The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 20 March 1894
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Title Section18 1894-03-20 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY, MARCH 20th, 1894. No. 34718 words
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Article43 1894-03-20 1 (CORRKCTBU UP TO March IQ.) On London. Private crc%l»ts < i• i .1 s On India. On Howgron«. Os Java. Bank demand 1.22 Private t«» ti s 1.27 So'.EKkICiN.N, <r«i buvi "995 HanH <>f England Kate 2 f# M ff .I 1 /o43 words
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Domestic Occurcences.
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Article13 1894-03-20 1 On 14th inst., the wife of David Donaldson, < f a daughter (prematurely.)13 words
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Article27 1894-03-20 1 On the 17th of February, at the General Hospital, 1 alcutta, of fever, Robert Stewart Martin, late manager of the Lower Dan. ling Tradng C mpany.27 words
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Article, Illustration892 1894-03-20 1 !1 1 nil the Prr*" Peoi '.r''- rijj] r maintain. ia\ved by ii fluence and unbribed b% f pain; l!( re t.it r ot 'I ruth hrr plorions precepts i>;n\, PleHtred to !vr l ii>_ r :''>n. I.nvaltv. and i (March 13th.) r was hoped that892 words
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Article1124 1894-03-20 1 LITTLE time is being lost by lite new Rritish Premier in showing that he lias n »i only laken over the Gl tdstonia?i sign- hoard but he has acquired ti goilmpll an<J stock-in-trade, even to^the little "lodges I that may be s:\led tli<* Gladstoaian bag-of-tricks. >ne oi life most common1,124 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement225 1894-03-20 1 H rjuri Case, i^ Assizes 159.169,171 y a B krupl Kstate, 163 ket. rgiment K. ;70 11 c Mai •1 Asso ition,... 161 in >sion, 1' '4 Singapore < I. n Liqui- i s. li^ht M us»c, 1 59 »kiog ot Mutton, 1 St. Mall ew's I n !i, 16^,165225 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous579 1894-03-20 1 THE WEEK. 1 The next mail from Europe is expected j to arrive by the M. M. S. S. Yarra on the 28th inst.. with London dates to the 2nd j inst.. being followed by the l\ and O. S. S. j S ll rat on the 2nd prox., with579 words
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Article610 1894-03-20 2 (March 17th.) The Colonial Party in the House of Commons, is, if we mistake not, but the beginning of a powerful Parliamentary combination which will make it its business to act together on all Imperial questions. It »vas on its very lirst appearance that we saw how610 words
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Article279 1894-03-20 2 PITY the poor Anarchists. Some of them are actually being done to, by their own petards too, as they would do to others. Blowing up is a good game as long as the explosioni ts come off scot-free and so long as drath and mutilation falls279 words
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541 1894-03-20 2 Colonial Frozen Meat For The Indian Army. A London telegram dated Feb. i jth, sa\ s Mr. Robert Reid, the Victorian Miniver of Defence, dined last evening at the House of Commons with Mr. Arnold Morley, M.P., the British Postmaster-General, and Mr. H. Campbell-Han-ner-inan, M.P541 words
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Article176 1894-03-20 2 \W rf>r*t to hear I torn Si-lalt^or I hat the <ausr of \\\t- late Dr. \Y. M. Little's sudden death, on tht* i SUI inst., \>as poison, self-administered, it U believtd mill; ilie inteiuion of committing suicide. Dr. Little was in bad health for some time l»*-fore tins unfortunate «<i(air.176 words
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Article1228 1894-03-20 2 A correspondent of an Eastern paper gives these details of the situation, and the public suspicions aroused over the retirement or dismissal of the late cashier Mr May London, January 2^. Disquieting Ru noun; the City; The Bank of Kngland -U t -i W'ron^j 1 "A1,228 words
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Article81 1894-03-20 2 According tct a U|mh i*<t li a 1 »><■*»] in *>-!** m Mill Ii t'i »> ii i■lli- t\ i .wi •> milt -M-;i tw reiNttt i»fi>» t" tlw <«•-■»• llflt r\.niii!i,il!iin < i mv.iiU «*<*■ A— < i-1k mm r-nt to t!u- hrillatff -!ii< i>< re -li'I i' |<Miitd81 words
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Article1694 1894-03-20 3 The lad by the nam»» of Louis Morningstar, who is emulating ths Danish journalist VViren in going round the world on an empty pocket and a plethora ot assurance, reached Colombo on flit* Joth Feh by the Japan- Bombay mail steamer. He le.lt th^ samf nighi1,694 words
