1900-10-15 — Page 1

Hongkong Daily Press,

ESTABLISHED 1857.

No 13,292 號弍十玖百弍千叁萬壹第

New Advertisements will be found on page 2.

MALARIAL

THE

MOSQUITO

IS EFFECTUALLY

ΕΧΤΣΕ MINATED

THE JUDICIOUS USE OF

BY

WATSON'S HYGIENOL.

A. S. WATSON & CO.

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED 1841.

181632

CO.

CUTLER. PALMER AND SOC

WINE SHIPPERS SINCE 1815, Who have consigned their Brands to Hongkong for over half a century. Apply to G. U. ANDERSON,

Hongkong, 13, Praya Central

TAPIER JOHNSTONE'S

S

QUARE BOTTLE WHISKY

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

CUTLER, PALMER & COR SELECTION.

Sele Agents for it

413..

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 Central.

Hongkong, 26th July, 1897.

CUTLER, PALMER

& 00 B

PRICE $10.75 PER DOZEN

NIT

SPECIAL BLEND" WHISKY

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日壹拾弍月捌年六十二緖光

壹拜疆 號伍十月十年百九千壶英港香 HONGKONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 1900.

PHOTOGRAPHIC

FLATES, PAPERS AND CHEMICALS.

EASTMANS KODAK'S, FILMS AND ACCESSORIES,

DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN. A. CHEE & Co.,

174, QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG.

CUTLER, PALMER & CO.

ESTABLISHED IN LONDON IN 1815.

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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

$20 PER DOZ.

· $22.50 PER DOz. Distinguished by 4 Stars on the label.

ANOTHER FINE COGNAC, $18.75 por doz.

Less old than the above.

THE ELITE OF WHISKY:-

THE "PALL MALL,

$20 PER DOZ.

11 Years old; the finest quality shipped.

Each bottles bears an Analyst's certificate.

C. P. & Co.'s OWN SPECIAL

BLEND WHISKY,

$10.75 PER DOZ.

Very soft, palatable, and mature.

|

PRICE $21 PER MONTH

Arrivals, Departures and other Shipping

UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL Intelligence will be feime on pages 6, 5 and 7

AGENCY (LIMITED.)

M SOLE AGENTS IN

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

CONTRACTORS TO H. M. GOVERNMENT.

BE

MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST QUALITIES OF ASBESTOS PACKINGS &c., "GLADIATOR" Packing for High Pressures Becognized by leading Engineer to be the best combination of Metal and ASBESTOS ever introduced. Reduces friction to a minimum or Fiston and Valve Rods, and is absolutely imperishable. "GLADIATOR" and "VICTOR METALLIC" BOILER JOINTS SUPPLIED to H. M. and other FOREIGN NAVIES. ABBEETOS. SALAMANDER "Non-conducting Boiler Covering Composition used exten- sively by the British and American Navies. ABESTOS FIREPROOF COLOUR and FUNNEL PAINT. "SALAMANDER" Lubricating and Cylinder Oils of the Best Qualities. CAURICEDALE METAL" Anti-friction Plastic Metal, recognised by engineering experts to be the best Metal in the Market.

ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WORK.

Chief Superintendent

THOMAS SKINNER. Superintendent

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

This fine Wine is old, soft, and of grand favour $76) See sunlysis and certificate by Professor Cassall.

DOURO PORT,

$14.25 PER DOZ.

A fine, full, and fruity wine.

AMOROSO SHERRY,

$20 PER DOZ.

LA TORRE SHERRY,

$16.75 PER DOZ.

A natural and most pleasant wine to the taste:

D.O.M.,

$39.75 PER DOZ.

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

39]

AGENTS-SIEMSSEN & CO.,

HONGKONG.

MANILA CIGARS.

ALWAYS ON HAND THE BEST MARKS

FROM

***

PARIS EXHIBITION, 1900.

THE GRAND PRIZE

...

(HIGHEST AWARD FOR SCOTCH WHISKY HAS BEEN AWARDED TO

JOHN DEWAR & SONS. LTD.

