FRIDAY, AUGUST, 22, 1902.
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE DOCK COMPANY. To the Editor of the Caisy Mae'
De say, 'n tital valuation of ten million dollars. It must be remembered that while the intrinsic value of the silver dollar hat been filling, the dother value of oavestab. lishments has been enormously increased by this fact and by the present increased cost of labour whielt they now represent.
* Whorls within Whools' asserte it is
A NORTH-CHINA TREATY
PORT.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Progressive Tiontsin. (From Our Own Correspondent) It has already been romarked that the most earrings observer is struck with the air of apparent prosperity about this port, and by the confidence of the oldest intha Watkin That the Director who mad the hitant that when normal conditions have knowledge so obrnited to further his perheen resumed there will be still greater and sonal interests in buying or selling stocks:
Hongkong. August 22. Dras Sm, I don't know whose feel. ing you refrain frus berting in striking out Felca to criticise Directors of Companies une passage from the letter on the love here for using the knowledge obtained at subject in last night's paper, but, as one of, the feds rank, whatst water a person beard uestings, for that they all do it hrif of myself and fellow workers for theIt is interesting to note the dictors of tho Company, again the insulting aur hands great railway ignate Sir Edward Guitar in much we, the real dividend Burnet, ne inteht in the front in this washing of dirty linen between thediree tors and stareholder.
That some one-bus niade a 'moses of it is plain muugh, but why the bees who inite the honey should be blamed for the droves catimy.ital up in years of fatness, and o borning their ürgers in gambling with the inflated stock, hard to understand.
was worse than a bad mat,"
The wide heal interest in the future of the Deck Company is my excuse for en
aching on your space.--Youts,
A SHAREHOLDER.
THE HONGKONG DOCKS
Cherpakt. 1902.
Hickory, Dickory Docks: Proposal anarity mocka
If the Bepert who supplies your corros prudents with a much Interesting infor
To the Editor of the "Cuina MaiL. imation would come along of a night when some of us are basy at the bottom of the
Hongkong, August 2 Me Editor, Apropos of the effusion in dock slathers running the engine shop. till the early hours of the morning to get your last night's issue, the following pro stevncr at daylight, he might thinkphetic stanzas bave been resined from the twice before saying such work could be Waste paper basket by. done with "half the number, unless he
THE OFFIS GOTE wishes to turn it-inte
one harsa But experts of this show at once, kínai culy erana along to "have a look about 10.30 a.m., when the hurry scarry of the morning work (frínu 7 to 9.30 in over and then look for nothing better than tu have a hut with a foreman and suck his brains for what information he can get ma of him. I hold that we work for every dollar we are paid, including bonuses. which latter de nét enver half the overtime the majority of us Lave to put in, and we want no landatione from mybody : hard cash suits we better, mal that is well-earned by eary white ass in the Dock Co., B matter what his grade,
Many of us have left good jobs as fore- mn at lemie to comm! out at wheat seemed high 14 avai dollar, in some makes doubling cur lame wages ¿-still when we find that the inlar does not go no ficas a
bob in the old country; that our time aven after the white tus blown is not our own; that an alternate Saturday afternoon is refined men although made up for many times or that some of
cannot
ho sure even of a Sunday; that to get an afternoon oll, send our half-py hons or so hours the heating range or other recreation, we have to get the unnger or his restants percussion (gyon grodgingly enough setactines, although you can't blame them they are tied up just as had
Home Directors are unul, And others are sad, Hickory, Dekory, Ducker!
NOVEMBER, 1892. Hickory, Dickory, "Decks: Shareholders roll up in doces.
More Dividends paid, Large writing down stayer. Hickory, Dialous, Prices
A POSTAL QUERY. To the Editor of the China MAIL
Hongkong August 29.
$32, --Can you juform me how it is that,
with steamers frequently leaving this for Cehu and Iloilo, the Post Office nover makes up-mails for these ports Yours,
ANY CGR EATEN.
