The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 23 October 1894

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23rd, 1894 No. 37S
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  • 289 1 s Articles, A British Dollar, 2xl R Mgnation A Remedy, I Saibfy the Colony, 24.2 Rev< nge, 242 Plai lets 1 Diflicult.e-. 2 .%2 I.' c Solid Vote, 242 Partnerships, 2 (<•..; Ni a P. e Court. Th Science of Stealing. 24< Husband or Lover 24* I ,vt t.
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  • 68 1 (Corrected up to October 22.) Bank 4 m/s 2/1 1 1 *n\ ale credits 3 m/s 2, 1 documents 3 in/s 2/2 credits 6 m/s 2/2J On India. Bank demand if)i On Hongkong. Banjk demand |%par. On Yokohama. Bank demand I>^r. On Java. Rank demand 1.29 Private 30 d/s
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  • 102 1 (October 22.) 3 s Garoute? Nominal. do. Cube No. 1 12. do. do. No. 2 •> 10 -.S Pea Hi.tcU (ordinary S'porej 10.30 White, (Fair L/W=-5%; 1723 N ne^ 151^ to the !b.) 93. M 94- --•-> (Amboinaj 2o Bali CoScc (10% Blacks) 3^-5° I Liberian -M- > a.
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  • 23 1 Domestic Occurrence. BIRTH. On ihe icth Sept., at 96, Broadhurst-gnrdens West H amp stead, the wife of G. S. Murray, of a daughter.
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  • 395 1 A British Dollar (Octoer 16th.) Here shall the Tress the IVop'e's right maintain, Unjnved by influence ami vii!':>ribe>l by gain Here p.itru)t Truth i:rr f.'!or:o:i» prcorpt'; draw, Fledged to Religion. Loyalty, and Law. The provision of a British dollar, for the Straits Settlements and Hongkong, has bctm sanctioned by the
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  • 717 1 (October 17th.) It is a long lane that lias no turning, and, late though it be, we congratulate our contemporary, after years of wavering, on seeing that a point has been reached when it may soon become incumbent on the people of the Colony to take a
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 149 1 G. R. Lambert Co., J PHOTOGRAPHERS, By Special Appointment to M. THE KING OF SIAM AND H. H. THE SULTAN OF JOHORE GRESHAM HOUSE, BATTERY ROAD. Week days 7.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Office hours. Sundays 7.30 a.m. to noon. Most suitable time for taking portraits. From 7.30 a.m. to
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 368 1 THE WEEK. The next mail from Europe is expected to arrive by the M. M. S.S. Caledonien tomorrow, with London dates to the 28th ult., being followed by the P. O. SS. Rohilla on the 2.3th uU., with English mails to the sth inst. This mail leaves to-day by the
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  • 482 2 (October 18th.) Is it a mere coincidence, or is it a little bit of clever arrangement that has enabled Lord RIPON to allow something to be known of the tenor of his despatch just as the Legislative Council is beginning to deal with the Estimates for
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  • 389 2 Revenge! {October 20th.) "A KISS for a blow." The Officials, yielding to a compulsion which is quite open to question on constitutional grounds, at least as applies to finance, have vea r afUr year helped to coerce the Colony into paying away its funds in what may prove to be
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  • 480 2 THE Perak Pioneer has made it very clear that the difficulties thrown in the way of planters in the Native States arc not of local but of Singapore manulacturc. The Secretariat ideal of administration appears to lie in the expenditure of ingenuity in devising hindrances, multiplying harassing conditions,
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  • 75 2 §115,000 was to day voted at the Legislative Council for the payment of exchange compensation to Civil Servants this vear on the 3/- basis. The Civil Servants are to be congratulated and as the Native Slates are permitted to follow the example of the Colony there will be
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  • 589 2 (October 22nd.) In the business of Saturday in the Legislative Council the matter of the vote on the Military Contribution takes precedence of all other topics in the public mind. The feature of the debate was that for 1895 a double reduction was moved that from the
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  • 623 2 The deb ite in the Legislative Council on Saturday over the Registration of Partnerships Bill was long, and in some respects a repetition of that in the Chamber of Commerce at the beginning of the year The advocates of the measure s;iy, in brief, "We want to prevent firms
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  • 249 2 THE ILLNESS OF THE KING OF SIAM. In view of the great inconvenience CJMKC 1 by prolonged illness of the King of Si.im His Ma;«vy has consented, we {Simm Observe r) uiulerstar.d, to the Senabodee transacting any really urgent business which may come before it. Wt uv€ even heard that
