The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 27 October 1896
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Title Section17 1896-10-27 1 THE Singapore Free Press MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 27th, 1896. No. 48317 words
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Article276 1896-10-27 1 ..F IDI N ARTICLES. Traiaigar 1 lay, 257 Singapore apital in |ohore, 257 Military Preparations in Turkey, 258 The Opening of the Dardanelles and Alter, 258 The Power Behind the Sultan, 258 Si o 1 How to Popularise Ihe Totaiisator, 260 1 n-da\ s fi|>S 206 The Inter-Colonial Rifle276 words
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Domestic Occurrences.
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Article63 1896-10-27 1 At 11 Dhoby (ihaut, Singapore, on Oct. 2isr, the wife of W.E.N.4SH, of a son. Leamington papers please copy. 0n the 13th instant, at 97 Middle Road, Singapore, the widow of the late William James Meyer, of Singapore, (Stanhope Gold Medallist for 1889,' of a daughter. Poshumuot.s) DEATH. At63 words
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Article, Illustration28 1896-10-27 1 Here «ha!l the Press the People's right maintain. L'naved by influence and unbribed by gain Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, Pledged to Religion. Loyaltr. and Law.28 words
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Article372 1896-10-27 1 (Oct. 20th It is satisfactory to note that, in the Metropolis at least, the popular agitation against the misgovern ment in Turkey is assuming a more sane and wholesome character, and likely to be all the more effective on that account. In fact the meeting at372 words
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Article484 1896-10-27 1 h is sometimes inconvenient and injudicious to celebrate anniversaries that, while they commemorate the glory ol one nation, almost as directly keep alive the remembrance in another quarter of a deep national humiliation. To-day is, however. historically peihaps the most momentous anniversary in the annals of Britain, for484 words
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Article460 1896-10-27 1 i (Oct. 22nd.J i Chinese correspondent sends a letter p which ridicules the opera bouffe whimsy ventilated in a local paper that a railway from Singapore to Kranji would "debauch the Portuguese k ranis in mercantile officers by enabling them to visit lohore. He also hints460 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement144 1896-10-27 1 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. HE ENGINEERS' SKETCH BOOK. by Barber 4.50 > XIV < EN ERAL and MI N 1 NG TE I .E--GRAPH CODE, by Moreing and Ncale £12.50 i and HIS MARKETS, by L. W. Lyde, m.a« 90 I'HE ARMENIAN CRISIS, by F. D. Green s 1.20 HE PRACI144 words
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Advertisement125 1896-10-27 1 POSADA WINE COMPANY Wine, Spirit, Cigar Tobacco Merchants Wholesale and Retail 4. Battery Road, Singapore. Union Street, Penang Aug 20. 20.8.97 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER CAPITAL £800,000 RESERVE LIABILITY 1 gog OF PROPRIETORS X,aoo,wu RESERVE FUND £35°»ooo Singapore Branch. Bank of England. BANKERS.125 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous378 1896-10-27 1 THE WEEK. The mail from Europe is due to arrive by the P. and O. S.S. Ravenna to-morrow, with London advices to the 2nd inst., being followed by the M. M S.S. Salazic on the 31st ult., with the English mail of the 9th inst. This mail leaves by the378 words
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666 1896-10-27 2 (Oct. 23rd.) Two or three points about to-day's kt uter > telegram invite attention. Of those the first to be noted is that the Sultan ot Turkey has ordered the raising ci a special revenue by direct personal taxation, not of his subjects generally, but of666 words
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379 1896-10-27 2 The Opening of the Dardanelles and After. (Oct. 26th.) i THE Dardanelles to be opened to the ships ol war of foreign navies That is enough to make the illustrious dead of Inkerman and Balaclava to turn in their Crimean graves. Europe in those days saw the risk of allowing379 words
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Article538 1896-10-27 2 THERE may be many of the Armenian agitationists at home who are simple enough to think, with Mr. GLADSTONE et hoc genus omne, that the Sultan is the B^ast. the Assassin, the single and sole deviser of the massacres in Armenia and in Constantinople and538 words
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65 1896-10-27 2 The rifle team to represent Singapore against Hongkong and Shanghai in the first week of November will be selected from the following Captain Warren, R.A.. Lieut, de Bury, R.A. Sgt. -Major Fraser, Bandmaster Wallace, Bandsman Hartshorn, sth Fusiliers Col. Pennefather, I G.P., Capt. Dunman, S.V.A.,65 words