[The Keting Postmaster General cour teasly informs us that the Hongkong office formerly inado up mails for Cebu and Iloilo, but was directed by the Director General of Posts to curso doing so, as neither of the oflicer named were exchange offices. The Hongkong postal officinks, therefore, lave
as ourselves) if any wonder that the alternative but to send all mail matter best men cuir look forward to their live to Maria first.--Eu., 6. AZ]. yous' agreemen being up to get thoir pus- Kage home?
Talk about taking a pult for dividends !- I would like to see à poll taken here of how many would clear out of this par-baked Colony if three months' salary and a passage hoze were offered. There's a solution of how to reluce ytan overpaid and over- lander shaft for our corresponding share- holders!
BUILDINGS IN HONGKONG.
The following extracts are taken from a latter in the N.-C. Daily News: Affairs
If contributing and no-gide shareholders sud directors really want hig dividends, just send alonga Darie or an langsing. We take up the newspaper and read avery 8 hours to keep No. 1 Dock full (not of water), and a Chim and Manila or any ather caster wanting a new bottom every month to keep No. 2 Dock it up when they get a Mh at Cosmopolitan doek don't let her go to Shanghai, and give the overworked støf at Alwideen aningthing be
dte.
the wind geneally ke strong, this it ofton would be aštrust as ratisfactory to " mttle a sheep's tail in a fur cap." -
In connection with the Provisional | Government, at this writing uot get ex- tinguished, mention should be made of the handsome four-storied brick building (with store trumnings) at the junction of the main street outside the former oust wall of the eity, with the main street on the north face of the city. To put this up, n great number of old rookeries were demo more impressive evidenses of tho samo.lished, and the whole is intended for the use There are many more foreign storas' than of the Cây Government in fatare, replac avor before. They all appear to be doing ing musty old sheds in the various yaniens. a good business, and some of the make its bem fide employment in this empacity. thie (scarcely credible) claim that they never tony porlage be a condition (like "much have any dead stock. But, as the nuns else) of the T.P.G. to the Chinesi ber of foreign residents in all North China authorities, who will be so glad to get rid is limited, it is hard to see what is to be of the prostat arrangements that they will dens with way live hundred pith sun-bats for the time assent to anything and every. when the season is one over. Even it
thing. every separato malo should purchase a buy ouo every year, there would still seen to be an over supply. Susilarly with all other conimodities-but we must suppose that the store-keepers know their own basiness lost. They lay much of the stimulus of trade to the military, but it is difficult so see what the gillitary want with civilian pith-hits and the like, nor how these cus- tomers alone could make sohd trade
But then there is the globe-trotter, who is more and more in evidence every month. He comes from overywhere, and is going, alt over creation, largely by the Siberian Railway, When he comes from
Among the sunny iupending efuges in a great extension of the British Extension" Concession. this time-allo space in- site the earth mopart having been aiready absorbel-going outsfilo bi at for a forge |
turt
+
To-day's Advertisements
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received instruc tions to Sell by Public Auction, TO-MORROW,
SATURDAY, the 23rd August, 1909, ap.m., on the Polo Ground at Usuway Bay,
of Major WARUEN, R.A.:
The following ponies the proporty of
BRUMBIE,' Bay Water Golding, 14,15
·Intimations.
THE
5
H. F. CARMICHAEL ROBINSON PIANO
CONSULTING ENGINEER,
SURVEYOR AND CONTRACTOR,
QUEEN'S BUILDINGS.
TELEGRAMS: CARMICHAEL, 'HONOKONG,
A. BU Code, 4th Edition. A 1 Cude,
Lieber's Standard Code,
TELEPHONE, 232. Hongkong, July 2, 1901.
1979
Winner of the Ni Desperad Kinghorn & Macdonald, SHOJE, Cream Water Mare, 14.1 Stokes at the last Race Meeting.
Winner of the Morrison Dili Ony, “DE Day' Raees, 1902. KANGAROD. Winner of Races.
TRAMSAN usual.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Fictiorers.
Hongkong, Angust 22, 1902.
