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DE EUROFF & AMERICA,

INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ko., and for FRIVATE RE÷IDENTS AT KI OUTFONTS

A Comprehensive and Complate Toverd of the

NEWS OF THE FAR EAST

is given in the

HONGKONG WEEKLY

PRESS,

With which is incorporated the |CHINAŬVEELANdTrade ReforT Subscription, paid in advanos,

[$12 per sunum. Postage to any

leart of the World 32,

Hongkong Daily Press

By Apowhatanna

The Busty

The King.

BOVRIL

males delicious bouillen, rich,

insty drawłem i uddu fluvour and

Kirength to stews, hasban,

enfrees, etc.

BOVRIL is the true economist

In the Kitchen.

PRICE, $3 PER MONTH.

HOTELS

HONGKONG HOTEL

ESTABLISHED 185 7

No. 16,349. 號九十四百三千六萬一第

日三十月八年二官

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18т, 1910.

五興業

鑒六十月九年十一百九千一共港賽

INTIMATIONS

CALL

P. & O.

POLO

WHISKY

AT

STEAM NAVIGATION CO.

-66

MOUTRIES"

TO PURCHASE

S.S.

MARMORA.“

TELEPHONE No. 75.

"MOUTRIE

PIANO

FIVE YEARS'

WRITTEN GUARANTEE.

NEW MODELS FOR 1910.

PRICE $378.'

S. MOUTRIE & Co., LD.

CHINA

MUTUAL

[#34-2

LIFE

INSURANCE CO., LD., HEAD OFFICE, SHANGHAI.

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

ALEXANDER MoLaob, Esq., Chairman.

C. STEPRALIUS, Esq,

LE YUNG SU, Esq.

J. II. McMICHAEL, ES,

C. R. BURKILL, Esq.

J. A. WATTIE, Esq., Managing Director.

A. J. HUGHES, Esq., Secretary.

8. 1. NEILL, FLA., Aotuary.

A strong British Corporation Registered

ander Hongkong Ordinances and under Life Asrance Companies' Acts, England.

Insurance in Porco ...$37,855,885.00

Assets

Income for Year

8,415,250.00

3,566,559.00

TotalSecurity to Policyholders 8,216,813.00

LEFFERTS KNOX, Esq., Hongkong, Can-

- District Manager;

B. W. TAPE, Esq.,

•

Distriot Secretary,

Alexandra Building.

ton, Macao

and the

Philippines,

CLAWDER, Esq., Inspector, Hongkong.

Advisory Board, Hongkong.

SIA PAUL CHATER, KT., C.M.G.

1. F. HOUGH, Esq.

C. J. LAFRENTZ, E

(81472

REEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Casks 375 lbs. net

In Rage 250 lbs, not

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers.

(0720

Hongkong, 29th April, 1908.

РЕАК

TEAMWAYS

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

-WEEK DATS.

THIS

(10,500 TONS.)

CAPTAIN G. H. C. WESTON, R.N.Ë.

HIS THROUGH MAIL STEAMER 'FOR MARSEILLES AND LONDON VIA BOMBAY WILL LEAVE HONGKONG ON MARCH 18TH, 1911, STAYING AT BOMBAY 24 HOURS ONLY AND IS DUE TO ARRIVE AT:-

MARSEILLES LONDON

FARES TO LONDON:-

10011

APRIL 15TH. APRIL 22ND.

18 SALOON £71.10 SINGLE: £106 14 RETURN. 2ND

£ 72.12

£48.8

For Further Particulars, upply to-

$

E. A. HEWETT, SUPERINTENDENT.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

(TELEPHONE 97).

SPECIAL VALUE

IN

TAN ENGLISH MADE

BOOTS

AND

SHOES

*" OAKMORE” BRAND

$5.00 AND $6.00 PER PAIR.

LANE, CRAWFORD & & CO.

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MITSU BISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINÈ WORKS.

Al, A.B.C., Western Union, and Engineering Codes need. Buildors and Repairers of Ships Engines and Boilers, and Electrical Engineers Manufacturers of Contrafo Condenser, Stone's Mangaamse Bronze, and Parsons Steam Turbines, etc., etc., etc.

