The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 19 April 1900

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    18 237 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, APRIL 19th, 1900. No. 664
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    CONTENTS.
    369 237 KG Articled. Kit the Wrong Man, 237 I).s«ffected Colonials. 2.37 In the Free State, 238 The Singapore-Kranji Railway, 238 The Campaign, 238 Strategic Interest V* 238 Xiifiiher Mail Gun Wanted, 23 Coming Events in the Free State, 238 our? News Police New.-,, 247 A Missing Chop, 247 A Crown
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      BIRTH.
      41 237 On the 18th instant, at Annanbank," River Valley Road, the wife of R. A. J. Bi dwell, of a son. DEATH. At Penang, on 15th inst., George F. Adamson, third son of Mr. William Adamson, c.m.g. Aged 6 Deeply regretted.
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    EXCHANGE.
    83 237 Corrected up to April 18). On London. Bank 4 m/s I ll i^. demand l i ll i Private credits 3 m/s 2 !°i\, documents 3 m/s 2/oi credits 6 m/s 2/0 FRANCK, demand 24 7 1 Germany, demand 2oo 4 India, T. T 147! Hongkong, demand %dis. Yokohama,
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    PRODUCE.
    107 237 Tin 98 1. Gamber 7.10 dc. Cube No. 1 13*25 Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) do. White, (Fair L/W= 5 45. Nutmegs nos to the lb.) 62. do. (80s to the ib) 80. Mace (Banda). 92. Cloves (Arnboina) 32. Liberian Coffee 20. Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) 680 do. do
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    Exit the Wrong Man.
    354 237 Here shall th« Press the People's right maintair, JL'nawed by influence and unbribed by gain Here patriot Truth her glorious precept, draw. n| ,l "*'l to Religion, Loyalty, and Law. (April uth) A few more telegraphic scraps are all we have to show for to day's
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    Disaffected Colonials.
    217 237 (April 14th.) Nothing in the telegrams given to-day Iso thoroughly satisfactory, in relation to the basis of the atter-war settlement, as Lord ROBERTS'S proclamation giving a significant warning to the disloyal Cape Colonists j ot Dutch extraction that they would engage at their peril in further hostilities, either
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    In the Free State.
    135 237 (April 1 6th.) THERE is but little to comment on ar any length in to-day's telegrams. But it is satisfactory to see that the squeeze" of the renewed Boer intrusion into the Free State, up against the M wall of Basutoland, i* in progress and also
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    The Singapore-Kranji Railway.
    396 237 (April 17th.) POSTERITY in Singapore will look back to the i6th April, as the most auspicious of all Easter Mondays, for it was on that day that by the cutting of the first sod of the local Singapore-Kranji line this Settlement, consule Alexandro, took the initial step
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      131 237 I the Singapore Free Press Weekly :lur "";t' from Europe to the Straits by any to lines are invited to send to the Manager f their steamer and date of arrival in < opie*> will then be mailed to meet, ous ports of call. NOTICE .1 MINING AND TRADING 1
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      57 237 TYPEWRITING, SPECIFICATIONS, Legal documents, Com mercial papers etc, neatly and promptly executed on moderate terms. STENOGRAPHIC WORK undertaken b> a competent Stenographer. Court Public and Private Meetings attended. BOOK-KEEPING in all its branches attended to. Accounts and Books audited. Secrecy guaranteed. TRANSLATIONS from and into any European language. J. A.
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      201 237 THE WEEK. The mail from Europe of March 23rd arrived by the M M. Ocean/en on Saturday, the next is due by the P. O. Coromandel on Saturday. The last homeward mail left by the MM. Tonkin on Sunday, and this mail for home is carried by the P. O.
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    Tut. Campaign.
    327 238 Of the Campaign incident is still conspicuous by its absence. The Boer commandoes that adventured themselves under OLIVIER and his lieutenants away again to the south from Ladybrand, are now convinced of the precariousness of the situation, in the event of any general British move eastwards, directed to
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    "Strategic Interest ?"
    430 238 "Strategic Interest In referring to the statements of the "Colombo correspondent of a Bombay paper co the effect that Colombo welcomed Rus. sian visitors and made much of them, while Singapore and Hongkong didn't like the Russian way of hanging about local defence works and sketi hing them, we had
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    Another Mam. Gun Wanted.
    234 238 With reference to the paragraph in yesterday's issue (quoted from a Hongkong journal) about the German mail and the extended use the British Government was making of that additional postal opportunity, we now learn, on further enquiry, that it was in consequence of representations made by
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    Coming Events in the Free State.
    532 238 (April iBtb.) Il wi except that news item relating to tin lAi t that the bombardment ot" Mafeking h <s been renewed, there is not anothi r statement in to-day's campaign telegrams that dp. s not bear a favou able construction. Ihe unfortunate ambuscade
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    MY SECOND DRILL.
    755 238 We had a new sergeant this time. He was a very nice sergeant His methods and expressions differed somewhat from those directed at me in my first drill. For instance, he said we weren't to move our left ie* t when "standing easy," as if we did
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    THE ARTILLERY IN INDIA.
    224 238 (Pioneer.) The interesting memorandum by Sir Ua Collen, which is published with the Indian B a*" statement, announces that the reorganisation artillery in India, foreshadowed for sometime! will be carried out in the coming year. Tl posals, for which provision is made in the mil estimates,
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    COUNCIL PAPERS.
