Auctions.
PUBLIC AUCTIONE
THE Undersigned has received instructions to Sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION, TOMORROW,
the 3rd Sept., 1994, commencing at 2,30 P.M., at bis.
SALES ROOMS, DUDDELL STREET, A FINE COLLECTION
of
JAPANESE CURIOS,
Comprising:-
HANDSOME SATSUMA WARE (BOWLS, VASES, INCENSE BURNERS, &c.), VERY FINE SILVER CLOISONNES, FINE KUTANI TEASETS, DAMASCENÉ CIGARETTE CASES, CUT VELVET PIC TURES and WALL HANGINGS, SILK EMBROIDERED SCREENS, BED- COVERS, HANGINGS and D'OYLIES, and
a variety of other Curios
TERMSAs Customary. Catalogues will be issued.
On view from FRIDAY, the 2nd September,
GEO: P. LAMMERT,
Anctioneer. Hongkong, 2nd September, 1904.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of
the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be hold on MONDAY, the 5th day of September, 1904, at 3 PM at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND, at That Tax Mul, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term 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 torm of y's years
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Į No. of Sale. Į
Registry No.
LOCALITY.
*
Boundary
$4
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39'
Hongkong, 27th August, 1904.
Contents in
Square Feet
Annual Rent.
Upact Price
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2 1904.
Intimations,
THE HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB
HE THIRD MEETING of the above Club will be held TO-MORROW, the 3rd lontant, commencing at 3.30.P.M. (weather permitting Tickels of Admission $1 each to be obtained at the Gate. Ladins are levited
GEOK: HALL BRUTTON}
Hon. Secretary, Hongkong, 2nd September, 1984,
THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF
AND GODOWN CO., LD,
~IS AERIAL NAFICATION
SOLVED
CRICKET
The fielding was was foolish, indeed
Any day's cricket report.
A man there is, butt of his fellow's scorn,
Unfit for anything except a goal;
dark disgrace and deep dishonour børn,
Intimations.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
FRESH ARRIVALS.
mations:
VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB.
AQUATIC SPORTS, 1904,
HE ANNUAL AQUATIC SPORTS wil The held on the 5th, 6th, 7th and 17th September, in the CLUB ENCLOSURE,
And placed by vice Beyond Redemption's paler BY GIVING A VERY LARGE ORDER Austin Road, Kowloon. Sports commence on
There is criminal of deeper hue-
John Holland, the inventor of the submarine boat bearing his name, has turned his atten- ion latterly to the study of serial navigation and believes that he has developed a machitie which solves the problem of human flight From the brief description given of the inven tion it will depend shtirely on mechanical-in the wretch, who in a country match,
cans for support and motion in the sit, as it Degrades his manhood by a foozled catch!" 1994 is not supplied with either
gas bags or ballast It is a flying machine, pure and simple, sup. plied with two sets of wings operated by four wheels. Each of the wings will be ten feet in length, and the whole machine, which it is pre- sumed will carry a man, weighs only twenty six pounds and may be packed in a large-sized trunk. The inventor is so sanguine of the such cess of the machine that he predicts that it will make flying through the air safer and more popular than bicycle riding on the solid ground. Mr. Holland may be overconfident in bis new venture in the field of Retonautice. Many have believed before him that they bad discovered the secret of flight and could overcome the laws of
TOTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, will be held at Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Offices, Pedder Street, Victoria, Hongkong on THURS DAY, the 22nd day of September, 1904, at (2.15 PM, when. the subjoined Resolutions which were passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on the 31st day of August, 1904, will be submitted for confirma tion as Special Resolutions:
1. That such New Shares be issued at a premium of $30 per share and be offered to those persons who are registered as Shareholders of the Company on ist October, 1904, in the proportion of one New Share for every complete three shares held by them on rst October, That the amount due for the New Shares shall be called up on 31st December,
1904
1. That the Capital of the Company be in-gravitation without the aid of gases lighter than creased from $1,500,000 10 $2,000,000 by the lower strata of the atmosphere. Lilienthal the creation of 10,000. New Shares of partly succeeded, for he developed flying $50 each.
machine or aeroplane with which he sailed against the wind for a distance of a mile or so, and over the rise and fail of which above the earth he was able to exercise a certain degree of control. But when he thought his success was assured the treacherous device carried him to his death. S. P. Langley coaxed Congress and the Army Department to spend nearly $100,000 of the public money in the construc- tion of an aeroplane which he demonstrated by a small model would dy. But all of the trials made with the costly' machine proved that it was a miserable failure, for it never flew an inch, and its wreck in the Potomac nearly cost the life of the man employed as its engineer, However, Holland has proved his capacity as a skillful inventor through the production of a submarine boat which is of genuine practical value, and that after many other inventors had: failed. He may possibly have succeeded in producing something now that can be made to
1904.
