The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 June 1896

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES, SINGAPORE. MONDAY, 15m JUNE, 1896 DAILY [SSUE, No %fi
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      330 1 "P n Otfice Co'iyer Qujy gg Wharves. Ne-.v riaibour. 0 STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Staaai tor C HIHA, \PAN. PENANG, EYON INDIA AUSTRALIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH, AND! LONDON. Haejagk Bat ol Ladssg aed ior Chi** PmtM G GwrtMSM eusd oWkm J MAIL LINES. 1 1 WARD
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      858 1 »NORD-DEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN. HTHE fast and weR known steamers ol tins line will leave Singapore on or about the underi! entkmed dates. OUTWARDS HOMEWARDS To arrive Singapore foi To arrive Singapore for China. Europe. I ine2s. Print Hrinrich [une 28. lulj I., fa iug. 3 v xchsen Au r j
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      932 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contract with tiik Nsthhrlands India Government. Agents at Singapore, Smi's Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collybr Qua* I Time Table for June, 1896. c Steamei From Kxpected Will be despatched for Dat i Gen. Pel Batavia. June 15th Penang, Oleh-leh, Bc,Padang. June iBth« Nienhuys
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      401 1 npHE NEW HARBOUR DOCK J COMPANY, LIMITED. This Company executes Ships' repairs o) all des ciitttions m the most efficient manner, under the ;;»p<rntcndcnrfr ol European Shipwrights and Engineers. So. 1 Gkavino Dock. Length 4i<; feet. Depth of Waterfrotn 14 If-et to isi'tet. Wii !l h at Entrance i;r feet,
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      646 1 •LJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI xx BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL *i 0,000,000 RESERVE FUND 5, 750,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS j 110,000,000 CO'JBr OF DIKHCTORS. A. UoCONACHIE, Esg CaAiaauut. S. C MICHAELSEN Esg.— Dbpott Chairman-. The Hon I. Bell Ikying. I Kbakeb, Esq. G. B. DODWELL, Esq. D. K. SassOOU, Esq. M.
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      535 1 THE STRAITS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Established, 1883. Head Office, Singaporb. Capital Fti.lv St'Bseßinp.o $3000,000 Capiial Paid-ip (■<>..(«»; RSSEKVK h(JNI» SfSfß 0 j Balamh of Working Account tc 31 Drc. \Hq-. IS 5 U Cash Assets ra Jtsi Etac. tßojj |i 4 v (49. GIBSON FERRIER, Al!. Secretary. THE TOKYO MARINE
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      211 1 pACIi iC MAIL STi MSHII COMPANY A OCCIDENTAL AN,') ORIE N I SrE A M S HIP COM PA is' v I'hroui'h pa sage !>■ >■ Hranr( Mid iei man) •al Of Su-Ulll r ■>, ..;-,<■ IO J of th#- ihoww Mii> 1 a nthfi Kb 1 1 Speu. I
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  • Domestic Occurences.
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      MARRIAGE.
      36 2 On the nth instant, at ihe Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. S. S. Walker, Nicoi Wkathersio\k, ot Gorebridge, Midlothian, to Kb»kcbs (iF.oßf.iNv Hi tlbr, --ccond daughter vl the laic M, 1.. Butler Madden, of Singapore.
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      DEATHS.
      38 2 At Zti Sophia Road, on the 14th instant, at a.m. IhRRt N'oBL, second son oi HedUj and 1 ydia Westcihout, age 7 years I 1 month-. At Mergui. on June Ist, Arthlr RuFBRI Craubt, latr of Singapore.
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    The Singapore Free Press. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1896.
    1781 2 The Singapore Free Press. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1896. Here dull the Press the Peopk nghtma ntam, edbjrgalaj her 1 preccfCi draw, fHE [)rcssii r ol an ever-growiog pop* illation on tbc means ol subsistence! and the stress of foreign industrial competition, are constantly driving British industry to seek at outlets
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    THE LATE MR. A.R CRA BBE.
