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

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  • 21 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE TUESDAY, 25™ SEPTEMBER, >i 9 oo. DAILY ISSUE, No. 3 So
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 734 1 X* o Office. Telegraph St. OS Wharves. Keppel Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG. rPYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, LrYPT MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR. MALTA BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Ptrstmn Gulf Conttntntal and American Ports, also for Chin* Coast, and San Francisco
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    • 736 1 fHINA MUTUAL STEAM N AVIGATION COMPANY, LIM TED. OUTWARD. HOMK.WARD. For Honukono Shanu- For Marsmllus and imi A- J»pan Ports. London. Through Mills oi Lading issued 10 Manchester continental ports, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Raltim re, Ace. for freight and other particulars apply to THE BORNEO COMPANY. LIMITED. Agents.
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    • 492 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PARtTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contract with the Netherlands India Government. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, late I DAKNDELS &Co., 2-3 Collyer Quay Thb undbrmkntiokkd dates akk only approximate. Prom Eipected Will be dnapatcbed tor J Maetsuycker Batavia Stpt. 24 Batavia, Ckertboo, Samaranj;, Sourabaya, Mai.ass;ir, D.n^ala, Menado, I'ern^te, Goromalo Sep.
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    • 134 1 I NOBEL'S Explosives Co., Ltd. GLASGOW. MANUFACTURERS OF Dynamite, Gelignite, Gelatine Dynamite, Blasting Gelatine, Detonators, ALL E.IHDS OP Safety Fuses, AND Electric Blasting Apparatus The above Explosives, being all mct.utactured m Great Britain, are made to t>ass the high standard of safety and purit) tests impos'd by the British Government
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    • 761 1 LJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI x BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL Jiooooooo RESERVE FUND ln'soo'ooo kiiSERVE LIABILITY OP PROPRIETORS v I •••-•••I 10,000,000 Coun o» Uikbctoes. N A Sum, Esq.— Chairman. K. Shbwaw, Esq.— Df vty Chaibhan. R. M. Ghat, Uaq. J H. W. Sladb, E-.q. E. Gobtz, Bxj. j D. M. Moses,
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    • 654 1 PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC THK only remedy at piesent known as an INKAUUim.r. and PERM \NK\J one. tit Sprue, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhage and Ulceration R ECOMM EN ED TSO ™o_|^ Rl THE PETER SYS COMPANY NOV ;J ROrRIITORS k SOLI MAHUF4CTUR.RS), g, O LD CHIN, StRK.T, SUNUI i/.«i,i»00 *y<s INE.W
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    • 386 1 P AC FIC T n E y AMBHI AND 4 i'l T°VO KISEiN KAISHA 1 'I (ORIINT»LS.S.CO.) rhrou^h passage tickets granted w 1 France, and Germany by *IF?^A? ta J.^ 1 V k of Steamers, also to S&,, Franr.«. X IC f I of the abo v Imes Franc '«o
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  • 39 2 Domestic Occurrences. DEATH At Church Street. Malacca, at 6 p.m. on 24th instant Francis Urban, second son of the late John Emerio and Anne D' Souza. Aged 40 years. (ay Telegram) Deeply regretted by his sorrowing family and friends.
