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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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Title Section18 1897-05-04 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY, MAY 4th, 1897. No 510.18 words
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Article279 1897-05-04 1 Lbadivg Art i cuts. Ine lax on bmpping, 274 Imperial Budget, 274 Police Court. *0i I I Ma. ay States Guides Bill, 281 Births and Deaths Registration, 281 Indian Immigration Bill, 281,282 The Burials Ordinance, 282,282 jelebu Mining and Trading Co., 284 I c Harris n, 275 ilacca, 276279 words
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Article98 1897-05-04 1 (April 3.] I'm $34.02^ Gambier 6.10 do. Cube No. 1 9-5° Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) IS3° do. White, (Fair L/W— s% 23. Nutmegs 1 10s to the Ib.) 63. Mace (Banda) 75Cloves (Amboina) 17.50 L ben an Coffee 2 Tapioca, pearl (Fair quality) 3.70 do. do flake (do. do.)98 words
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Domestic Occurreneces.
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Article49 1897-05-04 1 At Kuala Lumpor, Selangor, on the 27th inst., the wife of H. O Rowe, of a son. On the 30th ultimo, at Penang, the wife of J. Normak Dick, of a son. On the 2nd instant, at Lauriston, Leonie Hill, the wffe of Jackson Millar, of a daughter.49 words
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Article40 1897-05-04 1 Lowell-Wall. On April 29th, at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, August Rene, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lowell, Castfe Lodge, Singapore, to Jeaxnie Agnes, third daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wall, The Sand, Dumfries.40 words
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Article53 1897-05-04 1 At Serangoon Road, on the 30th April, Mary, wife of xMr. J. J. Minjoot. Ajjed 45. Funeral from the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd at 4 p.m. to-morrow. On April 30th, 1897, at Samarang, Java» Archie Douglas, youngest son of Captain A. Dunlop S.S. Giang Ann, aged 1 year53 words
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Article, Illustration621 1897-05-04 1 (April 27th.) Even those who feel that Greece has been utterly in the wrong in her vainglorious war demonstrations against Turkey must yet be glad to see that the Greek fighting temper is not fallen so low as to let Turkey have a walk over through621 words
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Article551 1897-05-04 1 (April 28th.) Nemesis the Avenger, in two or three short weeks at most, has exacted from Greece the retribution that is rightly her fate as the wilful firebrand of Europe. Individually Greece's power was contemptible to start with, but unfortunately the relative impotence of the nation in no way551 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement110 1897-05-04 1 ST. ANDREW'S HOUSE, SINGAPORE. ST. ANDRFW'S House is a Home where boys attending tht Raffles Institution may be boarded, and givei. Christian instruction and training according to tne teaching of the Church of England. It has been established for the convenience of hose who come from other Settlements, as well110 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous398 1897-05-04 1 THE WEEK. The mail trom Europe arrived by the M. M. S.S Natal this morning, with London advices to the 9th ultimo. She will be followed by the P. O. S.S. Kaisar-i--hind on the 10th inst., with the English mail of the 16th ultimo. This mail leaves by the M.398 words
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Article379 1897-05-04 2 We give to-day a criticism, from the shipowners' or ship agents 1 point of view, of the new Bill which proposes to raise funds for the erection of Government Immigrant Examination Depots by the imposition of a tax of one dollar on all coolie immigrants into the379 words
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Article414 1897-05-04 2 (April 29th.) The Greek Bouk', or Chamber of Representatives, has been summoned together as a matter of urgency and it will no doubt sit in permanence until Greece finds a deliverance from her present unfortunate plight. The public tension that arose at Athens as a result414 words
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Article1091 1897-05-04 2 (April 30th.) The single thing that the commercial communities of Singapore and Penang are for the present bound to do is to see that they understand to the full what the Chinese Immigrant Depot Bill is, what it will do, and what indirect results may arise1,091 words
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Article271 1897-05-04 2 (May i st.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer for more reasons than one is a man to be envied and congratulated. By common consent of all parties in the House of Commons he has been as an official parliamentarian a pronounced and continuous success ever since he271 words
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Article194 1897-05-04 2 The news from the centre of Europe*: disturbance is that there has been a Cab net crisis at Athens, resulting in the d smissal of M. Delyannis, and tlur summoning of M. Ralli. as Premier. A- rule it is an imprudent thing to swop hor>tin194 words
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Article717 1897-05-04 2 (May 3rd.} The current of ill fortune still rum steadily against Greece. On the wester: side where such minor successes as her troops had scored were recorded, thinghave taken a turn for the worse. At the mouth of the Gulf of Arta the Greek cruisers and717 words
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Article383 1897-05-04 3 cases of plague have occurred in ,be area of foreign municipal govern- in Tientsin has been extended by 800 m. lures of Capt. Byrne's funeral at Has ir. death is recorded of M. Lallemant itier, of the French Consulate-gene Shanghai. Hongkong papers record a plucky •>»383 words
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Correspondence.
