1881-06-23 — Page 1

The

Hongkong Telegraph

No. 8.]

Auctions.

·PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned will sell by

Public Auction, on

SATURDAY,

the 25th June, at 4 o'clock p.m. On the promises, unless previously, disposed of by private contract, the Five Houses recently bailt upon por tion of Inland Lot No. 125 in Elgin- street, and known as Nos. 16, 18, 20, 22, and 2k, “Sea-View.”

This property has a peculiar value on account of its central and easily accessible position. The houses which have four Storeys afford a fice' view of the harbour. They are substantially built, and may be sold either separately or together. The present monthly rental is $215, and the annual crown rent $40.

For plans, particulars and conditions of sale apply to

SHARP & Co., Auctioneers and Valuators of Lands, Houses, and Estates, 13, Queen's-road. Central, opposite the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.

Hongkong, June 16, 1881..

Intimations.

N. M. Khamisa. Drapery Store, Nos. 8 and 10, Peel-street,

HAS For Sale, ex recent arrivals,

European Goods. Infants' Christening Robes. Ladies' Skirt Pleatings. Frilling, assorted kinds.

Children's Washing Hats.

Ladies' black and white Net Hat

Shapes.

Carrying Cloaks,

Ladies' Costumes, of the best quality

and latest designs.

Crewdson's Long Cloth, assorted

qualities.

Pale blue, pale pink, and cream,

Mall Muslins.

Infants' Bonnets, Silk, or Wool.

· Ladies' Silk Garters, assorted shades. Ladies' Silk Hose; also white, black

and fancy Net.

Pale blue Book Muslins; also in

cream.

Ladies' striped Cotton Hase." Gentlemen's Balbriggan Half-boso, Gentlemen's Boots and Shoes, from

Dawson & Sons. Ladies' Singlets. Gentlemen's Singlets.

Ladies' Shoes frota Dawsons & Sons. Silk Ribbons.

Ladies' Tenuis Shoes, Stays, Silk

Scarves..

Children's Singlets, and a lot of useful articles for Ladies' dresses, &o., &c.

Indian Goods. Gentlemen's Smoking Cups, Cashmore Shawls.

Cashmere Cloth for Ladies' dresses. Indian Jewellery, comprising Silver Bangles, Neck-laces, Belts, &c. Rampooree Chuder.

&C., &c.,

&c.

Chinese Goods. Silk Crape Shawls, Silk Hand- kerchiefs, Scarves, &c, &c.,

Hongkong, 21st June, 1881, Hong Kong Horse Repository

LIVERY STABLES,

AND DAIRY-

J.

KENNEDY,

PROPRIETOR. Carriages of overy Description For Sale, or Hiro.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 23rd, 1881.

Intimations.

EÇA DA SILVA & Co.

N

GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS AND AUCTIONEERS.

IMPORTERS OF PARISIAN GOODS, SPANISH WINES, AND GENUINE HAVANA CIGARS,

SATIN, SILK, AND GADZE DRESSES,

Special lines in Fancy and Plain A variety of Riebly TRIMMED in Paris. COSTUMES, from the first houses

Elegant Dressing & Morning GOWNS.

BATHING DRESSES in the latest

Style.

MUSLIN SHAWLS, CRAVATS, and FICHUS,

An assortment of Fine FRENCH CORSETS.

Ex recent Mail Steamers, Ladies' and Children's STRAW HATS. in great variety.

PARASOLS and UMBRELLAS. RIBBONS and SASHES of overy description.

Silk and Lisle Thread STOCKINGS. COLLARS and CUFFS in latest Fashions.

SATIN and KID SHOES. White and Colored KID GLOVES. Gentlemen's SILK and SATIN SCARVES.

French BOUTS and SHOES,

A large collection of Elegant Art- icles suitable for presents," from the Grand Magasins du Louvre.

Piesse & Lubin's Celebrated PERFUMES.

The most varied collection of Fancy Goods in the Colony.

SHERRIES of the Finest Quality

at extremely low prices.

Insurances.

TORTHERN ASSURANCE

COMPANY.

FIRE AND LIFE.

ESTABLISHED 1836.

CAPITAL,

£2,000,000.

The Undersigned, Agents for the above Company, are prepared to GRANT POLICIES against FIRE at the following Rates, viz:-

HONGKONG.

