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Auctions.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received instructions

to Sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, TO-MORROW,

the 13th August, 1904, at 11 AM, at their

Sales Rooms, Ice House Street, A QUANTITY OF

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES;

ALSO

GOLD AND DIAMOND JEWELLERY.

TERMS:-As usual.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, 12th August, 1904.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE

Intimations.

THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1904.

THE SEVENTY-SIXTH ORDINARY

HALF YEARLY MEETING ОР SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be

held at the Office of the Company, No. 18, Bank Buildings, Queen's Road Central, on TUESDAY, the 10th August, at 12 o'clock, Yoon, for the purpose of receiving a report of the Directors, together with a Statement of Accounts, declaring a Dividend and electing Directors and Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 2nd to the 16th 19z5 August, inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

T. ARNOLD,

Hongkong, 26th July, 1901.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.

THEU sport, Esq, to Sell by

HE Undersigned have received instructions

PUBLIC AUCTION, TO-MORKOW, the 13th August, 1904, at 2.30 1M., within bis residence, No. 4, Ormsby Villas, Kowloon, 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 Collard, London (in good order and condition);

AND

A Quantity of PALMS in POTS. Catalogues will be issued.

TERMS-As usual,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, 12th August, 1904.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

ING CORPORATION,

Secretary.

HOW A SIEGE IS CARRIED OUT.

A SIMPLE EXPLANATION OF THE METHOD THE JAPANESE MAY ADOPT AT

PORT ARTHUR,"

4. Capturing and crowning' the breaches of the outer works and the main work is succession!

5. The final reduction of the interiorentrench;

ment or keep.

Rather a formidable, undertaking; very bloody, and not always successful. The be The predictions as to the length of time Portsiegers have this in their favour: fresh men can

Intimations.

CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY,, LIMITED.

TN

NOTICE.

Arthur will hold out vary considerably, but be brought up, while the garrison is often weat accordance with the Provisions of No. 121

we consider what it means to take a bravely defended fortified place-by siege, it seems likely that the Japanese have at the very least six weeks' work from the time serious operations commence.

Of course, nobody knows, becue this is the first time a modern fortified place has been attacked with high explosive shells and high angle fire.

But unless the Russians surrender through demoralisation, what is called a “ regular siege" will have to be carried out, and this is neces- sarily a slow operation.

After the besieging force has got into posi- [873tion the advance must be made in trenches, Miles and miles of trenches, four ket deep and ten or more feet wide, will have to be dug, the work being done at night, and this is what makes a siege so tedious. As soon as the bombardiment, which is continued night and day from the moment it begins, has slackened the fire of the fort, preparations are made to open trenches.

TOTICE that the ORDI

NONCE is hereby given L MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in thes Corporation will be held at the CITY HALL, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 20th day of August next, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to 30th June, 1904.

By Order of the Court of Directors,

J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager.

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Hongkong, 30th July, 1904.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK-

ING CORPORATION,

NGSTERS OF SHARES of the Corpora NOTICE is hereby given that the RE- tion will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 1920 6th, to the zoth day of August next (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered.

THE Undersigned have received instructions TH

from Messrs. DICK, KERR. & Co., Ltd., Contractors for the Electric Tramway Co, to Sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION,

ON TUESDAY,

the 16th August, 1974, at 11 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.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

1921

Tom MIS. PERKINS, to Sell by

"HE Undersigned have received instructions

PUBLIC AUCTION,

ON

TUESDAY.

the 16th August, 1904, at 2.30 P.M., within her residence, "Eragee," Observatory Road,

Kowloon,

THE WHOLE OF HER HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

Comprising:- DOUBLE and SINGLE IRON BED. STEADS with MATTRESSES, TEAK- WOOD WARDROBES with GLASS, OVER- MANTELS, CHEST-OF-DRAWERS, MARBLE TOP WASHSTANDS, DRESS- ING TABLES, TEAKWOOD DESKS, ICE CHEST, TEAKWOOD EXTENSION DINING TABLEandCHAIRS, PICTURES, COOKING STOVE and UTENSILS,

&c.,

c., ALSO

XC.;

By Order of the Court of Directors,

J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager.