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356 1896-10-27 2 The Right Rev. Frederick Temple, D. I)., Bishop of London, son of an officer in the army, born Nov. 30, 1821, was educated at the Grammar School at Tiverton, and proceeding to Oxfoid. became Scholar of Balliol College, and took his degree of B. A.356 words
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Article233 1896-10-27 2 A medley of outsiders, With favorites galore Many a mental non-kept vow, "I never will bet more A frantic rushing to the tote Wild visions as to sweeps Losing, and gaining grim\ notes By reckless bounds and leaps. A Who'd have thought of seeing y< To fellows233 words
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Article286 1896-10-27 2 1 IVfi PKRSONS AM) 1,200 Mil i i Kill. hi, American papers just to had give details oi I fall ot a tremendous meteor which has caused dc truction in Arizona. A party ol mining men a have returned to Tucson, Arizona, irom the- Homines, report286 words
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Article428 1896-10-27 2 A large shipment of slate-, numbering 20,000 slabs, was received at Teluk Anson the* tl day. They are intended iur roofing purposes I poh. Recent!}' the import of pigs into the State 1 been very large. On the 14th there ivete no les* than eight trucks full oi428 words
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Article1459 1896-10-27 3 The British S.S. Strathtay, of Glasgow, jassed through this morning from west to ast. Three cases of cholera were reported to the Police to-day. one in Cheang Hong Lim Street, one in Klang Road and one at larrong Rhu. Lord Armstrong says the demand for swift1,459 words
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Article579 1896-10-27 3 The Municipal Commissioners of Singapore have included in the resolution stating the taxes to be levied for the year 1897. For every bicycle or tricycle ...£2 It is obvious, therefore, that the Municipal Commissioners do propose to make this tax payable upon all bicycles and tricycles,579 words
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Article98 1896-10-27 3 Amongst the passengers by the homeward hound German mail steamer Prinz Hei u rich are eleven oi the survivors oi the ill-fated litis. Paymaster Loss, Assistant Paymaster Ktihl, Chief fireman Lanirenberg. Boatswain Moslohner, Clerk Westbunk, Dresser Oldbruck, Storekeeper Xaifahrt, and Habeck, Zimmerling, Voigt and Priebe,98 words
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Article219 1896-10-27 3 After Sixteen Years. Sixteen years ago this month, says the Siam Observer, a Bangkok resident had a narrow squeak while on board a vessel at Penang. The steamer was moored in the harbour and a little distance oil, and farther wut, was a second vessel moored exactly219 words
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965 1896-10-27 3 The famous yacht, the Giralda, which was built at a fabulous cost for the great English sporting millionaire, Mr. Harry McCalmont, has arrived on her way to Japan, and her presence is attracting a good deal of attention. Concerning this yacht, Badminton on Yachting says965 words
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Article81 1896-10-27 4 The following curious political telegrams are supplied by Reuter to Siam London, Oct. 12. Contrary to the first impressions, it is now believe I at Rome that the Tunisian treaty was imposed upon Italy, and consequently the hostility between that country and France remains unabated. Notwithstanding the bad81 words
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Article137 1896-10-27 4 A curious dispute has occurred at Santa Marina, in Abru/xi. The priest of the village, named Paler me, received an order transterring him to another village, but he had made himself such a favourite with the ladies of his parish that they absolutely refused to alloxv137 words
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Article157 1896-10-27 4 The following rather alarmist telegram is given b^ the Globe from a Shanghai correspondent "It is believed that the dispatch of Admiral Alexieff's squadron to Shanghai is the first result ol an understanding come to between Li Hungchang and Russia. This enormous preponderance t Russian157 words
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Article340 1896-10-27 4 Mr. Gladstone addressed a great toxvn's meeting at Liverpool (24th Sept.), called by Lord Derby, the Lord Mayor, to express an opinion upon the Armenian massacres. The right hon. gentleman said he stood that day upon a national platform, and renounced all Party recollections. The cause340 words
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307 1896-10-27 4 GERMAN ENTERPRISE IN THE FAR LAST. It is evident that great success is attending the ehorts of the Germans in extending their trade in the Far East. In a recent American Consular Report the Consul says The enterprise and energies beirio displayed in Germany are endless. A fexv weeks ago,307 words
