The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 December 1901

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    28 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1001 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, sist DECEMBER, 1901. DAILY ISSUER No. 4i G I
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      736 1 Jl A Office. Telegraph St. AX 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 oi Lading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports, also 'or China Coast. MAIL LINE. OUTWARD HOMEWARD
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      847 1 1 I Pacific mail steamshL COMPANY OCCIDENTAL AND OKI hi STEAMSHIP COMPA1 AND rpOYO RISEN KAISHA (ORIENTAL S.S. CO.) TA L VIA INLAND SEA OF IAP/4 AND HONOLULU. kj Through Passage Tickets granted 13 W France, and Germany by all trans-All. i Rv of steamers, and to the principal citif.
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      914 1 DE EONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCH APPIJ. Under Contract wit* the Netherlands India Govern n met. Agents a~ Singapore. Ship Agency, late I. DAENDELS &Co., 2-3 Collyer Quay j I hi undermentioned dates ark onlt affroximate Steam. Prom Eapected Will be despatched tor on (i. O.s Jaoob Moluccas via l)w. U Billiton,
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      713 1 LTONGKONG AND SHANGHAI x BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITA! t: oooooc RKSEHVK Ki;ND.— Sterling Reserve 10,000,000 -Silver Reserve 3.750,000 j •'WSO.ooo RESERVE LIABILITY OK PROPRIETORS 1 Jioooo.ooo Court ok Diiictou. R. Shkwan, Esq. Chaiwman Hon. J J Bkll-Ikvino,— Dpput» Chaibman E ToMKINS>Ksrj I K. L. KlCHAHDSON Esq. Haupt, Esq j H.
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      551 1 fJORWICH UNION FIRE INSUR ANCE SOCIETYOF NORWICH AND LONDON. K.i TABL1SHBD 1797. FOR FIFE INSURANCE ONLY. AnountInsvr.d fc->35.v>co,o.c LossbsPaid 7 11,600,000 Premium incowb 7, yoo.oor. Insurance eiTected on almost every dcscriptian el property at current rates of premium. THf I'.ORNKO o., Ltd.— A, ent THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, •UVMOS
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      312 1 NA1IUNAL AW Ah j I6,60( ta^SSE!% The Ideal Toi Marvellons in caaea of FEVER, Loss of Appetite, Nerrouinai* Exhao Also i IRON for Dyspepsia, Anemia, Chlorosis, e Cf PARIS 20 Bo. d« fl f T~M, m iiTi i> ft ill n BBBlBlaaaa^af^^-JB^M^'J tBaV'^aaaP B B^aaaaPBBjBHHSaE THERAPiOSM N I THERAPION r
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    UNKNOWN The Singapore Free Press.
    1016 2 Aj I li. l.upton lias been appointed Assisljl/ 4 |rintendtnt of Works m the Public Jfmfl )epartment. Mr. Lupton repotted I |7jT§al m the Colony on the lOth inst., In "fi I' c lat onctl Malacca mjjr* notihed that Government NotificaWxj'm'- 7 clatt (l I4th
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    CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS.
    118 2 On Wednesday next (Christmas Day) and Thursday (Boxing Da\ there will be no is.ut- of the Singapor, I'rcc Press, and on Tuesday (ChrislflMa Eve) this paper will be published at j p.m. Copies of Reuters telegrams to hand on Thursday will be posted, as usual, at the
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  • REUTEUR'S TELEGRAMS.
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    PEKAK NOTES.
    166 2 (December i]th.) Major Vanrenen left for Penantf yesterday, to arrange lor the transfer cf the Company of the Malay States Guides whu h is to be stationed there next year. We understand that Mr. E. H. Bratt has been offered and has acceptc I the post of J?
