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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY JULY 7, 1883.

A COSPCATION of Emergency of United | A VISIT TO THE CANTON-HONG-

1346, will be held in Freemasons

Cha Hall, precisely

2nd Street, this afternoon at 5 for 5-30.

KONG TELEGRAPH OFFICE,

AT KOW-WA.

THE IDIOSYNCRASIES OF

NEWSPAPERS."

The newspaper is justly regarded as one of We would remind our readers that the last per- By the courtesy of Mr. Ho Amei, the principal the great moral forces of civilization. Starting formance of the present season will be given this Director of the Canton-Hongkong Wa Hop Tele- assumed some of the functions of the tribune of out as a mere retailer of news or gossip, it has eventing at Chiarini's Royal-Italian Circus,graph Company, we were enahied yesterday the people. It is constantly pressing forward Bowrington, East Point, commencing at 9 o'clock. afternoon to pay a visit to the Company's tex. into the special domains of law, physic and A moll attractive programme has been arranged, minus at Kow-wa on the Chinese mainland.science in every form. It is always advancing including the whole of the talent of the Company, Starting from one of the wharfs on Praya Central rank or fall to the rear. The law of its being with the age. It must keep in the front and concluding with Herr Johnsen and his den in a very commodious and well appointed steam is to strive for greater perfection. When it of magnificent performing Bengal tigers. Signor launch-shortly after three o'clock, we ruched becomes of a fixed-type décay sets in. It is Chiarini and his immense establishment will our destination after a 'most agreeable mn of undergoing changes all the time. Once a small neighborhood furnished its news. Now the world leave for Batavia by the steamer De Bay on rather under half an hour, Kow-wa isis lald under contribution by the telegraphic wire. Monday, where they will be joined by a new amall village situated at the upper end of a Its treatment of subjects has also been revolu company of celebrated artistes from England. beautiful ravine on the mainland, directly optionized. The successful newspaper is no longer Signor Chiarini has also obtained at vast exposite Stonecutter's island. The few houses of rhetorical or a phrase weaver. The opinions pense the finest cage of performing lions in the which the hamlet is composed are picturesquely--lucidly stated. Knowledge is power, but it has to that have weight are those that are correctly and world, so that the past reputation of this grand constructed on the high ground, close to a con-be precise knowledge. exhibition is certain to be maintained. In all siderable stream of water, pure and clear as probability Signor Chiarini and his new company crystal. This little river breaks up at the village will pay us another visit during the winter.

into several small "fributaries, which become merged in the sea at various points in the vidnity, The approach to Kow-wa is by a fine mndy beach--a splendid resort for bathers-sheltered | by high hills and overhanging rocks on either side. There is plenty water up to within a few yards of the shore, so our launch was enabled to come in quite clase, but our party, which in ad- dition to Mr. Ho Amel and the representative of the Telegraph, comprised one lady and five-gentlemen, principally scientiste in tele- graphy, preferred landing at the mocks on the eastern side of the village, where there is another splendid stretch of sandy beach, and walking over the hill to the station. A capital road, with beautiful flowers growing in profusion on each side, runs round the face of the hill, so our land journey was easily accomplished. On making the descent we crossed a small stream, and ar

Today's Advertisements.

AND

провер

Intimations.

WA HOP

THE CANTON-HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

"HE

NOTICE TGRAPH LINE having been finished-is CANTON-HONGKONG: TELE- far as Kow-Wa village on the Mainland, the Company will be prepared to accept for trans- mission Telegrams from the Poble-on-and-after MONDAY, iho-ott-day-of-July The Tariff of rates, will be 5.Cents per Word, to which, how ever, will have to be added an extra charge of one cent for innsmission by steam-launch be.

•tween Hongkong and the present terminus of the Line. This extra charge will be abolished

as soon as

For Sale.

FOR SALE.

Tusiness is open to negociate for the Sale

"HE OWNER being about to retire from,

of the GOOD-WILL, FITTINGS, and FURNI well-known establishment known as the "NA- TURE Complete of the Old Established and TIONAL HOTEL" situated at Nos. 222 and 224, Queen's Road Central. TheHouse contains TWO BILLIARD TABLES (one English and one. American) which are in a-class condition. –

For further Particulars apply to

[467

JOHN OLSON,

National Hotel Hongkong, 14th June, 1883.

