The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 July 1900

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    19 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, 25, H JULVV 1900 DAILY ISSUE, Xo. 39j7
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      529 1 06 \J STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers (or CHINA. JAPAN, PENANC CKYLON. INDIA. AL'STKAI.IA. AOPNEGYPT. MARSKILLES, GIRRALTAK. MAri T, AnSnON MSI 'VENICE PLYMOU'IH ANDLONDON. j Through Bills ot Lading issued for Persian i s&«3f£Sr-KaAr r MAIL LINES. outward homeward 1900- IQooChuwi. July ao Valatta July .7 Parr.matta Aug. Coromandel Au<. ,0
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    • Advertisement
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      449 1 T"« lh,<i,!.,on*hi,hti,c(Vs X Steamers may be ex., ,vi:hai J^fan Poms. London. 1900. ,900 Oopack due jul. a«. r 1 -H-M C o,«i .«-nt..l ports. New Yurk, Po-toi.. J'h.UJeU P"'-»-»nd iv.U m ,c. &c. r£Z^"^;:;^, BRITISH INF»IA TTEAM NAY tioi.co. fcUf>T«* rO i'KN^NG, KAN.' >N*CALCU On-o» r.eComoany't steamert it intended to
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      607 1 Agents at Sincaporb. ships aoencv. lat." J DAKXDKLS&Co.. 2-3CoLLVRRQuAV i •H» umurmbk t.onbd dai fs ah v A p Pkoximat«. Bmh BaUvia '.illiton lulv 27 R,l!,t'm H/' T .Wr BaUvia .Million |u>y 23 B.ll«or'.Batavia. Cheribon. Samara^ „,d Brouwer Deli via ports |„ly M »c. kU- i,s £t-p,m h A «i,
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      472 1 D BANKING CORPORATION. T A '^^_CA, P'TA L Jic.ooo.ouo C.ou. T o» u.«cro... N. A S.im, K»n-Chakmah. /iTt 11* I"*^ M- Gba V. H^,. |H. W. StADt. K^. K. Go.tz, E So. D. M. E^. "-SrxSSiSSjAcwoN. Makaoib: u"~"»'"'—^^-"c--^.... Cohpaht. L...,t»0. o,^ 4B SINGAPORE-INTEREST ALLOWED On Cv"«« Account., »t tke rate
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      408 1 miH,n bib VYOND T»''- «njy remedy at p.esent known as an I\ RECOM Vf o of the B RECOMMENDED V SOME o, th« LHIEFSPE «,.%S Ret;"' !2 a" demi HW« THE PEf ER S Nov I ROPR '«ro«s amd Sol. Manukacturbr Nov l 6 NEW Zealand insurance company HRE MARINE.
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      269 1 ERFUL SPFPTI7T/--h a -«-«^-«l T IL. owels. CIALISTS ,v r«. v,,-,w, sts and Whol«lleVv Al> PlU>l<>- i-SI J, YS COMPANY s), o, Old Ch.nl v' 1 V> »»a«T, Saaß^a^ ;p7^ MAIL CCI E COM^ E y AMSH O STEA^i'r^ 0 ORIENTai COW(iW T°YO KlSEV^rc X Throws (oRl1"" ".'.Co.) France^nd^"*^* tlckets
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    The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1900.
    644 2 The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1900. i bf mPutr.rr I Here patriot Truth her t'.wxn.t pr*' »|«t- iJra» riedat4 lo Rcliton. lxira'tr. and I THi inauguration of the new BC< tion of \i\ from Hanoi to the Port de Ch ne l>!d' <■ oil the i S*h u
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    THE VARSITY CRICKET MATCH.
    46 2 Th<- Vanity Match ended m a draw. Oxford made 50J m their first innings to which Forstrr ontriSuted 171, and m their second, they declared when they had put on JI9 lor six wickets. Cambridge made 39.J and 186 for two wickets.
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    FRENCH WAR VESSELS FOR CHINA.
    38 2 t The French cruiser /-'riant left Brest for China on the 27th June. The cruiser S/ax, which brought M. Dreyfus from the lie dv Diable to France, is probably also coming to Chin.i.
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    NORHT KECHAU G. M. CO. LTD.
    54 2 At the Statutory Meeting held to-day a very satisfactory report from the Acting Manager, Mr. Watson, was submitted to the meeting. The Chairman informed the meeting tliat the new manager, Mr. Simons, l.ad arrived ami left for th<- Mines also that a 10 head
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    RUSSIAN SHIPS FOR THE FAR EAST.
