The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 July 1895

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, i6th JULY, 1895. DAILY ISSUE, No. 2,412
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      395 1 PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL r STEAM] NAVIGATION COMPANY. Ovetcs.— Collyer Quay. Waaavsa,— New Harboer The mad ssMBBBSBs wil leave Singapore en er about the undermentioned dates. OCT WAR f>. HOMEWARD. i%5 1*95ItotaiUa ur.d Juiy. Khedive .24th juiv. Ravenna Aug. Rosetta 7th Aug. Wmmmml •>*'•< Aug. K.i.ar-i-Mind n*t Ana. ■BOsWi md Sep.
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      548 1 AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STSAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Uaoaa Mais Contbact with tub Austrian GOVBRNMBNT. THE following are the dates oa which the Co.'s Steamers asay be aapscscd to sail hem hew i OUTWARDS. HOMEWARDS, roa Hoaoaoao, roa Trusts Shanghai A Koaa. A roan via Bombay. 1805. 1803. Gisela Aug. Maria Valerie July
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      624 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PARRI Under Contract with thb Nb Agents at Singapore. Ships Aency, late Time tabli Steamer Prom Expected Wil Van Goens. Penang. July 13th. Batavia, Siak. Bila. luly 14th. Paneh, I Generaal Pel. Batavia. July *****. Penang, Japara Bawean. July 13th. Souraba via Ba Van Diemen. Batavia. July 21st.
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      373 1 rVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. thbrlands India Govirnment. I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collyer Quay 1 for July. I ba despatched tor Date Cheribon, Samarang and Sourabaya. July iotli* liia, Assahan and Deli. July 18th-Oleh-leh.Padang. W.C. Sumatra ports. July 18th. ya, Bali, Lombok. Macassar at Moluccas, wean. July 23rd. Cheribon. Sama' ang, and Timer.
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      617 1 fJONGEONG AND SHANGHAI BANEING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAP1TAL..~.~~.....~ $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND f 5,000,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF a PROPRIETORS w j Jieveoo^oo Court op Directors. j. KRAMER, Esft.,— Chairman. HON. A'. McCONACHIE, -OtPUTV Chaiicmaw. D. R. Sassoon, Esq. I Jas. J Bell Jkvinu. Esq R. M. Gray, Esq I M. D. Fzekikl,
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      451 1 HISPID CONDENSED MILK Bfe a*.* I***1 "■^kn^d" Brand is guaranteed to contain al! feaL-..^,.! e < **s* n of original milk. In the procet.- of WJRDENSE3) MBfy """""J"* 1 1 nothing but water is removed, nothing r ksmnr YtmWMft Mt refined sugar Added. Largest Sale in the World. ATLAS ASSURANJCE
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      761 1 Paciitc mail steamshu company and occidental and oriental w steamship company. Through passage tickets granted tr. F France, and Gerroanj- by al! tram.-Ati*mM h,, t^ of Steamers, also to San Francisco by the •xet'mer* af the above lines. To other European points at proportionate rauSparial reduced rates granted to Officers
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    The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1895.
    620 2 The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1895. Urn. <hntl tl,f T'^i» tl* Pcof'le'n r, L t maintain. Vnawpil In- iiiMtirttresMul uiilicilw.l lipyaiit; Wm patriot Truth her -Inriotis prr, i-pt- draw, i'le.lceil to Itrliicinn. l-ovaitv. anil taw. All continues to go well, and the Partisan Party" continues to suffer defeat
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    222 2 Plague has ceased to exist in Macao The S.y.A. committee meeting has been adjourned till 'I hqrsday afternoon. Nagasaki has imposed quarantine against vessels arriving from Singapore on account of the cholera scare. There lias been a partial strike of the night-soil coolies at Shanghai, causing considerable inconvenience. Mr. J.
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    MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
    65 2 Major General H. T. Jones- Vaughan, C. 8., having returned from leaye of absence by the Ss. Mr nest Simons to-day, assumes command of tho Troops S. S. from dps date, inclusive. Tha G. O- C. lias been pleased to grant leave of absence to Captain A. VV.
