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PRICE, PER MONT

CHAMPAGNE

MOET & CHANDON'S

DEY INFRIAL... Doz Quarts $59|

As supplied to

Dez. Pints $62

H.M. KING EDWARD VII.

SOLE AGENTS—

H. PRICE & CO.,

12, Queen's Road.

Hongkong Daily Press.

No. 14,01券 戴伍十零千肆萬賫第 日伍拾式月正年十二

RAINIER BEER THE CHOICEST AND BEST

"THE FINEST BEER BREWED

VARIETIES OF

NERNST ELECTRIC LIGHT.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

HONGKONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 1903.

號壹十弍月弍年叁零百九仟壹英港香

NERNST

PARIS,

$18.00

QUARTE

LONDON, BOSTON, NEW YORK.

G. GIRAULT,

BEAUTY OF ILLUMINATION COMBINED WITH GREAT ECONOMY |

AS CHEAP AB GAS! FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO

HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO.

OR

SIEMSSEN & CO.

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6. QUEEN'S ROAD.

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"KEEP PACE WITH THE TIMES

99

IN AMERICA."

PER CASE & DOZEN PINTS

CONFECTIONERY

FROM

CLUB WHISKY

THE BEST VALUE ON THE

MARKET.

Por Dos.

i.....$15

H. PRICE & CO.,

12, Queen's Road.

A. S. WATSON & CO.

LIMITED,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

ESTABLISHED 1841.

SOLE IMPORTERS.

REMINGTON TYPEWRITERS

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CUTLER, PALMER

& CO.'S

PRICE $11.75 PER DOzzy

NET

"SPECIAL BLEND "

WHISKY

Bloud

of Selected

Distillations of the Finest Scotch Whiskies

Apply to SIEMSSEN & CO., Hongkong. 1a46

HONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TRAM

WAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS,

7.30 am, to 8.00 a.m....Every 10 minutes. 8.00 sun, to 8.30 am....Every 15 minutes. 5.60 a.m. to 9.30 am....Every 10 minutes 4.30 B.

sm, to 11.00 san....Every 15 minuteR. 11.30 am to 12.45 p.m. .......

...Every 10 minutes, J.15 p.m.... p.m. to

10 minutes. Every

minutoe. 1.45 pm to 2.16 p.m.... Every 10 minutes. 3. Every 15 minutes 3.30 pm. to 5.00p.m...Evory 15 minutes. 4.00 p.m. to 7.00p.m....Every 10 minutes. 7.00 pm to 8.00 p.m....Every 15 minutes.

BIGHT CARO.

1.16 pm to 1 pin,...Every

2.15 p.m. to 3.00 3.9

-8.45 p.m. & 9 p.m., 9.45 to 11.15 p., very hour.

BUNDAYU,

8.00 a.tn. to 8.30 am....Every 15 minutes. 8.30 am to 9.30 am....Every 20 minutes. 9.30 am, to 10.30 a.....Every 16 minutes. 12.00 Noon to 1.00 p.14....Every 10 10.60a.m. to 11.00*****y 10 minutes. 10 minutos. 1.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m..

5.00 pm to 8:00 am. Brot minutes,

10 minutes.

4. p.m. to 7.00 p.m....Every 16 ininutes 7.00 pm to 9.00 .. Every 10 minutesa-

NIGHT CARS as on West Days SATURDATE

Extra care at 11.30 p.m. and 11.45 pr SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Com- may's Office, 83 & 4, Queen's Road Central.

JOHN HUMPHREYS & SON,

Gonoral Mariagers.

Hongkong, 1st October, 1802.

VICTORIA

CYCLE

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EMPORIUM. THE pleasure of cycling consists in having pleadas Machins, and the above Establishment is always leading in this respect. We are Agouts for the famous "NEW HOWE" and ** MONOPOLE CYCLES, and woular 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 & 43, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST.

(22584 Honekone, 4th April, 1901.

MACLAREN'S IMPERIAL

CANADIAN CHEESE,

IN JARS (MEDIUM and SMALL).

Wholesale and Retail from

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.,

SOLE AGENTS.

Hongkong, 22nd October, 1902.

WITH ALL REQUISITES.

SIEMSSEN & CO..

SOLE AGENTS.

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 Btocks with the undersigned :--

SUPERB OLD COGNAC,

$25 PER DOZ. Distinguished by Four Stars on the label,

ANOTHER FINE COGNAC, 818.50 per dos,

Less old than the above.

IMPERIAL BRANDY $12.50 PEE CASE.

