The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 October 1901

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    16 1 Singapore Free Press MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, 19™ OCTOBER, 1001 DAILY ISSUE, No. 4311
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  • Article
    Domestic OCCURRENCES BIRTH.
    17 2 Domestic OCCURRENCES BIRTH. At Spottiswoode Park, UM wif<- o* N r A < o -Lr.Btß, of a son.
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  • Article, Illustration
    The Singapore free Press. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1901.
    694 2 The Singapore free Press. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1901. <■-.»»«< by ir.P 1 i"'<H|ir irrt r»" r Trutk h»r g;ori«ut fttcrylt 4ra» to luiiaiw. i^rkiiT. mt Urn, Mr. C. F. Green is appointed a Passed Cadet. A launch will leave lor the Swimming Club at 3-15 <>n Sunday afternoon. "P. B.
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    517 2 s. C. v. Bra to. k. a. last night the above teams -.trove fnr mastery oi- thr Football Field and after a fa^t and interesting #ame, neither side could claim the victory, th>* result being a draw, no goals being stored. Taking the play a* a whole, tht,-
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    DEFACED POSTAGE STAMPS.
    146 2 The following announcement appears m the current Government Gazette In exercise of the powers conferred on him by "The Post Office Ordinance 1579," Section 21, His Excellency the Governor m Council is pleased to make the following rules regarding the cancellation of adhesive stamps, to take effect
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS
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      SOUTH AFRICA.
      32 2 Botha's Designs Against Natal Abandoned. His Force Scattered. Botha, finding the invasion of Natal t<, prove disastrous, has dissolved his force leaving the units to escape a> best they can.
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      BOTHA ESCAPES NORTHWARDS.
      11 2 Botha, with a few men, has gone north.
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      TWO TRAIN-WRECKER EXECUTED.
      17 2 TWO TRAIN- WRECKER EXECUTED. J. Kruger and Lieutenant Breda hay been hanged at Cradock for train-wre< king
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      BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
      36 2 {Later An Agreement About Afghanistan. At St. Petersburg it is declared that a complete agreement has been established between Russia and Britain, averting a danger of quarrel regarding Afghanistan London, October ifth, /go/.
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    THE LABOUR PROBLEM IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    683 2 Manila has just b«»n robbed of another of lh« many industrial ichem«s projected here on account of the worthles->ness of the Filipino as a laborer, and the laws which exclude the Chines* and other peoples who can and will work. Sever.: weeks ago, sa>-
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      603 2 "EVERYTHING KNOWN IN MUSIC" JUST ARRIVED A FKESH SUPPLY OF "Apollos" AO instrument which enables everyone to play the piano without any previous knowledge of music. To be seen and tried at THE ROBINSON PIANO Co., Ltd. oct 10 ._J^*L Kcllp Walsh, Cimiicd, 32, Rames Place SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
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    • Advertisement
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      534 2 NOTICE THE Exchauge |Bauks will be clo-ci on the following days Tuesday. L'2nd instant at noon, Thursday, 24th j Race Days. Oct 18 22« 10 NOTICE. THE POWER OF I* l ORNEY executed by me on the 2nd August, 1899, to ONA Lama Mana Abdul Rahman, to manage my business
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    • Advertisement
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      669 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEM HARMSTON'S GRAND CIRCUS Royal Menagerie of Wild Animals I (JKAND PERKOKMANCES. TO-DAY TO-NIGHT Sucoi"«s The admiration ol all. The prewnt programme for the I i-t time this evening. DON'T FA/L TO SEE IT\ MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER- ML OUR GRAND CHANGE Gus Burns and Duke." The largest tiger m
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    • Advertisement
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      584 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. \\7 ANTED a good Victoria with fall-down vv front seat. Apply to J. K. S., c/o Fret Prtss Oct 19 22.10 WANTED pUR Singapore, a competent Chinese druggist and dispenser. Apply by letter, with copies of testimonials, to M. 8c Co., cjo Free Press. Oct 1» stth 1.11
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      195 2 The Week Saturday, 19th High Water 2.5 a., 1.27 p. Cricket— Esplanade, Committees" v. The Ret. S.L.G.C. Monthly Medal Play. S.V.R. Sectional It Individual Firing, 4 P. k O. Mail Outwards due, 5 p. Star of East. Temperance < lub. f,ja y Minstrel Troupe, Town Hall, 5 gp. Harmston's Circus,
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  • Correspondence.