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Hongkong, 30th July, 1904,

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

HE

ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held in the Offices of the Company, Queen's

Buildings, Connaught Road, on MONDAY, the 22nd August,at 12 o'clock, Noon, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts to the 30th June, 1904.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will he CLOSED from the 8th to the 22nd August, both days inclusive,

By Order of the Board of Directors,

THOS. I. ROSE, Secretary.

Hongkong, 29th July, 1904.

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WATSON & CO., LIMITED.·

ISSUE OF 30,000 NEW SHARES OF STO EACH.

PURSUANT to Resolution the General

Managers of A. S. WATSON & Company, Limited, hereby invite applications from the Shareholders of the Company for the issue of 10,000 new shares of Sto each at a Premium of 10 per cent, or $11 a share.

Each Registered Shareholder on the 28th day of September, 104, applying for the New Issue will be entitled to me share for every two shares registered in his name. Shares not applied for by those entitled to apply will be dealt with by the General Managers in accordance with Article 40 of the Company's Articles of

One COTTAGE PIANO by Sandon and Association. Steedman, London;

AND

A Great Assortment of PLANTS in Pots. Catalogues will be issued..

TERMSAs usual.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

Hongkong, roth August, 1904,

THE

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PUBLIC AUCTION. Undersigned have received instruc

tions to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

on

WEDNESDAY,

the 24th August, 1904, al 3 P.M.

at their

Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, (Corner of Ice House Street), HE British Screw Steamer

"HOICHING,"

THE

Built in London in 1879, Length over all 175 feet, Breadth feet, Depth 4 feet, Gross Tonnage 500, H. P. nominal 200, Cylinder 28 in. by 48 in, Stroke 22 in.. Revolution of En- gines per minute 8o, Working Tressure to lbs., 3 Donkey Engines and One Winch,

She has a Government Licence to carry 400 Passengers..

TERMS:-As usual.

For Further Particulars, apply to--

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers,

Hongkong, 4th August, 1904.

Insurance,

Applications for Shares in the New issue will be received by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hongkong from the 28th September, 1904, to the 30th September, 1954, both days inclusive, and the whole amount of $11 per share will be payable on application, The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 28th September, 1904, to the 8th October, 1994, both days inclusive.

There are several kinds of trenches--simple trenches, saps, flying saps, full saps, blinded saps, etc.-each suited to particular, circum. stances, but space will not allow of their des- cription. Two terms, however, must be made clear-"approaches" and parallels."

A "parallel" is a trench, often many miles long, which fronts the fortress. Supposing the army is 4,000 yards from the fortress during the commencing bombardment this is called the "first artillery position." They want to move nearer, and so they construct the "first

parallel," perhaps at a distance of 3,000 yards from the fortress. But, in order that men and guns may move safely into this "parallel," approaches have to be cut. That is a number of trenches leading from the first artillery posi. inn into the "parallel." These approaches run in zig-zags, as, if they were straight, they

would be open to the enemy's fire.

The way in which the "parallel" is opened is very interesting. Su soon as it grows dusk, A number of officers, accompanied by sappers, move forward. Here they trace the lines which the parallel will follow. Each sapper has a picket and a measuring tape. The officer stations the first sapper at the end of the trench line, takes the end of his tape and walk along

until the tape is drawn out. At this point he places a second sapper, takes his tape and walks to the end of it, and so on.

The sappers drive the pickets into the ground, fasten the tapes to them, and lie down to await the working party,

Later on the working party, with picks and shovels, arrives and sets to work with all its might. By break of day each man must have dug a trench 58. long, 61, wide, and 4ft. deep. except the front eighteen inches, which is only Tit. deep. The canh be piles in front, to form a parapet.

