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HONGKONG

BUSINESS DIRECTORY. FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN

A CHEE & CO., Established 1859.

Every Household Roquisite. Depot for Fastman's Kodak Filme and Accessories;

17a, Queen's Road Contral,

-CHEONG LEE & CO., Furniture Store. Established over 20 years. Importers and Exporters, Teak wood Furultare, Black- wood, Jewellery, &c, highest grade,

NOTICES OF FIRMS

NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, MARCH 12ru, 1903

development. At present writing a series of

MISCELLANEOUS.

articles for a New York magmine. Not afraid GENTLEMEN'S

In Norfolk (England) it is enatomary to speak of heat or cold from exposure. Not afraid of E. EDWARD SHELLIM has been of attending a funeral në “following" the wild animals, microbes, men, political parties,

Mappointed MANAGEE of our Firm remains young medical man from London, or work. Can swini suy river in the United

in Hongkong from this date.

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DAVID BASSOON & CO., LD. Hongkong, th Marob, 1903. HONGKONG STEAM WATER-BOAT COMPANY, LIMITED. URING my temporary absence from the best and cheapest. 8, Queen's Road D Colors, M. Yaw wil met he

MANAGER of the above Company

J. W. KEW, ·

Hurong, PH3 March, 1903. -

Central;

JEWELLERS

*! MAISON LEVY HERMANOS:

Diamond Merchants and Watchmakers, 40 Watson's Building, Queen's Road. Also at Shanghai, Manila, Parts and Iloilo

PHOTOGRAPHER

NOTICE.

RE H. FAZULALLY & Co.,

Manager.

says the Westminster, who had taken a practice in Norfolk, was sadly nonplused the other morning on receiving a letter from a disconsolate widow announcing the death of her husband, and adding as a postscript:~ We all hope you will follow him."

Out of fifty candidates who recently qualified for Sandhurst thirty were unable to pass the 1806 colour tosta lucky nocidont, remarks a London paper, for those who were low down on the list and had no expectation of getting in this form, but a curious reflection on the eyesight of our boys Whether it is due to too much electric light or too little unahino-the great saker of colour in nature-or to neither of these causos

Nes. 6 & 8, Peel Street.

MEHOMMEDALLY FAZULALLY,

Blates. Expert with shotgun, can also about

ride. Can endurs fatigue and exposure. Cao | SHIRTS & COLLARS. bondle gange of men.”

OUTFITTING.

ARE PERFECT FITTING, BEING SCLENTIET-

CALLY CUT.

A fow mornings ago, writes a correspondent NECKWEAR, OUR PATTERNS ARE EXCLUSIVE IN THE EAST. of the Pioneer (Allahabad), I met with astring of people, men and women, who appeared to be going PYJAMAS, BILK AND WOÓL PYJAMAS ARE A LUXURY. on a pilgrimage or bound for s fair. On anquir ing their destination I was told that they were repairing to a certain villege where a most BOOTS. ALL BOOTS ARE MADE OF ENGLISH LEATHER ON AMERICAN miraculous event had occurred. It appeared that in this village there resided an aged couple, much attached to sach other, but who had gone through life with the misfortune of having had HOSIERY & UNDERWEAR. up childron. They had done all in their power to appease the anger of the goda; and hed

LASTS. A GUARANTEE OF WEAR AND STYLE.

THE BEST MAKES PROCURABLE A RANGE OF SIX DIFFERENT SHADES.

FAR EAST.

M. MUMEYA, JAPANESE Artist.

Bromide and Crayon Enlargements and I, having retired from the Partnership of

al colouring Photos and relief Photos. the above Firm, beg to notify the public that nobody seems to know; but it would be interest accomplished long and arduous pilgrimages: 1 OUR SUMMER STOCK WILL BE ABSOLUTELY THE FINEST IN THE

Views of China and Manila, Work I am about to open a new Millinery and ing to discover whether colour blindness might bestowed freely of their wealth; sheltered the |

done for Amateurs; No. 8A, Queen's Drapery Shop, and will condo business ander

Road Central.

