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TELEGRAMS.

(Renter's.)

The Expedition to Thibet.

LONDON, 7th August.

The British Missions reached Lhassa on the 3rd instant without further fighting.

The 8 8. Malacca." The Malacca has left Algiers for Port Said.

The Sinking of the "Knight Commander."

The Vladivostock Prize Court justifies the sinking of the Knight Commander on the grounds that the cargo and the vessel were lawful prizes, as railway material, destined for Chemulpo via Japan, was' on board.

SIR IAN HAMILTON'S NARROW ESCAPE.

A nearly fatal mishap befeil General Ian Hamilton on his way to the front with the foreign

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 1904.

THE WAR.

PURSUIT OF THE VLADIVOSTOK SQUADRON.

ADMIRAL-KAMIHURA'S PREVIOUS ATTEMPT

AT CAPTURE,

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA

DUCK CO., LTD.

The report of the ha Hongkong and Wham,

of directors of the Dock Company, Limited, to the ordinary, aff-yearly meeting of shareholders, to be held at the offices of the

A Russian coure-pondent d the Associat-company, Qu-en's Juildings, os Monday, the ed Press, a witnes cul the meeting between 22nd Inst, at 13 o'clock noon, is as follows:- To the shareholders of the Hongkong and the Fussin and she anese squadions recently, when the latter was dispatched same Whampoa Dock Company, Limited. time ago to capture the raiders, gives the fol lowing particul rs:—

It is possible now to recount with some detail the meeting between the Japanese squadron and our squadron in the Gulf of Koren, with regard to which the Japanese have so far been decidedly quiet. I can contradict wholly the statement that the mecting occurred in the rain, which enabled our cruisers to escape the superior Japanese forces. It was a beautiful night, and the Japanese might easily have continued their pursuit, but they were apparently disheartened by the miscarriage of their plans, coupled with the fact that they

damage they did to themselves it was impos- sible for us to ascertnin.

The Japanese trap for our cruisers was cleverly set. Vice Admiral Togo dispatched a squadron fully three times the strength of the Russian, with the intention of meeting them in the traits of Korea, in order to ensure a A strong flotilla of decisive engagement. torpedo-boats lay in wait at an island near with the intention of dashing out, catching the Russian cruisers between the two fires and forcing them to i alt and to fight. It is under stood that the plan was to make a desperate. torpedo attack loving the whole fleet if neces sary, in order to cripple one cruiser and to make the remainder wait so as to give the Japanese fleet time to catch up.

Gentlemen, The directors have now to sub- mit to you their report, with a statement of accounts for the half-year ended 30th June, 1904

REVENUE ACCOUNT.

'June 30th, 1904.

3.528.75

HONGKONG'S FUTURE.

To interest................................5 45.491.69 THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY. To crown tentumineni 3,083 35 To fire insurance in gy

For something over fifty years the British To office expenses, salaries, sta

colony of Hongkong has held the undisputed tionery and rent of head office.... 37.894.07 position of sole ocean seaport to the provinces To drawing office expenses and

of Southern China, which includes Canton, 'salaries · sextingaloon. (13,473-17

with all the hinterland, tapped by that great To telegrams.................

2,103.86 To legal expenses........................

$29 30

city. With this arrangement, Britons the world To marine insurance accouos......... 8,000 o aver are consequently, familiarised, and the To subscription to Russo-Japaneza

entirely home,eared variety comfortably be War Funderutanrí

1,000.00 lleves it to be unalterable as the laws of the To profit....

534,446.98

Medes and Persians. But there is a certain $654,551.12 American-Belgian syndicate which is of a differ ent opinion, and acts accordingly. This syadi cate some five years ago obtained a concession to build a railway from Canton to Hankow, .*623,845 52

782.10 and, not to be outdone, a British corporation 29,622.27 likewise asked and reveived a concession 10 301.23 construci a line from Kowloon to Canton. The route selected ran vid Tsum-isa-tsui and Sam- $654.551.12

chun, the preliminary survey was duly made and there followed-futile inaction'; so that to-day not one sad of the proposed railway has been turned. Meantime the Pankow line nears

to

The net profit for the six months, after paying interest due and all charges, amounts to which has to be added the balance brought forward from last ac count

$539,446.98

425:34069

$961,787.67

January 1st to June 30th, 1994. By net earnings of the Company's thee establishments, and profit . on sale of Hama......................... By towage, net earnings... By dredger, net earnings............... By bonus on insurance premia, &c...

