The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 December 1884
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Title Section18 1884-12-06 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. (I. S.— Vol. I.J SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, 6th DECEMBER, 1884. No. 10.18 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement15 1884-12-06 1 Wine Hr Spirit Merchants, ReguUf Monthly Supplies from Bottled Fkiits. Taile Jellies. Fkiiis in Svkip.15 words
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Advertisement269 1884-12-06 1 KATZ BROTHERS, Cigars, Tobacco, Provisions, Grocery, Hardware, Glass and Crockery-wares, Plated-ware, Lamps, Arms and Ammunitions, Saddlery and Harness Boots and Shoes, Perfumery, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Diamonds and other Precious Stones, and Watch and Clock-makers. Winks and SPIRITS. Hock and Moselles of very tine qualities. Clarets, specially selected and direct from269 words
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Advertisement117 1884-12-06 1 Ladies' \m> Gentlemen's ()i hitters. Silk and Velvets. Costumes. Millinery. I nhininifd I lats. Parasols. I >ress Materials. ii 1 C I Liec. 1 1 Ots and Shoe-. Ribbons. Haberdashery. Hosiery. orsets. Soaps. Perl umei Fancy Articles lor Presents. The dress-making department is in charge ol a qualified Assistant. Family117 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement338 1884-12-06 2 iluurrttsrmnus. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAI $7,500,000 RESERVE FUND *****,000 RESERVE FOR EQUALIZATION 1400,000 OF DIVIDENDS > RESERVE. LIABILITY OF PRO-} $7,500,000 PRIETORS riairman— A. P. M< Ew en, Esq. Deputy Chairman, Hon. F. I). Sassoon. H. L. Dalrymple, Esq. A. Mclver, Esq. H. Hoppius, Esq. W. H.338 words
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Advertisement431 1884-12-06 2 atofrtefementt.' NOTICE. Mr. Martin yon der Mohlen is authorised to sign our firm p< r pro< urati >n. KAIH NLA< H, FISCHER Co. Singapore. 17th Nov., j, G. MACKEKTOOM, WholeSali *nd Rei ml Cigar Mer< hant, 25, Raffles Place, S ip >re. I O. M\( eertoom 1 to inform the431 words
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Advertisement341 1884-12-06 2 Goldsmith \m> Jeweller. DEGS to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of <;• U pore that he is prepared to execute orders fur „r T"'' ami repairing jewellery of all kinds. n *> r All orders left at No. 588, Victoria Street nt* i the bible Depository, will be punctually am!341 words
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Article, Illustration920 1884-12-06 3 Ifcn 1 Cnawed i.y in flat nee and nnhrihed hy gain Here patriot Troth her gloi 1 r -1 i; 1. tyalty, md Li v. Ye alluded the other day to the impropriety and inexpediency o( making laws with any intention that they should not be920 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement458 1884-12-06 3 3utmitscmnus. t, KOLFF x Co., Batavia. i) 1 iirr- Publishers. Printers. Stationers. I IVI publications, Bxiks Maps, and Paper. „t A -,-iption supplied, and a large stork ol Books n"> published in Kurope, is always in different lan u.ij, kept on nand T „nondnts in Singapore and the Straits. ()HS458 words
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Advertisement675 1884-12-06 3 afobmisemcttt FURNITURE SALE. The undersigned have received instructions I Mnlayson, Ksq., leaving for Pen,,-, to sell by Public Auction, at St. Thomas's, St. Thomas's Walk, ofl River Valley Road.on Wednesday, the 17th l)e--cember, 1884, commencing at Noon. Superior Household Furniture, &c, &c, b Drawin S R *>™ "Hard Collard's Cottage675 words
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Article797 1884-12-06 4 7r OUR readers in Malacca will, we are sure, be glad to hear of some of the good things which Major McCallum has proposed to give them, which will be commenced next year. Singapore has not kept all the improvements to herself, and besides a number of minor improvements at797 words
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Article230 1884-12-06 4 THERE is one fact in connection with the proposed expenditure' em Defences which appears to merit a passing remark, and that is that the telegram which reached here in October stated that £891,000 had beam assigned lor the purpose, and that the expense ol the fortifications was to be shared230 words
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Article362 1884-12-06 4 A correspondent writes to us that the International Porestry Exhibition recently held in Edinburgh was a success in everyway. The balance at credit is to bf devoted to th* establishment of a School of Forestry likely in Edinburgh. Whilst Fran/j > 0 j i ill, «md uermany have such schools,362 words
