The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 1 July 1899

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    17 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, rsi JULY/ 1899 DAILY ISSUE, N»3«Q
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      883 1 I J* q Office. Collyer Quay. Jur Wharves. New Harbour O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steam for CHINA. JAPAN. PENANG, CEY- lON. INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, EGYPT, j MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH. AND LONDON. Through Bilh ol Lading issued for Persian j Gulf, Continental and American Por*s, also for China
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      616 1 fHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. TED. THK following are the dates on vt.ii the Co.'s Steamets may be expected here, viz OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For H0..gk.0»i.,, Siiano- For Marsbillbs Hai Ar IxrAN Ports. aud London. b.s. Oopack July 9 B.s. Teenkai July ib Through Bills of Lading issued to Manchester, Continental
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      236 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART M AATSCHAPPI I Undkr Contract with ihb N«thbri_ands India (jovbknmbnt. Agents at Singapore. Ships Acrncy. late I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collyer C^uav I 1 Time Table for June, 1899. From Expected WUI be despatched lo I Coen Batavia Juae 29. Batavia. Chenbon, Samarang md Sour ibaya July
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      307 1 McALISTER Co. M > ■y The most palatable and wholesome natural mineral water known. Sole Proprietor. J. CLIFFORD WILKINSON. Kobe, Japan. Price per Case oi 4 doz. Pints $6 McALISTER Co. SOLE Af.KN I Apt i>< uc JUST RECEIVED Stanley Gibbons Catalogue Part 11. no I Strand Stamp Album, No.
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      638 1 UUNGKONG AND SHANGHAI XX BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL 1i0.000.000 i itESKRVE FUND fio.ooo.ouo tESERVH LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS i 110,000,000 COUBT OW DIBBCTOBS. R. M. Gray,. Esq Chaibman. N. A Subs, K»q.— i). kin y Chaikmam. I. Gokt/, Esq. A. Raymond. Esq. E. SHB_.:iM,B_.q. R. H. Hill Eaq. Haupt, Esq. K.
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      553 1 PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC THE only remedy at piesent kno«n a, an INEALLI MM .«-»l PERM \NKN r CUR I Sprue. Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhage and Ulceration' of the Bowels. m^' mjmr RECO.MMKNOKI),,, SOME o, thk CHIKKSHRrivLisiSts, the MKDKAI PROPF^Ir,? Sod R tail r v all Chemists an.) Wholesale by PROFESSION
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      400 1 DACIKIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY OCCIDENTAL AND O*U.*NTA«O|I ANI> 'POYO RISEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA "<IEN7./ .s. <;o. ""«<**/mi tickets granted to England. ¥n*C*, and Germany by all trans-AtUn,.^ Imei To other European p^rts at proportionate rate. Jp «|i uced rates granted to Officers ol tS C V :SerV,Ce S obtained^ =ngers by
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    The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1899.
    842 2 The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1899. Her* (hall the Pren tSe Ttopie"* ng In maintain, Unawed by influence and unUibed by gam Here patriot Truth her f lorioua precept* draw, Pledged to -Ut.ri.4i. Loyalty, and Law. The next meeting of the Perak Slate Council has been fixed for
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    393 2 The Governor m Council has been pleased to nominate Mr J. O. Anthonisz to a seat on the Municipal Commission (or Tanjong Pagar Ward, m the place of Mr. Hugh Fort. Mr. Fort was an elected member, and when he went home on leave, due notice was given
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    608 2 1 he Wizard of the North at the I own Hal! to-night, with many attractions. Ihe Colonial Engineer leaves this alter noon m the Sappho for Malacca. The ollice ol Comte d'Abban* Consul for Fraace, has been removed to b, Kaffles Quay, irom to-daj Mr. h. C. H rii ed
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      THE TRANSVAAL DIFFICULTY.
      58 2 Mr. Fischer's Mediation. Kruger Continues Obdurate. Mr. A. Fischer, of the Orange Free State Executive, who has endeavoured to mediate on the Transvaal difficulty, has reported the results of his mission to the Afrikander leaders. From his report it is understood that Mr Kruger is unwilling to
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      REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE CAPE.
