Straits Times Weekly Issue, 19 October 1892

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  • 31 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. IWIiI.ISIIKU, 18-">1. Published for Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Sthameh. I Price 40 Cknts. &OT, XL VI" I" I. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ii), lis<)2. NO. :s.(«><)
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  • WEDNESDAY, 19th OCTOBER.
    • 66 1 Hbi th«> 2:ul CVober, at Honpfkongf. the wife of JortN M. Tjlloch, of a daughter. BSBNARi' On tho t*th ins*., ftt Macfts^^r, the wife of C <J Hkrxm;', of a daughter. p On tl»e loth inst.. at White House, tin* wife of S. R. Carr, of :i son. At
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    • 15 1 Ai.kert Beckkr, sol»> p-opriotor of the fl<- de T Europe, h! Hiiubur^ on the
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  • 91 1 Quotations. the Week. elegrams. and General New>. To (join and Dahomey. Pah khara Disaster, i I artered Mercantile Bank. Bowls AVrek <»t" t *>. Bi>khara. •trie Lighting of -ting m tho Management of a Gaming 1 1 Th' 8 >>re Insurance Company Limited. The Ma-onie Club Smoking Uoncert. Tin
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  • 533 1 Singapore, 20th October, 1892. Prodjce. Gambier, 5 6.50. do Cube No. 1 9.50. do do .No. 2, h 8*25. Copra Bali, 4.50. do Poutiauak, 4.10. Pepper Black, 11-75. Sago Flour, Sarawak 3.05. Pearl Sago, 3.60. Coffee bali, 32.0 Coffee Liberian oo.w. Tapioca small Flake, 4.25. do do
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  • 370 1 The Legislative Council meetl toj morrow. I/idy Clement i Smith and her two daughter! arrived from Europe ou last I Wednesday morning. The first reception held at Government House after Lidy Clemeuti Smith's return took place ou the next day. It proved to be specially successful
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  • 675 1 For Strmiit Timt The Fkkn< b m UTQUI*. L >ndnn. Wi i Octob t. Fa > 1 i press are reseatful at the constant attacks on the Preach outposts m Tonqain and urge tli' 'J »veroineol to mike a formal j complaint to the Pekiu authorities* IJhe i
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  • 199 1 The Hon. J. M. IJ. Vermont, and I Hou. D. Couirie hive arrived from IVuang m the titcuti(h<t. The steanur Suwji? Rnva arrivt'l li yesterday from Batballan with catet of Langfcat oil. Skitter again makes himself conipicuoiis by not sending out the result of ti Chartered Mercantile
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 50 1 The Straits Times has the largest rculation of any newspaper m Asia, British India excepted. It circulates m Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected vStates of the Malay Peninsula, m Siara, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and French Indo-China. No othe^ Eastern newspaper has so widespread a circulation.
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  • 448 2 The Risidem of Pahang will return to Pekau m the Sea Belle, so soon as that j r. ssel returns from Malacca. On leaving Fekan it is probable that the St i Belle will briu^ back Mr. Clifford. Mrs. and Miss Rodger are passenp rs from Yokohama
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  • 60 2 Advices I'ioiu Chungking under date the Bth September repoit (sivs the Shanghai Daily Net's that the ravages of cholera at r >. tv are appalling. The deaths there are now put at from ;i(.i,000 10 40,000, and the people going auy distance from home
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  • 99 2 week Hongkong and Shanghai the steauxr Loosed: passed through the centre ofa severe typhoon, and Captain Perkes *L fc^rt ed the remark able phenomenon which has been often described of thousands of birds and insects which had got into the vortex of the stoim
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  • 111 2 This morning, Mr. Rounsevelle Wildman received a telegram from the American Consul at Hiogo, Japan, to the effect that be wtf to arrest, if possible, one Charles Edward Miller, who is charged with embenlement, and for whose arrest a warrant has been issued. Miller, with
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  • 89 2 The [nterport Cricket Match at Sbang hai has ended m a win (or the northern port Iv L 57 runs. Batting first, Shanghai Bcored 1 12, to which t in* Hongkong Eleven responded with 78. Shanghai, m th< second innings, compiled the resj>ectable total ot" 202, whereas
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  • 152 2 I\ til.- case of C. E, Miller, the particulars of whose arrest on the s.s. Mdbourm have already appeared m our ooUnni Mr. Drew yoste/day morning made application to the Senior Magistrate thai an order should be made proi the payment of S"> day from moo I
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  • 111 2 Thekk was large company on the v the 2 d ln 1 J hgion of the trip and t!. weather just reach t ;it which only tbt more r them- >n tl;.' r.-t urn tri{>, ,il>.mt an mds, one of t: ,j ;U ques, over
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  • 164 2 v r ckel match was played on Saturday between the "Government" members of iril> and Ibe nou-< loveroment mci bers, resulting m a draw. The following are the scores s. a. o. S. M ).vi> I), do Buli/ I j H. B. Wilson <\ Tanihv b. iie
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  • 1212 2 The Now Oriental Bank and Eastern Deposit Banking. Investor* Review. The old Oriental Hank was onoe tho greatest institution of the kind m tin* East. Por many years it stood not only foremost m the business of India, hut one among very few peers m the trade of China. Australia,
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  • 94 2 Fkom tin- hah*.v t ;lr lv suvountl^B 3Ojh June 181)2 we lvaro that! to^M balance o f IN 38^79-1.6 \°S- Hie total traffic rec <;f Us. :;..*»J:i.l.i; ;heJH vioiis l.alf-ytMi- iU fl 1( i, Jrl S tj trainwav I. h'j.ular will, ti,,. Tbeex^H lUt «iH round
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  • 434 3 Kx»»Eßlk\<'Ks UN THE HIGH Skas. i hk small coasting steamer Prkin, I ;i|>t. Mat! owued Iv Mrss.s. Mulcainpo A< \inoy, which returned to Hongkoup I i trip to Taiwanfoo, vi Aniov, 'ii 'xperienced the full phoou reported aorth of tli tl i in- W!i
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  • 201 3 By the s.B. 0 'is, which vessel arrived late last night, and was brought Ker berth at tin- Borneo Wharf at about bis morning, Lady Cleuienti Smith to Siugap a.^mipauied by li-r daughters. Th«-y were mut at the ia*€ by U- K. th- Governor accomby bis
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  • 411 3 The Legislative Council ii to assemble on Thursday 20th instant. It will be noticed m the orders of the Daj that the Council will i».> asked to L farther Loan to the State of Pahaug. The 8.8. Darwin irrivecl bore yesterdaj from Port Darwiu with L 7O
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  • 71 3 li is said that an offer of ten Bhillii m the pound baa been made b <^- gets E&ealia i 'oinpanjr i'»>r tl taof the New Oriental Bank Corporation, it will be remembered that the first idea* irere thai I litort would reeeire lomethinglike Lsa. to L 7«.
