The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 10 November 1900

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    17 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, iom NOVEMBER, DAILY ISSUE, No. 4029
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      733 1 P n Office. Telegraph St. Kg Wharves. Keppel Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers for ChTnaTjAPAN, KHANO. CFYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADhN. RGYPT MARSKILLES, GIBRALTAR. MALTA, BRINDISI. VENICE, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of lading >ssued Jor Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for Chin* Coast. MAIL LINES. OUTWARD HOMEWAHD
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      508 1 f HINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVI- GATION COMPANY, LIMITED. OUTWARD. HOMRWARD. For Honukonu Shan<>- For Marsbillbs ANr> hai Japan Ports. London. Through Kills of Lading issued to Manchesttr i Continental ports. New York, Boston, PhiUdeli phia and Baltimore, 6cc. far freight and other particulars apply to THE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED, Agents.
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      704 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKLTVAART MAATSCHAPPII. I'vrißK COMTRACT WITH THI N KTH XX LA M)S lUDf* (IOVIRNMINT. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, lat? IMKNDKLS Co.. 2-3 Coll vrr Quay IKB I'NDBKMKNTIONUn I>A Ihs \uv. ONLY Afl'KOX I M \TH. Krom Expected Will be despatched tor de Carpciiticr Batavia Nov. ,s Batavia, (I
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      726 1 LTONGKONG AND SHANGHAI xx BANKING CORPORATION. %£3sE c tS}S± loooo -Sterling Reserve.. S 1 0,000,000 S.iver Reserve S 2,000,000 j Sl 2 O <X) REbKRVE LIABILITY OF PKOPRIRTORS j $*****.000 COUBT Or UIBB IB* N. A S/bbs, Kitq.— Chairman. R. Shiwan, E»<j.— D»iur Chairman E. Gobtz, Esq. H. f< M
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      819 1 PETER SYS 1 WONDERFUL SPECIFIC THE only remedy at ptcs^nl ltno*n as an INPAI.M iji.p. and PEKMWKVI' UK* Sprue, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhage and Ulceration of the Bowels. WCOMMENDEO.TSOMIf.,T«CHIBFSPBCIAL«STS r MK,)|, x; propi Sold Reuil by all Chemists ami \V THE PETER SYS COMPANY Nov i6 ROI>R TORS AN S O»*
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    Domestic Occurrnces. MARRIAGE
    39 2 Skiils-Starky. At St. (Jcorges Church, Penang. by Special License 011 Novi-mbor Ist, by the Revd. VV. I). Dunkerley ma., I olonul Chaplain. Alfred Edwin Skkels of Cambridge, England, to Gkorgina Khiuhn Starky of H th, Somersei.
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    The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1900
    329 2 The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1900 HaiMltifMta HMaia Unawcd by inffucn< c »nd nnbr.brd by gUm Here patriot Truth her nloriou» prf rpf !ra\« IMcdacd to Relicion. LoraltT. and Im lin latest political cartoon m that wellknown American journal I'mk is of a very striking character. !t deals
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    525 2 The last night of the- Season .it Harm^ ton's CiffClM to-ni^ht. J lit- -how got! on At the ordinary m< etiog ol Zetland on Monday, ibc ar-nual elect.' the \V. M. for the easoiag year will take place. Preasurt on out ad\» rti>uii,' ipai caused a quantity ot reading matter
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    PERAK v. SELANGOR.
    86 2 The Cricket Match between Perak and Selangor commenced at Kuala Lumpor on the S;|, At;,. is on that afternoon, the score stood C. (1. Clifford c Cociirjne b McKen/ie \2 A. B. Vevlaa b McKenw A. B. Hubbach b Cochranc 30 N. (irtnier, net out ir, 11.
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    SINGAPORE ROWING CLUB
    148 2 SINGAPORE ROWING CLU B lii< annual meeting v*ill be hel< 1 on Wednesday nest. Nov. 14th, at 5.45 p.m. m the Cricket Pavilion The annual report of the Comeaittec uyi: 1 he Committee have pleasure m presenting the 20th Annual Report j<id B.w which he credit cash balance cm )otn
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    SHIPPING NEWS
    134 2 lii. Uitiora, No. m, passed through the harbour on her return Irom China at six this nv<rning A French transport went through m the opposite direction at 3 p.m. yesterday. H..M..5. Marathor is expected In re from China about the r.jth instant and will rish her bunken il
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    THE COAL SHIP'S LAMENT.
