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POMRIL

PURE. NON-ALCOHOLIC APPLE JUICE

Invaluable for Stoutness and

Diaboteg

Per doz, quarts,... $7.25 Per doz, pints...... 4.65

H. PRICE & CO.,

12, Queen's Road Central.

Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

No. 14,081 TE&TART# #=#ARTH★ LONGKONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31st, 1904.

A. S. WATSON & CO. LIMITED.

THE

LEADING CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS IN THE FAR EAST.

CARRYING THE LARGEST AND NEWEST STOCKS OF EVERY RE QUIREMENT KNOWN IN THE TRADE.

PHOTO SUPPLIES

DEVELOPING

AND PRINTING

UNDERTAKEN.

UP-TO-DATE DARK ROOM

GOOD WORK,

PROMPT

RETURN.

FITTED WITH ELECTRIC LIGHT AND FAN

AT THE DISPOSAL OF AMATEURS

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

1851 LONG,

HING & CO.,

CUTLER, PALMER

PHOTO GOODS STORE,

174, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. (Same Premises as Messrs. Ah Chee).

Hongkong, 15th August, 194

138

& Co.'s

FROM $11.00 PER DOZEN

NET

SPECIAL BLEND” WHISKY

Blend Selenited

Distillations of the Finest Scotch Whisler

Apply to

SIEMSSEN & CO., Hongkong, {146 LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

Have been appointed

SOLE

FOR THE

AGENTS

HORSE

CELLAR

OLD

BLEND WHISKY.

The Brand of the

OLD.

COACHING DAYS"

Price Per 1 Dez. Bot. $1400

MLIHM 97.

1 Flasks 8.00

1

-5.00

2 Gallon Jar 14,00

(a2183

THE WINE GROWERS'

SUPPLY 00.

RONALD RENNIE'S WHISKIES.

Green Seal. De ..$12 per doz.

Pocfaction....

...$16 per doz.

$14 per doz.

Finest Liqueur...

#23477

BABRETTO & CO., Agents,

Nos, 22 & 24, Bonk Buildings

Queen's Boad.

JUST ESTABLISHED:

Telephone No. 467.)

WING SUN & CO,

No. 54, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL (Promises Formerly Ocoupled by Messrs. C. J. Grupp & Co.)

HIGH-CLASS TAILORS OUTFITTERS, SHIRT & BREECHES MAKERS. Fit, Quality, Workmanship Guaranteed. Prices Vury Moderate,

Now Showing Latest Flannel Suitings, New Stock of Ties, Straw Hats, Felt Hats, Panamas, Boots and Shoes, &o., &c. &v.

Inspection Invited.ja

Hongkong, 5th August, 1904.

NOTICE.

THE

LAHMEYER

ELECTRICAL CO.. LD..

LONDON AND

ELECTRIZITAETS ACTIEN GESELLSCHAFT VORM.

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

FOR ESTIMATES OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS OF ANY DESCRIPTION

Apply to

SIEMSSEN & CO., SOLE AGENTS FOR CHINA.

W. BREWER & CO.

29 and 25, QUEEN'S ROAD.

LETTS' DIARIES, FLOCK CALENDARS, The Unspeakable Scot

ko.

CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR HOME

MAIL, Great Variety. GOD'S GOOD MAN, by MARIE-

CORELLI...

THE FALCON TENNIS RACKET. Cheapest and Best in the Market, THE UNICORN TENNIS RACKET, BLACK GUT. SETS OF CRICKET FOR BOYS.

The Coming of the King ... Prescott's Mexico and PerTA Prescott'a Ferdinand und Isabells...

80.90 1.75

...each 3.90 3.00

$1.75

Rosso-Japanese War,

r. "Kobe Chronicle Part 11 tall the Back Numbers in

1.7%

9.30 0,80 9.00 85.00

0.60 13.00 CT OUT MOUNTS FOR PHOTOGRAPES, &C.

