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Entimations.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAL BANK- ING CORPORATION,

NOT

TOTICE is hereby given that the ORDI- NARY HALF YEARLY MEETING

of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will be held at the CITY HALL, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the zoth day of August next, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with * Statement of Accounts to 30th June, 1904. By Order of the Court of Director,

J, R. M. SMITH,

Hongkong, 30th July, 1904.

Chief Manager.

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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK-

ING CORPORATION,

[OTICE is hereby given that the RE-

of Corpora tion will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 6th, to the zoth day of August next (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered.

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 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 be 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.

HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY,

ΤΗΝ

LIMITED.

NOTICE.

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HALF-YEARLY

HE ORDINARY

MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Company's Hotel, on SATUR- DAY, the 17th August, 1904, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts of the Company to the 30th June, 1904, w.th the Report of the Directors, and to discuss any matter that may be competently brought before" the meeting.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY AUGUST 18, 1904

Intimations.-—

THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

Entimation.

OF THE MULTITUDES' ..... Who have used it, or are now using it, we have never heard of any one who have been dis appointed in it. No claims are made for it except those which are amply justified by ex perience. In commending it to the afflicted HE DIVIDEND at the rate of to per Cent. we simply point to its record. It has done great THE

or $1.50 per Share, declared at the Ordi-things, and it is certain to continue the excel aary Half-yearly Meeting of Shareholders, held lent work. There is-we may honestly affirm this day, will be Payable at the Hongkong

no medicine which can be used with greater

·AND SHANGHAI Banking CORPORATION, on

and more reasonable faith and confidence. It

and after WEDNESDAY, the 17th August,

1904.

SHOR of the Company for WARRANTY

to the Office

By Order of the Board of Directors,

T. ARNOLD,

Hongkong, roth August, 1904.

LIMITED.

and adventurers camà thườnging from all parts. As we crossed the palm and flower gardens into the Casino," we were besieged by curious however, and highly anxious to stake on the crowds-some of them business-like enough,

sama “system” as my förtünute major.

“Da the third day Kennedy urosa with the enormous sum of $400,000 or 2,003,000 francs, Talk about breaking the 'bank! Time after time the table had to be replenished with funds from the great vaults, yet the sauve and impas. sable croupiers kept literally shovelling out whole fortunes at a time.

Entimations.

WANTED.

SITUATION nà GENERAL ASSIST- AANT in a Mercantile Fire Advertiser has knowledge of BOOK-KEEPING and TYPE- WRITING. First-class testimonials.

Apply to-

: "W." „Co Hongkong Telegraph. Manik nv, oth August, 1904, " + 1914

NOTICE TO SHIPPERS,

THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA are Trans-Facific Service and until further notice, prepared, during suspension of their

to BOOK CARGO and ISSUE BILLS OF LADING to SEATTLE, WASH, VICTORIA, B.C., and "1 ought to have told you before that our PACIFIC COAST PORTS; also to OVER- friend-not, indeed, counting his chicken be- LAND POINTS in the UNITED STATES fore they were batched, but with the money and CANADA in connection with the GREAT actually in his possession had planned out his NORTHERN RAILWAY FROM SEAT- future career, which was so vastly changed by TLE, as hitherto, by the Steamers of the his brief visit and the losing of one of his ships NORTHERN PACIFIC S, S. Co., BOSTON on his way out to India. He had telegraphed STEAMSHIP and TOWBOAT Cos., OCEAN at great length to a firm in London, instructing S, S. Co. and CHINA MUTUAL S. N.CO. them to buy for him one of those magnifcent

