The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 22 September 1896
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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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Title Section28 1896-09-22 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. V Ci C* f\ imm T lil IIL. EL L# 111 \J 111 THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1896. No 47828 words
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Domestic Occurrences.
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Article38 1896-09-22 1 At 99-1, River Valley Road, on the 17th inst., the wife of W. Kennedy, Chief Engineer s.s. Vyner% of a daughter. At It/choc (Germany;, on 20th ultimo, the wife of J. A. I). Gush, of a daughter.38 words
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Article71 1896-09-22 1 On the 14th instant, at St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, by the Right Rev. Bishop Burdon, Philip Spencer Primrose, son of the late Daniel (J'Connel Primrose, C.E., of Sunnvbank. Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland, to Alice Rosamond (Dolly;, youngest daughter of the late Mr. John Smith, of the Straits Settlements. At71 words
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Article90 1896-09-22 1 21. j fin 33^00 Gambier.......... 7.00 do. Cube So. 1 11. Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) 11.50 do. White. (FairL/W^fc) 16.50 Nutmegs 150s to the lb.) n 91. Mace Banda) 96. Cloves (Amboina) 1750 Liberian Co.'T^e M 33.25 Taptoca, small pearl (Fair qualit)) 360 do. do. Hake (do. do.) 3.6090 words
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Article, Illustration27 1896-09-22 1 Here shall the Vxt^ the People's right maintain. Cr.awed :>>• influence and unbribed by gain Mere patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw. Pledged to Religion, [.oyaltv. and Law.27 words
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Article299 1896-09-22 1 (Sept. 15th.) If it be true that the lurking conspiracy known as Fenianism, which professes to forward patriotic Irish principles by criminal methods, is allying itself to the Anarchist or Nihilist movements of the Continent, the announcement can only serve to disgust even those mistaken Irishmen who dreamt that299 words
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573 1896-09-22 1 Frankly speaking no man who has any sense of the enormous difficulties and dangers attending any effort to precipitate a solution of the great enigma of the Bosphorus can learn without a shudder that a deliberate scheme of rushing" Britain's emotions is now573 words
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147 1896-09-22 1 The Attitude of England (Sept. 17th.) We have only to look at to-day's telegram to see how fully our condemnation ol the Armenian agitation is born out by its effect on Continental political feeling Happily Lord SALISBURY has declared that he will not separate himself from the other Powers concerned147 words
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615 1896-09-22 1 The sign- of the times point to the conclusion that Her Majesty's naval advisers are becoming alive to the necessity o gradually strengthening the force of Eng land in tli^se Eastern waters. As it is or the whole the foreground and middle distance of615 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement313 1896-09-22 1 CONTENTS. Li hi in(, As i v lk>. Fcnianisrr 177 Kn^jl nd and trie Armenian Agitation. 177 rhe Attitude ol England, 177 Naval Preparations in the Far Past 177 I England's Place in Klam, 178 The Petroleum Commission, 178 Planting Policy, 178 No Interpreter At Dongola 178 Lord Rosebery and313 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous403 1896-09-22 1 THE WEEK. London mails to the 28th ultimo reached here yesterday by the M. M. s.s. Oceanien. She will be followed by the P. and O. S.S. Mirzapore on the 27th instant, with English mails to the 4th instant. This mail leaves by the M. M. s.s. Saghalien to-day, and403 words
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1582 1896-09-22 2 REUTER tells us to-day what Reuter has learned concerning the attitude of Britain in the lace of the Turkish-Armenian dim culty and the Turkophobe agitation in England. It woul| be interesting if Reuter l iad told us where or through whom his agency was1,582 words
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Article720 1896-09-22 2 At Dongola. (Sept. 21st.) IT was thought a -mart thing by Sir William Harcouri and h at> allies I to gibe at Mr Chamberlain for bavins remarked that the advance of the \a expedition in the direction of Dongoia to be regulated by the degree* of resistance jit met with720 words
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Article243 1896-09-22 2 We are gfnd to see that Lord R >Mi HER w B -in 1 the ti ular lead-- of the Radical part\ in spite of the many -horts made, to efface or supersede him s determined not to identify himself with the Quixotry of this243 words
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Article372 1896-09-22 3 [any happy returns of the day to H. M. fa King of Si am, who saw the light in I S«S I 0 the Sultan of Turkey we can i Mil wish that he could arrange for a lappier return ol his present natal an- iiv<372 words
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Article1514 1896-09-22 3 U ttlld be tolerably clear b) now, hat what incse ->eek to secure is secular instruction ilai purposes, 'lobe taught the English I reading, writing, arithmetic, and know J i- r ui for the purpo>ts oi hie; to obtain ■'i 1 advice and medic :ines gratis, added1,514 words
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Article124 1896-09-22 3 Mr. W. H. Newman, for many years H. B. Ms. Consul at Bangkok, is again on a visit to the Far East, and will going on to Bangkok in a day or two. probably in the Centaur. It may be remembered that j Mr. Newman accompanied124 words
