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Fon EUROPE & AMERICA INDIA, AUSTRALIA, do, and for

PRIVATE RESIDENTS AT THE OUTCORTS

A Comprehensive and Complute Record of the

NEWS OF THE FAR EAST. ie given in the

HONGKONG WEEKLY

PRESS.

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Hongkong Daily Press.

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No. 15,165, +X7~71*~# #BWA+4=+=★★ HONGKONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19r», 1906.

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the

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WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

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GEEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

PORTLAND CEMENT.

I Casks-375 lbs, net 24.50 per cask ex Factory. In Bagu 250 m. not $2.70 per bag ax Factory.

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A

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NOTICE.

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NEW KINGSCLERE will be Opened as

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