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    THE LOSS OF THE "COBRA."
    379 3 I'm C'Ritt The Admiralty has issued the following l.st of the officers and men on board the Coir* at the time of the disa-ter Lieutenant A. W. Bosworth-Smiih. Thos. J. Wood, boatswain. J. G. G. Percey, chief engineer (saved). Francis K. Barnes, P. 0., first-class,
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    THE CEYLON BOER PRISONERS.
    288 3 (Pioneer.) istinctly odd sounding yet. circumstantial story reaches us from Ceylon. It is to the efloct that a 1 onsiderable body of Boer prisoners, with a due proportion of Field Cornets and subordinate o;r.cerv have arrived at Colombo en r»ute for a carap-ot -exercise m the
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    87 3 These rhymes have been published before, but as we meet them again m the columns jf an exchange they seem as good as ever— There was a young lady of Kew iWho ran for a train at 2.2 When the guard saw she hurried. He said, Don't be flurried I
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK
    1457 3 Quicqu'i agunt homines nostriest farragy li'tlli Juvenal. While X ulyard Kipling lay at the point of death in v America, we topicised on the singular lack' *f delicacy evinced by the American journals, which daily published revolting patholegical details connected I with the progress of the
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    B. N. BORNEO AND LABUAN.
    1039 3 tFr»m m Corrtspendttti.) The British North Borneo Herald for Oct. i, 19*1 publishes as a supplement the census taken m Jan. of this year. It makes the total population at 104 537 Of these 195 are Europ-ans, 40 arr Eurasians, 12,282 are Chinese. The number
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    PHYSICAL CULTURE.
    697 3 L4WIS S*Y< THAT HlALTH IS MORI X^ THAN BbaUTY. Does phy»s^| cu lure K ve beauty and health to the human D^. 7 For men at *Scrate. thrrc can be no doubt that k gives beauly."\ s l Sir Charles B UweS( the sculptor. N. Without some deve!opX^
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    THE KIDNAPPED LADY MISSIONARY.
    275 3 From a Constantinople telegram m a home paper we learn the details of the kidnapping of Miss Stone, an American lady, by Bulgarian brigands Or I of the companions of Miss Ellen Stone, the missionary who was captured by brigands, is now at Banjsko, and tells
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    93 3 According to a foreign contemporary, Prolessor A. L. Metz, of Tulane University, has succeeded m making a small block of solidified air, which was as substantial, for the time being, as a block of ice. It was about an inch m diameter, and lasted about 15 minutes m a fully
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    THE THEATRE OF TO-DAY.
    240 3 An examination of the play bills at the forty-five London theatres now open aflords an instructive view of the tastes of the modern playgoer. Sixteen of the theatres, that is 30 per cent are devoted to melodrama, ranging from The Great M illionaire and "Shei lock
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    EXCHANGE.
    78 3 ORRECTED UP TO October t<j) On London Bank 4 m/s. «/iifV demand i/ii Pr: >\'- cr'dit- 3 mis... I 1 1 -|6 ff document 3 m/s 1/1 1 credits 6 m/< ..1/11A France, demand .241 Germany, demand '95 Ndia, T. T 143 K'inGKONG, demand... par. Yokohama, demand 6% pm
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    PRODUCE.
    116 3 (October 19 *>4.5<> (jambier 12.25 do. Cu'je No. 1 '6.25 Pepper, Uiack (ordinary S'uorei -j 0 ?o do. White, (FiifL/W-jJl| ..46.50 *"JutmeßS no* to the Ib.j f c 2 do. (80s to the I b) 64 Mace fßanriaj.... 50 ■loves (Amboina) v Libcrian Coffee t ij.fc Tap-oca small pearl
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    SHARE LIST, OCTOBER 19th 1901.
