TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1911.
Intimations
THE HONGKONG HOTEL.
UNRIVALLED FOR COMFORT AND GUIHINE, THOROUGHLY UP TO DATE WITH EVERY MODERN LUXURY MODERATE TERMS AND NO EXTRAS
190
EAK
1
J. H. TAGGART, Manager.
OTEL.
ADMIRABLY SITUATED AT VICTORIA GAP. Adjoining the Tramway Terminus, 1,400 feet above Sea Level. PBN to the South Winds in Summer and protected from the North-met Winds in inter, Commanding a magnificent view of Hongkong, the harbour and adjacent aland for forty miles.
A FIRST CLASS FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND TOURISTS HOTEL,
Terme-Fron $5 per day Mex
Telegraph Add: “Poncolul," Town Dfico,, 4. De Voux ROAD.. Hongkong: February 8, 1908.
ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL
(LATE CONNAUGHT HOTEL). QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL ENTRALLY sleusted, up-to-date Hotel. Recently renovated and under entirely New Management Large and Uomfortable Rooms, Excellent Calafas, under the supervision of zu Experionood French Che...
PARTICULARS AND RATES no application to MANAGER,
L GAMEAU, Proprietor,
Hongkong, Ozabet
GRAND
N. BLUMENTHAL Manages.
HOTEL,
NO. 2, Queen's Road Central
—A-FIRST-CLASS AND UP-TO-DATE HOTEL. ANTIRELY undor European Management. Situated in the meat central position,
Large and Airy Rooms, Luxuriously furnished, Electric Light and Fans out Sanitary arrangements of the latest pattern
CUISINE UNDER EURÓPEAN. SUPERVISION, " Live Afternoon Tea Roonus. Special rates, at matried families on application
CHARGES MUDERATE
F. REICHMANN Proprietor. TELEOBAPHIC ADDRESS COMFORT-Hongkong.
abe Manager.
TELEPHONE No. 127, Hongkong, Noromber, 10, 1909,
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THE
1F
THE SEASON OF REST.
Calcutta Paper's Hamarous Infort
The holiday season, the time whop the jaded toiler takes his rest, in upon us and sach man soeks his recreation after his Some people's own particular method. idea of a real rast is alcoping on a [billiard-table und drossing in" passagy in a Hirslayan Hotel other people likes rant at a soavidu resort, where you are supposed to be able to live the simple life upon fin gud fogther, but whore, as a solid fact, there are no fish and the fowls of the air are composed principally of feathers and a miscellaneous collection of bones chlady drumsticks the Lüdian four | legged fowl being a species spart. Others again prefer going for a cruise on the rolling doop (we seer to have heard this expression baforo) where you can be cheerfully and. exhaustively seasick on a tourist's ticket and support life or a frugal diet of dry biscuit and ask brandy and water, while the life-giving ozone meanders, up your nostrila strongly impregnated with a smell of hot engine oil and coal dust. Other poople again go away and thoroughly enjoy thomselves by taking a railway journey of an odd thousand miles or so, during which
washing is not one of the potty annoyances
THE CHINA MAIL.
SKA STUDIES.
Luck.
He had won the swoop on the day's rusi
four times and 39 pairs of feminino eyes watched his progress about the deck with looks in which it would be idle to deny were mingled various snail proportions of envy, hatred and all uncharitableness. What luck! The first time bis number topped the list with 301, which turned out to be the best achloroment of the voyage, thu star stant, the banner run, as our Yankes cousins would say. Then on the second occasion a Soedee boy flopped over-board and delayed the ship in such a fashion that the day's run was affected by seromal milos, reaching 294,-agait his number. The third time a convenient current intervened and, 293 lifted the specie; while an for the fourth, well is just happened, that was all.. “And yet when he indsattled the smoking- room chits and given a tithe to the charity. box there wasn't much in the luck after all. It reminded one of the old farmer who had used-up four wives. You deo, sir," he confided to the parson, I got a little bit of money with each, but what with their weddings and their funerals I'm out of pocke: by the lot,"
Still the four-times, wipper catre perilous.
ly near to being disliked, especially by the
of the daily existence. Each and everyone fond mother who never went in for the
of these simple-minded and worthy holiday sweep herself, but always subscribed for onkers will return persuaded that he has two chances, in the names of her little had a thoroughly enjoyable rest," and kiddies. the more uncomfortable he has been the more will he endeavour to induce his friends to go and try it for themselves.
