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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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Title Section19 1897-08-03 1 TH E Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY, AUGUST 3rd, 1897. No. 52319 words
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Article457 1897-08-03 1 Leasing Art k les. Proposed Vandalism, 05 Sedition in India, 65 The Wrong Way Again, 65 Fighting in Chitral, 66 The Revenue Farms, 66 Empire and Commence, 66 iOLRT NbwS. Police Court. fe A Clever Trick, 69 B Judicial Commissioner 5 Court. m Lawyers v. Government, 72 K Assizes457 words
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Article75 1897-08-03 1 Domestic Occurrences. DEATHS. On May 15th, Wilhelm Theooor Muller, late of Bangkok, Siam, died at sea on the voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon, aged 53. On the 27th July, at Amsterdam, Mrs. C. G. J. Kleeblad, mother of A. J. A. Kleeblad, Manager Daendels Co., Singapore. On the 29th instant,75 words
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Article, Illustration501 1897-08-03 1 I Here shall the Pres* the People's right maintain, 1 '::a\ved by influence and unbribed by gam Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw. Pledged to Religion. Loraltv. ar.d Law. A very remarkable, not to say egregious, scheme was evolved yesterday by a local journal as representing a501 words
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Article402 1897-08-03 1 (July 29th.) Whether it may be necessary to reenact Lord Lytton's Press law, directed against newspaper instigation to outrage and press sedition generally, or to proceed against sedition by the provisions of the Indian Penal Code, it cannot be dis- puted that in many instances in various402 words
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Article565 1897-08-03 1 (July 30th.) Mr. Egerton confesses himself badly bitten by the Esplanade 'maggot," which is about the right way to describe the nature of the idea with which it would seem at least some of the Committee chosen to work out the memorial scheme are to be565 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement56 1897-08-03 1 THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED. AUTHORISED CAPITAL £1,000,000. SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL 500,000. Head Office Hongkong. I COURT OP DIRECTORS:— U. GiLLiss, Esq. I Chow TungShang, Esq. H.Stolteri-oht, Esq. I Kwan Hoi Churn, Esq. Cham Kit Shan, Esq. Chief Manager.— Geo. W. Playfair. INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 12 months 4|%.56 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous570 1897-08-03 1 THE WEEK. The mail from Europe arrived by the P. O. S.s. Rosetta yesterday, with London advices to the 9th uit. She will be followed by the M. M. S. S. Laos on the 6th inst., with the English mails of the 1 6th ult. This mail leaves for Europe570 words
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Article221 1897-08-03 2 Tm^ recrudescen^Lf hostilities in Chitral is, t^put it mnd]^f nconvenient at this moment, J^adiseit is just possible that it inSynave been stimulated by some deeper movement than the mere periodical outbreaks that are the political commonplaces of Indian frontier experience. We have a Tochi valley business on221 words
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Article393 1897-08-03 2 Ihk time for receiving tenders for the opium and spirit farms of Singapore, Penang, Malacca and the Dindings expired at noon to-day. Government fixes the maximum rates at which opium shall be sold, and for the sole right to sell the drug, at that or a lower393 words
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Article512 1897-08-03 2 (Aug. 2nd.) We fancy that the Jubilee has dune more than people imagine to get the British Empire at large into that attitude of mind when anything that tends towards the closer organisation of the Queen's dominions, for trade or for defence, is looked "~aF~wTfft -^"feTtairKj^adkut^ AQ512 words
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Article1220 1897-08-03 2 A "Memorial" Nightmare. It was five o'clock, and I, after a long day's grind for the mail., had just left the Singapore Club. There, over our well tea, Stickleback, Gudgeon and I had teen discussing a report going round to Me effect that the juniors in Singapore mean1,220 words
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Article553 1897-08-03 2 Red Sea Lights. On the 2nd Sir James Fergusson rose to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether for many years Her Majesty's Government have contemplated the erection of a light at the east end of the Gulf of Aden, namely, either on553 words
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Article612 1897-08-03 3 Miss Amy Sherwin, the well-known singer, sails from England on August 6th with a concert company tor Australia. A Manila weather telegrams notifies the appearance of signsof two depressions in the China Sea, one toward the West of Luzon, at present almost stationary. Another is sn612 words
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Article146 1897-08-03 3 A ElentSH idler irom native sources reports :at a. certain foreign mining engineer named Sha aho was engaged by H.K. U Hung-chang, while n Kurope, to make a special survey after gold in the Jeho region and Manchuria as far as the Chinese Amur territory, has recently146 words
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Article1055 1897-08-03 3 The general body of the public of Singapore will be shocked and grieved to hear of the sudden death, at Bombay this forenoon, from cholera, of Mr. Howard Newton, formerly Assistant Municipal Engineer of Singapore, and for some time also Acting Municipal Engineer. The sad1,055 words
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Article650 1897-08-03 3 The King of Siam left Budapest on 30th ult. for Warsaw. On the way to the railway station a horse of a passing waggon shying, ran against the Royal carriage, and the King was in danger of being injured by the pole. Another moment and650 words
