Auctions.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
Thundersigns Dick, KERR & CO., Ltd., HEUndersigned have received instructions Contractors for the Electric Tramway Co., to Sell by
:
PUBLIC AUCTION,
ON
TUESDAY,
the 16th August, 1904, 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.
Hoogkang, 9th August, 1904.
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
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THE Undersigned bave received instructions from Mrs. PERKINS, to Sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION,
ON
TUESDAY,
the 16th August, 1904, at 1.30 PM., within her residence, "Erance, Observatory Road, Kowloon,
THE WHOLE OF HER HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Comprising:-
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1904.
Intimations.
THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY,
- LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE
Kuitination,
parts of the United States and Canada. I don' care for creeds and opinions they only lead to
Intimations.
* Inttntation.
argument. I just tell people about the Gospel, CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, IMPORTANT NOTICE. and that is good enough."
The boy added that he had never been to
COMMERCIAL.
THE TRUTH„ALWAYS, "When you are in doubt tell the truth." It was an experienced old diplomat who said 'this school.. to a beginner in the work. It may past in some things, but not in business: Fraud and decép- THE SEVENTY-SIXTH ORDINARY tion are often profitable so long as concealed" HALF-YEARLY MEETING or yet detecting is cert-in sooner or later; then SHAREHOLDERS in the Company, will becomes the smash-up and the punishment. The held at the Office of the Company, No. 18, best and safest way is to tell the truth all the Bank: Buildings, Queen's Real Central, on
time. Thus you make friends that stick by you. TUESDAY, the 16th August, at 12 o'clock,
In their report, dated czth instant, Messrs. Noon, for the purpose of receiving a report of and a riputation that is always worth twenty the Directors, together with a Statement of shillings to the pound everywhere your goods Cawasjee, Pallanjee & Co. write:-Since the Accounts, declaring a Dividend and electing are offered for sale. We are able modestly to issue of our last circular dated the 29th ultimo, Directors and Auditors.
affirm, that it is on this basis that the world-notwithstanding free receipts during that wide porularity of
+
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 2nd to the 16th August, inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
T. ARNOLD,
Tecretary,
WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION rests. The people have discovered that this medicine is exactly what it is said to be, and that it does what we have always declared it Hongkong, 16th July, 1904.
will do. Its nature niso has been frankly made [873
known. It is printable as honey, and contains all the nutritive and curative properties of Pare HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK-
Cod Liver Oil, extracted by us from fresh cod ING CORPORATION.
livers, combined with the Compound Syrup of
YARN MARKET,
fortnight a brisk demand was noticeable in our Yarn Market, and prices show an improvement. of from fifty cents to, two dollars per bale in almost all counts and descriptions. A good amount of business has been booked, both for spot and forward deliveries. A fair demand was noticeable in No. 204, at an advance of about fifty cents to a dollar per bale, No 16. are inquired for at advancing ratas. Nos 12 and ior, as usual move freely, with prices St to
Sales
NOTICE is hereby given that the ORDI. Hypophosphites and the Extracts of Malt and advance on last mail's quotations. Nos. 85. NARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING Wild. Cherry. A combination of supreme and K. are inquired for at current rates. of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation excellence and medicinal merit, Nothing bas during the past fortnight comprise of about 200 wil be held at the CITY HALL, Hongkong been so successful in Anemia, Scrofula, Bron-bales of No. 6.; 175 bales of No. Br.; 2,625 on SATURDAY, the 20th day of August nex', at Noox, for the purpose of receiving the chitis, Influenza, Loss of Flesh and Wasting bales of No lor.; 825 bales of No 135; 675 Diseases Weakness 'and' Low Nervous Tone, bales of No. 165.; and 2,025 bales of No. cor.; Repon of the Court of Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to 30th June, 1904. and all complaints caused by Impure Blood. ip all about 6,523 bales. Arrivals per steamers By Order of the Court of Directors, Dr. Austin D. Irvine of Canada, says: "Laisang, Capri, Catherine Apcar, Pekin and J. R. M. SMITH, have used it in cases where cod liver oil Coromandel of about 13,500 bales. Shipments Chief Manager. was indicated but could not be taken by the to Shanghai and Coast Ports about 2,000 bales. Hongkong, 30th July, 1904-
889 patient, and the results following were very The unsold stock is estimated at about 15,000
gratifying. It is effective from the first dose bales, HONGKO G AND SHANGHAI BANK. and agrees with the most sensitive and nervous stomachs. It cannot deceive or disappoint you, ING. CORPORATION,
and comes to the rescue of those who have TOTICE is hereby given that the RE received no benefit from any other treatment One COTTAGE PIANO by Sandon and tion will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the
GISTERS of SHARES of the Corpora- it stands for the medicinal triumphs of the age. Steedman, London;
"Watch carefully against imitations." Sold by 6th, to the zath day of August next (both days inclusive), during which perind no Transfer of chemists throughout the world. Sh res can le Registered.