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Article107 1884-12-06 4 < THE Penang Times of the 26th ultimo has the following -•'Notwithstanding the fell opposition of tin* Unofficial Members and the Acting (hied' Justice, the unpopular Boundaries Bill has been passed. As an unnecessary measure, certain to cause a great deal ol illfeeding, it can scarcely be surpassed, and when107 words
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Article175 1884-12-06 4 THE London Shipping Gazette says* that the German Government propose to give a subsidy of 5.400,000 marks per annum to maintain a regular mail steam line between Germany and Africa, Pastern Asia and Australia. The* Australian line would connect at Sue/. The principal line for Asia would be from Germany175 words
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Article2863 1884-12-06 5 if f OM our own Correspondent.) i r the last and the beginning of this week full ol events, and I have to record the t j OII Unkoo Abdul Majid, the opening ctii :ial i■" 1 welcome dinner to the Unkoo U.K. 11. n n ii oi Sweden2,863 words
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2548 1884-12-06 6 AN ANECDOTAL HISTORY OF Old Times Singapore. For the obj< ct and urccs ol tl Introduction to the first number in the issue ol I tSjo—Continn In March, the Government published a proclamation setting forth that the attention ofthe Governorin Council had latel) been called to the practice which prevailed2,548 words
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Article112 1884-12-06 7 To niE Editor. Sir, 1 just happen Io »cc icopyo rhe Singapore Hackney Carriage (iuide, ifr*." This little book is a handy volume ol '^->"c .v» piges aid contains very useful information as re^a.ds the I [acknev t arriage institutio i. I do not' know whether such a Guide112 words
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Article152 1884-12-06 7 To tin. Editor. Sir. Theplace for ihe Ri fl statu ha-. I been discussed in your columns, and th maj. HC m to be for the cenlreol th Ksplan id i 0 d position certainly, were il no( for the < at neural, whose towering height would I nd todwarlDELTA - 152 words
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Article654 1884-12-06 7 To r&E Editor. Sir, During adi cussioti on j ur recenl article ia, I) .fences ol Si Uj n >re, a i> an i Sfencc^ mentioned by M, Phillips. I Instructor of the S re \olun, jwrt think deserves all ntion. Il was as foil >• n.tl .„!.l be erected654 words
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Article239 1884-12-06 7 Sir,— By a Municipal Notice Tanjong Rhoo is within the limits of the Town of Singapore; by the p t < Office Kill- it might be in the maid c ol the South Pacific. It would lie nmch better for people sending letters Iran Town to the Point, Io save239 words
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Article194 1884-12-06 7 I o I hi lain OR. Sue As it may ml I ki whenci ared rived the g it< p] ,l in so useful -and orn imental aIo alit) in llie Public ))tl h will thro* light on the —Messrs. Hop! the 1 1 i 1 1 even in the194 words
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Article638 1884-12-06 8 {From Our OWn Correspondent.) Smcc my lust, the uneasiness about the Colonial Bank and the Neth. Ind. Handel-bank has somewhat sub-ided, and the respective diares of these Hanks, which stood at 4s 0 0 and 26 0 0, commence to stand firmer in th.' market. It is said,638 words
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Article527 1884-12-06 8 The defenceless condition o\ our harbours and coaling stations abroad is an old story. Attention has been called to it over and over again for years past and though no Government has everyet consented to acknowledge the dangerously weak state ofthe Navy which also was demonstrated yearsago the527 words
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Article633 1884-12-06 8 We translate the following from th<* number tor August last of the. Innales del Extreme Orient et de VAfrique: New Exploring Expedition projected by Mr. Brvu di Saint-Pol-Li \s. A party of explorers have embarked with the intention to seek out and to find a place in the richest region633 words
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Article2110 1884-12-06 8 British North Borneo has not, as yet, been honour ed, to any great extent, by the traveller, either in search ot the new. the artistic, or the scientific. N has the adjacent great trade emporium -Singapore as yet sent any great number oi its busy Commercial Magnates2,110 words
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Article502 1884-12-06 9 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVA TIONS. His Swedish Majesty's frigate Vanadis, Commodore Lagerberg with Prince Oscar, Duke ol Gotland, on board, arrived in the roads on Friday morning, the 28th ultimo. His Koy.d Highness, who had expressed a desire to be received quite unofficially, landed at mid-day, accompanied by Captain Nils Sundstrdm, Aha.,502 words