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  • 113 3 The undermentioned others lia<l been ordered to embark m H. M. S. Himmla at Portsmouth on Sept. !7 for the Far Fur Sinyapor* Li.mU. District Officer] Royal Eug. For Singapore, en rouU to Hongkong Capt W K. Stewart, Mr. H. B. Boxsliall (Civil Staff), Royal Bng.; Surg.-Capt.
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  • Mail News.
    • 99 3 Tub experiment tried a few months ago of recom missioning ships on the Pacil station l>v means of crews sent overland from Halifax to Bsqnimault bj the Can (1 m n Pacific R til way h>iv i n L, r !>'■•• 11 attetn] with success, tii-'
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    • 50 3 China of the tea to calmly I reaty is m pro Ibiba and < to Thibet, «li.i I to 1 k. i bet, and a mono] i>] m 1 1 nlinii i d t< i ;i closi .n frofti v here b EJeuce tb y the
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    • 87 3 T.i: prol< the Hi. I>.- -i i-l ii' t ln Admira to institute :i ret'oi ra Id thia 1 Hyac nth, the H m th«> PorUtnoui I ry naturally complaii b, Baa jusi sajl< I rona 11" to Imt i hn 1 MlI missh rew h i abseni
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    • 33 3 'I b E sS«lu 5 renUt«d ilif i ir ii'Mirv ln> receive I Ihe public fun R. t r :1m is to >.• lu-iMi 'j oand te rep»! i D
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    • 47 3 Tl: ritii's hi n>)d iv:>l offic U> v.|lj,jl ,1 I HI ill impos mit i till' aii'l to *> I -i bttoued at "V is the h« (|ii »n. 1 offic< r wh Ooai joy B pure, w\ cci term < Jftpa nt
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    • 46 3 New Y'-rk. I) ,ii>. D«--iiii.i- I 48,1 Ja i. ri A.lri ii le 4 »,00 > Ho Franz ska '.'> U .li Anc ii 70,0 X) Bongko Philadelphia. Ado'ph 7 Ol York. Aug. 22 Birma H mgkang M S..t tvu-r 60,60 1 Bai^
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    • 123 3 Claims against th New O.B.C.-10s. in the offered. A definite offer bai by tlie ieta l; on Company of ten ahillingc the pound for nl! claims Against the lai Oriental Bank. M Weli <n. however, aa official liquid itor, does do< \->-j: ..1 the amoan< offend as sufficient, nor is
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    • 139 3 WiUie M if<t,i w»8 42J miles from the i< est land when >••/. ■<!. The Itotie 01 sen also appears to have I) miles, ami ilm /4riel i> mi'efl on! ,it 'I'll- st;ilir A'ju Martl •tntlil arrived li< fo-dny, ami reports thftl wl,o!i
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    • 17 3 Tii a new map >•( \u I nt thi 1 I t he I
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    • 46 3 A LEGAL I tli r i c It] preliUl ineni twn jmi i i that it wh> t ■oui^li til i-ions. I d by all and > It»MMI iinjfpclri til iif Wl-ln'S of I ll > d m lllc J l'ol( E| i ion, will
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    • 1343 3 A It i ii< inn- can lull of tho I I it:' 1 11(1' the N >li I y t .I i fc'url tint 1 < >\ ii iv l lii» en] ise advent rain recked t of trad' 1 In foingaporo, m iVnai m Almlm- iiiio-«>.
