The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 June 1900

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, 6th JUNE, 1900. THIRD SERIES. DAILY ISSUE, No. 3
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    • Advertisement
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      681 1 Pft Office. Co'lver Quay JCg Wharves. Keppel Har bour O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers for CHINA. JAPAN, PENANG, i FYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, KGYPT. MARSEILLES. GIBRALTAR. MALTA, BRINOISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for China Coast, and aS«»i
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      724 1 f HINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVl- GATION COMPANY, LIMITED. t fi THK lollowing are the dates on which the Co. s Steamers may be expected here, viz OUTWARD. HOMKWARD. For Hosiinosu. Shang- For Marsk.llbs snd fc hai r Jai_ua Ports. London. lyoo. IQOO j Pak Ling due June I. Ching Wo
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      550 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Undbr Contract with thb Nkthkrlands India Govbrnkbnt. igents at Singapore, Ships Agency, late J. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collver Quay TUB IM>tRMENTION-D DAIKS ARK ONLY APPROX I M ATE. I I From Espccted Will be despatched tor Irouwer Deli June 4 Bengkalis, Siak, Paneh, Bila, Assahan Deli
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      168 1 NOBEL'S Explosives Co., Ltd. GLASGOW. MANI.FACILKHKS.OF Dynamite, Gelignite, Gelatine Dynamite, 1 Blasting Gelatine, Detonators, ALL RINDS OP Safety Fuses, AMI Electric Blasting Apparatus The above Exploit: es, being all manufactured m Great lirttatn, are made to Hass the high standard of safety and purity tests impos'd by the British Government
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      662 1 UONGKONG AND SHANGHAI iX BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL f 10 .000,000 R CSERVI FUND 111,500,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS i 110,000,000 F Coubt or Dibbctobs. N. A Sibbs, Esq.— Chaikmam. R. Shbwan, Esq.— Dkhutv Chai.man. R. M. Gkav, Esq. IH. W. Subb, l_| K. (ioKiz, Esq. j D. If. M
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      527 1 PETER SYS WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. THK only remedy al ptes.nt known as an I Nr-.\ i.i.i m PEKMANKNI" CUIUI lot Sprue, Dysentery, Diarrhcea, Hemorrhage and Ulceration of the Bowels. ItCOMMBNDEDarSOMB oi thk CHIEPSFBCIALISTS im thb MBDI4 1.1 pkoki.sm(in. Sold K.t.,,l|hy aM Chemists an. i VV le- I, by THE PETER SYS
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      251 1 PACIFIC MAIL STr/.MSHIP COMPANY OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY 1*0 YO KISEN KM (ORlt Through passage tickets sjr_.it«j to France, and Germany by ail of.Sttarnerof the above lir.es. To other Kuropean poms U pre; Spae-al reduce, ra md to I Army, .Navy, anu q. ODUir application. Pa._.iu,ers by p on
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    The Singapore Free Press
    23 2 HOT _ta I I r»,, I 1 _y Mmbs. mti j*OTßaa_ll Truth BOTBBB __M) rle lc R>;ibio».. L©av-_lt-. _n.
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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1900
    1310 2 NEMESIS ha- done her work at last The Dutch Republic of South Africa having raised their entire male population witJi th*-loudly-declared object of driving thc I nion Jack into the sea with the presumed help of Cap'- rtht-S, and European intervention have at last worked their
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    PERAK v. SELANGOR.
    41 2 The Cncktt Match. (By Telegram.) Perak's lirst innings gave a total of 13McKenzie 71, Marshall 44, Grenier 3b. were the chief scores for Perak. Glassford took four wickets for 43 Whitley four wickets for 70. Selanjior made 171.J
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    The Football Match.
    15 2 .Seiangor won the football match by four goals to Perak's nil. 0
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    S. V. A.
    119 2 To-morroi, Dbmonstration. It having been requested that the S.V.A. fire a Royal Salute of 21 guns to-morrow evening at Government House on the occasion of the lojral public demanstration ot British subjects m connection with the surrender of Pretoria the S V. A. will parade at the
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    IN NATAL.
