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THE BALTIC FIBET.
ITE POSITION AND PROSPECTS.
the hands of the Greek Government.
Entimations,
CONFIDENCE
prepared to proceed by an even more circuitous route, he will be obliged to "pass through one of these two intricato and narrow entrances to the waters of the Far East, Nothing except a A Naval Officer writes to the Glade (3rd few useless coral reefs, all of which, by the said Lord Chatham, is a plant of slow | January);—
way, belong to England, lie between Mada-growth." People believe in things that they The two divisions of the Baltic Fleet which, gascar and Sumatra, and coaling in the Indian scc, nnd in a broad sense they are right. under the aupreme command of Admiral Ocean in these latitudes would be, to say the What? sometimes called blind faith is no! Rojestvensky, have hitherto proceeded by two least of it, a most difficult, if not impossible, faith at 1. There must be reason and fact to different routes to the Far East, neo now about evolution. Yet from the moment that he form a foundation for trust. In regard to n to teach a supremely important stage in their arrives at one of the two alterativo doors to medicine or remedy, for example, people ask, progress. The first division, consisting of five the Far East, Rojestvensky's troubles, so far "Has it cured others? Have cases like mine battleships, two lammoured cruisers, one first as the Japanese are concerned, begin. Already been relieved by it? Is it in harmony with class cruiser, and a number of transports, ander: Admiral Kamimura's cruisers and destroyers the truths of modern science, and has it e the personal command of Kojestvensky himself, | aro assembling in the vicinity of the Straits, record above suspicion ? If so, it is worthy of after taking 36 days to travel a distance of about and it is understood that his forces in those confidence; and if I am ever attacked by any shown to the Ticket Inspector at the Gate.
4,200 miles, from Dakar to Durban, were waters have been supplemented by a number of the maladies for which it is commended I observed 30 miles off that port on December of armed merchant cruisers, whose special duty shall resort to it in full belief in its power to T. F. HOUGH,
23, and on Sunday last cast auchor between the it will be to prey upon the colliers and tran- help me. On these lines Clerk of the Course.
wland of Saint Marie and the east coast of sports attending the Russian fleets. Neverthe WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION [245
Madagascar. The second division, consisting | less; even the battleships must be coaled has won its high reputation among medical of two battleships, three cruisers, seven destroy; en route if they hope ever to reach Vladi-men, and the people of all civilized countries. ers, and a number of transports, armed and vostok, and if they are deprived, of their re- They trust it for the same reason that they; otherwise, under Admiral Foelkersham, having sources in this direction they become as help trust in the familiar laws of nature or in the apparently, left the friendly shelter of Jibutil for less hulks upon the ocean.
action of common things. This effective a similar destination, may be expected to Whether Admiral Rojestvensky purposes to remedy is palatable as honey and contains all arrive at Saini Maire very shortly. The third, concentrate his first, second, and supplemen the nutritive and curative properties of Pure or supplementary, division, consisting of two tary divisions at Madagascar, or whether he Cod Liver Oil, extracted by us from fresh cod cruisers, eight destroyers, and a few armed intends to approach Sumatra with his forces livers, combined with the Compound Syrup of transports, is still lingering in the Mediterranean, divided and enter the Malacca Straits and the Hypophosphites and the Extmels of Malt and in the neighbourhood of Port Said, having Straits of Sundo simultaneously, is, for the pre- Wild Cherry. It quickly eradicates the been greatly delayed by the breakdown of dent, a matter of secondary consideration. poisonous, disease-breeding acids and other some of the destroyers, the Pronsitalni having His second division has not even yet joined toxic matters from the system; regulates and encountered a series of accidents off the Freach bim; his supplementary division is still pot promotes the normal action of the organs, Coast, and the Gromki̟ having been under the||tering about in the Mediterranean; and we gives vigorous appetite and digestion, and is necessity of going to the Piraeus for repairs at may take it for certain that his own division is infallible in Prostration-following Fevers. sadly in need of refit. In whatever direction Anemia, Scrofula, Influenza, Wasting Diseases, Thanks to the friendly, though irregular, | be turns, that black spectre "Coal" confronts Throat and Lung Troubles, etc. Dr. W. A. connivance of the French and Portuguese Go- | him and paralyses his action, Not one single | Young, of Canada, says: "Your tasteless pre- vernments, the voyage of Admiral Roje-vessel in his combined fleet is free frons it paration of cod liver oil has given me tvensky's squadron has been rendered com-neither bis battleships, nor the fast cruisers uniformly satisfactory results, my patients paratively easy. A stay of no less than twelve of his second division, nor his destroyers, having been of all ages." It is a product of days was spent in the magnificent harbour of What could be