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OPTICAL DELUSIONS OF THE GOLFER.
Mr Horace Hatchinson writes in tho Festminster.-Remembe÷the hole gub smaller and suller the nearer you come te the end of the round."
This is one of the eternal verities, and
it is to be apprehended in all its hearing
Intimations.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 1909.
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Launches for Hire, lying off Blake Pier during the day. from that of playing golf, though the two For the convenienes of our clients the Office will also be open on Sunday from 8 to 11 am havo ocrtain points in common.
OFFICES ST GEORGE'S BUİLDING (SPOOND Frean)..
GORDON & CO., General Managers Honggang, June 1, 199
COAL DEPARTMENT. impleation of practical importance is
To return to the great verity: its firsh
chrique--namely, that you may quite well give an opporsent a putt of a foot or two in
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE EMPIRE TYPEWRITER, COLE PROPRIETORS of TAKASIMA, the first three holes of the match, when UCHI, HOJO, NAMAZUTA, SAYO, the orifice is exhibiting itself to his optics SAINNEW and KAMIT MADA Coat is normal diameter of 4 inches (4) də- Hleries.
facto, as a common rule, though no
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!
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FRANCISCO TEE YAT, General Manager.
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be the act of the greatest fully or Quixotic generosity to give a purt of the samo length at any of the last three holer, when, if the antebbe at all a tight oo, its effect will be to contract the ap- parent diameter to something senicely suficiently large to wimit the hall at all, Then is morn in it than this, however,
TRL, ADDRESSES for above: +IWASAKI.The gift to an opponent of putt which he is obviously unable to me in the early Codes:A, ABC 5th Ed.," Western Ualon, singes of the match may be relied on, it he
AGEN IES TOKOHAMA M. ABAD, Esq. CHINKING: Mesars Grazing & Co. MANILA Messrs MacoyDRAY & Co..
For particulars, apply to.
F. DISUL
Manager,
No. 2, PEDDIE STREET,
HONGKONG.
Hongkong, August 3, 1908.
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FRANZ JOSEF
is at all humor, to establish with him a fund of that eunota which Poricles assured the Athenians was so satenble in their dealings with rivals, so that his heart may he inclined to genusity which may tempt him to grant you a similar putt later on when the strain is beginning to be felt and is consappence the gift is inuch more valuablo. Nos only so, bat it may actually awaken in him a sense of shame which may indueo bim to give fou one of these valuable putte, even if his hotter judgmerd tells him that he is a fool to do so. He hardly likes to ask you to bale out a putt of the length cfmg of those which you have already given hio, for although it is another of the cternal renties that "eircumstances alter ewes," it is not generally recognised, us it might to ha, to what extent the case is altered by the circumstance of a putt of
HUNGARY'S PRIDENT APERIENT WATER this dubious length presenting itsoli pear
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the finish, instead of year the commence. ment, of the match.
Asl if you, match-winning disciple"ind yourself placed in this delicte position, so that you use an opponent, who has utrenily shown generosity towards you, with a pott to play which is just within the minimum missing distaned, it is posible for you to take your advantage astutely nth ways, by holding silence in the first place, and thoroby compelling the opponent to play the putt then, afterwards, you may have
him, as you look carefully along the line of the patt which he has ofed: I thought there was something in the way, and I was not quite sure that you had an enay art. I ought to have given it to you." (f course he will a simple man if he is deceived by any of these small mendacities, but some golfers are withoutgroct subtlety,
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POPULARITY INCREASING EVERY DAY.
'ASAHI'
'SAPPORO'
NO BE OBTAINED AT Messrs Galdheek, Macgregor & Co., H. Priso & Co., Ld., A. S. Watson a Co., La.. WACDOTÍM Dispensary, Chazalon & Co., and also at No. 27, Prayz East.
Sole Agents: THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA.
Hongkong, August 21, 1905.
HONGKONG ST ANDREW'S
SOCIETY.
ST. ANDREW'S BALL. 30th November, 1908,
and
THREE PRACTICE-DANCES.
OCOTSMEN desiring to Subscribe to the above are requested to forward their asmes to the Undersigned.
DAVID WOOD,
Hon. Becretory.
Hongkong, October 3, 1908
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CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED.
WOKICK TO SHAREHOLDERS.
ON Lower Lovele from about lat Deer-and, moreover, common, courtesy dilige,TARY MEETING of Starsholdere
ber, Well FURNISHED
of 5 or 6 Kooma..
Apply to
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CHEAP SALE.
For 10 Days Only.
FINE COLLECTION OF
A JAPANESE CURIOS. The Sale commences TO-DAY, the 23th Inglaut, and will be ecxtirued as above at
FUJIYAMA & Co., 9. D'Aguilar Street. Hongheng, September 20, 1908.
in any case, to conceal is incredulity, or, at least, not to put it into offensİTU words.
