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No. 16,049. #+WSTAR-# BATA/FZET HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 1909. =Я M¬A^4^THAT-AX# PRICE, $3 PER MONTH,

MOUTRIE

PIANOS

HAVE NO EQUAL

FOR BEAUTY OF

CUTLER, PALMER & CO.,

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS

OF

LONDON, INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA.

ESTABLISHED 1818.

TONE. PERFECTION OF

BRANDY

WHISKY, PALL MALL

JOHN WALKER & SONS

OLD HIGHLAND-

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ON

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PORT WINE, INVALIDS

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THE ABOVE ARE EXCLUSIVELY SHIPPED TO..

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KOWLOON HOTEL

THE ONLY FIRST CLASS

ESTABLISHMENT ACROSS

THE WATER.

SINGLE and DOUBLE ROOMS To Lat with or without Board,

O. E. OWEN,

Proprietor.

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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

PORTLAND CEMENT. Ju Casks 375 lbs. net $5.50 per csak ex F'sotory In Bags 250 lbs. net. $3.45 per bag, ex Factory

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers.: Hongkong, 29th April, 1908.

PEAK TRAMWAYS

7.00 mm.

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS

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COMPANY

7.30 am to 10:00 am....Every 10 minutes. 10.00 .m. to 11.00 sm. Every 15 minutes. 11.30 am to 1245 pm Every 15 minutes.. 12.45 p.m. to 1.15 p.m....Every 10 minutes. 1.15 pm to 1.45pm... Every 15 minutes. 1.45 p.m. te 2.15 pan... Every 10 minutes. 2.16 p.m. te 3.00pm. Every 15 minutes. 3.30 pm. to 5.00p.m....Every 15 minutes. 5:00 p.m. to 8.00p.m.... Every 10 minutes. NIGHT CARS.

8.45 p.m. & 9.00 p.m., 9.45 to 11,15 p.m.

3 hour.

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pm,overy-half hour.

SPECIAL CARS by mnagement at the Company's Offler, Alexandra Buildings, Des Voz Road Central

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hongkong, 1st April, 1909

NOTICE,

“BILLIARDS”

OVE New Patent Low Set Express Cushions can be fitted to say BILLIARD, TABLE

making-it-for-playing purposes as good as new.

(Freight on a case of Cushions to Bombay, Rs. 4/- ony.).

BEST AFRICAN IVORY BILLIARD BALLS, THOROUGHLY SEASONED.

CRYSTALATE AND BONZOLINE BALLS, ALL SIZES. WEST OF ENGLAND BILLIARD CLOTHS A SPECIALLY.

WE HOLD THE LABGEST STOCK OF

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ALL ORDERS DESPATCHED BY RETURN MAIL STEAMER. Mustrated price lists, giving prices and particulars of everything pertaining to billiards, can be bad on application from the Offices of this paper

JOHN ROBERTS & CO., LD.

BILLIARD TABLE MAKERS AND IVORY. TURNERS,

BOMBAY

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The GOLD MEDAL for Quality in the Franco British Exhibition has been awarded to

WHITE HORSE" TO HARSET

WHISKY.

MACKIE & CO. DISTILLERS LTD. LAGATELIN DISTILLERY, ISLAY.

HONGKONG AGENTS,

Mask ÜBTAINABLE AT ALL STORES

OR FROM THE

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NOTICE!

THE NEW LIQUOR DUTIES:

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

HAVE NOT ADVANCED THEIR PRICES OF LIQUORS, AND WILL NOT DO SO UNTIL THEIR EXISTING STOCKS ARE

EXHAUSTED.

REGULAR RETAIL CUSTOMERS

will be supplied at old rates until further notice. WHOLESALE QUANTITIES CANNOT BE SUPPLIED.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

Hongkong, 23rd September, 1909.

TELEPHONE No. 75.

"AQUARIUS."

A PURE,

DISTILLED TABLE WATER

IN

QUARTS, PINTS AND SPLITS.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.,

Hongkong, 1st September, 1909,

PEARSON'S

15, Queen's Road Central,

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HYCOL

(CO-EFFICIENT :16/20)

The most POWERFUL DISINFECTANT in the WORLD. Guaranteed 18/20 TIMES more effective than pare Carbolig Avid under GOVERNMENT-STANDARD TEST on TYPHOID GERMS. Certificate of strength given to each buyer. NON-POISONOUS and NON-IRRITANT to HUMAN and ANIMAL life. NON-CORROSIVE.

ONE GALLON will make 400 GALLONS of Efcient Disinfectant.

PRICE

PERFECT EMULSION IN WATER,

$3.00 PER I GALLON DRUM.

$12.50 5 GALLON DRUM

*

$ 2.60 1 GALLON IN BULK..

1549PEARSON'S SAPONIFIED

W bog to inform our Lady Customers

At that

our Establishment will be CLOSED at 6 P.. every day, commencing from 15th September, for one month only, owing to our FASTING HOLIDAYS.

HOOSAIN-ALF & Co.,

CO-EFFICIENT 10; IN 1 GALLON DRUMS.

5 IN 1

CRESOL

To be obtained from naual Dealers. Prices on application.

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Estab. 1742

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Hongkong, 24th July, 1995.

floor.

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PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.

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** MACEDONIA,”

(10,500 TONS.)

CAPTAIN C. D. BENNETT, B.N.R.

JABIS THROUGH MAIL STEAMER FOR MARSEILLES AND LONDON, VIA BOMBAY WILL LEAVE HONGKONG ON MARCH 19TH, 1910, STAYING AT BOMBAY 24 HOURS ONLY AND IS DUE TO ARRIVE AT

MARSEILLES LONDON

FARES TO LONDON:

APRIL 16TH. APRIL 23RD.

1ST SALOON £7110 SINGLE; £106 14 RETURN. 2ND

£48.8

£72.19

THE

WM. FARMER,

Proprietor.

GRAND HOTEL

DIVISION STREET, KOBE.

FIRST CLASS CUISINE

·COMFORTABLE & AIRY BLOOM & Situated in olose proximity to the Harbour and Railway Station.

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BUTTER.

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