Intimation.
Powell's
ARE SHOWING
UPHOLSTERED
FURNITURE
GREAT VARIETY.
LARGE, DEEP
AND
THE HONGKONG TELEGRA
DESTRUCTIVE-FIRE-INSK
THREE FOREIGN HOUSES
HOPELESS INEFFICIENCY OF FIRE BRIGADE,
Early on Surday morning, says the Japin Chr,nirls of gh last, a fire broke out to the' Koba hill, as a result of which two facelin houses and a forei a residence in vernise of construction were totally destroyed; while a fourth bouse was seriously damaged by water. . The outbreak would certaḥɔly not hava breo so destructiva if it were not for the disgracefully. - fcefficlvot state of the Koba fire-brigade, pol
The three hooses destroyed wern oward by Mr W. 1 iper," and♥ora pill trusted. on the same terracanilesh Yamamoto-dori, 1 chome, but wein detached and had is good spice between each. It was in the middia bulding,. No, 1 or 19, whị h way 'almost completa”, that the fi oʻtrɔke out "A' witchman was in charge of the place, and it appears that with the utter disregard, for ever the most a ́ementary precau ins against fre that seems to characterise the "apanesem æðin, is placed a lamp close to the faton as which he was lying. Word shavings were sca’tered: a ound the room. Lecording to his s'alement, the limp suddenly capsized, or fell z ff is sop poris, and crashing to the flor, exploded.» la a moment the wind shavings had caught fire, -ard-he-bad-only-jast-time-to-spring-out of the- marquito xet, and rush from the room. Find ing 'it impossible to extingulab the flames, ha ran into the street and gave cha sitim.
A gentleman occupying a residence near by. informs us that at about a quazzer to-thren:he- feard a man shouting wildly in the fans at the | back of his house. Ho fucked out and saw a
FRIDAY AUGUST 19 101o
Intimations.
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Shark
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Soles (Tanch
· BUTCHER MEAT.
Cants. | Turtles, sans
White Ball-
Beef sirloin & primecnt-Mel Lung.Pal
Coroad-Ham Ngad Yük
DIGESTIVE WINE
TONIO, RESTORANlatabl
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5 GETUA WARRANTY STAMP Of the UNION DES FABRICANTS,. —-
(2) A METAL SEAL advertising CLETRAS. ALARMAAN
CLETEAS MELISSA and MINT Cordial
which suroesses all others by ita
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VICTORIA RECREATION
CLUB
AQUATIC FETE, SATURDAY, August 5th, at 9 FM.
Public Companies.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION,
N
OTICE is hereby given that the ORDIN
ARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING of
Roast-Skla Breast-Ngan Lam. Soup, Tang
Sausage
Ngan Yak Bullock's Brains-Kno *Tongue fresh-Ngun |
Hood-Nag Haust--Ngat
Hamp, Salt-
Font Ngau Kéok Kidneys—Ng Tall-Ngan Mel
Livar➡Ngan Com -Tripe (undressed Qalres!: Head and Fest- tan kook..... "Mutton Chop-Yeung Pal Kwat
Leg-Young Pel). Shoulder-Yaung Shan: ..............
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faint gla e lo the dir ction of the newly-built -ADIES' Tickets 50 cents eich"obtainable the SHAREHOLDERS in his Corporation Pign'. Chittiqga-Oh! cheong Is I
Ecuse opposite, and heard a crackling noise. Rousing Lis messmate, kë van.out.ista the street to see what he could do. By this time the fire bad e mmenced to búra through the walls, but it had not yet obtained a v ry firm hold, and if a bose cou'd have been tumed os, the flime could easily have been extinguished,
Le from the Steward of the Club, or at the gar, Non-members (Goatlemen) St.
Hongkong, 17th August, igro.
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ST. JO EPH'S COLLEGF.
