The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 31 August 1897
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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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Title Section18 1897-08-31 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. \yEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY, AUGUST 31st, 1897. No, 52718 words
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Article257 1897-08-31 1 Britain's Attitude in the I ar East, 129 I*he Trouble in the Nortl West, 129 1 1 c Hostile Advance from Khyber, 130 Lord Salisbury and the Powers, 130 ihe Currency and the Chamber, 130 I'nt Government Note Issue, 130 More- Destroyers for Naval Stations, 130 II he Serangoon257 words
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Domestic Occurrences.
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Article17 1897-08-31 1 On the 29th instant, at Police Bharu, Singapore, the wife of Sergeant Beattie, of a daughter.17 words
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Article72 1897-08-31 1 On the 27th instant, at Holy Trinity Church, Tulse Hill, by the Rev. W. Woflenden, William Nuthall, of Kingston-on-Thames, to Lizzie, 3rd daughter of Charles Wishart, of Singapore. On July 31st, at St. Margaret's, Northam, North Devon, Charles Ernest Maitland Desboroigh, Malay Protected States Civil Service, eldest son of72 words
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Obituary49 1897-08-31 1 On July 23, at Taifletts, Perth, Scotland, Minnie Ellen Fillan, only child of Capt. C. C. Reid, 4th Sikhs, and his late wife, Hunter Macdonald Ballingal, 6 months. On the 23rd inst., Joseph Ignatius Pbstana, son of A. S. Pestana, aged 14. Penang and Bangkok papers please copy.49 words
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1044 1897-08-31 1 On the 20th of July, a little over a month ago, we endeavoured to fix public attention on what we considered to be a historical declaration of British policy by Mr. CURZON, in reference to the integrity of Korea and, inferentially, of1,044 words
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Article, Illustration28 1897-08-31 1 Here •hall the Press the People's right Maintain Lnawed by influence and unbribed by gam Here patriot Truth her glorious preeepti draw, Pledfed to Religion. Leyaltr. and Law.28 words
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Article416 1897-08-31 1 Peshawar, at the extreme north-west end of our Indian railway system, the military station from which that section of the mountainous north-west frontier of India is dominated, is at present the centre of an exciting and complicated situation, the whole series of hill tribes being416 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement81 1897-08-31 1 BENSON'S WATCHES. MANUFACTORY, LUDGATE HILL LONDON. MAKER TO H. M. THE QUEEN. Specially m amu actured and recom minded por usb 111 the East, Benson's Special strength ••FIELD" WATCH A Gold Keyless English Halp Chronometer £20 BENSON'S "LUDGATE" WATCH, A Three Quarter Plate English Lbvbe bull .ompensatbd, Silver, £s>ss Gold,81 words
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Advertisement111 1897-08-31 1 STRAITS CARRIAGE WORKS Co. Cavanagh Road, (opposite D Allan's Stables.) TTHE above Company are prepared to accept orders for Building, Repairing, Re-painting Carriages, &c. and guarantee good work. Prompt attention will be given to all orders^ which will be executed at a moderate charge. Orders are earnestly solicited. C. STEVENS,—111 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous366 1897-08-31 1 THE WEEK. The next mail from Europe is expected by the M. M. s S. Sydney on the 4th inst., with London advices to the 13th inst. She will be followed by the P. O. s.s. Mirsapore on the 13th prox., with the English mail of the 20th inst. This366 words
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Article125 1897-08-31 2 Lord Salisbury seems to have set himself right with the Powers over the question of the evacuation of Thessaly. Practically where he went \vrcag-~ was in producing his plaa by nalves. One part, the evacuation of Thessaly minus guarantee, was so badly received that these125 words
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768 1897-08-31 2 The Currency and the Chamber. (Aug. 26th) o\* the 19th inst. we mentioned that the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce would hold its adjourned meeting on Wednesday (yesterday) but remarked that uit would be a surprise to find them much k iorrarder. We then gave our reasons for the768 words
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440 1897-08-31 2 The Government Note Issue. (Aug. 27th.) The Bill providing for the issue of a Government Paper Currency was yesterday taken in Committee by the Legislative Council. The Council divided three times, on two occasions with the usual result of Officials versus Unofficials. The first division was for the purpose of440 words
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560 1897-08-31 2 There is an unobtrusive announcement made by the invariably well-informed naval correspondent of a London paper, that our mind, is strong evidence of the stead] forward naval policy of the present Govern ment in respect to the strengthening of British naval bases on stations abroad.560 words
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591 1897-08-31 2 The Hostile Advance from the Khyber. (Aug. 25th.) To-day we give a number of references to the situation on the North-West Frontier cf India including the fighting round the Malakhand Camp. This position is well within the hill country north of Peshawar, and is a sort of intermediate protection to591 words
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Article274 1897-08-31 3 IF Greece does not take heed to herself and do all that she can to assist other Powers to drag her out of the ditch by advancing the war indemnity for her, it will not be long before at least some of the Powers may say274 words
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Article371 1897-08-31 3 I HE boom in American wheat, in the light ol to-day's telegram, is but a part >l a gen-ral rise in the price of that grain due to a general estimated shortage n the world's supply. The Indian drought, ►we I by the Indian famine, along371 words
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Article169 1897-08-31 3 Apropos of Kinsley's refusal to pray for rain, kg od story is told by Professor Max Muller in mopolis. In the States we manage these ogs better," said an American friend of Kingsex s. A clergyman in a village on the frontier between two of our states169 words
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Article737 1897-08-31 3 It is reported in naval circles in Sydney that H.M.S. Gibraltar has been selected to succeed the Orlando as flagship on the Australian station. The result of the Education policy of the Government was to save §13,105 in 1896, as compared with 1895. The actual saving737 words
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Correspondence.
