The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 15 September 1898
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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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Title Section19 1898-09-15 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKS MAIL EDTION. THIRD SERIES. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1898. r o 58119 words
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Article217 1898-09-15 1 CON TENTS. .rIAOiNo AR 1 LES. rhe Des-iny of the Philippines, i&i Omdurman. xfa A Unworkable Combination, 161 Kxit Li- Hung- Chang, 6 2 Assassination of the Empress of Austria 162 The Empress of Austria, j62 The War and the Navy, 102 Frenchmen at Fashoda. 102 Trade Touting "In Excelsis,'"217 words
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Domestic Occurrences.
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Article, Illustration1569 1898-09-15 1 Here shall the Pre->.-> the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain; Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, ''ledtff/i to Religion, Loyalty, and Law. (Sept. Bth.) THE important state documents printed yesterday as forwarded by General A GUI NALDO for publication1,569 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement98 1898-09-15 1 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. cat £800,000 *YE LIABILITY £800,000 as PROPRIETORS fcW RESERVE FUND £45°t<» 0 t} Hank of England. s -< KERS. > National Bank of Scotland. J The City Bank, Ltd. Singapore Branch. INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS. He 12 months 4 per cent per annum.98 words
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Advertisement197 1898-09-15 1 (JTONGXONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND 9,000,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS J Court op Directors. Hon. J.J. BELL-IRVlNG.— Chairman. R. M. Gray, Esq.— Deputy Chairman. C. Beurmann, Esq. A.J. Raymond, Esq. David Gubbay, Esq. R. L. Richardson, Esq. A. Haupt, Esq. F. Sachsk, Esq. A. McConachie,197 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous382 1898-09-15 1 THE WEEK, The next mail from Europe is due to arrive by the ?vf. M. ss. Sydney on the 20th inst.. with London advices to the 26th uit. She will be followed by the P. &O. S S. Parramatta on the _'4th inst., with the English mails of the 3rd382 words
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Article735 1898-09-15 2 (Sept. 9th.) It is perhaps only the professional soldier who can fully realise a conception of the extent of the Dervish loss* s at the recent battle of Omdurman, as telegraphed by Sir Herbert Kitchener, as a result of the latest information. They are something enormous. Here they are;735 words
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Article87 1898-09-15 2 A recent telegram says 4 In Madrid the prevailing opinion is that a joint protectorate over the Philippines would prove unworkable, and that a combination of Spanish and American methods would be calculated to lead to disastrous complications." We entirely agree. The Madrid deduction would clearly be87 words
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Article334 1898-09-15 2 Exit Li-Hung -Chang. Our special telegrams from China to-day are full of significance. The most important announcement is that of the dismissal of Li-HunG-Chang. This great Chinese statesman has of recent years been notoriously nothing but a too! of Russian aggressive policy, and as a consequence his influence has been334 words
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Article679 1898-09-15 2 (Sept. 12th.) The world is shocked to-day at the news of a crime simply appalling in its unprovoked atrocity. The EMPRESS OF Austria, a lady who has never in any way been associated with the often stormy politics of the Dual Empire of Austro- Hungary,679 words
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Article156 1898-09-15 2 The Empress of Austria was o! house of Bavaria, being second daughter the Duke Maxmilian Joseph, and to the Hang of Bavaria. She was b 1837. being therefore sixty-one y age. Married 10 the Emperor a. 4 she has had three children. Arch-du GISELA, Arch-. Juke156 words
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Article155 1898-09-15 2 Ix the ourse of a private letter jjvei this mail Admiral Cvpkian Brihui- ra m these remarks on the recosU war T*« Spanish American War is now otai st collapse )f Spain was very reaerallf cipated. bul do one seems to haveexpe ■< it to155 words
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Article764 1898-09-15 2 (Sept. 1 3th) It had to come, of course. Ihe nut poaching expedition of M. Marc hand, 3 well as the abortive joint Franco-R sian expedition of Prince Henri of BOD* BON and If. LEONTIEFF, to points on Upper Nile, were made in defiance of W cial764 words
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Article578 1898-09-15 3 im- enlistment of Distinguished Per--54 a g es RS advertising touts is now an institution o( *ong standing The parade on prospectuses, a> lYn modern iuancial Hooleygan gang, .-wells the oiumns ot the daily papers with not too &avOUiy disclosures Col. BURNABY gave Cockle's pills a578 words
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564 1898-09-15 3 (Sept. 14th.) It does not appear to be generally understood in what position the Philippines stand relatively to the Americans, to the Revolutionary Government, and to Spain. American jurisdiction on shore is limited to central Manila city, excluding certain suburbs on the north and564 words