AT NAGASAKI :--Telegraphic Address:A DOCK" NAQABAKI,

(No. 1

3 Dry Docks No. 2

No. 3

COMPANY

7.00 B.DR. 7.30 azn. to 10.00 am....Every 10 minutes. .10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m....Every 15 minutes.

11.30 am to 12.45 p.m....

Every 15 minutos,

12 45 p.m. to 1.15 p.m.... Every 10 minutos. 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m... Every 15 minutes. 1.45pm, to 2.15 p.m....Every 10 minutes, 2.15pm to 3.00p.m....Every 15 minutes. 5.30p.m. to 5.00p.m.... Every 15 minutes. 5.00p.m. to 8.00p.m. Every 10 minutes NICHT CARS.

8.45 p.m. & 9.00 p.m., 9.

9.45 to 11.15 p.m. every hour.

BATURDAYS. Extre Cars at 3.15 p.m. 11

5p.m. 11.30p.m. and 11.45 p.m.

BUNDAYS.

8:00 am. to 9.00 am. ...Every 15 minutes. -9.00 p.m. to 9.30 a.m..

a.m....Every 30 minutos. 9.30 am to 10.30 am..Every 15 minutes. 10.30 a.m. to 11.00 am....Every 10 minutes. 1166.10 12.00 Noon... Every 15 minutes.

10

1200Noonto 1.00pm.... 15 min. 6.00 p.m....Every 10 minutes.

100p.m. be 5.00p.m.....

5.00p.m.

to

5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m....Every 15 minutes. 7.00 p.m. to 8,00 ...Every 10 minutes. NIGHT CARS at 8.45 p.m. & 9.00 pm., 9.45 to

11.15 every half hour.

SPECIAL arrangement at the Company's Office, Alexandra Buildings, Dəs Toux Bead Central.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managerk. Hangkong, 1st April, 1909.

Length on

Keal Blocks,

510 ft.

350 ft.

714 ft:

Breadth at Entrance

on Bottom,

·77 It.

Depth of Water on Keel-BlockE.

26 ft.

53 ft.

88 ft.

24 ft. 34 ft.

1 Faloat Slip capable of lifting vessels ap to 1,000 tons. The Salvage Steamer "OURA-MARU, 716 tons and 12 krote speed, is always ready at short notice,

AT KOBE-Telegraphic" Address; "WADADOCK)" KOBE.

Lifting Power

2

Max. Length of Ship taken in

Breadth

460 Feet.

Floating Docks. No. 1.

No. 2. 7,000 Tone.

12,000 Tone.

580 Feet.

56

66

#

21

Draft

22

25

»

1

3

!

The Salvage Steamer “ARIMA-MARU," pumping capacity per hour 2,000 toas.

The Floating Sheerlegs, capable of lifting 40 ton weight,ut

[689

ANY ORDERS WILL BE PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO AND ESTIMATES SENT ON APPLICATION

TRY

COFFEE

WEISMANN'S

ROASTED AND GROUND ON OUR

PREMISES DAILY.

In lb. and 1 lb. Tins.

[846

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CALDBECK,

MACGREGOR & CO.,

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

BREWER & CO., LTD.,

PEDDER ST, Adjoining Main Entrance HONGKONG HOTEL, TELEPHONE, No 696.

Jane's Fighting Shiya for 1910

The Stateman's Year Book, 1910... Dogs and all about them, by Robert

Leighton

... **

Dancing as it should be, by Edward'

Spott

κι

Routledge's Complete Lotter Writer Special Map of Chinese Empire and

Зарад

10

Showing Recent Railway Concessions... Pocket Map of the World

Pocket Mop of Chinese Empire

Pocket Map of Asin

Route Chart of India and the East

Wayside and Woodland Trees, by

Edward Step

Maintenance of Health in the Tropics,

by Simpson...

B27]

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....$81.75

Lying Lips, by William Le Quez The Shadow of a Titan, by AF ||

Wedgwood..

1.75

The Cheerful Knave, by Keble Howard Bancher Curtaret, by Harold Dindless ..

1.75

1.75

The Spider, by Fergus Hume

1.75

Convict 4131, by Marie Leighton

1.75

The Stowaway, by Louis Tracy

1.76

$.60 The Flack Tulip, by Alex. Damas...