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Article608 1897-08-31 3 To tub Editor. Dear Sir, In your issue of the 20th inst, I notice that a meeting was held to discuss the present rate of Marine Engineer's wages, also the revision of the Shipping Laws of the Colony. Dealing with the pay, do they take into consideration608 words
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Article192 1897-08-31 3 The Siberian Government Herald points out that women are very much wanted at Vladivostock and Habarovsk. At the former town only 1 8 percent, of the population, and at the latter 27 per cent, are females a disproportion that wants rectifying. Ladies who are locally unappropriated blessings might,192 words
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Article79 1897-08-31 3 While two Europeans were conversing this forenoon on the pavement opposite the Chartered Bank, one of them had his pocket picked of bank notes of the value of $500 by a well dressed Chinaman. Some natives who stood by observed the operations of the pickpocket and called the gentlemen's attention79 words
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Article846 1897-08-31 3 I think it is high time something is done to rouse Netherland Indian Hotel keepers to a sense of their duty to the general public. The country is well worth visiting from a scenic point of view, to say nothing of such interesting subjects as the Bromo,846 words
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Article1242 1897-08-31 4 The Acting Mining Manager's Report for the four weeks ending 19th August, 1897:Mining. Raub Hole No. 2 Shaft 220 ft. level.— At the date of my last report we were cross -cutting east and west from the south end of the main drive with the object of cutting the1,242 words
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405 1897-08-31 4 This always welcome troupe opened last night at the Town Hall with Gilbert and Sullivan's Opera The Mikado.'' Of the long series of bright and tuneful works which these collaborators have given us, undoubtedly The Mikado is the favourite. The large audience which was present last405 words
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Article188 1897-08-31 4 Capt. H. C. Metcalfe of the Northamptonshire Regiment, for the last five years or so Assistant Commissioner Perak Sikhs and latterly Wing Commander in the Malay States Guides, leaves Perak finally to-morrow, ("apt. Metcalfe proceeds on leave on the expiration o( which he rejoins his regiment. He was188 words
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Article122 1897-08-31 4 It is stated that the Hongkong Bank is to open a branch at Chemulpo. An association football match was played on the Esplanade, last evening, between the S. C. C. and the Corporals of the Rifle Brigade, ending in a victory for the former by two goals to one. It122 words
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Article613 1897-08-31 4 (from our own Correspondent.} The Police Court was occupied during a great part of last week in hearing charges of cheating against Masahat bin Dris and his confederates. These were the people who pretended that they had power to produce money, and who induced a large number of Malays613 words
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Article212 1897-08-31 4 We understand that the son of Lt.-Col. and Brevet Col. Bogle, R.K., Lt. John Savile Bogle, late Suffolk Regiment, now Officiating Wing Officer, Corps of Guides, is by this t'me at the front with the Ouides in the neighbourhood of the Malakhand on the disturbed North West Frontier. Telok Anson212 words
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Article476 1897-08-31 4 The case of Sahud and Awa Bi, charged with the murder of one Mahomed Amin at Serangoon was continued yesterday before Mr. Elcum. Awa Bi was the wife of Amin. who wastabbed twice in the chest on the night of the 14th inst., in a compound476 words
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Article227 1897-08-31 4 The Opium steamer Catncnnc Apcar arrived from Calcutta early this morning. but as there was no berth available at Tanjong Pagar then, she steamed to the road-, where she cast anchor. She was. however taken alongside after 10 a.m. The S S Paknam was this morning towed to227 words
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Article107 1897-08-31 4 A government proclamation lias bc< I issued for the preservation of large gam< in British North Borneo Three classes of permits 'are constituted (i Elephants permit $75 $200 for each bull killed 1 wounded; $1,000 fine for each fernal< This covers also rhinoceros and wild cattl107 words
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Article789 1897-08-31 5 Superintendent Riccard has stopped the running of the Penang Switchback railway, since the fatal accident to Detective P. C. Mat Esah. A Colombo paper says v Mrs. Syers of Selangor, the widow of Captain Syers, who was recently killed at Pahang, visited Colombo on Sunday, on789 words
