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Intimations.

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OVERLANDING IN

CHINA

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1908,

Intimations.

From Hankow to Hongkong. THE HONGKONG HOTEL

Last evening Mr A. P. Wildor, Consol- Guneral for the United States, addressed the members of the Odd Volumes Socisty, telling them of his recent tough China His remarks were followed by a largo nudience--incluiling my lies-with great interest, and altogether the address not hand experience of this real China. was an informative one to those who have

Mr H. E. Pollock occupied the chair, and in a few words interlaced the Speaker. Me Wilder prefaced his address KÜ~ PHAROS HAS A MESSAGE TO YOU.

with a few humongous remarks bearing You are faraious to put your son to a business that he will prosper. Will you his position in lecturing ** old daughter be happy in her married life? You are in love. Have made a wise choice Chinx hunds" and in mate? Shall I take s partner into my business? Should I be wise in going abroad 7

went on to say: All then questions Phares can answer and advise by the aid of astroliey. Why no In all, nine of the eighteen provinces put this to the test? Send P.O. value 1/ and addressed, stamped of China proper were visited. My trip

enveloped to

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with your Birth Der, Fall began October 15th and coneindled Decent- ber 14. Some days were spent at «nch of County of Birth if possible; upon receipt of same Pharos will send written Test the est ports, Swaton, Amoy, and Horoscope.

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Hongkong, Cotober 31, 1907.

PICTORIAL POSTCARDS,

"

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Actrosaca, Soaga, Animals, Lovers and Comic Caids for 36/- English and Continental actresses hand tinted restulossy Photographe 15/- per grow. CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR CARDS WELL ASSORTED PARCEL

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174% spectively. After a few days in Shanghai, I made the Yangtze Rivor'trip to Hauk w - perhaps the most impressive city in China. To find in the best of the Em |pire, at a distance of nearly 700 miles from

the sea, a bund of two miles lined with stately buildings, publie, commercial, und private-set in inwns, fronted by a perfect roadway which constitutes a panorams of the industry, wealth, and fashion of many nations living in barusny, in a foreible remainder of how rouch. "Europeans (foreignors) have to show for their half century of effort. While pirates continud their depradations in the Canton delta as in centarios past, on the Yangtze, despite its great distances, there is no mention of this peril to fade. Steamship lives of a number of nations carry on almost daily from Shanghai to Hankow, and then a frequent service to telang nearly 400 miles further west on this river; while at Chungking. 600 miles yet further, are stationed Consuls--n place most diflcult to rench; at cuttuin sensus of the yene 30 days' trip, by reason of the tremendous current and perilous rapids Bat attend the

1741

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Hongkong, September 16, 1907.

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FIRST PRIZE....

SECOND PRIZE :,.

THIRD

THE

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ALL PRIZES PRESENTED BY

THE DRAGON CYCLE COMPANY.

gorge district. Chungking is in Si Chen provinco--the largest of China's huge divisions- rich, promising territory as yet little known save to tevellers and missionaries. To the south-west of Si Chuen is Yumann province, which lies next

THE Scratch Road-race for the above prizes will take place on CHINESE NEW to French China;-and-to the north-west-is

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Entrance Fee, $3.

Hongkong, Jatinary 14, 1908.

ず

THE DRAGON CYCLE CO.,

Entries close on January 31, with

11, D'Aguilar Street

2216

Kan Suh, also out of the track sựte to the most adventurous or the mist devoted. Still further west lies Thilart. While there are practically no Europeans in thèse insį, mrsare missionaries, a glance it a p of the Faland Mission (which notes the stations of its own and of certain other

societies) is a reminder of how thoroughly

JAPANESE BEER vigu religious endeavour has punclented,

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ACH BRAND has obtained the highest. AWARD at International Exhibillout

The largest demand in the whole of Japan.. "Quality speaks for itsell

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Sold by CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., H. PRICE & CO., LD, A. CHAZALON & CO., and all leading Chinese Wine Merchants.

though it has not permeated the huge Empire of China Together the workers constitute but a handful of individuals amid scores of millions of natives, but the con- pounds, with their little groups of from three to four to eight er team, women, and children are there, and the traveller, sare in the extreme West, at avengo dis- tances of 100 or 150 miles, cones upon the cases of home culture, nentness, and cheer- ful hospitality while in the provinces haiger known to missionary effort, shorter dis- tances lead from one station to another.