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223 1896-09-22 3 Mrs. K. 1. Wilson is said to be the greatest matchmaker in America, her sons and daughters i having allied themselves with the richest families in the world. Miss May Wilson, her eldest daughter, gained the first great victory in the j social career of223 words
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112 1896-09-22 3 This competition (for 1896) is to be fired during the latter part of October beginning with Monday, the 19th, and extending to Thursday, the 29th. The S. V. A. team is this year to fire with the Martini-Metfcrd carbine, that being now recognised as the112 words
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Article92 1896-09-22 3 The Spanish mail steamer Mont ser rat which, in the ordinary cuurse of events, would have left Barcelona on the 7th, had her departure accelerated to the 2nd. She brings a large number of soldiers for the Philippines and is due here on the 24th. The92 words
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82 1896-09-22 3 The China Mail has this reference to a possible transfer of the Governor of this Colony. The reiterated assurances of H. E. Sir William Robinson that his term of office as Governor of Hongkong is almost at an end have given rise to speculations as82 words
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744 1896-09-22 3 I In the North American Review Max O Keli gives his view of the evils of petticoat government." In America, he says, the women oi good society are satisfied with their lot but there exist, among the middle or lower-middle classes, restless, bumptious, ever poking-their-noses-everywhere744 words
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Article325 1896-09-22 4 TO LEGAL CYCLISTS." A new branch of jurisprudence is arising out of the bicycling boom, dealing with collisions of velocipedists between themselves and with vehicles of a solid description. Solicitors who take it up must either be bicyclists themselves or read up "the technicalities ot the trade, and theieis ever)325 words
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Article586 1896-09-22 4 MALAY DOCTORS." In Mr. Skeat's monthly report from Kuala Langat appears the following interesting note on Malay bomors In a district like Kuala Langat, where the Malay element greatly preponderates, i here are certain questions which must perhaps always obtrude themselves on those who are responsible for its welfare whereas586 words
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Article168 1896-09-22 4 The China Mait remarks Ihe fact that Renter's Agents in Shanghai and Singapore not infrequently communicate to the Pre-s occurrences happening to the East of these port- such as the last terrible earthquake and the disastrous typhoon in Japan— suggests the query. Why does not Renter's agent do the same168 words
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Article318 1896-09-22 4 H.E. Sir William Robinson, of Hongkong, has been quite hilarious at the presentation of the prizes won at recent Aquatic sports there. Among other things he said We have had some excellent swimming and wonderful weather weather which reminds one of the illustration a very good one318 words
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Article236 1896-09-22 4 The foreign trade of Japan for the brst half of iStjo, writes the Mainichi, showed imports to exceed exports by 26,000,000 yen, a rare commercial phenomenon in recent years. That is owing, on the one hand, to the extraordinary depressed condition of the American market, and on236 words
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Article416 1896-09-22 4 A Berlin correspondent writes to the Jewish Chronicle On ni)' way from the Leipziger Strasse to the Exhibition, wmle silting on the lop of a tramcar, a young lady ot some seventeen summers, with a line, intelligent, and unmistakably Jewish lace, came on and sat416 words
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Article82 1896-09-22 4 A Tientsin correspondent of a Shanghai j paper says Mr. C. Layer holm, who went a month ago with Taolai Chen, late; Railway Director, and the late Chinese Consul at Singaji »i>, to Shatisi to inspect certain coal ami iron mines in tWat provi < nas just returned. He makes82 words
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Article509 1896-09-22 4 In the course of a lengthy article on this subject the Morning Post states The need of railways being seriously felt in China, and her most enlightened statesman having declared himself devoted to their promotion, the problem is to rind a way in which the integrity of509 words
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422 1896-09-22 4 THE REBELLION IN THE PHILIPPINES. The Shanghai Daily Press publishes the following letter regarding tiie rebellion in the Philippine Islands. The authorities and wealthier classes in Manila were completely taken by surprise on August 24th when, apparently in obedience to some prec ncerted arrangement, the native populace and the lower422 words
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Article223 1896-09-22 4 Ihe island oi Sumatra may, within the next j five veais, supplant the United States as Japan's source of supply for kerosene. What that means to this country can be inferred from the fact that last year japan, according to the United 1 States minister at Tokio, who223 words
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Article53 1896-09-22 4 "An old man in a hurry a^ain. A man in his hundredth year who lived at a village near Grenoble, has committed -•itn id by jumping into the river. The <au t- ,t Lhe suicide is unknown. Surely I n't Have been in such haste, all hi in who know*53 words