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Article305 1898-09-15 3 Arrival o* Gbkkual Mkrritt in Singapore. Major General Wesley Merritt, Military Governor-General of the Philippines, and Commander in-Chief of the U. S. Army of Occupation, arrived from Hongkong bythe P. O. s. S. Chusan this morning, the mail getting alongside the wharf about eleven o'clock, in dismal weather,305 words
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Article246 1898-09-15 3 Mixed Foursomes por President's Prize. The first part of this competition was played off yesterday afternoon against Col. Bogey's score *****75 75, with the following result. 6 Mrs. Saunders and VV. Evans x 3 Mrs. Parson and T. N. Howard 2 3 Mrs. Lewis Jones and Capt.246 words
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Article442 1898-09-15 3 The Shanghai-Woosung Railway was opened to traffic on the ist inst. The Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club intend to produce a Pantomime at Christmas. v r. A L. Keyser's leave has been extended to October ist by the Seen tary of State. N» ws has been received442 words
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Article119 1898-09-15 3 Yesterday at i p.m.. a Teochew man uamed Loo Kian Siak went te a house in Nankin-st. the residence of a wawan named Ah Kam. They went together into a room, and on the re urn of the man who kept the house, half an hour119 words
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Article27 1898-09-15 3 Consul-General Wildman, Hongkoi.g, has received an intimation from General Greene at Manila that no Chinese will be allowed to land at Manila27 words
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Article100 1898-09-15 3 Much indignation is expressed at Kongkong says a correspondent at the terms of the Kowloon Convention, which are gradually becoming known. The Chinese reservation of Kowloon city cannot be tolerated. The Execu ive Council has been considering the Chinese Customs demands. These include three piers in Hongkong100 words
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Article, Illustration586 1898-09-15 4 *< Gentlemen, to solace their wearied minds by honest pastimes, playe at chesse, the astronomer's game, and the philosopher's game, which whettes thyr wittes, recreates theyr minds, and hurts no body in the mean season." All communications should be addressed M Chess, Singapore Free Press." Original problems586 words
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Article417 1898-09-15 4 Pillsbury did not, after all, win the Vienna Tourlament, as in the tie match Dr. Tarrasch, who cored two to one and a draw, was first. The match tournament between eleven members 4/f the I louse of Commons and eleven members of the Press Gallery, each player contesting417 words
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792 1898-09-15 4 Speaking at the luncheon following the launch of the Hongkong Maru from trie shipbuilding yard of Sir James Laing, Deptford, Sunderland. Aid. Sir Marcus Samuel said it had been a great pleasure to his firm to be connected with Japan I jr so many792 words
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Article693 1898-09-15 4 {From cur own Correspondent.} On Sunday last the members of the Malacca Club gave a tiffin to Mr. E. Broadrick, the late Vice-President of the Club, who leaves Malacca on Friday next for Province Wellesley, where he has been appointed Senior District Officer. Mr. Broadrick has been very popular693 words
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Article58 1898-09-15 4 An ice-machine has arrived and made 1 1 A sixty-six feet whale ran ashorr near Simatan and die i. Hie diameter o( the Fifty Hakkas have irrived and are settling down to r i c e c v 1 1 are. Mr A. McD. Gibson broke bis leg58 words
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121 1898-09-15 4 A RUSSIAN VICE-CONSULATE IN SEISTAN. By imperial order a Russian Vice-Consulate has been established at Seistan. This news is commented on in the National Zettung in the following terms Seistan lies in the rrontier sphere which England created between her Protectorates of Afghanistan and Beloochistan and Persia in the beginning121 words
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Article52 1898-09-15 4 Corps Orders. Head Quarter Office, Singapore, Bth Septembe liyt i. Orderly Officer for the en^ir^ Capt. C. J. Davies. Orderly Sergeant for the ensuing m%ak W. Cloke. < 2. Gunner A. W. Geekie is tr-n f frrf h reserve from this date. Monday 5.15 p.m. Lecture. Wednesday52 words
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Article100 1898-09-15 4 A home paper sa>s A n. from Guiana states that physically t% tain Dreyfus is in fairly good health, ,_,_>> L has aged very much, and is bent and r down. His mind has become ser'n affected. Solving mathematical pi j| hitherto his favourite pastime, mo100 words
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111 1898-09-15 4 From information which has reached us most reliable source, Renter appear- to oavi all wrong m his recent telegram about Am H kong and Shanghai Bank being dv: field over the Newchwang Shanhai-ki ra loan, by China's acceding to the term-111 words
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Article313 1898-09-15 4 The following story is taken frotl Gazezte In the village o' Bolshoi Sakhalin, on ihe M churian frontier, a Russian merchant l»tdi out hunting, accompanied by a t tend. White were engaged in their -port, some IB in i O official- seised the sportsmen313 words
