Auction,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the sith day of July. 1924, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excel- lency the Officer Administering the Govern ment, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Plantation Road, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a terns of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years.
No. of Sale.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Boundary
Measurements,
LOCALITY.
На 8.
X..
ft. ft. 6. | A.
Plantation Road,
Registry No:
Rural Daikling
Lot No. 113.
Hongkong, 2nd July, 1904.
..
Contents in
Annual Rent.
**Upset Price.
18,370
Entimations.
100 4,078
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
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R. ALFRED HENRY MANCELL has
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY, JULY 4, 1904.
Intimations.
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO..
LIMITED, "
JOTICE is hereby given that the FIF. TEENTH ORDINARY YEARLY
MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Company's Offices, No. 4, Queen's Buildings, on SATURDAY, "the 16th July, at 12.30 PM, for the purpose of present. ing the report of the Directors, together with a statement of accounts to 39th April, 1904, and electing Directors and Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 2nd to the 16th July, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of the Directors,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.,
Agents
(726
Hongkong, 29th June, 1904,
THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGA.
"TION COMPANY, LIMITED.
7ĦE" MIKADO.".
·A RECEPTION AT TOKIO.
The rich tints of late autuma lay brilliant on
the leaves of the giant maple trees in the grounds of the Imperial Palace at Tokio, In a
leafy nook, sheltered by waving masses of tufted bamboo, a teat of pagoda-like shape, its roof covered with dried-grasses, gabled and printed in the style beloved by the Japanese, its sides, festooned with flags and palm leaves, had been erected for our especial accommoda- tion. That is to say, for a company of about thirty Japanese of both sexes, members, for the most part, of the noble families and of the
Cabinet, and about a dozen or two Europeans,
among whom was, of course, the British Minister, all of us being assembled to pay our respects to His Imperial Majesty Missu Hitu, the Emperor of Japan on his birthday. After a brief interval we were served with tea in tiny porcelain cups without handles, and with
formance happily concluded, we were given view from the wide open sliding windows of o display of fireworks, which, in this land of topsy-turvydom, generally takes place at mid- day, when the brilliant flashes of rockets
Insurance.
NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.
Co Let.
TO LET
pierce the bright blue sky in a seeming at H. Undersigned AGENTS of the above N, RIPON TERRACE FLATS tempt to defy the sun himself. After this
Pyrotechnic display, the Imperial couple re- tired to another room, while we were con ducted to the banqueting room. This is a long apartment, with a flower-painted ceiling and with the walls and wainscoting hearing pictures in gorgeous colouring representing scenes from the history of Old Japan, includ- ing a life-size equestrian figure of the nacestor of the present ruler, who was the first Mikado,
and who ficurished more than 2,000 years ago
APPLICATION has been made in the varies, kinds of sweat meal. After this light or Heaven-sent Lord. Mikado really means
GENERAL MANAGERS of this Company to issue to the RUSSO-CHINESE BANK of Hongkong duplicate certificates for Two Hundred Shares in the above Company or other certificates in lieu thereof upon the State. ment that the original certificates, viz:--- Scrip No. 69 Nos. 17,826/17,850-25 shares in
name of George --Hulton Potts.
the
Scrip No. 79 Nos. 36,380/36,429-50 shares in
the name of Catchick' Paul Chater
Scrip No. 380 Nos. 36,437/36,479–50 shares in
the name of Catchick Paul Chater.
Mthis day been appointed AGENT for Scrip No. 550 Nos. 44.759/44,783-25 shares
the GENERAL MANAGERS of the Cam- pany, and in that capacity will reside in Shanghai, with general charge of the Company's interests at Shanghai, Hankow, Tientsin and in North China.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers.
Hongkong, 1st July, 1904.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
MR.
the name of George
Hulton Polts.
(Nos. 5,451/5,475)-3o shares in
3,316/3.3505
Scrip No. 873
the name of Solomon
Sassoon Benjamin.
