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I was packing a parcal for the Hongkong mall and pressing my anal carefully in the michile of the schalet biobe of scaling, wAI) lour of it filled the room. the fragrant odour

MITSU BISHI GOSHIKWAISHA Grandmother was aisting in Ter armchair

(MITSU BISHI CO)

by the froside, kaithing in the twilight. 8-65-I always like the scent of smiling-was, ". said tho, it carries me back to the days whon was young and reminds me of COAL DEPARTMENT.many a happy St. Valentine's Eve. I lived in Norfolk then, you know, and in ↑ those days 'wo children thought a great den]

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Yongkang, January 9, 1909

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

RACE MEETING, 1910.

mors of St. Valentine than we did of Father Christmas.

...

It was not only young lovers who wol- oomed the day. Every member of the household looked forward to receiving presente from unknown givers, who always signed themselves your faithful Falen tine."

A feeling of mystery pervaded the house for days beforehand. If you entered a room unexpectedly, it was to hear the rustle of paper, or to ass something being hurriedly thrust into a drawer or cupboard and sealing wax and" string wore in great demand. For weeks we had worked in secret on our home-mado gifts, and now the time had arrived to deposit them in the big covered basket in the pantry.

When the candles were lighted and the family was gathered round the fire on St. Valentine's Eve, our excitement rose to fever pitoh.. Suddenly a bang of the knocker would make us all jump, although we had bean listening for it all the

time. Out we raced, into the hall and

the front door, and lo fung wide there was nobody there. Bat on the doorstep lay a mysterious parcel, which we seized and carried in triumph into the pariner,

With due solemnity father would bring oat is spectacler, and having settled them on his nose with exasperating deliberation, he would hold up the package to the light and read out the name inscrib ed upon it. The lucky recipient removed the wapping and found inside a gift and a piece of poetry. No valentine was with

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Hongkong

Amateur

Dramatic

Club.

THE

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18th & 19th

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Five-roomed HOUSE at Kowloon, farnished or unfurnished: “ Blootda light and cm of Timnis Coire, E. For further particulars apply to

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TO LET.”

FEBRUARY, 1910. ROM b Jaunary, 1910,

Booking at Robinson Piano Co.,

on and after Saturday, February 12th, at 10 a.m

Hongkong. February 7, 1910.

178

FROM

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HUGHES & HOUGH. Hongrong, December 17, 1903

TO LET.

KING'S BUILDINGS.

But he companying shyde, some of the THE HONGKONG HOTEL OFFICES facing the Harbour; from

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-rers were very clever, and they often

contained soms well known allusion or

family joke, which set the whole party in a

UNRIVAT LED FOR COMFORT AND CUISINE,

MODERATE TERMS AND NO BITRAB

A. 7. DAVIES, Manager.

PEAK HOTEL

day and Saturday (off-day), 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th February roar. There was never any sign from THOROUGHLY UP TO DATE WITH EVERY MODERN LUXURY,

of ADMISSION to the whom the valentine came, and great 196 TICKETS

GRAND STAND and ENCLO was the excitement in trying to guess who SURE may be obtained from Mosers might be the giver. KELLY & WALSH, LD, or at the Gate.. Belors hubbab had subsided, another Price $7 for the Meeting (excluding bang of the knocker would take us all out the Off-Day), or $3 per day. Tickets into the hall again, to find another parcel for the Off-Day, $2,

lying on the doorstep. Soon the fun became fast and furious, the knocker got no rest, and everyone was laughing over

No one admitted without & Ticket to be shown to the Ticket Inspector at

the Gate.

Terace, and exhibiting their presents. -F.-F.~HOUGH;- Clerk of the Course.

Then perhaps, a hugu package would suzive 157 | directed "to father, and all would gather Hongkong, February 1, 1910.

round to see what this gigantic valentine HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.might be. But when he had removed the first wrapping, it was only to find another STEWARDS THE

the paper inaide directed to brother George, request pleasure of the presence of the and buring the warning, "Be very care- LADIES at the GRAND STAND ful." This paper being goatly unwrapped, and ENCLOSURE during the Races the next would be inscribed, "For Baby, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 19th Instant. from her loving Valentine," and so the

A Stand and Enclosure will be re- served for Members and Members' parcel would be passed from one to an Wives and Families, Tickets for which other getting smaller and smaller, while will be scat cut with the Members the words "Don't be in a hurry," and "Patience" would greet-our sager eyes, Tickets on the 7th inst,

All Tickets must be produced to gain string, and we children were wrought up till the floor was covered with paper and admission.