    236 238 Among the papers laid before the LegU. lative Council yesterday was an enquiry made by the Administrator as to a difficult* that has arisen regarding the interpretation of two articles of the Venice Conveo* tion. The reply of the Secretary of State is I am of opinion that
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    A CLEAN UNDERGROUND.
    254 238 At the half-yearly meeting of the sharer* of the Metropolitan District Railway, the chairman read a report on the electric tracti m qu Signed by Sir VV, H. Pi ec( and Sir J. Ha« i y. The report, said the chairman, showed that the\ were perfectly satisfied
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    FROZEN MEAT TRADE WITH MANILA.
    184 238 Since 'he occupation of Manila by the the steamers trading between Australia and 1 1 have ft^und it ex ee< i _;!>• pro fi tab! to Manila as a pert of call, and with a vi increase of the frozen meat trade bet we A
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCUL.
    2554 239 Tuesday, April 17. 1900. Present the Officer Administering tW Government (Sir Alex. Swettenham, X.C.M.0.) Ib n'blr the Acting Col. Secretary WAa. Ke^rton.) the Attorney-General ;W. R. Collyer'. the Acting Colonial Treasures 1 (E.M. Mere wet her). 'he Auditor-General (E. C. Hill.) the Acting Colonial Engineer (F. St. i
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    A FAMINE PICTURE.
    385 239 The following interesting extract from a lette* which was received the other day by a gentleman in Calcutta throws a lurid light upon the sufferings of the famine-stricken in Rajputana The scenes one sees in these parts are too awful for words. On my way in frcm
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    CAPE CABLE SCHEME
    209 239 The Colonic-^ are by no means unanimous on the subject of the Cape cable proposal of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, says the Sydney Mail. The latest development is that the Postmaster-General oi New South Wales lias framed the agreement in which this coljny and Victoria will
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    CHINA IMPORT DUTIES.
    98 239 It is reported in local mandarin circles says the A\ C. D. News, that Their Excellencies Sheng ar.d Nich the latter formely Provincial Treasurer Soochow in conjunction with Sir Robert Hart have succeeded in obtaining Sir Claude Macdonald A consent to an addition of J% a<l valorem
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    COST OF LIVING IN HONGKONG.
    98 239 The Hongkong Daily Press says —The increased cost o: living in the colony i> weighing heavily on all classes of th« community, and agitations for more ray are general. Yesterday (i ith) the rice and kerosine cooolies at West Point demanded a rise in their
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    47 239 Two east-enden were discussing the war news Say, Bill, who's thifl ere Warren Why,' said the other, he was a bloomin' copper once. Charlie Warren, dotA: you remember The other reflected for a moment, then he said, meditatively He never copped le. A'hich was his beat, then
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    THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1900.
    738 240 We hear, privately, that, by way of precaution against possible surprise, the Mediterranean squadron is being gradually strengthened. H. M. S. Goliath, bound for the Far East, is temporarily detained at Malta, and H. If. S. Iphigenia, now on her homeward way, may possibly be held
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    TRAINING NOTES.
    511 240 The course proper was closed this morning on account of yesterday's rain. I wonder when the Committee will see that the open drain in front of the Grand Stand is a source of great danger both to horses and riders. Possible they are waiting until some poor chap
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    EASTER HAY.
    492 240 Before now, a dispute as to the proper date lor the observance of R has divided Chistend un into opposing camps and sent kings and cmpeiors into the field of battle. We nerd not perhaps, anticipate any consequences quite so serious trom the pre-nt controversy. According to the
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1875 240 April nth. The Regular Fortnightly meeting of the Commission was held this afternoon, there being present Messrs. A. Gentle (President); A. Barker, A. C. Moses, F. E. Jago, J. B. Maclaren, A. H. Capper, Th. Sohst, Tan Cheng Tuan and Colonel Pennefather. Absent Mr. Choa Giang Thye. The
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    TELEGRAMS.
    2319 241 (Via Ceylon.) London, March 31st.— Reuter's despatch from Bloemfontein, dated the 30th, says The kopjes at Karee are very steep, and for three hours a determined opposition and a severe fire was kept up along the whole line of the enemy* A'ho used one pompom gun effectively. No headway
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    THE ADA DELROY CO.
    153 241 With last night's performance this excellent Company gave their final exhibition in Singapore. The house was a fairly large one and from start to finish, the programme was an entertaining one. All the items were distinctly good. Miss Delroy's clever portrayal of v She" and an
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    POLICE SPORTS.
    27 241 There will be Police Sports on Saturday afternoon on the Tanjong Pagar football ground. Among the events will be a Mena^e-ie Race open to All-Comers.
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    S. V. R.
    34 241 Squad drills, by permission of the Municipal Commissioners, will take plac»* on the afternoons of Tuesday (17th), Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of next w<^ek, at I 5.15 p.m. sharp. Plain clothes.
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    LAND SALES.
    148 241 The following property was disposed of at Messrs. Powell and Co's sale-room yesterday afternoon. A piece of land at Balestierroad, area 28,114 sq. ft, was bought by Mr. J. E. Elias for $800 three building allotments in Kampong Kapur district off Jalan Besar were sold for $350 to
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    ANGLO-CHINESE ''FREE" SCHOOL.
    648 241 Pri/>e Distribution. The annual prize distribution was held ar the above School in Teluk Ayer this morn ing. There were present the Hon. E. C. Hill, Hon. Dr. Lim Boon Keng, Mr. Tan Hup Seng, Dr. Rogers and others. The Headmaster, Mr. Little, in presenting the annual
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    SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1900.
