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THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.
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SOLE AGENTS:
GANDY BELTING
THE EASTERN ASBESTOS CO.
QUEEN'S BUILDING, CHATER ROAD,- HONGKONG_
THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING C
ESTABLISHED" 1883. MANUFACTURERS OF
PURE MANILA ROPE
8 STRAND Leto 15"
CABLE LAID S" 5"
4 STRAND
CIRCUMFERENCE. CIRCUMFERENTE
3 to 10 CURCUMFERENCE,
Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 4,000 bet in length, Prices, Sumples and full particulars will be forwarded on application,
SHEWAN TOMES & CO.,
THREE
DIAMOND
COURVOISIERS
BRANDY.
BOLE AGENTS:
CALDBECK,
MACGREGOR & CO.
12,1QUEEN'S ROAD.
Telephone No. 75,
NORTH BRITISH
AND
MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.,
in which are vested the shares of THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
AND
THE RAILWAY PASSEN- CERS ASSURANCE CO. The Undersigned AGENTS for, the above Company are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
Agents.
Yorkshire Insurance Co.,Ltd.|| ESTABLISHED 1884.
The Undersigned AGENTS for the above Company are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.
General Managers,
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Price: $2.50 per bottle.
CREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
In Casks of 375 lbs: net In Bags of 250 lbs. net.
NOTICES:
DISE
SILVER DISH
JJ
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QUALITY CANNOT BE SURPASSED.
HOTELS AND CAFES.
THE HONGKONG HOTEL
AND
GRILL ROOM.
J. H. TAGGART,
Manager.
PEAK HOTEL.
1.400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. FIFTEEN MINUTES FROM PRINCIPAL LANDING STAGE. FIRST-CLASS RESIDENTIAL and TOURIST HOTEL Darialled for Comfort, Health and Convenience. Telephones in Krary Room; prempi desnectios maiutained by six Does to Dentral. Modernin Tarif and Kacellent Cuisine, Boof Garden and toxial Rooms. Mary Banner meets tamers
P. OJPEUSTER, Manager.
GRAND HOTEL.
AG and up-to-date Hoiul, most central location, within the vidinity of all the principal Banku Noted for hebel Foody Befrubesenta, Accommodation and Chantinme, Cuisine andes European Expervision.
▲ bra-davuring Örchentem rendara selections from 3:30 p.m. to 11.30p.m.
Special monthly terms for residents and for shipping people. For further particulars apply: W.GALLAGHER, Manager. Telephone No. 197.
Telegraphic Address "COMFORT.”-
Tel. 373
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
CENTRAL LOCATION. ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING,
TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR.? HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS."
Telegraphic Address:“VICORIA"
J. WITCHELL
-ST. GEORGE'S HOUSE,
Manager
tand 4, KENNEDY ROAD. Telephone 115. Private hotel, affording every for fort. Large and airy rooms. Splendid View of Harbour, Excellent Cuisae under Personal Supervision of the Froprietres.
For Terms apply:-MRS. LOSSIUF, Proprietress.
STATION HOTEL,
KOWLOOT,
First clus and most up-to-date Residential and Tourist Hotel Two minutes from the Ferry Moderate tariff and most excellent cuisine under eutirely Europeas mant goueck Monthly and Family rates can be arranged on most reasonable
-terms.
Telegraphie Address: "TERMAPply:-THE MANAGEREES, Kowloon
NEW MACAO HOTEL,
PRAYA GRANDE, MACAO,
The above Hotel was opened on #ngust tal, 1914, under new emprietorship and Management.
The
Hotel now offers, for Residents and Tourists, exclient accomodation Large dining room facing the sea It has born only renovated throughout and newly furnished, and is now up-to-date, in every respect. Large and airy 100m), exzellent sanitary arrangements, Hot and Cold Bath", Mectric gist and Parm Private and Public Bar and Billiards, Iwms Moderne. For further information apply to
Telegraph Address "Phonix
THE MANAGER.
ALEXANDRA CAFE.
Our Brand made from the East Quality Four only and can be blained and orden taken AM WEE'S DIARY, 1 king and FOOK CR Panoradora Saigon Road, HUNG CHEONG Compradore, phong KONG FOOK, Compradore, Hailong Road, KWONG YUEN KOW, Compradore. Huishong Road.
