DISASTROUS FIRE IN
SINGAPORE.
DAMMES FROM $5000 to $60,000
Singapore, December 12th,
About 4-50 yeasterday morning a fire broke out at No 4 Clark Quay, a godown occupied by Mesars Sandilands, Buttery and Co., which was stored with a quantity of cepra, black and white pepper, tapioca, coffee, &c. The Chinese storekeeper on Saturday aftemoon it appears locked the godown as usual, taking the keys with him, and leaving two Sikh watchman in charge, who were sleeping soundly on the verandah when the Police at Kampong Ma- lacca Statión discovered the outbreak. It was then seen that the fire was burning fiercely within, but in the absence of the keys, there being only one entrance to the place, nothing could be done. Three steam engines were, however, promptly on the spot, and as the tide was rising there was a plentiful supply of water ailable from the river. The fire-meanwhile having gained a firm hold on the building, all effits to extinguish it proved unavailng; and the Brigade confined their attentions to prevent ing the spread of the fire with success, only trifl- ing damage being done to the adjoining go- downs, one of which is occupied by Messrs. Pertile & Co. The building, which was owned by Mr. Goh Ban Whatt, of 4 Clark Quay, and which was insured for $3,000 with the London and Lancashire Co., was completely gutted. The damage to the produce, which is covered by insurance, with the National Insurance Co. of Ireland and the Northern Insurance Co. $40,000 each, is estimated at between $50,000 and $60,000.--8. F. Press.
THE YELLOW RIVER FLOODS.
We have been' faynured with the following copy of a letter written from Chinant to the Philadelphia Ledger, one of the leading jgnals of the United States. It will be read with deep interest |--
1 take the liberty of writing this article for your valuable paper, because I believe it will reach the most people who are able to sympathise in a substantial way with this suffering people.
The Yellow River has been an eye-sore to China for many centuries, having a course now of over 2,000 miles, though from source to mouth in direct line is but half that distance, and draining a tenitory of over 700,000 square miles. Its course has been changed many times, and when its present course was com pleted with double embankmenis on either side and the water turned into it, all supposed that the Yellow River problem was solved for ever, but adas trouble seems to have only begun in Learnest, since as bater, unly possibly covering greater stretches of country, these embankments ceiten way under the great stress of water during the rainy season of this climate, and the farms and villages for miles on the side of the broken embankment have been submerged.
Much time might be spent in discussion, and many theories propounded as to a plan by which this constantly recurring calamity might averted, but that most remain for those skilled in river engineering, of which class China is lamentably in want
My task is to endeavour to set before your minds as clearly and honestly as I am able to da, the present condition of the place and people visited one of these awful foods. In order that might be able to do this more fully, I have visited a puntion of the submerged region, and taken some photographe.
We left Chihanin" the capital of Sham- tung on Tuesday, November the 8th, on a small boat. We had hired our boat the pre plous evening and slept or bond-ehet igist so we got a very early start in the morning. The small stream is called the sisethingho-the small clear river-and is in reality a canal from this place to the ocean. We sailed along, for the first 20 miles without seeing any evidences of flood, then we came to a village that was looking much the worse for the food, then, 190, we found it would be neccessary to leave the regular channel of the canalton account off the canal bed being filled with sil, so we started across the fields. As all of the road buds in China are lower than their sides, we could find a good depth of water by keeping The course of the roads. Ja this way we were eaubled to pass me villages and see better the extent of the fooded region. We began now to see wateron all sides of us-looking before us we seem to have reached the ocean-only for the trees and stined villages we can see on the horizon and just before us. Occasionally upon a rising piece of ground we see the broken tops of kaoliang stalks, which is very like the sugarenie at home, or here and theic the top of a grave may be seen; their graves here are "marked by high mounds of earth,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1898,
TO-DAY,
Chinese-gth of 11th moon of 24th year of Wednesday, 21st December, 1898.