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    THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
    970 2 An important decision was given by the Chief Justice yesterday (15th) as to tbe powers of the Protector of Chinese under "the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance 1888." Oathe Ist July Mr. Sisson had obtained an order from the Chief Justice calling upon Mr.
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    237 2 It is reported from Peking, the N.-C. Daily News says, that after twu years of constant study, tbe Emperor finds that the pares of State leave him no time to devote to the acquisition of the English language. The inquest in the circumstances attending the death of Capt. Tilly was
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1046 2 Before Mr. Justice Leach. In the matter of a contract dated die 7th June, 1895, for the sale of No. 41, North Boat Quay, and No. 8, River Valley Road, Singapore, made bet wren S. J. Nathan and Tan Chip Hack, and in the matter of the Conveyancing
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    128 2 Mr. E. Spencer Pratt, American Consul, entertained the Consular Body of Singapore at dinner yesterday evening ia the Singapore Club. Amongst the other guests were the Chief Justice, the Senior Naval Officer (Capt. Fawkes), aad the Officer Commanding the Troops (Lt.-Col Plunkett). On the 13th inst., a Chinaman who was
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    129 2 THB GENERAL ELECTIONS. Continued Unionist Successes. Another Gladstonian Cabinet Minister Rejected. One hundred and sixty-two Unionists have been returned, with a gain of twenty seats. Twenty-seven Liberals have beeu returned, with a gain of two seals. There have also been reiurne i one Labour candidate aud eight Irish
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    454 2 Quarantine restrictions at Saigon against Hongkong have been removed. Ihe S. C. C. cricket match next .Saturday will be likely the Batavia Prob.U>iev the Rt- st The Japanese authorities are pushiug forward the scheme for a cable between japan and Formosa. It is stated that the French cruise: beautemps-beaupre. at
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      537 2 I DEWAR'S I PERTH o£fc WHISKY. Purciym by Royal Warrant to Her Majesty the Queen. naalfß of Honour and Gold Medal Highest award over all Competitors, Edinburgh 1890. Uadcr Competition >he only Scotch Whisky drawn at the Bars of Spiers Poad, Ud. Sole supply to the Imperial Institute, SOUTH KENSINGTON.
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      23 2 ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE FOR CASH NOW ON. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY FOR intending purchasers. Mrs. ROOKE, GRESHAM HOUSE. 18, BATTERY ROAD, J«*y »3- 13.7
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      844 2 TO-DAY'S ADVEKTIBKMBNTB. WANTED. Municipal Debs. m% Tanjong Pagar D6ck Debs. 5% FOR SALE. Pengerang Planting Co.'s Shares. Aj'ply iw PHASER ft Co.. Kx. hai.ge and Sliaie Brokers. July 16. u.c. For Penang, Rangoon and Calcutta. The British India Steam Nav. Co., Ltd., Steamer LISDULA, 2,199 tuns, Capt. With ibs, will
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      170 2 The Week. Tuesday, 16th High Water:— 4.2 a. in., 4.27 p. m. Sarawak Races. French Mail Outwards. Wednesday, 17th High Water 2—5.20 a. to. 5.26 p. in. Municipal Commission, 2.30 p. in. Congregational Meeting, Presbyterian Chord] 9 P. m. Thursday, tStb High Water 6.49 a. in., 6.27 p. in. Sporting
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    BATAVIA NEWS.
    1165 3 iFram our tiwm Carrespaudant.* Tbe Batavia Niemtwshiad 3rd July says Reports received from West Java tell of very bea*y raiaa unknown ot before. At Batavia vary heavy showers of rain continued for 30 hours, tbe riven nearly oversowing Tbe environs were inundated, but ao casualties occurred. Coffee crops
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    PUNJOM.
