The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 July 1901

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, 24™ JULY, DAILY ISSUE, No. 4237
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 839 1 J* q Office. Telegraph St. f^J" t Wharves. Keppel rlubour, (J STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PHNANG, CEYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, GIHRALTAR. MALTA, BRINDISI, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills ot Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also tor China Coast. MAIL LINES. OUTWARD
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    • 788 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND rpOYO RISEN KAISHA (ORIENTAL S.S. CO.) VIA INLAND OF lAPAN AND HONOI ULU. Through Passage Tickets gram« i ti England France, and Germany by all iraith-Aiiantic lines of steamers, and to the principal cities of the United States or Canada.
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    • 529 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKE.TVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Under Contract with thi Nbtmbrlands India Govbrnmbnt. Agents at Singapore. Shim Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collver (Juav The undermentioned dates akk oslt approximate. Steamer From Kxpecte^- Will be de«naii..->- 1 u,r 0I Van der Lijn Cotei via ports July 20 Banjorrmssin, Koti Biroe, B
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    • 646 1 I VHE TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY, LTD. Shipwrights, Engineers. Iron and Brass Founders, Wharfingers. &c. "PHIS Compar,) executes .Yip anii Marine Engine Repairs ol all descriptions, m the most efficient mannc, under the superintendence of experitnctd European .Shipwright*, and Engineers. Graving Docks up to 500 feet m length and 21
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    • 726 1 LJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAiD-UP CAPITAL 0 000 000 RtSKRVB FUND.— Sterling Reserve $to,ooo,ooo') Silver Reserve 3,000 000 j 1 3.000,0c0 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIBTOWS...... J tio.ooo.ooc COUKT OK D I RECTOS*. R. Shewan Ksq. Chairman. Hoo J J Bhll-Irvinc, Dkputy Chairman. H. E Tomkins, Esq. I K. L.
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    • 512 1 M fc T-™si? X a??,SSi? R KMEMBER t read.ly soluble and may be prepared m a f ew second. S FOOD WORKS, PECKHAM, LONDON, ENGL/' KTORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETYOF NORWICH AND LONDON. KSTABLISHBD 170 >. KOR FIRE INSURANCE ONLY. Amount Insured... £335.000,000 Losses Paid 7 V'l ,600,000 ny urn
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    • 144 1 TRENCH hEc. D n. i j i rip* m, i i THERA THERAPJGNIV; 2 THERAPiONNo3 •ari) TKERAPION For Nervous MJkvVMVM GLYCERATE JRr^R*^. ■tor.it:., element v j JP It n d 'if-rvc .md nervous disc ises ii hildren* SOLD IN CAP Nj-. AND IN STKUP. Chapoteaut Paris Fraice AN IDEAL TONIC.
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  • 43 2 Domestic Occurrences. MARRIAGE. IJf>>hy Nil-,Mjii.— On the '.*t d July, at Si Andrew's (^the<lr;il. Wf tli.- Rot. w, II C. Onnkerley. M..V Philip, mm d tha I t Win. Hibliy, ol |{;ni») to I.iz/ik, iMMkterd tin- bi<J. A. Xilsson of Kokcwood Juetkm, Victoria.
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  • 581 2 The Singapore Free Press. WEDNESDAY JULY. 24, 1901. Itatifti bf infuer.cr i- ■•< I'"' pitr.o* Truth h« r of ->■.• -a P.tiati to lUlic.oo. U»»»'tT. tri |J». Thhke is a question of .r-,the.ti< pending upon which the Municipal authoriti---do not seem to have mad'- up their mind, p'rh.ip- mon properly
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  • 351 2 The Russo-Chinese Bank htt declared a dividend for 1900 of 15 roubles a share, equal to 8 per cent. Members of the Swimming Club will be pleased to learn that at the last committee meeting, held recently, $50 per month was voted towards the subscription for periodicals and magazines for
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  • 280 2 At yesterday^ meeting of Legislative Council, the following two letters were laid on the table relative to the gratuity of 510.500 granted to Mr. Alexander Gentle. Thefirot is from H. K. the Officer Admini>tcring the (jovernment to Mr. Chamberlain and the lecoad is Mr Chamberlains reply
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  • 406 2 The S.C.C. last night had as opponents a scratch team captained by Mr. McMurray. and the game, after a hard contest, resulted m win for the Club by one goal to nil The Club hid the best of the game m the lirst half, but McMurray's backs and
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    • 41 2 Two Europeans Dead. to Singapore Free Press.) Hongkong, July 24th. Amougst those who have died of plague are Mrs. Brownhill (whose husband also died of plague a short time ago) and Private Nelson, of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
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    • 26 2 The Hongkong Chinese are preparing a reception for Priii. c Chun, who arrives by the German mail Baycrn to-day en route to Berlin.
