The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 10 November 1896

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER ioth, 1896. No 485
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    CONTENTS.
    293 1 f linnii Articles. 1 he Completion ofl the Armament. jSq Our Water Supply, 289 Fhe Supreme Court and the Protectorate, 290 I O! K 1 .\LWS, rhe Inter-Colonial Rifle Match, 299,301,302 Vhletics. The Champion Runner of the Army, 299 <ac:ng. Retro^H-rmx- Not.-. 303 November Medal Handicap, 290 S.C^C. 2nd
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    PRODUCE.
    97 1 Movcmbd 9 I ■arobiei l i' 1 Cube No. 1 !1 Pepper Hlack I rdinary S'poreJ 11 25 do. White, Fail L W 5% I 186c Nutmegs 1 30s to the Ib. > 9 1 Mace Banda I ewes Amboina 7-5° [Jberian Coffee 2^ 1 ipioca, -mall pearl Fail
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      BIRTHS.
      70 1 On }rd inst., at Los Angles, California, the wife oi John Carroll, o\ a son. At Sherwood Cottage, Anson Road, Penang, on 29th Oct., the wife of D. Graham, Chemist, or a daughter. On the 9th instant, at Erin Lodge, the wife of J. I-. Cr\ of a daughter.
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      MARRIAGE.
      15 1 In Holland, on Oct. 29th, J\(OB EVERHARD ROMBNIJ toELISK. CORNELM Maria ROSEBOOM, ot Rotterdam.
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      DEATHS.
      64 1 At Penang, on Oct. 24th, James Francis Gois, of Singapore, youngest son of the late H. K. Gois, aged 23. (Rangoon papers please copy.) At Singapore, on Nov. 6th, George Clement r>K Souza, third son of the late M F. de Sou/a. Age 35. At the Royal Naval Hospital,
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    THE WEEK.
    345 1 The next mail from Kurope is expected to arrive by the X. 1). L. S. S. Sachsen on the i .2th inst with London advices to the 19th ult, bein^ followed by the M. M. S. S. Yarra on the 17th inst., with the English mail of the
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    EXCHANGE.
    60 1 ORRECTED IT TO N«>vembei j Hank 4 m/s .2/ 1 -13/ 1 6 demand 2/1 J Private »i' ds 3 m/s. ...2/2 documents 3 m/s 2/2 1/16 Bank demand °o prem On Yokohama. Hank demand pitm Sovereigns, (to buy) |q.60 Bank of England Kate 3% Discount 3 months bills
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    The Completion of the Armament.
    526 1 asdfsdf ..< t < t■ 1'• ■<'(• > r t lramtam. ;i\\t«l by nrtuence aiui unbribeJ hv %n-\ II( re patriot Truth her plorious i >• <■< «*i -t <i;;n\, I 1 edifcH to ixclitrioii. 1 ovaltv. and I aw. WHEN the Legislative Council sits
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    President McKinley.
    514 1 asdfasdf I HE Presidential election that is the climax of what has been along and exceptionally exciting campaign throughout the United States is. happily, over at last. As was generally believed, outside of America at least, the policy of a sound currency and undisturbed monetary relations with goldusing
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    Our Water Supply.
    758 1 (Nov. sth.) The otlier day a series &i strictures aupeared in another local journal levelled at the Municipal water supply, which contained sufficient evidence that the recently published report of Drs. MIODLBTON and LiM EfbON KENG had not been carefully read nor properly appreciated. The report embodied
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    The Supreme Court and the Protectorate.
    403 2 The Supreme Co urt and the Protectorate. THE chief matter discussed in the Legislative Council yesterday was a proposal in connection with the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance to make the power of the Protector of Chinese absolute and without appeal to the Courts of Law in the case of
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    The Perak Trigonometrical Svrveys.