750,00

10,750,00

and from bis have to be deducted- Directors' fees......$10,000.00 Auditors' fees

The directors recommend that a dividend for the half-year of 12% or $300,000 and a bonus of 4% or $10,000, in all $400,000, be paid to the shareholders; that $35.937.85 be written from the value of Kowloon Decks, $1,890,09 from the Cosmopolitan Dock, $10,738 from the floating plant, and the balance $505,471.73 be carried to the new account.

The electric power plant has been Fuccess- fully installed throughout the engine works.

E. & O. E. W. B: Dixon, Chief Manager.

THOS I ROSE, Secretary.

Hongkong, 3rd. A gust, 1904.

We have examined the books and vouchers

above statements, are in accordance therewith.

THOS, ARNOLD.} Auditors. H. U. JEFFATÉS, Í

A JAPANESE ADMIRAL ÖN

WEI-HAI-WEI:

Wei-hai-wei, May 27.

attachés (writes Mr. Bennet Burleigh in the Lon-fired on their own torpedo-boats, though what leaving available for appropriation. 5954.037.67 of the company and hereby certify that the don Telegraph). It happened at Chemulpo, when the transport Suminøye Moru called in at that part with the attachés on board on her way to the front. General Ian Hamilton land ed and paid a brief visit to the British Consul. He returned in the steam launch to the vessel. That day there was a jupple upon the bouncing, tawny water, and the launch lurching as Gene- ral Hamilton stepped off, he fell between it and the ship. The General would have been swept 'under the big transport and surely drowned had not Colonel Salow, of the Imperial Artillery, who was in charge of the attaches, sprung and gripped Sir Ian Hamilton's hand in some mar vellous way as he was disappearing. To avoid being dragged under the ship with the Gene ral, Colonel Satow, who held on like grim death, flung himself into the narrow space alongside the gangway. The strain upon his arm, which was much hurt, must have been terrible, but he clung to the hand until help came and rescue was effecle'.

PROPOSED CHEBOO SETILE- MENT.

The document below, which speaks for itself, may be of interest now that the agitation for an international "settlement" is being renewed. It is addressed to the US. Consul at Chefor. (Translation of a despatch from the Thotai at Chefoo.)

July 6th, 1899.

The plan worked up to the point of meeting the Russian squadron, which, when it saw the superior force of Japanese, rapidly retreated to the northward. The Japanese began a stern chase, firing at intervals, but their shalls fell nue and one-third miles short. We made so attempt to reply.

At this juncture the Japanese torpedo-boats shot out, and for a short time it looked as. though we had been badly trapped. The Japanese torpedo-boats, however, did not push the attack with their accustomed dash. They were in an excellent position to cut us off, but they were spread out too much and never pot within torpedo range.

We-slipped though their cordon while they

The lighting of No. 1 Dock is completed, and further extensions are in progress.

The refit of H.M.S. Glory was duly com- the satisfaction pleted by the arranged date

At the present moment my feelings may be said to be analogous to those of a hunted hare, which, after narrowly outwitting hounds and huntsmen, has found refuge in some thicket. Wei-hawei is thickel Here at least I may rest secum fron, the terrors of the Russian yard of the Naval Authorities.⚫

arm or those of a Sasebo Prize Court. Bul The dredger Canton River has been satis-even as I cringe in the security of my presen! factorily employed during the greater part of "see I can hear the voice of my enemies urging on the hungry pack; and all because the period under review.

There is a considerable falling off in tonnage The Times has been original, because it has applied the latest developments in scientific for docking during the past three months..

C. P. CHATER,

communication to the transmission of news Chairman. from the seat of war, and because I have de

monstrated that a naval action can be reported

Hongkong, 8th August, 1904. The statements of accounts are as follows:- directly from the high seas to Printing-house-

CAPITAL ACCOUNT.

June 30th, 1904.

ASSETS. Aberdeen.

Ta value of Aberdeen Locks, as

per last statement...$ 100,000.00

Kowloon.

To value of Kowloon

Docks, as per last statement..........$3,142,599-35 Less amount since written off.......