      44 2 Artillery and Engineers to be Despatched. lhe home newspapers announce the decision that the additional field artillery is to sail for the Cape on the 15th July. Further that another railway company ot Royal Engineers is to be despatched thither.
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      THE OPPOSITION LEADER
      58 2 Against Wa like Preparation. Sir Henr\ ÜBannerman t ing at thr? City I. rai Club, declared that it was the duty of every patriot to avoid anything that would prejudice, an amir able settlement ol aft iirs m South Africa. He repeated tbat he can see nothing
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      AN AMERICAN CRUISER AT DELAGOA BAY.
      24 2 A Mission to Pretoria. The American cruiser Chicago ha- arm*', at Delagoa Bay Commander Howison proceeds to Pretoria.
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      THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT
      127 2 He Renounces the Coburg Succession. H. R. H. the- Duke of Connaught has renounced the heirship to the Duchy ol Saxe-Coburg-Gotha m favour of H. R. H the Duke of Albany. The succession to the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha devolved on the Duke of Connaught when the
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    332 2 Aa Aaasi ican expert m the cultivation of tobacco has been engaged. He will sail for Japan after a tour among the tobacco plantations and factories m America. A German expert is also to be engaged. Speaking ol the American military "expansion m the Philippines an Indo-Chma publicist writes— "Let
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      2165 2 3KA T Z BROTHERS, LIMITED. GREAT CLEARANCE SALE. For One Week Only (Commencing Monday, July 3rd,) FOR CASH ONLY I BARGAINS DEPARTMENTS Special Lines m the Drapery Department 1.000 yards Ait Muslins 15 cts A ijuantity of Silks at half Prue Bta.pg Shawl Coip ts and Carpeting Reduced. An Immense
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      31 2 Communications on literary mattera should be addressed to The Editor, Singapore Free Press." All letters connected with business (advertisements, subscriptions, accounts, Ac.) should be addressed to The Manager, "Singapore Free Press."
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      137 2 The Week. Saturday, July Ist Hiftl Water V34 a 4.18 p. I loinimon Dai Municipal Rates and la\e^ due. Darul Adab V.sociation Sports, j p.m. Star of Kast, („1., 7- p.m., lemperanca Club. Meeting R. A O. 8., Temple Bar, 8 p.m. The Malaya Branch B. M. A., 9 p.m.
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1282 3 Quxcquid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli. JUVBNAL. Mr. Austin has perpetrated another Birthday ode. and made it public through the columns of the Times. More careful with his grammar this lime; sentiments seasonal and flowety, matter and tille exquisitely appropriate. When the snows of winter
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    NAVAL NOTES.
    531 3 Mr. Spence, navigating officer ol the t hinese war cruiser Hiichi, was found dead m his bedroom at the Temperance Hotel. Sheerness, on slh inst. Captain Ueorge J. S. Warrender, who has been promoted from the Royal yacht alter the usual three years' service as commander of that
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    MESSRS. KATZ BROS.
    74 3 The annual cash sale of Messrs. Kati Bros, commences on Monday, and Irom the variety and cheapness o( the goodsexpostd for sale a bumper year may be predicted. There is a retnat kable line M cheap bicycles, while m the Drapery I) panmenl there are scores of
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    SINGAPORE RIVER.
    113 3 Ihe rules madt. by the Governor m Council lor regulating the boats and traffic on the Singapore River provide that all boats shall be moored parallel with the bank, and thai between Cavanagh Bridge and the sea no cargo boats shall be made fasU Stationary b.ats ar prohibited
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    "DOMINION DAY."
    111 3 By the British North American Act passed m 1767 the Provinces ol Canada Ontaria, Quebec (which succumbed to the British forces under General Wolfe m 1759), a °d Novia Scotia were united under the title of Dominion of Canada." A clause m the Act provided for subsequent admissions
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    CHARGES AND COUNTERCHARGES.
    162 3 C HARGES AND COUNTERCHARGES. Sim.. Alleuatioks Against < us n« U v. Ong Koh Tim, Chua Lan, Ong Song, Ong Choon Chwee, Lim, Son Toh, five Chinamen were this morning, before Mr. Brockman m the First Magistrate's Court, charged with being members of on unlawful assembly at Teluk Blanga at
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    ADMIRAL DEWEY IN COLOMBO.
