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Intimation.

Powell's

ALEXANDRA

BUILDINGS!

FOR THE RACES.

SMART

COSTUMES,

Light Tweeds,

Cream Serges, &c.

COATS,

Cream Alpacaа

and Serge,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY

Intimations.

Messrs KA J. CHO-

TIRMALL & Co.,

04. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

LATE No. 8,,

A

QUILAR, STREET

FRESH CONSIGNMENT OF

GRASS CLOTH,

AND

A VARIETY OF

LADIES' EMBROIDERIED,

DRESSES.

ALBO

AN ASSORTMENT OF

MALTESE SILK LACE and

COLLARS," &c,

INDIAN RUG 8.

AND ALSO

A VARIETY OF

SILKS,

Hongkong, 28th January, 1907.

PUBLIC HOLIDAY.

IMFTRAGEDY“

DUR

THE NEW"ACT AND ITS PROVISIONS,

idas

by the change

LTY HALL

THE

FONGKONG AMATEUR DRAMATIO

MOTHERS SHOULD KNOW FAMILY DEVOURED BY, SEQUIMAUX-

arljament, «lsit” session, prepared "for" the hertroubles with Ination & Now Year's gift in the shape of a new "want' of proper nourishu That good old batter with ice andzicebergs); Critnevi. This new crime is set out in the Praven--Now-a-days they call this: co the Harmony, is back in the London Locks -tion of Cerruption Act, 1905, which is appolat] }, learned name of Anemia.); But.. again, having provisioned the Moravian hued to come into operation to-day (ist Jan) no facts There are thousands of girle of this Ho sion stations on the coast of bleak Labrador, Judges, chamber of commerce, and manus kind anywhere-bölween childhood and young Much of her early work was done as the facturers who desire to conduct business onladyhood. Disease, finds most of its victims Lorna Drone. Then, under command of it strictly bonest lines have for the past ten years among them. They are too weak and frail to late Capt. Wiggins, she traded in those boon imploring the Government of the day to resist. Some of them are passing through the. almost inaccessible seas with separate Northern pass the measure which has at last become law mysterious changes which lead up to maturity Russia from the Pole in her time she has For bribes and secret commission are held and need aspecial watchfulness and carei Alas carried fortunes in skiar, oils, and minemli.

have been making honest trading more and how many break down at this critical period Through stress of weather she missed gairmore difficult. The Chamber of Commerce the story of such losses is the saddest in the declared some years ago, after full inquiry, that history at home The proper treatment might ting her crew back in time for Christmas in secret commissions in various forms are the old country, and yesterday the lay, fresh from her real Arctic experiences, in the semi prevalent in almost all trades and profession, Arctic regions of dockland. The steel ice The London Chamber of Commerce, conduct cutters which still protected the bows of the g an investigation on its own. account, found famous old ship made our weather look more doctors, undertakers, stewards, foremen, and that architects, engineers, lawyers, chemists," formidable than it actually was-yesterday..

workmen and clerks in every kind and sort of trade and industry, and servants employed by hospitals, work-houses, and other institutions were all tarred with the same brashy

FOODSTUFFS AND. BRIDES. The Harmony combines romance with busi ness. In addition to the tons of foodstuffs she took out to the missionary stations, she carried two prospective brides. One of them found all happiness awaiting, her; the other, on her arrival at Okkak, was discovered to be so affected by pulmonary trouble that it was cor sidered desirable to land her and leave her um der medical treatment before the ship want on to Kilinck, the new missionary station on the northern coast of Labrador, where the bride groom was awaiting her.

The disappointed laver must have endured an anxious vigil before learning that she, had leff the ship. The Harmony hove in sight of Killinek, and then found her way to the harbour [43 barred by ice. For 14 days she battled' with the flees, scarcely able to make any headway, before she was able to communicate with the shores, and then another 18 days passed ere the vessel could discharge her cargo...

