The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 January 1901

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, 26™ JANUARY, 1901. DAILY ISSUE, No. 4091
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      704 1 P O Office. Telegraph St. £g Wharves. Keppel Harbour, O STEAM NAVIGATION Cc btramers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANC, CEYLON INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN KGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR MALTA. BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also foi Chint Coast. MAIL LINES. OUTWARD
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      768 1 C H "l A rt MUTUAL STEAM NAVIw GATION COMPANY, LIMITED. OUTWARD. HOMEWARD. For Honokono. Shang- For Marsb.ll.s and hrn&J AP ah Ports. London. i s.s. Ttmkai due Jan. 27. Through Bills of Lading issued to Manchester J-ont'nental ports. New York, Boston. Philadel- pnia and Baltimore, &c. for freight and
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      545 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPH agents at Singapore, Ships Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co., a-i Collyer Ou»i THE UNDIRMBNTIONBD DATKS ARK ONLY APPROXIMATB UUM G. v. Bylandt HaSTvia de ched m v i n P'" 110 J an 2 3 Polo Bilhton, Batavia M. V-,,,runh,s Padan K via ports Jan. 2o
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      196 1 "White Horse Cellar Whisky. To be obtained from IIBSSBS. CHIN HO A HONG is. Co., Tank Road. HOON KEAT Co. ANN LOCK Co. GEOK TEAT Co. YONG HO A SENG «c Co. yONG LEE SENG A Co. GHEE SOON Co AGENTS GUTHRIE and Co. Nov 1 tuihs uc THE BANGKOK
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      666 1 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL RESERVE FUND.— fi0.000.00 Sterling Reserve 1i0.000.000K i Oliver Keserve g 2 000 nnn *'2,000,<»0< RESERVE LIABILITY OK V j PROPRIETORS f 10.000.0a Covet Of DiticToas. N. A Siii. Esq.-CHAi« M Ai. R. Shiwan, E»q.— Diputy Chaikhan. I D M< Mos E^. H. W.
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      432 1 ROY^l NSURANCE COMPANY FIRE LIFE 0 -run. TAL |NTIST Finus 7 ?2 <<8t: THE LARGEST FIRH OFFICK IN THH Mar^ B USTEAD C o-A K ents. CAN r T r2r N -r I^ URANCE OFFICE, LIMITED, HONGKONG »PITAL SUISCRISID 3(5oo s X HE LONDON AND LANCA < aZ? FIRE '*SURANCE
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      203 1 i PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY qCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAi U STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND *J»OYO RISEN KAISHA VIA INLAND SKA OK JAPAN AND HONOLULU Special rate, (Fj, Sailing dates from Hongkong v,a A<,W lC okohama to San Francisco. app^to^" f' rt 'o and fSgtf GILPILLAN, WOOD fc Co., lune 2. Agents. For
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    The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1901.
    934 2 The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1901. I l»rf ■hail t v Pri Ihc I'ti'i'l''* r>''.t4u£jitai4 1 iiawM hy in fli.rr.. I anci ni'bribej by K»in J I left j.jtrr.t Truth \.rr gM>M precrpt« draw, 1 t:> KHitiion. Loyalty. anJ I. aw. A Parcels Post is established between the
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    840 2 Qutcauid agunt homines nostri est farrago hbel'.i. Ji'VKMAL. The QUEEN, our own well-beloved QUEEN, is dead Simple words enough how pregnant of meaning to all of British blood or British allegiance England and The Queen were inseparable ideas m the thoughts of her people. England and
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    130 2 The Allowing notification;, appear m the Government Gazette His Honour the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to accept the resignation of Lieutenant the Hon'ble b. M. Mere wether, Siagapore Volunteer Artillery, and to promote and appoint the following Officers m the Singapore Volunteer Corps with
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    PENANG RACES.
    57 2 A telegram has been received from the •Secretary Penang Turf Club, stating that the Race meeting, which was postponed m consequence of the death of H. M. the Queen, will be held on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the sth, 7th, and 9th of Feb. and that the entries
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      THE LATE QUEEN.
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      28 2 OFFICIAL AND PUBLIC MOURNING. The Deepest Mourning From Next Monday. A Gazette has been published that evrrybody is expected to go into the deepest mourning from Jan. 28th.
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      PARLIAMENT.
