The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 June 1901

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    17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, 29™ JUNE, Jigoi. DAILY ISSUE, No. 4216
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      792 1 XT O Office. Telegraph St. A|JJ Wharves. Keppel Harbour. U STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steamers for CH'NA, JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, BRINDISI, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Ladtng issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for China Coast. MAIL LINES. OUTWARD HOMEWARD
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      704 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND rpOYO KISEN KAISHA (ORIINTAL S. s. CO.) VIA INLAND SEA OK JAPAN AND HONOLULU. Through Passage Tickets granted to England France, and Germany by all trans-Atlantic lines of steamers, and to the principal cities of the United States or Canada.
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      530 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Undir Contract with thi Nbthbrlanos India Gotbrnmbnt. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collyer Qua\ THI (JNDBRMBNTIONKD DATKS ARK O.VLT APPROXIMATB. Steamer From Expected Will be despatched tor or Japara B.uavia Jkc. June 20 Macassar (direct,/ Palahlfh, Socmalita, Amoeranj, Men.ido, Ternatc Gorontalo,
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      186 1 Fraser Gumming 1 71 Battary Road. Sawmills:— J o h O re Bharu. Br:. 1 uork.s t— SJrang—a and Balestier. Timber Merchants. PRIME HARD-WOOD, c«t by owowa men inthe best districts, and steam sawn to any 1,-. WORKED TIMBERS. Flooring Boards accurately planed, tongued and grooved by the bat machinery,
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      713 1 IJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL liooooooo RESERVE FUND.- *i 0,000,000 Sterling Reserve 810,000,000) a S.lver Reserve f 3,000 000 I 1 3.000,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OK PROPRIETORS J $i0,000,00c C'hki of Directors. R.Smuvan, Ksq. Chaikman. v on J- i- Bklil vis Dbpoty Chairman. V 1( 'Mk:ss. Esq. IR. L.
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      553 1 NORWICH UNION FIRE INSUR. ANCE SOCIETYOF NORWICH AND LONDON ESTABLISHED I FOX KIRE INSURANCE 'ONLV. PM-mii IN cou;:::; i f SS«« Insurance effectrd on almost cverv description at property at current rates of premium. I'HK HQRNHO Co., l.Tu.-A.^enti ATLAS ASSURANCE CO MPAN V. r H"°n* riT4L £i,200,000 ..erlin* Head Office,
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      264 1 HE NKW FRENCH REM< THERAPION IMo 1 THERAPIOIMIMn.2 '.oo iru'h a I THERAPIONNo 3 <THERAPION mbiei •Th> I'Jm "prriilsSiT V ORI^yLA-XTLT'S A INDIAN CIGARETTES Fr>r Asthmatic pecp'c OPPRESSION ,n I,t- gOAHSI^ •3d BROHGIITIS IHSOMNfA vt rjirff m riPECTOnATIOW ORIMAULT C. PAHIS Soid by til Ch«L. MATitO INJECTION h used m
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      MARRIAGE.
      21 2 Crump— Mulholland— At Hampstead, June 5, Krkbst Compson Crump to Lll.l elder daughter ot the late William Mulholland, of Singapore.
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      BIRTH.
      21 2 On the 7th June, at 13, Cornwall Terr.ice, Recent Park, London, the wife of h»ki >s Strincir, of a daughter.
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    The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1901.
    565 2 The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1901. The Members of the Marine Club have decided to hold their Annual Ball on Friday, the 29th of November. In connection with the St Joseph's Club, a football match will take place this after noon, on the St. Joseph's ground. A Kandy
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS.
    141 2 The Rev. W Murray, \i.,v, has be<>n appointed Acting Chaplain ol the Presbyterian Church of England to the Singapore Volunteer Corps. The first day of the Agricultural Show m l J enang July ioth is notified as a public holiday m that Settlement. The limit of the amount
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1266 2 Quicquii agunt homines njstriest farrago li-elli JIVEKAL. Behold how good a thing it is ami how becoming well," so sings a paraphrase writer of our boyhood's memory. for tack as brethren are, m unity »o dwell." Liberal leaders, if there is such a thing at aU
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      THE RUSSIAN MINISTER AT PEKING.
