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FOR EUROPE & AMERICA, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, &C., and for

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A Comprehensive and Complete

Record of the

NEWS OF THE FAE EAST s given in the

HONGKONG WEEKLY

PRESS,

with which in incorporated the CBINA OVERLAND TRADE HORT,

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Hongkong Daily Press

ESTABLISHED 1857

THE

DIRECTORY & CHRONICLE

FOR 1907.

Complete Edition Small

KM

*

$10.00 6.40

Orders may be sent to the Hongkong Daily Press Offee and to the Loesl Booksellers

No. 15,286, +^B=7£#-# #-}==+=#* HONGKONG, SATURDAY, APRIL 13:ḥ, 1907. AĦD RE+AN#Ł¶TAT-AT PRICE, $3 PER MONTH.

DISINFECT

WITH

WATSON'S

HYGIENOL

A. D. WATSON & CO.. LIMITED,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

a1180

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Cake 375 lbs. not $4.50 per cask er Factory In Bage 250 lbs. not $2,70 per bag er Factory.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers.

dongkong, Sm Ostaber, 1964,

KWONG TẠI LUY.

#2244

RATTAN FURNITURE, BAMBOO BLINDS,

TENTHIN CARPETS,

JAPANESE AND SHANGHAI SUN BLINDE,

MATTING of all Colours and JAPANESE Goons of all Descriptions. No 16, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. HONGEONG.

A. LING & 00., FURNITURE STORE,

2188

PLATED GLASS AND CROCKERY WARE, &c., &c.; and FOOCHOW LACQUERED WARE.

19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. Hongkong, 21st September, 1903

2051

HONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TRAM

WAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

2.00 2.10.

IN LIQUIDATION.

TIME TABLE

WEEK DATS

7.30 ... to A.30 am...Every 10 minutes. 11.00 mnie to £1.00 ...Every 16 minutua $1.80 2 to 12,45 pm, Frory 16 minutes. 12.45 p.m. to 1.15 p.m....Erary 10 minute. 1.15 p.m. to 1,48 p.....Every 15 minutes, 1.45 p.m. to 2.15 p.m....Every 30 minutes. 2.15 pm to 8.00 p.m. Every 15 minutes 8.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m...Every 15 minute, 8.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m....Every 10 minuter,

NIGHT CARS. - 8.45 p.m. & 9,00 p.m., 9.45 to 11.16 p.m.,

overy hour.

**

BATUR 7,

Extra Dura at 11,20 p.m. and 11.4 p.

SUNDAYE.

8.00 to 9.00 ...Every 15 minuter. 9.00, to 9.30 o.m....Every 30 minutes.! 9.80, to 10.30 am....Every 15 minute. 10.80, to 11,00 am....Every 10 mirat 12.00 Noon to 1.00 pm....Every 10 minutes. 1.00 p.m. to 6.00 pm....Every 15 minutes. 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm. Every 10 minutos. 18.00 pm to 7.00 pm...Every 15 minuter, 7.00 .m., 8.00 p.m....Every 10 minutes. NIGHT CARS at 8.46 p.m. &9.00 p.m., £.45 to 11.10 p.m., every half hour.

SPECIAL CARS by arenagement at the Cum- pany's Office, Alexandra Buildings; Dew Virus Road Central......... -- -

JOHN D. HUMPARATS & SUN"

Liquidators.

Hongkong, 27th August, 1900.

COLD STORAGE.

677

THE HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LTD TECH Storage available at EAST POINT. Stores will be Open 10 AM. and 4 1.3. daily, Sunday Excepted, to receive and deliver perishable goods.

WM. PARLANE, Manager. Hongkong, 18th November, 1901.

NEW CARTRIDGES.

47

Ball Bores and Sizes.

Y Popular English Manufacturers. In

INFORT

MITSUI BUSSAN

KAISHA

MITSUI & CO.

EXPORT AND COMMISSION

MERCHANTS.

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

M. KOBAYASHI, Manager,

HEAD OFFICE), SCRUGACHO, TOKYO.