    929 2 IN NAT AL. ___BBl__r. Clokb, S.V.A. Down with Entbrk I be following letter has been received by .Mr. J>. Miller from Sergeant Cloke, SA A. who joined Thorneycroft's force m South Africa I horneycrott s Mounted Infantry, Natal, April 14th, ir.oo. I've not written for a long time and the
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      558 2 jf*^- ,_ajr_. 4 i^ ________r- ?"_>f Whi^kv' tmu ,m 0.«,..1 ..cm ''ofomsm IVI o l\ Sole Proprietors iWAjCKi-.* C o .Disriiiers.Limir,d,isLAr.G_iNuvETsaBi/______dl__t_i Guthrie 81 Co., Agents. June 6 NOTICE Ka 1 s, _RflaFW-_^i^^n 1 k ui >lk ,iu rt S ria'apnre I _T_^E §]If 4 lll|l__i__| al||_'l_nl_________!9^___| hereby hereby a ive
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      181 2 ALEX. FOX Co. 4^, HiiiH Stkebt. TAILORS, Drapery Milliners and Drea*makers will during the month of June close their establishment at 6.30 p.m. instead of their usual liour. ALEX. FOX Co. May uc John Little CO LTD GOLF BALLS •iauHCrt^ laPlafOß llir __n__a __^k_B _V L. I^' The 4t Agrippa"
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      952 2 WANTED A smart, young Chinese Clerk lor conopon. dence and book keeping. Apply by letter to < \V., c/o Free Press. May 30 v.c. \W ANTED. Clerk (Eurasian) with good ex- penence of General Office work. Address No. 2t, c.'o Free Press. June 5 uc. wanted" A smart Eurasian Invoice
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      527 2 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS. \lf ANTED second I and single ricksha, must I be m good condition. MERCURY, c/o Singapo re Free Press i 9.6 WANTED A married couple as boarders with a European Family near town. No other boarders Tennis Court. Apply to W.E.D .co Free Press. J une 6 7.6
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      281 2 REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. PRETORIA^ SURROUNDED, A Boer Telegram. According to the latest advices frnaa Pretoria, via Lourenco Marques, the British troops now invest Pretoria. PROBABLE PEACEFUL SURRENDER. Burgomaster Will Hand Over City on Demand. The Burgomaster will surrender the city without resistance, as soon as a forn,_l demand is made. MAHON
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      220 2 The Week. Wednesday, Sth High Water 3 5y a 5 4 p •Municipal ommission, 2.30 p. I-and Sale, 2.30 p. s v r R h lf fforkl ork S5 a, ia, on Seh, 4P. o.V.R. RiHe and Mara.hing Drill. Thursday, 7th High Water— 5.15 a., 6.1. p Corpus Christi. N.l)
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    Correspondence.
    261 3 A Tactician. To THB Editob. Sir, Your leading articles on the progress of the war, based on the telegrams which come to hand daily, have always been to use both interesting and instructive. There is a point, however, which has not been noticed and that is the importance of
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    POLICE NEWS.
    144 3 Kling was seriously injured yesterday. to the collapse of a vehicle he was driving. A Japanese woman cut her throat at J4 -treet yesterday. A Macao of 104 Southbridge-road reports the theft of $104 from his house, whilst he j -crt on Monday. Macao woman states that her
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    CLAIM FOR NEGLIGENCE
    152 3 the Supreme Court to-day the case of 1 artiga-oe Strait- Steamship Co. was heard. ll a ciaim for $501. the value of property contained m a trunkhave been sunk owing to the nee of those navigating the >ne of the boats of the above The claimant, accompanied
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    "TRAINED JOURNALISM."
