The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 5 November 1890

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    37 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, sth NOVEMBER, 1890. No. 171 THE Singapore Freee Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THID RSERIES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, cth NOVEMBER, 1890 No. 1 7 1
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      310 1 THE SINGAPORE AND STRAITS AERATED WATER Co. t (Established 1 882.) MANUFACTURERS Ol HIGH-CLASS MINERAL WATERS, FRUIT SYRUPS, AND CORDIALS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. This Company's Aerated Waters ARK MANL'I ACTl'Rll) HV THE VERY HIGHEST (LASS Oh MACHINERY And from the best ingredients, AND ARK RKCOMMEXDKI) FOB PURITY AND EXCELLENCE OK
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      464 1 Riley Hargreaves Co. Established 1865. Engineers, Boilermakers, Ikon and BrasS-foundsrs, Bridge Builders, and Shipwrights. tt, MERCHANT RO'M), SINGAPORE, AND AT KUALA Li M POR. m o SoLI AgSMTS for the Straits fnr RUS lON "PROCTOR CO.— Portable and Horizontal Engines, Centrifugal Puhips, Steam Navvies, Saw- Mill, and Mining Machinery. For
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      206 1 ROBINSON lk Co BfMOAPOBI ANO PsMAJVG (Established 1 858 J Lumps' *M> ObRTLBMRH's < 1 1 nri»k.v LADIES' DEPARTMENT. Silk and SatinV ostumes. Milliners. umbrellas Unf/immed Hats. P.irasols. Dress Materials. Lace-. Boots and Shoes Ribbons. Haberdashery. Hosiery. Corsets. Glove*. Underclothing. Velvets/ Velvettas. Velveteens. Crapes. •Phishes. (iau/»- Embroidering. Fancy Articles for'Preseiu\«>.
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      391 2 T .Maruman Hotel. SAISEKI, SHIJIO, KYOTO. Ihe above Hotel i;> now open tor the accommodation of foreign Visitors to Kyoto. The Proprietor appeals to the Community and Visitors for a share of tlfcyir pa nonage. NAKAGAWA. KAMEJIRO Kyoto. July i. 1890. Ruttonjee Merwanjee Co., Indian and Colonial Merchants, 2:, St.
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      219 2 McALISTER Co. II A I. I." S 1 RKI HI V Kl) oor Per v s. CLYDE, ik a m Messrs. PERINET et FILS a consignment ol theii 1,1 El BBKA T E D CHAMP A G N E N "DRY VERZENAY/' l and offer it at the following prices
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      323 2 KNIGHT CO.,Art Furniture Manufacturers Decorators "and .Designers. 14, Li 1 11. 1 Britain, 49, Hill Strut. LONDON. SINGAPORK. REGIS /y\l 3 X TEISED I feiftSf j TRADE I Lgjgyr MARK. No. \y^_^y *****. Drawing Koqm Suites upholstered in a variety <>i ihe newest patterns of silk tapestries velvets salins and
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    CONTENTS.
    238 513 1. fading Articles. Pai.p. Exemption from Juries... 51.3 Mining Concessions and Managers.*. sm Publicity for Public Accounts.... su A New Supreme (our!. s'4 Crown Law Suits Bungled 515 Punjom 5*5 j Lot \i Paragraphs. sl 7 f ..ibour Commission .523.536 Debating Society.... 5 21 Proposed Marine Club Buildings 5
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    The Week.
    382 513 The P. «S: O. S.S. Mirzaporc. with London mail of Ootober 10, ex S. S. Shannon, arrived yesterday morning (4th). The homeward mail is taken by the P. O. S. s. Rolu'lla, arriving yesterday morning and leaving to-day. A mail for Europe was also taken by the N.G.L.S.S.
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    EXCHANGE.
