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Intimations

CROWN DISTILLERIES COMPANY.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11, 1901.

To-day's Advertisements.

AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY.

STEAM FOR

· SINGAPORE, PENANG, CALCUTTA, COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, FIUME AND TRIESTE.

Ta king Cargo at through rates to the BRAZILS, to SOUTH AFRICA, RED SEA, BLACK SEĄ, LEVANT, VENICE an" ADRIATIC PORTS), "HE Company's 'Steamship

THE

"AUSTRIA,"

Captain Fellner, will be despatched as above on WEDNESDAY, the 18th December, F.M.

The steamer has magnificent passenger accomodation. Electric light. A doctor is ¡carried.

For Information as to Passage and Freight, apply to

SANDER, WIELER & Co.,

Agents.

Hangkang, 11th December, 1901,

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Intimation.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

THE PORTUGUESE GUNBOAT ZAIRE arrived to-day from Macan.

THE ENGLISH MAIL af the 9th November was delivered in London on the 9th ingh...

A. S. WATSON & Co., A COOLIE fell from a scaffold in Albany Street yesterday and was picked up in a dying condition.

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

CLARETS.

ST. ESTEPHE..

THE FIRE on Messis Butterfield and Swire's steamer, Chungking which, occurred while steaming, between Chefoo and Port Arthur broke out in the forehold, forward of the engine room and reached the saloon which was gutted but the afterhold escaped damage as well as the engine room. The forecastle as well as the saloon has been burnt out, but no other damage was done. It is not known yet how the fire originated.

lightly constructed one-storeyed building e-timated to cost $45,575, yielding a return of nearly 5% on the value of land and buildings and a mett additional revenue of $13,500 per andum By this means we shall carn slightly more revenue than by any of the other schemes and at the same time we shall retain our hold on the ground and leave us free to sell or other wise utilise it later on. It is, I confess, a some what disappointing use to make of so fine a site, but the cost of building being at such HEAVY WEATHER H,M,S. Humber þad very heavy weather between Hongkong and MADAME AGNES FREED gave a very prohibitive figure we cannot, unless rents successful concert last week in the Club Thea Hotel prices improve, see what bene ire at Canton. Valuable‘amateur assistance it you will derive by sinking so large a sum was lent by Messrs. W. Lavy,. F. H. flell, R. the land as $420,20 or $491,350 when Schween, E. Hedinger, and G. E. Huiygan. you can earn the same addition to your Madame Freed got a splendid reception in all revenue by spending one tenth of that amount, her appearances. She sang Van der Stucken's and another consideration which has weighed "Die Schönste Blume," Bartlett's "A Dream" with us in recommending a one-storeyed build- Luigi Abditi's "Waltz, Schubert's "Serenade,ing is that the view from the Hotel will not be and Suppe's "Forget Me Not" This week Madame Freed gives a concert at Macao.

Shanghai.

THE PRIZES to be awarded to the success. ful "crews in the V. R. C. Regatta' will be dis- tributed by. Mrs. Powell after the last race, at $ o'clock to-morrow,

THE TOKYO WATER WORKS supplies water to 130,000 families, comprising 800,000 souls, and its officials have so much to do that it will'do away with holidays after January next. THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT is re- 36.96 $ 7.58 ported, to have prohibited the exportation of 9.00 9.00 ammunition from the Strait Settlements for the Eastern Coast of Malay Peninsula for six 13.92

months beginning on the 30th of October. 19.20 A FANCY DRESS BALL to be held at the Lake Club, Kuala Lumpur, is expected to be a very swagger affair: electric light, electric fans, and a magnificent supper. When will Hong kong rise to the occasion and have a function of this sort?

ST. JULIEN:

1233C

LA ROSE.

12.98

CHATEAU HAUT BRION

LARRIVET

18.60

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CHATEAU MOUTON d'AR-

MAILHACQ..

21.00

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. WANTED: ~ONSIGNEES of the Undernoted packages ex "ORONSAY," arrived from New York on 7th November, 1901, and now lying in the Godowns of the Undersigned :— Tung Loe Wa...?

I case Cigars and Effects.

Hongkong

Quon Yicko

Hongkong

Cigars.

