The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 October 1895

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, 2nd OCTOBER, 1895 DAILY ISSUE, No. j
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 415 1 PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. D»#ic»,— Coiiyer Q'jay. \Vha<vi*,— New Harbour 'Hrn iicamer^ wtS leave Singapore cr. or about the undermemior.cii date:. ULTWARCv HOMEWARD > '.l.r^j-j-v Oet 1J doaetta i. Roa>;.- <>c Kaissr-:-hmd U- jotr. Khedive \v Ravenna N>- "i ;t:. The :«x- to ManatlM thence X liandmi 5
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    • 583 1 AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Umdb* Mail Contract with thi Austria* Government. THE following are the dates on which the Co.'s Steamers may be expected to sail from here OUTWARDS. HOMEWARDS, re* Hongkong, kokTribsth Shanghai k Kobe. ports via Bombay. 1895 itesM. Bacquenem CM. 5. Maria Teresa Oct. ij. Mar:
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    • 1010 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contract with the Netherlands India Government. Agents atSingapore. Ships Aency. late I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Coclyer <Jlay Time table for October, 1895. Steamer From Expected Will be despatched for Date. ibe Carpcntier Penang. Oct. 51b. Batavia, Chcribon, S'arnarang Sourabaya. Oct. Bth. i Bawean. Sourabaya. Oct.
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    • 591 1 THE NEW HARBOUR DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. This Company executes Ships' repairs otaJlc'es criptions m the most efficient manner, under the super ■tendence of European Shipwrights and Engineers. No. 1 Graving Dock. Length 415 Jeet. Depth of Waterfrom 14 feet to 154 feet Width at Entrance 42 feet. No. a Graving
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    • 648 1 XJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $i0,000,00c RESERVE FUND i 5 .5 00,00 c RESERVE LIABILITY OF > PROPRIETORS i f 10,000,00 c Court of Directors. J. KRAMER, Esq.,— Chaikmak. HON. A. McCONACHIE,— Dkputv Ci.AikMAi*. D. R. Sassoon, Etq. Jas. J. Ht ll |kmn«,. Es«j j R. M. Gray,
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    • 644 1 ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY. I SthsikißED ListiTAL £1,200,0 Sttrlilig I Head Office, 92 Chiap&.dc, London. li;c undersigned are prcpaied lo 1 > ept i IRE RISKS ai current rate THE BORNEO Co., i NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURx ANCE SOCIETY OF NOR WICH AND LONDON. EsTtBLISHBD 1; y hOR Plfifi INSURANCE ONLY.
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    • 436 1 DACiriC MAIL STEAMSHI.. COMPANY AND OCCIDENTAL AND OK! STEAMSHIP COM: Through paaiage tickei France, and German) bj of S.eamerb, also to San Frai of the above lines. > To othtr European p Special reduced rat- < Army, Navy, and C ii! B| plication. Frtiseriper 1 b] 1 1 ceed-rsp Ove'lanc
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 21 2 On the a.-.ih September, 1895 ;it Bon Accord," Penang, the wife of Reginald Alfred Law, of a son, still born.
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    • 14 2 At No. 45. Sekgie Road, this morning, William Lewis Pckkbav. Aged 21 year-.
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  • 1914 2 The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1895. inßue 1 imbrtbcd by triot Truth her etorioca precept* draw. i*tci»ril to i>i'iio,.. Loyal tr.anJ U>c As compared with previous Governor's addresses, fur too long a scrips of years pa>t, the address delivered by Sir Charles Mitchell iUs afternoon his second Budget
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  • 939 2 The Gaiety Girl. The opening performance last nighl of this Company promises well for their stay here, and the enterprise of Mr. Willard m touring with so large a Troupe certainly deserves well. We have all tired by now of shoddy dual entertainers (self titled,,
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  • 60 2 I hi> popular show had Mio'thcr very j good house last night, which showed its appreciation vi the good tilings »et before it by unstinted applause. On Saturday will be given the only i malin£e of the season and the management desire it to be understood that the
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  • 162 2 The S. C. C. Lawn Tennis Tournament will probably finish on Monday next. In the Championship last evening, Ainslie easily defeated Braddeli, m the third set, by 7 5. The finals m the A. Singles, and the Double Handicap will probably be played off to-morrow,
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  • 42 2 The export duly on B. N. B. estate grown tobacco on and after Jan. ist, 1896, will be one cent per English Ib. A fresh table of import and export duties is also published m the September issue of the 8.N.8. Gastitte.
