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Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

No 13,231 就肆十叁百弍千叁萬壹 日肆十初月粜年六十二精光 HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8TH, 1900. 叁拜

New Advertisements will be found on page 4.

IN HOT CLIMATES

DRINK

RAINIER BEER.

IT BENEFITS THE STOMACH,

KIDNEYS AND LIVER.

SOLE IMPORTERS--

A. S. WATSON & CO..

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED 1841.

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UTLER, PALMER AND CO

WINE SHIPPERS SINCE 1815,

Who have consigned their Brands to Hongkong

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for over half a century.

Apply to G. C. ANDERSON,

Hongkong, 13, Praya Contral

"APIER JOHNSTONE'S.

QUARE BOTTLE WHISKY

SQUARE

The sale of this good Scotch increases month

by month. It is of Superb Quality and of

CUTLER, PALMER & Cols SELECTION,

Sole Agents for it-

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LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

Hongkong.

JOHN WALKER & SONS'

FAMOUS

KILMARNOCK WHISKY.

This World-renowned."

Fine OLD HIGHLAND WHISKIES are shipped

by CUTLER, PALMER & CO., and

are obtainable, in Hongkong of

G C ANDERSON,

No. 13, Praya Centrali

Hongkong, 26th July, 1807,

CUTLER, PALMER

& COS

PRICE $10.75 PER DOZEN

NET

SPECIAL BLEND " WHISKY

Blend

of Seleated Distillations of the Finest Scotch Whiskies

Apply to

SIEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong.

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Telophone 75.

FOR BATHING PARTIES.

CHERRY WHISKY

CHERRY BRANDY

Only the Best Brands kept in

`stock.

30%)

BLACKBERRY BRANDY

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

15, Queen's Road.

F3ta

COTTAM &

CO

HONG KONG HOTEL

FOR

BILK or INDIA GAUZE),

鍵捌月捌年百九千壶英港香

MANILA CIGARS.

ALWAYS ON HAND THE BEST MARKS FROM

LA INSULAR" AND "LA PERLA DE ORIENTE" FACTORIES,

J. M. DE ZUNIGA, No. 9. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

Entrance: ICE HOUSE STREET (New Victoria Hotel)

PRICE $21 PER MONTH

Arrivals, Departures and other Skipping

Intelligence will be found on peges 5,6 and 7.

HOTELS.

H

ONG KONG.

H

OTEL

A First Class Hotel in every respect.

UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL By Pied Boiling. Music

AGENCY (LIMITED.)

SOLE AGENTS IN

HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, FOR THE UNITED ASBESTOS COMPANY, LTD., LONDON, CONTRACTORS TO H. M. GOVERNMENT. MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST QUALITIES OF ASBESTOS PACKINGS & "GLADIATOR" Facking for High Pressures. Recognized by lealing Engineers to be the best combination of Metal and ASBESTOS ever introduced. Reduces friction to a minimum on Piston and Valve Rods, and is absolutely iniperishable. GLADIATOR" and "VICTOR. METALLIC BOILER JOINTS as SUPPLIED to H. M. and other FOREIGN NAVIES. ASBESTOS SALAMANDER Non-conducting Boller Covering Composition used exten- sively by the British and American Navies. ABESTOS FIREPROOF COLOUR and OVERLAND TRUNKS, LEATHER KIT BAGS, SUMMER UNDERWEAR (in FUNNEL PAINT SALAMANDER" Lubricating and Cylinder Oils of the Best Qualities. CAURICEDALE METAL" Anti-friction Plastic Metal, recognized by engineering exports. to be the best Metal in the Murket.

ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WORK.

Chief Superintendent Superintendent

WHITE CANVAS BOOTS and SHOES, &c., &c.

FRENCH ISIGNY

...THOMAS SKINNER.

ARCHIBALD RITCHIE. "DODWELL & CO. LIMITED, General Managers,

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

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BUTTER. 378]

FRESH SUPPLY JUST RECEIVED

SIMPLE AERATED WATER.

LEMONADE.

IN PRIME CONDITION.

