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GUINNESS

The finest Stout in the World

"BOAR'S HEAD"

BOTTLING".

SOLE AGENTS

H. PRICE & 00.,"

12, Queen's Road Central,

Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

No. 14,817 號柒拾百叁千萬豐第十巻月弍十年玖十二光 HONGKONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH 1904 壹拜禮 號五拾月弍年肆零百九仟登英鄰香

THERE WILL BE A GREAT DEAL

CHAMPAGNE

OF

JULES MUMM & CO.

DRUNK AT THE COMING RACE MEETING.

A. S. WATSON & CO.

LIMITED.

SOLE IMPORTERS.

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CUTLER, PALMER

& Co.'

PRICE $11.00 per Dozun

NET

"SPECIAL BLEND" WHISKY

Blond Selected

Distillations of the Finest Scotch Whiskien

Apply to

SIEMSSEN & CO., Hongkong. Lad

HONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TRAM.

WAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS. 7.80 8.a. to 8.00 am....Every 10 minutes, 9.00 am, to 8.30 0. ...Every 15 minutes. 3.), to 9.30 am....Every 10 minutes. 4.30 am, to 11.00 a.m....Every 15 minuses. 11.30 am. to 12.45 p.m....Every 16 minutes. 1245 p.m. 10 1.15 p.....Every 10 minutes. 1 to 1.56 p.m....Every 15 minutes. 1.40 p.m. to 2.15 p.m.

...Every 10 minutes. p.zn. ...m 3.10 p.m. to 3,00 ...Every 15 minutes. 8.20 p.m. to 5.30 p.m....Every 15 minutes. 50 p.m. to 7.000 p.m. Every 10 minutes, 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 pm....Every 16 minu

NIGHT CALS.

1 45 p.m. & 8,00

8,00 p.m., 8.45 1

9.45 to 11.15 p.m., every & Dou

bour. ....Every 15 minutes.

SUNDAYS.

800 to 9.00 am....)

9.00 am, to 8.30 ...Every 50 minutes. 9.30 am, to 10.30 a.m....Every 15 minutes. 19,80 a.ro, to 11.00 .....Every 10 minutes.. 12.00 Noon to 1.03 p.m....Every 10 minutes. Every 15 minutes.

1.00 p.m. to 0,00 pæl, sil 5.00 pm, to 6.00 pm,

10 minutes.

8.00 p.m. to 700 pm, 10 minut 9..

7.00 pan, to 8,00p.m..

15 minut 8.

NIGHT CARS us on Week Dags..

BATUNDATE.

Extra cars at 13.20 p., and 11.45 pm, SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Com- pany's Office, 28 & 40, queen's Road Central.. JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON,

· General Managers,

[a2761 Fongtong, 14th January, 1904.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY.

PORTLAND CEMENT. Ceaks of 374lbs, net $4.75 per Cask ox Factory. Br.gs of 250 lbs. net $2.85 per bag ex Fastory.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers.

[3389 Ho gkar, 14th August, 1903.

VICTORIA CYCLE EMPORIUM

QUALITY.

If there is one thing that yen went, when you go into a Diag Store, it is QUALITY. Yo1 want Quality in a" Dingu, and Cher": 1""; Q "lity in all prescription work; Quality in every- thing that has to do with mediote.

Is it not so P

Certainly There can be no question chant it! That is why or trade is so large. It is a recognized fact that our label on a bottle of medicine ampe it with Quality, becaues it never goes out on any bottle or box of m. Veins that does not possess Que'ty.

WATKINS LIMITED.

CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS,

THE APOTHECARIES

THE LAHMEYER

WATKINS BUILDING.

Telephone 214,

ELECTRICAL

LONDON,

AND

HALL.

117

CO.. LI.

ELECTRIZITAETS ACTIEN GESELLSCHAFT VORM.

W. LAHMEYER & CO., FRANKFURT A/M.

FOR ESTIMATES OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS OF ANY DESCRIPTION

Apply to-

SIEMSSEN & CO., BOLE AGENTS FOR CHINA.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.'S

WINTER SEASON'S GOODS JUST ARRIVED.

AXMINSTER CARPET SQUARES,

VELVET PILE AND BRUSSELS CARPETS.

CHENILLE AND TAPESTRY CURTAINS.

