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OUR LONDON LETTER.

(From our own Correspondent.)

LONDON, October 27th.

MR. CHANDERLAIN'S SPEECH

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1901.

'much fealing-" It seems terrible hard fuck after all the splendid service. It seems to me to have been a little break out that should have been forgotten."

[A telegram this morning states the publi. cation of this remark to be unauthorised and untrue.]

TOBACCO TRUST.

The British Combination formed to meet the great American trust which has invaded our Tobacco market has closed its ranks. Firms who have not yet come in, will now only be able to do so under less advantageous terms.

LL

at Edinburgh on Friday night was after bis best manner, eloquent, caustic, well-reasoned and determined. It renewed and emphasized the general belief that in à Cabinet of intellec- tual and well-intentioned, but ever doubting ministers, the country possesses at least one man who knows his own mind and is ready to give expression to his convictions, whether

The British manufacturers have declined to they be popular or the reverse. The Colonial Secretary has of course his personal short-continue "obliging" customers, in all cases comings, his political limitations, but what may where such courtesies would necessitate the be called the temptations of a government stacking or procuring of American goods, and in power, do not assail him, and the fact have thus automatically brought about a inspires a confidence not always extended boycott of American wares by a section to his colleagues. The Friday speech fore of the public, and by many of the retai shadowed the scheme for a reduction of the Irish members-not indeed with a

lers.

The real struggle is not anticipated before the spring, as both companies are at present abundantly stocked, and prices will not be materially altered during this, the busiest tobacco quarter.

view to minimising obstruction, for, as Mr. Chamberlain remarked-" I could myself pick out twenty Irishnen in the House of Commons

The American Trust promoters, recognizing who would be quite sufficient to prevent it succeeding in any of its business under exist the share which sentiment is likely to play in ing rules. Obstruction must be dealt with by the matter, are doing their best to conceal their an alteration of those rules. If we place before origin, thus the American. Tobacco Co. which your considération the question of the re-bought up Ogden's has taken down the old presentation of Ireland, it is because we think trading name, and calls itself "Ogdens and, that the present representation is an abuse and in a circular, the American Co. writing as a scandal." The measure dealing with this matter will not, however, be introduced till much nearer the next General Election, but the beginning of next session will witness a government mation to amend the rules of the House so as to "give to the majority a greater control over its own business,-a greater control over the men who insult and outrage Parliament.*

Much of the remainder of the speech was devoted to the explosion of Pro-Boer fallacies and a general defence of the War Office, in the course of which, he characterised the attacks on Lord Landsdowne and Mr. Brodrick as unfair and ungenerous, adding, they both have done splendid service, 10, their country, and carried out a task no other nation would have been capable of."

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ARMY MATTERS.

Ogdens", states "we have taken over the business of the American Tobacco Co." In furtherance of this plan, the Yankee manager has been replaced by Mr. Charles Ogden of the English firm.

"All fair in war" is presumably the basis of these sinart tactics,

LORD JUSTICE RIGBY RETIRES. Yet another familiar figure retires from the Bench. Last week it was the Master of the Rolls and Mr. Justice Day, now it is Lord Justice Rigby, and health is again the cause. Mr. Justice Kekewich, Senior Chancery Judge, will, it is understood, be promoted to the Appeal tour, and the vacancy thus created filled by Mr. J. Butch, K. C., M. P.

It has been suggested that the -ANNIVERSARY OF THE QUEEN'S DEATH shall always be commemorated by the wearing of violets, after the manner of Primrose Days but with the difference that one would be a national tribute, where the, other is a party badge. The King has been approached on the subject, and is understood to have expressed approval of the idea, which was originally mooted months ago!

Mr. Chamberlain avoided all reference direct or indirect to the Buller incident, about which however, Mr. Long, speaking for the Cabinet at Liverpool, had something to say. After passing a culogy on, Sir Redvers Buller both as

man and a patriotic soldier, .he stated that the Government was actu ated solely by solicitude for the mainten ance of discipline, in the course they had regretfully taken with regard to the Aldershot command. General Heller had been removed on one ground-alone-his improper speech-bacteriological department. Great reticence is and all statements suggesting other reasons however observed, and no particulars are to be were absolutely without "one shadow of divulged until the genuine nature of the dis. foundation."

