The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 May 1892

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER DAILY ISSUi:. No, 1,466 THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, 27m MAY, 1892.
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      863 1 PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Orrt'B, Callyer GooaWNS, New Harbour. MAIL §KS§*fei LINES The mail steamt's may He expected to arrive Bartwards a«d leave Singapore he mewards as follows: OUTWARD. HOMEWARD I*)3. lBq2. Caw4ff May 31st. Surat June tst. Malwa June 14th. Thames 15th •aages 2&th. Cathay jgth ■•rat
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      1137 1 IST O R£> DEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN. Im > i km > M ml. 'yHt steamers o4 this lim an subsidized by the Imperial German Government and run regularly between Bremerhi tea a. Shanghai, calling en route at Antwerp, Souv ampton, Gt.:ioa, Port Said, Suez, Adt-n, Colombo, Singapore and Honijkonsr. In
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      756 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART For Borneo Ports via Bawean Sourabaya. MAATSC HAPPIJ. Every four weeks a steamer runs in this direction (Under contract with the Netherlands India taking direct cargo and passengers to BandjerGovernmeat). j massi n, Fulo Laut, Passir and Cotie. Agents al Singapore Ship Agency, late Oncb Every six
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      335 1 SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital ,£2,000,000. Fire and Marine Insurance* eftected at current rates. 20 per cent. cas!. Discount allowed on Marine 1 Policies n lieu of annual Bonus. Wm. McKERROW Co. Agents. 1- I TVTORWICH UNION FIRE INSUR- 1N ANCE SOCIETY OF NORWICH
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      605 1 "DOYAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF LIVERPOOL. Capital £2,000,000. Funds in Reserve, Exclusive of Capital 5.493.Q73LIFE DEPARTMENT The Company has recently revised its Rates of Life Premia and is now prepared to offer very advantageous terms to Assurers. FIRE DEPARTMENT:— The Company is prepared to accept first class risks up to £15,000
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      718 1 XJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND I 6,300,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PRO) PRIEIORS I t.0.000,000 Coi'rt op Directors. Chairman— S. C MICHAELSEN, Esq. Dfputv Chairman— L. POESNECKER, Esq T. E. DAvits, Esq. Alex. McConachik, lisa C J Hollidav, Kslj. J. S. Moms, Es<}. H. Hophis Esq.
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      767 1 PACIFIC MAIL STHA, V SHIP COMPANY AND v OCCIDENTAL 'vND ORltN^' STEAMSHiP COMPANY. Throu^ii passagi M ngland, France, and Germany ianuc lin< ot Steamers, .'ii-< w> 5.%11 Fiai bj i t oi the above Una Toother liurt>pean p<.in' ii proj •■.:.•>• rail Special rvJucid rate; granted I Uiho rs oi
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    The Singapore Free Press
    30 2 i|.-r the Vtnu. the People'srigU Maim n, iSiawrdb) influence and unto*e4 bj pin; lU-re i'.-.t-"! Irur'. ber plortous yteetftsjfca pfedncJ 11 iVlijrioil. l.oj.l!ty. a:..! I aw.
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    FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1892.
    1749 2 The result of the trial of a Malay, in tli? Supreme Court yesterday, for having ati'lucud the daughter of a Government pensioner who was lately a European signalman at thf fl<ig-staff in Penang and in Singapore, i> so deplorable, and the effect upon th<: minds of
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    SATURDAYS RACES
    52 2 SATURDAY S RACES Suggestion* by Ckatm. 1. Th Galloway* Heap. Bend Or. 2 ib Men Hants. Cup. Surpri e or Nicholas. V ["he N'-'rthamtonshire Cup Blacktish 4 Ibe Bankers 8: Brokers' Cup Melody. 5. Ibe Singapore Cup. Marchioness. 6. Rochore Plate. X;mb!efoot cr Sa^in 7. Winmrs H'cap. Grand DuLe or
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    THE MAURITIUS CYCLONE.
    341 2 The British -India steamer UmbaL'a. which arrived at Colombo recently, brought particulars of the w-rriblc cydoac and fire which visited Mauritius on tiie 29th ult. Capt. Alexander reports great damage to property and the l>>h of 7,000 lives, 2,500 people having been ht'ried just before lie left.