Quandling oferiemical Engineers und Surrerer E, CONTRACTORS FOR TUR SUPPLY
BIN OF MACHINERY AND
APPLIANCES.
10 B
MAKING
10
MESSINA KINGHORN AND MAC DONALD having been appointed 178 SOLL AD for Messrs. J. and E HALL's PATENT REFRigerating MACHINERY, ASO prepared to supply Eatinates, Plans and Specifications for all sizes of Melines.
Office: No. 13 Beaconsfier ARCADE – (ground floor),
CAMPBELL, MOORE AND CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
Thus, little by Bitla, exteriové mens -
ORDINARY SIXTEENTH of land mel-water formerly worth abscist ANNA MEETING of Share- literally nothing at all, she, increasingly, holders in the alive Company will be
held at the COMPANY'S OFFICE, by the enterprise and energy of faciguers No. 29 Queca's Road Central, at p.. made to field great riches, not to the anon TUESDAY, the 8th September, 1902, capots only but to the winde commercial for the purpose of receiving the Report of motropolis nsf well,
the Dir.ctors, with a Statement of Accounts to the 31st December, 1961.
inclusive.
b
Nothing bas happened to, puder the The TRANSFER BOOKS of the CO Theatsin Chinese
foreignerpany will be CLOSED from the
August to the 9th September, both days TI:*!* Thank even slig—which has
he States, he has a very inadequate equipalways been a mious quantity but the ment of articles for summer wear, and he evident failure of the recent resting at bus often read through all the novels which reps to get rid of him have luft a detep hr bought in Yolashabia, and perhage (as impression as the nature mud, as has tap in one ensa known to the writer) thrown pened elsewhere.
It is now seen to be
I
By Order of the Board of Directum
M. A. A. SOUZA,
Hangkong, August 22, 1902.
WANTED.
1780
12 a British tivin in MANILA, Ex. Dperienced PORTUGUESE CLERK. First-class reference will be required. A A in Peling, sui many other centres,knowledge of Spaniste an advantage. the study of English is prepadar, and the Salary $150 per Month, Apply to number of students of the sue pretimlly
then into the Japan Sen course whichnch the wisest was to abusit to the in- may confidently be recommended as by far evitable, and in ride the Old Man-of-the- the most thorough-going and decisive. In Sea who ran not be que rid of instead of that case, he wants more, and wo rub our having him rite yet. eyes while we reengitise the fact that even Tientsin has become a literary art. Thers are books at several of the stores, all the way from Moody's Seentons to some sort of an Encyclopedia sach as is not foo wopting for the Tientsinese intellect. Also copies of the latest illustrated papers are to be th, including not only Punch, but Harper's Weekly, Puck and Judy, and many of the cheaper Hagazines. like
in Hongkong are really retten when woenseys, The Cosmopolitan, and the like. have to contend against the buildings that All along the line of the railway to Peking have been built, and those that are build and Shan-Hai-Kuan the railway book-stall
is in evidence, an that the military are not only provided with something to cover their heads withal, but also with something to pot inside! The Municipal Library has been a hot to the numerous transients, who would eise have been de- prived of any intellectual nutriment of the more solid as well as of the periodient order, but for a small subscription its bene
But it
'X. Y. 2.,
Care of CHINA Maffico. Hongkong, Anguist 22, 1902.
FOR MANILA.
L
1733
linfit- Vine head of the V,MgA., Mr Gailey, los ulded to his numerous other | task that of tuachung la a barge schuel of
FOR YOKOHAMA AND KOBE. this sort onside the west gate, in anul Col- lege, unter the patrange and an veropera-
EN. D. L. Steamship zien with some of the reamstructed gentry Captain Prescu, will be despatched for
FREIBURG.
De Lavington Bars, of the Lanulom Mis- the abore Ports on MONDAY, the 25th
College, which is well patronized, and there sinan, Tors also opencil a seliool in St. John's | August, at 5 pain.
