The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 June 1899

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    19 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. rHIkl) SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, 3 rd JUNE,/ 1899. DAILY ISSUE, No 3590
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      875 1 P n Office. Collyer Quay. XjfJ Wharves. New Harbour 0 STEAM NAVIGATION Co. n for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, CSVINDIA, AUSTRALIA. ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, BRINDISI VENICE, PLYMOUTH. AND LONDON. Through Bills 01 1-ading issued for Persian Gulf Continental and American Ports, also for I', ma Coast, and San Francisco
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      623 1 1 pHINA MUTUAL STKAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. 'LHK following are the dates on which the Co.'s Steamers may be expected here, viz OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Honokom;, Suang- Fok Marsbillbs hai At Japan Ports. and London. I s.s. Kaisow due June s.s. Oanfa June 15 I s.s. Oopack 40. a.t. Kintuck
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      588 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Undxr < ONTRACT WITH THB Nrthrrlamds Iwdia Govirnmrnt. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co.. 2-3 Collyer Quay Time Table lor June, 1899. From Kxpecte- Will be aespatcbed lo Mactsuycker Batavia June 1. Batavia, Cheribon, Samarang and Sourabaia fune 3 G.G. v. f^nsberge Penang
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      666 1 THE TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY, LTD. Shipwrights, Engineers, Iron and Brass Founders, Wharfingers, dkc. Graving Docks up to 50** leet m lengt ,rd 11 feet on sill. W: ul frontage one mile and a qu'irtei. Sheers Whart 3SO leet m ler.g'h, lioiitr ,rul Masting Sheers wotked by steam. Kif.ns-.tr iowns
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      635 1 X-TONGKONG AND SHANGHAI j XJ> BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAI $10.*****0 1 £_:X? ERVK FIJNL) lio.oooirvo RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS $10,*****0 Court ot Uirbctors R. M. Gkav, Esq —Chaibmam. N. A Sibbs, Esq.— Dnp.Tr Chairman. K. Goki/, Esq. A.J. Raymond, Esq. E. SHrLi.lvl.Esq. R. H. Hill, Esq A. Haupt, Esq. F.
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      662 1 PETER SYS WONDERFUL^SPECIFIC. THK only remedy at present known as an I M* I.LI BLK and PHKM UfIN V "Xl Sprue. Dysentery, Diarrhcea, Hemorrhage and Ulceration of the Bowels. RF.COM.MKNDK.i-, SOME rra. HIEFSPBCIAUSTS .a ram MIOICAL pkokkssms Sold R.t.ul bj all Ch.-misis „,„i Wholnale by MUN THE PETER SYS COMPANY
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      466 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHI" COMPANY QCCIDENTAL AND ORIKNTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND TOYO KISEN KAB6SHIKI KAISHA eaiaara* s. s co.i h, _T- >€an P""* l *<■ proportionate rate, Special reduced rates granted to Officers ot and C V SerV Ce to S obta,n.don Pasien«i. t. y this i, ne have the option
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    The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAy, JUNE 3. 1899.
    695 2 The Singapore Free Press. SATUR DAy, JUNE 3. 1899. Genaral Wilh Roost boom, al the Royal Horae Artillery, who has just beea appointed < invernii -Gear i al ol ihe Netherlands It i]i belonged i nil* tr> tli*** [>t-r*>onal Mal ni Her Majesty <!<• Qaeen of Holland. It trill iotere»(
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    BRITISH NoRTH BORNEO.
    115 2 I Ue, Mi H G Parsons ol Cooigardia, W A ha_ armed m Sandakan, with the objei t of taking up land for rubber and gutla planting. The Maustin£. late Sultan, took into Borneo 182 free C hinese and 4.5 contract coolies, an unexpected ami considerable influx
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1060 2 i -ltd ogmnt ,-.ts i-.-stri est farrago libellf i i a*Baa_* English aewspapers have not been so rabidly ecclesiastical of late Ihey have been discussing other topics, not witli.tandiag the at ssions nl Convocation and the holding ol ana rai dioceaan conference! Bishops li I' n
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    27 2 Mr. Thomas Jackson Knighted. al to ilingnOmma Free Pre Hoaghong, June jrd, Mr Thomas a kson. General |f« of the HnOflmng Bank, hrn been kn..