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Article63 1897-08-31 5 We (L. C. Express) are sorry to hear that the Dato Sri Amar d'Raja Abdul Rahman, c. M. c, &c, has been lying very seriously ill with pleurisy at the residence of his brother-in-law, Essex House, Willes-den-lane, N. W., for nearly four weeks. Although still confined to63 words
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Article130 1897-08-31 5 Le Mekong bewails the fact that the dry dock at Saigon is occupied, and likely to be so for some time, by naval vessels, and that the dock is not immediately available for the Francis Gamier, recently wrecked, nor for shipping in general so often as130 words
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Article117 1897-08-31 5 Last night a large audience again enjoyed the Juvenile production of The Mikado," which was given perhaps even better than on the opening night. Encores were frequent and the children played with a zest and apparent enjoyment that was good to see. The stage setting in117 words
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Article238 1897-08-31 5 M Have you seen the new tortoise'"' said Mr. C. Bartlett, meeting a representative of the Daily Graphic outside the elephant house on Wednesday evening. Mr. Bartlett was fondling a box of newly-arrived scorpions when I met him, and was evidently on his way to the238 words
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Article275 1897-08-31 5 (Via Csyion London, August 14 h. Prince Fr-ntis of Teck has been appointed to Sirdar Kitchener's staff in the Nile expedition. Major Malcolm Reade has been appointed British Consul-General at Bush ire. Surrey has beaten Esse, by ten wickets. The state funeral of the late benor Canovas took place275 words
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Article80 1897-08-31 5 The Borneo Tobacco Estates (Limited) has been registered with a capital of £30,000 in £1 shares. The object is to acquire the undertaking of the Borneo Tobacco Estates Syndicate, to adopt an agreement with T. A. Welton, and to plant and grow tobacco, tea, coffee, cinchona,80 words
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Article135 1897-08-31 5 The Cross of the Order of Leopold has been conferred on Pere D'Hondt, Pro Vicar Apostolic of Siam. The new chevalier, who is a native of West Flanders, made his ecclesiastical studies at the famous seminary in the Rue dv Bac, Paris, and has been for the135 words
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Article110 1897-08-31 5 The Mile Down to i m. 37} sec. Messrs. John Little Co., the local agents of the Rover Cycle Co., have received the following telegram from London. "J. Piatt Betts has made the following records Half mile flying start 47$ sec. Mile flying start 1 mm. 37^110 words
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188 1897-08-31 5 Two firms, members ot the Chamber, had brought under the notice of the Chamber the fact that short-reeled dyed cotton yarns were being offered in the Singapore market. The Yarn Sectional Committee had asked for sample bundles of the yarn in question, and had188 words
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Article342 1897-08-31 5 There seems to be no haste in despatching the great cruiser Powerful to the China station, as it is expected she will not be ready for at least two months. Her crew are to receive leave by watches; and as there is no hurry to send her out, the Admirait342 words
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Article48 1897-08-31 5 The O. S S. Co.'s G/aucus, which arrived this morning, made the passage from Liverpool to Singapore in under 26 days, her times being these, Liverpool to Port Said, 9 days 19 hours 50 mm. Suez to Singapore 15 days 12 hours 5 S mm.48 words
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Article61 1897-08-31 5 Yesterday, before Mr. Marriott, CKoo A Seng and Wang A Jit were fined §100 each on the prosecution of Mr. Newland. with the option of four month- hard labour, and Ang Seng was fined $25, with the option of three weeks' rigorous imprisonment for assisting in the61 words
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Article1009 1897-08-31 5 CHINESE REVOLUTIONARY DREAMS. Another Oli break Planned. Honolulu. (H. I.), June 20. The Chinese revolutionary society is again actively at work in this city. Organization has been perfected and there is no lack of money and influence. A large hall has been rented by the society, and meetings are held1,009 words
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Article2135 1897-08-31 6 Fighting on thi Northwest Frontier. Another Account. Allahabad, Aug. 10.— On Monday severe fighting took place near Shabkadar Fort, ending in the defeat of the Mohmands, who had crossed the frontier and burned the village of Shankargarh. It appears that Sunday's report regarding the retirement of2,135 words
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Article173 1897-08-31 6 The smokeless coal recently discovered at Amakusa, which is being mined by the Amakusa Colliery Company, is declared by a Japan vernacular paper to be not inferior in quality to English smokeless coal. The Amakusa coal is stated to have been appraised at Nagasaki as being worth from 80 yen173 words
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Correspondence.