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Article55 1897-08-03 3 Gray's Inn, on June 28th, entertained at dinner, among other guests, Sir Edward O'Malley and Sir John Bonser. The cas<: for the defence in the Kunke prosecution was opened yesterday before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Matthews addressing the Court in an eloquent speech for nearly two hours. The case55 words
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Article79 1897-08-03 3 fr~ Saigon seems to be still hard at work to kill its trade. Its only chance to become a big commercial port was when it tried free trade and went ahead. It has not done so since it reverted to protection, and (says the L. £r C. Ex.) it is79 words
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Article567 1897-08-03 3 Monday, 26th July, 1897. 4 Maatbna," the residence of the Hon. Dato Mentri, was last night en fete" on the occasion of the marriage of the Dato's son, Inche Abdullah, to Inche Yang Binti Abdullah, the adopted daughter of His Highness the late Sultan of Johore. The house, which567 words
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232 1897-08-03 3 Here is a startling possibility brought forward in Review of Reviews, namely that the mail route via Suez Canal and Colombo to Sydney may be beaten by the Siberian Railway and steamers running due South The great Siberian railway which is steadily creeping eastward from232 words
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523 1897-08-03 4 The Westminster Budget of the 25th June |gives a very fine puff to Mr. F. Fischer, formerly manager of the Hotel de l'Europe, Singapore, now of the Imperial Hotel, Torquay, one of the most successful big hotels on the south coast of England.523 words
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Article195 1897-08-03 4 Ihe Morning, which gives Jubilee spoons to Jubilee babies, born in London on 22 June, announces that over 700 applications have been received; but many come from the provinces, and provincial babies do not qualify. Further, some parents of Jubilee babies have been so engrossed with the little195 words
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Article97 1897-08-03 4 (August 2. Fm.... 337.25 Gambier 5.60 do. Cube No. 1 9. Pepper, Black (ordinary S'pore) 15.30 do. White, (Fair L/\V=5% „23. Nutmegs 1 10s to the lb.) 78. Mace (Banda) 75. Cloves (Amboina) 17.50 Liberian Coffee 2^. lapioca, pearl (Fair quality) 3.70 do. do flake (do. do.) 4.2. do.97 words
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Article77 1897-08-03 4 (Corrected up to August 2.) On London. Bank 4 m/s 1/11-3/16 demand 1/11-1/16 Private credits 3 m/s 1/11-7/16 documents 3 m/s 1/1 1 J credits 6 m/s 1/11-9/1O On India. Bank demand 152^ On Hongkong. Bank demand prem. On Yokohama. Bank demand i^% prem. On Java. Bank demand 11577 words
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Article114 1897-08-03 4 A Warning. To the Editor. Sir, Again we hear that this exceptionally select club, i.e. the Sepoy Lines Golf Club," has black-balled another gentleman who is a well-known member of the Singapore andjall other local clubs, and has been awaiting election there for the last two and a half114 words
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Article913 1897-08-03 4 At Buckingham Palace, on 21st ult., the following Ambassadors and Envoys were introduced to Her Majesty by Colonel Hon. Sir \V. J. Colville, k. c.v. 0., c. b m Master of the Ceremonies, and presented their letters Ambassadors China. (Specially accredited) Chang Yen Hoon. Korea. (Specially913 words
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Article41 1897-08-03 4 Under the auspices of the Woman s Chri>i;an Temperance Union a public temperance mee'ing will be held on Friday, July 30th, 1897, at 8 p.m M at the Singapore Temperance Ciub. (latt Soldi*! s' and Sailors' Home) 51, Hi!! Street. Singapore41 words
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Article1156 1897-08-03 4 THE LOSS OF THE ADEN." A Special Account. The Daily Mail has received a special telegram from its correspondent at Aden, which gives the following details Violent squalls were incessant soon after leaving Colombo, and the weather thickened daily. On June 9, at three in the morning, the vessel struck1,156 words
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Article263 1897-08-03 4 ThfPrfsenj Pf\(e in thk Far K\m on i H XT O M Must Prkparl for W\r. The present peace of the Far East, say, t r Kokumin-nu-Tumu, is only a phantom. Japan in her mourning robe, is preparing for a furtr.e. war. At such a juncture, to263 words
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Article107 1897-08-03 4 An old Eurasian resident of Singapore Mr. A. R. Miles;, died on Sunday, and uaburied yesterday afternoon, tlu funera' being largely attended by his relatives an friends. At one time Dr. Miles, as be uafamiliarly known, although not a cjualiliea man, had by long107 words
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Article336 1897-08-03 4 The S.S Bogs tad, which arrived fror.. Moji on the 1 6th instant with a cargo o! coals for Messrs. Paterson Simoi s Co discharged part of her cargo at New Harbour. On Sunday she was shifted to Tanjong Pagar, where she is discharging the balance of her336 words
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Article525 1897-08-03 5 Nothing new under the sun Nonsense. The dollar at one shilling and ele~, enpence on demand Silver weakening. And Exchange to be lower to-mor-row'' Owing to the large quantity of cargo she had to take in here the Oceanien could not leave for Marseilles till this525 words
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Article177 1897-08-03 5 On Thursday last a Chinaman complained to the Police of being done ojt of S2O. He was going along Havelock Road when .1 smartly dressed Baba met him and accused him of complicity in a robbery, tell In l: the man that he was to follow him.177 words
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Article102 1897-08-03 5 f Special tu China Mail.) Shanghai, July 20. Kun^ Chao-huen,ex-Minis-ier Plenipotentiary tu the Court oi St. lar^e-'s. is dead. [Th€ deceased diplomat was about si\i) of lye. Ht was appointed Minister to Great Britain tl r< 01 foul >tar- a^o, and was ill-health dur- i102 words
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Correspondence.
