The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 August 1900

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    19 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, 25™ AUGUST, Agoo. DAILY ISSUE, No. 39 j
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      855 1 P_ Office. Telegraph St. Yr Wharves. Keppel Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamer, for CHINA, JAPAN PENANG. CEYLON. INDIA. AUSTRALIA, ADEN, fGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTM*. MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for China Coast, and S*n Francitco via
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      739 1 fHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Honukono. Sh/vnu- For M arsbillbs and j hai Japan Ports. London. Through Bills ol I-ading issued to Manchester continental ports, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltinv re, Btc. for freight and other particulars ripply lo IHE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED. Am***** Feb
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      658 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contract with the Nbth.rlasks India Government. Agents at Singapore, Ships Agency, late I. DAKNDELS Co.. 2-3 Collyer Quav 1 111 UNDBRNKN TIONKD DATKS ARK ONLY API'ROX 1 M \TB. From Ezpectea Will be despatched tor Brouwer Deli via ports Aug. 21 Bangkatsi Siak, Paneh, Bill,
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      707 1 l-JONGKONG AND SHANGHAI xx BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 RKSKKVE FUND $11 *****0 RESERVE LIABILITY OF 1 PROPRIETORS j »i0,000,000 Coubt or Dibbctobs. N. A Sibbb, Esq.— Chaibman. R. Shbwan, Esq. D.puty Chaibman. R. M. Gbav, E»q. I H. VV. Sladb, Esq E. Gobtz, Esq. J D. M. M >sks,
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      498 1 PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC 4 THE only remedy at piesent known as an INtAU.im.r. and PEKMANEV I UKf ,1 B\ Sprue, Dysentery, Diarrhcea, Hemorrhage and Ulceration B_ of the Bowels. IA RECOMMENDED bt SOME ok thf CHIEFSPECIAI.ISrS.v ru U*t.tr*i a Sold Retail by all Chemists and \\'UoLl UA PK >V
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      305 1 i, .11. 1900 < PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP" COMPANY |{«M OCCIDENTAL ANlj ORIENTAL I* iT W STEAMSHIP COMPANY T AND I m 'povo risen ::aisha m> (OR,* 1 .Through passage tfcfcat Kraatad u* j •v'fW France, andOi^an. in d *>^ of Steamers, also, I 1 oftheabc^- Uito b lhe reamer •asasrs;
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    Domestic Occurances. DEATH.
    27 2 Domestic Occurances. DEATH. On the 22nd instant, at No. 73 Waterloo Street, after a long illness, Alien the beloved wife of J»_cob J. Akoi.zoo. Aged 28 years.
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    SATURDAY, AUGUSI 25. 1900.
    790 2 The strike of men employed on tlie Tall \aV R lilway in South Wales, though ecoi nomi.a ly disastrous lor tin- di-tn< t, i> anything but a rational evil. It *0 it ig staled, h id thr eff«*d of shutting don n thirty collieries But on
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    The Singapore Free Press.
    11 2 tr, Urii|f>on, Loyalty, tai I aw. sl
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1322 2 I Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli. a Juvenal. We animadverted last week on the excessive hiimani'ari.inism of Lord Roberts in his conduct of (he Transvaal campaign, 1 which put a premium on disloyalty and i perjury. The dear Pro-Boers at home, by the silly
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    R.I. M.S. "DALHOUSIE."
    81 2 The R. I. M. S. Dalhousie, Capt. C. J. C. I fiend, ill, which left Bombay on the 1 1 th I inst. arrived alongside the wharf, section No. 2, at about eleven this morning. She is conveying a contingent of the sth Hyderabad Infantry, consisting of
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    POLO CLUB.
    120 2 Hanoi' ah Toe rnaM-Nt. A Handicap Tournament will be commenced on Monday. S* ptember 3rd. Each team will play two Chukkers on that day and finish the matches on the following Thursday. The Final Match will be brought off on Monday the ioth September. I'he teams will be
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    GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS.
    99 2 It is notified that the Singapore Town Hall Ordinance, 10,30, has not been disallowed by Her Majesty. Mr. S. Hisamidzu is temporarily recognised as Consul for Japan at Singapore, pending the arrival of Her Majesty's Exequatur. Mr. J B Elcum. having returned from leave of absence, resumed the
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    A LUCKY RAID!
