The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 23 March 1897
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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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Title Section17 1897-03-23 1 THE Singapore Free Press MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY, MARCH 23rd, 1897. No. 50417 words
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Domestic Occurreuces.
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Article18 1897-03-23 1 Vt ihe Maghain Aboth," Waterloo Street, ng ipore, 00 the 2ist March, AOOLPBI Landau Dora < j .rtmbm18 words
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Article23 1897-03-23 1 M Sue/, on the 24th February, the Hon. N l\kjiN Lister. British Resident. Negri Sembiecond son of ThOßfias, third Baron Ribbles\_;ed 40.23 words
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Article91 1897-03-23 1 Tin $34* Garnbier 6.55 do. Cube No. 1 10.30 Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) 14.50 do. White, (Fair L/W=s%) „23. Nutmegs nos 10 the lb.) 63. Mace (Banda) 75. Cloves (Amboina) 17.50 Liberian Coffee 30. Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) 3.25 do. do flake (do. do.) 4.12^ do, medium pearl91 words
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Article, Illustration436 1897-03-23 1 (March 16th.) Thkke is much convenience in the arrangement whereby as a result of the joint counsels and action of the Powers, official statements made by any one Foreign Minister are not only a communication of policy to his own nation, but are practically promulgated436 words
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Article550 1897-03-23 1 (March 17th.) The concentration of the squadrons of the Powers on the Cretan coast has been unfortunately signalised by a terrible accident on board a Russian battleship, causing the immediate death of seventeen of the crew, and the injury of twenty more. The naiur^ of the550 words
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Article463 1897-03-23 1 (March 18th.) The astonishing obstinacy ot Greece continues, and to-day the Powers are prepared to apply without further procrastination that material pressure that should have been exercised to better effect weeks ago. The first stage in the joint naval action takes the natural form of cutting off from463 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement229 1897-03-23 1 CONTENTS dito Articles. I he Accord of the Power- 177 I c Ctjei Veliky Disaster, 177 ratraining ireece, 177 I.im Boon Keng, 178 C Colonial Secretary, 178 Mrs. Hood's Pension, 178 he Joint Occupation of Crete, 178 Fa Ito Face. 178 r 1 Colonial Engineer, 178 |apail and Britain, i~B229 words
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Advertisement21 1897-03-23 1 Dr. A. P. BOWES, DENTIST, HAS removed to No. 19. Battery Road, above McAhster Co.',. Feb to 2 3*3 ,j c21 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous472 1897-03-23 1 THE WEEK. The next mail from Europe is expected to arrive by the P. and O. S. S. Mirzapore on the _'9th inst., with London advices to the sth inst.. and will be followed by the X. D. L. S.S. Bay em on the Ist inst., with the English mail472 words
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Article452 1897-03-23 2 (March 19th.) A SPECIAL telegram from Hongkong to the Singapore free Press announces that the Hon'ble Dr. LI.M BOON [<ENG, the young medical practitioner who lias already made for himself so distinguished a career as Queen's Scholar, as a student of medicine and surgery, and as452 words
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Article486 1897-03-23 2 The Legislative Council has adjourned till April ist a fortnight hence. Before it meets again the hon'ble J. A. SWETTENHAM, CMC, Colonial Secretary, will have left for Europe on long leave so long that he will not come back to the Straits, for we believe it to486 words
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Article104 1897-03-23 2 H. E. the Governor has received a little lesson in humanity, as well as in the ethics of public duty from the Secretary of State for the Colonies in the matter of Mrs. Hoad's application for a pension in respect of the lamented death of Dr. Hoad104 words
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Article822 1897-03-23 2 (March 20th.) The Cretan Menagerie is now about complete and it constitutes a curious Hap^y Family of European battalions with a number of Greek troops retired into a corner of the cage so as to keep out of the way of the bigger animals. The822 words
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Article254 1897-03-23 2 (March 22nd SHORT of actual warfare affairs are looking as ugly as they can between Turkey and Greece, especially on the land fron tier of Thessaly and Macedonia. The I*l regular Greek regiment has gone to the north. The two adjacent provinces ar^ unfortunately filled with a254 words
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Article115 1897-03-23 2 In Lt. Col. A. C. Alexander, k.e niic comes to the Colony to succeed Major McCallum, the residents ol Singapore will welcome an old friend, as Col. ALEXANDER was for some time Comman ding the Royal Engineers at this Station Col. Alexander had the reputation o; being115 words
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Article238 1897-03-23 2 WE are glad to see that the two in* telligent Japanese journalists who direct the policy of the Kokumin Shimlir. (whose letter to the Editor appears ii this issue) have arrived at the conclusior that it is to Britain rather than to an\ other foreign power that238 words