$0.80

-80-

80 The Three Musketeers, by Alex. Damas The Forty-fire Guardsmen, by Alex.

Dutas

80

80

80

The Man in the Iron Mask, by Aloz,

Dumas...

80 The Queen's Necklace, by Alex. Duine

Ten Year's Later, Alex. Domas

89 82 88

WHAT'S WRONG WITH PHE WORLD?

BY G. K. CHESTERTON. ·

LONG HING & CO.,

PHOTO SUPPLIES.

17, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

JUST UNPACKED-

FOLDING POCKET CAMERAS, fitted with GOERZ,

and ZEI88 and ROSS LENSES, PREMO FILM

PLATE CAMERAS, KODAKS, FILMS and

ACCESSORIES,

AT MODERATE PRICES. DEVELOPING AND PRINTING. A SPECIALITY.

ENTERTAINMENT

THEATRE ROYAL,

HONGKONG, Lessee.....Ma. WARWICK MAJOR. WARWICK MAJOR'S COMEDY CO. Including MISS GEORGIE CORLASS,' TÖ-NIGHT at 9 o'clock, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HONGKONG,

OSCAR WILDE'S LATEST WORK

"THE IMPORTANCE

BEING EARNEST"

INTIMATIONS

(910

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB.

▼ NHE FOURTH MEETING of the Season TH

will be held at HAPPY VALLEY, TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), the 17th September, 1910, commencing at 3.30 P.M.

The Charge of Admission will be $1.00 for others than Members of the HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB OF GYMEHANA CLUB,

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Half-Price.

The Committee invite the Ladies of Hongkong

OF to be present.

("A SERIOUS PLAY FOR TRIVIAL PEOPLE") Now Drawing Crowded Houses at the St. James' Theatre, London.

MISS GEORGIE CORLASS

"CECILY."

LAST NIGHT of the Season LAST NIGHT! TO-MORROW, AT 9 F.M.

The musical something-to-langh af, "THE DANDY DOCTOR."

MISS GEORGIE CORLASS

"MARY ANN."

19

LAST NIGHT of the Season LAST NIGHT! SPECIAL NOTICE. WEDNESDAY NEXT, SEPTEMBER 21ST, FLYING VISIT FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY

"THE NEW

BOOK EARLY

POPULAR PRICES

BOY."

23, $2 & 31. Plana at MOUTRIE'S.

[1054

NOTICE

E beg to inform our Lady

Customers that

our Establishment will be CLOSED at 5.30 p.m. every day, commencing from 5th September, for One Month only, owing to our FASTING HOLIDAYS..

HOOSAIN-ALI & Co.,

No. 14, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, 5th September, 1910. [707

J

GRACA & CO..

AND

27. Das Vœux Road,

Doalare in ASIATIC POSTAGE STAMPS

PICTORIAL POST CARDS. UST Received's Selection of POSTAGE STAMP CATALOGUE FOR 1910, Picture and Painting Books, Novels, Postage Stamp Albums with Moveable Leat, Puzzle Post Cards, School and Bhopping Bags, Dolls, Toys, Cigar, Cigarettes, &o, &o.

Inspection Invited. 1789.

REGINALD F. C. MASTER,

Hon. Socretary and Treasurer. Hongkong, 14th September, 1910.

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.

[1056

HEREBY NOTIFIED that Ms.

& HIROI has This Day asumed charge of the Company's business at this Port, vice MR. TADÁICHI ARIMA, transferred to Kobe.

Hongkong, 14th September, 1910. (1051

-LOST-KEWAED..

FIRST-CLASS AND UP-TO-DATE.

Dining socommodation for 300 Persons. Well Furnished Reception Room, Private Bar and Billiard Room for Hotel

Bealdents

Electric Lifts to each Floor, Electric Lighting and Fans. Telephones on every Floor. Every Comfort

Ladies' Afternoon

Tea Rooms

Ladies' Cloak Rooms,

Matron in attendance.

CHARGES MODERATE, AND NO EXTRAR.

A. F. DAVIES, Manager,

351

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

A HIGH CLASS HOTEL.