For Freight apply to
are other smaller cugzotics of like
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIK 20 Hongkong Office. that, say, at No. fit, First Street, the
young women. As a rosak. the erasing charneley. th for young men att five kitchen has collapsed and one man killed,
generation will love a large number of in-THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM-
Hongkong, August 29. 1992.
and on top of this we find that tw
telligent young people of both sexes wlau unoccupied housea at Stanley have collap
low more in smne lines than a whole city.
SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. sed. fortunately without loss of life.'
full of their patents used to io. What is the fault? It is put down to the
must be remembered that way of then traD. Company's Steamship "We abogid all so he tich beyond the excesive rain and other natural objections,
pupils are from a distance, and that many dreams ni avarin, as our Innitsex would be doubled avery six months, and the post the human brain is aver called into
study for a very brief time. Yet the exant Capt. A. Frase, will be deyatched for tion would have no chance at all.
question.
Is it anything new to have its have been widely and impartially dipisces are soon filled, and the aggregate Inst., at 4 p.m. hopes of all this coming off before my excessive mains, or is typhoon a novelty fused, to the great advantage of all the results must be considerable.
the above port on TUESDAY, the 20th
time is up, I renin, Yours Truly,
to the Colony? How is it that we have
Highest clues Pinsenger Stemmers, High buildings of & gengire stamp that contingents." survive the greatest
powered, newest and most up to date on If anything in the future may be am- stress And Are in connection with the mention ofsidered as certain, it is that Tiantain is to Electric Light and all other modern in- the run. All Acenumvadation amidships. built to salt climatic conditions with-
at a water in their stability? The answer the business of Tientsin. one of its most.
bara fu greater commercial, railway and provements. A Surgeon is carried. that on the face of it meets Brobdingungianoltrusive traits should not be omitter, interest is really simple. Those in power late has become a habit, a fixed custom, and outbreak was dreained of. Pending the
industrid centre than before the Boxer |
For Freight or Passage, apply to in our Dock Company's silates, and I velcarelessly passes that power to sub- come Whods within Wheels, criticism of urdinates, and the very wople who are fad, whenever any one can think of the union of Chinese rate and ter my letter of the 19th inst, and the assertion most righteously indignant at the state of osallest excuse for doing so, to issue all settlement of the unsettled questions of that the Mechanical and Clerical staff could faissez faire existing in the Colony arexpress, with every variety of announce far-redneed without leas of efficiency, As the once to be really blamed. It gives a
control of the existing railways and the to the Mechanical. I but quoted tho isser-wide opening to the cynical philosopherment, Formerly the impending arrival tion of the west competent outside auto- who exclaims: Why are fat salaries and threatened departure of
construction of others, it is our 10MMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE vity in the Colony, and his assertinu vater. thrown at people who do not work for ased to be mitiad by circulars, in the mesir, but, as we have just bargel, the early in foresee the details of this develop- red to the requiruments of the Kowloon then? Let ng institute Pucket Boroughs
ONE OF US.
To the Polive of the Crusa Mai
Hongkong, August 20. Su- an glart to find that share holders and others are taking
only mercy extended isthe permission to use
1t
steaners
But this
was long ago. Now the whole busi-
your opposire neighbour's house tes erectness, like all others, is relegated to the pronare will remain the s Dan boc props to prevent your residence reclining in the road.
lie Express, the delivery of which is s prominent branch of the work of the In- perint Post five, which performs it with dreadful swiftness and certainty. Early in
from
que to age, its muditions and its enlighten namit may so greatly improve that it is not too wild a hope to expect to see heredity itself ameliorated, and a definite realiza
ZAFIRO.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co..
Dawai Junge 15 - Hongkong," August 22, 1902. 1730
COMPANY, LIMITED.
SALVAGE OP VARGO,
EA NR. KIA NOSI.
NOTICE is hereby given that claims against the salvage of than cargo of the above stesser wrecked off NAMOA ISLAND must be aunt in to the undersign- ed on or before SATURDAY, 30th ustaut, after which date a distribution of proceeds will be made.
Telephone, No. 143.
