The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 10 April 1894

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  • 19 205 The Singapore Free Press and MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY, APRIL .oth, 189+. No 3 50
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  • 135 205 IL' > 1 Peijurv in the Police Courts, 207 Hadji Abdullah v. Salwal Haneem, 28 Magistrates 1 Appea!>. 908,209 The Inter- Settlement Rifle Match, 207,200 Racing. Rahang Corporation Mines, 206 Guwctt* Notifications, _m s Straits in- Insurance Co., i.d., 215 Approaching Departures, _r i 7 I I I hib,
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  • 29 205 (Corrected up to April 9 On London. j M credits 6 m/s i On India, Bank deniaod *$3 on Hongkong. Bank demand o dis- >^ ount months bills 1-1/16,0
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  • 117 205 (April 9.) Tin 39-37 Gambier 7 <^ do. Cube No. 1 1225 do. do. No. 2 11.25 Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) 10. is do. White. (Fair L/W==s% 1575 Nutmegs 150s to the Ib.) ks. Mace (Banda) 95. Cloves (Amboina) 26. Bali Coffee (10% Blacks) 42 Pengerang Liberian 44 Tapioca,
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  • 374 205 (April 3rd.) EVERYBODY who lias had any extended experience of Oriental life although residence in such a cosmopolitan place as Sin- i gapore hardly qualifies so well for that as residence in India and Burma, particularly in the Mofussil, knows well that what the shillelagh is to the Irishman,
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  • Article, Illustration
    27 205 I Irrr t!:c Press liie I Vwj>lc's ripht maintain. C::.i\\.- i >ni c ntlil '■>'■■-'• i>\ patnoS Tr :t'i her prtvepts draw, [MedtfCil :o Religion. Loyalty. ami !.a\v.
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  • 357 205 (Apiil 4tM AN old Colonial resident, who knows well what he is talking about, passes certain strictures upon the occasional curious public policy of a local journal. The public of this Colony, who also know the facts fairly well, because they have been enabled to sec the questions
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  • 443 205 [April 5(11 If the present House of Commons or rather the foreign made majority thenut. were lo'consider itself an agency charged with weakening, dividing, and gratuitously m porting dissension into th< v nation, it could not do any better than it is doing now. We have
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  • Page 205 Advertisements
    • 78 205 EVERYONE HERE SWEARS by a EVERYONE HERE SWEARS by ii fate Mr. Waller Knaggs, whofonnany ars was a resident of SingapiJre, "[<■}• A 1 friends here swear by. AnUtfzema. Ai ice* m 1 i- a --and outward remedy lc»r Ktes, 1 rkkly heat, eczema. Dhobte iich and -Mr. A Mackay,
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    • 57 205 ST. ANDREWS HOUSE SINGAPORE. 'TMIIS is a Boarding House for European X and Eurasian Boys only, attending Day Schools of the Colony. It is under the direction of a Committee consisting of the Bishop, the Colonial Chaplain, and five other gentlemen. Applications tor admission should be addressed to the Honorary
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  • Page 205 Miscellaneous
    • 431 205 THE WEEK. The next mail from Europe is expec!ed to arrive by the P. and O. SS. Rosetta on the 1 6th inst., with London dates up to the. 23rd ult., being followed by the M. M. S S. Melbourne on the 25th inst., with mails up to tlie 30th
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  • 779 206 (April 0i1..) WHILE everybody here is aware that the low rat.- of exchange is telling heavily against fixed incomes, ii is probable that there are many who do not realise at all the extent of the disadvantage at which they are now placed since the
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  • 144 206 (April 71I1.) To-DAY we extract from Le Figaro an an article hv M. HENRI B&VQIS, which contains alleged extracts from a letter which it is with difficulty we can suppose to be authentic. At any rate is object can only be to tempt the French Government to
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  • 369 206 (April 9th.) The axe of the Retrenchment Commission is at work at the bidding of the perpetrators of the Military Contribution, and before their labours are over the Colony will be greatly instructed in the latest development of the line art of cheese-paring. But as we have
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  • 86 206 Mr. C. A. Rauch, Consul for Denmark, entertained a large party of the leading German and some foreign residents on Saturday ni^hi, on the eve of the birthday of King Chiistian IX of Denmark, whose health was drunk willi due honour. The guests of the evening were Consul-uencral and Airs.
