The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 September 1901

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, 6th SEPTEMBER,^ 1901. DAILY ISSUE, No. 4274
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 822 1 jV^ o Office. Telegraph St. jfe Wharves. Keppel Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steamers for CHINA, JAPAN, PENANG. CEYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN EGYPT, MARSEILLES. GIBRALTAR MALTA, BRINDISI, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading istued for Persut Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also or China Coast. MAIL LINES. OUTWARD HOMEWARD
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    • 793 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY ACCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL U STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND TOYO RISEN KAISHA (ORIENTAL S. S. CO.) VIA INLAND SEA OF lAPAN AM) HONOLULU. Through Passage Tickets granted to England Fraic. and Germany by all rans-AWantic lines j of steamers, and M the (>rii>cipal cities of the United States
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    • 673 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKKTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Undir Contract wit* tmi Netherlands India Government. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collver Quay The undermentioned dates ark only approximate. Steamer From Expected Will be despatched tor on Swaordecroon C'otie via port* Aug M Uandjorraassin, Kota, Han*', lialik I'uppan, L'otei, Bc-rouw,
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    • 702 1 fJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI XA BANKING CORPORATION PAIO-UP CAPITAL Siooooooo R <RVB FUND.— Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 Silver Reserve 3,000,000 j |l3>ooo>oo RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIBTORS J fio.ooo.ooe COUKT OK UIBtCTOMS K. Shewan Esq.— Chairman Hon. J J Bell-Irving,— Okputv Chaikman. H. E Tomkivs, E«j. L. Richardson Ks<|. A. Hau»t Esq H.
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    • 468 1 TSJORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY OF NOKW'^H \ND LONDON. »at.ISNBD 17 FOR IRK INSURANCE I I Amount Iks vi Losses Paid ,jO >)0 Prbmium i«< m. v( Insurancr t; t.d on almost every <iescription n| nperty <t ct;r rent rates of premium. BORNEO a., h. AffwM TH STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE
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    • 210 1 vvw Extract ThKs delicate perfume T\ is persistent as an J^\ EXTRACT ffjte^) Handkerchief. t{ ■n adopted I S^'^^i DIP AI IH .Oie I 'buttles 7o"ooo* PARIS [white'violets I AN IDEAL TONIC. SERRAVA LLO'S TONIC. HARK at IRON W\ If Urn r w\ Km c 4J t bfl bio m
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  • 1933 2 The Singapore Free Press. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1901. I HKRE are giants m thes«. days also. It will be remembered that a French nobleman left a large bt quest to the Municipal Council of Rouen, which was to be expended on the endowment of persons of abnormally high stature who
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    • 26 2 A Japanese Steamer's Performance. The s s. Tosa Mam has arrived at Van couver, making a record voyage m thirteen and a-sixth days.
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    • 31 2 No Lascar Crews. The Australian Commonwealth Parliament has adopted an amendment to thf Posts and Telegraphs Bill," limiting the mail contracts to ships manned entirely by whites. (Later).
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    • 15 2 The American yacht Columbia has bee chosen to defend the America Cup
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    • 24 2 Active Clearing Operations Various columns are actively harrying the fragmentary Boer commandoes. Commandant Scheepers is proceeding northward. London. September 6th, if ol
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  • 256 2 The Ciuides barracks at Kuala Lumpur have been the scene of another tragedy. Two Sikhs had an altercation, m the course of which one picked up a cudgel and hit the other with it on the head. The other sustained serious injury and went into hospital, where
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  • 322 2 Arr.erican newspapers are frankly per sonal. Now that Justice Brewer is mar ried, he will probably rind out what it means to have his decision reversed, sayone. The Imperial Court has sent some very stinging dispatches to Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching couched m very sarcasticterms, taunting them with
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 864 2 ROBINSON Co. Annual Cash Clearance Sale NOW ON NOW ON ROBINSON Co. Aug. 29 K. A. J. Chotirmall Co. HAVE JUST UNPACKED a larg r-ddtion of Indian and Chines- m.de silver ware and silver jewellery. All kinds of Indian. Burmese. Chinese and Japanese made silks, silk fancy goods and apparel.
