The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 March 1899
1899-03-17
1
4
https://www.nlb.gov.sg
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/browse/singfreepressb
The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
-
Title Section20 1899-03-17 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE FRIDAY, i 7 th MARcJH 1899. DAILY ISSUE No 352520 words
-
Page 1 Advertisements
-
Advertisement887 1899-03-17 1 \r q Office. Collyer Qup.y. gS\JI Wharves. New Harbour j O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steam for CHI NA, J APAN, PEN ANC, CKY- j LON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA. ADEN, EGYPT, MAKSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH. AND 1 LONDON. Through Bills ot Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports,887 words
-
Advertisement636 1899-03-17 1 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGA TION CO., LIMITED. PK> \NG, RANGOON m. CALCUTTA. On ol tht t omoany's steamers is intended to cave I icrr P.-.gar Wharf every week. Passengers and Cargo are booked by the above ■*tiariici> -U through ates to all ports m India and Ceylon also tt K-ist636 words
-
Advertisement1320 1899-03-17 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Undir Cobtbact with thi Nbthbklands India Oovibnmint. Agentj. at Singapore. Ships Acency. late I. DAENDELS Co., 2-1 Collyer Ouay ime Table lor March, 1899. From Eipec.a Will be despatched to Reynicis/ Bitavia Mar. 10. Batavia. heribon, Sami rang and S'baya M.ir 18 jv. d.Lyn B'massin Mar.1,320 words
-
Advertisement632 1899-03-17 1 H ON GKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. SMMJS CAPITAL 10.000.0.0 RESBRVI FUND fi..0000.« I RKSERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS i •io.ooo.o_* COUET OR UiBBCTOBS. R. M. Gray, Esq Chairman N. A Sirbs, kny Dupurv Chairman. C. Brlbmann, Esq. A. J. Raymond Esq. David Gubbay, Esq. R. H. Hill, Kjq. A. Haupt,632 words
-
Advertisement858 1899-03-17 1 PETER SYS WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. THE only remedy at present kno*„ ,s INI PERM \N «T CURI bprue. Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhage and Ulceration KECOMMKM»KI) B vSOMK,,,Ti,Kn f IK,'pK°M i^, Sold R-tail by all < hemiM- W a e by THE PETER SYS COMPANY, oLti (iKo,K, K ,oßs un 50..,. Mbw»bbcw«bb_b] i858 words
-
-
Article27 1899-03-17 2 BIRTH. On the 16th instant, at Mill Street. Singapore, the wife of Lew Vi k I. in. Acting Consul General for China of a son.27 words
-
Article, Illustration1379 1899-03-17 2 The Singapore Free Press. FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1899. iier* t_« p«h j rt» n. t'r.awed br .r.fuente *'<i >.' br bed bf ga n H«r» patrict Tnitb h«r i«rtou» precrpti draw, fmtamt m rUlwuw. Urmltr. art Law A distinguished young American officer, a brevet Captain m th 3rd Regular Infantry,1,379 words
-
Article248 1899-03-17 2 In connection with the case ol Tan Su Cheat, who opened a bogus shop filled *ith dummy bags m Beach Road m January last, and who was convicted of cheating one Abu Bakar at the Assizes md senteocefl to three years' imprisonment, Mr. Sisson this morning248 words
-
323 1899-03-17 2 Discussing certain claims made on behalf of the clocks at Sydney, the China Mail refers m these terms to the needs of docking accommodation m the Far Hast. The last few lines contain a hint to lanjong Pagar All Ml has been s.nd b) I323 words
-
Article271 1899-03-17 2 A Fread paper bee this: Aaicrii a country wheiO one often Messiahs ariee Aasoagst these then to be rechoaed tailor-, cobblers, people of every class aad ol every professioa. But Arn-riia has not yet bad! Bay -xperi* B. of a new kind ol Messi lh who ha-271 words
-
Article24 1899-03-17 2 I he easels at Shanghai have declined tOCOatiaue negotiations with th<- Taotai unless h- agrer- _nd_uies prop by the Consular body24 words
-
Article141 1899-03-17 2 I here a ir^- otteadaace again last night at thi- nment, a great number of the officers and men from the L. S Sherman being presen', to wttthe r.-doubtable Pryiag lordans and their selected troupe of artist-- Among some ot the new item- on the programme wr-re141 words
-
Article361 1899-03-17 2 The Holo players have had extremely bad lu< k of lat»- m regard to the weather, and we were glad to see them out again •asfarday, after an absent*- of nearly a fortnight. The outcome of this w.s that some of the ponies were much above themselves, but the361 words