GODOWNS, DWELLINGS, AND CONTENTS. First Class, Not per Anuum. Second Class,....% Net

CHINESE HOUSES.

per

Annum.

Special Arrangement. CANTON, SHAMEEN. GODOWNS, DWELLINGS, AND CONTENTS. First Class,... Not

per Annum. Second Class,..... Net per Annum.

MACAO. GODOWNS, DWELLINGS, AND CONTENTS, First Class,.

Net per Annuto. Second Class, ........ I % Net per Annum.

FOOCHOW. GODOWNS, DWELLINGS, AND CONTENTS. (Not on the Hill). First Class, Net per Annum. Second Class,...14 % Net per Annnin. DWELLINGS ON THE HILL, ENTIRELY ISOLATED.

First Class, Second Claas,

3

Net par Anuum.. % Net

Annum. per TURNER & Co.,

Agouts.

Hongkong, 23rd June, 1881.

Note the address, 48, Queen's-road L

Central.

Hongkong, 15th June, 1881.

G. FALCONER & Co., WATCH AND CHRONOMETER MANUFACTURERS

AND

JEWELLERS.

NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, CHARTS AND BOOKS. No. 46, QUEEN'S-ROAD CENTRAL.

JOHN NOBLE. CHRONOMETER AND WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER & SILVERSMITH. Meteorological and Nautical Instruments.

No. 8, QUEEN'S ROAD,

T. N. DRISCOLL. TAILOR, HOSIER, HATTER,

AND

GENERAL OUTFITTER. 45, and 47, QUEEN'S-ROAD. HE Undersigned have been ap- pointed AGENTS to the NEW FORK BOARD of UNDER-

WRITERS.

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong. 15th June, 1881.

A. MILLAR & Co., -PLUMBERS GASFITTERS, COPPERSMITHS, AND BRASS- FOUNDERS, OFFIOM AND WAREROOM FLETCHER'S BUILDINGS, QUEEN'S-ROAD EAST WORKS SPRING GARDENS, WANCHAI

D. K. GRIFFITH & Co... MANUFACTURERS OF THE LONDON AERATED

WATERS, AND GENERAL AGENTS. 7, Beaconsfield Arcade.

E CERCLE-TRANSPORTS.

SOCIETE ANONYME D'ASSURANCE

MARITIME MARSEILLE.

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED....15,000.000 Francs. CAPITAL PAID-ur........ 3,750,000-Francs.

The Undersigned, "liaving been ap-

pointed 'AGENTS of the above Company,

are prepared to GRANT POLICIES on MARINE RISKS to all parts of

the World.

ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 15th June, 1881.

THE MATTIE TAYLOR TROUPE

Take pleasure in announcing that they will give an Entertainment on Monday evening next the 27th June, at the Theatre Royal, City Hall,

A Brilliant Programme will be pro- duced.

Prices of admission :- Reserved Seats.....

Back

2

$2.00

$1.00

Soldiers and Sailors $0.50

in uniform

Tickets obtainable of Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, and at the door on the night of performance.

Chs. J. GAUPP & Co. CHRONOMETER, WATCH, AND CLOCK-MAKERS, Jewellers, Silver-smiths, and

Opticians.

Charts and Books. Nautical Instruments:

"

Solo Agents...

for Louis Audemars' Watches; awarded the highest Prizes at every"

Exihibition

and for Voigtländer and Sohn's Celebrated OPERA GLASSES, MARINE GLASSES, and SPYGLASSES, No. 88, Qucon's-road Contral,

HA

(PRICE $16 PER ANNUM.

For Sale.

KELLY & WALSH

TAVE just received

Donaldson's Rough Sketching

for Engineers. Clarke's Manual of Engineering. Knight's Engineering Dictionary. Lavater's Physiognomy. King's War-ships of Europe." Sawyer's Electric Lighting, Aylward's The Transvaal of to-day. Lord Paget's Crimean Journal, Wade's Tzu-Erh-Chi.

New Customs Publication on SILK. Chamberlain's Classical Poetry

Japanese.

Fyfe's History of Europe. Model Yachts & Model Yacht Sailing. Thearle's Naval Architecture. · “ Through the Ranks to a Commission. ALL THE NEW NOVELS OF THE DAY. Piuto's Through Africa..

New Dance Music New Songs! New French Novels Largo Stock, New Pipes.

E

Sweet Caporal, Old Judge, Entro Nous and other popular Cigarettes,

A Consignment of Japanese Packing,

Printing and useful papers.

