The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 July 1899

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  • Title Section
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, 18m JULY^ 1899. DAILY ISSUE, No 3627
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      862 1 F_ Office. Collyer Quay. irV Wharves. New Harbour O F TEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steam for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON. INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH. AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for Ckin'm Coast, and Smn Francisco
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      616 1 I n mvj x kj o 1 r* t\ ni nny i--1^ GATION COMPANY, LIMTED. TTHE following are the dates on which the Co.'s x Steamers may be expected here, v'u OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Honokomg, Suano- For Marsbillks hai Jafam Ports. and London. Ching Wo July 25 s.s. Teenkai Sept,
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      953 1 üb. ivuixiiNKLijKfc. PAKU.TVAART MAATSCH APPI J. Umdm Contract wit« thi Nbthrrlawds Ihdia Government. Agents, at Singapore, Ships Agency, lath I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collyer Oua^ Time Table lor July, 1899. t o F H Oln Bmoected Will be despatched to Tambora Padang July 13. Olehleh, Padang, and Sumatra's Wesicoast July
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      629 1 UONGKONG AND SHANGHAI x BANKING CORPORATION. V PAiD-UP CAPITAL $*****000 RESERVE FUND 1 10 000 000 RESERVE LIABILITY OP °.«».«>0 9 PROPRIETORS M j 1i0,000,000 Court op Directors. R. M. Gray, Esq.— Chairman. 2 N. A Sibbb, Esq.— Dkputy Chaibmam. E. Goetz, Esq. A. J. Raymond, E^. t> t. SHKL-iM.Esq.
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      570 1 PETER SYS' WONDERFUITsPEGIFIC THE PETER SYS COMPANY 1 r.IO-9y JKflNflNGA~of Japan TOILET WATER Appreciated for its delicate perfume and the fwlmq of mrafort and freshness which it imparts to itKananga Extract A^ 4 1A I- 1« THE HANDKKRCHIIF Ax Ke :i -l «nd ri--rsiMcntl\ fra;-; w «o..T« w Pt RIG
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      272 1 I PACIKIC S^A^ AMS o TO i?SXKfcirc D oSR XK M M v TAL A N I T YO K "£U A A BUSHIK imil "us. s ,Co.) nsgsHs a^en^ers, who have paid full "far* M Su Francisco for China or iln/*'*,™*** Done July ig. Sip pun Maru J :j
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    Domestic Occurrences. BIRTH.
    22 2 On 13th n. at Mount Far< u!iar, S» p v UnH ihe wife of Dr Lb*-k, ol a d.u^>
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    The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1899.
    1366 2 The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1899. iMBMftIMM Tr-,. t r r r'n,,l| ma:nUin fr.awtd bf m»unn »n<J ..r.be b*d Ly P*tri<* Truth her f loriou* pf*«-rpu tmm, P( W to Rcliron. LoraltT. and U«. Tin Federated Malay States arc not to be behind hand v\li»-n rhe solidarity of
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    PLAGUE AT PENANG.
    19 2 The following telegram has been received from Penang to-day No case of plague j one death."
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    SAD DEATH AT TANJONG PAGAR.
    956 2 Last night as work was going on board the V Y. K. boat Inaba A/aru, at Tanjong Pagar, the third officer of the vessel, Mr. j. W. Jeffrey, stepped on a portion of the hatch which was not m position and fell down No. 3
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    134 2 JAPANS RISE. Close of the Extra Territorial Regime An Expression of Congratulation. The Times, m a leading article on Ja pan to-day, says that she now takes her place i as an equal of the other civilised PowerThe article congratulates Japanese states, men on the achievement of their
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    THE TEA MARKET.
    510 2 The Question of Draft Allowance. Assam and Java Teas with the draft allowance, were plentiful at to-day's but the prices were below the average Fhf sale of some tea, without reserve, and with no draft allowance, is ad\^ for the 24th inst. London, July iXth, tSgg. _s^.
