The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 May 1896

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, 19m MAY, 1896 DAILY [SSUE, No. z,6€7
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      336 1 P Ornct Coliyer Q^-i.y Qy- Wharves. New Haibour. QsTEAM NAVIGATION Co. i e, far CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG. CEYN INDIA AUSTRALIA. ADEN, EGYPT, [.ES. GIBRALTAR, MALTA, gINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH, AND SDON B Lad ag asued tor C i* 1 MAIL LINES. A AK!) HOMEWARD .r ad Haj ilatiani Ma| 17. M.r
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      858 1 NORD-DEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN. "PHh 1 and well known steamers oi this line I will I tve Singapore on or about the underDM ntMHM tl datc^. Ol rWARDS HOMEWARDS To armra Singapore fol To arrive Singapore for China. Europe. PrinmHnm -1. M Kan ruju {Ist May. ffrinn h aBlh June In
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      353 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKtTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. LJnobs Contract »tih thk Nbtherlands Indm Government. Agknts a 1 Singapore, ships Agency, late I. DAKNDELS Co., 2-3 Collyeb Quav Time Table for May, 1896. Steamti Prom Expected Will be despatched for Date. Utrecht Hangkow. M,i>-.d. Hongjtonjj, Swatow aruj Amoy t ***** Van Diemen Batavia. May
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      608 1 'PHE NEW HARBOUR DOCK J COMPANY, LIMITED. This Cciinp.tny executes Ships' repair* ol a des--riptions in the most efficient manner, under the sup-- rotendence of European Shipwri>j»fs and Engineer*. Wo, 1 Graving Dock. Length ;is teet. Depth of Wd'.erfrom 14 (eel to l=Ufeet. Width at Entrance 42 f^ct. No. 2
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      635 1 IJTONGKONG AND SHANGHAI n BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAI J.-0.u00.00 RESERVE FUND 5 7*0,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS 10.000,00c C';Ui!l Of UIKBCTOKS A McCONACHIB Esq.,—Cbavuum S. C. Wi( HAELSEN Es D«« nr Chaib-Uui j The Hon Hi-i.l raviMO. Kramer, Esy. C,. B. DODWSU K-,.). l>. K. SASSOOM Hsq. I M. I).
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      569 1 MlLKMillii BRAND CONDENSED MILE C?^^^B^ Th^ "Milkmaid" Brand is gimra r^ -J the cream of The original milk In th 'WDENSED Wii manufacture nothing but water is ren i <& Acitfffj but lhfe best reflned sugar added. *Jst- Jt^Sffit Avoid low-priced brand* Iron v.■ 1, ■i— </P T?i been abHtracted.
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      161 1 DACI IIC M AI KAMSHIP COMPAi kND OCCIDENTAI AND ORIEN AI rTEAMSHIP COItPAMY. i m hrani and Germai o' S ners, .iKo to San I of She vc other Kuropc Special red m Army, if. i.iit. 1 i Dm fie or Cans-. I i >no at i; > i at
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    The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1896.
    2314 2 The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1896. draw, Loyalty, s {here are more ways Lhan one ot ta;.i:i^ to-day's news about C;;'i>?. Fifty thousand more tn •<:. ir, addition tu the few scores of thousands already sent to Cuba by Spain, is do small order. Gen* era! WEYLER may
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS
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      Spain and Cuba.
