The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 3 April 1894
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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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Title Section17 1894-04-03 1 THE Singapore Free Press MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY, APRIL 3rd, 1894. No 34/)17 words
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Article64 1894-04-03 1 (Corrected up to April 2.) On London. Fank 4 m/s _> 1 demand ...Till Private credits 3 m/s 2/2 documents 3 m/s -V-'i credits 6 m/s. .2/2 On India. Bank demand 185 On Hongkong. Bank demand i°j dis. On Java. Bank demand 1.24 Private 30 d/s 1 -'<> Sovereigns,64 words
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Article117 1894-04-03 1 (April 2.) Tin 3 38. Gambier do. Cube No. 1 12. do. do. No. 2 11. Pepper, Black (ordinary S'porc) 9.7-, do. White, (Fair L/W=s% 16 25 Nutmegs 150s to the Ib.j 88. Mace (Banda) 95. Cloves (Amboina) 26. Bali Coffee (10% Blacks) 44 Pengerang Liberian 45 Tapioca, small117 words
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Article, Illustration688 1894-04-03 1 (March 27th.) It is not easy to hazard an opinion whether the views expressing the possibility of a general European understanding on the question of the reduction of military establishments are founded on an ascertained desire on the part of the Continental Powers, or may be merely a journalistic688 words
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Article561 1894-04-03 1 S ealing. (March 29th.) THE Behriug Sea question is now, happily for the prospect of permanent friendly relations wiUi our American cousins, amicably adjusted, and as will be seen I from to-day's telegram, Sir Cl!.\k!.! s i RUSSELL, the Attorney-General, to whom was entrusted the cast: for England in the561 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement392 1894-04-03 1 CONTEXTS. LEADING Aktic LF.s. Disarmament, I( Sq. Seating, i8q The Municipal Vacancy, p)o Sir Charles Warren, l,^o (.'i<:rt News. >upreme Court A Barrister's Application, igi A Carious Kvidence Case, 10,7 Police Court. The Boy" and the Diamonds, 19^ Sport. Shooting. Singapore v. Penang Police Teams, 191 The Hongkong Rifle Association,392 words
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Advertisement48 1894-04-03 1 K. A. J. CHOTIRMALL Co., BOMBAY MERCHANTS, DIERCT AND SPECIAL IMPORTERS Oh ALL KINDS Ol INDIAN GOOJS. Chinese Japanese Silk Goods and Curios, &c, &c. Nos. 51 52 High Street, also Hotel del' Europe Bk%ncu£3 Melbourne £$atavia, Samarang Sou r abaya, Padanjj, Oltrh-leh and Saigon. Jan. J. 2.348 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous431 1894-04-03 1 THE WEEK. The next mail from Europe is expected to arrive by the N. G. L. S. S. Sachsen on the 4th inst., with English mails of the 12th inst., being followed by the M. M. S. S. Yarra on the 1 ith inst., with London dates up to the431 words
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Article423 1894-04-03 2 Match 30th.) WHILE the matter of a successor on the M :>i ipal Board to the Hon'ble A. L. DONALDSON, who is retiiing, as mentioned elsewhere, is a question that primarily concerns the ratepayers of the Middle Ward, the ratepayersof the whole town must take a definite423 words
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Article950 1894-04-03 2 (March 31.) As His Excellency, Major-Gene ral Sir Charles Warren, k.c.b., g.c.m.g., General OtHcer Commanding the Straits Settlements, will have retired from his duties and lelt the Colony before another issue of this journal appears, to-day is the fitting opportunity for us to <ay good-bye and Godspeed950 words
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Article358 1894-04-03 2 The following are the full scores of the Match played at Taiping on March 24 and 261h Penang. Ist Innings. 2nd Innings. E. Shropshire b McKenzie 2 std. Voules b McKenzie o F. K. Kelly b Fox O b McKenzie o A. S. Anthony c& b Fox358 words
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Article392 1894-04-03 2 A Kid was sent out, o'er the merry blue sea, Ho was confident and jaunty as a Fad should be A Mission of good, to himself be had assigned, And he carried introductions oi an influential kind. He was borne free, in luxury, by steamer and train, lie392 words
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Article175 1894-04-03 2 The Queen's Exequatur empowering Mr. J. Anderson to act as Consul for Siam at Singapore has received Her Majesty's signature. Messrs. W. C. Michell and E. G. Broad, rick have been granted fifteen months leave each, from the 23rd inst. The following changes are thereupon made Mr. L.175 words
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Article875 1894-04-03 2 The Colonial Report on Labuan, dated Aug. 18 List, for 1892, has the following remarks by i*overnor Creagh Revenue and Expenditure. The totil revenue collected during the year 840,287, or Si, <j< 7 less than the estimated amount, and $2,& 5 less than the total for 1891. The deficit875 words
