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A Comprehensive and Complete Record of the

NEWS OF THE FAR BAST

is given in the

Нокскоко

PRESS

WEEKLY

with which is incorporated the CHINA OVERLAND TRADE Bronz, Babecription, paid in advance, $12

per annum, Postage to any part of

'the World' BE.

Daily Press.

Hongkong Daily

ESTABLISHED 1857

No. 15,614. 戴四十百六千五萬一第

日去初月四年四十三藉光

HONGBONG, TUESDAY, MAY 5TH, 1908.

二考歳

V. O. S.

AND

WATSON'S

DOUBLE DISTILLED TOILET

BAY RUM

A. S. WATSON & CO..

LIMITED,

... 1.89

to His CHEMISTS by Appointment

Excellency the Governor and Household. "THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Osaka 375 lbs, not $5.50 por cask ex Factory Ku Bage 250 lbs, net 83.35 per bags ex Factory,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO General Managers:

Hongkong, 29th April, 1908.

AUTOMATIO

POCKET

a1993-

BROWNING PISTOLS.

CALIBRE 7,65 mm.

WE CHAMBER for 8 CARTRIDGES

FIRING 8 SHOTS in 2 SECONDS.

SIEMBSEN & CO. 442 Hongkong, 6th March, 1907,

AUTOMATIC MAUSER

PISTOLS.

CALIBRE 7.63 mm.

With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES

FIRING 10 SHOTS in 2 SECONDS, CARLOWITZ & CO. Agents:

Hongkong, 18th March, 1907.

NEW CARTRIDGES.

535

Popular English Manufacturers. Iz

Band Bises.

SMOKERR POWDER and CHILLED To. 10 to 8880. at $6, 37 and FSHOT.

$7.50 per 100 SPORTING BEQUISITES and AIR GUNS in Variety.

Inspection Invited.

WM. SCHMIDT & CO. Hongkong, 28th October, 1908,

729

A LING & CO..

19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL (Next to Messrs. KUHN & KOMOR),

-FURNITURE AND PHOTO_GOODS STORE.

Photographic Goods of every Description in Stock,

Developing and Printing Undertaken, Hongkong, Slat July, 3907.

730

A. TACK & CO..

26, Das Vœux ROAD, CENTRAL

JUHT LANDED A LARGE STUCK OF WRATTEN and WAINWRIGHT PLATES.

EASTMAN'S KODAKS and FILMS.

DEVELOPING and PRINTING

-UNDERTAKEN,

Hongkong, 4th March, 1907.

BI

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WERK DAYS.

7.80 to 8.80a.m. Every 10 minuter. 9.0.0.50 11.00 .....Every 15 minuter...

am, to läső p.m....Every 15 minute, 19.45 p.m. to 1.16 p.m. Every 10 minuter. 1.15 pm, to 1.45 p.m....Every 15 minuter, 145 p.m. to 2.15 p., Every 10 minuter 9.15 p. to 8.00 pan. Every 15 minutes. 3.80 pz, to 8.00 pm....Every 15 minutaz 6.00 pm, to 8.00 pm. Every 10 minutav..

WIGHT CARS,

8.45 pm, & 900 p.m., 9,45 to 11.15 p...

every hour. SATURDAYS;

Extra Cars at 11,80 pan, and 11.40 p.m. Mode & SUNDAYS

*8.00 am to 9.00 am...Every 15 minuter. 9.00 am to 9.0 am. Every 30 minuter. 9.30 . to 10:30 am....Every 16 minutes, 10.00 to 13.00 8.m, Evers 10 minutes. 11/6 a.m. to 12.00

· 15 minutos. · 12.00 Noon... Every 1200 Noon to 1.00 p.m. Every 10 minutes. 1.00 pm 5.00 p.m. Every 15 minuter 6.00 pm 6.00pm. Every 10 minutes. 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 7,40 p.m. to 8:00 pm....Every 10 minutes,

NIGHT CARE at 8.45 p.m. & 8.00 pm, 9,45 to

11.15 pm, every half hour.

EXTRA SPECIAL FINEST LIQUEUR

號五月五年八零百九千一其港香

C. LAZARUS & COMPANY,

60 AND 61, BENTINOK STREET,

CALCUTTA,

BILLIARD TABLE MANUFACTURERS.

STANDARD INDIAN

BILLIARD TABLE,

ARE THE BEST WHISKIES OBTAINABLE.

TELEPHONE Nɔ, 75,

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.,

Hongkong, 27th April, 1808.

WINE AND SFIBIT MEROHANTS,

15, Queen's Boad Central

634

THE

LANE,

Complete with all Accessories for Billiards and packed for Shipment, Rs 1.460.

C. LAZARUS & CO.. CALCUTTA.

1389-3

INDIAN

CRAWFORD & CO.