POST CARD ÁLBUMS,

NEW VOLUMES:-CHATTERBOX, SUNDAY, THE PRIZE, LITTLE FOLES, BO-PEEY, CHUMS, "INY TOTE, BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S 190 ANNTAL.

1.75

3.50 MAJOR THOMSON'S BRIDGE SCOREN 2,101

0.80

[a3$

Stook)*** Janes Fighting Ships 1004 ... The Oracle of Maddox Street. Things Japanese, by Chamberlin Colling Gem Pocket Dictionary Manson's Tropical Diseases

Holmes Ship Building: 2 Vols. Bartholomew's Pooket Atlas ...

Madame Chrysantheme, by Loti; Illas-

trated

Chambers' Mathematical Tables

Darwin's Origin of Species

CUTLER, PALMER & CO.

ESTABLISHED IN LONDON IN 1815.

SHIPPERS TO CHINA FOR 75 YEARS.

Their Brands are favourably known all over the Warla.

The following are soms of their Stocks with the undersigned:-

SUPERB OLD COGNAC, $23.50 PER DOZ.

Distinguished by Four Stars on the label.

ANOTHER FINE COGNAC, $18.50 per doz..

Leas old then the above.

IMPERIAL BRANDY -

$12.00 PER CASE,

THE ELITE OF WHISKY-

THE PALL MALL,"

$21 FER DOA.

11 Years old: the Onest quality shipped.. Each bottle bears an Analyst's cere

C. P. & Co.'s OWN SPECIAL [1912

BLEND

Ebase pointed PKNYVETT,

AND WHISKY,

$11.00 PER TUZ.

Very soft, palatable, and mature.

C.P. & Co.'s INVALIDS' FORT $21 PER DOZ.

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

DOURO PORT, $15.00 PER DOZ.

A fiue, fail, and fruity wine.

AMOROSO SHERRY,

$20 PER DOZ.

LA TORRE SHERRY,

$17.09 FER DOZ. Antaral sad most pleasant wing to the taste

BENEDICTINE LIQUEUR

D.O.M., $41.75 PER DOZ, QUARTS, $43.75 PER 2 DOZ. PINTE.

W Blahogled Mr. Vround On EVERYBODY SHOULD TRY THESE ITEMS THEY ARE UNEQUALLED AT THE FRICE

Company in Hongkong.

T. LEMON,

General Manager,

Vacuum Oil Company, Chien, Hongkong & Manila, Ja2672

Shanghai. 21st October, 1901...

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

PORTLAND CEMENT. Csake of 375 lba. net $5.00 per Cask ex Factory. Begs of 250 lbs, not $3.20 per bag ar Factory.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managera.maja Hongkong, 1st September, 1904. Tal45.

A LING & 00., FURNITURE STORE PLATED, GLASS AND CROCKERY WARE, do&o,; and FOOCHOW LACQUERED WARE. 68, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. Hongkong, 21st September, 1903.

ITALIAN VERMOUTH

The only Reliable Brand is

MARINI ROSSI

SUCCESSORY

MARTINI SOLA в CO.

AGENTS

1. PRICE & CO., 12, Queen's Road Central

-#0 90=TA108AL PRICE, $3 PER MONTH,

NERNST

NERNST ELECTRIC LIGHT.

BEAUTY OF ILLUMINATION COMBINED WITH GREAT ECONOMY

AS CHEAP AS GAS! FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO

EDM. JOHANNSEN

DE

SIEMSSEN & CO.

Sta

CHOCOLATES

A BIG CHOCOLATE DEPARTMENT. THE MOST POPULAR IN TOWN THE FINEST ALL KINDS OF CROCOLATES, AT LOWEST PRICES. HANDSOMELY-BOXED CHOCOLATES AS WELL AS THE SIMPLEST PURE CHOCOLATES. CHOCOLATES BY THE POUND OR BY THE BOX.

SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY

DELICIOUS MIXED CHOCOLATES AND BON-BONS, JUST RECEIVED FRESH FROM CADBURY BROTHERS, $1.00 PER POUND.

WATKINS LIMITED,

CHEMISTS AND PERFUMERS,

WATKINS BUILDING, HỌNGKONG,

Telephone 314.