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 TABLE and CHAIRS, PICTURES, COOKING STOVE and
&CM
&c.,
ALSO
AND
UTENSILS, &c.;
A Great Assortment of PLANTS in Pots. Catalogues will be issued.
TERMS:-As usual.
[
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, roth August, 1904.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
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THE Undersigned have received instruc
tions to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,
FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,
on
WEDNESDAY,
the 24th August, 1904, at 3 P.B
at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, (Corner of Ice House Street),
HE British Screw Steamer
THE "HOICHING,"
Built in London in 1879, Length over all 175 feet, Breadth 263 feet, Depth 14 feet, Gross Tonnage soo, H. P. nominal 200, Cylinder 28 in. by 48 in, Stroke 22 in.. Revolution of En- gines per minute Bo, Working Pressure 60 lbs., 3Donkey 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.
For Sale.
FOR SALE.
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NOT
By Order of the Court of Directors,
J. R. M. SMITH,
Chief Manager, Hongkong, 30th July, 1904.
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HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
ΤΗ
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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A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
ISSUE OF 30,000 NEW SHARES OF $10 EACH,
PUR
URSUANT to Resolution the General Managers of A. R. WATSON & Company, Limited, hereby invite applications from the Shareholders of the Company for the issue of 30,000 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, 1904, applying for the New Issue NE ICE-MAKING MACHINE with will be entitled to one share for every two shares registered in his name. Shares not applied for
ONE GAS ENGINE completo.
For full Particulars, apply to
HUGHES & HOUGH, 8, Des Voeux Road. Hongkong, 27th June, 1904.
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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
In Casks of 375 the. nel $5 per Cask ex Factory. In Bags of 250 lbs.net $8 per Bag ex Factory.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., General Managers,
Hongkong, 1st August, 1904.
FOR SALE.
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INCANDE
CONTRABAND OF WAR.
. 10
·
Local Yarn; -Ruled unchanged and about 700 bales of No. For, and 500 bales of No. 125. were sold at $112 and $114 respectively.
Japanese Yarn:-Sales are reported of about [1,050 bales of No. 205, at $133 to $131 per bale. Exchange-Business for the outgoing mail was done on India at Rs. 1374 per cent. Lon- -dön at is fod,«« §.
FORTNIGHTLY MARKET
REPORT.
Cotton, Indian-During the fortnight ruled firm and sates are reported of about 871 bales at $19 to $11 per picul. The unsold stock in
Cotton, Chinese.--No business is reported, as there is no stock in market.
period of about 14,000 bales. Shipments to rorts about zoo bla. The Unsold stock is estimated at about 15,0-0 bales,
If the subject of contraband of war is, says Lloyd's List, beret with difficulties and uncer- tainties, it would’also appear, in these days at any rate, not to be without its humorous aspect. Thus the Russian Imperial Order of February 29, defining articles to be deemed contrabandabout zgó bajas, of war, includes in Art. 8 "every kind of foel, such as coal naphtha. ntcohol, and other similar-materials,” It might have been thought Yarn, Indian. During the fortnight ruled that "coal and other fuels, such as...."would steady, and although the receipts were rather have been a more direct and suitable reference heavy, favourable advices from the consuming to this importini subject, but this, after all, is districts induced hușiness, and sales are report- rather a matter of literary taste or of diplomaticed of about 6,ros bales: Arrivals during the methods. What is more material is the fact that early in March Mr. Lawson Walion asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether his at- | tion had been called to the fact that in Decem- ber. 1884, the Russian Plenipotentiary at the West African Conference had stated that the Russian Government would never accept the interpretation that coal should be classed among the articles considered by international | law as contraband of war. To which luquiry Mr. Balfour replied that the Government were aware of the declaration referred to. The matter," said the Prime Minister, "is one of great importance, and we are taking steps to
Opium, Bengal.-In sympathy with the Cal- obtain more precise information with regard to the interpretation of the Russian declaration cotta market ruled rather quiet, and sales are respecting contraband of war." We do not reported of Patna new about 575 chests at remember reading any results of, the steps $1,200 to $1,170. Benares new about go chests taken, and it would certainly be interesting to at $1,180 to $1,750 per chest. The untold know how they are progressing or have pro-stock is estimated at about 1,200 chests,
Opium, Persian.—Sales are reported of about gressed. Meantime the position is not simpli-
Yarn, Local.---In gnod demand. "prices show no improvement. Sales are reported of about 750 bales of No. 1os at 51 13 and about 500 bales of No. 125 a' $114 per bale.