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  • 649 3 The Austrian man-of-war Fasana arrived from Hongkong this afternoon about 3 30, and went to the wharf. Major B. St. J. Barter, 2nd Line, Regt, i^ one of the successful candidates for admission to the Staff Corps. Capt. Wishart, Army Service Corps, who retires from the
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  • 362 3 H. M. S. Crescent, (Commander F. \V. Fisher) which passed through Singapore yesterday, had an entirely unlooked for change in her destination ordered just before she was to leave Colombo for Australia. She left Plymouth with naval reliefs for Australia on the nth
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  • 30 3 H. E. the Governor has received a telegram from the Secretary of State announcing that a British Dollar is sanctioned for the Straits Settlements and Hongkong.
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  • 409 3 The undermentioned Officer having arrived in the s.s. Wing Sang on the 15th inst., is taken on the strength of the Command accordingly :—Captain VV. H. B. Raby, R. A. Passage to England has been provided for the undermentioned Officer per P. O. s.s. Siam leaving Singapore on
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  • 555 3 We recommend the Chamber of Commerce at Singapore not only, as we advised the other day, to appoint a special sub-committee to watch and report on all that is now going on in Siam, but also lo arrange for keeping themselves in regular touch
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  • 210 3 Many rumours (Penang Maritime Journal) are rife as to the position of Acting Resident Councillor here on the departure on leave of the Hon. A. M. Skinner. The favourite candidates seem to be Mr. C. W. S. Kynnen>ley, who when Chief Magistrate of Ptnang,
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  • 131 3 At St. Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, on Sept. 1 8, the wedding took place of the Rev. F. Anstruther Cardew, precentor at the Cathedral of Brisbane, son of Colonel Cardew, Governor-General of Sierra Leone, and Miss Xovalo Kington, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel W. M. N. Kington, late of the 4th
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  • 539 3 The Commander-in*-Chief ok India's Message to the People o* England. Mr. Raymond Blathwayt, known popularly as the Prince of Interviewers, on his recent tour through India, had the privilege of a long and interesting conversation with Sir George White, the Com-mander-in-Chief uf the army of
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  • 406 3 The Statist of the 15th u!t. deals witii a matter of great importance to tlie United Kingdom and Greater Britain. It is explained in the following To-day f s Statist offers .1 prize of .1 thousand guineas for the beat plan of a Customs union
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  • 78 3 Alluding to the examination of St. Xavier's Institution in Pcnang, tiie report in the Pinang Gazette says The school shares in the regret Wt bv the principal schools in the Cc-lony in 00 (sequence ot the steps that are beiiuj taken by (i »veriifQent 19 curtail the grant for education,
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  • 2131 4 (By R. S. Gun-dry.) It is a curious illustration of the difficulties caused by the widening gulf between silver and gold, that Hongkong and the Straits Settlements should be suffering from a dearth of currency and scarcely less curious, perhaps, that it is only after fifty years
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  • 533 4 {From cur own Correspondent.) Bafavia, i ith Oct., 1594. News from Lombok is again very meagre, and it i-> supposed that tha Dutch troops have been taking a rest after their late energetic fighting. Under date of the 6th inst., a telegram reports that 0:1 removing some
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  • 168 4 1 he Bangkok Times says Nothing has yet been heard from Home by the Government of India an the reinforcement of Hongkong. Military opinion in Simla is strongly in favour of sending troops from India at once. In China itself our only troops now are the Shropshire
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  • 95 4 The snipe season being now on may account for many things, this amon<r the rest. A correspondent in Sclangor writes: A novel way of bagging snipe is reported from Rawang. It is said that a Government servant there may be seen (if an evening a t dusk, broom in hand,
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  • 189 4 In consequence of the great number of persons killed between Rawangand Serf-n dah during the past few months by tiW fs (writes a correspondent) the old and much respected Penghulu Haji Mat Salleli of t!,'«! first named place has, we learn, been at last roused to the
