The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 6 October 1896

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 6th, 1896. No 4SO
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    CONTENTS.
    249 1 Li iDtSG Articled ir I- ilus Ps irteiH _'oo C .\u,' mj I 1 u:ty, 200 Burooe and Turkey, 210 -he < »vern r Address 210 I he Kranfi Railway, 210 j- -.-"r-;- for Singapore, 210 f-v.- Plague at Bombay, 210 S upreme Court. The Absconding Chett j; 1,214
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 1 (Corrected up to October s) On London. J ank 4 fli/a 2/I'. demand 2/1 1 Private credits 3 m/s 2/1-11/16 In documentsj m/s 2 l credits 6 m/s 4/I*l3/16 On India. Bank demand .f7S On Hongkong. i^ank demand 1 prem On Yokohama. Bank demand prem On lava. mk mand
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      MARRIAGE.
      31 1 At St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, on October ist, by the Rev. W. H. Dunkerley, Colonial Chaplain, William Brown Dixon, of Batu Padang, Perak, to Anskitk Edith,daughter of Mr. E. Crane.
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      DEATHS.
      33 1 At Koek Koqd, Orchard Road, on October Ist, Mrs. Margaret Mackay, Aged 77. At 4<), Upperkirkgate, Aberdeen, on Au^. 21st, John Forrest Pvper, engineer, late or NewHarbour Dock, Singapore, aged 41 years.
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    PRODUCE.
    89 1 'October 5 j Isti $31.62! Gam- ..r 7.05 dc Cuoe No. i 11. Pepper, !*::u»c ;<rrii: ry ri.25 q«j. Whiu-, (Fair L/W=s=s% 18.60 Kutm^s 150s to ihe lb.) 91. Mace (Bandaj 96. C'o\e^ \mboifiAj 17 Überian Coffoe "3. r o Tape h, -rr.~.1l i>e«-*n r a r o>ialit) 760
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    "Graeculus Esurines."
    618 1 Ncre«hall V:>- Pre.-s t:.r [Vrw*lc's rjgi.t m«iintaii fiawe by f.-.-.rv.rc and m '-r.'.jrd m Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, Pieii^r'! to i<ei:L r n r.. Loyalty. and 1 «\v. OUR Contemporary, or rather its conductor, is at the labour ot over a column to endeavour to
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    The "Narcissus" Fatality.
    532 1 Sept. 30th.) Coming so soon alter the shocking dis aster to the pinnace of the Edgar off the Korean Coast we have to regret to record a very similar accident which differs from in its piedecessor only, and happily, in the m h smaller number of its
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      410 1 The next mail from Europe is expected to arrive by the P. and s.S. Khedive on the nth inst., with London advices to the 1 8th ult.. being followed by the N.D.L. S.S. Preiissen on the 15th inst.. with the English mail ot the 21st ult. This mail leaves by
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    Europe and Turkey.
    369 2 (Oct. Ist.) EVENTS movl quickly. Russia seems convinced now that the harvest so carefully nurtured by Prince LToBANOFt is ripe for the 514 iV. and that the- season of ingathering is at hand. With the assent of Austria and Germany secured beforehand to an intervention programme. Russift
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    The Governor's Address
    864 2 This afternoon H. E. the Governor delivered the customary Address on the Estimates, which will be found given at length elsewhere. From the miscellaneousness of the topics necessarily discussed the Budget Address is always full of interest, and the present speech docs not compare disadvantageous^ with many
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    The Kranji Railway.
    891 2 (Oct. 2nd Our local contetnporary professes to be extremely nervous over the idea of a railway from Singapore to Kranji. His pretended argument amounts to this. Johore is a State and Territory separated from the island constituting the Settlement of Singapore by a narrow Strait. A domestic
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    Quick-Fires For Singapore.
    796 2 fOct 3rd Thi proposed change in the ate armament of this coating-station i« which will aid to bring our defenc ments up to the requiremeatf upon land defence by naval cl \< The two chief fat tdVfi to be coi are (i the now universal adoptil the
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    The Plague at Bombay.
