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Hongkong Daily Press.

No 13,376 AYATÉKOS

RAINIER

BEER.

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

A. S. WATSON & CO.

LIMITED,

HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

ESTABLISHED 1841.

1632

JUTLER, PALME 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, Prays Central

NAPIER JOHNSTONE'S

“QUARE BOTTLE WHISKY

SQUARE

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

CUTLER, PALMER & Co.'s SELECTION.

Bule Agents for it.

411

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

SIEMSSEN & CO.

Hongkong. 28th July, 1897.

CUTLER, PALMER

& CO. 8

PRICE $10.75 PER DOZEN

NET

*SPECIAL BLEND” WHISKY

Bland

of Selected

Distillations of the Finest Beotal Whiskies

Apply to

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SIEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong. 142

TONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TRAM-

HWAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

TIME TABLE. WEEK DAYS. 7:30a.m. to 8.30am....Every quarter of an hour 8.30a.m. to 0.808.m....Every ten minutes. 9.30 am. to 10.4a.m....Every quarter of an hour 11.30 am, to 3.00p.m....Every quarter of an hour Every quarter of an hour 8.30 pin, to 8.30p.m. 8.30pm to 5.00p.m....Every ten minutes Night cars at 846 p.m. and p.m. and from 945 p.m. to 11.15 p.m. every hall hour..

SATURDAYA Extin Night cars at 11.30 and 11.45 p.m. SUNDAYS. 8.15 a.m. to 20.15 a.....Every half hour 10.80 a.m. to 11.00 am.... Every ten minutes

Noon to 2 pm...........Every quarter of an hour 2.45 p.m. to 9 p.m......Every quarter of an hour Night car at 8.45 p., and 9 p.m., and from

1.46 pan. to 11.16 p.m. every half hour. SPECIAL CALS by arrangement at the, Com- pany's Office, 39 & 4, Queen's Road Central.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers.

[02350 Hongkong, 1st May 1899,

*VICTORIA

CYCLE EMPORIUM,

THE pleasure of cycling consists in having

"

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

Enamelling a speciality.

MCKIRDY & CO., 43 & 43A, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST.

[#2509 Hongkong, 3rd November, 1899.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY |

PORTLAND CEMENT. i $5.00 per Cask of 375 lbs, net ex Factory. 8300 per Bag of 250 lbs.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers.

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'Wongkour, 2nd July, 1900.

WILLIAM MACLEOD, D.D.S.,

DENTIST,

BEACONSFIELD ARCADE.

6351

ESTABLISHED 1857,

**** HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23rd, 1901, 2ƒ0 XZ+‡ƒÏ‡Œ#^^FZ*ÆT PRICE $24 PËR MONTH COTTA M

*DRESS SHIRTS.

DRESS TIES.

&

DRESS SHOES.

DRESS GLOVES, &o., &a.

SCHLITZ WORLD FAMED

BEER

ONE NEVER

REGRETS

DRINKING.

ONLY BEVERAGE THE IS

TONIC AND REFRESHING.

SOLE AGENTS

WATKINS, LIMITED,

CHEMISTS, AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS, AND

COMMISSION AGENTS,

HONGKONG.

PHOTOGRAPHIC

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

17 QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG.

W. BREWER & CO.

+

AND NEW EDITIONS.

NEW BOOKS JUST LANDED, Whitaker's Alusnick, 1901.70 ots. & 81.75 British Journal Photography Annual ... 75 Figaro Illastre, Kane Number, English

Edition. ***

Also a Fresh Supply of CHRISTMAS NUMBERS-Pearson's Maga sine, Strand, Punch, Harper, Truth, Judge, Waep Annual, Graphic, London News, Pears Auunal.

H

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

Boor,

Gutta Percha Willis, by George Mac-

donald

1.50

+50

***

3.50

2.50 6.5D Circle of the Earth by Knight

1.50 Coral Boots, by Darwin, Exellent 2.00 Edition, Cloth...

Complete Proso Works of Emerson,

Excellent Edition. Cloth Livingstone's Travels, Excellent Edition,

Cloth

Long Live the King, by day Boothby The Woman of Death, by Guy

Boothby... Quisanté, by Anthony Hope Stickit Minister's Wooing, by Cros-

kelt Eleanor, by Mrs. Humphrey Macaulay's Essay, Excellant Edition,"

Cloth

Colo

nial Series $1.50

Cuisine of the best.

Hot and Cold Water throughout

+81.50

70

Electric Lighting in the Hilliard Rooms.

Broken Bonds, by Hawley Smart.. 2.00 Penleums, by Thackeray

25

Wines, ke, cooled by Refrigerator.

35

"Twixt School and College, by Gordon

Stablow...

2:00

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BOSS'

PATENT

23 & 25, Queen's Road, Hongkong.

PRISMATIC BINOCULARS,

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1399

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY

HONGKONG.

AERATED WATERS.

SIMPLE AERATED WATER,

LEMONADE.

SABSAPARILLA

TONIC WATER.

SODA WATER.

