The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 August 1898

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    20 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. niIKD SERIES. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, 3 rd AUGUST, 1898. I'lLTih^M t, So, 5 557
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      716 1 J? Q_ Office. Coiiyer Quay. Xi: 'Vha.-ve?.. New rtarboi O steam NAVIGATION Co. -.team tor CHINA. JAPAN, PEN ANC. C KVLON. INDIA AUSTRALIA ADEN. EGYPT. MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR. MALTA. BRINDISI. VENICE. PLYMOUTH, AM) LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian < Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for Una Coast,
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      601 1 BRITISH IMDIA STEAM NAVIGA. TION CO.. LIMITED. I I'liNANi,, RANGOONfcCALf I'ITA. Mi the company's steamers is intended ts !>ave Ta..ionp Pagar Wharf every week. gen ■-.•,1 Cargo are booked by the above r. •■•-:> i.'(t..: r H rates to all ports m India and Ct', im »,s<> to I i«t
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      593 1 JOHN LITTLE CO, LTD., The Finest Ground Coffee m DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Undbr Contract with thi Netherlands India Government. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co.. 2-3 Collyer Quay Time Table for August, 1898. Steamer From Expected Will, be despatched tor Nienhuijs B'massin Aug. 1 B'massin, P.
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      359 1 J THE AUSTRALIAN H .RSE REPOSITORY. Kotk's Koad, ORCHARD ROAD. W. DALLAN. T*\EALER m Crushed Food, Padi, Oat Chaii fee. Quality and Freshness iuiiai«teed i supplies being received every fortnight. Harness and Saddlery, with be^.l English Lea* titer, made by experienced workmen. Mar, 18. nc ABRAMS HORSE REPOSITORY AM) Veterinary
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      600 1 SINGAPORE, the East. TJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL 1 10,000 000 RESERVE FUND f *****00 RESERVE LIABILITY OF i PROPRIETORS *io,ooo.ooci Court op Directors Hon. J. J. BELL-IRVlNG.— Chairman. M. Gray Esq DtPUTr Chairman. C Beuemann, Esq. A. j. Raymond, Esq. David Gubbav, Esq. R. L. Richardson, Esq.
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      227 1 pH<ENTX ASSURANCE COtf PANY OF LONDON. I he undersigned Agents for the above Compaf are prepanxi to accept Firt risk' m Singapo-i-Johore and ihe Malay Slates, ai current rates. STIVEN 4 Co. Nov 2o SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPAN\ OF NEW ZEALAND. Caphal A2.000.000. r, .nd Marine lnsi>rance»
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      834 1 OACIF;^ MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPAN V AND OCS0 C SL DENTAL AND ORIENTAL w COMPANY iftrough pass^t ticketi pmmmi tt tU*m* ince, and Germany by al! (r^ni-Ai.Ant.c lia« I ■t iteame.-s. al^o San -v m utethsmmm O: t**. e a f>. Toother Eanffmtmpm ,t ii pr.w»rt»onalr rate >pev.ial reduced i ata
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    The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1898.
    1839 2 The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1898. Here shall the Press the People's right maintain. L'nawed hjr influence and unbribs d by gain Hen patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, Pledged to Religion. Loyaltr. and Law. TO-l)AY's telrgr; m nn« of great importance i ord > viisHißY, m reply
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    TOBACCO IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    288 2 there are between twenty and twenty-five thousand persons employed m the manipulation of the tobacco after it reaches Manila from the plantations. Of these labourer-, Arthur T. Marvin writing m the Overland monthly says By far the greater proportion of these are girls, ranging from ten
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    ASSOCIATION CUP TIE.
    575 2 West Yorkshire Regiment b S. C. C. The above Teams again laced each other last evening to decide who slmuid meet the R A (Fort Canning) m tlie linal for the Association Cup There was a lat^e attendance ol enthusiastic spectaiora, including th usual ci own r*f
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    STRANGE REVOLVES ACCIDENT.
    159 2 Capt Mogr.dgT. o! th- Memnon. which arriv.-d from Borneo rt lew days ago, and is now lying at the wiiarf. was this morning about 5-30 a m. tht- victim of what is supposed to havt been an unfortunate revolver accident Hearing the shot the officers went to
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    NAVAL AND MILITARY.
