The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 January 1901

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    20 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, 3OTH JANUARY, x 9 o, DAILY ISSUE. No. 4
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      649 1 ir 0 Office. Telegraph St. gj Wharves. Keppel Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co Steamer, for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN* EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR! MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Throat Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, L\n'\ncntal and Amtncm Ports, also for Ohm Coast. MAIL LINES. WARD HOMEWAkI)
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      488 1 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVICATION CO., LIMITED. TO PIMANG, RANGOON* CAI.CU TTA '■ry wee V. -en^rs and tjJ L TO MANILA, OIRKi I. u« cii"S7*rs Bras TO ADKLAIOC. MKLBOUKNE* SYDNEY a 5 e F n X offet amerS 4lS Ft* Jrejght or p*ssa R e, apply to BCIOSTKAO Co. Sept 1
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      412 1 DE U^?. N <' NKLIJKE PAIt "VAART MAATSCHAPPII f-i,v, J^,,, „„,,,,<, liwou., BukH^an J p. b- Feb. 11 j/\MHb WAI SON COb SCOTCH WHISKIES. Flagßrand, 10 years old. $12 JS^ duty extla (Specially Recommended.) <»TA«ABU MOM JSJ JgLSS% 6ltra McALISTER Co., SOLE AGEXTS. Howarth Erskine Engineers Limited. Contractors SOLE AGENTS
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      588 1 TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY, LTD. Shipwrights, Engineers, Iron and Brass Founders, Wharfingers, &c. "T*H y execuif Si p and Marine Repairs el all d- :n the most ndence of -ietrs. up to 500 feet m length and 21 mile and a qua W i gilt, Hotier and I by .team,
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      542 1 PAID-UP CAPITAL RESERVE FUND l«o,ooo,ooo Courr c* Oiuctou H0... M GBA r tmw Manaobk Hon^ono-s.r THOMAS lACKSON. UOMPANT. LlMlTirj. O DirosiTS:— X- i nonth,, 4p er Cent. p«r Annum •'or month,, 3 p« r te nt. per Annum. G W. B&TT-Manaßef CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA_AND CHINA NCORPOHATED FF ROYAL
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      388 1 REE of .•».»0.0..5;p 6 o«». M l ROY R^l NSURANCE COMPANY f IR E LIFE Ma, BOUSTEAD a Co.-Agen,,. cantonTnsurance offxe LIMITED, HONGKONG Rtstßy. Flnd "I Soo.ooo. W-'^R^s-atCunen't'R'at^; BOUSTEAD Co.-Agent^ t he london and lanpa caISSS fire wsuranceco. %E?cSZZZ *-%gSi BOUBTKAD VgJB— 1^ CHINA TRADERS INSURANTS COMPANY. LTD., HONG X
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      203 1 PACIK CM c^pk^ MSH AND *p° Y O KISEN KAISHA (ORIINTAi S.S.CO.) ViXiN <Of |APAN \NI) i.r. 1 itary, Sailing dates from H Yokohama to San Francesco Ml (tf I VStQ H RIGAUD'S WH.Tf v.fIUTS RIGAUD'S WHITE ROSE RIGAUD'S WHITE JASMIN RIGAUD'S WM'TE LILAC RIGAUD'S WHITE IRIS HIGAUDsC w»wrr«j Hruj
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    The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1901.
    422 2 The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1901. mi A correspondent pleads very powerfully (or th«- holding of a solemn memorial lenricc tor ihe late (jueen V'iCIORIA, under circumstances that would permit of a large proportion of the entire community of this place beiny present tl The limitation to the
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    1033 2 i.ieut. j. H. Morrah, Roy^l Lancaster Regiment has parsed m tactics. Ih< Commercial Union Assurance Co. send us a copy of their ornate Chinese Calendar for this year. Capt. Whytu, residing at Zetland House, reports the loss of a diamond ring, value $130, stolen from h:s dressing table 1 last
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    A NEW N. D. L. STEAMER.
    121 2 1 he new twin-screw steamer Kiautuhou, built by the Vulcan Shipbuilding Works at Stettin for the Hamburg American Line, is due here at 5 pm. today on her maiden voyage to the Far East. The Kiautschou which is a sister ship to the Hamburg,
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
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      CHINA.
      46 2 MILITARY TAXATION. I Special to the Singapore Free Press. J Hongkong, joth Jan., 11.55 a m Chinese Officials report that they have received an Imperial order trom Hsianfu to raise the sum of one million taels for the support of 10,000 soldiers under General Tung-fuh-siang.
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      A REVENUE COLLECTING MISSION.
