The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 December 1897

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    21 1 THE Singa pore Fr ee Pres s AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE SATURDAY, iith DECEMBER, 897. DAILY ISSUE, No Li
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      634 1 gj W! Hew H OST BAM IVIGATIG I I Saamaa hr CHINA -.i'K.N ANG It LON. INDI V, AUSI > MARSEILLES, GIBR MALTA, BRINDISI V'ENICI LONDON, Through BuU of Lad o lot i-;j CmA a"d San Frmncisi via Hongkong Ai l 1 n OL' fWAF vi- TkaaßM Dec. jo. Mir^apore
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      484 1 rK>KO-i}.;;UTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN v Hb t.: veD known steamers oi this line v .iv'- p. re on or about the under- j t OUTW ARDJ HOMEWARDS 'To j-::v pore fol To arrive Singapore for China. Europe. 1897. Bayeru Dec 12. In connection vith the arrivals and departures ai these mail
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      380 1 DE I KLIJKE FAKLTVAART MAATbCHAPPI] Contract with the Nsthbrlands India Gtjtrwi mbni Agents at we. ships Agency; late I. DAENQEIik Si (*o., 2-3 Coi.lyer <3^av Time Table for December, 1*97. Steamer Expected Will, be despatched Jor Date. Reynst Dec. Batavia, Cheribon, Samarang A: Soerabaya Dec i<>. Siak Dec. 11 Bengkalis,
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      309 1 Z i C^ENTIGHT 5 HEAL) I >i-Fl< l KXB MANUFACTORY |i\ LOK I kWI W -mihi-Ht.'. Piviiios, HONGKONG. ORDINARY CtMEN Hill i FOl buildin^- of stone bricks aii'i plaster of lime, ement, eU CEMEN I IGH I OIL PAI I Xo. 1 Advantageousl) For all metallic works, steamers, etc. I
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      629 1 LIONGKO' 1 -i AND SHANGHAI v BANKING I RPORATIOM. j PAID-UP CAPI'J noooo,.>oc RESERVE FUN j *****00 RESERVE LIA iTV PROPklf. »i 0,000,000 COUKT (it UIKKCfUn St. C. MICHAELSEN, Bag.— Chairhaii. Hon. J. J. Bell [rvimo. Deputy Chaiuvn C. Bel-kmasn, Bag j A. j. Raymond, E;q. G. D. Boning, E>q.
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      443 1 TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE Co., Ltd., of HAMBURG. NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE Co.. HAMBURG. HAMBURG BREMEN FIRE INSURANCE Co., HAMBURG TTHK undersigned, Agents of the abov. companies, arp prepared fo cept fire -sks a! curren r^t PUTTHAKf ECEft i Oct. 10. THE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD Fire riria MOaptad at
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      184 1 PACIKIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND OCCIDENTAL AND ORIhNTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Through passage ti(k»f ,-■,<: H Kn»-U. <' rranLc, and Gcnaam In tram Atlanin. of Steamtr-, >iso to Sat i- mciao by tht Stenmn-j of the above Emm iuothf: European p> m. prop. rt,.>r,., r l(r Special radacad rate granted te
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    The Singapore Free Press.
    36 2 lifrr i ci mi the r«-"'I '<■ I nwiwaiß. I i.nawtJ by InAne ice a "1 "WifceJ by gain; I Hrre pa" fmd r.ff g'crious precept-, dra\i, I'leJged to Reiin^n. l.ovaltv. and Law.
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    SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1897.
    2553 2 TO-DAY'S political news of the Far East is of great importance and interest. Ger- j many abandons Kiao-chau Bay, taking instead th<j Sam-sah inlet, a sheltered harbour, not far from the mouth of the Foo- choA river which would appear to be from the nSVif point
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    CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.
    210 2 Tht China Inlan tee. esented anonymously witl > ana ifarthei very large sum has been r r < 'i:tr H Society. These donati.'. said to be m the ire of Fire In uranc \f-jospaptr /'em. I am sorry for the Heatheii. who Bo\\s down i>j wood
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    THE QUEEN OF HOLLAND MUST NOT "BIKE.'
    89 2 Her Majesty Wilhelmina Hc.ena Paulina Maria, Queen of the Netherlands, has reluctantly agreed at the request ot her Minivers, to forgo the exercise of cycling. Her Majesty's advisers consider that there i;- much danger m cycling, and on this ground the Oueeh has
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    A NEW TORPEDO.
    294 2 Humour is busy with the merits of a new automobile torpedo, which is to be known as the Yernon torpedo and which 1-, already m so advanced a stage that the commencement of the construction of it will not be long delayed. It if the outcome of
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    113 2 REUTER' S TELEGRAMS. GERMANY AND CHINa! KIAO-CHAU TO BE EVACUATED. A New Coaling Station to betaken m Exchange. British Rights and Claims to be Upheld The Times correspondent at Pekin an-nouncf-s that Germany undertakes to evacuate Kiao-chau Bay, and receives HMftM I as a coaling station, the Sam-sah inlet m
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    THE FORNTIER WAR.