    589 2 The first -class cruiser Blenheim sailed troir, Spithead on ;th inst. for the China Station wuh the new crew tor It. M. S. Barfieur, which i- to replace the Grafton as flagship of Rear- Admiral Fitzgerald. The Barfieur, which was recently transferred from the Mediterranean to the
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      THE WAR.
      39 2 THE AMERICAN ARMY. Great Increase Contemplated. The Washington Post states that Brestdent McKinley will call an extra session ol Congress, with a view to passing special legation to maintain an active army of a hundred thousand men
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      BRITAIN AND CHINA.
      119 2 A MOMENTOUS DECLARATION. Lord Salisbury's Instruction te Sir Claude Macdonald Englar. I will Support China against Aggression. In the House of Lords on Monday, Lord Salisbury m reply to Earl Kimberley's question regarding British interests on the Yang-tse. said that the Chinese were well disposed towards British
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      JAVA NEWS.
      465 2 tFrsm •«> own C respondent.} The Directors of the Tot ok Mining Co notify that according to their Mining Engineer s temporary analyses of their ores, taking from various parts of the Totok concession and mainly from the surface, from old native workings, the contained gold varies from
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      AN ELECTRICAL RANGE-FINDER.
      23 2 Mr. G. D. Meudell wt Melbourne who ha been m bng and for interests lhC by Mr. A. N. AlS^lSS^tis^SS
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      123 2 John Little Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE. Badminton Sets Complete m Box. BADMINTON BATS BADMINTON SHUTTLECOCKS Croquet m Sets Complete H*-\ ,t_.___m-_mid__m'i VjjJMMariafcLZii I I I^V ,v E nSL^^^^^^B LIMtBOK* xWw' CRICKET BATS ._____WW\ Mm ______m H i^E CRICKET BALLS CRICKET GLOVES <:RICKET LEC CC' CRICKET ST MPS FOOTBALLS ASSOCIATION RUGBY. |>V
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      891 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEM^ NTS WANTED. Prye River Duck Co.'s. Shares. Fraser fc Neave, Ltd., Debs. FOR SALE. Tan iong Pagar Dock Deb. 4% Tanjong Pagar 5% Debs. Municipal |let>. 5% FRASER x Co., Rxchangc and Share Brokers. \m». v.c. 81,01* THEATRE K»i "1 1 I-ort Casmni., Faciro let Works.; CONTINUEn UNABATED
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      21 2 Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy always affords prompt relief. Sold by af dealers THE DISPENSARY, SINGAPORE. Gent.ru At. ents. w.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      208 2 The Week. Wednesday, 3rd ligh Water: 11.26a. 11. 1 p. Municipal Commission, 2-30 p.m. Property Sale, Powell fc Co., 2-30 p.m. Church Work Association, 4 p.m. C. E. T. S-, St. Andrew's Cathedral, 6-15 p.m I) Arc's Marionette^, High Street, 9 p.rr. Thursday, 4th;— High Water 11.59 a., 11.46 p.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    629 3 Tuesday. Auclst 2, 1896. P*BS£.-s H» Hon^r ".he Ortir.- .Wait metering tiw: I .overnment (Sir Alex. Swettenhaar, k.c \t.c) The Hon. the Acting Col Secretary C. W. S. Kynner*!e> the A'.torney-uenerai fW. X Collyer. theActg Cai. Treasurer 1 K G Pinney the Aad or-GeoetaJ (E. C Hill.) G.
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    SEREMBAN CRICKET.
    79 3 -icven *«iected by Mr. \r H Grant tv play cricket at Scrcmban rndav and Saturday and they will leave d> :he Malacca this afternoon. Mr waatfl team is composed as follows Messrs. C J Carver, H. Sharp A. W. R. Alen FM. Hlliot Capt. HD. Raaseas, Lapt. H
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    H. M. S. "POWERFUL."
