TO LET
TO BE LET.
Indiate Possession.
O. 10, ROBINSON ROAD.
N°
No. 6, MOSQUE JÚNCTION,
Apply to
H. L. NORONHA,
Exsontor of the Estate of the late
D. NORONHA. Mougkong. 14th October, 1901.
***TO LET.
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LJOUSES (now randy for occupation) in a H firat class business locality, DES!
VEUX ROAD CENTRAL, next to Farniture Store.
Tack's'!
Ground Flours saitable for Shops. Upper Floors have plastered coilings and walls, and are very suitable for Offices."
Apply to-
J. S. LEE & CO.,
Care of WING CHEONG TAI,
240, Des Voeux Road West.j
(3141 Hongkong, 10th December, 1901.
TO LET
UROPEAN HOUSES, Nos. 4, 30. 6. 7, 8, WILD DELL, WANCHAI ROAD.
Apply to
SANG KEE,
298, Dea Voix Road Central. Hongkong. 29th October, 1991.
1ST
TO LET.
(2753
ST. 2ND and San FLOORS of No. 35, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, next to MIN LANE, CRAWFORD & Co., now nearing Completion Suitable for Offices,
Apply to
WING CHEONG, ''. Nos. 1 & 3, D'Aguilar Street. Hongkong, 8th October, 1901,
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Address ---
PEAK.
Cure of Delly Press Office. Ilongkong, 11th October, 1901.
TO LET.
¡2589
HONGKONG
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
-BOOKBINDING
DAILY PRESS" OFFICE
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10 cm, 1901
The only office in China haging European taught workmen. Equal to Home Work
BUILDERS.
KANG ON,
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und Granite.
Mechanics engaged, Estimates gizon CHEMISTS DRUGOISTS, &c.
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OUR PARIS LETTER.
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of age, and have been working miners during 3 years. Bat the miners' tax will be increased by a quarter, or one-half, of sae por evat. The State car must not be milked dry,
In the contest between France and Turkey
The friends of Jules Verne will be right glud neither have yet shown their haud, so there is to hear that, after all said, his is not blind's no serious material for employing the horoscope his sight could not be kooner, and he has Turkey has no plethoric miltary chest, but that declined to accept the treatment of its oculista would not prevent her from making war-on
who promise to restore his sight. Still, he must any conatry. A nation can secure not forget that he would do well to have"
his eyes seen to in time. The origin of the sid for war when help to buy food would be Sho is plenty of impossible to obtain. soltiors, and well armed, with inferior officers, fales report, is due to M. Jules Verne wear. and all die hard, Paradise is at the muzzle of ing a pair of spectacles when out driving, their rifles. She has no navy, so no battleships books rendered hoppy for their offers to help He thanks also many old boys" whong his his declining years. His eyesight has been so excellent that he, as a member of the Municipal Finance Committes, helped to audit the unnin
to be taken. But the Sultan can issue-lettree
RCCOUNTA.
CHRISTMAS
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• MOTTORS:
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de marque to mil adventurors, and so compot French commerce to disappear. Then, when French soldiers would land on the mainland, would come the tug of war. It was Romania
The International Congress of Weights and that saved Russia in Jur last attack on Turkey:
*Mosentes, based on the nutric, und decimal since then the world has much changed.