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Article90 1897-05-04 3 To the Editor. Dear Sir,— While driving home last evening after dark, I just escaped a serious accident. When passing near the New Market, I suddenly came upon a low twowheeled trap, driving on the wrong side of the road, and without lamps. It was90 words
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Article94 1897-05-04 3 According to the China Mail there is a chance of the West Yorkshire not coming to Singapore in succession to the Rifle Brigade. That paper says: "We learn that negotiations are in progress to retain the West Yorkshire Regiment in the Colony for another year. The proposed arrangement94 words
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Article127 1897-05-04 3 The Chinese are reported to be getting more and more insolent in the Settlements at Shanghai. This is only to be expected after the humiliating collapse of the Municipal Council on the wheelbarrow question. The ratepayers of Shanghai are evidently preparing for a brush with the127 words
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Article102 1897-05-04 3 The S. C. C. Lawn Tennis Tournament will probably be concluded this evening, Woodroffe meeting Wright in the final of the B. class singles. Last evening Ainslie, the holder, defeated Egerton in the final of the championship. On Thursday last the score stood at 10-8,102 words
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100 1897-05-04 3 The Working Committee has sketched out a rough programme for the day's celebration A parade in the morning of the Volunteers and men-of-war's men, with a short choral service in the Cathedral a fete at the British Consulate in the afternoon, foreigners of all nationalities100 words
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Article285 1897-05-04 3 Important Speeches. London, April I. The annual banquet ol the Royal Colonial Institute was held last night, when about 400 representative persons attended. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, presided, and among those present were The Duke of Cambridge, the Marquis of Lome (vice-president),285 words
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Article1690 1897-05-04 3 An extraordinary meeting o! shareholders in the above Company was held at Hongkong on the 20th instant. Mr. D. Gillies presided. The Chairman said, before addressing the meeting on its object, he would ask Mr. Blarney to read his report. He was sorry the report had1,690 words
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Article145 1897-05-04 3 The Ratepayers' Meeting. Resignation of the Municipal Council. [Special telegram to the Daily Press. Shanghai, April 21.— The Ratepayers' Meeting held this afternoon ["to consider the question of the collection of the licence fee for wheelbarrows plying for hire imposed by the Annual Meeting of Ratepayers145 words
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Article74 1897-05-04 3 A boy in the employ of Miss Hodgkins, of the Raffles Girls school, was given into custody last evening. He it appears was given some money to pay a bill, which was never paid. Wh^n taxed with the offence the boy said he lost the money on the way to74 words
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Article73 1897-05-04 4 The License Fees. A special meeting of the Shanghai Municipal ratepayers was to have been held on Wednesday the 21st inst., to consider the question of the collection of the license fee for wheelbarrows plying for hire, imposed by the annual Meeting of Ratepayers held on the73 words
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Article324 1897-05-04 4 11 Envoy of God.'' The Brigand Crusades," Antonio Conseilheiro, uho is now calling himself the Messiah, has committed a bloodthirsty outrage in Brazil, almost annihilating a Government force. With 8,000 followers he wa^ entrenched at Canudas, in the Bahia district, and he there defeated a Government force324 words
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Article176 1897-05-04 4 PATRIOTISM OR INSANITY." The sublime sell (as the friend of the late Professor Drummond's, who sent it to us from England by the mail for the amusement of our readers, styled the little joke printed yesterday) has taken very well. The victims are really of two classes ist, Those who176 words
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Article225 1897-05-04 4 What though I've all the qualities to make a first rate shipping clerk, What though I lie so readily I'd almost beat old Nick I'm lolling here as lazily as any spark in Regent's Park, With nought 10 do but listen to the clocks unceasing tick.225 words
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Article46 1897-05-04 4 A >mall-footed Macau woman, the wife cf Lee Chua, formerly managing coolie at the Opium Farm, living at Cheang Wong Seng Place, who wa^ attacked hy her husband on Saturday night and badly cut about the I rt<! nd body. <~ri yesterday a»thv re<*i'' 11 jnrw46 words
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Article1269 1897-05-04 4 The reign of Kang-li, the second ruler of the Tsing dynasty, is famous as the longest recorded in Chinese history, and the completion of its sixtieth anniversary in 172 1 was commemorated by a national fete on the highest scale of Imperial splendour. Doubtless the details1,269 words
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Article468 1897-05-04 4 (By Mrs. Alicia Littlr.) The Anti-foot binding movement is gaining ground rapidly in China. Mr. Chow, a distinguished literate of Suifu, had his attention called to the matter by the sufferings of his own little girl of seven years old, and at the same time received468 words
