The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 15 September 1896
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Title Section18 1896-09-15 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDTION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 15th, 1896. No. 47718 words
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Article141 1896-09-15 1 Band Fusiliers v. St. Joseph's C. i '7- v ites from the Course, 178 R*r< <is. M iniripa] Commission, 16; I Ni ws. 1 1 in era! oi the I ate Mr. J. Lawson, 163 I m Late Mr. Cologon, 163 Warships for Singapore 163 Selangor Notes. 10; X141 words
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Article14 1896-09-15 1 (Corrected up to Septembei »4 On Hongkong. Ha:,k demand prem On Yo COHAMA.14 words
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Domestic Occurrences.
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Article18 1896-09-15 1 On '.he Qtl ii stant, at Elsternwick, Melbourne, the v ife of Frank Ritchie, ot a son.18 words
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Obituary50 1896-09-15 1 On the 14th v-•£., at Southend, Elphinstone, aged 8 years, third son of Alfrfi> E. and Emmv Turner, formerly ot Singapore, Penang, and Sandakar.. North Borneo. On the Bth .September, at the General Hospital, Alexandre Cologon, l'lng£nieur l)irecteur de la SockV de Etains de Kinta, Perak, aged 74 years.50 words
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Article, Illustration743 1896-09-15 1 "Thwarting Britains Designs." Sept. 8th. Here shall the Press the Peoj-!fc's right mintain. Unawed by influence an 1 unbribed b\ gain Her? patriot Truth her pro epl draw, Pledged to Religion, Covaltv. and Law. To-DAY's telegraphic intelligence comes as a curious supplement to our general observations yesterday as to the743 words
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Article404 1896-09-15 1 (Sept. oth THE military authorities ot the Chartered Company's forces will no doubt discriminate between tia treatment accorded to Matabele reb< and that accorded to Mashonas. Mashonaland was the original territory ot the Chartered Company, and they occupied it in friendly relations with the Mashona chiefs aid people. The404 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement30 1896-09-15 1 RE CH BOARDING HOUSE ||< v n- comfofi J louse WCll UAI '-ii. v (j, ten epted to mj »pl\ dtnnei I >pi 3 5 1 I OYI> \<i i I30 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous544 1896-09-15 1 THE WEEK j The next mail from Europe is expected to arrive b\ the X. D. J.. S S. Prinz Heinrich tomorrow, with London advices to the 24th ult.. being followed by the M. M. s.s. Oceanic, cr the 22nd inst.. with the English mail oi the 28th ult. This544 words
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Article302 1896-09-15 2 The sentiments expressed by the Emperor Ot GERMANY at a great public banquet, though large and vague, are couched in eloquent generalities to which it is impossible to take exception. He vouches for the Tsar OF RUSSIA as desirous of employing his troops only in the service of302 words
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Article265 1896-09-15 2 i(Srpt. 10th.) f IHE saying v.; toiijottrs Vun gui me, et I autre gui se laisse aimer is often as true in politics as it is in human life. rhe alliance between Erance and Russia is an r-xcellent example of the adage. It is France who265 words
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Article441 1896-09-15 2 (Sept. nth.) DEPORI \tion with us in the Straits is a familiar word, and it represents that perfectly rightful and legalised process by which a state rids itself of a chronically criminal element, which is alien in nationality to the state. As applied by Turkey to441 words
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Article547 1896-09-15 2 (Sept. 14th THE thwarting of British interests in the Far East," which, if we are to believe the Russian press, is presently to be the programme of Russia Co., Europe, Ltd."), is showing visibly above the horizon ot practical politics. A Reuters telegram from St. Petersburg says:547 words
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Article481 1896-09-15 2 If those who are looking after the venerable Mr. GLADSTONE would only take away his pen and give him something else to occupy his time harmlessly with, it would be better for Europe at this moment. It may be true enough that the weakness or the apathy481 words