Special accommodation will be ro-to great excitement. And in the end would served as in recent years for Chinese be found a tiny box of bread pille for our Ladies and their Female attendants in overgrown schoolboy, with a rhyme to my the Stand erected on the plot of Ground that they were infallible for reducing height; next to the Lusitano Club Stand,

or a cike of soap for Tommy, who was not T. F. HOUGH, too fond of washing his hands!

Clerk of the Course Hongkong, February 3, 1910,

138

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OPEN to the South Rugiats

ADMIRABLY SITUATED AT VICTORIA GAP. Adjoining the Tramway Tamions, 1,400 feet above Bes Esta. Winter, Commanding smagolicent view of Hongkong, the Harbour and adjaceni falandas for for ASS FAMILY, RESIDENTAL AND TOURISTS' HOTEL.

A FIRST-CLASS

Talegraphis Add---+ Pancuinis - Town Ofice: 1. Dm You BOLD •.

Torma;—From $5 per day-Max

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Hongkong, February 8, 1508.

BEAR IN MIND. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK-] ING. CORPORATION.

The First Consignment of a large and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the varied Stock of the latest style of ORDINARY. HALF-YEARLY | PARISIAN COMBS specially selected by MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in Mr Seersus has strived. this Corporation will be held at the CITY The matundem-ELECTRIC HALL, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the HAIR DRYING APPARATUS has been 18th day of February, 1010, at Noor, for installed in our Ladies' Saloon. the purpose of receiving the Report of the 3. The services of another First-Class Court of Directors together with Slate LADIES HAIRDRESSER from Europe ment of Accounts to Stat December, 1909.

are available.

REGISTER of SHARES of the

the 19th February, 1910, (both days t Corporation will be OBOSED from MON DAY, the 7th February to SATURDAY, elusive), during winch period to transfer of Shares can be registered.

By Under of the Court of Directors,

J. B. M. SMITE.

Chief Manager Hongkong, January 29, 1910.

142

BONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LED.

C

THE PARIS TOILED CO., LTD

No. 13, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong. February 18, 1910,

201

CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COM. PANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE.

FIROM This Date, and durior the Ab- sence of Mr G., & PEMBERTON from the Colony, Me H. F. HICKMAN has been Appointed Acting SECRETARY to

B. SHEWAN,

Chairman. Hongkong, February 7, 1910.

Another favourite joke was the vanishing valentine. This was as innocent looking Parcelas any other, as it lay on the step,HE TWENTY-NINTH ORDINARY HONGKONG JOCKEY. CLUB.

but when we stopped to pick it up,

ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE the Company. be jarked away into the darkness by some HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of mysterious force. We did not solve this the General Managers at 12.30-1 on NTO Children under the age of 14 years puzzle for years, but of course it was SATURDAY, 26th instant, to receive A will be admitted into the enclo-managed by a black string tied to the parcel Statement of the Company's Accounts to and held by one of the servants in hiding 31st December, 1909, and the Report of round the corner of the house,

the General Managers, and

gare.

T. F. HOUGH, Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, February 1, 1910."

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB

168

PASSES for Sorvants will be issued on application to the Undersigned on SATURDAY, 12th and MONDAY, 14th inst...

The maidé never failed to enter into the

spirit of St. Valentine's Eve, and it was they who, muffed up in shawl and tippet, would run out at the back of the house and drop the valentines on the front door step, lift the knocker; and then fes for.

their lives. But the secret was religiously kapt, and we never doubted but that the Bood old Baiut was himself postman

For many days after, when we met friends in the street, we used to watch

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com

pay will be CLOSED from 18th inst: to 2816 instant, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Ltd.,

“General Managers. Hongkong, February 9, 1910.

7-187

THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED,

NOTICE

hereby given that the

National Bank of Obion, Idmited, will be ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the

held at the Bank premises, No. 5, Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong, on BATUE- DAY, the 26th day of February, 1910, at Noeg, for the purposes f

purposee following, namely:

No SERVANTS will be allowed their faces keenly, while we made artless NINETEENTH ORDINARY inside the ENCLOSURE of the remarks about this or that valentine wo BACE COURSE during the Race Day by their expression the identity of our had received, to see if we could find out WITHOUT TICKETE which can be loving trus Valentine. had on application to the Undersigned, These Tickets are only available for servants while in attendance on their employers or when on duty at the various Stände,

Any Chinese found loitering about with servants' pisies in their possession. will forfait them and the holders thereń. of will be removed from the enclosure.

