TELEGRAMS. [Reuters]
The Fighting Material of France.
LONDON, 26th June.
M. Bertaux, the Minister for War, speak ing at Versailles, said, that while wishing to say
Us
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1905.
SPRING CLEANING IN
HONGKONG,
ASCANE IN WANGHAI,
"Now is the season of our discontent," for the Chinese spring-cleaning days are upon Chinese coolies who herd together in wanen
"That is to say, they are on the
of
INDO-CHINA SN
ANNUAL REPORT.
Following is the twenty-third annual report of the Board of Directors presented to the general meeting, held at the offices of the shareholders at the twenty-fourth ordinary
o'clock noso Company on Friday; the gth inst., at 11
BAND U REPORT.
In their interim report for the half-year to March 31, the directors state that the working account does not present any striking contrast to that of the corresponding period. While the passenger traffic shows almost identical figures, the freight return is better than last
nothing that could be taken as an allusion to | jike datu and make night hideous with a blare The Board of Directors now submit, their year, mainly owing to an improvement in the
Laier.
noises. In England spring-cleaning is bad enough. It means bad tempers, bad chow, bad everything. It is worse than a filling, even a moonlight Atting," because the excite
report and statement of accounts for the
outward trade to China and Japan. To other parts of the East export business bas been
business generally has been unsatisfactory, al- scarcely up to the former lavel.. Homeward though at one time there appeared to be a fair
To-day's Advertisements.
IN THE MATTER OF ORDINANCE No. 1
OF 1892
AND
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION OF
"ANDREW STEWART, OF-15, LEAD-·| SIDE ROAD, ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, DYER AND CLOTH-FINISHER, FOR LETTERS PATENT FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF AN INVENTION FOR "IMPROVED MEANS FOR HEATING FEED WATER OF STEAM BOILERS,"
TOTICE is hereby given that the PETI
Ordinance have been duly filed at the, Office: of the Colonial Secretary, and that it is the FICATION required by the above-mentioned
intention of the said ANDREW STEWART, by DENNYS and BOWLEY, his Solicitors, to apply for Letters Patent for the exclusive use Invention, at a sitting of the Executive Council within the Colony of Hongkong of the said to be held at the Council Chamber, Hongkook, on MONDAY, the toth July, 1905:
-Dated the 27th day of June, 1905.
DENNYS & BOWLEY,
Solicitors for the Applicant.
the present, "thanks to the efforts of thirty five years, our fighting material is of the best,
year, 1954, our equipment complete, and our officers can
especially the activity in operations in the The hostilities between Japan and Russia, bear comparison to those of any nation.
eighbourhood of the ports of Northern China, ment is abient And yet there is excitement of the South, while stringency in the money prospect of improvement in this respect. The TION, DECLARATION and SPECI
had the effect of curtailing shipments thence to Prince Arisugawa in London.
a sort, when the m re man is hustled from market, more particularly at Tientsin, interier additional coal consumption and other ex- pillar to post and back again by a whirlwind of ed with the export of produce; but these draw penses connected with the new accelerated Viscount Haynahí, with the officers of the tying brooms and axeeping petticoats. In backs to trade were neutralised by transpurt | mail service bad scarcely been left when the Japanese Legation, Admiral Neville, and Hongkong, however, they have a hatter plan. requirements leading to the chartering of many present account closed, but a considerable in General Nicholson, met Prince and Princess The mistress of the house, the progeny of the competition for freight on the coast. The crease in expenditure is foreshadowed for the
steamers and consequent withdrawal from Arisugawa at Dover; and the Prince and flat, and the tenant himself hoard their furnituro cammings of the Fleet shew a satisfactory remainder of the year. The company have Princess of Wales welcomed their Hib-into the middle of the street and await develop increase over those of the previous year. recently built mail steamers to the value of nesses in London with military honours.
menis. In the Wanchai district it appears
The destruction of the steamer ip. Sang 2,500,000, besides making a large outlay on that spring cleaning is in full swing today: Shanghai, by Russian torpedo-boat de- The Prince and Princess drove direct to An unwanted stir came like a freshet to theatroyer, deprived the company of the services stantial addition to the annual sinking fund
a voyage from Newchwang to
some of the older ships of the fleet, and a sub- Buckingham Palace and took tea with the district The stranger wandering along, won. King and Queen; afterwards they drove to dering what exactly occurred after 9 p.m. last to deplore the loss by fire of the ss., Yun Wpreciation on the original cost of the fleet. [695].