FOR SALE...

CHIARINI'S ROYAL ac the Campany has received permission

ITALIAN CIRCUS end of the End-line with Hongkong by cable. G.

All Telegrams for Canton to be handed in at the Company's Station,, No. 89, PRAYA CENTRAL HONGKONG, 43 no messages will be received at the temporary Station on the mainland. Mes- sages from Canton to be handed in at the Company's Temporary Station at the EAST STREET SUN-TOW-LAN in the City of Canton.

200LOGICAL AGGREGATION. POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT

Or

THE PRESENT SEASON.

THIS

EVENING,

ÁT. NINE P.M. SPECIAL - PERFORMANCE. THE TALENTED ACROBATS.

GRAND

It was not possible that an engine of so much power should not be utilized by grasping men. Many of the great millionaires have indulged in peculiarity of the mechanism is here exhibited in the luxury of owning dewspapers. But the a very strong light. The millionaire so inclined is either a stock-gambier, or a railroad operator, or a monopoly schemer of some sort. If he should upenly acknowledge the ownership-the power of his organ is gohe. Everybody knows then the secret of its utterances. It will "give. away its patron whenever it expresses an opinion upon a certain class of subjects. In that case, the man with the organ is weaker than he make use of the rule of contraries and do the was before. It is true that sometimes be can. opposite of what is proposed in his paper. But that is not a game that can be long played. The visible to the most superficial observer. It has hand of the operator will in time become fully also to be added that no matter how carefully it may be sought to conceal the unseen newspaper operator, the secret is bound to leak out. The identity of interests cannot long be concealed. York Tribune was supposed to be hidden from The entire Company will take part in this grand

The connection-of-Jay-Gould with the New-

It is currently rumoured in the colony-and it was openly stated in one of our contemporaries a few days ago that Mr. George Hayward's appointment as superintendent of Victoria Gaol, announced in the London & China Ex press, was perfectly correct, and that this ap. pointment, duly signed by the Earl of Derby, arrived in the colony some time ago. Nothing in any way relating to the matter has yet appeared Pin the Government Gazette, and the tongue of rumour says that Governor Bowen has taken upon himself to return the appointment to the Secretary of State, and to ask his lordship to reconsider his decision. We give these re ports for whatever they may be worth, although We have good grounds for believing that they are not far from the truth. It is quite true that a young officer in the garrison was strongly rerived in front of the offices of the Wa Hop Tele-moral view. But, it was surmised in time.. commended for the appointment, and there is too much reason to fear that, as in the case of the superintendentship of the police, another official job is intended. Mr. Hay ward is a thoroughly experienced officer; he has performed his duties in the Gaol most assiduously, with infinite credit to himself and the utmost satisfaction to the Governments and"-operators' room is on the left-hand side ̄a you¬ it is admitted on all hands that he is perfectly qualified for the appointment he now holds. It will, therefore, be a scandalous injustice, and anything but to the credit of the Government, If an outsider is, by special favor of the Gov. ernor, or any back-door influences, pitchforked into this responsible position over the head of an old and deserving servant of the colony.

A CORRESPONDENT tends the following yarn to ́a home paper i—"The Strathmore family is one. of the oldest and most bistorical of Scotland, They have been Earls since 1433, and inhabit a

no less historical castle than that of Glamis, a8-

graph Company, on which the dragon flag was floating in the breeze.

4.

The buildings are Chinese matsheds, but of rather a more conspicuous appearance that the usual run of these bulldings, the materials being of the brightest colours, while the painter's art is profusely distributed all over the place. The

enter, and there, two of the latest and most approved instruments have been erected, and connected with the wires which run along the ravine and over the mountains to the north. The professional gentlemen quickly got to work and in a very few minutes we were holding an animated conversation with the officials at the Canton end of the line. After carefully taking stock of the instruments and appliances of the office, all of which, by the way, have been most Carefully arranged, we left the new building, and, attended by quite a crowd of natives from the where we had no difficulty in getting on board village, walked a few yards to the westward

the launch. After circumnavigating-Stonecutters

After that it could be no help to him in any. of his projects. The utterances of the paper upon Union Pacific, Panama Railroad, Pacific. Mail or Western Union were placed under the microscope. When the Tribune was able to throw off the incubus of Gould, he trans- ferred his patronage to the World, a fact that was not long hid. When, he sold out that paper the other day, tire ownership was.com-will fessed. It is quite evident from this statement of facts that ar "organ" is a very poor invest- ment, for the reason, among other things, that the bias imposed unit cannot long be concealed As soon as the fact becomes public, the disguise reflected by his own light. He may double and is stripped off, and the man with the organis dodge, as above set forth. But the "organ," in time, will be very apt to cripple him, instead of helping him along.

