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TELEGRAMS.

(Reuters.)

Marine Insurance to the Far East.

***LONDON, 26th October, The Liverpool under

underwriters absolutely re- fuse to accept risks on Japanese steamers, even at twenty-five guineas per cent.”

LATER. Thus far the Liverpool insurance rates on Japanese vessels against war risks have drop ped from thirty-five to twenty-five guineas.

The Transvaal.

The Standard's correspondent at Pretoria says, that the economic situation becomes more acute every day; prices are abnormal and the cost of living has not been affected by the reduction of railway rates. The mine-owners are satisfied that the pressure of

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28, 19

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1903.

YESTERDAYS GALE..

The typhoon which, on the evening of the zoth inst., seemed likely to strike the colony, fortunately came to naught, and we were visited with nothing more than a severe cale, giving us an idea of at things might have been.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF

HONGKONG.

Those who reside in a colony like Hongkong where so many different customs' prevail that tions in England seido i realize how these little are entirely foreign to their friends and rela-

differences impress a new arrival fish from the

West.

First, impressions vanish quickly in the process of settling down and it is with difficulty we can recall them when once they have become dimmed by daily routine.

The new arrival's first-difficulty is probably the matter of money; be has been used to gold coinage and the word "dollar" is conse- quently associated in his mind with four imagination a three-penny bit, white ten-and shillings, and a five-cent piece suggests to his twenty-cent pieces recall to his mind sixpence and a shilling respectively.

From noon on Monday till 2 am, on the 27th the weather was hot and stifling and old stagers were pessimistic in their prognostica tiens; At 2.30 am. the wind started strong and was soon blowing a gale which increased in intensity till eleven when it gradually diminished and rain began to fall. At 7 p.m.) however, it was still blowing hard, and then downpour set in heavily, continuing until to pm, Thanks to the timely warning given by the Observatory and the different aigual stations, all the necessary measures for protect ing the shipping were taken and no losses or accidents of a serious nature are to be deplored. In fact, outside of the sinking of two junks

the ferry across to Hongkong in order to pro- He arrives perhaps at Kowloon and takes

taken from his present point of view than a description from which one-night build of a' picture

He philosophizes upon the Chinese charac ter from an acquaintance of forty-eight hours with ricksha coolies whose condition he

COMMERCIAL,

SHANGHAI SHARE REPORT

deplores in much the same terms as he would Shanghai, 23rd inst., as follows:-We have a Messrs. J. P. Bisset & Co. report under date employ, were he to find a European in the good business to report for the week under some line of business. He pauses to describe | review, chiefly in Farnham, Boyds, which show the Chinese dress and the broad-brimmed considerable fluctuation, cash shares having brisket hat, the tiny children with uncovered fallen to Tls. 110. The market has risen and heads and baggy little trousers, he notices is now steady at Tls. 120. Indes have weak- the unaccustomed smells and quaint little ened and Langkats have remained very steady. culinary efforts sold at the street corners; The T. T. rate to-tay is 2/7. 3/8. be describes the chowshops and the little varnished valued ducks and highly polished strings of sausages that hang therein, the on a wire frame, the overbunging verandahs Chinese method of counting with little balls which cover the pavement and the hundred and one little oddities as they have struck dimmed and they are the details that came to him; but their freshness' has already become

indos opened on the 16th with sales for October Sett, at Tls. 60 and 60) December. On the 17th October, shares were placed at

toth at 594 and 598 for October. On the Tis. 198 December at Tls. 63 and 61. On the 21st at 583 and 58 October and 59 December. A transaction is reported in Shells at cash. S. C. Furnham, Boyd and Co-Avery, large business has been done in these shares. On

To-day's Advertisements.

IN THE MATTER OF ORDINANCE NO. 1 67

1892,

IN

AND

THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF

GERALD

EDWARD HOLLAND, C.LE, D.S.O., COMMANDER ROYAL ING DIAN MARINE, RANGOON, INDIA, AND HENRY JOHNSTON, CHIEF ENGI• NEER, ROYAL INDIAN Marine, Rangoon, A INDIA, FOR LETTERS PATENT FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE IN THIS COLONY OF AN INVENTION FOR “IMPROVEMENTS IN ELEVATORS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING BOXES, BALES, OR OTHER SIMILAR PACKAGES."