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Article480 1894-03-20 3 Experimental Cultivation in British To the Editor. Dear Sir, May I ask you to grant me a short space for a reply to the letters of The Correspondent in Sandakau of the London and China Express' contained in your weekly issue of February 13r.11 last. The long list of480 words
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Article285 1894-03-20 3 Play Together. Club." To THE I'm TOR. SiX, All those who watched the recent !<ugby football matches between the S.C.C and the Navy must have been struck by the want ol combination shown by our team. Though the play ol our forwards left much to Ik' <lr j >iu'<l in285 words
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Article111 1894-03-20 3 Two of the Chinese men-of-war, the flagship, Ting Yuen, and the Lai Yuen, left for Malacca and Penang this morning at six o'clock. At Penang the Admiral and officers v>ill be entertained in the Chinese Town Hall. A correspondent writes to a Rangoon paper I have travelled around the habitable111 words
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Article584 1894-03-20 3 A do at s I alp;. The abbattoirs are indeed j unifying themselves. As witness ihis brief but gruesome episode, it was Saturday morning, art'! the usual number ol animals, tin: harmless necessary ]>'\g predominating, were on hand at the Pulati Saigon Municipal butchering establishment in584 words
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Article310 1894-03-20 3 A Mr. Butler, the editor ot a reli^i u^ j>?.--1 per in Melbourne, woke up one tnurntug t 1 j find himself winner «>t the £30,0 -o priz-- \n j the Queensland Lottery. 1 f»e Evangelical l>ress is urging Mr. Butler 10 renounce the i prize and save his soul.310 words
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Article1083 1894-03-20 4 {Translated for the Free Press.) A fire occurred in Ihe suburb of Malate the other <Jay in the bouse of Senor Pozas, jt it was extinguished before very much damage had been done, by tin* timely arrival ol the Fire Brigade. The Railway Company has had to pay1,083 words
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Article961 1894-03-20 4 {Translated for the Free Press.) A Chinaman has appealed again t a sentence <>f two years' imprisonment and a line of grs. 5,000 passed by the Court of Fanjong Pinang for contravention of the opium laws in the Residency ot Riouw. It is r\jM < ted that before961 words
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Article554 1894-03-20 4 Iht* Secretary ol the Punjom Mining Compans*, Limited has received a teleg»am t) the effect that tli-* mill ran 23 tiavs during February, crushing Nu;> tons ol ore yielding j.04 ounces ol gold. The Hongkong Daily Press (6th inst.) s.n > We understand that a meeting of shareholders in554 words
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Article206 1894-03-20 4 uorrespomiem wrne^iome I mang (Jaeette The peiiih now besetting all stales pusses- d <,» and silver en rvmv prove th it we <r,<- not the only sufferers hoin the unprecedenud and excessive lowt-rino o ih*j v;«!ik.- < i silver, by leas n <-l which the *>uljordiiiale com h is now206 words
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Article251 1894-03-20 4 Mr. Henry Tate Rodger* was yesterday admitted to the Ftar of the Straits Settlej nunts. He joins Mr. S. R.(/room. I. b the Lfovernor is not expected '•><, v here so early as was at first ihoujjiit. understood that aft«r lits visit tn Perak.Si Charles Mitchell251 words
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Article37 1894-03-20 4 On and after tin- [sth in«it., rates 1 I'twtatr,- on letter* in fohore a.tid to the Straits Settlements and tie Protected Native Stales is to l><* raised from <<•:'• to 3 cents per half ounce.37 words
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Article107 1894-03-20 4 it has now been decided that 'lie cer<* rnony o( consecrating St. Matthew h Churcli, S?poy Lines, will lake place c»i Friday morning at -a. in. This <lt >im has been come t<» .it vnv sltnii no* ice, and all the arrangement t<»r thi> >» i\i« Itave107 words
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Article1789 1894-03-20 4 A correspondent ivtio lias huk h to <lo wiili shipping business «tL this port untt--to us, calling attention to th^ wr»- i rttittibei ol new liotiM' tl i^s and private signals nou in use l>v loc.(! steamers, as \\--ii a^. j, v others visiting or passing through1,789 words
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Article216 1894-03-20 5 nut; »<■>/' v.'ii Correspondent The month of February u;o as usual very dry in Malacca, only o s) ins-, ot rain being registered at the Town stations. The. monsoon, however, changed at the beginning ol March, and since then rain has fallen almost daily, very often being accompanied by216 words
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Correspondence.