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333 1897-08-03 5 To the Editor. Sir, —Every British subject will thoroughly appreciate the eminently commendable motive which prompted the despatch of the City of Everett from the Pacific shores with aid to the famine stricken of India, the more so when we remember that the333 words
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Letter596 1897-08-03 5 To the Editor. Sir,—I venture to think that the letter signed Fairplay in your issue of yesterday must have been written hastily and without due consideration. It appears to me that the incident to which that letter has reference affords an opportunity for those who, like596 words
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69 1897-08-03 5 THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES D URBAR. The following were some of the questions which were to have been brought up and discussed at the several meetings during the Durbar.— Financial arrangements. Tin and Opium duties. Railway and Road extension. Land and Mining code. Labour regulations. Muhammedan questions. Malay Claims to69 words
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144 1897-08-03 5 The China Mail says FYom private advices received by last steamer from Manila we learn that a report was current in usually well-informed circles, that His Excellency the Governor General had sent a momentous telegram to the Madrid Government amounting to an ultimatum. Judging from144 words
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Article57 1897-08-03 5 An invitation has been received by the S. C. C from Hongkong, inviting a Straits Cricket Team to visit that Port in the first or second week in November. It is hoped that Shanghai will be sending a team to Hongkong about that time, and the idea is57 words
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Article240 1897-08-03 5 The Poet Laureate's Latest. The Independent, a New York paper und«-r the headline Victoria, the Great,' ha> published the following poem written for that paper by Alfred Austin, poet-laureate The dew was on the summer lawn, The roses bloomed, the woods were green, When forth there came,240 words
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Article49 1897-08-03 5 At the annual conversazione of the Royal Colonial 'Institute, on the 18th June, were some familiar faces, including Lady Maxwell, Sir Winfield Bonser, Sir Lionel and Miss Cox, Col. Sir F. and Lady Cardew, Lady Bovill, Mr. A. M. Skinner, Mr. John Burkinshaw, Mr. and Mrs. J. Finlavson, &c.49 words
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Article872 1897-08-03 5 The Mawdonald-Boyle Proik^n in SISGAPORE. An opportunity will be afforded to Singapore on Saturday to see something practical in the way of preparing hat beaut if I and much talked-of fibre known vacivusly as ramie, rhea, or china gra>>, the prodoct of the stem of a plant872 words
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Article1265 1897-08-03 6 The Acting Manager's Report for the five weeks ending the 22nd July, 1897, are as follows Mining. Raub Hole, No. 2 Shaft. 220 ft. level. As already reported we have for the present stopped the main south drive and have started to crosscut east and west from the end1,265 words
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964 1897-08-03 6 FATAL ENCOUNTER WITH A ROGUE ELEPHANT, AND OTHER ENCOUNTERS. Buffaloes and Tigers. In Colonel Pollok's Fifty Years' Reminiscences of India," just published at home, we have some stirring experiences here is one from the Spectator's review The account of Wedderbutn's death illustrates the exception that proves the rule, that the964 words
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Article58 1897-08-03 6 To-morrow being the fust dav of the seventh moun, the opening of the Seniba- j yang Haniu or Chinese fe>lival of all souls, residents art reminded that alter 8 p.m. the town will be more or less unsafe to drive in, a large number o\ permits having been issued a>58 words
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Article454 1897-08-03 6 We regret to record the death of Capt. Alexander Hector, of the S. s. Nam Yang, which took place last night as the result of an unfortunate accident. The deceased appears to have gone on board his steamer, which was to have sailed this morning, about454 words
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Article429 1897-08-03 6 In an article on the Morality and the Economics of Betting in the British Review* the writer says It the gambling instinct could ever be checked by law, it might possibly be expedient to get rid of the evils arising from it at the expense of extinguishing much innocent429 words
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Article175 1897-08-03 6 THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN GORDON. From (Lahore) private advices the Civil and Military Gazc::c learns that the murder of Captain Got don. 36th Sikhs, occurred on the rifle ranye a? the firing party moved from the 500 yards range to the 4m > sards when a Bep<>) la^'^ed behind. Captain175 words
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Article120 1897-08-03 6 NETHERLANDS HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. The following is an extract from the report of the Directors to the shareholderat the meeting held on June 29th.— The General Balance Sheet and Profit and I O s i Account to 31st December, 1896, show that afta deducting current expenses, and with the additior of120 words
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Article156 1897-08-03 6 It used to be thought that when people meak of infinitesimal shares in coconut trees being source of serious crime, they were only indulging their love for hyperbole. Here, however, is a typical case mentioned by Mr. Wace, Government W--of the Southern Province. Ceylon The condition ot156 words
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735 1897-08-03 6 SOME INTERESTING SHIPS AT THE REVIEW. Ihe foreign warships were the objects rf great curiosity, and some of them well worth it. flu formidable Russian ship Rotsui, bears a striking resemblance to the Terrible and the Powerful, She has the same four upright funnels and ver I much the same735 words
