The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 May 1901

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    19 1 THE Singapore Free Press MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THiRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. MONDAY, i 3 th MAY,/ 1901. DAILY ISSUE, No. 4177
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    • Advertisement
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      814 1 V n Office. Telegraph St. Xr Wharves. Keppel Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. C Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANCi, CEYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA. BRINDISI. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for p Shin* Coast. o f
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      800 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY ACCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL J STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND rpOYO RISEN KAISHA IORIBNTAk. S.S. CO.) VIA INLAND SRA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU. Through Passage Tickets granted to England ranee, and (itrmanvby all irans-A'l.intic lines steamers, and to the principal cities of the nited States or Canada. Rates may
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      868 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKKTVAART MAAI SCiiAPPIK 1 Ukdbr Comtrac t with thb Nitherlands Ibdu Gov«rhm«nt. AcKNiii at Singapore. Ships Agency, lats I. DAENOELS A> 2-3 ollver Quay p Thb undbrmkntiombd dat^s arb <>m.y appuoxi*iatk. k Steamer From Especied Will be <le«P*tcri on j Brouvwer Di li via ports May 7 BengUalis,
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      668 1 xHE TANJONG PAQAR DOCK COMPANY, LiD. Shipwrights, Engineers, Iron ana Brass Founders, Wharfingers, &c. ''PHIS Company ext«.uLes Sf.ip and Marine Kn^jine Kepairsol all descriptions, in the most efficient manne' under ihe superintendence o experienced European Shipwright-, and En^ineersf < Graving Docks up to 500 feet in length and 21 net
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      663 1 LJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION •AID-UP CAPITAL J lO 000 000 U FUND.— Sterling Reserve 1i0.000.00n 1 o.lver Reservt 3,000,000 j oo0 000 IKbEKVE LIABIMTY ur PROI'RIRTOw? 1i0.000.00e I cm'r 1 a« UiHCTon. c hkwv. Ksq.— Chairman. u J I K^wiik, Hsq.— Deputy Chairman -I. E TOMKIKB, Esq. f<. L.
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      527 1 NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY OF NORWICH AND LONDON. lit Alllimo 170}. FOR FIRB INSURANCE ONLY. Amount Ihsukio £S3& Oa Losses Paid PRBMIL'II INCOKI „<, Insurance cfJccte-i or. almost everv description ol property at current rates of premium. THR BORNKu 0., Ltd.— >A«mti ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY aWaSCa'BBa Capital £1,200,000 -j.erim^
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      689 1 j^fL w^k. Relieve* the scalf* kW CURES all discharges tiom >ffvi^^ uri iaiy or the a^lM^^a&f^ 1 either best ar^B x lysore JuITXw 4u ..OURS v vi .ui-Mnlv Unlikethcs.u. fe^. s d.tl (ill C)t a^^LvftflaW'fs pCn VflWlaf^^ 11 1. Cuhcb. Wl/M m L|lJ" i,.|u^ii.. S^ and no inconvenici j^t PHK^
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    Domestic Occurrences. MARRIAGES.
    104 2 j l6 Bluffl Yuk ohama, the residence of IJavid Jackson, Ksq., on the 25th Feb., i«)..i, by the Rev. K. Champneys Irwi-.c, ma., Jl. VV. Fkasir, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, son of the Ue Alexander Kra,er, Island Bank House, Inverness, N.8., 1oMv.«l Amblu, eldest daughter of
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    The Singapore Free Press.
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    MONDAY. MAY 13, 1901.
    1027 2 THI reign of common-sen.se and a Iran and more >ympathic understanding of the n- edi of Tockif humanity ii irideaiag day by day 11; rape 1 to th»- bcttCff an,l >t the Sutulav, M day of rest and rei.reation, in the tru -r sense of 1
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    671 2 I in- accouchement of the Crown Princess of Japan. «h expected n the end >>i April, or early this muntli A body of K«i > .i r i ti ps i; ired on tli- i frontier, ostensibly to i ontrol the banditi I he Japan Tim th.it the resign' ation
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    SINGAPORE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
    52 2 There being no lighting arrangements at pres-nt in the Upper I own H-«ll, the next Mu-i'al Kvrning of tiie Philharmonic Society (lit* first of the new season) will be held on Sa uday i«t June, at the Teutonia C üb, by ihe kind permission of the T.
