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HONGKONG
BUSINESS DIRECTORY. FORNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN
A CHEE & CO., Established 1859.
Every Household Requisite. Depot for Bastiaan's Kodak Films and Accessories;
17a, Queen's Road Central, CHEONG LEE & CO., Furniture Store, Established over 20 years. Importers and Exportera, Taskwood Furniture, Black- wood, Jewellery, to, highest grade, best und cheapest. & Queen's Road
Central.
JEWELLERS
MAISON LEVY HERMANOS:
Diamond Merchants and Watchmakers, 40 Wuteon's Building, Queen's Road. Also at Shanghai, Manila, Paris and Iloilo
PHOTOGRAPHER
M. MUMEYA, JAPANESE ARTIST.
Bromide and Crayon Enlargements and alro colouring Photos anil relief Photos,
Views of China and Manila. Work done for Amateurs; No. 8A, Queen's
Road Content
PRINTING
DAILY PEESS" OFFICE Proofs road by Englishmen.
STOREKEEPERS
F. BLACKHEAD & CO.,
Navy Contractors, Sailmakers, Provision and Coal Merchants, Sole Ageats for Hartmana Rabljen's Goociue Com
petition Red Hand Brand.
BISMARCK & CO..
Navy Contractors, Ship Chandlern, Provision and Coal Merchants, Sail
makers, &o. Fresh Water supplied to
Vessels in the Harbour
KHONG BANG & CO.
Shipchandlers, Sailmakera, Provisioners, Coal Merchants, Hardware, Engineer Tools, Brass and Iron Merchants,
144 Des Voeux Road.
MORE & SEIMUND,
25 and 26, Conoaught Rd, Prays Central. Shipetendiers, Bailmakers, Riggers, Commission Agents and General Storekeepers; Sale Agents for Shipowners Composition ("Grop
hound Brand") and Blundelis Spence & Co.'s Composition. WATCHMAKERS
**DROZ & CO.,
ENTERTAINMENT
THEATRE
ROYAL,
CITY HALL, HONGKONG, Under the direction of Mr. ROBBER BLOUGR. Representative...... Mr. ALLAN HAMILTON, NOTICE.
The Season will positively terminate next week, ail arrangements having been concluded for the Company's departure to Shanghai per German mail steamer Sachsen." The final programmes will be announced to-morrow,
IN
TO-NIGHT (FRIDAY), 13TH MARCH. THE BROUGH COMEDY CO. "A VILLAGE PRIEST." TO-NIGHT (FRIDAY), 13th MARCH, "A VILLAGE PRIEST." (By arrangement with the anther.) A drama in Five Acts, by Sydney Grundy.
SATURDAY and MONDAY NEXT, 14th and 16th March, "FACING THE MUSIC” (By arrangement with Frank Thornton, Esq. An original farco in Three Acts, by J. H. Darnley, author of "The Solicitor."
TUESDAY NEXT, 17th MARCH, "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST." (By arrangement with George Alexander, Esq.) A serious comedy for trivial people," in Four Acts by the late Oscar Wilde.
BOX PLANS AT ROBINSON'S. Drees Circle and Orchestra Stalls, $4.00. Stalls, 82.00. Back Sonte, $1.00. Doors Open 8.30, Curtain D. Chairs, etc., (780 at 11.30. Late Tram to the Peak as uenal.
Hongkong, 13th March, 1009,
M
NOTICES OF FIRMS NOTICE.
"R. EDWARD SHELLIM has been appointed 4 MANAGER of our Firm in Hongkong from this date.
JANA DAVID SASSOON & CO., LD.
1773 Hongkong, 9th March, 1903. HONGKONG STEAM WATER-BOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, MARCH 18cm, 1908
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANT.
-farmiso are found useful for determining-welt ing points, organic chemical analysis, and other TIMING THE AUTOMOBILE WATER-POWERS purposes. In organic analysis the spiral of wire IN MANUFACTURING COUNTRIES-A FOOD | Cucireling the glass combustion tube is out up PROBLEM WO) & UNDER PRESSURE AN AFRICAN DAAGER—AN EXPLODED THEORY ---HE HERAEUS · FURN. CE "WATER- PROOVING FULL-A' MOSQUITO-REPELLING, BAKUB
into several sections, each with its own current connections, so that sacoessive portious of the tabe can be hosted as desired. Heat loss is lossened, with corresponding increase in the chemist's comfort.