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  • 402 4 TRADE RETURNS JUNE QUARTER. Ihe return of Imports and Exports f., r the quarter ended 30th June has just h Vl published, and from this it \vi!! be seen that thri total imports, excluding coin and bullion, for the 2nd quart, r of s are $44*473*376 UUfi&fi4s) a« against $35,437*3*8
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  • 245 4 H. M. S. Edgar is commanded by t I' l W. Henderson R x. and H. II S. Sf** by Dipt. A. L Winsloe. It is now some time ago that it »*<•« commended in this paper that wfwMMR* should be taken of the phi!. itelic JenW* for postage stamps,
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  • 352 5 The Legislative Council meet to-morrow, and it is proposed to take advantage of the presence ot ihe Per.ang members to hold another meeting on Friday or Saturday, or possibly on both days. A Chinaman living at Sun^ei Pandan at the fourth and a half milestone on
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  • 464 5 A Fine Addition' to 1113 Fllet. On the 29th August, the new mail S.S. Prince Regent Luitpold built for the North German Lloyd for the Imperial Mail service to the East and Australia, started on her first voyage to Australia. On the Kjth August, the Prince
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  • 837 5 E'en as the heading At the Tiffin Table Dolh meaningly portend intentional frivolity Junior. Ut saepe summa rngenia in occulto latent. Plxut. 11 Dear, dear,' said Rags, complainingly, M these two Declensions of the Foreign Devil up North don't seem to be getting on much with
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  • 336 5 Until quite recently there has been almost nothing of any importtince to report about the Philippines. The war in Mindanao, according to the published reports, seems to be practically ended, but then, it is weJl known that reports as to the end of the war," or rebellion, as
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  • 424 5 {Singapore Free Press, 22nd Match 1892.) To deal with the suggestion of a correspondent that the Volunteer Artillery should resign en masse as a mark of indignation at the continuing Military Exactions, it is strange that he does not see that politics have
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  • 67 5 1. Orderly Officer lov ensuing week: Lieut. C. j. Davies. Orderly Sergeant for ensuing 2. Parades Sunday, 21st, 6.30 a.m.— Johnston's Pier for drill at outioits returning by 9 a.m. Dress khaki, while lopecs may L>e worn. Monday, 22nd, 5.15 p.m.— Maxim Gun drill. Wednesday,
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  • 1049 5 MR. LABOUCHERE ON THE BETTER ENSLAVEMENT BILL." The Imperial Danger and its Cost The following valuable remarks from Mr. Labouchere s pen appear in Truth of the 13th September, and are based upon a private letter, and a copy of the Singapore Free Press containing a report of the, case
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  • 319 6 We learn, from latest advices received in Ceylon, that Sir W. Bonser will not return to Ceylon till the beginning of February next. The Ilon'bles J. M. B Vermont and Dr. Brown arrived from Penan^ this morning in the St'cnndra, and the Hon'bie C. VV. Kynnersley
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  • 105 6 The following are the ships either recently arrived, or vet to arrive, on the China Station, belonging to the British, Trench and Russian navies British. Armoured Lruisers. Uun Siiips. Ist 2inl boats. Centurion Ties ent .-F.olus Redbreast St. George Spartan Pigeon. K<lg tr Bramble Undaunted Gibraltar (Tu
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  • 249 6 Accoiding to a I lavas Telegram, four additional vessels are. being sent out to strengthen the French squadron in the Far East. These are the cruisers A Jeer, the /sly i the Duguay Trouin, and the gunboat The Alger is a 2nd class cruiser built
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  • 169 6 Early this morning a fire broke out in a Chinese shop house No. 57 China Street and a'out 3 30. The constable on beat noticed flames issuing from the windows of the upper storey. He at once knocked up the inmates and raised 1 lie alarm,
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  • 898 6 Undeterred by ihe expeiience of the Socieie des Metaux, it would seem, says the Economist," that a combination of French and Dutch speculators has decided that the present is a favourable opportunity for effecting a corner in tin, rdying upon the fact that, pending the passing
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  • 11 6 A Japanese war correspondent was killed in the battle of Ping)ang.