#37

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

TAILORING DEPARTMENT.

AUTUMN AND WINTER SUITINGS

OF THE

LATEST AND MOST FASHIONADLE STYLES. EXPERIENCED LONDON CUTTERS

ONLY EMPLOYED.

LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED STOCKS

IN THE EAST.

SEE SPECIAL LIST.

LANE. CRAWFORD & CO. Hongkony, 31st October, 1904.

E. C. WILKS & CO...

$40

ING MALINE AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS

MARINE AND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS. SHIP-DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTION.

ENGINES, PUMIS AND ELECTRIC MOTIVE POWER FOR FACTORIES,

POWER INSTALLATIONS, &o.

MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL REPAIR WORK, &a. Agents for Messrs, W. H, ALLEN & SON'S ENGINEERING and ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. Agents for H. W. JOHN'S ABLESTOS GOODS.

Cable Address MARINEWORK," Hongkong.

Telephone. No. 358,

12, Beaconsfield Arcade, Hongkong,

Hongkong, 24th August, 1904. -

(1153

KELLY & WALSH, LD.

GOD'S GOOD MAN. by MARIE

CORELLI...

$1.75 THE LAST HOPs, by H. S. Merriman 1.75 INCOMPARABLE BELLAIRS, by A. and E.

Castle

1.75

TOMMY & Co., by Jerome K. Jerome... DOUBLE HARNESS, by Anthony Hope THE LORD OF CREATION, by T. W. H.

Crosland

3.75

1,75

1.75

THE MONEY GOD, by J. P. Blako.. Four AMITY, by Q.....

1.75

1.75

THE PEKADVENTURES OF PRIVATE

PAGETT, by Major Drary

1175

THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, A MANUAL OF CHINESE TITLES CATEGORICALLY AKKINGED AND EXPLAINED, by W. F. Mayers THE NAVAL POCKET BOOK, by Sir W.

Laird Clowes.

4.50

6.50 THE CONQUEST OF DEATH, by H Wilmans 3,00

TABLES: UP-TO-DATE MAEAIN'S

WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND COINAGE 1.90 MODERN COMMERCIAL PRACTICE, WITH CORRESPONDENCE, by E. Heelis PHILIPS MILITARY MAP OF

MANCHURIA AND KOREA PITMAN'S COMMERCIAL HANDWRITING AND CORRESPONDENCE FOR SELF INSTRUCTION

1.59

17:00

1.50

3.00

THE MAK CHRIST JESUS. A LIFE OF

CHRIST, by W. J. Dawson PNEUMATIC PLAYING CARD,

HO-NAM, CANTON.

AGENTS-SIEMSSEN & CO., HONGRUNE.

KUPPER PILSENER BEER.

CANTON HOTEL,

15

Tekphone No 75.

THE LEADING BEER IN THE FAR EAST. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.

BOLE AGENTS.

CALDBECK. MACGREGOR & CO.

- [2270 * Hongkong, 26th October, 1904.

15, QUEEN'S ROAD.

NEWLY OPENED.

ITUATED on the River Front at Ho-nam

almost fooing Shameen.

Rooms elegantly furnished, large and lofty, with Spacious Balconies. Excellent Position.

Free from Obnoxious Surroundings. Bost always in attendance. Telegrams receive prompt attention, Visitors to Canton should not fail to secure accommodation before leaving Hongkong.

JUST PUBLISHED.

HOW TO SPEAK CANTONESE; 50 CON-" VERSATIONS IN CANTONERE COLLOQUIAL; WITH THE CHINESE CHARACTER, FREE LITERAL TRANSLATIONS. AND ROMANIZED SPELLING WITH TONIC AND DIACRITICAL MARKE, &c.; 3rd Edition Revised, by J. DYER BALL.. $5.00

AND

OTHER NEW EDITIONS BY J. DYER BALL: CANTONESE MADE EASY, PART 1 A BOOK OF SIMPLE SENTENCES IN THE CANTONESE DIALECT, WITH FREK AND LITERAL TRANSLATIONS, AND DIRECTIONS FOR HE RENDERING OF

FORMY GEAMMATICAL ENGLISH

IN CHINESE; 3rd Edition Therised and Enlarged

33.00

INSURANCE

THE STANDARD LIFE OFFICE.

