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Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857

No. 15,601.

號一零百六千五萬一第 2日十二月三年四十三精光

HONGKONG, MONDAY, APRIL 20th, 1908.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:

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JAPAN COALS.

Y. KUBO, MANAGER, HONGKONG,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

682

Hongkong, 27th-November, 1907.-

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AUTOMATIC

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CALIBRE 7.65 m..

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Residents

80

Electrio Lifts to snok Floor.

30

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3.10

The

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THE "DADE" LOOSE LEAF ACCOUNT BOOKS.

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Balance Modern

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30

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:

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BLEND

10.00

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19.00

13.00

19.00

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Hongkong, let June, 1907,

[#79

40.50

THIDE

TEN YEARS OLD.

$14 PER

DOZEN.

535

AUTOMATIO MAUSER

PISTOLS.

CALIBRE 7.63 m.m.

With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES

FIRING 10 SHOTS in 2 SECONDS,

CARLOWITZ & CO. Agents.

Hongkong, 13th March, 1907.

NEW CARTRIDGES.

Ball Bores and Sises.

DT Popular English Manufacturers. In

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JUST LANDED A LARGE STOCK OF WRATTEN and WAINWRIGHT PLATES.

Hongkong, 13th April, 1908,

EASTMAN'S KODAKS and FTLMS,

DEVELOPING and PRINTING. UNDERTAKEN.

Hongkong, 4th March, 1907,

PEAK TRAMWAYS

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYA.

81

COMPANY,

7.30 am to 0.80 m...Every 10 minutes. 9.80 8.m. to 11.00a.m. Every 15 minuter. 1.1.80 am to 12.45 p.ro....very 16 minut 13.45 pm. to 110p.m....Erory. 10 minuts.

1.18 path, to

145 pm...Every 15 minutes 115 p.m. to 2.15 p.m. Every 10 minutes. 15 minuter. 11.16 pm to 8.00 pm...very. 11.30 pm to 6.00 pm....Every 15 minutes 5.00 pm, to 8.00 pm...very 10 minutes.

NIGHT CARS.

8.35 'p. & 9,03 pan., 9.45 to 11.15 p.m.,

every hour.

SATURDAY.

Extra Cars at 11.80 p., and 11.55 p.m.

BUNDAY 3,

8.00 am to 2:00 am. Every 15 minuter, 9:00. to 9.30am. Every 80 minutes. 9.80 m, to 10.80 am...Every th minuitoa 10.00 am to 11:00 am,frery 10 minutes. 1246 am to 12.00 Noon...Every

very 15 minute, 13.00 Noon to 1.00

100 p. Every 10 minute, 109 y.m. to 8:00 pm, Every 15 minutos. 6.00 pm, to 6.00 pm, Every 10 minutes. 6.00 p.m. to 7.00p.m....Every 15 minutes. 7.10 p.m. to 8.00p.m...Evorg 10 minutos. NIGHT CARS af 6.45 pm, & 9.00 pm., 9.45 to -31.10 p.m., srery half hour, SPECIAL CARE by rangement the Com pany's Office, Alexandes Buildings, Des Vanx

and Centrali

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General Managers Hongkong, 9th May, 1907

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15, Queen's Road Central.

CRAWFORD & CO.

NEW STOCK OF

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ALL WEIGHTS AND SHAPES.

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Hongkong, 24th March, 1998.

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1.92

980

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MARK

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FROM TH

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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PUBLICATIONS.

...

Every Comfort

Ladies' Afternoon Tea Rooms

Ladies' Cloak Rooma

Matron in attendance

CHARGES MODERATE, AND No Extras. $39

A. F. DAVIES, Manager.

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

A HIGH CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL.

Ladies Afternoon Tea Rooms Private Bar and Billiard-Rooms,

Hot and Cold Water throughout. Electrically Lighted Electric

required).

Fans (it

Meotrio Passenger Elevator to och floor. Table D'Hote at soparate tables, For Terms, &c., apply to the

Hongkong, 24th July, 1905.

MANAGER.

*KINGSCLERE,"

PRIVATE HOTEL...

1243

APPROSCH FROM KENNEDY ROAD AND MACDONNEL ROAD. Telephone No. 134, Telegraphic Address: A B.O. Code, 5th Ed.

*" SACHSOLA,”

LECTRIC LIGHT, Hot and Cold Water Ethroughout. Billards, Tannis, Croquet, putting green and fine stakling for horses,

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BRAESIDE"

PRIVATE HOTEL,

TANDING in its own grounds with Tennis and Croquet Lawne, Large Airy and Well Furnished Bedrooms, every home comfort. Fine View of the Harbour; Terms moderate, Telephone, No. 690.

Apply to Mrs. F. W WATTS.

"Braeside," 20, Macdonnell ReaE. Hongkong, 4th December, 1907.

THE GRAND HOTEL DIVISION STREET, KOBE.

FIRST-CLASS CUISINE. COMFORTABLE & AIRY BEDROOMS Bituated in close proximity to the Harbour and Railway Station.

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HOOSAIN-ALI & CO.

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THE Latest Method of the AMERICAN.

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93, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. From the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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Propriétaires

"BOA VISTA " (HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH

CHINA), MACAO.

HAB ben re-opened under European management and most strict supervision

as to food cleanliness and hygiene of the place

All comforte of a bome,

A most pleasant retreat for those desirous of ́ a few days' rest and quiet.

Comfortable accommodation for traveller paying a visit to the bistorical and picturesque colony of Macao,

Macao is 40 miles south-west of Hongkong. 0,25 Two steamers (8,8. Sui An and Sui Ta) daily to 100 and from Hongkong, and two steamers to and 0.75 from Canton, give easy communication with both

these centres.

Cable Address"Boavista." For Terme, apply

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& 8. G. I LALANDERS

"CLAREMONT,"

2 & 4, KENNEDY ROAD. Hongkong, 9th February, 1907

568

VISITORS TO CANTON,

TO

FROM HONGKONG TO CANTON.

BY THE PEARL RIVER."

BY CAPTAIN C. V. LLOYD (8.8. "FATHAN” With Illustratione, Maps and Plans.

$1,90 Da Sale at→

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Mesra, KELLY & WALSH. Merera, W. BREWER & Co, Canton: Messrs. A S. WATHON & CO Hongkong, 4th October, 1903,

THE MANAGER

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SHAMEEN-CANTON

FIRST CLASS EUROPEAN HOTEL On the British Concession..

Electrically Lighted. Every Modern Comfort and Convenience at Keasonable Rates,

Under the Personal Superintendence of H. HAYNES, late Mousger Hongkong Hote

MACAO HOTEL.

TELEGRAMS-FAEBER, MACAO, MACAO, CHINA.

In the Centre of the Praya Grande, Both Hotels Electrically Lighted and unda: experienced European Management. Every Comfort and Convenience for Resident and. Tvariste, WM. FARMER Proprietor

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