36a]

SOLE AGENTS

H. PRICE & CO..

12, QUEEN'S ROAD.

KELLY & WALSH, LD.

[41s The Construction of Large Induction Coils, & Workshop Handbook, by A. T. Hare, Illustrated

Why Kruger made War, or Behind the Boer Soenes, by J. A. Buttery... Marine Engineer Board of Trade Ex- aminations. Elementary Questions and Answers, by J. Tod and W. C. M'Gi Illustrated

BENEDICTINE LIQUEUR-

BOOKS BY LAST MAIL. THE MASTER CHRISTIAN, by

MARIE CORELLI Confidential Talks with Husband and Wife. Information and Advice for the Married and Marriageable, by L B. Sperry, A.M., M.D. Nautical Almanack, 1901...

$1.50

2.25 1.75

NEW AND RECENT BOOKS. Stable Management and Exercise, a Book for Horse Owners, by Captain M. H. Hayes, Illustrated China the Long Lived Empire, by Mrs.

E. R. Scidmore, Illustrated European Bettlements in the Far East,

Map and Illustrated ...

$7.50

5.00

3.50

**

Sports for Giria. Tilastrated

70.

WIL

China and the Present Crisis, with Notes

on a Visit to Japan and Korea, by J.

1.50 Walton, M.P. Village Life in China, by A. H. Smith... 4.00

+ku

The "Overland" to Chins, by A. R.

Colquhoun...

9,50

J.

Landshirter, R.A.. 23 Coloured

Wide World Magazine, Vol. 3. Surveying and Expinminer in Siam þv 7 McCarthy, F.R.G., Illustrated

Painting in Water Colour, by

4.00

China in Transformation, by A R. Col..

quhoun...

9:50

45.00

THE NUTTALL ENCYCLOPÆDIA

OF UNIVERSAL INFORMATION.

Platos

3.00

Critical Studies, by Orida,"

1.50

$2.25

The Married Miss Hinks,by John Strange

REGRETS

DRINKING.

Winter...

1.50

Under Fate's Wheel, by L. L. Lynch

1.50

LETTS'S DIARIES, 1901.

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"LA INSULAR" AND "LA FERLA DE ORIENTE" FACTORIES

J. M. DE ZUNIGA,

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

SCHLITZ WORLD

BEER

IS

THE ONLY

BEVERAGE

ONE NEVER

Blend

TONIC AND

FAMED

INSURANCE

THE

TANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

is one of the largest and best known of the BRITISH LIFE OFFICES.

Fands exceed Nine Millions Sterling. Annual Revenue over One Millions One Hundred and Fifty thousand,

For full Patioulars, rates, &c., apply to.

DODWELL & CO., LIMITED,

Agents Hongkong, 9th November, 1900.

HOTELS.

[11979

HONGKONG HOTE

A First Class Hotel in every respect.

Elegantly Furnished Reading, Music, and

Smoking Rooms.

Dining Accommodation for 250 persons.

Hydraulic Elevators to overy 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, &s, cooled by Refrigerator.

All Hotel Linen washed on the premises by

Machinery.

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

CHARGES MODEBATE,

144

THE

HOTEL.

[1028

HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.

MANAGER.

Hongkong, 2nd July, 1900.

[1029

of Selected

Distillations of the

Finest Bootch Whickes

Apply to

SIEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong. 142

HONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TEAM-

WAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS,

7,30 am, to 8.30am... Every quarter of a hour 8.80 Am to 9.30am Erary ten minutos. 9.30 am to 10:45 am....Every quarter of an hour 11:30a.m. to 8.30 p.m. Every quarter of an hour 8.30 p.m. to 6.30 pm Every quarter of an hour 6.30 p.m. to 8.00 pm....Every ten minutes Night cars at 5.45 pin. and 9 p.m. arid from 46 pm to 11:16 pm every half hour.

BATUEDATE

and 4.40 p.m.

