The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 October 1884

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  • 26 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. A Weskly Newspaper. S Vol. 1 SINGAP* >R] SA nRD W. 4 n X f< >BER 18J No. 1
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  • 491 1 i hag L> goh It< tablish an m W *ekly N.< p>r in Singapore to be called Tl Sin* or Free Press and Mer* wiiii Advertiser, under wliieh name a paper was firsi started here fifty j which had for its proprietors al different tim Mi Napier, Mr. J.
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    • 118 1 tUibrrttftttttntts. JOHN 1 1 1 ILE ft Co., H. ty j tts, Regular Monthly Supplies from CX. SS] I Bl t\( K\\ ELL and JOHN MOIR I N Pickles. S rets. Jams Jellies. Bottled Fruits. Pr llsati ft Soups. Ox Tongues. Table Jell. Fruits IN Si OdLm :<t Fruits. ii
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    • 227 1 .^tiliruiormnuo. i< >li\ Ll ll LE (v. Have lately Goods I RI PROM I'll-- ft LURIM INO GOSNI ft Co Office Station. :o am. DISCNIPTIONS Fancy Stationrni MiNuaDi nni r Cards w..: m o Cases Drsks a Blotting Pads. 1). ns.in loi.D Si:.\ 1 ,< W n 111 s Pow
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 381 2 •auurrttsrmrms. W 1 Co An \i iai NMIS M I Stars colls* ros i v 1 mm Sals Rooms 1 OMMRRCIAI Soi I Ag, Lancashire ln<u>ancc Cat Housi 11. 'i d Pi i< ni rußi I Pok Salr. N A v Almeirah- Ice Bedsteads ron) lew*. S 1 i: dre
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    • 506 2 ilUDrmscmnus. IM lIS 1 1 lin ou open to re.t ive boa the buil which a ill be found on ii !,U1 i; ted on the sea-beach, 1 11 and 1 I position isi 1 the To. Apartmenti lor families and bachelor* 1 barges family I ni upst. rs, I
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    • 385 2 ilti lint tsrmrnts. PHOI \PH!t I oio- n !:om I t!< le to Ufa ttgM .ud the neighbouring Id. md* frami d ii.iM.io >N< ,N DSH \n*.i: BANKING I ORPORATION PAID-I P I Mi rll §7,500,000 RESERVE PCM) 1 RI 51 k\ POR EQUALIZAI l< >N I OF DIVIDENDS 4
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  • 35 3 On the 30th Sq 1 El his resick nee, h*chard Road, J l. an Iv-iini.i ii L vmulut, aged 4S years. In London, on the Ist instant. Hi. rou Thomas POWELL, formerly of Singapore.
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  • 780 3 SINGAPORE. 4th OCTOBER 1884 Here shut' the Pnm the People's rici.t mnintar.i iflocsca aad vabrlbed bj fpato i matt I r gut tap ■•11 w PltdgSd to Religion, Loyalty, aad Law. A.s wr tak.' up the pen to write the first art;, le in this re-issue „f the Si NT,
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  • 1025 3 M.VNN ol our readers are aware that it w.is intended I <• commence this paper in September, but as the Ivpe and press did not arrive In mi 1 md. m unt il thai in. mf h had < unmen- < ed, w-• vv aited unt il the b. -ginning
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    • 167 3 N I I I r1 1 I an i I monthly.'! to as then I. S tained al N delivei The charge for the I 1- the iid in advance, d 1 I All communication led f 1 Edil I departmeni order to t delay, I Edil md not to
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  • 132 4 Wl have been asked wher.' the line "***!> H ti b\ ;n':U(Uc<- tind Mubtibcd by ttgtH IS to be found, whii h is at the end of a sentence in our pi .unit as. lin greater pari of the p tragraph was taken froi i tin- original prospet tvs of
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  • 495 4 Wl li ye received si m*al nllinuiliir.it l< ills r h fe'e-eia c [t) til i i of this pa Among othi ib, Me wo. vvii. names are ye; tami liar .adeed t" Singapore, ('mot t hem w rote rirsl it i,," <i mgral ulati you i in yout having
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  • 250 4 A new system Of binding DOokt, by means Of a machine for using pieces ol bent wire in the place of hand sewing with thread, has reached Singapore in the last tew years, and its bad elteet in this climate has DOU had time to demonstrate itself very strongly. We