NTTITION DECLARATION ROC SPECIFICATION required by Ordinance and

of the Colonial Secretary and that it is the No. of 1892 have been filed in the Office

intention of the said GERALD EDWARD HOL LAND and HENRY JOHNSTON by DENNYS

circumstances will give them Chinese labour laden with stone, which took place yesterday spect for quarters and having tendered a twenty- bim latest, and he has failed to paint in the the 16th the market opened, with sales for and BOWLEY, their Solicitom, to apply for morning close to the breakwater in Causeway cents piece for his ticket, the small coin that he bark-ground upon ́which all these are set and October Sett., at Tls. 117 and 118, 118 Nov. LETTERS PATENT for the Exclusive Use”,

to which other classes strongly object.

Russia and Japan, Reuter's agency at Tokio wires that the Japanese Premier being interviewed by Reuter's agent said that Japan was pursuing negotiations with Russia in strict accordance. with the spirit of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance which aims at the preservation of peace and the status quo.

Bay, no incidents of importance are reported. The gun was fired from the Observatory, yes- terday morning at 7.33 o'clock, and owing to the heavy sea in the harbour the Kowloon ferry boats stopped running at 6 pm. However, at 8.15 pm. it was apparent to the initialed that the depression was rapidly filling up. This morning at 6 o'clock the black

drum was lowered as the barometer was rising rapidly.

The Premier presumed that Russia was actuated by the same peaceful spirit and

Some anxiety was felt in the Colony this that there was nothing in the present situa-morning, owing to the nonrrival of the s.s. tion to warrant alarm.

Heungshan which should have left Macao at 8. a.m. Owing, however, to the news of bad weather ibis steamer started on her return journey at 9:30 am. only and arrived here somewhat late,

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Meeting of the Tsar and the Kaiser. The Kaiser and the Tsar have arranged to meet at Wiesbaden,

The Austro-Russian

Reform Scheme. Although all the Powers have intimated their approval of the scheme for the Mace- donian Reforms, the idea of remitting the whole control of Turkey to Russians and Austriana occasions many jealousies of which the Porte will not fail to profit.

FOOTBALL.

To-morrow afternoon on the Happy Valley the Hongkong Football Club will play H.M.S.

Glory under Rugby rules,

Kick off four-thirty pm.

The Club will play in striped jerseys.

The following will play for the Club:

Lt. G. B. MacDonald,

Lt. J. H. W. Beche,

C. Á. Parker,

D. J. Barnes,

W. R. Robertson,

H. E. Stoyle,

W. W. Clark, A. Boyd, ·

- Lt. P. H. Campbell,

H. C. Sandford, H. F. Chard,

Lt. N. R. Strover, C. B. Hayward,

D. B Murray, A. N. Other.

Full back.

Halves.

Capt. J. J. Lossius of the Kinshan kindly informs us that he sighted a sunken juok❘ in the channel between Machow, and the quarter awash, mast and sails floating,' fahing stakes, about half a mile north of Taishan Customs Station. Bearings-highest point Liatin 8. E. and North and Taishan Is and E. by 5. § 54, both true. The wreck is dangerous to boats navigating by night.. Owing to the bad weather, we are informed that the ss. Rohilla Maru did not sail from Mariveles until yesterday at 4 am. She is expected to arrive here to-morrow at daylight.

The Volunteers had a rough time in camp at Stonecutters and, with very few exceptions, the men got soaked to the skin while their tents were blown down and bedding and kit d;eached.

-CANTON,

In Canton the weather was the worst ex- perienced for several years past. Some of the 3.quarters. smallercmft suffered; but it is believed that no lives were lost. Heavy seas were breaking in the back reaches of the river and, we under stand that, bus for the clever seamanship of Captain Dixon, the Furshan would have come to grief, owing to the Chinese transport, the Tak Po, which was badly moored, having drifted across the stream. Passengers are loud in their praise of Captain Dixon and Mr. Logan, the chief engineer of the Falshan, for having succeeded in getting the steamer out of a very "tight place."-

Forwards.

A MARTYRS' MEMORIAL IN

SHANGRAI

STATEMENT and appeal

Dear Brethren of the Churches in Asia and Africa, Greeting:-

is given as change by no means impresses him favourably with Eastern prices; he feels that the best part of a shilling has been spent on a rip such as in England he would expect to pay about a penny force

commeaces to shape itself into streets and As a nears the landing-place and the town individual buildings, bis previous visices of the place suffer a rather rude awakening. The tall, severe-looking style of architecture is the reverse of what in England is always associated with the idea of an Eastern town.

