The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 7 January 1897

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  • 39 2 Domestic Occurrence. DEATH. At Eskbank, Patiglin, an Iliuisday morning, the 7th instant, Hannah Williams, the U-loved wife o! Robert Allan. t*uiu;r.il from Eskbank at 4-4S p.m. 10 ilur cemetery, where the interment will take place .->t s- jo p.m.
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  • 33 2 H«M ihaO the l'r?i> tl I People'! right maintain, I MNd by influence and unbnbed by o Mrrc patriot Truth her glor.ou* preefpt- rie^ed to Relijfion, Loyalty, ar.d Lsw.
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  • 1841 2 Am hoi GH, it we are to take ord LaNSDOWNI openK expressed convic- j tion- is a quid-- th»- British arm) is to lie. permanently enlarged b\ the much needed addition ol several battalions ol infantry, and other additions m the artillery arm of tin- service,
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  • 64 2 The Natal Asiatic Dtficulty Ihe \atai (..nernment have re;.. Ie d to the resolution at t;,, meeting held Or ftV— Wdiogthe rep^nationof tl loads of Indian Imim^anis ,i.. a they unable to prevent the landing r| the men whoarr Her W^e*t) WbfocU, but that they sympathis. with the
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  • 875 2 Si uH H B rBT THI WU Ofl 1 he -t;.t*:ment \\:th regard to the mi itary programme for next tession wh (iazett,- ha- published ii o't. ired by ;*utho- I• rized our statement i it did not pretend to be a We distinctly might (we
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  • 34 2 Ihe < .(irrespondent ol the Tim VqHt has sent a telegram saying that Senator Wolcott is shortly voting Europe as aii Mofirial envoy for Mr M( Kinley to ptOOMte international bimetallism
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  • 20 2 Ih<; conflicts between the Che Mussulman- have bren TtWUM I and several persoai liav..- beea kill ed
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  • 589 2 Mr. Rhodes, on South African Ex pansion. Mr Rhodes, m a public spe Capetown, declared that the expat territory should be the gmdn ar tliai a- Kngland was backward he wa obliged to form the Chartered compar.) since other power* \\r plotting to seiz the country. London January Commander Arthur
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  • 576 2 By he: m i Ma The Admiralty have placed with Messrs. L.r. Held and (jlas^ow, contrails t i two undc I is-, CTUtsen, and with the London and flliHgnw Sliip -building Company an order lor one secondclass crin~er. The veiicls are to be of the Venut and
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 311 2 BELL'S ASBESTOS EASTERN AGENCY LIMITED. \TOTI< 1. tlwfrbygrvca tta 1 braawl u)UbTnk«c«t ol ike above Ageocj has r,-. H afapOTf ;n,k-r the managemr.U ..t Mr. W. A Will.a.nson. i: [Hit Vvtsam Packwgs o4 ewiy description and ol Boert lualitv Man: Bf kad Cylmder Oib a specialit) 4 wcriag I I
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    • 388 2 FOX SALE. Is S ler. I FOR SALE ROY HK na'id < amer^ v Sons H- 1 nces uc S y n^t;- nstmcted by piij; 1 i e ga Pafiat m t t 182 acres d andef N ar.d It: planted fu '-.taring and 1 <iT ot year ending Mai
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    • 672 2 WANTED. MuniLiOdl debentures SJI» dv. d.) f>% Tanjoa{{ Ha>;ar I < v i -l>Singapore Land a s Sh ires. Maynard Co.'s Slwre?. FOX b.\L Henij^rani; Plain; < o. Miare->. I H v>KK Co.. I hMi>Kf and Sliate Brokers. Jan 7 uc WAN IED A |>ONY and bogjey compete. Mu-.t be
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    • 136 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS WANTED F ESSONS m French conversation and composition. Reply, stating qualification and term 1 to TYR( >." c/o Free Press. Jan 7 v.c. For Derby, Broome, Cossack, Pearling Grounds, Geraldton Fremantle. TheO.S. S.&W. Australian S. N. Co.'s steamer SULTAN, Captain Pitts, wrill be despatched to the above ports
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 126 2 The Week Thursday. 7th r a omj noon (•lower of the Kast, 1.0.0. T., 7-J0 N.I). L Mail (Jutwards. Lodfc Zetland Kmergent, fe-30 p.m. Friday. Bth H >■■ W Otr -i| a., i.22 p. j Dalhc; > 0 p. m Sat --day. gth M R W■ CI v Crick' Mph'sv.
