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Intimation.

Telm. Powell, Id.

Hours 8.30 AM. to 6 P.M.

SEASON 1904-5.

ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 3rd,

we shall have on view the following

fine selection of

NEW GOODS,

· LADIES' DEPT.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

Silk and Satin Ribbons.

Rich Trimmings.

Dainty Motifa

Plain and Fancy Dress Materials

Trimmed and Untrimmed

and Straw Hats.

Felt

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1904.

________Intimations.

"AY'S WATSON & CO. LIMITED.

TROUBLES OF PHOTOGRAPHY

IN THE TROPICS.

Mr. H. M. Lomas of the Chules Urban

Intimations,

THE WORRIED WOKEN. They say men must work and women must

ISSUE OF 10,000 NEW SHARES OF SIO BACH. Trading Co., whole Bloscopic pictures. Jasily accessible, and who need not explose cup; but alas, in this too busy world women

NOTICEW

beauty but the main appeal should always be to the understanding and intelligence. Truth and compla eness are the principal qualities to be aimed at in touring-photography, SAN 9: Caylon, Kopyt, and many countries are now

Central Africa or Borneo to see the beauties of tropical land, if we will only go about study ing the beauties of the land and its qualat parts, mead of king a group of " Tourists" on the Hotel doorstep, as seen from the cab stand, or faultless Parisian costumes, with an incidental pyramid in the far distance, and calling them

Borneo were shown in London towards the close of last year, has contributed an interested THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Coming article to the Focus giving some of his THE

pany will be: CLOSED from the 28th September, to 8th October, 1904, both days

inclusive.

› JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers Hongkong, a7th September, 1904. (1079

FOUND.

experiences of photography in the Tropice Seven views of Borneo are reproduced and In one of thess we recognise Jimpangah Station with the engine, carrying the Blescope ap- paratus in front, about to start up the line.

For the benefit of those who dabbla in phata- Kraphy, and of those who own a camera of some sort and are interested in the subject, we reprint the article.

"Follow the man from Cook's," is a piece of advice taken by many people nowadays, and

A-KODAK CAMERA. the world can now be gone round and "done"

Apply

CAPTAIN SUPT. OF POLICE Fongkong, 28th September, 1904 [1083

A CANTON DISTRICT.

LOCAL NOTICE 'TO MARINERS.

No. 67.

Removal work at Canton River Barriers; precautions. to be observed by passing vessels.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

removal, work at the Canton River Barriers will shortly commence, and that, with a view to avoid endangering the lives of those engaged on it, the following rules should be observed by passing vessels.")

When a red and white flag [International His shown from a barrier, or from a boat in the neighbourhood of a barrier, it will indicate that the wash of a steamer is liable to endanger life and properly,

Under these circumstances à steamer should pass that neighbourhood at as slow a speed as

possible.

or from a boat in the neighbourhood it will When a red flag is shown from a barrier indicate that a vessel must not, so long as that flag is flying, attempt to pass the barrier.

This latter is an emergency signal to meet possible contingencies.

J. HOWELL MAY,

Harbour Master,

Lace Fichus and Scarves.

Ap, rovad.

Viyella Flannels.

..

S, M, RUSSELL.

Deputy Commissioner of Customs,

Canton, 1st October 1904.

Flowers and Foliage:

Custom House,

Wings and Quills.

Fancy Chiffons.

Silks and Gatizes.

Smart Winter Jackets.

FURNISHING DEPT.

Madras Curtain Mualing:

Printed Sateens="

New Cretonnes.

Hemmed Linen Pillow Cases and

Damask Cloths.

Linen Huckerback Towels

[ot

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

FRESH ARRIVALS.

BY GIVING A VERY LARGE ORDER,

WE HAVE SECURED. THE.

with remarkable ease and comfort, as we steam about in floating palaces, travel on land in easy trains, feed and sleep in luscious hotels, surrounded by comfortably well-off fellow- travellers. Then we arrive back again in England; alas, how often with very, very little real knowledge of the lands through which we have passed, only bits of gossip about them picked up from nur fellow-passengers. Perhaps you think this is a very discontented and dis- -paraging view of things, but is it not a true one; in too many cases?

scènes of dar traveli→B. N. Bornto Herald.

COMMERCIALI

TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE.

Selling

London-Bank T.T..

Do demand Do. 4 months' sight ................ France-Bank T.To. America-Bank T.T. Germany-Bank T.T. India T.T............

Do. demand Shanghai-Bank T.T........ singapore-Bank T.T...... Japan-Bank T.T.

fara-Bank T.T.

