The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 11 August 1896

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY. AUGUST nth, 1896. No. 472
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    CONTENTS.
    188 1 1 rete and the Powers, 8i Fhc Farifs of < h na< 8i 1 he Leas ->t I tc Rajmk />" t tf. 8i -Hung-Chang's Mission 10 England, 82 t m News. v pi emc I >arr. |*i e Late Fan Kin Cheng's Will, 8"? I M Dehnai^ v.
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    EXCHANGE.
    71 1 Corrected up to August 10.) On London. Hank 4 m/s 3/2-7/16 demand 2/2-5/10 Private credits 3 m/s 2/2J documents 3 m/s 2/2-11 16 credits 6 m/s 2/2| On India. Bank demand On Hongkong. hat k demand J% p^etti On Yokohama. Bank demand i% prem On Java. i.ank demand 132
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      BIRTH.
      16 1 At Sophia Road, on ;th instant, the v.ie c: A. F. Williams, of a son.
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      MARRIAGRS.
      55 1 At the Presbyterian Church, on the sth instant, by the Rev. S. Stephen Walker, Thomas Goldib Scott to Georuiw, daughter of Robert Millar, Glasgow. (in the 14th instant, at Krlenbach, near Zurich, Walter Edblmann (formerly of Behn, Meyer A: Co., Singapore), to Sophm Elisa, second daughter of J. H.
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    Crete and the Powers.
    419 1 v re shall tr.r Press t! t People's maintain, na ed ijy influence and unbribed !<>■ gain Here patriot Truth her glorious prerrpts draw, Pledged to RHieioM. I.ovaltv. and Law. (August 4th.) Ihe European Concert is not going on with that harmony which its designation ought
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    The Tariffs of China.
    672 1 (August sth.) SELDOM has a more important telegram been transmitted to the East, on a subject affecting Far Eastern commercial and political relations, than that printed to-day concerning the question of the future policy of China in respect to her import tariffs. Tnder the able administration
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    The Loss of The "Rajah Brooke."
    452 1 The Loss of The Rajah Brooke." [August ;tu.) WHILE tiur actual uu"^ which ltd to the unfortunate recent stranding of tWe Rajak Brooke may b« a matter tor investigation in the usual course by fcbe pr<» per authority, it roaji be remarked tint, considering the nature and locality of the
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      68 1 I BENSON'S WATCHES. MANUFACTORY. LLI GATE HILL, LONDON MAKER TO H. M. THE QUEEN MiCi.uTMANDFALTURIDiHDRIfOIIMINDID >o" us! in tmi kast, Bbn^on's Sprcial strength -KIRLD" WATCH AG«>»D KKV. .SsfcNGLISH H ALF CM RcNOM KTHK O BRNSON'S "LUDGATE" WATCH. rn«g QvAvm Platr English Ltveß full S»»ciai *t/M Mt» MAKi m>k Chinese TuOROiR
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      49 1 Buchanan Whisky. Messrs. J. BUCHANAN &C§., Excellence and Purity of their HOUSE OF COMMONS' BRAND. I Soi. i) Wholesale Retail by Scotch Whisky Merchants, _>,), BUCRLBRSBURY, LONDON, E. C. Have been awarded the highest Medal a the Antwerp Exhibition ot 1&94 KATZ BROS.— SoIe Agents, SINGAPORE. Dec 1. J< fr
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      396 1 THE WEEK. Ihe next mail from Europe is expected by the P. and O. s.s. Kaiser-l-Hind on the (6th inst., with London advices to the 24th ult being followed by the X. D L S.S. Bayern on the 20th inst.. with the English mail of the 27th ult. This mail
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    Li-Hung Chang's Mission to England.
    394 2 f 1 ERE it not the apparently well authenticated fact that the Viceroy Li-Hung-CHANG in the main limits himself at banquets to Chinese fare prepared for him by his own cook his digestion would at this late stage in his European tour be in a
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    SINGAPORE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
    693 2 Chcjß\l and Or< hestral Con< ert. The Town Hail proved none too large for the audience that assembled on Saturday last at the Concert of the Philharmonic Society. The fact that Mr. Howard Xewton. for so many years connected with musical life in Singapore, would make a
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    GOVERNOR MAXWELL ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GOLD COAST.