sociated with the Macbeths. In 1455 Lady Island and admiring the beauty of that once of thought. The spirit of the cider "Bennet |

THE ONZALO FAMILY In their daring gymnastic exhibitions. THE FEARLESS RIDERS and

THE FUNNY CLOWNS. Perry "the Droll "in his Shakespearian impersonations.

representation.

SIGNOR CHIARIŅI

will introduce his highly educated stud of magnificent horses.

THE ELEPHANTS appear for the last time and perform their

wonderful feats.

HERR NEILS LORENZ JOHNSEN - will enter the Tiger den and show his marvellous

POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT power over these monarchs of the jungle.

- IN HONGKONG THIS SEASON. COME AND SEE IT,

don't miss this chance, nothing like it ever seen in any other Circus ia China or elsewhere,

·

$10.00.

2.00.

For Messages beyond Hongkong the rates of the different other Telegraph Administrations will have to be added to the Company's rates.,, For acceptance and transmission of the Tele-

..

$22 per Case.

H. MUMM & Co.'s CHAMPAGNE.

QUARTO. PINTS.......

Apply to

$33 per Case.

MELCHERS & Co.

Hongkong, and March, 1882.

FOR SALE.

EX STEAMSHIP "LAERTES,"

WATER

CONDENSERS.

will be bound by the rules, oft, the Company A CONSIGNMENT OF HOCKING'S Will be bound by the rules of the International Telegraph Convention as followed by the other Telegraph Administrations here. Chinese Mes- sages will be transmitted and charged according to-the-code-books and regulations of the Great Northern Telegraph Administration. These code books may be had on application at the Com-... pany's Officest Price 30 Cents each.

Senders of Messages may open a deposit nc- count with the Company, and pass-books may be had at the Company's Office on application.

It is further notified that all Messages from the 9th day to the 10th day-of-July-inclusive" between Canton and Hongkong will be sent free. nf charge:

THE BEST & CHEAPEST EVER MADE.

Gallons per day.

Capable of Condensing Three. Thousand

Apply to

G. FENWICK & Co., Victoria Foundry, Hongkong, 25th April, 1883

[328 THE CITY OF MANILA-CIGAR~ STORE"

-HAS-FOR SALE.

NIGARS of all Brands, imperiales, Caballeros,

The times of departure of the steam-launch-Vegueros, Regalias, Londres, Nuevo Ha

will be as follows:-

FROM HONGKONG.......

B A.M. 10 "

12 NOON.

"

2

FROM KOW-WA VILLAGE, A.M.

1 PM

21

HO KWAN SHAN, Manager.

[$36

Hongkong, 4th July, 1883.

CLARIDGE'S HOTEL" BROOK STREET, LONDON, W.

going home from the Far East. It is under the THE above is a Commodious and Suitable

direct able Management of Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE PRAGNELL who spare no pains in providing their visitors with every possible comfort. TERMS, MODERATE. [502. ROYALYORK HOTEL OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, ENGLAND. "HE' THE above HOTEL is Centrally situated, with Suitable Rooms and ample accom- (Tomodation for travellers, especially those coming

Gont Eastern Climates, FAMILIES and GENTLE

ERATE CHARGES MKN will lind every comfort they can wish for at the above establishment, at STRICTLY MOD-

HOTEL for FAMILIES and GENTLEMEN

nalism. When once firmly founded a journal Nor is this the only curious feature of jour acquires a power of its own, which, in certain great lines of thought, molda these connected with it, instead of being molded by them. It

PRICES OF ADMISSION:

New York Herald makes its own writers and tributed, should acquire such an influence.. The is strange that a piece of paper regularly dis

Boxes, Six Chairs ......... Chairs (Dress Circle).. Stalls, Carpeted Seats

***** 1.00. contributors. It modifies their style and mode

Pit...