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Article1211 1896-09-22 4 Sunday is a very dull day in the East Whe once you have passed Port Said* it has lost aP religious significance, and in the Far East it Z comes to the majority of Europeans simply a da< of rest and recreation. And it is interesting observe1,211 words
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Article361 1896-09-22 5 If report speaks truly, the present condition of the foreign trade of China and the revenue derived by the Chinese Government from this trade have been amongst the topics which Li Hun^-chang has been mo«t eager to discuss with foreign Governments during his present tour361 words
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Article788 1896-09-22 5 The origin ot this vast waterquake was probably seismic. We ncline to tlu> opinion first became it whs preceded by the roaring noise which accompanies nearly all earthquakes in the inundated district-, and. in tact, is common to earthquakes propagated through rocky material in788 words
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Article735 1896-09-22 5 Amount in Sight Almost Unlimited. The great advantage of silver as money, from the point of view of the Democratic platform, is that it is cheap. There is every prospect that it will become much cheaper. The supply in sight is practically unlimited, according to the735 words
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Article379 1896-09-22 5 A Missionary paper reports that the celebrated wolf-boy of Northern India died not long ago in the Orphanage at Secundra. The boy or rather min attracted crowds of visitors to Secundra lor many year«*. and although the missionaries in charge ot he Orphanage never fell in with a379 words
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Article716 1896-09-22 5 The Hon'ble John Burkinshavv is a passenger home by the P O. steamship Rosetta leaving this afternoon. That gentleman's excellent services on the Legislative Council, particularly in the proper shaping of clauses and amendments, and in the giving due legal effect to principles, are thoroughly recognised716 words
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Article174 1896-09-22 5 A special meeting of the Municipal Commission was held this afternoon in the Board Room, Robinson Road, to reconsider supplemental budget No. 3 of [896. Mr. Gentle presided, and there were present Col. Pennefather, Mr. Th. Sohst, Mr. G. T. Hare, Hon'ble T. Shelford, Mr. Joaquim and Mr.174 words
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Article310 1896-09-22 5 A home paper enlarges thus upon thegraceful tact of our late Governor as a chairman on the occasion of the banquet given in London to Li Hung Chang by the Chamber of Commerce It would have been difficult to choose for a banquet such as that of310 words
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Article74 1896-09-22 5 A lady passenger on board a P. <N; O. vessel bound for Australia behaved in such a disorderly manner, causing considerable annoyance to the other passengers, that the Captain asked for an order to have her disembarked at Colombo. The Magistrate said he had no power74 words
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Article83 1896-09-22 5 A Divorce Suit in which a Singapore resident is concerned is mentioned in a I Ceylon-paper of the 1 1 th inst. Messrs. Julius and Creasy, Proctors, on j behalf of Jessie Theodora Maud Lewis of Colpetty Road have instituted a divorce suit a vinculo matrimonii83 words
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Article234 1896-09-22 5 At 2-10 this morning Sikh constable I*4, who was on duty near the Square, was j informed by some Chinese that a fire had broken out in the Russian Dispensary, Xo. 13, Raffles Square, carried on by Mr I Leon Joffr. Hie alarm mas immediately raised,234 words
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Article51 1896-09-22 6 THE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP OF INDIA. The Calcutta Golf Club will hold the annual Championship, open to all India, during Christmas week, and will present a gold medal to the winner. This year the Club is arranging with the Agents of the various steamer lines and railways for special concessions to51 words
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Article105 1896-09-22 6 Extract from programme of Coicmal Troop Services, 1806-97, which will be carried out by hired transport and freight ship Approximate Date. Ist October. Transport. isi Battalion Kile Brigade, Hongkong to Singapore and Penang 2nd Battalion Ncrth'd. Fusiliers. Singapore and Penang to England, landing about 500 men en route105 words
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Article140 1896-09-22 6 The steamer Oan/a, ot the China Mutual Steam Navigation Company's Line, with the first cargo of the new season's teas on board arrived at Port Said al 5-30 a.m. on the 2nd July, bound for London. She was bunkered by Messrs. Wills and Co., Limited140 words
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Article333 1896-09-22 6 The opening performance of the Pacific Circus, which was given on the Tank Road ground last evening, was very successful, and was well attended for a first night, especially as the Company was previously unknown to Singapore. Ihe programme, bright, varied and interesting, went smoothly from start333 words
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Article184 1896-09-22 6 Liability ot Shipowners i or thbir Safety. An important decision has been given in the Admiralty Division by Mr. Justice Barnes, in an action brought by the Allan Line Steamship Company, to recover from the Ocean Transport Company compensation for rescuing the passengers and crew ol the184 words