ENERGETIC MEASURES,"

Oog body of mea, however, cau decidedly claim that an improved state of things n exists. The Bishop of London, speaking of Lord Russell of Killowen's Bill on the subject of commercial corruption, which was before the House of Lords in 1899, reminded his audience that there had bean a time when the occupants of the Judicial Bench received gratuities from the parties before shem. A however, they took from both sides, and then tried the case upon its merits, be supposed that little harm was done. Que trembles to con. template the probable fate of the man who tried to bribe an English judge at the present day,

The new Act deals, with the growing evil of commercial corruption in a very drastic way. Henceforth, if any person employed by or act. ing for another-that is to say, any agent--"cor- ruptly accepts or obtains, or agrees to accept One exc ting incident of her round of the telf or for any other person, any gift or con- or attempts to obtain, from any person; for himi missionary Stations was the pursuit of the Roosevelt, the ship in which Lieut. Peary has sideration as as inducement or reward for de-. reached Farthest North." When the Harpg or forbearing to do, or for having after the mony touched at Killinck on the return trip, a passing of this Act done er forbome to do, cloud of smoke, no bigger than a man's hand, any act'ia relation to bis principal's affairs or WITH

7ITH reference to the visit of H.R.H. raised, the curiosity of the crew, and on getting business, or for showing or forbearing to show

THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT,

favour or disfavour to any person'in relation to sion to the Stands erected in the Connaught on his way back to civilisation. He had been Road, and those erected in the Square to view supplied with provisions from the missionary the UNVEILING CEREMONY may be obtained station, and was evidently in a bad way, so the on application to the Undarsigned..

Harmony, aided by her auxiliary steam, chased the explorer to Hopedale, trusting to be of

IN accordance with Government Notification IN accordance with Government Noiifcation

be CLOSED for the Traninction of Public Business TO-MORROW, the 6th instant.

Hongkong, sth February, 1007:

NOTICE..

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PURSUING LIEUT. REARY,

have saved most of these household treasures,

if the mothers had only known of

CLUBSA will present

A FARCICAL COMEDY.

ENTITLED STON

*FACING THE. MUBIO,”

by'

CHARLES HENRY DARNLEY,

"NO

15th February, 1907.

FRIDAY, SATURDAY, 461h ¤ MONDAY, 8th

at g P.M

*Prices vers 1836 $2 and $5. Sallors and Soldiers in uniform háll-price to

Looking Office o

open on and cation MONDAY other path. Booking Office at the ROBINSON PIANO CO, February, 1907, at 10 AM.

Dongkong, 4th February, 1907,

To Let.

TO LET.

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7. WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION, Land give it to their daughters, they would have palatable ns. honey and contains all the nutritive grown to be strong and healthy women. It is and curative properties of Pufe Cod Liver Oil, extracted by us from fresh cod livers, combined with the Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites and the Extracts of Malt and Wild Cherry: - In building up pale, puny, emaciated children; Scrofula, Rickets, and Bone and Blood diseases, particularly; "those troubled within Anemia,

nothing equals it; its tonic qualities are of the highest order. A Medical Institution says: children for coughs, colds and inflammation, *We have used your preparation in treatingMMEDIATELY the capacious premis on the Ground Floor of Nó..», PEDDER its application bas never failed as in any case HARRIS KEENEY CO., LTD.

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even: the most aggravated.. bordaring woh oniapacum. The children like it, and it builds up their bodies; many little children owe their lives to it.". The more it is used the less will

age. It is both a food and a medicine,+- be the ravages of disease from infancy to old

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From 1st March, 1997.

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HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED,

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

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COMPRADORE DEPARTMENT, *E. D. SASSOON & Cof Henakang, 31st Januáry, 1907.

TO LET.

NO.6, PEDDAR'S HILL, comprising of from est. proximo.

