The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 2 March 1899

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    19 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. FHIRD SERIES. THURSDAY, MARCH 2nd. L 899, No. 605
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    EXCHANGE.
    77 1 Corrected up ro March i.) On London. Hank 4 m/s l l ll i demand i/ii[,' Private credits 3 m/s -/°iV documents 3 m/s 2/0 J credits 6 m/s 2/0 France, demand 248 Germany, demand INDIA, T. T 1474 Hongkong, demand h% dis YOKOHAMA, demand 5% pm. l ava,
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      BIRTH.
      21 1 A' i J rt Dickson, Sungei LJjong, on the 10th instant, the wife of Ci»lin Lbstbr Mxthpsos, of a son.
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    • Obituary
      DEATH
      22 1 \t Vienna, on Feb. 2^h, WILLIAM ROWLAND, *atlicr oi \V. R. Kowland, Berhentian Tinggi, Negri Sembilan. A^<l r o. By Telegram.
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    French Intrigue At Muscat. (Feb. 23rd.)
    449 1 th« Presa lh« I'cc pie'* right maintain, and unbribcJ by gain; i !crt patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, vt-i to Religioni Loya'.ty, and I. aw. It does not say much for the prudence ot the French Consular agent at Muscat 1 that he
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    The Situation At Man La (Feb. 24th.)
    518 1 We received quite a string of special telegrams last night referring to a serious state of affairs within Manila itself. Many Filipinos, on an understanding with their fellow-countrymen in the city most likely, had penetrated through the chain of American sentries, picquets, and
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    Our Telegrams.
    152 1 The public will note the formidable, not to say expensive, array of special telegrams contained in to-day's issue of the Singapore Free Press. These, as inspection will show, are from various sources, and these, as evidently must be the case, exhibit variations of impression resulting from diverse sources
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      324 1 CONTENTS c at Muscat, i2<» Manila, I2<i 129 130 nation, 130 il Forced Vot< IJo I-'., ihc Governor, 130 naw Impeaches the Secretary 'of State, Mo oner's Court, Perak, 1 Vj I ess-B *rd, 131 R G 1 oy. v. R V. Ijl v. S.CA 141 134,140 1 vb 1<
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    • Advertisement
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      200 1 Mssrs. G. R. LAMBERT Co Having added considerably to their already large collection of Singapore Views and Types are now offering them with New Japanese other Albums ALSO Views of Bangkok, Native States &c. A large collection of New Photogravures From Messrs. MARION Co., with special cheap rates for framing.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      301 1 THE WEEK. The mails in since our last i>sue were by the I*. and O. Chusan (London, Feb. 7th) and N. 1). LI. Bayern (London, Feb. o.th). rhe next is due by the French mail Yarra, due on Tuesday next. This homeward mail is taken by the Tonkin. The chief
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    Small-Pox At Rangoon. (Feb. 25th.)
    419 2 Rangoon is suffering from small-pox on a pretty larg'- scale, the chief blame for the imported disease lying on the thousands of Indian coolies from the Madras coast who arrive there yearly between November and February. In the small-pox hospital there are a hundred cases,
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    Open Letter To H. E. the Governor. (Feb. 28th.)
    937 2 Voir Excellency, Although in essence the vote for the Defence Contribution takes place in Legislative Council under conditions simulating a f^ee expression of the members and the unfettered exercise of the full authority referred to in Art. IX. of the Letters
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    Mr. Burkinshaw Impeaches the Secretary of State. (March 1st )
    723 2 Mr. Burkinshaw Impeaches the Secretary of State. (March 1st The chief feature of interest in clay's debate on the consolidated I) Contribution" Bill was Mr. Bi KINSHA> somewhat belated but distinctly ingeni effort to show that ihe Act of Parliam constituting the Colony of the St.ait* Settlement, a* a dependency
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    Defiance Of Vaccination.
    287 2 The Rangoon Gazette says I view of the unusual number of cases of small. pox at the present lime, the Vaccination Depot if) Soolay Pagoda Koad was crowded on Monday by persons of different nationalities who went there to be vaccinated." Now if these ignorant Asiatics were
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    "Full Power" and Forced Votes. (Feb. 27th.
    883 2 "Full Power" and Forced Votes. (Feb. 27th. MR. Bt'RKINSHAW has given notice that at the next meeting of Legislative Council. to-morrow, he will ask the following questions I. *At the time when He, Majesty, liners under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom bearing date the 30th of December. 1891.
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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23,1899
    280 3 soldiers tor Macau, on se troop-ship Afru 0. in h lights in connection M re run during last ight trial. littin Rooms is to I)C floated ompanv. with a capiM hed from Singapore to via Brindisi, on the 27th January on the Joth instant. tward Spanish transport
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  • OVER THE CHESS-BOARD.
    • Article, Illustration
      Problem No. 122.
