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S. MOUTRIE

& CO., LTD..

HONGKONG

SILANGILAL

TIENTSIN

HAVE JUST RECEIVED SHIPMENT

OF THE

ORCHESTRELLE Co's. ÆRIOLA PIANO

PLAYER.

ESPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED & GUARANTESI FOR THIS CLIMATE.

The med perfect. Paño Player as yet) ́invented.

F1 has a delicacy of toach only equallal by the World's most famous Pianists and i *xpressina leave nothing to be desirul.

Price $425.

SOLE AGENTS:

S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD.,

York Building, Chatar Road. Hongkong, 17th May, 1906

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NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

I Steamshiga

THE

- SEYDLITZ"

hasing arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods, with the uazoption

of Opium. Treasure and Valuables, are being

landed and stored at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong- Rong, and Kowloon Wharf & Gdown Company,

inita, Kovioon, whence delivery may b obtained.

Optional Corgo will be forwarded mul083 usilco to the contrary be giyon bufors & P.M. Today

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods Have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 26th June will be subject to reat.

All broken, chated, and damaged Goods are te be left in the Godowns, whore they will be examined on Tuesday, the 26th June, al 9.30 AM,

All Claims must reach us before the 2nd July, or they will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be a floated.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,

MELCHERS & Co.,

Agents,

Hongkong, 20th June, 1966.

*THE SALY OF SALTSP

Abbey's Effer Salt

vescent

If your Head aches, if your tongue is coated and your mouth tastes bad, if you feel nauseated on rising, if you are constipated, it that your stomach is wrong. and you need Abbey's Salt, and need it badly.

means

Nothing so bad for your health as a disordered stomach, nothing so good for a dis-. ordered stomach as Abbey's Salt.

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Sold in two sizes by all Chemists and Stores, and by Watkins, Ltd., and A. S. Watson, Ltd., Hong Kong.

The Abbey Fruit Saline Co, Ltd., 144, Queer. Victoria Street, London, E.C.

1093-4

AVID CORSAR & SONS

DADORSAL

$51

NAVY BOILED

LONG FLAX

RELIANCE CROWN TARPAULING

CANVAS

ARNHOLD, BARBERG & CO

Sole Avent.

AUTOMATIC MAUSER

PISTOLS,

CALIBRE 7.83 m..

THE HONGKONG DAILY U BESS, MONDAY, JUNE 25тя, 1906.

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

VOICES OF FISHES-REGULATING A GREAT RIVER'S FLOW—ÈRITAIN'S ALTITUDE-GAS- COOLED CARS-A DWINDLING DESERT HAIE-STIMULATING BAS-ELECTRICALLY MADE BARRELS-NEW THEORY OF DRAP NFEN-A BIG CAKE OF ICE.

formod nea welded together by the are. A stamped steel bang hole is welded into a hole punched for it. A product of the factory is its own chimney which is 36 foot high and I feet in diameter and is formed of quarter-inch stol plates with electrically welled horizontal and vortical joints.

is Electricity

supplied by a continuous current pomerator with a rapacity of 2,100 ampers at 9.5 volts.

being triad in Franes. Action of the drum of A new plan for improving the hearing is the ear, as is well known, vibrates a chain of three tiny bones impinging upon a liquid, which in turn excites some 21,000 mile hajra terminating the auditory nerve; and deafness is usually regarded as a disease of the drud or the middle ear. The idos of Dre: Konig, Marcel Nutler and Rousselet is that, unleas the serre-upirs is the esuse of impaired hearing Distinct external defect is shown, atrophy of Hach of the Bures responds to a certain specific ton, and by means of the inuometer apparatus yielding a great variety of tones through the setion of tuning forks and a sounding-board, it is sought to gire exercise to mary nerve-ends as possible. This has fibres, while others are gradually arouse i into seemed to strengthen the responding uörve- activity.

