The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 July 1899

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, 5™ JULY, 1899. DAILY ISSUE, No 3b!
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      900 1 P 0 Office. Co-Iyer Quay. Ifr Wharves. New Harbour O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steam for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, EGYPT, I MARSEILLES. GIBRALTAR, MALTA, HKISDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH. AND LONDON. Through Bills ol Lading i».»ued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for China Ccast, and Sen
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      615 1 pHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVI- GATION COMPANY. LIMITED. THR following are the dates on which the Co.'s I Steamets may be expected here, viz OLTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Hongk.*****, Siiang- For Marseilles hai lapan Ports. and Lonoon. s.s. Oopack July 9 s.s. Teenkai July 12 Through Bills ol Lading issued 10 Manchester,
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      843 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKLTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contract with the Nbtheri./nds India Government. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, late I. DAKNDELS Co., 2-3 Collyer guAV Time Table lor July, 1809. Prom Expected WUI be despatched fo mmmm Deli June 28. Bawean, :>ourabaya, B'massin, P. I.rnu, Moearadjawa and Cotei July 4 Bawean B'massin
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      185 1 McALISTER Co. s o k r^^SE^ The most palatable and wholesome natural mineral water known. Sole Proprietor. J. CLIFFORD WILKINSON. Kobe, Japan. Price per Case 01 4 doz. Pints.s6 McALISTER Co. SOLK AGENTS. Apl 19 UL TEACHER'S j HIGHLAND CREAM 4 WHISKY. Is the oldest, purest and best m the
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      640 1 fJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI x BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10.*****0 RESSRVI FUND fiooooooo RHSERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS |i0,000,00c Court or Dibectobs. R. M. Grat, Esq.— Chaibman. N. A Sibbb, Ksq.— Deputy Chairman. B. (,or ra, Esq. A. J. Raymond, Esq. B. Shkli.im, Esq. R. H. Hill, Ksq. A. Ha lit, Hag.
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      601 1 PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC IHE only remedy paM Uno NKA a d PEI IAN| Sprue. Dysentery. Diarrhoea, Hemorrhage and UteeSS, °f the Bowels. RKCOMMKVDKDb. SOMK ot- the CHIBP SPBCIAUSTS m thb MBDICAI im,,. Sold Retail -l< Chem,.,, and WhoK by THE PEfER SYS COMPANY. oct.r Toßs i,,Lf: M^" j?/ '^~"*^V
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      206 1 DACIKIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY QCCI DENTAL AND ORIENT* w STEAMSHIP COMPANY. AND T^YO KISEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA ORIENT. fou^n passage tickets granted t, -nany by all trans-. Ulantx s Francisco by t *her Kurop an points at proportionate f l^ *'es granted to Officers I Service, to be v.am ap iv
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    The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY. JULY 5, 1899.
    1102 2 The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY. JULY 5, 1899. Here thai! the Treii the People's right maintain Ur.awed bf influence and unbribed by ga.n Here patriot Truth her glorioua precepts draw. Pledged to Ralifioo. Loyalty, and Law. In the report of the very ,uccessful proceedings m connection with the opening of
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    PENANG RACES.
    24 2 Our readers are reminded that entries for the Club Handicap al the Penang Races < lose at noon on Monday next, loth in^t.
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    PLAGUE AT PENANG.
    18 2 The following telegram has been received from Penang t-i«day No cases of plagu»- no death
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    SIGAGPORE SPORTING CLUB.
    95 2 Ihe half yearly general meeting of the members ol the Sporting Club will be held on Tuesday next, llth, at 5 p.m. to receive the half yearly statement of accounts, and to make an alteration m the rules to obviate the necessiy for calling a half yearly
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    77 2 1 he orders of the day for the- meeting ot the Legislative Council on July 14th include. liili to provide 1 »r the payment of certain charges with reaped to Pilgrim ships Bl A<len 1 -,t reading Police Force Ordinance Amendment Hill 1 -t reading i.illi ll to
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    296 2 s. < .< v r. p. f. c A friendly match ast evening on the Cricket Club ground and resulted m a win for the Gab by j goals to i I lie "n irrn »ny of tbc game was tomea. bat disturbed by the ioui plaj ol
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    CHEATING THE SINGAPORE CLUB.
