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Intimations.

LEA and

PERRINS' SAUCE

WORL

Assists digestion and gives a delightful piquancy and flavour to all

MEAT DISHES, SOUPS, FISH, CHEESE, CURRIES, GAME, POULTRY & SALADS.

The Original & Genuine Worcestershire.

By Royal Warrant to M.M, THE KING

THE CHINA MAIL.

intimations.

Don't Worryi

Don't Worry:

Why Worry?

CONSULT

PHAROS,

The Mystic and Modern Astrologer

YES, WHY WORRY?

BOUT your Besineer, Health, Pleasures, Friends Abroad, your Love Affairs and

LIMERICKS.

£231,215 as Prize Money.

A contemporary remarks: The Earl of

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1908,

Intimations.

Dragon Cycle

Linteriok's appeal to "limetick" winners | one vertinan

to haud vyf some part of their earnings to the charities of the city which gives its name to the popular amusement calls atton- tion again to the enormous suns which have changed funds since the limerick" competitions begs in Marels last year.

Depot.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

Chances in Life. Yee, Why Worry! Consult Pharur. He is able to advise winnings went to Limerick's ganritics the On and after March 5, the Dragon.

you, Console you and Wain you, is ambition in this life is to help those in trouble, and must not be classed with the run of Palmista who use their Supposed Gifts to make morny. Phszos is independent of this. Willing and able to help all in trouble and relage their anxiety to the best of his ability and experience.

PHAROS HAS A MESSAGE TO YOU.

ou are anxious to put your son to a business that he will prosper. Willfrom- daughter be happy in ber married life You are in love. Buvo I made a wise choice In mate? Shall I také s partner into my business? Should I be wise in going abroad? ; IN these quest foue Pharos can answer and advise by the aid of satrolley, Why no gut this to the test? Sond 1.0. value 1, and addressed, stampod with your Birth Date, Full Phares, D. 1445, Union Street, Glasgow, Nome and Title and Tow no: County of Birth if possible; upon receipt of samo Pharos will eend written Test |Horoscope.

enveloped to---

With the abors Pharos will send you Free a written Forecast of your Mustykong, October 31, 1907.

Future.

PICTORIAL POSTCARDS.

1743

100 ASSORTED Scotch, English & Irish Views, etc., for 1/8.

Actresses, Songa, 1000

Arimais, Lovers and Corrie Cards for 15- English and Continental Actresses baud tinted real tiny Photographe 15/- por gross, CHRISTMAS ∞ NEW YEAR CARDS WELL ASSORTED PARCEL

100 Carda for G Va ce id.. 20., 3d., 4d. and 6d. each. 300 ASSORTED Cards for 20-

1 Gross Jewelled Cards for 9/-.

Foreign or Colonial Stamps pot accepted. Kindly send Mossy Order.

BRITANIA POSTCARD CO.,

45, Union Street, Glasgow. Hongkong, October 31, 1907.

G. FALCONER & Co., REMINGTON

WATCH-MAKERS

AND JEWELLERS.

HOTEL MANSION 8.

NEW BELECTIONS OF

DIAMOND JEWELLERY AND ENGLISH SILVER WARE, HIGH-OLASS GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES.

IARGE SELECTION OF PRESENTATION PLATE, OUPS, BOWLS, ETC.

G. FALCONER & Öo. ARE ASETS FOR ROSE'S FAMOUS TELESCOPES AND BINOCULARS, LORD KELVINS NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ADMIRALTY OHARTS AND BOOKS,

SOLE

AGENTS FOR THE EMPIRE TYPEWRITER.

GLIYER

Hongkong, December 12, 1907.

OLIVER

STANDARD

VISIBLE TYPEWRITER. Clean, Simple, Quick, Durable, HEAVY MANIFOLDER.

ROMBACH & CO., 17A, QUEENS ADENTRAL.

Sule Bunte

THE PHILIPPINES CARNIVAL.

February 27th to March 3rd.

SPECIAL STEAMERS.

A Splendid Opportunity to take an EXCURSION TO MANILA

AND PEND

A WEEK OF GAILTY,

A WEEK OF FUN,

1064

SPECIAL RATES.

A WEEK OF SPORTS,

GORGEOUS PROCESSIONS,

MANIFICENT PAGEANTRY,

MASKED BALLS.

Return Trip from Hongkong to Manila

$50.00.

