1900-08-22 — Page 1

Hongkong Daily Press.

No 13,246 號陸十肆百弍千叁萬壹第

News Advertisements will be found on page 4.

A HIGH CLASS WINE.

CHAMPAGNE-

BOLL & C

PRICE:

PER CASE 1 Doz. QUARTE

PER CASE 2 Doz. Pisra,

IMPORTED ONLY BY

$42

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED

WINE MERCHANTS.

ESTAŹLISHED 1841.

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CUTLER, PALMER AND CO.

WINE SHIPPERS SINCE 1815, Who have consigued their Brands to Hongkong

for over

ESTABLISHED 1857.

OBIT=** HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22ND 1900.

CUTLER, PALMER & CO.

ESTABLISHED IN LONDON IN 1815.

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

$20 PER DOZ. This ine Wine is old, seft, and of grand favour See analysis and certificate by Professor Cassall. DOURO PORT, $14.25 PER DOZ.

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

ANOTHER FINE COGNAC, $16.75 per dez.

Lear old than the above,

THE ELITE OF WHISKY:-

THE "PALL MALL,

$20 PER DOZ.

11 Years old; the finest quality shipped. Apply to GANDERSON, Each bottles bests an Analyst's certificate.

Hongkong, 13, Praya Central

FAPIER JOHNSTONE'S.

QUARE BOTTLE WHISKY

The sale of this good Scotch increases month by month. It is of Buperb Quality and of

CUTLER, FALMEE & Co, SELECTION.

Sole Agents forit

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

Hongkong

JOHN WALKER & SONS'

FAKOLS

KILMARNOCK WHISKY.

This World-renowneil.

Fine OLD HIGHLAND WHISKIES are shipped

by CUTLER, PALMER & CO., and

are obtainable in Hongkong of

G. CANDERSON,

No. 13, Prays Contral.

Hongkong, 6th July, 1897,

CUTLER, PALMER

& COS

PRICE $10.75 PER DOZEN

NET

SPECIAL BLEND" WHISKY

Blond

of Bolested

Distillations of the

Finest Scotch Whiskies

142

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

Apply to

SIEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong

PORTLAND CEMENT.

[1630s

# ###ABEGATIRÆF - PRIJE $23 PER MONTH

Arrivals, Departures and other Shipping.

UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL Intelligents will be found on pages 6, 6 and

AGENCY (LIMITED.)

BOLE AGENTS IN

HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, FOR THE UNITED ASBESTOS COMPANY, LTD., LONDON,

THE CONTRACTORS TO H. M. GOVERNMENT. MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST QUALITIES OF ASBESTOS PACKINGS &.. "GLADIATOR" Packing for High Pressures. Becognized by feading Engineers to be the best combination of Metal and ASBESTOS ever introduced. Reduces friction to a minimum on Fiston and Valve Reds, and is absolutely imperishable," GLADIATOR" and "VICTOE, METALLIC BOILER JOINTS as SUPPLIED to H. M. and other FOREIGN NAVIES. ASBESTOS SALAMANDER" Non conducting Boiler Covering Competition asel exten- sively by the British and American Navics. ABESTOS FIREPROOF COLOUR and FUNNEL PAINT. SALAMANDER" Lubricating and Cylinder Oile of the Best Qualities. CAURICEDALE METAL" Anti-friction Plastic Metal, recognized by engineering experts to be the best Motul in the Market.

A fiae, fall, and fruity wine.

370)

AMOROSO SHERRY,

$20 PER DOZ.

· LA TORRE SHERRY,

$16.75 PER DOŽ.

A natural and most pleasant wine to the taste,

C. P. & Co.'s OWN SPECIAL

BENEDICTINE LIQUEUR-

BLEND WHISKT,

$10.75 PER DOZ.

Vory soft, palatable, and mature.

D.O.M.,

$39.75 PER DOZ.

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

3Da

AGENTS SIEMSSEN & CO.,

HONGKONG..

MANILA CIGARS.

