The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 January 1897

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  • 17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, Bth JANUARY, 1897 DAILY ISSUE, No. 2,862
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 522 1 "P Co iyc> Qujy. ff^ .Viarves. rfj:bour. O STt AM NAVIGATION Co. m t tiINA \P\V PBNANG, BYLON INDIA \USTRALIA. ADEN EGYPT, MARSEII iES GIBRAI I\K MALTA, BRINDISI ENU ■>' YMOI IH. AND ONDON I'-p;^' 8..- 0 Lading Ktied tor Persian .4-ic". M Purfi-, aho for and ia» /•">■ H
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    • 981 1 NORD-DEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN. I^HK tail anu well known ste;i:ners ot this line will leave Sinj apore on or about the undermentioned dates OUTWARDS HOMBWARDS To arrive Singapore !or To arrivf Singapore for China Europe. 1893 1897. hcb. 4. [tavern |.m. 10. Sockse* Mar. 4. Print Htimrick Feb. Bayern Ap!. 1.
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    • 1366 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contract with the Nethbrlands India Govbrnmknt. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, late I. DAEXDELS Co.. 2-3 Collyer Quay Time Table for January, 1897. Steamer From Expected Will be despatched for Date. G. G. Loudon PalembaiW Jan. 6th. Batavia, Samarang and Sourabay;r Jan. 10th. Spedman Batavia
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    • 589 1 TJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI 1 r± BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 j RESERVE FUND 6.000,000 RKSERVE LIABILITY OF nnnnnn( PROPRIETORS j *>0,000,00 c Coubt of Directors. A McCONACHIE, BSO^ Chaikman St. C IffCHAELSEN, Esg— Drpotv Chairman. Th.; Hon. J. Bell Irving. R L. RICHASOSOM Esy. G. B. Dodwkll, Esq. D. R.
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    • 505 1 rRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE Co., Ltd., of HAMBURG. NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE Co., HAMBURG. Oi o riAMBURG— BREMEN FIRE INSURANCE Co., HAMBURG, a 1 "T*HK undersigned, Agents v. tt,e above com- pames, are prepared to accept fire risks at :urrent rates. PUTTr-AHC KHN ft Co. Oct. THE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO.,
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    • 330 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. I'hroutfh passage tickets pranted i^ Kngtand finii dm Gt 1 win bj nil trwi i il SteuneiSi »lso to Sa> Praia w0 bj I MNW )f the BboM lines. 1 c< otht-r Kurnpean p. >!'-'• at piop<ft my ■>pccia! red.
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  • 1839 2 IOTHrn ii Rieisb* i si Primp I' Cl ll rk-.. O*MK Ri- r o**ll Maaj household- 111 Singapore were -tartled this morning by the new> ot a not and strike imong the j• n rtki^ln coolie- winch iiovvev-r on investigation proved to be r:ithe~ ■>' the nature
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  • 25 2 I') [ML EDI ."'IR. 1^ VR SIR —I hope you will give somebody lit: over this >tnke. Some swine .^'iit to be d [/ijrt'.-d
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  • 283 2 A i indent writes .is follows to the Mr r ■> -.-.iloiis ot the smokers paled ill bj their he,je lords, trom which ihe->e Peris a rid ari indignati <n meeting yesterday i l>(.c.;. over which the Duchess give a rival Smokei 'on Settlement. Prompt
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  • 828 2 {Daily Graphic Naval Cory.) As an antidote to the alarm caused m England by the unsatisfactory revelations of the Naval Return comes the pessimistic report of M. de Kerjegu, secretary of the Sub-Committee on the Navy Estimates, concerning the French Fleet. He holds that Gibraltar, even without an
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  • 575 2 ay, Dec. Die plague returns I miovv 33 new cases and I Bombay, Dec. 21. —The plague returns to-day show 40, new ta-.es and 2') deaths. There was a marked decrease m the number of deaths from bubonic fever recorded m the twenty-four hours ending Sunday