__0,50, little higher tone, we have to-day the same cyni- the rank of Officers, half price, except to Boxes. still rules in the office of that journal. With a Children under 10 years and Soldiers under cism, the same loose thinking palmed off

off for free thinking, and seasoned with trifling jests, the A reserved division of the Carpeted-and Pit whole coupled with the same enervetic pursuit of Seats has been arranged for Native Ladies ago. The Sun ofthe-same-day-furnishes anilos A Plan of the Seats can be seen at MAR- news which characterized that journal thirty years

whan they alone will be admitted.); tration of a like kind. It has molded is editor,-MANDES HAIRDRESSING SALOON, originally a Whig, in middle life,a rabid Aboli- HONGKONG HOTEL BUILDINGS, where Tickets tlonists into a progressive Democrat. Dana rules

will be on Sale Daily from 9 A.M. till 4 P.31 supervise the forms. The Sun has changed in some particulars. Its style of criticism and com-

Seats in advance. said to have recently developed a method for the ment has been greatly improved. It may be treatment of public questions all its own. The principal features of it are precision of statement and reiteration. But in its leading purposes it is the same old, Su-just the same as if no change at all had taken place in its manage.

Samore, falsely accused of conspiracy by witchcraft against the life of King James barren shore, (where we observed one or two of IV. of Scotland, was burnt in the Grass Mr. Kennedy's turned-out race ponies, but failed market, Edinburgh. Her son, driven dispeto discover any trace of the Hon-Rupet's

rahhite) nor miles, est a snarea for hama, andaba and perished immediately. The title remained passing the Dels at anchor in the quarantine some years dormant, but was revived by station and the Douglas, with her ominous James I. of England, VI. of Scotland. It is yellow flag at the fore, in route to that anything for having abandoned her in her distress. Be/about's o'clock, having passed a most agreeable in the flesh, but the shades of the Beaches still accommodating Parties who may wish to secure aid the lady of Strathmore cursed her family but agreeable berth, we got alongside the wharf

couple of hours.

opened for the transmission of messages on The Wa Hop Company's line will be formally Monday the 9th inst., and on that day telegrins will be received and forwared free of charge. There can be no doubt that it is a drawback to the Company not to have a cable connection accross the harbour with Hongkong. Although

this as it may, here is what recently transpired in this ancient house: For four generations there has been a mystery at Glamis Castle which no one has ever been able to fathom. Some said it was a ghost, others a mysteriously hidden treasure; but rumors of a more or less uncanny nature floated round the country and

a steam launch can easily run across under half have done so for about ninety-three years--an hour, even this delay is inconvenient and Four Entis of Strathmore have seated them should be avoided. Besides, having a terminus selves in ancestral stats at Westminster, and at Kow-wa and a head office in Hongkong must yet all the while the real Earl, the eldest Company, which is a matter for consideration in materially add to the working expenses of the of the family, was alive, hidden in the vast old the face of the exceedingly low tariff advertised. feudal palace at Glamis. He died only last year, There is, however, little doubt that the Hongkong aged ninety-two years, and he was a monster,

Government will eventually grant permission to bring the line into this colony and the only that puzzles us is to understand on what

ment.

He stood eight feet in height,TM His head and theable grounds any objections were raised can, paper cannot be changed into a regular

in the first instance. Of course the Chiness Company must comply with some requisite cone ditions, and it is only fair that the Government, under certain well understood circumstances, should reserve the power of exercising some con. trol over the line in cases of emergency, such as a war with China; but as this undertaking must manity, the necessity for removing all obstader prove an undoubted boon to our commercial.com in the way of its usefulness must be los clearly apparent to require further elucidation at our hands

CORRESPONDENCE...