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Article117 1898-09-15 4 Mrs Kynnersley was "At Home i terday afternoon to a very large gath ing of her Friends. An interesting of the proceedings was the final pari I tennis and golf tournament Mrs Bra dell an: Mr. Wright won the pri for the mixed doubles at tennis117 words
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Article60 1898-09-15 4 Westerr. Australia is now eapenetjci the necessity for ri^id economy Premiers budget speech mentionec Pia the estimates had been cut down I BW lion pounds, the revenue for 1890 <'' />,935,3<0 or £102,650 less than last yea The estimated expenditure is j62.713.4j. The borrowing policy is60 words
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Article799 1898-09-15 5 Mr. P. N. Galstaun, formerly Chief Engineer ot the Colonial steamer Horsburgh, Jiec on lhe 3rd inst. at Surabaya of rheumatic fever I\': ro r Henry ot Germany was to arrive apan on or about the 27th uit. from A ad'.vostock by the Deutschland Senor Don799 words
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Article130 1898-09-15 5 The homeward bound steamer the Chusan, connecting with the Arcadia at Colombo, left at 8 a.m., this morning, there being a considerable number of Singapore people to see her away. Passengers by her are Mrs. Jackson Millar, Mrs. Copley. Mrs. T A. Leach, bound for England; Mr.130 words
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Article241 1898-09-15 5 The hon'ble C. S. Pearse, who has been in Singapore for the last few days, passing through on his way homeward, has a long record of services under H. H. the Rajah of Sarawak. He joined the service as cadet in July 1875; took charge241 words
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Article447 1898-09-15 5 H. Co. VV. Y. Rkgt. t Tanjong Pagar Football Club. A Fortunate Victory for thi. Yorkshires by One Gov i. to Nil. The Recreation Club ground was the venue of play last night, and. considering the rain that had fallen in the morning, it was in very447 words
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1249 1898-09-15 5 UFrom our own Correspondents Batavia, irom the evening ot the 30th August up to to-day (3rd September), has been on one long burst of happiness and loyalty (and sore heads) and it can see its way for a continuation of the same programme until the1,249 words
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Article113 1898-09-15 5 The news that the younger brother ot Lord Kingsale, Premier Baron of Ireland, has been for some years a trumpeter on aP. and O. boa 1 reminds one (says a home paper) that the last Viscount Kinsgland was a waiter in Dublin before he suco eded113 words
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Article126 1898-09-15 5 A home paper says Among the many public-houses managed by clergymen must be numbered the only hostelry on the Sandringham estates. This is entirely under the control of the Rev. Canon Hervey, and his manager has the right of refusing to serve any customer when he thinks126 words
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Article200 1898-09-15 5 We Capital j notice that a paragraph is going the round of the press that the marriage of the Viceroy's daughter, Lady Elizabeth Bruce, with his private secretary, Mr. Babtngtoti Smith, has been definitely arranged for September 2ind and that some' of the papers add that the200 words
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87 1898-09-15 5 Says a home paper One of the social movements of the season is a ball at which nothing but Shakespearian costumes are to be worn. What character will the Doctor represent asked one lady of another, referring to a prominent member of the Shakespeare Society.87 words
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Article2198 1898-09-15 6 Charles W. Dilke - Charles W. Dilke FAll Rights Reserved.] BY THE RIGHT HON. SIR CHARLES VV. DILKE, BART., M.P. (Author of" Greater Britain,*' &c.) VI. NEW ZEALAND. New Zealand is a colony ol extraordinary interest from a great number of different points of view. It has wondrous natural beauty, fiords2,198 words
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246 1898-09-15 6 THE DUTCH CORONATION FES TIVITIES. the Dutch have ever been lamed for historic pageant, and those who are fortunate enough to be in Holland during the fetes that have been arranged to celebrate the coronation, or to speak more correctly, the inauguration, of her Majesty Oueen Wilhelmina, will witness some246 words
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Article110 1898-09-15 6 FHE TANGLIN CLUB AT HOME. At the Tanglin Ciub At Home this evening we understand that a very large number of members and their guests will be present in fancy dress 1 lie steamer Saigon, formerly the Espana, which has been laid up here for nearly five months, owing to110 words
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Article168 1898-09-15 6 A new rule is added for grants-r schools, to the effect that, subject to tk approval of the Inspector of Schook pils in the IV., V. or VI. standards, i [J* fail in one or more English subject^ be retained in the same standard fir additional year. an168 words
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204 1898-09-15 6 LORD ROSEBERY ON THE OCCUPATION OF THE WORLD. Lord Rosebery calls attention >> before lon, the whole wortj will h.\ be up and parcelled out and there mil b territory left to fight tor. He means, i g mai tiie European races wiii nave divided t whole world between them.204 words
