The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 January 1900

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  • 19 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER THIRD SERIS. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, v P h JANUARY, rgoo DAILY ISSUE. No. r
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 484 1 P Office, h'-i Qua 0-. WharvejNew Ha r O STEAM NAV^TIOI Steamer, (or CHINA. jA N PEN (FYLON. INDIA, AUSTRIA. A i, u-GYPT MARSEILLES. -IBRAI MALTA, BRINOISf. VENI^PIV.NK I A ND LONDON. Through B.lls of Lading ed (or i n Gulf, ConUnental and Am*,yorts, 1 or China Coast, and Sm
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    • 547 1 C^HINA MUTUAL STKAM NAVI- I GATION COMPANY. LIM. TED. j THK WjntflH the <iates on which the Co.'s Steamers m.iy be exacted here, vi/ OLTWARI). MOMIWAKO. i PMHfMKMM Sh\.si.- Koi Mak.shllbs U SC J MAN POKT s. I.OMION. il^OO. Hyson Jan. 5. Teenkai Jan. 15. Through Bills of Lading issued
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    • 816 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAAKT MAATSCHAPPIJ. I'ni.bk Contract with thi Nithkkunos India liovirn^ist Agents at Singapore, Ships Agency, latk DAKNDELS Cvr. 2-3 f oi.i.vrh Qu/ Time Table for January, igoo. From Eapected Will be despatched lc. Bawean Sourabaya J=«n. Bawean, Souiabay.i, K'massin, Pi, ln I. .ml, K.ilik Papan, \1 .1 i;, iw.i
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    • 165 1 Light Railways PORTABLE AND PERMANENT RAILWAY PLANT FISHER FOSTER HAVE IN Mu< FOR IMMBOIATI DBtivmv Light Rails, and Romn^ Stock Suitable fm U'-;r^ i Mi Q«arri< Brickfield*, S Uf ;.,r Estates s iw MillWbartes, fc 14 and 20 lb rails, with cr without s.tee sleepers. Wagons —Platform, side or ard
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    • 530 1 1 {-^ONGKONCi AND BMANOHA] BANKING CORPORATION* IV PAiD-UI CAPITAL R'K.kVK KKM *«0.000,00 rssirvb UABrijrTtSr 00 PROPRIETORS i %i0,0n.000 COMH or Mikettohs. U. GIAV, Ksr, CHAIBMAN. N. A oi*»t Esq.— UK.-UTY Chairman X Goktz. E sq a.,. p. A>M iND X A. Hum fcs 0 X SAC)i3 X A. McConachib, li-.q.
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    • 413 1 PETER SYS WONDERFDL SPECIFIC RECOMMHS'nK.) .v SO.MX o, 1118 ?Um?*s° v s Sold K.i:,i! Iy,il(hu,1 y,il(hu, PItSSIOM THE PETER SYS COMPANY pHCBNIX ASSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON. •lhe Mtknigaod A;,.,,., for th-.-abeve Company irr f l 1 I s „i por. Johore and ih e M a ay Ncv 20 THE
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    • 213 1 PACIFIC MAILS X til" UuCIUKNTAL ANDORIKNT A STEAMSHIP COM: ANY. AND 'pGVO XI! BN KABI KAISHA ''■'"<♦ h n.na to San Francisco. rnrf t ..il.-.i. ap.ly io (>M.HLLAN, WOOD *Co., l a 2 Apentm *J i Scents I •3'S WHITK V!OfTS RIGAUO'-S WHITE ROSE RIGAUO'S whitf j««»i.»* RICAUO'S WHITE IRIS
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  • 896 2 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAH, JANUARY 4, 1900. iricniian me tret* inr reopie t 'ij<;.t :nanna.n, VJnawed by influence anil ui.l>f.t>rcj by gam Here patriot Truth htr (lorloui prec fpt^ draw I 'H«,d to tuii ciori# Lonllr. »nd lj«. I HHII is not really very much to remark I upon
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  • 87 2 ARRIVAL OF AN AUSTRIAN CRUISER 1 lie Austrian torpedo-cruiser Zcnta arrivtd from Colombo shortly after three o'clock yesterday afternoon, and exchanged salutes wiili Fort Canning and the German flagship Deutschlami. The Zenta, which WM built at I'ola and launched m 1897, is a vessel of .1,250 tons. Her armour consists
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  • 66 2 w AS IT INCENDIARISM. A tut- oa um-d at i j 30 a.m. to-day at 780 Gaylaag Koad. it was put out before much d ima^c was dune-, „niy a few articles being kmrat 1 lie <>l( up mt, a M.iiay, says it was sel on In-: l>\ ,t neighbour.