    51 3 iJn good authority we bear that the Briton cruiser Powerful will arrive at SingaC about the 15th inst., en route to via. where that tine ship is selected to -present England at the ceremonial festt- ties heio m connection with the Coronation of <*>ueen WHhelmina of
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    90 3 Kesuit ot ladies monthly medal handiap piayed, under excellent conditions, .Tsterday afternoon Saturday, oth \ugust, Monthly Medal Handicap. Frtiim for Mixed Foursomes tor Tue»lays' yth and 16th August will close on Saturday first. m Mrs. SU:ng.;r 7** O2 Miss Werry *H r. m 6s Mrs. Jdtey f»
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    118 3 fhe M.M Company's steamer Indus ett Colombo at i p.m. on the jnd inst., and may be expected here on Saturday about 5 pm PC ziQ a Ghurka. who act* a* Mr C-a^c^dens orderly, was sentenced by Mr. •V oiferstan this morning to a week's imprisonment tor drunk and disorderly
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    THE WAR.
    1155 3  -  PftßMßlNli TO CaPTURB MANILA. American Troops Landing Near Malate. Kit mioN ok News of Sampson's Victoht. Inmjri.knt Political Dkvelofmints. r From China Mail Correspondent). Cavite, july 19, 189S.— Yesterday, the Japanese cuiser Saniwa an ived from Hongkong with news that stii red to its highest pitch the patriotic
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    With the U. S. Troops at Cavite.
    1152 3 I HB ExriDITIOMART Four s. Cavite, July 1 1, 1898.— 1t ;s. of course, impossible to set up comparisons between the Atieucan forces and a Continental army either m barracks or on campaign. Companions are invariably odious. But one accustomed to the smart,
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    PENANG RACES.
    816 3 Results By Telegra m. I uesday, 2nd August, 1898. 1. The MaiOCS Plats. Value %i.>j A Race for Ma.de. Horses. Wright as per scale (io->t. ylb.) An allowance of I4lbs. to horse-> entered tor th- Intermediate St-<ke> ..nlv. Entrance *io. Distance I mile. Ml Ml 1 Pasqual'fl Cumming
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    CRICKET.
    1631 3 (Compiled by "Los.") Another win for Yorkshire. Last Week's Unfinished Matches. Oxford v. Cambridge. Eccles totalled 109 before being run out, Oxford compiling 362, Cambridge then mad 140 m their second innings. Oxford thus wanted 52 to win, which number cost the side but one wicket. Lancashire v. Notts.
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    S. C. C. CRICKET TOURNAMENT.
    355 3 It is proposed to play a Cricket Tournament m connection with the S. C. C. on the following lines i All the members of the teams competing must b*- members of the S. C. C, but no member < an play m more than one
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    SHARE LIST AUGUST 3rd, 1898.
    259 3 Quotat.ok. Capital. Pan, (j>. Smarts Weua &*m. Bank oi < hina and |apan, Ltd. %a\ Nominal. < 2,000,000 450,0*58 *****s; lz s Deferred. £5 Buyers. '•*-*> 4* Bell's Abesto* Eastern Agency. $5 Sellers 10,000 (4 8, 5 84 B -W Clear Water La.ryKanr.Ud. *,oo 25
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    PRODUCE.
    107 3 (August j.) tin 143. Gambier 5 -SO do. Cube No. 1 8.30 Pepper, Black (ordinary S pore) 24.7 c do. White, (Fair L/W-%) Nutmegs nos to the Ib.) 7? Mace (Banda) 1S Cloves (Amboina) 35. Liberian Coffee M 17. Tapioca, small pearl (Fair quality) 4^5 do. do flake (do.
