The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 July 1895

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    19 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, 4 th JULY, 1895. DAILY ISSUE, No. 2,402
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      408 1 PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Ov»icb.— Collyw Qaay. Whakybs,— New Harbow The mail steamer's w.H leave Singapore on or about the undermentioned dates. OUTWARD. HOMEWARD 1*53 iSq«. iCataar-t-Hind 6tk Juiy. P-kin tuth Juiy. RoßiMa 22« d jui>. Khsi.ve 34th July. Ravenna ;tS tag, Kosetta Au s Bengal qpkAng, Kaisar-i-Hind.M*t
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      563 1 AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM 11 NAVIGATION COMPANY. Under Mail Contract with thb Austrian govbrnmbnt. THE following are the dates oa which the Co.'s Steamers may be expected to sail front here i— OUTWARDS. HOMEWARDS. for Hongkong, for Trieste Shamg m a i k Kobe. It ports via Bombay. i»B5. 1595. Vindoban*
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      751 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contract with thb Netherlands India Government. Acents at Singapore. Ships Aency. late I. DAENDELS Co.. 2-3 Collyer Quay Time table for July. Steamer From Expecte 1 Will be despatched for Date Bawean. Sourabaya. July 3rd. Bawean, S'baya, B'massin, Pasiir, Pulu Laut, Cotei. July 7t''DeCarpenticr Balavia.
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      709 1 Art Photography. Corner of Stamford Road k Hill Street. Platinos Aristos A SPECIALITY. Sittings from 7 a. m. till 5 p. m. Robt. Lenz Cie. Feb. 7. 7-4 G. R. Lambert Co., PHOTOGRAPHERS, By Special Appointment to H. M. T|HE KING Ol SI AM AND H. H THE SULTAN OF
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      635 1 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL. .$10,000,000 RESERVE FUND f 5,000,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS j •••10,000,000 Court op Directors. j. KRAMER, Esq..,— Chaiuan. HON. A. McCOXACHIE.— Oemjt* Chairman. D. R. Sassoon, Esq. f Jas. J Bmx Jkvinc Esq. I R. M. Gray, Esq. j M. D. Rzkkiel, Esq.
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      548 1 ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY. StHSCKIBEO CBPITAL 1,200,000 Jsltrllli|J. Head Office, 92 Cbeap&ide, London. 1 lie undersigned arc prepared to accept I- I KE RISKS at current rate;-. THE BORNEO Co., Ltd,,— Agents. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSUR- ANCE SOCIETY OF NORWICH AND LONDON. EsTASLisnep 1 7 y KOR FIRE INSURANCE OXI.\. AMOL'MT
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      361 1 P>ACiriC MAIL STEAMSfIfi COMPANY AND OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Thicajl passage fidcel pan I iand France, and Germany byaH tr. •> „n r of Steamers, also to San Francis, by t:«e ste^tnerk of the above lines. To other European points at proportionate rate Special reduced rate? granted to Oftoen;
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      BIRTH.
      17 2 At Ili-ytor, Singapore, on the 4UI instant, the j wife of August Krsslbk, of a son.
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      MARRIAGE.
      27 2 At St. Aivirew's Cath-drwl, Singapore, 011 ilie 3rd instant, by the Kcv. John Perliam, Archdeacon and Colonial Chaplain, Kdwaku Ikedr;tn;K Holbkri-o^ linns, to Bbrtiia Hilda Warns.
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    The Singapore Free Press. THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1895.
    950 2 The Singapore Free Press. THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1895. mi V r lltlWi'iH-J l,y I llrrr ...t- I all j,er E ;.»ri.«>. prr. 'p.- .lr:iw. ilr.-uf,. 10 Uetigjon. \jo.a\\y. and Law. WHEN a Colonial Governor acts m the I peculiar manner m which Sir CHARLES j MITCHELL has dealt with the
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    948 2 i lit British Kesidejit bagged an elephant i it) Kuala Kangsar tlie other day. Never say die," as tlie uew British dollar remarked cheerfully wlirn lie saw himself for the first time. —S. .If. J. It is notified that there will be tifhn on Saturday at the (ioif Cluh Pavilion
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    60 2 A youth had joined a Volunteer corps, and wax having his first day's shooting at the target. When his turn came to shoot at 300 yards, he omitted to sight his rifle to that distance. The result was that the bullet fell short when he find. iipqn seeing wliiph he
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    SINGAPORE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
    45 2 Tlie dates for the Ties of the Cu;> Competition are as under Friday. July stil.-S.CC. v. SNI Re»ji. (a.) 12th.— S.C.C. or 5-;. K^". 2nd v. jth Kegt 11. (b.) 1 -Ah.— R li- v. R.A. z6d». Winner of Winners oi (b.).
