1897-05-29 — Page 1

NEW STOCK. BATHING COSTUMES,

BATHING DRAWERS.

BATH BLANKETS, CHRISTY'S TOWELS, &c., &c., &c.

COTTAM & Co.,

H

General Outfitters.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

New SERIES No. 609. #^+ZA+=+=#*

Banks.

ONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

Amusement.

DROP FROM THE CLOUDS.

MLONDON ARPONADT, will make one of

R. STANLEY SPENCER, the Famous

-PAID-DF CAPITAL ......................................................$10,000,000 his RESERVE FUND$ 6,500,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPTORS...$10,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS:

ST. C. MICHALISI, Esq.-Chalınan, Hom, J. J. HELL-IRVING.-Deputy Chairman,

C. Bearmand, Esq.

G. D. Böning. Eur.

A. I. Raymond, Esq.

R. L. Richardson, Esq.

G. B. Dodwell, Esq.

| R. Shewan, Esq.

R. M. Gray, Esq.

David Gubbiy, Esq.

N. A. Stebi, Esq.

Gerald Slade, Esq.

CHILY MANAGER: Hongkong T. JACKSON, Esq.

MANAGER:

Sharghat-J. P. WADE GARD'Ner, Em, LONDON BANKERS-LÖNDUN AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITWD, HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED

On Current Account at the rate of 3 per Cent. per Annum on the dally balance.

INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS:

For

3 months, 31 per cent. per Annum. For 6 months, 31 per Cent. per Annam. For 12 months, 4 per Cent, per Annum.

T. JACKSON,

Hongkong, toth Apill, 1897.

Chlef Manages,

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

!!

SENSATIONAL BALLOON ASCENTS and

PARACHUTE DESCENTS

TO-MORROW

(SUNDAY), the 30th May, 1897, (Weather Permitting)

at $ o'clock.

From ibe Gardens at BAY VIEW HOTEL with his Handsome a'loon,

*THE JUBILEE "

This will be MR SPENCER'S FAREWEL PERFOMANCE prior to his departure from Hoa, kong.

NO CHARGE to witness the Balloon Ascent.

Pleaty of Accommodattan.

ESTABLISHED 1881.

SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1897.

大寒波

九十二月五英港香

Intimations

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL steam

NAVIGATION COMPANY.

TOR

STEAMERS

CAPTAINS

LNDON &C. Rohilla .............F. Cole

TO SAIL ................................ Nooo, 3rd Jesc...

REMARKS See Special

Advertisement

JAPAN ...Ancona W. D. Madie

Intimations.

WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY, NEW EDITION, 13 THE BEST AND CHEAPEST, For Sale at tha Hongkong Telegraph Office, No, 6, Pedder's Hifi...

THIRTY DOLLARS PER ANNUM.

UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL

AGENCY, LIMITED.

SOLE AGENTS IN

HONGKONG, CHINA, JAPAN AND THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS,

FOR THE

·UNITED ASBESTOS COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON, PIONIERS OF THE ASBESTOS TRADE.

Contractors to HM. Government, and the Principal English, Indias, Colonial and Fardiga Railways, including the Imperial Rathways of Japan.

MANUFACTURERS OF

{Freight or Passage. The Best Qualities of ASBESTOS and RUBBER GOODS for the VERY HIGHEST PRESSURËS, «Noom, 4th Junu..... (Paring through

Cheaper Qualities for Low PRESSURES, the Inland Sea.} LONDON......... Sunda. G. D. AdƐews.......Absut rath Juip...Freight or Passagė,

The "VICTOR METALLIC PACKING has been adopted by the Lords of the Admiralty for use throughout Her Majesty's Navy,

The VICTOR METALLIC JOINTING MATERIALS for Steam and Hydraslic Jalais, Mandale and Mudhole Doors, &c., an also used on every Battleship, Cruiser, Ganboat, Torpedo boat and Transport la H.M.Service.

SALAMANDER * Non-conducilag Composition for Ballers, Hot-water Tanks, Pipes, & IN TWO QUALITIES.

SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR QUANTITIES.

Subscriptions.

Plenty of Refreshments.