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  • 1303 2 It is interesting to the Editor to ;-ee that a pm-Ue letter written to Mr H. \V Bray i,t which, written m nt ha>'e too, no <opy \\a^ tak«n has, either m original or copied, been torwarkd to the IMiilippine.s from Hongkong, thence on to Gen
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  • 453 2 Thr BriiMi Imia Company have engaged at Bosabay t*o metrical officers for their -•-amers Tanning bctweeß Singapore and 11*1 f lif-re are 253 Municipal < a-.es j Or hearing before Mr Brockman today. Many o: these are < Bses ol verandah obstruction. r\t the m-- ting of the Municipal Com-mis-ioners
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  • 496 2 [Up to the time of going to Press no Reuters Telegram had been received.] m m A CHAPTER OF FILIPINO HISTORY. A special telegram to the Chicago Record dated August 15, reads: Letter* and papers belonging to Aguinaldo, which were captured several months ago hy Gen. Funston, were
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  • 208 2 The re-appearance of this strong troupe of juvenile performers, at the Town Hall, last night, wa» -i^nalised by a full house an'l plenty of enthu>ia^m. The appearance of lever among some members of the Company while m Java cut their tour there short, to which we
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  • 80 2 M A. Andiappan Chetty wa- yesterday < harged with having dishonestly and fraudulently executed a certain forged document, a contract for the purchase of $1,000 bags ot Rangoon rice from chop Kirn Bee, with the intention of causing it to be believed that the document was made,
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  • 68 2 The >. s. Trunkby with about 3, 500 tons coal for the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha arrived yesterday from Japan. The coolies of the s. China were discharged mto lighters and conveyed to St. John's l»,and tlis morning. The Ayr after completing her discharge of < oalsleit for Christmas
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  • 178 2 REDJANG LEBONG MINING COMPANY. According to telegraphic advices from i^ebong Donok the August extraction amounts to about i ,320 ounces o« gold and about 8,800 ounces of silver, and according to written Jad vices about 1. <j} tons were crushed during August, of which about 906 tons sands and 1
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  • 56 2 THE CHINA CRISIS ALLEGED SECRET EDICT. China to Continue the War 'Special to Singapore Frte fVstS.) Shanghai, Sept. J4th 10.26 p. m. Local officials report that Prince Tuan has issued a >ecret edict, m the name ot the Emperor that he i- determined at a cost> to continue
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  • 588 2 A case which -.hould prove of special interest to the mercantile community here was commenced m the Assize Court, befor--the Chi<--( Justice, tuis morning, when KweW Lin Hole, a Chinese trader, of 18 North Canal Ro-id, was put on trial, charged with -.•!ling goods marked with a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 466 2 !T| THE CHINA CRISIS I Owing to the above, our Houses m Shanghai and Hongkong have number of Pianos placed m their hands for sale cheap and some of these instruments have been sent to us for disposal. Bargains are offered, and early inspection is invited. B The Robinson Piano
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    • 910 2 WANTED for Pahang, Hospital dtesser. Apply to PATERSON SIMONS ac Co. Aug 28 uc WANTED At LERK with a knowledge of Bookkeeping. Apply by letter to HOGAN Co., L.TB. Merbau Road. .Sept. 20 'ANTED a Teacher for the Vth s U ndard St. Francis School. Malacca. Salary $30 to commence
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    • 723 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. LOST. r\S Sunday, a Pearl Scaif Pin, m the Cemetery or between there and Teluk BUnga. Reward paid on returning to M. T., co Free Pres*. Sept. 25 27 9 Board Lodging "yOUNG man desires board immediately. State terms, which must be moderate, to H. A. D., c/o
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    • 71 2 Cut and Bruises Quickly Healed. Chamberlain's Pain B.lm appl e<l to a cut, i bruise, bum, scald .r ;ike i j ir> wil, infudj allay the p^in and wil, henl ihe pirts m lea ti me I than any ot»>er treatment. Unless the injury h very severe it will not
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 207 2 The Week Tuesday, ajth Hi»«h Water 11.15 a.. 11.38 p. Football— Tanjong Pagar v. 12 < o. R.A. S.V.R. Section m extended order drill, 5.S p S.V.A. Signalling. 5.15 p. Philharmonic Choir, 5.30 p. Pollard Co., The Geisha," Town Hail, 9 p. Wednesday, 26th Mitfh Water 11.38 a. Municipal Commission,
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  • 108 3 The French transport Britannia arrived from Marseilles yesterd iv with the 4th Battalion of Zouaves, numVrine _>i officers and 994 men, on their way few Taku. The Jelunga, No. 7 which arrived from Hongkong last evening, is conveying back to Plymouth, Staff Surgeons Home, Levinge Parmiston Major Halliday, R
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  • 737 3 {China Mail.) London, Sept. 19. Herrvon Buplow, the man Minister of Foreign Affairs, m a ircular to the Embassies, intimates that Kaiser William holds that as a preliminary to diplomatic relations with th«> CUSCM a thontits, the ringleaders of the outrages jpon Europeans m Peking and
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  • 116 3 Jhk TmftoßS ov TID4I W»vt. A New York telegram to Manila (Sept. 13) indicates that it was not only to a hurricane, but to a tidal wave that the high 'leath-roll m the Galveston disaster is to be attributed. It says The destruction caused by the hurricane
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  • 1761 3 MISSIONARY SLAUGHTERS IN SHANSI. The Butcher, (.iovbrnor Yv. (Hongkong Tt lt graph) Tientsin, September 4th Regarding the alleged Massacre ot \.issionariesa-d Naiiv.- Christians n\ Shansi which we have spoken cf with b^ted breath as a hideous possibility, the following facts have been carefully g|, aned from a Na ive Christian,
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  • 574 3 THE POLICE AND SECOND CLASS HOTELS. {Contributed.) During the la»t fortnight several cases have occupied the tiro-- of the magisterial I bench m whicl- the holders of second class licencei lot hotels have hi en prSjSCCMted by police nth* r- tor keeping th^ir licensed li hrn i open during prohibited
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  • 367 3 Ihe whole rontention wa-» absurd, and it -Id'tory to know that the nii h >. strata who tried the ca^e-, disnissed them It is \»:ry hard, though, that the proprirtor-. ol the Hotels slioul I have beeii put to the i~re.it inconvenient' and expanse ot defending such ca-.es. I quite
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  • 57 3 As Lieut. Col". C. L. Casey, R.A., lately commanding Royal Artillery at Singapore, has been rrtirtd from ill-health, the War Office has after some delay appointed a new Offic* r Commanding K.A. at Singapore, m the person of Lt. Col. Reginald Oakes, recently stationed at Cork Harbour.