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Article227 1897-03-23 2 The Hon. Secretar) of the BOW flefti Debating Society has issued the following circular with reference to the public ,TV i ing to be held to-morrow afternoon De\r Sir, I venture to earnestly request attendance at a meeting to be held at the l< s Hall, next227 words
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Article1495 1897-03-23 3 For using a false daching Goh Tong <cng was fined $15, br three weeks rigorous imprisonment, before Mr. Brockman yes•erday. We understand that the Brough Comedy Company, which is coming eastward from \ustralia next month, will open for a short ieasofl of six weeks in Hongkong.1,495 words
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Article1156 1897-03-23 3 [All Rights Reserved.] 11 Of all the kinds of fool created, unquestionably the biggest is,— the Genus Passenger." The P. and 0. Agent 'Everywhere, j (Written for the Singapore Free Press.) I. He, to whom the rhapsodic and poetical allude gracetully as the Swan of Avon, never1,156 words
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Article401 1897-03-23 3 The Morning Post remarks It is to be gathered from Mr. Hrodnck's statement in the House of Commons that at last a long-advocated step in the direction of Free Trade in the Army' is to be taken, which, if it should prove successful in the case of the401 words
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Article229 1897-03-23 3 Everybody knows that physically Dr. Nansen is a very powerful man. An amusing story illustrative of this fact is told in the life of the explorer, by Mr. Anhur Bain, issued this week by Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Dm ing Nansen's first visit to London there was229 words
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Article161 1897-03-23 3 The very uncommon sight of bamboos in flower 1 is reported from Trinidad. It appears from a I paragraph in the Scientific American that the bamboos in the Botanic Gardens at Trinidad bore flowers this year, the occurrence being attributed to the thinning-out of a certain161 words
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Correspondence.
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Article222 1897-03-23 4 To the Editor. Dear Sir, —l reada^Baba's" letter, and notice he talks of opium as a deleterious and expensive drug." That phrase should stamp him. He talks of the patients of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital coming mostly from that class who are the most heavilytased individuals of this222 words
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Article256 1897-03-23 4 SiR, A critic in your columns has recently pointed out some of the errors and omissions in Messrs. Clifford and Swettenham^ Malay Dictionary, Part 111. ("Ch") and in a concluding paragraph has doubted the propriety of certain illustrations, most notably of one that brings to mind a256 words
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Article350 1897-03-23 4 With Apologies to Lewis Carroll. You are old, Mr. Veteran,'" the Griffin remarked, "In the knowledge of Over-Seas ways, i would like just to ask you a question or two, For I've only been here a few days." And the Ancient One smiled, as he twiddled his350 words
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Article518 1897-03-23 4 The statistics for the month of January, according to a correspondent of the Cornish Post, shew a reduction in the visible supply of 860 tons as compared with last month, and 2,000 tons as compared with last year. The shipments from the Straits were just as estimated, viz. 3,000518 words
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331 1897-03-23 4 JUDICIAL COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN PERAK. At Thaipeng, on the nth March, before the Judicial Commissioner and a jury, Ng Neo Chuah was charged (1) with murder arfd (2) with calpable homicide not amounting to murder, by causing the death of Teoh Ah Chin at Gala, in the Krian District, on331 words
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Article143 1897-03-23 4 For the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, cavalry contingents are to be sent over from the following colonies Canada, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Cape, Natal, Trinidad, and Cyprus, the latter being mounted zaptiehs. These will not all bring their horses with them, but the143 words
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Article82 1897-03-23 4 We hear (says a mail paper) that, besides Commander Dundas, R.N., that the Chinese Government has applied for the services of three other British naval officers, which will be granted. A rumour also states that the services of five military officers have also been applied for.82 words
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Article61 1897-03-23 4 The British Resident, we are sorry to hear, is not in the best of health and his stay, therefore, on the hill is indefinite. A marriage is arranged, says a home paper, between Mr. Edward L. Lutyens, son of Captain Lutyens, and Lady Emily Lytton, second daughter of61 words
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Article120 1897-03-23 4 A cheque for 52,500S 2,500 was handed to Miss Mary Jacob at Yokohama on the 19th ult., representing the amount raised by subscription for her. In acknowledging the cheque Miss Jacob wrote to the Secretary of the fund (Mr. F. S. James), saying Nothing I can write will120 words
