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GUINNESS

The Basst Blont in the World

"BOAR'S

HEAD"

BOTTLING.

BOLI AGENTS--

H. PRICE & CO.,

12, Queen's Road Central

Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

No. 14,241 --RÇ+#$$# ###AX¥2+=#* HONGKONG. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16гá, 1903.

RAINIER

BEER

The purest and best Amarican Beer on the Market.

Revised Prices from October 15th, 1903,

until further notice.

PER CASE OF 6 DOZ. PINTS.....$15.00 PER CASE OF 4 DOZ QUARTS...$15.00 PER ONE DOZEN PINTE.....

PER ONE DÖZEN QUARTS.

SOLE IMPORTERS,

$ 2,75 ...$ 4.0N)

CUTLER, PALMER & CO.

ESTABLISHED IN LOйOON IN 1815.

SHIPPERS TO CHINA FOR 75 YEARS.

Their Brands are favourably known all over the World.

The following are some of their Stocks with the undersigned !--

OLD COGNAC,

$23.50 PER DOZ. Distinguished by Four Stars on the label.

A. S. WATSON & CO. | ANOTHER FINE COGNAC, $18.50 per dea.

LIMITED,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

ESTABLISHED 1841.

CETLER,

181545

PALMER

& Co.'s

Prior $11.00 PER DOZAN

NET

"SPECIAL BLEND" WHISKY

Bleud Selented Distillations of the Finest Scotch Whiskies

Apply to

A TEMASEN & CO., Hongkong, 1846

JONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TEAM

COMPANY, LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS,

7,30 sum, to 200a.m....Every 10 minutes,

8.00a.m. to 8.30 nm. 15 minator.

10 minutes. 8.31 to 9.30 am.... 9.80 8.1 to 11:00 Every 16 minutes. 16 minutes. 11.30am to 12.45 p.m...Every 12.15 p. to 1.15 p.m....Every 10 minutes. 1.15 1. te 1.45 p...Every 15 minutes. 1.45 pm, to

to 2.15 p.m....Every 10 minutes. 2.15 m. te 3.00 -8.

p.m....Every

15 minutes.

3.20 p.m. 1 5.80 p.m....Every 15 minutes 6.30 pm.

p...Every 10 minutas, NIGHT CAES. 8.diem, & 9 pm., 9.45 to 11.15 p.m., every tear.

BUNDAYS.

800 a.. to 100 ....Every 15 minutes. Every reinutes.

9.00 to 9.30 Every 16 minutes, 9.30 am.tv 10.50 a., 10.30 .. to 11 Every 10 minutes. 12.00 Neon to. p.,... Every 10 minutes. 1.00 pm to 5:00 pm..Every 15 minutes. 5.00 to 5.00 pan....Every 10 minutes, 6.10 p., to 7.00 pan....Every 15 minutes. 7.90 p.m. to 8.00 pm....Every 10 ainutes.

XIGHT CARS as on Week Days SATUNDAYS.

Les old than the above..

IMPERIAL BRANDY

$12.00 PER CASE.

THE ELITE OF WHISKY—

DEPALL MALI,'

$21 PER DOZ.

11 Years old: the finest quality shippi.

Each bottle bears an Analyst's certificate,

C, P. & Co.'s OWN SPECIAL BLEND WHISKY,

$11.00 PER DOZ., Very soft, palstabile; and malare. EVERYBODY SHOULD TRY THESE ITEMS

Q.P. & Co.'s INVALIDS' PORT $21 ver Dž. This fine Wine is old, soft, and of grond flavour. See apolysis and certificate by Professor Caesall.

DOURO PORT, $15.00 PER DOZ.

A Bue, full, sed fruity wine.

AMOROSO SHERRY,

$20 PER DOZ.

LA TORRE SHERRY,

$17.00 PER DOZ,

A natural and most pleasant wine to the taste

BENEDICTINE LIQUEUR-

D.O.M.,

$41.75 PER Doz, QUARTS. · > $43.75 PER 2 DOZ. PINTE THEY ARE UNEQUALLEU AT THE PRICE

AGENTS-SIEMSSEN & CO., Hongkong,

W. BREWER & CO.

23 and 25, QUEEN'S ROAD.

Conan Doyle's Adventures of Gerard Boy's and Girl's Annuals (Now Volume)

T4h

8.00 MENU CARDS. BAIL PROGRAMME S.

4,00 3.25 17.50.