    406 3 The Olympia, with Admiral Dewey, the hero of Cavite aboard, arrived at Colombo on June 22nd, and was to stay till the 28th. He landed officially at 1 1 a. m the salutes having been fired at 8 a. m., the following account being taken from
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    TELEGRAMS.
    941 3 <Vid Ceylon. 1 London, June- 2 t.-l he Reichstag I. .is finally agreed to the prolongation ot tne com mercial arrangement granting Great Britain and her m> nies favouii ri nation treatment. Ihe Government insisted upon the inclusion of In lia m the arrangement on the- grounds of expediency,
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    PERAK MARBLE.
    80 3 The Perak maible appears to be at last about to be worked m earnest. Many large blocks have been quarried and dressed, and the machinery to cut and polish it has arrived and is m course of erection near Ipoh. Several blocks have been carved, and the marble
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    JAVA NEWS.
    945 3 Worn our own Correspondent^ The Resident of Samarang has asked his Government to put 10,000 guilders at his disposal for plague prevention by killing the rats and mice. A public auction of 435 Redjang Lebong shares fetched an average of fl 1474 per share at Batavia on the
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS.
    221 3 Additional Port Rules are made by the Governor m Conncil for regulating the boats and traffic on the Singapore River, the object being to arrange for a free passage or fairway near the centre of the river, to allow of traffic passing up and down unimpeded by boats
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    SHARE LIST JULY 1st, 1899.
    240 3 SHARE LI ST JULY 1st, 1899. BankoMh A, yUOTATIOH. COITAL. PaIDI>. fc| M BankofCh,na.ndJa^n.Ud. No m ,n... J „000.000 450>968 Bell's A t-estos Eastern A K ,-,>cy. $3 Sellers. g 10.000 f£ s o. c tesaißsa-'* ew^ t -g U I. 'i ft I>el>S P ar I 125.0.X* »«52gfe 0B
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    C. D. LEGISLATION.
    619 3 (London and China Flxpress.j A Correspondent writes to us on the subject of our remarks m a recent issue on preventable disease m the Straus, and m tiie c >urse of his letter stales You recommend an acceptance of wh t is offered the Cantonment Act on
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    PRODUCE.
    117 3 .July 1 »70 5" Ijambier r 0 do. Cube No. i 9 02^ Pepper, Black (ordinary S'porej 25. do. While, (Fair L/W= 5 „41 50 Nutmegs nos .0 the lb.) 65. do. (80s to the lb) 86. Mace (Banda) i( fci Cloves (Atnboina) 32. Libenan Cotfee 'SSo Tapioca, -mall
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    EXCHANGE.
    76 3 (Corrected up to July i) On London. U 2/o^a ■cmand I/ll* riv«U r--dits 3 m/s 2 documents 3 m/s 2/0 credits 6 m/s 2/ol' Fk ANCE, demand Ao Gf.wmany, demand \'jo-»i l"«HA, T. T .~..!..Mti Hongkong, demand J% di» Yokohama, demand '■'•4k% pm J/. .A, demand I loi Manila,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      85 3 PERFECT cPianos AT THE ROBINSON PIANO CO. 33. RAFFLES PLACE. Jan 7 tuth. Symptoms of Pneumonia. Pains m the chest when a person has a cold indicate a tendency toward pneumonia. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on to the chest over the seat of
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      115 3 SERVICES TO-MORROW. St. Andrew's Cathedral. jtn Sunday after Trinity 7 a. in. Matins. 7-3<> a. m. Choral Celebration and Sermon. 4 p. m. Catechism and Sunday School. 5.30 p. m. Evensong and Sermon. St. Matthew's Church, Sepoy Lines. 8 p. m. Evensong and Sermon. Tanglin Garrison Church. 7 30 a.
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      177 3 HONGKONG WKATHUt IfcLtoKAMs. Barometer, reduced to 33 degrees Fahrenheit and 10 the level ol the sea m inches tenth, and hundiedths. Manila baro. readings m millimetres. Temperature m the shade m degrees, Fahrenthei. Manila temperature centigrade. Humidity, m percentage ol saturation, the humidity ol air saturated with moisture being 100.
