The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 November 1900

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, 23r.> NOVEMBER,* 1900. DAILY ISSUE, No. 4039
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    • Advertisement
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      794 1 J* Q Office. Telegraph St. jfa Wharves. Keppel Harbour. (J STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR. MALTA, BRINDISI. VENICE, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also for China Coast. MAIL LINES. OUTWARD
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      727 1 CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIM TED. OUTWARD. HOMKWARI). For Horn kong Sham;- For Marsbillbs and hai 8c J^pan Ports. London. Through Bills of Lading issued to Manchester 1 Continental ports. New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore, Ike. for freight and other particulars apply to THE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED, Agents.
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      604 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKfcTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Undik ontract with thi Nkthbrlamos Ikdia Gotirmmbnt. Agents at Sincapork. Ships Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co.. 2-3 Collyer Quay TUB UNDBRMBNTIONBO DATES AKB ONLY APPROXIMATE. Prom Expected Will bo despatched lor G. G.s Jacob Moluccas via M Vajirunhis P'dang via ports Nov. 18 Batavia Extra Nov.
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      116 1 "White Horse Cellar" Whisky. To be obtained from Messks. KATI BROTH KKS, I. to HOON KEAT ft Co. ANN LOCK Co. GBOK TEAT Co. YOMG HOA SENG Co. YONG LEE SENG Sc Co. AGENTS GUTHRIE and Co. Nov 1 tuths uc STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. Stbambrs lbavb Simoaporb at 4.45
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      722 1 fJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI x BANKING CORPORATION. SgggfißSZ lwo Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 1 Silver Reserve 2,000 000 J 8l2 000 000 RKSERVE LIABILITY OP PROPRIETORS i $»0.000,00 c COUBT Of UIBBCTOBS N. A Sibbs, Esq.— Chairman. R. Shiwan, Esq.— Deputy Chairman E. Gobtz, Ewj. Hon. K. M Gba» A. J. Raymond,
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      928 1 ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY FIRE LIFE Total I(.vbstbu Funds Lu,722,iiS\ THE LARGEST FIRE OPKICK IN THK WORLD. BOUSTEAD ft Co.— Agents. Mar i 6 CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED, HONGKONG. t ACITAL SUBSCRIBBD $3,500 000 Amouiit paid-up .4 500,000! Reseute Fu.D |i,i 5 0,000. Marine Risks at Cunent Rates. BOUSTEAD ft Co.—
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      272 1 PAC/KIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY V-* STEAMSHIP COMPANY r£OYO KISE^KAISHA t asss D.-r« Ann K,o i 2SfS ,hh. Dm RdCivilS raw Sailing dates from Honykon^ rU Yokohama to San Francisco. Am< n !/,j, about «.t ft Dei. l>ec. *j a P pi; rtl p mi -vW GILTILLAN WOOD ,n rsusßT j
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    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1900.
    1364 2 ACCEPTING the terms of to-day s telegram m regard to the- non-aci eptance by America of the terms of peace ba-ed on the general understanding come to under the Anglo-German agreement, and endorsed generally by the Powers, it must be remarked that the United State.-. Government
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    SHIPPING NEWS.
    78 2 The Calypso will not lake her usual run to Deli for a time, as she is going to dock. The Ganymede, which was recently overhauled, will replace the Calypso, and leave for Deli to-tnorrow. The Edward Harry, chartered by the Russian GimnHWl, left Cronstadt on the 16th ultimo
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    CHOLERA.
    107 2 Light mort cases were reported yesterday viz. 7 m town, with 6 death-. 1 at Lunatic Asylum with 1 death. Two of the cases previously reported turn out to be only diarrhn a. I he 01 reeled total is therefore Cases. Deaths. To aoth inbt. (inclusive) <>j 43 On
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    HOW GUY WON THE V.C.
    78 2 I he -alUnt act for which Mr. Basil J. U Guy, midshipman of H. If. flagship Barfieur, has betn given the Vi( toria Cross, consisted m running out under a heavy fire to rescue a wounded man. Being unable to lift the man, Mr. Guy
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    S. V. A.