Buying

!!

.1.87

Their holidays are too few and their work giten have to work and weep at the same time."

Heavy and monotonous. It makes them dervous and irritable. The depressed and worried woman I ses, her appetite and grows thin and feeble. Once in a while she has spelli of palpitation and has to lie up for a day or two. if some disease like lafuenza or malarial fever Happens to prevall she is almost certain to have an attack of it, and that often paves the way for. chronic troubles of the throat, lungs and other organs; and there is no saying what the end may be. Let the tired and overladen woman rest as much as possible ; and, above all, place 1/19 | at her command a bottle of .1/20 1/16 !

WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION 1/10/ „2:30).| a true and sure remedy for the ills and maladies

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of women. It is palatable as boney and coo- tains all the nutritive and curative properties of 137+

Pure Cod Liver Oil, combined with the Com- 71 | pound Syrup of Hypophosphites and the .90%

Extracts of Malt and Wild Cherry. Search the Nominal

world over and you will find nothing to equal it. Taken before 'meals it improves the nutri- tive value of ordinary, foods by making them casier to assimilate, and has carried hope and good cheer into thousands of darkened homes. It is effective from the first dose, and probably one bottle is all you may need. It is absolutely reliable and effective in Blood Impurities;

Melancholy, Chlorosis, Impaired Nutrition, Scrofula, Low Vitality, and all troubles of the Throat and Lungs. Dr. E. J. Boyes says: "1. have found it a preparation of great merit. Io Per chest

a recent case a patient gained nearly twenty .@@-1,060/1,Tha

1107/1,140 pounds in two months' treatment, in which it 1,180/1,240 was the principal remedial agent." It carries 1,280/1 320 the guarantee of reliability and cannot fail or ....@ 1,100. disappoint you. Why accept a substitute? .....@ 1.055

..865/920.

1/10t 1/10

4 months' sight L/C. 6 month sight;L/C.". jo days' sight San Francisco & New York 451

months'.sight

45

do.

Intimations.

HKONG HIGH-LEVEL TRAM

WAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

TIME TABLE

fon and after ist October, 1904.)

WERK DAYS.:

6.45 am. to 2:00 am...Every 15 minutes. 7.30am to 8.00 am... Every to minutes. 800 am to 8.30 am. Every 15 minutes. 8.30 am to 9.30 am....Every to minutes. 9.30am. 11.00 á.m.,1.Every 15 mantas, 11.30a.m. to 1245 pm. Every 15 minutes. 1245 p.m. to 1.15 pm....Every 10 minutes. 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m....Every 15 minutes. 1.45 p.m. to, 2.15 pm2... Every 'to minutes. 2.15 p.m.to 3.00 p.m. ...Every 15 minutes. 13.30 p.m. 10 - 5.00 p.m...........Every 15 minuter. 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. ..Every 10 minutes.

NIGHT CARS,

8.45 p.m.

'and 9. p.m., 9.45 pm to 11.15 pm.

every half hour. SUNDAYS. 8.00 am to 9.00 a.m....Every 15 minutes. 9.ob'àm to 9.30 am....Every 30 minutes. 9.30 am to 1030 8.m. ...Every 15 minutes. 10.30 am to 11.00 am....Every 10 minutes. 11.00 Noon to 1.00 p.m....Every 10 minutes. 1.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m....Every 15 minutes, 5.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m....Every to minutes. 6:00 pm to 7:00 p.m....Every 15 minutes. 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m....Every 10 minutes.

NIGHT CARS as ́on Week Days. SATURDAY'S.

Extra cars at 11.30 and 11.45 p.m. SPECIAL CARS by Arrangement at the Company's Office, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS

The true lover of photography, artistic or scientific, is essentially a keen observer, and this power of observation is the one necessary to enable us to assimilate, as it ware, the rich 4 months' sight Germany......................1.93 Nervous Dyspepsia, Wasting Conditions Des Voeux Road Central.

and varied experiences offered us in travel. Travelling can be either a mere series of hotels, good meals, comfortable rides in trains and

"

jo days sight Sydney and Melboome. 1/10) montba sight Francs pazio.2349. 6 months' sight

......36

Bar Silver....... Bank of England rate

26 13/16

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

H

Old

11

Older

I

-boats, all 'more or less like our own hotels,

trains and boats, or else a glimpse into lives | Malwa New......... and customs, scenes and surroundings different from those so familiar to us at home

Photography in tropical countries has many troubles and disappointments. There Is the glaring sunlight, giving shadows which some ́seem to imagine must of necessity be objec- tionable, although they need not da so if we, from the artistic standpoint, chaöre subjecte in which these great shadows do not. mar. but help. the effect desired in our

Oldest ... Patna New Benares New Persian 'Paper)

Auction.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

32

Sold by all chemists."

