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Entertainment,
THEATRE
ROYAL,
CITY HALL,
RETURN OF THE LITTLE FAVOURITES,
FRIDAY, December 23rd." POLLARD'S LILLIPUTIAN OPERA COMPANY.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
AND
SATURDAY MATINET, December 23rd and 24th,
DANGERS DICTURE RUSSIAN.
VOYAGR
Intimations.
WHAT IT WILL DO.
"HE
Auctions.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
Undersigned have received Instruction
to Sell by A PUBLIC AUCTION,
FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, TO-MORROW,
It may be assumed, says the Pall Mall Guette, that all, the way to the Gape and then onward rendezvous have been fixed at which colliers and supply ships will be in waiting to | meet the needs of the ships of the Baltic feet
The fleet, even if no mishaps-; occur,- has a middle of the river all day while the damage, cine or the treatment 'which will relieva and the 21st December, 1904, at 2.30 PM, at their voyage of eighty: or ninety days before it presuming it maintains a continuous speed of about twelve knots. If, however, there are to be frequent stoppages for coal and stores, this time will be greatly exceeded. Moreover (the
·Tel graph's "naval correspondent points outy a great collection of ships under the control of officers and men cannot fail to experience
breakdowns.
Even in a British squadron during a long cruisel'stragglers will fall behind, and conse quently the rendezvous will be not only neces THE BELLE OF NEW YORK for meeting the needs of the feet in matters of fuel, but such stoppages must be enforced in order that the admiral in supreme command may collect his forres. He will receive reports of essential repairs which must be undertaken, immediately, and he cannot avoid endless delays from one cause and another, particularly as the ships, as has been explained already, are manned by scratch crews about deck, and also in the engine-i
MONDAY and TUESDAY, December 26th and 27th, "THE GEISHA."
WEDNESDAY- and THURSDAY, December 28th and 19th, "A GAIETY GIRL."
PRICES AS USUAL
Box Plan at ROBINSON & Co. Hongkong, 19th December, 1904,
Masonic.
EOTHEN MARK LODGE, No. 164.
room's.
The fleet has with it a repairing ship that is practically a floating workshop, a type of auxiliary introduced into the British fleet some [1350 years ago. The Kamchatka is fitted with all passible facilities for effecting repairs required
by "lame ducks."
Never before has the world witnessed such a supreme effort to west victory from defeat. .The ships have gone forth to war, and on their fate hangs the naval prestige of Russia. The dockyards have been swept clean of all ships fit to sail, and from the moment that the vessels pars into the Altantic, Russia, for the time being, ceases to be a European naval Power. Into the vortex of the conflict in the Far East the Tsar is casting practically all the capital which the country has invested in avail. 354able men-of-war-roughly, about £12,000,000
REGULAR MEETING of the above A REGULAR MEETING of the above
SONS' HALL, Zetland Street, TO-MORROW, the 21st instant, at 5 for 5.32 P.M. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend.
Hongkong, zoth December, 1904. -
Intimations.
WEISMANN, LTD.
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THE place par excellence in Hongkong
for Refreshments of all descriptions, Facing the Post Office, Queen's Road, Centra
Everything of the hest, prepared and served under entirely European Manage
ment.