    1328 2 On the afternoon of the ist July the banquettine hall of the Kxchange Station Hotel was crowded with a large and appreciative audience, which had assembled to hear his Kxcellency Sir William E. Maxwell, KX.M.6., deliver an address on the subject,
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    HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
    326 2 The following is the sixty-second nep Court of Directors io tbe ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be > e Hongkong, on Saturday the ***** To the Proprietors of th< Hongkong and S hai Banking Corporation. Gentlemen. i lie directors have now i< to you
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    151 2 Concerning the Welsbach L;lJ' Mr. Tomlinson, the Municipal Engu reports. On the 22nd [vne, \j\ arrangemem M.'iii.i^er, pressures were taken on Orchai I K The pressure was found to '•><- general!) ii| tra< t< 9 laths inch I, bul then if i»« improvement n the management ot t( uenl mantles.
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    TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1896
    313 3 Mr H Abrams is going down to Penang r ih d race? to at as starter for the Pen ing irf Club. is morning a Chinaman was fined %2Q before Mr Anthonisa tor not reporting i and mouth disease. The f :nal tie tor the Singapore
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    H.M. THR KING OF SIAM.
    182 3 h ijesties the King and Queen r>l ft this iii the tha hahBa»gk< >k via i rengg inu ind l\> i n umb r 1 ladies going on >>< >ai »l a ■> o'clock. heif Ma jesl ies emit d from Johnston's Piei leaving in
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    TWINS AS A RISK.
    86 3 T WINS AS A RISK. beard ol several forrosofin- e but never ol an iosuran :e against i birth ot twins. I osurance against 4 mi>int ul th s kind is not only underen, how ver, by the sedate Lloyd's but even more' ><>l>er and serious Law ii ntee ind
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    THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ASSOCIATION; SINGAPORE BRANCH.
    1050 3 The following is the Committee's Report to the members of the Singapore Branch of the Straits Settlements Association, for the year ending 30th June, 1896 Gentlemen, Your committee beg to present to you their Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1508 3 Before Sir L. Cox., C. J. The Late Tan Kim Cheng's Will. Judgment was given this morning by the Chief Justice in a case involving the construction of the will of the late Tan Kim Cheng. Messrs. Khory and Badges appeared for the plaintiffs, Tan Jiak Kim and
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    THE CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION AT HONGKONG.
    318 3 THE CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION AT HONGKONG. Hongkong Opinion < pon Straits Opinion. (Hongkong Telegraph, 25th July.y We publish in another pan of this issue extracts from the criticisms of our Straits contemporaries oi the final decision of the Imperial < »overnment on the petition oi the ratepayers praying tor an increase
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  • Correspondence.
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      The Anglo-Chinese School.
      1133 4 lo THk EDITOR, Sir, —Since my name has been mentioned in connection with this school, I feel it my duty to make it clear that the point of the disagreement that has arisen between the authorities of the AngloChinese School and ourselves was not cue to any
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      Another "Drummond Castle."
      105 4 Another Drummond Castle." To thk Editor, Sir,—With reference to your query regarding the wreck of a steamer called the Drummond Castle in 1823, this is obviously a misprint, as no such steamer existed at that date, nor had any steamer then reached Chinese waters. The wreckyou refer to was that
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    THE NEW INDIAN LOAN COVERED THREE TIMES OVER.
    99 4 The Average Rate Three per cent. Premium. Calcutta, July 23rd. The result of the 3 rupee loan was as follows: The minimum rate of Rs. 102 7 as. only received 2*9 per cent, of the amount applied for at that rate. The
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    PUNJOM.
    260 4 In the report for the working of the mine during June the Manager is pleased to say that good progress has again been made with what is know 11 as mining.' The prospects of the August Shaft 200 ft. level have improved, and are now very encouraging. On the
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    THE RUSSIAN COUP.
