10
FOR SALE!
STRONG STEEL-PLATED SAFES
OF THE FAMOUS GERMAN FAUTORY
OSTERTAGWERKE.”
SAFES AND CASHBOXES IN STOOK AT EATES FROM
$22 up to $150.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, 1911.
The Safes may be seen at any time in the Offices of the Sole Representative
51-31
HUGO C. A. FROMM,
TELEPHONE 960, 4, QUEEN'S BUILDING, TOP FLOOB.
POST OFFICE NOTICE
Only fully prepaid letters and postcards are transmissible by the SIBERIAN Route to EUROPE.
The Arcadia, with the English Mail of the 6th ult, left Singapore, on Saturday, the 25th January, et 6.30 p.m., and may be exposted here. to-day. This packet brings Parool Mails closed in London for dospatch by the all sea route on the 28th December, and for despatch overland on the 4th instant,
The Delhi, with the Siberian Mail, is due to arrive here to-morrow.
The Mongolia, with the American Mail, is due to arrivo hore to-morrow.
FOR
Shanghai, Kobe and Moji
Macao
Haiphong
Swator, Amoy and Foschow
Shanghai
Macao
Foihow and Paklici
::
Haiphong
Hoihor
Manila
Singapore, Pousng and Calcutta
HONOLULU LE SAN FRANCISCO.
SHANGHAI, NADÁSAKI; KOBE, YOKOHAMA,
(SIBERIAN MAIL TO EUROPE)
Chikli Hatching... Hangsang
DATE
Thursday, 2nd, 9.00 A M Thursday, 2nd, 1.15 p.
PER
Namsang...
Sui Tat
Friday,
Friday,
Friday,
3rd, 9.00 A 3 3rd.. 10.00 AM 3rd, 11.00 AM
Fur Tai
Friday,
3rd, 1.15 P v
4
Mathilde.
Friday,
3rd, 5.00 x x
Johanna ...
Friday,
3rd, 5.00 PM
Holeno
Friday, i
3rd, 5.00 PM
Yuentang
Saturday, 4th, 10.00 a m
Fooksung
IES COMMERCIAL.
EXCHANGE
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
ON LONDON-
Telegraphic Transfer
February 1
Bank Bills, on demand Bank Bills, at 30 days' sight Bank Bills, at 4 months' right Credits, at 4 months sight....... Documentary Bills4 months' night1/10 ON PARIS
Fank Bills, on dezuand Credits, at 4 months' sight..
ON GERTANY~~-~
On demand..
ON NEW YORK
Bank Bills, on demand Credits, at 60 days' aight ON BOMBAY
Telegraphic Transfer Bank, ou demand
ON CALCUTTA 1- j
Telegraphic Transfor
Bank, ou dematic........
ON BEANGHAI
Bank, at sight.... Private, 30 days' sight
ON YOKOHAMA :-On demand
ON MANILA-On demand-Pesos ON SINGAPORE:---On demand. ON BATAVIA:-On demand ON HAIPHONG-On demand ON SAIGON-On demand....... ON BANGKOK-On demand... SOTEREIGNS, Bank's Buying Rate GOLD LEAF, 100 fins, por thei BAR SILVER, por o
Baturday, 4th, 10.00 ▲ M
Saturday, 4th,
Printed Matter, and Sam ples ... 10.00 A DI Registration... 10.00 AM Registration
B.O.
**
Kowloon
9,0) AN
No lato feo Lotterd ... 11.00 AM Saturday, 4th,
BANKS.-
..227
1B4
1333
LL
KON
THE MOST CELEBRATED CIGARETTES
IN THE WORLD.
THREE
CASTLES
MANUFACTURED FROM THE HIGHEST GRADES OF BRIGHT VIRGINIA TOBACCO AND PACKED IN AIR-TIGHT TINE OF 50.
ASK FOR MAGNUMS
(HAND-MADE)
75 CENTS PER TIN OF 50.
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
D. & H. 0. WILLS.
24%
35]
SHARE LIST.QUOTATIONS.
