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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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Title Section18 1897-10-26 257 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26th, ,897 No 53518 words
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Article286 1897-10-26 257 rheTirah Expedit on, 2 <r I rafalgar Dav, 2 Britain and the Upper Nile oci The Penang Detachment, o-s Oliver s ruture, 'q ;LRf NftWS. A ppe 1! Court. Appeal by a lawyer. g Tne Kampor.g Glam Property Case, 262 Municipal Inspector of Buddings v Anguffia, s Court. %n|s286 words
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Article78 1897-10-26 257 L (Corrected up to October 25.) On London. J >ank 4 m/s 1/1 1 J m demand i/nj credits 3 m/s 1/1 1 i documents 3 m/s 1/1 1-9/16 credits 6 m/s i/nj On India. Bank demand 147^ °N HONGKOIIfc. demand prem On Yokohama. •ank demand 5% prem. On78 words
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Domestic Occurrences.
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Article21 1897-10-26 257 7 I\v I£ m D Uctober at eb.ng Tingi, Deli, the wife ot W. R. Rowland, Seremban, of a daughter.21 words
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Article25 1897-10-26 257 1 \v A u the u hurch °f SL Lawrence, Downton, j W.lts., on the 21st inst., Hrnrv H. Coleridge to Maude Kleaxor Hill.25 words
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Obituary53 1897-10-26 257 On the2oth inst., at Spottiswoode Park, Flor^ I wife of Capt. Snow, aged 31 years. At Brass Bassa Road, on the 24th instant, John Coakskk M( Donald. Aged 36. On the 17th October, at Yverdon. Switzerland, aged eight years, Bruce, the beloved son of Mabel and ot Robert Groom,53 words
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Article103 1897-10-26 257 (October 25.) JP-r. $38.25 Gambier u 6.20 j do. Cube No. 1 M 9#25 Pepper, Black (ordinary S'pore) ig.?o do. White, (Fair L/W= 5 „g* Nutmegs nos to the lb.) 78. Mace (Banda) M 75. Cloves (Amboina) i 7 5o Liberian Coffee n 25. Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality)103 words
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Article, Illustration762 1897-10-26 257 Here shall the Press the People's r.ght maintain, Onawed by influence and unbribed by gain j I'? re patriot Truth her glorious precep!s draw, Plederd to Religion, Loyalty, and Law. (Ort ?nth We have to-day the first news of the new chapter of campaign, which is the762 words
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Article366 1897-10-26 257 (Oct. 2ISt.) To-day is the anniversary of that great naval victory by virtue of which, in the Bay of Trafalgar, Admiral Lord NELSON gave to his country at one and the same time the final command of the seas, and his own illustrious life as the first naval366 words
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Page 257 Advertisements
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Advertisement42 1897-10-26 257 CRAG HOTEL, PENANG HILL. ELEVATIOII 2,260 FEKT. j- J[ > 1 'KL Charges $4.50 per day for each adult. I our Pungalows are available, The Diamond Victoria, Alice, and Dove Cot. Laws Tennis and Billiards. turther particulars apply to J. KERR,— Proprietor. 18-442 words
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Advertisement23 1897-10-26 257 PAINLESS DENTISTRY. I~\R. Stephens, Dentist, lives in Office at 6 < L-/ Battery Road. Fees moderate. Office open on Sundays. May 2; uc< 123 words
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Page 257 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous351 1897-10-26 257 The mail from Kurope arrived by the P. O. s s. Rosetta yesterday, with London advices to the ist inst. She will be followed by the M. M. s s. Ernest Simons on the 30th inst., with the English mails of the Bth inst. This mail leaves by the P351 words
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Article585 1897-10-26 258 (Oct. 23rd Dr. BOON KENG is doing good service by popularising the subject of public hygiene, and he would do more if he would devise nime rapid and convenient way of convey- j ing its elementary principles to the mind of the average Chinese inhabitant. That average Asiatic's585 words
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Article444 1897-10-26 258 I<JCI. There is a distinct indication in#O-day's wire respecting the coming evacuation of Kassala by the Italian^roops that points to the fact that in whatever degree the present Nile expedition is reasserting Egyptian interests in the Eastern Soudan there is, with all that, an indirect444 words
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Article327 1897-10-26 258 WHEN an expression of protest became imminent at Penang as to !he final removal of the military detachment stationed there we pointed out that the decision to adopt that course was not a Colonial Office decision, buc was a joint War Office and Admiralty decision. In fact,327 words