9.50 My Relations with Carlyle by I

1.75 Fronds Chinese rorcelain. by Galland; 2 Vol. 16.50 Birength and How to Obtain it, by Sandow 185 The Diary of a Year: Passages in the

..4.00 Life of a Woman of the World Photographic Lenses & Simple Treatise 0.80

Don't boy imitations, only hay GENUINE

TANSAN

BOTTLED BY

J. CLIFFORD WILKINSON

SULE AGENTS-

H. PRICE & CO.,

12. Queen's Road Central.

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MARIE BRIZARD AND ROGER

LIQUEURS.

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APPLY TO-

G.

GIRAULT

COTTAM & CO.

SHIRTS.

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FIRST-CLASS OUTFITTERS.

COLLARS.. UNDERWEAR.

THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN NECKWEAR HONGKONG HOTEL BUILDINGS.

KODAKS,

FILMS,

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AND ACCESSORIES.

DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN.

GOOD WORK, PROMPT RETURN.

ACHEE & CO., PHOTO GOODS STORE,

TEMPORART SHOW-ROOMS, 12, QUEEN'S ROAD

ELECTRIC LIGHT

· INSURANCE

THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

(ESTABLISHED 1825).

Funds

Clairas Paid Revenue...

IIL

www

£10,600,000

92,000,000 1,310,000

THE STANDARD is the ONLY British

THE

Life Offre basing a LOCAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS in the Far East with fall powers to accept proposals, issne policies, pay claims and surrenders, and advance loans.

ON THE SPO without reference home. Attention is respectfully drawn to the advan- tages of assuring in a large BRITISH Com- pany of old reputation.

For Full Partionlars and Rates, apply to-- ·

MESSES. DODWELL & ÛÒ., LD.. #1891-2) Agents, Hongkong.

HOTELS.

HONGKONG HOTEL

A FIRST-CLASS HOTEL IN ETCET Respect Elegantly Furnished Reading, Drawing Music, Ping-pong and Smoking Rooms. Private Bar and Two Billiard Rooms for

Hotel Residents.

Dining Accommodation for 300 pereour, Private and Special Dining Rooms, European Chef cud Indion Curry Cook. Ladies' Afternoon Tea Ronas with European

Matron in attendence.

Ladies' Cloak Room."

Hydraulio Elevators 14 each Fir Bedroom Accommodation-l rooms, Electric Lighting and Electric Fans, if

required.

Hot and Cold Water throughout.

Wines and Groceries specially imported by

the Hotel Co.

Wians cuuled by Hotel rotsiguradors, Hotel Linen wished on Premios y

machinery.

18

Fire Extinguishing Mains and Emergency

Esits on every floor.

MODERATE CHARGEB! NO EXTRAB

H. HAYNES.

Manager.

THE

PEAK HOTEL.

Admirably Situated. Sheltered from the North-East Monsoon and Open to the Senth- West Mons on.

A

COVERED

GANGWAY LEADS

ALL KINDS AND AT MODERATE TRICES FROM THE TRANWAY TERMINUS

INTO THE HOTEL. EDM. JOHANNSEN,

10, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRA L.

Brown's Nautical Alasnuck .. Pitcher in Paradise, by Binstead China Past and Prosent, by E. H. Parker Sport in China, by Ready

1.65 080

... $1.75 Captain Lloyd's Hongkong to Canton... 32 25 .......oach 5.75 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS

FOR THE HOME MAILS. Chatterbox. Sunday (Now Volumes) each 2.00 Nautical Almanack 1904

Very Large Selection.

(Is FLOOR, ABOVE MESSRS PRICE & CO.).

Hougtong, 7th November, 1903.

1438

2.50

8.00

Young England (New Tolo)

3,50

LETTER CASES. POCKET BOOKS.

As the Chinese See Us, balby Eastern Telegraph Social toda Shooting, by Hutchinson; 2 Vols. ... Cricket, by Hutchinson

ELECTRIC ALWAYS IN STOCK.

LAMPS

OF

DIARIES, CALENDARS,

DATE BLOCKS. &c233] CHRISTMAS NUMBERS OF PAPERS and PERIODICALS Expected Next English Mail, Orders Booked aud Deliveries Made on Arrival.