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Article1471 1894-04-03 3 The Colonial steamer Sea Belle arrived this morning from Penang, having on board H. E. the Governor, Lady Mitchell, Miss Saunders.Capt Herbert, A DC Mr. Severn, Private Secretary, and Mr. Burra. A Chinaman, whilst engaged in unloading the S S. Gorgon this morning, accidentally fell down1,471 words
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Article544 1894-04-03 3 To love, To live, Alone, Unblest To rove, And with, Alas. No rest The sands Of woe At length Out run, To Mik Anon. {The above lines are the result of a frame of mind induced by Easter Holiday meditations on I ihe state of exchange. R. K. Herbert,544 words
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Article407 1894-04-03 3 This Crushed Worm Turns. In the attitude taken up by the Pioneer, the semi-official organ of the Indian Government, our readers will see something very similar to what has been said in this Colony as to the selfish and arbitrary action of the Imperial Government London,407 words
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Article406 1894-04-03 3 S. C. C. v. R. E. This match played on the Esplanade yesterday resulted in a win for the S. C. C. by an innings and n runs. The R. E. were all out for 70, Guggisberg (13). Gardner (12) and Brown (10) being top scorers whilst tin: Club406 words
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Article160 1894-04-03 3 The Paiis correspondent of the Standard, telegraphing on Feb. 18, said I have reason fo believe that the evacuation by the French of the position they hold at Chantaboon is not likely Ul be so speedy as might be inferred from what passed in the House of160 words
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Article237 1894-04-03 3 Writes Mr. Walter Besant How much does the House of Lords co^t the nation every year I do not ask the question with the view of proving that the Peers must be swept away —a step nrlticil the French resolved upon a hundred237 words
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Article1162 1894-04-03 4 A serious disagreement has arisen at Shanghai over the first importation there of kerosine oil in bulk ex. S.S. Ilex. The rival dealers in case oil are at the bottom vi the difficulty and by dim of the usual arguments (in the form of a1,162 words
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254 1894-04-03 4 Now, I hates a man as flurries," as has allus the hurries," and as hustles round and worries arter what may be afoot Can't he read what he wants in the papers What's the good o'goin 1 teaiin' into rneetin's, squeezin', swearin,' <^cttin' mussed254 words
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271 1894-04-03 4 The Native Opinion says The appointments of British Residents and Political Agents at Native Courts are an anachronism in these days of railways and telegraphs, and, therefore, like a diseased limb, must at once be swept off. These Politicals not only draw large salaries, but271 words
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Article407 1894-04-03 4 A Calcutta telegram, dated Bth inst., says lt is probable that the expert from Australia will conclude the work in connection with the Mergui pearl fisheries in three or lour weeks, when lie will present a full report to the Government ot India, who will pass final ordets. A miraculous407 words
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391 1894-04-03 4 There are, Capital believes, no people under the sun who resent inquisitorial prying into their private affairs more than the people of India; there is no country where a tax which necessitates such prying leads to more exaction and oppression than India and yet391 words
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Article509 1894-04-03 4 (Siam Observer.) The writer in the Singapore Free Press, whose article on this subject we reproduced yesterday, deals very properly with a serious if not altogether new evil. We have more than once commented in strong terms upon the atrocious manner in which the export cattle509 words
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Article203 1894-04-03 4 On the i6th inst, twelve Chinese suspects were deported from Hongkong to Canton. This squad ot deportees brings the total number of men banished in connection with the recent faction outrages up to twenty-seven. But disorder is by no means at an end in Hongkong. The China Mail of the203 words
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Article250 1894-04-03 4 (By Special Telegram to the Singapore Free frets.) The first Hay's raring of the SunjM.i Ujong and Jelebu Gymkhana Club at Seremban took place yesterday (26th). The following are the results The Jelebu Stakes. Value (250. A Handicap for horses which have run during th<; btst two250 words
