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

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  • Title Section
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    17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. rHIRD SERIES SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, 26™ JUNE, 1901. DAILY ISSUE, No. 4214
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      821 1 P rt Office. Telegraph St. l?g Wharves. Keppel Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG. CFYLON, INDIA. AUSTRALIA, 4.DEN, EiiYPT, MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, BRINDISI, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and Amtrican Ports, also »or Cnna Coast. MAIL LINES. OUTWARD HOMEWARU
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      775 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSH.P COMPANY OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND rpOYO RISEN KAISHA lOKIBNTAL N.S. CO.) VIA INLAND >«.EA OF lAPAN AN I, HOV'J' L'l V Through Passage Tickets granted to England France, and Germany by all trans-Atlantic lines of steamers, and to the principal cities of the United States
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      659 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKB.TVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Undir Contract with the Nith irlands India (.ovirnmiht. Acents at Singapore. Ships Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collver Quay j THI UNDBRMBNTIONMO DATBS ARK ONLY AHPROXIMATB. Steamer Prom Eipectec Will be despatcned lor on j Japara Batavia tic. June 20 Macassar (direct^ Pale'il'-h, Soemalua, Amocranj,
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      748 1 *'HE TANJONGPAGAR DOCK COMPANY. LTD. Shipwrights, Engineers. Iron and Brass Founders, Wharfingers. 4c. HPHIS Company executes Ship and Marine hrvnr Repairs ol all descriptions, m the most efficient manner, under the superintendence of experienced Kuropean Shipwrights and Engine*; s. 1 Graving iJotk-, up 10 500 feel m length ad 21
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      723 1 f_TONGKONG AND SHANGHAI J x BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $*****000 RESERVE PUND.— Sterling Reserve $10,000,000) Silver Reserve 3,000,000] 1 3.°°0,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OK PROPRIETORS 110.000.00fl COL'KI M UIBICTOH R. Shewan Esq.— Chairman. Hon. J. J. Bbll-Ikviko,— Deputy Chaibmam. H. E Tomkins, Esq. I W. L. Richardson Esq. A. Hauft. Km)
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      772 1 MOTHERS SHOULD REMEMBER mmwwwmw*^. XL 11 H lectln an -rtiaclal Food for ih.,r baU« THREE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTIC- FOOD It is eas.ly Digestible and very Assimible and Noun.nina t,s read.ly soluble and may be prepared m a few sTcond. FOOD WORKS, PECKH AM, LONDON, ENGLAND. N °A 1 5Kt c So
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  • Obituary
    Domestic Occurrences. DEATH.
    20 2 Domestic Occurrences. DEA TH. At Pcfuance, Cornwall, on the 2Sth M., Almom, Kok, late Government Marine Surveyor. Strata Settlements. Age-i
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  • Article, Illustration
    The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1901.
    1420 2 The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1901. FROM time to time recently, there has appeared m our advertisement columns a n'»ti< c inviting SubscriptlOOl to a new loan of $1,000,000 about lobe i->ued by the Singapore Municipality, to defray the cost of crrUin specified publi( works. The pro been
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    94 2 It is notilied that the Government Notiluation dated jist May, kjoi, and publibh ed m the (ia^cttc Extmerdiuary of the hatnc date, by which Bangkok was declared an infected Port on account of Cholera, has been withdrawn A correspondent writes lo say that Their Highnesses the Raja and Raja Muda
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
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      PENANG AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
      44 2 The Chamber of Commerce Nomination. (Special to Singapore Free Press.) Penang, -:sth June. The Penang Chamber of Commerce nominate* as its member m the Le^'is lative Council, Dr. Brown during the absence of Mr. Bromhead Matthews from that Settlement.
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      REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
      14 2 Reuter's recent Telegrams will be found on page 4 of this issue.
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      THE CQAL EXPORT DUTIES.
      32 2 Sir Michael Hicks- Beach states that ccm! contracts entered into prior to the pubh cation of the Budget will be exempted from duty until the end of September.
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      THE SUGAR DUTIES.
      19 2 The clause on the Budget dealing witli the Sugar Duties has passed through Com mittee. {Later.)
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      THE VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.
