The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 November 1898

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  • Title Section
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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIKH SHRIES. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, 16™ NOVEMBER 1898. UAIL\ ISSUE, No 3,42,
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      737 1 J* o Orfict. CollyerQu.i. JOT Wharves. New HarbouO STEAM NAVIGATION Co. steam :or CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, CXV- ,>N INDIA. AUSTRALIA. ADEN. EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBR\LTAR. MAMA. BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH. AND LONDON. rhrou^- BilK 01 Utdinv; issued for Ptrsian ■-.tn.:a'. ami American Ports, aKo tcr Cnj Ji*. and Sun Francisco via Hongkong
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      590 1 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LIMITED. PBMANG, RANGOON fcCAU I .~l A. > t omoany's steamers is intended to Pa »r Wharf every week. Pa jjo are booked by the above rtß«M»«a a lh) M^fa ites to all ports m India and C laaaboto K^«* African Ports, IfautMua or \i>r
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      681 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKB.TVAART MAATSCHAPPIf. Undir Contract with thi Netherlands Iwdia (jovbrnmbnt. i AGENTb at Singapore. Ships Agency, latb I. DAENDELS Co.. 2-3 Collykr Quay Tune Table for November, 1898. Steamer From Expected Will be despatched lor (•.G.'s Jacob S'baya Nov. 13 Sourabaya, Macassar, Amboina, Banda, Menado Goronlalo and Moluccas Nov.
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      586 1 1 UONGKONG AND SHANGHAI xx BANKING CORPORATION. ('AID-UP CAPITAt JIO.OOOOCX 1 RESERVE FUND f 9 000 ooe RESERVE LIABILITY OF > PROPRIETORS *i0,000,00c COOKT OW UIRECTOKii Hon. J. J. BELL-IRVlNG.— Chaikma.-. R. M. Gkav Esq.— Dkputv Chaicman. C. Beurmann, Es<4 A.J. Ravmunu, Esq. David Gubbay, Esq. k. H. Hiil, Esq.
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      394 1 PETER SYS WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. IHh 0.,U rcm.d present fam HHiI P U«Lf l ANE VT Sprue. Dysentery. Diarrhoea. Hemorrhage and Ulceratioi 1 of the Bowds. RECOMMENDED by SOME 01 me CHIEF SPEC! ALISFS us Sold K.-i^:! v al Ch« n U ,ie X THE PETER SYS COMPANY (PsontwTOß tiro Soli
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      606 1 DACEPIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY OCCIDENTAL AND ORIh NTAL I W STEAMSHIP COMPANY Toyo klsen'kabushikj KAISHA iMroiu- p Ai s^, tickets t -^ntec v t-n k f or.. 1 I o other huroptar, n. r ana !an Pa, r »g« *bohavepa*d< a err latcs rro.r. Hongkoag via okchama to San Francisco
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    The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 1898.
    442 2 The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 1898. Here t ha Uoawuj by influence j HcMpttnc P.eigtd to Ret m Uvi WHEN X purt m the direction o( reful to i i; ij average I out iy U i Jour i V. ..,1 till la v n a il ol ten
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    635 2 A general meeting of the Tanjong Pagai Land Co.. Ld was held to-day, to hear a. report as to the progress of the liquidation of the Company's affairs. A correspondent writes calling attention to the fact that a number of holes have been excavated at intervals aiong the Esplanade and
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    GARRISON RIFLE CLUB.
    61 2 I n will be a practit shoot at Bales i Rifle King.; >n bare lay, the i-ih 1 commea i ig it 3 p.m Then- will also be a general meeting of membere m tii« School R'jom. Fort Canning, oa Saturday next, the [9UI iost., commeactng at
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    THE RUSSIAN FLEET.
    136 2 Asm, correspondent of cootenmn m H tin .<-:,■■ auUiontiei are said to be U, rO w bvoluti nary .Squadron's manoeuvres m ih. Balti S^-%hts m ihe Spanish AmaicanwarhaveoS the officers more cri ical tl hii „i,, hence vZ "S I- commamfcr of til opponumty far gau -ing
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    A BOTTLE THAT BURST.
