The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 3 July 1894

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER, WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY, JULY 3rd, ,894 No 362
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  • 65 1 (Corrected up to July 2.) On London. Wank 4 m/s 2/i| demand 2/i£ i'.uate credits 3 m/s 2/1^ documents 3 m/s 2/2 credits 6m/s 2J2$ On India. Hank demand 195 On Hongkong. Bank demand J% dis. On Yokohama. Bank demand 4% dis. On Java. Bank demand 1.28J Private 30
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  • 111 1 July 20 w :,7-37* Liambit-T M 7.50 do. CuDe No. 1 12.12.J do. do. No. 2 11. Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) 9.50 do. White, (Fair LlW=s>&) 1550 Nutmegs 150s to the Ib.) 88. Mace (Banda) 90. Cloves (Amboina) 25. &*a Cottee (io^» Biacks) 40. Siberian 40.50 fyoca, small pearl
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 52 1 DoNtLDSON— Ouilter.— On the 12th June, at Christ's Church, Mussooiie, India, by the Key. Oscar D. Watkins. Chaplain, John William Edward Donaldson, Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, eldest son of Hon'ble A. L. Donaldson of Singapore, to Janie, third surviving daughter of J. H. Quilter, Esq., late of the Military Works
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    • 42 1 On the 26th inst., at Sansouci, Sydney Clarkb, the infant child of Capt. G. Grant, s. s. Libelle. At his residence, Keppell Road, Tanjong Pagar, on the 28th instint at 6.30 p.m., Capt. Luigi »\guino of Genoa (Italy) aged 45 years.
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  • 287 1 (June 26th.) WHAT everybody has been expecting as a sequel to the assassination of tl c French President by the knife of an Italian has at once begun to take place. The regrettable and scarcely latent illfeeling lately existing between the French and Italian peoples las been
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  • 1261 1 (June 27th.) We have previously observed that the two Ordinances now before the Legislative Council, the Liquors Bill and the Opium Bill, are of particular importance to the community at large, and yet of such a nature as only to be comprehended in their detail
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 26 1 CARD. SI p Brokers, Forwarding, Passenger and Commission Agents. ALFRED E. TURNER Co. 1 i-MjfcSHALL House, loi, Leadenhall Street, London E. C. *> -2. 22. 1 I
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    • 67 1 EVERYONE HERE SWEARS EVERYONE HERE SWEARS by it The late Mr. Walter Knaggs, who for many years was a resident of Singapore, wrote. All my friends here swear by 'Anteczema.' ♦•Anteczema" is a grand outward remedy for insect bites, prickly beat, eczema, Dhobie itch and all tropical skin troubles. Agent
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 500 1 THE WEEK. The next mail from Europe is expected to arrived by the P. O. S. S. Rosetta on the 9th inst., with London advices to the 15th ult being followed by Ihe M. M S S. Salazie on the iSth inst., with London datt s to the 22nd ult.
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  • 369 2 (June 30th.) It is just a fortnight ago to-day, since news reached Temerloh of the sudden return of a party of rebel refugees into Pahang, and their unfortunately too successful surprise of a river-side police station with the murder of nearly all of the Sikh guard, originally eleven
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  • 543 2 (June 2nd.) Two announcements are made in our advertising columns to-day, with reference to the Straits Fire Insurance Co. Ltd.. that show the effect of the agitation recently got up for the purpose of winding up the Company. A meeting ol the shareholders is called
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  • 218 2 The first competition held by this Club was played on Saturday, being in t!ie form of a monthly Vedal Handicap. The ground and greens are gtadually gating into condition, but it will Uke at least another year before ihry can be pronounced good. There v\ere about
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  • 2372 2 Standard Oil Company Coolly Divides the World's Market for Petroleum Oil. It will take Westfrn Europe. While Its Rival Will Probably Enjoy a Monopoly of Most of Am a. Othfr Concerns Must Go. United States Pipk Line a Thorn in the 1' l! sh to
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  • 285 3 One of th«- privates in the Shropshire prgimrnt at Hongkong has died from plague. j he Raffli S School Spoits take place this afternoon, I u- sday. t pro., and on i.! al > i>.m :»nd n-.t .1- previously am 1 < (I on 1 iii:r>.!..\
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  • 171 3 A telegram was received in Singapore t i Saturday to say lhat the condition of the King of Siam was giving rise to less anxiety, and that it would for the time be unnecessary to make any arrangements depending on that. Accordingly H. M. S. Ltaude*
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  • 376 3 (The Hospital.) Opium or Alcohol Assistant-Surgeon T. M. Shah, Chief Medical Officer of the Junagadh Slate, a native with an Kuropean medical education-, has written a most interesting article in tie February number of the Indian MedicoChirurgicai Review on the use of Opium in India. Among oilier
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  • 2809 3 (By an Eye-witness.) Special for the Singapore Free Press.^ The appearance of the bubonic plague at Canton is an e\ent of great but melan- < holy interest, not only to the medical man *ho has an opportunity of studying the disease on the spot, but also
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  • 101 4 The following is a copy of a telegram sent on 25th June, 1894, from the Governor of the Straits Settlements to the Governor General at Saigon Please accept and convey to your Government heart-felt sympathy of this Colony iv ihe death of your noble
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  • 50 4 A sudden and urgfent demand tor LardifT t. ;as arisen at Nagasaki, presumedly for naval purposes. In consequence the Mi iier Clara, which arrived at Shanghai u'lii i cargo of Japan coal on ihe 9th inst has been chartered to take a cargo of Welsh coal to N i£ isaki.