THE EIGHTYLLAS MEBRING OF N Rooms with Out-houses, occupation

HALF-YEARLY

SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Office of the Company, Hotel

Notice is hereby given that Tickets for Admis..to shore they learned that Peary has just left his principal's affairs or business," ha will ren- Mansions, on TUESDAY, the 11th Febniary, ROAD 'including a Strong Room and Servant-

It is requested that people intending to. Tussore, Silk, &c. occupy Verandahs which command a view of the Ceremonies, will not apply for Tickets as if they obtain Tickets and do not occupy the Seats allotted, others who may wish to be en the spot may thereby be debarred from right

MILLINERY,

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from

LONDON &"PARIS.

OSTRICH

FEATHER

BOAS,

White, Grey, Black.

DAINTY

BLOUSES.

GLOVES,

FOOTWEAR,

SUNSHADES,

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

MODERATE PRICES,

POWELL, Lid.,

HONGKONG.

Hoogkong, stst January, 1907,

of attendance,

some assistance to him.

Here, again, the smoke of the fauriel of the Arctic ship silhouetted the horizon as the Har- moay came up, and though the pursuit was

der himself liable to Triprisonment up to two years, or a fine up to £550,

Also, the Act metes out equal punishment to him that gives as well as to him that takes such a "gift or consideration,"

Tickets for Chinese have been handed to the continued to St. John's, Newfoundland, Licut and punishable as criminal offences, Some

Chinese Reception Sub-Committee.

By Order,

T. F. HOUGH,

Hon. Secretary,

Reception Committee. Hongkong, 2nd February, 1907. [19

NOTICE.

VISIT OF A. R. H.THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT

Peary contrived to keep a por ahead of his

would-be friends.

A CRUESOME TRAGEDY,

In addition to a most valuable cargo of furs, ails, and other products of Labrador which the Harmony has brought into London Docks, she is the bearer of details of a most horrible tra gedy amongst the Labrador settlers,

NO SECRET COMMISSIONS.

bribes and secret commissions given or taken Being translated, this provision means that in the course of business are henceforth illegal times, again, a falso receipt is made out, the difference between the amount there shown and the real sum being diverted into the pockets of the agent by way of a bribe:~This particular form of dishonesty, also, is rendered punishable by the new Act.

at ra q'clock, Noon, for the purpose of receiving a Report of the Directors together with la Statement of Accounts, declaring a Dividend, confirming the appointment of a Director and electing Auditors,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company. will be CLOSED from the 30th January to the 12th February, both days inclusive.

'By Order of the Board of Directors,

* ́`W. E CLARKE,

Secretary.

NOTICE

GROUND FLOOR ¿f1Ño 4,,Des Vœux

Quarter,

ROOMS on Second Floor of Victoria Balldi." ing, No. 5, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL." myrapply to-

DAVID SASSOON & CO., LD. Hongkong, 4th February, 1907, - [197

Nos.

Hongkong, 21st January, 1907.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION,

OTICE is hereby given that the ORDIN. ARY HALF-YEARLY, MEETING OF Henceforth, therefore, it will be a criminal, THE SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation. offence for an enterprising but unscrupulous will be held at the City Hall, Hongkong, op at Noon, for the purpose of receiving, the SATURDAY, the 16th day of February, 1997. Report of the Court of Directors together with 2 to find fault with the materials supplied. The a Biatement of Accounts to 3nt December, buyer, also, who demands a secret commission | 1906.

To attend the Easter festivities at the Hope-firm to try to cut out an honest rival by bribing dale station about 14 settlers and members of the manager or foremen of the latter's customer their families set out from Davis Inlet. Each party had its own sledges and logs to cover the Sa mile journey. Some distance.out they were ALL TICKETS for Assisted there the enveloped in a terrible blizzard. Only It panies

STANDS having been NO MORE AVAILABLE.

By Order,

T. F. HOUGH, :

Hon. Secretary.