The
MAGNUMS
Three Castles
Cigarettes
Three Cafti
W.D.&HOWills Bristol & London.
BRISTOL AND LONDON.
Asia
HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 1ST, 1911.
STOCKS.
SHARES.
NO, OF VALUE. PAID UP.
CLOSING QUOTA-
TIONS CASH.
Shanghai
BURE, &c., INDIA VIA TUTICORIN
(Lato Letters 11.00 A.or. to MOON Extra
Postage 10 copts.)
(Supploraentary mail on board up to the time lisad for departure of the mail. Extra Postage 10 cents.)
Aim for the first dearance will do
A new
included in this contract muil.)
The Parcel wail will be closed to-morrow
At 5p...
SIDERIAN MAIL To EUROPË
***
Delhi
Lelters pested in all the Pillar Boxes
Printed Matter and Sam- ples... 10.00 as Registration... 10.00 a (Registration withe :clate |
ies of 1 costs up to 11.00 A.M.) NI Registration, Kowloon
B. O.
10.03 AM
Hongkong & Shanghai Banz Corporation National Bank of China, Limited Bell's Asbestos Castori Agency, Limited China Borneo Company, Limited
£20,000 99,925
$125
Ali
$925, 1£89.10/-
£7
£6 $80, buyers
6,604
12/6
12/6 8, sollers.
60,000
$12
$12 $9.
11.00 A
Chenan
Leitera
Bratow
Haimun
Sunday,
No Info fee. Letters
Saturday, 4th,
t
Registration
4.45 PM (Registration with late fea of 10 cents up to
5.00 = x)
6.00 PM
5th, 9.00 AM
Ewo Cotton Spin'g. & Weaving Co., La. Hongkong Cotton Spinning Co., Ld International Cotton Manuting Co, Lt. Laou-Kung Mow C, Spin.&Woav.Co.,Ld Soy Choo Cotton Spinning Co., Limitad
China Light and Power Company, Limited. China Provident, Losn & Mortgage Co., Ld... COTTON MILLS.-
50,000
$10
$10
50,000
$195 cts, bayers
200,000
$10
$10 $73.x div. sellers
20,000
Bwatow, Amoy and Tanısui
Dužjin Muru
Sunday,
5th, 9.00 AM
Dairy Form Company, Limitel DOCES AND WHARVES
40,000
Tis. 60 Tls. 50.85. 125,000 $10 $10
10,000 Ta. 75 Tls, 75 . 53,
$4.50, buyers The 100 s, 100 TIs. 59. 8,000 2,000
Tls. 500 Tls. 500 T75. 240.
374 $6 $171, buyers
LARGEST SALE
Jesselton, and Sandakan...
Mausang,
Monday,
6th, 11.00 AM
Swatow, Amoy and Foschow
Maivang
Tuesday,
7th, 10.00am!
Manile, Port Darwin, Thursday Island,
Cooktown, Cairns, Towusvillo, "Brisbane, Sydney, Hobart, Launceston, New Zealand, Dunedin, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, and Fremantle
Taiyuan
Toesday,
7th, 3.00 Par
'kong & Kowloon Wharf & G. Co., Ld. Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.. New Amoy Deck Co., Limited Shanghai Dook and Engineering Co., Lù Shanghai and Hongkow Wharf Co., Ld.. Fenwick & Co.. Limited
60,000
$50
50,000
all
all $533, sollers
10,000 55,700 Tls. 100
855, buyers
26.
36,000 TL. 100
Tis, 100 Tis: 100.
Tls. 67.
Tia, 100-
18,000
$25 $5.
Manila, Foilo and Ceba
Timer, Port Darwin, Thursday Island, Cooktown, Cairns, Townsville, Trisbane, Sydney, Hobart, Launceston, Now Zeeland, Dunedin, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Fremantle
KonopĖ, &c., Ixpia via TuticoRIN,
(Lata Letters 11.00 A.. to 11.30 Extra
Postage 10 cents) (Supplementary mail on board up to the tổ tized for doparture of the mail Extra Pestage 10 cents.)-
(Letters posted in all the Pillar Boxes in timo for the first cluurance will be included in this contract mail
Tean
Tuesday, 7th, 3.00 PM
Green Island Cement Co., Limited Hongkong and Chian Gas Co., Limited Hongkong Electric Co., Limited
400,000
$16
$10
$31.