at a valuable vessel, and the company has also will be necessary to provide adequately for de York House where the King and Queen re-night and piecing stray memories together, on the River. Yangiare, with sacrifice, it is Stockholders are not likely, therefore, to get would suddenly receive a mattress on his head. prejudici ily affected the underwriting account, bigher dividends for some time to come, but feared, of many lives. These losses have not If he looked up to the heavens, he was saluted and the Board are pleased to report that the usual interim distribution of 7 per cent. par with a shower of muck and abuse. And the there have been but few minor accidents; this annum on the Deferred is now being made, mattress-the particular mattress in question account closes with a balance at credit ef and business in the East will probably receive with straw. Ainsi shat was id-its pafmy days, as usual, been provided on the Fleet was er to be exact, Hamilo, had been-filled £41,150 186. 6d. Full depreciation has
a great impetus when the war comes to an
turned their visit,
Chinese in the United States. President Roosevelt has ordered the im- migration authorities to show the utmost
courtesy to Chinese merchants and travellers
on pain of dismissal.
The Peace Prospects. Both Russia and Japan havo-informed President Roosevelt that the plenipotentiaries will meet in the United States during the first ten days of August.
The Biots in Russian Foland,
Martial law has been proclaimed in Lodr
and order has been restored.
To date, 561 victims to the disturbances have been buried; thirty-four battalions of troops have arrived at Warsaw,
THE AMERICAN BOYCOTI.
FEELING IN SINGAPORE.
It had seen many vicissituĝes of fortune since. The average foreigners under the impression that coolies never use mattresses. He has a gue idea that they sleep on boards of some son, But there are degrees in cooliedom, There is a gentility of birth among cooliex. And the greater the gentility, the more ancient their effects. One of the effects must assuredly be a straw maitress. This mattress, which had been hidden away in a house in Wanchai since the days of Taul-whoever he was-since the days, at any rate, of the first edition of the Peking Gotette which we have all read; was an heartoont it had been slept on-one had almost said slept in-by countless generations, Latterly the sleepers on this particular mattress must have been infants. It had that delight ful, home-like, odoriferous perfume of the nursery, it was redolent with recollections savoury, soul-antisfying, domestic. And it was a great deal more holey than righteous. The result of this thoughtfulness, this hygienic precaution so to speak, was seen in the flecks su ty material which floated through the air long after the mattress had subsided, long after the individual on whom it alighted had sub
This is the report, presumed to be of a semi- [official nacure, of the proceedings at the meet
ing of Chinese merchants and baders held in Singapore with reference to the movement ge nerated in Shanghai for boycotting Americano trade because of the stringency of the Chinese Exclusión Act. It is taken from the Chinese
newspaper cuffed. Eat Past:~~
A meeting was held on the zoth June, 1905, at 2 pin, at long Chay . E. (Chinese Hospi- tal). There were hundreds of traders present, Amongst them were (Chairman) Dr. Lim Boon Keng, (Committee) Gos Eng Sin, Kan Jin Sack, Chan Teow Lum and Teo Jong Kay.
Dr. Lim Boon Keng (Chairman) spoke about the U.S.A. Government making a law to pro- hibit the Chinese from going into America or any American possessions to trade or to work and put to the meeting the following resolus tion That the Chinese traders in Singapore stop all trading in American goods.".
The resolution was carried unanimously and the result of the meeting cabled to the Chinese Governinent at Peking.
sided. And it left its mark in the scented air. The muck, also abuse, which followed may or may not have been part of the mattress at one time. No matter. All the furniture of the fat was piled on high in the street. Infants forgot to wail-for three and a hali seconds; women ceased to scold; and men, well they don't count, anyhow. The reason for this silence is easily explained. The people were making a tour of the street, in- specting their neighbours' belongings. By their f ces one could.see what they thought of it all. It was a sniff and a snap and a “I'm " all the time. Mis. Chong had a fine American eight-day clock, warranted silver-lined and jewelled in every key. It was stuck up on the Inp of berings and bones, like a cock' on a It may be mentioned that is the core of his hearonst. She strove to ide the rest of ber presidential remarks Dr. Lim Boon Keng laid things by spreading out her-unmentionables, special stiers on the fact that the Chinese were and the very nearly succeeded. Up-comes first of all invited to go to the United tates as
Mrs. Hung. "At howdyedo this morning?" workmen and it was only after they had been said Mrs. Hung in her finest Mandarın. “A so invited that the Exclusion Laws were passed light pain, that's all Mrs. Chong, and thank ye and so stringently enforced. Mr. Chan Yeaw kindly for asking. A slight pain in the wind" Nam was the proposer of the resolution given And how's yourself?" responded Mrs. Chong, above and it was carried by acclamation.