      48 2 It is stated at St. Petersburg that M dc Giers. Russian Minister at Peking, will be recalled on the conclusion of pr a He will be succeeded at Peking by ft| Lessar. who was concerned m the Afghan frontier settlement m 1885. (Later.)
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      THE ROYAL CORONATION.
      23 2 The King has i? ued a proclamation an nouncing the Coronation of himself and Id Consort m June next year
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      SOUTH AFRICA.
      50 2 Boer Attack on Richmond. Commandant Malan with a Inge fora attacked Richmond on the 25th, frum dawi to dash Thr Boer Retreat. He retired on the approach of mentLondon, June jBth. /yoi. PARLIAMENT. The Coal Duty. Ihe House of Commons ha*> agrted to the tax on export coal.
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      FRANCE AND YUNNAN.
      12 2 The French Chamber has adopted the Yunnan railway Bill.
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      MOUNTED TROOPS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
      14 2 Eighty thousand mounted troops are now m South Africa.
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      HEROIC DEFENCE OF RICHMOND.
      55 2 Good Work by English Militia. A town ijuard compo*ed of Staffordshire Militia heroically defended Richmond. Tenacity of the Staffordshires. They twice refused to surrender although the Boer?> captured sant,'ar> m several parts of the town. The Boers, Malan i commando wen beaten off eventually on the
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      THE ARMY DEBATE.
      30 2 CONSCRIPTION IN THE AIR. During the debate m the House of Lords Lord Lansdowne said that the Government did not contemplate compulsory army service beyond the seas.
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      ARMY PAY PROGRESSIVE.
      38 2 If increased pay proves to be necessary it should be proportionate to lenpth of service M. de Giers Goes to Munich. If. cJe(Jiers, Russian Minuter at Peking, is transferred to Munich. London, June jgth, lyot.
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    56 2 A Reuter telegram from New York fast* nunth reported the death of Count Mit <iewicz. He was formerly prominent hrough his efforts to procure banki.?^ :oncessions m China, but his schemes', vhich were conceived on large ideas, came o nought. They brought him a certain lotoriety, but were not destined
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      97 2 LOWELL [JOBINSON'S ANNUAL CASH A.- CLEARANCE SALE. TEN DAYS ONLY. COMMENCING Monday, July ist. A GENUINE SALE A GENUINE SALE A GENUINE SALE OF REMNANTS AND ODD LENGTHS REMNANTS AND ODD LENGTHS Flannels, Coatings, Serges. TWEEDS, CHEVIOTS, ANGOLAS, HELMETS, HATS AND CAPS. ALSO WHITE STRAW HATS Sale Price from $1
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      408 2 JCATZ BROS., LTD. Clearance Sale CASH ONLY Monday, July Ist. Tuesday, July 2nd. Wednesday, July 3rd. Thursday. July 4th. Friday, July sth. Saturday, July 6th. GREAT BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS See Supplement of this Paper. June 2<t Kellp Si Walsh, CimiicU. 32, Raffles Place RECENT FRENCH NOVELS THE JfE W
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      179 2 The Week Saturday. 29th: High Water 9 .i 5q 8.32 p. Cricket— S.C.C. Inter-Club Match. P. Hi O. Mail Outwards due. (hinese Girls School sale, 10.30 a. Star ol East, Temperance Club, 7.^0 p. Sunday, 30th High Water 9.58 a., g.i Ip. 4th after 1 rinity. S.V.R., Rifle shoot, Balestier
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    64 3 The agenda of business .0 eeiing i Legislative Council on Tuesda iudes the first reading of two n*w the School Attendance Bill a. id lue Chinese Immigrants' Bill the third reading of the Societies Ordinance Amendment and the Pensions Ordinance Amendment Bills and the consideration m Committee of
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    SANDAKAN NOTES.
