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MILK

WORLD

The China Mail.

ESTABLISHED

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1912

1845

MMUNEY

JAPANESE

No. 15,808

蟹八十月五句出。

一百九千一其

Business Notices.-

WATSON'S

OLD BLENDED

MOTOR BOATS.

Fast Launches and Tugs.

GLENLIVET

Light Draft Steamers,

CONSTRUCTIONAL WORE AND REPAIRS,

WHISKY

子壬大葳年十一百大千四元起

Business Notices.

FAIRALL & CO.

PRION, 8800 Per Month

Business Notices.

A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION for

over THREE-QUARTERS of a CENTURY.

New Lingerie Gowns and Skirts WILKINSON'S

LATEST MODES.

The

Want spank

EXTRACT

SARSAPARILLA

Pronounced by the HONEST, MIGICAL

Guaranteed entirely distilled W. S. BAILEY & Co., Ltd NEW MILLINERY WONDERFUL PURIFIER of the HUMAN BLOGS

in Scotland and thoroughly matured by age, being shipped from our stocks of Old Whisky in the

WEST HIGHLAND BOND-

ED WAREHOUSES,

SCOTLAND.

GREENOCK

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ld.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. «

POPULAR

ASAHI BEER

SAHI

BEE

LAGER REED

OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE.

SOLE AGENTS

Mitsui Bussan Kaisha.

Hongkong, January 3, 1912.

THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH.

$20

In De Otto Jespersen's book on the *Growth and Structure of the English Language," the closing chapter contains a very interesting discussion on the Ex. pansion of English. Entil Jess than a contury ago, there were far fewer English spendiers in the world than speakers of German, French, Russian, and Spanish. In 1512, Richard Mulcaster wrote: "The English tongue is of snill reach, stretch-

TELEGRAM

Received on 11. 11. 11" from”. LONDON

We beg to inform you ROYAL WARRANT AWARDED

our Company for Milk.

| TRADE MARK

(CONDENSED MILK.

Dress Materials, Embroidered Robes, Parasols, en tout cas, gloves, etc.

2 PEDDER STREET.

Telephone 644

KELLY & WALSH, LTD

COLONIAL LIBRARY,

#1.75 each or 3 for 83.00.

The Unknown Steersman, Irone Buru. Paul's Dragon, W. E. Norris,

A Derelict Empire, Mark Time.

MILKMAID STERILIZED NATURAL MILK. On Jantic, Rita.

EVAPORATED CREAM...

On Sale at All Stores.

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The Unholy Estate, Douglas Sladen.

The Matador of the Five Towns, Arnold

Berinett.

The Debtor, Mary Dickens Initials Only, Anna Katherine Green.... Tellowsands, Adam Whyte,

The River of Unrest; Bertram Mitford. Har Sacrifice, Arthur Applin.** Anna Strelita, Low Lathen. The Snake, Inglis Powell,

A Faury Land Forlorn, Mas Penrose.

HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO The Heart of Delilah, G. Wilson.

AND

WEST RIVER STEAMERS.

JOCVT SERVICE OF

THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO

AND THE CHINA · · NAVIGATION CO., LTD

HONGKONG-CANTON - LINE..

HONGKONG TO CANTON,

8.00..HEUNGSHAN. 10.00.M. HONAM."

10.00 F. FATSHAN.

CANTON TO (HONGKONG.

8.00 .M. HUNAM:" 5.00. KINSHAN.”

SUNDAY. 19th MAY.

74.00 z..

HONGKONG-MACÃO LINE.

B.S. SUI TAI Tons 1651.

* HEUNGSHAN.

S.S. SUI AN' Tons 1651, HONGKONG TO MAOAO.

A Son of Perdition, Fergus Hume. Manalive, Chesterton.

Marjorie Stevens, Taubman Goldie. Esther, Agnes Jacomb.

The Shadow of Neeme, Lady Bancroft.

80 Cents Each.

The Life Sentence, Victoria Cross. The Gathering of Brother. Hilarius,

Michael Fairless,

A Naturalist in the Guiness, E. Andra,,

The Man Who Wasn't, Capt. Dallas.

The Caged Lion, Charlotty Young, Araminta, J. C. Snaith,

The Story of the Gaides, Col. Young-

husband.

In India, Steevens.

Gardening for the Ignorat, Baris and

CAMOL

The Renaissance, Walter Patar.

30 Conta Each, 3 for 21.00. N A Woman Perfected, Richarh Marsh The Eye of Istar, Le Queux, Mistress Cynthia, May Wynne.

The Plunderers, Oppenheim. Like Dinn's Kiss, Rita.

Black. the Story of a Dog, Alexandre

Dimins.

Tables of Stone, Harold Begbie. Zove Covers All, Jenn Owon.

The Kingdom of Man, Sir Ray |

Lankester.

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

(Opposite the Clock Tower),

DISPENSING AND FAMILY CHEMISTS.

IMPORTERS OF

PROPRIETARY MEDICINES,

Wock days 15 84.3. & 2 pat from the Company's Wing Low Street Watch Toilet Articles. Perfumery, Soaps,

Sunday, at 9.H. & 12.30 PM. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Whart

MACAO TO HONGKONG.

Week-days at 7.30 AM. and 2 P.M. Bundays, at 7.30am. and 5 r..

EXCURSION TO MACAO.

SUNDAY, 19th MAY.

The Company's Steamship SUI AN,'

CIGARS, CIGARETTES, TOBACCOS,

THE HONGKONG HOTEL.

will depart from the Company's WING LOK STREET WHARF 94 THOROUGHLY Departure from Macao at 4 2.25.