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    REUTERS TELEGRAMS
    59 2 I For the Fr»e Press.) The Pearl Case. London, 2<>th Afj\, rSgj Captain Osborne has resigned hi^ com. mission in the Army. The Trouble on the West Coast of Africa. The Jebttt army in the recent hght with the British near Lagos numbered thousand men they were armed
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    THE NEW MUNICIPAL OFFICES
    501 2 I he following rrpiy ha^ been received tc tiM nf-morial sent in by < ertain ratepayerasking that the ground adjoining the Tour Ha!! -li juld not be occupied bv the Moposed i i w buildings Colossal sccttT**r'( Orrcr Singapore, 21st May. tfju 5m I am d.rected
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    TO-MORROW'S RACES
    410 2 Commute w cf m Entries and Hamhcap^ Tkl CttWVtT'f HiNDIHf.-\Vu« $f;«. A Handicap for fillHllWllH llllt have run at &'.i mreting. Distance, R.('. H. H. the Sultan s ..Sequence 10.4. Mr. PiU>Maarioe*« .loiarthr. 10.0. Dr. Koehn's Bend (Jr. 10 10 Mr. Paton Kers Haziedean. late Wm--el. 10. 0
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      712 2 NOTICE. THE lettintj ol ihe Gamblii>E F irm of the districts Tandioiii; Pinanj; Battam (Rhio Archipelago 1 rrom isr Ju!v. 189a, k> 3MI December, 189.^, will tike place at to on the .vd June next, at lardiong PiaaaC. Singapore, joth Mav, 1892. C. LAVINO. a H.N. M. Cuwwii CilHiiiill My
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      697 2 Singapore Philharmonic Society. FIRST Public Concert of the Season has been postponed till Monday, June f<th. The FiRST PART wiil consist of selections from HANDEL'S MESSIAH, including some of the mo-t favorite Solos and Choruses. The SECOND PART will inclu^Orchestral works. Part^nr^ and yj^il Conductor, -Mr. E. Salzmann. Admission to
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      1138 2 FOR SALE I A Black Sand- n I wood pony, in splendid con- ditie-n. I Applv to No. 3, Cecil jtruct; or, Room Nu. 50, Hctel de I' Europe. May 19. FOR SALE. I A Handsome 'Bay Mare, Dogcart and Harness. I Apply to the owner, JAMES KEKR, Exchange Buildings,
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      972 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. wanted!"" A Draughtsman for ihe Native States; must be ab.c to do plotting work. Apply to y, D'ALMEIDA STREET. May 27. u.c. AUCTION SALE. Monday, jut/t instant, at 11 a. m. 45 Cases Australian Oranges (caVh aboutifc; jtS a"'. l^ s.£ t $nmm*sll d i To be sold
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      137 2 The Week. Friday, 27th Hifch Water 11.19 a. m. 10.49 P- W. Municipal Commission, noon. District Grand Lodge ai K. A. 8.-?o p. m. I'snglm I Lib At Home,' 9 p. it Chinese liristian Association. Saturday. 28th Hijjh Water 0.1 ROOT 1127 p. I turd I )a\ s Raring, 5
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    SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB
    1572 3 SPRING MEETING SECOND DAY— MAY 26th, 1892. The weather for the second days racing was too utterly disgusting to need much comment. From early morning till nearly one o'clock the rain fell, not in a gentle showers, nor spasmodically, but in torrents that threatened to submerge the
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    THE SPRING RACE MEETING Notes and Anticipations
    1010 3 Luckily th< rain stopped before racing began, but it was i miserable damp afternoon ar.d the rorse was naturally in a fearful state, I mud flying up in ail :re tions > i< ••fl-t- -.-.Toped past the Sta dth r ime. Sei -t
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    THE ASSIZES.
    1768 3 The prosecution of Syed bin Adam charged under section 361 of the Penal Code with kidnapping from lawful guardianship one I. aura Bridget Harding occupied the Court on Tuesday and yesterday. The Acting Attorney-General appeared for the Crown and Mr. Bromhead-Matthews for the prisoner. Mr. Harding, a Government
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION
    1776 3 ]be ord nai meeting of the Mui i *■> robsioners held to-day at noon M Gentle presiding wh ;n there were also res nl V r Sohsti Mr. Crane, the Hon'ble Tan |iak Kim, Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Tay Geok teat, and Mr. K. W. Maxwel Inspector General of
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    393 3 {Via Ceylon.) St. Petersburg, May loth.— The poisoning of M. Gresser remains a mystery. It appears that gangrene suddenly supervened after the injection of an innocuous medicament, and it is suggested officially th it the syringe us. d was not clean but this is doubled. Jaeger, the absconding
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    SHARE LIST MAY 27th, 1892.
    225 3 (JCOTATION. <^i' «P <l ;>!V. H Kon. S'hai Bank. no%Pi*». o :sl n 'f 5 >:.»(>.or.t.'lB-!ik. $25 Sellers. t »K T.-mjon- Fagar Dock. $iQ7i Buyer*. t.C00.000i,, >.oo <i. ;>cbentura«6p.c. 1 prcm. Buytrs. 9»*s<» ••< McwHaxtwnrOßdkCE i 3 oLa»tMl«. t^fW i.wy i«u *£j« Prvr Riwr Dock
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    EXCHANGE.
    62 3 l< OKRECTED L'P TO Mo K|. Ok London. Rank 4 demand 2 0Private credits f> mH 2 II ri-v imftHs ti m s 2 11. I m lO| Os Ini>ia. Bank d- -liaru 4 CM Ok Hongkonl;. Bin^ demand On Java. Bank demand ITS Pr .-ale v f I
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    FPODUCE.