OTHER BRANCHES: London, New York, San Francisco, Hamburg, Calcatta, Bombay, Kangoon, Singapore, Bangkok, Sourabaya, Manila, Cantou, Swatow, Amoy, Focchow, Tsinglar, Shanghai, Harkow, Chefoe, Tientsin, Newchwang, Tairen. Angtung, Frol, Chemulpe, Yokohama, Tokoanka, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kure, Maizura, Moji, Wakamatsu, Koratsu, Nagasaki, Kuchinotan, Sacobo, Mike, Hakodate, Sapporo, Taipeh, I ainus, &c.

Telegraphic Address: "MITSUT" (A.B.C. and A 1 Codes). CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Navy and Mint and Arsenals; the State Railways; Principal Kailway Companies; Industrial Works; and Home and Foreign Mail and Freight Steamers. SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Famous Mike, Tagawa, Yazebo and Ida Coal Mines and SOLE AGENTS for Fujinotaun, Hokoku, Honda, Kasaila, Mameda, Ohtsuji, Ohnours, Sasabura, Tsukaburo, Yeshío, Yunokibara, 'and other Coals IMPORTERS and EXPORTERS of Cotton, Cotton Yarn, Cotton Piecs Goods, Copper, Silver, Tin, Lead and ether Metals, Railway Materials, Acids, Camphor, Flour. Cervals, Manure, Rico, Opium. Isinglass, Mushrooms, Sugar, Wax, Vormicelli, Sulpher, Hemp, Beer, Cement, Cigaretics, Matches, Paper, Hides, Leather, Belts, Teak & other Timber etc.

CUTLER, PALMER & CO..

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

OF

LONDON, INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN AND AUSTRÁLIA

ESTABLISHED 1815.

BRANDY

113

W. BREWER &

CO.

FEDDER STREET-Adjoining Main Entrance HONGKONG HOTEL.

Ruskin's Stones of Venice; 9 Vols. Leather

Binding Buskin's Modern Painters 5 Vols....

IF

88.25

5.00 Works, Several Volumes each. 120 Grote's Pistory of Greece: New Edition 3.75 150 The Business Blog Book...

FIT

Kempe's Engineers' Year Book, 1967.8 5.5 |

9.25 Modera Steam Egineering. by Hiscor Punches. Dies and cols, by Woodworth 11.50- Gardesing for Hongkong. by W. J.

1.00 Tutcher

Indirgreet Iettors from Pokin, by

Putnam Wale The Confessions of a Caricaturist, by

Faroiss

*

Warry Freon Home... Every Mat his own Lawyer. 1907... Man of the Crag, by Guy Boothby The Locum Tenene, by Whitchurob Gerald the Sherif, by WList Jor The House in the Crescent, by Bergeant Dep. Dreams, by Harvey O'Higgins ... For Marie, by Katherine Tynan A Hezardone Weing, by Blyth Peers or People, by Stead The Cacbelors, by Charles Edly Diana, by Moberly

TRADE

MABE...

NEW STOCK. SLAZENGER'S DOHERTY and E. G. M. 5.00 TENNIS RACKETS.

INSURANCE

THE STANDARD LIFE OFFICE, (ESTABLISHED 1825.) Funds nearly £11,000,000.

EFCRE assuring elerwhere compare the D Staudara's rates with these of other Сотраціев.

DODWELL & CO., LD.,

Agents,

1345-

azil

5:00 5.00 4.50-

SLAZENGFK'S FORRESTERS AYRES TENNIS BALLS &

SOLE AGENTS FOR THE BLICK TYPEWRITERS. Brower's View Book of Hongkong-Canton

ant Macao.. FRAMED WATER COLOR PAINT- INOS OF HONGKONG PUBLIC GARDENS.

80.70

Colonial

........

VIKING NAVY CUT CIGARETTES.

MACKIE'S

1.39

WHITE HORSE CELLAR

THE UNRIVALLED SCOTCH WHISKY

$13.00 PER DOZEN,--

& CO. LANE. CRAWFORD

SOLE AGENTS.

JOHN ROBERTS

& COMPANY. BILLIARD TABLE MAKERS, BOMBAY,

107

Per Cass.

$21.50

19.00

16.00

19.00

LTD.