8

picture. We must make our great masses of THE Undersigned have received instructions N FIRST ORDINARY YEARLY MEET

dark compose well in our subjects, and must

remember there will be no colour in our picture, only light and shada, so that although brilliant. colours may vary and save the original subject, it will be of no beauty in black and white. The beauty of the scene must be in its tone values to be of use to us. Also we must give full ex- the forms of objects in the shade. A negative posures, thereby gelting softer contrast, and

with great blank patches of glass is almost always objectionable, and should be avoided.

to Sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, TO-MORROW,

the 6th October, 1904, at 11 AM, at their

Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road,

comer of Ice House Sirent,..

SUNDRY

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

Comprising

CO-OPERATION Remember these facin; and the tropics will STEADS with MATTRESSES, CAMP.BEDS,

OF THE MAKERS OF THE

"APOLLO

MASTER PLAYERS"

yield a never ending series of pictures, Darkroom work is very "trying in a hot climate, and the coof of the night is the best time for development, when windows can' be kept open, as a little reflected moonlight does no harm. Direct moonlight will rapidly cause fog on a plate. Cover should be kept over all dishes, etc,, to prevent moths, attracted by the lamp, from falling into the solutions and causing marks on plates, papers, etc. A porous: jar, or ons with wet fannel around it, will keep the water supply cool; ice is treacherous, for a cold washing water after a warin ons is apt to

·

SINGLE and DOUBLE IRON BED-

TEAKWOOD WARDROBES, BOOKCASE, TEAKWOOD DRESSING TABLE with BEVELLED GLASS, MARBLE TOP BLACKWOOD DRESSING TABLE with BEVELLEDGLASS, BLACKWOODWRIT. ING TABLE, HATSTAND, MARBLE-TOP WASHSTAND, TOILET SET, CHEST. OF-DRAWERS, CARPETS, STATUETTES, &c. &c.

TERMS:-As usoni..

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers, Hongkong, 5th October, 1904...

[1107

IN LOWERING THEIR PRICES, AND cause blisters. Formalin and chrome alum Notices of Firms.

ars of use as a preventive of frilling. Tabloid

WE NOW OFFER THEM FROM developers are useful, and should be sealed up

Tenerife Tray Clothe & Doyleys: $385.

Splendid Selection of Damask

Napkins and Table Cloths.

Carpets and Carpet Squares

Bugs in all makes and sizes.

80.,

GENTS' DEPT.

28; QUEEN'S ROAD.

Hours 8.80 A., to Ô P,M,"

Black Felt Bowler Hata.

Straw Bosters:

Tweed Kenyon" Hats

A good Belection of Motor Caps

· Dress Shirts and Collars.

Walking and Dress Boots

Patent Oxford Pumpe.

Flannel PyjamaRNA

NEW

CONSIGNMENT

JUST ARRIVED

WE WILL SUPPLY AN UPRIGHT IRON GRAND AND A PIANO PLAYER FOR $825. CASH OR

CREDIT TERMS.

Those Players have been tested in Hongkong for 5 years (at Peak Included) without Single Failure, which can be said of no other

Player

THE

ROBINSON PIANO

Go, Lu

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Hongkong, 13th September, 1904.

ESPECIAL OLD TOM GIN Marshall and

Mvy's

Satinette

Fine Selection of Travelling

Rugs

Winter Underwear

DOUBLY DISTILLED

AND OF MATURED AGE,

Wm, POWELL, Ld. TO BE OBTAINED FRON

HONGKONG

Hongkong, ist October, 1904.

THE MUEDAL STORES, Des Voeux Road.

with waxed (parafilu wax) corks. Mom res trainer is needed in the developer than we use in England, to prevent the image flashing up and fogging, owing to the boat,

Waterproof cases are a necessity, and all apparatus should be packed in tin boxes, the films or plates being in smaller ones again, with a piece of calcium chlorida 'wrapped in wood, to keep them perfectly dry. A supply of this useful chemical should be taken, aliö ödd bits of wire, nails, adhesive rubber tape to make waterproof joints, soma extra tins for sending films to be developed (they will keep for a good while in the hottest of countries, if pack- ed to tin boxes as mentioned above, till it is possible to post them home), and a few small, tools, and some "cement in case of accidents

to the apparatus. Always prepare for the

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. HONOKOKO AGENCY.

