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HONGKONG

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

BOOKBINDING

→ DAILY PRESS" OFFICE,

The only office in China having. European taught workinen. Equal to Home Work.

BUILDERS

KANG ON.

Contractor: 3. D'Aguilar Street, Local and Coast Port Buildings, Timber, Brick

and Granito.

Mochales engaged, Estimates given CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS, &c..

THE PHARMACY,

10. Queen's Road Central. Family and Dispensing Chemista, Wines, Spirits and

Cigars.

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

Chemists and Druggists, High-class Aera

tel Waters, Dealers in Photographic

Roquisites, Queen's Road, FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN

A CHEE & CO.. Established 1859,

Every Household Requisite. Depot for Eastman's Kodak Films and Accessories;

17a, Queen's Rund Central.

JEWELLER

MAISON LEVY HERMANOS,

Diamond Marchants and Watchmakers, 40, Watson's Building. Queen's Road. Also

at Shanghai, Manila, Paris ant Iloilo

PHOTOGRAPHERS

A FONG,

The largest and most complete Studio in Hongkong. Established 1859, Viewa, Enlargements. Ivery Miniatures, Oil Paintings, &c.; Ice House Street,

MEE CHEUNG,

Ice House Street, Top Floor. Permanent Enlargements, Groupes, Views, etc; Dovel- opment Works, Ainateurs' Requisites.

M. MUMEYA, JAPANESE ARTIST.

Bromide and Crayon Enlargements and also colouring Photos and relief Photos. Vaws of China and Manila. Wark done for Amateurs; No. 8A, Queen's

Road Central

PRINTING

DAILY PRESS" OFFICE. Proofs read by Englishman.

STOREKEEPERS

F. BLACKHEAD & CO..

Navy Contractors, Shipehandlere, Sail- makers. Provision and Coal Merchants, Praya Contral, next Hongkong Hotel.

BISMARCK & CO.,

Navy

Contractors, Ship Chandlers, Provision and Coal Merchants, Sail

makera, &c. Fresh Water sapplied to

Vessels in the Harbour

KWONG BANG & CO

Shipebandlers, Sailmakers. Hardware, Engineer Tools Brass and Iron Mer-

clants, 144, Dow Your Road,

MORE & SEIMUND,

DE 15, Day Vous Road, Shipclandless, Sailmakers, Riggers, Commission Agents and General Storekeepers; Bole Agents for Shipowners Composition (" Grey- hound Brand") and Blundell, Spence & Co.'* Composition. TAILORS

HAUGHTON & CO..

Nuval, Military and Court, 16, Queen's Roud,

Opposite Kain's Curio Store.

TOBACCONISTS

D. S. DADY BURJOR. "Los FILIPINOS," of the Best Manila Cigars; 25, Importing or Street.

WATCHMAKERS

DROZ & CO.,

10. Queen's Road Central. Repairs of Watches and Clocks by competent

Eacopean experts, at moderate rates.

EYE-SIGHT.

Mz. N. LAZARUS,

Ocealist-Optician, of London and Calcutta,

Tah

may be consulted for SPECTACLES at 16, Queen's Road Central

{R. HOUGHTON & Co.) -. (Nearly opposite the HONGKONG HOTEL), Business Hours:

9 am, to 5 p.m. Great proportion of cataracts and diseases affecting those advancing in life scour to those having some deficiency in the construction of the eyes-the many years of 'Eye Strain' ending in serious forms of disease. Glasser specially adapted in youth to those requiring them ance and preserva the sight.

NOTICES OF FIRMS DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

WE PartnebEHIP hitherto existing be. tween us, the undersigned, under the Firm name of CARMICHAEL & BARLOW has be dissolved by Matual Consent, as from the Ist day of June, 1901.

H F. CARMICHAEL B. J. BARLOW, · Hongkong, 6th Juno,, 1901.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, JUNE 10гн, 1901

RUSSIA IN CHINESE TURKES PAN.

nust, of course, cause disquiet in India.

paw. Evidence as to the pening her in. burder tribes, whose dread of us is the one great i

NOTICE.

PARTNERSHIP in our FIRM of Mr. THENEY CRAWFORD and Mr. JOHN who, between 1898-1899, made & couple of very MCCALLUM expired on 31st March, 1991.

THE NEED

COLLAPSE OF THE GULF-

STREAM,

THEODORO VAFIADIS & CO.

MANUFACTURERS OF

HIGH CLASS

CIGARETTES.

EGYPTIAN

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CLOSE TO HE NUBAR PASHA'S PALACE.