STANLEY SPENCER,

For Further Particulars, apply to

Thomas's Gill Rooms

HONG

Hongkong, 19th May, 1897-

【ONGKONG, VOLUNTEER

(863

CORPS,

H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent,

Hongkong, 28. May, 1897,

[s

SUPERINTENDE

[8

17)

THE Business of the shove Bank is conducted

by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Rales may be obtained on application.

INTEREST on deposits is allowed at 34 Pax CINT, per annum.

Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT, per annum.

For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager.

19

Hongkong, 1st August, 1895.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA' AND CHINA.

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1853. HEAD OFFICE LONDON.

LIABILITY or SHARI HOLDERS 1000

· CAPITAL PAID-UP RESTAYE

RESERVE FUND

FROMENADE CONCERT

AND

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

SATURDAY, the 5th Tene, 1897. Weather Permitting.

AT HEADQUARTERS, commencing at 9.15 P.M.

TICKETS may be obtained from Mesars. W. ROBINSON & Co., Queen's Read.

་

By kind permission, the PAND of the WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT will take part in the CONCERT.

Hongkong. 18th May, Roy.

1875

Intimations:

THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT

·COMPANY, LIMITED.

NORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

TOTICE is hereby given that as EXTRA-

of the GREEN ISLAND (EMENT COM- PANY, LIMITED, will be held at the Company's 800,000 Office, No. Praya Central, Hongkong, on

SATURDAY, the 5th day of June, 1897, £800,000 ❘ NOON, when the subj:fned exclutions will be £350,000 proposed

INTEREST ALLOWED of CBRE er

Should the resolations be duly passed they wil

be spbmitted for confirmation is special restor ACCOUNT at the Rate of's per cent, per dons to a sec.nd Extraordinary General Meeting -annum on the Dally Balances,

which will be sabsequently convened.

On Fixed Deposits for 12 months... 4. per cont.

►

FI

11

18

6 43

-, ... 31 3 11 T. H. WHITEHEAD,

Manager, Hongkong. Hongkong, tgh October, 1896,

[31

THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,

LIMITED.

Authorised Capital.....................................................................£1,000,000 Subscribed Capital..............................................£ 500,000

HEAD OFFICE :-HONGKONG,

Court of Directors:-

D. Gliiles, sq

| ChowTong Shang, Esq. H. Stolterfont, Esq. Kwan Hol Chuen, Esq.

Chan Kit Shan, Esq.

Chief Manager,

GEO, W. F. PLAYFAIR,

Interest for 12 months Fixed, 5 per Cent, Hongkong, 23rd October, 1893.

Insurances.

[7

THE MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE

COMPANY.

ESTABLISHED A,D, 1844,

CAPITAL ...

£2,000,000 TOTAL FUNDS AND SECURITY £2,480,$ NET ANNUAL FIRE PREMIA.net £757.478 AVING been appolated AGENTS of the above Company we are prepared 16 accept EUROPEAN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES.

HAV

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.

Agents.

Hongkong, and January, 1897.

NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE

[74

THE Undersigned

COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

THE 'KESOLUTION

(1) That the Capital of the Company .be Increased to the sum of $500,000 Hongkong Currency by the issue of thirty thousand new shares of ten dollars each to be issued at a premium of ten dollars each, such price at ten dollars sach and also such premfum of ten dollars each' to be payable in such amounis, si such times, and on conditions as the Geatral' Managers shall from time to.lime determine

(1)-That twenty thousand of such atw shares be off red to the persons who an the Ist day of Joly, 1897, shall be the registered -shareholders of the old or existing shares in the proportion of nae new share for every old or existing share and such offer shall be made by a notice specifying the number of new shares which each such registered shareholder abali be entitled to take up and limiting a lime withła which the affer (! not accepted in willing will be deemed to be not accepted, and all non-accepted shares shall be disposed of for the benefit of the Company on such conditioon as the General Managers shall determine. (3)-That the remstaing ten thousand new shares be allotted to the General Managers who have guaranteed to apply for and accept that number,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO,

General Managers. Hongkong, 28th May, 1897.