The "auto-ebronagraph "is a simple device that is claimed by M. Maurice Espaguent to Briquetlen made with such coments as colve the problem of measuring the spood of dextrin molasses, lixiviated cellulose, er resinate automobiles with great securney. It consists of ammonia have the fault of dissolving in of a time recorder with tape moved by clock-water. A plan of making them waterproof has davised by Richard Bock, s Soton work, a stylus that is made to mark on the tape been
by one electro-magoot and is pulled away by the engineer, who simply beate the finished Becond, and two contact-bands in an electric briquetten until carbonised, when they become circuit with the magnets. To use the contact quite insoluble. If the cement is liable to handa sro placed Beroes the truck at a distance ignite, the hesting must take place in an apart of a kilometre er a mile. When the air-tight case or by means of hot gases. vehicle presses one hand the first magnet forces tho stylus against the tape, causing a continuous line to be made on the moving ribbon until the stylus is withdrawns se the passage of thesecond band anergises the second magnet. The length of the line drawn shows the time to the fiftieth of a seceral or less.
An estimate of the water-power used for ganaroting electricity has been made by a German engineer. Germany and Austria tha's utilize
Leaves of a plant alleged to drive away mosquitoes have reached English botanists from Africa. The presence of a single plant is stated to clear a room of the past, and an infusion of the leaves bas been found an effective substitute
Sweet as Roses
When you think how any ordinary soap factory smells, and that in such places it is that Toilet Soaps are made, Vinolia bear in mind that
you should Works are sweet as a kitchen, and Vinolia Soap purest, safest, best for the complexion.
GENTLEMEN'S OUTFITTING.
for quiniue in the treatment of mosquito-SHIRTS & COLLARS ARE PERFECT FITTING, BEING SCIENTIFI
conveyed malarial fever. The plant proves to be a kind of batil, Ocimum viride, Wilhl.
Plaster of Paris is given the hardness and
CALLY CUT.
NECKWEAR. OUR PATTERNS ARE EXCLUSIVE IN THE EAST.
∙180,000 horse-power; Switzerland, about 160,000; | durability of stone, areording to a German PYJAMAS, Sweden, 200,000; and the United States: 400,000. writer, by a solution of boric acid in Lot water; The total available power in Sweden is placed with the addition of suficient ammonia water
at 2,000,000 horse-power; that of France, st to redissolve, the boats at first separated. The
SILK AND WOOL PYJAMAS ARE A LUXURY.
10,00,000: that of Germany, Austria, Switzer-liquid is used with the plaster for casting in BOOTS. ALL BOOTS ARE MADE OF ENGLISH LEATHER ON AMERICAN
land and Italy together at 10,000,000; while in | the usual way, or is applied usa wash to articles the United States Niagara alone could farnish already east, 10,000,000.
Poisoning by salted raw fish is so frequent and little understood that prizes of $3,500, | 81,050 and $700 have been offered in Russis for papers indicating the sigus, character and nofia of the poison, with methods of preventing its formation, and antidotes."
In 10) anslyses of the six ou Mont Blanc's sanimit not a single microbe was found, although they were plentiful in the observatory, Tho sumber showed a steady increase in descending the mountain.
The physiological effects of working in compressed air have been studied during the
CARTRIDGES.
IMPORTED EVERY MONTH, THERE-
FORE ALWAYS FRESH.
LYLEY'S, SCHULTZE'S, AMBERITE CARTRIDGES 8, 10, 12, 16, and 20 HOLE,
End KYNOCK'S SPORTING
LASTS. A GUARANTEE OF WEAR AND STYLE.
THE BEST MAKES PROCURABLE, A RANGE OF SIX DIFFERENT SHADES. WILL BE ABSOLUTELY THE FINEST IN THE
FAR EAST.
HOSIERY & UNDERWEAR,
OUR SUMMER STOCK
and NEWCAST: E BILLED SHOTS WM. POWELL, LD.,
all Sizes, Nos. 10 to 9880. AIR GUNS and AMMUNITION in Variety.
