The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 July 1901

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, 16™ JULY, 1901. DAILY ISSUE, No. 4230
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      818 1 W~ o Office. Telegraph St. rfe Wharves. Keppel Harbour. \J STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steame.-s for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON, INDIA. AUSTRALIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, BRINDISI, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for China Coast. MAIL LINES. OUTWARD HOMEWARI
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      791 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AN" rpOYO RISEN KAISHA (ORIBSTAk S. 3. CO. VIA INLAND SEA OF lAPAN ANO HONOLULU. Through Passage Tickets granted to England France, and Germany by all tran -Atlantic lines of steamers, and to thr principal cities of the United Slates or
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      755 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKKTVAART MAATSCH APPI J. Undir Contract with tri Nbthbrlands India Govirnmbnt. Acents atSingapork. Ships Agency, lath I. DAKNOELS Co.. 2-3 Collver Quay 1 M.I UNOBRMBNTIONBD DATBS ARR ONLT IP'P.OXI M ATB. Steamer From Exoected Will be despatc&ed lor or J Altmg Cott-i, Sot ra- July 12 15. 1
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      701 1 LJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI XA BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL IflOOOU;n RESERVE FUND.- H0.000.000 Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 7 Silver Reserve S I 1 3.000,000 RESHRVB LIABILITY OK I PROPRIBTOMS i lic.oo-j.coc Court ok Dirictois. R. Shbwan Esq.— Chairman. v t..^"'^ Bkll-Irvino,— Dtrurr Chairman. H. fc Tomkins, Esq I R. L. Richardson E»q
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      487 1 Milkmaid H fIS^ 11 I i I VI ll Full #^*1 Bee th Ull IRIDE MABB Largest Sale m the World. TVJORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETYOF NORWICH AND LONDON. KSTABL I S H B D 17 05. POR FIRF. INSURANCE ONI V ••o^ssPaid 7 *****000 r***mrxm .nco«« insurance efiected on
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      318 1 B9H|HHRp superior V I /||iW V a V 1 \^^^M^^^M Cut 1 cure 1 the same diseases as the-'iirti^- < m forty-eight hours without < inconvenience. Kach Clp.ulr kMH Inr Mtl (1.'.1 D In T'-"' FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST. GRIMAULT'S SYRUP Of H'po-Phqsphite of Lime. rioed m France for
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    The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1901.
    596 2 T he Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1901. i>: I ii MNM i.i -i .en ami oakriktd by yi.t. t t 1 r f-»r gtori«M pMMpti Jr^w. -I in R«!iifion, Loyalty, jnd Ij* In a H>.t gkong contemporary, the China Mail, tlie question of bulk liqu d fuel lias
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    371 2 Indian troops are to replace the Marines at the Taku Forth. Tlm Standard Oil Co. i> s.ud to have bought a Japanese oil factory m Ktsluwazaki for i oo.oo'* yen The Imp. German Mail steamer Kon;g Albert having left Ft nat>^ to-day at 5 a.m. may be expected to arrive
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    73 2 Tlie Agenda of the business for to mormw's nite.i n if t!it Municipal Commissioners include* con idention of Mr.So*ist's mo ion rr a fer to Mr. lomiinson, the proposed scheme for a town band, a re port by thr* Superintem'ent of the Fire Brigad on timber storage, the
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    THE LANDING OF THE KING OF SIAM.
    298 2 Precisely at eleven o'clock this morning the Mafia Chakkn, having on board Their M-ij'Sties the King and Queen of Siam, arrived m the KokU from Batavia and was saluted by the U. S. warships Albany and Nashville, and t>>«- Austrian cruiser Leopard. H.
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    TELEGRAMS.
    565 2 The following are fr >m the bervice o( the Hongkong Daily Press The Standard' Odes?* correspondent reports that the Daln: Vo-tok and the Sibirski Vi* have simultanf ou->ly announced that Vladivostock becomes ihe chief icrmmus of the Trans-Siberian X Iw.iy and the chid f< i,M m wir harbour m
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    211 2 A Siamese woman at Chayok is the proud mother of sixteen children, brought into the world at eight births. When the King visited Chayko the whole family, who are all paddy cultivators, were presented to His Majesty, md received 40 ticals each. Hongkong papers announce the disap pearance of a
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      SOUTH AFRICA.