in her finest Pekinese, giving nother jerk to Interviews with representatives of leading her pantaloons. "Oh middlin' I was up all Americas fums in town point to a general trend night with Johnny-his teeth, you know, and of feeling in these circles to the effect that his pa is that restless since the joined the there is wore shadow than substance about the P.W.D." The what?" cried Mrs, Hung, "The Chinese protest so far at least as the Singapore Public Works Department" said Mrs. Chang, expression of opinion is concerned. There is with a mist table attempt not to appear self- no question that there is a deep feeling of reconscious. He's an official now--but" (her seniment aning the Chineso community of eyes turned to ibe el ck)—" that's a beautiful the U.S. Exclusion Laws which make no dif- timepiece you've pot. Our granna had a ferentiation between the contract coolie and the marble image ‹f it, with fine side-pieces-"and man of commerce, the leisured traveller or the 50 op. Meanwhile a street u chin crawled up student whodesireentranceinto America in pur and grabbed the dearly beloved el ck and suit of their several avocations. But in Sing was off in a twinkling. The whole street apore there is no organisation such as the Shang-
was after him. Nobody who lives in Won- bai Chinese Chamber of Commerce or the chai thinks of working. They only sing Chinese Representative Committee of Hong songs and chase promiscuous thieves, who kong. The unanimity of opinion on the paint always belong to West Point. At least that's was forcibly shown, however, by the very the gossip. Whether they caught this rogue representative charactor of the assembly which or not, it is impossible to say. But what about passed. this resolution? It was not convened the spring-cleaning? Why that's done by a by any body in especial but simply the announ- paternal government. Some uniformed coolies cement appeared in the dialect papers that such come along with a hose pipe, and awit the a meeting woull be held, and in response to it house from top to bottom. They do will it something like 200 of the leading members too, and no mistake, Water is cheap, and late net fu enter their protest against the 1 xclusion ly it has been plentiful, so "let her go" they Laws and express their sympathy with the cry and there seems to be great competition action of their brethren in the North,
for the honour of holding the noizle. Occa sionally the coolic makes a mistake and souses the crowd, but that is part of the ples- sent along a little strip of paper which says sure of house-cleaning. The Government has "If you don't clean your house to-morrow, there will be ructions." Then it adds-"We brushes and water and paint, and whitewash." will provide soap, and suds and scrubbing
house is panelled in oak or teak or mahogany, It also says to these conlie-residents--" if your if the walls are steel-lined and the Boor tessel ated or covered with linoleum, you need only wash them. And finally-"If you don't want
It appears to be an understood thing that the Committee appointed to represant the Chinese Ain Singapore in the matter have got no substantial powers invested in them. No fund has been inaugurated. The object aimed at has been served in procuring an expression of opinion which shall be communicated to Feking and thence find its way through the channels of diplomacy to Washington.
Flut at the same time, while no definite line of policy has been decided upon excepting that of giving moral support to the Shanghai Cham- ber in whatever action they may decide to take, there is little doubt that the Straits Chi-to do the work yourself we'll dɔ it for you." nese are determined enough in their attitude So the people go into the street and say "Go and will spare no pins of expense in pushing ahead; we'll watch you doing it and criticise forward their project if a real boycott is per- for nothing. And that is what they call aisted in.
There is not much perturbation in American spring-cleaning in Hongkong. trading circles over the ultimate issue., Oil. and tobarco are the chief imports into the. Straits from the United States. If the worst comes to the worst there is an idén abroad that
some middle way will be found out of the difficulty. The export trade can hardly be affected. Even Americans themselves recognise that the Chinese have good moral grounds for their action up to a certain point and we have beard the opinion expressed that very likely a partial relaxation of the Exclusion Laws will Lallow for the removal of the irritating restric tions which at present apply to all Chinese in America without distinction of class-Strails *Timent.
