The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 May 1900

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, 2 6ih MAY,* 1900. DAILY ISSUE, No. 3088
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      683 1 J* n Office. Collyer Quay. XT: Wharves. Keppel Harb our O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers for CHINA. JAPAN, PENANG, I FVLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA. ADEN, KtiYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR. MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH \ND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for Chtna Coast, and
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      553 1 fHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. THE following are the dates on which the Co.'s Steamers may be expected here, viz OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Honukoko. Sh*n<;> For Maksbillbs and hai 8c Japan Ports. London. 1900. 1000 Yangtsze May 21. Ping Suey May 24. Ci.it X Wo June 13. Through Bills
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      483 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contract witb the Nbthkrlands India Government. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency. late J. DAENDELS Co.. 2-3 Collyer Ouav IHK Nl'M> Mi riOKI I) DATBS ARK ONLY AHKOXIMu, From txpectc 1 Will be despatcned lor v. Diemen Ratavia May 21 Batavia, Chcribon, Samarang Si Sourabaya May
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      340 1 I G. R LAMBERT &Co PHOTOGRAPH F.RS. SINUAI ORK GRBSHAM HOUSK. Opposite to General Po«-t Office DE(i lo call attention to their continuously m creating collection of more than 2000 Different Views, OK SINGAPORE, PENANG, JOHORE, FKDHRATKI) MALAY STA I KS.SIAM.JAVA BORNEO and M MAI RA. Of which copies always
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      725 1 UONGKONG AND SHANGHAI I BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL 110I lo 000 o*> RtSERVK FUND }n«ooJo RESERVE LIABILITY OP 1 5WQ PROPRIETORS j 1i0.000.000 Ombbj or Uibbctobs. N. A Sibbs, Esq.— Chairman. R. Shiwan, Esq.— Dkputy Chaibman. R. M. Gbav, Esq. I H. W. Sladk, Bsq t. Go«T2, Ksq. j D.
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      492 1 PETER SYS* WON! THK only remedy at piescnt known as M IN Sprue, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, RECOMMENDED b> SOME oh th. CHIIFSPI Sold Retail, by all Chin THE PETER S (PROfßiiroßs ani. Soli Manucacturi Nov 16 ROY 2:Vr, INSURANCE COMPANY FIRE LIFE Total hfMIH I-unds Kuiid 4u.000,000 THE LARGEST FIRE OFFICE
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      386 1 )ERFUL SPECIFIC. IMtmuai 4 PIRMANINTCUKa to. Hemorrhage and Ulceration 30Wels. YS COMPANY, (RS), 9, Old Cum* Stiukt, TBt i7-'1,i900 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP~ COMPANY qCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. AND 'pOYO KISEN KAISHA "RUST'i ro Through passage tickets grantr.l to tm*Km France, and Germany kfal trans- Ati.u.t,c S, ifSsifcir San trarcisc
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    Domestic Occurrences. DEATH.
    74 2 Domestic Occurrences. DEATH. In London, on the 23rd insl., from Pneumonia, m his ;,i>ih vest John Fiuvard Gray Whs*ti.rv, of the BMii^h North Burnt* Company's service, arvl t!<l»-st son <i( J. J. 1.. VVhc.itley, Singapore, Pirisudl will please accept this int'ination. (Madras and Bangalore papers please copy Here -I.^ t\,
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    SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1900.
    828 2 A special Race l>innr wi I be leld at the KafHts Hottl to night at 7. 30 p.m. The M. M Company's steamer Oceanian left Saigon at noon yesterday and may be expected here to-moirow at noon. The >loop Hosario, Capt. Hamilton, arrived at Colorrbo on
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1234 2 <Juicquid agunt homines nostn est farrago hbelli. JI'VBNAL. Our poor friend Stead is evidently m a j bad way. His foamings and ravings again.st his (ount'y make ili<- hypothesis that be i^ a |«i ati the only charitable view that can he take* ot his <asr.
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    354 2 The Russian gunboat Gdyak, now ten months out <jn her voyage to the Far East, is visiting Bangkok. The hmee <-f Mr. A. J. W. Watkins, Resident Engineer, Selangor Government Railway, has been ex'euded to Sept. sth. An over-zealous Chinese rat-hunter too four rats to the Kreta Ayer d'-pot yester.
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    THE SAINT AND THE TAILOR MAID.
    240 2 (A LIKI cW L RIC.J U-. W9& irved m *tone, and he stood alone H nh up m ll.e altar wall. W ,1' ir.m irown, tx»Wing coldly down At tt»« vr»ner->, great and small. He wa-.^rand and great but m >m and late if-
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    GEN CRONJE'S GALLOWAY ORIGIN.
