The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 June 1896

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1 3 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)

  • 8 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY. JUNE 27, 1896
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  • 2157 1 The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1896. pr« Comim ING observations upon tbe Comm;it(rt: .-ta^-' o! tbe Muoicipal BIU, it it) aalisiactor) I 1 sec I bat, nW.v. ugh it w a.bardly to be expected that the Governor would divest hiasell <•'■ hk iioid on the <ippointiseots ol Mooii
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  • 629 1 1 i>. >|) d nisli nail nteanv-r Flctftt is expected to arrive bcre tioiu Manila on Monday moniin|^ There will be 1 pap^r duse on Wednesday ii'-\t. fiaishiog ai Baladtva The meet will be DOtified later I In- tnoathl) sewiag neettag ol the f hurch Work rVssociaiioa srill be bdd
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  • 181 1 derman Cfdittt have- an e!tectual *,i\ tgM rid of troublesome dogs, though the method u:,c winch could be recommended for is< tlioruughlarc-. Bkycll bomU mm I bdand m tnc I atheriand «a*i hat extremely nuity explosives, which exercise a magical eSea Jpou the i_ur o!
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  • 169 1 France is going ahead m the adaptatwn o the latest developments of science to the pra. tic purposes of daily life. In the matter of the .< <n£en rays, for example, Paris already boasts <v its "Bmdographic atelier," m the Rue le Pelctiei. Thu esublishment
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 220 1 W. Robinson Co, HoJKftene, Oi'p:\'s Ko\d. CtNTRAi.. Smgapofe. 5 3a«ery Road. a r^j I- >■<' -c< B^as^^^H^aaassssf3B7 x> HOE &y3sSt* -i wFv S^SISSSMBSSSK»k fMHV^SSvas^^ a JIltS v«»v s*«Wg^swsi ■BErl -T •tACHALS BRIXSME.AO FBURICW aVe. Transposi-^c a Allison 1 .^..os. fan. 11. NOBELS I Explosives Co.. Ltd. M ¥M REMS CM
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    • 1068 1 EXCHANGE BANKS. "TPHE Exchange Banks will be closed on .Monday, June 2Qth, being Coronation Day. June _>5. 30 6. WANTED AT ONCE. Hr V, quiet lodgings for married couple wiih two children. Or, would share a house with another family. Apply, terms and all particulars, to A. B. C." c/o
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    • 862 1 AUSTRALIAN BEEP. "THK undersigned is prepared to supply Aus- A tralian Beef of the finest tjuility, regular shipments being received. Ordtr-' bt sent to ENG YONG SIANG, i^S, Orchard Road. J jae 4-7 DORDTSCHE PETROLEUM MAATSCHAPPY, SOURABAYA. Vf ANUFACTURERS oi Petroleum Lubricant unequalled for Steam Engines, Cylinder nd every class
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    • 393 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SALE. TJfOODF'.D Gitf, suitable for pony- In good I*■ order. Apply L.8., c/o Free Press. June 87. i-7-v WANTED. Municipal Debentures do. do. ft% Tanjonjf Pa R ar Dock Debs. Slrails'ice Co. Straits Trading Co.'s Shares. FOR SALE. lanjong Pajjar Oo L k Shares. Jelebu < o.'s
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    • 112 1 REUTER'S TELEGRAMS The Venezuelan Difficulty. Mr. Harrison, the British surveyor prisoner m Venezuela, has been released The Chartered Company. Resignation of Messrs. Rhode? Beit and Harris. A resolution of the Board of Director I of the Chartered Company a< resignation of Hewn Rhodes Betl Harris. Tht resolution warmiv eulc Mr.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 246 1 The Week. Saturday, 27th Hvh Water 1— 0.(40, 'i.,op. Cricket Pi larr.h .ii,,i f.r N. <•■ 1. Mail M m mm dm Sur.day. 28th i 1 v U I 1 ;n;t\ s l-ii pnf X.,). n^ l.jo p<rr Monday, 29th Hit Wate VViHard Open < 0 r<nra Hafl p p.m
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  • 898 2 g en d the heading Topics of the Week Doth now. too oft, portend dead languages. Anon. *c lgunt homines nostri est farrago libelli, JI'VENAL. B 3 as though the official hankering ,vinmetrv of routine and the official Itlitj to its shibboleths of leave rules and
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  • 87 2 PIRAMBULATORS V. ETCETBRAS. This match was commenced on the Esplanade last evening, and will be resumed this afternoon. The scores on call of time were PIRAMBLLATOKS. -V J Woodrottecßo-sb G. Mactaggart o J 4 ach c -"d b}■ C. Mactag K ai t IQ W. R. CollyerbJ.G MactaggaU T
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  • 207 2 {FroM our own CorrstptmUnt.) Thursday, June 25tli. A new Football Club has just been -tarted lure. It is called the Gambi.-r 1-aia Football Club, and is composed of the junior members of the existing Joliure Football Club,. This new club introduced themselves to public notice this afternoon by
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  • 56 2 Oa Moada) Bight at p.m., the Band ol the aad NorUraaiberlaod Pu.-ilier- will play the following selection ot musk ja the Botanii di Gaideofl Pk' ',k nMfc. I Gcaad Russian Festival March PtUrtktCnmi N \ipr,i\ ink. t-^:;i- A j ison. Vafae !"c-a y-j-L-.' Kom/ii< Sdecrioa
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  • 439 2 TbeS.C.C. Athletic Sporta take piace on rbnrsdaj ai.d Saturday next July 2nd and 4th. mirirs closing tbu eveaing. The followiag names arc down at present tor the varioaa eveata Iw \a:ci> Fiat Race S. N L Binnv Scth K. J h. DsaaySi H S. Wiattasoo, M. A.