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Article737 1896-09-22 6 THE GOVERNOR. H. E. the Governor leaves to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock in the Sea Belle for Kuala Lumpor. His Excellency will not be away fpr many days, probably returning in time for Council meeting next week. About the middle of October the Governor will go737 words
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Article57 1896-09-22 6 Extraordinary general meetings of the members of the Pahang Serau Lepis Co.. and the Pahang Semantan Jellei Syndicate were held to-day at the Exchange. Mr. S. B. Bailey was the Chairman and on the motion of the Chairman a resolution was passed winding up the companies voluntarily57 words
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Article208 1896-09-22 6 Ch \rctE AtiAiNST Police Court Usher. Yesterday E. Sowrajin. usher in the Third Magistrate's Court, surrendered to a warrant charging him with forging a document purporting to be "a record or proceeding of or before a Court of Justice," under section 466 of the Penal Code.208 words
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Article506 1896-09-22 6 The Rev. Father Rivet, who was ill in hospital at Penang suffering from fever, has recovered. It is noted in Penang that while the Singapore Municipality have decided to pay the Gas Com pan}' an increase of 25 per cent, in the charge per lamp, viz., §4 less 3 per506 words
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Article1016 1896-09-22 6 The following is the report by the Petroleum Depot Commissioners, laid on the table of the Council to-day We. the undersigned Commissioners appointed to take evidence and report on the desirability or otherwise of the creation of a Depot at Singapore for the storage of Petroleum for1,016 words
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Article48 1896-09-22 6 We an tekcd Uj saj *ha: fuithei Mil* script ii:- to th<- amouM ol '*>s«>.s<' ha\ i been received for ihe Mr* .au jtattdei Memorial Fund as follows acd Lv Madame M../«i. in fVrak. |$j b« Mi-, ttlui 15.50 by Re*'. H. rhm am P.W I otal £50.5<48 words
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Article3225 1896-09-22 7 (Written for the Singapore Free Press.) VI. The Inland Sea.— The Narrows.— Kobe. The Nlnobiki Waterfall. The Moon Temple. Hyogo. Street Scenes. European Dress. A Shinto Temple. Dai Butsu, temple and monastery. A Japanese cynic. H o\v Eastern Asia caricatures its <,oi>. By rail ro Kioto.3,225 words
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Article45 1896-09-22 7 The Singapore community will be a little surprised to learn, on the authority of the Paris edition of the New York Herald (July 20th), that 4 Prince Mohamed Alzakoff, who has been stopping at the Hotel Meurice. has left Paris for London.45 words
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Article50 1896-09-22 7 A marriage is arranged between that popular Singapore resident. Mr. j. E. Romenij, partner, \Y. Mansfield Co., and Miss Elise Rooseboom, of Rotterdam. Mr. Romenij, who is at present on a holiday in Europe, has notified his engagement to his friends in ouite a sheaf of telegrams.50 words
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Article229 1896-09-22 7 It has been decided to continue the triaugulation system of the Indian Survey Department from Burma to Singapore and the Malay Peninsula, thus joining up the work of India and Straits Settlements. In an article written in this journal about nine years ago we advised this course, and pointed out229 words
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Article334 1896-09-22 8 The Singapore community is to be congratulated on the fact that some legislative restriction is to be now placed upon the t*se of night-soil manure close to public roads. The body of a Chinese pauper was found by the Police in Smith Street this In Perak334 words
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Article298 1896-09-22 8 Lieutenant Leach of the Penang Fusiliers will Lring over h>s cricket and football teams about the <yth of October next we understand. Anew District Surgeon, Dr. Connolloy, is on his- way out. Tungku Chik. wife of H. H. Tunka Diauddin :.nd daughter of His Highness the Sultan of298 words
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Article147 1896-09-22 8 A meeting ot London and provincial teachers of dancing was held lately at St. James's Hall, under the auspices oi the British Association of the >^-'<<y Lacing, f or lnc purpose of se l T^-teps could be take to improve th! Mr.J.H.Randellrefer. figu^m the lancers147 words
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Article569 1896-09-22 8 {from our own Correspondent.} The Health Officer's report for August shews that 56 deaths occurred within the Municipality during that month whilst there were 48 births during the same period. The birth-rate was equal to 3256 per mille per annum and the death rate equal to 38*09 per mille.569 words
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140 1896-09-22 8 Head Quarter Office, Singapore, Sept. 17th, 1896. 1. Orderly Officer for the ensuing week. Lieut. E. M. Merewether. Orderly Sergeant for the ensuing week. Sergt. A. Morrison. 2. Mr. L. A. M. Johnston having returned to the Colony is posted as Gunner to A Sub-division.140 words
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Article103 1896-09-22 8 Cases of insubordination and breaches of discipline on board the X. V. K. boats j have been very frequent of late, and several j officers have been attacked by their Japa- i nese subordinates. There is' a feeling of much uneasiness in consequen.ee. 1 his hrst reference to Mr. Howard103 words