    76 2 I he Admiral Xakhtmojf. RMMM first- i-> armoured cruiser, which came out mi^inaUy a new khip m 1887, and has ha<l more than one commission since then m Kastern water* if again returning to the Pacific Station She is reported to have left PeriM
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    BERI BERI.
    115 2 Among the papers laid betore Council yesterday was correspondence relting to n<w ward at Tan lock Seng's hospital It Jn to have an impermta !->!<; cement Moor i 4ft. 6in an iron framework and roof, and kaiaiig !ram»*d walls. The cost i^ to be Jii.ooo for 36 patients
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    MORE MANDARIN MENDACITY.
    107 2 <jrdin*j to French telegram- (Pan--1 ith Joly) Li-Httag-Chaag announce that (fii Chinese soldir-r-> and rebel.-, who were b^sie^ing the Lr^a'ionb at Peking had been dispersed." {'our hnrdly-used Ananias Wretched mv' h-to-bt-jmied Sappkira! You wT' white-robed angels of eternal truth compan-d with thi-> Mongolian bcoundrel. (Accent on the
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    SHIPPING.
    145 2 I Ins moriin^ at -even o '.lock the Briti.sli transport Pentakota, No 1 passed throug)) trorn West to East, and at j.jop.m the Bnti-'i transport Nowsktrm, No. also went through There art Government despatches awaiting the transport Matiana which m expected here very shortly. The R. I. M S.
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    ASSOCIATION CUP TIE.
    266 2 Shmi Final-Kol md. i>th Co. R. A. v. S. K. C. AN KiSY Vii TORY lORIHI R. A. BY 5 (iouto Nil. The <iunners carried too heavy metal lor the light weights of the Recreation Club and the consequence was a very one sided game. The game
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
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      THE WAR IN CHINA.
      38 2 NO NEWS OF PEKING. Endless Rumours Circulating. (Special to the Singapore l-'ree Press Shanghai, July 24th, 7 +i p.m. There are endless reports current here, but no authentic news of the situation at Peking.
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      PUSHING THE LIE.
      45 2 Chinese Officials Anxious to Propagate False Impressions. Apprehensive of Retaliation. The Chinese officials are very anxio persuade the Consular Body at Shanghai that the Foreign Ministers at the Legations are still alive, and to postpone the puniti;.. measures as long as possible.
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      AT TIENTSIN.
      25 2 Everything Quiet. Chinese Peasantry Returning to Villages. All is quiet at Tientsin and the country people are returning to the villages round about.
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      REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
      15 2 Up to the tMBC of going tot'- »j Keuter I«legram had been r-
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      314 2 In addition to the Canning, K. I. transport, now here, other transports are to call at Singapore, viz. the Clive, the Jelunga (with naval reliefs), the Dalhousie and th«Antillia 1 },<■ l a >t named is one of the biggest vessel* that will have called here and takes no le»s
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    LIKE AS TWO PEAS.
    104 2 Thou Am ink Man, Arthur Bean, son or a well-known Blackburn tradesman was return^ home at mght when he b Y man, wh. accused him ot ha vin f deserted his wife and four children. Mr. Bean" protestanon, that he was a bachelor be,n,r dZ <?l'n,Z
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      298 2 NOTICE. MESSRS W Wui-c.M.c* CO, bsg la inform their patrons, and the Public they an a-ain bottling I.M> COOH Co.'s la<nou, Ale and Stout .n patent M rev. *opt>e.«l bO«Ust at $> 80 per doze,! delivore.l km to any address tn Singapore I BURTON-ON-TRENT. 1 \tt&± w A WAFF3R3, W
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    • Advertisement
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      819 2 TO LEND ON good security, from $1,000 to $jo,m^.\ J.G. BOVD, 2, Robixson Ku.id. July 1 1 m.w.f. v.c. ALEX. FOX CO. HAVE their teropoi try otfice .il No. lot Tank Road, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. JulyQ v.c. PARA RUBBER WAROIAN ca->es ol vooo «eds Rs. 55 seeds
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      680 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMEN J S FOR SALE ('dainpion Hand Ice Machine, Size No. 1, price tgo. Apply to H. H. COLKRIOGKi '7- Change All«>. 1 lu'y *5 38.7 SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. fc< Tub Protbrty uv Major Levris Jonis, v. At Letham House. Hooding Estate. Saturday, 4th August, at zju p.m.