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      1196 2 "^TJi *fv% >% F our Consignment Pianos a y\ S% 1/1^ MUST BE SOLD AT OIICI. C/ ViX\ IV C No Reasonable Offer Refused. THE ROBINSON PIANO C 0., —33, Raffles Place. J ul V Telephone No. 191. LIPTON TEA MERCHANTS BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN fc*
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      970 2 JUST LANDED A Champagnes, Sherries, tMm^ Ports, Clarets, Burgundies, Bottled Ales Beef s and Stout, I'RICK LIST ON APPLICATION TO CALDBEGK, MACGREGOR Co. Wine Spirit Merchants. 2 RAFFLES QUAY. Telephone 160. J"<y »8 tu.th.s. LAST WEEK. 1 1 H V. Grand Anatomical Museum of Waxworks, established m the Adelphi Hall,
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      420 2 _TO-DAY f S ADVERTISEMENTS NORRISAND MacDOUGALL ARCHITECTS AND SURVEYORS. No: 24 Malacca Strbbt. Ju'v >8 tu.th.s 31.7 SWATOW POTATOES. J. P. KILGOUR &Co. Have received another Shipment from Swatow. Price $3.50 per picul. July 18 For Rangoon and Calcutta Briti- h India Steam Nay. Co., I. 'tinted, steamer OR/SSA, 3.525
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      178 2 The Week. Tuesday, i3th Hiv;h Wa..er 1 5.26 a., 5 24 p. "Chailty '•> Aunt," Town Hall. Football Cup Tie.— T. P. F. C. v. S. K. Wednesday, 19th 'li<S Water 7.8 a., 6.^1 p. Municipal Commission, 2-30 p.m. Hockey, Esplanade, 5 p.m. S. V. A. Gymnasium Class, >-i 5
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  • Correspondence.
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      A Confucian Revival.
      1489 3 To T«» Editoil Dear Sir,—l must a^k your indulgence to publish this reply to Amicus, who. I am .sorry to say, shows signs of irritation m his second letter. I can assure him that my object m writing was simply to correct his false assumptions and not
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    THE DALLAS AND MUSGRAVE COMPANY.
    127 3 1 scle Ton's Cams." Concerning the lepetition of L'nde Tom's Cabin at the Town Hall la-t night it may be remarked that Mosrs. Ddllas and Musgrave's Company is undoubtedly a strong and talented one, for had it been otherwise the play would have been uniuteri
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    202 3 S.( v. 35TH C... K..\. The above teams played a fri-ndly match last night on the Cricket Club ground, the Club winning by g a l to nil. The S.C.C had the disadvantage of playing with ten m'-n only during the greater portion of the first half, but
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    WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
    563 3 Sli MILUOm Stkrlino 01 (ii)iD At lW opcaiag of the \V. A. Parliament j on June 22nd the speech of the Governor j fjivei some interesting and gratifying par- ticulars of the progress of tWColoay, which m to be rapidly recovering (v.m ||m depressioa follow ing on the
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    INDEPENDENCE DAY IN MANILA.
    652 3 (Daily Press Corr.j Manila. sth July. Manila has been treated to a day of celebration and excitement that has quite eclipsed anything she has experienced m her long history, m ihe way of noise and more or less unbridled hilarity. Americans turned themselves loose on the
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    INDIAN TELEGRAMS.
    589 3 Ml Hl<tK ON A H MLW\T. 1 IIMUa, Jul> I- 1 p m. Mr. Nicholas, Mining BngmeMT, was found dead m I. ye icrd^y n h lug throat cut. at X -i Station, on llie Sm<J- Peshin ltailwa\. 1 here wre several st.«!,s about the body. It is
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    MIXED-PARENTAGE AND EXCHANGE COMPENSATION.
    58 3 The Secretary of State for India has decided that a member o( the Indian Civil Service who is the son of a native of India by an English mother is ineligible for exchange compensation allowance. "It follows," says the Government of India, that an officer of
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    LIFE IN THE MALAY PENINSULA.