    246 2 The Globe says "Cronje is a Scot, and a Galloway man, if Sir J. Crichton Brown is to be believed. He has just told the Scottish Border Counties Association that the J ather of General Cronje, whose name is the l->ut( li rendering of McCrone, was
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    165 2 In l»,e course of a Idler from bloemtontein, Mr iiennett .Huilei R h. writing lo the Daily Telt K rap says: We have been veiy severe upon those who have not tried to re-pect the Hjer and his property —very r.j»hily, too, m most instances. Most ol the c.ses have
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    42 2 HUNTER AT VRYBURG. Railway Communication Open. Vryburg a Base for the Advance to Pretoria. Sir Archibald Hunter's Division has occupied Vryburg, to which place train-, are now running. It will be made the base of o^erat for the Western Column.
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    BULLER IN NATAL.
    32 2 Moving Up Guns Against Langs Nek. A Battle Expectei There. (j. neral Buller is posting guns round Lang's Nek. A severe struggle may be expeue-: there London, ->6th Ma
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      441 2 NOTICE r -at/ Bro.s. 1 .id II N°T!2 >s also .I^L-tWeovtn- I or«in»: i*\^W or to., of the" Trade I aRaTCiiUSUaUaX2IaK<9^ I i 1 1 hc hr ?'j printed he re 1n I ■SS^Pm^V«KSSS I W uith respfct to cast a^aM%a^J?F?<fe3>»jißßzglla^aKs^B3B^^a^aM I|W ul ax.- M-^iuifa.'-l PV^V K^SP \Wm/?R I S
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      532 2 EYE-SIGHT. NOTICE. T MR cur.tiniiing my Si^ht Testing Rooms, at J. ftitjirj Read, and have appointed Messrs. V A. I'ltK-iro ft Co. my Solf Agents. They have a t my Lenses and Frames of every description. SmM 'tsiing free. Repairs by skilled workmen. N. LAZARUS. Mar v. t lh s
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      484 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERI ISEMENTS WANTED a housekeeper for a largt boarding establishment. Apply by letter m MAZARIN. ;<'\ Rhwt Valley Road. May 26 u.t. WANTED TO RENT Ami I lu.usc a mile 1 r two from (own, Irom isl July. Apply to 5.," c/o Free Press. M.iy 26 stuth 17.6 NOTICE
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      879 2 The Week. Saturday, a6th Hitfli Water:— B.36 a., B.^S p. Races Third Day, 2.45 p. Star of Bast, Temperance Club, 7. 30 p. R.ic< Dinner, RaiHes Hotel, 7./50 p. Sunday, jj\h Higto Water .—'hV' '20 p. Ait' r Ascension. M. M. Mai! Homeward-, due, noo- Swimming luL», Jackson Miilar 8
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    SELECTIONS.
    24 3 The Open Griffin Handicap Ladvsmith' The Scurry Stakes Boyton. fke Roadster Handicap Revolution. The Stewards Cup The Count. The Singapore Stakes Plutus. Onkaiaringa.
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    THE SARAWAK TROUBLE.
    81 3 TUB Cossv l Visits Rajah Urookb. Reported Dkjbvt of Trcsan Ksit ditioh. (H ngkong Telegraph Correspondent.) Labuan, May 17th. On account of fresh developments m the Sarawak affair the Hntiih Consul has postponed his intended VM t to Sandakan, and left suddenly this mornirg for Brooketon to
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    QUICK-MARCH!
    220 3 It 1 s the general opinion that the British will j „t I'retoria as fast as they can march."— Rtuter's TeLgram. That s a fact We're goin' to get there a quick step, please— The Band) For campaigning better rtmdiu' thaa you'll the thing on hand And the veldt's
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    SHARE REPORT.
    172 3 jm an i .'ftii iaggart.) I the races our markets have been p*r.»ed s;nce our last rer. I ever I of the mining stocks cont.nue la rise. Raabs The new battery and electric mstalla. ected to start shortl). •iongs This company expects to start May 30th. —I m
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    THE "SPECTATOR ON IHE "AFRIKANDER DREAM."
    347 3 On receipt ot the Spectator of the <jBth r.y the German mail yesterday we find the Editor's private reference was not the rt< eipt. of the "Ha nan paragraphs ar.d article^, but to a previous despair li i -tungs. and a Singapore frc. I
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    THE "SUNDAY" OF LONGITUDE.