    66 2 \t the Eastbourne Police Cmm i one, and retainiiiH 111.- thrd nr ant bottle m wluch the aue ppro rl P o T' On BuL thc had since burst, and M, ffi Us nZ T^T* solicitor, raised the objec ion ,h a ,i ele din X
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      AFFAIRS IN CUBA.
      38 2 No Pay for Spanish Troops. The Spanish troops m Havana are muti B nou-> berause their pay is m arrears S« HOT Sagasta hab informed the Governor that it is impossible to Bead mone> there
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      Havana in a State of Siege.
      21 2 t annul, < ommand the main street and tiic situation is grave. London November /6th, i&q*
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    "POUR LE ROI DE PROSSE."
    112 2 Nt- out that the an. la; iron. tmdepemds* d a above bas ai«o ai vn *edn •:■1 .a French prov^-rbia fthi phrase literally applicable aakk t Eabject of the am He^avs The i b expression fmdre utu thtm pmu 1 warn to do a thing
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    THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY.
    19 2 MSntT O V he American continent and a stanonari b.cvcle Th tJU get a P ianu
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    BILLIARDS.
    85 2 of the s^t sf^e b l r o ed eCOrnmend th€ abol--add.tion to Kule U L C mpetltioni r M. ..as bSf m \'J c *^n the ,po, ihall be putonthecemn'^ bS Onlhered anoU.er ball, on the n r a P H <f P revemed b^ S -vA-ered on
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    28 2 charged with a ras l, Boon Kltr charged the eJ&Sf hom >c.de was Ushe. had ad a r 8 Cg show that with fata* rltulte a araateur midw.te
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      370 2 Katz Brothers, Limited CHRISTMAS CARDS NEW YEAR CARDS SPECIAL SHOW OF 10,000 BEAUTIFUL CARDS Price 2 cents 5 cents 10 cents 15 cents 20 cents l;e above have bee.: .reluuy selected e<*rl\ 111 ycai at a Special Price whit rab 1 ,s to offer them <• the prices markeJ N
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      393 2 I John Little CO., LTD. Christmas Cards Christmas Cards Christmas Cards |uii\ .ill! E L.. I.IMIIEL' an <\ •fcpwrng „.,(r- is^ortment o t. riMiin> Kei car Cards including ■wltcl i.. the priwriiial makrrBlack md W^hite Cards C>mic Cards Children s Card>> >• ntimental dt Religious Cards etc. etc. JOHN LITTLE
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      1172 2 1 DOARD k LODGING may be had with Eng. lish family, good localilv near town. 0 AppK T. r/o Frrc Press. O«.U 4.12 BOARD AND LODGING be had at yO, Waterloo Street, on tnoder ate teim- I. s r^»t- airy rooms. Stabling attached. J* Sept i i S .io uc.
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      515 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISE MF NTS KOR SALE Sirau- I'miling Co.'s St.ares. TanjotiK Pagar L> ick .5 I), b. due 1900. 1 Bam Bersawah Golj Syndicate Share. WANTED Tanjoj.g Pavrar Dock Slia.cs. Municipal 5% I), South Raub t 0., Lid., Shares. IRASER .v 0., Xxi h H'^e in«l Sliaie BroWet;, N V
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      489 2 i T3.D\Y'S ADVI RTISEMENTS BRITISH TJOKTH BORNEO. PROCLAMATION NO. 11 OF 1898. To prevent the Importation of certain JapatttSt Coins called Yen [L.S.] LEICESTER PALI. BEAUFORT, I io\ ernor. By His Excellency Leicester Paul Bbaufori Governor and Commander-in-( hid of the Si ite of North Borneo and its Dependencies. Shori
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      273 2 OLH ADVLKTISEMENT COLUMNS Nc 1 l>i .'."..re-road at to be ht I BRI I Op KB Sprit Farm Ml Lk: it' b) vr ndet at Nov. 2SM r J E. Dtvd make- two advertisement ikwM hrm rmin nimi hi :^,,^i ■MCiinjj .-^htb pained to the bornca^ f I orporation are
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      209 2 The Week Wednehday, i6tb lit:' W a ti l l.l no.ji Garrison Sports 1 'pmmittec, Pearl- Hil oon. Meeting, I P^gar Land Co., Ltd. S. V. A. Discipline Kxammation. ;-i5 p.wT Thursday, 17th Hi«l VVaier o. 1 1 midnight, 1 1.40.1. 1 „ii,«n Rifle Ciub practice, Bileitin -p. Philhanaooic (Jrcliestra,
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  • Correspondence.
