The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 8 September 1896

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER Bth, 1896. No. 476
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  • 372 1 Prina Lobanolf, 145 \ir. Daniel Logan, 14.5 The Philippines -md C ib 1 145 The Hongkong CoiV.r:b.i»ion," 145 The Municipal Bill, 140 Anoth.T Australian Defeat] 146 Hung Changs Mi-s on, 146 Laojan Grievances, 146 ITie Ka->tern Question, 146 f r.t rt .N K'.\ S. Supreme i ourt. I Government
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  • 70 1 (Corrected up ro September hank 4 m/s 2/ij demand 2/l| frivate credits 3 m/* 2/i-ij/i(> documents 3 m/s 3/1 J 1,, credits 6 m/s 2/1-15/16 On India. fcimk demand *79s On Hongkong. Hanfc i^mand prcm On Yokohama. hf.ik df-mand 2% preai Om Java. Bank >Wmai»d 1-^ 7 i Privai*
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  • 15 1 Domestic Occurrence. DEATH. At the Central Engine Works, on theoth instant, John Lawson, aged 35.
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  • 404 1 The next mail from Europe is due to arrive by the P. and O. S. S. Pekin on the 13th inst with London advices to the 21st ult, being followed by the N. D, L S S. Prinz Heinrich on the 1 7th inst., with the English mails
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  • 91 1 September 7.) fm $52.65 (Jamhier 6.45 do. Cuoe No. 1 !i. Pepper, Black r or« iinar) Spore; 10.30 do. White. (Fair L/W=s% 16.50 Nutmegs 150? to the Ib.) 91. Mace (Banda) 96. Cloves (Amhoina) 17 >r» Liberian < ••'Jee Tapioca, small »>earl (Han «^u«*iu^ 3-2o do. do. takf (do.
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  • 79 1 (September 6.) Taken *i Kandang Kerbau Hospital Observatory 9. AM. 3P.M.9 P. M. Bar. '<td. 7,2 Fah 29.^29 20.791 29.859 Tempe-ature 55.1 88.3 82.9 Wet Bu;b Thermometer... 79° 11 77* i Dir. of Wind SS.K. S. S.E. Max. I v.\\.. snadr B** 6 Mm. do <io 7 Ma>..
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  • 326 1 (Sept. Ist.) Prince LobanOFF has had but a short tenure of the control of Russian foreign affairs since the death of Count DE GIERS and the will of the Czar placed them in his capable hands. Though his own death has followed with a strange suddenness yet that
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  • 108 1 Mr. Da niel Logan. THE Penang Chamber of Commerce may be congratulated on fixing their I choice, lor H. E.s nomination of their re- preservative, on so experienced and trustI worthy a resident as Mr. DANIEL LOGAN, to succeed Dr. BROWN in the Legislative 1 Council. To much sense and
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  • 455 1 (Sept. 2nd.) A special telegram to-day to this journal announces the outbreak of a rebellion in the Philippine Islands. Coming at anytime such an event would cause serious disquiet to the Spanish Government. Occurring now, when the military and financial resources of Spain have been put
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  • 218 1 The Hongkong Contribution." A correspondent, "Observer," writing to the Hongkong Telegraph, puts forward a novel scheme for the defraying of the Military Mulct by Hongkong, amounting as it does to some $360,000 annually. Instead of having the amount taken, as dictated, out of the revenues, he would have it contributed
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  • 780 2 (Sept. 3rd.) YESTPRDAY the Legislative Council practically concluded their consideration of the Municipal Consolidation and Amendment Bill, passing it out of the Committee stage. A fortnight hence the measure will probably pass the third reading, and it will become law on January ist, 1897. The matters dealt
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  • 251 2 All interested in the Cricket Campaign of the Australian team in England will be a little surprised to see that in the final fixture at Scarborough, an English eleven/ nominally not a representative eleven of England, has been able to inflict on the Australians the most emphatic
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  • 925 2 (Sept. 4th.) If the ghost of Marco Polo still 11 walks occasionally upon earth, we feel sure that it must have followed with interest as intense as a ghost may be supposed to be capable of tceling,the magnificent progress of China's great statesman through Europe, a progress
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  • 188 2 (Sept. s th.) It may be remembered that the inhabitants of Labuan not long ago made representations of what appeared to be just grievances under which they suffer, as a result of the administration of that British Colony being now entrusted to the Government of British North Borneo.