      44 2 THE CHINESE OF SINGAPORE. Subscriptions to be Invited. l.i-ti-chuan. President of the Szechuan mines, has been ordered to proceed to Singapoie Manila, and other places to ask rich Chinese to subscribe money m aid of the Chinese Imperial G nernment
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    VICTORIA R. I.
    125 2 January land, igoi. Great, (ilnrinns and Beloved High wor<is of praise. Yet not so high, but such a noble hea<l Could bear the weight, and fed them merited. Now Heath has come, with gentle harm.. to raise 'I he crown of year? and tumult from thy brow.
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    THE LATE QUEEN.
    78 2 U. i>. Army Orders m the Philippines. A Military Tribute of Respect. We learn from a private- ->ource that m the Philippines General Macarthur has ordered that, on the diy of Oueen ictoria's r sera Sal rday. all *P l n g necessary guar ended. At reveille
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    THE QUEEN'S FUNERAL.
    220 2 All Government Offices will be clo=eu on Saturday, which ia to be observed ai a dny of public mourning tor Her Late etty the Queen. A recommendation ha> been sent by the Committee of the Chamber 01 Commerce to the Bink^ and the lioesa hrm-, asking that
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    A SUGGESTED "SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER AND PUBLIC BAND."
    267 2 We hdvt. been asked to say that there is under consideration a proposal to establish a Singapore Volunteer and Town Band,"' and that a joint committee from the General Committees of the Singapore Volunteer Artillery at. j Volunteer Rifle, has been forced at
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    THE PITY!
    115 2 n:uJ ya:.: n ti s"da --f at "< H. K. The Govern ;r an Hug,i CUford rtgre: tr.a: they .a. r tpout their At Home till Circular, Labuan, 16. 1. 1001. i he Centurie- roil on—ah, dear A new one recently has start The nineteenth iinished witli the
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    THE MUNICIPAL PRESIDENTSHIP.
    216 2 Advices by last mail from Singapore (says tre London and China Express) do not indicate that Municipal matters are proceeding any more smoothly. Wfi-t with a new President, whom the Acting-Governor seem determined to appoint, and a new engineer, necessitated through the resignation ol Mr. Tomlinaon, and
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    CATCHING THE JUDGE'S EYE.
    159 2 Mr. Hughes, a New Yorker famous for Ml practical joking, has put the judges of a horse show in a ridiculous light. Under an assumed name, says the Yorkshire Post's New York correspondent, he entered a horse in the saddle class, and ai the trials his
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    31 2 On the iMh inst. four Chinamen died of cholera in Singapore. Two were living in Boat No. 920 and 61 Prinsep-st. respec lively, and the other two at 5 Bali Lane
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      361 2 ■j John Little Co., Ltd., SINGAPORE. Arc now showing a large variety of American Carts. J* hcs s Carts are built to our own specification and arc Strong, Light and Durable no shaft motion. THIS CART IS ALREADY WELL KNOWN IN THE EAST. (PI C^ \Dx\J\J* |l| IMPROVED STRAITS CART
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      179 2 RAFFLES GIRLS' SCHOOL lor 1 rench, German etc., are now y" forming under Miss Olive H. C. Stacy of Cambridge I "niversity, Honours, languages acquired on the Continent. Young ladies not -tud>;n X m the school CM U. admitted to these classes. Lessons given at pupils' own residences. For particulars,
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      661 2 TO BE LET TTHREE newly built comfortable Compound Houses at Princep Street. Apply to STEPHENS PAUL Co. jan 29 uc TO LET fOMPOUND dwelling house, No. 5-2, Kramat Road. Apply 5-1 Kramat Road. Jan 7() uc TO LET COMMODIOUS family residence No. 5-b, Mount Sophia, unturnished. Entry on February Ist.
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      147 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE "PHE Banks will be closed on Saturday next, the and February, as a mark ol m; urninjj and respect for Her Lite Majesty Queen Victoria. Jan. 30 4.2 WANTED COMPETENT S.lesman fot Hardware and I General Furnishing Department. Apply L., c/o Fret Press. |an. 30 uc TO
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      163 2 The Week. .Ye inesJay. 50th Hitfh Water 5.38 a., 7.50 p. Municipal Commission, 2.^0 p. S.V.A. Dismounting Drill. S.V K.,.\i B Co. Physical Dril! I I N. D. I-!. Mail Outwards due. Thursday, 31st Hitfh Water :—6.56 a., 9. j p. S.V.R., B Co. Musketry Drill. Friday, Ist Feb. Hn;h
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  • Correspondence.
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      The Queen's Memorial Service.
