The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 December 1886
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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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25 1886-12-18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. A Weekly Newspaper. I x s.-Vol. V.] SINGAPORE, SATURDAY,. 1 8th DECEMBER, 1886. ii ii No. 26 i25 words
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Advertisement235 1886-12-18 1 I joHN 1.1 UPLE Co. I E. J. BURKE'S fl GUINNESSS I EXTRA FOREIGN STOUT, Bottled in Dublin. GUARANTEED GENUINE. H Selected from Choicest Brewings. IJJJB m Certificate. I "Having analised E. &J. Bukkk's Dublin Stout, I ran certify to its being an article of the very first quality, I235 words
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Advertisement318 1886-12-18 1 KATZ BROTHERS, [Vine and Spirit Merchants, importers OP 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. Wines and Spirits. Hock and Moselles of very fine qualities.318 words
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Advertisement222 1886-12-18 1 ROBINSON Co. BINGAPOBI AND PIKANO. (Established 1858.; j Ii Ladibs' and (lenilemen's Outhtteks. LADIES' DEPARTMENT. Silk and Satins. 4 Costumes. IJ Millinery. jj Umbrella-. Untrimined Hats. Parasols. Dress Materials. ff Laces. Boots and Shoes. 7 Ribbons. Haberdashery. Hosiery. Corsets. 1 Gloves. Underclothing, Velvets. Vdvettas. Velveteens. (rapes. Plushes. (iau/es. Embroidering. Fancy222 words
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Advertisement496 1886-12-18 2 xltoucrttsrmrnts. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAI s 7 5 00,0,,0 RESERVE MND *4,500,000 RESERVE FOR EQUALIZATION t $300,000 OF DIVIDENDS RESERVE LIABILITY OF PRO- j .$7,500,000 PRIETORS S Covet of Dieectoes Chairman— A. MclvEß.*Esq. Deputy Chairman- M. Gbote, Esq. Hon I. Bell-Irving H. Hoppius, Esq. C I). Bottomlev,496 words
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Advertisement407 1886-12-18 2 Stibmtscmrnts. x. J. ALLAN Co., GENERAL MERCHANTS A N 1 STORE-KEEPERS. 43A5D44, Raffles Place, t Nexi door to I)k. Robertson's Dispensary.) Have just received another large consignment ot new good i now b ti lt unpacked. LADIES' DEPARTMENT. Press Materials in all the latest Art shades and patterns. Ladies' and407 words
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Advertisement362 1886-12-18 2 Stfocrttsrmcnts. I SAYLE M CO, LIMITED, I CABINET-MAKERS, 9 UPHOLSTERERS, I BOOKING-GLASS MANUFACTURERS, I AND HOUSE-FURNISHERS. 9 Orders can now be executed for every descrint! 9 CABINET FURNITURE. 9 A full staff of practical Cabinet-makers V n r 9 and French Polishers kept on the premiss ufc 9 lupervision of362 words
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Article39 1886-12-18 3 Domestic Occurrence. MARRIAGE. On the 16th Dec, at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, by the Revd. W. F. Oi.dmam, David lambi Ga,.. ioww M. B. C. St., Edinburgh, to Rodney Mary, eldest daughter of the late Joseph IiWBBAV, Esq., Edinburgh.39 words
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Article, Illustration1473 1886-12-18 3 Mrrf shall the PISSI the Peoplc't right mamum, L'nawrd hy influence an<l unbribed hy gain; Here patriot Truth her glorious preceptt draw, I Pledged to Religion, loyalty, and Law. I ANOTHER BUI has been introduced into tlwr I Legislative Council with respect to Lawyers' I Costs,1,473 words
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Advertisement811 1886-12-18 3 giibrrttscmrnts. STRAITS SANITARIUM. "The HIOHLAWDB. PENANG HILLS. Elevation, Mean temoerature, 1,880 Feet. toS r, Ml HEALTH RESORT IS NOW rH OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. rs m >n of business, invalids and sufferers of all I find here a quiet residence in a pure and in"opting atmosphere, within an hour's ride811 words
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Advertisement576 1886-12-18 3 anbrrttscmrnts, OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. Departures from England, Steamer. Sailed. Left Suez. Due Spore. Patroclnt 13 Nov. 6 Nov. 27 Dec. Jason 20 27 i,S Mentions 24 t j an Deucalion 27 Departures from China. Expected to Expected to Steamer. leave leave Due Spore. Shanghai. Hongkong. Orestes 1 Dec. 13576 words
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Advertisement372 1886-12-18 3 3tJbrrttsrmrnts. JUST PUBLISHED Photographs (mounted ol Eahibits of the tftrafa Settlements at the Colonial Exhibition, London, in 3 parts. Price pel pair. To b^ had t JOHN LITTLE k Co, 1 Sth Dec, 1886. AUCTION SALE OF WINES,SPIRITS, PROVISIONS, fcc., kc Tuesday, ust December, iBv>. The undersigned are instructed by372 words
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Article1027 1886-12-18 4 ABOUT twelve months since wj drew atten- 1 tion to the subject of well boring, and to the I advantage the public might reap from a series I of experiments not only in Singapore but in I Malacca and even Penang. And we now I return to the subject, because1,027 words
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Article3472 1886-12-18 5 Mr. O'Connor is of opinion that it would be of great benefit to the Colony to place the Police under the control of the Magistrate, and quotes, as an example", that in India the District Superintendents of Police were, in his time, immediately subordinate to the Chief Magistrate of3,472 words
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Correspondence.
