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GUINNESS

The finest Stont in the World

"BOAR'S HEAD"

BOTTLING.

SOLE AGENTS-

H. PRICE & 00.,

12, Queen's Road Central.

Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

No. 14,209 ¤¤TBX00 ###¤A€+4X+✰★ HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1:18, 1904

SANDEMAN'S AUSTRALIAN

WINES.

OF THE FINEST VINTAGE IN

EXCELLENT CONDITION.

CLARET, HOCK,

BURGUNDY.

SOLE IMPORTERS:--

AND

A. S. WATSON & CO.

LIMITED.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

HONGKONG.

CO.'8

Lal545

CUTLER, PALMER

PRICE $11.00 PER DOZEN

NBT

FACTS. NOT ASSERTIONS.

YOU SAVE 20 PER CENT. WHEN BUYING FROM WATKINS FOR CASH.

ACTUALITIES, NOT DREAMS.

PRESCRIPTIONS DISPENSED AT LONDON PRICES ON

THE BASIS OF

"SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RETURNS”

ABE WATKINS' MOTTOES.

THE APOTHECARIES HALL.

WATKINS BUILDING.

Telephone 344.

Don't buy imitations, only buy

GENUINE

TANSAN

BOTTLED MY

J CLIFFORD WILKINSON

SOLE AGENTS

H. PRICE & CO.,

12, Queen's Road Central.

ZƒU METAETEPHAĦANT PRICE, $3 PER MONTH.

|COTTAM & CO.

HIGH-CLASS OUTFITTERS.

HARD FELT HATS.

STRAW HATS.

SOFT FELT HATS.

RUGS, ETC. ETC.

HONGKONG HOTEL BUILDINGS.

ARNHOLD. KARBERG & CO.

ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT.

BOLE AGENTS CHINA FOR

THE ALLGEMEINE ELECTRICITATS GESELLSCHAFT, BERLIN. MESSES. KOERTING BROS., HANNOVER,

THE COMPANY OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY, BERLIN. MESSRS, MIX & GENEST, BERLIN.

498

(637

PRIVATE ELECTRIC LIGHTING FLANTS A SPECIALI) Ÿ Fully detailed Estimates drawn up free of charge upon application to the above. Hongkong Srd December, 1903.

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NERNST ELECTRIC LIGHT.

NERNST

BEAUTY OF ILLUMINATION COMBINED WITH GREAT ECONOMY

AS CHEAP AS GAS!

HOTELS.

HONGKONG HOTEL

A FIRST-CLASS HOTEL IN EVERY RESPECT

Elegantly Furnished Beading, Drawing Musio, Ping-pong and Smoking Rooms, Private Bar and Two Billiard Rooms for

Hotel Residents.

Dining Accommountion for 300 person, Private and Special Diving Rooms. European Chef and Indian Carry Cook. Ladies' Afternoon Tea Rooms with Earopean

Matron in attendance.

Ladies' Clonk Itrom.

Hydraulic Elevstore to each Floor. Bedroom Accommodation-131 rooms. Electric Lighting and Electrio Fans,

required.

Hot and Cold Water throughout.

Wines and Groceries specially imported by

the Hotel Co.

Winer cooled by Hotel refrigerators. Hotel Limen

machinery.

wasbed on Promise by

Fire Extinguishing Mains and Emergency

Exits on every floor.

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MODERATE Charges: No Extras!

H. HATNES,

Mennger.

"SPECIAL BLEND" WHISKY

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-

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Bland

Belooted Distillations of the

Finest Scotch Whiskies

Apply to

SIEMSSEN & CO., Hongkong. (46

TONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TRAM,

HONWAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYB

7.80 auto 9.00 am....Every 10 minutos. 8.00a.m. to 8.30 am....Every 15 minuter. 8.30 am to 9.30 am....Every 10 minutes. 9.30 am to 11.00 am. Every 15 minutes. 11.30 a.b. to 12.46 pm....Every 15 minutes. minutes. p.z ...Every 10

15 minutes,

1.80 to 1.14 12.16 p.m. to

1.15 1.m. to 1.40 were 10 minuter 1.45 p.m. to 2.15 p.m...Every 2.15 p.m. to 8.00 p.m....Every 15 minuten ...Every 16 minutes. 8.80 p.m. to 6.30

po....Every 10 minutes. 00 px.