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Article690 1897-10-26 258 (Oct. 25thJ THE destiny of silver, as far as the British Government is concerned, is settled, for the present at least. Silver is to remain a? it is now, a simple commodity, used in some countries as a currency, for j want of a better. We cannot see690 words
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Article124 1897-10-26 258 Lady Mitchell will be "At Home on Thursday. October 28th, at 445 p.m. A local newspaper admits to having described the grass as green and the setting sun as red. on a recent Race afternoon, through a ham-and-egg tinted pair of spectacles The prospects in the Bentong district are considered124 words
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Article768 1897-10-26 258 Judgment was given this morning in the full Court of Appeal in the case of ttu Queen, on the prosecution of H. A. Scott Municipal Inspector of Buildings, v. M. S E. Angullia. The Acting Chief Justice stated that appellant, Angullia, wfts the owner of certain houses768 words
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Article53 1897-10-26 258 COLLM'SF; Ol THK HnoLF.V N««OTI4i to Hongkong Telegraph lientsm, October 16th.— The Jamfson-H" Syndicate has failed to obtain ratification contract for a loan of to China. negotiations have collapsed and the Hongl and Shanghai Bank and Messrs. Jardiru:, Mat son cV Co. are now jointly tendering53 words
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Article36 1897-10-26 258 To-day, beiore Mr. Wolferslan. K Ki (w»io is doing duty as Japanese was fined ten dollars lor drunkenm a disorderly behaviour in publu id Street, at J-40 a.m. His defeiu* that be was arresicd b\ mistak<36 words
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Article747 1897-10-26 259 A parcel of 45 Maxim guns on parapet mountings are about to be sent to India tor the inland Frontier posts. The Penang papers announce the death of the wife of Dr. Robert Dane, of Penang, of heart disease. The deceased lady was a sister of747 words
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Article520 1897-10-26 259 Before the Hon'bles the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Law and Mr. Justice Hyndman Jones. Appeal bv a Lawyer. The Appeal Court yesterday afternoon commenced the hearing of the case Hadjee Ahman bin Eusope v. W. C. Niblett. This was an appeal from a decision of Mr.520 words
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Article249 1897-10-26 259 {'Japan Telegrams.) The Currency in Korea. Tokio, September 30th. A telegram from Seoul j announces that an agreement has been made between the Collector of the Korean Customs and the Ist National Bank of Japan that the silver yen in circulation in Korea shall be "chopped" and249 words
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Article54 1897-10-26 259 The Model Settlement" must be a bright place to live in. It has been ascertained, says the Insurance Observer, that the highest death-rate from Bright's disease is that of Shanghai, which works out at 15 per 1,000. Frankfort comes next with 13 and then Amsterdam, the average of of which54 words
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Article847 1897-10-26 259 By the Topicist. t VIII. Hysterica. Hysterica is a maiden lady who writes novels of a peculiarly harrowing and e: plosive description, much read and admirt j by persons of a neurotic turn, who mistake turbidity for depth and pathological agonies for the latest form of the higher wisdom.847 words
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Article54 1897-10-26 259 Upon the Graf tons arrival here the Iphigenia will leave within forty-eight hours for Hongkong, via Manila. Tableaux Vivants are to be given in the Penang Town Hall on the ioth and nth of November. The Committee, which includes Mrs. J. K. Birch and Mrs. H. H. Hudson, have drawn54 words
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Article902 1897-10-26 259 (Hongkong Daily Press.j In the Far East generally the silver question has very nearly settled itself. The market has become too demoralised and precarious for the exchange banks to be ajale to trust any longer to silver as a regular means of remittance. Formerly in902 words
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Article848 1897-10-26 260 The Question of Fkeights and Dues. Straits Settlements. With regard to the Straits Settlements, Sir C. B. H. Mitchell, writing from Government House, Singapore, says The transit trade of Singapore has been greatly affected by the establishment of subsidised steamers of foreign lines, as,848 words