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Article648 1896-09-22 8 The Municipal Engineer on Abstinence. The annual meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Association was held in the Anglo-Chinese School last evening, when there was a large attendance, the Rev. J. A. B. Cook presiding. Proceedings were opened by the Rev. S. S. Walker offering up648 words
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Article67 1896-09-22 8 Saturday, 19th September, iB<>6. Married. v. Sjni.lj-.. Dr. Fowlie A. \V. Stiven J. B. Robertson Adamson Ur. Mugliston G. Macbain Mr. Justice Leach Dr. Croucher E. M. Merewether X. Tresilian A. Mackav MacCunn J. H. Drysdale D. Paul A.Morrison f. C.D.Jones E. J. Nan.-on A. A. Baric67 words
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Article84 1896-09-22 8 Speaking at Kjpon, in connection with ihe aiemoral lest i vines in celebration i>l the Queen's reign, the Marquis ot Ripon d thai, amid all the famous deeds and tiie undying fftor) of pa^t history, there liad been no reign f?- »m which England84 words
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Article297 1896-09-22 8 In the early part of the year a larg* and influential meeting was held at the Cannon -Street Hotel to protest against the alterations proposed by the dock companies. As a result of that meeting the London Chamber of Commerce and the London County C ouncil appointed297 words
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Article236 1896-09-22 8 Her Majesty.- Consuls, 1 is stated by I ord Salisbury, have received very stringent instructions to convert all monejf weight- and measures into their English equivalents, ar.d in the rart instances where they fail to do so, their attent n is at once called to the236 words
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397 1896-09-22 8 Apart altogether (says The Times oj (h lia\ from its political significance, the Trans-Siberian Railway, to be completed in 1899, is of vast importance. Starting from Port Arthur, in Manchttril which in all probability will be its eastern terminus the train will convey397 words
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Article124 1896-09-22 8 Bombay, 4th September. rhe f Bushire correspondent says t• re P ,;c H J J enure harem of the late Shah has been dismiss S and the palace- sure -aid to be alm< si em| t) female occupants. I'he ladies r ave Len uj to avoid contracting124 words
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Article2897 1896-09-22 9 Thlrsimyv September 17th, 1896 Present H E the Governor (Sir C b. Mitchell, g.c.m.g.) T u Hon the Col. Secretary J. A. Swettenhare, C.M.G.) the Attorney-General \Y. R. Collytr., the Auditor-General (H. T otter.; the Col. Treasurer (E, E. Isemonger.t the Act; rig Colonial Engineer (Cap: F J2,897 words
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Article384 1896-09-22 9 The exportation of arms, ammunition, gunpowder, and military and naval stores to the Philippine Islands is forbidden for a period of three months. The following proclamation is also Whereas peace and amity subsist between Her Most Gracious Majesty the yueen and His Most Catholic Majesty the King ot384 words
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Article53 1896-09-22 9 Mr. Charlton Evans, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Singapore, is about to join the Penang branch. Professor Hilprecht, ol Pennsylvania (U. S A.j. is reported to have excavated at Nippur (Nineveh), a number of Babylonish vases, bearing inscriptions which, it is alleged, tend to prove then to be about53 words
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Article533 1896-09-22 10 Mrs. *Michell, mother of Mr. E. B. Michell, late of Bangkok, and of the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, died recently at Rugby. Mr. Fred. Fox, of the Chinese Protectorate, who has been far from well of late, proceeds home by this German mail on six month's533 words
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Article66 1896-09-22 10 id Rangoon.) Thi TWr. I g.~ri.e Tsar has lv,ei tl,r < roenhagen Li-Hi M.-iH X( lx Canada, September io.-U-Hung-Chang is orilhJi >1! ;>' P r, 7 ress throu h the .own. on the uMd Paafic Railway. >"" '>\KI)XN, U S XREATY. Lrf uhicK s «£K«ted that the •mi badcometoabroKatetlie66 words
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Article36 1896-09-22 10 of absence has been granted to 2nd laeuter. -ntW.H Wild, 2nd NorthU Fusiliers, from 17th September to Ist October, .890. Major K. Wace, n 5.0., r.a., tro.n 22nd Sep. (ember to 22nd November, 1896,36 words
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Article518 1896-09-22 10 Appointment of the New Chief Justice. Since the death of the late Dato Hakim the post of Chief Justice for Johore has been vacant, the cases which have presented themselves for trial having been heard by the Assistant Judge (Ungku Ahmad B. Ungku Ismail.) The Government have now appointed518 words
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Article161 1896-09-22 10 Ihe death i> announced ot Mr. rvichard Ryan, formerly employed at the Chinese Protectorate in Singapore, which t,ook place a r two o'clock this morning at his house in Bencoolen Street, from failure of the heart's action. The deceased who was about > 5 years161 words
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Article239 1896-09-22 10 WhaU hina must do to be saved Mr. Boulger, in an article entitled Li Hung-chang," sets forth what he thinks Li Hung-chang must induce the Chinese Government to do if China is to be saved. As these things involve, among other items, the transfer of the239 words
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Article1206 1896-09-22 10 E'en as the heading M Topics of the Week Doth now, too oft, portend dead languages. Anon. Quicqaid agunt homines nostri est farrago tibelli. Gladdy's on the Chute, Boys! The Hermit of Hawarden, forsaking his daily postcard joys, has proclaimed his desire to go once more1,206 words
