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FOR EUROPE & AMERICA.. INDIA, AUSTRALIA, do,, and for

PRIVATE RESIDENTS AT TEM OUTPORTS

A Comprehensive and Complete Record of tha

NEWS OF THE FAR EAST

is given in the fa HONGKONGWEEKLY

PRESS,

With which is incorporated the CHINAOTERTAND TRADE REPORT Subscription, paid in advance, $12 per annum. Postage to say! part of the World 82.

Hongkong Daily Press.

No. 16,110. 號十一百一千六萬一站

NEW

PIANOS

ON HIRE

AT

$10 PER MONTH,

TUNING AND REGULAR

ATTENTION INCLUSIVE.

S. MOUTRIE & CO., LIMITED.

CHINA MUTUAL

ESTABLISHED 18 & 7..

BŁLATEXKÉT HONGKONG, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 97o, 1909. 四㟖體

CHAMPAGNES.

منبت

FOMMERY & GRENO,

BOLLINGER & Co., VAN 1900,

GIESLER & Co

POL ROGER, IN 1900,

LANSON PERE ET FILS, VIE 1900,

DUC DE MONTEBELLO,

IRBUY & Co., VIN 1898 & 1900, PAUL DOMMIER & Co.,

LOUIS RENAU.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, ~~

15, Queen' Road Central.

CUTLER, PALMER & CO..

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS

TELEPHONE No. 75..

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$

LONDON, INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA.

ESTABLISHED 1816.

BRANDY

IMPERIAL WHISKY'

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A MAGNIFICENT BRAND, SPECIALLY SELECTED FOR THE FAR EAST, WHISKY, PALL MALL

PRICES

JOHN WALKER & SONS'

OLD HIGHLAND

ON

LIFE

“APPLICATION.

INSURANCE CO., LD.,

"OF SHANGHAT.

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS,

ALEXANDER MCLEOD, Esq., Chairman,

C. STEPHARIVS, Esq.

LEE YUNG ST,

Esq

J.-H. MCHTOHARE, Esq.

C. R. BUSKILL, Esq.

JAWATTIK, Esq., Managing Director.

A. J. HUGHES, Esq., Becretary,

8. B. NEL FLA

Actuary

4 streng British Corporation Registered

under

Hongkong Ordinances and under Life Assurance Companies Acts, England.

Iarnrance in Forte$34,054,152.00

Assote

Income for Year

7,114,490.68

3,073,834.81

Total Security to Policyholders 7883,852.53

LEFFERTS KNOX, Esq., Hongkong, Can-

District Manager.

B. W. TAPE

ton, Macso

and the Philippines

0. P. & CO.'S SPECIAL

BLEND

PORT WINE, INVALIDS

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DOURO

SHERRY, LA TORRE

AMOROSO

BENEDICTINE, - D.O.M.

THE ABOVE ABE EXCLUSIVELY SHIPPED TO

LANE,

SIEMSSEN & CO..

HONGKONG AGENTS.

CRAWFORD & CO.

(TELEPHONE 97).

Distriot Recretary- #1472] - ALEXANDRA BUILDING, HONGKONG. WE ARE NOW SHOWING A LARGE SELECTION OF NEW GOODS SUITABLE PO

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Chake 375 the 'not $5,50 per csak ex Factory In Bage 250 lbs. not $3.45 per bag er Factory

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers. Hongkong, 29th April, 1909.

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"TOYS TOYB!! TOYS MI

GOOD NEWS FOR THE YOUNGSTERS. W

"E have just umpasked a larga and varied assortment of MAS CRACKERS, XMAS STOCKINGS, TOYS, DOLLS and BALLS. All these Goods are of the Best Quality, and will be sold at Cheap Pricos We bog to invite Ladies and Gentleman to visit our Store and convince themselves before purchasing from elsewhere...

Prices very reasonable. Please extend your patronage and be satised.

H. HIFTOOLA & Co.

13 and 15, D'Aguilar St.

Hongkong, 2nd November, 1909,

1373

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY

7.00..

LIMITED

TIME TABLE.