    433 3 i r the I > 1 in 1 t he mail it w. be thai < is infii >v, has befallen th< city 1 1 iy, great aport India. Fl rre 1 is been t sudden outbre k of w hat 1 gmsed as, most tufortunaiel^
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    THE CHINESE 5 PER CENT. GOLD LOAN.
    118 3 THE CHINESE 5 PER CENT. GOLD LOAN. hive pei C eni < I in ol i 1 Lo 11 > and .[>t inn Kino dto hereci I < i v > i• I gkong and Shanghai B.inkm^ Ihe Deutsch- \siai ische nk i. ■t ret. ifhi h in ihe fir^l
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    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1896
    730 3 H. E. the Governor is expected to leave for Borneo either on Saturday or Sunday, after the arrival of the French mail. H. M. S. Pigmy is under orders to proceed to Manila to be in readiness for anything that may turn up there. Miss Elsie
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    SUPREME COURT.
    553 3 Before Sir Lionel Cox, C. J. The Absconding Chetty Again. The hearing o[ the application to set aside the interim receiving order and the receiving order in the case of Mana Roona Kana Chetty was commenced this morning before the Chief Justice. Mr. Napier, Mr. Brydges and Mr.
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    THE DERBY SHIELD
    257 3 There is now on view in Messrs J. Little and Co., Lcl., an exceptionally tine shield which ha c been presented by Pendi k to the Singapore Sporting Club, to be c >mpeted for in connection with the Singauore Derby, i his handsome trophy arrived by the
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    21 3 Three cases ot cholera occurred and were sent to Hospital yesterday, and one case ot enteric fever was discovered after death.
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  • Correpsondence.
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      On Public Grounds.
      399 3 To TVK KDITOR. Dear Slk. I was glad to see attention was drawn by "an Old Resident in your paper last night to the uncared for appearance of land reclaimed by Government on the sea shore. In olden days Dhoftie's Ghaut was kepi in same neglected state
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    SELANGOR GAZETTE.
    228 3 Lt.-Col. W alker, c\l G., is appointed i Inspector of Prisons for the Federated Malay States, and Capt. falbot Deputy j Inspector. The export duly on parchment colic*: will be calculated on two-tliirds instead of three-fourths ol the gross weight. Mr. Stonor writes from i !u Latigat. I
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    "WESTWARD HO!"
    116 3 A private letter from I' n^ng says. Dr. West of the M. E. Mission while oj* cycling Ihe other day was atta« k'-d by 3 swarm ol wasps fthi< h stung him so severeIv tor time that ;li« j p<>(h padre was in great agony, nui liappil) re<
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    72 3 This morning a tamby in the >) oi Messrs. J. Little Co., Ld., was caught red-handed in the act ol removing a quantity of silk from the godown. He will appear before the magistrate on a barge of thett a> a servant. A Chinaimn named CheoCbeong, about irs ol .<■'•••
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    THE REBELLION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    2211 4 MI'RDER O\ IRIARS. REPORTED DISAPPEARANCE OI THE GOVERNOR- GENERAL. BOMBARDMENT Oi \ILL\GJLS. (Hongkong Daily Press.) he rebellion in the Philippines grows apace. News of the rising i*. no longer founded simply on vague and indefinite rumours, tor we are now able to pfeblish reliable information
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    A CHINESE EXECUTION
    166 4 On the afternoon of the 23rd inst. Lai Mit. who murdered a Chinese detective in Hongkong a fewweeks ago under circumstances fully reported at the time, was decapitated at Kowloon City in the presence of large number of spectator^ including about a hundred Europeans (of whom one
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    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1896.
    848 4 A young English lady has arrived in Bangkok as the bride of Nai Chaak, brother of Phya Xgam Muang. The M. ML Company's steamer Melbourne left Colombo at 2 p. m. on the 2*th inst., and may be expected here on Saturday, the 3rd prox., about
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    THE BISHOP DESDIGNATE OF MALACCA.
