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THE HONGKONG COTTON SPINNING WEAVING & DYEING COMPANY,
_LIMITED...
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THEORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING
Company will be held at the Offices of the General Managers, on SATURDAY, the 10th ́SEPTEMBER, at 19:30 p.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Consulting Committee and Statement of Accounts to 31st The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the lat to the 10th SEPTEMBER, both days inclusive,
WHY NOT??? Ju
IT MAKES MUSICIANS OF US ALL.
IT IS A SPLENDID ACCOMPANIST.
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY,
FHYSIOLOGICAL INFLUENCE OF MAGNETIM
"AT"ATTRACTIVE EXPERIMENT-TEMPERING OF METALS-INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL-CARS FOR LIGHT TRAFFIC-STAR NEIGHBOURN OLD AGE MICROBES AN ANCIENT TIMEPIECE ---- ELEPHANT DWARFS •
The experiments of C. Gutton, a Frouch physicist, have shown that phosphorescence is increased by the action of a magnetic field. Phosphorescent substances prove very sensitive. to manguolisin, but only when the field is not uniform, and un fatsuse but uniform field has no effort. The maguet has even-hoon made, [2070 | to act upon the eye. Objects in an obscure
IT MAKES ENTERTAINING VERY N EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL
EASY:
YOUNG AND OLD CAN PLAY THE
NOBLESTSCORE WITH THE FINISH AND EXPRESSION OF A MASTER.
IT IS THOROUGHLY RELIABLE, AND IS SOLD AT A REASONABLE
PRICE.
EITHER
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO..":
Goneml Managers. Bougkung, 23rd August, 1904. THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN CO., LD.
OTICE GIVEN that on
MEETING of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Grodown Company, Limited, will be held at Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & CO'S OFFICES. Poddor Strout. Vietoriu, Hongkong on THURSDAY, the 2nd day of SEPTEMBER, 19: 4, at 12.15 r.m. when the subjoined Besolutions which were passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on the 31st day of August, 1904, will be submitted for confirmation as Special Resolu-
tions:---
1. That the Capital of the Company ba increased from $1,500,001 to $2,000,000 by the erention of 10,0.0 new Shares of $50 each. praminm of $30 per Share and be offered to those persons who are registered as Shareholders of The Company on 1st October, 1904. in the proportion of one new Share for every complete three Shares Geld by them on 1st October, 1904. 3. That the amount due for the new Shares be called up on 31st December, 1904- Dated the lat September, 1904. By Order of the Board
2. That such new Shares be issued at 1
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NE
EDWARD OSBORNE,
Secretary
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
ISSUE OF 30,000 NEW SHARES OF $10 BACH,
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DURSUANT to Resolation the General Managers of A. S. Watson & Co., Limited, hereby furite applications from the Shareholders of the Company for the issue of 30,000 new shares of $10 each at a Premium of 10 per cost, or $11 a share
Each Registered Shareholder on the 28th day of September, 1904, applying for the New Issue will be-eutitled to one share far every two shares registered in his name. Shares not applied for by those entitled to apply will be dealt with by the General Managers in accordance with Article 10 of the Company's Artioles of Association.
chamber were dimly seen, and they appeared to
berome brighter when the magnet was brought near the eye. The N-rays, which also have this
effect, were carafully engined off by leal-foit.
Earlier attempts to find out whether strong magnetic field affects the human hody have given only negative resalty, and even a magnet large enough to admit the head between the poles showed no influence.
A simple and beautiful method of showing vertex rings is described by Robert E. Doran
Cork. A bulb is blown at one end of a glass tube, and the open and is contracted to the thirtieth or fortieth of aurinch in hore. Both bull and tubo are then completely filled with a per cent, solution of common sult to which Buorescein has been added. The tube in lamped vertically over the centre of a tall cylinder filled with water, and when the water is at rest the faba is lowered until it just touches the surface. The vortex rings, begin at once, to descend.
