The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 December 1899

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5 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER.
    19 5 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. SINGAPORE FRIDAY, 29... DECEMBER, A 899. THIRD SERIES. DAILY ISSUE, No. 3;
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      780 5 W~ as Office. Collyer Quay. Jajr Wharves. New Harbour j O stkam NAVIGATION Co. I Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN. PENANG. EYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA. ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR. MALTA, BRINDISI. VENICE. PLYMOUTH i AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Portt, also for China Coast,
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      696 5 fHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED. 'PHE following aie the dates on whicli the Co.'s Steamers ni.ty be expected here, vi<r. Ol IWAR I). HOMEWARD. Fur HUUUUUSM Shis.,- For Mvksf.ilcb-. iiai Ja: Jvi'AN Ports. md Lonhon. ItyOo. Hyson Jan. s Koiniloll Dec. 30. Teenkai Jan. 15. Through Bills of Lading
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      825 5 DX KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPriJ. Unubb Contract with thb Nkthkrlanos India Ijovbrnmbnt. Agents at Singapore, Ships Agency, late I. DAKNDELS Co.. a.3 Collyrk LJuav Time Table for December, 1899. F'om Expected Will be despatched tor J.ipaia Sourabaya Dec. 20 Batavia, Sourabaya. BsflßaaßaßJ, AaßMUaoi Macaanar, Amboina, Banda and New Ciuinea Dec. M
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      678 5 THE NEW HARBOUR DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. i mis fimmummmy aaaaaMaa Map* n r ail d»s--1 ription* .n t*u: most efficient maom xxwi, rr sup< r I nten Imer of BUWBMBB Shipwrights BaMjisaSß*. Mo I 'JBAVIMO Docx LaasSsV- 4: S fee*. Depth of Water frrjm 14 teet t 151 Width at
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      679 5 TJTONGKONG AND SHANGHAI j* A BANKING CORPORATION. 1 PAil-Cl' CAPITAL 1i0.000.0-o I RVSBRVI FUND In *****0 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIKTOKS |io^»oo,ooc ICOUBT OB DIBBCTOaS. H. M. Gray, Esq. Chaibman. N. A Sibbb, Emj. DSSBII Chairman. K. Gaatß, Esq A. J. Ravmono, Esq. D. Bt. MsßSß\aaß> R. H. Hill, Esq. A.
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      448 5 PETER SYS WONDERFUL SPECIFIC m -'-'-'^v^^^ r THE PETER SYS COMPANY Nov S Mmmm AN S f 1.0. < .„a ,>'- pHCENIX ASSURANCE COM- 1 PANY OK LONDON. The und-rrsiKnt-d Ae-ents for the above Company are prepared to accept Fin- risks ,n SsßnastS Johore and the Malay SUBBB, at current
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      365 5 DACIKIC MAIL ST iAW -iif company (jcci dental and orl steamship company. AND 'POYO KISEN KABU..i«'ivi X KAISHA (oaii i 0 rnrtM Kers granted t t hrii... md Germany by .ill Uuns-AIJ of r ,-iciscn by MtSBBBBBBB of 'he abi v.* lines. Too'her European points at proportional* rates Special reduced
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    The Singapore Free Press. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1899
    2204 6 The Singapore Free Press. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1899 llrrciball tlie Ires* Hr PeopJe'. right maintain, l 1 **.*<] b* influence and m.UribeJ by gam Uert patriot Truth her gloriou. precept, draw. VltAmtl lo Hi 1 Loraltr. and Law. Willi respect to the public meeting this evening at the Town Hall,
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    182 6 A Chinaman walking along Southbridgeroad last night with a bag containing 54.50 on his shoulder was knocked down by three others. The man who made off with the bag was captured by a policeman on duty. <>n the application of the Netherlands authorities, a Chinaman who escaped from Padang three
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    • THE WAR
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        ACTIVE RECONNAISSANCE WORK.
        26 6 Although no attual fighting has taken place, the British have made small but successful reconnaissances near Kimberle", the Modder River, Chieveley, and Sterkstroom.
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        IN THE SOUTH.
