The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 August 1901

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    17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. •fi^D SERIES, Singapore. Monday, ia™ august,/ igox. DAILY ISSUE, No. 4252
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      532 1 fc Wharves. Keppel >tH»n«r fefe (STEAM N AVIGAT.OM Co. SteamTW H»NA, JAPAN./BtJANG, W CRvTS &DIA, AUSTRAUA; APBN, "Xl -^IL LIMBS. £&J>V HOMEWARD C "-set" es/i iHii^DIATE DIRECT vu;»k *»>P* /.'■Bcceßeaoiietion "7 wnn "jr^^u -Vr .r nn^.| imtas for wsrope.) """Sui^ jSJr| O'^wl tSocotta h 13 Shasl -**)tc. 6 "^"rNol conveying
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      652 1 pACIFIC 'fS&gj&f**"* rpOYO KISEN KAISBA (OBUSaTAfc S. 8. O».) ThrotHh Passage Tickets granted to Cnftoael P^STS/ceSUy by 11. w"s*«£*m£ of steamers, and M the principal <«" "*™s \y^fr* S<a<«r or Cant***- Ba— *a» y peeoiasi 10*^ "rgSl'in hetf ng **»*> O»PH«3 EUROPE have th« choke «f °<* €^i*?*jT -ii from
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      988 1 n« IcnMINKLiyirVFAmvrVAART HAATSCHAPPIJ. HWWJ pip^iwrj^BiMiiiLi l- ~-^imm At iitf lIIMIIMII T— ■^•^■■■"Wf^ wm >l am niPi <* raft ■IMMiljtt «M^T» yTprfnn, MiiWil 0ooh»U B*w>l FaV«hleh, flOMMhtg. A9nm*»g M«i»4», Ternate, Ooronsr^k 1 .'S* Ofcrtb Md I VHK TANJONO PAOAR DOCK I lhl> w i »»JL" "i I»m and Brmm I I
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      651 1 r PAID-UP CArTTAL^-w. iio*oo,oee fa«Ra*an«C. f»«.«» 0 .«x>ol| nio0 o 1 uoo I SaW P— im i *,000,000 j i OT VT RSSEBVS UABILITV Or > t.o-oooor nivnUElvUßmi' I I Court or Dibsctobs. I 8. SiKWAK B**.— CltAltMAM Hoa. J J B«ll-1«vi*o,— D«m/ty Cmiuuk I H. B. Tomkim, Esq. I
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      522 1 XTORWICH UNION FIRE INSUR- ANCR BOCIETY OP NORWICH AND LONDON. h BT4I kIS MID I 7 Qj. FOR PIKE INSURANCE ONLY. Amount Imsuksd £335.000,000 LossmPaio Z 11,600,000 Primjum iktoiii c 906,0.-'o I newtnce effected on Almost every d«*. <pu«n at property at current rates of premium. rug BORNEO Co., |.ti»
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      196 1 For functional troubles, delay, pain •nd those irregularities pecu I lithe sex. Pre*«rlbM by the highest French Medical authorities and superior to Tansey. »teel Drops and Pennyroyal. CHAPOTEAUT, 8. r. Viviano*. Pari« QRIMAULT A C (MfOtOIHAL SKIN^tOAP g Medicinal Skin Soapj f AN IDEAL TONIC. SERRAVALLO'S TONIC. BARK ft IRON
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    MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1901. The Singapore Free Press.
    920 2 '.'na««] ':f ,11 Wnc< an.! MM by i. Her* patriot Troth Mr (tanoua fraccpt* in* fWrt la RcHbim. Lcralt». uui Law. BiSHOi' Welldon, of Calcutta, if a pop ular hard-working and, m the main, a broadmindcd and liberal clergyman. But m one
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    609 2 The cable tteaasef Sherard Osborne left for Bandjerraassin on Saturday afternoon. The Racer Scots (iuard had been sold to Mr. H. Tunnicliffr. The annual general meeting of the Masonic Club has been postponed to Friday evening, the 1 6th instant. The Catherine Afcar, which at rived from Calcutta this morning,
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    A GREAT MASONIC FUNCTION.
    476 2 (By One Who Was There., On Wednesday, July 17th, ther« was held the installation ot H.K.H the Duke of Connaught as Giand Master of the Grand Lodge- of England, m succession to His Royal Brotht r, now Km«{ Ed ward Vll. who tor many ytas ruled
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    CLAY-PEGEON SHOOTING.
    403 2 A former sporting resident of Singapore who now lives m Calcutta writes as follows I see m the Free Press a para re clay piston sh<K>ling. We rnve starttd a private club here Burke, the FJitor of the Asian, and myself run it. We shoot about twice a
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      SOUTH AFRICA.