      22 3 By B. (i. Laws, London. Black (2 piece-). White (5 pieces White to play and mate in three moves
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      Problem No. 123.
      31 3 By the Rev. J. JBSPBRSBN, Denmark. First Prx t Bright s t y Tournament.) Hl.ick pieci While l I piece- White lo play and mate in l\vo moves.
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      Game No. 125.
      197 3 The following beautiful j^ame wa<i played after .venthal published Morphy's collection. It is certainly .> magnificent specimen of the great player's style, and wj believe it 1- been recently published in Max Lange's collection ot Morphy's games, "Sein Leben and Schaffen (a) This is ihe only uame
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      End-Game No. 8.
      32 3 finish of Mr. LaSK.BR'B at Cheltenham recently Ulack 7 Forbes- Robertson). White (E. Lasker) to move. 1. RxPch' 1. PxR 2. (J-R7 ch 1 2. RxO H< R mate.
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      LHESS NOtes.
      485 3 LHESS NOtes A cable announces that Mr. < It-land, of Oamaru, lias won the championship oi New Zealand. Mr. Steinitz has started an office in New York, where he proposes giving le-sons in the higher developments of hess. A proposal is «»aid to be on foot for Mr. Pillsbury to
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    DEATH OF TUNKU OMAR.
    98 3 The Controlleur of Melabach reports as follows Lieutenant Verbrugh arranged an ambuscade for Tunkll Omar by hiding himself and a troop of Dutch forces at Kedpang Kala, and Omar fell into the trip and was killed. The chief's remains were removed to Passir Magoh where his
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    NOTES FROM THE NORTH
    669 3 It is not often we have anything really sensational in Tientsin, but the Community has been much disturbed this week by the terrible sviicide of a lady, who, acting under s, me inexplicable frenzy, cut herihroat on Wednesday evening. The unfortunate woman was known to be
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    DEATH OF PRESIDENT FAURE.
    84 3 The Consul for France informs us {Hongkong Daily Press) thftt he lias received a Havas wire conveying the sad news that Faure died of apoplexy on Thursday. He was in his study at 6p m. when, •cling ill, he called his A DC, M. Le Gall,
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    SELANGOR NOTES.
    157 3 The Assistant District OfhYer at Tanjong Malim (Mr. T. W. Rowley) says that the Messrs. Tait continue to turn out excellent ore fmm their lode at Sungei S dak. We regret to hear that Mrs. Joaquim is stilt very ill. A trained nurse has arrived from Singapore to
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      557 3 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. SINGAPORE MADE POUDRETTE. 'TMIK Municipal Commissioners invite offers for this valuable manure, now being manufacured at their works at Tanjong Pagar Reclamation. The attention ol planters ar.d others is directed o the following analysis of, and extracts from report on, a sample recently submitted to Professor James Heiidrick,
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    VACCINATION AND SMALL-POX.
    3765 4 The following important letter, from the pen of Dr. Garrett Anderson, the famous lady physician of London, is taken from the 'limes of January loth. If, as quite well may be the case, we are on the verge of a final] pox epidemic in Singapore, the facts
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    THE SITUATION ROUND MANILA
    261 4 1 hat it is not going to be quite a \> for the American troops may be seen b> these references, subjoined, to the l<v outpost fighting Without the artillery the taking of ak) would have been a most serious problem, for th« Filipinos were strongly
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    AN OFFICER'S SUICIDE.
    85 4 On the evening of the 6th inst. I i Vealc Byland committed d< the Poor Hotel by ihooting himself through the templi a revolver. He formerly belonged to tin Madras Infantry, but was employed as D. G., Karachi. He had been suffering from and came to Poona
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    FRENCH INTRIGUES AT MUSCAT.
    1153 5 kg Statiom Promisid. \\(,l O-I RF.N( H A«iREKMENT. H 1 >' w Russian Consul. i C i n tpofuUnt.J l\ 7. Pof >me weeks rumours ll c town t!i :t his Highness the U rms with the British Si imoui .'ill point to one conicting against
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    S.V.A.
    58 5 ll may be of interest to mention thai the Singapore Volunteer Artillery is just over i i years old, the proclamation embodying the Corps having been made on the Jist February 18S. It is believed that, in addition to the present actual strength, over 250 men have passed through
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    FOOTBALL.
    348 5 A military correspondent writes A football match between U G" Company The King's Own Regt. and 35 Coy. R.A. was played at Tanglin on Thursday evening. The game wis very one sided, resulting in an ea-y win for (j Coy. by six goals to nil. I his is the
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    MOBILIZATIN.
    115 5 Hi! Bill, there's the bloomin' "assembly" I'm blowed it th .t don't take the cake A soundin" at this time o' morning, Why we're in a on ible state But '-till it's obey the last order, Least that's what l\e always be^n taught, So here's oft to pack up
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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1899.