THE SCHOLASTIC YZ'R will THE
mence on MONDAY, and, to For particulars as to board and tuition apply to
THE DIRECTOR, Hongkong, 18. August, 1912-
COMFORTABLE Japanese be met in the lane consented to run 8 30 A.8.
LOUNGE
CHAIRS
SETTEES.
Chesterfields.
DINING
CHAIRS
OFFICE
CHAIRS
FANCY
CHAIRS
SHOW
ROOMS
FIRST FLOOR
Alexandra
Buildings.
to, the necrest police box and give the alarm 1 ein bile our införmanı assisted in the re- moval of the furniture from the adjoining house, a three-storied residence occupied by Merais. Bernet Elton, Greig, and Lamberton, for,
will be held at the City Hall, Hongkong, TO-MORKOW, the aeth day of August, 1910, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report |of the Court of Directors together with a State:
ment of Accounts to 30th June, 19:00
The REGISTER or SHARES of the Cor-. com-poration will be CLOSED tram: MONDAY, Augus', 1910 (both days inclusive), during the 8th August, to SATURDAY, the auth which period no transfer of Shaves can be registered.
By Order of the Court of Directors, 7.
N. J. STABB, Acting Chief Maunger. -Hongkong 19-b-Augast, roja-
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nothing being dere to extinguish the flames in F BLACKHEAD & Co.,
the unsccupied boras, ile back-staircase of the bruse caught light. Within a quarter of an. hour the fimes bad ob'ained such a hold that | it.wis impossible to ĉo more than s'vetbe fist things that came to hard. Some mr ra foreiga. ers came up shortly afterwards, and there alio aired in the salvage operailons, but the smoke and dimea which bal. hed through all the windows and doors made them abandon ite work. The darger, too, of the roof (which wax bl. zing furiously) falling in uprathi m'alto. made salvage work a dangerous matter, whil the walls began to bu ge bere and ikere in au ugly manner.
Neuly three-quarters of an hour after the rutbreak the fire-brigade («e do not apolo gise for the inverted a mmas) arrived upon the scene with the usual war-whorpi, end set abrut their work with the customa y 'free-fight and rough-and-tumble, Every man ฝีม superintendent-in-chief (or thought he was) and b.wled out orders to his comrades, who abouled back counter-ordes. Semshow r ́olber iLey managed to get a boss unrested and with more shouts hd hoots dragged it in the direction of the blazing houses Every few minutes the reels came up drawa by' man who seemed a'most d.Jirious with excitement, as if they had never seen a firs in their lives. We need scarcely say that coolies with figs, Jaș- feres holated oo poles, and ether antediluvian | puraphernalia, hellcome from the days of lim." mu Tingo, turped up in full force, and added to the dia, Lerically extinguiableg the sparks which come within their range. The hy diasts were turned on, but to the astonishment of zve ybody, the pawer was found to be so wask that the water could not be ibraws more iban a Lea D ice. In other cases no water came - at of the brees at all, in) so the fireman bat to content themselves with looking on at the blazy and yelling at psychological moments. The peice were also very indus.rloor; those who wzie so! h.ufing cui fornitie fom the utoeding hruses or keeping back the crowd, tan bisher and thiber with their swords in one hand and paper fanising is the other, shruting. now and iben to help the fir.men." All this time, te il remembered, the houses were b log furicoily, while a third residencs that oc rupled by Mr. Bilim, bad now caught night. The fire spread bera są rapidly that theen wa only time to get the furoltura aut en't a ground or, it being imp saible to go postairs owing la the dense imei 6 ned;ibə “errific heat.
At last, more than half-an-hitur af erthe "bi 'gado" bad, arrived, the pressure in the mains
·was suddenly increased, ra1 1'e holes were played on the burning bouzas, now little mole theo blackozed walls and glowing timbers At one resident remarked yesterday, it was I ke adding insult to injury to lare the water on at ibat.time of the day,
However, the firemen were able to do some~ shing with the water, for soon af er Mr. Blim's
SHIP-CHANDLERS, BAILMAKERS COAL AND PROVISION MER CHANTS, NAVAL CONTRACTORS
AND GENERAL COMMISSON AGENTS,..