PRICE PER 1 LB. TIN

$0.80

$1.55

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

PHOTOGRAPHIC

PLATES, PAPERS AND CHEMICALS. EASTMANS KODAK'S, FILMS AND ACCESSORIES, DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN. A. CHEE & Co.,

17, QUEEN'S BOAD, HONGKONG.

CUTLER, PALMER & CO.

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HONGKONG.

AERATED WATERS.

SARSAPARILLA.

TONIC WATER.

Smoking Rooms.

Dining Accommodation for 250 persons, Hydraulic Elevators to every floor. Cuisine of the best..

Hot and Cold Water throughout

and

Wines and Groceries imported specially from

Europe and Americs.

Electric Lighting in the Billiard Rooms. Wines, &e,, cooled by Refrigerator,

All Hotel Linen washed on the premises by

Manhinery.

Bedroom Accommodation-132 rooms

Fire Extinguishing Mains on every floor

CHARGES MODERATE.

144

THE

PEAK HOTEL.

·SODA WATER.

GINGER ALE.

RASPHERRYADE.

LEMON SQUASH

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City Office: 7, Duddell Street:

11028

SPECIAL TERMS to Hotels, Clubs, Messes and other large consurora.

ROBINSON PIANO CO., ́LD.

SOLE AGENTS FOR THE SPECIALLY PREPARED MODELS OF ALL THE FAMOUS MAKERS. AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND GERMAN. EVERY PIANO SOLD BY US IS FULLY GUARANTEED BOTH BY THE MAKERS AND OURSELVES.

[390%

14470

ESTABLISHED IN LONDON IN 1815... SHIPPERS TO CHINA FOR 75 YEARS. Their Brands are favourably known all over the World. The following are some of their Stocks with the undersigned :---- SUPERB OLD COGNAC, C.P. & Co.'s INVALIDS' PORT,

$22.50 PER DOZ. Distinguished by 4 Stars on the label.

142 ANOTHER FINE COGNAC, $16.75 per doz

Less old than the above.

HONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL, TRAM.

WAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

TIME TABLE WEEK DAYS. 7:30 am to 8.30am, Every quarter of an hour 5.30 am to 0.30am. Every ten minutes, 9.30 am to 10.43 a... Every quarter of an hour 11:30 am to 3.30pm...Every quarter of an hour 3.30 pm. to 6.30pm....Every quarter of an hour 6.30 p.m. to 8.00p.m....Every ten minutes Night cars at 8.45 pm, and 6 pm, and from 9.45pm. to 1116.p.m. every half hour. BATURDAYS. Extra Night ears at 11.30 nad 11.45 p.m. 8.15 am to 10.15am, Every half hour 10.30 am to 11:00a.m...Every ten minutes.

BUNDAYS,

THE ELITE OF WHISKY:

THE "PALL MALL,

$20 PER DOZ.

11 Years old; the finest quality shipped.

Esch bottles bears an Analyst's certifiente.

$20 PER DOZ. This fine Wine is all, soft, and of grand flavumri See analysis and certificate by Professor Cassall

;

36a3

DOURO PORT, $14.25 PER DOZ.

A fino, fall, and fruity wine.

AMOROSO SHERRY,

820 PER DOZ.

LA TORBE SHERRY,

$16.75 PER DOZ.

ROBINSON PLANO CO.. LD.

BLATZ.

THE STAR MILWAUKEE BEER.

PER CASK OF 10 DOZ. PINTS

SOLE AGENTS

$25.00

H. PRICE & CO..

12, QUEEN'S ROAD.

KELLY & WALSH, LD.

NEW BOOKS BY LAST. MAIL How England Saved Europe, by W. H.

Fitchett, 4 vols., Cloth

$ 8,00 4 vols., Paper

... 6.00 Essays And Esany Writing for Public

Examinations, by A. W. Roady, B.A. 225 Gordon Lengne Ballads for Working Men and Women, by Jim's Wife.... Some Notable Hamlets of the Present Tino (Bernhardt, Irving, Barrett, Treo. &o., &c.). by Clement Sentt

246 P.01. 10 M. Every quarter of an hour C. P. & Co.'s OWN SPECIALA natural and most pleasant wine to the taste. Little Folk & Many Landz. by Louise

p.a to pan. quarter ofan hour:

Night ears at 8.45 p.in, and Up, and from,

45 p.in. to 11.15 pm every balf hour.

SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Com- pany's Office, 38 & 40, Queen's Road Contal.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

Geremi Binungere.

Hongkong, let May 1899.

WING CHEONG.

Dealers in

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JEWELRY, PEARLS. DIAMONDS CURIOS, JADESTONEWARE, CARVED IVORYWARE, SILKS, and GRASS

CLOTHS.

AND

GENERAL EXPORTERS.

Wa beg to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of this Colony that we commenced Business on the 11th April, 1900, and we solicit their kind patronage

Nos. 13, D'AGUILAR STREET.

Behind Hongkong Dispensary. Hongkong, 5th April, 1900,

THE

·(1910

FIGHTING AT TIENTSIN..

WE HAVE A SMALL QUANTITY OF PLANS OF TIENTSIN FOR SALE

PRICE

75 Cents cach

THE Plans show the latest oxtensions in the Foreign Settlements at Tientsin, position of the Public Buildings, &c.

Printed by Messrs. JOHN BARTHOLEMEW

AND Co., Edinburgiu vei

DAILY PREES OFFICE.

Hoogkerg, 17th July, 1000,

BLEND WHISKY,

$10.75 PER DOZ.

Very soft, palatable, and mature.

NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS. The TRIAD SOCIETY or Heaven, and Earth Association, the WHITE LOTUS and other Secret Societies of Chins, by W. STANTON BACON'S LARGE PRINT WAR

$ 3.50

MAP of CHINA ̈`* The STRAND WAR MAP of CHINA Patriotism or Self Advertisement? A Social Note on the War, by Maris Corelli

HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.

PTram Terminus.

LUNKETS GAP, The PEAK, near the Tel. 56.

For Terms, apply to the

...... MANAGER. 2

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Hongkong, 2nd July, 1900.

THE

WAVERLEY HOTEL, ICE HOUSE STREET, HONGKONG.

FIRST-CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL.

Handsomely Furnished and Exceedingly Spacious Rooms,

Very MODERATE TERMS FAMI- LIES, by the DAY, WEEK, or MONTH.

SINGLE ROOMS from $4 a day, inclusive of BOARD and ATTENDANCE. [45 THE CONNAUGHT HOTEL.

A FIRST CLASS HOTEL of 45 Bed.

rooms, elegantly furnished,

The Hotel is situated near all the Banks and Prindpal Offices in the Colony.

Special Attention paid to the Comfort of Guests

Cuisine excellent; under Experienced Ma- nagement.

Terms Moderate.

A. FONSECA,

Manager. Honkong. 1st December, 1890.

"BOA VISTA” · HOTEL

MACAO.

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Toby, Moderato torns by the day or

HE only FIRST CLASS HOTEL in the

month. European Management.

MACAO is distant 40 miles West of Hong 35 kong and the journey is made each day (Son 1.50 days excepted by the Maguifeont Baloon Steamer HEUNGAHAN in 3 hours, leaving Hongkong at 2 P.M., and Macto nt 8 A.m

1.75

80

40

1.75

20

Jarday Min, Illustrated

-

3.00

Coell Bhodos, kis Political Life and

The Downfall of Prempeh, by Buden

Powell

35

BENEDICTINE LIQUEUR-

Speeches, 1881-1900, by Vindex- Portrait and Map

We Three and Troddles, by R. Andom..

Boy, by Marie Coralli

5.00

D.O.M..

Croquet up to Date, by Arther Lillie,

Illustrated

6.50

Swimming and Pole, by A. Finclair and

$39.75 PER DOZ.

W. Henry Hadminton Library." New Edition Tes Machinery and Tos Factories, by Al

JWallis Taylor, 223 Ilustrations 10:00 BRASSEY'S NAVAL ANNUAL, 1900 10.00 Hack Heart and White, by Rider Haggard 150 Sandow's Strength and How to Obtain Fears Encyclopedia

It, with Anatomical Chart 14a Pearson Magazine, vol. Jan, to Jane,

A Popular History of the Church of

England, by the Bishop of Ripon Janice Meredith, by Paul Leicester Ford Fée, by Max Pemberton

3.50

1,50

1.50

From Fea

0.50

to Sea, by Rudyard Kipling, 2

3.00

175

Little Auna Mark, by S. R. Crockett Gal's Gossip, by A. M. Binstead. The

Pink Un's Pitcher

1,50

SANDOW'S OWN COMBINED

DEVELOPERS."

