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The China Ittail.

號三月五年二十一百九千一其

Business Notions.

MOTOR BOATS.

-百大千四元

THORNE'S

OLD VAT

Fast Launches and Tugs,

Light Draft Steamers.

CONSTRUCTIONAL WORK AND REPAIRS

SCOTCH WHISKY

A.THORNE & SONS, LO

GREENOCK & LONDON

ABEMONG BLINKOVET WETHALEN STRÄNIPER NE 2843 420K, MONLAND OYYNELLRY, GETEMOCESS BLÊN MORAL, GLENLIVET MISTYLARAK SUŠIKAS

SOLE AGENTS. IN HONG KONG,ÖPEKA & MANILLA, AS WATSON & CO.LTD

POPULAR.

ASAHI BEER

OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE.

JOLETAGENTS:

Mitsui Bussan Kaisha,

Hongkong, January 3, 1912..

LOST LINERS.

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1912

Business Notices.

PRICE 88.00

Business Fotioar

VICTORIA DISPENSARY GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD

(Opposite the Clock Tower).

DISPENSING AND FAMILY CHEMISTS. PORTLAND CEMENT

IMPORTERS OF

W. S. BAILEY & Co. Ltd PROPRIETARY MEDICINES,

TELEGRAM

Received o 11. 11. 11, from LONDON

'We beg to mform you ROYAL WARRANT AWARDED

our Company for Milk.

TRADE MARK

(CONDENSED MILK.

Toilet Articles, Perfumery, Soaps, CIGARS, CIGARETTES, TOBACCOS.

MASSEY'S COMMERCIAL MAP & DIRECTORY.

NOW COMPILING

To Advertisers and Residents i HEADS OF BUSINESS HOUSES, PROFESSIONAL MEN, SECRETARIES of CLUBS,

MILKMAID STERILIZED NATURAL MILK MANAGERS of HOTELS,

EVAPORATED GREAM-

On Sale at All Stores,

PRINCIPALS and MATRONS of HOSPITALS,

and ALL RESIDENTS are requested to send in full

HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO For Fan,

AND

WEST RIVER STEAMERS.

JOLT SERVICE, OF

THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO SILAMBOAT CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA - NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

NAME

ADDRESS.

particulars.

TELEPHONE NUMBER CAFFE ADDRESS......

Hongkong, February 12, 1912,"

THE

EA. MASSEY,

$3,- Kzo. Edward Huski.

1141

LEEDS FORGE CO., LD., LEEDS.

Commencing frem Saturday, 13th April, the following will be the running of the Specialists in the Mamfacture of RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK of every deemption Canton Stemmerz, antil farther notice.

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

BONGKONG TO CANTON.

8.00 st. 10.00 P.M.

· HONAM* HEUNGSHAN.'

CANTON TO HONGKONG.

SATURDAY, 4th MAY.-

2.00 ... HEUNGSHAN.' 5.00 ... • KINSHAN."

SUNDAY, 5th MAY.

4.00 P.M. HONAM,'

HONGKONG-MAÇÃO LINE,

8.8. SUI TAI' Tous 1631.

10.00 .M. FATSHAN.

6.8. SUI AN' Tons 1881. HONGKONG TO MAOAO. Wook days at 8. & P. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf, 522'Sunday, at 9. & 12.30 P.M. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf:

MACAO TO HONGKONG.

Week days at 7:30 AM. and 2 r... Sundays, af 7.30 a.. and 5 2.1.

EXCURSION TO MACAO.

SUNDAY, 5th MAY.

Strange Disappearances at Sea The Company's Steamship 'SUI AN,’

91.

will depart from the Compay's WING LOK STREET WHARF at Departure from Macao at 5-7

N.B.The Copany will also run a steamer from Macax on Ennday leaving at and from Hongkong st 12.80 r., from the Company's Wing Lok Best This Steamer connects with the excursion steamer returning from Maeso at bra. FARES AS USUAL

In an article on “Lost Liners" in a recent number of Chambers' Journal, Mr 7.30

Wharf Joseph Horner recalls the number of vessels which have from time to time dis- appeared mysteriously, leaving not a single survivor to tell the story."

In the North Atlantic service alone, between 1841 and 1890, no fewer than 7.

Further particulars may be obtained at the Office of the Company.

CANTON-MACAO - LINK.