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Article157 1897-03-23 4 (Siam Free Pree.j The chit system as applied to liquors consumed at Hotel bars was declared illegal at H. B. M. Consular Court, on Saturday, in a case brought by the proprietress of a hotel against a resident. The amount in question was a sum of $9.15157 words
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208 1897-03-23 4 Expected in Colombo. After many conflicting and uncertain reports we were yesterday officially informed by Messrs. Whittall Co., the Agents, that the Orotava is not in the helpless, hopeless condition she has been described to be, but that the steamer has been got off208 words
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52 1897-03-23 4 It is now regarded as almost certain that the General Treaty of Arbitration between the United States and Great Britain will be shelved by the Washington Congress till next session. The delay is chiefly attributable to the feelings of hostility towards Great Britain cherished52 words
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Article92 1897-03-23 4 Dr. Hankin attacked. Bombay, Ist March.— Doctor Hankin, Bacteriologist, who left Bombay a week ago for Agra, was attacked there with the plague, but is doing well. The position as regard-, the plague in Bombay is about the same; no signs of materia! improvement. The plague has appeared92 words
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Article110 1897-03-23 4 Her Majesty the Queen is engaged in formulating the programme of festivities in connection with the celebration of her sixtieth accession to the thr-ne. Her Majesty has decided lo travel m state to St. Paul's Cathedral on Tuesday, June 22, there to offer up a thanksgiving110 words
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Article740 1897-03-23 4 St. Patrick's Day. 9 Many happy returns of the day to "G. P. O." our popular local shikari' a also to G. P.," our local Beau Brumme II An officer of the Pigmy is, so the Sm n Free Press hears, engaged to a clevei Bangkok740 words
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Article1547 1897-03-23 5 Exemplary Damages Agunst Lawyer. Judgment was given this morning by Mr. Justice Leach in the case of Hadji Ahmad bin Vusop v. \Y. C. Niblett, a member of the Singapore bar. in which the p'aintifT sought a declaration that he was in possession of certain premises upon1,547 words
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Article283 1897-03-23 5 The Balance oi Parties. The Oueen will be assisted, during His Majesty's absence in Enrope, by Princes Ong Noi. Ong Yai, Damrong, Devawongse, and Ong Kachon, Chow Phya Ar,hai Raxa, and Commodore de Richelieu. This combination is somewhat mixed. We have the Ong Yai and Ong Noi283 words
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Correspondence.
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Article305 1897-03-23 5 To the Editor. Sir, Your Correspondent Saxon does not seem to possess the quality of his race, he is not only a most sensitive individual but is much wanting in that broad mindedness of view which is a distinguishing characteristic of his nationality here I am afraid he requires305 words
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Article39 1897-03-23 5 Sect A Ko was this afternoon found guilty of the murder of Niamsah, a chinting at Teluk Blanga on February 9th. Mr Hoffmeister defended the prisoner. Sentence of death was passed by the Chief Justice.39 words
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62 1897-03-23 5 Bombay, March 3. Mr. Macgregor, Conservator of Forests, Southern Division, while out shooting at a village near Supa last Sunday afternoon, was terribly mauled about the head by a tigress whose cubs he shot a few days ago. He died from his injuries62 words
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Article479 1897-03-23 5 Bombay, March 4.— Measurer, for the segregation of plague patients and the occupants of infected houses, it is believed, will be carried out forthwith, and the rules to be observed are expected to be published in to-day's Government Gazette. The method to be followed will be based largely479 words
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Article240 1897-03-23 5 {Times of Ceylon.) Mr. W. \V. Bailey, the owner of a large tract of Klang land, and whose conclusive letter written to us from Ireland in June last concerning the coffee land fiasco in that district will si ill be remembered by many of our240 words
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Article232 1897-03-23 5 (Malay Mail.) Mr. Bromhead Matthews is coming up from Singapore in connection with a Chinese civil case to be heard on or about the 26ih instant. We congratulate Mr. H. M. Hatchell ''now on leave) on his appointment as Deputy Commissioner of Police and Prisons for Negri Sembilan.232 words
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Article515 1897-03-23 5 H. M. S. Iphigenia had a very rough time of it coming across the Bay, and had the misfortune to lose a boat. In the Morning Post of Feb. 15'), appeared a paragraph from its Paris correspondent The fog which is now prevailing in ihe515 words
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Article1020 1897-03-23 6 UP IN A BALLOON." Yesterday afternoon Mr. Stanley Spencer's great captive balloon Oriental made its first public ascents in Singapore, amid the Ohs" Ahs" and Hai-Yas of several thousand spectators. The ground occupied by Mr. Spencer is in Victoria Street, near the Kallang Bridge. This, while exceedingly convenient for filling1,020 words