- Kwangsa
| High water—Morning ca. ghr. amin, Afternoon . går. 2qmin. Low water--Morning ... Dhr. Smin. ¿flernen, mutɔhr. 48min. ANNIVERSARIES,
Chinese-zoth of 12th moon of 24th year of Thursday, 22nd Decembor, 1898.
Kwang-st.
High water-orning ...... zhr.z$min. Afternoon ......shr. somin. Low water-forning....................... går. 53min.,
Afteration tone. ANNIVERSARIEST
thrown up from six to ten feet high, on either side. Wo soon reach the ruins of a village with not a soul left in it-all who are left live on the embankment of the canal strung but for a third of a mile. These houses are built of mud, and roofed with kuafiang,stalks and grass. Here a man who is a Christian came out to meet us, and invited us to his house. I asked him what the people bad to eat, and he said that they had been truling what wood, they had succeeded in rescuing from their broken-1736-Steam navigation first attempted. down houses for food from passing boat, but 1854-Several hundred aaned Taipings arrested now that the wood was all gone they had only
in Hongkong. the leaves they gathered froin the willow trees 1872-The Princes Philip and Augustus of mixed with a vegetable they gathered on the
Sachse-Coburg visited Hongkong. bank of the canal. This found afterwards
TO-MORROW, was a wild plant, nothing more than a weed. I rather questioned this statement, and asked, him if I could go to his house and see the real condition of things with my own eye. "To be sure," he said. I went into his house and took the liberty to examine every, vessel of every sort in his house, and all I could find, which could be eaten by man, were cakes made of willow leaves and weeds, -as he had said. These willow leaves coustitute the great part of the food of these people. The only articles of fumiture in their mud huts are what they have fished out of the mud under water since the flood. And all the clothes they have to wear what they could hastily collect from their houses when the water came and left them home- giving a poor chance of escape to the feeble less. The flood came suddenly, and at night,
ones and children. Six in this village of 120 since. This is 60 miles from Chinantu. The families were drowned. Many have died dead are in coffins which are covered with mud, and some are buried in the embankment, I noticed a kabling stalk stuck in the top of ench grave and asked why it was there; they told me that the spirit must have a place by which to come out and return to the body, About every 50 paces on that embankment there was a grave, many were little ones. One woman sitting at the door of her mud hut was crying, and begged of ine to give her some- thing to cure her little boy, saying that she had lost two little ones, and had nothing to give the little boy to eat, and she feared he too would die.
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As I walked along that bank I was besieged by women begging of me to give them some- thing to eat. I felt that had I brought a load of grain instead of medicines it would have been more appropriate.
1805--Lord Beaconsück! børn. 1836--Two Mandarins arrived at Macao with secret ontlers to watch the movements of Plenipotentiary Elliot, 1864-Capture of Savonials by General Sher
1879-British victory near Kabul. 1890--Return of Governor Sir William Des
Vaux to Hongkong, .. 1897-The German cruiser "Katsorin Augusta
arrived in Hongkong from Europe. SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MADS DUE
Indian (Kolisnove) 24th inst. English (Chusan) 25th inst, American (Ceptic) 27th inst. Canadian (Empress of Chinn) 28th inst American (City of Peking) 12th prox.
+
THE, P. & O. S. N. Co's steamer Peshawar left Singapore for this port at 1 pm. yesterday the coth instant.
