The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 January 1901

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, 25™ JANUARY, 1901. DAILY ISSUE, No. 4090
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      680 1 \f ft Office. Telegraph St. x Mj Wharves. Keppel Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamers for CHINA. JAPAN, PENANd, ON INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, KfiYPT MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR. MAI lA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH X NI) LONDON. Tantqgt Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Ccn:\nental and American Ports, also for CUmM Coast.
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      688 1 fHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVI- GATION COMPANY, LIMITED. OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Honbkono. Shanu- For M urssillus and hai 8t Japan Ports. London. s.s. Tetnkmi due Jan. 27. Through Bills of Lading issued to Manchester Continental ports, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore, Sec. fjr treignt and other particulars apply to THE
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      1205 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPI J. Under Contract with thi Nbthkrlands India Government. Agents at Singapore, Shihs Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collyer Quay Tub undbrmentionkm DATS! ark onlt approximatb. From Eipectea Will be despatched tor •i.r. H> limit H.itavia via Hilliton Jan. 2% Polo Billiton, Hatavia an 2 6
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      724 1 UONGKONG AND SHANGHAI jAA BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL Jiooooooo Rl- NERVE FUND.— ♦i 0.000.000 Sterling Reserve $10,000,000) Silver Reserve 2,000,000 j 12 .°°°.<*x> RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS $10,000,000 Court or Uiiiictoii. N. A Sou, Esq. Chairman R. Shiwan, Esq.— DtfHUIY Chairman. E. Cobtz, Esq. Ho., ,< M Gkay A. J.
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      499 1 ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY FIRE LIFE Total Ih vested Finds L^,li2 SB<; THE LARGEST FIKK OFFICH IN THF WORLD. BOUSTEAD Co.-Agents. Mar 16 CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED, HONGKONG. wital Subscribed $2,*****0 \MOLMT PA.D-Ur S^OOO.' »V SIRV F H $1,150,000. Marine Risks at Cunent Rates. BOUSTEAD Co.— Agents THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE
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      321 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY O CCI P^ NTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND TOYO KISEN KAISHA <>RII«.TA 1 S.S. <.0., VIA INI AM) SEA OF lAPAN \M> HONOLI lUad V 1 lines o HaaiMrs, and to i he United States or Canada. '.eobUmed on application. l> l orders ro lOPE
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    Domestice Occurences. BIRTH.
    18 2 Domestice Occurences. BIRTH. On the 25th inst., the wife of Mr. hi (MM Ht-.',, 1 ol a son.
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    The Singapore Free Press. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1901.
    1191 2 The Singapore Free Press. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1901. -If■-I■ r |^.v,( •v. »r.d LMT. His Royal Highness ALBKRI EDWARD, Prince of Wales, ha-> taken the solemn Oath of Accession, and accedes to the Throne vacated by the death of our lamented f>ueen under the royal style of Edward VII. In
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    THE LATE QUEEN.
    985 2 Pi blic and Official MOURNING. The following Notification! are, by command of His Honour the Officer Administeriog the Government, published for general information m a Government Gazette Extraordinary In continuation ol Government Notification No. 94 published m the Gazette Extraordinary of the 24th instant, announcing the death
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    44 2 THE KING EDWARD VII. THE PREMIER ADMINISTERS THE OATH OF ACCESSION. GREAT ASSEMBLAGE OF THh PRIVY COUNCIL. Lord Salisbury has administer! <1 of accession to His Majesty the Kin^ at St. James' Palace, where a grea; of the Privy Councillors were as^'
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    THE PRIVY COUNCIL KISS HANDS
    17 2 Ihe Privy Councillors were the: m and filed past His Majesty hands.
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    THE ROYAL STYLE.
    22 2 It is announced that the King a the title of Edward VII, [Kiny Britain and Ireland and Emperor ol
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    THE ROYAL PROCLAMATION.
    26 2 Authorities to Continue m Office. The proclamation is signed R." and requires all m authority time of the fjueen's death to contm duties.
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    THE COURT MOURNING.
    22 2 The Court has been ordered to m mourning till June 24th, and half mourn ing till Jan. 24th, 190a.
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    THE LATE QUEEN.
    20 2 THE REMOVAL TO WINDSOk. The body of Her Majesty will b ed from Osborne on Feb. Ist.
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    THE FUNERAL CEREMONY.
