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G. FALCONER & Co..

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Intimations.

THE CHINA MAIL.

GENERAL POST OFFICE.

How the Work. Has Inorensod in Fifty Yonra.

On the occasion of his retirement from the Couem Post Offer after ifty;tmo year aceiation with telegraphia opora.

MITSUBISHI COSHI KWAISHA, Mr A. B. Banies, controller of the

(MITSUBISHI CO)

TALCONER & D, Arx Axis Fox KOSSS FAMOUS TELESCOPES COAL DEPARTMENT. time- when the tolegraphs were 1x

BINOCULARS, LORD KELTING NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS,

ADMIRALTY CHARTS AND BOOKS.

SOLE AGENTS FOR THE EMPIRE TYPEWRITER

WING KEE & CO.,

· Nos. 47, 48 and 49, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL ▼HIP.OHÄNDLERS," SALLMAKERS, "PROVISION MERCHANTS, COAL

—————— MERCHANTS, de, de, OF FIRMY YEARS STANDING KHIP CAPTAINS ARE REQUESTED TO GIVE US A TRIAL

FRANCISCO TSE YAT: Gmeral Manager, Hongkong, Angui 12, 1908.”

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MEE CHEUNG & CO., '

ART PHOTOGRAPHER, ICE HOUSE LANE. SPECIALIST IN ENLARGING AND BROMIDE WORK. Select Views of Hongkong and South China. Special Department for Developing and Printing for Amateurs

CAMERAS FOR HIRE.

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COLE PROPRIETORS OF TAXA SIMA, OCHI, MUTADE, HOJO, NAMAZUTA, SAYO, SHINNEW

and KAMIYAMADA Collorios,

READ. OFFICE :—TOKYO.

BRANCH OFFICES:- Nagasaki, Maji, Karatan, Wakamatan, Kobo, Osaka, Shanghal, Hongkong, Hankow.

Contral: Telegraph Office," was entertained by his colleagues at the Holborn Restauraat! on June 30 In an interlow Me Baines stated he began his telegraph work at a

the hands of private reunias, the transfer to the State not taking placo until 1871. Tn those days, added Bir Eamen, the star of the Central Telo grapli Ullen did not number 500 persone

to-ing thero are betwgor four and fire thousand, and the auzual wage-bill in half a

SOLE AGENTS for KISHIDAKE, MI.million. The Wheatstone system had just

YAO, and KIGIO-KOMATSU Conla

then. been introduced, and wo thoughit () | | splendid to be sklo, se, attrie a speed of 50

words a minute. Nowadays we can stand as many as 300 words a minute. Curiously snough, it fell to me and my brother to work the firsh Wheatstone news circuit which was established to the principal Bens in the West of England. In the days before the State undertook the talegraph work a inland telegram cost on an average 25. 23.. Sunday telegrams being a shilling extra. A telegram to France cost a minimal amount „öfs, and to Malta nearly's sovereign."

TEL, AUDRINER for above: "IWASAKI Codos: A1, APC 5th Ed., Western Union

AGENCIEST YOKOHAMA: M. Asada, Esq. CHINKLANG: Messrs Gearing &

Co

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FREDERICK BEACHMANN, Proprietor de Manager," (late Manager of J. Lyons & Co. (Trocadero) lending Catocer, in London sud of the

Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo).... TELEPHONE NO. 187. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRISS COMFORT,' Hongkong.

Hongkong, December 1, 1903.

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PARTICULARS AND RATES on application to MANAGER, G ̈GAMEAU Proprietor

Hongkong, October 9, 1908.

N. BLUMENTEAL, Manager.

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A HOUSEHOLD REMEDY FO

FOR

All Functional Derangements of thaLiver, Temporary Congestion arising from Alco- holic Beverages, Brrore in Diet, (Eating or Drinking.) Filloueness, Bick Headache, Giddinosa,pression or Feeling of Melan choly, Vol0g, Heartburn, Sourness of the Blorach, or 'Constipation. It is a Refreshing and Invigorating Beverage, most Invaluable to Travellers Emigrants, Bailors, and Residents in Tropical Climates. KENG "FROM Fat?" sauleta tho Fonctions of the Liver, Dowals, fkda, and Kidneys by Natural Man thus the blowd is fread from potmous or star kurtfal matters, the tandations and great danger of Gulay Bevor, Work, 1.000

has been taken in the carbon stages of a dijkss, it hits, in inters CAUTION-Emine the Capite and we dat të ta marked ENFRUIT BALT," stroruius voy hope the cuscutest forms of Natiory-2011TATION, Propsess only by 7:4., ENO, LA, FRUIT SILT WORKS, Londen,

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for partialars, apply to

H. OISHI,

Manager, No. 2, Prbox STLI KONDIGNG.

A DAY'S TELEORAMS,

Ia the course of my 2 years' servico T | have agon the "duily number of bolegrams sent grow from 10,000 to 130,000. The largest dumber of telegrams that I remem- bee being sont in one day, was on the pccasion of the date of the announcement of the postponcinont of the Inte King's Coronation, June 25, 1992, when 314,118 | telegrams were dealt with by the Central Tolegraph Office. On busy parliamentary nights we often sond away as many as 500,000 words of Press matter. On Folruary 21'lost, on the decesion of the HONGKONG IDE COMPANY, LTD. opening of the Parliament, we desit with

NOTIOE.

TN accordance with the Provisions of No. 104 of the. Articles of Association the General Managers have this day deciar ed an INTERIM DIVIDEND for the half- year ended 30th June, 1910, of Two DOLLARS PER SHARE.

Bonzkeng, Janusty 9, 1969,

instant.

*

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Intimations.

