The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 6 April 1897
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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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Title Section24 1897-04-06 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. Wll.l\ L. V IYI AIL tUI II \J lit THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY, APRIL 6th, 1897. No. 50624 words
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Article286 1897-04-06 1 Law Case m the Negri Sembilan, 210 Kampong (ilam Property Case, 213 Magistrates' Appeals, 213 IJ. m n Mai dei Case, 21 1 Si r:. tl DRTS. Prize Dtsti t. > r> < lovernrnent Schools, _>-i tttve ouncil, I h j.i. i'.- Pensions, 218 I Spe< Peiisi mi, 218286 words
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Domestic Occurences.
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Article90 1897-04-06 1 On the 27th instant, at the Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. Wm. Murray, Robert McEwen Little, Resident of the West Coast, British North Borneo, eldest son of the late Robert. Little Esq., m.d., 1 R.C.S., to Ruby Hunter, eldest daughter of Alexander D. Campbell, 8, Bellevue Crescent, Edinburgh. On90 words
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Article29 1897-04-06 1 On the Ist ultimo, at Jumbunna, South Gippsland, Victoria. Mary, wife of the late Peter Casey, of Cambuslan^, Glasgow, aged 63. (Mother of Capt. I asey, of Singapore.)29 words
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Article, Illustration458 1897-04-06 1 (March 30th.) Here shst'l the r <— t- People's right maintain, Una wed by influence aiul unbribed by gain Herr patriot Truth her glorious prrrepts draw, liedirrd to Religion, Lavaltv. and Law. No one can examine the telegrams of to-day without feeling, even if he has458 words
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Article238 1897-04-06 1 'March 31st.) Day by day the political atmosphere over Southeastern Europe becomes murkier. There is not any visible change for the better to day. The enforcing order in Crete is proving not to be capable of being carried out with the scanty forces at the disposal of the238 words
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Article799 1897-04-06 1 (April Ist.) THE commercial communities in the Straits Settlements (which include large interests in the Native States and in the trade area of which Singapore and Penang are the distributing centres) will be well pleased to hear of a still further unsolicited concession being mide to them by799 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement42 1897-04-06 1 Buchanan Whisky. Messrs. J. BUCHANAN Co. Scotch Whisky Merchants, been awarded the highest Medal at tl Antwerp Exhibition ol i*«) 4 Excellence and Purity of their HOUSE OF COMMONS B RAND. Wholesali <\ Retail by KATZ BROS.— SoIe Agents, SINGAPORE. I 40* tu.fr.42 words
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Advertisement151 1897-04-06 1 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. UP-TO-DATE POCKE ATLAS and GAZETTEER of the WORLD 1.50. A TEXT BOOK of ORE and STONE MINING, by C. le Neve Fosier $21.50. BADMINTON LIBRARY. GOLF s 6.25. MARINE BOILRK MANAGEMENT and CONSTRUCTION, by Stromeyer Si 2.00. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES and BOILERS, by A. Ritchie Leask S151 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous338 1897-04-06 1 THE WEEK. The last mails from Europe arrived by the M. M. SS. Sydney this morning, with London advices to the 12th ult. She will be followed by the P. O. S.S Coromandcl on the 1 2th inst., with the English mails ot the 19th ult. This mail leaves by338 words
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Article328 1897-04-06 2 (April 2nd.) The really satisfactory feature about to-day's telegram is the indication that the Powers are now of one mind as to what should be done in regard to the persistence of Greece in its action in Crete. This, be it remembered, is nothing less than war328 words
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Article288 1897-04-06 2 ONE can only say of the day-by-day news of the situation in Europe that it gets steadily worse. The Cietan insurgents are getting bolder than ever. They have captured a fort at Spinalonga, under the noses of the French marines looking on. They have tried the same288 words
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Article215 1897-04-06 2 The time has evidently come for the dropping out of the word "Australian" from the style of the mining enterprise at Raub. It has long been a matter of common knowledge that the interest in the concern held on the Brisbane Registry, at the head -quarters of the Company,215 words
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Article538 1897-04-06 2 (April sth.) By continued good fortune there seems yet to be no disturbance of the state of things as they exist on the northern frontiers of Greece. Both sides are ready enough, but neither has taken the plunge and of the two the self-control on the538 words
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Article484 1897-04-06 2 At Seremban, on the 29th March, before the Judicial Commissioner (Mr. Jackson Q. C.) and a jury, three Chinamen were charged (1) with murder, and (2) with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, by causing the death of a Chinaman at Beting, in the484 words
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Article138 1897-04-06 2 S. C. C. 2nd XI. v. R. H. This match was played on the S .ft r ground on Saturday 3rd instant, resulting in a win for the R. E. by three irickcts Lieut. Woodroffe took seven wicket^ tor Brownlic c Kennedy b Woodroffe Evatt b Woodroffe Grant c138 words
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740 1897-04-06 2 We quite agree with the sensible remarks of the Hongkong Daily Prt to the infeasibility of representing t Eastern Crown Colonies by volunteer detachments, at the Jubilee ceremorn Here certainly, and to a great extent in Hongkong we believe the Volunteer service includes740 words