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Article53 1897-08-03 6 Mr H XI. Waldock, the weU-kaowa Ceylon athi^tr, nu-t with a curious icci lent wlii.-t playing in luotljall matcii He was .-truck with the tMi.ll in one -> v\ id ha> become inflamed, tod the inctd«*m \\4§ affected him to such an extent that lie ha>. been advised to gc53 words
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143 1897-08-03 7 The fact that all that are left of the heroes of the Balaclava Charge were to be assembled together ,n one of the weekly paper offices in Heet-street tor the purpose of paying homage, perhaps for the last time, to their Oueen, has for143 words
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Article121 1897-08-03 7 Brigadier-General de Badens, commanding the 3rd and 4UI Military District in Upper Tonkin, iras drowned ia the Clear River the other day Ist n ;i"i inspecting tour. He was proceeding from Thanthuy to tiagtang when the native craft. in which he was travelling with Commandant NouveJ121 words
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Article111 1897-08-03 7 Fhe great "pool oi bicycle manufacturers, nth >. has »eld together luring the astounding growth 4 the fashion for cycling and made many niUions oi dollars for its controllers, has at last broken. Prices were cut heavily on 30th ult., and fierce war has already begun.111 words
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Article126 1897-08-03 7 The following incident of the last voyage ot the s. s. Orotova is of some special interest at the present moment 1 Since passing Socotra the sea had been fairly smooth. But an incident happened D the Red Sea, which emphasises the need for126 words
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Article303 1897-08-03 7 The British steamer Mac hew passed through the harbour from East to West this morning. Pollard's Lilliputians are expected to )pen in Hongkong on the 29th inst. A Chinaman who was picked up on the grass plot by the Police yesterday died on bis wav to the Central Station before303 words
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Article304 1897-08-03 7 Cases of counterfeit coining have been very common before the magistrates lately, no less than six being now pending. By the French mail of Tuesday private advice was received that in October several men-of-war of the Russian Pacific Squadron will leave Nagasaki for Singapore. Mr. Choa304 words
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Article306 1897-08-03 7 The s. s. Vyner arrived from Sarawak on the 24th instant with Sadong coals for Messrs. Paterson Simons Co. The Russian Volunteer steamer Kostroma, with troops from Odessa for Vladivostock, left Colombo on Tuesday, and is due here on the Ist proximo to coal. The O. S. S.306 words
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Article112 1897-08-03 7 1 I i The funeral of the late Capt. Hector, of the s. s. Nam Yotig, took place last evening at the Cemetery, the Rev. W. Murray officiating, and reading the burial service in a most impressive manner. There were a large number of the seafaring112 words
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Article222 1897-08-03 7 Booty $37.5°°During the Durbar festivities at Kuala Kangsar, which were attended by Dato Muda Wahab, a great robbery was committed at that Chief's house at Ipoh. He left the house in charge of his nephew Moh. Mansur, a boy of about 18. In a dollar box,222 words
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Article109 1897-08-03 7 The result of the plav in connection with the private tournament which was organised amongst seven of the stronger players in the Chess Club has now been concluded as follows 1 P. A. Reutens 5 wins. P. Mclntyre 2 \X. K. Miles "t""15--fT.H Stephens A. L. Chittenden W K^erton109 words
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173 1897-08-03 7 Mrs. Henniker-Heaton, wife of the popular Member for Canterbury, (says the Colonies and India) has some reason to be proud of the part which her children are playing in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Or 'P' K is on the Ryitunniu, formed with 136 other173 words
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Article166 1897-08-03 7 TheTom-Toms of Killiney Road. To the Editor. SIR, Permit me to avail myself of the opportunity offered by the letter signed A SufFerer to corroborate fully all he says regarding the nuisance of which he complains. I regret to say that I am a fellow sufferer to such an166 words
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Article292 1897-08-03 7 The Town Hall Si te. Sir, It is remarkable tosee in the discussion as to the site of the New Town Hall, that which of all others will. I am contident, recommend itself to all classes of the community, should not have been yet suggested. This is the more curious,292 words
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Article105 1897-08-03 7 Regarding the Colonial Secretary's stai..ment on the subject of the projected Government Note Issue that "whatever may be the opinions as regards the wants of the Colony no one can dot *c but that a Government note issue is required there, (Native States, and would be105 words
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Article46 1897-08-03 7 Sergeant Collett has been appointed to the Detective Section of the Hongkong Police Force. The vacancies occasioned by the deportation ot the Chinese detectives have been filled by lukongs, and another batch of Chinese constables Kis been recruited. Some further deportations ol detectives have taken place.46 words
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Article206 1897-08-03 7 Miss Florence Lloyd, who was one of the passen gers lost by the sad wreck of the P. O. s.s. Aden, was the daughter of Mr. T. Howard Lloyd, of Leicester, who is well-known in connection with Church and Young Men's Christian organisations in the206 words