8. S. HOI-SANOJAMASI TODA

twenty-four big steamers were totally Departures from alacao to Canton on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at z

blotted out of human knowledge, together Departuren from Canton to Macae on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 4.30 r.K. with their crews and passengers, number-

ing 1,453. The President, with 136 souls

JOUT SERVICE-OF

on board, was the first of these to be lost Hosozono, CANTON AND Macao Steamboat Co., Lan, Tax CHIA NAVIGAT

COMFANT, LIDA AD The Indo-CHINA STRAK NAVIGATION COMPANY, I

for ever in 1841. The City of Glargow

disappeared in 1854 without leaving a traco. and she had 480-soula on board. In 1856

+

DIR- CANTON-WUCHOW LINE

8.8. "ISAINAM," 188 Tone, and 8.5. NANNING. 545 Tonn

the Pacific, with a liring freight of 240,

iled from Liverpool in June, and was One of the above steamers leaves Canton for Wachaw, every Monday, Wednesday "never mara heard of. The Tempest, with and Friday, at about 8.x, and the other leaves Winbow for Canton on the same days 150 souls, mysteriously disappeared in at 8.30A.M. Round trips take about 5 dage. Pamongers can return to Hongkong or vice versa by the Company's direct steamers LINTAN and BANUI Thots Yamal are lighted throughout by electricity Electris

1859) The City of Boston, with 170 por have superior Cabin stenmmodation and are lighted throughout. song, vanished in 1870. The Huronian, Fan in each Cabin,

an Allas Liner, dimppeared in 1902, and the British gunbost Condor was lost in the Pacile in 1001 In 1893 a cattle steamer, ibe Masonic, with' seventy-seven hands, was lost

"Aito - thy," possible, causes of," the estastrophes it is only possible to surmise capeizing: damage from within, such, as explosion, breakdown of machinery, or fire for damage from without, such as -collisina with an jeeberg or with a derelict'

Booking Office open daily (Sunday excepted) 3. to Br Further particulas may be obtained at the Office of the

- HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO, VID

A HOTEL MANSIONS (FE FLOOR)

Opposite the Bake

SCENIC RAILWAY

MEE mine as was shown at the HONG-

Pioneers in the design, and manufacture o

PRESSED STEEL UNDERFRAMES, AND BOGIES AND ALL-STRET RAILWAY WAGGONS.

The Undersigned have been appointed Sole Agents in Hongkong and China:

The Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering

(c. of Hongkong, Id.,

Hongkong, October 8, 1911.

AGENTS, BUTTERFIELLS & SWIRE

an Casks at 575 Iba NEE

In: (Bagu of: 958 Ibe met.]

Shewan, Tomes & Co.,

GENERAL MANAGERSY

SUMMER SEASON 1919 FAIRALL & CO.

ARD SHOWING

NEW MILLINERY

of Every Description

Made up Novelties

LINGERIE FROCKS.

New Laces, Ribbons, etc.

2 PEDDER STREET:

Telephone 644

SOLIGNUM.

Made in several shades of Brown,

Green and Red

SOLIGNUM is the best preseryutive of frood frag

vermin. It is easily applied, has great covering power, and septic and disinfecting properties which render it, particularly suitable

all woodwork of Hospitals, etc.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL. Solignum is death to the White Ant.

THOROUGHLY

196

DATE WITH "EVERY MODERN LUXURY LA CARTE GRILL ROOM.

AK

J, H. TAGGART, · Manager

HOTEL.

DVDICIÁRUT SITUATED AT VICTORIA-GAP. Adjoining the Tramway Tersinna, 1,100 foot above 862 Level

PEN to the South Winds in Sommer and protected from the North-st Winds in Winter Commanding a magnificent view of Hongkong, the harbour and discent island for forby zillow...

FIRST-CLASS FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, AND TOURISTS HOTEL Santa Terus sind voldi 35 per day Mex by Telegraph Add: Parceful..

Das VORUT BOL

Homoking! Pabruary

PINTIREL

the Manager

Light and Fans through:

SINGON & CO. ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL

KONG UNIVERSITY BAZAAR FRON

haik, bare all been suggested to explain will be open to the pubila ya the losses of vessels. The Captain.capaized.

and hundreds of lives were lost, and WEDNESDAY, 1ST MAY 1912

now seemed that the, Werstah supersed

by musen of top-heaviness. As to damage

to machinery,

Old Land OFFICE, IF QUE

have the ins of the (opposite the foot of Dag

City of Paris, which bad a big smash in

tho. Irial

rooms in 1800. She was

at but though both óms were flied with water in ten

Will be exhimi

the was kept afloat, owing to her go

ents, for throdada ya

probably

ENTRAL

THE GRAND CARLTON HOTEL

The whole of th superstructural woodwork

the New Star Ferry Pier at Hongkong has

been treated with Solignum,

Sole Agents for

Hongkong, Canton & South Ching

SIEMSSEN & Co.,

(Machinery Dept.)

V FINE RECORD

KUPPER PILSENER

BEER

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