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Article755 1897-04-06 3 The British sloop Torch, Capt. Preedy, arrived from Colombo this morning. She leaver for Thursday Island to-morrow. A Chinese cook living at 97, Newbridge Road, whilst removing some boiling water •rum the tire this morning, was so badly 3 aided that he had to be taken755 words
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Article958 1897-04-06 3 Annual Distribution of Prizes. The annual distribution of prizes to the scholars attending the various Government schools in Singapore took place yesterday afternoon at the Government Central School, Upper Cross-street, the Inspector of Schools presiding. One of the class-rooms was tastefully decorated for the occasion, and the958 words
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Article212 1897-04-06 3 The hearing of the adjourned case against the three Malays charged with the murder of Ng Tooi on February 26th last at Pulau Obin was resumed before Mr. Anthonisz yesterday. Mr. Newland conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Braddell represented the prisoners. Superintendent212 words
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Article503 1897-04-06 3 The close and extremely friendly relations which have so long subsisted between England and Siam are about to be signalised and sealed in an unprecedented manner. In the course of a few months, King Chulalonkorn will travel to our hospitable shores in the fine yacht which503 words
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Article89 1897-04-06 3 The Tientsin correspondent of the Mercury writes: Gossip amongst the jChinese have it that owing to Li Hungtsao's continued ill-health, his place as a member of both the Grand |Council and the Foreign (Jftice will be taken over by his namesake Li Hung-chang. Considering the vast number89 words
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Article24 1897-04-06 3 President McKinley has indicated that it will be necessary to place fifteen cruisers out of commission in order to introduce economies in the Budget.24 words
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Article632 1897-04-06 3 It is with feelings of deep regret that we announce the death at a quarter to five yesterday afternoon at the General Hospital of the Very Revd. Canon Delouette, Vicar General of the mission and cure of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. For some time632 words
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Article109 1897-04-06 3 v Philip Sober. Here are the words which Mr. Gladstone addressed to the demarch of Athens in 1886 when Greece was also bent on seizing Crete. Profoundly anxious for the Hellenic race, as well as for the peace of the East," and considering the authority which109 words
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Article92 1897-04-06 3 FAITH HEALING LUNACY. At Bolton, a Master in Lunacy concluded a si\ days' inquiry as to the sanity of Arthur Knowles, a well-known Lancashire cotton-spinner the petitioner being his wife. The evidence diowed tha: the respondent, a deeply religious man, connected with believers in Divine healing and the early coming92 words
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854 1897-04-06 4 Shanghai, 18th March.— What has been termed by some a deep laid scheme of peculation has been perpetrated upon certain Shanghai speculators by some person or persons believed to be ••in the know" with regard to the workings of the Straits Insurance Co.,854 words
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Article101 1897-04-06 4 The auction of the Municipal Sanitary officers is called to the intolerable nuisance caused by the transfer of night-soil to boats oft Teluk Aver Reclamation. All day long boats lie there, their nauseous contents polluting the atmosphere for half a mile around. There can be no excuse for such a101 words
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Article1788 1897-04-06 4 Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Rhodes. The Constitutional Grievances and Dangers. Prospects of Future Trouble. We give below by far the most interesting and instructive portion of Mr. Rhodes's evidence. It is from the latest date by the mail. The intention of Mr. Chamberlain to elicit for1,788 words
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217 1897-04-06 4 The Memorandum of Association of yet another Company appears in yesterday's Ceylon Gazet c. The office of the Malay States Coffee Company, Ltd., is to be in Colombo and the objects for which the Company has been established is to purchase, lease, take in217 words
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Article129 1897-04-06 4 What shall we do with our beggars This is a question which would appear to be becoming more urgent year by year. The Magistrates have no option but to send them, unless sick, to gaol, a number of beggars bein^ sentenced to seven days' imprisonment forbegging before the Third Magi^trae129 words
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Article994 1897-04-06 4 The Visit ov Li Hung-chang. (Heb. 26tr On the Supplementary Estimate of £23,670? the Diplomatic and Consular Services. Sir C. Dilke said he should not attempt to df bate questions of policy, but some portion of tjJ Vote 'related to the reception of Li Hung.,994 words
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Article135 1897-04-06 4 I litrnr is again -orne talk prompt* perhaps by the recent Chinese riol oi somt sort of mounted infantry Volunteer foro in Selaogor. The difficulty in \bt i* the constitutional one we mentioned long ago in connection with a similar proj i for Perak. An) anneJ force musl the oath135 words
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Article440 1897-04-06 5 (By the Mail.) iptain Charles V. Hume, r.*., Military GovD r to ihe Crown Prince, of Siam has been infected for promotion to a majority in the regiment. Ihe following appointment has been made at Admiralty: Lieutenant W. Ha/ell, R.N.R., the I'ndaunted, to date April 17.440 words