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Advertisement162 1897-08-03 7 Warm Debilitating Weather. Many people, after a long spell of oppressive heat, suffer from lassitude, loss of spirits, and a general "run down" feeling. They need a I course of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, a medicine which has revived and restored to active life and health thousands of such sufferers. A lady162 words
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Article2441 1897-08-03 8 In the Judicial Commissioner's Court at Kuala Lumpur. In the matter of section 245, of The Criminal Procedure Code, and in the matter of John Parsick Joaquim, barrister-at-law, and advocate and solicitor. This case raised an interesting and important question as to the right of advocates to2,441 words
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128 1897-08-03 8 The Chamber of Commerce in Manila, alarmed at the serious fall in Exchange due to the introduction of the new Philippine dollar, has, with the per- j mission of the Governor General, sent the following telegram to the Minister of the Colonies in Madrid The128 words
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Article107 1897-08-03 8 The newest addition to the fleet of the Messageries Maritimes on the Indo-China line, the Laos left Marseilles on the 14th instant for her maiden voyage to the far east, followed on the 18th by the Polynesien with the French mail of the 17th July on board tor Australia. As107 words
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Article88 1897-08-03 8 The following are the entries for the races, except Griffins, of the first day.— 2. The Galloway Cup. Professor, Prairie Queen. Maharam ttmm Wing, Iris, and Lee Metford. 5- The Autumn Stakes. Leichol, Fire, Triton, and Why Not. 6. The Coromandel Vase. Boreas S2OO Cara Mia, 84.00 Valley88 words
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Article128 1897-08-03 8 We beg to acknowledge the receipt ot the July number of the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Amongst the contents of the number are a j vocabulary of the Dusun dialect by tht Rev. Dr. Luering, an extended Itftt ot Malay128 words
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Article312 1897-08-03 8 I A Straits Millionaire's son held i t. $7,00<> Worth oi Pli nder. Of late many complaints have reache i :•)< Viceroy >i 'auton of the prevalence oi i U on the (Jantoii River. As a result of these j;nplaints two gunboats were detailed lo312 words
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Article402 1897-08-03 8 Sixteen Detec tives Arrestej). All Deported irom the Colons. In consequence of reports current to-day o 1 more police officers being in trouble a Telegraph reporter called on the Captain Super intendent ol Police to make inquiries and was courteously i informed by him that 16402 words
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Article1254 1897-08-03 9 Operations Against Mat Salleh. Further Details. As supplementing our special telegrams from Labuan announcing Mat Salleh's rebel raid on Gaya and loot and burning of the town with some loss of life, we now give, from our Labuan Correspondent, some details of the measures taken1,254 words
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Article117 1897-08-03 9 Mr. A. C. Pearson has been appointed a Cadet, and Mr. F. C. Winterburn a Government Surveyor. The export duties on rattans, damar and raw sago are rev ised from Aug. ist. The annual medical report records not so good a year for 1896, as usu 1.117 words
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Article340 1897-08-03 9 An observer of men and things in Japan writes from Yokohama on the above subject as follows: Slowly but surely events on all sides are tending to tighten the bonds of union between the Queen of the Isles of the West and the Emperor of the Isles of340 words
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Article39 1897-08-03 9 Amongst the passengers arriving by the Sappho last evening were Mr. Jackson, the Judicial Commissioner of the Federated Malay Spates, and Mrs. Jackson. The Judicial Commissioner leaves this afternoon for Pahang at 5 p.m. in the Colonial steamer Horsburgh39 words
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Article734 1897-08-03 9 The death-rate last week was 42* s 7 Der mine. Lieut. J. H. Thresher, R.8., has been granted three months' leave on private affairs. Subject to confirmation Lieut. C. W. C. j Knox, r.b., is appointed Garrison Adjutant. vice Lieut. S. C. Long. A letter received734 words
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Article128 1897-08-03 9 Sedition at Poona. To the Editor. Sir, A remark made regarding the sedition at Bombay, requires a slight correction on one point. The Honble Mr. Tilak, who has been arrested on a charge of exciting disaffection, is not a Mussulmann, but is a Hindu of the Mahratta race. He128 words
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Article134 1897-08-03 9 For the information of the many Singapore friends of the late Mr. Xewton, we give the following details, wired, we believe, from Bombay to the Madras papers, and put at our disposal through a private source "On Monday afternoon (26th inst.) Mr. Newton was in134 words
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Article306 1897-08-03 9 The Darul Adab Association held their Third Annual Sports on Wednesday, the 28th inst, on their ground at Syed Alweeroad. Among those present were His Highness Sultan Abdullah, accompanied by the Sultana and daughters, Tunku Abdullah bin Sultan Ali, and members of the Johore and Teluk Blanga Football306 words
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Article217 1897-08-03 9 A RhMARKABLIi PKOPHEf Y. A correspondent of the Daily Chronicle has dug out of a play by Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert, which was published in 1774, long after his death, a really striking prophecy. One of the characters tells how a holy sage foretold217 words
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Article3083 1897-08-03 10 A Singapore Lady's Letter, My dear Mollie, I have jubilated Alas! that it is in the past tense, for great has been my enjoyment, and I quite wish Jubilee day could burst upon us once more, though of course the correct thing is to pretend an indifference to3,083 words
