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Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

No 13,328 XESTEROS BIMA+4X+=*★__ HONGKONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH, 1900.

Next Advertisements will he found on page 4.

RAINIER BEER.

"UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST BEER THAT HAS YET BEEN BREWED IN

AMERICA"

PRICE PEE CABE OF 8 DOZEN PINTS QUARTE

$13,50 Net

CUTLER, PALMER & CO.

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,

A. S. WATSON & CO. ANOTHER FINE COGNAC, $16.75 per đoz.

LIMITED,

SOLE IMPORTERS AND AGENTS.

UTLER,

ESTABLISHED 1841.

AND CO.

PALMER AND

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, Prays Central

NAPIER JOHNSTONE'S

(QUARE BOTTLE WHISKY,

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

CUTLER, PALMER & CO'S SELECTION,

Bole Agents for it-

น

411

LANE, ORAWFORD & CO.

Hongkong.

JOHN WALKER & SONS"

·PAMOUS ({

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, 28th July, 1897. [49

CUTLER, PALMER

&00.18.

PRICE $10.75 PER DOZEN

NXT

“SPECIAL BLEND " WHISKY*

Bad Blend

of Belasted

Distillations of the Finest Scotch Whiskies

Apply to

SIEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong 142

HONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TEAM-

WAYS COMPANY LIMITED.

TIME TABLE

WEEK DAYS,

7,80 a.m, to 8.30 am...Every quarter of an hour 8.30 a.m. to 9.30 .....Every ten minutes. 9.30 am to 10.45 m.....Every quarter of an hour 11.30a.m. to $.00 pm. Every quarter of an hour Every quarter of an hour

8.30 pm, to 6.80p.m.

6.30 p.m. to 8.00 pm Every ten minutes

p.. and from

Night cars at per half hout

9.45 p.m.20.11.15 p.ng, every half b 11:30 and 11,45

Extra Night card

Every

ban

hour M.15 am, to 10.16 10.30 am to 11.00a.m. Every ten minutes

Noon to 2 p.000 kiri Every quarter of an hour 2,45 p.m. to 9 p.m...Every quarter of an hour. Night ears at 8.40 p.m. and 9 pan., and froz

9.45 pm, to 11.15 p.. every hall SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Com- pany's Office, 38 & 40, Queen's Road Central.

hour

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers.

Hongkong, 1st May 18017 | Maria

VICTORIA

CYCLE

EMPORIUM.

Tresso

THE pleasure of cycling consists in having a fast plass Machine, and the above Es tablishment is always leading in this respect We are Agents for the famous NEW HOWE and MONOPOLE CYCLES, and we also supply fitting of every description Bargains can be lud in second hand Machines. Repairs executed with promptitude and skill.

Enamelling a specialty

MOKIRDY & CO., 43&48A, QUEEN BROAD EAST

[250

Hongkong, 3rd November, 1899,

DUINART TEKE & FILS, REIMS

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Established 1719.

CHAMPAGNE GROWERS AND

SHIPPERS

Ship only the Finest Quality Extra Dry (Green Seal) LAUTS, WEGENER & CO.

"Bole Aven

Hongkong, 17th May 1895

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT

PORTLAND CEMENT

Iress pkl 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 mataru. EVERYBODY SHOULD TRY THESE ITEMS;

89a).

$20 PER DOZ..

This fine Wine is old, soft, and of grand flavour See analysis and certificate by Professur Cassoll DOURO PORT, $14.25 PER DOZ.

A fine, full, and fruity wine.

AMOROSO SHERRY,

$20 FEB DOZ.

LA TORRE SHERRY,

$16.75 PER DOZ.

A natural and most pleasant wins to the taste.

BENEDICTINE LIQUEUR—

D.O.M.,

$39.75 PER DOZ.

THEY ARE UNEQUALLED AT THE PRICE

AGENTS-SIEMSSEN & CO., HONGKONG.

MANILA CIGARS.