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  • 298 4 An Extraordinary General Meeting of the above company was held at the r^gister^d offices of the company oo the L2th«Sept, for the parpoee of confirming the spe i-il resolution vi li regard to the r construction <>t' t) campan) |»i-^««l at the meetinir on the
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  • 401 4 ;;1 :n journal, writing from Kiukuuig, ou the V i- u't-,'. it, »t he 1 ft eight which is i ofleu b en cvi v iii < i is man who .it his of 3 ir nud was buried, na usual, i n
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  • 949 4 rTHI REVISED liii >.\ Sepl 15th the auuual general m \w^ of the Rugby Union was held at the Westminster Palace HoteL Mr. E. V, J nrdon occupied the chair. Alter the usual annual business Mr. <J. Rowland Hill proposed a voted" thinks to the retiring president,
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  • 236 4 Bkavi Lo- i j HE lii'|uid;tt«ii ili'.si I ;|l !-< ie Hall ward i»t' il.r limr 0,1 bon*ei K-»_\ .ill. tli.- Laui*£ IM.-mtii. ii,a>t JBi>riu-u l > ,;iiiTin^ Ui Limited, hart i ll> < I tin* llli.il I<-|m i: f ur j, ni
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  • 216 4 l pr t^H nli.-il not wi-.i i W..U1..1 >s^H j Mr !>■ on to 'l H ilaini to (lock, lx» v 1 1 !:l\. -aid -atl^^H 0 I o i hen. Tiic float it i- it; M j VII. I'c.-ial cliapter of I J >r I
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  • 294 5 I Thk luail despatched from Sin^nj-on- to jondou, via Marseilles, on the l:?th ultimo. rafl delivered on the ld'h instant. This Colonial steamrr S,-,i JUIh- ivturned nini; from Malaccn with Mr. bi»'l Justice Wood on board. KA. CKUIBKR tph w\ present on icitic Station will, ;tltvr receiving
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  • 69 5 lis yea i Hongbeeu more I r >uusual, --i\: 1 hi i B otriinv i In* .v -iiow-s tbo tlanp'is t.'V.h.'i X .n>«'iv th'- -louy a; .11 i di n in lt- room of M:\ Hi-.m l).'^ \'<«ix Villas, wiu-iv Mr. to Lokl an ucutiou wlien,
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  • 117 5 flft£HBKs. Kfllv and Walsh are publishVwork on the Vnh-ii a <>r. ■<<,/.)'•: i -tit by J. Miiii- ami \V. W. Burton ill; :h collotyj tl tirst part of I -1 <loalin_r with Fujisan. it intended I I >' s of i Ltions ou the sultjt'Ot. bul
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  • 214 5 people, says a mail paper, have eoii- iewd tha* Bangkok t< ak is h different m ih* timber t hut comes fiom Mouli j} ia t t' rit vof the latter i.«. nonMratid by the*liigh*r prices it allies m this market. Whatever distinction lero may be, 1 owevcr.
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  • 1552 5 Four yeira ago thf> sovereignty of her Majesty was declared over British NVw Guinea, and Sir William KtCffregor was apt) ,i ntm first Administrator of the new colony Since thai time, with anentrjry »nd devo^ tion which fortunately are nl rare among our colonial admiuistiatorc,
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  • 993 5 S(,i)!<i. T'.,> formed Mr. Mackay, President oftheCnrrei A ssociation, that h< graphic despatch from the Secretary i I m rep y i«> -i message vrhieh ha sent I -k on th" c question. The thai ;t Commit will preside will be appointed to w liolli .ifiit
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  • 217 5 The S. C.C. Tenis Prizes. A letter t"Ui, '.limn, nul.- a in-iit ri the i E distributii C. C 'iVnnis Tournament. lieve, that ll >Ut. l)Vll that tl Cricket to the tul ill tournain iv that such a p.al'le i- a wry mild •ply t«» it, hen all icb a
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  • 1442 6 Wednesday, 12th Octobeb. Thk ordinary fortnightly meeting of 1 1 1 Municipal Commissioners was held iti Ihe Town Hall, yesterday afternoon, at 2. ;;o. There were present Messrs. Alex. Gentle, President >, Tli. Sohst, B. W. Maxwell, \Y. Nausou, -mo <1. Paterson, I*. Joaquim, aud i it the
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  • 450 6 llNl I I 8 O* i.lN«;s oi Mir. |£l m--01 PAL COXM i r an >: nai;v Mkki'in.j on Wednksi.w, 28th Skptbmbkb, 1882. PUKSKXT -m. i>.vsi,lent, Al,x (J, Mt bsq.; tho hupector-Qeuenl of Police R W Maxwell, Bsq VV.n. \ansu,,. Ks,,' the Honhl, Tan Jmk Kirn; A. L.
