4.19
THE
ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, LIMITED
NOTE.
ENTIRELY
NEW STOCK
ARRIVING.
PECIALLY AND MOST CAREFULLY
CHOSEN BY OUR
MR. ROBINSON,
NOW IN EUROPE.
GREAT
PUBLIC COMPANY
THE HONGKONG DAILY PREMS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER S±Ð 1905
HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND FINANCE
THE
COMPANY LIMITED.
HE SHARE CERTIFICATE No. 4,035 for Fifty enros, numbered 61,851-61,900 inclusive, standing in the register in the name of Capt. DONALD FIDLES TULLOCH, E.A. of Hongkong, having been lost, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that unless the said Certificate be produced at the offlées of the Company, 38 and 49 Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Hongkong, before 25th November, 1903, a new certificate for the said shares will be issued and the old certificate will thereafter bo
bold by the Company as wall and void.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers. Hongkong. 23rd October, 1903. [2061
WAN FED.
LESSONS in English language by a Young German: vontually will give German Lersone in return.
"B."
Care of Daily Press Office
· Hongkong, 28th October, 1903 [2906
WANTED.
REDUCTIONS FURNISHED ROOMS or HOUSE.
in our presant strek of Pianos and Musicni
Goods
Dar NEW WHS STACK las arrived.
THE APOLLO
MASTER PIANO
PLA
THE BEST OF ALL
TUREG STYLES: PRICE FROM $150 UP.
PATTI ENDORS S THE APOLLO.
Adelina Patti (Baroness Colorstrom); na given another great testimonial to the Apollo Piano-player. She was so delighted with the instrummit first-sens peurchased by her last year that this second restimonial is oven stronger than the frat ony that she mara.
A me, Patti says that "the Apollo never. Ins given her the sl ghtest trouble at that the new condert grand is one of the most wonderful and perfoot piano players.coat she fits aver seen.
Hongkong, 15th ctober, 194
HONORENG
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
BOOKDINDING
INLY PRESS" OFFICE,
12494
The only office in Chias huving European fanclit workmen. Equalto Horas Work FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEX
A CHEE & CO., Established 1950.
Every Household Requisite, Depot for Eastman's Kudak Filma #nd Acocksorice,
12, Queen's Road Central.
CHEONG LEE & CO., Furniture Store. Established over 20 years. Importers and Exporters, Teakwood Furniturs, Black- wood, Jewellery, &c, highest grain best and cheapest. F, Queen's Read
Central.
JEWELLERS
·MAISON LEVY HERMANDS
Diamond Merchants and Vatchmakers, 40 Watson's Building, Queen's Road. Also at Shanghai, Manila, l'une and Iloils
PHOTOGRAPHIE
M. MUMEYA, JAPANESE ARTIST.
Bromide and Crayon Enlargements and airo colouring Photos and relief Photos. Views of China and Manila, Work
doné for Amatours; 1o. 8A, Queen's.
Rond Central.
PRINTING
*** DAILY PRESS" OFFICE
Proofs read by Englishun,
STOREKEEPERS
BLACKHEAD & CO.,
Navy Contractors, Sailmakers, Provision:
and Coal Meretunts. Bel Agents for
Appy
A. & Za. Care of Daily Preis Hougkeng, 20th October, 19 3,
Hoe,
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AUTOMATIC MAUSER
PISTOLS.
CALIBRE 763 mas. With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGE .FILING 10 SHOTS in 2 SECONDS. SIEMSSEN & CO. Flongkong, 3rd October, 1900,
MITSU BISHI DOCKYARD
AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI.
CODE WORD: "DOCK" NAGASAKI A.1, A. B.C., Scotts end Engineering Cach
Usei.
DOCK No. 1 (at TATEGAMI.)'
י
Extreme Length......
529 feet.
Length on Blocks
58
#
Width of Butanos on Top
30
Width of Entrance on Bottem...
77
Water on Blocks at Spring Tido.
261
DOCK No. 2 (at MUKAIJIMA.)
Extreme Length...
**
Length on Blocks
371 foot 350
58
Width of Entrance on Top Width of Entranco on Paftom........ Water on Blocks at Spring Tide 22,
PATENT SLIP (4 KOSUGE); - Can take vessels up to 1,000 tour groES,
FTTHE WORKS are well equipped with the
LATEST IMPROVEMENTS and on route any kind of work in SHIPBUILE ING and MARINE ENGINEERING as as in REPAIRING 5 SHIPS.
This COMPANY kas 2 SALVAGE STEAMER, 712 TONS GROSS, FITTEL with POWERFUL SAI VAGE PLAN
1077 READY at BOORT NOTICE
CARBOLINEUM-AVENARIUS USED FOR OVER 25 YEARS."
