The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 January 1896

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, 24m JANUARY, 1890 DAILV ISSUE, No. 1,571
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      357 1 J~ gl Ortict. Collyer Quay jfrj Whanrw. New H.ubour. 1 O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. SUM a UINA, IVPAS.PF.N \.\<..l 1 oN INDIA, AUSTRALIA. ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOI lil AND ONDON. IWaqajh Bills 01 |jnfr^j oaed far Con MAIL LINES. Ot I A ARD HOMEW AKl> iesyo.
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      578 1 NORD-DEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN. I '■pHR fast and well known steamers ol this line wiU leave Singapore on or about the under- nwrnlioiH <! d.ites. Ol 1 WARDS HOMEWARDS To arrive Singapore foi To arrive Singapore for Chiru. Europe. fi m~ Hemrit 6th I'eb. Kttrlsruht qih Keb. i Sih.Mar. Pi 9*h
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      880 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKET Under Contract with the Nit Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, late Time table for Steamer From Expected Will Van Goeri! Pcnang. fan. 25th. Batavia, Siak. Bila. Jan. 25th. Paneh, Uil Generaal Pel. Batavia. Jan. 37ih. Penang. A Gr. V. Bylandt. Sourabaya. fan. 37th. S'baya, Bs japara. Bai
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      493 1 VAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. HF.RLANDS InDl\ GOVEKNMKVI. [.DAENDELS Co., j-i Collyer Quay January, 1896. be despatched for Date Iheribon, Saniarang and Sourabaya, [an. 28th. p .1, Assalian, Ac Ocli. Jan. s tli. itieh, Padang 1 via way ports. [an. 30U1. I ill, Lombok, Macassar, Timor, Keb. 4ih. 1 'heribon, Sarnarang and Sourabaya.
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      620 1 LTONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL fio.ooo.oro RESERVE FUND J ;oo,oco RESERVE LIABILITY OK Jmoooooc PROPRIETORS tio ooo,ooc C'li'RT or UIUOIDBt KKAMKR. Esq. Chairman. A McCONACHIE, Esa,— DKPtmr Cbaikmam. D. R. Sassoon, Ebq. J\s. Bell Ibviicc, Esij R. If. Gkav, Csq M. D. FzSKISL, Esq. S. C MICHAKI-SEN, E.-q.
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      529 1 THE STRAITS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Established, ISS3. Head Oh-ick. BtaMMffOH C*nntt Friii SoHnoaaai i- Cahiai. Paid-dp.., 000,000 RHbKKVK F'tTMO* 291.235 Balasck or Wounra Aocouni ro 3itr Obc. iRm 1449 Cash Aasen.... A. S. MURR IV,— Sa n Uvy. THE TOKYO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. 'THK undersigned, having !><-' i" ■'i.'<-
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      277 1 PACII iC MAIL STEAMSHI) COMPANY OCCIDhNTAL AND ORIENTi I STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Jliroii/i p saj. i 1" t-rancc. ai;C I in.>n\ bt 01 S feanM rs, also b ol ':i 1 rootfa tt propoi Special reduced r.r gni ted to O Arm\ N.i- and i ■.1 Setvio i< apolic^non. PaMMB iiif
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    The Singapore Free Press. FRIDAY, JANUARY 24. 1896.
    1034 2 The Singapore Free Press. FRIDAY, JANUARY 24. 1896. .•kashlkhakfhkadshfkhds h we are to cri.-iJit tlie assertion ol a pnblk journal uhich has b^en inusuallj weH-informed a 5 to matter* i-_ iring on the ha-.trn; questions centering at mstanlinople that winch tome ol us bave been steadily contemplating as. a probability
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    LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    307 2 The ,i ri ij -ja i general meeting dI the Ladies Lawn tennis Club was bcld at ibc Club Pavilion yesterdaj evening at >-i-, p.m. I in: committee s report w&s rcaii and the account were passed, ["be io!lo>v!iiy committee for 1896 was elected] Mesdames Wadded,
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    MUSIC IN THE GARDKNS.
    59 2 The Band of the sth Fusfliers will play the following programme in the botanical Gardens to-morrow night, commencing <*'<■ I 9 p.m.— Quadrille Royiil Boudvir C.uotc. 1 Overture French Comedy Ktler Bela. j Moonliglit Sonata Sonata Beethoven. Waltz Amoreiten Tansc Gung I. Selection Ma Mi Rosette
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    CURIOUS POISONING CASE.
