The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 December 1897
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Title Section16 1897-12-30 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SER] SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, 301.. DECEMBER, 1897 DAILY ISS16 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement205 1897-12-30 1 ok O STEAM NAVIGATION I MA I i T w .i-r.es INTERMEDIATE DIRr signet* «i c arc "o" the »c--wiade. POMPAGNIE DES Ml MARITIMES DE FRANL n»e m jr a bout the underneauoced c \RD W'art ifocio* ■--'.> "t tJ THE NEW HA CK COMPA- !ITED tt oi tarapeac SI205 words
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Advertisement226 1897-12-30 1 At TKIAN LLOYDS STEAM -TION COMPANY. with thi Austrian I mikt. I which the Co from here i HOMEWARD. ro* r r<»Tmim hi via l'o»r» Poseidon Trieste call at l*>— f Co.. Aden. Suez, f'ort Said K o-l- *re earr jprd. A br n Colombo and BRi I M N226 words
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Advertisement256 1897-12-30 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKLTVAART M AATSCHAPPIT. InDKK I IRACT WITH THI NBTHIRLANHS INDIA (ioVKKNIHBHT. Agfnts at Singapore. Ships Agency, lati' I.DAENDELSA Co Coi.lyer <Jiav Time Table for December, 1897. Steamer From Expected Will, be despatched tor Date. lC .t) I'enan^, Ulebk-li, Padann lV Sumatra's \'> •j IVmasbin, P. l.aji Cotei li256 words
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Advertisement234 1897-12-30 1 John Little Co., Ltd. CHRISTMAS 1897 OSAQL IKON! IUM SMI 111 I- >\ A lit) War. CHRISTMAS MfclLODIl KLACs Of ALL NATIONS. Nor Chocolate Creams, From Cadbury Bros Bournville, The largest stock in Singapore, Prices from 35 cents to twenty dollars each. Ch.xroi I luxe FINEST CKEV V From J.234 words
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Advertisement500 1897-12-30 1 ■LJONGKONG ANI) SHANGHAI BANK!"'G <PORATION. PrtlU-UP CAPIi 10.000,00c RESERVE i 7000,000 RESERVE LIABILITY Oi- PROPRIHTC.k 1i0,000,000 Coubt or Uiuectubs. St. C. MICHAELSEN, Ksy C maikman. Hon. J. J. Bfll leving.— Ukputy Cmaibkan. C. Bhi.'kv j A. J. Ka v i G. D i I R. L. RILHARUSOV E«J. G. B.500 words
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Advertisement162 1897-12-30 1 TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE Co., Ltd., of HAMBURG. NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE Co., HAMBURG. HAMBURG BREMEN FIRE INSURANCE Co., HAMBURG. T"HE undersigned, Av I above com- panics, arr prepared to cept fire current rates. PUTTHA I Oct. 10. THE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD '-apjtai Fully Subscribed £2,500,000. Capital Paid up162 words
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Advertisement90 1897-12-30 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND AND ORIEN'-AL yJ 4^.AMSHIP COMP \N^ >unb pasMge I I* ran of Steam* of the abov j o <xrif* r r. >i Spe> Ami .4 #r application. PaaMMvrs b> pre Pasaengert, who tavc pai<' in^ at SaW* 9*rsm) within one yea of 10% Thit auomance90 words
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Article, Illustration827 1897-12-30 2 Mrr* Merr patriot Truth h*r gloriotii prcr^pt. draw, Plrdced to Relnion. I eraltr. and Law. FURTHER enquiry leads us to the conclusion that the news published in the Singapore Free Press of yesterday to the effect that the French Admiral has hoisted827 words
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Article138 1897-12-30 2 A Dihsrivt Version. Ki sso-Chimise Coalition. {Hongkong Telegraph Correspondent.) Shanghai, December 2*nd.— The Mercury re- j ceivcd a wire from Tientsin last ni^ht stating that three Russian warships had entered Fort Arthur at the request of Ch na (in case of further trouble with Germany,138 words