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      31 3 Qorrhuol is made from Cod Liver oil and is 20 times stfd.?^* lt ,s in «psules which have no taste, and m is ovfiy R2 V superior to the oil I
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      309 3 i OCtAN STLAM SHIP COMPANY EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. Ltd. I AND NKDtRLANDSCHE STOOM I VAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN Tne Company s sfceaw.es are despatched frotr Liverpool outwards for the Sua.u7chma.lS |apan, and from Japan homewards for i^oodor every ten days, and have accommodau>n ior third class passengers only.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      239 3 MAILS CLOSE. TO-MORROW. For Per At Malacca lk Linggi Helen,. 1 rM Penang lk I) sii Calypso 2 PM Sadong Vyner 2 pm Penang, &c. Pund.ua 3 pm Malacca tc Kiang Chow Phya 3 pm Muar At Malacca Kian Yang 3 pm Labuan, fitc. Hecuba 4 pm Bangkok Hecate 4
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      892 3 VESSELS IN POR Men-of-Wa. Flaga and Tone Commander* Arnved Fron fo, Wh«t H APHNK Bnt. cruisei 114.. Galiowav Jul >3 iia.go. s, IHUo Herm.onk Brit, cruiser 436c Callaghai Max 23 i „U K<Jd Other VcmcU Flag* ft Tom Kftw Arrived From Con*igneei ¥o- Wbe., AVOEWAS Bnt. sch., 60 Nacoda' Juiv
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      74 3 •liifcCHANGb. tWIII II lh ro August 1 On London Bank 1 m|| (/u demand .(/If! Pri vat. credits m/g documerif. 3 m/s '/ul cr«-dits tyj/v l/»l/ France, demand 2 T Germany, demanri lQ Inoia T T ",2^l 1 Hongkong #Land f% mb Yokohama demand s J Java demand Hs Manila,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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      908 4 John Little ft Co.. Ltd. \I.\UAPORE Tbe Complete Hcnse Furnishers. Drawing Dining, and Bedroom Suites. Sideboards. Music >tools. Looking Glasses, bedsteads. Mattresso. Hal! Stands, Tables, Chairs. Sofas Couches, Kitcher Tables. Baby Chairs. Rattan I bars Rocking Chairs, Chests of Drawers, 'cc Chests. Carpets. FI orcloths. I inoleums. Mangles. Perambulators. Mail
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      252 4 Katz Bros., PED. Dept. O^ Seg ti> uitorm ..n- prepared to Fancy Dresses AND Historical Costumes, ETC, ETC Orders ior Historical Costumes for the forthcoming ball should be given as early as possible m order to ensure prompt despatch. Katz Bros., LIMITED McALISTER CO. Engineering General Hardware Department, i\ r
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      435 4 Katz Bros., LIMITED. ARK NOW SHOWING LARGE STOCKS OF THE FOLLOWING GENERAL GOODS. Fairbanks Weighing Scales IN VARIOUS Sl/.ES. Coffee Mills, Mincing Machines, Knife Cleaning Machines, Grindstones, Tennis Markers, Iron Safes, Cash Boxes, Rippingilles Cooking Stoves, Slack and Brownlows Filters Meat Safes, Wire Meat Dish Covers. ALL KINDS Oh ENAMEL
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      870 4 2 ok ?^5 AMD "rT J5 1 SQDAWATBR C U acknowledged to be THE BEST IN THE BAST. J JJ INFERIOR AERATED WATERS ARE DEAR AT ANY PRICE I! ]^P It will pay you to remember thi*. and to get your supplies direct Irpm this Company. S ««*Ma:i()o, ROBINSON ROAD,
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      396 4 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. New Books Just Received. CASSELLS ACADEMY PICTURES— Bound Vol. 1808 t ,U5 SPECIFICATIONS FOR BUILDING WORKS 52.50 Ihe MAKING OF A DAISY WHEAT out J LILIES and other studies m PLANT -LIFE. h> Eleanor Hughes-Gibb. M.75 PIONEERING m FORMOSA, by W M. Pickering, c.M.o. .$10.50 OWEN'S DECLAR
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      1057 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port ol departure, and [where known) I date due here, and name of Agent-MtN-m-WvK Ah\M> lap., New, Im), Hi.k'- IM, H.M S l.ii.iiiiain, Go\ bkmoj o Ital. Spezzta, Vt A I STKAHfERS WOII Imh\ due Au^ 6 M. M. SoTi-EJ. flue Aug. 13 P, ac O Dak
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      1078 4 TO LET NO. 29-3 Raffles Place. lately occupied uj Mi Hoffmeister. Apply to MEYER BROTH ERv TO LE.T I'Ht Maksiok.' River Val es Road, *-hoi< or a ponton. Apply to MEYER BROb Api. tp. N. W GODOWNS* OFFICES TO let m Change Alley. Entry isl Auguv Apply to UM LOW,—
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