The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 10 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 10th, 1894 No 363
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  • 271 1 iADIHG ARTICLES. Pursoit of the Pahang Raiders. I 5 Batman on the Move, P a: racy Regulation, it 2 < i News. S mremc Court. Groom v. Lazaroo, 3 Bankruptcy Court. 5 5f R irren Challenge Shield. lit Lincolnshire v. R.A., >.( Athletic Sports, g S u •ol;nt» r
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  • 72 1 1 (Corrected up to July 9.) On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/ 1 1 demand 2/1J Private crt-dits 3 m/s .2/ 2 documents 3 m/s 2/2 credits 6 m/s 2J2$ On India. Bank demand 197 On Hongkong. Bank demand par. On Yokohama. lank demand i% dis. On Java. Bank
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  • 118 1 (July 9.) -in f 37-75-S/i Gambier 7°° do. Cube No. i 12--do. do. No. 2 10 35 Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) 925 do. White. (Fair L/W=s% 15^* N atme^s 150s to the ib.) Bg. Mace (Banda) 99 Cloves (Amboina) t 2 4Bali Cottee (10% Blacks) 3^ Liberian 4'« Tapjoca,
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 20 1 At Birmingham on the 15th April, the wife of Surgeon Major W. Dick, Army Medical Staff, of a son.
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    • 28 1 On Saturday the 7th July, Francina Florintin a Pest ana. aged 37 years, the wife of A. S. Pestana, Boarding Officer.— Penang and Bangkok papers please copy.
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  • 707 1 (July 3rd.) In connection with the communication forwarded from the Colonial Secretariat giving details of the fight at Ampai, certain names are added of three Malays who are amongst the killed. There is a good deal in these three names, which may account for these and these
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  • Article, Illustration
    32 1 Hrre shall the I'rr^ tl r People's right maintain Lnawctl \>v influence ami itnbribed bj- r :i:n Here patriot Truth her pi or ions precepts draw, Pledged to Religion. I.ovaitv. and Law.
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  • 78 1 THE SULTAN OF PAHANG AP JOHORE. The Sultan o! Pahang arrived in Joborc this morning (3rd) at 10 a.m. in one of ihe Johore Government steamers the Pulai. Mr. W. Hole also came down by Ik r. 0 Xlxa has also returned to Johore. The Sultan of Johore is at
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  • 501 1 (July 6th.) The news from Pahang to-day indicates that Colonel WALKER and Mr. CLIFFORD have already began their somewhat arduous advance up the Tembeling, following Mr. Duff's party and Teh Rajnli's Malay levies, who had already left lor Kuala Tahan, the point up-rivt-r where the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 35 1 Dr. M. F. SIMON, L.D.S. Edin., SURGEON DENTIST. IV. VY be consulted at the Hotel de I'Europe 1 Ns. 73 and 74. from 4to 5.30 P- m or b y 'Pi* ntment* J«uy a 2.8
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    • 73 1 G. R. Lambert Co., PHOTOGRAPHERS, GRESHAM HOUSE BATTERY ROAD AND 106 ORCHARD ROAD. HAVE JUST UNPACKED 3 Sherv's Patent Hand Cameras, plate, complete, specially constructed for the tropics. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SOLID BOUND ALBUMS. FOR Portraits and Views. Scrap-Albums. MORASTANDING FANCY FRAMES. Complete stock of chemicals, papers, porcelain, papier
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 406 1 THE WEEK. The next mail from home is expected to arrive by the M. M. S.S. Salazic on the 1 8th inst with London advices to the 22nd June, being followed by the P. O. S.S. Surat on the 23rd inst., with London dates I to the 29th June. This
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  • 569 2 OrR Weekly Topicist, to whom we invariably accord a large measure of indulgence, extending even to liberty of controversy, is under ihe apprehension, which it is pro >ab!e others share, that the recent raid into Pa hang from Kelantan was an event never ani ipatetl by the Pahang or Colonial
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  • 343 2 (June 9th THE cognate questions of medical reKistra ion and ph irmacy regulation have had some share of attention for a good while past. But ihe limiting of any t Ifort at legislation to the control ol ihe sale of poisons is, on the whole, the better course,
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  • 1731 2 (Translated for the Free Press.) Primmer/ 1 a Hague correspondent of the Soerabaia Courant y writes concerning t his case How an English Jingo and special-pleader for A is raii.n colonists stairs this c ise caw be seen KM,, m article by the M P.
