The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 July 1898

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, giw JULY, 1898. DAIL\ ISSUE, No. 3,316
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      705 1 JT A Office. Callyer Quay XK Wh^rvt-,. New Harbou. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steam for CHINA, JAPAN. PENANG, CKVLOJf.. INDIA, AUSTRALIA. ADEN. EGYPT, MARSEILLES GIBRALTAR. MALTA. BRINDISI. VENICE, PLYMOUTH. AND LONDON. Tmvugh Bills oi Lading issued for Ft man Gulf, Conttmtntmi *mJ A merican Ports, also for CAmm Comst. and
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      760 1 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGA. TION CO., LIMITED. I r-EN A NG, RANGOON h CALCUTTA. < uf the Company's steamers is intended la tJvc Tai i«afr P^ar Wharf every week. Paavugau and Cargo are booked by the above st -.>•- rough rates to all ports in India and <;•• to i^t
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      467 1 DB KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAAT«HAPPIJ. Under Contract with tbb Nithirlands India Govbrnment. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, late I.DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collyer Quav Time Table for July, 1895. Steamer Prom Expected Will, be despatched lor Nienhuijs B'massin June 20 B'massin, P. Laut, Cotei, Berouw and Boelongan July 7. Tambora S'baya. July
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      464 1 For Constipation I and Biliousness < A nice anJ sate remedy fur iadiei and children to ac! gently I".' promptly upun ibe liver, stomach and I intestine*. Fruit Julleo curu habitual coattipation, icrtrnsiv* breath and «.ck-rv.da>:hc. j JULIEN, 8, rue Vivienne, PARIB I R?t,.,wnrd Physician;, pretcribe Grinuultn Malico at the
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      590 1 I UONCKONG AND BHANGHAI iX BANKING CORPORATION. i PAID-UP CAPITAL 10,*****0 RESERVE FUND f gWooe RESERVE LIABILITY OP i PROPRIETORS 4iOAMO,oot Coubt or Directors. Hon. j. j. BELL-IRVlNG.—Chaikma*. R. M. Grav, Esq —Deputv Chairman. C. Beuemann, Esq. A. I. Raymond, Esq. David Gubbav, Esq. R. L. Richardson, Esq. A. Haupt,
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      335 1 DHCENIX ASSURANCE COM PANY OF LONDON. The undersigned Agents for the above Company are prepared to accept Fire risks in Singapore, Johore and the Malay Stales, at current rates. STIVEN «c Co., Nov 20 SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COM PAN^ OF NEW ZEALAND Capitii 4a.000.00c. f'ire and Mariae
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      594 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY ANC OCCIDENTAL AND ORIhNTA w STEAMSHIP COMPANY Inrough passage ockeu granted t k^hMd rr-iice, and Germany by ai! trans At. anuc |,ne*t Reamers, also tc Sar E?ra dsco b, wtt*m* ot the above lines 1 0 Other h.u.opean pomu proooruonatr ratr reduce rv.es ic Oftcen o-
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    The Singapore free press. SATURDAY, JULY 9. 1898.
    1232 2 The Singapore free press. SATURDAY, JULY 9. 1898. We take fi\>m a Hongkong contemporary an interesting appeal, fr jm vthn purports to be a foreign source, on b naif oi young assistants imported to Hongkong lor business purpo>r* Probably nt some degree the remarks apply equally here, and not only
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    164 2 A Danish steamer passed through the harbour from West to East yesterday afternoon The Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. had a good year last year and were able to pay a dividend of five per cent. Mr. Chamberlain made an offer to assist Dominica hnanci tily if the Colony would accept
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    974 2 Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli Juvenal. W« wonder if anything is to come out of the proposed Anglo-American alliance. The real objection to it lies in the fact that while any such co pact would be regarded in England as permanent and binding, it
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    AN AMERICAN LOAN.
    66 2 A telegr.im has been received by the Boyeki Bank of Yokohama, staling that the United States Government has decided to raise a loan of 400 mil ion dollars within one month. The rate of interest will not exceed 3 per cent, per annum, and the loan will
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    SANTIAGO.
    153 2 Santiago de Cuba, stands on the eastern side of a magnificent harbour which branches oqt into creeks and bays, capable of affording anchorage to the largest fleet The entrance is only about |8p yards in width reefs tie out to sea, and an inevitable Morro guards the opening. The
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    MAIL NOTES AND NEWS.