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  • 1076 2 Madras Times We noticed briefly tlie other daytlt.it the announcement of a |>lan for the f**H(T.it 'jn at .ill the native States undjr Jinn h protection m the Malay Peninsula had appeared m the Government Gatette of tlie Straits Settlements, and had created great satisfaction m
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  • 414 2 The director-, of the I'ahang Corporation iiave received the following report ol the mining woik for the month of June Pollock's No. i below adit The intermediate slopes m A and B winzes continue to turn out Grsl-ciaK tin or" the l"de m the slope from A
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  • 87 2 An Increased Revenue. Tlie revenue of Britaiii for the Brd of the current year >ho\v> an i;<_r. a- 000, 000 as compared wit!) Ujc ponding period of 1894. Russian Warlike Activity. Russia continues to sf nti quantities guns, munitions and materials 1 Vladivostock. Japanese m Australia. The Prcinicr
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  • 437 2 Mr. W. Carle of t.ie Cnarierec B^ wli'j has been recently at Biugkok home, on leave, by the S S. Gletutrch Members of the S. A. ml! note thai the hour for falling m at the Drill Hai Sunday morning Maxim practice it a m. Among the homeward passengers bj
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  • 307 2 It is evident that the British are making a kind of Naval Demonstration on the Yangtze. The .i.olus left Chefoo under secret oicers a.o remaining a short lime at WoOMmj;, proceeded Nanking and is now moored on tliat ci: :ot the usual anchorage, but m such a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 388 2 T*t> L T I SMSHED, tmm Ist November. No. -.>. nb !<o.mJ. Jose to Government dkxiMiM- Keui $60 a motttft. \pply o POWELL Jk Co. Oci. S.io TO BE LET. NO. i \V .y*rnr St.. mum ili u< iiHrj AppJy No. 4 >r. GREGORY PLACE, Hill yjtreet. Vp:. .j>. 3».i0._
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    • 794 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. TENDERS wl!l be received at the Colonial Seoeury'-i Ortice, up t-> noon of the ;tl» October. ISQS. tor Ihe following works: Two blocks ot 6 married quarters each al BtoIcanK Ma::. Plan-, and Specification* inny be sten. und Pliilil t»— Ml Under wiih all particulars obtained! at
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    • 27 2 WANTED. Singapore Insurance Co.'s Shares (m Liq.) New Harbour Dock Co.. Ltd. l"Anj.-.nfj Pagar l),ick Debs. 5% A,.|»ly lo FRASEK at < Exchange and Share lirokeis. Oct. v.c.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 177 2 The Week. Wednesday, zed Hiph Water 9.46 9 s«j -j. S. V. A. Maxim Gun-drill, p Scottisii Reformat: j;, !x-ct "r b. C f. |C WilUrds Op»ra Co., 1(M n H .1., 9 p. 1 riarmstnn'i Cii 1 Tank Road ,p. Thurtda JIX High Water:— 1« .2 10.25 I S.