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Article936 1897-12-30 2 According to £7 CemerciO, the Spanish Bank and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, in Manila, have ac- j quired from thf Spaatsh Treasury three millions of dollars M sterling, at the change of two shillings and three farthings per dollar, which amount they will lay936 words
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Article61 1897-12-30 2 Diplomatic. France and China M. Pichon. the French Minister at K,o de Janeiro, has been transferred to Peking The Plague in Bombly. There has been a serious recrudrof the plague at Bombay. The Vacant Seat for York. Charlie Beresford a Candidate Lord Charles Beresford nionist candidate at York,61 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement189 1897-12-30 2 Katz Bros., Limited. HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW STOCK OF Indoor and Out-of-door Games. THE PRESENTATION TENNIS SET In C ete. -ETS IN Temi Ten Foot BailW'**CSENTATIO*- set I ard Cues Billiard H 1 US! BELTS. Indoor Games. Katz Bros., Limited. CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR PRESENTS. M. C. S. MOHAMED Co..189 words
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Advertisement216 1897-12-30 2 TO LET. TO BE LET mis and P«r month. Prtss. BEACH HOTEL. eoVoM and sm.ng room v G DOWN TO LET. Katfl«s Appl> to LLM LOH I pper Macao St. D«rt. GODOWNS TO BE LET. I 2nd floor 01 Kaffir* Place, as they stand or luUi.vidßd, KYER BROTHERS, uc -OSLYN216 words
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Advertisement801 1897-12-30 2 WANTED. Tanjong Pagar Dock Debs. FOR SALE. Pahang Corporation Shares. Sporting Club 6% Debs. Prye River Dock Shares. Municipal 5% Deb. (payable 1926;. HKASKK 1 BNg« mirf SI, hi-- hiukcrk. 1 Det u.c. WANTED A COPYING Clerk, with some experience of work in a lawyer's office. Apply, in writing, to801 words
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Advertisement879 1897-12-30 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS RAFFLES HOTEL Spr« ial New Ybar's Em Dinvir. SARKIKS BROS.,— Proprietors. Dec. 30. 31-12 TO LET .< I TPPKK NORWOOD," St. Thomas Walk, U (UIT Killiney Road). Kent $50. Entry from loth January. App!> (.UTHRIB k ...,_A K ents. Drc. ju u.c. NOTICE. T^IIK nam. ..I the s.s.879 words
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Advertisement58 1897-12-30 2 Domestic Occurrence. In Memoriam. DR. JOSE RIZAL impiamente asesinado en Manila el 30 de Diciembre 1896. R.I. P. Mi Patria idolatrada, dolor de mis dolores, Ouerida Filipinas, oye el postrero adios, Alii te dejo todo, mis padres, mis amores Yoy donde no haya esclavos, verdugos ni opresores, Donde la ft-58 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous838 1897-12-30 2 The Week. Tnur»day, 30th High Water 2 so a., 2.56 p. Moon First (Juarter, i.li a.m. Municipal Commission, 2-30 p.m. Mil, McAlister 6l Co. or Sunday School Children. Friday, 31st High Water 3 45 PHogmanay, langlin Club "At Home, 9 p.m. Lt St. Andrew 1 Cathedral, 11-30 p.m. Saturday Jao838 words
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Article231 1897-12-30 3 had brought Vmateur," -h. in which a bringing to Company for the t ,I,oft season commencing Frbruary 21 in < to say that my entire i Com <}>pearing in Calcutta, I cption, will be seen in and that I shall bring < a |i t he necessa- and appointments231 words
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Article146 1897-12-30 3 "THE STRAITS CHINESE MAGAZINE." Mr Far. i'^ori t h irnpC"*"":fc)!iitv of r•■ o n < t i c and ["be Chinama" as a to prove tr 2 rcat nenable to rapid and has good r* long and stubbornly the org date Theorat the ning an: and ■-come a great and146 words
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Article722 1897-12-30 3 I'm,. Vmtory for 5. C. C. n Goals to I. Ihe Esplanade was exceedingly well i patronised yesterday evening, on the occa- I lion of the match betwr en the SC. C. and the Peralc representatives. The weather was could l»e desired, but the ground, owing to the ncent722 words