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1611 1896-10-27 4 The man who wants something for nothing is doubtless a believer in the guileless operation of tossing with a coin on the principle of heads I win, tails you lose." If he possess not the straighted forehead of the fool, it may safely be inferred1,611 words
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Article171 1896-10-27 4 This from the World, gives a little forehint of the recent strained relations between Lord Rosebery and Sir W. Harcourt Few politicians recently released from their duties at Westminster have a greater right to a fexv months holiday than Mr. T. K. Ellis, the Chief Opposition Whip.171 words
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128 1896-10-27 4 This outbreak of the plague threatens very seriously lo interfere xvith the trooping programme* Thus the "Britannia" has to embark the 2 1st Hussars for Egyptj and the question arises whether they should be seni from Hombay, as they are certain to be128 words
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Article355 1896-10-27 4 Further information of an authoritative nature has been made public with regard to the officers implicated in the Jameson raid. Major Sir John C. Willoughby, Bart., Royal Horse Guards Major the Hon. H. F. White, Grenadier Guards and Captain Raleigh Grey, c.M.0., 6th Dragoons, are retired, receiving a355 words
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70 1896-10-27 4 RECAPTURE OF CONDEMNED PRISONERS. A strange thing happened recently lr Ceylon, where two natives who Iwid beei condemned to death for the murder of a European and another person, escape after sentence of death, from the jail Chilaw. with the connivance, it is supposed of some native gaol officials. Ihev70 words
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Article673 1896-10-27 4 A cablegram from the manager ot the Pal Corporation give- the returns for**the month August as folloxvs Jeram Lumpong mill—*] 25 days of 24 hours each 1,005 to»i vi stone v. crushed, producing 42 tons of black tm to head of stamps running xvorking costb [including J c673 words
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Article714 1896-10-27 5 Owing to the absence of Mr. C. O. Blague i. on sick leave Mr. Woodward will act as Police Magistrate for a week. Sar. Francisco wires this morning a further advance of 50 cents gold in flour, that 15 j er barrel of four sacks. The714 words
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Article189 1896-10-27 5 A resident of Singapore, not being quite sure of his nationality, applies to that 'Universal Provider" of advice, Mr. Labouchere. In Truth, dated Sept. 24th, appears this paragraph M A gentleman at Singapore invites me to crack this little nut for him. His father was189 words
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Article149 1896-10-27 5 A concert and variety entertainment was given on Saturday night at St. George's Theatre, Tanglin, which xvent off with great success, many items being encored. Mr. Wallace was Musical Director, SergtMajor Fraser, Stage-manager, and Bandsman Challons presided at the piano. The folioxving was the programme Overture (Nautical149 words
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222 1896-10-27 5 The War Office has at length decided to arm the olunteer lorce with a new rifle. Prompt in carrying out their decision the London correspondent of the Birmingham Gazette), the authorities have asked tlie Home District Volunteer regiments to send in requisitions for the number222 words
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Article900 1896-10-27 5 T« Paf^sT^S.mla. The cricket match, Simla v. the Parsees, commenced at Poona on the 7th. The Parsees in their first innings made 1 12, the chief contributors being Gagrat 24, Bapsole 16, Merhonjee 13. I'he Simla total xvas only 7s, of xvhich Macnaghten made 28 in fine900 words
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Article137 1896-10-27 5 Calcutta, Oct. 7th. A correspondent says that the plague was imported from the Persian Cult in bales ot date-fruit, and xvarns the Health Officer to make raid on any new arrivals ot dates and hallooa from Bombay. Precautionary measures against the plague are being quietly pushed137 words
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Article160 1896-10-27 5 Military cycling is attracting increased attention. The utility of cycle corps is now admitted on all hands from the Commander-in-Chief downwa ds. Hence the advance which military cycling is making in France has a peculiar interest. A correspondent has given some interesting descriptions of the evolutions of the160 words
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Article146 1896-10-27 5 We notice from the last X w Bulletin that the new rubber industry in Lagos is still i:vpan(i;n^ rapidly, being exported thence at the rate oi about £50,000 worth a month. The industry owes its exi-tence to a wild piant which was onlj discovered in Lagos within146 words
