The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 March 1901

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 19 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE FRIDAY, 22x1, MARCH, i 1901 DAILY ISSUE, No. 4130
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 751 1 J? q Office. Telegraph St. XT Wharves. Keppcl Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG CEYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADENEGYPT, MARSEII.LKS, GIBRALTARMALTA, BRINDISI, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulfi Continental and American Ports, also for Chtna Coast. MAIL LINES. OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1901 1901
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    • 700 1 j BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAY TION CO., LIMITED. RANGOON C A!X I J rIA the Company's steamers is mtendc: ta leave Tx if Wharf every w*?U. Passen K ers and Cargo booked by the above ci» ,»t through rates to all ports m Jtidi. arvd Ccv'on also to Bast African
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    • 576 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKB.TVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Undbr Contract with thi Netherlands India (iOvirnmint. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, lati I. DAENDELS Co 2-3 Collyer (ji:av 1 lit rs:)vRMkNTIONf.I) DATKS AH X ONLY A PFKOX I M ATK. Steamer From tipccicd Will be despatcned tor on M«tMiyck«r W. C. ports Pada Mm 14
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    • 503 1 a'HE TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY. LTD. Shipwrights, Enpmeers. Iron an Pounders, Wharfingers, &c. T H! Shin and .Marine ons, m the mos unij.r th c ot up to 500 1 21 11. la quarter. Hth, Holler and I by steam for v are 'now pr* BJBM. vns and Coal S
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    • 615 1 UONGKONG AND SHANGHAI xx BANKING CORPORATION. ISStfiSSE: SterKnc Rcsarv* $10,000,0007 Silver Reserve 3,000,000 j »'3,000,000 RKbhKVE LIABILITY OK HKOF'RIiJTORS m $i0,000,0c0 COUBT O» UIRBCTOBS. R. Shiwan, Esq.— Chaikman. Hon J. J. KboWicr Es<! Omhutv Chairman. Hon. t V. Gkav I- Richardson Esq. A. Haupt, fcs a P Sac.isu, Esq. 5i..,,
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    • 626 1 N ORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY OF NORWICH AND LONDON. 'BI.ISHBD 17 0). POR IKK INSURANCE ONLY. IZZTpIXZ* ftiToT !>„ 4 ll,0'O|0'.« HR«MR'II INroMI yftofXi Insurance wltmm even) description of property at current rates of premium. j HK MORNEO C 0., Ltd.— A^ent. ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY. M f>lT4L i.i.a00,000 *m*m
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    • 430 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND rpOYO RISEN KAISHA (ORIENTAL S. S. CO.) VIA INLAND SKA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU. XTK T 'd to Kn^landt many by all irans-A' Untie I nof s.e.m.rs. and th,.- princ.pal alia ol the Unite.) Su-es or an.. may be obtained
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  • 1426 2 MM -<.a •MM I'r' m-IV >•» ri({h« u.i.nlai) ■v b^H by £•<■ Itm pMffal Truth h»r glorious precrpt- !rj». I m K*Mrion, loyalty, and l-aw Wk do not know whether the public of Singapore have given due attention to the modest foot-note
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  • 523 2 llh- Marine Engineers at Shanghai gave a fancy dress ball on the 4th instant. launches leave for the .Swimming Club on Sunday ti'\t at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. from Johnston s Pier. The Imp. German mail steamer Bayern having lelt Hongkong on the jotn in>tant "1* L •"•< »rrn.,.
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  • 250 2 The following are the various routes which Their Royal Highnesses will be invited to follow during Their stay m Singapore Sunday, 21st April. (1) Johnston's Pier to Government House via Cavenagh Bridge, Esplanade, past Municipal Office, Stamford-rd. and Orchard-rd. (2) Government House to Impounding Reservoir via Cavenagh-rd.,
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  • 166 2 H. M. S. Flamingo left the Roads yesterday aftenMMi for the Karimon Islands. The Strombus. after undocking at Tanjong Pagar, loaded a little cargo and left dirt' t for Rangoon yesterday. 1 lie Preach transport Vmidong would have left yesterday evening had not the heavy rain impeded the
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  • 287 2 The Pioneer alludes to the strange case of John Ford, an Englishman, wno died recently at Nynee, near Allahabad, at the age of about sixty. Ford wss a gentleman by birth and education, belonging to a good county family m the centre of England. At
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  • 312 2 The Amateur Dramatic Club of Rangoon is now performing a grand burlesque entitled The Muddled Merchant of Venice mutilated by VV. H. St J. Leeds, i.c.b., who is a renowned Prince of Comical Fellows, (at least so s,ays a Rangoon journal). It is a trivial detail that Mr. Leeds is
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. CHINA.