7,000
· £10
all
$205.
60,000
$10
810
Empire
Derglinger
++
Manila, Cebu and Iloilo
Shanghai
Zafiro Linan
SHANGHAI, NAGAPAKI, ROBE, YOKOHAMA
VSOTORIA & VANCOUVER (2,C) -
Empress of India
SOLE AGENTS:
Wednesday, 8th, 10.00 a 1 Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited...
Wednesday, 8th,
Printed Matter and Sau- ples
10.00 AM Registration ... 10.00 AM (Registration, with late fee of 10 cents up to
10.45 A M Registration, Kowicon 1. 10.00 AM No late foo.
B.O..
Kowlooù
Letters ... 11:00 AM Wednesday, 8th, 3.00 PM Thursday, 9th, 3.00 v s Friday, 10th, Registration,
B.O. ... 4.00 PM Printed Matter and Sam- ples... 5,00 P M Registration... 5:00 PM Latters 6.00
17 Moray LETTERS-The Post Office declinca all responsibility for unregistered letters containing bank notes or jewellery, and where Registration has been neglected WILL MAKE NO ENQUIRIES into alleged losses of such (Postal Guide 121).
Mails for CANTON, *WUCHOW and *Samsuúi will be closed on week-days at 7.30 ams
and at 6 pm. mutil further notice,
A Mail for MACAO is despatoled paras. Sui dnon week-days ut 7.15 am., on Sunday.
the mail for Macno is closed at 8 n.m.
Mails for NAMTAU and SUABUS, are olosal every wosk-day at 6 pm.
Mails for *KONGMOON and *KUMCHUK, are slosed on week-days at 6 pm. O Sundays the mails are closed at 9mm.
A mail for Long Island(Cheung Chow) will be despatehod per ateam launch Hoi-yuen - daily at 2.30 p.n..
No mails are despatched to these places on Saturday evenings, unless previously notified.
Local Deliveries:-Separato Boxes have been provided for posting Correspondence for the Town, Kowloon and the Peak. The Boxes are under the Window at the East oud of the Vorandch in Queen's Road.
REGISTRATION-Correspondence can be registored for mails to Europe, Canada and Ameroni up to an hour before the time of closing. With a lato fee of 10 cents, registered articles for! despatch by those packets will be accepted up to a quarter of an hour before the time of closing th ordinary mail. Registered mails to Shanghai, Japan, Straits, India, Manila and Australia by other thau contrast packets close half an hour before the ordinary axils wad to the Coast Pors quarter of an hour before the ordinary mails
BEAUTY IS ONLY ONE OF ITS MANY MERITS.
HALL'S
SANITARY
WASHABLE
DISTEMPER
HAS THESE GREAT ADVANTAGES IN ADDITION
It is made in a wide range of 7 colours, in- olnding rich dork as well as light shades.
It contains no lead, therefore ceilings coated with white or tinted Hall's Distemper do not turn black with sulphur,
It eats the hardest of any article yet offered,
and neither oracky, blisters, nor peels off.
It is washable three weeks after being applied.
It is a strong disinfectant and should be used in
all fever or infections casea un recommended by the medical faculty.
'It is non-poisonous and clean in working.
It destroys fleas, bugs, and other objectionable
inscote.
Many of the colours will stand on new plaster.
walls.
The advantages of usije Pe
a paint which contains an effectire microbe destroyer are. obvious. A distinct advantage is the readiness with which it may be cleaned without
injuring it."