    98 4 Secret Comfaci Signed at St. Petersburg. Shanghai, July <>ist. We have received information iron particularly weil informed uuaricr to the cilei-i that all doubt about ihe success of Russia's diplomacy, which she set in train to obtain the right to bring the (Vans-Siberian Railway through M^: <
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    THE ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL CONTROVERSY.
    1675 4 We quote below certain passages from the Gospel in All Lands for May, 1896, extracted from the communications written j by the Rev. D. D. Moore and the Rev. C. C. Kelso. that have suggested the course of action taken by the Chinese trustees in dissociating
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    176 4 On the 26th ult. Miss Ifclntosh, one I the sisters at the Hongkong Civil Hospital who had been in attendance at the Plague Hospital, was pronounc <-ri to \h suffering from plague Lieut-General Teraudii ba§ been ftppointed to proceed from Japan to tUirope to purchase military plant anc materials necessitated
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    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1896.
    333 5 A Hokien woman living in Dixon Road r -ports to the Police that her house was entT^d last evening and jewellery valued at $75 stolen. is reported that the Imperial troops in Kansti have began the massacre of all Ma* bommedaos. This it is feared will
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    A FREIGHT "COMBINE "
    166 5 A FREIGHT COMBINE E x nj» 01 th« r»^ nts of rhe M Conliners was hel the ExchangeS gapoie, on Saturday to consider >sibilitv and advisability of raisino s ol freight for homeward bound steanx rs, and :ilt< r some discussion it was hat homeward rates to London, Liverpool and
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    THE LOSS OF THE "ILTIS."
    188 5 [lit- Hongkonp Telegraph wire trom Shanghai, lulv 25th, gives the number of saved trom the disaster as eleven, not one i whom is an officer. Ihe survivors would ippear to have reached the shore pure!) by eir individual exertions, no mention m^ :iia<le ot a
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1524 5 Befoie Sir L. Cox., C. J. J. M. Delm46e v. Tan Yiong Siak. The hearing of this case was continued this morning. Mr. Braddell, addressing the Court on behalf of the defence, said it appeared to him there were two questions which His Lordship had to decide, first,
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    A DECLARATION OF POLICY.
    221 5 The Malaysia Message, writing to defend the Anglo-Chinese School against a charge that sectarian education was being given there, says, in June 1893 The Raffles Institution is in a bad way when it is necessary to question the safety of entrusting the youth of this Colony
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    84 5 The recent severe typhoon at Hongkong appears to have aroused tears for the safety of ihe Gap Kock lighthouse. On the 29th at three o'clock the lighthouse keepers reported that the barometer had fallen to 2g.00, that the derrick on the landing ->tage hail been carried away and that the
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    THE "CATTERTHUN'S" GOLD.
    526 5 A Gruesome Sight! Great interest if felt in the operations beinij conducted on the sunken Australian liner Catterthun. In a letter from Sydney to the fapan Mail we find the following: 'The attempt 10 recover the gold lost in the Catterthun, delayed by unfavourable weather, is likely
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    THE KILBURN SISTERHOOD.
    376 5 The Globe observes as follows with reference to tlir financial aiul other scandals connected with the management <>! the It is to be hoped that the ladies composing the Kilburn Sisterhood will :.i length M-e liie absolute necessity of placing themselves unreservedly in the? hands of someone
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    128 5 H. M. S. Centurion y Narcissus (mutertalitc, Pique and Rainbow \< U H.ikodnte on the 14th inst. FOl \lci>lii The 1 ible from |»*|jati t«i Formosa is expected to be laid suit! .1 un> ,il working order by the 1 v :n The Spanish residents in the Argentine Republic have
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    PROGRESS OF BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
    2539 6 A wish having been expressed at several recent meetings of Shareholders that somewhat fuller information with regard to the progress of the Colony should accompany the customary Report and Balance Sheet, the following particulars are given in response thereto Telegraph. On the 19th May, 1894,
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    THE N. P. STEAMER CO. TO CONNECT WITH AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AFRICA.
