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Lea and Perrins Sauce.
By Royal Warrant to
His Majesty the King.
THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE WORCESTERSHIRE.
G. FALCONER & Co.,
WATCH-MAKERS AND JEWELLERS.
MANSIOŃS
HOTEL
NEW SELECTIONS OF
DIAMOND JEWELLERY AND ENGLISH SILVER WARE, HIGH-CLASS GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES.
LARGE SELECTION OF PRESENTATION PLATE, CUPS, BOWLS, ETC, 4. WALDONER & Co. ARE AGENTS FOR ROSS'S FAMOUS TELESCOPES LI BINOCULARS, LORD KELVIN & NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ADMIRALTY CHARTS AND BOOKS,
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE EMPIRE TYPEWRITER.
JAPAN
MITSUI
COAES.
BUSSAN KAISHA
(MITSUI & 00.)
HEAD OFFICE:-1, SOROGA UHO, TOKYO, LONDON BRANCH :—34, La Srnert, FLO.
HONGKONG BRANCH :--PRIKOL'S BUILDINGS, ICK Book Stuzzz, Fixer Floor
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MITSUI (A.B.C. an AI Codes,
ONTRACTORS OF COAL to the fagerial Japanes Navy and Ansense and th State Rallways; Pelipkl Railway Companies and Industrial Works; Home an Foreign Malf and Freight Steamers,
OLE PROPRIETORS of the Famous Miko, Tagawa, hamano, and Ida Coal Mines. OLK AGENTS for Hokoku, Hondo, Kanul, Fujita, Mameda, Manonr
Onoura, Otsu, Sabar, Teubakure, Veebicutant, Yoshio, Fanokibam, and other
bale,
Hongkong. January 21, 1907.
M. KOBAYASRI, Manager, Rongkong.
DINNEFORD'S
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Biliona Affections,
DINNEFORDS
The Physician's Cure for Gout, Rheumatic Gout and Gravel.
Bafest and most octive Aperient
for
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ROWLAND'S KALYDOR
FOR THE SKIN and COMPLEXION. Boothing, Healing, and Emelliant in its offects; it ranioves Freckles, Tan, Redness, Roughness, arid all Cutaneous Eruptions, produces a Softness, anri Dalicacy of the Faca, Neck, Hands and Arms, and imparts a Matohiesa Beauty to the Complexion unobtainable by any ollier, mäaus: warranted Harmless. Bettis and '6, sold by Stores, Chemists, and ROWLANDS, 51, BOSTON (PARDEN) - LONDON.-
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DR. LALOR'S
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1115
PHOSPHODYNE
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For forty years -haa mäïntzined iņu mid-wide reputation as the Best and only safe reliable Phosphoric Dure for BRATE VRECKAGE, PARALT, SZEPIXEL. sta, Dapapaia, Nervo, Kidnes, and River Complaints, Harassing Dreamss, Premature Decay of Vital Power, General Dability, all) Blood Disorders, and all Functional and Disease Conditions of the System caused By the deddies of the Vital Farden
The fact of the Standard Phosphoric Remedy in Nervous Debility and its kindred Evils 'demmédiate and permanenty mis the Miserable. Feelings and Distressing Symptoms disappearing with a rapidity thit ls really mATYBLIONE.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
Intimations.
BICYCLE ROAD RACE!
BICYCLE ROAD RACE!!
1ST PRIZE A NEW MARICAN BICYCLE, valued at
$125.00.
2ND PRIZE-ONE PAIR OF 1ST GRADE DUNLOP TYRES. All with 12 months' guarantee.
PRIZES PRESENTED BY
A. MARICAN, DRAGON CYCLE DEPOT."
INDER the auspices of the Dragon Cyclo Depot BroYLR ROAD RAUE rom Liches Bok Pass, near Cosminpolitan Dock, Kowloon, to Taipo and back, covering
a distance of about 38 miles, will be held on the first day of the Chinese New Year, WEDNESDAY, February 13th.
All cycliste invited to enter.
Entranca foo, $400. Rules and Conditions may be seep at the Uffee of the Dragon Cycle Depot. Entries close MONDAY, February, 9th, at 8 r.M.
Hongkong, January 29, 1907,
M. MUMEYA,
JAPANESE ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER. ENLARGEMENTS ON BROMIDE PAPER
AND FINISHED IN CRAYON.
ALL KINDS OF WORK DONE FOR AMATEURS
8. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
ALL THAT IS NEEDED
TO APPLY
2015
LATE TELEGRAMS,
(VIA MANILA.)
THE KINGSTON INQIDENT.