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Article179 1894-03-20 5 Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, Hongkong, 27t.i1 February, 1894. I •> thp Editor. Dear Sik. I have mur!) pleasure, by direction of my Committee, in bringing to your notice the accompanying very comprehensive tables compiled by Mr. T. E. Sansom of the v bartered Bank of India,179 words
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357 1894-03-20 5 (Communicated Last night (13th) in the Marine Club was held a meeting of officers engaged in the mercantile marine service oi ships sailing fiom this port. Over l wo years ago an Association was formed, the Masters and Mates Association of the Straits Settlements, which did357 words
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Article280 1894-03-20 5 The fallowing telegram has been received from Rail* hv tin* local Secretary, the Khijl) Auvtt aSian Gold Mining L«»mijiinv, Ltd., >nii»a|»ore 1 2th March. 4 15 p. m. Rough cleaning up of Battery yielded *****. Amalgam, estimated quantity of stone crushel being 310 tens. Have gone through leaders280 words
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Article551 1894-03-20 5 It may l><* mention<<l that active slej»s are now being tak^n to prosecute Un diamond-getting industry in the wellknown diamanliferous district of Land ik in Dutch-Borneo. Mr. Kogers, an expert who ha* r«j:;i«* out on liehaU of tb« Landak Diamond Fields Limited) ha* now proceeded to Landak. accompanied551 words
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Article290 1894-03-20 5 (X.-C. Herald.) The proposal which the Shanghai branch <>t Lite China Association has put forward —to s.-nd a delegate i-r delegates' to Kngland w;m the object ot enlisting the attention of prominent politicians ami educating the public concerning tl, i ruinous future which confronts trade between290 words
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Article171 1894-03-20 5 j The trial of the 63 Chinese t»f [»lm-Lang-Thuong, principally traders. who were accused of harbouring or bffordiu > I shelter to the pirates <>f Cai-kinh, an Aso with furnishing them with suppli. arms and ammunition, which occupi* •<! *<*veti days iv the bearing, was conclude! before j the Court171 words
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Article926 1894-03-20 6 Commenting on an article in the Hongkong Daily Press on the development of North or Tropical Australia, the Brisbane Courier says that naturally its con'em|X>rary asserts that coloured labour is indispensable to that development, but the question of what European can or cannot tin i 1926 words
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Article25 1894-03-20 6 According to the Shenpao, a French syndicate is about to be Parted at Chungking as the pioneer of French trade in the province of Szechuan.25 words
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Article498 1894-03-20 6 In continuation of a previous letter quoted here on the question of the recent meeting of ihe Punjoin Company (on the subject of the adoption of a cyanide process for the treatment of tailings and concentrates, and a consequent call on the shares) two further letters appear498 words
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Article418 1894-03-20 6 i From a highly favourable review <«! > < i Pryer's recent b00k,./ Decade in Borneo, the tallowing interesting condensation ol the story ol the pioneer occupation <>i the I country is quoted After a succinct account ol Borneo in the eM days, Mrs. Pryer tells418 words
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Article107 1894-03-20 6 Ihe proposed construction of doublebulled ships has been still further elaborated by a Massachusetts de«<i^ner, the compartments, according to this plan, being so arranged as to insure, it is claimed, a mathematical certainty against sinking. Between the outer and inner shelis of the vessel U a series of longitudinal compartments,107 words
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219 1894-03-20 6 THE OPIUM COMMISSION— AND WHAT MAY FOLLOW. The evil that they do lives after THEM." Although it is to be assumed that, if they have any sense of the value of evidence, the faddist members of the Royal Opium Commission are going home with their tails between their legs, the219 words
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519 1894-03-20 6 MR. SANSOM AND THE BRITISH DOLLAR. (Hongkong Daily Press.) The advantages ot a British dollar, and the dangers of the present situation with regard lo our currency, are very clearly set out in Mr. Sansutn's letter published in our yesterday's issue. What would bd thought i;i England, and what would519 words