PROPERTY SALE.
This afternoon, at his auction rooms, Duddell Street, Mr. Geo, P. Lammert, auctioneer, put up for sale by auction the valuable leasehold property, known as No. 361, Queen's Road Central, erected on sub-section No. 3 of Section
of Marine lot No. 67.
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This property, which is situated near Posses sion Street, in the Western part of the Central district, was knocked down, after much com- ret tion, to Mr. Wong Yue Tong for $17,000. This is equal to something like $35 a square foot,
|
when on
ing allowance for general charges in London and China, interest and income tax, a transfer of £19,000 has been_made to the been favourable during the year, and the Board credit of general reserve fund. Exchange has have been able from this source to add a further sum of 10,000 to the general reserve fund, making it now 120,000, and to place 3.999, tos. 7d to exchange reserve account to provide for future fluctuations. The met balance at credit of the revenue account for the year is £34,889 18. 74, out of which the directors' recommend a dividend of 6 per cent, which will absorb £29.753. 84. and leave £4,435, 138, 7d to be carried to the 1905 account Continuing the policy of previous years, the Board has disposed of some of the older steamers at fatisfactory trices, the Canton and Pickili having been early part of 1905. The Board have under sold during the year, and the El Dorado in the construction the Kut Sang (now completed) and two other steamers not yet camed, and it will be necessary to rep, co the Yuen He and provide further tonnage in the place of steamers lost and sold.
.
The Board much regret to report the death of one of their colleagues, Sir Edward F. Alford, who had for many years been associated with the Company both in China and in this country, W. Keswick, P., who is eligible and offers The Director retiring on this occasion is. Mr. himself for re-election.
The Auditors, Messrs."Turqnand, Yonngs &'] Cn, also retire and offer themselves for re- election.
By order of the Board,
A. G. WELLS,
Secretary.
BALANCE SHEET At 31st December, 1994. Liabilities.
To Share Capital-Authorised
"
"
£1,200,003, Fint is ve 60,00 sharesch 10, whereof 49,589 subscribed and fully paid up.
and.-P. dl. G.
COMMERCIAL.
*
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received instructions from W, D. DIXON, Esq, to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,
ON
MONDAY,
the 3rd July, 1905, at 2.30 PM, within his residance," Duncular, The Peak, SUNDRY
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
Advices from Shanghai, dated 23rd inst, state;
Comprising: Business reported:-Shanghai and Hongkew
OVERMANTELS with BEVELLED Wharfs at Tls. 178. Farnham, Boyds at T. FABLES, CHAIRS, WARDROBES, BED- GLASS, BOOKCASES, SIDEBOARD, 159 for June, at Tis. 160 for July, at Tls. 163 STEADS, CARPETS, RUGS, SUNDRY for September, at Tis. 164/164) for October. SLACKWOOD FURNITURE, GLASS and Shanghai Lands at Tis. 121. Lagu-Kung-CROCKERY WARE ICE CHEST, AMERI
∙CAN COOKING RANGE, &c, &c.;
ALSO
Mows at Tis. 42. Wei-hai-wei Golds at $2} (57 paid-up). Perak Sugars at Tis. 71. Lang- kate at Tis, 22 for August, at Tis. 123/223) for October, China Flours at Th. 6, Ce ments 'Old' Si§, 'New' at $71. Astors at $318 cash, at $32 for July. Weeks & Coat $19.
118 for June, at Tis. 217 for July, at Tia. 320. Business reported direct:-Langkats at Tis,
for August, at Tls. 2231 for September, and at Tis 222 for October. Hall and Holtz at $27..
TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE.
Selling.
Lpadao-Bank'T.T.
com ind
Do.
.........1/101 ...................1. 10 9/16 France-Blank T.T....
Do. 4 months' sight................................1/10 13/16 2.351
America—Bank T.T.
..451
ermany-Bank T.T. ndia T.T. ................
Do. demand Shanghai-Bank T.T. Japan-Bank T.T. Java-Bank T.T.
4.92
144
.140)
..711
Buying,
One PIANO, by FENRICK;
AND
A Quamity of PLANTS in Pots. Catalogues will be issued.