      38 2 KITCHENER'S P^fcSfm^ATlON. General Press Ay to r The newspapers heartil Bmo f^KpiJ proclamation of Lord Kite^^^Kp 1 0^. cipate sterner measures, if Kf^*M) prove ineffective. C»» D M^ lndicatcd London, August nth, /P w ffl 4
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      387 2 The Honours G^^^UJ^J J(k The following announcppl/'-H the Ga*e/te tVfJ; appear m To be Knight Common. 9 —Sir Claude MacdonaJou-. Z* of the Bath. Reid, E. G. Barrow, A^f JfinatlC o1 A J Fand Sir Pertab Singh. jllj *****^ p Dor Fard. Companions of the U-pLv p" man, Stewart,
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      SOUTH AFRICA.
      24 2 {Later.) A Block-house Captured, Lord Kitchener reports that a block-house near Brandfort was rushed and captured after severe righting on Wednesday night.
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      KRUITZINGER'S MOVEMENTS.
      21 2 Kruitzingers commando, numbering about 400, and badly mounted, crossed the railway to the south of Con way (SMI Later)
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      SIGNOR CRISPI DEAD.
      13 2 The death is announced of Signor Crispi the Italian statesman.
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      THE AMERICAN STEEL STRIKE.
      18 2 The general iron and steel strike declared by the American Steelmakers Association has begun.
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      SUPPORTED BY OTHER ORGANISATIONS.
      15 2 The Labour Federation and the Mineworkers' Organisation are acting m support.
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      THE LATE EMPRESS FREDERICK.
      34 2 THE LATE EMPRESS FREDERICK. The remains of the late Empress Frederick have been removed temporarily from Cronberg to church, (pending conveyance to Potsdam). There was an ipfn \e service yesterday. London, August 12th, 1901.
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    104 2 The Jelebu (Rin Lode) report is held over till to-morrow. The Imp. German mail steamer Prinz Heinriek having left Colombo on the 10th inst. at ii a.m. may be expected to arrive here on Friday, the 16th inst. at daylight. To-day is the Glorious Twelfth," the day sacred to Saint
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      661 2 TOILET SOAPS POWDERS. PERFUMES LOTIONS. CREAMS. All the above articles are highly recommended by the Medical Profession, r_*So»p9 *hich contain Deodorized lehthyol, are the l»e8t IVrfumed Antiseptie^ioapsonthe market Sole Agents. THE SINGAPORE DISPENSARY Ltd. 40 RATFLKS PLACE. .luly lo mwf McALISTER Coy. AMERICAN CARTS. WELL KNOWN FOX THEIR Strength, Lightness,
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      156 2 SALE OP HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Tit*; uudenigned ha» received iiihiru«tiou» to 1 hr Public Auction, at No. 4t\ Victoria Stwt, on Tn«-4day, th.. 13th Aujrist, 1901. at I 1-3Q p.m. Household Parcitaifftj i*r Catalogue issued M. A. CKANK.-Auctionoor Aug- U> 13.8 POR SALE I A A u»tralj^ii Horse, aod Carriage vi
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      771 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS AUCTION SALE OP GOVERNMENT BUILDING ALLOTMENTS SITUATE *T STANLEY STREET, AND CECIL STBKET, IX THE TOWN OK SINGAPORE. To be held at Powell it Oo.'s sale-room ou Wednesday, jBth August, 1901. at j-jop.ttt. Fifteen building allotments with v lrontage on Stanley Street and on Cecil Street. Plans and
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      239 2 1 .i 1. i. TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. POR SALE '> VfILADY," well-known Polo Pony; goes wtAl m harness. Apply to D. de BKANDT, "Stanmore," Grange Road. Attg 12 14.8 BOARD AND RESIDENCE. CINGLE Kooms to be had at Lindadene." Governmeiit Hill, from 15th inst. Apply ou the premises. Ang 12 v.c
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      200 2 The Week Monday, iath Hi»{h Water t- 0.38 a., 8.43 p. Anniversary of the Settlement of Penang SP.C.A. Meeliog, Exchange. 5 p. S.V.A. M«im Drill, 515 p. H Lodge Zetland Regular, 8 30 p. Tuesd y, 13th Hind Watu 10.31 a., g.,0 p. Empress Frederick of Ge.many's Funeral. No Philharmonic
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    1086 3 B Crispi. tb* Italian su-c- asbocn Sicily, Oct. 4. 'Siq. H> '-jied law and became a aismber <c Bar a t rehe toakpsn m ill- .acs which rthrow of the Kingdom o( the Two Sicih '.t was one the chief promoters of n of Palermo, became a deputy and
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    THE "UPSTART."