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      THE TRANSVAAL.
      68 2 A Blue-Book Published. Controversy on the Dynamite Monopoly. The publication of tin- TraaeaaaJ Bine. book referring Ui the dynamite monopoly •hows that Mr. Chambeilain vigorously protested m January on this point. The Transvaal (iovernment replied dcn\'ny that the monopoly was a breach Convention. Mr Chamberliin's protest rta s
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      SPAIN AND GERMANY.
      43 2 Cession of the Carolines. Ladrones and Pellew Islands to Germany. Qucea Christina of Spain, m opening nounced that Spain had a convention ceding the Caroline- the Ladrones and the Pellew islands to Ger. many, subject I i ratification by the
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      THE NETHERLANDS INDIES.
      24 2 New Governor-General. General Rooseboom has been appoint-d Governor-General of the Uutch Indie, succession to His Excellency C H A d'-r Wyck
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      A KNIGHTHOOD FOR MR. THOMAS JACKSON.
      24 2 Mr Thomas Jackson, the General" Manager of the Hongkong Bank, has been knighted. ndon, Jung 2 id, rS
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      THE MAIL.
      30 2 The Outward P. and O. mail steamer Bengal passed Malacca at 7.30 a.m. to-day. It is expected that she will deliver her mails before 4 o'clock this afternoon.
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      347 2 I- P ||ij INCENSE-OFA-MOST-T. L. GOSLING Co., Agents Powell Robinson Civil and Military Tailor, HIGH CLASS ARTISTIC TAILORING IN ALL BRANCHES. SPECIALITIES RlDlN(i BREECHES AND GENTLEMEN S EVENING DRESS. Powell Robinson BAKERY ROAD John Little Sl Co., Ltd. SPECIAL SHOW OF LADIES UNDERCLOTHING. ffe KNICKERS f f Combinations 1 Night
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      870 2 WANTED A mmm ChaaMa ttdgtr dark. AppK ia mrma. I I. P. Kll.fiOUK, ft Co. Ja* i, (1 WANTED A SECOND hmd si«*..m, 1 111 g,>od order, to I < arry *;o II 11-.. Ajiply KAPAL, t o Free Press. < M.i> ye tth WANTED "D V a local Import
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      514 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS RAFFLES TIFFIN ROOMS A N i International Bodega CUBSH Hveli I), hi,-!' ii .1 1 lobe hid on Ta p from Wednesday next, the 7lh instant. ARK lES hRoS. J" n s 10.6 A UCTION SALE M 17, .Im■, ,t 1 >„. Books eutaprasina m Prench-Latia D.ctionaries, a
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      227 2 ihe Week Saturday, 3rd Waler S I 5. V. A m S. 1 C. 2nd Sets. K.O.R P v <> Ma <>it*ar.Ud-c. Rifle! lub, Tanglm Range. p.m Mar,, l hay p m w Club. Meeting R. A. O. IJ., I em pie Bar. V p.m. Sunday, 4th Ist Sunday alter
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    THE VICTORIAN PERMANENT MEMORIAL.
    2016 3 THI Prksknt Position ash Pimntc Possibiui its To tke Subscribers. Gem ik-men,— As your recently elected Representative on the Committee of the Permanent Memorial, to which you have already handsomely contributed, consider j it to be my duty t indicate to you m what j direction
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    ATTACKS ON LADIES AT HONGKONG.
    108 3 liie Doily Proa*, v, relerence to the recent biutal assaults by < hinese on Indies at Hongkong, observe! What is of primary importance, however, is to have the streets and roads '.urhciently well policed to render the commission ot highway tobberies practical!) impossible. II the
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    THE U. S. AND THE PHILIPPINES.
    533 3 THE U. S. AND THE PHI LIPPINES. SOUS Mori Ami.kh is Ot-IHiea. i ■s'tur, San Francisco.) What I loathe and abl, or m these apologists lor tht-lt, rapine, and murder ia thtir accuiscd, -.nutlmg bypncrny. -ciod, mrlaim thty ia duet, lias given Hie Filipinos uuo our hands, and it is
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    A CEYLON SHOOTING PECORD.