      44 2 THE SURPRISE AT REITZ. Boer Officers Captured. General Broadwood, m his surprise of Rcit/, took 29 prisoners including the Boer Generals Wessels, Clonwe, and Dwarl, a* well as three Boer government officials. It is supposed that DeWet was amongst those who escaped.
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      SOUTH AFRICA.
      51 2 {Later.) Shooting the Wounded at Vlakfontein Kitchener Sends Evidence to Delarey. Mr. Brodrick m the House of Commonread a despatch from Lord Kitchener m which he says that he is forwarding to General Detarey copies of sworn evidence of witnesses regarding the Boer shooting of British wounded at
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      A BOER LAAGER CAPTURED.
      24 2 Gen. French has captured a Boer laager m the Graaieinch district, but Scheepers' main body escaped. London, July if»th, 1901.
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    178 2 A Rugby football match will be played n the Ksplanade on Friday next, between the S.C.C. and th« Garrison. The funeral of the late Mrs. Tarn, which took place yesterday afternoon, was numerously attended. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hatfenden were the chief mourners and there were present Mr. and
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    ADMIRE AND IMITATE—RUSSIA.
    480 2 ADMIRE AND IMITATE— RUSSIA. This is a chief point m Captain K. P. Cobbold s story m the Wmdn.y ol his travels through the Thain Shan, m innermost Asia. He, was hospi tably received at Akbashi, the first Russian p«st on his road. His host informed him of his intention
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      351 2 I^Mfl W* PIANO W TUNING M \KK THE A SPECIALITY InKtjl c inson l^^fi Piano Co.. Ltd. Kcllp $i Walsh; Limited, 32, Ranks Place New Novels The Illustrated News At $1.50 Each. Record The Crisis by Winston Churchill OK THE The V.car of St. Lukes, by S.byl (red. GLORIOUS REIGN
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      913 2 WANTED fASHIKR and Bill Collector. Security reqnir«d $5000. State Salary expocted. Apply F. N. c.o. Free Press. .Inly l. r > 18 7 v\ ANTED ASKT of boring tools, suitable for pMapMtlag m the Native State* Apply X T c/o Fr r e Press Mi 13 \\7ANTKI) single (ioni leuiem
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      719 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. ©omestif ©crurrnttfft. MAKRIACiE On the l.">th instaut, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapote, Walter Cecil Mkhiu of the Straits Settlements Civil Service, only surviving son of the late William Marwick Michcll K»q, to Kv»LYN Violet Lbvimo«,«l Carnagh, only child of the late WilliHin I^>vinge R»q, of I'arnagh, Athlonr. nun
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      221 2 The Week Tuesday, 16th Hikjh Water: 1 1. 12 a., 10.34 p. Legislative Council, 2.30 p. Philharmonic Choir, 5.15 p. S.V.A. Dismounting 2.5 H.M.L. (iun Drill, 5.15 p. b.V.R. Company Drill, 5.15 p. The Biograph," Town Hall, 9 p. Wednesday, 17th High Water 1 1.50 a., If. 7 p. N.D.I..
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    THE LATE MRS. MORGAN.
    121 3 A correspondent writ( Mifl. Gusta 11. Morgan, wife of the Rev. F. I' organ, died at her home m Lawrenr- »lassachusetts, U. S. A, on Jir< 4th, ol sclerosis of the liver, after a long and painful illness of seventeen weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan left
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    AN INTERESTING WEDDING.
    251 3 Yesterday afternoon at St. Andrew's Cathedral, a pretty wedding was solemnised, the contracting parties being Miss Evelyn Violet Levinge, of Carnagh, Athl me, and Mr Walter Cecil Michell of the Straits Settlements Civil Service, Singapore. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. W. H. C. Dinkerley, M.A., the
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    THE BIOGRAPH.
    310 3 Another well -tilled 4jouse witnessed last night's very successful exhibition ot the Biograph. The programme of living pictures." as they might well be terra ed, was varied and well-selected. There wa- no hitch m the sequence of the views, and the whole show ran, as it were, 11
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    SERIOUS COLLISION AT WOOSUNG.