We detely endorse the oplatons expressed by

Correspondants in this column.)

types is not very difficult to make out. If they The secret of the permanency of newspaper

biy mold men's minds, and create a peculiar are growing journals, they create a peculiar frame of mind in ever widening areas. They insensi.

take hell and run habit of thought. If a new management should `against_methods conse- crated by time, a loss of circulation would be pretty sure to follow. A familiar illustration can be found in the fact that a regular Republi Democratie one without collapse. In that case the base is changed from and set of political thinkers to another, and of course the paper suffers heavily during the doubtful movement. But the rule is not confined to politics. It thought. To attempt to make a staid, careful extends to other and more aubtle lines

and precise Journal out of the New York Her add would probably result in a great injury to its finances. It has a constituency which for the most part has been trained to accept what it gives, and it will be content with nothing due. It is always expected that it will turn somersaults in the polifical arena. Similarly, the New Yorke Sun could not be converted into a Republican paper or made to exhibit leanings adverse to the Democracy without the risks which always attend revolutionary proceedings.

upper part of his body resembled that of a toad. His skin was marked with black and white splotches and his hands were webbed. He could not speak or hear, but his eyes were bright but wild. He never showed signs of reason, and in order to avoid legal'difficultice and painful revela- tions this horror was hidden in a building erected on purpose. His jailers were paid handsome an- nuities to keep silent. At each Earl succeeded to the estate ha was taken to see this terrifle creature, and it is said that one of these gentlemen almost lost his reason in beholding the loathsome and gigantic horror. Last year the poor wretch died and his secret has come out, owing to difficulties concerning the disposal of his remains. The most extraordinary part of it all is that the whereabouts of the monster Earl was-kept so

OUR LOCAL PROTEUS. wonderfuly quiet, and also that he lived to such Si When suggesting a successor to all the garded only as the most conspicuous in the TOʻTES EDITOR OF THE "Hongkong TaLKIRAYAW The idiosyncracles above set forth may be re- an advanced ago." We think the most extra post let vacant by Captain Superintendent newspaper business. As organs they ape ordinary part of the above is the remarkable in Took the claims of the He Ed Workhout thrower more frequently than anybody else. A Deane's departure, how did you happen to ov

rate only as boomerangs. They injure the ventive powers of the writer. Having passed a surely an oficial who can be trusted to "heet of paper in too thin to hide behind. It does goodly number of years in the vicinity of the three offices satisfactorily should be able to In the second place, there is a permanency of

not make ether a good mask or home of the Bowes-Lyons of Strathmore, and make light. work of a fourth raust confels

good buckler. frequently gone over the ancient castle, of that in indebted for this suggest that is to say, a paper must improve, but type but always consistent with logical progress Glamis, "from turret to foundation stone, & ing one of "the performers in his rapid if the model be at all sound. But whatever be to my life to Chindia's circus and add cannot lay aside its original characte Sir Walter Scott puts it, we are in a position to changes of costumes. Our method of conduct the projection, there are certain things a news state authoritatively that the story of the Monstering our official routine is sadly monotonous, paper must have that is to say, honesty of Earl" is shallow firot." "The writer of the story which the authorities are heartily welcome purpose, devotion to the public welfare, a judi- and I think that the following programme-to evidently knew nothing about the family history would tend to make it more lively both to the. There is a criminal class which intrudes into of the lords of Glamis. He says "four Earls of gods and the mortals they govern.

cial equipolar, good temper tact and judgment- Strathmore have seated themselves in ancestral,

Scenerisce on Police Superintendent's state at Westminster, and yet all the while the Costume, white drill, helmet with blue puggarre Their papers may grow for a time, but they Journalism. But they do not differ essentially from the vicious in any other walks of life. Alarms and excursions, enter dishevelled me real Earl, the oldest of the family, was alive, his senger "A fire in pignty at Wong-adi-chong," or wither and did leaving no trace hat den in the vast old fendal, palace at Glamis Transformation: fireman's uniform, brasa helmet,

infany and blackmini-Evening Now it so happens that the Glamis family, until axe and spanner (Mr. Creagh's famous old wille within the past few years, never wat in state still available) and off to the fire. A wall crushes rocking horse would come on splendidly here, if Westminster, Claude Bowes-Lyon, in Earl of too daring fireman. Play up the band while Strathmore and Kinghorne, Viscount Lyon, and off we go to the Civil Hospital, changing in

THE AMERICAN HÁIL... -- L Giams, Sydlaw and Strahdichtle is the route to adivilian garb. Verdict accidentalle

The E.MSS. Co.'s steamer City of Peking, passage of Stotland, but he is not a peer of the Rose Back to police court, white flannel, various with the next American mail, leaves Yokohama United Kingdom, and has no ancestral claim to chewki Final chorus of supers represents

offenders (plunderers at the fire. &c.) sent to! on the 8th instant, and may be expected here on sit in the House of Lords. A few years ago, ing freien, police, inquest Jurors and inter the present Earl was elected a representatré preters of the magistrate's court, as follows peer for Scotland, and, was the first of his race,

Conceive it if you can unleas

we greatly ent, who ever sat in state

Abobby-controlles you Westminster. The secret chamber in Glamis Castle is, like most other secret, chambers, a mere antiquated tradition

Office.