:

MESSKS. BUTTERFIELD.& SWIRE. Hongkong, 11th December, root.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

[1348c

22.20 CHATEAU PONTET CANET 25.00

CHATEAU LA TOUR CANET 30,00 CHATEAU RAVZAN

42.00 CHATEAU LAFITE... 48.00

These CLARETS are bought direct from the leading French growers.

WATKINS, FROM YOKOHAMA KOBE AND MOJI. The lowest priced are of exceptional

LIMITED, AGENTS,

66. Queen's Road Central.

Hongkong, 7th - December, 1901,

HE Company's Steamship

THE

"HITACHI MARU,"

having arrived from the above Foris, Consignees

of General Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods with the exception of Valuables are being tanded at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's, Liinited, whence delivery [714cmay be obtained.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY

LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT. 85.50 Cask of 375 lbs. Net ex Factory. $3,30 Bag of 250 bs."

SHEWAN, TOMËS & CO., General Managers.

Hongkong, 1st June, 1001.

KELLY

JUST LANDED. Ex 1.8. Chirsan.

CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF

"GRAPHIC,"

#ILLUS. LONDON NEWS,"

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"ILLUS. SPORTING & DRAMATIC NEWS," "SKETCH,"

"BLACK & WHITE,"

"PEARS' ANNUAL.”.

With Coloured Plates

Honolul

All ship-damaged Goods must be left in the within seven days after the vessel's arrival, Godowns Company, and sent into this.Office

after which no claims will be recognised, and

rent.

Goods remaining undivered will be subject to

No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Landing will be countersigned by' the undersigned.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Hongkong, 11th December, 1901,

[1349c

value and guaranteed to be the genuine product of the juice of the grape.

CHATEAU LA TOUR CANET, CHATEAU RAUZAN AND ・

CHATEAU LAFITE-

ate commented to the notice of Con-

noisseurs as high-class after-dinner Wines.

We guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine only when bought direct from us in

THE AMIR AND EXTORTIONERS-A story comes from Kabul that the new Amir has

blown from guns three men of standing and influence who were found guilty of oppression and extortion. What a pity it is that Hong- kong landlords are beyond the Amir's reach i THE CROWN LAND, registered as Rural Building Lot No, I to; Deep Water Bay which was exposed to public sale in the offices of the Public Works Department, was bought by Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co. for $1,145, being $zo of an advance upon the upset price. THE HON. TREASURER of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to

tion to the funds of the Hospitals — acknowledge with thanks the following dona

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$100

.53-93

Zoroastrian Charity Fund. Mr. Holborn ......

EDWARD MURPHY, of H.M.S. Astraca, was"] the plucky scaman who dived overboard 'yes. terday for the purpose of rescuing William Thomas Tuffin, who fell in and was drowned. The deceased was a good swimmer, and it is

THE U. S. GOVERNMENT has decided to bulid twenty-one guard ships to be stationed at Manila and to give orders for them to a certain shipbuilding companies in the East. The con». tract for the construction will be concluded by means of tenders and therefore several Japanese shipbuilding yards including the Nagasaki, the Ishikawajima, the Uraga, and others together with the Shanghai and the Hongkong yards have already been invited to enter into the competition which is to come off in the begin ning of next month. The term for the con struction will be one year.

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interfered with and we shall be earning an ad- ditional 2% on the Capital of the Company with a minimum of outlay and risk. Before putting the resolution to the meeting I shall ba very pleased to answer to the best of my ability. any questions you may wish to ask.

Mr. Tomlin. Mr. Chairman, would these be European or Chinese shops ?

The Chairman.-European, entirely. The Chairman-There being no further questions, gentlemen, I beg to propose "That this Meeting approves the proposal for utilizing the Company's Praya Reclamation land (section C of the Praya Reclamation to Marine Lot No. 7) by the erection of a building thereon."

Hashiguchi, ex-chief of the Japanese Central A MONUMENT-At the instance of Maj:seconding that. Police at Shuntienfis, a monument in mernary carried unanimously.

of the Japanese, who fell victims of the Boxers? outbreak, was erected in the Llama temple in Peking. The monument is made of granite brought there from japan; and bears a Sanscrit inscription written by the Rer. Mr. Unsho, and is 22 feet high. Its dedication was attended by all the prominent Japanese in Peking, by some dignitaries connected with the Chinese Government, and about 80 Llama priests. To commemorate the event, the sum of 360 yen

was distributed among 3,000 poor people in

Peking as a present.

HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders in the Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited, was held at noon to-day for the pur-

"

Mr. Rutton:-1 have much pleasure in

The motion was then put to the meeting and

The Chairman:-Thank you, gentlemen, that is all,

.

HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER .OF COMMERCE,

At the Monthly Meeting of the General Com- mittee of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, held in the Chamber Room, City Hall, at 3p.m., on Thursday, the 5th December

1991, Present: Sir Thomas Jackson (Chair- man), Mx. C. S. Sharp (Vice-Chaiqman), Messrs. A. Haupt, W. Poate, R. L. Richardson, N. A. Siebs, H. E. Tomkins, and R. C. Wilcox (Secretary),

MINUTES, The Minutes of the last monthly meeting

(held 7th November) were read and confirmed.

| APOLOGY FOR non-attendanCE. The Secretary produced a letter from Hon.

WAILSF. In the Colony or from our authorised Agents at surmised that he had cramp thus being unable pose of considering a proposal of the Board of, H. Whitehead regretting his inability to

"H. K. V. C.

A Handsome Souvenir of the 1901 CAMP.

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I PHOTOS and DESCRIPTIVE LETTERPRESS.

Price....

-$1.53

Chamumala TeNETH CENTURY DICTIONARY.

Z1 ***

Price

vember, 1901,

...... $2.25

[6900

GRAND XMAS SHOW.

Bring the children to see the

TOYS! TOYS!

TOYS!

Hundreds to select from. Prices 5 cents to $50.

BEAUTIFUL AND

FOR

USEFUL GIFTS

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

WINTER GOODS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.

WILLIAM

POWELL, LIMITED.

28 & 34, QUEEN'S ROAD.

· Hongkong, 5th December, 1901.

THE

[9550

ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, LIMITED.

JUST UNPACKED.

A NEW SHIPMENT

THE CELEBRATED

OF

APOLLO PIANO PLAYER,

Inspection invited.

Hongkong. 22nd November, 1901.

A. CHEE & Co.

17, Queen's Road, Central.

ESTABLISHED 1859.

FURNITURE DEALERS:

IMPORTERS OF EUROPEAN GOODS OF ALL KINDS

[9530

Silver Plated, Glass and China Wazos, Iron Bedsteads and Mat tresses; Cutlery and Dinner Services; Cooking Ranges and Kitchen Utensils, Aspinal's Enamels, &c., &c.

-Our store is situated between the Principal Banking Institutions and Hotels in Hongkong

Hongkong, 25th July, root.

177700

the Coast Ports.

A. 8. WATSON & CO., LIMITED,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

BIRTHS.

At Chuang Kenk, Now, ist, wife of H. C.

GULLAND, of a son.

At 6, Wolseley Terrace, Edinburgh, on the 3rd of December, the wife of W. N. MASTERTON of a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

On the 29th November, at St. George's Church, Penang, by the Rev. H. C. Henham, ALFRED HAVELOCK KEUN, Colonial Surgeon, Province Wellesley South, to JANE VEITCH SHAW, of Edinburgli.

DEATHS.

At 139, Brooke-road, Stoke Newington, Nov. 4th the residence of his son-in-law, Gaplain D. Davies, Captain G. T. CASTLE, in his 69th year, Late Commander under the China Mutual S. N. Company.

On the 2nd December, suddenly, at Batu Gajah, Perak, FRANK LOXLEY HOOPER, youngest son of the late John Kinnersley Hooper. Aged forty years.

The Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11,1901.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.

LONDON, December 9th.`-

to save himself:

WARDER CURTIS, who absconded from Victoria Gaol on the 12th of last October, and left the Colonny, taking with him a sum of nearly $300 belonging to his mess, was arrested in town yesterday morning by Lelective Sergt Kerr and Constable Gibson. Later in the day! he was brought up at Magistracy and remanded. THE EX-ARMY MAN, Frederich Gilbert Hanson, charged with bigamously marrying a Portuguese, named Helen Early Lucas, in the Registrar General's office at Hongkong on the 1st December last, while his wife was still alive in England, was brought before Mr. E. A Hazeland yesterday, and again remanded. FOOTBALL-To-morrow afternoon at four o'clock, a rugby match, Club'v. Navy, with be played at Happy Valley. The following will represent the Club: -Back, Gray; three quarters, Smyth, Beautie, Cowie, A. N. Other; halves, Jordan, Knox; forwards, Johnson, Hallifax, Sandford, Wilson, Clark, Wolf, Mc Gregor and McMurtrie (Captain)

SIR THOMAS JACKSON. has received a telegram intimating that this son, Lieutenant Jackson, of the 1st King's Own (Royal Lancas ter Regiment) has been promoted to this rank of Captain. Captain Jackson when out to

ment and was A.D.C. to Colonel Benson, who was killed in the recent rearguard action near Bethel,

attend owing to a meeting of the Legislative Council having been summoned for the same day and hour..

