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INTIMATION.

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ESTABLISHED 1875.

BABY GRANDS

BY

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PLEYEL,

AND

KEMMLER

ROSENKRANZ.

FOR LIGHTNESS OF TOUCH, QUAL-

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of its own."

BENGER

Food

A delicious, highly nutritive,and most easily digested Food, specially prepared for Infants and for Adults whose digestive powers have been weakened by illness or advancing years. The experience of thou- sands has proved that this Food can be enjoyed and assimilated when others disagree.

A Lady writes:-"Humanly peaking, Benger's Food' entirely saved baby's life. I had tried four well-known foods, but he could digest nothing until we begen

Benger. He new rosy and lateng rapidly.

Benger's Food in lins of

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AUTOMATIC MAUSER

PISTOLS.

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With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES FIRING 10 SHOTS in 2 SECONDS. SIEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong. 3rd October, 1905

DR. M. H. CHAUN,

OF FAR CATHAY.

OF

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3en, 1906,

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

Travelers have noted that Damasons blades are made only when the wind is from the north, ELECTRICITY FOR BOTTLING-SCIENCE AND The experiments of M. Anozoff were anggested INDUSTRY THE MUSIC TYPEWRITER-As by this hiut, and have consisted in hardening AMERICAN DYE-CHEMICAL FOOD FAR steel Instruments by cooling them in a powerful OFF-A New OPTICAL ILLUSION-LIGHT purrent of cupressed air instead of quenching CULE IN RUSSIA-AIR-TEMPERED STEEL-ig water. The trials indicate that for SIRED RECORDING.

sharp tools this matkoil is emporior to any other. The eff-ot varies with the thickness of the mass to be hardened, and increases with the coldnes of the air and the rapidity of the streams.

INSURANCES

AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN- SURANCE CO.

ted!

OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE. TE having been prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE

Current Rates.

NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES

FROM NEW YORK, ADEN AND SINGAPORE.

I AGENTS for the above Campal, are THE ILA.L. Steamship

REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO..

Agents, Hongkong, 21st April, 1897,

311 THE GLOBUS INSURANCE COMPANY. OF HAMBURG.

A Aash of lightning ona kilometer long and lasting one thousandth of a second raprosents onergy calculated by Otto Nairs to be worth

A new speed indicator for trains is a Germsa $700 at the price for electrip lighting in Berliu suggestion. A dynamo driven by the axle of This energy corresponds to the industrial the locomotive would show an increase in production of electricity in al: Germany during voltage corresponding to the unmber of revolu 10 seconds, or to that of Berlin daringmado to indicate both the potential

tious, and a voltmeter with two dials pould be minuter, and it would operate the Berlin dynam and the corresponding rate per

Df the olevated and subway an hour and a half at its the locomotive. An atlaming to hour of THE Undersigned, having been appointeà AGENTS for the abovo Company, are basiest time, or run on express cac at 125 miles to give a continuous record of the speed, prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE

shour for the three hours' trip from Barlin to

at Current Rates. Frankfort, or light a 33 candle power lamp for eight years. Yet this is only an average flash, of which as many as 1,010 have been cousted in a singlo thunder storm.

SHARE REPORT.

weekly share report dated 1st Domber

Musere, Eriob Gorg & Co say is thoir A little more business has been dono dating the week ander review, but the market closes again The industrial prospect of a nation are rather quist. The sterling demand rate ef regarded by Prof. Lippisu, Tate President exchange an London clogs at

311, while of the Franels Association for the Advance and Tls. 73 for a tires days' sight private Bill, rates on Shanghai ars Tie. 72 for a Bink T/T ment of Science, as largely dependent upon its the rate in Shanghai on this for a threa days scientific research and tao employment of privata draft boing Tia 72. Barsilver "in the mathematician, the chemist and the Londer, after ridug to 37-16d, has fallou physicist, Germany is matting the world, 324. Console-are-quoted £367-16.

BANK SHARES-Hongkong and Shanghais puco, while the United States is clos-lysoki nt 88 and 8895, closing quiet at latter following, and Austria and Switzerland are rate; the London rate is £33, 104, Nationals adopting the same methods. Francoe theother are unchanged. hand, is lagging hobiad. The Gerdau way is

MARINE INSURANCE SHARES-Unions sold exemplified by the zeiss works at Jena, which en done in the north at $160, which quotation

at 37624 TTH ALCO

are wanted, while Yangtzs have employ 1 Doctors of Science; and eno large wa follow. North Chinas sold at Tls. St. Other German siline faolory has 141 scientif: stocks under this heading are unchanged. chemists and 175 technologista. As these FIRE INSURANCE SHA RE-Hongkongs seld

and are wanted

CARLOWITZ & Co. Hongkong, 13th August, 1906. [1585 L'UNION OF PARIS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED THE Endersigned having been appointed 1 AGENTS for the above Company arr prepared to accept Risks against Firant curren! tatos.

