The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 7 May 1897

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  • 19 1 TH E Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE FRIDAY, 71,1 MAY, 1897. DAILY ISSUE, No. z,66i
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 776 1 J* o Office. Collyer Quay. XT Wharves. New Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. > tore HINA lAPAN, PENANG. CEYI ON INDIA AUSTRAI lA. ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MAI lA. BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH, AND LONDON. rhroagfa BjL» ot Lading s jed tor Persian C >■■■ jnd Amen an Ports, also for
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    • 1071 1 NORD-UEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN. j "jPHB bat and well known steamers o! tins line wiO leave Singapore on or about the undermentioned d ite or i WARDS HOKIE WARDS To arrivt Singapore fol To arrive b;nt;apore for Ch.na. Europe. 1897. Pnmss** Ma j Pr.Heinrich May 30. Sachsen June 24. Preusstn |une
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    • 660 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PARETVAART M AATSCHAPPIf. I'nder Contract with thk Netherlands India Governmrnt. j Agents at Singapore, Ships Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collver (Juav Time Table for May, 1897. Steamer From Expected Will be despatched tor Date. IM. Vajirunhis Penang. Arrived. Penang, Oleh-leh, Padan^, ivc. May eth, j V.
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    • 636 1 RILEY, HARGREAVES Co. SOLE AGENTS FOR Royal Psycho Cycles FOR LADIES GENTLEMEN US' Starley Brothers Coventry. (By Special Royal W. in ant ol Appointment) HEX MAJESTY THE QUEEN. A l.ar^i: onsignment of High Grade Cycles Roadsters, Light Roadsters, Racers and Ladies' i •<,, Patterns, HAVE 1 1 1 ST BEE
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    • 620 1 f-TONGKONG AND SHANGHAI xx BANKING CORPORATION. FMD-UP CAPITAL lic.ooo.cxx i RESERVE FUND. 6,500,<kx> RESERVE LIABILITY OF > PROI'kIETORS 1 0,000.000 Court of UuacTosa St. C. MICHAELSEN Ksg— Chairman Hun. f. I BKU. Irving. DKPVTT OuUKMAH. C. Beukmans, K-,a. lA. J Raymond, ii q G. D. Boning E g I K.
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    • 520 1 TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE Co., Ltd., of HAMBURG NORTH GERMAN FIRE ,'NSUK ANCE Co., HAMBURG. HAMBURG BREMEN VIRI INSURANCE Co.. HAMBURG. I H li. undersigned, Agent- al the ai.jve lotti panics, arc prepared to .incept tire r.sUcurrent rates. PUTTFA-U UM fe Oct. ii thls commercial union ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Fire risks
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    • 379 1 PACII-1C MA!!. STEAMSHIP 17 COMPANY AN:) OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. i i.iuu^'h p&bsaw-. t.. i Krano, ;ii.d Germani »f Steamers, ..'<• >..> t- 'jit ■icsmixi ot th*. above Km I O Oth- BWiaW UM dl ratr 5 pe< al ra» ed i ot the Arm. Navj teamed* appliu t,
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  • Correspondence.
    • 308 2 Exchange Compens ation IN THE Native States. > rue Editor. S:k i quite agree >\ith the eWS of \our correspondent Scrutator i xpressed Us ctter appearing m your issue of the slant, as to the injustice observed m th-. 1 granting of Kx< hange Compensation. hi a :mber ot cases
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    • 104 2 nn Editoe. S —A ■BC to suggest a scheme to lie the Diamond Jubilee which for the benefit of all classes and worthy of the great event. Ige the Taniong Rhoo Strait make a road as far as the eastern side of god ;s. convert the lar
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  • 54 2 RETURNING FROM BANISH MENT. P g vas deported fron, the Colony rii April this year he returned his sentence of ot being rescin iterdaj ■.c was brought up before th>; 1 hird M iq charged with ualawfu retarn- H leaded that he lad never been told not to return to
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  • 104 2 Norwegiai -.jmer Bog 1 h (or this port on tl .-U ultimo. c 1 I 1 Ired and Sfl Borni Ltd urrived 1 and anchored m the roa 51 40 to the Borneo wharf either Ml or to-morrow to put out her cargo The I I P ft
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  • 170 2 Yesterday Chee Swee Hoeg a a -ought -p on remand, charge I bj Official th oft Hay i ah and -vr^a^ore' after the of a bankruptcy petition v I U a four months aext before -uch presentation, he did -.<■• \,z t the s false entries m
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  • 134 2 I Ayres, Colonial Surgeon of who m borne, probal retire per SJ >' M dM h tefl "-inga- rung, had a capita! H tag! hqi The Police Pipe a-, c i w -r :.y ;;;^d:; 0 IB I I ;.i- Frieada froa the Hongkong b do'.s to tl wharf] where,
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  • 364 2 Dbparturi 'ii the Police. Yesterday afternoon the detachment of Colonial police to represent the Straits Settlements at the lubilec Celebrations m '.and p. m Ju c aexf left by the I*. O. steamer Japan, m charge of Chief Inspector Jennings. I'lu- detachment consists ol 24 N. C.