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587 1897-03-23 6 IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS PRINCIPLES. OR The Spider, the Mau and the "J." A Bachelor was sitting in his garden one fine day, And was pond'ring on his unsuccessful life, How by being overbashful, he'd thrown many a Of procuring for himself a pretty wife. Now it chanced that just587 words
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Article2047 1897-03-23 6 G. Lacy Hillier - G. Lacy Hillier [All Rights Reserved.] BY (By Arrangement, for the Singapore Free Press.) 11. CYCLING AS AN EXERCISE. It is very well every now and then to sit down for a moment and consider the ultimate results from various points of view— of any fancy which2,047 words
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Article670 1897-03-23 7 The death returns for the week ended March 13th show 148 deaths or a ratio of 17 2 7 P er mille. The Senate of the United States has passed a resolution expressing sympathy with the position assumed by Greece in regard to Crete. The sudden670 words
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Article124 1897-03-23 7 Mr. Sydney H. Morse, the much talkedof new tenor, and Mr. T. V. Twinning, who acts as his accompanyist and impresario, will give a Concert on Tuesday evening at the Town Hall, assisted by lady and gentleman amateurs. Mr. and Mrs. Salzmann are also kindly assisting, and124 words
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Article118 1897-03-23 7 The annual general meeting of the members of the Swimming Club was held in the Town-hall last evening (17th), there being about twenty members present. The report and accounts, showing a fair balance in favour of the Club, in spite of extraordinaryexpenditure incurred during the year for118 words
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Article93 1897-03-23 7 Singapore, March 18th, 1897. 1. Orderly Officer for the ensuing week, Lieut. Merewether. Orderly Sergeant for the ensuing week, Sergeant Nawton 2. Mr. D. Miller having been duly elected is posted to B. Sub-division. Monday, 5. 15 p.m. Musketry. Tuesday, 5.15 pm. Gymnasium. Wednesday, 5.15 p.m. Squad93 words
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Article227 1897-03-23 7 Narrow Escape ot Two Steamers. The Umtali from Natal to London with passengers and cargo, had on the 13th ult. a most narrow escape of foundeiing, as she was run into during a dense fog off Portland by the Clan Grant of Glasgow, a large cargo and227 words
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Article289 1897-03-23 7 Melbourne, Feb. 22. Lord Brassey met with a painful equestrian accident this evening, when his right collar-bone was fractured, and he received a great shock to the system. At 6 o'clock the Governor accompanied by Lady Margaret Ismay, Mr. Ismay, and Lord Glasgow's three daughters,289 words
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Article249 1897-03-23 7 The following important news is from a private letter received this week from a writer who is in a position to know what he is writing about c The political sky of Korea has never been 2 darker. When the King left his palace for fear of249 words
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Article105 1897-03-23 7 The foi tress is in a state of siege to-day but the Legislative Council will sit notwithstanding. This afternoon there will be attack and defence, the umpires being Lieut. Col. Bogle, Capt. White, Major Wace, Lieuts. Long and Hardcastle. In the attack on the Harbour this evening, there105 words
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Article112 1897-03-23 7 The Health Officer of Bombay is having a pump, with a windmill to supply the motive power, erected experimentally in Kamatipura, to reduce the level of the subsoil water. If the experiment proves successful an important step will have been made towards the elimination of one of112 words
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Article219 1897-03-23 7 To Count Cassini, who is jus> now taking a wellearned holiday in Paris, Russia is largely indebted for the preponderating influence which she has recently acquired in the Far East. He made his debut at Peking five years ago by insisting on presenting his credentials personally to the219 words
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Article157 1897-03-23 7 A Private Soldier" writes to the Pioneer suggesting that the 20th June might be celebrated by the following concession to the British Army in India That every private soldier who has six years' service in India and in possession of two G. C. Badges should be allowed157 words
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Article198 1897-03-23 7 A well-known missionary tells the following amusing story:— I spent the best part of my youth in the mission field of Africa, and, in company with my wife, was on a visit to my native country. I had occasion one day to give a description of my198 words
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Article327 1897-03-23 7 Last night the Irishmen in Singapore," vith the typical warm-hearted hospitality )f their nationality, gave a most successful md thoroughly enjoyable dance at the ranglin Club, which was attended by Singapore society in great strength, iv mark ;he special character of the ocasion, the iecorations were Hibernian327 words
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622 1897-03-23 7 Official Reports Contradicthd. A Philippine friend, commenting on the translation of the official account of the operations against the Cavile Rebels appealing in the China Mail of Feb. 23, thinks the Spanish authorities mi^hi serve their cause belter, and not bring themselves into ridicule, by622 words