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  • 100 2 i i -I Htmgk mgmj Manila, still DWMMktf —On NtA \cai s D.iy the forts ol Uttfupan, Sai. F«tmmmlo,\ ifMt.Lavag, Md \|)..tn are to be opened —d»r Coauing Tradt Ke^uUtioiib. London, December.— Kussmm r.-mtorce-menl;, MtilW to Le despatched to the E*M. I lie Odessa correspondent of die rlillhll uliether
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  • 194 2 ill.- l.oial S*-. rctary tli.- KnuO Au>trali.in Gold Miatag Coaipaay, f.tcj lia> re reived the following telegram from kauk <l.a> <J jr. J Janii.irv 1900 ton:, stunj realI I6SOOX j nultcii 1 old lII- Hix\e r-^ult is «mju;i[ to a shade over iCdwls. per ton l4e total nlwd
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  • 615 2 The public ol AJr J. X Kil> gour < xnnirncH at 11 am today, at »he Supreme Cout, b'-fore Hit Honour Mr. HwidllMl) Perhaps n irill be renwhered tiia 1 the t'ti- -i wa. ;r.••.' I In- U U of tlic case arc .n fojlowi '1
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  • 59 2 In honour of Admiral the Hon. Sir M nry Kr-ppel, ami m aid of the South African War Relic! Funds, ihe Children'> play Rumpelsteltpkin will be repeated on Saturday afternoon ;i' 5 p m. Sir Henry X- pj>< I will be present and it is hoped that
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  • 140 2 This mutnnig at ij jo, a man named lan Xi Wong went into a bouse to t oranges lo a lilt It- girl who 1 1 a < 1 beckoned liim. Having distracted the child's attention, he snatched two gold hairpins from her head and run from the
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  • 42 2 Cmmi LalMf a Ku^ian sailor belonging to tli«: transport \'la<ltmir, now at anchor m the roa>iv wa» lou!i<i tresp^siin^ >f-stt-r--<\\\j m'Tiiny.on \lie foftitlCSttOM al Mount l'*!m«-i, by Bombardier Moore of the R A. \\\> l<uM*an \%;i^ ;.rr.~t.-,| and afterwards lined $30.
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  • 116 2 uei! known and papular general, <vho, when \.(Jerihu». tcok a great intereat m rytJuag (Hal COWCBfili t the welfare of h:-, men, i li"^; the fjod aervt >1 i it to ihcm, wa^ on one .11 ndiiik; p.i~,i ike rooli houm just lj_ii)ft; the livur tor the fri«-n
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  • 766 2 Ihe Swift (>'.•' MMpsil) had an urgent I bri ir| number of cycle-, i h I I la SmmK \iuc.i llie> were lo be to a git i iin every iimmdlm ii I machines, enamelled ;n h idy lur deliver) nnvedaj 1 taut is wortU ncting,
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS THE WAR.
    • 14 2 »MM«gfteial hu yet bees n it the Cmbf -r^ ii K ht
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    • 32 2 I ha. b,Wecided to employ at Britailvelve M,liti a Battalion, 0 cli Ktefta South Africa two |q U, and t«to the Channel islandbe dest«ion of the twelfth ii prided. I
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    • 24 2 In Armyld<r banct.ons the .mplo>. tof a 1 number ot OMcOTI on the WC „.m,ON.- the rank of Major, tq acaiK ..I
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    • 33 2 Sih oflW i lEtated that General I ren. U i ion m v aanged. h-• EnoeuvTing fcdd- tijLith small reinlon cm. „t Ei'l dii 4- the eaeajr from I r J
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    • 29 2 I A»■ 1 Million Vote. Detent "IL'ommittee of the Cabin* t ided t .Ik for five millions t \r C/ •all"-*' 4t> 9 n al l
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  • 569 2 fl jo\r steam yacht, the Bifir as originally stated, 1 ■>< t! B €s be >ton lor uulu Africa, to I ha: V" -tance it po-aible to the Is a i r-i S pit a -.liijij. v Son»c re- >r eß ers > CoopeV we suppose) 1) (-^T P*' ha-
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 409 2 John Little Co., Ltd. I Special Show of New Goods. SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OK FANCY COTTON, DRESS AND BLUE FABRICS, m Whit--. Prinud. and SeU Colours. PIQUES. DRILLS. AND TENNIS FLANNELS, up-to-date and reliable quahtif--LADIES SAILOR HATS. Mower- Keathc U tunings, and TRIMMED MILLINERY m chanrmig variety. Silk and Cotton, Shirts
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    • 417 2 NOTICE w ioralad Water Bottles to Messis *> j 1 any ittlts bear 1 i 1,.-. d^tt. s ,k o- y Dltri >»4R J.f.. M< KENZIE, Manager ■OTIC! Jl WIN' re l>ispen- y bottles name At :y ihal an, one X >amt M .r per- »II be H \H\ Gli
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    • 828 2 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS AUCTION SALE of a brilliant toned semigrand Piano by I 'ley. I, at the Hotel do I' Europe, (drawing-room, end block near (he Cathedral) Wednesday, roth January at 4 p.m POVVF.LL Co.-Aucl.oneers. |an 4 10.1 dropped" ON (he evening of the yd instant, near MessrsJohn Liule Co., Ltd.,
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    • 32 2 Communications on literary matters should be addressed to The Editor, Singapore Free Press. All letters connected with business (advertisements, subscriptions, accounts, Ac.) should be addressed to The Ma nager, "Singapore Free Pesrs
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 98 2 '\dhe Week n| aal 11.25 a. Jdl Qd] P ■< R. I Mslhapt-n. 8.30 p. Uf 0.13 p. Lecturv Li^p ■ter i,, fa /.OS p. ■I.i 1> y xei]> due. ft Hrj Lr-,a*ah dc-Lisicr, V" kl i'^n Hall, sp. r« France (tub, 7-, op. V- A. ei> lemple Bar, H
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  • Correspodence.
