The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 23 June 1896

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. FHIRD SERIES. TUESDAY. JUNE 23rd, 1896. No. 465
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  • 422 1 > i-i >. |RTI< LBS. > Kra '-anal, j,«) Rent* Little Ways, }8g f Bugis Foreshore Kampong, jgo I. 01 the Dmmm m at?/*, 590 i r < io. err)or Desire,* 1 »go I- f >vernor*s M >aty," 390 i Hong-Chang onfesses, 3^o Hte All ged Conflict in Britisti
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  • 56 1 At Croydon, England, the wife of G. E. Cole, of a daughter, on 19th May. On the _>oth instant, at 27, Sophia Road, the wife of R. H. Padimy. of a daughter. At Adelphi Hotel on the 20th instant, the wife ot E, Shepherd, of a daughter, prematurely,
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  • 70 1 (Corrected up to June 22.) On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/2-1 1/1O demand 2/2-9/16 Private credits 3 m/s 2/2 J documents 3 m/s 2/2-15/16 credits 6 m/s 2/3 On India. Bank demand 188 On Hongkong. Bank demand dis. On Yokohama. Bank demand par. On Java. Bank demand 133 Private
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  • 101 1 (fune 22.) Lin $32.25 Gambier 7- 2 do. Cube No. 1 1 1 4.S P-p H er, Black (ordinary S'p^re) 10.30 do. White. (Fair L/W=s% 17.75 Nutmegs 150s to ihe ib.j 91. Mace (Banda) 9 6 Cloves (Amboina) T 7-S° Liberian Co.tee 4'> Tapioca, smal! pearl (Fair quality) 340
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  • Article, Illustration
    27 1 H?[f*h;«i! t!.e Pr*- the f'evpic's i.^.x maintain, Unawed by influence and ■<-.Kr:b^r. by gain Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, Pledeed to Religion. Loyalty, and Law.
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  • 542 1 (June iGth.) THERE crops up every now and then among persons of the forward Colonial section in France, a grand conception of the future of Indo-China and of what French influence in the Far East might accomplish were it possible to dispense with the detour round through
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  • 525 1 (June 17th.) PARTRIDGES are very good eating la their way. hut a menu of tou jours perdrix is apt. to pall upon even the most sharp-set appetite. Renter has come to believe that the history of the world is to stand still while that amiable old gentleman
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 65 1 GRAND HOTEL JAVA, BATAVIA, HIS tifsl class Hotel, patronised l>\ the l£ng- < ommunity o( Batavia, and situated in n oJ the most healthy and best resi den tia ol the l'mvii, offers a good Table, Wines kmrnodation to rravelters. ler attends all iteamers, and Kn^hsh is U GARREAU Ik
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 317 1 THE WEEK. The next mail from Europe is expected to arrive by the N. G. L. s. S. Preusscn tomorrow, with London advices to the ist., being followed by the M. M. S. S. Salazie on the 30th inst., with the English mail ot ths sth inst. This mail leaves
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  • 563 2 The Loss of the Drummond Castle." (June 19th.) THE loss of the Drummond Castle y one of the steamers of Sir DONALD CurrieS well-known Castle Line to the Cape, with an almost entire loss of every soul on board, is one of those crowning calamities that stamp themselves firmly on
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  • 477 2 (June 1 8th.) As regards the question of the re-erec-tion of the Buggis kampong recently destroyed by fire near the mouth of the Kallang river the Municipal Commissioners have come to an entirely proper decision. The matter is not that of building on dry land where
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  • 372 2 The Governor's Desire." Thk chief interest of yesterday's pror ceedings in Council was the Governor's statement on the subject of the appointment of Municipal Presidents. We welcome H. E. s declaration that it was his desire to leave Municipalities as free as they possibly could be. Honestly speaking, what we
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  • 331 2 The Governor's Duty. The Governor in Council, after a spirited debate held with His Excellency by the Penang Municipality over the Supplementary Budget providing for the Secretary's pay on leave, has hardened his heart and and said his last word. The<}overnor in Council feels it to be bis duty to
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  • 237 2 Li Hung-Cham, Confessi s So the Chinese Viceroy has a.: last confessed that a Russian railway is to traverse Manchuria. But to btr sure there is no secret treaty. Why should there be? As the whole includes all oi its parts, the concession of the railway to near Port Arthur
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  • 133 2 Thai the intruding Venezuelan forces should have committed themselves to actual attack on British posts in British Guiana territory is a very serious affair. The peculiarity of the incident 'is that the collision has not taken place in the debated territory up the
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  • 341 2 (June 22nd.) 1 WE have now the report of the !a>t meeting of the Penang Municipal Commissioners when the Governor's final rejer tion of the supplementary budget for the Secretary's leave pay was communicate to them. The tone of the meeting was firm. Further argument with
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  • 532 2 C apt H. Craves, who wan charg< of the* i^un^ on board the Chi in s< man-ol war Chen Yu-n at the capture ot Wei-IMU-wei, is now in Bangkok Io a prest representative he sonif account o! bis experiences (luring the war. Oi Adm; -v
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  • 34 2 I Apotbecar) (i. W Leacti nk 1 sent stationed at Sungei Baku] i J f' WellcAaft i^ a brotiirr of Df Lc« who. with his wife, was mt:rf (t ii tt Slal Ttifltf recent!)
