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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, J NUARY 12TH, 1904
THE SEVENTH ORDINARY ANNUAL
TREETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the OFFICES of the Company, 14. Dos Voux Road, on SATURDAY, the 16th JANUARY, 1994, at 11 o'clock ... for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the General Managers for the year ending at December, 903, declaring a dividend and electing a Consulting Committee and Auditora. The TRANSFER BOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, the 1th January, 1904, to NATURDAY, the 16th Juuuary, 1904, both days inclusive,
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
· General Managere. Hongkong, 5th January, 1904.
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MISCELLANY, beauty and diversity of the designs pictured THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANO
NEW
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SOURCE OF FUEL WEATHER PREDICTI N -ARCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CHARACTER SIGNS
-BANDAR A BUILDING MATERIAL-ELECTRIC SPARK DESIONING-COLOURS OF AUTUMN
LEAVES.
A magnificent exporiment awaits only an appropriation from some capitalist's wealth. Sir Oliver Lodge mmations that twenty years ago he proved that fog could be dissipated electrically, and in a denso fog he cleared n space of 50 to 60 yards' radius by means of the discharges from a Wimshurst machine. Only look of meaus prevented an attempt to al-or atmosphere. Recent gire Loudon advances make possible the desired kind of dynamo for a continuous current, and it is believed that an excessive amount of machinery would not be necessary, for the fogs occur in
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JNG COMPANY, LIMITED. ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the NFIFTEENTH ORDINARY MEET. ING of EHAREHOLDERS in this Conspanya still atosphere and are seldom of considerable will be bold at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, height. Sir Oliver suggests also that rain Victoria Buildings, on WEDNESDAY, the might be electrically produced, as in India, 2 JANUARY, 1804, at 12 o'clock NOON, whero the dark mousson clouds pass Over for the purpose of receiving the Report of th Virvelors together with Statement of Accounts without discharging. for the year ending 31st December, 1903.
The REGISTER of SHAKES of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, the 15th JANUARY, to WEDNESDAY, the 20th JANUARY (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be
Hire or Credit Ri
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Hongkong, 11th January, 1908,
NOTICE.
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By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER, Secretary to the
Hongkong. Land Investment and Agency Company, Limited. Goneral Agants for the KOWLOON LAND AND BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED, Hongkong, 5th January, 1904.
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THE WEST POINT BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE INARY ME. TOTICE IS HIEREBY GIVEN that the ING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, Victorin Buildings, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th JANUARY, 1904, at 11.30 o'clock M. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with Statement of Accounts for the gear ending 31st December, 1903.
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 18th JANUARY, to WEDNESDAY, the 27th JANUARY (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of Shares can be registered.
Bituminous shule is estimated to covor 50,000) square miles in the Uni of States to an average depth of 30 feet. The newly patented process of O: to Oppelt, a Kentucky chemist, is expected te produce from this waste material a good quality of gas and oil, and to supply these for industrial purposes at a cost much lower than that of the gas now used. The process will yield also valuable by products, including silicate and aulpbate of alumina, ammonia, sulphate of iron, paraffio, and phosphoric acid,
A long weather cycle of aben: 35 years rooms to appear in the British Isles. From records of 90 years, Mr. Douglas Archibald concludes yours 1903 to about 1920) will show more then that a dry poriod has just packed, and that the average rainfall and low barometer, and two. boshe's par ser, deficiency in wheat yield.
London produces tan lanatics per day; New York nearly as many, with greater proportionate increase..
While character may be often read from physical peculiarities, Mr. Kari Pearson, F.R.S., paints out that the value of the indications can bo estimated only from careful statistics. Tabu- lated observations upon large numbers of school children have given interesting results. The Hongkong Land Investment and Agency colour of the eyes seems to have some relation
By Order of the Board of Directors, A. SHELTON HOOPER, Becretary to the
Un. Ld.
General Agents for
THE WEST POINT BUILDING
CO. LI.
Hongkong, 9th January, 1904,
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THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY CO., LD
[OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
to conscientiousness, 71 per cent. of boys with light byes being keenly consoiontious, while the percentage was only 61 in boys with dark eyes. Curliness or smoothness of the hair has slight significance, if any. The colour of the hair is more important 24 per cent of the red-haired botar keenly conscientious, but only 69 per cent.
19935 NOTICE IS ORDINARY MERR of the dark-haired and 55 par seat, of the black-
THE date of Claxing of Entries for the T FORTHCOMING RABILL the POSTPONED from the 9th JANUARY to SATURDAY, 16:6.
By Order.
T. F. HOUGH, Clark of the Course. 1ngkong, 28th December, 1908.
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NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
THE Business of AH MEN and HING CHEONG & CO., Tailors, will be CARRIED ON from the 17th lust, at No. 8 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, opposite to the Connaught House Hotel.
Hongkong, 5th January, 1904.
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NOTICE TO KOWLOON RESIDENTS.
EXTRA
CLAXTRA COPIES of Daily Press are on HUTTONJER'S KOWLOON STORE, No. 3, Elgin Road, Price 15 cents per copy nash.
Hongkong, 92nd December, 1902.