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  • 253 2 BOILER CONSTRUCTION IN SINGAPORE. Ou Sttuiday ia>l a new boiler buiil by New Harbour Do. k Co Ltd for tiie ss. Poh Ann, owned by Messrs. Wee Bin and Co., \v«s tested by the Government Marine Surveyor on the Whail at New Harbour. This boiler is the largest that lias
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  • 889 2 SELANGOR has an area ot 3.500 lJarf miles, a revenue of $2,765,351 a .,d a u exceeding her liabilities by m>m than million dollars, without counting the y, Uiie of the public works in the State, |i 1 therefore difficult, inihi limited tnar* our disposal, to do
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  • 459 3 This morning six habitual cryninals, Chin -^r, were d« |>ofted by fh^ s. s. T*lamon h.>ij:.<i lor China. I', charge a^ain-' Pilot J C Davis ft infring*n^ tin quarantine regulations by rding and leaving th^ Russian transj Orel <>n ihc 21st uit., before ii»at vcs- been
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  • 251 3 DYER A THOI.sAXD DWELLINGS DESTROYED. <>n the afternoon of the 17th one of the most d .-Mi us fires of recent yea is at Yokohama boker lvi in a public bath-house, called Taninoyu, at No. 216, Motomachi, Gochcme, Yokohama, in the talk) immediately below the Bluff
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  • 171 3 [Translated for the Free Press.] As soon as the fighting is finished in Mindanao, operations will be recommenced against the natives of the Caroline Islands, whfl have been giving much trouble of late. The Government Gazette has notified tfcat Hongkong is infected with Black flague\ 1 he amount
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  • 2000 3 Groom v. Lazaroo. (In the Supreme Court, Malacca.) June 23rd, 1894. Fhis was a gui tarn action brought by a u Advocate to recover §250 from the defendant as a penalty incurred by him under Sec. 26 of the Civil Procedure Ordinance, that the
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  • 738 3 B Warren Challenge Shield. ibt Lincolnshire Rkgt. v. R. A. This match, the second in the 2nd round of the above competition, took place last evening (2nd) on the ground of the S. C. C. and resulted in a fairly ea-y win for the Lincoln men by 4
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  • 96 3 The Rev. G. M. Reith commences a new series of Lectures v Pictures from the History of the Scottish Reformation," the first of the series, entitled A Bonfire at St. Andrews/ being given on Wednesday next, 4th inst. The cricket match S. C. C. 2nd XI. v. R. E,. played
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  • 1558 4 By the death of this valuable young Pahang official, killed in action at Jeram Ampai against *he rebels on Friday, the 29th June, the Government of that State has been deprived of one whoso services and experience wore indeed a power in the land.
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  • 512 4 Speaking at the annual dinner on behalf of the Newspaper Press Fund, Mr. J. Chamberlain, M. P., said 11 Let us consider what is the daily Press. What is the newspaper which appears to be s much a nutter ot course to us all What is it to those who
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  • 2002 4 Thf Pearl King of the Torres Straits Interviewed. [The following is a condensed account ot an interview between a representative of the Rangoon Times and Mr. F. L. Jardine on the subject 01 the Mergui Pearl Fishery.] At the beginning of ihe year Mr. F. L. Jardine,
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  • 188 4 The Editor ot tlte />. A*, li. Hendd io--wards us a |»rouf <»l \\\\> >;>' «iai i.x,»re-s A telegram *»«is neceivod on the i^t 1 |«tnc "I iht s dcs 01 Hrui-h N'.tili >\ ium hibirm. i^niu and B.mdau states itdoilg 11^ l>
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  • 150 4 Eleven judges on the 29th ult. sat in the court for Crown cases reserved, an i <i< livered jud^ni- nt in the suit of I n<" Oueen v. Deoois The latter, a vvh»l<sale Iruit <\ ai'-r in Coventtjardru. had been found guilty ol selling nuts untit 10' cuiiHimji'itu. a ;d
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  • 526 5 W EDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1894. \t a meeting I the Council of tlie Royal Col<>ni»l l istit'i! Mr Thomaj Lett Wood (fate Jn<l-;« of ih* Straits Srttlements) was ,-i ted a 1" ellow. private let lev from Prnang sms that M, Justite (iativ ha> obtained l^ave of atsriKt-, ni tlial
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  • 179 5 Reduction Probvble. Our London correspondent writes: After dragging itself partly through one administration and well into another there appears now to be a chance that the question of the Military Exaction will be determined somewhat on the lines desired by the Colony. When 1