See our Grand Christmas Display. Cakes, Bonbons and Confectionery of all kinds made to customers! own order and
MEN OF THE HOUR,
LORD CHARLES BERESFORD,
During the crisis brought about by the _Baltic-Elect-outrage-it-has-been quite remark: able to notice how one name has been on the lips,of men of all ranks-that of Lord Charles. Beresford. He is, says Public Opinion, the only living sailor who has secured the disting tion of familiarity conferred by the man in the street: to that important personage he is not Lord Charles Beresford, but Charlie Beresford, Just as Mr. Chamberlain is Joe Chamberlain
and Lord Beaconsfield was Dizzy. Many men attain popularity, but fow become popular favourites in the way that Lord Charles Heres ford has become a popular favourite. The day on which the North Sea tragedy was reported in the 'ress an East-Ender was heard discus sing the situation. He was very wrathful; be wanted revenge, and in his own sharp Cockney way expressed his views. "The cowardly
wish Charlie Beresford had been knockin' around with one of them' gunboats of bis; he'd have blown'em to smithereens, Charlie Betes- The Weissmann Most Up-to-date Café ford had been knockin'. The suggestion
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The same sort of ebol recklessness, il we may use the phrase, marked his conduct on the! 'Nile''after he had crossed the desert with Sir Herbert Stewart to attempt "the rellaf of Gor- don. Sir Charles Wils in, on Gordon's penny steamers, was 'wrecked, and in going to his rescue Lord Charles Beresford's steamer was badly hit in the boiler. He lay quietly in the
was repaired, and then effected the rescue of Sir Charles Wilson another feat which won him high commendation at home. In the same resourceful way a few years ago be saved French cruiser which went cashore, He simply ran ahawser round the French boat, and turned his own vessel into a tug. The incident was something more than one of courtesy: he Incatred great risks, which law captains would have taken on behalf of foreign boat, and the French Government would have marked its appreciation by con ferring on him the Legion of Honour, bat the Admiralty objected. Nor do Lord Charles Beresford's rescues siop here, he has three medals for saving life. So excellent a Cap lain could hardly be expected to shine in other walks he he shines on the quarter deck; yet he has made an admirable member of Parlia ment in the intervals of service, and has write ten books which, if not literature, are useful contributions to living subjects. His last book was "The Break-up of China," written after his mission to Chips on behalf of the Associe- ted Chamber of Commerce. In the House of Commons his voice was always heard in the cause of offciency. He is a hard worker when on shore, as when at sea and he has in him the makings of a perfect Bohemian, as more than one club in London knows.
... STRAITS IRADING.COMPANY.
THE PROFITS OF A Half-year.
A general meeting of the Straits Trading Co. was held at 17 Collyer Quay, Singapore, on the 17th inst. when the following report for the half-year ending 30th September last was presented
A woman buys a sewing machine for what it will do not as an article of furniture. A man carries a watch to tell him the time; not as an cnvestment of surplus capital. The same principle when one is ill. We want the medi-
cure. The friend in need must be a friend indeed-something, or somebody, with a reputation, with a good record, with a history that justifies our confidence. There should be no guesswork in treating disease. People have the right to know what a medicine is, and what it will do, before they take it. It must have behind it an open record of benefit to others for the same diseases, a series of cures that proves its merit and inspires confidence.. It is because it has such a record that
· · WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION
the
Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, comer of Ice House Street,
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
ENGRAVINGS,
and
A QUANTITY OT BOOTS AND SHOES. Catalogues will be issued. TERMSAs usual,
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.
Hongkong, 20th December, 1904.
PUBLIC AUCTION
to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,:"
FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, on
THURSDAY,
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22nd December, 1904, at 11 A.M., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vœux Road, corner of Ice Hours Street, 'SUNDRY
is bought and used without hesitation or doubt. is Good Name is the solid basis for the faith the people have in it; and a good name has to be earned by good deeds. For the purposes THE Undersigned have received instructions for which it is commended it is honest, true and practical. It doer what you have a right to expect it to do. It is palatable as honey and contains all the nutritive and curative properties of Pure Cod Liver Oil, combined with the Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites and the Extracts of Malt and Wild Cherry. In Scrofula, Anemia, Nervous and General Debility, In fluenza, Blood Impurities and Wasting Com- MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES, plaints, it is to be thoroughly relied upon. Dr.
Comprising →→→ J. L. Carrick says: "I have had remarkable TELESCOPES, FIELD GLASSES, SEX- success with it in the treatment of Consumption, TANTS, SUITS OF CLOTHES, DRAWING Chronic Bronchitis, Catarrh and Scrofalous INSTRUMENTS, FELT HATS, BANJOES, MACKINTOSHES, BOOTS, GOLD Affections. It is of special value in nervous WATCHES, CHAINS, DIAMOND RINGS, 'prostration and depraved nutrition'; it stimulates || BANGLES; &c; &c,{&c. • the appetite and the digestion, · promotes assimilation, and enters directly into the circulation with the food, I consider it a mari
velous auccess in medicine">« Every», done' effective. "You cannot be disappointed in it' Sold by chemists.
PLEASE NOTE.
