WHAT WAR REALLY IS.
EXPERIENCE V. HISTORY..
Mr. Honry W. Novison's "Es
THE
to be dragged before the river was reached, where the main body crossed in just a line of print. Was mioro suffering over crowded into so short a space? Tou years' bull-fighting in Spain could. says in Freedom," which, as it not make its Bum. Sixteen scams, made their appearance oxen went to alond, and only a few years ago, and doser-twenty-two for the big guns, vadly created a literary sensation, Kaco-deep in sand they ploughed their way, the wheels often hiddòn have had the honour of being re- published in Mossrs, Duckworth and Co.'s "Roaders' Library "- asure sign of literary merit, The ossays treat of Freedom in manifold aspects, political, social, moral; and somonre of a general oharactor difficult to classify. But they all have one quality in high degree-they have literary power and style, and onco read, are long remembered. We quote
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HONGKONG. TELEGRAP
hirping-Steamer.
ORIENTAL
Steam Navigation
Company.
the axle. In front a Kallir The Peninsular & Oriental guided the span, anstlier hold the ropos upon the waggon, a third walked at. the side with an onor mous raw-hide whip. All yelled and seroamed in the peculiar language oxon bost understand. If a waggon stuck, all the Koflirs around stood by with thoir whips and lushed the living
STEAM FOR STRAITS. OEY LON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITER- RANEAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 26 1911
Consignees
FROM EUROPE..
THE H.A.L. Steunship
BAYERN
Captain Brehmer, having arrived; Con- signeos of Cargo are hereby informod that their goods aro being lauded and placod at their risk in the hazardous
and/or extra-hazardous. Godowns of the Hongkong & Kowloon Whait & Godown Company, Limited, whence- delivery may be obtained against Bille of-Lading countersigned by the Under- signed.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
BIJOU SCENIC THEATRE.
Optional Cargo will be carried on 877 unless notice to the contrary be given. to-day.
All claims must be presented within' tot days of the steamer's arrival hero,
hides into great lines and gaslios. Tangoon BILLS OF LADING ISSUED after which date they cannot be re-
MY DINNER TABLE.
FOR BATAVIA, CONTINENTAL
AND AMERICAN l'obra.
cognized.
No Fire Insumber
us in any case whatever.
This steamer brings on carga:
Ex B.R."1" from Christisnix.” Ex 8.8. "Lamburg" from Gole-
borg,
· HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, Новокона Отк
The oxon bellowed and groaned,
No chaitas "will be admitted after the writhing backwards and forwards, trying in vain to tear themselves
Gloods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the. The third volume of the official from the yokos mud the heavy THE Strainship
20th inst., will be subject to runt, ¿ history of the Door War is a good chain which runs down the centre
"ASSAYE,"
AL broken, dafed, and damaged type of military writing-cloar,
of a span. Many rolled over brief, and accurate. On its own dead of pain and torror; mony His Majesty kunile, will ho def- where they will be examined on the Captain G. W. Cookman, n..., carry-goods must be left in the Godomar, ligos, it could hardly be botter lay down and let man do his patched fun this for Hombay, do, on 26th inst, në 8 p.m. done. It tells of various advances worst. Those were shot or SATURDAY, the 29th April, 1911, and operations--the great advance poleased, and others took their at Noon, taking passengers and Cargo to Pretorin, the operations in the plucos. But usually, whon toriu connection with the Company's 8.8. Western Transvaal, in the Orangeure reached a certain pitch the Moria," 11,000 Lous, from Colom- River Colony, and so on. Wo are waggon moved, the purpose of bo, passengers' accommodation in which shown columns advancing, divi- strategy was accomplished, and reel is decured before departure from sions operating, frontal novelle main body crossoil the Vaal. Hongkong. monta, enveloping movements, clearings, and pursuits, so many mon,, many guns, so many horses. With a good up and little blue and red flags on pins ONU could make quite a pretty and intelligible pie. ture of it, and criticies tho obvious mistakes-of Gonorals through all a summer's afternoon. It is admir ably curried out, full of interest, hasido, to any one capable of do- lighting in the grine of war. Bat bofore the minds of those, who woro-therewhat a different pieturoi rises as they read those quiet pagos -a pieturo no more like the ble and rod flags on pins than a map is like a country!
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As I sit aluno at dinner With a jaded appetito Due to being compelled to cut some Form of “inurgi" ovary night, 1 can watclr the pinyľní nuties By the wingol tribo displayed, Some boing members of the heavy, Othors of the light brigado. Why they come or where they
come from
confess I do not know. But wo'ro taught oach, lulo
creature
Silk and Valuables, all cargó for Frined and Tes for London (undor Hongkong, 20th April, 1911. [956 armugement) will be tmushipped at Colombo into the mail steamer prodeed- ing direct to Marseilles sad London; other cargo for London, &o., will be conroyed vin Bombay by the 56.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
Egypt," dus in London on the THE P. & O. §. N. Co.'s Steamship
June, 1911-
Parcels will be received at this Office til 4 p.. the day before sailing, The contents and raktų of all packages are required.