If you, by misedrentice, should on- comter as keen a match-winner as yourself, and should be filled with inward tremors as you approacir putt of this dubions character, to attmipt to Înly it, then, if at the eleventh how (bacate by a well- known law of going optics a putt always looks much easier to any other wan than to him who has to play it) the opponent should say to you "éh, I'll give you that," at once you must realise yet another of these optical iBusicns which are so common, för fo Soner hat he said them simple words the hole, which had previously abrunken which fraen en wench, than the diameter of
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ORDIN
will be held at the Offices of the Under!
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815
TO ALL TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
JAKE NOTICE that as from this date I
contracted by my Wife, EDITHI HELENA CASTLE.
A. E. CASTLE Quarter Master Sergt., R.G.4. Hongkong, Coteber 5, 1908,
1969
ALEXANDRA
CINEMA THEATRE.
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT, Firat Appearance of Prof. RYDER,
In his Grand Magical Entertainment. MISS TENA LATOUR IN ENTIRELY NEW SONGR
signed, on FRIDAY, the 23rd inst., Every Night..........at .15 p.m.
Noor.
The TRANSFER BOOKS. of the Com- pany will be CLOSED from the 9th to the 2d instant, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., La.,
General Agents.
Hongkong, October 2, 1908.
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THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO.," LIMITED.
NOTICE.
MANILA ORCHESTRA, Diretor-Mr F. GONZALES.
NEW SONGS NIGHTLY. NEW PIOTRE BVRRY SECOND NIGHT,
Hongkong, September 1, 1998,
NOTICE.
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THE KEY JEN CO., No. 48, 45, 47, 1 Dee Vax Roan, Hongkong, China, PEMBERTON has been sp-Goods, Fine Arts, Venetian Fornitura, Import Merchants, Dealers in Faney
as you trembdel, at onen expantis again. Mpainted SECRETARY to the Com-Glass Marble Statuaries and Carice,
The pailt appears as plain to you as it had appeared to him; diere is no trouble to | you in holing is, Low that it is given. The 1939 whole point of view has changed.
No doubt the illusion under which the play or suffers most often is the false ap THE OWL GRILL ROOM pearance of some obstacle, invisible to all others than simselt, obtruding itself is the HAS HEMOVED line of putt and making it impossible for MORE COMMODIOUS PREMISES, unless by the exorcise of nearly 1 & 31, Drs Yeux ROAD, superbuatan skill, to get his ball into
the hote.
This is a fact of opties too wol Near the AVEVAL STORES,
known to be worth much argument. SPECTAL RATES FOR MONTHLY CLIENT.
We may conclude this very poetical chanter on the art of winning the match TIFFIN
20 per Mouth.
it is a chapter which might festonded to FULL BOARD $40. 15
falaust any length you please, and, agam, we would repeat the art is quite a separate PEPPERS SMALL GOODS ALWAYS ON HAND. one from that of playing golf, with which
HARRY NEWBOLD, Proprietor,
it yet has something in common by the observation that if you are playing inte in Hongkong, May 19, 198,
784 the afternoon, when the sou is falling low,
fit. is... good pinn, when your opponent is.. approaching his beli-st- a crucial moment. of the ranch, to call his particular attention to the surprising beauty of
gany from his state.
E. SHELLIM,
Chairman. Hongkong, September 25, 1908.
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NOTICE.
AHE" Undersigned having purchased the GOODWILL FORNITURE and EFFECTS of the Business of a Hotel and Boarding house beretofore CARRIED ON at No. 13, Queen's Road Central, under the name of CONNAUGHT HOUSE bereby gives notice that he will NOT BE RESPONSIBLE for any of the Dahts or Liabilities ju respect thereof prior to this date.
L. GAMEAU. Hoogenug, September 25, 1908.
NOTICE.
SALE (JAPANESE CURIOS)
FOR TWO WEEKS · ONLY.
FROM 5TH TO 18TH OCTOBER:
Great Reduction !!!
Absolute Bargains 11
NAKAZAWA,
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No. 7, D'Aguilar Street, Hongkong, Hangkong, October 3, 1908.
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1898 and 8 of 1998.
Forms of applications may be obtained at the Magistracy.
All applications must be forwarded to the Magistracy on or before THURSDAY, the 15th day of Defiber, 1908, and must be “accompanied by ́s deposit of $3.00327,
J. II. KEMP,
Police Magistrate. Hongkong, Orober 3, 1808.
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HONGKONG TECHNICAL
INSTITUTE
QUEEN'S COLLEGE,
TAVENING CLASSES in the following Subjects will commence MONDAY, October 5th:
ENGINEERING SECTION:
Building, Construction and Drawing- Machine Drawing. Ston
Ellotricity, Mathematics.
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COMMERCE SKOTIÓN -
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SOLENCE SECTION:
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Practical
Physica
Copies of the Prospectus, and Eatry Forms for intending Sendents, may he obtained on application to the Undersigned. Certificates gained by Students last Se sion will be distributed in Queen's College Bali, ou THURSDAY, October 8th, at 5.1 FM
E RALPHS, Director.