THE BABE
Far be it from us to insinuate that there THE LATE MR. W. D. BARNES. are no compensations, becau
because, of course thero are. For instance if you go to a hin station for a “rest çura” you can walk up n hill and get so stiff inside al twenty-four hour that you can hardly crawl out of bed uns isto. You can go to a picnic on the through-top of a crag at 11 a.m.; get down in time to play ola tennis tie at 3pm-rink-from- 5 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.;-ride four miles out to
by to chip in for a dawer at:9:30pm danes dinner
8.15 p.m. ride another six miles
therent till 4 am supper theront till 5 a.m.; see some one home till 8 s.m., or later put in a few minutes on your little pink "bye-bye" till 7 a.m.; get out and down to the pole ground by 7.30 am practise the egg and spoon race with Miss Bina Flapper till 8.15 m.; practise the ball and bucket contest with Mra A. Nanins
the (wife of
celebrated
The Singapore paper's naturally pay, graceful tribute to the late Mr Bars, whose tragic death on the pelo ground cast a gloom over Hongkong only a week ago.
Says the Straits Times:-By the death that type, active, adaptable and compre of Me Barnos the Empire loses a man of
hensive, which has made and held together British establishment in the East for a century and more. His inherent cleverness and capability have, during the whole twenty-three years of his service in the Colonies, been developed along lines that marked him out as a man who could roa-
LEEDS FORGE CO., LD., LEEDS. Hebrew profcase) from 8.10 a.m. till 9 sonsbly be expected to reach the highest
11.111.
i
in time ta
have a scrambled (very attains ble heights of his profession: From up, and scrambled) egg from 9.15 am till 9.30a.m. gallop to
to the
squash tennis court in time to the beginning, in 1888, bis work has been Specialists in the Manufacture of RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK of every description play off a lie at 9.25 a.m.; fly lacks to the sancisted mostly with the Chinese com
Lecal Lyceum by 0.27. Pioneers in the design and manufacture of
rehearse your part (five lines and a nasty munities and interests in Malaja and his cough in the third Act of that thrilling promotion to the inferential port of Colonial society drama The Marriage of Jane Secretary at Hongkong was an act of Cakebread) till 10,5 ‘a.m.; walk to the
"PRESSED STEEL UNDERFRAMES AND BOGIES AND ALL-STEEL RAILWAY WAGGONS.
The Undersigned have been appointed Sole Agents in Hongkong and China. of the other ladies in the cast from
The Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering
Co. of Hongkong, Ld.,
Hongkong. October 3, 1911.
AGENTS, BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Diss Bros
TAILORS
Hongkong, October 20, 1911.
THE CHINA
COMBINED COLOURED
To Let
TO LET.
TEW & Commodiens SHOFS,"NATHAN"
Want' Advertisements
PREPAID
$1 per inch.
N ROAD, Bowloon, Immediate poman $3
Cheap Rental.
Apply to " HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE.
Co LLD Hongkong, March 23, 1909.
408
- TO LET,
FFICES on 1st and 2nd now in course of erretiva, at No. 8, DES VIEUX ROAD to be let
Apply to
DAVID BASSOON" & Co., LTD. "Hongkong, September 18, 1911.
3. Insertionaj
One wook.
+
SITUATION » WANTED.
"MPLOYMENT wanted by a Portuguone
Clerk, Free December 1st..