GROUND FLOOR.
ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, HONGKONG, SOAP AND SODA MANUFACTURERS
CHINA SUGAR: REFINING, COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
N accidance with the provisions of No. in
of the fricles of Association, the Generati Agears have this day declared an INTERIM DIVIL END of 1% for the hall year ending Jath June, sgio, do the Haid-Up Cap'til. -
DIVIDEND WARRANTS, payable on TUESDAY, the gold August, will be issued to
SOLB AGENTS FOR HARTMANN'S That holders ca application.
[ARTMANN'S RAHTJEN'S GENUINE
BRAND, HARTMANN'S GREY PAINT
DAIMLER'S PATENT MOTOR- LAUNCHES,
Ac.,
#0
Bola Agenit for 'FERGUSON'S SPECIAL ORRAM
and
P&O, SPECIAL LIQUER BCOTOR WHISKY, &c.
EVERY KIND OF
·SHIP'S STORES AND REQUISITES ALWAYS IN STOCK,
AT
PRASONABLE FRICHA Hongkong, tih. March 1sov,
CHEONG HING
RAS 2
ALWAYS ON HAND
`A LAFOz AssoRTMENT CF
*
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will by CLOSED from the 17th 10,37th August, both days inclusive,
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co, LD,
Ceneral Agents, Hong kong, 11th August, reto.
Auction.
PUBLIC AUCTION
1540
"HE Undersigned have received instructions from The Hon, The Captain Superiates „Íns | dent of F'olice, to sell by
CURIOS, PORCELAIN, JADESTONE
AKD
SILK EMBROIDERIES,
Inspection Solicited.
No. 77, Queen's Road Central,
·Hongkong, Tiib Juls, toro; -
FURNITURE WAREHOUSE,
PUBLIC AUCTION,
MONDAY,
|ibe zand / uzar”, 1910, 'st 11 4.Mat To Central Police Liation's Compound, SUNDRY CONDEMNED and OBSOLETE STOFES Comprising:
CIGARETTES, TABLES, a quantity of OLD METALS, CLOTHING, LAMPE
OPIUM, WINES and SPIRITS, OPIUM FIPES and SMOKING TAPLEMENTS. One PRINTING MACHINE and g BOXES PRIMER, &c, des.. MALSO
A Number of RIFLES, REVOLVERS and a large quanti y of AMMUNITIONS,
„TERMS I—ÁS Dinal..
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Government Auctioneers. Hongkong, 16th August, 1910,
(477
VALL
For Sale.
FOR SALE
house had fallen & per to the fames, smoke LI KWONG LOONG & CO.,
way teen to be coming from under the cavis. of the residence on the west, No. 43, ówa » ad by Mr. Robert Young and new acco tied by Mr. Ninoheim who was abrent, The A amen set to work with a will. They bad already smasked, neatly the whole of talorg lecce, in a dar to rawa krial:ct hose through the garden, and they pow commenced to play, not only on the den. Respot, far that wou'd bars been unscientific bat on the whole boots. In a few minutes
place was lj tle, else than w tek
Ba-dreda cf cations must kive been pod at is through the roof and wit dowe bringing down the plaster and bealing down ike wal's, lo order to save the residence Sach are the methods of the Kobe fi a brigado..
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OLBINET-MAKERS AND ART DECORATORS, from Shanghai, has re-opened their FURNITURE STORE
*
No. 39, Des VaroK ROAD CENTRAL, The only Shop in Hongkong with this name
HIGH-OLASS FURNITURE
GRACA & CO
17, DES VOUX KOAD.