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  • 841 3 Mr. and M rs Brydges returned from I apart to-day by the French mail s.s. Natal. The body of a Chinaman, apparently t riat of a pauper, was washed ashore at the beach at Clyde Terrace this morning. A Bengali serang yesterday fell down the hold
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  • Correspondence.
    • 73 3 To the Editor. Dear Sir, As I was strolling through Government House Domain the other morning I came upon a sheet of paper blown by the wind under the shelter of a tree. What the writing on it refers to I do not know, but something about
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    • 134 3 Twas the Largest Circulation, Thought his well-known reputation, Should entitle him to precedence when going to The Ball So when they stopped his carriage He waxed uncommon savage, And ere anyone could stop him he'd attacked a 1 p'liceman tall. To the Magistrate they brought him, And narrated
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  • 84 3 A competition was started last evening for a prize presented by Mr. George Macbain, under the following conditions. Best score for nine selected holes out ot four rounds; two rounds to be played between Monday, 15th June, and Friday, 19th June, and last two rounds to be
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  • 171 3 \hron: out awn Correspondents On Saturday the usual half-yearly meeting ol the Johorc Club was held in the Reading Room. Ihe Chair was occupied (in the absence of the President, the Hon. Dato Mentri) by Mr. Larken, and a fair number of members were present. The accounts, as presented
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  • 245 3 Ihe following is the finding and order ot a Naval Court held at Amoy on Ist day of June to investigate the circumstances attending the stranding of the British steamship Cheang Hock Kian, of the port of Penang, official number 16,840, when on
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  • 891 3 A New Departure. A committee of five < hinese headmen, viz, Chin Ngieb Voo, oi Mah Wah Co. Chin Wang :.ee, of Wang Lee Co. the manager for the 1 firm of Low Ban Seng :v Co. Chin Lara Sam Chin Chieb Yoo, have been appointed by ihe
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  • 488 3 The China Mail (Bth inst.) says During the performances by bands in the Gardens it has been matter of much comment that the seats are invariably occupied by filthy Chinese who indulge in many abominable practices much to the disgust of the residents who have turned
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  • 241 3 It wiH interest those already concerned in, as well as those intending to invest, in West Pilbarra shares, to know that considerable attention is being drawn to the field in London. The Financial News ot May 22nd has these items. The first trial crushing from the new find near
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  • 152 3 Like Mr. Chamberlain, the Governor ot the (jo!d Coast, who vi-ited the Colonial Office yesterday, wears an eye-glass, is a lover of flower-., and dresses with great care. Sir William Maxwell has won a reputation on the Coast for hi-, energy, though his
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  • 221 4 We hear that presently the first of a new Japanese line of mail steamers will leave for Europe. It will be called the Port Arthur, in commemoration of one of the chief Japanese successes during the war. We quote the following from a Hongkong paper One ol
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  • 767 4 Referring to a recent communication that appeared in a Straits paper (not the Singapore Free Press) headed The Coolie Traffic to the Straits," Mr. Chris. T. Gardner, H. B. M. Consul at Amoy, writes as follows to the China Mail This communication
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  • 1313 4 (From a Bangkok Correspondent.) The Anglo- French agreement with regard to Siam has been received here with mixed feelings of astonishment, chagrin and satisfaction. The Siamese are overjoyed, the King is in despair, and the foreign community is disgusted at an agreement which keeps the Siamese question
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  • 558 4 {tram Jyorthern Papers.) An underground railway and an elevated railway are projected in Tokio. A canal to shorten the [nland Sea passage is in contemplation. The N. Y. K. is to open its Australian line in October. Marquis Saigo has been appointed Minister of State for Foreign
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  • 110 4 H. M. the King of Siam arrived on the ist inst. at Buitcnzorg, where he stayed at tlit; Bellt-Vue Hotel. There was a reception at the Societeit Buitenzorg the same day. On the second the Societeit gave a ball. <>n the third their Majesties took train
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  • 431 4 A Stirring Episode of 1873. An almost exact parallel to the present -ituatio: between Spain and the United Stales arose N 1873, during the last great Cuban insurrection, ard it had a stirring sequel. On October 2.; in tblj year, according to The Story of the Filibusters*,