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Letter289 1897-08-31 6 Sir, Your correspondent <;nn g nL te 0^ Alert" in his letter of yesterday nYS e^ at two very different questions the ri 1 c wages of Engineers-; and the present s» of the Shipping Laws. Your issue of tt. f^Sj aoth contains the report of the289 words
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514 1897-08-31 6 Inaugural Meeting. There was a good attendance last evening in the Warders' Recreation Room, Sepoy Lines, to open the new branch of work in Singapore. Afrer hymn (391) followed by special prayers and d short lesson from Rom. XIII.; the Chairman, the Yen-Archdeacon Perham, opened514 words
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Article42 1897-08-31 6 Five men, who were convicted of the murder of a Bhatia widow and her brother, were executed near Bombay at^he Oomiercarry Jail on the 12th. This is the first occasion on which so many persons have been hanged together at that Jail.42 words
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Article753 1897-08-31 6 I A remarkable evidence of the or colonisation during the later nJT* 1 f BfJt up of rheso^aHed "Crown Of Settlements in different parts of th. t0s *y. te »i'ufng but a small area of 12 d con te selves, yet having an extensiv T£L W fc and753 words
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Article138 1897-08-31 6 As compensation for the transfer ot Mr. Litton's services to the Chinese Legation the Government of the Straits net* d $3,244.23. The Japanese Government has interfered to stop the emigration ot Japanese cool" i to Brazil. The efforts ol Brazilian capitalists to obtain Asiatic labour have not been very successful138 words
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Article485 1897-08-31 7 Silver to-day reached its record ebb, one ounce of that metal being worth only 23 1 d. The dollar has not followed this fall so very closely, the rate still keeping at i s. 9|d. Lt. de Bury, R.A., proceeded yesterday by the Xeera to Klang,485 words
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Article65 1897-08-31 7 The Hon'ble J. P Joaquim at the meeting ol the Legislative Council this afternoon gave notice that at next meeting he would move that, in view of the depreciation of silver and the fall in the value of the dollar, this Council considers it reasonable that the fees65 words
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Article290 1897-08-31 7 The serious matter, to which the Pinang Gmsettt'i "Special Correspondent refers in his remarks on Saturday's racing at Taiping, is none other than a re-opening of the inquiry into the "in and out running ol Mr. \V. Sykes's l.o) ,i or' the Isles. Thi> horse ran in290 words
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Article992 1897-08-31 7 (From our Labuan Correspondent.) Labuan, 18th August. By cable from Yokohama yesterday came the news of Mr. Frank Maxwell's death, and to-day and for many days to come, for as yet we hardly realize our loss, Labuan will be in mourning. Mr. Maxwell left992 words
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Article117 1897-08-31 7 Hongkong has been written to from Singapore in reference to the approaching annual Inter-Colonial Rifle Match, the dates suggested being the period covered by the ist to the nth October, as including two Saturdays and two Sundays, which represent the maximum number of opportunities open to117 words
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Article243 1897-08-31 7 We understand that no compromise has yet been come to between the local shipowners and their engineers as to the advance in the rate of pay asked for. The present rate of pay is $175 for chief engineers, and proportionate rates for second and third. The Engineers assert243 words
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Article405 1897-08-31 7 According to the special telegram to the Singapore Free Press it will be seen that the S S. Cheang Hye Teng foundered on the ioth inst. in a typhoon off the China coast, and that four European officers and 21 ot the mixed crew405 words
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Article51 1897-08-31 7 The three Klings charged with throwing carbolic acid over one Kandasami, and thereby causing his death, were brought up on remand before Mr. Wolferstan to-day. An application was made for the accused to be admitted to bail but the Magistrate refused to entertain the application. The inquest is not yet51 words
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821 1897-08-31 7 Men come and go, but the Regiment lasts. Hence the ist Batt. of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own) held its annual Birthday Sports yesterday, August 25th, at Tanglin. The Regi<n« nt was born August 25th, 1800, and thu* celebrated its ninety-seventh biriliday, showing821 words
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Article1991 1897-08-31 8 (Wednesday, August 25th, 1897.) An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held this afternoon, Mr. W. Egerton presiding. There were also present Mr. W. Nanson, Hon'ble J. P. Joaquim, Mr. Meyer and Mr. Tan Cheng Tuan. Finance. The fortnightly financial statement showed the balances to amount to1,991 words
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Article265 1897-08-31 8 In connection with the extension of the water limits the Deputy-President asked the approval of the Board to a 6-in. main being laid from the end of the Tanglin water supply at the gates of the Barrack compound up to the corner of Orange Grove Road. That265 words
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Article302 1897-08-31 8 The O. S. S. Diomed, arrived from Japan and China yesterday, laden with general cargo and about 2,000 tons coal, which will be discharged here. There being no berth available, she anchored out in the roads^ but was this morning accommodated at Tanjong Pagar. The steamer Tantalus, of302 words
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Article94 1897-08-31 8 Corps Orders. Head Ouarter Office, Singapore, August 26th, 1897. 1. Orderly Officer for the ensuing week, Capt. W. G. St. Clair. Orderly Sergeant for the ensuing week Sergeant F. Nawton. 2. The following gentlemen having been duly elected are posted to Subdivisions as follows. r Gunner G.94 words
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Article91 1897-08-31 8 We are requested to call the attention of the Harbour Department to the fact that a very small local steamer arrived in port yesterday with a full deck cargo of bullocks, with deck cargo, and with about seventy passengers. The figures of the bullocks and passengers91 words
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Correspondence.