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  • 642 2 (Sept. 7th THK due appreciation of the varying phases of a political situation, when our guide to that is, apart from accumulated experience of observation, no more than the fragmentary indications afforded by a scanty telegraphic service, must be always surrounded by the hazards of hypothesis. But
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  • 84 2 During last year good pro^rc>> *as made with sanitary works in Bui ma, some twenty lakhs of rupees having Uee* expended for the maintenance and imj :< vrment of the public health. Rang***©, W* read, was immensely benefited t>\ iht rxpenditurr of thirteen lakhs oi< aatCf supply, extension> ol f
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  • 430 3 A paragraph in a Penang paper says that once thereVas a Choral Society attempted in Penang, but judging from its lethargic somnolence, it has become a Chloral Society. The Telegraph Company's steamer SAerard Osborn left last evening at 7 p.m. for Java and Banjoewangi. Mr. Grigor
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  • 370 3 Mr. Omar Dollie makes th<^ following nteresting remarks in the Globe of llic •nixed rnces that inhabit Cape Colony The Cape Colonists, with the exception ol Engishmen and recent immigrants, are descended from three distinct races— the Boers, native Africans, and Javanese, the latter having been politial
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  • 1001 3 Before Sir L. Cox, C. J. Government and Compensation. This morning there came before the Chief Justice a reference under sections 17 and 18 of Ordinance VI. of 1890 (Appropriation of Lands tor Public Purposes) in the matter of the acquisition by Government of a portion of the
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  • 322 3 On<t Tiang Soon* v m Chop Gax Chuan. This was an interlocutory application for an interim injunction against the defendants restraining them from using a certain trade mark f< Guan What, G. \V." on chests of tea imported or sold by the defendants. Mr. Braddell appeared
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  • 55 3 We have reason to believe that there will be no attempt to carry out the meeting of the Malay Sultans until about April next year, when the N. E. monsoon ends and navigation from Pahang becomes easy, a point to be considered in inviting the Sultan of
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  • 51 3 The Governor, who is about to take a trip up the East Coast of the Peninsula, will probably be back from Pahang on or about the 13th inst., H. E. will at once thereafter proceed to Selangor, arriving at Kuala Lumpor on the 14th or 15th
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  • 124 3 The tournament of the L. L. T. C. was concluded last night, the final of the Ladies' Pairs being won by the Misses Bogle, who beat Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Waddell two sets to one. The final of the Consolation Handicap was also played, Mrs.
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  • 59 3 In the Military Intelligence ot the Times of India it is stated that a notification has been published to thr: effect that the titles of Volunteer Engineer Corps are to be changed to Royal Engineers (Volunteers), and it is expected that shortly the title of Volunteer
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  • 271 3 The President, in his monthly report for July (received Aug. 31st) says, in his finance paragraph It will be seen that our revenue continues to show a moderate increase, and the unavoidable suspension of some works owing to the weakness of our engineering staff gives a fictitious
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  • 215 3 Mr. Tomlinson's report contains the following general remarks on the water works, which will be read with interest. Some experiments conducted during the month shewed that the water near the bottom of the Impounding Reservoir is very offensive and some trouble may arise therefrom. This is
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  • 290 3 The following particulars are given vi this Company in a financial paper. Registered July 21, by Norton, Rose, Norton and Co., 57^, Old Broad-street, E.C., with a capita! of £2,000,000 in £10 shares. Object, to adopt and carry into effect, either with or without modification, an
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  • 168 3 The Daily Graphic o\ Vugust the Oth contains a good portrait ot CoL Walker, Malay States Guides, and the following remarks on that officer's .areer in the Malay Peninsula Lieut. -Cd. R. S. Frowd Walker, i .m.<u., who has been appointed to the command of
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  • 286 4 It is possible that Mr. H. Graves, who has already executed a private survey for the formerly projected light electric railway from Kandang Kerbau to Johore, may be recalled from Perak for the purposes of the detailed survey about to be undertaken by the Colonial Government. Xo
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  • 196 4 The Government of India have decided to try i n a small scale, the experiment of arranging for the training oi Infantry Volunteers in gundrillata limited number oi places. As the stations where Volunteer artillerymen will be chiefly required are the places where there are forts, the
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  • 346 4 On August 14th we published an account of Viceroy Li Hung Chang's visit to the Telegraph Construction Works at Greenwich. The following particulars from the China Gazette, give the details of this unparalleled record in long distance telegraphy. Previous to Li's arrival a wire had been placed at
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  • 76 4 [be Btb May ne« is the last day for the P^P lc J>i Formosa to decide whether they "t!i l ii hM been decide;! that tloL ull renaai will not I,- reouired to haii^c ttieir usages and customs hi»H thai tl^ v may wear tl eir presenl irj tain their
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  • 161 4 S. C. C. (2nd XI.) v. S. R. C. This match was played on Saturday afternoon, and resulted in a win for the S. R. C. by 19 runs. Scores F. H. Heaps b Valberg 4 J.Graham b Tessensohn 1 M. Woodward b Tessensohn 1 L. Dunman b Tessensohn
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  • 60 4 (Via Bmgkok.) Th* Grievances or Cochin-China. Paris, August 24. The Minister of Colonies, after a careful examination of the demand of Cochin-China for separation from Indo-China, has decided to accord greater administrative elasticity to Indo-China and particularly to Cochin-China, but no hope is held out of granting the
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  • 475 4 We are asked to announce that the local subscriptions to the Mrs. Alexander Memorial Fund" amount to 5157. At yesterday's sale of West Australian horses that came up by the Sultan, fourteen horses were sold at an average price of Si 3 3 each. Mr. H. C. Holmes, of Selangor.