For further Particulars, apply at the Com-

nourishes and keeps up the strength during here Kennedy, I'm neglecting all my own work; "On the fourth or fifth day I said: 'Look those periods when the appetite fails, and food I really can't be with you to-day. He was loth cannot be digested. To guard against imitato part with me, but that day went to the Casino tions and substitutions, our "trade mark "is alone. Next morning he came and told me pul on every bottle of "Wampole's Prepara- that his luck had changed and that be had that Secretary,tion,” and without it none is geninine. It is

day lost $25,000. [934 palatable as honey and contains the nutritive and curative properties of Pure Cod Liver Oil, CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY,extracted by us from fresh cod livers, com bined with the Compound Syrup of Hypophos philes and the Extracts of Malt and Wild Cherry, Taken before meals it creates an appetite, aids digestion, renews vital power, drives out disease germs, makes the blood rich, red and full of constructive elements, and gives back to the pleasures and labours of the world many who had abandoned hope. Dr. S. Huntry places so dear to the heart of the Eng-pany's Local Branch Office in PRINCE'S McCoy, el Cabada, says: "I testify with ishman of middle age. fle had also sent in BUILDINGS, First Floor, Chater Road. bullder." Its curative powers can always be army and set up as a country squire. pleasure to its unlimited usefulness as a tissus his paper as the military man has it, to the War Office, and was, of course, about to leave the

relied upon. It makes a new era in medicina, is beneficial from the first dose and represents effective medical treatment of the twentieth

NOTICE.

I Recordance with the Provisions of No. 121 IN Recordance with the sciution, the General Agents have this day declared an INTERIM DIVIDEND of FIVE PER CENT. for the half year ending 30th June, 1994, on the Paid-up Can' MO 115Y, the notis August, will be issued to DIVIDEND WARRANTS payable on

Shareholders on application.

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

F

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Agents.

Hongkong, 9th Auguri, 1904,

He began to lose enormous sums daily; but "Alas "Man proposes and God disposes. 1 what was more remarkable, nothing would stop

him in his wild career.

century. "You can trust it as the Ivy does the Oak." One bottle convinces. Watch camfully

***Why,' said to him, you have enough against imitations. At all chemists here and left even now to keep you in affluence for the [922 throughout the world.

rest of your life. Why not be satisfied and withdraw?"

"AQUATIC FETE."

COMMITTEE of the VICTORIA

THE RECREATION CLUB request the

pleasure of the LADIES OF HONGKONG at the CLUB ENCLOSURE, Austin Road, Kowloon, OD SATURDAY, the 20th instant, at 4 P.M. sharp.

The Secretary's Launch will leave Blake Pier sharp at 3.39 PM to convey Spectators and Competitors.

Entrance Fee:-Non-members, jo cents.

HAROLD C. AUSTEN,

· Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 17th August, 1904.

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HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB,

MEETING of SUBSCRIBERS to the A subscription Griffin List will be held at the HONGKONG HOTEL OB MONDAY next,

and instant, af 4 P.M.

Members who wish to put their names down and have not already done so will oblige by

By Order,

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MONTE CARLO'S RECORD WIN.

BY ONE WHO. WAS THERE.

I was walking down the zigzag path that leads up to the Prince of Monaco's palace, when I met my friend Montalt. Now my friend has lived at Mentone for 20 years or more, having gone there for his health somewhere back in the 'Bos.

"Look bere, Montalt," I said to him, "I've just been talking to a former croupier, and I made up my mind that the minute I laid eyes upon you I would ask you a question,"

"Right-o answered the cheery Montalt. "Fire away with your question."

"Well, it's just this: Can you tell me what is really the biggest winning you have ever

"But he wouldn't, and sacing his end, I practically acted as his purse bearer, and promptly diverted $20,000, intending to put it safely away. In those days there was no Smith's bank at Monte Carlo itself; the nearest bank being a branch of the Credit Lyonnais at Nice. To this last named bank I sent the money, while the major continued to plunge Will it be believed that this madman sank right down to his last looks once more. 1 then told him joyfully of the "nest egg' I had laid by for him.

.!

"Saints above said Montalt, reflectively, 'how -funny human nature is! Instead of being grateful, the man abused me furiously. If I had had that money,' said he, furiously, *I know my luck would have changed, and 1 should have hegan to win once more.'

"Filled with disgust I gave an órder on the

everyíðallar.