THE ELITE OF WHISKY-

THE "PALL MALL,"

$22 FER DOZ.

11 Years old; the finest quality shipped..

Bach bottles bears an Analyst's certificata.

0. P. & Co.'s OWN SPECIAL

BLEND WHISKY,

$11.75 PER DOZ.. Very soft,, palatable, and maturs, EVERYBODY SHOULD TRY THESE ITEMS

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BY DRINKING THE WHISKY OF TO-DAY

"SCOTLAND'S BEST."

WATKINS, LD., HONGKONG.

PHOTO.

|C.P. & Co.'s-INVALIDS' PORT GRAPHIC

$22, PER DOZ. This fine Wine is old, soft, and of grand favoar See analysis and certificate by Professor Cassali.

DOURO PORT, $15.75 PER DOZ.

$18.50 PER DOZ.

PLATES, PAPERS

AND CHEMICALS

EASTMAN'S KODAKS, FILMS AND ACCESSORIES,

DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN A. CHEE & CO., 17%, QUEEN'S ROA", HONGKONG,”

KELLY & WALSH, LD.

NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS. HOW TO SPEAK CANTONESE: 50 Cox.

INSURANCE

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF LIFE

ASSURANCE?

YOU

YOU reply: "It is too costly for me." Surely you must be mistaken, for

10 CENTS "A ́DAY is sufficient to secura a man of 30 a policy with the STANDARD LIFE OFFICE for

81,323 For full Farticulars and Rates, &c., apply to MESSES. DOD WELL & CO., LD., Hongkong. (1797

HOTELS.

HONGKONG HOTEL

A. First Class Hotel in every respect,

Elegantly Furnished Reading. Drawing

Mud Smoking Rooms.

Private Bar and Billiard Rooms for Hotel

residents.

Dining Accommodaticu, for 300 personS, Private Dining Rooms,

Special Dining Room for large parties. Ladies' Afternoon Tea Rooms with European

Matron in attendance.

Ladies' Clook Room.

Ping-Pong Room,

Hydmulio Elevatose to every floor.

Electric Lighting.

Electric Fans (if required).

Hot and Cold Water throughout.

Wines and Groceries specially imported by

the Hotel.

Wine cooled by Hotel refrigerating

machinery.

Hotel Linen washed on the premises ky

machinery.

Bedroom Accommodation-131 rooms.

Fire Extinguishing Mains and Emergency Exits on every foot.

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CHARGES MODERATE.

H. HATNES,

Manager.

.THE

PEAK HOTEL.

A fine, fall, and frulty wize,

CLOWES NAVAL POCKET-BOOK WHITAKER'S AзMANACH

$4.25

9.10

AMOROSO SHERRY,

$22 PER DO2.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY

ALMANACK

0.90

THE CHINA COASTER-AND-NAUTICAL

POCKET MANUAL

2.50

HISTORIC MACAO, by C. Mont

Montalto de

***

LA TORRE SHERRY,

Jesus; 12 Illustrations and Mup CHINA COAST TALES, by Lise Boolim;

4R BERIES

27

6.00

1.00

TALES OF HONGKONG, by" Dolly"

1.00

Who's WHо 1903

4.25

VERSATIONS IW CANTONESE COLLOQUIAL, WITH CRINESE CHABACTER, FENE AND LITERAL ENGLISH TRANALATIONS, AND ROXANIBEL ŠPELLING, WITH Tosic -AND-DIACRITICAL-MARKS, &o.3-2nd- Edition, Revised and Corrected, by J. Dyer Ball

$6.00 SELECT FERASES IN THE CANTON

DIALECT, by Dr. Kerr; 5th Edition 0.75 CANTONESE APOTHEEMS, by Rer. W. J.

Stereus... PROGRESIVE AND IDIOMATIC

*

145

***

Admirably Situated. Sheltered from the North-East Monsoon and Open to the South- West Monson,

1,50

++

SEN.

BORE WAR, by General Ben Viljoen NEW BLUE BOOK: THBATT SERIES NO. 17; FINAL PROTOCAL BETWEEN THE POWERS AND CHINA FOR RESUMP- TION OF FRIENDLY RELATIONS THE EMPIRE OF BUSINESS, by Andrew

Carargio

5.00

TENCES IN ČANJONESK COLLOQUIAL, by A. A. Fulton; 3rd Edition...

RECENT NOVELS.

1.75

A COVERED GANGWAT LEADS

FROM THE TRAMWAY TERMINUS.

INTO THE HOTEL.