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  • 420 7 PA' pi sq i ';n ii .1 1 1 [cc Wood, who "ii ill-' bench, will probably l>v the French mail, m. sclay "J«>t Ii instant. Ihe >n ai < tavern meni Bouse at'toMiooii whs an especially siu--ful functi m, aud society was fully relenfc]. This, of
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  • 250 7 ■CORRKsroNP .NT 1 1) a home paper has itt^iltptlio Lnnrrtfor examination a living prewhieh hestates was obtained from tl; |of a tinned pineapple/The fnrit had been dat fcingaporr previously tot.nniug n.tnd was then imported to England On the tin being op-ued the, eonvspond-nt was somewhat
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  • 183 7 An American mining journal the following particulars of tin deposits m New South Wales t— Tin, aUhongh discovered a* *>.irlv as l<>:\. was not work.'! until 1872, l, M t sine* thai tine RII(l »P ko tl ,<1 of lss:>. the <• .lonv hid axported 05,000 tons
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  • 238 7 On Saturday a cricket team wan raised from the offi ra tod men of ih<' Mercury ;ukl they played :i Penang one and lost, ih<» BCoret being: Penang L 55, Mercury 67. Th<' Pinang Qaxeti remarked thai "the fielding of tbe visit. > like i beir
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  • 664 7 A letter from tin 1 Governor-General of Tonquin addressed to a Deputy, bnl obvi >usly intended f«»r publication, writes M. Blowiti from P rie »r nun? here* certain interest. Tli" eho <f tin* hostile criticism <»f his oliey, 1 ?\t a. bo i ;i I'jii-i- need
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  • 363 7 Bight Ksh In.juri:i». About half past 2 o'clock this afternoon an old wall at the back of a small court with an entrance by the side of Bfeasrs. Braddell Bros. and ad joiaiog certain works hciii^r carried out by M->-rs. Riley Eargre%Yes and Company, on plaoi
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  • 318 7 Prince Damrong of Siam and the Pasteur Institute. j n :i eomm correspondent I month M teursaid:- Ft a long lime now we It i'!i enga din <'\' 1 'rimenting with an choleraic rino. So far we have congra ulate n son the results obtained. We ha < vaccinated doga
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  • 180 7 It is expected that a move will be made to get the Dew Becretary of State for the 1 Colonies to remove the restriction placed by Lord KonUford upon the use of the prefix Hon." by colonial public men visi- tiuif England
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  • 240 7 Thievf.s' Handiwork. A CA.TA.BIBOPHI hns taken place at Canton which m not nn 1 1 <gt*\ her iiticow moo occurrence m the village* there On >th ulto. m tlit* >am 'ii iiiir village belong ing to th»> Pun\H Hwirn h celebration <>t' the Qodden of Peace was
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  • 465 7 The SruoL i i ider the auspices <-l th" M iii the Town Hall, list m..!it. w .> m every reaped su< ul eveu Ihe hop-* »>t' t ln* most sangui no. Tbroiiirhoul the who world, 1\ for t he enthusiasm which they throw iuto
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  • 230 8 The British steamer Gairloch arrived here yesterday with ♦>(>(> cases of dynamite. The Return of visitors to the Baffles Library and Museum during the week was 730. Thk Sultan of Pahang was at Lady Clementi Smith's reception ou Thursday. and he took leave <>f E. the Governor.
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  • 54 8 The International Boat Race between an eight from the London Rowing Club and au eight of the Circle de 1/ Aviron was rowed off on the Seine ou Friday the 7th instant, and the Londoners were beaten by two aud a half lengths. The rain was
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  • 90 8 nii reterence to the accid at the ntew •n of Messrs. Meyer Bros, j terday afternoon, the majority of the injured men 1; suffering from wounds of the scalp and face, and these wounds do not appear to !>♦• s Two of the ineu, bowewr, both Chin.- mcd
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  • 85 8 Thk Warrant Officers, Staff Sergeants, and Sergeants of the 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment gave their Farewell Dance at Tauglin last uight. There was i 4. large number of guests and the dance room with its limited accommodation, was rather wain. The artist of the 58th had
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  • 127 8 The Government Gazette," 14th October 1892. Mb. J. V. Kennedy is nominated to be a'Muuici] i Commissioner, and appointed President the Municipal Comm sioners of tbe Municipality of George Town, Peuaug, for one year from the Ist instaut. The oame of Mr. \Y. I>. Barnes is added to the Commission
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  • 142 8 Brisbane, Sept. 12th— The Merrie England arrived at Cooktown last night from Eastern New Guinea and reports that whilst Sir William McGregor went ashore with his boat at Goodenough Bay during the night the natives pulled the* boat up and stole a lot of goods,
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  • 234 8 (From our own Com's/tomlent.) Pekan, tStk October. Mr. Clifford came down this evening from Kuala Lipis by a poling boat, aud proceeds to Singapore by the tirst opportunity to recruit bis bealtb, which has suffered somewhat duriog the past nine mouths. Duriog Mr. Clifford'i absence, Mr. Wise remaina iv
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  • 586 8 Thk sixth ordinary geneva! meeting of tbe above company was held m the Kxchauge Boon at HOOD this day, for the purpose of receiving the Directors' Report and Accoanti for the hall year ending -Ist AugUtt 18i^J. (The Report and AccOUHtl appeared m
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  • 646 8 Tin; Courrier <F Haiphong of |.be 22nd September teeki to rebut charges made, m France, sgainst If. !><• Lanessan, the Gov«'nior-(i.'n<ral, to the effect that be baa been giving too mucb authority to the mandarioi and native beadmen m Tonquin. That journal lias it t bat, when iii
