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GUINNESS

The finest Stout in the World

BOAR'S HEAD"

BOTTLING.

BULE AGENTS-

H. PRICE & CO.,

12, Queen's Road Central,

Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

四拜禮· 號四十月正肆界百九仔壹英港香

NERNST ELECTRIC LIGHT.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 1904

NERNST FACTS. NOT ASSERTIONS.

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

BEAUTY OF ILLUMINATION COMBINED WITH GREAT ECONOMY

AS CHEAP AS GAS! FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO

HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO.

OB

SIEMSSEN & 00.

155n

No,14,230 就拾百弍千萬變第 日菜拾式月曆十年玖十二鹣光

SANDEMAN'S

AUSTRALIAN

WINES.

OF THE FINEST VINTAGE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION,

CLARET, HOCK, AND

BURGUNDY.

SOLE IMPORTERS

A. S. WATSON & CO.

LIMITED.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

ACTUALITIES, NOT DREAMS.

PRESCRIPTIONS DISPENSED AT LONDON PRICES ON

THE BASIS OF

“SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK KETURNS"

ARE WATKINS' MOTTOES.

THE APOTHECARIES HALL.

WATKINS BUILDING.

HONGKONG.

CUTLER,

La1545

Telephone 344,

Telephone No. 75.

(837

PALMER

THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO. LD.

& Co.'s

PRICE $11.00 PER DOZEN

NET

"SPECIAL BLEND" WHISKY

Blead

Selected Distillations of the

Finest Scotch Whiskies

Apply to SIENSSEN & CO., Hongkong, [$46

HONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL FRAM-

WAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS.

7.30 a.a, to 8.00 am.... Every 10 minutes. 8.00a.m. to 8.30 am....Every 15 minutes, 8.31a.m. to 9.30 am....Every 10 minutes. $80 a. to 11.00 a.m....Every 15 minutes. Every 15 minutes. 11.80 am to 12.45 1.55 jm. to 1.15 p.m....Every 10 minutes, 1.15 pm to 1,45 p.m....Every 16 minutes.

Every

to

pm

1.45 p.m. 2.15 p.m.

145

Esch 10 minutes. 2.15 p.m. to 8.00p.m....Every 15 minutes. 8.30 pr. to 6.80 p.m...Every 16 minutes, 501p.m. to 7.00p.m...Every 10 minutes. 700 p.m. to 8.00 p.m...Every 15 minutes.

NIGHT CALE.

9.46 to 11.15 p.m., .& 1.00

pa every hour. BUNDAYE. 8.00 am to 9.00 am,... Every 15 minutes. 8.00 .. to 9.30 s.....Every 30 minutes. 15 minutes. Every 9.30 a.ni, to 10.30 am....) 10.80 am to 11.00 am....Every 10 minutes. 10) p.m....Every 10 minutes. 12.00 Noon to 10 pm. Every 15 minutes.

1.00 p.m. to bu

Every 10 minutes. 5.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m...Ev 8.00 p.m. to 7.00 pan....Every 15 minutes. 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 pm. Every 10 minutes,

NIGHT CARS as on West Days. SATURDATS.

Extra cars at 11.30 p.m. and 11.45 pm SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Com- pany's Office, 38 & 10, Queen's Road Central,

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers. Fongkong, 14th January, 18 4. GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY.

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- PORTLAND CEMENT.. Caaks of 375 lbs. net $4.75 por Caak er Factory. Begs of 250 lbs. nst $2.85 per bag er Factory.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers.

fa3389

Ho gone, 14th August, 1903. VICTORIA CYCLE EMPORIUM

ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANTS NOW IN OPERATION IN CANTON AND

KOWLOON.

INCANDESCENT LAMPS, ARO LAMPS AND

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

Apply to

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SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers,

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.S

WINTER SEASON'S GOODS JUST ARRIVED,

AXMINSTER CARPET SQUARES.

VELVET PILE AND BRUSSELS CARPETS.

CHENILLE AND TAPESTRY QURTAINS.

BLANKETS AND EIDER DOWN QUILTS.

PERAMBULATOES AND MAIL CARTS.