THE

[877

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

"HE FINAL DIVIDEND for the Year T896, at the Rita of FIFTY CENTS per Share (or FIVE Per Cent. the CAPITAL of be Company, making TEN Per Cent. for the Year) is PAYABLE at the Hongkong and SHANGHAI BANK, Hongkong, on and after this date, the zgib May, 1897, on WARRANTS to be obtained from the Underalgued. Local Shareholders are requested to apply at the Company's Office for their WARRANTE.

The DIVIDEND is also PAYABLE at the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

Compare AGENTS of the above on presentation of WASRAMAS BATE, Shangha

Chau FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS 20

CURRENT RATES.

W. POWELL & CO.

ICE

JUST LANDED.

CREAM FREEZERS,

"(Newest Patants)

1qt., 2qt., 3qt., 4gt., 6qt,, 8qt, 10qt.

IGE CHIPPERS,

ICE SHAVERS,

Hongkong, 28th May, 1897.

TRADE MARK.

Hong Nama :--- YUEN Wo.

TILIPHONE, No. 135.

ICE CREAM POWDERS.

Ito.

CALIFORNIA WINES

› Do4, Qrá

CLARET .................

$4.00

a Dos, Pts, « Doc. } Pra,

14.50 1650

ZINFANDEL .......

430

5.00.

7.00

RIESLING DULTCDEADLINES

5.00

HOCK

$co

- 5.00

There are genuine GRAPE WINES, full-bodied, with llitle acidity.

An allowance of filly cents per dezin is made for the empty pints when returned to our Godown.

GANDE PRICE & CO.,

Hongkong, 38th May, 1807.

THIS

the same date.

SIEMSSEN & Co.

[18

· A. H.-MANCELL, `

Secretary. Hongkong, 25th May, 1897,

1861 LONDON COLLIGE OF MUSIC.

Hongkong, 28th May, 1895.

GENERAL NOTICE.

THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY,

{LIMITED:)

CAPITAL, TAELS. 600,000

EQUAL TO anmurgosumni)

$833,333-33. RESERVE FUND munion - $318,000,00

-4

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LEX SINO, Esq.

LO YEUE MOON, Esq.”

LOU TEO SHUN,. Es, |

· MANAGER-HO AMEL TARINE RISKS on GOODS, &c, taken at CURRENT„ĶArzy to all parts of the

MA

World.

:

*** HEAD OFFICE, 8 & §, PRAYA WEST, A Hongkong, 19th Decemí Beir, 1886) 145

"NOTICE.

THE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,

LIMITED.

THE

CAFITAL SUBSCRIBED. .....................$1,000,000,

· The abere" Company is prepared toʻ accept Maxink Risks at CUARENT Rates on Goode, de. -"Policles granted to all Parts of the world' payable at any of its Agencies,

CHAU TSEUNG FAT, ›

My Secretsizy, HEAD OFFICE, · Ha, a, Qumne ROAD"WITY, gkong, 235 May, 1894.

130

Petron HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF LEEDS,

LOCAL BRANCEL, -... Under the Patronage of H.E. SI WILLIAM, ROBINSON, K.C M.G,

H.E. Major-General BLACK, CB,.

103

Hon E. R. BELILIOS, CMG. TTIS EXCELLENCY,THE GOVERNOR

Hay Madly consented to Distribute the

CERTIFICATES lo,Successful Candidates on MONDAY/next, at 4.30 P.M., in the CITY HALL. All inimested in Music are cordially invited to attend,

E RALPHS, ALCM,

· Representative of the London College.

Hangkang, 27th May, 1897.

Masonic

ZETLAND

$

Army (No: 321, EC.

[87

LOD GE

REGULAR MEETING of the above

A LODGE will be held in the frau Arons

| Hair, "Zetland Street, on TUESDAY, the 1st June, 1 8.30 for 9, pima precisely, «Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend.

Hongkong, taud May, 1897,

ENQUIRE AT MANAGER'S OFFICE HONGKONG HOTEL FOR

PARTICULARS OF

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

No. 13, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

REDUCED

·EOARD AND LODGING RATES FOR CERTAIN ROOMS.

