The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 12 May 1891
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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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Title Section18 1891-05-12 5 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. weekly^iviail" edition. KD SERI SS, TUESD&ti MAY 12th, 1891. No. .iol18 words
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Article261 1891-05-12 5 \rticli A k Railway >( 285 l ngV ng meute 286 R the Jcus 286 Lo< A etah at Large 287 Fhc P»»lice Court 257 289,202,297 red Mercantile Ban\ M 288 As ociation Football 288. Java News M 288 r. i:i» Newi 288 Tin- is. Medusa in Quarantine 289261 words
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Article34 1891-05-12 5 Bank 4 m s j^ Private credit* 6 m/s > ;f dnoimenta 6 m s 3 31 Un India. It I A "t 1 B ink demand i<>l 0 Sotbreioms, (to buy) f >-3534 words
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Article70 1891-05-12 5 1 5 33. 1 > M 6.2a do. uhti Su. 1 9*?5 do. No. 8. pptr, Black (ordinary S'porc) 11.75 W •< i Fair I. W 5% j 19.75 1 1- slO ilie I <_>*. .Kt.i 1 i)2. I |(>. y Colfi Bla< ks) js.^a pearl Kail qua! j70 words
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Domestic Occurrnces.
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Article34 1891-05-12 5 Qmthe Rlh May, 4fe wife of Walter J. Napier, Barroter-it-Law, of a son. difTlie 2nd April, at Pacl^the wife of ftarvey Calduott, 1\ \V. L)., Sungei Ujong, S. 5. •or a son. 134 words
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Obituary37 1891-05-12 5 At 76 Brass Basse Road on the 10th instant* C ll rlit 1 m a \V r r r. M G owans, *the beloved V*f c of Mr. J. F. Go wans, aged 36 years. pj37 words
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Article, Illustration432 1891-05-12 5 Here«hal! the Tress the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain; Here patriot Truth her glorioui precept* draw. Pigged to Religion. loyalty, and Law. (May 6th). In yet another* direction does railway enterprise, now appeag^o be engaging the attention of the peopje^**^ Bangkok, and432 words
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Article856 1891-05-12 5 (May 7th). ll is happily a rajv thing for a Colonial Governor who has earned for himself during his tenure of office the good will and appreciative esteem of the public of the Colony, to find that, on the brink of his departure, there has arisen between856 words
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Page 5 Advertisements
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Advertisement225 1891-05-12 5 Maruman Hotel. SAISEKI, SHIJIO, KYOTO. he above Hotel U now open for the accommodation of Foreign Visitors to Kyoto. The Propi it tur appeals to the Community and Visitors for a share of their patronage. NAKAGAWA KAMEJIRO, Kyoto, July i, IS9O. A Coffee Plantation I OI< SAf.K. situated at l.undu225 words
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Page 5 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous28 1891-05-12 5 Weather Report. [Ma) io.y 1 Kandanf Kerbau Hospital Observatory <> m. }p.M. 9 r. M., 29.995 MJS6 39.351 I I) 79^ |J ;u.o Ls Morning, and <! .v overcast, nurht28 words
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Miscellaneous272 1891-05-12 5 The Week. The mail is taken homeward by %c MjgU. s. s. Djcinrmh leaving here to-night. An extra mail ftfcm home was received on Saturday by the Germalf steamer Stuttgart. The next outward mail is due to.morrow per M. M. s. s. Oxus, Tl\£ Very Rev. Canon Pinto, on his272 words
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Article650 1891-05-12 6 RUSSIA AND THE J EWS. (May 9th) I.\ the papers received by to-day's German mail there appears sortie indication of the causes which have been leading up to the announcement in yesterday s tele-* gram, that concerning the Yelations be-*' twet n the Russian Government and the leading financial firm650 words
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Article2495 1891-05-12 6 Rudyard Kipling - Rudyard Kipling By Author of "Departmental Ditties," "Plain Tales from the Hills," &c &c (By Special Arrangement with the Author.) He rode to death across the moor Oh false to me a-id mine But the naked ghost came to my door And bade me tend the kine.2,495 words