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Article157 1897-05-04 4 The watchman in the employ of the Transatlantic Trading Co., who was concerned in the abstraction of a case of mirrors from the Company's godowns at Spottiswoode, was brought before Mr. Wilkinson yesterday, charged with theft as a servant, and with assisting in the disposal of stolen propety. Prisoner was157 words
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Article631 1897-05-04 4 {From our own Correspondent.* Owing to the breakdown of one of the Assistant Superintendents of Police in Penang Mr. Stewart, who had been acting as Chief Police Officer in Malacca, left for Penan by the Teutonia on Monday last to take up duty in Penang. Mr. Cuscaden j§ ;x631 words
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208 1897-05-04 4 MR. CHAMBERLAIN OF THE VICTORIAN." CELEBRATION The following circular despatch from the Secretary of State is published in the Gazette —The question has recently been submitted to me whether any joint or uniform action should be taken in Her Majesty's colonial possessions for the celebration of the sixtieth year of208 words
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Article55 1897-05-04 4 Mr. Spencer, the aeronaut, made ft bai* loon ascent and parachute dcfOCOl at Canton on the 19th inst in the presence of tl)e \iceroy and a l^rg^ crowd vvnit up to a height of [,500 Ft and flighted in a snial! pond without nijury but Nifi55 words
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Article37 1897-05-04 4 B.da. a Malay uomar.. livir.g in Gaylang road, went ,ut \esterda\ to niakf IOOK purchases, leaving the back cit ot open Duung her absence her boxe?- were ntitd, and ies\e!i»:rv and saror-tj** valued »t J^ 1 5*37 words
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315 1897-05-04 5 Anglo-Indian writes thus to the Kditor of the Pa Mmti Gazette Your correspondent Orient is probably right n (questioning whether the Mahommedans of India gUHilllj acknowledge the Sultan as their spiritual head. But th they do take a warm interest in l\ t -untenance of315 words
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532 1897-05-04 5 AN EXCITING OCCURRENCE AT THE DINDINGS. Mi VV. C. Michel] write- a> follows to ti.( Editor of the Pinang Gazette: The 101 l wing unusual incident, which took place here during my absence in Penang t<»: the Easter Holidays, may prove of interest to some of your readers. SI rtlv532 words
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Article1494 1897-05-04 5 At the Shanghai Volunteer Inspection there were 314 officers and men on parade out of a total strength of 363. The Hongkong branch of the China Association have presented an address to Sir Claude Mac Donald. Lady Twynam, wife of Sir William Twynam, Ceylon, died at1,494 words
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Article258 1897-05-04 5 A clever though, as it happened, unsuccessful swindle was perpetrated by a Chinaman named Koh Kirn Wah yesterday. hi.victims being also Chinese. He went to a tinsmith's shop and bought tu<> cpj He had a bag on his shoulde., wniii I said contained §25 in copper, but258 words
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Article248 1897-05-04 5 A sampan coolie yesterday who was about to proceed to China was excellently fooled by a compatriot and robbed. The success of the rust- by which this was done almost passes comprehension. The coolie came ashore yesterday with a bag of money containing §34.50 o > his shoulder248 words
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Article111 1897-05-04 5 Under date 9th April the Tientsin correspondent of the Siianghai Mercury writes —It is rumoured here amongst officials that it is left to France and Russia to do the needful for the Peking-Hankou railway line. They are to find the Tls. 20,000,000. The Russo-' hinese Bank is111 words
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Article86 1897-05-04 5 Looker-on writes in the 'Japan Gazette I understand that in all probability the programme for the Diamond Jubilee Celebration Day will include a cycle parade. Why shouldn't it be a fancy dress parade with prizes for the three best, the decoration of the machines as well as86 words
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Article72 1897-05-04 5 The Birmingham jewellers are working night and day in connection with the Diamond Jubilee. They have made fifteen million medah and six million brooches, orders coming from all over the world. If the medals made were placed rim to rim they would extend 295 miles, and if72 words
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Article69 1897-05-04 5 The present extraordinary ris<r in the price of coals is referred to in the Japan Times. The cost, in Japan, is put at $2 36 per ton more in April this year than in April last. The increased outlay for the N. V. K. is estimated at $590.°°°. The glassware69 words
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Article1043 1897-05-04 6 {Contributed.) It seems a good thing to keep the proposed Ordinance to provide Funds for the building of Immigrant Examination Depots well before those interested, in all its possible bearings, as, on a closer consideration than could be given to it on its appearance, in your issue of1,043 words
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Article586 1897-05-04 6 Being Wednesday, several good gallops were done this morning on the course, although it was rather misty when the horses tirsi came out, and it was difficult to tell exactly what they were doing on the far side. The outside track was open, and the goingAscot - 586 words
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Article72 1897-05-04 6 The Sinivenpao publishes a report to ihc ertect that the Chinese Government are negotiating a loan of ioo million taels from an English syndicate through the agency of Sir Robert Hart, and that the security for the loan will be the entire likin receipts of the province72 words
