The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 May 1900

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    21 1 THE Singapore Pree Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, I3th MAY, >/i 9 00. DAILY ISSUE, Xo. 3 I
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      704 1 Prt Office. C ollyer Ouay. Kg Wharves. Keppel Harbour O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamer;, for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANfJ, TKYION INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, L, Yt'T MARSEILLES. GIBRALTAR. MALTA BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH A ND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for China Coast, and
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      602 1 fHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. THK following are the dates on which the Co.'s Steamers may be expected here, viz OUTWARD. HOMFAVARI). For Hiinukonu. SiMMi- For M srnbillis and I im 1 At Japan Ports. Lovhon. igoo. 1900 Movunt May 22 Yangtsze May ai. Ping Sue> May 24. Ching
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      638 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAK.E.TVAART MAATSCHAPPII. Under Contract with the Nkthkr lands India Government. Acents at Singapore. Ships Agency, i.ate I. DAENDELS &Co., 2-3 Coli.ykk CJuav THI I'NDtKMeSTIUNKI) HUHS Ml ONLY tri'KOMMAU. From Expected Will be despatched lor Krouwi r Deli May 2 Bwgfcalit, S ,k, Panth, Hil.«, Assah.in .v Deli May
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      377 1 ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY FIRE LIFE Total hrBIIII FvMt hx< MB „o<hj,ooo JHK LAK(,ri>r FIKK OFFICE IN THE WORLD. BOUSTEAD Co.— Agents. Mar 16 CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED, HONGKONG. < HIUL V BSLRIBBI) $J,500,000. Amoi-ht nifi-vr 500,000. Reserve Fi m> Marine Risks at Cunent Rates. BOUSTEAD Co. -Agents. HPHE LONDON AND
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      719 1 LIONGKONG AND SHANGHAI xx BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL Jiooooooo 1 RESERVE FUND $1, -,***** RKSERVE LIABILITY OF 7 PROPRIETORS i |i0,003,00c C'OUET O9 LMBECTOK3. N. A Sibbs, B*f> Chairman. R. Shewan, E:>ri.— D MM-tv Chairman. R. M. CkAV, E»q. I H. W Si n F. q. E. Goki/, Esq. D.
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      415 1 Katz Brothers, Limited. Beg to Announce the Arrival of New Goods including Many Novelties m their Drapery Dept. Ladies Trimmed Hats PROM PARIS AND LONDON HOUSI 5. Special Value m Ladies' Sailor Hats, 75 cents each Stylish lan. \V» ht 'uTl N r Clty Khaki Sai r HV ChildrCn Str
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    The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1900.
    436 2 The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1900. (hi mainti H*r« v.tim* 10 R«:>,,on. Uaaak 1 Ibe man gun went at am. and Ictl by th< |f. M Imdm mtte available about iv a. ii 1 egi ipbk omaj ioa m itti Ca:. 1 bul w- >-a^»j.- .ire ,-ent on
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    Singapore Sporting Club.
    1779 2 ENTRIES FOR SPRING RACES. Tuesday, t§md May. Ihk M muks Plate.— Value 1300. A Kace for Maiden Horses Weight as per scale (lost.) An allowance of 2ilb. to cx-Gnfrins, imported 1 into the Str.ms Settlements or Native States at a j subscribed price of not more than
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    SAD DROWNING ACCIDENT.
    107 2 At seven o'clock this morning the body Of the late Capt Roberts, formerly of the Kian Ann, was picked up just off Johnston's Pier. The body was discovered by Inspector Hranagan drifting with the tide and appeared as though it had not been m the water many
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      IN NATAL.
      27 2 BULLER MOVING ACTIVELY General Buller is lowing Press Correspondents Dumb. It M reported th.it the corre-ps have been forbidden to divulge any of th» movement-.
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      LORD ROBERTS'S ADVANCE.
      28 2 1 Had a Successful Day. 1 f.ord Roberts, wiring from Rntspruit on the 10th m the evening, says they have li.i'l ,i suc< essful d.iy
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      THE ENEMY ON THE RUN.
      28 2 British Well Beyond the Zand. They have driven the enemy from point to point and art,- now eight milf- vond tlie /..iiul River
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      FRENCH AND HUTTON AT VENTERSBURG.
      13 2 The cavalry and mounted infantry ar entersbvrg station.
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      THE HONGKONG HOSPITAL.
      23 2 'Later Plans Now Ready. Mr. U'yndham Mates thai the p] the new hospital at Hongkong are If v. thi-> month.