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  • 1382 4 His Visit to Osborne. On the sth August, about noon, H. E. Li HungChang and suite arrived at Portsmouth on his way to visit the Queen at Osborne. At the station he was received and welcomed by Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon, the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir Edmund
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  • 808 4 A SlN<.\J'Oßl GOXKRNMENT H()l StO&I The following extract, i proposal Led) V: mantle and her dog, taken from the Lad) torial may interest some of our readers T1 much-travelled dog of a much travelled tnistn is the little aristocrnt named Kew l\u\ Chin, hi;' known to his
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  • 580 5 H.B.M. Consul at Amoy states that \tiov i^ now tree from plague. rive Chinese were deported to China by me >.S. Mt Hriaifs which left for Hongkong this morning. Mr. Justice Leach i.» expected to return I j Singapore at the end of the week. He
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  • 95 5 •-> rday. A field <»! about a do/en riders I from tli ross roads, Tanglin, the rsc lying alooe Nassiai Hill drive, over jumps at the >i*J< vi Massini Lodge, though tie lane ii to Rogie, turning lo tl '!'t do» the l»ii! into •road m•■ I"**
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  • 559 5 The queer scheme propounded in the columns of a contemporary for a cycletrack and club-house, including tea-rooms, moonlight bands and ''social arrangements. reads like the prospectus of a company promoter, so sanguine is it of big thing-. A late product of the boom at Home, we fear
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  • 101 5 THE FORESHORE QUESTION AT CHEFOO. Chefoo, August 1 8th The Russians occupied the disputed foreshore on Saturday, and heijan digging foundations. Messrs. Fergusson Co. applied for an injunction restraining them, but were refused. 1 hus the China Gazette We understand that S Claude Macdonald, the British Minister at Peking admits
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  • 68 5 Yesterday some detectives, who were on iiti\ on Hong Lim Quay saw three Chii -< vo on board a tongkaog and help u>fives i<- the copra on board. I hey :r>ted as ihey were leaving with oi copra in their pos>e.~s;oii, but i okoctg f rom noon <»i. Saturda\ the
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  • 1527 5 It is rather curious that we hear so little of poisoned weapons in these days. Now and again the newspapers report what they call a Tragedy from the South Seas or from Africa, such as the death of poor Commander Goodenough, or the massacre of that French party
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  • 83 5 A CHINAMAN COMMITS SU ICIDE AT SEA. Captain 11. Ball, master ot the s. s. Pyrrhus reported at Colombo thai one ot the firemen en board a Chinaman —after the ship left Singapore committed suicide i>\ jumping into the sea. Deceased came on deck from the stokehole, sat down for
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  • 256 5 1 Ch ina Ma I Con Arrangements arc being perfected foi the ai nual inter port rifle match. Singapore and Shanghai have been communicated with, Hopgkong having suggested that the match be fired some time during the la-t fortnight ot Octobei Singapore has acceded to this
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  • 241 5 (Perak Pioneei Owing to vome fre-h cases of cholera oa uri ng at Jin Heng Estate, the State Surgeon leH terday for Bagan Sen c» rottie to tlie -cti i An enterprising capitalist proposed, we imder* s,taud, to hydraulically wash awa> several acre* oi land on the Larut
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  • 294 6 Six cases of cholera and one of enteric fever have been reported since noon yesterday. Two cases of cholera were reported to the Police this morning in the Central division and two in the Kandang Kerbau district. The Marine Police were successfully busy yesterday, detecting three
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  • 237 6 (B. N, B. Herald., he Court of Directors having received in detail the news of the late disturbance at Kaningow and its settlement, has been pleased to express its approval of the conduct of all the oiti-ers concerned especially oi Mr. E. H. Barraut, on whom responsibility
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  • 280 6 THE INTER-COLONIAL RIFLE MATCH (1896) ii is suggested by Hongkong to fire the annui! Inter-Colonial Rifle Match on a late between llie 22nd and the October, j both days inclusive. his arrangement will, we understand, suit Singapore; and it is expected iliat Shanghai will fall in with the 'iatr mentioned.