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Letter155 1897-08-31 8 fo the Editor. Sir,— After reading "On the Alerts" letter yesterday I came to the conclusion that we need look no further for an agitator. It would be interesting to learn what in his opinion would be a representative Commission. At first I thought he meant to155 words
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Article197 1897-08-31 8 The London correspondent of the *yp Telegraph writes To anilyse the ci.-cumst.v. which culminated in the triumph of June 22\.d must take into account the sentiment which, emanating from the few, has now come to permeate all, namely, the sentiment of Imperial unity; not only197 words
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Article286 1897-08-31 8 In the House of Commons on Thursday, laly 29, Sir George Baden -Powell asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies Whether, in view of the actual and prospective increase in trade between Canada and China and Japan on the one hand and between Canada286 words
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Article290 1897-08-31 8 This morning, Mr. Wolferstan, the newly appointed Acting Second Magistrate, too 1 the usual oath of his office as a Justice of the Peace and Magistrate before Mr We wonder whether the appended, from the Detroit Free Press, relates to the Mr C. E. Copeland. who was in Singapore as290 words
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Article65 1897-08-31 9 At a meeting of the S. C. C. Committee last evening it was decided to accept the invitation of Hongkong to send up a Straits team to play cricket with the Northern players. Negotiations are proceeding with the different Straits Clubs with a view to the formation of65 words
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Article120 1897-08-31 9 \?TI RE OF TWO OF THE GANG. News has reached Penang that the woman and jne ot the men who were concerned in the Pegu tragedy have been arrested by Chut Nyak, Rajah ofl Kert.e, and have been handed over to the Dutch authorities at Teluk Simawe.120 words
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Article251 1897-08-31 9 La-t night this clever little combination presented Audran's pretty Opera uLa Mascotte," and the popularity of the Company was testified to again by a nearly full house. The usual hitchless performance .va< gone through and thoroughly enjoyed by the audience, encores being frequent. Miss Elsie Norwood251 words
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Article111 1897-08-31 9 It s reported that the Kedah Opium Farm for the three years, 1888, 1889, 1900, has been leased :o the Penang Farmers' Syndicate at the rate of per annum. The increase to the Kedah revenue is, therefore, nearly 25 per cent. The Sultan is to be111 words
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Article158 1897-08-31 9 The Opium steamer Lightning, having left Hongkong on the 25th instant, should arrive here on the 31st idem. The Austrian war steamer Albatross, now in Java, is shortly expected here. The steamer Glenturret, we understand, brings a cargo of coals for the Borneo Co., Limited, from Otaru in158 words
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Article101 1897-08-31 9 (I'ia Cochin-China.) Fatal Explosion. Pans, August ioth.— There has been an explosion at the cartridge factory in Roustchouk 45 persons were killed and 60 injured. The Assassination ov Canovas. Paris, August nth.— The assassin of Senhor de ano vas, who has been arrested, is an Anarchist named Jose Manto.101 words
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Article694 1897-08-31 9 The addition to the Royal Artillery for Hongkong (said to be 400 men) appears to be expected there in about a month's time. The S.S. Flintshire now lying alongside Tanjong Pagar has brought out a lot of gunfittings, sections of palisades, &c, for our forts. The694 words
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Article70 1897-08-31 9 The case which we mentioned yesterday, of a local vessel arriving with seventy deck passengers, when she had, after deducting a full cargo of bullocks on deck, accommodation for a few only, has been taken up by the Harbour Department, and a summons has been applied70 words
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Letter1006 1897-08-31 9 To the Editor. Sir, Will you permit me space to answer the letter of your correspondent "On the Alert which appeared on the 24th inst., as regards the Wages Question and Engineers "On the Alert," starts with what he must know to be a misstatement. The wages of1,006 words
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381 1897-08-31 9 Yon Suppe's pretty opera Boccaccio* was the attraction offered by the Pollard troupe last night, and a very fair house responded. It is perhaps the most astonishing thing about these children that although they have in their repertoire now about twelve operas, they never, in381 words
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Article270 1897-08-31 9 Yesterday the adjourned case against Ho Khi, charged at the instance of Lee Leng Neo with criminal breach of trust as an agent in respect of property amounting to $1,995 belonging to the estate of Choa E. Poh, deceased, came on for hearing before Mr. Wolferstan.270 words
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Article50 1897-08-31 9 The Hongkong Daily Press reproduces our last reference to M Education by Fraud in the Straits and the letter of warning published by Mr. Yoxall, m.p. in the Schoolmaster, cautioning teachers against the official misrepresentations of the value of the dollar salaries made in advertisements for teachers for the Straits.50 words