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  • Corresspondence.
    • 269 206 l*o the Editor. DEAR Sir, I believe it is the rule in Singapore, Penang, and Malacca, where Municipal Boards exist, that house-holders are taxed at so much per cent, on the annual rental of these houses, and that the rental on which the rates are fixed can,
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    • 353 206 SENSATIONAL POLITICAL MURDE R IN SHANGHAI. A highly sensational political murder was committed in a Japanese hotel in Shanghai on the 28th ult., the murdered man being Kim-oh-Kuin, who on the 4th December 1884, commenced a rebellion against the Corean Government, caused seven of the principal officers of state to
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    • 213 206 Ihe value o! silver is thus given \i\ the Indian Budget: Till fune 25, 1893 3^d June ***** 30jt1. July 340 Augusts September- 34 <1. October to January 1894—320! March Ist, 27c!. the metallic value <>! the rupee at ihe last named rate is r<>]-(l. Among the departures by the
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  • 819 206 (Piccadilly, August 17, 1 593 A good many American audiences have been accustomed to lose their beads over Mrs. Brown Poiter's acting. For my own part I alway-, prefer an actress ho\vever talented behind the seen*-, or else in (he act of pouring Mft five
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  • 187 206 Mr R. \Y. Dull, Superintendent ol Police, Paltang, arrived per s s. Glanggi yestcrdav morning from IVkan. Pour silver (<ay< Ihe Financial Xcwi\ will soon have no friends left gave Mr Bland and the Hongkong Cltamber of Commerce. Persia lias closed her [kmls to th# white metal, which is thus
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  • 522 207 A telegram has been received at Hongkong stating that H. M. S. Centurion (the new flagship) left Aden on the morning of the jSth ult. Yesterday afternoon as a Chinese-owned horse and trap was being driven along the Kallang Road it knocked down an o!d Chinaman,
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  • 155 207 Mr. William Bibby, Junr, who is prcs -ntlv going over to Kotic in Borneo to examine a certain mining concession on behalf of one or two residents of Singapore expresses himself as well satisfied with the look of the reef struck at Raub at Bukit Koraan. It is of
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  • 118 207 INTER-SETTLEMENT RIFLE MATCH. rhc Hon. Secretary of the Singapore Rifl< Association (Mr. W. G. St. Ciair) has received a reply from Mr. Arthur Chapman, Hoi Seer< tary of the Hongkong Rifle As--i/:*i..n, regarding the proposals made irom Singadbre as to ihe tl^te of the an* i ual ri! Tuttc I)
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  • 898 207 H. E. Major General Sir Charles Warren, X.C.8., G C.M.G, who has been for nearly five years in command of the Straits Settlements, left Singapore yesterday afternoon per P. and O. s.s. Surat on 'his way to England via Hongkong. Japan and America. The ship
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  • 166 207 (Siam Observer.) We understand that the Scjiwalbe brought more troops to Chantaboon this trip. No foreigners are allowed in the forts now on any pretence. But Sheffield bayonets may yet prove effective passports. We note that Admiral Fremantle has presented a spar from the Imperiense to the capital
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  • 702 207 Considering that the responsibility of trying to uphold the honour of this Settlement in the annual match with Hongkong and Shanghai is allowed to rest upon a very limited number of shoulders, it may prove instructive to the public here to see how energetically shooting is
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  • 796 207 Mr. \Vooi)\vari,'s Views. The Colkjs had bettor be Abolished. 60 I 1 R BUT. 01 P RJIRY. This morning, in the Supreme Court, before the Chief Justice, Br. L. M. Woodward, Magistrate of Police, appeared to show cause why a rule nisi should nol issue
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  • 119 207 [n Ihe new book Win re Tim c Em\ ires M< c I this rallu-r go< d story is told i\!ii< li v i!! be n joyed in the (it 11 lub pavi'i m Manners S*i ok a li'g k*i nl I i Srinn^ur, v. :i I c g >'i
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  • 2289 208 April 2nd, 1894. t». fore the Hon'bles Lionel Cox, J. and Law. J. Hadji Abdulhli and others v, Salwat Haneem %.ft 1 i 1 TheChi< 1" |ustice, in confirming the decision of the Court below, slated that this was an appeal from a judgment by Mr. Justice Gatty,