    73 4 THE BISHOP DESDIGNATE OF MALACCA. The Rev. Father For. tile Bishop-d< s nate. is expected to arrive from 1 or about November i^t. Tii- i (>ii has, we understand, been Bleed I n ber 22nd and the ccrcrooti) niii ducted by His Grace the Archbis Poodicherry. The Bishops 1 and
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    THE PROPOSED NAVAL DOCK AT HONGKONG
    95 4 We [Daily Pn t) believi it Naval Authorities have d< cided in conrerti mi with v <■ nropo! d i present S'aval Yard. A scheme of 1 pui forward and examined, sum ilit purpos./, but the result was th been dicpp- d, the present
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    A MALAY ROMANCE.
    251 4 A curious romance Malat life by Mr. E. P. (r.ifiit/ on bis rcceni iris i Bay. It appears that -< me 2=^ yeai the wife 01 our esteemed Native < 1 Pang Burner, left her house on the Segalittd R.ll Sandakan Ba\ nritti her t.-.th- -i to
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS
    67 4 1 I (Vi* Bmngk k. Pari^. Sept. 20.— 1t has been decided to :<. Mr. Laroche, Resident General in M.. laj '< b\- Colonel Gallieni in Ipril next Paris, Sept. 21. decree has bed constituting a permanent oommer< i -ii o i charged io examine questions affecting I
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    THE MORTALITY FROM WILD ANIMALS IN INDIA.
    102 4 THE MORTALITY FROM WILD ANIMALS IN INDIA. Statist» f > art- published stowing number o( human beings killed >) -i .k--and wild animals. Ihe figures an pectivelv, 22.086 and v i( M ior l &9l Im■ against 21,556 and 2,893 m i~-'h j mortality from wild animals in 1895 na
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    THE MARTINI-METFORD RIFLE.
    178 4 The question vk uniform urn Bar all I India has set the ifteet agaM ther Lee-Metford barrels, fitted fora rdite, not with, advantage be -niton: Worn home fitted to the Man:., .to k and kW very much to be aid in faVOtU v: which has the irient
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    MALACCA.
    235 5 DhTKRMINH) Ml RDRft. {From our jv.n Ccrn:pc.:dcnt.y <in Monday ia-t at about <) a.m. erasami, one ol ttu- Klif)^ poii' fatally stabbed Aogeli, a woman with whom ne i lived for -tven years. Ihe motive r the crime is supposed to have been ilousy. Verasami appears to have watched
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    THE P.AND O. COMPANY.
    669 5 testion in dispu! b«jng trade, the En gives lai the irrang nts mad< I P. a ■>. »rnpan} ior the acquii i »l lon the Ph. >a»ik v l i m the I ienis part y ne I o serve i mi ide. 1 I is
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    37 5 i»jj ir« b< ing iak< n by ihc Purtug i^se ii to arrange foi the Htiuu »l ihel j ir hundred ill nivcr,i leparture o\ Vas< oda < iama ov< n i>l iht s< a pasi ige to
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    LI HUNG-CHANG EN TOUR
    219 5 Ho ngkong Telegraph. From Peking side my sanpan walkee, Plenty far across the sea That foleign man he all time tal'xee, My must go and chin-chin he. VVanoht-e my that Mu^cove Joss-ma:-: Come chop-chop thai Gelman cry AM that pu;cee s^ucy Flench man, That Muscove man
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    THE CARE OF BICYCLES
    439 5 representative ol the Pneumatic 1 yre, C >„ i d., i ,ondon, &c, < k-rs ol t lie world ta met Dun lop tyred lor cycles and carriages, who is on a business visit to Calculi a, writes to ih« Asian as follows i have observed
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    PETER JACKSON " IN COURT.
    144 5 PETER JACKSON IN COURT. At Bombay, Mr, J. L Marquet, > j kan- garoo trainer, sued Messrs. Dean and Middleton, the owners of Peter Jackson," the fighting kangaroo, to recover tin sum ol K5.537-,14-7, tlie balance due of Rs. 1,156, which he al'eged were wages due to him from the
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    79 5 ...i tsed to tell how on one >ccasion he purcl d I flann i shiri 'warranted not to j shrink. Hi> laundress, hpw< >er, very soon made j it run ip« Uter it hid bee Lhi »ug i her bands j o utd only be worn as a singlet; the
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    THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 1896.