A crystalline theory of structure is offered by 6. T. Beilby, British experimenter, to explain the hard and soft states of matul The ordinary condition is crystalline, when the metal is soft, but in sudden epoling there is no time for the molecules to fall into reguler forntion, and the resulting solid is amorphons und hard. The so-existence of crystalline and amorphous layers accounts for the variety of structure in malleable and ductile metals.
per
Germany's latest great national industry, now in its infancy, is the production of alcobel. for teclinical purposes. In the world's total production of spirit in 1999. Dr. A. Wiesler, of Pragne. finds that Germany led with Applications for Shares in the New Issue will cent, the shares of Russia and Austria-Hungary be received by the Hongkong and Shanghai being slightly less, while France and the United Banking Corporation in Hongkong from the 28th September, 1904, to the 30th September, States together furnished 10 per cant. While 1904, both days inclusive, and the whale amount technical applications, however; absorbed 38 per of $11 per share will be payable on application peut, of Germany's product, they used but Hiper
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company vent. in France, und lass than 6 per cent, in Great will be CLOSED from the 28th September,, 1901, to the 8th October, 1904 both days 127,000 litres, of which 88,000,000 Britain. Germany's technical consumption
inclusive.
The present paid-up Capital of the Compouy is $600,000, divided into 60,000 shares of S10 esch, and the New Jesus is required to increase the Capital of the Company to $900,000 divided into 90,000 shares of $10 each.
The whole of the premium received from the New Issue will be placed to the. Credit of the Permanent Reserve Fund..
The New Issue will rank for Dividend for the three months ending 31st December, 1904, pay- able in May, 1905,
Forms of application for the New Issue can be obtained at the Company's Offices in Alex- cudra Buildings or at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hongkong, Shanghai, and London.
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litres were applied for power, light “and heat, and 21,000,000 litres were used in the chemical industries, and the demand is increasing at an extraordinary rate. One establishment in Ber- fin supplies spirit for 1870 motors. The chief raw meterial is potatoes in. Garininy. Austria and Russia, rye in Great Britain. Italy and Spain: and fruit and grapes in France, while molasses is of some importance in France. Austria and Hungary,
Petroleuni mars are being tested on portions of the State railways of Wurtemburg having JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, } a light- trafic. The latest model bas four
General Managers,
eylinders, developing 30 horsepower, and can. Hongkong, 2nd Fatto, 1904-
take a tour of te passengers up jerudez. of 1 per bent. at a speed of 16 miles an hour. Iturries NDER New Management the
1100 kilegeradores of petroleum, which da Company is now propored to accept sufficient for uran of 220 miles The ar washing in any quantity from Town, Peak and weighs 125 tans, and its first cost is $7,500, Kowloon residents-also from Ships.
the running expenses being 58 cents per car per aile.
Work Splendidly Execated, Trial Solicited, Charges Moderate.
"TOOVA"
FG ALLEN, Maunger. Town Office 36, Queen's Road Central (above Messrs. Watson's Old Establishment). Hongkong 3rd September, 1904. 2144
HIRANO WATER.. THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.
PURE, SPARKLING, INVIGORATING.
THE LEADING MINERAL WATER OF THE EAST Bottled in Japan by . E. REYNELL & Co.
BEWARE OF Japangan IMITATIONS.
An attempt to calculate the prolkable, gitnal distance between stars of known parallax has been made by Mr. J. E. Gore. Eta and Mu Cassiopeixe, for example, appear to be separated by about one-fifteenth of their distance from the sun. inerrasing their apparent brilliancies 925 times; while the components of the double star Cygni are so near together-abont 55 times the distance of the sun from the earth that they are 68 million times as bright to ach other as to us,
Soft and malleablo zinc, 99 per cent, pure, is produced in France through a secession of
11598--allows of wine and aluminion and aaminin
“F. BLACKHEAD & CO., AGENTS, Hongkong, 31st July, 1909. ROYAL AERATED WATERS
MANUFACTORY.
and bismuth.