      23 2 Spam is to send hftv til us dl ,o troops to Cuba in the airtWM own.j spread ot the rebellion
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      Egypt and the Dual Alliance
      592 2 fix Time* cortetpondenl state thai Fran. k,-. make r^govMs efl rt to enloi wmm in negard to th, i-.^ tion on ihe nr-t oocastoa iftet the oronation m, m If reported by telegram troit 10 Atulralia that I fripk AJUai (-ontinue tii! 1902. i mg
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      216 2 KATZ BROS. Wirxe and Spmt Department. Champagne Dmu wd Ciiianii>— fsM bx A fhr: tad seal HockCaf i o.> r- s m he'.;er'l(crg Sum ffiJuiliii—i pnn Wine Ila P, >C« 1N 1 illC* li nui irt Spswish P~. t »l s l v;r:. red md whte Ve a sr i
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      662 2 BOOK-KEEPER. 11/ ANTED aa experienced book-keeper. Appiv in writim to A.S., c o Fret Press. May la. 21-5. 117 ANTED Boarders tor Atjeri House. Appiv io Mk-. HUNSLEY,— AHeh House. Ma 14. i.r. WANTED AT ONCE, EUROPEAN Maid or I-ady's Help. Apply by letter R.A.. a Frt* Press. Bfaj ifl
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      902 2 BOARD AND LODGING. \NE room vacant, at Eber House. Kbe; Road. Gcod table. May 11, 22-5-FOR SALE. A BA\ iiiare, 0 years old, a nearly new liamesb a. id C. Spring iour-scalc-d Phaeton. The lurnOut has only been in use seven months. Owner 'leaving for Kurope. H. ABRAMS. Mav 4.
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      358 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS WANTED. Municipal Debentures 5% Tanjone Pagar Dock Debi. Straits Ice Co. Straits Trading Company Sharet. FOR SALE, Pahang Corporation. FRASEN C«. Exchange and >'.aie brokers! May 19. u.c. NOTICE. NUMBERS 201 to 400 m Mrs. W. H. SMITH'S Art Rattle hiving been sent to Singapore for disposal, and
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      142 2 The Week. Tuesday 19th H.^r. Wmm —I. (I Wednesday H.^i Waist -a. 4.24 p M i kst Ouaiier, 1.i0p.i... \I p --.I I r:.-:. Km- of Siair. R. H t u p.m. S < Et« Kj; inadi p.m. I huisaay. 21st Hie* Wmm —35; v ,i |j. Straits I fading
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    Correspondence.
    797 3 HARD Case" Indeed. To iHf Km 10*. Pe\k Sir. As a not unirtquent churthJo<?r 1 have often, during the service, been beed in dilemma in which, I have no oubt many other men have at times found themselves -jvinth ago, during one of the "lesm 1 saw an earwig
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    LADY MITCHELL'S RECEPTION.
    211 3 Yesterday afternoon Lady Mitchell held I a reception on the Lawn at Government House, at which their Majesties the King and Qu-en ol Siam were present, attended by a numerous suite of high Siamese official.-, and naval and military officers. I Tht-re was an exceptionally large and
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    PUNJOM RAINING COMPANY.
    62 3 ihe Secretary ot the Paajom Mining I Company Limited, has received the followi ing telegram from the Mine, bein? the 1 result ot tiu- (lean up of the Cyanide Plant tar April File Cvdiiidr- ['Mat worked 21 days, treating 610 tons oi dean tailings, yield. mg 237
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    THE KING OF SIAM.
    173 3 fbis morning H. M. the King oi Siam, accompanied bj H R II Prince Damrong, H. R ii Prino Cbaprabongse Prince Kab- and ti Siamese Consul Mr. Anderson paid a visit to the Chartered Bank, bring shown over the whole of the building uy the Manager
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    ANOTHER RISING IN CANTON
    223 3 r Vrmi raaaoa isimo tbb CiTf According to Ch ,i. e latest attempt m n the C lial Kingd Imi being mai- iged b( 1 eei i f tahing Canton, i ireri met by ar. ex -officet t who %1- on I ml J I '.J
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    TELEGRAMS.
    465 3 !.o: d< Apr:. A.^'U-'. !db'. e^r '.he -a.- offered a pri c 1000 guineas :^r a papet OS Ihe best scheme :ur the e-.tabli-^hnien 1 uf an Itßperial CestooM Uoioo. No fewer than '37 papers arete received, and ine Marfj ;.5 o4 Salisbury *s 3 r^qaeited tu act a-
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    RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL.