    1173 2 A Hum. M .n in me MoKTI IRt, An inquest was held at ibe General Hospital thi? ailtrnooii. before l)r ifggiis* ton, the corner, into th<- ctraunstaocefi atLending ihc death oi on» fan I u i Vang. !>r. Bott, the Brat, witness called stated that oh tin
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      A Russo-Turkish Treats.
      19 2 The Pmll Hrt c ;ilili lurk> > h^ve roo< otic n i e and def< nsivd nu
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      The Monroe Resolution.
      6 2 Presicfei t Cleveland
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      The Wee.
      83 2 K:..'.u n Hi»jli W«U M ,1. p 1 K si. i i im I '.-ill, p.m. Saturday 25th M R M er«ry Services St. I. < I. 1 > M M. M > Sunday. 26th H net ISu S. V. inch (iun drill. Uu Mi 1 :a>. 27th
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      ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.
      218 2 e are Use raaiven u St. Andrew's Cal Sen ornament. oa t:.- v with the give below lOB* Singapore i. s pr i- ■■> build resent i being a;. 1 1 n by a > iiovr ui rsirai vario tllCsc !<;V\;. let •,x a!! tim- I a
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      SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY. Corps Orders.
      142 2 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY. Corps Orders. Hc^d < 1 iai u I >■■ s gapi ia- <»rclf Officer for the ensuing week L.eui. t.i. St. Cuir. Orderly i>erye-p: lor the reek Sergi, Ifamson. Diinng Maiur McCaflMMl'c Sm^^porc Cspt. R. Dttmoaa will a niitidant SA'.A. v Gwrnam A. GaoUsandA i<m having been
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      MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
      80 2 1 ru following teicgram has been recei the A jutani- General In wnsequence ol the lic.i. I i.K.H. Pnn«x Henry ol Batlenbov, all tmgn in^^, high, until further orders. I'ieid OHicer tor the ensuing n Is N G. L. H. Armsiiong, 2nd Non The Health Committee o! u
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      242 2 John Little Co., Limited. i> v>N* M S< i'\i iriiN HA VI y M>| VI •111! 1 New Millinery Dress-maktng Dept. few Show E::m3. 0 MRS. BOOKS AN L< A COM I Brls N I Si A yv. i \;< si l>l N a ev b a^hionable Millmerx <i Dre-^-makin^
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      217 2 KATZ BROS. GENERAL STORE. Messrs. Katz Bros. Beg to announce that their Annual CHEAP CASH SALE Ifc'lLl 1 \K i PL AI h IN Tbe Promisee I lli.i VI PRESENI OCCUPY IN BONHAM STREET. COM M I iCINCi I* H I 25th day of January, MS III!. isth of February.
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      644 2 WANTED. Mni.Kip.,l Debentures a Mcr|*ui t. onipany shares. i.wv ing Pagai Dock Co. Raul i ulh p*i(J. FOR SALE. Straiu I'rading Company Shares. Strati Insurance Company Shares. > !P l. to KRASKU .v < Kxiliange ami Slmi Hi ■■wo 5. Jan. 4. ii.c. WANTED. I/YSHE'S .iw RepoHs ot tiic Suaits
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      464 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS For Pcnang, Rangoon and Calcutta. The British India Steam Nav. Co., Ltd., steamer j PC/NDC/A, 2,126 tuii>, Captain NAILBR, will bs despatched Un tlie abo\e ports on Wednesday, the 29U1 inst., For freight or passace apply to BQUSTEAD h o.— Agents. Jan. 29.1 ForPenang and Calcutta. The Indo-China
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    THE LATE PRINCE HENRY OF BATTENBERG.
    84 3 THE LATE PRINCE HENRY OF BATTENBERG. la the tekgraros given below, via Kan- ■008, have the tir.-t inkiin- of the fatal J lhal carried of tins nafortaaate Prince itl-..— The latest idvkes from mti expeditionary bvn state that Prince 1 I sight lever and has retuir fa ISC. d that
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    TURKEY AND RUSSIA
    192 3 1 been aburjdar.tK shown in these c ola:nii- tip probability of Russia acquiring 1 I lurkev mere matter ot I expediency. The cjht mied at: K t European Coe ueei! obviou-l\ advisable that did n the «a} 1 -ccret understandings or negxiatioos between Russia and lurkey. hav-
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    Mr. R.P. Gibbes has passed his final examination in Malay.
    26 3 Mr. R.P. Gibbes has passed his final examination in Malay. i -eror Ther- S- A I ther--Sunday, di g :v, <; Johnst norro a Mr VV s
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    173 3 gbting in and of "1 tO he Warr tn Shield tlii S A colours i jon tor Malacca and Singa•y. the ship at I idin j the l Company of the officers in aitl aii'l Widows Orphans' Hoogli g Iron Pciiany to-day is Mr. He if I I'rotec- to join
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    MY PARTNERS.