CANCER MICROBE DISCOVERED. From Bombay, there came this week the joyful news that the cancer microbe has been discovered, and isolated, by a member of the

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Chinese. She was accorded a sympathetic hearing on both occasions. It is possible that while staying in town with Dr. Little, late of Shanghai, she may speak at a drawing-room meeting in Kensington on the same subject.

THE ORIENTE HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.

The following is the report of the Board of Directors presented at the ordinary meeting of shareholders, held at the Company's office, No. 51, Calle Soledad, at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday, the zoth November, 1901.

To the Shareholders of

The Oriente Hotel Company, Limited. Gentlemen,In accordance with Section 56 of Articles of Association, the Directors now beg 10 submit their Report for the half-year ended the 30th June, 1991,

The Profit and Loss Account, including the sum of $3685.79 brought forward from 3181 December, 1900, shows a credit balance of $35,

913.30 which your Directors pronose to apper- tion as follows

To write off from value of Furniture

and Fixtures

To set aside against Repairs and'

Renewals

Carriages and Hamess..... To write off for Value of Horses To amounts written off for bad and.

doubtful debts

To Carry forward to new account

$1,592.46

8,689.21

4,002.75

10,000.00 11,628.88

$35,91330

IRECTORS.. Mr. F. E. Coney' retires by rotation, but offers himself for re-election.

AUDITY The accounts have been audited by Mr. Turner..

BENJAMIN, KELLY & POTTS, Managing Directors. Manila, sih November; 1901.

BALANCE SHEET, 30TH JUNE, 1907. Liabilities.

Capital Mortgage Loan Banco Espanol Filipino

do. do. Over draft Industrial tax, Dec. 1900...... Sundry Creditors .... Amount written off for bad and

doubtful dehts

Profit and Loss...

Assets. Land and buildings......! Furniture and Fixtures

Horses, carriages and harness

Stocks

.$350,000,00 135,000.00 20,000,00

Insurances.

“Strỡnges be the World.

Assets! 305 Millions

G$.

Sarplus: .60 Millions

QB.

There is No Other Just as Good

EQUITABLE LIFE

DEATH CLAIMS. Paid Within One Day: 1896............ 90.3 per cent. 1897.

044 1898...

.89.5 11 1899....... .92.8 1900............95.8 1901 (first half..97.3

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This record should appeal to every man who contem- plates making provision for his family by means of life

assurance.

1995

F. KIENE, Manager,

Hongkong.

Hongkong, 2nd November, 1901,

"L'UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LD. (Established (828).

THE Undersigned, having been appointed F GENERAL AGENT for the above Company, is prepared to ACCEPT RISKS at current rates.

Claims seuled direct without reference to the Head Office.

A R. MARTY, Agent.

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Hongkong, 5th July, 1901, NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

The Sre preparcul to accept. First HE Undersigned ACENTS of the above Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES.

SIEMSSEN & Co.. Hongkong, 28th May, 180,

To be Let.

TO LET.

Ta

1,561.30 Halo Ground.

OUSES at CAUSEWAY BAY, facing the

THE RETREAT MOUNT KELLETT. Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- →MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkong, 22nd November, 1001.

1,400.00 35,480.49

A HOUSE in RIPON TERRACE.

10,000.00 11,628.88

$565,070.67

..$448,608.38 30,256,84

N°

0:2,

12,008.j

Apply to

13,983.15.

Liquors and cigars, ...$7,209.24 Store room......

6.773.91

License paid in advance............ interest paid in advance Cash

The Commander-in-Chief after covery has been thoroughly tested, and estab-Unexpired fire Insurance the most careful examination of the cir-lished, as, more than once, scientists, who cumstances after consideration anxious, I may believed they had found the cancer microbe, almost say, agonised-the Cominander-in have eventually proved mistaken. Chief arrived deliberately and clearly at his conclusion, and upon his advice the Secretary for War, with the entire support and concur rence of the Cabinet, acted as it was only pos sible to have done, under the circumstances.

There is of course a real point for Mr. Brod- rick;here-much adverse criticism has been passed upon the system which permits a War Minister to listen to the opinion of his respons- "ible military adviser, and calmly ignore the

same.