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  • 1266 4 Scene.— The steps of the Singapore Club on a Saturda v. Enter from Cavenagh Bridge Civilis; from Battery Road, MbrCAToR. Mercator Ah, Civilis, well met! I want a ittle subscription from you towards the statue of Sir F k W d that's to be put up
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  • 804 4 The tenth annual report of ihe above Company, for presentation to the shareholders at the seventeenth ordinary general meeting, to be held in the Company's offices, Singapore., on Thursday. I lie 51 h day of July, 1894, a! noon, is as follows: Ycur Directors b g
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  • 121 4 H N M's surveying vessel JJlotnmendal. Lieutenant Commander van Hoog^-tratt-u, aher docking and repairing a! Tinjong Pagai, returner! to-day to h^r surveying .station on the East Coast ot Sumatra. A Chinese trader, a d«-a!er in gamble* \\h<» tiv<-s on North H<nt Qi.ay, report* d t«> the Polite that he had
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  • 1300 4 Mr. Henry Chaplin, M.P., addressed a meeting in Queen-street Hall, Edinburgh, on 30th u lt. on Agricultural Depression and the Currency Ou~> tion," under the auspices of the Scottish Chamber of Agriculture. There was a god attendance. Mr. Chaplin, who was received with loud chest
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  • 1278 5 The death is announced of Mr. D. MacPonald. of the China Mail, which event took plare at the Peak Hospital, Hongkong. The British sailing vessel William de Lacheur, of Melbourne, was signalled on the 2ist nist.. by the Russian steamer r i> n 1 Xo vgc
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  • 270 5 The annual athletic sports of the Raffles Cricket Club were held yesterday, under favourable circumsiances, though the attendance of spectators was not so numerous as in preceding years. Some good racing was witnessed and the sack-rare as u^ual caused some little amusement, the winners of their heats
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  • 748 5 THE OPIUM COMMISSION AND THE MISSONARIES. The following telling extract is taken from the able weekly article on Indian affairs in the London Times received by the mail Signs and warnings are, indeed, not wanting in India at this moment; signs not to be explained away, warnings wholly devoid of
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  • 104 5 Of the five foreign steamers said to have been purchased by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, the documents for the transfer of thrt Hector, 2,040 tons, and Diomed, 1,900 tons, will be signed at Kobe in a few days. The negotiations for three other vessels will shortly be concluded, sa>s the
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  • 711 5 Before >fr. Lionel Cox, Chief Justice. Ql t ai< Poh Chan* v. The Official Assignee. The question of the amount of damage*" in this case having been reserved, the Chief Justice gave judgment to-day. Havingreferred to the facts of the rase, he said the first general question h<~
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  • 161 5 The 442 Chinese coolies who arrived by the S S. Nanshan this muni ing have b«*en placed in quarantine at St. John's Island. The latest American dictionary gives the following new words as permissible: Electrocute, abusee, academise, graciosity, accusably and enhansive. A report was made this morning, to the Police
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  • 886 6 As it was uith the rpidemic of cholera in India ai*w ytais ago, (rematks the Hongkong Telegraph) to it is uith the outbreak ot the bubonic plague in Hfii^Uong; a numl er of high-el iss scientists are flocking to its plague-stricken shoies to Much \).t
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  • 1880 6 Such an infinite amount of twaddle has been written on the influence ot rarefied air on the circulation, that it seems like touching solid ground to have ihe actual observations of Dr. Loewy, an eminent German physiologist, on the subject. He shows that the diminution of pressure to about 450
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  • 296 6 Lawn tennis was at one time par excellence the game of Anglo- Indian Society, but it can no longer be said to be this, for golf has usurped its position to a very great extent. This transference of popularity from one game to the other was
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  • 1080 6 lust twenty years have elafsed sime ilu- present Colonial Surgeon forwarded to the Govenirne,,, special report on the execrable condition „f ping-han district. After g .,,,g n to am iderable del iil Or. A>!e-> stated in iiis report ii.,u cv condition th< n existed in the
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  • 171 6 -'"Speaking of coffee cultivation in Klang after mentioning what has been done by natives, the Selangor Gazette says The history of the European coffee enterprise in the District remains to be written, it would be premature and perhaps dangerous to forecast it. There are already premoniiory sympt ms of de
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  • 2363 7 Walter Humphreys. From time to time lob-bowlers have sprung up »ho have gained great renown and have been placed on a level with the best bowlers of their dnv. but seldom before the arrival of Humphreys h id one i f then been obliged to