        20 6 The Boer Position at Colenso. The enemy meanwhile are improving their entrenchments and mounting guns at Colenso.
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        The Enemy Watching Buller.
        18 6 Considerable bodies of Boer> are constantly seen on the southern side of the Tugela.
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        AIDING THE ENEMY.
        51 6 Two Arrests of Germans. Hartes, the Director of th-- Hanover. an Missions m Natal, and Stucke, a German farmer have been arrested on the charge of harbouring the enemy They have claimed the protection of the German flag, but have been remanded to gaol at hstcourt. I
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        The Seventh Divison.
        14 6 1 lie Seventh Division commences, cm barking on the 4th January.
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        The H. A. C.
        24 6 The Government have accepted the scrvi! tt of a Field Battery of the Honourable Artillery Company, ot London. At Ladysmith.
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        The Food Supply.
        27 6 The Times correspondent at Ladysmith under date lyth December, states that the Ladysmith garrison have food-stuffs for two months onlyThere trouble regarding forage supplies
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        The Enemy's Artillery Attack.
        17 6 The Enemy 's Artillery Attack. Ihe enemy's shell-fire is improving m accuracy and is causing heavier casualties
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        The Boer Commissariat.
        30 6 Their Families Destitute. The Times correspondent at Delagoa Bay states that the Boer commissariat is well supplied, but that there exists great destitution amongst the burghers' families-
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        High Food Prices.
        20 6 The price ol the necessaries ol life m the two Republics has advanced a hundred per cent.
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        The Supply Difficulty.
        26 6 The Boers are experiencing difficulties m purchasing supplies on the Continent without shipping bullion, which is seizable by warships. London, Decemher joth. /Sq<,.
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      568 6 Xmas Presents. I I". aye -usi received a supply of good stiong I iicyclcs. suitable for Boys or Girls from i jto to \c.ir old. Price with Lamp and Bell, $35. STRAITS CYCLE AGENi Y. 15 BaTTtKN Rovii. Dec .'l v.c JOSEPH BAKER CONI-Et ll<»NEI< Sr VIENNA BAKER, t) and
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      986 6 BOARD LODGING I.,'IKM class rooms (or Bachelors. Healthy locality, near town. Good table. Apply A. C. D., c/o Free Press. Nov 6 uc 'ANTED an experienced nurse. Reply by letter to 1 M.A c,o Free Press. Dec 28 v.c WANTED A Chinese I ashier by an Import firm must be
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      901 6 I'sOER THB DISTINGVISHBD PaTRONAOS Ol H. E. Major General Dickson. MARINE CLUB CONCERT m aid ol the (und for the Widows and Orphans ol those killed m the SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. IN THB TOWN HALL, on Saturday. December J>th. at p p.m. By kind permission of lhe Colonel and Officers
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      768 6 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP I the undersigned Tay 'Tc-k Swee do hereby give notice that the business ol Pine Apple factory carried on by Tay Sock Chin, Wee X.m Eng and myself under chop Sin Eng Hrn has Irom the 12th December, itiyj been dissolved. The business will be
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      346 6 The Week. Friday, 29th High Water 1—6.46 a., B^s p v Cricket, S. C C. 2. Penang. Municipal Commission, 2-30 p. ("iolf, < 'pen Handicap. Public Meeting South African Fund, p. Mr. W. E Gladstone born, 1809. Saturday, 3oth High Water 7.4*, a., 9.19 p. Cricket, S. C. C. 9.
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    CRICKET.
    582 7 Pauauu 9. SmcvroKi With very line weather overhead, a j bright *unshiny morning, with plenty "I louds however, another ol lhe old est.ib--1 -hed matches between the senior settle* ments was commenced to-day. The wicket, this time turf, was selected from the new pitch, well across to the sea
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    THE BETTER WAY
    347 7 a Method went as a BBMaMavaff] Malays and to such an SSBBM «er.. In. tiiessed that, no sh'ps having come ii-.ar and home for over a year, he persuaded the ti to abaadon piracy m general and wrecking Bar. 'ipiele was the transl jrrnation wrought it savages
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    THE INDISPENSABLE "FOUR"
    79 7 •-tieneral Hutton, the < ommandant of the anada, m recently addressing theciti/en at the Vancouver Oper;i House, vvhich is fl a drill ball, paid them a lugli comjplimert ;r their soldierly bcariog. AfcorJing to General H.itlon, a well -trimmed inousta..he, close-cropped -;>»b sense of honour, and a
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    "THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR."