    • 150 3 fo jh« li-noR. sjr—l-'iom your edit lial r^m iks c>i my letter of 30th ultimo I inter that you admit that the Memoiial schtme tor which .subscriptions were collected was wrecked its lormer originators and promoters, ihe Municipal Body. 1 lie amended charge you bring against the
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    • 564 3 Singapore. January 3rd, 1900. The Colonial Engineer makes yet one more ettort, of a sort, to exculpate the majority of four re-ponsible for the Memornl fiasco. He begin 5 by speaking of the Memorial Scheme for which subscriptions were invited as being the scheme wrecked by the Municipal C ommsiioners.
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  • 480 3 ■I me St J M Hill, held m London on iha Bth N w I I MMrtag extract wa, read h \kt I'reic.t Apjstohc Is ir.e Society ■fSflftMa of t»ie Faith. >,^ra Irak, >cptem--n. During the past year the jro^ kM been Modi retarded by
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  • 3081 3 WIDNKSOAY, JANUAM Hjoo. FkKSI-N 1 II O**»r Admiwm.iiwg Owunumnt (Hi Alex S -.cm n1..1: K.C.M.Ci.) lfce llunblc the Offic. r Ci.mnunifin X the Trooiii H. K. M«| 1,, 1 Dickson, c.v.' ti. A. linn Secretary iC.W. BtUlj4 Kjrnnenlev, c »ru.l the Auditor-cieneral (E. C. Hill), the Acttag CSfoaial
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  • 355 3 fV'imi >■ r) Mftm k i n NM ral Boa Witi t .il.jr ,j,- „^,,ii..i. n lakm >{ It it hli that, »h.»n. mcvh bi b Mtd, it hll 5 kadveri BaMar, «m ih.j plti.iJi.i i: maiHal aflicore. rite t ipnircd gwu, tnorcuv ,-r, ar« mlm to
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  • 245 3 I lie imlit.il y <_oi -.j)cinj(_'il <>t .1 bMM piper writes ihu> of the militia 1 he public will m tltc course of a lew weeks li.j\<- an oppoilunity ol m living ihi; acquaintance ol a very .mpoil.iiit MctiM ol oar military or^iiv ,au«iii liie Militia a br.ini.li
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  • 186 3 FUU C OMIANI XSTM) ki ONth. Official Ann.m.v, kmkn, |< I:i K()%l THE SkCRKI ARIM (Times of Ceylon.j We are aullurised to state that lli 3 Kx.cll.iuy the Governor has been m commum .tioii will, S-, ra-y f S( te negarding >< .mpl-ym,. Ceyloa
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  • 274 3 I Ik- report of tin- Committee appointed to cqasidei ihc labject of Fort Canning Light v\,i> laid m tlf table of the Council yesterday. Tiic essential pan runt ;n follow 5. fhe Committee .nt imaaimou l\ oi opinion tliat (he insufficiency of this Mgiti 1... 1..... folK
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  • 57 3 onascrao up iv I wuai On London. Bw kin ,ii MUM ii Pn\ credits 3 tn/i i 11' dot nm«-ni> -5 m. 1 cr.,lit- Fk a .<:.>:•■ tad t Gkrvanv, licmm 1 1 INIJIA. i I 144 HONGKONii, mm! t%(MM. Yokohama, rfeatiad JAVA, Hcmand MANif.A. den-an? 'pm Sovereign t
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  • 77 3 PR ODUCE. If i ir\ j -r < No. i M •Vhiic, (X« rL/W Ny, ii o. la tht 'oj Mac* 1 1 m; i „2 C.ioves (Amboiiia) <.-. Libci I7*M raaioca, somll p«irl [Fair qyaliti d*. da hki (do. d*.] 7.7^ do. mm&wmat wi \Vmit <io.i 7.50 I ..775
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  • 76 3 I WHtii to let the- people w!io sutler from rlicuma-li-.in ai ■filica kno* that Chamberlain.-. Pain Balm relieved me after a nunvjtr of oilier medicine*, and (iixjtor I, id (ail d. li is ilic b*M ln.i r.ent I h«Wt ««tr fcamm «f— J A. lioix.ks, Alpliare.ta, Ga.
