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THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1904.
Auctions,
"PUBLIC AUCTION,
"HE Undersigned have received instructions
to Sell byth, Ngh
PUBLIC AUCTION,
FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, TO-MO^ROW,
Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road,
corner of Ice House Street,
A QUANTITY. OF: MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES,
Comprising MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, BILLIARD BALLS, MACKINTOSHES, SUITS OF CLOTHES(new) FELT and STRAW HATS SILVER MOUNTED PIPES, FOWLING PIECES and SUNDRY JEWELLERY.
Catalogues will be issued, TERMSAs usual.
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneer, Hongkong, 14th December, 1904. [1334
PUBLIC AUCTION. HE Undersigned have received instructions
THE
to Sell by
JAPAN AND THE UNITED
·STATESA
.
hale offenders or seaming offenders before the har of the Executive Council to show cause' why they should not be dismissed the service; or be reduced or be censured, ANNA CRUELLY UNSYMPATELTIC TOWARDS BACK-
DOOR INFLUENCES,
ILLH. PRINCE FUSHIMI AT WASHINGTON,
The following telegram from the Imperial 15.7 Legation at Washington, dated: November. Of these accused there bave been quite a 15th, has been received at the Foreign Office → plethora. Was there ever a time when so many the 15th December 1904, at 11. A.M, at their His Imperial Highness Prince Fushimi bad officers have appeared before, that tribunal
very cordial and satisfactory audience with. Was there aver a time when the state of the President on November 15th at to a.m.emciency of the Service was so high? Civil His Imperial Highness mada the following Service competitive examinations, established speech!~~
in Governor Hincks's time, have been revived "It is hardly necessary for me to tell you by Sir James, who, it is plain;has been anxious how the Imperial Government and the people to raise the tone and standard of the Service of Japan, with camest desire to contribute their both by the process of excision and selection share of effort to the success of a noble enter and in none of the appointments made during prise of a friendly nation, heartily responded 10 his regime is there visible the slightest trace of the invitation of your Government to pat back-door influence.. Against this His Excel- ticipate in the Louisiana, Purchase Exhibition lency set his face. Indeed it was not long att. Louis, but it affords me pleasure: to ins after bis arrival in the "colony that officials and form you, Mr. President, that His Imperial others became aware of his policy in this re Majesty was pleased to especially send me to gard; and they have had to compost themselves your country for the purpose of personally ob- accordingly. He himself has been an example serving the actual state of progress in sciences, of diligence and punctuality in the discharge arts and industries of the world so magnificently of his duties and, unlike his predecessors, has displayed at St. Louis. But I am charged with made a study of the history of British Guiana, * still more important and, I may add, a s fact not generally known, but which has pleasanter mission, and one which it is incumst len out occasionally in official correspond bent on me 10 first fulfil. His Imperial Majesty Fence and in debate. nå fall kan was pleased to confide to me. the agreeable. NOT ALTOGETHER IMPOLITE, DUT- duty of conveying to you, Mr. President, the The personality of Governor Swettenham ssurances of, his, sircere good wishes and interesting. His are the hard rather than friendship and fervent hope for your continuedine gentle virtues: Impiger; dracundus, in- good health and hoppiness. His Majesty x119 | exóràbilis, acer. ;; to it hasty, and althaigh be charged me to confirm to you his earnest desire cannot be deemed to be altogether impolite, it that the historic relations of amity and good is clear that he has not the manners of repose correspondence which have always, since the which marks the case of Vere de Vere. He is days of Commodore Perry, united the Great decidedly blunt, and deficient in or careless of Republic of the Far West with the Empire of those arts which double the value of a favour the Far East, and which have contributed, is and take away the sting, of a refusal. Indeed, no small measure, to the progress and pro- the impression has sometimer been borne in [314 sperity of Japan, may grow still closer and upon me that, through sheer wantonness, he
stronger with the passing years.
emulates the Fat Boy in Pickwick in making the flesh creep. What Zola does with the pan, His Excellency seems to Be fond of doing by word viell le pablis. Bimself free from cant,
PUBLIC AUCTION,
FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, TO-MORROW,
the 15th December, 1904, at 11. A.M. at their Sales Rooms, No 8, Des Voeux Road, corner of Ice House Street, A. QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS ARTI. LES,
Comprisings CAMERAS, MICROS OPES, TELES. COPES, FIELD GLASSES. SEXTANTS, MUSICAL DRAWING and DENTAL INS TRUMENTS, &c,, &c. dc;
ALSO
AN ASSORTMENT OF BOOTS AND SHOES. Catalogues will be issued. TERMS: As usual.
