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

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 19 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, i 2 th OCTOBER, 1901. DAILY ISSUE, No. 4305
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 720 1 X* Office. Telegraph St. Vj- Wharves. Keppel Harbour. O STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steamers for CHINA. JAPAN, PENANG, fEYLON! ?NDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, FGYPT MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, BRINDISI, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for Peman Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also lor China Coast. rMAIL LINES. OUTWARD HOMEWARD 1901
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    • 830 1 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY ACCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL U STEAMSHIP COMPANY ANI; TOYO KISEN KAISHA (.ORIENTAL S. S. OO.) VIA INLAND SEA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU. Through Passage Tickets granted to England France, and Germany by all irans-Atlantic lines of steamers, and to the principal cities of the United States or
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    • 543 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKE.TVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Umdir Contract with thi Nithirlands India Oovirnmint. Agents at Singapore, Ships Agency, late I. DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collyer Quay I'll! UNDERMENTIONED DATES ARK ONLY APPROXIMATE. Steamer From Bspected Will be despatched tor on Nienhnya Cotie via ports Oct. 1 Is;in<]j<-nimsin Kota Itaroo, Passir. Balik rap:m <:ut<-i,
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    • 725 1 fJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $*****000 RESERVE FUND.— Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 Silver Reserve 3,750,000) 1 3.750,00e RKSERVE LIABIUTY OK PROPRIETORS. j lioooo.OClCourt oh Diebctobs. 9. Shkwan. Esq.— Chairman. Hon. J J Bhll-Ihvino,— Deputy Chairman. H. E. Tonkins, Esq. I K. L. Richabdson Esq. A. Haupt, Eso I H.
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    • 588 1 NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCF. SOCIETYOF NORWICH ■•NO r. ON DON. o i;y,. E ONLY ■Vyi 1 ,0,000 ■■•■ranee ena \»a o» every ixt i croperty ai tuir-nt rates oi premium. BORNRO Lr. A ><ntl *pHh STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCK COMPANY, IUV NU L I,IOO,<H«> •ONUS DBCLARBI) K0W....^ 6,000 Ot %ccomriaru f\
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    • 330 1 NATIONAL AWARD of 16,600 uaua aowst'tu hifhi/ «.Imcioui remea/' <Tm Law err.) The Ideal Tonic Marvellous m cues of FEVER, Wrakn.U, Loss of Appetite, Nerroutnen, Exhauiu<»n. Also prepared wilt IRON for Oyspepsta. Anemia. Chlorosis, etc of hi mtmtii m« irons bept "JH 3 NEW FRENCH REMt.. THERAPION No 1 p«r
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  • 31 2 Domestic Occurrences. BIRTH. On Saturday, OctolK-r "<tfi, at H AMngdon Villas, Ken<iinjfton, th<- wif«< ol A law U. B. Hamilton, Manager <>! the liruseh Hydraulic Tin Mining Co. Ltd., ol a daughter.
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  • 536 2 br IIMMi I HMM ky p n ft' o« Tr t: her f ,ori»:« prompt, in* F*4ni 10 P.«! eitn. Lara.tT. and U« Now that, ar too late, \hr very correct German an<i American methods *ith franctireurs an plain <loth?s guerillas is
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  • 923 2 Dr. G.ennie is appointed Deputy Coroner, Singapore, vice Mr. A. L. Stewart, who has resigned the appointment. Launches will leave Johnston's Pier on Sunday at 10 and 1 1 am. for the Swimming Club Bungalow. The text of an extradition treaty with Servia is published m this week's Govern ment
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  • 1470 2 Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrago lit tlli JUVBNAL. The European and Continental press have been able to get over the silly season without calling m those handy annuals, the Giant Gooseberry and the Sea Serpent. The murderous assault m President McKinley, last month, must have
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    • 35 2 An Address at Oldham. Sir Michael Hicks Beach speaking at Oldham, stated that the financial mean> supplied by Parliament were not exhausted and he did not anticipate an autumn session.
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    • 34 2 The Imperial Government acted m complete concert with the Cape Government m extending martial law as there was reason to believe that ammunition was being smuggled through Colonial ports.