BRANCHES.

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...19, Basinghall Street, C.E. ALWAYS FRESH AND RELIABLE AT THEIR AGENTE

the Andijanis, or natives of Rassion Turkestan. dieliko Bussian ral intensely owing to the harassing administration to which they are The other day, commenting on the Shanghai subject. Rassian supremacy in Chinos Trek wort that sait quing to get positor of Ar-nies many not at present be able to traverse report Bossie, buffled her designs

estan other parts of Chisin, we pointed out that the Pamirs, but from Kashgar. Eussia would Chinese Turkestan would probably he have fresh opportunity for intriguing, and the territory on which the boar would ext lay his nearer she gets to India the more will our with which prestige be lowered in the estimation of the Russia has been quietly fusuce over the district surrounding Kushgar surity against Mohamedan invasion of is to be found in many books of Central Asia. India-Daglishman travels. The latest travellor to put hin `- periances into print in Captain H. P. Deasy.

adventurou, journeys into Western Til et und Mr. ALFRED HOLLAND SKELTON, Chinese Turkestan. The book is entitled Mr. DUNCAN CLARK and Mr. FRANCIS Tibet and Chinese Turkestan, and is published just been announced by the Meteorological A very startling piece of intelligence has CUMING WILFORD were admitted as by Be. T. Fisher Unwin. Captain Dessy does Office. From our youth up we have all been PARTEES on 1st April, 1901.

not affect literary merit, but his narrative is taught that the climate of the British Isles LANE, CRAWFORD & CO. simple and straightforward, and likely to be of would be almost Arotic in its severity wore it BOMBAY Hongkong. 5th June, 1901.

1482 great use to succeeding travellers. His adven not for the perpetual washing of our shores by CALCUTTA, Dalhousie Square. LONDON..

tures wole of the nature one might expect from the warm water of the Gulf Stream, whose the stories of those who preceded him in these geniet influenco softens our atmosphere and regions. He made no important géographient ensures temperatures far above that of New- discoveries, but was able to fill in some of the foundland and Labrador, on the opposite side of lesser known routes in the maps. The chief the Atlantic. Scientific men, however, call never interest of the book, however, lies in the co- leave well alone, and they delight in bowling eluding chapters whorein are sketched some over one by one all the beautiful idonn of the most prominent features of the political cherished by the multitude.

Itse comG Bituation. It is an extraordinary fact that no to be the turn of the Gulf Stream at traveller in Turkestan has been able to escape last, the great ecoan river which generations of the infection of the political atmosphere. geographers and others have traced, apparently Whether he goes out as a sportsman or s in imagluation, from the backs of Newfound geographer he finds himself before long

laking

land across to Britain's coasts and an absorbing interest in the intrigues and north-eastward neroas the Arctic circle to Franz away up strife of the Powers contending for supremaey Josef Land and Nova Zembla. In the North over what is at the best of times hardly the Atlantia and Mediterranean pilot chart for the most desirable country in the world. The month of May next, issued by the Meteorological CHAMBERTIN...... infection, we believe, partly proceeds from Council, there is abundance of information for the close contact into which travellers are sailors on several subjects, and in the remarks intelligent of whom are keenly interested in shown by means of mumberless blue arrows on thrown with natives and villagers, all the more relating to currents iifs stated that the results, polition. In Central Asia nothing arouses the chart, are derived from observations extend- greater animation among a cirels of talkera ing from 1880 to 1895. Hore, imiel, is than a discussion as to the relative merits authority much more convincing than that of of British, Russian, or antiva zale. There are the semchair philosopher, who, unprovided with indeed to be found headmen and merchants precise and namerous observations, contrats who can offer expression of opinion on world-himself with laying down the les as to what Price 20 Cents per Copy or Six Copies for $1. polities. Vambery, for instance, records his ought to vrist in a perfect world of his own

astonishment at hearing the Alabarna question crantion. discussed in a remote village.

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BY

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MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA

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HEAD OFFICE-43, SAKAMOTO-CHO, TOKYO. LONDON OFFICE 34, LIME STREET, E.C. HONGKONG OFFICE-6, Ice House STREET.

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~Tolographic Address for all the Offices: "MITSUI,”

A.B.C. and A 1 Codes used.

CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Navy, Arsonals and Railway Barssu; Principal Railway Companies and Industrial Works: Home and Foreign Mail and Freight Steamers. SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Famous Milke, Tagawa and Yamano Coal Mines; and SOLE AGENTS for Fukumo, Hokoku. Ichi-mur, Kuada, Kishima. Mantour, Ononra,

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Based on the investigation of the immense At the present moment the visible embodi- quantity of data referred to, it is now stated ments of Russian and British power in Chinese that to the westward of the British Isles, be- Turkestan are resectively M. Petrovsky, the tweon the 50th and 60th parallels, the enrrant Rasaian Consul General and Mr. Macartney, drift in the month of May is largely to the who has the cuntbrous, indeed ridiculous, title west a south-west. there being no evidence of Special Assistant for Chines affairs of the north-eastward extension of the Gulf to the Resident in Kashmir." The Russian Stroup beyond about 47 deg. N., 27 deg. W. Consal-General is, most trusellers ngres,Between the 30th and 30th parallels westward is very remarkable man, who has established to the 30th meridian, nearly the whole of the JAIZ extraordinary acendency over the surface water lus à south-going movement. Chinese Tuotai,, wita bath hates and fears him. These features are probably related to the Captain Dousy does not evelit him with high prevalence of Polar winds off the coasts of intellectual gifts, but confesses that his force of North-Western Europe at this season, the character and strong prejudices make the Gulf Steam itself weakening greatly on passing Chinese bow and cringe before him His be the Newfoundland banks and being driven off haviour towards the officials is marked with first to the south-east, then to the south, and so disdain. though he expects to be treated with finally down to the tiopies again. Our cousts the woat punctilione politeness. While he ra are thus exposed to Aretie rather than to quired subservience on the part of the Chinese, tropical influences, and it was plain that he regarded as intralors therefore, that advantage should be taken of

it is appropriate. New men of other nationalities, whether settled in the occasion to devote a chapter to the northerly Kashgar or only visitors, and, if they were type of the cold spell which afflicts us and British, he called them spies and secret agents. Europe generally almost no regularly To the Roman Catholic missionary, Father work every May,

as clock- Hendriks, he was actively hostile, wbilo to the two Swedish missionaries he shored marked unfriendliness." Again: "Any hint of the foreigner at oure excited this approach of

From Prejevalsk he received a telogram WATERunouncing the arrival of Mr. Isidor Morse, whom Cobbold and I had met wear the Kilik. Pass, and the interest and anxiety which be displayed concerning this traveller, his antionality, the purpose of his vine, etc. was simply laughable. It was easy for him to poison the minds of the ignorant Chinos officials, and set them against unoffending Britial travellers, and his offorts to this end showed the narrow-minded Russian official." Captain Dessy goes on to say that M. Pretrovsky insinuated that he, the writer, was working as the secret agent of the Government of India in an attempt to extend the Indian froutier beyond the finda Kush, with the result that the Chinese put groat difficulties in the way of his moving about the country. Many people have testified to the ability of Mr. Macartney, but he is not supported by the Government as he ought to be in spite of the fact that the greater part of Mr.

is in the hands of natives of Macartney has not the rank or anthority of a consul, and is not allowed an escurt, whereas the Russian officer rides abroad blasing in 'a uniform with decorations with an escort of It is not Cossteks clattering at his back. surprising that the Chinese make little of the position of an Adviser on Chinese Affairs." little influence, but that lie has so mach. The The wonder is not that Mr. Macurtney has so Chinese respect the man, but not tho Power that he represents.

BOAT COMPANY, LIMITED. THE above Company is prepared to supply the shipping in Hongkong with FURE and FILTERED WATER both for deck and boilers.

Call Flag. W.

J. W. KEW, Manager,

20, Des Youx Road. Hongkong, 18th December, 3500, [3133

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MAIL TABLES.

THE Card published at the Daily Press Office

Contain English Mails, homoward and outward French

German

Canadian

卜肉

13

Percel Fost Calendar for 1901

That is more information than is given on one printed in London for which fifty cents is charged. The price of the locally printed correct card is 20 cents on paper, 30 cents on cureboard. Supplied only for cash by Daily Press Office or the Booksellers.

AMERICAN MACHINERY.

Made in America (U.S.A.). Priess quoted Lo.b. New York, or c.i.f. Hongkong

REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.,

Hongkong Jongkong, 3rd December, 1900.

1125

MACHINERY **,

SUPPLIES.

trade

of the

Chinese Tark-

I considering the future of estau Captain Deasy devotes some pages to

R. C. WILCOX.

Hongkong, 22nd May, 1901.

8, Beaconsfield Arcade.

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ON SALE

THE

TO

POLITICAL OBSTACLES MISSIONARY SUCCESS IN CHINA.

A LECTURE

BY ALEXANDER MICHIE.

