Mails.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY
itimations.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD.
BREM EN.
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES.
STEINKAI
To S. I
-FRIEDRICHS WILHELHSHAFEN, SIMPSON- HAFEN and SYDNEY
* MANILA “.........................] FRIDAY,
Capt. E. Githemanu ...............:
"21st May, Daylight.
-MANILA,
YOKOHAMA ■nd KOBE .........emi
·PRÍNZ WALDEMAR' Capt. F. Iseke
About SATURDAY,
29th May,
·KUDAT and SANDAKAN.,
*BORNEO* best Capt. F. Sembil
Beginning of Jube.
For further Particolars, Apply to
No. 1 DOCK.
Length Inside 514 ft. Width of entrance, top 95 ft. bottom 75 it. Water on blooks, 27,5jft. Time to pump out, 4our a..
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No. 2 DOCK.
Length inside, 3765 ft. Width of entrance, top 80.8 ft. bottom 45.8 ft. Water on blocks, 28,5 ft. Time to pump out, 8 hours.
HESE DOOKS are conveniently situated in Yokobama berbour, and the attention of Captalon and Engineer is respectfully called to the advantages ofered for Docking -and-rupalıing Vessels-and-Machinery of wvary description-
The placi and tools are of recent pattaros (for dealing quickly and, cheaply with work and a large stock of material is always, ne kaod, (platós, and angles all, being tested by | Lloyds' surveyors).
Two powerful Twin Screw Towboats ‘are' wallable for taking" Ver sla ta, or out of Dock, and for taking Sailing Vessels in or one of the bay, The floating darrick is capable of lifting 23 tons.
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In the Museum at Keve: iš a pearl. śc=rfplo;- only remarkable at a glance because that li. about the last place whers on would look for such an object. The diametst is not much less than half an inch, the colour pure milk-white, polish excellent; if it is not so glossy should be, one often seos family phatit of renown as deficient in lustre. This has been exposed to the light for many years. In fact, one would not question that it was an ornament of considerable valne—as it might be indeed, if carried to certain Oriental markets. But berd only Science feels an interest in it. ⠀⠀ F. r. this in one of Nature's imitations, so like the real thing that cham cât analysiu cầu recognise on difference to be relled on. But it is the pro- duce of a coconut
As much was known about these' very ex- ordinary abfacis two centuries and, a half ago as at present, saving their chemical com position. The great Rumphis not only dres up a careful account of them, but" even sent a Pecimen, in 1683, to the Grand Duke of Tus cany, who bad it mounted in a ring. Other no ices have been discovered. But if the re ports were believed in a pre-scientific age, they run no chance of acceptance when the limita tions of nature were betteruddats:ood. Thoma few who read the old tale paid no-attention to suchabsurdity, Itsoems to have been forgolten,
in this country at any rate, whes Dr. Hickion
Steam Launches of Steel of Wood, Litors, Steel Balldings and Roofs, Bridge told it over again in 1857, writing to Nature, Work, and all kinds of Machinery is made on the premises.
Tanders: will-ka_made up when required and the workmanship and material will be
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,anted.
Hongkong, 19th May, 1999, s
MELCHERS & CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG ́& 'OHINA.“
MARITIMES
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
FRENCH MAIL LINES.
Is
FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO and FROM EUROPE via SUEZ JANAL.
TO and FROM JAPAN vis SHANGHAI,
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STEAMERS SHANGHAI, KOBE YOKOHAMà. SYDNEY ...Rebulat on 24th Mai, Ph. MARSEILLES, VIA PORTS ............ OCEÁNIEN..Sellier .....25th May, at 17,M.
TANGHAI FOBE YOKOHAMA. TOURANE Lisa celin 7th I10 Pla MARSEILLES, VIA PORTS POLYNESIEN...Broc..........8th June, at 1 P.14.
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Transhipment on the Go's Steamers at Singapore for Batavia jat Colombo for Calcutta, Bombay and Aqstralia ; at Port Said for the Levant, Constantinople and Black Sea.
