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Title Section18 1897-01-12 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY. JANUARY 12th, 1897. No. 49418 words
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Article121 1897-01-12 1 Domestic Occurrences BIRTH. On the Bth instant, the wife of PL A. Scott, of a son. MARRIAGE. On the 4th inst., at the Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. S. S. Walker, Capt. Snow to Miss Flor\ Johnston, of Edinborough. DEATHS. At Maple Durham, Mount Elizabeth, on the Oth instant, Harold121 words
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Article, Illustration437 1897-01-12 1 The Australian Strike (Jan. 5th.) THE Australian coasting trade is for the present in a state of collapse, owing to a dispute between the Executive of the Australian Union of Marine Engineers and the shipowners. The quaire! has probably arisen through a special demand upon a shipowner that he should437 words
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598 1897-01-12 1 Two items of news wired to-day show that South Africa will be. for various reasons, anything but a synonym for peace and quietness for a good while to come. A fresh tribal rising, accompanied with the usual element of murder of unfortunate isolated whites, has598 words
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Article552 1897-01-12 1 Our Navy. (Jan. 7 th) ALTHOUGH, if we are to take Lord LANSDOWNE'S openly expressed convictions as a guide, the British army is to be permanently enlarged by the much needed addition of several battalions of infantry, and other additions in the artillery arm of the service, it is manifestly552 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement450 1897-01-12 1 CONTENTS LSADIHO ART K.LfcS. The Australian Strike. 17 South African Affairs, 17 The Rikisha Strike 18 Our Plague Risks 18 Russia's Pacifi Squadron, 18 Friendly French Professions. 18 Court Nrws. PohceCourt. A Novel Application, 19 Charge oi Using a Forged beque, 2 Supreme Court. A Case of Limitation, 20 Golf.450 words
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Advertisement111 1897-01-12 1 ST. ANDREW'S HOUSE, SINGAPORE. CT. ANDREW'S House is a Home where boys *J attending tru Raffles Institution may be boarded, and given Christian instruction and •r^ininij according to tnt teaching of the Church >* England. it has been established for the convenience of those who come from other Settlements, as111 words
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Miscellaneous423 1897-01-12 1 THE WEEK. The next mail from Europe arrived by the M. M. S.S. Caledonien this afternoon, with London dates to the 1 8th ult., being followed by the P. C). s s. Ravenna on the [Bth inst., with the English mail of the 25th ult. This mail leaves by the423 words
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Article748 1897-01-12 2 (Jan. Bth.) Thanks to the prompt handling of the police, coupled with the energetic action of the Registrar of the Hackney Carriage Department in communicating with the police, what might have proved a considerable street disturbance was practically knocked on the head as soon as it showed748 words
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Article466 1897-01-12 2 WHEN news arrived here that plague had declared itself in Bomba\ we at once pointed out the seriousne>s of the results that might accrue from a commercial point of view owinj* to the fact that Bombay was the Gate of India We hinted that 'some466 words
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Article496 1897-01-12 2 We understand that the Russian cruiser Rossia, which was about to come out to relieve the Nicolai I as chief flag-ship of the Russian squadron will not be able to do so for a time, for the simple reason that she is at present laid by496 words
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498 1897-01-12 2 The view we took of Baron de CourCEL's resignation 'of his post as French Ambassador at the Court .of St. James's is borne out by what appears today. We held that Baron de COURCEL who resigned owing to his inability to reconcile French and English498 words
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432 1897-01-12 2 We read in a Cycle of Far (Vhay Or. Williams) that The conflict that put an end to this ev.roly policy [ol trucking to Chinese pretentions: bears the malodorous name of the opium war conveying an impression that it MRS waged432 words
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Article724 1897-01-12 3 BOS— I Mr. Phil May was among the Empress of China s passengers from Vancouver to Japan. It is decided, we hear, that Captain Dudding is to commission the Sirius, and Captain Pollard the Indefatigable, both for service with the China squadron The engineer of the724 words
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Article308 1897-01-12 3 iFram our own Correspondtnt.} The usual New Year Land Sports were held on the Esplanade on the Ist January. The morning was bright and fine, but at about 3 p.m. rain came on sufficiently to interfere with some of the events and to cause some of the spectators to308 words
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Article147 1897-01-12 3 A novel application was made to Mr. Anthonisz this morning. Mr Stewart applied for a postponement in the case of Goh Sin Koh v. Poh Gam and Goh Ah Foo, the latter being charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of 27 pigs, value $300, which147 words
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Article179 1897-01-12 3 In honour of the visit of the Papal Delegate a special entertainment was given at the Convent yesterday. In addition to His Excellency and his Secretary, there were present Bishops Fee and Bourdon, Canon Delouette, Fathers Couvreur, Gex. Vignol, Sorin, Perrichon and Duvel, Madame Pinard, the Russian179 words
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Article175 1897-01-12 3 H. M. S. PIQUE. H.MS. Pique, twin-screw cruiser of the second class, on arrival this morning from Hongkong, via Labuan,went totheTanjong Pagar wharves to coal, and will proceed later to the man-of-war anchorage where she will be stationed for the present. The following is a list of the officers Captain175 words