SAN FRANULOO, February 2. President Roosevelt omphatically en. dorses the couras parped by Admiral Davis
at Kingston, Jamaic
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MRS LONGWORTH ILL.
BAN FRANCISCO, February 4. Mrs Nicholas Longworth, daughter of President Roosevelt, in dangerously sick nt her Washington home.
FRANCE AND THE CHURCH.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 4. France approved an act providing for the leasing of the churches rent free.
JAPAN AND THE US,
SAN FRANCISCO, February 2. Socretary of War Taft ridicules the re- ports of impending war between the United Statos and Japan.
SAN FRANCIco, February 2. Beports have it that the Japanese school question is grave and that a war with Japan is threatened unless the matter is settled SOOD. It is said that the Presidant is le 2123 hind the movement to compromise the
matter.'
RUBEROID ROOFING
15 YEARS
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LIGHT-COOL AND WATERTIGHT.
SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES
TO THE SOLE AGENTS:
THE UNITED ASBESTOS
ORIENTAL AGENCY, LD, DODWELL & CO., ED.,
Great Managers.
HOLLOWAYS
For Indigestion, Heartburn, Biliousness, Jaundice, and all Complaints of the Liver and Kidneys.
THEY ARE INVALUABLE
FOR THE USE OF FEMALES.
Magfactured only at 78, Now Oxford Street, London, Svid by all Charnists and Medkine Vendors.
THERE IS NO DOUBT
THAT
whero Eno's 'Fruit Salt! has been taken in the chillest stages of a disanso it has in funumerable instances prevented a serious films. The effect of
ENO'S 'FRUIT SALT'
upon any disordered, aloopless, or feverish condition is simply marvellous and unsurpassed, Ig Enốt là
IS
NATURE'S OWN REMEDY
CAUTION-Eine the Caprals ange that is marked ENO S'FRUIT SALT, -othersciec you havn the ginterest form of Statlery-IMITATION, Prepared only by J. C. ENO, LIA, FRUIT SALT! WORKS, Landon, B.H. Eng, by J. 1, ENO'S Patent, Sold by Chemists and Stores everywhere.
AKEY
WELLINGTON
KNIFE POLISH
WELLINGTON SILVERSMITHS
BLACK LEAD
POLYBRILLI
NEVER BECOMES DA
FOR CLEANING
SOAR PLATE
METAL
AMADE LIKE OTHER METAL PAS
JOHN OAKEY & SONS, LOITED WELLINGTON HILLS LORTOR.
EXTIRPATION OF GLANDERS.
LONDON, January 10. The British Government proposes to expond £25,000 per annum on the extir pation of glanders.
ALPINE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION,
LONDON, January 10.
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A los of cailway is being constructed from Zermatt, a Swiss tourist centre, to the top of the Alpino peak, Matterhorn (14,705 feet above the sea).
STREET BETTING IN LONDON, LONDON, January 10, Under the new Gaming Ast the police court magistrates are fining bookmakers heavily for betting in the atracta London.
of
MR. STEAD AGAIN.
LONDON, January 8. Mr W. T. Stend, who is touring Europe and interviewing leading statesihen on beball of the forthcoming Peace Conference. to be held at The Hagic, states that the British Prime Minister (Sir Henry Cam pbel-Bannerman) is likely to represont Great Britain at the Conference.
Mr Stead adds that Sir Edward Grey, Secretary for Foreign Affaire, has authoris ed him to declare that Great Britain will propose that the Powers should come to an understanding which would pervent was or render it raro. And that Sir Henry Cam- pbell-Bannerman desired that all clellled countries should contribute pecuniarily towards the cost of spreading pencetal idean.
Mr Stead states, further, that Sir Edward Grey eye the Prime Minister attaches importance to the recessity for making an obligatory condition that before two bellicose nationa comience hostilities twenty days shall elapse to crable friendly Powara to offer to mediate.
A SERIOUS EXPLOSION.
LONDON, Janusty 10.. A serious explosion has occurred at the Rizs forance of Jones and Laughin's stoo! works, Pittsburg, United States.
A report of the occurrence states that many persons have been killed and many others injured.
Further particulars have conte to hand with regard to the explosion of furnaces at Jones and Laughin's steel works, Pittsburg,
U.S.A.
An explosion of gas liberated elronms of molten' metal five feet deep, and the em ployees in the vicinity were overwhelmed, only one man out of 35 escaping unhurt,
Seren men were fatally injured, and 27 were incinerated.
The man who escaped managed to save himself by racing more quickly than the metal flowed.
COLD WEATHER IN EUROPE.
CALCUTTA, January 13,
A ware of intense cold is sweeping over Europe; Russia, Austria, Germany and Turkey being affected.