WM. SCHMIDT & CO,
[1125 Hongkong, 28th November, 1992,
ÖREGON LUMBER.
THE Undersigned, being okosely connected T with mending MILLS Y PORT
14. Queen's Road Central. Repsire of URING my temporary shssacs from the placing of foundations for a lock in the Danube LAND and PUGET SOUND, are always pre- |
Wstokes and Clocks by competent European experts at moderate rates
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN ENTERPRISE
IN
PROGRESSIVE HONGKONG.
THE QUEEN'S HOTEL,
Colony, Mr. C. T. KEW will act as MANAGER of the above Company
J. W. KEW. Hongkong, 10th March, 1903.
NOTICE.
Manager.
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pared to book orders for any specifications at LOWEST RATES.
SIEMSSEN & CO Hongkong, 14th February, 1901.
TB
at Vienus. The werk required nearly three years, and in this time 675 men were employe for an average of 553 hours under pressures of one to five atmospheres above the normal. Each working shift of four hones was followed by eight hours off daty. Included in the working PERSEVERANCE LODGE OF HONG. time were the res's in the air-locks to become gradually accustomed to the pressure changes, from 5 to 35 minutes being necessary on enter. each atmosphere on leaving. The resalia have led to the conclusion that carefully-selected men may work under pressures up to 75 ponude to the square inch without serious tisk. Yet of these men nearly one-half wero obliged to go to the hospital, 2 dying and 5 being permanently CHINA AND JAPAN injured, end it was found that sufferers from nassi catarrb, ear troubles or bad digestion were specially unfit for employment.
KONG, No. 1,165, E.C. REGULAR LODGE will be held at the
FREEMASONS HALL on MON.. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend.
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-situate at Kowloou, within a few minutes' walk nearly finished, the charge has been taken up ing and a longer period up to 20 minutes for DAY, the 16th MARCH, at 5 for 5.30 PM.
of the principal landing stages of the SECOND SEAPORT IN THE WORLD.
and on the Trunk Road of the Projected HONGKONG-CANTON RAILWAY, B FOR LEASE OF
- VERY EASY TERMS,
owing to Proprietor having to leave the Colony.
prietor having to leave the Colo
The Elite Establishment, patronised by the residente of Hongkong and Kowloos, and by the Shipping Community calling at this Far Eastern entrepot of trade..
An exceptionally large and showy building, capable of extension, with large piece of vacant Land adjoining.
Bounded by main roade lending to the Doeka and Warehouses.
The Establishment has been conducted as a First-Class Hotel and is a profitable investment. Is capable of still larger returns it management is taken over by person, daveting oxcluzive attention to the business.
Inspection of Books allowed to any one making boni fide Offers for Legee, &o.
For Full Particulars, apply to
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·H. RUTTONJEE, D'Aguilar Street, Hongkong. Hongkong, 26th February, 1908.
BROWN, JONES & CO., MONUMENTAL AND ORNAMENTAL MASONS,
Have on Viu aud for Sale at their Murble Yard,
ITALIAN MARBLE Statuary Figures, Angels alongside. Crosses Obelisks, Columns, Bastic and Plain Crosses and Hendstones; also
AMERICAN MARBLE Crosses, Columns and Headstones; and ABERDEEN GRANITE
Crosses and Headstones For adults and children's graves.
CEMETERY MEMORIALS made to Loy design in Italien, and American Marble and Hongkong Gray and Blue Granile.
Special attention paid to LETTERING IN ANY STYLE OR LANGUAGE
T is hereby notifed that the present I MA HOMOD the-Firm of Mr BOONDERJI ARJUN, has to retire owing to his term of service being by Mr. UMIASHANKER LUXMIDAS who will hereafter set as Manager,
SOONDERJI ARJUN, By his Attorney UMIASHANKER LUXMIDAS: 12.60 Hongkong, 6th March, 1903,
in imperishable lead, lead coment, gold, or black All work and material guaranteed to be the best and most durable. **
·Prices to suit the times.