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  • 337 6 Championship. Skmi-Final. Dr. Fowlie beat J. B. Robertson by 4 up and 2 to play. G. Macbain beat J. C. D. Jones by 4 up and 3 to play. Dr. Fowlie played two excellent rounds against last year's Champion, who, however, did not play much of a
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  • 178 6 r id Bangkok.) Par A ;g.ist 2$. Serious disorders have broken oat in Constantinople yesterday, especially at Pera, where the Armenians were riotous. A bomb was thrown which exploded ationgst the troops, killing and wounding several soldiers. The < )ttoman Bank was broken into, but no one was
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  • 433 6 B. N. B. Herald.) inquiries about Labuan coal which has, for very many years past, been sufficiently in evidence, give levaits so striking that they are vvor h the attention o! all concerned with steamer mattrers in this part of the world. Firstly, as regards the question of
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  • 1198 6 Mr. Thornton's m Swipes." Mr. \V. J. Ford, the well known cricketer, has a pleasant and readable article in the July Badtninton on the above subject. We may quote the following There are many fine batsmen who habitually score fast and hit hard, without being
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  • 90 6 Lieut. Bitiiiy, jih Fusiliers, arrived tins morning by the Ranee from his shooting trip to Borneo. While near Kudat he \\a.«* fortunate enough to get a fine bull tembadau, or Borneo sladang. Lieut. Toppin is still at Kudat, and will return in a fortnight. H. M. S. Rut tier. Commander
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  • 344 6 The naval correspondent gf the Q it writes During the past week the Admiralty have g out orders for the construction of five battle p. a new class, to be known a«> the tan t a that is, improved Rf**WKf. One i>- to be and engined by
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  • 420 6 I lieie ''an i> f uu doubt that 01 correspondents .it h Wie who ha\ <- bern urging I lie suitability* ul Singa a >ite tor an Imperial Naval 1 o r k ill W. H. Rend. C.M.i. The reicrm el Ifr Read's well-known map
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  • 116 6 Hd ediUM y unkvi.. jcuo special study t,\ Pro( Kellroann, i University, Ws P lan :I B drunkards of kww pcni i il > <>- ag >• the careers of all th«« <!• -■'>'""■ 1;n;r Hi, latest Mibi- I v iivrsi'.- fraii \,u |urlce. She »a* bom w
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  • 3499 7 Wednesday, September 2nd, 1896 Present H h tr.- Governor (Sir C. B. Mitchell g.c.m.c, T"<? Hor. the Col. Secretary A. Swettenham CMC. the Attorney-General W. R. Coiy-.r. the Col. Treasurer (E. E. i>errio:.ger.i the Acting Colonial Enginf-er 'Cap F I Anderson r k. J. B'jrkir. >ha-.\ <). S.