    29 2 Saturday, February 2nd. The ceremony of the funeral ot Hci Late Majesty the Queen will tak< pla Windsor on Feb. 2nd. London, January Jjth. igui m
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      820 2 !M. E. Angullia Co. v CHANGE ALLEY Electric Carriage and Bicycle Lamps With dry batteries complete. Electric Scarf Pins and Stage Ornaments Electric Button Holes, 29.1 Dec 29 FOR SALE. ABOUT «oo cases Sulphuric Acid. Apply to D. BRANDT it Co. Jan. 22 tu s U L FOR SALE Ov.
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      875 2 TO LET COMMODIOUS family residence No. 5-b, Mount Sophia, unturnished. Entry on February Ist. Apply NATHAN at RAHAMIM, 13, Change Alley. Jan 21 uc OFFICE TO LET Immbdiatb Kntri COMMODIOUS office with large strongroom at No. 2, Finlayson Green. SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE Co June 1 mwf.uc TO LET ROOMS vyuh
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      818 2 WANTED MAGIC Lantern m good order. State particulars .md price to Z., c/ 0 Fret Prea Jan. 24 26.1 WANTED A good Chinese Managing Clerk for a Lawyer's Ofhce. Progressive salary commencing 575 a month). Apply with testimonials. Mr. GROOM, 12 Raffles Place. Lan 21 28.1 WANTED FOR THE RESIDENT'S
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      560 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS \X7ANTED a Book-keeper, one accustomed to engineering accounts preferred. Apply by letter, stating references and salary required to THK SECRETARY, Hogan Co., Ltd. Town Office, 8-E Change Alley. J*n. 25 2.2 BEKANNTMACHUNG 7U Ehren deb Geburtstages Seiner Majest.it des Deulschen Kaisers wird der UiUer^eichentte Kaiserliche Konsul am Sonntag
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      491 2 The Week. Friday, »sth High Water 1.21 a., 1.15 p. Conversion of St. Paul. SA'.A. General Committee Meeting, 5.15 p. S.V.R., A at B. Co. Skirmishing Drill, M Saturday, 26th High Wa^er 1.58 a., 2.9 p. langlin Club Bowling Handicap. Furniture Sale, Albert-st., Powell, 2 p. 11 1, Enn Lodge,
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    Correspondence.
    107 3 Thi Flnfral Service. ro t h» En-ofc s. k. The number of seats m St. An Cathedral will be lar too few foi tho-e who wish to be present at the service which will be held on the daj of the Oueen's funeral. If the present largo seat? were
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    SIR CHARLES DILKE ON MUNICIPAL LIFE.
    96 3 Dilke, addressing a well-attended L'mted Labour demonstration m Glasgow lan that he would freely trust elective bodies to do the pleasure of the people m their ilbjc :t to the protection of future ratepayers 1 the possible extravagance of the present ratepayers, or their
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    THE BISHOPS' EYE
    127 3 Lpiscopal jokes (remarks the Daily Qr if tic) ire usually as cryptic as the je^ts of Ar-tophanes over which Mr. Verdant -t adious neighbour used to chuckle made painfully apparent by the help ol Liddell and Scott. At Bristol, Dr. Browne h is sadly bewildered his assembled
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    FIGHTING UNIFORM.
    229 3 v ntinc contemporary says A colour of the ticking suits worn by tropical ands is found to hid.en f-om a distant enemy Some means rarily giving this colour to Urn provi led for the troops sent to ha- been Bought by the German navy j .iution cf the
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    THE JOSS TREE.
    175 3 'I he ugly 'Joss tree at the Stanr the Esplanade. 1 Vide letter to the .P. > back m dim: s story begun, \\iis a simple sapling, Mema I had only one r how I was planted, No one pretends to know y tucked m the cross-r
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    GHARRIES AND SANITATION.
    240 3 In connection with the resolution of the Municipal Commissioners to require all > images licensed this year to be provided with three sets of covers for the cushions, made of washing material, the following, from Mr. Hooper's report for November, i- A interest need lor washing covers
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    PAHANG CORPORATION LTD.
    69 3 The returns from the Pahang Corpora tions mines for the month of Decembei were as follows Sungei Lembmg —Tons of stone crushed 1.-240 oxide of tin produced 32 tons with 40 heads oi stamps running for is days, working expenses $18,750. jeram Batang. Tons of stone crushed
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    SHIPPING NEWS.
    48 3 The Calypso and Ban Sew* Guan were both docked at Tanjong Pagar this morning. The Deli, on arrival from Deli yesterday, anchored m the quarantine grounds and proceeded to Borneo Wharf this morning to discharge. The Poh Ann was undocked at Keppel 1 Harbour this morning.