At daylight this trench will be occupied by a strong force, called the "guard of the trenches." But the work is not yet finished, for the follow- ing two nights are also devoted to digging and when finished the trench is soft, wide at the bottom or more, much wider on top, 4ft, deep having steps in front, and protected by a parape! earth in front, which is about 41ft. high.

Behind this "parallel protected places are formed for the artillery, another big job, seeing that 3oft, of earth, and probably more, is ro quired to ensure the safely of the guns.

The artillery is now brought forward to this, the "second" artillery position, whence it can obviously fire with much better effect. The guns open fire as soon as possible, and from this position they have a good chance of silenc- ing the guns of the fortress altogether.

The sappers now commence to make ap- proaches forward from this first parallel until they reach the line where the second parallel

long bombardment.

from want of food, and half demented from the On the other hand, the besiegers are working under terrible difficulties, exposed to the deadly fire of rifles, machine. guns, and probably field-guas, while the ground, over which they pass may be honeyermbed with mines, and may at any moment be flooded,

It must not be forgotten that there are usually, as at Port Arthur, detached förts a good distance outside the fortress proper. And to take any of these forts by siege involves all the opera- tions described. When the forts, or, at least, two of them, are taken, the whole series of approaches and parallels have then to be con- structed towards the fortress proper. So that the taking of a place by regular siege is a long task. Many places, however, surrender after some days' bombardment, as did a dozen or more in the Franco-Prussian war.-S.F. Press.

THE BIRMINGHAM MINT,

It may not be generally known (says the Social Gazette) that Birmingham has a mint which, in addition to turning out millions of English coins, does more in the way of sup- plying foreign governments with coin than any other money-making establishment in the world. A few days ago a firm shipped the first instalment of a huge Egyptian order for ten million plaster. The consignment weighed five tons, was conveyed in some sixty cases, and valued at £3,000,000.

For well over a century Birmingham has taken the lead in this literal kind of money. making. As far back as 1797 one firm coined under contract for the British Government 4.000 tons of copper coin valued at about

of the Articles of Association, the General

Agents have this day decla CENT, for he half- DIVIDEND of FIVE PER year ending 30th June, 1904, on the Faid-up

Capital.

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

For Sale.

FOR SALE..

(OWNER GOING HOME).

AY AUSTRALIAN MARE, 8 years, 14.1.

B BLACK AUSTRALIAN GELDING,

9 years, 14.03.

For further particulars, apply lo

MAJOR HAMILTON, Head Quarters.

Hongkong, 9th August, 1901;

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FOR SALE.

ICE-MAKING MACHINE with

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company ONE LAS ENGINE complete.

will be CLOSED from 16th to 29th instant, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Agents, Hongkong, 9th August, 1994.

EXCURSION TO MACAO.

THE Splendid Steamer

"YING KING,'

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C plain Page, wil make an EXCURSION TRIP TO MACA", an EVERY SUNDAY, leaving the Company's wharf at the end of Wing Luk Street, at 8.30 A M., and returning from M. cau at 7.30 P.M.

The Steamer will lay alongside the S.S. Persever ince's wharf at Macao.

FARE:

If

14

1st Class Single Ticket $2.00, with Cabin $3.00

Return $3.00.

$500 Tiffin and Dinner may be had án Bourd at $t each meal.

YOK ON & Co., LP, flongkong, 8 August, 1924

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WANTED.

SITUATION as GENERAL ASSIST- AAN'T in a Mercantile Firm Advertiser has knowledge of BOOK-KEEPING and TYPE- WRITING. First-class testimonials.

Apply to-

"W."

Co Hongkong Telegraph. Hongkong, 6th August, 1904.

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800,000, and "Brummagem halfpence" were in the early part of the last century almost as widely famed as "Brummagem jewellery," Among the countries and governments which IMPORTANT NOTICE. have come time after time to Birmingham for their money are lodia, Tunis, Canada, Turkey, China, Hongkong, Hayti, Sarawak, Tuscany, Venezuela and Chili.