    237 3 SHARE LIST, OCTOBER 19 th 1901. •JUOTATIOH. p A D Bank ol China and Japan, Ltd. Li Nominal r, UiriDumna. Deferred. £5.5/ "ell's Asbestos Eastern Agency. Nominal. Bersawah Gold Mine Co. Is. Sellers, t Clear Water Da.ry Farm Ltd. |100 V^ Frwer and Neave Ud. t8 4 7 6% Date.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      144 3 WILSON Co. PHOTOGRAPHERS 17, ARMENIAN STREET. Have much pleasure m announcing the opening The Finest Studio m tbo East, which has been specially designed by thorn on entirely novel principles to minimize tho exoessivo heat, and the painful glare of a trop cal sun. Tho light m onr Studio is
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    • Advertisement
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      330 3 OCEAN ff^k STEAM SHIP |P™ Co. AND NEDERLANi SCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJOCEAAN. Toss Tons. Athxlles 7043 Myrmidon 2870 Agamemnon 7011 Nestor 3809 7039 Orestes 4653 Alcinous 6743 Patroclus 5509 Anchises 2729 Peleus 7500 Antenor 553 1 Polyphemus 2613 Calchas 6748 Priam 2845 Cyclops 2066 Prometheus 5570 Dardanus 4653 Pyrrhus 3621 Deucalion
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      31 3 Framing We Stock over _>oo pattern.-, of Superior Mouldings, and possess unequalled facilities for making all descriptions ol Frame* at shortest notice and moderate prices. GEORGE MICHAEL, »'HOTO STORES June 2?
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      317 3 I SERVICES TO-MORROW. St. Andrew's Cathedral. (20th Sunday after Trinity.) 7 a.m. Matins. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 4 p. m. Su> d <y Scliool. 530 p.m. Evei sjn>j and Sermon. St. Matthews Church, Sepoy Lines, 8.15 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. Garrison Paradb Sbrvk is. 7 a.m. St. Andre*'s Cathedral.
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      1087 3 YE S S ELS IN P ORT. Ott... V«.«.. F..» S «TO». M.,u,. Arnvea From Con, lg n« s p., Wb.. Amherst Brit 108 Angus Oct 17 Kolant-m V. r *»a Arratoon Apcar Brit 287» Fey fe cSrJtto SarfcM n o io X SS Hs. HSkjS'SF BrU So SStl t
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      363 4 BOARD AND RKSIDkNCE. SINGLE Kooma to to h^i jit "LiDdjd* Government Hill, from IMft mfct. Apply to Mr*. K. H. Padday. on the preiawe*. Aagl2 TO LET No. I Lloyd Koad. well «uited lor hMitLuMC boose. «.r family residence. \pply to V. S. AIMS. 9a Ratflcv PhM. Aag^ To be
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      770 4 L A 2L^^t^r°'^ Or in t h^l C thy dl SSrt2 Surr»y. Reference permitted to H. R. BALDWIN, KoU Tinggi, Johore. July 22 22a0 For Sale BAY mre, broken to saddle and harness. mfmWk m B Apply B. M. c/o />*■? /V««. OctlT 24 10 FOR SALE ONE 'Premier" High
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      856 4 WANTED ASTKAM LAUNCH or small steamer able to carry about 60 tons. Apply, with foil particular* by letter to X., o/o Frit Pms. Oct 14 oc WANTED PIK the Public Works Department Xegri Smnbilau, a Tamil or Tamil Speaking Drawer to visit th« coolie lines all over the State. Salary
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      1214 4 Katz Brothers, Ltd. HAVE JUST UNPACKED THEIR FIRST SHIPMENT OF TOYS AND GAMES Katz /Brothers, Ltd. Oe*. 17 s__ MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. m~Issue of Municipal Loan 1901 amounting to $1,000,000 at 5 per cent. The Municipal Commi-isioners of the Town of Singapore, having decided to carry oat certain important public
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    • Advertisement
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      295 4 John Little CO LTD NEW BOOKS. The New Far Ki»t, by Diosy. Encyclopedia of Whist. Taxidtmy, by Hasluck. How to Write Signs. Practical Draughtsmen's Work. Reed's Engineering (latest). Chinese Pictures, by Mrs Bishop. Tropical Diseases, by Manson. The Book of Fate (Dream Book.) Cyclopedia of Mechanics. The Gun, by Greener.
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    • Advertisement
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      556 4 For Adalaidc, Melbourne and Sydney. British India Steam Nir. Co., Ltd., Ste.u* BEZWADA U M au 270 ton., Capt. Peck, will be dwpawjh* notice RUSSIAN VOLUNTI^K KLEKT b.s. KIEV, JjlUail lor Odoasa, m tkc begiuuiogot N.vemfcr for freight apply to Oct 18 K.A.i'ALMGKKv th 1 MI'KKIAL UEKMAN MAIL LlNf For
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