A fireman directing, offendere correcting Corobar's Inquest young mamal Y. e da

Yours truly

PROTEUS

Hongkong, July 7th, 1883

the 14th

MAILS EXPECTED...

STEAMERS EXPECTED EN

The Scottish Oriental Company's steamer Taichou let Singapore on the 4th instant, nid may be expected to arrive here about the 11th,

The steamer Cometa left Batavia for this port on the 1st instant, and is duo here on the 16th.

L. MAYA,

Secretary.

Hongkong, 7th July, 1883.

1511 FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG, AND CALCUTTA.

THE Steamship

"CRYSTAL,"

Captain R. A. Darling, will be despatched for the above Ponts, on THURSDAY, the 12th instant, at THREEP.34

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co., Agents, Hongkong, 7th July, 1883.

339

`PUBLIC 'AUCTION. VALUABLE HOUSES IN ABERDEEN STREET, GOUGH STREET AND HOLLYWOOD ROAD,

THE Undersigned has received Instructions

to Sell by Public Auction, on

WEDNESDAY,

the

All

11th day of July, 1883. at THREE P.M.,

on the Premises,

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGIER.

that Piece or Parcel of GROUND registered

in the Land Office as Sections and the Remaining Portion of Inland Lot No. 6o. Together with the 18-HOUSES' erected thereon and known, as Nos. 75, 77, 79, and 81 Hollywood Road. Nos. 21, 23, 35, 37, 29, and 31, Aberdeen Street Nos. 3, 4 The above Houses will be Sold in separate

8, 10, 13, 14 and 16 Gough Street: Lots to SultiPuqhasers

For Particulars, apply to

J.-M. GUEDES, Auctioneer. hongkong 7th July, 1883.

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TO LET TURNISHED ROOMS in the Hollywood Private Family.

MA

F

503)

A. HOADLY,

Proprietor. HONGKONG, HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.

HE DIRECTORS are now prepared to Treceive TENDERS from suitable persons for a term of FIVE YEARS, for the lease of the HONGKONG HOTEL, with FURNITURE.com- plete

The Building (together with a powerful pas alterations and additions have been completed, senger lift,) will comprise after the proposed viz

~THE BÄSEMENT...'

Two Grand Entrances from Pedder's Street and, Queen's Road. Bar, Billiard, Reading and Smoking Rooms with separate Entrance from Pedder'a Street

A handsomely fitted up Ladin' Room, for the use of visitors and others.

Store Roonis

Manager's and General Offices, Kitchens,

&C.

& FIRST FLOOR.

&c.

banos of all makes, quality guaranteed. TOBACCOS of all Brands, at moderate prices. FANCY GOODE" from the Parisian markets, Meerschaum Pipes, Jewellery of Chaste Designs. Sun Hats, &c, &c.j. Commissions Executed.

JOSE M. BASA No. 51, B., QUEIN'S ROAD, CENTRAL Hongkong, 1st May, 1882,

(343

FOR SALE CHEAP. TIVE TO SIX HUNDRED TONS

C-0-K-· ·E·

IN LOTS FROM ONE TON UPWARDS. COAL TAR IN BARRELS.

CHOY CHEW,

230, PRAYA WEST,

Hongkong, 5th April, 1883.

HONGKONG TIMBER YARD, WANCHAI. REGON PINE SPARS AND LUMBER

ALWAYS ON HAND.

L. MALLORY,

.. Proprietor. ----Hongkong, 24thTMJune, 1881.

[sor F. BLACKHEAD & CO.

AND

SHIPCHANDLERS, STORE-KEEPERS

GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, PRAYA CENTRAL.

HAVE RECEIVED EX LATEST ARRIVALS

AMERICAN CAST STEEL SHOVELS

.PICKS.

AXES.

