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INSURANCES

-AACHEN-AND-MUNICH FIBE-IN- SERANCE CO.

OF AIR-LA-CHAPELLE THE Undersigned, having been appointed Comp Le prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE At Current Estas.

REUTER, BROCKELMANN & Co.

Agenta. Hongkong, 21st April, 1987. .

114.

NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES

AMERICAN AND ORIENTAL LINE. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEER: HE Steamship,

A

“JESERIC,"

FROM NEW YORK.

CONSIGNEES of Cargo by the shove

named vessel sro hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the baaardons sad or extra hardous Godowne of the

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRID? AUGUST 14r¤, 1938′′

OLLA PODRIDA.

OTCLING AT 98.

Mr. Isans Charles Johnson, of Gravesend, who is the inventor of Portland-comant, is a remarkably motive man, and still able to go for cycle rider. He learned to ride at the age of eighty-seven, and attributes his longevity and eveling powers to the fact that he is a total abebainer and non-smoker. He is Baptist and has preasted all over England and in France and Italy,

THE "LUSITANI'S" NEW BYCOEDS. The Voyage to New York completed by the Lusitania on July 10th was an ideal summer

AF ILLINOIS AGAFEMONÉ. Professor G. Russell, the principal of the Greenfield, Illinois, High School, has added a course in courtship to the curriculam of the school. The course will consist of a mories of of poems, lebtures, combined with the study of love poen At intervals during the course the be required to write essays our such subjecte m the following "How to take the heart by storm." "How to detect the advent of the grand panelen." "How to behare if parental objection is manifested." "How to encourage bsskful cuiters.” “How' to propose." The introduction of this new enbject into the educational course at the school has, says Health and Strength," raised strenuous objéo- been nullified by the great enthusiad aroused among the pupila.

NORTH BRITISH ANDOM PANAN Congo, Kowloon wience delivery may be records. Sho usizisined an averags hourly tions from the parents, but their attitude hau

TILE INSURANCE COMPANY.

TOTAL FUNDS AT 31er DaoRBER, 1907.

£18,114,624

Authorised Capital

Subscribed Capital'

Paid-up Capital

IL-Fire-Fande

£3,000,000 2,750,000

637,500 00 3,036,374 157

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AGENTS for the above The Undersigned, Company, are prepared to ACCEFT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agents.

1019 Hongkong, 21st July; 1908.

THE GLOBUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

THE Undersigned, having been appointed TE

AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates,

CARLOWITZ & Co.

Hongkong, 18th August 1908

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THE Steamship

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speed of 25'01 knots, while the whole paysage took 4 days 19h.36min., benting her own presions best by Shmin, and the Mauretania's record by 89min. The Lusitania also established a new record for a single day's ras, namely, 618 knots,

NEW MANONIO (APTER.

GREAT STEEL COMBING.

The International Biel Trust, composed: mostly of bage American, German, Belgian, and Russian concerns, hes, says the Iron and Viscount Miner has just become the first Steel Trades Journal," "now bein completed, Exaltee of the new desio Chapter, which and for the present all steel will be made has been formed with the object of knitting abroad, whilst the trust will be represented by more closely the ties of kirship and of

Wit Colonini brethren, an opportunity of agents in the United Kingdom, who will be instructed to make a strong bid for much of the nessing the working of the Masonic ceremonial home stool trade, at prices below what British by Englishmen. The new Chapter has for title steel minnefacturers are not oneking the Anglo-Conial, and as evidence of the will mean that, booner or later, home mant: in order to igit the trust, will be interest taken in the movement it may be fastarers mentioned that the founders come from ladis, obliged to cut prions or put up with the loss of China, Americs, Canada, Australls, and Egypt. much of the steel trade for home purposes. As

DEMONSTRATION IN HONOUR OF LADY

___NORTHQUTE_AT MELBOURNE. Lady Northcote, the wife of the retiring Governor-General, was last month accorded a remarkable farewell demonstration by 5,000 Melbourne working women, who assembled i the grounds of Government House, and saug God be with yon till we meet again," as well other hymns Lady Northcote, who was accompanied by Mrs, Deakin, was deeply moved, and personally thanked hundreds of wesen before she was finally, compalled by the crash to retreat to the house. The demonstration which wea of an entirely spontaneous and

This

matters now stand, the British steel market bas-not beer in such a weak state for many years, while foreign steel in large quantities and at lower pricess than we can produce it curselves, is almost daily being dumpet in the United Kingdom.

