TO LET
TO LET.
EVEN EUROPEAN HOUSES, late F. Blackhead & Co. and Shewan, Tomos Co.'s Offices. Ground Floors and Top Floors with Godowns can be lot separately on leases. Apply to- CHUNG SHUN KOO,
First Floor, No. 10, Queen'e Road Central-
*(81 Hongkong, 19th July, 1905.
TO LET.
100D HOUSE, Partly Furnished. Hill
District.
Apply-
"K."
TO LET
10 LET.
No. 1, RIPON TERRACE.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,
8. C. FARNHAM, BOYD & CO., LTD. An extraordinary meeting of the share. holders in this Company was held to condom the resolutions passed at the meeting held on the 23rd, alt. There were present-Messers, No. 5, CLIFTON GARDENS, Condult John Prentice (Chairman) II. von Rücker, D. Rnd.
Cranston, and B. Groundwater (Directors), No. 6, CLIFTON GARDENS.
J. H. Osborna (Secretary). J. H. Teesdale OFFICES in course of erection, CONNAUGHT Legal Advisor), Sir Chas. Dudgeon, Capt ROAD (near BLAKE PINE).
Baice, Messrs. Marcus Wolf, Jas, Johnston, GODOWNS; PRATA BAST.
and J. M.
M. Young.
A BUILDING of Causeway Bay, formerly in ocupation of the Steam Laundry Co., Ltd.
HOUSES in
in MORETOR TERRACE.
The Chairman moved, Mr. Young seconded, sad it was carried-That the revolutions pasted at the extraordinary general meeling
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1906.
that Mr. Ottowill, who has been appointed t succeed him in this important frontier post will successfully shoulder the bartheu.
Mr. Litten seems to have beau mora highly sppreciated by our Burmese anthorities tha by his immediate superiors in China, the former having dous all in their power to second bis efforts, while his caror in China has undoubt edly. ten suffered from a reputation for excess of "And Litton felt this keenly and in his letters to his private friends
expressed himself as a dimppointed man: he was educated at Eton and at Oriel College, Oxford, was a first class linguist and an attractive writer; he had a fine presence and was brimming over with his death is a national loss, while to those who energy
"TITE HONGKONG LAND INVEST./hald on the 23rd ult. be and they are hereby enjoyed the rare privilege of his friendship it in
Apply toOKON
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Care of Daily Press" Offles. Hongkong, 13th February, 1996.
TO LET.
Apply tome
X. X. X.,
MENT & AGENCY CO., Hongkong, 13th January, 1906,
TO LET
LD.
177
(PACIOUS GODOWN. Contral position. TWO GODOWNS, at East Point, close to the Water, suitable for the Storage of thy. Cargo,
Floor Area, 6,100 square feet oneh.
Apply to-
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.. Hongkong, 9th January, 1966, 250
Cure of Daily Press" Ooo. Hongkong, 2nd December, 1905.
TO LET
KOWLOON.
YO. 15, KNUTSFORD
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108
TERRACE
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT AND AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkong, 2nd December, 1905,
TO LET.
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BARROW TERRACE, (Kowloon) Nos. 1.
and 8.
SEYMOUR ROAD LOWER. No8; 27 £31, CAINE ROAD, No. 57 and 59. STONEHAVEN, Robluson Road, No. 35. TANG YUEN, Modonnell Road, No. 18 (12 Roome).
ICE HOUSE STREET, No. 6 (1st & top Floors, & Rooms each floor).
WAN CHAI BOAD, No. 94 (s Spacious odown),
PRAYA EAST, No. 90. (Gołowu).
Apply to...
SAM WANG CO., LD..
81, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, 6th February, 1966.
A
TO LET.
366
T QUEEN'S BUILDINGS, the Offices. (Ground Floor) lately occupied by Hamburg-Amerika Linie.
Apply to
SIEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong, 30th January. 1900.
[200
TO LET.
UITABLE for Ofios, ONE ROOM in
Prince's Buildings.
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LAUTS, WEGENER & CO. 8+
Hongkong, 4th March, 1995,
HONGKONG CLUB.
TO LET.
TWO ROOMS on the Ground Floor of the
TWO Roast September next, suitable for Offices. For particulars apply to the undersigned.
✪ H. GRACE, Secretary.
Hongkong, let June, 1905. TO LET.
TO. 1. DES VEUX VILLAS, Peak.