WARK DAYS

7.30 am to 10.00 am.... Every 10 minutes 10.00 am to 11.00 11.30 am to 12.45 p.m.... Every 15 min

2001. Every 15 minu 12.45 pm to 1.15 p.m... Every 10 minutes 1.15 pm to 1.45.p.m...Every 15 minutes. 1.45 p.m. to +2.16 p.m... Every 10 minutes. 2.15 pm to 3.00

3.30 pm to 5.00very 15 minates. 5:00 pm to 8.00ary 15 minutes.

Every 10 minutes. NIGHT CARN. 6.45 pm- & 9:00p.m.9.45 to 15-16 Dapatkan ku sisevery hour.

SATURDAYS,

w-1116 5pm.

Care at 3.15 p.m. pm, 11.45pm.

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS -

LADIES' FITTED DRESSING CASES.

A

GENTLEMEN'S FITTED SUIT CASES. GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR SETS, THERMUS FLASKS, JUGS & THERMOTOTS, CAKE STANDS, ELECTRO-PLATED GOODS, DESSERT SET, GLASSWARE.

GENTLEMEN'S DRESSING GOWNS, KNITTED WAISTCOATS, GLOVES, TIES, UMBRELLAS, WALKING STICKS.

LADIES'

BLOUSES, NECKWEAR,

COSTUMES,

HOSIERY, ETC., ETC.

A LARGE SELECTION OF

COATS,

TOYS, DOLLS AND GAMES

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

PEARSON'S HYCOL

CO-EFFICIENT 18/20,

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PRICES:

$3.00 per 1 gall, Drum. $12.50 per 5 gall.Drum. $2.60 per 1 gall.in Bulk,

15

Extra Casas 1510, and 1145 pm Pearson's Saponified CRESOL

SUNDAYS...

Every 15 minutes.

8.00 a.m. to 9.00am. Every 15

9.00 am, to 9.30 am. Every 30 minutes. 9.30 am to 10.30s.n.Exery 15 minutes, 10.30 am to 11.00 am....Every 11.45am. to 12.00 Noon. Every 15 minutes. 10 minutes. 200 Noon to 1.00 p.m. Every 10 minutes. 1.00 p.m. to: 5.00 p.m....Every 15 minutes. 5:00 pm to 6.00 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 6.00p.m. to 7.00 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 7.00 pm to 8:00 p.m... Every 10 minuten. NIGHT CARS at 8:45 pm. & 9.00p.m., 9.45 to at 11.15 p.m., every half hour.

SPECIAL CARE by arragement at the Company's Office, Alexandra Buildings, Desert Vour Road Contral,

General Managers.

HA JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

Hongkong, 1st April, 1909.

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PRICES:

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5; $1.75 per 1 gallon Drum.

Ask other Manufacturers of Fluids for a Guarantee of the Germicidal Strengths of their products pare the realt with our HYCOL, This is the only way you can arrive at the Get Killing (in xelation to Pare Carbolic Acid) under the Standard Test on Typhoid Germs, and then com e. Properties and at the true value of a Genuine Disinfectant Fluid, pakki AGENTS HONGKONG,

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For Pearson's Antiseptic Co

张九月二十年九零百九于一英港香

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DEALERS IN :-

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PHOTO GOODS of all descriptions, EASTMAN KODAK

&0., &c.

FILMS.

DEVELOPING & PRINTING

SPECIALITY.

BREWER & CO.,

1465

LIMITED.,

FEDDER STREET-Adjoining Main Entrance HONGKONG HOTEL TELEPHONE, NO. 696.

Now READY VERY CHOICE SELECTION, For the Hosts MAIL, CHINESE CHRISTMAS CARDS,

JAPANESE CALENDAR, TONKIN INLAID PEARLWORK. BOY'S OWN PAPER,

GIRL'S OWN PAPER,

LITTLE FOLKS,

ME SUNDAY, ANDREW LANG'S, COLOUR. FAIRY TALE BOOKS. LETTS'S DIARIES, 1910. THE NAUTICAL ALMANAO 1910.