      32 2 CONDOLENCE OF BOTH HOUSES. A Unanimous Address to the King. The Lords and Commons hay mously adopted an address to the X reply to the announcement of th« His Beloved Mother
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      IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
      33 2 EULOGIES OF THE LATE QUEEN. Speeches by Party Leader,. Adjournment of the House. The party leaders eulogised tL--of Queen Victoria and adjourn Feb. 14th. London, January 26th, 1901.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      363 2 Robinson Piano Co.. Ltd. 33, RAFFLES PLAcE, Siwgaporb. Tblipuonb No. 191. I Piano Makers, Tuners 4 Repairers. I Music ft Musical Instrument Sellers M. E. Angullia Co. U CHANGE ALLEY Electric Carriage and Bicycle Lamps With dry batteries complete. Electric Scarf Pins and S*.agc Ornaments Electric Button Holes. Decay PUBLIC
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      943 2 BEKANNTMACHUNG ZU Ehren deb Oeburtstageb Seiner Majestut des Deutschen Kaisers wird der unterzeichencte Kaiserliche Konsul am Sonntag den 37 d. M. Vormittait n Uhr m» Teutonia Club Empfang halten. H. ESCHKE Kaiserlich Dcutscher Konsul. Singapore, 25th Januar, 1901. 28.1 NOTICE FIELD Firing will take pl =cc at Changi on the
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      839 2 WANTED A good Chinese Managing Clerk for a Lawyer's I Office. Progressive salary commencing 875 ci month. Apply with testimonials. Mr. GROOM, 13 Raffles Place. Lan 21 28.1 WANTED FOR THE RESIDENT'S OFFICE, PAHANti. A Clerk on $55 a month. Fixed Establishment. Free quarters and furniture. Passage paid by Government.
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      902 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS TO BE LET Leoni Hill from Ist March next. Apply LERMIT 8c WESTERHOUT. 12, Battery Road. Jan. a6 26.2 Surveyor Wanted for Pahang. ONE with underground experience preferred. Good salary to competent man. Apply to PATERSON SIMONS Co. Jan. 26 uc RAFFLES GIRLS' SCHOOL /'""LASSES for French, German
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      639 2 m m The Week Saturday, 26th High Water:— l.sB a., 2.0.p. Tanglin Club Bowling Handicap. S.V.R., B. Co. Musketry Tire, Bale.tier H, Sepoy Lines Monthly Medal. Singapore Chinese Girls' School Matting Sur o» East, Temperance Club, 7.30 PSmnday, 27th High Water 2.38 a., 3.12 p. |rd after Hpiphany. 42nd Birthday
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  • Correspondence
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      THE Control or Chinese.
      681 3 t ,,,Epito«. sik— The system oi local government through resident I'enghulus," which you dvocate m your article of the 24th inst., s o ften been suggested, but never fairly t>d m town n the countr y districts n d m villages, it has been moderately L
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      The Sacred Banyan Tree.
      99 3 II Cmiof.. May I. through you. thai address i ree to the kind care of Mr. „nchinjos-> Poor offended Jo; 3 Tree I ad [uilty, I. But why did you not grumble *lien your branches were cut off.-' When dirt collected round your ancent ou may
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      The Memorial Service.
      38 3 1 Tut Editor. —Considering the heterogeneous popUtion of this Town, mi^ht I sugg^--t that a "Memorial Service f^r OVf Ll mented Lady Oueen Empress Victoria, o! Memory, be held on the Kspla■^n Feb. 2nd, 1901.
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    CHOLERA.
    46 3 <'n Jan. .3rd three cases of cholera m iporc, all fatal, were reported, the buns* two male Chinese and one ;;ese. On Jan. 24th two cholera cases oc--1 urred m Singapore, both male Chinese, of enter Street and Hong Lim Place, were discovered after death.
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    THE PROCLAMATION PARADE.
    69 3 Un Monday morning there will be held a parade of all the troops m garrison, tin R jyal Navy, and the Singapore Volunteers, for the purpose of proclaiming King Edward VII. The actual proclamation takes place at 7.30 a.m. and will not be accompanied utes. The Singapore
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    THE WAIL OF THE ONE-SUIT MAN.
    222 3 I have signed on as a soldier Of the gallant S.V.R.; I've a gun and I've a bayonet, (But I wish I had a star) ye a helmet and a bottle, I have everything complete, lo a dainty pair of beetle-crushers H inging on
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    COMMERCIAL EDUCATION.