      371 3 ro»» g _satu:>^y nt\'. Feb. 2u<A. will be the last opportunity we as a Colony of to British Empir-", will have of sho*ing our respect for the Memory of our late Beloved Sovereign Sow. m respect to the Memorial Service fetched out m last night's Free
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    THE CALCUTTA DIVORCE SUIT.
    56 3 Wilton Gonsaive?, the bU Arc a llaricnett -rrnce to the co-respjnd-nt —He Ur. John Ross, or John Ross Meade referred to, was never on any occa:he n anager o; DAn Marionel Being a clever musician he \va- tr.gaged m bay tor a lime ar- a pianist,
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    SHIPPING NEWS.
    58 3 I earner Paknam I I India Steamship Co., has arriv-d .vat Borneo Wha^f loading cargo; mney arrived here yesterday 9 ton; coal f ur this port .....jjj: returned from Fulo t>o yesterday evening and was docked g Pagar this mon. •wo oi! tank ?teamer? T .<..50.,m and s
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    376 3 Co. X A. iendl) mat h was played last night 1 lub Ground and resulted the Club by two v I ne. The Ciub won the toss and played with at their ba'.k F>ark- the .keeper was late m coming 01 r. r his place was taken by
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    47 3 uiigst the regimental cuimiiaiid.vacated this year arc tbi it Royal !.an<.a-t- r, !.;eut..Col. J. Rowlandson), and th« 4 th Rifle Brigade, (Lieui.-( 01. A. R. iVmberton). The D. A. A- G.s at Hong. Kong anc j Singapore (Col. O'Ciorman and Capt. White) also retire from these staff
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    649 3 Tuesday, Jan. 2 q-ui, lgol< Prkskmt H. the Officer Ad ...rnment (Sir The HonW th 'Z^^ t -erto->.) the Co'onul Treamrer (F. G. P an.] the Colonial h A.Murray.) the Attorney.Grner.il W. R. Collyer). Au^ tor -General (E. C. H.1!.) W. J \ap er. Burkinshaw. Dr. Lim Boon
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    THE QUEEN'S CENTURY MEDAL.
    162 3 his- ory is well known, and I many striking cemury, taken i Mr. K. Pa i'ptor, h. •nemonal of the epocii which came > an end M Mo diy last. 1 he m>-dal is a singularly beautiful piece of work, :,me what larger lhan a war
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    624 3 Shcial Mbeting, J«m art 2gih, 1901. Prcsunt —Mr. J, A.ihonisz, (President) I '"r. Mid Mt>,rs. > i,M, Ev..s, Mos.s, tm Choon Guan and Choa Giang Thy*. Absbst:— Mr. Barker. A VOTB Ol CoHOOLRNc V. 1 his was a special meeting, said the President, called for the purpose o!
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    IN ADVANCE OF GERMAN MAIL.
    1920 3 h M hundred rr.v»d I M-.lmsbury, where martial law will be immcdia- > proclaimed. iin^j a fl)inj» olumn to operate I I I Gornn^e, K.H between Kern and western railways. II rtceritly-consiituied force of Western H. and Mounted H.il have left Cape Town and arcconcmtratrag
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    EXCAHNGE.
    68 3 tOKKECTRD UP TO January 30; On London Bank 4 m/s a/oj-, 1 demand j Piiv.a»- credits 3 m/s 2 1 documents 3 m/s> credits 6 mj%... France, demano 2^4,! Germany, demand 3 India, T. T i S i Hongkong, demand Yokohama, demand.. pat Java, deaiand \22\ Manila, demand..., i%<ii^.
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    PRODUCE.
    113 3 (January m Ur-mr-itr g.jj (lc. (,übe No. 1 i^..*o Pepper, lilack [ordinar) »'po« 2~-j<-> do. White, (Fair L/W— s%j „4250 N imep I n to the H 56 so-, tv the .b; 76 Hnnua ya (Jloves (Amboirsa) Liberian Cotiee 1 laaioca, --p-tII ptarl 'i-,ir >|aaiit) S7O do. do Hake
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    SHARE LIST, JANUARY 30th, 1901.