    298 3 Laoraaa Kiixnn wiTa Rnoa Riraa. We have just heaid. though the nilorination is rallit- **„.iig modem, w Hit fi we fancy tab cs a record of Us kind lor eylon. li seems fiat at haslei, Mr. L. Shiplon, af the S rimtiil, was out shouting m
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    ANNA'S PREDECESSOR.
    85 3 ANNA' S PREDECESSOR. Hi SOS asn It." .Mr-. Anna Xiv, mlr nl A'hany, New Yoik, who has begun .m act on for divorte from her husband, claims that the ghost of her husband's first wife makes her miserable. According to Dal/itl it appears it nights, and frightens her so muth
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    ROULETTE AT PORT SAID.
    249 3 \nglo-l< dian- on their way lo and troni Kngj land, not infrequently halt tor a few days or a few hours m F^ypt, and the temptation to 'try one's luck at the roulette tables of Alexandria, airo or I'ort Said occasionally leads tothe transfer of not
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    THE STRANDING OF THE "SAPPHO."
    1660 3 THE STRANDING OF THE "SAPPHO." The stranding of the Sappho on Pulau In. lan at 320 on the morning of the 14th May, while on a voyage from Singapore to Klang, formed the subje< t of a Marine Court of Enquiry thi- morning Ihe Enquiry was conducted by tin Acting
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    M. M. M.
    46 3 Ihe next monthly Missionary Meeting will beheld ai Prinsep Street Chapel on Monday 5 h at N p.m The subject lor the evening is l'he Missionary Aspect mperance Work.' Mr s romlinson will preside and Messn Morgan and Cooh are aiming the speaki
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS.
    82 3 Ihe procl imation declaring tlu- -'ouili China pons infected appears. Immigration is forbidden from "all th ports on and oft the southern Chines'.* port- trom long 106 to i_o east, including ih* pons Hainan and Hongkong Islands and Macao." Koh Leng of Singa; granted of naturalisation. M- I
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    BENTONG NEWS.
    166 3 'Malay Mv: J I ,I ;■> <- -1 .--s in tin mn In^ ar' new g much brighter nth b) boring on tw.» 1 ,It Lokc esc. 1 hear thai „kehs l*he Acting Res dc il I Mr. licit 1 lb) Dr. iiuneit arrived bars on 11 1
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    TO WELCOME MARCHAND.
    275 3 Boon Baisu Woauso I r*H* S Marchand is coming ..nd ihe c_i in 1 Oai.iiand i- lo bl kl v: il nuug m 1*1.11.1.1. It:, 000 m 'iswa yd Indeed, the M_i 1 n the H*.y ot) probably .M.n e_lie->--licr«< 11 Hut all tlie batteries arc m
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    PRODUCE.
    111 3 (June 3 iii* i i Gambier 15.45 •do. Cube No. 1 y.20 Peppei, ttlack (ordinary S'pon „*****. do. White, (Fair L/W=s% n5O NunsUM I. 1 ios *.o the lb.) 05. do. (80s to thc Ib) SO. Mum (Handa) Si. Cloves (Amboina) 32. labenan Culfee 1650 Tapioca, small pearl (Fan
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    SHARE LIST, JUNE 3rd, 1899.
    286 3 <Jiiit»tion. Capital. Paid Vf. S. H. m.i and 1n,.,r,, I ,H. Nnm- -«l. i.000.000 450,,--1, Deferred. £5 Bvyars, Bells Ai.stos Kastern Agency. $3 S. i 10,000 i Bs8 '5 8 4 s Clear Water I ll ry F urn I.ul. »ioc 0 25,000 15.'^ 2
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    EXCHANGE.