France exi open up the Near Eastern system, has conchided its work. President Question, but can she close it, can she shape Lonbet couplimented the Congress on the RUPTURE RELIEVED the incidents of its march? Alone, that task fresh impulse its proceedings imparted to is beyond her strength and power. What civilisation and humanity That is bigh OFTEN CURED -conniey will take a silo with her? Russia praise, Bassia, the United States, and the may, though not bound to do so lay any dad British Empire-some of the wise parts ex- treaty. If Russia pats ler finger in the pie, all cepted-have not adopted the metric system, Europe may brace up for the struggle. Events which is very convenient when usu. It hus then will themselves map the route to be taken, been in use in France for 60 years, but is not France and Turkey are alike slim aut crafty: altogether fully adoptext. It is difficult to the Sultan appears not to be scared a tit; Le eradicate an old idea, and to transplant a vow one in its place. But in time the reform knows he cannot be left alone in a general
re. France is taking her preliminary will be slowly accomplished. Having spout stops cantionslý, save that she is piling up all our youth over" sums," it is rather hard to
Wi in hur old grievances for dress, so as to start domand
ripe years to study new with a clean slate. But neither France or grommse, litres-and sitres, and their sales MEE CHEUNG,
Ice House Street, Top Floor. Permanent Russia won permitted permanently to of uscent and descent. The Charaters of Com Enlargements, Groups, Views, ate; Devas establish themselves in any snug corner of the meres do good work in preaching up the metric
opment Works, Amateurs Requisites Levant, to command the highway to the Eng-from. Why do the French object to adopt GREGRECKE
lish dominions beyond the sous. Bugland will the First Meridian of Greenwich, when all the M. MUMEYA, JAPANESE ÅRTIST.
Bromide and Crayon Enlargements and put up with no tricks; she keeps some milk maritime antions do so? They have never alo-olouring Photos and relief Photos, teeth for wury Continental peoples, and time auswured that point yet. It could well be Views of Chins and Manila. Work will provide her with in opportune settling day, tacked on as a rider to her reform of Weights done for Amateurs; No. Sa, Qugourmany will likely give the first signal of and Measures, for its adoption too would benefit
Road Central.
alarm and uneisides. England is quite realy,humanity and civilisation" despite its heing and Lord Charley" is within a policeman's English.
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ROOMED BUNGALOW
FIVREDA BONHAM ROAD. Begin
ng at Janinery, 1962)-
Apply to
LJAO TZE SAN. China Moretonts S. N. Co.,
38, Des Vans Road.
Hongkong, 2nd December, 1901.
TO LET.
13N1
THREE LARGE UNFURNISHED 2009, with separato Bath, esa of Cookhouse, &c. $40.00.
Apply to
JOHN DOE. Carol Daily Press Office. Hongkong. 2nd December, 1901
TO BE LET,
13066
GOOD OFFICES fronting Queen's Boal
Central in Marino Houso.
A ROOM or UFFICE, 2nd Floor, BoscUDS-
fehl Arcade.
For Particukurs, apply to----
TURNER & 00, Hautskony. 14th November, 1901.
TO LET.
"THE" · GODOWN in WEST
THE
2900
POINT (Kennedy Town) -known Ks Feather
Factory, now coupled by the Hongkong and
Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ld.
For particulars, apply to
LAUTS, WEGENER & CO.
Hongkong, 9th July, 1901,
TO, LET.
Navy Contractors, Shipchandlers, Sail mukers, Provision and Coal Morchents, Fraga Central, next. Hongkong Hotel
BISMARCK & CO.,
Navy Contractors, Ship Chandlers Provision and Coal Merchuata, Sail
makers, &o. Fresh Water supplied to
Vessels in the Harbour
KWONG SANG & CO.
Shipchandlers, Bailmakers, Hardware Engineer Tools, Brass and Iron Mer
chants, 14. Das Vaux Bond.
MORE & BEIMUND,
and 45, Des Vaux Road. Shiplaanders, Sailmakers, Riggers, Commission Agents and General Storekeepers; Sole Agents
for Shipowneral'omposition ("Grey hound Brand") and Blundell Spence & Co.'s Composition TAILORS
R. HAUGHTON & CO.
Naval, Military and Court, 16, Queen's Road
Opposite Kuhu's Curio Stor
TOBACCONISTS
D. S. DADY BURJOR. Los FILDINOS.'
Importer of the Best Manila Cigars;
Pottinger Street,
WATCHMAKERS
DROZ & CO.,
whistle range.
The chiforters or rag-piekers of Paris The death of Li Hung-clan cuased linthe | 100,000 strong, are to be cleared away, and their murprise bove; he was regarded as the Chinese his brut. The municipality will provide Birck. he did not come in contact with thema'with other dwellings elsewhere. the Frenchut Tonkin, ke. He was more viewed-
a special cariosity than anything else. When in Paris, there was a great rush to interview him, by lady correspondents esquecially. He interviewed them always; he first asked them their age, if they were married, why thay wore not at home mioding their children; it single, the reason why they were so, and why they were not fruitful boughs. Shocking, but he drove them away!