    180 3 H.E. K. W. Birch, C.M.G., our new Gov-,-rnor, arrived here on the evening of the oth inst., from Labuan, m the S.C. Petrel, iiid landed early the following morning, he usual salute being tired m his honour. little after noon on the same date his Commission was publicly
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    LAWN BOWLING TOURNAMENT.
    182 3 There have not been many games conested this week. The Single Handicap luwever is now m the hna! stage. Beaulerk and Holloway remain m, each having Deaten his opponent rather ea-ily m the >emi-fini I round. In the Championship. Maclonald disposed of Brown by 21 19, W.■.hers
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    THE WARREN SHOOTING SHIELD.
    183 3 i have tried the new positions, Fo. the Warren Shooting Shield, And my body's full of br~ And abrasions all unhe < And adown the balmy breexes, That are wafted past my You may sniff the Embrocation, I have used from head to t First I
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    A CURE FOR DYSENTERY.
    209 3 Or. Mougeot, whose investigations into the •iubtoct cf a cure for dysentery have been a' attention m Saigon for some time pa I to have discovered a remedy for the diseav T 1 the seed of the plant named /true a Sumatrana, belonging to the family
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    SHIPPING NEWS.
    187 3 lhc bengloe, which arrived from Ku <* ln <rt by at noon, brought for <A about 4,500 tons Jaj.an COB I Jhe Austrian ruiser Dokju returned to the road, a ft».-r coding at Borneo Wharf yesterday. •he M a steamer Tibre, connecting with the outward P. and O.
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    GARRISON RIFLE CLUB.
    356 3 The general meeting of the above Club took place at the Town Ha I, on Thursday afternoon, Capt. Mulliken, R.G.A., the President of the Club presiding. The Hon. Secretary produced the ba lance sheet, which showed the Club to be m a flourishing condition, and the accounts
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    PAHANG MINING ITEMS.
    176 3 PA HANG MINING ITEMS. Uentong a -■>.d to be forcing ahead right merrily. Los fStting tin out m I ir^'c quantities, and the town its' lf quite rtflcc's tie general prosperity. Survey, ico, is more forward there than m other parts of I'ahang. A correspondent informs us that a prospector
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    THE ISTHMUS OF KRA.
    353 3 IHE v lAL SCHEMI. ti 1 t Hmiphong be 1! to ma'-.- a -\.\\> < a a across th'; Isthmus ol Kra ha-, been I isioni and cor:,: been form' I the preliminary studies Then fallen on the l-t!.mus of Kinviola- into forgetfulness. the failure of
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    SUSCEPTIBLE ' HERMIONES
    127 3 SUSCEPTIBLE HERMIONES The tollowinjj note is from S It may be of incercst to many m Shanghai, especially amongst 'he young and fair,' to know that the Hirmiom'i little mids beat th< raids m a mile r^ce, pulling m galleys. It was a close race, only bemtf won by 5
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    EDWARD VII. HIS CAREER AS PRINCE OF
    2337 3 EDWARD VII. HIS CAREER AS PRINCE OF All Rights Rkskrvbd. WALES. By Chari.es Lowe, M.A., Author of A Life of the C»ar, Prince Bismarck: A Biography," William 11," &c.,&c. VII. A SOVEREIGN OF SOCIETY. I have remarked that the Prince of Wales, while m waiting to become King of England,
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    TELEGRAMS.
    819 3 I Via Ceylon) London, June 20.— The Time* correspondent at 'lout, m giw ,o (he Orange River I n <. imps, which, he contends, show thai everything possible his been clone. Besides 24 > Boat rtlugees m twelve camps, there are Is's°° natives m nine camps. The average Bear
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    "AT ZERO!"
    81 3 A Mining engineer wh« has returned from Alaska brings, among other interesting things, evidence that the higher the latitude the greater the latitude. Watching a poker game, m which the slakes were heavy, he saw a player give himself four aces from the bottom of the pack. Burning
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    THE NEW COLONIAL SECRETARY.
