The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 January 1896

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    17 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, Bth JANUARY, 1896 DAILY ISSUE, No.
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      340 1 P orr.ee Collyer Quay Vy. Wnarves. New Harbour. QsTEAM NAVIGATION Co. x- _v r CHINA, JAPAN. PENANG. CEY■on INDI "tUSTRALIA. ADEN, IXiVPI, MARSEILLES GIBRALTAR, MALTA, BK NDISI ENICE PLYMOUTH AND LONDON 11-s B* mi Lad-S mmmtA I j tmm j MAIL LINES. I 1 WAX I) HOMEWARD Ravenna .1. 19.
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      571 1 NORD-DEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN. j THF fast and well known steamers oi this line v-:ll leave Singapore on or about the under- j mentioned dates. OUTWARDS HOMEWARDS fo arrive Singapore for To arrive Singapore fo r China. Europe. Kmrlsruh* oth Jan. Smehstu 12th Jan. 'mt li. bib Feb. Kmrlsruh* 9th Feb.
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      1053 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKE. Undrr Contract with the Nl Agents at Singapore, Ships Agency, late Time table for Siean.cr From Expected W Bawean. Sourabaya. Jan, 4th. S'baya, E Ophir Bengkalis. Jan. toth. Ben***kali Speelman, Batavia. Jan. 12th. Batavia, M Vaiirunhis. Penang. Jan. ttth. Penang, G. G.Jacob. .Sourabaya. Jan. 13th, S'baya, I
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      409 1 rVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. .THPRLANDS InDl\ GoVERNMfcST. I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collyer Qua* January, 1896. ill be despatched for Dateiawean, B'massin, Pulo Laut Sc Cotie. Jan. Blh. s, Siak, Paneh, Bila, Assahan Deli. "Jan. 13th. Cheribon, Samarang Sourabaya. Jan. *****. Atjeh, Padang, via way ports. Jan. Ifkll. 3afi, l.ombok, Macassar, Moluccas. Jan.
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      654 1 IJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI Jri BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL Ji, .000 ,vRESERVE FUND t 5^00,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS I I 000.000 Coottx or Uiaxcroaa. J. KRAMER Ksy..— CßAiaMaa. A. McCONACHIE, Esq., Depot- Caanwau. D. R. Sassoon, Fsq. I Jas. J. Bsu JaviMO, Esq. R. .Vi. Gray, Esq M. D. EzKKISL,
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      500 1 '-THE STRAITS INSURANCE x COMPANY, LIMITED. Established, 1883. Head Office, Sinoapokk 1 Cathu Foi ly Slbscfibh J-t.^xi.ooo 1 Cat— -f. Pasb or oa RIIBKVI ri'Me. 191 J« Balance Of Wokking LccoVUl n 31ST Dec. jA >"449.ic,3. Cash Asskts 460,310. A. S. MURRAY THE TOKYO MAKING INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITLD. "TP 1
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      225 1 pACII IC MAIL TE WSHU COMPANY Ai l) OCCIDENTAL „ND Ol [I I'■ L STEAMSHIP DM MfV. I'hronr sag Kranc and 3< nnaa*i by all I of S .rners, aiso to Sa- rraiM of the kl lim 1 European* Special reduced rata ol lhe Are,\ Navy, and Ch a a.\
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    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1896. The Singapore Free Press.
    1553 2 ai Considering the iropressiveness of s ir THOMAS Si rtfERLAND'S remark- at the recent P ft O meeting as to thi future of th'" shipbuilding industry m Britain it would be oi hopeful augur*, n re we to over that the compromise
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    Domestic Occurrence. Birth.
    22 2 Un th ;th instant, at Singapore, the mi' of Mr. Wn i m Ij. DaSoVZA, if Kwala Lumpur. a
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    A NATIVE OFFICER'S DIARY.