    212 2 deU> loshifM bringing coal to Singapore mmm to b* getting woi c. 1 unships Benrlt 1 a were each dc m tha Roads eigM A*)-, before btiiiK provided with I it at idle a: Un the swilling tropic tide. thinking <jf the vessels safe insi And
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    POLICE NEWS.
    235 2 A Chiaassan was yesterday sentenced to six months' imprisonment for -Matching a hairpin tr ana woman m Duxton-road. lier Chinaman also •> t ix months fur a similar offeace m Philip-street. Yesterday .»lternoon, a Kling walked into Kaadang Kt-rbau Police Station covered with small-pox mark- and asked for
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    "LOVE'S RITORNELLO"
    184 2 1 here is really no end to the romance of the r rincess Chimay. When btf we heard of this Hungarian bonny, she had eloped with Xi K o, the gipsy, who loved her, and then beat her, and finally took her to live live we presume happily—
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS
    16 2 [Up to th»- hour of going to press Ra Reuters Telegram had been rectived.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION
    697 2 V 1 I /»e "ho. to Guan has been nominat as a andidate for the Centra! Wa Singapore Municipal Commission poser being Mr. Lan Jiak Kirn. and so ond-r. Mr W. P, Wad Ihe Bnti-h steamer City j arrived this morning from Odessa, will over 2,000 Russian troop-
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      1903 2 MINIATURE TARGET SHOOTING last nights to-days advertisements. I the HARMSTON'S I KYNOCH BREECH ADAPTOR grandcircus Iq^jMSways*-*--and Cartridges royal me^m e a s c ok wild VciSb^u^ For .303 Service Rifle A EK-MKTKOR, OR LEE EN.-.KLO n^T) TO- NEW YEAR S SPORTS, 1901. c m FAREWELL' night notice (jue>>ted to .it
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      23 2 The Buggis man v. ho killed his wife at lampenis on Sept. 19th was yesterday committed for trial on a charge of murder
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      258 2 The Week Saturday, 10th High Water o..'f» a., 11.50 p. Furniture Sale, 10, Syed Alley-rd. Inter-Colonial Shoot, Hongkong. Krench Mail Homewards closes 6 p. Star of East, Temperance < lub, 7.30 p Speci.il Dinner, Raffles." Circus, Beach-rd., 4 St 9 p. Sunday, nth High Water 1.10 a., 0.31 p. 22nd
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK
    1503 3 tfuicquni agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli Ji vhnal. The interest of the Biitish election having passed away, and our minds being reassured by the triumphant return of the Inionists. a, good omen for the unity and -lability of the Empire for six years to tome,
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    SOUTH AFRICA: A SECOND IRELAND?
    144 3 SOUTH AFRICA: A SECOND IRELAND? Mr. M omy propheci- ■i till <itd. It i-> pure Mire on his conjectur pesvnmt on ;ill on our c. ■.>•:•■-. I might conceivably be uu'r if the Sou h of tod^y were g< i{iit it wtll man ;»•> wei i/ i and I< laco-
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    GOOD LIVING JIN MANILA.
    327 3 i) I L 1 > It-. m that the m Manila, they appear to be U\ Ttie i J hil\ppine C<. tcing <M the bßMerrsi i( fi and mutton, Ir »'i li.li, wi g cream cheese and oth> r <\ (icai enumerated ;n ihe following extract
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    139 3 Why does a bishop we <r gaiters and shovel hat The Mishop ot mchcslcr, at a luncheon at Bournemouth, -'sited it 'hat question sn^^estud 1 thCM pcop'c vbo mdv jied m a teSting ol m-'inmen* «s he passed down ihe sireet Did thty think ht lilted ihe jfarmenis and thoiiKhi
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    HOME RIFLE PRACTICE.
    557 3 A:- many members of the S. V. A. and SA ,K. arc willing to spare some time and a little rr.oney m improving their rifleshooting, a few words anout practice with the Lee-Bnwald or Lee- lletford rifle and the miniature cartridge with Kynoch's Adaptor may not be
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    THE CROWN AGENTS CONDEMNED.
