The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 1 December 1897

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, ist DECEMBER, 897 DAILY ISSUE, No. i.i
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 765 1 K^ ft Office, (o'lyer Quay. XT Wtmoj, New Harbour. O STEAM MAVIGATION Co. Stow lot CHINA JAPAN, r 1 E NANG, C BYI uN. INDIA, AUSTRALI V ADEN <' I MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH, AND LONDON. Through B.iU c Lading issued for Persian ■■.■:n?K',:l Bmd American Paris, also
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    • 508 1 NORD-DEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN J HE fast and wefl known steamers 01 this line will leave Singapore on or about the undermentioned date- OUTWARI HOMEWARDS To arrive Singapore foi To arrive Singapore for China. Europe. 1897. Pr, Htinrich Dec. y. Bayitn Dec 12. In connection with the arrivals and departures of
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    • 431 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKKTVAART MAATSCHAPPI], Undrk Contract with thi Netherlands India Government Agents at Singapore, Ships Agency, late I. DAKN'DELS 8c (o 2-3 Collyeb (Jv%\ Time Table for December, 1897. Steamer From Expected Will, be despatched foi Date. Gen. Pel Batavia, Nov. 2<j Penang, Olelilth, Padang Sumatra's W.C. D';c 2. \'an
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    • 234 1 ROBINSON Co I STANDARD LAMPS i With Globe Shade Holder V $13 50 each ROBINSON Co. Nov. 27 4-12 i CEMEHTIGHT I HEAD OFFICE AND MANI FACTORS J;s i.(jK L4ME, WANCUAI-BOWRINGTOW, HONGKONG. ORDINARY CEMENTIGHT.— For build- j ing- <A stone, bricks au'l piaster of lime, cement, etc. CEI4ENTIGHI oil. PAIN
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    • 595 1 UONGKOrJ Al D SHANGHAI xx BANK MG IPOB I#r ION. P AD-Ul *\i'i j.-000 10C k; RVB ri: 7,000^100 RESERVE LlAfa .11 i PROPRIETORS j »"*—V— Court ot UiaacnriH St. C. UICHASLSEN, Bag.— Chaumam Hon. J. Hki.i. Ikving. DkpoTl Ckaikman C Hhikmann, Esq. A. J. Ravmum, a G. D. BONING,
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    • 739 1 TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE Co., Ltd., of HAMBURG NORTH GhkMAN FlkK INSUKANCE Co., HAMBURG. HAMBURG— BREMEN FIKE INSURANCE Co., HAMBURG. 'I 'HE ■aderiigiied Afeal M the above A panies, arp prepared to a* cept fire riafci M rurrei-t I »t- PUTTKARCKKN I THE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. lirt ribks accepted
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    • 226 1 OACITIC MAIL STKAMSHIP COMPANY AND OCCIIJKNTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Through passage titk. h ranee, and m% V OMJteamers, > a s., f. t v -B# of ui<- above lines. other European points at pi.,;,, n vf Special reduced rates granted t. Oftaen ot thr Atmv N... to be obta..
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  • 122 2 An awkward meeting took place in Hongkong the other d*j (faring the visit of the Straits cricitet team It seems that one of the Selangor men, while out fora stroll, unexpectedly came lace to face with a Chinese gentleman in lull mandarin attire, and in whom he
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  • 342 2 The Dutcl Consul at Jeddah in his report points out that it ia of great importance that Holland and her Colonies >hou!d take a more lively share in the commercial intercourse with Arabia, because commercial relations may lead, not only to profit, but to a better
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  • 111 2 A r. r. a rr. a r. a-r;ved in Baiavia h S Maporc a lev days .140 under the extraordinary MiprcaSMM tli ava i< a free country. F(H a lime he e^-caped the at•T.f.or. the Police t hen they once gal bold ol r.:rn they found four objections
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  • 70 2 A Datca doctor wi tang m lepr sj in the Datdi Weal ladies men! ma 11 ler reicrvc that a aura n trying to enter bis i".g struck n9 head *gjt M Be of the ".ocrposts aad fefl He araa i such an adiaanH stage ot lepi
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  • 198 2 ALLEGED BRIBERY IN THE POLICE COURT. esteriay afternoon B. B. J. RozmU the lerk'at tie Poßu oort sad thhead peoa, were placed andei arrest I r .MM a bribe three BOteSI I fofC <"lol hn each from a Chinamar: i i were arged this morning bet'or*- Mr Howard, Th;rd Magistrate
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  • 290 2 The Lady Fmrmtsi left Kotdriaotsu on the 9th November for Singapore with a 1 argo of coal for the Borneo Company and the Mitsui Bussan Kai=ha Tfce vend H ow overdue, and there are apprehensions '"at on her way down U) Siogapore iht I It ;nto the
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  • 1261 2 Al leged Cheating. Dr Kugene von Krudy and Emil Kahlert, bis assistant, appeared on remand yesterday afternoon before Mr. Howard on a charge of cheating one Fredrick Dreiss, a chemist, in respect of $9,000 by false and fraudulent representations. Mr. J. l\ Joaquim appeared for the
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  • 50 2 H. M. S. Powerful is due at Hongkong on the 15th December, which would make her departure from Singapore about the 10th. As this splendid cruiser will stay a week in Singapore, the date of her arrival here will probably be the 3rd inst. (Friday) or, possibly, earlier.