    82 3 THE UPSTART." Another large audience was present at the Town Hall on Saturday ni K ht, when the "Upstart" was produced for the third and last time. The acting of the principal and minors alike was again good, all the performers being well audible. The orchestra was again a distinct
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    93 3 In the Brinimead Challenge Shield Com- < petition at Bisley the team from the ist i BaU. Royal Lancaster Regt. was stb out of a total of 36 teams. l The reported find of petroleum m Siak as mentioned m the Deli newspapers proves, so we are to-day assured, to
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    TELEGRAMS.
    2059 3 CVirn Ctylon.) London, July 3>'h.— At Cat ford, Kent beat I Somerset by 25 runs. At Leicester, Notts were defeated by the home County by five wkkets. At Derby, Lancashire defeated Derby by an I innings and 184 runs. The Lancashire professional*, J. T. Tyldesley and Albert Ward, scored
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    LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB TOURNAMENT.
    184 3 X SATURDAY'S PLAY. iOitii' Sinolbs Hahdica*. I beat Mrs. Gimloser, t>— 3, f>— 1, ders beat Mn. Pickering, 6—l, 6—5. I aits' Doubles Handica*. Mann and Mrs. Coleridge beat Mrs I Mrs. Newton, 6— 4, 6— 4. i and Miss J. <; U nn beat
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    CRICKET.
    162 3 R.E. v. S.K.C. This malch was played on the Recreation ground, the Club winning easily by 6i I runs. ihe b. K. C. closed their innings alter scoring 115 runs for four wickets. S. Zebnder made 61 runs, top-jcore, and I H. Btxton was not out for 21 runs.
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY.
    1980 3 The J7*h half-yearly M«eting of the Bn „h North Borneo Company was held on the 16th ult., at the I Cannon-Street Hotel. Mr. Richard B. Martin, M.P. (chairman of the company) moving the I adoption of the report, said I have again to draw your a»tention
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    25 3 The new steam*- r Satsuma, built this year, arrived from New York on Satur day, and leaves for Manila this evening on her maiden voyage.
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    EXCHANGE.
    51 3 wrri«,uu UP TO August 12.) Pnvue rrt-diu- 3 m/s Isu documents 3 m/s 3 France, demand... 242!* Germany, demand India, T. T Hongkong, demand ....,..A% l m Yokohama, demand.. 6% pm lava, demand ii6l Manila, demand 3 SOVSREIGNS, flo huy, lio io BanK o!Fn«L..Jk, 3 3 Bar 5,».. 26
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    SHARE LIST, AUGUST 12th, 1901.
    164 3 QUOTATION, p..,, o < httM *„d Japan, Ltd. /i Nominal. Dividends. Boll's Asbestos Eastern Agency. Nominal. Bersawah Gold Mine Co. 13-75 Slier*. Clear Water Dairy Farm Ltd. lm> Pnuer and Noave Ltd. M 6 7 H 6% D«t». Par*. for year Igo o 222^ Bnd
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    PRODUCE.
    44 3 n IO *g y (ordinary S'mw-'»"'i" 1° ,d». Whit., (WrgWliJft I Vutm*y os to th- lb\; 3os to th«? !h> i»! cdiuni peart v K°'ir 55 Hake :*KO.sreaU a .i, Wh,te... *J 1 «4-S4 'ty, ne, 75 S^awak Sa«o Klour... Bmn* No, j
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      237 3 A YOUNG LADY'q IFE SAVED. At Panama. Colombia, by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I Dt Chits. H Utter, a prominent physician of Panama, Colombia, m a recent letter Btatev I Last Maich I had as a patient a young lady I sixteen years of age who had a
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      255 3 OCEAN j^M STEAM ship \mm Co Achilla 7043 Myrmidon Ag» mtmnoH Jotl NeUqr A a 7039 Ortstn f^T j/ri**,,, 6743 p atroclus £E? S3 2 KSL 'P g«« g3« J3J»~ ,6.3 {*rfp* 2066 Prom.tk<us 4653 Pyrrhus Idomituui 6764 SW/fl« f'°? 75<X> TelamoH 2 2q6 Mmchaon 6 n7 TtU ctr MttmnoH
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      290 3 MAILS CLOSE **<* Per A I Djambie Kiatt Ann v am Peking St Negapalam Zamania i pm Bengalis, Hong Hte 2 pm Port Dickson flf Klang Bata-itr 3 pm Penang Ac Deli Calypso -3 p H Kangoon Calcutta Ntrbudda 31 m Sambis kc. Ka« irr /Wra 4 i>m H .1
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      314 3 YE S S ELS IN P O RT SSL, S?K:S K,o,r Sg? s**^ BanllinGuan Brit I'M s n arj emm BanNVhaitSoon Brit 199 Row*. Au* 9 Sjg £5t A 12 Berg«lorf Ger 331<* Sw«ri Vug 4 st' Jt'h m X Carolina Dut 201 Ta^> r .falv P n t2Li. 5?