1541
ASIATIC POSTAGE STAMPS
and
VIEW POST CARDS. Stamps in Sets, Packers, Bags and Singla. Assortment of Stampa and Post Card
Albums:
Wof every Cescription can be cards to ordez la any design required. ERA MA
Have been patronised by the Hongkong Gaby Hangkong Hotel, Telegraph Co Kensin, &. S. Watson & Co. Firms and 'other Iunding. Eitahilakmanis fats Colony, to
„Postage Stamps Catalogues for zgjodkor whom seference can be made as to the Transparent Envelopes a
Stock Books, Duplicate Pocket Books Saperter Werkmanship and Materials of the Furnitors, de, supplied, KATAN
Tüzékerk, Magnifying Glasses, Petloration
At last the fire was got under control, 10 use a newspaper phase which bis some mean log in most civilised countries, and the firemen what some, no doubt, well sided wih their heroism, and nxxious to rest their tired long bone MEENEMAA Gauges
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Brilus-Ch! Know.....
Fry-Chi Chak H Head--Chl Tall.... Hai ChEur Kidneys-Chi Yla Liver-Chi Kon Pork, Chop-Cal Pal Kwa! .....................
Corned-Ham Can Yak ......................
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Ca. “Fat or fard-Chko Yau ...............
·Shoop's Head and Fact-Yeong Tau
Kesk
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Heart-Ysang Sumach Kidneys-Yaang Vĩa mi n Liver Young Co Sucking Pige, To Order--Oka Chal .... Sust Berf-Sing Ngan Yau wie
Mallon-Sang Yeung Yan RM 19 Vaal-Ngan Cha! Yok.......................
Saruga Ngan Khai Yak Tong',
POULTRY.
Chicken-Kal Obal Capons, Largo, Small-Sió Ka!. Dacks-Ay 8093065628) 2006 Dorsa-Fax KAU (passeinamento:
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Eggs, Hen-Kal Ta......... per dos Fawls; Canton--Kai seoidiniamini
Hainan-Hol Nam Kal memor Geeta-Ngo non varmaana nebärande vanker 12 Goers, Wild Shangħal-Shaung Hol Ye
Ngopatr Mask Deer-Wong Kong...sach | Hare-Te Ohal.......................em a PartridgeChe Khetani a Phossant-Shan Kalinin
.pale
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Pigsons, Canton-Pak Kuy ....................... Back Hollow-Hollow Pak Kúpɛm. Quall-Um Ofta monen Rice Birds-Wa F■ Cheok ........ Solpe-Sa Okul punon
exch Turkeys, Oock-Fo Kal Kung ... por 1
doren
FRUITS.
&lmond Hang Y.. Apples, (California)
Small-Hol
Bananas, fragizant, Canton-San
(beldas), Macro, Chestnuts," "Chinese-Toon Carambola-Yeung Ton Goconauts--Yeh Ta Grapar-Sla Tal Tax., Lemons, China-Ning Mo
Bin Amer, Kum:San
Lickéës, Small Stose--Lal
Trash, Lal Chal
Limes, (Salguo)--Sal Kung
sach
Mango, Mailia-Lui Song Mong........................
Mango, Salgın--Sal Kang Moong wa
so | Mangosteens, San Chuk Ter par dosaïm Oranges, Tim Chang perasan sa so nas
Small-Tal Kot ............
Mandarin-Tim Kut
Olivas-Pak L
II Prelon Tint mon
an mạch
15 | Paars, (Azerican)—Kam San Shut Li #
(Canton), Cooking—Sa L1 wi
30.
8 Peanuts,Fa Sang mumän
Parsimmons, Largo,-Hung Okläiminea Pina-appias, zit quality-Shenng Foon
Ti Paw-law one but n
and cooking---Ckung-tang'
18 Platalas-Tal Chinezakupovanie
Plams, Swatow-Hang Lal ............ Pamelo, Slam-Chim Lo Yau Walnuts, Hop To
Shanghai Le Ewat:
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VEGETABLES, &c. Artichokes, Shanghal,—Sheung Hol Ah
Chi Chaak Baans, (French) Macao-Oh Moon Pia TYR DAS VOT
Baans,(French), Shanghal-Sheung Hol
Pin Ta¶¶ Boans, Spront-Ah Chola........................... Beans, Long-Tan Kok
............