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Article634 1897-08-03 10 More About the World's SuffLV. Advices from Colombo state that experiment! are being carried on by the director of the Royal Botanic dardens of Ceylon with a view to the production of india-rubber there from Para tretf The experiments, which will be continued o»er several years, are634 words
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Article39 1897-08-03 10 The half-yearly general meeting o\ tM Marine Club wa> held last evening in the Club Room, the report ol thr Committee and the accounts being passed An alteration in the rules regarding numbers accounts was the only other business.39 words
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Article1335 1897-08-03 11 (Thursday, July 29, 1897.) The ordinary fortnightly of the Municipal Commissioners was held this afternoon, Mr. W. Kgerton presiding. There were also present Mr. Th. Sohst, Mr. W. Kvans, Mr. W. Nanson, Mr. J. P. Joaquim. Mr. Meyer, and Mr. Choa Gian Thye. The fortnightly financial statement showed1,335 words
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Article1028 1897-08-03 11 Association Cur Tie. R. B. ?»t Corporals 01 K. B. Last evening the above teams met in the final for the Association Cup Tie. The weather was all that could be desired, though the sun was very strong and the Corporals had it full in their faces during the1,028 words
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Article203 1897-08-03 11 The French Transport Cachar arrived alongside the Borneo wharf yesterday from Saigun en route to Marseilles, with a large number of soldiers and some officers, and left the same afternoon after coaling. H. M. S. Plover, which arrived from Hongkong on Wednesday to relieve her sister ship the203 words
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Article52 1897-08-03 11 m m The Naval Dockyard staff at Hongkong do not expect H. M. S. Powerful in Hongkong until early in September next. It is reported in Yokohama that the Powerful has three county football players on board. The Hongkong players of Rugby football may have a prospect of good matches52 words
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Article496 1897-08-03 11 During the week ended June 28th £116 worth of cycles were exported to Singapore, and £65 to Penang. Japanese journals allege that Rus- «n spies are travelling throughout Japan learning military topographical secrets The Produce World points out that in Borneo, consumption amongst Europeans is unknown,496 words
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Article238 1897-08-03 11 No. 3. It's always been the people s cry You have it now before your eye. 1 On banks of streams and edge of pondYou see me rear my graceful fronds, But if you fail a view to catch Perhaps you'll find me in a thatch. 2. A238 words
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Article1147 1897-08-03 12 Quicquid agunt homines nostn est farrago libelli, JUVENAL. We were in a state ot promising convalescence from our excassive patriotism and loyalty, when we were bowled over again by the arrival of mails with the pictorial and literary jubilatious of our distracted fatherland. It is to1,147 words
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Article182 1897-08-03 12 The following moves have been made in the match by cable between Hongkong and Singapore. Ruy Lopez. Gi ioco Piano. White Black White Black. Singapore Hongkong Hongkong Singapore. 1 P K 4 P K 4 1 P K 4 P K 4 2 Kt KB 3 Kt OB182 words
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Article257 1897-08-03 12 All Singapore friends of the late Capt. Syers may like to know that, at the suggestion of Mr. A. R. Venning of Seiangor, it is proposed to erect a memorial to the deceased fficer at Kuala Lumpor. Subscriptions, which are limited to $5 as a maximum,257 words
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Article90 1897-08-03 12 The following paragraphs are from tht Mine Manager's report for June The total dtivage for the month is 259ft. 6in. Ore milled... 421 tons. Headings 2,044 Milling This was carried on during 29.; days crushing 421 ions of ore from the mine, yielding 147 ozs., 2 dwts, and 2,04490 words
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Article1119 1897-08-03 12 The hearing ot the case against Kunke was concluded yesterday, and the Acting Chief Justice, in summing up, said he did not think the jury would want him to follow the witnesses through their very long statements, but generally to make a resume of the case. Prisoner1,119 words
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Article138 1897-08-03 12 Last night, at eleven o'clock, a report \\a> brought to the Changi Police Station tha 1 an aged Malay woman named Tijah had been murdered. Her son, with whom she lived, was formerly in the Police force, and was dismissed. Somehow or other he managed to re-enter138 words
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Article305 1897-08-03 12 Some details furnished to the Geographies. Society of Paris confirmed the statements mid« fro-n time to time as to the value of the gold deposits in Siberia. The particulars were gHfIM b) M. E. D. Levat, C.E., who went over the ground in the company of a305 words
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89 1897-08-03 12 UNITED PLANTERS ASSOCIATION OF THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. Among the business to be tran>a< ted at the next General Meeting ol tbc Association, to be held at Kuala Lumpur on Monday. 23rd inst are the foTfoVing items To consider replies to the circular n nevs markets for coffee. To consider89 words
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Article150 1897-08-03 12 At a meeting ot Residents of the Federated Malay States, held at Kuala Kangsar during the Durbar. :t was decided with the approval ot th< Resident-General, th.it the rate ot lin l)ut\ should be regulated by the price ot tin according to the following150 words
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Correspondence.