Designs on application. Orders from outporte carefully and promptly -executed:
Oo-No. 17A, Queen's Road Central, Ist Floor. Marble Yard: No. 18, Morrison Hil Road, Hongkong.
Hongkong, 9th January, 1908..
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CARMICHAEL & CLARKE,
CONSULTING ENGINEERS,
SURVEYORS AND CONTRACTORS,
QUEEN'S BUILDINGS.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
PPLICATIONS are invited for the post of CHINESE TRANSLATOR in the Registrar-General's Department Salary $1,500 a year rising by biennial increments of $120 to 32.400. qualifications. Correst knowledge of Baglich; ability to translate Chinese editorials into English, and to translate laws, regulations and pepobes into Chinese, and vice versa. Candidates must submit themselves to examination by the Interpretation Board.
Applications should be sent to the REGISTRAR- "GENERAL on or before the 27th instant.
By Commend,
F. H. MAY. Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Becretary's Office,
[804 Hongkong, 9th March. 190s
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG,
PROBATE JURISDICTION. IN THE GOODS of EDWARD CAREY SMITH, Jate of 23, Caversham Road, Kentish Town, in the County of Middlesex in England, deceased.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has by virtue of Section 58 of Ordinance No. 3 of 1897 made an order limit. ing the time for Creditors and others to send in their chins against the above estate to the 16th March, 1903.
All Creditors are accordingly hereby required to send in their claims to the undersigned on er before the said date.
Dated the 7th day of March, 1903,
DEACON & BASTINGS,
10, Caeon's Road Central,
* Hongkong, Solicitors for James Henry Cox the Administrator with the will annered of the above estate. THE HONGKONG DAIRY
7701
BEO tool 15th instant theo
DEG to notify their) Customers and the
will Open as their TOWN DEPOT or the Sale of FRESH MILK, CREAM, BUTTER &c.. the Premises knows as 47, DÉS VŒUX BOA Deliveries twice daily to any part of the Colony.
G. WE GEGG,
Manager.
[776 Hongkong, 9th March, 1903, HONGKONG ST. ANDREWS SOCIETY.
IT
is requested that all OUTSTANDING forwarded to the undersigned not later than MONDAY, 16th MARCH.
DAVID WOOD, Hoa. Secretary.
[744 Hongkong, 6th March, 1903.
AVID CORSAR & SON
"TELEGRAMS: “CARMICHAEL, HONGKONGD MERCHANT NAVY
ABO Code, 4th Edition:
Al Code,
Lieber's Btandard Code:"
TELEPHONE, 282,
[553 858)
Hongkong, 16th February, 1903,
NAVY BOIZED LONG FLAX
·
CANVAS.
HELLANCE CROWN TARPAULING
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & CO.
Sole Agente.
Hongkong, 9th March, 1903.
THE
441
28 & 34, QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGK ING.
NOBEL-GLASGOW EXPLOSIVES.
DYNAMITE,
GELATINE-DYNAMITE,
BLASTING GELATINE AND GELIGNITE,
DETONATORS, SAFETY FUSE,
AND ALL BLASTING ACCESSORIES,
MAGAZINES AND DEPOTS AT
HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, WEIHAIWEI.
AGENTS-
TELEPHONE AND ELECTRIC
325
HONGKONG EXCHANGE.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
The mysterions "sleping sickness" of West Africs, which has been tho subjest of lato COMPANY, LIMITED. Roientifle investigation. proves to be a form of meningit's, differing from cerebro-spinal menin gitis in its chronic and almost invariably fatal character. It is classed with hydrophobia ϑ. one of the most deadly diseases known. It is ommunicated from person to person in some unknown way, Leginning with sight listlessness, which passes into coma and then into death, its duration being from one to six months. Thus far it has been kaswu only`amang negroes. It has depopulated large districts, however, and its spread is feared through the opening of African trade.
"Weather-shooting" has assumed such impor.. tance in southern Europe that not less than three international congresses to consider it have been held. The latest report shows that experts are mostly convinced that gan-firing in useless for influencing rain or bail, although experiments are urged until the possible effects are fully understood..
The electric-light bulb at the end of a long wire. Ima baru foand by Dr. Forrest Willard to be better than the water-bag for applying heat to head, chest or abdomen.