200 Shares
refreshment, which in Japan is the invariable accompaniment of all visits of ceremony, and often even of a mere thopping or bazaar call, two officials, gorgeously got up in crimson and blue uniforms, and shoes, came to invite us to follow them to the palace.
Company are prepared to accept. First Cass FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS of OURLENT RATES..
SIEMSSEN & CO. Kangkang, stok Mov, iRoc
JUST
Intimations.
UNPACKED AND NOW ON SALE.
CRAPE
A GOOD LOT OF DEST
SHIRTS, SLEEPING SUITS
AND
KIMANIOS,
AT MODERATE PRICES.
Crape Shirts @ $1.00 each.
Sleeping Suite"
Kimanios
1.50 **
11 1.50 34
4,
No. 17, WONG NRI CHONG
Race Course. ·
ROAD, Sacing
FLATS in MORETON TERRACE, facing
Kia Sep
Polo Ground,
OFFICES in course, of erection, Con-
NAUGHT ROAD (near BLAKE PIER). #GODOWNS: PRAYA EAST.: -No. 1, CLIFTON GARDENS..
OFFICES, ín, No, 16, Das Vœux Roan DECENTRAL
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY COLD. Hongkony, 27th June, 1904.
TO LET.
1777.
Dozen will be supplied at the cheapest rate. N STEWART TERRACE,
Inspection is earnestly solicited.
O. KEEMATRAI & Co., Silk Merchants,
5. Arsenal Street.
(787
Hongkong, zad July, 1904. ESPECIAL OLD TOM GIN. Marshall and
Elvy's
It may here be remarked that the word Midado, applied to the Japanese Emperor, is never heard, from the lips of a Japanese. The Sovereign is still regarded even by the most enlightened as a semi-divine being, and the title always given him is that of "Tenno,"
"the great place," and dates from the time when the monarch was considered too holy to be seen, and was for ever secluded within the walls of "the great house "—ie, the palace. Here again we were assigned seats on low- cushioned chairs or stools, each of as béing accommodated with a diminutive lacquered table an attendant in livery waiting behind each guest. The next moment a lacquey, witha sha- ven crowp, and wearing a much-beflowered silk kimono, or toga, and sandals, appeared before us, and made the orthodox Japanese astute of ceremony. This is done as follows:-You bow three times almost down to the ground, resting your hands on your head, you draw in your breath with a sibilant noise, and give forth an ecstatic "Ah. This denotes your feelings of intense delight at finding yourself in such august company. It is at times extremely funny to see two ricksha-pullars in the streets of Tokie halting between the shafts of their little vehicles to salute each other in this ceremonious way. But then, Japan is a land of ceremony, where, despite its up to-date moder- ism, old customs are clung to with a tenacity TO BE OBTAINED PROM- such as we Westerners cannot realise.
This building, or raiber series of buildings was, before the revolution which followed short ly after the destruction, in the year 1854 of the Shimonoseki forts by Commodore Perry, of the American Navy, one of the homes of the Sho gun, who at that time was the real ruler of Japan. The Mikado then lived a life of forced in seclusion in the city of Kioto, the Shogun, for his own advantage giving it out to the simple minded people that the monarch was too sacred a personality to be beheld by the profane eye; his immediate attendants only getting a glimpse of him, and that through gratings only. The Imperial Palace is situated in the very heart of Tokio, and its squat turrets and massive fer raced walls, surrounded by a deep most of limpid water, form a picturesque feature in the life of the Japanese capital. which has aptly been termed a city of magnificent distances. We followed our guides through a labyrinth of flowery paths, across miniature bridges span. Our bald headed friend's appearance on the ning streamlets swarming with goldfish, and scene heralded the approach of the waiters, past diminutive temples and pagodas, until we
who now come in carrying all manner of dimi- came in a lofty stone archway. Passing under nutive lacquer dishes and pannikins, contain- this and over an ancient drawbridge, we founding slices of raw fish soup, vegetables, and a ourselves in a long vestible paved lo mosaic,
(791 have been lost or destroyed. Notice is hereby given that if within Thirty days from the First June instant no claim or representation in respect of such original certificater is made to the Generni Managers they will then proceed to deal with such application for duplicates.