BI-ANKETS AND EIDER DOWN QUILTS.

PERAMBULATORS AND MAIL CARTS.

FENDERS, CURBS, FIRE BRAS ES.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO. CUTLER, PALMER & CO.

ESTANLISHED IN LONDON 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 nodaraigued ----

SUPERB OLD COGNAC,

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

ANOTHER FINE COGNAC, $18.50 per dos.

Less old than the above.

IMPERIAL BRANDY

$12.00 PER CASE.

THE ELITE OF WHISKY-

THE "PALL MALL,” $21 PER DOZ.

11 Years old: the finest quality shipped.

Each bottle beara an Analyst's certificate.

P. & Co.'s OWN SPECIAL

BLEND WHISKY, $11.00 FER DÓZ. Very soft, palatable, and mature. EVERYBODY SHOULD TRY THESE ITEMS.

We are Sole Agents for the following:- MONOPOLE, FUTURE, CENTAUR, and C. NEW PREMIER CYCLES. Best American Machines in the Market, always on View and for Sale, Also a Large Assortment of SECOND. HAND MACHINES of various maken, Rearly 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 Stock. First-class workmanship guaranteed in all branches of the business. He-enamelling a speciality.

MOKIRDY & CO., a2763

49 & 34A, Quron's Road East.

TO LET.

QUITE & THREE BOOMS with Veradah

on the Second Floor of College Chambre Comfortably Furnished and fitted out with Electrio Lights and l'an, with Two Bathrooms Kitchen and Servants' Quarters,

Apply to

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KODAKS,

FILMS,

AND ACCESSORIES.

'DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN:

GOOD WORK, PROMPT RETURN.

LONG, HING & CO.,

PHOTO GOODS STORE,

17A, QUEEN'S BOAD CENTRAL.

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Hongkong, 21st December, 1933.

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & CO.

ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT.

SOLE AGENTS IN CHINA FOR:

THE ALLGEMEINE FLECTRICITATS GESELLSCHAFT, BERLIN. MROSES. KOERTING BRO8., HANNOVER.

THE COMPANY OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY, BERLIN.

MESERS MIX & GENEST, BERLIN,

PRIVATE ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS A SPECIALITY Foyd: 1 Extiṛoa' a draws up free of charge upon application to the above, Hongkong 3rd December, 1903.

KELLY & WALSH, LD.

NEW BOOKS BY ENGLISH MAIL.

THE SECRET OF THE HILL, by B. Capes $1.75 1.75 GRAN MA'S JANE, by M. E. Mann

THE PROUD PRINCE, by J. H. McCarthy 1.73 COLONIAL OFFICE REFORT: HONGKONG 0.25 THE EXPANSION OF RUSSIA, by Skrine: 4.25 ROMANCE OF MODERN ENGINEERING .. 8.50 GLODD'S STORY OF CREATION CRUIKSHANT's WATER COLOURS, by

J. Grego.

*

PHOTOGRAMS OF THE YEAR

THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE...... THE GREAT SIBERIAN BAILWAY,

Shoemaker

C.P. & Co.'s INVALIDS' FORT THE NEW 20TH CENTURY 1

$21 FER DOA.

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

DOURO PORT, $15.00 PER Doz.

A Blue, full, and fruity wine.

AMOROSO SHERRY,

$20 PER DOZ.

LA TORRE SHERRY,

$17.00 PER DOZ.

A nätural and most pleasant wing to the taste.

BENEDICTINE LIQUEUR—.

D.O.M.,

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

AGENTE SIEMSSEN & CO.. HONGKONG.

W. BREWER &

23 and 25, QUEEN'S ROAD.

New Vol, Bland Magazine. ⠀...: Deily Mail Year Bock. British Joururl Photographio Almango. Magic and Its Professors, by H.B. Evans The Girl's Handy Book, by L. and A. B.

Beard...

MS

CO.

***

3,00

$5.00 | Whitaker's Almazno... ... 0.90 and 2.20

1,35 | Coins". Graphío Dictionary.

...0.43 each. 0.90 A Large Assortment of Novels 3.90 Views of Hongkong, Canton and Macao, 4.60 Common Ailments and Their Cares, by

Andrew Wilson ... CHEISTMAS NUMBERS TATLER,

PUNCH ALMANACK, STRAND, PEARSON'S MAGAZINE, SKETCH. SANDOWN RACE GAME.