"We must remember that in the term East as used in England all countries from Egypt to Japan are loosely included and descriptions of Indian scenery have filtered through the whole, so that the very word East" is associated with white low-lying bungalows, sun-bleached temples and minarets.

The romantic visions built up in the mind of a newcommer suffer a shock when confronted with the reality. The plain gilt lettering on the Hongkong Hotel, the huge advertisements of H. Price & Co, Wine Merchants, and "Sweet Caporal Cigareties that stand out so conspicuously on the sea front seeming more in keeping with a large commercial town in England than an Eastern colony; and with sudden disestablishment of all, preconceived ideas comes a reaction while the traveller siaks back into the ordinary man about town who busied himself about his luggage at the

London docks on the eve of his embarkation.

LIP

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Ile lands in this spirit and makes his way the Hongkong Hotel to inquire about rooms; he wants a small bedroom and a sitting-room such as he would ob- tain in one of the hotels that, he has been accustomed to and failing to find his tastes suited in the large airy roams he is shown, which appear to his unaccustomed eyes to be altogether too large for his requirements, he sallies forth to find some more humble quarters. At length having wasted a good deal of in. effective sarcasm upon the unappreciative China boys he begins to realise that the internal: economy of Eastern houses is worked upon a

different, scale, to those in Europe. The tariff stated in dollars appears enormous and even when laboriously calculated out to its equiva Writing under to-day's date our Canton cor-lent in gold coin excessive. He bas to give up respondent says that several wrecks of small the idea of keeping two rooms and wonders craft occurred at various places on the river, vaguely how he will entertain his acquaintances and a dangerous wreck is reported at Lankit in his bedroom and what they will think of in the fairway a large junk having gone down his hospitality. He decides that this will only be practicable for the first week or two, while he is looking about for some more permanent abode and with some annoyance at his ill-

Yo", in common with the whole.world, were deeply moved to hear that in 1900-1901 A. D.nhout 300 feet off the island. China was the scene of the Boxer massacres, during which thousands of native' Christians and 188 foreign missionaries, including fifty

We learn that Macao did not suffer from the depression and little more was felt there than an exceptionally strong breeze.

"SWIFT'S" EVENTFUL VOYAGE.

two children, died martyr deaths. In addition to these, the century of Protestant missions in China (1807-1907), now drawing to a close, is

With her smoke stack, masts and hull further marked by the martyr deaths of 21. covered with glistening bring the discarded others, making a grand total of 200 of eighteen kiritish gunboat Swift, which aw trades different spoieties. Of these the world was between Hingkong, Laichow and Kwangchat not worthy." These are they which came wan, entered port this morning after a terrible out of great tribulation, and have washed their battle with the storm! Coming up from Laichow robes."

the stubborn little-ship, encountered the full

At one

The missionaries of China, in dependence force of the gate and had tremendous seas ́on divine help, have now resolved to erect in | and winds beating upon her.

Shanghai,, the missionary and commercial time she had got to within a very short head-quarters of the Empire, a large Memorial | distance of rocks, disaster only being aver Hall, and Missionary Union Building, for the|ted by Capt. Môngor straining the engines and use of the Chinese and all 'missionaries of all forcing the ship back. Green Island light was societies-1. As a perpetual and visible witness sighted about 15.30 p.m.. yesterday, but the at the entrance to China that China bas a Mar- | Swift could make no headway and the skipper,

tyr Church. 2. As an expression of the unity of

the Church fall antions and sects, to whom belong the "cloud of witness" as a common heritage. 3. As an expression of Gratitude to God who enabled His servants to glorify Him by such a denth.

unable to find safe anchorage, bad to rough the elements until this morning when be brought his ship to anchor some 27 hours overdue,

BIG GUNS For WoosungG..

success in the start he orders the hotel. omnibus to meet his luggage; bere a new dilemma confronts him; there's no hotel om nibus! There are no cabs And there are no outside porters. He is informed that the coolies will carry his luggage up for him and he gazes askance at a passing coolie carrying a couple of baskets of stones, about a deceni- sized shovelful in each.

packing in small parcels and whether he will He wonders whether the residents do their

be expected to divide up the contents of his large travelling trunks into diminutive packets for distribution among some hundred odd coolies and whether in view of the probable fare to each being a shilling it would not be worth while to leave his luggage on board and buy himself an entirely new outfit with

the money that it seems likely to require to

transport it.

