TELEGRAMS.
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THE
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1903.
AMPATTRITE” IN DOCK
Work upon H.M.S. Amphitrite now lying in the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co.'s premises at Hongkong is proceeding satisfactorily, and it is anticipated that
The "Supao" Sedition Trial
she will be finished some time about the first week in January, 28 the repairs are FURTHER RELEASES,
being carried out with the utmost celerity, no less that fifty men being employed upon (From Our Correspondent,} the ship's Hottom night and day. After sunset the work is carried out in the light of gasoline SHANGHAI, 16th Dec., 3.33 p.nă.
orches, there being about eight of these ranged round the ship. In the day time usually from Chen, the son of the editor of the thirty to forty extra hands are put on to the Supao, has been released uncondition-job, bringing the tots up to something in of ally, while Lung Chih-tze, who was the work consists in replacing the damaged to be kept in custody until word had sheathing which it was found necessary to re been received, from Viceroy Clau Chili-tung, is to be set at liberty upon signing a document, declaring that he had no connection whatever with the ankow plot.
-(Reuters).
Important Admiralty Order.
LONDON, 14th December. An important Admiralty order reduces by periods varying from two to three and a half years, periods of non-service, entailing the compulsory retirement of all officers, and limits periods of shore employment to five years. By 1907 the active list will be grad ually increased to 12 admirals, 22 vice admirals, 55 rear-admirals, 253 captains and 373 commanders. The order has been favourably received as calculated to stimu late zeal, accelerate promintion, and above all to promote the survival of the fittest.
Admiral Alexieff.
The Nomar Vremya's correspondent af Vladivostock wires that Admiral Alexief has postponed his visit to St. Petersburg to January,
LATER,
Russia and Japan.. Viscount Hayashi, the Japanese Minister in London, who has received the Russian reply, says he has no reason to change his previous opinion concerning, an ultimate pacific issue.
The Kaiser.
neighbourhood of eighty men. The bulk of
move in order to get at the plate.
MISHAP TO THE " OCEAN".
IN HONGKONG HARBOUR. White H.M.S, battleship Ocean, 12,950 tons, commanded by Captain R. F. Foote, CMG was proceeding lolier buoy in the Adnilralty an-
charage last evening, having come in from Mits Bay on her way down from Weihaiwei, she was carried by the strong live on to the Messages Maritimes busy moored near the Central Fairway, close to the run of the Star Ferry
Co.'s boats. One of her screws fouled the chain'
the buoy; but, happily, without damage to any of the blades as the propeller was not ever, before the Ocean could get clear of the mooring chain, it being found advisable before
working at the time. It was some time, how.
any attempt was made to free the battleship to await the turn of the tide. She then anchored,
Up to the present the most serious part and as darkness was setting in a couple of lights of the damage has been repaired and the
were run up to the yard arm of the foremast, and actual plating has been restored; the resignal lights were seen working, presumably in sewed sheathing is more than half one and communication with H.M.S. Tamar, which was is, many minor places, where the copper has also flashing messages across the harbour. become defective, many of the copper sheets Meanwhile, divers had been requisitioned to as- have been stripped off and new ones pot in certain whether any, and to what extent, damage their place, notably at the bow, where it was
had resulted from the mishap. We understand, found that the anchor had done mischi-f, while also, that the management of the Hoogkong nad Whampoa Dock Company, with commend hring weighed.
It will be remembered that the Amphitriteable promptitude, offered the services of the has her bottom sheathed with wood and that dockyard divers and appliances, as well as the ue of the powerful tug, Robert Cooke, in the copper is overlaid upon the wood to protect it.
event of emergency; but the timely offer was declined with thanks, as the Admiralty had found there was no occasion to call in outside
This method of protecting the ship's bottoms from marine growth is far more effective that anti-fouling composit on. Copper has a pecu- liar property of pealing off in their flakes known as "expliation" under the action of sea water, and these flakes carry the germs of growth with them whereas anti-fouling.com- positions rely upon their poisonous qualities which last for a comparatively short time and
thus, though the initial cost of copper sheathing is great, the ship requires. docking less fre- quently,
The fact of the Amphitrite being sheathed has perhaps reserved her from a good deal more damage than she would otherwise have experienced from her accident. It seems that the wood sheathing acted in a great measure as
buffer or pad and saved the actual plating in parts. Fortunately, the rudder escaped any great damage; but had the shock been only four feet further aft it would have been put out of action, for the stern casting would necessarily have The Kliser, in receiving the officers of the been bent. As it is the casting has escaped and Reichstag, addressed them in a strong un-thereby the cost of repair very cons derably altered voice and emphasised the necessity lessened; a part of the casting was fractured for Germany participating in oversea politics certainly, but as this occurred faily far forward and the importance of cotton cultivation in and in close proximity to the keel, the damage the Colonies.
was only Inc and has been able to be made good. The greater part of the strain was taken by the false and main keel aft and this is at present under repair and will shortly be finished.