    750 242 Chevalier Francesco Bruni Grimaldi has been appoin ed Consul-General for Italy in Singapore The Commissioners of Penang pay 4 cents for a live rat and 2 cents for a dead one.- They have disbursed about $450 at present. The Italian flag-ship Carlo Alberto, which arrived from
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    THE LADY VOLUNTEER.
    288 242 (A Dream.) The prominence given by the present war to the success of accurate rifle- fire, and to the fact that women have fought, and fought successfully, in the trenches and in the ranks beside the men, would pornt to the necessity and advisability of teaching those
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    STRAITS AND MALAYAN SOUTH AFRICAN WAR RELIEF FUND.
    71 242 STRAITS AND MALAYAN SOUTH AFRICAN WAR RELIEF FUND. Amount previously acknowledged $1:18.0? *.si ."<•<• Masons List. I. M. per VV, Makepeace lo.aS Collection per .v. /A Angullin Co. M. S. K. Arj^villia M Co. 300 Ebramsah Parkir Maiden Co. 50 Saiboo Mohd. Meerah Si Co. 5a Sultan Khan Surattu e
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    A FRENCHMAN ON THE TRANSVAAL.
    347 242 A FRENCHMAN ON THE TRANSVAAL. (Globe.) The majority of Frenchmen, like the majority in most of the Continental countries, have approached the Transvaal question in a spirit of venomous hatred to England, which has only been intensified by their studied ignorance of the simplest facts of the case. But it
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    40 242 Mr. and Mrs. Luykx, formerly of Sin-a-pore, pass through to Europe, in the M. M. i S. s. Tonkin to-morrow. Latest advices of the plague in Calcutta gave the deaths, on the 2nd April, as 200, —a big daily quota.
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    786 242 Quicguid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli. Juvenal. The mail continues to bring monthly to our sanctum a copy of the Review of Reviews, and monthly for the last half year, we have resolved to countermand its despatch because of the simply diabolical tone it takes
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    41 242 It will interest our readers to know thai W arrenton, on the Yaal River, where Boer resistance has been offered to the relict column for Mafeking from Kimberley is called after our former General Officer Commanding at Singapore, Sir Charles Warren
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    MY FIRST DRILL.
    611 242 (By one or THI Plows* oi Si«q a 0rb...) I went round to the Drill Hall Fall In said the Sergeant Mai and at the sound of his voice I fell v ever I picked myself up and after str agar*' violently for a place I succeeded
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    SANDAKAN NOTES.
    240 242 CfV»m' OUT OWU Corrcspo>iJc)*..i Mr. Angier, of the London an Zkina Exp res.., and his wife, have been heft. They came from Hongkong, went :p 13 see tho Kinabatangan River Tobacco I fates, then paid a flying visit to the West cast to inspect the Railway, and went
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    TRAINING NOTES.
    766 243 The outside track was again closed this morning on account of the rain and the going on the inner course was very heavy. None of the horses got much more than half pace work and it is hard to say yet how some of the new ones can
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS.
    118 243 The name of Mr. A. H. Capper has been added to the Commission of the Peace for Singapore. The appointment of Mr. Heintges to act ior the Imperial German Consul at Singapore, when absent or prevented from attending to duties, has been sanctioned. Mr. VV. H. Fry has
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    JOHORE.
    238 243 Opening op the Nbw Mosuub 11 MUSJID ABUBAk^R." To-day (Hari Raya Haji) the new Mosque was formally opened by H. H. the Sultan in the presence of the chief officials and a great concourse of the Mohammedans of Johore and Singapore. His Highness left the Istana at 8.30 a.m.
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    INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
    240 243 Previously acknowledged £51,964.20 Received per Capt. White, D.A.A.G. The Singapore Coy. R. E. 22.50 Royal Garrison Artillery ***** British Officers, 16th Madras Inf. 158.50 N. C. O.s and men do. 59.64 Native Officers do. 40 Lieut. Wv ter, r.l. 10 Capt White, h.a.a.g.... 20 i ieut.
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    "THE OLD BACHELORS."
    323 243 In regard to the three local gentlemen, whom we had in our mind, and whose names were enclosed in an envelope, as being of the type so favourably and sympathetically described in the Globe article referred to, no lady has succeeded in naming all three. One young
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    SHARE REPORT.
    449 243 (Latham and Mactagoart.) Our markets have ruled rather quieter during the past week, but rate- continue firm. Mmmg Ti Mines. lelebus are unchanged, with little doing, at qu station. Pahang Corporations are firmer at J510.70. Temelongs have been in strong demand, with transactions up to §21. At the
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY
    188 243 Corps Orders by Captain W. G. St. Clair, Ag. Commandant, Singapore Volunteer Artillery. Head Quarter Office, Fort Fullerton, Singapore, nth April, 1900. i. Duties: Orderly Officer for the ensuing week ILt. G. A. Derrick. Orderly Sergeant for the ensuing week Corpl. J. B. Harrop. 2. Paraded Tuesday,
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    QUARANTINE FOR HONGKONG.
    21 243 A Gazette extraordinary states that as bubonic plague exists at Hongkong, that port is declared an infected port.
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    SINGAPORE-KRANJI RAILWAY.
    51 243 The ceremony of the cutting of the first sod of grass for the Singapore-Kranji Railway will take place in the presence of the Officer Administi ring the Government, next Monday, the 16th inst., at 9.30 a.m on the Police K recreation Ground, Tank-road, at the back of Fort
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    S.V.A. CARBINE SHOOTING.