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  • 822 5 BAN KRUPTCY. In the Supreme Court yesterday, before the Chief Ju-tJce, several bankruptcy matters were di*posrd ot On the application of the Official A>signet- the Court ordered the sale of Indian Government securities to the v^iue of the Official Assignee stating that this sum was required, with now in the
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  • 1181 5 Lebon and Co. v. Struts insurance Company In the Supreme Court of Judicature, f ourt of Appeal, befoie th«; Master of Uic :<oils, Lord Justice Kay, ami Lord Justice A. L Smith, the above case was decided on 6th inst. It was an action on a
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  • 75 5 A great dearth of coal is reported to exist in various districts of Japan. I lie Kobe Chronicle of the 13th inst. says the Government Railway Department recently borrowed 1,000 tons ot coal from the Japan Railway Company to provide sufficient fuel for their locomotives, and now it is stated
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  • 553 5 The following is tlie report for presentation to the shareholders at the fourth ordinary general meeting to by. held at the Office of the Company on Saturday, 14th July, 1894, at noon V ur Directors now sub nit to you a St.itPment of Accounts for
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  • 170 5 A Malacca correspondent, Veritas, writes in connection with the proposal to elect a Tengchoo or Lord of the Temple fot the Malacca Chinese community. He says: Of course we want a man of worth and education and a charitable and openhearted man whom the poor can approach in time of
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  • 576 6 The report for the half-year to March 31 last states The Caledonia. o\ 7.500 tons, the largest and fastest vessd the company have as yet built, was launched a few days ago, and will be completed in lime lo take her placed in
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  • 403 6 The information al present available concerning the present state ot atl.-irs in Corea, says the A 7". C. Daily News of 23rd June, indicates the taking up of a very bold iront on the part of the Japanese, whose forces at the tune of I ;test
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  • 149 6 p -g Mr. Henniker Heaton has been asking awkward questions in Parliament about postal arrangements, in China. Why parcels from Hongkong and Shanghai for Canada are sent via London And whether it was true that at Tientsin there are- no Biitish postal arrangements, al though 90 per cent., of the
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  • 1566 6 The first general statutory) meeting of the Straits Development Company, Limited, was held on sth inst.,at Cannon-street Hotel, E.C, Colonel W. J. Engledue presiding. The Secretary (Mr. Arthur F. Auslin) having read the notice convening tlie meeting. The Chairman s*id Gentlemen, this formal meeting, which his to
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  • 790 6 The powerful armour-clad vessel which is to built by the Phames Ironworks for the Japanese Government is to be named ihe Fuji- Varna. In addition to the particulars already given we may note the coal capacity is i.ioo tons; the armour belt is to hit 220 U.
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  • 913 6 The Hongkong papers contain the te*t of a long despatch from the Governor t<> the Secretary of State giving a history of the plague up to date, towards the conclusion (paras, 29 35) the results of ibc calamity are estimated in outline and from these
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  • 240 6 A Ceylon resident en route to Saigon gives in the Ceylon Observer his passing impressions of Singapore after seventeen years' absence: The steamer arrived at Campoug Baiini, at the picture c qie Ww Harbour with large wharves for Urge BlCi* mers, at 2-30 p.m. on the 22nd inst Hiring a
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  • 712 7 Hancock, tit* pedestrian, h*s arrived in j Bangkok. body of a C Inne^e i«aup« r was n-! his morning ii> th»* X i«-i»borough Maik< t. Mr j Kinloch, foimeriy of Kaub, after" \v ;d ol Kecfeau, and latterly of Mergu i arl Fisheries, has returned 10
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  • 145 7 H;n Siamese Majesty arrived in BangkoK early on li c 25th ult., trom Koh-Si-Chang, by the Malm Ckmkri, but instead of anchoring off the Palace Mw royal yacht passed up nver as far as Pakret, afterwards returning and anchoiing off tie bpwit Farm 011 i uesday
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  • 621 7 A Cask for Consideration To tiik Editor. Dear Sir, Referring to the S. C. C. Sports, and particularly to the Long Jump, j dm ing that rvent one of the judges, (when ihere was a discussion as to a claim for further trial) was heard to enquire f<>r a