    251 2 Before Mr. Howard m lhe Third Magistrates Court ihis morning, H. A. Brown, who calls himself a Naval Reserve man, was charged with trespass on the premises of the Singapore Club, and also with cheating by signing chits on the 3rd inst. Mr. R \V Brnddell
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    25 2 I he M M. Company's steamer Oceanien left Colombo at i p.m. on Tuesday, and may be expected here on Saturday morn ing at daylight
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS
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      THE NIGER TERRITORY
      56 2 The Company's Charter Revoked. A Free Trade Policy The House of Commons has adopted the resolution for the revocation of the Charter of the Niger Company, West Africa. The territory will henceforth be m three divisions under the Colonial Office, and will be open to free trade
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      THE TRANSVAAL DIFFICULTY.
      65 2 Meeting of the Volk-.raad. Proposed Increase of Representation No Modification of Franchise The V'olksraad met on Monday President Kruger urged the memb' r hold firmly to independence. He stated lhat it was his intention to submit proposals for the increase of the representation of the goldfieldNothing was
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      TROUBLE IN THE TEA TRADE.
      89 2 The Dealers Boycott the Growers Dispute about a Trade Allowance. A meeting of the tea-growers m London endorsing the report of the |oint commuteof the Indian and Ceylon Associations l.a: resolved, after the 1 7th, that the one pound draft allowance should not be made
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    265 2 The M 11. Lomjanys steamer Tonnn left Saigon at 10 a.m. 3th July 1890 and may be expected here on Friday morning the 7th inst at day light She wil probably be despatched at about 5 p.m. the -ume day The Japanese cruiser Toknta. Captain Dewar, which arrived from Colombo
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    PROSECUTION BY THE DUTCH CONSUL.
    156 2 Before Capt. C. Q. G. Craufurd this alter noon at 2 o'clock m the Marine Court there was a prosecution at the instance of the Dutch Consul. Cornells Anema, master of the I ft, Saia Hadji, said while oft Colombo the crew refused to work
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      2016 2 KATZ BROTHERS, LIMITED. GREAT CLEARANCE SALE. For One Week Only (Commencing Monday, July 3rd,) FOR CASH ONLY BARGAINS all DEPARTMENTS Special Lines m the Drapery Department nafahTfii, aea^ansssr Hven,„gshaw,, KKsisckX. i ttr i -p n If cts. and 20 cts. Double width Cold Crepons cts UcCS S'h r 3^, 2J
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      31 2 Communications on literary matters should be addressed to The Editor, Singapore Free Press." All letters connected with business (advertisements, subscriptions, accounts, &c.) should be addressed to The Manager, "Singapore Free Press."
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      165 2 The Week. Wednt»day, s lh Mn»h XVater :—<j.» S.i.j p Municipal Commission, 2-30 p.m. S. V, A. Gymnasium Class. 3-1^ p.m. Thuraday, 6th Vater I—lo.o1 10.0 a., >i J p. Licensing J I p.n. Dalhousie < hapter, 8-30 p.m. Friday, 7th Hiifh XVater r 44 a y j4 S. A.
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  • Corrrespondence.
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      Gallant Rescue of a Child.
      208 3 f rai Eo'Ton. DEAR SIR. 1 must bring before your notice a gallant rescu-- made by M r A. S. Ward, the 2nd Ottcnr of tlir- Cab'e steamer Recorder, now lying at tlie New Harbour Dock Co.'s wharl. Yesterday evening July 4th, about fi 30
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      LOCAL NOTES.
      965 3 I lhe Straits Chinese Mageame.j Rbmval OV CONVCt lAMISM. (Jur I hinese readers will be interested to hear that from many quarters have come the news of ,j revival of the ol 1 religion and philosophy of Confucius. In Yokohama, already there is a school ot Conlucius and
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      NILE RESERVOIR WORKS.
      310 3 \V ;lliam Garstin has just returned from Z the Nile Reservoir XX'orks, at Assouan ut, and has tir: shed R-:u:er'_ Agency c following note nsiderable progress has been made with the h al Assouan and Assiout. At the Assouan cataract masonry is m progress throughout a •li
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    RUSSEL OF THE "SCOTSMAN."
    260 3 In connection with the tragic death of Mr. Robert Wallace MP, of Edinburgh, almost on the very floor of the House ol Commons, it is mentioned that Mr. Wallace was the successor to "the famous Russel of the Scotsman as Editor of that journal. It was
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    THE NIGER TERRITORIES.
