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Intimation.

Powell's

ALEXANDRA

BUILDING'S.

DIRECT IMPORTERS

BABY

CARRIAGES

Special Lines in

TROLLEY

CARS

Dainty Upholstered

CHILDREN'S

COTS

CANOPIES,

RUGS

and

SUNDRIES

WM. POWELL,

LTD.,

HONGKONG.

Hongkong, 3rd August, 1937.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY AUGUST 6 1907.

Public Companies.

HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, 'LIMITED... NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

HE EIGHTY SECOND ORDINARY TALF-YEARLY MEETING or SHAREHOLDERS is the Company will be held at the Office of the Company, Hotel. Mansions, on TUESDAY, the 13th August, at 12 o'clock, Noon, for the purpose of receiv ing a Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts, declaring a Dividend, confirming the appointment of Directors and electing Directors and Auditor,tale

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company, will be CLOSED from the 31st July to izib. August, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

W. E CLARKE,

Secretary,

Hongkong, zzud July, 1907,

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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION,

NOTICE

TOTİCE is hereby g'ven that the. URDIN- ARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS, in this Corporation will be held at the City lal', Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 17th day of August, 1907, al Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to the 30th June, 1907.

By Order of the Court of Directors,

J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager.

1705

Auctions

PUBLIC AUCTION. THE Undersigned bave received instructions from the Hon. Tha Harbour Master. ·

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION, TO-MURROW.

the 7th August, 1957, at in alts as Causeway" Bay on the Spot,

The Wreck of the Bieamer

"KWEI-LUM ;" ALSO

ONE STONE JUNK.- (Both lying at Causeway Bay), TERRI :-As venal,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Government Auctioneers.

(702 Hongkong, 6th August, 1907.

PUBLIC AUCTION. THE Undersigned hat received instructions

lo sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION,

FRIDAY and SATURDAY, the oil and roth August, 1957, commencing

EACH DAY at 2.30 P.M., as the

*** HOTEL BALTIMORE, Wyndham Street,

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),.'・・

THE WHOLE OF THE VALUABLE FURNITURE, CONTAINED THEREIN,

Comprising i- Hongkong, 31st July, 1967.

Very Finely CARVED TEAK SIDE. BOARD with BEVELLED MIRRORS, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK DINNER WAGGONS, TABLES, LEA

ING CORPORATION.

NISTER HARES of the Corpora is hereby given that the RE Lion will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, the

6th, in the 17th day of August, 1907, (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered.

By Order of the Court of Directors, J. K. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager.. longkong, 31st July, 1907,

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HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK

- COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

THE

THE ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held in the Offices of the Company, Queen's Buildings, Connaught Road, on MONDAY, 19th August, at 12 o'clock, Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Batemant of Accounts to the 30th June, 1907.

THER COVERED DINING CHAIRS, ELECTRO PLATE and GLASSWARE;

ZUL JAPANESE AFY

INCREASING. THE BURDEN OF ARMAMENTS

The Japanese Navy will be increased by two farge and powerful banidships within a few year. One has been ordered to be bullt at Yokosuka and the oiler at Kure. The ship ordered from Yokosuka will be of 20,800 tons, 20,000 barse power, with a speed of so knots, her arcisment consisting of 10-124inch, 1215-cm, quick-firing and 24 27 mm. gas, foot submarged torpedo-tabts and four aliove water. The cost is estimated at inte over Y:9,000,000. This vessel will surpass in power the British Dreadnought, which is now regarded as the s rongest warship afinat: The Japanese battleship will have ten z-inch guas against six on the Dreadnought, and will be 'n speedier vessel. The new battleship will be stated on early next year upon the completion of heavy, crane, which is now being constructed on the slip on which the Sufimma was built.

THE MYSTERIOUS BOECK?

ASPIRED TO RULE CHINA..

The New York Herold says:-To rule the young Emperor of China, to give Government Concessions worth scores of millions of dollars to a half dozia American capitalists, and make himself one of the world's wealthiest men--such was the scheme of J. Edward Borck, missing soldier of fortune, as revealed by himself to one of his intimate friends..

And despite the fact that he is now under indictmeatforstealing several hundred thousand dollars' worth of jewellery from Maiden Lane dealers it is openly hinted that he never will Single and Double BRASS-MOUNTED be prosecuted, that the losses to the jewellers BEDSTEADS, Fine TEAK WARDROBES will be repaid by the wealthy men back of him, with HEVELLED MIRROS, DRES: ING and that his amazing scheme for the exploit TABLES with BEVELLED MIRRORS, tion of the Celestial Empire will be put MARBLE-TOP WASHSTAND TOILET thugh. SETS, LACE CURTAINS, LEATHER COVERED SUITES, CARPETS, RUGS, &c., &c. j.