GINGER ALE.

RASPBERRYADE.

LEMON SQUASH.

F83

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

FURNISHING DEPARTMENT.

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

&c., IN THE EAST.

ESTIMATES FREE.

LANE.

CRAWFORD & CO.

CUTLER, PALMER & CO.

ESTABLISHED IN LONDON IN 1815.

SHIPFERS 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,

$22.50 PEE-DOZ..

Distinguished by 4 Stars on the label.

ANOTHER FINE COGNAC, $16.75 per dea.

Less old than the above.

THE ELITE OF WHISKY:-

BS

THE PALL MALL,

$20 PER DOZ.

11 Years old; the finest qualify 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.

L'Illustration. Numero de Noel Poris Noel, 1967-1991 China's Open Door, by Consul-General

Wildman

As Talked in the Sanetum, by Consul-

General Wildman

Celebrities of the Army, Volume

From Aklerabot to Pretoria, by Rev. W.

8. Ballers

Wines and Groceries imported specially from

Europe and America,

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

AN OPERA GLASS.

OTHER FIELD AND OPERA GLASSES IN STOCK.

ACHEE & CO.,

174, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG.

All Hotel Linen washed on the premises by

Machinery,

Bedroom Accommodation-132 rooms,

Fire Extinguishing Mains on every four

CHARGER MODERATE.

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CLUB

WHISKY

$I PER Doz.

H. PRICE & CO..

12, QUEEN'S ROAD.

KELLY & WALSH, LD.

BOOKS BY LAST MAIL. Whitaker's Almanack

***

BOOKS BY LAST MAIL.

The Footsteps of a Throne, by Max

Pemberton 2.25 Tongues of Conscience, by Robert 2.25 Hichens

70 The Journal of a Jealous Woman, hy

Peroy White

The Sky Pilot, by Ralph

2.23

Connor

In White Raimont, by W. Le Queur In Mala Attire, by Joseph Hatton ..

Paper Ed. 70 cents, Complete Ed. $1.75 Who's Who, 1001 Hazell's Annual, 1901 British Journal of Photography Almanack Figare Illustrés, Kinas No, with Two

Coloured Plates...

Book, 20,000 The Daily Mail Year

Facts of the Day, Biographies, Tables, Diagrams and Mape for 1901 Report from H. M. Minister in China

re Events at Peking .. Schenk's Theory of the Determination of

Illustrat d Mr. Dooley's Philosophy. Billiards for Beginners, by Robert Foster's Bridge, & Complete System of Instruction in the Game, by R. F. Foster ...

The King Christmas Number Truth

Celebrities of the Army, Voi, I

C.P. & Co.'s INVALIDS' PORT The ENGLISHMAN in

$20 PER DOZ.

This fine Wine is old, soft, and of grand flavour See analysis and certificate by Professor Cassall

DOURO PORT, $14.25 PER DOZ.

A fine, full, and fruity wine.

AMOROSO SHERRY,

$20 FER DOZ.

LA TORRE SHERRY,

$16.75 PER DOZ.

CHINA DURING the VICTORIAN ERA As Illustrated in the Career .of SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK, K.C.B., D.C.L., Consal and Minister in Chius and Japan. By ALEXAN. DER MICHIE, 2 Vols.

ABPARAGUS.

70 Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900), by A. G. Hales (Daily News)

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2.25

The TIMES HISTORY of the WAR in SOUTH AFRICA, 1899. 1900, Edited by L. S. Amery, Photo gravures. Portraits, Maps and Battle Plans, Vol. 1

TIDE TABLE and NAUTICAL POC- KET MANUAL. Contains List of Lights, Buoys, Beacons, Signals, &c., &o, with Chart of Shanghai Harbour

9.50The CHINA COASTERY'

70

70

9.60

20.00

11+

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1.50

1.50

1.50

THE

PEAK HOTEL.

City Office: 7, Daddell Streat.

HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.

11028

Pram Terminus.

OLUNKET'S GAP, The PRAX, near the "

Tel. 58,

For Terms, apply to the

MANAGER.

(1029

Hongkong, 2nd July, 1900, THE WAVERLEY HOTEL.

ICE HOUSE STREET, HONGKONG. A FIRST-CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL.

Handsonely Furnished and Exceedingly Spacious Rooms.

Very MODERATE TERMS to FAMI

(45 150 LIES by the DAY or MONTH. 1.50

THE CONNAUGHT

1.50

A

1.50

$3.00

2.25

THE IMPERIAL ANGLO-CHINESE

DIARY,

HOTEL

FIRST CLASS HOTEL of + Bod-

rooms, elegantly furnished.

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

Special Attention paid to the Comfort st Greate

Cuisine excellent; ander Experienced Ma nagement.

Terma Moderate.

Hongkong, 1st December, 1899. KOWLOON

A. FONSECA,

Maneger.

HOTEL

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THIS HOTEL is situated in

Size 13 by 8 in., 3 Days to Page, Interle ared T locality, away from the din and distu

with Blotting Paper, $1.25.

VEGETABLES.

