INTIMATIONS
S. MOUTRIE
& CO.. LTD..
ESTABLISHED 1875.
BABY GRANDS
BY
RACHELS,
PLEYEL,
KEMMLER.
AND
ROSENKRANZ.
FOR LIGHTNESS OF TOUCH, QUAL
ITY OF TONE, AND DURA- -BILITY, THESE PIANOS ARE
UNRIVALLED,
TO LET
TO LET ON LEASE.
FROM 1ST JANUalt, 1907,
TOS, 8, 8, 10, 12 and 14, HOLLYWOOD
NROAD
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 BUN WAI LANE, Apply to
ARRATOON V. APCAR & CO.,
45, Wyndham Street. Hongkong, 24th October, 1906, [101
TO LET.
INMEDIATE POSSESSION. "ELLBURN, No. 81 the FAN.
Apply to
WE
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN,
York Buildings. Hongkong, 22nd January, 1907. 254
TO LET.
DAVENSHILL WEST No. 3, PARK R ROAD
.
Apply to--
DEACON, LOOKER & DEACON. Hongkong, 5th December, 1906. [104
No
TO LET.
FROM 1ST MARCH, 1907, TO. 3, CARNAVON VILLAS, and No. 6, LOCHIEL TERRACE, Kowloon, Apply to-- HEWAN & Co.,
No. 1, Connaught Road, West. Hongkong, 1st February, 1907.
A GUARANTEE FOR A TEST
PERIOD OF TWO YEARS
WITH GIVEN
EACH INSTRO.
MENT. INSPECTION INVITED.
No.
S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD.
York Building, Chater Road.
Hongkong, 30th July, 1906,
138
TO LET
SOLE AGENTS:
TO LET FURNISHED.
Nicoly Situated and Well FURNISHED Alush at howlona. Electric Light, oto. Apply to-
M. J. H., Care of Daily Press" Oflce. 425 Hongkong, 19th February, 1907.
TO LET
324
TO LET
To. 28, LEIGHTON HILL ROAD,
Immediate Forgerrion.
THE COMPRADOKE, Apply 15-
Nippan Yusen Kaisha. Hongkong, 4th Fabrasry, 1997.
No. 2
TO LET,
10. 2, HOLLYWOOD ROAD.
Apply to-
333
AREATOON V. APUAR & Co., 45, Wyndham Street. Hongkong, 2nd March, 1917.
491
TO LET
ND FLOOR No. 12, QUEEN'S ROAD
CENTRAL GREENCROFT, GARDEN ROAD, Kowloon, Rodecorated, Electric Light, Tennis
FAIRVIEW, Robinson Road, Kowloon, from March 1st,
Apply to-
FOUR ROUMED HOUSES at Prays Court.
East, near East Point, Apply t
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO. Hongkong, 3rd January, 1907. [137
TO LET
2ND FLOOR of No. 6 ICE HOUSE STREET Contrally sitented and within Gasy reach of the princips! Bauks sad busines hons Apply on the premises to –
TATA & CO. Hongkong, 24th December, 1906.
TO LET.
105
HOUSE in KNUTSFORD TERRACE
A KOWLOON
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST
MENT AND AGENCY CO., LD. Hangkoux, 1st March, 1907.
192
TO LET
N ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS Small
IN
Apply
SECRETARY,
A. 8. Watson & Co., Ld. 1150 Hongkong, 4th January, 1907.
OFFICE TO LET.
NE ROOM ja PRINCE's Build Nas from
1st Fobruary. Roat 850 per month Apply-
REUTER, BROCKELMANN & Co., Hongkong, 29th January, 1907.
Prinea's Buildings.
TO LET,
009
66 LENWOOD" CAINE ROAD, suitable
G
for s Boarding House or Club.
No. 73, WYNDHAM STREET.
"BANGOUR" PEAK
BUNGALOW (furnished) nt Now Territory, Kowloon, 4 Booms, Low Rental,
BEATA ARCADE, Fine Shops
Office And
Rooms.
No. 15, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, Top Floor, (over Caldbeck MacGregor).
BELILIOS TERRAUE
ROBINSON ROAD.
HOUSES,
TO LET OR FOR SALE. NEW HOUSE on MOUNt Kellett, Five Roome, on Rural. Building Lot No. 117.
Apply to
LINSTEAD & DAVIS, 3rd Floor, Alexandra Bulldings. Hongkong, 2nd November, 1906. | 102
TO LET
PASUKSHION FROY 1ST APRIL NEXT. Sami-attached HOUSES, No. 138 and 130, MACDONNELL ROAD, Each with Rooms, Bath-Rooms, Kitchen, Servants' Quarter and Grasa Tennis Court.