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Article35 1897-04-06 5 2ist i stant ihe a remony uucen mi th< rol the Crown Siam during the apg abs of the Xi ig in England 1 it v: h gr< at pomp and cir-35 words
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Article194 1897-04-06 5 onventi •an arrangement equivalent id been lered into between Russia and pan regarding iv^rca there was no reasonable ■to doubt. Japan by her misconduct and es- .>>■■ illy by her incriraination in the affair which led 1 ihe murder ol the Queen had rendered herself in impossible194 words
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Article239 1897-04-06 5 A building in Past Street, Hongkong, ollapsed or the zy*\ inst., killing one man i r\ injuring s vtri" irrfd morrow tor an extended stay in Italy, possibly as much as two years. Bnal ha< been won by H. M. S. Centurion Igainst Kowloon by 2 goals to i. Sir239 words
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Article597 1897-04-06 5 H. M. S. Pique is about to go to Saigon, and subsequently to Sandakan, Labuan and Sarawak. Surgeon-Colop.el N. B. Major, a m.s will leave Singapore about the 6th inst. in the Secundra. At the first meeting of the new Shanghai Municipal Council on the 1597 words
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Article677 1897-04-06 5 The competition for Sir Lionel (ox's (the President's) Prize ended yesterday, the result being a tie between Messrs. Grigor Taylor and A. \V. O'Sullivan, who will have to play off to decide the victory. The competition was match play under handicap against Col. Bogey, the score677 words
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Article111 1897-04-06 5 Yesterday forenoon, Friederich Kielman, a German, was brought up on remand charged with using as genuine a forged document on the iithinst. Mr. Newland prosecuted, prisoner being undefended. Herman Rabe, the Assistant Secretary to the German Consul, said he saw the accused on the 9th inst.111 words
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Article186 1897-04-06 5 HOWLERS." A friend who is just now engaged upon the Cambridge local examination, in the course of which he has looked over 7,500 geography papers, sends me (says a correspondent of the Scotsman) some flowers culled from a mostly arid waste. On the subject of monsoons the young people are186 words
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Article287 1897-04-06 5 The hearing of the evidence in the case of Tunku Mahmoud and others v. Tunku Ali, Tunku Meriam and others was concluded before Mr. Justice Leach this morning, Mr. Sisson not calling any witnesses. Mr. Brydges, in summing up, said he had shown that Tunku Allum was regarded287 words
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Article113 1897-04-06 5 Nine Chinese were convicted on Feb. 1 7th of playing in a common gaming house* and were each lined $3 or seven days imprisonment and 1 68 found in the house were ordered to be forfeited. Mr. Khory appeared for the appellants and the appeal came on before113 words
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Article125 1897-04-06 5 Corps Orders. Head Quarter Office, Singapore, March 31st, 1897. 1. Orderly Officer for the ensuing week, Capt. C. J. Davies. Orderly Sergeant for the ensuing week, Sergeant 2. Parades Sunday, 6.45 a.m. S-in. (iun drill at Tanjong Katong. Monday, 5.15 p.m. Squad drill. Tuesday, 5.15 p.m. Gymnasium.125 words
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71 1897-04-06 5 The London correspondent of Mam h ester Guardian writes: In regard to the acquisition by the British Government of the territory in the Kowloon Peninsula fronting Hongkong (the importance of which, I am informed, can scarcely be exaggerated), I understand that it is proposed71 words
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Article118 1897-04-06 5 16th March. The Plague continue* to die down in Bombay, there being only sixty-ihree attacks yesterday. There is also a marked decline at Karachi. In Poona, however, the disease is gaining ground. The troops are being employed in house-to-house inspection, and are systematically white washing and fumigating. 19th118 words
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Article38 1897-04-06 5 The 1897 Session of the Chinese Christian Association will be opened with a social tea meeting at the Prinsep-street Chapel on Friday, 2nd April, at 8 p.m. As the accommodation is limited, admission will be by ticket only.38 words
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Article1388 1897-04-06 6 All Rights Reserved. (Written for the Singapore Free Press.) The Military Man. Rataplan Rataplan I'm a military man Mr. Bouncer. 11. (Continued). Where does the novelist find models for his military pictures? Where indeed, if the novelist be a lady! In fiction, as on the stage, the1,388 words
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39 1897-04-06 6 News from San Francisco has reached Hongkong to the effect that Colonel James McWilliams, well-known agent for Sperry's Flour Mills of California, will soon return to Hongkong as Consul for the United States.39 words
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Article283 1897-04-06 6 Of all animals, the human being is most subject to variations in proportions and symmetry, says Dr. A. G. Clopton in The Medical Age. If one were to take the measurements of all the individuals in any one assembly, perhaps not one would be found with the two283 words
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Article32 1897-04-06 6 Mr. Robert Paneth, an Austrian, who had been vainly seeking work in Japan for some months, was found dead, hanging from some verandah posts at Sugita, near Yokohama, on the 7th March.32 words
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Article1091 1897-04-06 6 We have received the first copy of the Straits Chinese Magazine, a new quarterly publication edited by two former Singapore Queen's Scholars, the Hon'ble Dr. Lim Boon Keng and Mr. Song Ong Siang. The scope and purpose of the new periodical is the affording to the1,091 words