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  • 172 4 Noticing tht burst of |Vo-ro/)Nj/.ii Literature' in the shape of mt au.iual issue of Colonial Repoits a hoim pai observes There are pro-consul.^ who write UUlUtlf CisSl are annuals; others all but WMM the a:i >' discoverers of their territory. thus the (r vu nor of Labuan happy Governor
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  • 199 4 On the 10th inst., in H. B. M. Consul* ourt at Bangkok the adjourned heari ig of the claim preferred by Mr. Downie on behalf of Mrs. W. i Van Cuylenberg, now in Singapore, for a decUration that the furniture and effects ol the defunct Naval and
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  • 64 4 By a Dormant Commission passed und« the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, the Senior Military Officer for the time being in command of Her Majesty's Refill* Forces in the Colony ot Hongkong i< nominated to administer the Govennm ni i the event ol the death,
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  • 37 4 The member* of this Syndicate an formed that a ftr»t return ol £t.io p r share vmII be made at the Hon^koni; and Shanghai Bank, calculated on aaeicbange ot 2«- jd to tlir dollar.
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  • 1429 5 (The > S. Hcnrath, Capt. Beneke, arrived -Jay from Batoum with oil, 131,525 cases. be Slitsui Bussau Kaisha are the agents. It ha- been decided by the promoters of the recent celebration of Jenner's centen- .-v n Tokyo to erect a statue of the great physician.
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  • 362 5 'In Chicago that city of hurrying men and restless women," says the British Medical Journal, there were, so a popular preacher said not long ago, no fewer than 35,000 persons who habitually took hypodermic injections of morphine to save themselves from the pains and terrors of neuralgia,
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  • 442 5 TO TWO LOVERS, ME ETING IN THE HIGHLANDS. I I (Contribi mi>, by O\ l <>i Them.) I glory in the heather bills, the woods and In tic burns In draughts of sweet hill air tor which my highland nature yearns Where, climbing 1 up the mountain paths and rocky
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  • 908 5 (Chronicle.) As plagiarism ever and anon pops up its head not only in the New York Independent but even in the pulpit itself on Sundays, too, of all days it may afford a sort of gratification to a certain local practitioner of that branch of art
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  • 177 5 We hear that the splendid prospects ot a certain district in Celebes as a gold field are the cause of a good deal of excitement at present in financial circles in Batavia. Th<- Russian Volunteer Fleet steamer Yaroslavl^ the second tea steamer for Russia, left Hankow on the i~|th, and
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  • 1728 6 Retrospective Notes. The racing, as 1 have said was good. We had a fair number of better horses than have formerly raced here, yet the fields, especially on the last day, were smaller than usual. Many will say the reason for this is not far
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  • 199 6 Mr. Edward Atkinson, writing in the North American Review, gives it as his opinion that the I increased production of gold, which has been so remarkable a feature of recent times, will produce no very great effect upon our economical position. He
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  • 1381 6 (Pall Mall Gazette,) There seems no reason to doubt that poisoning a picturesque but not commendable form of vice —is on the increase throughout India. The latest reports of the chemical analysts attached to the i various presidencies afford conclusive evidence on the point. Take Bombay as
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  • 778 6 I'h-* longei we- live in Japan thetnort d I does it become to make any thoroughl) i v analysis of Japanese character. Mam rr.c- have written many essays on me subject, bid il press;-jn conveyed in e\erv ease ■th -.t u k jectve, rather than an objective,
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  • 214 6 The Sandakan corresponded vi Hongkong Telegraph writes as follows oftee, cotton, and POCU WHO are being looked more and more as the country- reai m-n: '■>■ and ii any Hongkongite Krfehei to MM wh ;tt planting really is there are MM several the neighbourhood of Sandakan where it
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  • 249 7 The time would v.-em to have come when the m t»ty authorities M India can venture upon ibe encouragement of bicycling in British infantry regiments. At present, here and there, I battalion has a few cyclists, but there has been M regular organisation of
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  • 598 7 1 c is the htz profit in sm tggling opium <>i to be, and the general impression, 1•- British i Columbian piper, the g" in Victoria had long since been ten ip. Howevei a P >r\ Townsend d seem to md rate a renewal oi
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  • 1580 7 The Hon. W. R. Collyer, AttorneyGeneral, returned from Malacca to-day by the s s. Hye Leong. The failure of Cuba, owing to the rebellion, to take its usual place in the tobacco and sugar markets shou!d be of immediate material benefit to Eastern competitor? in A