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Article1021 1897-05-04 6 I All Rights Reserved, j (Written lor the Singapore Free Press.) Circe. VI. A sore subject with thee, my Tityrus, whose bruised heart still aches at the touch of memory but it were impossible to describe the Genus Passenger without including Her. She is on every ship,1,021 words
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Article181 1897-05-04 6 We see that reports from native sourcerepresent that the rising in Szechuan. provoked by the famine which has also prevailed in some portions of Hupeh. has come to an end with the capture and execution of the leader, who, with three of hibrothers, his lieutenant, and some181 words
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Article60 1897-05-04 6 A Bengali dhobi named Kuman was this morning sentenced to pay a fine o! $100 or undergo six weeks' imprisonment for criminal brea< h of trust with respect to ten trousers, eleven <:oat-. and uth^r articles. Two months ago they were given him to wash by the60 words
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Article294 1897-05-04 6 Bombay, April 20. The Plague returns for Sunday and Monday show 72 cases and Bcj deaths, the mortality from all causes being 240. Bombay, April 21. The Plague returns tor yesterday show 42 cases and 30 deaths, the mjrtality from all causes being 96. The influx of people294 words
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Article148 1897-05-04 6 On arrival from Amoy yesterday ni<: Bn!^!i s.S. Glaucus landed one pa^sen^er. suffering from s call-pox, at th^ quarantine >i.ition. St. (ieorge's Bnll <>n the 2jrd in>i. iiy the tinglisbmen of Penang and Province 'VVllrsley, w-iit off very well, md uvafi ii :merou^lv h t t'Midtrd. A system, ->ay» the148 words
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Article1074 1897-05-04 7 Personal Notes. (Pall Mall Gagette.j Three and thirty years ago a picturesque scene was enacted in the Danish capital. A deputation of Greeks we ought to call them Hellenes, but we do not a deputation of Greeks demanded an audience of Frederick VII., the old King of1,074 words
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Article707 1897-05-04 7 Mr. F. J. H all i fax proceeds to Malacca on Saturday to take up. the duties of District Officer, Alor Gajah. The Mail despatched from Singapore to London, via Marseilles, on the 6th April, was delivered on the 27th instant. H. M. Sloop Algerine, under707 words
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Article230 1897-05-04 7 A collision occurred last night in the Straits of Rhio between the SS. Penang (Capt. Taylor) and the S.S. Giang Seng (Capt. Follett), two vessels belonging to Messrs. Tan Kirn Tian and Co. The Penang left Singapore last evening about 5-30 on her usual run, Cheribon,230 words
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Article186 1897-05-04 7 A private letter received to-day from Berlin, (dated the 4th April) says We got such a shock yesterday. Lady Lascelles, the wife of our Ambassador, died yesterday morning, and our bazaar was held at the Embassy only a week last Wednesday. The day of the186 words
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Article404 1897-05-04 7 The line of succession to the English throne can readily be traced back to very remote times, the accuracy with which the records of the royal family have been kept rendering the task comparatively easy. Queen Victoria is the niece of William IV., who was404 words
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Article175 1897-05-04 7 After many years of consideration the Municipal Commissioners provided in the Budget for 1897 a vote of $15,000 for commencing works intended to improve the condition of the Stamford R :.u O It is proposed during the current ■■<■-. to construct a dam between Institution Bridge and175 words
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Article591 1897-05-04 7 A Rupture with the Buddhist Authorities They Refuse Permission to Touch the Sacred Relk The King indignant. These details of the visit of the King to the great Buddhist Temple at Kanciy on the 21st inst. are given in the Ceylon Observer There was591 words
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Article144 1897-05-04 7 The Hon'ble J. M. B. Vermont arri\cd from Penang by the s.s. Secundra this morning to attend the meeting of the Legislative Council this afternoon. Mr. R. L. Thomson who preceded Mr. Chirol as general agent of the Time± correspondence in the Far East passed through by the last mail.144 words
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Advertisement141 1897-05-04 7 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY. n Ccici v_y iiH ncr kj nice Singapore, April 29th, 1897. 1. Orderly Officer for the ensuing week, 2nd Lt. F. G. Benjafield. 2. The following members having been duly elected are posted to Sub-divi-ions a- follows. Grs. \V. C. Harris, n aid F. Anstiss to D.141 words
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Article2101 1897-05-04 8 G. Lacy Hillier - G. Lacy Hillier. FAll Rights Reserved.] by (By Arrangement, for the Singapore Free Press.) VII. Cyc ling as a Fine Art. Perhaps the title of the present article may ..ause some remark amongst my readers. I can quite conceive that some of them, who may feel njlined2,101 words
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Article394 1897-05-04 8 Sergeant J. Collins of the Singapore Police, having arrived here yesterday, (20th) to take charge of the accused Adolphe Kunke to be taken in custody to Singapore, appeared before Mr. Moor at the Police Court yesterday noon. The accused was brought up from remand. The Police394 words