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      81 3 A X A I l>i.-k«>n. V ""'S- for MaUOQJ :,n<| Of s^SShs. l> nt Naoodah. lor Bej,gka!i s mk D ,Briu,Beuto,,,, Hoil/rk Ilgaii^ h uig I HONGKONG WEATHBR TJ^LE GRAW cloud-, JdrizMn£Z'.* t "^1 Cd< i "Shining o OY^^l/ W*' g loo| ny. bail, «in»llj. -rain, 7t^ w 't h^
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      STEEL STRIKE IN AMERICA.
      18 4 A general strike of American steelworkers has been ordered for the 10th of Auffust.
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      THE CHINESE PEACE TREATY.
      56 4 Lard Unsdowne, m the House of Lords, sUtcd that the negotiation* respecting Art. II of the Joint Note regardmg the question of commercial facilities, would be possibly transferred to a more convenient place than Peking, and be remitted to a conference including repr< -senUtive? of the
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      THE LATE EMPRESS FREDERICK.
      88 4 The funeral of the late Empress Frederick will takepUceat Potsdam on the 13th inst. Three weeks mourning (or the late fcropress Frederick has been ordered. PARLIAMENT. The House of Commons has unanimously passed a vote of condolence with the King and sympathy with the Kaiser. A
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      The Army Vote.
      11 4 This included 45 millions (<-r the Army, j
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      SOUTH AFRICA.
      189 4 Sixty-one columns are now operating m South Afrca. Several skirmishes art reported. General French states that bis operations arc beginning to tell upon the invaders-. Commandant Fouche ha* re-cros«ed the river Orange northwards. All Boer prisoners, as well as Afrikanders and Uitlanderi. will be reinstated m j the
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      COUNT WALDERSEE.
      19 4 Count Waldersee s reception at Hamburg to-day r*» of a pjrely military character, and wa:; very quiet.
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      RUSSIA AND CHINA.
      29 4 The Times correspondent at voc»»--states that Russia is endeavouring to colonise the Amur territory, and intends to plant a Cossack Colony on the Chinese j border.
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      KOREA.
      20 4 Mr. J. N. Jordan Bntish Loniui-ueac». for Korea, has been gaz-tted as promoted to b* British Minister for Korea-
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      266 4 TO LET LJOUSfc' No. 49, Killi=wy Road, b> H JOSEPH EUAS. vj Malacca Street. Jane 13 TO LfcT Ang 2 T\> LCT KLKNISHKU. -S*Uw»t" Bukit 1 Tira»h Koad. Apply to N. X. ADIK, i«* KaflWs Place. I Ang3 j "TOfLET No. Z Lloyd Koad, well aaited for a I boaMtbiK
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      917 4 l«am tie minor bnwwfc— u«M»a»» assist generally. Apply to CAMERA," c/o Aw July 27 —--I'-Sf W PWtelea Appl, to H. W, C I JnlySO j T AD¥ wool* take oae or tw educate with her ora m neattay par* I Surwy. Eel erenee permitted to 11. B. BALDWIN, Koto Tinggi,
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      932 4 CiRESHAM HOUSRn t u v 186, OUCH^p Ro* D HIGH CLASS js PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS Framing June 13 Singapore Sporting (Hub. PROGRAMME FOR THE AUTUMN RACE MEETING, 1901. o<*twYr aa*4, 24th and *ttk. FIRST DAT. Tuesday, 22nd OcMer. First Raci. Tiu Maibbm Plat»^-V»1» A Hace lor Maiden Horse* Weight as
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      691 4 i.». i a^^vats6iTa cb s .%h Jj^^le^ti WHISKIES* X All THI BIST VALUI IN THI MARKET. Fli^&rfit^^O jfiArs old. SIS. jAf case, duty extra. \Spccitdly Reconimendcd.) 8 per case, duty extra. OrtTAlHtAffL* PflOH WtTAIL DEALERS OS Mo A LISTER 00., ~> Sfii I SOLS A^KfTS i f «JTI? Campbell Oil
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      788 4 IMPERIAL GERMAN iJWp LlNfc For EliroxjMj Tho Imperial Oeratn STUTTGART m\ Captaiu Grotch, of tke NaMt/flnucUcr Lloyd, J left Hongkong on Friday, th£WF9th Innuat, at 6 p.m., and may bo ctpeete«jK t jjarrivo h«ra as Wednesday evening, the liPMh instant. She will probably be despatched ifxfim Europe on tho fol«
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      1219 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. j Giving port of departure, and (where kaowtt) date doe tee, and name of Agent*. Meii-of-War. Albion, H.M.8., Chatham, doe Aug Ariadne, Get., Kiel, doe An* i Creasy II M.B Portsmouth, duo Aug D. Kntreonoteaux, Toalon, doe Aug Internet, Pr M Toulon, doe An* Irene, Ger., Kiel, doe
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