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  • 115 8 Jn the case of Charlei Edward Miller who has been aneateu here on a charge of alleged embexxlement m Japan, Mr. Drew made a further application ou the writ of habeas corpus before Mr. Acting Chief Justice Wood this morning. The Acting Attorney General objected to the case proceeding on
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  • 858 8 Mi.\ Hauqhton gave judgment |M day afternoon m the case of Kiceaittaod Koh X 111) Cll.'llL' ailil ot 1)«>)>, being a&fOsecution under Section o (<•) ot" < >rdiuanet oi l-^-v It appeared from 'n.eviq^H of Superintendent, Riceard aii.UMii^H ppector Porteous, that ou
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  • 1111 9 kks from German New Guinea just it Batavia draw a dark picture affairs there. Th, .mported kou" m that quarter an Baid to ll( |iff lies. The European settlers mostly ill, aud tobacco cultivation does .1 seem to thrive. Wnlnn the last few months, the influen/a lias raged
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  • 1116 9 Thi Comerdo of the 21st September mentions that though metric weights aud I measures have long been introduced m the islands and their compulsory use sanctioned by Royal decree, yet they arc neglected. The natives set no store by the cfiaoge, and go on with their oil ways
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  • 274 9 The P. O.S.S. "Bokhara." s GuiiriAs I'ki huh Paid. The u\y»t serioua apprehensions are fell both here and ,it borne regarding the i 'y «»i the IV < >. mail steamer Bokhara. She leffl Sbaoghai for Hongkong ou Saturday the 3th instant, and up to the present time do further
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  • 745 9 Thk Admiralty have decided to wwm miSßiou tbe Pigmy for another t.-rm of service on 11,,. China Station. The mail despatched from BingtpoN via Briodki, on the 2UI ultimo was deJiTered to-daj. MM. i raiser Mercury returned here id;.\ from a cruise to Penang and the 1
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  • 72 10 Thi >:<';u)h r Perse which vessel was stranded on the bar at E£ wan tan ha< I"': q tomted off aii-1 she an ived at Singap i morning. She was lyiug on the bar for three days. l»ut fortunately she was lying on a bed of sand
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  • 49 10 A.dvices received by the Pahang 1 <«.- poration give the outpul of black tin for the month of July at 20 tons '■'> cwt., an<l for the month of August at 15 tons. It is state 1 t hat the lesser output ie attributable to stoppages l »r
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  • 37 10 Chaimki: I. Hew York. Date. Vsmel Cases Destination. S«*pt.«l &tr. Flintshire „1,237 Chtna&Japan Ohabi i JSfi York. Sept. 2 Jeann* d*Ai 40,100 IluiTo. 7 %tr. Glenshiel.. t'J,OOO Amoy Do 100 Shanghai
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  • 69 10 H G. T.," M7BITIN from the New Oxford ami Cambridge Club to the Morning P (Sept. IT), calls to mind his firsl entry into the Hongkoui* (Mult m March this year. "On the notice board was a card of a proposed hockey match between Solvent and 'lus
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  • 141 10 The wi b m the G remarks 1 wouder how mauv more times we are to bear of the Dan ipeofthe FHreb}ahil guuhoat from being lost with all h;iLuls. The latest story is at l<-;i^t th«> third one of extreme peril m which Bhe has been. It, i>
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  • 76 10 Thb Netherlands Budget for LB9B lias been presented to the Si tl s General. The revenue, exclusive of the taxes which ai now under discussion l>\ Parliament, is mated at 128,0 and the expenditure at 131,800,000f1., which com] ■mi of 5,00 >,00 >fl. for railways a canals.
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  • 77 10 A. match between the Tanglin aud Tentouia Club was commenced on Saturday rening at the Tanglin Club. It will be deluded on Friday at the Teutouia Club. The following are the scores Tanglin Cluh. Teutonia Olub. F- M.Elliot (J7B Haffter 684 Hut ton «5l Dieselhorst b';34 Robertson ..^34 gtaib
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  • 115 10 The competition for the President's Cup took place on the Links at the R ice Uou on Saturday afternoon. Out of forty entries, ouk twelve turned up to comp which is rather unsatisfactory for the Committee of the Golf Club. The following arc the scores K.W. Vade... 96 16
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  • Mail News.
    • 102 10 Thi affairs oi the Siain Electric Liurht Company an' at length to lx i satisfactorily settled, .£2o,ooo h;i\«> been advanced by the Siam Tii'isuiv. out of which the creditors an- to be paid. The Bru*h Company on recaipt of the firsi iastalinenl awarded by the recent
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    • 115 10 Lm>\ Brooke will leave Gngland next month with her sods to joiu the Eta jab of S i rawak m Borneo. During her proloo st.i\ m I. mdon, states Ll M• < Q dian, L idy B >• 'ke I rselt* to a lai ge <•;■ ienda and
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    • 121 10 Th E < Jod I 'lit i'»;i I conclude -i v iblishment of a f C >nsu uoi only iii Central China bul also In Manchuria, Mong »lin, &c. Uis int b) this means to introduce Russian into t hese i oui Irv and if j to
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    • 84 10 The repoi tou uiiu iona m I Mi i published Mr. Hugh that -i- :r.;.l thoroug •ii J the tin d ble to prove reuiui under economical inaiKiu- men t. The I bour law ai d 1 itraditioD <>i fugitive. (•«>-»: si.!. l. as the tin i Ij.mi ih>-
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    • 161 10 In the S| ■■•ii from t be Throne, read at the openiug of the Nether] i i Stat< 1 ith 20th S iber, &i tn i broughi t ward durid ml relating to Th. •> r.'v.-r a fairly comprehensive rangi of a jects, md are the ou! promised
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    • 103 10 Thi: di eetora of the ESi»tern Extension Australasia, and Chint TelegrApfa Company Limit.'.! i have declared an mi rim divi lend for the quarter ended June JJO lt»l of 2«. per share, tax free, payable on Oct. 15. The Eastern Telegraph Company Limited announce the payment on Oct.