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Article88 1897-10-26 260 We are sorry to note that Captain Montague Henry Burton Raby, of the Ist Field battery, Royal Artillery, died at gath on Sept. 21, in his thirty-second year. He joined the Artillery Service in "1884, and became captain in I^4. Capt. Raby belonged to the88 words
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Article549 1897-10-26 260 The Indian Frontier. The Penalty Paid by the Mohmands. Bombay, Oct. 8. It is stated that a gathering of Afridis is marching to attack Jamrud. The Mohmand field force has now broken up. General Elles has resumed command of the Peshawar district. Besides the heavy loss suffered by549 words
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Article410 1897-10-26 260 Death of Lieut. Greene, 1.n.1.r. A shocking tragedy was enacted in the barracks last night, (10th) a little before midnight, while the dance was proceeding at the L. N. L. R. Officer's Mess; Lieut. Fredrick Rudolph Roth well Greene, attached to H Company of the Regiment,410 words
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Article77 1897-10-26 260 A cablegram has been received b\ the Pahang Corporation giving the August returns as follow "Jeranj Lum pong Mill— In 27 days' work 1,100 tons of stone were crushed, producing 40 tons of black tin 20 stamps costs, $10,750. Jeram Batang Mill (code word meaning number of days77 words
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Article41 1897-10-26 260 Ascot's tips for to-day are as follows Maiden Plate. Ante or Pilot. First Griffin Race. Welcome. Second Griffin Race. Wilhelmina. The Derby. Attachment. Grand Stand Cup. Zitta or Why Not. Sultan's Cup. Lord of the Isles. Governor's Cup. Egerton.41 words
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Article46 1897-10-26 260 The following are the latest scratchings Clover and Klondyke for all engagements. For the First Griffin Race. Romance, Barbara, Tinstream, Lochnagar, Thistledown, Wilhelmina, Picnic, Aguinaldo. For the Second Griffin Race. Rifleman, Jessica, The Widow, Delay. Mona, Welcome, The Scout, Robert the Devil, Molly Bawn.46 words
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Article474 1897-10-26 260 (By to-day's French Mail.) Mr. A. E. Stoddart and his team of cricketers for Australia have left by the Orient steamer Ormuz for the Antipodes. Mr. A. C. MacLaren left England a fortnight ago, and Prince Ranjitsinhji has arranged to join the ship at Naples. I* Mr.474 words
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Article507 1897-10-26 260 {By the Mail.) The Japanese battleship Yashima arrived from the Tyne at Plymouth on 17th inst., and exchanged salutes with the Devastation, port guardship at Devonport. Capt. S. Arima, of the Japanese battleship Yashima, paid his respects to the naval and military authorities at Devonport next507 words
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Article197 1897-10-26 260 Miss Elsie Adair, assisted by Mr. Vander lip, gave a successful performance in thf Town Hall last evening, when, notwith standing the dismal weather, there wa. g good house. It is a task of no small difficulty for two artistes to occupy the sta < for a197 words
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Article551 1897-10-26 260 Tales irom Shanghai. The American Cigarette Co., when the\ i r started, had order almost all of the printing material used in their business from America reluding the boxes in which the ten little delicious smokes are packed. For convenience the care board is cut and551 words
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Article246 1897-10-26 260 To-day (ihe ist October). say- the 1 w Herald, the new gold coins are being exchai for the old yen currency in silver and paper, ti L they are of handsome design and proper!) r portioned. On the obverse they bear the legc Dai Nippon,246 words
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Article23 1897-10-26 260 One Lim Sfrec Guan \va> to«daj §5 and cost'- tor allowing .< ferocKHi* dog to be at large witfiout a muz/ie i»i tf < instant.23 words
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Article701 1897-10-26 261 THE MASSACRE IN ACHIN— AND AFTER. By an Ex-Achin Resident. Interest has been revived in that stormy quarter }f the Island of Sumatra known as Achin or 1 Acheen," by the frightful massacre by pirates eported by Lloyd's agent at Penang the other day of Captain Ross and the crew701 words
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Article348 1897-10-26 261 The potentialities of Chinese-grown opium as a »ource of revenue have been brought to the notice jf the Imperial Government, which invited Sir Robert Hart to formulate a scheme of taxation. Sir Robert suggested that the drug should be taxed Tls. 60 per picul, and348 words
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Article712 1897-10-26 261 Mr. Rohde, a German, who attempted to commit suicide in the Hotel de la Paix a few days ago, is now believed to be of unsound mind. Five nuns arrived from Paris by the M. M. sS. Melbourne yesterday, two of whom will go to the712 words
