The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 July 1886

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44 56 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 8 44 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. lJ ul >' 24, 1886.
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  • 585 44 Dks. Engler and Jans/ are, by the exercise of their peculiar skill, doing a great deal of good in Bangalore. We have paid a casual visit to their surgery to see for ourselves what is being done in the way of cures. Of course we speak
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  • Page 44 Advertisements
    • 482 44 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING ORPORAI lON. PAID-UP CAPITAI £500 RESERVE PUND I4JW 00 RESERVE FOR EQUALIZATION t j;oo,ooo OF DIVIDENDS RESERVE, LIABILITY OF PRO-j ..$7,500,000 PRIETOR > (01 R I 01 I )M i < rORS hairman Hon. I Sassoom. Deputy hairman, A M' Ivbr, Esq H L Dalrymple, Esq.
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    • 200 44 Sftbertoniteittf. BTEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN S N'GAPORE AND FREMANTLE. Tl|| v. tralianCo.'s steames NATAL" ra dizeS by the StraUs and We* Austral! I rnment, will Ix bed on or about the follow galling on each offers she mil call at Kin H :A hb irton, &c > v -> Fn mantle.
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    • 332 44 ittibrrttsrmnus. SAYLE cS: CO., LIMITED, CABINET-MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, LOOKIN&GtASS MANUFACTURERS, AND HOUSE-FURNISHERS Orders can now be executed for every description o f CABINET FURNITURE. A full Staff oj practical Cahinet-makers, I'pholstererj and French Polishers kept on the premises under the sup rvision of an experienced English Assistant. Suites o\ furniture and
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  • 1702 45 Mere shall the Tress the People's right maintahfc Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain; Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, Pledged to Religion, Loyalty, and Law. THE Hon'ble Major McCALLUM alluded in his speech at the banquet last Tuesday to the constitution of the
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  • Page 45 Advertisements
    • 185 45 (NEXT door TO Dk. Robertson's Dispensary.) The cheapest House in Singapore. LADIES' DEPARTMENT. Dress Fabrics in all the newest art shades and patterns, viz. Bluebell Stripe. Hawthorne Cashmere. Titania Stripe. Menstooe Churchill Colville p 1 Pagoda Cashmere. TroutbecU Zephyr. Jona Cloth. Honeysuckle Stripe. Newmarket Silk and Satins. Washing Silks, fee,
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    • 577 45 atobrrttscments* OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. Departures from Bttgls nil. Steamer Sailed. Left Suez. Due Spore. Dardanus 25 June. 30 July. Deucalion 26 10 July. 30 Cyclops 3 July. 7 Aug. Laertes 10 14 Do pa rtu res fro M Ch in a Expected to Expected to Steamer. leave leave Due
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    • 281 45 atjbrrtisrmmts. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Applications will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office up to the 31st instant, for the post of 2nd Tamil Interpreter in the Supreme Court at i'enang. Salary $65 per mensem. By His Excellency's Command, J.V. DICKBON, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, 6th July, 1886. MUNICIPAL NOTICE.
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  • 2865 46 THE following telegram from Sir Philip Cutlliffe Owen, Secretary of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, dated iSth July, was received by 11. E. the Governor at noon U« Sunday 111 am desired by Prince of Wales to inform you that Her Majesty the Queen visited the Straits Settlements Court
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  • Correspondence.
    • 436 48 To the Kditor. Sir,— As several weddings are impending, allow me to call your attention, and that of your numerous readers, to the annexed cutting from a paper, shewing the serious inconveniences ot the rice nuisance on such festive occasions. Besides the intense anguish and discomfort inflicted on the victims,
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    • 153 48 I O the Editor. Sir,— What is the meaning of this new freak oi the P. fc O. Co.—" The Mirzapore will anchor to the Westward, land the mails by launch, and proceed to the wharf about 1 1 a. m." Has the water alongside the jetty suddenly shoaled Have
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    • 581 48 To thi Editor. Sir,— If you have done 'poking your fun .l unfortunate Superintendent of the Botanical Garden? will you allow me to ask him a few serious question* Speaking, or rather writing, of cubebs he, alluding lo samples of a large consignment from India, observes "only one third was
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  • 2039 49 AN ANECDOTAL HISTORY O f Old Times IN Singapore. For th< object and source ol these papers, vrr the Introduction to the first number in the issue ol the 4th October, 1884.1 18 $4 Continued. \T the time ol commencement of the Crimean War there were three men-of-war here one
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  • 4059 50 BANQUETS TO MAJOR MCCALLUM, R. E. dinner was given at ihf Singapore Club on Monday last to the HonTrte Major McCallum, R. 1., Colonial Engineer, on the occasion of his departure to England on leave. His Excellency the Governor, and all the leading Government officials and members of the community