***NOTICE.

DURING my Absence from Hongkong Mr. L. BRIDOU will take charge of this Agency,

G. DE CHAMPEAUX, Agent. Hongkong, 1st October, 1904.

NOTICE.

(1093

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

** CANTON, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

(OTICE is hereby given that the THIRTY.

ING of the Society will be held at its Head Office, No. 1, Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on THURSDAY, the 20th October, 1904, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Directors, together with Statements of

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hongkong, 1st October; ígolą... [1094

HOTEL DES INDES.

NOB. 2 & 3 STAMFORD ROAD, HIS First Class newly opened Hotel has Txcellent accommodation for FAMILIES,

TRAVELLERS and permanent BOARDERS.

CHARGES FROM 4-6 DOLLARË PËR ́DAY. It is situated in the immediate vicinity of the?) commercial houses and Esplanade.

Spacious Refreshment, Dinner and Billiard Saloons..

E. C. VAN MARLE, Próprietor.

H. T. SARRE Manager.

Hongkong, 4th October, 1904.

Accounts for the year 1993 and for the half THE WINE GROWERS

year ending goth June, 1904, and of declaring Dividends, etc.

will be CLOSED from the 10th October to

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society

the 20th October, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

C. MONTAGUE EDE, Acting Secretary, Hongkong, 21 September, 1904. [1057

CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE; LIMITED.

THE

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

"HE TWENTY-THIRD ORDINARY: GENERAL MEETING or SHARE- HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the Undersigned at 12 o'clock (Noon), on FRI- DAY, the 21st proximo.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 7th to the 21st proximo, both-days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., --

General Agents,

[1087:

Canton Insurance Office, Limited. Hongkong, 29th September, 1994.

GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.

Government of Labuan.

REVENUE FARMS FOR 1905, 1906, 1907,

TENDERS will be received by the SECAR- WE GOVERNOR, Sandakan, o's

or before the 15th November, 1904, for the Merchants of CURREN Coor for the three years 1905, 1906, 1907 THE Firm name & Co., following REVENUE FARMS, for the year 1905, which the Undersigned has been and is the OPIUM FARMS. Sole Proprietor will henceforth be known as

"RUMJAHN & CO, 64, Queen's Road.

AHMET RUMJAHN. Hongkong, October 1st, 1904.

worst, and take everything needful with you, this must especially be done it, as in the writer's case, you penetrale ą, wild and prac- tically unknown country. Remember to let the kind friends whom you will meet have some prints when you return to England-this refers to your fellow white men who live in the country visited for the natives, have respect A to their customs and ideas of what is polite, and do not offend them-they are better than we in many ways, and the more wa know of thein the more we will feel this.

The accompanying illustrations, taken while

the writer was travelling and living among the headhunters of Borneo, passed through many adventures and troubles, and will show: that film by a reputablo maker cım be relied. upon. This point is especially dwelt.upon, as so very many disappointments occur in hot

For Sale,

FOR SALE

[1091

COTTAGE PIANO...

Apply

H.M.Ş. "ALACRITY." Hongkong, 3rd October, 1904.

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY.

TRADE

[1103

THERAPION MARK

**This successful and bighly popalar remedy, siad in the Continental Howpitkin by Ricard, Rosan, Jübert, Volema sad others, crottage si the den derata to be sought is madicine of the kind, and surpasses everything hitherto

ployed.

SPIRIT LICENSE FARMS, PAWNBROKING FARMS.

GAMBLING RESTRICTION FARMS

(North Borneo only).···

For Particulars, apply to--

SUPPLY CO.

BARRETTO & CO., General Agents, Hongkong/

CHAMPAGNES.

Per Case. Per Case:

I dox qua: 3 do più

Lucien Rozet, Carte Orange Szoico Victor Clicquot, DUYE

$25.00-

8.32.00

Speciales 24.00 Lucien Rozet, Carte Blanche 28.00 Victor Clicquot, Carte Noire. 30.00 Lucien Roret, Carte d'Or... 31.00.36.00 Lucian Rozet, Saleated-

Cuvee

mini” 35.00

WINES Por Case Par Case-

SPARKLING

+1

#

12

I doz. qu."á dós, pią Sparkling Duc de Mousseux $16.00. Mw

Comtede Montalbert

17.00 18.00 Baron de Valmont. 19.00 -. 20.00 Duc de Montchault 22.00

SODA WINE. Sparkling Soda Wine $20.00 per Case of

4 doren-Soda Bottles::

BRANDIES:

·

Per Case,

P. Beauville ***

Meur. GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co, | Special Selected U LIE

Hongkong:

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO;

CUSTOMS FARM 1905.