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  • 123 3 \v ;-.:>\k>DAY, October 1895. PKasd.\ I H. fiavwiwwi (Sir C. 3. Mitchell. aXJB-Oj Urn H<-."« the Co:. Secrwauy ij. A. Swe tei.h m, C.il.u ::;e Act<. Attorßey-Generai T.H. Kcr- j saww.] c Ae«j Col. Treasurer (J. X- B rch j the Auditor-General E. 1-^mongrr I :'.,e Colonial Engineer
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  • 1902 3 li. L. ihe Govcraoc read the following M« Leg vc Coun--1 v...ij; w-e:.--- the R^tinWea the < year. I H ivu.i myself d the cp- *o "..akc a itw :-*::ar:<s ou liie ."■tnnedia's n c present > .■.]^i !te ne-^.' i toll k As Uie past, the
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  • 79 3 Notice w given that on and after the ist March 1896, the light on Cape D'Aguilar (South- East extremity ot Hongkong Inland) will be extinguished. A Tokyo papur itfcrs to the changes oi fashion m recent years between native and foreign dress for ladies of noble birth. After a long
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  • 1124 3 (from our own Correspondent.) An Important Ouesiion op Evidence. Osman bin Mamat was charged with committing an unnatural offence on his wife at Jelutong m June last. On the case being called fur hearing on Tuesday the Acting Attorney General stated that as the prisoner was undefended,
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  • 66 3 The Ranee of Sarawak and her son remain m Sarawak until the beginning of December, says an exchange, when they intend proceed ng to Europe by the North German Lloyd. There has been a rumour at Hongkong amongst the Chinese that Li Hung-chang had taken poison and succumbed to its
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  • 839 3 (China Mail Correspondent.) Swatow, Sept. 20, 1895.— 0n Wednesday evening, 18th inst., I wired to you lhat six hundred rebels had attacked ami looted the Basel Mission at Moilim. There is no later news, and not many details are known. There is a large force, said
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  • 412 3 WithApohgtt U Lord Bacon I \it Following amusing Kssayc or. Governor j ia published by a Madras contemporary Governors nre lilt*- heavenly bodies, which o. 1 good cr cvii u.-ne-* arvj vvhidi have much reverence but no rest. Their influence ii f;rea:tr than their happiness. They
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  • 230 3 fhe Japanese cruiser Yoshino, Captain Morooka, with Admiral Arichi on board, l<:ft Amoy on the 12th inst. for the Pescadores. The writer of Voiunteer Echoes m the Globe says It will be gratifying to all Yolunleers to leain lhat the new arm with which they will soon be equipped is
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  • 1154 3 Extraordinary Cask at Chbstbr. An action of a somewhat remarkable character came before his Honour Sir Horatio LlovJ, at Chester County Court, yesterday, the plaintiff (for whom Mr. li. Brassey, Chester, appeared) being a widow, half European and half Asiaiio, named Mary Ann
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  • 70 3 (Corrected uf to Octobei 2.) On London. Bank 4 m s 2/ji demand 2/2^ Private credits 3 m/s 2/2-1 1 i> documents 3 rr./s 2/2$ credits 6 m/i 2/2-13/32 On India. Bank demand '9 5* On Hongkong. Bank demand i%pm. On Yokohama. Bank demand 4^jm. On Java. Bank demand
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  • 94 3 (October 2 liSOamttier do. Cube No. 1 12. 50* Pepj,-tr, «jla< k (ordinary Spore) 10;^ do. White, (Fair 1.;W=5% „18.50 Nutmegs 150s to the !b.) 91. Mace (Bandat 96. Cloves (Amboina) fI ig. Libcrian Coilee 43 I 2 Dutioca, small pearl (Fair quality),, 410 do. do. flake (do. do.)
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  • 288 3 ovoTAnoK. Capita! Paid op than Div. Hongkor- Shai back. i7sex. di\. $10,000,000 $UtfiOopoo ft-joo-: fi^/» c ir»' Nation tot Chm:» J2O BBuyerr r £$OOXMO £400,151 V** Foaaderi 7J.'. r Bk. of China, jKp.& Straits I^2oo>ooo i' 0'" Founders. £5 i I Tanjonj; Pagar Dock. $940
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 281 3 QCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY The Company's sitin.cia Jirede^pa.-i^ d from •.!»<.<• pool outwards for tfee Straits China J .pan from japas Homewards for London every ■reek, id have a< commodatioß for fir«t and third -Us- j'i>st-ng->.- cat ryinga Surgeon and Stewar.dt-.-. Through Bills of Lading are ic»ue<i (or ill Cbiiu
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 17 3 Passengers Arrived. Oct. 2.— Per Isabella Mrs. Boyd. Per Hy« lso»g 1 Mr. S. KaU, Mr. Fisi*er.