PRINTING

DAILY PRESS" OFFICE

Proots read by Englishmen.

STOREKEEPERS

F. BLACKHEAD & CO.,

Nary Contractors, Bailmakers, Provision and Coal Merchants, Sole Agents for Hartmann Baltjen's Goutine Com

position Red Hand Brand.

BISMARCK & CO.,

Nary Contractors,

Ship Chandlers, Provision and Coal Merchants, Bail makers, &c. Fresh Water supplied to

Vessels in the Harbour

TONG SANG & CO

Shipshandlers, Sailmakers, Provisioners, Cast Marchants, Hardware, Engineer Tools, Brses and Iron Merchants,

144, Des Voeux Road.

MORE & SEIMUND,

:

25 and 26, Convaught Bad, Praya Contral Shipchandiors, Sailmakers, Riggers, Commission Agents and General Storekeepers; Sole Agents for Shipowners Composition ("Gray

hound Brand) and Blundelle Spence & Co.'s Composition. WATCHMAKERS

DROZ & b

14, Queen's Road Central, Repairs of Watolies and Clocks by competent Europesu experts at moderate rates

the name and style of FAZULALLY & CO.

Address will be notified in due course, Hongkong, 5th March, 1993.

I'

NOTICE.

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Tis hereby notified that the present Manager, Mr. N. M. J. MAHOMED, of the Firm of Mr. SOONDERJI ARJUN, has to retire owing to his term of servics being pearly finished, the charge has bean taken up by Mr. UMIASHANKER LUXMIDAS who will hereafter not as Manager.

SOONDËRJI ARJUN, By his Attorney UMIASHANKER LUXMIDAS. Hongkong, 6th March, 1903,

60 NOTICE

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that as NO

from the 3rd Maroh, 1806, ME. FAN

SUN PAT

alias FAN ŠAU Alizs FAN NANG has cessed to be a Partner in the SHUN HING FIRM of No. 71, Jervois Street, and that the Sole Partner in saca Firm now is the undersigned, who will carry on the business as heretofore.

FAN WA BAN. Hongkong, 6th March, 1903,

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICAND MERCHANT NAVY

AND EUROPEAN ENTERPRISE

IN

PROGRESSIVE HONGKONG.

THE QUEEN'S HOTEL, situate ot Kowloor, within a few minutes' walk of the principal landing stages of the SECOND SEAPORT IN THE WORLD, and on the Trunk Road of the Projected HONGKONG-CANTON RAILWAY,

18 FOR LEASE ON VERY EASY TERMS,***

- owing to Proprietor having to leave the Colony. The Elite Establishment, patronised by the residents of Hongkong und Kowloon, and by the Shipping Community calling at this Fur Eastern entrepôt of trudo, d

An exceptionally large and showy building. capable of extension, with large piece of vacant land adjoining.

Bouided by tuin roade leading to the Docks and Warehouse.

The Establishment has been conducted as First-Class Hotel and is a profitable investment. Is capable of still larger returns it management is taken over by person devoting exclusive attention to the business,

Inspection of Books allowed to any ons making bona fide Offers for Lease, &c

For Full Partionlars, apply to-

H. RUTTONJEE, D'Aguilar Street, Hongkong. 1651 Hongkong, 26th February, 1903.

PROPOSA

DROPOSALS FOR THE SALE OF

SUBSISTENCE STORES. Head quarters Division of the Philippines, Office Chief Commiery, Manila, P.I., December 26, 1902 Bealed pinpossis in duplicate, will be received at the Depot Commissary, Manila, Philippine Islands, nutil 10 o'clock A.M., Maroh :0, 1948, and then publicly opened on that day, for the sale, to the highest responsible bidder, Any supplies of surplas subsistence stores. purchased may be exported from these Islands fres of daty subject to the nsual Customs Regulations for presentation of landing earlifi- cate Terms, CASH, US. Currency. The United Stater reserves the right to reject any or all bids Proposals for each item will be considered separately. Stores may be seen npm application at the Office of the Depot Commissary, Manila. Envelopes containing proposals should be addressed Depot Commis- sory, Manila, P.I.." and endorsed "Proposale for purchase of Subsistence Stores to be opened on March 20, 1943. List of stores for sale,