SIEMSEEN & CO. Hongkong, let January, 1904.

20 TORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN.

TILE INSURANCE COMPANY. TOTAL FUNDS AT Sler DACHMBER, 195 £17,837,119,

I.

AUTHORIEND CAPITAL... 23,000,000 BCDECRIBED CAPITAL... 2,750,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL ...... 687,500 0

IT, FYEN FUNDS....

3,386,720 19 8

The Undersignerl, AGENTS for the above against FIRE at Current Rater.

companies pay dividends of 20 to 30 por ceat, but more shut $335. Chiuns fetobed 393, Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS

there is evidently acrad method in their expensiva madness.

The kromarograph of L. Kromar, of Vignan is attachable to any keyed masical instrument,

are obtainable, SHIPPING SHARES-Hongkong, Canton and Masso Steamboat Shares nhangad hasrls at 37 and $27 and there are further sellers nt latter figure. Indo-Chluas, unler orders from Shanghai to nuser short sales have been done in

rate: while London qu'es £. China and Manilas Shangba cats in Tia 51 have selera at $23. Douglases are on offer ne Sk), with

a reported sale at $30. Star Forries, Waterbosts, are unchanged. Shail

well as Hongkong Sheat Transporta, as

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and a system of 87 electromagnets prints in at laties at 878 to $30, dosing with buyers

easily, rend musical characters the uotes played on the keys.

the

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the Forces at the bile of Kweila, is dedicated to Sir ROBERT HABT, G.U.M.G., and Dr. A. RENMIE.

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Luxury & Economy

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1025-3

Is cochineal farming. Pern boasts of a cations but rapidly passing snevival of prehistoric in-

of sharehollers,

fame-twice as large as tho male-weighing votes to ultim, were contr

SUEWAN, TOMES & CO., Agents, Hongkong, 11th July, 1906.

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NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES "SHIRE" LANE OF STEANERS.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM MIDDLESBRO, LONDON AND ANTWERP,

HE Steamship.

Captain it, anal, having artive, from bly abore Pucts, Consignees Cargo are hereby informed that thoir Goods are being landed at their risk into the Gadowas of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, at Kowloon, and stored at Consignees risk

and expense.

"CARDIGANSHIRE,"

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 2nd Dec. will be subject

All broken, chafed, and damaged Gandi are to be left in the Golowas, where they will be examined on the 3rd Dec., at 2.30 P..

No Fire Insuranea hai boon affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,

Agents. Hongkong, 26th November, 1908.

8.8. POLYNESIEN," COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

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insect by the microscope of Leawoohook in lattar rats. Luz see nachanged.

8117, and

nistes might bɔ get at the 1703, thrive in tropical Ameriv, where it

T MINING SHARES-Raub are quoted at 331; last night's flasks Telepraph priated th out to hate henne od treated for centosios mining manager's repart for the four weeks before Cortes conquered Sine atirastoud43ed | ing the attention of King Ferdinand in 1518 DOCKS, WHARVESGoDowns &c.-Hongko ig it has been famed at one of the finest dyes. It and Whimp Dock Comping Sharas changed is still unequalled for brilliant and permanent are proenrable. Fenwicks, as well as Now Any owners at 3119 23:59, an tät latter fi rure shares coloring, but it is being displaod by cooltar Thok hires, are un hingel. Shaugh Usoka products, and the demand has been dwindling sold at rates ranging betran Ts. 105 sal Tis. in recent years, though the Peracisa yield yet 183, closing rather quiet at Tis. 105; at the ex- amounts to several million dollars annually held in Shanghai on 27th

traordinary gonorat

to rent. ultimo, the resolutions, The insect is exceedingly minute, the living ap

at parsed on

votos. Qia only one-tenth of a grain, while 70,000 of the

poll bring 39 vates repraefonts. the

23,233 alır, dried bodies are required to make a pound. The share. This makes together 25.901 shares,

while the minority

2723 females outnumber the males 200 to 1, the latter agaiast a total skars cipital of 55,700 attres boing quite useless for coloriag. The insects It"now remains to be seen what the hold a of appear rather mysteriously after the rainy per the other 29.739 shares will have to with tion of the year and soon cover the nopal plaut, regard to the resintions carried, and it further remains to be seen whether the resolution can be a kind of esetns living only a few days at most forced at all on the dissenting shareholders. We and possibly only a few hours, but anltiplying doubt it. Kowloon Wharses sell at 830 and so rapidly that throw crops are gathered in the have

bayers at

at $91. dry season of seven months.

Wharves are quotai Tes and Hongkow

23! Logally I+ANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS Hong The chemical synthesis of our foods must shares sold at $15, closing with bay at $1.