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Article128 1897-10-26 261 THE WILL O' THE WISP" APPEAL. Mr. Justice Leach gave judgment this afternoon in the Magistrate's Appeal Tan Poh Tong, the owner of the s.s. Will o> the Wisp, v. the Queen on the prosecution of Capt. Craufurd. The charge was that of overcrowding, and the Captain was fined §50128 words
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Article137 1897-10-26 261 THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF HONGKONG. There is again talk that Sir Henry Blake will be sent from Jamaica to Hongkong to succeed Sir William Robinson, who is about to leave the yellow colony. The last two Governors of Jamaica, Sir Anthony Musgrave and Sir Henry Norman, went from Kingston to137 words
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Article277 1897-10-26 261 (Perak Pioneer. j The Kinta Gymkhana Club propose to hold a Sky race meeting next month. A monster sword fish was brought to the market on Thursday last. It was 30 feet long and its flesh and bones weighed 900 catties or 1,200 lbs., fat 230 catties, entrails277 words
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102 1897-10-26 261 SOCOTRA AS A SANATORIUM FOR ADEN. The idea of using Socotra as a sanatorium for Aden has been occasionally entertained. Certainly, as far as climate goes, no better selection could be made that is, if one lived among the hills. On the plains the climate is very relaxing. The cost102 words
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Article205 1897-10-26 261 Referring to the recent instance given, in this paper, of the craze for gambling, which has spread, with fatal effect, among Chinese ladies and their inferiors in the Straits, the Pinang Gazette says We think that we do not exaggerate when we say that fifty per205 words
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Article40 1897-10-26 261 Mr. A. H. Bagnall who has just returned from leave to Japan was invited to join the Straits team for Hongkong but that, in the circumstances, he is unable to do on account of the departmental work awaiting his return.40 words
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Article585 1897-10-26 261 The Regulation of Turbulence. The Voice of Cassandra. To the Editor. Sir, An old acquaintance of mine, whenever he saw any one showing signs of nervous irritability, used always to entreat the sufferer Let your hair grow quietly." This is all very well to some extent and up to585 words
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Article315 1897-10-26 261 AS OTHERS SEE US. A correspondent writes 1 met a Dutchman the other day whose mind was in a very disordered state because he had seen in the S.F.P. oor Padn''s warning that the Dutch were living on the edge of a volcano. "Ha he snarled, u and how about315 words
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Article1609 1897-10-26 262 (By the Mail.) Prempeh Prays Now. The Bishop of Sierra Leone, who, as Canon Taylor Smith, acted as chaplain to the Ashanti Expedition, has been regaling the people of Norwich with some of the deeds of blood of which King Prempeh was guilty. We pass over the1,609 words
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Article141 1897-10-26 262 EASINi Oil AT A FINISH TO BE STOPPED in Melbourne. In Australia a certain section of the sporting world are opposed to the system of easing off a horse towards the finish of a race, when either a place is to be avoided or pursuit of141 words
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Article37 1897-10-26 262 Ascot's tips for to-day are as follow First Griffin Handicap.-— Wilhelmina. Second Griffin Handicap.— Molly Bawn or Jesssica. Roadster's Handicap. Egerton. Club Clp. Attachment. TANGLIN Cup. Fairy Tale. Read Stakes. Revenged Intermediate Stakes. Pilot.37 words
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Article64 1897-10-26 262 The following are the latest scratchings. For the First Griffin Handicap.—-Wel-come, Molly Bawn, Jessica, Picnic. Delay, Rifleman, Barbara, The Scout, Mona and j Lochnagar. For the Second Griffin Handicap.—Wilhelmin a, Tinstream, Thistledown, Aguinaldo, Robert the Devil, The Widow, Romance and Lochnagar. For the Club Cup. Buccleugh. For the64 words
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Article102 1897-10-26 262 There will be a collective practice at Balestier on Sunday at 2.15 p m., of those trom whom the final selection of the Singapore team against Hongkong and Shanghai will be made. The following are invited to attend Capt. Warren, R.A, Lt. de Bury, R.A. Lt.102 words
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Article127 1897-10-26 262 A Venice correspondent writes to a mail paper During the recent severe storm in Venetia last week, which devastated the province from one end to the other, a man was hastening back from Padua to his home in a neighbouring village, smoking a pipe to warm himself127 words