Apply
ofuit Cursa Maz' Office, Hongkong, November 4, 1911. 1429
FOR SALE
1192 AA Moderate Price 40 acres of LAND
TO BE LET. Ox on ABOUT 1ST Mancu, 1919. CHOPS and OFFICE, ALKLANDRA
BULLER, adjoining the Hongkong Dispensary, at present sccupied by Mossen Wai. Powell, Ltd.
A. 8. WATSON & Co., Ltd.,
Alexandra Buildings. Hongkong, August 29, 1011.
TO LET.
in the Colony suitable for chickon sreding or raisin g pigs or cattīs.
Apply to
W
Cart of “Quina Mart' Office. Hongkong, August 12, 1911.
*FOR SALE.
TYPHOON BIGNALS.
· ·STORM-WARNINGS ISSUED
FROM THE HONGKONG
OBSERVATORY. "
The following Typhoon .siguala hoisted on the Masthood on Hill, Kowloon, the Harbour Kowloon Godowa, H. M. 3. Green Island signal mast."¶
A CONE poins upwarda
1095
A CONE. point upwards And DEUM balow
VAUHT CASTL ́E- PEAK, SU
Anchors and accessories. On view at 11106. Y. C. anchoraga?
For particulars apply to
NO. 4, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
(Shop) opposite The Old Post Office. No. ŽA, D'AGUILAR STREET suitable for godown, etc., lately cecupied by Vienna
For Particulars and etc. Cafe Co,
Apply to
CHANG FAT o YEE BANG FAT & CO..
Same Address..
Hongkong, June 29, 1911.
TO LET
"
MOTTO KONG SING,
Solicitor,
Hongkong, October 5, 1911.
FOR SALE AT THE PEAK.
1500
THE SIX-ROOMED BUNGALOW, known as Buceruunt," with the enclosed Garden attached.
ᎨᏗ "
A DRUM
A CONE paint down wards and DRUM below
85
For full particulars apply to
DENNYS & BOWLEY,
À CONE point down warda
2, Connaught Road Central. Hongkong, September 28, 1911
1203
FOR RENT.
ODOWN No. A. DUDDELL
STREET.
Apply to THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.
-MENT~&÷AGENCY-Co,~Lo, -- -- "Hongkong, November 1, 1914...
709
TOILET,
TODOWN, No. 4, NEW PRAYA,
Konnedy Town.
G
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST." -MENT & AGENCY, Co., Lo: "» Hongkong, November 1, 1911.-
TO LET.
1050
70. 67," PRAYA GRANDE, MACAO. BEACONSFIELD
REMISES on the BISH CONCÉBAION
"SHAMEEN, CANTON, suitable for.{ Dices, Godown, and/or living quarters, „Repairs andcaltations, will te made to
suit tenant. Apply to
CHINA BAPTIST’PUBLICATION, SOCIETY, CANTON, Canton, June 14, 1912.
* B
MILNERS
•
A CONE point down- wards and BALL below.
indientes a
to the North of Colony.
indicataen Typhos
to the North-5
the Colony.
indicates a Typha61
to the East of Colony
indientes a Typhoo to the South- a the Cology,
indiestera Typhoon to the South of Colony.
indicator Typh to the South-West the Colony,
A BALL
Indicates
to the Wes
Colony.
787
A CONE print upwarde
pho
to the Natth-West }
SAFES
AS SUPPLIED TO THE
No. 9, BEACONSFIELD ARCADE PRINCIPAL BANKS (Shop)
(KELLETT CREST,' No. 68; Peak. HARTING and ROGATE, near the King's Park, Kowloon.
*MERION,' No. 9, the Peak, 6 Hooms; with use Tennis Court.