·
For further particulars, apply to
E. A. BEWETT, Superintendout.
„Hongkong, 18th April, 1911.
Regular Steamship Service
Serves a purpose hero bɔlow, Take a hard-back-you can bongvin
him
With a napkin on the head And be quite propared to swear
Ito's
to New York, PORTS and SUEZ CANAL (Will Libarty to Call at Msiabar Coast),
Proposed Sailings endu Hamonosa,
FOR NEW YORK.
About 4th
FOR BOSTON and NEW YORK,
Ono may road, for instanco, tint the General mado dispositions for a reconnaissance in force next day, and it is interesting to move ono littlo rod fing an eighth of an inch Absolutely stony dend. forward. But I remember that But he's not; you then deliver, starlight morning, the rattle of As you think the coup de grace the chains as the guns went by, With a fliek, of thumb and linger, | 5.5. " MONTROSE”..... May. the dull rumble of the wheels, the Black ho comes into your glass. plodding tramp of fours upon a While this little scene's onacted, 3.5. MUNCASTER About 11th soft ronil, the chocks, the ground-Comes the chance of smaller fry, ing arms, the low voices of men Who you find, mixed up withi going into action. ho first
gravy. stroak of light that showed the Are propared to do or die. long brown serpont winding Quito peculiar is the flavour over the hills, the whir of Certain little flies inipart, the first wholl that wont right | Far from being a blast addition through a battery horse without To the culinary art. bursting. Or, wo read that "the | Next a dolaful faced amantis hostilo artillery was not slow in On the table-cloth appears development," and bahind the Gravely nodding to the others words I seo again the great white Quite devoid of qualms or fours. puff of smoke from a hill-top, men | Watch that. inoth ̧who shameless falling flat for shelter, the daro hovera
-W. F. M.
OUR DIARY.
CASTLE" May, For Fraight and farther information, apply to
DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
- Agenta. Hongkong, 20th April, 2014..
'SUMATRA,"
FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA, PORT SAID, SUEZ and STRAITS. Consignes of Cargo by the above- named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.'s
(FLOWER STREET.)
CINEMATOGRAPH VAUDEVILLE Friday 28to
BENEFIT
"FOR
MISS VERA FERRACE,
ALL SEATS $1.
Lentoo and Anagor R. H. STEPHENSON.
CAPSTAN MIXTURE
MEDIUM
&
GAPST
1/4 lb
Air Tight
MIXTURE MOZHOWILE
Tins.
FULL
THE
Godowns at Kowloon, where each Con- sigument. will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery; can be obtained's
0813 the Ounds are landed.
;
Optimal Goode will be landed hara, unless instructions "ärs, given to the contrary within. 6 hours.
'Goods not cleared by the 27th inst nt:4 p.m... will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insuransa will be offected by me in any case whatever.
Damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignees and the Company's sur Teyor, Mosers. Gadḍandıand. Thanalan at 10 nan. on Mondays and Thursdays. All Claims must be presented within ten ays or the steamer's arrival here, after which dita Slay canook. bà no- [956004uisod. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left tho Gadowas.
E. A. HEWETT-
Superintendent. Hongkong, 20th April, 1011. · (4)
THE AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE.
JOR NEW YORK
(With liberty to call ni tho Malaba z Coast),
AFGHAN PRINCE,"
Captain Thomas, will be despatched for W
WANTED.
ILL ANY PERSON WHO WITNESSED the MOTOn
the store port on or about the 18thcident near No. 2 Police Station on May.
Friday evening last, in which a Chinono was injunxi, communioste with: the Captain Superintendent of Polics. Hongkong, 20th April, 1911. [1078.
For Freight and Passag, apply to
ARNÜOLD, KARBENG & Co.,
General Agents. Hongkong, 18th April, 1911. [1004
SHIRE LINE OF STEAMERS, LIMITED.
of blazing orange in the middle Round about your glass's rim.THE Steamship of the stroots, the Kallirs applaud-Longing for a sip of whisky ing as at Crystal Palace fireworks, If he only could get in. the front of the Scottish atoro Space to my regrets forbids n suddenly blown out, making ono (May I hope also to yours) ramark how jolly it was to sco Further to describo the creaturo shops opon again. Many pages Which enlivons mo indoors, later we are told "the General. had at 9 a.m. detailed a flying column to move out and make an effort to intercept the routed enemy. Move your red flag again one-eighth of an inch, but if you could only have seen that flying column the faces pallid and hollow, every bone visible through the skin, logs bent on the march. Por at the halt liko u broken-kneed cab-borso's, uni-p.. forms, torn and black, trouserH patched with Books, feat bure. The men clung to their rifles with both arms, or curried then babies.
08 womon
.
Wednesday, 26th April.
HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN CO., LD.
SAMUEL
Bijou Sconie Theatro, 9.15 p.D. FOR LONDON, ROTTERDAM M BROW will no Empire Cinematograph, 9,15
p.in,
& ANTWERP.
Concert,, nt - YM.C.A., 9.15 THE Steamship
Thursday, 27th April. Legislative Council meeting. Friday, 28th April. Stockbrokore' Association's Sot- thoyling Day for April.