[We understand that the German Colonial Society contemplates the sending of a number of young men in Texas agricultural and technical schools in sturly the methods of grow ing and marketing cotton. The young men will spend a year on a cotton plantation and so acquire practient experience, which later they will employ in the German colonies.-D., H.K.T]
(Straits Times.)
Penang Shipping Case, AN ALLEGED UNQUALIFIED MATE,
Penang, 7th December. Summonses have been issued, against the Captain and owners of the Avagyee, on a charge of sailing with a mate who was not qualified under the Ordinance.
The case comes on for trial on the 16th inst. [The Avagree is a steamer of 247 tons, com- manded by Captain Morier. She is owned by Koe Guan & Co.]
SANITARY BOARD..
A meeting of this Board will be held to- morrow at 4.15 p.m.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
י
1. Correspondence relative to teaching san- itation in schools.
2. Further correspondence relative to the
Office.
It is interesting to note that the sheathing in the Amphitrite which has formed the largest part of the work consist of four-inch teak planks one foot wide by ten long. These come straight from the saw mills belonging to the Dock.
The Glory and Leviathan are going into dock to have their bottoms scraped and will each be in dock for about four or five days.
THE MILITARY MANEUVRES
IN TONKING.
The military manceuvres in Tonking will take place about the 15th January next. The district in which they will be held stretches from Bacninh and the Canal of the Rapids, southeastwards towards Seven Pagodas. Two divisions will take part in the operations. The first, under the orders of Brigadier-General Clamorgan, will concentrate at Giadinh, about 32 kilometres from Seven Pagodas, and will consist of the following regiments: 9th and 18th Colonial Infantry (French), 1st and 2-d Tan- kinese (Natives) and four batteries of artillery. The second division, of which Brigadier-General Winckel-Meyer w ll be in command, consisting of the toth Colonial Infantry, the Foreign Legion, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Tonkinese, and an equal force of artillery to the other rps, will concentrate on Bucninh. The theme of the manoeuvres will be that, the first division is an enemy matching northwards to capture Bacninh and Hanoi, which will be defended by the force under General Winckel-Meyer. 3. By whom the notices above referred to Including the native reserves, now being called were made out, and by whom they were signed ? out, the total strength of the troops present will
4. Under what authority or by whose instruc-`
be from ten to twelve thousand. The General tions should the officers of the Board be con-
erection of a public latrine near the Harbour 3. Mr. Rumjahn, pursuant to notice, will ask
1. How many notices requesting owners of houses to comply with the provisions of sections 140 and 142 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, No. 1 of 1903, in respect of fire places, chimneys smoke flues, have Feen served by the officers of the Board, since the Ist day of November, 1993?
2. Under whose complaints, the notices above referred to, were issued; and before the issue of such notices, whether any verification had been made as to the correctness, or otherwise, of such complaints ?
tion or otherwise of fire places, chimneys or smoke flues; such matters being distinctly laid down in sections 140 and 142 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, No. 1 of 1903. as wholly and solely concerning the building 4. Letter from Mr. Fung Wa Ch'ün relative to fire places.
assistance
We hear, however, that the Ocean will be docked at an early date, whether in
consequence of the accident last evening or for an ordinary scraping and painting has not transpired.
The congestion of the harbour in Hongkong is almost as bad as that of the city. Last evening's incident, which, fortunately, was unattended by any casualty excepting some inconvenience to the officers and crew of the big war vessel, emphasizes the restricted area now available for the ever-increasing number of vessels making the port,
STRATEGICAL POSITION IN THE FAR EAST.