R. JOHN ARTHUR TARRANT has this day been appointed ACTING SECRETARY of the Company.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers.
Hongkong, 1st July, 1904.
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A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
ISSUE OF 30,000 NEW SHARES OF $10 BACH.
PURSUANT to Resolution the General
Managers of A, S. WATSON & Company, Limited, hereby invite applications from the Shareholders of the Company for the issue of 34,000 new shares of Sto each at a Premium of
10 per cent. or $11 a share.
Each Registered Shareholder on the 28th day of September, 104, applying for the New Issue will be entitled to one share for every two shares registered in his name Shares not applied for by those entitled to apply will be dealt with by the General Managers in accordance with Article 40 of the Company's Articles of Association.
Applications for Shares in the New Issue will be received by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hongkong from the 18th September, 1904, to the 30th September, 1904, both days inclusive, and the whole amount of Six per share will be payable on application. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 28th September, 1904, to the 8th October, 1904, both days Inclusive.
The present paid-up Capital of the Company is $600,000, divided into 60,coo shares of Sto each, and the New Issue is required to increase the Capital of the Company to $900,000 divided into 90,000 shares of Sto each.
The whole of the premium received from the Now Issue will be placed to the Credit of the Permanent Reserve Fund,
The New lasue will rank for Dividend for the three months ending 31st December, 1904, pay- able in May, 1905.
Forms of application for the New Issue can be obtained at the Company's Offices in Alex- andra Buildings or at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hongkong, Shanghai, and London,
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & 50N,
General M
дета
Hongkong, 22nd June, 195
THEO
NOTICE
COKE AND TAR.
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HE HONGKONG AND CHINA GAS COMPANY beg to notify the public.
that Messrs. KUNG HING & Co., 474, Des Voeux Road West, are the SOLE AGENTS
for the Sale of the Company's COKE and TAR
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., . General Managers. Hongkong, oh June, 1904
(714
THE HONGKONG FROZEN FOOD
SUPPLY,
DEPOT NO. 3, ICE HOUSE STREET.
Telephone No. 343-
FRESH SUPPLY OF AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE just received by the China Navigation Cole 5.4. "TAIYUAN including MUTTON, LAMP PORK, MILK (con- centrated), SPLENDID FRESH BUTTER (72 cts. per b), CHEESE, HAM and BACON (PRIME SMOKED), PURK SAU- SAGES (so cis. per 1b), and FRITZ SAUSAGËS,
Send to Depôt for Price List, Pass Books will be supplied to, and Monthly Credit Accounts kept with well-known residents.
LAU KUE TONG, Manager.
•
Hongkong, zod July) 1904.
THE
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ROBINSON
PIANO
Co., LTD.,
INVITE INSPECTION OF SOME
SPECIALLY
FINE
SAMPLES
OF
UPRIGHT PLANOS
and that all Orders should be sant to the said RACHALS,
Agenta direct,
GEORGE CURRY, Local Secretary,
[701
Hongkong, 5th June, 1904.
ROYAL AERATED WATERS MANUFACTORY.
PWATERS in the Far East on account of
RODUCE the bighest Class AERATED
their High Class Machinery and also of the superior ingredients they use in the manufacture of their goods, and the cleanliness, &c., are all under strict supervision of Europeans only.
REFORT OF AN EXPERT
The representative of Messrs. BRATBY. and HINCHLIFFE, LIMITED, Aerared Water Engineers and Chemists, Manchester, visited our factory recently in the course of a tow amongst Eastern Aerated Water Makers, ant was greatly surprised at the compactness of ou factory and also the methodical way in which everything pertaining to the making of Að fra Waters was carried out. He also expressed simi self strongly on the absolute cleanliness of our whole astablishment, which he assured na wai squal to any he had yet visited and superior to a great many. He also reported that the quality of our goods was of a first class nature, and they showed that scrupulous carewa
STUART
AND
&C
BABY-GRANDS,
BY
WINKELMANN,
(Established 1887).