    601 2 I WITH considerable surprise, and some doubt, we read the statement of our Perak contemporary that the Survey Department of Perak was to be broken up, the appointment of Chief Surveyor, previously held by Mr. G. A. LEFROY, having been offered to and refused by an
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    Our Watkk Supply.
    493 2 asdfasdf i! any further refutation of the idle supposition that Municipal water was a chicle for cholera, it would follow, on that theory, that as the consumption of the water is general, the disease would be as generally epidemic. But the cases we have seen are sporadic
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    RAILWAY INVESTMENT IN THE NATIVE STATES
    384 2 As to the policy of loans for railway struction the Pinang Gazette remarks We agree as to the safety of the cour- ,kI lt I ed in reference to the source whence it is to be borrowed for extending the railwa in the Federated
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB Novermber Monthly Medal Handicap.
    33 2 SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB Novermber Monthly Medal Handicap. Messrs A.A.Karlc. < I). Jones, I A M Johnstonc. J. \V. B. Mac I .art n, J.d. M. [Bgg A. Robertson and W. Suuthani r< ired asdfasdf
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    A SEPOY RUNS AMUCK
    113 2 FWO Ol 111 IRs MIKJiKKII) -O\l. Wit \i... Bomba}', Oct. jo. A sepoy al Fort Saodei w ran amuck last, ni^-t and killed Littltenai Yeah s of the Royal &ngineeri and Doum--7111 Bomba} Lancers, .wid also wottnded Lieut. Maclachlan ot the 40th P^tlians in the ami
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    THE PLAGUE IN BOMBAY
    141 2 Bombay, Oct 27. Fnmdie Ifuni ipal tot the 24 hour- ended ar 10 a. m pestO appears there were io Bev cases oi and 9 deaths, which brin^- tlie total cases to 474 and of deaths to Jl7' tack-,, one occurred in llie Foil Ward Mandvi.
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    LI HUNG CHANG'S SENTENCE
    126 2 Fokpsituri 01 oM Vbar's Emoi The Chimes* -Van' Wall I V n a Peking tcit^ram last rtighi rep i i-' Hung '-> CMSC, <>t Visit n^ the N H'<' wit' oil' permission, has no b jbe Boat it' uJ );j. c. i cskst t •co»rdi' fi
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    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1896.
    1300 3 Ihe Spanish steamer Isla de Luzon, from Manila to-day, has on board 97 ;)!-i-oners and 66 passengers. The largest gold mine in the Rand turned Mil i* 1.000 \\c:th of gold during June. Before Mr. Woodward this morning one Cnau Hock was convicted of stealing a
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    THE REBELLION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    122 3 THE REBELLION IN THE PHILIPPINES. rhe latent news received from Manila (iocs not indicate that any substantial progress is being made in the suppression of the rebellion, but rather that the movement is lathering strength. The rebels have been driven out of Nasagbu, the estate of P. P Roxa->, which
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    FIGHTING IN NORTH BORNEO.
    276 3 Attack on Mat Saleh's Stronghold. We learn, from a private letter to a resident of Singapore, that on the 23rd Sept. (an auspicious date) three North Borneo Officials, Messrs. Flint, Dunlop and Little, with their police force, attacked the fort erected by Mat Saleh, the noto-
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    THE PHILIPPINES REBELLION.
    562 3 ("Translated for the Singapore Free Press.) Manila papers of the 24th and 25th ultimo give details of a horrible crime committed by a band of rebels near a place called Mariguina in the suburbs ot Manila. It appears that Mr. Francisco Chofr6 v < )!ea, head of
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    THE DEPRESSION IN GAMBIER.
    401 3 The gambier market is in a position most unsatisfactory to all concerned, importers, dealers and consumers alike. Usually the last named are pleased at the low prices, but in this instance they hold large stocks, which they cannot make use of, and which they purchased at
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    CENTENARIANS IN AMERICA.
    414 3 It appears to be certain that the Indians ot America generally are very long lived. Official reports and statistics show it, so tar as the/ can be trusted in such a matter. And observant travellers make the same remark. In Peru the Indians seem to live indefinitely.