    680 5 On March ist, the 12 Co. R.A., S.D., will change with ihe 35 Co. from Fort Canning to Blakan Mati. As there is a suitable tide on Sunday morning a launch will leave Johnston's Pier at q a.m. for the Swimming Club. It is notified that
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    THE BATTLE AT MANILA.
    1001 5 We quote these observations from an American journal at Manila entitled Freedom. We do not propose to offer any comment whatsoever, save to remark that as the Filipino troops had aln*ady deposed unaided of Spanish power throughout the archipelago and had hemnv d the remnant into
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    THE CAPTURE OF ILO-ILO.
    1118 6 Evacuation by the Filipinos. Full Details. A Diary of Events. (Special to Singapore Free Press.) 110-ilo, r ith Feb. 1899. Ihe s -v Butumn arrived this morning, and shortly afterwards General Miller advised the Consuls that he? was sending an ultimatum to the Filipino forces, giving
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    PINEAPPLE FIBRE.
    139 6 lleie is surely a chance of doing something practical towards creating a local industry for Singapore 'There will shortly arrive in England from Assam a trial shipment of a new fibre for l- xtilv- purposes. The rough outer covering ot the pineapple is the raw material from which
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    POLO.
    445 6 rhere was again a very good turn out ot Polo Players yesterday afternoon, enough to play four "chulckas." Amongst them we noticed Colonel Pennefalher Captains Duff, Lawrie, Pat on, White, Marker, Messrs. Jackson, Symes, Molony, Wise, atto. Maxwell and Several other's. »c play shewed an improvement on what We
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    LATER THAN THE MAIL.
    1216 6 (Vim Australia. j M. Dupuy, the French Premier, proposes to refer the revision of the Dreyfus trial to the entire Court of Cassation, asserting that the report of M. Mazeau, Public Prosecutor, on the charges made by M. Beaurepaire shows that it would be unwise to
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    THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
    718 6 (Prom Far West American Journ {Star, San Francisco.) Liberty or Empire-. Which Give the Filipinos their freedom and pr( their molestation by foreign Rovern* Wm. Jennings Bryan. That is precisely lion that is the position of the Decla v dependence; any other posiUon is not onl democratic,
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    SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25,1899.
    595 7 r Collar body in S.ngapore of winch v spencer Pratt, U. S. Consul Genera! V doyen !>' ve decided to Bive8 ive that on the 4 th March a farewell dinhis retirement from office. I his I *ill, we (eel tore, be much A Mr Pratt, who
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1749 7 Quicquid agunt homines nostn est farrago libelli. Juvenal. The latest French papers to hand show a very marked change of tone towards England, a change in the direction of a return to common-sense. To this no Frenchman has contributed more than M. Cambon, ambassador to the
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    179 7 It is staled that Captain Henry Glass, of Manila, is likely to be selected a, Governor of the naval training station on Goat bland. He was detached from the Charlatan for duty at the port of Manila, having a severe attack of rheumatism and a complication of troubles
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    70 7 A Chinaman who le. off k the .treet last night has been fined i »10. Crackers were allowed lo be fired, but not lire-works. lame- Clark, the notorious Eurasian who disappeared with a bicycle yesterday, uLd update last night, alter an exhaustive trial ol the borrowed machine, wth both tires
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    WHY ENGLAND IS WARLIKE.
    1284 8 'By M. Krnest JUDIT, in L'/ndependance Tonkinoise.) A sense of dignity forbids us from making recriminations, otherwise superfluous which would overwhelm a Cabinet born but yesterday, under the cruel responsibilities of foreign policy. What is the good of seeking, in the hour of national crisis, a
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    MALACCA.
    81 8 tFromourawn Co r respond hi. broke., i nll ailli )b^ '"":::;:*;;l,r;:j;:,:;;"- various articles of clothing a an<l ISSIfi Ins houM>, but died nf kS« k ack to some Dine or ten m.les away" ne y and then ma(] H ua^ b m"the names of one of th, vas b
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    62 8 VVe learn that Ibrahim Amh, .1 "I Arabi Pasha, who has beefon I .eaves ,or ffi was Ks. 22 7< o no 1 i t ackle In wins also shows the T, r il>t l r 5 8 tin 8 table former gave the better "LuitJ on «O0s; and the
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    Correspondence.
    280 8 The Tale Unfolded! Sir, I was a passenger from n the other day on my U t o states on private bu«in< During the few hours SDe apore I went round the low,, Mthings looked; I came acrow n Straits-born Chinese on I, riders they are, and many European
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    An Empire Day.
    60 8 1 1 HI f'.l) I I OR. shfuTd'^l' U V bCeU t su «K esle d that a Day SSL 5x E. X&^V*? why should not Britannia have her E, v S S'^^rd of April, the Bin oaj and Deathday „i Shakespeare ".5 ::i'.':;,':;' „;":ii i 'V"-"-
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    ELECTRIC LIGHT FOR CALCUTTA
    85 8 huKKdh Cemr;<l Ma <" running „,d •'.>. v -cc tut ,1 < ih« iliiK tl«, v l tlle electric i •he draught* J»i'^ ,pp»r«lt h overcome a sitnoli l io "»»P«el »"g«« of .blades ofT", r Cl possible, by ci<> nn kl?, llw makinu buTton, ,o
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    MONDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1899.