Dated the rod September, 1904.
By Order of the Board,
9931
EDWARD, OSBORNE,
Secretary.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
ISSUE OF 30,000 NEW SHARES OF SIO EACH.
PURSUANT to Resolution the General of A, S. WATSON & Company, Limited, bereby invite applications from the
Shareholders of the Company for the issue of
15,103 30,000 new shares of Sto each at a Premium of
10 per cent, or $11 a share..
1975
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,,
Each Registared Shareholder on the 28th day of September, 201, applying for the New Istue will be entitled to one share for every two shores registered in bis name. Shares not applied for by those entitled to apply will be deaft with by: the General Managers in accordance with Article 40 of the Company's Articles of 'Association,
float in the air as successfully as his submarine
boat moves under the surface of the water S. F. Chronicle.
ENLIVENING THE FLAT.
DROLL INCIDENTS IN A TENANTS HOME
COMINO.
A highly diverting case, according to the Applications for Shares in the New Issue will be received by the Hongkong and Shanghai Morning Leader, dealing with the subject of PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of Banking Corporation in Hongkong from the flats and their occupants was beard the other the letting by Foblic Auction Sale, to be 28th September, 1904, to the 30th September,day in the King's Bench Division, when Mr. S. held on MONDAY, the 5th day of September, 1904, both days inclusive, and the witle amount T. Biggs, a solicitor, sought to recover from 1904, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works of $11 per share will be payable on application. Mrs. Maud Mary Routh, a widow, possession Department, by Order of His Excellency, the The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company of a flat at Avenue-mansions, Clapham.com. Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at will be CLOSED from the 28th September, Austin Road, Kowloor, in the Colony of Hong-rgo4, to the 8th October, 1904, both days mon, owing to a breach of covenant. kong, for a term of 75 years, commencing inclusive. from 14th day of March, 1904, with the option of renewal at a CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KINO, for one further term of 75 years,
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT,
Registry No.
Kowloon, Inland
Na of Sale.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
Ma
berley Road, Kowloon.
#
th. fl. ft. fe
-6.65%
Square feet
*** | Annual Rest.
Upset. Price
The present paid-up Capital of the Company is $600,000, divided into 60,000 shares of $10 each, and the New Issue is required to increase the Capital of the Company to $900,000 divided into 90,000 shares of $io each.
The whole of the premium received from the New Issue will be placed to the. Credit of the Permanent Reserve Fund.
The New issue will rank for Dividend for the three months ending 31st December, 1904, pay. able in May, 1905:
The breach consisted in the defendant's al leged frequent drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
Mrs. Routh claimed that she was still in pots session, paid into court a quarter's rent, and denied further liability.
Mr. McBean, the Scottish caretaker at the flats, was called to give evidauce as to the alleged disorderly conduct,
"NOT LORDS-RESPECTABLE."
Forms of application for the New Issue can be obtained at the Company's Offices in Alex andra Buildings or at the Hoogkong and } in your flats? Shangbai Banking Corporation in Hongkong, ||16,941|| 116] 6,100 Shanghai, and London,
No, sir, they're all respectable people there Justice Bray and everyone else in const laugh Was the grave reply of the Scots man. Mr. ed beartily.
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The man who, blest with energy and will, Goes cardless in, when everything is blue,
And victory depends upon his skill- Who lashes out as if from worry free, And gives a ailly chance of "e and b
a g
There is a scoundrel who is dead to shame, Fit abject for the gallows or the rack; Insured to obleguy, be laurbs at blame,
And ums to good advice a heedless back; is the bowles (browing games away By sending stuff that anyone could play. To parge our world we need some drastic Act;
With penalties to fit each cricket crime; Our laws ate miild, effeminate, in fact,
And puling-tender is the mealy time ! And so, by way of flip to the rest, There are some penalties I would suggest.
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Fór getting out, a fine of twenty pounds; For nilasing catches, fifty or the lash ; For bowling badly on imperfet grounds,
A week's imprisonment, not saved by cash; For losing matches, ibexecsed by weather, The whole eleven should be hanged together. ||
-Dally Chronicle.
THR BRITISHÚNAVY AND · ·
COMMERCE.
Lord Brassey delivered an address last month, before the members of the London Chamber of Commerce, on "The State of the Navy and Naval Administration." He observed that the state of the Navy was a vital question for those. engaged in commerce. As Chairman of the Standing Committee on Defence, it had seemed
to him fiting, at a time when the Army had
become a prominent; topic, to submit some
observations pa par naval position. The two
| services must be combined in any general scheme for Imperial · defence. In first-class battleships we, as a nation, wore,equal to a ing ware included, and assuming an equal rate combination of three Powers. If ships build.