Tolegrama, Kiquors, Hongkong,” A. C. & A1 Cuden rod.
JOHN W. KINGHORN, M.1.M.E, M.1,Mech.-E., London.
DONALD MACDONALD. Hongkong. May 28 1898.
1063
A. G. GORDON,
M.1.5. &, .1. MECH. E.,
MEMBER INSTITUTION OF ENGINERES AND SHITBUILDERS IN SCOTLAND, CONSULTING MARINE ENGINEER.
AND
NAVAL ARCHITECT Damage, Collision and Wrook Surveyor..
14 Des Vox Roud, Central.
Telegrams: PENUDO.'
E. C. WILKS & CO.
M Duck, hast
0244
R. E. C. WILKS, Inte of Kowloon ostablished himself, under the above title, an CONSULTING ENGINEER AND MARINE SURVEYOR.
Bntinuates for all classes of Engineering net Ship Work.
* QUEEN's Road Central. Hongkong, November 1, 1901.
Dentistry.
2221
Mr. CHADWICK KEW,
DENTAL SURGEON,
3, QUBEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
Open Hours: 9 a. 3 to 5 p.x.
Houzkong, March 18, 3302,
! EN TING. Burgeon Dentist,
$85
No. 14, D'AoUILAR STERET.
TERMS VERY MODERATE. Consultation Free, Hongkong, April 24, 1900,
DENTISTRY.
628
MERICAN SYSTEM
WONG HO-MI.
A
TERMS MOTRATE.
SURG DENTIST,
CONSULTATION Free.
1902
Queen's Road Central Hongkong, tetobar 3. 1899,
DENTISTRY.
2
SUI SAN G. Lately Practising with Dr. J. SAKATI
DENTIST
No. 4, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong, January 1, 1898.
WEEKLY NEWS 1734 FOR HOME.
W. A. SIMS, Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltil.
Hongkong Branch. Hongkong, August 22, 1919.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
establishment. în ordinarily busy times. agairi, and thus it comes to pass that the hands of wormolescent and opinnok fact it is practically beyond dispute. Another quite competent to give as opinion responsibles live in fine substantial homes in coolics, who sometimes made their Euch of the steps of the process will bend by training and by heig often at the locks, and the dregs are allowed to thrive in bulg Festleday expressed the opinion that they ing walls and overbuilt structuren. The appearance the day following. were only in each other's way. Bagineers
to make any possible repetition of the and Comuneders of stemmer who get their
Boxer madness more difficul, and while repairs draw at Kowloon Docks also cura. plain of the want of system at the ducks in getting their work done and returned on
The typhoon of Saturday. the 2nd inst.. board. So that force of numbers does not stirred up a fow of the rookeries, but it also necessarily mean enhanced efficiency and throw a light-this is mixing a metaphor, while not recommending wholesale din but no matter-upon sorce of the new charge of stef I ani continest tint with { buildings that are erecting and those that the morning the snow-storm of Expresses tilt of the unto which now adorns the officient organisation the staff nouki hai have been erected. As a preface to IA
sets in, and continues till evening Ifandien room of the Municipal Hall: reduced, an ecension cecurred, and at the graphic description of the blow and in re
increased in officiency, counting the disaster, the China Mail lisa lot of Civilian Costs at Comitas inter Gentes- Friendship among same time be It is common knowledge that many of the truthfully remarks: Add to all this the sach, he is hot happy until he lias dissem-Alien Res staff are banusomoly paid, and, peranually loss of 20 or 30 lives a painful sequel to inated the announcement of the fact by an
am a firm believer in paying astavíme the ator which cannot but be written salaries; hur I would, in exchange, demand down to the credit of the notorious jerry Express in English, which is followed up bandsome services, and while one man may builder and rotten Goverment super the next day by author to the saine effect sometimes be doing the work of two, the vision."