    477 3 A very serious collision, resulting m extensive damage and much work to the local docks, oc->-red shortly after four o'clock yesterday afternoon at Woosung (says the China Gatette of the 3rd inst.) between the Ocean Company* liner Ptleui and the German chartered transport Creje'.d, belonging to
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    CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES.
    603 3 (China Mail ritutsday (July 41I1) was a memo. able day m the history ul the Plul ppmc Islands, the government of the archipelago passing from military to civil hands. Since Ametican occupation, Manila was never decorated so much, nor had the streets been more crowded.
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    CURIOUS INCIDENTS AT CRICKET.
    894 3 SOMt bTORIIS 1Y Mk. \V. J. h<)Rl>. Fatal accidents are, fortunately, very rare occurrences m cucket, yet <l those that are recorded none is more ex'raor i *rv D' r'i -p<- ihan the fol* lowing, which i» uk»-ii fr ,n SCdW and Bio^raplii'S. Two pnv .ies
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    BAKU'S OIL TRADE.
    889 3 Production Tbn Million Tons. (Globe.) The report just issued by the Foreign Office on the progress of Baku is interesting. It st ites that Baku, from its situation, weal h, and means of communication li is within the lit 30 years, become the chit I trading centre
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    SHIPPING NEWS.
    127 3 The homeward German mail Kiautschou arrived from Hongkong at 3.30 p.m. yesterday. She leaves (or Hamburg to-night. The steamer Skerryvore, which called here lately, collided with the steamer Collingrove at Shanghai, and both vessels were badly damaged. The Dutch ste rntr Bawcan has been sold to Manila m<
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    THE GERMANS AT SHANGHAI.
    168 3 The report started several months ago respecting the acquisition of the entire China Merchants fleet and property by the Germans was contradicted at the lime, but we China Gasetle nevertheless have reason to believe that the contradiction was only made because the report was premature, as
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    OUR FLEET IN THE MEDIT RRANEAN.
    1820 3 How Enolacd Stand-*. Face to Face witu Her Rivals. [By H. W. Wilson. (Pall Mall Gasettt The truth is usually unwelcome and disagreeable; sometimes it is mistaken fur vant of patriot-ism*"—Lieut.-General de Weyde. Not many weeks have passed since Captain Pretyman, who is a
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    EXCHANGE.
    75 3 (Corrected up to July 16.) On LondonBack 4 m/s 1 1 1 T i-.i! d I/I 1 r*« Pnv it»- cr.-dits 3 m/s i/n^ documents 3 m/s 1 ii£ cre<l>ls 6 m/*- '/nf Prance, demand 243 Germany, demand 197J India, T. T 145^ HONGKONG, demand par. Yokohama, deman<! sj%pm.
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    PRODUCE.
    115 3 duly ifj $70 ><! 3 'iambier 9<95 <Jo. Cube No. 1 13 87i >U|-rr, :^lack 'ordinary 'pon:, 28.62', do. White, (Fair 1./W— 45. ".tmej^ 1105 to thr Ih. v 5,2 <!o. (80s to the Ib) 64 Mace (Banda) 9a wU vrs (Amboina) 3a Liberian Coffee 17.50 aoic^-a. ,m^ll pearl
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    SHARE LIST, JULY 16th, 1901.
    172 3 v guOTATION. P 4ID DIVIDIMOI. Hank o h,na Japan, Ltd. Li Nominal. £a Deferred. ?.<.s/ belt's Asbestos Eastern A*en.:y. Nominal. 7, Bersa^ah Gold Mine Co. $3.75 Sellers $c Clear Water Dairy Farm Ltd. $100 fL, FraserandNeaveLtd gj. gj U tor -ar ,000 Hongkong and Shanghai
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    The Standard Time Balls.
    44 3 A Time Ball at Fort Canning and one at Pulan tim^/r U eV r u y at l p Singapore mean time (Greenwich mean time 6 hrs.,4 mm., 35 sec Deing hoisted five minute* previously. To-day both Balls fell correctly.