The temperatures recorded are the lowest for fifty years. Thirty people were frozeti to death in Galicia.
It is bitterly cold in London,
GREAT BRITAIN'S TRADE.
LONION, January 8, The Board of Trade returna for December
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1907.
Intimations.
MITSU BISHI COSHI KWAISHA
(MITSU BISHI 00.) COAL DEPARTMENT
MARUNO UCHL TOKIO.
CABLE ADDRESS: 1WASAKI.' Which applies to all Branch Offices, AL, ABC 5th Edition, Western Union Oodes used.
All Letters Addressed :-
MANAGER, MITSU. BISHI CO., with name of place under. BRANCH OFFICES :- NAGABAE, MO, KORE, KABATU, . SHANGHAI, HONGXong and HasиOW,
AGENCIES:
Auctions.
BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE
PUBLIC AUCTION,
--
MR GED. P. LAMMERT has received instructions to sell by Publio Auction,
on.
MONDAY,
the 18th day of February, 1907; at 3 rate
at his Sala ftooms No. 3, Duddell -
Street. Victoria, Hongkong,
The following VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
PROPERTIES
situate at Kowloon,, in the Colony of
Hongkong,
1. All that piece or parcel of ground situsto at Kowloon in the Colony of Hong- kong, containing an area of 10,000 square feet or thereabouts and registered in the Land Office as KOWLOON ÎNLAND LOT No. 49 Together with all erections" and buildings (if any) thereon. The said pre- misas are held for the term of 75 years" stanted by a Crown Leans dated 28th day of February, 1877, Babject to the of the Annual Crown Rent of $33.95 and to- the observatoo
to the payment
a!
"covenantsand conditions in the sidi Crown Lease resorved
ground'
9. All that piscs or parcs) of situsta at Kowloon aforesaid, containing an area of 10,000 square feet or thereabouts and registered in the Land Office as
a8 KOW-
LOON IN And buildings fit any LOT No. 60 Together
with all erections
theron The said pred
are held for
ΣΟΥ
the form of 75 year granted by a Crown YOKOHAMA: M. AGIDA, Esq.
Longe dated 28:5 CHINKING: MOBOTS GEITING & 001877, Subject to the payment of the Annual day of February, MANILA: Masts MACONDBAY & Co,
SOLE PROPRIETORS of Takaaiman, Orbi, Shinrew, Namaruto and Kami Yamada Callieries and also laju Colliery, which will shortly be ready to produce on
large sole the best Buzen Col
L
The Head and Beauch Offices and the Agencies of the Company, will receive any order for Coals produced from the above Colliere.
T. MATSUKI, Manager, Hongkong,
No. 2, PeopeE STREET. Hongkong, April 26,–1966-
THE UNRIVALLED
KILLER.
816
KEATING'S
POWDER.
4
FATAL TO INSKOT LIFE. Hamlets Everything Else Sadis Tas and Bottles only. Bequia sur you get KEATINGS.
KILLS FLEAS, BEETLES, BUGS, FLIES.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK-
Crown Reat of $29.95 and to the obser vence and performance of the Lessees
conditions in the aid Crown covensata and Lengo reserved and
and contained.
situato at Kowloon aforesaid containing an 3. All that picce or parcel of ground area of 10,000 square foot or thereabouts and registered in the Land Office as KOW. LOON INLAND LOT No. 60 Together with all erections and buildings (if any)
it thereon. The said premises aro held for Crown the form of 76 years granted by Lanse dated the 28th, of February,
Fib day 1877, Subject to the payizost of the Acoust Crown Rent of $22.95 and to the obser vance and performance of the Lewes, Covenant and conditions in the said Crown Lexxe reserved and contained.. For further particulars and
and conditions of Sale. apply to
..
MONT JOHNSTON, STOKES
MASTER
Solicitors for the Mortgages,
8, Des Voeux Road Central;
of to
Mr GEO PLASSERT,
The Auctioneer, No. 3, Diddell Street.
Bengkong, February 6, 1907.
EDEYES FLUID
ING. CORPORATION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the R
ORDINARY HALF - YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will be bold at the UITT HALL, Hongkong on SATURDAY, the st Nook, for 16th day of February, 1907, st the purpose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with a State- ment of Accounts to 31st December, 1906.
By Order of the Court of Directors,
J. R. Y SMITH,..
Chief Manager. Hongkong, January 29, 197. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK-
190
ING CORPORATION.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
REGISTER of SHARES of the Corporation will be CLOSED from MON. DAX, the 4th to the 16th day of February, 1997, (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shafes can be re- gistered.