The United

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CANVAS.

not bo responsible for some evidences of "L'Art Nouvezo," botk la hots and picturos,

Lord Monkswell told an interesting anecdote to an audionss of stage employees in London recently. Mr. Gladstone, when Mr. Beerbohm Tree was futroduced to him, hardly knew upon what topic to converse with him, but at length asked Mr. Tree's opinion as to the politics of the stage, whether it is as a ralo Liberal or Conservativa. "Well, sir." said Mr. Tree wickedly, "I really have not studied the question, but I should think the actors are "Dear me," "replied mostly Conservative." Mr. Gladstone. "I wonder whether there is any excoption to that rule ?" "I should say, replied Mr. Tree, the scene-shifters aro Radicals to a man!"

the ants and given food and water daily to the W M. POWELL,

homeless and fed the poor; had fed even birds; but all to no avail. The goda remained obamate and the old couple childless. Abant a week ago the husband died and his forlorn widow prayed earnestly that she might be frood from the shackles of the flesh and be permitted to join her husband in his celestial abode. Hor prayor was granted. As she stood in the temple one day uttering her usual supplications, a 10ague of fame shot out from her mouth and in an instant was the consumedì. It was a case of entice by spontaneous combustion. And so quickly has the story spread that people are looking in thousands to worship at the shrine where lie the, ashes of the saintly widow, What a fortune must the temple guardians already bare resped!

LD.,

28 & 31, QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG. NOBEL-GLASGOW EXPLOSIVES.

DYNAMITE,

GELATINE-DYNAMITE,

BLASTING GELATINE AND GELIGNITE,

DETONATORS, SAFETY FUSE,

AND ALL BLASTING ACCESSORIES,

MAGAZINES AND DEPOTS AT

HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, WEIHAIWEL

AGENTS-

325

JARDINE. MATHESON & CO.

LAMBERT & BUTLER'S

Grosvenor Street is now invaded by the club The question why professional fees in Eng- feminine. The Ladies' Empire Club has loud should be in guîness and not in sovereigas, secured the leass of 69, Grosvenor Street, and say the St. James' Gazetto, has been asked often, and no more satisfactory answer can be got than moves shortly into this Mayfair palace. This club was started only last May as a convenient that it is a survival of tho days when a coin of meeting-place for English and Colonial ladies,gninens was well known in these islands. A The Imperial idea is to be sustained, but it is writer in the Lady has been looking into the at the same time to be made a very smart club history of the guinea, Sir Robert Holmes, one something like the Travellers'. Lady Tweed- of the most picturesque figures in the annals of mouth and Mr. Freeman Thomas are on the ho Isle of Wight, was really responsible for it. committee, and Lord Brassey and Lord Half soldier, half sailor, kalf English, half Irish, wholly loyal to the crown, the merry, stalwart, strathcona directors.

fbnstering hero was equally popular with both the Charleses, and was made Governor. of the island by Charles II. Sir Robert it was who, in 1666, captured a goldeu prize in Schelling By, that consisted of ballion and gold-dust from Cape Coast Castle, iu Guines. This rich prize was coined inte gold A PIPE TOBACCO. pieces, stamped with an elephant, and to com memorate the capture these pieces of money were called guinens. Sir Robert seems to have had plenty of these golden coins.. At Yarmouth, 1sle of Wight, so long the site of the Govacaar's house, shrimpers and lobster catchers still look out for the stray gold pieces he was wont to scatter or that may have been lost or hidden in the smuggling raids so common in his day. The guinea is not nearly so autique as maby of the coins now in circulation. The simpla, respectable sovereign is more than a century older, and dates from the time of Henry VII. The guine displaced it, but sovereigns were recoined in the early part of the last century, and soon after that they completely ousted the guinea piece.

HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY. TT is requested that all OUTSTANDING BILLS against the Society may be formarded to the undersigned not later than MONDAY, 18th MARCH

DAVID WOOD, The "society columus of the Kansas news

Hon. Secretary, papers always moko sprightly reading, and the Hongkong, 6th March, 1903.

1744 Atchison Globe in particular never faile one. Here is its description of Hanush Staegeun, AVID CORSAR & SON

who has just won a prize offered in Atchison NAVY BOILED

for the most popular "girl clerk." The Globe LONG FLAX

says of her Miss Staegenino and bor sister, Elsie, keep house for their father, their mother being dead. They do the washing, iroting, baking and cleaning, cook two meals a day, and put up their own luncheons and their father's every day. They do all their own sowing, and are ut the store every morning at eight o'clock Both clerk at Lake's. On washing days they get up at four am, and have their washing on the line when they go to the store. The iron ing they do the following evening." That's the sort of women they raise in Kansas, by gosh.

850

RELIANCE CROWN TARPAULING

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & CO.

Bola Agents

CARTRIDGES.

IMPORTED EVERY MONTH, THERE-

FORE ALWAYS FRESH. TILEY'S, SCHULTZE'S, AMBERITE D KINOCK'S SPORTING CARTRIDGES 8, 10, 12, 16, and 20 BORE. and NEWCASTLE CHILLED SHOT in all Sizes, Nos. 10 to SSSC AIE GUNS and AMMUNITION in Variety..

WM. SCHMIDT & Co. Hongkong, 28th November, 1902. [1125 RUINART PERE & FILS, REIMS

Established 1719, CHAMPAGNE GROWERS AND SHIPPERS.

Ship only the Finest Quality Extra Dry (Green Real)

LAUTS, WEGENER & CO.,

Sole Agents

Hokang. 17th May. 195.

Bristol, though the circumstance may not bo obtrusively referred to in the guide-books, is city of palaces-gin, variety, and episcopal, Hino illae lacrimac-which, being interpreted means, there are ructions at the Post Office. The Palace, Bristol," becomes (says the Pall Mull Gurette) as bewildering a direction on telegram as the mystival "Walker, London." Hogsheads of spirituo na refreshment get "advised" to the Bishop, and enquiries about star engagements distract the busy mind of Mr. Buog. The Bishop has insisted that all missives for "The Patace" alall be forwarded to himself, and the Fost Office should be glad of the episcopal offer to establish a “primary sorting department at his own troubla-and- charges. But his lordship does not realise perhaps, all that he is undertaking. There is J. W. KEW,

an old story of an ecclesiastical dignitary who Manager. 1st Floor, 37, Cannaught Hond, paused decorously in the course of an afteraven Hongkong, 18th June, 1902,

3335 service to open a telegram, address" Dean Blackminster," and was only bewildered by the CARBOLINEUƊM-AVENARIUS name of the first three horses in the Lincolnshire

USED FOR OVER 25 YEARS.

TH

PURE FLESH WATER

THE HONGKONG STEAM WATER

BOAT CO., LD., is prepared to supply ANT QUANTITY of PURE FRESH WATEE to the Shipping, bath for Deck and

Boilers.

Call Flag W.

IN CASKS OF ABOUT

450 ZBB, NET.

TRADE

MARK

INEUM

45 LEA

Handicap.