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Article179 1896-09-15 2 TH E SOLAR ECLIPSE. A number of successful observations ot the solar eclipse were after all obtained. According to a telegram from Tinmen, in Western Siberia, the eclipse \va> very successful ly observed at that place, and one particularly photograph was taken. Some stars even are visible. A despatch from179 words
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Article659 1896-09-15 2 There was on!y a small attendance >hen 1 House of Lords met on 14th ult. to wind up n, business of the Session. The Lord ChanceMor re^H the Oueen'< Speech as follows iff Lords an<i Gentlemen, My relations with other Powers con f) friendly. The hostile movements659 words
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Article271 1896-09-15 2 Some weeks ago it was iniuiun< ed man Government wu carefull} co*i question ot regulating th»- trade in pen in other words, >t finding tnentw to p American corporation, known as th^St German market. Rather m« n I i an attempt was made by llh Si i271 words
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Article769 1896-09-15 3 The new port of Soochow was to be lormally opened as a Treaty port on the ;th September. Mi» Elsie Adair is now in Honolulu, and may be expected in Hongkong with her company of entertainers about the month, of Xove.nhtr. j According to a Shanghai769 words
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Article255 1896-09-15 3 We regret to announce the death of Mr. A. Cologon, Manager of the Societe dcs Etains de Kinta, which took place this morning at the General Hospital, as the result of abscess of the liver. Mr Cologon. had been far from well some time ago255 words
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Article506 1896-09-15 3 We learn that the cruisers Rainbow and I Pique (both of the .-Eoius class) will come down to Hongkong for docking and repairs at the completion of the summer cruise with the Admiral. They will then I come on to Singapore to strengthen the southern squadron. 1506 words
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Article782 1896-09-15 3 Before Mr. Justice Leach. Magistrate's Appeal. The appeal in the case of Tan Boon Neo, a Chinawoman, who was convicted on July 14th before Mr. Anthonisz on the following charges (1) that she on May. 14th 1896, at Singapore, did assist in carrying on a public lottery in782 words
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Article100 1896-09-15 3 The Tientsin correspondent of a Hoagkong paper says Our China and Foreign Bank, under the directorship of our old friends Messrs A. Michie and G. Detring, and their former colleague Ching, instead of being situated close to the North Gate will be just below the100 words
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Article234 1896-09-15 3 A contributor to the Straits Maritime y»urnal remarks Does Sir Charles Mitchell think that the Harbour of Penang is used solely by River steamers that he offers us by way of Harbour Improvement something rather less dignified than Chelsea Pier lam sure I don't know what234 words
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241 1896-09-15 3 His Excellency the United States Minister and Mrs. Denby arrived in Peking on the loth inst.. says the Peking and Tientsin T ivies, but not without undergoing a most trying experience, of which Consul Sheridan P. Read supplied the following details On Saturday,241 words
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Article189 1896-09-15 3 re <* (Selaugor Journal.} The Governor is expected io visit Kuala Lumpur, with Lady Mitchell, on the i Bth inst., and ue understand that we shall see the Residents of the Native States back again to meet Hi Excellency. A Gymkhana Meeting is projected for Saturday, the 19th,189 words
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Article437 1896-09-15 3 The Calcutta Englishman gives some specimens of Assamese proverbs from a little book just issued by Captain Gurdon. Here, tor instance, is a quaint epitome of Assamese rural life. Examine your paddy cultivation in the evening, search for your cattle in the morning, and when you see a437 words
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Article196 1896-09-15 4 f China Mail.) H. M.S. Pigmy »s expected to arrive at Bangkok from the north in a few days, and H. M.S Ratr'c- from the south. On the arrival of the Pigmy, the Red pole (if she has returned from Manila) will pioceed to Nagasaki, and will then196 words
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Article88 1896-09-15 4 The Knglish steamer Enchantress, of Sunderland (Captain Riches), when steaming in the Mediterranean a Gibraltar correspondent writes, to a home paper, sighted a man in the water. On rescuing the poor fellow, it was found that he was nearly dead, and that he had bee«88 words