Apply to
CHUNG CHINAM
LEIGH & ORANGE, 1, Pos Von Road. Hongkong, 19th February, 1907.
TO LET.
NO.2, MACDONNELL ROAD,
94
Aaply to
COMPRADORES DEPARTMEN 1', Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Hongkong, 3rd June, 1963.
197
TO LET.
TO. 1, SALISBURY AVENUE, Kow.
No. 8 GRANVILLE AVENUE, KOWLOON.
Apply to-
HUMPHREYS ESTATE &
Hongkong, 15th March 1907%
137
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 18TH, 1907.
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
maneat recovery in threr CASIN. The musi associated bodily failings, such as respiratory spasm and heart troubles, are treated simuli- SAFETY IN WIRELESS TORPEDO MZING aneously with suitable medicaments.
RADIATIONE FЯOM RUSTING-A NEW SCIENCE-AN-AIR-FILTER FOR THE NOSE THE BEST TEST FOR FLOOR MATERIALS -HOW THE FLYING-FISH FIRS-A TIMIDITY CURE,
The control of distant mechanisms by electro. magnatio waves offers fascinating pabilities, Edouard Branly, the inventor of the coberer, having already started, stopped and steered a boat by a properly-inned system of wireless receivers. To avoid outside interference-an Imperiant matter'in such operations us explod- ing Lorpedoen—M. Braply has perfected an genious though complicated apparstine, wheel bas' a non-conducting rim with five con dasting pins at equal distances, and a cam is so pissed as to move a lever and start the action of the mechanism when the wheel makes a com- plote turn. Two fexible brashes minho contnet i with each
SHARE REPORT.
Mema. Erich Georg & Co. my in their waekly share report dated March 18th, 1907- Busies during the week under review has businoresulted, lower rates had to be persplod. been very slack, and in most cases, where The sterling demand rate of stebang on London closes at 2x. 2-3464., while rate o Barsler in London is noted 31-7 16., and Shanghal and vice versa are unchaugat Conante 185-5/16.
BANK SHARESA Pew Hongkong and in-Shangles sold at $590, the market closing with sellers at that rste; the London quotation is A£10. No
Nationals are unchanged.
MARINE INSURANCE SHARES-Unious are in derned at 2835; Chius Traders have buyers at 990, and Yangtzes at $161, North Chinns at $290, after sales at $106.
60, and Cantons have sellers are goist at
FIRE INSURANCE SHARES-A few Hong. onga sold at 83423, but more shares ars
other through the pins. The Chines Irave kellars at 300.
rewipt of an olmetrin irapulse furns the wheel at uniform rate to the first pio, sacher wave gouls it to the second, and so on, but if no wave is received aan pin is momoted, the wheel drops back to starting point. As contact with ench pir, lasts only one twentieth of a second, thero is little probability that the precise moment would be hit five times in mocassion!!!!! at 53:4 but new shares at 5 20 are not
by any random shower of sparks from au onmy.
Endistions from oxidizing substans barn boso studied in Germany by F. Streintz In a gas containing oxyger, svol metals as augnesium, aluminiam, zinc and caconium give of invisible rays--prozamally like ultraviolete light that ionize the surrounding gas act on photographin plates. Of practical interest is the observation that metals may be protected from rust by electricity,
The importance of gas as a source of energy is shown by the fast that Germany's iron and con jadustry alone ng-s about arge gas engines, with a combined capacity of 420,000 horse-power.
Macao Steamboat shares changed owners st SHIPPING SHARES-Hongkong, Canton and 899 † and 830, closing with sellors at 831 Info. Chips are weak with prebebla sellors at 882, Shangiei gnoter The 59 lasyors, and London 38. Hua aud Manitas ara obtainablo at the rate of 318 3 per share of the dividend of $1
por share pil or 13th inst Douglass are on offer at the reduced rate at $33. Old Star Forres are fir
wanted Shell Transports droppad to sales at 40, 64, but at the close myers to offering 438. the Leston quotation being 43 Hongkong Steam Watorboats base salon at 86 is now the buying rate.
REFINERIES-China Sugars have been done
as low as $118, at which figure more shares are
OD
a sala at 8120 for end of Joze is
Luone are auchungel.
report Rants bars sellers at $81.