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Letter234 1886-12-18 7 -The following cutting from the Si. James's may in^rest some of your readers, as r; what some men of the pen may think of some .TSuie saddle. It may be a matter of taste, but ieP art I would prefer to be an Archer, to many !°n7uthor,234 words
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Letter310 1886-12-18 7 Sir,—When glancing through last week's Free Press I came on a letter purporting to come from one Harney Maguire of Pulau Babi, wjiich, though it may make the groundlings laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve. Now though fair criticism is all very well, I like to310 words
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Letter435 1886-12-18 7 Sir,— The following is a specimen of thc absurdly difficult grammar questions set to our Raffles' Boys at a recent Examination Correct the following English sentence:— 'taking into consideration this and the many fonpUtiom put before a 'class of men—Europeans— *ho perhaps honest and well-disposed when they435 words
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Article1062 1886-12-18 7 MiciHT I make a suggestion to the Raffles Library powers that bet The Spectator, Saturday Review, Nature, Atkenmum, Public Opinion, land and Water, Garden, and Field are scarcely read at all the leaves are as fresh as ever, which testifies to this fact. Could not Truth1,062 words
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Article396 1886-12-18 8 (From our own Correspondent.) Demarcation is the order of the day in Malacca. The Demarcator in Chief is ruralising at Tanjong Kling. The local Demarcation Officer is roaming about with a compass and a bundle of sticks. Stumps of the bankudu tree are being employed to mark the boundaries.396 words
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Article1141 1886-12-18 8 OUR WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LETTER. On the 22nd October, a meeting was held at the Perth Town Hall for the purpose of presenting an address to Mr. A. P. Hensman, the late Attorney* General, in which he was asked to remain among us. The learned gentleman h iving already refused a1,141 words
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726 1886-12-18 8 A BRITISH DOLLAR FOR THE FAR EAST. 1 I Wc publish elsewhere some important corresponl- I I ence on a proposed British trade dollar for the Far I I East. The subject, which has been ventilated over 1 and over again, was raised in the present instance I I by726 words
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Article3069 1886-12-18 9 permission and arrangement made i^feronlyntStn^orc.) J. %6ih So*.-- The Right Hon'ble G. O. /tm hasinformed his supporters, the h has TCfflined to contest the vacant seat at Brighton, liberal Unionist, "^extraordinary council wa< held atDubl in Castle i"' It which General Sir Redvers Buller was preUKUy a report is3,069 words
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Article251 1886-12-18 10 any license for the buildings, temporary or otherwise. I) w.\ kv \m) 'n ny Roans. On the recommendation of the Municipal Rngineer, the Ounmissioticrs decided that the Dalvey Road and the l u n v Road Irom the entr in 9 to th g trdens as tar as its junction251 words
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Article193 1886-12-18 10 (i *u olis lied he arr mgement wil the "St iii its- Times.") London, 10th Dec. England has declined the French proposals lor the neutralization ol the Suez Canal, but is willing that it shall be given an international character on th*.* basis of free transit to commerce.193 words
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Article118 1886-12-18 10 < Mail Movbmirts Outward: The P. k O. steamer Kaiser-I-Hind, with the Loudon mails of uth November, arrive lon iith instant, an 1 left for Shanghai, via Hongkong, at 5 p. m. the same day. Homeward: —The P. (3. Steamer Rohilla arrived on 12th instant, and left for Europe, via118 words
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Article203 1886-12-18 10 taken at Kampong Kerbau Hospital Observatory. 3-1:r 1 U S •sjnoij re *> 3 s 9 h v; un.'M jo ||Bj g ~r>» oo 5 c co ir. 5 'uoi)ejodeAg jo 4 n co 'o io o ;L Mniuiaduiax usapj l l l> l g c o oq203 words
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Article274 1886-12-18 10 Friday, 17m December, 1886. Share Market.— A moderate business has been done during t| 1c week. Several lots ol shares have been exchanged— Straits Insurance at $33, for old Trams at Si 00. Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Limited— sloo shares, fully paid up. Shares have been274 words
