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BRANDY

AND

SHERRY,

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

WE beg to notify our Customers and the

Publio generally that we have adopted New Labels bearing our Trade Mark for our BRANDIES and SHERRIES and that such Inbels will come into use as from the lar DECEMBER Next.

A. S. WATSON & Co., LIMITED, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

ESTABLISHED A.D, 1841.

FACSIMILE OF LABELS REDUCED TO HALF ACTUAL SIZE.

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SVPERION

Paic Brandy

(AS Waloon & C_Lomited

Hong Kong China & Manila

-ESTABLISHED & D 18415

FIRS

· SUFERIOR OLD.

Cognac

APWatson UC." Simited. Kony King Choost Manila.

ESTABLISHED AD 184

SUPERIOR OLD LIQUEUR

Cognac

AS Walim &C. Limited Hong Kong China Manita

ESTABLISHED' A'D. 1941.

VORY TIME OLD PALE I

Liqueur Cognac

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AS Watson & Co Limited

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BESTABLISHED AGRESI

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FINEST OLD

Brown Brandy

Loveraly Schected for

A S. WaDom & Co. Lonated.

Hong Kong China's Manu

ESTABLISHED A D. 1891,

FESTA

Sherry

VINO DE PASTO,

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ASWatson&C

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Sherry

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ASWatson&C United.

HONG KONG. CHINA & KANILA.

Sherrie

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A S Wildon & Co Laith

Hong Kong China Manilan

ESTABLISHED B÷, "DENY

·*FINEST PALE DRY NUTTY;

SHERRY

SPECIALLY SELECTED WOR

A.S.WATSON & Co Eo #MONG KONG, CHINA & KABILA

Hongkong, 25th November, 1908. 1604

INSURANCES

BAUM FUA MACHOW PRIMI YHAW DOD NAUD Hind THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, 1908.

AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN-

SURANCE CO.

OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.

THE the above Company, tre HE Undersigned, having been appointed prepared to ACCEPT EISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

WM. MEYERINK & CO., Agents.

114 Hongkong, 5th September, 1908. NATIONAL GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., OF LONDON,

THE SHOEGREN AUTOMATIC GUNS

official residence as the result of his providential, h Oscape.

Demonstrations were given recently at the

The antecedents of Jotindra Nath Roy practice ground of the Normal Powder Com Chowdhuri who attempted to assassinate Bir may near Willesden, of the Normal automatio Andrew Fraser are not yet fully known. He is shot gun and of a carbine, operated on the a relative of Satyendra Nath Bose, one of the same principle applied in a different fashion. murderers of the approver Gossain. It is stated. Thore, have been and there are, of course, many Governor in order to avenge the death penalty A correspondent writing to the Times says that he says he fally intended to fill the Liont. other automatic rifles, and a few automatio on Bose, which the Lieut. Governor refused to fowling pieces have been placed on the market. commute. His house has been acerohod and Others of these latter have, as may not be known many suspicious documents feand. He is generally, been made from private design for alleged to be a friend of the conspirators now be divided into two being tried at Alipore, He is 18 years of ago private use. All classes, these operated by

by g

and those operated and is a second year student at the General by recoil. The Normal shot-gun, based on the Assembly Institution. Shoegren system, ee-called from the name of its Swedish inventor, is operated by the recoil, and,

THE Undersigned, having been appointed it is to be noted as a distinction, barrel and

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

REUTER, BROCKELMANN & Co. 1566 Hongkong, 14th November, 1908, THE GLOBUS INSURANCE COMPANY

OF HAMBURG.

THE Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rutea

CARLOWITZ & Co. 28 Hongkong, 13th August 1906.

NORILE INSURANCE COMPANY

TORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN

TOTAL FUNDS At 31st Deosmere, 1907

£18,114,624.

I. Authorised Capital...... £3,000,000 Subscribed Capital 2,750,000 Paid-up Capital.

687,500 3,065,374 189

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II. Fire Funds

The Undersigned, AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Ratos,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agente.

1019 Hongkong, 21st July, 1908.

NETHERLANDS LLOYD OF AMSTERDAM & BATAVIA.

TH

HE Undersigned having been appointed AGENTS of the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT FIRE and MARINE RISKS at Current Rates,

CRUZ, BASTO & Co. Hongkong, 11th November, 1908.