Land Investm mi and Agner Company remain a dream for the present, we are told by Kowloon Lands have sellus at 80. Other Prof. T. Bukoray, a German ehersist. With stocks under this beading are unchanged. the aid of sunlight, plants form carbohydrates COTTON MILLS-Evo's are wanted locally at from carbonic acid or formaldehyde or metlys. 78. Other Shanghai mills aro quoted; Iu-Valuables, are being lauded aud stored at their ternationals Th. 65, Lan King Mows The alcohol, and fa like manner sugar or arboby 99, sud Sonychees Tir. 330 Hongkong Cottons drates have been produced in the laboratory by have sellers at $13. agitating formaldehyde with excess of hydrate Green Island Cement Shares are wanted at SUNDRY MANUFACTURING COMPANIES- of lime. The arțiloial process, however, cannot $193. Ropes sold and have sellers at $23. Other landing. yield cane sugar to retail at five or six cents tooks under this heading are unchanged. pound, while Emil Fircher's albumenoide cost MISCELLANE US-China Providents sold at meny times as much as the natural product.

Sol and can be placed in small lote at $0.15. Hongkong High Level Tramway Co.'s shares changed hands at $215. Langkets are quotel Tis. 30 A. S. Watson & Company Shures of 49 couts per share paid on 29th ultims, and found bayers at 211.60 ox the interim diridand more shares could be pissid, Oker at voksunder this heading ara nochanged.

A curious kinematograph illusion is the turn. ing backward of carriage whole. Ac explena tion is that batween the fastantaneous views making up the moving picture the wheels mored not quite the space between the spokes, so that other spokes-all being alike are seen just babind the places first occupied.

Electric light treatment of disease ia reported by Rarsiau physicians to be effecting many curas where ordinary remedios fail. Dr. Manilow uses lights of Sfty, thirty-two and twenty-fire candle-power, testing both hlas and white bulbs, and gives exposures at distances of eighteen inches and less for fifteen to forty-five 'nutes at a time. The pationt is sometimes traated daily, sometimes every third day. The! electric light alone oftes car is but supplemen tary all is called upon at times-in ekin disease, for oximale, s tiusoval paint of a five per ceat salation of eosiu or fuckein being applied.. Suecesi oma to have beou especially marked Inbyatoris, neuralgia, rheumatiam and skin affec- tions. Que physician mentions that the light invariably proves a magnificent tonic invaluable in insomnia and general dəbility, and it kay bad effect in checking hemorrhage from rounds and evou in tuborenlous disease.

Long

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The

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This DIET is recommended in place of ordinary milk foods, gruel, etc. Whilst acceptable to all as a light nourishment it is partientarly adapted to the needs of Dyspeptics, Invalido und the Aged.

The "Allenburys" DIET is readily. digested by those who cannot take cow's milk, and is particularly servico. able in convalescence.

The "Allenburys" DIET is made in a minute by the addition of boiling water only.

The "Allenburys" DIET is for Adults and is quite distinct from the "Allenburys" Foods for Infants. ALLEN & HANBURYS Ltd., 37, Lombard Street, LONDON.

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NOTICE.

Malupan and Cordman, from Harre ONSIGNEES of Cargo from London ets.s.

ex 4.8. atapan, from Bordeaux or s.. Ville de Marseills, in sonnection with abore Steamer are hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Tressure and Valua

'NUBIA," Captain Habel, having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bill of Lading for countersignature by the Undersigned and to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before TO-DAY- landed into the hazardous and/or extra hazard- Any Cargo impeding her discharge will ba our Godowns of the Hoogkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, and stored

All Claire risk and expenes.

must be presented within.ten days they cannot be recognised. of the steamer's arrival here, after which dats

Ne Chine will ba admitted after the Goods andolisered after the 4th Deg. will be subjecž have left the frowns, and uli Goods romaining to rant.

to

All broken, chafed, and daranged Goods ars. be left in the Gotow, where they will be examinel on the 3rd Doc, at 3 rar.

No Fire Insurance has bra effected.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA EINIE,

Hongkong Office, Hongkong, 27th November, 1996.

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NAVIGAZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA. Florio and Rabattino United Companies.) STEAM FOR BOMBAY VIA SINGA- FORE AND PENANG. daring connection with Company's Mail Steamers to ADEN, SERZ, PORT SALO, MESSINA, NAPLES, Learn and GANDA, alze VENICE and TRIESTE, all MEDITER RANEAN, ADRIATIC LEVANTINE and SOUTH AMERICAN PORTA ay to CALLAO. Taking Cargo at through rats to PASSIAN GOLF and BAGHAD, a BARCELONA, VALENZA, ALICANTE, ACMERIA and

MALAGA)

THE Steamship

"CAPRI,"

Captain Bonito, will be despatched as above OR WEDNESDAY, the 12 Dea, at Noon.