Our party, which met At Hankow

the interior

to Canton, bip consisted of Professor . K. Edmunds, the noting president of Canton Christian Col- lege, who represents the department of ter- restrial magnetism of the Carnegie Institu- tion in China, and who took observations

for

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THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA- TION COMPANY, LTD. JOTION IS HEREBY GIVEN that the of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company SEVENTH OLDINARY MEETING

will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, Victoria Buildings, on TUESDAY, the 28th January, 1908, at 11.15 a M., for the Directors together with a Statement of purpose of receiving the Report of the Accounts for the year ending 31st Decem bor,

1907. Company will be CLOSED from TUES-to

The DAY, the 21st January, to TUESDAY, the 28th January (both days inclusiva), during which period nó Transfer of Sharos can be registered.

REGISTER of SHARES of the

By Order of the Board of Directors,

MOWBRAY 3, NOR ACOTE,

Semetary. Hongkong, January 14, 1908.

JB

WANTED.

OOD Second-hand MILNERS' SAFE.

(3 feet opening).

Apply to

DEPOSIT.': Care of CHINA MAIL' Office. Hongkong, January 2, 1908.

PASSAGE WANTED. YOUNG ENGLISH LADY would be Englanin ta lady in return for passage Awilling to take care of children or go

Apply to

Care of Om Main' Offca. Hongkong, January 6, 1908,

WANTED.

POSITION in Bank or Mercantile A Firm, by a FURTUGUESE. Age 33.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST Eficient accountant, correspondent in

MENT & AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED.

English and typist; with thorough expe rience of general office work. No objection to Coast Ports. Salary moderate, Apply to ⚫ 'CLERK,'

Care of Cama Mam' Office. Hongkong, January 14, 1908.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the N TWENTIETH ORDINARY MEET- ING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Com- pany will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, 28th January, 1908, at 12 o'clock Noon, Victoria Buildings, on TUESDAY, thé for the purp-ea of receiving the Report of VICTORIA CINEMATOGRAPH. the Director ingether with Statement of Accounts for the your ending 3 et Decom- ber, 1907,

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, the 17th January, to TUE-DAY, the 28th which periud no Transfer of Shares ou be January, (both days inclusive), during registered.

"By Order of the Board of Directors,

A. SHELTON HOOPER, Hongkong, January 10, 198.

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THE WEST POINT BUILDING CO.,

LIMITED.

NOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN that tho TWENTIETH ORDINARY MEET ING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Com pany will be held at the COMPANT'S OFFICES, Victoria Buildings, on TUESDAY, the 28th January, 1909 at 11.30 o'click ... for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st Decem-

1907.

REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be OLOSED from MONDAY, the 20th January, to TUESDAY, the 28th which period no Transfer of Shazes cars be January, (both days inclusive), during

registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A SHELTON HOOPER.

ERNESTO FREGOLINI.

CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.

THE ARTIST'S CHAMBER.

An Excellent Entertainment,

Don't Forgot the Address,

DES VEUX ROAD (POTTINGER STREET CORNER).' Hongkong, December 23, 1967.

1748.

PATELL & CO.,

SHAMEEN, CANTON.

Secretary to THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST Export & Import Merchants

MENT AND AGENCY Co., LD. General Agents for THE WEST FOINT

BELDING Co., L. Hongkong, Janusty 10, 1908,

at various places: Hou. Edward Osborne, THE Leong, member of the Colonini

of

Council; and

were

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CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN &

MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

and myself. We accompanied by an interpreter, one ofGE ELEVENTH ORDINARY Professor Edmunds' students, a cook and

ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE

"boy." Our outfit consisted of twenty-six ROLDERS in the Company will be held boxes of provisions, the boxes being of

at the OFFICES of the Company, St.

Gorge's

THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, Sole Agents uniform die euch weighing with its con-

thest, and on the land trip isey let us a 11.3, for t

Hongkong, August 31, 1907.

THERE IS NO DOUBT

THAT

nere Enoe Truls just has been taken in the nazifest eingen 7 ♬ Stronna 14 has in innumerable instances prevented a serious

nesa. The effect of

ENO'S 'FRUIT SALT'

on any discmsted, stoepices, or Kevadah condition is simply arvellous and unsurpassed. In fact is

IS

NATURE'S OWN REMEDY

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, Dustnosti only by J, U.; BNO, Ltd., 'FRUIT BALT' WORKS, London, B.E.

Eng, by 3, 3. ENO1a Patsuti Beic by Chemists and Steras overywhere."

