The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 March 1897

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. fHIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE MONDAY, Bth MARCH, 1897 DAILY [SSUE, Mo I 9
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      612 1 0 STEAM NAVIGATION Co. r( HINA JAP \N PEN \N 1 EYON INDIA, AUSTRALIA, VDEN, EGYPT, xa- ES, 1 iIBH '<. MALTA, r HSI VESU E, PI MOUTH AND I.OM >N rhrougfc Bill- ot 1 mi .i!-o for I v „r ^:L link, „1 P V HO! iRV 1 oames
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      944 1 NORD-DEUTSCHES LLOYD B R E M EC N 'I I i i l fast and well known steamers of this line iv« Sing pore 00 or about the under- i d date! OUTW A RDS HO M K\V \K I )S To arrive Singapore ior To arrive Singapore for C
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      1052 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAAKT MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under CoHTRACT with thb NBTHBRLANDS India Gjvbksmknt, AgfntsatSingai'Oke, Ships Agency, late F.DAENDELSs Co., 2-3 Collyer Quay Tune Table for March, 1857. Steamer From Expected Will be despatched for Date. Bawean S'baya. Mar. sth. Bawean, S'baya, B'massin, I*. Laut, Code. Mar. 9th. Siak Deli. Mar. 6th. Bengkalis,
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      599 1 tTONGKONG AND SHANGHAI A BANKING CORPORATION. 1 I P CAKTJ L ?1 1 .000.00 c 1 FUND {6.500,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS j 10,000,000 CollKf (>r UIRHCTORS. St. C. MICHAELSEN, Kso—Chaikman. Hon. J. j Hell Irving. DKPim Chairman. Ii SMANN, EbU j K. L. RILHAKDSUN, Esq. ii.l: Do (WELL, Esq.
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      460 1 TRANSATLANTIC PIRB INSURANCE Co.. Ltd si HAHBURO. NORTH GERMAN 3 IRE INSURANCE Co., HAMBURG. HAMBURG BREMEN FIRE INSURA NCB Co., HA M 1 1 U Kb. T*H undersigned, „ow companies, ait prepared to ■ooept tire nskb at I current rates. FHJTTFARCKEN Co. OoL ic-. THE CO II h l l.
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      203 1 DACH'IC MA' 1 MSHIP COMPANY AN OCL-!'! NTAI AN 1 ORIENTAL M [PO >MP/ 1 ttimuptim «f pre t •n Pad rt tnrougk Sailing dates fro/n H Yokohama to Sar. 1 kc n.Kll I N B4c BLISTER Co.. Australian Butter Ren< w n« d Cow rand. HA HE I BUTTER
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    792 2 There wa> a succes-t ul Masoui Dance at Hongkong on the nil ["he paperchase on Wednesday v \i will hnish at the Tanglm C ib. Ihe Russian flagship Rurik and the cnrisei Admiral A' rnuot! have leit Hongkong tor Nagasaki Me.--r> <i \-> Bsaiag and A. J. Raymond have joined
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    THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE.
    48 2 m connection with the celebrations to be hi-lil m London m June next, we under- stand that 25 of the Malay States Guides and js ol the Singapore Malay Police will leave Singapore lor London m May next to take part m tin proceedings.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    196 2 Ihe competition for the 1897 ChamI piooshtp, and its concomitant Sweep- stakes have now arrived within a measureable distance ol finality. I he Boal m the Championship, between j I apt. Eccles and Dr Fowlie, four rounds, take.- place this week. In the semi-final of the Sweepstakes,
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    LADIES LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    121 2 L ADIES LAWN TENNIS CLUB. PLAN ON SATURDAY. H M i i ONSHIP. Mrs. Sal/mann beat Mr.. Adams, 6 4. M 1 \en DOl bli Hamdii i Mrs. Murray and Mr. DefUIVS, owe 15, beat M md Mrs. Jelley, i. ,6—5, '—5. SlSt.Li lIIMHI \T. Mi-5 Gunn, scr. beat Mr,.
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    ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION.
    138 2 The Sixteenth Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Engineers Association was held m their Rooms m the Marine Club Buildings on Saturday, ihe 6th inst The following Office- Bearers were elected for the ensuing year lent, Mr. |nc. Stephen. Vice-Pres. Alex. McDonald. Secretary, Mr. Edward M.
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    TROUBLE IN KUALA LUMPUR.