No.
Nos. 5, 6 & 21, BELILIOS TERRACE. No. 2, DES VEUX VILLAS. PRAK. No. 2, COLLEGE GARDENS.
No. 4, ALBANY.
"EARNSFOOT,"
31 Robinson
110
Road.
Furnished for 6 months. With Electric Light and Foo.
1966.
BROCKHURST," PEAK, from 1st March,
24, BELILIOS TERRACE, Corner House. BUNGALOW (Furnished), at Naw Terr- tory, Kowleen, 4 Rooms, Low rental.
2ND FLOOR in Central position, containing Four Large Rooms, Ante-room and Lavatory o, with use of Electric Lift. Well mitod for OfLous
Apply to
LINSTEAD & DAVIS, 3rd Floor, Alexandra Buildings, HongLong, 7th February, 1906.
TO LET.
ODOWN. No. 4, NEW
Kennedy Town.
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HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT
& AGENCY CO., LD.
Hongkong, 28th June, 1905.
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EW "KINGSCLERE" with Stables
entrances in both Kennedy and Mac.
Donnell Rosda,
For full particulars, apply to
LINSTEAD & DAVIS, Alexandra Buildings, 3rd Floor,
Hongkong, 17th February, 1905.
TO LET.
82
Henson Read, Koison inmeliste TTOUSE, No. 5, ROSE TERRACE.
possession.
HOUSE, No. 2, ROSE TERRACE. Robinson Road, Kowloon. Possession from Ist March, 1906.
Apply to--
THE COMPRADORE,
Messrs. BARRETTO & CO. Hongkong. 2nd February, 1905
TO LET
330
TO. 5, SEYMOUR TERRACE, Five- NRoomed House With Small Garden,
froin
April
Unfurnished.
OF
Darlier. Furnished
Apply at the House.
Hongkong, 15th February, 1906.
TO LET.
TO. 74, CAINE ROAD.
N
No. 2, MACDONNELL ROAD.
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Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
Hongkong, 3rd Juna, 1905.
TO LET,
or
N Kowloon. Semi-detached Hones,
- Moderate rental.
confirmed.
The
Chairman
Waf Mr. proposed, seconded, sud it, was arried That Mr. John Prentice, Me. Heinrich von Rucker, Sir Chas. J. Dadgeon, and Mr. William J. Grosson be and are hereby appointed liquidators to carry these resolutions into effect.
ia
The Company now has a rosy future.
THE LATE MR. G. J. L. LITTOK.
after ho
a tearful thought that all informarss with this rare character has now ceased for all time.
A. J. L." in N.-C. Daily News..
A DARING COOLIE.
Mr. G. Laferrière, the Secretary of the French Municipal Consul at Shanghai, bas just passed through a most unpleasant and astonish- ing experience. About 4 m. on Tuesday, 18th By the death of Mr. Tatton, England loses
inst., the Secretary, who lives at the Municipal TO LET.
One of her mest valued citizens and the Chinese Hall, was awakened. from sisep to flud himself
in the clutches of an assailant who asemel to TOP
NOP FLOOR (5 Rooms) 19, Queen's Road, Consular service its most distinguished or
(above Messrs. GREGOR & Co.'s Office).anment. Cut off in bis prime, only thirty-six Laforica thought at first he was saltering making a a riolent effort to strangle him. Mr. FIRST-FLOOR ( 4 Rooms), YORK years of age, the possibilities of the die inguish from a bad dream, but on realising the actual BUILDING,
el career that lay before him are known only gravity of the situation, struggled violently Apply to-
to the few privileged to share in the work ha KELLY & WALSH, LD
has already accomplished. This work has been a cured his revolver which was lying near, 398 Hongkong, 10th February, 1906.
done in the remote West of Chios and is but unfortunately was not loaded. He succeed TO LET,
comparatively unknown in Shanghai; but, however, in beating off his man, who fled bat was captured a little way off by the Szechuan, the feld flest occupied
police. It then appeared that he was a coolie the joined TO. 5. "FAIRVIEW," Robinson Road, by him.