    162 2 Acting on information received. Detective Inspector Watcham yesterday raided 32 Johore-rd., a marine store dealer's. A search of the premises revealed two hundrtd and seventy catties of melted tin in blocks, a ht-ap ol tin refuse, some scrap brass, cooking utensils," four meta' wreath boxes, (two containing
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    THE POLLARD COMPANY.
    366 2 The clever children of Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company on the close of the performance to-night, will go straight to Johnston's Pier, and off in a launch to the S.>. Giang Ann, bound for Batavia. The programme of the Company's movements contemplates a ten-months tour of Java. Then
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      THE CHINESE EMPEROR KWANG-HSU.
      44 2 Reported Capture by Japanese. Yunglu Also a Prisoner. 'Special to Singapore Free Press.) Shanghai, Aug. 24th, 9.31 |in. It is reported that the Japanese havt captured the Emperor eighty miles to the north-west of Peking. Also Yung-lu at Paotingfu. I
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      CHANG-CHI-TUNG EXECUTES REFORMERS.
      8 2 He Pretends they were Incendiaries.
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      Their Real Object to Promote Peace at Hankow.
      73 2 I Viceroy Changchihtung has execute! thirty Reformers, alleging the discovery of a plot to burn Hankow. The Reform Party at Shanghai insist that the victims had gone to Hankow to restrain the Kolahuis. TROUBLE UP YANGTSE EXPECTED. Many Warships at Shanghai. There
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      REUTERS TELEGRAM
      122 2 FOREIGN GARRISON FOR PEKING. May Remain All Winter. It has been intimated at Washington that poisibly it will be necessary to continue s garrison at Peking all the winter IN SOUTH AFRICA. Baden-Powell Pursues Grobler. Baden-Powell engaged Grobler rearguard all the j ist inst, snd drove the enemy
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      153 2 wmMkZSS* b °o nd mail steamer OmlA mSninf a P f nan 8 at this wniLfnt „kely there(ore thai >he *>ll be in to-morrow afternoon. mil^_.f tW 22 Wh were ch^ged with Mr AIli n ,n rif ?t a,m D ,n 8 a belongmg to j^*****? P«severance Estate, have oeen
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      1348 2 3 CHEAP &GOOD NEW PIANOS. One by The Bridgeport Piano Co. $295 One by A. Allison (small model) $275 One by Munt Bros. $375 The Robinson Piano Co., Aug 35 3i RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE. Uhs ■nug. jj AUSTRALIA, Eastern Agencies required, satis--1 factory referencrs exchanged. 1 HENRY TATE Ac Co..
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      670 2 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS TOWN HALL. POLLARD'S LILLIPUTIAN OPERA Co. TO-NIGHT POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT IN SINGAPORE. The Lady Slavey. This Saturday afternoon, Aug. jjth at pm. GRAND MATINEE. The Lady Slavey CHILDREN HALF PRICE. Plan now open at the Robinson Piano Co.'s* Prices $3, S2 and $1. GOOD BYE. Aug 25
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      107 2 TODAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS WANTED AT ONCE Q A CHINESE Accountant. Salary $40 to $50 mm per month. Apply to B. M. C, do Free Press. Aug. 25 1.9 Ic< SHORTHAND 4c. A S there is frequently a heavy demand for short* w i hand clerks, lessons in English, shorthand pi and
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      227 2 The Week. Saturday, ajrfa High Water: 10.57 '0.4s p. Cricket Tournament S. C. < v. Officers of t*-e Regular Forces fc S. V. A. Sepoy Lines Monthly Med. l. Furniture Sale. Sophiard., 2 p. S.R A*. Shoot, 3 p. Star of East. Temperance (flub, 7.30 p. The Lady Slavey," Town
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    PENANG MUNICIPAITY AND THE GOVERNOR.
    203 3 At the last meeting ol the Penang Municipal Commissioners, two points were brought up which tend to show that there are likely to be strained relations between the Governor and that body. With regard to the appointment of a successor to the Presidency, the Governor
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    THE LADY SLAVEY.
    664 3 The Lady Slavey,'' produced at the Town Hall last night to a crowded house bv the Pollard Company, was an entire success. In view of the fact that the piece i- r.ew to the Company, and that until the past week they have had no opportunity of
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    ANOTHER IRISH GRIEVANCE.