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Article66 1897-01-12 3 Ladies' Championship won by A telegram has been received trom Penang, and courteously placed at our disposal, to the effect that the Ladies Championship has been won by Mrs. Grigor 'Taylor, 85. Mrs Dallas scored 86; Miss Anthony and Mrs. O'Sullivan 87 Mrs. Bromhead Matthews 89 Mrs.66 words
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Article144 1897-01-12 3 It is reported Torn Tientsi thai the Chinese Government have ordered, in all, some eleven armoured cruisers and torpedo destro\ers, through two German firms, and tna it is intended to order four more very large cruisers next spring. The programme, a- at present constituted? is to144 words
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Article47 1897-01-12 3 A Havas telegram, dated December 22, declares that President Cleveland is resolved to veto all motions in favour of the Cuban insurgents. It is believed that this determination of the President will relieve the tension between the two countries and prevent war.47 words
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Article87 1897-01-12 3 The Kobe Chronicle advocates the establishment j of a dockyard at Kobe, in order that the shipping I firms there should be no longer compelled to send j away all big ships to be docked outside cf Japan. Two new docks aie rapidly appioaching completion at Yokohama.87 words
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Article67 1897-01-12 3 The trial of Mrs. Edith May Hailowell Carew for the murder of her husband, the late Walter Raymond Hallowell Carew, was set down for Monday, the 4th January, (yesterday) in H B M. Court for Japan at Kanagawa (Yokohama). Of some sixtyjurors who have been summoned to67 words
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174 1897-01-12 3 It is with positive envy that Twopenny States" like Hongkong, the Straits and Pfennig-Halbptennig will view this incident as described by a Hongkong paper It is reported from Shanghai that Captain Mackenzie, Superintendent of the police force of the Model Settlement,' had his razors174 words
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Article150 1897-01-12 3 Our readers may be interested to know (says the Navy League Journal j that a direct descendant of Lord Nelson is serving in the Royal Navy at the present time. This is Lieutenant Nelson-Ward, the grandson of that daughter whom Nelson in his last will150 words
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Article164 1897-01-12 3 The rapid decrease in French trade has become a burning question. M. Charles Rouxi's report to the Chamber shows that the imports and exports for 1895 were 200,000,000 francs below the quinquennial average. M. Rouvier, formerly President of the Council of Ministers and many times164 words
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971 1897-01-12 3 More Fighting Spanish Slc< ksses. (Special Telegram to China Mmil.) Manila, Monday, Dec. 28.— General Rios and his brigade have been engaged in heavy fighting near Balinag, a town on the bord.t- ,1 the Provinces of Bulacan and Nuevo Ecij a. Ihe nH is were971 words
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Article116 1897-01-12 3 *~7 Cycling in Australia seems to be as much a rage as in other parts of the world Lately in Melbourne a constable had to be told off to a certain junction of streets to control the cycle traffic alone, and over a thousand machines are reported to have passed116 words
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Article197 1897-01-12 4 The four-masted barque Willy Rickmers has arrived from Cardiff with 3,252 tons of coals for Messrs. Boustead Co. She will in all probability be towed to the Tanjong Pagar wharf to-morrow, to have her cargo put out. The ship R C. Rickmers brought a cargo of 2,769 tons197 words
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137 1897-01-12 4 Official Telegram. The following is a translation ot an official telegram jus*: received in Singapore General Galbis with 200 men, supported by columns under the command of Generals Sarralde and Albert, has routed, in Taguin and other districts in the region of River Pasig, 3,000137 words
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Article275 1897-01-12 4 A valuable snake-i ng, which Mrs. F. Palmer, wife or a jeweller oi Leatherhead, Surrey, lost about seven years ago. was recovered one day recently under most rt mat kable circumstances. Mrs. Palmer was feeding some swans with breadcrumbs in Fetcham Pond when tiie ring slipped off275 words
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Article228 1897-01-12 4 The starting machine and an improved totalisator are both on trial in Calcutta. The former is not an unqualified success, though useful with small fields, and the staff ot the latter needs greater organisation A branch of one of the local banks was opened it the Grand Stand which seems228 words
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Article1561 1897-01-12 4 The following is a verbatim report of Colonel Hill's lecture delivered at Meerut on the nth instant on the new bullet invented by Captain Hertie-Clay, Royal Artillery, of the Dum-Dum Small Arms Ammunition Factory. Colonel Hill said 11 I am not going to give you a musketry1,561 words
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Article242 1897-01-12 4 The conquering wheel is alternately blessed and banned as the greatest boon and the greatest bane of the age. No one denies its prodigious utility, but it any untoward tendency or symptom declares itself tor which it is difficult to find a plausible explanation, the bicycle is242 words
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Article245 1897-01-12 4 A curious change in the kerosine oil trade is silently taking place. Ten years ago Calcutta was supplied entirely from America, and up to last year, although Russian oil had entered the market and begun to compete, American oil continued to predominate. In 1595 the Russian245 words
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Article73 1897-01-12 4 THE LETTER H." Mr. J. J. Spraggan, of Southpon, us the following: "An acquaintance of a Mr. Hillier met him one morning with the question, Ow is your 'ealth to-day, Mr. 'Illier?' 'My name is not 'Illier,' said Mr. H. Well,' said the other, if a haitch, and a hi,73 words