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    • 30 2 To be Checked. The Government intended to propose an alteration m the procedure of the House of Commons m order to check obstruction by the Irish Nationalists. (Later.j
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    • 23 2 Death Sentence for Commandant Lotter. Lord Kitchener ha*, confirmed the death sentence upon Lotter, (whose commando was captured by Col. Scobell.)
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    • 44 2 Captured by Bulgarian Bandits. There is growing excitement especially m America concerning the safety of Miss Stone, the American lady missionary, who was captured by bandits m Bulgaria. The American are offering a ransom of £25,000. London, October 12th, iqoi.
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  • 23 2 The Hon. J. Bromhead Matthews has been granted two months' extra leave of absence from his duties as member of the Legislative Council.
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  • 112 2 A pretty story is told of the first meeting of the Duchess of Portland with her husband. Not long before she first met the Duke she went to have her fortune told by Gipsy Lee, at Brighton. The gipsy assured, the young girl that she would make the greatest match
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 419 2 EVERYTHING KNOWN IN MUSIC JUBT ARRIVED A FRESH SUPPLY OF Apollos An instrument which enables everyone to pUy tht piano without any previous knowledge of music. To be gnd trjed at THE ROBINSON PIANO Co., Ltd. Oct 10 Keiip waisi), Cimitea, U, Ranks Place Cheap Buff Envelopes 6 INCHES by
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    • 282 2 Estate of GAN ENG SENG. DECEASED, AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Freehold Coconut Plantations and Building sites. BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED AT Kampong Batah, off Gaylang Road, Singapore About 4 1/2 miles from town. TO BE HELD AT K)WKLL te Co's SALK-KOOM ON Wednesday, the 23rd October, at 2.30 p.m. Lot i Area
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    • 809 2 Estate of TAN CHIN HOON DECEASED. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable 999 Years' j Leasehold Land WITH Spacious Mercantile Offices, Godowns Shops thereon situate m the Commercial Centre of Singapore adjacent to the Banks, the Dock and Shipping Coy's Offices, Legal Firms, Telegraph Office, Con- sular Newspaper Offices, &c. TO BE
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    • 259 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS Government of Negri Sembilan. SETTLEMENT OFFICER WANTED. Muat be European and able to speak Malay fluently. Month to Month engagement. Salary £20 a month. Apply enclosing references to THE BRITISH RESIDENT, \ogri Sembilan. Oct 12 hi 10 KOMEYA Go, SINGAPORE. Are now unpacking a larjje variety of Japanese
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 215 2 The Week. Saturday, xath High Water 1 10.14 a -> '0.39 p. Race Entries Close, noon. Furniture Sale, Marlborough Hotel, Powell, 1.30 p. French Mail Homewards closes, 6 p. Star of East, Temperance Club, 7.30 p. New Moon, 8.6 p. Lodge Zetland Regular, 8.30 p. Criterion Dinner, Raffles Hotel, Sunday,
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  • Correspondence.
    • 525 3 j> tbb Editor. v; IR( The Government suborc! a'es had been waiting with breathless anxiety to know whether anytNing would be said at the recent Council Meeting as to when they would be paid their sanctioned increases of -alary, but they were disappointed. The Colonial Secretary, m
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  • 298 3 The course was again fairly wet this morning, but this did not prevent some tot work. Gaylass (Martin) was the first out-looking very tit, and went once round at a middling pace, and a little faster the second time. Battlefield (Griffiths) did much the sjme work. This horse
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  • 102 3 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. D. SIH<>LIS. baddeley beat Chancy, 6—l, 2—6, b— i. Mddtley beat Tyler, 6— i, 6—l. D. SIMbLBS, FIVAL. The D. Singles, the last match of the journament, was played yesterday between baddcley and Tyler. Baddeley, who had t beaten Chancy, played an excellent game against
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  • 75 3 With reference to the reported retirement rom office of Viceroy Liv Kung-yi of the 1 i*ngkiang provinces, enquiries made •mongbt those closely connected with the who are at present residing m fail to confirm the news. It may ■nerefore be conjectured that for the next ll *o years at any
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  • 1838 3 ENTRIES FOR AUTUMN RAC Tuesday, 22nd October. Thi Maidin Plat k. Value $400. A Ra for Maiden Horses— Weight as per scale st.) An allowance of 141 b. to ex-Griffins imp ted into the Straits Settlements or Native States a subscribed price of not more than $300.
