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NORTH-BOUND,
Leave Hanghai (Steazaer) Arriss-Dairen
Lv.
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L
Ar ---Changchan
Train
Ar.
11
Thursday Saturday
8.m. Bunday
Saturday or Sunday Monday or Tuesday Tuceday
Friday
Monday
8.50 p. 9.15 p.m. 5 B.M. 6.55 1. 3 p.In
Connecting at Horbin with
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Connecting at Harkiu with
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Leare ---Harbin Arrive Changchun
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Wednesday
Friday Sunday
IJ
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Friday
Tuesday
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0 0 3,065,374 15 7
0
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Every Comfort.
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Hongkong, 24th July, 1905.
MANAGER.
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PRIVATE HOTEL.
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·APPROACH FROM KENNEDY ROAD AND MACDONNEL ROAD.
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No. 2, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
Mas. M. MATTHAEY, Proprietress,
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Telegraphie address: "Confort," Hongkong
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"BOA VISTA" (HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH
CHINA).
MACAO.
HE Hotel is under European manage Ent and most strict supervision as te food, cleanliness and hygiene of the place.
All comforts of a home.
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DIVISION STREET, KOBE.
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BEST WINES AND LIQUORS SUPPLIED.
Special arrangements for a long stay.
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