The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 7 January 1893

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    Correspondencel.
    100 2 To tmb Editor. Sir. Prcnch participles are strange things. The Ltmden China Express m an article headed the Straits Military Exaction asks whether there Is any reason why the Colonies thai have a sur- i plus and cannot reiuse to pay should b,e t fmigne au blanc. You quote
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    THE SERGEANTS BALL.
    175 2 The Warrant Officers, Staff Sergeant- c and Sergeants of the 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, held their Ann itl Ball m 'he T. Bungalow at Tanglin last night, and very successful it was. Fhe v Bungalow, larger than that vvhi< h used to he ilevoted to dancing, was
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    HOW I INTERVIEWED A RICKSHAW.
    484 2 HOW I INTERVIEWED A RICKSHAW. Rt thf Fragmejtts oi the M>s they i*li. Bally h '01 y, Jr. I have sampled vano>:-> met ds r t in my time. 1 have clung on b\ what is techiu ly known as my eye teeth lo the end rail of a Dublin
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    112 2 >. vtkei nig ree's theatre ■^•T jadirnrr nni under thr' patrona^- b^ang Hoag Lira, who was represi I I Is-- j)!a-. i much appl i led id thr :d be congratulated oa a attend;: new ambitH' al v senas Sb] ien I great credit, and the i i tera
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    A NEW CABLE.
    775 2 Singapore to Hongkong. (Hongkong D.-iilv /'/ess.) Active measures are being taken by the X intern Extension Telegraph Co.. we leirn, with th view of Strengthening tlrjr cable connections bjtween Hongkong and Singapore, for which purpos. 1 additional lines aie to be laid at an early dale connect\ng
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    SNGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.
    192 2 > B) Major H. E. McCallum, R.I I .M.6., Commandant, S. V. A. vaj re, 6th |anuary, |S t. Orderly Officer fur'the ensuing week Capt. Dunman, S.V.A. Oidtrly Serjeant for the ensuing w> ml Sbson. 2. f'ara 5 15 p.m. 7 •inch R..M.L. Gun -drill. Dress. Plain
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    119 2 bM under and ExDc-t w r 1 v Va' >ho >.as performing impoFtenfcian Merchaß v vcet Street, London, £.c S« i Kc>.i;ihlts!icd Seventy-five lhe SOfemoUati n ofj^^* knowledge Epiphany took place yefcnnection irtth all Mann- jthrdral of the Good Sl**. We a«tfai« enabled the Right Revd Dr.GaTF-rSKnS; Malacca, assisted
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    1102 2 Y'Uir admirable statement, gC of i :ir three years' struggl liar.ir-, of the Colonial Oific Mili :rv Contribution, is we! /d Ought U> rally our local forces /st battle with the weapons of ri Xnd argument. We are not sanguine i /ess. j Where Lord Salisbury's Cabine jKlood, I
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    1055 2 Holding m this much debated question no other position than that of the public intetest, we yet think that the chance of buying experience so cheaply as would have bf-en afforded by permitting the proposed tii?l of iS arc lamps should not have been thrown away. The fe.ir entertained
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    268 2 A rather amusing claim is put forward by a Chinaman m Hongkong who was a witness m a case m Court. In the press report his name was given as Lo (In ung Siu." He writes to the newspaper and begs to ask why his name should appear without a
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    A HUMANE SOCIETY'S PRESENTA TION IN HONGKONG
    1044 2 A HUMANE SOCIETY'S PRESENTA TION IN HONGKONG The Governor of Hongkong presented Mr. J. P. Dowling, of Hongkong, and three Chinese with certificates from ihc Royal Humane Society for gallantry m saving life, the former <>n July inlh, and lite latter on .\iai\:h 26th. Il<- >..id, m handing Mi Dowling
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    A Scotchman's Philosophy.
    366 2 AN" >!<) Scotchman is said to have risen m prayer-meeting one night and apropos of nothing delivered himself of the following remarks: There are three things I never could quite understand. First, why boys will throw sticks at green apples when, it they waited, the apples would
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    56 2 THE public art; informed"' it •*»=■<»» Society's I n-pecior, J^ »H f*,lj c favourite Queen Street, or Holley's I-i\% KAN Kn.ul. Zi: Vitae Bitten All persons wishing to n cruelty which may come un.rance» rind Green, requested ttj communicate v Abricot I the above addresses. /iscour/ Sftlßonjif d as
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      1011 2 Bank. Prem sm. -ihar<n 'k k |lle Sellers c n-» .i- (i p.i i 5b pcir. v i k i. [jo L%st sale. „>n^iW i tot i„, 9 t P M': rs s ltCo. Sales. i' F I ..iraui-c Co. sellers. <x l-'i IS e» N •I I J C
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