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    CRICKET.
    62 2 CRICKE T. SC.C 2nd XI. v. K.E on Ke« reatiou Ground, Saturday, July 6th. 1895. at 2 p.m., sharp. The following will represent the Cub: j Messrs. J. H. Gunn, j. I Macdongal!, F. D. Mactaggart. J. A. Delay, Ulort, H. S. Toppin, J. H. Pye, M. E Plumpton, A.
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    A PROPOSED FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.
    190 2 Owing to the keen competition Uetweeu the differeiit in^urance (om;>ani<"« represented m Singapore a movement I.as been on foot lor some time past to establish a Fire Insurance Association for the maintenance or fixation of tiie rat^s at which risks should Ut accepted, for the
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    PERAK NEWS.
    454 2 Hie Kinta firrr.i fjr the liaif-yeai July to Decentbei i.aye bet;; sublet by the Farmers for $***** less lhan the amount they rea !sed fur the first half of \\\v. yeas. The 1.-.rrt (arms have also been sublet at a re.iuciion of $4,000. 'Ills falling off m the
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    EGYPT AND THE CHOLERA.
    321 2 A Cairo correspondent writes to a home paper The amrja'. alar;n which is felt m Eigypt at this time of year consequent upon the existence of cholera among the piigrims at Mecca is now prevalent, and tne (iovernrner.t endeavours to calm j (lie public mirid by
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    TELEGRAMS
    67 2 [Via Baugkoi.. London, June 27.— The Programme iv>ued l>y the National Liberal Federation includes Home Rule for Ireland, the Reform (not Abolition) of the House of Lords, and the Disestablishment of flic Welsh dioceses of the Church of England. London, June aO. The new treaty which France has concluded
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    142 2 Dr. Cecil J. Ljavenport, of the London Missionary Society, who has just returned to Australia tor a holiday, stated m an interview that the great bulk of the Chinese nation was ignorant of the fact that a war was being actively engaged m. Even a few miles put of Shanghai
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    120 2 Turkey and Bulgarm. Turkey has replied to the protest 0 Bulgaria v u> military action ou tlie fr tier m tlie must amiable terms. The French m Madagascar. I lie I rentli have attacked t'xr 110.0. position at BeriUoka. a piare on tlie road to tlie i-apitai, and
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    583 2 .\ir Wegg Fro-ser, tLe newly appointed Assistant Superintendent of Police, has joined tiie force Bt Penang. vice Mr. Faulkner, deceased. i he usual monthly meeting ot the bing*jjore Amateur Photographic Society trill be held to-night at 9 (j. m. m the Society Rooms, iv Hi!l Street. A cricket match was
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      248 2 JOHN LITTLE Co., LIMITED, i ABE NOW SELLING THEIR CELEBRATED SEWING j MACHINES. I Netr *t ™'^^-^Jai^Mß^C^aMi^ Nett i Complete wift ail Accessories, and m Handsome Polished Wood Case. ra*M MadMMtan SMOGTH RUNNING. GOOD WORKERS and durable. JOHN LITTLE fif Co.. LIMITED. SANTA CECILIA 5 BAND «*i«B« r i e=i.:,.
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      512 2 TO BE LET. IMMEDIATELY LTJKj-r'ROOF l)c;V: Tanjor. P«^-ir. cai-dD.e r being ?nb-cfiv.Jed. >„'.'• to N.\ t ollyir Quay. ul. TO BE LET. V\ '>< ►IK> 1 ID.] I\ *iJ .arjfc, COOh ;o and pleasantly situated. POWELL Si Co. TO BE LET. \\*l t.i r KWXrr, No. 33, Kani«r= Pi<,ce. x^
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      966 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. For London. I'hk IJUiN Link Stkausr GLESFARG, Capian; Si.ISV, due Tiare on tlse v'"- Euiaiu, lias »p!endiJ accßmtnodatian fur first cktsi paajtuj'jra. I"he si earner c^rrie^ a Surgeon a:ij a fc-levar«ios<. Apply to BOL'STEAU x Co Agents, (lien Line. .|u.; i>.; CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER. SEEKS re-engegonent shortly.