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  • 1280 208 Supreme Court, April 2nd, 1894. Before the Hon'ble the Chief Justice. Tan Kam, appellant, Rfcg 1 on the prosecution of \V. Boyer, respondent. This was the case in which Tan Kam was charged with storing petroleum on Clyde Terrace Market. Mr. Bromhead Matthews for the appellant. No appearance
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  • 240 208 GIFT OF CHALLENGE SHIELDS TO THE S. V. A. Mr. J. Finlayson has kindly [landed to the Hon'ble Major McCallum. CM XI co.u--i mandant S. V. A., a clv quo for $200 for tac purchase of two Challenge ShirMs to b< j competed for annually amongst members of i the
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  • 773 209 The Imperial German Mail steamer Karlsruhe, having left Hongkong on the 3rd instant, at 3 p m., may be expected to arrive here on the Bth instant, at daylight She will leave fur Europe on Monday. Lady Mitchell has very kindly promised to give away the
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  • 577 209 An "occasional correspondent," and member of the Straits Association, who is well qualified to speak on the affairs of this Colony, writes as follows from London under date 9th March For some time past a series of leading articles have appeared in a Straits paper tending to injure
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  • 330 209 <. An electrical parcels van is now to be seen gliding along the streets of London, steering in and out of the thickest traffic in the easiest manner. It is claimed that the cost of working a two horse van by electricity does not exceed 2d. per mile. A speed
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  • 300 209 Reg, on the prosecution of R. Secular ''respond entj, v. V. Rozario, appellant. F. Rozario, an employe of Messrs. Jolin Litile, was charged on Marcli 9th, 1894, before Mr. L. M. Woodward with criminal breach of trust in respect to $2, the value of some tumblers. The appellant
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  • 694 209 The following letter lias been sent to us as one forwarded to tlie various Homo shipping papers detailing the position and prospects of certificated officers sailing out of this port. With reference to lite alleged plethora of officers now unable to obtain berths, we believe
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  • 29 209 The last survivor of the Grace Darling incident olt the Fame Islands in i* s J7 has just died. He was a seaman in Uu* illfated For far shire.
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  • 354 209 Tlie administration report of the Singabore Muncicpality for 1893 has att uhed t> it Mr. Mac Ritchie's Report on Sanitaiy Arrangements of Towns in India, lite whole forming a tolerably thick voluinc, uifhin which is contained much of interest fur til past and the coming years. There
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  • 286 209 The last number of the Field to hand gives a sketch of the life of Mr. Philip Payne-Gall wey, recently dead, the father of Mr. H. Payne-Gall wey, now of this place, and a famous old shikari of fifty years ago in Ceylon. Between
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  • 264 209 A well-known Hongkong editor, who lias a liking for the stage, the oili<-r d.iv donned the sporran and kilt to gi*re the London Lyrics a leg |J p in the lille rofc or "Rob Roy."' The Hongkong dramatic critics have not shown themselves imbued with absolute unanimity, and it will
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  • 1845 210 A Character Sketch of Lord Rosfbery. {Chronicle.) Archibald Philip Primrose, iiftli Earl of Roscbery, has served a short political apprenticeship for the Premiersli p. He has been before the public in many cafa:ttie as Chairman of a Committee on Horse-Breeding, as Mr. host in Midlothian, as Lord
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  • 460 210 The Singapore Team. It is at tliis moment quite uncertain, til! further records of practice are attainable, how the Singapore team against Hongkong and Shanghai will be made up. Of those who shot last year Capt. Barter, Lincolnshire Regiment, and Gunner Morrison, S. Y\ A., have
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  • 1266 210 Just outside the wall of Bangkok city rises a conical, foliage-covered hill crowned with a temple and a flagstaff. It is but a small hill, it is but an artificial, brick-built hill, but yet as the only hill-like eminence for miles around it wins a certain
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  • 861 210 The following estimate of the value ami utility of machine guns, in this instancein conjunction with cavalry may enlighten many here who do not fully realise what the capacity of that class of weapons amounts to. Take the case of those machine guns that the Singapore