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Article211 1894-04-03 4 On Monday, March 19, in the Hongkong Supreme Court, before Sir Fielding Clarke, Chief Justice, and a Special jury, Ah lo lah Khan, private in the Hongkong 1<» -ment. was charged with murdering Moor Mahomed, a havildhar in the same re s iment, at Kowloon, on211 words
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Article264 1894-04-03 4 A gentleman who states that lie is a con* ststent admirer of the fair sex, and knows a neat ankle when he se< s <>n<\ desires to cuter a respectful protest ai*ain< «> tendency to tailor- made elephaniiasis r*--cently visible in the <as<- of o-rtain f«ir frequenters264 words
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Article16 1894-04-03 4 *-—M H. M. S. Peacock arrived from li.m^kok tins morning and proceeded to the mai-ut-war anchorage.16 words
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Article1527 1894-04-03 5 The Ceylon Chetties have actually started a Cricket Club. Sir Charles Anthony Brooke, Raja of Sarawak, Borneo, is staying at Folkestone lor the benefit of Ins health. On the evening of Thursday, March ist, there was the large amount of £30.000.000 in gold in the Bank1,527 words
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Letter190 1894-04-03 5 To the Editor. Sir, I was lately comparing the fine buildings which now adorn Battery Road, with what they were five years ago, and in my mind I pictured the noble buildings our new Exchange Banks will be when completed, and the thought came to me what190 words
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Article662 1894-04-03 5 The best billiard break on record, spot barred, is 867, just 130 points better than the previous record, h was made by John Roberts on March Ist at the Egyptian Hall. Mr. John Wallace, Barrister-at-Law, does not believe in going for the little men of India. He applied at Brentford662 words
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556 1894-04-03 5 Last evening (27th) in the study of St. Andrew's House, Sister Katharine tjave a very interesting sketch of the w<»rk and organisation of the Society known as thr Church Extension Association. There was a good attendance, a large number of ladies being present and listening with556 words
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Article260 1894-04-03 5 There has lon*^ been a question between the India Office and the Treasury as to the amount which should properly be paid by India on account of the British regiments which form the European garrison in India. The charges mads by the Treasury, according to the Army and Navy Gazette,260 words
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Article2091 1894-04-03 6 The Currency Commission recently appointed in Ceylon has now reported that for the reasons given at length in the report M we are unable at present to advise the Government of Ceylon to sever its connection with the currency of India. We think the risks inseparable2,091 words
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Article353 1894-04-03 6 The friends of the old 82ml (South Lancashire) Regiment will be interested to learn that the former Commanding Ofticer, Col. Cardew, who was with the battalion in Singapore, has been appointed to temporarily administer the Government ol Sierra Leone, from which Colony Sir Francis Fleming has recently353 words
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Article36 1894-04-03 6 The following ambiguous notice was posted up on a certain river passenger boat: The chairs in tiie cabin are tor the ladies. Gentlemen are requested not to mike use of them till the ladies arc seated."36 words
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700 1894-04-03 6 BANK OF CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE STRAITS. The annual general meeting of the shareholders was held on Feb. 26 at the Cannon Street Hotel. Mr. William Keswick presided, and, in moving the adoption of the report, expressed the disappointment of the directors at having to submit such unsatisfactory results of700 words
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Article500 1894-04-03 6 In ihe House of Commons, on the Ist March, i:i reply to Mr. Wiuteley. who asked the Chancellor of Lhe Exchequer whether his attention had been called to the serious dislocation and injury which the cotton t r ade in Lancashire and Cheshire was suffering owing to the500 words
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Article931 1894-04-03 6 The Royal Commission on Opium may now be said to have finished iis work in India, ;md it will shorily tetire to consider the evidence which has been placed before it. The concluding sittinp, which was held at Bombay on Tuesday, was principally occupied in931 words
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Article188 1894-04-03 6 Lancashire naprrs please ropy. An official return made at the Piid ol last y«-ar shows the remarkable i»roj£fcts«s <>f Osaka as a manufacturing centre, tlv Manchester ol Japan/* as tlie Kobe Vkronicle cali- :t. The number of factories in Osaka-fa on the 31st of December, iN<)2. was >n the same188 words