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Article468 1898-09-15 6 A Question of JuaisotcTtot?. riiis morning Mr. Justice ffyi Jones gave judgrn nt on m tion nY case ofChopiOiiamloov.il R C Kurp mi Chetty The Chetty (Drought an actio 1- Chop Khiam 100, on ;i promissory not m $2,000 dated Sept. f8o;[, in tl Court A motion For468 words
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Article807 1898-09-15 7 Mr HUGH Clifford's new novel, il Since ■kt Bi ginning: A Tale of an Eastern Ig is mentioned in Literature of July totfa as one of the forthcoming novels in > Autumn Publishing Season. Mr W. Bioby. of Raub, and Miss Eil by, proceed to Klang807 words
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Article1444 1898-09-15 7 Qmcqitid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli Juvenal. Topics of the Week come thick and fast upon us. They try to elbow each other out of the way in their haste to be noticed Longbearded Father Nilus, reclining on his urn up by the Nyanza Lakes,1,444 words
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Article62 1898-09-15 7 The German occupation of Kiaochow Bay, the Mercury says, has proved very convenient to those German subjects resident in Shanghai who are liable for military service, for they can put in their time there and resume their trade or profession in the East or elsewhere on the expiration of62 words
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Article79 1898-09-15 7 At the present moment the British Empire is fifty-three times the size of France, fifty-two times that of Germany, three and a half times that of the United States, thrice the size of Europe, with treble the population of all the Russias. It extends over 11,000.000 square79 words
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Article165 1898-09-15 7 A Fortune in Ceylon's one Mineral or Commercial Importance. f Ceylon Observer.; We can recall the day when plumbago was Riooperton and when Rl4O was considered a handsome figure. A year ago the price stood at R350 and to-day it is R7OO per ton Plumbago is in fact more165 words
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Article355 1898-09-15 7 Rembang appears to be the land of promise t»r Java in connection with mining Concerning a concession granted to Mr J. A. Stoop to conduct exploratory diggings in the Djatirogo District the Soeralnua Handel sblad says there is a very good chance of his finding coal. It is355 words
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Article202 1898-09-15 7 Soldiers in Klkopk. Russia, of all countries on the face of rhe earth, possesses theiargest standing army, and each year it is growing larger. Every year some 280,000 conscripts join the army, which in time of peace numbers 1,000,000 men. On <\ war footing this nises to202 words
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Article247 1898-09-15 7 The Siam Free Press quotes .Mr. J. D. Ross's pro-Spanish views respecting the destiny of the Philippines as set forth in a recent letter to this journal, and makes some observations on these It says > On man) points we find ourselves in thorough agreement247 words
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Article91 1898-09-15 7 /M. Carles, of the British Pharmacy,' Bordeaux, tells us how black coffee ought to be mride. First, the beans should be carefully chosen, roasted wisely but not too well, and kept in a close but dry place. This we all know but M. Carles goes on91 words
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Article2118 1898-09-15 8 for the Singapore Free Press.) VII. Our Infantry. v L' infanterie est la reine dcs batailles." The staff is the brain, the Cavalry the eyes and ears, the artillery the shoulders, but the infantry the backbone of an army. C mpaigns can be carried on, and2,118 words
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Article477 1898-09-15 8 Notables oi^ the Tows Killkd by Bulls. Bull-fighting at Ailes is not generally of a very serious nature, the Meridional animals being, as a rule, destitute of the extreme savageness and wildness that distinguish the Spanish bull. However, Aries has a specialty which doubtless many enthusiastic aficionados477 words
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230 1898-09-15 8 Not for many years has tiie Oliver market had such a bright prospects as it has at the present time. In fact, there are very few brokers on the Metal Exchange who have fully grasped the future of the white metal. Inquiries made to-day (June230 words
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Article149 1898-09-15 8 It appears that the Japanese Government hab been disposing of the silver yen which has been called in by sending shipments to China and India through the Specie Bank. The large import of foreign rice of late has greatly assisted in the disposal of silver yen, and149 words
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Article1167 1898-09-15 8 How Soldiers are Treat m Maj. A. E. J. Cavendish ist Argyll uri s lard Highlanders, d.k.k.g., Dublin District n Military Attache with the Chinese Army in lhe Journal "of the United Service tion, says that in many respects the Ar China presents a curious example1,167 words