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Article3662 1897-03-23 8 HIS HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS. I INTERESTING MALAY PROPERTY CASE. The case of Tunku Mahmoud and others v. Tunku Ali, Tunku Miriam and others was commenced in the Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Leach. Mr. Napier appeared for the defendants, Mr. Brydges for the first four defendants, and3,662 words
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Article42 1897-03-23 9 rording to ast tement in the Ceylon r the Pollard Lilliputian Opeia > ml rt open in Colombo on or 15th inst, paying two weeks Ibis was given on the authority ad\ in c ag- nt writing from Madras.42 words
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Article462 1897-03-23 9 THE PLAGUE THE NEWSPAPERS. tai r makes lhe following anI he publisher has to apologise for ij; on lhe last issue ol this paper. c 'i; elev nth hour by some of ound il impossible, till Monday, em, Ii this trouble continues lon_j, n will have to be considered whether462 words
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Article480 1897-03-23 9 Two Chinamen, charged with being concerned in a gang robbery, with violence, being found guilty yesterday at the Assizes, received a salutary lesson from the Chief Justice, being sentenced to ten years' rigorous imprisonment each. A large number of officers, non-commis-sioned officers, and men of the480 words
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Article67 1897-03-23 9 Last year Mr. Huttenbach proposed that the Colonial Laws relating to Shipping should be codified on the model of the Imperial Shipping Act. The Colonial Secretary addressed the Chambers oi Commerce as to their views. Singapore replied that it would be better to wait and see whether67 words
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Article52 1897-03-23 9 The s. s. Chelydra murder case wis called yes- terdav morning, (15th) ten Chinese (mosl o! whom were lire-men j being charged with the murder >>t a Pathan, and with causing hurt by means of deadly weapons to three other Pathans. This case will probably be concluded52 words
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Article44 1897-03-23 9 The ascents continue to gain popularity. A number of ladies, eight, we believe, were amongst those who ascended by moonlight yesterday. Mr. Spencer has not yet met with a single case of any one feeling other than delighted with the trip.44 words
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Article56 1897-03-23 9 The President, Sir Lionel Cox. has kindly offered a prize lor men's single handicaps, match play, against Col. Bogey, over two rounds of the links. Entries to close on Monday. 22nd inst. Play to commence on Tuesday, 23rd inst. All scores to be handed in by56 words
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Article699 1897-03-23 9 The final rounds in the championship between Dr. Fowlie and Capt. Eccles were played off on Wednesday evening, Fowlie leading by i hole over the first eighteen holes. The play was i. Eccles drove off with a beauty. Fowlie's was only up to the second tee. Both699 words
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Article142 1897-03-23 9 Struggle in the Water with a Madman. At 6 p.m. yesterday, (15th inst.) a Klang lunatic under temporary detention in the Butterworth hospital cells, escaped, on the door being opened for his food to be handed in. He made straight for the sea and swam142 words
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Article94 1897-03-23 9 An E. C. (Electric Contact) mine will be exploded off Fort Teregeh this afternoon at 5.30 p.m. This should be easily seen from Tanjong Pagar wharves, south-eastern end, and possibly from other suitable points along the sea front near Fort Palmer. There will be no night operations tonight.94 words
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Article529 1897-03-23 9 H. E. the Governor has, with much regret, received news of the death of the Hon. Martin Lister, Resident of Negri Sembilan, at Suez, on February 24th. Mr. Lister, who had been but in poor health for two or three months before his departure,529 words
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Article194 1897-03-23 9 Father Baptista, the vicar general, is in receipt of official information that the very Revd. Jose Manuel Carvalho has been appointed by the King of Portugal to succeed the late lamented Dr. Medeiros as Bishop of Macao, with jurisdiction over the Portuguese Missions in Singapore and Malacca.194 words
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Article5685 1897-03-23 10 Thursday, March 18th, 1807. Present H. E. the Governor (Sir C. B. Mitchell, g.cm.g.) The Hon. the Col. Secretary (J. A. Swettenham, CM.G.) the Actg Resident Councillor of Penang (C. W. S. Kynnersley.) the Attorney-General (W. R. Collyer.) the Actg. Col. Treasurer (J. K. B rch.) the Acting5,685 words
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Article397 1897-03-23 11 In a paper laid before Council yesterday Mis. Hoad appeals to the Secretary of State for a special pension on the ground that Dr. Hoad met with his death in the discharge of his office, carrying out a. post mortem examination on July 30th, 1896.397 words
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Article663 1897-03-23 11 The cable ship Recorder Xerxes at 2 p.m. to-day, tor cable work in the Malacca Straits. Yesterday afternoon M. Pinard, the French Consul, called on board the French cruiser I sly in the roads, and on leaving the ship was saluted with 7 guns. Hoh Toh663 words