    248 3 The payment of giai.ts for commercial classes at aided schools of the Colony is sanctioned upon the folio* ing conditions.— 1. A Commercial Class shall be established at an aided school only after sanction has been obtained from the Inspector of Schools. 2. No boy shall receive instructun
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    STRAITS CHINESE MAGAZINE.
    386 3 The December number is a fairly inter- one, although exception might be taken to the premisses of some of the original art Wen Chiny writer on me conclusion that "The soul is only a figment of ;'ie mmd a figure of -peech, Of m the language of
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    113 3 SINGAPORE VO LUNTEER CORPS. Corps Orders by Major the Hon'ble A. Murray, Commandant. Singapore Volunteer Corps, Singapore, January 26th, 1901. Intimation having been received of the death of H. M. Victoria Qoeefl of the United Kingdom of Great BrUin ,md lreiamJ and of the Colonies and dependencies thereof, Fmpress of
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    A SCALE OF CLIMATE.
    254 3 While tfreat heat or fc-reat humidity alone may be safely 'endured, both combined may make a climate quite unbearable for Europeans. Mr. E. G. Ravenstein proposes mapping (he earth so as to divide its climates into sixteen hygrothermal vi/. I) Hot (temperature 73 deg. and over),an<i
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    THE PROCLAMATION PARADE.
    551 3 The following is the Gazette Extraordinary issued to-day The following are the arrangements for the Proclamation of His Majesty King Edward the Seventh On the morning of the 28th, at 7. 25 a.m. the Troops and Volunteers will be assembled on the Esplanade, where they will be
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    407 3 Ihe monthly medal handicap will be i tor on Feb. 91b, on which day winner ot the monthly m»-'J*ls during 1 ■rttl play for a prize present d by the cub, two rounds, special handicap. It is officially announced that the G L-rnrnent of Netherlands ludia has
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    PAWNBROKERS AND THE GOVERNMENT.
    850 3 At the present moment there is no m- I considerable stir amongst the pawn-brok-ing fraternity m Singapore and the cause of it is a new arrangement the C. P. O. has effected regarding the sales of unredeemed pledges. For some time past these sales have been
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    SHIPPING NEWS.
    103 3 The Hamburg American Liner VtUdh 1a passed through the harbour from Hast to West at 8.30 this morning, and at ten the German transport Strmukurg went through on her return from China. The cable steamer Shcrard Osborne, after coaling at Keppel Harbour, left for Banjowangi yesterday afternoon. The
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    BELL'S ASBESTOS EASTERN AGENCY.
    168 3 In correction of a paragraph m a China pap> r, and published locally, stating that the Singapore Branih wa- to be closed, we have pleasure m publishing the appended copy of part of the fifth annual report, dated Dec. 14th. It will be seen that so
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    SHARE LIST, JANUARY 26th, 1901.
    188 3 SHARE LIST, JANUARY 26 t h 1901. Quotation Capital. Paid Up. Shams Paid Uiv. B^nk om na and Japar^Lud. Nominal, f a.000.000 414,131 i»8 75 Li ueterrea. £5 j ##< J5O 7 f Bells As. Kastern Agency. Nominal. 4 10,000 f 4 8 8 -584 Z» Bersawah Gold Mine Co.
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    EXCHANGE.
    66 3 (Corrected up to January a6.) On London. Bank 4 m/s 2/ofj demand 2/0^ Private cr«:ditb 3 m/s 2/1 documents 3 m/s 2/14 Francß, demand 257 Germany, demand .2084 India, T. T 15a! HONGKONG, demand |%dis. Yokohama, dcmaivi l%d\s. JAVA, dewand 124 MANILA, demand i%dii, SOVPREIGNS, (to buy; 19-75 Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    114 3 (January 26 r« $67-12, Gambier 855 do. Cube No. 1 i>.2o Pepper, Ulack (ordinary 'p i>;c 2 do. White, (Fair L/W«-S% „42 5° Nutmegs llos to ttie lh.> 56 do. (80s to the !b, 76 Mnce (Banda) 92 (loves (Amboina; 32 I.ibtrian Cofee 19 Tapioca, -mall pearl (Fair quality,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      119 3 Beat Out of an Increase of His Pension A Mexican war veteran and prominent ediio wriies: "Seeing the advertisement of Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, am reminded that as a soldier m Mexico m '4 and '48, I contra' ted Mexican diarrhoea and thi remedy has kept me
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      304 3 OCEAN |t^ STEAM SHIP |P" Co. %NIJ NEDERLANDSCHE STO I VAART MAATSCHAPFf j CX KAA'- 1 Tons. Pom*. Achilla 7011 Myrmidon Agamemnon ;on Sestor A/ax ;on "res/ey Aleimnu 6743 I'aAnchise: 2?2>j P■• An tenor 5531 Priam Cahha- 6748 Promt!' 55/, Cyclops 2066 l'v> \f\i\ Oat dan m 4653 Rmipemt Deucalion
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      548 3 SERVICES TO-MORROW. St. Andrew's Cathedral. 7a. m. Matins. 7.30 a. m. Choral Eucharist and Sermon. 5-3o p. m. Evensong and Sermon. St. Matthew's Church, Sepoy Lines. 8.15 p. m. Evensong and Sermon. Bethesda, Bras Basah Road. 9 a.m. Worship and The Lord's Supper. 8 p.m. (iospel Service. (Mr. E. Hanger.