    56 2 I he competition for Maior M< Callum s Mixim I rophy takes place next week, each section to wad m two detachments one from each subdivision. The Right Section will compete on Monday, the Centre Section on Wednesday, thf Left Section on Friday. Hour of parade 5
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    THE RECENT WEDDING.
    222 2 T HE RECENT WEDDING. It fell upon a Wednesday Twas then th<: marriage knot was tied. A GordUn knot it i-., they s^ay Pray pardon me for this aside) 1 be weather and the bride were lair. With reference to this remark I do not mean the lady's hair -is
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    A "BLACK EAGLE" ASTRAY.
    195 2 The order of the 81-ck Eagle, set with precious stones, which the German Emperor sent out by I'rince Henry of Prussia to the Emperor of China has just come into the possession of Captain Potts, of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, under e.xtra--1 ordinary circumstances. The captain
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    A SWEDISH DOCTOR UN "BROTHER BOER."
    323 2 A correspondent of the Timm state-, that Dr. J. Hj'nmar, of Gothenburg, who served with the H m held ambuUnce, v.-js by no me.ins favourably impressed by the men he tried to serve. The Boers did not show ihe least gratitude for his hard
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
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      CHINA.
      23 2 BLACK FLAGS RETURN SOUTH. to Singapore Free Press.j Hongkong, Nov. jj, 3. 20 p.m. A thousand Mlaek Hags have returned to Canton.
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      A FRENCH CLAIM FOR INDEMNITY.
      27 2 Offer of the Mandarins. The French claims for th«- disturbanceat Sliuntak amount to 170,000 tael». The Mandarins offer sixty per cent. m
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      REUTER'S TELEGRAMS
      22 2 KKUGER AT MARSEILLES. The Greatest Enthusiasm. Mr Kruger has landed at Marseilles, anl ha* been received with the greatest enthusiasm.
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      "BOBS" BUCKED OFF.
      33 2 BOBS" BUCKED OFF. Nothing the Worse. Lord Roberta has had a fall from hihorr.e. He was shaken but not injured. Heavy Boer Losses The Boers have been defeated nith heavy loss at Baberspan.
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      BOERS DEFEATED.
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      A Party of the Buffs Surprised.
      30 2 An outpost of the Bufis to the southwest of Balmoral has been surprised, with a loss of six killed, five wounded, and thirtyone prisoner*.
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      THE U. S. AND CHINA.
      431 2 American Condonation of Manchu Outrage. Count Yon Bulow's statement that thr Powers are unanimous fin their acceptance of th» terms of the Anglo-German agreement) is specifically denied at Washington. It 1- stated that Mr. Conger will be instructed to resist the demands (of the Powers)
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      340 2 I CHRISTMAS 1900. I G. R. Lambert and Co. I I j" ORCHARD-ROAD. 1 PHOTOGRAPHERS. STUDIO j PHOTOGRAPHS intended to be sent home for CHRISTMAS should be taken NOW Sitttings should be arranged AT ONCE. The best time for taking photographs is from S a.m. to 1 1 a.m. CHRISTMAS
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      700 2 WANTED A qualified and an experienced Medical Man for the Malacca Anglo-Chinese Dispensary. Salary 8175 a month, with half profit of the Dispensary. Information may be obtained on application to LEE KENG HAT, Director. Anglo Chinese Dispensary, Malacca. 0u.30 30 11 \I7A.\ IKD 1 or Borneo. Good Overseer-,, able to
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      817 2 OFFICE TO LET Immediate Entry. COMMODIOUS office with large strongroom at No. 2, Finlayson Green. BRITISH INSURANCE Co. Jun« mwf.uc OFFICE TO BE LET. That very commodious and well-lit office on 2nd floor, Gresham House, Battery Road, lately occupied by the New York Standard Oil Co. Immediate entry. Apply to
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      453 2 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS. \X7ANTED by two Bachelors at the end of the vv month a house, furnished Dreferred. Apply X. Y. Z.,c/o Free Press. "Nov. »3 uc BOARD LODGING r" I AN be had from Ist Dec, next, at Bernam l,ociyr Nos. 1 to 4. Bernam Street, facing Anson Road, Tanjong
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      175 2 The Week. H«h Water 10.20 a., 11.^3 p. Mixed Foursomes. Sepoy Lines. S.V.R. Recruits Drill, 5.10 p. S.V.A. Maxim Gun Drill Signalling, 5.15 p. Lodge St. George Regular, v-45 p. Saturday, 24th Hi^h Water 10.5') a. M. If. Mail Outwards, due. Sepoy Lines Monthly Medal. Furniture Sale, 3 Niven-rd., a
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  • Article
    Correspondence.