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    THE FEDERATION DURBAR.
    365 3 The Sinjr-ip >re Frie Press, taking advantage '>» the presence of Mr. Swetteiiham, the ResidentGeneral, in Singapore, publishes mi u> issue o( the 191 li instant an arm le on th subject ol ttie Federa--1 lion Durbar, which has now been indefinitely i postponed and, tor aughi
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    A BROKER'S SUICIDE.
    30 4 A telegram from Yokohama to a Nagasaki journal states thai Mr. J. T. Boag, bill broker, shot himself on the 20th Oct. An inquest would be held.
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    THE FLAGSHIP.
    120 4 H.M S. Cent anon (says the China Mail) \> expected to arrive licit- about the 9th or 10th November. She will remain a short time and then proceed to Singapore, returning to Hongkong in time for Christmas. I he Nagasaki Express remarks lt is curious to wow the
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    TELEGRAPH RATES IN THE EAST.
    83 4 At the last meeting of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce a letter was read from the Singapore Chamber, dated 30th Sept., making further reference to Chamber's letters of 12th and 2Nth idem, referring to the rise in cable rates and stating that the Committee, having
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    WANT OF SLEEP.
    494 4 Some researches have been made recently by Professor Patrick and Dr. A. Gilbert, of the University of lowa, which will, perhaps (says the ti.ntisit Medical Journal), have a special interest lor medical men and for members of Parliament harassed by all-night sittings. The experiments, which were designed
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    DR. SUN VAT YIN.
    207 4 I his Chinese medical man, who was decoyed into the Chinese Embassy in London and kept uiul^r restraint there until liberated In Lord Salisbury's orders, has his career described in this note in a Hongkong paper i» Oil Dr. Sun Yat Sin was born ir. Honolulu,
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    HISTORY IN NEGATIVES.
    188 4 We have received a special number of the Dundee Courier, containing an eight page supplement, part of which is directed to a sketch of its own history (it having just attained its eightieth b rthday), and part to an interesting record of the Oueen's long reign. From
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    A HOMERIC FIGHT AT SEA.
    667 4 We were cruising in the Straits of Malacca, between the Nicobars and the Malay Peninsula, and had succeeded in killing a full-sized sperm whale. He had been a tough customer, needing all our energies to cope with him but a welldirected bomb closed the negotiations
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    H.M.S. "POWERFUL."
    175 4 H.M.S. POWERFUL." The first-class cruiser "Powerful (coin manded by our old friend of the Mercury, Captain \Y\ H. Fawkes,) anchored at Spithead on the 29th ult. at the conclusion ol her steam trial of 30 hours at 5,000 or ou tilth ol her in iximum hor^e-power Although in acdition to
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    THE DUTCH AND JAPAN.
    372 4 As our readers are aware a new Commercial Treaty between the Netherlands and Japan has recently been signed at the Hague by the delegates of the respective States, and in calling attention to this a writer in the Morning Post remarks that to the Dutch there
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    JURY GREIVANCES.
    200 4 Discussing local jury grievances the Straits Maritime journal gives this list of what it urges as desirable reforms First, we urge that all criminal trials commence at 2 o'clock each day. Second, that all Jurors, being only a small section of the community, be paid by the public
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    BURMAH RICE CROP PROSPECTS 1896-7.
    184 4 BURMAH RICE CROP PROSPECTS 1 896- 7 Reports received from the principal rice-produ-cing districts show that the total area under paddy cultivation is estimated to be 5,190,912 acres, or an increase ot 109,909 acres over the actuals ot the previous year. Large increases in the area cultivated have occurred in
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    DEATH BY ELECTRIC SHOCK
    221 4 A tew days aj^o (says a Bangkok p^per/ the dciiiductor of one of the eie«:tiic tram cars at tiangkok left ihe trolley rope in charge or a hoy, instead o looking after it himself, with the result tliat itgotofl and above the line. He endeavoured to
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    RHODESIAN HUMOURS
    586 4 When the last newspapers IcfL ßttkwayo, was as recently as the 24th ult., there h indication that matters were at Im| vm w way to a favourable issue. In proof vw l( r, latest newspapers received may be Adduced P they set forth the fact that Buluwa\., beginning
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    ORIGIN OF THE COCKTAIL.
