The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 September 1886

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179 192 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 21 179 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. A Weekly Newspaper. I N. S.-Vol. V.] SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, 25th SEPTEMBER, 18S6. No. 13
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  • Page 179 Advertisements
    • 121 179 JOHN LITTLE Co. ANDREW USHER CO., OLD VATTEDGLENLIVET WHISKY, (REGISTERED) EDINBURGH. Gold Medal London Iternational Exhibition 1873 QQ C vi ri'TT V 1004 New Orleans l!^s 11 Analytical Laboratory, Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh, 26th July 1883. I have made a careful chemical analysis of a sample of Andrew Usher Co.'s "Old
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    • 301 179 Cigars, Tobacco, Provisions, Grocery, Hardware, Glass and Crockery. wares, Plated-ware, Lamps, Arms and Ammunitions, Saddlery and Harness, Boots and Shoes, Perfumery, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Diamonds and other Precious Stones, and Hock and Moselles of very fine qualities. Clarets, specially selected and direct from Bordeaux. Sherry, White and Blue Seals full-bodied
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    • 177 179 H ROBINSON Co. Singapore and Penang. (Established 1858.; Ladies' and Gentlemen's Outfitters. LADIES' DEPARTMENT. Silk and Satins. Costumes. Umbrellas Untrimmed Hats. Parasols. Dress Materials. Laces. Boots and Shoes. Ribbons. Haberdashery. Hosiery. Corsets. Embroidering. Fancy Articles for Presents. The dress-making department is in charge of a qualified Assistant. Family Mourning made
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  • Page 180 Advertisements
    • 469 180 atrtjrrtisrmnus. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HANKING CORPORATION PAID-UP CAPITAL J7.500,000 RESERVE FUND *4.s<*>.<*>° RESERVE FOR EQUALIZATION > $200,0c0 OF DIVIDENDS RESERVE LIABILITV OF PRO- $*****00 PRIETORS S Deputy Chairman,— M. Geote, Ks M n ng H. Hoppius, Esq. I p k- H M. Huntington, Esq. H 1 Esq. Hon, A P.
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    • 303 180 STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND FREMANTLE. The West Australian Co.'s steamer NATAL" subsidized bv the Straits and West Australian Governments will be despatched on or about the following dates, calling at Cossack, Gascoyne, Shark's Bay and Geraldton each voyage, and when sufficient inducement offers she will call at King's Sound,
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    • 316 180 Sfobcrttscmrnts. I KAYLE CO., LIMITED^ I CABINET-MAKERS, 1 UPHOLSTERERS, I LOOKING-GLASS MANUFACTURERS, I AND HOUSE-FURNISHERS. Orders can now be executed for every descr CABINET FURNITURE ?fi A full staff of practical Cabinet-makers II i and French Polishers kept on the prem U ph °>« supervision of an experienced English Assistant
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  • Domestic Occurrence.
    • 25 181 NORRIS.— At Penang, on Thursday, the 16th S«-|>t» m ber, the wifeof Apothecary Ciiaki.ks Vincent Nokkis, of the General Hospital there, of a daughter.
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  • 703 181 Here shall the Press the People's right maintain. L'nawed by influence and un bribed by gam Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, Pledged to Religion, loyalty, and Law. WHILST we congratulate the Municipality upon its intention lo supply I long desired want in the way
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  • Page 181 Advertisements
    • 174 181 CEYLON GOVERNMENT RAILWAY. THI Government of Ceylon is prepared to receive offers until the lit October,' IHS6, for the purchase of surplus Railway Material imported for the construction of J«es Of Railway lately completed in Ceylon. For catalogue and further information, apply tor— The General Manager, Ceylon Government Railway. ntmn.