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  • 160 8 < 'orps Orders. iie.id < Quarter Office, Singapore. Sept. >i J, 1896. 1. Orderly (J*ti.;^r for the eti^ui'i^ week: IJeut. C. < 1. Davies. Orderly Sergeant for the ensuing week I*. Hilton. 2. Gunner \l< Kenzie is transferred to the reserve from tlatr. v Corpora! Edlin's previous
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  • 404 8 1 ins ingenious appeal is pretty sure to attract more attention at home than the persuasive circulars issued by influential Committees (To the Kditor ot the Pall Mai: Gazette.) Gentlemen, Dear Sir,— Allow me to petition to your mercy for our northern brethren's tidal disister on
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  • 130 8 Say. the Pinang Gazette, referring to a recent competition —One of those curiously lucky incidents in which Golf abounds, and which render the game so interesting' occurred in Mr Dow's second round when held ihe 4th hole in 2. His drive was and on reaching the
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  • 698 8 The Rattler will now probably leave on Sunday for Hongkong and Newchwang. Commander J. Heugh, D.S.O. (formerly of the Rattler) has been appointed to the Galatea. In the Army Pay Department, Major de la Poer Robinson, is granted the honorary rank of Lieut-Col. Amongst the passengers
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  • 204 8 THE OVERDUE s. s. HONG LIONG" The s.S. Hong Liong, Capt. Fripp, which was considerably overdue from Swatow, arrived in Singapore from Kuala Kuantan at 7-30 this morning, leaving the latter port at 10 o'clock on Wednesday night, after taking in a quantity of firewood. Capt. Fripp states that the
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  • 75 8 H. E. the Governor left this morning in the Sea Belle at 11. 30 on a vi>it to Pahang, Trengganu and Kelantan. He was accompanied by Lady Mitchell. Mr. F. A Swettenham, Resident General Federated Malay States, Capt. Herbert, A.D.C., and Mr. Severn, P. S. The
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  • 255 8 A pretty little passage-at-arms occurred yesterday afternoon between Mr. E. \l. Merewether, Inspector General of Prisons, and Mr. Saunders. Police Magistrate, during the hearing of the case against Marcus de Silva, formerly employed at the Gaol, who was charged that in the month of April, 1896,
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  • 276 8 A Ci i«s Hanok \r. I'akglin Ai.i.k^ Ri:< orik A handicap limiifd to 100 was bowled on Wednesday in^ht at the langliii Club fur .1 uj) j»r st*ni'*d by a member of the Club. Onl\ twclvt? bowlers selected by the Cominitt'-i- w**ic .i I lowed to compete, and,
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  • 1214 8 THE HIGH BUILDING OF ANCIENT ROME. TheAik Stack Question The excessive heigh; of ten. mem i^jjse- ticed for the first time, I believe, n C:cero, opposes Rome "suspended in the a ;r bo Car, lying comfortably down in tru- plan- ot Campa; Felix. Seneca complains of the mpunitv w\ builders
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  • 3975 9 BANQUET B\ THE CHINA ASSO CIATION jarKjuet wa>» gnvea on the evening ot 7th ult. the nemben ot the China Association at the Hotel Metmpole, when a most representative gathering ot the commercial and banking interests ol ■> country in China was assembled. Punct tally 7 p.m. the
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  • 67 9 The Local Secretary, the Raub Australian Gold Mining Company, Ltd., Singapore, has received the following telegram from the Company's Manager at Raub relating to crushing tor past two months Crushing finished. 2070 tons stone rewlized iij6 oj. smelted gold. Prospects remain unchanged. (The return remains steady at a
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  • 243 9 It is a well-known fact thai every cyclist has bis favourite refresher while on the road, whether he be the humble wheelman content with his eight or ten miles an ho ir or a scorcher intent only on covering the utmost distance within his power beI tween
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  • 396 9 ifrem i.>.>' at v Corresponding Mrs. Kyunersley was At Home at the Residency on Thursday last. The night was tine. an«! a< a lar^e proportion of the guests were members of the Malacca Choral Society, music was n©' wanting to make the time pass pleasantly. Several glees were sung
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  • 1231 10 There has Been a bicycle paper chase in Ceylon. The Bombay annual cricket match of the Presidency vs. the Parsis, ended in a victory for the Europeans by ten wickets. The Bombay races next year are fixed for the 20th to the 27th February. The value
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  • 114 10 Letters Patent appointing a Commission to report whether it be desirable or otherwise to revert to the system of farming the revenue derived from pawn shops are issued. The Commission consists of the hon'ble A. M. Skinner, C.M.G., C. B. Buckley, Esq., E. H. Bell, Esq., Tan fiak
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  • 170 10 i he Soleil publishes an article directed against the supremacy of Great Britain. The journal points out that England is at the height of her commercial prosperity, that the value of her maritime trade surpasses that of all the othernations of the world together, and. finally, that all other