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Article1648 1898-09-15 9 (Written for the Singapore Free Press.) XIV. Rome Modern. There is no city in Europe which better deserves the hackneyed name of Ichabod than the so-called Eternal City and the most pathetic fact about it is its uncon--54 iousness that its glory has departed, and1,648 words
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Article127 1898-09-15 9 The Paddington Gazette states as a curious coincidence that a local builder had this week occasior. to make three separate appointments with three gentlemen whose names were respectively Mr. Ball (a trustee), Mr. Stump (a local owner of property), and Mr. Batt (another owner of property.) The127 words
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Article227 1898-09-15 9 Mr. Smalley in a curious article in Harper's on Mr. Gladstone tells, with some new embroidery, the old story of the relations of Mr. Gladstone and General Gordon. Mr. Smalley describes himself as the personal purveyor to Mr. Gladstone of the dispatch in which General Gordon described227 words
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Article126 1898-09-15 9 Selangor and Perak differ very strikingly on the subject of the restriction on the importation, sale, possession and use of arms. The penalty for a breach of the Regulation in Selangor consists of a fine not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of either kind for a126 words
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Article120 1898-09-15 9 The Friend of India says that "the Enormous Estate of the late Sir Asman Jah has descended to his only child, a boy of about six years of age. The Nizam has appointed his sister (the wife of Sir Asman Jah) sole executiix of the estate, and120 words
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Article165 1898-09-15 9 A correspondent tells the Rangoon Times that on Sunday, the 12th of June, she was in Jerusalem, listening to the Turkish military band, which plays from tour to five in the afternoon. H You may guess my astonishment," says she, when I heard them suddenly burst forth165 words
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Article328 1898-09-15 9 A batch of reports on Selangor Departments appear in the last Gazette of that State. The P. W. D. spent $1,275,365, of which 957,209 went on roads, streets, and bridges. 2o| miles of metalled cart-road cost §350,287 and 51 miles of formation $73,055. The Pahang Trunk road, 21328 words
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Article709 1898-09-15 9 A church for the Tamil Christian congregation at Taipeng has been saiv :^ned by the Bishop of Malacca It is estimated to cost §2,500. The bankrupt L. J. Chater has applied to the Court for his discharge, and Sept. 22nd has been fixed tor hearing the709 words
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Article246 1898-09-15 10 In the Mixed Foursomes competitions for President's prizes, all competitors are to play off against Col. Bogey to-morrow afternoon. The first twelve couples will play off a final round on Tuesday next, 20th instant, medal play under a fresh handicap. Col. Bogey's Score. Holes No. 1, 2,246 words
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Article410 1898-09-15 10 The Khalifa Defeated. Brilliant Cavalry Charge. Omdurman Takbn. London. Sept. 3. Telegraphic communication with the Soudan expedition is again interrupted. Communication with the Soudan expedition has neen restored. Sirdar Sir H. Kitchener telegraphs that the gunboats have cleared the whole of the fight bank of the Nile,410 words
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Article133 1898-09-15 10 The marriage of Lieutenant-Colonel A. F, Barrow, C.M.G., D 5.0., Indian Staff Corps, eldest son of Major-Genera! de S. Barrow, with Margaret, second daughter of Mr Jasper Young, of Garroch, New Gallo way. N. 8., and of 74 Gloucester Road. South Kensington, took place on Aug 11, at133 words
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1187 1898-09-15 10 An Eyb Witnesses's Account of the EventsInsurgbnts Looting an Invention of Special Correspondents. We have been allowed to take the following extracts from private letters just received from Manila from an independent and non-political source, which throw quite a different light on recent1,187 words
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Article474 1898-09-15 10 Won by the S.V.A. The first Cricket Tournament organised by the S.C.C. was concluded on Saturday, the Singapore Volunteer Artillery defeating the Officers of the Prince of Wales Own. It will be remembered the conditions were that representative teams were allowed to enter from the Officers474 words
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458 1898-09-15 10 New York, July H.— The American Pre,, erally commends the reported peace term 5 fl' the exception of the decision concerning the Phi pines, which the majority of the paper- str 0n condemn. The Daily ifasTs editorial advocating L negation of Luzon is extensively quoted458 words
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Article392 1898-09-15 10 Pi ag i i [II India. Bombay, Aug. 29. Miss Phillips, riotise*Stir* geon at the Cam,) Hospital, died from plague Ol Saturday after an illness of only seven days, A gunner on the turretsbip Umgdmle fun boa admitted to the hospital, suffering firom pklgue. Fifty-nine fresh cas s392 words
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138 1898-09-15 10 The following telegram appears in an tustraiiai exchange London, ugust 17th. The Southern Ceosi vessel in which the Antarctic Expedition fitted out by Sir George Nevvnes will s^il lor Victoria Land has completed her loading in the Thames, and will take her departure for138 words