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  • 119 7 At the Rangoon Municipal Meeting on May sth Mr. Coath proposed a resolution inviting the serious attention of the local Government to the great detriment caused to municipal interests by the frequent changes in the Presidentship, ,*nd expressing the opinion that a thoroughly efficient administration cannot be
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  • 227 7 We regret to learn that the Secretary of State has refused to sanction the grant of exchange compensation or increases of salary to the subordinate officers. We have seen the memorial recently submitted by this ill-treated body of otiicers, md are surprised to
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  • 610 7 This bii£ vessel, the latent addition t i the Blue Funnel" line has been an object of interest for the past i^w day-- al r^njong Pagar, both from her gigantic dimension, and troni the unwonted appearance of her masts, hi the foot of which stand eight ten to
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  • 4417 8 (Wednesday, June 17th, 1896.) Tl.e ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commission was tyrld this afternoon in the Board Rooms, Robinson -road, Mr. Gentle presiding. There were also present Colonel Pennefather Mr. Sohst, Mr. Seah Liang Seah, Mr. Tan Jiak Kirn, Mr. Shelford, Mr. Moses and Mr. Meyer.
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  • 157 9 .v good field turned u| -it the meet evening at the appointed time. laid the course along tiuj NassimI rive, through the lane at the ba< k of down lo Malaclava. where there •wo nice fences, and then on to the mcc of CHiny and (.allop lane, two
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  • 311 9 f Pevak Pioneer. tpt, Talboti we arc sorry to learn, is iadi^- ■j The Resident-General leaves for Singapore rtlj trier the at home" on Tuesday next, and be bach atter a short stay there. M E. Ho^tf. Foreman of the Ipoh water i >rks, W« understand, has resigned
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  • 162 9 SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. D. T. ROBERTSON. Early this morning Mr. D. T. Robertson, the new accountant of the Chartered Bank, who was formerly at Calcutta and who re--0 cently returned from leave at home to take the place of Mr. Armstrong, who was to leave for Bangkok shortly to
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  • 154 9 The case against Kam Guau Scan, the exCashiei of the Netherlands Bank, which wa-> commenced on Monday last at the Penang Assizes, is not concluded yet. The examination of Wi Yang Beng, the late second Cashier, by Mr. Ross was concluded on ihe afternoon oi the
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  • 348 9 Anti-Foreign Riots near Wemhou. Savage Attack on German Missionaries. Chinesb Officials Refused Protection. {Special to Hongkong Telegraph.) Shanghai, June lotli. A shocking anti-foreign riot is reported from Sungyiang, 100 miles up the Wenchow river. It commenced on the ist June in the usual way with mischievous and
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  • 136 9 The other day at Rangoon a Chinaman appeared at the Phayre Street \Vharf to take delivery of a cask of salt meat shipped from Calcutta per ss. Canara. Before the cask was opened a Preventive Officer probed it and on withdrawing the instrument a strong smell
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  • 76 9 i (Via Bangkok.) Paris, June >. -Owing lo the diplomatic skill of M. Gerard China has authorised the conduction 1 ot several railways by French engineers before unj oertaking the jun< tion of the Chinese line with the French railway projected from Tonkin to Longj ("iieou. June 9,—
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  • 383 9 The result of the inquest on the body of the late Mr. Robertson has we learn been to show that the deceased died from iodine poisoning, presumably swallowed inadvertently. Lady Mitchell's reception at Government House yesterday afternoon was largely attended. The Boxing Kangaroo showed his pugilistic
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  • 183 9 Readers of Mrs. Croker's capital Indian military novels, writes a London corespondent, will be pleased to hear that her daughter is making an exdlent match. Captain Whittaker, the happy man, was formerly in the sth Fusiliers and is now a man of considerable fortune with some
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  • 114 9 Abstract of traffic earnings for the month of May. 1896 I Freight charges on Rice and other food stuffs reduced from Janaury Ist, 1896. A. J. \V. W ATKINS, Resident Engineer, Resident Engineer's Office, Kuala Lumpur, 15th June, 1H96. Heads of Receipts 3 c. Passengers 25,984 64
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  • 625 9 The Fire Association and thf Alarm Guns. fo the Editor. Dear Sir, I have read with interest the report of the Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners in your issue of yesterday, i am sure it is not the desire of the Fire Insurance Association of Singapore to oppose any