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      206 2 The Week. Thursday, 4th Hi*h Water :—^.4 a. 1..., i..-o p. n. b V.A. GuuJriil i ai.i.>;ij» KatoiiK, Launc.., 5 p.m Gaiety Ccnnp^ny, Town Ha!!, 9 p. r... Amateur Pbotu^rapbk Society, 9 p. m Teutonia Ciui<, At Home.'" Friday, sth HiKh VVatei 10.3 n. m., 9.1J p. xxi. Fiower Show,
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    LABUAN NOTES.
    725 3 Labuan, June Zi\\<l 1895. By the steamship Banjermasstn on the jth inst- Mr. and Mrs. Creagh sailed for Europe. Mr. Creagh having completed a :«m oi rather more than seven years as Governor oi North Borneo, which, since tha i^t Jan. 1890. has also carried with it :he
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    390 3 ..ar.er haa just been arraigned at the irlcm S Police Court for insanity. rivokma New York paper observe* that .> readers may look out next March for caviare of a hare m a state of acule j a isuall; suunch itdheretu ot a*- c ?ati». the DmUjf &*ms, will Lave
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    ENGLAND AND THE POWERS IN EUROPE AND IN ASIA.
    1074 3 (Translated for the Fsee Press. 1 It can scarcely be doubted, says the London correspondent of Le Journal des Debats, that the presence of the English i fleet at Alexandria is an indirect conseo,uente of England.- tardy action m the Far
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    111 3 In his autobiography Mr. John Hollings-ht-ail gives us one more glimpse of Mr. Gladstone as playgoer. It relates to an evening at the Gaiety twenty years ago, when Mr. Gladstone went behind the scenes "He took an interest m every trap, slide, rope and pulley went with the carpenter into
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    3415 3 July 3rd, 1895. Prbsekt A. Gentle (President) \V. Nanson, M. Meyer, C. G. Paterson, \V. Evans, Tan Jiak Kirn, Seah Liang Seah, J. P. Joaquim. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed and of tlte special meeting of June 2 1st. Prisidknt's Statkmknt. Ihe President
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    EXCHANGE.
    70 3 (Corrected up to July 4.) On London. Bank 4 m/s -/'i demand j/i| Private credits 3 m/s 2/^J documents 3 m/s 2/2 I credits 6 m/s „>/.>; On India. Bank demand 94i On Hongkong. Bank demand i%P«n. On Yokohama. Bank demand jjar. On Java. Bank demand U9 Private 30
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    PRODUCE.
    113 3 US* Gam Her do. Cube No. 1 12.30 do. do. No. 2 n.30 Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) 10.8;.; do. White. (Fair L/W =5% „1050 Nutmegs 150s to the Ib.) 91. Mace (Banda) 96. Cloves (Ainboina) 2a. Überian Coffee 43. Pengerang Überian #i 44 50 Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality)
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    SHARK LIST, JULY 4th, 1895.
    226 3 uiahok. Capita. P«tf up a^r*. M. 0;v, HongK. n< vS n« K,,.k. prem. |mjmmn» i*,.^ UgjCc**,*. Naiiun-; ft.,,k of Cfciua >,J ftWM** <,*>::-- («*>:-* A* Founder*. Non.iual (j&^t Bk. of China, Jap. fc Straits Nominal *45G.y68 i^,,tt 7i gig, do. Debentures 6* i<% prt, f
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      96 3 For Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The British India Steam Nay. Co., lad., steamer MUTTRA, 4.644 ton*, Captain Turmkr, is due here about the 7th July, and will have prompt despatch for the above ports. For Ireight and passage apply to BQUSTEADfcCa, J«we as. 7.7 For Hongkong, The lndo-China Steam Nay,
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      75 3 i Weather Report. (July 3.; Taken at Kaadang Kerbau Hospital Observatory 9. AM. 3P. M. 9P. M. Bar. red. 3a Fah 29.879 29.809 29.822 Temperature 865 885 828 Wet Bulb Thermometer 79.5 79.3 ;6S Dir.ofWind E.N.E. S.W. S.W. Max. Temp, m shade 89.2 Mm. do do 75.5 Max. m Sun
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      1178 3 VIiSSfcLS IN PORV Ktag«K Ton. Captai:> Arnred Ptvaa .Oii&. .-> p *?•.<■ Men-ot-Wai Lucuaa Dut. 234 Laudareer lalj 0.«..: c e Cpm«! Mekapi 1*ut.«.b., 786 Ho.dvk funei At;»! Keth. Constt! 4tic* Other V«-sseK ALtXAMnR VBArs.iirit.ii.., 1470 Bummer May 2; ELdejantarcGUfillan v\ u d i><aatai An<»'m Brit, bq., 1551 .Mosner Jut.et.