Who is the most versatile man in the world ? We should judge that the American who recently applied to the United States Civil Borrice Commission for a post as draughtsman in the engineer service must come pretty near Here is his list of deserving the title.

qualifications: Barveyor, draughtsman (topo- graphical, architectural, and engineering), writer for newspapers and magazines, bridge house carpenter, boat-builder, carpenter, blacksmith's helper, boilermaker's helper, farm hand. wook, bunted gears and ducks for market, photographer, lumberman, lecturer, on railroad grades, dishwasher, shingles, teamster, cowboy, and cattle shipper solicitor, cleaned old bricks, wood-chopper worked in siwmills and factories, rafted logs, wrote advertising, &c., &c. Can command salary at more different kinds of labour, than A most delightful beverage just predlaced by a any living man. Immune from malarial fever,

well-known bru in Manchester.

Throughly reliable preservative for Wood blank copies of proposals and instructions to and Stone against White Ants, Dessy, Fungos bidders, may be had apon application to the Rot, and Dampness. Depot Commissary. Manis, States Consul at Singapore, and the United Bales Censal at Hongkong HENRY G, SHARPE, Colonel, A.C.G., U.S. Army, Chief [186 Contoissary..

FOR SALE,

STONEHAVEN," ROBINSON ROAD. Nos. G and 10, ROBINSON ROAD. HOUSES in LEIGHTON HILL ROAD and CAINE ROAD.

AHMET RUMJAHN, 62, Queen's Road. Hongkong, 20th February, 1903.

TO BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY.

A NEW STREET INDEX,

A BI

ARTHUR CHAPMAN,

Government Assessor,

1585

Intending Subscribers are requested to send,

es early as posible, Orders for as many copies

as they may require, to

THE GOVERNMENT ASSESSOR,

The Treasury.

Honkgong, 19th February, 1903.

LUTGENS, EINSTMANN & CO. Sole Agente for China. Hongkong, 1st July, 1902 ASK FOR

CORONATION CUP.

VI-KOLA.

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A draught of this stimolating refresher brings on quickly a sense of vitality and buoyancy that makes life worth living.

STONE GINGER BEER.

A onlobrated beverage filled in Patent Codà. bottles as to aroid structural contamination of any kind, which the earthur bottles could not provent, being decorated in their interior surface with a network of dirt, &c, throng "scamping" of common workmen, cepecialty Chiness.

Apply to

Depot

(575) 117-27

THE ROYAL ERATED WATER

MANUFACTORY OFFICE,

→Telaphoon 967

Ice House Street; Telephone 374.

F. P. DANENBERG, Manager

shoveller

mountain fever, lazy fever or any other disease. Expert on matters relating to physical or mental

Refreshing and Agreeable.

CALVERT'S

CARBOLIC

TOILET SOAP.

A pleasant Antiseptic Soap (containing 20% pare Carbolic Acid). Should be used regularly to improve the skin and complexion and prevent infection.

F. C. CALVERT & Co., Manchester, Eng.

2594

IMPURE DRINKING WATER is always a soures of danger; dysentery_sud- bowel troubles follow its use, every person. should have handy a bottle of Painkiller (Porry Davis'), which will quickly cure these distres ting ailments. Bo careful and see that the storekeeper does not pawn off some worthless substitute upon you as is sometimes done for [298-19 the sake of a few cents extra profit,

MITSU BISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI,

CODE WORD:"DOCK" NAGASAKI, A.1, A.B.C. Sootte and Engineering Code: Ugod. DOCK No. 1 (at TATEGAML) Extreme Length... Length on Blocks

$41

Width of Entrance on Top Width of Entrance on Bottom... Water on Blooks at Spring Tide

1

FRONTIER MIXTURE.

FRAGRANT. COOL-SMOKING.

UNRIVALLED.

This Tobeco is pasked is round, air-tight tins, thus preserving in beautiful condition for an unlimited period its delicate fragrance, irrespective of all climates.

To be obtained of MERS. KRUSE & CO., in -1b, tios.

MADE BY

LAMBERT & BUTLER. BRANCH

BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO

COMPANY, LIMITED.