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  • 292 7 The following series of telegrams via Bangkok and Saigon give somewhat ampler details of the French President's assasMnatiou and of the election of his successor (M. Hanoteaux to the French Charge d' Affaires at Bangkok.) 11 1 have to inform you with deep sorrow that
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  • 1478 7 STRAITS INSURANCE Co. Ltd. The seventeenth ordinary general meeting of the Straits Insurance Co., Ltd was h* Id in the Company's Offices, Robinson Road, today (s? h) at noon. Mr. A. Johnston presiding. There were also present Messrs. A.H.Raeburn,D W. Love!l,M Puttfarcken and A. N. van Gilse van der Pals,
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  • 258 7 The Sutherland Will Case has been settled, the Dowager-Duchess receiving £500,000 and £5,000 undrr the will, the Duke of Sutherland taking the remainder, say £1,000,000. Paisley threatens to erect yet another statue to Burns, and at a cost of £1,300. We wonder how many Burns monuments that will make. What
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  • 5229 8 (Wednesday, July 4, 1894.) The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commission was held to-day, Mr. Gentle presiding. There were also present the Hon'bleT.Shelford, Mr. Bell. Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Nai'son, Mr. J. Fraser, Mr. Meyer, Mr. A. C. Moses and Mr. Tan li;.k Kirn. Tl.e Financial Statement
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  • 84 9 A special meeting of the Board was then held to pasa new health b\e-laws under section 202 (a) of the Ordinance, which gave rise to considerable discussion, bol ultimately they were adapted withUl ainfrilmcnt. The Presi lent ex lamed that they were extensions i» the provisions ol
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  • 2694 9 Fißiii Day. >■ S.C.C. w lavoured with a very ne I erncx n yesterd iy for the tir>t part of I 'pi gramme, and the occasion was gi sence f a large number tato s, i .-i His Excel l< ncy the not an I Lad) Mitchell.
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  • 1063 9 The Hongkong Chamber of Commerce forwards to the press for publication the following telegram received from the Singapore Government: 'Delighted hearing epidemic abati ig regret to say that we cannot, under onr quarantine regulations, relax existing arrangements, but the^ not be kept up longer than we
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  • 90 9 Ihe trend of expect opinion, s;i\ s the Electrical Review* is that the electrical purification oi sewage is a complete saccess, chemically and bacteriologicalty. Considering the way in which Lite question of urban sanitation has been thrust to the front these few weeks past, thr public will await with interest
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  • 846 10 The S. s. Ranee t Capt Owen, from Sandakao, which came in this morning early was detained in quarantine after in spection by the Health Officer. Last night a faction fight occurred he tween si me Malays from Kampong Java and others from Kampong Kapurat the
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  • 294 10 A case for Consideration." lo THE EPITOK. Dear Sir, Referring to my letter of yesterday, I liave seen the S. C. C. by-law with r< gard to the Long jump, and now, as the Yankees so neatly put it. beg to 'climb down/ or as the pote of Tanjong
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  • 469 10 To the Editor. Dkar Sir, In giving our decision in the Broad Jump we were guided by Bye-Law No. 10 of the S. C. C. which states clearly that three tries only are allowed," a copy was asked for on the ground to show Mr. Dennys,
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  • 31 10 Young hady (in music store) Have you A heart that beats with love Clerk (blushingly) No, Miss I would consider it highly imprudent at a salary of 21 bobs a week.'
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  • 220 10 The funeral service in memory of the deceased President takes place at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd at 8 a n>. to-morrow (Saturday.) M de GaspaFy, French Consul ai Singapore, ha* is.-ued the following communication to a number of the chit f officials and private
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  • 680 10 The Britannia, the Prince of Wales's new boat, built, like Lord Dunraven's Valkyrie, from Mr. G. L. Watson's designs by Messrs. D. and \V. Henderson Co., of Partick, Glasgow, was first in the Royal Thames Yacht Club's race for big cutters on the 25th May, 1893, the
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  • 36 10 In view of the approaching races in connection with the Singapore Rowing Club we understand that an application will shortly be made to the Municipal Commission for permission to hold the races on the Impounding Reservoir.