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  • 283 9 The following paragraphs from the re- port of the Sailors' Home for 1895 will be found of interest During the year 740 officer^ and seamen mack use of the Home. The average number of the preceding five years was 534, and the largest number was in 1893,
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  • 3766 10 Thursday, June 18th, 1896. Present H. E. the Governor (£ir C. B. Mitchell, g.c.m.g.) The Hon. the Officer Commanding the Troops (Colonel R. H. W. Plunkett, r.a.) The Hon. the Col. Secretary 'J. A. Swettenham, C.M.G.) the Attorney-General (W. R. Collyer.) the Auditor-General (H. Totter.) the Col. Treasurer
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  • 400 11 R. A. v. S. C. ng to the heavy shower that tt-ll in enoon the ground was ratht-r slip- evening and tails numerou.s. tub were without several of their I tor all that played up well, ferii g defeat by _> to one. A went away at the
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  • 371 11 (f'mang Gazette, 1 6th instant.) I'he case against Kam duan Scan, the excashier ot the Netherlands Bank, was continued yestered morning. The cross-examination of Wi Yang Beng the late 2nd cashier, was concluded in the afternoon. Phang Hun Yeng, the late 3rd Cashier of the Netherlands Bank, was
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  • 130 11 The Straits Government ha\e sanctioned the appointment of a Chinese female inspector, commencing from to-day, whose duty it shall be to as^i>t Dr. Reardon, the Deputy Health Otiicer, in the inspection ol all Chinese female immigrants and female Chinese arriving from all ports declared infected for the
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  • 891 11 Alluding to Mr. F. A. Swettenham's paper on 'British Rule in Malaya the Madras Times observes The paper is of great interest as showing the invariable rule of advancing the civilisation and properity oi the whatever people England takes in hand. It is the same whether it
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  • 404 11 Regulations are published preventing the importation oi cattle to Deli or East Coast Sumatra unless and until such cattle have undergone observation and examination. Monday, the 29th inst will be observed throughout the Colonies as a public holiday in honour of the anniversary of the Coronation of Her
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  • 598 11 The S.S. Phra A>^, t Capt. Walton, with coolies from Amoy and Swatow this morning, went into quarantine anchorage Sir Lionel Cox, the Chief Justice, returned from Malacca by the Sea Belle this morning. Mr. Rodesse ana Mr Alien were also passengers by the Sea Belle.
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  • 135 11 We now hear, on good authority that the competition for the Warren Shield for Rifle-Shooting held recently is to count for last year, 1895, when no match wafired, owing to the fact that the rangr at Tanglin was closed pending the completion ot alterations needed to suit
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  • 1290 12 E'en as the heading Topics of the Week Doth now, too oft, portend dead languages. Anon. Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli. Juvenal. The Civic Eathers of Penang have had their final repulse from the hands of the Governor. They are in a dilemma between
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  • 414 12 We are sincerely glad to hear that, contrary to rumour in official circles here, there is no present prospect of Mr. A. M. Skinner taking leave on the score of his health, and therefore that the arrangements which might have been necessary in the event
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  • 844 12 {From sur own C»r respondent.} The Criminal Assizes were opened before the Chief Justice on Tuesday. Amza bin Baba, AH bin Haji, Mat bin Sahat, and Jamaludin were charged with having grievously assaulted Latip bin Siam on the ioth April at Tranquerah and Moil bin Rasip was charged with
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  • 103 12 All who are disposed, out of rcspe 1 the memory of the brave Siti^aporraj \M,n the Stanhope Gold Meda! ol v to subscribe to this Memorial F«a I invited to send their contribution- tothe care of the Editor, Singapore Fr, /V As already mentioned, th<- case
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  • 866 12 THE P. AND O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO The report for the halt-yew ending M stales it tin-: da' i, «ji the l^^i report v wa§ r twu lar^t- passenger and mail Reamers m ne construction w/.., the India and <'. t named vessel having been contracted I Messrs. aird and
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  • 3573 13 Written lot the Singapore Free Pre^.^.) Reasons i-or visiting Bangkok. Crossing the Bar. Impressions of Bangkok before seeing it— Paknam Phi French Cow p. A nc estry of th e \\x -y <»h History. Scenery on the MEN w i HOLERA MIXTURE." Ban<«mik Phi River and
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  • 221 14 The following are the minutes ot a meeting of the Provisional Committee of the C. P. A. of the Federated Native States held in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, Kth June, 1896. Present:— Messrs. Carey, Hill, Wickwar and wibson. Mr. Hill was unanimously voted to the chair Mr.