    288 6 The following is from the Tacoma Daily Newsali the 20th June The Northern Pacific Steamship Company is in the trade to do business as is evinced by its enterprise, in many directions. It has been but a feudays
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    220 6 The date fixed for the assembly of the Council of Judges at Penang i< Friday, the 21st inst Capt. Tozer, sth Fusiliers, joins the Ist Battalion on promotion. That officer will therefore remain at Gibraltar when the present battalion calls there on its way to England. Two pawnbrokers, Chinese, were
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    THE TANGLIN CLUB THEATRICALS.
    118 6 The piece presented on Wednesday night before the members of the Tanglin Club and their friends was Bamboozled a comedy by Horace Marsh, Esq. The following was the caste Sir Marmaduke Meadows Mr. A. I! S. t/Sit llivan. Captain Frank Bamboozle Mr. R. F. Jell -r,
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    FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1896.
    503 6 A notification is published in Jhe Japanese Official (jazette by the Department o j Communications announcing that thr new postage stamps with the portraits of the late Princes Arisugawa and Kitashirattawa will be issued on August \>\ next Bv< million two cent stamps of each oe^ig-,
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    PERAK NOTES.
    398 6 {Perak Pioneer.) Major Pearse's coconut estate at Kuala Seiai gor, which is to be conducted Dy Mi. fl. < Holmes, has been named Langford.' Captain Talbot, the second in comn.aml o! tfal Guides, is expected to leave for Selangoi with tin D company a lortnight hence or so.
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    Correspondence. E. E. A & C. Tel. Co.
    135 7 Correspondence. E. E. A C. Tel. Co. to THI EDlio*. Sir, —In your yesterday's issue, you report that Admiral Sir Leopold Heath is elected Chairman of this Company. This is a mistake. The most Honourable the Marquis of Tweeddaie has been appointed Chairman jf tkts Company, in the place of
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    THE NEW BISHOP OF MALACCA.
    360 7 c understand that a telegram has been ie< rived from notifying the appomtmnt oi (he Rev. R. I* e, vicar of St. Francis Xavier Church, Penang, as Bishop of Malacca in succession to the Right Rev. Bishop Gasnier. The Bishop-elect lias been i*. work in
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    CRICKET.
    256 7 \tr\ i merest i og all day match was lycd yesterday on Ihe Rattles School ground between the St. Joseph's Cricket !ub and ihc Raffles Cricket Club, which res ilted in a win for the latter by 31 runs. scores were as follows KR, < C. turnings, 2nd Innings*
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    THE MANDI SAFFAR SPORTS.
    433 7 The day before yesterday (Wednesday) the Dar-ul-adeb Association held its annual Athletic SporU for the second time. This Association is a Mahomedan Mutual Improvement Society, the object of which is the mental and physical development of its members. Wednesday's sports were held on a large piece
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    A RUSSIAN COALING-STATION IN KOREA.
    398 7 The y.-C. Daily News has these notes on Korea affairs from a native source The British Legation guard was withdrawn from Seoul on the 19th ultimo, but the U. S. Legation still retains its guard of marines. The Russian Legation is garrisoned by from 250
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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1896.
    704 7 New Prye River Dock Co. pay a dividend at the rate of 3 percent, per annum for the first half of this year. H. E. the Governor, accompanied by Mr. C. Severn, P. S., and the Misses Cox (2), left for Malacca in the Sea Belle
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS.
    111 7 H. C. Meyer is authorised to tile a specification under the Inventions Ordinance for an improved process for removing the outer layer from the wood of the cane palm. The Secretary of State has confirmed the suspension of Mr. H. Walker, late House Surgeon, General Hospital, Singapore. Messrs.
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    THE SEMBAYANG HANTU.
    180 7 To-morrow being the first day of the seventh moon the celebration of the Sembayang Hantu or Feast of the Dead commences amongst the Chinese. During this moon Buddhist and Taoist priests read masses to release souls from purgatory, scatter rice to feed starving ghosts, recite magic incantations
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    Mr. JOHN ROBERTSON.