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    SURGERY IN EXCELSIS.
    159 3 A gentleman not unknown m Bangkok, who has passed through a serious illness, and who was for a long time m hospital m Hongkonp, is now on his d y home It seems that he still has to use an air cushion, and one sympathetic old lady
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    SHANGHAI CRITICISED.
    159 3 A correspondent of the X.-C. Daily Ntwt, who has been writing interesting letters while on holiday m Manila, Hongkong and elsewhere, thus concludes his late-t contribution: Having hid a glimpse at the outside, it will net hurt much to see how the outside looks at us. To b?gin
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    THE FRENCH SQADRON.
    221 3 -ding to a Tor.kiM contemporary, Admiral Pottier, Command'r-in -Chief of the Frenc n the rar East, t~as decided, m at.ord.iT.te »r.h instructions, to rt.-irrange the vessels composing his squadron m such a manner as to display ihe Frencr tf and to show his vessels at all points
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    ENGLISH IN CEYLON SCHOOLS.
    340 3 Mb. Ashley \Vm.m<k s Spk The following from Mr. \V Ktr •> report for 1899, and appears afler his declarator! trij English is less satisfactorily acquired to-day ihan before the < ambridge I -oca I Examinations were introduced In order to prove that my view* regarding
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    26 3 Captain Boisragon, V lately m com■MM of the Haufesa Police m Wall Africa has been appointed to the post of Captain Superintendent of I'olire .it Shanghai
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    SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB.
    522 3 Annual Meeting. The annual general meeting of the members of the above Club was held at the Exchange yesterday afternoon, to alter Rule i I of the rules of the Club, by deleting the words H. H. Ibrahim, KCM c, the Sultan of Johorr," His Highness having
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER RIFLES.
    172 3 '■;<)■■ H '-At A. Murr Commandant rp-» Head Quarter Office, hort Fullcrton. Singapore, 25th January, 1 i t Orderly Ofh-er (or the ensuing week .el. Ord- N.i ,O. fm ihe ensuing week A H. W. Shaip. BCoy. C rj H. l\ Hinderer. 2. Pakabi A Coy. B
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    62 3 The famine m Shensi province affects no le.-.s than five millions of people. Yuan Slnkai has been ordered to Peking to assist m tlie peace discussion. He probably decline?. The date of the Emperor's return from Hsianfu to Peking is uncertain. As a result of the seiious charges brought by
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    "ENGLAND AND THE WORLD."
    976 3 (L'Qpinion, 3rd Jan.y What tremendous racial dislocations are declaring themselves What formidable alterations of political maps are being prepared for geographers by Statesmen of to-day Half a dozen of nations, at the most, are preparing for the conquest of the world The journey of the aged
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    THE STRANGE PURPLE SPOTS.
    790 3 "On a cold wtt day m December, seven years ago, I went to my sister's funeral— a sad enough I thing m itself and one that proved seiious to me. I will speak of it simply and briefly as I can. "Through standing about m the
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    EXCHANGE
    62 3 iCORKECTED UP TO January .'5 On London demand a Private credits 3 m/ 5... 2/1 8 documents 3 ra/s 2/1 i credits 6 m/s a/i France, demand 257 Germany, demand 208^ India. I. I %s2i HONGKONG, demand i%dis. Yokohama, demand i%dis. Java, demand 124 MANILA, demand i%di». SOVERKIGNS, (to
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    PRODUCE.
    110 3 (January I'M Gambier 8.55 dc. Cube No. 1 i\.2o Pepper, tlladi (irdir.-iry ';.-.,< 1 <■- -io. White, [Fan L/W— s%) „4250 N MM IHM Ifl I i>. 56 do. (80s to the 'bj 76 Mac* (Banda> 02 1 loves (Ambomaj p I btrian (Jotfee 19 p ex a, 570
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    SHARE LIST.