HONGKONG
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
BOOKBINDING
"DAILY PRESS" OFFICE,
13518
ING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company haired. The very dark-haired show twice as will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, Victoris Buildings, on WEDNESDAY, the many individuals of sullen temper as the red- V JA on haired, although the red-haired are much more for the purpose of receiving the Report of the quick-tempered. The dark-eyed are rather Directors together with Statement of Accounts healthier than the light, but the latter show for the year ending 31st December, 1903.
The REGISTER of SHAKES of the rather higher intelligence. Of shy and quiet Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, people, 75 per cent, are keenly conscientious, the 15th JANUARY, to WEDNESDAY, the while the percentage in the self-assertive is but 27th JANUARY (both days inclusive), daring50. Bad handwriting often attends great merai which period no transfer of Shares can be
failing, but good handwriting betokens health. registered.
good temper, ability, and consciention mess.
By Order of the Board of Directors;
A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Reoretary. Bougkonz, 9th January, 1904 THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED.
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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
House of sand, as substantial us granite, are offered by the new process of Mr L. P. Ford, of Gresford, Eng. A mixture of sand and quick- Bme in suitable proportions is forced into a very strong steel mould, which is placed in a box, from N THIRTEENTH ORDINARY which the air is then pumped, when hot water is ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the sdmitted.. The heat and pressure of the slack-
ONA. LIMITED, will be held at the BANK ing lime and steam mould the mutorials into a PREMISES, Queen's Road, Victoris, Hong- rock having 50 per cent, of. the strongth of kong, on SATURDAY, the 30th JANUARY, granite. This building stone, ready for use in 1901, at Noos, for the purposes following sight hours, is very durable, and its cost is low bricks by this process costing little more than holi as much as the ordinary.
Statements of the length of the thread in silkworm's cocoon have varied from a few hun-
Damely:-
To receive and consider the Statement of Accounts and Balance cheet to 31st December, 1903, the reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon, to elect Directors and Auditors to determine whether the place of Mr WILLIAM WOTTON who retires under Artiolo 133 shall be filled up, whether the London Committen dred yarda up to eleven miles. Measuring four shall be reduced to two instead of three under specimens, Mr L. O. Howard has found the Article 187, and to transact any other ordinary business of the Company,
lengths to range from 830 to 1,120 yarda, `
give great fascination to the experiments
COMPANI ESTABLISHED 1836.
INCOME 1902 TOTAL ASSETS AS PER BALANCE SHEET" inc TOTAL CLAIMS PAID
4
£ 2.81,300 10,778.237 $1,31,183
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The changes of colour of leaves in autumn are found by Dr. Keeguu, an English lavosti- the mineral matters, gator, to depend on
Leaves that especially the silica and limo. become red are those containing less than 10 por cent of silios, while those that become yellow or brown have more than 19 per cent Hongkong, 1st January, 1994, The mineral mattera seem to flow to the dying lent in quantity proportionato to the decay of its vitality, and the American climate vustoins the vitality of the leaf to a degree not possible in Eugland, where Indian summer is rare,
A recent study of the so-called rain-tree of the tropics shows that it closes its leaves at sunset, permitting daw to form on the ground beneath. At sunrise the loaves again expand, preventing excessive evaporation, and in the shade of the trop grass grows much more rapidly than in the open.
Small herds of blesbok, bontobok, roodback, and zebra in South Africa have survived the Boor war, although proviously nearly extinct.
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The TRANSFER BOOKS and Register of ACHEE & CO., Established 1959.
Members of the Company will be CLOSED
Some remarkable photographs of Prof. Stup Furniture Dealers, Silver-plated, Chica from the 16th to the 34th day of JANUARY,
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trio stencilling upon the dry pistes. Asymme GEO. W. E. PLAYFAIR, trical design out from cardboard is laid upon
Chief Manager.
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Vessels the Harbour
KWONG SÁNG & CO.
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14, Des Voeux Road.
desirous of applying for Shares of the
NON-RESIDENT SHARE the plate is placed on a metallic load con- new issue are hereby notified that the time nected to one pole of an induction coil or elec- within which applications can be made has been trio machine, while a paint in the coutre of the extended for such shareholders living in the design is connected to the other pole. A single Far East to the 31st instant, an for such discharge is produced, the plate is froud from shareholders living elsewhere, to the 31st of power, and the picture is developed in the March.
Interest at the rate of 9% per annum from waad way. The result is always unforeseen, the 4th instant, until payment, will be charged It may be varied not only by different designs, in respect of all such applications.
but by distributing over the sensitive purface various bits of different metals, and by using different powders variously distributed. The
No further applications can be considered from resident shareholders.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hongkong 6th January, 1904, AUTOMATIC MAUSER
PISTOLS.
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ABE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS and CHINA OVERLAND TRADEREPORT
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Lending Articles :---.
The Northern Crisis
Great Britain and Chinese Railwaya.
Germany, Russis, and Others.
The Currency Question,
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Hougtong Jottings.
The War Scare..
Governor Taft on the Philippines,
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Ricksha Fares in the New Territory. Canton.
Foochow
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China Provident Loan aud Mortgage Co. Canton-Hongkong Ice and Cold Storage
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JAPAN
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