DAVID, FASSOON & CO., LP.

[$487 Hongkong, 10th February, 1904.

OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.

The Boy's Handy Book, by D. C. Beard 460 The Jack of all Trades, by D. C. Board 4.60 From Paris to New York by Land, by

H de Windt Fc Ler's Bridge Tactics

10.70 3.00

A Quer Affair, by tiny Boothby

ELGIN ROAD, KOWLOON.

3 Bedrooms, excellently furnishi But to aach room. Dining-room and Cuisine vader strict supervision.

Odd Craft, by W W. Jacobs

דיי

The Stranger Clem, by Alice Perrin Long Live Love, by T. R. Threlfall Eva, by W. Fett Ridge...

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The Guilly House, by Fergus Hune A¡ Woman Against the World, George

Grimth...

Faddy Risky, by Andrew Merry... Beauty in Distrem by Gertrude Warton Europes and American Wines, Spirits, and The Rising Generation, by C. E. Maud Bcare.

FOOL AND BILLIARDS.

Eng"sh, American and Mauiin Newspapers on

̈file......... Terms: $4 to $7.00 per day; $75 to $120 per month.

R, MATTHAEY": Manager.

Hongkong, fith May, 1903,

$1.75

**

0.50

PELICAN FOUNTAIN PEN. INDEPENDENT STYLO, PEN.

A NEW STOCK OF FRENCH NOVELS. POST-CARD ALBUMS, DOG COLLARS. LETTS, SMITHS', AND COLLINS" DIARIES. GENTLEMEN'S BLACK AND BROWN BOOTS AND SHOES-ENGLISH

MAKE

ELECTRIC LIGHT

de

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

EDM JOHANNSEN,

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10, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL

|

Don't buy imitations, only bay

GENUINE

TANSAN

HOTTLED BY

13, CLIFFORD WILKINSON

SOLE AGENT

H. PRICE & Co.,

12, Queen's Road Central.

PRICE, $3 PER MONTH

INSURANCE

WHAT SHALL I DO WITH IT?

W

7′′HAT Can one do with an annual surplas of, say, £25? It won't buy a house: a stockbroker would not look at it. Now £25 invested in the

STANDARD LIFE OFFICE ·' may represent £1,000, more or less, payable to the assured at sixty years of age should he live so long, or upon i

a his death, should he not, and £1,00 is a lot of money when looked at from the standpoint of a paltry £25!

For Fall Particulars and Rates, apply to

MESS08. DODWELL & CO., LD. a191-6) Agents, Hongkong.

HOTELS.

HONGKONG HOTEL

A FIRST-CLASS HOTEL IN EVERY RESPECT

Elegantly Furnished Reading, Drawing

Music, Ping-pong and smoking Rooms. Private Bar and Two Biliard Rooms for

Hotel Residents

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

European Chef and Indian Curry Cook. Ladies' Afternoon Tea Rooms with Europeon

Matron in attendance.

Ladies' Cloak Room.

Hydraulio Elevators to each Floor, Bedroom Accommodation-131 rooms.

Electric Lighting and Electric Fans, if

required.

Hot and Cold Water throughout.

Wines and Groceries specially imported by

the Hotel Co.

Wines cooled by Hotel refrigerators. Hotel Linen washed on Promises by

machinery.

Fire Extinguishing Mains and Emergency

Exite on every Book.

$939

048]

WAR MAPS. STANFORD'S WAR MAP OF EASTERN CHINA, JAPAN, AND KOREA

110 Miles 1 in. – $2,50.

MACMILLAN'S ATLAS FOR CHINA, JAPAN AND STRAITS SETTLE MENTS; 24 Maps, Including

N, W. CHINA PÉKING AND ENVIRONS N. E. CHINA

COMMERCIAL CHART OF FAR EAST. $1.00.