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    • 15 2 [Reuter's recent Telegrams Mill be found on pa K e 4of this issue.]
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    • 9 2 Lord Cromer has been created an Earl
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    • 52 2 Count Waldersee has arrived at Sucv. [Countess von VValdersee last month received a telegram from her husband, which concluded with the words:— Au revoir, end of July." The Field Marshal has intimated that he will take the waters at Homburg, m the Taunus Mountains, immediately after his return
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    • 18 2 The freedom of the City of London ha^ been presented to Lord Milncr at the Guildhall.
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    • 22 2 The House of Lords has read a second time the Bill modifying the Accession Declaration. London, July 24th, igoi
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  • 119 2 At the Assizes yesterday, Choo Keng Choo, Choo Kwee Seng and Choo Tyt Koh were found guilty of voluntarily causing hurt and were each sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Tan Teok was found guilty of theft m a dwelling and criminal trespass. He was sent to pri-on for
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  • 114 2 The football and tug-of-war competitions for the Warren Shield come off next month. The following are the football ties, all of which will be played at 5.5 p.m. on the Recreation ground, kindly lent for the purpose by the S.R.C. Aug. 13th.— S.V.R. v. 12 Co. R.G.A.
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  • 244 2 To-morrow being the Fast of Ab (a Jewish Holiday), all Jewish offices and godowns will be closed The plague m the Philippines has spread to the provinces outside of Manila, Cavite, Paranaque, and Naic being the places infected. Captain John Ross, a mariner of some thirty years' experience at San
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 767 2 John Little Co., HAND TREADLE SEWING MACHINES The Wertheim Hand Sewing $33 nett Singer do do $35 do "Straits" do do $38 do Tne Wertheim Tread's $45 do Singer do $50 do Extras and Book of Instructions f c I ail Carts, Tricycles, Rocking Horses IN LARGE VARIETY. July 24
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    • 404 2 \,[K. George Laws, m.k a i.m.m. I Battery lioad, Singapore, having had 17 years mining experience m tho East is now open to examine and report on or survey mining properties, or assay mineraU and metals at short notice. Term-> reasonable. May 28 28.7 CHANGE OF ADDRESS DX K. W.
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    • 971 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. SINGAPORE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. Popular Orchestral Concert TOWN HALL Tuesday, joth July. The Orcho>tr:i will gfcjf the following pieces:— Overture "MhVUM" (Horman), (i.'vottc "ILovinf? Hearts (Hurald), :Sort>na<l<' Kspagnole La Manula (Eik-nberg), Mazurka HoagVOiM l.:i Tzigane (Louis (ianne) Characteristic I'iece L'hlanenruf" (Kilenberß), Waltz Soldatenlieder ((Jung'l), and (Jraml S<"h-ction from Leslie
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    • 610 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. Chinese New Year Sports. A PUBLIC MEETING w ill lie hold on Friday, the 26th July, at 5 .X) p.m., at tho Chwcc Guat Hean Club, Xo 20 Chin Chew Street. Business to pass tho accounts of New Year Sports, 1901, &c. TAN JIAT LEON Hon. Soc. •luly
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    • 150 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. TOWN HALL I SPECIAL NOTICE. OPEN TO ALL TO-NIGHT POSITIVELY T E LAST NIGBT Original American Biograph EXTRA CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. RICES AS USUAL. July L'» Needlework Depot. > ki v s LADIES AND CHILDREN. Ladies own material* mad* 1 up under tho supervision of an fcNGLISH DRESSMAKER.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 165 2 The Week. Wednesday, 24th High Water 1 —^.32 a., 3.44 p. "S'.ratch Fours" final race, 5.15 p. S.V. A. Lecture, v!sp. SA^.C. Tug-of-War team. 6 p. The Biograph," Town Hall, 6 <j p. The Bioscope, Beach-rd., 9 p. Thursday, 25tb Hijih Water 4.33 a., 4.37 p. hast of Ab 'Jewish
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  • 698 3 Tuesday, July 23x0, 19 1 Present i v E. the Officer Administering C .nt (Sir Frank Swettcnh...., ..o.) |V Hoti'ble the Acting Col. Secretary (C. W. Sneyd Kynnersley, C.m.g.) ithe Colonial Treasurer (F.G. Penney.) the Auditor-General (E. C. Hill.) I Burkinshaw. T. E. Earle. j. M. Allinson. (i.