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  • 152 2 very small percentage of our marriageable men appear inclined to marry, or, i: they do, display a very unflattering preference lor girls newly arrived ii"m home. It may be that too much 1-. seen m the narrow confines «f .1 treaty port of the girls whose home
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  • 269 2 LADIES' GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE STRAITS. The above •vent, which look place at Pen an g on Mouda) afternoon, over iS i holes of th<' ladies' links, was productive I of a giand match between the ladies from Singapore and the Penang representatives, and resulted m another victory for the
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  • 957 2 rday i Carman Mail.) Prince K^ii! Bgon ol irstenberg lelt an enortnoiii forluiu 111^ landed estates are valued at over sixteen and a-hali millions sterling, and Lis personalty amounts m cash and securities to more th m two million. A report lias reached San Krancisco, that
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  • 271 2 This terrible scourge appears i<> ij*. growing m intensity dailj .mJ business at Bombay is said to Lv v< ry seriously affected thereby, it is even rel>< >t it'll tint as many as 300,000 natives have fled i lliu inlected city but the curious part of
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  • 269 2 i An old tnend of the late P. R. A. gives the fol- lowing anerdote, which has not, h« believes, ap- peared before m print. It was one that Millais i himself was occasionally induced to repeat and the correspondent gives it m the late President s
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  • 748 2 He drves directly home, even m dark nights does the man who knows ih e road The over' hanging gloom, the deceptive shadows the Jn certain sounds, don't bother him. He can/.. ground under his waggon wheels, and the la\- of the land is
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  • 78 2 ORRECTED UP lo January 6.) On London. Bank 4 m/s a i-n r6 demand .2/1-7/16 I'm^t.- t ir-dits 3 m .._>/ 1 j documents 3 m/s credit m j-i On India Hdiik demand ..it>». In Hongkong Bank demand pn On Yokohama Bank demand |II( m On Java Bank demtttd
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  • 101 2 [anuary B.J (iarnbier (j (jo do. Cube No. 1 0g?o Pepper, Rlack (ordinary Spore) U2S do. White, (F«irL/W=s%) „1860 Nutmegs C (los to the 1b.).. M B tnda M Cloves \inbo!na) l"."o Li berian Coffee > a r o l'.ipioca, -mail p.-arl (Fair quality; 3.25 do. do flake (do.
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  • 138 2 Bkc dEH SfSSs i^M^M Tan Jn Pa?arb X do .1* VX-'.OO. fl r(X c no. NewH,,,,,Cr )ock dC c o Lt{l i** owJ MOO0 New P^e R,ve r Ooc^. W f,' 50 I! Stra.tilnsur-n.-e-C^ I. d «S X I'Ockx ,00.000 i.ooo I Straus Fir- Ins
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 332 2 OCEAN STfc-AM SHIP COMPANY. EAST INDIAN OCEAN STLAM SHIP COMPANY. Ltd NfcDtKLANDSCHL |TOOII< VAAKT MAATSCiAPP.J OCEAAN. I 1 C Mnpaßi ste Liver?ool o'.itwards tor the Strait I in«J from apan boroeward* f or Load) utd bave accommodation tor '.ir--:. and thitd clw carrying a Surgeon and Steward) Ihe Company's steamers
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 74 2 cainer Kepon. 1 January 7.) Taken a! &*ferta>m ><erbau Hospital Observatory 9. AM. 3P. M. I) P. M. Bar. reo. <2 <■->< iy v 5« 29.832 2y.yio Temperature.... 77.8 80.5 780 Wet Bulb Thermometer.., 70.0 77. .< (J Dir. of Wind S.I:. N.W. N.E. Max. r«np. --"-I' itM Mm. do
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    • 290 2 w £SS W] H Captau. Arnv-1 t- Ms. u 2 Darwib em' N *8 P«»emb»i^ Chiia H DlO M Bru" H d "r r UOROOGMI |-r ett POOI M, Xv« X Rn Km 37 al| 5Ul I M Ma. GntHAvi. TV' 993 x G mg m Brit GUK Sck Bra'
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    • 324 2 I M.i fou Muntoi Bill 1 VV.ik I' I "NIUCI M ,;i. I N > I Sunda\, I ,1 Mails already de:>pauhcd toi London Left Dm Amvrd ci s \m UeC. ISU \I) I 1 Dec. lot! M. \l I I tai 1■ 1 M Pf C I P> M
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