    54 513 POKKK(TKI) Vf TO N«H l< On London. l j m 5... 3 N demand 3 4* HC credits n m 1 3 document* 6 in s 3 ;> m s 3 Us IVDIA* I demand Ok H<)N«*KON«i. nkdemaiMi r Pr.vaiu 30d/i r()N J*VA. Hand demand Privatfl j<» ii So\
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    GAGGINO & Co.,
    38 513 GAGGINO Co., HAVB JUST RECEIVED j-Australi.-m Mullet. lm Sea Taylor. '5 Pilchard, *5 l\-rth Herring, s |»ortoßi«"< offec, J" lk Setting Hamniocli kn ar den or Jungle, ?i.v. I irbobcAbd 1^ 1 Houm BnxNnt, »5 <:cllt^ Oct. 9.
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      BIRTH.
      14 513 On Ist instant, at Pulau Brani, the wife ol Carroll <>t .'1 daughter.
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      DEATH.
      22 513 On the Ist October, al Weymouth Street, London. W., CaROLIKRSoPHU, widuw ol llic late Edward Earkshaw, J.l'.. The Cloisters, Knare&boro', N'ork^liirtj.
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    Exemption from Juries.
    359 513 t* j r.i- •r* "lit October 29th In connection with thr discussion in Committee on the Criminal Procedure Riil the question ot the exemption from jury service ol .1 very small class ol persons was brought up by the Attorney-General may not be generally known that tin-
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    Concessions and Managers.
    532 514 ()< tuber I hi.ki. an: those who di-criminate trificrs with truth into three categories <>r degrees of comparative iniquity. There is the positive degree, 'liar"; the comparative degree, past-participled liar and, as a climax to the stair, the superlative person commonly classified under the epithet "mining expert."
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    Publicity for Public Accounts.
    1029 514 )< tuber \1 si li is mi»i utten t li.it a I'm.ii Supply l»ill proves so interesting as has iltat for 1889, just passed through the Legislative 1 Council. On October 2nd the Auditor-General moved that a sum of $313,039.62 be appropriated in respect oi those
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    A New Supreme court.
    858 514 \o\ ember Ist). The special committee ot the Legislative Council in considering the Estimates, nipped in the bud one very pretty scheme, and blighted, for the time at least, an arrangement which has been under discuslipn [sub rosa, o\ course 1 f°* s ome time A
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    Crown Law Suits Bungled.
    736 515 (November 3rd) ll there is anything a handicraftsman om'ht to know, it is the tool that lie has to use in the course ot his ordinary occupation. The principal instrument which it is the business <>f tin lion ble the Attor-ncv-(ieneral of this Colony to handle
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    Punjom.
    869 515 November jtli "Mi<M <rv and lit 1 1 Wool," i* iht i;i^t iA tin- recenl Meeting the Pnojom Cun). panv at Hongkong, ul which \vr published a report in ycslerdav issue. MUdimdion ■ad mill mi my men! was the burden of the t.ilk on thr part of the iJnei
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    SUPREME COURT.
    864 516 fuESDAY November 4m. i< s <v> Before Mr. Chief .lustier O'Malley. 1.0 JIN SIEW v. LO JJUI SIEW. This was an issue depending on Chinese marriage laws and customs. Mr. Bonser, with Messrs. Joaquim and Everard, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Davidson for the defendant. The facts
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    59 516 Some curious cocoanut trees are reported to be in Perek. There il a twin tree from one nut, leren-heided one. irom which however, three of the crowns have tallen there is also a double -headed one, which the Malays say was an augury that there would be two Sultans in
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      WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1980.
      1750 517 The I*. <>. mail steamer Mir 3a pore left Colombo 1 f I*, m. on Tuesday the J-Sth instant, and ma) be expected here on Pucsday in kt. In consequence 01 tin amount <>i serious rime in Ceylon, it is protwsed to enact aw ordinance restricting
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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1890.
    1287 518 J Ik project ol a foot-ball match at night on 1 1 1 Esplanade, by the aid ol artifi< ial light, ha> been abandoned. A meeting ol the Women s hristain fern pc ranee Union will be held to night (31st at the Methodisl Kpi>< ••}.,<!
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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1890.
    828 518 Hie homeward mail per S. S. Camorta, on 30th September via Negapatam Bombay \\a> delivered in London un the 27th in st. 1 lii Japanese men-of-war Kong and IJivt;. with the survivors of the Ertogroul on board, were to leave Hongkong on thf 25th inst., for
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    SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1890.