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    • 66 181 OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. Departures from SmgUtmd, Steamer. Sailed. Left Swat. Due S pore. Titan 27 Aug. I Od. Diomed 2 >'< pt. 7 Agamemnon .4 <> RcHcrophnn... IO 15 I) -r > from China Exjv cw-il to Expected to Steamer. leare leave Due S'pore. Shanghai. I longkong. Prometheus... 15
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  • 840 182 The question <>f Imperial Federation, which, thanks to the Colonial Institute, has of late been occupying so large a share of public attention at home, is by id means so simple as some of its more en husia*tic supporters seem to imagine. It presents, no doubt, a most alluring idea,
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  • 523 182 THE recurrence of a case of hydrophobia H among us has drawn attention again to the H question of an attempt to stamp out the rabies which it is evident has not yet ceased in the place, and the necessity our corres- pondents pointed out nearly two years ago to
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  • 314 183 THE Indian Silver Association has recently issued a pamphlet by Mr. G. L Molesworth on Popular Fallacies in connection with the silver question. Fallacy Xo. i that England owes its prosperity to its gold standard is easily disposed of. and the folly of the idea is successfully exposed but the
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  • 3144 183 WE arc requested to intimate that His Excellency tne Governor received by last mail a despatch from the Secretary of State lor the Colonies, desiring him to make known, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, to the people of Penang, that Her Majesty lias been pleased to receive
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  • 1093 185 {F rom our own Correspondent) f t}lP Comment departments in the three M *lws till no,', been .applied with Settlcfnenis the pu bli c expense. A "^TfiS drc'ular.'emanating from the Colonial r LCnt okc will put a stop to much of tins recknnce after the end of this month.
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  • 637 185 Perth, \V. A., 27th August, 1886. The close of the Legislative Council Session always brings a number of important though long-delayed matters to a head. Thus in the last fortnight we have had the burning question of this Colony— the adoption of responsible government discussed, and
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  • 880 185 (From our own Correspondent.) The Manila Lottery seems to liawe regularly installed itself here. A few months ago nobody heard of it, but some speculative persons sent over a hundred tickets, and they were off hand in no time, and at present hundreds of tickets are disposed of,
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  • 596 186 EXTRACTS PROM THE MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OV THE MUNICIPAL COMON WEDNESDAY, THE 15™ SEPTEMBER, 1886. Commissioners Prksknt Colonel S. Dunlop, C.M.G., President. Dr. T. I. Rowell, P.C.M.O. Read I 'tier from the I lon'ble the Colonial Secretary, dated ntli instant, transmitting for the consideration of tfte Municip.il Commissioners copy of
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  • 1125 186 THI Hongkong subscription to the Prince of Wales' Testimonial amounts to $456. What may be the amount of ours is still unknown. Nobody has heard anything about the rmtter since the holc-in-the-corn-er" meeting. Had a public meeting been called, and a little, very little trouble taken,
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  • 2021 187 AN ANECDOTAL HISTORY OF Old Times IN Singapore. v, t and purees of these papers, see the Fcnr Ihe^ fir t number in the issue ot the j Mamy important changes had taken place the l-lvc years Colonel BUTTERIS n had been Governor of the Strait,. J^ct steam communication with
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  • 1904 188 A Demurrer One who sucks to iiik point. A "S|><'iiV, Pleader" has earned hi? title; he has pleaded specially away from the point "t Contributor's article. This is the way he deals with tin- real point at is»uc, which is worth rc-stating, i.c the existence of a
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  • 402 189 (Published by arrangement with the "Straits Times.") London, 16th Sept. —Mr. Parntll has introduced a Bill to empower the Land Courts to abate rents for two years and stay evictions when Tenants deposit half the rent in Court. The Bill was read the first time in the House