Library with Mrs Patrick Campbell-Smith recognition of his supreme ability to haudle ill 10:10 am listen to what she has to affairs which require an infinite capacity for understanding Chinese uocessities and. A-11 a.m. till (as long as you can statid it); modes of thoughts. acuttle off to the Amusement. Club in time
"BANGOUR,' No. 72, Peak. Broomed The Singapore Free Press says:-MrBungalow with Tennis Court. From 13th to teach the Girl they call the Pink Pussy the newest thing in elegant dances, The W. D. Barnes. had before him an assured December. Ront 8195,00 and Taxes Judy Walk simply palt back to the career in the higher ranks of the Colonial Hallett Poak, furnished, for 6 months C.M.S. PEAK BUNGALOW," Mount other end of the station by 11:15 Civil Service and there is no appointment from 1st December, 1911. Rent 3120, ■
in time to finish what you were saying
at 5.15 aura to Mrs, but no, it that he might not reasonably have hoped month including Taxes..
is not our affair to aren hind at to attain to in time, with the high abilities
FOR SALE, TOR CREST,"at Penk,
138 the same-scoot for your life to lunch that he bad at. his command. This pre-commanding magnificent view of the Har
at a mesa 2,000 s. up a hill by 1.10 p.mature close of what could hardly have bour and adjacent islands. akid down again by 2.13 p.m., to ride
138
TYPHOON MAP & GUIDE Showing tracks and daily progress of the big Typhoons during the last twenty years.
And enabling one to locate the centre of a Typhoon.
MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD AND TAPED FOR HANGING.
Price 40 cents.
From the CHINA MAIL (Ofic.
ENO'S FRUIT SALT
A
HOUSEHOLD REMEDY FOR
All Functional Derangements of the Liver, Temporary Congestion ariane Tiom alcó, holic. Beverages, Errors in Blet, (unting or Drinking,) -Biliousness, Bich inche iddiness, Oppression or Fealing of Molan endly, Vomiting, Heartburn, Bournees of the Stomach, or Constipation. it in a Refreshing and Invigorating Beverage, most Invaltiable to Travellere, migrants, “Ballom, and Residents in Tropichl Ulimates.
THƠN “PRTIS BALT" emisia the Fractions of the "Elvir, Bowtie, Skin, and riadness by stolarki Kenan y dise the boon is, freodi frets poisonous or other i
the foundation and gross danger of: Chilia, Prven, Worry, Wood Fotons, 25, Thorsla ni doubs the whore Iv kne boon pazen in: the earlies VAARANJA), B KİTMERRO, IS DARTEN UNTumorable insancos, prevented a serious illness,
markað ENVE TINT BALAN TEMAkong ANITATION.
́fold by Chemists and Esoras averywhere.
Blottoh-Brown's Kinky-headed been otherwise than most distinguished, official direðr will be deplored by his many in the Heaven-born Handicap crawl up to the cricket ground by 3.30 p.m. ad friends in the Streita as well as we to go in last wicket for the Himalayan
Burnets in their annual contest with the doubt not, by the many now fricuda bo 2nd P.W.O. Royal Flatfoots-and- but had already made for "himself in Hong- we really do not think we need fill in the kong.
rest of it for you need we-It is
eye
sigli
IF
well-known and, mark you, so reatful i
Howover the youth who winks a roving
and who breathes a non connubia
is not the least bit likely to alter bia way of "resting." no matter how horrible may be the picture that we try to bold ap for his salvation
If
f you elect to go to nea, of course, there are in many ways more opportunities for
rosting."
You cannot play billineda on most ships;
tennis, also
baa
The N.-C. Daily News says that tha
Contral China Famine Relief Committee
Apply to
LINSTEAD & DAVIS, 3rd Floor, Alexandra Buildings, Hoarrons, Aug. 2, 191).
AND
and BALL below
indicates
the Colony.
Red Signals Indiesta that the omtew believed to be more than 300 miles away from the Colony.
· Black Signals indicate that the centre. BUSINESS HOUSES. believed to be less than 300 milón, iway
from the Colony.
GEO. P. LAMMERT
Agent Hongkong, May 20, 1911.
FOR SALE.
16
ONE FULL SIZE
The sbosa siguals, will, an heretofors, he boisted only when typhoons exist in suck
aso positions or are moving in sach - directlens that Information rogárding them in men: sidered to be of importance to the Ozlemt or to shipping leaving the harbour.