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Page 6 Advertisements
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Advertisement225 1891-05-12 6 T«E PRYE RIVER DOCK, PENANG. The above Dock, situated in Province Welleslei at the entrance of the Prye River, has lately been lengthened and deepened and U now of the following- dimensions Length on the blocks 330 feet. I Breadth at entrance 50 Depth of water on sill at ordinary225 words
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Article571 1891-05-12 7 1 In- Ceylon Independent says that a son of Si: harlei Warren was a passenger by the Orm, which passed through Colombo last week. The V. s s Ravennm with the glish maili of the loth April was sig--1 led at 5 i>. m. yest< rday571 words
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Article196 1891-05-12 7 An extraordinary general meeting of thib company was held "on the 6th April at Winchester House, for the purpose of confirming resolutions pUStd at l previous meeting, having for their object the winding up of the company with the view <jt effecting an amalgamation with the PahangKibang196 words
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Article252 1891-05-12 7 A slight panic was created at Fillis' Circus fast night just hs the performance had closed. A young hunting eh etali from Africa, which had hern lied by a common cord to a stake behind tin- pavilion, had* it appears, been set loose l)v ome mischievously252 words
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Article817 1891-05-12 7 Lady Dementi Smith will not hold a reception at Government House on Thursday afternoon. We learn from the L. &r C. Express* that a pamphlet dealing with the progress and prospects of the kingdom of Siam has just been published by Captain A. J. Loftus, Hydrographer to the King of817 words
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Article798 1891-05-12 7 I lie London correspondent of the Birmingham Post writes I hear that the Admiralty has cfome to an important decision with regard to the manufacture of the engines for our ships of war. Hitherto this work has been generally entrusted to private firms; but the expedition798 words
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Article309 1891-05-12 7 A summons has been applied for and served on Capt. J. B. D'Padua, Commander of the s. s. Bengkalis, to answer, in Mr. Thornton's Court ort Saturday, the charge that on the 18th April in a collision which occurred off Tanjong Pagar between his steamer and a boat309 words
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Article691 1891-05-12 7 Ihe question* ol our resistance to the Military Exaction is i^>w filtering its way into some of the home papers. The Birmingham Daily Post, 10 its London correspondence column, has the followyig The House of Commons is soon likely to hear a great deal about the protest which is being691 words
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Article188 1891-05-12 8 The following is the rep rt of the Directors for the h-ilf yrar endH Dec 31st. The net profit for the haK-y ar, after providing for bad and doubtful debt-, amounts to £45. 4^4* is. Bd.. to which has to be add d £S°*S39* 3* l ItJ188 words
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Article440 1891-05-12 8 A \i ry last ;.iui inti renting match waH played last evening b< tween the S. C. G. and the Engineers on tic Esplanade. This was a n turn, and as the lirst game ended in a win for tin- Club the Engineers were keen to retrieve their440 words
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Article761 1891-05-12 8 A tatal accident occurred on Sunday, April 26th. t young men of Batavia went out wild-pig ting. They took up their appointed stations *-n the ground and afterwards one of them left his station end crept on his hands and knees after t\#> pigs which a native told761 words
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Article509 1891-05-12 8 {Thus*, 3 th March.) The telegram announcing that the King ot Siam has given a concession to an English merchant at Singapore to construct a railway from Singora to Saiburu and thence to the Kulen tin district in the southern portion ot the province of509 words