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Article158 1897-03-23 11 Ware Salads Dr. Francis XV. Clark, Medical Officer of Health, referring to twenty recent cases of enteric fever, writes in his report to the Sanitary Board as follows Careful enquiries have been made in every case as to the probable sources of infection, and it does158 words
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Article1113 1897-03-23 12 Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli, Juvenal. Since Dr. Jameson and his companions were tried, convicted and punished for their ill-advised raid on the Transvaal, the general public in England seem to have thought that the South African Enquiry was unnecessary, not to say dangerous.1,113 words
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Article294 1897-03-23 12 Having regard to the ambitious nature of the undertaking, and the well-known dislike to railways hitherto manifested by the Chinese, no one who might have found himself unable to believe that the Pekin-Hankow railway would be constructed in this generation would have laid himself open to the charge294 words
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Article359 1897-03-23 12 H. E. WU TING FANG. Yesterday afternoon (nth inst.) the Chinese community presented an address to His Excellency Wu Ting-fang congratulating him on his appointment as Chinese Minister to America. Th e ceremony took place at His Excellency's residence Idlewild," Came Road, where a company of between thirty and forty359 words
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Article157 1897-03-23 12 Yesterday before a Court of Two Magistrates a native sergeant was sentenced on a charge ot attempted extortion to three months' rigorous imprisonment and fined §30, or an additional month's rigorous imprisonment. Mr. Fort appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Matthews for the defence. On February 25th157 words
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Article44 1897-03-23 12 1 On March 12th, at Hongkong, a farewell address was presented to Dr. Ho Kai, on his departure for Pekin, where he will act as Secretary and Manager of the Chinese Bank and also assist in the organisation of the railway.44 words
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Article143 1897-03-23 12 From July Ist a money order system will come into force with German New Guinea. The Hon'ble J. A. Swettenham, C.M.G., is granted twelve months leave of absence, with half pay, commencing on the 23rd inst. The hon'ble C. XV. S. Kynnersiey will act as C. S. the143 words
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Article242 1897-03-23 12 Correspondence regarding pensions payable by the Widows and Orphans Fund was laid on the table of the Council yesterday. Mr. Irving wrote to the Secretary of State pointing out that £67-45. was being annually deducted from his pension, say §600 at the current rate of exchange. The Colonial242 words
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Article224 1897-03-23 12 All is not pure harmony at Penang over this question, and the stormy petrel this time appears to be Mr. August Huttenbach, who personally conducted a deputation ol Chinese through an interview with the Resident Councillor on the subject. The Pinang Gazette observes As to how long224 words
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Article160 1897-03-23 12 To thi Editor. Dear Sir, —A current tradition telli m that there are no Englishmen in Slogan >: There are Scotchmen, Irishmen, Gercnai Swiss, with a sprinkling of other Euro;,. nationalities, and a few of the transplant* Europeans of America thrown in. Tie Fusiliers held St. George's160 words
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Article85 1897-03-23 12 To the Editor, Dear Sir,—I shall be mud, oblig you will allow me through your columi to inform those who so kindly interest* themselves in the Dance given in aid \A funds of the St. Nicholas Society, that t gross proceeds were §1,017. hn^ L' l*85 words
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Article94 1897-03-23 12 The China Mail says H. E. Luh I Lo, Minister designate to Great Britai Italy and Belgium, sails from Shatmh I Marseilles by the French mail steam Saturday, the 13th inst. He will be B companied by his wife, four sons and tw< daughters, and his94 words
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Article190 1897-03-23 12 The Marine Fran cat sste t aim ob erving I Great Britain is in entire possession of then to India and the Far Hast, from the etttaanoi 0 the Mediterranean at Gibraltar t i o ii.-: ol lhe Red Sea at the Straits of Bab- l-Mai190 words
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Article53 1897-03-23 12 The New Electric Light Installation >■ Windsor Co. comprises 300 lamps 0: l( power each, enough to brilliantly illuminal residences, offices, godowns, a/harfs, and the vat roadways which intersect the compound. I is also in hand the electric lighting ol Sh< iv (Phra Boreeboon) and vVang53 words
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Article128 1897-03-23 12 The annual general meeting i members will be held on Friday Bex! 5 p.m. The report of the Como shows that on 31st Dec there was balance of f 569. ["nitty -five new an were elected. A full list ol the COl tions that have taken place128 words
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Article2859 1897-03-23 13 John Dill Ross - John Dill Ross By VI. Of Certain Personal Experiences fn Muscovy. Before leaving Odessa for the Crimea, it seems to be a fitting opportunity to review certain little incidents relating purely to Russia proper, and which have their in-t^p-st as illustrating that domestic side of life2,859 words