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  • 174 3 r G. FtSTBTn-s m a Nem Role." The above are the headings under which the Duly Express publishes the subjoined telegram from New York •-■paration order which the Countess formerly Miss Klsie Haven, recently JUined against her husband, has had a sensational The custody of the four-year-old
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  • 229 3 lhe Peking corres ondent of the W. C. Daily yes writeb The sulterers by the last au of canton folly are wondering how long it will be itfore they obtain ihcir indemnities. The fcntl.sh eem to be preparing for prompt payment, as the I -Ration is investigating individual
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  • 1771 3 (Written for the Singapore Free Press by Rev. G. M. Rkith.) No. LX. This letter has no connection with Scotland except that it is written there. And it is written under a gracious sense of the superiority of the south of England to the east of
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  • 626 3 I h<: Rajah left Sarawak for Europe iv the afternoon of Sunday lhe 14th. At tininvitation ot Hi- Highness, members ol the European romn.uni'y m (Caching hvl taken oi him .it l-i.i., a m the morning. Attcinlrd by the Hiii. H. P. De»hoa, who at companies him on the
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  • 218 3 At the monthly meeting of the General Committee of Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, held m the Board Room, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, on Tuesday, the 9th July A letter was received from the Colonial Secretary, under date 20th June, m
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  • 224 3 These from the Hongkong Daily Press service Prince Chun landed m Shanghai to-day (l6tlij and proceeded m a chair, tscorted by mounted Municipal Sikh PMice and hMCM soldiers through two miles of tin- British Settlement la the Tattai'l foreign house m Bubbling Well Koad. T Prince is very small
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  • 720 3 Ill*- Manila correspondent of the //ungkonf> Daily f'nsi wrr- i m follows under date 4th July ISAUCtnUTIM OF TUB MRST < IVIL (.(JTEK.NOH. I hi-, morning at nine o'cl'«.k the Hon. William H. latt, President of the Philippine < ommission, took Urn oath of office,
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  • 149 3 The collier Blue Cross from Moji. arrived this morning with a cargo of about 4,000 tons Japan coal for this port. The cable steamer Recorder, from Kuala Klang, arrived yesterday and is now at Keppel Wharf coaling. The M. M. steamer La Scyne, after re ceiving her mails
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  • 268 3 CJuotatiom. p AID Dividends Japan, Ltd. 41 Nominal. t "ividrnd*. Deferred. £5.5/ /1 fell's Asbestos Eastern Agency. Nominal. Bersawah Gold Mine Co. $3.75 Sellers. $5 Clear Water Dairy Farm Ltd. »,oo 8?oo 7 Fraser and Neave Ltd. 886 ft. 7 6% Debs Par' year 19
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  • 269 3 Scratch Fours." Last evening the first and second heats of the Scratch Fours were pulled off m smooth water. For the first heat, Scoular got his crew away with a good start and by maintaining a quick stroke, early gained a lead of a boat's length, which
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  • 55 3 It i.-> reported m a N*m Press special te!.-gram that a further big increase m the output of Kaiping Mines i^ m sight, and that large contracts lor naval coal supplies for several I'owers are under negotiation. A dividend of 20 per cent, now seems a <.ertainty. Shares are going
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  • 189 3 NEXT MAILS DUE. hßoii Knouhd per P. &O. Mas, ilia on Jul/ a7th, with Baffah maiK of July sth, answering letters despatched from Singapore on June yth. Chin* ;-per P. O. Suitda on Thursday, July 25th. Mails already despatched for London Left Sing. Due m London Arrived June
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  • 114 3 (July 24. > i»n $68.25 Sambfei i0.62i r.,hr No. i i3.87i Pr.vv", '-tack < >rd\r**t y 29.87 do. White, fFair L/W~.X 45. Nutmegs 110s 10 Hrn i*>.) 52 do. (80s to the lb) 64 Mace (Banda) 9a Covm 'Amboina). 3a Libenan Coffee 17.50 I e^MNImiI rku '(uaiuy, 5.80 do.