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      247 2 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED A Loan of (4,000, on Good Secun'.y. Apply sub L. L., c o Frte Prtts. July 25 »7-8 WANTED AN Hxpenenced >mpoundrr ((rhine«;e). Apply to HKITISH PHARMACY, Middle Road. |uly 2.s I.S TO LET .1 "■pHK Grove" Tanjonj? Katonjf \-or parti•l culars .Vpl, 10 MEYER BROS. July
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      231 2 The Week Wednesday, 25th Hik»h Water 1 10.14 a., 'j.i'j p. St. Janes. Municipal ornmission, 2.30 p. S.V.A. Aiming Bf Position Drill, 5.13 p. S.V.R. Coy. R.fle Drill. V«5 Plug of War. S.V.K. 1. Bnsk, 5. 15 p. Thursday, a6th Hi»jh Waler 10.55 a., 10.19 p. P. O. Mail Homewards
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  • Correspondence.
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      A Challenge.
      153 3 f« thi Earroa. Sir --In your issue ol re«terel*y tl»ere is a paragraph about the statements of a Reverend Mr. Sadler at an Exeter Hall Meeting. It ix one of the tenets of the Missionaries of the Protestant Societies that opium is an accursed thing and has been
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    THE "PETERSBURGH" AND "ST. JEROME" COLLISION.
    640 3 A Colntbr Claim wax Damages. Jn the Supreme Court this nioning. before His Lordship Mr Justice Leach, with Lieut. Severn as assessor, a counter c aim for damage-, an-ing Irom a elision which rred off the Raffles Shoal on the nigl.t of the 17th
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    PTOMAINE POISONING.
    194 3 An untortunate case of ptoma ne poi^w curred at jg Upper Nankin-st last -lisin^ the death ot two persons and i rostration of three others. At the i M a Chinese coolie family i live, and yesterday evening their humble I neal of salt fish and ri< c
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    IN ADVANCE OF NEXT MAIL.
    438 3 Lond v >- occurred oil < > with 1 r > Germ ma 1 it -nan '.on. lie where me ion from Major G -1 ■> 'Vn*; unU ir.burg, when :t a strong force lie* a few mile-, w Senek.«l. >t 1 i-.t extending over
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    2799 3 Tuesday, Jti.v 24th, 1900. PRRSRNT H. E. the Officer Administering the Government (Sir A'«-x Swettenh*-'-, K.e m.g The Hon'ble the Acting Col. Secretary (Walter E -t-o the Acting Colonial Treasurer (E. M. Mrrew. ether). the Acting Colonial Engineer (F. St. G Can If- 1 <i, c.t Htirkinshaw. Dr
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    U.S. TROOPS FOR CHINA.
    174 3 Ne* Vofk.lwl) 4.— llieU.S. War Oepartm -nt has i-sue<i mdr-f, for the First aod Ninth Cavalry and the hoiirth, Fifih, Seventh, Tenth, F.iteenth ar.J Eighteenth Infantry to proceed at once :o Chll Iwo of the regiment* affected by the above i order (the Fourth and the
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    SUDDEN DEATH FOR NILE FISH.
    100 3 hxtr^ordmary resuhj are reported from the cutting ot the river weed known as sudd on the L'pprr Nile. According Is a report m ihe Times," trie operation lias set fiee I ich an enormous quantity of s'annant water that the river has been poisoned a^
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    EXCHANGE.
    61 3 (COKkECTED UP TO July js) On London Bank 4 m/b j q demand Priv-tt^ < .it. j ni/s docum<nt3 3 m/s a crediti 6 m/s j Fhanck, deoiaad 253 Gekmanv, demaad 1054 Inoia, I. 1.... 151J Hongkong, deniaad Yokoha i 34 ()in Java, >!> mand 1. Manila, demand 2^
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    PRODUCE.
    55 3 <JuK l7'v-75 7 70 N". I 1; 2^ ■}■> 6a| v f 47.50 „62 :o. to ih.j lb;.. 80 > ..92 !.:b*r. v /1. 7» do. uo lai 7.15 do. ao.) 655 n>, fUice 4.37J 6.8s ft 45 8y do. Jo. OM num. nom. .itt. 1 5*5 60 1
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    SHARE LIST, JULY 25th. 1900.