    • 54 2 Great Popular Interest at Peking. (Special to the Singapore Free f, Hongkong, 22nd Marh, 148 p m Imperial edicts, printed on yellow p iper have been posted m the >treet^ of Fekin seeking to comply with Article 10 of the preliminary peace agreement. Dense crowds are eagerly
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    • 16 2 Count Waldersee returned to [Vkin yesterday. 8 He occupies quarters m the Winter Palace.
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    • 13 2 Keuter's recent Telegrams ml found an pa^e 4 of this issue.
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    • 34 2 Fighting Near Standerton. The British have evacuated Vrede, the garrison joining General Campbell iLolump., which had heavy fighting coming to and returning from Standerton with a convoy of 200 sick and wounded.
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    • 20 2 Arrival at Gibraltar. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall hay arrived at Gibraltar. (Later.) RUSSIA AND BRITAIN.
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    • 45 2 rA Temporary Arrangement. Lord Lansdowne, m the House of LorcL stated that the British and Russians hid agreed to withdraw.- their troops, reserving the question of the ownership of the land lin dispute] at Tientsin for further examination. London, 2Mnd March, rgoi.^2
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  • 435 2 The Penang medal at the Calcutta Golt Club has been won by Mr. A. F. Simson. Mr. D. S. Murray being second. The question of the abolition of the volunteer Administrative Battalion system is under consideration by the Indian military authorities. The Shanghai Municipal budget gives an estimated income for
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 584 2 Katz Brothers, Limited. HAVE JUST RECFWED A LARGE SHIPMENT OF FRISTER AND ROSSMANN'S Hand Foot Sewing Machines s^^PJsj!HHfij^^g^ foot Foot Sewing Machine m Bftj^nß flOvtmto SEWING j^^Hb^b^Hb^bßCSif l* Xi w_ -tIH 11^ vj Fbs^b^bW.^Sv'^^bSl^^^b^'^^^^ -t*lHand Sewing Machine To be Obtained at the above Prices FROM THt Sole Aerents X ATZBROTHERS,
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    • 879 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. E. Nathan, p.p.c. SALE OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE &c, THE PROPERTY OF LOUIS KATZ Esa., IB at 53 Grange Road. t^ZZOn Thursday 28th March, at 2 f.m. TH E undersigned have been instructed to sell by auction the household furniture &c, consisting of an excellent toned cottage piano
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    • 86 2 An Honest Medicine for La Grippe George W. Waitt, of South Gardiner, Me., says I have had the worst cough, cold, chills, and grip and have taken lots of trash of no account but profit to the vendor. Chamborlain's Cough Remedy is the only thing that has done any good
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 191 2 The Week. Friday, sand High Water 1 11.29 *•> 11< 39 P* Singapore Club Meeting, 5 p. S.V.R. Battalion Drill, 5 p. Saturday, 23rd High Water 0.13 p. Cricket— S.R.C. v. Jans/s Team. Lodge St. George Regular, 8.45 p. At Zero, Town Hall, 9 p. Sunday, 24th High Water o
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  • Correspondence.
    • 221 3 To thi Editor. Dear Sir, —Death has laken urtp a g«x)d and kind gentleman m the person of the late Mr. Jenkins, who for so many years had lived out here. He was. m my humble opinion, which I can safely say is shared
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  • 184 3 AT ZERO." The fourth performance of the Musical Romance by amateurs under the direction of Capt. H. T. Wynter went excellently last night, the ensemble and go" showing marked improvement, m response to the w. rmth of an appreciative audience. The music was the more melodious for being well m
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  • 449 3 The Colonial Sectetariat courteously furnishes the appended rough totals of the population of the Straits Settlements, Census 1901. /<*'>/. igoi. Increase Singapore Island 183,28 c 225,371 42,090 Pe.nang Island 121,250 128,152 6902 P. Wellesley 108,104 115,060 6,956 Malacca 92,170 94 589 2,419 Total 504,805 563,172 58,367 J. R.
