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Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

Registered as a Newspaper at the Gongrel Post Office in the United Kingdom.

SHORTLY READY. THE DIRECTORY

AND CHRONICLE

FOR 1914.

Complete Edition Smaller

www.

$10.00.

6.00

Order now chest, or from tho Agents,

Agents all tho Foreign Settlements throughout tho Far East...

No. 17,397.

INTIMATIONS

七十九百三千七萬一第

五十月元年寅甲 HONGKONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, 1914.

一拜愛

九月二年三國民學中

REEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY.

PORTLAND

CEMENT.

In Casks 375 lbs. net

In Baga 250 lbs. net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managors.

Hongkong, 9th December, 1913. [1407

【ITSU BISHI COSHI KWAISHA

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(MITSU BISHI CO.) COAL DEPARTMENT

SOLE PROPRIETORS OF TAKASIMA,

OCHI,

MUTABE,

YOSHINOTANI,

KIOHIDAKE, HOJO, KANADA, NAHAZUTA, SAYO, SHINNEW AND KAMIYAMADA Collieries. AGENTS FOR

SAFIDO AND OYUBARI Coala.

READ #FICE:-MARUNOUCHI, TOKYO.

BRANCH OFFICES:—NAGASAKI, MON, KARATSU, WAKAMATSU, OTARU, MURORAN, KOBE, OSAKA, NAGOYA, FOKYO, YOKOHAMA,

SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, HANKOW.

Cable Address for above: "WASAKI.” Codea, Al, A.B.C. 5th Ed., Western Union.

AGENCIES:-

CHINELANG Messrs.. GRABING & Co. MANILA-Messrs. MACONDBAY & CO

LTD. SINGAPORE—Messrs. BORED CO.,

For Particulars, apply to

K. KATO,

Manager,

No. 2, Pedder Street, Hongkong. Hongkong, 24th April, 1918.

SIEN TING.

URGEON DENTIST,

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No. 10, D'AGUILAR STREET: TERMS VERY MODERATE. Consultation Fros. Hongkong, 22nd September, 1918.

NEW CARTRIDGES.

£1101

Y popular English Manufacturers. In B

all Bores and Sizes.

:

SMOKELESS POWDERS and CHILLED 180T: From No. 10 to SSSG, at $8, 87

and #7.00 per 100.

SPORTING REQUIS.

ITES and AIRY GUNS in Variety.

Faspection Invited.

W. SCHMIDT & Co. Bongbong, 18th October, 1912.

(1918

SINGON & CO.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1880.

IRON Steel, Metal and Hardware Mor-

chants, Wholesale and Retail Iron- mongere, Pig Iron and Foundry Coke Importers. General Storekeepers and Ship- shandlers. Nos. 35 and 37, HIND LOONG Erar (2nd St. West of Central Market).

Telephone No. 515.

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TRAMWAY COMPANY,

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DATE.

7:00a.m.to 5.00 a.....Every 15 minutes,

8.00.

£0.00

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11.00 p.m. to 11.45 p.in.

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JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers, Hangkozg, tet October, 1923.

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KELLY & WALSH, LTD.

CAMBRIDGE MANUALS, 80 CENTS EACH.

Judd Coming of Evolution: · Doncaster: Herodity.

Brown: English Puritans. Javons: The Ides of God. Keeble: Plant Animals. Barker: Cash and Crodit. Arber: Natural History of Coal, King: Poetry of the Hebrews. Brown English Bible..

Bower: Phant-Life,

Balfour: Presbyterianism.

Skest: English Dislets.

Alexander

Administration of Justice. Myers

Experimente

ital Psychology. Harper and Ferguson: Aerial Locomotion, Whyte Electricity in Locomotion.

Beward. Links with the Past.

Haddon: Wanderings of Peoples.

Moulton Poetry of Persia.

Jones: King Arthur. Smith: Primitive Animals. Jalustone: Life in the Bes Coward: Migration of Birds, Duckworth: Prelistoric, Man. Scarle: Ciny.

Allen: Modern Locomotive. Beddard Earthworms... - Henderson Rallad in Literature. Warburton: Spiders Hait: Medieval University. Chaytor: Troubadours.

WEISMANN'S

WEISMANNA

Macalister: Palestine, Workman: Methodism.

Johus: Ancient Assyria.

Spence Ancient México.

Bonney Rain and Rivers

Hart: Psychology of Insanity.