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The Nippon Yusen, Kaisha's steamer Jiike Alari (Bombay Line) left Moji for this port Along here men, women, and children | yesterday the 20th, and is expected to arrive followed us for a long distance hoping to excite | here on the 25th instant." our sympathics and receive something. These people are actually starving there are sure evidences of They are cooped up on this (Australian Line), left Kobe via Mofi for THE Nippon Yusen Kaisha's steamer Omi embankment for about 20 miles with water on this port yesterday aftertoon the 20th, and is either side, having no possible means of getting.expected to arrive here on the 27th instant. away, as this embankment is cut across in many places by the water. They can, by small
HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS, striera Pons at Kowloon Dock #LGALS. Kalser... Hongkong. Chanshan.. Bygdo
HLGMS, Morwe.. H.LG.M.S. Gețion Ask
oats, geia the trees near by and gather leaves and bark, all the, timbers they could. secure from their destroyed houses are disposed" of, and starvation and death are staring them in the face. I notice the eyes of the children giving evidence of lack of food. I saw all | along among some of the children the glaring shiny cornea of acute starvation, and in others the dull beavy cornea, a condition so often seen in poorly nourished children. There is not an animal to be seen anywhere in this whole regon which was formerly fall of fertile farms well stocked. It really makes one's heartache to see such awful sights of misery, I could but think how different the cause of suffering here from that of the Cubans, and possibly much more severe as these people are in a cold climate and can saaacely find ground enough to make a bed. Cubans upon themselves, tres peuples enter ing thrust upon them. ́) was glad when our | Jolani dear country interfered for humanity's sake in the coconf Cuba: Can we not hope that her good citizens will in this great catastrophe come to the rescue and aid these people?
HEGMS, K. dila... ILMS, Pigmy............... Haiphong Athenian
Hainan
Paksham Haalamo
Picciola.
Cestnopolitan
Aberdeen
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PASSE(THE CANAL
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Intimations.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
N. accordance with ORDINANCE No. 6 of
1875, the Undermentioned BANKS will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business, on MONDAY and TUESDAY, the 26th and 27th instant, respectively:-
.
For the CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA,
TE SANSOM, Manager. For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager. For the NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,
LIMITED,
G. W. F. PLAYFAIR, Chief Manager.
1'
For the MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA,
LIMITED,
J. THURDURN, Manager.
For the BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,
J. G. F. AUGUSTIN,
Manager.
For the BANK OF CHINA&-JAPAN, LIMITED,
HONGKONG,
E. L. HUNTER, Manager.
For the YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED,
CHOH,
Agent.
E. W. RUTTER,
For the IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA,
Manager.
[1505
Hongkong, 20th December, 1898.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
-HOLIDAYS.
HE Undermentioned INSURANCE
TOFFICES will be CLOSED for the
Transaction of Public Business, on MONDAY and TUESDAY, the 26th and 7th instant, respectively and on MONDAY, the 2nd Jangaty, 1899:-
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co,
General Agents.
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LD. General Managers.
HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
.LIMITED...
W. J. SAUNDERS, Acting Secretary,
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF
CANTON, LD. W. H. PERCIVAL,
- Agent, W, H. BAY,
NORTH-CHINA INSURANCE CO; LD.
-Secretary
CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE Co.,
-LISITED. SHEWAN TOMES & CO..
Agents,
YANOTSZE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION,
LIMITED
G. L. TOMLIN,
Acting Secretary,
CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LD. W. H. T. DAVIS, **
Manager,
THE STRAITS INSURANCE CD., LD. Hongkong, 19th December, 1898, [1491 THE HONGKONG COTTON SPINNING, WEAVING AND DYEING CO.,'
[
NOTICE.
OTICE is hereby given that the FINAL INSTALMENT of $30 per SHARE on
Outward Nov. 2nd Dadrani, Flintshire; the shares in above COMPANY becomes
on the THIRTY-FIRST day of December Nov. 29th sofa, Malacca. Benledi, Dorothea Rickmers; Dec. 6th Turtles: Dec. 9th St,nes, and PAYMENT thereof must be made Socotra, Firdimir;-Dec. 13th Patrachus, Noro he BANKERS of the Company, viz., the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR- FOLATION on or before that date. Homeward-Dec. 13th Ĉaledonien.
From this point we sailed to the N. E. across fields, passing a village about every mile in utter rain. Crossing this region some distance-man Isles. from the canal bed we saw many dead bodies bound up in trees, and I saw two skeletons on the ground with most of the flesh eaten away by the birds.