I have had the honour ro receive the follow-were attempting to draw in for a combined at- ing instructions from H.E. Yu, Governor of inck. Their quick-fir ng guns opened without Shantung:-

damage to the Russians in the slightest, while the heavy guns of the Russian cruisers sent two of the torpedo-boats to the bottom. [No To amount paid in such disaster is admitted by the Japanese fleet.] The other torpedo-boats fled to the protection of their own squad:on, thereby helping us further. We had no torpedo-boats with us, the Russian torpedo flotilla having been sent by the Admiral on another mission.

"I am in receipt of a communication from the Tsungli Yamen stating that on the 22nd of May they received a despatch from Mr. Bax Ironside, H.B.M. Charge d'Affaires as follows:

The necessity for a foreign settlement at Chefro has been apparent for many years past, and I am now in receipt of a petition from the British Community at that Port, in which they all express anxiety for such a settlement.

I have to observe that while Chefoo has managed to devise means of raising a revenue year by year, still this has proved quite inade quate owing to the lack of a settlement with suitable regulations. In this undertaking, am of the opinion that no serious objections will be made by the various members of the Diplomatic Corps, as they have been indivi- dually petitioned by their own nationals to assist in effecting the accomplishment of such a settlement.

It will be remembered that, on the 19th in stant, I discussed this subject at your Yamen, and requested that the Governor be called upon to instruct the local authorities to prompt ly confer with the various Consuls, in order that the delimitations of the seulement may be decided upon at an early date. I trust that this will be done.

"The Yamen also received a despatch on the 23rd of May from Mr. Conger, U. S. Minister, to the following effect:

The Japanese mistook their own retreating torpedo-boats for Russian boats coming to at tack them, and opened a deadly fusillade, which lasted for three minutes. The Japanese torpedo-boats spouted rockets and worked their signal lights desperately hefore the fire of their squadron ceased. We were unable to ascertain the damage which resulted, but it is hardly possible that the Japanese boats escaped the hall of japanese shells.

The reason why they did not pursue us fur ther is not known, except that the hulls and boilers of the Japanese ships have greatly de- teriorated as a result of the long service in the seas. It is certain that they were not nearly a match for the Russians for speed in the earlier part of the flight, though the squadron included the fastest cruisers in the Japanese fleet, with a speed, on paper, greatly superior to that of the Russians.

CHINESE LABOUR.

'The greater part of Chefoo is inhabited by

On the 4th ult, in the House of Commons, foreigners and they are all desirous of having a Mr. Herbert Samuel asked whether the recent Municipality similar to that now existing at embarkation of Chinese indentured labourers Shanghai. This is extremely important in order at Hongkong was not a contravention of the to secure proper sanitation, in protect the pub-Anglo-Chinese Convention, which required that lic health, and to avoid disturbances, and also they should be embarked only at a treaty post to facilitate the protection of merchants and whether the Chinese Viceroy at Canton had others of various nationalities residing there, prohibited the recruiting of any more coolies and moreover will prove a source of economy for the Transvaal; and, if so, whether his ac to Chinese and foreigners alike. This cannot tion was taken as a protest against the infrac be done, however, withoat & Settlement, andtion of the convention.

the settlements which exist at other ports may Mr. Lyttelton replied that the Convention be taken as an illustration of the advantages did not apply to longkong, and there had which Chinese, foreigners and the trade of the been no contravention of it. It was tru that port derive therefrom. It is also in accordance about two months ago the Viceroy of Canten with Treaty. Furthermore, in establishing a issued a proclamation declaring recruiting for General Foreign "ettlement, all foreigners will | South Africa illegal. His Majesty's Minister participate in the benefits, and not thuse of any in l'eking made representations, and the Vice- particular country.

roy had been requested to withdraw the pro- hibition.*

Mr. Herbert Samuel asked whether the coo- lies embarked at Hongkong were excluded from the purview of the convertion?

Mr. Lyttelton: The convention cannot apply to Hongkong, which is not a green, pon but a Brit sh colony. The labourers are protected there by the colonial law,

I have received specifi: instructi ns from the Department of State to communicate with you on the subject, and to request that you will de legate a suitable official of the province con- cerned to have a friendly conference with the Consult in order that this important matter may be satisfactorily and promptly dealt with

