Latimation.
Powell's
First Annual.
CASH
SALE.
Will end
ON
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY
15TH.
Extraordinary
BARGAINS
to be had
during
THIS WEEK.
POWELL'S
DES VŒUX ROAD,
and
28, QUEEN'S ROAD,
HONGKONG.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14 1908.
Intimations.
HONGKONG HORTICULTURAL
THE
SOCIETY.
PORT SAID OF TO-DAT
KATRANGE HUMAN TYRES,
Anoilcsible feature in the tour of the town is that these are churches and schools of almost sery Luropean denomination. But it is the strange divarsity and curious appearance of the people that most interests you,
A LAND OF LIGUT AND COLOUR. First sight of Egypt! and there is a thrill in HE ANNUAL FLOWER and VEGET. the blood as the dim line of desert stretching
'ABLE SHOW will be held in the way to the East broadens into fal, yellow The "Asarba"or married Arab woma→→→ BOTANIC GARDENS on WEDNESDAY and plain, and the distant caravan, scarcely paris covered to the eyen by a stocking-like gar THURSDAY, 15th and 27th February.
ceptible; disappears front view. The state ofment which extends down to her waist. „A' Istanding exhibitors ure.reminded that in- formation of the Clusses in which they intend Ferdinand de Lesseps, enginner of the Suoxhollow tube, with three encircling riba; rises. to exhibit should be sent to the lion. Secretary, Canal, standing near the end of the breakwater above her noss to her forehead. None but 6, Beaconsfield Arcade, not later than WED. promenade, welcomes you, of whatsoever pa husband may see her cheeks, nose and mouth. NESDAY, the 19th February,'
Pratty little Greek girls, their school satchels 1.
tionality, to Port Said. Non-Membors will be charged an entrance
Dozens of little craft shopt round your on their backs, pass you by, or stop to purchase fee of so cents for each class entered.
Gardens entered for "Best kept Gardongleamer. Who are the beings, their black glass of lemonade from the Italian who for faces turned upwards towards you, who pad-year bas been lounging through the streets. will be judged between 20th and 24th February.lo them to rapidly? Their cries are the won.with his decanter on his back. Shopkespers
All Pot plants must be staged betwron 9 AM. and & P.M. on the 15th February. Vegatables dor of your voyage East. Their dress is a and Cut Flowers by 10A.M. on the 26th menace to your sight, and you turn to the son February.
for. relief. t L. GIBBS,
Hon. Secretary, Borkeng, 8th February, 1908.
WANTED.
¡¡delay, you~" This is the shop!" they say, in
various accents.
Oncoming darkness causes you to hurry. 1 The boat of the "British and Foreign Bible Port Baid be not so dangerous as ten years [210 Society" moves slowly by Two huge coat, and if it be larger and its supervision more adequate, a stranger may not with confidence barges lumber to the side of your steamer parade its streets by night. Races of every And then, för beaven's sake hurry" upon shore fierce passion throng its strasts-aboul 60,000 by the first conveyance! A bundred fiends, Arabs, 1,000 Syrians, 2,000 Maltes, 4,000 ONGINGS, preferably in Kowloon. State binck as the coal itself, leap in the barges, French, 1,000 Italians, 1,000 Edglish, and 50, or Lo
and, loading basket by basket, swarm like bees entering a new hive along a connecting plank to the ship's side, and hurt the stuff into the bold, spreading over the vessel á vile dust, which almost chokes and blindi you,
terms
Apply to-
A. B.,
Clo Hongkong Telegraph. Bangkánk, 27th January, 1998. [16
THE
NOTICE,
THE only Edition of the RACE BOOK Land PROGRAMMES authorized by the Stewards of the Jockey Club are those printed by Messrs, NORONHA & CO.
T. F. HOUGH,
Clerk of the Course,
[137
Bongkong, 17th January, 1908.
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
RACE MEETING, 1908,
SATURDAY (OFF-DAY), 15th February.
to the
TICKETS DUMISSIONSORER be
cbtained from Messrs. KELLY & WALSH, LD., or at the Galo. Tickets for the Off-Day, $2.
No one admitted without a Ticket to be shown to the Ticket Inspector at the Gate,
TF. HOUGH,"
Clerk of the Course.
[204
Hagkong, 13th February, 1908,
́ ́HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
-
THE STEWARDS request the pleasure of the presence of the LADIES at the GRAND STAND and ENCLOSURE during The Race 15th instant.,
A Stand and Enclosure will be reserved for Members and Members' Wives and Families, Tickets (or which are now being sent out with
ho Members' Tickets.
All Tickets must be produced to gain admission.
Special accommodation will be reserved as in recent years for (Chinese Ladies and their Female attendants in the stand erected on the
Perhaps you have never seen Satan? Well, these are his children. Their cry is something between a moan and a bowl. It remains in your brain the day through. At night you dream of it. It does not cease until the "coaling" is over..