✔

Ban inducement -Hongkong cosilents to matennise this importank want, besides enjoying a bolider of RansFle length, Mesra Shewan, Tomen & Co. have decided to despatch their stanmer Z17TRO for a special Carnival trip, leaving Hongkong at p.m. in the after. the 2nd FEBRUARY. The

anon

ZAFIRO will ranch

of Saturdaynila on Tuesday morning, and in order that the full round of festivities may be enjoyed

they chall not deepatch the steamier from Manila until 2.m. on the morning of Tuesday, -the rd March. She will reach Bongkong again at daylight on Thursday, the 5th March.

The Passangers, should they so desire, my make arrangemeure to remain en

board, daring steamer's stay in, Manila,

Special arrangements hava algo bean ninde by Bésara Jarding, Matke son & Có, Ltd., and Massrs. Butterfield & wire.

Hongkong, February 4, 1908,

GAMES OF ALL KINDS-INDOOR AND OUTDOOR,

In pary mearking of tas krad kwalder aflerupicere at the Galoutta Exhibition, 1883'4, open to all,

YEGISTERED.

DR. LALOR'S

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TRADE MARK

185

PHOSPHODYNE

MAY THE LARGEST SALE OF ANY PHOSPHORIC MEDICINE IN THE WORLD,

fee Forty years has maintained its jonid-wide reputation as the Best and muy male reliable Phosphorio Care for Srace Wardada, Paraitin· SLAKPLKES- Dypala, Nerye, Hidasy, and Liver 4emplalots. Hazaning Dreams, Prematuer

Vital Power, General Dobility, all +fen. Disordero, and all Fonctional and Conditions of the System, caused

clenty of the Vital Forces..

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gifact of this Standard Thorpade ased in Narvin Dabally and its kindred is le immediate and permanent, all C. Morable Bellugi ad Distressing 4:Caplama diasupearing with oldits ¿sa la really marvolion.

ductions for Self-Treatment of the shov Bjerrem with ench Hottie."

Its carpistag, effects are shawn from the first day of its administration by a Remarkable Jacres of Nerve and Intllectual Power, with a feeling of Courage, Strength, 'and. Comfort. Digestion is Tastroented. The Appetita increases wonderfully, Sleep becomes calm and refreshing. The Fac became fuller, the Lips rod, the' Erss brighter, and a cisar and healthy. :-) Beware of ville taitations--None gonulue without the Brith Government. Slang with "Dr, Ilor's Phonybodyas, London, England." engraved thereon,by wider of Her Majesty' Hebourable Commitmen Thousands of unimpeachable testi- monials from parts of the World, and ・from the highest Medical "Authorities. No. other Plorphotic Preparation bar receivad such distingul bod recognitions "

HEALTH STRENGTH & ENTACY.

Bad in Betlice at 45. dd. and 11s, each by a Chemists throughout the Werla. BLUSACTURED ONLY AT DR. LALOR'S PHOSPHODYNE LABORATORY, CLAMPOTHAD. LONDON, ENGLAND

Agents:-A, B. WATSON & Co. L.

1744

TYPEWRITERS

WITH ALL REQUISISEL.

Hongkong, March 2, 1908

SIEMSSEN & CO.,

BOLE AGENTS

M. MUMEYA,

JAPANESE ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER ENLARGEMENTS ON BROMIDE PAPER

JA

EAC

AND FINISHED IN ORAYON.

ALL KINDS OF WORK DONE FOR AMATEURS. VERY FINE PANORAMIC VIEWS OF HONGKONG, ·

BL, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

NATURAL

ENO'S

HEALTH-GIVING

FRUIT

REFRESHING

SALT

INVIGORATING

If only 5 per cent. of "limerick" amount would be considerable. The sams distributed by the principal papers orgnot- sing these empotitions have been to dato:

Pearson's Weekly"... £00,264 "Nows of the World"...

57,000

Anawora".. London Opinion " +4-bits

54,578

31,002 27,411

W

£231,915

As in most cases 10 pur cent, is deduct- ed for the heavy expuzsu o rending and sorting the limericks" and dealing with they received and paid out, this amount represents a total of over on AF- tor of a million sent by limerick" com- petitors to theko five papers. Fivo per ceut, on this would be £12,600.

During eight months of 1907 8,520,939! moro sixpenny pestal orders wore enld than in the six corresponding oight month of 900. The l'ost Office is wars that there is at presont no apreciable lessening! of the demand. Sixpenny postal orders aro still being bought at the rate of 2,130,000, or £53,000, per month.

THE DUKE OF PORTLAND.

The Real Story.

T. P. wrtes in P. T. 0.": The rea

Cycle Company will carry on Business at

No. 35, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL.

Hongkong. Febrsary 21, 1998,

DINNEFORD'S

The Universal Tamody for Acidity of the Stomach, Headache, Heartburn, Indigestion, Eructations, Billows Affections Sour

DINNEFORDS MAGNESIA

The Physiciani; e

Gure for Gont, Rheumatic Goat and Gravel.

