Intimation.
• Powell's
Ladies Outfitters,
ALEXANDRA
BUILDINGS.
NEW
GOODS
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY JANUARY 5, 1907.
To Let.
TO LET.
No. 8 DAGUILAR STREET,
suitable for
SHOP AND DWELLING
HOUSE,
at present occupied by
Mails MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
MM
STEAM FOR SAIGON,
SINGAPORE2, ATAV
-COLOMBO,” CALCUTTA, BOMBAY, ABEN, DJIBOUTI, MARSEILLES, LONDON, HATRE, Bordeaux, MediteRTM RANHAN AND BLACK SEA PORTS."
The 8.8. " YAERA.” Captain Sallier, will be despatched MARSEILLES on TUESDAY, the Jaguary at 1 P.M. -
for 8th
"THE REBUILDING OF SAN A
FRANCISION
*VERY LITTLE PROGRESS.
A MUSHROOM CITY OF WOODEN SHANTIES, The British Board of: Trade Journal gives. the following particulars of the commercial and financial outlook,ip San Francisco, extracted from a report, dated September 11, 1906, which has been received, through the Foreign Office from H.M. Consul-Gogeral at the port: (Mr. C. W. Beans, CIE)
SAS (THETIME WILL COME":
The time will comentome day, some day, not
-When you will kasel and ween, withopt
In bitter anguish for each broken vow That fell as berries from the fadell bang)
Buttshall-answor you, 1949-too-lates
The time will come-not now, sume day, some
day When you will clasp the threshold of my
door
atreating only a moment there to stayıɛi Five months have now elapsed since the And, perchance a word, or two man sax earthquake, and there is very little sign of any. But not the words. I said to you before,.
happiness
Intima
THE BRIGHT ATT
we do not get quite the amoun
less things which miserable ill health More said that sin
bared to billows
liver with the rest cause of more, mental, gloo
And wh single
fearful aggregate... raising from the many which are familiar to
permanght construction. The piss of debris, The time will come some day; ba iti soon or cloud it hangs over, stumult
millions of tons of it, remains more or less: where it was. The amount removed is barely: noticeabis, although in the aggregalo, it is, large. Some of the principal streets are clear
lato
When you shall stand, a shuddering, sou
unshrived,
And crave one sign of me, ere God's bigh gate
This Steamer connects at Colombo: with the 4: sufficiently to allow, of the passage of May ope, and I shall scotą you where you wait- Messrs. K. A. J. CHOT B-Australian lines.s. Villa de La Ciotat bound for some of the main streets the pavements are electric cars and whealed saffic, but excepi ing
MALL & CO.,
who will shortly remove
to
NOW HOW. No. 64, QUEEN's Road ·
GOLF
JERSEYS
White,
Navy,
Cardinal,
from $5 each.
White and Palo Blue,
White and Navy,
White and Myrtle,
White and Red,
from $5.25 each.
Splendid Value.
COSTUMES
Latest Styles,
Well' Cut,
from $30 each.
Apply to-
CENTRAL.
K. A. J. CHOTIRMALL & '00..
Hongkong, rath November, 1906.
TO LET.
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THE Premises known as No, 199, Wanchai
& Co Engineering. Works. Possession, 1st February, 1907.
Apply to-
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY CO., LD.
· Hongkong, 4th January, 1907.
TO LET.
No.
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́O. 1, WEST END TERRACE, Shamoto,
Canton. Apply to-
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST,
MENT & AGENCY CO: LD. Hongkong, roth December, 1906.
"RA
TO LET.
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ANFURLY," CONDUIT ROAD.
OFFICES in KING'S BUILDING- ́and
YORK BUILDING,
GODOWNS on PRAYA EAST.
Marseilles via Bombay and Aden.
all Passage tickets and through Bill of Lading" issued for above. ports,
Cargo, also booked for principal places in Europe.
Next sailings will be as follows S.S. SALAZIE .........22nd January, SS, OCEANIEN .............. 5th February, 53. TOURANE .....igth February
ORIENTAL
G. DE CHAMPEAUX,
Agent. Hongkong, 28th December, 1906, -
STEA
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still moj er less abstracted. A‹mushroom, city of wooden shanties,:"shacks," has sprung
on the edge of the burned district and BeaT the water-front; street cars are running on nearly all the old routes there, and vehicles of other kinds are available for business,
Business is active, but the wholesale and retail trade is much hampered for want of warns house and depots for strong stock. The volume of trade has probably not much decreased, but the nature of the goods sold is not what it was before the disaster. Everything is of a cheaper kind.'. Luxuries are not to be obtained. Men who smoked shilling cigars now smoke three penny ones. Men who wore si. or either suits of clothes made to order at seventy or eighty ∙dolfare a suit,' now buy ready-made clothing at about twenty-five to thirty dollars a suit And order half the number of suits or less Economy is practised in every direction.