    108 3 It is reported thai an almost serious rebellion has troken out m Karalonga. The whole island was taught by missionaries some little lime back to observe Sunday carefully. I-ately, by some mislortune, a scientific person appeared, who showed that the 180 th degree of lon>>ilude Waving
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS.
    155 3 A proclamation of the annexation of Chris'mas I-'aud from June loth is publish, d. Monday, June j.'h, Whit Monday, will he observed as a Bank Holiday throughout the Colony. Mr. V. J. Burgees, If .A Cut. has been appointed Government Analyst. He arrived m the Colony on the
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    THE PRINCE OF WALES.
    213 3 His Likes ami Dislikbs. A weekly paper has secur, oracis from an alliiim m which ihe DachOM I 1 Fife has kept tlie persona! opinions, per- rial ta-> 1 and imprtss:ons of nearly every BStmOSrcf th- Eagfish Koja' Family. The Pvincs <>f Wales*! likes and dislikes
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    A SCHEME OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
    726 3 The A'iMf >• r April opens with an art L le L> S.Ctart Ptt M •■r In ■hich d vie question >• Reform. H;s mm raf— inwimlalioiii are d v d to ihc Mil'ti*, which he says ha^, m Bug* land and Scotland, been ruined
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    THAT BLEST HAVEN.
    72 3 A more than usually remtKe malapropism is told by the Liverpool P<«t." A lady was viMt.ng m Liverpool a poor womao whose hasband w..s a sailor. She inquired at oi.ee of the husbands whereabouts. He's |OM, N Mid ihe worn.:, dolefully, "onaciusadetoHallelujai." Thevisitor a t first thought
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    JOTTINGS FROM BERLIN.
    939 3 The Reichstag having gone into recess, the potiti al pot 1 as Irfi oft seething for a time. The. N'av .1 Bill i>i Commis-ion v» a* kept very quiet but one or two inter* stj ing utterances leaked c ut. Beb< 1 said straight out that the
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    MERGUI PEARLERS.
    68 3 MERGUI PEARLERS. Some of the Australian pearl' rs at Merlin, says 7 ulm- m Advrttisri', have nidcmljf t batM iisl^ep during ihe olt sc-asci i pearling, a» M aie •d thc-v an now shiMimfj CMldl to London lirtct. A year or two back „.1 urn i. ihe same commodity were
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    RETIREMENT OF MR. SKEAT.
    201 3 (Malay Mail) We regret to hear that Mr. W. W. Skcat, CM Servant, explorer, Malay scholar and author, has been obliged, to sever his connection with the Federated Malay Slate. Dr. Manson of ihe Colomal Olhcchas declared him to be "pei manerr.ly inc.ip 1- t.iied ior
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    IN ADVANCE OF MONDAYS MAIL.
    618 3 (Up to May 2nd, via Australia.; General I'oie-Carew, who is scouring (he conn. iryoaai ol Hteaaafoatak«, has oVpcivcd the Pros Stata oath-breakers of thou-, „,,i, headal laim j Me 1, is also cMMmndaarad Uraja quanti- ties of forage ia every direetian. General Pole- l" w
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    INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
    40 3 nth I'M Pci W. K. v ti-K.s 1 < m N. Scaabilan «77 5« C' I \'>. S •;rks 1 If. rSt I Per O. Am 1 X U<.i.< o# 1 ?«jI, ***** <m. I', 11, Hon. Ireasurer.
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    INDIAN LABOUR IN THE STRAITS.
    175 3 INDIAN LABOUR IN THE STRAITS. Safi r r —We commend the follo»»in^ pimcmut I lian n«.w >iv the aMiptw >» f.ovtrt.mci.t tlial ruljs llu^ BM I. a GawWMMMM which for its sue da, more public w.irk^ on if> I itids than any m the rv^t, and tias as yc-t made
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    S.C.C LAWN BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    178 3 II.AY on FRIDAY. (Jll AMI'ION-II ll'. Dim bt.it Karlc, h rail Im iL Hoiloway beat Mai Kenzie, 21 to l'». KI.CS HaNIIIi Vl' Kmsi y and < Itrke 3lm .v Jenkins ;iml l-ullrlt, scr., 21 lo 1 I IKS I OK MONDAY. I )',i jilks Handicap.
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    IT WAS NOT THE CLIMATE.