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Article203 1897-01-12 4 It is reported in Japan that the black plague has been totally exterminated in Formosa. A correspondent writes As the Papal Delegate will sing a Pontifical Mass on Sunday n^xt, in the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, the FY-ast of the Ep phany, it is hoped that the Choir and203 words
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229 1897-01-12 4 Through the kind cooperation of a number of Singapore residents and local firms, the European police were entertained last night at the house of the Rev. Mr. Sharpe, Mount Sophia, to a capital dinner and a pleasant social evening. On the arrival of Col and229 words
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Article239 1897-01-12 4 The Italian ship Stella del Mare arrived from Barry Dock on the 4th instant with a cargo of 1,766 tons of Welsh coals consigned to Messrs. Paterson Simons Co. which she will discharge at the Tanjong Pagar wharf as soon as there is berthage room for her The239 words
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Article130 1897-01-12 4 Rossi* on ran Bosrnoftus. The Daily News learns trom a source that it has reason to believe is well informed that one of the projects that has come or is likely t c >me shortly under the consideration of ihe Great Powers is that Russia shall,130 words
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Article236 1897-01-12 4 I he Manchester Guardian says The serious change for the worse whi< h has, according to report, recently taken place in Lord Rosmead's health, occasions his friends much anxiety and in official quarters it is now regretfully recognised that it is no longer possible to ask him to continue making236 words
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Article1471 1897-01-12 5 H. E. the Governor and Lady Mitchell were to have gone home, almost immediately, to England for a time, but it is understood that that design has now been abandoned in consequence of the death of the late Dr. Welldon, to visit whom would have been1,471 words
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Article70 1897-01-12 5 The Entries, First Day, Jan. 12th. Maiden Plate Rogie, Infant Babe, Padre, Sir Visto, Pons Asinorum and Juanita. Governor s Cup Cara Mia, Lady Sprightly, Handy Andy and Kingston. Club Stakes: Buccleugh (11*2), Rogie, S. 0., and Wayang (10*9 each). Try Again Stakes: May Blossom, Juanita, Fuzz Buzz70 words
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Article266 1897-01-12 5 (Perak Pioneer. The survey of the railway line between Tapah Road and Tanjong Malim, the Resident Engineer reports, has proved most trying to the party engaged on it. One of the surveyors has died, and the work is constantly interrupted through sickness. Singapore gained its only victory by266 words
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Article679 1897-01-12 5 (By the Mail, j The Selangor Trading Company (Limited) has been registered (without articles of association) by J. Robertson, Baltic Chambers, E. C, with a capital cf £1,000 in i shares. The object is to carry on the business of merchants, manufacturers, planters, and bankers in the United679 words
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Article892 1897-01-12 5 It is reported that the British, German, and Dutch flags have been insulted by the Portuguese at Delagoa Bay, on the south-east coast of Africa, and that the German Government have already demanded substantial redress. Further disturbances are reported from Delagoa Bay. It is stated that a892 words
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Article154 1897-01-12 5 The China Express says Though the preliminary vote or the railway across Singapore Island has been carried through the Council, opinion-* do not seem to be entirely in its favour. With more encouragement from the Government of the da\- the line would probably have been buiit some154 words
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Article89 1897-01-12 6 A Lady from Simla, who has not been in Calcutta before, makes the suggestion that Sunday callers should inscribe on their cards whether they were married or single. Not long ago this lady, when returning the call of a gentleman, whom she took to be a respectable married89 words
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Article90 1897-01-12 6 Scene Penang. A Senior Government Official is talking to another Official, lately transferred to that Settlement. (Enter II a Cadet. S. O. (to A. o.— I say. let me introduce H A. O. bows distantly. [Exit H A.O.— Who is that fellow S.O. "Why that is H90 words
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Article673 1897-01-12 6 Sir Thomas Sutherland, m. p. (Chairman), presided over ihe annual meeting of the shareholders of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, held on the loth Dec. In moving the adoption of the report he said they paid the usual dividend, and although to some673 words
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Article100 1897-01-12 6 A gentleman from Singapore, on his way to ruirope via Canada, sends us a newspaper of Nov. 21st with particulars of the snow blockade on the C.P.R., which lasted for ten days. He writes This is one of the pleasures of travelling by this route for people from the East.100 words
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Article1580 1897-01-12 6 Chevalier and Mdme de Kontski have returned to Colombo from Australia. Ihe veteran pianist proposes to revisit India. Commander Arthur H. Smith Dorrien is appointed to the Alacrity, trom January i, 1897 In the district of Santa Cruz, Manila, a native woman died at the extreme1,580 words
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Article626 1897-01-12 6 As this enterprising company has just commenced business in Singapore, and bids fair to be an established concern here, a few particulars may prove of interest The Eastern Agency is a subsidiary company to the big Bell's Asbestos Compan), and' was formed in January, 1895, for626 words