NDERTAKE to Supply a First-class Full Sized BILLIARD TABLE. design No. 1, to following Sperißcation, via: On Eight Massive Turned Legs, raised panels to Carved Bracket Knees, Screwed Mouldings, double bolted, best Welsh Slate Brd, extra heavy solid cushion rails fitted with our new low set. Express Cushions, patent invisible Pocket Plates best Whipcord Pockets, Six Chalk Cups. Super fine West of England Cloth, and patent adjusting toes, with lover for levelling, complete with the following accessories -

12 Selected Ath Cres.

WHISKY. PALL MALL

JOHN WALKER & SONS' OLD HIGHLAND -

12.00

C. P. & C.'S SPECIAL

BLEND

.10.00

1 Ball Rest with Patest Brugs Head..

19.00

1 Riord Rest with Patent Brass Head.

Log Butt

1 Mid Butt.

13.00

I Billiard Marking Board.

I Dust Cover for Table.

19.00

Straightedge and Circle.

1 Best Spirit Lerel.

15.25

1 Emoothing Iron with Shae,

40.50

PORT WINE, INVALIDS

51

DOURO -

SHERRY, AMOROSO

J

LA TORRE

BENEDICTINE, D.O.M. -

THE ABOVE EXCLUSIVELY SHIPPED TO

SIEMSSEN & CO..

HONGKONG AGENTS.

V.

0. S.

AND

EXTRA SPECIAL FINEST

LIQUEUR

ARE THE BEST WHISKIES OBTAINABLE,

Sole Agents-

TELEPHONE NO. 75.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.,

Hongkong, 18th March, 1907,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS

15, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

1 Wall Cue Rack.

Wall Butt Rack.

1. Bet Biliard Rules, Fearowi

1- Best Billiard Brosh

1 Set "Crystalate" or "Bonzoline" Bild, Balls.

1 Box Best Cue Tips, assorted.

1 Cue Tip Fastener with File.

1 Bottle Cue Cement.

Box Silk Spots.

Dozen Best White Chalk.

Packed and delivered free on Board Hongkong or Shanghai Harbour for the sum of Rs. 1,400 melt.

Illustrated price lists giving prices and particulars of everything pertaining to billiards ease bad on application from the Offices of this paper.

Hongkong, 1st April, 1904.

MORRELL'S WRITING

AND

[697-1

COPYING INKS.

BLACK OR BLUE-BLACK, PLUID, PERMANENT, NON-CORROSIVE, AND INDELIBLE.

TRY THEM!

H. MORRELL, LTD., Bow BRIDGE, STRATFORD, LONDON, E. WORKS: 2 COOKS ROAD, STRATFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND.

034

THE BEST THE

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

SMOKELESS POWDER and CHILLED NEW SHOT. From No. 10 to SSSG. at 86, 87 and

$7.50 per 100. SPORTING REQUISITES

and AIR GUN8 in Variety,

Inspection Invited.

WM SCHMIDT & CO.

·Hongkong, 26th October, 19061

[1994

AUTOMATIC BROWNING

POCKET

PISTOLS.

CALIBEE 7.85 mm,

With CHAMBER for & CARTRIDGES

FIRING & SHOTS in 2 SECONDS.

SIEMSSEN & CO.

Hongkong, 6th March, 1907.

46

AUTOMATIO MAUSER

t PISTOLS.

CALIBRE 7.63 m.m.

With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES FIRING 10 SHOTS in 2 8LCONDS. CARLOWITZ & CO. Agents. Hongkong, 13th March, 1907.

DENTAL

STOCK OF

SLAZENGER'S

TENNIS

"DOHERTY"

$18

WHA

RACKETS:

"E.G.M." $15

KAISER I HIND”

$13

"PREMIER”

$9.50

"PELICAN” $12

TENNIS BALLS. NETS. ETC.

$75

LANE. CRAWFORD & Co.

a33

SURGEON,

G. oz PERINDORGE.

DIPLOMA: PARIS.

LATEST IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING

PORCELAIN FILLINGS.

1928

SED FLOOR, HOTEL MANSIONS,

PEDDER STEEKT.

HIRAN O.

THE LEADING MINERAL WATER OF THE EAST.

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

AGENTS: F. BLACKHEAD & CO.

Hongkong, 16th August, 1905.

1688

WHEELER'S

[2004-2

BREWERS BREW

GUINNESS' STOUT

SAME AS SUPPLIED TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING.

PER CASE OF 8 DOZ. PINTS PER DOZEN-

$21 (10

$2.75

WINEAND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

SOLE AGENTS-

H. RUTTONJEE

& SON.

Hongkong, 29th March, 1907.

STORAGE.