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    • 70 3 Weather Report. (October v) Taken at Kaudang Kerbau Hospital Observatoiy 9« 3*• 9*• Bar. red. 3a Fah 29.985 29.869 29.936 Temperature 817 880 78 5 Wet Bu!b Thermometer 77.2 77.0 76 4 Dir. of Wind VV. S.W. talm. Max. Tetrp. m shadf 88 6 Mm. do do 72.5 Max. m
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    • 1039 3 VESSKLb IN PORT. Men-of-War agstt lon. Cap:air. Arrived f -i. r cr.K<,jf-. t i Mercuku Brit, cru., 3730 i iwkts sp. 9 i Reopoui BriL g.b., 805 M..y Sep. 50 i Sr N U Oihpr Vessels B»v Hi:. Goas I;.u. 1,., Smith Oct. < Mail BAKJWtMAKSIIi l>jt. 26 K. KilCi
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 259 4 SANTA CECILIA'S BAND Oi- MM**d .Ma-..a musicians is open to t for So;f««s. Bsdl*. Th«atro 5 Hsp-.^n. W«W»n^s, Picnics, fee. Comtnuiuc3tio»^ '.a IAB.\OI*ERIA UNIVERSAL. N.. 2. Ka.*lte»Ptac« v '<>•" GRAND HOTEL JAVA. MATAVIA. i^M". H^tel, patronj^ed by Ita English tw»mu:ut> oi Bat;.v and situated m i.c <.: tn« rrwst hcuhhy
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    • 336 4 W. Dalian .s no* carrying on business as Horse Dealer, Jockey. Trainer' and Horse Breaker at 75. Brass Bassa Road. Shoeing and laracs repairing done by experienced workmen. Crushed Foot). CXi. fee Temporary Stabtes, 14 Aimenian Street. Sept. <). EASTERN SCHOOL "THE MANSION. SINGAPORE. BtiaiseCi k s s Esulish, Chisesb
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    • 469 4 JOHN LITTLE Co., LIMITED. SILICATED CARBON FILTERS. ADVANTAGES 9 EASILY PTOE ZjS£k± '4. Jl CLEANED WATER. flS|fi3|f LAST LoNG llif Stlicated Carbon block ':hh b<; instantly removed, leaving llie wlio'e of tlie Filter open for inspection and cleansing Around the block is packed Granulated charcoal not shown m the above
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    • 484 4 DEWAR'S PERTH gg& WHISKY. Purveyors by Royal Warrant to Her Majesty the Queen. :0 TRADE.— Owing to the judicious selection and skilful blending. Dewars may justly claim to have earned the unqualified approbation of every true connoisseur of fine old Highland Whisky. The best testimony to the quality of the
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    • 341 4 THIS CENTURY'S GREAT DISCOVERY. Oration Proiongation of Life n JHi Head Office, PAfiiS, Ru? Bt. Lazar*. 7. CURL of WEAKENED subjects, of NERVOUS complaints and all other diseases proceeding from bad nutrition and DECAY and DECOMPOSITION of the Blood MARVELLOUS CURES. Explanatory Pamphlets an sent Tee or ai.'O'ication MOINE COMTE
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    • 387 4 McALISTER Co. FOR SALE rH I. BRITISH > 1 A "HENG SENG TYE 70 tons, G. R. and 46 ton-, X.K. u^A: A -ouc Singapore m iBBi, length 8j ft Bre..<i: 1. Depth 7 ft. Carries about 50 u>.. U.W. a Deck Passengers. Has one larg-e !ir,: das; Cil. Engines
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