WE HAVE SECURED THE
CO-OPERATION
OF THE MAKERS OF THE
'APOLLO MASTER PLAYERS"
IN LOWERING THEIR PRICES, AND
WE NOW OFFER THEM FROM
$365: To $850.
NEW
CONSIGNMENT
JUST ARRIVED
PER S.S. "EMPRESS OF CHINA"
WE WILL SUPPLY AN UPRIGHT
5th and 6th at 4.30 PM, and on 7th and 17th Pät 4 PM, sharp.
Admission for Gentlemen, non-members, so cents each day. Spidlare and Sailors to uniform, balf price min
Tickets for Admission may be obtained at the Gale, or froin the Undersigned, c/o Mosers, Gibb, Livingston & Copper & JAN
The Secretary's. Launch will leave Blake Plar on MONDAY and TUESDAY, the '5th and 6th at 3.45 PM. sharp, and on WEDNES DAY and SATURDAY, the 7th and 17th at 4 P.M. sharp, to convey Spectators and Com petitors."
HAROLD C. AUSTEN,
Hoal Secretary,
Hongkong, 29th August, 1904, “7
VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB,
THE
AQUATIC SPORTS, 1904.
[98$
"HE COMMITTEE of the VICTORIA"
RECREATION "CLUB · request Ę tha pleasure of the Company of the LADIES OF HONGKONG at the CLUB ENCLOSURE, Austin Road, Kowloon, on WEDNESDAY, 7th, and SATURDAY, 17th September, at 42.1. sharp, on the occasion of the Angol Aquatic Sports. amma MegaPALMEI
By kind permission of Lieut. Col. 6, N; Watts and Officers, the Band of the tit Bat Sherwood Foresters will play selections during the aftemoon.
HAROLD, G. AUSTEN, Hon. Secretary
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Hongkong, 29th August, 1904,
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
In Casks of 375 D. net $5.00 per Cask ex Factory.
IRON GRAND AND A PLANO In Bage of age fbs, net 88.30 per Bag PLAYER FOR $825.
OREDIT TERMS.
OASH.OR
These Players have been tested in Hongkong
of progress, we were fully up to a two-Power for 5 years (at Resk: included); without a standard. We were strong in cruisers of every Bingle Failure, which can be said of no other
We had maintained our maritime type.
THE
ROBINSON PIANO Co., Ld,
Hongkong, 3rd August, 1904,
D
THE CHINA AND JAPAN ́TELEPHONE--
AND ELECTRIC: COMPANY,
LIMITED.
HONGKONG EXCHANGE.
ex Factory
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., General Managers..
Hongkong, and Septemberý 1954.
斷
YAU LOONG. CANTON:
NEW SEABON'S SELECTED GINGER AND FRUITS
of Standard Quality,
Packed in RICH SYRUP AND BEST SUGAR,
·STEM GINGER FOR TABLE`D'HOTE. Bpecially recommended. Delicious and Wholesome. Fixed prices for diferent ascomments, Orders will be promptly executed. ~ Hongkong Office at No. 3, Sal On Lane, facing Des Voeux Road, West, near Gas Works
Hongkong:-19th-August 1904, (954
THE WINE GROWERS SUPPLY CO.
supremacy by an expenditurs never before ap: Flayer, preached in time of peace, in a Parliamentary return of last session the cost of Imperial de the expenditure would be about £42,000,000, fence was given at £87,487,000. For the Navy As to the possibility of the reduction of charges, the expenditure necessary to ourselves depended on the e perditure elsewhere. In the period 1895-1903 Navy Es imales for Ger- many ware increased in round figures by £8,000,000, and in Rossia by nearly £5,000,000; in bath cases mainly for shipbuilding and ar- maments. lo
ival policy half:measures ac- complished nothing; burdens on the taxpayer were heavier, but the national safely was not assured. Our Navy Estimates had been framed in pursuance of the national resolves that our supremacy should be maintained. For now construction we had an increase in ten years falling little abort of £10,000,000. It had been Mr. Kavanagh, for the defendant, asked in barely sufficient to maintain a two-Power. stand- cross-examination: "Are there any noblemenard in shipbuilding. If in past years there had been hesitation to engage to the full extent of four resources in a competition which we had no desire to encourage, in the latest Navy Estim We had now gone beyond the aggregate ates the deficiency, had bean fully made good. SUBSCRIPTION 9. expanditate on shipbuilding of France, Russia, and Germany and we built at least 20 per cent. more cheaply than could be effected in Russia and France, The Indications were that come petition on naval preparations was becoming les severe on the whole. If foreign Powers cut down wo were ready to follow. It was hardly possible in these days to gain an ad- vantage by superiority of design. Battleships "|| equal to the most powerful of those buildlog for foreign Powers were necessary for the -Bri- tish Navy. A less costly type was piso needed. For the general duties of the cruiser class, Mr. Kavanagh; Is that the worst -Oh, second-class cruisers of the Challenger type, under 6,000 tons displacement, were effective." dear no, much wons.