    991 2 The Russian authorities have dismissed the Chinese lighthouse keepers at the entrance to the Gulf of Pechili, and have substituted Russian officials. Another plot against the i. aar of Russia has been discovered. His Majesty had arranged to attend the consecration of a church at Tsarskoye
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    THE LOSS OF THE "FUCHING"
    610 2 I he Nagasaki Press, :>i the loth in,t., publishes ti e following Con Arthur, June gih. -A terrible iliv.,:<r opcurred here daring the storm on ihe ythinsL, the Chinese cruiser Fuching, walj .1 cre«t o\ \sa men being lost. J*he cine! officer and three sapors
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    TELEGRAMS.
    1502 2 (Vi& Ceylon./ London, june 27. The I nd an Loan Bill has been read a ihird lime in the House of Commons. In liter Hous- ol Commons last night Sir Michael Hicks Beach moved a resolution 10 remit the I'j.iH 01,^,798,000 advanced to bgypt lor the Soudan expedition in
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
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      DISORDER AT WUCHOW.
      33 2 A British Gunboat Sent. i Special to Singapore Free Prta., Hongkong, July 9th There kmre been further tebel distur banceb in uchow. H.M.'s gunboat Tweed hah been de;: patched there
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  • REUTERS TELEGRAMS. THE WAR.
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    SERVICES TO-MORROW.
    366 2 Si Andrew b Cathedral. §tk Sunday after Trinity ;a. m Matins. 7 >o h.. m. Chord! Celebration, Sermon. 4 p. m. Service of the Catechism. S-3° P- w. Evensong and Sermon. Si. Matthews Church. Sepoy Lines 7.30 a. m. Holy fcuch-irisl. 8.30 p. m. Evensong and Sermon. Tanglin
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      644 2 lunc 7 WANTED. Tan;or< T v u Dock l)ebs. Pry« Rivet Dock Co.'^ Shares. \tunicipai l>eoenture«.. rraser M N^ave, Ltd.. Deb*. FOR SALE. Straits Strdm-no Co. > FRASER Si Co., bxchamte «mj SKare Brw»er». Ju»v^» UPBORE MASTERS. 11 ANTED !or Petroleum Boftng ,n Borneo. Men acCM^'' in-<! 10 't i-><
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      378 2 Cheap Class 2RMAN lANOS lENKRANZ— MONTHLY PAYMENT. ROBINSON~PIA»O Co. Price $275. 1 O- DAY'S* ADVERTISEMENTS NOTICE E\V Amher>4 Plantation CoAee for sale. Sampl,^ on application to E. V. CAREY, Kuala Lumpur. .M> y 16.7 The Victoria Parsi Theatrical Co ToXigkt, Qth July. New Pliy New Scenes New Dresses BULBULI SABHA
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      201 2 The Week. Saturday. 9th High Water: 1.20a., :.ibp, S. C C Athletn Gymkhana 2.^0 p.m. Sur ..f Kast, G.T., 7-30 p.m.. Tern person Club. Switchback Railway 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. j Victoria Parses Theatre Co., 9 p.m. Sunday, 10th I Higr Water 2.1 2 a., 3.0 p. j sth
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    RETURN OF THE ACTING GOVERNOR.
    51 3 The Colonial steam t r Sea Belle arrived from Penang this moramg about 8 'dock. bringing with her His Honour |hc Officrr Administering the Gov mment. tin Hon. C. W. S. and Mrs Kyeoentey, tht Hon I. and Mrs. Burkins,, a w and Capt. Duff,
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    THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY.
    422 3 Fhe half-yearly meeting ot the shareholders of the P. and I>. Steamship Company was held at trte company's offices U- kdenhaU Street, on Jun. 14. Sir Thomas >iKheriand, M.P., presiding. The chairman, in)nMwing the adoption oi the report, said the shareh v ;.icr were aware
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    INDIAN TELEGRAMS.
    745 3 i b Yin—mn m lson. ...cotta. July i.—The has received 4 >peciai •.eie.jrj L don stat:>»g that :t > known that the V :ero\a.!v .t India has ber-n orisred .0 Lore tJai: ur Jt Ba/!ei^h. His lordsh.p hestfates to accept posr: on >n account ot h,% P n-
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    38 3 A day or two ago v» hibt the R. A. at Blaxan^' Mali were firing oH some old Martial ammunition trom a Gardner gun, a hang-life" exploded on extraction, and the iMttcf pmnet iu charge was d.igbtiy inured
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    GAS v. ELECTRICITY.