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  • 322 210 In a very able paper in the Nineteenth Ceuti y > Professor (Joldwin Smith calls attention to the v..ty curious position i-xo which Kngland is drilling. Thoughtful Americans, lie says, are fatly p live te the dangers of democracy, and we here should do \.\t\\ io
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  • 613 211 The formation of a Colonial Party in the House of Commons is a matter of too great importance to be passed over without some special notice. With Sir l*-hn GorM as an able leader with -ir 'lhomas Suthetland whose practical knowledge of the l ar Easfl
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  • 321 211 The Tartars are supposed to have, as a nation, the most powerful voices in the world. The Germans possess the lowest voices of any civilized people. 'I he voices of both Japanese and Chinese are of a very l.nv order and feeble compass, and are probably weaker than any other
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  • 370 211 Owing to Saturday being the Mohammedan Hari Raya, the S. C. C. ground and ihe Golf links will be closed to all play on that day. The Bangkok Times alludes to one of Its contemporaries as the Siam Fee Press— probably as a delicate insinuation that
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  • 598 211 The famous historical tortoise that used to live on a compound at the Uplands, Colombo, is at last dead. Its fame has extended outside Ceylon, and it has figured in story and picture times without number. Its death removes a very old feature of the Island, and
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  • 596 211 For-Get-Me-Not. I On Saturday night, in the Town Hall, Mrs. Potter and Mr. Bellew. and the strong dramatic company which they lead, give their opening performance, commencing with Forgtrt-Me-Not," aiul it is safe to 1 anticipate that the theatre will be crowded, I as the
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  • 310 211 Politics in Japan are occasionally live!)', or the reverse. The Nichi Nichi announces that in the Japanese general election in 1892 there were 25 persons killed and 388 wounded, and in the most recent j election 1 killed and 153 wounded. On the former occasion, Kochi and Saga were most
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  • 500 211 The Narrow Galgk System op Railway. Calculi*. March 21st. Ihe DincfO'S of ihe I Bengal and North- Western Railway have addressed a strong representation to the India Office j regarding the delay in I his country in inciioiuii^ i the linking-up of the narrow-gauge of railways in
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  • 451 211 There will take place Lo-morro%v mornitw i (Friday, April 6th an annular eclipse of llui sun partially visible in Singapore. The-* particulars are taken from the Si neap 9re and Straits Director v for (Bqi Begins on the Eaith generally Bb. [t.jm., A.M., mean time at Singapore, in
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  • 138 211 Homer could nod occasionally, ami it appears Irom a case mentioned i ihe Queen's i)onc!i lately lliat even fut.ii mo'Ji i <A accuracy as VVhttaker's A'manc'uk" i;;ay be the ntliin <-; a misplaced -tei isle. In one of i early is sues of th< 1 89 edition llic ual list
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  • 3601 212 Below we give extended extracts from a pleasantly written article on "Sarawak," which appears in a recent issue of the Pall Mall Magasine, one of the very best of our lighter monthlies The article is from the pen ol M Griffiths O. ie of Ihe most remarkable and interesting
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  • 146 212 The choir of the Singapore Philharmonic Society will meet next Monday, at 5 30 p.m in the largo upper room of ihe Rallies Institution, by kind permission vi the Trustees. Alfred Gaul's Cantata "Ruth will be the work to be taken up I for practice. No arrangement has yet been
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  • 712 212 Hongkong Telegraph Correspondent.) Sandakan, 15th March, 180..,. Very extraordinary rumours are in circulation as to occurrences in Sool >o. In my last note* I stated that liarouan al Raschid had been d< posed from the Sultamte by ihe Spaniards, and Atneerial Kerim put in his place, and
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  • 608 212 f 77 mes of Cey Ion.) We are very happy to (five putriicity to n»e remarks of Mr. (i. A. Talbot a. r<gards the i land question in Setangor, contained i«t hi> letter given below. Mr. Talb it's view, tttd tho eof Mr. Fbrsythe are
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  • 1245 213 The Rev. G. M. Reith last evening in the Presbyterian Church gave the concluding lecture of the series dealing with Biblical criticism. He had, he said, endeavoured to bring before them without prejudice what Ihc scholars of our age were saying about 1 ihe chief historical and