They are only FEET LONG, occupy-
exercised in the course of their manufacturing the space of a Cottage, but with
Order Books and Price List. Please apply to FACTORY and OFFICE, West Point. Tal-367
Thence two palace officials immediately con- ducted us to the presence of the Emperor and Empress. Their Majesties were seated on red velvet, gilt backed chairs on a raised dais, the Emperor wearing the uniform of an officer of the Imperial Guard, the Empress being dressed in European robes of mauve-coloured silk, while the princesses in attendance wore the old Japanese costume. The Japaness members of
our company made a deep obeisance, and we Europeans bowed, all of us remained standing while the band in attendance played the Japanese anthem-a dirge-like melody seem ingly without end or beginning. The Emperor received our congratulations, the British Minister acting as spokesman, and speaking in French, the Emperor replying in the same language. After our brief audience we were assigned seats at one end at the Audience Hall, and then we were entertained with most interesting representation of ancient Japanese festivities. First, there defiled before us, a procession of men dressed in the ancient garb of the Samurai, or feudal knights, each of them wearing two swords, their chests pro- tected by corselets of chain armour. Then came a troupe of dancing men, with shaven Crowns and wearing short tunics and knee breeches. It would be a misnomer to call their performance dancing, it was, indeed, a sort of cake-walk, accompanied by grotesque facial contortions. The mals dancers having marched out of the vestible, were followed by a bevy of geisha singers and dancers.
There geisha were, of course, the real articlo, and their performance differed considerably from that of the young lady whose antics so long amused the London theatrical audiences. The Japanese geisha is a being of unexpected moods. Her dancing consists of a series of slow rhythmic movements-more like a gro tesque species of minuet than anything
medley of fruit and sugared almonds, the piece- de-resistance being steamed rice, which was brought in in an enormous brass urn holding quite ten pounds of the cereal. The repast was eaten by means of ivory chopsticks by the Japanese, and with the aid of knives, forks, and spoons by such of us as were not adepts at wielding the former nimble adjuncts of the Japanese table. The meal, which, though somewhat queer to our eyes, was, on the whole, a palatable onn, was washed down with saki, or rice wine, served warm and poured from small china flasks into the tiniest cups, and tasting somewhat like a cross between sale therry and beer, and being a favourite beverage on stato occasions. After the banquet we paid our respects to the Majordomo, who présided, conforming as well as our European muscles and ligaments would allow, to ancient Japan- esa usage as to the depth of our bows and genuflexions, and the simple celebration of the
Heaven sent Lord's birthday" was over, su far at least as the Falace was concerned. For the people of Tokio, where every store and place of business was closed for the day, kept
Patinette
DOUBLY DISTILLED
AND OF MATURED AGE,
1608
THE MUTUAL STORES,
Des Vœux Road. Hongkong, 11th May, 1904. THE CHINA AND JAPAN TELEPHONE AND ELECTRIC COMPANY,
LIMITED,
HONGKONG EXCHANGE.
SCRIPTIONS.
PAYABLE QUARTERLY IN ADVANCE,
EXCHANGE LINES: $25 Per Quarter.
NO CHARGE FOR INITIAL
INSTALLATION.
it up by letting off crackers in the streets, N.B.-A Special Charge is made for Lines giving pyrotechnic displays, and lighting huge bonfires until long past midnight.-Globs,
For Sale.
FOR SALE.
NOS. 1,3 or STEWART TERRACE,
Apply to-
THE PEAK.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkeng. 20th May, 1904-
[641
FOR SALE.
else, her singing as a vocal effort seems ONE ICE-MAKING MACHINE with
GAS ENGINE complete. For full Particulars, apply to
of more than average length.
DESK TELEPHONES
For a small additional annual charge Desk
Sets can be supplied.