A. S. MIHARA, Manager, Hongkong, zoth May, 1904.

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SANITARY BOARD, OFFICE,

Kongkong.

TO THE OWNERS OF DOMESTIC BUILDINGS,

TAKE NOTICE that under No. 5 of the VENTILATION BYE-LAWS (as amended), DOMESTIC CLEANLINESS and every Domestic Building or part of such Build- ing within the EASTERN DIVISION of the CITY OF VICTORIA and the EASTERN DIVISION of KAU-LUNG occupied by members of more than one family must be Cleansed and Lime. wasbed THROUGHOUT by the owner during the months of July and August.

N.A.—The word "Throughout” used in this notice means that the Houses should be Lime.. washed in respect of all the Walls of each room and Staircase, all Cubicle Partitions, Stair Casings and Stair Linings, all Collings and the Undersides of Roofs both in Main Buildings, Offices and Servants Quarters and inclusive of Verandahs.

The Back Yard should have its containing Walls Limewashed up to the level of the first Boor,

Carved, Painted or Polished Woodwork in

washed but must be Cleansed.

Auctions,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of

the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the 22nd day of August, 1904, at 3 P., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of Ống Lot of CROWN LAND at Lai Chi Kok in the New Territory of Hong- kong, for a term of 75 years, from sth April, 1904, with the option of renewal at a CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor of His

lease from China or for one further terra of 75 make it. years if competent for the Govorament so lo

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

New Kowloon Inland

of Sale.

Registry No.

Lot No. II.

LOCALITY,

Lai Chi Kok.

Boundary Measurement.

*x*

3.

W

B

Hongkong, 13th August, 1904.

DE STUDS MOS

Square feet.

Ameris! Rent.

❤[Upect Prict.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

5.485

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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.M

at their

Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road,

(Corner of Ice House Street), .. THE British Screw Steamer

"HOICHING,"

Built in London in 1879, Length over all 175 feet, Breadth 261 feet, Depth 14 feet, Gross Tonnage 500, H. P. nominal zoo, Cylinder 18 it. by 48 in., Stroke az in., Revolution of En gines per minute Bo, Working Pressure do tbs, 3 Donkey Engines and Oud Winch,

She has a Government Licence to carry 400 Passengers.. TERMS As usual, For Further Farticulars, apply to

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

(910

Hongkong, 4th August, 1904.

JUST LANDED,

Per S.S. "PARLING)

A FRESH CONSIGNMENT OF

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company sending in to the Undersigned before that date. of the at the mbies? You know all the oficiale Credit Lyonnais to pay the money, and he lost good condition, however, need not be Lime MILKMAID BRAND SWISS MILK,

will be CLOSED from the 21st to the 27th August, both-daya inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

C. MOONEY,

Secretary.

1941

Hongkong, 17th August, 1901

THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF

N°

AND CODOWN CO., LD.

OTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA. ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Hongkong and Kowloon. Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, will be held at Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co's Offices, Pedder Street, Victoria, Hongkong, on WED NESDAY, the 31st day of August, 1904, at 12.15 o'clock in the afternoon, when the sub- joined Resolutions will be proposed.

Should the said Resolutions be passed by the required majority they will be submitted for

T. F. HOUGH,

Clerk of the Course.

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Eongkong, 16th August, 1904.

NOTICE.

CANTONESE

THE MESSAGERIES I have temporarily suspended the run to CANTON, of their ships the "CHARLES HARDOUIN" and "PAUL BEAU,” and in consequence Captain I. Merlin of the former ship is open to engagement.

*Address:

C/o. LANDHOLT. The Pharmacy, Queen's Road. Hongkong, 17th August, 1908. (938

NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.

THE S.S. "CHU KONG" will take the

the Casino-have been, in fact, on intimate terms with them for nearly a quarter of a century-and your experience of the biggest win'ought to be worth listening to or reading," "Why, I rather think it is," answered Montalt. "And do you think I'm likely to forget it? Now, listen to me---" and my friends sat down under a palm tree on the terrace looking out over the Mediterranean.