Mr. Brodrick has cut himself away from that evil tradition. Since his assumption of office, while accepting the full responsibi lities of all action in his departinent, it is stated on good authority, that he has in every case, submitted to the guidance of Lord Roberts in purely professional inniters,, of which the latter must in the nature of things have a riper knowledge. it is unreasonable to find fault with the civilian minister at one moment for not listening to the Commander-in-Chief, and the next for doing so the weakness arising out of one system or the other must be put up with or the dual control'abandoned, altogether -possibly the best solution of all.

TH BULLER INCIDENT.

Granting that Mr. Brodrick was well advised in acting as Lord Roberts coun led him the fact remains that military lawyers state that nothing more t'an a technical breach of the A few fresh details Regulations occurred. bearing on the cowardly anonymous attack which the General replied to in the speech that was his downfall are to hand. Sir Charles Warren, who of all men has no cause to love the Natal Commander-in-Chief, championed his cause publicly at Capetown when the first rumours, against Buller's personal character found voice after Spion Kopi le vigorously denied the statements of the Shrieking Tem- peránce Sisterhood (of both sexes) and seeing that he was in actual daily, hourly contact with Buller at that time, if one-half of the vile statements made were true, Sir Charles Warren must have been cognizant of the fact Buller's defeats had no connection whatever with his habits or his health, in the opinion of

Almost at the same time as the Indian an- nouncement, comes a voice from Germany, where Prof. Löffler claims to have in vented a cure for the fell disease, which is not without interest to the dwellers in Tropical countries. The learned pathologist asserts that malana and cancer cannot co-exist, and since of two evils to choose the less is always sound policy, the new method is to inoculate cancer patients with the blood of a

German medical circles are greatly interested malarial subject or with mosquito virus. and experiments are to be made in the cancer hospitals.

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in Bank..... On hand.... Sundry debtors English Hotel Luneta Grand Hotel Paris Restaurant. Bail J. V. Knights

4.426.60

TO LET,

[209c

Possession on or about the 1st December next. ORMSEY TERRACE, KOWLOON.

FUN HUNG,

85, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, 18th November, 1901,

[7610

TO LET.. 1,100.00 NANCHAI ROAD.

TOS. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, WILD DELL,

Apply to-

700,00

4,580.65

..$ 558.95

4,221.70

32,763-30

498.70.

SANG KEE, 298, Des Voeux Road Central. [9760 Hongkong, 28th October, 1901.

TO LET. TO. 1, STEWART TERRACE. THE

7,270.90 NO PLAS

7,873.90

Apply to

1,000,00

$565,070.67

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY CO., LD.

[7090 Hongkong, 31st July, 1901.

5.304.73 4.112.10

TO LET. ODOWN—No. 5A, DUDDELL STREET.

Apply to

13,087.80

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkong, 31st July, 1901.

(811c

4,926.80

1,224.80

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT For the Six Months ending 30th June, 1901,

Dr.

Losses. General Expenses..... Interest (proportion)............. Wages and Salaries...... Fire Insurance (proportion) Laundry Taxes and License (proportion).......... 1,163.40 1,237.61 Advtg., Printg. & Stationary

432.14 Discount and Exchange ...

322.75

SECRET TEA” SALES, The Secret Tea Sales have died a natural death no one lamenting except a handful of would-be monopolists. A first-hand tea-brokerstates there is no likelihood of a recrudescence of the under band business, the great merchants having all come to their senses, and the retailers showing-Water, Fuel and Light.... a general disposition to close their accounts

Com, to Hotel Mgr. June '90s to May with those dealers who bought at the secret sales.

Directors fees......

Entimatious,

THE HONGKONG NURSING INSTITUTION.

Eutimations.

RAINIER

BEER

The Strong Chain

of evidence of satisfaction that comes from each new place in which

RAINIER BEER

is introduced, proves its merit. The three points in

its favor are purity, wholesomeness and a better flavor than any other beverage.

SOLE AGENTS:

A. S. WATSON & Co.,

LIMITED,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

Hongkong, 21st September, 1901.

W.

BRE

ER

NEW STOCK. ·

[10:8c

Co.

FRENCH MAKE OF LADIES' BOOTS AND SHOES." ENGLISH MAKE OF "LADIES' BOOTS AND SHOES."

LADIES' TENNIS SHOES.

Gentlemen's Black and Brown Walking Boots and Shoes,

Gentlemen's Black Kid Boots and Shoes,

Gentlemen's Patent Leather Boots and Shoes.