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Article95 1896-09-22 10 \bout three o'clock this morning aP il7 was on duty in Beach Road In saw l»ur Chinamen running, and owing In the hue and cry which wa> being raised, he determined to lollow them and mien ><i ed in arresting two o! the number On making enquiries95 words
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Article362 1896-09-22 10 I i a letter w (h the China Association ba received from its Shanghai I ommiltee son* h commendations are mad- which wll p obabiy commend themselves to 'he hr.in I Soct if| liis new campaign <>\ reform. lie tmmittee h >ld hit all rcstnc;t •!>- upon362 words
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Article106 1896-09-22 10 home ix».p>-r s«t\ -v Roman Caiholk families >■ list actio* m placed in mourning by the leath ot I r* Phillips de Lisle. w\ hi I f ll Vmbr«*e I'hillij.s d Lw c P d(i ,n d >v Karfc and l iiand i> tm»r, L* tersbirt* I'hc drcea*ed -iy. vlw106 words
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1571 1896-09-22 11 THE LAUNCH OF THE NORTH GERMAN LLOYD STEAMER "FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE." From Me--r> Behn Meyer cv Co. the local agents, ut have received a full reference which is here in an abridged form fl c recent la im from the Vulcan" -hipbuild- yai i of the first ol the sia1,571 words
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Article1604 1896-09-22 11 National Observer. One ol the many tunny things about golf is that for the most part those who know how to play dor't seem to be able to act up to their knowledge, and those who can play don't seem to know how it is done.1,604 words
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51 1896-09-22 11 Desperate Eng .gemeni The Rebels Defeated. The Hongkong Telegraph gets this via Saigon, from the Havas Agency, and in spite of the Manila Censorship of teleOn the cjth instant, after a brilliant engagement, the Spanish troops drove the rebels from Silang. The rebels' loss was51 words
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Article103 1896-09-22 11 {From a Cor respondent The Government of N. I. have approved of the transfer of the permission granted to J. L. Th. Kolmus to L. A. Scott Elliot for mining exploration in Langkat. It is reported that the amount owed by Bo Goan and Co. of Soerabaya, who recently103 words
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Article219 1896-09-22 11 'Perak Pioneer. The Judicial Commissioner, we hear, will shortly visit Pera^c. and is to take up a big mining suit which has aheady been several times inquired into. It is a Kinta case and the parties are Chinese. Mr. Scott, the popular Mining Inspector of Tapah, severs Ins219 words
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Article104 1896-09-22 11 The naphtha industry in the Caucasus has lost its pioneer by the death of Robert Nobel, in Sweden. It was through a chance visit to Baku, in 1873, that he was able to make his great discovery. He explored the Apscheron Peninsula and the Isle of104 words
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Article110 1896-09-22 11 Orders have been given from the Horse Guards for commanding officers oi engineer and infantry volunteer corps in the Home District (including nearly aU the metropolis) at once to submit to th^ Chief Ordinance Officer, Hyde Park Magazine. (Major P. G. Parkinson, late of Singapore requisitions for110 words
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Article111 1896-09-22 11 THE PACIFIC CIRC US. This enterprising show has met with much success in Singapore, the first change of programme being even more approved than the excellent one presented on the opening night. There is never any lack of effort to please on the part of the performers, and the show111 words
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Article214 1896-09-22 11 ENEMIES Ot THE EMPEROR lOLL> ORGANIZED IN SAN IRANI (SCO. The San Francisco Chronich asserts. I though the statement has been called in I question, that Li Hung Chang had good reasons for avoiding San Francisco on bis j journey westward thiough America to j China. That214 words
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Article47 1896-09-22 11 The Secretary of the Punjom Milling Company, Limited, has received from the Mines the following telegram giving the result of the August Cyanide clean-up '•The cyanide plant worked 21 days, treating 740 tons of tailings yielding 164 ozs. of bullion of an average assay value ot47 words
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Article115 1896-09-22 11 The British steamer Asamor [Capt. Gibson) I pat into Hongkong rather unexpectedly on the 1 2th inst. The steamer was or. a voyage from I Moji to Bombay, and it appears that the Cnese i firemen did not wish to make the voyage to In- dia, being desirous115 words
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Article31 1896-09-22 11 Alluding to Li-Hung^ stay with Lord Armstrong at Cragside, near Kothbury I which is not far from Newcastle) a prominent London daily heads the reference Li Hung Cha*fi! in Scotia: d31 words
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Article1039 1896-09-22 12 Th*i Siamese gunboat Coronation left for Puket on Saturday at 4 p.m. R M. McKerjzie made 116 not out in The Imperial Chinese Naval College is to open a Russian language department. Mr Grigor Taylor was a passenger from Batavia by the s s. Godavery this1,039 words
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Article175 1896-09-22 12 A very pretty wedding was celeb-rated this morning 1 st) at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, when Mr. Clement Leopold Ks. Chasseriau was married to Miss MariClaire de Facieu. The bride, who was charmingly dressed in white satin, was given away by her brother, Mr. I" de175 words