    1211 3 The following is the conclusion of Mr. Hugh Clifford's interesting lecture before the Royal Colonial Institute. Thb New Era. rV-i.ik c.ime under our control to some extent m j 1874. She is the oldest State of the present Federaj tion. Pahang, the Utgmi of all,
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    95 3 I h«. orders of the 1 1 y for the next meeting ot the Legislative Council, on the 2Sth instant, include the Colonial Secretary's motions for a vott for a Malay Training College, and for the establishment of a public telephone exchange at Penang. The bills are Town
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    GOVERNMENT v PRIVATE TELEPHONES.
    127 3 The Telephones Bill, which was debated m the House of Commons with considerable energy, will go far to relieve dreat Britain of the disgrace ot being, perhaps, the worst telephoned country m Kurope. '1 he object of the Bill is twofold. In the Fist place it
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    A DISCOURAGED CHINAMAN.
    118 3 Talking of hristianity m C hina, it is sad to note thai m that benighted country, as much as any- where, the opposition between different sections of hustianity M a seiious obstacle to missionary work. Touching on this point on the sth ult., at the annual meeting
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    THE ASSIZES.
    135 3 The hearing of the charge of murder against Ong Lian was continued before the Chief Justice this morning. The man is said to have murdered his wife m a hut off the Bukit Timah Road about 10 o'clock on the morning of May 11th. The jury returned a
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    STRANGE STORY.
    127 3 A curious tale is being told about a corpse dad m a black robe being found by a hipoongti m a cave m the jungle somewhere m the Upper Chindwin Burma. The face is that of a European but the bl.uk robe is a puzzle. The Burmese say
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    WIFELY DEVOTION.
    687 3 A China paper says —The meritorious act of a wile it) 1 lentsin who n .'.titly committed suicide on her husband's death has been brought beIm the notice of ttie Hoard ol Kites, with a strong recomnn ndaiion for her deed lo be honorably (MMMMMtd Suicide aM wilhm
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    SHARE LIST
    162 3 JULY 18th, 1899 r,. gi/OTATIOH. Capital. Pi.DUf. fcou ><> n- L t W.ooo 45O .y>B i9q .k; BellS As Vstos Haslem Agency. $3 Sellers. .ooooff *'5 fl 4 S,' -u 6 I^ebs. par. i 2«; r o.io Satta^b E»*. 1-^5 r^ ssr KUn <( offecCulUvationCo.,l.td.$ 2 oNom. ,oo.*-,rj
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    The Standard Times Ball.
    38 3 I "> *t Fort ,»nning and one Ml falla r-ich day at I P.M. Sing.pore mean time (ijretnwich mean time 6 hrv, 4 mm., -5 sii being h.j'stfd iiv« minutes previuUN.>. -d.y lort Caaaiag 1
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    EXCHANGE.
    75 3 (Corrected up to July ifc). On London. Bank 4 m/s 2 /o4 'lcmaii'i Pr.vate credits 3 m/s */°A documents 3 m/s a/ o credits 6 m/s a/of* France, demand 250 (iHRMANV, demand 202^ India, T. T %l ,1 HONGKONG, demand dis Yokohama, demand -4^% pm> Java, demand 1 ,gi
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    PRODUCE.