All tho Novelties from Vienna, Lon.

don, Paris and America. Summer Games, Lawn Tonis, Croquot,

&c.

New Fine Art Goods.

New designs in Playing Cards. The Japanese Lacquer Playing Cards. Mathematical Instruments. Colour Boxes and Artist's Sundries.

Consignment of Boosey's Band In-

struments.

New Menu and Name Cards. New designs in Stationery.

A new stock of Tauchnitz Novels. A large stock of well finished Europeau ACCOUNT BOOKS in full "and half binding, also Ladies' and Gen. tlemen's Chit Books. Fancy Goods of every description. Hongkong, June 15th, 1881.

LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.

NGLISH and AMERICAN | SPARKLING "SUMMER ALE

STORES.

HUNTLEY and PALMER'S BISCUITS. AMERICAN CRACKNELLS. WILTSHIRE and IRISH BACON. YORKSHIRE HAMS and BATH

CHAPS.

FOSTER'S BASS, and BURKE'S

GUINNESS.

(vory light).

HOSIERY and OUTFITTING. EVERY DESCRIPTION of GOODS

for the SEASON.

HATS, SCARFS, TIES, UMBREL-

LAS, &c., &c.

HAVANNA, MANILA and PENANG

CIGARS and CIGARETTES.

CLARET of Various Crus from $3 COPE'S TOBACCOS.

per

dozen.

SACCONE'S SHERRIES.

OUR OWN "R" PORT. Neurotone, A NEW TONIC. FOSTER'S CHAMPAGNE CIDER. SPARKLING SAUMUR, GINGER and COWSLIP WINES. QUININE SHERRY,

SAYLE

RE now showing in the Gent

men's HOISERY and

A OUTFITTING DEPARTMENTS,—

Lisle Thread HALF HOSE. White and Colored COTTON HOSE, Balbriggan HALF HOSE. Silk, and Spun Silk HOSE. Smedley's GACZE MERINO VESTS. India GAUZE SINGLETS. Smedley's GAUZE MERINO PANTS. Anglo-Indian GAUZE PANTS. Bathing DRAWERS and BRACES, SILK UMBRELLAS.

STRAW HATS in great variety. White LONG CLOTH SHIRTS. REGATTA SHIRTS, Neat Pattorns. All Wool, and Silk & Wool PAJAMA

SUITS.

į

LINEN COLLARS in every Shape

and Size. White and Colored Bordered-

HANDKERCHIEFS, Plain and Hom-stitched. SCARVES, TIES and CRAVATS, Latest Styles received every month.

Black and Drab FELT HATS.

H

...

MEERSCHAUM and BRIAR

PIPES.

TOBACCO BOXES and POUCHES. Stationery of all kinds and des-

criptions,

A Large and Good Selection of all Descriptions of FANCY ARTICLES always in Stock.

Hongkong, June 15th, 1881.

& CO.

Drills and Ducks, Fancy Summer TWEEDS and SUTTING FLANNELS, made up to order on the premises at short notice and at moderate rates.

The Furnishing Department is re plete with every article in this line viz;

Brussels and Tapestry CARPETS. STAIR CARPETS.

FLOOR CLOTHS. IRON BEDSTEADS,

Patent SPRING MATTRASSES. BED LINENS. COUNTERPANES.

Rep, Damask, Cretone and Lace

CURTAINS, &c., &c.

All orders entrusted to us for cor- oring Suites of Furniture, laying down Carpets and Floor Cloths, making up Curtains, &c., &c., will be carefully supervised by an experienced Europ- ean Assistant.

SAYLE & C

VICTORIA EXCHANGE, HONGKONG." Temporary Premises, Crosby's Store, adjoining Mesars Lane, Crawford & Co's

ED. CHASTEL & CO.,

WINE MERCHANTS,

Marine House, 15, Queen's-road

[AVE for sale ox recent arrivals, Light Breakfast CLARETS in quarts and

pints. After Dinner CLARETS in quarts and pints.

CHATEAU-LABITE, MARGAUX, LAROSE, LEOVILLE CLOS DE

MAURIN, &o.. &c.

Do St. Marceaux & Co's CHAMPAGNE in quarts, pints and half-pints. CLARET in WOOD,

CHARTREUSE, CURAÇOA, MARASCHINO,

Price list on application.