    352 7 Bon Accord, a topical Aberdeen paper which deals largely in personals," illustrated by photographic reproductions, has this relerence (with a portrait) to a new arrival in Singapoie, who promises to b^ useful on the cricket. licl«l Yet another home grown plant has outgrow n the limited scope
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    193 7 Overheard on the Ksplanade. Thomas Atkins (from Tyneside) overjoyed at the Fusiliers winning the Coop." Now then, lads, let's have a gaudy night.' And they had.) Major H. X. S. Shrapnel died .it Oriilia, Ontario, the other day, aged s^ He was a son of the invetitoi t>f ti.- Shrapnel
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1813 8 Fkida\. August 7th, 1896. Present H. E. the Governor (Sir C. B. Mitchell, g.c.m.g.) The Hur.. the Col. Secretary J. A. Swettenham, C.V.G.' the Attorney-General (W. R Collyer.) the Ccl. Treasurer (E. E. I^emonger.) the Auditor-General (H T otte'.;» the Acting Colonial Engineer (Capt. F I Anderson B
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    BOWLING.
    67 8 ISMAILH AM) CI.ARE GROVE V. REST. This match was played at the Tanglin Club last night and won by the Rest by 150 points. Score. Rest. I. C. G. H. S. Ainslie 075 G. Macia^part f)Bq A. A. Earle 602 W. R. C. Middieton 664 E. Ocker 655 F.
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
    175 8 The Bole gold area has been prospected by Dr. Seelhorst and is believed to be promising. Reports from Mr. H. Walker and Mr. E. R. Walker, on British North Borneo as a coffee -grow ing country, thoroughly confirm the reality of the results obtained on the Development
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    CRICKET.
    350 8 11 Stay- at- Homes" Sbrbmbah Ikam. On Thursday an all day mach was played on the Esplanade between the S. C. C. eleven that recently visited Sungei t Jong, and an eleven of the "Rest." The Seremban team batted first and made 97, WoodrofTe's 42 and Ains'ie's 19 being
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION.
    1136 8 The annual report on India*? Imnr.igra. tion for 18^5. by Ifr. A. W. O'SulUvaa laid before the Council yesterday, is Q particular interest at the present moment when Government is considering *hat steps it can take to faster immigration. The total number of Indian Immi^ra; arriving in 1895
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    872 9 g en as the headino Topics of the Week Octh now, too oft, portend dead languages. Anon. Quirq-' (I agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli Jt VENAL. Ibe Topic oi the Week has been the oss f the Rajah Brooke and the happy e ot all
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    ASSOCIATION CHALLENGE CUP.
    766 9 Final i 18. Thi Regiment Win i>y 2 Goals to Lovb. If anything were wanted to testify to the immense popularity to which Football has attained, last night's attendance at the final tie on the h^planade would furnish ample proof. The Natives even clambered up trees so
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    STRAITS FINANCE.
    672 9 (L. C. E.j We may still have our ideas on the point of whether the t l per cent, of the receipts into the Treasury of the Straits Settlements should include the works and buildings, particularly barracks, but, at all events, the Auditor-General's statement for 1805 shows that
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    SELANGOR PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION.
    259 9 At the meeting of July 1 8th, the following took place. Mr. E. V. Cart-y in the Chair. Mr. Carey said thai since the last meeting enquiries had been made, and it had been ascertained that port wine did not come under the excise law, so he
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    MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1896
    702 9 Mr. Fleming, the Superintendent of Ulu Pahang, is invalided home and Mr. George Maxwell of the Perak Civil Service replaces him. There is a really capital likeness of S:r William Maxwell, our late Colonial Secretary and Acting Governor, in Commerce of the' Bth Jaly. The third
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    WRECK OF THE " RAJAH BROOKE."