ALWAYS ON HAND THE BEST MARKS

'LA INSULAR" AND "LA PERLA DE ORIENTE" FACTORIES J. M. DE ZUNIGA,

壹拜禮· 號陸十弍月壹十年百九千壹英港香 Priox $2% PER MONTH-

PIANOS.

SPECIALLY PREPARED MODELS OF ALL THE FAMOUS MAKERS.

THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, LIMITED. KELLY & WALSH, LD.

BOOKS BY LAST MAIL.

The Increasing Purpose, by J. L. Allen.. 3 1.50 The Man of the Merchant Service, by F.

The Brass Bottle, by F. Anstey

The People of China, their Country, History, Life, Ideas and Relations with Foreigners, by J. W. Robertson Scott

(2873%

T. Bullen

1.50

225

.1.50

La Ténébreuse, by Georges Ohnet.

1.90

A. Master of Craft, by Jacobs ...

14.

1.50

Woman of Death, by Guy Boothby

∙1.50

The Ronisence of South Africa, Ły A.

R. Colquhoun

Lord Jim, br Joseph Conrad....

1.50

3.50

The Chinaman at Home, by Selby

Ian Hamilton's March, by Winston

Spencer Churchill, M.P..... The Child: A Study in the Evolution of Man, by Dr. A. F. Chamberlain Gordon's Campaign in China, written

by Himself ............ Intimate China: The Chinese as I have Boon Thom, by Mrs. A. J. Little. Cheap Edition Russia in Asia, a Record and a Study.-

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Hon, by Alexis Krausse Flame, Electricity, and the Camera, Man's Progress from First Kindling of Fire to Wireless Telegraphy, &c, by Geo. Tea, lastersted

3.50

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ber, containing Article by Sir Robert Hart

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2.

THE EATTLE, Vol. 2, Parti

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70

'CHRISTMAS NUMBERS.

350

B

4.50

Unto Ten Young Men" by the Ven.

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10.00

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[41 (SOLE AGENTS FOR GUICHARD, POTHERET & CO., &c.)

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SCHLITZ WORLD FAMED

BEER

ONLY BEVERAGE ONE NEVER

REGRETS DRINKING TONIC AND REFRESHING.

SOLE AGENTS—

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MISTS. AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS, AND

COMMISSION AGENTS,

HONGKONG,

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29.00

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34.00

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S

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WINE MERCHANTS,

Arrivale, Departares and other Shipping

Intelligence will be found on peges 3, 6 and 7

INSURANCE.

THE

TANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

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

Funds exceed Nine Millions Sterling.

Annual Revenue over Ons Millions One Hundred and Fifty thousand

For full Particulas, rates, &c, apply to

DODWELL & CO., LIMITED,

Agents

Hongkong, 0th Novembor, 1900. ~ [1—a1873

HOTELS

ONG KONG

HOTEL

A First Class Hotel in every respect:

Elegantly Furnished Reading, Music, and

Smoking Rooms.

Dining Accommodation for 250 persons.

Hydraulic Elevators to every foor,

Cuisine of the best.

Hot and Cold Water throughout

Wines, and Groceries imported specially from,

Europe and America.

"Electric Lighting in the Billiard Rooms.

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Bedroom Accommodation--192 rooms. :

Fire Extinguishing Mains on every cor

CHARGES MODERATE,

THE

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PEAK HOTEL.

12, QUEEN'S ROAD.

City Office: 7, Duddell Street,

11028

UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY (LIMITED.)

SOLE AGENTS IN .

HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.

DLUNKET'S GAP, The PEAK, near the

Tel. 56.

P Tran Terminus.

For Terms, apply to the Hongkong, 2nd July, 1990,

MANAGER.

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THE WAVERLEY HOTEL.

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CAURICEDALE METAL" Anti-friction Plastic Metal, recognized by engineering experts. to be the best Metal in the Market.

ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WORK.

THOMAS SKINNER Chief Superintendent Buperintendent

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

SPARKLING MINERAL TABLE 372]

WATER.