Their cost was £400,000, as against £1,000,000 When was her conduct worst ?-She was for the Duke of Edinburgh. In regard to man- worst that time she spent the whole night onning, we had a permanent force far above & LAND POINTS in the UNITED STATES 1st Class Single Ticket $2,00, with Cabla $3.00 the stairs. He used to see the lady attempt two-Power standard, but in reservers we had
Return
$5.0ing to get upstairs at midnight.
not reached that level. He suggested that the n $3.00, Tiffin and Disper may be had on Board'
admiralty should do more for the education of At $1 each meal,
the young officers of the Naval Reserve, that regimants might be permanently quartered at YUK ON & Co,.LD. -
the naval ports and trained as marines, and For a small additional annual charge Desk Johannisberger 1897****** S. A. NORONH,
that stokers of tropical races should be enrolled Macao Agent.
in the reserves. With ro0,000 men in the re [998
reduced to a two-Power standard. Expandi serves our permanent force might be gradually cure would thus be lessened, New proposals for Nary, works should be examined with more care than had been bestowed of late.
Hongkong, 27th August, 1904.
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Intimations.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA ara THE
prepared, during suspension of their Trans-Pacific Service and until further notice, to Book CARDO and ISSUE BILLS OF LADING to SEATTLE, WASH., VICTORIA, B.C., and PACIFIC COAST PORTS, alio to OVER-
and CANADA in connection with the GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY FROM SEAT- TLE, as hitherto, by the Steamers, of the NORTHERN PACIFIC S. S. Co., BOSTON STEAMSHIP and TOWBOAT Cos, OCEAN 8. S. Co. and CHINA:MUTUAL: S. N. Co.
For further Particulare, apply at the Com pany's LocalTM Branch Office 'in' PRIKCE'S BUILDINGS, First Floor, Chater. Road.
A. S. MIHARA, Manager.
Hongkong, soth May, 1904.
ROYAL AERATED WATERS MANUFACTORY.
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PRODUCE the highest Class AERATED
WATERS in the Far East on account of 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.
REPORT OF AN EXPERT.
The representative of Messrs. BRATBY and HINCHLIFFE, LIMITED, Aorared Water. Engineers and Chemists, Manchester, visited our factory recently in the course of a tour amongst Eastern Aerated Water Makers, and was greatly surprised at the compactness of our factory and also the methodical way in which everything pertaining to the making of Aerated Waters was carried out. He also expressed him- self strongly on the absolute cleanliness of our whole establishment, which he assured us was equal to any ho had yet visited and superior to a great many. He also reported that the qgality of our goods was of a fat class nature, sad they showed, that scrupulous cand was exercised in the course of their manufacture
Order Books and Price List. Please apply to FACTORY and OFFICE, West Point Tel. 367. Depot, Ice House Street, Tel. 374
Dr. V, DANENBERG & F.F.DANENBERG, General Managers Hongkong, both May, 1904.
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JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1994.
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EXCURSION TO MACAO.
*HE Splendid Steamer
THE
"YING KING," Captain Page, will make an EXCURSION TRIP TO MACAO, on EVERY SUNDAY, leaving the Company's wharf at the end of Wing Lok Street, at 8.30 AM, and returning from Macau at 7.30 P.M.
The Steamer will lay alongside the S.S. Perseverance's wharf at Macao.
FARE
Hongkong, and September, 1904.
THIN TING. LATEST METHODS OF DENTISTRY
STUDIO AT No. 14, D'AQUILAR STREET, REASONABLE FRES
Consultation Free. Hongkong, 30th July, 1904. ||
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM
·OF
DENTISTRY
M. H CHAUN, D. 1/15
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37, Dzs Vœux ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG From the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A
Hongkong, 4th June, 1904-
AN APPEALE
[es
The witness stated that the defendant inter ed into possession of the flat on 24th June, 1903, and was drunk from the first. She would come home at night and sit on the stairs howling, singing, and screaming, and using abominable language.
Mr. McBean added that the lady "had called him "a dirty devil." -
AT HER WORST. ·
....