IN CASES OF ABOUT
450 LBS NET
TRADE
CARBOLINE
MARK
LINEUM
AVENARIUS
IN TINE OF 45 LUS.
NET
Throughly reliable preservative for Wood and Stone against White Ants, Decay, Fungus Rot, and Dampness,
+
LUTGENS, EINSTMANN & CO.,
Sole Agents for China.
8900 Hongkong lat July, 1902
WATERS ROYAL ERATED
MANUFACTORY.
Fastory & Offo-West Point; Telephone 367 Depot Los Horse Street, Telephone, 374.
That's where you can get very bei drinks,
it says. And that's where your orders should be placed, If you will try to join our race, Surely you will find the truth with smiling
face.
For cleanness and purity we always plead, As for quality of our goods we always lead. Should you have any doubt of the saying, You may try, It'elor good stuff you are paring. Our High-Class Drinks, many from which to
choose,
Our long list of Novelties will you smuss.
BEST IN THE FAR EAST. Hartonn Bahtjen's Gennine Com-Highly Charged Soda Superb Ginger Alo.
Water S Lemonade Superb
position Red and Brand.
BISMARUK & CO.,
Ditto Enreka
Navy Contractors, Ship Chandlers, Superb Lamon Squash
Provision and Coal Merchante, S. Orangende
makers, do. Fresh Water supplied to
Vossels in the Harbour.
KNONG BANG & CŨ,
Shipohandlers, Sailmakers, Provisioners, Coal Merchants, Hardware, Engineers' Tools, Brass and Iron Merchants,
144, Das Vests Rozd.
WATCHMAKERS
DROZ & CO.
14, Queen's Road Central Repairs f Watches and Clocks by competent. European experte, at moderate rates
R
DUINART PERE & FILS, REIMS
Established 1719,
CHAMPAGNE GROWERS AND..
SHIPPERS. SEE
Ehip only the Finest Quality Extra Dry (Green, Seal):
LAUTS, WEGENER & CO. Vapaa-Hole Agonis,
ifongkong, 18th May, 1908.
Raspberryade
Strawberryade Sarsaparilla
Kols Tonio Champagne Coronation Cap Wi
inter Stout
Hop-Ale
Iron Brew,
Jubilee Champagne Orange Champagne Ginger Fizz
Lime Juice and Soda Horehound Vanilla
Jamaica Ginger Ale Slope Ginger Boar Tonio Champagne.
Vis-Kola "Hir-Oes" Brow Tozie Champages Cider Cherry Vino
Refreshing and invigorating, Exhilarating drinks of the season. Just Produced. Long Life, Noxi-Intoxicating and Excellent Bever
Apply toman 117] F. F. DANENBERG, Manager.
RECA
PURE FRESH WATER
HONGKONG STEAM WATER
uring the rainy season, the time of mosquitoes, SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
The breeding places of the insects include walls, canoes, boats, lighters, barrels tabs, and various LIGHTING EFFICIENCE STREET PAVING-A
HATE EXPLOSIVP-JAPANESE SWORD-HAK-disused household utensila, and grası-ologged ING-BED RAIN IN AUSTRALIA-ILLU sirest, trenches. Bathurst, the capital of the MINATION WITH ALCOHOL-WHY Tu colony, offers an unusual field for a test of exter. INTESTINES ARE NOT DIGESTÅD-THEmination plans, as the land to be dealt with has
METAL.. TROPICAL PROBLEM-ANOTHER
an area of only a sqaure mile, and is isolated by a
Loin.
broad expangs of ana water, while rain occure in only four months of the year. The removal of brooding places, now sayoral months in pro- Fress, in aided by a grant of £230 a year.
The clotrio discharge between two tosses of mercury in partia vaonom is the most iciont form of artificial lighting yet dis. covered. In a recent test by W. C. Geer, the morçary terminals wore about four-fifths of an inch upirt, and quare of two inches in length was produced by a direct current of 110 volts, Nearly 50 per chat, of the energy supplied was converted into visible light. Tarning to other
lights, the Geissler Inbe showed an efficiones of
por est; the ordinary are lamp, 10 acetylene gas, 10; the incandessent electric. lamp, 6; and the Argand gas burner, 16.
Au investigation of paving stones has born andertalon in Irelsed by Prof. Joly. He finds that positiuco to wor varias directly with the amounts of quartz and felspar con. tained, the completely erystallino igneous granites, etc., bing as a rolo the tongimab. Rocks that are decidedly porphyritio, porous, or glassy are to be avoid d. A certain coarse- nesa of grain is usdally desirable, as fine- grained rocks, like a certala Wylsh díorite, are liable to become slippery.