    114 3 [Mm *7 ran I 399 Gambicr 5-9*l do. Am No. i 9 do. !Co 1 I P,ij 1 SlatJl -.I.' par\ S pon xII Jo. White, 'i v* I.W >fX „15 '■< Nutme^ f HOB I ilie Ib.i I Mace (Bands) Cloves I \rebonia Ballj fee [I ij( Btocl
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      427 3 QCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPAYN Ti.- Cumiim/'n Ibmuwi mi rti ipiti hnrt from pooiar r:- jt !-;r?\:>i,r.d Chi .11 J iro'ii 1 1 homeward* <ur London evi ry \v<-ek imi I UN co-ii'.-:.d?.-.i--ir. :.-r f-r>; and tUcddut passene.i- >-;.r--ryir.g a .v. ge knd SttWlldfll. Through D;i s ot Lading are le
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      180 3 MAILS CLOSE. Tomokr<»w. Djambie, (nitUm, 9 Bangl k, Mtimm, <■. < Batu i .h -i king An*, 'i I- Sambu k Pontianak, (T. lf«i», N MalVrr* Bid iw'v. Seffkm, I* »> Del,. Cmifpm, IV M fri -Ti sft Trifigg&ttu, i. m. BiHiloti v ?ratiaiuk 4P. BiUh, P..;u!.. Stc Brooke- n,
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      691 3 Weather Report, Takei. at KtftiMg i' -<■ Obseivatory §a, m t m if > m IVu r. ,i. \2 Fan „-4- remperam ji I W>! Bulb rhemometei ;< B "'<■■- >;;. ■W < i.n-. Mat. Vl* M Sun 1V... K-iin, i) n.m Remark! rmili M I > m., d and
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      652 4 For Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, taking through cargo for other Australian Ports and Ports in New Zealand. The Steamship ARGUS, 2 jcjz tons, Capuin Johnson, lr»m Calcutta, is «4ue ii*re on or about ihe 7th June, and will have pr>-> pi despatch. F.->; freight or passnsrr. apply to McALISTER Co.,—
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      281 4 KATZ BROTHERS. JI'ST OPENED. TO have bo ling water in a fraciion ovrr 3 minutfs, to make your early morning tea, luffee, cr chocolate, can be an ompli'hcd >%'>th the aid of a tin. ill kerobine oil >-tove en !tJ "THE BRILL lAN T. The Price m 'THE BRILLIANT" is
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      299 4 THE I AERATED WATERS OF THE Singapore Straits Aerated Water Co. THEY ARE THE BEST. Offices: 15, BATTERY ROAD. Factory: 2Oa, COLLYER QUAY. (Removing Shortly to new and larger premises in Robinson Street.) JOHN FRASER, m^ mm m mmm DC. WEAVE, J Proprietors. M c ALiSTEFf&~Ca Hating taken o^rfmm Messrs.
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      598 4 THE PRYE RIVER DOCK, PENANG. i i... hock, Mutated in Province Weßesfev at the entrance of the Pry- R !V ci, h ai buck betn icngthei c-<! and det^-u-d tn d is now of th»- cllowm»» dimension i ength -j- the bi cks o feet. Hr .(id n'ni CC 1
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      466 4 I SANTAL-MIDY Tb» port Emnee of total obtainsd by Wdf* process from the best Mysora wood. SANTAL-MIDY <*J not from the santal oil of the India Bums, is superior to Coptibi.B Cnbeb, or injections, and free from all bad smell or other incooTcnisaow. SANTAL-MlDV^^d^.l SANTAL-MIDY. I mull round Capsules, e»ch/"""\
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      926 4 1 ESTABLISHED 1865. RILEY, HARGREAVES CO Engineers, Iron Brass Founders, Boilermakers, Bridge Builders, Ship builders General Contractors. Ship-Building Yard. 1 LJIGH .lass STEAM VKSSKLS always und«r A construction, from ;Bft. to 150ft. lengtl of kc-.1, of^ best design and finish. MACHINERY from leading British Pirmt with Board of Trade I
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      296 4 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.' AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT to thi k2 maUer fOf th S W" shwW paperTnT," 1^ 10 ■»■*< the Rejected Manuscripts cannot be returned. MANAGERS DEPARTMENT Subscriptions Daily Edition. Local and hHirmMtumt Delivery payable j B Advance, r-7««* Per Quarter, n6 Per Month, g 2 Single-
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      472 4 I VESSELS EXPECTED Giving port and date of depart urr and L knownj date due her,, and n,une of a'Zi Tt Amoy, Hamburg. April 8, Angers, Middlesborouph, April I Beklarig, London, April Camki.ot, Liverpool, Mays C*Rnir,*NSH/Rr. London May 12 |W, .»rth»<;k, l-ondon, June 2 "•"'•lead. j Caiho, London, due Mav
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