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Article153 1896-09-22 12 The tireat Kbor Handicap Plate of i >oo soys by subscription of 2S so vs. each, r5 v awl onl\ it declared by Tiu'sd i\ \ugust ntii uumers «.l any race value 1 soys. after Au^uv slbs., ol iwo races of 100 soys. each are oiw153 words
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Article95 1896-09-22 12 A trap belonging to Mr. P. Dalian, which was being driven by a syce named Mamoot, this morning about nine o'clock collided with a rikisha when opposite Government House gates. The likisha was smashed to pieces, and the occupant, a European named Handel, considerably injured. Mr. Hooper95 words
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Article1004 1896-09-22 12 Where \vb are Losivg Ground. (Pall Mall Gazette.) Although the spectacle of German coal successfully competing with the English article in the London market is very much in the future whatever alarmists may say to the contrary it is unfortunately the fact that English coal is gradually1,004 words
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Article489 1896-09-22 12 I Why the Expulsion oi hik Friars prom the Philippines is Demanded. i THE CASE FOR THE IVTI-CLBRIAL PARTY. There has come into our hand> (says the Hongkong Daily Press) a pamphlet printed in issg entitled Long live Spain, Long live the King, Long live the Army.489 words
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789 1896-09-22 12 THE UNFORTUNATE BEARS OF THE RICE MARKET 1 wo 9T three months ago millers, shippers arv speculators sold rice then, when the pr. w l\s. 270 to Rs. JOo, to deliver now, thr pri :e a the interval having risen to nearly Rs. 370 tD K-. n Then every element789 words
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Article47 1896-09-22 12 9 Klolil i lieftJ ft i < .i s (4 I t<- i:ii<-- IVW t II la I rod SU< be* ined •> "< |f i anee -t 111 tl lire ran., .ns. BO I cm the »rd* th I she wra* carry di-, aid-d -a i Po« kets Hongkong!47 words
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2540 1896-09-22 13 Doncaster - Doncaster Notes from The Course. (Sept. 15th.) A fine morning saw the horses early at exercise. Nothing startling was done, however most of them taking matters easily. Boreas (owner) Zita 'Campbell) Buccleugh j Calder) Philson Holley) and Locky 'Dalian) put in some good work Bruin2,540 words
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Article1794 1896-09-22 13 At the Assizes yesterday Lee Peng Wat, charged (i) with using as geunine a forged document and (2) with cheating and dishonestly inducing the delivery of property, was found guilty on both counts by the jury. Prisoner, who pleaded not guilty, was defended by Mr. Matthews, the At-torney-General1,794 words
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Article279 1896-09-22 14 (Selangor Journal.) His Excellency the Governor is expected to arrive at Klang early to-morrow morning, (iQth) and to reach Kuala Lumpur at 8 a. m. The Hon. Martin Lister, British Resident, Negri Sembilan, will arrive in Kuala Lumpur to-morrow, and Mr. W. H. Treacher, British Resident, Perak, on279 words
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Article91 1896-09-22 14 Saturday, Sf.pt, 19th, 1896. Married. v. Single Dr. Fowlie 3 A. \V. Sttven I B. Robertson 1 J. Adam son Dr. Mughston J. Macbain 5 Mr. Ju tice Leach Dr. Croucher h E. M. Merewether 2 R. Tresilian A. Mackav 5 G. MacCunn J. H. Dry'^dale Dr.91 words
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Article2353 1896-09-22 14 (Via Australia.) Matabeleland. Peace Negotiations. London. August 23.— It is reported from Buluwayo that Mr. Cecil Rhodes has succeeded in persuading thirty-four of the Matabele Induias to surrender to the authorities. London. August 24. Definite intelligence has now been received in Buluwayo as to the result of Mr. Rlrodes's2,353 words
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Page 14 Advertisements
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Advertisement321 1896-09-22 14 Raffles Hotel. PATRONIZED 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 Dysart. Lord and Lady Brayc. Lord Dormer. Lord Cecil. Lord Valletort. Major General Sir Henry Collett, K.C.B. Sir321 words
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Advertisement248 1896-09-22 15 AVgJ^S PILLS I Cure DYSPEPSIA, J cure BILIOUSNESS, I Cure CONSTIPATION, j Cure SICK HEADACHE. Are Purely Vegetable, Are Sugar Coated, Are Mild but Effective. Good for the Stomach, Good tor the Liver, Good for the Bowels. THERE ARE NO OTHER PILLS SO COOD_AS AVFP'Q Pll I <5 Highest Awards248 words
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Advertisement590 1896-09-22 15 LTONGKONG A^ID SHANGHAI x^ BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL fio.ooo.ooc RESERVE FUND f 6,00a,0c0 RESERVE LIABILITY OF > tt^ PROPRIETORS j 10,000,000 Court or Directors. A. McCONACHIE, Esq.,— Chairman. S. C. MICHAELSEN, Esq.— Dhputv Chairman. The Hon. J. Bell Irving. J. Kramer, Esq. G. B. Dodwell, Esq. D. R. Sassoon, Esq.590 words
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Advertisement273 1896-09-22 15 j Art Photography. j ROBT. LENZ Co., JrJIU 1 UUrXt Airxl&xtu BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT H. M. THE KING OF SIAM, Guarantee Photographs and Enlargements of the very best quality. Sittings from 7 a.m. til! 5 p.m. The Collodion-Chloride and also the Platino process are the only ones we can recommend273 words
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Advertisement535 1896-09-22 15 The Singapore Fre.e Press Mercantile Advertiser. Cable Address,— Advertiser, Singapore. Telephone Number.— No. 61. Published at 39, Change Alley, Singapore. THE kading English Newspaper in the Straits Settlements Johore, the Protected Native States of Perak, Selan gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Negri Sembilan; British North Borneo; Sarawak Netherlands Indies, Java535 words