PRIZE MEDAL

188 tents about 601bs. Each epolio carried two

JOHN DAKEY & SON'S

WELLINGTON

EMERY & BLACK LEAD MILL

EMERY EMERY GLASS BLACK CLOTH PAPER LEAD WELLINGTON KNIFE POLISH

JOHN OAKET & SONS LIMITED," WELLINGTON MILLS LONDON,“

of

No. 6, Connaught toad.

nAY, 29th January, 1908, at

purpose of receiving a rapid pace.

Statement of Accounts and the Report of From Haukow our party made its way the General dangers, for the year ending by steamer, houseboat, and on foot in

3let

December, 1807, declaring a Dividend Canton-which lies nearly directly south stand electing a Consulting Committee and distance of about 800 miles as measured AutoRANSFER BOOKS of the Com. by the line of the proposed railway. Wo

followed this route about half-way, then pay will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, bore to the south-west to Kwoilin, the the 25th January, until WEDNESDAY, capital of Kwangsi province, thence down the 29th January, 1903, both days inclu- the Fu river to Wuchow on the West River | sive, where is steamboat service to Canton. Wo were six weeks between Hankow and Can- ten, but it can be done in a more direc route in a month.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers. Hongkong, January 15, 1998, - 89

The Yangtze trip from Shanghai by steamer is uneventful and ani- form. To the North, it is in generi fat; vir the south, mountainous; in fact. south of the Yangtze River, which, rough ly speaking, bisecte the Empire, Continental goods, including :-- --: always has mountains as close neighbours With occasional exception width of the 3,000ft. cle-

EUROPEAN AGENCY.

INDENTS promptly excouted at lowest cash prices for all kinds of British and

vation is not exceeded.

river depends on the season of the year. As we ascended, it was almost unpreceden todly ligh for so late in the year, and ong

could soo water, streaked with land not

Boots, Shoes and leather.

Chemicals and Denggiats' Bundries. China, Earthenware and Glassware, Cycles,

Motors and

and Accessories. Drapery, Millinery and Fisce Goods.

Goods, Perfomery and Stationery. Hardware, blachinery and Metals. submerged, for miles in each direc Jewellery, Plate and Watches. tion. We passed villages of from ten to fifty houses from which the motives hind boen driven to the I

whally

For pattiolie the rising water,

their deids to

gather

About possiblo rom-') Up Dy nants of nourishment. It was easy ·to conceive how on the of the North

plaine of thousands of square miles are flooded, with altendant devastation and misery.

The Hankow. steamer took us to

to Chang- aho, the capital of Hupsa Province, in two wo took a house. days, and at this

point wo boat for the 150-mile trip to

to Hungchott,

in

Pale and Optical Gooda

and Oilmen's Stores.

'ato.. etc..

Commission 2% to 6% Trade Discount allured Original Javoices supplied. Special Quotations on Demand. “Sample Cases from £10 upteurds.

Consignments of Produce Sold on Account WILLIAM WILSON & SONS,

(Established 1814),

25, Abchurch Lane, London, E.C..

the centre of the province. To this last Osblo Addraas: ANNUAIRE, LONDON,"

point the route was that of the Parson Bngineering party, and of the line of the proposed railway to Canton, which, when completed, will link this metropolis of the south with Hankow, fr4 which already stretches a line to Feking fairly south

and northline 1,5000 miles long

YUEN CHEONG.

the threegoriat silties of the Een pirng binding SWATOW DRAWN-WORK

The Parsons party, of which Boy. Chns, MANUFACTURER.

Denby, the

the present Consul General nt

Shanghai, was interprutor, was the first to

enter Chengsba, a city of perhaps

people, and that was. bac

ton

300,000

Now Hunau, long known sa tip “ Torbid

dou Provinec, is open to all comers; and

holesale de Rotail.

LL Kinda of DRAWN-THURAD-WORK,

EROIDELIES, CLASS CLOTHS, *** PAWTER WATE and LAOES, 2, for

the people, proud, independent and once No. 39, Queen's Road Central.

urost hostile are friendly beyond minny

others. Tho mon of Hanan are disting

(Continual, on Page 8.)

Hongkong

(LaTs or 52, WELLINGTON STREET). Hongkong, September 4, 1907.

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IMPORTERS OF

WINES AND

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Dentistry.

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TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation Free,

A BROKEN-DOWN SYSTEM. This is a condition, (or diseases to which deven give canny names, but which few of them really- Inderstand It is simply weakness—a break-down, 'as it were, of tho vital forces that uistain the system,

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essential ie all such.

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