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  • 474 6 {From our Special Correspondent.) Following close upon the two public functions lately performed by the Governor the opening of the Ulu Sclangor Extension Railway and laying the foundation stone of the new Public Offices came two oilier functions in which much public interest was taken. The dedication of
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  • 595 6 Both the Singapore papers hid leading artLl^s recently on the subject of plans ing in the Protected States both journals h »rped on th» fact that tin mining cannot last for ever, that it is the bounden duly of the Native States administrations to see
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  • 964 6 A Malagasy Vifav. A correspondent sends its (the Glob:) the following as representing the present position of affairs with respect to Madagascar: Madagascar wants to open her country to the world, but she wants to see clearly that in doinj» so she will not be overrun
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  • 255 6 Captain Fisher, of the Crescent, s< r mrd to have a suspicion a few hours before he was ordered from Colombo to Hongkong that such a course was possible. Ihe following is an extract from a press interview with that officer at Colombo Asked it" he did not think it
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  • 638 7 At the return match at Poona en Sept 26th between the Parsee eleven and the Bombay Presidency team, Lord Han is, Governor of Bombay, entertained the teams at lurulxon. along with a few guests including Lord Wenlock, the Governor of Madras, the Commander-in-Chief &c. Lord Hatris
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  • 516 7 S«.pt. 22. The sensation of the hour is the sale c: ihe famous Londonderry mine to the Karl of Rngall, who puichases it on behalf of a Syndicate. l\'..:tr.cu:s of ihe proposed sale had b».*en rite for leu days but it was generally d^crcdited as every London
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  • 567 7 Bannockburn has been scratched for all raies. The Port Melbourne arrived this morning from Sydney with 480 horses on board for Calcutta. Mr. A. S. Baxendale. Superintendent of j Posts and Tele graphs, Sela^gor, who arrived by the German mail from England, proreeds this afternoon to
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  • 88 7 SELANGOR GOVERNMENT RAILWAY. Abstract of Traffic Earnings for the month of September, 1894:— r Heads of Receipts— $c. Passengers '3>45 2 "5 Season rickets- 79 *5 Horses, Carriages and Dogs 174 6 -> Telegraph Collections 3 3° Excess Fares 44 18 Excess Luggage 3 8 Miscellaneous 3*4 83 Total Coaching
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  • 369 7 In spite of the rain yesterday afternoon it cleared up sufficiently to enabie a short game of Association football to be played between a mixed team of llie ist and 2nd elevens of the Lincolns and an eleven of the Club, who were however minus Robertson,
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  • 257 7 The annual general meeting was held on Thursday night. The election of officers resulted as follows President. —Mr. VV. Gulcher. Vice- President. Capt. Tliow. Hon. Sec— Mr. E. M. I. yon. Hon. Treas.— Mr. W. Donald. Commiltee. The above and Messrs. Craig, Whyte, Hunter, Dunmnll, Cornwell, H.