    1054 3 H"! I) \i 1. 11 IBR 01 I o-D ITms 1- tl i- e. on ol the year when my tancy i lightly turns to "chiffons." I haunt my dress- maker's; 1 consign a hoard ol -<.i'r<l w'.ite gloves t'> the lender mercies of canny Scotch cleaners. Studying
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    54 3 i,,t DUtricl Magistral Kuala Kangsar reports Uif death ui 1 ofa l J uan Johara, tlie widow ol the late Muar Abdolla, who formerlv held the title ol Sri Adika Raja. S;.-- wa- a great-great-grandmother. I his ui.i ladyi who must have been about 100 years old retained all her
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    TELEGRAMS.
    1231 3 'in Rangoon, i London, January 12th.— Advices have been received that Consul Johnston has captured and executed the Slave-trader Oiogi after three days fighting in which ihe Arabs lost two hundred men. London, January 13th.— Captain li. Or Herries Smith, belonging to the SiUli armed police iorc>-, w.i^ severely
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    98 3 Messrs. Kerr Stuart Co., to whom thi public ol Penang are indebted ior that useful institution, the Tramway, are (says the Pinang Gafe(te) making another effort in connection with ihe construction oi a railway through the Province to l'arit Buntar Mr. Joseph Kincaid of Westnnnster and Mr. Bernard A. Isaai
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    NEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIL.
    1092 3 Via Bombay. 1 :< vnsv LAI Al 1 1 IRS, I \M I SON s M >Ki u Keut< r's despatches have kept you fairly fully i informed as to the progress of the startling events j of ihe last week in .South Afiica.
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    PATRIOTISM OF THE MITSU BISHI COMPANY.
    313 3 The yiji writes an article laudatory of the circumstanee that the Mitsu Bislii yard at Naga- j aki has taken a contract ironi the Nippon Yusen I Khisha to build one of t he six big steamers of 7,500 tons each al a cost
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    124 3 I As 'Uip.cc.> are now "in tlitiur it may Interest Jance-givers to read this paragrapb "in future, hostesses who wish to be quite ujj to date must omit the 1 barn (fence and quadrilles from their programmes. Lancers, the Berlin and j Russian polkas, notwithstanding the disadvantages of the latter,
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    WHY NOT LIVE A CENTURY?
    598 3 "In the coming time," said a famous English poet,' a man or woman eighty or one hundred v...- old will be more beautiful than the youth ■>' maiden of twenty, as (lie ripe fruit is more beautiful and Fragrant than the preen. These ripe men
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    EXCHAINGE.
    61 3 Bank 4 m/'a <>, 1-1 j 10 demand i- Private credits 3 m/s documents 3 m/s 2/2-1 lO credits 6 m s On India. Bank 'lt-m.-ind r>3 1 Hongkong. Bank demand %pm On Yokohama. iian- demand ,m ON Java. Bank demand 1 Private jo d/s ij Sovereigns, (to buy]
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    PRODUCE.
    87 3 [anuarj *J2.au GamNiet y. !o do. i übe No. i 12.50 P« Bj •I S-: |t (O1 1 y62 *>■ «;-5u Mottnej 91, Mace f.Banda; </j. Cloves 1 V .:> 17 z iV Liberi in Coff* Tapx ~;n?.' Fan qu«l ;x do. do. r.hr.t fdci. to.) -io. rnediuto pt
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    337 3 Passengers for Straits and China. Pei Melbourne, from Man dui Jan. .<;.— Mr. Furrei Per MastUia fron London, due Jan. ior Straits, China and Japan.— Hon., Mrs. and Miss Napier, Mr-. TbJsUethwaite, Mr. Dyson, Colonel Anstey, Mr. R. Hendery, Mr. H. B. Frere, Mr. Hobart-Hampden, Mr. Barnes, Mr. Doylt, Miss
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    VESSELS IN PORT.
    182 3 Men-Of-Wu ftfl 4 Ton Captain Arrived Fioin Coni;pnee» t-oi, Whf win. Dae. a Sarawak Si S (J Bin. cr ,56 [an. ai O Pe%< Br.i. K.b..,;^ 1.,- Bangkok Sr. Oilier Vt Abr*< sn Brit koufaei [an, H H rt d H^N mai Brit. 1 p 9k* Hi-.