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Article668 1891-05-12 8 A telegram has been received from Manila an- nouncing that the traffic receipt! of the Manila <aihvay Company for the first loflitigt* 9 that the rst section of the line has been working amountm*to£rs per mil.: per week. This result from pa-sefij*er traffic only. The Singapore correspondent of the L668 words
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Article373 1891-05-12 8 (Pinang Gazette.) .Mr. A. \V. O'Sullivan is expected to return from his leave of absence by the mail to-morrow, and the same steamer, we understand, will take Mr. Brockman to Japan on leave. For insulting Doctor Eugene yon Krudy on the 14th of last month by calling him373 words
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Article811 1891-05-12 8 The Cricket Club Sports are Hv the 24th and 27th of Jane, entries to cl >se on the 20th. The Thoma^ina M Lcllan of Gl .pw, from Souraba) a to San Fra icisc >, w spoken on May 3rd Lat. i° I =j"s Long 108 0811 words
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Article95 1891-05-12 9 On the arrival of s. s. Mtduuk from Bangkok very early tfiistnorning the Captain reported ilu: d- ath of his Chief Officer, Mr J. Thorns >n, ofl cholera on board >es-v-it i I'M. whom he buried at sea >horily af erw rds. The ve -<-l95 words
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Article284 1891-05-12 9 icti in t!i<- Se< >nd Magisinclu hal i !hi i Mi Choon ho w .is ntenced to t <■ onths 1 1 :i> imprisonment ing theft .;s mt\ .i I Mr < i A I in c!of s }_>, and to find se< o foi good behaviour on284 words
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Article457 1891-05-12 9 Between eleven and twelve o'clock last night the extensive engineering works ol Messrs. .1. \V. Lyon Co. took fire by an accident lor which a Malay taraby is held responsible. Prom hjs statement it would seem that he was asleep on the premises last night with another457 words
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Article173 1891-05-12 9 Further evidence has been taken in the above case with the assistance of a more competent interpreter than on the lir^t day o( th< trial. Mr. Emil Optcr, the first witness examined after I)<- Yak.-, corroborated the latter, as also did tu;> other witnesses, A. Launay173 words
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Article388 1891-05-12 9 <By the Mail.) i rhe prospectus is issued of thi National Bank •f China (Limited), with a capital of £1,000,000, in 99,925 ordinary shares of £io each and 750 bonders 1 shares of £1 each. The first issue comprises 49,915 ordinary shares issued at a premium of 10s.388 words
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Article475 1891-05-12 9 {Btmgkoi Paper,.) Water everywhere, but never a drop to drink, might at the present moment be applied to Bangkok. Long. before the water boats arrive at their stations crowds of the population are eagerly awaiting their coming and the boats arc swiftly emptied of their precious cargoes. Ihe475 words
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Article989 1891-05-12 9 •The Wry Reverend Canon Pinto, Vicar of St. Joseph's Church, Singapore, is proceeding to Cio;i on a year's leave. The various members of the Church here and in M..!.tcVa desired to mark their sense of ilu-Tr Pastor's work here and took an < pportunity* last989 words
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762 1891-05-12 9 Though th^ public of Singapore i- fa mi-, liar with circus entertainments it hanever yet had the opportunity of seeing an t-Dtertainm nt of that description on st> ;<* a scale or so well found in every d< |j irtment of equestrian and acrobatic taleni762 words
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Article780 1891-05-12 9 Ceylou Observer. l"i ••in a very interesting 1. tier from I).-. Trimen in iiM\n- to questions of ours regarding trees -in 1 <'■'■ r Ceylon, we venture to quote som« P.-^--x: ;iit l "imiry of Java was thus the sanatorium ol Sind.njjUia at about 3,500ft., and780 words
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Article130 1891-05-12 10 The return match between* the Garrison and S.C.C. will take place on Thu/sday the 7 1 h inst.. at 5.30 P.M. The Managers ot the match ask us to sa\ that spectators are kindly requested to keep clear of the touch lines, especially the goal lines. It130 words