NIGHT CARE.

6.30 p.10.

1,43 p.m. & 9 p.m., 9.45 to 11.15 p.m., every hour.

12.00

BUNDAYS.

800 a.tu, to 900 m....Every 15 minutos. 900 to 9:30 am,...Every 30 minutes. 9.30 a.ra, to 10.30 a.m....Every 15 minutes, 10.BU a., to 11 00 .....Every 10 minutes.

Noon to. 10 p.m.

p.m....Every 10 minuter. 1.00 pan, to 5.00pm....Every 15

15 minutes. 5.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m....Every 10 minutes. 840 pin, tu

to 7.00 p.m....Every 15 minutes 7.00 pm, to 8.00 pm. Every 10 minuta.

NIGHT CARS AS On Week Days,

BATURDATE,

Extra cars at 11.30 p.in, and 11.45 p.m. SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Com- 'pany's Office, 38 & 40, Queen's Road Cetral.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managera.

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Fong cone, 6th June, 1903. GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers.

FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO

HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO.

OB

SIEMSSEN & CO.

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LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.'S

WINTER SEASON'S GOODS JUST ARRIVED.

AXMINSTER CARPET SQUARES.

VELVET PILE AND BRUSSELS CARPETS..

CHENILLE AND TAPESTRY CURTAINS.

BLANKETS AND EIDER DOWN QUILTS.

PERAMBULATORS AND MAIL CARTS.

FENDERS, CURBS, FIRE BRAS ÉS,

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

CUTLER, PALMER & CO.

ESTABLISHED IN LONDON IN 1815.

A

THE

GANGWAY LEADS

AQUARIUS COMPANY.

PEAK HOTEL.

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

The Aquarius Company's Table Waters are made of Pure Trebia West Mens. on, Distilled Water only.

Absolute purity can only be obtained by distillation.

AQUARIUS MINERAL WATER

SILENT. WATER.

TONIC WATER.

GINGER ALE.

GINGER BEER.

LEMONADE LITHIA WATER.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR &

COVERED

FROM THE TRAMWAY TERMINUS

Telephone No. 75.

GENERAL MANAGERS.

a0415, Queen's Road,

Hongkong, 12th January, 1904.

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 --

C.P.& Co.'s INVALIDS' FORT $21 PER DOZ. This fine Wine is old, soft, and of grend flavour. Seo analysis and certificate by Profesor Cassall.

SUPERB OLD COGNAC, $23.50 PER DOZ. Distinguished by Four Stare on the label.

ANOTHER FINE COGNAC, $18.50 per dez,

Less old than the above.

IMPERIAL BRANDY

$12.00 PER CASE.

THE ELITE OF WHISKY- THE "PALL MALL," $21 PER DOZ.

PORTLAND CEMENT. Cesks of 375lbs.net $4.75 per Cask er Factory. Brigs of 250 ha, Bet $2.85 per dag er Factory.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers.

Fa8389 Ho gkong, 14th August, 1903. VICTORIA CYCLE EMPORIUM We are Sole Agents for the following-- MONOPOLE, FUTURE, CENTAUR, and NEW PREMIER CTCLES. Best American Marbines in the Market, always on View and C. for Sale. Also a Large Assortment of SECOND- HAND MACHINES of various makes, nearly as good as new, at greatly reduced prices. MOTOR CYCLES, MAIL CARTS, RICKSHAS FITTED WITH PNEUMATIC TYRES AND BALL BEARINGS THROUGH OUT. Everything in the trade always kept in Btook. First-class workmanship guaranteed in all branches of the business. Re-enamelling a

MCKIRDY 300, speciality. 42759

43 & $4 Queen's Road East

OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.

ELGIN ROAD, KOWLOON.

35 Bedrooms, excellently furnished. Bath to each room.

Dining-room and Cuisine under strict

■upervision.

European and American Wines, Spirits, and Hoors.

POOL AND BILLIARDS. English, American and Manila Newspapers on file. Terms: $4 to $7.00 per day; $75 to 3120 per mouth.

M. MATTHAEY,

Manager.