Gentlemen's Court and Dancing Pumps.

Hongkong, 23rd November, 1901.

Hongkang, 29th July, 1901.

NEW PATENT SODA-WATER-MACHINE.

Especially suitable and a real necessity for Hotels, Hospitals, Barraeks, Officer's Messes and

Privato Messes, Families in Up-

country places, Mission Stations,

and for Passenger Steamers.

The most simple and efficient machine yet invented for the manufacture of all kinds of Aerated Waters, Lemonade, Fruit Lemonade, Champagne

Cyder, &c., &c., &e. -

The machine is worked by hand, can be attended to by any ordinary native servaut and manufactures Aorated Waters of best quality at enormously cheap prices, LEOPOLD SPATZ & CO..

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INCANDESCENT GAS LIGHT.

The attention of consumers is drawn to the fact that the Undersigned, being Sole Agents for DR. AUER VON WELSBACH Co., VIENNA,

THE INVENTORS

OF INCANDESCENT GAS LIGHT,

ARE SELLING THE ONLY GENUINE MANTLES, The Price of which has been reduced to FIFTY CENTS per piece.

BEWARE OF INFERIOR IMITATIONS !

KRUSE & Co..

THECRIBERS will be held in the CITY THE ANNUAL MEETING of the SUB- 1,396.14 | HALL, TO-MORROW, the 28th instant, at 954c]

13.30 P.X.

1,500.00

$,639.21 1,592.46

Repairs to Hotel written off Furniture and Fixtures S% off Horses, Carriages & Harness. 25% off 4,001.75 Amt. Written off for bad & doubtful

Carried forward to new account...

.Cr.

debts

Profits..

.10,000.00 .11,628.88

The Public are invited to attend.

B. SLADE, Acting Hon. Sec.

T1289c Hongkong. 27th. November, 1001. HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LIMITED NOTICE.

CONNAUGHT HOUSE.

PETER SYS' WONDERFUL SPECIFIC. THE only remedy FILMORRHAGERMANENT CURE for SPRUE, DYSENTRY, DIARRHEA, HEMORRHAGE and ULCERATION

of the BOWELS. Recommended by some of the Chief Specialists of the Medical Profession, Sold retail by allChemists and Wholesale by

12th October, 1808,

OTICE is hereby given that SCRIP $70,625.57 N CERTIFICATE NO. 3715 issued on the ith day of March, 1890, for TWO SHARES numbered 4.491 to 4:492 in the ahove Company standing in to Natow THE Mr. DONALD. FRASER of Yokohama (now deceased) has been LOST, and should the 3,685,00 same not be produced before the aND DECEM 10,122.44 BER NEXT, a NEW SCRIP CERTIFICATE will be issued to the Executors of the said 6,021-42 DONALD FRASER, deceased, and no transac 23.192.83 tion taking place under the said Scrip Certifi-

Nett earnings July 1st, 1900, to Dec. 31st, 1900. Less 8% paid last Dividend $31,685.70 $15,000,00 Carried forward from old account. Dining Room Cafe

Hotel Rooms

Billiard Tablos

......

THE PETER SYS COMPANY,

(Proprietors and Sole Manufacturers) 9, Old China Street, Shangbai.

VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

HONGKONG..

ÆRATED WATERS.

14,548.88 cate No. 3.715 will be recognised by the SIMPLE ERATED WATER.

6,850.00 Company.

190.30 $70,621.57.

FREEARING FOR THE CORONATION.. Coronation prospects are already increasing trade activities. Factories in France and Ger many as well as in Eugland are busy preparing quantities of brocaded and other heavy silk goods in anticipation of the orders which will pour in with the advent of the New Year. There certainly seems to alayman to be an open. ing for Chinese soft silk and embroideries- which if put upon the market early enough, and of the right quality and colours, might this season recover some of the ground last of recent years, owing to the successful com petition of very cheap fapanese lines. If the English owned silk bongs took steps to bring before the retail trade and the general public, that British trade benefits by the preferring Stables. of Chinese to Japanese goods, a revival Rents.... might be more easily accomplished at this time than any otlier, because Queen Alexandra's wishes are still fairly fresh in the popular