"The Yamen, in view of the above have to observe that while Cheloo has been an Open On the 6th ult., Mr. 1 yttelton, replying to Mr. Port for several years, no settlement has been Slack, said the contract under which Chinese established, and in the present undertaking, labourers were introduced into South Africa the question whether all the merchants have provided that Sundays should be holidays, and agreed to the scheme, whether there are any that labourers were not bound to work on that impediments to the same, the nature of the re-day. Underthe Sunday Labour Law no ordinary gulations, and the boundaries of the seule, mining work was done on Sundays, as he had ment: the Governor is requested to instruct been informed, but only work which was abso. the Chefoo Taolai to consult with the Consuls,lutely necessary, such as pumping, repairs, &c. and upon their coming to an understanding,

the Yamen then could look into the circum-M, SANTOS DUMONT, in the course of a recent stances and define the boundaries for a General interview, said: I was invited by Japan to join Foreign Settlement. The Governor is request the forces in Korea as head of the balloon ed to reply to the Yamen for its information." service, and offered a fabulous sum to take my Having had the honour to receive the above, airship to the front to try to drop high explo. apart from communicating with the other Coasives on Port Aribur. I was sorely tempted. suis, I now have the honour to address this to but many of my best friends are Russians, and you, and trust that you will favour me with a while admiring the Japanese, i was compelled reply in order that a conference may be held to decline the offer, because the ties of Cauca and action taken accordingly.

sian kinship prevented my aiding the yellow

[SEAL]

man.

connection with Ex- tension of Hung- hom Inland Lol No. 24, and purchase of Hunghorn Inland Lots Nos. 15, 21/23, and 64

To amount paid on account of new Fit- Brass ting and Shops.. To amount paid on

account of remov -ing Hill at back of

new Forge

account of new Electric Installa. tion

To amount paid on

To amount paid on account of Mould. ing Shop Extension To Amount paid on account of Shipyard Machine Shed Ex- tension ....... To Amount paid on nccount of new Galvanizing Shop.. To Amount paid on

n

account of new Power House ...... To Amount paid on account of two Stone Piers, To Cost of hydraulic keel plate flanging machine and other machinery for ship- yard & boiler shop To Cost of electrical

material, Green's economizer, pumps, &c., for new power house.........

47.599.35

$2,100,020,00

To Cost of new ma- chine tools for new fitting shapat To cost of new ms. chine tools for new brass shop....... To Cost of 6-inch centrifugal pump. ing engine, salvage- gear,

Cosmopolitan. To Value of Cosmo- politan Dock, as per last Statement. To Amount paid for erecting new paint

To Cost of new wind. lass and fitting same in place

store.JEJAKIRKKOJA

·

CAMPA

17.709.00

26, 160.00

2,200.00

11,489.00

3,125.00

17,824 00

1,829 00

22,187.00

820.co

40,328 03

21,549.85

7,410.00

9.551.00

1.75600

30,000,00

$89.00

1,201,09

To Value of Tug. Dredgers,

Launches and Lighters To Sundry debtors To Value of material on hand.......

June 30th, 1904.

LIABILITIES.

square,

I am writting this in the house on the is land' of Liu-kung-tau where the ill-starred Admiral Ting committed suicide after the destruction of his fleet by the Japanese. No one who has seen Wei-hai-wei can fail to be impressed with it as a British possession. It is one of the gems of the Far East. I have just returned from my morning walk across the island to The Times Wireless Station on the extreme north-west point of Liukung-tau, and am again depressed, as i am daily, with the sight of the crumbling decay of half-built foru- fications. 1 will recapitulate for you the opinion of a distinguished Japanese Admiral who has seen the correspondence on the sub- ject in The Times. i do not feel at liberty to state his name in print, as he might not care to have his name associated with opinions ex- pressed in private conversation, Let it suffice that the officer in question is commanding one of the Japanese squadrons now engaged on active service. In answer to my query as to whether we should fortily Wei-hai-wei, he answered simply :-

completion, and the syndicate's next move is an open secret. Unless the Kowloon railway is in process of building, a small further con cession will be asked from China to enable the American-Belgian Company to connect the port of walow with its trunk railway by means of a branch line bom, some suitable junction: between the two main terminl, The effect of this arrangement would be to establish an ocean port in South China in direct rail com- munication with Canton on the one hand, and Hankow on the other; and though these towns with the whole great inland districts bevond, of which they are respectively the centre. A rival with such exclusive facilities of access, of collection and distribution, would spell some- thing akin to

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COMMERCIAL RUIN FOR MONGKONG.

if the Kowloon-Canton railway be in course of construction, it is probable that the American Belgian syndicate would not think it worth while to apply for the further concession, and quite likely that in any case it would not be granted. Moreover, the trade that normally passes between Canton and Hongkong would- not be diverted to another route if equal facili ties offered on the familiar line. There is, therefore, practically no doubt that the fulfil. ment of its obligations by the British company would save the situation But unless this body is galvanised into prompt action it will be too late. One excuse for the delay that has ac curred is said to be disappointment that no grant of Government money has been forth- coming to meet the admittedly heavy initial expenses; if so, it surely behoves the home and the local authorities to see what can be done in the way of advancing public money to sateguard what, after all, is a national, not a private asset..