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Article129 1896-09-15 4 The tilth assizes lor Singapore commenced this morning (Bth) betoie the Oiiel Justice, Sir Lionel Cox. There are nineteen cases in the Calendar, including a charge against Robert Pinkerton of attempt to murder, and one against M de Silva. ol criminal breach of trust. Lan Mi Tek Hun.129 words
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Article602 1896-09-15 4 Ninety Passengers have x Narrow Escape. Shanghai, August 24th.— There was an exceedingly nnt row escape from a dreadful tragedy on the river yesterday evening. The Messageries Maritimes tender Whangpoo and the Shanghai Tug Boat Co.'s powerful tender Sampson came into collision shortly before 7-30 o'clock, w<602 words
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871 1896-09-15 4 Kobe, August 24th.— Particulars of the massacre at Kubara, Minami-mura, Naka district,. Kagawa prefecture on the 18th inst., in which seven men, women and children were murdered (as briefly re. ferred to in a telegram in these columns at the time) are now to hand.871 words
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272 1896-09-15 4 AN OFFICER CASHIERED AND IMPRISONED. At a General Court Martial held at M how on Lieut. W. G. Browne, Royal Fusiliers, he was charged with fraudulently misapplying Rs. 21,000 of public money and other sums and behaving in a scandalous and ungentlemanly manner, etc. The Court found the prisoner guilty272 words
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Article476 1896-09-15 4 As a kind of souvenir of his adventures in F.gypt and the Soudan, Mr. Ingram bought a mummy for £50 from the English Consul at Luxor. The mummy was that of a priest of Thetis, and it bore a mysterious inscription. After obtaining, at Cairo, the476 words
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Article131 1896-09-15 4 (Via Bangkok., Paris, Sept. I. Prince Lobano Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, died sudden^ yesterday, while accompanying the Czar and irina to Vienna, at the station of ScheDtowka. Sanguinary conflicts have been fought between Italians and Brazilians owing to disputes over a project introduced for the settlement r131 words
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Article416 1896-09-15 4 THE DEMAND FOR JAPANESE COAL. The on' put of coal in Japan, writes the fj^io Economist, totals about three million torn a year, oi which o-'e half is consumed at home md the remainder is shipped abroad, chiefly Hongkong, Shanghai, Chefoo, Newchwang, Singapore and San Francisco. The exported )<•■ is416 words
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Article698 1896-09-15 4 As Mr. Abos' syce was driving from the Police Court, yesterday, he knocked down a native at the gate, injuring him so n i, that he had to be sent to Hospital. The German community of Shanghai n a meeting at the Club Concordia, have resolved698 words
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Article3608 1896-09-15 5 .Written for the Singapore Free Press.) V. The Empress Line. Fog and Panic. Nagasaki Harbour. Medical Inspection Dithyrambic Atmosphere op Japan. The Damfool Passenger. Bronze Horse Temple. Over the hills ro Mogl A Road-side Teahouse. Greetings by the way, and reminiscences. A Japanese Boat-race. Na,av*ki from3,608 words
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Article143 1896-09-15 6 {Perak Pioneer 'ncdicai officer in Kinta who successfully I treated a Chinese towkay for severe injuries, is said to have received a fee of $500. Burglary has become .0 rite in Kinta, especially h that people arc compelled for security to I eep witi, loaded revolvers under their143 words
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Article916 1896-09-15 6 The following is the Mining Manager's Report for the four weeks ending 3rd September, 1896 Mining. Raub Hole, Xo. 2 Shaft. This section still continues to look very well. In the intermediate drive going south from the winze have now driven about too feet through the gold-bearing chute of916 words
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Article1031 1896-09-15 6 By ax Expert in the Ric e Trade. (Rangoon Times.) Paddy, or rice in the rough state, the normal cost of which has been, in seasons gone by, from 80 to 90 rupees a hundred baskets in the local market, has now reached the1,031 words