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Article79 1896-10-27 5 The first of two inter-port cricket matches was played at Shanghai on the sth and Oth Oct., and. as already announced, ended in a draw Shanghai, 177 tor six wickets, Japan, all out, 90. It was arranged that if the weather improved a return matt 11 would79 words
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Article130 1896-10-27 5 {Official Gazette, Oct. 1 St.) Mr. C. H. Hanngton has arrived in the Colony and has been appointed Superintendent of Gaos. Mr. F. W. Fraser is appointed a Magistrate of the Third Class. Messrs. P. F Wise, A. R. Dun lop and G. Ormsby are appointed Magistrates130 words
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Article119 1896-10-27 5 1 :.e members o; the Blackburn I 1 1 of Commerce Mission for the develop iient ol the Lancashire cotton trade in China arrived al Shanghai on the 2nd inst. by tiie Emprt of China. Die leader of the expedition is Mr. Bourne* of Her Majesty's119 words
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Article267 1896-10-27 5 A booking clerk on the Burmese railway was recently at his wit's ends as to the goods dassifu ations of a couple of jugglers snakes. The repi.es xvere tendered for despatch up-country and alter much diligent search the clerk brought tlie vermin under dogs and booked them act267 words
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Article175 1896-10-27 6 Shanghai, October sth. Mr. (i. D. Scott, Reuters Agent, kindly informs us that he has received a telegram from Peking, dated the 2nd instant, stating that Count Cassini, Russian Minister, left for home on leave on the 30th ultimo. He had waited a month, having refused to175 words
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Article273 1896-10-27 6 An extraordinary sh<> ting affray occurred early en Sunday morning (4th Oct.) in the Central Hot i at Nagasaki. Al about midnight a drunken sailor belonging t<» the I". S. S. Yorktown entered the hotel ami demanded to be served with drink. He was refused and273 words
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Article82 1896-10-27 6 The Times' Zanzibar correspondent telegraphed on Sept. 18 i'he estates of twelve Arabs, same of them rich men. have been confiscated on account ot their complicity in the late rebellion. The effect is gojd, but, owing to Khaiid's remaining at the German C m^ulate, the Arabs are removing their82 words
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413 1896-10-27 6 Simla, October Bih. What is probably the first stance i utside I iboratories of the treatment of a rase ol snake-bite l.\ the ne.v anti-venin serum, a irked out by Pr »fi ssois almette and Kraser, is repotted irom Mtrerut. A boy ot 11, the :,on413 words
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Article1412 1896-10-27 6 Amongst the passengers arriving by the Sappho last evening were the Hon'ble E. E. Isemonger, the Hon'ble C. W. S. Kynnersley and Mrs. Kinnersley. Three cases of cholera were reported to the Police this morning as occurring during the last 24 hours, one at 38, Tanjong1,412 words
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Article159 1896-10-27 6 The Paris correspondent of the Globe quotes a passage which shows the very peculiar character ol the French temper towards Siam. He writes The difference which has broken "it between Siam and France is beginning to attract attention. The Eclair devotes a fexv remark- to it. "It159 words
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Article689 1896-10-27 6 Lyon's New Patent Libkrian COTHM Pt lpek. {From a Correspondent.) On Monday, the 19th of October* V; r> J. M. Lyon, of Singapore, exhibited his newly invented Liberian Coffee Pulper m Selangor Estate, Kuala Lumpur, before a very critical audience of planters an 1 representatives of engineering firms. Amongst689 words
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Article64 1896-10-27 6 Mr F. Land, a member ol the Sh: Rowing Club, narrowly escaped dro on the Mb ins!. He was rowing I k ha::g;j and when on the edge i 'chow-chow water a passing steamer a swell, capsizing tln j frail rati in w' Mr. Land was seated64 words
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Article29 1896-10-27 6 via Siam.) 1•■ Oct, 15. i x'lian has been relea B ulogne. Dr. (Cayser, [director <>{ the I oloi al 0 ment oi the German Foreign Office, h »i29 words
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Article27 1896-10-27 6 Paris, 0 t. in.-K.s-:a an 1 Switzerland signe a I reat) with hYance r< n tune ng l sian ap I i la t ions.27 words
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Article56 1896-10-27 6 the fit To ikim s ates that a v tlie Banqtte d< 'l«ulu-( lime s about to bltsl ed .1 ngkok un le« ihe title ot the Coloi vv. bran< i will Ikj also establish li.c; n g is added that this proje* I p56 words
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Correspondence.