    140 519 The total Return iA Visitors lo the RaMc^ Library and Museum during Ihc v cek as i .04 1 lhe Taoglio Club M At Home" lasl night largely attended bj members and •jucst.s in fancy costumes. Fourteen Australian horses brought down by tlit: Sal ad in
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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1890.
    1260 519 H. M. S. Firebrands m to whose wlier< -iboutb some uncertainty bad been It It, b*fl put into Weochow. Before Mr. Wuodward this morning some 30 gaml>!< arrested in Rochore, Manila Street, Duxton Road, and Kampong Bahru, were sentenced to the usual fines, Sergt. Spinks prosecuting.
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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1890.
    579 520 Mr. McDonald I amcron p. has retun ed from Deli via Penang << ipanied by }>\\ Lincoln, the populai Vmcricar humorist, who has revisited Hongkong on his way back from Japan, will -how Singapore on h^ way to India. Hongkong is aching with laughter The A.
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    PERAK NEWS.
    138 520 Leave. —Mr. J. F. Andrews, [.and Office, six months .Mr. 11. F. White. Gopcng, Kinta, three months, from Dec. 14. Dismissal. Mr. T. Wallace, temporarily employed in the Chinese Protectorate, Taiping. Alter January 1, i< s <»i. t iu* Government proposes to enforce the colle< tion <>t export
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    MUNCIPAL COMMISSON.
    1051 520 Special Meeting Monday Nov. 3rd, Present, Mr, Gentle (President' apt ameron. Messrs Soli^t. Eng Keng, Jiak Kirn, Beng Shelford, Cuthbertson. Lists 01 V*o pi '< v Mr. Shelford put bis question, ol which notio had been given, whet her the list "t persons qualified to vote for the
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    The Derating Society.
    106 521 The Singapore Parliamentary Debating Society met la*st night, ,ii>uut 2u being present. In the absence of Mr. "Knight (Speaker) Mr. Shearwuod presided. The House at once went into Commit* tee to discuss the standing orders. The improvements recommended by the special committee appointed t" revise the standing
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    Proposed Marine Club Building.
    171 521 A meeting is to be lnlcF at the Kngi-. neer's Association this evening to consider the reply of H. K. the Acting Governor with regard to the application for a site. It will be remembered that a committee was formed in April to enquire into the
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    FIRE IN BEACH ROAD.
    437 521 About 5.30 last night, fire broke out in a Urge compound house in Beach-road, midway between Rocbore-road and "Middleroad, owned by the "Portuguese Mission trustees. The house vas one of the oldest Kuropean houses in what was in years gone by the residential quarter of the
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    OUR LOCAL PALAVER.
    458 521 FRAGMENTARY NOTES BY« A NEW AND UNOFFICIOUS M.L.C. Monday, October 27. With tremendous expenditure of energy, cumbrous Supply Bill was moved into Committee. Dan el Webster pounced on it, and like hungry vulture* on carcase drew out of entrails a grievance Poor Judas Visions of workhouses and
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    MALACCA.
    280 521 Frmttt nur 9wn Correspondent.) ihi M<»;ii,i\ <i Uii d tign »i v^ brought into town tr«»m near Ayer I'anaA protuberance/>f the skin |>r«>\ <1 con tain an elongated bullrl m slug with which the anim*l had been wounded on -«>m«- j»r< ion- occasion, and. on another part •<! in**
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    Eastern Companies.
    804 521 The ihares ot the Pahang Corporation hav< continued t«> dwindle in price, .md llicy have been .1 good deal offered ol late b) speculators Beat telling and sinister rumour* have been the order of tlie day.* An Eastern iharcholdef irritca to a Pnandal contemporary on the matter \o
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    Women and Girls' Protection.
    349 522 Ordinance. A paper on this subject has been laid before the Council it contains a despatch from the Protector of Chinese, and the minutes of a meeting o! the Poll Leung Kuk Society. The former calls attention to the fact that Part II of the Ordinance
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    Bentong Straits Tin co. (Limited).