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Article295 1894-03-20 6 On a recent night (says the Japan Mail) when the moonlight had begun to r.iake shadows in one ot the geisha alleys of >himba*hi, a girl's voice was heard crying out excitedly, Look at the cat dancing There was an immediate clatter of pattens, and an audience of the fair295 words
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Article480 1894-03-20 6 {Telegrams in San Francisco papers.) London, February 6. Ttie publication of Ihe Government Hoard of Trade returns l«»r iBq} has produced a profound iinpf liion thr .turnout tlu* country and has deepened the *****111 caused tjv the present c<»mm« rcial depression. I lie total imports list year480 words
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Article735 1894-03-20 6 Abridged from the Brisbane Courier.) i lie proceeding's 01 me Opium < nftttvttKMon uhv be lies nt)»d as a (<*urney in search <>t tnit'i. Wlni" r any of the travellers will fiid whit they searching .r was at tv la«t d ite i«f inform Mi.ri, exiren Hy735 words
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Article461 1894-03-20 7 Mr. Walter Egerton has taken over the duties ol Honorary Secretary to the Ladies' Lawn Tennis Club. We hear that Mr. Litton, a Straits Civil Servi* <• (,»d. t studying at Canton, has been recent y dangerously ill with fever. He is now considerably recovered. 'I461 words
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Article331 1894-03-20 7 It is understood that the Lincolnshire Regiment will proceed from Singapore direct to England before the next trooping reason. It is now sixteen years since tie battalion came abroad, it having left England in 1878 to proceed to Malta. The F^t battalion relumed to England from Singapore in331 words
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619 1894-03-20 7 It had bf»en known here for some time that Col. Kr^ser, c.8., Director of FlagSignalting at Aldershot, had been one ol the most likely officers on the staff to be selected to succeed Sir Charles Warren i here, particularly as private information from England was619 words
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Article216 1894-03-20 7 A very heavy ga-le is reported as blovvinu from the N. K. in the China Sea at the prest-nt time, thick loggy weather and higli seas prevailing. A correspondent in a H\«>uo exchange de>c» ib« j s a vi>it lo the Shimabara (jui) to winess a mysterious tire that burns216 words
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Article687 1894-03-20 7 KUAN TAN DISTRICT, PAHANG. (From an Occasional Correspondent.) Sungei Lembing, March ist, 1894. People generally in the Strait* Settlements seem to take an interest in Pahang, and letters frequently appear giving an account of what goes on in Pekan, and Ulu Pahang But of Kuantan we rarely read anything; And687 words
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Article225 1894-03-20 7 I Reported Loss of Life. A sailing fatality is said lo have t;>k^» place vestrrday forenoon during thr s>cjuai* Iv weather ju-^i outside the h-üb->ur. il is reported that a large C hiuese sailing tt>no. i kan» left Singapo»e in t lie morning bound tor Bangkok with225 words
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1163 1894-03-20 7 (A. and Express.) It is now nine months since 'he deputation from the Straits Settlements Association waited on the Marquis of Ripon at the Colonial Office to again call attention to the grievances suffered by the colony in the matter of the onerous Milkary Contribution. At1,163 words
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Article5804 1894-03-20 8 An ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Muni- ipal Commission was held yesterday afternoon 14th) in the Board Rooms, Robinson Road, Mr. i ientle presiding. There were als > present the Hon'bfe T. Shelford, the Hon'ble A. L. Donaldson, Mr. Sohst. Mr. f. Fraser, Mr. W. Nanson, Mr. Wrav,5,804 words
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Article314 1894-03-20 9 Floating Rumours of Further DisI URB \.\v:k. .\!k. Clifford's Views, Fr«»np a generally well-informed source \r hear that, perhaps oiving to the slow i»rc*i»ress <»t the nt?jt»ot iations between Mr. litToni itn-1 ihe Pahano refugees in Kelintan con< ernin« surrender, some rumours have Hiisrn in I'.di.ir.^ to the rlict314 words
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Article36 1894-03-20 9 Ihe final match lor ihe Championship, Mrs. WalM! v. Mrs Lowli (Holder), which couW n»>t l>r* playrd yesterday on account ot the rain, will be nhved to-mor- I row Friday), weather permitting.36 words