"One day an Englishman called upon me at my house in Mentone-the Villa des Oranges-you remember. He had a letter of introduction to me. He was a Major Kennedy of the British army, and had just one week to spare. He was on his way cut to Bombay to join his regiment, and bad just missed, one steamer at Marseilles for the purpose of seeing a bit of the French Riviera, particularly Nice

and Monte Carlo.

|

"Yes," air, th`s sume'man, who had in his possession $400,0 0, all made out of $10 in three or four days, is now living somewhere in England in comparative poverty."

The Casino no longer lets one play the limit: but sets apart a sum for each day's play, beyond which it will not go. But it really needs no such protection, for it wins 90 per cent, of all the money that comes into "play," and its net profits are estimated at upward of $6,000,000 annually.

NATIVE NOTES.

The Mutineers of Linchou, Kwangsi, who it will be remembered, rebelled and sacked that

'The Eastern Division of the City is bounded on 'the West, by Gilman Street and Peel Street. Kau-lung is divided into the Eastern and Western Divisions by Robinson Road and a straight line drawn from the north end thereof through the Yau-ma-ti service reservoir to the northern boundary of Kau-lung,

THOS. A. HANMER, Secretary. Dated this 2nd day of August, 1904. [919

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

FRESH ARRIVALS.

guaranteed to be good. AND ALSO

A Fresh Consignment of Splendid Fresh ENGLISH and AMERICAN PROVISIONS,

Inspection Solicited,

H. KUTTONJEE, No. 5, D'Aguilar Street,

or

36 to 38, Elgin Road, Kowloon,

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Hongkong, 13th August, 1904.

city last month, according to a Cunton dispatch, BY GIVING A VERY LARGE ORDER, THE WINE GROWERS

have now begun fighting each other, owing to the alleged unequal division of the plunder

confirmation as special Resolutions to a second place of the SS.WING CHAL," from English virtue was rather squeamish about taken by them from Liuchou and other cities,

Extraordinary mee ing, which will be subse- quently convened.

each.

1. That the Capital of the Company be in creased from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 by the creation of 10,000 new shares of $50 2. That such new shares be issued at a pre- mium of $30 per share and be offered to those persons who are registered an Share- holders of the Company on at October, 1904, in the proportion of one new share for every complete three shares held by them on 1st October, 1904.

3. That the amount due for the new shares

be called up on 31st December, 1904.

Dated the 15th August, 100492

MONDAY, the 15th instant, until SUNDAY, the 21st, on which both the steamers will run ticket #1 only. Passengers of one steamer are Excursion trips to MACAO. First-class return allowed to return by the other, if so desired. The "CHU KONG will leave ou SUNDAY at 7.30 A.M., and returns al 3 P.M. The "WING CHAI'S" departure will be as usual,

MING ON & Co.

Hongkong, 17th August, 1904.

EXCURSION TO MACAO.

HE Splendid Steiner

THE

"YING KING,"

"Of course,. I showed him around; but his entering the Casino. Why, man, I said to him, the Casino is Monte Carlo !'

"One night I persuaded him to go in, however, and after that he went quite frequent. ly to concerts and other ceremonials in that most magnificent of palaces.

"Look here, Kennedy, I said one day, 6 Monte Carlo seems to have done well with fetes and concerte, I think you ought to lose

something on the tables."

"He wouldn't for a long time; but at fast reluctantly consented to lose five louis. He i staked ‘en plein, and three louis, one after

The mutineers were divided into three bodies under the respective leaderships of Liang Kuei-trai, Lu A-fa and Ao Ste. During the fighting the mutineers u der the latter two in the slaying of Liang and the dispersion of combined and fought Liang's band, resulting his band. Finally, when it came to the division of the plunder left by Liang, and his men be- ween Lu A-fa and Ao Bre these two again started a fight amongst themselves, when Lu was slain in the conflict and his and Liang's plunder is now in the possession of Ao Sze and bis men.