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Article164 1897-05-04 8 Mr. YVilberg, a young !Jimbula planter, employed, we believe, by Mr. Dunstnure, did a very unlucky thing yesterday (says a Ceylon comtemporary). Meeting some friends who were going to China, lie accompanied them on the P. O. launch to the Rohxlla, and went on board with them,164 words
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Article212 1897-05-04 8 (Malay Mail.) Mr. C. W. Baker, Assistant Engineer, Ipoh, now on leave in Kngland will not return to Perak. He is retiring from the service owin^ to continued ill health. We are sorry to hear that both Messrs. Walsh and Bagnall are unwell. The Ipoh folk have decided212 words
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Article125 1897-05-04 8 Mr. L. I Fraser. of Tras, i- in Singapore just now. He has been granted land on the Sirapam river by Mr. Swettenham and is to make h road in o the concision. He hope^ 'o get a tair >up|j!\ tin from it eventually. He tells as that Jr. Daly,125 words
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Article734 1897-05-04 8 The mortality for the week ended April 24th, was 1 86, a ratio per mille of 46 Inspector Patterson of Tanjong Pagar Dock Co. succeeded in getting Saman. a sailor on the s.s. Celebes, convicted ot stealing a brass pin and pot, while the vessel was734 words
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Article5850 1897-05-04 9 Thursday, April 29th, 1897. Present H E. the Governor (Sir C. B. Mitchell, g.c.m.g.) The Hon. the Acting Col. Secretary (C. W. S. Kyn;ier>!ey.) the Actg Col. Treasurer (F. G. Penney.) the Acting Colonial Engineer (Major F. J. Anderson, r.e.j the Attorney-General (\V. R. Collyer.) J. M. B.5,850 words
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477 1897-05-04 10 Tokio, April 6th. The Japanese Government has lodged a strong protest with the Hawaiian Government against the recent prohibition of the landing of Japanese emigrants, and also against the proposed incorporation of the island with the United States. A dispatch received by the Government477 words
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Article90 1897-05-04 10 Estates Going Abeggikg. The Diario Popular of Sao Paulo -a\s that the country newepapers statt that the owners of a large number of plantation? are inclined, owing to want of working capital, i. sell them. They say that about 200 coffee escates ii splendid condition gie90 words
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Article535 1897-05-04 10 The heavy rain which we had yesterday morning made the course rather sticky, but still the going was good and most of the horses were pushed along. Bruin (Smith) did a fair gallop but pulled up lame I do not think now that he car. possibly535 words
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Article108 1897-05-04 10 The summons against the Strait- Lftttle Co., for illegally attempting to export fifteen cattle to Palembang on April i&i in contravention of the Quarantine Order of March 6th. was called on at 10-30 this morning. Mr. Fort appeared for the defence, but the police were not108 words
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Article146 1897-05-04 10 From Fenang corner the >ad intelligence of the death of Mrs. Wats, wife o! Mr Robert Yeats, of Messrs. Boustead Co which occurred somewhat suddenly at early hour on Tuesday, the jjth inst Tin cause is understood to have been hear: disease. Ihe /'irian^ Gaictt< say- Mrs. Yeats, who had146 words
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Article23 1897-05-04 11 (Special to Hongkong Telegraph.) Swatow; April 22nd. The plague is bad Britain a radius of thirty It of this port.23 words
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Article237 1897-05-04 11 pt > hr Spleches Applauded to the Echo, Thk Tax to be Raised at all Hazards. (Special to Hongkong Telegraph.) The Ratepayers' Meeting yesterday (21st) as very largely attended. Sir Nicolas Han- n presided. Mr. Little moved that the Council's action in issuing licenses to the237 words
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Article116 1897-05-04 11 (EIGN CONCESSIONS <>F AMOY. 1£ lv. 1 g I V -gy 0 p h L'orr.j it tew days a^o that a deputy ot the uhkieti h id turned up here with instrucirk out settlements for the Japanese (iov nments. Sad official has now Kxh iiow to submit his report to116 words
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Article120 1897-05-04 11 rom the Mine ana^er's report for the lonth ending March 31st. ug, This was carried on regularly for 30 iys, vi ashing 960 tons from the mine for a yield )/>. 2 dwts. of gold, and 940 tons of HeadB»s tor 100 o/s. of gold. Milling was resumed on120 words
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Article231 1897-05-04 11 1 "ommenting on President Kru^er's recent oftenre speeches, and the impudent violation of the mention ot 1 884., the Daily Mail says With .i wir -taring him in the face with the just, unittsfied claims of the Uitlanders steadily growing mportance and with the obligations231 words
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Article88 1897-05-04 11 I\ \'-w Japanese steamer called the fan Mam arrived from Europe this r ling ra rente to Japan, and will leave r destination af'.rr coaling at the n wharf. Sord Lloyd steamer Stettin which I from .V w Guinea on the jtfth in--1 *as this morning docked at88 words
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Article36 1897-05-04 11 S. C. C. v. R. A. Oh what a fall was there, my countrymen." The Club was defeated by eight goals to one last night, a record of which the Club are not proud.36 words
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Article280 1897-05-04 11 There is a thoughtful article on the opening up of China in the current Westminster Review by Mr. William Robertson, who having spent observant years in the East, is entitled to speak. He does not give us very much hope. The solution of the problem, he says,280 words