    1279 522 Ihe third ordinary annual general meeting ol this company was htld on the 31 d (M. at Winchester Huuse Mr. A. R. J.tm- m the chair. The Chairman s.-.id After our last yearly me< ting we had various interviews with Mr. Bechef f •with a
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    Courts in Perak.
    630 522 Order in Council No. m ol iB<jo defines Ihe classes, powers and functions of Court* in Perak. The Government means "the British Resident, acting by and with the authority and consent of 11. 11. the Sultan." In cases where* assessors aid the Court, their opinions are to
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    Genesis of the Waltz.
    812 523 Ihe genuine "round dance, to use (Jm term al least in it> modern signification, had no existence till fifty or sixty *y** n ago. The "found dance" of the Greeks ami ot the Middle Ages was ■imply a ring-dance,* and not by any mcam an appioach
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    The Labour Commission.
    295 523 A Practical Illustration ol the Kvidcnce. A case came before Mr. Hare yesterday afternoon* which explains ihc statements of the depot-keepers that coolh < hoosj where they wish to go," "go w4iere thej like" that many choose to go to I >« -li. whii 1) is most
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    Johore.
    259 523 ront ou tpondtnt, Johorc, 29th (h t. Telegram jasl receit < d from 11. 11. the Sultan, dated from I melon, informs us tli i f hin *'»n ImO l£brahim and Ungku Omar are leaving «*i on< c I >r the Strail and ilirei ting Ungku dayman Resident o!
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    Java News.
    724 523 .\i i! i; v a plain M ryer, Milil iry < ymmaii I* > ;n .Scu'i. with a panj i>f infantry, fww destroy cd the trenches and earthworks situated five hundred metrrs from uui fortification f rom ou I and behind which the Ichinesic were flniijj <1 .Hid
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    Jelebu Mining and Trading Co. Ltd.
    2080 524 The Second ordinary general meeting of the above Company was held at the K\change Rooms at noon to-day (30th). The following is the report from Jan. joth to July 1 7th, the first six months of the Chinese year When the books were closed
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    Mail News and Notes.
    1247 525 Ih< correspondence in connection with MajorGeneral Edwtftb 1 report on the miiil.ii forces of Australasia has just been HMied M a Blue-book. Australia will read with rdSd tl»at in the Opinion of the experts who formed the Defence Committee ■he is not liable to a^n-sion. History,
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    PUNJOM MINING CO, LTD.
    1701 525 The report presented to the itiareholder* at tilt fifth ordinary yearly meeting held at Hongkong, Oil the -'7th in.s». M is .is follows The Directors have now the pleasure to l.ty before you the accounts for the half year ending 31st March, from with it will
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    H.M.S. FIREBAND OVERDUE.
    425 526 I he lima Mail ol the 24th inst., says —"11. M.5. Firebrand being twenty-two days out from Hongkong lor Shanghai, some an iety is lelt as to her safety, in view of the heavy gales that have prevailed in the North. The Red pole and Rattier !<•!{
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    SUPREMIE COURT.
    243 526 v. SIAK riN EN LANDBOUW MY. lx!( rr the Chief Justice yesterday a summons was brought against the above* named company, domiciled in Dutch territory, for money due. Fhe manager being in Singapore at present, it was sought to make this ground for giving the Court jurisdiction. Mr.
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    Loss of the British Ship "Lizzie c. Troop."
    345 526 I lie survivor* ol tin- British ship Lizzie Troof, wliu arrived at Kobe on the iMli iii-t. per steamer Mutsumayu were interviewed I>\ the Ktbe Herald rcpreseotativt and gave the following account <>t the catastrophe )n the 22nd September, .it m., .ill
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1674 527 THURSDAY v OCTOBER iV> I'ki *f v r H. E.the Acting Governor, Sir Frederick Dickson, K. M.G Tlm Hon. fh« Acting Colonial Secretan P Talbot ♦hr Atturiitv-( icin t.i! Bonser theColonial Treasurer K. K. Isemonger). Amli'nr Ctt-iit'i I T Tr< a > Acting C >UI Kjig iKt-i C
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    Reported Loss of Two Chinese Men-or-War.