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    • 169 10 Zorn's Tobacco report, dated the L9th September, states The sale of Sumatra and Bornoa to****) wh:«-h took place at Amsterdam on the Hth nist gave further evidence of the demand that ex.sts for high-cla* leaf, large parcels of the ebwcer qualities boM at prices running up to c.161
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    • 312 10 Wi: li.-i before us tln> other day tin- of an Nui'rirui official "ii the fm-|»Ut> question, lii^ intention > i i^ of covse, to prove that America trill* ia time, h.-iv* it ;ili her oira w.-iy. it cannot l> i id thai Ii" abls t > ni.'ikt'
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    • 219 10 Thi Berlin r»orn»sp indent ..t' the graphs (d >i t2O I p4 Behmi >utit m the DeuUehi I blatt <t' the Uerman p m ions iv Guinea, through the flat I riagpietar I twn rathe of the fti .»f ill present. bo B tab i 111 »t
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    • 307 10 In review of tin* kei re f Q the Jane qu%rt >r. from i i of the Co uniaJ Si it the following i to the dcv 1 pmei ,l.- ,ilti"ld m Sum tin ocean The most important fei are now bafbre trade i* the n
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    • 345 10 A meeting of shareholders of the Darvel Bay Company Umited (m Liquidation), was held at Hougkoog on the 7th October, Mr k urhmaun presided. The Chairman said— Gentleineu, the report has bMn m your hand* for some time, and I tliink wo may tak
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    • 833 10 Henri uriw I i\ liis \\n\ on mii v with 1. )&U v ui»l> r |.u-t «>t" mi irking the j'.i.uif.iti n »>t ili.«<- umtry is fjir from Co I'l-'t,-. that r.-iiU iM oiunifli^^H >v. tin- h»'u r i~ii > mmil :ii !\ik!ioi. a .^H t' 1
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    • 632 11 Madrid, 3rd October. At Seville a chemist named Raul V) enter. <1 the office of th« I *ral df Anda'usi*. Sr. Coello. pist >l at >ki in. with th.- cry Viva The Kill enter- »1 Coello's but was afterwa»ds extracted. The tliM wound is doubtful. Tho
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    • 1214 11 Indian Engineering Ut October.) Aj already m rationed by us, we asre been presented with tho Report reeentlj drawn op by lh« Municipal Engineer of Singapor Mr. Jm. Macßitchie, c.b., concerning a proposal for the intr daction of lighting bj eVctriciu m th.it Sty. -\s
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  • 531 11 N<» 1.-ss than .i'_ r ht murderera were t<> expiate their Crimea m Bangkok \>y latl ml vices. Thi shipment* of rice from Bangkok to Singapore m September amounted to 15 1,504 piculs. Imf: Bteamthip Breconshire irhich ;irrired bere yesterday bad «>n l>.».ir«l 1-Jn t.»ns of gunpowder.
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  • 735 11 (Before Actinj Chief Jurticc W wrf.) This morning i,, the Supren i v the case of Charles Edward Miller who lias been arrested here on a duuM of alleged embezzlement io Hyogo, Mr. Nanton, for the U. 8. Consul,appeared to show cmise, and the Ami,. n 'ieueral
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  • 92 11 The Bangkok Times hears that opera* tions on the Korat railway are activ* proceejing. No less thau four steamers are ou their way out with full cargoes of railway material. It is hoped that by th« end of next month quite two miles of permanent way will
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  • 351 12 Tonquin it ml Dahomey. Straits Times, 11th October.) To-day's telegrams point to French Colonial troubles thickening with small prospect of a bright outlook m the future. A forward Colonial policy has long found favour iv France, the only result being a wasteful expenditure of blood and treasure. The occupation
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  • 807 12 {Straits Times, 13ik October,') Pahan.j. the wreck of an autocratic State; Pahauir, the mighty undeveloped goldfield of the Malay Peninsula Pahaag, the specimen of a malad ministered State: Pahanir, where rebels have made and left 'heir mark: Pahaug, the thorn iv the side of the Straits Govern men t
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  • 635 12 (Straits Times, tStk Odober.) It is bard to fiud m the annals of ship, wrecks iv the China Sea any disaster iv such distressing circumstance! v that which has fallen to the lot of the P. <fc 0. steamer Bokhara, There may be fouud niauv wrecks with
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  • 331 12 (Strait* I ■i, H'tlt Odobi A 1 the half»vear]j meeting of the share boldera of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, which wis beld at London, yesterday, the Director! submitted a scheme for reconstruction the principle of which was approved. A cording to
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  • 1729 12 The S.S. Bokhara a total Wreek. IJreat li«»ss of Life. Iho IIou^Loiil: < ricketers Amongst the Drowned. Tmi very serious apprehensions which have been felt regarding the safet v of thetfl vl 0. steamer Bokhara have. uufoituuatelv been only too well founded, for iuformation baa come to hand to the
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  • 306 13 £sHanghai v. Hongkong. Play on the :>rd and 4th Octohek. Shanghai. yjUSSf b Ix)HBOU 2 c '>awson b. Mumford 9 A r'i'.» t V"r 25 l.b.w. b. Douegan 0 A. i. Al.Wt 1.. Ih>w»ou 1«; Mumford 4 I" i w iV h Lowso b. Donegaa v
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  • 118 13 Charlu Edward llillki wmm this morning brooghi before the Court, ami formal evidence taken tojattiTj rgmtnd. Mr. Bucklej appeared for Ihe I*. S. Coumil. and Mr. Napier for the prisoner. Mr. I.vall, Acting I". 8. Consul stated that be had received an official reqaisitioa from the Oovwnof