    6125 10 WRECK OF THE RAJAH BROOKE." All HiNi* Savrd on Victory Island Expected Total Loss. By the Colonial s.s. Horsburgh there arrived to-day (Aug. 4th). the Mate, Second Engineer and six men of the Rajah Brooke, which vessel has gone ashore and is expected to become a total wreck on the
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    146 11 A very interesting little match was shot at Tanglin on Thursday morning between Capt. Wilkinson and Lieut. Dauson of the one part, and Sergt. Major Fraser and Bandmaster Wallace of the other. The two officers made 186 points (Lieut. Daw* I son 95, and Capt. Wilkinson 91) and the other
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    BATAVIA NEWS.
    821 11 iFrom our own Correspondent.} The Bandoeng R\ces. Batavia, July 30th. iB</>. These took place on the 25th, 26th and 27th instant, and the meeting w a 3 exceptionally successful. The w rather throughout was alone an inducement for enjoyment to a visitor, as the temperature at night ranged
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    SIR WILLIAM MAXWELL ON WEST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT.
    719 12 f Liverpool journal nt Commerce, July 2, lst)6.y The proceedings which took place vesterday in Liverpool in connection with the West Coast of Africa were characterised, as 15 usual with events taken in hand by the African section of the Chamber of Commerce,
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    GOLF.
    108 12 S. G. I", v. Sei-ov Links. 1 he match played on Saturday between the Singapore Gol! Club and the Sepoy Lines Gull Club, was won by the latter on their own links by five holes. The scores were Singapore Goli Club. S. L. Gol] n h. SUven 5 v
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    19 12 Ihe draw lor the next tie for "Acolyte's Prizes is round" fikysMerewether, receiv '»fc 2 strokes,
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    82 12 A cricket match between the Right and Left Halves S. V. A. was played on the fcsplanade on Saturday afternoon, ihe former making 112 against n 9 by the Left Hall lor six wickets. Holloway for the Right Half was top scon-,- with >s Robertson 17 and Heaps 15 being
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    MALACCA.
    981 12 {From our own Correspondent.") The annual meeting of the subscribers to the Malacca Library was held on Thursday last, and a much larger number of people than usual were present. The meeting again resolved to have a new catalogue compiled and printed, and perhaps this time the resolution will
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    THE TYPHOON AT HONGKONG.
    605 12 A Number o\ Lives Lost. News has come to hand by the mail of a severe typhoon at Hongkong and Macau on the 29th u!t which has left its traces everywhere in the shape of wrecked buildings, the wholesale destruction of matsheds, the uprooting and dismantling
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    A WORLD CYCLING TOUR.
    126 12 Arrangements have been mai-: '.or a cycling tour round the world. Dr. Lunn, the editor of Travel, has arranged to send his brother, Mr. Edward Lunn, Mr. John Foster Fraser, and Mr F. H. Lowe, on a cycling tour, proceeding to the Continent via Antwerp, and
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    11 12 The Municipal President's Progress Report i>' >ui, reached us this morning
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    PENANG RACES.
    537 12 The tirst dav of the Penang Rar Aa held in glorious weather, with ex. elle arrangements, good fields and plenty enthusiasm It was distinctly a dtv up->et>. The events in which outsid were concerned are thu> described i. -Thk Maiden Ph j u. Value S2oo.— For Maiden Horses,
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    THE WESTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.
    295 12 THE WE STRALIAN GOL DFIEL DS v i Vll.M! M BY PHI Go\ >.fttb'<Hi Sir i^d Smii h, in <» &j* i > third >• be PaHiatnen of i: i ilutt klin i h.iel conclu led j> .it ilu < < mem should M i I esttatc Lei undertake water
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    42 12 U K lerome, th< bxiti thin local r efereiice i* 1 swer? in espondents to v. hat |hhc bt t.'ic Botanical (jardcust i living puppy was provided tuf ,»;">«• 11 r- children K a ;.;l.i<l to I kink thai I i Id -.iitf.
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    THE BLUE BOOK.
    320 13 Ihe report on the Straits Settlements (of :B<«s appears as a supplement to the last number of the (Gazette. Most of the tnattt: referred to have already been publisl i d I lie revenue was §4,048,360, or ..f, increase ol 8143,586, due to licenses t d reimbursements,
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    TELEGRAMS.