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  • 1507 4 Tiii.Rp has b.en a good deal of talk lately about the appearance of our public buildings. and theneu style of colouring that has been adopted. In matters of this sort, it becomes a question Of individual opinion, based upon a more or less accurate knowledge of certain rules ot taste
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  • 764 5 Wl mv expi i oui thank itol he gentlean who hat sen! us -van. correspondence from North Borneo. He ia the first, we hope, of numerous corre pond nl in the neighbouring count, ii \a.l those arho aetitf us in this wav iiriv remember that their contributions will b published
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  • 70 5 Wl. hear from Penang that there has been a serious increase in gang robberies there and in the Province, one gang robbery with murd.r having occurred in the Province, and two e.iim robberies in Penang, within the last few days. It is said that these are probably due to several
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  • 460 5 \\'i: regret to notice the .hath ot Mr. J U. L.XMI'KR I who died at his residence in Orchard Road, on Tuesday lie came to Singapore about thirty years ago, and worked ua ier Captain MAYNE, in tin* P. \V. 1).. superintending lie- erection ol Port Canning. Afterwards he was
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  • 588 6 I iii Ladies' Lawn [*ennis Club teo »f illj started b) Mi Di in U DSi >N ha 9 assumed i cry d< finite pn >p< >rt v ins, and as soon as the fiirl hi iiming ra< es ar.- over, will 1" iopened. general meeting was held in the
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  • 734 6 A Meeting ol Ihi D bating So ietj was la.! on Tuesd ty ev< ming at ;he Fi n sons' Lodge. A pap. raas i el by Mr IIiM \u i Newton on the composition of air, i conStituents and its impurities, illustrated by fifteen or twenty exp riments a
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  • 408 6 THE NEW ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, LIMITED. Ihe list of applicat shares in. this company closes at 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon for Lor.. and on the 15th 1 I tor India; but e are glad be able to announce authoritatively that the din have already den ided, in consequence of
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  • 2801 11 M I* Settlement < lad to Mil,' f. Ml.ll L- 111 ill)- p.,p, I upon his in the SeUlenn the pub!.- sas whit h vv a: a .ill to wish lam a d i Ia n I health in the old country, nothing ol
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  • 1174 12 Sia-ap-.-' ---'d S, pi r>; I M I I 1 rial bred?' w t l Ossip. m.c I' tha aa p. Hai. in I- I" 11 I'"' dial i iha tort, ..ad I aKra) fc 1 I !,Mt ,1 lul ible te- the vandal as Papa b <
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  • 242 12 1 1 iibiko .or the forthcoming rting '.nb i- going on steadily, and although the pro< ings of a morning I ive not b „me past, Iwh .a abm i atti ding, yd »att( a- to be improving in this n i the! bm Fi the lotti ■di
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  • 1026 12 (fret* estr own Correspondent.) I have gai'e little hewi ibis time, as I have been very much OCCU] d have been prevented from send i these few i earlier, but I hope il may suit your ..ml 1 will try 1 vide better next time. the present time
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  • 873 13 1 1 rem n Ctwreeg edent During the laM month August p.,rtv o! hinese ambit r Planters' representatives arrived Irom Singapore nd inspected several portions of land near Sandakan Bay, with a View tO open up the country fot iambirr cultivation. They M.utd, however, that, without more