    904 3 The Royal Niger Company, whose virtual dissolution is announced m to-days Keut'-r's lei. gram, has a capital of 102,708 shares ol £10 a. !i, Sir tieorgt Taul.man tioldie beiog the Chairman m London, Major Arnold, D.S O the Commandant of I toops, Mr. S. Moore, Chief Justice,
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    RUSSIA IN MANCHURIA.
    245 3 A correspondent writing from Newchwang lo the .X.-C Daily N*t»* says that the Russian regards the new Anglo- Kussian Agreement as giving them complete and exclusive control and possession of Mancuria. Any land required by them is, he says, freely taken from other foreigners or natives without
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    TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT WLADIVOSTOCK.
    293 3 The following particulars, says the hyogo News, are given m a Japanese contemporary ol a very terrible tragedy at XVladivostock Dr. Fujise occupies the upper floor of a big building, and studying medicine under him was a man named Kumakichi Tezuka, 26 years of age. This
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    FOREIGN TRADE AND BRITISH SHIPPING.
    753 3 I o the Editor cf the Australian Star.j Sir,— XVhen contesting the Lang electorate last year and m dealing with the disabilities ol seamen and the encroachments of heavily subsidised foreign steamship companies on Australian trade, I more than once, by way of illustration, referred
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    UNCLE SAM'S TROUBLES.
    368 3 Our good Inend Jonathan is finding out that this expansion business brings as much trouble as glory. The Americans started m with lhe intention of whipping Spain, capturing Cuba and the Philippines and settling back into business again inside oi a month. The discovery has been made,
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    THE PADRE IN SCOTLAND.
    1452 3 No. VIII A Lktikr from Auto Rbik.ii. (XN'ritien for the Singapore Free Press by the Rev. G. M. Rbith.) It is hard to strive against the influences of one's environment, so as to be what they manifestly intend you shall not be. Unless I strive very
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    THE MATCH TRADE.
    157 3 .Since China slopped importing japan matches tor the time being, some Jul boxes have been shipped by the Sesshu Maru to North China, b-.u owing to the hard times m that pait of China, the business is moving very sliwly. The state of things m Shanghai and
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    CURIOUS PROMISSARY NOTE DISPUTE.
    136 3 ILidji Kader Mustan claimed to-day m the Supreme Court 5* 1 70 the balance on a Prwiiaary Note signed by H. li. Sultan Addul Kader, and M. Mohamed Ismail and Co., on Sept. 17 1&97< lhe note was due on December 17th Tim Ml ond defendant
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    THE FRENCH IN SZECHUEN.
    255 3 I- X'.RBI I mil DIHVM)-. Ml SH .Xi IsDtMMI, ASH Mis Sl Rl«M|s DSMINDID. China Mail Corre>pora. I Shanghai, June 28. The French have claimed Taels 1,200.000 and mining rights m six districts m the Province of Sze-chuen. I his demand practically cover- the wholemineral field
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    80 3 Yesterday afternoon Mr. H. D. .Nicholson, Chief Officer of the B. I. steamer Onda now moored at Tanjong Hagar Wharf, saw a Chinaman coming out of his cabin with a clock. He pursued the man who threw his coat and the clock and the sea. Superintendent McMurray of the Tan
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    SHARE LIST JULY 5th, 1899.
    374 3 SHARE LIST JULY 5 th, 1899. Quotatiow. Camtal. Paid Ur. Sn««> Bank of China and Japan, Ltd. Li Nominal. C 2,000,000 450,968 190.87s Jlj Deferred. S I Bell's AU-sios Eastern Afjenc>. $3 Sellers 10,000 f£ 8,584 £1 Clear Water Dairy Farm Ltd. »ioo 25,000 3>i.000 250 %'i'Z Hraserand Neave Ltd.
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    EXCHANGE.
    80 3 (Corrected up to July 5). On London. p k 4 m/s j/^ demand 1/* J I' <l irtdits 3 m/s 2/ 0 l documents 3 m/s a/oi*.credits 6 m/s 2/0?* FRANCE, demand 2^o Germany, demand .2024 India, r. J ...149k Hongkong, demand <ji s YuKOHAMA, demand '..4h% pm. Java,
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    PRODUCE.