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MEN-OF-WAL ON THE CHINA AND

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AUSTRIAN.

YARNÇO,

genuine character, was kept secret having been addros Patient was a youngval artillery. The "Inspration of Naval Achéron, armoured gunboat, 1,830 tons, «

organised in two daya.

THE LATE MARQUIS DI RUDISI: A month before his death the ductors attending the Marquis di Endini prononcoed All broken, obafed, and damaged Goods are to the end to be imminent. Oge of bis relatives be left in the Godoyas, where they will be thereupon rushed out into the street, orging examined on the 19th August, at 9.30A.M. and exclaiming," All is over!" which caused the All Chime must reach us before the 23rd news to spread throughout Rome that the statesman was dead. At the law courts several August, or they will not be recognised.

Deputies soting as counsel in omsen get up and, No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the delivered affecting speeches in potrditions of of their illustrious colleague, Extra of the newspapers were published, and the news. boys shouted throughout the streets, "Death of Badini." The windows of his house being

undersigned.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,

MELCHERS & Co.. General Agents. Hongkong, 12th August, 1908,

A remarkable story of the alleged successful nse of hypnotism, instead of an anesthetic, in a difficult and serious tooth-drawing operation narrated in the "Occult Review: The writer who descibes himself as a "bypnotist and healer," and who gives South Kensington sa his

that the

whom I had already woman, 24 yours eared of chronic headache, nervous935, and insomnis Foarteen stumps. more difficult than whole teeth, were extracted from the upper Wat ons alting, the low minutes. There was no need for haste, as with ges," continues the writer, because I could keep the patient under just as long as desired. Under gas the operator bas only 80ses, and the haste is some

of

QERYANT'S. NEW NAVAL BASE, Until the end of Jane the "Inspectiou-of Naval Artillary" bsd its beadquarters at Elol; with the beginning of July it was moved to

Linienschiffenpiteen Wilhelm Pachar Sonderburg, small Sebloswig-Holstein-town on Kainer Franz Jogaf 1, Austrian cruisor, 4,383

Northern Waters the island of Alsen, on the Little Balt. This is a great stap in the development of Germany's "has_heap removed to Cuxhaven, Mining at the moall of the Elbe, and the separation the two branches of defence followed on the lessons taught by the Russo-Japanses War. The Inspector of Naval Artillery is Bear. Admiral Pohl, who need to be in charge of the acouts attached to the battle flost. The vessels attached to the new artillery-base will be the battleship Schwaben," the large armoured. ardieer Prinz Heinrich," two small armoured. When I swakened her after the operation ornisers, three tenders, one ganasry trial she said. When is the dentist going to beginship, Prius Adalbert, dat u pre

coast-defence ships, "Aegir "Fourteen had boon extracted, and she knew Isn't he going to take out any to-day!

which will lie mainly at Kist and Dining The cost of enlarging the artillery solos, of nothing ofit.",

times brutal.,

two armoured

1700-bp-Licnt. Bertrand, Saigon Alger, Zad olam cruiser, 4,320 tons, 22 gase

5,100 hp, Commander Fournier, Saigon Alouetto, gunboat 506 tone, 7 guns, 400 h.p

Commander Badiu, Saigon Argus river gunboat, 18 tons, 8 gane, 570 hp.

Lieut. Audouard, Hongkong"

Balonnette, gunboat, 170-tone, Reserve, Baigon Bouclier, gunboat, 140 tons. Reserre, Saigon Bruix, armoured cruiser, 4,809 toas, 16-gas,

8,300 h.p., Capt. Rochas, Hongkong Cimeterre, gubat. 149 tons, Reserve, Shigon Comète, gunboat 509 toas, 6 gans, 500 h.p. Carenade, gunboat, 184 tous, Reserve, Baigon

Capl. L. Gervais, Saigon

apon, the spand roached his room, and the THE UT LARGE OCCURRENCE... IN THE BITISK | building barracks, à hoapital, and dwellings Décidée, ganboat, 630 tons, 10 guris, 990 h.p.