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  • 72 3 CORRECTED UP TO July J4.) On London. B»nk 4 m/f i/m4 'lemand l/n 1 Kvatt credits 3 m/s 1/1 documents 3 m/s j credits 6 m/s 1/1 1 France, demand 24^! Germany, demand I(,-' India, T. T 140 Hongkong, demand par. Yokohama, demand 5 <% pm. lava, demand M,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 24 3 llavas telegmms report that the Arab stokers on the Laos developed plague between Port Said and Marseilles, and that two succumbed lo the disease.
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    • 116 3 The Best Liniment for Strains. Mr. f. 11. Wells, the merchant at Deer l\i\k, Uma Island, N. V I. S A, says; "I limpa ro-oininen Chamberlain 1 Pain Kalm as th<- Ite-t liuimen for strains I ml it last winter lor a seven; IMMMM m the sidr, resulting from a
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    • 318 3 OCEAN STEAM SHIP P** Co. NEDEKLA'' 3CiE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN' Tons. Tons. Achilles 7*43 Myrmidon 2870 Agamemnon 7011 Nestor 3809 Ajax 7039 Ortstts 4653 Alcinous 6743 Patroclus 550g Anchises 2729 Peltus 7500 Antenor 5531 Polyphemus 2613 Calchas 6748 Priam 2845 Cyclops 2066 Prometheus 5570 Dardanus 4653 Pyrrhus 3621 Deucalion 7030
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 437 3 VESSELS IN PORT. Men-of-War Flag and Tons Commanders Arnved From For When ■s— a~*S rr |2-» |r si >;?-«- esr \-rM-, .loharu.csscnJuly- Bangkoli Pat. Simoa, I Fu V V-'i ina W«" >' nKeek Muar, July 24 lU ri nk^ r lllv M,,Mi,:,i penang, July 24 Ber»<. r() v I ,;h.luly^
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    • 363 3 I Passengers Arrived. July 2-s,—Per N. V. K. I amba Mar* Mr., Mr^. and Mis-, Altman, Mr. G. Holden, I Mr. S. Williams. Mr. N. Dalrymple, Mr. K. Comer, Mr. H.Owen, Mr. Murray, Mr. G. Samuel Mr. A. Gnmkk, Mr. I. McLean, Mr. Smith. •hl|y-"- WhaM Hin MeaHa, h. Tuuuicliffi-
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS
    • 58 4 A Knock-Out for CampbellBannerman. Replying to a requ- st made by ihe C ity Liberal Club for a prone «crmmt of 01. tical opinion, Lord Rosebery writes that he will never voluntarily re-enter politics. He believes that the Liberal attitude of neutrality ir. a war to which
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    • 97 4 The casualty list shows that seven men of the Connaught Rangers were killed, and three lieutenants and seventeen men wounded near Aliwal North on the 14th July. Letters captured i» Steyn's laager at Reitz show that the Borr leaders on the 10th April, informed Steyn that the posi
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    • 21 4 The finance Bill has been read for a third time m the House of Commons by 291 votes to i.'i.
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    • 38 4 Mr. Chamberlain, replying to the pessimistic criticisms ot Sir William Harcourt, expressed a sanguine view of the political and financial future. He believed that the Boer* when thoroughly beaten, would settle down peacefully.