N.B. The Company will also run a steamer from Macao on Sunday leaving at 7.30 AM. and from Hongkong at 12.30 PM, from the Company's Wing Lok Stront

Wharf.

K

FARES AS USUAL.

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

CANTON-MACAO LINE.

B. S. HOL-SANG. 457 Tais,"

ing no further than this island of ours, Departures frces alacso to Canton on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at er.

Departures from Canton to Macao on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 4.30 ..

any, not there mer all." As late as 1714 Veneroni published an Imperial Dictionary" of the four chief innguages of Europe, Among which English did not figure. They were Italian, French, German, and Latin. De Jespersen bas compiled a table showing approximately the number of millions of people speaking English, German, Russia, Franch, Spanish, and

JOINT SERVICE OF

HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., LA, THE CHINA- NAVIGATION COMFANY, LT, AND THE INDO-CHINA STRAM NAVIOätion CoMFANY, LAD.

CANTON-WUCHOW LINE.

8.8. BAINA, 688 Tons, and S.8. NANNING" 665 Tons.

One of the above steamers leaves Cacton for Wuchow every Monday, Wednesday

and Friday, st about 8 A.., and the other leaves Wuchow for Canton on the same days

UP то DATE

WITH EVERY MODERN LUXURI LA LA CARTE" GRILL: ROOM

BAK

HOTEL

PAANOMIRABLY SITUATED AT VICTORIA GAP.

Adjoining the Tramway Terminus, 1,600 feet above Sea Level

\PEN to the South Winds in Summer and protected from the North-mat Winds in. Winter Commanding a magniß cont view of Houghtong, the harbour and adjacent island for forty miles.

A FIRST CLASS FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND TOURISTH HOTEL,

Terme ---From $5 per day Mex

Telegraph Add 'Peaceful." Town Ofics, D's Voxox Roin.

Hongkong February 8, 1908.

GRAND HOTEL.

NO. 2, Queen's Road Central [1FIRST-CLASS AND UP-TO-DATE - HOTEL.

Italian at the end of each of the past five at B,90.Round trips take about 5 daya. Passengers can return to Hargkong of UNTIRELY", under: European management." Bitusted mi the most central postácte

centuries. We extract the figures for four of these languages. The numbers without brackets' represent the lowest catinate, those in brackets the highest; -:-Year. English-Gerissa. French, Spanish. 1500 4(5) .10 10 (12) * 8 1-2 16000

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81-2

10

1700 8 1-2 10

1800 20 (40) 33 (33) 27 (31). 26

8 1.2

1907 110 (125) 75 (80) 70 (85) 44 (58)

How mgr English-speakers will there be'i

In thú your 20007 Dr. Jasperson is not

vice versa by the Company's direct stormers LINTAR and BANUI These vansela have superior Osbin accommodation and are lighted throughout by electricity. Electric Fan in each Cabin..

Booking Office open daily (Sunday excepted) 9 to 5 Further particulars may be obtained at the Office of the

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

HOTEL MANSIONS (FIRST FLOOR)

Opposite the Blake Pian

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out.

Largs and Alty Rooms, Inxuriously furnished, Electric Light and Fans through, Sanitary arrangements of the latent, pattern

'QUBINE UNDER. ZUROPEAN SUPERVISION, Ladies Afternoon Les Borgs."" Special zatos for married families on: application to the Manger

DHARGES MODERA VEN

7. REICHMANN) Proprietor tazino "Adapuna, (Confont." Kongkusan

ongkung, Lorenber 10, 1909)

SOENTO RAILWAY SINGON & CO. ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL

rush enough to attempt any estimate, He (THE ame as was shown at the HONG-

brings his book to a close with the follow-

KONG UNIVERSITY BAZAAR,

Jag paragraph, which ought to bring home will be open to the public from

KAZANLIKED A1, 1880

"RON. STEEL, SMETAL" and "HARD-

WASE MERCHANTS, Wholesale

and Retail Ironmongera Pig Iron and keepers and Shipchandters: Nos. 35 and

to us our responsibilities towards the great WEDNESDAY, 1st MAY, 1819, Foundry Coke Importers General Store

medium of human interepnurse which we

ve the good fortune to call our mother

at the

OLD LAND OFFICE DE QUEEN'S BOLD

The curse of Eabol is beginning to lose (opposite the foot of D'Aguilaz Btreat)

its sting, and it must be a source of grati fication to mankind that the tongas spoken

30: EXTRA by two of the greatest Powers of the world.

Vit-o exhi sonable, so rich, say

sa pliant, so expressivë,

20 ROUND BoLinteresting the language we thrills and exe growth and structure I have been here.

g to characterise

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of Lime Loang. Brazer, (2nd Street; west 37, Central Market) Telephone No. 515.

Hongkong Beptember 4, 1909, 129

(LATE CONNAUGHT HOTEL).

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Regal Racently renovstad, and under antiraly fortabla Booma, Essalient Ontaine, under för

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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LI

PORTLAND CEMENT

Casks of 375 ILs, net,

Bags of 250 lbs

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MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS

HEAD OFFICE:

7 JINKER KOAD

SHANGHA

ELEC FANS GENI EGLEJU,

16. Des Voeux Road,

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WORKS:

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Large Stocks held of all Electrical Supplies. WIRUS CABLES, FLEXIBLES, INSULATING TAPER, ELECTRIC LIGHT FITTINGS:

VELEPHONES, BELLS, : BATTERIES, “SIJĀDES. – ARCI ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCESSORIES,

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DES VEUX ROAD,

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