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Article186 1894-03-20 9 THE P. O. s. s. ROME." I itli reference to the l\ &O. S s Rome being overdue at Aden from Bombay, rausing 11. M- S. Pigeon, tbc I*. vS: (J. s.s. Ganges an«l il»»- K. I. M. S s Elphinstone in go in search <>t her on the 2nd186 words
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1300 1894-03-20 9 The report presented to the Shareholders at the fourth annual meeting on Monday, the 26th February, 1 804, at London, is The net profit, after deducting all expenses at Head Office, Branches and Agencies, including interest on Fixed Deposits and other charges, amounts1,300 words
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Article285 1894-03-20 9 This morning the Bishop of the to Diocese consecrated the new church at Sepay Lines and dedicated it tor divine service and in honour of Saint Matthew. The preparations for the service had been somewhat hurried, owing to the Bishop having to leave this part of his285 words
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Article554 1894-03-20 9 Lady Mitchell will probably visit the Convent -at Penang during her stay there. A challenge has been sent by the Penang European Police to the Police in Singapore to a friendly rifle match to be fired during the Easter holidays. Each side to lire in their554 words
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235 1894-03-20 9 We regret to hear that a telegram has been received at the Colonial Secretariat announcing the sudden death, la*t night at Kuala. Lumpor, of Dr. Little of the Selangor Medical Servu c. The late Dr. W. Maxwell Little who was the second son <»t235 words
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Article3231 1894-03-20 10 The following is the Mining Manager's Repoit for the half year ending the 28th February, 1 894 In p'esenting to you this my second half yearly report (under the new Company) it affords me much pleasure to be able to congratulate the vharehold rs on this Company3,231 words
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Article80 1894-03-20 10 PA HANG. The Rumoured Disturbanxes. As Mr. Clifford's letter to Government was dated a,t Kuala Lipis on the yth inst., where h^ would have been in communication with Mr. Wise, Acting Superintendent of the Ulu, and as Mr. Clifford has not thought it worth while to telegraph at all either80 words
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Article490 1894-03-20 10 A correspondent in London writes under date February 1 6th, 1894 Yesterday Mr. Adamson and Mr. Gidland, severally Pre- sident ami Vice-President of the Straits i Association, had an inters irvv with the I Colonial Committee at the House of Commons with reference to the Military Exaction.490 words
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583 1894-03-20 10 The following is the seventh annual report and balance sheet for presentation to the shareholders at the ninth ordinary general meeting of the Company, to be held at the Company's Offices. Singapore on Thursday, the 22nd day ul March, 1804 at noon T(> THK583 words
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Article135 1894-03-20 10 Ihe H. K. A. <X: C. iVl< (<» s steamer Recorder Capt. BrervttMt, returned lo tlic Singapore m«i«ls vr>UT<l<v at 5 }<> p m haviii^ rom:;teic*d tin- repairs l« t!»t j Siii^ai-tn |).,i jo.v dn"it' ta!>k: in mc Sitij^aiiore Straits. A S|i!eitclid stKMiiH-n i»| h lij»r«*ss, ;«;|»iienilv in <ul), rauturtrd135 words
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Article747 1894-03-20 11 In Liquidation. A special general meeting of the shareholders of the Singapore Insurance Co., LH was held to-day at noon in lhe Company's office*, CoMyer Quay, Mr. F. Craig presiding. I litre were also present Mr. J. P. Joaquim and Mr. J. Fraser, liquidators, Mr. J.747 words
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Article418 1894-03-20 11 The British Resident in Perak has issued the following programme of H. E the Governor's tour in th^t State His Excellency the Governor and his Excellency Major-General Sir Charles Warren, g.c.m.g will arrive at Pant Buntar o.i the afternoon of the 91 h instant, and will418 words
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Article218 1894-03-20 11 The evil eye and other forms of witchcraft arc known to have a great terror fur savage races, including those ol New Guinea. Sir \V. Macgregor I i<i~. j'l^-t tli^at with ihe subject in a regulation which possesses a simplicity that is absolutely charming to tho«*e218 words