dons, out of sight of the world, the skill and science of to-day and is successful Dakar, in French Senegambia, where the | at Dakar and Mossamedes cannot be done at after the old style modes of treatment have Russian Fleet conducted themselves with as Madagascar, or Batavia, the threshold of the been appented to in vain. To try it is to trust much freedom as if they were lying in one of Far East. Any infrigement of neutrality now to it forever after. It cannot disappoint their own ports. All the ships were coaled and that the Russian fleet is about to enter hostile you and is effective from the first dose. Sold provisioned there, and as thorough a refit was waters will be bitterly and promptly resented by chemists everywhere. carried out as circumstances and the resources by Japan. And rightly so. For the whole of of the feet permitted. The next port of call her naval strategy is based upon the strict was Mossamedes, 2,400 miles 8.S.E. of Dakar, observance of the laws of neutral nations, and situated in Portuguese West Africa, and pose any infringement of them cannot fail to have sessing the best harbour on that part of the the most serious and far-reaching consequen coast, except Loanda. Here. Rojestvensky was able once more to bring himself into direct telegraphic communication with St. Petersburg, and the numerous fruit and vegetable gardens, for which the locality is noted, were able to "M. Giacobini,"assistant astronomer at the supply his ships with a welcome change of Nice Observatory, who has already won for diet; and here again, by connivance of the himself a high reputation as a successful Portuguese Government, the Russian Fleetcomst seeker, baw now achieved his seventh | was coaled, and its minor defects made good discovery. The new comet was first seen on The next streich was a long one, namely, the morning of Sunday, December 18th, as to Port Marie, in Madagascar, round the
A very faint object, estimated as of the other side of Africa,"amounting to a dis-eleventh magnitude, just where the little tance of about 3,000 miles. The greater part constellation of the Northern Crown .ders of the last lengthy steaming was round the
upon Hercules. The two following mornings coasts of British South Africa, towards the fortunately enabled further determinations of roomy docks and spacious harbours of which the comet's place to be made, and, three posi- Rojestvenský must have turned longing oyas tione being thus secured, the orbit could be But although our Government have shrunk from computed. It appears from this that, though protesting against the above mentioned violathe comet is now approaching both the earth GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, tions of neutrality, they have had sufficient respect for the formal and moral obligations which they owe to their allies to set their face resolutely against affording any facilities to the progress of the Russian Armada.
No
All tickets must be produced to gain
T. F. HOUGH, Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, 14th February, 1905.
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB-
TO BERVANTS will be allowed inside the ENCLOSURE of the RACE COURSE during the Race Days WITHOUT TICKETS which can be had on application to the Under signed between WEDNESDAY, 15th, and MONDAY, zoth inat,
T. F. HOUGH, Clerk of the Course, Hongkong, 14th February, 1905. [247
HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE DIVIDEND at the Rate of $1.00 per Share, declared at the Rate of $1.00 per Yearly Meeting of Shareholders, held this day, will be payable at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, on and after WEDNES DAY, the 15th February, 1905.
SHAREHOLDERS are requested to apply to the Office of the Company for Warrants.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
T. ARNOLD,
Secretary..
Hongkong, 14th February, 1905, [ [344 HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND FINANCE
COMPANY, LIMITED.
HEREBY GIVEN that on
NOTICE IS HER Interest at the rate of 8% per annum will be charged upon all Calls in respect of SHARES NOT FULLY PAID UP from the day appointed for Payment of such Calls, namely 3rd January, 1905,
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers, Hongkong, 11th January, 1905.
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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.
ING CORPORATION.
[OTICE is hereby given that the ORDI- NARY HALF YEARLY MEETING or THE SHAREHOLDERS in this Corpora tion will be held at the CITY HALL, Hong kong, on SATURDAY, the eighteenth day of February, 1905, at Noon, for the purpose of re ceiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to 3181 December, 1904.
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CCI.
ANOTHER EVASIVE COMET.
and the sun, and therefore Incrossing in brightness, there is no hope of its ever becom- ing at all conspicuous, even in the telescope.
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NOTICE TO SHIPPERS. THE NIPPON VUSEN KAISHA are
prepared, during suspension of their Trans-Pacific Service and until further notice, to BOOK CARGO and IssuĖ BILLS OF LADING to SEATTLE, WASH., VICTORIA, B.C1 and PACIFIC COAST PORTS, also to OVER. LAND POINTS in the UNITED STATES and CANADA in connection with the GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY FROM SEAT. TLE, as hitherto, by the Steamers of the NORTHERN PACIFIC S. S. Co.,.BOSTON STEAMSHIP and TOWROAT C01, OCEAN S, S. Co. and CHINA MUTUAL S, N. Co.