    142 3 Tanomn Club v. H. M. S. Ukdauntbd." Matches under these rules are now few and far between and do not create the same amount of interest they used to do. The game between the above teams under j the Sister rules had resulted in a draw and
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    THE SINGAPORE SPRING RACE MEETING.
    680 3 Notes and Anticipations. 1 he Sultan's Cup shows a falling off in entries, thete being only nine entered against twelve last meeting. All the Maid n I Platers with the exception of Fire are in it, also The Swell, Philson, Datine, Caloola. and Chopstick. Ihe
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    MILITARY INTELIGENCE.
    50 3 Ire Rifle nan's Hotel, 'in Hill Street, is placed out o! bounds to the troops in Gam-.on :roip. this dale inc.) jjr, It having been reported that cholera is prevalent I in Malabar-street, Hylam Street, and BugisS reet, these '.treets are placed out of bounds until further orders.
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    RUSSIAN AGGRESSIVENESS IN CHEFOO.
    378 3 to Htngkong Taligrapn). /HE BRITISH MINISTER FIRM. BOIH FLKIiS IN KEADINKSS. Sii^nghai, May jith.— The Russian Government claims the foreshore of Messrs.. Ferguson and Co.'s property al Chttoo, ostensibly as a landing fjr a Russian steamship line between Shanghai, japan, Korea and Vladivo.tock. Messrs. Ferguson Co.
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    NORTH BORNEO NOTES.
    246 3 (B. N. B. Herald., We regret to have to chronicle the death of Mr. G. Schuster, which took place on the 19th ultimo, after a very short illness. Mr. Schuster arrived here but a few months ago as Assistant to Mr, W. G. Darby. A public meeting
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    THE ADDITIONAL ADMIRAL.
    198 3 T HE ADDITIONAL ADMIRAL. It it> now finally confirmed irom Hongkong that it is to be Rear-Admiral Oxley who comes out as second to Admiral Buller. Asa midshipman he was specially mentioned for services at the attack on the Peiho forts 15th June, 1859, and hold- the China medal. Tiie
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    SELANGOR NOTES.
    780 3 Sclangjr Journal.) Ihe Resident, Mrs. and M.ss Rodgei, trill ;e<ive jin the Esmeralda on the insi., Vj attend the j Queen''. B:rtiida_\ Ball at. Government House, Singapore. Mr Geraid Browne, v.;.0 has been acting i^ Government Secretary, Selangor, since July, i?^4, 1 has, with ihe^pprovil of the Secretarj
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    SHIPS SIDE LIGHTS.
    162 3 The Hoard of Trade ha? been recousij dering the question ot ships side lights and have rescinded the order of 1893. That directed the red and greui lights to have screens so arranged as to make an angle of 4" with the keel line. The new instructions
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    EXCHANGE.
    69 3 (Corrected up to May i y On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/_-y/i6 demand 7 Private credits 3 m/a j/jj documents j m/s 2/j-ij io credita 6 m/s >/_^ On India. Bank demand iyo* On Hongkong. Bank demand 2 uia. On Yokohama. Bank demand > par On Java. Bank demand
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    PRODUCE.
    95 3 (May 19.) Tin $31.9^ Gambier j.^ o do. Cube No. 1 n.*Bo Pepper, Black (ordinary S'pore) 1030 do. White, (Fair L/W= 5 17.75 Nutmegs 150s to the Ib.) 0,1. Mace (Banda) 96. Cloves (Amboina) 1750 Liberian CofTee 42, Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality),, 3 5^ do. do. flake (do.
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    SHARE LIST, MAY 19th, 1896.