    203 527 Reported Loss of Two Chinese Men-or-War. him s\\ m "i 1i« kkn \»*r« M mi u».> v i» ro 11 drou m.i>. I longkong paw is re. ru. d an noun, c the pnvah to col tcrribli w- iitbei in th« North China and fapan >• .i> I'lie \i)>^ id
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    The Sunday Harbour Labour Question.
    319 528 i China Mail Ihe Committee ol the hambci oi < otnmercu have, we heir, come t*» .< <i< > ision or the question of the prohibition <>t Sunday labour in the harboui with regard u< which they recently received a deputation from the British Mer<
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    Gould in the Malay Peninsula.
    578 528 I• 01 some years now we have been hearing i>l various fiiul^ oi alluvial in- reefs fiom rariom spots in the Malay Peninsula. < >iv: or two companies were formed such a> the .Mount ophii Company founded »>n uh.it was hinted, rather than stated* that
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    LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    314 528 I li<' following arc the handicaps and entries m llu- various events, which begin on Monday next SIN'GLI 1 I \\Mi< \l\ Mrs. Kdwardcs, owe \o\ Mt>. Sal/mann, scr. Mrs. MiHar, rec. il5 Mrs. Hill, rec. J 15; Mis> Derrick and Miss Wisharl rec. 15; Miss 1..
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    OUR LOCAL PALAVER.
    563 528 I\< \i.\\i. I \k\ NOTES I'^ \l.\\ \\l> i NOFFICIOI S \1.1..» Thursday Oct. jo. At meeting to-day, manifest Judas had something on his mind, bidgetted uneasily in seal lingered collarMm! at l»;tt k (it neck wiprd perspiring brow uuli |x>< ket-handkerchiel and looked .ti l In-
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    Late Telegrams.
    176 528 {Rangoon Times,) London, jjrd October.— The report which has lately been current that the Gflenadiei Guards at I m i Miucj.i u« i< in In- relieved once i> without tuiimlitioii. \li Roby's Victory at Eckles i attributed to Mi i the eight hour* bill and ihui •ecuring the
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      The Straits cricket Team.
      712 529 I i) THE KDITUR. Sir, The question oi the composition of the Straits team lUr the Christmas matches must be engaging the attention of many who. il nol crirk'-ter* themselves, are keenly interested in th« ganu*. Ihe Committee will not, I presume, have much difficulty in
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    The Russian consul for singapore.
    308 529 li is a sign ol the advam ing interests oi Russia in bastern seas that for the first time the Russian Imperial Government has placed the discharge ol the Consular 1 unction at Singapore in the hands of a special official, whose whole time will
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    SINGAPROE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.
    238 529 lours Order*. Orders by Capt. R. Duninan, Vctg. Cowmandanl S. A. SiugG port t Ist Sortntocr, food. I. Phc Corps will into Camp ;it Tanjong Katong from Wednesday, the $th until Tuesday, the nth. 11. The detail of drills during m Camp will be published hereafter and
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    Police Temperance Union.
    105 529 v sterdav h*»n"r tJ >»- vecond -«nniversa r Ik form ili t li '"■■<• I emp< ram Union, and also the dai t»l the ordinary quarterly meeting, rno»t successful tea meeting and social j»athcri j was liHd in the Sailors*' Rest. Major \Vat4on X presided, and among
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    Singapore Rowing Club.
    60 529 .V a committee meeting, held last night, it was decided to hold the next Regatta in the first week of December, so that it will not interfere with the cricket week, when thr visiting teams will monopolise attention. Ihe Challenge Cup contest between tli. t-.urs oi Mr.
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    Thursday's Rehearsal of how to Defend Singapore.