    655 2 LoZftKO SCfCSD B> Gt.N. G-iSELtI. Bombay, Nov. 30.— General Gaselec Lezako pass on Frda. General S:r Wm. Lockhart went out to ;oin him, but has not crossed yet, it :s presumed, owing tc the transport road not being ready across it. During the advance Lieut, t- ngledue,
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      497 2 BELL'S ASBESTOS EASTERN AGENCY, LIMITED. CHINA. JAPAN AND 1 H r STRAITS SF II LEMEN IS 43, Raffles Place, Singapore. MIX'S ASBESTOS NON-CONDUCTING COMPOSITION. For cavariag BaSen prevent !os> oi heal bj raditioa 1 MMabaY of SBjaare feel F Betters pipes et< covered. Daring 1894 326.932. 1895 405.305. 1896 507,500.
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      878 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS WANTED. ranjong Pa^ar Dock Debs. Straits Steamship Co.'s Shares. FOR SALE. Hengerang Planting Co.'s Shares. Pataling Coffee Co.'s Shares. Pahang Corporation Shares. Sporung Club Debs. Prye River Dock Shares. PKASRK i t. K»change a" 1 Shun Hiukeis. Dee 1 1. v.c. RALEIGH ROADSTER WITH UNPUNCTURABLE TYRES, < M;l\
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      216 2 The Week. Saturday, 1 ith itig Mrafca A m dmght, 11.12 a. S I L. Mail Homewards closes, 5 p.m. Star of East, G.T., 7-30 p.m., Temperance Cluta. Moonlight Band, Gardens, 9 p.m. Consultation Tournament, Chess Club 8.:o p.n,. Cirque de Vanetes, Hill Street. 9 p.m. Cricket. Probables v. Singapore
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    Correspondence.
    426 3 THt Broloh Comedy Co r __i» praedsmg the gentle rolling lot the continue d free „^-nt ot this Company, to which -yg th only man who could rt-asonablv j ',-rter though 1 have seen the c bettei played, helps m a tentative vvav to that end but if he
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    "ROBINSON'S ALBUM OF MUSIC."
    247 3 Wr have received from the publishers,. Messrs W. Robinson Co ot Hongkong, Singapore a Shanghai a copy of No. i L-t i n- a musical publication, Album of Music No i," Justin time tor Christmas I he pieces appear to be entirely the work of local
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    Fences and their Offences.
    875 3 single wcrd which even tends to show 1 that lie disposed of them to Teo Tow as stolen property Before a jury this silence of the principal witness tor the prosecution, who must have known all about the case, would have been eloquent m the prisoner's
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB.
    77 3 Decemba Month!) Medal will be for to motlww, launch leaving [ohnilou 5 Piei it <> jo a.n race at 10.30 a.m. we the handicaps H B Salmond, scr. P H Upton 5l» J. D. Harr^ and K. W Noon, 18 sec. H. Schaefer, F Pollock, and J
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS.
    177 3 The exportation ol amis, ammunition, I j the Philippines is forbidden for six months from date. Pilgrims Ships Ordinance comes m! Force on March ist next. The following days will be observed as —Friday Saturdaj ana Monday the -'4th- 2Sth and -'7th of Dec. and Saturday, January ist.
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    PETITIO PRINCIPII.
    223 3 1 o Tauta* 1 mw wmpuing ihe relative merig oi I Rose, c Sha- '^k and Thi-rlc i mhl thai Ilf tt l thl l n 01 l aLk are men <i mwgril «"d gr -uc North ot ibe border or Math oi the bocdei w ia the
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    FROM MOSCOW TO VLADIVOSTOK
    2365 3 By John Dill Ross. There arc. tew countries m winch it is lossibb to live so cheaply as m Annam. [he unit of the Annamite currency is the apZque, and no less than a thousand of hese coins go to the dollar. AH houseiold expenses are
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    NOTES AND NEWS
    971 3 FRKSt B ATTITVI'E ON THB Nk.ER (Jt EMION. (By German Mail.) Pans, Saturday.— The Figaro m an article on he West Africa question says. We have m fi he Niger bend a pnvilegfd situation from the joints of view both of right and of fact ot right
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    EXCHANGE.
    81 3 (COKRbCTED UP TO l>'«mbei M.J On London Bank 4 m/b k* demand t/«M J'rhfcte credits 3 m/s l/llj documents 3 m/s .1/1 1 J credits 6 m/s 2/0 On India Bank demand '5 on Hongkong Bank demand k% P^" 1 On Yokohama. Bank demand 5% poem On Java. I
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    PRODUCE.
    91 3 (l)ecembci I 1 In 137Gambiet S-i" do. Cube No. 1 S.JS Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) 16.75 do. White, (Fair LjW~s%) „30. Nutmegs uoi to the lb.) 78. Mace(Banda) 75Cloves (Ainboina) 17-5 U Siberian Coffee 22.50 Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) 3.75 do. do flake (do. do.) vyo do. medium
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    SHARE LIST.