    177 3 JANUARY a 5th, ,7777 -.-las I=l^™ '"ZZ «»r r Bell's Asu,t«.s Kastern A K ency. Nominal. 4 10.000 f£ 8,584 8,584* fl' Bersawah Gold Mine Co. $4 <ij Seller* 1 V o I>4l<J unissued Clear Water IW y Farm Ltd. i f B™°°8 I7>s 5 Res »>^les. f
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      95 3 Beat Out of an Increase of His Pension. A Mexican war veteran and prominent editor writes: "Seeing the advertisement of hamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, I am reminded that as a soldier m Mexico m '4/ and '48, I contr.i ted Mexican diarrhoea and this remedy his kept me
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      53 3 Kodaks [HE 1 AND I Largest Stock Photo° Goons IH i I 111 QJ I inthbEast lllllvJ GEORGK MICHAEL, 1 Robinson Road. Dec. 20 f& J*l*a9 A Remedy for all Irregularities. hup<r*rd.ii.- HUM Apple, PenDyruy*:, lii C.ntr.j. »c. Bold by Singapore Dispensing Co., Ltd., Raffles Place, Singapore MAKTI.N. ih.BLt, »OUTHAMIMi»n-
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      287 3 OCEAN Ife^ STEAM SHIP |P"* Co. NEDERLANDSCHE ST< >rv!VAART MAATSCIAPPII O EAA'K Tons. Tons. Achilles 701 1 Myrmidon 2870 Agamemnon 701 1 Xestor 3766 Ajax 701 1 Orestes 4653 Alcinous 6743 Patroclus s.Soq Anchises 2729 Polyphemus 2613 Antenor 555« Priam 284^ Calchas 6748 Prometheus 5570 Cyclops 2006 Pyrrhus 3621 Datdanm
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      244 3 MAILS CLOSE I O-UORROW. Hor Per At l.ahu.'in, &11 Ktdah 7 am Sourab'iy 1 5i B'rnassiri Ban Liong 8 am Palembang Ophir 10 AM Palembang Carolina II AM Kandjet massm, Ace. Nienhuy^ II m Pankalan Brandan Ha'aban noon Bangkok Dr. H. J. h'tatr I m Penang Pin Seng 2 PM
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      195 3 HONCiKUNCi VVKATHKK TBLBGRAMS. Barometer, reduced to 32 degrees Fahtenheii, '< and to the level of the sea m inches tenth, and hundredths. Manila baro. readings m millimetres. Temperature m the shade m degrees, Fahrenheit. Manila temperature centigrade. Humidity, m percentage of saturation, the 1 humidity of air saturated with moisture
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      871 3 ••S' L S IN PORT Plata and Toot Commander. Arr.veo K ro u A yn ™r M :^''jr M jst-sSI G. G.s' Jacob Dut. 1 5 6y Kooper lan" AAr I T "l'? rSMI X ln Gl«a«A«« Hnt. 566 Follett V n C, n ,T ls Maca*lar, I*" 2, K.mSoonHlat
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      1034 4 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. TENDERS will be receiveu at the Colonial A Secretary's Office, up to noon of the 29th 1 nstant for the following works (1) Supply of buildings for Christmas Island (2) a For' n fransp e ort ot buildings to Christmas Island. Plans and Specificatioos may be seen, and
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      367 4 Australian Horse Repository 3, KOEK ROAD, (off Orchard Road.) HAS FOR SALE OVER 100 Horses, Cobs Ponies 100 SUITABLE FOR ALL PURPOSES Ex s.s. BUCEPHALUS 6r CUTUS The above shipments have been most carefully selected for the requirements of this market and the horses having been all thoroughly broken m
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      463 4 RILEY HARGREAVES Co., Ltd. OFFICE AND WORKS SINGAPORE SHIPYARD: Tanjonc Rm READ STREET uiiwnrvyi\u TOWN STORE 1 3 Battery Rd. m m IMPROVED Steam Road Rollers By RUSTON PROCTOR Go. Ltd., England. VK' I I 1 lMrni MBMri »nn jjf f v m J**aßßJßßl^flßanr Fitted with all the latest improvements
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      367 4 IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIi. LINE. For Europe. The Imperial German Mail steamer PREUSSEN, Captain I'rehn, of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, left Hongkong at roononthe 23rd instant, and maybe expected to arrive here on Sunday evening, the 27th instant. She will probably be despatched for Europe on Monday afternoon, the 2&th instant. Vqt
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      602 4 The Singapore Free Press. AND Mercantile Advertiser Cable Address,— Advertiser, S,ng afior Tblbfhonb Number. No. 6i, Published at 30-3, Raffles Place, Sw,g»p Or THE leading English Newspaper m tk. Straits Settlements; More. Jh' Federated Native States of Perak, Si gor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the N. Kri Sembilan British North Borneo
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      751 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port ot departure, and (where known) date due here, and name of Agents. Mkn-ok-War. Admiral Barrosa, Spa., Rio de J., due Jan. Gromoboi, Rus. cruis., due Jan. j Hatsvsb, Jap., due Elswick, Iwatb, Jap., due Klswick, j Kasatak., Rus. t.b., due Jan. I Pollada, Rus. cruis., due
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