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      Work to be Pushed Through.
      19 2 Every effort will be mad'- to >reft th<building at the earliest possible opport .nity
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      WEI-HAI-WEI.
      37 2 The Demarcation to Proceed. Chinese Co-operation Immaterial. Mr. llrodrkk ha> stated that Colonel DMWHi K. I has been in-truct'-l to continue the demarcation of Wei-hti-wei even without the co-operation ot the Chinese. ndon May 12th, iguo.
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    THE ASSIZES.
    40 2 At the As>i/es yesterday. T.ti Chow Mm w.ir> sentenced to six months' imprisonment for unlawful wounding. ong Sin, for u-ing 1 forged document received a sentence of three years. Lim Thia Sang for housebreaking. got three years also.
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    A FIRE AT SEA.
    74 2 Captain Peter* of the local tftttMf GftrnfmiUck, which arrived from Amoy thimorning, reports that at 6 p.m. la>t Wednesday, while at >ea, a fire broke out m the after lower hold, to which there was no getting a t except by Hooding the after hold entirely,
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    MARINE COURT.
    241 2 The crew of the British steamer Craig, for which Messrs. Boustead Co., are the local agents, appeared before (apt. Craufurd this morning at the Marine Court of Inquiry charged with impeding the navigation of the Ailsa Cv ii on the 2nd inst., whilst on the voyage from Manila
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      319 2 A 55 GUINEA PIANO FOR 400 The Robinson Piano Co. H.W E "»v\ H, -tock i aaipirnt ot t| .'oui;hly guataiUt-ed i J iano> which they tan sell at $400 net, though me London selling price of those Pianos is 55 GuineaIhc> will also be sold on the EASY HIRE
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      551 2 WANTED At ompetent hint >c BoofcJawpar. Apply M., c/o Sivgapt'ir tree Frcis. Mai 10 175 WANTED 21 hme-i Cteffcl >or Bangkok, -oiiie experience m BBoaaatt aaeniaan Apply 8.. c o Frm /'rat. May y 16.5 WANTED AT ONCE. Stß(>Nri pony, aad gnany. \.11..L o Free I'ress. laaj v.c WANTED Marine
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      413 2 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS. JUST LANDED. A FRESH SUPPLY Ol KUPPER'S PILSENER BEER THE MOST POPULAR OF LIGHT BEERS. There is never any sediment m KUPPER BEER 11 I^ ALWAYS MUGHI k SPARKLING' Caldbeck, Macgregor CO. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Apl l" t.th., IN IHI <.»>O1)> OF RICHARD CHRISTIAN GEORG Rh.MMfc.RS Deceased.
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      244 2 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. 'PKNDERS will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of the J2nd instant, (or the following works Erecting a temporary Supreme Court Building on parcel No. 8 being land granted to the Municipal ommissioners situated on the N. K. side of the Town
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      31 2 The Japanese torpedo destroyer Nijt, which arrived on the 3rd inst., left for Yokosuka at 3 p.m. yesterday, having rt plenishcd her bunkers m the early morning, prior to her departure"
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      204 2 The Week. Saturday, uth I High Water y.l4 a., y.i I p. Cricket- S.< ,C. 2nd XL R.H. Football— T. P. F. <. uth <o. R.A. 5 1 St. Josephs 2nd XL 12th Co. R.A., 5 p. Star of East, lemperance Club, 7.30 p. Lodge Zetland Regular, 1.30 p. Sunday,
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1009 3 ,:<!</ agunt homines ncstn estJartagc Itbelli JUVtMkL. That, Sir, was a pregnant speech of My Lord of Salisbury, delivered before his Peers. Surveying the field of modern Kurope he finds no promise of peace. Nations m arms, and, unhappily, a consensus of prejudice, even of blind
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    ROYAL JOHORE TIN CO.
    773 3 The statutory meeting of this company was held at noon to-day, at Messrs. Huttenha h's, Mr \V. Ewald m the chair. There were also present Messrs. Joaquim. Buckley, Bin, Stiven, Abrams, Rostado^, Maclaren, Cleane, Windrath, Waterstrast. HatTter and Khory. The Chairman said this was the statutory
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    UNITED PLANTERS ASSOCIATION
    535 3 •'.ird annu«l r-port >A the. L. P. A tlic following huwwu fimnsai iidA km. lit! h-iri) m fjH >our Committee approached th e the importance ot est-t p I pirtment m the Pod ..^rreipondence on the subject has since been exchan^the Kesident-(ieneral, who has all along favoured
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    THE BIRTHDAY BALL.