ALWAYS ON HAND THE BEST MARKS

BMW FROM

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

MJ. M. DE ZUNIGA,

[41s

No. 9, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. Entrance: ICE HOUSE STREET (New Victoria Hotel)

SUMMER DRINKS.

WATKINS FRUIT SYRUP

WITH PLAIN OR AERATED WATER MAKES A MOST DELICIOUS AND

KASPBERRY.

REFRESHING BEVERAGE.

BLACKBERRY:

LEMON.

PEACH

PINEAPPLE.

TAVY

BANANA.

STRAWBERRY. LEMON SQUASH. ORANGE,

CHERRY, &e, &c.

ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WORK.

Chief Superintendent

Superintendent

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THOMAS SKINNER. ARCHIBALD RITOHTE. DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, General Managers.

HATCH, MANSFIELD & CO., LTD.,

WINE MERCHANTS

TO HER MAJESTY AND THE PRINCE OF WALES.

WE ONLY SELL WINES OF GOOD VINTAGES, AND MATURED SPIRITS

FROM WELL-KNOWN DISTILLERIES.

THE AUTHENTICITY OF EVERY WINE AND SPIRIT SOLD BY US 19 GUARANTEED INDEPENDENTLY BY THE BEST KNOWN GROW. ERS, SHIPPERS, OR DISTILLERS.

H

HOTELS.

ONG KONG

H

OTEL

A First Class Hotel in every respect.

Elegantly Furnished Reading, Music, and

Smoking Rooms.

Dining Accommodation for 250 persons. Hydraulic Elevators to every floor.

Cuisine of the best.

Hot and Cold Water throughout

Wines and Groceries imported specially from

Europe and America.

Electric Lighting in the Billiard Rooms.

Wines, &c, cooled by Refrigerator.

All Hotel Linen washed on the premises by

Machinery,

Bedroom Accommodation-132 rooms. Fire Extinguishing Mains on every ficor

CHARGES MODERATE.

THE

PEAK HOTEL.

WE PUBLISH CALENDERS SHOWING THE UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED

OPINION OF CONNOISSEURS AS TO WHICH VINTAGES ARE City Offee: 7, Duddell Street. GOOD, BAD, OR INDIFFERENT, AND INVITE APPLICATION FOR OUR PRICE LISTS WHICH CONTAIN THEM.

QUR QUOTATIONS ARE THE LOWEST OBTAINABLE ANYWHERE.

LINSTEAD & DAVIS,

AGENTS, HONGKONG

Hongkong, 10th August, 1900.

BLATZ.

[112a

36u]

THE STAR MILWAUKEE BEER.

·PER CASK OF 10 DOZ. PINTS

SOLE AGENTS-

$25.00

H. PRICE & CO.,

[2178

12. QUEEN'S ROAD..

KELLY & WALSH, LD.

HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.

(1028

PLUNKET'S GAP, The PEAK, near the

MANAGER.

Terzinu. Tol. 56. For Teras, apply to the Hongkong, 2nd July, 1900.

(1020 THE WAVERLEY HOTEL. ICE HOUSE STREET, HONGKONG. A PRIVATE HOTEL.

FIRST-CLASS

Handsomely Furnished and Exceedingly Spacions Rooms.

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

SINGLE ROOMS from $4 a day, inclusive of BOARD and ATTENDANCE. (45

THE CONNAUGHT

A

HOTEL

FIRST CLASS HOTEL of 45 Bed rooms, elegantly furnished.

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

Special Attention paid to the Confort of Quests.

Cuisine excellent under Experienced Ma- nagement.

Terms Moderats.

A, FONSECA,

Manager.. Hongkong, 1st December, 1899-

"BOA VISTA" HOTEL

[1215

BOOKS BY LAST MAIL. Overland to China, by A. R. Colquhonu,

Illustrated China in Decay, the Story of a Disap- pearing Empire, by Alexia Krause. Cheap Edition,

89.50

Java et Sea Habitants, by J. Chailly-Bert $2.25 The Care of the Child in Health, by N.