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  • 1373 10 E'en as the heaftng Topics of the Week Doth now, too oft, portend dead languages. Anon. Quicquid agitnt homines nostri est farrago libelli, Cosas de Espaiia are more so now than ever. From the rising of the sun, in the Philippines, to the going down thereof,
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  • 179 10 THE WEALTHIEST D OG IN THE WORLD. At the present moment there'^ a dog in Derive; U.S. A., who is heir to £10,000, and enjoyed the legacy, as far as canine enjoyment of such a EH is possible, until ordinary consumption HttHcod him fora victim. Now there is a skil.cd
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  • 102 10 In connection with thr r< cent i" lof the sun, a good ston »pp< ghai paper A Colonel told litf order! »erg< certain dn\ an eclipse kvis to tak J tain time, and tha 1 ihc parade wx open aw lit- Col >' </' nm»e<i coinmaiid
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  • 201 11 The incomprehensibly great sum of £140,000,000 b annually ottered as a tribute to enduring tranluillity amonfcf the European countries. It costs that to maintain peace, and the figures are continually swelling. The largest fund expended yearly by any country on behalf of its army is that
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  • 435 11 Ihe Shah wa^> the eighte mil Sovereign or Head of a Suite; assassinated i this century, writes I Pars correspondent. It was the Empei >r Paul, "nrden.-d in 1801 by Palace conspirators, who led Next came the Sul'an Selim in 1808. fhere •vas then a long interval,
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  • 866 11 following i> the report ot the din*< tn<i the accounts l*-'r presentation the half-yearly meeting on S turda) Singapore, 4?!; September, i? 96. r< itleroen,— Your Directors how beg to present the \i count-, tor the halt-year ending June the net profit foi thai period
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  • 853 11 My Dear Mab. The Ladies' Tennis Tournament came to an end on Monday, amidst a finale oi general prize and thanksgiving and I breathe again. I did not take part in the fray, though my poor nerves have undergone as much worry as if I had,
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  • 309 11 The Klang Planting and Kstate Syndicate (Limited) has been registered, by Timbrel I and Deighton, with a capital of in £1 shares. The. object is to niter into an agreement with j. R. Rodgers, and to carry on business as tea, coffee, cocoa, tapioca, and pepper planters and
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  • 756 11 H. M. S. Porpoise left last evening at 5.30 on a cruise to Malacca and Penang. The Portuguese transport Africa from Mozambique with troops, left for Timor yesterday morning. The S. S. Oak Branch, one of the latest additions to the Branch line, a turret car^o
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  • 1082 12 THE WRECK OF THE GOVERNOR GOODWIN." Statement by the Crew. The Second Mate and crew of the American ship Governor Goodwin which was wrecked on Prince's Island in Sunda Straits on Aug. 15th, -.-rived in Singapore yesterday. The vessel was bound from New York to Chefoo, and after she struck
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  • COrrespondence.
    • 672 12 To THE fciDITOR. S IR? Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. Don't you think it would be a pity to disturb the reverie of "Z who has written a letter to the Selangor Journal under the heading of Rifle shooting?" He is so elated
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  • 98 12 Our northern contemporary is confident that the F^enang Chamber of Commerce could have found no truer representative of its own special interests or the broader requirements of the general public of the Settlement than Mr. D. Logan. He was born in Penang his father was the
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  • 67 12 I he War Office has officially recognised the iw: of cycles for t!.c deliver) ol message-. The wear ancl Lear ol the machi i> to Lr made good to tL< cycle i vvni »v soldier b\ a payment oi <■. pen in a m !e reipemtx that wiit-ii the Fusili<
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  • 648 12 We regret to announce the death of Mr. J. Lawson, an engineer well known and well liked in Singapore, which took place at the residence of Mr. Jardine, at the Victoria Engine Works, last night, shortly after ten o'clock. His untimely end is rendered all
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  • 260 12 Mr. Arnold While, in CasselUs Magazine t tells this story, apropos of quick decisions in sudden danger In the Red Sea, one burning hot morning", I was reading quietly on the taftrail of an out-ward-bound P. and O. boat. One of the smart young cavalry officers on
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  • 33 12 i. is proposed in Calcutta to erect, by the middle ct [897, a colossal statue of Hc-r Majesty as a memorial in recognition iji tbe ioogesl ti! d brigrhtest reign in Kn^]st bistort
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  • 1030 12 STAGNATION OF TRADE IN THE FAR EAST. THfc Mil \TION IN HOM.Ki^f,. It mu-t have been apparent for some cons.de able time to those engaged in the genera! Ukdc O i the Colony that Hongkong, m symp;.ti\ mn other parts of the Far East, is suffering trom sta«. nation of