    620 2 A SHOP LOOTED hit Chimsi All Closi I p. Un Thursday last Kuala Lumpur found itself confronted with a Chinese trouble. It app^ that the Sanitary Board decided to take action under Regulation XIII of 1893 which gives them power to see that the datchings used
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    H. E. WU TING FANG.
    100 2 We (China Mail) understand that it has been decided to entertain H. K. Wu Ting Kang to a farewell dinner m the Hongkong City Hall on the I evening of the sth March. It is expected that j over three hundred persons will be present,
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    A FAMILY DESTROYED BY PLAGUE.
    139 2 A FAMILY DESTROYED BY PLAGUE. In connection with the plague at Bombay the foilouing appears m Bombay news items A correspondent reports irom Bandbra an extremely melancholy case. A Portuguese couple Marians de Abacs and his wife Luzia were m comlortable ciri umstances and had a prosperous family. A series
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    RUSSIA, JAPAN AND KOREA.
    190 2 Hit Su pao, a local paper printed 111 Chinese and supposed to be controlled by Japanese influence, corroborates to-day the report which we published some lime back to the effect that Japan I has questioned China's right to allow Russia or a Russian Company to construct
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    THE PLAGUE AT BOMBAY.
    115 2 The statistics for the week ended Feb njth show 125. 1 1 'S. 115, 114. 132 toJ and 137 deaths from plague m Bombay. Government Hou>e at Parel lia- been converted into an auxiliary hospital. Among the European cases wen M Chandler, wife of Com. Chandler
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    ALLEGED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY MRS. CAREW.
    263 2 The Xippo, a native paper, slates thai Mr*, Carew endeavoured to commit suicide by taking poison m the British gaol at Yokohama a' kboul 4 o'clock p.m. on the sth ult., and her lite was seriously endangered for a while. How the po!>on
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    MR LOWDER AND MISS JACOB.
    285 2 M"RE Ml< I F RIKS. I okonama papers publ'sh further correspondent t between Mr. Lowder snd Mr. Scidmore, The former, writing on the 15th February, say-, The publication of the letter I addressed to Miss. Jacob on the 13th inst. has resulted m the communication
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    106 2 I lie telephone, as a >ocial convenience ii not without its inconveniences. Here i-. a neat tiling trom Vanity Fair "Telephone stories are many, but this is a true one. The Lady was m her country home m .North Kent, and there is a telephone laid on to her beautiful
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    THE MAIL SUBSIDY DEMAND.
    138 2 Brownie m the China Mail says That the unfair demand made by the Imperial Government ior one hundred thousand dollars, to be paid by this Colony, m aid of the mail subsidy, is pending. That a more inopportune time for such a claim could not not
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    THE PROPOSED GOLD STANDARD FOR JAPAN.
    292 2 THE PROPOSED GOLD STANDARD FOR JAPAN. The Japanese currency scheme, as formulated by one oi the Chief Accountants m the Department of Finance, as >|voted by the Mainichi Shimbun and translated m the Japan Mm/, is as '1 follows:— 1. A weight oi 2.2222 fun of gold of yoo fineI
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    WOMAN AND THH VIOLIN.
    181 2 ■p Referring to the Guildhall School of Music, "the largt— t school of music m the j world,' 1 the Daily Telegraph remarks At this and othei music schools a large proportion ot the students are ladies who seek to attain efficiency as instrumentalists, and the
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    TO CHLOE.
    170 2 E£a h day sees the up-to-date gul more and I more emancipated. She walks, drives at alone, constantly dines out by herself, simply 'joins some one At a bail, and generally -he gives proof that the chaperone will soon bet as extinct as the dodo." Woman. Chloe, ah
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    A REMINISCENCE OF THE LOSS OF THE "BIRKENHEAD."
    536 2 Ihe sinking of the Hirkenhead m 1852 with tnxjps on board, mentioned as a parallel to the recent loss of the troopship Warren Hastings, reminds mr:, 1 writes a correspondent to the If, stminster t'mcettc "of a somewhat striking incident. I I
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    627 2 Giving port and date ol departure, and (where known) date due here, and name of Agents. Mkn-oi -War. A.LGSftMB, M.M.S., Devonport, due M.v DssdfcTßS, Brest, due Mar. E( I.airkl r. Brest, due Mar. Knuymion, H. M. S., Chatham, due Mar l-i J|-Kan, Jap., Newcastle. [PHIGKMIA, H.M.S., Portsmouth, due
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    EXCHANGE.