I have compared the above Statement with memory. Silks of moderate quality, soft but not flimsy, are somewhat scarce, and would the Books, of the Company, and have found

the same to be in accordance therewith."-` perhaps sell better than either very good or very inferior goods as both the extremes are In respect of the Timer correspondent's at-

catered for already. As for colour-naturai tacks, several staff officers, who had access to the official papers relating to the Natal cam shade is not popular, but white and all shades paign, have stated privately that the telegram of green are safe, When the powers that be as given by "Reformer" in the Times, had have determined what other shades are to be been faked, and really was made up of two fashionable for Coronation Season, I will men' communications separately conveyed by Bull-on it, but as yet it is hazardous to forecast er to Sir George White, and even then with more definitely. I read some time ago, in a several words altered or deleted. The publica-confession" written by the Queen, that blue tion of the official documents, or even of the was her favourite colour, it may therefore very genuine original "spatchocked" héliogram well be that tint that will be in demand next only would of course settle the point, but this year.. the Government haye forbidden 'Sir Redvers Builer to do--under the circumstances" com ment appears to most people superaukus,” »,

General Baden Powell, interviewed last night by a Press reporter, is suited to have said with "OTTAM & CO., CRICKETING HATS

and CAPS

his chief subordinate.

TO TEACH THE CHINESE

Mrs. Archibald Lattle addressed two meet ings last week at Glasgow and Brighton, to plead the cause of society for the diffusion of Christian and general knowledge among the

OTTAM & CO., DRESS SHIRTS, TIES

1. TURNER,

.:

Auditor,

Manila, 5th November, 1991.

WRECKED IN SIGHT OF PORT,

KOWE, 22nd November. The German ship Nymphe, of 2,049 tons, which left New York on the 29th of June last for Yokohams with a cargo of kerosene oil for the Standard Oil Co., was totally wrecked at three this (Friday) morning at Tsumigisaki, near Shimoda, in the Bay of Yeddo. The crew, twenty-seven all told, were rescued by the N. Y K. S. Saikio Marti--N. C. D. News Correspondent.

COTTAM & CO. TRESS'S FELT and

STRAW IIATS

(*.

JARDINE, MATHESON. & Co.,

General Managers." HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE

Co., LIMITED..

Hongkong, 18th November, 1901, [1247 WANTED.

SMART INTELLIGENT LAD to attend

Office. Apply after 5 Pa

M2

WM. MACLEOD.D.D.S., Beaconsfied Arcade, Hongkong, ath November, 1001, 71281c

SHOW OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS. ARDORABJEE NOWROJEE bege to intimate to his Friends and the General Public that his Fine Collection of CHRYSAN THEMUMS will be on SHOW in the Gardens at KOWLOON HOTEL for ONE WEEK, Co mencing from MONDAY, the 25th instant Entrance by Elgin and Chater Roads.

LEMONADE...

SARSAPARILLA.

TONIC WATER.

SODA WATER.

GINGER ALE

·RASPBERRYADE.

LEMON SQUASH.

755c) SPECIAL TERMS to Hotels, Clubs, Messes and otherlarge Consumers, BACONI

BACONII

BACONII

JUST RECEIVED.

FRESH Consignment of AUSTRALIAN BACON "AS BEFORE" will be cut in

Hongkong, 25th November, 1901 (12830 tb and 2lbs pieces ta tuit purchasers.

JUST RECEIVED. /-

FIRST SEASON'S CONSIGNMENT

FRUITS, ALL KINDS. AMERICAN ASPARAGUS & DESSERT

GEGIRAULT Hougkoop, th August, 1901:

H. RUTTONJEE,

No. 5, D'Aguilar Street,

and

No. 37, and 40, Elgin Road,

Kowloon,

16670

Hongkong, 6th November, 1901.

firise

JUST UNPACKED.

FRESH Consignment of ELEME FIOS A in ath nad zths Wooden Boxes;

Auson BUTTER CUP BRAND, Puc Australian Mountain Creamery Butter in lb. Tins

́H. RUTTONJEE, No. 5 D'Aguilar Street, and

No. 39 and 40, Elgin Road,

Kowloon

Hongkong, 25th November, 1001. [1282c

A LING & Co.,

FURNITURE STORE

(Next Door to Messrs. WATKINS & Col QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRALE

Speciality:

FOOCHOW LACQUER WARI Hongkong, 18th June 1901.

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