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  • 698 10 Now that the present infantry battaftoi in garrison, the Lincolnshire, nil! M n placed by the Northumberland FumJi, i before the above trophy is sh-t lU| we might ask the attention of th. liarri*o Spoits Committee to the question <>! t rifles to
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  • 186 10 Warder Bacon reported to the Police this morning that his quarters at the Gaol had been entered during last night, anJ that $70 in silver and notes, a gold ring, a clock, a teapot, a lady's belt and olbei articles were missing. The Police made inquiries into the affair, and
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  • 949 11 {From our own Cor respondent.} ,\< will have been seen from letters in this and other papers the Malacca Chinese have some difficulty in finding a suitable person to e'ect as Tenjr Chu or Lord of j the Temple. Mr. Tan Jiak Kirn has, no bt, the five c
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  • 1126 11 Tlyf INIJTES of proceedings of the Municipal Commissioners at an ordinary meeting held on Wednesday, the 20th June, 1894. Present: Ihe President, Alex. Gentle: the Acting Inspector-General of Police. R. H. Bell; VV. Nanson G. C. Wray the Hon'ble Seah Liang Seah; the Hon'Me T, Shelford, C.M.G Tan
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  • 1652 11 Mr. \V. S. Wetmore writes to the .V. C. Daily I JVeu-s as follows Tue foreign communities of wltat is known as j the Far East." of which Shanghai is a noiable i example, embrace many thousands of Europeans, j who are mostly either directly engaged
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  • 525 11 {Hongkong Daily Press.) A point ot interest to Chinese merchants connected with hims established in America has recently been decided. Under the McCreaty Act it is provided that a member of a Chinese firm whose names does not appear in the tirm name 'snot entitled to
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  • 979 11 There is a young Mussulman gentleman in Penang. who lias evidently just discovered i he beauties of I he Merchant ot Venire as ii is told in Lamb's I ales from Snakespeare." Addre>sing us as the "Singapore Free Press Newspaper, Ksqr," he has sent us two sucresMve instalmentof the story,
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  • 2085 12 Stringent efforts are being made to reforest Switzerland. More than 40.00 >.o >o young trees, it is officially reported, have been planted in that country in the last seven years The steam, r Cheribon, belonging to the Netherlands India Government lighthouse service, Captain Kroon, arrived here
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  • 498 12 Mr H. A Heard has be^n appointed Assistant OIFk ial Assignee and Itegiittrar of Doeds for Penang. from JuU I>t Mr. H. Evans, Assistant India In, ,n. gration Agent, Penang, basbeenapp .it ft Deputy Registrar of V) e<ls, Penan g. Mr. Sim Ken^ Hoo is appointed a m<•>,.
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  • 1291 13 If the expense of the hunt for the exOrang Kaya is to he as heavy in every case as in the first brush with the enemy Pahang will cost the Colony more than it is v -r.li, though it will have to finance the exj edition
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  • 899 13 Funeral Service in Singapore. A solemn Ili^h Mass oi Requiem for the late M. Sa.li Carnot, the President of the French Republic was celebrated at the Cathedral ol the Good Shepherd this morning at 8 a. m., in the presence of a large assemblage fully representing
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  • 1461 13 AN INTERVIEW WITH SIR GEORGE GREY. In the series of letters in the Daily Graphic in which a correspondent ha^ s > strongly urged the reform of the Housed Lords, special insistence was laid upon the need for admitting to that House representatives
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  • 351 13 What was believed to be the finil meeting, or almost the Hnal meeting, of the Retrenchment Commission took place yesterday. The price of aluminium has just been reduced to is. o,d. per pound, which, tak'ng into consideration its lightness, puts it almost on the same footing in point of price
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  • 2680 14 Details of the Fight at Jeram Ampai. List of the Killed and Wounded. The Colonial steamer Sea Belle which had been horn ly expeded sin< c yesterday at noon, cauK in this forenoon (4th) fn»m Pahangbrin<jingwith her 'he wounded from the recent fighi at Jeram Ampai,
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  • 366 14 We regret t<> Bee from our Slam i changes that the wife of Mr J (i. >„, British Minister at Bangkok, lias l>< seriously ill- llrt. Scott, we *re pleased to learn, is improving, though her CondiLion was at one time dangerous. Captain H. J. Carr
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  • 503 14 MR. ARSOT REIO-MISS GtRTKL'DE M\KV HOI Mv {Glasgow Evening Xews of ttth 'June.' At two o'clock this afternoon, in St. M.ir\ s Parish Church, Partick, the Ktv. Mr. Kos- i.fliciated at the wedding of Mr. Arnot Reid to Mi-s Gertrude Mary Holms, daughter of Mr. A.