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  • 404 13 Thk New York World give* the following Recount of the Bfexic&u monetary system Tlie monetary unit of HVxieo is thejieto (piastre) of silver, P02.7 ti n»* m d weighing 2~A>7'3 naniinee. In a I Mexican mints any gold which the silver contains under a certain proportion is left
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  • 1125 13 The prosecution oft the part tier* m Urn firm of Mes.«rs. Be) ts aud Craig for forging anil uttering bills of lading has resulted iv a beutence of two years' imprisonment and |hard labour. Having regard to the magnitude of the frauds, winch extended over a
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  • 788 13 V EARS ago fho Russian Volunteer Fleet wns exclusively composed of vessels that had been purchased from the mercantile navieH of Other natii ns ami Ihese vessels were jealously en lihued to the waters of t), e blnrk fcea. The Beet was not then a very
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  • 223 13 The < .'plain, officer?, and crew of I barque Co*ta Rica Packet, which was seized by the authorities at t lie Dutch Settlement*, arrived <>n Saturday s«ya the Melbourne A<i> of sth September) from bingapore m tne »t earner Clituk. Tho barque wa.s owned by Messrs.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 613 14 To the Editor of thk "Straits Times." Sir, I have read Mr. Rtgole'f reply to my letter on the GruttaPercha Manufacturing Company's prospectus and am glad he recognises it as a fair criticism. It happens to me, however and 1 heard it also said by
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    • 150 14 Sir, I am glad the mail prevented your correspondent X. V. from saying more than he did m your paper yesterday. Hisremarks give me and all impartial people the impression of bring dictated not by a feeling of loyally discussing a public enterprise,
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    • 180 14 m^'~u S c w Uot ar gunient. That Mr. Kigole should si K u his name was to be witbif "a". COQn^ed personally *ith the undertaking. My identity is of no importance becauee /only wl the S&? e k the facU for the«n.elves
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    • 135 14 ISik. It' V. will not u r iv«' his nattio, vcrv well. I learn that be and his friends bate \o<i n >uey over the Serulla's Syndicate and eijteoi to recover it, ami thii ci- plains a good deal of his public spirited
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    • 106 14 i\> thk Edit m oi fhi u Stsaits Tim b.*' Sib, An S. C C. Tamby i>>_ r >e.n_: round with sundry cheques from 150 to which. 00 a slip of paper, one is inl'ornie 1 are the prii iron at the late Lawn
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  • 415 14 The Singapore Insurance Company, Limited. To the Editor or ms Stkaits Tim Sir, read with surprise m your last paper the scheme proposed for wiping out the above U mpani an 1 which I look upou as a bare-faced attempt to sacrifice one Company for the advantage of its rival.
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  • 566 14 I Si»,— "New Managemeot" makes a moat unwarrantable attack on the pre- I sent Secretary of the Company. He complains that since its formation the Corapauv has not been managed with the vigour necessary to t lie success of a new Company and
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  • 504 14 Sir,— Your lorrouondenfl Nt w Managemrut must kuov veij little of Singapore matters to b.» iar irised at the proposed scheme to iriud v- Singapore I qsui mi Company, hw Mible man m Singapore hat considere I i» t".>r yean as th.> only
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  • 532 14 Sik, -^.s many of the shareho the abo^pDoiupauv vi.iv have beeu n to the positi m <>i the Coni|> i .in.l correspondeno lat.lv ;i|.jH';i!v lin youi columns, the <{ ro ffl| think J hat it is t"<>r.' t hem Mine «-x[>kiu k fl^H
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  • 257 15 Mmbsr*. Scott and Co., Greenock hatp Utinehed a steel screw steamer n tmed the Py or the Ocean Steamship Company Liverpool. Her dimension are length -345 ft.; breadth, 42* ft deuth Slewilln,,, triple expansion engines o 2.000 ho,-., .power mdicat.'d. fill Municipal Kstinut,.* f or [yyy ■pecify
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  • 148 15 A high authority has calculated that the fire loss, v hi the United States m I>:M lonnted to t»-n tim. > tlios<- of the whole coutiueut of Kurope, leaviu^ out Russia. The loss ratio of British companies, which are so deservedly rstoemed m America, w is r cent.,
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  • 163 15 THK KECONSTKI i-riOM SCHBMI. We have received the following from »Ik* manager c»t the local braucb of the Chartered Mercantile Pmuk of India. Loudon, aud Chiua The Manager of the Chartered Mercantile Bauk of ludia. London, and China h;ts received a telegram advising that the halt
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  • 183 15 The Health OHicr of Kinta m Perak i Is hiiuself coiifrc>nli(J \>y the night soil and liouae roiusc ci itlicult v an<l coueludes that there is u<> ue<.'essit.y to allow these offensive products from human habitations to become a nuisain-r and a suimr of injury to
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  • 196 15 i This morning i>, Court of two Magistrates odh ,Si,,, Tung, who is well known totke|wlif6«ud the Protectorate, was arraigned on tbarges, under Section 215 ol .1,.. r, ...i Code, of takiu X I gratification io {o belp to recover property which bad b en stolen. Mr.