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      469 2 ROBINSON and Co. i Christmas AND New Year Presents Ladies Fitted Dressing Bags P c*o do do Cases > Gents Fitted Suit Cases Dressing Bags do do Cases A good selection of Sterling Silver Goods consisting of Scert Bottles, silver tops Powder Boxes do Hair Pin Boxes. do Silver Backed
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      452 2 Kcllp $i WalsD, Cimitcd, 32, Raffles Place New Books. A '-akge selection op ar riCLEs Life of Sir William \V\ Hunter, SUITABLE F< )R by F H. Skrine #i > M wi**. ribeun, b y Dr. Kj*-^ Christmas Presents Behind the Scenes m the Transvaal, by David M.-ickay Wilson j.oo
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      410 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. 1/I*' J XMAS HOLIDAYS fV/ *TIIK following |KstaWisliiMi;ut«, will bo rkvcd 1 i«rdl on tin- 2.>th and If.th infant. i-eTch JOHN UTTLS Co., Ltd. ~h,y KAT/.HK'OS. Ltd. J P^jM^TfcWAMHIM ||c ro i' 1 M XI l: AI'TKOOT, „i Moraux Co. lias l!L dif \M ai'r»oiiitcU agent. U.rcolk-ctingadver- I
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      473 2 The Week Saturday, 21st Hit»h Water: 5.41 a, 6.42 p. Cricket— S.K.t. v. KattU-b Schooi. SL.G.C. Monthly Medal. Frenrh Mail Homeward-) clujcs, ft p. Sunday, 22nd High Wa'.er 6.42 a., 8.6 p. 4th m Advent. Swimming Club Launches, 6 V 7 a. M.M. Mail Homewards due. S.V.K. Scouting x Ouipost
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    TOPICS OF THE WPEK.
    1730 3 Quicquid agunt homines noitrt est farrago Mr. Reed m Punch I as r,e-t'-, hit off, prophetically, the posit L. f fHngs m the Radical party now that the Little Minister," Lord Rosebery, comes back to the manse while the elders look on with conflicting feelings. Sir
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    HONGKONG'S WATER SUPPLY
    369 3 It i- due to tli< >re Munici;nl authorities lo -ay that they do not fail m the endeavour to keep rather tbead of public needs aa to our water supply In the Northern Colony thing.-, are otl.tr.. a fact that induce the China Mail to come out
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    AN ELEPHANT STORY.
    198 3 A most interesting event occurred the other week near Kudgt Budge m Bengal, m connection with a young elephant which was brought across from Burma last march. The elephant was owned by a Zemindar, who was having it trained to the howdali. The keepers did not treat
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    HUMOUR OF CHILDREN.
    1121 3 An Ami sing I.ecmrkkn Dr. Ma«namara, M.l. For an hour of uproarious mirth few things can compare with a bare recital of Children's Witticisms," and Dr. M.icnamara, M.P., from the time he himself was a pupil-teacher, has been peculiarly well placed to gather from his schoolmaster friends
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    AMERICA AND THE PHILIPPINES.
    176 3 Despite the fact of the 'cute, if rather unsports- j manlike, incidents attending the capture of the I lamous Filipino guerrilla leader, Aguinaldo, the war m Uncle Sam's new colony, observes the Navy and Army," appears to be burning as brightly as < ver. For over
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    MALACCA.
    245 3 trrs*i %ur »:iu C»rresfi»>iJei> The Public Works De P a, nent have been busy during the last mr* 1 surveying and be-flaggin* the h.rb/ r a d f tak n the rise and fall of the e read y fo r the fitit of Mr. Matth.w who arnvcd on
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    CHINESE COMMERCE.
    198 3 A valuable report, iust published by ihi Stahslical Department of the (..hine^e Maritime Customs on the trade of China during the past year .s especially interesting at present, m view of the forward commercial policy which Hnti-.h merchants tonteniplate. On<- point stands out clear ly— though the recent
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    ACHEEN NEWS.