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers. Hongkong, 14th December, 1904.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE, of
VALPROPERTY,
VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
situate at Yau-masti, Kowloon, in Six Lots,
.. ON
FRIDAY,
the 16th day of December, 1994, at 3 P.M.
at the premises,, ·
nx
Messrs. HUGHES & HOUG Auctione
firest,
"And I assure you, Mr. President, that I but interpret the sentiments of my countrymen when I add, that the words of His Majesty find a ready echo in the learts of His Majesty's loyal
subjects.
"In conclusion, permit me to express to you, and through you to the people of the United States, my sincerest thanks for the courteous attention and enthusiastic reception already given me everywhere ever since I have set my feet on American soil,"
The President's response was as follows
LOT 1.—All That piece of ground registered in
It gives me anfeigned pleasure to meet the Land Office as Section M of Kow- Your Imperial Highness and to hear from you loon Inland Lot No. 43 with the messu-the expression of friendly sentiments of His ags therena known as No. 49 Temple Majesty the Emperor and of the people of Japan Street. LOT 2.-All That piece of ground re-istered in towards the United States of America. I assure the Land Office as Section N of Kow- | you that their sentiments are warmly recipro- loon Inland Lot No. 43 with the messu-cated by me and by the American people. Ever Age thereon known as No. 51 Temple since the Empire of Japan, at the invitation LDT 3.-All that portion of the piece of ground of this country, entered upon a career of modern registered in te Land Office as Section and international progress which has led to of Kowloon Island Lot No. 105 with such brilliant results, the relations of the two the message thereon known as No. 46 countries have been those of unbroken friend. Temple Street, LOT 4-All That portion of the picas of ground ship. I pray that those relations may continue registered in the Land Office as Section for ever, growing always more friendly and B of Kowloon Inland Let No. 105 with more extended, and I trust that this visit of the messunge thereon, known as No. 48 Your Imperial Highness may result in that in Temple Street. LOTAjl That portion of the pieceof ground crease of mutual goodwill between this Repub
Атретотния
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Intimations,
NAVY LEAGUE.
HONGKONG BRANCH.
HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THE
OF THE MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES of the Hongkong Branch of the Navy League will be hell in the CITY HALL, on MONDAY, POLLOCK, Esq, KC, in the Chair, the 19th December, 1904, at 5.35 RM. H. E.
ARTHUR K. LOWE,, Hoa, Secretary, Navy League, Hongkong Branch, Hongkong, tath December, 1904. [x333
CHRISTMAS.
Intimations.
LOST.
ON Saturday night (10th), a PEARL AND CRYSTAL NECKLET on SILVER. CHAIN." Finder will be rewarded on return, ing it to PAGODA BUNGALOW, Kowloon Hongkong, 13th December, 1904.
SNOTICE.
·₤29391
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD, HE above sum will be paid to any person who gives information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person of persons guilty of Stealing or Embezzling a CHEQUE FOR NINE THOUSAND, DOLLARS mada out in favour of Messieurs JEBSEN, AND SINGER SEWING MACHINE COMPANY and indorsed by them and sent to
WHAT BETTER GIFT
THAN A
Cash or Baby Payments.
Showrooms 1, Wyndham Street,
· Hongkong, 9th December, 1904. - .
STOCKBROKERS' ASSOCIATION,
TH
NOTICE:
DECEMBER SETTLEMENT.
"HIS Month's Settlements will commence
on THURSDAY, the 29th-instant, By Order of the Committee,
·ES. JOSEPH,
Hongkong, and December, 1904.
Hon, Secretary.