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Article182 1898-09-15 11 An interesting sight was witnessed by a foreigner early this morning (reports the China Gazette in a recent bane), when he was awakened by hearing vjirte noise in a Chinese bakery adjoioing his residence. Being oi a somewhat inquisitive turn ol mind, not to mention his annoyance182 words
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Article43 1898-09-15 11 Accoi ling lo a t legrara received by the i in Con il at H mgkong fr »m lhe i n rol Xi toi hau, free port of that plao op d to t. i ..v on the 2nd inst43 words
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Article545 1898-09-15 11 !rhe Mansfield Oil gas Apparatus is toay described pretty fully in an advertisei Messrs. P. On -5: Sons, of Madras, principle is simple oi', pi troleum it other rich hydro carbons are ibmitt d to heal ir. a generator the re- t gas being stored and used for545 words
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Article677 1898-09-15 11 The daughter of v Mr. Punch," that is to say, of Mr. F. C. Burnand, is about to marry a county inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary. To-day there were about a hundred Municipal cases before Mr. Elcum, who managed, neverthless, to get rid of them677 words
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Article786 1898-09-15 11 Compiled by Los." The results of the unfinished matches reported last week were as follows Surrey v. Sussex. In this match Sussex made a bold bid for victory but were defeated in the end by 73 runs. Middlesex v. Leicestershire. The result was an easy win for Middlesex by786 words
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Article549 1898-09-15 11 AGUINALDO'S DISIN TEREST EDNESS. The Presidency or rHE Philippine Government. On unimpeachable authority, direct Fron a high Filipino source, the Singapore Fre\ Press is enabled to give details of an incident important in its possible future bearing on the question of the internal administration of the Philippines. General Erailio Aguinaldo549 words
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Article3854 1898-09-15 12 THE TRAIL OF THE BOOK- WORM. ••Rachel Webfing for her Children.'' In his new book Mr. Zangwill has produced one of the most melancholy and pitiless volumes that the Worm has ever writhed through. Let not the reader be afraid. The book is most fascinating the melancholy does not have3,854 words
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Article37 1898-09-15 12 I he Secretary of the Punjom Mining Co Limited, has received the following telegrar from the mines giving the result ol the August clean-up: Ihe mill ran 24 day** crushing i,(joo tons, yielding [80 o/-37 words
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Article154 1898-09-15 12 IHE DRBVI L 5 C\SK. I hk Doct wears TO hi: Kx^Mim.' Sept. o. Ai a meeting ol Oie French Cabinet Minister-- this morning M. Sarnen announced thai he will examine al! the documents in tin Dreyfus case, and will communicate the result qtliries to the Hou^e Tub154 words
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Article473 1898-09-15 13 A Parliamentary paper relating to the Yangts/e region of China— the Government decline to publish this session anything about other phases ol the Far Eastern question was issued by ithe Foreign Office the week before the last mail left home. Among the contents of the473 words
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Article443 1898-09-15 13 WA RREN CHALLENGE SHIELD k A C Co VYbst Yorkshire. it :h was fought oit on the Recreation Guh ground last evening. |l |i I) xpected that I would be an easi victory loi the R. A., but this Krj ttiot was not fulfilled, as the teams very evenly matched.443 words
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Article369 1898-09-15 13 The Local Secretary, the Raub Australian Gold Mining Company, Ltd., Singapore has received the following telegram from Raub, dated Bth August, 1898:— Crushing finished, 2, j00 tons stone realized 2, ojs oz. smelted gold. Battery was stopped in all six days for want of water. This return for369 words
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Article131 1898-09-15 13 Nagasaki-ites were somewhat excited on Monday mornins r l 22nd August, when five British inen-of-war, lhe C< uturion, Narcissus, Victorious, Handy a d Vhiting the last two torpedo boats suddenly appealed in Nagasaki harbour. As soon as possible they all commenced to coal, the band of one131 words
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Article91 1898-09-15 13 Bloodshed at Cavite. (From a China Mail Correspondent.) Manila, August 25. The other night there was a drunken brawl at Cavite, accompanied, I am sorry to say, by loss ot life. From what I hear the row was started by a cavalry man belonging to the 4th Regular91 words
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Article128 1898-09-15 13 OUR SELVES AS A CHINAMAN SEES US. A 1 hinaman living near Shanghai has been interviewed, and, among other things, says, concerning the ,4 barbarian Europeans v They certainly do not know how to amuse themselves. You never see them enjoy themselves by sitting quietly upon their ancestors' graves. They128 words
