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Intimations.
MITSU BISHI GOSHI KWAISHA (MITSU BISHI CO.)
THE CHINA MAIL.
OUR LONDON LETTER.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
LONDON, August 26.
You must really determine for yourselves who-aimportant people are iu` this Toryptic paragraph, clipped from one of last Sunday's papers, for I am unable to solve
***In literary circles tho gossips nta nsking if the publication of g story by a popular Authorons in a magazine, whose circulation extends to the Far East, is to have a COAL DEPARTMENT, romantic sequel. It Ima leaked out that An Englishman holding an important posi tlon in China has writton to the editor
SOLE PROPRIETORS of TAKA-sking to be put into communication with SIMA, COBL, MUTABE, HOJO, the . The latter toppens to be fancy NAMAZUTÁ, SAYO, SHINNEW | free and is moreover pratty and remarkably and KAMIYAMADA Collerlos.
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clever. She has, of course, been handed the lottery boty like Brer Itabbit, has said nothing to her friends as to what she intends to do in the witter.”
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Alaw, if this golfing yarn is stale to you, please refrain from slinging verbal brick- bata at the writer, for he is doing his best, in a slack season. A promitent lord has Tately taken to golf-I did not say it was Lord Kitchener and his reserve finally broke down when he sent a putt of lesa than two feet spinning a yard or two past the hole.
He appealed to the caddy to give him some hints on how to improve his game. if ye wad only drive as far as ye can patt Well" replied that local character,
And putt na far as ye can drive ye wad nat be sie bad."
The funniest thing here-after the weather, and the humour of that is only scon by the chosen few-is the nont litilo fight that is going on in Wales as to whether Cardiff or Carnivon should be
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the Prince of Wales. Carnarvon set in a claim on the ground of historical precedent MANILA: Messrs Macondray & and then the Mayor of Cardiff got down bis history and his good broadsword and literally
with **cleaned the street"
It is a very long time since anything so whole-souled and vigorous has come even out of Wales as the lettor the worthy mayor wrote to the London papers in the fullness of his indignation. We toraalise mere Englishmen. then began to how much more variegated history. can le for a warm blooded Colt, with all sorts of local feuds and local chieftains to be taken into consideration befoto arriving at a calp arid binased opinion
However,
the Welshmen are very serious about tins
eeromony and though the over present Lloyd George claims to be the parent of the idea, there are several thou- Sand Welshmen who declare it was just what they had been thinking thomsolvas.
Hongkong. January 9, 1909,
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I hear that among our visitors in London just now is a Japanese representative of the new Colonial Board in Tokyo, who is taking a full tour of the Empire in order FOR SHE'S BOTTONS (ÜRIVROUND BRAND) that he may study the conditions of ad
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the store. It requires some sort of attraction in the first place to got the customer there about the beat at- traction is a real, live advertisersont something good that will catch tho oye that has been carefully written, artis tically compiled and strikingly sat up, Advertisements in the China Mafland Overland China Mall read the best, look the best and give the best results.
Hongkong, April 12, 1910.
CHEONG HING.
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ministration and the economic progrese that has resulted.
But he is not confiving himself to British territorie! In a few munths he will go to França, Germany and Italy in tara, then, to Egypt; and from Cairo he will work his way in the New Year up the Nile by way of Gondokoro to Uganda and British East Africa. After that India will conto under survey. In this way he will be able to, produce a report of value on the lines of comparative colonisation.
Another Oriental siaitor is Lien Chai, of the Chinese Police bendquarters, who is picking up hints at Scotland Yard for grafting on to the Chinese system for the capture and control of those whose "ways ara dark and tricks are mean.”
De Henschell, house surgeon at the Seamen's Hospital. down in the dock quarter at Canning Town, tells me grent hopes are entertained of curing two Chinoso milors who were admitted three weeks ago suffering from sleeping sickness. The treatment is the latest form of maringe and Dr James Cantlie, formerly of Poking, was responsible for
it tried at the getting it hospital. It is based on the Swedish mathed, but las new movements and the
skilful
blind
masseurs in London are engaged to carry it
it out-because it has been found that their very blindness results in
more delicately i iátelligent touch.
inst
The benefit from this massage system" Anya Dr. Hopscholl," is that the vitality and energy of the mascles is restored. Tho disease affects the e nervous system and, after the heart has become dilated, dropsšeni Ayroptoms superreno. The body and limbs become
bloated and the patient has to liv on his back, because the slightest exertion 484 may cause his heart to stop action.
Under treatment the cropsiaal symp toros are gradually eliminated, leaving the patient extremely weak and attenanteil,
Intimations.
J. T. SHAW,
Tailor & Outfitter,
HONGKONG HOTEL, ÇOKEN'S - ROAD.
1361
Hongkong, November 1, 1909.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD.
THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEET-
ING of the Shareholders in the above Company will be held at the Company's Ofices, on SATURDAY, the 24th Septem ber, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers, to- gether with a Statement of Accounts to the 80th June, 1910.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Cam- pany will be CLOSED from 9th to 24th September, both days inclusive.
-DOUGLAS, LAPRAIK & Co..
General Managers. Hongkong, September 3, 1910. 1079
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'A. JENKINS, t
Hon. Secretary.
King'a Buildings,
Hongkong, September 18, 3910.
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Intimations.
Promptness is second only to accuracy A BROKEN LENS
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We issue prompt delivery of glasseS- BECAUSE 'our stuck is completo, so carefully systemstlaed and obcoked that the excuse. Wo are just out" is unneccesary with an
BECAUSE wa 'carry a tesinod, fores of workmen ample for Any emergenoz..
BECAUSE oer mechanical equipment is comploto with extra grinding and surfacing machines saldent for any pausl rash of work.
BECAUSE all work is done on the premises and overy job is traced through the various shop oportions and ready on time.
No matter whether whothor you need the simplest form of lens, or the most complicated Torlo, we can satisfy you on PROMPT RESULTS.
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Up to a week ago the Chinamen we are now treating could not put a foot on the ground, hut after a couple of massage courses their strength began to return and now they are mooring about the ward fairly casily. At this rate of progress they will he discharged cured in a mouth or so."
The fact that Mr Lloyd Goorge has been summoned to Balmoral to act as Minister, in attendance about the middle of Septem- bor, is taken to indicate that the Scotch home of the King is now the conferenca. hall on the Loida veto. Tunderstand that
WEDNESDAY, 13TH JULY. the enference would have broken op
before Parliament roso but for the direct intervention of the King who wanted to try
temper of the rank and file of the
The
HONGKONG, 77, QUEEN'S ROAD his hand at arranging a compromi Liberals
CENTRAL. Hongkong, July 11, 1910.-
is against such a development and it may be
Masseur MEIJI SHA,
GRADUATE Or
KOBE MASSAGE SCHOOL,
ATTENDANCE AT PATIENTS" RESIDENCES.
No. 171, WANGHAI: ROAD,
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Hongkong, June 2, 1910,
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WING ON CO.,
680 that there will yet be a breach before the TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS
reassembling of Parliament in November,
PATELL & CO.,
In that as there would be a gonoral election in January-a consummation nobody desires. But in anticipation of it H
there is a grunt fight starting, as you read *these lines, in the registration courts up and down the country, where the agents of (Continued on "Page 5.)"
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