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Article333 1897-04-06 6 The Recorder of Rangoon has given a rttfo important decision as to liability in connect or *irii promissory notes. A certain person Rgntd name on the back of a promissory note m- as he said, to identify the signature of the acc<>p tor of the note. He emphatically333 words
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367 1897-04-06 6 More trouble is brewing between Great Britain and the United States, say^ the.NY. fames' s Gmgette. It is not merely that the American Senate h.tcast ridicule on the Arbitration Treaty but hene are two Soutfi American Republics. Chili and Argentina, flatly repudiating the367 words
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Article352 1897-04-06 6 Nothing bo much impedes an accurate view oi the South African situation, nothing so mud, conduces to half-heartedness and inconsistency in matters of policy— says Mr. Davis- Allen— as the notion that the loyalty of our Dutch fellow-sub-jects in South Africa is not to be352 words
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Article323 1897-04-06 7 Despite it being mail day and the inconvetiest hour. 3 p.m., fixed for the ceremony there was an immense gathering yesterday atternoon at the funeral of the late Very Revd. Canon Delouette. Punct ;al to the minute the Right Revd. Fee, who officiated, accompanied ,v Bishop323 words
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Article173 1897-04-06 7 r day, on the authority of >me papers and a paragraph in Gazette und< r a portrait of Capt. 1 tally wounded," at Benin, we the de ith oi th i officer, the thority Ix-Uri4 a j mate telegram iT to the Royal Marine Head- ■> at173 words
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Article285 1897-04-06 7 A Damaun correvp \A^. 1 writes ;>> ih>- Bombay a:\"e in all set usness. It is not nece&sarj 10 tefieve any <>t it It will !ot be uninteresting \o numerous readers to learn the particulars A a recent miracle, the renown of which has285 words
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Article52 1897-04-06 7 flu Queen's d.i»;> income is £1,600. The Emperor ol Germany yet^ j^j.-hmj a day. The Kui{ Italy manages to exist on j£i,6oo daily. Austria's Emperor rakes in every day A2,s<">. v 't I vtr ol Russia scoops in the snug surr of £t 0 A) every52 words
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Article1963 1897-04-06 7 (Pioneer.) We might truthfully describe the matter about which we have to speak about which it has become a solemn duty with all who give voice in any way to public anxieties and public needs to speak plainly, as well as earnestly as not merely the1,963 words
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Article367 1897-04-06 7 We (China Mailj have seen a few specimens of the new Chinese dollar coined ac the Peiyang Mint. The coin is well milled and quite a creditable production, being apparently comparable with the British trade dollar in use in this Colony. On one side it bears367 words
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Article123 1897-04-06 7 The Tientsin correspondent of the N.-C. Daily News states that the local authorities have now decided to fortify Kiaochao on the southern coast of Shantung and to establish a naval yard there with dry-docks big enough for the largest vessels. This has been talked about for123 words
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Article39 1897-04-06 7 The opium crop in India this year promises to be a bumper one. Many cultivators will thus be enabled to tide over the partial failure of the food crops. It is not necessary to say anything about Providence here.39 words
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Article708 1897-04-06 7 The new Volunteer headquarters, a very large and showy building, has been completed in Rangoon. The case between the descendants of Tunku Ali stands adjourned till Tuesday next, when Mr. Napier will reply. Many happy returns of the day to Prince Bismarck, the great European statesman,708 words
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Article535 1897-04-06 8 The following correspondence has passed between the General Manager of the Eastern Extension Australia and China Telegraph Co. Ltd., (Mr. W. Grigor Taylor) and the Chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce (the Hon'ble T. Shelford;. As mentioned in another column it refers to a further and535 words
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Article264 1897-04-06 8 A correspondent of the Times says that the amiable ruler of Benin has a simple method of civil procedure, which seems to the Solicitor's Journal almost as discouraging to litigation as that collected in the 1,200 odd pages of our Annual Practice. Both plaintiff and defendant are forced to264 words
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Article60 1897-04-06 8 7~ The recent explosion at one of the Paknam forts near Bangkok appears to be nther worse, from a late account, than originally appeared. Instead of twelve, the deaths are now put at seventeen killed on the spot and two who died afterwards. Most of them were60 words
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Article613 1897-04-06 8 Par north where the sea lies frozen To the edge of the Moukden sands, Southwards, to Shantung hamlets And rice- fed river lands South still, to the great Pearl River Where mast lies close to mast, The tale is spreading swiftly That England's day is past The Peiho613 words
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Article627 1897-04-06 8 At a meeting held at the Royal United Service Institution, on Feb. 27, a provisional committee was formed to obtain the protection of Her Majesty's forces in India from contagious diseases. Ihe following gentlemen have joined this committee Right Hon. Sir James Fergusson, g. c.627 words
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Article224 1897-04-06 8 The Malay Mail gives more details of the elephant's tcte a tctc with Dr. Wellford 'which nearly proved so convincing to that gentleman Further particulars to hand, shew that Dr. Well ford was out elephant shooting with Mr. Charter and when going along a narrow224 words