Amonal, a vow mixture of powdered alu winno and nitrate of amp¬nis is claimed to bu one of the safat of explosives. It is not liable to explosion by shook or friction, is not readily fired, is er ecially reo from spontaneous de aposition, and is even credited with the rather sagprisi ig property of being 'unaffected by mature. It is fired with the usual per- cuksion cap.
The temperature li nits of life arouch more widely separated" than we once sappess Bacteria a now' kawn to develop and multiply at 720g. Vi and Prof. A. Macfadyen, of Lunden, his exposed such organisms to 19 deg. C. below zero for six months, withou. burning thom, while they eran survivół 250 leg. C. below zato,
One of the most interesting of metallurgical processes is the musufse'ure of Japanes› swords A recant description states that the steel.ie pro dueel in this lapture from magnetic iron GER and ferruginons sand, unl the work upon the weapon begins with the fixing of one of these plates to an iron rod, which seves a handle, Other shoots are collared on ntil the mass has a length of six to eight inches, a width of two inches, and a thickness of one fourth to four- fifths of an inch, Brought to while heat, the bar is doubl d upon itsoif and hammer to its original form: the process being-repeated fificen. times, and four similar bars are thon heated and solden d, this process being repeated flee times These operaticus give super-imposed layers so thin that a sebro is intimated to contain at last a thora arksheets of metal. Alternate layers of iron and steel are sometimes soldered together,. and a veined appearance is thus given to the blade.
In their investigation of the rains of red mul that fell in Victori early this year, F. Clump- nnn H. J. Grayson have found that the deposit in one case reached fifty, tons per square mile. Much limonite was included, with many minecal fragments and diatoms. The material seems to have been carried by the winds from the vicinity of certain swamps and salt lakes which exist from 30 to 300 miles north and weat of Melbourne, and whose margins had been mala unusually dry by a season of drought.
With his improved lamp, L. Dennyronze, 3 French physicist, claims to obtain light with pure alcohol at a third of the east per candlo power of petroleum lighting, and with carburetted alcohol at a fifth of the oust. A wick conducts the liquid by capillarity into a chamber, where it is vaporiad by the heat from a copper bar- reaching into the flame. The vapour passes into a kind of Busen burner, over which is fixed a mantle,
The biophone, a new Geriaan phonograpili, reduces piotares as well as sounds. It shows, for instance, the singer giving a song...
Tantalum has been known hitherto as a some- hat impace podor having a density of W. 50.. Henri Muissa has now redɛced tantalic neid • in the electric furnace with carbon, and the fed tantalum obtained has a brilliant “matallic
Parance and a density of 12.79. It scratches, quartz, is infusible in theory-hydrogen blowpipe, has a crystalline fracture; and is classed with the motalloids,
BEFORE GOING TO BED
use
CALVERT'S CARBOLIC
Tooth Powder
This uniquo antiseptic demifrice is well-known by its pink-colour, pleasant taste, fragrant odour, and thorough ofGekmey,
F. C. CALVERT & Co., Manchester, Eng.
AUCTIONS
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned, has revived instructions
to Self by Public Auction.
TO-DAY (TUESDAY),
the 3rd November, 1903. 2.30 .., at his SALES ROOMS, Qiew's Road, Au Assement of JAPANESE CURIOS HANDSOME SILVER CLOISONNE VASES BRONZES, IVORY CARVINGS and NILE KRIS,
SATSUMA and KANZA VASES, TEA SETS and ORNAMENTS;'
HANDSOME
SILK-EMBROIDERED'
| SCREENS, IVORY INLAID PANELS,
and CUT VELVET PICTURES. TERMS OF SALE: As Customary.
V. I. REMEDIOS,
A actioneer,
Hongkong, 2nd November, 1903,
P032
PUBLIC AUCTION. Udorsigned has received instructions
Lo Bull by Public Auction,
SATURDAY,
the 7th NOVEMBER, 1903, at 230 PM, ut his SALES ROOMS, Queen's Road;
A GREAT ASSORTEENT OF THE FIRST CLASS JAPANESE CURIOS, de
Comprising
PINE ART SATSUMA, EINE CLOISONNE, MAKUZU, FANCY BRONZESIVORY CARVINGS, ACQU RED SCREENS, PICTURES, EMBROIDERIES, &c. &c. Catalognes will be issued. TERMS OF SALE As Customary.
V. I REMEDIOS, Auctioneer,
- Hongkong, 2nd November, 1903.