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  • 67 2 SjCG Isr XI. Nkm XVI. The S.C.C. Baatch on Coronation Day i, the Fir.-,t Eleven P. Next Sixteen, to begin at 10 am. Ihe following will probably play. The Sixteen l.t. Binny, Capt. Dawkins, P. Dorays E. F. H. Hdlm, E. S. E^ek.el, F. T. Kc*lle E. Maxwell, M.
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  • 165 2 All who arr disposed, out uf respect to the memory ot the brave Singaporean who won the Stanhope Gold Medal ot iB«y. t) subscribe to this Memorial Fund are invited to send their contribution.-, to the c*re of the Editor, Singapore Free Press. As already mentioned,
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  • 67 2 Cholera existing m Kedah, the state is declared infected, and five days' quarantine from the date of departure from Kcdah is imposed. Mr. D. H. Wise is appointed a member ol the Board of Examiners m Malay. Quarantine is removed from vessels arriving from Foochow. Mr. E. E.
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  • 500 2 Writing on the social effect of bicycling, ihc Spectator says The skilled cyclist who has developed the proper muscles and has got rid of the sense of fa(igue which haunts the beginner, just as it haunts, and daunts, the man who is learning to swim
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  • 206 2 A fit- Vkk(xi.h) Kul' 1 ."i Collision pr'-.ir r.iii^c-d ra Iwaj caliision :-> t'j t>e one ol the attractions a', tne openi j H..- k:)c P.itlv .1 [,'■_.<- ire resort twenty*five mifc i toutli of Columbus, i)',io. 1 !:e < oluirbus, Hacking \'.,!!ey, and I
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  • 711 2 The annual i-p<"-' S in.v make- pi*--i-rfHt reading I'.jr Engli-.li foik, Lin r.ever m'jr'j ~o ll iii on nit present o casion We have a. twofeU interesl m M. ue Lesseps' grand work bo;h a- investors and as ust:-. we share with it good lini^-^ and bad.
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  • 1459 2 (To The Editor of the Times. j Sir, It is difficult to arrive at the truth as to the occunence and significance of the events of recent years m South Africa, and those who are not behind the scenes may well speak with diffidence. But
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  • 269 2 As tiit-re seems to be a general feeling that the Totalizator does nol work out s itisfactorijy m practice owing to the publicity of all its transactions, it might be useful to give this reference to a modified Total zator, appearing m a Bangkok paper At the
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  • 63 2 The General Electrical Association fßerlin) announce that they have succeeded m so improving the Rontgen tubes as to render it possible for the internal structure of the head, the larynx, and more especially the action of the respiratory organs and heart to be observed direct on the
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  • 179 2 A special telegram from Mombassa, dated the 9th instant, to the B.nnhay Gazette, says: "Mr. Frederick Fordage, Assistant to the Administrator of East Africa, left to-day for the interior m charge oi the caravan en route to Uganda. The caravan imewdes 50 artisans and clerks from
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  • 223 2 THE JAPANESE SERVICE TO LONDON We learn that the subsidy to be paid by the |ii|).iiit-«ie Government to ihe Nippon Vushen Kaisha m respect of the tatter's European service will be .4^3 855 yen for round voyages, provided the steamers be not ltss than 4 130 ton-, and have a
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  • 68 2 (Corrected up to June j;.; On London. Bank 4 m/s -;-4 demand jji Private credits 3 m/s .2] 2-15/16 docunients3 m/s j<j credits 6 m/s j/j| On India. Bank demand iJUi.i UN Hongkong. Bank demand par. On Yokohama. Bank demand > par. On Java. Bank demand 13; Private 30
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  • 91 2 (June 27.) Tin *i2.i^; GamLier 7.25" do. Cube No. 1 1145 Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) 10.20 do. White, (Fair L/W=s% 17.75 Nutmegs 150s to the Ib.) 91. Mace (Banda) 96. Cloves (Amboina) 17.50 Liberian Coffee 30. Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) 340 do. do. rlakr (do. do.) 330 do.