      51 2 A Member Expelled. The Victorian House of Assembly haexpelled Mr. Findley, one of the member? tur Mf lbourne, who is Editor of a Labour journal published there, owing to the fact that this journal reproduced the article from the Irish People libelling the King. London, June j6th.
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    497 2 Max ORell (11. Paul Blouet) is said to be contemplating a lecturing tour m Japan. The Shipping and the Import and Export Offices will be closed on Friday next the _'Bth inst. According tv a Seoul telegram a French syndicate has obtained a concession from the Corean Government to work
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      84 2 Dowell ID obinson's O ale Oowell T^ obinson s Oale Dowell ID obinson s O ale Dowell D obinson s O aJ e Dowell D obinson's Oale Dowell D obinson 's Q*ate FOR CASH ONLY POWELL ROBINSON'S Great Cash Sale TEN DAYS ONLY COMMENCING MONDAY July Ist Remnants Remnants Remnants
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      689 2 Katz Brothers, LimitedCLEARANCE SALE FOR CASH ONLY Commencing Monday, Ist July FOR ONE WEEK Great Reductions m all Departments, Outfitting Department 200 Pieces of Fine Covert Coatings, $1 per yard Gents' Black leather '-hoes Tweed Caps 50 cents each "?4-5 o P a r ..JJBrown Black leather Boots c |>7.00
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      849 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. TO LET IJ OUSE No. A. Wilkie Road. 1 l Apply to P. 0. R. c/o Free Press. June 26 1.7 TO LET 1 r\OVEC()T," Kiver Valley Koad, immediate entry. Apply WEE KAY POH, 8-4, Change Alley. June 2b uc WANTED. LTOR a lank Installation, near Singapore, a
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      553 2 TO. DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS. IN THE GOODS OF James William Gunn, deceased, (3UKSUANT m the provisions of the <ntivoyaneiag and Law <.f Proitcrty Ordinanco 1«8<; NOriCK w HKHKBY (.iVKN that all creditors and persons having any dohts, claims or demands aaoaot aaalad the aatata «>f .lum.s Wllliaai Oaaa late d JatdM
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      177 2 The Week. Wednesday, 26: b Mitfh Water s. 3ft p., 5.55 p. S.V.R. Recruits Drill, 5.10 p. Thursday, 27th Hi^h Water 7.4 a., 6.52 p. P. O. Mail Homewards due. G.R.C. General Meeting, Town Hall, 5 p. Philharmonic Orchestra, 8.30 p. Friday, 28th High Water 8.23 a., 7.46 p. Coronation
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  • Article
    ASSOCIATION CUP TIE.
    815 3 S. C. C. v. 35TH Co i Thb Clv» Wins by 5 Goals i That football evokes a .cal ol •ntercst amongst all classes ot the com Lnity was proved by the large assembly J people that witnessed the above game Vf-rday evening, the Natives, and Chinese
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    THE LATE BARON VON RETTELER.
    69 3 Removal or Kody irom Pek I be China iVaj/correspondeiit at Shang i wires on the 16th \t the German Legation. Peking, on an imposing ceremony took plai c ection with the removal of the body aron von Ketteler from Peking to 'jermany. wa.s escorted by
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    TEUTIONIA CLUB.
    149 3 Eorty-tifUj anniversary of the found •He leutonia Club (25th June, 1856) was celebrated m due festive fashion last ni^ht by the German .ommunity. The proceeding insisted of a musical »erture, followed by a humorous farce m c act. talcing 45 minutes,, of which the 10 lowinir extract from
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    SINGAPORE ROWING CLUB.
    277 3 Rodbsse Wins the Si.ratch Fours." The final of the Scratch Four races was contested last evening, when the fouroar cicws went up to the .starter at ebbtide, the water being perfectly smooth and no advantage accruing to either crew on account ol position. With Scott-Russell on the
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    76 3 The President lus kindly presented two prize-, one tor players with handicaps of v and under an-i the other for those with 13 and over. The conditions for both are the same, Match play undc special handicap each round 18 holes, except the final which is to
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    GOLD MINING IN KELANTAN.