FOR COAL, TIMBEL, &C.

(YO BE LET, a Purtion of MARINE LOT No. 285 at NORTH POINT, Suitable for above Purpose. EXTENSIVE WATER FRONT. DEEP WATER.

Also FOR SALE.

Portious of MARINE LOTS Nos. 31 & 36 on PRAYA EAST, Approximate AREA 43,000 SQUARE FT. 299 YEARS' LEASE.

For Particulars, apply--

GEO. FENWICK & Co., Lan. Hongkong, 8th June, 1906.

[106

ON SALE.

A TABLE OF THE

BATES OF EXCHANGE AT

HONGKONG

40

For Demand Drafts on London on the day of or preceding the departure of the English Mails; also Table of the Yearly Approximate Averages for 32 Years FROM 1874 TO 1005.

Price: $2 Cash. On sale at the "DAILY PRESS" Office, or Local Bookcollers.

HOTELS

HONGKONG HOTEL

FIRST-CLASS AND UP-TO-DATE.

Dining accommodation for 300 Persona 163 Bedrooms

Elegantly Furnished Reception Rooms

Private Bar and Billiard Room for Hotel

Residenta

Hydraulic Lifts to each Floor.

Electric Lighting and Fana

Every Comfort

Ladies' Afternoon Tea Rooms

Ladies' Cloak Rooms

Matron in attendance

CHARGES MOderate, and No Extras H. HAYNES, Manager,

342

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

A HIGH CLASS PRIVÁTE HOTEL.

Ladies Afternoon Tea Rooms.

Private Bar and Billin od-Rooms, Hot and Cold Water throughout.

Electrically Lighted

required).

Electric Fans (it

Electric Passenger Elevator to each flser. Table D'Hoto at separate tables.

For Terme, &c., apply to the--|

Hongkong, 24th July, 1905.

MANAGER.

"KINGSCLERE,”

PRIVATE HOTEL.

ÁVFROACH From KENNEDY ROAD AND

MACDONNEL ROAD.

Telephone No. 184. Telegraphic Address: An Ed.

15

"BACHSOLA,"

LECIRI. LIGHT, Hot and Cold Water throughout. Billiards. Teruis, Croquet, putting green and fine stabling for korres,

Proprietrees, Ry, G. BACH2E.

BOA VISTA" HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH

H

'CHINA)

MACAO.

AS beca re-opened audur European management and most strict supervision

as to food ekanliness and hygiene of the place

All comforts of a home.

A most pleasant retroal for these desirous of

a few days re 1 and quiet.

Comfortablo acccommodation for travellers paying a visit to the historical and picturesque colony of Macao.

Macao is 4 miles south-west of Hongkong 1wo steamers (8,3. Srí đu nuẻ Sul) daily to and from Hongkong, and two steamers to and from Cantor,Live cary commuzicяt with both these centres.

Cable Addrese BOAVISTA,” For Terms, apply

£917

THE MANAGER.

VICTORIA HOTEL.

TELEGRA 313-VICTORIA, SHAMFEN SHAMEEN-CANTON,

On the British Concession,

F. E. DEDEAUREPAIRE (Late of Australia)

MANAGER.

MACAO HOTEL.

TELEGRAMS-FARMER, MACAO, MACAU, CHINA.

In the Centre of the Prays Grande.

CAPT. T. AUSTIN, R.N.R., Manager,

Both Hotels Electrically Lighted and ander

experience tropeau Maanggoleni

Every Comfort and Convenience for Residents and Touriste,

a173

WM. FARMER,

Proprister.

DR. M. H. CHAUN,

HE latest Method of the AMERICAN

TLE OF DENTISTRY.

37, Das Vœux ROAD CENTRAL. From the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A

Bongbong, 4th September 1995

QIEN TING.

505

SURGEON DENTIST,

No. 10, D'AGUILAR STREET.

TERMS VERY MODERATE, Consultation Frasi. Hoogkong, 21st September, 1905

IRON MERCHANTS.

E. HING & Co.

461

DEALERS in Iron, Steel, Metals, Hard- Muntz's Metal, Steel Boiler and Ship Plates Pig-Iron, Coke sud General Morebante. No. 25, Wing Wo Street (Lane from 171, Queen's Road to 168, Des Vanx Road Central) Telephone No. 613,

478 Hongkong, lat March, 1907.