    261 3 fPt in' 'utettt.j .'X i-istant. n> »s v. I »;ard to the war up to I4lh N vemb r, when it was rumoured bourliood of Natang X out thai he seems to prefer to let nothing be :.in^s there. Ti:e various pa'rols of the •erenscho: cjljrnn have I
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    OUR BOER AUXILIARIES
    306 3 1 prc-Bocr assum|i..on rut fiere is unani- mity among the "people fi^htinjj to be free m fa\our of continuing hostility-, to the bitter end ha- no foundation m (act. A considerable and increasing number are volunteering (or military service against the irreconcilable-, as the surest and quickest
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    REVENUE CRUISERS FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
    142 3 lUeMamlm timu of Ihe sth inst. says— Tht excellent work that was accomplished by Commander Marix, Capiain of the Port, while m China and Japan, on the million for the civil commission to lay bids before the ship-buildingconcerns cf these two countries for revenue cutters,
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    EXCHANGE.
    72 3 (CORKECTED UP TO December _i.) On London B« m/ '.'•mar.d I io, 1 Pfviie cr< dits 3 m/s '/'O^ documents 3 m/s i/io, credits 6 m/s .1 rMNMi <>' immami *ti GSRMAMV, rlwuj' 1--INUIA i I 13O', Honckonc l^mand mi. Yokohama, Irmand ioi%pm. Java, 'it-mar.'^ 1 1 1 Manila
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    PRODUCE.
    98 3 (D'.Lcmber I 1.1 Hi *64 2s ■mbier 14.20 df. Cube No. 1 17.50 i fr, '-'!acU (ordinary 30.50 to. White, (Fair L/W—^% 47. 1 10-, to 1.. 52 do. (80s to the It) 64 Mace (Bandar 0 (A— bains) <nC'ntV-r ig. 'P" i^lity n s>^s do. <ic flak? Ho.)
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      384 3 WILSON Co. PHOTOGRAPH ERS 17, ARMENIAN STREKT. Telephone No. '212 The Finest Studio in'hargo of skilled and experienced hands workig with the latest and bait appliances All descriptions ol Pbotoi t.i<en and finished M XMAS and NEW YKAU ('AKI)S al our ordinary prices Pkotoaeaa •><■ telnwi i» <>urSiu»iiuo<|ti;iily well at
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      341 3 OCEAN JK^k STEAM A N 1 1 NEDERLAN SCHE STOOMVAART MAATS^HAPPIJOCEAAN. Toss. Tons. Achillei 7043 Myrmidon 2870 7011 Nestor 3809 7039 Orestes 4653 Alcinous 6743 Patroclus 5500 Anchises 2729 Peleus 7500 Antenor 55^1 Polyphtmus 261 3 Calchas 6748 Priam 2845 Cyclops 2066 Prometheus 5570 Datdanus 4653 Pyrrhus 3621 Deucalion 7030
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      251 3 MAILS CLOSE To-day. Hoi Per Al Penann k Colombo Achilles JfM Sourabaya ice. Teresa I'M Fenai g Sc .Jolombo liorneo I" Mu.tr 5c Malacca Sult.m 3 I'M Benykalis ftc Bajfan Ain>; Hin pm Uin^kok liorneo 5 Ml Malacca &c. b ippho 4 m Muntok k f^lembaiitf Kuby 4 PM Saigon
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      1229 3 SHARE LIST, DECEMBER 21st '1301. Quotation, Paid. Dividing. ink cf Chin, m J Japan, Ltd. I Nominal. £4 Deferred. £5.5/ £l Cell's Asbestos Kastern Afjency. Nominal. -J Bersawah Gold Mine Co. $4. Sell.r->. ti> Clear Water Dairy Farm Ltd. |ioo {100 7 Eraser and Neavr Ltd. $98. Buyers. $50 10
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      SOUTH AFRICA.
      18 4 The Daily News correspondent at Heidelberg states that the war wiH be over m two month?.
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      DELAREY WANTS TO COME IN,
      12 4 Uis rumoured that Delarey wishes to surrender,
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      PRISONERS THINK ALL OVER THIS MONTH.