    217 3 IJUOTATIOM. CtfRU, p Am Ur# SM4RIS P*,D DIV Ball's A> Kasiern V Nominal. v o,of 4. 1584 S.'sS i' Kechau Gold M.Co. Ik Sellers 1 lcn k*u co.. 1* gar ar,} ?r,v? ••f May...... I 30,«oo 3,000 M 3;> •a".**' too.ooo i.ooo Sioo North Kechau
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      146 3 Beat Out of an Increase of His Pension. A Mexican war veteran and prominent editor wnte->: "Seeing the advertisement of hamberlain'f Colic, Cholera a*i<i Diarrhoea Remedy, I atn reminded that as a soldier m Mexico m '47 and '48, I contr.i'ted Mexican diarrhoea and this remedy has kept me from
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      173 3 MAILS CLOSE 10-MORKI O-MORKO W Pot Per Bangkok lir'ung Koi. ij AM Hongkong fee F'atioclus 11 am M nila no<>n I ing Timor Malacc.i Unggi Htlene m Muar Si Malacca Hung Wan t pm Malacca X X Chow Pk/m 1 m Bin^'kok Singora pm Paneh, ire. Van dtr Parra pvi
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      75 3 Weatnti Xi January jq.j Taken at Kandang Kerbau Hospital Obsetvatory. J. a m ,1 M. g I. M. Ha-. 'to. 3a Pali. >9406 2^-i>2, 2y.y;S Temperature 81. 9 84.0 78.0 W»-t Hull, Thert^or.n. 78.0 78.5 75.9 Dir. of Wind N.W. N.N.U. < aim. Max. Temp, m h*d< 87.0 Mm. do
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      532 3 vB S LS IB p o X T •»<! f«ct Comm.ndor. mHd FrotE fcaL Aloiuin. Beit doop, 1.050 B-D.HMI 1. 0,h«v«...u ku«.to« Amved Krom contl c BAMHiaGoM Bnt. log Scott an ix vi v Lu Camblsi.oon Nor. bq, 1131 Lillisand I) ft CHARTERHOL.t Bl OaWbOn In C.O.PHT. Brit. jell Jan'
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      527 3 <U.M.KON(i VVKATHfcK I hl.h.l.HAM.s Harcmeter, reduced to 32 devices Kahrenhen. md to the level of the sea M inches tenth, anri undredois. Manila baro. readinn m millu I emptratnrt! ir. the sh *%c Manila temperature cm tij<r.. k Humidity, m percei'ta K e of satut mvi &r humidity of a*
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      926 4 Singapore- Johore Railway TENDERS are mv.ted and will be re e.ved up I to the ft!* January, 1901. for the construe- tion of about 80 wooden gates for the above Rail- Wi pian and specification may be seen any da y (Sundays excepted) between 10 a.m. and 4 p.™. Nt
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      725 4 Surveyor Wanted for Pahang. ONE with underground experience preferred. Good salary to competent man. Apply to PATSRSON SIMONS ±Co. Jan. 20 AKuropean who has been employed on coffee and tobacco plantations j clerk; buok-keeper proof reader m a priming office seeks employment at Singapore any othe^r place^ Jan. A3a 3
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      467 4 IBP LtA P£fißlifi& 1 A Wlft» H |ff ft** PURVEYORS TO EMPRESS OF INDIA. CELEBRATED OILMAN'S STORESirtnuuttWwMlw'ttewßr W -9 fff j\\ and are KlGß*w( 4g*i on all iMct to b*V PURITY QUARANTEED tOO ROtiiNSOH ftOAO J. In.i I 5/vciA'O c THE "Thorscar" Acetylene Gas Generator Tt m! I J z.
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      520 4 NOTICE *T"HK letting o: iport and *el lish roe, dr v han m the disti 1 ,j2, and from isl April, 1001, till take place .1 J .1.1 il— General for the M J 1.• NOTICE Tl 1 K Ka»t 1 1 till j from 11 1 till .1 the
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      129 4 WOOD COS. IKK B MKDAI. AUSTRALIAN CHEESE ((Juality and Condition Excellent) 45 cents per lb, A i SI KALIAN HOUSKHOLD BUTTER In Prime Condition In tins of 1O lbs. each $5.50 per tin. McALISTER Co. SOLE IMPORTERS. Oct. w.s. uc J. M. Lyon Co.'s Patent Libenan Coffee Pulper A N
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      592 4 Th^ Singapore Free Press. Mercantile Advertiser Cablb hmmmmm t —A4mt timi TILIPHONI NUKEIR.- Published at 30 3, Raff es Place b.. THE leading English Kewspaper r lh Straits Settlements; Joi J Federated Native States of Pen gor, Sungei Ujon^, Pahang, ti,, j Sembilan British North Borneo Netherlands Indies. Java and
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      877 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port of departure, and (where known) date due here, and name of Agent«. MM ok-Wak. Admiral Bakkosa, Spa., Riode J., due Jan. <ißf,M<>BOl, Rus. cruis., due J >n. HaTSPM, Jap., due FJswick, Iw»te, Jap., due Klswick, I KaSATAK, MM. t.b., due Jan. Pollada, Rus. cruis., dv«- Jan.
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