MINING SH Chinese Engineering and Mining Company Shares vld at Tls. 13:
945
for all
Docia WHARYRK AND GODOWNS.-Hong- kong and Whampoa Dock Shares sold at $130, t which gure hores are enquired; after. deo. Fenwick & Cn. ha re sellers af820 Now Amoy Docks are sinist at 812. Shanghai earlier part of the weak at Tis. 106 for the Dook
Bhares were in good demand in the north, but the market closes with sellers at Tis 105. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godews Company's shares are for sale at 23: The primitive life of the earth comprises a Shanghai and Hongkow Wharves have ruled multitude of microscopic forms, each of a single rather unately, the closing y rotation being Tis. new, and Th. 227 for now ime, coll or group of simpla cella, and some not
LAND, G
HOTELS BUILDINGS
AND
Houg distinctly plants or animals. The bacteria have
kong la
land lovestment and
and Agency Company's been assigned to the special science of lactoria. shares are fo
after sales at request at
at $107, Hongkong Lan 8107
Land Reclamation Compuy's logy, forms having a ragatable mode of life are shares have buyers at $150: Kowloon Lands and claimed by the botanists, and the protozoa urepal Points are unchanged in values, and so ranked as animals. The bacteria were formerly loaked upon as the sole agents of disase, hat recent researches prove that perhaps a fourth of the protozes szint parasites and play a part in the disorders of 7001921 sul other eratures.
The malaria parasites became kuwa in 1889, those of the Tony fever of cattle in 1893, and those of tecle-ly diresan in 1895. These sensational diacovorin have opined a wonderful new id for inveligation, and bare transformed all plans for making babituble certain disease-iofested regions. Maloris, for instance, is now known, to be dus toperasites spread by mosquitses, instead of being attributed to bad sir from murahos. Tlomalarin Parasito is digested in all stages in the stemach of mosquitoes of the genus Calex, but in the Avophales mosquitoes certain stages rasat digestion, the parasitos multiply,penetrate the stomach walls, and produce an immense
are Hagkong Hotels. Humphreye' Estate and Finance Company's sliarss changed hands at closing with sellers at $11.20 Stanghai Lands ratos aging between $11,15 and $114 por skare,
are analangad.
COTTON M-Th only change in Mows which are quoted Tik 105; Hongkong Shanglai
Mills is a drop in Lan Kong Cotton sold at $12.
withi
Bra
SONY MANUFACTURING COMPANIEA — China Light and Powers have sellers at 593, 816. Greau Is's Cement Company's shares Hongkong Electrics are quiet but steady at sold at 820 to 31, closing with seller at 320 Ioss continue in demand at8240, R hands st 821 to
to $22
At sér cliding 1 Other stocks wador this
MISCELLANEOUS-China Providents fotshel 89, and beva further buyers. Hongkong High oral Tramways (in Lig.) are in demand at $215;, the Liquidators' report states that in accordance with the Agreement made for the sale of the
High-Level Tramways Company, Limit
Hongkong
(the old
Company to the Peak Tramwaya
Limited (the Now FINANCE CO., LD. Dumber of germs which eventually reach the Company), the Liquidatory have to distribute!
among the shareholders of the old Company the profits earned by the Old Company since the 30th November 1901, up to the 19th October, 1905
and also the s 8 of 82,796-28 at crudil Proit tud Loss Account of the Old Commny 300 November, 1904. A dividend in
firat. Liquidation of 800 per share was paid on Set September, 1906, and a final dividend of $1.15 per share is new proposed. Sabject to the above the whole of the Assets and Liabilities of the Breathing through a wet handkerchief at compary after the consent of the Governmout Old Company will be handed over to the Now night bas given relief to bay-fever patients. has bosa obtained to the transfer. The accounts This has suggested to Dr. A. C. Heath a novel of the ( OR Company.are now alreed. Langkats ülter, which consists of two rings connected by are queled in the north Tls. 265 steady, or the
Jat interim
dividend on account of the current a bridge, sach ring having stretched over it a fine setting of silk gauze. The rings are to be Steam Ioundry Shares hate improved to bayers year of Tix. 74 per share, paid yesterday;
worn in the no, hall su inck from the at $54, and Watkins to B. A B, Watsone wold openings This device has been triad without at $72) but have zeliers Wm. Powells have A HOUSE in CLIFTON GALDENS, Conduit discomfort in a number of aurore cases of lay-soilers at St. Other fock under this Leading Read.
are unchanged. FLATS in MOBETON TERRACO
TO LET.
salvary glands, when the mosquito becomes infectious. Bimilar organisms, with different methods of distribution, seem to pray on many Budinals. Our knowledge is just beginsing, hit,
sci.ne
NO.6. LYEEMOON TILLAS, Kowloon, as 'ready developed a pow of
Posession from 1st March mart, Fire Rooms and Tennis Court. Rent $125 per
month including taxes.