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    CRICKET.
    100 2 C. C s. k. C. Th** abo\e 1 It v^ns opp istd one another on the K-pl 11 ..dt: lati batorday, when the mat( h retalted in a draw in favour of the S. C. C IIuS.R. C. raised a total of 109 raws, ol which H. L) Janri
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    FATAL EXPLOSION AT TANJONG PAGAR.
    95 2 At nine o'clock on Saturday morniny an explosion c curred on bo^rd the Austrian steamer Kobe, lying at Tanjont,' Pagar Wharf, resulting in serious injury to Mr. J >hn Hedley f 1 1 1 fourth engint-er and iin A-al) doi.k ynian. I; il, men were
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    THE ASSIZES.
    94 2 M hamed Sahat, who tried at the pr<-vi"ij. A- 1 >>n lac < h*rg»-> of rescuing frotn < ustody 1 i^<n detai ed for mardef and voluntarily 'au-ing fiurt with a knife, has be j n diaaimed. The three Malay policemen, K*ri Ban, Haji and Hamid, who a'so
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    THE POLO CLUB.
    91 2 Oi, Vi'.r.i.v. t>,. In-, t a scratch i\z »i 1v < r-,^ll Pcjlo es ol the I J "lo Club. I vhich will be open to play- irlj played polo ponies, will uK'!u'!e polo-ball, bending and v racef, t' nt-'if-gging, sad<i 'I ,^-up ttakesV an a juaping
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    TANGLIN CLUB.
    173 2 Paorisitioii P»..-^ Bowum Haboica*. t'OW^fd OH May i resit] 1 a win tor B Fu I tcores Brok r j in d IJIO BPO IjIO Mi rchai Y— *> Hus ell and 1 K s >' ■'•< 1216 210 i 4 gf, M" >nu lII.— >J. Gfalamand 1
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    THE LATE CAPT.J.H.LAURIE.
    277 2 foment., j A^ef) number ol residents botjf in Singapore and H«ni>kong will hear will great regret that Capt. Laurie, of th§ Mounted Infantry Company of the King'E f) *n R>>hl Lancaster Regiment, has been! killed, at PhillippolU, South Africa. 1 I lafta Capt. Laurie was the son
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    SHIPPING NEWS.
    117 2 Ihe steamer Guernsey, with liqupd fuel from tJatoutn. bound for Shanghai, Arrived on Saturday and left immediately after coaling at the wharf The colliers Grosmont and JazJm have arrived w;th a total cargo of about J 10,000 tons of Japan coa's for this port. m The sailinp ship
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      SOUTH AFRICA.
      36 2 Fifteen Hundred Boer Prisoners. The operations by the tlritis. columns m the region of the bushveldl (jn the North and North-East Transvad) have resulted in the capture or surrenier of 1500 armed Boer belligerents.
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      THE GARRISON OF THE MINOR COALING-STATIONS.
      37 2 THE GARRISON OF THE MINOR COALING-STA-TIONS. ADVERSE OPINIONS OF FORMER NAVAL LORDS. Lords Spencer, Gosthcn, Northbrook and Ripon have criticised, in the House of Lords, the proposal of the transference of the minor coaling-stations to the Navy
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      IDEA STILL UNDER EXAMINATION.
      22 2 Lord Selbornc First Lord of the A<i miralty, stated in reply that the questic was still under examination.
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      A SEDITIOUS IRISH JOURNAL SEIZED.
      39 2 A SEDITIOUS IRISH JOURNAL SEIZED. Defamation of the King. I he House of Commons rejected a mo tion by Mr Dillon to adjourn the Hon.* owing to the seizure of the Dcwspapei Irish People for defaming the Kin. (Later
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      THE PORTE, THE POWERS AND THE POST-OFFICES.
      29 2 The Porte has sent a third note to the Foreign Ambassadors at Constantinople peremptorily demanding the sup; of the foreign post-offices there.
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      THE DEMAND RETURNED.
      31 2 This demand has also been returned b> the Embassies. The Porte thus creating partially a cessation of official relationbetween the Embassies and the Porte. London, May /2th, /foi.
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      THE RUSSIAN LOAN.