    93 3 h I ol twCnt) i r warding la n iieensured. hwiUnotL •<•;■■ tnn 'he Hritibh Hunrailwav much longer, to f ml that the Bfll of B- M r.-• 1 *ays I < -:iit by rn> me m „.,ny, and <m>» is, m I 1 ti/!.i vtry
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    POOR MAN'S ELECTRICITY.
    341 3 Lit* WBK 1.1'.H I I jK THfc HHJI-LK 1- l'i>M\K i j ii of puhlii. lighting, in< luding possible limited electric installatioi uri i<r '.onsi'ieration, the following i »om»: present interest a^ showing what is pi u jjo -><■(! as a melh >d of distribution m a
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    THE RESERVISTS PLACE.
    102 3 In cMoectioa with tin- re-electioa lor North Aberdeen ol Captain l J i ntr, who is Mill at the trout, the following curious incident occurred: At a meeting held by tk* Liberal Unionist candidate, Mr. Williams, alter be had given bit address, one ol the cli 1
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    THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY
    881 3 I h*ve ]H't been [lonun.ite enough, write M corresp indent to the Daily Chronicle frotn St. Petersburg on the 7th ult.. to secure jn inte esting interview with Prince Khilkolf. ilie Russi.n Minister of W.iys of Communication. Pr.ictic.illy ihe whole working of 1 l>e magnificent undertaking called
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    A SELF-TAUGHT COMPOSER.
    187 3 .Mr. Hl^'ar, compositions occupied such a prominent place M the recent musr al lestival al Btr mingham, is practically wyi the Man- < i ..ndian" i a sdl-laughl man, never having rei eivrd a lesson m orchestration. He H i tie sun a Worcestershire Mak ■< Hrn
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    EXCHANGE.
    71 3 (Corrected up to November iv) On London Bank 4 m/~ 2/1 A M demand 3/i,';. Private credits 3 in/s 2J\\l document;, j m/s 2/1* cred'ts b m/s 2 France, demand 264 J Germany, demand 215* India, T. T 158 Hongkong, demand \%di>. Yokohama, demand.. ...j%di*. JAVA, demand ...127 Manila,
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    PRODUCE.
    121 3 (November 10 I m 46». Gambier 795 dc. Cube No. 1 M- 40 Pepper, hilack (ordinary S'[ 01 c 29.50 do. White, (Fair L/W— s% 4250 Nutmeg-. lies 10 ;he IS.. sft do. (80s to the \b) 76 Mace (Banda) 92 Cloves (Amboina) {2. L.iberian CoHec 20 Tapioca, small
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      45 3 Cadwallader- Funny that a woman tan never throw anything straight.' Jenkins (whose wife has re d liair^ H'm, not lunny exactly rather provtd'til'al, isn't it" PHOTOGRAPHIC MOUNTS \vi 1 v Xmas cv New Year Greetings 100 Kxquisite Designs. GEOKGK MICHAEL, 1 Robinson Road. Nov. 10
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      636 3 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY. Corps Orders by Major the Hon'ble A. Murray, Commandant, Singapore Volunteer Artillery, Head Quarter Office, Fort FrJlerton, Singapore, November ioth, 1900. 1. Dt'TIBS: Orderly Officer for the ensuing week Lieut. Ci. A. Derrick. Orderly N. C. O. for the ensuing week Sergt. H. A. K. Thomson. 2.
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      355 3 GFHGF GFH The Standard Time Balis A Time Ball at Port anmng and one at Kui«a Brani falls each day .it 1 p.m. Singapore mean tiire (Greenwich mean time 6 hrv, 4 mm.. JJ Sairg homed fivr !n-.n«r.e> To-day Kort Canning and Pmlsim Kran. r»oth fell corr^rtlv. OCEAN l^^fc STEAM
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    THE "TRUTH" ABOUT THE TRANSVAAL.
    1100 4 THE "TRUTH" ABOUT THE TRANSVAAL. AWOIH*K V.RI LBMT BOBR L« TT«R HY P. S. lo ;nt Editor of the London Timts.) S,r.— As Mr. Spencer Wilkinson has thought proper to call attention again to my letter signed VS.," published m your issue of October «4 last. I beg leave to
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    THE CONTROL OF PHILIPPINE PORTS.