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181 1897-05-04 11 Some tune has elapsed since we published the news that a subsidUed line of Danish steamers to the Far East was to be established, and, having seen nothing further ot the project, we had come to the conclusion thai the inquiries made181 words
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Article167 1897-05-04 11 The Very Revd. Christopher Mazery arrived from Penang yesterday morning by the Secundra to take up his new duties here as Vicar General ot the Diocese of Malacca and Vicar of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, in the place of the lamented Canon Delouette. He167 words
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Article143 1897-05-04 11 An extraordinary story reaches the Hongkong Telegraph from Kowloon regarding a shipment of dried salt fish stored in a godown there. It is reported that the fish came up from Borneo in the steamer Deucalion a few days ago, and the odour it threw off was143 words
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Article162 1897-05-04 11 It is difficult to know what would happen in tyre circles in the event of a rubber famine. Yet such a contingency is not so very far removed as might be imagined. For some years past the price of rubber has been steadily advancing, by reason of the fact162 words
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370 1897-05-04 11 Arrival of the Penang." The S.s. Penang, Capt. Taylor, which was in collision with the S S. Giang Seng on Wednesday night, came into port this morning, anchoring in the Roads at 10-15 a.m. Finding that she was making no water yesterday the cargo370 words
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Article134 1897-05-04 11 Yesterday Chee .Swee Hang, a bankrupt, was brought before Mr. Wilkinson, charged at the instance of the Official Assignee, that on or about May nth, and August 14th, 1896, at Singapore, after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition by him, within four months next before such presentation134 words
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Article327 1897-05-04 11 To find a really new joke in these blase times is an achievement worth boasting of. The following, which Peter Lombard has produced for the readers of Church Times will, we think, be appreciated for its novelty The following recipe hails from New York Take a spool327 words
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Article79 1897-05-04 11 Major the Hon. C. Lambton, 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, has relieved Major Helyar in command of the Depot Companies. This queer telegram reaches the Saigon papers Movement of British Cruisers. Paris, April 14. Fourteen British cruisers passed through the Sue/ Canal during the month of March. This unusual movement is79 words
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Article727 1897-05-04 11 Harmston's Circus visits Deli en route from Penang to Singapore. The following vessels are due to arrive, viz. S.S. Tambora from Batavia to-morrow, Bogstad from Japan within the next ten days and Teucer from China, about the same time. Congratulations to A. P.,' who is nOw727 words
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Article1238 1897-05-04 12 Quicquid agunt homines nostnest farrago libelli, Juvenal. It is rather amusing that stern and virtuous old Kruger should be called on by fate to play the severe and rigorous role of Manlius Torquatus, to his little grand child who uttered in public the cusses against England1,238 words
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Article920 1897-05-04 12 The fifteenth ordinary general meeting of the Jelebu Mining and Trading Company was held to-day in the Exchange Rooms, Mr. ,J. P. Joaquim. Chairman, presiding. The minutes of the last general meeting were read and confirmed. The Chairman said the Directors' report having been in920 words
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Article176 1897-05-04 12 The following appointments are made, consequent on the retirement of the hon'ble A. M. Skinner, CMC The hon'ble C. W. S. Kynnersley to be R. C, Penang. Mr. A. P. Talbot, R. C, Malacca. Mr. E. M. Merewether to be Ass. Col. Sec. and Clerk of Councils. Mr.176 words
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Article172 1897-05-04 12 In order to carry out the Naval Extension Programme approved of by the Diet the following ships, belonging to the first period, are now in course of building abroad. Their tonnages, speed, and the times of completion are respectively as follow Ist class battleship Shikishima, 15,037 tons,172 words
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Article674 1897-05-04 12 The Dangers or Cowardly Native Creus A business Correspondent writes: With reference to the Penang-Giang Seng collision, a good deal is now being said about the shameful cowardice and utterly bad behaviour of part of the Penang crew who even deserted their ship -gainst or ders and674 words
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Article196 1897-05-04 12 The steamer Agapanthui arrived from Mororan on Saturday laden with a Urge cargo of Japanese coals consigned to the P. O. Company and the MessagerieMaritime* Company. The French transport CaJnnur> irrivi d alongside the Borneo whari this morning with troops. The Paketvaart steamer Vmn OmtluH was docked at196 words
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Article2248 1897-05-04 13 John Dill Ross - John Dill Ross. Bi XI. Constantinople. The hnperator Nikolai 11. is a fine new full-powered steamer named after the new Emperor. She is a capital seaboat, and her admirably planned saloons and cabins are most comfortable. The ships officers were courteous, and all that we wanted2,248 words