Through Tickets to London via Pads from £37.10 up to £71,10...”, so hours' rallway from Mamelles to London,"
Interpreten most passengers at thole Arrival in Mamoillos. `
For further particular; apply to
Hongkong, 17th May, 1909,
P. de CHAMPMORIN,
AGENT,
QUEENI BUILDINGA
Whilst exploring Celebèn he had often been asked, by Dolch planters and others, about cocoagut pearls" to what purpose we are not informed, but it would not be surprising to learn that these gentlemen shared the faith of
The cus of Docking, and repair work, wil be found to compare favourably with, that the natives, who attribute all manner of vintver of any port in the world.
Telegrams, "Dook, Yokotama,” Codes A, B, 0. 4th and 5th Edt.
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Telephone: Nos, 878, 508, or 681.
Liebers, Scatta,
Yokohama, May 23rd, 1905.
To Let.
TO:LET.
"HOP and DWELLING HOUSE, No. 78,
Queen's Road, Central,
Apply to
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S. J. DAVID & Co.,
Prince's Buildings. Hongkong, 25th March, 1909,
TO LET.
NOS, 5, 53 & 55. WONG-NEI-CHUNG
ROAD.
Apply to- HONGKONG & KOWLOON LAND
'&, LOAN CO., LTD, No. 8, Queen's Road West. Hongkong, 9th March, 1909,
No
TO LET.
(248
O. 3 MORRISON HILL, Estry about
Tat peorimo. Apply to
- Masara. JARDINE, MATHESON
& Co., LTD. Hongkong, rath May, 1909.
TO LEI:
MESSAGERIES CANTONAISES. GODOWN No. 4, DUDDELL STREST.
FRENCH LINE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN HONGKONG. CANTON AND
KOUANG-SI.
S.S. "PAUL BEAU," 1,900 inax, 14 knots.
S. "CHARLES HARDOUIN," 1,900 tons, 14 knots;
The speediest, most luxuriously`appolated and punctual steamers on the line, Departure from Hongkong at tó P.M. (Saturdays'excepted). Departure from Canton at 5,15 F.M. (Sundays axcepted),
These superb steamers cherylng the French Mail are fitted throughout with Electric Light
and Fans and were specially built for this trade. Excellent cuisine.
Apply to-
THE HONGKONG LAND INVES
MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkong Ist April, 1909.
TO LET.
"A. 1, and Watkings,
JUST LANDED:
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The well-known and famous brandy
Bisquit Dubouche
& Co."
Fer BOL XXX Very Old Fine $2.50 V.O.C.B. Guaranted 20 Years-
Old
ALSO
QUINQUINA ?
QUINQUINA P
5.50
DUBONNET }
FRENCH STORE, Sole Agent, Heerkong, 30th April, 1909.
0. C. MOOSA,
1 & ́8, D'AGUILAR STREEI
to these rare products. Or they may have in `quired with an eye to business, for Mandarins and Rajahs, even in India, will pay a prost price for them a charm.
Sir Thiselton Dyer took a lively interest in the communication-suggesting the analogy of Tabasheer-ibe stony secretion found some times in joints of bamboo-which also is valued- as a charm-not moreasonably, when it does not sink in water until saturated, though flint beyond question. Also various Oriental trees deposit calcareous tufa," limestone, in fissures of the bark or even, in the trunk itself, Mr..
Valentine Ball, of the Geological Survey, found cases in India whero, daposlis of limestone actually alterated with the ordinary rings of woody growth, Masses of Irregular shape, seven inches long by two broad, were found in the trunks of trees, six feet above the ground. But these strange formations are only anald gous to the pearls found in cocoanuts,
"Mr. Hickson obtained an analysis of one of
those he brought from the Far East-which were given him by the Dutch Resident of Manado. It proved to be carbonate of lime, pure and simple, like the product of the oysters with no trace of salts or vegetable tissue. When cut be found no concentric or other markings on the "polished surfaces"."Thin does not agree with the experience of Dr. Bacon, publiked in the proceedings of the. Bos- 4ton Society of Natural History, He ob
́served, that "the whole mani wat made up of Tayern of a fiue crystalline substance," like shell || pearls. But it was harder than any of thes which vary a good deal-almost as hard de feldspar, in other respects 1r. Bacon's abalysis is similar-carbonate of time with. very few organic substances remaining after
FROM"THEHONGK
OBSERVATORY
|| METEOROLOGICAE' SIGNALS.