    189 4 Doctors have toraetimes been accused ing drunkenness by the mui<- intentperati the advocates ot temperance now t urouW >| thai the medical profession i* to liave vention oi that questionable Auk::' >> the 'cocktail,' fathered upon it. A N«» newspaper has (inearthed the following expl< ot
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    PERAK NEWS
    71 4 i Ptrak netr, 2bih (Jctouftr. Mi. J. M. Shetticki ft tHgonomctrica arrived from bom< j < oth r da> liifl lem to the K< l« i* l>ep«n« cm w RaiKvas surveys* apt. K cede -I ticker, (iuartei Masta an in charge of the Otins, State (i his way
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    12219 5 LEG I S LAT I V E COUNCIL. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, iBq6 y x t- 1^ t t H E llftc Governor (Sir C B. Mitchell 0.c.m.g.1 T u Hon.*the Col. Secretary A Swettenham, cji.c] Deputy Goi reor the Attorney-General \V. R. C Uyer.) I Tfi ire? E E Isemonger.)
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    THE PLAGUE IN BOMBAY.
    298 8 Bombay, October 19.— The cases of bubonicfever in Bombay and the number of deaths from Saturday morning till 10 a. in to-day show a slight increase in both. Cases are not confined now to any particular locality but are sporadic and spread over the various districts
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    H. M. S. "UNDAUNTED."
    147 8 H. M. S. UNDAUNTED." 1 bis reference to a ship very popular here will interest our readers Alter an inspection ot H. M. S. Undaunted, which arrived in Yokohama on the 15th, Admiral Oxhy recently repoited as follows Fine ship's company; remarkably well dressed. Ship very clean and serviceable and
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    HER MAJESTY'S EYESIGHT.
    149 8 In a paragraph headed Her Majesty's Eyesight," The Medical Press aad Circular says Fhe fact th .t Professor Pagenstecker, the distinguished German oculist, has been to see her Majesty has given rise to alarming tumours in (curt circles, and a rumour has 11 ined ground that an
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    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1896.
    1260 8 Admiral Buller will visit Singapore about the i 7th December. Twenty-two cases have committed to the Assizes for trial to date. The Colonial Secretary and the Hon'ble E. E. Isemonger paid a visit to H. M. S. j Rainbow yesterday afternoon. An old-fashioned gold seal which
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    LI-HUNG-CHANG
    124 8 The China Mail of tin _>-;.!, l4 t tains the following Mrhicll explain* 1 curious ground on w'huh M j\ Chang has trouble Ll-Hl \(t-( H \S(* ALkKAin IN VlfiMti CHIVES! SfLt4tnttfi Kxik^mki The following bc&cgrmm Iron f'tk rut I ceivt-d by ou: contemporary, t e I (Wall I'/.
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    Correspondence.
    107 9 C R I H BAG K COU N TING. 1 <j i hi Editor Sir, Owing to a dispute in one of our so<f> ties on a at seven card (Jrib\)<i^' I would like you to inform us thi igh your valuable paper, how many j n would be
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    A BULL IN A JAM-SHOP
    246 9 is morning while Mr. AdoJphe Landau was in the pineapple preserving factory in Albert St. preparing lo come (low n to town he saw a good al oi commotion amoug the workmen and prestntl) an ini iriated bullock ra< <:•! through the factory, jpsetting syrup,
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    A DECIMAL HOUR.