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  • 358 7 On the subject of Education in Selangor the following Note appears in the Gazette:— Education is receiving especial attention throughout the State at the present time and the schools aro frequently visited by the Acting Inspector and by the Visiting Teacher, which would appear to be the only satisfactory way
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  • 619 7 (By the Mail.) Colonel N. P. Jensen, of the Danish Army, has received an invitation from the King of Slam to go to that country to superintend the reorganisation of the whole of the Siamese Army. A re-»id-ence of three years in Siam is required, and
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  • 603 7 Stories of a mild form of torture being employed by the Indian Police to extort confessions from accused persons awaiting trial in j.iil, percolate occasionally through the columns of thelndiin press, but we do not seem to have by any means reached a high standard
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  • 191 7 We iPinang Gazette) regret to have to record the death of another old Pemngi'e in Mr. H. DeVfornay, father of Mr. C. F. D :\l jniay wiiose sad di-ath we recorded le->s ihan a mjntii a^o. The telegram announcing hi^> death reached Penang yesterday
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  • 666 7 Polygamy in its relation to Christian missions was the subject <>f an inspiriting debate at the- Anglican Missionary Conference. Much wa^ said on b >th Mil'-s as to wliether a polygatnist convert should be admitted to full Church membership. But all were a^r<je<i t!iat the women were not guilty parties,
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  • 728 8 H. M. S. Peacock arrived yesterday afternoon from the Cocos Islands, via Batavia, about four o'clock. A telegram from Hongkong, Hated 27th, says that tlu r- is a Typhoon Kast of South Formosa v\b" !i appears to be moving towards the noi w est. The M.
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  • 271 8 There was a good match between the Lincolnshires and the Club on the Esplanade yesterday, in which the former had much the best of it, having only one wicket to get to win when play ceased. A feature of the game was Harington's fine innings of 67. Scores: Lincolnshire
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  • 644 8 A contributor to the Daily Press points out in the paragraphs below the grave results of years of sanitary neglect in Hongkong Hope springs eternal, and if we prosecute our efforts to their logical and expensive end we may reasonably reckon upon at length ridding the
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  • 52 8 The cable steamer Sherard Osborne, was expected to arrive in Sydney on the 17th ult., from New Zealand en route to Singapore. The Sherard Osborne has been engaged during the past couple of months in connection with the New Zealand cables. She spent several weeks in Cook's Straits repairing the
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  • 872 8 Called Out or, The Chung Wangs Daughter. An Anglo-Chinese Romance, by Chas. J. H. Halcombe, author of Tales from Far Cathay etc, Hongkong Daily Press Office, 1894. This is a vastly entertaining book There is not a dull page in it from first to last, which is the author's
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  • 34 8 Mr. G. H. Duder leaves Singapore tomorrow to join a tin mining company in Jelebu. Mr. Duder will be much missed on the cricket-field where his strong batting and insidious slows made him a
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  • 230 8 A Promising District To the Editor. Sir, In a recent letter to yo-ir paper, a correspondent was g<>o<l enough t> refer \<, this region as a promising district ir wi lo point out how liitl^ kn<>^ n it<ti!l is, field for enterprise, in spite of its sp|< ndid estate
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  • 210 8 Murray's Handbook of Japan, Fourth Edition by B. H. Chamberlain and \V. H. Mason. London John Murray Yokohama, Kt-lly and Walsh. The fourth edition of this valuable handbook to Japan, btai ing date May ist, 1*94 has many new features and is brought up to date, the compilers having
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  • 390 8 On Wednesday afternoon, before Mr. Anthonisz, Chinese detective No. 40 v\as sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a charged ol extortion From one of the inmates of a brothel in Smith Street. Determined to make the most of his post as detective he went to the girl and informed her
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  • 1406 9 MSMORIAL OK THK YOKOHAMA CHAMBER OK Commerce. The following memorial has been drawn up by Ibc k.ha.tia Chamber of CommtTte for transrr smmi tv ihe London Chamber of Commerce: the undersigned busings firms and members community of Yokohama, being interested, rirectly, or indirect ly. m ihe track
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  • 23 9 Everybody is jjleastd to see H. H. the Sultan of Johore, who was rerently indis-po-ed. driving about again and looking as as ever.