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  • 558 15 Like his illustiiou^ predecessor, the Marquis rs&ng; t'»e recently do arted Chinese Minister, S Fil-cMfl, has penned a reply to a representaI made ie him by the various anti-opium societies in ihis country. The reply is less obscure, less m ii.c, and more open of his own
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  • 624 15 THE PUXJOM MINING CO., L TD. c following 'he Manager's R«;p >rt for May, f ust Shaft. Bottom drive North we had a c ii ge ol ground in tie early pin ot the month >)d progress na^ ben made since, fiiis c '> is-sed ihr u^h a leader ol
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  • 760 15 Mr. Scott, H. B M. Chargt d' Affair s y li i> i r signed ili^ Presidentship of the Bangkok Gymnastic Club, on account of the motion i^snc! la*>t w«-ek, which limited the attcodancc oi ladits 10 two club nights per month. The management of the Vacuum Oil Co. in
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  • 2005 15 Via Ceylon.) London, June 21st. The following is the result of the rai c for ihe Ascot (ioici Cuj>: La Fleche 1 Calibrate 2 Cvpria 3 Vienna, June 21st. The Hungarian Magnates have passed the first reading of the Civil Mairi ige BHi by a majority of four, and
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 253 15 ST ANDREW'S HOUSE SINGAPORE. nr^HIS is a Boarding House for European and Eurasian Boys only, attending Day 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 sh >ul«l be addressed to the Honorary
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  • 303 16 JULY gth, 18Q4. Quotation. Capital Paid up Share* Pd. f) !V Hongkong &S'haiß.nk. 97 prem. $10.*****0 $10,000,000 80.000 125 *l 4yr Fop ders. Nominal «k.o l Ona.U.t^tn«i Nominal. |£««*M>oo 4 *o 9 rW 'W^T5 tf*S rl.- fit t I 2 O j£. 1 Tanjong Parar D.-S" 5*197 s<>'Ooo
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  • 206 16 The New Chief Justice of England. London, 3rd July, 1X94 Sir Charles Russell succeeds Lord Coleridge us Lord Chief Justice of England. Funeral of President Carnot. The bo jy of tht l*te President Carnot has tn« n 11 lerred in the Pantheon with imposing ceremony. The mperor of
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  • 195 16 Oxford lias beaten Cambridge by eight wickets. The teams were probably a> follows Oxford.— Mr. R. C. N. Palairet, Mr. L. C. V. Rathurst, Mr. H. K. Poster, Mr. G. J Mor daunt, Mr. C. B, Fry, Mr. H. I). Leveson-Gower, Mr. 1-. A. Phillip*,
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  • 115 16 London, 6th Ju/v. ISQ4. Sir Edward Grey states that the Government have addressed communications to China and Japan in the interest of peace and would make every effott towards bringing about a friendly settlement. International Yacht Race. The Prince of Wales's Yacht Britannia lias won the International
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  • 174 16 London, jtn July, iSyj. The conference of Colonial Representatives at Ottawa has adopted a motion in favour of ihe extension of the British Pacific Cable to Cape Colony. A motion in favour of Imperial enactments to enable the Colonies to agree to a commercial reciprocity was also
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  • 57 16 London, gth July, 1894. There is continued rioting at Chicago, the mol> >a< kin^ and burning the railway plant. Incendaries have also burned the buildings at the World's Fair. Troops are marching on Chicago from various States. California is in open revolt and the
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 320 16 CHANGE OF NAME AND TITLE. T*HE undersigned brings to t he notice oi the public that by the terms of the la-t will and testament of Alexander the First of Russia* his direct heir and successor known heretofore fts Alexander H. Baron de Horn Van der Horck, bor: February 7th,
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 768 16 Alboin, Brit, str., Ritchie, for Bangkok. I 1 Bii K. Ger. str.. Stoim, for Pontianak. NeerA. Brit, str., Morris, for T. Anson, via ports. Van Dibmen, Dut. str., Mertz; for Batavia, via ports. Ros*ti-a, P. andO. str., Gadd, for Hongkong, It na and Japai. Amhbrst, Brit, str., Shimmen, for Selan^or,
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    • 919 16 VESSELS IN PORT. Flags Ton. Captain Arrived From Consignees For, When Men-ot-War Leander Brit, cor., 4300 Metaxa May 9 Penang Sr. N. Officer M'vill v. CARNBEEDut. 176 Verschoor June£ Sourabaya Dut. Consul Rb.io, Peacock. Brit, cru., 755 Laxton June 28 Batavia Sr. N. Officer Other Vessels Anchisks Dut. 1270 Rorison
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    • 10 16 July 4. Per Frigga for Hamburg. Mrs. Koch and child.
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