PRICE 25 CENTS CASH

On Sale at PRESS" Office and Local Newsagents.

** HONGKONG DAILY

Hongkong, 20th April, 1901.

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FOR SALE.

NE 6-Tuch TRANSIT THEODOLITE Apply to---

B. BROTHERTON HARKEE, 17. Queen's Road Central, Hongkong, 5th June, 1901.

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A ON & CO., PHOTOGRAPHERS AND PORTRAIT PAINTERS.

Enlargements

soldiers are badly armed, badly fed, and 391, TOP FLOOR, BREN'S ROAD CENTRAL. the strength of the Chinese forces there. The All kinds of Oil Paintings and Photographic

INSPECTION IS SOLICITED. Hongkong, 8th November, 1900,

BAILEY & MURPHY.

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W DEPARTMENT, and are prepared Have OPENED & MACHINERY to Furnish Prices, &o, on STEAM ENGINES, without discipline. The "force, which cannot GAS and OIL ENGINES BOILERS by any stretch of courtesy he pulled an raky

Opposite to Chas. J. Goapy & Co. PUMPS, LATHES, DRILL PRESSES,

Hongkong, 20th March, 1901.

[797 PLANERS, PNEUMATIC TOOLS, WOOD ayatoient to repress insurrection, the WORKING MACHINERY, HOISTING

purpose for which, according to inseriptions POHOOMULL over the doors of barracks, it exists; but dor,

BROTHERS MACHINERY, SAW MILLS, MACHI-defence against invasion it is utterly useless.

57 & 59, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, NIST'S SMALL TOOLS, BUILDER'S The province, acording to the writer, is

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HARDWARE. &o.

IMPORTERS AND EXPORTEES, absolutely at the mercy of Russia, and will be

Have for Sale, unfit to offer any resistance when it suits that TNDIAN, Chinese and Japanese Silk Goods Power to take it. So far Russian methods for Ladies and Gentlemen, and other Articles. bave been rather diplomatic than military. Orivatel Embroidery, Rugs and Carpete, Captain Deasy relates an interesting to Jewelry, Cashmere Shawls, Ivory, Sandalwood of a threat, not an attempt, by Russia to and Tortoiseshell Wares, Curiosities and Fancy seize Tagharma, which lies one match north Goods. of Tashkurgham, close to the junction of routes to Murgbali. Tashkurgban, Kashgar. Yangi Hissar, and Yarkand. There is said to ha excellent grazing in the vicinity, and Russia was credited with the design of ferming lazer, there in order to attract the trade from the large towns, The bazar; however," re- marks Captain Deasy,

** worki riven place to a fort, and the traily live to. Cos- Backs

In this case the Russian attempt Failed, but according to our traveller, the whole province of Sin-Chiang will sooner or later fall under the sway of the Northern Eleg to thank Captain G. WENDING, Power. The benevolent Government of the W

of the Muchew, belonging to Messrs. Tear will some day stay in on some pretext to MELCHERS & Co., for the kindness and genero-relieve China of an improfitable possession, sity shown to us when we were on board the or to protest the natives from injustice ur steamer, which arrived at Hongkong on the extortion, or to quell an insurrection with 4th instant from Bangkok.

which the Chinese troops will be pronounced The following account [1044

shows that the powerless to cope. The natives themselves Captain is a very kind-hearted man indeed in Captain Deasy's opinion would prefer to On board the steamer there was a very poor remain under the dominion

of Ching. When man, named Chau Fook, with his three questioned, they say: The Chinese plunder children. Chan Fook was in great distress no, but they do not drive and hustle us, and TR BEST NITEO-FOWDER IN THE WORLD. whom the steamer arrived at Hongkong, for he we

can do as they please." This opinion

Constantly recurring healaches, spells of dimness when roading, weak ayes, the letters running together; any of these symptoms indi- ento a deficiency in the form of the eye requir ing Glasses only to correct and curs..

Mr. LAZARUS supplies his SPECTA- CLES only after tasting the sight. ·

ADVICE FREE.

UAN

WAH

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DEALERS IN ITALIAN MARBLE AND GRANITE MONUMENTS. DESIGNS & PRICES on APPLICATION at No. 1, Queen's Road East, Hongkong' Bougkong, 17th October, 1899.

WING CHEONG, Dealers in

JEWELRY, PEARLS. DIAMONDS, CURIOS, JADESTONE ORNAMENTS, BRONZES and CARVED IVORY WARE, FINE SILKS and GRASSCLOTHS General Exporters of ANISEED and CASSIA OILS, &c. &e. Stock always on Hand. · AN INSPECTION IN RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. Notu-We beg to announen, that we also Buy all kinds of Curios at Moderate Prices.