FRESH ARRIVALS.

BY GIVING A VERY LARGE ORDER,

WE HAVE SECURED THE

In some instances, notably in that of China, the coin has, so far as is known, never been made outside the Celestial Empire. The pride and prejudice of the Chinese has to be hu moured, so the firm sent out a complete plant CO-OPERATION

with men to operate it, and the coins were struck in China. No fewer thin eight separate plants have been sent out to China in this way. The same thing was done in 1862 for the new kingdom of Taiy, some 1,600 ions of "blanks" being shipped to furnish the raw material. Again, in Marseilles, when the re-establish- ment of the Empire under Napoleon 111. ren- dered necessary a new copper coinage, some 750 tons of metal were in this w y turned into money on French oil. The total value of these two descriptions of coin approximated to a million sterling.

COMMERCIAL.

TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE.

Selling

demand..........

London-Bank T.T.........

Do. Do. 4 months' sight France-Bank T.T.

America-Bank T.T.. Germany-Bank T.T. India T.T.

Do. demand Shanghai-Bank T,T. Japan-Bank T.T. Singapore-Bank T.T....... Java-Bank T.T......

4 months' sight L/C, 6 months' sight L/C.

Buying.

OF THE MAKERS OF THE

APOLLO MASTER PLAYERS"

IN LOWERING THEIR PRICES, AND)

WE NOW OFFER THEM FROM

$365 to $850.

NEW

..1/10 1/10 1/16

1/101

....2.3!

..442

1.87

137

137

..904

Nominal

...110

PER S.S. "EMPRESS OF CHINA."

11/108 1/10}}

30 days' sight San Francisco & New York 451

is to be constructed. The second parallel will | 4 months' sight have to be nearer to the first that it is to the

The present paid-up Capital of the Company is $60,000, divided into 60,000 shares of Stofortress, so that, if there is a sortie of the enemy, each, and the New Issue is required to increase the Capital of the Company to $900,000 divided reinforcements can reach it snoper than the into go,bon shares of to each.

enemy's troops. It is precisely the same as the first parallei, although it may be constructed with the aid of "gabions," which are large wicker baskets without bottoms. In this second parallel the sappers are greatly

The whole of the premium received from the New Issue will be placed to the Credit of the Permanent Reserve Fund.

The New issue will rank for Dividend for the three months ending 31st December, 1904, pay- able in May, 1995.

Forms of application for the New Issue can be obtained at the Company's Offices in Alex- andra Buildings or at the Hngkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hongkong, Shanghai, and London.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hongkong, 22nd June, 1904.

ROYAL AERATED WATERS MANUFACTORY.

PRODU

EXPOSED TO THE ENEMY'S FIRE,

do.

30 days' sight Sydney and Melboume... 4 months' sight Francs..... 6 months' sight

P

4 months' sight Germany........... Bar Silver............ Bank of England rate

CONSIGNMENT

JUST ARRIVED

WE WILL SUPPLY AN UPRIGHT

PIANO

461 .1/10/ ..2.35 2.361 .1.92

IRON GRAND AND

A

PLAYER FOR $825. · cash or

CREDIT TERMS.

.25 13/16 ..3%

OPIUM QUOTATIONS. To-day's quotations are as follows:-

Per chest @980/1,040

and by using these gabions they can throw up Malwa New cover more quickly

For full Particulars,.apply to

HUGHES & HOUGH, 8, Des Vœux Road. Hongkong, 27th June, 1904.

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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Casks of 375 lbs.net $5 per Cask ex Factory. In Bags of 250 lbs. nct $8 per Bag ex Factory,

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., General Managers, flongkong, 1st August, 1994.

FOR SALE.

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MANDE

ICENT

Gasoline, Lamps of all descriptions from the beat makers.