    20 3 "TRAINED JOU RNALISM." Ho a I.i a BSB ASS Maoi. pars imn 1- a terribl*- igiarisr:.-. is the append--1 prove-
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    THE PRESS—AND THE ALMIGHTY
    554 3 THE PRESS— AND THE ALMIGHTY J he portentous length of Dr. < lilford s .losing address at the Baptist Inion meeting m lx>ndon y made many of the delegates anxious for nner. A <iuarter-past-<>ne, the advertised lime, came, but sull Dr. Clifford continued his •i scourse. When he did finish,
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    JAVA NEWS
    874 3 Th». Nethbrlands Indian Ambulam b m THB TRaKSVAAL. Drs. van Kerckhoff and Buning, the two military surgeons serving m Java, and now on leave for ambulance service on the Boer side m South Africa, at the expense of a committee of ladies distributing publicly subscribed funds m Samarang,
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    COL VILLEBOIS MAREUIL
    327 3 Ihe Ja. :e Special Correspondent at Ire. toria contradicts catr gor.cally tfie repot t that Col. Viilebois-.Mar- was specially summoned and retained by thc- Basra at a fabulous salary as a sort r.f hief of their Staff. He declares that the Colonel went to the Transvaal entirely
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    WAR OPINION IN JAVA
    841 3 {Frttn a Corrtspondtnt.) The news of Lord Roberts' astonishing marches and fighting and successes on the way from Bloemfontein to Pretoria has been received m Java with stunned amazement, if the two leading papers of the Colony, the Java- Bode and the Nicw,usblad, are to be
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    318 3 Tlie following is the result ol the montlily Handicap Competition, which took place at tlie above Club- on WJiit Monday, the 4tJi instant V W. Stiven 44 41 a, r 85 .pt. Winter 4, 14 86 Major Lewis Jones 45 4'> 88 I. H I laytot
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    IN ADVANCE OF TOMORROW'S GERMAN MAIL.
    820 3 General Buller has occupied Dundee, m the far north of Natal, and about ten miles Irom the Transvaal border. The War OHice is m receipt of a despatch from General Buller, with brief particulars ol !\is recent operations m Natal. General Buller's report __M__sea
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    PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
    29 3 Jn C9__MEqu__.ee ol 11.-- I J r< tona Demonstration to-morrow evening the meeting ol the Philharmonic Or beatra i-a postponed from Thursday to Friday at 8-jo p.m.
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    DECORATIONS IN TOWN.
    295 3 Strolliog round lhe down during th< luncheon interval to day on<* .t~ reminded of the festive st cm m Singapore on the n/h ult., when lietri rt received of the rclii i of Mafeking. Entering Battery-rd., whicli had strings of flags reacliing aero-., the Sqnare was reached,
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    THE PRETORIA CELEBRATION.
    185 3 We understand that the genera! idea of to-morrow night's precession is tliat every person of British nationality, ai lar as possible, should provide hims- ll with ,1 bamboo about nine leet long, with a cross-piece three feet long, lashed tirmlv about a loot below the top ol
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    Steams' Wine of Cod Liver Oil
    74 3 Is stimulant to the processes of digestion and nutrition, and thereby aids m the pioduUion of healthy tissue. Patients while taking it should be provided with a generous diet, on account oi its stimulating effect upon the appetite. Proper rest, reasonable i x rcise,
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    Would Not Suffer So Again for Fifty Times Its Price.
    139 3 Would Not Suffer So Again for Fifty Times Its Price. 1 awoke last night with severe pam^ m my stomach. I never felt so badly m all my hie. When I came down to work tins morning I telt so weak I could hardly work. I went to Miller and
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    You must stop Coughing.
    278 3 li n best way to cure hronicl oughs, Bronthitic and hest Cold-, s to apply Little's Oriental Halm Rafebed well into the chest and back, it penetrates imm< diatcly to the inflamed parts. The tickling m the throat ceases; the spasm weakens: the (.nigh disappears. It
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    SHARE LIST, JUNE 6th, 1900.
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    PRODUCE.