Mediterranean, ranulus lately discovered seem ing to be those of an elephant hardly three fest high. Dwarfing of these animals appears to have come from a restriction of the ares over which they could range.
Clothes-washing by electricity, without soap, is the idea of a Hungarion. The stream of electrified water is claimed to remove all spota sind dirt, and the 300 garments hold by the machine are washed in less than fifteen minutes.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA are prepared, daring suspension of their Trans-Pauitle Service and until further notice,
issna of Lading
'DARTRING'
Westmale:
Perfect Beauty
depends on the skin, and lovely skin in the reward of using
DARTRING' 'LAÑOLINE"
No imitation can bear the Bartring"
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SEATTLE, WASH, VICTORIA, BO, and THE
PACIFIC COAST PORTS, also to OVER- LAND POINTS in the UNITED STATES and CANADA GREAT
NORFARA Rcontion with the RAU,
as hitherto by the steamers of the NORTHERN PACIFIC 8.8.CO. BOSTON STEAMSHIP and TUWBOAT COʻS, OCEAN 8.8. CO, and CHINA MUTUAL 8.N. CO.
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For Further Particulars, apply at the Company's Local Branch Office in Prince's Building, First Floor, Ukater Road.
A. S. MIHARA, Manager. -Hongkong, 20th May, 1904.
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AMOY ENGINEERING CO., LD., AMOY
CALL FLAG E,
DEPAIR WORK to Steamers and Faunches. Castings in Brass and Iron. Moderate charges. Work solicited.
J. D. EDWARDS, Manager. Amoy, 3rd December, 1993, AUTOMATIC MAUSER
PISTOLS. ·
150
CALIBRE 7,63 mm With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES FIRING 10 SHOTS in 2 SECONDS. BIEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong, "Brd October. 1900,
COLD STORAGE.
THE HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, Lul. THE 0,000 Cubic feet of Co., Storage available at EAST POINT. Stores wil be Open at 10 4.M. and 4 P.M. daily, Sundays excepted to receive and deliver perishable goods
WM. PARLANE, Manager, Hongkong, 18th November, 1901
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TO
IMPORTING HOUSES,
GENERAL
SUPPLY STORES,
Ladies' & Gents' Outfitters, Bc.
Donald Mackegg
57. Bton St., MANCHESTER, ENG. Buys on Commission for- Foreign & Golonial Firme 28 years' personal experience of the trad's both at home and. In the Orient. Buchers inaca pojal graded agworl pintech hipert Correspondence coratally.
Order proadly exposed against repit tence or levik' credit References and Bankers: 2hr Ja Mehrzt r und Laterparỗ Than trict tething Coddy Havhester. Colakal,
ferencer given in application. ·
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MITSU PISHI GOSHI KWAISHA (MITSU BISHI CO.)
COAL DEPARTMENT MARUNO-UCHI, TOKIO. Cable Addrese, "IWASAKI," applies to all Branch Offices and Hong.
kong and Shanghai Agencies, Al, ABC 5th Edition, Western Union Codes
All Letters Addrossed:
which
used.
MANAGER, MITSUBISHI Co., with name of place under.
BRANCH OFFICES :— NAGASAKI, MOJI, KOBE, KARATSU AND HANKOW. AGENCIES: SHANGHAI: H. J. H. TEIPP:
HONGKONG: H. U. JEFFRIES,
MANILA: COMPANIA, MARITIMA,
YOKOHAMA: M. ARADA. CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Im
perial Japanese Navy and Foreign Navies; the Imperial Arsenals; the Imperial Railway; Sanyo, Kinshu and the other Principal Rail ways; Industrial Works; Home and Foreign Mail and Freight Steamers,
Shaughsi, Hankow, Singapore, Manila, North EXPORTERS OF COAL to Hongkong,
China, Koreau ports and America.
SOLE PROPRIETORS of Takashima Oehi, Shinnas, Numazeta and Kami-Yamaza
Collieries and also Hojo Colliery, which will be ready to produce on a large scale the best Bazen Coal from 1995.