    31 3 His Honor Sir Alexander Swettenham is issuing invitations for thr usual Queen's Birthday Ball to be held on the evening of Thursday, the j.}th inst., at 9.30 p.m.
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    TRAINING NOTES.
    599 3 There was heavy rain during the night and the course proper was closed m ionsequence, which was rather unfortunate on the morning of the entries. Bruin was given some steady work and pulled up dead lame. None of Dalian's string were exercised this morning, at least, before 7
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    REDIANG LEBONG G. M. CO.
    105 3 1 he analyii- f'jn'.rms the expectation esyresssd at the (iener.il Matting that the total extraction for April would Le abo 1 11 March. On the 27th ult:mj Mr. A. d. Wright wrote to us that the Pelton Wheel worked satisfactorily, that the dr)int» of b
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    NAVAL AND MILITARY.
    146 3 The ffMSTM has arrived at Malta, n r w- tor China. The jfuni\ t.b.d.. Lieutenant and omm.indtr K. G. >r!jett, h.is left Plymouth for hina. The rj.-mleship fiu.'ia-ii, < Hid. 1.. R. Wint/, arrived at Shecnuw on 17U1 inst. from Cha'ham, on her vk-jy to China to
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    TELEGRAMS.
    847 3 (Via Ceylon.) London, May 3rd. The Express pubhshe, u\ 'nterview wnh the King of Swtdt-n who is now m I London. His BfajfSt* emphrf(i L illy declared his belaf m the justice of the British cau-,p. m South Africa. A inies despatch from Itloemtontem mjfl that I all the
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    SHARK REPORT.
    248 3 (Latham mmd Ma< taggar- j <Jur tn.4tkels remain very quiet, witti but little doiiin- Rain however .is r.ib i-. it.nl> Mi n n>£.— Tin Mines. Jelebu arc enquired for it? 12.25 but there art no sellers under Si2-4u_ f'ahany; Corporations ari. steady at quotation. Temclonjji h.ivt changed hands
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    46 3 live Hylain boys tor trespassing at Bendemeer, the residence of Mr. Seah Liang Seah, Serangoon-rd., were each fined 9 or a week's imprisonment. A Court of Two Magistrates yesterday *entciu°ed two ClttMM to a year'^ hard labour each lor thelt, two montlib to be solitary tonlincnKiit.
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    INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
    48 3 rotf List. Previously acknowledged s 1^***** Per T. Black Esq.. Hony. Tna Sin**prt <,•!/ flub. W C Souiliam 1 J. Kirk 5 t i lir.im.iil -1 ho^. Black Hon. VV. H. Fn/ell H BshrA < I'er .S'for,- Prr tl> G. W. lit tt, Ho, 1. Trmiurtr.
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    ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY.
    224 3 List of doMtioas and rabacriptio&i col- lected by Mrs. Douglas Loiall. X (i Penney, Esq Mr-. Ww march W. SyflMS, 15*.... c A WfWht, Km) m H. l'.«ynf (i.illwcv, Ksq. 10 Anonymous T. I 1 ul, Ksq. G. Mn.ikworth, E» lo Messrs. Robins** o. F. Ridley, Esq.
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    154 3 J homeward and the outward Spanish mail iteanei i«A and dt Lv .on ar. due here on irit- 1 <»h and 17th instant respectively Tlie nni m believed to li.ivc on board another hatch ot Spanish toldk n bo r id bceii prison* n m the hands 'A Urn Filipinos.
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    SHARE LIST, MAY 12th. 1900.
    110 3 Bell's .vs.. ,^u, K.istrm Aw« •y. S3 Sellers. .(1 l« £1 (ifir Water Uairy K.rm Ltd. $,<» ««^Xf J hraserand Wave Ltd. iS.ooi.^ i.-,.000 i-, 0 7 6^.)ebs/,^ prcm TSSij Hon K koni: and Shaneh.-ii H^nk kf| »ioon.?oT 4. iSS BKy-w^ S- Kr {rSZ VTSS
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      204 3 SOMETHING BETTER. Steams' Wine of Cod Liver Oil A ji il.it. ibie and reliabl<- pteparalion, containing the valuable principles which distinguish < od I.i\ cr Oil from all other fats. It improves the appetite and digestion, enriches the blood, tones the nervous system, and builds up tissue wasted by dise.isc.