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  • 821 3 (Spectator.) The contempt of Asnuc-> lor Europeans is a I little ilifficuh to und rstand and m >st difficult to < explain. Their hatred is natural enough, fur the European is usually a conqueror, and always an m. 11 uder who threatens to di^tuii>
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  • S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    • 135 3 H Mt'lONSHli'. U tttsnburf it v 8 f >. Sjmes br.«t Klliolt, 6 3, 4— r >, h—\. A TlßßinS SymCS s< r. beat Elliott, scr.. 6— 2, 2 '>— s M.n ta>->-an, M:r. v. Di lwtlwn 4, unhn. Morrison, beat BaltenLiurg, scr., 6- 2—*', i', Sinn 1
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    • 179 3 A SINC,L«S. Wi'hers, nwe 15 v. 11-irce,I 1 -irce, scrSymi o\*.r 1 v. M ■r^on, 5. X .iiiiuc, scr. v. Utwnd, u*c 15.4 lo finish, Mactaggart scr. v. Dai bishire, 4 to finish. B SINGI.kS. Noon, scr. v. Pollock, Carter, scr. v. Morgaii, 1. C Singles. Graham,
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  • 403 3 (Leslie's Weekly. j Various schemes have been devised m reccn l years to facilitate the safe transmission through the mails n( small sums of money, including the fractional parts of the dollar. None have been successful or satisfactory to the business community. The postal
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  • 455 3 The experience of the famous Krupp o( hssen (says Engineering) afford-) a remarkable illustra tim <A ihe progress of European mechanics industry during the last 85 years. The Napoleonic wars, which devastated the < ontment lor nearly a quarter of a century, were brought to a
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  • 73 3 (Cokkected up to September _s) UN LuNUO.N. Bank 4 ra/.-> 2/1,! demand Private credits 3 m/> 1 documents 3 m/s 2/ 1 f cred'ts 6 m/s 2/i| France, demand Germany, dematd 21 1 J Inuia, T. T i^^j HONGKONG, demand par.' Yokohama, demand.. i%div Java, demand I-4 1 Manila,
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  • 118 3 (September 2y > loy. Gambier g_ dc. Cube No. 1 i^.so Pepper, i'.l«ck (ordinary Spore) 10' do. White, (Fair L/VV=-s%) „43! Nutmegs nos to the Ib.j eg do. (80s to the lb> 7 g Mi t (Banda) 9' 3[ Cloves (Amboina) l( I.iLtenan Collet 2l Tapioca, small peatl (Fair
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  • 317 3 SEPTEMBER 25th, 1000. C>DOTATIOK. CAfITAU PAID Uf. ShaRIIPaiO Ol dank of Ch.na and japan. Ltd. 1 1 Nom.nal. f* 2,000,000 414,231 199,***** Deferred. £s 250 7, Bell's Aslvmos Rastern Aprrr-v. Nominal. 10,000 f£ *>594 8,584 Z' Benawah Gold Mine Co. 75 .0,0 V I7(5OO Clear Waier Dairy 'harm
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 154 3 He Owes His Life to the Forethought of a Companion. While on a camping trip m Webstei county, Mr. S. I. Slump, of Normantojvn, W. Va., had a severe attack of bloody flux. He says, I firmly believe that 1 owe my life to the forethought of one of the
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    • 236 3 OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY AND NEDERLANUSCHESTOOMVAAKT MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN. The Company's steamers are despatched from Liverpool ouiwards for the Straits, China, and Japan, and from Japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java Line ara despatched Irom Amsterdam and Liverpool every fortnight for the Straits, Batavia,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 824 3 VllflLl IN H(JKT. Mff.-o.'-Wai FUga and T«oa Commanders Arrived K rO m For Wh«o Hkis Hrit. cruis., 1770 Sir B. Wrey July 2 Kuala KUng Stai.on. CaHaa Amer. g.b., 1534 Sawyers j Norfolk Oihet Vfi«l« Klaea Ton* Maatera Arnved Krom Cooimeti Wheo Albsia Ger. 3135 Muller Aug. 10 Hongkong Behn