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Article235 1891-05-12 10 Where monotony in Ihc menu seems to be here in Singapore the motto of pub lie caterers and private cooks if they are left to their own devices, perhaps one or more of the following methods of using the < banana or* pisang may be though worth tiyidg by seme235 words
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Article932 1891-05-12 10 Your correspondent P. L would have a Habitation of the Primrose League opened in Singapore, .to muster knights and dames jo protect the British Empire against threatened calamities. Rut why <Tid the vision of Mrs. Partington's mop cross our miitd as we read his letter? The932 words
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880 1891-05-12 10 THE PROSPECTS OF THE PUNJOM M I N ES. The following, being the subtance of recent reports from the mines, has be^n forwarded to the Hongkong pipers by the Secretary of the Punjom Mining Company The latest advices from the mines report that the pumps, engine and whet I lifts880 words
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Article383 1891-05-12 10 The first Musical Evening of the Sing. apore Philharmonic Society will take t>lace on the evening of Monday the 25th inst. The Honorary Secretary will issue cards to the members in a day or. two. Mr. Hogge, the Superintendent of Policein Penang, has gone into the383 words
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Article941 1891-05-12 10 M. Dujardin-Beaumetz h.is just made his annual report on hydrophobia in Paris to the Council of Hygiene. It is an admirable tribute to the sen rendered bv the Pssteur Institute, whil< .it the same time it proves the efficiency ot the preventive measures annually taken by the941 words
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Article490 1891-05-12 11 esterday's afternoon performance was witnessed by a comparatively small audience, but what with a change of programme and successful electric lighting, last night's entertainment \\;as given in excellent style before a well-filled bouse. The electric lighting apparatus had been thoroughly overhauled and the fault of previous nights490 words
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Article260 1891-05-12 11 Tlio twelfth •>{ these lectures was delivered in ihe Presbyterian Church last night by the Rev. G. M. Reith, the subject ing i mag and the II -ly !<•■;. i.n Empire in tii<; Ei »1 th Century. Ti.»* !<•< turer s<i i this h«*g«yi a i260 words
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Article679 1891-05-12 11 THE SUGGESTED COLONIAL COUN CIL. 'London ("on". Ctflotl Observer.) here must be some reason operating to account for the delay on the part of Sir John Pope Hen- nessy in bringing forward his motion on Colonial subjects which embraces a proposal for the forma- tion of a Colonial Council to679 words
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Article2664 1891-05-12 11 T IU M A N. By a Resident) GENERAL. Human is an isl;»nrl about 120 miles from Singapore on the East Coast of the Malay Peninsula, 14 hours' steaming from here by the Perse, the Government subsidized steamer to Pahansj during th^ North East monsoon. The mainland at Rumpirt lies2,664 words
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Article71 1891-05-12 12 lln fire t 1 uesda) is nol to be allow* d l interfen g with work at Messrs. I. M. Lyon&Co. Arrangements ar<> being 1 made to carr^ on work in a few days and telephonic tnunication has already been establish* i his latter ivas a -mart" piece of work71 words
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Article63 1891-05-12 12 i iy for rto i \n( lai the Ho iT S1 thai j8 V i tcs wen record^ W*. H pel Ol th< e i!,,,Ul I" aiding on,-. I i. Asu voi s is duU Messrs. A. M. Wood, Firmstone, and Robertson, will be included in the S.63 words
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Article1265 1891-05-12 12 The following- thrilling description is from Mr. Rudyard Kipling's admirably told and cleverly conceived ttorv The light that Failed,' originally published r> Lippimcott's limgaain* for January. Ihe scene h on the banks of the Nile on 'he way to Khartoum. Dick Holder is an artist,1,265 words