    285 3 •-el Neville P. P. Chamberlain, I S.C, has mn appointed to be Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary, in ths room of Sir A drew Reed, K.C.8., C.V.0., who has retired. <* ommenting on the appointment the Irish Daily i.r/endenl sajs a favourite of the Government had
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.
    1150 3 The annual general meeting of the S.V.A. was held in the Drill Hall yesterday. Capt. St. Clair, acting Commandant, presiding, there being also present Lt. Reid, RG.A., acting adjutant, Capt. Davies, Lieuts. Derrick and Merewether, 2nd Lieut. Hilton, Capt.-Baiker, hon. paymaster, and about forty members of the
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
    723 3 The annual general meeting of the S.C.C. I was held at Tanglin Club last night, the President, the hon'ble E. M. Merewether in the Chair, there being also present about fifty members. The minutes of the last annual general meeting were read and confirmed. On the motion
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    MESSAGES FROM PEKING.
    319 3 On Saturday, (nth) Mr. BICjCS. Scott, the British Consul at anton, received a cipher message from Sir Claude Mardonald, dated F'ekmg, August 6, to the following effect Our situation here is desperate. Is ten days our food supply ends, and ur less we are relieved, general massacre
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    OUR CHARMING FRENCH FRIENDS.
    45 3 (From La Patrie, a6ih July Since the sad events at Pekin, there is a feeling of relief in London easily accounted for. There is, then, in the world a people more barbarous than the English, a fact which was hitherto doubtful."
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    FROM THE PAVILION.
    984 3 (By a Straits Cricketer at Home.) In the cricket field, the most striking performance, and one which will stand as a record for a very considerable time is that of R. E. F'oster, playing for the Gentlemen against the Players. The Oxford captain not only established a
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    THE ADVANCE ON PEKING.
    150 3 The China Mail observes —The Allies seem to have been within Unking or shelling distance of Peking on the 15th instant, so that the march must have been accomplished (including the fighting at Peitsang, Yangtsun and lung-chow; wrll within fourteen days. This must be considered exceedingly
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    LETTER FROM DR. MORRISON.
    57 3 A local firm at Hongkong has received the following telegram, dated Shanghai, August 16. 'Most encouraging letters received in Tientsin from Dr. Morrison, dated Peking, 4th August. He says that no assistance whatever has been received from the Chinese Government. 'The defences have been strengthened; confident
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    THREE KISSES.
    123 3 A violet kissed my love to-day And then turned white And some one passing by called out "How strange! Last night I saw this flower, and it was blue Dear Heart, within the eyes of you The blue is flashing bright. A red ro-,- kissed my love to-dav
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    DEATH OF A U.S. RAILWAY MAGNATE
    74 3 Messrs. She wan, Tomes and Co., Hongkong, have received a telegram from New York, August 14, stating that Mr. Collis P Huntington is dead. Mr. Huntington wi- one of the most prominent railway magnates in the States. He was President of lbe Southern Pacific
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    RAILWAYS AND GENERAL REVENUES.
    77 3 Discussing the question of land sales and railway construction, the* Ceylon Observer savs —Sir Frank Saretteaham has wiselv profitad by our warning in regard to Crown Land Sales in the Federated Malay States, arbich be is so admirably developing and he will probably see the wisdom
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    LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    340 3 PLAY s BSI ERDAY. "A" MISBB Docblis, Final. M. s (iunn ami Mr. Mo,!(), si_r. beat Mr. ari d Mr Magralh, 7,, (>— 5, 6 —1. ill-: FOR TO-DAY. Ladies' I)ocblks. M:s. Adami and Mrs. Salzmann, owe 15 v. The Misses (iunn, owe 15.4. 11l lOR
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    Don't Shoot yourself!
    116 3 NO doubt you often feel like it, but after just a eittle deliberation decide you can't afford to do it. But that thumping racking Head-ache what can you do with it? Give it its quietus by using Little's Oriental Balm. It acts like magic. It kills pain
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    Good Medicine for Children.
    126 3 If you have a baby in the house you will wish to know the best way to checW any unusual looseness of the bowels, or diarrhor a, so common to small children. O. P. M. Holliday, of Deming, Ind.. who has an eleven months' old child,
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    SHARE LIST, AUGUST 25th, 1900.