Intimations.
THE GREAT EASTERN AND CALE- DONIAN GOLD MINING CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE is hereby given that the SECOND
The dogs are almost all dead, and as a Chinaman doesn't believe in taking life those still alive are slowly starving to death. After leaving the canal, we sailed about five miles before we reached the southern embankment of the Yellow River. This outer embankment
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING has three tiers of houses stretched along for a of the SHAREHOLDERS of the above Coin. distance of about forty miles with scarcely a
pany will be held at the REGISTERED OFFICE break, and in cach house is a family of from two of the Company, 7, Queen's Road Central, to eight, The houses are made more sub- tantial than those at the canal.
Many are made of sun-dried bricks and thatched with corners of sun-dried bricks, and grass roof and sides of Apoling stalks then plastered with mud.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.,
General Managers. Hongkong, jath November, 1898. [1396 THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT 00., LIMITED,
NOTICE is hereby given that under the powers conferred by the SPECIAL RESOLUTION passed and confirmed on the it and 25th days of June, 1897 the Under- 3d General Managers did on the 30th dayofNovember, 1898 make a FINAL CALL: of tle New Shares issued in pursuance of such of $per SHARE an account of the price
accoun of the PREMIUM for each such share and the auch CALLS are PAYABLE at the OFFICE of the General Managers, No. 9, Prasa Central, Victoria, Hongkong, on the 1st Jantar 1899.
Auctions.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
TOMORROW
(THURSDAY), the aand December, 1898,
AT THE
UNDERSIGNED'S SALESROOMS,
Zetland Street, No. 2, Commencing at 2.30 PM.
A FINE COLLECTION OF JAPANESE CURIOS, PORCELAIN, BRONZES, CLOISONNES. RUGS, &o, &c., &e.
CARPETS,
SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
On View at the Undersigned's. TERMS OF SALE:-As Customary.
PAUL BREWITT,
4Auctioneer Hongkong, zoth December, 1898..
Shipping.
STEAMERS.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMON AND FOOCHOW.
THE Company's Steamship
"THALES,
Captain Bathurst, will be despatched for the above Ports, TO-MORROW, the 22nd instant, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers.
Hongkong, 21st December, 1898.
[1499
FOR LONDON VIA MANILA AND SUEZ CANAL..
11504
TIME
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
No. 564.
THE following Particulars and Conditions of
Sale of Crown Lind by Public Anction, to be held on the spot, on
THURSDAY,
the 29th day of December, 1898, at 3. P.M., are published for general information,
By Command,
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary: Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 10th December, 1848.
[1506
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale to be held on Thursday, the 20th day of December, 1898, at 3 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lo:
ITE Steamship
"BELGIC"
Captain Rinder, will be despatched as above TO-MORROW, the 2nd instapt, at-Ngor
Thiswell-known steamer has Superior Accomodation for Passengers and carries a Doctor and Stewardess.
For Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
Hongkong, 21st December, 1895.
[1468 AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY, (UNDER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT).
STEAM TO, YOKOHAMA AND KOBE.
of CROWN LAND, in the Colony of Hong. THE Company's Steamship kong, for a term of 75 Years.
1,517
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Try
Loenlity,
ER.
Ft.
NOTICE.
pher Price.
6,173, 64 | 1,1953
PUBLIC AUCTION,
R. HN. MODY has been instructed to
sell by PUBLIC AUCTION
ON THURSDAY, the 29th December, 1898,
at 3 o'clock M.,
on the Premises,
THE FOLLOWING VERY VALUABLE” “ LEASEHOLD AND RECLAMATION PROPERTY,. vix. :——— ALL THAT PIECE or PARCEL of GROUND registered in the Land Office as Section A of MARINE LOT No. 7, together with the Reclamation in front thereof.