Oppenheim a World Politics at the End of the Nine-

3.00

3.50

teenth Century as Influenced by the Oriental Sitration, by Paul S. Reinach 3.50 The Great Siberian Railway, Description

and Map

80

MACAO.

From Sand Hill to Pine, by Bret Harte 1:50 African Nights Entertainment, by A. J.

1.50

1.60

..

1,30

Dawson... Colonial Born, by G. Firth Scott... A Court Intrigue, by Basil Thomsou. At the Sign of the Cross Keys, by Punl

Creswick

1.60

1.50

1.50

THE only FIRST CLASS HOTEL m the

Colony. Moderate terms by the dey month European Management.

Tato (the Rapin) by H. de Vere Stoopoole, Jun Oxber, by Orme Angus, Illustrated

1.50

1.50

150

MACAO is distant 40 miles West of Hong- kong and the journey is made each day (San- dave excepted) by the Magnificent Salocn Steamer HEUNGSHAN in 3 hours, leaving Hongkong at 2 r., and Macao at 8 A.M.

$5.00 per Cask of 375 lbs uet er Factory. $$,00 per Esg of 250 The

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO,

General Managers. Hongkong, 2nd July, 1900,

VICTORIA

CYCLE

EMPORIUM

FILE pleasure of cycling consists in having

a first class Machine, and the above E tablishment is always leading in this rompect. We are Arronte for the famous " NEW HOWE and MONOPOLE CYCLES, and we also sapply fitting of every description Bargains enn be had in second hand Maslines. Repairs executed with promptitude and skill.

Framelling a speciality.

MOKIRDY & CO., 43 & 43, QUEEN 8 ROAD EAST,

Hokgkong, 3rd November, 1890.

MANUFACTURED ONLY BY

WATKINS, LIMITED,

CHEMISTS AND AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS.

86, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG

BISMARCK & CO.,

27 & 28, PRAYA CENTRAL,

CONTRACTORS, SHIP CHANDLERS, PROVISION and COAL MERCHANTS, Hongkong and Fort Arthur CONTRACTORS for the GERMAN and FRENCH NAVY in Hongkong, RUSSIAN NAVY, CHINESE EASTERN RAIL- WAY CO, RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS at Port Arthur.

ABSOLUTE purity can only be obtained by Distillation, Abeslote PURITY can only be obtained by Distillation. Absolute parity CAN only be obtained by Distillation. Absolate purity can ONLY be obtained by Distillation. Absolate parity can only BE obtained by Distillation. Absolute parity can only be OBTAINED by Distillation. Absolute parity can only be obtained BY Distillation. Absolute purity can only to obtained by DISTILLATION.

TRADE

MARK

The Aquarius Co.'s! Table Wateria made from. Puro Treble Distilled

Water only.

[2481s

HONG COMPANY LIMITED.

"ONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TRAM-

TIME TABLE.

WEEK HAYA

7.30 am, to 8306 m... Every quarter of an hour 8.30 km to 9.00am. Every tayy minutes. 9.80 am to 10:430in Every quarter of an hour Every quarter of a hour Every quarter of an bour Every ten minutes

11,80 am to 3.30p.m. 30 p.m. to 6.30pm.

to 8.00p 6.30*pin Night cas at Ads and 0. pita, and from 9.45 pm to 11.15 pan, every half hour. Extrs Night at 11:40 and 11,457

GATUBATE

A SUNDATƐ.

8.15 am to 10:15am,

p.m.

liver

Very half hour

10.30 in. to 11.008m...Every on mutes

Noon to 2 pm.

2.45 pm to 8 pm

Every quarter Every quarter of an hour erofán hour

Night cars at 8.45 pm, and op, and from

8.45 pm to 11.10 p.m. every half hour. SPECIAL CARB by arrangonient at the Com Office, 38 40, Quixen's Road Contrat pany's D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

MaGeneral Mangor. Hongkong 1st May 1830, 52

LEGAL NOTICE.