At Bombay tho Steamer is discharging in Vietcria Dook.

For further particulars regarding Froight

Passage, apply to

CARLOWITZ & CO.,

A grants. Hongkong. 1st December, 1993.

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"SHIRE" LINE OF STEAM SUS. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM MIDDLESBRO, HAMBURG, ANTWERP AND LONDON. 186 Steamship

THE

“MONTGOMERYSHIRE,”

Captain

P. Gibson, haring arrive from the above

Jove Ports, Consignass of Cargo uro hereby informed that their Gods neu hing Inlal at their risk into the G sowas of the Ion koug aad Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Ciapany, Limits, at Kowloon, and stored at Consigness risk and expa

No Claims will be admitted after the God have left the Godowns, and ali Gals ramining undelivered after the 6th D will be subject. to rent

All broken, chafed, and damizel Gola aza to be left in the Gods, what they will by examined on the 6th Doo, at 231 P.36.

No Fire Insurance has been off!. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

SHEWAN, TOMÉS & Co.,

Agents. Hongkong, 30th November, 1906. 1200)

risks into the bastedous and/or extra hard su Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., at Kowloon, whones may be obtained immediately aftor Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless intimation is received from the Consignoes before 2 P.M., TO-DAY, requesting to bo landed here.

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the THE Company's Steamship Undersigned, Goods remaining unplained after MONDAY, the 3rd Dec., st Nook, will be subject to rent and landing charges.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISIA. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. Frost MIDDLESBOROUGH, AN UWERP, LONDON. COLOMBO AND SINGAPORE.

All olaims must be sent in to me on or before the 3rd Des., or they will not be recogniza1.

All damaged packages will be examinal on MONDAY, the 3rd Dec., at 3 r..

No Fico Insurance has been effected.

G. DE CHAMPEAU L, A gout Hongkong, 27th November, 1906. [2

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE P. & O. 8. N. Co.'s Steamer

"DELHI," FROM BOMBAY, COLOMDO AND STRAITS. Consignoos of Cargo by the above-name-d versel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed AT THEIR His in the Hoogkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godown at Kowloon, where onch consignment will be sured out, Mark by Mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.

This vessel brings on Cargo:—

From London, &o, ca.. Victoria. From Australia, ez as, Britannia. Frota Pendan Galf, ex B. I. S. N. &

B. & P. 3. N. Co.'s Steamers, Optional goods will be landed here anless instrations are given to the contrary before

Loura.

Goode not cleared by the 6th Dec., at 4 P.a., will be subject to rout

No Fire Insurance will be affected by me in any case whatever,

Damaged packages must be left in the Go- downs for examination by the Consignee's and the Company's representative at an appointed hour. All Claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival hero, after which date they cannot be recognised. No Clams will be admitted after the Goode have left the Godowne.

KANAGAWA MARU." having arrived from the above Ports, Consigness of Cargo are koroby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf sud Godown Company's Godown at Kowloon, where eacb connigament will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon da the Goods are landed.

Optional Goude will be carried on unless in- structions are given to the contrary before NOON, TO-DAY,

Goods not cleared by the 7th December will. he subject to rent.

All ship-damaged packages must be left in the Godown, and Notice of same sout to this Ofies before the 9 December, or Claims in connection thorowith will not be recognised.

NIPPON YUSEN KÄISHA, Hongkong, 30th November, 1906, [2013

MITSO

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BISHI GOSHI-KWAISHA (MITSU BISHI CO.)

AL DEPARTMENT

MARUNO-UCHI, ΤΟΚΙΟ

Cable Address, IWASAKI," which applies to all Branch Offices,

il ABC 5th Ed., Western Union Codes used. All Letters Addressed; MANAGER, MITSU BISHI Co.,

with

namo of place under BRANCH OFFICES:- NAGASAKI, MOJI, KOBE, KAPATŠU SHANGHAI, HONGEONG LD. HANKOW AGENCIES: YOKOHAMA: M. ASADA, Kɛq, CHINKIANG: Mestra. GEARING & Co. MANILA: Mesars, MACONDRAY & CO. SOLE PROPRIETORS of Takashima, Ochi, Shinnow, Namazuto and Komi-Yamada HRONICLE Collieries, and also Hoje Colliery, which will shortly be ready to produce on a furge scale the best Buzen Coal

E. A. HEWETT,

Saporistendent. Hongkong, 29th November, 1906,

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THE IRECTORY AND

FOR 1906.

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Complete Edition

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and from the Local Booksellers,

The Howl and brauch OBces and the Agencies of the Company will receive any order for Coals produced from the shova Collieries. T. MATSUKI, Manager, Hongkong, No. 2, Peddor Streat

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