    437 3 (Ceylon Observer. j Mr. Taylor has had six years of Office here and six of the years most worthy of record m the his. Tory ot the Colony's progress. Hi-, businesslike ability and capacity for hard work have won for him a full measure of regard
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    MAIL NOTES.
    864 3 Further particulars from Vlakfontein show that Colonel Dixon was moving m column formation when Commandant Kemp and 1,200 men attacked his flank, getting between the rear-guard and the main column. The enemy got so closj that their first volley disabled 50 artillerymen and Yeomanry. The latter defended the
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    46 3 Pending the approval of the Secretary of State to thf proposed Bchenstj fur Mountc I Infantry m India, tli. <i.)vern ment of India are nrraoging for a supply 3f twenty Chinese ponies, with a view to ;heir suitability or Otherwise for Mounted Infantry work hein^ ascertained.
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    FLIES AND WORSE THINGS.
    602 3 A My alights on yow finger tip; the lirain ia .n-t;intly inloniK'd "I il the lly is -hakeu Hi. lii. it i- tlic nerve telegraph. !;fi a |'ii i n a fork, put it m your month, then then < n l raallo* It. In ■oan
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    EXCHANGE.
    66 3 (Corrected up to June On London. Bank 4 m/s i/n| demand i/m Private credits 3 m/s documents 3 m/ 1 credits 6 m/s 2/0^ France, demand '4 7 Germany, demand a India. T. T Hongkong, demand Yokohama, demand.. -> l ,%pm. Java, demand Manila, demand (poi Sovkrkigns, (to buy)
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    PRODUCE.
    74 3 (June 29 > «7^5 »*n»o ,65 dc. Cube No. 1 Mm < ■-i 2 Jo. White, fK-,,r 4>so it', v* lIO* tO II do. (80s to the .b) t) 4 (Rinda) «j a Amboina) < offee *pir ra. r^ill p.^arl (Kti -gy do flake tdo. Tifiiium pear' Kair V
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      183 3 Unnecessary Loss of Time. Mr. W. s. VTaedoa, Oaatter oi the Fust tion.il Hank ol Winters..!, lowa, m a rcivnl letter fLvm Maw experl ■<■ with carpenter m bin employ, thai will i M of \alue to other Mechanics. Be says; 1 1 had a naracatw workiaf loraH who mi
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      1156 4 REUTERS TELEGRAMS ARMY RfcFORM. Lord Raglan, Under Secretary of State for War, during the course of a debate on J the Army m the House of Lords, declared that if the inducements to recruiting proved B insufficient, the Government would not l hesitate to submit proposals necessary to secure an
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      963 4 AUCTION SALE OF LAND AND DWELLING. To be held at Powe'l aDd Co.'s sale-room oa Wednesday, 3rd July, /901, at 2.30 p. m. TWO pieces of freehold land, |M 18,130 sq. feet, marked Lot* 21 by 22 forming jwrtion ..I Grant No. 351. Together with the dwelling hmw thereon known
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      1245 4 FFRF TYPE-WRITING. A N expert Typist and Stenographer would be I glad to undertake work at moderate r.ttc-. Apply to K. P. c/o Free Press. I June 15 ttbs. WANTED DV an Kn^'lishman, board and lodging with private family, convenient to town. Tennis. S. 1 h > l'r< a. June
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      615 4 DOOMS with Board with Knglish family close v to Town. Good t< nnis ground and stabling. errns moderate. Apply lo B. C. c/o Free Press. J une '5 15.7 TO LEi LJOUSK No. 4 y. Killiney Ro.id, by l JOSEPH ELIAS, .Malacca Street. June 13 TO LET "\NK room suitable
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      729 4 DET OSTASIATISKE KOMPAG.M 3r Marseilles, Havre, Copenhagen an* St. Petersburg. Ihb Russian Stbamer K/TAf, .aptain Jensen, will be despatched for the above rts on or about the 30th June. She In ptendiH commodation for Ist class passengers al n tes and carries a doctor. For passage and freight apply to
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