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      Is a Right Use of Money a Crime?
      380 3 T!t» Ko«Ton, >i r> —As there seem- to bra doubt as o whether Governmet.t ser\ants are prohibited trom buying land, -riding money, md trom engaging ii commercial pur a- -r-.i.l be glad to know through j.- .),umn> it thtic is any ordinance
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    320 3 NR&q mmijI I M Uamg i: k pel kd baa i Kochore Road. reopen a >. Cowimiwiaiwra shou. I -erved to close the we M i r' ri >■ ci i k- pmd tw ax kd lem t. N >- .ct> r J<- v»"". l f rurtheM house
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    MR. NAPIER'S BOOK.
    565 3 1 he modest title of An introduction to the study of the law administered m the Colony of thr Straits Settlements" is that chosen by Mr Walter Napier for a short work published m pamphlet form treating of the law? m force m this Colony. The book,
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    LATER THAN THE MAIL.
    309 3 «a I I t-. t '\p'i.,ri i bou ii-i da I i i :.id a 5 i i ll i• v. n the out *ri Inn one oi the leaders o' the Op| I 111 S« -iry m the last Liberal ad- X Yorkshire, on t
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    THE NOVEMBER METEORS.
    207 3 Kd report of any noticeable show of ia ,ing star-, visible last night reached as although it was supposed that the y.\\ .md iii would be the probable ijjv- for ;mr apparer.t increase m the j number of Meteors or shooting stars Sir Robert Ball, Astronomer for
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    WHISKY AND SODA SHERIFFS.
    61 3 In connection with the sheriffs ot London this >e,i,, while Mr. Uewar, one of the retiring sheriffs, I an extensive proprietor of whisky, his successor, Colonel I'robsn. is the proprietor ot an old and high-class mineral watar factory. Hence the joke is bring circulated that the
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    THE CONQUEST OF EGYPT.
    2784 3 [All Rights Rbserved.J BY EDWARD VIZETELLY (War Correspondent Author of The Reminiscences of a Bashi-Basouk," &c.) Cairo Before the Occupation. In the early part of '82, i was at Larnaca, Cyprus, dividing my time between a dozen intelligent Greek and Italian youths, to whom I was
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    A JUVENILE EDITOR.
    183 3 J. J. ti. write*! u> the Editor oi fn-t.- >end the photograph cf the 'youngest editor m the v. ,r!.j. After mentioning a name, a .d Rating that the paper is published m siam he goes on to i v the ing gentleman is "making bims tnowi
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    19 3 P. C 45] Meydiii, whu «a- recently a beri-beri patient m the Police Hospital, died ai his house ye-.terday
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    EXCHANGE.
    79 3 iCo.vkkcted up to Novemb r 16. On London Bank 4 pa/a 1 i demand l/Ctl Private credits 3 m/b 1 j f documents 3 m/s 2/0 credits 6 m/s Jj 0 France, demand 247"^ Germany, demand rooj India, T. T 4 Hongkong, demand [%dts. Yokohama, demand 4% pm. Java,
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    PRODUCE.