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    • 832 2 WANTED. A GOVERNESS, with knowledge of music, for a child of seven years old. A comfortable home offered. Apply to Offloe, Raffles Hotel. Aug 21 LADY would take one or twe children to educate with her own m healthy part of Surrey. Reference permitted to H. R. BALDWIN, Kota Tinggi,
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    • 602 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED A MANAGER tot Hotel de la Paix. (European). Apply at the Hotel. Sept u.e BOARD A RESIDENCE. \X7ANTED m a private family stabling-rooin for horse and carriage. Apply G. S., e/'o Free Press. Sept 6 y.'J FOR SALE f*\NK Second-hand Billiard Table, by Wright and Co., extra
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    • 87 2 A Communication. Mr. Editor Allow me to speak a few words m favor of Chamberlain's Corgh Remedy. I suffered for three yea with the bronchitis and could not sleep at nights. I tr'ed several docton and various patent medicine's but could get nothing to give me any relief until my
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 225 2 The Week Friday, 6th Hiifh Water 3.29 a., 3.6 p. S.V.A. Preliminary Drill for Musketry, 5.15 p. S.V.R. Company Drill, 5.15 p. Chinese Christian Asso., Prinsep-st., 8 p. Tanghn Club At Home," 9 p. Bioscope, 9 p. Saturday, 7th Hi«h Water :-4-57 a., 4.19 p. P. O. Mail Outwards due,
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  • Correspondence.
    • 145 3 To the Editor. Sir, You are quite right i; >upposing that the Chinese generaliy regard their fellow-countrymen who become Christians as having thereby become aliens. But the question remains why should it be so? The Chinese who became Buddhists or Mohammedans were not regarded as
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  • 178 3 Acting Inspector McNamara, the local police officer who, it will be remembered mysteriously disappeared the morning after his successful arrest of Orchard, the European, now awaiting trial on a charge of forgery and who was subsequently arrested at Hongkong and charged with deser tion, arrived here
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  • 110 3 Few rr.en have been more consistently dogged by misfortune than General Baratieri who died last night. As a boy he was expelled f.om the grammar school at Meran, and though he won sufficient popularity m after years to be selected as Foreign Minister, the Ministry with
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  • 186 3 Veteran,' who does the Sporting Notes m the Hongkong Daily Press writes "With regard to the coming cricket week, 1 hear Shanghai have a very strong elev n and Singapore i;> bringing up a stronger V'i'n '^J", »b«*v hrouqht lif-fore This does not look bright lor
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  • 256 3 One of the results of the khaki war m South Africa has been the revival of the question oi the visibility of colours m uniforms and there are apparently people m every nation m Europe ready to recommend the adoption of khaki or some neutral colour for
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  • 148 3 A number of Singapore amateurs met at the Town Hall last night to discuss the question of the advisability of forming a minstrel troupe here. It was decided that a troupe should be formed, to be termed the City Minstrels' and that it should be
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  • 43 3 Alluding to the fact that the explanation ol Prince Chun's tecent delay at Basle was alleged indisposition, the Daily JVeus corrrvpondent says that the delay was due to political reasons, the Kaiser declining to receive the Mission until the Protocol had kten signed.
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  • 1094 3 Ludicrous Blunders m Submarimb Tblbokams. {Pall Mall Gatttttj Many a laugh— and unfortunately many a tear has been caused by the blunder m a telegram, but screamingly funny have been the mistakes made with cablegrams that have come under the writer's notice. Just as the message by land
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  • 99 3 The German occupation of the tarsan ijroup of islands, m the Red Sea, besides being a thoroughly accomplished fact has all the appearance of bring permanent. Houses, and other buildings and works which are being rapidly constructed, are entirely changing the appearance of the islands.
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  • 39 3 On the morning of the 28th u!t. the old Junior Mess of Messrs. Gibb, Livingston Co. at Shanghai was gutted by fire. The China Fire Insurance Co. is interested to the extent of 117,500. The loss is partial only,
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  • 243 3 Sir George Luck, the lieutenant-general commanding the Bengal forces, who is about to come to England on Irave, is an officer little known to the general public, but m the army there are few men better I liked or held m higher esteem. In the steel curb shoulder-protection
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  • 1069 3 A LIIINK^E l)«Sl RIPTION. Some months ago /'he Globe gave an account of the Palace at Si-ngan r .i, which is the temporary home of the Emp-roi China, the EmprtssDowager, and the He r A -parent. The Chinese newspaper Sin-wen- 1 .i gave recently
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  • 41 3 A telegram has been received from 'Batu Bersawah as follows Crushed 178 tons of stone which realized 99 ozs. 14 dwts. of smelted gold." This gives an average of slightly over 1 1 dwts. 4$ grs.