LECTURE BY COL, BROWNE.
part difficult of passage, and the rivers as being only navigable for vessels of the lightest draught. The 600 miles of coast was mostly shallow, and there was little or no shelter for The climate of the country he described as vessels to within 20 miles of. Ta-lien-was.
being good, without great extremes of tem-
perature; but the road communication was extremely bad, the so-called roads, indeed, being only passable at certain periods of the with Russin, Colonel Hawne said that when it year. Alluding to the railway communication was complete in every respect it was improb. able that the journey speed would exceed 163 miles an hour, and troop trains 12 miles, in- ∙cluding their necessary halts, which meant that a journey from Moscow to Port Arthur in the
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CITY HALL on SATURDAY, January CONCERT will be given at the THEATRE, 16th, 1974, at 9 P.M.
A
ordinary way would occupy, 14 days, and the Macao at 1 P.M. movement of troops about zo days. To equip a milway 5,415 miles in length for a continuous
movement of troops was
vast undertaking. The strength of a chain depended on its weakest link, and there were in Siberia several heavy gradients, especially in the Trans- Baital section, where curves were sharp and cuttings narrow. The cost of this railway would probably not fall far short of £75,000 coo sterling. As à commercial venture it could rot pay for many years, but it could not be appraised from a commercial point of view. It had profoundly modified the strategical position of Russia on the shores of the Pacific, as a few years ago the Russian Army in Eastern Siberia was for six months in the year cut off them European Russia. Du- ring the Bover rising, the Russian Army, frontier, held all strategical points in the which had been mobilised and moved over the country. Finally, on April 8, 1902, Russia signed a Convention with China whereby sheN agreed to completely evacuate the country by October 8:1903..
A. discussion followed the lecture, during by Major-General Paget regarding the Govern which Colonel Browne, in answer to a question ment of the country and the likelihood of its losing its independence at any moment, said the Government was practically that of 2,500 years ago. The Government, so far as it went, was all right for the people, but the moment they get into touch with Europeans-Russians, French, or ourselves--they were absolutely helpless,
Further Particulars will be issued later.
C. G. PRITCHARD, Major, Commandant, H. K. V. C. Hongkong, 16th December, 1993. (15094
THE REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE, 1898. APPLICATION for RegistrATION
OF TRADE MARK. SCHADE VAN WESTRUM, of Berlic, Germany, Merchant, has on the 12th day of [OTICE is hereby given that LEONARD
September, 1903, applied for the Registration, in Hongkong, in the Register of Trade Marks, Word "Westrumite," in the Name of Leonard of the following Trade Mark:-the Arbitrary Schade van Westrum who claims to be the Proprietor thereof. The Trade Mark has been used by the Applicant since April, 1903, in respect of the following Goods, "Means consisting of Water mixed with Oily Sub- stances for the preventing Formation of Dust and Dust Explosions" in Class 50. A Facsimile of the Trade Mark can be seen at the Office of the Colonial Secretary of Hongkong.
Dated the 15th day of December, 1903.
DENNYS & BOWLEY,
Solicitors for the Applicant. THE REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE, 1898.
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARK. NOTICE is hereby given that GEORG practically it was ablutely in their hands. IN GRAF V. THURN SCHES STAHL WERK STREITEBEN, ofStreiteben, Austria, have on the 14th day of September, 1903, applied for the Registration, in Hongkong, in the Regis ter of Trade Marks, of the following Trade Mark: "The device of an anchor through the Letter O" in the name of Georg Graf v. Thurn' Sches Stahlwerk Streiteben who claim to be he Proprietors thereof. The Trade Mark has been used by the Applicants in respect of the following Goods, Steel in Bars in Class 3. A facsimile of the Trade Mark can be seen at the
In reply to Major-General Sir Elliott Woods, Arthur could not be improved by breakwaters, who inquired whether the harbour of Port Colonel Browne said it was shallow. If it could be dug out it would be one of the finest har- bours in the world, but from what he had heard, it had a hard bottom.
Major-General Douglas inquired whether the Chinese Eastern Railway was "run" by Russia, to which the lecturer replied that
was no more a company concern than Al-
Col. G. F. Browne, D.S.O, Assistant Ad jutant-General, War Office, late Military At-dershot was. taché in China, lectured at Aldershot on toth ult, before the officers of the Military Society, Major-General A. H. Paget, C.V.O., Comman on "Manchuria." The chair was occupied by
ding 1st Division, First Army Corps.
❘
regarding communications between Korea and Major-General Plumer put several questions Manchuria over the frontier, which it was explained were very difficult.
Major-General Paget moved a vote of thanks to Colonel Browne.-L. & C. Express.