For further Particulars, apply at the Com pany's Local Branch Office in PRINCE' BUILDINGS, First Floor, Chater Road.
B. MORT, Acting Manager,
Hongkong, 24th January, 1705.
$
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PORTLAND CEMENT
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It was at perihelion on January 3rd, but even In Casks of 375 lbs. net $5.00 per Cask then its distance from the sun was 174 millions
ex Factory.
of miles, and from the earth nearly 200 millions In Bags of 250 lbs. nct $3.20 per Bag It was approaching the earth at the rate of 50,000 miles an hour; but the approach' will soon be converted into recession, as the mo-
The list of vessels which Reuter's correspon. dent at Tamatave informs us have arrived at Saint Marie, includes the whole of Fojest vensky's division with the exception of some of the transports, which, however, may have been detached for coaling purposes elsewhere, Wetions of comet and earth will shortly tend to
are told that the squadron is in excellent cop- dition, but this statement should be accepted for the present, with a considerable amount of reserve, as the rate of progress between Mo camedes and Madagascar is hardly commen- surate with a high degree of efficiency, unioss, indeed, the greater part of the voyage was Hongkong. 31st January, 1905.
attended with very bad weather. For with the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK. exception, perhaps, of the Dmitri Donskoi,
By Order of the Court of Directors,
J. R. M. SMITH,
Chief Manager.
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:
ex Factory. SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.. Genel Managers, Hongkong, and September, 1904.
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separate them yet farther from each other, Nor is there any likelihood that we shall ever sea this comet at a second return. Two of the other comete discovered by M. Glacobini proved to be members of the Jupiter family, having periods of less than seven years, like Tempel's second periodical comet, which was detected by M Javalle on November joth. But not only does the present object move in the retrogade direction-the opposite way to there was no necessity for any of the feet to the planets-but its orbit is inclined at a great the coal between the two ports, their coal capacity angle-76deg. 33min-to that of the earth; NOTER OF SHARES of the Corporation ent to enable them to make the stretch of 3,50 mere chance visitants to the solar system, and TOTICE is hereby given that the REGIS-being, at any rate on paper, more than suffici- both being characteristics of comets which are will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the fourth, miles without being under the necessity of not regular members of it. On the other hand, to the eighteenth day of February, 1905, (both replenishing their bunkers, In this connection its distance from the sun when in perihelion, days inclusive), during which period no Transfer
it is interesting to note the coal capacity of though great, is not extraordinary, and cannot of Shares can be registered.
By Order of the Court of Directors,
Rojestvensky's ships, according to the eviden compare with M. Giacobini's fifth discovery, ce supplied in the Naval Pocket-book, J. R. M. SMITH,
the last comet of 1902. The present object Tous. Mis. Kts. Mis. Kts. Chief Manager.
always lies far outside the orbit of Mars, but Kniaz Savaroff 1,250=8,500 at 10 or 3,000 at 18 the fourth comel of 1902, at its nearest approach Alexander III Orel ENŲ Borodino .....
Admiral Nakimoff 1,200=7,200 at 10. Oslabya. Normal capacity 1,053 fons. Full capacity 2,058 tons. Dinitri Doaskoi 400 tons ==4,800 miles at 10 knots,
Hongkong, 31st January, spoj.
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HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
"HE ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING | THE SHAREHOLDERS will be held in
the Offices of the Company, Queen's Buildings, New Praya, on MONDAY, the 20th February 1905, at 12 o'clock Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts to the 31st December,
1904
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 6th to the 20th February, both days inclusive.
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By Order of the Board of Directors,
THOS, I. ROSE, Secretary, Hongkong, 26th January, 1905.
HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
HE
TANNUALTY-SIXING ORDINARY HOLDERS in the above Company, will be held at the Offices of the Company, Pedder's Streal, on MONDAY, the 6th day of March, 1905, at 11.30 AM to receive a Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1904, and the Report of the General Managers, and to elect
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It will be seen by the above that under normal conditions the only vessels which should have required coaling en route were the cruisers Dmiiri Donskoi and Aurora, the battleships being absolutely independent. of colliers. As a matter of fact, coaling at son is |about as{difficult an evolution as can possibly be imagined, and it is likely that measuras were taken beforehand so as to load up the two "lame ducks" that over they were able to dis-Japan-Bank T.T. .......................
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