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POMRIL.

PURE NON-ALCOHOLIC APPLE JUICE

Invaluable for Stoutress and

Dinbotes.

Per doz. quarts.... 67.25 Par doz, piats, .... 4.85

H. PRICE & 00,

12, Queen's Road Central.

Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

ITALIAN VERMOUTH

The only Reliable Brand is

MARTINI ROSSI

SUCCESSORI

MARTINI SOLA E CO.

AGENTS

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

No. 14,533 +SÆBTBXƒƒ бƒÂ1⁄44+*** HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, 1904. =#M DRAG + 487¤ÅĦANT PRICE, $3 PER MONTH.

A. S. WATSON & CO.

LIMITED.

THE LEADING CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS IN THE FAR EAST,

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

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

ESTABLISHED a.d. 1841.

W. BREWER & CO.

-23 and 25, QUEEN'S KOAD.

$0.90

The Coming of the King ... Prescoit's Mexico, and Peru....each 3.90 Prescott's Ferdinand and Isabella

1,75

3.90

LETTS DIA BIES, BLOCK CALENDARS, The Unspeakable Scot

&c.

CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR HOME MAIL, Great Variety,

GOD'S GOOD MAN, by MARIE

CORELLI Russo-Japanese War, "Kobe Chronicle", Part 11 (all the Back Numbers in Stook)**

Janes Fighting Ships 1904 The Oracle of Maddox Street Things Japanese, by Chamberlin

$1.75

0,60

THE FALCON TENNIS RACKET. Cheapest and Eest in the Market. THE UNICORN TENNIS RACKET, BLACK GUT. SETS OF CRICKET For Boys. 13.00 Car Oor MOUNTS FOR PHOTOGRAPHS, &C.

B.00

POST CARD ALBUNS, 0.80

NEW VOLUMES:-CHATTERBOX, SUNDAY, THE 9.00

PRIZE, LITTLE FOLKS, Bo-PEEP, CHUME, 35,00

TINY TOTE, BLACKIE'S CHILDEEN'S ANNUAL.

3.75

Collins' Gem Pooket Dictionary

Munson's Tropical Diseases

Holmes' Ship Building; 2 Vols.

Bartholomew's Pocket Atlas

190

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Madame Chrysantheme, by Loti; 1llus-

CUTLER, PALMER

trated ...

1.75

Chambers Mathematical Tables

Darwin's Origin of Species

350 MAJOR THOMSON'S BRIDGE SCORER... 0.80 2.10

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& CO.'S

PRICK $1100 FER DOZEN

NET

SPECIAL BLEND" WHISKY

Blend

Selented Distillations of the "Finest Bootch Whiskine

Apply to

SIEMASEN & CO., Hongkong.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO

Have been appointed

SOLE

FOR TEE

AGENTS

HORSE

66

CELLAR

OLD

CUTLER, PALMER & CO.

ESTANLASHED 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 Stooke with the undersigned :-- SUPERB OLD COGNAC, ¡C.P. & Co.'s- INVALIDS PORT

$23.50 PER DOZ.

$21 PER DOZ. Distinguished by Four Stars on the label. This fine Wine is old, soft, and of grand flavour. See analysis and certificate by Profesor Cassall.

1a46 ANOTHER FINE COGNAC, $18,50 par doz.

Lass old than the above,

BLEND WHISKY.

The Brand of the

OLD

COACHING DAYS

Price Per 1 Dos. Bot. $14.00

"WHITE

او

5.00

1

Flasks 3.00

1

"

"

2 Gallon Jor 14.00 [82183

THE WINE GROWERS'

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SUPPLY CO.

IMPERIAL BRANDY

$12.00 PER CASE.

THE ELITE OF WHISKY-

THE "PALL MALL,"

$21 PER DOZ.

11 Years old: the finest quality shipped. Esch bottle beare an Analyst's cartificale.

C. 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 fias, full, and fraily wine.

LANE, CRAWFORD

TAILORING DEPARTMENT.

CO.

AUTUMN AND WINTER SUITINGS

LATEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE STYLES.

OF THE

EXPERIENCED LONDON CUTTERS

ONLY EMPLOYED.

LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED STOCKS

IN THE EAST.

SEE SPECIAL LIST.

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

E. C. WILKS & CO...

340.

CONSULTINGSMARINE AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS

MARINE AND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS.

SHIP-DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTION.

ENGINES, ¡PUMIS AND ELECTRIC_NOTIVE POWER FOR FACTORIES,

POWER INSTALLATIONS, &c.

MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL REPAIR WORK, &e. Agents for MessSTS, W. H, ALLEN & SON'S ENGINEERING and ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. Agents for H. W: JOHN'S ASBESTOS GOODS.

Cable Address "MARINEWORK,” Hongkong, Telephone No. 358. 12, Beaconsfield Arcade, Hongkong.

Hongkong, 24th August, 1904.

NERNST

NERNST ELECTRIC LIGHT,

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BEAUTY OF ILLUMINATION COMBINED WITH GREAT ECONOMY

AS CHEAP AS CASI

AMOROSO SHERRY,

$20 PER DOZ.

FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO

EDM. JOHANNSEN

LA TORRE SHERRY,

$17.00 PER DOZ.

A winral and most pleasant wine to the taste

BENEDICTINE LIQUEUR➡.

D.O.M.,

$41.75 PER BOZ. QUARTS. $43.75 PER 2 . PINTS.

THEY ARE UNEQUALLED AT THE PRICE

AGENTS-SIEMSSEN & CO., HONGKONG.

KUPPER PILSENER BEER.

SIEMSSEN & 00.

OR.

550

KELLY & WALSH, LD.

HOTELS.

HONGKONG HOTEL

A FIRST-CLASS HOTEL IN EVERY BESPECT Elegantly Furnished Reading, Drawing Muale, Ping-pong and Smoking Rooms. Private Bar and Two Billiard Rooms for

Hotel Residents.

Dining Accommodation for 800 persons, Private and Special Dining Rooms. European Chef and Indian Carry Cook. Ladies' Afternoon Tea Rooms with European

Matron in attendance.

Ladies' Cloak Boom.

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

Electric Lighting throughont. Electric Fans

in Rooms, if required.

Hot and Cold Water throughout.

Wines and Groceries specially imported by.

the Hotel Co.

Wines cooled by Hotal refrigerators. Hotel Linen washed

machinery.

on Premises by

Fire Extinguishing Mains and Emergency

Exite on every floor.

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MODERATE CHARGES! NO EXTRAS

H. HAYNES,

Manager.

THE

PEAK HOTEL.

Admirably Situated. Sheltered from tle North-Fast Mouseen, and Open to the South- West Mons on.

A COVERED

GANGWAY LEADE

FROM THE TRAMWAY TERMINUS

INTO THE HOTEL.

Telephone No. 29.

Town Offoo: 7, DUDDELL STREET.

1912

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

A HIGH CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL

Ladies' Afternoon Tea-Roozas.

Privata Bar and Billiard-Rooma Hot and Cold Water throughout.

Eletrically Lighted. Electric Fans (if

required).

Electric Passenger Elovator to each floor. Table D'Hots at separate tables,

For Terms, &c., apply to the

MANAGER. Hongkong: 10th June 1903.

CONNAUGHT HOUSE.

1802

DIACRITICAL MARKS, &c.; 3rd Edition A the Barks and Principal Oflees.

FIRST CLASS HOTEL Situated near

Excellent Cuisine and Wines.

$5.00

GOD'S GOOD MAN, by MARIE

CORELLI...

THE LAST HOPE, by H. S. Merriman INCOMPARABLE BELLAIRS, by A, and E,

Castla

Tomur & Co., by Jerome K. Jerome DOUBLE HARNESS, by Anthony Hope

$1.75 1.75

1.75 1.75

1,75

THE LORD OF CREATION, by T, V. H.

Croslund

JUST PUBLISKED.

HOW TO SPEAK CANTONESE; 50 Cox- TERSATIONS IN CANTONESE COLLOQUIAL; WE THE CHINESE CHARACTER, FREE AND LITERAL TRANSLATIONS, AND ROMANIZED SPELLING WITH TONIC AND

1.75

THE MONEY GOD, by J. P. Blake ... PORT AMITY, by Q....

1.75

#45

THE PERADVENTULES OF PRIVATE

PAGETT, by Major Drury THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, A MANUAL OF CHINESE TITLES CATEGORICALLY ARRANGED AND EXPLAINSD, by W. F. Mayers THE NAVAL POCKET Book, by Sir W.

Laird Clowes

1,75

1.75

Revised, by J. DYER BALL.

J'ABLES: WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND COINAGE MODERN COMMERCIAL PRACTICE, WITH COLREEPONDENCE, by F. Heelis PHILIPS MILITARY MAP OF MANCHURIA AND KOREA PITMAN'S COMMERCIAL HANDWRITING AND CORRESPONDENCE FOR SELF INSTRUCTION

4.50

6.60 THE CONQUESTOF DEATH, by II. Wilmane 3.00 MARTIN'S UP-TO-DATE

AND

1.90

1.50

17.00

1.50

+

3.00

· PNEUMATIC PLAYING CARDS.

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THE LEADING BEER IN THE FAR EAST.

BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.

SOLE AGENTS.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.

15, QUEEN'S ROAD.

P

THE MAN UBRist Jesus. A LaFE OF

CHRIST, by W. J. Dawson

TRADE The

Telephone No 75.

$12 per doz. $14 per doz.

Inspection Invited.

[1912.

Hongkong, 26th October, 1904

PHOTO SUPPLIES

GOOD WORK,

PROMPT

RETURN.

DEVELOPING

AND PRINTING

UNDERTAKEN.

FITTED WITH ELECTRIC LIGHT AND FAN

OTHER NEW EDITIONS BY J. DYER BALL-CANTONESE MADE EAST, PART 1. A BOOK OF SIMPLE SENTENCES IN THE CANTONESE DIALECT; WITH PREK LITERAL TRANSLATIONS, AND DIRECTIONS FOR THE RENDERING OF ENGLISH GRAMMATICAL FORMS CHINESE: 3rd Edition Levised and Enlarged

$3.00

IN

THINGS CHINESE, OR NOTES CONNECTEL WITH CHINA; Fourth Edition Revised and Enlarged-" AVERITABLE CHINESE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA"

CHOCOLATES

87:50

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

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

Hoarkour, 31st October, 1902.