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Article306 1897-05-04 13 On Saturday the case against Yanjoorsah, manager of the Straits Cattle Trading Company, was again called on, a second summons having been issued, and a new charge added as follows That he the said Vanjoorsah on or about the 2nd April, 1897. dt Singapore did move306 words
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Article75 1897-05-04 13 A painful accident occurred on board the s. s. Giang Ann at Samarang on the 28th inst. The ayah of Captain Dunlop was walking on deck, with her charge, the little son of the Captain, while cargo was being taken in. when a sling of iron bars swung round and75 words
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Article741 1897-05-04 13 Admiral Bush, of Bangkok, went to Europe per to-day's German mail to take expert advi c concerning his eyes. H. M. S. Algenne left yesterday mon ing for Hongkong to join the squadron of Admiral Buffer in the north. Her consort, the Phoenix, preceded her a741 words
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Article125 1897-05-04 14 The Hon'ble C. W. S. Kynnersley has been elected President, A. \V. O'Sullivan Captain, and VV. Gilmore Ellis, Hon. Secty. of the Club. Result of competition for a prize given by H.M.S. Pique, two rounds medal play, h'cap. score. W. Grigor Taylor ...48 48 10 86125 words
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Article425 1897-05-04 14 SUCCESS Ol THK PIBLit OPPOSITION. The Hongkong papers have received a copy of :ne correspondence that has p<^>ed between the Government and the Colonial Office regarding the proposal to make a fixed tariff on shipping of 2^ ce;'t-> a ton, as li^ht ciutts. The following is425 words
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Article149 1897-05-04 14 "The Pinlwson Cup." The annual competition between SubJivisions ol the S. V. A. for this musketry prize, presented by j. Finlayson Esq., took place at Bal^stier range on Saturday afternoon. The weapon used was the Martini-Metford carbine which is lent to the cyclists to do a musketry course. The149 words
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Article143 1897-05-04 14 I he German mail steamer Bayern, which came in from China yesterday morning, and sailed for Europe at twelve "o'clock this morning, is taking away an exceptional number of passengers, both from China and the East, and from Singapore. The wharf and vessel was positively crowded this morning with friends143 words
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Article155 1897-05-04 14 The Late Christie Palmerston. To the Editor. Dear Sir, I shall be much obliged if you could find space in your columns for the enclosed account, published in a Brisbane paper, of the late Christie Palmerston (who died at Kuala Pilah in January last for the perusal of his155 words
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Article645 1897-05-04 14 News has been received of the death, in the Straits Settlements, of Christie Palmerston, the well known North Queensland prospector. His death (says the Northern Miner) removes a man who was a prominent figure in North Queensland from 1875 to 1889. He was probably the best645 words
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532 1897-05-04 14 To the Editor. Sir, Under the heading "Special Expenditure" in the Estimates for 1897, l le Government of SeJangor nav^ set down the sum of $50,000 to be paid as Exchange Compensation to officers who suffer from the fall in the valut of the532 words
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Article820 1897-05-04 14 Costs Against the Crown. Judgment was given this morning by Mr. Justice Leach in the case of Regina, on the prosecution of Loo Koon Hee (respondent) v. Kupa Mutoo (appellant) as His Lordship said This is an appeal from the decision of two magistrates The appellant was purported820 words
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Article74 1897-05-04 14 The members of the Regent's Counul are speaking very highly of the Queen's business ability. She displays a memory of details, extending even to figures, and a grasp of affairs that astonishes her advisers, and is especially creditable in a country where the Queen is not74 words
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Article93 1897-05-04 14 We (China Mail) understand the PostmasterGeneral at Singapore is unable to join the conference on postal matters which it was intended to hold at Shanghai. He will however come to Hongkong, and Mr. Kopsch 'the Head of the new Chinese Postal Service) wil! therefore come down93 words
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208 1897-05-04 14 MURDER OF A FRENCH PRIEST IN KWANGSI. A telegram has been received by the Rev. J- W. Martinet, of the French Procuration ot the M ssion Etrangeres de r'aris, Hongkong, from Kwnshen, Kwanj/M, dated April 19, stating that the mission chapelat Lo-Li had been pillaged, and a young missionary named208 words
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Article47 1897-05-04 14 Ail* r juii^ ist t it- following will bethe >c -il'- ot l i^l it *nH liarbcHir 'lues at Por* 1 >! son and Pengkalaa Komj»t*:— 'Stc*oi*f* ou^ cent a ton i triji, wsti loP ;i month Sailing craf* ol ivci ji ton burthen lialf a :*i trip47 words
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Article2839 1897-05-04 15 Notes and Anticipations. During the past week some very good work has been done on the tracks, but uniortunately the possible fields seem to be getting smaller and smaller, owing to casualties in training. Bruin broke down on Saturday last I never did expect him to get toAscot - 2,839 words
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Article89 1897-05-04 15 The Mastodon Minstrels" of H. M.S. Rainbow were to appear at Hongkong on the 29th ult. and Ist inst. The M. M. Company's steamer Salazie left Saigon at 3 a.m. yesterday and may be expected here on Tuesday at daylight. She will most probably be dispatched about 3 p.m. the89 words