Incandescent Mantles, Chimneys, Globes, Sha des, &c., for Gasoline and Gas Lamps at the most

moderate prices.

Lamps fixed up for Buyers free of charge.

Naphtha of the best kind kept in stock.

TAI KWONG 60.

56, Lyndhurst Térrace. Hongkong, 17th November, 1951.

SAVARESSE'S SANDAL CAPSULES

Efficacious because obecturely purs English Dil. Not made of gefaling, al

Full directions, All Chaihists. 29 Insist on

SAVARESSES

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THE WINE GROWERS SUPPLY CO.

TRADE MA BARRETT

General Agents longkong.

These Players have been tested in Hongkong

for 6 years (nt Peak included) withnat a

Single Failure, which can be said of no other

@ 1,060/1,120 | Playor.

HOCKS AND MOSELLES.

l'er Case. Per Case, doz, qto, 2 doz. pts.

Rudesheimer 1900 $17.00 Verziger 1900-pione £8,00 Rudesheimer Engerweg' 18.20

1897 Johannisberger 1897 .. Zeltingerburg 1900......

22.03

' 2400

$19.00 20.00

20.00

24.00

10.00

15

·Old......

Older

.@ 1,150/1,200

11

i+

Oldest...

@ 1,220/1,280

When the second parallel is finished and oc- cupied, a further avance is made, and a third parallel is opened In the old days three' Paina New paratiels sufficed. But with the present, long- Bebares New

..@ 1,172

..@ 1,150

fa 840/880

kutímations.

17 4 range guns more are required. At Belfort the Persian (Faper)

Germans opened their third parallel 1,200 yards from the fortress, and they would have had to open more only that the French surroundered. At Fort Wagner, in the American Civil War, five parallels were required. At Fort Arthur perhaps moe than this will be necessary.

RODUCE the highest Class AERATED

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NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANE

COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

THE Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company are prepared to accept First Css FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at

CURRENT RATES,

SIEMSSEN & Co.

Flonskas, 8ch Man, That,

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LADY Married require

HOUSE-KEEPER, OF ASSISTANT

HOUSE-KEEPER in Good Hotel in Hong kong, or Manila, or would not object to serve in Bar..

Apply

Hongkong, 15th July, 1994.

"BOX," Cjo This Paper.

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REPORT OF AN EXPERT.

If course, the nearer the besiegers get to the fortress, the harder their work. They have to construct bomb-proofs and splinter-proofs, and to work behind shields. It is obvious, that all this work takes a long time to execute. At any The representative of Messrs. BRATBY and stage, of course, the fortress may surrender, HINCHLIFFE, LIMITED, Aerated Water worn out by the bombardment, which never Engineers and Chemists, Manchester, visited

ceases. But over half-a-million shells, were our factory recently. in the course of a tour amongst Eastem Aerated Water Maxers, and thrown into Belfort, nearly every house in the was greatly surprised at the compactness of our place was struck, and yet it did not surrender factory and also the methodical way in which until orders were scot from Paris. everything pertaining to the making of Aerated Waters was carried out. He also expressed him- self strongly on the absolute cleanliness of our whole establishment, which he assured us was equal to any he had yet visited and superior to a great many. He also reported that the quality of our food was of a fait class nature exercised in the course of their manufacture.

Order Books and Price List. Please apply to FACTORY and OFFICE, West Point Tel. 367. Depât, Ice House Street. Tel. 374. Dr. V. DANENBERG & F.P. DANENBERG. General Managers. Hongkong, 20th May, 1904,

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What effect the bigh explosives may have on the Russians it is impossible to say. But, granting that they hold out till the last, and that the Japanese arrive at their last parallel, the following series of events will ensue. From this position will be made the final attack, and, in military language, this part of the operation consists of:

1. The capture and crossing of the conversed

WAY,

2. Breaching the scalp and counterscarp. 3. Passing the ditch, -

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Hongkong, 3rd August, 1904, .

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