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  • 606 213 SI AM NEWS. (Siam Observer.) M. de Coulgeans, the appointed French Consul at Korat, arrived by the Schwalbe from Saigon. Madame Pilinski de Beliy will leave by the Schwa Ibe for Saigon en route for Europe. Madame Filinski was a charming- hostess and very popular. She will b^ greatly missed
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  • 86 213 Penang paper is informed that a native on his way up the Government Hill at Penang a few days ago, met a nan" ol tiger's cubs crossing the road and that lie succeeded in catching one of them, and that it is now with him at U\s house in Kimberley
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  • 1180 213 The Perak 1894 Agri-Horticultural Show will take place in the Barrack Square laipeng, on July 7th. [Notice is given that from the first day of July next, the taxes on jinrikishas in Perak will be raised to five dollars per annum. The M. M. Company's steamer
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  • 371 213 An interesting wedding ceremony took place yesterday afternoon at St. Andrew's Cathedral, the occasion being the marriage of Mr. W. Willes Douglas, of the Sungei Uioiig Government service, to Miss Gertrude Mary Pemberton, youngest daughter of the late Surgeon-General G. K. Pemberton, Ml)., of the Indian
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  • 1528 214 {Daily Telegraph.) A tiinriy word of warning seems due to the Sovereigns of Europe and Asia." They are threatened in turn with a call from a pirty consisting of a hundred members and armed with a P°bs^ ot petition on the subject of alcohol, opium, and legalised vice.''
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  • 121 214 A Postponement. In consequence of the s.s Palamcotta (which is bringing the Dramatic Company directed by Mrs. Potter and Mr. Bellew to Singapore) not arriving till Sunday the arrangement of the performances, so far as regards Saturday alone, however, is altered. Forget-Me-Not" will be played
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  • 322 214 Witli reference to this morning's eclipse, which would be well seen in Southern India, the President of the Amateur Photographic Society of Madras has issued in anticipation these few notes for the use of such members as might attempt to secure records of phenomenon In taking photographs of the eclipse
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  • 873 214 M. T. Ourakami, a correspondent of the Economiste Franfais, writing from Tokio under date of the 15th December last, says that from the year 1857 or 1858, that is to say, a little before the opening of Japan to foreign trade, the natives knew
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  • 214 214 A writer of naval notes to the Globe from the Ivtst Indian station, dating from Bombay says A short time back some volunteers and regulars spent some live or six hours demonstrating outside mos>qM*»* or temples itj consequence of die riots while native reports show liv prevalence of a belief
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  • 576 214 The China Mail has an article whic h goes into the question of the abuses af tf nd ing the meat-market supplies in Hongkong in the course of which it observes Put brief]), as the law at present Mand>. t!.Government stamp may be used
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  • 517 214 Ihe n\o>i incessant occupation <•! tlte human intellect throughout life, it has been truly said, is the ascertainment of truth, but the reai practical difficulty consists in the process ol discovering the right little god-elect. So at least it may be judged the And -Opiumists have found it. Because having
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  • 478 215 St ra its Independent. j |«9ta9 India, Ilia Colony is simply used as an diet foe ihe silver England receives in payment g| goods -lie supplies to the United States and Mexico. We arc simply used as a convenience I for the benefit 0J British
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  • 450 215 ime Minnie Hank, accompanied by isbantl, ihe well-known German geolei ai I traveller, 1 1 err yon Hesse j v- d \\^v^ on Wednesday on a 1 Siam, China and Japan. I *^o i>n a \;^;t t<» 11 11. the Sultan Sunday, and m;r, remain there It
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  • 303 215 SATURDAY, APRIL 7 1894 The annual Inspection of the S V A will take place on Saturday 21st Inst. at rort Fullerlon. On arriving this morning the British s.s Ano-rrs. Capt. Bannister reported Segrialling the German full-rigged ship O E li M in lat 6.00 X., long 9 0.i0 E.