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Article185 1898-09-15 13 Hongkong has been advised by Admiral Dewey that the light- on Corregidor Island and at the mouth oi th-; Pasig were restored on the 26th uit., and that the obstructions in the Pasig River have been removed so far as to give a practicable channel of185 words
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Article537 1898-09-15 13 The water trip round Singapore is one of the commonest. Not so that undertaken by a party of four cyclists, on Sunday last, who set out to the west and returned by the east, after having gone round as much of the island as the537 words
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Article210 1898-09-15 13 Joss Chinchinjoss - RATS Joss Chinch in j oss. {With sincere regrets for 'Tung Chia.) No doubt you're very smart Tung Chia, A Patriot at heart— you are, Would you were in a cart or car, Dragged tip to Tyburn Hill. You're just the kind who muds our name Who tries the petty210 words
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Article58 1898-09-15 13 Regarding the Ningpo Joss House dispute at Shanghai it is understood that the French will give up all their claims to the Joss House and Cemetery in return for a large extension of the existing Concession to Sicawei in one direction, and to the line of the proposed boundary extension58 words
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601 1898-09-15 13 _Specially communicated to the Sin apore Translation.) It is an undeniable truism, that a political Revolution wisely carried out, is the violent means employed by nations to revindicate the sovereignty natural. y belonging to them, usurped and trodden under foot by a601 words
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408 1898-09-15 13 Sinking of Chinese Passagb Boaj. Loss 01 Many Lives. Canton, Sept. 3, iSyS. fn the Tung Koon District is a large village called Tai Fan Heung. containing a temple dedicated to Hong Kung Chut Shui. Worship at the shrine of this god is said tr408 words
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Article667 1898-09-15 14 Mr. H. N. Ferrers has arrived by last mail to join the legal firm ol Messrs. Joaquim Brothers. Mr. W. Wilson, late Clerk in the General Post Office, has been appointed keeper of the Tanah Merah Magazine. The Newspaper Economy" circular of Sir Charles Mitchell is667 words
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1898 1898-09-15 14 ro the Editor. Sir, Allow me, as an American, to express publicly my appreciation of your very able editorials of Aug. 22nd and Sept. Bth concerning the attitude of the U. S. on the Philippine question. While the decision of the proposed Commission at1,898 words
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Article320 1898-09-15 14 H.M.S. Daphne v. Batavia Cricket Club, played on Friday and Saturda) 2nd aid 3rd September, 1898. Batavia. C. D. Sarrat c Real b c H«ftern»r c Holt 11 Scutt 3j H Suermondt b Holt 9 b I'rythale 122 N. Bingley ht wkt b Holt t and b320 words
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Article149 1898-09-15 14 During a recent inquest il home lie coroner adjourned the case for ten minute: in order that the jury might get drinks. H this practice is continued, and the stat< would discharge the bill, there should be W roore difficulty in getting a jury together149 words
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Article1279 1898-09-15 15 Tuesday, September 13, 1898. Present H- Hor.uir rhe Officer Administering the Government (Sir Alex. Swettenham, k.cm.g.) The Hon. the Acting Col. Secretary (C. W. S. Kynnersley.) the Attorney-General (W. K. Col Iyer.) the Actg. Col. Treasurer F. G Pmney. M the Auditor-General (E. C. Hill.) G. S. Murray,1,279 words
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Article316 1898-09-15 15 Alleged American Obstacles. The U. S. Government having ordered Admiral Dewey to raise the blockade of Manila, it was expected that American administration in the Philippines would be produotive of great benefit to traders with these fertile islands. It may, however, surprise some of our readers316 words
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Article101 1898-09-15 15 Johore is celebrating the birthday of H. H. the Sultan on Saturday and Sunday next. On the former day H. H. entertains at a banquet a considerable number of visitors, and on Sunday the Officers of the Johore Government give a banquet in the Rest House. There will be101 words
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Article375 1898-09-15 15 Changes in China. Offices to be Amalgamated. Superfluous Officials to go. (Special to Singapore Free Press.) Hongkong, Sept. 7th, 1898. An edict was issued on August 30th abolishing the Chim-sz-fu, the Tung-chjn-se and the Six Courts. Their duties will be assumed by the Imperial Chancellory and six boards.375 words
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Article132 1898-09-15 15 TROUBLES IN CRETE. Mussulman Resistance to British Authority at Candia. The Mob Fired On. In pursuance of the decision of the foreign Admirals at Crete, the British on Tuesday took over the Tithe Office at Candia. The Mussulmans oppaaing til;,*, rise British soldiers tired, wounding several The Christian132 words
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Article30 1898-09-15 15 BRITAIN, RUSSIA AND CHINA. LI-HUNG-CHANG DISMISSED. f Special to Singapore Free Press.) Hongkong, 9th Sept. His Excellency Li-Hung-Chang has been dismissed from office by the Emperor of China.30 words