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Letter2248 1897-08-03 13 To the Editor. Sir, With reference to the editorial matter in your issue of the 24th inst. I should like you to let me know whether any steps had been taken by the Government of Singapore in order to inquire into the matter of one Paul Henry2,248 words
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Article30 1897-08-03 13 The firsi instalment of the Municipal Loan has bern fully subscribed. Tenderers under par will only receive a portion of the amount they have applied for.30 words
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Article44 1897-08-03 13 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ASSOCI AION. Singapore Branch. Thd annual general meeting of the members was called for 4 15 yesterday afternoon in the Exchange. No quorum, however, was formed and the meeting was adjourned to a dattr of which further notice v^ ill be- v/iven.44 words
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Article70 1897-08-03 13 The approaching bank-holiday has given an opportunity for some Singapore cricketers to take a t rip to Sungei Ujong. Mr. F. H. Grant has got a team together, consisting of Capt. Ainslie, Messrs. Mactaggart, Davis, Woodroffe, Grant, Fort, Sharp, Allen, Maxwell, Lloyd Thomas and Payne Gallwey. The70 words
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Article25 1897-08-03 13 The June crushing of the Malayan (Pahang) Exploration Company was 930 tons crushed, 815 oz. of gold value, £2,750 27 days, 20 stamps.25 words
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Article29 1897-08-03 13 The Hon'ble C. W. S. Kynnersley has resigned his Presidency of the Sepoy Lines Golf Club. At Phu-lang-thuong, in TonA, the natives, male and female, have taken to* cycling.29 words
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Article83 1897-08-03 13 A telegram was received in Hongkong a few days ago that the new steamer Tai~ koku y built to the order of the Osaka Shoshen Kabushiki Kaisha, of Japan, had been wrecked off Lisbon, on her maiden voyage. Another of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha's steamers, the Tamsui-maru, which left Keelung83 words
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Article59 1897-08-03 13 We hear that all the dock and wharf companies, as well as all those who have to do with the handling of goods for shipment or otherwise, are considerably hampered owing to the scarcity of Chinese coolies, due, no doubt, to the string- i,t rules made by59 words
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Article65 1897-08-03 13 It would appear that the vessel that collided with the Speelmau or. Friday morning just outside Batavia, killing Capt. Scherpbier and two of the native crew, was the Duguesclin, a French harque of 1554 tons. Capt. Dejoie, bound from Cardiff to Hongkong. She left Cardiff on May65 words
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Article134 1897-08-03 13 A correspondent writes On Friday evening a successful Public Temperance Meeting was held in the Singapore Temperance Club, by the ladies of the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union There was a large audience. r he president of the Union, Mrs. Morgan^ presided over the meeting. The134 words
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Article228 1897-08-03 13 On Saturday in this journal was related the moht unusual incident of tv. o plugged shell, fired in salvo, hitting each other in the air close to the target and breaking up, smashing the target at the same time. The Company was the 35th S. 0., and228 words
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Article315 1897-08-03 13 ftFfotH /t.'tr own Correspondent,* Labuan, July 27, 1897 No news has been received from Gaya or its vicinity since I wrote you last, but it is believed that H. E. the Governor and Capt. Reddie art still in the neighbourhood, though what their movements are I315 words
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Article1916 1897-08-03 14 By John Dill Ross. Singapore. The Capital of a Little Empire. XV. SINGAPORE is a little island situated at the extremity of the Malay Peninsula, measuring some 28 miles in length and just about fourteen miles in breadth. It is about 79 miles north of the1,916 words
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Article174 1897-08-03 14 Change 01 Offcers. At a Committee meeting of this Club held on Friday evening last, the 30th ult., The Hon. C. \V. S. Kynnersley resigned the Presidency, Mr. A. W. O'Sullivan the Captaincy, and Mr. W. Evans from the Committee. The Acting Chief Justice has accepted174 words
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Article487 1897-08-03 14 A tribute of admiration should be bestowed on the cool cheek with which Mat Salleh, the North Borneo outlaw, planned his raid upon the coast station of Pulo Gaya. He saw before landing that his followers were too few to deal with the Government offices, &c.487 words