Hewitt: House Flies.

Chapasu Browing..

Hazley: Individual in the Animal Kingdom.

Giles: China and the Manchus.

Ward: Brasses,

Johns: Ancient Babylonia

Earth.

Berry. The

The

Atmosphere.

507 Avelandic Sagas.

Physical Basis of Music.

Jerons: Comparative Religion, Wood: Loaf of Bread. Eden Stained Glass.

Mawor: Vikings,

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Fay: Copartnership.

FOR BREAD.

BECK & CO., BREMEN.

KAISER BREWERY.

BECK'S BEER,

KEY

PER CASE OF Doz. PINTS.:

多

4

QUAFTS.

HONGKONG AGENTS:

MACEWEN, FRICKEL & CO..

MITSU

AND

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DOCKYARD BISHI ENGINE WORKS.

Al, A.B.C., Western Union, Engineering and Bentley's Completo Phrase Codes usel. Builders and Repairers of Ships, Engine and Boilers, and Electrical Engineers Manufacturers of Contrado Auxiliary Machinery. Weir's Auxiliary Machinery, Stone's Manganese Fronte, Pulsometer and Engineering Co.'s Refrigerating Plants sad Farsons' Steam Turbines, etc., etc.

FOR CAKES.

AT NAGASAKI:-Telegraphic Address: "DOCK,” NAGASAKI.

Breadth at Entrance

en Boltore

WEISMANN'S

77 ft.

58 ft.

Depth et Water. on Kesl-Blocks,

26 ft. DLE.

58 £1.

FOR CHOCOLATES.

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3 Dry Docks No. 2

No. 1

No. 3

Length on Keel-Blocke.

510 ft.

950 ft.

714 ft

34 ft.

PRICE, $3 FED MONTH.

HOTELS

HONGKONG HOTEL.

Recently Refurnished and Redecorated, Large Airy Public Rooms. Electrio Lighting, Lifts and Fana. Suites de τίπο

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Bedrooms with European Bath and Loratory attached. Perfect Sanitation.

A LA CARTE. GRILL ROOM.

J. H. TAGGART, Manager.

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

AN

CENTRAL LOCATION.

Electric Теата Pass Entrance. One Minute's Walk from Forry. Telephones on All Floors.

Electrio Lifts, Fone and Lighting. European Batha and Sanitary Fittings. Hot and Cold Water System Throughout. Best of Food and Service.

Hotel Launch Meets All Steamers.

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Tolophono No. 373.

Tel Aadress: VICTORIA .'*

3. H, NORTH,

Manager.

GRAND HOTEL.

Queen's Road - CENTRAL

A FIRST CLASS AND UP-TO-DATE HOTEL.

A FIRST-CLASS STRINGED ORCHESTRA Rendors Selections during TIFFIN and DINNER daily, and at 11.15 a.. and 5.45 p.m.

ENTIRELY UNDER EUROPEAN MANAGEMINY.

HIS HOTEL has recently been thoroughij

Tranovated, extensively enlarged, and

1 Patent Slip capable of lifting vessels up to 1,000 tons, The Salvage Steamer "OTRA MARU," 716 tons and 12 knots speed, is always-ready is now luxuriously furnished and up-to-date at short notice.

THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO.,AT KOBE:-Telegraphic Address: "WADADOCK” KOBE.

LIMITED.

Telegraphic Address -- DOCK," Yokohama

and Watkins, Codes used:A.B.C. 4th and 5th Editions, Lieber's, Scott's, Al.

DRY DOCK DEPARTMENT:-Telephone Nos. 378, 500, or €81. NO. 2 DOCK

NO. 8 DOCK. NO. 1 DOCK.

Docking Long ft. Docking gift. Docking Length 481 ft.

Every description of repair werk is undertaken. A large assortment of material including tail shafts are kept in stock. Two powerful tow boats, floating derrick to Lit 45 tona, pneumatic, electric, hydranic plante, etc. Manufacturers of ongines, boilers. tugs, lighters, constructional steel work, etc.. Tenders on short notice by letter or cable.

WAREHOUSE DEPARTMENT :---

2 buildings, principally of briok and steel, 310 entrances. 37 baildings are private bonded warehouses. Floor area 68,248 square yards, or 14.1 acres.

Custom-house brokerage and insurance undertaken. Rates moderate. Mooring Basin, 600 feet by 100 feet by 25 less deep, adjoining the docks and warehouses.