    49 3 'July l «7«-'7i <r... c 'obe no.. < hi. rd.i.ary Spore ie Wine. iFa.r L/WJ^%) 11 ,< n I Ba to th, b ..la) g, unnoini' V.'.',' s *so 67s 6.jc la.) 6.a0 .1 7^5 i<o. small o.os .m, ilr s norn nom. Ijfi.fc, 56-*o «< sa^'u Plea. JJJ
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      251 3 •A/eatner Kepon (July 4.) Taken at Kandang Kerbau|Hospital Observatory g. am. 39.m. v Bar. red. 32 Fah 29.862 29.777 29.84 Temperature 850 87.5 79.5 Wet Bulb Thermometer... 78.5 78.0 77.0 Dir. of Wind S.E. S.E. S.E. Max. Temp, m ihaki 88.1 Mm. do do 7° 9 Max. m >un 1450
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      1114 3 VESSELS IN PORT Man at" Wai f-laga and Tont Cortitnandert Arrived From For Wkio P»"i.Nix Br.t. sloop, toy. K. P. Cochrane June 27 XVei-hai-we- Siation RL S Bnt. crui-er, ,6no Burke f uly 1 Manila, J.) Other Vea«eis I lara A I on* Mattera Arrived From Conaicneea For Wbtti Am
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      187 3 Ihe Standard Time Balls. I Bail at Fort Canning _i.id one al PalH br.tn: fills each day at I P.M. Singapore mean tim. (Greenwich mean time 6 hn., 4 nun., J5 »ec beinj hoisted live minutvs previously. To-day P i Br.. orr-rtU MAILS CLOSE I O-MORROW. boi Per At >irawaH
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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      267 4 SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITERS, SOLE AGENTS, STRAITS CYCLE AGENCY, 15 Battiri Ro.d, Sinoj.l »k. 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 Acling Duplex and Special Sinking pump* up to 20,000 gallons ptr
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      513 4 KATZ BROS., Limited. Beg to announce the arrival of a large stock of miscellaneous goods and invite inspection. Comprising Harness and Saddlery, Horse and Pony Sizes Stable Requisites, Carriage Lamps A good assortment of Dog Collars Crockery and Glassware Enamel Ware, Cooking Stoves, Spirit Stoves, Coffee Mills. Garden Tools, Bird
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      316 4 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. Cheap Envelopes. GOOD BUFF ENVELOPES, 6 m. bf j4 m. $1.10 per 1,000 or 5,000 for $5. CREAM HARD ENVELOPES 6 m. by 3! m S3, per 1,000. CREAM LAIDENVELOPES m by 3| m. $1.60 per 1,000 or 5,000 for $7.50 Complet stationery catalogue on application Kelly
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      321 4 John Little Co., Ltd. LATEST NOVELTIES and NEW GOODS From English and Foreign Markets WE BKG TO DRAW SPECIAL ATTENTION TO A DELIVERY OF Ladies' White Embroidered Robes. Circular Shape, Flounced with Lace, Very Effective, and Stylish. SPECIAL LOT O F Ladies' Sailor Hats 75 cents Each. GRAND VALUE IN
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      236 4 For Labuan, Kudat Sandakan THB German rtfi 1 YVLU, will Le despatched for the above pof .a j p.m. on Thursday, the Oth proximo. BBHN Vl\ BR .v 1 0 Managing Agents lnd:a Steam Ship Co., Ltd. 6.7 For Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney Briiis!' liuiia Sinn Nay. Co., Ltd., i
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      609 4 The Singapore Free Press. AND Mercantile Advertiser Cablb ADommts.-Advertiser, S,n gap r Tblbphonb Numbbk.— No. 61. Published at 30-3, Raffles Placs, Sm c ,p ore T^HE leading English Newspaper n the Straits Settlements; Johore th Federated Native States of Perak, Se| an gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the egri Sembilan British
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      905 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port ol departure, and where known) date due here, and namr of Agent*. Mfs-nf-WAB. Akbbona, Jap., Poplar, Dwarc, H.M.S., L«.b., Devonport, En ov M. on, H.M.S., Ch >iham, July Kybn, Danish, (Jlacier, V. S., Brooklyn, due June Hai-PsN. Chin., Portsmouth, Hatsusb, Chinese, losumo, Jap., Elswick, Iwatb, jap.,
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