    183 9 decimal fanatics have broken out m a new soon as the French Chamber gets to a rk ag tin, M Etienne, the deputy for Oran, will jntr< a Bill t.< establish the decimal hour —iu divided into 100 minutes, each minute cons ing nJ 100 seconds. M.
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    ROUND THE WORLD ALONE.
    252 9 Tin yacht Spray thirteen tons, has arrived at Newcastle N.i>.W.)i Wlth aptain Slocum as its >r ly occupant. Captain Slocum, who is making a lotu ol ihe world a!< ne, left Boston in 1895, proceeding first o Gibraltar. He then again crossed Atlantic to South America,
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    THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
    1900 9 How it is Held. (By an A mlr i can.; Once in four years the people of the I nited States elect a President. There is not, to be exact, a popular vote for President and ice- President. The people vote for electors, who, in their turn,
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    A STRANGE COINCIDENCE.
    166 9 (To the Editor of the Penang Gazette., Dear Sir.- Am ariicl< i your issue oi ilie 22nd insl p 1 nmpts th<- following In ihe year 1854, on tin ;;ti,<,r March, the good ship Golden Era Icfl verj 1 ol for the tli<.n newi, opened goldfields ul
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    THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1896.
    688 9 The body of a Chinaman, apparent iy that of a pauper, wa> found on the old gaol Mt€ Yesterday the bodies of tvo C were found in a garden ofl biukil iafa Road und r i rcumstances i iicli r it probable thai they were kill
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    THE INTER-COLONIAL RIFLE MATCH.
    31 9 THE INTER-COLONIAL RIFLE MATCH. I he composition oi the Singapore team will be finally declared to-morrow morning, as a iesu!t of the joint views of the senior members of the tram.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1953 10 (Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1806.) The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commission was held this afternoon, Mr. Gentle presiding. There were also present Mr. Th. Sohst olonel Pennefather, Mr. Seah Liang Seah, Mr. Fan Jiak Kim, Mr. \V. Evans, Hon'ble T. Shelford, Mr. Joaquim, Mr. Moses and Mr.
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    THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
    1934 10 Why M( Kinlet will be Elected. (By an American Democrat.) The Pall Mall Gazette has said that the Presidential election, which will be held on November 3, is fraught with naore importance to the United States than any election held since iB6O This is quite true, but
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    COFFEE AS A CURE FOR THE PLAGUE.
    99 10 espond< nt nrrites u. I d^i* Lu b.i_ v as tlie Hi v »t sic moo. Ii one.' broke Mil in Aden, and S ust.-d conee .i- t> cur«- with »uoces« cufl i to be <> i-t'-d tfter having n rubfa j i
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    THE SNAKE BITE CURE VERIFIED.
    71 10 r '-'\> ft >' -i Cise »1 siiake-biu .1 4 treated with iftti-ve*ui yen n, i« i «tttn I geon-Xlajor Rcttnie states thai the ;>f i m the compound of the vVhH,-. < i when a Itai tndasthe Dccurrence took piai t cv© k< when
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    THE FUTURE OF THE ENGLISHSPEAKING RACE.
    852 11 A Prophp.iy by Sir Wal er Resist. In the North American Review for August, Sir Walter Besant discourses upon the future of the Eagroh-spealfing race, amplifying and enlarging on much ofl what he said in his address at Brown,ng Hall, on July 4th Thf
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    THE PARIS EXHIBITION GOLD MINING CO. NO-LIABILITY.
    238 11 Elsewhere in our to-day's issue will be found advertised ibe prospectus of this Western Australian gold mining invest, ment, which by the reports and the name s 01 ii. rlirectorate would appear to be a pro sound <>ne I \\r propectus sets forth
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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1896.
    537 11 Three brooches and a carriage clock were stolen last ni^ht from Eskbank, the resi dence of Mr. R. Allan, of Messrs. Riley Hargreaves and Co. A search wab made: yesterday of the S S. M enelaus. a quantity of illicit chandu valued at 81,000 bt-ing discovered
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    THE LEE-METFORD RIFLE.