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SOUTH

RAILWAY.

MANCHURIA

SHORTEST AND QUICKEST ROUTE BETWEEN THE FAR FAST

AND EUROPE, VIA DAIREN,

TIME TABLE TO APRIL 30, 1914.

THRICE WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE, composed of excellently equipped Dining, and First and Second Class Sleeping Cars, is operated between: Dairen And Changchan in connection with the Trans-Siberian Express Trains and with Dairen-Shanghai Direct Mail Steamer Service by the s.5, KOFE MARÜ and SAKAKI NARU (each Equipped with Wireless Telegraph) as follows:-

NORTH BOUND.

Bina Stee Mapress 140 |Barten

trum for for Moscow Mostow! Pet

SOUTH BOUND.

Floating Docks.

No. 1.

Lifting Power

7,000 Tons,

Max. Length of Ship taken in Max. Breadth

460 Foot

No. 12,000 Tons. 580 Fest..

56

00

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Mar. Draft

22

26

31

#

The Salvage Steamer" ARIMA MARU," pumping capacity per bour 2,000 tons.

Floating Sheerlegs, capable of lifting 40 tons weight.

ANY ORDERS WILL BE FROMPTLY ATTENDEL TO AND ESTIMATES SENT ON APPLICATION.

-28th May, 1913.

in every respect, situated in the most contral position. Large and Airy Rooms, Hot, Cola, and Shower Baths, Electric Light Throughoni and Fans. Large and Comfortable Lounge, Private and Public Bars and Billiard Rooma, BURO CUISINE ENTIRELY UNDER PEAN SUPERVISION, Sanitary Arrange ments of the latest, HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS. blunthly Rater for Tiffin and Dinner. Special Rates for married families on application to

BREDERICK REICHMANN,

Proprietor.

TELEPHONE. No. 197,

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: Courour,“ Hongkong

1720

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THOS. COOK & SON. TOURIST. STEAMSHIP AND. FORWARDING AGENTS,

BANKERS, &o.

Head Ces for the Far East 16, DES VŒUX ROAD, HONGKONG. SHANGHAI: 2-3, Foochow ROAD YOKOHAMA: 32, WATER SCLEET

MANILA: MANILA HOTEL.

TICKETS SUPPLIED 16 EUROPE by the principal STEAMSHIP LINES and

TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY.

TOURS arranged to ALL PARTS of the WORLD. BAGGAGE collected, forwarded and insured at lowest rates. LETTERS of CREDIT and CIRCULAR NOTES ISSUED and CASHED, FOREIGN MONIES Excbanged,

CHIFF OFFICE:--LUDGATE CIRCUS, LONDON, E.C Hongkong, 21st May, 1913,

"HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PUBLICATIONS.

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99

PEAK HOTEL.

1,400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVE DURST-CLASS RESIDENTIAL

and

TOURIST HOTEL Varivalled for Comfort, Health and vanience, Telephones in Every Ecom, prompt connection main- tained by six lines to Central.

Fifteen Minutes from Principal Landing Moderate Tariff and Expallent Stago. Cising, Roof Garden and Social Rooms, European Runner meats Steamers.

P. O. PEUSTER, Manager..

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BRAESIDE.”

PRIVATE HOTEL.

TANDING is its own grounds, with Tennis and Craqust Lawua, Large Airy and Well Furnished Rooms, every home comfort. Fine View of the Harbour,

Apply to

MRS. F. W. WATTS. "Braeside," 20, Macdonnel Head.

VICTORIA

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MISSIONARY DIRECTORY, on paper

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CHILDREN OF FAR CATHAY, n Social and Political Novel, by 0. J. Halcombe

3.50

DOG AND GUN in New Territory...

cover 1.00

1.00

*Russian Train Time is 23 minutes fester than the S.M.R. Time,

The above fares do not include the Express Train Berth Fee.

THE "SAKAKI MARU."-This restel, which leaves Shanghal every Monday and connects with the Wagen Tits service on the Trans-Siberian Railway, iso new Turbine Steamer of 3.450 tons specially built for the Shanghai-Dairen Line. She has a speed of 19 krots per hour, and is fitted with every up-to-date appliance for comfort safety, and con- cabins and 3 family calins),

Tenience. Accommodation: 63 First-Class (including 4anghai, August 18th.