    1511 529 I'm nothing ol a Soldier -only what might be called a blooming civilian— but hoping that any- "gup," a« the) call it, that I may have picked up in a way will not be i'» f > severely criticised by your military reader*,
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    Letters on leave. 1
    3194 530 Letters on leave. 1 ]n i.im 1 1 nw 1 John Mi Hail. is?si (Kumharsen) P. N. 1. 1 Hakaii via < \ssani' Deal Old* Man, Voui handwritii is worse* than hui as fai as I lan •< amonj* ihe loops ami hsh- hooks, you are lones>ome and w.int lo
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    Singapore Rowing Club.
    222 531 1 1 1( ,ut iv lists for the Regatta are no* ii, i; ,,,t'-l)uu- the date For < losing nol C j i n g ,n fixed by the Committ< Ihe <\ in- "!< M* S ulis three-quarter ol a mile handk a>|i and SlOgk Si ulls,
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    The Labour Commission.
    604 531 Si\ili Meeting, hriday <><t<>U;i, ;,i-.t. I'tt-ctii .ij)t. ameron, Mi. Swcttenhatiii t r Powell. Mi. K. Romenij, vi Mansfteld .mi) < umpany, said be had charge of the coolie busttw Sumatra and liorncu. Formerly impotted d\n,\ without brokers, but had to give it 'i|«. Lowkefo mosily for Borneo,
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    GIFT TO ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.
    763 532 ro-morruw. November i>{. the firm ol Bcln), Meyer Co. completes its fiftieth ypar in Singapore. During many years' residence here, it wa^ the custom of the senior partner, M r. Arnold Otto Meyer, regularly to avail himself of the services of the Cathedral Church oi
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    Singapore Rifle Association.
    591 532 The second stage of the S. R. A. Challenge Cup Competition was fired on Saturday aliernoon. tin* distances being Son yards and (>oo yards; seven shots at each. < hilv six turned up on Saturday for the longer ranges Maw. who had finished the first stage with
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    Penang News.
    164 532 [Gaztttty Oct. 31st). Mr. Luue \lontmorency was brought up before .1 court o! two magistrates charged with theft. Mr. fairer* Baynes on behalf of the prisoner applied for another week's remand owing to the illness of one ol the witnesses for the defence, which w.^ granted* As there
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    Correspondence.
    210 532 Street Rowdyism. To rm. Editor. Sir.- —Allow me t<; insert the following paragraph in your paper: I am .1 resident in Amov Street. About 0 I*. M. last night, a number ol SamsengS were prowling about that street with the object ol attacking some one and this morning the
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    The Straits Cricket Team.
    461 532 Dear Sir,— -A» another lover of cricket I venture to suggest that as the choice of thr i..in lo represent ihe Straits in the Xmas Matches i> in tin: hands of a responsible and qualified body n<> j^ond end ran be attained by discussing the various
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    NOTES FROM THE LAT PAU.
    474 533 II ranslaied for the Singapore Free Press. Oct. 10.— The leading article advocates matrimony, and points out tin: evil consequences generally resulting from the keeping o( mistresses. In connection with the birthdat ol the hinesc Emperor, the Queen special!) ordered :i gold < U>< k
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    SUPREME COURT.
    938 533 Monday Novkmbkk ;kd, 1890 Before Mr. Chiel Justice < >\lallr\ 14 ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. BARRELS <>l <,1 \T< >\\ 1)1. K 1.1 A motion came before the ourl tins morning intituled t% Phe Attorney-General versus Seven Barrels ol Gunpowder One Case ol Percussion ap>. and One. ase containing 10,000
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    THE PUNJOM MINING CO.
    3200 533 I li. iiiiii ordinal year!) I pit)-, w.iv held hi iH< < it) ll. ill. Hongk i 11s.27th <)i t. \li 1. I'm odic, pn ided. I (li linn in staid the dal I\ id. l tui-j I u -1- absent n Singupoi bu n.--ril I
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  • Corresponcence.
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      Promotion in the Civil Service.
      364 535 To the Editor. Dear Sir,— l trusl that Sir K. (i. C. Hamilton's article in the XlXtli Century on the Ruin of the (.i\il Service f< lias not escaped the attention ol the Powers thai be. Some ot it is very applicable to ilic Government
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    Raub.