Consolar who had formerly been in Mr. Lafarriere's service, coming from the Straits Settlements, where he had held the post of Chinese Protector, employ and whom his master, says the Echo de Chine, had lately allowed to leave with regret. he has left a record of untiring energy and of It is thought that the coolie, knowing the way man determined to see everything with is a
abont the house, had intended robbery from a Koweyes and who never spared himself in travelling ball strong-box in Mr. Laferriere's room;
to the remotest parts with a view of alleviating! the obstacles to the expansion of foreign trade that he was startled by the unusual presence of in this conservative province. His intinence
a light in the room, the electric light switch with the Chinese, whose language he spoke having refused to disconnect, and that he Buently, was remarkable, firma and yet eenoilie personal attack. He has left the marks of his considered his only safety lay in making this tory, he tackled some of the many likin questions, fingers wall printact on Mr. Laferriere's pack. that at the time interfered with the supply A carious incident is that the house servants of native produce to the Chungking market. with morked ences, and his removed from the protest that they heard nothing, though Mr. province, with whose interests he had so keenly Laferriere catied for them repeatedly. identitled himself, while his work was but half accomplished, was a matter for bitter regret by merchants of all nationalities interested in the development of the premier province of the empire. He was ordered away to examine into and
report upon a flagrant missionary murder case that had then inken place in the neigh bouring province of Kweichen.
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Mr. Latton who, it must be remembered, was a thorough master of the isngnage, with long experienos of official intercourse as well as of criminal investigation both in the Straits Settle- BED-ments and in Chius proper, convinced himself that the then Governor of Kweichou-a scion of the great Li family of Anhul--had instigated the murder, which was accomplished by Chinese Roldiery while Mr. Fleming was on the road returning from a visit to the Minotse aborigines; | the grounds of the murder being the ailiy suspicion that animates the Chinese officials of the motives of any foreigner who makes himself intimate with thess interesting peoples Mr. Litton reported accordingly to Pak.
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ing and ropreputed strongly the danger to other missionaries if the instigators of the Fleming murder were not brought to book. This was previous to the Boxer ontbreak a 1900, and Mr. Litton's excess of zeal, together with the outspoken language in which he addressed his chief, was resented by the then Minister in Paking, Sir Clands Macdonald, and Litton was recalled and appointed to a junior position in the Consalate at Canton. As unhappy decision for Litton and still more so for British interests in Szechuan which he bud made his own, and who knows whether had he remained in this comparatively healthy region, he might not now still be alive.
A FAR EASTERN REVERIE. -
Whon sitting in one's chair-the Storm without--
One sometimes ponders on the World about: Being the smalluogs of this Oblate Subere, Built up from Chaos, that will end in " Nowk."
"Boy, bring my pipe-ar shall we say cherest?
"Tis years since, on this Eastern Soil, my foot Leapt lightly; ba: I own with sad regret I came out only with idea of Loot. Then fill the borrowel Cup with (so-called)
wine-
**A health to Thee, my Friend, and healths to Thine."
Teach Thom the wisdom that the East has shown
West better poor, than East, to ever piae. Once on a time-How long ago was that? From out the East, with Fortunes always fat.
Each Wand'rer came to make the shekels.
And in the chair of Corporations sai. Dilute the Whisky, let the Lager flow! Repine not. Friends: our time is short below. Hail to the Splendid East!--but Oh let me Of that short time a little Westward know. 'Neath Paulabs do I live-Exotic Plant? Boothed by Fair Bul-buls, waiting Fortune's slant
F
To laud me in Elysium, but yet
I spend my mousy East, and am in Waet.
A little while and we shall surely be Wandering with Omar through Eternity; Stretch out Thy hand! Oh, Peet and help
A GLIMPSE OF NATIVE LIFE.
A question was asked on the subject in Parliament, and shortly afterwards Litton was Iron, Steel, Metal And Hardware appointed Consul in Yunnan-fr, where his Merchants. Wholesale and Retail customary energy and versatility gained bim Ironmongers. Pig Iron and Foundry. great influence with the provincial officials and Coke Importers, General Store-onabled him to facilitate the work of the keepers and Commission Agents. various exploring parties then engaged in
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to induce the Chinese authorities or seventy men more to get revenge on the to allow engineere, to be lent by the Burmeen populace, which by this time amounting to some Government, to construct a practicable mule road couple of thousand would have made it hot for theuce on to Talifu, to supplant the wretched the "brarns" had they not thought, as usual, tracks over the high mountains which intervene di cretion the better part of valour, and run off. Then the magistrate of Paoshan appeared on between the Yunnan eastern capital and the scene and with difenity pacified the people, KWONG BANG & €0.
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