Marchionesa di Budini started to lose the window, but her husband, although unable to speak, held her back and smiled.

PRIZE FOR THE YOST HANDSOME 'WOKEN,

A quaint custom has been observed in con- nection with Holsworthy fair, Devonshire, in the awarding of a money prize to the young

7. ELECT.

HONNAL Woman generally estored as the most do you and to your readers whether this is fair to

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HUNGARY'S PROFURT APERIENT WATER serving most handsome; and most noted for

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and iquabordination in the Navy, but certainly

Admiral Freemantle da the 9th alt. wrote as follows to The Times :-" Both yesterday and today. The Times accuseN Admiral Lord Charles Baresford, now com- maudinga Fleet of some 800 sail during special manoeuvres, of grass incompetence. I put it w an absent-officer. There has recently been her quietness and attendeuse at church," Mies much foulish talk in the papers about discipline Boss Bassett was selected as falfiling all these requirements, and became the possessor of fit will be hard to maintain disciplins when a 108, in accordanos with a bequest of a former paper of the standing of The Timer accuses rector. Under the same will the Bum of 5s. is the Admiral in supreme command of a Flest annually given to the spinster over sixty years of such brass ignorance that he ordered a at which would have sunk one or of age who is noted for the like virtues, and GUNS

is not in receipt of parish pry." It is three two of his principal ships but for the IRECT from the Manufaturer at years siner spy award was made of this money; co: duct of s janior Admiral, in disobeying

Lowast Prices

12 hora Double Breech-spinstere being very nearse at Holsworthy the signal. I for one refuse to believe that the circumstances have been correctly reported, Illustrated catalogue of fonders from 80s, each

The Cast of Easala recently inspected the though 1 asume that The Times must have Lazer MODEL Shot Gana, Combination Cuns,

Bonart motor-train which has since been on reosired the information Sporting Rifles, etc.. post free.

view at the Crystal Palace. A train was sent ordinate (?) officer." to Casrakoe Selo in charge of a French workman, and while he was cleaning it in the Royal garage on the day on which it was to have been exhibited to the Czar, au effcer la s silk shirt and military breaches and boote entered, and began to ask questions about the train and how it worked. The workman became impatient, And said he bad no time to answer further questions, as he bad to get the train ready to show it to the Crar.You are showing it to the Csar," said the officer. The Czar gave the workmans signed and framed photograph of himself, and seemed to be greatly pleased with the man's bluntness,

CRAE AND WORKM

for the staff bas amounted to £225,500.

KAISER AND BRITISH NAVY:

TU INBPACTION OF LORD CHARLES BERESFORD'S CHANNEL PLBET,

The "Pall Mall Quasita" published the Gothenburg the substance of which was cabled by following telegram from its correspondant at ear London correspondent à month ago:

floor who is serving on board one of the ships of the Channel Fleet, which arrived here yester day afternoon, tells me of the following incident by which bis Imperial German Majesty has his own, his interest in all affairs naval, whether oros-agala-demonstrated, in a manner peculiarly of his own feet or that of another over.

Lieut. de Limarès, Shanghai D'Entrebasteaux, 1st class armoured draiser; 8,200 tons, 20 gang, 13,530 L.p. Captain Thibault, Shanghai

Ester; gunboat, 141 tony, Reserve, Haiphong Esturgeon, submarine, 70 tons, 60 h.p. Lieut

Combo, Saigon

Fronde, destroyer, 300 tons, 7 guns, 6,300 k.p.,

Salgon

12 hp, Haiphong Hari Rivière, river gunboat, 150 torx, 6 gang Jacquin, gunboat, 200 fous, Reserve, Haiphong Lion, gunboat, 503 tous, Reserve, Saigon Lynx, sub-marine 70 tons, 6 h.p., Licat. Marrs,

Saigon

Manche, aurroying-ship, 1,525 tons, 10 guns, 900.b.p.. Commander Esgot de la Touche, Saigon

Mousquet, destroyer, 300 tons, 7 gens, 6,300 Commander de la Roche Kerandreon,

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MAIL TABLES

FOR 1908.