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE Burroughs and Watts
INSURANCE Co.
WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THR
TOTAL FUND AN 31ST DECKMEZE, 1910,
estitaste that two and three quarter mil- OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE CO. winter, of these, roughly speaking, one and llons of people will suffer from famine this quarter millions are found in North Kiangau, another million in Commal and North Anhui, about 700,000 in Kingst
£21,252,693.
Authorized Capital £6,000,000 Subscribed Capital £3,814,845 Paid-up Capital £1,667,997 8,0 III-Life & Annuity Funds 15,845,125 9,7 97,35518 8 Sinking Fund Account
221,252,693 17 3
paraded, with very small sue and the remainder in Central Kisuga IT-Fire Fands. $842,215 442 cers; pola is not usual; aquash racqueta Hupeh, Hanan and Shantung. These rather apt to get you disliked by both the figures tako no acecunt of foods in the barman and the purner; dascing in the les-South, some of, which will be followed by support, or even the weather scappare ha famice, but over restricted areas. boon practised by divem adventurous per- sexy before now; and you can play eriskot
- જય and kiss-in-the-ring when you are not fool-
The Shanghai-Nanking milway is ing as if someone had decamped. with your body from You know the Faistcoat downwards, banoftting by the revolution.
feeling? If and the foy & Jos are gell the general manager, recantly declared
1
BILLIARD TABLE
WITH ACCESSORIES, Apply to
GEO. P LAMMERT. Hongkong, Jone 7. 1910.
124
URGENT. CONATA.
I saddition to the above, when it 17. expected that the wind may Increase tall typhoon force at any moment, following Urgent Sigusia will be made the Water Police Station, and repeated.
at the Harbour Office :---
THEKE KOPLOSIVE BOMBS AT DĶERTADA
OF TEN IHOOND®.
▲ Black Cross will be holatod så ika same time, superior to the other shapes.
MEGET SIGNALAK.
The following Night Signals will be hoisted from the "Flagstaff on the root, ei the Water Police Station at Kowloon, t
Revenue Fire Branch... 8,578,269 177 CHEN KWONG & CO., LD. Harbour Office Flagstall, and H.M.S
Lite Annuity
Branchas,f
Mr Pops, Other Receipts
the-bast-thuy always have ready to lowerDuring the past week this lino, has at a moment's notice the one that has its handled 20,000 pieces of baggage without
ind the gallant
if
1,954,631 32 643,914 10 8
£4,971,215_17-5
The "Accumuisted Funds of the Fire and te Departments are free from liability in
JHEWAN, & CO
for giant ship is act likely to make any hitch or confusion. The luggage is respect of each other, OMIS
is not you feel that sentiment may be permanently distributed to the passongors promptly.
sament,
The men are all working like beaver and That sinking
feeling": described by Mr. Jerome K Jerome (who
banished by physical has been so everything on wheels is 'in use, Ding:
must, poor creature, have boon, a martyr to the week this road has dona $64,000 worth -----16) that we should be but ruining his fell of business, which is 852,000 more than if we attempted to depict it, but in our le test proribus record of 842,000. Each idea the worst moment is when you think
you are well enough to toy with some train is carrying from six to seven thousand- P. & C. haddocks and then come down to passengers and caming from twelve to breakfast to find the red-faced miso, who
sits opposite to you, welling usker onte Thirteen hundred dollars. The normal and explaining at the same moment that business le between nine hundred and a
it's no so guid as them parribeli."hat,
in our own humble experience, makes you thousand. A train that carns $3.50 a mile. wish that you had never thought of bod in doing well, but the trains now are yield. docka, and vividly conjures up
that up before
mind's oyu that (silpoeadly) bie Litir $5.00 a milo. Tad outward izadje izom
remedy for seasickness, a pioca of
Shanghai is now very heary This is
fied to a pisca of string. It is the thought counted for by people deuting to their of the string that finishes most
on
here are, of course, many occupa
board ship to which the voyager can devote his attention to try and avoid look. ing at the horizon as it dips below the ni one minute and de ten feet above it the next, and one of them is angling for the voracions bloktor. It is not
dangerous
but has a spice of excitemɑut about it.