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    • 47 4 Earl Russell, at his trial by his peers m the House of Lords, pleaded guilty to the charge of bjgaflPf' He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment as a first-class misdemeanant. Two hundred Peers were present m their robes of state. Lord Salisbury presided.
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    • 33 4 The Chairman of the Annual Genera! Meeting of the Eastern Telegraph Company stated that there was leason to hope for a substantial reduction m the cable tariff to India shortly
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    • 22 4 JAPANESE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. The trouble between Japanese and white fishermen m British Columbia has been settled. The Japanese are fully protected
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    • 16 4 The result of the Eclipse Stakes, is as follows Epsom Lad \'an D ftgu.se 3
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    • 19 4 Lord Salisbury has presented a bill to the House of Lor A* modifying the Coronation Oath.
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    • 31 4 !t is «emi-officia!!y si^ed at St. Pe«er>burg that the object of if* I h-betan my sion is merely to secure :he pnv.tegei./ of Fiuddhists within the RussPa'P *JN»!!f.
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    • 21 4 Lord Kitchener has commf jted ».he death sentence on 34 rebels to p,enal servitude (or life m Bermuda.
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    • 28 4 The Board of Trade enquiry into the loss of t he p St>brtMn has t 11 tirely exonerated the Ojptain and officers of that vessel.
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    • 18 4 Baron lwasaki has bought the late Pro fessor Max Muller's library for Tokio Uni versity.
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    • 43 4 Mrs. Kruger died at Pretoria of pneuinoxita after three da/yp' illnesv It is understood that Mr. Kruger informed of her death privately by wire, before th^ putfficaiion of the announcement. The newspapers respectfully sympathise w.itV* 'dr. Kruger on his bereavement
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    • 22 4 Count Lamsdorff the Russian Chancellor, is expected at Paris m September, returning M. Delcassr's recent visit to St. Petersburg.
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    • 29 4 Sir Michael Hicks Beach, m the House of Commons, staled that the total cost ot the China expedition was jU>3sO.oo°. c 1 lusive of naval expenditure.
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    • 14 4 The Orient Line Company has de. ided to employ lascars.
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    • 15 4 A fresh intense heat wave is passing over the American corn-belt
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 86 4 FOR SALE A GAM BIER Press with Pump complete by Riley Hargreavet and Co. Apply l 0 t)- G-> c F ree P reii July 12 u-c FOR SALE. For Ac.< ot nt Cowcirnbd. 3 SETS Prospector's Boring Tools, complete. For further paoiculars apply HOCAN fc Co., Mirbau Road. July
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    • 1123 4 Singapore Sporting Club. PROGRAMME FOR THE AUTUMN RACE MEETING, 1901. October 22nd, 24th and 26th. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 22nd October. First Race. Thb Maiokn Plate.— Value |4<*>- A Race for Maiden Horses— Weight as per scale (lost.) An allowance of 141 b. to ex-Griffins imported into the Straits Settlements or
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    • 949 4 PURVEYORS TO EMPRESS OF INDIA, A CELEBRATED OJjIMA^S^TORES, I AMES WATSON COS SCOTCH WHISKIES. ARE THE BEST VALUE IN IHE MARKET. Flag Brand, 10 years old. $12 per case, duty extra. (Specially Recommended.) v 0. 8 per case, duty extra. obtainable fkoi^ retail inAjtire ok McALISTER Co., S(JKK AGENTS CARBOLIC
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    • 871 4 WANTED by a young person (English) a situation as maid, or children's maid. Understands drt»smnking. Address E. A. 8., c/o Free Press. July 20 ROOMS, with Board, with Ikglhfc family close to Town. (Jood tennis ground and stabling, i Terms moderate. Apply to B. c/o Free Press. Idly l.» 10.8
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    • 594 4 TO LET HOUSE No. 49, Killiney Road, by JOSEPH ELIAS, 27 Malacca S June 13 TO LET ONK orlwo rooms with private family near town. Apply R. c/o Free Press. .Hy TO LET LIOL'SK No. A., WMkie Road. Apply to F. G. R. c/o Free Pte July 3 u.i TO
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