    698 5 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1896. There was a strike of postmen at Kobe on the 14th inst. The British sailing ship Herat arrived yesterday from New York via Penang with about 35.000 cases of kerosine for the Standard Oil Company. Colonel Pennefather, Inspector General of Police, his afternoon paid a visit to
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    SINGAPORE INSURANCE Co. Ltd
    427 5 >' In Liquidation,) A special general meeting of the shareholders of the above company was }u-Id in the Exchange Rooms at noon to-day Mr J. F. Craig presiding. There were also present Mr. J. Fraser and Mr. J. P. J.,aquim, liquidators. Mr. A. Gi:nn and Mr.
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    NAVAL REINFORCEMENTS TO THE BRITISH SQUADRON.
    213 5 (China Uail.j No m ttter m hat reason* cxi foi trengthen rig the Bi:'; -jr squadron, there are pi i I n- A a augmentation h will -i .helm anything that ni\d bt \i =j Great H Laii in the first few we sks
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    THE REBELLION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    1171 6 (China Mail.) The story which is slowly being revealed of the rebellion in ihe Philippine Islands is out full of terrible and revolting cruelties. The Spaniards and tlie rube., have not scrupled to enforce the most barbar< us punishments upon their prisoners. *he rebellion has
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    SUPREME COURT.
    243 6 i HE A "Si OND] NG Ch !TT n The hearing of the application to set aside the receiving order made against the firm of Moona Roona Kana Kurpan Chitty was continued to-day before the Chief Justice. 'The case for the applicant was concluded yesterday, and \lr. Fort,
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    THE LADY OF LI.
    325 6 A great deal has been said and w ritten ab< ut Li Hung hang, but no mention has been made of his j uiic. rhis lack of gallantry is now repaired, v is said that the Countess Li, although no longer young, is still good-looking. She
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    THE CHARTERED BANK.
    182 6 A Se\ en per cent on idend. The Manager of the local brand; of the Chartered Bank of India Australia and China, has received a telegram that at the approaching meeting of shareholders the directors will recommend a dividend for the past half year ended 30th June
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    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1896
    811 6 I Four cases of cholera were reported to the Police to-day, one in Omar Road and three in a house in Newmarket Road, and three in Kandang Kerbau. According to a correspondent it is sur--1 mised that the visit of H. H. Rajah Bro ke to
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    THE GREATEST INDIAN PROBLEM.
    211 6 hat appears 1>- lot* sh policy 01 the Colonial and 1 der i States Governments in the pi a large poii yof fre< families or as nearly as p s village com muni ti -if su n move in famine Among the tnai j v.« tj
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    THE PENANG HARBOUR SCHEME.
    571 6 Phj Chamber Api c have been a irl with the letters i the acti i by the Penang Chan I connection with tl»< i ulated b) H. E the G n i man of Lh I ban to the Resident Councillor:— 2. Fhe paper was ref<
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    2996 7 j M RSDAY, OCT< >BKR ist, lSg/S. Psisiin H E G vcn r (Sii C. ;i. Mitchel o.c v Ho:;. :'-.r Officer Commanding Troops M a j. Gen -r »Vau?haa. ike C S retarj f. A S teni im, \tl Q;| E E I ema ger j 'H.
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    TROOPS FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
    121 7 The chartered Spanish transport .1/ serrat.'CaQt. M in with troops lor the Philippines, morning from I> celona, via ■.'< n j calling route t M ilta and I -n. She left Barcelona o i Ihe u!t. I i eeds to Man la t* ►-day, having tin
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  • Correspondence.
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      The Singapore Railway.
      817 8 1 o mi Editor. SIR, In your yesterday's leader you refer to the proposed Singapore-Johore RailW< y as v notoriously a concern that will ray a dividend. Can you conveniently give your reader- the data on which this notorious assumption is based Judging by its financial merits
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    100 8 < r in!rf llay^ Mala >'" a^ arreste <* while i saidhfdK a valu ble^, which he i RWo U p? M him b y relative in Kh!< f T he Police are looking for an owner tor the kris, which has a L e (Her vU i T"' f
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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1895.