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Article59 1897-01-12 6 The following extract from a letter received yesterday may be ot interest to many here. It comes from Jersey, and is from an old Straits friend. The writer says The s^th are still here, and they are very popular. They have just been doing the 'Pirates59 words
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Article105 1897-01-12 6 As we recently announced Colonel Pennefather has resigned his seat on the Municipal Commission. Mr. W. Egerton the Official Assignee, being Appointed to fill the vacancy Irom the Ist inst Mr. Gentle, the President, is now, however in receipt oi a letter, which ■fill be read at105 words
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Article1065 1897-01-12 7 A COMMON-SEKSE VIEW TAKEN BY A FRENCH JOURNALIST. We (the Egyptian Gazette) have at last discovered that rara avis, a French journalist who can discuss the Egyptian Question from a common sense point of view, without any of the usual high falutin' about England's perfidy, etc., etc.1,065 words
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Article111 1897-01-12 7 |*his gentleman, who may be remembered in i t on as on the stall of our Railway Extensions in the -eve vies," is a passenger by the s. s. p'u.e"-. r for Calcutta, to take up an appoi iroen mth East Indian Railway in N.YV. IndiCeylon Observe - 111 words
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Article846 1897-01-12 7 I Statement by the War Office. The statement with regard to the military programme for next session, which the St. James Gazette has published, is officially declared by the War Office to be "inaccurate and unauthorized." Ine dementi need not surprise us. M Unauthorized" our statementSt. James's Gazette - 846 words
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Article247 1897-01-12 7 Prince Bhanurangsi of Siam, who is now in Berlin, entertained on the evening of 4UI Dec Duke John Albert of Mecklenburgh, Baron Maschall yon Bieberscein, and Dr. Stephan, Secretaries of State, the President ot the Reichstag, the Siamese Minister, and a large and distinguished party di imer in ih Kaiserhof247 words
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215 1897-01-12 7 The strike of Engineers in Australia, now happily ended, but which for a time laid up a hundred ships, was the result of action taken at the beginning of last year. The Institution ol Marine Engineers, a very strong body, asked the Steamship Owners' Association215 words
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Article189 1897-01-12 7 A private letter from Berlin dated 13th December thus alludes to the recent explosion of acetylene gas which caused the death of several men Quite a tragic occurrence took place in our vicinity here yesterday afternoon. At 4 p.m., exactly, we heard an awful explosion, and afterwards189 words
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175 1897-01-12 7 The Skipper, who ran third in the race for the Melbourne Cup in November, has been purchased by a Singapore syndicate, who are very dissatisfied with Mr. S. Hordern for the action he took in respect to the horse. The conditions of sale were thatTimes of Ceylon - 175 words
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271 1897-01-12 7 President Cleveland, in a message to Congress, states that it is impossible for the United States to recognise the Cuban insurgents as belligerents. If, however, Spain will tender a satisfactory measure of self-government to the Cubans and the latter accept it, the United States will271 words
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Article56 1897-01-12 7 Teo Beng yesterday went to a shop in River Valley Road to change a dollar. receiving two rolls and z\ cents. Later he discovered that the supposed rolls ol copper were iron bars, and this morning before Mr. Anthoniz Seng Teng Ng was sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment on56 words
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Article322 1897-01-12 7 With regard to the details of our trade with the Far East there was a falling off in November m the exports of cotton yarn to China and Japan, but the StraiPs Settlements show a fair increase. For the eleven months Japan shows a substantial increase,322 words
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Article761 1897-01-12 7 The Mysterious Death \t Hydervbao. Secunderabad, December 23rd. Mr. Templeton was yesterday charged before Mr. Williams, First Assistant Resident and Sessions Judge, with having, on or about the ibth December, with intent to cause a miscarriage, done such acts as to cause the death of Mrs. Marian761 words
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Article86 1897-01-12 8 During the last few days before this mail left reports had been spread of a most alarming nature, to the effect there had been an actual outbreak of bubonic plague in London. A substratum of fact was present, but there seemed no cause for alarm. Two86 words
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Article168 1897-01-12 8 A C\sfc of Entailed Property. The Civil and Military Gazette reports the following extraordinary occurrence in a polo match at Sialkote between the nth Hussars and the i»>th Bengal Lancers. The second round commenced with a spill for Captain Daniell of the Hussars but he got168 words
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Article181 1897-01-12 8 'Ihe number of deaths registered in Bombay during the week ending 24th December, 1896, was 1,416, being 106 more than in the preceding week, and 066 more than the week ending 17th December, 1895, and 946 more than in the corresponding period in the preceding five181 words
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Article99 1897-01-12 8 Hb Confesses and Dei.i ers Himskli up. Batticaloa, Dec. 30. A mysterious individual arrived here two days ago. He avers he is an American by birth and a seaman by profession, and he calls himself Cotnll. He confesses to having perpetrated a series of murders99 words
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Article61 1897-01-12 8 Corps Orders. Head Quarter Office. Singapore, Jan. 7th, 1897. 1. Orderly Officer for the ensuing week, Lieut. C. J. Davies. 2. dunner C. Paton is permitted to resign on medical certificate. 3. Gunner A. J. McDonald on return to the C olony is re-posted to C. Sub-division.61 words