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Article310 1894-03-20 11 The Town Hal! is now being dismantled for repairs It is possible that these may occupy as much as three months. An eminent statistician estimates that during the course oi an ordinary life the average man will eat seven lour-horse wagon loads more toorl than is *>ood for The Indian310 words
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452 1894-03-20 11 THE OPIUM FIEND— A BLESSING IN DISGUISE. Oh, ye missioners of India, so zealously sincere, So intolerant in judgment beyond faith's narrow sphere, How sad a world it might be, did 30U but sway the throng, For strange beliefs you cherish, and you can't, of j course, be wrong. But452 words
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Article420 1894-03-20 11 Mrs. H art wig, the wife of Mr. Hartwig, the head of the firm of H^rtwi^ Co and one of the oldest residents in Singapore, died suddenly yesterday morning of heart disease and was buried yesterday evening. There was a larg<> attendance of friends at j the Cemetery. It is420 words
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Article2171 1894-03-20 11 The Sale of Mr. R. W. Maxwell's furniture and plants is arranged lor the 31st inst., so that it would appear as if the retirement of Mr. Maxwell was, as vie stated yesterday, imminent. Gang robberies are reported as having occurred at Sungei N-^or and Telag-t2,171 words
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Article208 1894-03-20 12 The Following holidays will be observed as Public Holidays during taster Good Friday, March 23rd. Saturday. M irch 24th. K.jst, r Monday, March 26th. A Court of Appeal will assemble at Pcnang on April 6th. Mr. A. 1. Bryant has been appointed a Magistrate ot the Settlement of208 words
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Article1050 1894-03-20 12 SELANGOR GOVERNMENT RAILWAY. Abstract of traffic earnings i>rthe month of I'cbruai 1 <Sti 4 Heads of Receipts c. Passengers 18,34 s 5> Season Pickets 161 i<> Horses, Carnage* an<l l).» i »s gO i<j I eleyrapli •llec'ions 1 Excess Fares o; Parcels 192 SKxctss Luggage 14 Special l'rains NiisceiiautrouS \j1,050 words
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Miscellaneous917 1894-03-20 12 TOPICS OF THE WEEK. Local Unionists seem disappointed that Lord Rosebery has not initiated a new policy when called to take the place of Mr Gladstone. They expected him to throw off j the mask at once and proclaim himself an Anti-Home-ruler. They thought there was something more than Mr.917 words
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Article151 1894-03-20 13 The mail steamer Thames left Prnang at 8 p.m. on Sunday, and is due at Silica- B It js <«\<\ tli^t the Russian Government has probibked the importation ol silver into Wladivosto< k. Lieut L Williams, Arm^Scrvice Corps at Pcnang, will proceed shortly to japan on151 words
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Article1379 1894-03-20 13 I he Secretary <>f the Puniom Mining Co. i.d. announces the receipt of a telegram from the Mines to \]\<- effect that paying i>re has been struck in the I Vial Shal t South, the lode being four feet wide and < >!'<>• more." Phe latest rumour from San1,379 words
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Article384 1894-03-20 13 In token of the great support rendered hy Mr. S. R. C;rr to the Singapore Sporting Club and to the Turf in the Colony, a valedictory dinner was given lo him l.y a f^w members of the Spotting Club, on Saturday last, at t!ie Singapore Club.384 words
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Article519 1894-03-20 13 'I lie report of I>r K«-rr for *****s published in tin- Government Gazette The total number of births registered in the year was 12,388, equivalent to tin- crude birth r.iie ol 23.46 (cr mille ol the population. I Ins is ri lower ratio than last \t-ar, which519 words
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562 1894-03-20 13 The I'.S.S. Marion, which left Yokohama on the yth till. f«»r San Francisco, returned to Yok >• i hama on the 2nd inst., after iiaviftg experien:"<* terrible weather, in which she sustained an acci dent to her i .oilers. From the details given i"562 words
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Article201 1894-03-20 13 (I ranslated tor the Free Press.) The following is the official account ol Hie taking of a stockade recently at lie* n Under dare March Sih, the Civil and Military Goverhor of Acheen telegr«j». i> After a proper reconnaissance on iiu rVt of March and the temporary occupation our201 words