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  • 241 2 Quota now. Capital Paid up Shares Pd. O#», Hongkong \Shaißa,k iyo prr-m. 10 ,000.000 $.o,ooo.<*k, *>,000 1*5*1.5* r< taWM^ Si *4-,50 fcgrg Founders. t,, 5 Seller, Bk.dCh.naftJ^Ltd 3 Nominal j *450.068 100,875 4* < do. Debentures 6% ii% prem. $200,000 NewHpbourDockCo.Ltd. s Z ord. f,
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  • 268 2 The Companr*! steamer^ are desp.acl'ed from Li\ crpuol outw.irds tur the Strdit^ Ciiinii X l*p*n and from |apan homewards for London every week, and have accommodation for first and third class passenger^ carrying a Surgeon and Stewardess. Through Bills of Lading are is>ucd tor all China,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 399 2 .-mILS CLOSE I (>-!••>. k.- V Muar, 'aJuu r\» Malacca KUi.«. Sappho, < pm Penang Bomb iy, Rokil pm Penang, Washi, m [ndragth, Mount, p>i Bengkalis Ha^dn. //o Toxf, j pm B<nt;kal;s 5l Ba^an. Sultan, PM Hongkong, tec, Ciieang Chew, pm Deli, Sumatra, 4 pm Bassein, Saint Ronald.. 4 I'M
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    • 1392 2 rtISKLS IN Ho k i w-n-uf-Wa: ctao ft Ton. Capt» m tattwal P m mm 1 1 v > Po«roißi R nt L11 i 7 M,.\ 2, WawgJßßng Si N CMioc Other VaaaaU At*i di« Nor, 198; s idu c H Baj I \m Atlawtii Gecbq., 6jj Sahnekbi [urn Bd
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 280 3 THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA 4 CHINA TELEGRAPH COMPANY. LIMITED. UDI'tTIOM Ol ka l RS. Pe'ianf io Mai* PmA -•>., xl 4 b a -11-. N v. ..I-'"' 11 1, v.V. GRHV W I > OK 15H N« >3 7 HARNESS. li; [*ALL\> A IA tpe i IH -makers aad Saddlers
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    • 466 3 «L,a^ LEEMANN A GATTVS »|i PATENTED FAST *jJ£ ST KHAKI DRILL. 3fe RAUJENBERG. SCHMIDT&C0 lfl 9lJF ALBERT COLAS, 1, HACI i#Mll», P AEI3 ABSINTHS #M 4 MOHOPOLS QU.NQUINA COCA. Tiade Mark W M MOINE COM IK D.S«Rapore. A(MM for M. OPPENHEIMER Co.. PARIS j V 19 j KATZ BROS. HIGH
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    • 347 3 DYNAM I T E. DEVIL BRAND, Tlif undersigned have now i< eived .-i shipment of the above w.-11-kn- xn Dyna- i mite, which i-; guaranteed equal :n every fespecl to nn\ Other brand offei Dg m llic market. The "DIVIL BRAND" of Dynamite is nsed at tin principi Mines m
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    • 649 3 Tho only Medicine of the kind awarded a Certificate at the Calcutta Exhibition. 1883-84, open to all Countrln PHDSPHDDYNE HAS THE LARGEST SALE OF ANY PHOSPHORIC MEDICINE IN THE WORLD. For thirty years has maintained m f^b ts cuer S' zin 6 effects arc shewn from the world-wide reputation as
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    • 450 3 McALISTER Co. Draw Special Attention TO A CONSIGNMENI oi-FRED-METTER'S PATENT IMPROVED OVENS, which they have just received AND are now on view, THE SIMPLEST CHEAPEST, AND MUSI ECONOMICAL COOKING STOVE IN USE ONtA IHI ONE FIRE ON TOP. TO ROAST, BAKE, AND BOIL. NO IJKK KWORK HKOi [RED. Can be
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    • 636 3 The Singapore Free Press 1 AND Mercantile Advertiser. Ckr.Lv Aonßfrss, Mdmrtimr, Km^_ TBLBfHOSe Ml MHKR. No. Published at 39. Changr Alley, Singgp-,,. THE Lading English Newspaper m th* Strait* Settlements Johore, th*> Protected Native States of Perak. 5, gor, Sungei I'jong, Pahang. th» H&ti Sembilan; British North Borneo: Sarawak Netherlands
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