    92 3 The Secretary of the Punjom Mining j Co., Limited, advises that he has received tbe following telegram from the mine:— The Cyanide plant ran 22 days, treating 5.25 tons of tailings and 86 tons of conceitj trates, yielding 1001. of bullion. We are j suspending operations. The Secretary of
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    ENGLAND AND THE TREATY OF SHIMONOSEKI.
    695 3 An Istbbyicw with Mr. \V. A. Picbbbibo, C.M.G I here are not wany men, we imagine, who have iiad better opportunities of forming a sound judgment on the present situation in the Far East than Mr. Pickering. In 1878, continues the IVestmmuaakm Gaaette, Sir
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    327 3 Dr. Kitasato, the distinguished Japanese bacteriologist, received a communication a lew days ago (says the Kobe Chronicle, irum tbe Sanitary (Hygienic) Society of London that lie had been elected an honorary member of the Society. The following are the Royal Engineers cricket fixtures July 25th, Fort Canning. Aug. ist, Biakan
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    A MUNICIPAL APPEAL CASE.
    970 3 Tab Juk Wai.— Appellant, and G. Copley, Municipal Secretary.— Respondent. The following is the judgment delivered by tbe Chief Justice in an interesting appeal case in Malacca, whicii defines in some respects the powers of Municipal authorities, and the status of Presidents of Municipalities in respect
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
    479 3 The following are the batting and bulling averages for the year, 1894-5. Battixc Av cracks, June lo December, 1894. Ll. H. Harington 9 j 73 246 41 J. Howley 8 1 102 161 23* J.J.Guggisberg 81 44 158 22.57 Dr. McClosky .13 3 37* 142 142 Mr.
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    58 3 It is rumoured in Taiptng that a team of tbe Perak Sikhs will shortly visit Penang to meet the detachment of the Northumberland Fusiliers at football. Ia view, bowever, ot tbe practice obtaining in India of aot permitting British and Native troops to play together at football, we should think
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    THE GOVERNOR AND THE MUNICIPALITY.
    628 3 A Penang Opinion. (Straits Maritime Journal.) The present Governor ot the Straits Settlements, with his craze for retrenchment, will, or we are much mistaken, eventually lan i this Colony in a hole from which it will lake time and money, besides proving an exceedingly difficult
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    GOLF AT SINGAPORE.
    689 3 The following is the account of Golf at Singapore which appears in the Golfing Annual for 1894-5, from tbe pen of Mr. J. W. B. MacLaren, the late Hon. Secretary. Two plates appear, tbe Club Pavilion and the group of members at the opening, both ol which
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    17 3 Education is a good thing when it does not unfit a man far working fbr a living.
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    AMERICA AND SILVER.
    334 3 Speaking on the question of the Currency, F. R. Couder, the legal representative in America of the Government of France, is reported to have said in a recent interview If the nations of the world should agree upon a uniform standard there is no doubt in my
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    515 3 Thanks to Lord Ripon Calcutta and other Indian cities have municipal bodies on which the elected native is in the numerical majority. Naturally but little sympathy is shown with the sanitary requirements of the community, and the health officer has to put himself against the Municipal Commissioners if he is
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 3 (Corrected up to July 16.) On London. Bank 4 m/n z\\\ demand 2/1 Private credits 3 m/s 2/2J documents 3 m/s 2/2$ credits 6 m/s 2/2$ On India. Bank demand 194^ On Hongkong. Bank demand j£%pm. On Yokohama. Bank demand par. On Java. Bank demand 129 Private 20 d/s
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    PRODUCE.
    93 3 (July 1 6.) Tin tj4*32i Gambier 9.4x1 do. Cube No. 1 12.60.82 1 Pepper, Black (ordinary S'pore) 10.90 do. White. (Fair L/Wss% 11. Nutmegs 150s tn the lb.) 91. Mace (Banda) 96. Cloves (Araboina) 22. Liberian Cotler 43. lapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) 420 do. do. flake (do. do.)
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    SHARE LIST.