Papers in the safe in Boeck's office are said to contain complete details of the startling Some Fisely CARVED CANTON BLACK-programme and efforts will be made by power. WOODWARE, JAPANESE SILK EM-ul-luences to prevent these records from be BROIDERED SCREENS and WALL comity public: HANGINGS, and CABINETS:

ALSO' One COTTAGE PIANO by "Challens & Soo," 'One

Do. by" Neumeyer & Co. TERNE-As usual, Catalogues will be issued.

On view from Thursday, the 8th August, 1907.

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer..

Hongkong, 2nd August, 1907.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

1916

The complete record of Boeck's career-from the time, soven years ago, when he was a car tracer at $40 a month, to the day of his disap pearance, on May to reads more like a romance of long ago than the accurate story of a man of the present day,

Why when he had millions in sight, when be could have obtained a million for any pur pose he might same, he should take a few hundred thousand dollars worth of jewels and

: is incomprehensible to his friends,

None of bis Iriends or his victims believas

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company THE Undersigned have received instructions Boeck is more than a dozen miles away from

will be CLOSED from the 5th to the 19th. August, both days inclusive,

By Order of the Board of Directors,

THOS. 1. ROSE, Secretary.

Hongkong, 29th July, 1907.

NOTICE,

(698

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY,

LIMITED.

HAREHOLDERS are reminded that

SHARE rate of 12 % per annum is

payable on overdue cells,

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,

General Managers,

Hongkong, 1st August, 19 3.

1713

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, LIMITED.

N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Bo' centa

A per Share for the Six Months ending

30th June, 197, will be payable on the 17th August, on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the Com- pany's Uffice.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 14th to the 17th August, both days inclusive.

SHEWAN, TOWES & CO., General Managers, Pongkang, 1st August, 197

Intimations.

[714

PABST BREWING COMPANY, MILWAUKEE

FRESH SUPPLIES ALWAYS KEPT IN STOCK

SIEM SEN & Co.,

Agents for

HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA. Hongkong, 29th July, 1907.

THE

COLD STORAGE

[sa

HE HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LTD, have.bo# 40,000 Cubic feet of COLD STORAGE available at HAST POINT. Stores will be Open at lo's M. and 4 F.3 daily, Sunday excepted, to receive and deliver perishable goods.

WM. PARLANE,'

Madager.

anglong, 12wd inue, 1009.

2.18.

CURES

"MEN & WOMEN".

·BHI C is a non-psisakomy Frinedy for any unnalųra] discharge and indemmation, Irritation or ateemilon, of mueses membranes. P'zinies Edisaranteed not to strictarre La Preventa contagion.

Clients† mlatief DA FORUDEL)!

AMANSTALTERNS IN 4tku Brača Cléssel O

ONCINNATI, O

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

ON THURSDAY,

the 15th August, 1907, at L'AM, at No 1,

Reclamation Street; Yaumai,',

ONE MARINE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE

New York City. All ridicule the suggestion that he has gone to China or to aby other foreign country. They fully believe he will roappear in New York within a short time, that all his lessor will:be paid and that he will not be pronepted.

Vtwas to a man from whom he had borrowed thousands of dollars and from whòm ha ex- pected to borrow still more, that Boeck cold scheme for the

sin. by 141. by 40în --27 Stroke-180 lbs. the details of hin

pressore. Built in 1903,

AND

ONE THURST BLOCK and SHAFT. TERMS As Usual.

HUGHES, & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkang, 261 July, 1907.

For Sale.

[691

F. BLACKHEAD & CO., SHIP-CHANDLERS, SAILMAKERS COAL AND PROVISION MER- CHANTS, NAVAL CONTRACTORS, AND GENERAL COMMISSON

AGENTS, GROUND FLOOR,

ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, HONGKONG, SOAP AND SODA MANUFACTURERS.

SOLE AGBnts for

H COMPOSITION REI

ARTMANN'S RAHTIEN'S GENUINE HAND BRAND, HARTMANN GREY PAINT DAIMLER'S PATENT MOTOR LAUNCHES,

&C. &C.

Sole Agents for FERGUSON'S SPECIAL CREAM and

&C.

P. &. O, SPECIAL LIQUER SCOTCH: WHISKY, &c..

EVERY KIND OF. SH'F'S STORES AND REQUISITES- ALWAYS IN STOCK AT

REASONABLE PRICES, Hongkong, 7th March, 1907.

granting of Chinese concessions. In a nutshell, he said, be had the young Emperor of China "in the palm of his hand," and that he would go to China, bo the power behind the Emperor and run things'virtually as he pleased.!