20 Second-Class, and 164 Third-Class. First voyage from

MUKDEN-ANTUNG LINE-MANORURIA-CHOSEN THROUGH SERVICE- Thrice-Weekly Express Service between Changchun and Fusar without change, establishing direct link between the Trans-Siberian Express Service and the Imperial Japanese Gorern- ment Ferry and Railway Service, reducing the journey between Manchuris end Japan by the BER-Toyage to a fow hours; also connecting Peking and Tokyo by rail with the London to Tokyo in 13 days; Peking to Tokyo in 4 data.

RAILWAY HOTELS.-YAMATO HOTEL - (Tel. Ada. Dairen, Port Arthur, Mukden, Changehen, and Hoshigata (the finest sea-side resort in North China), all under the Company's management.

Bearly two days end diminion of the short passage between Fusen and Shiraeneseki

Do. -Do. Smaller Edition 6.00 MISSIONARY DIRECTORY, on cloth

THE JUBILEE OF HONGKONG, being an Historical Sketch, to which is added an Account of the Celebrations in 1891:

FROM HONGKONG TO CANTON, BY THE PEARL RIVERA Book for the Globetrotter," by Capt. C. V. LLOYD: with Maps and Illus.

HOTEL

SHAMEEN-CANTON.

Telegraphic Address: ViUTORIA, SEAMEEN." SITUATED ON THE BRITISH CONCESSION.

MACAO HOTEL

MACA:0.

Telegraphic Address: FARM, Macao.” SITUATED IN THE CATRE OF PRAYA GRANDE. Both Hotel cicetrically lighted, and under experienced European Supervisivi. GUIDES AND CHAÏS PROTIDED Every Information and Special Attention given to Tourists. REASONABLE RATES.

1.00

1.75

Yamato"). At

THE HONGKONG TYPHOON, Sept. 18th, 1908, Illustrated Account... TEMPORARY MINING REGULA

TIONS IN CHINA.. REGULATIONS FOR RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA

0.50

HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS, half-

yearly vol, bound

7.50

0.50

SIXTY YEARS ANGLO-CHINESE

CALENDAR, 1834 to 1929

2.00

0:50

RATES EXCHANGE AT HONG-

KONG, English Mail days 1674

HONGKONG HANSARD REPORTS OF THE MEETINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Pub lished Aanually

BOMBAY RATES OF EXCHANGE AT HONGKONG, English Mail Days, 1809

1.00

5.00

For Passage, apply to→

RACINE, ACKERMANN & Co., Booking Agents, Shanghai, THOMAS COOK & SON, Booking Agents, Shanghai, NIPPON TUSEN KAISHA, Agents, Shanghai,

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MOUNTINGS OF NAVAL GUNS and their Subsequent Use with the

1.00 Ladysmith Relief Column WARLIKE EXPLOITS OF THE MERCHANT NAVY, by J. E Featherstonbaugh ..... POLITICAL OBSTACLES TO MIS -SIONARY SUCCESS IN CHINA TRADE MARK BEGULATIONS IN

CHINA

CALLED OUT: or the Chung Wang'e Daughter, an Anglo-Chinese Ro mance, by Chas. J. H. Halembe... PLAN OF THE WEST RIVER

2.00

F

100

1.00

12

VICTORIA KOWLOON PEAK

1.00

0.75

0.78

0.25.

015 MAIL TABLES for 1914....

TICKET AGENCIES. The Company's Railway and Steamer Tickets are obtainable at all the Agencies of the INTERNATIONAL SLEEPING CAR & EXPRESS TRAINS Co. Messrs. Thos. Cook & BON; BE:SEBUREAU BEE HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE: the NORDISE RESEBUREAU; and the NIPPON YOGEN KAIBHS, Shanghai; from whom all information, time-tables, pictorial guide-books, etc., can be obtained free, or direct from the

H-SOUTH_MANCHURIA RAILWAY CO., DAIREN.

Codes: A.B.C. 5th Ed., Al, and Lieber's

Tel. Add. "MANTETSU,"

NEW TERRITORY.... POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM.....

WM. FARMER,

Proprietor.

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A LING & CO..

19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

URNITURE AND PHOTO GOODS

FOR STORE

Photographic Goods of Every Description in Stock.

Developing, Printing and Enlarging. Centice Marbles in Various Shades. 0.76 TELEPHONE

0.25 0.30 & 0.25

10.

Hongkong, 16th April, 1919.

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