RIOT AT SANSHUI (Samshui).

another, the chances, of course, being 31 10 1 Another, correspondent at Canton reports that

against him. He turned to me half impatiently EDWARD OSBORNE

By Order of the Board,

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Secretary

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

ISSUE OF 30,000 NEW SHATS OF $1O EACH.

PURSUANT to Resolution the General

Managers of A. B. WATSON & Company, Limited, hereby invite applications from the Shareholders of the Company for the issue of 30,000 new shares of $10 each at a Premium of io per cent, or $11 a share,

Each Registered Shareholder on the 18th day of September, 1904, applying for the New Issue will be entitled to one share for every twoshares 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 Association.

Captain Page, will make an EXCURSION TRIP TO MACAO, ou EVERY SUNDAY, leaving the Company's wharf at the end of Wing Lok Street, at 8.30 AM., and returning from Macao at 7.30 PM.

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

FARE:

Retro

11

WE HAVE SECURED THE

CO-OPERATION

OF THE MAKERS OF THE

"APOLLO

MASTER PLAYERS"

and said: "Let's get it over quickly, and withing to the institution by the provincial auth- IN LOWERING THEIR PRICES, AND

that he threw his two remaining louis, 'en plein,' on No. 2. 'Rein ne va plus, cried the official at the head of the table, le jeu est fait sang another croupier. The ball span, and promptly fell into compartment No. 26. No one was more astonished than Major Kennedy when the rake shot toward him his own stake, plus 64 louis (over Sago).

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

$3.00,

$5.00 Tiffin and Dinner may be had on Board at I each meal.

"That was the beginning of the biggest winning Monte Carlo has ever known. Nor YUK ON & Co., LD.

have I ever seen anything like the gambling Hongkong, 8th August, 1904.

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mania. He staked and staked and staked, doubling his stake each time, losing hardly at all, but plunging in an amateurish manner that

WANTED.

A SECRETARY FOR THE SINGAPORE CLUB. Applicants should send in, as soon as possible, particulars of their previous employment with copies of Testimonials to the Chairman of the Committee, Mr. E. C. ELLIS, 10, Collyer Quay, Singapore, from whom all particulars can be obtained.

A. G. HILLS,

Applications for Shares in the New Issue will be received by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hongkong from the 18th September, 1904, to the 30th September, 1904, 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, 1904, both days HONGKONG FROZEN FOOD SUPPLY inclusive.

The present paid-up Capital of the Company is $600,000, divided into 60,000 shares of $10 each, and the New issue is required to increase the Capital of the Company to $900,000 divided into 90,000 shares of ŝio each.

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

17th August, 1904.

DEPOT.

Secretary.

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No. 3, Ice HoUSE STREET.

Telephone No. 343-

made the old stagers that fringed the tables bold their breath.

"Well, sir, Major Kennedy had to be dragged away from that roulette table, a little after midnight, the possessor of $35,000. His eyes shone; his speech' was thick, like that of an intoxicated man.

"I can't lose,' he kept repeating, * the thing

$850.

orities of Kwangtung of an additional tax on passenger and cargo boats plying between WE NOW OFFER Canton and other cities in that province, the crews of these boats started a strike the other day at Santbui (Samshui) as a protest again$365 TO the measure. The authorities, however, per- sisting in collecting the tax, the boating popula tion of Sanshui began to create disturbance, fleally wrecking the tax office and seriously infuring the official and many of his mob of runners and tax collectors. Boat traffic between Canton and Sanshul-is now at a standstill.— N. C. D. NewI.

COMMERCIAL.

Selling

TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE.

London-Bank T.T.......................)/99/16

Do.

demand......................... Do, 4 months' sight ....................1/9 13/16 franco-Bank T.T..

z.261 America Bank T.T. fermany-Bank TT...

India T.T.

SUPPLY CO.

TRADE

MARK

BARRETTO & Co. General Agents, Hongkong.