As to the lomi (Calcutta) Dieppo--a place called, Puriit has
leanings You notor anyone with artistic attractions for know how ugly you and your friends are till you on them (and yourself) -wet. Who would, for instanco, Imagine for one moment, that well, never mied |--- was so weirdly made round the waistosas till you see him bobbing in the breakers, or that that diving and sylphlike person again we leave it to you partner-had bandy legs and what doar Elizabeth called all lie stok-outa" where the stick-in ought to bo and ver
více versa 'till you scolios, -like Vonus, rising from the foam! Thứ | lata. Me du Maurier cima gaid bverything About the human foot that there is to be sald In Trilby, so that we need do no more then faintly Indicate the scarcity "Sulptor's modela in this particular part jof the human anatomy that pitiless Fürt discloses. Ib-faroen upon one: the con vistien that the artists in Las Fie Bartelovne
rabid idealiste dalam
41
Мошая,"
COUGHING INTO CONSUMPTION
-"Only a' Cough" but yaz stop) it while it is ONLY a cough.
WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED.
COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND
The post preparation "mado for combating severe southa. CURES anycough "only a
Věry palai
„OF ALL CHEMISTS
Parcus - 34,26 rad 32.05.
E. C. WILES,
ML MECH E. AMINA
CONSULTING ENGINEER AND SUB
VEYOR for Construction, Value and Assensor for the purchase, or sale, of Steamships or Launchos.
ALEXANDRA "BUILDINGS,
2ND FLOOR. Hongkong, May 2, 1914.
WEEKLY
NEWS
GENERAL IMPORT & EXPORT.
CANTON'S LARGE WHOLESALE & RETAIL STORE: URNITURE, Drsporice, Groceries,
Boot and Shoes. Maker of Jewellery, Lacquered, Crockery Ware. Ironmongery, Wine and Spirits... Forsign Olathes for gentlemen made to order by our own tailora Large assortment of Chinese Silks and Foreign Goods of very description.
All goods sold at reasonable Prices. The Cheapest and Best place in Canton to bay Chinese and Foreign. Goorbi
SUP PAT POO STEFII.
CANTON," TYL NJ. 1406.
Canten, August 1; 1912-
NOTICE
FOR HOME HIGH-CLASS PRINTING
ARD
The Overland China M BOOK BINDING
FULL REPORTS.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
Order before you Jestá so you may reoolva.
K16 while at Home,
DQUE AZ
Tamar
L Three Lights Vertical, Green, Green Groen, Indicates that a typhoon is believei to be situated more than 300 million from
the Colony.
II. Three Lights Vertical, Green, Ret Creon, indicates that a typhoon is bellaret to be situated less than 500miles from: the Coleng...
IL Three Lighta Vertical, Rod, Groms Red, indicates that the wind may b expected to increase to fall typhoon fore
st any moments
No. III Eignal will be sooompanied by the Explosive Bombe, ss abora, in the event of the information conveyed by b 978 signal being first published by night
THE ACHINA::MAIL" OFFIOR.
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The Night Signals will be substituted fo the Day Signal at sunsa, and will, what Docossary, be altered during the night.
SUEZEEMENTARY WÄRNIEUR,
For the benefit of Natire Graft and passing Cosan Foumis, & Cons will be exhibited at each of the following station during the time that any of the shore Day Bigoals are hoisted in the Harbour,
Gip-Books
Stanley,
Cape Collinson,
"Aberfodr
San Ki Wan Bal Kung,
Slik Tan Fol
This wil Indionbe that there law,depeer)
insos, Trade Cirenlerson nomewhere in the Chin
that a Store Warning is, holated in thes Menus, eto, stel
red "And"
Carofal Prinhadz
ruum, úsaluding posinge
Prootaand prompt
Further, doilla onu always bo gives