The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 August 1899

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press A ND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, 30™ AUGUST, *****. DAILY ISSUE, No
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      752 1 P Office. Collyer Quay. I?2J Wharves. New Harbour O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANG. (KYI ON. INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, gGYPT MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR MALTA. BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills ot Lading issued for PersUn Gulf Continental and American Ports, also for China Coast, and S*n Francisco
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      650 1 pHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIM TED. THK following are the dates on which the <>.'s Steamers may be expected here, viz OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. I For Honorono, Shano- For Marssillbs hai v UrAN Ports. and London. s.s. Pakling aStli Augt. s.s. Ching Wo Sept. 10. s.s. Moyune 6th Sept. Through
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      1161 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PARLTVAART MAATSCHAPPII. Under Contract with the Netherlands India Government. Agknhj at Singapore, ships Agency, late F DAENPELS Co., 2-3 Collyer Quay Time Table for August, 1899 how Kzoectea Vvil) be despatched lor M. V'ajirvinhis Padang Atßg. 24. Ol<-hleh, Padang at Sumatra's W Coast Aug. 30 Japara BaUvia Au>;.
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      274 1 McALISTER Co. Tools I FOX Planting, Mining Engineering and Carpenters, etc., etc. Belting Sole Agents for Dicks Patent Batata (The Best m the Market) Lamps House, Ship Carriage Carts A t ut-r it an, strong, light and durable Harness lingli«h a 1 <1 Arm ri' an Cycles Sole AgeStl Ibl
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      636 1 UONGKONG AND SHANGHAI xx BANKING CORPORATION PAID-UP CAPITAL fioooouoo RtSERVE FUND i io,ooo'<xjo RKSRRVH LIABILITY OK PROPRIETORS J Jio.ooc.ooe COUBT Ot DIttBCTOK* R. M. Gbay, E»q Chairman. N. A Sism, Esq.— Dbputt Chaibna». E. Got rz, Esq. I A. J. Raymond, E-q E. SMKLi.iM.ESq. I R. H. Hill, Ksq. A.
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      455 1 PETER SYS WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. THE only remedy .it piesent knu*n .ib .m INPALUBLS and PKKMANKNF CURE for Sprue. Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhage and Ulccration of the Bowels. RECOMMEN'IJKM ir SOME ok thi CHIEFSPECIALISI S inthi MKDICAI PROFESsKin; Sold Retail by all ChL-misis and Wholesale by MIU>I THE PETER SYS COMPANY, (Propr.btors
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      262 1 ACIKXC MAIL STE \MSrtIH p COMPANY OOCIDKNTAL AND ORIENT STEAMSHIP COMPANY. AND 'T'OYO KlbliN KABUSHIKi X KAISHA I'.RIiNTAL S. S. CO.) H.-oUtfh passage tickets Rrant^ tv E-vlind France, and Germany by all trans-Atlani t lir« of S tamers, «!so ti> Sin Francisco by t."ic MMMMff of t r To other
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  • The Temelong Hydraulic Tin Mining Company, Limited.
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      PROSPECTUS.
      803 2 This Company has been formed to acquire 543 acres of mining land from the Upper Perak Mining Syndicate. The land is held under grants from H.H. the Sultan of Perak, approved by the British Resident, and the intention is to work the land by the use of hydraulic power.
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      EXTRACT FROM MR. SUTTON'S REPORT.
      859 2 Temeuug, I'pper P.ra*. July 20. t I o the bharelioJdets. Upper Pf.rak MninNi Itnniii. IjtMLIMtK, I have the honour to submit the following Kepoi 1 on your concession at I'lu Temelong, I 'ppc I'erak, situated eleven miles from ihe town v< Milage o< l>enggong. Your
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    The Temelong Hydraulic Tin Mining Company, Limited.
    968 2 EXTRACT FROM Mr. WILLIAMS' REPORT. Lifiat, Kinta, Perak, August j, 1800. To Mess. I, the Director-, of 1 h» Urn* Puak Mihinu Syhdk »ti. Acting on your instructions, I proceeded to inspect the above concession on the 17th July last, and having satisfied
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    Domestic Occurences. DEATH
    93 2 Domestic Occurences. DEATH At the General Hospital, on the 29th inst., llinrt Auoi'STi's Berrt, (late of McAlister k j Co.) Aged 37. The British Medical Journal says of Steams' Wine of Cod Liver Oil his very palatable, and since all the unpleasant characterising oi Cod Liver Oil are removed, will
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    The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1899
    784 2 The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1899 Htra thall the Prett the Prople't right maintain. Unaw«d by mftuaace and unbriWd by gam H«ra pafnat Truth her flonou. precepts draw PMfrf to Rel.ron. UrmJtr. and Law. It is naturally difficult, when the public of this Colony has access to a
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    S. V. A.