GUIDE, PHILOSOPHER AND FRIEND. Going ashore, you are much interested by the antics of a little Arab boy in the water, who, after diving lur peonies thrown to him from arriving vessels is now escaping the police-boat, which, manned by two fezzed Egyptian officers, shoots hither and thither in his pursuit. He is quite unafraid. He swims like a fish.
Surely the prow of the boat will strike him! But no: he has dived and reappears astern with
a laugh and shout, and swimming like a dog,
os shots away, his money in his teeth.
is
'An Egyptian guide offers to show you "every. thing" for a shilling. He is accepted. Down the street he introduces a much inferior native
to you,
•
"My brudder, he show you all the sights," says he, and salpam's himself, back to the landing stage.
Germans. Many of the worst characters from Europe have worked themselves to this post. It is the place of refuge before the, to them, unprofitable East.
THE GUIDE'S "CHARACTER." Before leaving you, the guide solemnly hands you his card and asks you to write him “a character." You do so, commendjog parti
Which excellent conversatipoal "powers." Cularly, almost at bis dictation, his bonesty and completed, he coolly requested three shillings for his services.
"No, no. One shilling.* "Yes, yes. Three master!* "But"
He produces an official scale of charges, and shows you that three-shillings is the correct rate for the time be har spact, with you, You argue, and he calls & fezzed Egyptian constable,
"Yes, sir, three," says the constable, and pay you must, flashing death from your eyes mi the pack piece of imposition beside you, who,
without doubt, is the willing, accomplice of the former lying Egyptian guide.
Presently you are safe aboard. The terrible Asiatics have finished their coaling god the transfer of cargo. The ship vibrates to the rei, volutions of the screw. The band strike's up sa air. Forward you go, to Suez, the stretching desert on either side-to the mar The sun glowers down. In a typical Orica-vellous East, where "there sing no tea com- tal outfitter's shop you buy a white pith helmet, and wonder if it will make you resemble Napo- leon or Tom Fool.
In the streets there is almost every type of human being, garbled in the mast.varied and picturesque dress. Many of them follow you and seek to sell you something. Some of them. are too importunate, and your guide has to swear at them before they will disperse.
A dealer whose wares have appealed to the fancy will ask five-shilling for an oxidised sil- ver chain stamped with the Sphinx, which he
mandmcats"-CR F/
Notices of Firms.
NOTICE.
7E have admitted Mr. GEORGE ED WE WARD MORRELL into partnership. with us and the firm's business will from this date be carried on bader the firm, name of
GOLDRING & BARLOW: Hongkong, 1st February, 1908,
Intimation.
SAINT RAPHAEL
Tonic, RESTORATIVE, DIGESTIVE WINE
Palate bls.
Known throughout the world and prescribed in all cases of Anemia, Dabuity and Convalescence, to young women, children and the aged. Invaluable in hot olimates.
DÒSE 1 Ope wing-gions after the two pripelpal waale. Each bottle of genuine VIN SAINT-RAPHAEL bears, in addition to the registered trade-mark
(1) The WARRANTY STAME of the UNION DES FABRICANTS, (1) A METAL SKAL advertising CZETELER
CLETEAS MELISSA and MINT cordial
which surpasses all others by its
parety and faultless preparation. To be taken on a lump of sugar, COMPAGNIE da VIN BAINT-RAPHAIL:-Valence (Dröme-France)," JALDBECK/MACGREGOR & Co., Hongkong.
Entertainment.
THEATRE ROYAL
CITY HALL »
164
THE HONGKONG AMATEUR DRAMATIC
CLUB
WILL PRESENT
"THE LIARS"
CAN ORIGINAL COMEDY, IN FOUR ACTS,
THURSDAY FRIDAY.
uv
HENRY ARTHUR JONES,
SATURDAY...
Prices
Doors open at 8.30 P.M.
ON
Sailors and Soldiers in uniform half-price to Pit Stalls and Pit. Booking. Office at the ROBINSON PIANO Co., open on and after MONDAY; February, 1908, at 10.A.M.
Hoogkong, 7th February, 1908.
OFFI
To Let
TO LET
\FFICES and ROOMS on the 1st and and Floors of No. 14. Des Voeux' Road Central (formerly occupied by Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co.)
HOUSE No. 11, Seymour Road, newly- painted and colour-washed.
ONE FIVE-ROOMED BUNGALOW, The Neuk No. Be Mount Gough, Peak.
plos of Ground next to the 'Lusitano Clab eventually sells you for sixpence. He has GOLDRING, BARLOW and MORRELL Garden and Tennis. (From 1st April next).
Stand.
T. F. HOUGH,
Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, 13th Febmary, 1908.
AHONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
(205
No Children under the age of 14 years will
will be admitted into the enclosure.
T. F. HOUGH,
Clerk of the Course.
[206
Hongkong, 7th February, 1908,
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
N°
O SERVANTS will be allowed inside the ENCLOSURE of the RACE COURSE during the Race day's WITHOUT TICKETS which can be had on application jo the undersigned, These Tickets are only Available for servants while in attendance on their employers or when on duty at the various Standı.
Any Chinese found toitering about, with servants' passes in their pos ession will forfeit them and the holders thereof will be removed from the enclosure.
T. F. HOUGH,
Glerk of the Course,
[207 Hongkong: 7th February, 1o8. GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
la Casks of 375 lbs. net $5.00 per Cask
cx Factory
jewellery, cigars and cigarettes, Turkish de- light, beads, and post-cards-decent and other. wise. The latter he shows you in an affection of fear, furtively ginncing round.
"No, no!" says the Englishman. "They wicked," says the 'Arab dealer, and is
astonished that this information does not cause
you to buy his whole collection at once. Then grinning into your face, he cries: "Oh; Mac- photson! Mr. the Scotsman 1
WASHING, A TROUBLE.
Whilst you have been talking, several tur- baoned little Egyptian bays have been should. ering each other to Let at your boots. Pre- sently one of them has taken hold of your lost. Diaw it away as you will he follows and rubs it with his brush, and despite, your efforts to repel him you find eventually that your boots are cleaned, and he is smiling and bowing for
a penny.
On your way to the Mosque à team of camels, laden with baggage, winds round the corner ahead, and moves slowly towards the open sand stretches, just as in the days of the Pharaohs.
Even at the extrance to the Mosque, sa wick-, ed do you believe Port Said to be, you are loth to leave the guide behind.
"No, no! Alone. you go, gendemen. I speak seven languages. If I go in 1 must wash myself. Too much trouble! Pay sixpence, no more, and not before you come opt!" With which native coherence the guida'stands aside from the door, and you enter.
The inside of the building, which is flat top-
in Bags of 150 hs. act $8.00 per Bagped, and built of ribbed stone, with a chamber
ox Factory, SHEWAN TOMES & Co., General Manageis,
Hongkong: 3rd October, 1007.
A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY,
Phin in the ages) resënubandgaperiment, when, all natur, a to speak, is ransacked by the scien Life for comfort and happiness of man, Birnce bas indeed made giant strides during the past featury, and among the by no means least it portant discoveries in medicine comes that of
THERAPION.
Tul preparation is unquestionably one of the most genuins and reliable Paint Medicines ever intro- Lucod, and bat, we understand, been used in the Cantiacalal Hospitals by Hicord, Sustan, Jobert,
•Yelpeau; Marooncare, the well-known Chausig. sac, andindred by all who are regarded as auth. vilig in such matters, including the celebrated Jallemand, and Rose, by whom it was some time Kince uniformly adopted, and that it is worthy the teins of those who require such a ramedy wa think sherolsos doubt. Fism she lean of Ariuotia downwards, a potent agrat in the removel of these diseases has (like the famed philosopher's stone) been the chfret of search of some hopeful, generous minde; and far beyond the mere power A such could ever have been discovered—at trans- mating the beaor metals into gold is surely the dis covery of a comedy so potent autoreplenish the fail. ing energies of the crabrmed red in the rec Rad in the other so affectually, spendily and safely. to expel from the rates without the sid, or even the knowledge; of a secund party, the polione af Acquined or inherited disrass in all their pentens. Sorms tota u tajstor Trace behind, auch is THE NEW.PRENCH REMEDY
THERAPION
which may certainly rank wiska, ší pot taka pavice- draceof, many of the discover las ĉf our day, about which Do HiLiS oFiQutation and noise kare been mado, And the extensive and øyw-lncreasing dan mandithai was born crossed for shitatuścian wheze evor tetroduced, appears to prove that it is des Lined la ram, lala Dulivion all thoso questionali camadļas ikat wars formaly the`ando falidace of. medical man. Thərsalım may be obtaland of the priscise chemists and merchants throughout the
like a lighthouse rising from the roof, is un adorned and desolate-looking. A dozen Arabs lie and kneel about the floor. In the faces of soma of them may by read an eternity. In others all is oblivion. One old grey-beard bows before a lone pillar and kisses the floor.
Three times be does this, silently. He ig 'notes your curiona glances, and you turn away ashamed, 10 find that the Mussulman who is conducting you is eyeing your uncovered boot with hortor. One of the straw slippers given you at the door has come off, and you have beno desecrating holy ground for several yards. by your unconsecrated boot. To oblige him you hop to the door.