0.40

15.00

8. CHINA

1+

1.50

JAPAN

7.50

KOKEA

6.70

20.00

THE DAILY MAIL" SPECIAL WAR MAP OF THE FAR EAST 0.90

FRENCH FOREIGN OFFICE MAPS OF

CHINA

NANKIN AND ENVIRONS

TCHING-TE FOU AND ENTIKONS

PEKIN AND ENVIRONS

KANG NEUNG AND ENVIRONA

NAGASALI AND ENVIRONS SEOUL AND ENVIRONS MOUEDEN AND ENVIRONS

Esch $1.50,

32

.INCH GEOGRAPHICAL

GLOBE

SLAZENGER E. G. M. TENNIS RACQUETS. DOHERTY TENNIS RACQUETS. SLAZENGER'S 1904 TENNIS BALLS. FOSTER'S SELF-PLAYING BRIDGE CARDS $3,50 Per Pack NEW MAP OF BIBERIAN RAILWAY 8,00 13.00 15.00,

COTTAM & CO.

HARD FELT HATS.

STRAW HATS,,

HIGH-CLASS, OUTFITTERS,

SOFT FELT HATS.

RUGS, ETC., ETC.

HONGKONG HOTEL BUILDINGS.

IRISH WHISKEY.

SIR JOHN POWER & SON, LIMITED.

We are authorised to announce that the King hos by Royal Warrant dated 1th December, 1903, appointed Messrs. Joln Power and Son, Ld. John's Lace Distillery, to bo Whiskey Distillars to Hie Majesty in Ireland. The famous distillery, the character of the products of which has now received, Tophone No. 76. Royal recognition, was established in 1791.-Irish Daily Independent, 24th

D., 1903.

SOLE AGENTS HONGKONG AND CHINA-

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.

15, Queen's Road,

Hongkong. 3rd February, 1904

CONFECTIONERY!!!

£35

THE CHOICEF (ND) LARGEST VARIETY, FROM PARIS AND LONDON.

MARRONS GLACES, CRYSTALLISED FRUITS,

TOM SMITH'S CRACKERS.

IMAS PLUM PUDDINGS.

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

1CHEESE

YORK HAM and BEST ENGLISH BACON.

TOYS, TOYS, DECORATIONS and CANDLES FOR XMAS TREES.

G. GIRAULT.

CONNAUGHT HOUSE.

FIRST CLASS HOTEL Situated near-

the Banks and Principal Offices. B-cellent Cuisine and Wines. Large and Lofty Rooms, Elegantly Furnishe Hydraulic Elevator, hot and cold water throughout S

Special Rates for Tourists. Launch Service for Guests.

For Terms, apply to the

MANAGER,

Hongkong, 31st October, 1902

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VICTORIA HOTEL,

SHAMEEN CANTON

BRITISH CONCESSION.

(OOD Accommodation.

G

Excellent Casine,

Every Conveniense for Tourista.

WM, FARMER, Proprietor. Canton, 6th February, 1904.

MODEKATÉ CHABORS! NO EXTELS I

K. HAYNES,

Manager.

THE

PEAK HOTEL.

Adrarably Situated. Sheltered from th North-East Mousson and Open to the South West Mons on.

A COVERED

GANGWAY LEADS

FROM THE TRAMWAY TERMINUA

INTO THE HOTEL.

Telephone No. 49.

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{nif

Town Office: 7, DuDDELL STREET.“

HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.

PLUNKET'S GAP, The PEAK, near the

Tel. 60.

Terminus.

MANAGER,

For Terms, spply to the

Hongkong. Žad July, 1900,

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

A HIGH CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL,

Ladies' Afternoon Tea-Rooma.

Private Bar and Billiard-Rooma

Hot and Coll Water throughout.

Electrically Lighted. Electric Fans (if

required).

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

For Terms, &c., apply to the--

MANAGER. Hongkong. 10th June, 1903, NOTICE.

TO THE WEARIED.

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THERE is no nicer place to spend a few

days in quiot rest than

MACAO,

And there is no more Comfortable Hotel, in the

For Enst than the

MACAO HOTEL.

WM, FARMER, Proprietor.

"BOA VISTA".

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[HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH:

CHINA)

MACAO

[A8 bem re-opened under European HA

management and most striot supervision se to food, alesuliness, and hygiene of the place.

All comforts of a home.

A most pleasant retreat for those desirous of ▲ few days rest and quiet,

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

Msono is 40 miles south-west of Hongkong. One steamer (6.8. Houngshar), daily to and from Hongkong, and two steamers to and from Canton, give onay communication with both these centres.

Cable Address" BOAVISTA." For Terms, apply to

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THE MANAGER