The above Section A of MARINE LOT NO. 7 is bounded on the N. by the Praya, measur ing thereon rod feet, and by Section B of MARINE, LOT Na 2..measuring thereon of No. 3 measuring thereon ito, on the E. by MARINE LOT No. 2c, mensuring
on the W. by Section B of MARINE LOT, NO. 7. and measuring the con 135 feet, and contains
ille-whole an area of 19,415 2/42 feet: is held for the residue of a term of 999 years from the 24th June, 1863. Proportion of CROWN RENT 834337. The Premises No. 9. Praya Central are let to various tenants producing a total monthly rental of $1,160.
The Reclamation has been filled in and possesses a sea frontage of 64 feet 8 in. and an area of 16,303 square feet.
The Sum of $1,419.43 still remains to be the making of the Reclamation under the called
up of the moneys to be contributed to Reclamation Agreement and the Reclamation will be sold subject to this,
to
For Particulars and Conditions of Sale, apply
Messrs. DEACON & HASTINGS,
or to
The Auctioneer.
N.B. The above area is that contained int the Reclamation Agreement. It has since been ascertained that the area available sion is about to be given by the Government,
Hongkong, 14th December, 1898, [1415
grass, None have anything but mud floors, of the Directors together with a Statement of RESOLUTION and a FINAL CALL of $5 on Assignment is 16,868 square feat and posses.
At best the houses are very damp and un healthy, and with the scarcity of clothes and. fuel, there will be hundreds who will perish in the cold of winter.
I went into the houses of these people and found that all some had to cat was leaves from the trees, the fresh shoots from the wheat which they had gathered on the other side of the em bankinent where the ground is higher, and the chaff of the millet. They had cakes made of this mixture, and this was their daily portion.
on THURSDAY, the 29th of December, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report Accounts for the year ending 30th June, 1898,
LÜTGENS, EINSTMANN & Co.,
General Agents. Hongkong, with December, 1895. [1503
EYE-SIGHT.
MR. N. LAZARUS, Occulist-Optician, of London and Calcutta, may be consulted for SPECTACLES at
FLETCHER & Cols PHARMACY, (Opposite the HONGKONG HOTEL). Business Hours:
9am to 5 P.M.
of
A great proportion of cataracts and diseases affecting these advancing in life occur to those having some dificiency in the construction the eyes--the many years of "Eye Strain " ending in serious forms of diseases. Glasses. specially, adapted in youth to those requiring them save and preserve the sight,
Constantly recurring headaches, spells of dimness when reading, weak eyes, the letters running together; any of these symptoms indi- These people have nothing to depend upon.
cate a deficiency in the form of the eye requir. There have been men chosen by the missionarying Glasses only to correct and cure body to act upon the matter of relief. Tele- Mr. LAZARUS supplies his SPECTA. grains have been sent to England with a goodCLES only after testing the sight. response, but it is as a drop in the ocean corn- 'pared with the need,
charity on earth.