Had things otherwise been normal, had the insurance money been paid up well, and bad not labour troubles come in an acute form on 1HE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL
top of a disordered commerce, things might STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. -
have righted themselves more quickly, But FOR STRAITS, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA Several of the companies having "Earthquake insurances in many cases have not been paid INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITER-
Clauses," have definitely refused: Some have RANEAN, PORTS, PLYMOUTH
paid small claims of a few hundred dollars AND LONDON, (Chrough Bills of Lading issued for BATAVIA, Other companies have paid-up in full, others again at a deduction varying from to to so per cent. In oumberless cases the laj surance money was required to organise the business, or to tide over present difficulties, It is not forthcoming, and trading is bald, Ng firm knows exactly how it stands. This applies alno to capitalists who, before the earthquake wore millionaires..
PERSIAN GULY, CONTINENTAL, AMERI-
·~ CAN and South African, Ports,) » *HE Steamship
THE
"SIMLA,"
Captain G D. Goldsmith, carrying His Ma. jesty's Mails, will be despatched from this for BOMBAY, on SATURDAY, the rath January, 1907, at Noon, taking Passengers and Cage for the above Ports in connection with the Compa ay's S.S. China, 8,000 tons, from Colombo, Passengers' accommodation in which vessel is secured before departure from Hongkong,
Silk and Valdables, all Cargo for France and Tex for London (under arrangement) wil be transhipped at Colombo into the Mail steamer proceeding direct to Marseillesand Lun to, other Cargo for London, &c., will be dua in London on the 23rd February, 1907),
Parcels will be received at this Office until 4 |
Value of ali Packages are required.
A HOUSE is Clifton Gardens, Con conveyed from Bombay by the R.M.S. Oceana,
duit Road.
A HOUSE in RIPON TERRACE.
A HOUSE in WONG NEI-CHONG ROAD: M. the day beinte sailing. The Contents and
FLATS in MORETON TERRACP.
Apply to-
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT&AGENCY CO., LI.
Hongwunr. 14th December, 1906.
TO LET.
165
A HOUSE is KNUTSFORD TERRACE
Apply to-
KOWLOON.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST
·MENT, & AGENCY, CO., LD, Hongkong. 31st July, 1906.
Smart,
2
Apply to-
DAINTY
TAILOR-MADE
Serge,
TO LET
FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES at PRAVA
EAST, near East Point.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. Hongkong, and January, 1907.
TO LET.
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EUROPEAN SHOPS, OFFICES, and
GODOWNS (suitable for Dry Goods
-
For further Particulars, apply to
E. A. HEWETT
Superintende Minerang, 31st December, 1906.
NORTHERN PACIFIC LINE.
BOSTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
BOSTON TOW-BOAT COMPANY.
Connecting at Tacoma with SURTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY.
COMPANY. ·
PROMISED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG FOR VICTORIA, BC, AND TACOMA,
VIA:
MOJI, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA.
Steamer. Tons. Captain.
Storage) at No. 14, Des Voeux Road Central, Lyra... 4.417 H.G.Armstrong
Sailing.
12th Jn.
T
Speculative trading after the disaster bas caused ferber Insses. It was at once stea for instance, that cement would be required in large quantities. „Séveral ships were chartered to bring Lover and the first arrivals were sold at good prices. But everybody ordered coment and the market is overstocked and there lạ ng place to store it. The cash for these orders was, as a rule, advanced by the banks against the bills of lading. The banks lose, temporari ly at any rate, the advance made, and the cont signees are still more deeply burdened with debt.
San Francisco is thrown back practically to the days of 1849, with this one exception, she Dow has Transcontinental commodication with “the Atlaifjë States and a steamship service,on | the Pacific,: This stap enormous; advantage, and will aid in re-establishing trade on new lines......
It is questionable whether the payment of iurance money has really benefitted the in
surers to any great extent, at any rate those who were really in need of it. The case of
large insurers need not be considered for, as a rule, the non-payment of Insurance would not break them. There were, however, an on- fmous number of artisans, clerks, and junior employees who had, saved a little money apd purchased a piece of land. Sometime they "bad paid the purchase money in full, in others they had mortgaged their interests in the "pt"
Endlessly loved, endlessly unforgiven t
PyPall Mall Gouette,
Notices of Firms.
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION, AN
NOTICE. HEREBY give notice that I have, this day RESUMED CHARGE of the HONGKONG 'BRANCH of this Corporations.
CHAS. R. SCOTT.