MADE FROM PURE TREBLE DISTILLED WATER, FREE FROM ALL FORMS OF ORGANIC CONTAMINATION, OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE, AND MIXES FREELY Telephone No. 78 WITH WINES AND SPIRITS WITHOUT DESTROYING THEIR

CHARACTER.

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15, Queen's Road

Hongkong. 21st November, 1900,-

[1521 82a]

25.00 per Cask of 375 hp, nes ex Factory. $8.00 per Bag of 250 Ibe

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers.

(1695%: Hongkong, 2nd July, 1900

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

COTTA M

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ICE HOUSE STREET, HONGKONG. A

Handsomely furnished and Exceedingly Spocions Rooms.

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

SINGLE BOOMS from $4 a day, inclusive of BOARD and ATTENDANCE, A (45

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR THE CONNAUGHT HOTEL.

CARDS..

GREAT VARIETY.

$3.50 AGENTS for HONGKONG and CHINA

for the INTERNATIONAL CABLE DIRECTORY CO.

BOTS and GIRLS' ANNUALS.

1.90

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3.50

&

CO.

A Dead Certainty, by Net Gould Three Men on the Brimmel by author of

Three Meniga Boat"...

1.25

150

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPHIC CODE (Universal Edition) in Stock.

The Shield of his Honor, by Savage.

150

The Nuttall Cyclopedia, by Wood

2.25

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DRESS GLOVES, &c, &c.

In the Irish Brigade, by Henty

3.50

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3.50

A Son of Austerity, by C. Knight

1.50

The Story of a Baby, by Ethel Furner

70

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1.50

70

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1.50

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

174, QUEEN'S ROAD HONGKONG,

Our Darlings, Volume

LADIES and GENTLEMEN'S BOOTS and SHOES BEST QUALITY.

DANGING SHOES.

PLAYING CARDS. 1.85 23 & 25, Queen's Road, Hongkong

A

FIRST CLASS HOTEL of 4 Bed- rooms, elegantly furnished.

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

Special Attention paid to the. Comfort Guests.

Cuisine excellent under Experienced Ma- nagement

Terms Modemte.

A. FONSECA,

"Manager

Hongkong, 1st December, 1899.

KOWLOON HOTEL.

THIS HOTEL is situated in a quiet

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY,On Wharves, where theytacipal

STPLE AERATED WATER.

HONGKONG.

AERATED WATERS

SOUA WATER.

GINGER ALE

RASPBERRYADE

LEMON SQUASH.

TOSH

LEMONADE

BARSAPARILLA

TONIC WATER

SPECIAL TERMS to Hotelis, Clubs, Messon and other large consumers

NOTICE.

TEAMERS calling at Amoy can be supplied with the highest class of JAPANESE BUNKER COALA

For terms, do, apply to

LAPRATZ, CASE & CO.

[2686 Amoy, 10th October, 1900,

NARBOLINEUM AVENARIUS:

USED FOR OVER TWENIT IXAES.

10

Throughly reliable preservative for Wood and Stone against White Auts, Decay, Fungus Lot, and Dampoem, ey

Solo Agente for China, LUTGENS, EINSTMANN & CO., Hongkong, 31st August, 1597.

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Texas from the dim and distur bance of the City, and surrounded by a delight- ful Garden, it is an ideal place of Residence. The building stands on an eminence, giving a magnificent view of the Harbour and the Victoria It is within access of

Mail Steamers disembark Passenger hot from which

there is a regular ferry service Hong- kong

Bowling Alleys and Billiards. The Cuisine is Excellent." J. W. OSBORNE,

JH DOWNS. Proprietor.

Mansgof. Hongkong, 8th September, 1900.

HING KEE HOTEL (ESTABLISHED 1878).

MACAO,

12378.

AHIS-First class, and well-famos, establishi

MN

ment is pissantly situated in the centre of PEATA GRANDE, facing south with a cherming view of the sea on the iront Com

Caline Excellent. Prompt Attendance. fortable and wall furnished Bed-rooms

Torms very Moderate.

LHING KEE. Proprietor. Telegraphic address" HINGEEE

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