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Article1275 1894-04-03 7 Guatemala 10-day— other silver countries tomorrow Default, as a consequence of the ruinous depreciation of the white metal (silver fell yesterday to 27^d. per ounce) is with most of them simply a question of time. The world's commerce is reeling lo a Crist'., the interests of investors are1,275 words
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Article154 1894-04-03 7 CRICKET STRAITS vs. CEYLON. (Times of Ceylon J Mr. E. V. Carey, whose return to the Island for a short stay we noticed the other day, writes to us with reference to a statement attributed to him by our irporter to the effect that Selan^or possesses a cricket club which154 words
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295 1894-04-03 7 (Cont. Pinang Gazette.) The references so frequently made of late to the developing cotton industry of Japan have generally been made in illustration of our currency difficulties, by those crying for international agreement." But in the last Board of Trade Journal of February 1894 some curious295 words
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Article428 1894-04-03 7 Mr. A. Michie, Jnr, of the Chinese Customs service, arrived 10-day from Hon^kong. In consequence of a resolution arrived at by the Inter-Colonial Labour Conference a deputation recently waited upon the Post Master General of New South Wales and asked that no subsidies should be paid lo mail or other428 words
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Article788 1894-04-03 7 Mr. J. Sarsfield Burnside, of Roeburne, West Australia, proceeds to-day to Rangoon en route to the Mergui Pearl Fishery. Monsieur Achille Raffray, who was French Consul at Singapore some time ago, is expected lo pass through Singapore on board the- next homeward French mail steamer Calcdonien788 words
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Article586 1894-04-03 7 Snider, the inventor of the rifle that bears bis name died just as it wan beia^ adopted into the British army Alexander Henry lias died just as the ride: that was the joint result of his barrel, an.] ib'breech action of the Swiss maker Martini,586 words
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Article335 1894-04-03 7 A Gibraltar Association is lalked about in Madrid. The object of the influential j combination is to be the retrocession o\ i the Rock to Spain. j i A little late in tin 1 year, hut still we!coin<% come the memorandum blocks for 1H94 <»t I the Straits Insurance Companies,335 words
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Article3067 1894-04-03 8 March 28th, 1894. The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held or. Wednesday afternoon in the Board Room, Robinson Road, Mr. Gentle presiding. There were also present the Hon'ble T. Shelf or d, the Hon'ble A. L. Donaldson, Mr. Sor^t, Mr. R. W. Maxwell, Inspector-General of3,067 words
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Article280 1894-04-03 8 The following further particulars of the engagement at Roending on the ?rd instant are giveu in the Pinang Gazette of the 24th The Dutch expeditionary force, consisting of 50 soldiers under Captain Krull and Lieut. Schut and 50 marines from tlie gunboat Madura, started from Analaboe about midnight on280 words
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Article209 1894-04-03 8 It is probable that the stay in Ceylon ol t lie Royal Warwickshire Regiment is to be prolonged beyond the time assigned for it* relief. Mr. L M. Woodward is proceeding pn sently to Biikii Mertajam, relieving Mr. llrot kman, \vln« is going home on leave. Mr. Lemon will take209 words
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Article306 1894-04-03 8 {From our own Correspondent.) A double murder was committed on the 22nd instant on the Batang Malaka Road. A tapioca planter named Giok Kian, with a female named Chu Sri, left the estate in Gemenchi, in a bullock cart driven by a man named Ong Lian for Malacca to306 words
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Article210 1894-04-03 8 A correspondent who has given much time to Siamese affairs thus launches his views on to the unknown sea of the future, and prophesies The official year in Bangkok begins on the first day of April (All Fools' Day) though tradition does not tell us why the Siamese selected210 words
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Article316 1894-04-03 8 Ihe Madras Times says that, in th>* event of an early dissolution of Parliament, Lord Harris will resign and leave India be* lore the termination of his period of office. A Madras paper states that Hajor Woodrow, 20th Southern Battery, K. A now stationed at Colaba, Madras, »«s playing polo316 words