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  • 131 3 fUH I' NSVASA, Hr.i. ftf I)r RaiftM ami 1 ilta ■i iM), lint it M for Ltinstf. NIW GviNt, Hr;:. M for S\J.R-\ sii ports. I'. Kg and Deli. II s-. \V\v, Brit. Mr, Had iar and M.-il^cca. (mow Pin*. Brit, atr., Jdiicoc, f« M.ii X! GIRM4KIA, Gcr. Str..
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 16 3 I declaring Nagasaki to be an infected port, m consequence bu oonit plague, has been issued.
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    • 15 3 i „j DAMP PROOF |L PIANOS I" Robinson Piano Co. v*rr^^^» <s Aon 14 t.th.s
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    • 261 3 OUKAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. ANP NEDERLANDSCHli STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN. The Company's steamers are despatched froi Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China, Japan, and from Japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java Line are despatched from Amsterdam and Liverpool every fortnight for trw Straits, Batavia,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 197 3 SUli, PAIR, DELICATE SKIN.-A dear md healthy complexion produced by wm Kowl«sds Kilwxiu, the mo»t soothing, dealing, curative and i clr -shin^ preparation, and warranted harmless to the most delicate skui. It prevents ■nd r.m.vts Fracklw, Tan, Swubwra, Kcdnu-s, Koughness, heals utaneoua Krupu ms, lintationr .Stinjj^ of Iriicct^, Kczcina, Mums,
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    • 375 3 iBA PI IMT, JAHUART 4 tk 0 o Pi.nU, S 7/ fl.-.r Watw l).,,ry K. rm I,'. ■■•v,i..rf. ;< (lc j i JclebuA nin iS 1 i; E* V V »s,ooo :> fechauGold M.Co. 2 < K....,'t oil,. ,!iu l(ll N r ".ooo is.ooo 36:.. i n.,!!,,;;^ s, ,0,/j sue
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 479 4 John Little GO LTD. Sole Agents COATES COS FAMOUS PLYMOUTH GIN $9 per case or one doz. DUTY EXTRA. John Little CO.. LTD. KHY MING < iiNH-.CiIONKK. ESI ABI.ISHKI) IM4. No. >>i Mras Ba^ui R<i(D am. No. 2; U thru Stkkk i Christmas and New Year Cakes m ilw.i>s on
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    • 850 4 TO LET pO.MMOOIOUS and well lit Ottices m Battery V-* Ko^ i Private Hntr.Tncr. OFUCE, c/oFree Press. Nov 14 u c R( >OM to let abovw The Kobinson Piano Co. Apply.ioTHfc MANAOKR. IVl.s J "C--"to let THK (Wove. Ta.iio' g Katonjr. Appl) toMF.YER BROTHERS. AUH2 TO LET AS* a Sun.
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    • 269 4 •gents for LEA a PERRINS' a ft+p WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. a^L. I PURVEYORS TO Wo£^S&o!^ EMPRESS OF INDIA. CELEBRATED OILMAN'S STORES- j LIPTONS TEA MERCHANTS BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN LIPTONS TEAS drunk everywhere: m air-tight tins. THE FINEST OBTAINABLE. LIPTON Limited are the Largest Tea, Coffee and
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    • 957 4 THE STRAITS TRADING COMPANY LTD. < I NOTICE 1O HOLDERS Ol< HIiAKKR SHARE-WARRANTS. A 1 I genera) meeting of this Company held on t the 30th ef November lB</v. 't *as rt solved lhat the Directors do issut; 12.v»0 thjßfai 1 I fioo, each m (he Capital of (he <
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    • 1219 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. (ilv:ng poit of departure, and (wl ere known) ate due here, and n^xnt. of Agents. M «n -01 -War. )k< nit-, Fr., Brest, due Dec. Jai Pit. Chin., Portsmouth, I'Tmjss, Japanese, diumo, Jap., Elswick. watb, jap., Elswick. (aijkron, Jap., Stettin. >1 \KIBV I S., VirgiMa, iliraxumo, Jap., 1...nd..i
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    • 954 4 Ncgri Sembilan Government JOHORF.-JQHOI BOUNDARY -TENDHRS are mvi.cd to, Ux r 1 boundary fro,,, K .a! a CtaS I, Z\ river to Kwala h0n.1... M Mu roughly twelve miles. A stra.gM line BMM 1... t„, lti rl clear overliead. w.th ,>,,„,,. „v ,ks twenty chains. Field books Bhnrißyj Xv iph
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