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  • 60 3 The following extra tter received yesterday mny be ul -t to many here It come- 'rom Jerst md is from an old Straits lii Flu Wtitei aY s The 58th are sliM bci and ihej are verj popular They have just been doing the Pirates ol
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  • 101 3 As we recently announced Colonel I'ennefather ha- resigned hi- seal on the Municipal Commtssion Mr Egerton the Official A<-ignee. being appointed to El the vacancy Irom the ISt insi Mr Gentle, the President. 1- now however, m 1 winch will be read at th-- r.-\t Board meeting,
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  • 601 3 ts this snterprising i wnpanj has at commenced basiOCSS m Singapore, and h>.^3 fait lo be an established concern here, I particulars may prove of into r Age ■is a subsidiary com- >] big f< Asbestos Company, and wa- foraed m Janaarj 1895 For the of
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  • 145 3 >» pptr, wno ran th.rd m trie race lor the Melbourne Cup m November, ha-> been pi' < pftn >■ *ai Mi S. Horciern tor the action he tosk n -c •—•jr The condit ons of sale were that The Skipper should be delivered after
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  • 165 3 A i M o: Kn- k -t P PI ITT. The Ci t*d J cv reports the fol- j-d- ir> ucc-.irrence m a polu match s M Di-fACtr i--' Rwssan and the Bengal 1-am.er-. I* >; Hd commenced *th a,p t apt 1 >.-inicll of the
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  • 221 3 THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE IN AUSTRALIA. The strike si Engineers m Australia, now happily ended, but which for a time > laid ii,. a hundred ships, was the result of action taken at the beginning of last year. The Institution ul Marine Engineers, a j very strong body, asked the Steamship
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  • 908 3 Via Ceylon.) H I- Day's German M ul. Tiu D•. r state: that the >ci man warship- <! Vrm have been ordered from Hongkong 10 Manila, and that Gi rman) is acting m agreement with the other Powers for the protection of her subjei Is Mr. Rhodes and Colonel
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  • 179 3 l'hc number of death-, registered m Bombay during the week ending 24th December, iBg6, was li 6, beinjj 106 toon than m the precedimrweek, an J66 hmm than the week eadinc '7t h Kcem- 1895, anil 940 more than m the corresponding period m the preceding
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  • 189 3 A private letter from Berlin dated 13th December thus alludes to the recent explosion oi acetylene gas which caused the death of several men Quite a tragic occurrence took place m our vicinity here yesterday afternoon. At 4 p.m. exactly, we heard an awful explosion, and afterwards
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  • 1061 3 v OMMONSBKSB vit'v TAKBM l> "i I IKkm m 101 KS IX. IST. We the Egyptian Gazette) have .it last discovered that rara dt'n, a French journalist who can discuss the Egyptian Question from a common sense point of new, without any of the usual high lalutin'
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  • 163 3 Tins gentletuan, who way i<c remembered m Ceylon a^ on tlir -.t.ilt ol our K.i Kvay Extensions m the (eventieSf" is a passenger by the s. s. V'.iletta," M route lot Calcutta, to take up an appointment on tli'' East Indian Railway m N.VV. India. This
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  • 271 3 President Itvtland, m a message lo C ongress, staler that 11 is impossible for the United State-, to recognise the < üban insurgents as belligerents. If, however, Spaiji will tender a satisfactory measure seli-governmenl to the Cubans and the latter accept it, the I tailed
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  • 323 3 With regard to the details oi out trade with the Far East there was a falling oil m November m the exports o! cotton yarn to China and Japan, but the Straits .Settlements show a fair increase. Kor the elevei In japan shows a substantial increase,
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  • 756 3 LA TE INDIAN NEWS. In." Mystbri L f a Death n Hyderabad. SecunderaUvi, Decembei 23rd. -Mr. I'emplelon was yesterday c aif/ed before- Mr. Williams, First Assistant Resident and Sessions Jud^- .v having, on or a! *h December, with intent to cause a miscarriage, done such acis as to cause the
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  • 62 3 Corps Okukks. Head Quarter Office, Singapore, Jan. 7UI, 1897. 1. Orderly Ofhcer for the ensuing week, Lieut. C, J. Dairies. 2. Gunner C. Fa ton is permitted to resign on medical certificate. 3. Gunner A. J. McDonald on return to the Colony is re-post' d to C.