$
Your Directors now submit the accounts for the half-year ended 30th September, 1904, bell purchasers of at least $25.00 worth of URING CHRISTMAS WEEK ONLY,
Ling the first half of the business year 1994/1903. WINES and SPIRITS from Merits. GREGOR After Įmaking full provision for bad and & Co., will be entitled to receive in addition to doubtful debts, the net profits amount to their purchase, and absolutely free,
3 Full-size Sample. Bottles of the following $481,362.45, to which has to be added the bal-
Wines, at choice: ance, S95,950.84 brought forward from last ac- GRAVES, SAUTERNES, MEDOC, ST, count, giving together a sum of $577,313.29 for EMILION, MARGAUX, ST. JULIEN, disposal on 30th September, 1904,
ST. ESTEPHE, or CH, LA TOUR MARCEAU, or
35
Your Directors recommend —
1. That a dividend of $1.00 and a bonus of
cents per share be paid to shareholders, absorbing $337,500.
Fund, which will then stand at $750,000.
2. That $50,000 'bo' added to the Reserve
3. That $50,00 be-transferred to a Fund for equalising dividends.
4 That $40,coo be transferred to a Fund to provide for proposed contributory payments to ore producers in the F.M.S., ich payments, if approved, to be made from such date and pn auch. scale, as the Directors-map- decide.
5. That $13,000 be transferred to Employees' Bonus Account.
That the balance of $84,813.29 be carried forward to a "new"choone
The local market for tin opened on tat April, at $793 per picul and closed on 30th Septem- ber, at $771 per picul, the highest price in the interval being 180 and the lowest 569).
The business bar again, been a record one and while the Company's proportion of the total output from the F. M. S. continues to show a steady increase, it is also a satisfactory feature that the business from other countries is likewise steadily growing
The Pulo Brani and Penang Works have im- proved in efficiency, and more economical results have been obtained. This together with the prompt turnover which our ample smelting capacity endures, enables us to pay liberal prices for ore and accounts for the increase in the business which your Directors hope will be
illustrates better than could a whole article the opinion held of Lord Charles Beresford by all good British. He comes of a plucky stick-at- nothing stock : he is one of “the fighting Beres fords, and he is the best living exponent of the good old bulldog spirit which made Great Britain what she la. The Beresfords have always bean in the forefront when Imperial work was to be done, and their Irish blood has ever responded with alacrity to war's alarms. Lord Charles seems at times almost to have stepped out of one of Marryat's novels, and to have adapted himself to modern conditions with the readiness characteristic of the British sailor. He is a bluff genial, honest, kindly daredevil, who maintained. would have been happiest in cutting-out ex- peditions, has made the most of any oppor- THE AMOUN Kabtunity which may have come his way to show that a Nelson is still among us, and does the Razor best he can to keep alive the old spirit by be
ing ready whenever duty may call to strike as they struck in the days when the prowess of British tass astonished the world and secured
H. RUTTONJEF,
5. D'Aguilar Street, Hongkong. 37 and 38, Elgin Road, Kowloon
[1357 Hongkong. 19th December, 1903.
ASHARP UTILE SKAVER
an Empire.
WEIGHT LESS THAN OUNCES, HIS DWARF RAZOR has superseded The old fashioned clamay Razor and by
Lord Charles Beresford has a superb con- its use Shaving becomes a pleasure. It is manufactured in Sheffield, England, from n fidence in himself and in the British Navy. special amalgam of steel which makes imita tion impossible, and in consequence it enjoys the largest sale of any Razor in the World. Thousands of Testimonials testify that the little » MAB” is the finest shaving implement ever produced.
Like all great and courageous men, he does
not want to fight for the mera sake of fight. ing; on the contrary, he believes in being. strong so that peace may be preserved from the enemy's mere consciousness that to fight is to run grave risks of irreparable disaster. The nation owes it in no small measure to Sole Agents for Far Eat, HOWARD & Going which warrants him in believing that
him that the Navy has been put upon a foot-] 19, Den "Vaux Road, Central, · Hongkong, Agents wanted in every port.
To be obtained from THE MUTUAL STORES, WATKINS, LIMITED, and all first-class stores In the Colony.
From the 1st November the F. M. S. Govern- ment raised the standard for payment of duty ou tin ore from 68 per cent to 70 per cent re- coverable metallic contents and as duty is levied on the full monetary value of refined tini the lacreased duty on the ore exported is equal to a taxation of over 72 per tent. recoverable metallic contents ad valorem.