    1359 13 i mk Floods in Bomb m Boml July 25. Heavy rain in the mofussil has I both hues. Tragic has been suspended be B. li.andC. I. near Virar owing to the r^ away ol two bridges. On the G. I. P. ire submerged a fool deep tortv miles The
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    PRODUCE.
    80 13 rin $31.87! Gambier 6.75 do. Cube No. 1 11. 10 Pepper, Black (ordinary S'pore) 10.15 do. White. (Fair L/W—s% 16.50 Nutmegs 150s to the Ib,) 91. Mace v^a uii 96. Cloves (Amboinaj *7-5o Liber'.a.i < ulet; 32. Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) 3.35 do. do. u.ikr- <<io. do.) 3«
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      72 13 ADOLF STERNBERG, UPHOLSTERER AND DEALER IN NEW AND SECOND-HAND FURNITURE, 51, Victoria Street. Adolf Stern blui. respcctiuily befcfs to inform the public ot Singapore that he has re-opened h;s establishment at the above address. He al-0 be^'i to state that his constant endeavour will be by the excellence ot his
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      518 13 FOR BEAUTIFUL HAIR Ayer's Hair Vigor I RESTORES COLOR, S3 Luxuriant Growth, A^SWMbest dressing in if^AtYfjtf the world, and i= m J**£^- < *-J perfectly harmless. W^[ i-r^??*! of life "^ds^ifi^J s h 0 u Id use* Ayer's Hail 1 Vigor. Gold Medals at the World's Great Expositions j^** Beware
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      353 13 UONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND 5,750,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF > PROPRIETORS j *****0,000 Court or Directors. A. McCOXACHIE, Esq.,—Chairma». S. C. MICHAELSEN'. Esy.— Dkplty Chairman. The Hon. J. Bell Irvivg. J Kkamfk, Esg. G. B. Dodwell. Esq. D. R. Sassoon, Esq. M. D. Fzkkiel, Esq.
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      467 14 W. Robinson Co. Hongkong, Queen's Road, Central. Singapore. 5 Battery Road. Jnß^K ii° ."Hvl^^^-' ''^VtJBhBP WHH^ Ah^mbimtS^S^m E»^Fwh wf fir RACHALS, BRINSMEAD, FEURICH, &c. Transposing Allison Pianos. Jan. 1 1. NEW AND POPULAR NOVELS. ;ki is, by Willi im Black $1-35 IE SIN OF HAG AR, by 1 lelen Mathers
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      570 14 Art Photography. ROBT. LENZ Co., PHOTOGRAPHERS BV SPECIAL APPOINTMENT T O H. M. THE KING OF SIAM, Guarantee Photographs and Enlargements of the very best quality. Sittings from 7 a.m. till 5 p.m. The Collodion-Chloride and also the Platino process are the only ones we can recommend for tropical climates.
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      645 14 Xf o Office. Collycr Quay. ffc Wharves. New Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steam for CHI NA, JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON. INDIA, AUSTRALIA. ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH, AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for China Coast, and San
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      310 14 GRAND HOTEL JAVA, BATAVIA. THIS first class Hotel, patronised l <\ the r.n-.. lish Community of Mtmrift, and situated n the Centre of the most healthy and bed resk quarter of the Town, offers a good Tftble, and Accommodation to Travellers. A runner attends all steamf-rs, k L. GARREAU o.