    327 3 DECEMBER, lit* i»97- Q -di a, i ok. Capital P»id op Share* Pd. Dl». Hongkung Sbaogha -Hank. pr^m fio.oooooo f 10,000,000 80,000 125 C 19.070A Nation- 1 Bhck of China MQ *4"<> 150 < 39-955" founders. IJo 750 £1 Bk.otChu |ap*n, Ltd I^HomiD* ffcHMMMt t.c 9W 199,875 £a.j.
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      16 3 rberc wi» be service at St Matthew's Church Sepoy Lines to morrow cvvn.rg, at p m
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      136 3 SHK\TC"SS TO-MORROW. jnl Sunday m Advent. St. Andrew's Cathedral. j a. m. Matins. ;.yi a. 111. Holy Eucharist and Sermon j p. m. Service ol tiic Catechism S.^o p. m. Evensong ;md Scrmfin. j St. Matthew's Church, Sepoy inks. S p. m. Evensong and Sermon. TangHu Garrison Church, 7.30 a.
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      258 3 I OCKAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY LAST INDIAN OCEAN STLAM SHIP COMPANY Ltd AND NEDERLAND3CHK STOO 4 VAART MAATSCHAPPij OCKAAN rbe omatan) steamer* m despati fron Liverpool outward-- for t'u Straitb. I i Japan, and from n y tmtm ,r,- I every ten days <i h.vi 1 tlaSb pabStli.!' H The
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      1036 3 VESSELS IN POHT. Men-01-Wai KUgt and Ton- Commanderfe Arrived PtoM Pal Wh»»> iKtiTON Brit. cru«>er 7 ,>»• Dec. Penang 'lover Brit, gonfcoa! de Hort>ej Nov.' MaS.. >tatio> Other Vessels Flags 4 Tons Master* Arrived Frorr. Consigner- I Waal Lmtbhor Bl vS^ 1 |a. k --on Dec.') Hongkoiii; Manbtieli! iPSMRAOI Ger.
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      62 3 PabSenjieis A:\u-u Dec. II. Per five LtOHg Hi. 1Mr. Kent, Mr G P Sotua. Per Sui Mr. Kanx rting 11 r. If M Iteyerinck Mr. deGi H jhes. j Standawd Pmtß< atelU aw* Ball n .1 i- each day at 1 p.m. Sing..; (Greenwich mean time 6 hr- 4 eia|
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      150 4 Katz Bros., LIMITED. GRAND Christmas Bazaar TOYS QritfrafsTnoycla Rabta Tyres. B.\ Christmas Trees M 1 D Horses and arts i CAGES DR \r> id N ES 1 S A\D Thousands ot others .0 select from The bove are all displayed on the first Booi Special :erms to Schools and rarties.
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      349 4 John Little Co., Ltd. toys: TOYS!: TOYS 1 JUST ARRIVED A sPLKNDID ASSORTMENT COMPRISING Costume I ~s liiot Dull,-. Kid I' Dolls, lad 1 RuU tk Ra« Dolls, I Chin :> Dolls Miniature i MAIL CARTS, j m up- -da 'v upholstered and Folding Cart, g space, ilso ith shatts
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      741 4 I John Little j Co., Ltd. CHRISTMAS 1897. COSAQUES: FROM POM SMITH, LONDON. 1 he largest and most varied slock to select troms comprising roys Puzzles, ostumes, Hats and Caps, Masks. Musical Instruments Jewellery, Gatling Guns m miniature, Tricks, Perfumery, Games. Also representing Animals, Shipb, F-'ire Brigade, Alley Sloper, Pick-
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      468 4 Robinson Co. TOM SMITH S CRACKERS. 50, 85. SI 51. 25, Si. so, $1.75, S2, $2.50 BOX. rIC j: w- LxO. Dec. 7. 4 l 2 The Finest and Uheapest ament of These TEAS A CHOICE TEAS IN THE WORLD. Q HAS NOW ARRIVED. LlPTOfcfcis the larg |a Merchant m
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      839 4 FOR SALE. DONY Victoria m goodotder, price moderate, Apply to G. BO\ D, 92, Robinson Road. X i. jo m.w.s. v.c. TURNOUT, j T7OR SALE, the property ft a i^iiilUiiuii who has left the Colony, a good seiviceable mare, harness, anil dog-cart, lor $400, or mare separately $2y>. A bicycle,
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      918 4 VESSELS RXPBCTEO. 4V*a t^MB, H .M.S., Malta, due 1 )e< > GBPIOJI, Mediterranean, due Dec I v Bnt. Troopship Maka du P v I HERS .ROM F c t* os M M. liP.kO t KO.M HON,, KON() fj j Dec. 14 M M j Mirzai ore, due Dec. 22 P.
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