J. T. SHAW.

Tailor & Outfitter.

nagkong, November 1; 1809;

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SHAKESPEARE RECITAL

MARSHALL DARRACH,

THE PEAK HOTEL Only appearance in Hongkong, TO-MORROW, Aug. 5, ar 9.15 r.M.

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.

+

900,000 words, but the record is still held by Mr Gladstones Home Rula Bill night, in April, 1886, when! 1,050,000 words, equal to over 500 columns of an ordinary moming newspaper, passed through our hands. The Saturday H. E. SI HENRY AND LADY, MAY, following the Into 'King's death was a busy

DIVIDEND WARRANTS may bo ob tained on application at the Office of the time for as for..wa hind 180,000 privato Company on and after MONDAY, 15th telegrams to despatch away, the average The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Combotal for this time of the year being about pany will be CLOSED from the 3th instant 100,000 Amongst the notable visitors to to 15th instant, both daya lnclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & 0%, General Managers. Hongkong, August 1. 1910.

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK-

INO CORPORATION,

D.,

A46

the Central Telegraph Office in my time I remember the late King-wher. Prince of Wales Queen Alexandra, Mr Gladston?, the Inte Slah of Persin, and Li Hung Chang, The Chinese statesman.caused a great sensa- tion by appearing in a gorgeous costume, and was carried and the office in n. NOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN that the agnificent sedan chair held by four N ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MELTING of the SHAREHOLDERS is stalwart postmen. Be transgressed all this Corporation will be held at the CITY rules, of the Post Office Lysolemnly pro HALL, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 20th day of August, 1910, at Nook, for ducing his pipe and puffing away at it for the purpose of receiving the Report of the several minutes. Court of Directora together with a State- ment of Accounts to 30th Jane, 1910,

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Corporation will be CLOSED from MON. DAY, the 8th August to SATURDAY, the 20th August 1910, (both days clusive), during which period no transfer of Shares can be registered.

2."

FIKE. PRECAUTIONS.

As St. Martin's-le-Grand we have taken elaborate precautions against fire cutting off telegraphic communication "A special staff is detailed off in case of-Bre to atteri various offices in the City where duplicate | By Order of the Court of Directors,

instruments are kept always available. In N. J. STABB, -

a very short time by moans of this arrange- deling Chief Manajer. Hongkong, August 3, 1909.. 963 ment telegraphic commuiation could be restored. by Eames mentioned timt for the past two or three years, there has been af anticeable decline in telegraphic, "work, NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

mainly in the London local area, owing to the competition of the telephones; but this THE ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY

decline wa now slowing signs of being MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held in the Town Office of the Camsinyed. The decline was practically in pany, Queen's Baildings, Conaught Road, local massages. on MONDAY, the $200 August, 12

HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK

COMPANY, LIMITED.

o'clock Noor, for the purpose of receiving, Ona of the greatest innovations during the Report of the Directors and the State my controllership I consider the develop nient of Accounts to the 30th Juvo, 1910.

The TRANSFER BOOKS, of the Com-mout of the Landon Inter-Communication pany will be CLOSED from the 8th to the System. by means of which telegrams are 22nd August, both days incisive.

By Order of the Board of Directore

WMJOLLY, Secretary

Bongtong, Augant 2, 1910,

844

OWEN B. WILKS & CO.,

now transmitted direct from the offco of

origin to the office of delivery by through fswitching, at the centrát office,-"chus obviating retransiniasion, and consequently accelerating the truftic.

WANTED...

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AGENT.

SZQUES KLIT OF

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COMPOSITIONS

FOR SHIP BOTTOMS (GREYHOUND BRAND).

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The Recital will be given under the distinguished patronage of

Booking at MOUTRIE'S. Hongkong, July 9, 1910.

THE BIRD IN

THE HAND

(ABIRD IN THE BAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH).

"THE bird in the hind to tha

merchant to the customer within

020

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Hongkong, April 12, 1910.

48$

JAPANESE MAKERS.

EVERY KIND

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MADE

TO

ORDER.

CHERRY & Co.,

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Hongkong, May 5, 1910,

678

TORICS

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1910.

THE BEST IS LENSES"

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TORIO lenses are greurd with a deep- inner curve.

......

This inner curve of the TORIC conforms to every movement of the eye and makes the sight equally clear every portion of the glass.

TORICS will set closer to the eye than the ordinary flat lens thus doing away with the annoying reflections from the

the glass."

of

For those who wish the very best in lenses we recommend TORICS.

We manufacture TORICS all pre- Ecriptions in White, London Smoke or Amber

CLARK & Co.,

SCIENTIFIC OPTICIANS.

HONGKONG HOTEL MANSIONS, (First Floor),

PEDDER ST., HONGKONG.

(Sole Manufacturers of Toric Lenses for South China).

*Hongkong, July 20, 1910.

STTM

thousands of Dollars'are saved by the expenditure of as many conte,

BY THE USE OF

SOLIGNUM

THE Wood and Brickirork Prozdrvative which reilly đồng what is claimed for it... IT

-IS ABSOLUTE DEATH TO THE WHITE ÁNTS,

Extepalvely used by the British Government at. Home and Atroard, by B.M. War Department at Bunghong, the Imperial Maritime Customs and all hego local Concerns.

Prospectur samples and all information from the General Agents,

Hongrong, December 7, 1999,

SIEMSSEN & Oo., (Machinery DETT.) BoxazonA.:

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best from Dundee. Domand it.

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Hongkong, June 25, 1909.

THE CHINA MAIL, LTD.

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JAPANESE MASSAGE WAND-MANAGER with expari- The Cheapness and quality or

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