The talk of fishes" is prohlar, as Prof. T..¦..:: W. Bridges, a British lecturer, showed the other day in pointing out the solentary sounds of theme creatures. Fome part of the bony shelton is movable, and when this is rubbed against some fixe ! part of the skeleton the friellon of the rough surfaces sets up a soned. The stickle hack gives on illustration. In other fish a mrming sound is produced by the pressure of six upon the valves of the air-bladder. In still other fish there ara two little flexible spiver, attacher to which is a muscle whom contraction canes the spines to tap against the air-bladder, nud this prodners a sound like the roll of a dium, The Sadd country, in the south of Egypt, a region of papyrus awamps which has resulted from the silting up of an ancient lake, more than 62,960 square miles in area, which ones

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received the waters not only of the Albert Nile hat else of the Blue Nile and the Sobut. D | is proposed to out off this swamp area from the river channel by canal from Bar to the junction of the Sabat and the Nile, a distanos of 200 rules. The summer discharge of the Opper Mile, about 100 cubic metres por second, would thus be passed on to Khartoum, and would increase the volume of the stresu at that SAZFOR 50 per cent, instead of being lost by avaporation in the swamp. No sto rage works at the quatorial Jakes * give effective regulation without this ent off"

Of the 58 324 square aos of England and Wales, Miss Nora E. MacMuun ads that 26.983 are under 250 feet in duration above the sos, 16,365 are batwem 25g and 500 feet;

With CHAMBER for CARTRIDGES 117 are between 5 and 1,900 feet, 1898 are

FIRING 19 SHOTS in 2 SECONDS.

SIEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong, 3rd October, 905.

HONGKONG.MAÇÃO LINE.

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8.8. "WING CHAI,” Captain T. Austin, R... Steamer departs from Hongkong daily (Sundays included), at 7,30 A.M.; and from Macao at 2.30 P.M.

FARER Wook days) Est-Class (including cabis and servant), Bingle $3. Return Ticket $5 2nd Clave $1, Bel Class 50 cents, Every Sunday will be on XCURSION (the times of departure being in future the Bens on other daya) a t'a fallowing rales:

SUNDAYS ONLY:

Hingle.... Il Clars,

$1,00 With Cabin

· 1st Clane, Retveri

moal.

With Cabin

3rd Class, Singie

... $2,00 ... 82.00

... $3.00

... 40 Cts..

60

between 1,990 and 2,000 foot, 800 are batwo 2009 and 3009 feet; and I are more than 3,900

fat.

this cand th

1

AK

The largest miss of ice on earth is beyond the control of the Ice Trust. It has been arenmulating in Greenloud for thousands of years, and the immense block is supposed to average a mile and a half in thickness, its area belag abcat 8:0,000 miles.

SHARE REPORT.

Mossra Erich Georg and Co., in their wookly share ist, dated June 23rd:-There is no improvement to note in our market, as money remaine

tight, and

a small miscellaneous only business has been done during the week. The market atoses very dull inded for most stocks. The sterling demand rate of exelmago on Loudon is 28. 1 7/16d, while rates on Shanghai ara Tls, 72 for a Bank T. T., and Th. (4) fur a three days' sight Private Bill, the

rate in Shanghai ou Hongkong hing The 71% for a three days sight Private Draft. Basilver in Loudon is quoted 313 d. and Consuls £287, 16. BANK SHARES. Nothing has been done

in Hongkong and Shanghals, which have buyers at $915, and with shares few in band a slightly 925. small lot of Nationis fotched $28. b-ter rate might be e

London groles obtainable;

MARINE INSURANCE STARES-Without nny business.

Cautom bave dropped to $352) sellers. Other stocks under this heading are nnchanged.

Refrigerator care cooled by the axpinion and re-evuperation of a readily liquefs gas were tried last ausson with good results on one at the railroads leading from Paris. Evaporastanil gals of the latter stock. tion was controlled by an automatic thermostat. This consist of a sailed tube lled with a volatile puid that expanded to a consitaabis degree on heating, and as pressary to rise the coil was unwound, and the motion of coiling and unceiling was mute to move the valves controlling the liqarlisl gas, The thermostatic regulator was so arranged as to be automatically thrown out of gear or restored to working condition on the opening or closing of the doors of the car.

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FIRE INSURANCE SHARES.-Hongkongs cin be placed at 3385 aud Chinas at 85, after a

SHIPPING SHARES.-Hougkoug, Casten and Macan Steamboni Shares changed bands at to 826, el sing with strong buyora at $254 workonod end hara sallers at Indo-Chinas London quotes 13h and Shanghai Tia. S sellare. $77;

7; ekares sold of 850 for sad of September;

China and Maoils could probably be had at

while Douglases changed owners at 840

are wanted at laster`rate. Star and 341 Ferries ato unchanged, and sa are Waterboats. Shell Transports gold at. 279 and 278 (id, and more shares could be placuf et 278, Loudon gooting Rs 60 sellere.