    527 3 I Jla\ k bMN well as lo my general health so wrote the late Dr. O. \V. Hnlmsl a short tune before hi-, death but hiw had a good deal (it .< f'.nia. Ihe climate is. told and loUkjh. Lvit 1 have found Brack thai
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      233 3 The Standard lime Baii->. A Time Ball at Fort Canning and one at I'uUu Brani falls each day at I p.m. Singapore BMaa 11.. t (Greenwich mean time 6 hrs., 4 nun., 35 ■■■<■ hcinj koisted five minutes prcviousl,. To-day Fort Canning and Pu' iv liraiu both It 11 1
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      20 3 Ewi ..is,. I NNH td f^> A OIORGR MICHABI i K ad DAMP PRO f I3^SI Rabins n Piano Co.
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      344 3 SERVICES TO-MORROW. St. Andrew's Cathednal Sunday after Au- nsion. 7 m m..' 7..^0 a.m. r labrati .n and Tirana. 4 p.m. Saw day S. ho i lib < I s. 5-.^o p.m- Bswaaang and Sermon. 7 a. in Tuadaay 29' h, Holy Communion, 7 a.m. Ihu.sday H..|y Communion. Si Mai
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      670 3 SHARE LIST, MAY 26th. f« .«n k 0., r:'^"" 1 }^> <'- o,r. Bell's As, u> X, Miwiaal. V IVatar Daky Fana Ltd. I M -d »«S: Rn, ■".aoiiw. „..0 >( 7> $I Mayn.irri < „i C 3°.000 3,000 North Kechau Gold M Co. S.MSdkn I 1 ©o.^o I Iso,cka»
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      117 3 1 cd. if-. M, hit I EXCHANGE CORRKCTBD <r a I >OS Ba:k 1 ni d. 1 -maud ereditj FttANCB, d« JoiJ I I Hongkong lokoha:.--. Java, flemand „gi Manila. IeoMU S »VKEUGMS Discount 3 monilii i>i. is „6 BarSih FKOUUCK. [Mag 2<> 1 m cV. Cube N',.. i\." Wnite,
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      625 4 JOHORE OPIUM AND SPIRIT FARMS. 1 1 tidii s\il! be 1 c v«d. up to mon on 31st July. 190 for fWtfJai the Johore Opium and Spirit Farms for three \eat* commencing Irom Ist January, ii)ol. lender- should be ad<lrcss< d to the St*te S rttary, and mi> Ie lot
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      877 4 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION TtNOERb will be received up to noon en the 31st July, IQoo, for the lease of the foi owing Excise Farms for the next revenue period, which (commencing from the Ist Januiry, iqoi,) may be itht-re for one year, two years, or three years. 2. The Excise Farms
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      356 4 '^''T^ 'V| arc manufacture.l by the very r Sfe^^ M 4 jt\ Skiljed European Supervision I )i 'tffi/j/t <'y PURITY OUARANTEE!> I >V John Little cV CO LTD. NliW BOOKS. RED i' I 'l PAGE ti> M. Chakaon4d< mi 9 ARLET CITY b) *ears. ROAR Ol IMF RISC, by Nat
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      585 4 I John Little Co., Ltd. Sole Agents, for t^e following well-known Whiskies. ANDREW USHER'S Special R < s c r.v c, do "Gold Capsul e," < 1 o "Black Capsule 1 do "Grand Old Highland,' /i.'.UNDKLL'S "Cabinet" HARVKY'S "Fitz James" SANDERSONS "Glenleith" GKKENLESS "C lenlussa okAUFjIiD'S 'Finest Very Old i-KNNOX
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      143 4 The DIAMOND MERCHANT J. GOLDENBERG TTAS removed from No. 17 Waterloo Street to No. 122 Albert Street. Ma y s 18.6 Mange m Horses. ii OALVITIS antiseptic solution is the O only thoroughly effective remedy lor mange, itch and skin diseases of all kinds m horses. One week's careful dress-
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      501 4 Kelly and Walsh Ltd. JUST PUBLISHED FRIKND TOMMY He OTHER TOPK s by Joss Chinchiw joss, price khiki do do do price paper si -00 NEW BOOKS. THI NAVY at ARMY ILLUSTRATHI) VOL. IX Hoo The BOOK of GOLf- and GOLFERS by H. G. Hutchinson with 72 pe-rtram new edit
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      1018 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Glvinppou o' depanurp, an 1 (mAtaM date due here, and unine ot Agent*.. MkN-<-l -\V»R AtGONAVT, fl-M.S., Chatham, due June Haltimorb, L.S.. HoritfkonK, due May i Bismarc k FURST, Ger., WMliclmshavcn, due July (.imi'iTTn, H.M.S i.l».ci., Cti nham.due June Cy«net, H.M.S. I b.d.. Chatham, due June GOLIATH, H.MJS^
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