MANAGER.

(a49

"BOA VISTA " (BOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH

CHINA) MACAO

ander Europosa HAS been re-oponod

management and most strict supervision as to food, cleanliness, and hygiene of the place.

All comforts of 's home.

A most pleasant retreat for those desirous of a few days rest and quiet.

Comfortable accommodation for travellers Fa32 paying a visit to the historical and picturesque

colony of Macao.

A BIG CHOCOLATE DEPARTMENT. THE MOST POPULAR IN TOWN ALL KINDS OF CHOCOLATES, AT LOWEST PRICES.

FINEST THE HANDSOMELY-BOXEŊ 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 FOUND.

WATKINS LIMITED,

Macas is 40 miles south-west of Hongkong One steamer (a leungshan), daily to and from Hongkong, and two steamers to and from Canton, give way communication with both these centres.

Cable Address" BOAVISTA." For Terins, apply to 21

MACAO

THE MANAGER

AND

CANTON

HOTELS.

A LITTLE CHANGE.

RONALD RENNIE'S WHISKIES.

Green Beal... Perfection...

Finest Liqueur... $16 por doz.

BARRETTO & CO., Agents,

Nos. 22 & 24, Berk Buildings

Queen's Road.

JUST ESTABLISHED:

Telephone No. 467.) ·

WING SUN & CO.,

No. 54. QUEEN'B ROAD CENTRAL (Premises Formerly Occupied by Mesers. C. J. Gaupp & Cof

HIGH-CLASSTAILORS&OUTFITTERS, SHIRT & BREECHES MAKERS, -Fit, Quality, Worknuurship Guaranteed,

Prices Very Moderata

Now Stowing:-Latest Flannel Suibugs,

New Stack of Tics, Straw Hats, Felt Hats UP-TO-DATE DARK ROOM

Paramas, Boats and Shoes, &c.; ko,, de.

Hongkong, 5th August, 1904.

THE-SWATOW GEASS CLOTH, SILK

THE-SY

and DRAWN THREAD WORK

DEPARTMENT.

Wholesale and retail quotations, particulare and samplos, will bo cent Eres on application to the above depot.

Swatow, 9th June, 1904.

CARLTON

2160

HOUSE

HOTELS,

No. 8 & 10, TCE HOUSE ROAD.

THESE premises, formerly known as tho Club Bintruct and the Waverley Hotel, have been thoroughly renovated and furnished in excellent style as Private Family Hotels.

Cool Rooins, Comfort of Residents, and the Cuisine a specialty.

For terms apply→→

B. F. HOWARD,

Manager.

Hongkong, 7th October, 1904

11621

AT THE DISPOSAL OF AMATEURS

LONG HING & CO.,

PHOTO GOODS STORE,

Hongkong, 15th August, 1904.

THE LAHMEYER

17A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.`

(Samo Promises au Messrs. Ak Chre).

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ELECTRICAL

LONDON AND

CO..

ELECTRIZITAETS ACTIEN GESELLSCHAFT VOEN.

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

NOTICE FROM SHANGHAI.

URING the Cold Weather HOPKINS'

BUTCHERY

at Shanghai will be prepared, to supply its patrons in Hongkong with Prime Fresh and Corned Beef, and Fork, Gamo, Brawn, Pork and Game Pies, also Sausages, &c., &c.

Shanghai, $1st October, 1904.

+2559

NEWLY OPENED.

ITUATED on the River Front at Ho-nam

almost facing Shomown. Booms elegantly furnished, large and lofty,

LD. TONG CHONG WO & CO. with Spacious Balconies Excollant Position.

FOR ESTIMATES OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS OF ANY DESCRIPTION

Apply to

SIEMSSEN & CO., SOLE AGENTS FOR CHINA.

No. 8, QUEEN'S ROAD C NTRAL.

Manufacturers of Hand-made. Paro HAVANA CIGARS AND CIGARETTES They are made of beet Havana leares and possess a mild and choice flavour. Inspection courteously invited, Hongkong, 26th May, 1904,

Free from Obnoxious Surroundings.

·Boat always in attendance. Telegrams receive prompt attention, Visitors to Cantou should not fail to secure accommodation before leaving Hongkong.

CHAN CHING KUEN,

Manager,

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Canton, 27th October, 1904.

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THE

HE Round Trip Trom HONGKONG

to MACAO, thence to CANTON and back to

Hongkong, will be found interesting and

anjoyabla

WM. FARMER,

Proprietor.

Ja1026.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

PORTLAND CEMENT. Jeska of 37511. nat $5.00 per Cask ex Factory. Bege of 250 lbs. not $3.20 per bag ex Factory,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers. Hongkong, Lat September, 1904,

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CHEMISTS AND PERFUMERS,

WATKINS BUILDING, HONGKONG,

Telephone 3+4.

Ja37.

CANTON HOTEL, HO-NAM, CANTON,