    495 243 A days shooting was held on the Balestier Range yesterday by the S.V.A. and in spite of the bad weather in the early morning, a pleasant day was spent. The chief event of the day was the competition of the Subdivisions for the Fin layson Challenge Shield
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    MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1900.
    746 8 MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1 900. Penang is playing Perak these holidays at Cricket, Golf, Football, and Tennis. H. M. S. Linnet, after her return from Labuan remains at Singapore as Senior Naval Officer's ship. The Selangor yacht Esmeralda, which arrived from Klang yesterday, brought Mr. H. C. Belfield, Resident Selangor.
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    WAR NEWS.
    98 8 (From Dutch Sources.) The military attaches of the Netherlands Indies Army, (Lieuts. Asselberg and Mix, have arrived at Capetown. The Free State men who were forced to surrender to Lord Roberts are making up new commandoes to fight the British again. Fighting has taken place at Sunday's River.
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    AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.
    240 8 Mr. Chamberlain entertained the Australian federal delegates at dinner yesterday (21st). There were present ;-Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord o* the Treasury; the Duke of Devonshire Lord President of the Council Sir Richard Webster Attorney-General, Sir Robert G. W. Herbert,' acting Permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies; Lord
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    THE ARMY ESTIMATES.
    248 8 The Army Estimates for the Far East show that Hongkong has a estimated force tf.4i7.7elf the total cost being £220,000. I his includes the cost of two companies of artillery at Singapore, and 80 submarine miners. The Chinese Regiment at Wei-hai wei consists of 2$ European officers,
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    RAFFLES INSTITUTION.
    161 8 The year book of the Raffles Institution s ows that both the boys and gir," scho are doing well and maintaining their oosi fon m the Colony. As a result of theiiew code, the boys school earned s>s and there was a satisfactory balance at th"e t d
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    THE SINGAPORE-KRANJI RAILWAY.
    401 8 Cutting the First Sod. To-day must be counted an epoch in Singapore's history, for this morning the first sod of the Singapore-Kranji Railway was cut by the Acting Governor. Despite the adverse weather, a fairly large concourse of people had assembled at an early hour, on the
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    THE GERMAN MAIL.
    249 8 Quoting the following from the China Marl as to the extent to which the Government at home is utilising the additional postal opportunities by the Norddeutscher L oyds we would again suggest to Sir Alexander Swettenham that it would be a great convenience to the mercantile community
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    THE LATE MR. G. F. ADAMSON.
    230 8 L CWS of the painfully sudden death 01 Mr. George Frederick Adamson, of the firm of Messrs. Gilfillan Wood Co of Penang, will be heard with much regret' by many in Singapore. Advices received from Penang state that, on the uth inst, he was
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    CRICKET.
    173 8 S.C.C. v. Garrison. Played on the Esplanade last Si the Club winning by 34 runs. Can^ och batted well for 5, and Capt K^ for 24. Airey hit in fi ne style f or^ ,n out. °s not Garrison-. Sgt. Wright c Airey b Battenbure Capt. Tullock run out
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    EASTER SUNDAY.
    156 8 esterday being Easter Sunday, St An drew's Cathedral was as usual well ai" tended at all three services, the on each occasion being distinctly JLf more especially at the evening servi" Easter-t.de was in no small way __t cated by the floral decorations prettilY arranged throughout the Cathedral
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    WRECK OF THE 'TOKYO MARU?
    81 8 The Nippon Yusen Kaisha Agency af Shanghai received advice? on April 3 o! c wreck of the well-known steamer lokyo Maru, near Chefoo. No particulars as to how the accident occurred were given beyond the fact both passengers and crew were saved, and that the
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    NOTES FROM THE NORTH.
    386 8 I On the 28th of last month there was nearly a riot at Weihaiwei; some joo Chinese having assembled, with a^ms of a most curious variety. j to protest against paying taxes. About 420 of j the Chinese Regiment, however, surrounded the malcontents and, behaving admirably,
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    IN GALLANT MAFEKING.
    1482 9 How THE BeSIEOED KEEP O/r THE BOBRS. Messages are still being received from Mafeking m way of Lobatsi and Colonel Plumer's camp. One from the correspondent of the Daily Mail, .ritten in the besieged town on March 6th, says f or the sixth time the Boers changed
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    A PYTHON LOOSE ON A GUNBOAT.
    389 9 An exciting and amusing affair occurred on board H.M.S. Rattler two or three days ago, which, while it lasted, gave the ship's company a lively quarter of an hour. Theie are two pits on board, a big Borneo orangutan, and the other a fine
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    TELEGRAMS.
    1653 9 (Via Ceylon.) The Prince of Wales, when passing through Brussels to-day on his way to Denmark, was fired at with a revolver at the railway station. The assailant, who was arrested, is a Belgium tinsmith, aged sixteen, named Sipido, and is an anarchist. He states he wanted *to avenge
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    MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS.
    1517 10 M What can thby Know oi England that only England Knows (L. and C. Fxpress.) There was a time it is well within the recollection of many of us who are not very old when the attifude of England toward her colonies was very different from that
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    WHAT DID HE MEAN?
    157 10 At one of the Church Parade services in Rangoon on Sunday, the 25th March, the Dead March in Saul was played on the organ at the close, in memory of Sir W. Lockhart, the late commander-in-chief of the forces in India. When the music ceased, the
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    NEW FORT IN NORTH BORNEO.