(ESTABLISHED 1825.)

THE Accumulated Funds of the Company-

are nearly

£11,000,000,

and the annual revenue is at the rate of

£3600

PER DAY.

a1612-3)

DODWELL & CO., ED.,

Agents.

HOTELS.

HONGKONG HOTEL

A FIRST-CLASS HOTEL IN EVERY RESPECT

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

Hotel Residents.

Dining Accommodation for 300 perzous,

Privato and Special Dining Rooms. Earopean Chef and Indian Curry Cook. Ladies' Afternoon Tea Rooms with European

Matron in attendance,

Ladies' Cloak Room.

Hydraulic Elevators to ench Flr. Bedroom Accommodation-131 rooms. Electrio Lighting throughout. Electrio Fans

in Boous, if required.

Hot and Cold Water throughout,

Wines and Groceries specially imported by

the Hotel Co.

Wines cooled by Hotal refrigerators,

Hotel Lines washed on Premisen ty

machinery.

Fire Extinguishing Mains and Emergency

Exits on every floor.

*481

MODERATE CHARGES! NO EXTRAS I

H. HAYNES,

Manager.

THE

PEAK HOTEL.

Admirably Situated. Sheltered from the North-East Mourcen and Open to the South- West Mose oz.

A COVERED GANGWAY LEADS

FROM THE TRAMWAY TERMINUS

INTO THE HOTEL,

Telephone No. 20:

Town Ofico: 7, DUDDELL STEEKT.

,&914

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

A HIGH CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL

Ladies' Afternoon Tea-Rooma. Private Bar and Billiard-Roomas

Hot and Cold Water throughout. Eletrically Taghted. Electric Fans (it

required).

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

For Terms, o, apply to the

MANAGER. Hongkong, 10th June 1903.

CONNAUGHT HOUSE.

fa1802

FIRST CLASS HOTEL Situated near A the Banks and Principal Officca.

Excellent Cuisine,and Wines.

Large and Lofty Rooms, Elegantly Furnished Hydraulic Elevator, hot and cold water throng-liant.

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

MANAGER Hongkong, 31st October, 1902. MACAO

THINGS CHINESE, OR NOTES CONNECTED WITH CRINA; Fourth Edition Revised and Enlargod--"A VERITABLE CHINESE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA" THE

**

$2.50

AND

849

CANTON

HOTELS.

A LITTLE CHANGE.

HE Round Trip from HONGKONG to MACAO, thence to CANTON and back to [a32

Hongkong will be found interesting and

enjoyable

BOA VISTA. “* (HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH

H

CHINA) MACAO

AS bean re-opened ander Europea management and most striot supervision

ss to food, cleanliness, and hygiene of the place.

All comforts of a home.

A most pleasant retreat for those desirous oʻ a few days rest and quist..

Comfortable accommolation for travellers. paying a visit to the historical and picturesque colony of Macao. ⠀⠀

Macao is 40 miles south-west of Hongkong One steamer (88 Hengshan), daily to and from Hongkong, and two steamers to and from Canton, give easy communication with but these centres.

Cable Address" Boavista. For Terus, apply to

THE MANAGER. [2548 #92]

CHAN CHING KUEN,

Manager.

Canton, 27th October, 1901,

WN, FARMER,

Proprietor.

CARLTON HOUSE

HOTELS,

[a1026

No. 10, 1CE HOUSE ROAD.

Club Eistract and the Waverley Hotel, THESE premisas, formerly known as the have been thoroughly renovated and furnished in excellent style as Private Family Hotels,

Cool Hooms, Comfort of Residents, and the Caisias a specialty.. For terme apply-

B. F. HOWARD,

Manager. Hongkong, th October, 1904.

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