In that case another aspect of the question opens. Recent surveys go to prove that an alternative route to that originally acquired by the concessionaires offers fewer engineering difficulties, and appears to have been contem- plated by the Mackay Treaty Commissioners when they included in the list of towns to be opened to Europeans the little known city of Wai-chow. This Fu city, governed by a man- darin of high standing, and closely connected with the garrison town of Kwai-shih, is a place of great importance in native eyes. Situated on the junction of the Tamshui and East Rivers, it forms the natural distributing centre for the inland trade of Eastern Kwangtung and South ero Kiangsi. Distant from the new territory only 50 miles, across an undulating plateau offering no difficulty to railway construction, its present connection with Hongkong is via Canton and Shekloong, a route about three times as long, and involving two changes of river craft; so that trade intercourse is naturally of the smallest. A bridge which would have to be built across the East River forms the only obstacle to this route, which taps a wider area than that via Sam-chun. But the choice of route is really a subsidiary matter. The crucial issue is this: Are we to let go ou commercial position in South China and lose for Hongkong its premier position in the Far East through sheer inaction?-Pall Mall Gaselle,

There is no other course to pursue. It is obvious. We cannot understand why you have not already done so, As a rule I am opposed to open roadsleads, but Wei-hai-wei is one of the exceptions which I make. I cannot agree with the argument that your feet based at Hongkong protects Wei-hai-wei, nor that, if fortified, Wei-bai-wei at once becomes a sonice of weakness. Rather it becomes a source of weakness to your enemy. To reduce Wei-hai- wei, or even blockade it, he must detach a certain portion of his force and thus weaken his opposition to you. If he is bent on taking the place rapidly, he must attack it with considerable strength; in this case he lays himself open to be shut in the Yellow Sea. If it is undefended, it is still a British possession; it is captured by a gutboat without any reduc- tion in strength to the fleet opposing your force based on Hongkong, and you suffer the loss of prestige 'in eparable from the passing of a possession into the hands of the enemy, whether that pos ession is defended or not. Il must always be remembered that Wei-hai-wei is more suited for effective land defences than Port Arthur, and that it dominates the apability of its railway construction, and we may proaches to Peking as Hongkong never can.

I take it that the Admiral practically ex- preses the opinion of the Japanese Navy, since Japanese naval officers of all ranks spend much

We learn that Sir Matthew Nathan, the new Governor of Hongkong, took great interest in the question of the Canton-Kowloon railway previously to his departure. His Excellency holds a strong view on the subject of the desir

add, in this connection, that the Colonial Office also has taken much interest in the matter. We believe we are not much apart

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of their leisure in thrashing out the probabilities from the truth when we say that the Colonial of naval warfare in their own waters. And it Office would go as far as to either provide, or would seem to ine that at the present momentuarantee, the money for the proportion of the the opinions formed by Japanese officers might line that will run through British territory. 2,285,937.85 is ount a little of the academical theory which Such being the case we may hope that the difficulties which have hitherto stood in the evolved during our century of naval peace.

The Japanese naval officer is an interesting way of the carrying out of the concession, and study. He is the least conservative product the present obstructions that are being resorted of the Japanese reformation. The reason for to will be removed, and the line-the import this is twofold. In the first place, his greater fance of which has been frequently referred to intercourse with the world at large has rid in these columns-be speedily put in band. him of that exclusiveness which is inherent

in a race which so years ago refused all Besides, further delay may prove dangerous to intercourse with the Western world. The the future of the colony. The American, army retains much of this exclusiveness, and Belgian Syndicate, in the absen e of any sign 301,89309 the officers do not readily show that inclina of the British railway, are credited with the

tion to fraternize with the European that is 410.738.00 to be found in the navy. So striking is the intention of asking a further concession from 318,615 95 contrast between these two branches of the China to enable it to connect the port of 1,848,101.70 service that one is surprised that hitherto they Swarow with its trunk railway. It is scarcely have worked so well together. They could necessary to point out that a rival with such $1,275,293-59 never have done so if the bedrock of patriotism exclusive facilities of access of collection and

common to both had not beeh so strong. Also the line of demarcation between the several distribution would have a serious effect upon duties of the two services is so firmly defined the future commercial prosperity of Hongkong. that local differences of opinion between those L&C. Express. who come into contact upon the line are practically impossible. But the European reader must not possess bimself, of the idea that there is absolute sympathy between the Japanese Navy and Artsy Departments. The friction at times is very severe and the jealousy between the two services almost as marked as