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      269 3 OCEAN STKAM SKIP COMPANY. AN!) NEDEKLANO^CHK STOOMVAAKT MAATSCHAPPIj OCKA AN The Company's steamers are despatched 1 Liverpool outwards fur the Strait China, and Japan, and from Japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java Line are despatched Irom Amsterdam and Liverpool ev< fortnight for th;
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      152 3 SERVICES TO-MORROW Si. Andrew's Cathkural. 4th Sunday a/tcr Easter. a.r:i. Matins. 7.30 a.m. Choral < elebration Holy < otnmunion and Sermon. 4 p.m. Sunday School. 5. 10 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. 7 a.m. Thursday, Celebration Holy ommunion. St. Matthew's Church, Sepoy Lines. 7.30 a.m. Celebration Holy < ommunion. 8.15 p.
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      179 3 fcXCHANCifc. (COkkEClEU DP TO May 11,. on London Bank 4 m/s and 1/1 i Pn\ m/l j O; 1 document;; 3 m/s credits 6 m/'s a Franck. d'-inand j Germany, demand juo, India, T. T 147J Hongkong, d. mand Yokohama, demand 4 t> p m Java, omand. u8| Manila, demand
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      460 3 VISIRL h M^-0.-Wa. FlW^lToni Commanders V, Lman v, m J Brit. ruis.. 3600 Reynolds Apl ig L». 11. Po. v I Vc, 9 a K1«.4i OD Matter, Arnved i-rom Uoni tv I It.'l. bq < oS M.r.li., N Hun v Ho« I D0t.,07 m!. v i» Hti L.OW x II
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      550 4 SINGAPORE SPORTING I CLUB. I si-Risc; RACE MBEIING. 4 fuoiay. jjnd. Thursday, J^th, and J Saturday, ->(>th Muy. c^et of adn ission to the Grand Stand c^7 ■j I l'<- had of Mes'-rs. John Littlb Ac I 0., Lxf.. I Daily Ticket 1 Season *5 T I .dips' Tickits f
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      903 4 FOR SALE 1 ut Owner UMM the t olon^. hestnut Galloway 14.2, guaranteed ijuiet m saddle and harness. An American Buggy with new rubber tired wheels, and nearly new harness. Strongly recommended. S* Apply to H. ABRAMS. Apl IO 17.5 FOR SALE PARA Rubber Seeds and Plants. Apply to H.
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      921 4 '^w 'ri_' 'TTt^wa i /f J7D fTF7i\ fj/'Timc Jf»_Br_'// ''r»^l re rnart -l* c t u ct l hy the very 1«* T i/O-fSm-- /l a d arC ackn -^^dKcd on nil Mdc, l>» I. "J^f r 1 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. ■^OTI( E is heieby fhrcn t- .»t thctollowm^ per- sons
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      160 4 THOIHf Hfdlcine ef the hnj at t < Cr, r 3 tc at CtlcvtU EthibiUon. 1863 84 open to ail Countrlss j rz D^LALQR'S HAS THE LARCEST SALE CF ANY PHOSPHORIC MKOKMNI IN THE V.OR^) forty >cari ltln the fjT^\ >*/ I Tft, HV t'.»»r* of vii a tmtuuioni: «n*c:
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      197 4 FOR SALE. A BOUT 200 cases Sulphuric Acid D. BRANDT to. Paa" \>> m th v.c. lOK ALL KI.NDb Oh Printing ana I Bookbinaindt KELLY A WALSH, LIMITED, 32, Raffflea Place. GOOD WORKMANSHIP, LATEST STYLES. ESTIMATES FREE THE "CEYLON OBSERVER,' (ESTABLISHED IN COLOMBO, i8 34 ,j IRCL'LA I KS throughout
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      511 4 TO LET \X7ITH entry from the 15th of May, Large Airy Offices, now m the occupation of the undersigned. BARLOW o Mar 27th uc TO LET ~m Syed Alley Road. Immediate entry. H en JH Its, Apply GUTHRIK Ac Co.,— Agent May 4 v t TO LET. FROM APRIL Ist.
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      934 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port ot departure, ana (wnei* known) date due here, and name of Agents. Mbn-of-War. Goliath, H.M.S., Chatham, due May Inualls, U. S., New York, due May jANts, t.b.d. H.M.S., Sheerness, due May Ottur, t.b.d. H.M.S., Devonport, due May Kosario, H.M.S., Sheerness, due May Summer, U. S., New
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