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Article195 1897-05-04 15 (Hongkong Tel. Corr.J Swatow, April 21st. Your telegram calling for information respecting the ravages of the plague in this district reached me to-day and I at once instituted inquiries. Tali-po seems to be the only placj where Black Plague is causing much ra natitty. unquestionably epidemic there.195 words
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Article87 1897-05-04 15 Speaking of Sir Walter Besant/s proposal to institute an Empire Day which would help to keep green the memory of the reign of Queen Victoria, an Indian paper remarks that if Sir Walter Besant's suggestion takes effect, it is to be hoped that it will have a better fate than87 words
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Page 15 Advertisements
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Advertisement350 1897-05-04 15 Ayer's Cherry Pectoral For Colds, Coughs, Bronchitis, Sore Throat, Influenza, and Incipient Consumption, no remedy approaches Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It has Long heen the most popular and successful anodyne expectorant in Pharmacy, and is even ivheru approved and recomniencK-d by the Faculty. It t soothes the inflamed membrane, breaks up350 words
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Article118 1897-05-04 16 THE GRECO.TURKISH WAR. Larissa Captured by the Turks. Six Days' Hard Fighting. The Turks have occupied Larissa after six Hays' constant fighting. (The Greeks Routed Pursued by Turkish Cavalry. War Correspondents in Danger. A decisive battle was fought on Friday near Tyrnavos, and resulted in the Greek118 words
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Article105 1897-05-04 16 I THE GRECO-TURKISH WAR. opular Ferment at Athens. Perilous Position of the Dynasty. Indignation at the Retreat of the Army. The Staff Recalled on a Charge of Cowardice. A Panic in the Dark. There is dangerous popular discontent at Athens. The feeling is .strong that Friday's retreat105 words
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Article77 1897-05-04 16 THE GRECO-TURKISH Easier Situation at Athens. The Chamber Meets. The Larissa Rout. Crete to be Neutral. At Athens the situation is quieter. The Greek Chamber has been convoked. The flight of the Greek troops from a splendid position at Larissa is considered to be inexplicable, except through77 words
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Article87 1897-05-04 16 THE GRECO.TURKISH WAR. Operations in Epirus. The Greeks are losing ground in Epirus. The Campaign in Thessaly. A Turkish attack on elestino has been repulsed with heavy loss. Velestino is a railway junction eight miles west oi Volo. 1 The Powers, Crete, and Greece. The Powers87 words
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Article30 1897-05-04 16 ondon, THE GRECO.TURKISH WAR. Delyannis Dismissed. A New Greek Cabinet. M. Delyannis, the Greek Premier, refusing to resign, has been dismissed. M. Ralli has formed a Cabinet.30 words
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Article10 1897-05-04 16 The Turks have occupied Trikhala unopposed.10 words
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Article67 1897-05-04 16 Provision Against War Possibilities. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, in his statement on the Budget, said there would be found to be a careful framing of the Estimates in view af the war cloud in the East, jf which no one could foresee the duration and extent. Estimated67 words
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Article40 1897-05-04 16 The Cape Garrison to be Reinforced. It has been decided to add half a million to the Navy Estimates, and to increase the garrison at the Cape, in order to maintain a paramount position in Africa.40 words
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Article27 1897-05-04 16 I Foreign and Colonial Postage has been reduced to 2d. per half ounce. Lord Salisbury has returned to London. I London, Ist May, 1597.27 words
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Article116 1897-05-04 16 THE? GRECOTURKISH More Greek Defeats. Retreat on Volo. The Greeks have been defeated at Pentepigadia and have retreated on Arta. They have also been defeated at Velestino, and have retreated on Volo. Mob Feeling at Athens. Insulting Demonstration against the Duchess of Sparta. She Takes Refuge in116 words
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Article314 1897-05-04 16 Quotation. Capita] Paid op Shares Pd. bi». HoneKung At Shangnai Bank 173 prem. $10,000,000 $10,000,000 80,000 125 ii.siyr. (19.970 A *>■ N, hanKotCbma $24 £500,000 44©0-»s<> J 29.955* 4« Pou* rrs. $100 Sellers. C 750 jfci Bw.wrcr.. At]atanLtd. $2$ Nominal. .^2000,000 ;£4s°-908 '99.875 **•> Deferrei.314 words
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Page 16 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous468 1897-05-04 16 CLEARANCES. May j» Chelydra, Brit, str., Cass, for Hongkong. Calypso, Brit, str., McGill, for Penang and Deli. Amherst. Brit, str., Nicol, for Klang and T. Anson. Isabella, Brit, str., Hudson, for Muar. Hye Lbong, Brit, str., Shepherd, for T. Anson, via ports. Hong Leong, Brit, str., Fripp, for Samarang, via468 words
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Miscellaneous1175 1897-05-04 16 VESSELS IN PORT. Men-of-War Flags and Tons Commanders Arrived From For, When Iphigenia Brit, cruiser 3600 Dudding Mar. 15 England Other Vessels Flags Tons Masters Arrived From Consignees For, When Agapanthus Brit. 2866 Tod May 1 Mororan Mess. Mar. Aglaia Aust. 1 173 Bargstollen May 1 Calcutta R.Schmidt Calcutta, May1,175 words
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