    69 3 (Corki'.ciKii ip ru lum On London. j/o-,1, mana I/110 Private credits 3 m/s documents 3 m/s credits 6 m/ 5... j FRANCE, demand 250 Germany, demand 202^ India. T. T i 49 Hongkong, demand dis Yokohama, demand 4% Java, demand 1 tg' II UfILA, demand i%\,iu S>VKRKI_NS, It but
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      112 3 PERFECT tTianos AT THE ROBINSON PIANO CO. 33, RAFFLES PLAC E. Jan 7 tuths The Stuff that Saves Children's Lives Mr. Hardin Norris, clerk of the d, ug store of R. Shoemaker. Perry 111 *-ays A man came into our store Ihe other day and said, '1 want a bottle
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      273 3 OCEAN .If.AM SHIP CvJMPANV Ah 1 NKD-Ki.A:*IDSCH- ST )OtviVAAKT MAATSC:iAPPIj OCEAAN. Tne Compiny's steamers are despatched trom I Liverpool ouiwarel-. for the Straits, China, and j Japan, and from Japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company's steameis on ihe Java Line ars despatched trom Amsterdam and Liverpool evers
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      837 3 v 1. >»■ -I*. Kia<a and lons Commanders Arrive 1 l-rom W_«i. HM,f L Brk. ctuiaer, ios Booth ipril as Hongkouj Koads. Other Vessels Kla.a Ton. MM'.e*.. Arrived Krom Conaienee. Por When '2 IB S r Rl,ct,, K.ngkok. June A«Oi Km. Ma> v Melbourne M lne J TLA Kr s
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      669 4 I TO LET XT EWLY-BI'II.T Godown or Oflice iss Cecil W Street, Nos. 152 and 153. \ppl> S MANASSEH -10, 6, Malacca Street. M.iy a.i TO LET f-vTO. 210. 'v i 1 Hree/e," at Tanjong Katong, 4 PI Bedroom llininvc and Sitting Room, completely furnished, tiom Ist |une. No. til.
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      487 4 MANSFIELD'S PATENT OIL GAS APPARATUS. For making Oil-Gas from any kind of Mineral, Animal 8c Vegetable Oil or Grease. The cheapest most efficient illuminant known. The light is cool, sofl and agreeable to ihe eyes. Single burners from i<> to 5,000 candle power. Mamsfibld's Patent Oil Gas Apparatus is used
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      416 4 PILSENERBEER KNIFE BRAND (Ml-SENERBIERI VWY^ Soi?imr.*-rvrs"^Tflßf Sold at Messrs. Pertile &|Co. s Godown, No. 4 D'Almeida-st. At $1025 per case ol 48 bottles quarts, and at $11.75 per case of 84 bottles pints, without duty. Mis- it Tivoli Tiffin Rooms AM) Boarding Establishment No. 4 Robinson Road, Singapore. Hreakfasts, Tithns
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      543 4 QUINQUINA DUBONNET Tonic and Appetising Wine Tlie "QUINQUINA DUBONNET" is a most marvellous and delicioub Strengthening Beverages which i*i exclusively made of muscatel wine and Mexican tjuinine. It is specially recommended to tonify the digestive organs am! as an excellent specific against the want of appetite, also against weakness and
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      153 4 fl N.B. W NORMAN tt |ji;ix( )\\n SPECIAL _r'^::__ SCOTCH I WHISKY. RAPIDLY COMING I IHK PROM I I LA. McALISTER Co. SOLE AGENTS. I ■> v... CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co. Wine Spirit Merchants. LONDON AnT~ HONGKONG GLASGOW rffj*^ AND SHANGHAI *-C»^^* YOKOHAMA SINGAPORB 2 Kinl.i) son (irecn M-»l M tu.th.s.
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      1111 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port o( Oepariuie, aim rt* i-r.oiMi) date due here, and name of Af»e*iit-Ml-N-OI -Wan .Ikcsoni, J.ip Poplar, Dwakk, g.b.. Devonport, Knuymion, Hnt. Chatham, (uly i'Y-N, Danish, Hai-Chi, Chin., Stettin, Hai-PEN. Chin., Portsmouth, H m- I ikn, (hin., Stettin, Hatsusb, Chinese, j Idzcmo, Jap*, Hsiriclt) I iWATK, jap.,
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      607 4 The Singapore Free Pre»» saa Mercantile Advertiser. Cablb Adorbss,- -Advertiser, Singapore. Telephone Number. No. 61. P Wished al 30-3, Raffles Place. Singapore "TVHE leading English Newspaper m the Straits Settlements Johore, the Federated Native States of Perak, Selangor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Negri Sembilan British North Borneo; Sarawak, Netherlands Indies,
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