    444 10 A correspondent of the Hongkong Daily Press who has recently visited North Borneo speaks very hopetu ly of the prospects of the new port of Jesselton, situated in Gaya Bay on the west coast o* North Borneo. It will be remembered that it is to
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    TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1900.
    761 10 Mr. Th. Sohst takes the place of Mr. Max Puttfarcken on the local board of the Commercial Union Assurance Co. The death is announced of Mr. C. R. Morrison, assayer and chief assistant in the Mines Dept., Siam, of malarial fever with typhoid symptoms. The M.M.
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    ADMIRAL SIR HENRY KEPPEL.
    103 10 Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Kenn Sandakan in H. M. S. Linnet last for Singapore, and will arrive here i k to leave for England by the home!?! bound P. O. mail steamer Afassilia^ day. The Admiral's stay here will be a short one. The Massilia
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    THE SINGAPORE-KRANII RAILWAY.
    468 10 Cutting the First Sod Thi A: ter Ceremony. A friend asks us to publish the fol'r., ing:— The ceremony of cutting the first sod the Singapore-Kranji Railway yesterd^ was not quite the funeral function dcscrih ed in some quarters. His Honour the Officer Administ, the Government invited
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    A LITTLE GIRL'S ESSAY ON THE WAR.
    111 10 A little girl of my acquaintance say- a wr;. a home paper was.asked the other day to wrr theme on the war She produced 1 1 a» d not a bad ep tome either up to berts and Kitchener took it in hand:
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    JAPAN AND RUSSIA.
    104 10 The Hongkong Telegraph say I statements, canards foil daily as regards the p" japan and Russia. The A,>; had the following "An alarming n said to have emanated from a na hi^h rank, is fo hand, to the 24th ultimo, a Japanese battl a Russian cruiser sol
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    CRICKET.
    228 11 S.C.C.V. Next XVI. The above match played on the Esplanade yesterday resulted in a win for the Majority by 35 runs. For the winners Hardinge jontributed a useful 32 and for the S.C.C. Reid played well for 27 runs. Scores Next XVI. 1 j-j c. Darby b Dunman o
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    SUICIDE OF MR. S. B. TERRY AT HONGKONG.
    273 11 Early on April 6th says the China Mail, rvant at Connatight House, Hongkong, made the shocking discovery that Mr. Studholra Brownrigg Terry, civil engineer, vho had been living in Con naught House since ihe end of January last as a boarder, dead,
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    RAINING NOTES
    258 11 The course proper was again closed this morning nnd the work done on the inside track was mostly slow and uninteresting, md hardly worth detailing. 11. 11. the Sultan's horses were the only given a stretch. They are all nice tnd lig, and can probably stand being riven
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    THE 'DELTSCHLAND.'
    205 11 The reply of Germany to the Oceanic is the Hamburg-American liner Deutschland, built and engined by the Vulcan Company, Stettin, launched on January 10, in the presence of the German Emperor. The Oceanic is the largest ship in the world, but she is not intended to attain an
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    A MISSING CHOP.
    174 11 About a fortnight ago, a Kling tamby went to Manasseh Co.'s store at No. 6 Malacca-st. and presented a chop from Messrs. Behn Meyer Co. for merchandise, amounting in all t*****. The goods were delivered, and on the 10th of April the bill for them was sent
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    CRICKET AT MALACCA.
    98 11 A team of cricketers captained ny Mr. A. G. Wright went up t > Malacca for the Easter holidays and had a niv>st enjoyable trip, Malacca sustaining its ancient reputation for hospitality. The visitors were rather too strong for the home team, scoring on Saturday iI to
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    SOUTH RAUB G. M. SYNDICATE.
    378 11 The second ordinary general meeting of the company was held at Gresham House, to-day, at noon. There were present Messrs. Maclaren, J, G. Mactaggart, A. Cumming, \V. Buchanan Smith, F. VV. Barker, and others and G. A. Derrick, Secretary. The directors report has the following
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    POLICE NEWS.
    483 11 No less than five bodies, including Chinese paupers and male and female Chinese children, have been found in the streets by the police during the holidays. A Chinaman was yesterday discovered hanging from a tree in Tanjong Pagar-rd. The Municipal cases heard yesterday numbered a hundred and seventy,
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    THE MERCANTILE BANK
    143 11 The annual report to Dec. 31st. contains the following paragraphs: The Net Profits far that period, after providing for bad and doubtful debts, and including £11,552 19s. Sd. brought forward from last Account, amount to £42,719 7s. lid. Out of this sum there has already been paid
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    KANG YU-WEI.
    98 11 The China Gazettes correspondent at Peking wires on April 2 that great alarm has been caused at Peking by the receipt of a telegram from Li Hung-Chang, Viceroy at Canton, stating that he had learnt that Kang Yu-wei, the leader of the Reformers, while in Hongkong took steps
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    ENGLAND AND FRANCE
    108 11 An Alarmist Prediction. M. Lockroy, an ex-French Minister mi Marine, :n an interview which has appeared in ihePatrie, expressed the opinion that within the next two years war would certainly break out between FYance and England. It therefore behoved France to place her Navy in a condition
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    A " FLASH" CHEQUE.
    922 11 A FLASH" CHEQUE. A paragraph in the Chard and Ilminster News runs thus I have heard of money being paid by means of the telegraph and telephone, but I never remember to have heard of its being transmitted through the air by means of the flash-light. Yet this is the
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    "FRENCH" AT KIMBERLEY.