DAYERCHANT NAVY

994

NAVY BOILED

LONG FLAX

1548.

stook are immorably attached to each other and retain theit relative positions at all times. An illustration of the manner of action may be given best in the words of tho makers, who choose a familiar analogy t

In these days of frequent railway journeys every one has observed the sudden lurch of strap-hanging passengers when a train nnox- pectedly starts. The larch is not in reality any. movement of the strap-hanger, lint merely an illustration of the tendency of a body not in movement to remain at rost. Relative to the set to swing backwards, and the more swiftly the train starts when the more violent will be the lurch. Now, agan is fired, the gran immediately recoils, or starts back. The Normal aatomatle gun is fitted with a movable brocch-bolt cover which is hell in position in its guides by means of springs. This cover, a body not in movement, retains by its own inertia its position while the rest of the gun is driven back. Consequently, exactly as in the case of the strap-hanger, it seems to lurch forward at the commencement of recoil. No mechanism is required to make this forward motion, the real movement being in the gun, which goes back. The cover, thus left behind through its own inertia, compressen the recoil spring in front of it, and also cocks the striker. At this stage, the gan having, ao to speak, slipped away from under the bolt cover, the backward drive of the whole weapon is partially arrested and the recoil spring begins to thrust the cover back to its original position, In this movement, the outer, so to speak, catching up with the gun, the brooch bolt f the first time unbolted. The cover, continuing its travel, then carry the bolt with it. The bolt in this movement extract the spent cartridge case from the chamber and the ejector then ejects it. Meanwhile, a fresh cartridge is supplied from and the backward motion is

SHARE REPORT,

to

Mesara. Erich Gedfg & Co. in their weakly sharo list, dated the 28th November, 1908, say :— During the week under review our local market has ruled firm for & good many stocks, and Banks, Unions, Cantons and Shell Transports, us well as a few smaller stocks have improved value, but the volume of Imsiness has been small only, owing to the difficulty in

in getting people part with their holdings, while on the other hand, intending buyers are reluctant to increase offers. The sterling dead, while rates ou on London has fallen to ls. 8, on Shanghai are Tis. 75 for a Bank T/T, and Tis, 75 for a three days sight Private Bill, the rate in Shanghai on this for a three days' sight Private Draft boing. Tis. 75. Barsilver in London is quoted 223d., and Consuls £84. The Bank of England's rate of discount remains 24 per cent, which is also the private market rate of discount."

BANK SHARES-Hongkong & Shanghais have been in steady demand at rapidly rising rates, but few shares changed hands: up to 8845 has been paid, and there are bayers at that figure. Shanghai quotes buyers at 3965 at an exchangu of 73, while the London quotation is £82. 154. Nationals are unchanged.

MARINE INSURANCE SHARES-Unions have been done at $790 to 3800, closing with bayers at the higher rate. China Traders are unchanged, and so are Yangtzes. North Chines have improved to buyers at Tis. 92, while Cantons. have advanced to for

$190 aales, FIRE INSURANCE SHanze. Hongkongs romain on offer at $330, but Chinas have gone up to bayers at 8102.

SHIPPING SHARES.-Hongkong, Canton and Macno Steamboats sold in small lots at $29 and $291, closing with sellers at $294. Indo-Chines

the magazine the cover has compressed the ore for sale at $54 (preference and deferred

continued closing spring and is stopped by the solid sur- face denominated not ineptly the fales breech. AVID CORSAR & SON'S In the backward movement the cartridge stop controlling the carriers which raises the cart tridge issuing from the magazine, also partakes. The cartridge releases the carrier latch, which in its normal position obstracts return of the breach block cover to its the closed position. Should, therefore the maga xine be empty, the breech will remain unclosed. Otherwise the cover is carried home by the closing

spring and the gun is ready for the next discharge."

RELIANCE CROWN. TARPAULING

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & CO.

Sale Agents.

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SARSAPARILLA

WETN GRIMALILT & Coa.

SARSAPABI

"The original ser-- saparilla, recom=.. mended for the last 40 years... for lymphatic diseases, eroptions, boils, and all-disorders of the skin.

From a practical point of view, however, what one looks to is the appearaner and behaviour of the gun or rifle, as the case may be, particularly in relation to certain weaknesses not unusual in the case of automatic weapons. The gun, thon, is an easy woapon to handle, comes up quickly and well, is handy, not by any means enmbrous in the breach, and, as was shown, till easily discharge five shots well inside four seconds. Its special merit is that no operation" of the marksman's hand is required for socking, as it is in most other cases. The mechanism also ejenta wall that is to say, with certainty, and without unnecessary violence, the latter a grievous fault of some aatomatic gans. The value of such a gan. for sporting purposes is obvious. Not everybody can afford or is able to employ effectively and safely several guns and louters at the covert side, or in the butts; and a sportsman with two automatin and a londer would be placed at great grang advantage. The whole affair as at present pro- duced is inexpensive, costing £10 only, but it would obviously be easy to employ the finest and most costly barrels known to the trade. The principle of the rifle is similar, but somewhat differently applied, the magazine being filled by a clip of five cartridges, whereas into the fowling piece magazine the cartridges are inserted separately. Like the fowling piece, the rifle requires no separete operation of the hand to cock it for each discharge. The right hand need. never be moved from the trigger, and five shots AS SUPPLIED TO THE HOUSE OF are easily fired within four seconds. The ejector sation struck one as being unusually sure and LORDS, AND HOUSE OF COMMONS.sate. Pointa to be noted are that there is no "out off which will not please the naval authorities-that the rifle can be used as a single and that, in case of a misfire, the defective cartridge can be got rid of with consummate ease. Of such misfires, by the way, there were two in two successive clips, which seemed rather a large allowance considering that they were certainly not premeditated. This rifle is stated to be under tho consideration of the War Office authorities at the present time. It can be taken to pieces and put together again very: rapilly.