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Article215 1894-03-20 13 In consequence of the heavy U; xi ■>■ in;nosed on Chinese hongs in Sh^om, to getht-r with vexatious regulations, th«* li;nese in Hongkong have agreed to boycott Saigon completely; and since th<- Chinese New Year, not a catty of native cargo nor a cash worth ot business has passed between215 words
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3268 1894-03-20 14 M*. W. Forsythe on his Recent Trip. In Ibc Ceylon Times of March Ist, Mr. \V. Forsythe, the well-known Ceylon planter, who returned to Colombo by the Malwa from the Straits on the 28th Feb., gives the following account of his doings with Mr.3,268 words
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Article252 1894-03-20 14 The Rrgimrxt U. E. A match played <>n Saturday last t'lul^i in a decisive victory fur tiic Regiment. Scores Royal Hnh;inkkrs. Lt. Gug\;i.sburg b I) -'by -H Lt. Sai^eauMt l> North s S. M <i;«rdn«r Ib w b Co«Ufau .> Sap. Crai< c Ojjborne b Cou^u i-» Shu. Warboy252 words
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Article69 1894-03-20 14 -^-.-M Tlk' total number of American newspap^r> has grown from 5.319 to 2o y o<>b dining ihe U>t twenty-five years. There has been a considerable amount of Chinese faction lighting in the west end of Hongkong, firearms havjng been used in at least one instance of serious injury le^ived. The69 words
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Article637 1894-03-20 14 In the Pall Mall Magazine for Ihe current month we have the third and last of the Strange Cities of the Far Kast," by the Hon. Geo. N. Cuizon. The present is Ban^U k, the cap <al of Siam. which affords considerable scope lor the author's graphic pen. He637 words
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Article199 1894-03-20 14 Corps Okdfks. 1 ler.il (Juarter <Jrti. c, Singapore, Maivh i«)tl», 18^4. 1. In consrattcne^ <■! an ia«suflicie<*f n i;n'»er nl rnenibn^ li.um^ stt!ttifie<l their ii«tPtiti«Hiofaticniiillpf, the S. A. wii! HOt gO into < amp. 2. Parades Th(ir-(U\, 22nd. 5 p.m. 7 -1 ni l» X.M.1.. Gu*t -drift.199 words
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Article173 1894-03-20 14 March hjtli, [894 During; Lhc last week, tonua-e has tumwumd in I only mode* ate s uppl .mJ freights bnWUMd have been hilly maintained. For London, pm Canal, &<>/• i« still tiie rate Im BagfcCvOods -2/ ','f >' l° r 'i 'l Ciamb er an 1 32 {O{ for173 words
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Article74 1894-03-20 14 i A privaie telegram has been n-c^wrA at Ptrnang states that th** following IVnanijcuvoed horses havr won in »he lust day s rnoes of the New l> r li Race Club'i spring mcctinij, h<*\<\ <»m lln- 15th ins) Race I. Selling Kice Mt>unstonc Kac^ i. iallow.iy** Goldbeater Race W. Ponief74 words
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Article1121 1894-03-20 15 The second assizes of the year weie opened this morning (13'h) before the Hon'Me 1 he Chief Justice. The calendar comprises 22 cases and 32 prisoners, twenty-seven of whom are Chinese, charged with the usual offence of thelt, house breaking, &c. Yio hiang 1 i was charged with1,121 words
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Article810 1894-03-20 15 The Legislative Council of New South Wales has recently been distinguishing itself over the question of it-» ptivilet*e>. Mr. Hogue, the Kdilor tit the Kveni ng AV-:v.v, was summond before ihe uar «>t the house m connecti n with a statement appear ii»s.j m that journal810 words
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Article1275 1894-03-20 15 BIMETALLISM A NECESSIT Y. (Communicated to the Nortli China Herald.) j hina is a country where there are many tens of millions of artisans and farm labourer^ wot kings say, at a low aveia^e, for ten cents a day each and their food. A woiking man is worth per month1,275 words
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Article1188 1894-03-20 15 [Capt. J. \V. Gambi«-r, r.n\, writes <»n the above subject to the Daily Chronicle as below in continuation of an article of his in the Fortnightly Review and subsequent lelteis from other correspondents I have nut the slightest hesitation in saying that the retention of the1,188 words
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Article260 1894-03-20 16 LORD ROSEBERY'S MANIFESTO. Home Rule and Hostility to the House of Lords. London, ijth March, jfyj. At a meeting of the Liberal Party Lord Roscbery declared that he adhered absolutriy to Home Rule and to the views x pressed in Mr. Gladstone's last speech th* 1 louse of260 words