Philharmonio Concert.
· Lady Lugard At Home.
Saturday, 29th April. Departure of Coronation Con- tingent.
Entries close for Lawn Bowls Open Singles Championship.
Hongkong Football Club An- [nual Dinner.
carry Every few minutos holted to rest. Every hundred yards ono fell down, or dragged himself on all fours into the rocks, The artillery horses that had been kept ming struggled feobly up the road, tugging at the elasins. From every sing arose the stupe fying smell of horses that had cheated the soup cauldrons by starvation. As you passad a man, a faint odour of perfumery told you he had been enjoying conden God horso favoured with lmir-oil in a hospital. Doubled together with dysontory, twisted with rheumating. ism, green with lungor,, so the flying column crawled out to intercopt the routed enemy.
H. Price and Company, Ltd., Annual Meeting, 12.30 p.m.
Monday, 1st May, Shanghai Spring Race Meet
Tuesday, 2nd May, Organ Recital..
In May, 44,000 mon sud 203 | On the 30th ultime the total guns were disposable for the ad-amount of Post Office Savings in vance to Pretoria, and we read that Japan stood at Y102,801,900, the "on the 27th the main body depositors thereof numbering crossed for Von." For in mili 11,236,637. Compared with the tary, history that is quite suf, corresponding date last year, the ficient. But the words, call up amount of savings showed nin a vision-ely the ten miles of increase by over 196,100,000 and 10000, Band over which the heavy the number of depositors" by gung and supply waggone had 981117.
→ FLINTSHIRE," Captain G. C. Cundy, will be des patched as above abuni 12th prox.
For Freight or Pasenge, opply to
BROWN will not as Boerstary of the above Company during my nh- 5.102 from the Colony.
By Order of the Board, EDWARD ONBORNE, Bucio'ary,
Hongkong, 25th April, 1911. [1077
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Lu.TSANG KWONG
Agouta,
Hongkong, 24th April, 1911. ['1078
LEE YEE
HAIR DRESSING SALOON. HAB ALWAYS ON HAND CIGARS, CIGARETTES isp TOILET REQUISITES FOR SALE 18, D'aspian Srkeer, HoxnKOKG,
MAN CHEONG, 10, WELLINGTON STANET CENTRAL, HONGKONG.
SWATOW DRAWING WORK.
Gentlemon and Ladies' TAILORS & OUTFITTERS, Embroidery, Pongee Bilk, Gixes Cloth, Canton Bilk and Lisbon, Soc., &o.. Hongkong, 2nd January, 1911. 885'
CLOUET CHAMPAGNE
EXTRA DRY...
24 pints at $22.50.
FRENCH STORE A
6 Queen's Road 18th Mar 1917.
COMPANY.
ELECTRICAL AND GAS CONTRACTORS.
230, Des Voux Road Contral,
Telephone No. 699. Hongkops, 2nd Jan., 1911. ́ ́ (78
HÙNG ON & CO
SHOW ROOM AND STORE at the Premises formerly occupied by.
--A Case & Co.
17A, Queen's Road, Okstkal,
GENERAL UPHOLSTERERS AND FURNITURE
BROS DEALERS. IMPORTERS "AJTE,
BRISTOL & LONDON
W. D. & H. O. WILLS.
TRADE
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·No. 10
SCOTCH WHISKY. "BOTTLED AT-DUNDEE, SCOTLAND,
Agents F. BLACKHEAD & CO., HONGKONG & CHINA.
CLARK & CO.
Scientific
Opticians,
YORK BUILDINGS,
CHATER ROAD,
Ground Floor.
For Sight Seeing in an Up-to-date.
MOTOR,
RING UP 1030,"
THE EXILE MOTOR GARAGE.
Hongkong, 15th April, 1911.
ENTERT
THE
Empire" Cinema
Theatre,
De Vars Road Central,
THIS WEEK
Commencing TO-MORROW, The Bosutiful
Artistio
Picture:
'SEMIRAMIS,'
a lavishly mounted BIBLICAL STORY.
Hong kong, 24th April, 1911 [889
VICTORIA SKATING
RINK.
Fessions Daily,
THE BEST FLOORSIE
The Company bay dpsided to roduc the Prices from 1st April, 1911, to the sad of the Season.
Hongkong, 24th April, 1911.
FRIDAY,
APRIL 28th,
0.15 P.M.
F800
PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.
Booking
Lan, Crawford & Co,
1070
STEAM LAUNDRY CO, YAUMATI
Established 1899.
THE only saiful Bleam Laan=" THE
dry in tha Fir Eist. The only Laundry in the Colony under | European Supervision.
Filtered Watar. Bagalız Delivery,
abrwaar washədi
---- Monthly raisi qusta. De cleaning spainiity. Dapaɔt N». 4, Bassonsfald Anila Tol. R32,
R. WOOD,
Manager.
Hongkong, lal Mar, 19117~*
'PHONE 482,
HONGKONG MOTOR
GARAGE.
TRY OUR New 40 H. Power RUBY COLOUR
CARS
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