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Article2520 1897-08-31 10 Thursday, August 26th, 1897. Present H. E. the Governor (Sir C. B. Mitchell, g.c.m.g.) the Officer Commanding the Troops (Lt.-Col. and Brevet-Col. Bogle, r e.) The Hon. the Acting Col. Secretary (C. W. S. Kynnersley.) M the Actg. Col. Treasurer (F. G. Penney.) n the Actg. Auditor-General (E.2,520 words
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Letter222 1897-08-31 10 Fo the Editor. Dear Sir, Kindly allow me through the medium ot your valuable paper to call public attention, and particularly that ot the authorities that be, to a flagrant piece of wrong-doing on the part of the Municipal dog-killer. This morning, shortly after g o'clock,222 words
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Letter378 1897-08-31 10 "The Savings Bank. SIR,— -By The Savings Bank Ordinance 1879" it was enacted that no document whatsoever (including a Power of Attorne\ required by the rules and regulations of the Bank should be charged with any stamp duty whatsoever. It may be presumed that the Officers of the Bank and378 words
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Letter211 1897-08-31 10 SIR, There is one feature of our Local Shipping Laws a feature fraught with greater danger than even tlie present supremacy of the chinchew, for tie danger referred to lias more ramification:than the authority exerted by a chinchew whose power to do mischiel is linked t<211 words
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Article3228 1897-08-31 11 (Mr. C. T. Gardner in China Review.) Inter* ourse Between China and Singapore in Former Years. Previous to the war between Great Britain and China in 1842, and probably before our taking possession of Singapore, there was a certain amount of intercourse between Amoy and3,228 words
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Article93 1897-08-31 11 LOW EXCHANGE AND JAPAN'S TRADE. It is," says the writer of the Commercial Notes in the Kobe Chronicle, worth pointing out that a big business was being done in cotton yarns with China, but now all Japanese produce for the China and Far Eastern markets generally has been handicapped by93 words
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211 1897-08-31 11 SIR GRÆME ELPHINSTONE ON THE PLANTING PROSPECTS OF PERAK. The following is a portion of a communication from Sir Graeme Elphinstone, Bart., to a Ceylon contemporary which has been published I little thought 34 years ago, when first up in Dimbula that at this time of my life I would211 words
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Article711 1897-08-31 11 We hear that Capt. dc Hamel, Asst. Supt. of Police, has sprained his foot and is on the sick list. An anonymous donor has offered a silver cup, valued $100, to be competed for between rifle teams of five Europeans from the different Federated Malay States.711 words
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Article1715 1897-08-31 12 John Dill Ross - John Dill Ross. By Singapore. The Capital of a Little Empire. XXII. In a Crown Colony the methods adopted of expressing public opinion and of giving it force are often unusual. Sometimes they are effective. In the Straits the local press does excellent service in putting1,715 words
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Article1177 1897-08-31 12 Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli. JUVINAL. We have been examining, with care and minuteness, the elaborate carvings on the handle, and the delicate traceries on the blade, of the knife with which Uncle Samuel has resolved to cut his venerable throat. In simple language,1,177 words
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Article131 1897-08-31 12 Singapore having suggeste I to Hong k^ ng and Shanghai dates at the beginning of October as possibly suitable tor th< annual rifle match between these placet, it is found that the period during which the match will have to be fired will be necessarily put131 words
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Article253 1897-08-31 12 Shipping Disaster. Loss oi 1.111. Adelaide, Aug. 2. The steamer ftWMMMU ,hi been totally wrecked while proceeding on a voyagf. from Auckland to Wellington, eleven person being drowned. The vessel struck a rock neal Table Cape, Ciisborne and Napier. The re -t 1 the passengers and crew were253 words
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Article105 1897-08-31 12 As the period for mixed residence appruacl ing. says the 'Japan Mail, some foreign merchan in Japan aie considering the feasibility of I blishing various factors in tin interior. Messn Samuel, Samuel x Co ol Yokohama, arill it said, establish a bi^ otto*i Spinning Mill, distant105 words
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Article395 1897-08-31 13 Fifth List of Subscribers. Amount Previously Acknowledged S/0,835.50. L;m hah IO Ana I tram Saiboo i 0 Hadjee Mah mood Bin Abdul Rahem Hadjee Abdul Karem Bin Hadjee Jamal 5 Hadjee Abdul Majid 5 Hadjee Mohamed Ahruf Bin Kunapee S. A. Banab.lla A.M. Abdul Rahman 5 C.395 words
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Article132 1897-08-31 13 I her Order ot the Governor in Council banishing Lim Teng Kwi from the Colony m October 2nd, 1893, nas Deen rescinded, subject to the bond entered into on his be' alt tor good behaviour. I he declaration under the Ordinance lor the acquisition of land for public132 words
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Article1485 1897-08-31 13 {from our gwn Correspondent.} A Chinaman at one of the gambling houses at Soerabaya presented three bank notes each of ten guilders. The keeper of the house having some suspicion about them, informed the police, who examined the notes and found them to be counterfeited. The man was arrested,1,485 words