Yarn, Japanese. About 1,100 bales changed hands at $1 to $133 per bale.
Opium, Malwa—Ruled steady and sales are reported of Old about 5 chests at $1,080.. Older about 45 chests at $1,130 to $1,700. Oldest about 31 chests at $1,230 to $1,290 per picul, in all about 475 chests.
LIMITED.
NOTICE
FRESH ARRIVALS.
IN accordance with the Prision, the General BY GIVING A VERY LARGE ORDER,
of the Articles of Association, Agents have this day declared an INTERIM DIVIDEND of FIVE PER CENT. for 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. will be CLOSED from 16th to 29th instant,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company
both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co General Agents.
Hongkong, 9th August, 1904.
WANTED.
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SITUATION as GENERAL ASSIST-
AANT in a Mercantile. Firm Advertiser.
WRITING. First-class testimonials. has knowledge of BOOK-KERPING and TYPE-
Apply to-
Cio Hongkong Telegraph. Hpnekone, 6th August, 1904.
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To. Let.
TO LET.
UROPEAN HOUSES, Nos. 2 to 15. GAP ROAD, MORRISON HILL, thoroughly cleansed and colour-washed, in dais or whole.
Apply to
6,
CHAN SHAU ⇓,
Dr
A. STEVENSON,
Agent for Lessee, C/O THE PHARMACY,
***** No. 56, Queen's Road Central.
flongkong, 6th August, 1904.
TO LET.
WE HAVE SECURED, THE
CO-OPERATION
OF THE MAKERS OF THE
APOLLO MASTER
PLAYERS"
IN LOWERING THEIR PRICES, AND
WE NOW OFFER THEM FROM
$365 TO $850.
NEW
CONSIGNMENT
JUST ARRIVED
PER S.S. "EMPRESS OF CHINA"
WE WILL SUPPLY AN UPRIGHT
| IRON GRAND AND A PIANO
344
PLAYER FOR $825. CASH OR
for CREDIT TERMS.
SEYMOUR TERRACE, 4-room House and side verandahs. $100 and Taxes, ·
Apply to--
"CHEAP".
C/o this Paper.
[SOR
Hongkong, 4th August, 1904
TO LET.
These Players have been tested;in Hongkong. for 5 years. (at. Peak included) without ́s -
Single Failure, which can be said of no other
Player+
STEWART TERRACE ROBINSON
N. THE PEAR.
O Apply 10-
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-
MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkong, 26th March, 1904,
Go
TO LET.
ΤΟΥΝ,
'ODOWN No. 6, New PRAYA, Kennedy
Apply to--
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hongkong, 28th July, 1904.
TO LET,
Q.
No. 4, RIPON TERRACE.
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by those entitled to apply will be dealt with by ñied by the Russian declaration that cotton, too, 85 chests at $850 to $900 per picul. The stock. 1, RIPON TERRACE in FLATS.
the General Managers in accordance with Article 40 of the Company's Articles of Association.
***
Miscellaneous quotations —
Grapes... Senna Leaves Befax ... Saltpetra Carraway Seeds...