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can number. You can see there where,For them life can scarcely have any bright side at all. Hence the eagerness with which they search for relief and cure. Remedies like WANPOLE'S
BERAR have not attained their high position confidence of the people by bald assertions mid boasting advertisements. They are obliged to win it by doing actually what is claimed for them. That this remedy desert its reputation is conceded. It is platableras honey and contains the nutritive and curativ properties of Pure Cod Liver Oil, combined with the Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites and the Extracts of Mall and Wild Cherry, Nothing has such a record of success in Berofula, Anemia, Throat and Lung Traïbles, and emaciating complaints and disorders, that tend to undermine the foundations of strength and vigour. Its use helps to abpw life's brighter aide. Dr. H. L. Reddy, B. 4, M..D., LR C S., Edinburg-L. R. G. R. London-Physician Woman's Hospital-Professor University of "I have much N conformity with telegraphic instructions Bishops College, Canada, saya?"
received from the HEAD OFFICE the pleasure in stating that I have used it in cases undersigned assumes charge of the Company's of debility and have found it to be a very business at China. Ports from this date, invaluable remedy as well na plessing to take." wccession to Mr. D. E. BROWN, transferred.
D. W. CRADDOCK, General Traffic Agent for Chioa, Hongkong, 1st January, 1907
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Hongkong, and January, 1907.
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY:
NOTICE
NOTICE. HAVE this day. admitted Mr. GEORGE my business, and the same will from this date ANDREW HASTINGS ** = Partner in be carried on under the style of. HASTINGS & HASTINGS...
JOHN HASTINGS, Solicitor, 98; Queen's Road Central Hongkong, tsi January, 1907.
Auctions.
PUBLIC AUCTION
-£73
~RE Undersigned have received instructions
to sell byg
PUBLIC AUCTION,
FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, 2
on
WEDNESDAY,
the 9th January, 1907, at z P. at No. 4,
Queen's Road Central.......
-A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SILVER AND IVORY WARE,
Comprising:
You can take it with the, assurance of getting well. It never disappoints, Spid by all chemists.
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THE HONGKONG STUDIO,
HIGHER CLASS PHOTOGRAPHER,
TOP FLOOR.
PORTRAITS, GROUPS and ENLAR
COPYING:in a/l Sliena?
LARGE SELECTION OF VIEWI ALWAYI
-'ON' HAND.
PRICE VERY MODERATE, -- Hongkong h, Sablensbyer, TONE,"
KHONG SANG ở Côn
NO. 70 WELLINGTON STREET.
“ENERAL DRAPERS," MANUFAC ☛ TURERS and DEALERS ju Ladiós', and Children's Underwear, Silk, Pongen, Grass cloth, Fancy and Piace Goods, de, **
SILVER BOWLS; CUPS; › POWDER BOXES, CARD CASES, VASES, SALT CELLARS, BUCKLES, HAT FINS, &c. &c.;men's Shirts made to order.
Latest style of Ladies' Blouses and Gentle
ALSO
A quantity of CARVED IVORY FIGURES,; PHOTO: FRAMES, &c, &c ;:/
AND
TRIAL ORDER SOLICITED Hongkong, 1st February, 1906,
A number of SILK-EMBROIDERED THE WINE GROWERS BED PILLOW; TABLE and CUSHION COVERS....
SUPPLY CO.
Catalogues will be issued. TERNS—AS UIual,
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers, Hongkong, 3rd January, 1poj.
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PUBLIC AUCTION. THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,
אם
WEDNESDAY::
to build a house and pay.for.it in instalments. The savings bank were in the habit of advanc to an owner three-fifths of the value of the ground and of the house upon it. The fire | the 23rd.Jasuśry, 1907, commencing at 3 p.st. comes destroys the houses, the insurance on Board the Rambler," the following: assigned to the savings bank was paid in H M. Surveying Vestal whole or in part (or was not paid at all),' and credited in, part payment of the mortg age.
For the remainder of the mortgage, the
formerly occupied by Messra. Shewan, Tomes Shawmut 9,606 R. V. Roberta 231l Jan. bank foieclasbs, sad the owner loses both lot Tremont...... 9,606 IT. W. Garlick.. 26th Feb. and the insurance money will benefit only the
Co.
Apply to
KO TUNG,
SKIRTS
Compradore Department,
Jardins, Matheson & Co. *Hongkong, 26th September, 19oð.. [71
TO LET,
Tweed,
Voile,
Cloth,
and Flannel,
from $9.50 each.
INSPECTION INVITED,
POWELL'S
HONGKONG.
Hongkong, 31st December, 1995,
NOS, 8 and 15, LEIGHTON HILL ROAD.