    309 11 Kiom the annual Indian Musketry Report it would appear that some interesting experiments were carried out, last year, at the Changla Gali School. It was decided to test how far ammunition would stand being laced in water, and the superiority of the solid drawn over the rolled
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    THE INTER-COLONIAL RIFLE MATCH.
    893 11 This annual match, between Shanghai, Hongkong and Singapore, the seventh since 1889, (there was no match in 1890) will be fired to-morrow at the Balestier range by the Singapore team. Last year the Singapore team was victorious, for the first time, with the tintteam total of
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    PAPERCHASE.
    265 11 A small field only, of about ten horseman, turned up at the meet yesterday evening. The first par of the course lay through the grounds in front ol Irvvell Bank, thence thiough Chatsworth and along H side of the pineapple plantati I >wn mount Echo Road, then over '.<■
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    THE SURVEY DEPARTMENT PERAK.
    93 11 A certain officer of the Royal Engineers, who was offered t appointment of Cttief Surveyor having declined to lake up the ap[ ointment, the Perak Pioneer heats it is proposed that the Survey Department of Perak, at ali events for the present, is to be broken
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    FOOD SCARCITY IN PERAK.
    121 11 We {Pinang Gazette) hear on authority that tlie Perak Government have already made provision fur granting monetary relief to those persons in the state who nuv be unable to procure food during the res nt crisis. We believe that the generosity of Lhe iiovernmenl will be
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    THE CHAMPION RUNNER OF THE ARMY.
    171 11 liit- cha npi miner of ihe Army 1-, .(jSergeant Watson, Argy I and Sutherland Highlanders (o,«sl During the pres< nt season ht has distinguished m->elt in a remat kable ma. n* i ■it won ihe > j j e liajf-mile ai the combined sport^
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    RUSSIA AND CHINA.
    354 11 (Hongkong Daily Press, j The text of the Cassifli Convention has now been published in Shanghai, and in a few day^ will reach Hongkong. Erom a brief telegraphic summary it will be seen that the rights obtained by Russia are substantially the same as have been mentioned
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    SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1896.
    708 12 H.M.S. Porpoise arrived at Colombo on Mr Bell. Chief Police Officer, and Capt. Boldero, Deputy Master Attendant, this morning paid an official visit to the powder magazine at Tanah Merah. Mr Cheah Tattoe, tlv eldest son ol a respected Penang resident, Mr. Cheah Chen L >k,
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    A CHESS CLUB.
    50 12 s gentlemen have in view the lut; >n (jl a Chesa Club in Singapore, Y :M lil t:;il rMli are to meet together on '"f^ay, th- 1,--!,, at 4 p.m.. ;it ,f lf offi(:e t Braddrll Bi »s and M itt l irws to i Ihe project
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1166 12 E'en as the heading Toptcs of the Week Doth now, too oft, portend dead languages. Anon, Quicquid agunt homines nostriest farrago libelli. The poetical story of Poor Cock Robin and his sad death by the bow and arrow of a wicked feathered rival holds an immortal
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    Correspondence.
    608 12 The Singapore Kranji Railway. in PHE Kl)ITOR. Sik, The interesting discussion on the proposed Railway to Kranji shewed us the various views held by of our un official members on the question of developing the resources ot this island. Mr. Napier was candid and outspoken and supported the, scheme
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS
    77 12 Mr. J. M. Lyon's coffee pa i per ftu t>eet patented. Mr. J. K Birch's leave if extended til March 31st, 1897. Mr. Remmers is recognised as tdßporft. rily in charge of trie Ita t; an and Portlt^iM M Consulates in Singapore. During the absence of Mr [>.
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    BEAUTY AND BACCY.