It is probably at this juncture that the friend ly stranger comes along and explains matters and this is the turning point, the newcomer is out of his bearings and ready for any pilotage, Two large one-hundred and twenty pounder for new customis, he begins to seek them, be and from this point onward he is on the alert breach loading Armstrong guns have been transported to Woosung from the Kiangnight and we shall find him half an hour later dauers himself upon bis adaptability and in arsenal under escort of a force of Chinese gun- ners. These big guns are to be placed in the reclining in a ricksha and conversing with his coolie in broken English with an exaggerated he has spent the greater part of his life in French accent endeavouring to explain thai

customed to pay for a ride is one penny and no Hongkong and that the fare he has been ac-

more, and he counts out two cents in a dignified manner to the huge, entertainment of a Sikh

The Committee, consisting a. epresentatives of every mission in China, expect that £50,000 will be needed, of which China will probably contribute £10,coo. The deficiency is open to the Christian world to supply. We believe that the churches of Asia and Africa will be deeply interested in this sacred task, and as God enables them, will cheerfully contributes three quarters of a mile off the old Woosung even out of extreme poverty. Do we not all fonts, and is a part of the scheme of the late desire a share in this unique and useful mem notorious Kang Yi, the Empress Dowager's orial? In this confidence, the Committee send ex-Lord High Extortioner, for the re-fortifica- out this notification, soliciting the prayerful tion of Woosung, drawn up by him in the win-

new fort recently built near Sz’txelio, about

sympathy of every Christian, Foreign missioner of 1899 just before the Boxer troubles, aries and editors of missionary papers will, we Viceroy Wei of Nanking, we may state en pas are sure, undertake to forward subscriptions, sant, is the person who has taken upon him- which should be made payable to "Treasurer, self to work out Kang Yi's scheme, Martyrs' Memorial Fund, Shanghai, China.".

The Right Rev. BISHOP GRAVES,

Chairman of Committee.

Rev, D. MACGILLIVRAY, M.A., D.D., General Secretary,

Shangbai, October 15th, 1903.

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A TELEGRAM in an Australian paper says: A well-known European financier remarked, the resignation of M. de Witte, the Russian Minister of Finance, means war. He would have resisted war for financial reasons, Russia is withdrawing her deposits from European banka The amount already withdrawn, com mencing with Berlin, is said to amount to 100,000,000 roubles (about 10,000cc) hence

stringency of the money market,

police and the no small, discontent of the polic. And now let us pass on to a day or two later when the first letter home has to be written. The writer feels that his descriptive powers VICE-ADMIRAL Hidaka, Commander-in-Chief that he would have expected from his friends are sadly at fault, he knows the sort of letter of the Standing Squadron, has just been had their positions been reversed, but his im- appointed to the Maidzuru Naval Station, and pressions have been undergoing such a rapid Vice-Admiral Togo, Commander in Chief of transformation that he is unable to analyse the Maidzuru Naval Station, takes aupremethem and pick out the earlier from the later command of the Standing Squadron. If we standpoints of observations he is like a pas (Kobe Herald) mistake not the former officer senger in a railway train watching on ever was in command of the Japanese cruiser changing panorama of scenery, but unable to Naniwa, which is credited with having fired recall a single picture typical of the country be the first shot in the China-Japan war. Vice-is hurrying through, - Admiral Togo was the chief advocate of the formation of the present Standing Squadron, which includes almost all the most powerful ships of the Imperial Navy. He has been in supreme command since the manœuvres in Aomori Strait,

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sitting of the Executive Council to be Held at within the Colony of the said "Inventiap, at ă”

WEDNESDAY, the 11th day of November, the Council Chamber, Victoria, Hongkong, on

Dated the 28th day of October, 1993.* DENNYS & BOWLEY,

Solicitors for the Pétitioners.

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his friends who read the letter are unable to eniber 120, 117 December 1171 January and supply the proper setting they still rest com. fortably in the belief that Hongkong is a kind 15/114/1123 October 1173 December 120/118 125/120 March. On the 17th at Tis. 115 cash,

of willow pattern plate and nightly pray that March. On the 19ili at-riof111 cash, 111 Oct-1903. the wanderer may escape the perils of a Chi-ober 1128, 113, 175 December 120, 117) March, nese torture chamber and some day return with

At this point the market firmed and shares chow dog as a inemento of that romantic fairy- 115/117 December; 20 March. On the 21st

Chinese brogue a chest of real Chinese tea, a

were done on the zoth at 116 cash, 175 October.

land, the Far East.

again at 116 cash, 117) October, 17, 18, 119 December 121, 121 March. On the 22nd cash shares were placed at 119/120; 119 Nov ember 122 De ember, 120 January, 1221 Feb- tuary and 125 March. At close the market is strong at Tis. 120 buyers. Shanghai and Hongkew Wharves have been placed at TIs. 2173.