      45 2 Four Hundred and Twenty-Four Million Francs. An Imperial ukase issued at St. Petersburg authorises the issue of a four-per-cent loan of 424,000,000 francs [almost 1 7,000,000 j to repay the Treasury for advances to the [Siberian] Railway and to meet current expenditure.
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      THE CHINESE INDEMNITY AND RUSSIAN POLICY.
      36 2 It is stated that Russia U seeking to obtain a joint guarantee for a Chinese Indemnity Loan THE POWERS DISAPPROVE. The majority of the Powers are opposed to that proposal.
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      THE PORTE AND THE POWERS.
      37 2 The Porte shows no >igns of yielding in the matter of it> demand for the closing of the post-offices. The Ambassadors are completely agreed as to the necessity of determined action. [Later)
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      THE RUSSIAN LOAN.
      162 2 It is confirmed that the French Rothschilds are to issue the Russian loan, which was a result of M Uelcassi's recent visit to St. Petersburg London, May ijtk, tyor. The P. is. O Ballaarat will be- despatched with the mails for Europe, at 8 a.m on Friday,
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      266 2 JOHN LITTLE &CO., p LIMITED. Cash Clekrance Sale I DURING MONDAY, TUESDAYS WEDNESDAY NEXT WE WILL OFFER THF. REMAINDER (IF OUR Sale Goods at Further Reductions Corsets, Hosiery, Laces, Skirts, Gloves All RE-MARKED to clear at LOW PRICES REMNANTS, SHOES &C. AT HALF PRICE. Toys! Toys! Toys! SPECIALLY REDUCED FOR
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      736 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS WANTED a situation by a good needlcwomat holding good references as a lady's mail or nurse. Apply to X., co Free Press. May 13 WANTED BY Messrs. Pauling and Co. Lid. Jesselton B N. Borneo. Apothecary Good salary to sober, competen m.in. Applicant must be able to compound
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      129 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. POLO CLUB. I A 1 a Committee meeting held on the 11th inst., it was decided that a Horse and Dog Show should be held on the same lines as the previous ones under the auspices of the Club in July the date and particulars will be published
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      139 2 lhc Week High Water 1—4.52 a., 6.16 p. Hikjt- Water O.lB a., 7. 14 p. Municipal Commission Special Meeting, 2.30 p. Hockey. S.< X. Pick-up." Philharmonic Choir, 5.15 p. Wednesday, 15th Hiuh Water 7.40 a., 8.6 p. Kootb^ll.— S.C.C. v. 35th Co. R.A. Harmston's Circus Opens, 9 p. Thursday, 16th
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    ARRIVAL OF AN AMERICAN FLAGSHIP.
    455 3 Niw York" to Manila. The tine United States t rui^er Ntu York, commanded by Capt. M. K. S. Mackenzie-, anchored in the roadste-d at eight this morning, when she exchanged tl e customary salute with the port. She is bound 1 i Manila, but the
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    SIR HENRY McCALLUM.
    732 3 fhe King of April Oth hu-> an interesting •.ce to the career of Sir Ilium, the new r o4 N a' companied by a t, r ood photo of S V A. ComiMridant. V. paragraph, which Cannot tail to inter-r-t old Singapore friends of Sir Henry S
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    EASTERN BANK MEETINGS.
    2638 3 Chartfred B»m o» India, Australia anii China. The forty- seventh ordinary general mreting of the shar* ho ders f tie above bank was held at the Cannon- street Hotel. 01. i 7 .h, .1t. Mr. J. Howard Gwjthtr p eM.'ed. The Chairman, in proposing the adoption of
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    153 3 Up t«ll now there a,ip ars to hive been no notification of the dta'h of Mr hrgaw Jim H«aa, ihe elde-t son of it e 1 te Cheang llon^ Lim, which occuired so a b«<k as the 19 h ult., a ter a sha' t 1 ln--ss. He died ;it
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    TELEGRAMS.
    1806 3 (Via Ceylon) London, May 2nd. A sue tssful experiment has been made with a Field Canteen in South Africa rei derinj; 'he Army i> dependent of Middl«int'ii. Tlie prcfits are to be distributed among the rel.it iv sof those killed. Th Times sa\s ih>- Opposition I^iders have decided 10
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    73 3 The Po^t Office it ithdriti'-s notify that n an 1 aft-r t 1 e i^t Jane, no parrel wliicti a.i 11 > coin or bullion wi.l be a imi-sible 'O the Parcel I'o-t between tins Colony ami the U<.itt-H Kingdom, xcept (i) Pan eU containing cm. in or bul i>n
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    EXCHANGE.