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Article680 1897-03-23 13 Calcutta, March 3rd. The Plague returns from Bombay continue more favourable, apparently confirming the Health Officer's opinion that the epidemic is being arrested. Professor Hankin has been removed to the segregation hospital at Agra, and is now maki: g rapid progress towards recovery. The Plague is680 words
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Article298 1897-03-23 13 The following Negri Sembilau Government Gazette Extraordinary was published on Friday, 19th March The Acting Res.dent received, at 10.30 a.m. this morning, the following telegram from His Excellency Sir Charles Mitchell: "Secretary of State telegraphs Regret newspaper reports Lister died, Suez, 24th February.' The Hon.298 words
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Article1437 1897-03-23 14 {From our mam Correspondent.) Batavia, 1 1 th March, 1897. The rainlall for the week 22nd to 28th Feb. was as follows o, 5.9, 17, 2, 2.3 and 31.7 millemeters. From aH sides reports are coming in of a severe west monsoon, and very rough weather at sea. On1,437 words
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Article270 1897-03-23 14 'Malay Mail.) With tin at $343 exchange down to about 2/-, the miners should recoup themselves for the last The Messrs. Glassford, Selangor's crack golfers, j belong to a golfing family of some distinction. The brothers and s:sters all play Golf. It has been j observed in a270 words
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Article1507 1897-03-23 14 H. M. S. Minerva and Endymion are expected here to-day with reliefs for the China Station. A manager for a timber business to be opened in Sumatra and a prospector for North Borneo are advertised for. The ordinary general meeting of the Municipal Commission will be1,507 words
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Article69 1897-03-23 15 Drummer Flowers, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, now at Hongkong, who had his thigb bone and collar bone broken during the progress of a football match there between C Company and B Company on 4th March, died on the 14th in the hospital from exhaustion occasioned by69 words
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Article1021 1897-03-23 15 The spor'.mg w.jrid has been excited by the issue ofoneol Mr. \Y. J. Peall's periodical challenges to Mr. John Roberta lor a match at ordinary billiards. Long ago Huberts finding the spotstroke game unattractive to onlookers, concentrated hs energies on spot-barred billiards, at which he1,021 words
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Article90 1897-03-23 15 The Singapore Volunteer Artillery turned out for a drill with a full battery of Maxim guns on Saturday, and proceeded to Teluk Ayer, where some good practice took place at a target at about 900 yds. The practice and drill were preliminary to the competition for Major McCallum's90 words
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Article164 1897-03-23 15 H. E. Wu Ting Fang, Minister Plenipotentiary to the LJ. S. of America. Spain and Peru, saiied trom Hongkong for San Fran- j cisco on the 13th inst. by the P. and O. j steamer Gaelic. The steamer was flying the Chinese ensign at the main. His164 words
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Article131 1897-03-23 15 The arrangements for the concert at the Town Hall, at 9 30 to-morrow evening, on which occasion Mr. Sydney H. Morse, a tenor vocalist and pupil of Mr. T. V. Twin- ning, will make his first appearance here, include an overture by several of the Philharmonic Society, Don131 words
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Article286 1897-03-23 15 S. R. C. v. S.C.C. This match was played on the Esplan- ade on Saturday, the S.C.C. making 48 j for eight wickets against the S.R.C. 44. I For the Club Reid bowled well, taking i six wickets. Mactaggart taking two and j Stevens the other. Jansz for the286 words
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Article114 1897-03-23 15 i he heavy losses sustained by West- End trader>- men thn ugh having their season's stock thrown on then hands by the death of the Duke of Clarence, according to a London contemporary, gave some vi them t't.c i le i of seeking to protect114 words
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Article700 1897-03-23 15 A Question of Policy. The Editor has received the subjoined communication from Messrs. Tokutome and Fukai, the two able Japanese Editors who passed through Singapore about midsummer 1896, on their way to Europe. It is of specific interest in connection with the political possibilities of a not700 words
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Article241 1897-03-23 15 (From a Parliamentary Correspondent.) 26th Feb., 1897. The Singapore Free Press of the 26th January appeared in the Reading Room here, for the first time. Those who desire to see accurate information from the Straits Settlements will be glad to welcome it Its not generally known that241 words
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Page 15 Advertisements
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Advertisement348 1897-03-23 15 Weakened Vitality IMPOVERISHED BLOOD. Read what Ayer's Sarsaparilla did for the Rev. Z. P. Wilds, a well known city missionary in New York and brother of the late eminent Judge Wilds: I was for many years a sufferer from boils and other eruptions of a like nature, caused by the348 words
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Article67 1897-03-23 16 French Ministerial Statement. The Blockade Imminent. The French Chamber has approved of the policy of the Government by a majority of 356 against 143, after a speech in which M. Hanotaux explained that.it had been decided to blockade Crete, and, if necessary. Greece, to compel the67 words