    106 12 Our chivalrous cousins in Ne« \>rH tr< happy, and with goad rea^jii. flu A man is justly proud ot the American worn <• anything that tendb to b.m^ hci ini i affects him sorely. In the present instano nothing less than an authoritative statetn a great number
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    THE REBELLION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    880 12 THE REBELLION I N THE PHILIPPINES. i e Mowing arc some oi the detaiU events in the Philippines as collected from recent Manila papers to hand The Volunteers are rendering valuable sei by keeping watch day and night in some tno^t important places in the town, such i bridges JEspana,
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    THE INTER-COLONIAL RIFLE MATCH.
    461 13 Hongkong 916. By special telegram to the Singapore Fw Press, received about 6yj p.m. yesterday, we arc in possession of the scores made by the Hongkong team in the annual rifle match, in which its antagonists are teams representing Shanghai and Singapore Shanghai was the first
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    "NEWS OF THE CHURCHES"
    377 13 !.<tM Sunday said a clergyman to hiscongreg;i!ioi one put a button in the collection l>i^. 1 won't mention names. I will merely say ih.t! on!\ one individual in the congregation could have done so »nd I shall expect the same member, after the service, IO replace
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY. Corps Orders.
    125 13 Head Quarter Office, Singapore, Nov. sth, 1896. 1. Orderly Officer for the ensuing week, 2nd Lieut. F. Hilton. Orderly Sergeant for the ensuing week, Sergt. F. J. Benjafieid. 2. Corp. h. F H. Edlin is promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He will remain in
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    RAUB GOLD.
    31 13 The following telrgram ha«* been received by the Local Secretary of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Company, Ltd., Singapore Crushing finished, izo tons stone realized 1912 oz^. smelted gold.
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    GOLD IN SARAWAK.
    96 13 We (Sarawak Gazette) understand that the small experimental works for the extraction of gold from refractory ores by the Cyanide pro ess, erected by Messrs. The Borneo Company, at Bau, in Upper Sarawak, have proved an unqualified success. The Company have now ordered out from home a
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    SARAWAK SAGO.
    159 13 With reference to a statement made in the Muka monthly report for July, published in our last issue (the Sarawak Gazette), to the effect that consternation had been caused at Muka by a report that the Kuching Chinese sago merchants had combined to keep the price of raw
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    FOR THE TOBACCO PLANTERS.
    116 13 Bad news for smokers There are no tobacco crops in Cuba, and the planters are sending to Europe the remnants of old st cks, that is 10 say, tobacco put aside in former years as not good enough for the markets. There are still cigars of
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    TELEGRAPHIC CHARGES TO THE FAR EAST.
    105 13 In a communication to the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, the Duke of No r folk, PostmasterGeneral, regrets that his representations to the telegraph companies in favour of a reduction in the rates to India were fruitless, in face of the great loss of revenue
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    THE SIAMESE PRINCE IN CEYLON.
    240 13 {Ceylon Observer.) Prince Prtisdan Choomsai, the Siamese prince, is now residing at the Waskaduwa Buddhist temple with High Priest übhuti. His royal highness will enter the priesthood in a week or so, when it is expected the ceremony will be an imposing one conducted by
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    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1896.
    1560 13 It is rumoured that the Federated Native States will adopt the Indian Penal Code in its complete form for their legal procedure. Kyoto, the Hiogo News says, is still bent upon having a large Daibutsu to commemorate Japan's successful war with China. The proposed expenditure is
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    THE LATE MR. CAREW.
    107 14 The Japan papers record the mysterious death of Mr. <V. R. H. Carew who was once well known in the Straits. The deceased was originally in the employment of the E. E. Telegraph Company. He was subsequently for a time Sheriff of Singapore, and thereafter was
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    THE ITNER.COLONIAL RIFLE MATCH.