Balest and most Edoctis Aperien

Hegular Use.

MAGNESIA

2516

THE KOWLOON LAND & BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED.

JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the NINETEENTH ORDINARY

MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICE, Victoria Balldings, on TUES- DAY, the 25th February, 1908, at 11.45

story of the Duke of Portland is sufficiently MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA. for the purpose of receiving, te

curious in itself, Here is a man who is a Dake; who had previously been a them last of the House of Commons; who belongs to Whito's and all the other prominent clubs of London; who is, therefore, a conspicuous personage in the eyes of the world) and entitled to take his place anywhere; and suddenly-for no reason that the world knew he throws it all up. If he had been i a medieval Catholic he possibly would; liko Charles V., have butired into a monastery, there in silence and solitude to do ponance

1

(iT8t BISHI 00.)

COAL DEPARTMENT MARUNO-UCHI, TOKIO.

ÚABLE ADDRESS: IWASAKL'. Which applies to all Branch Offices,

Codes used,

for the sina of his youth. As it was he Al, AB 5th Edition, Western Union because as much lost to the world as if he' ware in a cloister; and apparently ho spent most of his time in devising means by which he should escape nut merely the attention, but even the sight of his follow-

mun.

Welbeck Park, as we all know, has beneath it a whide town, almost as if it wers a spot taken from the catacombs of 3123 Rome. In Harcourt House. in London

there was a great gate and a courtyard, which isointed the house of the Duko almost as much from the public gazo and from pable sight as if it were a castle on the Rhine which was isolated by a drawbridge. and nestling on a dark and inaccessiblo bis mountain top. Of all the duties of

+

All Letters to be addressed :-

MANAGER, MITSUBISHI CO., with name of place ander.

BRANCH OFFICES - MAGASAKI, MO, Kose, Karatsu, SHANGHAL, HONGKONG AND HANKOW,

AGENCIES: TOKOHAMA: M. ASADA, Esq. CHINKIANG: MesALS GEARING & Co, MANILA: Messrs MACONDEAT & Co.

SOLE PROPRIETORS of Takashima.

great station of all the social possibilities Dabi, Shinner, Namasuta and Hoje. Col-

or amusements that were open to him-of lieries; and

all the mighty and throbbing life of the BOLE AGENTS for Miyao and Kiebidske

husy nation to which ho holonged of that Coals:

chate

до

T. MATSUKI, Manager,

Hongkong,

No. 2, PEDDER STEKET. Hongkong, April 25, 1908,

816

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOĄ DOUK COMPANY, LIMITED.

Report of the Directors, together with Statement of Accounts for the year ending Siat December, 1907.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will

will be CLOSED from TUES- DAY, the 18th Februars, to TUESDAY, the 25th February (both days inclusive). daring which period na Transfer of Shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Director. A. SUELTON HOOPER, Secretary to THE HONGKONG LAND Invest. HENT AND AGENCY Co., LD. Agents for the KoWZOON LAND & BOLDING

COMPANY, LTD.

246 Hongkong, February 14, 1908.

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LIMITED,

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

HE THIRTY-NINTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Ofoes of the Under- signed, at 12.30 F., on TUESDAY, the 10th March.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Dom will be OLOSED from the 26th inst pany to the 19th March, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Lu,

General Managers, HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LD.

283 Hongkong, February 18, 1008,

HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LIMITED.

THE TWENTY SEVENTH ORDIN

ARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the General Maingers at 11.30 i.M. on MONDAY, 2nd March, to receive Statement of the Company's Accounts to tet December, 1937, and the Report of Iba Goneral Managore.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com pany will bo CLOSED from the 24th just, to the 2nd proximo, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LD,

General Managers,

273 Hongkong, February 19, 1908.

vast metropolis, a considerable portion of whose mest valuable, and beautiful space ho owned of all that he formed no part took no heed; he was utque cadaver as a corpso--as the Jesuit fathers are said to be in their strict and renowned order. It i is a strange story, and

and the key to the enigma hus not ret Loon found. Was it three ho lina seme loathsonic Risenso-leprosy us was suggested in the Druce trial; or one dark story

it morely one of thora

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, wealth. discending where

great through many generations onde in one

YEARLY MEET- THE ORDINARY degenerate, cursed by the form of insanityING of SHAREHOLDERS will be which lies over the fairest prospects fortune and station, and makes the Peer held in the Offices of the Company, or the millionaire a more pitiful object Queen's Buildings, New Praya, on MON- than the beggar or the street Arab that DAY, the 24th February, 1908, at

o'clock Noon, for the purpose of receiving whistles past him in his mgs.

the Report of the Directors and the State

MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS ment of Accounts to the 31st December,HE THIRD ORDINARY GENERAL 1907.

will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Come King's Biildings, at 12 o'clock Noor, on LONDON DIRECTORY,pany will be CLOSED from the 10th the SATURDAY, the March, for the

TREA

of

(PuutISHED ANNUALLY), LINABLES traders throughout the World

NESE BEE to communicate direct with English

'ASAHI'

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IDEAL AND WHOLESOME.