    70 12 FRENCH AT KIMBERLEY. A contemporary tells the following story A hurried waiter ran yesterday across Piccadilly, circus, and halted to contemplate the newspaper contents bills. French at Kimberley," was the legend. MOh la la !We arrive he exclaimed. Zese English are again in boil water!" And he went back to
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    436 12 The cholera season in Bangkok seems to be claiming rather more than its average of Europeans, three more cases, besides the fatal one of Mrs. Bethge, being reported. The Awa Maru, the fine new 6,300 ton steamer of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, arrived here from Europe this
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    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1900.
    587 13 Yesterday seven Chinese and two Kling traders were fined in sums varying from #3 to |lJ and costs for obstructing verandahs. The Danish cruiser Valkyrien, whose i aptain is Prince Waldemar, left Hongkong last Wednesday for Singapore. A rikisha coolie died suddenly in Sago Lane yesterday,
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS.
    18 13 meeting of the Municipal Comb< held on Friday next, at 1 pas ;i supplemental budgt t.
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    "KEPPEL HARBOUK."
    257 13 KEPPEL HARBOUK." Owing to the fact that Admiral Sir Henry uSft T U n,y return to s »ngapore in N.M.5. Linnet to-morrow, prior to his departure by the homeward P. O. mail Massilia on Friday, it will be difficult to make arrangements beforehand for the little ceremony that is to
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    COLLISION OFF RAFFLES.
    268 13 The Petersbcrg i* Collision with an The Russian Volunteer Fleet steamer Petersburg, Capt. Ptashinsky, 3,130 tons, was last night in collision with the British steamer Saint Jerome off Raffles Li K ht. The big Russian cleared yesterday and left last niijht for Odessa. About midnight she was
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    INDIAN VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR RIFLES.
    385 13 INDIAN VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR RIFLES. In these two paragraphs from the Calcutta correspondent of the Rangoon Times, there are some remarks thatmay be of service to all Volunteers in Singapore and Penang. on the principle of 'Forewarned, forearmed RE-ARMAMENT OP THE VOLI NTKERS. At the instance of a well-known volunteer
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  • Corcespondence.
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      The Raffles Library.
      85 13 To the Editor. Dear Sir, Yesterday and to-day I sent books to the Raffles Library to be changed, but my messenger found that establishment closed, and no notice saying when it will be open again. No doubt the Library is closed for a very good reason, but
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      The "First Sod."
      287 13 The First Sod." To thi Editor* Dear Sir, Your correspondent's apologia in your issue of to-day for the miserable fiasco on Monday moaning is interesting as letting the public know what happened behind the scenes, in connection with the cutting of the first sod of the SingaporeKranji Railway, an event
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    CONTINENTAL "UNFRIENDLINESS" TO BRITAIN.
    438 13 The people of England are so accustomed to have their motives and actions publicly misrepresented that the general tone of the average continental press there are a few honourable exceptions is habitually ignored, or, if noticed at all, noticed as simply amusing. But when malice or
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    A CROWN SUIT.
    352 13 To-day, in the Supreme Court, before His Honour, Mr. Justice Leach, an interesting case is in progress. The Crown is the plaintiff, its cause being argued by the Attorney-General, whilst the defendant is Mr. Thaddeus Paul, represented by Mr. C. B. Buckley and Mr. Van Cuylenberg The
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      168 13 The Singapore and Straits DIRECTORY CONTAINING: iy RECTORIES of Singapore. Penan Province Welleslky Malacca* th Fk derated Malay States: Perak, Selangor Negri Sembilan and Pahang; Labuan British North Bob n 80, Sarawak, Deli (Sumatra) and adjoining provinces, Saigon Western (Dutch) Borneo, Riouw and Dependenciks. and Siam WITH AN APPENDIX Containing
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      657 14 UONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND $11,500,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF t t.«^a«^a PROPRIETORS M J $10,000,000 Court or Directors. N. A Sibbs, Esq. Chairman. R. Shbwan, Esq.— Deputy Chairman. R. M. Gray, Esq. H. W. Si.ade, Esq. E. Gobtz, Esq. D. M. Moses, Esq. A. Haupt,
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      684 14 1 T? a Office. Collyer Quay. JWJ Wharves. New Harbour O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN PENANG, CEYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, EGYPT MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR. MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf t Continental and American Ports, also for China Coast, and
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      704 14 NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. i LTAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, HAMBURG. I > s *%r<v^ A V f x 1 MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known Mail-steamers of these lines will leave Singapore on or about the undermentioned dates OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. 1900 1900. Hamburg Apl. 26. Weimar Apl. 23 Sachsen May 10. Prinz Heinrich
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      485 14 I NIPPON YUSEN~ j KAISHA. (JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd.) I 1 I A regular fortnightly Service is maintained between fapan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS, Under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided
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    Singapore Sporting Club.
    783 15 PROGRAMME FOR SPRING RACE MEETING 1900. May 22nd, 24th and 26th. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 22nd May. First Race. The Maiden Plate. Value $300. A Race for Maiden Horses Weight as per scale (lost.) An allowance of 2ilb. to ex-Griffins, imported into the Siraits Settlements or Native States
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  • REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
    • THE WAR.
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        THE RHODESIA COLUMN.
        15 15 Plumer Slightly Wounded. Colonel Plumer was slightly wounded on the 31st ult.
