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FOR EUROPE & AMERICA, INDIA, AUSTRALɛa, ko, and for FRIVAZE RESIDENTS AT THR OUTFORTS

A Comprehensive nad Complete Record of the

NEWS OF THE FAR DAST

is given in the

HONGKONG

WEEKLY

PRESS,

With which is incorporated the CHINAOVERLAND TRADE REPORT Subscription, paid in advance, 812 per annum. Postage to any

part of the World $2.

Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857

THE

DIRECTORY & CHRONICLE

FOR 1909,

Complete Edition Sound...

$10.00 6.00

Orders may be sent to the

Hongkong Daily Prea Office and to the Local Booksellers,

No. 16,128. X+=T-TAB-# BɅtЯ-†ŒT HONGKONG, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30TH, 1909. #TERS+#^STAT-RNG PRICE, 8 PER MONTH.

NEW

PIANOS

ON HIRE

AT

$10 PER MONTH.

TUNING AND REGULAR

ATTENTION INCLUSIVE.

S. MOUTRIE & CO.. LIMITED.

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CHINA MUTUAL LIFE

INSURANCE CO., LD... OF SHANGHAI.

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

ALEXANDER MCLEOD, Esq., Chairman.

C. STEPHAZIus, Esj.

LEE YUNG SO, Eng.

J. H. MOMICHAEL, Es

C. R.

BORKILL,

J. A. WATTIB, Esq., Managing Director.

A, J, HUGEES, Esq., Becretary.

8. E. NEILL, F.L.A., Actuary,

A strong British Corporation Registered

under Hongkong Ordinances and under Life Assurance Companies' Acti, England.

Insurance in Feroe ...$34,054,152.00 Assets

7,114,490.08

Income for Year

3,073,834.81

Total Security to Poliopholders 7,883,852.53

LEFFERTS KNOX, Esq., Hongkong, Can-

District Manager.

B. W. TAPE, Faq.

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District Secretary.

ton, Macao

and the Philippines.

ALEXANDRA BUILDING, HONGKONG.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Chaks 375 Tbx, net $5.50 per cask ex Factory In Bags 250 lbs. not $3.45 per bag ax Footery

SHEWAN, TOMES & COM

General Managers. Hongkong, 29th April, 1908. [B1491

TOYS

TOYS!!. TOYS!!!

CHEAP SALE.

CHEAP SALE,

large and varied assortment of X'MAS

AURACKERS, XMAS STOCKINGS,

TOYS, DOLLS and BALLS. All these Goods are of the Best Quality, and will be Hold at Cheap Prices.. We beg to invite Ladies and Gentlemen to visit our Store, and convince themselves before purchasing from

Inowhere.

Prices very reasonable.

"H, HIPTOOLA. & Co.,

· 13 and 15; D'Aguilar St. gkong, 2nd November, 1909. ₤1373

BEAK

TRAMWAYS

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS.

COMPANY

7.00 a.m. 7.30 am. to 10.00 am...Every 10 minutes. 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 am... Every 15 minutes. 11.30 am to 12.45 p.m... Every 15 minutes. 12.45 p.m. to 1.15 p.m....Every 10 minutes. 115 pm to 1:45 pm....Every 15 minutan. 2.15 p.m....Every 10 minutes. 3.00 Every 15 minutes. Every 15 minutes.

1.45 p.m. to 2.15 p.m. to

3.30 p.m. to

5.00 pm, to

Every 10 minutes,

MIGHT

CARE

8.45 p.m. & 9.00 pm., 3.45 to 11.15 p.m.

every bours

HATURBATE.

Extra Cars at 3.15 p.m. 11.30 p.m. and 11.45 p.m.

8.00

BUNDAYE.

9.00 am..

15 minates.

9.00am to 9.30 am Ever 30 minutes.

9.30

a.m. to 10.30.....

Dam....Every 15 minutes.

am.

10:30 am to 12.00 Exay 10 minutes. 11:45 am to 12.00 Noon. Every 15 minutes. 12.00 Noon to

10 minutes 15

· Minutes

1000 Fremo 100p.m. to 500m. Every 10 minutes. 5:00 p.m. to 6.00p.m. 6.00 pm to 7.00 p... Every 15 minutes. 7:00p.m. to 8.00p.m....Every 10 nuentes. NIGHT CARS at 8,45 p.m. & 9.00p.m., 9.15 to 11.15 p.m., every half hour.

SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Office, Alexandra Buildings, Dos Fox Road Central..

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers,

[1260 Hongkong, 1st April, 1909.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

(TILEPHONE,97).

NEW STOCK OF

BILLIARD

PLAIN ASH FOR CLUB USE ROSEWOOD BUTTED

EBONY BUTTED, SPECIAL VALUE THE "PEALL" RECORD CUE

(BREAK 3,304).

The GOLD MEDAT for Quality in the Franco-British Exhibin has been awarded to

WHITE HORSE”

WH SKY.

199 To His 'MAJESTY

THE KING. By Royal Appointment.

CUES.

MACKIE & CO. DISTLERS LTD. LAGAVULIN DISTILLERY, ISLAT.

Estab. 1742.

МАВК

$1.75 3.00

OPTAINABLE AT ALL STORES

DE FROM THE

Quality

SOLE AGENTS:

the Secret of Success.

5.50

& CO.

11.00

CUE TIPS, TIP FASTENERS, CUE CASES. IVORY AND BONZOLINE BALLS.

יי

TABLES RECOVERED.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

CUTLER, PALMER & CO„,

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS

OF

LONDON, INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA.

ESTABLISHED 1815.

(633

LONDON ADDRESS: 3A, NEW LONDON STREET, MARK LANE, LONDON, E.C.

BRANDY

53

IMPERIAL WHISKY”

"A MAGNIFICENT BRAND, SPECIALLY

SELECTED FOR THE FAR EAST..

WHISKY, PALL MALL

JOHN WALKER & SONS' OLD HIGHLAND ~ C. P. & CO.'S SPECIAL

BLEND

PORT WINE, INVALIDS

DOURO

SHERRY, LA TORRE

AMOROSO

BENEDICTINE, D,O.M. -

THE ABOVE ARE EXCLUSIVELY SHIPPED TO

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

will be refusedsup plies.

BREWER & CO., LIMITED.,

PEDDER STREET-Adjoining Main Entranco HONGKONG HOTEL. TELEPHONE, No. 696.

*HOTELS

HONGKONG HOTEL

'FIRST-CLASS AND Tp-to-Date,

Dining, accommodation for 300 Persons, Wall Furnished Reception Roome, Private Bar und Dilliard Room for Holet.

Residents.

Electric Lifts to each klase.

Electrio

Lighting and Fans. Telephones on every Fleer..

Every Comfort.

Ladies Afternoon Tea Roonie.

Ladies' Cloak Roems.

Matron in attendance..

CHARGES MODERATE, AND NO EXTRAS, a42

A. F. DAVIES, Manager.

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

A HIGH CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL.

Ladies Afternoon Tea-Rooms.

Private Bar and Billiord-Rooms.

BOYS' OWN ANNUAL,

GIRL'S OWN ANNUAL, CHUMS, SUNDAY. CHATTERBOX, BO PEEP.

LETT'S DIARIES FOR 1910. SMITH'S

10

31

COLLIN'S THE NAUTICAL ALMANACK ABRIDGED EDITION

1910. 1910.

$2,00

80

Hot and Cold Water throughout,

80

MEMO TABLET

BLOCKS

ANDREW LANG'S COLOUR FAIRY

TALE BOOKS.

NEW STOOK OF

HIGH-CLASS LEATHER GOODS, Gold Mounted Letter Casos. Silver Mounted Ladies' Purses! Manicure Sets.

Military Brushes in Caso, Attaché Hand Bags

Large Assortment Writing Care:

from $2.00 up to $40.00.

New Stylographie Pen $3.00 New Fountain Pon 5,00 Also well-known makes as the ONOTO.WATERMAN, CONKLIN, SWAN

PRIVATE GREETING X'MAS CARDS, ENGLISH & JAPANESE CALENDARS,

Largest Assortment in the East of Christmas Cards. fa32

BROWN'S NAUTICAL

ALMANACK

DATE

IN 4 LANGULORS'; · ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN.

INDISPENSABLE TO SHIPPING PEOPLE, BERNARD'S STORM SIGNAL CHARTS. For the Following Trade Routes ----

No. 1 Mediterranean, Baltic and Howe Trades.

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N

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2 N. &. 8. America and W. Indian Trades. 3.South African Trade.