Do you go to her help I generally went out on the stairs to try to keep the noise down, How?-By smoothing bar upstairs. (Laugh ter.)
On one occasion she was taken home by a gentleman who found her helplessly drunk in the road. That was after midosght, and she created a disturbance because he would not
refused to fetch her some whisky, allow the gentleman on the premises and
ORDINARY AND DRUNKEN WEIGHTS... On another occasion he assisted her up stairs when she was drank, but he could only get her half-way up, as she was so heavy,
"
Her ordinary weight was about 12st, but she' must have weighed 14st; when she was full of drink,de
You say she was laughing drunk") anked defendant's counsel.---Yes,
Well, you seem an-expert-in drunkenness, what does that mean 1-She could not get up the stairs, so she had to sit down on them, and
COMMERCIAL.
TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE Selling London-Bank T.T...1/9 11/16 Do demand.com. 94 Do. 4 months' sight i
1/9 15/16 Franco-Bank T.T.
..2.28 America Bank T.T. umumja......... GarmabyBank T.Toscana... 1.84 India TIT)/gisizzypreciez prijatieprocentaina 135].
135 Do. damand pan-Bank T-Ti Shanghai-Bank T.T.. singapore-Bank T.T.....
as she couldn't speak- either, the did nothing | Java-Bank T.T. but laugh (Laughter).
Mr. Kavanagh: Did you go into her flat while she was absent ?--Once, on my master's instructions, I got in by opening the verandah
CONVENT CAINE ROAD, bega: most HE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN door.
respectfully to APPEAL to the Residents of With a key-No, by putting my hand Hongkong and the Coast Ports, for their kind through a broken window, and so pushing patronaga and support, and desires to state that back the lock, she will be pleased to receive orders for all kinds of NEEDLE WORK.
Gentlemen's Shirts made to order, and Cuffs. and Collars renewed on old ones
dren's Dresses, and all kinds of Embroidery, Ladies and Children's Under-clothing, Cau Materials can be suppliedy'll required pr
The Superiorsss will also be most grateful for a PATER, or aid ENVELOPES to be made Into Books for the Children of the Foor Schools, who are taught by the Sisters, th Hongkong, sun! April, 1895,
LOCKED OUT. Did you then lock her out-1 did, on my master's instructions.
To lock her out.
Were you to lock her up or lock har "out ?--
Buying.
4 months aight L/C......
months sight L/0......
30 days sight San Francisco & New
months' eight
PAVABLE QUARTERLY IN ADVÁNCE.
EXCHANGE LINES $15 Per Quarter, -
NO. CHARGE FOR INITIAL
INSTALLATION:
NBA Special Charge is middè-for Lines- of more than average length -
DESK TELEPHONES
Sats can be supplied.
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES,
BATTERIES),
CHEMICALS,
ELECTRIC BELLS,
INSULATORS,
SWITCHES,
TELEPHONES?
WIRE,
BARRETTO & Co.,
General Agents, Hongkong..
HOCKS AND MOSELLES..
Per Case For Case. 1 doz.-qts. 3 dos, pts. Rudesheimer 1900......... $12.00 $19.00 Uerriger 1900avžičákien.
18.00: -20.00 Rudesheimer Engerweg 15.00 20.00
Zeltingerburg 1900
St. George
12,00 2400
34.000
CLARETS,
Per Case dos gta
$4.00
4.50
500
·4.50
6.00
Cru Wynbroniones.
Côtes maiera
Montferrand.....................
Médoc amik
St. Emilioni 90........................... 6,00
St. Julien
SPANISH CLARET.
&Cit
108
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Par Cap
SEND FOR PRICE: LISTS,
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45+
ELECTRIC BELL INSTALLATIONS.
month might Francs....
..2.32
menthe sight Germany
5/16: Estimates given for all kinds of Electrical
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Work
·ADDRESS ----4,-108-House Road,
30 days sight Sydney and Melboume 1/10 5/16
6 months sightin
Bar Silver pi
Bank of England rate
QFIUM, QUOTATIONË". Today's quotations are as follows --
Patche Malia New
1,000/1,080 5/1180 The foreman intimated, during the cross. ||||||Old
Olle
370- examination, that unless counsel produced Més,
Oldas Routh the jury were prepared to stop the case.
Patra New Subsequently they found in favour of the plain : Bemarss New tiff on polais of fait
0/1,340
W. STUART HARRISON,
·ANICE,
1,140 8401930
U Manares.
Hongkong, 12th April, 1964,
JAPANESE BEER,
KABUTO", DRAND
HIRANO WATER
PEACOCK BRAND Hongkong, sand August, Tongs