JAPAN

COALS.

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA

MITSUI & CO.

HEAD OFFICE:-43, SAKAMOTO-CHO, TOKYO. LONDON BRANCH-34, LIME STREET, E.C.

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HONGKONG BRANCH-PRINCE'S BUILDINGS, Ice House STREE

OTHER BRANCHES :

Now York, San Francisco, Hamburg, Bombay, Bingapore, Sourabaya, Manila, Amoy, Shanghai, Chofoo, Tientsin, Nowchwang, Fort Arthur, Seoul, Chemulpo, Yokohama, Yokoenke Nagoya, Osaka, Kebe, Kure, Shimonoseki, Moji Wakamater. Karateu, Nagasaki Kachinoten, Sasebo, Maidzaru Müike, Hakodate, Taipeb, &c.

Telegraphia Address: "MITSUI" (A.B.C. and A 1 Codes: CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Navy and Arsenals and the State Railways, Principal Railway Companies and Industrial Works; Home and Foreign Mai and Freight Steamers,

BOLE PROPRIETORS of the Faraous Miika, Tagawa, Yamano and Ida Coal Mines; and SOLE AGENTS for Hokoku, Hondo, Kanada, Kishima, Mamada, Manneurs, Onours Oteuji

Sacabara Teubakaro, Yoshinotani, Yoshio, Yunokibara, and other Colla.

N. INUZUKA, Manager, Hongkong.

1111

HAMMERSMITH

J. & H. GWYNNE, LD., IRON WORKS

523 feet.

$13 H

£9

77

281.

371 feet.

350

66

#4

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MAKERS OF THE

DOCK No. 2 (at MUKAIJIMA.) Extreme Length... Longth on Blocks

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

PATEN BLIP (at KOSUGE), Can take vessels up to 1,000 tons grOSES. HE WORKS are well equipped with the 1 LATEST IMPROVEMENTS and on execute any kind of work in SHIPBUILD ING and MARINE ENGINEERING as well asju REPAIRING of SHIPS.

COMPANY has B SALVAGE STEAMER, 712 TONS GROSS, FITTED with POWERFUL SALVAGE PLANT 1534 READY at SHORT NOTICE.

The

OREGON LUMBER.

THE PILLS A PORT HE Undersigned, being closely connected LAND and PUGET SOUND, are always pre- pared to book orders for any specifications et LOWEST RATES.

SIEMSSEN & CO Hongkong, 14th February, 1901.

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PERSEVERANCE LODGE OF HONG. KONG, No. 1,165, E.C

REGULAR LODGE will be held at the AFREEMASONS HALL, on MON DAY, the 16th MARCH, at 5 for 5.30 PM, precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend."

Hongkong, th March, 1903.

The most

81, CANNON TREET, LONDON, E.C.

Economical and most Successful in the World.

Special Pumps for Liquide charged

with foreign

matter, also for

Cyanide, &c.

AND

'INVINCIBLE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP,

AND PUMPING ENGINES.

CABLES: GWYNNE, LONDON”.

For DRAINAGE, A IRRIGATION, RECLAMATION,

MINING,

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WATERWORKS,-

ke, &0.

Pumps, large and

small, for all

purposes.

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ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES MAY BE OBTAINED ON APPLICATION TO THE OFFICE OF THIS PAPER

A LING & 00.,

68, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

FURNITURE STORE, FASHIONABLE CENTRE CARPETS: ELECTRO-PLATE, LIQUOR FRAMED and FOOCHOW LACQUERED WARE. [770

1265 Hongkong, 81st Cctober, 1902.

#

11250-3

祺

KION,

CONTRACTOR, SHI AND HOUSE

PAINTER, CARPENTER, GILDER. SAMPAN CONTRACTOR AND

BRICKLAYER.

No. 31, GOUGH STREET. . Hengkong, cd March, 19..

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