    680 535 Mr, Ribbys upon for tlic fortnight ended let 55th w m)VX lo kin<l Kxtra< Is run thub Ravi Hot!.— No. J <ur»haH d\c driven T^ feet on a leader .iU.it -i.tlics ilntk. ihof good gold; fiwmdbtadi ilate, very hard, requiring laMtngi Have ittrted itopinj ovtr ihtba '<•.; this leader.
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    Gold Find at Ketchau.
    905 535 Mi. |oll) uf Pun join, ai rived hn n on Saturday b) the Glanggi, bringing with him a fern specimens from .1 whu li ban been i pme upon on th< < oursc o( the explorations going "ii one nl the workings nt Bukil Siam, on
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    The Labour Commission.
    958 536 October, 28th 1 Mk. Hoti oway'sj Etidi k< uniiuedj. Witness* would supply the Comn ission w.th particulars of the traffic in coolies under the agreement system. As to free labour, it was a somewhat percarious system. They were liabe to charged with unlicensed recruiting, .1- they did
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    Fourth Day, Wednesday Oct. 29.
    1739 536 I In- otntmssion, reopened this morning at It, wlili) ihere were present (."apt. Cameron, Mr, Swettenham, Mr. Hill, and Mr. Powell. Tin Kia Hi, depot keeper, chop Yong Siang Mm. stated that he had Wept hi- depot five years. He tools sinkehi and lowkehs all
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    ANALABOE.
    560 537 'From a Correspondent.' Daring Robbery Frustrate .---'I hreeda after the death of Rajah Kudji Maosu, as reported in a previous Issue, three natives left the village of Analaboc early in the afternoon to go to a «:ocoanut plantation about half a mile away. It seems that they had not
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    Eastern Companies.
    149 537 [By the Mail,' liifj Vm\s Kevuc ticonumi>;i<e state- that General fcheng Ki-tuii^ hai received orden from tli.- Clitnese Governineiii Ui place a luan > f. 250,000*000 on the Tfertt maikel. We hear no confirmation of this, and <Ju nut cruht the report' The fta Kxplocatioa Company (limited) knnuunce
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    THE EVILS OF IMPOURE AIR.
    673 537 cuutfh, raid, pleurMy pneumonia, then fryer, wa ting. lix.norrhasi; from the lungl, mtfHsweats, poo?appet*< diarrh«a, <X the fr,t. and do» kB-lhe end That eoiwump. tion m^liou,, widespreaa, fata^ a .i«va.,c which suecps away sucn mulUtude tl.at about jnt en. of every live deatli* it due
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    178 537 For the Free Presi."\ Mr, Glawiwi Speech, London, J#th Oct.- -At Edinburgh, m bi* final speech, the Right Hon. 1.. Glail <U>\\r <ir^e<l strict economy au«i said 1 1 t th<: present outlay for both the Army Mid Navy exceeded the liftlitl of prudeiur and propriety. Mr. Gladstone
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      522 538 r'lUi; \'ftu Massacki London, joth Oct.— The force landed by Admiral Preemantle liaving captured Vitu has since burned it. Tur; King ov THE Netherlands. Owing to the continued srrious illness of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands the Chambers were last week summoned to consider what action should betaken.
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      651 538 Prom Klangv x lr. Robertson. I'row Malacca. .Mr. Howdi. y cr Ban Wkait Soon: fruin Messrs*. Reamlolph, Wiltun. de Almrida and RoaL Per Xttt/Jea from Calcutta vi;i port-, i Acheson and Mr. Amxnirer. Nov. 2: Per Polyhymnia: Irani Hongkong 1 Mr. Frey. Per .1. Aprur from Hongkong. Mt. Mrs. l:/ra.
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      675 538 Geneml and 30 Deck Pas.«>eii^;rs. MaiisAeld Co.-- R. Sappho. Brit. -tr.. jjo. Wahl, Klang, Oct. -k fin and ir; Deck Passengers, Str.iits s s' Co, Lid k. M\> Ir.oUfß, Dut. str.. 225, \ainln, Bstavia < >r;. 6, Cieneral, Lim Lan t S: Co. K. October jo, I miki.!. Mi it.