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  • 607 15 A. correspondent writing to tt Hmet of ItnUit drawi a comparison between I capital and reserve of several banks with a point «.n the management of the above defunct institution. Be sayi A bank corporation without any share reserve, and having previously come through jrrave crisis i a its
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 239 15 RTLi'.V. lIAR6REAVES CO. »L'll.:>! .KM. BINOAPOHE KUALA liUMPOR Ship Building Var<l. ITIGHeIaM STEAM VK always under eonstrnelj i ft to 150 ft. length nf keel, o bw I design and tinisji. V 'A- 'HIN British Firms < '< >•«: i f Trade Vrti; SAN SUPEBVJ X an'l tJu* vnaeelfl are
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    • 215 15 T ION ami ERF. Ki«v ami Oil Ml >rk -inking at A.CHINERY. I hiorN'GSAND JTOI. s's Dist and belts, Lig inding Ji«'ad», I Plain and :ii[»s m icam\ -ijjnal ding i I nd ey IP ilt I." i'ilator tOS soap for ]»ainf work. ENGINEERS' STOBtS. Ac. «1 cooks and mountings
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 102 15 I'ttssenKer Ijist Akrivals. |Vr M>-iltonrne *****1 Shanghai Mr. S. Odagaki. From Yokohama: Mrs. and Miss Kodger, Mr. Balfour. Mr. and Airs Ph Hip, And Mr I lobart. iir s. k. from Mm wilfes:— Xiady (Jleait'iiti biuith. ;hhl her two daughters, Merars. D. V D.vi p, Kusv, Dr ue .m, Ballenffhien,
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    • 325 15 Per a. s. Lnwang from Hamburg 12th Oct —Mr. Patzor, Mr. Shop. From Penan* Mr. Schmidt. Per s. s. Sri Hona Ann, from Clang LOth ria ports:— Mr. and Mrs. Cornray. Per i. s. Penalty from Samarang >tnMessrs. Lyoa and Leber. n^ or y> Wkai ■-•»> lv 11th:— Mr <
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 774 16 SHTPPTNG. SHIPPIM; IN IMHM. ni r *i Rl tona.Cnpt [fooirUnder this heading the lollop .brovia- M Vlim a[a] 3 U ™*j l on.nr o n B ed:-Btr -stoamor;sh-- S Mip;h M tl n 0. T.P.5 barque; Brit.— British; IT. S— United St*t> 1,16* tons Capl War** Fr>-French Ger. Germau Out—
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    • 343 16 AKRVAISs Vksski,'- V' A i Kit, fi'AiN. From Sailed i GHenfalloch n \'<n Dark* London Espau •''•'•"> Zai >.:i Mar.ila t>n mi Pontianak i k-1 7 00 < :\<x>\ i iii i <•!•. u\\ i'« >. i>i 1 1 II Ur.i.siv. 2>'.' < Morice t'nrii.-* elbonrne MAi.-n :'U:{ Mr" ;<>ti
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 346 17 tine WOkCESTERSHIRE SAUCE i LEA PERKINS' BAr« OI^ w-JfltorXw//-! 1 1 J»k Kirn. Qroctrt tmd Oilmtn thnmi WorUL > S. Mom DETAIL EVEZR-X- WHERE 'V^r itl: i> Vermont. Singapor AegenU, JOHN LITTL ■^«T« M^i M -l-l I 1M ■i \V*!l* KJ apsbibnt n DELICATE CO. '>..*■ PK I LAD> WmL*
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    • 205 17 1 8 gujot'oftrSotaHonlj 0 Cures Colcfs. C.-irjhs, JJ^ I) L Whcoping Cuugh, A\ 0 Q Catarrh of the blatl 0 (j der, etc. The besl Q Hygienic and pro- Q q .-iTvutive drink m Q hot climatts m Q cases of Epide- i-^^ n m.cs, Fevers. C£f l d H
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    • 577 17 I/ffi?£\ J or TH!RTY YEAHS bu HrtlitaiM I ,>,, s!*i?f NLY SAFE KUABIE PHOSPKSP.IC CUR£ for ir JT "^3%% JT CURES Dyspepsia, N.-i-ve. and Heart Disease. X^C^Jv^'J CURES Kidnoy and Liver Complaints. CtRES all Blood Disorders ~S*?VMis\ F&^L CURES Consumption and General Debility. 'Jt& W "fe -jffllA CiiECKS all Wattin
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 693 18 K POWELL CO. SINGAPORE. Please read these few lines and beak them m mind. OUR FURNITURE FACTORY is m Orchard Road, and is the largest and most eompleto. It is ■applied with stoam pow»»r to drivM our Woodworking Maeninea, Saws. Laihea, Ac., therefore Contracts and large order* can be put
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    • 713 18 YARROW'S SHALLOW DRAFT "STEAMERS. t j J r OTERNWHEEL STEAMERS h^ve been found by experience to be the heal ryre of re«i for shallow rirer navigation, and of these Keasis. Y\i:u.uv have constrscte i a large number of successful oxainpli's for all parts of the world. easels <>n this system
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    • 152 18 Kiiueivm sri ai ivi i VI aloot from 1^ SOA° lor ilrlicatr Skins. OP/ An ideal soap delightfully p «rf, im -d :_r "Ot I nquestional v OTTO Toil. kiI HH VK K rV i: MM:i U »sAl>AMlr iM OHO loil.- .nii h-1 > >. S| «enjpHUpaiaHaajaa|piiHßjaflßSA cw^l v \^BH99MRejnnMJSSS
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