    163 3 Bell's As^to. Kastern Aptncy. Nominal. J 10,0. o B>sB4 8 '5«4 2« Bersawah Gold Mine Co. It4 6 unissued Clear Water Oa.ry Farm Ltd. m 7vo> I 87>5 "'S OO «5 Res. »'o.>tlicr,. 9 100,000 f$ ?0 000 7,0005.,, North KechauGCdM. Co. S-«. J J
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      51 3 r White and Co., will publish iasui h new novel by Mr. Wil iam Le Vueux rntitled 'An Eye for an Eye.' Mr. j iX ought to be fust the very man, "> view of retributition at Peking, to write another work on the same lines Tow I -lung (or
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    • Advertisement
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      441 3 i he btandard Time Bails. A Fort I ann>n,; and one at l'u.«u Is each day at I p.m. Singapore mean tim« (Greenwich mt.n time 6 hrs., 4 min 35 being lud.v i- r t Cliwinf ItH CQffWCtly. I'. Brani i l-or a.'i pulmonary complaints, oi *neie lor any ■'«wm
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      275 3 OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. AND NEDERLANDSCHESTQOMVAAkT MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAANThe Company s steamers are despatched /rom Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China, and |apan, and from Japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java Line ar« despatched Irom Amsterdam and Liverpool every fortnight for trw Straits, Batavia,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      264 3 VBSS X L 8 IN PORT. Men-o-Wa, p,, K .nd Ton. Co^^d"^T~ Arr.ved ft r« W.o-. Ie il If 1^ P ST Sr'ii H.r.lepool Jalv M M. B Ka.sha |ava, j u l> gg-|I p 111 E& &il Oil g si ii i-'^c pb|| p: i LATEST ARRIVALS. ir If
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      294 3 CLIAIAIGCI. M*KUMUT, Bui. b Allen, lor S, P Wi«< Hr.t. ,1... I'Mrvm. tor Man.U m4 |apan. t>or*, i. U ril r'Hub^Xl. Mo.-sii ul L) e BlM^ie, in Ua hv... iJotm, Dm. m... Ua.thoorn, for >Bttavu IVlliton. Hyui, Out. stt.. Duf,fai Sulu. via Uk ■it is., But. sir., lUlph, fer Po.Hi--SmIPoBTIAB*^
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      545 4 Powell Robinson battery road. KE«-o.^asjosi -OFKKDKX.SS «//^.vO^^. Comprising the Latest and Most Fashionable Goods for Gentlemen's Wrar i-p a j^ WESI Ol ENGLAND BLACK ELASTIC DRESS SUITINU Sootek and lri>li Honn >pun.<. Saxonit s, Clv viotr-, Vii unas, K.iik l-'l imit'>, Wliite IPS •J I Cv^ 1 f-\ i_y XII
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      475 4 inHORR OPIUM ANn SPIRIT JOHOKt OPIUM AND SPIRIT FARMS. 1 ender, w.ll be rece.ved. up .0 noon on 31st Ifeja.tri^S'JSSiatL'S January. K>ni. J. Tender-, should be a-idrc^-d to the State Se.retary, and may be for one or both Farms. Ihe (iovernmer.t does not bind itself to V t the hll{he,t.
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      971 4 RILEY, HARGREAVES Co., Ltd. 7 M ENGINEERS, IKON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, BRIDGE AND SHIPBUILDERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS, SINGAPORE. JRl^^^.^ STEAM VESSELS .1 z|V S«ifi: WOOd O!* Steel. ffu&>—Jet I "Tuff®! sZ^ I' *fe- Vl "C. BOILER.^ f *"^WMttßJKM^^^j^^~"^^f'.'- "^P« *^^ftJ»^ r?" 01-" ALL DESCRIPTIONS hC^ t it— T Jj^S^^^f7 '^^^^1^:1^
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      507 4 Tohll LrlttlC HAVE NOW ON HAND Harrington and Richardson's" Police Automatic Revolvers. Marlin Fire Arms Co. s' Patent i.hmij. nmn Winchcster_^_^ eating Rlfles> Winchester Army Magazine Rifles Colts" l-.ghtn.ng Repeater Magazine Rflcs Lee-Metford Maga/ine Rif.e^. I \K(,f.- si(;< X UIKelly and Walsh Ltd. t».«.,».*m,.«««««, 5o ttSZtSASSZ? Zl£ r tt«"% 1
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      1105 4 Singapore Sporting Club. PROGRAMME FOR AUTUMN HACK MEETING, 1900 October 23rd, 25th, and 27th FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 23rd October, First Race. I'hb Maiden Plate.— Value 1300. A Race for Maiden Horses Weight as per scale lost. An allowance of 2ilb. to ex-Griffins, ioi| into the Straits Settlements or Native Stan
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      58 4 Passengers for Straits, CHina Japaan. vSSiS'S rs Hughes, Mr. C. Robinson. Mr. I. Loveipy. g£?siSSi.£:*.&£"*" S£=%»taftVtt^£ss tPjE^IE lfc*°^ Per N. I). L. Prinz lltinrick, due Aug. 2.— So^M^ReM^M^ M per' e p. O. Parramatta and dv« Au«- "•—Mrb- W< A< lelland and. C M 'pi D. Reti. M,'l- J 1..-.
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