FENDERS, CURBS, FIRE KRAS ES.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

CUTLER, PALMER & CO.

ESTABLISHED IN LONDON IN 1815.

SHIPPERS TO CHINA FOR 75 YEAKS.

Their Brands are favourably known all over the World,

334

AQUARIUS COMPANY.

The Aquaring Company's Table Waters are made of Pure Treble Distilled Water only.

Absolate purity can only be obtained by distiliation. AQUARIUS MINERAL WATER.

SILENT WATER.

TONIC WATER.

GINGER ALE, GINGER BEER. LEMONADE. LITHIA WATER.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR

GENERAL MANAGERS.

15, Queen's Road,

Hongkong, 12th January, 1904.

CONFECTIONERY !!!

& CO.

$35

THE CHOICEST AND LARGEST VARIETY, FROM PARIS AND LONDON. MARRON'S GLACES, CRYSTALLISED FRUITS.

TOM SMITH'S CRACKERS.

XMAS PLUM PUDDINGS. *

DATES, FIGS, RAISINS, ALMONDS and NUTS. STILTON, CHEDDAR, GÓRGONZOLA, ROUEFORT. CAMENBERT, CHEESE SAVOIE, CREAM CHEESE, MACLAREN'S and YOUNG AMERICAN

CHEESE.

TOYS. TOYS, DECORATIONS and CANDLES FOR XMAS TREES.

YORK HAM and BEST ENGLISH BACON.

G.

GIRAULT.

Don't buy Imitations, on'y buyi

GENUINE

TANSAN

BOTTLED BY

J. CLIFFORD WILKINSON

SOLE AGENTS

H. PRICE & CO.,

12, Queen's Rond Central..

PRICE, $3 PER MONTH

INSURANCE

WHAT SHALL I DO WITH IT?

THAT can one do with sa annual surplus

Wat, haz, Can It won't bay & house: a

stuckbroker would not look at it. Now £5 invested in the

STANDARD LIFE OFFICE

may represent £1,000, more or less, payable to the assured at sixty years of age should be live a long, or upon his death, shonid he not, and £1,00 is a lot of money when looked at from the standpoint of a paltry £25!

For Full Particulars and Rates, apply to

MESSES, DODWELL & CO., LD., a1891—6) Agents, Hongkong..

HOTELS.

| HONGKONG HOTEL

A FIEST-CLASS HOTEL IN EVERY RESPECT Elegantly Furnished Reading, Drawing Music, Ping-pong and Smoking Roets. Private Bar and Twe Billiard "Rooms for

Hotel Residente

Dining Accommodation for 300 persons, Private and Special Dining Rooms.

European Chef

and Indian Curry Cook.

Ladies' Afternoon Tea Rooms with European

Matron in attendancs.

Ladies' Clock Room.

Hydraulic Elevators to each Flour.

Bedroom Accommodation-131 rooms.

Electric Lighting and Electric Fans,

required.

Hot and Cold Water throughout.

Wines and Groseries specially imported by

the Hotel Co.

Wines cooled by Hotel refrigeratora.

Hotel Linen

machinery.

washed or Premises by

Fire Extinguishing Maine and Emergency

Exits on every floor.

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KELLY & WALSH, LD.

LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF HUGH, FIRST VISCOUNT GOUGH, FIELD MARSHAL, by E. 8. Reit; Maps and Illustra Lions; 2 Vols.

MODERATE CHARGES! NO EXTRAS!

H. HAYNES,

Mannger

THE

PEAK HOTEL.