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  • 84 2 There have been large shipments of silver made to Nevvchwang lately to serve for the payment by the Russian authorities of the current expenses of the Manchurian railway. The Russians realise the fact that copper cash art- difficult to deal with as coins when many payments
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  • 698 2 \'r\- > \o\ Russian Duigks. I he China GazetU of the 4th Sept. tlm> discusses the then alleged Russian designs on Kiao-Chau liay, so recently occupied 1 by the Germans The highly interesting and scientific series of arI ticks upon the Province of Shantung, which have rej cently
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  • 118 2 Ihe following curious paragraph appears in Avcnir </« Tonkin of the ;rd November An Knghsh naturalist has just explored an island of Oceania still almost unknown, Christmas, which contains but one European inhabitant with his family and a dozen native labourers, originally from the Cocos Islands. Is it
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  • 66 2 The Band ol the Rifle Briga !e will play at the Gardens on Monday (Dec. Oth) and Saturday (Dec. i i), on both days at 9 p m. The 1 1 th will in all probability be the last public moonlight performance here by the
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  • 96 2 A Ceylon paper states that Mr. VV H. Cowley. the experienced planter, who pioneered for the German Government in East Africa, has returned to Ceylon from the Straits Settlements, where we regret to learn that he has not enjoyed such good health as could be desired. Unluckily he went to
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  • 1311 2 A friend sends us this extract from The Engineer, of 2\A Feb. 1890, which cer:ainly makes curious reading in the light of A what has happened since then in the >vay of railway development in the Peninsula. The article goes un thus The railways as
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  • 467 2 SfECIVCLY W'RITTBN FOR THK VW Ol- GLOB*Trotters. {By an Irresponsible -sont l fibut«l>-,)i*%. The climate of Singapore, is bad for Afems." Ladies can never find •Bribing to do. (What Never Y) The Common Lhw of Change does %&t apply to the climate of Singcpq^ wfcich equitably hot.
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  • 476 2 IHe following appear-, in the Notes on I^ocal Topics in the Shanghai Mercury A little while ago, in an article 9 I r:ik'-!. the Mercury pointed out the desir^b of obtaining the services of a good professional cricketer for the iocal clubs, and especially for the benefit of
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  • 147 2 At this time of t he year a cold is very easily contracted, and if !ct to run it- coarse without the aid of some reliable tough medicine is liable to result in that dread disease, pneumonia. We know of no better remedy to cure a
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  • 77 2 (Corrected up to December i.j On London. Bank 4 tn/s '/u£ demand 2 Private credits 3 m/s 1/1 1 i documents 3 m/s 1/1 1 j credits 6 m/s 2/ On India. Bank demand 1 On Hongkong Bank demand |%pceai On Yokohama. Bank demand 5% prem. On Java. Bank
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  • 302 2 Ho«glron e v S_*_._* <____* B?yy Capital _»*.<. „p S^e. .M. _jj,, uk 2 *P»*« 1i0.000.00c $10,000,000 |_R _ii.5.-r, n^i Kink; of Ckina tarn f*aWf"« X>* t,„ r J/ 5 -,500,00c £*****0 __> Bk. ofC- v .can, Ltd I>. k™,„. I ?SO __i Defem' SSaTer
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  • 306 2 m^tattm^ fT***- "J 11 -oi. w.„ >Ut. U.W a.--, w: UM. gas boat 2^4 il,„, ri. N i a HKK Au.t. -ru.-.r 13 0.. v.n I). Nov. IT Bai n K *Too. S -"TWS M K V.ni, gunbo.t 5 o Ba.kc I mom,, UOU. lot. gun boat
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  • 82 2 LATEST ARRIVAL S _*_«J lir! I WMatk Et__gan Kh, r P Dm. pi Ddou^e I B-«WH4TTS«K»»a Bt ■> Pontianak lij k BsWKtUS Bnt.QO ll.ndrv Kb.M.H hai... Osctofmu N -n 4 Rekhbor.l I) Muroran osißiiaiUß <>,•>. i6._ Hmnun,, Boca liambur__ k A;'' < Dan. 426 Petersen Dec. H o., e k
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  • 86 2 mbci li«i a I nb. No. i **Vpea Khwh (ordinart S'pan White, r- rfl[ i W—&, N u negf i tot u the S M ia .Banda I i wei i A"ii«i i j Liberian ortee T sal Jl 1 i qUrl v 'loT* <i« dak. [do d m
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 347 2 j OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. Ltd. AM) NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJOCEAAN Ihe Company's team arc -despatched srorn Liverpool outward-, lot the Straus. China, an.) )apan, and from Japan homewards i,,r London every ten days, and have BODOOMBodati n U» third class passengers onlj 'I he
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 109 2 CLEARAICCS. (Ml:t Brit, str.. Hmnter. (or Knaaua, i a pom M&LACC*, Brit. sir., Daiv l,> l u i Anson. via ports. Nebra, Bru. sit., Coy, h, lui Malacca and K!an k Ban M- Gu*H Bm -tr.. Lyons, for Bangkok. Sam For, Brit. sir. l\i V l ,r, (m liengkahs .ind
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    • 195 2 MAILS L066 I H Migkon|> Malacca «c K l.abuii I Pontiaa. A 1 Bangkok Kino Billiton Pontian.4.^ Han \Y Bandje-massm fcc. />V(< M it to R*t i i >erb) .ace NLX 1 MAIL DUt. .s t I N I ■'>■■ -n- jH, Itm f I despa s 1 > uth.
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