Beanz ... Vermilion
Bre
is contraband of war-a very striking and un- | is estimated at about 2,000 chests, expected notification. Lord Avebury having asked the Marquis of Lansdowne for the ex. Applications for Shares in the New Issue will be received by the Hongkong and Shanghai planations, we now learn that the Goverment
have heard from St. Petersburg that the noti Banking Corporation in Hongkong from the 28th September, 1904, to the 30th September.fication "only applies to raw cotton suitable 1994, both days inclusive, and the whole amount for the manufacture of explosives, and not to of Six per share will be payable on application. piece goods." Following on these lines of The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company diplomatic interchange, we may expect pre- will be CLOSED from the 28th September, 1904, to the 8th October, 1904, both days sently to be informed that similarly in the case inclusive.
of coal, the declaration only applies to coal which lends itself to the production of steam, and not to the steam itself or any products of its application. The reply as to cotton does not seem to carry us much "forrader," but perhaps its humour should be regarded as sufficient compensation for its deficiency in other res
The present paid-up Capital of the Company is $6000, divided into 60,000 shares of $io each, and the New Issue is required to increase the Capital of the Company to $900,000 divided into 90,000 shares of $io each.
The whole of the premium received from the New Issue will be placed to the Credit of the Permanent Reserve Fund.
SCENT,
The New lasun will rank for Dividend for the Gasoline, Lamps of all three months ending 3191 December, 1904, pay. descriptions able in May, 1905. from the best makers.
Forms of application for the New Issue can be obtained at the Company's Offices in Alex- andra Buildings or at the Hongkong and Incandescent Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hongkong, Mantles, Shanghai, and London.
Chimneys,
pects.
BOY IN THE PULPIT.
LAD OF TEN WHO HAS PREACHED
4,000 SERMONS.
(Daily Mail, June 22nd.)
Cloves...
Cassia
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No. 19, WONG NEI CHONG, Road, facing.
Race Course.
FLATS in Moreton Terrace, faciop
Polo. Ground,
OFFICES in course of erection, Con:
NAUGHT ROAD (near BLAKE PIER) GODOWNS: PRAVA EAST.
No. 1, CLIFTON GARDENS.
OFFICES in Nos. 10 and 16, DES VEUX
ROAD CENTRAL......
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY CO., LD. Hoagknas. 27th July, 1904,
...$ 9 to $13
4 to
6
T5 to
18
II
4
3
80 to
144
83
Apply to
24 to
45
14 to 22 53.to 18 25 to
30
34 to 39
36
Camphor
105
TO-D1V'S EXCHANGE.
Seiling.
Termeric
Sandal Wood Wax Glue
TO LÉT.
WO ROOMS on the First Floor of
ALEXANDRA BUILDING9,
Two
THE
PIANO
Co., Ld.
Hongkong, 3rd August, 1904.
(39
THE WINE GROWERS SUPPLY CO.
TRADE MAR
BARRETTO & Co.,
Generi Agents, Hongkong,
HOCKS AND MOSELLES.
1879
Apply to-
Rudesheimer 1900........ $17.00 Ueniger 1900
18.00 Rudesheimer Engerweg 18.00
1897...... Johannisberger 1897... 22.00 Zeltingerburg 1900................... 14,00
Per Case Per Case. t dor. qts, a doz. pts.
$19.00
20.00
20.00
24.00
26.00
SECRETARY,
21/10 1/16
A. S. Watson & Co., Limited, Hongkong, 16th June, 1904
1729
TO LET AT MACAO,
London Bank T. TIO
demand....
Do.
Do.
4 months' night
France Bank T.T.
America-Bank TT.
Germany-Bank T.T........
[7.4
India T.T.
erected near Holloway Station, Lounie L. Den-
Do. demand.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
Globes, Sha
des, &c., for
General Managers.
Hongkong, 22nd June, 1904.
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, TẠI EWONG CÓ
56, Lyndhurst Terrace.
Hongkong, 17th November, 1903,
TRADE
BIG
OURES MEN & WOMEN
Bia @fy a non-POISONDRE remedy for any unnatural discharge and inflammation Irritation of nicemilon of moons mep brands, Faidības Charanteed not to striaturg. Provania contagiou,
SOLD BY CHEMIST&; Cirputar mailed on request, MANUFACTURED SY The Evans Chamund (v, li
CINCINNATI, O. V. U. A
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ROYAL AERATED WATERS MANUFACTORY.
PRODUCE the highest Class AERATED WATERS in the Far East on account of
This is, indeed, the age of prodigies. Last night, in a large tent, which has been
CLARETS.
Per Case.
I doz. qts.
$4.00
4.50
5.00
5.50
6.00
......1/10)
...2.31
.....441
TOUSE No. 15, PRAIA GRANDE, well
St. George....
