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PIANOS
ON HIRE
BREWER & CO., LIMITED.,
PEDDER STREET-Adjoining Main Entrance HONGKONG HOTEL.
The Cage, by Harold Begbie...
TELEPHONE, No. 696.
A Sense of Humour, by Cosmo.Hamilton Miss Pilsbury's Fortune, by C. R.
Shand...
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AT
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TUNING AND REGULAR
ATTENTION INCLUSIVE.
worth James
2855 Mayfair, by Frank Richardson
The Ending of My Day, by Rita
The Mother, by Eden Phillpots
W. G.'s Lättle Book..
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SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY CO.
SHORTEST AND QUICKEST ROUTE BETWEEN
THE FAR EAST AND EUROPE, VIA DAIREN.
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SUMMER SCHEDULE.
TERICE WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE, composed of excellently equipped Sleeping, Dining and lat class Cars, operated between Dairen and Changchun in compaction with the Trans-Siberian Express Trains and with the Daire-Shanghai Direct Steamer Service by the B.S. KOBE MART" and "SAIKIO, MARU" (2,877 tons esok) Be follows:→→
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Telephones on every Floor..
Every Comfort.
Ladies' Afternoon Tea Rooms
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KING EDWARD HOTEL.
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Revised and Enlarged; 2 Volumes, by
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$55.00
1.75
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7.30 am. to 10.00 am... Every 10 minutes. 10.00 am to 11.00 a.m... Every 15 minutes. 11.30a.m. to 12.45 p.m... Every 15 minutes. 12 45 p.m. to 1.15 pm....Every 10 minutes. 1.12pm to 1.45 p..... Every 15 minutes. 1.45 p.m. to 2.15 p.m....Every 10 minutes. 15 minutes, 2.15 p.m. to 3.00 p.m....) 3.30 p.. to 5.00p.m. Every 15 minutes. 5.00 p.m. to 8.00p.m... Every 10 minutes.
NIGHT CARS
8.45 p.m. & 9.00 p.m., 9.45 to 11.15 p.m.
every hour. BATURDAYS.
Extra Cars at 3.15 p.m. 11.30pm and 11.45 p.
BUNDAYS 8.00 am to 900 am....Every 15 minutes. 9.00 am, to 930 am... Every 30 minutes. Every 15 minutes. 9.30 am. to 10.30a.m. 10.00 am. to 11.00am....Every 10 minutes. 11.45am to 12.00 Noon. Every 15 miniles. 12.00 Noon to 1.00pm. Every 10 minutes. 1.00p.m. to 5.00 p.m....Every 15 minutes 5.00p.m. to 6.00p.m....I
10 minutes. ...Every 6.00p.m. to 7.00 pm....Every 15 minutes. 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.... Every 10 minutes. NIGHT CARS at 8.45 p.m. &.00 p.m., 9.45 to 11.15 p.m., every half hour.
SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Office, Alexandra Buildings, Des Voeux Road Central.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & 3ON, General Managers.
Hongkong, 1st April, 1909.
DR. M. H. CHAUN,
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33, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
From the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Hongkong, 17th April, 1907.
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No. 10, D'AGUILAR STREET,
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AMOROSO
BENEDICTINE, D.O.M, -
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SIEMSSEN & CO...
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(TELEPHONE 97).
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BRAND"
YORK HAMS.
Man and Master, by Lawrence L. Lynch
The Gilds of China. With an Account of the Gild Merchant or Co-Hong of Canton, by H. B. Morge
In the Wake of the Setting Sun, by J.
Carter, Illus.
General and Missionary Survey, by Marshall Broomhall, Illus. Folk Tales From Tibet. Collected and
Trans., by Capt. O'Connor
The Chinese Empire.
$3.10 Diana Tempest, by M. Cholmondely
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TERMS VERY MODERATE.
Consultation Free Hongkong, 21st September, 1905.
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Tai
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Hongkong, 24th July, 1905,
MANAGER
“KINGSCLERE,”
PRIVATE HOTEL.
Ta998
APPROACH FROM KENNEDY ROAD AND MACDONNEL ROAD.
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..
Table D'Heta at Beparate Tables. MODERATE RATES.
Telegraphio address: "Comfort," Hongkong-
For Particulars, apply to
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SHAMEEN-CANTON. : MANAGER-ME. H. HATNES.. Telegraphia address" VICTORIA, SHAMIEN. SITUATED ON THE BRITISH CONCESSION,
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information and Special attention given
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"BOA VISTA
"
(HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH
CHINA), MACAO.
THE Hotel is under European manage ment and most strict supervision sa to food, cleanliness and hygiene of the place.
All comforts of a home.
A most pleasant retreat for those desirous for a few days rest and quiet.
Comfortable accommodation for travellers paying a visit to the historical and picturesque oplony of Macac
Macso is 40 miles south-west of Hongkong. 38 Two steamers (s.s. But An and Bui Tai) xily to and from Hongkong, and two steamers to and from Canton, give easy communication with both these centres.
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