Night is upon us and we tie up by a large tree and stay for the night. The boatmen are out early in the morning and by the time we have, breakfast over we are sailing by a village completely wrecked. I tried a photo from thie hoat and it failed; we then landed, and by keeping the track they bad carefully made to the water's edge, we made one way to a little bank, upon which were some houses left in a very dilapidated condition. Even on this bank if you stepped from the path you sank ininud above the ankles, Hore I succeeded in getting on the In one place bere along this bank I saw over moof of a house the walls of which were all gone, sixty sick people in about an hour. Many of only the corner posts left to hold up the roof them needed only to have something to eat and From this place I took photographs which will wear. It is estimated that there are about a give some idea of the way the whole village is million people left homeless from here to the cooped up on this small point of raised ground.sca, And in the other direction farther up the They are surrounded by water and have been Yellow River we have recently heard that the in this condition for three months. A number destruction is even worse than to the cast. We are living on the tops of their houses, others sailed for ten miles along this embankment have been able to core down and live in theirs, and found the condition almost the same all for the water has gone down three fest since | along, the flood first came, As you look at these Having a favourable wind, we set sail for people do you think they have any needs? The home and reached Chinanfu on Sunday morn water destroyed all their crops. What wheating about 3 o'clock. they had could not be kept dry and either These conditions challenge any need of sprouted ormoulded. They have waterall around then but yet none fit to What clothes they saved will soon be worn out and the cold weather is coming on rapidly. Many have large families, think it is not hard to hear a cry ing sound from this villinge. Here I saw the sick for about a half hour; saw about 30 in all We then go on sailing across flelds, here the water is from four to ten feet deep so as we need not keep the ronds; we sail NE. We goon came upon another village about a mile- grom the canal bed. Here, we saw what is Very uncommon in this part of China; build- ings of more than one story, there are a num her of these in this village. They were built turing the Ming dynasty, and were used as jookouts and for places of protection, much as the old castles in England, They are over 300 years old. From the top of one of these I took photographis, These show the water : In all directions as far as the eye can reach. I didn't take the western eide as there wasn't much of anything but water. There had been a village to the West but it was all washed away. This village "suffered less than most others for it is on a rather higher mound and there are parts of it, which I dare say had no more than the ground barely covered with water. Parts of it are quite dry now. Here I saw the sick again, while Mr. Wight talked. to the people for two or three hours.
Leaving this villago wo sailed for the nearest point on the canal. For long distances on the, Canal we could not' ses the banks' which are"}
Can we not count upon a large gift from. America to relieve these starving dying fellow, creatures ?--N. C. D. News
NOTAND ́A.
CALENDAR.
DECEMBER. Metrorological means based on ten years
-observations to 1893, 14)
Barometer Thermometer
Humidity Rainfall
WEATHER REPORT
Barometer... Theringmeter Humidity Rainfall
29.818
.80.1
8,58
TO-DAY_
On date On data a
10a.m.
30,19 30.12
04
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By
ADVICE FREE.
WORTH A GUINEA A BOX
[1470
BEECHAM'S
PILLS
FOR ALL
BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS KUCH AS
SICK HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, WEAK STOMACH,
IMPAIREL DIGESTION,-
DISORDERED LIVER,
AND FEMALE AILMENTS. ANNUAL SALE SIX MILLION BOXES,
so Cente per Box,
Prepared only by the Proprietor
THOMAS BEECHÁM, St. Helens, England."
SOLE AGENTS for HONGKONG and the EMPIRE of CHINA:—
WATKINS & CO., .
APOTHECARIES HALL, 66, Queen's Rond Central, Hongkong,
Uni parment of such calls and production of the jettincates for the shares in respect of which the same are paid, fully paid up Certifi cate: vill be issued in exchange for provisional scrips,
Laid the rst December, 1898.
1400
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,
General Managers..
THE MUTUAL STORES.
LIPTON'S DELICIOUS CANDIES IN FANCY
- BOXES.
JUST THE THING FOR CHRISTMAS.
LIPTON'S CELEBRATED HAMS.
LIPTON'S STILTON CHEESE
LIPTON'S CELEBRATED RISCUITS. -
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Hongkong, 19th Deceiuber, r893.
Shipping. STEAMERS.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
FOR LONDON, VIA SUEZ CANAL- THE THE Company's Steamship
"HECTOR,"
Captain Barr, will be despatched as above on WEDNESDAY; the 28th instant
For Freight apply to
"BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agonts,
Hongkong, 19th December, 1898.