On Monday afternoon at stost 3 fault is in the want of organisation. Then, | The revelations of the typhoon were in Germut. Many of these are on colored what do we get for the expenditure of astonishing. In the paces of land whore paper, the better to catch the eye. As a 'clock (ng the Japan Freuld in a recent SC0.796.16 per half-year on the Head Oflice new additions to property wore impossible, result, ihero are șu many of them that no issue), a company of the Salvation Army, and Drawing Office? Would any indizi. it was divered that the Chinese bad cul- dual director requiring such services heated naystoin of building upon buildings, mortal can either raisomber or read them consisting of about thirty-five persons, THK Stemuship Senece has arrivest and is willing to pay such an amount for thera t A falling structure wight have a new story all, and the end inust largely be defeated under sammand of Lieutenant Yamada, now discharging. Consignees of car 40 are hereby informed that unless they Really, it seems as if the directors and placed upon it, and the toppling results after all. But the printing companica ex-invaded the Tokyo Yoshiwara. They dis-taks delivery alongside on or before the management have, by reason of its unex- carried disaster to the house next dour, and sapled food side of prosperity, suddenly so on. It is too long to give instance npon courage the relation that this is the way to tributed copies of the War Cry to overy beerne ossified by that same asperity instruce of these catastrophes, but a wet advertise, and reap a large and a continual hansu in the quater, and afterwards began as to be pralysed by the time of slack glance at your Anugkong contemporaries
jeimade the `occupants'to `‘abandinu their
• Hộc qê shame.' The policy advised thous
A Yoshiwara Invaded.
NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES.
25th inst, their goods will be landed, at their risk and expenses in the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Gudown Compañe's
will be effected.
water, and the inery srises, how, are they will satisfy anyone that Government invest whatever the weather or the time to deliver poblie Irungues intended to Godowns nt. Kowloon. No Fire Insurance
to tree the coming ebb?. To conduce to spection is a farme and even Shanghai can of year.
wards this, seeng we have magnificient establistinents, why should not the, diree-
hope to compete with it.
During the typhoon houses with only
Tiontsin la at present two papers, a
tors have their establishments valued by two years credit to their age doubled up daily aula weakly, the latter edited autside experts, and the capital of the Coo with cardboard facility. Take for example by Mr William McLeish, long a pany increased to this valization, and then No. 4, Praya East; one of this group sident of the pent, knowing everyone let our directors and staf see what per-collapsed during a previous storm, and on and known to all. It is likewise in con centage profit they can earn on the value this tumble-dose only viove lives were
to stop the proceedings lest serious re-
sulte should ensue at the hands of the law-
less radians who infest the quarter. In the meanwhile, about three hundred coolies,
STANDARD DIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Oriental Shipping Dopartoient,
Agents, Hangkong. August £2, 1909.
FROM HAMBURG, PENANG AND SINGAPORE
of our property and sans fee. I beg to give lost. Do not lay any stress upon the loss templation to expand this enterprise into a professional gamblers and other social out- thest and you an approziune anluation of of life; we have Government inspectora daily issue, which could not fail to benetit casts, appeared on the scene, and attested their establishments, keeping the valstis paid to look after the lot, and we shall have the community, whatever might be the in- the Salvation dry with stones and pieces as a whole well within the true value :-- tuuro of these disasters ne time proceeds. Land at Kowlonas
8 1,500,000 It would beeting too much of your sprecancial outcome. The present daily is editad | of wood. Six of the Salvationists were Docks and Slips.
1,000,000 to give a catalogue of the Hongkong cru- by a wide-awake mun, who bas, however, injuret. A posse of police constablos came Pinot ...
1,500 bles, otherwise the fat would be lengthy. Building
1,035,000 and instructive, even to a casual reader.pucial sequaintance with China, but to the rescue, and the Salvation Army men Material at all establishments... 1,865,000 The wandorer who strolls under the bamboo who makes up for what he lacks in this Dredger, Tugs.. Launches and
structures of the Crown Colony chains nor direction by Hashiess, and a grimly sur Lighters
30(Rinstruction in noting the feebleness of his
surroundings, and be marvels that great duuie huincur in reference to all human 5.9,000,000 | minds are devoting elaborate sttention to affairs, which cannot fail to mouse manged this misfortune in the cause of their
prevent eats leaving, or joining a ship, as well as to make onemies of Siae. 250,000 | whereas a stupenitus subject, such s 250,000 safety in housing, is allowed to occupy 250,00, secondary position in their thoughts. The chang (or to the Chinese Government 650,000 final idea that reps up to the aforesaid through him), many years ago, and which | So you advise the not to sue, said the aignees risk and expanse.