Hongkong, 4th February, 1907,

NOTICE.

are

got safely through to take part in the services. Of the others it was ascertained that a family named. Lane, unable to face the storm any longer, took shelter in a wood. Here'utent was erected, and Lane, one of the oldest set- 190lers in the island, an his family, awaited the Cessation of the tempest. The rest of the stary has to be reconstituted from circumstantial evidence.

After a few days Lane's dogs turned up at Davis Inlet blood-stained and gorged. It is the powritten law that any of these savage Esquimaux dogs which has tasted human blood mast die, and suspicions were so over whelming against Lane's pack that one was killed and a man's ear was found in bis stomach! The rest were promptly slaughtered

THE SEQUEL.

as the price of orders from his firm will te By Order of the Court of Directors, future do so at his peril. The butler and the cook and the steward, again, will have to be careful lest they find themselves in the dock by the side of the tradesman who pays them a commission and supplies the household with goods deficient in quantity or quality at a first- class price. It is even possible that to give a railway guard a shilling to put a third-class passenger into a first-class compartment would be an offence under the Act.

J. R. M. SMITH, ; Chief Manageri Hongkong, 19th January, 1907. [173

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI, BANK, ING CORPORATION,

TIPPING NOT CORRUFT.

To give a porter or a waiter a tip, however, insurance agents, and others, part of whose re is still quite legitimate ; and bankers, solicitors, muneration is paid by commissies, are also safe enough; for one of these transactions.are corrupt in the sense of the Act. It is only the transaction that is "corruptly entered into that is punishable. In other words, "there must be a dishonest motive. `·

*

7ITH reference to the visit of H. R. H. W THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, notice is hereby given that TRAFFIC WILL ENTIRELY SUSPENDED along the route from GOVERNMENT HOUSE to the SQUARE, and all entrances to the SQUARE BLOCKED, at II A.M. TO-MORROW, the 6th instant. Spectators of the Unveiling Ceremony are accordingly warned to be in their sexts before that hour." Here the matter rested for the time. It was Th Act is careful to make provision against

F. J. BADELEY,

generally accepted, that Lane and his com- the machinery of the criminal law being put panions bad perished. Confirmation of the │into' motion for an insufficient reason, It is Capt. Supt. of Police.

fact, however, and the horrible nature of their accordingly made a necessary preliminary to Honkong, 5th February, 1907 - [198 deaths was forthcoming last July, when some the institution of a prosecution for an offence Newfoundland fishermen exploring the country under the Act that the sanction of the Attorsey Around Davis Inlet came upon the tent stretch-General or the Solicitor-General shall be ob ed in the wood and some, goawed homap tained. remains in it,

THE HONGKONG STUDIO,

HIGHER CLASS PHOTOGRAINER, 41 43, QUEEN's Road CentHAL, TOP FLOOR.

1

The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1906, will An almost similar tragedy occurred' within. | come as a boon and a blessing to all who are sight of the Aebroń missionary station. A concerned in any branch of commerce or tin. women slipped and fell to the ground and was dustry where delegation of authority is neces- killed by her sledge dogs before helpers could | iary. arrive to beat them off. One of these vicious

PORTRAITS, GROUPS and ENLAR- Esquimaux dogs was brought home on board

COPYING in all Sires.

LARGE SELECTION OF VIEWS ALWAYS

ON HAND..!

PRICE VERY MODERATE. Hongkong, 15th September, 1993.

AN APPEAL..

[ss

THE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN CONVENT, CAINE ROAD, begs most respectfully to APPEAL to the Residents of Hongkong and the Coast Ports, for their kind patronage and support, and desires to safe that "she will be pleased to receive orders for all kinds

of NEEDLE WORK,

"Gentlemen's Shirts,made to order, and Caffs and Collars renewed on old ones.

Ladies and Children's Under-clothing, Cost dren's Dresses, and all kinds of Embroidery,

Materials can be supplied, if required

The Superioress will also be most gratefis for way PAPER, of old ENVELOPES to be made

ato Books for the Children of the Fear Schools dwho are tasght by the Slyters, (33°) « Frängkong, rand' April, 1891.

|

the Harmony...