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delests the sight of it in others. He scornze praise or to curry popularity; yet he has easily gained what he has not striven for though I am afraid, he goes too far in the paths of the heterodox, wherein he seems to delight. His Excellency is a good speaker, but so careless is he of art that much of] THERAPION Nİ.2/ty of the impression of his utterances is löst. As a debater in the Court, he is easily first. Indeed he has no second. With his points well mir shafted, he rushes down like a river of molten lava; and at times, quite unnecessarily, he hits back with a Nasmyth hammer,
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For particulars and terms, apply to
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Hongkong, China and Manila, 16
WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE HIS PAULTS
fencing, and he is very quick in detecting weak His-legal training has made him adroit in his
spots in the armoury of attack or defence. His is a haughty, imperious spirit that brooks not opposition. He has strong natural sense, and rare force of will. Much as I appreciate this man ebom nature endowed with the qualities of a ruler, I cannot blick the fact that his will often jostles ard sometimes outstrips his intel- ligence and soligh-stomached and stiffnecked,... is he, that he will not see or, seeing will not acknowledge, his faults. Not this way lies
registered in the Land Office as Sectionic and the Empire of Japan, which will natural-magnanimity; not this way lies prudruce. Ha Cof Kewlion Inland Lot No, 103 with ly come from more intimate acquaintance and Kennedy Streefey to the Wajoftub Rihet beg you to LOT.6.-All That portion of the piece of ground convey to His
registered in the Land Office as Section appreciation of his valued expression of amity C of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 105 with and my best wishes for his health and happi- the messunge, thereon known as No. 7 ness and the prosperity of the Japanese people.". Kennedy Street,
-Japan Times:
The above Properties are respectively held from the Crown for the residues of the respec- tive terms of 75 years.
For further particulars and conditions of sale, apply to-
EWENS & HAR¬TON, Bolicitors for the. Mortgages,
or to Messe HUGHES & HOUGE,
Auctioneers, Hose, kon, and December, 1004 [3300
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
SIR A. SWETTENHAM,
FREELY DRAWN PEN-PICTURE BY A
GUIANA SPORTSMAN.
buzas his boats and does not look back. He allows no consideration, to "change his hand ~~32 =\==mhlaðaskinmany good gunij-
ties far outweigh this serious demerit. To bir lasting praise be it said that His Excellency has favoured no particular class to the detri ment of the others; Trojan or Tyrian he has made no distinction with them; he has held the balances equally. While history is noting his second-rate errone, charity will ascribe them to the eccentricities inseparable from a redundance of self-confidence; but his name, one may be sure, will not be allowed to sleep
COMMERCIAL
In a recent issue of the Gulaná Sportsman | in obscurity, there appears an article by the editor dealing with Sir Alexander Swettenham, who is now Governor of Jamaica. Following are some extracts
"Governor Swettenham is leaving us, and, save perhaps a few sections whose sensibilities have been ruffled and whose interest appears to be threatened by certain recent acts of His Excellency, the community are a unit in deeply
PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the 19th day of December, 1904, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of GROWN LAND at Causeway Day in the Colony of Hang-regretting that so able a man and so sagacious an administrator should not have been allowed kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a CROWN RENT to to complete his term of service. That he has be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the | made a favourable dent into the history of the KING, for one further term of 75 years,
colony, there is no manner of doubt The im PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
press of his impact, extremely valuable as it has been, will not soon be erased; and the memory of him will long be green. Intolerant of the laises faire policy which had so long impeded the progress of the colony, he has done not a little to fit it to proceed on the high road to prosperity, freed from many of those handicaps which should never have been its portion had the best Interest of the colony always been the main objective of those responsible for its governance. Governor Swettenbam's adminis tration has, on the whole, been a wise and pro, gressive one.
No. of Sale.
Inland Lot No. 7,773-
Regiony No.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be
GREAT ON ECONOMY.
"By no complex method, by no jugglory, by no scheme borrowed from the region of la haute finance, he has pursed the colonial finances into a more bealthy condition, and the very material reduction of the Floating Debt is
Do not fail to bring the held on MONDAY, the 19th day of December, a gratifying evidence of this. His plan is simpli- 1904, at 3. P.M., st. the Offices of the Public city itself to endeavour not to spend more Works Department, by Order of His Excellency money in any one year than in expected to Children to spend the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN come is to imbue the rainde of the beads-of.
LAND at Yau-ma-ti in the Colony of Hong kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option half an hour in the ROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 75 years. Bazaar.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
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•HONGKONG",
Hongkong, 9th December, 1paj.