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  • 130 3 I here was a great crowd down at the V.'harf this morning to see the P. &O. homeward mail away. The Bengal takes away on leave, Dr. and Mrs. Ker, I.cm 0., U -Col. Chippendall, late commanding the troops, Dr. and Mrs. Fowlie, Mr. Oliver Marks, Mr. J. R. Aldworth,
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  • 561 3 (By a Straits Racing Man At Home.) Sales during ,g OO h ave broken ail records and m that respect it will be long regaided as a sensational year ''Flying Fox brat the. previous price paid for a single horse by many thousands, but still
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  • 593 3 A report comes from Echigo, says the "Japan Mail, that a rich oil well has been struck at N-«ga-mine, m the Kashiwazaki district of Nngata Prefecture. The staiement m ide is t^at the operatives of the Nihon Sekiyu Kaisha had bared to a considerable depth m
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  • 687 3 A CENTURY'S LESSONS IN WARFARE. On the 20th Feb., Capi. Sir J, Colomb, M.P., presided at a meeting at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, when Maj.-Gen. C. E. Webber, late R.K., delivered an address on Army Rtform, based on some Nineteenth Century L. ssons m Warfare." Gen. Webber remarked
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  • 328 3 In his excellent book The Englishman m China," Mr. Alexander Michie gives this reference to Crown Colony administration Crown colony is the form of government which challenges the most pungent criticism. The elected members of us legislature, being a minority, can only m the
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  • 157 3 The following story of Mr. ft, John Paulet, M. A. P." says, is literally tiue, but even were it 1 only a legend it is too characteristic of its subnet's well known *;ood nature and equally well known love 01 horses to be lo«.t Mr. St. John
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  • 156 3 Elisha Gray, the well-known American electrician, died of heart disease on January 21. He began life m an engineering shop, and developed into a self-taught electrician, whose electroharmonic telegr.iph, telephone, and telautograph I brought him world-wide renown. When Gray I was an engineer, a speck of steel entered
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  • 343 3 The special attention of competitors m the tennis tournament is called to the alteration m the time of starting I'liy. Players with their umpires mu».t be at the Courts not liter than 5 p.m., by the Tournament Clock (4 .45 for championship final tie). Should boih sides
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  • 203 3 A friend sends v-> two sets of verses, one written by his lather on the coming of the Princess A'exandra on her marriage, the other written by hi, brother on the passing ol the Quern Mid the Dawn ol the C» ntury. 1 he>» two
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  • 381 3 Passes m blood and tears the Age away From Afnc's veldt and Clm a's stoned plain, The blood of slaughtered thousand-) cries How long How long shall rapine, lust and murder rule I When shall the promised Peace to Karlh be given Knters 4
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  • 135 3 The daughter of a vicar of a rural parish not very far from London has collected all the buttons placed m the Cliurch offertory bags for twelve months, when special collections were m de for th^ charities connected with the Church. The young lady intended to figure
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  • 73 3 The Echo de Chine of the I ith inst. has the following —It is said m Chinese circles that it has jast been learmed that the Emperor of China has been dead for several months The Russian Admiralty has decided on an impo tant reinforcement of the Russian warships on
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  • 175 3 Sir J. Willcocks, who recently returned from Ashami, m an interview, said "The Ahanti power is absolutely smashed, and if the people can be kept from obtaining arms and ammunition they can never again rise m a body. The Golden Stool will
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  • 142 3 The Standard Time Balls. A Tim.- Ball ;u K,,rt fh— t«g ami ..no at Prlau Brani falls v;ich clay at 1 i-.m. Singapore mean thue (G.-ocuwich mean time (i hrs.,4 min.,:i.") soc.,) being boist«d livo minut<>s pnvir.uslv. To-day Fort Canning and Pulau Brani lioth fell correctly. WHITE AND SOUND TKETH.-Rowe
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  • 78 3 (Corrected up to March 22.) On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/o V. demand '/i'A Private credits 3 m/s 2/o/ 6 documents 3 m/s 2/o credits 6 m/s 2 /°-r-g France, demand 25 >\ Germany, demand 203 India, T. T 149^ Hongkong, demand dis. Yokohama, demand.. i l t par.