KUTO

OF GERARO, by fa33 THE ADVENTURES

$1.75 A. Conan Doyle..... CHINA PAST AND PRESENT, by E. H.

8.00 Parker RzX CHRISTUS: AN OUTLINE STUDY OF

CHINA. b. Rev. A. H. Smith

FOR THE HOME MAILS.

NEW ARTISTIC SERIES. OF

1.95

LIFE AND SPORT IN CHINA, by Oliver

G. Ready

800

AS CHEAP AS GAS!

BUILDING SUPERINTENDENCE, by T. M.

Clark

9.50

[a8761 Fong tong, 5th June, 100, GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY.

FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO

HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO.

OR SIEMSSEN & 00.

170a

THE GEBAT SIBERIAN RAILWAY FROM ST. PETERSBURG TO FEKIN, by

6.75 M.M. Bhoomaker; Illustrated THE TABIFF PROBLEM, by W. J, Ashley 195 PROTECTION, TOE VIEWS OF A MANU

2.75 PACTURED, by G. Byog.. LIFE AND HOW TO LIVE IT, by A. R.

Aldrich

LAB

JAPANESE CREPE CALENDARS.

2,00 11.00

0.80

0.80

"A BIT OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE."

Artes cars at 11.30 pm. and 11,45 p.m SPECIAL CARS by arrangment at the Com- pany's Office, 38 & 4, Queen's Road Ce tral

JX D. HUMPHRETS & SON,

Hegerzl Dzamrers.

NERNST

NERNST ELECTRIC LIGHT.

BEAUTY OF ILLUMINATION COMBINED WITH GREAT ECONOMY

Tolophono No, 29,

Town Office: 7, DUDDELL STREET.

·4.109

TIRN

PORTLAND CEMENT. Crake of 975 lbs. no! $4.75 per Cask ex Factory. Bags of 250 lbs. net $2.85 per bag ex Factory.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers.

WE WILL BUY BACK.

COULISSES PARISIENAER; 200 Illustrations

[1660 AT FULL PRICES, ANYTHING PURCHASED OF US THAT DOES NOT TURN TRE PLAT PICTORIAL: 2 Vols.

Bo gitoor, 14th August, 1903. VICTORIA CYCLE EMPORIUM

We are Sole Agents for the following:-- MONOPOLE, FUTURE, CENTAUR, and NEW PREMIER CYCLES. Best American Machines in the Market, always an View and for Sale Also a Large Assortment of SECOND- HAND MACHINES of various wakes, nearly as good sa new, at greatly reduced prices

OUT AS REPRESENTED,

This is our way of doing business. It is s new way and a novel way, but IT` PROJECTS YOU. It keeps us from recommending anything to you that we are not sure of. It means Good Drags, Pure Drugs, and safety for you. It means to us your good will, your confidereo and, with it, a continually increasing trade. That is what we are after and what we expect to get from you by thus protecting you from sny risk in buying. We will be glad to have your

WATKINS LIMITED,

MOTOR

CYCLES, MAIL CARTS, trade on the above nuderstanding. RICKSHAS FITTED WITH PNEUMATIC TYRES AND BALL BEARINGS THROUGH- OUT. Everything in the trade always kept in Stock. First-class workmanship guaranteed in all branches of the business. Ite-enamelling a

MCKIEDY & CO., speciality, 12713

43 & 844, Queen'e Road East.

HIRANO WATER. THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.

PURE, SPAKKIJNO, 1SVI GORATING.

THE LEADING MINERAL WATER OF THE EA Bettled in Japan by H. E. REYNELL & CO

BEWARE OF JAPANESE IMITATIONS.

BLACKHEAD & CO., AGENTS, F.Hongkong, 31st July, 1903.

OCCIDENTAL HOTEL

ELGIN ROAD, KOWLOON.

35 Bedroome, excellently furnished. Bath to each room.

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Dining-room and Cuisine under strict Bupervision.

European and American Wines, Spirits, and Ksers.

POOL AND BILLIARDS. English, American and Manils Newspapers on file. Terms: $4 to $7,00 per day: $75 to $120 per month. JAS. D. M. CAMERON,"

Manager.

Hongkong, 6th May, 1903.

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CHEMISTS AND DRUGGIST

WATKINS BUILDING," ✯

QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG.

THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO, LD.

ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANTS NOW IN OPERATION IN CANTON AND;

KOWLOON.