RESIGNATION FROM THE COMMITTEE. Read letter from Mr. H. A. Ritchie, dated

Directors for the profitable utilisation of the ground, on the Reclamation in front of the Hotel. There were present Messis. E. Osborne (Chairman), R. C. Wilcox, and W. Parfitt (Directors), V. H. Deacon, (Solicitor to the Company), W. E. Rutter, G. L. Tomlin, the 8th November, tendering his resignation H. C. Wilcox, C. W. Richards, J. E. Gomes, from the Committee, in consequence of his. J. Hastings, W. Davis, T. F. Hough, G. C. Cimpending departure from the Colony for a Master, Lo Cheung Shiu, Chan Chan Nam, Ho Kom Tong (Shareholders), and C. Mooney (Secretary).

IMPORTANT PROPOSALS,

asked you to meet to-day to discuss and, if The Chairman said:-Gentlemen, we have you think fit, to approve the Board's proposals for utilising the reclaimed land fronting the Hotel. You will recollect that some eighteen months ago we submitted a scheme, which you rejected, for erecting a very fine new hole! on the large piece of ground lying between Ice House Street, and Pedders Street. The land which we could have secured for the purpose at that time has since risen considerably in

value and in fact has ceased to be available so that all hope of reviving the scheme must be abandoned, and it only remains now to do the best we can with our own piece. There are, as far as we know, five courses open to us:- First, to lease the ground as it stands

permanence...

Hesignation accepted. · ·

The Chairman proposed the election of Bir.

·E: A. Hewett, the new Superintendent of the

thought Mr. Hewett's experience at Shanghai pg. 5 N. Co., to fill the vacancy. He should make him a useful addition to tho Committee,

The Vice-Chairman seconded. Carried ucanimously,

'Resignation OF MEMBER.

In consequence of his taking up the hon. membership of Messrs. Turner & Co.. Mr. R. C. Wilcox tendered the resignation of his per- sonal membership of the Chamber from the 31st December inst.

THE CHINESE TARIFE.

South Africa with a Mounted Infantry detach./secondly, to sell it; thirdly, to build an annexe. tion, acknowledging receipt of their letter and

with the decision come to at the last meeting, The Secretary reported that, in accordance

a letter was addressed, on the 8th. November, to the Shanghai Branch of the China Associa-

therefore, and expressing cordial approval enclosures, with the thanks of the Committee

thereof. A copy of the Memorandum prepared by this Chamber for the Special Commissioner

fifthly, to build shops alone. The first sugges to the Hotel; fourthly, to build shops and offices; tion viz-to lease the ground as it stands may because the rent would be merely nominal,was also enclosed. be dismissed as unworthy of consideration probably $100 a month, and to have a lumber yard or some obnoxious trade conducted in front

IN THE ACTION brought by Luk Lai Cho, of 37, Bonham Strand, against Messrs. King hom and MacDonald, to recover the sum of

dated 8th November, since received, enclosing Read further letters from the Association $44,335 for alleged breach of warranty of autho The Pretoria correspondent of the Times rity, and the costs incurred in an original of the Hotel would be distinctly undesirable. As remainder of the new Classification of the states that De Wet with a commando of one action brought against Mr. T. H. Kingsley, regards the second suggestion viz:-to sell the Tariff, the latter stating that a telegram was, on thousand men is to the South of Heilbron, judgment has been given for the defendants, be got for it and assuming this to be Commissioner of Customs at Shangbai strongly land, we believe that $18 a foot could the 18th idem, despatched to Peking by the Orange River Colony.

no order being made as to costis in either the

50, the saving of debeature interest urging that this Tariff (prepared by the Shang- The Boers in the Transvaal are endea-old or the new trial.