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Dated the 15th day of December, 1903.
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JOHNSON, H.M.S. "AMPHITRITE,"
DOYLE, H.M.S. "LEVIATHAN," 10 ROUNDS:
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DENYER, H,M.S. " LEVIATHAN," 15 ROUNDS.
BLANFORD, H.M.S. “LEVIATHAN,"
BERGEN, "H.M.S. "TAMAR," to ROUNDS.
Doors Open 8 P.M.
Commence 9 P
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PRICES:
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..$5,
Hongkong, 16th December, 1903.
$.5. "GANAMJE
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
"ONSIGNEES of Cargo from London ex
Bagdad, Sinai and Médoc, in connect their Goods, with the exception of Opiu with above Steamer, are hereby informed t Treasure and Valuables are being land and stored at their risks into the Godow of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and down Co., Limited, at Kowloon, whence delive may be obtained immediately after landing.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unt intimation is received from the Consigne before Noox, TO-DAY, the 15th instant, questing it to be landed here.
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by t Undersigned. Goods remaining unclaim will be subject to rent and landing charges. after TUESDAY, the zand instant, at No
All claims must be sent in to me on or befo the 22nd instant, or they will not be recognise TUESDAY, the 22nd instant, at 3 P.M.
All damaged packages will be examined
No Fire Insurance has been effected.
G. DE CHAMPEAUX Agent. Hongkong, rgth December, 1903.
FROM HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, PENANG AND
SINGAPORE..
THEN.D.L. Steamship
[Ico
"WURZBURG," Captain von Binter, having arrived from t above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are here! requested to send in their Bills of Lading i
TO-DAY'S 'INTELLIGENCE.
business done:-Farnhams, Tis. 118 and 1171 Shanghai advices dated 11th inst. report cash. Tls. 118, 120 and 118 December, Tis. 119 and 118 March, Tls. 121 April, 121 May, Langkats, Tis, 310/307t cash, Tls. 322 March. THE Undersigned have received instructions countersignature by the Undersigned and cash. Wharves, Tis. 195 cash, Tis, 195, 1921, lados, Tls. 55 December. Hall & Holtz, $33 190 und 195. March, Tis. 1951 April. Soey Chee, Tis. 170 cash, Sumatras, Tis. 52 cash. Gas, Tls, 107 cash.
SILVER.
to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, on FRIDAY, the 18th December, 1993,
II A.M at their
SALES ROOMS, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Comer of Ice House Street, A QUANTITY. OF
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES,
Comprising:
OVER-
churia, the smallest of China's dependencies, Colonel Browne said that although Man-
was scarcely one-twelfth of the area of the Celestial Empire, it was by no means a small country, as it covered 356,000 square miles, or rather more than the combined area of the Cape, the Orange River, and Natal Colonies The territory leased by Russia, in March, 1898, known as the Kuan-tung district, contained an area of 1,050 square miles. Its boundary line, 35 miles in length, extended from the Island of Po-lo-tao, or Lu-tão, the Gulf of Liao-lung, to a few miles to the east of the small port of Pi-tzu-wo, on the north coast of the Yellow Sea. Beyond this froatier was a neutral zone, extending northwards and bounded by the Silver has reacted pretty steadily during the Kai-chou river, which flows into the Gulf of last few days, as a consequence of rather free Liao-tung, and by the Ta-Yang river, which the Far East, and of a cessation of the buying offerings of the 'metal from America and from empties itself into the Yellow Sea. In this for India. An exchange of the 12th uit, says that neutral zone the Chinese were not permitted to on the previous day heavy forward selling from quarter troops without the permission of Singapore accelerated the downward move- ment and sent the spot quotation down Rd. to Kussia. The territory leased included the land-26d, and the forward quotation 11-16, to locked harbour of Port Arthur, which was for 26-figures which have not been touched for the sole use of Russian and Chinese men-of- some months past. The speculators were war. Its defects were that the anchorage for talking gaily only a week or two ago about a large ships was very restricted and the water rise to over 3d. per ounce, and they based their conclusions upon the necessity of the supply bad, which latter defect was common to Judian Goverment to buy heavily, and upon "THE Undersigned have received instructions all the ports on the North-east coast of China. the probability that the Far East would absorb The fortress was strong on the sea front, the more, while stocks here and in America were re-entrant from of the coast enabling the forts understood not to be considerable. The Far guarding the entrance to bring a converging ment sees no reason why it should oblige the Easi is not buying, and the Indian Govern- fire on hostile ships, while the entrance to the speculators. But it has apparently not com harbour, 600 yards wide, was protected by sub-pleted its purchases, and apart from others, its marine mines. On the land side there was a support alone should cause a recovery in the semi-circle of hills two and a half miles from price.