TACH BRAND has obtained the highest AWARD at International Exhibitlove.

The largest demand in the whole of Japan, Quality speaks for itsoli. PRICE NXQÜEDINGLY MODERATE

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

THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, Sole Agents. Hongkong, August 21, 1907,

OAKE

WELLINGTON KNIFE POLISH WELLINGTON SILVERSMITHS BLACK LEAD SOAP PLATE

FOR CLEANING

POLYBRILLIANT METAL POMADE NEVER BECOMES DRY&HARD LIKE OTHER METAL PASIES JOHLFOLKEY & SONS LITTME › Wallhuros Muxe Lordon, “

1931

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in each class of gros, Besides belog complete commercial guide to London and its sabarbs the Directory containliste of

EXPORT. MERCHANTS.

with the Goods they ship, and the Colonial and Foreign markete they supply;

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arranged under the Ports to which they sail, and indicating the approximate sailinga; PROVINCIAL TRADE NOTICES

of leading Manufacturers, Merchants, ots, in the principal provincial towns sadindas- trial centres of the United Kingdom.

A copy of the current edition will be forwarded, freight paid, on reunit of Postal order for 20s.

Dealers seeking Agencies can adverted their trade cards for £1, or luger adver tisement from £3.

THE LONDON DIRECTORY Co., Ltd., 25. ADDHURCH LANE, LONDON, E.O..

VICTORIA GINEMATOGRAPH.

FILMSL

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SISTERS AND BROTHERS

ENGEL

SONG

AND DANCE.

AND OTHER ARTISTS.

Don't Forget tho Address: DES VEUX HOÁD (POTTINGER STREET CORNER). Hongkong, December 29, 1907.

24th February, bath days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

THOS. L. ROSE, Secretary. Hongkong, January 30, 1808;

12

160

HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER

OF COMMERCE

THE HONGKONG MILLING,CO.,

LIMITED.

purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts to the Sint December, 1907.

A. H. KENNIE & CO.,

General Managers. Hongkong, February 20, 1908,

NOMOE.

TIAE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TENDERS are invited for the purchase of the Members of the HONGKONG of the GOODWILL of; including the OUM plans and apocification used in the business. GENERAL CHAMBER OF MERCE will be held on MONDAY, the of an Architect and Civil Engineer extab- 24th FEBRUARY, 1803, at 4 r.st., in the Tished in Hongkong and danten, and for 80 CITY HALL, for the following purposes, years past, until his recent death, correct

TİZ P-

on by the late WILLIAM DANBY,

1. To receive the Report and Acceante M.IG.E.

of the Committee for the year ended Blat Desember, 1807.

2. To elect a New Committee.

To consider, the following Resola-

To

Instraments, Books, Office Furniture, to, cat bo. taken over et a valuation if desired.

Tenders to be received before, the 14th tion: That in consequence of the March, 1988, by the Undersigned, who will importance of the trade existing supply such further particulars ne may be between this port and Bombay it is required. WILKINSON & GRIST,

resolved under Rale XXIII to in- crease the number of the Committee from 9 to 10 mo. as to include Merchant interested in the Bombay trado."

To transset any General Business.

By Order,

E. A. M. WILLIAMS,

Secretary, Hougtong, February 13, 1908,

Solicitors for the Executrix of the late

Mr W. DANBY,

9, Queen'e Bond, Hongkong Hongkong, Fahrsary 18, 1908

242

PATELL & CO.,

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO.,

·LIMITED.

SHAMEEN, CANTON.

THE THIRTY-NINTH ORDINARY Export & Import Merchants

MEEZING Shareholders

Company

be held at the COMPANTS OFFICES, No. 3, Queen's Road Jepun, Victoria, on THURSDAY, the 5th March, 1908, at 12 o'cleok Noox, for the purpos of Receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ending Rist December, 2007.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Corn pany will be CLOSED from 20th instant to the Bh Marokk, both daya inclusive.

By Order

GEO, L. TOMLIN,

Necretary, Hongkong, February 19, 1908.

"AND

Commission Agents.

IMPORTERS OF:

WINES AND

PROVISIONS.