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Article210 1898-09-15 15 BRITAIN, RUSSIA, AND CHINA. Alleged Abandonment of the Open Jjoor. The Newchwang Railway Dropped. (Special to Singapore Free Press.) Hongkong, Bth bept. lt is stated authoritatively at Shanghai that Britain has abandoned the Newchwang railway. The statement that the contract with the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank is cancelled210 words
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128 1898-09-15 15 Sir Herbert Kitchener telegraphs that in the recent battle of Omdurman io.Boc Dervishes were killed, 16,000 wounded. and 3,000 were taken prisoners. London, September nth, rBgB. THE DISORDERS IN CRETE. The Massacre of Christians at Candia. The Times Correspondent at Candib. states that 800 Christians128 words
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Article55 1898-09-15 15 MURDER OF THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA. STABBEDTO DEATH IN GENEVA. AN ITALIAN ANARCHIST THE ASSASSIN. ARRESTED AFTER THE TERRIBLE CRIME. An Italian anarchist named Lucchen* murdered Her Majesty the Empress of Austria with a stiletto on Saturday in B street of Geneva. The murderer has been55 words
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78 1898-09-15 15 Stabbed in the Breast with a File. Dead in Three Hours. Details oi the assassination show thai the Empress of Austria was stabbed in the bosom with a slender triangular file. She was proceeding to the steamboat pier from the hotel, and was78 words
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Article70 1898-09-15 15 A Conspiracy Suspected. Fhere .s intense excitement in Vienna It is believed that the crime is the outcome of an Anarchist conspiracy. THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN. Peace Protocol Adopted at Madrid. The Spanish Senate has adopted the Peace Protocol THE CAPTUREOF KHARTOUM. Victorious Troops Return70 words
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Article44 1898-09-15 15 FACTION FIGHTS IN PENANG Fatal Results. [Special to Singapore Free Press*) Penang, Sept. 13th, 189 S. Faction fights have occured in the Town one or two men being killed. I The Town is quieter now. Extra Dolice have been called on duty44 words
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Article146 1898-09-15 16 BRITAIN, FRANCE AND THE NILE. The Marchand Expedition at Fashoda. The Sirdar will Turn it Out. The Incident Viewed Seriously in England. French Press Jubilant. News has reached Omdurman that a white force, believed to be French, occupies Fashoda Sir Herbert Kitchener is going there. The newspapers comment seriously on146 words
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Article92 1898-09-15 16 Further Complications. Col. Paty dv Clam Dismissed. Col. Paty dv Clam has been compulsorily •etired from the Army and has been dismissed from the Staff, owing to his machinations with Major Esterha/y in connection with the Dreyfus affair. h Minister of War Thinks Dreytus Guilty. Opposes Revision92 words
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Article79 1898-09-15 16 (Corrected up to September 14.) On London. flank 4 m/s 1 1 11 1 l demand l l ll \o Private credits 3 m/s 2/documents 3 m/s j/- f V credits 6 m/s 2/-^ FRANCE, demand 248 Germany, demand -'oo INDIA, T. T 14/1 HONGKONG, demand dis Yokohama, demand79 words
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Article111 1898-09-15 16 (September 14.; />"; $40.25 Gambier K.\%\ do. Cube No. 1 8.30" Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) 23 67 do. White, (Fair L/W=s%) „42.00 Nutmegs 110s to the lb.) 75. Mace (Banda) t 7 e Govts (Amboina) 35, Liberian Coffee M io. Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) 4.1s do. do flake111 words
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Article352 1898-09-15 16 Quotation. Capital. Paid Up. Shares Paid ,j, v Bank of China and Japan, Ltd. $2^ Nominal. C 2,000,000 450.9^8 199.875 £2.5. Deferred. £5 Buyers. 1.250 £1 Bell's Abestos Eastern Agency. $5 Sellers. I 10,000 1£ ,^4 Clear Water Dairy Farm Ltd. $100 25,000 25,000 250352 words
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Page 16 Advertisements
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Advertisement274 1898-09-15 16 "Insulinde" Hotel, SOURABAYA. THIS HOTEL AND TIFFIN HOUSE is situated in a healthy part of the Town, in the immediate vicinity of the Commercial Centre. near the Government Offices. Bazaar, Wharves, Jkc, &c. Prompi Attendance. Comfortable Rooms P Excellent Table. J. VAN KATWIJK Jr. .—Proprietor Whei visitine Sourabaya kindly tell274 words
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Page 16 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous653 1898-09-15 16 CLEARANCES. September 14, Borneo, Brit, str., Dinsdale, for Bangkok. Cheang H. Kian, Brit, str., Pentney, for PenangMalacca, Brit, str., Olsen, for Teluk Anson, via Medusa, Brit, str., Ralph, for Bangkok. Perdana, Brit, str., Marshall, for Kelantan, via ports. John Sandersen, Brit, str., Smith, for Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. Ebenezbr, Ger.653 words
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Miscellaneous1181 1898-09-15 16 VESSELS IN PORT. Men-of-Wai Flags and Tons Commanders Arrived From For Wbet Blommekdal Dut. surveov ship 17b Kliut Sep. 11 Rhio Rhio, Sep. Coronation Siam gun boat 300 R»r»g Aug. 8 Penang Repairs Zeeduif Dut. gun boat 24c Dejongh Sep. 12 Muntok Rhiu, Sep. 13 Other Vessels Flaers Tons Masters1,181 words
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