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Article102 1897-08-31 13 There is a rumour in a Penang paper that the Macassar detention case has entered upon a new phase, and that Frank Valberg has been released. It is quite true, we learn, that the Netherlands Consul General at Singapore has, at the request of H. E. the102 words
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Article118 1897-08-31 13 The French army is in a state of great excitement. A battle is raging between the moustache and the form of beard known as the M Imperial." Two chief inspectors have decided thaf the latter, which was famous some thirty years age, when Napoleon 111. was still118 words
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Article84 1897-08-31 13 The M. M. steamer Haiphong, which is expected next week, will probably dock The Italian barque Fede was yesterday taken to the Borneo wharf to discharge over i, BOO tons Welsh coa! for Messrs. The steamer Ftey is expected from Hongkong, either on Thursday or Friday next, with84 words
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Article239 1897-08-31 13 The rainy weather last night doubtless prevented many who would have enjoyed "H.M. S. Pinafore" from going to the Town Hall, and there was only a small audience to witness the performance. The opera was capitally played, and what the house lacked in numbers it made239 words
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Article204 1897-08-31 13 The annual meeting ot the Fire Assurance Association was held, yesterday afternoon, at the Exchange, Mr. G. T. Batty presiding. The report and accounts were unanimously passed without discussion. It was resolved to accept the invitation of the Foreign Office Committee of London to become affiliated with204 words
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Article132 1897-08-31 13 Yesterday Mr. Lambert and a friend bagged six wild boar in Johore. This is undoubtedly a good day's sport. Pig shooting in Johore is only allowable with the special permission of H. H. the Sultan. Mr. Marchant having been invalided home, and having left on Saturday afternoon by the Java,132 words
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Article695 1897-08-31 14 Mrs. Howard Newton and child arrived from Bombay this morning by the P. 0. S. S. Ravenna. Mr. and Mrs. Gompertz are passenger to Hongkong by the Ravenna to-day. Mr. Gompertz has been transferred to the Hongkong Service. H. M. S. Plover, which has been on695 words
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Article794 1897-08-31 14 Singapore Wins Both Games. The following message, dated the 28th instant, has been received from Hongkong: "Yesterday's moves misconception. We resign both games." As this is the first Cable Chess match for Singapore, it has excited a good deal of interest amongst chess players, and some degree of794 words
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Article36 1897-08-31 14 There will be a paperchase on Wednesday next September ist, meeting at the Rumah Miskin Police Station at 5 p.m. The finish will be at Government House, where Lady Mitchell will be J 1 at Home."36 words
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Correspondence.
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124 1897-08-31 14 To the Editor* Dear Sir, Please allow me, through your columns, to thank my friends in the Straits Settlements for their very handsome present. Though I need nothing visible and tangible to remind me of Singapore, yet it is pleasing to have in124 words
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Article215 1897-08-31 14 To the Editor. Sir, I perceive that your Office Cat or something equally intelligent has got at the Copy of my article which you were so good as to print on Saturday last. The Indian Labour Commission to which I referred, is the one appointed by215 words
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Article275 1897-08-31 14 S.C.C. S.V.A. Played on Friday and Saturday and won by the Volunteers. Bowling for the Club J. G. Mactaggart took 7 wickets tor 8 runs. For the S.V.A. Gr. Parsons took 5 for 2 runs and Gr. Davis 5 for 8. When the S.V.A. were all out for 41275 words
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Article104 1897-08-31 14 A Social Evening was given at the Temperance Club, Hill-street, by the Military Good Templars, on Saturday, August 28th. The programme included a couple of glees, which were warmly received, songs For me," by Mr. Higginson being very funny) and recitations. To-day Mr. Newland intimated to the Second Magistrate, Mr.104 words
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Article164 1897-08-31 14 Rumour or Dr. Simoh's Appointment. From a press reference in a Ceylon paper it seems to be taken for granted there in some quarters there Dr. M. F Simon, the Principal Medical Officer of the Straits, has been appointed to succeed Sir Williams Kynsey164 words
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Article377 1897-08-31 14 The Champion Beats "Tom Kihd, The final round in this contest took place on the iSth of August and, ascore given below shows, resulted in another win for the local Champion Mr D. G. Rose, who was closely pressed by the local Tom Kidd, known v< well377 words
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240 1897-08-31 14 THE POLLARD LILLIPUTIAN OPERA CO. Notwithstanding the heavy rain on Saturday evening, the presentation by the Pollar J Co. of v Dorothy drew a crowded hou^ and the audience spent a most enjoyable evening. The Opera is one of the prettiest that the Company plays and the children know it240 words
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Article912 1897-08-31 15 The death is announced of Major Gen* eral Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois G.C MX C.8., formerly Governor of the Straits Settlements. Succeeding Sir Andrew Clarke in May, 1875, he held office until April, 1877, when Col. Anson became Governor, and it was during the912 words