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  • 442 14 The programme of the Penang August meeting is to be found in another column. Cholera and famine are reported by Siam papers to prevail at Battambong. The s. S. Carolina arrived yesterday from Trengganu with a Chinese junk in tow. The Tanjong Pagar Dock Co. want
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  • 203 14 The appointment of Mr. T. H. Kershavv as Legal Adviser to the Federated Native States is gazetted. Mr. S. E. Harper, Selangor Police, has been granted twelve months' leave. The report of the Post and Telegraphs Dept. shows that over a million articles were dealt with by the
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  • 237 14 The date up to which applications for shares may be made for the West Pilbarra Gold Mine, advertised in our columns, closes on Thursday next, the 25th. The bona fides of the concern is amply vouched for by the names of the directorate, all local
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  • 379 14 Shanghai, June 4th. The local mandarins have received news by wire from Lanchou, vid Peking, to the effect that the Mahommedans in Lanchou prefecture and north of that city, near the Great Wall, after having been quieted by General Tung Fu-hsiang, the Kashgar Commander-in-Chief, last December,
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  • 740 14 (Special to the Singapore Free Press.) By our Correspondent with H. K. the Chinese Envoy. Hotel de TEurope, St. Petersburg, May 2nd, 1896. We left Port Said on April 23rd, 1896, in the good ship Rossia, one of the Volunteer fleet, the steamer being beautifully fitted for the
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  • 148 14 EASTERN SCHOOL ATHLETIC SPORTS. The sports in connection witr. Eastern School were held in the schor grounds on Friday, in th<- present- o good company of friends. The V a* events came off successfully, and the X S. S. Walker presented the prizes suits. ioo yds.— j Seng Chong 2
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  • 170 14 A SMALL EARTHQUAKE a SINGAPORE. 1 hough we had no waking tttper of it ourselves, it tppearfi that about ii<Jnight on Saturday there was a vt rv dig. tinct earth tremor felt throughout Singapore. The time is itself not given with any certainty, but it is believed that i: w.^
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  • 218 14 A most interesting competition < brought to a close on Saturday af( moon The weather was ideal fen golfing, and tin links were, in very good condition ftei Club's thanks are due to Mr. Macbait loi the prize he presented, and i: rill I c I 1
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  • 229 14 I mk "Asru snuKSi i Sn mum H<)< k. The French Gunboat Atpic ha- bad, ftcording to the Coumcr de Saigon, a very narrow ft ap* from total destruction m the Gulf of SlMk J hut journal, on thy inst., states that ibo* I
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  • 637 15 !Hr, K. S. Gundry writes to the Kditor of the x imy Review** May ist Although public altei :;on ha> seemed to concentrate itself upon Mekong, il must not be forgotten that the French < onvention recognize-, an English 1 Frei I sphere
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  • 248 15 CRICKET AT BATA VIA. fjFr&M our own CfcrresJ o-iJetu.) annual contest Scotland v the r I took place on Sunday the 14th inst. 11 I < nded in favour of the World. Had een for the buttery state ot" the fingers ot some ot the players tor the A orld,
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  • 154 15 Another crocodile has been seen repeatedly at the edge of the Impounding Reservoir, not far from the Municipal Bungalow and near the embankment. Steps are being taken to capture the intrusive saurian, and as a preliminary a feast of ducks is being prepared so as.