REFINERIES-China Sugars are offering af $10, and Luzons at $20.

MINING SHARES-Raube changed handa at 83 and $31. and a few more are wanted at latter rate, a telegram from the mine gives the result of the four weeks' crushing, ordel 10th instant, with 780 ounces of smelted gold from 5,800 tons of ore crushed.

Return Stoerige 20 conta each trip.

The worthless area of the Sahara Desert is Meals cat be supplied on board, at $1 per proving smaller than has been believed. Prof. E. F. Gautier, the Best oxplorer sines 1920 to First Class Passengers who do ust care to

cross from Algeria to the Niger, has lidoly¦ Bill of Ladings will be countersigned by the return on the Excursion Baaday will be allowed found in the Adrar plateaa, 569 miles from rats undersigned.

to do so the following day (Monday) on produc- tion of the Roturo Half Tiokot. Should the on the Niger, a wide halt of stoppo having DOCKS, WHARVES, Gonowss, &c.-Hong- Stosmer not run on the Monday, owing to the from six to twere inches of rain ay kong and Whampoa Docks have dropped to Boiler cleaning, due antice will be given by the and corored with ponds and grass.

Div. sellers nt $155. Shanghai Docks, which hare Captain, and the Half ticket will be availab.educer of a large Stone Age population abound, from the parth during the wook at Tls, 113, buyere in the north at T. 112, were importad for thefollowing day,

The Steamer is lit throughout by Electrici yincluding weapons, grinding-stones, rock-draw-

which is the nominal local quotation. Ilong The Steamer's Wharf at Hengkeng is atteings and graves. It appears that the region koog and Kowloon Wharves are on offer at Western end of Wing Lok Strost.

mast hare gradually delad up, but that the $102 Shanghai and Hongkow wharves have MING ON & (90).

dropped in Shanghai to Tis. 2224. Other Pod Poư, 16, Victoria Sterist

desori conditious are now disappearing and the stocks under this heading are unchanged. Kenekoag. 2nd June 196

main belt is again extending more and mare to LANDS, HOTBIN AND BuitDises-Hong- the north.

Long Land Investment, and Agency Company's shares have selierà at $117. Kowloon Lands sold | 838 Shanghai Lands have dropped to Ta Humphroys' Estates fotched $11 and $1, and have sellers at letter raic. Other stooks

BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEÈS.

S.S. "BENARTY," FROM ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS.

\ONSIGNEES of Cargoare hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their rink into the hazardous and for extra hazardous Gedowns of the Hongkong and Kowloos Wharf and Godown Co., L., whence and/or From the wharse delivery may be obtaine.l.

Ne Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods nudelivered after the 28th June will be subject to rent."

All Claims against the Stater mast be pro sed to the Undersigned on or before the will not be

recognized.

or the

glu lu

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are

to be left in the Golorus, where they will be examined on the 26th June, st 11 a.M.

No Fire Insurance has been affected.

Bill of Lading will be countersigued by

GIBE, LIVINGSTON & Cr Agente

Hongkong. 21st June, 1906.

TRE

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

TIRE P. & CO. S. N. Co.'s Sleator

"SARDINIA,"

BITSH

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BISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI.

CODE WORD: “NOCK,"

Ultra-violet light is claimed by Prof. Krou- mayer, a German experimenter, to have had remarkable effect in the treatment of falling hair and boldness In thirty-two cares where every other remedy had failed the light rays cored twenty-sevol, and not only the hair but in some cases the eyebrows and heard were restored, although the trouble was mostly of

A.1, A.B.C., and Enginaring Code Osad long standing.

NEW DOCK NOW OPEN,

DOCK No. 3.

Extreme Longi...

722 foot

Length on Block.

714

Width of Entrance on Top

961

[1292

Width of Entrance on Botion.. Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

DOCK No. 1,

881

3

Extreme Length......

Length on Blondes

Width of Entrance on Top

513 BX

204

FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA, PORT SAID, SUEZ & STRAITS.

Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are wing landed mid placed at tæer RINK in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godawa Company

Godowns at Kowloon, where exch consignment will be sorted out disck by Mark

Width of Extrages on Boltém... Water on Hincks at Spring Tide

DOCK No, Z.

Extreme Length...

5.

371 fest.

924

༄

66

43

J

22.