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Article199 1897-08-31 15 Some six weeks it was rumoured that a Chinamann named Tay Guan Sievv, who had come from Saigon, was missing, and Ong Jiak Chuan, who was last seen in his company, was arrested by the Police in connection with his disappearance. He wa«. dismissed before the Magistrate,199 words
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Article393 1897-08-31 15 There is as yet no development of the deadlock between the local marine engineers employed by the Straits Steamship Co., Messrs. Wee Bin and Tan Kirn Tian. It will be remembered that the Engineers ask for their pay to be raised to $220, $150, and393 words
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108 1897-08-31 15 The Secretary ot the Chamber of Commerce communicates the following statement to the Singapore Free Press The Singapore Chamber of Commerce on August 13th, addressed the Straits Government, giving covei to an appeal and recommendation from Commanders of a number of home-going108 words
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Article105 1897-08-31 15 In connection with the proposi d cricket match between Hon; k» g and Sing .pure, Hongkong has wired >uggesti;ig the Bth to the 13th Navemb r as suitable dates. It is just possible, ho*, ver, that there may be some little dihV ulty in securing a steamer to fit in105 words
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Article264 1897-08-31 15 The hearing of the action Francis Paul v Emile Sauvique was concluded this morning before Mr. Justice Leach. In this case the plaintiff, the proprietor of Maison Paul, sought damages for breach of contract and asked for an injunction restraining the defendant from working as a hairdresser264 words
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Article75 1897-08-31 15 (Corrected up to August 30.) On London. Bank 4 m/s 1/9- 1 5/1 demand 1/9-13/16 Private credits 3 m/s 1/10-3/16 documents 3 m/s i/ioi credits 6 m/s 1/10-5/1G On India. Bank demand 137^ On Hongkong. Bank demand prem. On Yokohama. Bank demand 5% prem. On Java. Bank demand 10675 words
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Article93 1897-08-31 15 Tin.... $39-2;^ Gambier 7. do. Cube No. 1 9.25 Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) 18.50 do. White, (Fair L/W=s% 23. Nutmegs 1 10s to the lb.) 78. Mace (Banda) 75. Cloves (Amboina) 17.50 Liberian Coffee 23.50 Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) 3.75 do. do flake (do. do.) 3.90 do. medium93 words
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Advertisement325 1897-08-31 15 L Beautiful eyes grow dull and dim As the swift years steal away. Beautiful, willowy- forms so slim I.ose fairness with every day. But she still is queeu aud hath charms to spare Who wears youth's coroual— beautiful hair. Ayer's Hair Vigor will preserve your hair, and thus preserve your325 words
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Miscellaneous654 1897-08-31 15 C LE ARAN CES. August JO, Isabella, Brit, str., Hudson, for Muar. Hong Wan, Brit, sir., Buxton, for Malacca. Charon. Brit, str., Payne, for Bangkok Giang Seng, Brit, str., Follett, for Saigon. Hye Leong, Brit, str., Shepherd, for T. Anson. via ports. Amherst, Brit, str., Rozells, for X! v I654 words
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Article324 1897-08-31 16 The Rising on the North West Frontier. Two Forts near Peshawur Attacked. The Afridis attacked Forts Ali Musjid and Maude yesterday. General Rising of Hill Tribes. The fear has been officially expressed that all the tribes have risen. The Ameer Disclaims Complicity. The Ameer denies all responsibility with324 words
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Article301 1897-08-31 16 Quotation. Capital Paid up Share. Pd. r>.. Hong ong Shanghai Bank. 189 govern. $i 0,000,000 $10,000,000 80,000 125 £1.5* National Bank of China $22.50 £500,000 £400, 150 5 2O,'q«b £b Pounders. $20 (750 Ii Bk.of China Japan, Ltd. $2* Nominal. (£2,000,000 £450,968 190,875 £2.5. Deferred.301 words
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Article123 1897-08-31 16 LOSS OF A PENANG STEAMER Founders off China Coast in a Typhoon. The Captain Shoots Himself. Twenty-five Lives Lost. Eleven Survivors Reach Ningpo. Four Days in an Open Boat. (Special to Singapore Free Press.) Hongkong, 25th Aug. 6-30 p.m. Mr. Collins, the third engineer of the Penang steamer123 words
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Article156 1897-08-31 16 The Hill Tribe Rising. Ali Masjid Captured. The Afridis have captured and burned Kruger Disowns British Suzerainty. President Kruger, speaking in the Volksraad, declared that BnJsh suzerainty [over the Transvaal] had ceased to exist. But the Transvaal was desirous of upholding the Convention in its entirety and of preserving friendly156 words
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Advertisement596 1897-08-31 16 A Conference. The Tsar yesterday held a conference of an hour's duration with President Faure and Count Mouravieff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Transvaal. Kruger's Declaration. The public press in England accept President Kruger's statement calmly. While he maintains the Convention there is no need to quarrel about596 words
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Miscellaneous1191 1897-08-31 16 Men-of-Wai Flags and Tons Commanders Arrived From For, When Iphigenia Brit, cruiser 3600 Dudding Aug. 2 Batavia Dindings, Set Mataram Dut. gun boat 531 Backer Aug. 13 Acheen Dock Other Vessels Flags Tons Masters Arrived From Consignees For, When Adolph Obrig Amer. bq., i4ooAmstrong Aug. 10 Coha Bay Boustead New1,191 words
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