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Article628 1897-10-26 262 A Choral and Orchestral Concert will be given by the Singapore Philharmonic Society on Thursday, the 28th inst. The October Monthly Medal (150 yds. handicap) will be swum for on Sunday next, 24th inst., at 9 a.m., at Tanjong Katong, the prize being a silver medal.628 words
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Article144 1897-10-26 262 I tven a curate may read this paragraph "Peter Lombard" is the recognised humourist of the Church of England, and he supplies the sail that makes the Church Times palatable to the vulgar taste. This is not bad A stranger was asked to take j the duty for a clegyman144 words
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Article202 1897-10-26 262 The hearing of the appeal in the Kam pong Glam property case, which wa commenced yesterday, was continued this morning. In this case it ill be remembered that Tunku Mahmoud. h l administrator of the estate of Suitar Ali lskander Shah claimed a declaration that202 words
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612 1897-10-26 262 The following few jottings about Ifo Salleh and other topics connected with th< recent trip of H. M. S. (phigenie ma> interest our readers There is absolutely no ne\\> of Mat Salleh or any one else. No one knows where he is. but aii a<<612 words
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Article25 1897-10-26 262 He [impetuously) For the eighth litnt < i*k koa to marry me' She (composedly) 'V >■ or the r^ht 1 time I mast >av this j«. >.(> sudden'25 words
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Article3365 1897-10-26 263 (Wednesday, Oct. 20th, 1897.) The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held this afternoon, Mr. W. Eger:on presiding. There were also present Mr. Th. Sohst. Mr. VV. Evans, Mr.* W. Nanson, Hon. J. P. Joaquim, Mr. Meyer, Mr. Tan Cheng Tuan ird Mr. hoa Giang Thye. Finance.3,365 words
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Article404 1897-10-26 263 THE "SIR JOHN COODE" DREDGER The Master of the above vessel writes as follows I beg leave to enclose for your notice, cutting from Times oj Ceylon, in case it may not have come under your notice. This cutting was enclosed in a* letter, from Colombo, to one of the404 words
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Article36 1897-10-26 263 The abstract of traffic earnings tor the month of September, 1897, shows a grand total of §54,868 which as against the cor. responding month ot 1896, namely $61,302 exhibits a decrease ot §6,434.36 words
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Article206 1897-10-26 264 Departure i or Malta. As nearly half the battalion now in the Straits will be joining their comrades o! the 2nd Battalion at Malta, they will like to sr-e this reference to the send off the regiment had when it left Aidershot An Aldershot correspondent telegraphs206 words
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Article932 1897-10-26 264 (By the Mail.) The Bank of Spain. Startling Statement. According to a dispatch from Madrid, sent by post to the Spanish frontier to avoid the censorship, the position of the Bank of Spain continues to excite much concern in business circles. Owing to the immense note circulation,932 words
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633 1897-10-26 264 Within the last few days (writes a correspondent of the Daily News) there have arrived in Odessa eighty-five female convicts from the central forwarding prisons at Moscow and Kharkoff, for embarkation to the penal island of Sakhalien. Nearly the whole of these633 words
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Article306 1897-10-26 264 150 Lives Lost. A Railway accident on a frightful scale has occurred in Mysore, on the Southern Mahratta Railway line, as the mail train, which left the city station of Bangalore en route for Mysore approached a point between Chennapatam and Mudigeri, and when contiguous306 words
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150 1897-10-26 264 1 he Japanese cruisers Matsushima and Suma arm id at Vladivostock on the 20th September, and were welcomed by some Russian naval officers specially sent out by the Russian ommander. They were conducted to a part of the harbour where foreign men-of-war, the (haha Mainichi150 words
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Article723 1897-10-26 264 A Japanese Imperial Ordinance, issued on the ist October, announces that the one yen c 3ver pieces will be withdrawn from circt ation on and after the ist April, 1898. Yesterday, before Mr. O'Sullivan, the Acting First Magistrate, Thomas Markham prosecuted Kandasami for supplying watered milk.723 words