Hangkong, fith May, 1903,

11 Years old: the inest quality shipped. Each bottle boars an Analyst's martillcate.

P. & Co.'s OWN SPECIAL

BLEND WHISKY,

$11.00 PER DOZ. Very soft palatable, and mature, EVERYBODY SHOULD TRY THESE ITEMS

DOURO PORT, $15.00 PER DOZ.

A fine, full, and fruity wine.

AMOROSO SHERRY,

$20 PER DOZ.

LA TORRE SHERRY,

$17.00 PER DOZ.

A natural and most pleasant wins to the taste

· BENEDICTINE LIQUEUR-.

D.O.M.,

$41.75 PER DOZ. QUARTS. $43.75 PER 3 poż. PINTE, THEY ARE UNEQUALLED AT THE PRIOF

AGENTS-SIEMSSEN & CO., HONGKONG.

W. BREWER &

29 and 25, QUEEN'S ROAD.

NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

Mrs. Archibald Little's Life of Li Hung

18.00 Chung China's Only Hope, by Chan Chi Tung 280. As the Chinese See Us, by Sulby Mission Problems and Mission Methods in Booth China, by J. C. Gibson Charles Haddon Spurgeon Reed's Engineer's Hand-Book... Photogramas 1908.

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Mechanical World Pocket Diary The King's Regulations

3.00

4.60 2.20 11.50

(415

A Trip on the West River, by R. D.

Thomas," Pastures New" From Hongkong to Canton, by the Paarl

River, by Captain Lloyd ... LARGE NEW STOCK FRENCH NOVELS.

$1.00

1.75

CHRISTMAS NUMBERS. QUEEN, ROYAL-HARMSWORTH, SKETCH, &c.

1.75 POST-CARD ALBUMS. 0.45

1.20

PYRAMIDS OF PINS. REGISTERED INK-PROTECTED

Madame Chrysantheme, by Pierre Loti

English Edition, Illustrated

1.73

Smith's Medical Help

4.60

RULERS. DOG COLLARS. A. B. C. CODE. LETTS, SMITHS' AND OTHER

Ta218

Walton's Steel Ships...

Nuttall's Dictionary; New Edition...

Chambers' 20th Century Dictionary Portraits of the Sixties, by Justin Mc-

Carthy...

... 15.00 2.80 2.80

1,60

DIARIES. BOY'S ANNCAL. CHUMS.

VICTORIA HOTEL,

SHAMEEN, CANTON. BRITISH CONCESSION.

100D Accimcdation.

Excellent Cusina

Every Convenience for Tourista.

T. F. DA CRUZ, Jïanager, Canton, Ist Oelaber, 1901

CONFECTIONERY !!!

CO.

B35

THE CHOICEST AND LARGEST VARIETY, FROM PARIS AND LONDON. MARRONS GLACES, CRYSTALLISED FRUITS.

TOM SMITH'S CRACKERS.

XMAS PLUM PUDDINGS.

DATES, FIGS, HAISINS, ALMONDS and NUTS. ETILTON, CHEDDAR, GÖRGONZOLA, ROQUEFORT, CAMENBERT, CHEESE SAVOIE, CREAM CHEESE, MACLAREN'S and YOUNG AMERICAN

CHEESE. YORK HAM and BEST ENGLISH BACON.

TOYS, TOYB. DECORATIONS and CANDLES FOR XMAS TREES.

G.

GIRAULT.

KELLY & WALSH, LD.

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LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF HUGH, FIEST VISCOUNT GOUGE, FIELD MARSHAL, by R. 8. Rait; Maps and Illustra tions; 2 Vols. RELATIONS BETWEEN ÁBIA AND

EUROPA, by M. Towaserd

**

**

INTO THE HOTEL.

Telephone No. 29.

Town Offlos í 7, Duddell StreeBT.

HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.

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Pram Tormions.

OLUNKET'S GAP, The PEAK, Doar the

Tel. 56.

MANATER

For Tarua, apply to the

Hongkong, 2nd July, 1999.

CONNAUGHT HOUSE.

Athe Banks and Principal Oflces.

[ 654

FIRST CLASS HOTEL Situated near

Excellent Cuisine and Wines.