    305 3 JULY ioth, 1805. Qtma—m. Capita; P«d mv Share, Pd. IWr, HoogKong fc saw,*. $,0****** $,0*00,000 Isvase i25»fis*v». National BmikefCaiaa fcj A5 oo.ooo 4400,50 *°7°* £> Found,™ >:- t. i§MSslW4sP founders. Nominal JS0 Bk. of China, Jap.fc Straits Nominal aa.oOo.ooo £a_oioM ,09.87^ (ag roeastSSTB. j ,,*5o T«K>ngP^Dodt^$2 32 Sales
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      197 3 Weather Report. (July MS.} Taken at Ksnrtaag Kerbau Hospital Observatory 9. A M. 3P. M. 9P. M. Bar. red. 32 Fah 29.874 39.802 39.863 Temperature. 850 81.3 77.0 Wet Bulb Thermometer 80.3 76.0 750 Dir.ofWind S.E. S.S.E. S.E. Max. Temp, in shade 87.7 Min. do do 72.3 Max. in Son
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      1721 3 VESSELS IN PORT. fls^s*Ton. Captain Arrived Prom Consignees For, Wbco Men-01-War Lucitßß Dm. tu Landaw Ju'y 3 Olehlen Neth.Consn' h>tav. Mrrcurt Bnt. cru.. 3730 ba wkes July 15 Sarawak Sr. N.Orhc.r Station Mbbapi Dut.g.b., 1300 Hordyk June 8 Atjeh Neth. Consul Atjeh lw\ Otner Vessels J Amherst Bnt. 108 Shunmen
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      239 4 SHIPCHANDLERS, Sailmakers General Furnishers. Have always in Stock Fairbanks Weighing Machines, >n all weight* to >u>t ail countries, ia Salter's Family Spring Balances Sales oi all sizes, ross-cut and Hand Saws, SCOTCH TOOLS r>t every description. Planes, saws, braces, bits, augers, hammers, hinges, mallets, pincers, locks, padlocks, door chest locks,
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      524 4 TOBBLET.IMMEDIATBLY pMmKN^TnmPliß.^ Asgey No. 6. Cifij 11 Qeny. Aasia. sc. TO BB LET. BJ^OOOSyiU A Sirnai ib Baad large, caaa- mm 99K "^^POWILL fc Co. TOMB LET. \l/*ITH fill ill 1. Naw aa. Raises Place. W iwamlf niufiii it CmtsmmA Rank Ascey to PATERSON SIMONS R Co. Jan. 3K TO
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      416 4 K4 c^* e od cuiics all discharges from *e genitofrooi >k urinary orthe fi j^gans in either best ■Isexin •bn wMiitw xg uniißS a m^ m mk m^ m^ m m m u w m mmmmmmf IW nVVIIv Unlikethesan- is a dal oil of. the JM Bazars,itissu-fi BH,)|H f or
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      485 4 BARUGH Co. ii mwmwmm mwmmk^mmr. in ~y— PREFER y hgrr'n M^a mm W •»h mm m 'AW mI m m ft^Ar W)f -\W\ m IB? B W\U mw m ml mJmsr I I AU Whiskeys are sold under the following guarantees. Ist. Thai all arc thoroughly Matured, and. That no
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      177 4 T. L. GOSLING ft Co. am ma TIVOLI BEER, Pint and Quart Bottles. Lusk's Hams ft Bacon. SALT BEEF. in Kegs of 25 lbs. WHITE CHEDDAR LOAF CHEESE. CIGARETTES. Three Castles, Capstan, Bird's Eye. VAFADIS EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES. WILLS' TOBACCOS. June 21. The St. Pauli Breweries Co., Ld. BREMEN. GIRL BRAND.
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      585 4 THe Siogaporc Free Press aav Meccentuc Advertiser. Casta Aaasßst, tSmanHaar, Singapore. Tblbphobs Nl-mbbb.— No. 6i. Pill Mil 1 1 3* Cfcaafe Alter, Singapore THE l< ading English Newspaper in the Straits Settlements; Johore the Protected Native States of Perak, Selangor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Negri Sembilan; British North Borneo; Sarawak,
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