    76 3 (CORKECTEO UP TO Mi-y 1 j.) On London. Bank 4 m/r. 2 >, demand 1 1 1 r'rivatf credits 3 m/s documents 3 m/s 2 oj credits 6 m/s *r°A France, de— ad 748.' Germany, d-rr.and 202 India, T. T 4- HONCKONG, demand |%dis Yokohama, demand 2% pm. JAVA,
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    PRODUCE.
    117 3 (May 13.1 $68 87j Gambier g 15 da. Cube No. 1 387 Pepper, (.Slack (ordinary S' pore) 2000 White, (Fair L/W-5* 45.50 lot in the Ib.) 52 co. (8h to the Ik) 64 M.-.i. Iti !a; Mg 2 •"loves (Amboina) 32 Libenan Coflee 17.50 apioca, small pearl (Fair quality;
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    SHARE LIST. MAY 13th, 1901.
    277 3 SHARE LIST. MAY 13th, 190 1. B«nW«. r V> .TAT.OK. DiviOKSTS. Hank ol I m and I man. Ltd. i Vom.naJ. Deferred. £5-^' s Astvstos Eastern A K ency. N....\in*l. Bersawah Gold M.nt Co. i75 Sellers. LU>, U,.aer Dairy harm Ltd. «i u Eraser and Neave Lid. ««7 S^lrs <*
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      132 3 Beware of a Cough. A W*gk is uot a disease but a symptom. Consumption and bronchitis, wliich are the must dangerous and fatal disease, have for their first indic.it ion a persistent cough, and if properly treated as Boon-as this cough appears an* easily cMir»>'l. <'li;uni»erlain's Cou^h Kem<-dy lias proven
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      312 3 OCEAN BE^ STEAM SHIP j™^ Co. NEDERLA'!".:he sTOOW. VAART MAA'!' UAr'-M, OCEAAN. Tons. Toms. Achilles 7043 Myrmidon 2870 Agamemnon jot 1 Nestor 3809 /'<** 7<>39 Orestes 4653 Alcinout 6743 Pitroclus 5 S oq Anchises 2729 Peleus 7500 Antenor 55 U Polyphemus 2613 Calchas 6748 Priam 2845 Cyclops 2066 Prometheus 5570
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      682 3 VESSELS IN PORT. Men-of-War F!»g rnd Tons a m na. Arrived From For When E—SU Bft»V8«. ila i!t<>n Vn. 19 Hojk^' Ply.uth,^ r Vessels Fl^gs tons Msters Arrived From Consignees F J: wLn Albioo But. 04" Curtis Apl. 21 OiktttU M av Alting Dot. 1171 Sftmitcma May l,i B r,
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      361 3 CLIARMCIB, B« •nploe «rit Po,, e .fj (>i n And B'Hd Bur. |«fc, WWHfW| r S^.io-v Uan Po Soon, D-U O k. for Pouuanak. Abr, n HrK.. R are r P.rrsaiH, f.o N-p.une. Br,t.. Wall, r, f SouMbaya. pons Brit>> Dunl °P- for v, a SJ. n Hr,, Cho^rd f,,r
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    46 4 {■TROUBLE IN NORTH BORNEO. (Special to Singapore Fre, Press.) Labuan, 9th May. Kudat is again threatened with another J. native attack by a Chief living neaHe is the same man who repoMed the I advance of raiders last year who MM Mr. De Mattos.
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  • CHINA.
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      THE INDEMNITY QUESTION.
      166 4 Hongkong, yth May In consequence of a rumour that the Foreign Ministers are willing to a^ree to an increase of Chinese Customs duties in order to provide for the payment of ihe mdemnities, the Shanghai and Honykonc Chambers of Commerce and also the Committee of the China
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      A NEW ITALIAN LINE.
      20 4 ITHI Hongkong. :oth May. An Italian steamer line has been established between Shanghai anH Aus- tralia.
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      PLAGUE IN HONGKONG.
      27 4 f Mr Thorne, of Watx>n s Uispen-ar\ ead of plague Mr. Haukes. an AwiaUal at the Di.-pen- j ha> been attacked with the disease
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      THE RUSSIA LOAN.