would amount to $13,094 per annum. Buthai firmsj be adopted at once, in order to put vouring to go North,

we do not recommend parting with the land an end to the present state of chaos existing at present because we are of opinion that its with regard to the collection of the new duties. value will increase, and we think that if this $13,094 can be earned by other means, ind at the same time we can keep possession of the land it is better to do so. Next comes the ques tion of building; we have had plans and estimates prepared for a six-storey building to be used as an annexe but the cost, estimated at $491,350, so enormous that the return on the value of land and building and furaiture would amount

Frequent attacks are being made on the railway, and it has been found necessary to build block-houses every Goo yards connect ed by wire entanglements," block-houses a mile apart being powerless to stop the raids of the enemy.

HOLLAND AND THE BOER REFUGEES.

The Brussels' correspondent of the Stand ard states that the Powers have declined the request of Holland to support her demand that the Boer refugees be brought to Holland.

LATER.

THE DUTCH DOCKERS, AND BRITISH SHIPPING.

ed their scheme for an international boycott of British shipping, the foreigners and many of the Dutch dockers refusing to join in the

THE SISTERS of the Aslie de la St. Enfance held their annual bazaar in the City Hall yes- terday, and judging from, the patronage it received it is very evident that the funds of this worthy and deserving institution have been considerably augmented. Articles of needle. work and lacework were tastefully set out on the stalls, and one must have been struck by the excellent quality of the work made by the poor Chinese orphans under the supervision of the Sisters. Many ladies assisted in disposing of the work and during the time that the functo less than 6% and the additional nett revenue tion remained opened netted a handsome sum for the orphanage.

A CHANCE OPEN:-The following may in terest some of our readers in search of a berth

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,

earned would be only $10,586 per annum. The Government will not allow a bridge across the inconvenience to our patrons in having to cross road connecting the two blocks, and so the for, meals would militate against its success,

The Vice-Chairman said he understood that the Tariff as prepared by the Shanghai experts had been approved af Peking, and had been, or was to be adopted.

Mr. Poate believed it had been adopted at the Coast Ports.

Some conversation ensued, but it was not known whether any information on the subject. had been received in Canton,

Mr. Tomkins said up to last, week, daty was accepted on the values set forth in the Statis tical Secretary's list of 1897, as per. Customs Notification dated Canion, 14th November, cap of the Shanghai experts if their classifica

The Chairman said it was a feather in the

Chamber would have to congratulate the Asso- ciation on their well deserved success in the matter.

An appointment will be made to the post of whilst to run it as a separate Hotel would neces- tion had been so promptly accepted. This

Superintendent of Registration in the General sitate the expense of separate management, and Post Office, Singapore from 1st January, 1902. if it succeeded at all under such circumstances it The Dutch dockors have finally abandonThe salary is 300 per annum without.com-would do so more or less at the expense

pensation or other allowance.

of our present establishment. Then as regards shops and offices, this scheine is estimated to cost $420,200 and though paying slightly better. than a Hotel would yield only's little over 6% on the value of land and buildings with a nett additional revenue of $12,336 per annum There remains the fifth alternativa viz-to build shops alone and this is a scheme wo sub mit to you as being the most profitable under

attempt.

THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR

SOUTH AFRICA.

The fifth, Warwickshire Regiment, nearly gog strong, will leave for the Cape on the 16th instant,

The selected candidate will be called on to furnish security to the amount of $3000.

Details of the duties can be obtained from, the Postmaster-General, but applications should be sent to die. Colonial Secretary on or before the 18th December, 1901.

A. W, O. SULLIVAN, For Acting Colonial Secretary,

S:

Colonial Secretary's Office."

Singapore, 30th November, 1091.

OTTAM & CO. NEW SCARVES and|

TIES.

letters in that sense

Decided to write in reply to the Association's

Read letter from the Canton Chamber of Commerce, acknowledging receipt of a copy of this Chamber's Memorandum on the Tarill and Trade Questions, in, which it fully cut- curved, but while thanking the Chamber for the invitation to send a representative to be present at the forthcoming interview with Sir

the circumstances. Our idea is to put up a James Lyle Mackay, was content to endorse-

OTTAM & CO. FYJAMAS for AUTUMN,

TAM & CO, FOOTBALL KNIC WEAR

KERS