2.25

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VERYBODY SHOULD TRY THESE ITEMS, THEY ARE UNEQUALLED AT THE PRICE

AGENTS STEMSSEN & CO., HONGKONG.

SUMMER DRINKS.

WATKINS FRUIT SYRUP

WITH PLAIN OR AERATED WATER MAKES A MOST DELICIOUS AND

RASPBERRY.

REFRESHING BEVERAGE.

BLACKBERRY.

LEMON.

PEACH

PINEAPPLE.

BANANA,

STRAWBERRY. LEMON SQUASH. ORANGE,

CHERRY, &e., &e.

MANUFACTURED ONLY BY

WATKINS, LIMITED,

CHEMISTS AND AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS,

66, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG

BISMARCK

& CO.,

CAMERATA PRA, FRAYA CENTRAL A

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VICTORIA

CYCLE EMPORIUM.

THE

4,50

HE pleasure of cycling consists in having a first class Machine, and the above Ee tablishment is always leading in this respect. Wear Agents for the fanionsFEW HOWE" sad MONOPOLE" CYCLES, and we also supply fitting of every description. Bargains can be bad in second hand Machines Hepairs executed with promptitude and skill

Enamelling a speciality

MAKIRDY & CO., 44, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST. Hakgkong, Sad November, 1899. DE 12461–

AMERICAN PORTABLE WOODEN HOUSES

HE Undersigned have been appointed AGENTS, suit are prepared to accept wakorders for a rariety of designs. - Particulare on application to

WOODS I CO Queen & Road Central

TAVY CONTRACTORS, SHIP CHANDLERS. PROVISION and COAL

NEROHANTS, Hong and Fort Arthur CONTRACTORS for the GERHAN 444 FRENCH NAVI Hgkong, RUSSIAN NAVE CHINESE EASTERN RAIL

199 WAX CO, RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS at Port Arthur (1215 Hongkong, 17th April, 1900,

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

PORTLAND CEMENT 25.00 per Cask of 375 lbs, not ex Factory. $8.00 per Bag of 250 lbe,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers. Hongkong, 2nd July, 1900,

1696

HOTEL

HOTEL DE LA PAIX.

BOULEVARD CHARNER AND RUE

D'ORMY, SAIGONNA

Connection made by Company's Steamer to and from Canton,

TOURISTS should not miss the chance of visiting this famous okl

¤ City, For Terms, apply

J. HACHESNEY, Manegar Telexraphic Address, Boavista.

HING KEE HOTEL. ESTABLISHED 1873)

MACAO.

F1034

8-First class and well-fined establish- mant is pleasantly situated in the centre of PEATA GRANDE, facing south, with a charming view of the ses on the front. Com fortable and well furnished Bed-rooms

Cuisine Excellent. Prompt Attendance.

Terms very Moderate

L. HING KEE. Proprietor. Telegraphic addras · Hingkro 1919

VICTORIA HOTEL

SHAMEEN-CANTON.

THIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL having Tbeon thoroughly renovated and a How specially built 3 Storey wing added to it, now affords splendid Accommodation for 40 b 50 Visitors on

The Bed Rooms are siry and comfortably, HE Undersigned respectfully beg to infurnished and the Dining and Sitting Rooms form the Public that they will taks, uver are apacions and replete with every convenfonce the above ESTABLISHMENT from the Ist for Tourists, week Angust next to reizi dze

Excellent CureINE and best Wines. They recommend their excellent Anglo- French cuisine. Drinks of the best qualify only their arrival and departure.

The Hotel's Bast boards all Steamers on are served Hongkong and Singapore papers.

Telegraph address VICTORIA, Cantos, Three minutes walk from the fagstaff A. AD. Cand Al Codas used.

RICHARDSON & CO., MADAR & FARMER,

Proprietors Hongkong, 11th June 1900,

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Proprietom, VAT

TFDA CRUZ. Maunger

Hongkong, 16th November. 1899,