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  • 502 15 POINTS RESERVED FOR THE COURT 01 APPEAL. The; CH?e a^a'n.-.t Karri Guan Scan, the ex-cash-ier ol the Netherlands Trading Societ) who was charged at Penang with criminal breach of trust and embezzlement of sums in diMerent currencies of the value i f about 5i 48,000, was,
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  • 218 15 S. R. C. v. S. C. C. The match was played on the Esplande on Saturday, and resulted in a win For the Club by i 4() runs. The scores were H. S. Finck not out 27 B. H. Buxton b Woodroffe 4 F. Zehnder c Brownlie b Mactaggart
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  • 706 15 The Ipoh water works, it is expected, will be finished in a month or so, and the supply of water commenced. The laying of the pipes and setting up of the hydrants are completed. The Ceylon Government has been asked to assist in obtaining the services of a
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  • 35 15 The Japanese and Chinese Envoy* in Germany. Prince Hohenlohe has paid a prolonged visit to Marshal Yamagata. The Grand Cross of the Red Eagle has been conferred upon H. E. Vice-Roy LiHung. Chang.
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  • 96 15 Li-Hung-Chana^. in handing his credentials to the Emperor William, declared that the relations existing between China and Germany were more conspicuously friendly than with any other treaty power. His Excellency thanked Germany for the powerful assistance rendered to China during last year's negotiations for the retrocession of
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  • 120 15 Committed for Trial. Dr. Jameson. Sir John Willoughbv i formerly Major Royal Horse Guards), the Hon. Henry Frederick White (formerly Major Grenadier Guards), Major the Hon. Robert White, Col. Rayleigh Grey. 8.8.".. (formerly 6th Dragoons) and Capt. Coventry, 8.8.P., have been committed by Sir John
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  • 62 15 A Gold Standard to be Maintained. The delegates from the Xew England States, from New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Minnesota, Xew Jersey, Washington, Tennessee, Illinois, and Wisconsin at the St. Louis Convention have resolved to maintain a gold standard, and to oppose the free coinage of
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  • 58 15 H. E. Viceroy Li-Hung-Chang lunched with their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Germany at the Palace of Potsdam. Prince Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurt, Chancellor of the Empire, Fretherr Marschall yon Bieberstein, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the members of the Chinese Legation, and other notables were present London i 'June tSp6.
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  • 54 15 REUTER'S SUPPLEMENTARY TELEGRAMS. (Still Delayed in Transmission,) The Chinese Envoy Fivo'cloques. H. E. Viceroy Li-Hung-Chang took five o'clock tea with Her Majesty the Empress of Germany on the tennis lawn at Potsdam. It is anticipated that this social event will give an impulse to the tea trade between China and
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  • 109 15 LI-HUNG- CHANG DINES. H. E. Viceroy Li-Hung-Chang. was entertained in Berlin in the evening by Prince Hohenlohe, at a State Banquet at which there was a large and brilliant gathering of the Corps Diplomatique, and other personages of distinction. A State performance of ''Lohengrin was given at the Opera-House in
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  • 30 15 H. K. Viceroy Li Hung-Chang is indisposed. His Excellency's medical attendant (Dr. Irwin, of Chefoo) attributes it to H. E.s partaking of cucumber the previous evening.
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  • 14 15 H.E. Viceroy Li Hung-Chang has |rit£ recovered from his Indisposition
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  • 84 16 HE. Marshal Yamagata has had an audience with the Emperor William at Potsdam. Owing to the state of his health he has abandoned his intention of visiting England. His homeward journey will be via Canada and he sails from Marseilles on Sunday next. Li Hung-Chang Lunches Again.
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  • 143 16 Loss of the Drummond Castle." Two Hundred and Forty-four Lives Lost. Only Three Saved. The S. S. Drummond Castle has been sunk ort Ushant, and of two hundred and forty-seven persons aboard of her only three were saved. [The Drummond Castle is one of Donald Carrie's
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  • 18 16 The St. Louis Convention has nominated Mr. McKinlay as President of the United States.
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  • 80 16 Mercantile Marine Amenities. The Peninsular and Oriental Company have entertained Mr. Shoda, Director of the Nippon Yushen Kaisha, at an important gathering of representative English and Japanese Officials and others interest- ed in the mercantile shipping interests 1 he Japanese Minister, Mr. T. K.nto was al>o present
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  • 64 16 Whites in Laager at Salisbury. j The rebellion among the Masbonas is Reading a,ui the nahves are massacring the: Whites living on the outlying farms tut Salisbury and Maze! Districts. I All the outlying Whites have been ordered into laager at Salisbury where there is a
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  • 21 16 A Mischievous Move. Venezue-an troops have entered the disputed territory and have stopped the operations of the British surveyors.