    139 7 Says a mail paper —A note of chivalry being imported into the South African ight Horse, the new corps which is being formed of colonials. The horsemen will. a- did the knights of old. wear ladies' iavours m their hats. The corps had adopted a°
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    NURSES' FUND.
    14 7 The tollowing donation is gratefully acknowledged: From a sympathising Hollandei, S too
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    THE CALCUTTA MEETING.
    53 7 (Special Telegram Calcutta, Dec. JtHIU The result ot the race for the Lawn j Stakes, run to-day was I. Mr. Tan Hup Seng's Lyon. Redoubt. 3. The Sultan of Johore's Ninepins. Till COOCH Bemak Ci r. Cherry has won the Cooch Behar Cup. Mr. Nathan's horse Burleigh
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    SOUTH AFRICAN WAR FUNDS.
    86 7 We icmind cnir lenders of the publn meeting, to Le held m the I own Hall tonight at .j p.m., under the Presidency ol Sir Alexander Svv i tliiihain, lor the puiposc ol organising, on a public basis, -..uljm r t >- tion lists lor raising
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    HOCKEY.
    92 7 Fast night, on the Esplanade a iiockev match was played between Singapore and St Isagnr. Apparently it was not taken as one of the serious matches arranged h-.r this week, as there was some confusion as to colours. Nevertheless the game was a very fair one. both sides showing
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    291 7 SIBUaVBUnS I rBBBBU. I his interesting annual competition took plac- v.-sterday afternoon, under somewhat improved conditions of the Links Ihe Penang contingent were not the best players trom the Northern settlement, but still it was very sportsmanlike to s. nd the best they could. The result, as
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    POLICE NEWS.
    400 7 Martin I Osesho, a J--w wa- yesterday charged with living wholly on the pioteeds of prostitution. Mr BrSMsdell appeared for th»* defence, and Mr. Evans tin protectee of the Chinese. ptOBCOBted Ibe uv was adjourned. A native was vest' rday find $950, or two month rigorous imprisonment, for
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    THE STORY OF GREATER BRITAIN.
    2088 7 All K ion is RbBSBVBBV. HY VISCOUNT MORPETH. 11. 1 rih GROWTH OF THK KMI'IKE— IN AREA AND IN WEALTH. We sometimes read calculations astuthe numbers of English-speaking people two nr three generations hence. It is not a veiy high ambition to be the most
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    THE COST OF THE WAR.
    407 7 Ny I *.i s s POBCSS w ill *s.ion I .-i KMNM Moavs 'Dai y Mn. l r. j nt., P.Plcini.ri'/'i-ir Nov. 21 -Seeing thai lag„ Mims of 11.01. ey ate being raised m Kngland on behalf of trip Impirnal fir. is by bBBBHI "f
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    PRODUCE.