Land at Cosmopolitan Dock ... Buildings, &e..
Plant
· Dock:
were escorted outside the quarter. They expressed themselves as unwilling to take any legal nation, as they had merely suffer-
religion. The police, however, arrested The huge bell presented to Ti Hung-six of the ringtonera.
wanderer is there at be underfinded to hang in a pavilion specially con- client. 'I do' said the nyer.
13 1,400,000 | work in the constitution," "anul, aquisez is pot confined to the Chineso,
and at Aberd
Buildings
Plant
2 Docks.
51,000 50,000 10,000 Life. in Texas 600,000
769,000 |
.811,150,000 Loen Suidry Creditor... 1,121,027
Or a total of
918,038 07%
He found a rope sand-picked it up
And with it walked away,
It happened that to c'other end a Borse was hitched, they say. They found a tope and tied it up
Unte & branching linib,
It happened that the other end
Get somehow kitched to him,
I
Well,'
1737
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Published to suit the Dejarture of ench English and French Mail Steamer to Europe.
FULL REPORTS
AND ALL THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE
(Comradecisi, · Shipping, etc.)....
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THE
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THE X. D. L Steamship Freiburg, Capt.
Proescu, having arrived from the DOCKS. above Parts, Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bulls of Lading for countersignature by the Undersigned and to take immediate delivery of their Goode from alongside.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given bofore
p.m. To-day. Any Carge impeding her discharge will. bo landed into the GunowsS OF THE HONG- ZONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GOBORN COMPANY, Liren, and stored at Cou-
A Record of the Founding and Development of the Hongkong and Whampoa
Dock Co., Limited.
Reprinted from the CHINA Mau."
Fifty Cents.
Frice..........
"No Claims will be admitted after the To Le had at the China Mail Ole. returned the disappointext client, it soums Goods have left the Godowne, and all Goods
Wyndham Street, structed for it in the West Arsenal, was darnod strange that when a man pays for remaining undelivered ufter the 29th Aug, *presented to the British Municipality advice he can't get the kind he wants.
".
by the. Provisional Government, and is
PROMPT ACTION about to be hung fu a corner of the Public
a slight Gardens, where it is to be hoped it will dealing with what may be only help to abate the prescut chaotic condition cough will often avert some more serious
STEARNS' COUGH CURE
if the standard of time. A gem is sounded st noon (or is said to be) but the xan is eo snall, and the grains of powder so few, and
illness.
is just the thing the thin, nă it is always speedy and elective. Wholesale from A. 8.. Watson & Co., Ltd., Hongkong,
will be subject to rent.
p
All Broken, Chufed, and Daunged Gooda are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 29th Aug., at 3
No Fire Insuranco has been effected.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.
Hongkong Office, Hangkung, August 22, 1902.
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THE TRI-METRICAL CLASSIC, Trasdated from the Chinese
by E. J. Err, PH.D. To be had-Prico 20 Denta cach-from the Chuwa Man Office, 5 Wyndham Strest,
CO., LTD.
HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND SINGAPORE.
Pianos by all the leading London and Continental Manufacturers.
HAAKE
PIANOS.
Theatre first-class instements, and at the price, they cannot be hentun."
WERNER
PIANOS.
These instruments are noted for the excellent quality of tone, touch and general workmanship. auc tending purchasers should in- spout these pinnos before buying
lsewhere.
BECHSTEIN
PIANOS.
It is unnecessary to say anything about these instruments, as the watao is quite suthcient.
PIANOS
OF OFE
OWN MANUFACTURE.
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