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  • 416 215 H.E. ihe Governor has been appointed Her Majesty's High Commissioner and Consul General for the territories of l>ritish North Borneo, Brunei and Sarawak. By an order in Council dated the 30th ult. the Registration of Deeds Ordinance Xo. \ni ol 18X0 comes into operation in the Settlement of
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  • 339 215 During the last few days it has persistently been rumoured in the Square that the shareholders of the Straits Insurance Co in Shanghai had taken, or rather, were on the point of taking, action with a view to bringing about the voluntary liquidation of
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  • 491 215 The M. M. mail steamer Caledonien is expected to leave Saigon to-morrow and to arrive here on Tuesday morning. The M. M. steamer Natal with the French mail ol the ihth March, and Mr. and Mrs. H. M. March and Mr. Henry as passengers from Marseilles for Singapore, is due
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  • 756 215 [An article in v Le Figaro of the 3rd March by M. Henri Bryois, (ate special correspondent of il Le Temps' in Siam.'] Translated.; When I left Bangkok, in November last, I was aware that th^ King of Siam was in a most precarious
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  • 157 215 Referring Lo the proposal to sen 1 a sik'er delegate to England theiV. C. Daily S 7 ews 1 says -There are some who aclciiimJetlg^ that it might after a!S bs a l>o >*! thing l> send home a delegate, but Lin are daunted by the expense, il id obviously
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  • 4924 216 (Freemason's Christmas Number.) «a hefore the Secret Societies Some years ago, belore i n communevening at Nrga iper, e. hese wate rs, customary on boa d of cw which befell one, Kwong Ta <- nee. As .he sentries' rifles of ,he mrn-o f-« hour fired .he "*LS^*2cHta-S«
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  • 503 217 kle for ihe next eclipse of ihe sun t: it may be. An amateur phor took one ol his spoiled plates, b en exposed to the light out of ra, d< veloped it, and* hypoed. magnificent darkened glass through le eclipse could be seen, better h any smoked glass. Potter
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  • 1395 217 A resolution in favour of Home Rule f c Scotland commands a majority in the Ho. ls of Commons as an amendment to a pro posal for a Grand Committee on Scotc business. Some warriors in'theGladstoniai ramp arc possibly lamenting that havingone one mile will, Home
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  • 281 217 PRESENTATION OF PRIZES BY LADY MITCHELL. The distribution of prizes won at the recent tournament of the Ladies' Lawn Tennis Club, took place yesterday afternoon. Lady Mil chell, accompanied by Miss Saundersaud Captain Herbert, arrived punctually at 5 30 p. m., and shortly afterwardsa photograph was
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  • 16 217 Ethel How did George like your s vans down boa?" Maud He was tickled with ii.
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  • 620 217 Mr. yon Hesse Wartegg and Madame Minnie Flauk (Mdme. Wartegg) proceed- Ed to Johore this rooming, on a visit t > H. H. the Sultan of Joliore. They will be the Sultan's guests at Ihe Ist.ana till WedI nesday. 1 lie Chinese men-of-war Tiag-ymen, Chen-yuen, King-yuen,
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  • 79 217 Singapore, Ap: il 6th, i$ ,i. i. Orderly Officer for ensuing week, Cant Taibot. Ordci ly Sergeant for ensuing week, Scr^t Derrick. Monday, 5.15 p.m.— 7- inch R MX. Gun-drill. Wednesday, 5.15 p.m.— M^xim Gun -drill. Thursday, 5.15p.m.— L.13 ng. Plain cl i. Friday, 5.15 p tn.