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      561 3 VfcSSELSJ EXHtCTLD. viviiig p rt aad date of otp*rtcrt.; iad vt>et* knmcti' :st<t uut Uere, on i 1. k o A*«;- ■*<• -v» ICOBMOUI s, I^t^siJt: f-i.>;>. H Pi^Li-. H.M> Devc tw j UWAL3E, Fahai H.M.S. D--v lE* A b. I. Si* k..:. :•-'>. doe bo AB. [.StSAMER, R£J«g\KM. j
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      426 4 ST. ANDREW'S HOUS* SING A PORK THl> fck>aiui&s Housr r-jr hjroprim aua tura»iou Bcys> uiiiy. attending Tay Schools ot tbe Coiony. It is under the direction ot a Committee consisting ot the Bishop, the Cotoa»al Chaplain- and five ot':er ijentlemen. Applitatio- tor ..,imi?>i»ju should b< addrosed to thrr Honorary Secretary.
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      271 4 McALISTER Co. Government Contractors, Engineers* Furnishers SHIFCHANDLERS, Sail makers -\M> General Furnishers. Have always m Stock Fairbanks Weighing Machines, rights to auit a!! countries, m solid iron uni wevden frame.-. Salters Family Spring Balances Safes of all sizes. Cross-cut and Hand Saws, AMERICAN \NL> SCOTCH TOOLS e*eij dcacriplioii Piaces, >a.\^.
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      441 4 9^s «Lgft PATENTED PAST a|^ St-T KHAKI 9RIU. 3fe We bej; tv inform Connotseurs tlial we have always on hand a stock of well-matured. DEWAR'S CELEBRATED PERTH hXI A WHISKY POWELL Co. j IF beverage Commillecs of the most important British HarliameutH, and English Scotch, Canadian an I Colonial Clubs
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      68 4 EVERYONE HERE SWEARS by it! EVERYONE HERE SWEARS by it! The late Mr. Walter Knaggs. who for many years was a resident of Singapore, wrote. "Al my friends here swear by Anteczer./a.' Anteczema is a grand outward remeoy for nsect bites, prickly heat, eczema, Dhobie itch and all tropical skin
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      228 4 Tv r"' f m— m^ Sweef Scents from flowers. RIGAUD'S WHITE VIOLCTS RIGAUO'S WHITE ROSE RIGAUD'S WHITE JASMIN RIGAUO'S WHITE LILAC. RICAUD'S white im» RIGAUDsC nnnmnt Paris V J >KBBLE"sPKCrACLtS F«J LUERsT" Yj z. R w I H O I x j: < 55 5 i O CO < 12
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      194 4 DONALD MACKENZIE'S Fine Scotch Whisky, SPECIALLY BOTTLhU I' O X 1 SAFKIES BRO Straits S». i ilihemn at lit;, v- 1. June 1. j 1. 8 i T. L. GOSLING Co. -m TIVOLI BEER, Pint and Quart Bonu<. Lusk's Hams Bacon. SALT BEEF, IN KKGS Or 25 LBS. WHITE CHEOOAH
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      633 4 The Singapore Free Press .MTU Mercantile Advertiser. Cable Auohe*!*,— Advertiser, Simgmptn, '!>l*pkon£ Ncnn. Ko.6t. Published at 39, Change Alley, Singapore THE iiadiug English Nfisjiayfi \u Straits Settlemente Johore the I Protected Native States of Perak, ScU n gor, Sungei Ujong, Pabang, thr epr Sembilan: British North Borneo: Sarawak Netherlands Indies,
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