    1040 2 lhe intelligent foreigner, with his comment; upon what he ,cc-, among us. is a perpetual jay. When his comments are tiansl.n i by him from his own tongue into our- the joy is doubled. A delightful instance ol this is a litii. publiration called The Native
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    232 2 In the number of the Illustrated Landau News to hand by the mail is a picture of the party of the sth Northumberland Fusiliers, ist Battalion proceeding to Ashauti m charge ot Capt. SttwelL A Special Se--ion ot the Grand Lodge of England ol the 1.0. G.T. will be heid
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    REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
    83 2 THE TRANSVAAL CRISIS Jameson Overwhelmed by Numbers. Reduced to Starvation. Il.rpo'i.erai.j made by j^^ ...to thr riaawaal still remain, Jn x plained. Hi- fan m ,„i,i I .1 11.. toru langbt or 1 r s!x against a Boer I- Mmc& and aisc prox <ied nth artillery Before surrender
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    677 2 H Uumbei left for H<mgfc<i yeatcrday. freaf i:rr bat* pl a c ia Tot I I•" *4" houses being o Mt i Sbettofti, i•• took h 3 z eat at the Municipal Commission this afternoon for the hrst time since his re-election. Dog conlniement and destruction M lam a na
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      156 2 KATZ BROTHERS. Advise New Shipments of Their well-known Hand Sewing Machines, 525 complete. p^*i'*Le JUb^__T > "■"/•J •-■^kpa*********--**^— BLJi^i"'' "^^^^mammwtmwtmgmtjmSmA^^^^k W1 an I g ts tiie erell-koowa iirm ol Messrs Ci ink I'm MEI ft Milton s Invalid Port SI 2.25 cents, DUTY EXTR DEUTZ I GELDERMANN'S GOLD LACK CHAMPAGNE
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      400 2 For Adelaide. Melbourne and Sydney. !li- s. XEir GUINEA, Calcutta, on the 4th instant, tant, and will have despatch tor the above ports. For :rei-ht and passage appl BOUSTEAIJ .v I 13.1 For Hongkong. lhe I Stea Nay. Co, lAd >teamer CHELYDH I 1 1 .1 Cass having left Calcutta
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      835 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS TYPEWR TIST. *.\N I Xl). for Netherlands India a liai p Kirrasian Youth who can use the Typewriter ami «j.ink at tiyiires. Apply b\ letter to c o Free Pr s. J* 9. ii.i WANl'lil). Minn, m ,1 Debentures Merlin i ompain hares. Mr. nt- rracSitfj Co FOR
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      290 2 AUCTION SALE Thursday, gth January, al 11 a.m. Tinned Provisions and Miscellaneous Goods. (Damaged by rain-water.) A QUANTITY of tinned vegetables, soup-, meats, biscuits, ax. pony sadles, bridles, horn dippers, carriage lamps, musical boxes, table covers, shawls, cooking utensils, Manila cigars, hanging lamps, tin baths, tools, ace. POWELL (Jo.,—Auctioneers. Jail.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      141 2 The Week Wedne-.c^y «tr. Hijih Water 1—3. 4 a 4-0 p P.. Meeting. Presbyterian .rci, 8 p.m Ihe Little Magnet, Town Hall, v p. m Thursday, 9th High M I .j, p Court of Appc-J, Sup.-.f Grand 1,,d R l, J( Sc gj^J HO nc -4; p.m. Pray, r Meeting,
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    THE COURT OF APPEAL.
    147 3 r he (0..:t0f Appeal opens, to-inonow tiie Court coasisting Ho^ilV tone. Co, C J and the „A.J Le;u!i and A. J Uw,PJ ases are on the Gat, btrt one bas L, rithdramra. Ilt«re are three appeals from B.i-okok. all civil actions. Pbya Krai Ko^a r I
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    MALAY PUZZLE NO. IX.
    36 3 ppoi -o ord S. s. phe^e cool.es am t good on the rmmtti, They can't pull and haul. Ll'hec re no use at all. the\ break down when they tirmm <tr^: i
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    CHINA AND RUSSIA.
    173 3 jhsflgi I native correspondent at writes that it is generally known a mandarins connected with the Peiyang -that there is a secret arrangement Foreign Office and the Chineit m fWa J a inch, m consideration o f the former has given to the tattl I .otung andthe
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    "KING LOG" KRUGER.
    96 3 j"| itesl accounts from the the obstinacy of President KruI put the political status ol I n a proper footing ha? ea Boer official be M not be a m.-. a crisis has been at la.-t pre- -ad m a home paper »s IN PgSIL. I i
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    THE WHITE ELEPHANT STORY.