    42 2 With respect to the circular recently I issued to members of the S. V. A. Reserve the Acting Adjutant S V. A. requests that immediate replies be sent m to him addressed to S. V. A. Head-Quarters, Fort Fullerton.
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    POLICE.
    242 2 \esterday, before Mr. Brockman, there were about 150 Municipal cases, for filthy premises and failure to comply with notice by the Nuisance Inspector, m a majority of cases it was a fine of $5 and costs. Koh Cheong, admitted a previous conviction and got three months and a taste
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    A PHILIPPINE PARALLEL.
    414 2 The Star (San Francisco) say, One of Ml McKiuley s n^hi-hand men, Mr. Kohl^aat, of Cnicajjo, has been delivering himself lately of the complaint that the Filipino;, are an ungrateful lot because they dared to fire on Ame ican troops afier all thai the Americans had done
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    COFFEE.
    381 2 Some months ago The Suu noted the prolonged depression m the industry of coffee -growing and the very novel remedy proposed by Don Jose An. toi.io Olavarna of Caracas, Venezuela. Coffee, m a word, is m a state of excessive, continued and apparently irrepressible overproduction. Far mo.c eolfee is
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    THE KINEMATOGRAPH IN SURGERY.
    281 2 Remarkable experiments with the k.ne.natograph m the serv.ee of Surgery have just been made at the X.el umversuy. M. Doyen, an eminent French doctor, by means of certain alteration m the kine maiograph, states the Chroniclt, has been enabled to take .perfect .enei ef pictures of
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS
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      THE DROUGHT IN BOMBAY
      25 2 An Approaching Famine. The crop prospects m Bombay p reM dency are deplorable. A famine is impending. London, 29th August, iBgq.
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      THE TRANSVAAL CRISIS
      48 2 Military Movements m South Africa. Observing; the Transvaal Frontier. It is understood at Capetown that a de. tachment of the Capetown garrison pro ceeds to Mafeking immediately. Also that a strong force from PftUr maritzburg goes to Lings-Nek to await developments. London, 30th August, 1X99
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    448 2 The weekly edition of Singapore Free Press will be published at noon to-morrow, a supplement being issued on Friday for those copies despatched by thr homeward French mail. Messrs McAlister &Co ask us to say to-day that the I ft, Darius is overdue at Colombo, having left Thursday Island on
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    EXPERIENTIA DOCET.
    54 2 Concerning the recent Worlds Women* Congress, a writer on the Star staff remarks lt pUy ments were not made to have Tuan SytA Pore^tih r AbdulU al H of Siogaa man t Con K'«s. I know he is oslv ™rainl i! 7t 'T eS his «P«"ences would Sav^ntTpl^"
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      342 2 John Little Co., Ltd. The Gramophone J^^ (Berliner's Patent). A^^B|^A Loudest and mo*t distinct sound- J^B producing machine yet invented. Goes .^^j^^L^a^ala^— I^l by clockwork Record-discs practically indestructible. Loud enough to LwV^^^^^^^S^y fill a hall holding IS!^^KKmSmmmbLm 500 people. |^pr^^^^ W Records I 20 each. Aug 29 TOWN HALL Saturday,
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      311 2 iO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SALE 4 /""OLUMBIA bicycle, m good conditou. Offers requested. Ktply X.R., c o Free f're'i. Aug 30 6.9 T OSI a foxterner do/ Licensed No. 151. Any- ont returning the sam- tv Captain .\t*Kktß. The Kinit's Own. Begt. ianglin Barracks, will be rewarded. _Aug 3» 49 THE
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      257 2 The Week. Wednesday, 30th Hiifh Water .—5.33 a.. 4.46 p. Municipal Commission, 2-7,0 p.m. I.ady Mitchell At Home," 4-45 p.m. S. V. A. 2.5 Can On'l. 5-15 p.m Thursday, 31 t Hijjh Water 7.24 a., 6.32 p. lyth Birthday of »he Queen of the Netherlands Dr. de Vicq at II
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    Correspondence.