    1378 14 1896. Victory of Hongkong. Hongkong 9 16. Shanghai <joo. Singapore S7O. This annual event, the Inter-Colonial Rifle match between Hongkong, Shanghai, and Singapore, was brought to a conclusion on Saturday afternoon, th Sin^a.jot- team being the last of the three to fire. The result, unfortunately for
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    INTER COLONIAL RIFLE MATCH.
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    A FOOTBALL TEAM STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
    46 14 London, 12th October. A curious catastrophe occurred at Liverpool to-day, when a team of footballers taking the field were struck by lightning. So powerful was the electric discharge that one of the players was killed and five others seriously injured.
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    SOME FACTS ABOUT RAMIE.
    103 14 The present imports into England of this fibre are only about 2,000 t0 5,000 tons per annum, savs Planting Opinion, and as all this has had to be stripped by hand till quite recently, the price has been kept up to £15 instead of £8. This
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    IMITATION WHISKY.
    108 14 Ihe other week the Customs autho* it es ai alcutla confiscated 150 cases of imitation whi-k\ which had been consigned to a well known firm ~.f wine merchants in Calcutta. The bottles were labelled Finest Malt Whisky," and a fictitious Scotch name also appeared on the labels in
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    CRICKET.
    527 14 S. C. C. 2nd XI. v. S. R. C. Ibis match was played on Saturday, on the ground of the latter Club. F. Dennys took eight wickets for 13 runs. The S. R. C. played ten men only: S. R. C. H. S. Finck b Dennys F. Nissen b
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    NEW LEGISLATION.
    344 14 At the meeting of the Legislative Count cil on Thursday next, the following ji!|< will be read for the first time Opium Ordinance Amendment Bill. Courts of Requests Bill Crimping Bill. The composition of society in Simla rru v be inferred from the fact thut at Ladv El
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    THE SINGAPORE AUTUMN RACE MEETING.
    3533 15 Retrospective Notes. ¥bc Autumn Race Meeting was one of the roost successful which has been held bcre tor war- the entries were except:< i ally large, the fields were good, while racing wa- excellent, becoming more interesting each day. 1 be arrangements were unimpeachable, ii
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    267 15 Mr. Finlatson S Pri/.k. This mixed foursome competition, which was played off last week, resulted in tht victory of Dr. and Mrs. Fowlie, who, in their second round, pulled down the record a long way by the splendid score of 42 Previously to this, the mixed
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    210 16 The Cotton Industry in Japan. A Manchester firm has signed a contract for the despatch ol a thousand cotton loon;* to japan. The i S. Presidential Election. McKinley the Favourite. The Electoral Campaign in America practically closed on Saturday. The managers of both candidates issue confident forecasts of
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    THE U. S. PRESIDENTIA ELECTION.
    449 16 McKinley's Victory Certain. All election returns so tar point to certain victory t.ir McKinley. {Still Later.] President McKinley. McKinley is elected. London, November dth^ 1806. The U. S. Presidential Election. Tremendous Victory, McKinley lias had a sweeping victory. I here were enormous majorities in the
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    CLEARANCES.
    615 16 November 1. Radnorshire, Brit, str., Davies, for Hongkong and Japan. Glenearn, Brit, str., Murray, for Amsterdam, Hector, Brit. str. Barr, for Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. Pfopontis, Brit, str., Farrand for Penang. Cheribon, Fr. str., Serenon, for Marseilles. Isla de Luzon, Span, str., Bayonna, for Barcelona. November j. Sirsa, Bnt.
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    SHARE LIST, NOVEMBER 9th, 1896.
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      1344 16 VESSKL.^ IN PORi Men-of-War Fiags& Ton. Captain Arrived From Consignees roi. Rainbow H.M. cm. 36ooForsyth Nov. i Kuching S. N. Officer Other Vesseis Angers Brit. 1917 Bannister Nov. 6 Kuchinot/u M. H. Kai>ha Arjuna Dut. sch., 261 Nacodah Oct. 20, Lampong Lantoon* Australind Brit. 554 Mills Nov. 5 Fremantle Boustead
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