WILLIAM C. JACK & CO., LTD.,
14, DES Vaux ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG
Canton Insurance Office Co., Limited China Fire Insurance Co. Limited Chins Traders Insurance Co., Limited... Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Limited North-China Insurance Co., Limited... Union Insurance Society, Limited Yangtze Insurance Association, Limited LANDE AND BUILDINGS-
Société Française desCharb'gas du Tonkin Raub Australian Gold Mining Co.. LI Fosk Tramways Co., Limited... Philippine Co., Limited REFINERIES
China Sagar Refining Co., Limited Luzon Sugar Refining Co., Limited Robinson Piano Co., Limited.... STEAMSHIP COMPANIES.-
A. S. Watson & Co., Limited Weissmann, Limited
United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Limited, Union Waterboat Co., Limited
Tls. 767,200 Tls. 250 7% p. annum | Par.
VERNON
HONGKONG TIDE TABLE. From February 2nd to 8th, 1911.
12,000
$50
$21, buyers
TRADE MARKI
8,000 450
*25
$103, buyers
Hongkong Ice Company, Limited
5,000
$25
الله
$63, buyers
Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Co., Limited H'kong& South China Stoam Fiahorios Co., Ld. INSURANCES
60,000
510
all
$130, buyers
$188.
15,000
$10
$7
$7.
10,000
$250
$50
20,000 -$100
$160.
$20
24,000 $83.33
$25
$120, sales
$871
8,000 $250
10,000
£15
$50 $565,
12,400
$250
£5T, 16, sellers
12,000
$100
$100 8825.
560
$100
Hongkong Land Invest. Agency Co., Ld. Humphreys' state and Financs Co., Ld. Kowloon Land and Building Co., Lal.... Shanghai Land Investment Co., Limited West Point Bulling Co., Limiterl MINING-
60,000
150,000.
$10
8200.
$100 $97, d.
THE NESTLE & ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED MILK CO.
CHAM (SWITZERLAND) AND LONDON.
Milkmaid
BRAND
Another Famous Product of the above
Company is its.
STERILIZED
Milk NATURAL MILK.
in the WORLD.
As a guarantee of Quality, see the
MILKMAID
on every Tin
A trial of which will satisfy you of its
EXCELLENCE.
PRICE:
20 Cents Per Tin,
$2.30..... Per Doz, Tine.
89.00... Por Case of 4 Doz Tins, ON SALE AT
LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. KWAN TYE, Queen's Road Conteal, CHEONG TYE, Queen's Road Contral. MAN TUEN, Queen's Road East. NAM HING LOONG, Queen's Road Central, MUTUAL STORES, Queen's Road Cantral. HONGKONG CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY,
11, Caine Road.
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CROSSLEY BROTHERS, LTD. OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER.
MAKERS OF
GAS & OIL ENGINES,
MARINE ENGINES,
MOTORS & MOTOR
CARS.
$74, buyers
GAS
PLANTS
6,000
$50
830834, buyors
78,000 T. 50 Tis.
50 Tla, 98.
12,500 $5
$50 $43, x d. buyers
16,000 Fes. 250 200,000
all
$700.
£1
£1 $3.
25,000
$10
ali
50,000
$10
75,000
$10
20.000
$100
7.000.
8100
تله .
4,000
$50.
Chins and Manila Steamship Co., Ld. Douglas Steamship Co., Limited Hongkong, Canton & Meese 8.1. Co., La Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., Ld 60,000 pref Shell Transport & Trading Co., Limited.
60,000 def.
Star Ferry Company, Limited South China Morning Post, Limited. Steam Laundry Company, Limited... STORES AND DISPENSARIES.---
Campbell, Moore & Co., Limited Wm. Powoll, Limited
30,000
$25
$25 $71, buyers
20,000
$60
all
80,000"
$15
£5
2,000,000
£1
$10,000
$10.
$10 $23.
10,000
$10
$5 $12.
6,000
$25
$25 $25.
20,000
$5
95/£6, eales
1.200
$10
all 810, buyers
15,000
Watkins, Limited
10.000
SÍD
$103, sellers
90,000.
210 36, sollers
3,000
9,900 ordy
$10 $12, buyers
$4811), sellera
103 fder
50.000
870 *30
$10 $300 :830 874.
Loans,
Chinese Imperial 1886
Amouat.
Value
Interest
Quotation
SMITH, Skare-Frnkers.
HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER.
HIGH WATER.
Low Wazz.