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  • 115 7 I At the meeting of Council this afternoon (19th) Mi. Bogaardt asked whether the j 13iH ior the foundation of a Port Trust for Penang would be laid before the Council before it was sent to the Secretary of State? The Governor replied that he
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  • 529 7 The Registration oi Firms. To the Editor. Sir, European Traders complain that little is done in Singapore in llie nray of legislation for their protection from los> bv iraud. At one time it was the defective machinery of the Bankruptcy Ordinance that caused dissatisfaction: but lately the cry has
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  • 291 7 Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill are travelling from Japan to Hongkong by the P. and O. steamer Ancotia. By private and very reliable advices j from Peking we [N.C. Daily News) learn i that the Viceroy Li Hung-chang is being most heartily supported by the EmpressI Dowager, who is showing
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  • 18052 8 Thursday, October 18, 1894. PRESEN'T H. E. the Governor (Sir C. B. Mitchell, k.c m g.) The Hon the Co!. Secretary (W. E. Mnwell c.m.g the Attorney-General (W. R. Collyer the Acg. Col. Treasurer K. B rch the Colonial Engineer (M«j<*r McCail'im, r. f... c. m <> the
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  • 1735 13 E'en as the heading Topics of the Week Doth now, too oft, portend dead languages. Anon. Quicquid agnnt homines nostri est farrago libell'.* Juvenal. The good old traditions of the Legislative Council, Mr. Editor, are being piously handed on. The public of the Straits Settlements would
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  • 311 13 The German cruiser Arcona, Captain Hofmeier, 2.500 tons, 14 guns and 257 men, arrived at Woosung on the 9th inst. from Yokohama. She left Callao on the 15th of August. Captain Hofmeicr is Commodore of the German flying squadron, the other vessels being th« Marie rod
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  • 225 13 Under 26 Over rf. The match was played on Saturday and ended in an easy win lor the Seniors. Orman and Cook made a good stand for 1 40 and 48 not out respectively, and the chief contributor to the score of the Juniors was Maclaggart
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  • 175 13 The following is the play for the Monthly &i<*dal on Saturday last Owing to the sitting of the Legislative Council a:ui other causes several players could Dot complete two events anl did not hand in their ends. Ihe H on 'blc Major McCalluin vcs i Monthly
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  • 6290 14 Notes and Anticipations. The Derby has l\vo more entries than it had •n May, the following being a list of the probable starters with their weights and jockeys H.H. The Sultan's Bloodshed io=t. lolbs.. F. Brewer. Mr. Koh Ewe Cheng's Leek Camillus lost, lolbs. Abdul.
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  • 104 15 The death is announced of Mr. R. C. FaJkner, Assistant Superintendent of Police, who retired from the service a short time ago. The late Rowland Conolly FaMcner was educated at Christs Hospital,' London, and joined the Straits Police service in Sept. 1876, being promoted
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  • 135 15 For the meeting of the Municipal Commission on Wednesday the following appear in the agenda. Hackney Carriage Registration Premises. Police Contribution. Inspector of Buildings. Site for Poudrclte Works. A case of robbery almost amounting to a gang robbery was reported this morning from Fayah Lebeh Road. Tan Chew a licensed
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  • 245 15 The twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society will be celebrated on Sunday next, when special missionary sermons will be preached at 7.30 a.m. by Mr. A. J. Amery 5 p.m. by Dr. B. F. West; 8 p.m. by Mr. A. J. Amery. Collections will be
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  • 158 15 (October 22nd, 1894.) Tonnage for the United Kingdom is sc.irce just now, and rates are fully maintained. To the Continent there is not the same want of toinage, and lates in that direction are practically without change. For London, via Canal, 25/- is quoted for Bag Goods, 276 for
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 261 15 GRAND HOTEL JAVA, BATAVIA. *T*HIS first class Hotel, patronised by the EngA lish Community of Balavia, and situated in the Centre f the m jst healthy a id best residential puarter of the Town, oil rs a good Table, Wines, and Accommodation 10 Travellers. A runner attends all steamers, and