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Article129 1894-03-20 16 E Salisbury Urges Dissolution. Rosebery Agrees When the Time is Ripe." London, ijt/i March, tSg^. Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Salisbury has urged the Government to take the verdict ot the people with refer- j ence 10 Home Rule forthwith. He declared that129 words
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Article390 1894-03-20 16 The Debate on the Address. Great Excitement in the House. Mr. Labouchere attacks the powers of the House of Lords. A Surprise Division. The Government beaten by an IrishRadical Combination. An Early Dissolution believed to be Inevitable. Comments of the London Press. London, 15th March,390 words
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Article805 1894-03-20 16 London* t~th March, r^<)4The Naval Estimates show an increase of upwards of £3,000,000 and provide lor the construction <>t seven battle-ships, six cruisers, an 1 two sloops of war. I his i forms part of a complete but undisclosed programme extending over live years. Ihe personnel of805 words
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Article333 1894-03-20 16 Quotation. Capital Paid up Shares Pd Dir, Hongkong S'hai B*nk. 93 prem. ex. div. $10,*****0 $10,000,000 80,000 *****s yr. Nafonal Binkof C ma $35 disc. 1000.000 4400,150 f Founders. $150 Nominal 750 i,i BU.o f China. Jap. Straits $2 < /2 000.000 249, K43 15333 words
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Article495 1894-03-20 16 Flags A Ton. Captain Arrived From Consignees For, When A XuHiMdii R«is. cru.. 7780 L.iroff Mar. [6 Colombo Russ. Consol Ching Yuen Chin. gun-boat, K. Poh Chin Mar. > Hongkong Chinese Com. rt*ttong, Mn. King Yuen Chin, cruiser, L.V' fig Sing Mar. 3 Hongkong < hiivse Cms.495 words
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Article122 1894-03-20 16 (March 19.) I'm 3^ Gaml)i«r 830 do. Cube No. 1 122s do. do. No. 2 11 3 Pepper, Black (ordinary S'poreJ 10.25 do. White, (Fair L/W=s% 1 i<) 75 Nutmegs 1505 to the Ib.) 88 Mace (Banda) 95 Rali Cottee 10% rVlack*) 44. Pen^erang Liberian 4S fapioca, small pearl122 words
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Miscellaneous185 1894-03-20 16 Passengers Arrived. Mar. \z. Per Si ado ro Mr. lienolir, Mr. van Ptr Giang A>"? Mr IC/ia, Mr. Nassim. Per Bonjerniassin Mr. Ffsrgusor, Mr. Bagley. Mar. i Pti A.^c/.V Mr. V.i\&\ Mr. Macaulay. Mar. 14 —Per G\>mpie Mr. W. Derrick. Mar 15. Per Sippho ir»'n Klang.— Mr««. Ir\ in*-*, Mr185 words
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Miscellaneous347 1894-03-20 16 CLEARANCES. I)kviimi\i i., Brit, sir., Stewart, For U > y> >iand tpan I Chow K%. lirit. str., i *h.hii> t r Bangkok. Sut lt<»V(j Aw, .'iii(. \K >/,-lU. 1.• S vt i p. .ns. \v a \'o\(,, Brit, str Miool, I»r Ami >v, 1 ■Si '■i i Ti;*, ir-i. vu347 words
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Article, Illustration740 1894-03-20 1 PfedhtMl to RcQcion, IjovaltT. t •> I rouble in Hongkong. March 20th ["HE introduction of an "Arms Act" into the legislation of this ycai receives, apart trom its obvious intrinsic merits, a listinct support trom certain recent occurenccs at Hongkong. I here, owing to a feud740 words
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Article427 1894-03-20 1 In spite of the political crisis which i*> coming to a head and the many f)reocci'pations of the members of the House of Commons, the Colony is deeply indebted to those members of the Colonial Party who have, with little delay, taken care that the interests ot the Colony427 words
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Article926 1894-03-20 1 I i> those who have ha<l an opportunity or reading the evidence in the Phka Ygt trial at liangkok in which the accused, a Siamese officer, is charged with the murder of M. (jROSGL'RLN at Keng Check during the French invasion of the Mekong alley, what appeared to926 words
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Article41 1894-03-20 1 It has been already stated in the Free Press that the relief of the 2nd-ioth (Lin- colnshire) Regiment was to lie the 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers 'the sth) from India. That announcement is i\ ny officially made by this mail.41 words
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Article1024 1894-03-20 1 March 20th, 1894. Wee Ah Seng was charged with stealing a variety of articles Iron) the shore ut Messrs. Riley Hargreaves O>. Prisoner was employed as a coolie in the store for about eight months, and large quantities of screw-nails, pruning knives, hammers and other materials were missed.1,024 words