    73 2 (Corrected up ro March 8.) On London Bank 4 m/s .zji 11 demand ...2/oi Private credits 3 m/s ....2/1-3 documents 3 m/s credits 6 m/s J/1-5/1O On India Bank demand ih_j On Hongkong Bank demand o dis. On Yokohama. Bank demand prem On Java Bank demand 12^; Private jo
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    PRODUCE.
    104 2 (March B.J Tin s t fiambicr 6.-,^ do. Cube No. l M 10 .V 5 Pupper, Black (ordinary S'pure) 14 .50 do. White, (Fair L/W=s% 23.' Nutmegs nostothe Ib.) fig. Mace (Baodft) 75. Cloves (Amboina) n 17.50 I-iberisn Lotfee |f Oi Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality; 3.25 do. do
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    SHARE LIST.
    176 2 MARCH I til, i 8., 7 H0..,.* Sh X v-pita I >d lha« H !)l» >h B R -ank i- prrm *i- ouo.ok-- n.0n0.0 M ■v M J-l Nomina f'l.inmmr gO Dcterrt c I v Tanjong I'arnr Dock. J%\ S N<w H.rt,., ur Dock Co. Ltd. to* orH
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    VESSELS IN PORT.
    77 2 p"*z~° f Wmt Commander A.rved Hror, Aust«.* i Xi, s aE as GiMiGAni Kr, rod > S o-<o-n P HH HobgW Efrt v tvi m si U tOn v"- 4 **< h 1 VAiisuiTHis k X 266 *»*&*<> M«. m., Hcrak vatch Duraman an z< Ksii fe
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    LATEST ARRIVALS.
    110 2 Bni McGill Ma. Kecorom Hrt. Bremen Ma oc Brii Davison M IJu o t Brit. SS o .1.K.i.1, M MJRlh Bra. 1889 Whymper \J.v I UUJR *>»■ Har'lhoon, M Wettin Mar. M*R» U.nou p HfL Hnt.64 Hudson 4u.l "■CM rtm.oo; \Va;ic M, Kus Hnt. 70 lioMin Po»,TIAV»K Dut..ui
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    Passengers Arrived.
    92 2 \i try .U HONGKONG tft vMv et« reduced v and to the levd a| Hit hundredth-. Manila baro. readings, m milli Pemperaiun m the shade m d 1 1a I Manila tetnperatun .enugiadi 1 1 imid Li liumtdri iturated v c I i M d, tO (WO pi
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    The Standard Time Balls.
    25 2 1 .it Fon Cam Br.n; falls eAch day at I I'M I five I I'o-<Ja\ Poo MMMg I' i M- correctly.
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      212 2 OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY EAST INDIAN OCEAN STBAM SHIP COMPANY. Ltd. AND NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAFPIJOCEAAN. The Company stearaei. are despatch, tl m. m l.iveipool outwards tor the Straits, Cl v I ud Eroa Japan homewards for London every ten days, and have accommudation for first anil third class pameogei carrying
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      195 2 MAILb CLOSE. >■ B-jiij/kok 1 rind y Bengkalis, &c. Siak t] AM Sourabaya Saru Borneo 1 m Hongkong, ice. Oanfa 11 -,m B I'dhat Sultana \cm Deli Calypsu 1 m fJeh Sumatra 2 1 m Penang Camorta Malacca, &c. Ban Hut Guan 1 i \i ing Ch Sourabaya Si Teresa
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      225 2 CLEARANCES. Ekeroia, Bnt. sir., Saw, for New 01 k Sim.kep, Dm. btr., Nacodah, lot Siagkei Dut. -,tr.. Robin-. X N ti Nor. sir. I ibaya P\i .1 A Bri'_. sir.. Philippe, for PeiMrij;, Kan. goon and CakuJ Pbrdama, Brit, m r Geary ior kda ports. AHHBKST, Bm. -li.. Xicoi. lor
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      64 2 1 heb. 24 A I Mai X N 1 s kon^, |«n. \o C«IUo. 'net KcpoVt* Id ObMfi Btwp V" 1 rl U <-• V,, j Wn Bti nm«flM r I )ir. of Wind Am* i ,)i| 1 I .i,i< 1 vim. k 1m ■I l-,.r. 1' r i i-
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