The electric resistance furance made by Heraens, of Haasu, Germany, depends apon the incandescenco of a spiral of fine plations -wire. In un improved and cheapened form of the fornace, the wire has a thickness of only
of an inch, and the glass tube around which the spiral is wound can be heated to 1,700 deg. C., this being as great a temperature as any tubes now produced can stund. Such
Heroic
measures only can check the advance of
Cholera
Don't trifle with unknown remedies, nothing yet tried equals
Painkiller
PEERT DAVIS,
12727-4
SUBSCRIPTIONS:-
EXCHANGE LINES.
$80 Per Annum.
PRIVATE LINES
$100 Per An1230.
NO CHARGE FOR INSTALLATION
N.B.-A. special charge is made for lines as more than average length.
ELECTRIC SUPPLES OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION IN STOCK.
Including :--
CHEMICALS,
BATTERJES,
ELECTRIC BELLA,
INSULATORS,
LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS,
SWITCHES,
TELEPHONES, .. WIEE, S., &c.
PRICE LISTS
ON
APPLICATION.
ELÉCTRIC BELL INSTALLATION
ERECTED AND KEPT IN
OEDER
JARDINE. MATHESON & CO.
LAMBERT & BUTLER'S
FRONTIER MIXTURE.
A PIPE TOBACCO.
FRAGRANT.
COOL-SMOKING.
UNRIVALLED.
This Tobacco is packed in round, sir-light tins, thus preserving in beautiful condition for an unlimited period its delicate fra zrane, irrespective of all climates. To be obtained of MESKS. KRUSE & CO., in 4-16. 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.
HONGKONG BRANCH-PRINCE'S BUILDINGS, Ics¡House STREE
OTHER BRANCHES !
New York, San Francisco, Hambarg, Haanbay, Singapore, Sourabaya, Manila, Amoy, Shanghai, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Port Arthur, Secal, Chemulpo, Yokohama, Yokosuks, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kare, Strimonoseki, Moji. Wakaunter. Karatsu. Nagasaki Kachnotsu, Sasebo, Maidzara Miike, Hakodate, Taipeh, Ko.
Telegraphio Address: “MITSUI" 4.B.C. and A 1 Codes
CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Navy and Arsonals and the Stater Railways; Principal Railway Companies and Lndustrial Works, Home and Forsiga Mai and Freight Steamers. SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Famous Milke, Tagawa, Yamano and Toe Coal Mines; aut SOLE AGENTS for Hokoku, Hondo Kamado. Kishims, Mameda, Mannoura, Onours Otsuji
Sasahara Tenbakuro, Yoshinotani, Yoshio, Tunukiburs, and other Coal
N. INUZUKA, Manager, Hongkong.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL. ANG HING
Estimatos given for all kindsof Electrical work Wa
JEWELLER
has REMOVED on the 11th FEBRUARY to!
ROAD CENTRAL No. 10, QUEEN'S Trained Mechanicians sant to Out-Ports to (opposite Messrs. KELLY & WALOH).
Hoogkose, 9th February, 1903, it up Installations if required.
For full particulars, &c., &o, Apply to-- W.STUART HARRISON, AM. Inst. C. E
Manager.
Note Address:No. 2, Ich House ROAD. Hongkong, 18th January, 1898.
KI ON, 麒
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CONTRACTOR. SHIP AND HOUSE
PAINTER CARPENTER, GILDER, SAMPAN CONTRACTOR AND
BRICKLAYER.
No. 31, GOUGH STREET. Hongkong, 2nd March, 19.
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A. LING & CO.,
68, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. FURNITURE STORE. FASHIONABLE CENTRE CARPETS ELECTRO-PLATE, LIQUOR FRAMED and FOOCHOW LACQUERED WARE.
(265 Hongkong, 31st Cotaber, 1902.
FOR SALE.
65CNTONEHAVEN," ROBINSON ROAD. Nos. 6 and 10, ROBINSON ROAD. HOUSES in LEIGHTON HILL ROAD and CAINE ROAD.
AHMET RUMJAHN, 62, Queen's Road. Elongkong, 20th February, 1903.
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