Shows the dates of departars of the Mails

to Europe and Americs, and the dates of their expected arrival at their destinations, as well at the dates of return Mails.

Monsted on Card

On Paper

Un

veaw

Ofice

...30 Cente

20 Daily

Preet

Hongkong, 17th January, 903.

George Street, Minories, London, E.C., Eng:

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PER CASE

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$1.5

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THIS YAT WAS EASTLUSE THE LATE ROBERT THÔRSE-

OF GREENOCK AND HAS BEEN SOLD AS NO SINCE 1831

GERAT FIRE AT LIBBON.

from some egb

CHIRE WHIP'S STORIES. Mr. J. A. Pose, the now Chief Ministerial Waly, told some amusing stories at an Eiglity Club disney given in his bonour. Da 003 occasion be found that a member was present at the House of Commons for three consecutive daye, but Mr. Pease received from his messenger who called at the member's haase a very morning) the report that while his family were at home the member was out of London (Great laughter. It required a good deal of self. strainsto pastat momber in the lobby on the third day without saying to him, “How are

(Much lauthor.) allathome

The Channel Fleet, which is te fall strength, was of anchor, la alback Bay-on-the north-east coast of Danmark, en Tuesday, when, at about 7 o'clock in the even the Hohenzollera, ping the Imperial sinn. dard, escorted by the crater Stettin and the torpedo bost destroyer Bleipner, was sighted on the horizon steering for the anchorage.

IDE

Lord Charles Beresford, Commander-in. Chief of the Channel Fleet, promptly gave the order to drese abip with masthead figs, and when H.I.M, the Kaiser arrived he was greeted by a Royal salute of twenty-one guns from the whole flet manned, with gairds and bands paraded,

"The Hohenzollern came up to the Best at 7.45 o'clock, steamed round the bows of the Hindustan, between the third and fourth divi. sions of the battle fort, passed under the stere of the King Edward VI-the commander-in His chief's flagship and then turned again, steer ing quite close to all four 1igsbipe.. Majesty then departed in the Hohenzollern, as mysteriously as he bad arrived.

Olry, river gualost, 170 tons, & guns, 500 hp, Lieut. de Maindreville, Upper Yangise Peibo, river gunboat, 180 tons, guns, 80 b.p

Lieut. Puech, Tongko

Perle sub-marine, 70 tone, 60 h.p., Lieut. Mok ♥

pier, Saigon Pistolet, destroyer 300 tons, 7 guus, 7,000 hp.,

Commander Mortspel, Hongas. Protée, sub-marine, 70 tons, 60 h.p., Liant.

Morris, Saigon

87 guns, 0.200 h.p. Capt. Drouet, Saigon Rodontable, hartieslip, (esarra) 9,33) Long Styx, armenred gnabiat, 1,800 tons, 8 gans

1,600 hp. Lout. Seriot, Saigon Takiang, steam lannob, Upper Yangtza

rans 6,500 h.p Takou, destroyer, 280 tona, In Rogerse, Baigon Vauban torpedo-lapot, Commander Mortonal,

Hongey Vétéran, tarpeda-depot, Elent. Bibel, Cap

Saint-Jacq

Vigilante, river gunboat, 180 tons, 6 gana, 7 h.p.

Lieu', Dumonlin, Sikiang

GERMAN..