T. F. HOUGH,... Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, February 1, 1310,

HONGKONG JOCKET OLUB.

NOTIÚK

150

THE only Edition of the RACE BOOK - and "ÍROGRAMMES Authorised by the Browards of the Jockey Club new those printed by Me NORONHA & CO. "*"

BUT, F. HUGH,

Clerk of the Course.+ Hongkong, January 27, 1910,

BACK BOURS, 1910.

Leather-varad...

Cloth-Covered :

Paper-Corordrecht 2

1.76

1700.

May be had from Nosonna di Co.

162

(Printers to the Envoxona JockRY CLUB)..

ISH L

BRE Hongkong Tebruary 1, 1910.

But even in Norfolk and Sufix the old customs are dying out now. I thing the school children still come touse in the morning of St. Valentine's Day and sing-for bune and pennies, but they are forgotting the old songs, and only gabble

“Good. morrew, Valentine,

Carl your hair as I do.ming, Good morrow, Valentine."

To receive and conaldar Statement of Accounts and Balance Shosts to Sib Desember, 1909, the Reports of the Directors and Auditom Easton, be o'not Auditors and finesset the

The TRANSFER BOOKS and BIB. TEE of MEMBERS of the Company will girts CLOSED from the 11th to the Soth day of February, 1910, both days inclusive,

By Order

akordinery business of tl 40 %

I suppose that ovon the birds have given up chosing St. Valentine's day marriage morning and popote it if they can be more sore of sunshine And warm spring weather.

Well, well, *Mother times, other man? nark." Ring for the lamp, dear. I cannot ses to pick up the stitch I have dropped.

G.MT.

IN BATURES!

S

DONT BATCH

HEN you may have ALL the Com

forts at Ivan Oost at THE WAVERLEYS PRIVA BOAndaya Hogar PARA 46, Robinson: Bond?! Nowly decorated and Atted with eraZY modern convenience.

Cuisine unexcelled. Toonid Court.)

184:

P. LOUREIRO.

Acting Manager Bougkong, February 2, 1910,

195

CHINA EXPRESS CO.,

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Agents for Contractors.

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DARUELS Andipates of.

futely free

J. T. SHAW:

Tailor and Outfitter

Hongkong Hotel Buildings and 14. Des Vaux Road,

Fit and Style Guaranteed.

189

tion of Messrs Jardine, "Matheson & Co.,

Ltd.

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THE BONGKỌNG LAND IN WEST- MENT & AGENCY:Co., LDS Hongkang, Desember 2, 1909.

TO LET

DUXEY LODGE, CAINE ROAD, Dvaitable for & Boarding House, School, Uallega, or Family Residence, recently,

painted and renovated throughout. Im mediate possession.

Apply to

CHATER & MODY: --Bengkook, May 14, 190, vag 156

TO GET FURNISHED.

TTANTALLOS, 1964. Важка Воло.

Fest $225.00 per month. Seen by Ppotment only,

Apply to

GODDARD & DOUGLAS," Hongkong, December 8, 1906.

TO BE LELL

WITH possession from March 1910,

1891

tare could be tako orde at i valsation). Wuntarnished orif, desired the fami

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Four and Five-Boomed HOUSES, at Kowloon

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Hongkong, March 23, 1909,

TO LET.

OFIORS la YORK BUILDING,

GODOWNS in PRAYA EAST, Hlas Balid -

Ings.

FLATS in MORTON TAKRÁCE,

No. 10, Da Vœux Road Omegaz, İst Bloor

4 Hours in RIPON TERRADE.

A House in Wone No Ozone Road, Offices to let No, & CONNAUGET ROAD, Srd Flour v

··9, MACDONNELL ROAD.

Apply, to keep

THE HONGKUNG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY 00, LAN, Hongkong, January 1, 1910.

TO LET

(THE EZRIE, Noi 13, Paik, ale Rooma,

Tennis Court and for large garden, BEACONSFIELD ARJADE & Rooms [ón Láh Floor, "well ́enited for Offices?

GODOWNS in Dundalo Bruwer No. 1° BEACONSFIELD: ARCADE fang the Parade Ground a -NHÕUSES: In BRZILIUS TI

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Premios Intely rated Gordon & Co. kno en sa 17 WHITES EMATAIWAN ROAD

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