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2.42
1,96
1431
Do, 4 months' sight............d/11} France-Bank T.T................. America-Bank T.T. Germany-Blank T.T..... Iedia T.T.nama
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do. 4 months' sight
48
30 days' sight Sydney and Melbourne......./ 4 months' sight France ...........24bj 6 months' sight
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Tawny, (White Label)..................pina. 14.00.
Medium Tawny, (Brown Label) White Tawny. (White Label)
u. 12.00. Full Wine, (Brown Label), 15005). White Tawpy, (Brown Label) ....... 10.50 Light Tawny, (Brown Label) per 1000},
FRENCH OLARETS,
St. George ........................$400 $5.00 Cru-Wyabron ......ngga 45
Côtes 5,00..
Montferrandens
1080/1,210 LI KWONG LOONG, St. Emilion
....@. 1,740/1,180.
.....@ 1,200/1,240
.... 1,380/1,300 1,950
@ 1,110 ... Ryofoto
AN APPEAL...
..
THE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN CONVENT, CAINE ROAD, begs most respectfully to APPEAL to the Residents or Hongkong and the Coast Ports, for their king patronage and support, and desires to state that she will be pleased to receive orders for all kinds of NEEDLE WORK
李康隆
'CABINET-MAKER and Art DecorATOR, from 'Shanghai, has opened 1á
FURNITURE STORE.......
AL
No, 45, DES VŒUR ROAD CENTRAL. The only Shop in Hongkong with this name,
WH
XWHERE HIGH CLASS FURNITURE” order in any design acquired.
of every description can be made to Has been patronised by the Hongkong Club, Hongkong Hotel, Messrs. A. S. Watson de Co., Ld. Joint Telegraphs Cos, and other leading Establishments in the Colony, to whom refer enca may be made as to the Superior Work manship and Materials of the Furniture & Gentlemen's Shirts made to order, and Cuffs supplied.!..
Messrs. A. 5. Watson & Co, Ltd. write as |;follows A
We have pleasure to stating that Mr. 1.1 KWONG LOONG furnished the Annexe to our Dispensary and gave us every satisfac tion.
(Sd) A, S.WATSON & CO., Lá.. ORDERS → punctually attended... to, l'and CHARGES most modemte.
department with a retrenching zeal of which he himself has a rich redundance, to give a distributing turn to the virtue of economy, by not only saving generally but opportunely selecting for the operation of the pruning knife those services on which the crust of sacrosade, tity had unwisely been allowed to form, And ho has ever been careful to see that the full Collars reaewed on old one...
** Ladies and Children's Under-clothing, Cou 'valge was given for the money of the tax-payers, Part of the lafrijs-fairs policy, which we couldren's Dresses, and all kinds of Embroidery, all with has now had its quietus, was a compara, Materials can be supplied, if required, tive indifference to the conduct of public offscers: |*45-140| 1,530 | 65.319 || either in their official relations with the public or in their personal behaviour. Wishing to wash the public service and to keep it clean, [1399 | His Excellency bas milssed no opportunity tá
1901 Hongkong, toth December, 1904
The Stiperlaresa will also be most grateful, for any. PAPER, or old EnvEISTER Ló be made into Bonks for the Children of the Poor Schools, who are taught by the Sistem: tignokung, Find April] #8qz
AN INSPECTION INVITED,
· Hongkong, 6th December; 1904. 2.
6,00
7.00
St. Estepheiminuman 6.5a St. Julian... 7.50
St. Estephe Superior ... 900 Chatean Morgan
Chateau Leoville- Chateau Lafile Chateau Larose
: 10.00 900: 10,00
19.00 31.10.00 .ID.00 ·11.00 Bi10,50 1. 11.50.15
BURGUNDIES,
Per Case Per Cass
Quarta Pints 'Volnay vin 1893... .... ..$14.00 – $16.00 Moulin a Vent vin 1893.......14.50 1650. Macon via 1899
$17.00 19.00 Nuits vin 7893.............. Musigny vin 1893 .....................18.30 30.je Carton vin 1893. 18.50 20.59 Chablis vin 1893 ..................................19.00 Beanne vin 1893
21.00
19.00 21,00 Pommard vin 1899 ..........
30.00 $1,00 Red Burgundy............................................30.00 33.00 Chambertin vin 1899 .............................39.00 :: 43.00 Romance vin 1893... +49.00 43.00
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Agents,
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1999 |- Hongkong, 19th October, 1904,