    109 7 (December 2,j JjP fh*. u.irribii r dc. Cube No. i 1( i-. Pepper, i. lack (ordinary do. White, (Fair L/W= s 46 Nutmegs f 110s to the lb.; 02. do. (80s to the Ib) So. Mace (Banda) < )2 Cloves (Amboina) f Liberian Coilc-c- 17.\0 Tapioca, small pearl (Fair
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    SHARE LIST, DECEMBER 29TH, 1899
    135 7 Jcle u liAK 1 P* V°"%Z V°'V, Kech.u, (;,,lj M.Co. y Xli» k o <Fce Cultivation Co., [.'d.^2 yefl> 150.000 IJMM i<;ooo»i.. |i6NMa. t toi w f! I.SNom. IS 1C jf 44^O> Umlloiud SMmd i .ue 'tHlissue (45<J M wdandCo., I.U. 2O Nat.on.,l H.,nk of
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      872 7 TIIKY MISI A .XXX. A io m.i.ic-i s tha have ao practical outcvrac it s ol i.i. COfMMMMMMCa vvhctbei we agree or nut. The earth maybe, as some siy it is, a molten i.i i -s (BBBS far B shell B b-w miles thiik on the outsid, or it may
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      278 7 OCEAN biKAIil SHIP COMPANY* NEDEKLA I »SCHE ETOOafVAAkT asuVATSC lAPPIJOCBAAN. The Company's «teamtrs are despatched Iron Liverpool ouiwards for the Straits, China, ana Japan, and from Japan homeward, for Ix>ridon every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java Line „t: despatched trom Am.tu Li*rerpoel tverfortnight for thi*; Straits, LI
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      74 7 *i Weather Keport. (DecßßsbM 28.) Taken at Kandang Kerbau Hospital Observatory 9- *m. ]r.U.g 1. M Bar. red. ys PBb 99 994 ?9.«6 7 19.017 Temperature 7*, 1, |c j -s -0 Wet Bulb Th rrm i..-:lcr... -1, 17J Dir. of Wind N. \>. N.K. Max. Temp, ii adi 80
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      512 7 LS POR! aad Ton. c hn vrl MSBBIOMS Hr,,., Etm*. t I CTB If J v 881 bimwms^ ...s Biauaa i i< t In Brit. U447 Maddo, I Vl 1. -vi i km im yet. 171 I 1 1 ,LXV B US rica Brii. t s lv.. I Kb*-.,. y
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      632 8 TO LET COM MOI HOI'S and well lit Otlia.tr, m liattirj R id Private Knirancc. OFFICfc, 1/0 Frrr Pmttt Nov 1 -TO LET 1 1 Si i»i. P«i BUaVaVUU at lai>|onif KaußßfJ •v m lad. Apply S. MANASSKH fc Cb Dec IS tu.tli.s ii. L ROOM la let above I
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      283 8 LIQUID FUEL (PETROLEUM RESIDUE) Larp"e Stocks aways od Hand $15 i PER TON f.o.b. IN BUNKERS AT FRESHWATER ISLAND ,I'LLO Bl'KOM) oppos"««^ western entrance of New Harbour N.ti. 1 Ton of Liquid Fuel is equivalent to Bj TONS OF JAPANESE COAL The fuel is delivered through a 6in pipe capable
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      1757 8 4hV-'--& ~7~^~Br».r sm runs, s'j';,, ""i i arc maaufactured h> mm Urnr BUI ftM n l Bre Bckaovrledjieal on all sides to be B'l''-' llit- abuve label im the proiierty of the oldest estsblisbed brm uf Aerated vv .it«-r M.iiiufacturcr.s m tin- K.ist It lia.*. lie-M it*, own against ail
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      100 8 FOR SALE The Schooner OAM ARC, 7 t» tons 888. built m ,g;8, and sheathed with yellow metal m ,By 6. 1 arries ab^ut 250 lonsd w I and sails fast. a The Schooner HOPE, 50 tons, 888. built by the Taniong Pagar Dtvt Co., m ,888. of bailow and
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      605 8 The Singapore Free Press. ANO Mercantile Advertiser Cablb Addrbss,— Advertiser, Singapore. I KLF.PHONB NIJMBBB. No. r)|. Published at 30-3, Raffles Place, Singapore T^HE leading English Newspaper ir. tfe Straits Settlements Johore, the Federated Native States of Perak, Sd an gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the NVj, n Sembilan British North Borneo;
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      1278 8 VESSELS EXPECTED. Diving port of departuie, anJ (wt-ere known) date due here, and name of Agents. Mr.N-oi-WiR. I Dbcioib, Fr., Urcst, due Dec. j H.-ii-PeN, Chin., Portsmouth, HafBBSB) J.ipancse, lnii-MO, Jap., Klswick, I Iwatb, jap., Elswick, Kai.kkun. Jap., Stetun. M.vkiba, U.&. \irginia, Mi HAKI'MO, }np„ l."inJi.n, NaSAUI, Jap., Portsmouth, Pbtroi-wlovsk,
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