THE PEAK. Apply to-
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-
MENT & AGENCY CO, LD:: Flongkong, 26th March, 1904.
TO LET.
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,.
[435
TWO ROOMS on the First Floor of
Apply to-
SECRETARY,
A. S. Watson & Co., Limited.
(729
Hongkong, 16th June, 1904.
TO LET.
IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. FOR 18 MONTHS.
"BIGHTOR," THE PRAE.
1. Apply to-
JEBSEN & Co. Hongkong, 17th April, 1904.
(559
TO LET
WANGHAI ROAD. Comfortable and
WILD: DELL BUILDINGS. No. 147,
of Taxes. Airy Flats of 2 or 3 Rooms, from Saş Inclusive
And others to suit various requirements.
5. A, SETH, Land and Estate Broker, Dairy Farm Co., Ltd.
[49
Hongkong, 2nd May, 1904.".
TO LET.
ARGE HOUSE. SIX SPACIOUS ROOMS and many others. No. 35, Caine Road.
Apply to
YEW KEE BANK,
133, Queen's Road. Hongkong, 18th June, 1904. - . [736
THE WINE GROWERS SUPPLY CO.
THE Undersigned, having been appointed
AGENTS for the WINE GROWERS SUPPLY COMPANY OF PARIS, are now prepared to answer inquiries and receive orders for all kinds of WINES and SPIRITS, at aa and 24, Bank Buildings.
BARRETTO & CO:
CLARETS,
Bottled by Jules Merman & Cia, Bordeaux. Per Case. Per Case,
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES.
Favillac
Cotes.......
BATTERIES,
HUGHES & HOUGH,
8, Des Voeux Road Hongkong, 27th Junë, 1904-
CHEMICALS,
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devoid of time or harmony, but it is distinctly an improvisation, and once able to follow her vivacious mimicry, you are invariably captivated by the performance. Be sides, the laugh, the smile, of the real geisha is also a real article. There is nothing stagey about it; she enters entirely into the spirit of GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, the thing, and enjoys it as much as ber audi. ence does. And, naturally, such spontaneous enthusiasm and dash communicate themselves to her hearers whose enjoyment becomes the keener.
The geisha having filled the hall with their. soft-toned vocalisation and pirouetted grace- fully before the Imperial chairs, we were next entertained with a performance by native musl- cians and singers, male and female. These, reated on the ground in a semi-circle, created a really dismal uproar with their twanging samisens, a species of guitar suffering from an acute attack of asthma, and their singing, or rather howling, accompanied by the most comical facial contortions. The singers (1) were mercifully allowed to take a sip in’be- tween the interminable verses from diminutive
cups of tea, placed by their sides, thus giving us brief intervals to recover from the ear-split- ting effects of their songs. This musical per
LEARN SHORTHAND AT HOME by correspondence. To weekly lessons will make you perfect.:
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Depôt, Ice House Street. Tel. 374 the fine appearance and TONE OF A Write for free booklet.
Dr.V.DANENBERG & F.P. DANENBERG)
General Managers.
Hongkong, och May, 1904
FULLIRAND.
ngkong: 15th May, 1904.
CENTRAL CORRESPONDENCE COLLEGE, a15, Temple Chambers,
Temple Avenue, London, EC.
LIMITED.
PORTLAND CEMENT..
In Casks of 375lbs, net 84.75 ex Factory, In Bags of a gobe, net 62.85 ex Factory,
SHEWAN, TOMES & BO,, General Managers, Hongkong, 15th August, 1903
FOR SALE,
INCAND
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ELECTRIC BELLS,
INSULATORS,
1763
&C..
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, from the best makers.
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18.00
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19,00
» Margaux
MAGICELAND 20,00
21.00
Moulon d'Armailhacq 24.05
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LAMPS
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4
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INCANDESCENT
MANTLES,
CHIMNEYS,
GLOBES,
SHADES, &c,
for GABOLINS AND GAS
LAMPS
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