On view on and after Saturday, the 1st July. TERMS-As usual
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.
Hongkong, 28th June, 1995.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
Action No. 135 of 1905.
[699
To be sold by-Public Auction by Order of the
Supreme Court of Hongkong... VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
PROPERTY,
....92 situate at Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong,
.112
.1'10 13/16 ..1/10 13/16
320d, " 4 months' sight L/C,' 6 months sight LỰC. `zo`days' sight San Francisco & New York 462
do. 4 months sight
Balance of underwriting a/c 141,5 186 General reserve tand......... 13,00
Exchange reserve a.......
Sundry creditors in London
and China........................................ Leans... man vona mumen Deposits
47
37 days' sight Sydney and Melbourne tiis 1/16
months' sight Frates.......2.39 6 months' sight
months' sight Germany
........................
Bank of England rate....
495.890
o
0
3999 10 7
95,688 11 10
Bar Silver
32,500 0 $1.570 o 34,189 1-7 £1,087,998 1 6
裁
Savereign .......
OPRUIM QUOTATIONS. To-day's quotations are as foliowy
Arrels, 4
d. $. £ s d
Malwa New
Older
12
Balance from revenue afc...
By Steamships,
bulks, ferry
hoals, &c. 101.9ja 13° 5 Less depre
ciation writ-
ten off for
ON
FRIDAY, the 14th day of july, 1995, at 3 o'clock in the alternoon, at mess. HUGHES & LOUGH'S Sales Rooms, Des Vœux Road Central,
LL that PIECE or PARCEL OPGROUND
A registered in the Land Office as Hunghom
Inland Lot No. 249 together with the Building
Intimations
ROBINSON PIANO
COMPANY, LD.
THE PUBLIC MAY RELY
IMPLICITLY ON GETTING
FROM US
PIANOS
OF THE
HIGHEST
CLASS
EMBODYING THE VERY BEST
MUSICAL AND WEARING
QUALITIES
AT
•
MODERATE PRICES.
OUR CLIENTS HAVE THE
ADVANTAGE OF OUR
30 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS
EXPERTS,
DEVOTED
EXCLUSIVELY
TO THE PIANO TRADE.
WE ARE BY FAR THE
LARGEST IMPORTERS
AND
MANUFACTURERS
IN CHINA, AND, STOCK THE
GREATEST VARIETY
OF MAKES.
Hongkong, 8th Juno, Food
Tsar
CAFE WEISMANN.
berean, known as No. 74, Des Voeux Road, THE Public are invited to pay a visit to
.1.40]
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Hunghom, abutting on the North side thereof
1.661
Da Crown Land and measuring thereon 15
feet, on the South side thereof on.. udgbom Koad and measuring thereon t5 feet, on the 27 | Kast side thereuf on Hungham Inland Lot ....................................................10.64 | No. 224 and measuring thereon 50 feet and on the West side therent on Hunghem inland Lut No. 248 and measuring thereon so feet; and which said Piece or Parcel of Ground contains in the whole 750 square feet and is delineated on the plan attached to the Crown Lease thereof and is coloured red thereon and is held from the Crown for the residue of the term of 75 years from the 19th day of December, 1891, granted by a Clown Lease dated the 3rd day ai June, 1902. Annual Crown Rent $7.00.
For jurther particulars and conditions of sale, apply to
Per picut (a) 1,140
...............................@ 1,230/1,360 Oldest .........
..@ 1.3.10
Peri kest
Patoa New
Bepares New
this year... 64,018 30
Persian Panger'
+
937,935 8 ₤
•
Coals and provisions on
3
11
Office furniture imp
To
board ships and in godowas 11,886
58 10
Sundry debtors in London'
andChins, agents' balances,
freights, &c. 102,700 19. 2 Cash in London and China 15,9:6 10
1.112)
1080
Taloto
To-day's Advertisements.
TO LET.
4
Messrs. JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER, Solicitors for the Platoulls in the
above action, or to Messm. tUGHES & HOUGH, AUCLIONEUES..
Dated the 28th day of june, 1903.
[696
BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED.
£1,067,988 2 6 (DFS VIEUX ROAD), PRESENT PRAYA, | FOR AMOY, STRAITS AND RANGOON.
REVENUE ACCOUNT. Dr.