      14 4 Russia has placed a 475,000,000 francs W war loan in France
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      THE COAL EXPORT DUTY.
      14 4 I The coal miners have decided against the proposed strike
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      SIR ALFRED MILNER.
      80 4 Sir Alfred Milncr ha^ left Cape Town I for England. Tht Txnu* correspondent .it Cipetown declares that the loyalists of South Atrxa ire apprehensive lest Sir Alfred MilnerS '.tree months leave of absence in England may tinder rt s policy of settlement. The Radical Press in Ergland
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      SOUTH AFRICA.
      115 4 I Col. Plumer s column has arrived close to Pretoria. It marched unopposed from Olifantsriver through difficult country The enemy are every wrier.- rieeing. In the course of a speecii delivered by Sir Alfred Milner at Cape Town, he said that no change and no weakening of Imperial
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      THE CHESTER CUP.
      32 4 The resu'a of the race for the Che-ter Cup is a* follows I Mr. Loriliard'- l>a- m (jarnck 1 Mr. Moffats Laay Schumherg 2 Sir E. Vincent's Stoccado 3
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      THE ROYAL VISITORS IN AUSTRALIA.
      37 4 H.R.H. the Duke of Cornwall and York opened the Federal Parliament of Australia in the presence of an assemblage of twelve thousand spectator-. I he Duke read a message from the King.
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      RUMOURED RUSSIAN LOAN.
      25 4 1 here are several reports ihat the French Kothschilds are about to issue a new Russian loan of four hundred million francs.
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      PARLIAMENT.
      12 4 The House of Common- has i^reed to the King's Civil Lift.
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      THE ENGLISH CENSUS.
      22 4 The census ot Kngland and Wales shows a total population of 32,525,716. I his uives an increase of 3,523,i<jj.
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      FINANCIAL PANIC IN NEW YORK.
      29 4 There occurred scenes jf the wildest description on tht New York stock market rday. owing to unprecedented fluctuN «o the price of railway shares.
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      755 4 EXCITEMENT ON BRITISH The state of things in New York also caused a panic in Glasgow and London MR. LABOUCHERE'S AMENDMENT. An amendment moved by Mr. Labouchere to reduce the Kind's Civil List was rejected by 250 to 92. THE PORTE AND THK POWERS. The Porte has *ent a note
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      696 4 Singapore Sporting Club. SPRING MEETING. John Little CO. LTD. TAILORING DEPARTMENT WE have just opened in this department a new lot ot Racing Silks In a n the REGISTERED COLOURS, also various other shades for Jackets and Caps. BROWBAN. S, ROSETTES. HATBANDS dtc. &c. White Kersey.Cassimere, Silk.Cantoon and thin moleskin
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      573 4 JAMES WATSON COS SCOTCH WHISKIES. ARE THE BEST VALUE IN THE MARKET. Flag Brand, 10 years old. $12 per case, duty extra. (Specially Recommended.) V. V. 0. 8 per case, duty extra. OBTAINABLE FROM RETAIL DEALERS OR McALISTER Co., C OLE AGENTS THE Campbell Oil Engine I Tli i P
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      731 4 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. T^ENDERS will be received at the Colonial Sec--1 retary's Office, up to noon of the 14th instant for the follo'vinf? works: Painting and lime-whiting the Sepoy Lines Poke Station and attached buildings. Plans and Specifications may be seen, and printed forms of tender with all particulars obtained at
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      1179 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. 1 I*:.' Xpori 01 departure, and (where known) date ouc here, and name oi Agents. Mkn-ok-War. Amtr, Rus., Europe, due May— Donui Aumkian, VV. C. Africa, due May ;".f Lir>E, H.M S., Chatham, due July .>larc;o Polo, It il., Spezzia, due May MIK.ASA, Jap. b'ship. England, due May
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      185 4 Lt. H. G. S. Somerville, Lieui. E.S. Brand, Capt and Mrs. Langlands, Major Browne. Per M.M. Tonkin, due May 27.— Mr. H. Weesenhagen, Mr. Vouiliemout. Per P, O. Chusan and India, due June 1 —Mr. R. J. Farrer, Mr. J. Mitchell, Mr. P. din" ningham, Mr. W. B. Drew, Mrs.
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