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Advertisement76 1886-12-18 10 g^trtiymtntta STANDARD LIFE OFFICE. Total Aesets £6,59*>973 10S II,L Endowment Assce. j ;v granted under h Solicies, conditions as regards Secured Payment l Rates, Nonforfeiture, our Solicies, render and Reoisol. Solicies, Even facility is storied lot despite* »f B«si« THE BORNEO COMPANY, l.lMii'-'^, yth August, 1886. HEIDSIECK&CO.S CHAMPAGNE. MONOPOLE, RED76 words
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Advertisement540 1886-12-18 11 ittJtJcmscmcntsia STRUTS FIRE INSURANCE 1 COMPANY, LIMITED. Head Office, SIXGAPOBE 'SUBSCBIBBD C.M'HAI *2.000,000 P AIO up Capitai 1400.000 above Company are accepting I' ire ns.cs at cirr •.1 Wt^l Contibutors rank for Honus whether Shareholder* orn«*. THOMAS BUTLER -Secretary. Office, Ralto Pl«£ (th October. I»D. voKill BRITISH AND MERCANTILE N540 words
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Advertisement381 1886-12-18 11 atforrttsrincnts. THE EIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, LIMITED. 1 LONDON. 1> ,ul upCapil il 2 Reserve .Hid other Funds jsj.v. Subscribed Capital at call of Directors 800,000 j[. I ,<)>J 500 The undersigned are Agents for the above Company, and are prepared to issue Policies against Fire on tieusual terms. A L.381 words
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Advertisement533 1886-12-18 11 9tt>ntisrmm!& APOLLINARIS Tmi Q\ un oi Tabi i Watebs. I a 1 »vr watei n glass and it one bottles. 11l ITl\l:\( II BROS, k a Sole Agents t <r the Apollinaris Co U I Octobei 1886. ORIENTAL TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMI I LI). GREAT REDUC I lON IN RATE. In533 words
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Advertisement502 1886-12-18 12 atJbrrtisnncnts. NORDDEL'TSCHER LLOVD BREMEN Si ..si. .1/..0 r.v Ihi Impebial German Govebnmext. Thi following dates have been fixedfor ih-arr'vah and departure* of the mad steamers ot the Norddeutscner IJoyd elurim; lhe urrent year ,HSo ,SS6 (Frid.iv, lorh September. 4th October. Kth October ■*< November, a'uiiday, ;th November. »jh r,h December.502 words
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Advertisement420 1886-12-18 12 xHjuritisrinmts. IGBIMAULT'S Syrup of Hypo-Phosphite of Linie FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST > All snfferin- from Catarrh. Consumption Obsti- C nate Coughs or Colds mi IhuM M wufc itmsff of the Chest.Lungs ami Bronchial Tub s. no .1.1 1 ke > GRIMAULT'S SYRUPof HYPO-PHOSPHI Kof LIME > Prescrib-'.! l.y Hi--420 words
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Advertisement649 1886-12-18 12 Sfobcrttscmcnts. THK TANJONG PAGAR DOCK CO.Mi\\\ j LIMITED. INCORPORATED UNDER THE INDIAN COMPANY'S ACT ,866. FIRST ISSUE (NEW SERIES) OF $^,000 SIX PERCENT. DEBENTURES, REPAYABLE ON3H DECEMBER, 1891. PROSPECTUS. 1 The Directors are prejnred to receire applica .or Sjo ,000 s.x per cent, debentures in sums of Soo ?i,ooo, or649 words
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Advertisement438 1886-12-18 13 attorfsemettts. ,v<n \K AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGApK\' NM i.-* 1 pt TION COMPANY. Office— Collyer Quay, GopoWßS— New Habboub. RLJ^fey»| LINES. ysy&fySy 1 .meted are the dates on which this Company's be expected at Sii^aporeM ToABBIVB ToLkavk OUTWABD. HOMEWABD. J 886. Friday Dec. «4t« I^ ondajf DeC 27th lan. 7th438 words
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Advertisement373 1886-12-18 13 2tobcrtisnnmtt. THE STRAITS INSURANT E OMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE— SINGAPORE "T*HE above Company are accepting Marine risks at cur--L rent rates of premium. All contributors participate in the Bonus, whether Mi ire holders or not. OFFICB RAFFLES PLACE. THOMAS BUTLER, Si n tary, NATIONAL FIRE AND MARIXE INSURANCE COMPANY OF373 words
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Advertisement422 1886-12-18 13 ilnncrttsrmrntSa SINGAPORE oMPANY, LIMIT! I) HEAD OFFICE, SINGAPORE s icbi ed Capitai Paid-up il, I re Insurano lel ted al low rat 1 rery description ol property. Period pted tl St Settlenw at 7 J cenl per $100 for ten days. contributors 1 te in the bonus, whether share. holdei422 words
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Advertisement992 1886-12-18 14 POWELL cS: CO., AUCTIONEERS, SINGAPORE. FURNITURE. Re, I For Sale. Ic IT a/e Almeirahs S£ Bedsteads (iron). Q^ Bbd-booh Suites. E eseSc «ee.v s lamps. Hook Casks «T^ i h I in Book Siam., I 4s_B_J fcrt_l__TtX^ M ATTI^ L,M Billiabd Tables. /&TTiHnflrT¥^*te^> __JJ—J!^J-^- ——fiS^^ jy^^a-^^rxT 2 Mabbl,c DininoTablbs. 1992 words
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