(TELEPHONE 97)

JUST RECEIVED

PITH HELMETS IN FAWN, GREY AND WHITE $4.50 TO $6.00 EACH

ELLWOOD'S SUN HATS

$6.50 TO $12.00 EACH

SUN UMBRELLAS

$5.50 TO $8.50 Each

LANE. CRAWFORD & CO.

Hongkong, 24th April, 1908

PHOTO SUPPLIES. LONG HING & CO...

17, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL.

JUST RECEIVED

54 SIZE FOCAL PLANE CAMERA with UNAR-ZEISS, LENSE, 1/4 PLATE and POSTCARD SIZE FOLDING POCKET CAMERAS Ätted with TESSER-ZEISS LENSE

on COMPOUND SHUTTER at REASONABLE PRICE, DEVELOPING & PRINTING UNDERTAKEN.

MIYASAKI & CO.,

COAL MERCHANTS.

HEAD OFFICE-Sakayemachi, Kos, Japan.

BRANCH OFFICES-Nishinobashi, SHIMONOSKKI,'|Japan, and HONGKONG,

CAME ADDRESSÈS :****

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A, B, C. 5th Edition used.

THE HEAD and

BRANCH OFFICES will receive any Order for

JAPAN COALS.

AUBO, MANAGER, HONGKONG,

Y.

Hongkong, 27th November, 1907,

No. 5, Queen's Road Central,

CUTLER, PALMER & CO..

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

OF

LONDON, INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN AND; ¡AUSTRALIA

ESTABLISHED 1813.

BRANDY

TRADE

TEN YEARS OLD.

$14 PER Dozen.

WHITE HORSE" WHISKY

MARK.

SOLE AGENTS:

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THE JUBILEE OF HONGKONG, being an Historical Sketch to which is added an Account of the Celebra Hons In 1891

THE

DIRECTORY & CHRONIOLI

FOR 1908.

Complete Edition $10.00 6.00 Small

Orders may be sent to the

Hongking Dally Prezi Okoe and

to the Local Dookallern

PHICE, $3 PER MONTH.

HOTELS

HONGKONG HOTEL

FIRST-CLASS AND Up-to-Date,

Dining accommodation for 900 Persona Well Furnished Reception Rooms Private Bar and Billiard Room for Hotel

Realdante

Electric Lifia to each Floor Electrio Lighting and Fans Telephones on evory Floor. Every Comfort

Ladies' Afternoon Tea Rooms. Ladies' Cloak Booms........... Matron in attendance

CHARGES MODERATR, AND NO EXTRAS. A. F. DAVIES, Manager.

189

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

A HIGH CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL

“Ladies' Afternoon Tea-Roems.

Fair (it

Private Bar and Billiard-Rooms. Hot and Cald. Water throughout. Electrically highted Electria

required), Electric Passenger Elevator to each floor. Table D'Hole at separate tables. For Ternis, &o, Spply to the

r

Hongkong, 24th July, 1905.

MANAGEE.

KINGSOLERE,” · ·

PRIVATE HOTEL.

$757

APPROFON FROM KENNEDY ROAD AND MACDONNEL ROAD.

Telephone No. 184.

"SACHHOLA

Telegraphie Address: A.B.C. Cado, 5th Ed.

LECTRIC LIGHT, Hot and Cold Water threaghout. Biliards. Tervis, Croquet, putting green and fine stabling for horses.

Proprietress, Mas. G. SACHSE. BRAESIDE,

41

PRIVATE HOTEL,

TANDING in its own grounds with Tenzie and Creguet Lawns, Large Airy and Well Fornished Bedroome, every home comfort. Flas View of the Harbour; Terms moderate. Telephone, No. 690...

Apply to Mrs. F. W. WATTS.

Braeside," 20, Macdonnell Eod. Hongkong, 4th: December, 1907. von [ado.

THE

GRAND HOTEL, DIVISION STREET, KOBE. FIRST-CLASS CUISINE.

COMFORTABLE & AIRY BEDROOMS Bituated in slose pa oximity to the Harbour and Railway Station.

BEST WINES and LiqueBS SUPPLINI..

1.00

0.50

1.00

FROM HONGKONG TO CANTON, BY THE PEARL. RIVER--“A Book for the Globetrotter," by Capt. C. V. LLOYD; with Maps and Illnɛ. $1.90 HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS,

half yearly vol. bound FIFTY YEARS ANGLO-CHINESE

CALENDAR, 1884 to 1913.....200 RATES OF

AT EXCHANGE HONGKONG English Mail days 1874 to 1908 BOMBAY RATES OF EXCHANGE AT HONGKONG, English Mail Days 1898 to 1905 CALLED OUT; or the Cheng Wang's

Daughter, an Anglo-Chinese Re mance, by Chus. J. H. Halcombe... FROM PORTEMOUTH TO PEKING, VIA LADYSMITH, WITH A NAVAL BRIGADE (Crning' of

1,00 H.M.S. Terrible) SKETCH OF THE WEST RIVER... 0.25 PLAN OF VICTORIA

7.50

Bat

2.00

1.00

89

2,00

100

KOWLOON

.04%

0.75

1.00

PEAK

0.75

NEW TERRITORY CANTON

0.75

0.50

0.28

THE HONGKONG TYPHOON, Sept.