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Article251 1897-01-12 8 Dr. Sun Vat Sin has published an article in a London newspaper in which he says that the value of Li Hung Chang's head will be determined by the value of the information he has taken to China anent the doings and power of Chinese abroad. The homeward Spanish mail251 words
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Article1671 1897-01-12 8 The E. E. A. C. Telegraph Cos. S.S. Recorder left at 8 o'clock this morning for cable work in the Bay of Bengal. Lt.-Gen. Sir Andrew Clarke, G.C.M.G., R.E., has just been elected an honorary member of the Institute of Civil Engineers. Mr. Justice Hyndman Jones,1,671 words
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Article152 1897-01-12 8 A very small percentage of our marriageable men appear inclined to marry, or, if they do, display a very unflattering preference tor girls newly arrived from home. It may be that too much is seen in the narrow confines of a treaty port of the girls whoseShanghai Times - 152 words
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Article587 1897-01-12 8 Bombay, Dec. 20. The plague returns to-day show 33 new cases and 36 deaths. Bombay, Dec. 21.— The plague returns to-day show 49 new cases and 26 deaths. There was a marked decrease in the number of deaths from bubonic fever recorded in the twenty-four hour-.587 words
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Article300 1897-01-12 8 A Tientsin correspondent writes as follows to the Mercury A number of ladies, jealous ot the smokers participated in by their liege lords, from which these Peris are exiled, held an indignati mi meeting yesterday (15th Dec), over which the Duchess pre-ided, and elected to300 words
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Article166 1897-01-12 8 1 he London mail of i ith I )n ember wa* brought by the P. X O. 5.5. I'aletta a- tar as oiombo. Ihe vessel had a very slow passage ou'.. She was due in Colombo at daybreak un loth ultimo which in useli would have been166 words
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Article1123 1897-01-12 9 Attack on a Beach Road Depot. In>tig\ted by Rikisha Owners. P Prompt Police Measi rbs. o<dbr Restored. Many households in Singapore were startled this morning by the news of a riot and strike among the jinrikisha coolies which, however, on investigation proved to be rather ol the1,123 words
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Article763 1897-01-12 9 Strictly speaking there is no strike, but a lock out on the part of the owners, who have apparently chosen this method of expressing their dissatisfaction with the efforts made by the Jinrikisha and Hackney Carriage Department to keep the vehicles in use by the763 words
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Article70 1897-01-12 9 Up to the time of going to press nothing further had occurred. The streets, free of their customary six thousand broughams," are remarkably clear and pleasant to tra/erse. Of course there are a good many of the 15,000 unemployrd strolling about town, or standing in knots, talking in their70 words
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Article32 1897-01-12 9 Thk Disturbance. To the Editor. Dear Sir. 1 hope you will give somebody fits over this strike. Some swine ought to be d ported. Civis. lI V concur Ed. S. F. P.32 words
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Article844 1897-01-12 9 (Daily Graphic Naval Corr.) As an antidote to the alarm caused in Kngland by the unsatisfactory revelations of the Naval Return comes the pessimistic report of M. de Kerjegu, secretary of the Sub-Committee on the Navy Estimates, concerning the French Fleet. He holds that Gibraltar, even without an844 words
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Article230 1897-01-12 9 In noting the statement that the most gererally-favoured official for the post of Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, on the approaching retirement of Sir Noel Walker, is Mr. J. A. Swettenham. th" Times of Ceylon remarks We should \§r. glad o have Mr. Swettenham back as Co >«]230 words
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Article274 1897-01-12 9 This terrible scourge appears to be growing in intensity daily, and business at Bombay is said to be very seriously affected thereby. It is even reported that as many as 300,000 natives have fled the infected city but the curious part of the whole thing to274 words
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263 1897-01-12 9 The above «*vent, which took place at Penang on Monday afternoon, over iS holes of the iadies' links, was productive of a grand match between the la li' s from Singapore and the Penang representatives, and resulted in another victory for the visitors, Mrs.263 words
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Article97 1897-01-12 9 Mr. L. M. Woodward has been granted eleven months leave Mr. Gottlieb is appointed acting Sheriff of Singapore, in addition to his duties as Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court. Mr. M. H. S. McArthur is appointed to act temporarily as Private Secretary to H. E. the Governor.97 words
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Article379 1897-01-12 10 This morning a French steamer passed through from west to east. The mail despatched from Singapore to London, by German Packet, on the 15th ultimo was delivered on the 7th instant. Sir Cecil Clementi Smith was present on the 9th ult. at the Colonial Institute on379 words
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Article140 1897-01-12 10 Yesterday before the Chief Justice an action in which C. Scfmmburgk claimed 9437-93. from G A. Lind upon the balance of an .'count current dated the ist October 1890 was •..•ard. \lr. Koek appearing for the plaintiff an.] Mr. Stuart for the defendant rhf defendant pleaded140 words
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Article267 1897-01-12 10 An old friend of the late P. R. A. gives the following anecdote, which has not, he believes, appeared befor in pi me It was one that Millais himself was occasionally induced to repeat, and the correspondent gives ir in the late President's own word< I found267 words