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  • 104 3 He Cokfbssss ani> Dei.i i r> Himseli 1 p. Batti aloa, Dec. 30. A mysterious individual arrived here two days ago. He avers he is an American by birth and a seaman by profession, and he ca Is himself Cotrill. He confesses to having perpetrated
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  • 77 3 Corrected i p ro January On London Bank 4 m/s 1 4 demand .2/1-9/16 Private credits {m/s ..2/1 -15/16 documents 3 m j/j credit 6 m/s ..2/2| On India. Hank demand iv«, >N HoNi.KONG. Bank 4 raand re m On Yokohama 1-Jank demand s a o prem liaiiis demand
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  • 107 3 1 |anuary 7.) I I" 932.35 Gambia 6j60 dv. Cube Nci. 1 10.70 Pepper. Hlack ''ordinary Spore) 11.25 do. While, (Fair L/W=s%) „1860 Nutmegs tlos to the 1b.)... 63. Mai c 1 Baflda) loves (Amboina) 1( 17.511 LibtiMii ollet- rl lI. Co Tapioca, -mall pearl [Fair quality) 3.25 do.
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  • 238 3 SHARE LIST, JANUARY 7t h 1897. V miok. apita "id f <")i» HongKor. Shang rfaik iM%prem fiooooo-- f >h>, o „c, Nation.,! H,, Ko f China Mf| ftHtfM* fc- r Four fioo Sellers Bk.otr ,v '-ran Ltd. {..Nomin, It.tW.IH I Tanjon^ Pa ar Dock. J, 5l |i''s<k..oo *„>,.> o. ce«t.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 268 3 OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. Ltd \M> NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCdAPPiJ OCLAAN. FbcCwnpMjr's stauMt«arede»p ran Liverpool outwards for the Straits, Chin* Up m and from Japan homewards for London every ten days and have accommodation for '.irst and third clas- p»>sengers. carrying m Surgeon ftad SttWl
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 723 3 MAILS CLOSE. >r At Hongkong, Aa. Pritu He nrich 10 \.m Sourabaya Ran Pui> Gtian 11 am Chenbon Samarang Penang 1 1 am Samarang S'baya Gefputnin 11 am Batu Pahat Sultana noon Malacca Hamburgh 1 r* Malacca, Sic. Bintang Timor 2 PM Kuala Pahang, Sic. Pent. ma I PM Port
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    • 978 3 Men-oi-Wai PlagßftT Commander Arrived I Other Vessels, .g, a Captain Arnv-o Al H 14W Harvey Jar,. H i B»»PobGuaii Brit. 575 mon Jan. 5 Ma A. M QABOLIW* Dut. K V 2 W Bbc. i LHWNSB4H Brit. 128. Murphy lan. 6 Amo) Guth n CaowPar* Brit. 370 |el!icoc Jan. 5
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