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  • 352 3 The outstanding feature m July Trade Returns is the continued shrinkage of exports. We have befo.e us figures for the hrst aeven months of the year, and the exports show a total d.dine m value as compared with the first s^ven months of 1900, of
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  • 186 3 Gentlemen, to solace their wearied minds by r.onest pas.n.jes, piaye at chesse, the astronomer's ga.ne, and the philosopher's game, which whetes thyr wittes, recreates theyr mind», and nuns no body m th= mean season." All communications should be addressed to the CJ.css Editor, Stngapcre Free Preu." Original
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  • 57 3 Black (10 pieceaj. Position m For-yth Notii— I KKt O 4 2 P 2 k p 1 /4 r 1 p 1 1 P p Xt P 1 p 1 2 P 3 P 1 5 b 2 sbpp/ 5 R 1 r. White to play and
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  • 199 3 An interesting p^nie pUyed recently m the Budapest Chess Club. The score and notes are taken from the Ptut^hc Schacht€i(un^. Ml^io Gambit. White-I)r. N. Brody. BUck— L. Ban)*. iP-Kj P-K4 >j Kt -QB? Kt-K2 2 P KB* PxP 10 H-Krj Carles 3KNKH3 PKKt 4 iiQM-Ki Q-Qsch(c) 48-H1
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  • 241 3 Hamburg, says Checkmate, has a deaf and dumb chess club, the m "rnbers of which meet twice a week to enjoy the silent game." The Glasgow Chc^s Club has just concluded a two tnmlh I engagement with Mr. R. Teichmann, the eminent chess master. The engagement will run
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  • 252 3 The man-eating tiger of Port Weld has been dispatched. The news ought to be v: ry welcome to the wood cutters, whose operations since the appearance of this brute have been limited to close villages. The tiger fell to the rcJotbtai le hand of Manap, who claims
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  • 324 3 (From thi Jatamsm Papers.) The Cologne Gazette, according to a Japanese telegram, attr butes the Corean Government's demand for the closing of the Japanese Post Office at Seoul entirely to Russian machinations, and declares that Russia is resolved to free Corea from Japanese influence. The Russians are preparing
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  • 46 3 A Time Ball at Fort Cabling and one at PaUn Brani fall every day at i p.m., Singapore moan time (Gr«enwichmoantimi Ghn*., 1 mm.,35 »0c.,) being hobtod five minutett previously. If either c« the balU should fail, the flag W wjl l
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  • 71 3 ICORRaCTED UP TO September b.) On Kondon Bank 4 m/!- i/ii Icmand '/"n Private crvdits 3 m/s '/"f* documents 3 m/s 1/1 |J credits 6 m/s !/>■] France, demand 244 Germany, demand 198 India, T. T 145 1 Hongkong, demand pm. Yokohama, demand si%pm Java, demand 117^ Manila, demand
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  • 117 3 (September '>.' l»n $6;. r iamb;er 11.25 do. Cube No. 1...... 14.50 Pepper, Mlack (ordinary S'pore^ 30. 121 do. White, (Fair 1./W- 5 43-75 Nutmegs 110s to the Ib.) 5a do. (80s to the lb) m 64 Mace (Banda) 92 Cloves (Atnboina) 33 Liberian Coffee 17.50 Taoioca, small pearl