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  • 47 9 Corps Orders. Head Quarter Office, Singapore, 29th June, 1894. 1. Gunner G. H. Duder has been transferred to the Reserve on leaving the Colony. 2. Gunner J. Metcalfe having been duly elected is posted to A Sub-division. H. E. McCallum, Major, re., Commandant S.V.A.
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  • 538 9 v Outis," who contributes Notes of the Day to the Sydney Telegraph points out that the self-governing Colonies are not at all convinced that they are not doing their full share towards the maintenance of the Empire, even if they provide no actual money
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  • 78 9 We hear that Ceylon proposes to send a cricket team to Singapore about the end of January, 1895. It is probable that Hongkong will also be invited to send down a team at the same time, which will suit Singapore and Hongkong admirably as being the time of
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  • 561 9 H. N. M's Surveying vessel Melvill van Carnbee Lieutenant Commander Wtm nuor after docking an<l repairing at Tanjong Pagar left to day fur Rhio. The Agency of the North China Insurance Co. at Penang has been transferred from Messrs Behn Meyer Co. to Messrs Mansfield Bogaardt
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  • 205 9 Second Day. Unfortunately just before the commencement of the second day of the R. C. C. Athletic Sports, yesterday (29th), a very heavy rain storm passed over Singapore, flooding the ground and making the going very heavy. It was not till after 3 p.m. that the
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  • 577 9 Les Anglais s'amusent moulte tristement. When the news of some fresh trouble Makes the papers foam and bubble, And the mild Malay has gone upon the trail r And Red War is round about There's one everlasting shout, And upon my soul it makes me weep and *ail Oh
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  • 210 9 The total expenditure by the P. \V. D. of India in 1892-3 amounted to Rs. 49,696,150. The revenue derived amounted to Rs. 6,0 "9,i40. We bear that the tug-boat Mercury having been chartered to go to Kelantan, will leave this afternoon with Inche Awang and Inche Mahmat of Johore. It
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  • 1386 10 When, seven years ago, it was announced that M. Sadi Carnot had been elected President of the French Republic, considerable surprise was expressed in England at the selection of a comparatively unknown man, who had made his debut as a Minister only the year before, having
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  • 376 10 There is something supremely comical in the way in which the clerical agitators in India try to run the universe and its creator on their own crooked lines. A Mr. Prautch —nice name that: fits him to a 11 t —after being convicted and punished for publishing a defamatory libel
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  • 763 10 R. A. v. R. E. These two old opponents met last night in the initial round of the competition for the above sh'eld, and victory ultimately rested with the R. A., who won rather easily by 3 goals to one. The K. E. are not
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  • 57 10 The Pinaug Gazette stites that the German named W. Donuer, who wrongfully issued bills belonjrin^ to Mr. L Hazer, pianoforte tuner uf Singapore, was arrested by Detective Inspector Fitltie* on board the steamer Langkat, winch arrived on the 27th inst. from I> li. He was brought up before Mr llaughton,
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  • 274 10 The concert which was riven »i dea r- i c i fe lvc «it the Kahies Girls School yesterday was intend ed as an entertainment for the parents and friends of the pupils in the school [a tickets only bein^ to sold to meet cy,,, ot th<
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  • 654 10 CHARACTERISTIC GESTURES." Among the delightful leUflc respecting liie habits of eminent personages so lavishly supplied by the Press, we have now their dtaractcristJi gestures" when engaged tn conversation. I havt seen eminent persons with BOOM murh nitre 'unny ones, but unfortunately these have im| been recorded; the reporters itatre not
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  • 337 11 J.,| an has ten men-of-war, besides trans.,,,rt-. in Korean waters ]\i>' now Application was made this morning by VV. Na»son bHore the Chief Justice a gram d letters ol administration in fl. i at€ ol lh« la'e l)r itiiani Maxwell Seiaagor Ih. application was grai I
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  • 1182 11 Mxit-YuARLv Mb? ting. 1 c hn!f-)earl\ meeting vi the Kaub Australian bid Mining Ccn pan), Limited, was held at hi.>i are c ii May 3, when about forty shareholders wtii n presented. Mr. De Burgh Persse occupied the chair. lit .-ternary, Mr. G. S. Murphy,
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  • 176 11 'I wo matches were played on the Esplanade on Saturday, the Ist XI S.C.C. playing the S. R. C. and the 2nd XI S. C. C. playing the R. E. The scores in the former match are appended S.C.C. F. H. Grant c Te^sensohn b Ryan 8 E- B.