Ladies' Afternoon Tea Rooms.

Private Bar and Billiard-RoomRA.

Hot and Cold Water throughout,

Electrically Lighter: Electric Fans - (it

required).

Electric Fassenger Elevator to onch Boor. Table D'lište at separate tables. For Terms, &c., apply to the

Hongkong, 24th July, 1905.

MANAGER. [#858

ORIENTAL HOTEL

No. 2, QUEEN'S KOAD CENTRAL.

A FIRST CLASS AND UP-TO-DATE. -

HOTEL. ENTIRELY UNDER EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT,"

THIS HOTEL has recently been thoroughly

renovated, extensively enlarged, and is now luxuriantly furnished and up-to-date in every respect, situated in the. most central position. Large and Airy Rooms, Hot, Cold, and Shower Baths, Gas and Electric Light and Fans, Large and Comfortable Lounge. Prisate and Fubite Bara

and Billiard

Romans,

CUISINE UNDER EUROPEAN BUTION, Sanitary Arrangements of the latest, HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS. Monthly Bates for Tifin and Dinner. Special Rates for married families on application to

J. H. OXBERRY, Maniger.

FREDERICK REICHMANN,

Proprietor (late Manager of J. H. LYONS [Trocadoro), leading Caterera in London, and GRAND ORIENTAL HOTEL, Colomba). TELEPHONE No. 197

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS "CozFORT," Hongkong. Hongkong, 1st September, 1910.

"BRAESIDE.”

(3542

PRIVATE HOTEL TANDING in its own grounds with Tenn Well Furnished Rooms, every home conferi and Croquet Lawns, Large Airy and

Fine View of the Harbour, Telephone, No. 690.

Apply to MRS. F. W. ATTE

"Brzonde," 20, Macdonnell Road, Hongkong, 4th December, 1907. [436

"BOA VISTA

(HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH

CHINA). MACAO.

Hotel is under- European malinge

ETWEEN the French Consulate, Peakmont and most strict supervision as te BBosd and the City Hall or in the Theatre, CAMEO and GOLD BROOCH, Design: the head of MARIE STUART.

Finder kindly return to--

A

12, Care of "Dally Press" Office. Hongkong, 15th September, 1910. (1065

CORRESPONDENCE COLLEGE.

THO 7 THOROUGH Proparation by Postal Tuition for the LONDON MATRICULATION, BAR, LAW MEDICAL, &c. niso in ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, &o,, by very Successful Teacher."

Susenas guamatsed

Apply for terms, testimonials and qualifica-

tions to

PHOFESSOR JOHN P. LONG, B.A.

food, cleanliness and hygiene of the place.

All comforts of a home. A most

pleasant, retreat for these desirous for a few days rest and quiet.

Comfortable accommonation for travellers paying a visit to the historical and picturesqão colony of Macao,

Macao is 40 miles south-west of Hougtong Two steamera (a.s. But in and Sui Tai) daily te and from Hongkong, and two steamere to and from Canton, give easy communicstian with both these centres. $

Cable Address" BOAVISTA." For Termin, spply to

213]

THE MANAGER

(rmerly Lecturer at the Swansea University VICTORIA HOTEL

College).

RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE. SCHOOLS,

10501

Alexandra Road,

St. Margaret's on-Thames, LONDON.

SHAMEEN-CANTON.

MANAGER ME. HI, HATNES.

Telegraphic address VICTORIA, SHANKED,” SITUATED ON THE BRITISH CONCESSION

| THE MERCANTILE MACAO HOTEL

LITHOGRAPHIC,

47, Des Vaux ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG.

МАСА О

Telegraphis address¬""FARBEE, MACÃO,” SITUATED IN THE CENTER OF PRAYA GRAND Both Hotels electrically lighted, and under experienced Europea Supervision. GUIDES AND CHAIRS PROVIDED. Every Information and Special attention given to Tourists. REASONABLE RATES.

INDERTAKES to execute with neatness all kinds of ARTISTIC LABELS,

EXCHANGE, BILLS OF

VISITING CARDS, LETTER HEADINGS, MENUS, DIE STAMPING, etc. Hongkong, 14th July, 1910, [826 1004)

WM, FARMER

Proprietor