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Article33 1897-03-23 16 The message of President McKinley on :he opening of the extra session ot the House of Representatives briefly urges a prompt revision of the tariff. London, March i6th, 189 J.33 words
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39 1897-03-23 16 Terrible Gun Accident on a Russian Cruiser. Seventeen Killed Twenty Wounded. A gun on the Russ an turret ship Sissoi Veliky burst during practice outside Suda Seventeen men were killed and twenty injured. London, March nth, JcSoy, 7 139 words
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Article42 1897-03-23 16 The Greek Army at the Front. War Believed to be Inevitable. All the Greek troops except the Crown Prince and his regiment have crone to the Thessalian frontier. The conviction at Athens is th it war is jne\itab c.42 words
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Article13 1897-03-23 16 France is sending six hundred Marines I a Crete.13 words
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Article24 1897-03-23 16 The Blockade has virtually begun. If Greece remains obstinate the squadrons will blockade the Pinuus and probably also Yolo. a24 words
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Article23 1897-03-23 16 The Greek troops in Crete have been ordered to occupy Sphakia and await events. London, March iSth, iSof.23 words
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Article56 1897-03-23 16 CDR. LIM BOON KENG. "o Go to the Chinese Embassy in London. i [Special to the Singapore Free Press.) Hongkong, March 19th, 1807. The Hon'ble Dr. Lim Boon Keng, M CM Unofficial Member of the Straits Legislative Council, probably goes to England with Sir Lo Feng Luh, as56 words
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Article15 1897-03-23 16 lhe greatest activity prevails in all the arsenals in England15 words
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29 1897-03-23 16 A number of steamers have been chartered to take stores to Malta and war stores are being constantly despatched to the Cape.29 words
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Article25 1897-03-23 16 Six hundred of the Seaforth Highlanders have been ordered tc Crete. These men belong to the 1 st Battalion (72nd).]25 words
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14 1897-03-23 16 Cretan Autonomy Proclaimed by the Admirals. The Admirals have proclaimed the autonomy of Crete.14 words
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Article48 1897-03-23 16 A Russian regiment has passed the Bos- i phorus and is going to Crete. The British troops will occupy Candia lhe French occupy Sitia and Spinalonga I he Russians are to occupy Retimo Ihe German, are to be stationed at •Vida Bay and Canea.48 words
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Article25 1897-03-23 16 The Royal Thanksgiving. Her Majesty the Queen has appointed June the 20th as a Day of Thanksgiving. London. March 20th, 1897.25 words
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39 1897-03-23 16 Lieut. Colonel Arthur Clifford Alexander K.E., is appointed to be Colonial Engineer and Surveyor-General of the Straits Settlements in succession to H. E. Major McCalium, r.e.. c.M.g.. now Governor of Lagos.39 words
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Article52 1897-03-23 16 Turkey and Greece Ready for Action. Turkish Squadron Despatched from Constantinople The Regiment of the Crown Prince has left Athens for the frontier. Six Turkish ironclads and two torpedo boats have left Constantinople for the Dardanelles. This has created considerable surprise, as it is doubted if they52 words
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Article30 1897-03-23 16 Naval Vote Rejected by the Reichstag. Despite the strongest urging of the Government, the Reichstag has rejected the votes for lhe new cruisers. London. March 22nd, iSgy.30 words
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Article514 1897-03-23 16 March 22. Isabella, Brit, str., Hudson, for Muar. Amherst, Brit. str., Nficol, for Klang and T. Anson. Sri Bandjar, Dut. str., Flak, for Kotie, via ports. Will o'the Wisp, Brit, str., Busk, for Tringganu and Kelantan. Soph ik Rickmers, Ger. str., Brunnst, for Kobe. Ellen Rickmers, Ger. str., Str514 words
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Article74 1897-03-23 16 (Corrected up to March 22.) On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/og demand 2/0^ Private credits 3 m/s 2/0-13/16-4 documents 3 m/s 2/0J I credits 6 m/s 2/0-15/16 Bank demand 162 On Hongkong. Bank demand dis. Bank demand j prem On Java. Bank demand i23i Private 30 d/s 1 2674 words
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Article352 1897-03-23 16 m Qjotatiom. Capital Paid up Shares P<L ;*iv. Hongkong jt Shanghai Bank. 181 prem. $i 0,000,000 $i 0,000,000 80,000 ias £i.<;tyr. Nat..: Hank of China 126* 45<XMX>0 *40<M50 j 29,955 b£> p f „.^r $100 Sellers. V 750 4» Bk. of Ch'i a &Jai an352 words
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Page 16 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1327 1897-03-23 16 VESSELS IN PORT. Men-of-War Flags and Tons Commanders Arrived From For, When Iphigenia Brit, cruiser 3600 Dudding Mar. 15 England Isly Fr. cruiser 4300 Freogate Mar. 19 Saigon Brest, Pigmy Brit, gun-boat 755 Dormer Mar. 18 Bangkok PiauE Brit, cruiser 3603 Corry Jan. 5 Labuan Other Vessels Flags Tons Masters1,327 words
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