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        IN THE SOUTH.
        20 15 Brabant at Aliwal North. Major General Brabant and the bulk of his brigade are at Aliwal North.
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        MORE TROOPS FROM DURBAN.
        13 15 Troops have been ordered from Durban to the Cape.
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        GEN. GATACRE.
        9 15 La ter.) General Gatacre returns to England.
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        GEN. POLE-CAREW.
        15 15 Major General Pole-Carew is appointed to the command of the Eh venth Division.
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        BELEAGUERED WEPENER.
        25 15 Continuous Fighting. Help Fast Approaching. Fighting continues at Wepener. The garrison is holding out bravely and troops are rapidly advancing to their assistance.
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        U.S.S. "BENNINGTON."
        15 15 To Proceed to China. The American warship Bennington has been ordered to China.
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        IN NATAL.
        79 15 Boers Visible at Elandslaagte. Firing on a British amp. Renter's correspondent at Ladysmith wiring on April loth, says that the Boers have opened fire, shelling the Camp at Elandslaagte from three positions. No damage was done. Enemy in a Strong Position. I he troops reconnoitred the enemy, who
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        H.M.S. "POWERFUL."
        23 15 H. M.S. "POWERFUL." Splendid Welcome at Portsmouth. The Powerful has arrived at Portsmouth and met with a magnificent reception. London, April uth, 1900.
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    • THE WAR.
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        CHERMSIDE SUPERSEDES GATACRE.
        35 15 Latter Ordered Home. A Sequel to Reddersburg. General orders state that Major General Chermside replaces General Gatacre, who has been ordered to Enjjl md, it is believed owing to the Reddersburg disaster.
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        HUNTER'S NATAL BRIGADE JOINA ROBERTS.
        23 15 General Sir Archib dd I lunter commands the brigade that is going fiom Durban to join Lord Roberts.
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        THE WEPENER GARRISON.
        18 15 Only Five Hurdred. The garrison of Wepener i^ only five hundied strong, with seven 5,
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        THE WAY-LFAVE THROUGH BETRA.
        37 15 THE WAY-LFAVE TH ROUGH BETRA. No Affair of France's. M. Delcasse in the Ch un er has refused to discuss the passage of the troops via Beira. He said that Fiance was not concerned in the question.
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        A WARNING FROM LORD ROBERTS.
        51 15 A WARNING FROM LORD RO BERTS. Rigorous Vartial Law for Cape Rebels. In view of the unrest, L'»rd Robeits has issued a proclamation warning the inhabitants of the North of Cape Colony agninst further hostility. He states that there will be no leniency in the future but the utmost rigour
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        THE BEIRA WAY-LEAVE.
        35 15 (Later.) T/»e Boer Governments Deem The Boer Governments have formally notified Portugal that they consider the permission given f«>r the passage of Biitish troops through Beira i> tantamount to a hostile action.
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        ASHANTI DISTURBED.
        31 15 Officers and Men ofthe Houssa Force Killed. From Ashanti the new- c< Utilities seriousLetters from the interi r state that five British officers and 40 Hou.-sas have been killed.
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        KITCHENER AT ALIWAL.
        31 15 Heliographs Encouragement to Wepener. Lord Kitchener has arrived at Aliwal North and has heliographed a sympathetic message to Wepener, where the attack seems slackening. London, April ijth, 1900.
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        IN EAST FREE STATE.
        8 15 THE DETACHMENT AT WEPENER.
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        A POSITION NEAR THE TOWN.
        27 15 The Times correspondent at Bloemfontein states that Capt. Dalgety (7th Hussars) occupies a position outside Wepener. The Boers hold the town itself.
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        ALLEGED ENGAGEMENT NEAR DEWETSDORP.
        29 15 A Column Advancing from Bloemfontein. Various telegrams refer vaguely to fighting at Dewetsdorp. It is inferred that the column from Bloemfontein is advancing on Wepener,
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        ALLEGED BOER REPULSE AT WEPENER.
        79 15 Suppose Heavy Boer Losses. Keuters correspondent at Bloemfontein says on Friday it was reported that the Boers at Wepener had been repelled with great loss. Enemy Abandoned Attack. They have relinquished the attack and are returning noith. Cbeirrsidt Divisicr. at Reddersburg. General Chermside, with the
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        THE BOER DEPUTATION.
        131 15 Leyds Consults Fischer and Wolmarans at Milan. Dr. Leyds met the Boer deputation (consisting of Messrs. Fischer and Wolmarans) at Milan for a prolonged conference. Leyds Goes to Holland. He proceeds to the Hague to-morrow. A German Consul Present. The German Consul at Milan called during the
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        THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
        36 15 An Imposing Ceremony. The Paris Exhibition has been opened with a ceremony at once simple and imposing. The President's Address. President Loubet, surrounded by the foreign ambassadors and Commissioners, delivered the opening address.
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        THE RHODESIAN FIELD FORCE.
        35 15 More Australians and Scotch Ghillies. Gen. Sir F. Carrington has saile-d from Capetown for Beira with an additional force of Australians, as well as with Lord Lovat's Corps of Highland Ghillies.
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        THE SITUATION AT WEPENER.
        16 15 No sounds of shelling were heard from the direction of Wepener yesterday.
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        GEN. BRABANT ADVANCING.
        19 15 Gen. Brabant with his headquarters, and all his mounted troops, has left Aliwal North, for Rouxville.
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        THE BOER ATTACK ON WEPENER.