ORIGINAL DESIGNS CHRISTMAS PRIVATE GREETING CARDS.

NOW 'HEADY.

LATEST COLONIAL NOVELS, $175 BACH, The White Prophet, by Hail Caine. The Smiths of Valley View, by Keble Howard. Open Country (a comedy with a Story), by

Maurice Hewlett.

Mr. Mark's Secret, by Phillipe Oppenheim, A Desperate Hops, S. K. Hecking The Marriage of Hilary Carden, by. Stanley

P. Hyatt.

Madame Chrysantheme, by Pierre Loti, Watchers by the Shore, by J. E. Patterson. Galates of the Wheat Field, by M. E. Francis, Men of the Mountain, by 8. R. Crockett.

The Little White Bird, by J. M. Barrie 3080 A Window in Thrams, by J. M. Barris Black Rock, by Ralph Connor Concerning Isabel Carnaby, by Ellen

Fowlor...

The Scribblers' Club, by Charles Garvice Oh, Christina, by J. J.B...

£32

JAPANESE OAK LOGS

AND

SEVERAL KINDS OF HARD AND SOFT WOOD. SUITABLE FOR SHIPYARDS AND BUILDERS.

PRICE VERY MODERATE.

-MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD.

KELLY & WALSH, LTD.

Actions and Beactions, by Rudyard

Kipling

The Firing Line, by R. W. Chambers The White Prophet, by Hall Caine Diamond Cut Pasts, by A&E. Castle... The Haven, by Eden Phillpotts

The Pools of Silence, by H. de V.

Staspoole

THR

The Anglican På t7 $175 ANGLO-CHINESE SKETCHES, by

W. A. Rivers, 2nd Edition

1,75

1.75 The Case for Alcohol, by R. Park. 1.75 Pictorial Log of the US. Battle Fleet 1,75

Cruise Around the World, by RJ. Miller

80

80

80

THE DIRECTORY & CHRONICLE

FOR 1909.

Complete Edition

$10.00

6.00

Orders may be sent to the Hongkong Daily Press Offee and to the Local Booksellers.

PRICE, $3 PER MONTH.

HOTELS

HONGKONG HOTEL

FIRE CLASS AND UP-70-DATE.

Dining accommodation for 300 Persons, String Band Plays daring Tifin and Dinner, Well Furnished Reception Rooms.

Private Bar and Billard Room for Hotel

Residents.

Eleotris Tafts to each Floor

Electric Lighting and Fans Telephones on every Floor. Every

Comfort

Ladies' Afternoon Tea Rooms. Ladies' Cloak Rooms.

Matron in attendance.

CHAKORS MODEBATE, AND NO EXTRAS.

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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 Fans (it

"required)..

Eleotris Passenger Elerstor to each door. Tabla D'Hôte at saparate tablos. For Terms, &c., apply to the Hongkong, 24th July, 1905.

MANAGER, [31341

“KINGSCLERE,”

PRIVATE HOTEL. APPROACH FROM KENNEDY ROAD AND MACDONNEL ROAD.

Telephone No. 134.

80 Telegraphic Address A.3.C. Code, 5th Ed.

"SACEBOLA."

$0.50

LECTRIC LIGHT. Hot and Cold Water throughout. Billiards, Tennis, Croquet, putting green and fine stabling for horses.

'Proprietress, Mrs. G. SACHSE.

$45

"BRAESIDE,

PRIVATE HOTEL

TANDING in its own grounds with Tennis -and Croquet Lawns, Large Airy and Wall Furnished Rooms, every home comfort. Fine Vion of the Harbour, Telephone, No. 690.

Apply to MRS. F. W..WATES,

"Bracalde," 20, Macdonnell Bad. Hongkong, 4th December, 1907. [$44

DONT "BATCH" IN BATCHES!!!

WHEN. You may have ALL the Comforte

at less Cost at

THE WAVERLEY,

PRIVATE BOAEDING HOUSE,

43, Robinson Road. Newly decorated and fitted with every modern convenienco.