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    SHARE LIST, NOVEMBER 4th 1890.
    64 539 OiorAiiuN. C*. !M'"l' Sktiw Vatat Fi Dhr. Singapore SHp Co. J9" jS.i«iu io 3j%p*. Stmiu nn >!•* Co. ioivoiw ww i*» SSCtttfe. :r-^v" <; SS f*S* Pa,., ..and Co. g |U do DabMMWW* g.P'tifJw 50.50., n» l^M 10 SO t«,!<)1,. .<...f Stain. I -«J kVWO
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      585 539 M\ul»'-i)cn. Brit, sh., i.soo, MtLeud, Caidiff, July jo. Coal, Manstield& Co.- i. W'akaf \h, Brit, sclir., j«»2, Krwust. M.intoncf, Oct. 2s, Geiieral, Fog 1 «n.--K. .\'ovev:l>er J» Tamboka, Dut. -.tr., 850. Eilbracht, Batavia, Oct and 0; Deck Passengers. Boustead Co, I. P. I 1 tan, Brit, str., 1,528, Brown, Liverpool,
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      399 539 Ganymrde, Brit. >tr., Stnale, for Asaban and Deli. Safpho, Brit, str Wahl, for Malacca and Klan^;. PoTLE, Brit, str., Cooke, for Liverpool. N\m Ki\sr,, Brit, str., Wooldridgc, for Penantf Kanee, Brit, str., Fripp, for Brunei via port*. PbmaVO, Brit, str., Dunlop, for Cheribon and Samarang. November j, RiJAH Brookk, Sar.
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      428 539 VKSSELS LOADING. For London 1 Simvm (lev. l lH!!, n \\"u\ 6c o. Prix < n Oscar, Mtir ih., liMMtead k Co. r .\i Pewurscot, Am. bk., Uou:«tead& < For }f-i "ft lus Camelot, Brit, bk., McAli?«tei < For Hongkong Mvkii Bero, Ger. bk., R'berg Schmidt Ji SHIPPING IN PORT.
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  • Page 540 Advertisements
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      446 540 Compania General de TabacoS de Fjlipinas. (COMFAMI (iI.NKKXL.) Capital £3,000,000. Highest awards in the Melbourne and Ruis Kxhibitions 1889, for 11 La Flor Isabella" Cavites, Malabon, Meisic and PrincesM factories. The Straits Agency lias always in (I< k from the Company General, Incomparables, Imperial's, Reina Victoria, Vequeros, BreVas, ul»bri>, Kee.tlias,
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      460 540 G. R. LAMBERT Co., PH 0T()(, ft A PH E R S Orchard Road, No, §66. Photon IftUAL TO THE BKS>T HOMEWORK. The uell-knowv Oi-xl-Photos. Photos in on. and watkr-colours, The largest collection of IYfks AND VIEWS OF THE ARCHIPELAGO. Enlargements up to life size. Photos of houses, interiors etc.,
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      444 540 •f, M. LYON CO. Civm asm Mkchamk i. X itfßtSrt, IfiLLvrrtifrrs I WON MM'MtKKS \S\, C >»Mk.\( lOIIS AUIION BNOIIfB WORKS. BtACM K'»ai» OWCI *Nl> S.M.H-KuifM Hint StM'trt, near tht Geoersl F'o^t Orlice spKCiA^rriKs. Snidll St»Mnmrs and Launches, Elephant Land Boifen. Lyons V,iU nt Rir*- Mills Self-acting TspiocS Michin»»'v ColOflisJ
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      949 541 POWELL CO., AUCTIONEERS; SINGAPORE. PURMTURE, kc H-RNITCRB, v For Sale. Sal Avmfirahs. cc Chests. Bedsteads (iron). Jeheljjafes. Bep-room Suites. Japanese Screens. Book Cases. -amps.. DILI. I!\ Ml IAHI.r,). Kfi f .1 \f t-HAMBKR L I' PB''ARf' s M/t a* S P^L avil V"< r, rtTUtft c r vrK w xf-i
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