    517 9 R issian transport Kiev, with a nums from for X'ladivostock, i n W ednesday. Choon of Lahat, Kinta, has applied iit for his patent Endless Chain I id There may be a foo choon r Lewis Hare Clayton was this morn- jn as a magistrate and
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    GAZETTE NOTIF ICATIONS.
    93 9 Mr. A. \V. Bailey has been appointed second assistant protector of Chinese at Penang. Mr. E. L. Brockman has returned from leave and has been appointed acting first magistrate, Singapore. Mr. L. H. CUyton is also appointed a magistrate, Singapore. Mr. 11. Marriott, cadet, has parsed his
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    H. M. S. "BRISK."
    607 9 H. M. S Brisk, Commander R. S. Wrcy, the Archer's relief, arrived here this morning from IMy mouth about 10-20. The Btisk is a third-class cruiser of 1,770 tons. She was built in 18S6 at Glasgow at a cost oi £87,583, her dimensions being length 225
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  • Correspondence.
    • Letter
      Sporting Reports.
      337 9 fo the Editor. Dear Sir, I should like to correct a mistake made by your military correspo; dent in his report of the Football matn between 35 Company R. A. and G Company King's Own. Your correspondent states that after l( G Co. had scored six goals, that
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    THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
    507 9 m Thi Sm retain Passes through Singapore. Amongst the passengers by the outward bound I*. <S: O. mail steamer Chusan is Mr. IK. MacArtliur, Secretary of the United States Commission to Manila. AhlMu^h logically and chronologically the Commission to the Philippines may be considered very properly from
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    17 9 The s. s. Anapa of Liverpool passed through from West to East at 5 o'clock yesterday evening.
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    NAVAL AND MILITARY.
    749 9 The Edgar, homeward bound, arrived at Sue/: on 28th inst. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty (apta n J. H. liurke, to Orlando, to dale Feb. 16 Commander E. F. B. < harlton, to the Orlando, to date Feb. 16. < hief Engineer G.
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    L. L. T. C. DANCE.
    50 9 Tickets for the Ladies Lawn Tennis Club Dance can be had through Members ot Committee or the Hon. Secretary Mr. L. R. Bretnner, Chartered Bank, at $5 for a gentleman or a married couple and §7 for a family ticket, to include only one gentlemen.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    125 9 The competition tor a gold medal presented by the Club for the winners of last year's monthly medal handicaps was played on Saturday afternoon. (Jut of the twelve entitled to play, nine went round, ihe winning score being very poor. And the players complained of the ground
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    Championship.
    33 9 SIMI-FIKAL. A Gunn plays H. Vade. A. \V. Stiven \)r. Fowlie. i o be finished by Friday 3rd March. Saturday, 4th March. Monthly Medal Handicap. Tuesday, 7th March. Indies Monthly Medal Handicap.
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    40 9 The Pinang Gazette thinks that th< Defence Contribution Bill ought to be considered treated as a ridiculous piece ot legislation unless it contains in. black and while the .rovernment's promise to repay the Colony the excessive overcharge for past construction.
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    THE LATE BARON REUTER.
    581 10 Harnn Paul Julius Reuter was born at Cassei, in 1818. He was connected with the Electric telegraph system from its earliest establishment. Ihe practical working of the telegraph, in 1840, between Aix-la Chapelle and Berlin— the first section open to the public— convinced him that a
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    319 10 The Portuguese transport Africa left yesterday morning for Macao, and the Spanish transport Aliemnte left in the afternoon for Manila The subscribers to the Sungei Ui OB Oiamond Jubilee Fund have revived \l Cl_h& ,k ,e Nt g Se »'b'l^n Criclce Clob for .he construction of a new pavilion Ipo^Perlk'^K!-
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    HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
    698 10 Halj-Yeari.y General Meeting. At the ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation which was held on the 1 8th at Hongkong, Hon. J. J. Bell-Irving, who presided. said-Gentlemen on the last occasion when we had the pleasure of meeting y OU here,
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    DAGMAR COMEDY COMPANY.
    444 10 This Company opened very successfully JO the Toun Hall on Saturday evening, and, judging from the crowded house and enthusiastic audience, the result must have bee,, as successful financially as it was in Other respects. Fortunate in the time of an V 5, i S a P°/
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    CRICKET.
    49 10 Th M 2n d X S CC maUh Lar d conand A ril h< played in Marc!l Mar. 4 th -v. K. A. on S. C. erf und Rrnund." VSergCan sKORon S C. Mar. IBth.-V. R. K. at I'ulau Bran,. Ap. 29 ,h._ v Corporals K. O. Tanglin.