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Article61 1896-09-15 6 1 A Chinese vernacular paper states t. :at some !ltf representatives ol the ship- building firms ot Europe have offered lhe j Diine.se 'r»'\-ernmeut to supply them ivilli I w«r.shij s credit, if .j, f Pefejug -j rea >l,r V be :iM a posit inn to pay foi i em61 words
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Article826 1896-09-15 6 H. M. S. Porpoise, which was supposed to have left on Sunday evening on a cruise to Malacca and Penang, returned last evening. It appears that she went outside for gunnery practice and now awaits the arrival of the mail. Hence her return in anticipation of826 words
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Article477 1896-09-15 6 TWO HUNDRED HOUSES DESTROYED. DF.SPERA'I fe ROBKKKILv. CrALLWI KES( Lfc »n Slf A M F.E \I i I ES. A destructive fire occured at Cantor on th* night of the 3rd inst. It appear^ that through what is said to have been an accident possibly the477 words
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Article311 1896-09-15 6 MISSIONARIES \\l) KEIoI.VFKv. Kobe. 25th August. The foreign residents s!*) ing at Arima were very much frightened oil Satur day night by a disturbance between the Japanes^ kago men and a number oi missionaries, chien*) from China. We have heard various reasons assigned as the oiigin311 words
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Article167 1896-09-15 6 Dr. Simon, l\C M 0., is expected ba< Singapore on the 27th inst Three cases of cholera were reported to the Police in the Central division this morning. to-morrow by the fibre, arriving here 0:. Sunday. Performances (ol which particulars may be found elsewhen in this issued will commence on167 words
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Article1891 1896-09-15 7 •Wednesday, Sept. 9th 1896. Presk\t Mr. A. Gentle (President) Hon. T. Sheiford, m.c, Messrs. Sohst, Tan Jiak Kirn, G. T. Hare, A. C. Moses, Seah Liang Seah, Joaquim and Col. Pennefather. Fin am bs. The financial statement shows a balance of S4l-VSSS, as against $400,420 on Aug. 26th,1,891 words
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Article2653 1896-09-15 7 Philanthropic Chinese." The President laid on the table a letter received from a number of pig dealers, remarking that it came from a number of philanthropic Chinese who were deeply grieved within their hearts at the extortionate practices to which pig rearers in the country were subjected. Obviously this was2,653 words
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Article52 1896-09-15 8 The Secretary of the Punjom Mining Company, Limited, has received advices I from Punjom to the effect that the greater portion of the village there has been dcs- j troyed by lire. The damage sustained by the Company is Slight, the loss not exceed- I ing two52 words
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Article306 1896-09-15 8 AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR." We quote this from a Hongkong jour- j nal A double duel was fought on the Race-course at Saigon on August 25th, the combatants being a M. Tournier, described as Chancelier de residence au Cambodge, and two military lieutenants. M. Tournier is evidently a fire-eater. With306 words
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Correspondence.
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Letter218 1896-09-15 8 Dear Mr. Editor, —From last nights issue of a local paper, I see, under tbe heading of Farm Cases," 29 convictions for being in possession of illicit chandu. etc., etc. Now of this I know nothing, but what I do object to, is the practice of the218 words
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Article381 1896-09-15 8 "Spectator" says, in the China Mail. Last week, I made a few comments about the approaching Interport Rifle Match, and hinted that the match was likely to be fired in the latter portion of the month of October. Owing to the absence of a reply from381 words
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Article138 1896-09-15 8 The Look-out Man writing in Fairplay says, in their extreme desire to forge j ahead with their mercantile marine^ the Japanese are adopting methods calculated I to invite reprisals. He hears that in con- nection with the new Japanese steam lines to Europe, the importers138 words
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Article123 1896-09-15 8 Miss Mcintosh, the Hongkong nursing sister who contracted plague while in attendance on the patients in the plague hospital, has left for home by the Empress of India on leave. There is olten more in a name than Shakespeare ever dreamt of. That uas why a Mr. Swindells near Manchester,123 words