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Article198 1897-12-30 3 While Dan Leno was singing one of his palter songs the other night at the Empire Concert Hall, Birmingham a married wo. man, who sat in the gallery, laughed so immoderately, that she went into an apoplectic ht and died, before a doctor who e audience,198 words
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1043 1897-12-30 3 THREE MONTHS' LEAVE TO SIBERIA." (Rifle Brigade Chronicle.; {Concluded.) We saw a good deal of the convicts, who were marched about the town in gangs, chained and guarded. They really do not have at all a bad time. They are employed on the railway, and have a lew cubic feet1,043 words
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Article135 1897-12-30 3 The following is one of the best of the many references that have I Uely been made concerning Kanji How can we celebrate, O rare young man, I hou princely player from the land of Ktnji, I he mighty number of the tuns you Kan Jitbinghi t •mplaint reaches135 words
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Article136 1897-12-30 3 THE DEPARTURE OF THE POWERFUL." Othbr Natal Itims. H. M S. Powerful, which left last evening for Hongkong, i- to make her ful' speed trial on the way up, instead of between here and Colombo as was first arranged, and it is anticipated that she will make Hongkong in tlirre136 words
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Article412 1897-12-30 3 MAT SALLEH 'S SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE. A F'ort Withix a Fort. I II F. 1)V <1 H el Alt it T»N I I by the Banjcrmasstm which arrived last night from Labuan .ini b X Borneo some particulars have irrivrd >>f the late unsu< cessful attack of ih<- b N. B.412 words
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457 1897-12-30 3 I Ht I' 'HI H. K (KTfUkAK Puviau Snuwe Game. 1 in isHiHi iv m.-l.i Y«ara a Hums. 'Special to Ckimm Mmd.j Sha:igH.i\ Dec. u, 7.4 p m. ships have occupied Port \rthur with the full 4 the Chinese (iuv«r nment. ported that overland trom457 words
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Article214 1897-12-30 3 HE MARRIED TH EM. A Magistrate in Michigan, named Roberts, does i not regard marriage as a failure. Marrying people 1 i, a l.ivourite occupation of his, and on his cards he has engraved Ins special qualifications for tying. j nup'Ml knots. He assures the public that mar I 'iages214 words
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Article279 1897-12-30 3 The School for Saints, by John Oliver Hobbes (T. Fisher Unwin) is a novel dealing with the adventures of two scions of noble houses, both born under a cloud, and both possessed of high mental abilities. The lady gets a graceless husband and marries the hero on a279 words
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547 1897-12-30 3 WHO SHALL BE OVERLORD OF THE PACIFIC I hp. Ambitions ot Japan. lenerahzers have divided the course of civilisation into three periods Mediterranean, Atlantic and Pacific according to the stretch of water which forms the theatre of principal human mtetest. We are said to be now on the verge of547 words
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Article229 1897-12-30 3 Melbourne is (says a Ml) in mourning;. On Friday last we had a regular tornado. Ihe wind blew with hurricane force, bringing down chimneys, rurrying balconies Bwajr bodily and doing a deal of damage in the city. The country, however, fared worst. Ciop^ were destroyed, people blown out229 words
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Article277 1897-12-30 3 I he completion of the Trans-Siberian railway seems likely to be deferred to a much Uler date than was at one time supposed. I'rnm Vladik t.) Khabarovka, a distance of something under s.OO miles, the line is open but ifcc rol-ling-slock is ve r y poor, and277 words