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      1092 3 YE l > IN X T Me,. -..i-w«i KUk. and Tont Commander* Arrived K fl r, ALUIRINI Brit, sloop, 1,050 E- D. Hunt F)ec. 23 Hongkong Uncertain Otfcor Vmmsi Ki.es 4 Tom Masters Arrived Krom Consitrnees KOl Achilla Bni. 4483 Brown Jan. J j Yokohama Ml ifislli Liverpool lar Baso^ok
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      95 3 Passeneers Arrived. Jan. 2;,.— Per Sri Pomtimnmk Messrs. PI is and Dechter. Jan. >6.— Per nmmg Key. P. Rowe. Passengers Leaving. Jan. 26.— Per Ihng Mart For Ho««ko(W. Mr. R. Ingram, Capt. J. B. Carpenter, Mr?. Hely. For Japan.— Mr. K. Sano. Mr. S. Takano and Mr. J. Mitonii The
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      995 4 her late majesty,! 1 Queen Victoria I I I PHOTOGRAPHS I I OF THE LATE QUEEN, I B| FROM THE LATEST SITTINGS, I IN DIFFERENT SIZES, M m AN BK HAD FROM |j I G. R. Lambert Co. I 8 BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. jl >4 UC I GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. TENDERS
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      773 4 TO LET COMMODIOUS family residence No. 5-«, Mount Sophia, unfurnished. Entry on February Ist. Apply NATHAN fc RAHAMIM, 13, Change Alley. Janai TO LET ROOMS with Board close to Town. English family. Apply 8.X., c/o Fret Press. Jan. 4 4-a TO BE LET FROM 15th March, 1901, a commodious dwelling
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      258 4 RILEY HARGREAVES Co., Ltd. OF^ A SWB? U{S SINGAPORE r^^ IMPROVED Steam Road Rollers By RUSTON PROCTOR Co. Ltd., England. Fitted with all the latest improvements efficient, durable, simple and economical m fuel. Prices and Particulars on Application SOLE AGENTS RILEY HARGREAVES Co., Ltd. '^jh 'VjSmH&t I a J arc
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      256 4 THE HORSE REPOSITORY BUCEPHALUS H Abrams Begl to inform the gentry of Singapore that h< has just landed 44 Horses, Coband Pom. vfcick have been specially selected for the requirement, of this market. All are thoroughly broken m, and m the best of < ondition, and ready for immediate use.
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      133 4 ORCHIDS J d A n P c EREIRA Horticulturist, By Special Appointmtnt to IS MAJESTY THE KING OF SIAM AND r- RnwuV*? SULTAN OF JOHORE G O^hids mp rter> Loll <*t°r and Exporter Nursery' and Res.dence. "E, W." Tangl.o I. M. Lyon Co.'s Patent Libenan Coffee Pulper effective substantial and
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      581 4 The Singapore Free P ress AMD Mercantile Advertiser Cabli tkltkttk Smgaf,,^ TiLirHom Numur.>n». 61. Published at 30-3, Raffles Pi« C e t Sing lpOfe T"*HE leading English Newspapo, n x. 1 Straits Settlements; Uo, Federated Native States of Perak, Sel Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Sembilan British North Borneo; Sar aw^'
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      839 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port ol departure, and (where known) date due here, and name of Agents. Mbn-op-War. Admiral Barrosa, Spa., Rio dc due Jan. Gromoboi, Rus. cruis., due Jan. Hatsl'si, Jap., due E!swick, Iwatb, Jap., due Etswick, Kasatak, Rus. t.b., due Jan. Pollada, Rus. cruis., due Jan, Pola, Aust. due
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