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Article220 1891-05-12 12 Beiore Mr. Thornton to-day Tan Chye Seng of 4, Crawford Street, appeared in response to a summons taken out at the instance of the Municipality on a complaint of selling pork within fifty yards of the Rbchore AJarket, thereby contravening sec. 190 of Ordinance IX of 1887. The220 words
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Article295 1891-05-12 12 This paragraph from th<^ mail papers gives some idea of how desperately the naval fighting on the Chilian Coast is being waged. It also corroborates our surmise that it was by torpedo boats in the possession of the Government that the Blanco Encalada and subsequently the Iluascar weft destroyed. The295 words
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Article412 1891-05-12 12 A document signed by the Minister for War, Marino, Commerce, and Industry andthe Colonies has lately been published in Paris, giving the proposed organisation of the colonial army, whose duties will be the defence of the French colonies and of the^countries under French protectorate. with the412 words
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Article921 1891-05-12 12 (Via Ceylon.) London, April 24. —In the House of Lords last night, Lord Salisbury, in reply to a question, said that orders had been sent from the Gov fitment at Lisbon to the Portuguese authorities in South Kast Africa which would secure the rcmoVi! of all pposition to921 words
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Article239 1891-05-12 13 FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1 89 1 Mr. Justice Goldncy returned from M 1 'his morning l>\ the Sea ttclle. The s 1 :![uira brought i(> prisoners (1 I m trning, for the Singaapore Jail, in ha ge «.f a S rg< ant and ei- 1 Phe Hon'ble Major McCallum is239 words
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Article410 1891-05-12 13 i vate teli gram which reach* d s this mori Ing w learn thai II E. 1 Hongkong, Lady des \< •left I jkong for Jap m i) Th •y .t couple of we* ks in 1 t inue the journey via Pacific 1 y410 words
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Article635 1891-05-12 13 Tut Cmßdi Stkekt HoMlCinc. The Chinese detective, Tan Tek Guan, ot the local Force, who has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murriet with reference lo the dearth of the Chinawoman Ong Guatat 29. Church Street, on April 7. was place<j before Mr Anthonisi yei 1635 words
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Article247 1891-05-12 13 Tfcpugh not (|«iite so target) attended as on previous o casions. last night's performance, a repetition of \Y< dncsda) > programme, w;i> much appreciated. It'w.is apparent thai the actors had the dampn «ss of the ev< ning to contend against, the surface i>f the ring being somewhai heavy247 words
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Article828 1891-05-12 13 1 he present, says a wi iter in the San Francisco Chronicle, is manifestly the age of J airct. Siories. sketches and poems a'tempt to re o rod ic« se ti<>nal linguistic, peculiar ititts, in 1 to --how ti. .t variety in speech as well828 words
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Article195 1891-05-12 13 The poll for tie ele< tion of a member of the Mun'.cij^il Commission IW. Tanglin Ward, in fli place of the Hon'blc T. Shelford, was open from io a m. till }<>. p in. to-day. The only gentleman nominated was Mr. W. K Hooper, and there was fiol195 words
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Article132 1891-05-12 13 Mr. J. Da vies, pilot, the owner and master of the steam-launch Gicnrosa, l»a^ obtained a warrant ol urrest against tin. < gine< r ot his boat with refusing duty. he information laid against him is that yesterday h<* left th< engine boiler i:i a -talc that would ha\ au132 words
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Article1367 1891-05-12 13 Sin(,\p)kk Cricket Clvm me Garrison. There have b<-eu bo many Association matches lately, and some gn<.d ones too, 'li.it one inighi well be excused •'< r longing to see ont e m >re a Ru match in*tead of the politer game* And there lias not been a1,367 words
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Correspondence.