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Article169 1897-10-26 264 The report by the Special Committee of the Legislative Council on the Jury lists for Singapore and Malacca, for the year 1898, recommends for Singapore the add i tion of more than tfcirty names which did no appear in the list as originally printed The names of169 words
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Article247 1897-10-26 264 \Fram ovr own Correspondent) Salim, who was one of the people auatKed by Muhammad Seyd on the 10th. m<j whose hand was sliced through, has sin,. died from the effect of the wound, nod cation having ensued. On Wednesday a Chinaman nam< ■<: 7 A Te attempted to commit247 words
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Article194 1897-10-26 264 THE INTER-COLONIAL RIFLE MATCH. "Spectator" in the China Afai/tx\)r<- misgivings about the Hongkong preparations for the Annual Inter-Colonial Rifle Match. He says ''Whilst on the subject of [nterport matches, might I ask who is looking aftei the Interport Rifle team and what arrangements have been made for carrying througl the194 words
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243 1897-10-26 264 MILITARY SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 1:1 Pais o\ 20th August contain- tetegran from Barcelona stating tfcat large companies soldiers have arrived from the Philippm* md* a perfectly destitute condition. Some visited the office <>f a Barcelona newspi;" f stated that the balance of their pav :<■■ tervu in the Philippine-,243 words
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Article126 1897-10-26 265 The steamer Sesshu-maru, owned by the Nada Kogyo Kaisha, left Hyogo on the 28th ult. for Shinagawa via Yokohama, and has not been seen since passing Oshima, and it is presumed she has either foundered or else become disabled during the gale of the 29th ult.,126 words
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Article115 1897-10-26 265 reported that a military commission will shortly be dispatched by the Japanese Govern- rrent to watch, with the permission of the British j authorities, the fighting which is now proceeding or the Indian frontier. Presumably the idea is j that seme experience can be acquired for115 words
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Article583 1897-10-26 265 Two Evropban Ladies Pined. It is reported a large case has just been decided b> a magistrate at Dalhousie in India, in which two huropean ladies were fined rupees f fty each for defamation of character. The case was brought by certain occupants of the hotel in583 words
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Article479 1897-10-26 265 The Government of India have received a copy of a letter which the Amir has addressed to the British Agent at Kabul regarding the action taken by His Highness on receiving a petition from the Afridi Mullahs and others of Tirah. The Amir writes the Afridis had479 words
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Article123 1897-10-26 265 Sir sayad Ahmed Khan, K. C.5.1., writing in the Aligarh Institute Gazette observes If the Sultan is the Caliph, he is the Caliph only in that country which he governs and for those Muhammadans only who owe him allegiance he is Caliph only in that123 words
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Article197 1897-10-26 265 The wreck of the P. and O. s.s. Aden, on the east end of Socotra in June last, is still fresh in the public recollection. The survivors were rescued in the nick of time, and since then the ship is reported to have broken up197 words
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Article329 1897-10-26 265 Tortured by the Grand Lama. He says he is glad he went through it. The Times of India says another letter has been received in Bombay from Mr. A. Henry Savage Landor, who has just returned to India after an unsuccessful attempt to reach Lhassa. He329 words
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Article26 1897-10-26 265 The? &O. mail steamer Ravenna left Hongkorg at i pm. yesterday, and may be expe* ted h ertr at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, the 27th in?t26 words
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Article745 1897-10-26 265 The Tanglin Ciub Race Week "At Home 91 was held last night. Mr. Riccard, Superintendent of Police at Penang, who has been ill recently, is now well enough to leave hospital. The Acting Attorney-General stated in Council that he had heard members of the bar complain745 words
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Article1131 1897-10-26 265 Quicquid agunt homines nostn est farrago libel 1 1. JUVINAL. It is refreshing, after wading through columns of Anti-British Billingsgate in the few American papers that find their way hither, to come upon an article in Harper's breathing an appreciative and friendly spirit towards England. The1,131 words