    635 8 The Sarawak yacht Zahora, commanded i by H. H. Rajah Brooke in person, left For Sarawak at daylight this morning. A paperchase will be held on Wednesday next, the rendezvous being at Cross Roads, Tanglin. at 5 15 p.m., and the finish at the The outward
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS
    124 8 Mr. 1). Logan, on the nomination of the IVnan^ Chamber of Commerce, is appointed an unofficial Member ol the Legislative Coun< ;i. i he leave ol absence of Mr. A. P. Talbot is extend t*d for I hree weeks from i' [st. i lie lioiv'ble J. M. B.
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    JUSTICE AT LAST
    761 8 Xo man of well-balanced mind could read without a thrill of pleasure the published account of the dibut of the Judicial Commissioner to the Native States, which took place on the 24th inst.. synchronous almost with another great event, the attainment by our revered Sovereign to a
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    114 8 As we stated last week H. E. the Gov- ernor is expected to leave for Borneo alter the arrival oi the French mail, which I arrives here to-morrow morning It is by means certain as yet how H. i. will leave whether in 11. M. S. Porpoisi or in some
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    BUITENZORG AUTUMN RACE MEETING.
    431 8 BUITENZORG AUTUMN RACE MEETING. (Special for the S ngmi r t Prt The results of the rm >■- whu place on Sunday -iv^ Monday last tenzorg, arc appended. I ra< the whole, was not ir< v interest Splendalta ran ni II and Id I cured the first rai c on
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    PERAK GAZETTE
    430 8 I): S. P. iv art Is appointed a Disti I Surgeon ;he assume d it) on [vi 23rd Air. C< cil Wray's Kinta faonthlj r. gives an id« a o\ the i Ktent and varii ty of a District I lffi< er's responsibilities 11 i ivork t i\i;
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    SOME IMPPRESSIONS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
    7001 9 I 'Contributed. 4 So 11 <'• gush ami inflated nonsense has I bci written ol late about Golden Wesi \ustr r New Eldorado/ 1 ,by 1 1 both hone and Colonal j ■at- f< fa< ts from ore- who urr j has b en on
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    980 11 X'en as the heading "Topics of the Week" Doth do.v, too oil, portend dead languages. Anon. Quicquid tguui tmtuei mostri tstfamrago libelli. Colonial Governors, to judge from stray incidents, ire kitth cattle' 1 for clergymen i to ha Sir Gilbert Carti r looks after Lag >s,
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    SUDDEN DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN CAPTAIN.
    547 11 verpool Journal of Commerce.') We ji*i to chronicle the sudden death o: Captain Robert Nelson, one f the best known I and rr.c.st. h:^h'y-respt cted shipmasters sailing from Liverpo 2.t0 the East. [t appears that he was suddenly taken with an apoplectic seizure
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    PADANG COFFEE AUCTIONS.
    156 11 Result of Government Coffee Auction held or. Sept. 30th at Padang-: Aver, price. 5800 picub Interior f 56.04 per picul 50c Ayer Bangts f 63. a=;; Ankola f 64*73 1 3 Painan 1 53*4° .200 Mandheling f6866 7885 first quality 7 ii E. the Governor lias been
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    MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1896.
    1574 11 The strike of Hongkong night-soil coolu s is practically at an end, and work has been resumed. I It is stated that the Empress of Japan has sent 2.000 yen far the families of the ill-fated crew of the German gunboat lltis. H.M.S. Pigmy leaves Hongkong
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    THE SINGAPORE AUTUMN RACE MEETING.
    3575 12 Notes from The Course. A week ago we thought that the field for The Derby would be one of the smallest we have lad for several meetings, but since Saturday we have changed our opinion. Bruin is looking better every day. The Clown is also
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    THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS ON THE ESTIMATES.
    2433 13 THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS ON THE ESTIMATES. The following is the Address ot His Ex- ellency Governor Sir Charles Bullet) Hugh Mstf hell <", G M at a m^etin^ of the Legis- lative C mncil, held this afternoon Hoi m I Mci bera I the Leg slative 1 11 il. Fhel
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    CRICKET.
    320 13 Grant's XIII. v. Benjafield's XIII. This match was played on the Esplanade on Friday and Saturday, and resulted In i favour ot Benjafield's team. The scores 1 were < ii; \nt's Te \m Capt. Wilkinson b Parsons 21 Orman b Parson 30 F. H. Grain c Wood b Benjafield
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    MAJOR BROWN, D.S.O.