C. MCARTHUR, Managing Director.
COMMERCIAL:
\TO»DAYE.EXCHANGE.
Selling.
London-Bank T.T.
Do. demand.....21/11. 3/16)| Do. 4 months! sight ..................................
America Bank T.T. France---Bank T.T.
2.43
..461
Germany Bank T.T. animigosazonamas India T.T.yang seprosencár
..Do. demand ..............
.1.96
1437
1434 1717 .941.
Great Britain if need be could beat the come For particulars and terms, apply to...
bined fleets of France, Germany, and Russia HOWARD & Co. || A fall order that, but one which might well be Hongkong, 24th November, 1904, ₤1369 realised if the British Navy were run by Shanghai-Book T.T.: „.........................
Beresfords. Difficulties for him exist to be | japan-Bank T.T. .....-. ESPECIAL OLD TOM GIN got over, and dangers point the way to greatest Singapore-Bank T.T.. Marshall and
triumphs. He knows that nothing succeeds Java-Bank T.T..................... Elvy's
Satinette
ON SATURDAY}|
DEC. 24TH.
Wm. POWELL, Ld.
Hongkong, 20th December, 1904.
DOUBLY DISTILLED
'AND' OF MATURED AGE.
TO BE OBTAINED FROM~~
THE MUTUAL STORES, Des Voeux Road,
Hongkong, 11th May, 1904,
like success, and we may be sure that he would
Buying,
2 Full-size Sample Bottles of
GREGOR & Co.'s IMPERIAL HIGH, LAND, or CLUB No. 1 WHISKY, or Full-size Bottle of MR99R5 MARIE BRI ZARD & ROGER'S AFTER-DINNER LIQUEURS, to be selected out of zo Varieties.
GREGOR & Co,
Wine and Spirit Merchants, 34, Queen's Road Central,
1st Floor, Oppos te Post Office Hongkong, 19th Decem'er, 1904. THE HONGKONG HIGH LEVEL TRAM:.. WAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.
[+356
NOTICE is hereby given that the TWEN TIETH ORDINARY, GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS of the above Company will be held at the REGIS Buildings, Des Voeux Road, on FRIDAY, the daha Campany in Alexandra 23rd day of December, 1904, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the report of the General Managers together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ending 30th November, 1964.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 20th to 26th instant, both days inclusive.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers. Janukong, 14th-December, 1904. (1342
WO SHUN STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICENARY GENERAL MEETING. is hereby given that an EXTRA- the WO SHUN STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED, will be held at the Registered Office: of the Company, No 138, Connaught Road, Victoria, Hongkong, on THURSDAY, the 22nd: day of December, 1904, at 2-o'clock in the afternoon, when the subjoined Resolution will
be proposed.
---Should the said, Resolution be passed by the required majority it will be submitted for con firmation as a Special Resolution to a Second Extraordinary Meeting to be subsequently con- vened:
RESOLUTION,
Catalogues will be issued, TERMI—ë Urual.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers, Hongkong, 17th December, 1904.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.. DARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on TUESDAY, the 17th day of December, 1901, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, commencing from the date of tale, 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 73 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
LOCALITY,
No. 17
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"Hongkong, 17th December, 19of:
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THE WINE GROWERS
SUPPLY CO. ·
BARRETTO & Co., General Agenta/Hongkong,
· FORT WINE. Direct shipment from the COMPANHIA AGRICOLA E COMMERCIAL DOS VINHOS DO PORTO, (Successors to DONNAAHTOMIAÄ.FERREIRA);
Monopoly for China of THE WINE GROWERS SUPPLY CO.
Per Case of --1-Dozan, Selected Old Port $50.00
Dry No. 1 "That the Capital of the Company be in- Quinta do Porto creased to $140,000 by the creation of 900 New Dry No. 3 Shares of $100 each.””
Quinta da Granja Tawny, 1887, Vintage Hongkong, 16th December, 1904.
LOST.
#SM (35.00
30.00
25.00
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17
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*
20.00
* 15,00
" [1348:
Tawny, (White Label).............................................ma 14.00 $13.00 Medium Tawny,' (Brown Label) White Tawny, (White Label) Fall Wine, (Brown Label) $11.00
Saturday night (10th), a PEARL AND|
*
13,00
ON SAVITY NECKLET on SILVER White Tawny, Brown Label) 10.50
CHAIN, Finder will be rewarded on return ing it to PAGODA BUNGALOW, Kowloon.