Extra Night care no 10.80.a.m." to 1100 amat brow

· BISA D to 10.15 KAL

ton

Every

intrates Noon to 3 p.............Every quarter of an hour 2.45 p.m. to 8p...Every quarter ofan hönr Night cars at 6.45 pm and ipo and from

9.45 p.m. to 11:15 pm. every half hour. SPECIAL CARS by singement at the Come pany's Gilles, 35 & 40 Queen's Road Central,

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers, Hongkong, 1st May 1899.

VICTORIA

CYCLE

EMPORIUM.

REFRESHING.

SOLE AGENTS—“

WATKINS, LIMITED,

CHEMISTS, AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS, AND

COMMISSION AGENTS,

HONGKONG.

BISMARCK & CO.,

97 & 28A, PRAYA CENTRAL.

Chinesa Characteriation, by A. H. Smith 3.00 PEAK

thing in Tharav. bv Alexis Kran550 3.50 City Office; 7, Daddell Street.

16,000 ORIGINAL ARTICLES,

SANDOW'S OWN COMBINED DEVELOPER.

Sole Agents for China and Japan.

THE ROYAL PIANOS.

TWO OF THIS FAMOUS AMERICAN MAKE AT A SPECIALLY LOW PRICE

TO INTRODUCE

RACHALS PIANOS, "THE EVERLASTING." SIX MORE UNPACKING,

→LUNKETS GAP, The PEAK, near the

Tram Terminds.

Tel. 59.

For Terms, apply to the

THE WAVERLEY HOTEL

ICE HOUSE STREET, HONGKONG. A

SOLE AGENTS FOR THE SPECIALLY PREPARED MODELS OF ALL THE FIRST-CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL

FAMOUS MAKERS.

[112s

2199a

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

[62050

Telephone 75.

THE pleasure of oyeling consists in having

Test olace Machine, and the above. Es-

tablishment is always leading in this respect. We are Agents for the famous" NEW MONOPOLE CYCLES, HOWE and we also supply fitting of every deseription. Bargains can be hard in second hand Machines. Repsire executed with promptitude and skill

Enamelling specially

MOKIRDY & CO., 43 & 49A, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST,

25098 Hongkong, 3rd November, 1899.

RU

UINART PERE & FILS, REIMS Established 1710.

CHAMPAGNE GROWERS AND

SHIPPERS

Ship only the Finest Quality

Extra Dry (Green Seal)

LAUTS, WEGENER & CO.

Hongkong

Bale Agents

17th May, 1895.

JUST LANDED

AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND GERMAN.

EVERY PIANO SOLD BY US IS FULLY GUARANTEED BOTH BY THE MAKERS AND OURSELVES.

THE

THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., LD. VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

HỒNG KONG. AERATED WATERS

[1215 | SIMPLE AERATED WATER.

Ex S.S. "OLDENBURG." KUPPER'S PILSENER BEER.

THE MOST POPULAR OF LIGHT BEERS: THERE IS

LEMONADE.

SARSAPARILLA.

TONIC WATER.

Handsomely Furnished and Exceedingly Spacious ReciS

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

SINGLE ROOMS from $4 a day, inclusive

145 of BOARD and ATTENDANCE.

THE CONNAUGHT

A

HOTEL.

FIRST CLASS HOTEL of 15 Bed- rooms, elegantly furnished,"

The Hotel is situsted near all the Banka end Principal Offices in the Colony,

Special Attention paid to the Comfort of Grueste

SODA WATER,

"GINGER ALE:

RASPBERRYADE.

LEMON SQUASH,

Terms Moderate.

(380

Hongkong, Ist December, 1899

SPECIAL TERMS to Hotels, Clubs, Messos and other large consumers.

who

NEVER ANY SEDIMENT IN KUPPER BEER, IT IS ALWAYS WANTE STORE DRAWER, & Man BRIGHT AND SPARKLING.

15, Queen's Road,

Hongkong, 19th October, 1900.

3587

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,

COTTA M

SOLE AGENTS.

&

CO.

NEW AUTUMN GOODS. AMERICAN BOOTS and SHOES

WOOLLEN UNDERWEAR.