    725 3 The Memorial Hall. f O T«» EDITOB. Sir, I have with much interest studied what has been written as to the question of the site of the Diamond jubilee Permanent Memorial Hall. Personally I think there is absolutely only one site which is really suitable, namely the site of
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    POLO TOURNAMENT.
    116 3 This Tournament which should have < ommenced on Monday will start to-morrow Thursday) when two matches will be played. The teams will be as advertised with the exception that Captain Houghton will play n place of Mr. MacDougall m D. Team. TV sides will be i C. Captain
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    A HABEAS CORPUS CASE.
    166 3 Yesterday afternoon Mr. Karrer Baynes, A him Mr. J. D. Stuart, applied to the -l-ief justice for a rule nisi calling on the Mioc Magistrate, the Superintendent of tVsons and the Netherlands Government 10 show cause why a writ of habeas tor pus not issue for
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    CRICKET.
    2239 3 [All Rights Rbsbuvid.] By W. J. Foud. VI. MEN WHO HAVE ESTABLISHED REPUTATIONS IN 1899-IN BATTING. It is not very easy to define the exact j time when a man's cricket reputation is established: school-boys such for instance as E. M. Dowson and S. H. Day have often made
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    A TRADE MARK CASE.
    225 3 K*tz Bros. Ltd. v. Kirn Hin ttc Co. This was an artion (1) for an injunction restraining the defendants from importing or selling br offering for sale brandy m bottles bearing the defendant's labels; (2) for an account of damages and (3) for osts. Mr. Nanson
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    SERUM FOR THE STRAITS.
    60 3 Ij»rge quantities of plague serum have been manufactured m Bombay laboratory, to meet the demand not only f om other parts of India but from aII parts of th« world where plague if found. Mauritius indents for weekly supplies of the prophylactic, and Ceylon, Zanzibar, Natal,
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1188 3 Tuesday, August 29, 1899. PRKSENT H. E. the Governor (Sir C. B. H. Mitchell, g.c.m o.) The Hon'jJe the Utticer Commanding the Troops fW. E. M•> General Oickson. c.b.) Col Secretary (Sir Alex. Swettcnha" k.c.m.0.) the Col. Trravirfr (X G Pfnnev). the Aud'tor-Genoal (E C. Hill). the Attorney-General
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    SANDAKAN NOTES.
    120 3 August 2 ist, 1899. The S.S Co., Lt«l., our I «a| shipping Co., has just issued its fifth report, from which the Directors propose to pay a dividend of 10% prr annum, together with 5% bonus. Ihe Co has three small steamers, the Labuan, Normanhurst and Taganac They
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    THE FIRST SHOT AT MAJUBA.
    241 3 I hose m Singapore and Hongkong who remember Capt. F. H Lucy of the 58th (and Nurtlidmptomsliirt Rrgjment) will read this with interest. (Capt. Lucy, by the way, retired from the army a year or two ago) The difficulties of the modern historian are well
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    STATE-OWNED RAILWAYS.
    815 3 Ihe toll j*;i^ extract from the report of Sir G. Molcsw -nil on the Luanda railway is of interest an < 15 pabi.stiud cipctia.l.y for the benefit of the S. i. and KM. S. governments. Sir G. Molesworth was tormeiiy co mulling engineer lo the India: 'It has
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    SHARE LIST, AUGUST 3Oth, 1899
    264 3 R Quotatiom. Capital. Paid Up. Sm Bank of Ch.na and japan. Ltd. Li Nominal. „000,000 450,968 .99.875.. Deterred. I i.jy <.i Bell's Asbestos Eastern Agency. $3 Seller. 10 000 (4 8 -S«« 8.584^1 Safaajftdb. g«tL HSS s-s- ssr Klan P Coffee Cull.vat.on Co., Ltd. $20
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    EXCHANGE.
    77 3 (Corrected lp to August juj On London. Bank 4 m/.s 'Itmand i/iil Private credit* 3 m/s 2 ,0 documents 3 m/s a o 1 credits 6 m/s 2/0 s FRANCE, demand 248 Germany, demand !!!Zu| India, I*. T 7 Hongkong, demand....!..'....... i% dis Yokohama, demand v m Java, demand
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    PRODUCE.