LEGAL

COTTA M

General Managers AQUARIUS Co.- CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.,

15, Queen's Road.

HONGKONG HOTEL

FOR

CO.,

www

Things Seen, Impressions of Men, Cities, and Books, by the late G. W. Stevens, with Memoir by W. E. Henley, and Portrait Mafeking, a Diary of the Siege, by Major

T. D. Baillie, Illustrated Robert Orange, by John Oliver Hobbes (Sequel to School for Saints"). Paris of To-day, an Intimate Account of Its People, Its Home Life and Places of Interest, by K. de Forest, Illus, 2.25 Artificia! Les Meidt, 97 Illustrations.. and Refrigeration

0.00

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by L. M Black and White Budget Photos and

Pictures of the War in South Africs/L00

Extracte [Sia My Dicouse Daring the War

from the Diary of the Right the Bishop of Natal, Illustrated 1.50 "The Sporte Library-Cricket by Collins, Hearne, Ward, Noble, Lord Harris and others

OVERLAND TRUNKS, LEATHER KIT BAGS, SUMMER UNDERWEAR (in The Life of Lives-Farther Studies in the ....

SILK & INDIA GAUZE),

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

FRENCH ISIGNY

[35n

BUTTER.

FRESH SUPPLY JUST RECEIVED

IN PRIME CONDITION.

PRICE PER 1 LB, TIN

1933

NOLICITOR, Ten Years Practice in New

South Wales, Austs, POONS ENGAGE MENT MANAGINGCLERE srotherwise.

Certificate prodused on application to

WILLIAM FITZHARDINGE Post Office, Hongkong,

1.7%

Life of Christ, by F. W. Farrar, D.D. 9.00

THE TRIAD SOCIETY, or Heaven and Earth Association. THE WHITE LOTUS and other Secret Societies of China, by W. STANTON...

RE-FRINT.

An ABRIDGEMENT of the CHINA COAS- TERS TIDE BOOK, 1900. Containing SIGNALS, TIDES, CURRENTS, &c, on the China Coast, $1.50

ROBINSON PIANO CO., LD.

[30

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.

ROBINSON PIANO CO., LD,

Connection made by Steamer to and from Canton.

TOURISTS should not miss the chance of visiting this famous old City.

For Terms, apply.

J. H. CHESNEY, Manager

Tolegmphic Addres.*' Boaviata,

HING KEE HOTEL.

(ESTABLISHED 1673) MACAO.

41034

THIS-First class and well-famed establishi

Tment is pleassutly situated in the centre

of PRAYA GRANDE, facing south, with a charming view of the sea on the front Com fortable and well furnished Bed rooms,

Cuisine Excellent Prompt Attenance.

Torme very Moderate.

LHÍNG KEE, Proprietor. Telegraphic address ** Hingker”.

(1019 VICTORIA HOTEL.

SHAMEENCANTON

THIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL having

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY, Tbeen thoroughly renovated, and a new

2199

$0.80

$1,55

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

PHOTOGRAPHIC

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

17A, QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG.

$390

HONGKONG.

AERATED WATERS.

SIMPLE AERATED WATER.

LEMONADE.

BARSAPARILLA

TONIC WATER.

SODA WATER.

GINGER ALE.

RASPBERRYADE.

LEMON SQUASH

SPECIAL TERMS to Hotele, Clubs, Messes and her large consumers.

specially built 3 Storey wing added to it, now, afforda splendid Accommodation for 40 to 50 Visitors coun

The Bed Rouzas are airy and comfortsbiv furnished and the Dining and Sitting Rooms are spacious and with every convenience

for Tourists.

Excellent CUISINE and best Wines. The Hotel's Best boards all Steamers on their arrival and departure:

Telegraph sadro "VICTORIA, Canton

A. B. C. and Al Codes used.

MADAR & FARMER, T. F. DA CRUZ,

Proprietora.

Manager.

[33a Hongkong, 16th November, 1899,

THE