-
Article409 1899-03-17 2 ft >a Rangoon. j China. There 1- every likelihood that the Italian demand tor Ihe (_essi.ii of Sunmun BBS will be rejected by the- Chiasss, who believe Great Britain has m- tiated the demand and is inaugurating .1 polity for |hs p.irnti n ol hina. Tas Sims u.i409 words
-
Article140 1899-03-17 2 followiag ar-- the material portions ol the report lor pre-entation to the sharera at the se- oad ordinary general meeting, to be aeld on Wedaesday, 15th Marc h. I .ibmit the aaasasi statemenl the inoiipai ■lion of ihe Company to the |l« December. 189 S.140 words
-
Article452 1899-03-17 2 Prince and Prince*! Henry of Pru«-- ;a are ex pected to arrive c Deutschland on ,h Probably they will leave, as for Kiaochow. During the:r sh-.rt stay m Shanghai they wilt make ther residence at the German < oniulate-Gencral. The (ierman men-of-war Dt md Irene leave452 words
-
Article187 1899-03-17 2 The iuneral of the late Mr. J. F. Foster ol the P W.D took place this morning from the hospital, the body being removed to the mortuary yesterday afternoon. As mentioned yesterday the deceased committed suicide by discharging a fowling piece into his mouth jesterday morning. No motive187 words
-
45 1899-03-17 2 REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. MR. RHODES AT BERLIN. Successful Negotiations. Mr Cecil Rhodes has succeeded n negotiation, with the German Govern -..struct the Cape-to-Ca,ro M^l system through German East ritory instead ol via the Congo A similar arrangement for the >' C-i -"*pe -toairo railway is almost complete.45 words
-
Article54 1899-03-17 2 Government Proposals Defeated A Reduced Peace Establishment In < Oaeeaeeace of an adverse vote m the Reichstag the German government to the fixing ol the pei elective of thj German army at 499,000 men, m-tead 0 f the soaooo demanded m the Army Bill I. mdon March54 words
-
Article540 1899-03-17 2 Ihe American transport Sherm. tor Manila this morning at seven o clock The Hon A Murray. Colonial Engmeeleaves for Penang to-day on inspection dut; by the Hebe. Ihe steamer Babalan has irr, about 000 tons petroleum refuse for 5 aaa pore from Cotie Many happy returns ot th- day to540 words
-
Page 2 Advertisements
-
Advertisement742 1899-03-17 2 McALISTER Co., J IJS| WYCKOFF SEAMANSIB ii f I_6_^ A BENEDICT, «TWJ SOLE AGENTS ll 1 AA&m KOK BO "The AfxVWm Large the latest p.i.trtn?- Wn No. 7 8 li\3 'lue by th' s ?&?*3a^ g\\ eau Th p-»m«-ii. mKß—W\^Mm^m^m^m^mm^^^^^ml. n 0M gmASkAJm •"■<>* KOTt m New York. Chn ago742 words
-
-
Page 2 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous175 1899-03-17 2 The Week Friday, 17th Hi K h Water :-,.ja., s8p •St. Patrick. p >>■ < < Tennis Tournament. 9. A. Siwd and M^x:m Drill, j-i-, Dm '<• A. O. B., Tempi, Bar's p^ The Mym* jor.lans. Tank Road. g-i 5 p m I; L r.C. Oance. Tan K t,n Club175 words
-
-
Article337 1899-03-17 3 A smoking concert was held m the Sergts. Mess King's Own Regt Tanglin, on Wednesday, 15th inst., for the p*_.rpO;.e of bidding farewell to the Sergts. who are leaving the battalion. Nearly all the officers of the Regt. were m attendance and a very good programme337 words
-
Article264 1899-03-17 3 1 tsterday, before the Chief Justice and a iurv, David Brisk, proprietor of the Australian Hotel, South Bridge Road, was charged with (1) forging a receipt for a registered letter addressed to a Mrs. Pflug who had recently stayed at his hotel (2) using the receipt as a264 words
-
Article436 1899-03-17 3 S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT. PIAY ON THURSDAY. A Singles. beat Rose, 5, 6—4, 2 6, b— 6. DrwkMl. owe ,5.2 beat MacDougall, 4.6—0, 1, beat G. P. Owen, owe 2, w.o. B SIKGLi- li a. beat Phillips, ser., 6 3, 6—o. Scoula*-. 4, beat Skinner, ser i 2, 6—l. beat Holloway,436 words
-
Article1182 1899-03-17 3 Spbbch by Commissioner Gray. A speech by Senator George Gray, Democrat of Delaware, one of the Paris Peace Commissioners, delivered at a banquet tendered by the Wilmington Board of Trade January ts, contained the following statements The acquisition cf territory by the United States w.->s not1,182 words
-
Article211 1899-03-17 3 There has been ijuite a correspondence m the Pall Mall Gazette on the subject of warts and their removal, the ,übbing of the inner surface of the broad-bean pod being considered an effective cure. But the amusing letter of the series is this To lhe F.ditor of the Pall211 words