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Article112 1896-09-15 8 The Newchwang correspondent of the N.-C. Daily News writes A Russian surveying party, consisting of a Captain of the General staff, a Lieutenant, and six men of various nationalities, arrived on Aug. 16th. This party came from Seoul, across the Valu. and thence via Liaoyang and112 words
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Article201 1896-09-15 8 In far Cochin State, on the west coast of India, (says the Rangoon Times) sympathy h^s evidently been stirred for suffering humanity in this tfflicted province. A medical officer, a native of India, sends us a prescription for the cure of dysentery to be published for201 words
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70 1896-09-15 8 There is a rumour circulating in Siamese official quarters that a grave incident has occurred on the Siamese eastern frontier in the neighbourhood of the Mekong. What the exact nature of the affair is we are not aware, but it is said that several Siamese,70 words
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Article185 1896-09-15 8 The iact that the telegram sent to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank is the last news received of the rebellion in Manila has prompted the suggestion that the Manila authorities are exercising a strict supervision over telegrams and reiuse to allow any more wires concern ng185 words
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Article122 1896-09-15 8 Head Ouarter Office, Singapore, Sept. 10th, 1896. 1. Orderly Officer for the ensuing week 2nd Lieut. A.J. Sisson. Orderly Sergeant for the ensuing week Sergt. Benjarield. 2. The following gentlemen having been duly elected are posted to Subdivisions as follows. Gr. W. B. Sutherland to A Subdivision.122 words
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Article148 1896-09-15 8 A sporting contributor, writing to a Hongkong paper, says By the way would it not be a good idea to inaugurate a "Starting Gate" for our Half-mile events? It's no race at all if the horses don't get away well together, and the starts last meeting tor this distance were148 words
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Article744 1896-09-15 8 ,1 I The net cost to Japan of Formosa for the next fiscal year is estimated at fourteer million yen. Two men, in possession of four bag« rice, attracted the attention of the Polio i. Havelock Road during the night, presumably while on their way to744 words
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Article755 1896-09-15 9 A friend sends us a copy of No. 4 of The Eat tie, which is to Shanghai and the China ports what Straits Produce is to these more equatorial latitudes. Indeed. looking at th^ general style and get up of the Rattle, we might not be far out755 words
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Article68 1896-09-15 9 mese Maters, stays the Nic/t* l\ichi t 1 1 1 ,< a regular exhibition oi ah tuat is i idem in naval architecture next ri i Russia will delach thr hr>i -class i»u td Navai n and thrre other powerI ~-> Is from her Mediterranean SkguadGreal Britain is sure to68 words
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Article443 1896-09-15 9 A contributor to the A. C. Daily News writes —As I came down trom Scochow on a boat, which was one of a string of seven towed by a steam-tug, I was awakened about midnight by suppressed, sharp cries, Hi Hoh Hoh The tug with its443 words
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Article374 1896-09-15 9 By an opportune coincidence, on the morrow of the promise made in Parliament of an inquiry into the tacts regarding the wreck of the British Army in India by disease, the facts themselves have arrived in a telegraphed summary of the official repoii on the374 words
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Article289 1896-09-15 9 The Yushin Nippo slates that the Nippon Yusen Kaisha will not join the conference of the foreign steamship companies to raise the freights between Japan and America, because the Japanese steamship company receives a Government subsidy for the trans-Pacific line, on the understanding that the object of289 words
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Article22 1896-09-15 9 Foi :h«r wr-ek ending Sept. sth the mortality returns For Singapore show total deal!.? 21 3, a ratio of ?<i?y* per mille.22 words
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Article1155 1896-09-15 9 (Financial Times.) Our relations to China, both political and commercial, are of far greater importance than those of all other nations put together, and we mean to retain our supremacy. There is no reason to doubt that we shall be able to do so, in the face of1,155 words