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      117 3 A Good Reputation. "The way to gaiu a good reputation is to endeavour to be what you desire to appear." That is precisely the manner m which Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has gained its reputation as a euro for coughs, colds, croup and wbooping cough. Every bottle that has ever been
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      313 3 OCEAN \^A% STEAM SHIP |p^ Co. > -> NEUEKLA 'X gTOOIi. VAART MAATSCHAPf-M OCEAAN. Tons. Tons. Achille* 7043 Myrmidon 2870 Agamemnon 701 1 Nestor 3809 A fax 7039 Ortstts 4653 Alcinous 6743 Patroclus 5500. Anchises 2729 Peleus 7Soo Anttnor 5531 Polyphemus 2617 Calchas 6748 Priam 2845 Cyclops 2066 Prometheus 5570
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      71 3 eather Report. (July is.) taken at Kandane Kerbau HnaniMl Ohnervatory. 9. A. U. 3 P. M. 9 P. M. Bar. r»d. 32 Fata -'9.914 2>> 825 29.8V0 Temperature 84.0 88.0 83.0 Wet Bulb Thermometer... 78.8 75.0 78.0 Dir. of Wind SE. S.K. S.W. Max. Temp, m shade 89.2 Mm. do.
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      665 3 VESSELS IN PORT. Mei-of-War Flag and Tons Comm.nders Arnv?d From For When MahaChakkri Siamgb.,24oo R Ri ce"emn e "ein fflj 18 SSEI i^.n Other Vessel* Flag b Tons MlMlll Arrived From Cons.gnees For When M de H fl. iSIS gan^BK -J«»ly» Kuchinr Hm*k Ka.-hin R .l.ily M BanH.n(.iun BrttNt Sett
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      378 3 LHJB SU!|'?>[\(. REPORT. (Specially compiled for the S\ "^ip O ye Fro Pft > Dato of passiug Anjer Nationality and description of vessel Captain namo Where ar.<l when Bailed. Destination. July 1 Ger. ship, Elbing Orgcl Tjilatja).. Batavia. July 3 Dut. ship. Ardjouno; Bagchus; BaUvia July Rotterdam. July:. Uut. -nip,
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      750 4 REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. THE GREAT UNITED LIBERAL PARTY. The Reform Club meeting of the Liberal party i at which a harmonious resolution of confidence m Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-man was adopted] is regarded as a mere temporary truce, despite the semblance of unity. It is already recognised that the situation has not
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      793 4 TO LET f Immediate entry. House No. 105 d Orchard 1 Road. FnrnWiedoriiijfumUhcd. Apply A. tKAJMVi-L. July 15 uc TO LE 1 HOUSE No. 49, Killiney Road, by JOSEPH ELIAS, »7 Malacca Street. June 13 TO LET ONE or two rooms with private family near town. Apply R.c/o Free Press.
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      342 4 Strathmill Old Scotch Whisky FROM THE CELEBRATED STRATHMILL DISTILLERY KEITH, BANFFSHIRE. This fine Whisky is guaranteed Old Highland Malt, thoroughly Matured by great age m Sherry Casks. SOLE AGENTS SANDILANDS BUTTERY CO. June 19 '9«7 Abrams' HORSE REPOSITORY. 50 Horses Gobs and Ponies ARE EXPECTED TO-DAY This shipment has been
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      1237 4 MUNICIPALITY OF SIN GAPORE Issue of Municipal Loan 1901 amounting to $1,000,000 at 5 per cent. The Municipal Commissioner* of the Town of Singapore, having decided to carry out certain i important public works and acting herein wltii the sanction of the Governor m Council of the Colony of the
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      720 4 Per P. and O. Psrramatta and Rome, duo An* 11.— Mr. D. Ross, Mr. MUler, Mr. A. stow", art. Per M. M. Indus, duo Aug. 19.— Mr. w .t Per M. M. Yarra and Polynesiea, doe Aug. Mj» %nd Mrs. Stoffers. Per N. Y. K. Awa Maru, due Sept. 4
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      1389 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port 01 depariure, and wr-*re known) datr due here, and name of Agent-*. Crbssy, H.M.S., Portsm uth, due July D. Entrecaotbiux, Toulon, due July Hclip-b, H.M S., Chathim, due July Infsrnst, Fr., Toulon, due July Transports. lufitkr, VUdivostock, due July 23 R. V. b. Kazan, Vladivostock, due
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