    879 3 ''Rangoon Times Correspondent. For some considerable time past the Rangoon i Municipality has been seriously considering the I advisability I adopting some new system of light- I ing our roads. The possibilities of the wretched kerosene lights have been tested to their utmost limit, and it is
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS.
    71 3 GAZETTE NO TIFICATIONS. Mondaj \ugust ist, will b-- observed as th-: Aagasl Bank bofiday. Mr K N Bland's leave iia? been extendrd til! tbe arrival of the btcam»;r leaving Uarseilles on the 7th mst. Notintations regarding the acquisition i oi '.and in Province VV'eilcsiey tor the Prai- Pant Buntar railway
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    SINGAPORE TOWN HALL AND THEATRE.
    58 3 It Will interest .f our r- *d»:r* OJ% Indian knjint'rmg) K> learn ih*t MSMMg ihe competitors tor the devgn for this jabilce Memorial in the Far E tst are Mew> 1". and W. A. Fr.tncken, laie ot the Indian Public Work-) D^oartment, who have sel
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    265 3 On July 15th a concert will be held in the Boustead Institute, under the auspices jof tht- C F.. T. S. The programme will consist of serious and comic songs, banjo duets and conjuring tricks by Professor i Sambarini.'" Admission will be free, and the public are invited. The Hon.
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    LIFE IN THE FAR EAST.
    1205 3 Rbflections of a Young German. One hundred and fifty dollars a month Is not it grand That means about three hundred marks a month or three thousand six hundred marks a year. That is better than silting here in the office and working away from
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    THE BEES AND THE GOLFERS.
    103 3 A remarkable incident is stated to have occurred at Warwick Golf Links the other d.ny. Mr. Hunter Blair and Mr. Smi'.h Turberville were playing against the Rev. A. Uodd and Kev. C. J. Reade for the Saville Graham Cup, when a swarm of bees attacked
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    FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA.
    137 3 That is a striking story which the Times correspondent forwards concerning the expeiienccs of four American ships in a submarine explosion twenty-five miles of! Key West one afternoon The sea was calm and the ships were signalling, when a sudden report knocked everyone flat
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    40 3 The outward bound French mail steamer Ernest Simons came in this morning shortly after six o'clock, the mail being delivered about nine. She goes on this afternoon. I Among the passengers arrived by her is Mr. G. van der Berg.
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    A PADRE ON THE HAJ.
    1646 3 (Written for the Singapore Free Press.) VI. j Naples to Rome With some Remarks on Italian Railways. One would think there was not much I scope for variation and difference in the management of railways, and yet, even in this, national idiosyncrasies amusingly or I
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    EXCHANGE.
    75 3 (Corrected up to July y On London. Bank 4 m/s i/j 1 demand .i/io^ Private credits 3 m/s 1/1 1 documents 3 m/s 1/1 1$ credits 6 m/s '/"r'V France, demand 240 Germany, demand 194 India. T. T 145 Hongkong, demand pm. Yokohama, demand 6% pm. Java, demand 1
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    PRODUCE.
    105 3 (July 9.; I in $43. Gambier 5.50 do. Cube No. 1 8.30 Pepper, black (ordinary S'pore) 22.50 ■do. White, (Fair L/W= 5 40. NXitmegs 110s to the Ib.) 78. Mace (Banda) 75. Cloves (Amboina) 35. Überian Coffee 17. Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) 4.45 do. 'do flake (do. do.)
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    SHARE LIST, JULY 9th, 1898.