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  • 1632 13 ■Ir. m our c'en Correspondent. I hrf.v. distim t i urrents ol opinion ,-xist bare <>n the I Fgypt ian question the tirst, and th.c largest and j wisest, which believes Fngland will never have the j country till laam c bads the wav in d: anterastedness S
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  • 72 14 Published by nrriuigi nun: ict'th tlu "Stt tgtti I i ntt'S. I France, P*ris t 30/4 Aa// The h't-eta h harob*. i are summoned to nie.-t on t 4th h tober. im. Soudan. <"'' i-v/ -A 7. land Wolsele) hai fi Bl led E iw h I lare
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  • 247 14 Ia i i ,i', i i a a 111 at d cot equ adv r investment I i o dvi na tht. i i i K re «''Hy increased in Singapor* md a nearly dent i intei led in i in. or mon I papei f
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  • 379 14 Business in band and H lac pr parte dv: i:\o the past month has been comparatively small, which is aw ing. na d> ul t, in .1 or eat m. a- ure to the tightness ol the money m.uk-i. but we look ier bttter things again wh, a
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  • 557 14 1 Ht >1 1 1 1 a tlaiag at prasaat. Ihe a a\ tha r i 11 one port a d I i v^ I i I tei in--. v McGtlverj 1,210 tons. loUvef] i I S. S 11- seen v 1 Si)') t,, lv a a r
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  • 1583 15 I I" Ii I il Wis d li \i I Ford, A I |v Mi, lu 'd I■' I i Itr. 1 1 1 1 1 a l '.ai 1 J s Me a, ,M<•. I, .at I) Sen Mala.'. S < of I Neo 1 .y l.i
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  • 207 15 M Perks, thi I llectoi md Maj irate ol Klang, was tried last v I I id. at nl N a i t. ,1 by a Jin ol avail Kurop. an I iii iminal mi ippropriati nol ia i a 1 1 1 1 1 monet <i.■■ a 1
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    • 376 15 SfttttifOßnttl, Do Nor tii row A wan' THE USED stamps ON VOI'I' LLTTI-US CHKVKLKY X: Co., ABKRG.W KNNY, KNGKANI), an- huyere of ntted to \age xtamhs of the Straits Settlements and Hongkong, in large "r small quantities, at Wli killing ter liumlred C.eh bt return mail. Can he sent hv
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    • 352 16 Itiludi .Mill: I .el. ty. aul colours best I 1 m- ra| i on. 1 ting, p1 i 1 I I 1 tc. imed Despat. h. 1 1 I H I I 1 make, with patent \V es. v. terbury Clocks. M Ito v air for choice, special^ for this
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    • 430 16 auumie ts w. 1 \,ce for all H H a declared value frory vll stone, with an allowance of I 1 1 A Race for all Ponies, ij.;, and nnder 1 I race in the Colon* •log j f m I ntranee. I Val A Selling Race for all I
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    • 465 16 auDrrtisnurms LASH < \H( I OVI I vt; I\n 1 KIL v t and i ich. nil. inch game na from Sh ri ca 11 1 anps, all a: air. ws. ties, and 1 at a 1 edit* ti nt, 1 MAI /ia 1 Plain, fancy, checked and pompadoui d
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  • 1243 17 I'IMDAV, j .11 seitemijkr, i w. I i; i nan i ■M EXCELLENCY Till: OFFICER ADMIXISTEIMXd THE GOVERNMENT CVA 11. SMI Ml, .M.(,. Hk Honour ili.' Artiri« Chief Justice I T. T. PoEO i. Bartl tfa Of <■!■ Conua ling the Tro pi Lieut.-Coloncl A. Flai.ks dto Send
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  • 1877 18 Che IwfOnaev-GKNP.RAi. Sir, 1 rise to move the sv.nd n-adm ft v important measure. hen the measure was introduced in Mas Lc-t. it w 1,1111 t! B«l ttndertheccsnancrati, n of th, Indian <l .veriiment. expect, Dg almost dailj a communication fro,,, them. Then h:,s Jjeiay, but that
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  • 2500 18 I srvwaxni-GaXainuL This I>dl is introduced at the request of the Secretary «»t >' tor the ('"'onus. [\>r some time past there have been complaints, by foreign 1 >* ruin, uts. ami the i ivcrnnient <>t the German hmperor in particular, as to lermau snd <>i er
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