0.25

HA

2+1

HOW TO CHOOSE A HUSBAND, by Rosslia

Nicsh ROBIN BRILLIANT, by Mrs. Dadeny 9.00 A LONDONER'S LOG Book, by Author 3.10

of "Collections and Recollections" 1.75 IN KING'S BYWAYS, by Stanley J.

Weyman

$1.75

Telephone No. 29,

1.75

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1.95

DEAD CERTAINTIES,

Nathaniel

Gabbina

1.75

1.75

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

A natural and most pleasant wine to the taste. My REMINISCENCES OF THE ANGLO-

BENEDICTINK LIQUEUR—

D.O.M..

$43.75 PER DOZ. QUAETS. $45.50 PER DOZ. PINTS.

THEY ARE UNEQUALLED AT THE PRICE

HONGKONG.

AGENTS-SIEMSSEN & CO...

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

NEW STOCK OF ENGLISH SADDLERY.

PIGSKIN SADDLES FROM 6 TO 12 LBS.

NEW BUBLESQUES, by Bret Harts ABS VIVENDI: THE AET OF ACQUIRING MENTAL AND BODILY VIGOUE, by A. Lovell

VERSE AND WORSE, by "Tang Ubin"

(J. O. P. Bland); Illustrated [MS PEARSON'S HUMOROUS RECITER

RACING SADDLES 33 LBS. POLO SADDLES 7 LB.

NUMNAHS AND WEIGHT CLOTHS.

BRIDLES. GIRTHS. SPURS. BITS.

STIRRUP IRONS AND LEATHERS

RIDING WHIPS, &c.

VIA EASTERN" TELEGRAPHIC

SOCIAL CODE

IN EXERCISES PROGRESSIVE

CHINISE WRITTen Language, by T. L. Bullock

+h+

THE

THE NEW TABLE GAME: CIRCLE TENNIS,

4.00 No OTBLE WAY, by Sir Walter Breant. 1.75 2.10 FLOWER-O'-THR CORN, by S, R. Crockett 1.75 N.LSON AND HICAPTAINS, by Fitchett 1.75 4.00 TEMPORAL POWER, by Mario Corelli

1.75

5.00 THE LADY OF THE BAGGE, by W. W

Jacobs ....

THE INTRUSIONS OF PEGGY, by Anthony

Hope

1.75

1.75

AT SUNWICH PORT, by W. W. Jacobe...

175

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COTTAM & CO.

GENTLEMEN'S COMPLETE OUTFITTER ·,

DENT'S WALKING AND DRIVING GLOVES, DRESSING. GOWNS, TRAVELLING RUGS, WARM UND RCLOTHING, &c, &c.

Town Office: 7, DuddeLL STREET.

A HIGH CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL. Ladica' Afternoon Tea Rooms. Private Bar and Billiard-Rooms. Roomspecially reserved for Captains of the Mercantile Marine.

Hot and Cold Water thronglont. Electrically Lighted.

Electric Fassenger Elevator to each floor. Table D'Hote at separate tables. For Terms, &o,, apply to the Hongkong, 24th October, 1902,

MANAGER.

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HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.

LUNKET'S GAP, The PEAK, near the

P Tran Terminus.

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Ja THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO.,.LD.

LANE CRAWFORD & CO. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

ALE AND STOUT IMPORTERS

ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANTS NOW IN OPERATION IN CANTON AND

KOWLOON.

INCANDESCENT LAMPS, ARO LAMPS AND NERNST LAMPS SUPPLIED. · ESTIMATES MADE FOR ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL WORK AND SUFFRIES.

Apply to

THE MANAGER OF WORKS AT HUNGĦOM;

SHEWAN. TOMES & CO., General Managers.

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Telephone No. 7.

TEMPORARY OFFICES: 16, QUEEN'S ROAD

(AT THE FOOT OF ZETLAND STREET).

VICTORIA

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Hongkong, 13th February, 1903.

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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Casks of $75 Bos. net 16 por Cask ex Factory. In-Bags of 250 a. net-$3.75 per bag ex Factory.

SHEWAN, TOMÉS & CO.,

General Managers. Ho grd December, 1902.

WANTED.

RESPONSIBLE EUROPEAN

2281

W. BREWER & CO.

23 and 25, QUEEN'S ROAD.

A Soldier's Love Story: a Romance of Hongkong, by Giles Wheatley (Mrs. R. F. Johnson).

A MAN of WORKS exporEAN FORE- British Jouras Photographic Almanack

class joinery and plastering. Good salary to

n capable und steady mau.

"Apply to---

TURNER & 00,- Hongkong, 20th February, 1903,

WANTED.

