary meeting of the Bhsrehsl- j ders of th s C utipAiiy w s hdd at the office of the I Ac* nt Mr. C rgc M.'fisin. S n h.'ii. on the 25th August, the
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  • 1159 555 In connection with tbe Chinese Educational Institute a meet ing was held Raffles School on Saturday evening. 0 that occasion the inaugural address on th it insi tie a secnd sessi waa delivered by Mr. ilullett. Principal of t B School, upon tbe Biibject of edueat
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  • Page 555 Advertisements
    • 505 555 POWELL CO.I SINGAPORE. Please kk\i» these few lines jS 15 ear thus m mind. OCR FURNITURE FACTORY S Orchard Road, and is the largest BSns most cmnpli.tc. It is suppled with fl^H power t** drive our *«l working V^H chines. Saws. Lathes, Ac, therefore t^^B tracts and large orders can
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  • Page 555 Miscellaneous
    • 226 555 Shipping News. Tut: s. s. aoordy, Captain Cole, which arrived from Hongkong yesterdaj n route for Bombay and Europe, reports: IM very I" E. gale m 10 to 11 N.. with v m a, lasting tor I*B bnnrs, rassonsfsr List. A RR. V AT.s. {'athcriitc Apcar from H* ngkongi Lai
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  • Page 556 Miscellaneous
    • 1513 556 SHIPPING. I! SH I,P"1 ,P lN POKT «""'<"»" S A s H«« «o«. Capt. Martin,,Under tins heading tho following abbrevia- hch 3th y t'pt. From Batavia, 30th 4u.r nons sis used etr. steamer; sh.— ship* bq Hallast Master d.— Bds. barque; Brit.— British; U.S.— United StatoH- c r ,IH Iti,L
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  • Page 557 Miscellaneous
    • 997 557 AKKVAIie. I Vksski's Name. AU Tons.! Captain. From. Railed. OoBTSIOSTasa. (2 ji^ Ger. str 16P3 Breckwoldt Sv.luey Aug. la Pel m, Meyer A Co. 6 v r Sar. str. 407. Moore Sa.loDg Sept 3 Paterson Simons Co. 6 Thibet P.O. str. 1665 Wibmer Bombay Aug. 27 P. AO. Company 6
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  • Page 558 Advertisements
    • 489 558 'm ,!lr <)l:i, 1N v and Genuine m WOKCESTERSHIRE SAUCE bears the Slgi „t. thus •■.wta*^^^, E RRINS' SAUCE. DETAIL EVERYWHERE. Singapor Aegeuts, JOHN MTTLK A 00 *P a Bs nf *^T Wy^lWjlMllJ||( T HE S AF E S T I.IILD "V^ H kl "111 flklfAl ©fl Hs TOT QbJ
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    • 771 558 Dr. Lalor s Phosphodyne For THIRTY YEARS has irsiniarcd its voild-nide rtiuiat.cn aS ta. Of*! l"\ 0 V SAFE R£UABLE PH OSFHORIC CURE for Jr.mWr.ek-. %1 Paralysis, a eeple.sse,s. Harassing Lieam 5 remature Dicar of VSi Wtr an aU iunc,u il and Disea "<i Conditions of tte System, 'dsp«diat f
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  • Page 559 Advertisements
    • 581 559 ESTABLISH i^iJ 1000. RILEY, HARGREAVES CO. Engineers, Iron A Brass Founders, Boilermakers, Bridge Builders, Shipbuilders. General Contractors. SINGAPORE A KUALA LUMPOR. Ship JBuildiiur. Yard. TTIGH class STEAM VESSELS always tl under construction, from 38 ft. to 150 ft. length of keel, of best design and finish. MACHINERY from leading British
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    • 612 559 YARROW'S SHALLOW DRAFT STEAMERS. L STERNWHEEL STEAMERS have h»en found by experience to bs the best type of tssssl for shallow river navigation, and of these Messrs. Yarrow have constructed a largo number of successful examples for all parts of the world. Vessels on this system ar* constructed, when required,
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    • 424 559 fjss of ami neutspaper i>< Asia. British, radio j passed. To passes m Bnropa different considerations apply. Ths Basils ars regular; the weekly ia printed to suit the mails; and the daily i«aSM cou'd get lo London <>r E*linburgh n*. sooner j than t lie weekly containing the news of
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    • 197 559 THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHAJ Sole Ajfeata for THE MIIKK COAL MINES. ANNUAL OUTPUT »;•»<». TONSB THK following are >om« ..f the <*»^H eonsnmera <>f Miik. Coal P. A <> Steam Navigation Company Morddeatach*r Lloyd. Austrian Ll*>\ *l's St*Min Navigation C<>tnp.sfl Indo-t hina St -»«m Xavigiti* n Coinpsnjl^H China Navigation (-ompany.
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