HOCKS AND MOSELLES.

Per Case. Per Case. i doz, qts, 2 dor, pla.

$19.00

THEM FROM

|

Rudesheimer 1900 mm $17.00 Uerziger 1900umunda, 8.00

20.00

Rudesheimer Engerweg

1897 Johannisberger 1897

18,00

30.09

22.02

24.00

Zeltingerburg 1900.......... 24.00

30.00

NEW

CONSIGNMENT

JUST ARRIVED

Į

PER S.S. "EMPRESS of China"

WE WILL SUPPLY AN UPRIGHT

CLARETS.

Fer Case.

ļi dor, qis.

St. George....

$4.00

Cru Wynbran............onanamı ·4:50: Côtes #q=#3233)

Montferrand..............................S CLASSIFIED Medoc................................................

St. Emilion...............................

Bt. Esteph.....zozbieran St. Julien......

'SPANISH' CLARET.

1.00

$.50.

6.00

6,00

6.50

7.50

IRON GRAND AND A PIANO Bottled by La Compania: Vinicola del Norte PLAYER FOR $825. · Cash or

Do. demand Shanghai-Bank-T.T. ......ioni is a dead certainty'; and anyone may win if he

Japan-Bank T.T. .................... stakes on my system. Alas, how often had I | Singapore-Bank T.T......................Nominal heard that story i

|Java-Bank T.T.08 CREDIT TERMS.

Buying

"Next morning I accompanied the major to the Casino, again at his request. He called me his 'mascot, and laughingly said that he couldn't win without me. I sat with bins all [UST. arrived per China Navigation Cos JUST

steamer "CHANGSHA," a fresh, supply

day, literally strick dumb with the most of AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE, including astonishing run of luck, fortune-call it what MUTTON, LAMB, PORK, SPLENDID you will-I have ever seen. That night the FRESH BUTTER (in pate at a cents major arose the possessor of $200,000 altogether three months ending 31st December, 1904, paypist tins at 38 cents each), HARES, RAB. His excitement was pitiable.

each), CONCENTRATED MILK (in half BITS, CHEESE, HAM and BACON (PRIME) **Come and sleep with me, Montalt !' he SHOKED), PORK SAUSAGES, FRITZ said hoarsely. My valise and portmanteaux are studied to bursting with notes and gold! 1

The New issue will rank for Dividend for the

able in May, 1903.

Forms of application for the Now Issue can be obtained at the Company's Offices in Alex andra Building or at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hongkong, Shanghai, And London.

SAUSAGES, &c.

Send to Depot for Price List. Pass Books will be supplied to, and Monthly Credit Accounts kept with well-known residents.

LAU KUE TONG, Manager,

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers, Hongkong, aand June, 1904. (754 Hongkong, 17th August, 1904,

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.............1/10 1/16 months' night

do.

30 days' sight Sydney and Melbourne 1/10 3/16

4

6 months' sight

A PANE-8-E BEER,

"KABUTO" BRÅND.

de España, Bilbao,

Per Case,

Rioja Clarete

I dos qts. $13.00

:

These Playera have been tested in Hongkong,

B

45

J

months sight Francs 2.301 Single Failure, which can be said of no othér

N

1 8-dos pts,

Per Case 4 dos que, com 81a.ja

or $12.00

WATER.

Co., Ld

* " PEACOCK BRAND. Per Case 4 doz pta

Hongkong, 3rd August, 1904.

[39] Hongkong, th August, 1904.

1701

months aight Germany.......1.88 Player.

Bar Silver..............................264 Bank of England rate man3 %

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Parchest

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humoured him, and slept in his room by the Malwa Old......... ROBINSON PIANO HIBANO side of a pair of loaded revolvers.

*Next day the major was at it again..By this time his antoriety had spread over the French and Italian Rivieras, from Toulon to Sperria,

a. (Older ufnemášĢ ! 4,130/1,200

Oldest

149(921,330/1,895 Patna New Benares New,*;* Persian (Paper) ...,

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