(15

FOR HIGH PRESSURE CYLINDERS.

AS USED THROUGHOUT

THE UNITED STATES NAVY,

AMAZON SPIRAL PACKING

PACKING

HAS GIVEN GREAT SATISFACTION WHEREVER USED.

-4

$2.00 PER POUND,

ALL SIZES IN STOCK

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

-Kangkang, 13th March? 1897,

Praya Contral.

No 11 13&15 CENTRAL MARKET.

(2889144496729996 4951........................................................THOS. SKINNER.

DODWELL, CARLILL & Co. General Agents.

W. BREWER & CO.

SENES ILLUSTRATED POSTAGE

STAMP ALBUM-entirely revised- permanent clitos.....................$1000 Queen's Regulations and Adindtráltý tes

· · traclions ... .....

The Soldier's Pocket Book, by Lord

Wolesley impacto Kay to Reed's Engineers Hand-Book The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling Man & Beast radia, by Rudyard Kipilog The Seren Seas, by Rudyard Kipling Hongkong, find May, 1897.

} Achievements of Cavalry by General

Rveolyn Wood

The Coachman's Club, by George Sims.... The Sikhs and Sikh War, by General's

Gough and Innes Redan Wisham

4.50

2.00

18.50

2.00

25 Defcace, of the Empire by Carnarvon...... 235 400 The Sepy Ravalt, by General Innes 2.75 3.25 President Cleveland, by Whittle............ 40 With the Jungia Falk-"Burmese Village 1.35

Life by E. D. Coming

THE PHARMACY.

200

400

(18

HAVE NOW A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ATKINSON'S PERFUMES AND ARE SOLE

รป

MANUFACTURERS OF

WHITE HEATHER BOUQUET.

Sole-Agents for VIN PASTEUR, the great French Nerve Taulic,

Alio Solo Agents for the now well-known. JAPANESE TABLE WATER TANSA N.

FLETCHER & CO.

and CARMICHAEL & CO.

NUNOBIKI NATURAL MINERAL WATER.

FROM THE SPRINGS OF THE WELL-KNOWN NUNOBIKI WATERFALLS IN KOBE.

Analysed and pronounced by the IMPERIAL JAPANESE HYGIENIC LABORATORY OF OSAKA, to be effective in the treatment of CONSUMPTION, CHRONIC CATARRH OF THROAT and WIND PIPE, all complaints of LIVER, STOMACH and INTESTINE, RHEUMATISM, SUPERABUNDANCE OF BLOOD, &c.

APPLY TO

Hongkong, rath March, 1897

L. M. ALVARES & CO.,

·SOLE Agents, No. 17, QUEEN'S ROAD CÉNTRAL.

FOR SALE.

-:(0)) J

[443

G. H. MUMM & Co. CHAMPAGNE.

In cases of a dez, plats es...................

do.

1

..$35 per case. ..$33 da

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co,

Agouts,

· Hongkong, 13th February, 187,

MOUNT AUSTIN

HOTEL.

$1,400 › FEET ABOVE SEA Level.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS,

"EXCELSIOR, ** HONDKOND,

A. B: C. Code,

TELEPHONE,

No. 31.

THE TEMPERATURE IS AT LEAST 10 DEGREES, COOLER THAN IN QUBEN'S ROAD.

›TIFFINAT 4 PM.

DINNER AT 8 p.M.

ARRANGEMENTS can be made tot TIFFIN ∞ DINNER PARTIES in PRIVATE: DINING-Rooms.

For further Particulars apply to

Las

THE MANAGER,

Hongkong, 27th July, atos.

MOUNT AUSTIN, HOTEL

[24

PRIME BEEF AND MUTTON. CORNEL

BEEE&TONGUES VEAL SAUSAGES &

[849

Hongkong, sat May, 1897.

TESTDJ4564.

13, Queen's Road,

HORSE HEAD” BRAND.

1

'BASS'S PALE ALE.

UINNESS'S EXTRA FOREIGN stout.

FÖR BOTTLED IN- LONDON,

GUARANTEED TO BE THE BEST QUALITY BREWED.

Hongkong, sand May, 1797.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,

SOLE AGENTS.