    163 2 THE LATE MR. A .R CRA BBE. The friends of Mr. Arthur R. Crabbe, formerly of Singapore, will learn with I much regret that news has arrived of his i death at Mergui. Burma, on the Ist June. It is now six or seven years ago since i he came
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    REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
    87 2 The Chambers of Commerce. and Railway Trade Rout, A deputation ot th< lnociitcj Cir ben oi <. WMHKW, ha- a-K- ut the Government m making tr m China, either by traildiag ing railways. Lord Saii-bury n ptted \3kti Q 9m part would be MuUeto Irrtiut m my outM'i-.
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    Li Hung-Chang at Berlin.
    49 2 H K. Li HMf«Cfctqg has am. Berlin and has Met with tfl ii ception H< ha- i.a an audienc Ike Ewpcwr tad ku reo honour- The GenMH wu umiging t .uvi I w ii! \mi the < bid m ifa iiiaiiv Berfia I.vidun J unt ij
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    The " Centurion Agroud.
    45 2 The Centurion Agroud. m to img ;i ft Hongkong, June rsth, i. 1 p.m 11. M "> Centurion went aground Ijth iatrt., on a band ba- ul Si. > tl BO dan,.!^' The Plague Diminishing. JWMtary-tntpector Moftatt the piig I be BBBthet of Ci y a.'-:- I*o.
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    CARRIAGE ACCIDENT TO THE SULTAN OF JOHORE.
    107 2 H H th> Sattaa ot lohorc wu i ti:n o! a carriage ac< idem a s*l which might easily have teraui I He was driving down Cav-nagh I the dire ttoa ot the Cemetery when boraet hvuvul taming the carriage into the ditch
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    THE WARREN SHIELD FOR RIFLE-SHOOTING.
    53 2 lln last two of ihr bad teams v lot Oh Warren shield thct a'. I angiin Sdiurday aiu-rnuon Thcotwcrel and Stati Sergeant- ream- Wk n turn- turn- m from P<nang and Herat. i tin reMjlt^ v. .11 be IBOOUBCed b) ljarri~ui) SjjoiU Committee. Till then
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    CRICKET.
    239 2 I km m iMuucKf p. S. C C I Ins match was played M th- EtpllM^ on I riday and Saturday and resulted easy \iitory (or thcClofa OR the "-t Dings. The folluwing art the KDMf 1 \M.LIN B*RK»i 1.- v. M. Hinny b <i. Mactag^art I Pte. Matthew-
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      424 2 Marshall sons co.. limited tr l^E^^^^^^^ nitiiiy— 1 1 *V J^Ha^Hv' A tti j^^L^K^afr^aW 7—^ 1111 SI HJE v.LM KOR THE -1 R fS JOHN LAWSON. FBI EPHI »NH N i l r X 1 m. JOHN LITTLE Co., LIMITED. AGKITS FOE Riulge Whitworth Cycles, J. K. Starley Co."s Cycles.
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      923 2 W'ANTKU Boarders Married or Single. NY Address Mrs. HUNSLEY, Atiuh House, Orchard Road. June I-; SURVEYOR. Wi'l'.l) immediately for Bangkok. N Apply to KUBKRI LENZ < 0..— l J hi_.t« ..uraphtr-. June i 5. 1 „<) LOST A GOLD Locket, diamond m the centre. Finder on returning it to the
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      729 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS WANTED. Municipal Debentures 5% uu. do. 6% Tanjong Pa^ar Dock Debs. Straits Ice (Jo. FOR SALE, fanjong Pagax Dock Sliait-). Jeltbu Sliaits. FRASER i Co., Exchange and Share Biokers. June i.s- v.c. For Penang Rangoon and Calcutta. The British India Steam Nay.Co., I. id. steamer PALAMCOTTA, 2,208 tons,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      107 2 The WeeK. Moadajr, Hi^li Water: —o. a., I done Sale at Oarl Mj IVjxinj.' Kan| \delphi Hotel 1 rueadaj ttn Hgl Wati r i p, M M Ma H bm ird 1( I (iand. Hong Lin r Wfeaacadaj tytfe H.^' fc Water:— 1 ,0 p. diwrdl Work tern., fiovernmer: Municipal
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    THE 'MEYER MEMORIAL" FIND.
    780 3 !n patsaaacc ol a suggestion made m a.,. SiagtP* i Fret Press on Saturday the effect that Stanhope (j 1 Medal l-.var.Jed to the late Mr W. J ftiejei »t ctgoapore should be permanently In Id by -he Committee ot the Rallies Library, and Museum and
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    THE BOXING KANGAROO.