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  • 153 2 Rb I 1 Wist. In the Bankruptcy Court, on April 7, there was a sitting for public examination m this case, the bankrupt I- -das a jute merchant, erf .m and Move. Accounts were filed showing i and assets It appe..' the bankrupt joined a firm
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  • 82 2 MUSIC IN H ONGKONG. writer ol Musical Notes "m the says Musical Education ia certainly spreading m Hongkong The oung Women's Christian Association a society which has for its object the mi—l .'.al. moral and physical .art.d a singing-cla:^. Miss I. li. Crawford, who was very successful m the 1..
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  • 93 2 I ral 11 reported fi D i Pioneer, h i.' /ears on the i>ih of April last at al the office His Hi] Suli Ihe udden f tic- guards otcu. animal but, either beca men g 1 the uncer i;led I him. He 1 jnd
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  • 503 2 In the course of an article contradicting statement :ie concerning Japanese gaols by the the Boytki --onii makes the following statement-! concerning Mrs. Carew's j treatment :n the British goal. Yokohama Very strange rumours have now gained currency relative to the gaol of ihe country to which
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  • 1991 2  -  G. Lacy Hillier All Right Rbsbrvbd.l BY (.By Arrangement, tor the Singapore Free Press.) VIII. Wn m to We <k. An everlasting question, onu which has been asked from the period of the lidenic apron ol figleaves down to the present time, and the best answer that
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  • 231 2 ST GEO RG E'S DA Y IN FO RM OS A. On St George's Day, the jyd April, the British resident- m Tamsui, Formosa, already celebrated the Record Reign oi Her Majesty the Cjueen Victoria m right royal fashion. Mr. H. C. A. Bonar, H. B, M. s Consul, held
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  • 132 2 A resident m Shanghai, wh 1 lias ;ust returned from the Haiincng district, the home of the wheel-barrow-men, reports that news ol the riot m Shanghai has spread far and wide. It is generally believed that three foreign policemen and three wheelbarrow coolies were killed m a
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  • 76 2 (Corrected up ro May j.) On I.onijon. Bank 4 m/s 2/oi demand 2/0 Private credits 3 m/s 2/0-5/.' documents 3 m/s ~/°s credits 6 m/s .2/0-7/16 On India. Bank demand 16 )k On Hongkong. Bank demand dis. On Yokohama. Bank demand *i/b prem On Java. Bank demand 120 Private
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  • 95 2 (April 7.) *3*75 Gambler 6.,,, do. Cuba No. l y. ,o Pepper, Hl.ick (ordinary Spore) tc do. White, (Fa,. L/W *5%) 23. Nutmegs 1108 to the ib.J 63. Mate (Banda) N 75, Cloves (Amboina) 17.50 f.iberian Coffee jj, l.ipioca, small pearl (Fail quality) <10. do ilakc (do. do.] j.as
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  • 766 2 THE OPINION AND THE FACT S. Hist let us have what the doetoi said, then th< acts upon winch he based his opinion, and finally we may a^k whether the facts justified that opinion Hie doctor's opinion was this, "The mm* suffering from hrohic inflammation of the brain.' 1 he
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  • 100 2 MAY 7 th, t««f Starts lM«a£oeCa L<d j R I'ooaoo IaMW I(X)O 10 Stniu Trading CoJLtt n ßu)crb ««>-<>oo 600,,.,« ,0^ StnteloeCoT t^S Buyers. v >. i,« 50 „v, ♦.''O 100 nor roO(l ju Strait* teuwfcipU. Mo t j s t+ju Maj 1. .i 141 H I Singa:>v
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 317 2 OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY EAST »JDIAN OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. Ltd AND NBDERLANDSCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN. The I ompaii) steamers are de- patched trom j Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China, aud Japan, and from Japan homewards lor London every ten days, and have accommodsii n Eot third class passengers
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 726 2 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port ol departure, and 'wlure known, dale due here, and name of Agents. Msn-of-War Fuji-Kan, |..j... Newcastle, Swift, H.M.S., Manila, due April Undai m H.M.v Colombo, due May YaSHIMA Kaw, Jap., Newcastle, Mail Steambr> psom Elkope. Xi SAR-l-HIND, due May lo P. X O. Caledomikm, due May
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    • 287 2 VESSELS IN i*o X r M.n-of-W., Flags and Ton. Commander, Arrived F.om O»., t Ves«i^ Mag, Ton, Makers A r,.v,d From Con sl gn,es i°* P HUt i i Morora.i M,, lir if -P- 1 I &£Jf G '<^cli May 6 Gobong KiVn Us 5S" 58 razier Mar. 17 Probolin.-o
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    • 253 2 If At Li it j i c, li|ambtc B.itt. I Feii.. Per- Kuala Pahai Penaii| Kuala Pahaflfi s Bangkok Bangkok />,-,,„ I I hgg Bales Id (■> I'-^kok Banekak Bangkok Bata\;a, &t I Wkdnkkoo Kuropc NEXT MAIL DUX s. R May -Ufc. i i H A Wedna lay, \l.,\ i.>
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