    305 3 The Hang- Tim a\ Mr R \V. who has been here for a few da connection with a terday, to return to Singapore. He bai obtained a \crv important gold n. concession m Kelantan. That la< t I m(jr^ than usual important c mining rto proved
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    "THE CHINESE CRISIS FROM WITHIN."
    255 3 I he Sunday Special London, j6th, May, has this notice ol the above book More than one writer, from Sir Robert Hart downwards, has Bought, m these eaMy da>s oi the twentieth < 'mtury, to throw li^ht upon th» complexities of the Chinese situation, and
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    78 3 /Vlmiral Seymour arrived it Shanghai, from Hankow, on the Bta inst. I In- whole of the town ol Kosu-ju m lapai. was dc.-tro)cl by lire on the 31st May. The Hongkong and Shanghai Hank has installed at Shanghai the largest safe yet introduced into China. Wu I ing lan^ Chine*e
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    WEDDING IN COLOMBO.
    99 3 At (>a.m., on the 19th inst., Miss Evelyne de Worms, late of the Dallas Musical Opera Company, was married to Mr. Henry Davis, 1 Manager of the Bristol Hotel m the Hotel drawing room. The ceremony was a very quiet one and consisted only of the usual
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    SINGAPORE GAS COMPANY.
    355 3 The ordinary peneral meeting of the Singapore Gab Company w,is held at the Cannon-street Hotel on 30th May. Mr. Samuel Spencer presided and said This meeting was fixed at a later dale, as we had hoped to have a cable from the Municipality of Singapore confirming the
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    TO MATCH.
    111 3 The fritadt I I i w. 11 -known -ociciy Udy m N> w ing lor some lime why letter they received from her w*s overpaid p «-''■> .V i ;(>: '•< rtt ol tin-. Kenerou 1 contribution lo the rcvWMD > \pLmed. Thelady Hrr •>tjtiotier\ mauve, the Amt.nc.an
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    SHIPPING IN SOUTH EAST ASIA.
    690 3 The folio* ing is from .1 .irticlc m the Shipping he transference ol the Holt and Scottish I.' \\'<: xn »fj thai v.- h inge appear-, to have made preciable difference m the concl tions ol Ii trade m StMB. It nay not do so
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    TELEGRAMS.
    1265 3 (Via Ceylon) London, June 14th.— The permanent garrison it Tientsin will consist of the Hongkong Regiment and the 31st Madras Infamry, with Pom-poms, and at Shang-hai-kwan, of the 14th Sikh and Lhe 4th Goorkhas. Mounted Infantry replace Cavalry. In the House of Commons last night Mr. J. Gibson Bowles
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    STRAITS QUARANTINE AND THE COOLIE TRAFFIC.
    132 3 At the Committee meeting of the Hong kon^' Chamber of Commerce on the nth inst., the Secretary reported that, on the jrd June, a letter was received, signed by the Shipping Firms and Agcncit s affect ed thereby, requesting the Chamber to represent to
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    PLAGUE AT HONGKONG.
    272 3 Up to the 17th inst. the cases, at Hong k<>ng, since the beginning of the year totalled 1,327, wi'h 1,^53 deaths. Mi-> H- rr>-t, Mr>. BrowohUl and Mrs. Willcughby are m a line way to do well tapper Lambert R.E, and Victor Cruz, a Portuguese, are new
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 3 OKKKCTKI) UP TO J'Jnc 2h.) Lowoow Back 4 m/> d 1 1 1 j Pr v diti 1 o,\ femwuTr't 3 a/ojj credit.- h m/s 2/o\ Franck, 'lematif: 248 J Germany, 2oi\ India, T. T 148A Hongkong, i-mand .}%dis. Yokohama, <]»:mari'i 2%pm. Java, demand 1 i<j M\nii.a. 'i^n ij%pm.
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    PRODUCE.
    109 3 (June M $72 -^5 er 9-65 n\< No. 1 '3 7O ■lack (ordinal 2<j. do. Whit* (Fan V. 4^.50 NuUMjn 1 1- 1 to 5j do. (80s to the 1!; 64 M-icn (Banda) 92 Cl yes Vtnboina; L:benar. Cotfee 'Aso t, mail pearl (Fait quality. 5.80 do. do flake
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    SHARE LIST, JUNE 26th, 1901.