    174 3 hi; i atu at: t: stories. i dt| ml n thc He ight here gapore e>terday. Ine soul of tr m the terioi white. H yellow, his eyes are ultra- I fay than he Singapore erheard -omebody remark thai he had thc I jndice. a I
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    152 3 erature and romance about f the round m Great m oi the succulent fruit am »'C* .blie imagination. :ne present v many iamirted on an aer- h D OH r.ething that would Mr. .-Stanley, *.r., found i tu uily ti and ci^ht inches round, one Lhe most ge after ten
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    UNITED STATES CONSULAR REPORTS
    1895 3 Sanaa Cultivation ib Proc isei. Welleslky. While- ..i Penang I took occasion to visit a sugar estate ,i few mil distant, m the province of Wellesley, on the m inland ol the Malay Peninsula. Io this estate, which bears the name- of Batu Kawan, and is
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    THL BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.
    361 3 With regard to the details 0: 011 t: ide with the Far Hast there was a large increase last month m the export ol cotton yarn to Japan, but this is discounted by a hilling o!t m the shipments to I i and the Straits
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    THE ALLEGED BOER ATROCITIES.
    346 3 T HE ALLEGED BOER ATROCITIES. Mr. Hes who lately advanced very grave criarges against the Transvaal Governmenl, m connection with its treatment of native races. v.«ites m his London journal that the proofs ot these charges have reached him, and are a', 'dr. Chamberlain's dispo-.a!. I'hcy cerainly appeal lfl be
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    123 3 Says tin- Globe: The; Charity Organisation Society lias been making an investigation into Ike management ol the various philanthropic enterprises originated and controlled by the Kilburn Sisterhood, otherwise known as the Church Extension Associatien, and has published the results. The conclusion arri\ed at is. "that the management of the orphanages
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    THE FEDERATION OF THE PROTECTED MALAY STATES.
    893 3 (Chronicle, Uec. i.,th A week ago we infomied our readers that it was the intention ol the Colonial Office to amalgamate the Piotectcd States of the Malay Peninsula into a Confederation, and to confer the post of first Resident-General upon Mr. I\ A.
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    "AMERICAN JINGOES."
    369 3 I o i hi- Kdi i o i oi rm Daili < irafhii SIX, lhe accounts whkh from tune to tune have appeared m the pages of the Daily Graphic descriptive of the various phases ol international questions now pending have undoubtedly put the cases m a clear
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    215 3 We read m the Kobe Chronicle that the Tokio Chamber of Commerce lias been invited by the London Chamber to assist m the agitation for a reduction m the telegraph rates from Europe to the Far Last. When H. at. S. Grafton was proceeding to her buoy m Hongkong harbour
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    EXCHANGE.
    71 3 (CORRECTED up to January 8.) On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/1 demand 2/1 1 Private credits 3 m/s 2/2-1/16 dot utnents 3 m/s 2/2"; credits 6 m/s 2/2-3/16 On India. Bank demand I^3On Hongkong. Bank demand %\>m. On Yokohama. Bank demand J, -t, pm On Java. Bank demand 1
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    PRODUCE.
    90 3 [anuary B.J I'" 5J2.30 Gambier M B.iu do. Cube No. 1 12. 4--, Pepper, Black (ordinary S'porej >k do. White, (FairL/W«5%) 18.25 Nutmegs 1509 to the lb. or. Mace (Banda; 00. Cloves (Amboinaj iS. Liberian Cotfee l Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality),, ]0^ do. do. flake (do. do.) 3i§
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    SHARE LIST.