4 East Indian Trade,

5 China Trade.

G Australian, Now Zealand, and Japan Trades, including Signals for the PHILLIPINES

CHRISTMAS NUMDERS: GRAPHIC, SKETCH, ILLUS. LONDON NEWS, DLACK AND WHITE PEARS.

LONG HING & CO.,

17, QUEEN' ROAD, CENTRAL

PHOTO GOODS of all descriptions, EASTMAN KODAK FILMS..

DEALERS IN ---

PRICES

ON

APPLICATION.

SIEMSSEN & CO..

HONGKONG AGENTS.

CHAMPAGNES.

POMMERY & GRENO,

TELEPHONE No. 76.

835)

BOLLINGER & Co., VIN 1900,

GIESLER & Co.,

1351

POL ROGER, VIN 1900,

LANSON PERE ET FILS, Vṛx 1900,

DI DE MONTEBELLO.

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

LOUIS RENAU.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.,

"WINE & SPIZIT MERCHANTS,”

15, Queen's Road Central.

$0.

DEVELOPING & PRINTING

A SPECIALITY.

[$1465

KELLY & WALSH, LTD.

Lloyd's Calendar, 1910

"The Pink 'Un "X'mas AmƉat...

The Odd Volume

Fifty Years of Now Japan, by Count Shigenobu Okuma; 2 Volumos The Great Wall of China, by W. Geil The Catholic Church in China, by Rev.

B. Wolferstan...... Buddhism as a Religion, Historical Development and Present Develop ment, by H. Hackmann... Cannons, by B. Leri...

Billiards, the Strokes of the Game, by

Lari, 620 Ilins.; 2 VolumeS

The Sexual Disabilities of Man, by A.

Cotion of

The

Dawson......

Electrically Lighted. Electric Fans (if

required),

Electric Passenger Elevator to each Boar, Table D'Hôte at separate tables. For Terms, &c., apply to the

Hongkong, 24th July, 1905.

MANAGER.

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KINGSCLERE,”

PRIVATE HOTEL.

APPROACH FROM KENNEDY ROAD AND MACDONNEL ROAD.

Telephone No. 134.

Telegraphio Address

"SACHSOLA."

A.B.C. Code, 5th Ed. TALECTRIC LIGHT, Hot and Cold-Water-

throughout. Billiards, Tennis, Croquet, putting green zad fme stabling for horses.

Proprietroen, Mas G. SACHSE. £46]

"BRAESIDE,"

PRIVATE HOTEL.

TANDING in its own grounds with Tennis and Croquet Lawns, Large Airy and Woll Furnished Rooms, every home comfort. Fine View of the Harbour.

Telephone, No. 690.

Apply to Ms. F. W WATTS.

"Braeside," 20, Macdonnell Road. [a44 Hongkong, 4th December, 1907.

DONT "BATCH" IN BATCHES!!!

WHEN you may have ALL the Comferts

leas Cost of

THE WAVERLEY,

PRIVATE BOABDING HOUSE,

43, Robinson Road,

Newly decorated and fitted with every modern convenience.

MES, W. H. EMBERLEY Proprietress. Hongkong, 1st November, 1909.

$0.80 They And I, by Jerome K, Jerome

80 The Lord of Love, by Earoness, Von

$1.75

80

Hutten!

1.75

Seymour Charlton, by W. B. Maxwell

1.75

Caising unexcelled.

Granite, by J. Trevons

1.76

20.00

17.00

The God of Love, by Justin H. McCarthy 9.00 Calvary, by Rita

A Human Cypher, by E. L. Haverfold The Florentine Frame, by E. Robins

Tennis Court.

1.75

1.75

Torms, Just right!

1.75

1.75

5.25

The Bindness of Dr. Gray, by P. A.

Shoshan

The Lonely Lovers, by H. W. C. Newte The Food of Love, by F. Frankfort

Mocre

1.75

*

1.75

1.75

· 1.75 1,78

7,50 Bells Donne, by B. Hishone....

The Glimpse, by A. Bennett..

3.25 Her Mother's Daughter, by K. Tynan

A Society Scare, by Florenco Wardon....