    201 4 THE CONTROL OF PHILIPPINE PORTS. Owing to tin: t onfusion aggra\ale<i m tlie r otli< by thf ambiguous state ol the «li^bursetn»:nt a> counts of the sundry Captains of the l'ort and Collector- of C;is. torn? m the islands, says a Manila paprr, a bill will be introduce d at
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    A SMOKER'S DELUSION
    149 4 A good joke on people who think ihey are judges of cigars h;is been exposed by the United States Circuit Court al Hartford, Connecticut. There has been a sort of tradition that tobacco with spots on it is better than other kinds hence, says ihe Minneapolis Tribune,
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    THE UNITED STATES AND MISCEGENATION.
    238 4 THE UNITED STATES AND MISCEGENATION. A very curious branch ot the colour question is being raised m the United States by the marriage ot Miss May Epperson, a white woman of culture, to Adachi Kinosuk.i, an officer m the Japanese .irmy. and an author and scliolai. Miscegenation has always been
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    OBSOLETE GUNS.
    181 4 The following, trom a home paper, is a proof that th< War Office i- being kepi stirred up to its duty by th- influence of publicity An excellent account has been received of :'ic annual training of the 3rd Kent Artillery Volunteers at Shoeburyness. The only drawback is
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    SNAP-SHOTTING COLOMBO'S DEFENCES.
    130 4 A R 1 (JtMctß s ATTBMrra Num. IV THt Ht D. 1 his morning (Oct j1) a Russian officer, m uniform, with Wellington boots and spurs, was noticed loitering m the vicinity of the Galle Face battery armed with a camera. He seemed to be snap-shotting the
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      435 4 TUITION A HKVI cla^s Professor 1* open to give lessons m hrench and Italian. Apply P., c o free PrttS. Nov. 5 13.11 TFIE EXCHANGE BANKS THE Kxchange Bank-, will be closed on Monday next, Nov. 12th, a public holiday m honour of t birthday of H. R. H. the
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      413 4 BUTTER AUSTRALIAN CLOSER BRAIfD" is the best 1 lb tins 7O cents. Small and frequent shipments CHEESE DUTCH EDAMS Specially recommended CREME de la CREMK $2-20 each Evaporated Cream Thoroughly sterilized Specially adapted for Invalid-. EVERY TIN GUARANTEED. 1 lb tins per doz. S2 50. lb tins per doz. 5175.
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      1104 4 MORTGAGEE'S SALE VALUABLE FREEHOLD LAND Al WELD ROAD. KAMPON~G KAI'UR, SINGAPORE. To be sold by Auction at Powell Ik (o.'s Sale-room Oft Wednesday, the 14th November, 1900, at 2.30 p.m. DUILDING site, area 7.524 sq. ft. comprised J m East India Coy.'s Grants Nos. 250 and 371. Large frontage on
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      893 4 EMERALD HILL ESTATE. Important Salb «y Auction 01 the Valuable and Bbai tii t llv Situath) Frbbhold Property known as the Embrald Hill Estate Fronting Or» h\ri> Road and DTPaOI Road, Tanulin. Fa be held at the Powell Cos. sale- room. On Monday, the 26th November lyoo. at 2. j0
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      998 4 WANTED A (iOOI) engrossing clerk for a Lawyer's oltice. Apply by letter to Z.," c/o Free Press. Oct. 19 tths uc WANTED FOR PAHANG. A Clerk for the Audu Oftice, s.ilary $55 1 month wiih free panly turnished Quarters. Applic.itions with copies <.f recent testimonials to be seni before loth
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      105 4 McAlister Co. Champagnes G. H. MUMM Co, s EXTRA DRY PERINET FILS DRY VERZENAY Clarets ST. JULIEN AND MEDOC Sherries SANDEMAN Co.'s VERY PALE DRY PALE DRY NUTTY ANN FINE OLD BROWN BOGLER Co. s FINE OLD DRY AMONTILLADO C. DEL PINO Co. s JEREZ SECO Madeira SANDEMAN Co.'s Ports.
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