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355 1896-10-27 7 To lUX Editor. SlBi There are some persons who. feel- j ing disappointed at having failed to secure a good bargain, would do all they can to prevent others Irom getting it. The pro- j posed railway to Kranji may be said to be I a case355 words
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Article539 1896-10-27 7 Ihe Hon. E E. Isemonger has I een in Malao a during the last week. Mr C. G. Garrard arrived on Monday morning and took up his appointment as Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court on Monday last, and Mr. J. R. Innes went \lor Gajah on Tuesday morning539 words
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Article447 1896-10-27 7 Calcutta, October 5. The General Committee of the Municipality have refused to sanction tho extra staff engaged by the Health Officer to put the city in order against the plague and the Health Officer has point blank refused to obey the orders of the General Committee447 words
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Article349 1896-10-27 7 A policeman named Thomas James Macfarlane has just retired from the Metropolitan Police Force, after three years' service, xvith a good conduct certificate, owing to a wealthy marriage xvith an Irish lady residing in Linden t3ardens, Chisxvick. She, according to the Richmond and Twickenham Times,349 words
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Article275 1896-10-27 7 All who knew her. and her husband, Mr. J. G. Scott Shway Yoe will deeply regret to hear of the death of Mrs. Scott at Mandalay. The Rangoon Gazette says The numerous friends ot Mr. J. G. .Scott, c .i.e., Superintendent of the Northern275 words
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Article2015 1896-10-27 7 (Wednesday, October 21st, 1896., The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held this afternoon, Mr. Gentle presiding. There were also present. Col. Pennefather. Mr. Th. Sohst, Mr. Seah Liang Seah, Mr. Tan Jiak Kirn. Hon'ble T. Shelford. Mr. FINAN< B. The fortnightly financial statement showed, copper2,015 words
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Article1434 1896-10-27 8 Interview With Sir Roper Lethbridoe. Of all the great problems which occupy the minds of thinking men in England, there is none, •says the Western Morning News, of greater importance than the future of the British empire that vast globe-encircling territory of many countries, with every variety1,434 words
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Article758 1896-10-27 8 THE TR ADE OF BANGKOK. Mr. de Bunsen's Report. Mr. de Bunsen forwarded on June 29 to the Marquis of Salisbury a summary oi tlie trade of Bangkok for 1895, in xvhich it is reported The following figures are exclusive of the trade betxveen Siam and B rmih across the758 words
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Article121 1896-10-27 8 Genial Bob Love, the popular manager of Harmston's Circus, is to be a central figure of one of the best "acts" ever likely to be put on in connection with Harmston's. Bob's cheery voice and hearty presence have been for long associated xvith the Ring ol Harmston's,121 words
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Article675 1896-10-27 8 The Bank of England discount rate has now risen to 4 per cent., a very high figure compared with the 2 per cent, of some months ago, which had lasted for several years. The presumed cause is the demands made upon the Bank of England for675 words
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Article621 1896-10-27 8 (Contributed.) The article which appeared in the issue of the Singapore Free Press on Saturday last, ably supported by a leader, goes to the root of the matter and leaves litfTetooffe to be said. For many pears the bane of Elementary Education has been the Annual621 words
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Article282 1896-10-27 8 Preparations are in progress m i expedition to the coast state «»t Pedir. I > jntry has now become a place ol ref j- M f he hostile chiefs {teeing Irom th- Dulc I Iteen Proper. Pedir lies on the North *Vesl .->t oi Acheen, and only acknowledges Hutch282 words
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188 1896-10-27 9 The fourteenth ordinary general meeting o\ the Jelebu Mining and Trading Co., Ld., xvas held to day at noon in the Exchange Rooms,* Mr. J P. Joaijuim (Chairman) presiding. There were also present Mr. A Reid, Mr. G. Fertile, Hon'ble Dr. Boon Keng. directors;188 words
