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Hongkong Daily Press.

No.13,371號壹拾柒百叁千叁萬壹第日菜十弍月壹十年六十二緒光

RAINIER

BEER.

It is the best and healthiest drink for you, your family and your friends, that money can buy. It keeps in perfect condition a long time, and cilmate or weather changes do not affect it. BOLE IMPOETERS--

A. S. WATSON & CO, LIMITED,

ESTABLISHED 1857

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17TH, 1901. ## *RTAEFER 1ATERÆT PRICE $2) PER MONTH

PHOTOGRAPHIC

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

17A, QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG.

ASPARAGUS.

VEGETABLES.

GREEN CABBAGE.

ARTICHAUDS FOND D', WHITE CABBAGE, BEETS

FRENCH BEANS. YOUNG LARGE BEANS. WAX BEANS for SALAD. STRING BEANS.

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY, CARROTS

HONGKONG..

AERATED WATERS...

SIMPLE AERATED WATER.

LEMONADE.

BARSAPARILLA.

SODA WATER.

TONIC WATER.

GINGER ALE.

RASPBERRYADE.

LEMON SQUASHL

SPECIAL TERMS to Hotels, Clubs, Mosses and other large consumers

a1632

UTLER,

PALMER AND Cò.

FURNISHING

HONGKONG DISPENSARY. ESTABLISHED 1841.

F*3

CELERY RED CABBAGE.

3001

CHERVIL. CAULIFLOWER. CORN EXTRAS CEPES A L'HUILE. HARICOTS FLAGEOLETS. JULIENNE.

MACEDOINE. PARSLEY:

PARSNIPS. GREEN PEAS. SOUROROUT. SPINACH. TOMATOES, &o., &..

DRY VEGETABLES. ASSORTED DEANS and

LENTILS.

ALSO DRIED EVAPORATED FRUITS-- APRICOTS, APPLES, FIGS, PEACHES. PEARS, PRUNES, kɔ.

INSURANCE.

THE TANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

POLICIES UNCHALLENGEABLE. Policies are unchallangeable after two years duration, on any ground connected with the original doonments, if age has been provod.

Forms of Proposal and all particulars may be obtained from

DODWELL & CO, LIMITED, Ageute. Hongkong. 9th November, 1899, (2-1873

HOTELS.

Apply to

G GIRAULT,

6, QUEEN'S ROAD.

H

ONG KONG

H

OT E L

A First Class Hotel in every respect

Elegantly Furnished Resting, Music, and:

Dining Accommodation for 250 persons.

Smoking Rooms.

WINE SHIPPERS SINCE 1815,

Whe 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

S

QUARE BOTTLE WHISKY

The sale of this good Scotch increases month

by month. It is of Superb Quality and of

CUTLER, PALMER & Co.'s SELECTION.

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Sole Agents for it--

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

Hongkong

JOHN WALKER & SONS

FAMOUS

KILMARNOCK, WHISKY.

This World-renowned.

Fine OLD HIGHLAND WHISKIES are shipped by CUTLER, PALMER & CO., and ́

Bro obtainable in Hongkong of

SIEMSSEN & CO.

Hongkong, 28th July, 1897.

CUTLER, PALMER

& Co.'s

PRICE $10.75 PER DOZEN

NET

SPECIAL BLEND ”

WHISKY

Blend

of Selected Distillations of the Finest Scotch Whiskies

Apply to

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W. BREWER & CO.

NEW BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. SCHOOL PRIZES, &c., &c.!

DEPARTMENT. A Daughter of Erin, by Finney...

Britons at Bay, by H. C. Moore Brave Deeds of Youthful Herues ... ... 22 The Handy Man eat and Ashore, by

Goodenough

WINTER SEASON'S GOODS JUST ARRIVED. COMPLETE HOUSEHOLD FURNISHING.. LARGEST STOCK OF BEDSTEADS, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, CURTAINS,

&c., IN THE EAST.

ESTIMATES FREE.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

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 Stooks with the undersigned -- SUPERB OLD COGNAC,

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

ANOTHER FINE COGNAC, $16.75 per 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.

SIEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong. 12. P. & Co.'s OWN SPECIAL

"ONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TRAM-

HWAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

TIME TABLE...

WEEK DAYS 7.30 a.m. to 9.30am. Every quarter of an hour 8.30 a.m. to 9.30am, Every ten minutes. 8.90a.m. to 10.46 am. Every quarter of an hour 41.80 a.m. to 8.00p.m...Every quarter of an hour 3:30 pm, to 8.30 p.m....Every quarter of an hour

to 8,00p.m. Every ten minutes 6.80 p.m. Night curs at 8.45 p.m. and 9 p.m. and from 945 p.m. to 11.16 p.m. over half hour,

SATURDAYS.

Extra. Night cars at 11.30 and 11 45 p.m.