**

Length on Blocks Width of Entrance on 'Top Width of Entrance on Boltem... Water on Blocks at Suriñe Tico

PATENT SLI

up

Suitable for regels to' 1,000

iberian ice is reported; by Widdendorf te bavo au crdinary depth of 1.30 metres (fre foot) to 13) metres, Devar exceading 2.40 méreg In just completed measurements on runping streais, Prof. Vojtkov has found a thickness of 0.70 to 0,80 metres at Verkhoyansk, ons of the earth's cold spots, in latitude 67:30,

Steel barrels are now welded by electricity. At a factory at Uxbridge, England. is rectangular sheet of steel is rolled into cylindrica! shape, the edges are trimmed by shearing and the quarter inch opening is elesed by rapidly me?. { ing, into it strips of steel two inches long and half an incl. wide. The sheet is held by clamp-i ing to an anvil which serves as one pole of an electric circrit, a carbon rod in a movahis handle

and delivery san be obtained as soon as theTHE WORKS uro Tell equipped with forming the other. For each had a thogad

Goods are lauded.

This vessel bringe on Cargo

From London.

Optional Goods will be Janded hors unlesi instructions are given to the contrary bofore

6 hours,

Goods not cleared by the 17th inst, at F¡£ ̧ will be subject to reut.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in

any case whatever.

Damaged packages must be left in the Ge downs for examination by the Consignes's and the Company's representative at au appointed hour. All Claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival bere, after' hinh date they cannot be recognised. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods havo loft the Godawas.

E. A. HEWETT,

Superintendent.

Bengkong, th June, 1908.

PURE FRESH WATER.

THE HONGKONG STEAM WATER

BOAR GUN is prepared to supply

any quantity of PURE FRESH WATER

the Shipping, both for

10

Boilera,

Call Flag-W.

Deck

and

J. W. KEW, Mulager, Hotel Mansions, 3rd Floor. Hongkong, 8th August, 1805.

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LATEST PLANTS and APPLI- dish is driven in flange outward, a strip of steel ANCES to undertake BUILDING or

is clamped round the joint on the inside and REPAIRING SHIPS, ENGINES, and BOILERS: and also ELECTRICAL another on the ontside, sud the thicknesses thus

WORK.

A LARGE STOCK of MATERIAL i» siways kept ca hand.

How To RE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com perion, Mrs. Elons Crêmo Churmont-Lait The COMPANY has the powerful stas nei "OURA-MARU (713 tons, 700 LB.P. Charment will enable you to do it,

Charmant and Special Skin Tonis and Pondre | specially built for SALVAGE PURPOSES Specialilise for the Skin are the study of a Her equipped with necessary gear always ready fifetime. A.6. Watsoa & Co, Ltd., Sole Agents. Short Notion,

781

11.75

|

11

nder this heading me unchanged,

Corror Mis-Withoutales. The changy in quotations are Loau Keng Moss Tk. 68, Ewes Tia 68, and Internationale Tis. 61.

SUNDRY MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. Hongkong Electries sold at $15. Green Island Cementa fetched $288 to 3298, amal are on offer now at $284. Other stooks under this heading are unchanged.

MISCELLANFODs -- China Borneos onld at $7, Chion and Providents at $9 nad 89.00, closing with sellers at the higher figare. Langkata are steady in Shangbai at 11 2272. Steam Laundries sold at 86. A. S. Watanes sold and are offering at $13). Other stocks under this Leading are unchanged.

KARET 702

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Universal Providers, WESTBOURNE GROVE, LONDON, W.

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Some of the Special Advantages possessed by

Allenburys Foods

The

-The Mim Foods closity apprazimate in composition to, and are as easy of digestion as Materval Milk,

They provide a perfect fit for the formation of firm Pesh and strong bone.

The Mil Fools are absolutely tres from any moclium germs, and hence are far arparlor to cow's mi as

bibleed to tamos, especially in bot weather.

Ne diarra, digestive or stomach troubles and be feared from the war at the "Benburys" Foods,

The "Allenburgs" Frids are there is number, tad to graduated as to provide the maximumn arvoval of nourish,

ment that the child is atke indigess at the period at rite dar which she fooda are respectively recommended

MILK FOOD No. 1

For Infante from birth, to three months of age. MILK Food No. 2 For Infants front three to six months of age.

MALTED FOOD No. 3 Far Infants of six months and upwards.

Pamphlet on ENEANT FEEDING

and MANAGEMENT, free.

Allen & Hanburys Ltd., Lombard St., London, Eng.

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