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    46 10 sereroban prison. X The outward bound P. &O. mail steamer CW. arrived V; ,-,e,day about 2 „m and '-it for China ai 8 a.m. this morning. j Vxt Saturday the Ne*ri Sembilaa Ker.R Hul.batk, so tl.at presumably the Utter ba. recovered from l,i s broken collar
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    CRICKET.
    339 10 S. C. C. 2nd XI. r NIST XXII I This match played on the EspUJ Frulay and Saturday, resulted in I v.ctory for the XXH The score" I A. Morrison b Benjafield R. Allen b Benjafield II L. Dunman b Hannaford I I van Cuylenberg c and b Hannaford
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    PRESBYTERIAN UNION.
    156 10 A friend in Edinburgh writes:—"] siastically v^e are in the thick of the Union Controversy. The Frees and l\ P.' s almost certainly unite; and I hope ll will be a step to a broader I'nion. Thou the hole and corner men of the three bod are making
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    STRAITS RICE TRADE WITH BURMA
    104 10 STRAITS RICE TRADE WITH BURMA I I he s. s. Chilka on her lasi trip took a I in ofnee to the Straits, says the Tim She was half loaded at Rangoon and then M to Moulmein for the remaining half. 1 trad- between Moulir.ein and the Straits app« v
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    THE RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET AND THEIR EASTERN AGENCIES
    142 10 Mr. Palmgren to go ro Sivgj .Mr. R Pa| mßren| (lv oca n( Kussian Volunteer Fleet, r< rth apore to lake over the agency at th H p bus»ness at the agency there is lar# Colombo, as all the Russian V r
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    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1899.
    590 11 Pu r< Burkinshaw in Council this afternoon made an interesting and striking eech contending that much of thedealings w ith the Colonial Revenues of recent years 1 by the Act of Parliament, fl< r Majcst) 's Orders in Council, or by mpanying Letters Patent Her M
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    A HOSPITAL SHIP.
    644 11 Lying alongside Tanjong Pagar Wharf there is at present a ship which presents features which are unique in history. And the leaders in this effort are the Japanese, who, if they have but recently begun to vie with European nations in the arts that accompany civilisation, have
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    DAGMAR COMEDY CO.
    179 11 Last night the Dagmar Comedy Co again performed before a crowded house, who thoroughly enjoyed the excellent programme provided. Cut off with a Shilling, a comedietta in one act, put the audience in a good humour at the start, and the variety items which followed were no
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    JUDICIAL COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN PERAK.
    1681 11 JUDICIAL COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN PERAK. A civil and criminal sessions of the above court was opened at Ipoh on tl r. 14th February before Mr. Lawrence Jac!« son, o C. The list consisted of three charges of murder; one criminal appeal against a decision of the Senior Magistrate (Mr. Berrington);
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    29 11 The German cruiser Arcana came in from Hongkong yesterday afternoon, homeward bound, and went to the wharf after saluting the port. She leaves for Kiel via Colombo to-mor row.
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    BRITISH WORK IN SIAM.
    2160 12 Mr. Mitchell-Innes, Financial Adviser to the King of Siam, has relinquished his office, and is proceeding to Egypt to take up his post there. Henceforth the duties of Financial Adviser will be undertaken by Mr. Rivett-Carnac, AccountantGeneral of liurmr.h, who has been lent by Burmah and
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    A PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMME.
    138 12 11 Our old friend, (says the Editor ot the Ceylon Observer) Dato Meldrum of Johore, alihough etired from active service, keeps his interest in all good and progressive work, as fresh as ever. He sends, for instance, by last mail the following sketch for our editorial guidance
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    POLO.
    334 12 The Polo Club was At Home yesterday to its friends, and those who availed themselves of the hospitality tea and refreshments on the Lawn also witnessed some much improved Chukkers,' the play being faster and more exciting than we have hitherto seen. There was a fair number of spectators,
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    A MYSTERIOTS MURDER.
    258 12 A MYSTE RIOTS MURDER. The steamer Kwonghoi (Captain Mackenzie;, which arrived in Manila on the 12th ins!, from Calbayog, in the Island of Samai, reports the disappearance of the chief officer under peculiar circumstances. He was invited ashore to a native fiesta from which he returned later in the evening
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  • Correspondence.
    • Letter
      Lost Dogs.
      122 12 To thk Editor. Dear Sir, About two weeks advertised in your paper that I a fox terrier pup, Municipal 0 and I have not heard anything ol 4 There have also been other advert of dogs lost. Now, I take it, that these do their Municipal Xos. on
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      Chinese Reform.