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  • 179 3 Rochester, (N. V.) August 2<).>— At 3-o8 thu morning the Vacuum Oil Wor^ located m Exchange Street, was discovered! t0 be on re by Stanley E. Shippy, the Com|P aayn y' s watchman, and an alarm was immedi ;ate 'y sent ln Btfore the Fire Companies could
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  • 29 3 A surprised child (m M recently asked her teacherb holds the earth m its ort-it gravity," replies the teactL pupil, "somebody has beenfl for he says it's John PierporV
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  • 397 3 Gold Concessions. (Mining Journal.) A good deal has been said at one time or another as to the gold-bearing capabilities of British North Borneo, and the Chartered Company which controls the mining concessions m a great part of the area has flattered its shareholders very considerably with
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  • 356 3 Away up m the moors, where the Ayr has its tise, and lying m the most easterly corner of Ayrshire, just where thit county marches with Lanarkshire, there is a small miring vilhge of less than i. ooo inhabitants. Its name is Glenbuick, and its claim to
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  • 371 3 A Warning to StLtii-Ktitts. Advocate of vegttanamsm have been wont to plume themselv«»s on the supposed immunity o their dietary from the f.arasues which a flesh diet is apt to contim, and which the latter is often a means of introducing into the human system
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  • 124 3 (Truth.J During one of fe hottest of the rocent spells of hot weather, a well-known baronet came across three workmen engaged on a job on his estate. One of them remarked, as workmen not unfrequently do, on the dryness of the job. The heat had perhaps extended
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  • 194 3 From the far North news reaches the <V.-C. Daily News of Russian military activity m Siberia which seems to have significance. The movements of troops m Eastern Siberia, indicate mobilisation rather than thr customary garrison changes for the winter. If there is to be concentration the locality
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  • 77 3 (Corrected up to Octol«r la.) On LONDON Bank 4 m/s 1/H4 demand i/iij l^ Privat'- > rt-diti 3 m/- '/"I documeDts 3 m/s i/a i T y credits 6 m/s i/ii T g France, demand *4*4 Germany, demand '95^ India T T 143J Hongkong, demand pm. Yokohama, demand 6%pm.
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  • 117 3 (October ia.) 165.50 Sambicr 1.87^ do. Cube No. 1 13.50 Pepper, Wlack (ordinary Vpore) 30.«j0 do. White, (Fair L/W— s% 46.50 Nutmeg iios to the Ib.) 52 do. (80s to the Ib) 64 Mace (Banda) 9,0 Cloves (Amboina) 32 Überian Coffee m 17.25 1 apioca, small p<:ar! (Fair ouality,
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  • 271 3 Quotation Paid. Ditidimds. Bank ol China and Japan, Ltd. Ll Nominal. f Deferred. £5.5/ Bell's Asbestos Rastern Agency. Nominal. Zi Bersawah Gold Mine Co. $5. Sellers. Clear Water Dairy Farm Ltd. Jioo $100 7 FraserandNeaveLtd $84 $5 o Jo for year ,900 Hongkong and Shanghai
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 705 3 THAT "LITTLE DISH. 1 How wo do liko a little dish of something nice, served up hot Charles Lamb would havo sold his shirt for a tend r suckling pig done to a turn. Doctor Johnson used to say that a »'ish of tea was the most fragrant of life's
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    • 327 3 OCEAN STEAM AND NEDERLAN SCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJOCEAAN. lon* lons. Achilles 7°43 Myrmidon 2870 Agamemnon 701 1 Nestor 3809 A fax 7039 Orestes 4653 Alcinous 6743 Patroclus 55°Q Anchiset 2729 Peleus 75»0 Antenor 553 1 Polyphemus 2613 Calchas 6748 Pricm 2845 Cyclops 2066 Prometheus 5570 Dardanus 4^53 Pyrrhus 3621 Deucalion 7030
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    • 32 3 Framing We Stock over <joo patterns of Superior Mouldings, and possess unequalled facilities for making all descriptions of Frames at shortest notice and moderate prices. GEORGE MICHAEL, PHOTO STORES. June 22 3
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 130 3 HONGKONG WEATHER TELEGRAMS. Barometer, reduced to 32 degrees Fahrenheit, and to the level of the uea m inches tenths, and hundredths. Manila baro. readings m millimetres. Temperature m the shade m degrees, Fahrenheit. Manila temperature centigrade. Humidify, m percentage of saturation, the humidity of air saturated with moisture being 100.