Ollage is an infectionùs disease, which wo my -Hxpect soon to be treated by a preventive serum. PRODUCE the Highest Class AERATED prolonging life. Such was the view expressed PROD
WATERS in the Far East on account in the late Paris lecture of Dr. Menchnikoff, of their High Class Machinery and also of the Senility. He explained, is produced by certain superior ingredients they use in the manufacture of their goods, and the cleanliness, &o., are all physiological states which cause the macro- under strict supervision of Europeans only. phages." which are a beneficent species of mierobes. to increase to rapidly, when they The representative of Messrs. DRATBY and become injurious. Those parasites flourish in. HINCHLIFFE, LIMITED. Aerated Water the large intestine, which is possessed by and Matsushima Coals. Engineers and Chemists, Manchester, visited our factory recently in the course of a tour amongst manmals but is almost completely lacking icies of the Company will receive any order for Eastorp Aerated Water Makers, and was greatly birds. The result was illustrated in the doctor's Coils produced from the above Collieries. surprised at the compactness of ofre factory and
Coal sold in 1903 by the Company womted also the methodien! way in which everything a dog and parrot, the former being decrepit pertaining to the making of Aerated Vaters at sightsen, while the latter was hale and lively to 1,210,000 tons.
REPORT OF AN EXPERT.
The clock of Peterborough Cathedral of most primitive design, dates from 1320, and is
the Craw of the following Vessels during the quality of our goods was of a first-class untare, the cllest now running in Great Britain, Els
...stay in Hougkong Harbour..
ECLIPSE, British 4m. barque, J. McBryde
Standard Oil Co.
QUEN ELIZABETH, British-ship, CE. Falton
-Standard Oil Co. INEUM, British str., Pearse--Arnhold, Kar
berg & Co.
LYNDHURST, British 4m. barque, Parooll—
Standard Oil Cə.
KENTMERE, British Ship, T. E Berch- - Standard Oil Co.
E. B. BUTTON, American barque, Johnson.-
Order
HVID J. RAT, American barqué, Kastin
Sander, Wieler & Co, ·
Was
Sole Agents for Kigio, Komatsu (Tagawa)
The Head and Brauch Öfkens and the Agen-
TAKASHIMA COAL.
Colliery have been completed and this well- known best and most economical steam Coal' in the EAST is now produced in abundance and can be supplied in any quantity
[112 Hongkong, 26th April, 1904.
was carried out. He also expressed himself at seventy. While the serum is being awaited,New and additional shafts at the Takashima strongly on the absolute cleanliness of our
we are advised to eat curdled milk. whole establishment, which be assured us was equal to any he had yet visited and superior to a great many. He also reported that the and they showed that cornpulous care
300 feet of galvanized cable, supporting a exercised in the course of their manufactura.
Order Books and Price List. Please apply to leaden weight of 300 pounds, is wound up daily FACTORY and OFFICE, West Point Tel.
overs wooden wheel-about 12 feet in circum- S67. Depot, Ive House Street. Tel. 371,
-----F. P.' DANENBERG, ference. The gong, which is the great tenor General Manager. belt of the cathedral, weighs. 3,200 pounds, and Hongkong, 11th May, 1904.
is stenak hourly by an 80-pound hammer. There "RINTING OF ALL KINDS at the meat | is no diat; but the time is indicated on the main
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ALEXANDRIA & CAIRO, EGYPT.
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LOTUS,
Lauge Size 85,00 per 10 i
Gold Tippen Merlinm Size
93.75 per 100
ZAFAR,
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TRADE MARKS.
KARIM,
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Medium Size $3,30
FHABIT,
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Medium $2.75 per 100
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SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Faruous Miike, Tugawa, Yamano and Ida Coal Mines; and SOLE AGENTS for Hokoku, Hondo, Kanada Fujinotana, Mamedy, Maunoura, Ouoara Otmaji,
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