    265 3 „iAI,ON Capita! Paid up Shires. Pd. »i» Ho.a'k-.,, t vr, ri.,,, m%mum $,0,*****0 $10,000,000-80,000 125*.. s* r «k.o.C.i:n.i J:.p£Stra.L- $3| N.>n.iDat jAfNMN fmgtT Mtll ft Jl Tanjong Pagar Deo, '$i..w'ooo Si.^W. t§S *4f»«Ba do. Debentures 6% 14% pre.,. $300,000 Ne.Hp,' ;r DookCo.Ltd. s^ -•^RT! r«*
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      278 3 OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. TbeCoaipaaj ari-Qthi^-...n.a ;ruiu Lncipool O'Jtwards fur the Straits China Japan and from japan homewards for London every week, and have accommodation tor hr^t and third daM paMettgert earning > Surgeon Utd Sti viardebi. Thronyl: B\\\> of Lailir.£ an > ■-.< d Got al Chiaa [apao, Manila,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      645 3 MAILS CLOSE Samarang x S'baya, Onsang, «im Thursdai Australia, s.^ Saladin, -m Penang, kc, Van Goens, r>i Labuan, jtc, Ranee, < rvi NEXT MAIL DUE. From England per P. &0.8. B. Kanui--i--hmd on May ?<;th, with English mails of May ist, answering le'ters debpatched from Singapore on April ibt. From
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      1215 3 Mea-of-Wai r-^Uui, BapUrta A-.nved Kiore Cor.bier,. t> roi Whet: /Eotoi Bnt. cr., 36M Ciwnme Mar. i^Pmaa* St N. Often Bta*iaj Mvha (i, \hkkim Sain K b., joooßt^l «,.ei; Ma) Bangli k SiamConsu 1 "1,. M. RMftHKOHAB Siain K-b.,- Guldber kfay 14 Bangkok biam Consul Bata. I.ND.M'Mnn Brk.cra. >'c Halhfax Mar.
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      254 4 Camel-Hair Belting. REODAWAV f BANHAM p\ ,1 IH,\lK.\[ de&rered this day i tber Luiililiipn nsjinimnmrj wteiaed the decisioa ol thi O o«t ci cun e_ I [art M the trial JtheActkH 1 c!l ta tae N nrws I ru, were as r ifiowa 1 >_■:'. Hair Be ting mean 1
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      431 4 Lancashire Patent Belting RECENT Hair Belting Litigation Admits uur indisputable claim that the •LANCASHIRE BELT is the i ORIGINAL of "CAMEL HAIR" and the PIONEER oial FABRIC BELTING. Vide EXTRACT ro.m THE TIMES Lva Report, -".'th March, lfcyo. HOUSE OF LORDS c x the Lord Cha;.^eiior >x others. REDDAWAY V
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      575 4 Scandinavia" Patent Solid Woven Machine Belting is specifically, theoretically and mechanically the best driving belt op the market. i-or the guidance oi users of belts J. M. LVON Co., beg to give a few convincing tacts relating to their Original .Solid Wove Beiting, the following genuine extract being taken from
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      403 4 THE ADELPHI HOTEL s one of the oldest an<i most frequented Hotels in Singapore, iixcellent accommodation for single and family visitor. £\> ellent Cuibine abd first cli-.^ Win--- and Liquors. Manager Mr. J. HASSNER, LAI E VIED i EL, M 1.1 I Central and convenient to i'AVN. aear to the
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      668 4 McALISTER Co. (Australian Produce Department HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMEN r OF 3 TONS OF Messrs. WOOD Co.'s Prime Australian Butter, the well-known Cow Brand, in lib. tins 58 cents per tin. in -'lb. tins 81.10 per tin. I his butter can be had from our -übageste in Pcnang, Baogkok,
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      621 4 The Singapore Free Press ure Mercantile Adveitibe,Cabls Unnaasfc. tdmsit Telephone Ni kmml Published at 39, Cnmajt Alley, Singapore THE U nding English v Straits Scttfemcuts Jon Protected Native States of r J gor. Sungei L'jong, Pahnng t, Sembilan; British North Borneo Saravai Netherlands Indies, Java an« Snsaatni Also mit&f circulated
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