By Order of the Court of Directors, J. R. M. SMITH,
Chief Manager, Hongkong, Jebuary 29, 1907. HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LTD.
SOLE AGENTS.
FAHÖLZA BOHOA
W.G. HUMPHREYS & CO.,
BANK BUILDINGS. Hongkong, May 18, 1908
H
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TONGKONG HIGH LEVEL TRAM. WAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.
(IN-LIQUIDATION)
TIME TABLE.
WEEK DATA,
7.00 a.m. to 7.80 .....Every 20 minutes. 7.30 am, to 8.30 am...Every 10 minutes. 9.806.m, to 11.00am...Every 15 mifiuter
15 mluntes. 11.30am to 12.45 p.m..Every 12.45 pm. to 1.15 p.m.. Every 10 minutes. 1971.15 p.m. to 1.40 p.m...Evory 16 minarse. 1.46 pm, to 2.16 p.m. Erery 10 minutes. 2.15 p.in. to 9.00 pm...Avery 15 mluated. 3.80 p.m. be 6.00pm...Every 15 minutes. 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minus,
THE TWENTY-SIXTH ORDINARE
ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the General Managere, at 11.20, M., on MON: DAY, 18th February, to receive a State ment of the Company's Accounts to 31st December, 1800, and the Report of the General Managers,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com- pany will be CLOSED from the 8th to the 18th February, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers. Hongkong, February 2, 1907.
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HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOOK COMPANY, LIMITED,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. THEORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held in the OFFICES of the COMPANY. Queen's. Buildings, Now Prays, on MONDAY, the 26th February, 1907, at 12 o'clock NOON for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Director and the Statements
t of accounte to the 21st December, 1800
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com pany will be CLOSED from the 11th to the 25th February, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
THUS. I ROSE, Secretary."
216 Hongkong, February 1, 1907,
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LIMITED.
THE
NIGHT CARE, 8.45 p.m. and 9 p.m., 9.45 pm, to 11.18 p.m, every half hour.
SUNDAYE 8.00 . to 8.00 am...Every 15 minutes. 8.00am to 9.50 ...very 30 minute 9.30a.m. 10.30 am..Every 15 lates 10 minutes. 10.30a.m., to
11.00am. Every 12.00 Noon to 1.00 p.m...Every 10 minutele 1.00 pm to 5.00 p.m...Every 10 minutos 5.00 p.m. to 8.00-p.m...Every 10 minuta, 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 pm...Every 15 minute 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 pm. Every 10 minutes, NIGHT CARS as on Wock Daya. SATURDAYS.-
Extra Qars at 11.30 and 11.45 p.m. SPECIAL CARS by Arrangement at the Oompany's Office, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGA, Des Voeux Road Central.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
Liquidators, Hongkong, August 27, 1908
WEEKLY NEWS
1961
FOR HOME.
The Overland China Mail
Published to eat the Departure
of each English and Frepob
Mall Steamer to Europe,
FULL REPORTS
HE THIRTY-EIGHTIT ORDINARY MEETING of Shareholders in the at slow that the import of Great Britain Company, will be held at the. Cetupany's AND ALL THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE for the month were valued at £64,673,988, Offices, No. 3. Queen's Road Contral,
against £53,120,486 for December, 1905, Victoria, on THURSDAY, the 7th March, o'clock Noos, for the purpose 1907, at 12 and the exporta at £31 408,175, against of receiving a Statóment of Accounts and £28,652,194,
the Report of the Directors for the
Info Com. The total frade for 1908 was valued at ending 31st December, 1968; £988,661,806 against £95,302,869, for
to
201
1905. The fi urea for 106, therefore, pany will be CLOSED from the 21st inst.
the 7th March, both days inclusivo. constitute a record, as those for 100 word
By Order,
GFO. L. TOMLIN, the highest previously recorded.
Secretary. The value of the year's exports wes
Hongkong, February 8, 1907 £45,966,299, and that of the year's importe £43,967,676 in excess of the figures for 1906. The export and import returns for 1905 were, respectively, $2,812,427 and £14,240,774 in excess of the returns for 1904.
SIR ROBERT HART'S
MEMORANDUM.
Berles of Articles on Sir Ron HART'S SOBEMES for the Improve- LONDON, January 9. ment of China.NARASAR DE
Reprinted from the China fail. To be Commenting on the Board of Trade had in pamphlet forms at this Office, 6, returns, showing a big increase in the trade Wyndham Street,
of the United Kingdom for the past year,"
Pro 50 Centa.
(Commercts, Shipping, stc.)
The best paper for posting to friends at hem.
Mos $17 per Annum (mcluding Fortage),
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