HIRANO WATER. THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.
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PURE, SPARKLING, INVIGORATING THE LEADING MINERAL WATER OF THE EAST Bottled in Japan by H. E. REYNELL & Co.
BEWARE OF JAPANESE IMITATIONS.
F. BLACKHEAD & CO.,*AGENTS. Hongkong, 31st July, 1903.
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CHEONG SHING
GENERAL EXPORTERS.
DRALEES IN JEWELLERY, DIAMONDS, PEARLS, PRECIOUS STONES, SILKS, IVORY' WARES, EMBROIDERIES AND PONGEE SILK Wholesale and Retail, Prices very moderate, No. 39, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL (Opposite Mossrs. C. J. GALPP & Co.),
12308 Hongkong. 16th May, 1903;
FOR SALE.
THE NEW "SUN" No. 2 ANTI-RIBBON VISIBLE
TYPEWRITER.
FT is a type-lover Machine, has Anti-Ribbon Inking Mechanism which costs one-tenth A puzzling fact is that the walls of the the ora of a ribb, has universal keyboard of 27 Keya, uud writes altogether 8 characters. intestines, and the par sites often living on
It takes in paper Subes and writes a line of them, are never digested by the farments that attack, destroy and transform the food. Fren.7 inches. It measures 8 by 12 by 11 inches zel, in 1891, suggested that protective anti- and weighs 13 pounds unpacked.
Beautiful work approaching Print, which is fermonts are secreted by lisiog fissus. En
Impossible with a Ribbon. sume late experiments, M. Weinland, a French
A small consignment of abore Machines. physiologist, sought to digest fibrine in trypsine having just arrived, are offered for Sale at or pepsia after tirat adding a little juice from $135 wet.
Easy term of small monthly payments on intestinal worms, but the ferment had no effect hire system nocepted, on orders only, from upon the brine in the presence of the anti-scholars and other approved applicants wishing forment juics. It-le thas proren that the juices to aequire a machine for learning preparatory secreted by and impregnating living tissuesto el rkship or otherwise.
Circular and Particulars to be had on appli- instead of the tissues themselves--resist di
cation,
THE CENTRAL PRINTING OFFICE, restion. The auti-fermentxtract is exceed-
No. 2 Coronation Terrace, ingly powerful, and retains its' resisting power
(Below CAINE ROAD at the head of for months, but it loses its properly ou boiling, The war against malòria and mosquitrés is to bo fought out in tropical Africa. Dr. Dutton in a roport to the Liverpool School of Tropical. Medicine, states that 80 per cent of the antive de children exunited in British Gambin showed the malaria parasite in the blood, sud that the liability of infection by Europeans continues BEST MERELY A REMINDER, LA
T. BOAT CO, ID, nared to supply Bene in and that Perry Dayle Punkiller
is
ABERDEEN STREET.) Bale Agents for Hongkong & China, 12952 Hongkong, 22nd October, 194
M
ABBLE
QUAN WAH & CO. GRANITH MERCHANT CONTRACTORS.")
Doalers in
GRANITE and MONUMENTS. No. 1, QUBEN'S HOAD BART. Estimates, Dongen & Frices on Application All descriptions of Granite for Export
Hongkong, 17th October, 1998
MERCHANT NAVY
ANY ODANDLE PUER FRESH just as good for internal as for external troblox DAVID GRSAR WATER to the Shipping, both for Deck and It will stop the agonizing crapps in the bowels which followerexposure, to cold, and wet when
Call FisgNNER taken internally, and will eura strains, sprains
1st Floor, 87, Cannaught Rosd
· Hongkong, 19th June, 1903,
and bruises when applied externally. It should water slightly HeRamigistered in warm greatened. There is but one Painkiller. Perry 298-8 Davis's not work
SANAVY BOILED
LONG FLAT
RELIANCE:CROWN
TARPAULING
204
SON
CANTAS
** ARNHOLD. KABBEEG & CO.
Sole Agents
GENTLEMEN'S BOOTS.
OUR STOCK OF HIGH-GRADE
BOOTS AND SHOES
IS NOW ABSOLUTELY REPLETE.
* WE HOLD 30 DIFFERENT SHAPES AND STYLES.
STOCKED IN SIZES AND ́SIZES.
THE BEST IS ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST,
WM. POWELL, LD„,
GENTLEMEN'S DEPARTMENT,
28, QUEEN'S ROAD.
NELISTA. CIGARETTES.
IF YOU SMOKE
TURKISH, CIGARETTES,
SMOKE THE
BEST
NELISTA CIGARETTES ARE MANUFACTURED FROM THE CHOICEST
TURKISH TOBACCO. PACKED IN AIR-TIGHT TINS OF FIFTY..