      262 12 To TRI BdITOB. SiR,-Thc tale V. S. Luk ha. unfolded was too irue, and quite reasonable I suu pose Dr. Lin Boon Keng is in no dread o being called a Christian. Sunn- seem i think that Christianity is a thing t 0 b, abhorred, but they forget
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    POISONING CASE AT HONGKONG
    219 12 Ai the Supreme Court, in Criminal Sessions before Mr. Justice Wise, Puisne Judge, Tong lin a cook, recently in ihe employment of Mrs. ner, Beryl, 1 Kowloon, was charged in an in ment o( fifteen counts with administering a m drug to five servants. Prisoner pleaded
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    SANDAKAN NOTES.
    122 12 S.S. Labuan has returned from "rescue" trip, and has again been cessful. It is reported that Capt. Pfort, ol tin Labuan, has hoisted th<- British flag at Port Royalist. 11. E. Governor Beaufort i> expected ir Sandakan per Sabah boat in a U w and wiil leave, after
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    59 12 The French steamer Ri\ A ..,<.. Spanish troops for Barcel >na, Icfl M on Saturday and should arrive I: Thursday next. fhc steamers a' Patricio de Sat*ustegui x Buenos 1 A/ecante, /s/a de Luzon, Dresden, Cad It., Leon XIII and A XIII, art- to take from Manila for I» a
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    THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.
    92 13 THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK. ling to the splendid position in which eat banking institution stands at prena M^:i remarks The fact Fund now equals the capithe announcement as to safe investment of that il treatment of the Bank boi us, and the gratifying Chief Manager (Mr. T. d to
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    PINE-APPLE FIBRE.
    28 13 I note thr\t at least one g a pore lias been moved ries n spc( ting our reference of introducing pine-apple r< here < n a commercial
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    41 13 It the play for the monthly a t tl Sepoy Lines, played on Saturt was as follows VV.O. F 4i *47 5 8 > 50 -X**"! 1 -87 W. Hooper 54 +45 12^-87 J. H.D.Jones 47 +.5- B^=9o
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    THE KING'S VISIT TO WESTERN SIAMESE MALAYA.
    41 13 i- xpected lo vimi Renong at current month, or early in March. in t lie province of that is? fnis ol ihe southern bonier m. Ihe last \isii oi His Majesty wms 1 390.
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    RULES OF THE POLO CLUB.
    502 13 p shall be called the Singapore I'olo I i I p! \n g and non-playing I shall be managed by a Committee I members, one <>i whom shall act as »-ul freasurer. When th *re i> < t the k'airisou at least j tlee shall
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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH , 1899.
    658 13 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1899. We had meant before now to have dealt with the probabilities lying under the 2$ per cent., liability but that has to be deferred till to-morrow. H. M. S. Brisk returned to the Roads from the Fanjong Pagar Wharf yesterday evening at 4 45 pm. A British
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    513 13 King's Own Regiment v. S. C. C. Last night was the first appearance of the Regimental team here, and as they came with a great reputation, their play was watched with much interest. They won and won handsomely, but we have had as good teams before. Their heading
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    SINGAPORE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
    266 13 SINGAPORE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The next Popular Orchestral Concert will lake place on Tuesday, the 28th inst. The next Choral and Orchestral Concert will be on a date yet to be fixed in April The next (the second) Children's Concert will take place also in April. A feature of the inner
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    76 13 On the night of the 27th or 28th while the family s\a^ at Tanjong Katong, Erin Villa, Upper Wilkie-road, the house of Mr. A. i\ Williams, of McAlister Co., was broken into, and a tine clock, a dress suit and several articles of clothing stolen, the value of the lost
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    THE POLO CLUB
    270 13 A meeting was held of the subscribers and members of the proposed Polo Club in the Exchange last evening. Colonel Pennefather took the chair. There were also present, Colonel Rowlandson, Messrs. Symes, Cadell, Catto. Makepeace, B. Young, Thomas. Crane, J. D. Mactaggart, A. Young, Capt. White Capt.
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    THE ESTIMATES FOR 1899.
    140 13 The Secretary of State's despatch on the estimates for the current year was laid on the table of the Council yesterday. Mr. Chamberlain does not object to the estimated ($5.*****73) expenditure b ing $444,000 more than the estimated revenue, (§4,927,684) in view of the fact that
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    384 13 The flags on all Government buildings and the Consulates as well as on board H. M. S. Immortalite and Archer, are half masted to-day out of respect to the mi mory of the late M. Felix Faure, president u( the French Republic, whose funeral takes place to-day in Paris. A
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    4047 14 Tuesday, February 28, 1899. 1 Present H. E. the Govf-rr,.,r (Sir C. B. H. Mitchell, o.c.m q.) The Hon'ae Col Secretary Sir Alex. SwettenMtbeCol.Tre nirer(F.G Pennev). the AM tor-General (E C. Hill), the Colonial Engineer (A. Murray,. Pr Lin Boon Keng. m.b.. cm The H the Olticei Commanding
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    THE VIVIANNE DAGMAR COMEDY COMPANY.