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Article89 1896-10-27 9 eh mge ol prograi lme at this p >push iw 'ast nighl gave every satisfaction the audien c rod further demonstrated gi rat strength oi the Company. ro'iiighl is Roberl 1 ove's benefit, and •re lughl to be a h imner hoe- Bob ms ike the r r89 words
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Article94 1896-10-27 9 h isl B*ttali in of the Rifle Brigade, romes to Singapore irom H ing in about five we^ks from now, will bly remain here no! more than one It was in 1880 when tie* battalion irked from Bombay It will have been i lad rather ovei six*een94 words
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Article408 1896-10-27 9 tala Lumpur correspondent writes to ihe tte A practical jeke was perpe- her- i few days ago. A certain gentleman, svas about to sever his connection with the i service, com eived the waked idea ol ga j ke at ti. expense of his brother offi- i o408 words
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1132 1896-10-27 9 He Wins a Libel Case. £2,000 Damages. A Criterion oi Respectability. Wears a Silk. H\t x\n Visits Singapore Government House. Captain John Strachan, of the Ketch Envy, so well-known in Singapore, in tropical Eastern seas and Australasia, has been awarded £2,000 damages for libel1,132 words
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Article777 1896-10-27 9 H. E. the Governor is expected to return to Singapore on Sunday, ist proximo, in H. M. S. Rainbow from Borneo. Four cases of cholera are reported one in Rangoon Road, one in Kerbau Lane, one in Mosque Street, and one in HaveA theft of four777 words
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Article81 1896-10-27 9 According to Dalziels St. Peterburg correspondent, an awful judicial blunder is recorded by the Siberian papers. Some yeats ago the Court at Omsk sentenced a man named Shonklin to be hanged und^r the belief that he wa? a convict named LosefiF, who had killed txvo of81 words
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Article724 1896-10-27 9 A representative oi the Mingoon Prince, w\ resides in Saigon, visited 1 hantabo n at the end of September and thence pi ice ided to Pail n, where there are '-aid to be th isan 1- of fturmans devoted to his cause. Accord ig to M ekong724 words
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Article1225 1896-10-27 10 E'en as the heading Toptcs of the Week Doth now, too oft, portend dead languages. Anon, Quicquid agunt homines nostriesi farrago libelli. The popular and jovial benehciare at the Circus last night, the Topicist is informed. did a tale of Lo\e unfold.'' A little difficult to1,225 words
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Article398 1896-10-27 10 The Open Griffin Handicap. Though this max seem a paradox. You'll find lhat it is true. If Untong \o c would captureBack Rogid ti\] all's blue. Thi. Set rrv S rAKES. I ii! rot tell a Fairy Tale Such tlnng- 1 never do Just plank your dollars gaily398 words
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Article313 1896-10-27 10 According to a writer in the Daily Mail—he calls himself a pessimist, but, nevertheless, seems to have a naughty little txvinkle in his eye the supremacy of England and Australia in the crick- et field is seriously threatened. "As the Indian j nexvspapers attest," he313 words
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Article144 1896-10-27 10 The Courts Ordinance, passed on Sept. j 24th, has been assented to by the Governor, and Mr. C. E. Velge is appointed Registrar of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. Mr. H H. Hudson is appointed an Assistant Registrar to be ordinarily resident at Penang; and Mr.144 words
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Article132 1896-10-27 10 Philatelists have evinced a good deai of interest in the new postcards just manufactured in Prance for the subjects of Meneiik, the ruler of A.b\ssinia. The average mortal xvould hardly 'nave thought that the natives of that distant and chronically disturbed country xvould have had much use132 words
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Article148 1896-10-27 10 'i'he Politique Coloniale has received the fol- lowing from Majunga In a village about 10 kilometres from TananI arivo, the capital of Madagascar, there was re- centiy an extraordinary mortality The village j in reputed to be a very healthy place, and the i authorities in148 words
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Article285 1896-10-27 10 The Young Chinese Party in Shanghai, llongi kong, the Straits and Rangoon are in favour of abandoning the pigtail for the European style of wearing the hair. One of their reason-, from a Chinese point of view, is no doubt a very good one. We r< ier285 words