· Meteorological signals are hoisted on the mast in front of the Water Polica Stazion Tsim Sha Tsui for the information of masters of vessels. leaving the port. They do aut necessarily implyithat bad weather is expected
6.
A COME polat upwards
A CONE
poist upwards. and DRUM. below
DRUM”
A.GONE point down. wards and DRUM below
A CONE point down.. wards
Indicatsia yphoon to the North of the Golony,
Indicatara Typhoos Pay to the North-Hant
of the Colony,
Indicatara Typhoon to the Fart of the Colony,
Indicates Typhoon
to the South-East
of the{Colony,,
A COME poist down.
wards and HALL below
indicatera Typhoon, to the South of the Colony,
Indicitera Typhoon to: the South-West of the Colony.
7.
A BALL
8. A COME.
polat opwards and BALL below
Indicates Typhoon to the West of the Colony,
Indicateix Typhoon.
to the North-Wes of the Colony,
Ford Signals Indicate that the "centre"
believed to be more than 300 miles away: from the Colony.
Black Signal Indicate that the centre is believed to be less than 300 miles away from the Colony.
The above siganli will, ‘as-heretofore, be hoisted only when syphoons.axist in” such" positions or are moving in such directions that Information regarding thom is considered to be of Importance to the Colony or to shipping leaving the harbour,
Theis alguals am repeated at the Harbour Office, HMS. Tamar, Green Island Signal Mant, and the Fingstaf on the premises of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowa
48 NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON. treatment by acids; what there are som "akip Company at Kowloos.
Trimmed and Untrin med HATS, RIBBONS, FLOWERS, FEATHERS, &c., &o.
(s2 LACE BOARFS, MOTOR VEILS
FFICES, No. 2, CONNAUGHT ROAD,
3rd, Floor,
No. 3 CLIFTON GARDENS, CONDUIT
ROAD.
A HOUSE to WONG-NEI-CHONG. ROAD. A HOUSE ¡n. RIPON, TERRACE....... OFFICES in YORK BUILDING. GODOWNS. in. PRAYA EAST, HLOR Buildings, and No. 165, DEE Vœux ROAD next to the Hongkong Hotel, FLATS in MOLETON TERRACE / No. 10, DES VŒUX ROAD CENTRAL.
1st Floor.
The Company's Own Wharf near Wlog Lok Street and its berth in Canton opposite Amleto- Skamnen,
For further particulars, pleasa apply to the COMPANY'S OFFICE at Shames, Canton,
Hongkong, 9th October, 1908,
EYES
WILL
or to their Agupts BARRETTO & 00., Hongkong.
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RIGHT!
N. LAZARUS, OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN, CORNER OF D'AGUILAR STREET AND QUEEN'S ROAD,
test your syns free of charge, and if they are wrong will put them afght.
All kinds of Eapairs, Spectacles for sit requiramiania, weite, for Illustrated Booklet on "Dafective Sight M LONDON
KOSE, BALGORTA, Street, Bedford Row W,G," „!! £9. Bentlack Straat.
·SHÄNG MAJ
Nasking: Roed
THE HONGKONG LAND INVES MENT & AGENCY CO. LD Hongkong, 19'h April org
TWO
TO LET.
WO AIRY ROOMS in a house on BELILIOS TERRACE, first row, entrance from Robinses Road. Moderate Rental. For particulars, apply to-
"HOUSEHOLDER,"
Cio Hongkong Telegraph, Hongkong, 5th March, 1909,
OF
TO LET.
(239
FFICES and ROOMS on the rat and and Floom of No. 14 Des Vour Road Central (formerly occupied by Meas. Shewan, Tomes & Cá). "Rants low.