    239 3 JANUARY 8th 1895. on. Capital Paid tip "h-re* i\- V H^.-., fc S*w Bud -,pr,m. l0 ~v. »,..r... M -v,0r.~ rig .'..4 p V.--1. K.:nk of China 7 Salr> *****00 £400 .5.-, feggjg Powders. 5105 Selierb. ~?o M V. Bk^Chr^.l.p.^riits $2^N0m,0,l ./-'ooo.ooo f,j,ypg| 2 o Tnnione Pa,-. M
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      392 3 HOLZAPFELS COMPOSITIONS COMPANY. LIMITED. Trade Mark: A Four-bladed Propellor m t*& 1 )i Eastern water.- we specially recommend Imi gest and most effective antifouler MANUFAf 1 URERS OI International Antifouling Composition. Genuine Rahtjen s Patent Composition Guaranteed to be made- ir. contormi'.v \s ith Original S|* Hoizapfei's Patent Soapstone Composition
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      697 3 CLEARANCES. jattuat Aoambmxoh, Brit, str., Steeves, for Penang, Cochin, Jeddah and London. Kms Vano, lir itr., Nacodah, lor Muar. ti\i ilk, Bnt. str.. Peters, for Kotie, via ports. so. Brit, sir., Cameron, tor Klang, via ports. H^noi, Brit, str., Richter, for Bila, via ports. Mai u i a, Brit, str.,
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      918 3 V h S S K L b IN PORT. Men-of-Wai Flags Ton. Captain Arrived From Consignees rot, When .l'-oi.ts Brit, cr., JOOO Groom. D Sr. N.Ofl -,tion AtmoB* Aust. corv. i vuvon Pot*. Ian. 6 15. HaVIK l)ut.Gov.-tr|:;oCl.iils It Atleli Math. Cm I Other Vessels AcANBMNOt But. 1401 S| |.hi.
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      131 4 KATZ BROS. w* HIGH CLASS TAILORS \Nl> BREECHES MAKERS. Outfitters Hosiers. HH r«J ANNOUN* rMEARRIVAI Ol I HI- IK I New Seasons Goods, I |NI 'Ml N West 1 I Engtettd c\ Blue EOS ra ring D Our Noted Serges. Straits a- Native States. AA Topical Weight. LIPTON S P*>Kt.l>
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      592 4 G. R. Lambert Co., PHI 1 1 '< KJRAPHERS By Special Appointment :o H M THE KING OK SIAM un H H.THfc SULTAN OF JOHORE Gresham Houi>e, Battery Road, and 186. Orchard Road. r > ii at' ntion ut tbe public I salt ol Mr Ke, bs rtlurn fi m
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      667 4 TO BE LET. Ol Ih E m No. d' Almeida Street. Apply al No. 7. d'Almeida Street. Jan. t, GODOWNS TO BE LET. No. {i, Teinpenia K-^ad with deep water frontage. 57, Japan Street, Iron roofed and free from piltar-. istnoer ot Nos. ao/301 "rtafßea Place, as the) st.md or
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      223 4 McALISTER Co., lIA\E JUST RECEIVED A FRESH SHIPMENT OF WATSON&Co.'s J^^^^r^S^^t, v v O. CELEBRATED i%#r 'iff .''>.■- k^\^\ Pr 'c c S" rcr Case Whiskies f^jf^oW'^K^. A^l Di^Pm,,. "SPECIAL RESERVE," B_ -^l( oJuVI \v e~~ 7 7^ I -i_j KH watsons ld l__l ;*s?^TP^^^lsJl "DOMINIE" Wh.sk) l«i l»e lad
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      185 4 WIS CENTURY'S GREAT DISCOVERY. Renovation 4 Proloaiaiioo of Life I IH k Offioa, PARIS Raw St. Lie-are. 7 CUBE of WEAKENED subjects, of HEBVOUS complaints and all other r diseases proceeding from bad nutrition and DECAY and DECOMPOSITION Of,l;C. 8100 l MARVELLOUS CURES. Explanatory Pamphlets are sent free on application
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      28 4 McALISTER Co. OF j ONE OF THE FINEST ASSORTMENTS OF ELECTROPLATE EVER SHEWN IN Singapore. AND REMARKABLE r Un j QUALITY CHEAPNESS. CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR PRESENTS McAlister Co.
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      572 4 The Singapore Free Pr... AND Mercantile Advcrtistr. naasaAssasst, A Published 3S, Change Alley, Sir,gap ore T-HE Lading Boglid t^ Prot«-ttc-d Native States Ptsrak Seh gor. Scssgd Uj-Mf, Pahang Sembilan; Britisl North Bsraeo; Sa mmawXUmmm bdies, Java at mm mrnashj on lisl 'apan. Coci.in-Cliina. Ceykm, n ,i;..„ Far Eabt p RCC»Bf.
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