-GUINAULT MON

PARIB

THORNE'S

PER CASE

OLD VAT

$15

THIS YAT WAS STARTER BY THE LATE ROBERT, THORNE

OF CREEMOSK AND HAS BEEN SOLO AS ME SINGË 1930

THE ATTEMPT ON SIR ANDREW FRASER'S LIFE.

DRAMATIC ÉCENE AND DESPERATE STRUGGLE.

The dastardly attempt to amassinate Sir An- drow Fraser, Lient. Governor of Bengal which took place on the 8th inet, is thus described in n Caloutta dispatch His Honour had just entered the Y.M.C.A. branch at Overtown hall, Capsuk, where he was to preside at a lecture by Professor Ernest Do Witt Barton, of Chicago University, when a stalwart Bengali, named J. Roy Chord-

SCOTCH WHISKY. buri, daslard forward and, thrusting a revolver

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HONG KONG, CHINA & MANIELA.

A. S.WATSON & CO,LTD."

ON SALE,

THE FIFTY YEARS

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FROM 1ST JANUARY, 1864 to 31ar DroEMBER 1813, BRING FROM THE 1FT YEAR OF THE 70TH CYCLE TO THE 50TH YEAR OF THE 70TH CYCLE THAT 18" THE 3RD YEAR OF TUNG CHT TO THE 39TH YEAR OF KWONG SULaguna de CE PRICE 32 CASH On Sale at the "HONGKONG DAILY P OFFICE, or Agents in all the Ports of the Får Emat/T DIKIRDA MANN

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into His Honour's face pulled the trigger thice. Fortunately the weapon missed fire, and before a third attempt could be made Mr. B. R. Barber, the Secretary of the branch, sprang at Chowdhari, who fought like a madman for freedom. In the montimo the Maharaja of Burdwan dragged Sir Andrew into an anti- chamber. Chowdhuri was eventually over- powered, and was lodged in jail. Mr. Barber received a nasty gash on the lead from the xvolver. A stampede and confusion prevailed in the hall, which was densely crowded by the Bengali community. On order being restored Bir Andrew Fraser mounted the platform and was sheered to the echo for his coolness. His Honour, then opened the proceedings, after the conclusion of which he left the hall with a special escort obeer after cheer greeting him from the crowd along the route. This is the third attempt on the Lieut-Governor, who retires to England on the 28th instant, travelling via Ceylon to visit his son in Kandy.

The motive assigned for the outrage is His Honour's refusal to commute the sentence of death on Satyendra Nath Bose, one of the asHES- sins of the approver Gossain in the terrorist trials. Chowdhuri refusas to make a statement, saying that his head is too puzzled

Sir Andrew is in the best possible spirite, and the greatest folicitations are pouring into his

combined), while Shanghai wires buyers at Tls. 372, the London rates are unchanged. Okina and Manilas, Douglases, as well as Star Ferries. and Union Waterboats, are unchanged, and without sales. Shell Transports, in sympathy. with the London quotation of 48, 6d, sellere, have bayers at 478. 6d. for bearer shares.

REFINERIES. China Sugars have been done at 8112. Luzons fetched $18.

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MINING SHARES. Charbonnages are altered Raube sold up to 873, closing steady. Chinese Engineering and Mining Company shares have buyers in the North at Tls. 15.

Docks, WILARVES, GODOWNS, &c-A few sail lots of Hongkong and Whampoa Docks sold at $92, at which figure à few are obtainable.. Ferwicks, as well as New Amoy Dooks are unchanged. Shanghai Books have fallen in Shanghai to Tha 71, and Shanghai and Hongkow Wharves to Ts. 1421, Hongkong and Kowloon Wharves changed hands at $441 and $45, and have sellers at latter rate

LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS.-Small parcels of Hongkong Lands changed owners at 93, but shares are on offer at that Agure. Kowloon Lands continue in demand at $30, while West Pointe have sellers at $46. $80. Hongkong Hotels can be placed at Humphreys Estates sold at $9.40 to $93, and are steady at latter rate. Shanghai Lands are firm at Tls. 116

Corros MILLS-EwOs are

quoted in Shanghai Ths. 57 buyers Internationals Jave. buyers in the North at Tis. 65; Laon Kung Mows are quoted Tis. 72 sellers, and Sonychees The..240 buyers, Hongkong cottons are quiet at $10.

BUNDRY MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. Hongkong Electrics sold and have bayers at 818, and Bella Asbestos are wanted at 28. Dairy Farms sold at 8223 Green Island Cements have been done and are on offer at $10. Other stooks nder this heading are unchanged and without transactions.

MISCELLANEOUS-China-Borneos have im- proved to sales at $11 China Providents Bold at 894 to $9.60, closing with huyers at 892. Langkate have gone up to Tls. 900 buyers; A. 8. Watsons have buyers at $9 x the interim dividend of 30 cents per share paid yesterday. In other stocks under this heading no sales have been reported and rates are unchanged.

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