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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1902.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

IMPORTANT FACTS FOR BUSINESS MEN:

WORTH

CONSIDERING.

Have you ever stopped to calculate the damage which Rats and Mice can do your stock?

In a large city like Hongkong the destruction done any mercantile stock by Rats and Mice in greater than the cost of in- surance against fire and other losses.

A few boxes of NEWTON'S RAT CHEESE used about your premises will positively keep these pests away. NEWTON'S RAT CHEESE is prepared ready for use, and all that is necessary to do, is sprinkle about where the rats run and they find it all right. They don't die in the house, but seek the drains or vaults for water, after eating.

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Every house-keeper should not fail to try this ROACH POWDER. Remember it's 'NEWTON'S' and NEVER FAILS in its work.

SOLE MAKERS OF CINCHONA TONIC AND CLARADE.

WATKINS LIMITED,

CHEMISTS, AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS,

APOTHECARIES' HALL,

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FACTORY—MASONS' LANE.

Name

Alacrity

**Albino

Algerine

Artusa

Argonaut

Blenheim

Bramble

Fearless

*Glory

Goliath

When within 14 miles of Klerksdorp the vanguard received a hours tre from some scrub. It was so dnk that only the tshes of the rifle fire were visible.

A sharp nation ensued. The comoy closed up and repulsed the attack, and the

illness.

march was pesamad.

in dealing with what may be only a slight cough will often avert and more serious Kiusha

STEARNS' COUGH CURE

The second attack was anode on the kafe dank. The enemy was with 100 yards, is just the thing for this, as it is always Dent Soute of the wules in the waggons stamped-!

Watson & Co., .td., Hongkong. ed, but the bulk of the convoy maintained speedy and effective. Wholesale from A, S.

ita formustion.

Elady

WAI KIN TAI YBUK FONG.

D 藥 * 建 威

Brauches also at CANTON, SHANGHAI, HANKOW & PEKING.

nant-Colonel Gresell any pursuing Com-1

The infantry again repulsed the attack.

mundeat Delarey's son, brute rejected; Thess actions occupied two hours en Thays scattered

When the march see resumed, tha rear-

Lard Methuen isoareking from Vryburgi gourd was strongly sealed and its gati

to Lichtenburg owder to try to intercept the

care bogged. The Bores boldly charged The British, interposing between the left! funk and the convoy, stampeding the mulas, mad throwing the infantry in confusion.

Lord Kitchener directed the t'nat opera; rians ulu sweping morons in the

The Boors rude down separated unity of north east of the Orange River Colony,

The Holy Mot correspondent status that the escurt. The British fought gallantly. Coolant de Wet and Mr. Steyn ex-! They fired almost all of theis artillery - caped during the attack made upon the munition. Now an troops near Fothschong on the 24 February,

Two hundred montog man fra Kloris dorp hearing the firing hurried out; but Lord Kitchenerruperts but the culties. Boers who wire between them and the con- of the Bors in the sweeping wement toy bold them in check until the stampede were en killed, 17 waynted, 903 of the convoy's mules showed that the pricoute, 1665 surrenders, 11 rides convoy was bound to be captured. captured, and 3000 horsez

Mnce Particulars have bow bem receive of the disaster to the convoy and its cors retuning to Klerksdorp.

1 Britonurt The force of Boors coujaised a rapid Cresy concentration most of the commandos in Cherub Coparlants Eclipso the Western Transward. Delroy, Kemp, Colliers, Lenime. Ver- Fudymion The Imperial Yemory were in advance nada, Wolmarans, and Potgieter were

Espègie of the convoy, and also on the Hanks and in, present

This reported that Commandant Leamier Fam Northumberland the Toe A condjging Flies with two gun and a pom-pom i was killed. beaded the exavary. A wisand company of The newspapers complain that a defective Firebral -the Fusiliers was on the left flank, while nintelligence service used the disaster to

third ropy guarded the rear.

he estat near Klerksdorp.

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