No ST, WONG NEL CHUNG ROAD Apply lo→
HONGKONG & KOWLOON LAND
& LOAN CO, LTD., ・・
No. 8, Queen's Road West, Hongkong, 7th November, 1906,
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·
* Carga only.. CHEAP FARES, EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION, ATTENDANCE AND CUISINE, ELECTRIC LIGHT, DOCTOR AND STEWARDESS. The twin-screw .. Shawmut and Tremont are fitted with very superior accommodation for first and second class passengers. The large size of these vessels ensures steadiness at sex. Electric fan in each room. -*
Barber's shop
hop and steam-laundry. Cargo carried in cold storage.
For further Information, apply to
DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Agents.
XMASI XMAS!! XMAS!!!|| Queen's Buildings.
D°
い。
Hongkong, 5th January, 1997,
not make your Xmas Purchase before.
you see
A. CHAZALON & CO.,
haj, 6, Queen's Road Central.
Who Bava just received the Finest As- sortment of ENGLISH and FRENCH CONFECTIONERY from the best makers of London and Paring
ALSO
and house. Thousands of such cases will occur.
banka. - Tha banks will, therefore, be loaded. up mainly with real estate barely worth a half of the money advanced on it in the first instance, to a fów months the banks muu sell this main of real estate, and ́at; no douby, à considerable loss...
The commercial banks are extremely chary as to making loans, which everybody wants, as the clients havo, no security to offer Practically verything has been burned down, business blocks, private houses, stock nothing is left but vacant "fota," at times already mortgaged, and covered with débris which it will cost a large amount to remove to make ready for building on
"Large sums formerly invested in Califoroja 12 have been withdrawn, and it is foured that much more may be. In view of such a disaster,
RAMBLER,"
Single Screw, Composite built, Copper Sheathed,
Displacement;
815 tans. Indicated Horse Power,1650 N.D, Extreme Length......163 ft. 3 in. Extreme Breadth 20 ft. 6 in. Built us Engine....
Propeller
Bailer...
Compound Surface Condensing, Hori ** zontal, by Eider. „One Griffith's Gué metal, Three Cylindricat; Direct Tubular
Load on Safety Valves...60 lbs.
BARRETTO & Cog
General Agents,
1.IQUEURS.
I ROZET, & CO., BORDEAUX.
Special Brands.
Apricot Brandy259 165
Distilling Condenser.....Two Normandy's Blackberry Brandya
Single No. 10 dimilling 3,686 gallons of water per 24 hours,
HULK MIDGE,"
Late Twin Screw Gun Veissl, 603 tons, Composite built, Copper Sheathed. Length
...153 ft. in.
aj ft, a in To be Sold as they now lie in Hongkong Harbour, with all Fittings, &c, on board.
Breadth....
REGULAR STEAMSHIP SERVICE has recently befallen San Francisco, 1 Rambler, may be seen at the Office of the
TO NEW YORK,
VIA PORTS AND SURZ, CANAL, (With Liberty to Gall, at Malabar Const),
„I'moposed" SailiNGS, FROM HONGKONG..
FOR NEW YORK-
above facie are depressing enough, but all those difficulties have been augmented a hundredfold by labour troubles. If the earthquake made. outside capitalists cautions, as to investments in San Francisco, the labour question, now ad; inquie, has frightened them still more.
Even before the earthquake and the advance in yeges a building could be put up in Los Ans
i
Cherry Brandy
Cherry Whisky
Croix. Jayne
A list of Fittings, &c, to be Bold with H.M.B. | Imperi
Naval Store Officer, H.M, Naval Yardı
The Admiralty will not be responsible for Brandy Any error in description of Ship, Fittings, Stores, &cing
idarine Brandy
The Vessels will be OFEN TO INSPECTIONS For Seven days before data of Sald, between, to. AM. and Noon and 2 and 4 PM (Saturday and Sunday.excepted);"
S.S."SATSUMATM..........19th January, 1907geles, where labour unious ärs not supreme Auctioneer
for 30 per cent less than for San Francisco
Inapacting Orders can be obtained from the
TERMS-Cash before delivery; 25 per cent,
A Large Variety of LIQUORS, BOR. S.S. "SIKH" ............................. ofh. February. Now the cost of building is almost prohibitive; | of the purchase money to be paid on the fall of
DEAUX; FORT, SHERRY, WHISKY, &c, &c from the most renowned houses in France
and other foreign countles.
Hongkong, 10th December, 1906,
to
For Freight and further Information, apply
DODWELL & ON, LIMITED,
Agents, "Hoogkong, sth December, 1906
and a man will think carefully before he puts up the hammar, balance and, the clearance to be
at enormous cost buildings which can hardly make any return on a capital invested," Finally, the cost of living has increased fully ao per {64_cent, since the fire.
effected within 7 days after date of sala.only
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Government Auction deta.. Hongkongy stil December, food,