HATCHETS. ENGINEERS & HOUSEHOLD HAMMERS. PATENT BIT-BRACES.

AUGER-BITS.

DRILLS.

GIMBLETS.

SQUARES, PATENT BRASS PADLOCKS &

CHEST LOCKS,

MRS, POTT'S PATENT SADIRONS. COOKING STOVES”

FAIRBANK'S SCALES, FORCE PUMPS FOR SHIPS' USE DRILLING MACHINES.

BREAST DRILLS, AUTOM : BORING TOOLS

wards of 170 penins at the same boss.

A Public Dining Room capable of dining up- ANVILS, VICES, AND DRILLS COMBINED,

ONE LARGE BREAKFAST ROOM. FIVE elegant and beautifully fitted up suite of ROOMS, contiating of a Frivate DINING ROOM, DRAWING ROOM, CARD

TEN Bed Rooms with a Bathroom to cach,

ROOM, READING ROOM, and BILLIARD ROOM..

SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS: Have each 26 lofty, well ventilated and lighted Bed Rooms, opening on to large Verandahs with a.commodians, Bath Room for each room.

All the Passages and Corridons throughout the fumiture will be new and made expressly for the premises are wide and well lighted, most of the

climate.

The special attention of Hotel Keepers and others is drawn to the unusual advantages offered, the daizda i pa jeun

Tenders to state. zum per annum, and to include taxes. No Tender under $3,500 per mensem will be entertained by the Directors.

Hongkong, 16th April, 1883.

[Ra

L———— GOGO

Road, WITH or WITHOUT BOARD. MOHAMPOO WASH For Particulars, apply to

Hongkong, 7th July, 1883. NOTICE:

ST. JOHN LODGE OF HONGKONG, NO. 61 9.6.

to the public as unrivalled by any prepara. tion ever produced for promoting the growth Office of this paper.

of the hair. The basis of this compound [537 made of soap root; the natives of the Philip

pine Islands never use anything else for washing their bar; they are never found bald, and it is quite common to see the females with hair from 5 to 6 feet long. By constantly using this. Shampoo Wash" as directed, grou

NEVER BE BALD,

p REGULAR LODGE will be held in The proprietor offers the Wash to the public A FREEMASONS HALL, Zetland Street, on entirely, confident that by its restorative pro- FRIDAY, the 13th instant at 8 for 8.30 FM perties it will without fail arrest decaying precisely. Visiting Beestren will be made cordially hair. It completly eradicates surf, dandruff, welcome

pa perkrankt and cures all diseases of the scalp. It does not Hongkong, 6th July, 1883

(535, contain any polonon drugs. By its cooling

A MACAO

WANTED TO RENT POR Two Months during the Summer, the Praia Grande prefered

FURNISHED RESIDENCE IN MAC a

Send Particular to

Care of Hongkong Hongkong, 1st June, 1883.

properties it allays the itching and fever of the

ANVILS

VICES.

HITCHCOCK'S PATENT LAMPS,

GLASSCUTTERS.

SCROLL SAWE.

FAMILY GRINDSTONES, BLACKSMITHS! BELLOWS,.

&

BEST WHITWORTH'S STOCK AND DIES SCREW. WRENCHES,

RULES.

PLANE IRONS

CHISELS.

HAMMERS.

PINCERS.

NIPPERS

DIVIDERS.

"METAL SCISSORS, ".

„METAL: SAWG,

TUBE EXPANDERS.

OIL-FEEDERS.

OIL-CANE.

SALTER'S SPRING BALANCE SCALES WESTON'S PATENT TACKLES, PATENT SOCKETS. DISTRESS SIGNALSH HOLMES PATENT SIGNAL LIGHTE FOGHORNS

-SIGNAL LAMPS, |-

LIFE BUOYS

LIFE BELTS. BOTTLE WASHING AND CORKING

· MACHINES.

scalp, which is the great cause of people losing SPARKLING SCHARZHOFBERGER.

their haires de la pan

***. Mr. Moore bu succeeded in being able to put this wash up in bottles without allowing it to Burent, and be will guarantee it to keep any length of time in any climate

FOR SALE ONLY BY MOORE & Co.,

VARIETY STORE, Pentagon Queen's Road Central, Hongkong, asth January, 1883

ear

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