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Article918 1897-01-12 10 The rikisha strike still continues. In spite of all the effoits which have been made to induce trie rikishas to ply for hire the attitude of most of the owners remains the same, their vehicles being carefully housed and the pullers compelled to kick their heels in918 words
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Article919 1897-01-12 10 Ouicqidd agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli. Juvenal. We have to express our gratitude to a home paper for a gem of international appreciation. It appears that the Austrian Anti-Semites are Anglophobists as well, and very bitter Anglophobists. Here is a specimen of their temper, translated919 words
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Article52 1897-01-12 10 A rowing race will take place thi> afternoon at 5 o'clock between ten oar cutters from the Rainboiv, the Pique and the Saida over a course of I .J miles, between Tanjong Pagar and the mouth of the Singapore river. A launch will be provided at the pier at52 words
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Article197 1897-01-12 10 The steamer Oscar shal which left Moji on the 26th ultimo, arrived alongside the Borneo wharf this morning with a full cargo of coals for the Messageries Maritimes. The next boat with coal> from Japan is the steamer Skuld which is reported to have left Kucuinotzu four days197 words
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Article60 1897-01-12 10 In Egypt Lord Cromer is known as the "nan with the white hat. He always appears m pjblic wearing a white "topper." In private life tie affects blue glasses not because his eyesight v weak, but because it is difficult to read a man through60 words
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Article499 1897-01-12 10 In a press criticism of Mr. E. D Cuming's With the Jungle Folk the I >ll nving interesting passages occur Some twelve years ago the French (iov eminent despatched a naval officer to one o: our tropical colonies to inquire how a handhil of Englishmen could manage499 words
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Article2620 1897-01-12 11 (Written tor the Singapore Free Press.) XX. Chicago from the Clouds. RoofGardens— A Walk down State Street. Impressions. Heat. lts Effects Dime Museums. The Tramp. The City of Pig. The Pride of the City. Chicago and Mr. Stead. Where are the Young men? Physiognomy. Dudes. Loneliness2,620 words
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Article77 1897-01-12 11 According to the Westminster Gazette no more striking proof of the decline of the mining industry in Cornwall is required than the approaching abolition of the Stannaries Court at Truro, owing to the absence of cases to be tried. AU future mining litigation will be dealt77 words
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Article2162 1897-01-12 11 A special meeting of the Municipal Commission was heid this afternoon to consider what steps should be taken in view of the rikisha strike, Mr. Gentle presiding. There were also present Mr. W. Kgerton, Mr. Th. Sohst, Mr. Seah Liang Seah, Mr. Tan Jiak Kirn, Mr. Kvans, Hon'ble2,162 words
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Article277 1897-01-12 12 An extraordinary Government Gazette, was issued on Saturday, 9th inst., bringing into operation certain provisions of the Preservation of the Peace Ordinance, 1872. The proclamation reads. Whereas the peace of the Settlement has been broken upon the Bth instant by the assembling together of armed men for the277 words
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Article435 1897-01-12 12 iFrom our own Cor)espo*ident.i A most distressing accident, attended with fat -il results, occurred at Bunga Raya on Friday last at ab lut 4 p. m. The Revd X M. de Carvalho, Assistant Portuguese Priest, a man named Lee of mature age, and a boy named L Rozario. about435 words
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Article365 1897-01-12 12 The crew of the Rainbow will do a musketry course during that ship's arisit to H. H. the Sultan of Johore gives a luncheon at Tyersall in honour of the Hon'ble H. Trotter, who will shortly be The defamation case before the courts ended on Saturday365 words
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Article78 1897-01-12 12 His Excellency the Papal Delegate will leave Singapore by the M. M. steamer Yarra early on Wednesday morning. At 5 p.m. to-morrow, the Catholics of Singapore, including the Pupils of St. Joseph's Institution, the Convent, and St. Anthony's School will assemble in the compound of the Cathedral78 words
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Article87 1897-01-12 12 The steamer New Guinea arrived from Calcutta yesterday with over one thousand head of sheep for the Singapore market. The steamer Moyune of the Mutual line arrived from Nagasaki and Hongkong this morning with about [\\e hundred tons of coal for the Borneo Company which she is discharging87 words
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Article151 1897-01-12 12 The following telegram has been received from Raub The crushing for the two months ended January gth has been completed, and shows that 2,400 tons of stone have been crushed, realising 1 ,$O6 ounces of sm- Ited gold. This is an excellent wind up to151 words
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Article227 1897-01-12 12 In continuation ot the New Year's Sports, a rowing race between men-of-war boats was held on Saturday, the course being from Tanjong Pagar to a point opposite the monument on the Esplanade. Five boats entered, including two from the Pique, two from the Rainbow and one from the227 words
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Article284 1897-01-12 12 S. C. L. 2sd XL Hollow ay's XIV. Played on S. R. C. ground on Saturday last, and won by the XI whose innings was closed with 8 wickets down. Messrs. Barker and Finck batted well and Benjafield took ten wickets for 22 runs. \Z. F. H. Kdiin run284 words
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Article101 1897-01-12 12 A murder case tried in Burma the other day, at the Hanthawaddy sessions is dramatic enough for anybody's taste, the murder ot a woman by a blind man. bet former husband The woman had b r\ married twice and divorced twice, and had remarried the two men101 words