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      1199 3 lIIIRLI IN port vler.-oi-w,. Fli«i and Tom Commander* Arrived From For Wb«_ PhoYnix Gr. cruiser, 222, Strubenr.uch l^e2S Amov Colombo. July 2 r-Hoasix Br.t. sloop, ioso R. P. Cochrane June 27 We.-hai-wei Koads. Other V....1, Kl.e.dTon. Ma.ter. Arn^.d Krom Cona.cnee. For When J^* n'!i!'° Ia,UK A H3° Hon «»> Bous.e^d
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      241 3 The Standard Time Balls. A ficne Ball at Fort Canning and one at P.la. lir^n, M» each da it Slßfhpore mm t (Greenwich mean time 6 hrs., 4 mm., J5 tec bein hoistt?Q i,vt minutes previuuslK. To-day Fori Canning and Pulau Bran, helm tell iorr«-oil\ MAILS CLOSE. To-TAT. 1,. hor
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      273 4 __d_____^ \cfl? ■I. W^^m___sL^ 'm\ SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITERS, SOLE AGENTS. STRAITS CYCLE AGENCY, 15 Battery Ro\n Sis«.*roßi.. June 1 RILEY, HARGREAVES CO., LTD. ENGINEERS Boiler-Makers, Shipbuilders AND General Contractors. WE ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY FROM STOCK Steam Pumps. Mining. 'Horizontal and Vertical Direct Acting Duplex and Special Sinking pumps up
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      999 4 TO BE LET. i Ara*a* Bungalow off Tyersall Road, BoUnical Gardens. Seven rooms. Five batlirooms. 1-arne compound and extensive views. Apply to SWAN MACLARKN. Architects, Battery Road. Mar t\ ux: I OFFICES TO LET. COMMODIOUS offices to let. Raffles Quay and Telegraph Street. Apply No. s and b, Raffles Quay*
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      401 4 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. Cheap Envelopes. GOOD BUFF ENVELOPES, 6 m. by 3} m. $1.10 per 1,000 or 5,000 for $5. CREAM HARD ENVELOPES 6 m. by 3! m. $3. per 1,000. CREAM LAID ENVELOPES bt > n b y 3i > n 51.60 per 1,000 or 5,000 for $7. 50
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      722 4 Powell Robinson Civil and Military Tailor. HIGH GLASS ARTISTIC TAILORING IN ALL BRANCHES. SPECIALITIES RIDING BREECHES AND GENTLEMEN'S EVENING DRESSPowell Robinson BAITERY ROAD emtCmlf Medicine of k kind serried Ccrtir^rtt at the C.-teuMa Exhibition. *****4, optn to ill Countrltt ij k LALOR'S t cm ?HDSPHOOYNE HAS THE _*7GeBT SALE OF
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      85 4 McALISTER Co. HAVE RK" lIVIO Per s.s. DARIUS ft CLITUS," 15,776 lbs. WOOD&CO/S COW BRAND Australian Butter PRICE 65 cents per i lb. tin. ♦1.25 2 lb. Obtainable Irom retail ilralers or McALISTER Co. SOLE IMPORTERS. May 2. uc 1 Buy Malacca Tea Good, Pure, Palatable, and Cheap. Under the
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      614 4 The Singapore Free Press. AND Mercantile Advertiser CABLK AoORBSs, Advertiser, Smg ap9r TsLsrHONB Nlmbbr.— No. 61 1> iblished Bt 30-3, Raffles Place Sia f pof THE leading English Newspaper r lh Straits Settlements Johore Federated Native States of Perak, Sela gor, Sungei L'jong, Pahang, the .W, Sembilan British North Borneo;
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      919 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. (iiving port of departure, and (Wiere Mio*n) date due here, and name ol Agents. Mkn-oi-Wak. Am bona, Jap., Poplar, Dwarv, H..M.S, n.b.. Devonport, Endtmion, H. M.S., Chatham, July Fybm, Danish, Glacier, U. S., Brooklyn, due June Hai-1 Ui, Lhin., Slettin, Hai-PBN. Chin., Portsmouth, Hai-Tikn, (hin., Stettin, HaTSi'SB, Chinese,
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