    441 3 A Queer Water Main Theory. f thi Edito* Sir, I see by yesterday's report that the Municipal Commissioners have refused to place a stand-pipe m Thompson-rd., apparently on the ground that it would open up a24 inch main, w hit his objectionable. It appears to me that the CommiMoners
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    THE SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB. Past And Present.
    670 3 A vrry remarkable though unerring mdi" tition of the expansion of Singapore as a commercial centre lies before us m the form of two annual reports of a local social institution. That institution is the Singa pore Cricket Club. The period of time
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    POLICE NEWS.
    81 3 Lok Ah Chow, of Thomson road, reports that m the early hours yesterday morning several knives and forks were stolen from Ike Club House." Property to the value ci >{.. nu stolen yesterday from a CMsMMfI living ji Lpper Nankin street. Two Chinese were arrested for indecent exposure
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    THE ASSIZES.
    1212 3 Thi K*kai,»wa M*ru" Shooting Case. Before the Chief Justice this morning Nai Mainit was «h^rgt-d with shooting his wife. Maude Marie Mainit on boa>d the Kanagawa Mart* m Singapore Harbour on August 31st. The Atorney G- neral opei-ed the case for the piosecution, bri fly recapitulating the circumstances
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    IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIL.
    1966 3 Via Australia.) The allies at Paoting-fu seized 740,000 taels (about £222,000), the property of the local Treasury. The Berlin Post explains that Germany decided to come (o an agreemett with Britain m regard 10 China m order to prevent a separate Russo-British understanding. The agreement,
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    THE CHINA CRISIS.
    512 3 I he Canton correspondent ot the China Matl ■rritefl The t.ckin monoply of this Province wa-> let the other d.iy for four million TacU. I ci tin- look hke giving over this busin>retgaen .1- a guarantee for the P ladeSMMt] I t.< people have it that Tut!^
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    WHEN YOU SEE THE YELLOW.
    485 3 I'reven ion, s.iy-. the proverb, is belter than cure. So it is, and vastly easier. That is, when )ou i knti-jj ho-ix- to prevent, ihe town o! London would not h.ive been scourged by the plague if people had known how to prevent it. Hut
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    PRODUCE.
    118 3 (November 2\ IfMS Gambier 7 .^0 do. Cube No. i 1^.25 Pepper, Ulack (ordir.^r> 2g. do. While, (Fair L/W=-^ 4250 Nutmegs t nosto ihe Ib. 1 50 do. (80s to the Ibi 76. Mace (Banda) g 2 Cloves (Amboina) I^iberian Coflee 20 Tapioca, '.mall pearl (i-an apalftyj 590 do.
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    SHARE LIST, NOVEMBER 23rd, 1900.
    96 3 Ra Quotation Capital. Paid Up. Sha* IS Paid Or?. BankofCh m aandJapa£Ltd. Nominal, f 3,000,000 .00,8 7 S i 4 Bell's Asbestos Eastern Agency. Nominal. loooofjf 8 8>5»4 Z» '00,000 I 100,000 1,000 $100 to Start. St. Ml*, <118 Buyers. lOOi 4 il lS ooJ
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    EXCHANGE.