As you return seawards you visit, coffee, shop" in order to drink Turkish coffee, or water from the Nile. The former tastes of sand; the latter-of water. By your sides beneath the verandab, you find a stolid Tark, smoking his "booksh." In the adjoining shop window a Bedouin girl is making cigarettes as if for her life. Donkeys meander through the streets, and their coloured owners invite you to go out and take a "ride," just as if you were on the sands of Margate or Blackpool,
A dealer comes to your table and offers precious stones from the Nile." He aska.ten shillings for a necklace, and d parte with it for franes. Finally, you buy z00 oranges for spencebag, and all," adds the Arab and trudges behind you, with bis load,
+
[186
INTERNATIONAL SLEEPING CAR
and
EXPRESS TRAINS Co. (THE
GREAT TRANS-SIBERIAN ROUTE TO EUROPE)
HAV
[AVING been appointed AGENTS đạt the above Company, we shall be pleased to give any information as to rates of |¿passaga, &c., ia connection with above.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.
Agents Hongkong, trat July, 1097.
HINA
Intimations.
THE PROVIDENT LOAN MORTGAGE CO., LD.
(CAPITAL PAID UP .................$1000,000)
147
Apply to
........20;h February
..21ST
and
..22nd Performance at 9 P.M.
********....$3, $2 and $i.
[94
To Let
TO LET.
*ODOWN No. 3, NEW PRAYA, Kennedy
Town.
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY CO. LD. Hongkong, 1st February, 1908. · [259.
TO LET,
THE COMPRADORE DEPARTMENT, HOUSES AUSTIN AVENUE, Kowloon.
Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd,
Conpaught Road Central,
Apply to- Hoogkong, 4th February, 1008
TO LÉT
[188
OS. 4.6, & 8, LEIGHTON HILL
ROAD Apply to-
HONGKONG AND KOWLOON LAND AND LOAN CO., LD, No. 8, Queen's Road West,
(126 Hongkong; 14th January, 1908.
TO LET-FURNISHED.
SIX-ROOMED HOUSE on Robinson
Road.
Apply to-
"XP Clo Hongkong Telegraph. Hongkong. 10th February, 18,
TO LET.
fars
Possession.
E. D. SASSOON & CO.,
Compradore Department. Hongkong, 19th January, 1908.
For Sale,
[177
OPEN
CYCLE
RACE.
HOUSE in KNUTSFORD TERRACE
KOWLOON
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-SECOND PRIZE:..
MENT & AGENCY O., LD. Hongkong, 1st February, 1909.
Apply to-
AND
Loans on Mortgage of House Propeny, &c. Goods received on Storage. "Advances made on Merchandise.
Loans made on the Provident System.
Rates and Paniculars on application),
THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c Undertaken and Executed..
SHEWAN, TOMES, &, Co., General Managers. Hongkong, and December, 1907.
SWATOW DRAWN WORK COMPANY,
'38,' WELLINGTON Street,
Dealers in all kind of HAND-MADE DRAWN CHINESE LINEN, GRASS CLOTH, &C., all of the best quality ;
ALSO
SWATOW BEST, PEWTER-WARE.
[48
CANTON EMBROIDERY and CHINESE LACES
all from the best French patterns.
HONGKONG AND SWATOW.'
TO LET.
FIRST PRIZE:
New Humber Bloydle..
167
Pair Dunlop Tyres, THIRD PRIZE;
FFICES on TOP FLOOR, No. 2, CON- NAUGHT ROAD, facing the Cricket Gepard.
..
No. 10, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL,
Floor... HATHERLEIGH, Conduit Road.
A HOUSE in CLIFTON GARDENS, Čom-
duit Road..
OFFICES in YORK BUILDING. GODOWNS in PRAYA EAST, BLUE BUILDINGS, and No. 16B, Das VŒUX ROAD next to the Hongkong Hotel. FLATS in MORETON TERRACE. Apply to-
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkong, 6th February, 1908,
TO LET.
Nos MORRISON HILL,
ONE FOUR-HOOMED HOUSE, .al PRAYA EAST, Dar East Point,
Apply to-
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LD. 160 Hongkong, 19th October, 1907,
TO LET:
1,ROOMED HOUSES in Gar ROAD sear The Race Course within easy access to the Lower Level Tramway. Rent very moderate, FLATS, for Europeans la· WILD »Dat BUILDINGS, NO.147, Wanchal Road. ...
Apply tomu
* PERCY SMITH & SETH Hongkong, 1ých December, 1907,
Pair of Inner Tubes, one Bell and one Lamp
ALL PRIZES PRESENTED
BY,
THE DRAGON CYCLE
COMPANY.
The Scratch Road-race for the aboye prizes will take place on CHINESE NEW YEAR DAY over a course to be announced later.
GLORE ON JANUARY 15 WITH
THE DRAGON OYOLE 00,
D'AQUIL