    306 3 SHARE LIST, JULY 9t h 1898. Quotation. Capital. Paid Up. Shuri-. PaflP iJiv Bank ol hma and Japan, Ltd. $2: Nominal. < 2.0..0.000 450.968 1994*5 /V, Deferred. £5 Buyers. i.tfo 7i Bell's Ai„-.i.k Kastern Agenc> 85 Sellers. 10,000 f 4 B,S8 ,i 1,416 UIII'.SUM) Gear Wa*r Oaay Fatw Ud. fe»
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      88 3 It is always gratifying to receive testimonials for Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and when the endorsement is from a physician it is especially so. There is no more satisfactory or effective remedy than Chamberlain's Cholic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy wi ites Dr. R. E. Robey, physician and pharmacist,
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      308 3 MAILS CLOSE. To-day. Par Per A 1 .Muar Far/alia pm Bengkaiis Ba^an Sri Tanjong Pmung 3pm Saigon, aec. Ernest Sunont 3 pm Bangkok Cerberut 4 pm Ma uipp PM iritigganu Sn TringgtuM* 4 im e Sumatra 4 p.m Pontianak Ban Fo Soon 4 r-M Pontianak Sri Pontianan 4 pm Muntuk
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      1113 3 rBSSELfi IN PO R Men-nf-Wa, Flarsand Ton. Comm«nder6 Arrived Frorr For Wbcr j HBswiom BduemMrofia CHagha- May *j < Other Vessels FU« 4 Tons Master. Amvcd F rom ConMgnee, Fo- Who r MI 8fit.2354 Golding Ms > H..:u-k „K V* n^v-i Am.elo Pasodi UaLlKj.iii? Moglia July I tt S l
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      447 3 CLEARANCES. luiy 6. BMW H. Kiav Bfi UMiM Pena,,,, fmfy p. I -jang Ann, Brit. Mr. Uunlop. tor Chenboo and Samarang. Has VV H *n H,s Br ar. fTilinij,, lo r Biii.ton and rontianak. HoLbomq Brit «r. \mgm lor 1 rmgganu and K.i3r.g. P'Rnea Bnt mr., KngUnd, lor Calculi* v.s
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      1151 4 EMMERSON'S Esr«*LiSHsn 1 966. QyfCMf th* Oea«ral Poat O*Rce HOT LUNCH DAILY from i to 2->» i>»> MEALS A LA CARTB, from 9 a.m. tu 4 P-^ APTERNOON TEA, ftwii 5 to 6 p m. BILLIARDS BAR. Wines, Spirits Liqueurs OF IHE BEST QUALITY. Suropean. mencaa »*d t oUmiai Papers
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      1031 4 TO LET FURNISHED, for six months, a pleasantly situated house near town. Four bed- rooms. Rent $70. POWELL C'<»..— Auctioneers. 1 **li j TO LKT NO. Katfles PU« Apply to MEYER BROTHERS. June 1. UX. TO LET kTHI 'Mammon." River Val ey Road, whole 1 vr 1 ponton. Apply to
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      599 4 John Little Co., Ltd. SEWING MACHINES. I <^^'__' Wertheim' V- Dl% Singer's ltlWpfc.t C^ 0 0 P^3p PP^ «POO Nett 1 ffHS^ p^ f^«K '"■^SP^^J^BHP^^^MW^ Splendid I M*?"? S|^|^u Machine, e v-----"'- handsome i *^f^ vp*^p^i -t~:+-^?^ cover **ll gc »i <i»"»t-j-^ attachments. -y—tin i i |ii fe*JJUMi»y^«<y-^ JONES' MACHINE
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      566 4 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. pKOM the Ist January, 1899. the Police DepartL ment will cease to purchase, for sale to the >üblic, Standard Weights and Measures, and the >rovision of these commodities will be left to private euterprise. Singapore, 15th |une, 1898. Juue 18 S. 15.7 PAHANG GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. "PENDKMS are invited
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      324 4 Royal Hair Dressing Saloon. Ark iv n of P^kisiak A: Bwausa N<n eliics. SABAIIER bej;s tb inform hi> customers and the general public that he has received from the best Rant and l^ndor, Houses, a large *lock of Ladies Gentlemen s, ar.d Children's Shoes, Dancing Pumps. Walking DressJShoes Christy's Hats,
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      586 4 The Singapore Free Press AMD Mercantile Advertiser Cable AvoßESs.—Adverttser, Singapore Telephone Number.— No, t\. Published at 30-3, Rsflles Place, Singapore THE leadiiig English Newspaper in th> Straits Settlement* johore. the Federated Native States of Perak, Seiaagor, Sungei L'jong, Pabang, the Neg r Sembilan British North Borneo Sarawak Netherlands Indies, Java
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      769 4 EXPECTED. Giving port o! depanurt, ami (ivh-rr known) date due here, and namt of \trt-n!>. Asama J.ip., New: ,silo. Blf.mh im, H.M S Chatham, Governoi.o llal. Spezzia, Hishen, (.hii.ese, Niewcasde, Takasago. Jap., Newcastle, Mail !-..<>■■' 1 >•«. Pahramatta, due July 16 P. U. P. Hunkhh. due July 21 N. l>.
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