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  • 190 3 SHARE LIST, SE PT E MBER 6th, 1901. Quotation. Paid. Divibrmo. ianx ,mi Japan, Ltd. X» Nominal. lmvidhmdj. Deferred. 25.5/ Bell's Asbestos hastern Agency. Nominal. Bersawah Gold Mine Co. $3.75 Sellers Gear Water Dairy Farm Ltd. $100 Praser and Neave Ltd. $84 6% Debs. Par. 10 for V'* r Hongkong
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 184 3 A Certain Cure for Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Some years ago I was one of v party that intended making a long bicycle trip says K. L.Taylor, of New Albany. Bradford (0., p a U.S.A. I was taken suddenly with diarrhoea, and was a'>out to gjtf9 up the trip, when editor
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    • 299 3 OCEAN STEAM NEUEKi A t KTOOMVAAHT MAAT.-C'-APPIJ O« EAAN. Tons. lons. Aehille, 7043 Myrmidon 2870 Agamemnon 701 1 Nestor A) ax 70 30 Orestes 4653 Alcinous 6743 Patroclus 550Q Anchises 2729 PtUus 7500 /4»»r#nor 5531 Polyphemus 2613 Calchas 6748 Priam 2845 Cyclops 2066 Prometheus 5570 Dardanus 4653 Pyrrhus 3621 Deucalion
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 749 3 VESSELS IN PORT Men.of.W«r Fla; and Tons Commanders Arnved From For When SSf* out^° E2r SCi sssj T^:r 8 Bur.Kkok Q«VISI Khlert Aug 22 Bangkok BehT\ r"°*' BaaLkMf Dut 217, KoeniK AaJS X- ''Th' I^^L 8 1 BauSengOoan Brit 490 Lyon* Bert* B«n-k.,k- I -i V" tf han 1%1 HanWhattHln
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 661 4 I 1 1 1 1 10 > 1 N 2g. i miri 111 1 ImV ma. jm time tv lime appoint one or morf -xiy 10 bt M !>. rector cr Managing Diraclon al the or a fixed term or w.thout any limit it 10 the period for which he
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    • 414 4 m rot > T— Hal I ■I t** MMtftf. 0 A > A I If/..- i.r.'f/ I. m f.ijA y\t < '>I>',J MO Si 1 i.'va »'i> j' iIDKM I S, 1 1 I •ci 1 J< LAMBERT A Co PI t< > t k .ka PHCRB 1 Ma 1
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    • 516 4 THE CHINESE CRISIS FROM WITHIN h< /.EX cm: 1 Hgg KE£ f J V/AI.SH Ltd. Pi '.^-2 r > -IW>><7 iSfMMCiftf Ml HMT7 V«7», WK MM* < i- y ■>-,' •xMeJeuag Ito r > '>■ y km 'ma*. |ieia«iM V/ it*t thtt gift >M trnking k» M#MWT Vj *Of/p' kit
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    • 727 4 AMES WATSON CO SCOTCH WHISKIES. KMX. TW£ -JT.7 Pfc^Brauii 10 ywreokL $12 >:: r_^ Specially Recommended. McALISTER Co., vm *Ht. TAHJOHO PAGAR I k ODUPifi'V LTD I "'«'■> -7/oj |v 7»riKi fcrri^^«?r«. Iror ar »r Mi I f**""S*Sf2f2" i r a «t ffHtii ,«<•/ B T" m—l »ff ■■■*>. 3
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    • 158 4 NOSDDKUTBCHKB LLOVO, UKEMEN. FOR SYDNEY. Tin- Company's Steamer TANG LIN, I;;; I,':1 11 1 rf mat* tor further pwtieolan apply m Au,:;, IiUIN N|KY '^fo..-Agent.. HA.MBLKG AMKKJKALIXIK For Havre and Hamburg, via Colombo. I Ik- Company's Steauitr SfBIRIAt 'ai.ta.u Pomllh, Q i,, ,l. .patched for the <• porta, m w
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    • 394 4 ■M ftl.il— T i kwsW tec«K v t i. t^ C_: v:_i t^v_: PI I a Clr aovumsoiG lepartm I T >'- i m n «e d t&ctive «yle Undird r. abour 1 ra: per sundard lint mI Four: t ea^, j Seventh to eighteer.t v M No charge less
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 122 4 -i Ykx. ■'>-'. > j. -w>orfL 1 1 1 yd. .1 X >o Co. Miike Mara, Yok j Bbk tcad. 13 11 1 Bow. I U M < I MOW*. On I I- '1 Meyer. .P. uid O. v > 1 Sej 1 B -'-ad. -ri<-ld. I Beha Mey«r. 1
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