    190 13 Major George F. Browne, d.so Northamptonshire Regiment, lias been selected for appointment a^ Military Attache* at Peking. It may not be known to mor« than a few here now that Major (then Capt.) Brownt who wa- Ij A. A <i at Singapore prior to Mrijor ComptoM, -pent
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB
    242 13 October Monthli M:j>ai. As will be seen from tin aj I results sonic good gfames were played Saturday. Mr. A. A. Gunn, tfa wrinner, is to be congratulated on his x :ni unds notably his iit>L finishing in j < He i- < :.< of our most
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    PAYMENT OF JURORS.
    145 13 The protract*.*! trial of ihe two Chi:.L-.-c storekeepers lately iv the servi< c of Messrs. Behn Meyer and Co., Pen an g, has called attention to the hardship of the jury service in this case For three weeks tht jurors have had to be in attendant <■,
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    THE RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEE!
    269 13 The Russian volunteer Fleet cot listed on fan, i last of nine fast-going steamers of the cruiset type, registering ;n the aggregate 22,160 tons, with a cargo-carrying capacitx ol .1/^ tons. To tl fleet are to be adekd during the current yetu tour large steamers of
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    28 13 Icrgyman -No Sundai va c i <.;. inti .d< I to be spent in Kshing. 1 »Hm little son t strange papa< that ihe I h bite on Suiici;.v
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    "PARTANT POUR LA PATRIE."
    2824 14 (Written tor the Singapore Free Press.) VIII. Kioto ro Yokohama by kail Discomforts The Lady's Pipe. -Scenery BY THE WAY. CONTRASI BETWEEN JAVA wo Japan My fellow passengers. The Jai vn e »c Langu v ge. R e f reshvients Morn sg Ablution. Yokohama —Japanese impressions
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    MALACCA.
    384 14 [Fi'i,"- our (>-n i. Correspondent^ Early on Friday morning 'fisherman committed suicide In peculiar but determined manner n verandah dI the Hindu Terapte it due rah. I be nwin fastene 1 a rop* trpillar to the «>thcr at tbe height Ft. from the i<ro in 1 leaving tl slack
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    ADDRESS BY SIR W. MAXWELL.
    390 14 delivered an address on Ashanti H a i Manchester Geographies Society on S !i I there ought to be n< difficult in m,;ii:,j'!in:( n- among Uie tribes. 'Tin i i ol King i*rempeh had given the p in he determination o! the British C*ov< i
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    A NOVEL FANCY DRESS BALL.
    357 15 The Weekly Entertainment Out is in issociation among the Chinese babttt ol Stngagx re who meet once a week for ww\ tua rtation and amusement. The Club has xistem c for five years an I has a consid rable mem ership of the I lass
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    THE INTER-COLONIAL RIFLE MATCH.
    580 15 THE INTER-COLONIAL RIFLE MATCH. writes tl as in the China Mail is definitely arranged that the Interport i Rift klatcti .v.. T.ike place in the last week of let r the firsl week in November. This arrai g i wiH suit Shanghai, Hongkong, and Singapore, ihe :onditions are similar to
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS.
    22 15 t Sept. 25. lucitv -one iiitM-. the (/ir at Cherbourg. j,-. _> S- Manila insurgents din twti engagements irkl w r»i
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    THE GOVERNOR.
    20 15 H. h tlit- Governor will proceed in H. M. S. Porpoise. Commander Pelly, to Borneo to-monow or Wednesday.
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    OUTBREAK OF BUBONIC PLAGUE AT BOMBAY.
    274 15 Bombay, S pt. 24. —A seri >us< itbreak ol tfuboplague has occurred at H iba) /t i- i proved nearly 3 I has caused const erann residenl on trie Port Trust estate, Mandvi Bunder, where the outbreak oc- d. 1 bacillus is Lhe same
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    HOCKEY AT BANGKOK.