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Article175 1897-04-06 8 Writing in the Nineteenth Century under the title of Urgent Questions for the Council of Defence,' Lord Charles Beresford lays down his six commandments, which he summarises himself as follows (1) Imperative necessity of laying down what the numbers are which Authority consider necessary as a stancing175 words
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Article230 1897-04-06 8 The Home News thus adverts to thi* long-delayed arbitration On the whole, the result of the reference of fe Costa Rica Packet Case to arbitration has n J perhaps, been unsatisfactory. On behalf of Can* Carpenter £10,000, of the owners £10, <, of the crew230 words
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Article418 1897-04-06 8 A German View 01 thl Sitiatign. Notwithstanding the pacific expressions in p U speeches by eminent British statesmen, ther t every reason to believe that the British Govern ment is steadily and unceasingly prcparig Uj eventual trouble. The complications arising Eroq the Eastern Question, the frictionKuhlow's Review - 418 words
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Article235 1897-04-06 8 A Chinese deportee who had return* to Hongkong has been sentenced to or.' year's imprisonment, with hard labour The Chevalier de Kontski the vv< known venerable pianist, is returning to the Far East from India He pla\> tonight and on Saturday night at IVnang and then comes on to Singapore235 words
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Article1015 1897-04-06 9 {From our awn Corresponding Batavia, March 9th. The Sotrabaia Courant states that the Government Veterinary Surgeon, Mr. Pas/atta, returned from Fiandjermasin whither m wa^ to enquire into the cattle disease that broke out there. He reports that the disease originated trom the import of cattle from Siam via Singapore1,015 words
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212 1897-04-06 9 INDIAN AND AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICES. Extracts From the Tender. War Possibilities'.' Should the conveyance of mails by way of the Suez Canal become at any time impossible or inexpedient in the public interest, the Postmaster General shall have power to call upon the contractors to convey the mails to arid212 words
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Article275 1897-04-06 9 {Pcrak Pioneer.) The terrible punishment lor bigamy in Hungary is to compel the man to live with both wives in one house. Our Malay readers will smile at this. By the Esmerahia on the Ist proximo leave Mr. and Mrs. Belfield and family for Selangor. The Commissioner of275 words
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Article125 1897-04-06 9 1 Looker On writes in the Japan Gazette The contest for supremacy among the Tokyo papers begins on Monday. The Tokyo Times will spend a thousand dollars for the first month on telegrajns. The foreigners engaged to 'supervise the English, are Messrs. Cowen, Beal and Cox. Tiie Japanese editors are125 words
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Article45 1897-04-06 9 1 icicles er no bicycles,' said Mrs. Comtosseli with great emphasis. 'Woman's rights er no woman 1 rights, I don't believe in women's wearin' bloomers." *No more do I,' replied the husband. *To my thinkin', it's down right lunacy.' Maudy, it's wubs'n that. It's pantaloonacy.'45 words
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Article301 1897-04-06 9 The outward German mail steamer Bayern came in at 8 a.m. to-day. She leaves for Hongkong to-night. The death returns for the week ended Saturday March 27th show 152 deaths, a ratio of 38.29 per mille. According to a Burma paper a shooting expedition has had301 words
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123 1897-04-06 9 THE QUEENS COMMEMORATION AT PENANG. The following programme, subject to alteration, has been drawn up for the two days, the 21st and 22nd June First Day. 8 a.m. —Suitable prayers to be offered in every place of worship in the Settlement. io a.m. to 6 p.m. —Sports on the Esplanade.123 words
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Article76 1897-04-06 9 It may interest the public to know that for the Company's 10,000 contributing shares (13/10 paid) for which tenders were called, tenders for in all 31,150 shares were received in Singapore, and that allotment of the 10,000 shares has been made at prices which give an76 words
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Article257 1897-04-06 9 The Committee held their monthly meeting yesterday and, amongst other subjects, considered an important letter just received from the Manager of the Telegraph Company, intimating the intention of the Company to make a further reduction in the rates on their lines to the westward. The correspondence257 words
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Article82 1897-04-06 9 In the course of the Marine Court of Inquiry held at Hongkong upon the loss ot the S.S. Glamorganshire while makingthe neighbourhood of Cape St. Jamrs. on a voyage from Hongkong, it wa^ rd *\iz\ the position of the unknown a-ing i is Cap r Ti Wan,82 words
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Article150 1897-04-06 9 Our readers will recollect the -ensationai murder < a-e at Hongkong alluded to the other day it; which the bod\ i I the victim, a woman, was crammed into a big trunk by her husband the murderer, who had on bis own confession cut her throat i150 words
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Article158 1897-04-06 9 (Perak Pioneer.) In February a Malay was killed by a tiger while working in his garden at Kota Stia. Mr. Curtis, the tea pi inter from India, is anxious to acquire s,mnacres of land tor planting purposes in Perak. Mr. J. J. Tait has planted 75 acres cf158 words