MALE TEACHER.

Apply by Letter, to-

H. M. B...

1903

Casselle's Illustrated History of the Boer

War

The Memoirs of Paul Krüger... [589 Wooings and Weddings in Many Climes,

by L. J. Miln

International Code of Signa's...

Practical Seamanship, by Todd and Whall Wrinkles in Practical Navigation, by

Looky

Dues and Charges on Shipping in

Foreign Ports

$1.00

OB

LITHOGRAPHIC

PRESS.

3, DUDDELL STREET, LITHOGRAPHIC AND MUSIC PRINTERS, PAPER AGENTS, &c.

BACH DEPARTMENT UNDER TRAINED EUROPEAN SUPERVISION, LATES) MACHINERY FOR PRODUCING FIRST-CLASS WORK AGENTS FOR---

MEBBES, PARSONS BROS., PAPER MERCHANTS, London, New York, and Sydney

Lending lines kept in stock.

HOTELS

THE QUEEN'S HOTEL, ELGIN ROAD, KOWLOON.

NEW STOCK PHOTO ALBUMS. Pearson's Magazine; Yol 14; July to Dec. Three minutes' walk from the Steamer

19.2

$5.00 Wharves, and seven minutes by Ferry-launch

from the City of Victoria

A First-class Hotel with thirty-five very.

Fedrooms

6.99 Clowe's New Naval Pocket-Book

Infantry Training 1902

6.50 Signalling Through Space

10.50

Highway of Fate, by L. N. Caray Cecilie, by Marion Crawford Flower-o-the Com, by.S. R. Crockett.. 5,00 The Weird of it, by I. P. Shiel K 16.00 Natives of Milton, by R. M. Gilchrist... 17.50 The Plague of the Heart, by Francia

Provost 18.30 Belshazzar, by

W. 3. Davis

20.00

[540

Refrigeration, Cold Storage and Ice

Making...

13.50

Care of Daily Fress Office. Hongkong, 16th February, 1903.

4,25

·0,00

4.00

$$1.75

SANDOW'S GRIP DUMBBELLS.

Board and Residence --- By the day.

month

From $5 to $7.00

$90 to $120.40- for Married Couple...$180.00 Everything of the Best.

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Dinner Parties by Special Arrangement. Billiards (Thurston Match Table). Most perfect onlinary arrangements. Friod both in European and Eastern styles.

H. RUTTONJEË,

Proprietor. Hongkong, 25th November, 1901.

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THI

HING KEE HOTEL.

(ESTABLISHED 1873) MACAO.

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THIS First-class and well-famed establish- meat is pleasantly situated in the centre of PRATA GRANDE, facing south, with charming view of the son on the front, Com

fortable and well furnished Bed-rooms.

Cuisine Excellent, Prompt Attendance.

Termas very Moderate.

LHING YEE, Propriet

124. Telegraphic address “ HINGAEE“ HOTEL INTERNACIONAL.

TIRE MOST COMFORTABLE HOTEL Countifully situated in Prays Grande next to Government House

Telegraphic Address: "Internacional."

Apply to--

THE MANAGER. Hongkong, 4th October, 1902.

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Tel. 56.

For Terms, apply to the

MANAGER

Hongkong, 2nd July, 1900,

CONNAUGHT HOUSE.

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FIRST CLASS HOTEL Situated nase

the Banks and Principal Offices. Excellent Luisine and Wines. Large and Lofty Booms, Elegantly Furnished Hydraulic Elevator, hot and cold wat r throughout.

Special Rates for Tourists. Lannoh Service for Guests, For Terms apply to the

MANAGER.

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Hongkong, 31st October, 1902.

"BOA VISTA " (HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH

CHINA) MAOAO

H management and most strict supervision AS been re-opened under Furopean

asto food, cleanliness, and hygiene of the place?

All comforts of a home.

A most pleasant retreat for those desirous of a few days rest and quiet N

Comfortable accommodation, for travellers

the

historical and picturesque paying a visit to colony of Macao.

Biseso is 40 miles south-west of Hongkong. One steamer (as Heungshan), daily to and from Hongkong, and two steamer to and from Umten, give easy communication with both

these centres.

Cable Address" BOAVISTA," For Terms, apply to r8254]

THE MANAGER.

HOTEL,

VICTORIA

SHAMEEN, CANTON, BRITISH CONCESSION.

EN OOD Accommodation,

Excellent Cusine.

Every Convenience for Tourists,

T. F. DA CRUZ, Manager.

Cantor, 1st October, 1901

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