    114 3 (November io. I 111 $4f. Gambier do. Cube No. i v s.io Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) 2 so do. White, (Fair L/W= 5 „39 Nutmegs 110s to the Ib.) 67. do. (80s to the Ib) v g o Mace (Banda) 75. Cloves (Amboina) 35, Liberian Cotiee 21, Tapioca, small
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    SHARE LIST
    282 3 NOVEMBER i6th.i£o8 Quotation. Capital Paid Up. Shams Paid Oit. Hank o! China and Japan. Ltd. $2* Nominal. O 2,000,000 450,968 IQQ. 875 /,2.S. Deferred. S Buyers. t*&> %i Bell'^ Abesic, Kasiern Agency. 5 Sellers, l .0,000 (4 S&4 S l Fraser and Neave Ltd 225,00,? ,25.00c. I y
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      235 3 A Relic of the War. Many old soldiers now feel the eilects of the hard service they endured during the war. Mr. Geo. S. Anderson, of Rossville, York county, Perm., who saw the hardest kind of service at the front, is now frequently troubled with rheumatism. "I had a severe
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      252 3 OC.fc.AN STLAM SHIP COMPANY EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. Ltd. AM) NtDfcRLANDSCHE STOOMV/AKT MAAT3CHAPPIJOCEAAN < on.pany i steamers are despatched from Liverpool outward: for the Straits, Ch:na and |ap in, and from Japan homewards for London eve.y ten days, and have accommodation for third da- passengers only. The Company
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      1067 3 VESSELS IN PORi •ltr,-of-Wai Flags and Ton* Conmanders ArnwTd Iroir. *-or M i Coronmton S«m boat K.nj; W,, FWm BaMiuk, N OA 5fW Bru.cru., ii U r, b«ma Sq Other Vessels Flaes ft Tont Matters Arrived from Consignee* h Wbec Al H Ba f- rt Nacodj: Nok v v sarawa*
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      614 4 Singapore Municipal Loan of 1898 *SO*.ooo at Four Per Cent. *\*m ISStK O* «150,000 IN 300 MORT(,«u»> O* $500 Ekh Principal repayable at par on jo»h June. 1940. uni».s v»o«»^» redeemed, the J»uo.cipahty havin option to repay at any time after 31st Oecei. 1905. m lerms of the Mortgage Bond
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      632 4 SEASIDE— TBdPFkURAU FURNISHED Bungalow to let. Rent moderate. S3O onK per monh. Apply to F. ENGLKR ft C> *>-i Riffles Squat c. Qd ?1 m.w.f. TO BE LET THE House, v. Hill Sue«tf. at present known as the "Honor Oak Hotel.' Apply to PATERSUN SIMONS m Co. Oct 17 w
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      453 4 John Little Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE Sole Agents for the WORLD FAMED OGDEN'S TOBACCOS CIGARETTES j Silver Veil, m tins of 50. 60 cents I GUINEA GOLD, do 45 cents 1 TAB do 30 cents 1 CIGARETTE TOBACCO Silver Veil m 1 lb. tins. 60 cents i Birds Eye do 40
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      698 4 McAlister Co. SOLE AGENTS FOX THE MAUSER PATENT SELF-LOADING MAGAZINE PISTOL. SHIPMENT EX S. S. BENVOR/, I C H, Weight z\ His. with walnut holster 3! lbs. 10 shots shoots to 1 .000 yards. 6 or 7 shots per second. 80 aimed shots per minute. Greatly reduced recoil, Increased accuracy
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      165 4 J. M. CAMPBELL, D.D.fe.. I DociOß op Denial Surgery. 32, Raikles Place, (Over Messrs. Kelly Walsh.; Oct 3 uc Royal Hair Dressing Saloon Rai 1 -le>> Plack. Just received a large consignment o! FANCY COLOURED SHIRTS of the Newest Designs, excellent quality and Very Cheap. §13 and 5514 per half
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      18 4 The "Campbell" Oil Engine Guaranteed the most Efficient Oil Engine m the Market. SOLE AGENTS RILEY HARGREAVES &Co
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      610 4 The Singapore Free Pret? AND Mercantile Advertiser 1 tKi.f Annul---* Advertiser, > >„a' Tblh-hone NiMBtR.-No, toi. Published at 30 3, Raffle* Place, Sibgaport THE leading English Newspapei m Straits Settlements; Johor. >. Federated Native State*, of Herak Si gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, tht p Sembilan British North Bornro Saraw n
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      1290 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving To" r departure, and (whe c mmo) date due here, and name of Agents. Mkn-of-War Bui) \l<> 1' S Nt-w Votk. dv Nov. Catin it, PrEdgah, H.M.S IJevonport. Ghiliak, Russ., Constadt. Governoi-O. Ital. Sptzzia, H»I-Luno, Chin. Stettin, due Oct. KASAtii, Philadelphia, St. Patrick, H.M.S.. dredger, Portsmouth, Superb,
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