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Article179 1897-04-06 9 fhe tyre regulation of Malacca i^ modified. After Jan. 1899 three inch tyres arc to be enforced, and after fa::. [898 no new cart with le-s than three inch Lyres will be registered. Mr. A. Gentle, President ol tlu j Municipal Commission, is granted thrte months vacation leave179 words
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Article247 1897-04-06 9 The clause in the New Ordinance which provides for the leaving of open spaces behind new buildings erected on a site not previously occupied in whole or in part by a building promises to have very marked and valuable results on such buildings as it may be applied247 words
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Article3162 1897-04-06 10 Thursday, April Ist, 18Q7. Present H. E. the Governor (Sir C. B. Mitchell g.c.m.g.) The Hon. the Acting Col. Secretary (C. W. S. Kynnersley.) the Attorney-General (W. R. Oliver.) the Actg. Col. Treasurer (H.A. O'Brien) the Acting Colonial Engineer (Major F. J. Anderson, re.) T. Shel'ord, c.m.g. G.3,162 words
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148 1897-04-06 10 The Chinese Christian Association opened its session this year with a sociai tea meeting at the Prinsep Street Chape! I i-t evening. The occasion \va> taken advantage of to say farewell to Mr. and Miss Phillips, both by the association and by the Presbyterian and Methodist148 words
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Article30 1897-04-06 10 1 he old man Brown, w ho bnkr hi- \Hngjk by a fall in the Singapore Hotel the Jther day, died of that injury (jtug Unmuuii at the General Hospital.30 words
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Article708 1897-04-06 11 The Mail despatched from Singapore to London, by German Packet, on the Bth March was delivered yesterday. Mr George Maxwell bagged a rhimoceros at Sungei Tinggi some days ago. It wa- a very fine beast and of that rather rare: kind for Perak, a two horned708 words
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Article1777 1897-04-06 11 Quicquid agunt homines nostnest farrago libelli, Juvenal. Trouble has been brewing in the Transvaal for some time, and the boiling-over point will be reached ere long. Recent events in that paradise of Reaction, combined with revelations elicited by the South African Enquiry in London, have completely1,777 words
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Article55 1897-04-06 11 Hudson's Surprise Party are doing a roaring business in Hongkong. Our journal says It is a pity the Theatre Royal cannot be temporarily enlarged.. The accommodation just now is certainly not sufficient, for many people who witness the capital entertainment provided by the Hudson Surprise Party cannot find seats, the55 words
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Article123 1897-04-06 11 Mr. J H. Stewart Lockhart, Honorary Secretary of the Jubilee Committee at Hongkong, advertises thus in the Hongkong papers Notice. At a meeting of the committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor to make arrangements for Celebrating the cc>mpletion < fthe 6oth Year of the Reign123 words
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200 1897-04-06 11 The Bombay Gazette is sorry to find that Mr. Dunn, the only surviving passenger of the lost steamer, City of Agra, brings serious charge against the Lascars who formed theaew. Tie instant the ship struck, the Lascars ran for the boats, jumped into them,P.G. - 200 words
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Article131 1897-04-06 11 We (China Mail) believe it is the intention of the Government to send home a detachment of lukongs to take part in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. It is also stated that a few Indian constables will represent the Force, while the European members at present131 words
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Article153 1897-04-06 11 HONOUR TO WHOM, &c." Decorations and Promotions. Madrid, Mar. 14. The yrand cross of theordt: of Maria Cristina has been conceded to 11. E. General Lachambre. The Government has decided to send the Philippines six thousand volunteers and one thousand Marine Infantry as reinforcements. Madrid, Mar. 17. H. E. L).153 words
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Article128 1897-04-06 11 The material passages in the Progress Report for February are these Milling. This work was carried on continuously during 27 days, crushing 1,000 tons of ore from the Mill, yielding 1590Z5. 14 dwts, and 400 tons old headings, yielding 40 ozs. of melted gold. I need not tell you,128 words
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Article90 1897-04-06 11 The Jiji says that people in Hongkong, Singapore, and other places in the East, who have hitherto been sending bullion to Japan to be coined^ on hearing that free coinage of silver will be prohibited at the Osaka Mint, attempted to arrange for the building of aJapan Advertiser - 90 words
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Article48 1897-04-06 11 The homeward French mail leaving here on Tuesday afternoon by the M. M. steamer Melbourne will be transhipped at Colombo into a fast Australian boat which is due to arrive at Marseilles on the 26th and the mail should consequently be delivered in London on the 27th instant.48 words
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Article1998 1897-04-06 12 John Dill Ross - John Dill Ross By VIII. In the Crimea. (Continued.) We rounded the southernmost point of the Crimea and arrived at Yalta on a brilliant morning full of sunshine and colour. This pretty place has all the appearance of a pleasure resort about it, the handsome hotels1,998 words
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Article1987 1897-04-06 12 G. Lacy Hillier - G. Lacy Hillier All Rights Reserved. by (By Arrangement, for the Singapore Free Press.) The Essentials 01 a Good Machine. To lay down on paper the exact essentials and qualities of a good machine, for the information of a large and varied class of readers, is obviously1,987 words