    104 3 (July o i Jo. Cube No. 1 y 6i rtmtm, lilack (ordinary S'pore^ jc c do. White, (Fa.r LfwJ^%) JS Z uimtv-. l 110s :o ihe Ib.) 64 do. (Sos to the Ib) 8 4 '•lace (Banda) g,' loves (Amboina) t a l.ibenan Coffee |-"r 0 Tapioca, small pearl
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      77 3 PERFECT tPianos AT THE ROBINSON PIANO CO. 33. RAFFLES PLACE. J»" 7 tuths Spent a Good Farm Doctoring. Mr. A. N. Noell of Asherville, Kansas, says he spent a good farm doctoring himself for chronic iliarrhoea but got no rtlief and was afraid that he must die. He chanced to
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      259 3 OCtAN STfc-AM SHIP COMPANY AM) NKDfcRi.A JO^CHii |T<)OM< VAART MAATSCLAPPIJ OOKAANThe Company's steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China, and Japan, and from Japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company's steameis on ihe Jay.i Line ,ie despatched from Amsterdam md 1 .1 v rj v<
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      192 3 MAILS CLOSE. 10-MOHROW.I O-MOHROW. For er Al K. Pahaiiß, kc. AimgHiu 1 im -I' Hebe 2 PM Sourabaya, \c McAlister 2 pm Batu I'ahat .SV, Wongse* 2 pm Malacca, ice. .S'.Pegatan 3 PM Olchleh, ic. lamb, ra 3 pm Deiby, Sec Sultan 4 fU Ban K kok Singapore 4 pm
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      702 3 miRLi m rum M .<,:-Wa, Pl.gi md Toni Commanders Arrived From For Wh.a k"''™!* lir.t. sloop, io S o R.P. ((xhr.nejunc ,7 \\V, Stat.on Ksf.FOL« BriL cru.ser, 8o S r-. P. H. Boot.i July 13 I. ,< lds Other Vessel. Plan ft Tons Master. Arrived From Con.is.ees For When S**""
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      597 4 TO LET HUNG ALOW at Tanjong Kalong an the A Ms ,de. jfc&u^m^^ July .2 TO I BT. The gn und flcoi of a large house m Oxley Road Some of the rooms are wooded and laid with m^i>. Separate entrance and cookhouse. Kent »2 5 per month. Aoply staling
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      1188 4 Singapore Sporting Club. PROGRAMME FOR THE AUTUMN RACE MEETING, 1899. October 24th, 26th <► 28th. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 24th October. First Race. The Maiden Plate.— Value 5250. A Race for Maiden Horses Weight as per scale (lost.) An allowance of 2 lib. to horses entered for the Intermediate Races only.
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      332 4 PIANO Miss Tarn, 3 Uoyd Road, will resume music lessons on Monday 17th instant. July 6 tu.th.s. MUSIC. LESSONS on the Zither, given by Mr. E. STAM, Union Hotel. Fees Modbr4Tß. |une 23 *3-7 PIANOS P ARE FULLY tuned and repaired. Terms moderate. Best references. J.daSILVA, 10 Queen Street June
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      778 4 |>^FRASERi& NEAVPS Jj I I Aerated Waters. 1 1 I They are THE BB9T, j And therefore THE OHEApeST. m B FRASER 8l NEAVE, Ltd., W moo, Robinson Road, SINGAPORE, a Ideal Milk j brace,: 20 per m quality to cent. vWth Cream. otl p "»EAI MH"! brand of i
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      91 4 Messrs. G. R LAMBERT Co Having added considerably to their already large collection of Singapore Views and Types are now ottering them with New Jpanese other Albums ALSO Views of Bangkok, and Native States &c. A large collection of New Photogravures From Messrs. MARION 8c Co., with special cheap rates
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      613 4 The Singapore Free Press. AND Mercantile Advertiser Cable Address,— Advertiser, Stngap, T Telephone Number.— No. 61. Published at 30-3, Raffles Place. Singapore. THE leading English Newspaper m the Straits Settlements Johore, the Federated Native States of Perak, Selangor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Negr, Sembilan British North Borneo; Sarawak, Netherlands Indies.
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      981 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port of departure, and iwherr known) late due here, and name of Agents. Mrm-op-War. Uiiona, Jap., Poplar, )WitKi H.M.S., Devonport, £mdymion, H.M.S., Chatham, July "'yen, Danish, -iai-PEN, Chin., Portsmouth, -latsuse, Chinese, dil'mo, Jap., Elswick, watb, jap., Elswick, jouuak, Ger., Kiel. .k.l'Ria, Ital., Speuea, tIuitAKUMO, Jap., London, Koset,
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