KARAM BUNDÁTA,

half hour Evory ten minutes Noon to 2 pavery quarter of an hour 2.45 p.m. to B p.3.very quarter of an hour. Night cars at 8.45 pm, and p.m., and from

9.45 pm to 11.15 pm, every half hour. SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Com- pany's Office, 89 & 40, Queen's Road Central

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers.

Ta50 Hongkong, 1st May 1800.

1.15 am to 10.156 ...Every 10.156.

10.30 am to 11.00 1,112 - ...

VICTORIA

CYCLE

EMPORIUM.

Tarat clasa Machine, and thó above Es THE pleasure of cycling consists in having

tablishment is always leading in this respect. We are Agents for the famous "NEW HOWE MONOPOLE CYCLES. and we also supply fittings of every description. Bargains can be had in second hand Machines. Repairs executed with promptitude and skill.

Enamelling a a speciality.

MOKIRDY & Co., 43 & 43A QUEEN'S ROAD EART

[2509% Hongkong, 3rd November. 1899.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

1.

BLEND WHISKY,

$10.75 PER DOZ.

Very soft, palatable, and mature.

Jones the Mysterious, by C. Edwards. From Aldershot to Pretoria. by Sullers Twixt School and Collego, by Gordon

Stables......? Crannetta, a Girl's Story of Herself, by

Mulholland

741 J

-

Arthur's Inheritance, by Lesli For Name and Fame, by Henty

2.25

2.25

81.50 With Our Soldiers to the Front, by

3.00 Johnson

With Rifle and Bayonet. A Tale of the

Boer War, by Brereton 1501 Far Bolivia, by Gordon Stubles...

Boy Crusoes, by Golehmann -

0.95

Hydraulic Elevators to every floor.

Onisine of the heat.

3.00

447

9.25

Hot and Cold Water throughout

2.25

Wines and Groceries imported specially from

In the Irish Briguls, by Henty

3.00

Europe and America,

1.50

A Cruise in Cloudland, by Frith

...: 1.00

The Golden Magnet, by Fenn... 2.00 Every Inch a Briton. by Fletcher ...

2.00

Electric Lighting in the Billiard Rooms.

9.25

Wines, &c., cooled by Refrigerator.

1.5

3,00

FE

15 Held at Ransom, by Marchant... 225

The Lord's Purso-Bearers, by Hosha

Strelton

1.25

*2,00

3.00 And Many More. Special Terms for Schools. 3.00

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An Ocean Adventurer, by H. P. Wright Adventures Ashore and Afloat

1320

Tom Wallis, by Louis Booke Allan Adair, by Gordon Stables Golden Deeds of the War

ROSS' PATENT

C.P. & Co.'s INVALIDS' PORT

$20 PER DOZ.

This fire Wine is old, soft, ind of grand favour See analysis and certificate by Professor Canali

DOURO PORT, $14.25 PER DÓZ.

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.

BENEDICTINE LIQUEUR-

D.O.M.,

$39.75 PER DOZ.

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

AGENTS-SIEMSSEN & CO., HONGKONG.

Telephone 75.

EXTRA SPECIAL FINEST

LIQUEUR WHISKY.

A BLEND COMPOSED OF THE FINEST HIGHLAND WHISKIES, THOROUGHLY MATURED IN SHERRY

CASKS IN BOND.

MILD AND MELLOW.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO..

15, Qneau's Bond

Hongkong, 17th January, 1991.

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WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

COTTAM &

DRESS SHIRTS.

DRESS TIES.

BINOCULARS.

3.501 23 & 25. Queen's Road, Hongkong.

PRISMATIC

WITH THE FIELD AND POWER OF A TELESCOPE IN THE COMPASS OF

AN OPERA GLASS

OTHER FIELD AND OPERA GLASSES IN STOCK.

ACHEE & CO.,

17A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG,

All Hotel Linen washed on the premises by-

Machinery.

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

CHARORS MODERATE.

38].

CLUB

WATSKY

$12 PER Doz.

H. PRICE & CO..

12, QUEEN'S ROAD.

KELLY & WALSH, LD.

+

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70 In the Palace of the King, a Love Story

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Twice Captured, a Record of Adverture daring the Boer War, by the Earl of Rosalyn...

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NOTICES OF FIRMS

NOTICE.

THE INTEREST and RESPONSIBILITY of TMR. ESMALJEB MOOLLA EBRA HIM in our Firm OBASED OF the 11th January, 1901, and the Business in fature will be carried on under the Style and Name of H. HIPTOOLLA & CO.

CO.

DRESS SHOES.

DRESS GLOVES, &c., &c.

贴

SCHLITZ WORLD FAMED

BEER

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THE ONLY BEVERAGE ONE NEVER

$5.00 per Cask of $75 lbs not ex Factor 200 per Bag of 250 the

PORTLAND CEMENT,

REGLETS

DRINKING.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

General Manager Jengkong, 2nd July, 1900, 4

135102

TONIC AND REFRESHING.