    73 15 Dag mar Comedy Com pan) this morning by th»* Loodiana at the Town Hall on Saturday Hie com pan) is oi good strength ver) successful in Calcutta, P< uang. I in: programme on ns with "The Elder of the b) a -hurt varirty entertain- md
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      THE SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
      107 15 A FIRE AT PACO. (Special to Singapore Free Press./ Manila, 23rd Feb. A great tire has takrn place at Paco, near Manila. Hundreds oi houses have been gutted. There is evidence that the outbreak was caused by Filipinos. A TOWN IN PANAY OCCUPIED, American troops
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      BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
      435 15 A French Fin- Prick" in the Gulf o Oman. Endeavour to get a Coaling Station in Muscat Tampering with a British Protege. The British Admiral Acts. Phe Sultan of Muscat, yielding to thr il < f the British Admiral to bombard the lown, has cancelled the grant
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    FIGHTING IN MANILA.
    87 15 FIGHTING IN MANILA. I IMMENSE INCENDIARY FIRES. FIR£ BRIGADE ATTACKED BY FILIPINOS. (Special to Singapore Free Press.) Manila, 231-1! F«-b s-57 p.m Last slight the Filipinos started a fire in the Santa Crui district, resulting in an immense conflagration Another fire was started in Tond;> later on. I he Filipinos
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    FILIPINO RAID INTO MANILA. FIFTEEN HUNDRED HOUSES BURNT.
    55 15 FILIPINO RAID INTO MANILA. FIFTEEN HUNDRED HOUSES BURNT. to Singapore Free Press.) Hongkong, 23rd Feb., 8 p.m. Numerous incendiary fires have been caused in the suburbs of Manila. The Filipinos evaded the American lines and entered the city. In the fighting that ensued many have been killed ami wounded. Fifteen
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    BRITISH SUBJECTS SHOT.
    75 15 lhe 1 utuban cotton mills lay in the cross-fire between the Americans and the Filipinos. Mr. Henry Cartas, the engineer, was killed. Mr. C. F. Si'rpson, foreman weaver, was I shot in the stomach. Mr. J. Ellis, foreman carder, was wounded in the arm. j A CURFEW
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    FIGHTING INSIDE MANILA.
    86 15 Great Conflagration. (Special to Singapore Free Press v i Hongkong, .'3rd Feb. 10.20 p.m. A huge conflagration has taken place in Manila and is now raging. Fifteen hundred houses are burnt to the ground. The Filipinos broke through the American cordon of sentries and entered the city,
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    HEAVEY FIGHTING NEAR CALOOCAN.
    89 15 A Filipino Endeavour to Surprise Am ricans. Americans Surround the Attackers. Desperate Fighting and Heavy Slaughter. f Special to Singapore Free Pyes>., Manila, Feb. 24th. A Filipinu force 1 rt-pt ..long the creeks and sail marshes I hat lie between Caloocan and Manila md math- a
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    THE OUT BREAK OF HOSTILITIES.
    130 15 alleged m^rican Firing on Civil Population. An Eye-Wit ess's I vidence f Special to Singapore Free Press.) Hongkong, Feb 24th 3 p.m. A respected Euiopcan resident who arrived at Hongkong from Manila today confirms the reports c! the Americans firing on the fleeing inhabitants during
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    PLAGUE AT CALCUTTA.
    157 15 Precautionary Measures. The Venice Convention Plague regulations are now enforced at Calcutta, where nine sporadic cases occurred during the last five days TH MUSCAT T-LTIMATUM. Irritation in France. The French press is irritated at the British ultimatum to the Sulta* of Muscat, for having conceded a coaling
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    THE LATE PRESIDENT FAURE.
    37 15 An Impressive Funeral Ceremony. The funeral ceremony of the late M. Felix Faure was impressive and orderly throughout. M. Loube?, the new President, had an excellent reception on this, his first public appearance.
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    DISORDER IN PARIS.
    171 15 Deputies Arrested. A demonstration took place in Paris in the evening outside the office of the Libre Parole newspaper, resulting in a row. Messrs. Deroulede, Habert, and Millevoye, members of the Chambei of Dcf uti 3 were arrested. RUSSIANS AND CHINESE. A Chinese Protest at Talienwan Against
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    THE UNITED STATES AND THE PHILIPPINES.
    63 15 THE UNI TED STATES AND THE PHILIPPINES. ADMIRAL Dh,Wt<:Y FEARS FOREIGN CONFLICATIONS. Asks for a Battlebhip. Admiral Dewey asks for the immediate despatch of the U. S. Battleship Oregon to Manila He allege s that political reasons demand this It is supposed ai Washington that Admiral Dewey apprehends foreign interveni
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    THE TRANSVAAL TROUBLES.