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Article168 1896-09-15 9 The question still arises in the reports ot some of our Consuls abroad whether Great Britain should adopt the metric system or not. after the German Empire, Austria- Hungary, Italy, France, Belgium, Greece, Netherlands. Sweden and Norway, Portugal, Spain, Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Peru, Japan, Switzerland,168 words
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Article621 1896-09-15 9 Every menagerie and zoological garden has its j doctor, surgeon and dentist to look after the many j ills that wild beast^ in captivity are heir to. At Stuttgart the services of an eminent oculist were recently invoked on behalf of a tiger from the Bengal621 words
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Article767 1896-09-15 10 The Kobe Chronicle says The indemnity money thus far received from China, including 1 fhc Ist and 2nd instalments of the main indemnity, the compensation for the return of the Liaotung Peninsula, the expenditure for the garrison stationed at Wei-hai-wei the interest on the indemnity unpaid,767 words
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Article790 1896-09-15 10 H. M. S. Porpoise leaves for Penang on Monday. i The death-rate tor Singapore for August was 5193 per mille. The mail despatched from Singapore to London, via Brindisi, on the 19th ultimo is expected to be delivered to-day. The mail steamer Pekin left Penang at790 words
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Article1004 1896-09-15 10 E'en as the heading Topics of the Week Doth now, too oft, portend dead languages. Anon. I Qnicquid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli, Perhaps the most remarkable thing noticeable about the recent course of events i in Europe is the light in which the two1,004 words
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Article561 1896-09-15 10 The half-yearly ordinary general Meet* j ing of the shareholders of the T a ui >n Pagar Dock Co., Ld., was held >- la* v noon in the Compam offices, Collvei Quay, Mr. T. Scott, Chairman, presiding There were also present —Messrs AX son, Sugden.561 words
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Article87 1896-09-15 10 The [as m R< 1 eatiou l luh, Mai 1 exempted from registration uti Societies Qrdinan< c. Mr. A. I Stewart 1- ippotatc I 1 >£ Chief Police Office 1 For Malacca Mr H. B. N. C 1 rotter, Posi t*t< i General, has been granted fifteen loath*87 words
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Article44 1896-09-15 10 A m ight promenade will he g renoti Saturday the igtli iont. at 9 pan ih< ground* >f .dare Grove, M \h Middletoo reside!! lent for the occasion to th Club Committee [Tie band of the sth ilier* will br in attendance.44 words
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Article653 1896-09-15 11 M M>E IN EN(.LaM) I >espi:e tl c increase in the number and quantity j rt textile and other manufactured goods which are j 1 ade in l rermai it :-s pleasing to learn from a i It- .tome, org it, repute that Made in Kng- j land653 words
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Article74 1896-09-15 11 pa] bicycle ha-, invaded the field. Ime ci them, owned by a bicycle agent, is now in use, i London. Paper fibre, similar to th« somel me= used in the manufacture of railway car- tge wheels, is employed tor tubing. The bicycle weighs twenty pound>. -md is74 words
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Article296 1896-09-15 11 B V B h ■■■lid It isl not be forgotten that Labuan is sure re 1 i ig to be the joining station for Pontianak md u f r important Dutch settlements in S. Borneo. At present they have no speed} means comn unication with their head-quarter296 words
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Article833 1896-09-15 11 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Rowing Club was held in the Cricket Pavilion last evening (Sept. nth). Mr. E. J. Nanson in the chair. There were also present Messrs. Scott Russell, R. N. Bland. F Faber. S. F. Clark. W. Makepeace. T. M. Braddell, J.833 words
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Article1539 1896-09-15 11 {The Rattle.) To a 4th Assistant B. My dear young friend, You will, I trust, allow an old resident, one who knew your father in the sixties, to offer you a few words of advice at the outset of your Customs career. I feel that such advice is1,539 words