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Article1516 1897-08-03 14 H. M. S. Iphi^enia, with His Hanour Mr. Justice Leach, the Special Commissioner, to the Cocos and Christmas Islands on board, returned to-day. It is reported that Mr. H. L. Hudbert' acting District Magistrate of Matang Perak, will not return to the State again Mrs. Huribert1,516 words
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Article1138 1897-08-03 15 A Practical Illustration. No textile fibre has been at once so attractive and so elusive as ramie. Hitherto the practical difficulties of its extraction have baffled the European spinner and manufacturer, though its value has long been recognised from the excellence of Chinese products elaborated regardless of time1,138 words
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Page 15 Advertisements
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Advertisement335 1897-08-03 15 Sarsaparilla. Cleanse your blood with Ayer's Sarsaparilla the most thoroughly reliable alterative ever compounded. For scrofula, boils, ulcers, sores, carbuncles, pimples, blotches, and all disorders originating in vitiated blood, this medicine is a specific. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is equally beneficial as a remedy for catarrh, rheumatism, and rheumatic gout. As a335 words
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Miscellaneous777 1897-08-03 15 CLEARANCES. August 2. Bbnvent t, Brit, str., Sarchett, for Penang and London. Amherst, Brit, str., Rozells, for Khng and T. Anson. Hong Wan, Brit, str., Buxton, for Pakan, via ports. Singapore. Brit. str.. Main, for B .^kok Isabella, Brit, str., Hudson, for Muar. Hye Leong, Brit, str., Shepherd, for T.777 words
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Article126 1897-08-03 16 The New York Herald declares that Japan's reply to Mr. Secretary Sherman's note, replying to the original Japanese protest against the annexation of Hawaii, indicates an intention to wage a diplomatic war which may possibly go further in order to prevent annexation. It also indicates126 words
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Article324 1897-08-03 16 fc Assault on a Military Camp. Hilf tribesmen have made a night attack on the Vlalakhand Pass Camp, on the I Chitral ruiye. In the Jbourse of sharp fighting one officer wal killed and four wounded. The troops at Malakhand would appear to be headquarters, or detachments, of the324 words
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Article112 1897-08-03 16 The Peace Conditions. Difference between Russia ard Germany. Russia opposes Germany's proposals relative to the war indemnity. The German Ambassador at Constantinople has referred home to Berlin for instructions. Chitral. The Chitral rising is attaining serious dimensions. The Eastern Mail Contract. The House of Commons has approved112 words
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Article261 1897-08-03 16 FRENCH CRUISER IN COLLISION. A Dutch Steamer Injured. Loss of Life. 'Special to Singapore Free Press. j Batavia, July 30th. The K. N.P. M. steamer Sp eel man has arrived here with her plates stoved in on the starboard side, having been in collision with the French cruiser261 words
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Article236 1897-08-03 16 Renewed Fighting at Malakhand. A fresh attack was made on Malakhand on Tuesday and Wednesday, which was repulsed after hard fighting. The British loss was thirteen killed and forty-three wounded. Crete. The First Battalion of the Lancashire Regiment at Malta have been ordered to be in readiness to embark236 words
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Article66 1897-08-03 16 Treaty with Germany Denounced. Britain has denounced the Commercial treaty with the German Zollverein which has been in operation since 1865. The treaty therefore expires in a year's time. i This is in order to get rid of those clauses which hamper the trade policy of British66 words
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Article285 1897-08-03 16 The Treaties with Germany and Belgium. The commercial treaty between Britain and Belgium has also been denounced. Britain has proposed negotiations for a new treaty with Germany and Belgium. The denunciation of those treaties will result in a reduction of the Canadian tariff whereby British goods will285 words
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Article13 1897-08-03 16 Gloucester has beat Yorkshire by 140 runs. London, August 2nd, IX^7.13 words
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Article277 1897-08-03 16 m L ot Quotatiom. Capital Paid op Shares Pd. L»i» Hongkong Shanghai Bank. 183 prem. $10,000,000 $10,000,000 80,000 125 M yr National Bank of China *24 4500,000 4400,150 £«*s££ founders. 100 Sellers. 7, Bk. of China Japan, Ltd. $2* Nominal. J 42,000,000 1450.9* 109,87s £a.s.277 words
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Miscellaneous1248 1897-08-03 16 Men-of-Wai Flags and Tons Commanders Arrived From For, When Iphigeina Brit, cruiser 3600 Dudding Aug. 2 Batavia Station Plover Brit. g.b. 755 de Horsey July 28 Hongkong Station Other Vessels Flags Tons Masters Arrived From Consignees For, When Amy Turner Amer. bq., 901 Warland July 9 Hongkong Boustead New York1,248 words
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