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No. 15,226, +=#=7##-# [^+Æ+=+=#* HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 318r. 1907. W @-+=14+$TAT-AND PRICE, $3 PER MONTH.

CIGAR DEALERS AND

TOBACCONISTS.

LAMBERT And Butlers

GARRICK CIGARETTES

VIRGINIA BLEND

IN AIR TIGHT TING OF 50.

A. S. WATSON & CO..

LIMITED,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

TALEPHONE No. 75.

CHAMPAGNES. SHERRIES.

PORTS.

MARSALAS AND MADEIRAS.

CLARETS.

BURGUNDIES.

HOCKS AND MOSELLES.

BRANDIES.

WHISKIES.

GINS.

LIQUEURS.

BITTERS, ALES, BEERS ARE STOUTS.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.,

Hongkong, 19th December, 1994,

A1180

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Coske 375 lbs. not $4.50 por cask of Factory, Lu Bags 250 lbs. net $2.70 por bag en Factory.

SHEWAN. TOMES & CU.,

General Managers.

*anebono, 3rd October, 1906.

€2244

AUTOMATIC MAUSER

PISTOLS.

CALIBRE 7.83 m.m.

With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES FIRING 10 SHOTS in 3 SECONDS. SIEMSSEN & CO. 46

Hongkong, 3rd October, 1905

NEW CARTRIDGES.

B Bores and Sizes.

Y Popular English Manufacturers. In

SMOKELESS POWDER and CHILLED SHOT. From No. 10 to $580. at 86, 87 and $7.50 per 100. SPORTING REQUISITES and AIR GUNS in Variety.

Inspection Invited.

WM. SCHMIDT & CO. Hongkong, 26th October, 1906. (1924

COLD STORAGE.

THE HONGKONG ICH COMPANY, LTD, have now 40,000 Cubio Feet of Cold Storage available at EAST POINT. Stores will be Open at 10 AM. and 4 P.M. daily, Bunday exospted to receive and deliver perishable goods.

WE. PARLANE, Manager. Hongkong, 18th November, 1991.

PURE FRESH WATER.

47

T BOAT CO, LTD., is prepared to supply THE HONGKONG STEAM WATER any Quantity of PURE FRESH WATER

the Shipping, both to

for Deck

Boilers.

Call Flag-W.

and

J. W. KEW,

Manager, Hotel Mansions, 3rd Floor,

Wonokano. Sh August 195

STORAGE

FOR COAL, TIMBER, &c.

JAPAN

WINE AND SPIRIT, MERCHANTS,

15, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

COALS.

MITSUT BUSSAN KAISHA

(MITSUI & CO)

HEAD OFFICE :-), BURUGA-CHO, Tokyo. LONDON BRANCH:-34, LIME STREET, E.C.

HONGKONG BRANCH-PRINCE'S BUILDINGS,Ice House Street.

OTHER BRANCHES ;

New York, San Francisco, Hamburg, Bertoy. Singapore, Pourabaya, Manile, Amcy, Shanghai,

Chefoo, Tientsin, Newebwang, Port Arthur, Seoul, Chemulpe, Yokohame, Yoksanka Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kure, Shimonoseki, Moji, Wakomaten, Karate, Nagasaki, Ku- chinolzu, Sasebo, Maidzara Mike, Hakodate, Taipoh, &c.

Telegraphic Address: “MITSUI” (A.B.C. and A 1 Godes), CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Tamperial Japanese Navy and Arsenale and the State Railways: Frinsipal Railway Companies and Industrial Worka; Home and Foreign Mail and Freight Steamera,

FOLE PROPRIETORS of the Famous Mike, Tegawo, Yamaro and Ids Coal Mines and SOLE AGENTS for Hokoku, Hondo, Kanada, Fajinotans, lameda, Manneurs, Onours

Otsuji, Sasabara Tsubakuro, Yoshinotani, Toshio, Yanokibars, and other Coals, -113

M. KOBAYASHI, Maunger, Hongkong.

HIRANO.

THE LEADING MINERAL WATER OF THE EAST,

THE HIKANO MINERAL WATER CO., LD., KOBE,

AGENTS: F. BLACKHEAD & CO.

Hongkong, 26th August, 1905.

1569

CUTLER, PALMER & CO..

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

OF

LONDON, INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA.

ESTABLISHED 1815.

2264

BRANDY

TO BE WORTH POINT, Buitable for abore Purpose. EXTENSIVE WATER FRONT. DEEP WATER.

BE LET, Pòrtion of MARINE LOT

A FOR SALE.

Portions of MARINE LOTS Nos. 31 & 36 on PRAYA EAST. Approximate AREA 43,000 SQUARE FT. TEARS' LEASE.

For Particulars, apply---

GEO. FENWICK & Co., Lro, Hongkong, 8th Juno, 1906.

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HONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TRAM

WAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

IN LIQUIDATION.

TIME TABLE -

WEEK DAYS.

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NIGHT CARS,

8.45 p.m. a 9.00 p.m., 9.45 to 11 15 p.m., every hour.

...

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JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SO, Liquidatora Hongkong, 27th August, 1908.

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DIPLOMA: PARIS.

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The 2nr, 4TH and Srn FEBRUart, 1907, C‹mmencing each day at P., at his SALES Rooms, Daddel· Street,

A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF

JAPANESE ART CURIOS AND SILK EMBROIDERIES,

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ALSO

CHINESE PORCELAIN and BRONZES.

N.B. The above Collection of about 1,200 Lols arrived from Kyoto and will be Sold

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Hongkong, 28th January, 1907.

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer.

2

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MONG others are the following

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n-42%

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Electrically Lighted

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For Terms, 20, apply to the

MANAGER Hongkong, 24th July, 1905.

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031

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HA

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