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Article309 1897-12-30 3 Q otatiom. Capital Paid ap Share. Pa. Olt Hongkong Skaafhar Haak. I76%prea-. $10,000,000 $10,000,000 80,000 IBS h' I '9.970A A Nation-! _U_k.fl China $.3 _SOO,--_c 440^150 ..9,955. j_.B -23 b 750 Bk.otChn v |apaa, Ud $24 No-niaa, _a-*^..-jc Aa<. 96* 199,875 ..8.5. Deferre 1 _,5309 words
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Page 3 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous478 1897-12-30 3 VESSELS IN PORT. Men-of-Wai Flags and Tons Commir.Jen Arrived l-rom WWi Krx. »k Brit, cruiser F«MB Brit, torpedo dctorpedo d<Other Vessel* Flags ft Tons Matters Arrived Prom Consi^neet I'etersri |)< »<»H Sar. vch., 112 Nacodah Sep. 2\ Sadon k KR Brit. 216 Kobert:>on Bil*nTrah«. But^is bq N'acodah Dut. 192 f478 words
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484 1897-12-30 4 The Singapore Free Press AND Mercantile Advertiser. Cable Audri- str, Simgaf I hi m'honi Hvmwmu—Ho. 61 Published at 39, Change Alley, Singapore ""THE leading English N> ■1 Straits Settlements Jo! Protected Native States of Perak. Selangor Sungei L'jong, Pahang. the N bilan British North Borneo herlands Indies. Java and Sun484 words
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Page 4 Advertisements
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Advertisement154 1897-12-30 4 THK MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE V of 1896. I prcposeu alteration in the l;miu within which rate :^r ihe s-pply of »a:e- -ha t. levied of j« ori Tc sting wale: ned .if Sevt n\" ot ■Had those :.r-.:- :o "e rnaaaai shown map been for*ardej th^ I oi. i x i".154 words
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Advertisement235 1897-12-30 4 •<^^^?» 1 1 jij aif 1 1 1 H l w!m H3?tiiklii I TSn mSI **/^^^c* •V JTjZZ w convenient ana most aoUaapuo <)/•«« is*atic* ptUt tl SanM jj \iSS4rm COMBTIPATION HEAOACHE CON6E3TIONS \s££?Jf '%4^^^ LEEMANN GATTVS Ugk PATENTED FAST 4*fit 3JT KHAKI DRILL. j£ RAUTENBERG. SCHM!DT&C0 l %yF Scotch235 words
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Advertisement72 1897-12-30 4 John Little Co., Ltd. toys: toys:: toys JUST AKKIVED A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT t MAIL CARTS, .pholstered Folding Cart, n for econi also with j THE FAIRY CAR. CL'PID'SCAR. BABY'S CAR. Buili; .rns, 'els, ipets, Rocking Horses, Tricycle Horses, »'»«R I YRE VV'hIBL*. Water Pots, Dredgers, Slates, Soldiers, Railway Trains. Meamboats.72 words
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Advertisement266 1897-12-30 4 CHRISTMAS 1897. John Little Co., Ltd. HAVE NOW ON VIEW A I. ARCH ASM) VARIED ASSORTMENT Ol New Goods SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. Fancy Goods. Album* loi Photographs, Views, &c. I-adies Hand Bags and Fitted 1 ravelling Bags l.idics and (ienN. 1 I M, Cigar and Cigarette Cases and \\<266 words
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Advertisement58 1897-12-30 4 Passengers tor Straits, China Japan. G. R. Lambert dc Co., Photographers. !>> Special Appointment t u His Majesty the Km K of Siani Hjs Highness* the Sultan of Johore ClHt H I'.atUt) Road. and Orchard Road. .rgements in all JUST RECEIVED A \K\\ x 01 Beaufful Japanese Albums, suitable for58 words
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Page 4 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous209 1897-12-30 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. I Known) date due her COROV! b I :.,ad n 5 Bonn »er. I >pan, due Jan. i Ml h .me &Co ui.g Man^ eld. 2" «or. rork, N Moses Stb»mer, ri kon r ,dui tlous l. Neu Vorfc, Oct. 2', Plaxbi M N Boustead D iJ' y-209 words
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