Beet Root-Hung Chol Te................. sách 3. Brinjals, Griez-Chang Yuan Kar #3 | Bilulais, Rad-Hung Ker ............... |Bamboo Shoots-Chook Shus
24 | Cabbage, Chlauso, com-Kai Chojima
Cabbage, Red-Kai Lan Tau Bach 'Cabbage, (Shanghai)—Ysh Oasi...
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10
Ozes ßhoots, bunch-Kan Skun.m/
12 | Cauliflower, Large size--Tai Yeh Chol
— Gaulidower, Medium size-Chaùng Yek. Chol-la simmeriavamaRach; Gazlifower, Small size-Sai Yah Ohol-is Garza-Kam Skaa, sisemaji MAN İLE DES Oslary, Oklasso-Tong Kin Choy mi Gelary, English-Yeung Kan Chof nine 10 Onlary, White-Pak Yeang Kán Chall, Chilllas, Dried---Con Lat Uhin walking
Rad-Haug Fanta
v Ganauer Lat Gal Ourry Stuff, English-Ka: Les Chol Lin 28 | Ducumbers-Chang Kwa
Bitter Squash-Ta kwa wa Garlic-Susa Trium
55
pale
WH Dacks, Shanghai, Sul-ap Teal, Shanghal, Sul Ap Cha)...................... Wild Ducks Canton-Sang Shing Sal Aprimper palet
FISH,
Barbel-Ia Ya Areverse Bream-Bla Yo.............
Canton Fresh Water Fish-
Cap-El Yuan Do no Catfish-Chik Yo”,
Gadish-Min Yalaması
Grab Halsbasen säästupne des desaper
Outils Fish Make Yulistik Dab-Sa Mang Ya meinin Dace-Wong Kal-Luninene Dog Flah--Tit Tu Sa' Kais, Congor-Ha! Man
Frogs--Tien Kal ** Garoups—81k Pin Gudgeon-Pak Köş
Hallber Labrus
In aniwer to rn inquiry ike police explata Bowestra, A. B, Waison & Co. Lid, write as ido NoyelsBooks for parlour and household Parrotisk-
that the re-brigades were forced any at quick- ly possible and that notice was given to the municipal afficiil fa charge of the waterwerke, but för sɔma raɛ non or o'ber tho' wa'or vai noi availab'e for, fory: mingits aller iħa bijgeðis were on the spot. - Whatever the caussi the fcefficacey and lack of organisation shown were certainly remarkable. It appsimihat,'t is the duty of the man in charge of the waters works to put on full pressure when the Arg-balis
Kathethren houses destroyed wars Issurad:
low pada pekka skate Toy Books for Children. *We have pleasure in stating that Mr. LI | Trayar Dooks, Keligious Plantes, KWONG LOONG foribed the Annssa. Medals, Statnettes, Flower Scada, (- to our Dispensary and gava da avery intake: ** Kallal Scraps and Serap Alberus faction"
[A. 5. WAXION & 05,-
MANILA CIGAR AND
CIGARETTE
BEIN MAY,
ORD BHARG
.Parch--Tan
Plaic
Gingar, young-San Tu
old-Lo Kenng. Horse Radish, Shanghai--- Indian Corn-Sak Mal Lettuce-Young Sang Chal Water Charnuta-“Ma Kal
***Mandarta—Kwel Lun Mask Malon VİLİKA DOTSS) DLS 200 || Mushrooms, Frash-Sang. Onions, Bombay-Yaung
S'kal-Shaun's Japan-Yet Des-Mo Ker
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Macao--Oh Moon
Toong Er