Orders may be left with the above for any of our product. We put up absolutely the Bast Tifas and Dinows—my Meza for Each Ken) Price Doa Dollar Exch, or 30 Meila for $10.00 good for any moral Care up 10.75 cents
Garanice srything put ep and sold by the Alexandra Cafe 2 be of Arst Class Quality. T our own make Fork Sausage and Fork Pies, Pert Jars of Routes aud Ground Daily and put up 1ib. Kine at scent. We give you a Splendid Cep at Lipton's Tea. ?iinerals and soft drinki of every Cscription
Just give un Trial and you will be mors than macéndos
R. J. HOWARD. Sole Proprietor.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. ||Grand Hotel de l'Europe, Singapore.
General Managers.
Hongkong, 16th August, 1915.
LESSONSIN CHINESE.
M
(B. Ta_Box Fixy a Chinese graduate versed in lièrslure, how how a GIROTRE to Europesa officials and marthanta in thir Colony for ten posre,
Be has a good method of training Europeans to pam Chinnea ozemlemidırıs, and taponemed of intrale certifmula sa a China teacher,
Hạ Tu nho a good howtodes
and in Those who latend Jouružng tha Chinme language, are requested to widła, care of *Bangkỡng Telegraph "- atson or čirest to So. 18, Wellington Bizert, second book,
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON CHRISTMAS CARDS. IN ANY STYLE. AS DESIRED,
CHEAP SALE OF VIEWS OF HONGKONG ARD CANTON,
MEE CHEONG,
PHOTOGRAPHER.
Is House Sired.
Telephons 1019.
LEE KEE
BUILDITS CONTRACTOR. DEALER IN ELNITARY QUIES, MANUFACTURES OF MOGASE TILES, FIRE BRICKS SUP'SANITARY STORE- WAKE DRAIN PIPES. IMPOSTER (SEO- EXPORTER OF BUILDING MATERIALS. Telephone No. 1483, Džien a Skowroom Head Once-21, Wallington Streat,
SHEWAN, TOMES & CC. For the bes
UNDER NEW BRITISH MANAGEMENT,
THE PREMIER HOTEL. FINEST SITUATION.
EXCELLENT CUISINE.
ARTHUR E. ODEL.
(Late Grand Hotel, Southcliffe, England, and Eoyal Palace Hotel London, W.E)
NOTICE.
DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co.
MOTOR CARS FOR HIRE & SALE,
PROMPT SERVICE.
Sole. Distributors for South China and Macao for the OVERLAND, and HUDSON Motor Cars, the TRUM- BULL Cycle Car, NEW, COMET and the HARLEY DAVIDSON Motor Cycles.
KOWLOON BRANGN."20, WATHAN ROAD,
·TEL. 442.
PROPRIETOR, C. LAURITSEN. Tel. 482
FRENCH LESSONS,
ぶら
MOUFFIONA
15. Morrison refills
1918
NOTICFS.
DURESCO.
The Colorwash that is more
:
trouble to apply, but which lasts, not twice, but ten times Jonger.
Wonderful for outside work.
The only reliable COLORWASH
on the Market.
Large variety of artistic shades
in stock.
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MACHINERY OFFICE.
No. 4, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL.
THE
JUNGNER ELECTRIC ACCUMULATOR.
Strong. solid and compact. Iron and Nickel Electrodes with caustic potash in strong iron box. Minimum use of materials. May be charged a thousand times without lowering its efficiency; may be charged and discharged in minimum time and to its full extent without injury. May be kept unloaded for any length of time and is absolutely safe from self-discharging when left even.a longer time loaded and out of use. Salt water has no injurious effect on the accumulator. An ideal accumulator for any kind of lighting or ignition device.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ACCUMULATORS AND CELLS
AND A FRESH SUPPLY OF
THE "NIFE" LANTERN
·EN ELECTRIC ACCUMULATOR NAND-LANTERN (SWEDISH MAKE)
HAS JUST ARRIVED.
SOLE AGENTS FOR CHINA-
GENERAL NEWS,
The Tientala Concession Question.
· Dic, 3.-M. Martel, First Secretary in Charge of the French. Legation in B.king, and Dr. Wa Ting-fang, Chineas Minister of Foreign Affairs, will mast., to,morrow. ta zesume the discussion of the French Concer- sion-extension at Tientsin, which has been unspended since the Chinese failed to complete the agreement arranged by Sir John. Jordan,
Suez Canal Durs.