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Article33 1896-09-22 16 The Armenian agitation, fomented by. letters from Mr. Gladstone, Lord Rosebery, and Mr. Asquith. is increasing in the pulpit and the press. Mass meetings are being arranged in various localities.33 words
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Article107 1896-09-22 16 The Fenian Tynan, the notorious No. One M has been arrested on a warrant issued in 18 82. The Fenians Bell Wallace, and Haines have also been arrested, all acting together as members of some gang with an organised laboratory at Antwerp, where a complete dynamite armoury has107 words
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Article18 1896-09-22 16 Departure for China. Li Hung Chang has sailed from Vancouver for China. London, September ijth, /$()(>.18 words
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Article32 1896-09-22 16 I Mr. Powers, a Republican, has been elected Governor of the State of Maine by an immense majority. This is considered a triumph for the Sound Moneyites."32 words
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Article45 1896-09-22 16 Another Gladstone Letter. A letter from Mr Gladstone urges that a i^reat meeting should be held at Liverpool to protest against the massacre of the Armenians, and declaring that he is himself willing to attend the meeting. London, September i6th t 1896.45 words
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Article62 1896-09-22 16 LThe The Anxiety of Austria. Resentment at the English Agitation The Austrian papers are alarmed at the agitation in Great Britain in favour of intervening in Turkey. They bitterly accuse Britain of fomenting the troubles and declare that any isolated action on the part of England is likely62 words
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Article16 1896-09-22 16 Ihe balance of the last Chinese loan issued has only been half subscribed.16 words
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Article62 1896-09-22 16 Reuter learns that Great Britain will lake no isolated action against Turkey, but chat it will never again take the part of the Porte. Great Britain desires to cooperate with the Powers but must stand aside in the hope of better things, if the Powers are62 words
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Article23 1896-09-22 16 FThe Italian Naval Preparations. ii view of the gravity of the situation three additional Italian warships started yesterday for Turkish waters.23 words
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Article37 1896-09-22 16 The GabbheTof Fools. A series of Armenian meetings in the great towns was opened last night in Birmingham and Nottingham. Strong speeches were made demanding that Great Britain should intervene. London, September igth, rS'g6.37 words
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Article38 1896-09-22 16 Capture of Dongoia. The Egyptians have occupied Kerma unopposed. The dervishes have lost heavily and are retreating in the direction of Dongola, where the gunboats have already •arrived and have seized the Treasury and granaries.38 words
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Article47 1896-09-22 16 Lord Rosebery Dissents. Lord Rosebery in a letter says that he is unable to agree with the view that Great Britain might depose the Sultan of Turkey, ir. view of Russia's resolve to oppose the separate action of any power. Londi September 21st, 189*0.47 words
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Article244 1896-09-22 16 Leaving. Sep. 16.--Per Rosett, for London. —Mi 1 beton-Lindsa; Mr. A. O. Grant. Mr. G R Gor- Fof Brindisi. -He, Burkinsh**-. h 1 Keruftig;—Mr. and M-.J.M. S. Waikei M G, de^m./a. Mis^ L. de Souza, Sen 19. -Per Sa >pht for Ku*l 1u« M K. K. Steele M Barker.244 words
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Article222 1896-09-22 16 Sep. 15.—Per Teresa Mrs. Lyon, Mrs. Mathie. Sep. 16.—Per Sri Hong Ann Mr. R. Allen. Sep. 17.—Per Calypso Mr. Mullins, Mr. Swaab. Per Sumatra: Mr. and Mrs. Richelmann, Mr. Haagmanns, Mr. and Mrs. de Gruvter, Miss de Gruvter, Mr. Mys. Mr. Speck, Mr. Bultemever. Per Nye Leung: Mr.222 words
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Article541 1896-09-22 16 Sep. 16. Per Rosetta from Hongkong.—Miss Levien, Miss Lisette Levien, Mr. F. Urbig, Mr. A. H. Stevens, Mr. F. H. Morgan. Passengers tor Straits and China. Per Mirzapore: from Bombay, due Sep. 27.—Mr. and Mrs. Tripp, Mr. Mathie, Mr. and Mrs. I). C. Rutherford, Miss Feaner,541 words
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336 1896-09-22 16 Quotatio*. Capital Paid op Shares Pd. Di* Hongkong fc S'hai Bai k 190 prem. $10,000,000 $10,000,000 80,000 ias/l.s»vr. National Rank of China $2Q s^'^°*/* PohMmts. $115 Sellers. 750 £1 Bk.ofCh.na sl- an Ltd* $2| Nominal. £4S°v6& »99,fe'/^ £a..v Dfe re {.2 1,2.50 Tanjong Pa»fHr ty^cK.336 words
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Article601 1896-09-22 16 v»eu-of-War Flags Ton. Captain Arrived From Consignees Kor, When Iv.W.n. N'laxden Dut. cru., 4600 Derx July 22 Olehleh Neth. Consul Dock I Other Vessels Amherst Brit. 108 Shimmen Sep. 20 T. Anson Wee Bin T. Arson Ban Hin Gl an Brit. 109 Peters Sep. 20 Klang Wee601 words
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Page 16 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous593 1896-09-22 16 1 CLEARANCES. r Vorwasts Ger. str., Petersen, for Sarawak. September 2i. j DAOMAR, Nor. Str., Davidsen, for Nagßsa* and Hong Wan, Brit, str., Buxton, for Pakan, via Vladivostock. ports. Dante, Ger. str., KopUe, lor Penan j;. Isabella, Brit, str., Hudson, for Muar k Malacca. September Will o'the Wisp, Brit, str.,593 words
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