        38 15 (Later The British Casualties. Reuters correspondent at Aliwal North wires that it is officially reported that the British losses at WYpener, during four days' fighting, amounted to 18 kill* d and r^2 wounded.
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        PEARS OF THE BOER BESIEGERS.
        18 15 The Boers besieging Wepener were apprehensive of being themselves surrounded [and retired northwards.]
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        GUARDING BASUTOLAND.
        23 15 Three thousand men have been stationed on the Basutoland border to prevent Boers trom crossing [the Caledon River] into that erritorv.
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        LORD ROBERTS'S POSITION.
        39 15 Ready for Anything Anywhere. An Overwhelming Force At His Disposal. Reuters correspondent at Bloemfontein states that Lord Roberts is now in a position to concentrate an overwhelming lorce on any desired point. London, April 16th, 1900.
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        AT BLOEMFONTEIN.
        35 15 The Arrival of Remounts. Horses Still Suffer from the Journey. Horses continue to arrive at Bloemfontein in grrat numbers but in low condition and requiring nursing. The mortality among the animals is great.
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        THE SITUATION AT WEPENER
        136 15 Garrison Signals All Well." The losses at Wepener that have been telegraphed [18 killed and 132 wounded] were those anterior to the 14th inst. The loss< s since then are unknown. The garrison signalled on Saturday that all was well. [ReuterA previous telegram th it the
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        SMART SCOUTTING FEAT. A RHODESIAN OFF CER ENTERS MAFEKING.
        61 15 SMART SCOU T TING FEAT. A RHO DESIAN OFF CER ENTERS MAFEKING. y. Later.) He Rejoins Plumer's Force. >« All Well in Mafeking." Lieut. Smithenan, of the Rhodesian Regiment, has reached Mafeking through the Boer lines and returned to Colonel Plumei's Camp on M irch Bth. All was well in
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        THE EASTERN FREE STATE.
        29 15 THE Sl? GE OF WEPENER RAISED. Boer Commandoes in Retreat. The Standard correspondent at Bloemfontein says that ihe commandoes investing Wepener aie in full retreat.
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        A BOER FORCE NEAR BETHULIE.
        37 15 The ma jo ity have retired north, but u,ooo Boers are till reported as approaching Bethulie. AT Ml FEKING. The Bombardment Renewed. Commandant Snyman resumed the bombardment of Mafeking on April Cth.
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        THE SITUATION AT WEPENER.
        34 15 Advance of Relieving Forces. Reuters correspondent at Maseru, w iring on Monday, >ays that the Boer scouts report the approach [towards Wepener] of tjie relieving forces from Reddersburg and Rouxvi
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        DISSENSIONS AMONGST BOER BESIEGERS.
        43 15 Olivier Wants to Capture Dalgety. The majority ol the Boers are in favour of raising the si go, but Olivier is reluctant to move while thtre is a chance of securing Dalirety. who is determined to hold the position.
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        THE BEIRA FORCE.
        22 15 Three Transports Land Australians. Three transports with Bushmen arrived^ at Beiia on April 14th, and the force- have landed.
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        THE FLOW OF TROOPS.
        41 15 Twenty-two trai sports are i ect d [a South African pot uring th mon h. THE QUEEN. Another We k in Dublin. Her Maj. sty th <Juecn lea s Dublin on the 27th > don, April 18th, rg
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    SHARE LIST, APRIL 18th, 1900.
    388 16 Quotation. Capital. Paid Up. Shares Paid o lf Bank of China and Japan, Ltd. Nominal, 2,000,000 414,231 199,875 Deferred. £5 1,250 ?i Bell's Asbestos Eastern Agency. $3 Sellers. 1 0,000 f f'* 8 9 2\ Vjv "»4^^ unissued Clear Water Dairy Farm [«td. $100 25,000
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      669 16 THE TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY, LTD. Shir wrights, Engineers, Iron and Brass Founders, Wharfingers, &c. T*HIS Company executes Ship and Marine Engine Repairs ol all descriptions, in the most efficient mannev, under the supenntendence of experienced European Shipwrights and Engineers. Graving Docks up to 500 feet in length and 21
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      280 16 Passengers Arrived by the Mail. Apl. 12.— Per Preussen From Hamburg.— Mr. Max Schuker. From Genoa.— Dr. A. Tucro, Dr. M. Muhlberg, Mr. W. Thamann, Mr. E. Belart. From Colombo.— Mr. Y. Y. James. From Penang.— Mr. A. Epler, Mr. H. Vane, Mr. W. Michalitz, Mr. H. C. Swaintz, Mr.
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      825 16 CLEARANCES. April 12. Chow Phya, Brit, sir., Jellicoe, for Malacca and Klang. Hono Wan, Brit, str., Hudson, for Muar. Chwn Shan, Brit, str., Messer, for Saigon. Will o'the Wisp, Brit, str., Ralph, for Pontianak. Ban Liomo, Out. str., Flak, for Sourabaya. Singora, Ger. str., Meyer, for Bangkok. Trikgganu, Ger. str.,
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      1194 16 V tt SS X L IN FORT. Mtti -v.»» Flags and Tons Commanders Arrived FrJm For Wo«j Rattler Brit, g.b., 715 A. Hardinge Feb. 14 Sarawak Sheerness, Sumbawa Dut. g.b., 600 Nooid.iyn Mar. 15 Rhio Oleh-leh, A >!, otb. r Vessels Flans A Tons Masters Arrived From Consignees For When
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