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    SHARE LIST, JANUARY 24th, 1896
    200 3 ><»■ CipiU '''111' I H V H '•>-..■ hm-'. ....:'...:.:< r-o ||OJMD«*B fi,,o c N itioa :nk of Ch na f,h Bk. of China n ,^.>. 2 s ■I'. Debei;tures 6% i4« prcm. SS '/?> >x> MewH r Dock Co. Ltd. Mm c < New
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    LATEST ARRIVALE
    17 3 i Tor Bi |^n. I h Irit. m ■M KO KM j. in p Brit.
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      492 3 HOLZAPFEL'S COMPOSITIONS (COMPANY. LIMITED. Trade Mark: A Four-Waded Propdki in i tero waters recommcad I aud most c!t' i tive a -lANTI-Ai I I RER* In'ernatior.a! Antifouling Cc Dipt sition Gcnuint 'Rahtjen- Patent Composittoti Guaranteed I th 0 Holzaptel s Patent Soapstone Composition yr.u Holzapfel s Danby Composition For Painting
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      136 3 I 1 I Pens Penai k Pj ii M t NfiX Ali. i)!Jh t-IMi I i I int Idlers dc-bpatcliod I M un L'ue lay, |an. I La heady despatched Em L Uue ir. Londoa A D 1. M. (an. tu Dec. I P. ifO Q I.M P. 8. u.
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      53 3 We at v-; K I T n ai Kandang Kerbau 11 v.s| aa rval N I red. 1 t-:n,.- 1 .liia, W Bulb 1 r,-. moji.ciei.. Oir.otWmd Max. li'mj.. ri< 1 Mia. to do ;i. M .x. 111 Sui 159.^ I' 1 .< I u Rainfall in 14 hour.-, ..-1
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      41 4 McALISTKR& Co. ARE NOW UNPACKING A SHIPMENT OF ON i OF THE KINEST ASSORTMENTS OF ELECTROPLATE 1 R SHEWN Singapore. ANP ;;IM \HKABLE FOB QUALITY AM' CHEAPNESS. -i I i VBI E FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR PRESENTS McAlister be Co.
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      458 4 FOR SALh. I>\ n I lil yiesast cat w .< i Cast 895. W< ight 4 i.'. tod --1 x joo a taa ago I. SALE OP VALUABLE BOOKS. A <r. 1 Sai Ivi m. 1 I wij sWi ks, the Waverley 1 Novels i P Works I Tennyson, Long-
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      275 4 KATZ BROS. HIGH CLASS TAILORS ANIi BEEECHES MAKERS, Outfitters Hosiers. I New Season's Goods, A 1 !> ASSUK'I'M tNI Ol Webt ot England Black Blue Coatings. I ropical Weighi West si! England Tv^'eeds. Ca^hiiiere Suitings. Angela Trouserings. HOME WEAR Overcoatings &q. Mi K.XTZ KKOS. lailoi U pt. i, I West
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      558 4 McALISTER Co., HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FRESH SHIPMENT UIWATSON&Co.'s v v O. CELEBRATED Msu^i'^ -v\^\ Price Si 1 per Case Whiskies ig&t ;,/'.;!gft'^ \^l I)-- i l ■•SPECIAL RESERVE," fi^ M, n > >'u''i 7/- i |^^J 11::::::::r iyi^M DOMINIE Price $13 per Ca.e -^f^ \Jj^i P"ce Sl6 per Case
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      272 4 TO BE LET. Abull- 1 N'o. 20, Rafl ji TO BE LET. J (l.i Street. GODOWNS TO BE LET. l< jtcr fryiiUi^e. ■■>: it- 1. 1 1' d ME\ K!< BROI HERS. GODOWNS TO LET. No, 7»-. Bauerv Koad. and Nos, 1 2 l'i .r Quay, lately occupied by Met
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      379 4 W. A. Wafford Co WHOLESALE I RETAIL Wine, Spirit Cigar Merchants. BONDED STORE No :n We beg to inform our pad nd 1 pu 1 that all our goods are imported dii I' tillers, Hn »ers 80 ana wi u u I v Agents for the following wdl-knovii enables us
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      542 4 The Singapore Free p^^ Mercyntile Advcrtibcr I iuj AMMU -v— i I trtiter, St IM f n<■ HBO N Pubhsr.rd at pj Charge Ai;-\ THK l.atf«« Eikgli«fa Newspaper tW Sttaitc Settk-in'-n Pratected Nativi Statei I gar, Simgri Ujoag, Pahaag, th. Seasbflaa; British Natth Borneo Netfaerl«iwfa ln<ii b, Java u Mao
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