Mas. W. H. EMBERLEY Proprietress,

8.50

1.75

The Necromancers, by B. H, Benson ... Northern Lights, by Gilbert Parker Cat Off from the World, by F. T. Bullen. The Bed Room, by W. Le Quenz.. The Romance of Michael Trevail, by

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Around the World with the U. S.

Caisine unexcelled.

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.75

Battleships, by R. J. Millers illos, Magician Annual, by Will Gelidston The Bernat Life of Our Time, by L

Block, M.D.

Tennis Court,

3.75

4.00

Terms, Just right!

$15.50

1.76

by

James

2,25

6.00

CHRISTMAN STOCK; PICTURE BOOKS AND CHILDREN'S ANNUALS,

THE NEW GOLLYWOGG BOOK, LANG'S NEW NEBO BOOK,

THE NEW BUSTER BROWN BOOK, NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND

317

PAINTING BOOKS, &c., &c.

The Bride of the Mistlet

Jane Allen

Mistletoe, The MUSIC & MUSICAL INSTRU. MENTS OF JAPAN, by Bir Francis Piggott; New edition, Ilias." CHRISTMAS NUMBERS:

Graphic, Illua. Londor News, Holly Leaves, Black & White; Peaze', Sketch, Gentle

woman ko. AETNA

The IMPERIAL ANGLO-CHINESE DIARY, 1910.

The IMPERIAL ANGLO-CHINESE DATE BLOCK.

Standard Works, Poets, Devotional Books, Focket Edition of Kipling, Dickens, Thackery, o, in Artistic Leather Bindings.

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

Hongkong, lat November, 1909,

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VICTORIA HOTEL

SHAMEEN--ČANTON. Telegraphic address VICTORIA, SHAKERN, MANAGER ME. I HATES. SITUATED OF THE BRITISH CONCESSION."

MACAO HOTEL.

MACAO SITUATED IN THE CENTRE OF PRAYA GHANDE Telegraphio address -FARMER, Macao.” Beth Hotels electrically, lighted, and under axperienced European Supervision. GUIDES AND CHAJES PROVIDED. Every information and Special attention given.

to: Tourists. REASONABLE RATES.

WHITE HORSE” 99 To His MADEBIT1625]

WHISKY.

MACKIE & CO. DISTILLERS LTD. LAGAVULIN DISTILLERY, ISLAK.

OBTAINABLE AT ALL STORES

OE YRON THE

BOLE AGENTS:

THI KING;

By Royal Appointment,

Estab, 1742.

Quality the Secret of Shoreen

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO. NOTE-Any persons proved guilty of re-filling our empty bottles with inferior Whisky

will be refusedsupplies,

1634

FOR SALE OR TO LET.

DERRINGTON FRAK ROAD, No. 8.,

Roed, 7.

SHORNCLIFFE, Garden For Particulars apply tod

- C. SCHRÖTER,

King's Buildings, LIED, Care of Carrela, Borner & Co. Hongkong, Lat December, 1909.

[1140

FOR SALE "Quality of NETTING for Tennis A Court, etc. STABLE, BILLIARD SETS, BLATE BEDS, from $40.00

CHINA EXPRESS

WM. FARMER,

Proprietor.

BOA VISTA.”. (HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH

THE

CHINA). MACAO.

THE Hotel is under European manage ment and most strict supervision as te food, aleanliness and hygiene of the piece.

All comforts of a home,

A most pleasant retreat for these desirous for a Low days rest and quiet,

Comfortable accommodation for travellera

WE receive regularly Now Shipments of paying a visit to the historical and picturesgos

EXTRA CHOICE

ENGLISH

of Macro.

Macno is-40 miles south-west of Hongkong, Two steamers (ss. Bui du and Sui Fas) daily, te and from Hongkong, and two steamers to and from Canton, give easy communication with both these centres.

Cablo AddresBOAVISTA," For Terms, apply to

BACON 96]

75 CENTS PER LE

THE DAIRY FARM

THE MANAGER.

REMOVAL NOTICE.

THE SWATOW DEAWN WORK Co. have REMOVED from N 68,

Wellington St, to their New Premises, No. 17,

DEEEN'S

ROAD

CENTRAL lately

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