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  • 2185 13 Notes from the Course. ist.) Mc-t of the horses did useful exercise this morning. Phiison, however, had a nice gallop Why Not picking him upon the tar -ide. They came along at a smart p^i c, both moving well. In spite of Ballate^ being on
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  • 380 13 "Z. writes as follows to the Editor of the Selangor Journal: Sir, In connection with your remarks on the match between S.R.A. and S.V.A., in a recent ssue of the Journal, which read as follows "There is in Selangor at the present time the material for a very
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  • 71 13 Says a home paper: Dr FJurdun, who has jusi resigned the Bishopric of Victoria, Hon^kon^, after twenty two v ears' tenure ot the see, was trained in the Church Alissioiiuty College. Islington, and on his ordination in 1852 proc^-ried a^ n missionary to Shanghai. His entire ministerial life has been
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  • 587 13 In their Steam Ship Circular,' Messrs. H. B. Moss and Co. (of Liverpool) remark We regret to say the pessimistic views we have so persistently foreshadowed have been, unhappily, more than fulfilled, and the first half of 1896 may be chronicled as the worst period in the
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  • 142 13 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Howard Vincent, rs., the Officer Commanding the Queen's IVestn mster Volunteers, has recently issued the follows order which tends to -how the popularity 11 d efficiency of the regiment under his command The regiment being completely up to its full war strength, even after
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  • 299 13 A correspondent sends to a home pautr several experiences of the troubles in Matsbeleland. Here is an incident that will appeal to local readers John Chinaman has penetrated even to the heart of Matabelelaud. At least there is oik adventurous Chinee who reached there, and
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  • 54 13 Th« Siam Free Press ±h\± .--\i a >- >ertci that Mr d< Bunsen wii! appl^ fci leave od his return from Java, and thai after leaving Bangkok be is like!} to r< i eive a home appointment probably at Vienna His probable successoi is spoketi oi as Mr Paget, nov
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  • 3621 14 (Written for the Singapore Free Press.) IV. WHY 1 WENT TO NiNG-PO. AM) HOW. —Sampans. Low Water and Li-Hung-Chang Dawn on the River.— Tombs. Ning-po.-— Hospitality.— The Native City.— Reflections amid the Crowd. —Missionary Hospitals —The City Walls.— Cemeteries —Temples— Th c Tien-fung Pagoda.— Ning-po Carving.
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  • 22 14 Mi |u-siu:c Leach arrived (torn li*«tM*C this morning fey the Dutch s. v Pslznurm H' 1 *N*t- -t -companiM by Mrs. Leach
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  • 1858 15 Championship. Dr. Fowlie v. G. Macbain. The first round of this match was played yesterday under most favourable conditions. Ist Hole. .Macbain had the honor and driving oi made a good drive, whereas Fowlie somewhat too/led his drive, his ball lying on the second training traek. Fowlie's
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  • 251 15 B Class Handicap. Played at the Tanglin Club on Friday and Saturday and won by F. D. Mactaggart. Score. F. D. Mactaggart 639-f 50.-689 Captain White 642+ 25^-667 Major Buchanan 556+ 1 10=666 E. Scott Russell 577+ 80—657 M. E. Plumpton 567+ 80-647 A. Robertson 633 -f o H.
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  • 450 15 It is a curious circumstance that of all the legislatures in the world, ours, the progenitor of them all, is the only one that has not got an official corps of reporters to record its debates and proceedings. We have, it is true, a publication styled "The Parliamentary Debates,"
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 387 15 A HIGH CLASS BOARDING SCHOOL. Established 1894 L'ndbr English MAx.vgEMENT and Rules. pONDL'CTED by Mrs. ROVVE and Miss SOVVTEK, with an efficient Certificated Staff. The object of the School is to provide such 1 edi^aijon, in the East, as to obviate the nec.esliiy of sending children' to Europe. Kobe has
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    • 548 15 Raffles Hotel. OATRONIZED by Royalty, Nobility and Distinguished Personages, including H. R. H. Prince Damrong. H.|R. H. Prince Sevastr His Grace The Duke of Newcastle. The Right Hon'ble The Earl of Dystrt. Lord and Lady Braye. Lord Dormer. Lord Cecil. Lord Valletort. Major General Sir Henry Collett, K.C.B. Sir Francis
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    • 83 16 The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Lobanoff, has died suddenly while returning to Kieff with the Tsar and Tsaritsa of Russia from Vienna. The Tsar and Tsaritsa according to the Times correspondent at St. Petersburg, were to visit the Emperor Francis Joseph in Vienna in
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    • 27 16 (Special to Singap<)rc Free Press.) Taiping, August 31st, 1890. The Federation Durbar is postponed to January 1 and will probably be held in Pe-ak.