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    • 380 3 MAILS CLOSE 1 O- MORROW. Fot At Batu Pahat Iwafiri Rion Sj,. PU Mut. Jc Malacu Sultan Port D.ckson KUrg Sn Platan -t p M ibaya, fee Ann PM .M .lacca, ace. lCa JJJ J HIRSHU. .Sourabaya, Ac Sane Some.. 1 M Minila, &c. GU PM Malacca ft Klan- Chov
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 45 4 McAlister Co. AGENTS FOR SANDEMAN Co.'s Ports I Ports Ports. SANDEMAN Co.'s Madeira Madeira Madeira. SANDEMAN BUCK Co. s Sherries Sherries Sherries. G. H. MUMM Co, s Champagne Champagne Champagne SUB AGENTS FOR Tivoli Beer I Tivoli Beer 1 Tivoli Beer McAlister Co. 10.1 I
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    • 1218 4 Singapore Sporting Club. PROGRAMME FOR AUTUMN RACE MEETING, 1900. October 23rd, 23th, and 27th. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 23rd October. First Racb. I he Maiden Plate.— Value 1300. A Kace for Maiden Horses— Weight as per scale (lost.) An allowance of 2 lib. to ex-Griffins, imported into trie Straits Settlements or
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    • 498 4 RILEY, HARGREAVES Co., Ltd. ENGINEERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, BRIDGE AND SHIPBUILDERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS, SINGAPORE. 1 iiU' vvoou or oicci illlß^B^B* A HUTC*"* w»tn. i« [J jliA lIS aGTI^M "^^k WJ^u speciality. The "THORSCAR" SOLE AGENTS POR The Improved Portable Steam Engines Acet y lene Gas MANUFACTURED BY Ruston,
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    • 337 4 I Pommery and Greno's Champagne. It is a well known fact that this is the FINEST CHAMPAGNE PRODUCED, commanding a higher price than any other brand m the London Market. Sole Agents for the Straits Settlements. John Little and Co., Ltd. 5m i FOR SALE AIM IBRAMS' HORSE REPOSITORY. A
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    • 274 4 Frascr Dcaoc limited Printers, Publishers, Account Book Manufacturers Commercial Stationers. Publishers of The Singaj'oke and Stioits Director y, The SnOAffOU \m> Stkajts Roloh Diary The Traveller's Malay Pronouncing Ha sd- Book, Map of the Town ok Singapore, &c, &c The Most Complete and Up-to-date Printing Office m the Straits Settlements.
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    • 1296 4 VESSELS EXPECTED Giving port of departure, and (where known) date due here, and name ol Agents. Men-op-Wak. Alobr, Fr. cruis., Toulon, Sept. Alousttb, F. d patch b., Toulon, Oct. As\hi, Jap. t. ship, Spithead, Sept. 20. Avalani hi, Fr., Toulon, Sept. Azama, Jap. cruis., Sept. 25 Asuma, Jap- cruis., Barrosa,
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    • 613 4 The Singapore Free Press. AND Mercantile Advertiser Cable Address,— Advertiser. S 3(^ 3 rt Telephone Number. N->. 61. Published at 30-3, Rallies Place, Sicgapor* THE leading English Newspaper m the Straits Settlements Jonorr thr Federated Native States of Perak, S*langor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Negn Sembilan British North Borneo; Sarawak
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