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  • 201 189 Friday, 24TH September, 1886. Share Market is very dull and scarcely Anything doing. Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Limited $100 shares, fully paid up. Shares are offering at $161. Tanjong Pagar 6% Debenture Bonds arc saleable at par. Tanjong Pagar Land Company, Limited. $100 shares, $25 paid
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  • Page 190 Advertisements
    • 637 190 3fobcrtisrmmtsNORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN MAIL STEAMERS. SUMIDIIKO It ihh iMfttlAL Ge«MA» GoVBftMftWT. Tmk follow.ng daces lure bee. for the arrmtb and departures d the mail steamer, ot the Norddeutschet I l(,\d during the current year: To leave To arrive Brindisi. Singapore. ,886. lHsr ,6th |aIT. Saturday, 7 th Au;j«M. Mth August
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    • 558 190 atjbcrtisrmmts. WANTED For a Mercantile House a thoroughly qualified European Book-keeper. Salary $150 per month. Apply to Square, Free Press Otiice. 9 GRIMAULT'S INDIAN CIGARETTES Asthma, Nervous Coughs, Chronic Laryngitis, Hoarseness. Los of Voice, Facial Neuralgia, and Insomnia, are rapidly relieved by using the:e Cigarettes. GRIMAULT Co., Paris. Sold by
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    • 552 190 Stibcrtisemmtg, "Casks Heard and Determined Court of •"g^fcnSfi^ In three Volumes Copies may be had from Messrs. John I Singapore. J nn Little &Co tl VALUABLE TOWN PROPER^ The undersigned are authorised by theTnuV fur sale the following property held on I to °fer years, viz.: ceases o f Grant
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  • Page 191 Advertisements
    • 397 191 gubcrtiscments. AR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGAPENINSULA" TIQN C oiIPANY. OFF.CE-Collyer Quay, Goooimt-N«W Harbour. A xrr the dates on which this Company's THP-undernotedarethcd Mail Steamers ma, be p 5S^ 886 HUMEWARD "EX 0 3 PASSAGE. The tire to Marseilles and thence by Railway to Lon- I e same as to London
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    • 379 191 atfocrttsrmcnts. THE STI^UTS INSURANCE COMPANY, H LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE— SINGAPORE. '"PHE above Company are accepting Marine risks at curA rent rates of premium. All contributors participate in the Bom-s, whether share holders or not. OVFICl Rakfi.ks Place. THOMAS BUTLER, Secretary. NATIONAL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. THE
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    • 470 191 atmcrtisemmts. SINGAPORE INSURANCE COMPANY, r LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE, SINGAPORE. Subscribed Capital, $2,000,000. Paid-up Capital, 4<k>,<xx). Fire Insurances effected at low rates on cvry dtscripti<m <>t property. Short Period' Risks accepted in the Str.iits Settlements at "j\ cents nett per $100 for t< n days. All contributors participate in the bonus,
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  • Page 192 Advertisements
    • 348 192 POWELL CO.. AUCTIONEERS, SINGAPORE. Gmtinos (Bath*r<m>m). II i rcTp iTirn r \t \i nrrirc 17D1717 Whatnots. Mat-stands ILLIMkAIhIJ CAIALOGLhS t Khh. Work Tables FURNITURE CAN 13E FORWARDED BY LOCAL STEAMERS TO THE NATIVE STATES, SUMATRA, AND BORNEO. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Achilles. Nestor. Agamemnon. Orestes. Ajax. Palamed. Antenor. Palinurus. Anchises. Patroclus.
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    • 282 192 SINGAPORE DISPENSARY, Adjoining Messrs. John Little Co.'s, 40, Raffles Place. Established, 1825. Drugs of the purest quality only kept in stock. Prescriptions and private recipes accurately prepared. All the leading Patent Medicines in stock, comprising Holloway's Pills Fellows' Syrup Cockle's Pills De Jongh's Cod Liver Oil Brown's Chlorodyne Eno's Fruit
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    • 293 192 G. R. LAMBERT CO., Photographers by Special Appointment to H. M. the King of Siam and H. H. the Sultan ofJohore, 186, Orchard Road, Have of late greatly impr oved their Studio, and are able to satisfy the highest demand by supplying photos in every respect equal to the best
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