18th, Illustrated Account TEMPORARY MINING REGULA

TIONS IN CHINA AM 0.50 REGULATIONS FOR BAILWAY

CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA...0,50 HONGKONG HANSARD REPORTS OF THE MEETINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Pub-

4.00 lished Annually MOUNTINGS OF NAVAL GUNS and their Subsequent Use with the

WADmith Relief Column

EXPLOITS OF THE MERCHANT NAVY, by J. E. Featherstonbaugh

POLITICAL OBSTACLES TO MIS

BIONARY SUCCESS IN CHINA 0.5 TRADE MARK REGULATIONS

IN CHINA

0,25

POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM.

CHAMPAGNE

G. H.

#1884

MUMM & CO.,

THE MOST POPULAR WINE.

Can be had in the following qualities

EXTRA DEY (Goat Amariosin).

(Cordon Rouge).

BRUT

SALES IN THE UNITED STATES EXCEED THE TOTAL OF ALL OTHER

BRANDS.

SEEVED IN ALL CLUBS AND FIEST-CLASS HOTELS, AND OBTAINABLE AT ALL WINE MERCHANTS IN THE COLONY, AND FROM

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., SOLE AGENTS.

Hongkong, 1st June, 1907.

MBS GILLANDERS

Per Case,

$21.50

19.00

16,00

WHISKY, PALL MALL

19.00

JOHN WALKER & SONS'

OLD HIGHLAND

PRIVATE BOARD AND RESIDENCE

12.00

C. P. & CO.'S SPECIAL

BLEND

10.00

19,00

13,00

19.00

15.25

40.50

SIEMSSEN & CO..

HONGKONG AGENTS.

PORT WINE, INVALIDS

DOURO

SHERRY, AMOROSO

LA TORRE BENEDICTINE, D.O.M.-

SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Com- THE ABOVE EXCLUSIVELY SHIPPED TO: pany's Office, Alexandra Buildings, Des Voeux

Road Genten

JOHN D. HUMPHREY &SON.

General Managers.

Hongkong, 9th May, 1907,

"CLAREMONT," 24, KENNEDY ROAD, Hongkong, 9th February, 1907

NOW BEADY.

-508

MAIL TABLES FOR 1908.

Shows the datos of departure of the Malis to Europe and America, and the dates of their expected arrival at their destinations, sa well st the date of return Mails...

Monated on Card an ***80 Centa On Paper....

20 • On Sale at the Hongkong Daily Press Office Hongkong 17th January, 908,

La79

ON SALE.

A TABLE OF THE

RATES OF EXCHANGE AT HONGKONG

FOR

DEMAND DRAFTS ON BOMBAY On the Day Preceding to Departure of the English Mails from the Year of the Clusing of the Indian Minta to the Free Coinage of Silver

FROM 1893 TO 1905;

ALSO

RATES FOR SOVEREIGNS, GOLD LEAF, BAR SILVER (From 1900),

4

and other Useful Information,

PRICE: $1 CASE.

Special arrangements for a long stay.

F-DOMBALLE) M. MAILLE (

Propriétaires.

"BOA VISTA "· (HOTEL-BANITARIUM OF SOUTH

CHINA), MACAO.

48, boon re-opened under European management and most strict supervision

as to food oleanliness and hygiene of the place

All comforts of a home,

A most pleamat retreat for those desirous of

a few days rest and quiet,

Comfortable sccommodation for travellers visit to the historical and picturesque

of Macno.

60 is 40 miles south-west of Hengkong. Macso,

Two steamera (B.. Bui An and Sui Tui daily to and from Hongkong, and two steamers to and from Canton, give easy communication with both these centres.

Cable AddreBOAVISTA For Terms, apply

16

THE MANAGER-

VICTORIA HOTEL.

SHAMEEN-CANTON.

FIRST CLASS EUROPEAN HOTEL On the British Concession. Electrically Lighted.

Every Modern Comfort and Convenience at Reasonable Bates.

Under the Personal Superintendence of

H. HAYNES, late Manager Hongtong Hote

500

MACAO HOTEL. TELEGEAMS—FARMER, MACAO, MACÁO, CHINA.

In the Centre of the Prays Grade.

Both Hotels Electrically Lighted and andar

experienced Bluzopean Management,

Every Comfort and Convenience for Resident and Tourista

6461

WM. FARMER Proprieta

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Is the oldest and still, immessarably the bes medium Advertising among the Native Community,

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