MANUFACTURED BY--
W. D. & H. O. WILLY' BRANCH,
BRITISHL-AMERICAN TOBACCO
COMPANY, LD.
143
NOBEL-GLASGOW EXPLOSIVES:
DYNAMITE,
GELATIN 'W-DYNAMITE,
BLASTING GELATINE AND GELIGNITE,
DETONATORS, SAFETY FUSE,
AND ALL BLASTING ACCESSORI EN, ·
MAGAZINES AND DEPOTS AT
-HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, WELTAIWSI.
GENTS
JARDINE. MATITESON & CO.
MIDZUSHIMA
& CO.
COAL MERCHANTS,
No. 4. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL (Facing Daddell Street).
'HEAD'OFFICE; No. 5, SAKAIMACHI, KOBE. ERANCH OFFICES:- HIGASHI-HOMMACHI, MOJI, MINAMI-AJIKAWA, OSAKA AND KAIGAN, WAKAMATSU.
AGENCY: M. S. NAKAYAMA, MOTOMACHI YOKOHAMA,
TELEGRAPHIC ABDress: MIDZUSHIMA, Kobo, Moji, Osaka, Wakamatsu, and Hongkong
Code Usub: A 1 & A. B. C. đтe Ev..
Importers of Japanese Coals. Contractors of Coal to the Compaguio des Messageries Maritimos de France, Foreign and Japanese stomers. Arason and Japanese Railway Companies, &e. Sole Propriotoes of Kamanoto and Tesoura Coal Mines. Sole Agents for Kuwuniya, Komatsugaura, Miuanio, Ikejiri and Kumagahatu Colliarios.
K. UYEMURA, Manage
Hongkong, 4th March, 1903.
New
JAPAN
COALS.
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA (MITSUI & CO.
HEAD OFFICE:-1, SURUGA cho, Tokyo, LONDON BRANCH:- 34, I.IME STREET, E.C.
12409
HONGKONG BRANCH-PRINCE'S BUILDINGS,Ice House STEBET
OTHER BRANCHES :
York San Franciscs, Hamburg, Boulay, Singapore, Soura'ya, Manila, Amoy, Shanghai, Chefoo, Tientsia, Newchwang, Port Arthur, Sonal, Chemaipo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagora, Osaka, Kobs, Kare, Shimonoseki, Moji, Wakamatan Karatan, Nagasaki Kuchinotra, Sasebo, Maidzura Miike, Hakodato, Taipeh, &o.
Telegraphis Address: "MITSUI" (A.B.C..and A. 1 Codas) CONTRACTORS. OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Nary and Arsenals and the State Railways; Principal Railway Coʻapeníos and Industrial Works; Home and Foreign Mail and Freight Steamers.
SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Farmar Miike, Tagawa, Yamano and Ida Coal Mines; and SOLE AGENTS for Hakoku, Hondo, Kaneda, Fajinotens, Mamede, Mannonra, Onours Ótsuji,
Sasahar. Tsubakuro, Yoshinolani, Yoshio. Yunokibara, and other Coals.
N. INUZUKA, Maangor, Hongkong.
TO:
KOWLOON ROTISSERIE..
NO. 31, ELGIN ROAD, Korioon (Twe
doors next to
Meals & la Carte, Steaks, Chops, &c. ko, at any time between 7.m. and 19.30 p.m. Monthly terms on application.
12758
Hongkong, 6th October, 1903,
CARMICHAEL & OLARKE, CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS. SURVEYORS AND CONTRACTORS. REPAIRS PROMPTLY ÁTTENDED TO.
Kat
TELEGRAMS: Carmichail," Hong cong
AEO Code, 4th Edition A1 Code. Lieber's Standard Cods,
TELEPHONE, 29. ✅Hongkong, 20th June, 1993-
LING & 00, FURNITURE STORE.
PLATED, GLASS AND CROCKERY WARE, &c. &c.; and FOOCHOW LACQUERED WARE,
68, QUEENE ROAD CENTRAL Hongkong, ist September, 1903.
CARTRIDGES.
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IMPORTED EVERY MONTH, THERE- FORE ALWAYS FRESH,
FLEY'S, SCHULTZE'S, AMBERITE
SPORTING KYNOCK'S CARTRIDGES 8, 10, 12, 18, and 20 BORE. and NEWCASTLE CAILLED SHOT in all Sizes, Noe, 10 to 88SG. AIR GUNS and AMMUNITION in Variety.
"
WM. SCHMIDT & CO. Hongkong, 28th Noreusber, 1902.
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