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Article748 1896-10-27 10 The British S. s. Bulimouth'krriYed from Batoum this morning with 5.00«< tons petroleum in bulk for Hongkong The mail steamer Ravenna left C oh at ioa.m. on Thursday, and max beexpei here on Wednesday morning, the *Btl Only one case of cholera in has been reported748 words
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Article2412 1896-10-27 11 AUTUMN MEETING. IRST HAY.— October 20th, 1896. Stbwarbs. Jli m,e— Mr. T. E. Larle. \s-T. J' DOE *.\D TiME-KKLPER. Mr. C. E. v elije. Hxnuk xi-i'ERs.-Mr. J. C. D. Jones and Mr. I Fort. Starter. Mr. H. Abrams. 0 IRI H THI Coi RSI. Mr. C. Sugden.2,412 words
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Article1057 1896-10-27 11 The weather yesterday afternoon was j all that could be desired, the Course was I good going and we had some capital racing. Six out of the seven coloured on the card for the Maiden Plate faced the starter, 1 Magician being the absentee. It xvas a1,057 words
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Article3010 1896-10-27 11 SECOND DAY,— Oct. 22nd, 1896. L'nfortunately the fine afternoon's sport that was presaged by Tuesday's races xvas sadly Interfered with by the rain yesterday. At the beginning of the afternoon everyone xvas congratulating themselves on the pleasant shade of the clouds, that did not then threaten the deluge that afterwards3,010 words
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Article3045 1896-10-27 12 THIRD DAY,— Oct. 24th 1896. After the damp and dismal conditions which prevailed on Thursday, the weather.l clerk, as if satisfied that he had don- his i worst, was on his good behaviour and the splendid afternoon which ushered in the I concluding pot tion ol another Autumn VI eetinu3,045 words
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Article499 1896-10-27 13 ist 2nd 3rdunp. Tot. Buccleugh 2 2 4 Locky 2 i 3 Phiison 2 i 3 Rogie 2 i 3 Apology 2 l 3 Old Gold 2 2 4 Foilette I i 2 Philostratus I i I 3 Valley Oueen I I 2 4 Aventine 1499 words
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Article2045 1896-10-27 13 I My DEAR MADGE, Have you ever been j dreadfully poor one week and quite rich i the next For if you have undergone that 1 experience, you can sympathize with me I when I tell you that I made a fortune last week over the races,2,045 words
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Article3064 1896-10-27 14 PARTANT POUR LA PATRIE." (Written for the Singapore Free Press.) X. Pre-historic Geography. Tokio from a Tower. Streets and buildings.—Festive Mourning.— A Kent Face. A Sakusa Gardens. Panorama of the Heijio.— The Mikado's Pedigree. Leaving Japan. Impressions of the Japanese Woman.— And her Male Relatives. Japanese of Rank.—lmpressions of the3,064 words
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Article204 1896-10-27 15 i a oby taking thought an add one cubit tature.—Matth m, VI. ,7. i ss< njg i^ol tuo heroes, who convention did defy, W ho regarded I Society's cheap chatter 1 he] went the limit or. their own, these two devoted meni A ,c ignored the o204 words
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Article93 1896-10-27 15 Harmston's Circus had a splendid send- H < n Saturday night, there being a crowded bouse on the occasion of the farewell performance. The marquee, notwithstanding its size, was tilled to overflowing, and nui ibers had to be sent away. J his in its II speaks well for93 words
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482 1896-10-27 15 R. accounts published in the latest files ot 111 to to hand contain very meagre informatioi is to the state of the rebellion. On the morn <i oi the Bth October, Diodato Arellans, the fust ni oi the Supreme Council of the Katipuna irrection society),482 words
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Advertisement352 1896-10-27 15 EXCHANGE. (Corrected up to October 26.) On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/1-9/16 demand 2/1 Private credits 3 m/s 2/1 documents 3 m/s 2/1-13/16 credits 6 m/s 2/1 15/16 On India. Bank demand 1 73^ On Hongkong. Baa. demand 1 prem On Yokohama. Bank d< tnd prem On Java Bank demand352 words
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Advertisement537 1896-10-27 15 COLDS, COUGHS, INFLUENZA, SORE THROAT Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Go Will relieve tlie most disf I tressing cough, soothe the inflamed membra!!' U^^J loosen the phlegm, an B WrSb hiduce refreshing sleep Hp— ~J For the (aire of Croup. Br Whooping" Cough, Sore Eft Throat, and all the pulP& monary troubles537 words