Vipère, gnuboat, 475 tons, Reserve, Saigon Arcona, oruiser, 2719 tana, Captain von Hippe Furst Bismarck, (flagship), 11000 tons, 36 gúna, 14000 h.p., Koutre-Admiral Coerper Shivagoni

Amag

Whips had a wonderful opportunity of An enormous four-storey building, belonging to the Provident Company, the largest and studying character. Two sessions ago he most important foundry and steel tabe firm in thought that a member, whom he saw at the table that night-(laughter)-was abant from Portugal. as completely destroyed by fire

an all-night sitting. He really was present in last month, the damage bing climated at con- siderably over £10,000. The fire raged flerely every division, but he was at other times asleep

As he passed each ship the National throughout the night, and illuminated the whole in one of the recesses. Mr. Pease missed him, and city

When the fire wasat its height a quantity sent a telegram to his house at seven in the Anthem was played, and three cheere given. Come down at once to relieve During the whole time the Kaiser remained of heavy machinery situated on the fourth floor, men Themenbor Turned up at his house at alone on the upper brilge, moving from side to side to tokaowledge the saintes and cheers. and weighing some hundreds of lose, orashed guard, through the lower floors to the basement, and eight o'clok, and expected to receive a warm

The manner in which the torpedo bost des directly afterwards the whole bailding collapsed welcome from his wife and a good deal of syn

Dat shes id, Where have you been (Mach admiration in all who witness this incident.

Steaming immediately under the part quartor Iltia, gunboat, 1000 toas 10 guns, 1300 h.p..

Captain Lans of the Hohenzollern, her bows literally in the laughter). He replied. "All-night sisting the House."She-replied, "Now, it is of no

wake of the yacht's propellers she kept per Jagaar, guabat, 901 tons, 10 guns, 1300 h.p..

Captain Graf von Poandowsky-Wohner use your telling me lies(roara of laughter)

Leipzig, crnier, Captain Engol and thereupon she produced from under herfect station throughout the complicated pis-

The cruise Blettin, however, proved her pillow the telegram signed "Pease," and saying, age of the fleet,

Come down to the House at ones."." (More self unequal to the-damanda made by her Captain Boikea.

Sovereign on her turning powers.

SCOTCH WHISKY. with noise like, thuader. People living in-pathy for having bees in the House all night. troyer Sisipror was hamilled arcased grest

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neigbouring streets were terror-stricken, and of families fled from their homes, a report plosives were stored on the premises and that "HONG KONG, CHINA & MANILLA.g oureenoy that large quantities of ex a terrible explosion was inevitable. The whela of the firemen of Lisbon were engaged in Hghting the flames, and succeded in preventing the fire from spreading to adjacent property.

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The incident may be regarded as a grace ful tribute to the presenos of the Channel Fleet in Morthern watera from one. who, although Emperor of a foreiga Power, is also a British Admiral-of-tho Fiest."

WEATHER REFORT.

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report:

On the 13't at 11.55 am-The barometer her fallen tooderately in E. Japan, and risen slightly over 8. Chint and the Più ippines.

Preare is high over the Pacifs in the neighbourhood of the Bmins I is relatively low over N. China and as in a trongb lying

N. over the

part of the Chins Sea Moderate 8 E and B winds may be expected in the For Dosa Chamuel, and along The Northern shores of the China Bes

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Locks, gubat 80 Lou, 10 gaus, 1344 h.p.

Niobe cruiser, Captain Lingamak liger, gunboat, 900 tour. I guas, 1800 hp...

Captain r. Kos

Tsingiau, gunboat, 17)

gaus, 1300 h.p.

Captain Rosa Vaterland. gia boat-tons, 3 guns, 500 h.p.

Captain-Toussaint

ITALIAN.

Vorwerts, ganhost, First Lieut Riechers, Vesuvio, oraiser, 2145 tons Baron de Sain.

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Rio Lima, ormer, 720, toas, 7 gruas, Macao,

UNITED STATES. Barry, dostroyer, 420 tous, Eas. David Lyons.

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Shanghai

Chauncey, destroyer, 420 tonų, Lt. Frank

MeOrary, Cavito

Chattanooga, cruor, 3200 tons, Commander

R. C. Smith, Swatow

Thong kong rajatall for the hours eading Cleveland, croiser 3200 tons, Commander,

at 10 am. to-day, 008 inches-

The forest for the today is a falloza

6.8 and B.

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(show cy, Formosa Channel ...

Same as No. 1. South coast of China bat een game as No 1.

J. T. Neston, Carib

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Nimits. Cavita

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