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Article165 1896-09-15 11 By the new chainless bicycle, Acatene Metropole/" chains are absolutely dispensed with (remarks a Sydney paper). In the pace of the ordinary chain- wheel is a cog-wheel, somewhat smaller than the chain-wheel. This cog-wheel has some 60 teeth on it, which act on the teeth oi a165 words
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Article113 1896-09-15 11 The sum of the national debts of japan, at the end of June last, is by the Far East to be as follows Consolidated Bonds ..'..Yen 170,472,450 War Bonds 111,926,885 Pension Bonds 30,211, 12 c Debt for the hedemption of Paper Currency 2 2, 000,000 Naval Bond^113 words
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Article90 1896-09-15 11 Abstract of traffic earnings lor the mur.'.h of August. iSg/6 I Season Tickets 194 5c Horses, Carriages and Dogs 188 nc Telegraph Collections 22 04 Miscellaneous 1 131 4JB Total Coaching 31,057 *»i *Goodr 31,701 41 Warehouse rent 160 47 Live Stock 1,53 48 Miscellaneous 12 0590 words
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Article1318 1896-09-15 12 Major J»J. Swinton, R.A., Singapore, has accepted promotion to a half-pay lieuten-ant-colonelcy. The Penang Chamber of Commerce has appointed a sub-committee to report on the proposed Wharf and Harbour Scheme. The annual inspection of the Penang Free School has resulted in a percentage of 84 being1,318 words
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Article104 1896-09-15 12 The Russian (jovernment has finally decided to make Vladivostock a commercial port, and «n--gineers have already been despatched by the Ministry of Ways and Communications to carry out the necessary works, which are to be finished by the end ol next year. THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY. Prince Khilkoff, Russian Minister104 words
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Article185 1896-09-15 12 The Selangor Rifle Association. To the Editor. Sir, The letter signed by Magpie in your issue of 7th inst. shows so much personal feeling and such an intimate knowledge of local details that it is not difficult to guess the identity of the writer. While scoffing at the "possible"185 words
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Article730 1896-09-15 12 fO THE Km TOR. Sir, Will you kindly allow us to explain the circumstances under which the Welsbach Light, which has been a brilliant success everywhere else, tailed to be introduced in Singapore, for lighting the public streets. In March 1805, we were asked by the Municipality730 words
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Article266 1896-09-15 12 S. V. A. v. S. R. C. Played on S. R. C. ground on Saturday resulting in a draw. dr. Ross took f wickets for 13 runs. aiberg took a w\ :ket with each of the last three balls be bo Score. S. V. A. apt. Barker b Tessensohn266 words
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Article288 1896-09-15 12 I Sarawak Gac t'r Pwo caves of amah** are reported (ton ram. V. \uah. one Sedik, a Unmet, apparently for no reason, killing ttatair, tirunei, and severely wounding man Janttt before he wa> secured by ICyau*. r i i e second case occurred at I anj. itg I288 words
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Article92 1896-09-15 12 Mr H rregartbeo, mint bvc? Moui Sophia, haviog mimed several t n Iru i i leirah lately, including a H and ;h in, bit upon the ingenious de o; last »i»g hell to the almeirah, an I Sal ir lav > the household was at dim i M92 words
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3066 1896-09-15 13 Notes From ihe Course. A nice fine morning found the trainers early at work with their charges. Amongst the first batch out I noticed Betsy filly, Xita, and Buccleugh and all did good useful work. The son of Goldsbrough and Aphrodite is doing uncommonly well3,066 words
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Article125 1896-09-15 13 I he Cheruhang Company has received a wire from the thairman, Singapore, 17th ult., as tol--1 )\vs v The result assays Cherubang Reef at a diptn ot 30 feet, 40Z. isdwt, Bgr. Palmerston Reef, 15 feet in width, Sdwt. 1 igr. per ton." The \V. W. Development125 words
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Article270 1896-09-15 13 Mr. L. A. Scott Elliot has in request to lhe Government of N. I. asking permission to establish The Sumatra Petroleum Company, Ld.," at Tandjong Poera. The "toko" match was played on stb inst., and was won easily by Messrs. Burt Myrtle 8: Co.. whose representatives were Messrs.270 words