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Article174 1897-04-06 12 She arrival in New York of the sailing viip T. F. Oakes after a voyage of over 260 da\- from Hongkong ha-> satisfactorily solved what was b&Mf generally regarded in the shipping world a*another tragic mystery of the ssft. Mews. Carlowit/ Co., the Shanghai agents, yesterday, says174 words
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Article15 1897-04-06 12 Chevalier de Konstki has decided not to give a R«-^*ita! here m his nest visit15 words
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Article703 1897-04-06 13 Mr. \V. Grieve, from Batavia, is a homeward passenger by the mail. Two football matches are to be played m Penang during the Eastern holidays, Perak Penang and Perak p. R. B. Detachment The Bishop of Singapore and Sarawak returned on Saturday morning by the Xeera703 words
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Article281 1897-04-06 13 Would-be Biters Bit. A Small Cause action came up before Mr. Justice Leach on Friday last in which a chetty brought an action for the recovery of $480 from Capt. J. C. Davies and Mrs. Davies as joint signatories to a promissory note for that amount. The281 words
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Article158 1897-04-06 13 Referring to the new quarantine regulations issued by the Hongkong Local Government Board, which establish medical inspection in lieu of quarantine, the Daily Press says It is to be hoped that Mr. Chamberlain will use his influence and authority to secure uniformity in this matter throughout the158 words
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Article165 1897-04-06 13 Henry M. Stanley, M.P., has written an article entitled The Story of the Development of Africa," which appeared in the February Century. He points out that within the last ten years France has acquired of Equatorial Africa about 300,000 square miles, in which there are now165 words
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Article225 1897-04-06 13 Tsuda Sarzo, the Japanese who attempted to kill the present Czar, is reported to have starved himself to death in prison. The paperchase this week meets at the Cross-roads, Tanglin, at 5-15 p.m. on Wednesday. The finish will be at the Officers Mess, Tanglin, and the Officers of the R.225 words
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Article1675 1897-04-06 13 iSrom our own Correspondent.; Batavia, March 25th. We have had several very wet days of late, as the following readings which are from the 15th inst. to the 21st inst. will show: 0.0, 14.5. o. 13, o, and 12. i millimeters. The result of several well attended meetings of1,675 words
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Article577 1897-04-06 14 (Via Ceylon,) New York. March 21st.— The river Mississippi has overflowed its banks, and in parts the overflow extends to the width of forty miles. Many people have been drowned and immense damage done. The water is still rising, and a calamity is feared. London, Mar. 21.— The Turkish577 words
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Article239 1897-04-06 14 The following is the result of Saturday's competition for the April monthly medal at the Golf Club. The winner was Mr. J.C. D.Jones, whose score of 92 8 =84 was good, considering the state of the greens, which in some places were under water. There were few competitors, and239 words
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Article112 1897-04-06 14 According to the London correspondent of the Calcutta Statesman, there is a great desire to make the ;ipproachin£ commemoration of Her Majesty's reign as representative ot the whole Empire as is possible, and no doubt there will be a g'jth ring in London historically unique. ItP.G. - 112 words
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Article1029 1897-04-06 14 The Eastern Qubstion. Five hundred marines belonging to the British, French, and Russian fleets now in Cretan waters will be landed at Selino with the object of relieving the 9,000 Mussulmans beleagured in the city of Candanos, if Sir A. Biliot i. the British ConsulGeneral, fails1,029 words
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Article1261 1897-04-06 14 Queen's The preparations for the pageant which will take place on the occasion of the Queen's visit to St. Paul's are making considerable progress, and the plan of proceedings, when completed, will (the "Daily Telegraph" says) be far beyond anything of the same character that has ever been1,261 words
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Article679 1897-04-06 14 (Via Australia.) The Board of Trade returns for February s h JW that the imports of the United Kingdom", compared with the corresponding period of last Yea increased by 1,068,428, while the exports fel creased by 1,839,413. Dr. W. I. Collins, who represents the679 words
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Article248 1897-04-06 14 Another Chinaman, who indecently exposed himself on the Esplanade on Saturday, was this morning sent to gaol for a. month without the option of a fine. In time the objectionable class of men who are guilty of this habit on the Esplanade in sheer wantonness will learn from these lessons248 words
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Article49 1897-04-06 15 We are asked to call the attention of the Police to the rowdiness of the Hylam servants in Queen-street. If a few of them *ere run in and, on conviction flogged, it will go far towards putting down a nuisance which ib causing much annoyance to the residents there.49 words
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Article81 1897-04-06 15 (CORRECTED UP TO April 5.) On London. Hark 4 m/s 2/oi demand 2/of Private credits 3 m/s 2/0-1 1/16 documents 3 m/s 2/0J credits 6 m/s 2/0-13/16 On India. Bank demand 161 i On Hongkong. Bank demand j dis. On Yokohama. Hank demand i% ptem On Java. Bank demand81 words
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Article93 1897-04-06 15 (April 5.) T»r. $34. Gambier 6«3P do. Cube No. 1 9.60 Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) 14.12.J5 do. White, (Fair L/W=s%) „23. Nutmegs nos to the lb.) 63. Mace Banda 75. Cloven (Amboina) 17.50 Liberiaft Coffee 29. Tapioca, -mail pearl (Fair quality) 3.70 ao. do flake (do. do.) 4.25 do.93 words