General charges and ele gramsin London and China, including directors' and au
·ditors' fees .....ombr ., Depreciation account--
N
11
On steamships, &c. ...... Income tax account ******** Interest account ............................ General reserve fund......... Balance transferred to ba- lance sheet...
L
KOWLOON,
LEVEL SITES (TURrden House fer Tennis Courts, with Wooden House for s.d.torage of Tennis Gear, &c. Rents reasonable.
Apply
JOHN. LEMM, 64. Queen's Road Central,
ver Falconer's. Hongkong, 28th June, 1905.
6,104 6 4
64.015 0 2,612 9 0 9.372 a 10,000 0
24.389 '1° 7′
126 356 3
Cr.
£
By
Balance brought forward
17
H
2. d. from 1993 apare 5,853
Net earnings of steamers
(700
CANTON DISTRICT.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 74. REMOVAL WORK AT the Cambridge Reach BARRIER, PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Dredger "CANTON RIVER" has commenced 8 work on the Northern side of the Steamer Passage through the CAMBRIDGE REACH
for the year....120,492 x 19 BARRIER, Transfer fees.name
10, 4 6
£126,356 35
W. KESWICK, Chairman. A. G. WELLS, Secretary.
THE CHINESE, EXCLUSION TREATY
Vessels approaching the Barrier should keep a careful look out for signals and slow down at a sufficient distance to prevent their wash reaching the boat at work, and proceed dead slow until well past.
On no account must a vessel pass on the Northern side of the dredger...
When A RED FLAG is hoisted on a boat of any description it indicates that high explo. sives are on board,jako
Some thoughtful Chinese, while joining in
When Two BLACK SPHERES are holated in the universal protest against the terms of the the vicinity of the Barrier it indicates that new Exclusion Treaty, have lately, suggested danger would be caused to life and property that the best and most dignified way of solving by the wash of steamers, zemeslode the difficulty would be to make the probibition owing to many reason it is unsafe for a of Chinese labourers entering the United vessel to pass the Cambridge Reach Barrier, States emanate from the Chinese Goverment A RED TRIANGULAR SHAPE 6 feet in height itself instead of from the United States. This will be hoisted on the North Beacon would then necessitate, the giving of an exact A vessel seeing this signal hoisted should interpretation as to what really constitute what on no account attempt to parz has also been suggested that while there shall are called the Chinese "labouring classes. It
J. HOWELL MAY, be a strict probibition of members of the Chi
Harbour Master. nese labouring classes entering the United States, the provisions relating to these people entering the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands ought not to be so strict –N, G. D. Nową
Approved
F.J. MAYERS,
Acting Commissioner of Customs. Custom House,
Canton, 27th June, 1908,
if
THE
HE Company's Steamship
"PALAMCOTTA," Captain Garland, will be despatched as above, en WEDNESDAY, the 5th July, at Daylight."
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Agents, Hongkong, 28th June, 1905.
*[698 NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
TP.&O. 5. N. Co.'s Steamer
"CHUSAN,"
- FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND
STRAITS. Consignees of Cargo by the above-natned vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed as their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.
This vessel brings on Cargo :- From London, &c, er S.S. China. From Persian Gulf, ex B.1.S.N., and B. & P.
S. N. Co.'s Steamers.
Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions are given to the contrary before II AM, TO-DAY.
Goods not cleared by the 4th proximo, at 4 P.M., will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in any case whatever."
Godowns for examination by the Consignees Damaged Packages must be left in the and the Company's representative at as appointed hours per d
All Claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here after which date they cannot be recognised. Wyv
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godownsa
LS LEWIS,- Acting Superintendent,
[697
Hongkong, 28th June,
(a
Our new
TIFFIN ROOMS.
The only place of its kind in Hongkong.
A VERITABLE VAIRY LAND,
REAL GERMAN FASS BEER ON
DRAUGHT.·
Entrance-
No. 15, WYNDHAM STREET. Hongkong, 22nd April, 1905.
THE POPULAR
SCOTCH
"BLACK&WHITE"
JAMES BUCHANAN & CO. SCOTCH WHISKY JUSTILERS, By Appotimum to
FM. THE KING
HRH the PRINCE OF WALES
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Supplied at all the LEADING CLUBS and HOTELS, and to be obtained from the principal Stores.
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