M. Suutos-Dumont is very glad to have gained the prize of 109,80 frames. The anti- foreign elige organised against him was led by the méter-car maker. Comte de Dion; in urder to give time le some French Exdiconists to try and best M. Dumont the brothers Broad for yxample, who for 10 years dave been trying, with all the aid demandet fran the Government, but fuiled so far By votes against V, 31. Santos-Domout was awarded the.. prize- galint and grucions vote. He endorsed the cheque, and wrote off three of his own unu for £200, for the poor of Paris; ony for £1,200 to be divided between his workinen, and the third for C830, for his secristary, who lost his appointment at the Aero Club, ucensed of being to triendly. with M. Dimont. He pinned the cheques, and handed them to his bunker, then thanked the thirteen members of the Club who voted for him, and resigned membership of that budy.
During a recent visit on the occasion of the
festival is losing the little religious character thad. It bord, maad has becomes a quiet, solenou, and silent walk, less meditations, senang tonabs. Visitors are baconing yearly more and more
1. Queen's Road Central, Repairs, ofte des Morts, it was quite clear buat the
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(1795
TO LET.
TOUSES in CLIFTON GARDENS, Conduli
Hond
. HOUSES at CAUSEWAY BAY, facing the
Polo Ground,
A HOUSE in RIPON TERRACE,
THE RETREAT," MOUNT KELLETT, GODOWNS at BLUE BUILDINOS.
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.
MENT & AGENCY, UO., LI Hongkong, 9th November, 1901.
TO LET
[O. G. SEYMOUR TERRACE.
Apply to
KWAN
No., SEYMOUR TERRACE. Hongkong, 3rd Derenier, L.
PEENSI
TO LET.
8077
66 EENSIDE," No. 37, ROBINSON
ROAD. Apply to--
S. A. RAMJAHN, Cure of Thonix Griff Room, Hongkong. Ist August 1901- [10
TO LET.
ODOWN, NO. SA, DUDDELL STREET. Apply to-
Go
H. MI S. TALBOT."
XANTED a WARD-ROOM MESS- MAN. Applicants to attend on Board
illustrious deal ara notinal. At Mentparnasse Cometory, the tombs of tieorge Saad, Madame Beusicault, Guy de Manjusant, and Leconte de Male, unt the victims of the Bazar de la Charité lire, were la evidence. At
the Picpus caetery, only thres Bas reinem breed, Lafayette chiefy; then the Montmorency and Nonilles families. And
aru
on arrival of Talbot about 19th Decembor, ret, upwards of 115 of the victims of the
Hougkong, 4th December, 1901,
A
N ENGLISHMAN (8) with Home and Eastorn experience in General Mr chants and Shipping-Offies routine, is open for engagement in the Colony,
Addrengs
[3005|Reign of Terror, who word" gaillutined, stere placed in the common pit, when decapitated. At Montmartre, the tombs of Alexandre, Damis de Stendhal, Ronan, Bundiù, Horas Vernet Alphonsa da Nenville. Barlitz. 'Offonbach," the Dame aux Camilias, Hari Murger, and Ronri Heine, showed that their memories live greet in the souls of their country men. Beaumarchais and Balzac in tre Père Lachaise cemetery ware better remembered than Thiers or Faure; the sape romaric applies to innocent Lisarques, in the tragedy of the Courrier de Lyons, Louis Blaue, Delacroix, Ingres, and the victims of the
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the "Spouriste" seet, has on the summit of skill at Père Lachaise a dolmen made of 150 tons of granite. Sarah Bernhardt has her tomb jarked “8. B." ready for her at Père Lachaise; so bas Madure Calvé. Oh the latter's tomb is sculptured Ophelia➡her favourite charseter, the body lying dead, among rushes where it was drowned. 2).
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HON STREET.....
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