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Article122 1897-01-12 12 The winners of monthly medals lor the year 1 8<>6. played off on Saturday their usual competition for the honour of holding the gold medal of [896. The state of the ground was much improved to what it has been during the past week, but the play*122 words
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Article1157 1897-01-12 13 The strike still continues, although the rikishas on this side of the river have now returned to work, sufficient almost to meet the wants of the town. Ir* Kampong Glam, however, the owners are still obdurate, and proprietors and coolies still put on sulky looks and airs1,157 words
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2219 1897-01-12 13 The fifth ordinary general meeting of shareholders in the above Company was held at Hongkong on the 3 ist ult. Mr. I). Gillies presided. In moving the aaoption of the report the Chairman said Our efforts during the past year have not quite met with2,219 words
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1616 1897-01-12 13 An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Company, Limited, was held at Brisbane on the 6th ult. The Hon. R. Philp, m.1.a., presided, and 260 shareholders were present, either personally or by proxy. The meeting had been called in1,616 words
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Article2306 1897-01-12 14 Via Austral:' a. j The Times correspondent at Vienna, referring to the Eastern question, telegraphs that the opinion is held in the Austrian capital that if the Great Powers fail to compel the Sultan to execute the new scheme ol retornis in his dominion, the2,306 words
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Article1992 1897-01-12 14 (Via Ceylon.) London, December 14. The Times, in a special article on the famine in India, regrets the impression formed at St. Petersburg that the object of the Russian Famine Fund for India has not been appreciated by Gieat Britain, and says that it is regarded here as a1,992 words
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Article145 1897-01-12 15 Blhe band ot the Rifle Brigade will play in the B >tanical Gardens on Friday, the 15th, and on Wednesday, the 20th instant, ai 9 p.m. The largest horse in the State of Ohio is now on exhibition at the fair, says a Kenton correspondent of an American145 words
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Article153 1897-01-12 15 (Specially compiled for the Singapore Free Press.) [Date of passing Anjer Nationality and description of vessel Captain's name Where and when sailed. Destination.! Dec. 30. Ned. s.s. Bromo Bagchus Batavia, Dec. 30 Rotterdam. Dec. 30. Ned. s.s. Prins Van Oranjk Kl^in; Batavia, Dec. 30, Amsterdam. Jan. 1.153 words
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Page 15 Advertisements
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Advertisement81 1897-01-12 15 BRETEL FRERES Finest French Butter. Specially Selected AND PREPARED FOR EXPORT. THE BEST BUTTER IN THE MARKET. PURITY QUALITY GUARANTEED CONDITION FLAVOUR UNEQUALLED SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER. Packed in tins of 1 lb. 2 lbs. John Little Co., Ltd. P vert's Carbolated Creosote. oisonous Antiseptic Disinfectant, destroys all Microbes. iV\\81 words
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Advertisement592 1897-01-12 15 I*lls II Cure DYSPEPSIA, I Cure BILIOUSNESS, I Cure CONSTIPATION, I Cure SICK HEADACHE. t Are Purely Vegetable, Are Sugar Coated, Are Mild but Effective. Good for the Stomach, I Good for the Liver, I Goorf for the Bowels. THERE ARE NO OTHER PILLS SO COOP AS BAYER'S PILLS. Highest592 words
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Advertisement340 1897-01-12 15 XJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL fio.ooo.ooc RESERVE FUND 6,000,0c0 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS i *i 0,000,000 Court or Directors. A. McCONACHIE, Esq.,— Chairman. St. C. MICHAELSEN, Esq.— Deputy Chairman. The Hon. J. Bell Irving. R. L. Richardson, Esq. G. B. Dodwell, Esq. D. R. Sassoon, Esq. M. D.340 words
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Miscellaneous631 1897-01-12 15 CLEARANCES. January 11. Hye Leong, Brit, str., Shepherd, for Teluk Anson, via ports. Lady Mitchell, Brit, str., Mugford, for P. Sembilan. Hong Wan, Brit, sir., Buxton, for Pakan via ports. Isabella. Brit, str., Hudson, for Muar. Amherst, Brit, str., Shimmen, for T. Anson, via ports. Calypso, Bit. str., McGill, for631 words
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Article33 1897-01-12 16 The marine engineers throughout Australia have struck work on account of shipowners' refusing to accept the rules of the Union. A hundred steamers are lying idle in Australian ports.33 words
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Article24 1897-01-12 16 An immediate advance of the Niger expedition is expected. The objective of the expedition is not divulged. London. January jth, iSg"j.24 words
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59 1897-01-12 16 The strike among the Australian Engineers has come to an end. This is confirmed by a telegram received by the Engineers' Association here. An attempt was made to secure Engineers for Australia locally, but the Association took the matter up and wired to Sydney that they59 words
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Article64 1897-01-12 16 The Batlaros Tribe has murdered a trader and captured his wife and child upon the Mashowing River, a hundred miles westward of Vryburg. It is feared that the whole tribe has revolted. Volunteers are leaving Vryburg for the scene of the attack. j The Batlaros64 words
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Article58 1897-01-12 16 A monster meeting at Durban has resolved to demand from the Government the repatriation, at the expense of Natal, of two shiploads of Indians now in quarantine at Durban and also to prevent the entry of other Indians. More trouble is feared if any effort58 words