    70 3 OKKECTBU UP TO Novembi r l On London. Bank j m/> l'-mand |j r »-iv »i« credits 3 m/ 5... a documents 3 m/s .2/iJi credits 6 m/s 2/ 1 Krance, demand 2^* (iERMANY, demand ",..i India, I\T ongkong, demand ...par. Yokohama, demand i&dis. Java, demand Manila, demand f^
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      300 3 Fatts of absorbing interest to those who are m the clutches of Rheumatism. One cannot be too quickly cured ot Rheumatism. To get rid of those awful p.iins that make life a never ending series ol torture, now milde now excruciating, to-day m bed, to-morrow hobbling around m crutches— to
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      298 3 OCEAN H^ STEAM SHIP |p™ Co. AND NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN lons. Tons. Atkdles 7011 Myrmidon 2870 Agamemnon ;oii Nestor 3766 w4/a* 7011 Ortstes 4653 .1/ inouj Patroclus S.S°Q Anchises 2729 Polyphemus 2613 Antenor 5531 Priam 2845 Calchas 6748 Prometheus 5570 Cyclops 2066 Pyrrhus 362 1 Dafdanus 4653 Rhipew, 106-,
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      237 3 MAILS CLOSE 1 t-tf OMK'tW l>«. At Honj/koi.^ v Upau 4M Kanijoon Cak Jtt.i I'alitana 9tM I MamU A/ t -»i I ySM fi^tu Palint Sultana noon Sadopg Hll Penanij 4 Bombay Hi a^nn 2 pm Klny -i tiii 2 PM Penan*! Pm Seng 1 M Pen.niK x Calcutu f.'^htmn^
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      493 3 V f I IN •l< Kla«a au.2 ion. Commander. An vm fOrn Fo Wfc Kkamblr lint. 710 l<\ M .1,. Ve..H. Kl«.*Ton. mm,.,. ArnveJ Ktom CoMlraee§ Vo, WhCh,*m,Ch.w Brikinj Webb lu°v'o S&^s£i^X« i Sim Hb«s Dm mS ull 1 18 Bangkok Bchn Mcyti Bangkok, Nov. 24 G^la^M l)ut ,-L SS"
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      514 4 H. Abrams' HORSE REPOSITORY. A VERYSELECTSHIPMENT OF Horses, Cobs Ponies EX s. s. BUCEPHALUS, One pair of Bays having taken no less than 13 prizes. All the prize tickets are to be seen at the above Repository. High stepping "Cobs' Ladies and Gentlemen's Harks." All the above have been carefully
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      1111 4 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. TENDERS will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office up to noon of the 26th inst. for stitching 320 suits of white drill and supplying 32 helmets (Christy's London) for the European Warders of the Singapore Prisons. Information regarding the size of helmets etc. car. be obtained at
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      1109 4 HOWARTH ERSKINE, LIMITED. j^^^^HK I IvSr^ißUnl ft* «i IBa^BBaVaV 3k I :r dKjSuuv M lie fl HBBkla^ at vH9asE."l Tr ■>■''* ■-a Mining Machinery and Appliances Complete Steam Power Plants of the Highest Grade for any Service. High Pressure Corliss and Slide Valve Steam Engines, Stationary, Portabk, Standard and compound,
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      1418 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port 01 departure, and (where known) date due here, and name of Agents. Mbn-op-VVar. Admiral Harrosa, Spa., Rio de J., due Nov. (iloky, Portsmouth, due Dec. Gri.moboi, Rub. cruib., Nov. Hatslsb, Jap.. Elswick, Iwatb, Jap., Elswick, Kasatak, Kus. t.b., Nov. F'ollaim, Kus. cruis., Nov. I'xla, Auv. Nov.
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      728 4 The Singapore Free Press. AND Mercantile Advertiser O.blk Aodrbss, Advertiser, S\ngmpore. Tblbihonb Numbir. Nu, 61. Published at 30-3, Raffles Place, Siofapore. T^HE leading English Newspaper m the Straits Settlements Johore, the Federated Native States of Perak, Selan. gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Negn Sembilan British North Borneo; Sarawak Netherlands Indies.
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