-
Article2580 1899-03-17 3 Two Books 01 Pictures. I write to-day of two unillustrated books of pictures, both of which deal with the lust of battle, and contain many vivid descriptions of hard fought contests. They are also filled with portraits and lanscape sketches depict striking scenes m a2,580 words
-
Article227 1899-03-17 3 A Docioß Asserts that Ovrr-Evtini. Leads to Eari.t Dkaih. There is tar more harm done by taking too much food than theie is by taking too lille, and it is only m very exceptional cases that injury results irom the latter cause whereas an enormous amount of227 words
-
Article858 1899-03-17 3 The writer of the letter which I am going to copy for you m a moment has a complaint to make. Rather, perhaps, a complaint to place on record, as the reason for it is passed away for the present and she hopes—and we858 words
-
Article91 1899-03-17 3 PLAY ON THURSDAY. Ch VMPIOSSHII-. Mrs. 1. v .-11 beat Mrs. Stokes, 2 '>, 6— 2, o— Championshit PairMrs. Stoses and Mr. Reid beat Mrs Kerr and Mr. Wright, 6—2, 0— 2. TIES FOR MONDAY. 1 Baanaasaii Pairs Final. Mr^. Sal/mann and Mr. Rainnie Mrs.91 words
-
Page 3 Advertisements
-
Advertisement85 1899-03-17 3 The state of Parliamentary parties m the House of Commons at the beginning of last month (assuming that the vacant places return members of the same politics as the late members) was as follows (not reckoning the Speaker): Conservatives 337 Liberals 184 Libe al Unionists 66 Nationalists 82 4<>3 26685 words
-
-
Page 3 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous350 1899-03-17 3 MAILS CLOSE. O-MORROW. For Per At Hatavia, ftcc. De CarpenUt* 7 am Hongkong, Ait. SamYong <) am Hongkong Sui Sang 11 kh Hongkong, ice. Rabtlsbfg Saigon, flee. Cathav 11 wi Djambie Kian Ann noon Kangkok ljf«fr 1 pm JIllMM, 9tC SaOphu 4 PM Muntok A; Palembang Ruby pm Bangkok Htcatr350 words
-
Miscellaneous1216 1899-03-17 3 SHARELIST. MARCH r 7 th, ifi 99 guoTAT.ON Capital. Pa.d Up. Sh«r«s Paid .>.». Kank ot (h, ni and Japan, Ltd. i, I Nominal. C 2,000,000 4 5 o,<>c>8 *****s v a* Deferred. Buyers. J, Bell's Abcsios Eastern Agency. $5 Sellers. J 10,000 f£ 8> 5 8 S S84 Fraser1,216 words
-
-
Page 4 Advertisements
-
Advertisement887 1899-03-17 4 iIDOOM, m a private family, for a Bachelor j C\ Convenient to Town. Apply N.S., c o Free Pr, Mar 15 32-3 "DO ARD Residence for two or three Bachelors D at Tanglin. Apply to A.M., c,o hrct Ires*. Mar y 23-3 BOARD LODGING T ANTED by a married couple887 words
-
Advertisement1019 1899-03-17 4 ro LET. NO. 4, Robinson Road. Immediate entry. Apply la LO KEESENG. Eeb. uc. TO BE LET. F CRN ISH ED rooms (without board) with private family, close to town. Apply to E. R., co Free Press. Feb 24 uc TO LET O. 6k. Battery Road. Entry Ist January 1899.1,019 words
-
Advertisement652 1899-03-17 4 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. NEW BOOKS. A HAND-BOOK OF METALLURGY. by Carl Schnabcl, translated by Henry Louis, 2 Vols. $25.00 THE WITWATERS RAND GOLDFIELDS BANKET k MINING PRAt TICE. by S J.Truscott *iB.so EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, the Colonisation of South Australia and New Zealand, by Dr. R. Garnett BOOK KEEPING k652 words
-
Advertisement203 1899-03-17 4 John Little Co., Ltd. SPECIAL CONSIGNMENT OF OVER ONE THOUSAND GENTLEMEN'S TIES AND SCARFS. _Jt flfi vT V: AVONDALE ASCOT SPEAKER CHRISTY S HATb, FIELD'S HATS ELLWOOD'S HATS* Soft Felt Elwood sjHeimer-' m t .i»i«ijimw)»»»i i^ Straw Boater, D üble Brim Drab Drill, |f Caps Gentlemen's White Shirts. Af j\203 words
-
Advertisement431 1899-03-17 4 RILEY* HARGREAVES CO., Engineers Shipbuilders. Great Reduction m Prices of Cycles. aw Cycles k MONOPOLE Cycles "STRARLEY BROS -ROYAL PSYCHO Cycles ACATENE" CHAINLESS Cycles "PATHFINDER BEFORE BI YING INSPE4 I "Monopole" All Micfciaei sold at lowest mar,. SOLE AGENTS \<>K AND HA SI OCX THK FAMOUS LANCASHIRE GANDYS PATENI COTTON431 words
-
-
Page 4 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous786 1899-03-17 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. I p.-!t o- departure, am; (■W-.tc knownj .liip here. ar*_' iumi of Agents. or- Wan v. H.M S., 1 >. vonport, due Apl. I )'ks 1 ki \m r At. x. I*r., Toulon, Ktn Ital. I'oijirb, Fr., loul.in, Hai-Lung, Chin., Stettin, due Mar. Ikazi-chi, |ap. London, Kasaoo, Jap.786 words
-