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    • 173 15 Lancashire Patent Hair Belting. MAS BEEN A W ARDEI) THE GOLD MEDAL. ANTWERP lB9< 1 < o.j. Antwerp 1 885. Adelaide ISB7. BrUSSels l88 Melbourne issc Dunedin 1890. London (Mining) IX9O. Genoa 1892. Paris [AlcoolJ 1 892. Sole Agents. RILEY, HARGREAVES CO. SI XG AFORE. John Little Co., Ltd. ELECTRICAL
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  • 77 16 THE CHINA-JAPAN WAR. The Protection of Europeans. Russian Troops in Readiness. London, 16U1 October, 1894. Germany is willing to co-operate with England and the other Powers as far as concerns the protection of Europeans in China. Russian troops on the Anaoor river are ordered to be held in
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  • 83 16 The Collapse of the Intervention Proposals. The Times declares that the British Go- eminent has incurred a needless and humiliating rebuff, lowering its prestige and impairing its capacity to intervene between China and Japan should occasion st ■1s e \o Power appears willing to adopt the British
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  • 97 16 No Specific Reduction, but Satisfaction for the Colony. London, iSth October^ 1594. Lord Ripon's despatch settling the question of the Military Contribution will shortWithout fixing any specific reduction t!ie Secretary of State readjusts the tril ::te in a manner calculated to satisfy the Colony. Russian Cruisers for
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  • 101 16 L Change of Japanese Naval Base. London, iqth October, iScjj. The Japanese have abandoned Thornton Haven ami have gone to Pingyang Inlet. The Russian Royal Wedding. The Grand Dukes Vladimir, Sergius, and Paul and Princess Alix of Hesse have The Czar of Russia is worse and prayers
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  • 104 16 Overtures for a Settlement. London, 20th October, 18Q4. it i- officially stated that the British Government Ims been informed that China is prepared to negotiate. Overtures have L en made lei the Powers for joint representations to Japan which country is also asked whether the terms proposed
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  • 83 16 More troops despatched from Hiroshima. A Loan of $100,000,000. London, 22nd October, 1894. Forty thousand Japanese troops under the command of Marshal Oyama have left Hiroshima, their destination being unknown. The feeling is gaining in Europe that the Japanese successes have been overrated and that China is
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  • 370 16 October 22. Raj \n Brooke. Sar. str., Joyces, for Sarawak. Isabella. Brit, str., Hudson, for Muar. Hanoi, Brit, str., Thow, for liengkalis and Bag.in Neera, Brit, sir., Morris, for T. Anson, via ports. Singkep, Out. sir., Naccdah, fur Singkep. Kltsanc, Brit, str., Young, for Penang and Calcutta. Nowshhra, Brit,
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  • 312 16 p~ Quotation. Capital Paid up Shares Pd. Div, Hongkong S'hai Bank. 93 prem. $10,000,000 $10,000,000 80,000 125^ jyr National Bank of China $21 £500,000 £400,150 jj*|£*/g S Founders. Nominal £»i Bk. of China, Jap. Straits Nominal. f £2,000,000 £450,963 199.875 £is. Founders. C £1 Tanjong
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 263 16 Anjer Shipping Report. (Specially compiled for the Singapore Free Press.) [Date of pas^in^ Anjer Nationality and description of vessel Captain's name Where and when sailed. Destination. l Sep. 30. Brit. Lq., Mo.BL Y Dov Evans Bangkok, Au^. 17 Kio Janeiro. Oct. 10. Dut. htr., Utrecht DeGjede Batavia, Oct. 10 Rotterdam.
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    • 911 16 VESSELS IN PORT. Flags Ton. Captain Arrived From Consignees For, Wher. Men-of-War Fasana Aus.frig., iojoAdamoire Oct. 17 Macassar Austrian Con. Penang, Swift Brit. g.b. 756 McAlpine Sep. 3 Bangkok Sr. N. Officer Station.. Other Vessels Altonower Brit. 1600 Turner Sep. 22 Antwerp Pat. Simons Japan, A. Apcar Brit. 1592 Hansen
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    • 414 16 I Oct. 18.— Per Bayern from Bremen to Sing pore. Mr. F. Krauze, Mr. Alfred von Kruejjer, From Antwerp.— Mr. 1). 1. Sanders, Mr. P. I. \t Winkel Jr., Mr. H. van Ankini, Mr. G. B. Webb, From Southampton. Mr. A. S. B;i\en<ii!e, Dr. A. Willey, Mr. W. H. Brown.
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