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  • 6482 218 Notes and Anticipations. During the last few days I have received several reminders from friends interested in racing that the Spring Meeting is near at hand, and as they are either too lazy or live too far away from the Course to enable them to
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  • 312 219 Drink to me only with thine eves, and I'll reply with mine may be a highly poetic sentiment, but however willing one may be to see the other imbibe through the eyes one usually prefers, in this climate at least, to use the lips and feel
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  • 120 219 A shocking tragedy occurred at Hongkong on the night of the ist inst in the bar. About eight [> m. several people were drinking in the bar of the Hongkong Hotel, among them Corporal Arthur William Jinks, of the Army Medical Staff Corps. Some dispute seems to have arisen between
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  • 306 219 ihe American yacht Sagamore, belonging to Mr. Edgar Scott, a Philadelphia man, well-known in connection with several railway concerns in the States, arrive*! here to-day from Rangoon, via Mergui and Penang. The yacht is a good specimen of a gentleman's pleasure boat, bein? a threemasted steam yacht.
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  • 297 219 There is a rumour current in India that Lord William Beresford, when he returns to England, will very probably be offered a Colonial Governorship. A Teluk Anson correspondent of a Penaiig paper says that the Resident of Perak is coming up to Singapore by the next trip of the S.
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  • 151 219 ft I f I (Aprd gtti, 1894.) There has been little change in freights during the past week, ltome%vard tonnage icmaiatng ia much about the ssme position. For London, via (anal, 25 is quoted f<>r Ba«r Goods, 27, <"• for B;ilc (iaiubicr, and y»- for clean measurement. For Liverpool,
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  • 909 220 Scottish Affairs in Parliament. London. 3rd April, 1894. Mr. Trevelyan has introduced a Bill into the House of' Commons to create a grand committee for Scotch affairs. Mr. Balfoux opposed it on the ground that the Bill vould accentuate national differences. The Canadian Tariff. The Canadian tariff imposes
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  • 243 220 SHARE LIST, APRIL 9 th, 1894. n Capital Paid up Shares Pd. Div, H.n gk on g *S. hai B,n k 93%T-- < National Bank of CUna $35%*- "*>■'*> 29.955-. Founders. $150 Nominal Bk. of China, Jap. Straits $2 J £1,250 1,250 £l £*p.dun H Founders. £15 I SOO,OOO 1,500,000
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  • Page 220 Advertisements
    • 122 220 The Best Dressing I W m k Mh M AYFR S Ai hair K^g VIGOR liff*. Tt cures Itching hutnorß, an<l keep* the scalp cool, nHiUt, and Ucaltliv. The Itase «»I Ayer'ti H.iir i_^n is a refinefl and delicate fluid w Uicli <l.»«--> not ><>:1 w ooitie rancid l»y exiMNMire
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  • Page 220 Miscellaneous
    • 149 220 CLEARANCES. April '>• K\r. SKi»itE, Ger. sir., Kessler, for Brenoerh nvcn via p<>* t^Sumatra, Ger. str., Zachariac, IV.r Asahan ;im< Deli. Isabella, 1> it. str.. lUidson, for Muar. Nerra. i i i r Morris, !<>r 1". Anson, v'vx ports. Frognkp. Oer. sir GuUicksen, for Amiie^st, Bril. sir., Shimmeiij fur Selan^or,
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    • 306 220 r Passengers Arrived. rl 2.— Per f>(t'.//i^ Mrs Fix. »\r //rAcvt Mr Micholitz, Mr. Parkinson, Mr. Pa.1,1 Mr a«d Mrs, Pfaff, Mr. Kuvert, Mr. KarnlKuh/Mi-K. Kubaanke Mr Memminger Mr. Balkow, Mr, Parasco Mr. Ar.tonie, Dr, Kdor.Mr. Himmelreich, Mr. Ott. keyser, Mr. Hassmann. April v— Per /7 5 Mr Goshn S'
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    • 287 220 ADASDASFSDF Passengers by the Mail. j \p,il Per Sachsen from Bremen to Singapore.— Mrs. Rudi^er. From Genoa. Caplmin Andersen and family, Miss A. Benedictsen, Consul Aschhoit and Mrs. Asclihoff, Mr. \V. \on j Hanneken, Mr. yon Spitz, Mr. J. G. Aaldon. P. W. van Doom, General Consul van Hasse-VVar-tegz. From
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