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Article805 1894-04-03 9 Two Soi.difrs Shot \\n one Wouxdkd. Poooa, Match 7. Private O'Hara. Ist I.eins:er Regiment, the author of the horrible military tragedy recently enacted at Ahmcdabad, will be tried before a General Court Martial at Ahmedabad on Monday next on two charges of murder .ltd on805 words
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Article224 1894-04-03 9 Taiping, 23rd March, s p.m. Ik won the double tennis match by two sits :o one. 5-30 p.m. Pcnan^ won the singles, by two sets to love. <;■ Gmaette.] I in- Brown-Potter-Kyrle-Bellew draniaI 1 combination is playing at Rangoon to Som< splendid samples of the industrial plant224 words
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867 1894-04-03 9 Thl Costa Rica Packet Case. Co lo k ies an d India The Society for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations is a society that has dune useful work in the past, and possesses a wide field of i labour. It has867 words
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Article70 1894-04-03 9 The Hon. Sir Thomas Mclhvraith, X.C M.G., Chief Secretary for Queensland, will be one of the principal guests at the 26th anniversary banquet of th^ Royal Colonial Institute 0:1 Wednesday, March 7, and the following have also signified their intention of being present: Right Hon. Sir George F. Bowen, GCM70 words
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Article789 1894-04-03 9 In the Pinang Gazette appears the appended condensed reports of interviews that various deputations and individuals connected with Penang had with His Excellency the Governor, on different subjects Messrs. Penney and Haughton, on behalf of the Civil Service, stated that they did not wish to be789 words
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Article242 1894-04-03 9 H. M. S. Egeria after a stay of a fortnight at Colombo, was to proceed to Aden, calling at Hewencion Atoll, where she is .said to be going on a scientific mission. A somewhat curious case in connection with the new Evidence Act came before His Honour the Chief Justice242 words
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180 1894-04-03 9 Resignation oi thi Hok'blb A. L. Donaldson. The Hon'ble A. L. Donaldson has sent in his resignation as a member of the Singapore Municipal Commission, the reason for the same being the excessive demands upon his time by the discharge of his public180 words
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Article587 1894-04-03 9 The Hon. Martin Lifter hac arrived i i Singapore from Negri Sembilan, and purposes goiiv home on short leave, via America. We are asked by Mrs. Stringer, Secretary of that deserving charity the St. Nicholas Society, to state that Mr. James Miller has, with great generosity, handed over to the587 words
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Article2879 1894-04-03 10 Presextation by the Freemasons. Yesterday two functions were held by the freemasons in honour of Sir Charles Warren. G.C.MG, X.C.8., the Right Worshipful Disti ict Grand Master of the Eastern Archipelago, whose approaching departure from the Colony terminates a rule of four and a half years2,879 words
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Article791 1894-04-03 10 Mr. R. \Y. Maxwell does not leave till the ioth. Nothing is as yet settled about the duties of the Inspector General <■ Police. The secret of Anglo-Indian rule is sai.i to be the detachment of the rulers from thi engrossing interests of land occupancy The nationalisation of the land,791 words
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Article565 1894-04-03 11 Under thr beading The unemployed in the City. a correspondent of the Daily Graphic sends a picture of an office occupied by i'lle and sleeping clerks, accompanied by these observations I don t know what lam going up to town for," ..id the BMW in th565 words
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Article532 1894-04-03 11 There was a fair, I hough not large attendance, at Lady Mitchell's reception at iovernment House yesterday afternoon, ssibly many children ol a larger ).v:h were busy renewing the men ri< of th< ir ra r juvenile days at the > party given that aftem ><>!i by v v•.V. B532 words
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Article696 1894-04-03 11 (L. and C. Express.) Since we last wrote on the subject of a British dollar the Eastern mail has brought the pronouncement of the special committee of the Hon^kongr Chamber of Commerce appointed to inquire into the matter. This committee consisted of Mes^n-. J. J. Keswick, T.696 words
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Article394 1894-04-03 11 If any of our readers can see why the following golf references sliould be headed Accident to a Currie Liner their views might prove of interest to the sub-editor <»! Colonies and India who ought to know something oi the accident between the heading and the letter-press394 words