As already mentioned, Sacs Caisi dove are to be raised from January 1 The increase will be from Fra., 7.25 to Err. 175 par metric ton for ships with cargo and from Frs. 4.75 to Fr. 525 forahipsin ballast. This increase has been rendered necmry by the continued decrenes in transit receipts, which up to September 21 this year amounted to only Fr. 36,500,000, as against Fra. 68,330,000 and Fre. 86,600,000 in the corresponding periods of 1915 and 1914 respectively. *d.W.M's" Queer Accuration. Mr... Massingham; editor of the Nation, states (Nov 6:b) that the editors of the London and provincial newspapers were in- vited to a series of private confer ences, at which Ministers addrees- ed them under the seal of secr‹oy upen facts concerning the various War Departments." "Mr. Massing bam says that these scoret confer- ences tend to turn the Press into a kind of secret society in leagas with the Government, and that the Exécutive has ample poster for influercing the judgment of the nation apart from this subtle externion.
The Baskongo People. The Bankongo prosle of equa- torial Africs, according to Mr. Jcbn E. Weeks in his book abcut them, have many sententious proverbs," A boastful, sonceited mir, for instance, is reminded by them that cocks that crow have- only come from eggs; the im- possibility of deing two things at cace is expressed by saying. A dog has four lega yel it cannot wilk.in two roads the shot that we bear others, bardens lightly is hit off by the phrase, A load of salt paar'other man's head is estily carried; while the wisdom of discretion is thus expressed➡ If you receive a message, deliver- it; bat if you are only told of an
A. B. THE SWEDISH TRADING CO., LTD. air, leave it where you heard it.
Telephone No. 1ZI. ́YORK BUILDING (TOP FLOOR).
Tel. No. 1877.
COLIN MACKENZIE
co.
Tel. No.
1877..
CHEMISTS & DRUGGISTS
THE COLONIAL DISPENSARY
14 QUEENT ROAD CENTRAL HOIGKONG. AT LAST.
The enemy firms which manufacture Herre Strengthening Food are atlast to be wound up under the Trading with the Toony Act, Now if you want a nerve strengthening food you must buy it from an English frm
*WE SELL SANAPHOSA
AN ENTIRELY BRITISH PRODUCT - prescribed by the bighost. ~medion) svibarities. · An ideal summer. ionle; for rescostrueting the WORK TREVO (kna. We can recommend it' Price $2.50 per bostia.
NEW RECORDS
OF
THE VERY LATEST LONDON SUCCESSES.
"THE
BING BOYS ARE HERE.“
IF YOU WERE THE ONLY CIRL, ANOTHER LITTLE DRINK. RAGGING THE DOG.''
A
ALL DRESSED UP and NO PLACE
TO GO.
(Mr. Manhaltan), BROKEN DOLL. (The Craze), BY HECK, Fox Trof. SOMEWHERE A VOICE IS CALLING, LITTLE CREY HOME IN THE WEST. ABSENT
ROOSTERS
YAWN, Fox
ETC.
Trot
ROBINSONS
From Peking.
The spoils of war rarely afford the world's markete a greater curiosity that is brought to light by an item in a recent suction ls in Nuw York City--the cover. ling of the ceiling of the Imperia} Palace at Peking, a magnificent piece of heavy corded.yellow silk |21110 fact, embroidered-with-Im- Ferial dragons. The story that goes with this lotim, thịt the Tarnishinge of the Imperial Ocancil Chamber were regarded as profaned by the presence of theforögménvoys who settled the *Boxer troubles at Peking in 1902, The furnishings were therefore courteously divided among those who had aawittingly destroyed their value to the Chiness officials, This glorious canopy found its way to America, where it may now grace some millionaire'a salon.— New York Outlook.
German laventiveness, *Let us get rid of the super- stition that the Germans excasă in inventiveness," says Colonel Gablonsky, the Swiss military critio. It should not be difficult. The difficulty would be to dis- cover what really groât thing the Germanu.. have done for the enlightenment of the world and the progress of aívílímation, A German professor, Beckmann, wrois.a. “History of Invention,” but his own country makess poor -phomain, ita pager, and, coming beyond the period is cover, the Tantonio record is a worry one.
· Tó take nóimaof the great familiar things Germans did not invent, thers in the sleam, augins and saambost, she telegraph, she tola- phone, wireless telegraphy, the seroplane, even the balloon of which the Zeppelin, cia, a po
Biskop devised the Haus vacros laagango, and a Chactenus profe Bor stole
Chronicle.
the