Queen's College,
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INTERNATIONAL SLEKPING GAR & EXPRESS TRAINS
COMPANYJ
(THE GREAT TRANS-SIBERIAN ROUTE TO EUROPE).
H
AVING bean appointed AGENTS for the above Company, we shall be pleased to give any information as to rates of passage, si, in connection with above.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
Agents Hongkong, agnaz V. 1207. 3286
CHEE WING & Co. 130927, 28 and 20, LES YUEN STREET (WEST)
HONGKONG.
beg to advise that they have considerably redaced their prices, and respectfully re- quést inspection of their stock.
KEY JEN OO. Hongkong, September 30, 1908,
YUER-HAN RAILWAY COMPANY,
LIM VERD,
2
TENDERS are invited for the Supply
DEALERS IN
All Sorta-pt COPPER, BRASS, STEEL IRON WARE, &c. STEEL GIRDERS AND THES, CORRUGATED IRON, PIG IRON, &4. duitable for
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All in equal proportional quantition
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LINE, KOSMOS LINE & CITIZEN LINE of Steamers and others. At many highly important Banquets it is the only brandy served. HILL, BERGDAHI & CO., 4 Cross Lane. Telephone 718. Town Depots, Queen's Building, Ground Floor, Connaught Road entrance and Queen's Rd. Central 266/8. Telephone 775.
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ence
in the same quater of the heavens. Tho. effect of this will be to dreate the most curious optical illusion
when he carries his ave back to the ball for the purpose of the crucial stroke Juamely, a coruscation like that which is called the Auron Borcalig, or Northera Tights, Hashing and deading around the ball and taking a clear and definite vision of it extremely difficult. Your opponent should, of course, be grateful to you for thus calling his less sensitive attention and less appreciative oyo to w of beauty in the western heavens: bab so thankless is haan atare that you (Continued on Fig 3.)
SAVARESSES
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PURANLAG OF BIL CENTAINYS Ercung
PAFER BERRECTIONS
TASK FOR SAVARESSE.
TE
have This Day established a firet Class GENERAL STORE and FRENCH BAKERY in order to giro the Hongkong public an opportunity of testing on Bread
Delivery Hall at the end of March or NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE earlier, and balance at the end of May,
1009, ... Woogaha Railway Wharf,
Tanders must be accompanied by $500.00, and will be opened at Railway Head Office on the 10th of November, at 2 r.M. Speel- fication and Form of Teades will be sent to any who desires to tender by applying to the Engineerin-Chief's Offee. The Com- testi-pany is not bound to accept the lowest or
any tender.
YUER-HAN RAILWAY CO., LD...
Osaton, October 2, 1908.
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We are in possession of nocasions monials from Fims in Tonkin,
We always stock the beat of canned goods from the principal manufkoturors of England; Franco and America and also. deal largely in HATTAN FURNITURE
ON HING TAI, 22. 63, Dis Yaux ROAD. UNTRALÁ
NOTICE.
Hung'song, September 24, 1908, 1312The Birm of many decades stand Undersigned, in dla well estab
CARMICHAEL AND
CLARKE,
CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS Queen's Building, Hongkong,
8-4, Change Azhar, Sirvarone,
ÜABEX ADDEESRZA' = CARMICHAEL, HONGKONG.
CARMICHAEL, SINGAPORE, Codes Used:—Scott's 10th Edition ; A.B.0. 4th and, 4th Editions ; Gleber's Standard ; Watkins, and A.1. TELEPHONE NO. 232.
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INSURANCE COMPANY,
TOTAL FORDS IT SIST DECLNBEE, 1907,
£18,114,094.
Autosid Capital £3,000,000 absorbed Capital £2,750,000 Fald-op Capital ....
-Fire Funde 3,085,174 167 CI-Life&Annie Funds 14,815,842 103 Sinking Fund Acoceme · 45,907 (5)
0818,113 624 11 1 Revenge The Brinoh 8,880,652 IS T Fife & Apua 1847.234 18 4-
Branchis
Sinking Fund docoutit
6,283 50
4,136,169 1811
The Acozministed Pandus, of the Fire and
SHEWAN, TOMES &:00.
Agents,
ing, dealing in all sorts and varistien of HUMAN HAIR beg to inform our patrons that owing hitherto to our baring bife Departure are free from liability fo confine ourselves to KA FING CHow and respect of encha ukast. CANTON, OUF Dame, in consequence, re maina unknown to them, and also, although they recognised the first grade quality of the groda they have been buying, yet they know not that we are the Exporters, so all Hair coming from us, after having been carefully sorted, is subjected to a crenginių and drying process of our own before being p exported.
Now in order to suit the conveníance of and to be in direct communication with our patrons, we have established an Office nt No. 197, First Flogy, Dza Vaux Reap, | Hongkong, where all orders shall be care-
fatly and expeditiously attended to
Pienso note that
imitation and prarwat fraud, we have adopted
Ay oor Trade Mark.
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