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  • 2370 51 The following translation of an article on the Java Bank in the Ilandchhlad has been sent to us. It appears that the Java Bank called a meeting of all the Bankers in Batavia, and the Managers of the English Banks were invited. It was proposed by the
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  • 671 52 Some half a dozen lots of land situated at the end of lower Waterloo Street, after lying waste for a very long decade, have been divided up into small lots to suit purchasers. Thi new ihop-houses in Kampong Bencoolen are certainly a great improvement, but need
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  • 151 53 (Published b\> arrangement with ths "Straits Times.") The Elections. London, 16th July. 313 Conservatives. 74 Unionist Liberals. 180 Gladstonians. 82 Parnellites. 1 1- London, tftk July- It is understood that the Cabinet has decided to resign, and that a Coalition Ministry is improbable. London, lBth July.— The Elections
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  • 839 53 (Reprinted from the Rangoon Gagette" by special permission and arrangement made with the proprietors of that paper by this newspaper only in Singapore.) London, ist July, afternoon. Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, Right Honourable John Bright, Mr. J. Henniker Heaton and Right Honourable Arthur Wellesley Peel, the Speaker, have all
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  • 233 53 Friday, 23RD July, 1886. Shan Market. Business during the week has been very dull. Tanjong Pagar Dock Company^ Limited. $100 shares, fully paid up. Sellers of old at $171, cum dividend new have been sold at $165 cum dividend. Tanjong Pagar 6% Debenture Bonds are saleable
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  • Page 53 Miscellaneous
    • 193 53 Mail Movemkxts. Outward -Tiit P. steamer Mirzapore, with the London mails of 25th June, arrived on 22nd instant, and le t for Shanghai via Hongkong, at 5 p. M., the same day. Homeward: The P. O. steamer Rnhilla, arrived on 2 1st instant, and left for Europe, via the usual
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  • Page 54 Advertisements
    • 561 54 aubrrttsrments. By an Englishman re-engagement v Bookkeeper or General Clerk, is thoroughly competent and can five good reference! Bpeaks Spanish. Moderate salary. Address D. care of Sw.^npore Free /Vrs.s Office NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE. SOCIETY OF NORWICH AND LONDON. FOR FIRE INSURANCE ONLY. Amount insured «0,000 Premium income A 000,000
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    • 592 54 Stotorrttsrmrnto. NOTICE. PENINSULAR ORIENTAL S. N. Co. PENANG CENTENARY. Special Return Tickets to Penan* f\\\ be issued at S i\»le fare by the Mail Steamer SW, Captain Murray expected to leave Singapore on or about $th Amnwt, available for the return pA<wage by any ot this Company's steamers ha. i.
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    • 628 54 3tobcrttsrmcnts. TENDERS will he received up to 10 m n o the 31st July, ISS6. at Bengfcalis, for the wp3f jKS MOOS, tiu-1 and other necessaries to the men-of-war P r° Tl rrnmrnt steamers, and the armed and despatch' h I stationed or temporarily at Bengkalis, and for' the i
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  • Page 55 Advertisements
    • 442 55 atibcrtisrmcnts, AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATON COMPANY. 0 1 1 1 C E— C ol lye- r 0 va >' Godowns— Nrw Hakbovi. mk ilsv> Tll un d( rnoted are the dates on which this Company's Mail Steamers may be expected at SingaporeToAmivE To Leave Outward. Homiwaio, 1886. Friday Aug. 6th
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    • 395 55 THE STRAITS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE-SINGAPORE 'TPheabove Company are accepting Marine risks at current rates of premium. All contributors participate in the Bonus, whether share holders or not. OFFICE RAFFLES PLACE. THOMAS BUTLER, Secretary. NATIONAL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. I"*HE undersigned have been appointed Agents
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    • 485 55 3toucrtiscmcntj&, SINGAPORE INSURANCE COMPANY, HEAD OFFICE. SINGAPORE. Subscribed Capital, >.i,ooo.<x>o. Paid-up Capital, I 400,000. Fire Insurances effected at low rates on every description of property. Short Period Risks accepted in the Straits Settlements at 7a cents nett p<r $100 for ten days. All contributors participate in the bonus, whether bhare.
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  • Page 56 Advertisements
    • 313 56 POWELL CO., AUCTIONEERS, SINGAPORE. Dimnh Waggons ~Z \j MII \V I Tables. Dress Stands. f Toilet Services DoobMats tii.-aaMi Washstanm Garden Seats. Wari robes. Gratings [Bath-wmim ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES FREE. w!!uK N r.u; U> A FURNiTURE CAN BE FORWARDED |;V LOCAL STEAMERS TO THE NATIVE STATKS, SUMATRA, AM) 1U)R\]; OCEAN STEAMSHIP
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    • 335 56 SINGAPORE DISPENSARY, Adjoining Messrs. John LITTLI Co.'s, 40. Raffles Place. Established, 1825. Drugs oi the purest quality only kept in stock. Prescription^ and private recipes accurately prepared. All the leading Patent Medicines in stock, comprising Holloway's Pills Fellows' Syrup Cockle's Pills IV [ongh's Cod Liver Oil Brown's Chlorodyne Eno's Fruit
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    • 362 56 (i. R. LAMBERT CO., kfl Photographers ro 11. M. The King or Si am amj PJB H 11. The Maharajah of johore. f Orchard Road, Singapore. I j& The studio is open on week days from ;a. m. toj JH p. m and <.>n Sundays from 7 a. m. till
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