Amongst the passengers on the missionary GREEN

supply ship was Prof, Bernhardt "Hautzsch who was charged by the King of Saxony with

a mission to study bird life in Labrador. He has brought back, with him 48 specimens that are believed to be new to European scientists.

CANADA'S ASPIRATIONS:

For Sale.

ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY,

LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Casks of 375 thự, net $4.50 per Cask ex Factory.

the"

N GISTER OF SHARES of the Corpora tion will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the 4th, to the 15th day of February, 1907, (both days inclusiva), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered.

By Order of the Court of Directors,'

J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Manageri Hongkong, 29th January, 1907.

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HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LIMITED, THE

TO LET.

(OS, 4 and 16, LEIGHTON HILL ROAD.

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HONGKONG & KOWLOON LAND & LOAN CO, LTD.,

No. 8, Queen's Road West. Hongkong, 22nd January, 1907.

TO BE LET.›.

ND FLOOR, No. 13, CAINE ROAD.

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SIN TAK FAN, Hongkong, 19th January, 1907. [137

.TO LET.

FOUR ROOMED HOUSES at PRAYA

EAST, near East Point,

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7

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.

·· Hongkong, and January, 1907% -178

TO LET.

EUROPEAN SHOPS. Det bestond

GODOWNS. (suitable. for Dry, Goods: Storage), at No, 14, Des Voeux Road Central, (formerly occupied by Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co.

Apply to-

HỜ TUNG Compradors Depanment,

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hongkong, 26th September, 1906,

TO LET.

'HE TWENTY-SIXTH ORDINARY

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the General Managers, at 11.30 AM, n MON. DAY, 18th February, to receive a statement of the Company's Accounts ta 31st December, THE Remises known as No.199, Waxchai ROAD, now accupied by Messrs. Macdonald 1906, and the Report of the General Managers | & Co.'s Engineering Works. Possession, rst will be CLOSED from the 8th to the 18th. Apply in

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company February, 107. February, both days inclusive.

r188

“JARDINE, MATHESON & Col· General Managers. Hongkong, 2nd February, 1907,

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED;

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

THE SHAREHOLDERS will be holdin ORDINARY YEARLY MEETI}O

:the Offices of the Company, Queen's Buildings, New Praya, on MONDAY, the 25th February, 1907, at ra'o'clock Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts to the gist December, | 1936

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 11th to the 25th

By Order of the Board of Directors,

THOS I ROSE, Secretary, Hongkong, zat February” 1907,

One of the things that have impressed those who accompanied this latest trip to bleak Lab In Bags of ago lbs. net $2.70 per Bag February, both days inclusive. rador is the effort made by Canada to get a footing in the island of Killinek. Last year the Newfoundland flag was formally planted there by, Sir William Macgregor, but the Ad- venturer, a vessel chartered by the Canadian Government, has alto paid á visit and landed 50 tons of coal, it is alleged for the Arctic, ́a vessel that took part in the South Pole Ex- pedition, but which had not arrived up to the time the Harmony left, and was not expected

148

ex Factory, SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,

General Managers: Hongkong, and October, 1906.

TUBORG BEER. Aguaranteed free from Salicylic Acid, and FIRST. #Class PILSENER BEER any other Chemicals.

This little attention is regarded locally as a prelude to Canada claiming rights over the or 6 doz. pinta, 3. islands. It is an important piece of political

nows which is not without valute now that the.

Pexternal relations of Newfoundland are a matter-

of diplomatic interval-Morning Leader,

PRICE $10.50 per case of 48 bottles' (qpirts)

Special Prices for Quantities.

Sole Agenta

SIEMSSEN &.A ongkong, roth January, 3905.

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--WHOLESALE and Retail DEALERS,

in all kinds of

·APANESE FINE ART CURIOS, TEA

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At Moderata Prices.

Orders Prompily Executed.

ARSENAL STREET,

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alth April, 1906,

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