Week
Month
Hongkong
Mean
Mean
Time,
Height
Hongkong Observatory, January 1st."
h. ft. in.
h. It in.
Thurs 2
11 77.3
Fri. 3
29.72 29.79 29.72
65
70 -68
Sat.
4
94
92
82
ENE NW
Sun:
5 m 046 60 m 7 28.12
21a 5 21 7.44 31
0
Weather
Mon.
6 m 1.525 2m 8 7
Bein
of of 0.03
Far East.
Toes.
•Wed
8 m 5:22
37
2 53 a 5 6 9,24 a 29
7 m 3 31 4 5 m 8493 0
3:50 60 31.13 a 2
4 3 m 9 38
4 50 6 4.
Highest open air Temperature on 31st.. 69
Lowest open air Temperature on 31st 64
Time.
0 7 4 6 m 5 40 10.7 4.30.3 0.
0 38 4 7 6 1510 11 53
Baromotor..... 675 24 a 30 "Temperature 116 4 9 6 51 1 5. Humidity....... 6 27 3 0
Wind Direction Force......
Previous Da Date On Date:
Day nt
at
at 4 p.m.10a.m. 4.р.
THE FIFTY YEARS
ANGLO-CHINESE CALENDAR 日麗英中年十五
FROM 1ST JANUARY, 1864 20 3197 DECEMBER
1913, BEING FROM THE 18T YEAR OF THE 70TH CYCLE TO THE BOTH YEAR OF INF
ISTA CYCLES MAY
PRICE $3 CASH, On Sale at the "HONGKONG DAILY PRESE" OFFICE, or Agente în all Ports of the
The Book will be sent by Registered Post
[free) to any part of the World unrepresented
by Agents on receipt of Monov Order?
Boistes Old
ISITOES TO
VE
Should Purchase
CANTON,
"FROM HONGKONG TO CANTON BY THE PEARL RIVER."
BY
CAPTAIN U. V. LLOYD, With Illustrations, Maps and Plans.
Price
....$1.75
On Sale at
Hongkong: "DAILY PRESS" Office.
Messrs. KELLY & WALSE Musara BREWER & Co. Messra. A. B. WATSON &Co
Canton
Fongkong, 4th October, 1909,
Printed and Pablished by ALFRED NORMAN KEMP for the Concerned at 10a, 1 Voux Bat Central, Victoria, Hongkos London Ozo. 131. Flest Street, E.GE
$13, sellers $12 $13, sellers
$108.
$115, sellers
818, sales
$50 $50.
$17, sal & buy.
15 $303, buyers
L'don £6.7.6.
£190/- buyers
FOE
POWER
AND HEATING PURPOSES, TO
WORK WITH ALL
KINDS OF FUEL.
SUCTION
AND A
| PRESSURE SYSTEMS.”“”,
AMMONIA RECOVERY
PLANTS, Ao..
HAVE ALREADY MANUFACTURED CLOSE UPON 70,000 ENGINES.
SEVERAL OF THESE ENGINES CAN BE SEEN NOW AT
WORK IN THE COLONY.
AGENTS FOR HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA: W. R. LOXLEY & CO.,
YORK BUILDINGS.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS.
Saturday 4th Feb. Tenth Ordinary Meetin
of The Hongkong Land Reclamation Co., Ltd, Noox.
OPIUM.
Quotations are:- Malwa New Malwa Old Malwa Older
January 20th.
$2,500/2,539 per pioul.
92540/2.5609
$2.570/2,580
$2,590/2,600
$1,400/1,500
$2,000
52,675
per chest.
$2.650 $2,620
Monday, 6th Feb-Auction "of Crown Land
at Public Works Dept, 3 P.M. Tuesday, 21st Fob-Eighty-Ninth Ordinary
Half Yearly Meeting of H.K. C. M. Steam- Malva V, 014 boat Co, Ltd, NOON.
Pusiau fine quality Wodnesday and Thursday, 1st and 2nd March-Pasian extra fine....
Annual Show of Hongkong Horticultural Patas Now Society, in the Botanic Gardens,
Putus Old
Bates New
ON SALE,