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  • 50 16 Li-Hung-Chang Confesses the Truth of the Manchurian Railway Scheme. Li-Hung-Chang denies that there is any secret treaty between Russia and China, but admits that a Russian railway is to be built through Manchuria. j Renter has omitted the usual reference to Li-Hung-Chang's Lunch. London^ 'June igth, 1896,
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  • 109 16 lighting at Barima. A telegram to the ISfav York World from Caracas states that a sanguinary contact has caken place between the British and the Venezuelans at Barima. Li-Hung-Chang. 1/i-Hung-Chang has had an interview, lasting two hours, with the German Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Freiherr Marschall I
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  • 53 16 Petition to the Secretary of State. (Special for the Singapore Free Press.) Penang, June 20, 1-2 p.m. The Municipal Commissioners have resolved to present a memorial to the Secretary of State, begging him to direct the Governor to sanction the supplementary budget dealing with
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  • 22 16 The telegram from the New York World [of the sanguinary conflict at Barima between Venezuelans and British] is untrue.
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  • 13 16 The Midland Counties have beaten the Australians by four wickets.
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  • 12 16 The French Chamber have passed the Bill to annex Madagascar.
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  • 25 16 H. E. Viceroy Li Hung Chang has been banquetted at Stettin and has proceeded to Kiel where he met with an official reception.
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  • 55 16 The Republicans and the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe doctrine has been adopted as a plank in the Republican platform, and that party is very emphatic to permit no increase in the present European dominion in America, under any pretext. It hopes for the entire withdrawal
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  • 55 16 Mr. Leyds has wired to Mr. Chamberlain strongly pressing him to prosecute Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Beit and Mr. Harris, and greatly regretting the delay in the enquiry into the complicity of the Chartered Company. He urges a complete transfer ot the Company's territory to imperial
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  • 127 16 June 2■■>.— Per Neera Mr. Walker. Mr. H. B. Freer. Mr. St. J. Carey, Mr. J. S. Geiensile, Mr. A. C. Jansz. Per Purnea Mr. and Mrs. C. Fernandez, Miss Robless, 'apt. and Mrs. Raby. Mrs. S. Bernhardt, Mr. Bhinn, Mr. Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. Naftally, Mastef Naftally,
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  • 69 16 June 16. Per Xatal from Shanghai. Mr. E. St. Vrae. From Yokohama. Mr. and Mrs. Brydges, Mrs. Warrack. From Hongkong.—Mr. i E. H. Bell, M. l'Abbe Lemonnier. June 22. —Per Pckin from London.—Mr. K. Bugden, Mr. R. H. Young, Mr. VV. J. Blackall. From Bombay. —Mr.
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  • 12 16 June 23.—Per Rosetta for London. [inspector Sumner, Mr. \V. Hutton.
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  • 65 16 June 16.—Per Natal for Marseilles.—Mr. J. C. Van der Pals, Mr. [.Brandts, Rev. Byron, Mr. A. J. Van Hemert', Mr. W. A. Stark, Mr. P. W. R. Rosener Manx. For Colombo.—Mr. P. W. Lilly. June 20.—Per Aratoon Apcar for Penang. Miss David, Mr. J. Carapiet. For Calcutta.— Rev.
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  • 353 16 1 Quotation. Capital Paid up Shares Pd. D,» Hon^ur.t STiai Bank. 186 prem. *u;.ooo.aoo f 10,000,000 80,000 125^1.5,^ Nations! Bank of China 27 Sales. £400.150 l <*<97*>* l> Founders. 1 105 Sellers. 75 r i: Bk. of China. Jap. Stouts %A Nominal. /450.96 ft 109,875
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    • 208 16 Raffles Hotel. PATRONIZED by Royalty, Nobility and Distinguished Personages, including H. R. H. Prince Damrong. H. R. H. Prince Sevastr His Grace The Duke of Newcastle. The Right Hon'ble The Earl of Dysart. L Lordr^or I m l c i r y BrByC Major General Sir Henry Collett, K.C.B. Sir
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    • 1198 16 VKSc> h, L z il\ rOK j Man-of-War Kiaes ft T<m. Captam Arnvec Fton rnniqiii il f«t. Porpoise Brit, era., 1770^% May 2; Hongkong Sr. N. Officer Sut v. Other Vessels Aladdin Nor. 1987 Shot* June 7D. Bay Boiteuttd [iiva lulv l Amherst Brit. 108 Shimmen June.- EClang Wee B.n
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