PENANG ICE IN SINGAPORE.

Says the Singapore Free Press :-A reference to another column will show that the public of Singapore have reason to congratulate themselves on an increased supply of that almost necessary luxury-ice. The long-talked of arrangement of the Penang Ice Company has at length taken practical form, and in future ice will be obtainable from their established depot in Singapore. Specially-constructed cases will bring down the material from Penang, and its quality is vouched for, while from 25 to 30 tons a week can be placed in the Singapore market. Made at Batu Fahringi, some twelve miles from Penang, with water obtained from a mountain stream, free from vegetable matter, the ice is claimed to be exceptionally clear and crystalline. The works are able to turn out from twelve to fourteen tons a day, and as the process is an ammonia-compression one, there is no air-core. With good quality and cheapness combined, the new venture should attract a fair share of the public patronage, which, indeed, the enterprise shown deserves. Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 December 1889, Page 5