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    • 34 16 Germany has refused to extradite the pretender Khalid, who took refuge in the German Consulate at Zanzibar, on the ground that he is charged with a political offence. Lomhn, September /st, is()s. m
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    • 10 16 (Later.) Mr. Logan ha< consented to be nominated.
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    • 38 16 Mr. Logan asked to Sit. Special to Singapore Free Press.) Penang, Sept. ist, 1896. Mr. D. Logan, late Solicitor General, has been asked to take the seat in the Legislative Council vacated by Dr. Brown.
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    • 34 16 Prince Lobanoff died ot an aneurism at a. country station It is the general opinion that his successful policy will be continued. I The Czar will continue his tour.
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    • 66 16 The Protest of the Embassies. Despatch of American Cruisers. President Cleveland is sending cruisers to Turkey. The Ambassadors have refused to illuminate their Embassies in honour of the Sultan s accession, and are drafting a nute pointing out thai the massacres are organised with the connivance
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    • 242 16 Insurrection in the Philippines. Action Near Manila. Martial Law Proclaimed. i Supposed Complicity with Cuba, Special to Singapore Free Press.) Hongkong, Sept. isl, i8«j0. 5-15 p.m. A rebellion has taken place in the Philippine Islands. There has been an engagement near Manila. The result of the action is
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    • 27 16 K. S. Ranjitsinj'ni has scored during the reason J739 runs, which beats the previous record ot VV. (3 Grace. London, September 2nd, 1806.
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    • 19 16 Count Schouvaloff, formerly Russian Ambassador to England, has had a para- lytic stroke. His condition is critical.
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    • 49 16 The U. S. Presidential Elections. A Gold Democrat Candidate. The National Convention of the Gold Democrats at Indianapolis has adopted a platform upholding a gold standard and opposed to the free coinage of silver. The Convention has nominated General Palmer, of Illinois, for the Presidency. London, September 4th, iBg6.
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    • 37 16 The betting on Persimmon for the St. j Leger is about three to one there is no other betting whatever. Labrador and Nouveau Riche are probable starters, Galeazzo, Arrean and Santa Maura are doubtful.
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    • 24 16 A Reactionary Manifesto A manifesto from the Mussalman Cretans appeals to all Mohammedans to resist the reforms which the Assembly has accepted, i
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    • 87 16 The Capture of the Ottoman Bank. Details have now been received of the seizure of the Imperial Ottoman Bank. twenty-five Armenians, well dressed and apparently well educated, entered the Bank at mid-day by twos and threes, while porters were introduced bearing bags ostensibly containing bullion but
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    • 66 16 j i The Tsar and Tsaritsa have arrived at Breslau and have met with a splendid reception. I At a banquet held in their honour the Emperor of Germany in proposing the health or the Tsar, said he was a bulwark of peace. The Tsar's response
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    • 34 16 A French Squadron has been ordered to the Levant, where there is already a 1 1 British squadron. t*? The British Embassy at Constantinople. Sir Philip Currie has returned to Constantinople.
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    • 21 16 The Nile railway has been reopened, twenty miles being relaid in ten days. London, September jtli, 18 q6.
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  • 591 16 September 7. Rankk. Brit, str., Baker, for Sandakan. via ports. Hong Wan, Brit, str., Buxton, for Pakan, via ports. Amhkrst, Brit. Shim men, for I*. Anson via ports. L,dy Longdkk, Brit, str., Aii£tis. few Pahang and I reiiiivaiui. Isabella. Brit. Mr., Hudson, for Mnar and Malacca. Nrkra. rJrit. str.,
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 348 16 Passengers Arrived. Sep. I. Per Pakan Mr. Raylands, Miss Kaylands, Master Rn land-. Seo. t.— Per Kiev 908 soldiers and passengers. Per Africa 314 troops. Per Saratoff: bo passengers, 1525 troops. Per Chow Phya Mr. Moore, Mr. Topolie. Per Sri Pontianak Mr. Neuboer. Per Veronej: 571 soldiers, S civilians. Sep.
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    • 896 16 SHARfc LIST. SEPTEMBER 7th. 1596. ,Tvnoi». Capita! Paid up Shares Pd. U H«..,h c S r,a. H- k :9O%prem. $*****000 Sio.ooo.om> 80,000 tas^t 5 1 v a rao >«.of,ot^ V^'VTo$115 Setter* i« BkoTt. v «mLtd f?t Nominil. ti.zuoo.ou© tAf.o.ooß 199,875 D fe re -2 l,» 50 Tan-.ony Pa*a» ?3 10
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