FLOWER BOAT CAPSIZĖS

IN THE NEW TERRITORY.

X.

A sad accident happened last Monday on the Samchun River while a flower boat was being towed by a Hongkong steam launch.. It seems that the launch Wingfook, which leaves Hongkong every morning at half past six, with passengers for the Samchun River ports, made the trip as usual on Monday, and upon arriving at the river, about one o'clock in the afternoon, took a flower boat in tow, it would appear that the boat must have had her walking board (the plank on which the crew tread to push their poles to propel the boat) under the streak, or marking board of the launch; for, as soon as the steam vessel went astern the flower boat capsized and a number

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TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE.

ON LONDON, Telegraphic Transfer.....1/10) Bank Bills, on demand.../10 3/16 Credits, 4 months' sight...1/10/9/16 D'ments 4 months' sight 1/1041/16 ON BERLIN, (demand)

M..88 ON PARIS, Bank Bills, on demand .........2.33 Credits, 4 months' sight......2.35) ON NEW YORK, Bank Bills, on demand ...45

Credits, 30 days' sight

11

On Bombay, Telegraphic Transfer

On demand.......

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IN THE MATTER OF ORDINANCE No. 3 OF

1892,

予

BAND

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF

JOHN SAMUEL RIGBY, OF BAGOT:) STREET. WAVERTREE, LIVERPOOL, EN- oland, ManUFACTURING CHEMIST, FOR LETTERS PATENT FOR THE EXCLU- SIFE USE WITHIN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG OF AN INVENTION FOR. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS OR ARTIFICIAL STONE”

NOTICE is hereby given that the PETI-

TION, DECLARATION and SPECI | FICATION required by Ordinance No. 1 of 1891, have been duly filed in the Office of the Colonial Secretary and that it is the in- tention of the said JOHN SAMUEL RIGBY by DENNYS & BOWLEY, his Solicitors, to apply for LETTERS PATENT for the exclusive at a sitting of the Executive Council to be use within the Colony of the said Invention,

held at the Council Chamber, Victoria, Hong- kong, on WEDNESDAY, the 11th day of November, 1903.

45

133

J3B

13040)

of passengers, who were inside with the windows ON SHANGHAI, Telegraphic Transfer ......717 Private 30 days' sight.........Dom. closed, were drowned. Sergeant A. Wilson, police officer in charge of the Santin district, ON YOKOHAMA, T.T.

.89t immediately proceeded to the scene of the was notified as he was going on patrol, and he Sovereigns, Bank's Buying Rate...........$10.94

Gold Leaf roo touch, per tal

56.90 disaster and found several dead bodies.floating | Bar Silver.......

27 13/16 in the water. He made a close investigation into the circumstances connected with the up- setting of the boat, and our correspondent, who writes under yesterday's date, says that at low tide it is most probably that the bodies of more MALWA NEW.................................. of the drowned passengers will be recovered.

FOREIGN TRADE OF SIAM,

The following figures show the total volume of the Import and Export trade of Siam for years 120 and 121 1-

Imports. Exports

Imports Exports

120.

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Tes. 50,258,341

Tcs. 80,905.391 Total Tac 131,163,732

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Tes. 69,716,074 Tcs. 85,815,920

Total Tes. 155,531,994

It will be seen that the foreign trade.of the country increased considerably during the past year-the total advance over 121 amoun- ting to the sum of Tes 24,368,262, or at the rate of nearly 18 per cent. This most satis factory result was chiefly due to the great expansion of imports, which accounts for about four-fifths of the whole increase and shows, in a striking manner, the growing wants of the The relatively greater advance of imports, as country for the productions of other lands.

compared with exports, must not, however, be regarded as indicating any falling off in the staple products of Siam, as the shipments of rice and teak were considerably in advance of those of the previous year, and it is only in the case of some of the minor articles of export that decreases were observable. The foreign. trade of the year still shows a handsome blance in favour of the kingdom, and there is every reason to suppose that this will con tinue to be the case in the future, despite the certain growth of imports to meet the increas ing demands of the country for foreign articles of utility, convenience and luxury,

The main source of Siam's wealth is her

and more paddy appears to be brought to rice, and, even under existing conditions, more the market each year, while as the population gmdully increases and irrigation brings larger cultivator, the continued expansion of this areas of land within the teach of the

also a fact worthy of note that, while the exports industry may be confidently looked for. It is

of white, and cargo rice tend to increase, the corresponding quantities of meal of each class

OPIUM QUOTATIONS. Yester lay's quotations are as follows:-

LAST YEAR. OLDEST PATRA NEW

D

BENARES New PERSIAN (PAPER).