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  • 1120 11 The Sultan Returning to Singapore. Rumoured Death of Panglima Kiri. The Rebels at Jeram Ampai. Mr. Egerton at Kuala Lipis. The Pahang River Open. We hear that the Sultan of Pahang,— at the request or invitation of the Suitan of Johore, it is believed,— will return
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  • 2062 11 The Sultan to Come Down. A Fight Expected To-day. The Panglima Kiri's Head. Fate of the Panglima Kanan. It was by a remarkable coincid nee t hat within a few minutes of each other the former and the present Residents of Paltang landed in
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  • 1929 12 Three Rebel Stockades Captured. Mr. Wise Shot Dead. Capt. Talbot Wounded. Rebels Retreat into Jungle. About 10 a. in. on Sunday morning the Government were in receipt o! a telegram from Kuala Lipis, dated Kuala Tembeling, and signed by Col. Walker, and giving the outlines of
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  • 183 12 Our Sl'.anghai c vetting contemporary pubiish«,*s tor what il is w<<th a ruin "iir iImI the (Nina Men hant's Hret is to be turn* <1 over to the German fl^g- A falal 'a< w\ occurred at Shanghai (M 1 the vl> wit. ir» c nne< tion with the l«*< m<
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  • 6239 13 Lbahisg Articles. The Costa Rica Packet, Telegrams, JI J .Nominatrd or Elected, Want- d Advice on Sewage, Kn^!i -h v. French, The Malacca Railway, Hawaii, ,g s Rasa, o Pen inj» in Parliament, .0 1 c Native States Federation, ,8 Fren< h Moderation, _.> V ridence, I eSir^iia Dinner,
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  • 263 15 M.S. Undaunted, Capt. John Halx arrived in Singapore yesterday mornroceeding later in the day to the ng Pagar Wharf to coal and at 1-30 lo the man-of war anchorage. The unfed, which was commissioned at or! on the 1 yth April, with a com pient of
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  • 143 15 |u!\ 20 I, 1594. 1 .<i\ lonn.i^t i-> »u>i very plentiful at the rut, mii hoiiuward 1a es h.ive uncier^Dne !i l!\ no ch«tiMfe si'»cr last wetk m I ndon, vt« (-anal, thi quotation for B^g is 20 ?.'/>, linlt- liambter, Pepper and iiu-ii: -j via Canal, rates are
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  • 1570 15 Some people are foolish enough to imagine that the popularity of golf is but a passing whim. Having regard to the peculiar fascination of the game, it is impossible to subscribe to that belief for a moment. At the same time one cannot help feeling convinced
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  • 462 15 A Cricket Challenge to Singapore. A private letter of the 29:!) June, from a Balavia friend, has the following which will be of interest to the members of the SCC. I he Batavia Cricket Club celebrate their fiftieth aniiiveisary this year, and it has been under consideration
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  • 52 15 It is said that all the coal in stock in Nagasaki has been bought up for the British men-of-war in Northern waters. Messrs. John Little and Co., Ltd announce that they have formally taken over the business formerly carri* d on as a private firm under the same name, except
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 142 15 WAN FED by a well conducted Solder who is anxious to lake his discharge in the C >loiiy •4 s*tuation as Overseer on a coffee plantation. 1 las a good education and character from farmer v mploytr. Apply to A. J. 8., c/o Free Press. June 27. 4 7- FRANK
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    • 360 15 ST ANDREWS HOUSE SINGAPORE. r I^HIS is a Boarding House for European and Eurasian Boys only, attendingDay Schools of the Colony. It is under the direction of a Committee consisting of the Bishop, the Colonial Chaplain, and five other gentlemen. Applications for admission should he addressed t«> t})' Honorary Secretary,