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

GRAIN OR CHAFF ? AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A POLICE MAGISTRATE; A. C. Plowden

$6.00

DOCTORS AND THEIR WORK, OF MEDI- CINE, QUACKERY AND DISEASE, by R. B. Carter LOST IN BLUNDERLAND; THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF CLABA, by Caroline Lewis; Illustrated WAR IN PRACTICE; TACTICAL Lessors OF CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH AFRICA, by Major Baden Powell DICTIONARY OF HISTORICALALLESIONS,

by T. B. Harbottle BRITISH INDUSTRIES, by W. J. Ashley

·*...$12.00

RELATIONS BETWEEN

ASIA AND

A COVERED

4.70

1.90

3.00 EUROPE, by M. Townsend WINDSOR MAGAZINE XMAS. NUMBER... 0.80 0.80 STEAND MAGAZINE XMAS. NUMBER PEARSON'S MAGAZINE XMAS. NUMBER 0.80 INTO THE HOTEL. THE SPHEEE XMAS. NUMBER

GANGWAT LEADS

FROM THE TRAMWAY TERMINUS

0.90

5.90

5.00

2.70

THE FIVE NATIOna, by Rudyard Kipling $1.75 THE ADVENTURES OF BEARD, by

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

Marriman

Telephone No. 29,

Town Office: 7, DUDDELL STEBET,

1.73

11082

***

ODD CRAFT, by W. W. Jacobs DOCTOR XAVIER, by Max Pemberton THE REFLECTIONS OF AMBROSINE, by

1.75 1.75

1.75 Prom Terminus.

5.75

1.80

4.50

Elinor Glyn...

1.75

THE IMPERIAL ANGLO-CHINESE DIARY 1904, $1.50,

0.75,

The following are some of their Stocks with the undersigned —

C.P.& Co.'s INVALIDS' FORT THY CARE OF A HOTSE: SUGGESTIONS

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

ANOTHER FINE COGNAC, $19.50 per dox. Less old than the above.

IMPERIAL BRANDY $12.00 PER CASE,

THE ELITE OF WHISKY—

THE "PALL MALL," $21 PEE DOZ.

11 Years old: the finest quality shipped. Each bottle bears an Analyst's certificate.

P. & Co.'s OWN SPECIAL

BLEND WHISKY,

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

We are Sole Agents for the following C. MONOPOLE, FUTURE, CENTAUR, and NEW PREMIER CYCLES. Best American Machines in the Market, always on View and for Sale, Aleo 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 Stook. First-class workmanship guaranteed iz all branches of the business. Re-enamelling a

MCKIRDY & CO... speciality.

43 & 344, Queck's Road East. a2763]

FOR SALE.

THE BUSINESS of an Old-Established

$21 PER DOZ.

This fine Wine is old, soft, and of grand flavour. See analysis and certificate by Professor Cassail.

DOURO PORT. $15.00 PER DOZ.

A Bue, full, and fruity wine.

AMOROSO SHERRY,

$20 PER DOZ.

LA TORRE SHERRY,

$17.00 PER NOZ.

A natural and most pleasant wing to the taste

BENEDICTINE LIQUEUR-

D.O.M.,

$41.75 PER DOZ. QUARTS. $43.75 PER 2 DOZ. PINTS. THEY ARE UNEQUALLED AT THE PRICE

AGENTS-SIEMSSEN & CO., HONGKONG.

W.

BREWER & CO.

2 and 25, QUEEN'S ROAD.

Buble Firm in Hongkong, including Mrs. Archibald Little's Life of Li Kung Apply, by letter, to-

name, Goodwill, and Office Furniture,

BUSINESS, Cars of Daily Press Office. Hongkong, 12th Jonvarv, 1904,

OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.

NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

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... 13.00 Chang... Chira's Only Hope, by Choa Chi Tang 4.80 3.90 As the Chinese Soo Ug. by Selby...... Mission Problems and Mission Methods in South Chins, by J. O. Gibson Obaries Haddon Spurgeon

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

Thomas," Pastures New **:

$1.00 From Hongkong to Canton, by the Fearl

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

Reed's Engineer's Hard-Book... Photograms 1903

...11.50

Mechanical World Pocket Diary

0.45

The King's Regulations...

1.20

Madame Chrysantheme, by Pierre Loti

English Edition, Illustrated

1.75

Smith's Medical Help

Beers.

Nuttall's Dictionary; New Edition... Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

Carthy... European and American Wines, Spirits, and Portraits of the Sixties, by Justin Mc

under etrist Walton's Steel Ships...

4.60 15.00

2.8

BOY'S ANNUAL, CHUMS.

2.80

4.60

...