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Article24 1894-04-03 11 The s. s. Billiton arrived yesterday from Pulati Brandan with a cargo of petroleum 4,022 cases and 9,956 tins consigned to Messrs. Hooglandt Co.24 words
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Article125 1894-04-03 11 Corps Orders. I lead Quarter Office, Singapore, March 30th, 1894. 1. Orderly Officer f».r ensuing week, 2nd Lieut. Habris. Orderly N.C.O. for ensuing week, Corpl. Thomson. 2. Parades Monday, 5.15 p.m. 7-inch R.M.L. Gun-drill. Tuesday, 9 p.m. Squad-drill. Wednesday, 5.15 p.m. Maxim Gun-drill. Thursday, 5.15 p.m. 7-inch125 words
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Article527 1894-04-03 11 The ethics of flirtation are discussed in an inter" esting article in the Spectator. Flirting, it holds, is in itself not only harmless, b;it often even necessary a-, a preliminary to courtship and marriage. In flirting, however, the privileges of the two sexes are unequal. A527 words
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Article402 1894-04-03 11 No In formal ion has as yet been received by the Colonial Government with reference to the result of the consideration of the Military Contribution. According to the usual practice the relief granted willbe less than we asked for. We offered to pay £70,000, rashly forgetting that we were tobogganing402 words
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Article450 1894-04-03 11 Exchange seems to he on the string again and the rate for four months hills is 2/r| to-day. This has also affected produce prices. It is rumoured that Capt. Cayley Webster, who ivas ;> Singapore sonic months ago ivith Capt. Cotton, \m> <ii<ul of fever in450 words
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Article100 1894-04-03 11 i Mr. George Griffiths is a gentleman who, under the auspices ol Messrs. Thus. Cook the tourist agents, is attempting to break ihe record for round-the-world ion:-. He comes on 'o Singapore by the X. 1). L. Sachsen on Wednesday next, transhipping to the Nurnberg at100 words
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Article213 1894-04-03 11 We are informed that in respect v I the vacancy on the .Municipal Commission j caused by the retirement of the rfcm'ble A. i L. Donaldson, a number of influential Chinese ratepayers are approaching Mr. Tan Jiak Kirn wish n view to obtaining that. gentleman's consent to213 words
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Article1359 1894-04-03 12 It would appear that the Uoited States Government is about to "climb clown" on the Chinese Immigration question. A 41 climb down" on the McKinley Tariff also is confidently expected by sober politicians in America and Europe. A political M climb down is never a graceful1,359 words
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Article482 1894-04-03 12 Eha, in an Indian paper, writes as follows: How is it that the Japanese beat all Kuropean nations in the art of depicting animals as they sr-cni Not as they are they do not appear to attempt that. In accuracy of detail and the fine points of anatomy482 words
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1415 1894-04-03 12 TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION IN THE EAST. The Eastern Extension Telegraph Co's New Premises. The telegraph is an important factor amongst commercial communities, and the sedulous attention devoted to scientific industries during the lasty fifty years has in no department borne more abundant fruit than in that of electric communication, judging by1,415 words
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Article240 1894-04-03 12 Mr. I Twinning, ad van re agent ot the Potter-Belletv Dramatic Company, haarrived in Singapore and is about to arrange if possible lor one or two performances of this strong Company, whose \vdian tour has proved such a success. It i> at present however very doubtful ulnt'nr seeing that the240 words
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Article798 1894-04-03 13 The annual general meeting of the Singa)oi>* (jolt Club was held last evening ,'^othi n the Pavilion on the Links. Mr. J. Macßitcbie, President, took the hair, and there were present Messrs. Dunman. Allinson, Maclaren, Gilespie, Hind.-. J. B. Robertson, J. Miller, r u\. Dcs Voeux,Crighton, Mugliston,798 words
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Article28 1894-04-03 13 rhf Osaka Asahi states that llie purtasrrd ol tlr* Teheran art the Chtuyetsu n KaUha \s expected that she will p«t on the run between Japan and Hong-28 words
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Article775 1894-04-03 13 Sir Charles Warren, G.C.M.G., X C.8., Commanding the Troops of the Straits Settlements, the subject of this sketch, was born in 1840, being the son of Sir Charles Warren, k.c u. He was educated at Cheltenham College, afterwards proceeding to the Sandhurst Military College and finally to775 words
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Article13 1894-04-03 13 It doesn't take sna:»y p;>iu ol whisky to make a peck oft. ouole.13 words