T

Dated the 28th day of October, 1993.

DENNYS & BOWLEY,

Solicitors for the Petitioner.

POSTPONEMENT.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW;

Per chest THE Company's Steamship

...@ 870/900

.@ 940/1,000

"HAITAN,"

Captain Roach, will be despatched for the.

@ 1,030/1,060 | above Ports, TO-MORROW, the agth instant,

.@ 1,092)

.@)· 1,000

..@ 750/B00

Co-day's Advertisements.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

at Daylight.

For Freight or Passage apply to

DOUGLAS, LAPRAIK & CO.,

General Managers."

Hongkong, 28th October, 1903.

(12930

BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR RANGOON VIA AMOY AND SWATOW.

HE Undersigned have received instructions THE Company's Steamship

to Sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, оп

FRIDAY, the 30th October, 1903, at 11.30 A.M,

At ROSE VILLAS EAST, 14, BONHAM ROAD,

THE WHOLE OF THE

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Therein contained, Comprising:- DOUBLE and SINGLE IRON BED- STEADS with WIRE and RATTAN MATTRESSES, ROBE with GLASS, MARBLE TOP WASHSTANDS and TOILET SETS. TEAKWOOD EXTENSION DINING TABLE and CHAIRS, BOOK-CASE, OVERMANTELS, TEAKWOOD SIDE- BOARD with GLASS, CROCKERY and

UTENSILS, &c, &c; GLASS WARE, COOKING STOVE -and

ALSO

TEAKWOOD WARD-

One LADY'S BICYCLE, a quantity of BOOKS, One SMALL MILNER'S SAFE and a great Assortment of PLANTS in POTS.

Catalogues will be issued, TERMS: As usual.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers, Hongkong, 28th October, 7903. [13015

FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND

CALCUTTA.

THE Steamship

above Pons, on TUESDAY, the 3rd November, "CATHERINE APCAR," Captain A. Stewart, will be despatched for the at 3 P..

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DAVID SASSOÓN &” Co, LIMITED

Agents, Hongkong 28th October, 1901. [12978

FROM HAMBURG, PENANG AND SINGAPORE.

appear to be diminishing-a. circumstance THE H.A.L. Steamship which points to more careful milling and which adds to the productive value of the rice crap.

The trade prospects of the country thus both imports and exports may be confidently appear to be excellent, and a steady advance in expected. Siam possesses great natural wealth in the products of her fields, forests, and mines, and the development of these will be materially assisted by the improvements which are being effected in the administration of the realm, as well, as by the policy, for some time now steadily adhered to, of opening up t the country as rapidly as possible by means of milways and roads. The question of better water com munication is alan engaging the attention of Government, and, as a first step in this direc tion, it has been decided to put in band without delay the work of cleaning out the various Our new arrival then, writes his letter home canals which intersect lower Siam in all more in the shape of a collection" of opinions | directions,

This probably is the reason that so few pqople living in England have the slightest idea of the true nature of mast of the large Colonial towns.

"SUEVIA," Captain Borck, having arrived from the requested to send in their Bills of Lading for above Ports, Consignees of Cargo me hereby

take immediate delivery of their goods from countersignature by the Undersigned and to alongside.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless untice to the contrary be given before TO-DAY. landed into the Godowns of the Hongkong Any Cargo impeding her discharge will be

and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Limited, and stored at Consignees' risk and expense.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Gouds remain ing undelivered after the 2nd November will, be subject to rent.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are i examined on the 2nd November, at 3 P.M to be left in the Godowns, where they will be

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

"JELUNGA," Captain Windebank, will be despatched as above on SATURDAY, the 31st instant, a4 P.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

FÄRDINE, MATHESON & Co

Agents. Hongkong, 28th October, 1903.

THE POPULAR

SCOTCH

IS

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"BLACK&WHITE

JAMES BUCHANAN & 00.

ACOTCH WHISKY DISIZLERS/ By Appointment to FM THE KING

and

HRH the PENCE of WALES,

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE and HOTELS, and to be obtained from

Supplied all the LEADING CLUBS Hongkong Office:-

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO., One Hongkong, a8th October, 1905.

13020 | Centrál

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