    254 3 Quotatiom. Paid. OiviuuNns Hank of China and Japan, Ltd. X I Nominal. Deferred. 25-5/ f\ -ell s Asbestos Eastern Agenc>. Nominal. Bersawah Gold Mine Co. $3.75 Sellers,. 5 Clear Water Dairy Farm Ltd. »ioo s, oo Fraser and Neave Ltd. 186. s-n m 1 6%
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      196 3 rur standard Time Balls. A Time Ball at Kort Canning and one at Pulau Brani fall every d-y at 1 p.m., Singapore mean timo ((iroenwich mean ti tin; <i hn.,l tnin.,3s sec.,) being hoisted five minutes previously. To-day Iwth Mi tell correctly. Unnecessary Loss of Time. Mr. W. S. Whedon,
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      327 3 OCEAN STEAM AN!) NEDERLANDSCHE STOOM. VAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAU. Tons. Tons. AchtUes 7043 Myrmidon 2870 Agamemnon 7011 Nestor 3800 A a 7039 Ortstes 4653 Alcinous 6743 Patroclus 5509 Anchises 2729 PeUus 7500 Antenor 5531 Polyphemus 2611 Calchas 6748 Priam 2845 Cyclops 2066 Prometheus 5570 Dardanu: 4653 Pyrrhus 5621 Dtucalion 7030 Rhipeus
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      754 3 j>ioo VESSELS IN PORT; !-.r,: asML. sc,,, g saw*-*" ia*a£L«Sni J rkma Brit. >1» Alexander i,,ncaa c"|.i' k I", <v,- Brit. MB Umr; ,2S i»,i h, I'l-y., 370 J«W«m one 25 Kfau* M-dcutu Brit. 2508 OMMkon i. iv 1> StaSu IN, si^ n'"^ -i<v Brit. 1921 Wigl,v loiia Moji mi
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      682 4 REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. THE GERMAN CHINA EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. The Kaiser has ordered a powerful Ger- man Squadron to meet the troops returning from China at Gibraltar and escort them home to Germany. FRENCH RAILWAY ENTERPRISE i. b The French Cabinet has approved the convention between H. B, Paul Doumer, Governor of
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      1194 4 BOARD ft LODGING. CAN be had .tt 12 Wilkie Road. Terms Moderate. June 17 tn w f 3°° FOR SALE COB and Carriage for |4*5- owner leaving the Colony. Apply V. c/o Fret Press. |une 25 *9- 6 FOR SALE. TURNOUT: Bay Mare (14.1 good hack), buggy and harness. GREY
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      857 4 ugents tor LEA PERRIMS' 0 rn^rn m WORCESTER. PURVEYORS TO €^|Kp^il^ EMPRESS OF INDIA, CELEBRATED PIEMAN'S STORES. f OST a Fox Terrier, municipal Nc 2317. A reward will be paid f o the finder on applica- tion and return to Arthur Barker. June 24 37 6 WANTED A 2nd or
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      525 4 lAMES WATSON COS SCOTCH WHISKIES. ARE THE BEST VALUE IN THE MARKET. Flag Brand, 10 years old. $12 per case, duty extra. (Specially Recommended.) V- V- 0. 8 per case, duty extra. OBTAINABLE FROM RETAIL DEALERS OR McALISTER Co., C OLE AGENTS. THE Campbell Oil Engine HAS THE LARGEST SALE
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      967 4 NOTICE r rHE Exchange Banks will be closed on Friday 281 h |une. i Heing the Coron ition Day of Her late Majesty Jueen Victoria. J une2 3 296 NOTICE. t IVyfR. (Ji. Eckaidt has ceased to sign our firm W* from this date. Singapore IQth June, 11/ 1 BEHN,
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      594 4 SOOMS with Board with Engl.sh family c OiC v to Town. Good tennis ground and stabl,^ erms moderate. Apply to B. C. C/o Free Press J" ne '5 ,5^ TO LET LJOUSE No. 4y. Killiney Road, by JOSEPH ELIAS, 27 Malacca Str<*> June 13 TO LET "\NE room suitable for
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