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Article559 1891-05-12 14 17 I «> mi FIM lOK SIR, In yesU relay's issue of your COOtemporary there was published a letter on the subject of jinrickshas signed by "A Chinese Ratepayer/ 1 'Pie writer all through hisletter is careful to use the term rick-*ha-nVn" and it is impossible to discover559 words
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Article834 1891-05-12 14 \lrom our ouu Correspondent.} I h«> postponed assizes were opened before Mr. Justice Goldney on Tuesday- Mr. Nanson was acting for the Attorney-Gen-eral. Dolah Moalaf was charged with (i) culpable homicide not amounting to murder and (j) voluntarily causing grievous hurt. This was the case at Durian Daun where834 words
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Article2003 1891-05-12 14 Camp Pi!- I, 25th April.— General Graham ami st.'Ht arriveahere t. >-day. On their ar ival, informaiion was received that a thousand Manipuris had entrenched themselves about fivt milts off. 1 ln:ndred 2-_Lth Gurkhas, one hundred, 12th Burma, and 2 guns were despatched to attack the position. The2,003 words
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Article521 1891-05-12 15 I Tinting Gazette.) pecial it meeting of the chamber ol < omtnerce wal held y« iterday afternoon (6ih) f r In purpose bf nominating a member <»f the Legislative Council in place of Mr. J.Y. Kennedy, *'h< e term ot ufiue has expired. Mr I). Comrie,521 words
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Article323 1891-05-12 15 Thi German mail steamer Stuttgmri with E -lish mails Hated the 14th April, earl) this morning, and leaves for Sh n ii Hi f> p. m. to-day. She was expected j I iy evening. ihe Simmese gun-boat Coronation, 5 Com dr. Lingard, arrived from Bangkok this323 words
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Article126 1891-05-12 15 A Supplementary Budget for the Singapore Municipality if published. Certain cemeteries in fenang are de(la red closed. The reports of the President of the Singapore Municipality for January and April .ire published. Monday, tin 18th inst being Whil Monday will be observed as a Rank Holiday throughout the126 words
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Article234 1891-05-12 15 A I.Fs> I'.HO! R\Hil RBPORT. llit Local Secretary, <»t t!».- Raub Au>- tralian Syndicate, Ltd writ. > to ys as folI h< t jjlow in«4 telegram has be< n received from Mr^Bibby, Mining Manager, Raub:— Rough cleaning up of Battery yielded 403 ounces of amalgam, probable yield 170 ounces234 words
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Article519 1891-05-12 15 1 lie entries tor the Spring Meeting closer! at noon to-day, when the Committee met to opf-n the box. The events and entries are as follows Tuesday, igth May, iSgi. •i. —The Mxiden Pi atf. —Value s2so. A Race for maiden horses. Fir~t Class to carry 11519 words
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Article374 1891-05-12 15 •1.—The Roadsters 1 Hanpk m-.—Value $150. A Handicap for horses that have ru^Pin th«^ road- st-r-' race c»n the first day. Distance, ij mile. Mr. (iilTard's .Orthes. Mr. Howden's .Actor ($300). Dr. Koehn's .Goodcnouigh iSy o-. Mr. G. Cumming's Mora (SJoo). Mr. Tuan Paddi 's Alsatian.374 words
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Article368 1891-05-12 15 *i. Ihi. i illoway's Handicap. Value Siso A Handicap for (Jalloways that have run at this meeting. Distance, R.C. Tuan Paddle's... Parncll. Mr. Bob Pattern's Dart Mr. Wa.rack's Nelson. Mr.Cattos Da.^v Dr. Koehn X' Mr. Von Hagen's Bend'or *2.—Thk Singapori Cup. V,i!uo $350. A Handicap for368 words
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Article286 1891-05-12 15 li *s mentioned in. a private communication from Southern India that Sequah, the American medicine man, who is reported to have performed some marvellous cures in India, will visit Singapo shortly tonhis return to Ametica via Yok Kama. 1 I he writer, however, dors noi iupear > i>. aware that286 words
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Article812 1891-05-12 16 The sew S. V. A. Drill Hull, on lhe, point of land between the ii* r and Fori Fullerton, and immed al *\y behind t uMaster Attendant's Office, is now b^uinnine io show res inblance to a building and a few particulars may be812 words