Hongkong, 13th December, 1904. (1339
SANITARY BOARD OFFICE,
Hongkong,
TO THE OWNERS OF DOMESTIC BUILDINGS.
Nominal TAKE PANLINESS and AKE NOTICE that under No. of the 116 VENTILATION BYE-LAWS (as amended),
every Domestic Building or part of such Build never hesitate to place his blind eye to the 4 months' sight L/C...!/titing within the WESTERN DIVISION of the CITY telescope if he thought there was a chance of | 6 months' sight L/C, aquam............. .....1/114 | OF VICTORIA occupied by members of more turning a critical situation to profitable { 30 days' sight Søn Francisco & New York 47 than one family must be Cleansed and Línie- account. How proud Great Britain was of 4 months' sight '
do.
him in 1882, when the British fleet was before 30'days" sight Sydney and Melboume: Alexandria, and, he took the Condor in
right under the nose of the big guns on Fort
Marabout and silenced them. It was wrong.
months' sight Francs...
'monihs' aight.
#
4 months" sight Germany.....
every point of view, excupt one... | Bür Silver mine was successful. Some people said, the Bank of England rais - act was mad he did not deny it though. be probably claimed credit for some method in the madnem. II-a shot had struck her the "Condor would have gone to the bottom, like a log. But as Lord Charles said, "it didn't," and haw Older
washed THROUGHOUT by the owner 481
during the months of November and December, #14 | W.B. – The word "Throughout used in this 2:46 notice means that the Houses should be Limb 3.471 washed in respect of all the Walls of each Room and Staircase, all Cubicle Partitions, Stair Casings and Stair Linings, All Collings and the Undemides of Roofs both in Main Buildings; | Offices and Servants Quarters and inclusive of Verandas.RAGADAS
Tie Back Yard should have its containing Walls Limewashed up to the level of the first
OPIUM, QUOTATIONS" To-day's 'quutations are si follow
"Perthest Boor, alwa. Now „;..
@ 1,050/1,080 | Carved; Fainted or Pollshed Woodwork in ©1120/1,740 good condition, however, need not be Lime: @ 1,160/1,205 washed but must be Cleansed.
The Western Division of the City lies to the @~1/370/1,260
wast of Tank Lane and Cleverly Street,
· Old...
had his reward when the Admiral signalled Oldest
later, "Well doné,,,Thé singal in its simp® Patna New Sunkadelid©H,50 |·licity as Nelson's England expects every Bapates-New-mimoranipilli@+1,30
* Permian (Paper) tuschismardika©.850/900
· [608 | man this day will do bjs duty,"
THOS, A. HANMER, Secretary. Dated this 1st day of December, roos [1314
Light Taway, (Brown:Label}_................30.00.
..$4.00 - $5.00
41 FRENCH OLARETS, St George? C-Wyabron Côtes
5.50 mum 450
!!!5-3,00
Mentierrand..............$150. Médoc namaiki St. Emilion munnin
16,00
Sti Estephenieminjatia. 6:50
St Julien............onomamuer:7.10- Chateau Margaux Sti Estephe Superior
-900 ***** 900
Chateau Leoville marion 9.09. Chateau Lafite macam 10.00 Chateau Laross: 10.50
BURGUNDIES,
Volpay.vin 1893 Moulin a Vent vin 1893.. Macon vin 1899... Nuits vin 1893 Musigny vin 1893 vi Corton vin 1893. Chablis vin 1893 Beaune vin 1893 Pommard vin 1899 Red Burgundy Chambertin vin 1899..... Romance vic 1893
6.00
6.50
7.00 7.00
$11,00 £11.50
Per Care Per Case:
Quarta Pints. **$14:00 ***$16700 ...14-50FF 36:50 *** 17.000 19.00 17;30;) 19:30:
18.50
20.30
.19.00-21.00
19.00*
29.00
21.00 31.00
,30.00 31.00
42.00
40.00 43.00 BARRETTO & Co. Aginis,
Nos 22 & 24, Bank Buildings, Queen's Road Central
Hongkong, 19th October, 1904.