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1619 1897-10-26 266 The Hon'ble Dr. Lim Boon Keng gave an interesting and instructive lecture at the Prinsep Street Chapel, last evening, under the auspices of the Chinese Christian Association, the subject chosen being ''Public health and popular prejudices." This lecture has been previously delivered before the Chinese1,619 words
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Article114 1897-10-26 266 Ascot s tips tor to-day are as follows Open Griffin Handicap. Wilhelmina. Scurry Stars. Vanitas or Fairy Tale. Intermediate Handicap. Aventine. Horse Handicap.— Lord of the Isles. LATEST SCRATCHINGS. I he following are the latest scratchings For the Open Griffin Handicap. Romance, Rifleman, Barbara, Folly, The Scout, Robert114 words
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Article200 1897-10-26 266 An auction sale of freehold and leasehold lar.ds and houses situate in Solomonstreet and at Kallang and Rochore district* was held yesterday by Messrs. Hong Tek Chye pursuant to an order of che Court. Lot i, fourteen pieces of leasehold land, 23,10c sq. feet in area, in Jalan200 words
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Article265 1897-10-26 266 Head Quarter Office, Singapore, October 21st, 1897. 1. Orderly Officer for the ensuing week, 2nd Lieut. F. Hilton. Orderly Sergeant for the ensuing week, Sergeant H. A. E. Thomson. 2. Major R. Dunman having been placed on the sick list, Capt. W. G. St. Clair will act265 words
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Article338 1897-10-26 266 Colonel Frowd- Walker, CMC, commandant of the Malay States Guides, returned to Singapore from Pekan by the Lady Longden yesterday. We are sorry to hear that the Colonel has been down with (ever. Yesterday morning, in the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Father Duvello338 words
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Article147 1897-10-26 266 The following telegraphic correspondence between His Excellency the Governor and the Secretary of State on ti < subject ot the withdrawal of th* TrotMK from Penang, was laid on table to-dav (i) To Secretary of State, London. Meeting Penang inhabitants protest again* removal ot Troops. Resolutions go147 words
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Article7469 1897-10-26 266 A Remarkable Prm ti< i S( okk. Yesterday afternoon at Balestier there was a collective practice shoot of those who have been selected as the Singapore team for the approaching annual match against Hongkong and Shanghai The performance on this occasion was an exceptionally fine one,7,469 words
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Article4188 1897-10-26 269 AUTUMN MEETING. FIRST DAY.— October 19th, 1897. lommittet.—C. Sugden, Esq. Chairman; J. R. Cuthbertson. Esq. T. E. Earle Esq. W. Egerton, Esq. H. Fort, Esq. J. C. D. Jones, Esq. Capt. Warren, r.a. Judge.— C. Sugden, Esq. Asst. Judge and 'Ct^e- Keeper.— C. E. Velge, Esq. Handicappers.4,188 words
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Article2225 1897-10-26 270 The racing yesterday afternoon, taking it all round, was very good. The course was in good condition, and the weather all that could be desired. Calder's backers had it all their own way, as he got first past the post in five out of the six races2,225 words
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Article936 1897-10-26 270 raider on runtan finished nrst in tne rceaa Stakes on the -tcond day, but was disqualified fofouling. Notes and Comments. j When we saw the handicaps for Saturday's races we thought the winners looked easy enough to pick. This, however, did not prove to be the936 words
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Article822 1897-10-26 271 I The Governor, who never looked better, was arming!) garmented in a dainty grey cashmere trcck suit. The skirts very long and full and hung beautifully behind. A drab shell hat the culmination ot a very chic costume. Mr. Kynnersley came in a quiet sober-looking Msnmil^suit,822 words
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Article374 1897-10-26 271 11 Blug from the Native States. "It is reported from Tapah that some Bengalees who owed a countryman money made him drunk and then hanged him. Verily the Bengalees appear to have got hold of a very convenient way of paying off debts. This is the second case of374 words
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Article195 1897-10-26 271 A circular is being issued to shareholders to the effect that the prospects at the Mine not being so favourable as war anticipated and the returns for the past few months having fallen off so considerably, the nine- at date have been reduced to about195 words
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Correspondence.