CHRISTMAS NUMBERS:-

by

E. Rumley

1.75 6.50

The Path Light, Maha-yaza

Baddhism, by L. D. Barnett

The Motor Boat Manual, 3rd Edition ... The Great French Revolution 1789.1793,

P. A. Kropotkin ....... Economic Sophisms or Fallacies of

Protection, by F. Bastiat... Illustrated Phonics for Schools, by

M. I. Ives. THE IN Drawing Rodia Entertainments, by

Miles

5.25

2.76

2.25

B0 Bungalow Residences, by P. T. Harrison 3.10

THE

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1.75 VICTORIA HOTEL

811 AMEEN-CANTON. MANAGER-MR. H. HAYNES

1.75 Telegraphic address--" VicroBIA, SHAMEEN.

SITUATED OF THE BRITISH CONCESSION.

Windsor, Royal, London, Quean, Punch, Lady's Pictorial, Graphic, Illus. London News, Holly Lanves, Black and White, &c.,

IMPERIAL · ANGLO-CHINESE

DIARY

13 by 8 in. Interleaved with Blotting Paper

-$1.50- LETTS'S, SMITH'S, WALKER'S DIARIES.

(a31

PEARSON'S HYCOL JAPANESE OAK LOGS

CO-EFFICIENT 18/20.

The most Powerful Disinfectant in the World. Guaranteed 18/20 times more effective thao Pure Carbolic Acid 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 Eficient Disinfectant. Perfect Emulsion in Water. PRICES: $3.00 px 1 gall, Drum. $12.50 per 5 gall. Dru

AND

SEVERAL KINDS OF HARD AND SOFT WOOD.

SUITABLE FOR SHIPYARDS AND BUILDERS.

PRICE. VERY MODERATE

$2.60 per 1 gall. in Bulk.

#1529]

FOR SALE ·

Pearson's Saponified CRESOL

PRICES

Co-Efficient 10; $1.95 per 1 gallon Drum. 5; $1.75 per 1 gallon Drum.

Ask other Manufacturers of Fluids for a Guarantee of the Germicidal Strengths of their products (in relation to Pure Carbolic Acid) under the Standard.Test on Typhoid Germa, and then com- pare the result with gar HYCOL This is the only way you can arrive at the Germ Killing Properties and at the true value of a Genuine Disinfectant Fluid.

SOLE AGENTS for HONGKONG DODWELL & CO., LTD., SOUTH CHINA and JAPAN

For Pearson's Antiseptic Co., Limited.

A Quantity of NETTING

MITSUI Bussan Kaisha, Ltd.

SOURED MILK.

*

MACAO

HOTEL.

MACAO Telegraphis address -"FARMER, MACAO,” SITUATED IN THR CENTER OF PRAYA GRANDE Both Hotels elevtrically lighted, and under experienced European Bupervision. GUIDES AND CHAIRS PROVIDED;" Every Information and Special attention given to Tourists. REASONABLE RATES.

11623]

WM. FARMER,

Proprietor

"BOA VISTA

(HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH

THE

CHINA). MACAO.

HE Hotel is under European manage- ment and most strict supervision na to food, cleanliness and hygiene of the place.

All comforts of a hemo.

A most pleasant retreat for those desirous for a few days rest and quiet.

Comfortable sccommodation for travellers visit ta the historical and picturesque of Dois 40 miles south-west of Hongkong

M2030

TennisPECIALLY prepared from pure cultures Two steamers (8.5. Sui An and Sui Tui) daily in

for Courts, ato.. TABLE BILLIARD SETS, SLATE „REDS, from $40.00

CHINA EXPRESS CO, 3, Duddell Street.

of selected lactic ferments.

150

26 CENTS TEE PINT.

Orders must be sent in twenty-four hours in advance.

THE SWATOW DRAWN WORK No. 17A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

Hand-made Drawn Chinese Linen and Gram Cloth All kinds of Bilk of best quality, Canton Brobroidery said Chinese Laces from the latest French Patterns,

[1432 Hongkong, 25th December, 1909,

MANUFACTURERS of the best quality of

THE

DAIRY FARM CO., LTD.

and from Hongkong, nad two steamers to and from Canton, give easy communication with both these

For Terms, apply to a195]

(563

1535]

THE MANAGER.

& SONS

MERCHANT NAVTTM

NAVY BOILED LONG FLAX

RELIANCE - CROWN TARPAULING

ABNHOLD, KARÉERG & CO

Sols Agents.

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