    64 15 Acquittal of the Murderer of Mr. Edgar. fhe Boer policeman Jones has been acquitted on the charge of shooting the Euro pean Edgar at Johannesburg in December. PLAGUE AT JEDDAH. A case of plague has occurred atjeddah. [The Colonial Secretarial also informs us that bubonic plague exists
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    PEROULED AND HABERT TO BE PROSECUTED.
    63 15 Designs agairst the Republic. The Chamber has authorised the imprisonment and prosecution of MM. Deroulede and Habert for inciting the troops to mutiny. Both avow that their object is to overthrow the Parliamentary Republic. THE BULGARIA SAFE. The Missing Steamer at the Azores. The
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    THE STATE OF FRANCE.
    65 15 THE S TATE OF FRANCE. AN ORLEANIST MOVEMENT DISCOVERED. Police Raid on High Royalists. Important Letters Seized. Acting on the instructions of M Dupuy, the Paris police i aided the residences of a number of prominent Royalists. They have seized a voluminous correspondence containing letter? of the Due d'Orleans to
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    THE SUDAN.
    37 15 T HE SUDAN. Activity of the Khalifa. A Gunboat Fired Upon. A party of Dervishes r cently fired upon an Egyptian gunboat going up to Fashoda. The Khalifa is believed to be 160 miles distant fiom Omdurman
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    BRITAIN AND CHINA.
    64 15 Recent Administrative Changes Protested Against. British Capital to be Protected. The Times declares that th< Chinese Government cannot be allowed to ignore Sir Claude Macdonald's protests The British public is entitled to demand that no arbitrary administrative < hanges be tolerated affecting an enterprise wherein British capital
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    THE RECENT FIRES IN MANILA. CONFLICTING RUMOURS AS TO CAUSE.
    115 16 THE RECENT FIRES IN MANILA. CONFLICTING RUMOURS AS TO CAUSE. To Discredit Filipinos. to Singapore Free I','ess.j Hongkong, ist March. Refugees from Manila insi>t that the fires in Manila were kindled by the Americans, by former Spanish secret police, and by renegade Filipinos now in American employ. This version seems
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    MR. RUDYARD KIPLING.
    120 16 A Dangerous Illness. Mr. Rudyard Kipling is seriously ill with pneumonia at a hotel in New ork. Both lungs are affected and his only chance is bis personal tenacity of life. UGANDA. Sir Charles Dilke Criticises. Mr. Brodrick's Explanation. Sir Charles Dilke moved to reduce the vote
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    SHARE LIST, MARCH 1st,1899.
    358 16 Quotation. Capital. Paid Up. Shark Bank of China and Japan, Ltd. £i Nominal. C 2,000,000 450,968 199,875 ij E Deferred. 2 0 T,' 3 Bell's Abestos Eastern Agency. S5 Sellers. 10,000 f£ 8 4 8,584 £1 v. A> »i4»o cir) 1 sscieH Clear Water Dairy Farm
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    PRODUCE.
    85 16 March I.; Tin,,, 5 Gambier do. Cube No. i Pepper, Black (ordinary S'porej 268;) do. White, (Fair L/W=s%) Nutmegs uos to the Ib.) do. (80s to the Ib) Mace (Banda) b Cloves (Amboina) Liberian Coffee Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality do. do flake (do. do.) 7-2° do. medium pearl
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      76 16 BENSON'S WATCHES. nI'K TORY, LUDGAI I LONDON. MAKER. iO H. M. THE JJUfil Specially Manufactured and Reoom 1 Jt(i for use in the East, Benson's Special StMVOTI FIELD" WATCH Sold Keyless English Half Chronom t- T •LNSON'S MM '(.AT 1 M A 1 HkgE QuABTKft Plate SMOLI •-uHn Sll 5.5*
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      512 16 Passengers Arrived. Per Mess s. K. Marican, K. < hetty, D. M. Marican. Mr, and Mr.. Willis, Mr. and Mrs. B mil, M sses J. and A. Ingleman, Mi-^s M. Noiris, Mi^s Diet and Messrs. Harding, Stuart, r iy, Oscar, Dchiller. Per Salad in Messrs. MacKintosh, Cross, Kilgojr, Manuel, Yee
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      880 16 HOMEWARD BOUND. The following have booked their passages in advance as under, the dates of sailing being given where known P. and O. Mail. Mar. ro. Per Coromandel Mr. Gngcr Taylor, Mr and Mrs. Sneyd Kynnersley. Mar. 15 Per Manila from Penang. Mrs. Gawihorne and two children. Mr. and Mrs.
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      804 16 VESSELS IN PORT. Men-of-Wai Flags* and Tons Commanders Arrived From Atjeh Dut. crus., 2100 Zcckel Feb. 9 Muntok Atjeh, Brisk Brit, cruiser 1770 Wrey Feb. 27 Plymouth Immortalite Brit, cruiser 5600 SirE. Chiche^terjan. 28 Labuan Other Vessels Flatrs Tons Masters Arrived From Consignees For Amara Brit. 1566 Mattock Feb. 25
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