HATS, SHIRTS and EVENING GEAR.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

(TAILORING DEPARTMENT). WINTER SEASON.

LATEST LONDON FASHIONS.

speak fuently the enrrent Chinese language.

It is necessary he should be able to read and write English, and have some knowledge of Arithmatic and the different kinds of materials used in Bhip Work.

Preference would be given to one who could [3430 rend the Chinese written language.

Information relative to the duties may be

the CHIEF obtained at

CONSTRUCTOR'S OFFICE, to whom application is to be made in the applicant's own writing on or before 17th instant,

Postal address to be distinctly given. Hongkong, 12th October, 1900.

WANTED.

NOTICE OF FIRM.

NOTICE.

R. R. LENZMANN has This Day been M

AUTHORIZED to SIGN our Firm by PROCULATION.

CARLOWITZ & CO.' Hongkong and Canton,

3rd October, 1900.

HOTELS

NOTICE.

Cuisine excellent; under Experienced Ma- nagement,

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RAVELLERS are invited to visit the

TRAVINDOR GARDEN AND RES [2640 TAURANT just established next to Happy Retreat, near the Race Course. It can be over- looked from the Bowen Road Bridge. Hongkong, 1st September, 1900. KOWLOON

SMALL HOUSE or BUNGALOW

(UNFURNISHED) on lower level,

OR

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HOTEL.

A FONSECA,

Manager. Verk [46

HING KEE HOTEL (ESTABLISHED 1879) MACAO.

THIS-First class and well-famed establish. ment is pleasantly situated in the centre. of PEATA GRANDE, facing south, with a charming view of the sea on the frent. Com- fortable and well furnished Bed-rooms,

Cuisine Excellent. Prompt Attendance..

Terms very Moderate.

L. HING KEE, Proprietor. [1919 Telegraphic address “HIKOKEE”

VICTORIA HOTEL,

BHAMEEN-CANTON.

THIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL having THIS

been thoroughly renovated, and a new A FLAT, consisting of Two or Three THIS HOTEL is situated in a quiet! BOOMS, with BATHROOM, &c.

locality, away from the din and diatur specially built 3 Storey wing added to it, now Offers Lo

bance of the City, and surrounded by a delight alforce splendid Accommodation for 40 to 50 C. LE..

fal Garden, it is an ideal place of Residence Visitors

The Bed Rooms are airy and comfortably Care of Office of this Paper. The building stands on an eminence, giving a Hongkong. 5th October, 1900.:

2582 magnificent view of the Harbour and the furnished and the Dining and Sitting Rooms

is within easy access of ste spad Victoria. It is City of Mail Steamers disembark Passengers, and from the Kowloon which there is a regular ferry service to Hong- kong,

NEWEST & BEST MATERIALS.|4UTOMATIC MAUSER

£150

DRESS SUITS from

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

PORTLAND CEMENT

$5.00 per Cask of 875 The mes ex Factory, $100 per Bag of 250 Tas

KASHEWAN, TOMES & CO,

3 Genal Managers. Hongkong, And July, 1600.

[169632%)

TWEED LOUNGE BUTTS from NORFOLK JACKET SUITS from

SCOTCH TWEED ULSTERS, for Travelling, from

885.

LANE CRAWFORD & CO.

PISTOLS.

CALIBRE 7.69 mm.

With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES, FIRING 10 SHOTS in 2 SECONDS. VENUSIEMSSEN & CO

[2584 Hongkong, 3rd October, 1900,

Bowling Alleys and Billiards.

The Cuisine is Excellent.

J. EL DOWNS,

J. W. OSBORNE, ***Proprietor.

Hongkong, 8th September, 1900.

Manager.

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and replete with every convenience

Excellent Cotary and best Wines.

The Hotel's Beat boards all Steamers on their arrival and departure.

Telegraph address" Vieronta, Canton.

A. I. C. and Al Coder used. MADAR & FARMER,

Proprietors

T. FDA ORUZ.,

Hongkong, 16th November, 1899.

Manager."