GREEN CABBAGE.

ARTICHAUDS FOND D'. WHITE CABBAGE.

BRETS.

FRENCH BEANS.

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

CELERY.

RED CABBAGE.

A natural and most pleasant wine to the taste. 3091;

BENEDICTINE LIQUEUR-

D.O.M.,

$39.75 PER DOZ.

CHERVIL.

CAULIFLOWER.

CORN EXTRA. ČEPES A L'HUILE HABICOTS FLAGEOLETS. JULIENNE.

MACEDOINE. PARSLEY.

PARSNIPS. GREEN PEAS. SOURCEOUT. SPINACH

TOMATOES, &c, &c.

bance of the City, and surrounded by a delight- [30 ful Garden, it is an ideal place of Residence. The building stands on an eminence, giving a magnificent view of the Harbour and the City of Victoria. It is within easy access of the Kowloon Wharves, where the principal Mail Steamers disembark Passengers, and from which there is a regular ferry service to Hong- kong.

DRY VEGETABLES. ASSORTED BEANS and

LENTILS.

1

ALSO DRIED EVAPORATED FRUITS- APRICOTS, APPLES, FIGS, PEACHES, FEARS, PRUNES, &c.

Apply to--

G. GIRAULT,

6, QUEEN'S ROAD.

UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL

AGENCY (LIMITED.)

SOLE AGENTS IN

HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE STRAITS BETTLEMENTS, FOR THE. UNITED ASBESTOS COMPANY, LTD., LONDON, CONTRACTORS TO H. M. GOVERNMENT.

EVERYBODY SHOULD TRY THESE ITEMS; THEY ARE UNEQUALLED AT THE PRICE MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST QUALITIES OF ASBESTOS PACKINGS &c..

AGENTS-SIEMSSEN & CO., HONGKONG.

Telephone 75.

EXTRA SPECIAL FINEST LIQUÉUR WHISKY.

"

GLADIATOR" Packing for High Pressures. Recognized by leading Engineers to be the best combination of Metal and ASEESTOS over introduced. Reduces friction to a minimum or Piston had Valve Rods, and is absolutely imperishable. "GLADIATOR" and "VICTOR 241 METALLIC BOILER JOINTS SUPPLIED to H. M. and other FOREIGN NAVIES. Non-onducting Boiler Covering Composition used exten- ASBESTOS "SALAMANDER aively by the British and American Navies. ASBESTOS FIREPROOF COLOUR and FUNNEL PAINT, “SALAMANDER" Lubricating and Cylinder Oils of the Best Qualities. CAURICEDALE METAL" Anti-friction Plastic Metal, recognized by engineering experts to be the best Metal in the Market.

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

CASKS IN BOND.

MILD AND MELLOW.

CALDBECK. MACGREGOR & CO..

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

L=2861

15, Queen's Road,

Hongkong, 17th January, 1901.

(Opposite Hongkong & Shanghai Bank.) Hongkong, 10th November, 1900.

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RU

ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WORK.

Chief. Superintendant Superintendent

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

UINÅRT PERE & FILS, REIMS

Established 1719. CHAMPAGNE GROWERS AND SHIFPERS.

Ship only the Finest Quality

Extra Dry (Green Seal). LAUTS, WEGENER & Co.

Bole Agouts. Hongkong, 17th May. 1895.

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R. J. REMEDION. THORLIGN AND COLONIAL STAMP DEALER,

T

No. 37, CAINE ROAD, HONGKUNG, Will be glad to send STAMPS on approval to any address on receipt of satisfactory refer- unces.

Is also prepared to purchase used POSTAGE STAMPS in Large or Small Quantities for Cush, AGENTS WANTED. 15 to 25 per cent Discount Allowed. [802a |

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

J. H. DOWNS, Manager.

Hongkong, 8th September, 1900,

THIS

HING KEE HOTEL.

(ESTÄHLISHED 1673) MACAO.

[3096-

First-class and well-famed establish-

ment is pleasantly situated in the centre of PEATA GRANDE, facing south, with a

fortable and well furnished Red-rooms.

Cuisino Excellent. Prompt Attendance.

Terms very Moderate.

charming view of the ses on the front." Com-

L. HING KEE, Proprietor. [1919 Telegraphic address" LINGKRE

RAFFLES HOTEL,

SINGAPORE.

SITUATION UNSURPASSED. THE Finest Hotel in the East.

Rooms en

suite. Every Room with Private Bathroom attached. Cuisine under twe French Chefs,

CURRIES A SPECIALITY Every Home Comfort.

Electric Bells throughout the Hotel. Electric Lights.

Electric Faus.

Teras Moderate.

SARKIES BROTHERS,

Proprietors. Hongkong, 16th August, 1900.

MANUSCRIPT MUSIC.

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THE Undersigned undertakes to COPY all 1 CLASSES of MUSIC (with or without accompaniment), at very Reasonable Prices, with Neatness and Correction.

Apply to--

“EUTHERPE," 26, Des Voeux Road.

(207 Hongkong, 12th January, 1901.