By shareholders for 50,000 shares

of $50 each, fully paid up..........$2,500,000.00 By admiralty

loan.......£20,000. 6.0 Less repay-

ments...... 14,694-19 5

£ 5.305. 0.71/71/16-66,791,18

By marine Insurance account......$25.50000 By sundry creditors

1,718,314.74

By balance of profit brought forward from

last account.................$425,340.69 / By profit

539,446.08.

it is elsewhere. I have been much impressed

COMMERCIAL.

SHARE LIST.

*

..... 3 p.m. Following are further allerations in Messrs.

by the manner in which Japanese naval officers Benjamin, Kelly & Potts' share quotations no-

of my acquaintance received the newstified to us after the list had been printed-

of the loss of: the Hatsuse, and the Yorking. They have all without exception expressed identical sentiments-" We expected to lose al 964.787.67 least half our ships in the purchase of success. We have mill Ave battleships leß!"-T⢠Timer.

Indo-Chinas

...5:13 88, & 6.

1 i 224 38.·.

Shell Transports-Ti.. Hongkong Docks, Farnhams... Kowloon Wharvester

· Morning Post...

Tie. 155 3. &b,

1130

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201

Go-day's Advertisements.

CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE.

accordance with the Provisions of No. 122 of the Articles of Association, the General Agents have this day declared an INTERIM DIVIDEND of FIVE PER CENT, (or the half-" year ending 30th June, 1904, on the Paid-up Capital.

DIVIDEND WARRANTS payable on MONDAY, the 29th August, will be issued to Shareholders on application.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 16th to 29th instant, both days inclusive.

...

JARDINE. MATHESON & Co., General gents. flongkong, 9th August, 1904.

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FOR SALE.

(OWNER GOING Home). DAY-AUSTRALIAN MARE, 8 years, 14.1.

BLACK AUSTRALIAN GELDING, 9 years her part

For further particulars, apply to-

MAJOR HAMILTON, Head Quartero

Hongkong, 9th August, 1991,

THE

PUBLIC AUCTION,

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*HE Undersigned have received in vructions

from J. B. Scort, Esq., to Sel by PUBLIC AUCTION,

SALLIDAY,

residence, No. 4, Ormsby Villas, Kowloon, the 13th August, 1904, at 235, within his SUNDRY HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

Comprising:- DOUBLE IRON BEDSTEADS with WIRE and HAIR MATTRESSES, MARBLE-TOP WASHSTANDS, TEAK-

WOOD WARDROBES with GLASS, TEAK- WOOD EXTENSION DINING TABLE, VIENNA CHAIRS, PICTURES, &c, &c.;

ALSO

One COTTAGE PIANO by Collard and Cellard, London (in good order and condition);

AND

A Quantity of PALMS in POTS. Catalogues will be issued. TERMS:-As usual.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, 9th August, 1904.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

1920

Thundersigners, KEBH & CO., Lids HE Undersigned have received instructions Contractors for the Electric Tramway Co., to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

ON TUESDAY,

the 16th August, 1904, at si A.M., at their Matshed at Causeway Bay, SUNDRY TOOLS

AND

IMPLEMENTS, belonging to the above Firm. Particulars from Catalogue, TERMS As usual.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

Hongkong. 9th August, 1904"

THE GREAT SENSATION AND ATTRACTION IN THE EAST, NEVER SEEN IN HONGKONG BEFORE. SIMONS'

RAND

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DIORAMA, CYCLORAMA AND WAX-WORKS EXHIBITION. Des Voeux Road, opposite Central Market. TO-NIGHT TONIGHT!! TO-NIGHT!{! FROM & P.M. TO 11 P.M. Price of Admission ..................50 Cents. Children...

30 51 Soldiers and Sailors in uniform...30

A. W. SIMONS,

Sole Manager.

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Hongkong, 9th August, 1904.

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