    141 3 1 be first appearance ot Peter Jackson the boxing kangaroo, on Saturday night, was very well attended and Peter gave tilt- vi.siior> a good exhibition. He had got owr the strangeness ot his -urroundings and made excellent points against his trainer. Ihu hall was nicely arranged and
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    250 3 S. Ciu> Cur. Phis competition took place on Saturday when a large number ol members turned iul to play. 1 lie ground was m good i on lition, but the greens were not ip to th< usual matk, owing to the dr\ weather we have bad some
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    GOLF AT BATAVIA.
    22 3 ion Saturday i |une. t (jrci( 1 rier I rding to tl>e oi 4 strokes, cable to beat 1
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    PLAIN SPEAKING C.D. LEGISLATION R.PEAL.
    405 3 PLAIN SPEAKING C.D. LEGISLATION R.PEAL. M tneii criminal I i Head experience, r j your head sand. I was kepi un- did not desire to c along I cried n rror, Wh) ii (Liverpool ist forbid Is head b hind It is tlit old -.{jt\ vice has not I from
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    RAUB.
    1044 3 The tolluwing is the Mining Manager's Report for five weeks ending nth June I 1806:— Minis.,. Raub Hole. /'he Main Drive going m on the course of the lode at the J2oit. level is now m j 66 feet north from the crosscut. There is no change to report
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    LI-HUNG-CHANG AT MOSCOW.
    295 3 LI -HUNG-CHANG AT MOSCOW. Every daj distinguished foreyjners have been arriving at Moscow. Li Hung-chang and hia smtc were among a numbei ol representatives s j reached M« »cow on iBih ult. His reception, write, a press correspondent, was quite 1 feature of the day I do not mean the
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    RIFLE MATCH.
    129 3 SinitAFORE v. sth Fi sn.iiiK-. It has been decided to lire a rifle match j on the third Saturday m July for the Sat- j urday following the S. C. Sports if postponed) between teams representing Singapore and the sth Fusiliers. The match will be fired on the
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    SELANGOR NOTES.
    392 3 Selangor Journal I he date 101 the inaugural ceremony 0! Federation has been postponed, and will probably Ik. ;it the Ind ol August or m Septembei Ihe Resi-dent-General is expected here early next month, and will probably use the Government Secretary's house as his residence. The Kist is
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    THE BRITISH DOLLAR.
    216 3 During the week ending j^ih ult. silver to the i value R6,24,000 was received at the Bombay Mint I on account of the British dollar coinage. Dollars 1 worth R., 04.0005 were transferred to the Custom House for export and R5,06,000 worth of the same coins were
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    "HUNTING THE KANGAROO"
    779 3 V Popi'i i Bush Si on 1 m Ai stralh. In a San Francis* 0 piper, Mr. Alexander Middlcton, one ol the owners ol Peter irses on kangaroo hunting, m which he spent many months m the bush m Austfalia. The kangaroo, says Mr. Middle ton is
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    PRODUCE.
    86 3 ru. ls«7i Gambter 7.15 do. Cube No.i i!-'.>s P:p^ct, Bla-.k (ordinary S'p;TeJ 10.50 do. White, (Fa:r I W=s% 17.75 Nutmeg Is<r 'o the lb.) 91. Mace (Banda) 96. Cloves (Amboma) 17 50 Liberian < 41-75 r^p'ora, smill peafl (Hair quality) 340 do. do. Bake (do. do.) 3,0 do. medium
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    EXCHANGE.
    79 3 ORRECI I i) UP 10 Jan 1- On London. Bait 1 to/s B/2-11/16 d< mand 2 2-9/16 Pt v credits ;m z j. docuoM Nts 3 !>i 2 8-15 i" re-- lit- 6 IB] J On India. Bank d< mand 1891 1 In Hongkong. Bank demand J% its. »n
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    SHARE LIST, JUNE 15th, 1896.
    305 3 i. iiiation. Capital Paid up Sharwi Pi. M* I Hongkong fc S'hai Bank. i^^pr.tn. $10,*****0 fio.ooo.fw.o ***** i ?.< r1 5 i jt. I Nation Bnnk of China r*7fiftlM 4500.000 £400,150 I?' 9 <°n jjg Foui.ierb. $105 Se.'lerv 75 r &l Bk. of China, Jap.