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    • 1179 3 VESSELS IN PORT. Other Veasela Flags ft Tons Masters Arrived From Consignees For When Anna j»MM GrunberK Oct 8 Boustcad itn-.-rtain Arabia Ger 2WJ/ Sachs Of 11 Hongkong Bean If eyer Baaibeffg Oet 15 A-ahan Ger 101 Hubmr Oet II Balawaa Baka M.-yer Belawaa Oet 12 Bangkok c.-r 12:i< Khi.-rt
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 443 4 BOARD AND RESIDENCE. SINGLE Rooms to be had at "Lindadene," Government Hill, from 15£h inst. Apply to Mrs. R. H. Padday, on the premi.es. Aug 12 MR. George Laws, m.b; a.i.m.m. 5 Battery Road, Singapore, having had 17 years mining experience m the East is now open to examine and
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    • 879 4 FOR SALE ONE "Premier" Hi«h Grade Bicycle, with Gear Case, m first class condition. 1100 Apply MANAGER. Free Press. Aug 3 For Sale /~HKSTNUT Gelding Paramatta "by "St v^ lean dam Kose of Queensland," 5 years old 'a maiden and m full training for the forthcoming meeting. Price $600. Apply
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    • 595 4 HOWARTH ERSKINE, LIMITED. ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS 'SPECIALITY" Mining Machinery and Appliances WINDING GEARS ENGINES, BOILERS, PUMPS, STEEL PIPE LINES FITTINGS. The Pulsometer. (TRADE MARK). STEAM PUMP :o: WORLD-KNOWN, UNRIVALLED Please write or call and give us particulars of your requirements. HOWARTH ERSKINE, LIMITED., ENGINEERS SINGAPORE, PERAK AND BANGKOK. 1 Singapore
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    • 517 4 7*o*, W MM at catcutta u MMm W3 f> iLn»>U Count,* reoste^u RK I AJ JIDT EHBHflfti •wU-wid« rtpiuation at iht ism ud :>■ enrr<-iiin*; tff.jfi .re ihewn from ihe ••tj atf* reliable Pbotpherte Curt (ot XC* dm .'•"<'" by Keir«kable Bmi> Wiititm I'aka, WRM s^&T' Ncrv md ln««»«ctu«l Fv
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    • 685 4 Immediate Entry ETHELDEXE, 10 Sophia Road Apply to B. M. A. COKNKLI 8 Malace Aug 27 uc HTO LET No. 3 Lloyd Road, well suit-! 1 bearding house, or faro'ly residence. Apply voN. N. ADIS. 0a Ka Aug 3 u o To be Let L/ROM Ist November, 1901, House 1
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 1161 4 rflllLl KXPECTED. iiviiu .mti <«f dopaiture, and (wht-ro k»»wm da I (ha ere, ami natno of Agents. Mcii-o'-W'ar. < iwsy, <M.S., PortMM) it h, dno Oct Dido, II J.S., lloiiKkoi due Nov I>. Knti aoteaux, Toulon, duo Oct I'.i.-rno'fFr., Toulon, duo Oct Mikasa-'fap.. Po. i-mouth, duo Oct. Mutinerfl.M.S., She<-rness, due
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    • 124 4 PASSENOERS FOR STRAITS. Per M- M. Annaui, due Oct. 14. Kr,. lilies.— Mr. Dupere, Mr. Lemair, Mr I family, Mr. and Mrs. Shrager. Per N. Y. K. Ilit-cbi Mars, due Oct W. E. Lott, Mr. and Mrs. F. Owen, M j i et r-hor awl two children, Mr. A. Ghe<>,
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