    267 15 A former Singapore hockey player, now in Bangkok, sends a press cutting for the perusal ut the many friends ot the game Hockey. The first hockey match to be played in Bangkok came of! last evening, on the Pa-mane Ground, between teams captained by Mr. Robertson, of
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    HOW THEY HASTEN THINGS IN CHINA
    247 15 HOW THEY HASTEN THINGS IN CHINA In the early part of last year a Manchester firm of makers ot textile machinery despatched direct from ihe new port some shipments of cotton-spin ning machinery which they undertook to set up in a mill, erected by a high Chinese orricial at Wu-
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    127 15 As one ol the Penang Chinese convicts is now about sixty years o{ age, seven years of rigorous imprisonment will probably see j him well through his career. He was pro- bably the instigator of the gigantic swindle against Messrs. Behn Meyer »N: Co., and richly deserves every day ot
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    INCIDENT ON THE GERMAN FRONTIER.
    234 15 On race by Fren< h Soldiers. tA violation of the German frontier was committed a siiori time ago by a number of French I soldiers at Wurzelstein, in Alsace, I hey crossed the border, and penetrated almost a kilometre into German territory, iorced their way
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    A RUSSIAN CONVICT SHIP.
    266 15 The Volunteer Fleet steamer Yaroslav, which sails for Vladiwostock, will carry eight hundred and fifty convicts to the penal i land of Saghalien. Nearly three hundred ut these criminals are murderers, whilst the remainder have all been convicted ot more or less heinous crimes. It. is
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    A NEW ROUTE TO INDIA.
    350 15 An Egypto-"AssynSn Railway as the new overland route 10 India is advo aied by Colonel A. T. l-'raser, r.e. The immediate results irom a railway a thousand miles long, costing five millions sterling, from Ismalia to Koweit, on the Persian Gulf, would be first, the
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    TURKEY AND THE POWERS.
    81 15 London, September 22. The Times states the Russian fleet at Sebastopol has been placed on a wai" footing, and embarked three battalions of infantry and will go to the Bosphorus if a telegram from the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople j orders such a step. Buda-Pesth, September
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    TO PLANTERS.
    147 15 I 1 Some officials concerned in the development ot the conomic resources os India have ot late devoted much attention to the possibility of cultiI vaiing the camphor-iree there Dr. Watt, the editor of the great dictionary ot Indian economic produ< t->, suggests Lhal <i-, the trade in
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      Britain and Russia.
      31 16 A Suggested Entente. Tht: St. Petersburg Bourse Gazette" [Birshewija Wiedomosty) and the Novosti are in favour of a political entente with Britain. Part of the game.— Ed. S.F.P.]
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      SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
      181 16 SAD NAVAL ACCIDENT NEAR YOKOHAMA. CAPTAIN OF A CRUISER DROWNED. Three Other Lives Lost. Gallant Rescue of the Survivors. (Special to Singapore Free Press.) Hongkong, 30th September. 12.17 m. A sad accident has happened near Yokohama to a naval shooting party, four lives being lost, including that of
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      The Nile Expedition.
      29 16 Several more sheikhs, including relatives ot the Mahdi, are submitting to Sir Herbert Kitchener, who !ns gone southward to inspect the vicinit) of Debbeh and Meravi.
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      Matabeleland.
      29 16 The total British killed during the Matabele rising amounts to two hundred and thirty- two, including a hundred and thirtyeight murdered and ninety-two wounded. London, September 2Qthy iSg6.
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      Europe and the Sultan.
      155 16 An Armed Intervention Threatened. The French papers state i hat M. Cambon. French Ambassador at Constantinople, in an interview with the Sultan, warned His M ijesty lhat thi re would bt 1 an armed intervention by Europe it the troubles in Turkey were renewed M. Cambon
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      Mashonaland.
      41 16 A telegram from Fort Salisbury sa\s lhat there has been severe fighting <>n the Mazoe river for ihrt.e days, Orie en gag' meni lasted len hotirs. when the troops were fairly hemmed in by the ivbels who wen* v»-<l armed.
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      A New Gold Field.
      33 16 rurther important gold disroveries have been made in Newfoundland. Serious Situation in Madagascar. The latest mail from Tamatave reports that the rebels have surrounded Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.
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      Mashonaland.