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Article59 1897-01-12 16 The Natal Government have replied to the resolution of the meeting held for demanding the repatriation of the two shiploads of Indian Immigrants that they are unable to prevent the landing of the men, who are Her Majesty's subjects, but that they sympathise with the movement59 words
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Article35 1897-01-12 16 Ihe correspondent ot the Times at New ork has sent a telegram saying that Senator Wolcoit is shortly visiting Lurope as an unofficial envoy lor Mr. McKinley to promote international bimetallism.35 words
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Article21 1897-01-12 16 The conflicts between the Christians and Mussulmans have been renewed near Canea and several persons have been kill-21 words
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53 1897-01-12 16 Mr. Cecil Rhodes, in a public speech at Capetown, declared that the expansion of territory should be the guiding policy, and that as England was backward, he was obliged to torm the Chartered company, since other powers were plotting to seize the country. London,53 words
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Article18 1897-01-12 16 There has been a hurricane at Port Darwin and the town has been wrecked.18 words
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Article98 1897-01-12 16 All the Armenian prisoners at Constantinople have been released. The Russell-Scott Libel Case. Ihe Russell-Scott Libel Case has been .stopped by the Counsel for the defendants, (Lady Scott, Cockerton and Ayton,) withdrawing the plea of justification, owing to the want of evidence. A verdict of guilty has98 words
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Article128 1897-01-12 16 The plague at Bombay has not yet abated. The business of the town is paralysed, and nearly half the population have fled. Several mills have been closed. The exodus continues from Bombay at the rate of about 4,000 a day. House rent in the neighbcunng districts128 words
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Article39 1897-01-12 16 The Plague is also bad at Karachi. A telegram from the Government of Bombay to the Government of Bengal states that the Sanitary Board at Alexandria has applied the Plague Regulations to arrivals from Karachi.]39 words
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Article47 1897-01-12 16 A Lord Mayor's Fund. At the request of Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, the Lord Mayor of London has opened an Indian famine fund, as there is no longer any doubt as to the extreme gravity and extent of the calamity.47 words
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Article34 1897-01-12 16 Lady Scott, Aylott, and Cockerton, the convicted defendents in the Scott-Russell libel case, have been sentenced to eight months' imprisonment each. Lady Scott will be treated as a firstclass misdemeanant.34 words
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Article26 1897-01-12 16 Rebel Overtures for Peace. It is reported from New York that the Cuban insurgents have made overtures for peace to the Spanish Government.26 words
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Article12 1897-01-12 16 The situation in Bechuanaland is graver. Natives are raiding various districts.12 words
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13 1897-01-12 16 The strike of marine engineers in Australia has recommenced.13 words
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Article22 1897-01-12 16 Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at Bristol, stated that there was reason to expect a fair surplus.22 words
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Article25 1897-01-12 16 That Minister also declared that the Government would ask large amounts ior the defence of British coaling stations. London, January oth, iBgj.25 words
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Article20 1897-01-12 16 In the International Rugby Football .Match Wales has beaten England by a goal and two tries to nil.20 words
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Article24 1897-01-12 16 There is a persistent report that Count Muravieff, the Russian Minister at Copenhagen, will succeed Prince Lobanoff as Foreign Minister.24 words
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Article34 1897-01-12 16 Owing to the friendly remarks made by M de Courcel to the Paris correspondent ot the Times, the Paris papers are warmly advocating an Anglo-French entente. London, January 1 ith, 1896.34 words
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Article40 1897-01-12 16 f Special telegram to the Singapore Free Press.) Hongkong, Jan. 1 1 th. The Nursemaid Jacobs is charged with the murder of Mr. W. H. Carew, at Yokohama. The trial of Mrs. Carew is still proceeding40 words
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Article78 1897-01-12 16 (Corrected up to January n.) On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/1 5 demand 2/1-9/16 Private credits 3 m/s 2/1-15/16 documents 3 m/s 2/2 credit 6 m/s 2/2! On India. Bank demand 166 On Hongkong. Bank demand J prem On Yokohama. Bank demand 4 prem On Java. Bank demand 128J78 words
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Article104 1897-01-12 16 I ,n -r. «32.i2| Uambier 6^7--do. Cube No. i lo 4Q 2 Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) in; do. White, (FairL/W= 5 „i8!oo Nutmegs uos to the lb.) 6? Mace (Banda) yf m Cloves (Amboina) 17.50 Liberian Coffee.. 31.50 Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) 3.25 do. do flake (do. do.)104 words
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Article330 1897-01-12 16 Qjotatiow. Capital Paid «p Skar*. Pd. <ji. Hoa^ong a Shang -a Ba, k 181 prem. $10,000,000 $10,000,000 iMJ^ «a 5 *..<iyr. N ot Ch.na *2d| iSOO.OOO is- 39,9553 A K-v $100 Sellers. C 75" A Bk. 01 Cn na A f*i an Ltd $2* Nominal.330 words
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Miscellaneous1380 1897-01-12 16 VESSELS IN PO RT. Men-of-War Flags Ten. Commander Arrived From For, When Rainbow Brit, cru., 3600 Tisdall Nov. 28 Penang Station Saida Aus. tr. sh., 2509 Spiller Dec. 10 Hongkong Colombo, jar i* Pique Brit, cru., 3600 Graham Jan. 5 Labuan Station Other Vessels r lags ft Ton. Captain Arrived1,380 words
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