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Article1383 1894-04-03 13 In the seven and-a-half months during which the Selangor Savings Bank has been opened 810,878 has been deposited. I he Sungei Besi extension of the Selan- gor Government Railway is now fairly I under way. 570 men being employed thereon. Mr. G. H. Fox and Sir.1,383 words
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Article206 1894-04-03 13 S.C.C. Officers oi Garrisok. I bis match was played in the Bsplanade on Saturday and resulted in a defeat for the Garrison by 65 runs and t>\ <> wickets to iall. I h:j Club bou'ling proved somewhat disastrous to the Army men. Mactagrgart securing live wickets for 32 runs,206 words
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Article1112 1894-04-03 14 THE CABLE STEAMER SCOTIA." The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Cos. S.S. Scotia, which is to lay the first section of the cable between here and Hongkong, via Labuan, arrived in port on Sunday evening and proceeded to the Borneo Wharf to coal preparatory to proreeding to Labuan. The S.S. Scotia,1,112 words
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Article663 1894-04-03 14 Lawn Tennis Tor rn am km The spring tournament of the Singapore Cricket Club, commences on Wednesday next, April 4th. Below are appended the entries, preliminary rounds and handicaps for the various events: Championship. L. M. Woodward, bye) P. K. Scott, bye j \V. Makepeace 7 >->.663 words
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Article122 1894-04-03 14 Profession Pairs. Civil Service II (Anthonisz Firmstone) v Army (Guggisberg Sergeaunt). Insurance (^Pye Dennys) v Navy II (Shelford Bate). Handicap Pairs. Scott Orman, owe v Warren Hinde, scr. Doyle Black, owe v Taylor Stabb Firmstone Maxwell, scr., Allan Greig, 15. 1. Championship. Braddell v Muir. A Class122 words
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Article411 1894-04-03 14 The Board of Trade returns for February arc issued. Ihe L. and C. Express says oi them With regard to the details of our trade with the Far East, it is satisfactory to note that last month there was a large increase all round in411 words
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Article171 1894-04-03 14 The French transport Comon'it arrived here this morning from Saigon en route to Marseilles, proceeded to the Borneo Wharf to coal. She had on board 120 passengers and children 42 civilians, 14 officers, 16 non-com missioned officers, and 48 soldiers. This afternoon before a Court of two Magistrates. Messrs. Egerton171 words
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Article177 1894-04-03 14 The Company of which Mrs. Brown Potter and Mr. Kyrle Bellew are the leading artists is now in Penang and is expected to arrive here on Thursday. After an unprecedented season in Calcutt i a continuous run from October 2nd to Man I 3rd, of five months177 words
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Article649 1894-04-03 14 The Government of Austria has resolved that ihc city railways of Vienna shall be built and operated by the Municipality. We have reason to believe that H. i the Governor is favourably disposed to th^ propriety of all efficient volunteers being exempted from jury service. A telegram from Acheen mentions649 words
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1266 1894-04-03 15 fJL» nndC. Express, j I- or some years past considerable dissatisfaction has been !\t ifl Singapore as to the regulati ns in force lot the alienation oi land held of the Crown upon sixty and ninety-nine years' leases. rhesc regulations were promulgated in Govern- Notification1,266 words
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1748 1894-04-03 15 1 (To t!>e Editor of the London and China Express.") Sir,— The telegram sent by the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce to the Chamber-, of Commerce ol the i nited Kingdom and to the Bimetallic League reads very much like a telegram from the heart oi1,748 words
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Article327 1894-04-03 15 At Exeter Hall, on Sth inst., under the auspices of the Anti-Opium Society, a public meeting was hdd to welcome on his arrival in England the Rev. Yung-King Yen, of Shanghai. Sir Joseph Pease, M. p., presided. Ihe meeting took place in the small hall, which was327 words
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Article52 1894-04-03 15 II E. Sir Charles Warren leaves this alter noon per s.S. Surat for Hongkong an 1 Japan embarking at 4.15 p. m. A guaid ot honour of the Malay Submarine Mining Company will be in attendance. Ihe G. 0. C. goes away from us with the uniled good wishes ol52 words
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Article115 1894-04-03 15 (April 2nd, 1894.) Homeward tonnage has not been plentiful •during ihe past week, and freights are fully maintained. For London, via Canal, the rate for Bag Goods is still 25/-, Bale Gambier 27/6 30/- and clean measurement 30/- [uj, 32/6. For Liverpool, via Canal, rates are nominally 30/- for115 words