    159 3 Q Quotamom. Capital. Paid Ur. Sharis Paio Or Bank Of Ch.na and Japan ltd. i t Nom.nal. C g 3,000,000 4,4.2,, ,99,875X4 ea *5 I lt lj o 7, Ifell's Asbmlos Eastern Agcnty. Nominal. loooofi »'s'4 8.584 Z' Bersawah Gold Mine Co. «l So Seller
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    199 3 The Standard Time Halls. A Time Ball at Eort Canning and one »t IV*. Brani falls each day at I p.*. S.n K »pore mean tim* (Greenwich mean time 6 hrs., 4 m;n., -55 sec beinf ve mmu'ti pr- rioualy. To-day Fort ann.pg a.- 1 Pulau Hran. both fell c
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    EXCHANGE.
    71 3 (Corrected up to Aagaat On London. Bank 4 m/s j/ 0^ m demand -70,V Private credits 3 m/s 0 > documents 3 m/s 2/oJ credits 6 m/s 2 /i France, demand 255} Germany, demand .207', India, T. T |«ji Hongkong, demand ».l%mi Yokohama, demand.. a i% pm. Java, demand
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    PRODUCE.
    112 3 (August 25 lm r-. ijambier il, dc. cube No. j Pepper, Black (ordinary S'pore) do. White, (Fair L/W=- 5 u Nutmegs tius to the Ib.) 62. do. (Sos to the lb) 80. Mace (Banda) g 2 Clove? (Amboina) 33" Liberian Cofiee 23 Tapioca, small prarl (Fair quality) 6.' do.
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      965 3 I lIIIILI II POIT M^r.-rf.w.. Fl«m and Ton. Comm.nderß Am^ed Krom For Who.. BBIM JMI. cruis., 77 S.rß.Wrey July 2 K ..„!a K I VMBTIfI Ital. cruis, 3427 .ong.Aug. W L G«*.enjii,iMD CmmtAm Aug. 16 Du I Hramblb Bnt. g.b., V a F. M. Leake Au« Other Veßtel* Kla.a ft
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      1245 4 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. TENDERS will be received at thr Colonia Secretary's Office, up to noon of the 3011 instant for the following works General repairs, painting, limewashing, d*ma varnishing and tarring the Tan Tock Seng' Hospital, Officers' Quarters, outhouses, walls an. w. Plans and Specifications may be seen, an. printed forms
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      65 4 i McAlister Co. d d y s AGENTS FOR s :f 1 SANDEMAN Co.'s Ports 1n Ports y 1. Ports. >t SANDEMAN Co.'s e i Madeira r i Madeira Madeira. 0 s t SANDEMAN BUCK t Co. s Sherries Sherries Sherries. G. H. MUMM Cos Cham--1 pagne t Champagne Champagne
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      854 4 RILEY, HARGREAVES Co., Ltd ENGINEERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, BRIDGE AND SHIPBUILDERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS. SINGAPORE. rlilH \^«ltf Jk OF AM TYPES. w r v"^i ________k '■_s3lr §L*2ml£mp**^lkm^^^Wm B__r A^^\^^^^^M^^A fa* m^M*m\mh**a*\ B^=s j *3m >i >* 1. 3* O o J uHT -Qm *T-^^^s '*'fifr *Mj* _____________L-JHL________________BP^_Ne *V//_^« JW
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      853 4 IRWELL BANK ROAD AND GRANGE ROAD, TANGLIN. PARTICULARS OF VALUABLE AND BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED LAND AND HOUSE PROPERTY AND BUILDING SITES. To be sold by Auction at Powell fc Co.'s Sale-room on Wednesday, 12th September, at 2.30 p.m Lot 1. All that valuable freehold land situat at Grange Road, Tanglin, estimated
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      921 4 TANJONG PAGAR ROAD AND SINGAPORE RIVER. TWENTY BUILDING ALLOTMENTS j At Tanjong Pagar Koad, Raub St., Krian S; near Tanjong Pagar also FIVE ALLOTMENTS at MOHAMKI) SULTAN ROAD, near the Singapore River, Kampong M*. To be sold by Auction at Po'*i_l k C'o.'s Sali-Roon, oh Wednesday, 29th August, at 2.30
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