Large and Lofty Rooms, Elegantly Furnished Hydraulic Elevator, hot and cold water throughout,

Special Rates for Tourists. Launch Service for Guests. For Tergus, spply to the

MANAGER. Hongkong. 81st October, 1902,

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

[49

A HIGH CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL.

Ladies afternoon Tea-Rooms.

Private Bar and Billiard-Rooms. Hot and Cold Water throughout.

Electricaly Lighted. Electrio Fans · (if

required),

Electric Passenger Elevator to each floor. Table D'Hote at separate tables, ~

GRAIN OR CKANS ? AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF APOLIOS MAGISTRATE; A. C. Plowden

$6.00

DOCTORS AND THEIR WORK, OR MRDI- GINE, QUACKNEY AND DISEASE, by R. R. Carter LOST IN BLUNDERLAND; THE FURTHER ADVENTULES OF CLARA, by Caroline Lewis; Ilustrated

$12,00

4.70

8.00

1.80

WindsoW MAGAZINE XMAS. NUMBRE STRAND MAGAZINE XMAS. NUMBER PEARSON' MAGAZINE XMAS. NUMBER 0.80 THE STAIDE IMAS, NUMBER

0.80

0.80

PAJ

3.90

2.70

5.00

090 THE FITA NATIONS, by Rudyard Kipling $175 THE ADVENTURES or GREAED, by

Conan Doyle BARLASCE OF THE GUARD, by H. S.

Merriman

E

For Terms, &e., apply to the

MANAGER.

Hongkong, 10th Ji 16, 1903,

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175

NOTICE.

1.75

ODD CRAFT, by W. W. Jacobs

1.75

5.75

1,80

DOCTOR LAVIEB, by Max Pemberton THE REFLECTIONS OF AMBROSINE, by

Elinor Glya...

1.75

1.75

THE IMPERIAL ANGLO-CHINESE DIARY 1904 $1,50,

0.75.

WAR IN PRACTICE; TACTICAL LESSONS OF CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH AFRICA, by Major Baden Powell DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL ALLUSIONS,

by T. B. Harbottle BRITISH INDUSTRIES, by W. J, Ashley THE CARE OF A HOUSE: SUGGESTIONS TO HOUSEHOLDERS, LANDLORDE, TENANTS, &c., by T. M. Clark; Illustrated FREE TRADE A FAILURE FROM THE

FIRST, by T. P. Gaskel! THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT, by T. F. Moran HINTS OF OUTFIT FOR. TRAVELLERS IN TROPICAL COUNTRIES, by C. F. Harford, M.D. ..... ........... BREAKING AND TRAINING Dose, by

PathEnder and Dalziel; New Edition 5.50

KODAKS,

001

***

FILMS,

4.50 THE ANGLO-CHINESE DATE BLOCK.

1.25 THE NEW NO. 10. LIGHT RUNNING

YOST TYPEWRITER.

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AND ACCESSORIES.

GOOD WORK, PROMPT RETURN.

THERE

TO THE WEARIED.

HERE is no nicer place to spend a few

days in quiet rost than

MACAO,

And there is no more Comfortable Hotel in the

For East then the

MACAO HOTEL.

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DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN.

WM. FARMER,

Proprietor,

"BOA VISTA "

(HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTU

CHINA)

MAÇÃO

HAB been re-opened under Furopean management and most strict supervision

as to food, cleanliness, and hygiene of the plaw.

All comforts of a home.

A most pleasant rotreat for those desirous of

& few days rest and quiet,

Comfortable

accommodation for travellers paying a visit to the istorical and picturesque oolany of Man30.

Macao is 40 miles south-wast of Hongkong. One stemmer (sa. Heungshan), daily to and from Hongkong, and two steamers to and from Canton, give easy communication with both these centres.

Cable Address*** BOAVISTA." jos For Terms, apply to

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THE MANAGER

TENNIS GOODS LONG, HING & CO.,

YOUNG ENGLAND, &c. HOCKEY STICKS,

[93 WESTERN UNION CODE.

ELECTRIC LIGHT

ELECTRIC LAMPS OF ALL KINDS AND AT MODERATE PRICES ALWAYS IN STOCK.

EDM. JOHANNSEN,

10, DES VOUX ROAD CENTRAL.

1977 29331

PHOTO GOODS STORE,

17A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

Hongkong, let December, 1903.

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