      116 16 The rebels f>f tlie Mazoe district have been routed. The Nile Expedition. Permanent Occupation of Dongola. Reuters Agency iearns that iliert- will be no advance of the Egyptians beyond Dbngota this year, financial considerations rendering thai impossible. British Egyptian officers arc 10 administer the whole of the province oi
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    The Jockey Club Stakes.
    47 16 The following is the result of the above race The Prince of Wales's Persimmon 1 Lord Rosebery's Sir Visto ...2 Mr. Houldsworth's Laveno 3 Persimmon is by St. Simon Perdita 11. -ir Yisto is by Barcaldine Vista. Laveno is by Bend Or Napoli.
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    France and Italy.
    26 16 France and Italy have concluded a settlement of their differences respecting Tunis. This removes a grave cause of discord between the two countries.
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    Terrible Weather on the American Coast.
    35 16 A fearful hurricane has been raging along the Atlantic coast of America, especially in Georgia and Florida. Hundreds of people have been killed, and immense damage has been done.
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    Another Naval Disaster.
    59 16 A boat belonging to H. M. S. Satellite has capsized on ihe Alaskan coast. The first lieutenant and six sailors were drowned. H. M. S. Satellite is a 3rd class cruiser, attached to the Pacific Station. The unfortunate officer who has lost his lita U Lieut. Gerald
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    Opposition Folly.
    58 16 The Autumn political campaign has been opened with speeches Irom Mr Asquith and Mr. Bryce, hoth urging the deposition of the Sultan. They beiiev j that benefi- j cial action hv Britain would be possible without imperilling the peace ol Europe. These gentlemen know enough not to believe
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    THE PENANG DEFALCATION CASE.
    105 16 The Verdict. Both Prisoners Condemned. Substantial Punishment. 'fly Private Telegram.) Penang, Oct. 5111, 1 596. Low Chang llie lather ol the other accused) has been condemned to stven I years' rigorous imprisonment a lurther I term on one charge is reserved for appeal. Svvee Bock (the
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    MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON CAPTATN ROSS AT EDIE.
    134 16 Swift Execution of the Criminal. Captain Ross, of the s. s. Rosa, has bcm stabbed at Edie by an Achinese. His condition is critical, but by latest accounts he is in a more hopeful state, The man who committed the crime, a leper
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    Passengers Arrived.
    207 16 I Sep. 2S. Per Malacca Mr. Scott, Mr. Devon, j Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Neave, Mr. Rowland, Mr. I Allen. Sep. 29. —Per Chow Ptiya Mr. Viedevovg. Sep. 30.— Per Sri Hong Ann Mr. \V. H. Wild. Sep. 30. Per Ban Wnatt Hin Mr. Muir. Oct. 1. Per Montserrat
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    CLEARANCES
    380 16 October 5 ISABELLA. Brit.sir., Hudson, tor M>: s Malacca. Lady Longdkn, Brit, str., Angus, 1 Pahatig and Trengganu. Am H erst, ririt. Shim men. for }<■ .md i Anson via ports. I Will o'thr Wisp, Brit, stc, Taylor, Bagan, Bengalis and Tibing Tingifi. Hvf Leo ng, Brit, str., Eddie,
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    Passengers by the Mail.
    45 16 Sep. H). Per Kaiser-i-HinA'. hrw Shar.g Mr. < Daunt, Miss (jrenard. Oct. iVr Melbourne: from Marseille*. Mr. S. Buchanan, Mr. J. Gordon, Mr. Drage, Mr. Kckers.-ill. Mr. G. I > ay sler, Mr. P. CfcwU: Mr K. dc !Mui r, Mr. C. Moofe.
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    Passengers Reiving.
    103 16 ISep. 2., Per K*iur-i-Hutd \o\ \*™m\ Mr-. WiUon. EMtd f He. A i>tin mi*< Mrs. Gao. Hetidry and iirfant. F« Mrs. Sudden, Mr. (Jad'll. Oct. 4.— Per Melbourne for Honnkon^. Mi and Mr-. W(li\, Mr. 11. A'i!:n It I I* Wiseman, LV. \V. H. I'uniefs, Dr. H. M.
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