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  • REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
    • 131 16 Votes of Condolence. Demonstrations against Italians. The New President. I. ami on. 26 th June, ISO 4. S.uito. the murrlerrr of President Carnut, is a dangr^ous narchi»t. Th«* British, Italian, Spanish and \merican Parliaments have passed v »t**s of condolence with France. ha'v is H^ply concerned
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    • 110 16 The Votes of Condolence. Serious Riots at Lyons. M. Dupuy a Candidate for the Presidency. London, 2~ih June, iSqj. The House of Loids and the House of Commons passed a unanimous vote of condolence with the French nation on the murder of President Carnot, all
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    • 256 16 London 28th Jun>\ 18 yj. M. Casimir Perier has been elec ted President in place of the late M. Carnot. THE BUDGET. The House of Commons has carried the beer duty. ANARCHISTS ON M. CARNOTS ASSASSINATION. Foreign anarchisis publicly applaud Santo, the assassin of M. Carnot, as
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    • 90 16 London, 2nd July, 1894.. One hundred and fifty Anarchists have htvn arrrsted at Rome. Opening of the Tower Bridge. The Prince and Princess of Wales have opened the Tower Bridge. The ceremony %vas a brilliant one and thr Lord Mayor has received a Baronetcy, the Sheriffs beincr
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    • 144 16 (Specially compiled for the Singapore Free Press.) [Date of passing Anjer Nationality and description of vessel Captain's name Where and when sailed. Destination.! June 20. Dut. sir., Cede; Sikemcier Batavia, June 20 Rotterdam. June 22. Ger. ship, Hera Meyer Cardiff, Mar. 29 Singapore. June 22. Brit, ship,
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    • 72 16 Per Australia, Ir^m London, June 8. Rev. F. VV. Leggatt. To Penang.— Mr. G. A. Falconer, Mr. and Mrs. Martin, Mr. E. Mayes. Per Oxus, from Marseilles, lune 10. Mr. Barter. Mr. E< less ing, Mr. Rohns.' Per Massilia, from London, lune 21 Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 274 16 Quotation. Capital Paid up Shares Pd. £> lv Hongkong h S'hai B«nk. 97% prem. $10,*****0 $10,000,000 So 000 i2<; x j National Bank of C ma $74 £500,000 i,400, 150 >fg v f* Founder?!. Nomin<l 7^o Bk-of Chma, Jap; Straits Nominal K£ 2 000,000 ,£450,968
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 48 16 NOTICE. MISSING BOOKS. '"THK Committee of the Raffles' Library hereby request any persons having in their possession Books borrowed from the Library before the Ist January 1894 to return the same without delay to the Librarian. THOMAS S.QLJIN, D Acting' Secretary. Kames Library Museum, J une2 9- f.s.tu.
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    • 121 16 Fraser Cumming. Offices .—Exchange Building. Sawmills.— -Johore Bharu. Brickworks: Siran^oon and Balestier. Timber Merchants. PRIME HARDWOODS, cut by our own men in the best districts, in plank or log. WORKED TIMBERS. Flooring Boards, accurately planed tongued and grooved, by the best machinery, under the superintendence of an experienced European. DOOR
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 520 16 Lady Longden, Brit, str., Casey, for Tringganu. Am h erst, Brit, str., Shimmen, for Selangor, via ports. NEERA, Rrit. str., Morris, for T. Anson, via ports. Medusa, Brit, sir., Fyfe, for Bangkok. Kian Yang. Hrit. str., Natodah, tor Muar. Isabella, Bi it. sir., Cr nt. tor Muar. Sri Sintang, Dut.
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    • 847 16 VESSELS IN PORT. Men-ot-War FlagS&T n Fr m Consignees For, When Leander Brit, cor., 4300 Metaxa May 9 Penan ff Sr. N Officer M viLLv.CARNBEfcDut. 176 Verschoor June 5 Sourabaya Dut. Consul Rh.o Peacock Brit, cru., 755 Laxton |une 28 Batavia Sr. N. Officer Othe? B V>ssels rU 55 E
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