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  • 117 3 (March 22 I l»n $64.50 Gambier 8.750 dc. Cube No. 1 m.6 Pepper, Mlack (ordinary Spore) 28.7s do. White, (Fair L/\V- 5 43 Nutmegs 1 10s to the Ib.) 56 do. (80s to the Ib) 76 Mace (Banda) 92 Cloves (Amboina) 32 Liberian Coffee 18. Tapioca, small pearl (Fair
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  • 104 3 SHARE LIST, MARCH 32n d 1901. Banker* 9 U TI C PAiDUr. Sha«« sP 4,d D.v. B.nkofCh.na.ndjagan^. *<>— 3 ,000,000 4U 33t 1*875X4 Bell's Asotitos Eastern Agency. Nominal. ioooof£ B 'S*4 8,584 £i .*H garaujagfe gtsr '.rss v-^ txr NonhK.ch.uGoldM.Co. 475 Iso ao.ooo res. io.ooc <;> National Bank of China
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 161 3 Friend to Friend It is not !»o much what the newspaper* j-ay, as what neighbour says to neighbour, or triend to friend, that has brought Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Keinedy into such general use It is as natural for people to express their gratitude after umiik tin* remedy as
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    • 336 3 OCEAN l^^l STEAM SHIP |p™ Co. NEDEKLANDSCHE ITQOMVAART MAAT3CHAPPIJ OCEAAN. Tons. Tons. AchilUi 701 1 Myrmidon 2870 Agamemnon 7011 Xestnr 700 701 1 O w 40,-, Alcmous 0743 Patroclus 55^) W«cAu« 2729 /V# MJ 200 /«»/««6»r 5531 Polyphemus 26M Calchas 6748 /Via* 2 8 4 c Cyc/o/>5 2066 Prometheus 5570
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 208 3 MAILS CLOSE 'i-MOHK I) W. Fur Per At Samarany ac Bolivia //ok Tjioe 7am l^buan ManiU Chiengmai ham Hongkong &c. Suxonia II am Batu Pahat str^ Moh I cm K. PahMg, ace. Atng Hrn 1 pm p enang p ul Seng 2PM Penan* 6c Bombay Htsagnj 2pm Sarawak I'omarts pm
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    • 831 3 v L S I N VOR T vien-.. -W,, ft** *m*T*m Co mm .nders Arr.*«~ r lvn > h-u K%- s,. ns 21 la ar S SsE S3? Sf^Bg- II I# 111^11; s& at a ga. be sea* Srs LATEST ARRIVALS If I" 111 II Pur ur Vessel ana Pas»cog«»rs
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 624 4 SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. CHINA. Hongkong, March 21st, 10.45 am Although the Court promised to start for Peking on the 3H, it is -till at Hsian-fu, where the Dowager Empress and her party maintain a predominance. General Ga^elec ii expected at Shanghai to-morrow. The massing of the Japanese fleet at naval ports
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    • 538 4 FOR SALE BAY Australian cob, quiet m saddle and harness, and an exceptionally pood mover. 2 wheeled g\ e and set of nearly new Harness. Price complete »6ooAppl j y Austraiian Mar. 2 SALh OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURK &c. At the Tbmplk lUr High Street On Monday, tjik March, at 2
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    • 729 4 WANTED FOR a tank installation near Singapore a European or Eurasian for outdoor work. Apply under letter H. c o Free Press. Mar. 21 2 5-3 i RAFFLES INSTITUTION WANTED for the Raffles Institution, THREE lUNIOR MASTERS to teach ia the Lower School. Apply personally to C. M. PHILLIPS, Raffles
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    • 508 4 THE Campbell Oil Engine HAS THE LARGEST SALE OF Any Oil Engine m the World SIMPLE ECONOMICAL RELIABLE COMBINED OIL ENGINES AND PUMPS Made m all Types and Sizes SOLE AGENTS Riley H argr eaves Co. LTD.. SINGAPORE. Mar. M mwf COLD STORAGE I HE PUBLIC IS HEREB\ AGAIN Ice
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    • 591 4 The Singapore Free Press. A S Mercantile Advertiser Cabli Address,— Advertiser, Singapor, Tilsphom Number. N-j. 61. Published at 30-3, h.f.es Place, Su.. '"PHE leading English Newspaper m the Straits Settlements Johore. the Federated Native States of Perak, Selangor, S«fifd Ujon^, Pahang, th Sembilan British North Borneo; Sarawak Netherlands Indies. Java
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 971 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. l Giving port ot depanuic, and (WIMN known) date due here, and name of Azcni 1. A< iiikun, hr., Toulon, due Mar.—; 1<:.,., KuropL-, due Mar. j Assm 01.1s, U.S., 1 ")o, H.impton Roads, Apl. Cks try*. H.M.S., Malta, due Mar. Doli-hin, Rabtb., I urope, due Mar. Frolic,
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    • 250 4 Siebler, Mr. Chas. A. Vale. To Shanghai —\i Uana Dal B aard, Mr. P. B. Petersen, Mr Vnderson, Mrs. A. G. Elder, I) r kliss Graham, Mr. and Mrs. dlenn. R, ~irant, Rev. F. Harmon, Mr. H. M. r j^ r 4enderson, Mr. and Mrs. K. M. v ,<. n
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