1 & 3, D'AGUILAN STREET

(Behind Hongkong Dispensary). Hongkong, 18th April, 1991.

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Enginos, Boilers. Pumps. Wood Working and Iron Working Machinery Saw Mills and Saw Mill Rupplies. Bugar and Rice Mill Machinery. Mung und Milling Machinery, Write for Catalogues and Prices of what you require, PARKE & LACY CO., 21 and 23, Fremont Street, San Francisco, Cul., U.S.A. 1782

AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT,

BEWARE

WB penniless and unable to pay for the exagrees with that expressed to Captain. Cobbold gencies of the trip to return to his native who in his book Lanermost data asserts that country. The Captain hearing this at once gave him some повет

out of his own pocket, and raised a subscription from the officers and passengers to help to enable him to return to his antive country with his three children.

We beg to pablish these few lines as an acknowledgment of our deepest gratitude.

THE CHINESE PASSENGERS: Hongkong, 7th June, 1991.,

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of the Party offering imitations of MACNIVEN & CAMERON'S PENS. "They come as a boon and a blessing to men, The Pickwick, the Owl, and the Waverley Fen.

Sold at all Stationers. Waverley MACNIVEN & CAMERON, Ltd, Works,

Edinburgh.

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CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND

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SANITARY

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OWNERS of HOUSES situated in the

CHAL

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CEED FOR OVEL TWENTY YEARS.

Western Division of the City of Victoria. who have not had the PREMISES LIME. |* Throughly reliable preservative for Wood WASHED and CLEANSED in accordance and Stone against Vihits Ants. Decay, Fungus with law are reminded that the period during Hot, and Dampness. which this work should be finished ends on the

Sole Agunts for China, 30th day of June, 1903, and the Sanitary Board

LUTGENS, EINSTMANN & CO., being convinced of the necessity of CLEAN- Hongkong. 31st August, 1897.

1379 LINESS in its efforts to STAMP OUT

THE BRITISH NORTH BORNEO CO. PLAGUE, is determined to RIGOROUSLY PROSECUTE any Owner in default after the above named date,

A

By Order of the Board.

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G. A. WOODCOCK,

Acting Secretary.. Hongkong, 1st June, 1901.

Noto-The Western Division of the Cify lies to the West of Morrison and East Street.

"WO FAT & CO.

CHIP CHANDLERS, SAIL MAKERS,

GENERAL STOREKEEPERS. No. 11, LEE YVEN STREET, EAST, Hongkong, 25th July, 1800.

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A.1, A.B.C., Scotts and Engineering Codes CODE WORD: "DOCK." NAGASAKI,

Used.

F

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Length on Blocks

Width of Entrance on Top

Width of Entrance on Bottom... Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

529 foot. 513

89

77

26"

DOCK No. 2 (at MUKAIJIMA..) Extreme Length..

371 feet,

Length on Blocks.

250 31

Width of Entrance on Top

+

53

22

15

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[$11 NOTICE:

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APPLICATIONS BEDS ALL FONS

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"GIBE, LIVINGETON & CO., Agoute. Hongkong, 26th January, 1901. [839

IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA.

NOTICE.

THEREAS curtain Deposit Receipts issued by the IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA, in Peking and Tientsin, are alleged by the holders to have been LOST, the Public are warned against negotiating or dealing with any such Deposit Receipts, as the Bank will recognise only the estual Depositors.

For the IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA,

A. W. MAITLAND,

Acting Chief Manager. Hongkong, 30th May, 1801.

11378

A. LING & CO., FURNITURE STORE.

PLATED GLASS & CROCKERY WARF Also FOOCHOW LACQUERED WARE. FURNITURE on HIRE.

68, Queen's ROAD CENTRAL. Hongkong, 1st May, 1901.

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AUTOMATIC MAUSER

PISTOLS.

CALIBRE 7.63 m.

With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES.

FIRING 10 SHOTS in 2 SECONDS

SIEMSSEN & CO.

175

Hongkong 3rd October, 1969,

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Ship only the Finest Quality Extra Dry (Green Seal)

LAUTS, WEGENER & CO.,

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THE for the NORTH BORNEO with the leading MILLS at PORT Apply to

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pared to book orders for any specifications at Gunmakers,

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Agents.

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Primrose Cases $5.65 Pogamoid Cases ... 6.25 Ejector Brass Cases, 5.90

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$7.40 8.00 8.65

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