SOLE AGENTS-

WATKINS, LIMITED,

CHEMISTS, AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS, AND

COMMISSION AGENTS,

WILLIAM MACLEOD, D.T.S.,

DENTIST,

BRACONSFIELD ALCADE, Opposite Hongeng & Shanghai Bak Hongkong, 10 Nerember, 1900.

12801

HONGKONG

ESMALJEE & HIPTOOLLA.

Hongkong, 12th January, 1901,

NOTICE.

1209

1.50

THE

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PEAK HOTEL.

City Offer 7, Dúddell Street.

HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN,

{1028:

LUNKET'S GAP. The PRAK, near the

PLUN

Tram Terminus.

Tel. 56.

For Terms, apply to the

MANAGER.

[1029

Hongkong. 2nd July, 1900. THE WAVERLEY HOTEL. ICE HOUSE STREET, HONGKONG. A

FIRST-CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL

Handsomely Furnished and Exceedingly Spacious Rooms,

Very MODERATE TERMS to FAMI

[45- LIES by the DAY or MONTH. THE CONNAUGHT HOTEL..

1.50 A FIRST CLASS HOTEL of 4 Mod-

1.50

1.50

.. 1.50 1.60

A Century

of Our Sea Story, by W. Jeffery Eleanor, by Mrs. Humphrey Ward The CHINA COASTERS TIDE BOOK and NAUTICAL POCKET MANUAL, containing List of Lights, Buoys, Beacons, Signals, Tiles, &c., &c., with Chart of Shang- hai Harbour

SANDOWS PATENT GRIP DUMB-BELLS.

SANDOW'S OWN COMBINED DEVELOPER. Sole Agents in China.

2.25

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ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB REGATTA.

EMBERS of the ROYAL HONG

MEKONG YACHT CLUB can obtain tickets of admission to the Flugship for them- selves and their friends on appication to Messrs. A. DENISON and C. GALE or the HON. SECRETARY on and after THURS DAY, the 17th inst.

Tiffin ert be obtained on Board.

A launch will ros botwean Kowloon Ferry Pier and the. Flagship from 11.30 A.M. Hongkong, th January, 1991.

E have This Day Authorized Mr. HONGKONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

WILLIAM MAR-

W CHARLES

SHALL to SIGN our Firm par PLOCURATION.

GEO. R. STEVENS & CO. Hongkong, 12th January, 1901. 1205

CARTRIDGES CARTRIDGES!!

JUST

CUST LANDED A NEW STOCK of ELEY'S and KYNOCH'S SPORT- ING CARTRIDGES sud NEWCASTLE CHILLED SHOT

20 BORE CARTRIDGES.

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GENERAL MEETING of the above Society will be held on TUESDAY, the 29th January, in the CITY HALL, at 12 'clock (NOON). The public are invite 1 to attend.

M. FORBES,

Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 13th January, 1901.

A. DREWELL & Co.

COAL, FREIGHT AND SHIP BROKERS.

COMMISSION

GENERAL

112

WM. SCHMIDT & CO.,

Guequithe.

[1213 Hongkang, 3rd January, 1901.

(230

rooms, elegantly furnished.

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

Special Attention paid to the Comfert at Guests.

Cuisine excellent; ander Experienced Ma-- nagerdeut.

Terms Moderate.

A. FONTECA,

Manager. Hongkong. 1st December, 1899. KOWLOON HOTEL.

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HOTEL is situated in a quiet Tbeolity, army from the allu sud dist hance of the City, and surrounded by a delight. ful Garden, it is an ideal place of Residence. The building standa on an eminence, giving a magnificent view of the Harbour and the City of Victoria. It is within easy access of the Kowloon Wharres, where the principal Mail Steamers disembark Passengers, and from which there is a regular ferry service to Hong-- kong.

Bowling Alleys and Billiseds. The Cuisine is Excellent.

J.

W. OSBORNE,

Proprietor.

J. H. DOWNS, Manager.

Hongkong, 8th September, 1900,

HING KEE HOTEL.

(ESTABLISHED 1878)

→ MACAO.

[3096:

HIS-First class and well-famed establish.

Tment is plesautly situated in the centre.

the front. Comme charming view of the sea fortable and well furnished Bed-rooms.

Cuisine Excellent. Prompt Attendance.

Terms very Moderate.

L. HING KEE, Proprietor. [1919 Telographic address * HINOKKE”

HONGKONG JOCKEY, CLUB.

of PRAYA GRANDE, facing south, with a

"NOTICE.

EMBERS are hereby notified that

Maries for the forthcoming Races will

CLOSE of SATURDAY, the 26th instant. instead of Saturday; the 19th, as per Draft AGENTS. | Programme.

By Order:

Kore end MOJI, JAPAN. (CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.) Kebe, 31st December, 1909.

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T. F. HOUGH;

Clark of the Course. Hongkong, 12th January, 1901,

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