      17 4 Boer prisoners say that hostilities will tease on the 22nd December.
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      TRANSCAUCASUS TEA.
      19 4 The British Consul at Batoutn reports unfavourably on the prospects of the tea industry m the Transcauivisus
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      KRUITZINGER'S DEFEAT.
      16 4 Kruitzinger's two adjutants and three other (leaders?) were likewise wounded. London, December tgth, igoi.
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      SOUTH AFRICA.
      23 4 The Johannesburg Stock Exchange haa been opened. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RESUMED. The Delagoa Bay railway line is now open for civil traffic.
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      THE AMERICAN TARIFF.
      24 4 The Morning Post correspondent at Washington states that thj Administration will probably ask Congress to repeal the duty on Chinese teas.
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      A FRIEND OF THE ENEMY.
      49 4 Mr. Lloyd George. M.i\, was compelled to abandon his speech at a pro-Boer meeting at the Birmingham Town Hall. An immense crowd broke all the windows. The police charged the crowd and many people were injured. Mr. Lloyd George escaped disguised as a policeman.
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      THE AUSTRALIAN TARIFF.
      41 4 The Captain of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Neckar was fined £25 at Fremantie for contravening the new customs law, by breaking, while voyaging between Au^tra lian ports, the seals placed on ihe ship's itores by the Customs officials.
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      MUST PAY HIS FINE.
      22 4 I he fine was not paid and the accused lia» been committed to prison until it is> paid.
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      SOUTH AFRICA.
      36 4 Six more militia regiment- have L.«en j embodied. Two thousand Yeomanry have been or dered to be raised immediately and will be despatched to the Cape m January and February. Louden, Ucccrr.be" 20th, n/or.
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      393 4 Christmas Holidays TILE Grove Bungalow, Tanjong Katong, sea Bathing. Good Table. B**>t Wines. Telephone 2to or 11) Deco To Let L'KOM Ist April, JVXIJ lor h year or u*>re B\Lt\vv, Leonie Hill. Completely farApply to E J. KHOKY. l)cc l»i gl To Let ONE room m a fir-t Jioarding Hoobc,
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      881 4 I KATZ BROTHERS, LIMITED —^i BEG TO ANNOUNCE THEIR Christmas Show of Cadbury's Chocolate Cream m Fancy Boxes, from 20 Cents to $10 each. I Exhibition Packets. Footballs. Hampers. BaS etS v Pin«h Piirups Plush bags. Hush (Tve Boxes. Hush Handkerchief Boxe. Vene.ian Casket,. Chrysant hemum B x b Satin
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      722 4 FRASER NEAVEt|fJ AERATED WATERS rii RECOGNISED AS THE l!*fcj BEST IN THE el|k ST PURITY AND EXCELLENCE GVARA*S TEED Fraser Neave, Kimited, SINGAPORE AND PENifl' 1 John Little and Co., Ltdp CRACKERS FROM "TOM SMITH." r X\ Comprising Hats, Caps, Costumes, Gems, Toys, Jewellery, Masks, rac<J Puzzles, Pictures. Views, Photos,
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      881 4 WANTED A FURNISHED Bungalow within 3 mile* from town. Apply L. It., c/o Fret Prtu>. Dec 19 23.12 \A7ANTKD for Penang an experienced Archivv tectural Draughtsman. Apply stating salary expected to SWAN MACLAREN. Dec V) 23.12 \X7ANTED for Christinas Island a good Eura- sian Surveyor also a Tiine-koeper and Overseer,
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      407 4 BOOKS Wide World Adventures. The Transvaal War Album Memoirs of a Mother-in-Lau Round London. Confound that Boy. Book of Cricket (latest). Celebrities of the Stage. A Motley Crew, by G. Steven In London's Heart, by G. R. Sims. Count Hannibal. The Diva, by A. ThomaPatience, by Tarbart. Bridge, by Hellespont.
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