Cru Wynbron momainan
•Cotes+++
1.87 H ventilated, with large and airy rooms Montferrand.................
Medoc...........000805092-90121312004
St. Emilionconjuratissyngster2010 6.00 St. Estepho...................................................................sum -6.50 St. Julien......
7.50
nis, the American boy preacher, aged ten, held | Shanghai-Bank T.T......................................................77} the close attention of an audience of 3,000 | Japan-Bank T,T. ........................... ..90 persons.
It was a strange sight. The lad, who is tall | favá-Bank T.T. for bis years and well knit, faced his hearers'
SPANISH CLARET, Bottled by La Compania Vinicola del Norte
137
and nice verandah.
137
For Particulars, apply to---
OMER CASSAM MOOSA, 49, Rua Central,
Singapore-Bank T.T......................Nominal
Maceo.
4th August, 1904.
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Buying
months' sight L/C, my manut{to} 6 months' sight L/C.
TO LET.
1/101
461
of Taxes.
....1.9%.
No. 52, HOLLYWOOD ROAD, And others to suit various requirements.
S, A. SETH, Land and Estate Broker, Dairy Farm Co., Ltd.
J
APANESE
BEER,
"KABUTO" BRAND.
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30 days' sight San Francisco & New York 45tILD DELL BUILDINGS, NO. 147 WANCHAI ROAD. Comfortable and 4 months' sight
do.
30 days' sight Sydney and Melbourne....../of Airy Flats of 3 or 3 Booms, from $45 inclusive Rioja Clarete
months' sight Francs............. ..........................35.
6 months' night 11
4 months' sight Germany..
Bar Silver....pus
Bank of England rate...........
their High Class Machinery and also of the with all the assurance of a grown man. All superior ingredients theyuse in the manufacture the usual pulpit mannerisms are at bis com- of their goods, and the cleanliness, &c. are all mand, his words are aptly chosen, and his flow under strict supervision of Europeans only.
of language Inexhaustible. Dressed in a white REPORT OF AN EXPERT. The representative of Messrs. BRATBY and surplice, he paced up and down the little plat- HINCHLIFFE, LIMITED, Aerared Water form and emphasized his points with dignified Engineers and Chemists, Manchester, visited and appropriate gesture. our factory recently in the course of a tour The father of Dennis was an American amongst Eastern Aerated Water Makers, and Indian. His mother, who accompanies him, was greatly surprised at the compactness of our is a negress. The lad has a pure olive com factory and also the methodical way in which everything pertaining to the making of Aerated plexion, dark, lustrous eyes, a broad brow, and Waters was carried out. He also expressed him his black curls hang over his shoulders. self strongly on the absolute cleanliness of our After his sermon, the boy, with folded arms, whole establishment, which he assured us was told how he came to preach.. equal to any he had yet visited and superior When I was between two and three i felt to a great many. He also reported that the quality of our goods was of a first class nature,
a Divine call to speak to man about their souls, and they showed that scrupulous care was At first I practised on dolls. And having exercised in the course of their manufacturo.
talked to them and sang to them, I. baptised, Order Books and Price List. Please apply to them," added Denis, with a gleeful laugh, FACTORY and OFFICE, West Point, Tel. 367. Depot, Ice House Street. Tel. 374. Dr.V.DANENBERG & F.F. DANENBERG, congregation in a Congregational chapel, and Paine New
General Managers.
Hongkong, 10th May, 1904.
When I was four I preached, to a, regular
OPIUM QUOTATIONE". To-day's pootzilóns are as follows :
Hongkong, 13th July, 1904.
TO LET
#
de España, Bilbao,
Par Case. I dor, qt.
$12.09
1,150/1,209: 1,220/1,380
"L
IMMEDIATE POSSESSION:
FOR 18 MONTHS.
EIGHTOR," THE PEAK.
Apply tow
Per Case 4 doz qts, or $10.50
8 dog, plk or $ia.co
I RAN O
.4
WA?
PEACOCK BRANE B
Per Case 4 dot. pls. $5,50
Hongkong, 5th August, 1924,
alwa Now
Old
Per chest @ 980/1,040, .....@. 1,050/1,120
Older
Oldes
@ 1,193)
840/830
JEBSEN & Co, Hongkong, 37th April, 1904,
I bave regularly preached aver since, having | Banates New Sougoumann® 4150 [677 | addressed over 4,000 audiances in various) Persino (Paper) comm...............
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