Intimations.

Consignees.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. THE P. & D. S. N. Co.'s Steainer

“FALĦA,”.

THE,WORBIED WOMEN. They say men mast work and women musi. weep; but alas, in this too busy world women. often have to work and weep at the same time,

FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA, Their holidays are too few and their work

PORT SAID, SUEZ AND STRAITS. heavy and monotonous. It makes thèm nervous and irritable: The depresset and Consignees of Cargo by the above-named worried woman loses her appetne and grows easel are hereby informed that their Goods are this and feeble. Once in a while she has spellscing landed and placed of their rith in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown of palpitation and has to lie up for a day two. Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each If some disease like.influenza or malarial fever:consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark, happens to prevail she is almost contain to have and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Optional Goods will be tanded here unless. an attack of it, and that often paves the way for Goods are landed chronic troubles of the throat, lungs and other

6 hours, organs; and there is no saying what the endinstructions are given to the contrary before Goods noi cleared by the 8th instal may be. Let the tired and prerinden woman rest as much as possible; and, ab ve all; place will be subject to reat int her command a‹boille of ".

WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION

No Fire Insurance will be affected by me in any case whatevers:

Damaged Packages must be in the In true and sure remedy for the,ills and maladies

of women. It is pulstable as honey and con-Godowns for examination by the Consiguea's tains all the nutritive and curative properties of and the Company's representative at an ap Pure Cod Liver Oil, combined with the Com-pointed hour. pag

All chim must be pratented within cơn daun pound Byrup, of Hypophosphites and the of the state's arrival høre affery valet dare Extracts of Malt and Wild Cherry. Search the they cannot be recognised. world over and you will find nothing to equal it. Taken before meals it improves the nutrithave left the Godowns. tive value of ordinary foods by making them easier to assimilate, and has carried hope and good cheer into thousands of darkened homes

is effective from the first dose, and probably one bottle is all you may need. It is absolutely. reliable and effective in Blood' 'Impurities, Nervous Dyspepsia, Wasting Conditions, Melancholy, Chlorosis, Impaired Nutrition, Scrafula, Low Vitality, and all troubles of the Throat and Lungs. Dr. E. J. Boyes says: "[ have found it a preparation of great merit. in a recent case a patient gained nearly twenty pounds in, two months' trentment, in which it was the principal remedin, agent. It carries the guarantee of reliability and cannot fail or disappoint you. Why accept a substitute? Sold by all chemists.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER. CORPS. ,、','

COMPANY with a DETACHMENT of it proposed in form an INFANTRY CYCLISTS. All who are desirous of joining are requested to apply personally at Volanteer Headquarters morning or afternoon.

A. J. THOMPSON, Captajn, Staff Officer 14:K.V.C. Hongkong, 26th July, 1907.

THE

1690

A PROVIDENT LOAN AND

MORTGAGE CO., LD.

$1,000,000.)

(CAPITAL PAID UP......

Undertakes and Execuies

THE OFFICE OF

TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c., 800,

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co,

General Managers,

Hongkong, 32nd May, 1007.

GRAND OPENING

ARTS EXHIBITION.

FOR A SHORT SEASON ONLY

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE » ANTON' NAM KEUNG PUBLIC

COLLEGE,

there will be opened to the public at 37. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL (three doors above Supreme Cour),

ANCIENT ARMOUR and IMPLEMENTS OF WAR, FRENCH and VENETIAN WARES, Beautiful Articles of Decorative Furniture including a Bedroom Buite in Cry stal and a Handsome Roman Chair from the Vatican, Rare Curios, Bic-a-Bracs, Hronzes and other specimes of Vertu collected by con. noisseurs in Art from many parts of the world to the order of the Exhibitors.

llis associates, be declared, were men whose names are well known in the realms of high finance and who.slood ready to advance to him any amount of money necessary for his pro- gramme. They were to build railroads, get mining concessions and to do government

WEDNESDAY, 15th May, 1957, work, which would net them at least $100,000,000.

A GRAND EXHIBITION OF To begin they were to operate a steamship line

EXQUISITE ART TREASURES, between New York and Shanghai. Boeck bad

Comprising:- paully completed the plans for the line, and,

PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES. CARY- according to his statements, was to receive INGS, TAPESTRY, ARTISTIC MARBLE Sismoa, as well as a large interest in the comand BRONZE BUSTS and S'ATUARY, pacy's stock for his work of organisation.