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      299 15 D Y-N AMITE. DEVIL BRAND, < undersigned have now received a shii men! of the above well-known Dynam tc which ifl guaranteed equal in every ,1 r\ 10 <!!'•} other brand offering in the na rr"DEVILBEAND"oHKP.ais ised at the principal Mines in A'.' a South America, Victoria, and BUTHRIE& Co.,
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      913 15 POWELL Co.. Singapore. FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS. The following notices are taken from the Singapore Press. The Hongkong Shanghai Bank. A handsome carved teak screen, nearly 80 feet long and six feet high, with cast iron grills bearing the monogram of the Bank in giit letters, marks of! the Cashier's department an
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      1004 15 Singapore Sporting Club. The Autumn Race Meeting will be held on the 20th, 22nd and 24th October, 1896. Programme I A UTUMN MEETING, iBg6. FIRST DAY, Tuesday, Oct. 20th. First Race. The Maiden Plate. Value $250. A Race for Maiden Horses Weight as per scale (lost gib.) An allowance of
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      504 15 The Singapore Free Press AND Mercantile Advertiser. Cabls Address,-— Advertiser, Singapore, Telephone Number. No. 61. Published at 39, Change Alley, Singapore. THE leading English Newspaper in the Straits Settlements Johore, the Protected Native States of Perak, Selan gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Negn Sembilan; British North Borneo; Sarawak Netherlands Indies,
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      The Cretan Crisis.
      99 16 Divisions of Opinion Amongst the Powers. France, Russia, Germany and Austria are in favour of a blockade of Crete, to prevent the landing of Greek volunteers and arms, leaving the Turks free to restore order in the island. Great Britain dissents from this course of action, although
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      China's Future.
      315 16 Proposed Doubling of Tariffs. Li Hung Chang's Mission. Naval and Military Armaments. The Times states that the real object of Li Hung Chang's visit to England is to obtain British sanction to an increase in the Customs Tariff, the basis of which, through the fall in the value
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      Crete.
      8 16 Hie -iiuation in Crete is daily becoming
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      Li Hung-Chang.
      19 16 Li Hung- Chang. Li Hung-Chang has received the Gr «nd Cross ot the Victoria Order. London. August jth, 1896.
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      The Murder of Mr. Stokes.
      24 16 The acquittal of Major Lothaire has been confirmed on appeal at Brussels. Th- newspapers comment bitterly on the acquittal.
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      "Mr. Smith."
      19 16 Mr. Smith." Mr. K. S. Ranjitsinjhi yesterday reached an aggregate of two thousand runs for this i ricket season.
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      Fighting the Matabeles.
      32 16 Colonel Plunder's column have routed f-ve Matabele Impis. The British loss was Major Kersbaw and i ><jr others killed, with fifteen, mostly officers wounded. Condon Aut t Bth. 1806
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    Li Hung-Chang Banqueted.
    156 16 H. E. Viceroy Li Hung-Chang, speaking at a banquet at the Hotel Metropole, said that the difficulties between England and China were the result of misunderstanding but England had been fair and China had gained her confidence and respect. He hoped that the visit would remove some
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    SHARE LIST.
    326 16 AUGUST 10th, 1896. guoTATion. Capital Paid up Shares fd. Dj», Ho«^K..i.if v S'hai Rat k ;9O%prem. $10,000,000 $10,000,000 80,000 tas^i.rf^v. N^tor. &*r,fc<*Cl».i» £500.000 £400,150 jJJgJJ^ Fov4t*r9 $115 Sellers. #750 £1 Bk.o'D'>. an Ltd %2% Nominal. £s» f ooo,ooo £450,966 199,875 £2.5. Dfe re £2 1,150 £1 Tanjoog Paear
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      545 16 August io. Kian Ann, Bnt. btr., Moss, for Saba (Djatnbie.) Ho\'« Wan, Brit, str., Robertson, for Pakan, via ports. Amherst, Brit, str., Shimmen, for T. Anson, via ports. Sirsa. Bnt. str., Hardcastle, for Madras, via ports. Gympib. Brit. str.. Hunter, for Kuantan, via ports. Will o'thk Wisp, Brit, str., Nicol,
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      1220 16 V E S S <«- L o IN POKi Mcn-of-War Captain Arrived From Consignee* rot. Whec K.W. n. X'landen Dut. cru., 46ooDerx J uly 22 Olehleh Neth. Consul Dock Porpoise Brit, cru., i/7oPelly Ajg. 7 Kuching S. Naval OfficerStat ;on Rattler Brit. g.b.. 715 Cotesworth July 2 Pakhoi Sr. N.
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