connected by entrenchments, had been built. the dockyard, on which permanent works, The port contained a basin, a dockyard, ex- tensive granaries, searchlights on the sea and land fronts, and a permanent garrison of 14,500 inen. Thirty miles East-by-North of Port Arthur was the Bay of Ta-llen-wan, which was
LLOYD'S AND THE FAR,
EASTERN CRISIS.
which has prevailed in the City on the subject In spite of the general feeling of uneasiness of Russo-Japanese relations, little credence was given by members of Lloyd's to the latest batch of rumours. The rate on coal, against risks of capture, seizure, or detention, has re-
cerned in the question of the proper construc- of Division, Coronnat, Commander-in-Chief in used by the Tritish Expeditionary Force as, amained round about 129. per cent. in compari- French Indo-China, will assist us umpire, and rendezvous base in 1860. The bay was six give his appreciation on the tactica' skill d's-miles wide and six miles long. Its Northern played by the officers and conduct of the men.. A review, in which all the troops engaged will take part, w li be held at Bacninh on the close of the matouvres. It is rumoured that several officers from the Hongkong, garrison will assist as spectators.
authority?
5. Letter from Mr. A. Rumjahn relative to the new definition of External Air" as em- bodied in the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1993.
take immediate delivery of their goods fro alongside.
"Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless noti to the contrary be given before TO-DAY.
Any Cargo impeding her discharge will landed into the Godowns of the Hongko and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Limite and stored at Consignees' risk and expense.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goo have left the Godowns, and all Goods remai ing undelivered after the zand instant will subject to rent.
FELT HATS, SINGLETS,
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods a COATS, BRIAR PIPES, LEATHER BAGS, to be left in the Godowns, where they will, CLOCKS, RAZORS, &c, &c.
examined on the zand instant, at 3 P.M. :
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Catalogues will be issued. TERMS:-As usual, **
HAMBURG-AMERIKA. LINI HUGHES & HOUGH,
Hongkong Office. Auctioneers.
Hongkong, 16th December, 1903. (1508 Hongkong, 16th December, 1903. [15120
PUBLIC AUCTION.
to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,
on
SATURDAY, the 19th December, 1903, at 2.30 F.M, at their SALES ROOMS, 'No. 8, Des Voeux Road, (Corner of Ice House Street), AN ASSORTMENT OF GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY,
Comprising: BENSON'S GOLD & SILVER WATCHES, DIAMOND RINGS, BROOCHES and PINS, GOLD CHAINS, &c. &c.
Catalogues will be issued. TERMS:As usual.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers. Hongkong, 16th December, 1903. [15130
PUBLIC AUCTION.
HE Undersigned have received instructions
to Sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION,
FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,"
on
WEDNESDAY, the 23rd December, 1903,
at 11 A.M., at their SALES ROOMS, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street, The Steam launch "ON HING,"
Now lying at YAUMATI, op-osite Messrs. Mit sui Bussan Kaisha's Coal Godowns, Built of Teakwood. Length......
Breadth, Engines, Boiler,
......tos feet. 18
12 feet by 24 fot.
8 by 9
son with 259., quoted when the war scare was at its highest during the month of netaber. Russian and Chinese men-of-war, while provides an infallibile test as to the seriousness
THE pin was fortified and reserved exclusively for For obvious reasons, the war premium on coal, Daley, on the South side of the Bay, was a with which the situation is regarded, and there when international relations, become strained,
commercial part open to the merchant is consequently all the more consolation to be vetsels of all countries. Buth these ports gathered from the fact that the present posi- were practically ice-free. Dalny was the con- tion is not treated at Floyd's as having be mercial terminus of the Southern branch of the days. Insurances effected against war risks in come any more critical within the past few THE hue and cry is always great that France Chinese Eastern Railway, being 5415 miles the Far East recently have yielded a consider- 6. Application for exemption from the back-is spending too much for her army and that distant from Moscow. The harbour now under, able sum in premiums, and as they are mostly. yard provision of the verandah regulation in respect of premises on Inland Lot No. 1294. he sum exceeds that spent by other countries. construction would, ultimately, be the first in for short periods, underwriters are commence
7. Application for exemption from the Now, since 1891, the money spent on the army the Far East. The Largest ships would being to regard them as profit earned.—Ex. provision of open spaces in respect of Nos. 17 has decreased every year, and of all the great able to steam up alongside the piers, on which to 23 Macdonald Road, Yaumati.
TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE. European powers France is the one that spends rals were laid and large warehouses built. ON LONDON, Telegraphic Transler.........) (8 8. Application for permission to erect 5 water the least, and the 688,000,000 francs would Dry docks were being constructed, and a closets and 6 urinals at the Sailors and be lessened one-third if the Ministry of War central electric station generated suliicient
Bank Bills, on demand.....|.8.9/16 Soldiers' Home, Arsenal Street and Praya
Credits, 4 months' sight.....1:8 15/16 East.
did not have to pay for the gendarmerie and power to light the city, drive the machinery of my BERLIN, (demand)...
D'ments 4 months' sight....9 1/16]. The planks on deck have been taken off and 9. Applications for permission to erect mat-the colonial troops, who bave nothing to do the dry docks, and work the trams. This city. ON PARIS, Bank Bills, on demand.....2 153 Chains and everything in the Engine Room is - M.1.75 are stored on board. She has 3 Anchais and sheds for the purpose of housing cows at Kai with the national defence. Statistics prove had been constructed by the Eastern Railway Kung Wan, Lot No. 1.
10. Application for the renewal of a fruit and that while France spent 1,000,000 francs, Italy vegetable licence in respect of No. 93 Con- spent 2,583,000, Austria 9,750,000, Germany naught Road, West.
18,333,000 Russia 23,203,000 and Great Britain 11. Further correspondence relative to the application for the renewal of the fruit stait 35,333,000. The financial position in France licence at No. 117 Queen's Road, West.
shows that it is the best in Europe, and for the 12. Application for the renewal of a fruit last twelve years she has always been ready to licence in respect of No. 137 Queen's Road, lend millions of francs to foreign countries West..
from a well filled and ever replenishing treasury 13. Result of the analyses of two samples of and a statesman said, white talking of the well water.
great amount of money made in America, "It i hot what a nation and a man makes that tells is how they spend and save their 16. Mortality statistics for the a week ended
money. If a labourer makes $3 a day and 26th September, 1903, wastegated spend the whole of it he is not so well off as the G. A WOODCOCK, one who makes a dollar a day and saves a
quarter of itBrooklyn Eagle,
14. Lime-washing return for the fortnight ended ith December, 1991.
15 Rat return for the fortnight ended 14th December, 1903
* HUGHES & ROUGH,
Auctioneers.
.....
15158
complete.
Inspecting orders can be obtained at the office of the Undersigned..
TERMS As usual.
it
127
nom,
834
5.64
60.50
+25 13/16
THE
Credits, 4 months' sight 2.19 Company at immense cost, and if the Imperial ON NEW YORK, Bank Bills, on demand...! Edict making it a free part was not reversed, ON BOMBAY, Telegraphic Transfer.........127 Credits, 30 days' sight......42 it was destined some day to be one of the most
On demand....... important trade eniporiums in the Far East ON SHANGHAL, Telegraphic Transfer....71.. Both Port Arthur and Ta-lien-wan were
Private 30 days' sight situated on the Kuan-tung peninsula, which is Sovereigns, Bank's Buying Rate....
ON YOKOHAMA, T.T. joined to the Liao-tung peninsula by a strip of Gold Leaf roo touch, per tae!... and barely 3 307 yards in width. This point Bar Silve was the strategical key to the Kuan-tung peninsula, and was now strongly fortified by n sories of baltaries. The Banks of this position. were fairly, secure, the left resting on the muddy foreshore of Chin-chou Bay, and the right protected by the works of Ta-lien, wan. Colonel Browne described the mountain systems of Manchuria as being for the most
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"Hongkong, 16th December, 1955)
[25070
Entimation.
THE POPULAR
SCOTCH
15
"BLACK & WHITE
JAMES BUCHANAN & CO. SCOTCH WALSKY DISTIZERS.
By Appottimant to mana
FM THE KING
HRH the PRINCE of WALES
Supplied at all the LEADING CLU and HOTELS, and to be obtained fro LANE, CRAWFORD & CO; Qaseu' Central
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