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Letter207 1897-10-26 271 To the Editor. Sir, I have been requested by Lord Clinton, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Devon, to intimate to all Devonians now resident in Malaya, that, at a County meeting recently held at Exeter, it has been unanimously resolved to establish a County Hospitals Endowment207 words
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Article555 1897-10-26 271 Re Ang Kiti Cheng, Ex-parte The Acting Official Assignee. Mr. Koek for the Acting fficial Assignee, Mr. Brydges for Goh Peek Leong, the purchaser. This case was heard before Mr. Justice Leach on Friday, the judgment being as follows The question in this matter is whether the acting555 words
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Article202 1897-10-26 271 The outward P. and O. mail steamer Rosetta, arriving this evening and leaving to-morrow, will take away the Straits Cricketers to meet Hongkong and Shanghai at the former port. The dates of the matches are. Nov. Bth and 9th.— Straits v. Hongkong. Nov. 10th and nth.—202 words
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Page 271 Advertisements
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Advertisement204 1897-10-26 271 Raffles Hotel. PATRONIZED by Royalty, Nobility and Distinguished Personages, including H R. H. Prince Damrong. H. R. H. Prince Sevaster. His Grace The Du' e of Newcastle. The Right Hon'bleThe Earl 01 Dysart Lord and Lady Braye. Lord Dormer. Lord Cecil Lord Valletort. Major General Sir Henry Collett, K.C.B Sir204 words
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SELANGOR GAZETTE.
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330 1897-10-26 272 The Times states that the Cabinet has decided to decline to re-open the Indian mints, or to enter into any monetary conference, but the Government will very likely intimate that it is prepared to consider further or alternative proposals by the United States330 words
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Article123 1897-10-26 272 The Times statement on the currency i question, wired on Tuesday, that the Cabinet has decided to decline to re-open the Indian mints, or to enter into any mone- tary conference, has been confirmed. [It I was also added on Tuesday that the Gov- ernment would123 words
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Article93 1897-10-26 272 The Tirah Expedition. Casualties at Dargai. There were 163 casualties at the capture Capt. C. B. Judge, 2nd Gurkas, Capt. W E. Clifton Smith, Derbyshire Regt. Lieut. Alex. Lamont, Gordon Highlanders. Wounded. Major Forbes Macb:an, Gordons Lieut. Kenneth Dingwall, Gordons; Capt. J. G Robinson, 2nd Gurkhas Capt.93 words
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Article45 1897-10-26 272 The new Cabinet at Madrid has drafted a note to the American Government stating that is the intention of the Spanish Government to grant autonomy to Cuba and complaining strongly of the failure of America to arrest filibustering expeditions to Cuba. SILVER.45 words
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Article193 1897-10-26 272 The official correspondence on the Silver Question has been published. France and America are prepared to open their mints to tfce free coinage of silver and gold, such silver being leeal tender to an unlimited amount at a ratio of 15* to one. The Government of India,193 words
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Article184 1897-10-26 272 Hongkong ft Sh«*hai Bank. p™' «ic££s l£Z £f B k (rf C h n a*,apa»,Ud. g** U^^ New Harbour Dock Co., Ltd. $300 ord. r nUS *r do do. $150 pref.}* 350 000 350,000 I J'» ;«[»V« New Prye River Dock Co, Ltd. $102 Buyers.184 words
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Page 272 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous594 1897-10-26 272 m CLEARANCES. October 25. Palamcotta, Brit, str., Windebank, for Calcutta, via ports. Amherst, Brit, str., Rozells, for Klang and T. Anson. Medusa, Brit, str., Ralph, tor Bangkok. Pakan, Brit, str., Scott, forMuar. Hye Leong, Brit, str., Shepherd, for T. Anson, via ports. Bbsitang, Dut. str., Voor, for P. Brandan. Van594 words
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Miscellaneous1577 1897-10-26 272 VESSELS IN PORT. Men-of-Wat Flags and Tons Commanders Arrived From For wt Pl H O I vpr IA Brit, crusier 3600 Dudding Oct. 17 Sandakan £h. E D R N" LANDEN Eu^rirsiSf l£ U $3£ Zeed.ng Dut. gun boat 427 De Bos oS". f, RWo Achee c Other Vessels Flags1,577 words
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