(1495
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR MANILA, VIA AMOY, HE Company's Steamship
"SUNGKIANG}",
Captain Dodd, will be despatched as above on THURSDAY, the 39th instant,
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents Hongkong, 19th December, 1898. [1496 "GLEN" LINE OF STEAM
PACKETS. FOR LONDON, VIA SUEZ CANAL, THE Steamship
TH
"GLENAVON,"
Captain W. Pithic, will be despatched as above on or about the 29th instant.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., Agents, Hongkong, 16th December, 1898,
[1397
THE SHELL TRANSPORT AND TRÅD-
·ING COMPANY, LIMITED. "SHELL LINE OF STEAMERS.
FOR LONDON (VIA SINGAPORE) HE Company's Steamship
TH
ELPHINSTONE"
Captain C. Abbott, will be despatched as above
on or about the sth January
For, Freight, apply to
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co.,
Agente, ding, Hongkong, 10th December, 1898.
[1431
"VINDOBONA,".
Captain C. Bellen, will leave for the above places on FRIDAY, the 23rd instant. For Freight or Passage, apply to
SANDER, WIELER & CO., Agents.
Hongkong, 14th December, 1898.
[1465
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND
CALCUTTA.
THE Company's Steamship
"SUISANG," Captain G. Payne, will be despatched as above on SATURDAY, the 24th insiant, at Noon..
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINEMATHESON & ̄CỠ,
General Managers Hongkong, 20th December, 1898.
[1500
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY LIMITED,
FOR SINGAPORE, SAMARANG AND.
SOURABAYA.
THE Company's Steamship
"FAUSANG," Captain Moncur, will be despatced as above on SATURDAY, the 24th instant, åt Noon.".
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & C
General Managers... Warm... "GLEN" LINE OF STEAM PACKETS.
FOR NEW YORK, VIA SUEZ CANAL
}
THE Steamship
"GLENARTNEY," Captain Frakes, will be despatched as above on or about the 24th instant.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co,
Agents.
[1312
Hongkong, 17th December, 1898.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED:
FOR PORT DARWIN, QUEENSLAND PORTS, SYDNEY, MELBOURNE AND
LAUNCESTON.
HE Company's Steamship.
THE
"TAIYUAN," Captain Nelson, will be despatched as above on WEDNESDAY the 28th instant, at Noon.
The attention of Passengers is directed to the Superior Accommodation offered by this. Steamer. The First-clase Saloon is situated forward of the Engines. A Refrigerating: Chamber ensures the Supply of Fresh Pravis- lons during the entire voyage,
A duly qualified Surgeon is carried and the Vessel is fitted throughout with Electric light. MA-Return Tickets issued by this Com pany to and from AUSTRALIA are available for return by the Steamers of the EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN S.S. Co. and vice versa, .
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agonts, Hongkang. 14th December, 1898. [1469
MOGUL-WARRACK-MILBURN LINE. FOR NEW YORK VIA SUEZ CANAL. "HE Steamship
THE
"MOGUL"
will be despatched as above on or about the 15th January, 1899.
S.S. ENERGIA"......About 31st Jan., 1899
5.5. “ARGYLL”
S.S. "SIKH "
15th Feb., 1899.
28th Feb, 1899.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DODWELL, CARLILL & Co., Agents, Hongkong, 20th December, 1898, [1360
GREATEST BLESSING OF LIFE. Prof. E. WINTER. The Great American Indian Expert. WARRANTS TO CURE HARD AND. SOFT CORNS, BUNIONS IN-GROWING NAILS AND WARTS.
GUARANTEED to take them out without
pain or drawing blood, nd, furti er guarantees to perform a perfect cure,
Mr. WINTER'S fame is spoken of in high- est terms by various well-known Gentlemen who have suffered for years with Corns;
He has arrived, at. HONGKONG and will remain till the 1st January at THOMAS' GRILL BOOME, Room No. 4. Office hours from 8 AM to 4 P. Consultation free-of-
Those who wish Mr. WINTER to visit them will please send their Address and he will call on MONDAYS and FRIDAYS between 2 and. 3 F.M.
Charges Moderate,
The Professor speaks English, Gennan, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Hongkong 16th November, 1898. (1479