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Article229 1896-09-15 14 Lei Seng, the Chinaman charged with robbery and attempted murder in a Chinese brothel, was found guilty and sentenced to twelve years' rigorous imprisonment. fah, Chi and Itam, charged with causing hurt, were found not guilty and discharged. Wee A Sui. charged with house-break-ing, was found guilty and229 words
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Article517 1896-09-15 14 The Bl4ck Holb ot Manila. Critical St\te of Affairs. (By Private Letters.) A former popular resident of Singapore, it is perhaps well to name no names -sends this to Singapore on a small slip of paper from Manila Manila, 2nd Sept. 1896. My Dear Exciting times we517 words
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Article1575 1896-09-15 14 t THE DOCKYARDS AND GUN-FACTORIES. At Barrow. Li Hung-chang with his suite visited Barrow on 17th August. He was met at Fur ness Abbey at nine o'clock fey the Duke of Devonshire, chairman of the Fnrness Railway Company and the Barrow Steel Company. On arriving at the Barrow1,575 words
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Article864 1896-09-15 14 Tropical Agriculturist I We take the following account, which gives some interesting details of rhea cultivation from the Sugar Journal The information that the leaves of the ramie plant are very nutritious fodder and are eager ly eaten by cattle, is new to us. We have to thank864 words
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Article1059 1896-09-15 14 {Via Ceylon.) London, August 28th. The British.Governrnent have no intention of changing tie Government ol Zanzibar for the present. This decision has given satisfaction to the natives there. The conversion of Zanzibar into a British Colony would enta,' heavy expense and raise unnecessary difficulties with the Powers. There are1,059 words
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Article248 1896-09-15 15 (Perak Pioneer.) Rinderpest has appeared amongst the cattle at the Hermitage. Mr. W. A. Leach, late of the Selangor < iovernment Factory, has been engaged as an assistant to Mr. H. C. Holmes for the coconut plantation and factory at Kuala Selangor. The drought in flower Perak is248 words
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Article93 1896-09-15 15 Army Pay Departnvent. Start Paymaster and •I horary Major De la P> re Robinson i-> granted *i .norary rank ot Lieutenant-Colotu-1. Dated 9th A adjust, 1890. Ihe Northumberland Fusiiier->. Second Lieutenanl Claud H. M. Lennox resigns his commission. Dated 19th August, 1896. The Officer Commanding the Infantry Battalion93 words
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Article162 1896-09-15 15 Pa; is, Sept. 6. Great Britain has acce ted without any object. >n the new position or Madagascar as a French Colony. Pans Sept. 7. The < /ar and C/ann.i have arrived in Brrslau. where they received a magnificent ovation. lhe Czar has Keen nominated Admiral in the erman162 words
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Article1269 1896-09-15 16 The Philippine Rebellion. Situation Now More Critical. (Special to Singapore Free Press.* Hongkong, Sept. Bth, 1896. The rebellion in the Philippine Islands proves to be more serious than the Spanish 'Wongkong rjusiness' nrms are advised not to despatch any consignments of merchandise to the Philippines. H. M. S.1,269 words
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Article75 1896-09-15 16 Li Hung-Chang in Canada. H. E. Viceroy Li Hung-Chang has visited Toronto and takes the Canadian-Pacific Railway route to Vancouver. The Tsar's Tour. The Tsar has started for Kiel. The Russian Press on the European Situation. The Russian papers dwell on the Tsar s vi*it to Germany as75 words
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286 1896-09-15 16 QOOTAT.OH. <**»' Mup St»r~ Pd. D... N «,on, Hank of China $.9 SOM i;tO J F<,,,~i«-r- $115 Severe C 7S 8,.*.:,.**f an Ltd I* Nominal. 'm Tanion,? P-^ar 1 .o«. >I r $200,000 do. Debentures 6% ik% prem. NewHar ir Dock Co. Ltd. $200 S286 words
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Page 16 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1160 1896-09-15 16 Men-of-War Flags Ton. Captain Arrived From Consignees ror. ftffca KAY. n. N'landek Dut. cru., 4600 Derx July 22 Olehleh Neth. Consul Dock Porpoise Brit. g.b., 1770 Pelly Sep. 10 Buff Rock S. Naval Officer Static*' Other Vessels Australind Brit. S.S4 Talboys Sep. C Fremantle Boustead Fremat ule >ep Banjermassin Brit.1,160 words
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