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Advertisement399 1894-04-03 15 PHOTOGRAPHIC. VIEWS Of SINGAPORE A series of 24 of ihe prettiest views, in an ALBUM PRICE 51.50. Messrs. Ax\ Lock N; Co. tfc Geok Ti \t Co. Jan. 2. m.vv.i. EVERYONE HERE~SWEARS by it! EVERYONE HERE SWEARS by it! The late Mr. Walter Knaggs, who for many years was a399 words
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Article137 1894-04-03 16 The Three Emperors. London, 2/t/i March, iSgj. m The Emperor Francis of Austria is going to pay a visit to the Emperor William of Germany who is staying at Abazzia. There are persistent reports that a meeting will take place in the autumn between the Czar and the137 words
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Obituary306 1894-04-03 16 London. 28th March. 18^4. CommanderVerney Lovett Cameron, C.8., the African explorer, is dead. [Verney Lovett Cameron was appointed a Naval adet in 1857 and rose to he Commander in iS;(>. Ijetween 1872 and 1876 Lieut. Cameron was engaged in the exploration of Africa, being the first Englishman or European306 words
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Article70 1894-04-03 16 Mr. Shaw Lefevre (President Local Gov ernment Hoard is re-elerted for Hawick, a:ul Mr. Munro Ferguson for Leith. Fhese re-elections are a result of the recent changes in the administration. Mr. Shaw Lcfevre was previously re-elected at Bradford without opposition (Aug. 23, 1892J on his appointment as First Commissioner70 words
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Article63 1894-04-03 16 London, 29th March, /^'gj. It was Mr. Shaw, and not Mr. ShawLefevre, that was re-elected for Hawielv, a- stated yesterday. Mr. Shaw -Lefev re's constituency is Centra Bradford. The Behring Sea Negotiations. The Right Hon'l.le Sir Charles Russell, M.P., the Attorney-General, is introducing a Bill to legalise the63 words
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Article64 1894-04-03 16 London, jot/i March, 1894. President Cleveland in a message to Congress vetoes the Bill to coin [an Amount of silver equal to the] seignorage [on the bullion in t lie] Treasury. He considers the measure an ill-advised and dan- gerous one, as it would cause a64 words
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Article129 1894-04-03 16 London, j/sf March, 1894?. Sir Richard IVmple in the House of Commons asked f<»r the papers in connectibn with France and Siam to be laid upon the table of the House. He said that the rr-eent joint action of France and Russia j was a most serious129 words
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Article48 1894-04-03 16 London, and April, 1894. Sir William Harcourt said that llie Government would take every occasion to i>ron.oti* European disarmament The Phra Yo: Case. Ihe rein I) Govci n uenl ha> c selected three juii^es in form a Court of i n the Pbra ase.48 words
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Article77 1894-04-03 16 Austria and Russia have concluded a provisional commercial agreement, by \iihich each is to be accorded the most favoured nation treatment until July. Spain and the Phillipines. Spain is sending troops to the Philippines owing to the ferment among the natives. Bismarck's Birthday. Bismarck was immensely feted77 words
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Article340 1894-04-03 16 Quotation. Capital Paid up Shares Pd. Div, Hongkong S'hai Bink. 93 prem. ex. div. $10,*****0 $10,000,000 80,000 125 2o> yr. Nafonal Bank of C-ina 535 disc. £1.000.000 997^ /8 Founders. §150 Nominal -r^ o o!<r. of China, Jap. Straits $2 > £2.000,000 £249,***** 190,875 15/340 words
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Advertisement371 1894-04-03 16 i Mar. 27. Per txnsmng tor Kapler. Mr. .n j j Mrs. Miller. For Havre option Hamburg. M; I A. J. Uurchait, Mrs. liurcliatt and child. Axjkr Shipping Krpokt. j (Specially compiled for Ihe SiHgabo t Free Date ot pavjiiig Anjer Nationality and .!<■.- cription of vessel Captain's name When371 words
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Miscellaneous685 1894-04-03 16 l~* T C A 0 A IVT B* C LLE/AKAINLCiO. April 2. Sri Tringganu, Brit, str., Willock, for Tringganu and Kelantan. Surat, P. and O. str., Jephson, for Hongkong, China Japan. Bbnlawers, Brit, str., Webster, for Hongkon Japan. Neera, Brit, str., Morris, for T. Anson, via ports. Sri Hong Anx,685 words
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Miscellaneous812 1894-04-03 16 VESSELS IN PORT. Flags Ton. Captain Arrived From Consignees For When Men-oi-War ARCHER Brit. tor. cr., Rogers Mar. 21 Bntavia Sr. X. Officer I. bander Bnt. cor., 4300 M eta xa Feb. 25 Hongkong Sr. N. Officer Merapi Dut. tf.b., jSg Sickens Mar. 23 Olchleh Dut. Con. Gen.Acheun Peacock Brit,812 words
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