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Every Comfort.
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A HIGH CLASS HOTEL
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required).
Electrio Fassenger Elevator to each floor, Tablo D'Ite at separate tables. For Terms, &c., apply to the
Hongkong, 24th July, 1905,
MANAGER. [B858
ORIENTAL HOTEL
No. 2, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
A THOROUGHLY FIRST-CLASS AND UP-TO-DATE HOTEL. NITUATED in the most contral position Large and Airy Rooms. Hot and Cold Water Baths. Gas and Electrio Light. Cuisine entirely under European Supervision. Private Bar and Billiard Rooms. Monthly Rates for Tiffin and Dinner. Terms 'moderato.
FREDERICK REICHMANN, Proprietor and Manager,
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TELEGRAPHIC Adpress "ComFORT," Hongkong?
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TANDING in its own grounds with Tennis and Croquet Lawns, Large Airy and Well Furnished Rooms, evory, home comfort Fine View of the Harbour.
Telephons, No. 690.
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"BOA VISTA (HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF BOUTH
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