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Article329 1891-05-12 16 The annual inspection o( the Singapore •Volunteer Artillery will b< held this afternoon at Fort Passir Panjang. Cul. B rton Brown, C. K. A., will be the inserting officer. There will be gun-|>ra lice al a floating target. Ibe Coroner found a yerdicl ul death from natural causes" a tii.329 words
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Article299 1891-05-12 16 A wcll-tillcd house last night testified to the sterling merit o( this wonderful company, and the deserved encores tli.it tnveted (jnt* or two of the i ems and would have more, hut for the knowledge that a lone programme had heen arranged* must have been very gratifying.299 words
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Article2252 1891-05-12 16 Durban, (larch. -'5. Mr, Montagu Williams, j the manager of the Manica Ophir I onipanv, has nrrived h< iv after having explored a ne%» route to Manicaland b) ih<- Buzi river, vtluch lie claims t<» In- far superior to that l»v ilir Pungwe on many i grounds.* Renter,2,252 words
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Article640 1891-05-12 16 The Lyn< mx<; vr Xkw Ori bams. New Orleans, April 13. —The following 1- the confession of Manuel Politz, one of the 11 Italians win* were lynched. After making it, Politz, fr 1 dread of the vengeance of the Mafia, became almost insane. The confession, which was mule to the640 words
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Article361 1891-05-12 17 The s. s. Empress of India is expected lien on the 1 ;th inst. \\u 1 transport Canton passed tnr< Sing pore yesterday from Saigon to M with 191 officers and soldiers. In H < Road a beat constable found a hinaman, apparently a pauper, lying361 words
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Article610 1891-05-12 17 Ah Seng was placed before Mr. Haughton on Saturday on n charge of h i n^r in. l ilent possession of 30 cancHled ch, on the Chartered Bank of India, I i ".'I China, and with cheating «>n«» l[. .11 San Heng 31, Sago Street, of $3 ,bj610 words
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Article792 1891-05-12 17 Annual Inspection. Owing to various causes a convenient opportunity had not been found till last Saturday foe the* holding of the third annual inspection of the S. V. A. Corps. On the ii;^t occasion the Corps was inspected ;it Fort Pullerton by Major-Gen-eral Cameron, commanding Hongkong and792 words
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1148 1891-05-12 17 THE COLON IAL MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS. I ;.c London correspondent of the Ceylon 01 r, in Ins last letter shows, vnv clearh how anxious Lhe Home au liorities appear to be to k ■< .> tilings as <.jui< t as4H possible in connection with -tbf* above subject, ev« n, as regard*1,148 words
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Article2262 1891-05-12 17 The entries for the* Spring Race Meeting which dosed on Saturday art* in point of numbers! the besl I ran remember here, and as there arc a great many new horses enter- d o! whose form' nut much is known tht n* ought to be some2,262 words
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Article184 1891-05-12 18 We In ar from Colombo some interesting details concerning the steam -making quali* ties of Labifan Coal, a quantity of which was taken for trial by the French mail steamer Melbou> m\ the vessel by which Sir Frederick Weld went home. About the second or third day out184 words
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530 1891-05-12 18 A Bill, entitled an Ordinance to restrict the Loading and Unloading of Cargo on Sunday in certain waters of the Colony, was read a first time by Ibe Hongkong Legislative Council on the 30th April. The following are the clauses of the Hill 1. This530 words
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Article2161 1891-05-12 18 The lengthy report of the Commission now issued bristles with important and interesting matter. Fart I rl l'-als with Chinese immigration and consists <>f ten chapters treating of sinlcehs, credit ticket men and Laukhehs. The two final chapters are headed Minor Recommendations and Principal Recommendation-. A purtion2,161 words