    71 3 (Jua Im j, Gambier dc. Cube No. 1 '< r, Mack (ordinary do. White, (Ka.r L/fy-5% (nos to the 1b.)..... do. (.Sosto the ibi landa) Cloves (Amboina) Libenan Coffee... 1. medium pearl (Fair do.) do do flake (Fair da.j Pear. Sago, small... Copra Bali do. Pontianak..! > r 'ium,
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      51 3 g-mf lafj ar aB -v-F_f m «i Dbbblbbibbj. I X lIULO *l****«m Enlaroino. I IFrkb Lbssons to fL^ aL. '"-c-r;.r' otOreS CEORGE MICHAEL, I, Robinson Road. Jt^L\t.r±.uU~^ PI _L_LS Remedy for ell I rtularltles. B-MAh •">• -•___> Sold by Singapore Dispensing Co., Ltd., Raffle* Place. Singapore. Propr, ctur MARTIN, C.rroi.i
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      259 3 OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY AND NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN The Company's steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China, and Japan, and from japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java Line ara despatched trom Amsterdam and Liverpool every fortnight for trw Straits,
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      403 3 SUPREME COURT. An interesting case is being heatd m the Supreme Court to-day, the parties principally interested beiaaj the Municipal Comtins-.. ners aad Syed Abdulrahflaafl bin Abdullah AI KofT, and other-. 1 he far ts are briefly as follows .—The Municipal Commissioners are seeking under the Acquisition of Land for
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      363 3 VIIIBLI IN PORT Flaw and Ton. Commander. Arrive- rom Por Bam E* ru s ,6o S^™ Apl. i„ Plymouth Heaajhaui ru s > 75j L. M. V...... Kfaesaton. Arr ve J Kr<^ <-_„. B\"s_~Guee iSI g? fc*T Bao.wsa >_ fc_ ho,m J u 4 ?f'.* v,a Bueua /W.q,_ m'u v
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      1106 4 JOHORE OPIUM AND SPIRIT FARMS. 1 1 HMBI ra mm l>e received, up 10 noon on 31st July. 19a*, '»< icntinc tne JBbara O**?" anrt spirit F.rms ior iktaM \f.i's __aaaaflM-ag trom ist J.uua-.. lajaf. 1. ndtis -hould be addressed to tliafl Slate tiary. and may be for one or
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      329 4 MARINE HOTEL MENADO ENGLISH SPOKEN. Apl iv 19.10 John Little CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. Agents for BRETEL FRERES' D'ISIGNY BUTTER. In 1 and 2 lb. tins. John Little CO., LTD. May 1 6 ws. STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co.. Ltd. MBaMBR-a Lflßßfl hIM.UORK IT 4.45 P.M. Hye Leong, every Monda> or Malacca. Kuala
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      260 4 -IMISIIir LEA 4 PERMS' "A* _ff aa_. WOKCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. m SSP**%-t V^ BY SPECIAL WARRANT Jo|l_BgwP THE QUEEN <5Vv^»V PURVEYORS TO W&£^gr^& EMPRESS OF INDIA. CELEBRATED OILMAN'S STORES. S'y'?- \j__fij «_j 1I II,J are -c-no Ala-J_t-_ an all Ki-Len ta be Vj sp/ tt W i< purity hi -\.sMf fu
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      268 4 I lie above r ol the old Wat--, Manufar turer- n the Easl I has JiHd. its own age being 1 v.r. hflflflj r. 1 .as I. i.t beei adeei Orders from one doz to 1000 doz. ALL ORDERS DELIVKRKD FREE. THE SINGAPORE AERATED WATER Proprietors BARUGH Co, w McAlister
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      156 4 WOOD COS. PRIZE MKDM. AUSTRALIAN CHEESE Ouality and Condition Excellent) 45 cents per lb. Al SIRALIAN HOUSEHOLD MUTTER In I'rimt; Condition In tins of 10 lbs. each $5 50 per tin. McALISTER Co SOLK MPORTERS. ct w-s. uc. G R- LAMBERT _bTco~ PHOTOGRAPHERS. SisoMOKi- -Grisham House. Opposite to General Post
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      645 4 The Singapore Free Press. AND Mercantile Advertiser Cablb Address, Advertiser, Smmgt Telephone Numbbr. No. 61. Published at 30-3, Raffles Place, Singapore THE leading Finglish Newspaper m to* Straits Settlements Johore, tb* Federated Native State- of Perak, Sel_ n gor, Sungei L'jonj;, Paliang, the N Sernbilan British t \orth Borneo Sar.,
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      965 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. OMaaipßri a< aeß-atflrß, an'i |V w.mwn) date dv»- here, and name ol Agent Mam-flSa-Waa- BOflaOTi H.M.S., (liatliiim. dv- June j < OttOBTTB, H.M.S t.kd., i h.itham.aluc June I 1 BMBT, H.M-5. 1 !»<!.. < Katt-B-B, due June I'URST Hismaki k,<;t., Wilhclmsh.iven, due July ioLlßTfl, H.M.S.. bathaaa, due June
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