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Article803 1884-12-06 10 The Vcting Colonial En* i has been i a mparativel; lay in M sure that thi he has been bestowing Publ W< k no« in nrocress and those w appearances, w< length, some funds to di v is assuming quite a respectable appearance, and Church isreceivi f tlon nc803 words
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Article231 1884-12-06 10 (Published by arrangement with the Paris, 2%th AW.— The Chamber ol Deputies lias by a large majority voted a credit of franc i 43 millions for Tonquin. M. Ferry announced that France will permanently occupy Formosa unless the indemnity be paid. Paris,2 9 thN i TheChamberol Deputies has231 words
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Article333 1884-12-06 10 Thi rsday, 4m Dei ember, 1884. Share Market. —'Vhe. market has been in an excited state during the we k owing to the continued demand for Straits Insurance shares, and the rapid rise in price thereby caused other sfocks have remained comparatively neglected. Tanjong Pagar Dock333 words
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Article464 1884-12-06 10 Freights homewards are slightly firmer this week in oasting vi ry little doing. I X London via Canal t S.S. Altonower, due here on the s th instant, has engaged Gambier and Sago [»rat 20, Pepper and Coprah 30/. Meast _>n Hides 4 0. ancU.utta Percha 50/. S464 words
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Page 11 Advertisements
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Advertisement399 1884-12-06 11 PENINSULAR AND ORIEN L\l. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Office < llyer Quay, (ioDow ns New I larbour. MAIL p&Sji't LINES U/.\\* r r **Y<o tl 1,,, undernoted are the dates on which this CornMail Steamers may be expected to arrive at Iftnearjore during the year 1884:-- 6 Q, fM kRD. Ho.Mi:\\399 words
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Advertisement374 1884-12-06 11 1 iltiimiisnncnts. Till. STRAITS INSURANT E OMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD Oi KICE— SINGAPORE. rhe above company are accepting Marine risks at current A rates ot premium. AM contributors participate in the Bonus, whether shareholders or i 1..-. Office— Raffles Place. THOMAS BUTLER, Secreta ry, HINESE INSURANCE Co., 1.1.M1 ibl). Head Oi374 words
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Advertisement388 1884-12-06 11 Stitirrttsnuntts. SINGAPORE AND STRAITS DIRECTORY, FIRMS or individuals whose name-, were omitted, inadvertently or otherwise from the Directory for the current year, and who de-ire their name- to appear in the forthcoming edition, will oblige by communicating with the Publishers. in. Batter) Road, Singapore. Singapore, ioth Mober, 1884. No. 37,388 words
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Page 12 Advertisements
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Advertisement613 1884-12-06 12 PROGRAMME PENANG RA( E MEETING, 1885. The Members 1 Cup.— Value *ioo. Presented by the Honble M. Vermont, M. L C Forall Horses that have never won a Race on any course. Penang Sky Meetings and Roadsters excepted. Distance one mile. Weight per scale. Entrance $7, to go to the613 words
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Advertisement545 1884-12-06 12 aiibriU^rinnU*. Sixth Race. I'm; Ti NKt V CUF.— Value $100. Presented by Tunkus Eusoff and Dia Oodin. Handicap for all Galloways. Weights to be declared by Ip.m. on Wednesday. 2 1 st January. Distance one mile and a quarter. Entrance S5. to go to the Second Horse. First RACE. The545 words
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Advertisement459 1884-12-06 12 3bbrrttsrmrms. OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY •wit r 1 -AERTES, AUXMKMNON. MENBLAVS A Nestor. Antknor. Orbstbs £»cmsßa. Patroclus BRLLRRoraow. pai All CVCLOFB, SaRPEDOK. Dbvcalio*. Stektor. HP^mro. Tbucbr. Hector* J"*"**,* Jason. Gantnmw and Mbbcurv, Singapore ailU n (Sumatra.) s inu LWi AscAßiusand Famtee, Penang; and Ungkat. Hecuba, Singapore and Bangkok. The Company's Steamers459 words
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Article5929 1884-12-06 13 The Officer Administering the Government enquired whether the Hon'ble member would conclude with a motion. If r. Addis Well, Sir, -as I stated, approved of the vote for the European Nurses of the Hospital, and therefore I cannot move to strike it out, but what I wish to5,929 words
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Article2515 1884-12-06 17 STEAM- VESSELS AMENDMENT BILL. io Ci eemher, and it turns out that 1 have another heavy assize which will last over n month, "that is, over the time w hen I have to start for Singapore, on the 9th or 10th of Decern- lier. 1 have enses one of murder,2,515 words