INCANDESCENT LAMPS, ARC LAMPS AND

NERNST LAMPS SUPPLIED. ESTIMATES MADE FOR ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL WORK AND SUPPLIES,

Apply to→→

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managere.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

TAILORING DEPARTMENT.

ORDERS FOR THE WINTER SEASON NOW BEING BOOKED.

LATEST LONDON FASHIONS.

NEWEST AND BEST MATERIALS.

STYLE AND FIT GUARANTEED.

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.

34

Oxford M.A.

LITTLE ENTERTAINMENTS AND HOW TO

by MANAGE THEM,

Mr. W. Levertes

SUPPLEMENT SPRECHEE FOR ALL OCCASIONS, by An

ARY, WITH WEBSTER'S INTERNATIONAL DICTION ADDITIONAL WORDS AND MEAN- INGS; 1903 ED. STRONGLY BOUND IN LEATHER WITH TRUMB INDEX 35.00 DARWIN'S ORIGIN OF SPECIES; beap

0.90 Ed

CHRISTMAS CARDS WITH

CHINESE SCENES.

RICE PAPER CARDS WITH PIDGIN

ENGLISH HAND-PAINTED

JAPANESE CARDS.

DLUNKETS GAP, The PEAK, Dar

Tram Terminus.

Tel. 56.

For Terms, apply to the

Hongkong, 2nd July, 1900.

MANAGER,

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

a50

A HIGH CLASS FRIVATE HOTEL.

Ladies' Afternoon Tea-Rooms. Private Bar and Billiard-Rooms. Hot and Cold Water throughout. Electrically Lighted. Electric Funs

required).

Electric Passenger Elevator to each Roor. Table D'Hote at separate tables.

For Terme, &n, apply to the

MANAGER. Hongkong, 10th June, 1903.'

MACAU HOTEL (LATE HING-KEE HOTEL).

fa296

favourite long-established Hote

An Album of New Views of Hongkong. InT18, fundo and Jos Font, commundia

Artistic Corer.

Price $2.00.

THE

ANG O.CHINESE DATE BLOCK 1904

(Pestage to Europe 10 Cents).

0.75

a magnificent view of the harbour and adjacen islands, and i open to the cool suutherly brauze in summer.

The Bedrooms are large, cool, siry, we ventilated and handsomely furnished. Th Cuisine is excellent and is under direct Eur fa32 pean supervision.

AQUARIUS COMPANY.

Pienic, Boating or Shooting Partits special; catered for. A commodians and comfortab, ater-wivel Houseboat, with sleeping accomm dation for six passing re and every convenienc in provided for the use of visitors, at reaso able rates.

A Military Band plays in the Gardens, die

Sex Bathing.

ALL THE AQUARIUS COMPANY'S WATERS ARE MADE to the Hotel, three times a wok.

FROM PURE TREBE DISTILLED WATER.

Telephone No. 75.

CALDBECK,

15, Queen's Road,

teamers to sad from Macao every mor ing and afternosis.

WM. FARMER Proprietor and Manag

BOA VISTA ̈*

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MACGREGOR & CO. (HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH

GENERAL MANAGERS.

Hongkong, 13th November, 1903. VICTORIA HOTEL, SHAMEEN, CANTON BRITISH CONCESSION.

LOOD Accommodation.

Excellent Cusine,

Every Convenience for Tourists,

T. F. DA CRUZ Banner. Canton, lat October, 1901.

la1977

*135

CONNAUGHT HOUSE. FIRST CLASS HOTEL Situated near

the Banks and Principal Offices. Excellent Cuisine and Wines. Large and Lefty Rooms, Elegantly Fizrnished Hydraulic Elevator, hot and cold water throughout.

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

MANAGER. Hongkong, 31st October, 1902.

CHINA) MACAO

AS been re-opened nuder Europe Hagent d most strict super

as to food, cleanliness, and bygiene of the ple

All comforts of a home.

A most pleasant retreat for those desiroue a few days rest and quiet,

Comfortable socsmmodation for travell paying a visit to the Istorical and pictures colony of Macao

Macao is 40 miles south-west of Hongko One steamor (8.8. Heungshan), daily to from Hongkong, and two steamers to and fr Canton, give my communication with b these centres:

Cable Address" BOAVISTA. For Terms, apply to

THE MANAGEE

(0492541