    103 3 l August 30 ite >8^ do. Cube No. 1 q S Pepper, Black (ordir.ary Spore) 27 \?l do. White, (Fa,rL,W-5* J 2 ]l k Nutmegs (liostothelb.j......*.. I' 5 do. (80s to the Ib) "of* Mace (Banda) 81. Cloves (Amboina) Libenan Cotlcc it'ac Tapioca, >mall pearl (Fair quality) 6t< do.
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      1069 3 fllllLl IN PORT v i.-,,'-v\»i flags and Tons Commanders Arrived From Kor When KBn|JOLB Km. cruiser, 80s F. F. H. Booth July 12 I^tbuan Roads Alhatros Dut. g.b., 12 0 Hanet Au*. 23 Aij-h •>ah»(.h»i»ri Siam yacht. '400 L. de Richelien Aug. 30 Bangkok Bangkok, Sep. Other Vessel* Kla*s A
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      260 3 MAILS cLOi>E. To-morrow. b .1 tv r x K. Pahirp, ic. Finn 9 A> Ma .cca, ate. Bmtang Timor t fm M m- Lmggi Htifn* H B-t'u Pal< it Sultana 2 Hi v Klang Ckmm t'hva 3 m H n.k i.g, ate. Hong Uong PM >ei.gkalis 31 Hagan H., lung
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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      765 4 TO LU, UNFURNISHED. NO. 16 Kramat Road off Cavenagh Koad. A newly Luili bungalow with 4 ioom>. Apply at No. 17 Kramal Road. Auk -'4 3<-8 TO LET THE Grove. Tan|o"K Katong. Apply to MKYER BROTHKRS. AuK24^ I" 0 TO LbT 5n Devonshire Road, from tsl Sept., 1899 -0 Rent
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      1082 4 THE MANSION. BOARD AND LODGING. One large room tor couple. One single room. Aug 1 1 v.c. ""music. LESSONS on the Zither, given by Mr. E STAM, Union Hotel. Fies Modbratp.. Aug 35 23.9 \\/AN 1 KD by an experienced European, situa- tion as Traveller, or Assistant m a Mercantile
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      665 4 Diamond Jubilee Permanent Memorial Committee REPORT TO SUBSCRIBERS. AT a meeting of the Diamond Jubilee Permanent Memorial Committee held on Thursday, 24th August, 1809, the following resolutions were passed, 1. I hat the Committee report to the parties to the scheme, that the refusal of the Municipality to pay 120,000
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      397 4 Katz Brothers, Limited. BEG TO ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL OF A LARGE STOCK OF THE FOLLOWING GOODS A I MODERATE PRICES O 1 I I H^lS^i'v^n^a* Ofl DELHI tv iv I I 1^ 1 800 lbs. r yfr I 1-^*-* lh r Chinese ALSO A LARGK STOCK OF SMALL WEIGHING S<
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      415 4 Passengers tor Straits. China Japan. Per M. M. Laos and Vtllt de Ciotat, due Sep. 2. —Mr. Bakker, Mr. N.eu"irk. Mr. Reiman. Per P. flc O Coromandel and Rome, due Sept. to.— Mr. Beanie, Mss C L. Holmes, Mr. Giles Miss Condon, Mr. J. R. V. Aldworth. Mr. R. D.
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      383 4 Our Highly Refined Prime Cocoanut Oil Tasteless, Odourless ft free from Acids Suitable for all culinary purpose^ IS NOW OBTAINABLE FROM McALISTER Co. HOON KEAT Co. ANN LOCK Co. YONG LEE SENG Co. AND WHOLESALE AT THE BINTANG OIL MILLS 119, HAVELOCK ROAD. Aug 13 |4 THE BANGKOK TIME:. Cable,
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      709 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port of departure, and (where known) date due here, and name of Agents. MiN-op.WiR. Akkbona, Jap., Poplar, Carlo Albbrto, lul., Speuia, bYca, Danish, Hai-Pr.N, Chin., Portsmouth, Hatslsb, Japanese, losvmo, Jap., Elswick, Iwatb, jap., Elswick, Liguria, ltat., Speuia, M< rakl'MO, Jap., Ijmdon, Phuinix, H.NI.S., Christmas Island, Ronbt, Russ.,
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