Apply to
"LYEEMOON" Care of "Daily Press" Office. Hongkong, 21st January, 1997. 211
TO LET.
FFICES in KING'S BUILDING and YORK
BOYLDINGS
A HOUSE in WONG NE CHONG ROAD. GODOWNS in PRAYA EAST.
Apply to--
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD. Hongkong, 1st March, 1907.
No.
Rentals,
TO LET.
!#1
TO. 3 and 5, ORMSBY TERRACE, Granville Road, Kowloon. Moderate Apply to--
SPANISH PROCURATION. Hongkong, 4th March, 1907,
TO LET.
O. 26, WYNDHAM STREET.
Apply to-
No
482-
Yas On Maria & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. Hoogkong, let March, 1907.
TO LET.
T06.27. and 31, SEYMOUR ROAD.
Naw Houses in KENNEDY ROAD, Dese Wan Chai.
Nce. 4 and 6, HIGH STREET,
No. 80 & 91 GODOWN PRAYA EAST.
Apply to
66
SAM WANG CO., LTD.,
81, Qason's, Road Contral Hongkong, 13th November, 1966.
[103
TO LET-FURNISHED.
BWKNOR No. 116, PEAK. April I to end September.
Apply
M. W. SLADE,
Prince's Buildings, Hongkong, 29th January, 1:07.
800
TO LET. "MMEDIATELY, the Capacious Promiseu T
on the Ground-floor of No. 2, PEDDER STREET, at present occupied by Messrs. Harris Keeney Co, Ltd.
Apply to
GILMAN & CO. Hongkong, 23rd January, 1907.
-960
504
E. A. & C. F. DE CARVALIJO, 14, Arbuthnot Bord, Hongkong, 28th February, 1907.
-TO-LET
1 First Floor, alebo ND,
471
N HOTEL MANSIONS, 2 ROOMS on
Apply to→
HENRY HUMPHREYS, Alexandra Buildings, Hongkong, 7th March, 1907-
TO LET.
531
NO.1 WEST ENDTERRACE, Shameen,
Apply th
“HÔNGKONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkong, 1st March, 1907.
TO LET.
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protezsology, of which a special obair has been established at the University of London.
forer, and the removal of pallan or dast has invariably improved the breathing within fifcoen minutes to an hour.
Exposure to the sand-blaet for two or thray minutes cats away road and floor materials us mich ne months of ordinary wear, and it bas been found in Germany that this is the best method of testing' such materials. A special | apparatie has been made by Altre ! Gutmann, Dear Hamburg.. Test cubes of 2-4,5 inches to a side are cut with a diamond saw or molded, and one side of this cubs is partially covered, no that a circular aran 2.2/5 inches across is exposed to the sad thrown up by a jet of | steam escaping from a pressure of two atmos pheros Natural quartz sand is used, with rounded grains passing through a sieve of 774 males per square inch. The abrasion showe the quality and the characteristic properties of the material, the homogeneity of the diff srent puts, the coarseness of the grain or the p-on- fiarities of atruciare, and the uniformity ar irregularity of wear, frasite, porphyry, blast furnace slug, artificial stone, hard plaster, Hinoleum, and oak, pins and othay scoda, are among the materials that have been tested ia this way.
The theory that the flying fl-h glids through the air like an aeroplane, propelled by the tail and guided by the portoral Gas, is disproved by Livut-Col. C. D. Durnford, an English | Buluralist, He finds that au average fight begins with a jump into the air, implied by the tail and aided by the wing like fax: tha is continued by a labored and exceedingly rapid movement of the seemingly motionlar wingal which st times slow down so that the vibration becomes visible; and that it senses either with Furnished,dden stoppaga or gradual slowing down af
the wings befora reseking the water.
66 NUMMER HOUSE" Mount Kellott,
the РЕАК Partially Fossession from 1st April, 1907. Lew Rent.
Apply to--
PERCY SMITH & SETH,
5, Queen's Road Central,
$39 Hongkong, 8th March, 1907.
Stage fright in disease and easily cared, we are told by Dr. Paul Farez of Paris, the remedy being suggestion. He has had rapip sad per
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