YOUNG ENGLAND, &0, HOCKEY STICKS. TENNIS GOODS. WESTERN UNION CODE. [a33

ELGIN ROAD, KOWLOON. 35 Bedrooms, excellently furnished, Bath to each room. Dining room and Cuisine supervision.

CHRISTMAS NUMBERS, QUEEN, 4.80

ROYAL, HARMSWORTH, 2.20

SKETCH, &c. 1.75 POST-CARD ALBUMS,

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

DIARIES.

PYRAMIDS OF PINS. REGISTERED INK-PROTECTED RULERS,

A Tho

TO HOUSEHOLDBES, LANDLORDS, TENANTS, &C., by T. M. Clark; Illustrated FREE TRADE A FAILURE FROM THÉ

FIRST, by T. P. Gaskell THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT, by T. F. Moran HINTS ON OUTFIT FOR TRAVELLERS IN TEOPICAL COUNTRIES, by C. F. Harford, M.D

THE ANGLO-CHINESE DATE BLOCK.

1.25 THE NEW NO. 10. LIGHT RUNNING

YOST TYPEWRITER.

BREAKING AND TRAINING DOGs, by

Pathfinder and Dalziel; New Edition 5.50

KODAKS,

FILMS,

HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.

LUNKET'S GAP, The PRAE, near the

Tel. 56.

For Terms, apply to the

MANAGER.

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Hongkong, 2nd July, 1900.

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

A HIGH CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL.

Ladies' Afternoon Tea-Rooms,

Private Bar and Billiard-Rooms.

Hot and Cold Water throughout,

Electrically Lighted. Electric Fans (if

required),

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

For Terms, &c., apply to the

MANAGER.

AND ACCESSORIES. Hongkong, 10th June, 1903,

DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN.

GOOD WORK, PROMPT RETURN,

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"BOA VISTA" (HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH

H

CHINA) MACAO

AB been re-opened under Furopean management and most strict superviswon

as to food, oloanliness, and hygiene of fle place.

All comforts of a home.

A most pleasant rotroat for those desirous of

a few days rest and quiet,

Comfortable socommodation for travellers paying a visit to the istorical and picturesque colony of Macao.

Macso is 40 miles south-west of Hongkong. One steamer (e.s. Heungshan), daily to and from Hongkong, and two steamers to and from Canton, give easy communication with both these centres.

Cable Addrees BOAVISTA. For Terms, apply to

LONG, HING &

CO.,

PHOTO GOODS STORE,

17A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

2541

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HIGH-CLASS OUTFITTERS.

SOFT FELT HATS.

RUGS, ETC., ETC.

BUILDINGS.

436

THE MANAGER NOTICE.

POOL AND BILLIARDS. English, American and Manila Newspapers on

file.

Torme: $4 to $7.00 per day: $75 to $120 per month.

M. MATTHADY, Manager,

Hongkong, 8th May, 1903.

ELECTRIC LIGHT

ELECTRIC LAMES OF ALL KINDS AND AT MODERATE PRICES ALWAYS IN STOCK

(8218 | 12983]

EDM. JOHANNSEN,

10, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL.

Hongkong, 21st December, 1903.

COTTAM & CO.

HARD FELT HATS.

STRAW HATS.

HONGKONG HOTEL

VICTORIA HOTEL, SHAMEEN, CANTON. BRITISH CONCESSION.

GOOD Accommodation

Excellent Cusine.

Every Convenience for Tourists.

T. F. DA CRUZ, Mana er. Canton, 1st October, 1801

1977

CONNAUGHT HOUSE FIEST CLASS HOTEL. Situated nour

the Banke and Principal Offices, Excellent Cuisine and Wines. Large and Lofty Booma, Elegantly Furnished. Hydraulie Elevatos, hot and cold water throughout.

Special Rates for Tourists. Launch Service for truests. For Termas, apply to the

MANAGER.

Hongkong, 31st October, 1902.

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TO THE WEARIED..

THERE is no nicer place to spend a few

days in quiet rest than

MAÇÃO,

And there is no more Comfortable IIotel in the

Far East than the

MACAO HOTEL.

WM. FARMER, Proprietor.

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