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      237 3 HOLZAPFEL'S COMPOSITIONS COMPANY. LIMITKD. Trade Mark: A Four-bladed Propeller m wi lu> I. i-ttrn >\di> i- h e sp» iall) reoofD«eod Intkrk*i i {o I strougest and nost effective antifoafcar. International Antifouling C imposition Genuine Rahtjen's Patent" ComposilitNl Guaranteed to L>e mao- m ooßfonniM with Ori Holzapfels Patent Soapstone Composition
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      525 3 MAILS CLOSK. I"'. HUHIIOU K.i Yr «v Batavia Samarang, Godavery, >> m Batavia, ike, Van Goeus, ti >m Pangkalan Brandan. Clio, 1 1 Hongkong. Propontt i tM Bangkok, Cerberui i pm Europe, Natal, rvc Malacca, &c, Juno, pm Hongkong, Wing Sang. pm Malacca, &c, Amherst, J pm Hongkong, &<... 0
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      893 3 VES.SKLS IN PO X I Men-of-Wai KiagbATon. Ciptain Arnvrl I Bj 'P.H. o. N'lANßStiDvt. cmij 2385VM Net May 24 Bi «kd Other Vesieib j A«,w\sihi-, Brit. aS6I fodd |ime 1 H Amnis Nor [98 SI jur.L B\R' t lok 1 Span. 1761 I a Borneo Brit. 404 Smith \vm 1
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      387 4 I TO BE LET. 1 |/\BI IH HOUSE, lin^lin j \l'- A ip .«ll.A Mr. Burkmsnaw V neJather. Apph W M M I). x«- »SOD Bl WHISH4W. iS D -TOM LET. to, l.^uiui,- H» Kent I KA.nK BROS g 7 HOUSE IN TANGLIN TO LET. I 1 T Fl RNISHED,
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      424 4 KELLY WALSH, L TD New Books. BRASSEVS NAVAL ANNIAL, 1896. 7.50 IRONCLADS m AC 1 lON, 2 vol. SIS.OO PROBLEMS of the FAR EAST: by Cur/on New Kdition 4-5° TH I FA R HAS IER N Q I EST lON, by V. hiroi 5 SO RINKLES m PRACTR A L
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      734 4 JEYES Perfect Purifier. The strongest disinfectant.) E. M. LYON& Co.,— 15, Battery Road, June 12. "dy namite. DEVIL BRAND, I The undersigned have now received a shipment of the above well-known Dyna- mite, which is guaranteed equal m every i respect to am other brand offering m ihe I market
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      409 4 McALISTER Co., HA V E Jl/ S I RE C E rYE D A F KESH SH I PME N I 0 F WATSON &Co.b Jfes^T?Z^&^k V> V CELEBRATKU f 1 /K^^ Price Si i per Case "SPECIAL RESERVE/' M^J^V-Vj/NN^f^ I The finest and best matured V "W /T '^^^By^'^^&g''
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      342 4 liuivj Genuine without the above two Ijbeib. I EHN MEYER tv Co., Sole Importers |*n t.th.s NEW AND WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES. Pr 1 ictui ,r, ln >rugandChi !Co Incgrpo it. d o-..,., JO •TONIN'K 1 I* Bio Poi Bei and !<■ ndi for Genera P of ■'ri I 1 11 I
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      379 4 I McALISTER Co. (Australian Produce Department) HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMF.N! UF 3 TONS Of Messrs. WOOD Co.'s Prime Australian Butter, the well-known Cow Brand, m illi tin- 5 V cents ]>cr tin. m _'lb. tins Si. 10 per tin. This buitcr can be had from our subagents m Peoang,
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      621 4 I The Singapore Free Press .so Mercantile Advertiser. (able Adore.-. 1 .i crt J( v... ll!L«PHONI NfMBtR. No. 6|, Published at 39, Changr Allt>. b.r. s ro c THE Lading English Nearspapei Straits Settlement;- fohore Protected Native States of PlHal gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang Semhilan; British North Borneo Sarawak Netherlands
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