That Hoeck had a personal acquaintance with the youthful Emperor of China was well known among certain financiers. It was known to them also that he had met the Empress and dined with her, and that the thought well of him. 11, was an established fact also that this remark- áble soldier by fortune was on intimate terms with many of the most influential men in the Chinese Empire early in 1933 just after he arrived in China with a consignment of goods from the American Association of Manufactur ers, and spent much time with him from the moment he was presented to him. According to his own statement he and the Emperor became intimate friends, and the ostensible `ruler readily agreed to co-operate in a scheme proposed by Boeck, granting concessions of almost inestimable value to Americans.

Bor, it was said by Boeck, the aged Empress frowand on the proposal and, her power being greater than that of her son, the scheme bad to be, temporarily abandoned. It was Boeck's plan return to China this year to renew his [45 association with the Emperor. With the Em- peror on the throne, he expected to run things

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, "about as be pleased, ·

LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Casks of 375 Bor, nei $4.50 per Cak ex Factory.

(61

In Bags of go by, net 52.70 per Bag ex Factory. SHEWAN, TOMES &.Co. General Managers Hongkong, and Üçjohar, vonó,

NOTICE..

Wealthy New York men to whom he sub- mitted his scheme were convinced, that all Boeck said was true, and they expected in resp a golden harvest from co-operating with him.

For obtaining one concertion alone, Boeck had told some his acquaintances, he expected: to get $10,000,000.

The jewellery business, which be did with a few,select customers, is anid to have been only · 'incidental with him. It netted kim approxi mately $53,000 a year, but from other ventures fabe derived a múch farger Income. Up to a few months aga he was purchasing agent for: the Imperial Government, and from the buying f copper alons he is said to have made up- wards of $150,000. He also bought steel, am munition, gons and other supplies and on all his purchases he received a generous commis sion. At one time, about a year aga ka show. od two of his acquaintances a letter of credit from the Chinese Government, made out fó ́TH. "him personally for $1,530,000k

THE Pablic are hereby informed that no THE

change has been made in the Rates of Subscription to the longhong. Telegraph and they are warned against paying morn than TEN CENTS (10C1s.) per Singla, Copy,

THE MANAGER, Hongkong Zikgraph Co, Let |{{•nghong, toth Kaytems her

A nominal fen of FIFTY CENTS will be

charged for admission, the net proceeds of which will be devoted to the Educationa! Funds of the CANTON NAW-KEUNG PUBLIC

COLLEGE.

Doors opened.from 12,000 to 5 P.M., and 7 to 10 P.M.

Tickets may be had at Entrance.

...Adults .....

Children Soldiers in uniform...

Bonging, 14th June, song,

25 cents,

T. II. TAI,

Manager.

A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. This is theageul trucat bambezperknent, when all nature, su to speak, is ransarked by the arjen«- telor the comfort and bapp.pest tiĒraku. Belones kus indeed inulo giant strides durlag the part centory, and among tho-by no means least im partant-discovertes in medicine comer that of

THERAPION.

This preparation is unquestionably one of the most genaise and reliable Patent Medicinos ever jatr duced, and has, we understand, been used in this Continental Hospital by Ricord, Stosten, Jokert, Velpens, Maisonneuve, the well-known Ckuscalg• fac, and inded by all why are regarded as muc

it in such matters, including the celebrated kal mend, and Moun, by whom it was somer tigan since uniformly adopted, and that it is wurdby the attention of those who regaira such a remedy wo this is no doubt. From the timas Aristotle downwards, a polent agent in the removal of The dashes (like the Esmod philosopher's stose) bose the object of search of seras hopeful, Kresloda ; and for laeyond the mere pow

sach could ever havelagen lace exted and tran -musing the baser metals into polisurely the dis

covery of a remofyao potent autoryfen'slo full- Ingl Kof 1 tbs confimed rouf in the one camp and in the otherso effactually, speedily and safely to expel from the system without the ald, or, even the knowledge, ada ancɑnd garty, the poisons of agwireder inherited di zato le all ther piwlean. formant to leave no taintay trære behind, Guch is - THE_NEW_FRENCH (REMEDY

THERAPION

which may certainly rank with, if not taka punce dence of, many of the discoveries ofour day, almost schieh na little ostmatation på motta kava bean made, and the ustanova naşi –

mand that has been crusted ChildrenvİNELY TO MAat»-

avec introduced appeare to prova ihad it fa:deen tland to cast Ento oblivion, all these questionable oedipe that were formerly the sale sallance of "ritimcipal chamlats and marchants throughout the #yoould,—Diament Fields Advertiser, Kocksta¥«; ́Hold by'all ChFCRISTY

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