ENDERS are invited up to 13 Noon, 15th November, 1904, for the CUSTOMS FARM, including the sole right to collecs, all Import and Export duties payable to Government, ex- clusive of Import duties on WINES, BEFR and. SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, which ars farmed separately, and Export duty on ESTATE TOBACCO, TIMBER, COAL, MINERALS, CUTCH and manufactured products for the year 1905.

Tenders may be for the whole territory (ex. clusive of Province Clarke) extending from Sépitong river in Padan Bay on the West Coast, to Brursbuk Point, Sibuko Bay, on the

countries, owing to the use of voreliable roll THERAPION N15 East Coast, including all bays, rivers and is

alm. **

The baggage mules with their raiser make a picture showing one mode of getting the camp. requisites about, and the group of Brunei peo ple, the view of their houses, built over the

Does this, of bent on dAzE003 reserve allelicharge from Beurlaury organipulaciónfly superading in actions, the na of which dom (mesurable kaya by laying timfoundasion of strieze kad other mielenie disenim): In: dysentery, allas; kuvilation of the lower bowel, cong by broadkillay gallina, and, some of the more trying complaints of this kind, it will be found astonlik wydr ellcatuur aliostling; prompt začiat when other well,tried remedies have been powerless.

water of a beautiful lagoon, the picture of the THERAPION:N:25.

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old worn out* bamboo house of the Dusun people in the far interior, give us glimpses of the natives and their mode of living.

The great aim of the tourist photographer," whather at home or abroad, should be to secure thoroughly representative pictures. Let him make his photographs pleasing from the picto rial standpoint if possible, but his first endas- your should be to securn'an instructive record. Let it be understood that we refer here to tourist work as such. When the photographer: visits a stranga; land, and a strange'people his camera is to him as a note-book of his travels) he may with advantage create a racón [608 shall please the subaequans observer's sense

the blood, pourvy, gimpija, spots, Leschida, paltryliRMAL lings of the jou, secondary symptomi, gout, shimatta

dini for which it has bren las much a fashion da amploy segumi kasassarito, serez too thy dantruction of anders, trekk sad pin of health. This preparation portfertheskolesystém zhrough the Zisod, and thoroughly Miminkin ovey MÉLANDVOLALLET from the body,

THERAPION NO:3

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HERAPIONE

13. le sold by the prior

L. ROZET & Co. BORDEAUX.

SPECIAL BRANDS OF COGNAO, Cognac, ***

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Very Old Fine Champagne 27.50. Grande Fine Champagne, Blue Ribbes,"

$31.50

Guaranteed a years oldi Grande Fine Champagne,

Green Ribbon, Guaranteed 20 years old be Grande: Fine Champagno,

Red Ribbon, Guaranteed go years old.

landa, within the State, or for each. separate. district.

Kach tender should state the monthly rapt St. Georgs tendered.

Cra Wynbrow-br

46.73

156.00

OLARETS,

Per Case

dos gta,

5.00

·$50 6.00.

This Farm is subject to the Laws and Re-Cotes gulations now in force or to any Laws or Re-Montferrand....... gulations which may from time to time be Medoc................ obacted or issued by Government.

St. Emilion...46. pis6282199247 8t. Esteph...........

Any further Information on the subject may be obtained from Mezars, GIBB, LIVING STON & Co., Hongkong, the Finance Com missioner, Sandakan, or from the Presidents or Officers-in-charge of the different districté or stations,

St. Julien...TELS PRAŽŠÍRÁJÁRUN

JAPANESE BEER: #KABUTO BRAND,

* Tenders should be sealed and addressed to the Secretary to the Acting Governor of British Per Case of a dosen gis.... North Borneo.nega trg

PALMERhigh në sha thene szybas la par".

hierk, which la a face apperts on the British

To gain

Coj: Limited,

longtong, Chins and

بد العد

Every tender must state the pature of the security to be offered and which must be partly. cash to be deposited in an approved Bank partly in land and house property,

or

The Government doar nut bind itself to' accept the highest or any tenderPAPAANO

August 2gth, 1904, 27.

FIRANO WATER

PEACOCK BRAND.

Per Case of 4'doren

*(970

Hongkong, 10th September ro