Apply to
THE COMPRADORE DEPARTMENT,
E. D. Sassoon & Co...”
Queen's Road Central.. Hongkong 24th February, roog
„TO LET.
DOOMB aitable for Offices in No. 1o, ICK HOUSE STREET, în mar of David Bassoon & Co's premises;
Apply to
DAVID BASSOON 4.00 La Houghong, 19th May, ryog.
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VARIOUS COLORS.
URGENT SIGNAL
In addition to the above, when it is expected that the wiod may increase” to fall typhoos force at any moment, the following Urgent Signal will be made at the Water Police Station, and repeated at the Harbour Office ›--
THREE EXPLOSIVE BOMBS, ÅT INTERVALS ́OF TEN SECONDS. A Black Cross will be hoisted at the same time, superior to the other shapes.
NIGHT SIGNALS.
to albomen "--ai in the pearl of the jewellar."
In 1888 Dr. Harley read a paper on the com- position of pearls before the Royal Society. and he did not overlook thess eccentric varieties. In external appearance," he says, they resemble the real thing at every point, baving a "smooth, glistening, dull white sur face. Their material in the same, carbonate of lime, organic matter, and water, So is their microscopic structure. In fact, the identity was to close that Dr. Harley suspected the specimens submitted to him were actually shell pearls, for he found traces of animal sub- stance. But his report is useful all the same; for he discovered that there is no carbonate of Thỏ following Night Bignals will be exhibit, Time in the milk of the cocoanut, by whiched from the Flagstaff on the roof of the Water these abnormal objects must be deposited, so Police Station at Kowloon, the Harbour Ofice 'far as we can sto.
¡Flagstiff, and H.M.S. Tamar, It only remains to say they have not been. found, or not reposted, except in the Far Eastern copatries, where, it is said, one le two thousand coconuts may yield a specimen; one would think this estimate too liberal when: they are so very rarely heard of Examples Coasts as a cherry are on record, always perfect ly spherical or pear-shaped.—Pall Mall Gavelis,
MOUSQUETEIRE GLOVES
IM
WHITE, BLACK & COLORS.
WOOLEN DELAINES, NUNSVEİL- 'INGS, VOILES, &c, &c.
ADIES' and CHILDREN'S «
UNDERCLOTHINGS."
Samples on application. Port orders carefully excouter.
stanpkame, soth Centember, 1069 -
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a completa revolution has been wrought in chle darlent of medical scienes, väldst thousande. farm liðen restored to health and kappiness who fur, years preflodsly had bees ureely dragging mita malaccable rafitented i THERAPION. NO.1-The Sovereign - Fanboy for discharges, superseding injece, Thus, they of which doen irrepàrstito kurni by Jaying the
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business or pleasure, love of solitude, blushing “indignation, pains in the back 15l bend,; mod all disorders routing Icom dissipation; marfym #reston, kc, wiki ibufaruitysosasistently ignore, Tiburcavas so impotent to cure di gran rei lavor
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THERAPION Lolipostipal
abey deney limber Frigulendiland see that word
Indicates that a syphoon is: believed to be
I. Three Lights Vertical, Green Green Green,” altuated more than god. miles from the Colony,
11. Three Lights Veu: zal, Green Red Green, Indicates that a typhoon is believed to be situated less than 300 miles from the Colony,
⠀⠀ III. Three Lights a tical, Red Green Reil, Indicates" that the wind may be expected to increase to full typhoon foren at any moment,
No. ¡¡L. Sigual will be. accompanied by, the Explosito Bombs, as above, in the event of the information conveyed by this signal being firar published by night."
These Night Signals will be substituted the the Day Signalu-at sunset, and will, whas necessary, be altered during the night
SUPPLEMENTARY WARNINGS
For the benefit of Nativa Graft and passing Ocean Vasseln, a Cone will be, ezhibited at each of the following stations during the time that any of the above Day Signals are kola öð In the Harbour.
Gap Rock Waglan.
Cape CollfosOD..
This will indicate that womewhere in the China Sea,
arning'la hilated (: the
Aberdeen
Sha Tan Kob