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Advertisement530 1896-10-27 15 The Singapore Free Press Mercantile Advertiser. Cable Address,— Advertiser, Singapore, Telephone Number. No. 61. Published at 39, Change Alley, Singapore. THE leading English Newspaper in tbe Straits Settlements Johore, the Protected Native States of Perak, Selar. gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang. the Negri Sembilan; British North Borneo; Sarawak Netherlands Indies, Java530 words
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REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
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Article67 1896-10-27 16 Support for the Government. Letter from Mr. Gladstone. A crowded meeting held at St. James' Hall has resolved to support the Government in any steps it may take to end the reign of terror in Turkey. A letter was read from Mr. Gladstone in which67 words
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Article87 1896-10-27 16 Trafalgar Day was largely celebrated in London under the auspices of the Navy League. The Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square was entwined with a colossal wreath from top-to bottom. Great crowds filled the Square and uatnotie speeches \\<-re delivered. Mr. Goschen, Secretary for the Admiralty, declined to lend87 words
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Article80 1896-10-27 16 The Status of the Dardanelles. A Conference Probable Reports coming from Paris and Berlin foreshadow joint diplomatic action by Britain. France, and Russia with the object of securing the opening of the Dardanelles to foreign warships. The Sultan's personal protection and the integrity of80 words
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Article175 1896-10-27 16 A Chinaman Kidnapped and Imprisoned in the v. hinese Embassy. A sensation lias been created in London by a strange incident. A Chinese doctor named Sun- 1 at Yen, who is stated t<> have been concerned in a conspiracy at Canton to overthrow the present Imperial dynasty,175 words
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Article52 1896-10-27 16 War Taxation. At Constantinople IraJes have been i-sued imposing a poll-tax of five piastres on all Mussulmans and increasing the tithes and other imposts. It is expected that these increased taxes will yield a million and a quarter pounds, which will be used for military preparations. London. October52 words
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Article44 1896-10-27 16 War or Massacre The Turkish Government Arms the Mohammedans Ihe Pone is devoting the proceeds of the new poll-tax to aiming the Mussulman population. The Ambassadors have met to consider what is to done in face of this grave measure. London, October 26th, 1H96.44 words
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Article142 1896-10-27 16 (Specially compiled for the Singapore Free Press.) [Date of passing Anjer Nationality and description of vessel Captain's name Where and when sailed. Destination. I •Oct. in. Rrit. s.s. Strathclyde Walton; Batavia, Oct. 16 Catcu»ta. i) t Ifi Rrii V 1 nru.s r u?A Houston Singapore. Oct. 10;142 words
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Article566 1896-10-27 16 n UctO >cr 26. Zweena, Brit, str., Nesbitt, for P. Brandan. Isabella, Brit, str., Hudson, for Murr Amherst, Brit, str., Shimmen, for Klang ana 1 Anson, via ports. Hye Leong, Brit, str., Eddie, for Teluk Anson via ports. C. Apcar, Brit, str., Olifent, ior Penang and Calcutta. Lindula, Brit,566 words
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Article338 1896-10-27 16 ,*uon. Capital Paid up Share, J*. D^ no:., .*wA. k 9O%prem. $10.*****0 $10,000.00© 80,000 £5*1.54^ N.. -.-r,,,., 29 /.<co.eoo 44 ISO J2£££ ?:i5 Sellers. (75 f J i< Bk.o-< X an Ltd $2* Nominal. s 42.000.000 445^.068 109,87s D ferre 2 '#^5° x' Tan^otui Pa*-:338 words
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Page 16 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1023 1896-10-27 16 Passengers Arrived. Oct. 21. Per Sappho Hon. C. W. Kynnersley, Mrs. Kynnersley, Hon. E. E. Isemonger, Mr. Macßean, Mr, Smith, Mr. Lyon, Mr. Hone, Mr. Foser. Per Ranee Mr. Thomas. Per Shantung Mrs. Ackers, Miss Ackers. Per Gerda Mr. Gosling, Mr. Fabricuis. Per Ban Whatt Hin Mr. Crosbie. Oct. 22.1,023 words
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Miscellaneous610 1896-10-27 16 VESbKLS IN PORT. lagts Ton. Captain Arrived From Consignees Kor, Other Vesses Albingia Ger. 1190 Witt Oct. 10 Moj; ftehn Meyer Apenradp Ger. 611 Ikiand Oct. t% Bangkok Low SUM Arthur Head Brit. 1887 Lennard Oct. 17 Moji M. B. Kaisha Ashley Brit. 1500 Webber Oct. Moji Pat. Simons Ban610 words
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