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Advertisement193 1897-04-06 15 RILEY HARGREAVES Co KS'KERS AND SHIPBUILDERS Town Store, ij. BATTERY ROAD. NEW STOCK OF Engine Room Stores Deck Stores Pumps Engine Telegraphs, reply non-reply Steam Winches Side Lights Ships' Bells Engine Packing Stoves, &c, &c. BICYCLES NEW STOCK High Grade Machines of the latest pattern. A LARGE STOCK OF ACCESSORIES.193 words
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Advertisement593 1897-04-06 15 Warm Debilitating Weather. Many people, after a long spell of oppressive heat, suffer from lassitude, loss of spirits, and a general "run down" feeling. They need a course of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, a medicine which has revived and restored to active life and health thousands of such sufferers. A lady recently593 words
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Advertisement504 1897-04-06 15 The Singapore Free Press AND Mercantile Advertiser. Cable Addrbss,— Advertiser, Singapore, Telephone Number. No. 6:. Published at 39, Change Alley, Singapore. HPHE hading English Newspaper in the A Straits Settlements Johore, the Protected Native States of Perak, Selan gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Negri Sembilan; British North Borneo; Sarawak, Netherlands504 words
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Miscellaneous785 1897-04-06 15 CLEARANCES. April 5. Am h erst, Brit, str., Nicol, for Klang and T. Anson. Hye Leong, Brit, str., Shepherd, for T. Anson, via ports. Chiang Chew, Brit, str., Webb, for Penang. Isabella, Brit, str., Hudson, for Muar. Bengkalis, Biit. str., Sellars, for Malacca and Muar. Ho Leong, Brit, str., Angus,785 words
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Article168 1897-04-06 16 Britain's Proposal for Intervention Declined by the Powers. The Powers have declined to accept Great Britain's proposal to exert collective pressure [upon Greece and Turkey to make a neutral zone between their troops on the borders of Thessaly] More Massacres in Armenia. The latest news is that168 words
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Article110 1897-04-06 16 Strong Measures to be taken by the owers. reek Ports to be Blockaded. Th? Powers have decided that it is imperative to terminate the aggression of Greece. All are agreed to blockade the Greek Coasts at an earlv date. Reinforcements for the Mixed Forces. France is110 words
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Article191 1897-04-06 16 EUROPEAN CRISI More Fighting in Crete. A Fort Captured by the Insurgents. rA Turkish Vessel Sunk. Insurgent Assault near Suda Bay. Repelled by Combined Squadrons. The Cretan insurgents have captured a fort at Spinalonga, after forty-eight hours fighting. They, in addition, sank a Turkish schoon*r laden with munitions of war.191 words
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Article56 1897-04-06 16 Serious Situation in Crete. More Troops Wanted. The Admirals have requested the Powers to each send instantly an additional battalion of troops to protect the occupied The Greek Army in Thessaly. Ovation to the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince of Greece has arrived at Larissa amidst the56 words
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Article73 1897-04-06 16 The Working Difficulties of the Concert. Britain sends a mountain battery and 180 gunners to Crete. The extension of the blockade will probably require an increase of the squadrons of the Powers. The Powers can decide nothing without laborious parleying; hence constant delays and changes73 words
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Article44 1897-04-06 16 A Family Council at Copenhagen. The Dowager Czarina (mother of the Emperor Nicholas) has proceeded to Copenhagen to join a family council which is to discuss the best course for the King of Greece to adopt. London, April jrd, i#y7>44 words
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Article29 1897-04-06 16 Oxford won the University Boat Race, having led the whole way, by two lengths. Oxford also won the Inter-University Sports, by five events to four.29 words
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Article17 1897-04-06 16 Victory for Scotland. Scotland has beaten England at Association football by two goals to one.17 words
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Article13 1897-04-06 16 Russia sends a battery of artillery to Vx reie.13 words
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Article31 1897-04-06 16 The Cretan Autonomy Scheme. The Embassies at Constantinople are agreed as to the principles for the autonomy of Crete and have cabled them to their respective Governments London, April $th, rSgy.31 words
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Article337 1897-04-06 16 Q totatiom. Capital Pai<l up Shares Pd. „v. Hongkong Shangiai Bank. 171 prem. $10,000,000 $10,000,000 80,000 125 £i.^yt t X («9,970a <L* N'.r.n, ban* of Cbina %2$ 4400,150 < -«a,9558 fr fan* -r%. $100 Sellers. v 75© Ai Bk. o t C* ra AtJ^i an337 words
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Miscellaneous525 1897-04-06 16 anjer Shipping Report. (Specially compiled for the Singapore Free Press.) [Date of passing Anjer Nationality and description of vessel Captain's name Where and when sailed. Destination. 1 Mar. 24. Dut. str Prinses Sophie Soomer Batavia, Mar. 24 Amsterdam. Mar. 26. Amer. ship, R. R. Thomes Nichols Cebu Feb. 29, Boston.525 words
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Miscellaneous1201 1897-04-06 16 Men-of-War Flags and Tons Commanders Arrived From For, When Iphigenia Brit, cruiser 3600 Dudding Mar. 15 England Pigmy Brit, gun-boat 755 Dormer Mar. 18 Bangkok PidUE Brit, cruiser 3603 Corry Jan. 5 Labuan Other Vessels Flags Tons Masters Arrived From Consignees For, When Amigo Ger. 772 Hemmet April 1 Sourabaya1,201 words
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