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89 1891-05-12 18 The reclamations in progress at Hongkong amount to 2 1/ 5 miles. A Japanese naval officer from the Japanese cruiser Kongo has been fined 100 at Hongkong for having been detected in the act of sketching Belcher's Battery a portion of the Hongkong defence* The' fine was paid by the89 words
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Article246 1891-05-12 19 Th<- s(( Olid best house of the season witnessed Saturaay nights 1 performance}. To make room f(»r novelties it was found necessary to omit one »r tw tr> nlways favourite items, notably the performance nf the in !ti-scr|irnt. which caused s()m<- dtSappoint tnent* to those who had246 words
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Article385 1891-05-12 19 {\'ia Australia.) London, April 16. 1 hi- Pino, hound from Ncwtic to Valparaiso was run ashore by ordt r ot ihe (Julian Government to avoid capture b^ the msurjm nts. 1 owners claim comp nsation from the Government for tin- lom sustained. It i-385 words
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Article629 1891-05-12 19 N<» feverish slate is to In considered as beneath notice. Consumption hr-t begins with a shade ol increase in temperature, and the slightest lesion king harm n> the hotly increases the bodv*heat. !ln children, the t- mperaUire daits up on slightest pr< vocation, and it HI629 words
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Advertisement849 1891-05-12 19 NEW ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, LIMITED. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL £2,000,000. Paid up £609,000. Head Office, London, K.C. West End OrriCß, 2s Cockspur St. \V. London Bankers: Bank of Kni«land. Union Hank of London, Limited. Bank of Scotland. Branches. Australia, India, Ceyl n, China, Japan, Straits, Madagascar, Mauritius, SeychcUcs, Zanzibar, Aden, Paris, Edinburgh,849 words
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Article439 1891-05-12 20 Free Press. ONI INI N 1 RMI INGS. The ii! ial M. <+ ly 1< r "J r paradri on the Ci enl pass I •x> <*pt in Pi id Belgi iv con fl:< ts betweeb the troops peoyjfe toul< The Portuguese in East Africa. The Portuguese having439 words
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Article243 1891-05-12 20 Quotation. Cap. Pd. up Shares Value Pd. Div H konefc S'hai Hank. 235%P|«U1.. 7,500,0007,500,000 60,*****5 125 "'"rl>ock('„. 9,30 La* safe. ,58,900 258,900 2,589 100 100 9%' m I' ''J™* <■'•■• gM |*et.. 7 ,^oo .71,500 ..715 100 100 Pref ...pore Slip Co. 9m Sellers. ,00,000243 words
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Page 20 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous279 1891-05-12 20 Passengers Arrived. May ;> Per Gorgon: from Bangkok. Mr, Olton, Mrs. Troiseant and child. May 4 .-Per Ravenna *rom Lc-ndon. Mr. Montgomery and Mr. H. Thomson, From Venice.— Mr. Zeliotto Stligi. From Colombo.- -Mr. G.^V. Wester, Mr. and Mrs. Goonetilleko. May 5 Per Ravenna for Hongkong. Capt. \V. FawctlS, Dr.279 words
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Miscellaneous1009 1891-05-12 20 Per Malacca: from Pnt I )icUson.— Mr. McClayni 1 Pronn Mala. -Mr. and Mrs. Kodrignc Mr. Grno n, Mr W. h -stro.n, Mr. J. Holinvber* and Mr. B. W^terhout. Vet Stuttgart frurn not. Hr. A. van dor Palk, Mr il in. B4»llhor H-rm Meyer, Mr. l«r j V rsiitann. Air1,009 words
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Miscellaneous694 1891-05-12 20 Raj\h Brooke, Sar. str., 7^B, Joyce,' Sarawak, May 6, General and 74 Deck Passenu'ers, Li™ lin Co., for Sarawak, Uncertain. R. May 6. tURELIA, Ita!. Lk., 1,078, Domcniconi. Xevv York, Nov 28, v<>,42; cases Petroleum, Behr Co., for Liverpool, Uncertain. R. v*y 5. SPIN AWAY, Brit, bri^, S-'5. Garrick, Sourabaya,694 words
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Miscellaneous703 1891-05-12 20 Brand, Nor. str., Neiben, lor Amsterdam. Chow Phya, Brit, sir., Cockburne, for Mal.tr Hebe, Brit, str., Lowry, for Deli. Tannaimce, B»it. str., Schaw, for Madras. St. Hubert. Bi it. str., McPherson, f Calc 11 GWALIOR, Brit, str., Jeph On, for l^.in iy. Clyde, Brit, str., Paifiu, tor Bomba Japan, Brit,703 words
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