1907-10-25 — Page 3

Entimation.

WM. POWELL,

LTD., ALEXANDRA

BUILDINGS.

AUTUMN 1907.

Our First

Important Show Days.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29th, and following days.

JACKETS,

ULSTERS,

COATS

and

SKIRTS.

SHIRTS,

BLOUSES, GOLFERS.

Special

Attractive

Show.

ROBES, WRAPS, MILLINERY.

GLOVES,

HOSIERY,

FURS.

WM. POWELL,

LTD.,

HONGKONG.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY OCTOBER 25 1007.

Hotel. KING EDWARD

HOTEL

A HIGH CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL."

1.ADIES AFTERnoon Tea-KooMS. PRIVATE BAR and BILLIARD-ROOMS, HOT and COLD WATER throughout. ELECTRICALLY LIGHTED. ELECTRIC FANS

(if required).

ELECTRIC PASSENGER ELEVATOR: to each

Joor.

TABLE D'HOTE at separato tables. For Terms, &c. apply to the-

MANAGER

Hongkone, 4th Dařember, cond.

For Sale.

THE PHILIPPINE"ASSEMBLY:

"SPANISH PRESS OPINIONEER

The messages of the Secretary of War and the Governor-General to the Philippine. Legis- Inture" have incited considerable comment in the columns of the native and Spanish papers in Manila.

El Mercantilsays: "Would you believe that we have passed the night without closing our eyer, turning over in our minds the celebrated message of the Governor-General to the A- sembly? Do not doubt it! At dawo, when the bella of the church of Santa Cruz which run wild in these days of the celebration of the fiesta of Pilar, began to ring hard.and the lios of electric care as they started off on their daily work passed amid the clanging of their gongs along the Escolta, overcome with sleep we buried our face in the pillow and roll. 27ed over on the printed page which had caused:

our sleeplessness, We slept upon this monu ment a few short hours. But how many hours of steeplessness had the labour cost its authori If the negativa critics among the number of

KUHN & KOMOR'S

ART CURIOS STORE.

will be RE-OPENED on the 7th inst, at No. 13, QUEEN'S ROAD (ubder Connaught Hole!),

AND

A CLEARANCE SALE at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.

will be held to the END of THIS MONTH, INSPECTION CORDIALLY INVITED. Hongkong, 2nd October, 1937.

[885

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY,

- LIMITED...

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Casks of 375 De wet - $5.00. per Cak ex Factory. In Bags of 50 by net $8.07 per Bag ex Factory,

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.'

General Managers, Hongkong, 3id October, rong,

which we reckon ourselves are those who have caused the preparation of this brief, then iħa, remedy has proves worse than the disease, For with this brief there is surely provided material enough and a challenge to criticism. Not one article, or ten, or a hundred would suffice to lessen or destroy the multitude of errors contained in this document. A book would not be enough,

"Mr. Taft has also arred many times; we must not lay all the blame on. Mr. Smith, but Mr. Taft is a marvel in the art of gilding `pills.

Ht plans it in such a way that when he catcher

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211 & person wears flowers with the stemship- ward it is a alga that he or she is in love but does not know and

If you pull a flower to pieces you will die of consumption.

A person smells Bowers gathered from the comblery he will lose his tense of smell.

To bare flowers wilt quickly in the hands denotes ill health; .:

If some one gives you a yellow Bower, you are going to have tears and trouble-New York Triba

Intimations.

THE

HINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND:

MORTGAGE CO., LD.

(CAPITAL PAID UP .......................$1,000,000.)

Undertakes and Executes THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c,&ch

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO

General Managers.

Hongkong, 22nd May, 1007.

HUMBER

1x75

CYCLES.

a person off his guard and with his mouth open, THE BEST in the ho'approaches unawares and drops in a pill and before you know it is inside,

But our Governor-General not only makes them as big as melons but he administers them without the sugar coating and by force. He is terrible.

* The Assembly with a wisdom that does it credit has. O. K'ed the message and ordered it [486lað. Let us hang up the melons that they

-may rot with-time and let us prepare....the soil. to receive better seed from which more bene- ficial fruits may spring."

PATHE FRERES,

PARIS.

CINEMATOGRAPHS

AND

FILMS

NEW FILMS ARRIVE WREKLY. Price 43 cents (Straits Currency) per metre.

- SOLE AGENT FOR The Straits, Burmah, Java, Sumatra, Siam, Hongkong, The Philippines, &c.

'F; DREYFUS,,

776]

19, Stamford Road,

Singapore.

To Let.

TO LET

HOUSE la' KNUTSFORD TERRACE

KOWLOON. Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.

· MENT & AGENCY, CO., LD, Hongkong, ist October, 1907.

TO LET.

L

ARGE and ISP CIOUS GODOWNS Nos, 9, 93, 94, 95, and 10, Prava East, formerly in the occupation of the Admiralty

Apply to

Comércio anys? • Tissad but true. We gra Fin the same condition as wo were formerly, and wa now believo wo shall always remain in that condition. The third vist of the honourable Mr. Taft, and with it the third series of his Bowery and profuse speeches, has not given us any more satisfaction than that ofseeing him in a perfect state of health, and that of listening 'à few times more to his songs, of the siren, which | it'can-ot be denied produce in the organim u grateful sensation of welfare as long as their vibrations last in the air; but once the echo of his voice loses itself in space; all remembrance of it is lost. The inaugural speech in the Assembly appoágató be the place "most suitable to make known to the people the thin she wish to hear of as it defines its statys its name," and what" 'h may aspire to, and as always, the public which always put so much faith in the words that fall from the lips of hith in whose hands lies the 'resalution of our fatare, finds its:If face to face with the sphinx...

SUFE SITTIONS ABOUT FLOWARS.

There is notbing which grows around which there is more superstition woven than the home- Jy'mints. Natouly is mint the crowning entice ment of a julep, and a thing which makes sedatų. tabbies gambol and foil like six-month-old kit. tens, bu', according to tradition, the different

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.ints have supernatural properties, and there

.MENT & AGENCY. CO., LO. Hongkong, at Oclaber, 1907.

TO LET.

NO. 11, SEYMOUR ROAD.

18

-1439

With possession from 1st December next, Apply tom

THE COMPRADORE DEPARTMENT, Jardine, Matheson & Cng Lid,

Connaught Road Central. Hongkong, azad October, 1997.

་

TO. LET.

[940

NO. 38, CAINE ROAD.

AUCTION ROOMS, No. 2. ZETLAND

STREET.

No. 1, FAIRVIEW, ROBINSON ROAD, Kowloon,

Apply to-

LEIGH & ORANGE, 1. Des Voeux Road. Hongkong, 16th October, 1997, [922

TO LET.

No. 5, MORRISON HILLA

ONE FOUR-ROOMED HOUSE PRAYA EAST, Dear Eau-Point.

Apply to-

are good and bad mints. Pennyroyal, aside from its qualification as a flea discourager, is sail to make a quarrelsome husband and wife stop bickering, if it is given to them by some friend. Catnip, on the other hand, when chew, ed creates quarrelsomeness, and is said to make even mild and gentle people fiercy if catnip is held in the band until heated and then pum into the hand of another, it will, so gock the superstition, so control that person that de or she cannot leave you so long as the catnip is retained in the hand:.

Spearmint will prevent jliness, so long as it | is worn about the weist. • If spearmint is mixed with salt and applied to the bite of a mad dog, the wound will heal, it is'said. In the olden days the children used to put a bit of spear. mint in the coll on Christmas day, believing that at the exad time when the Saviour wa barn the mint would blossom.

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Dy

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H.M. KING EDWARD. VII.

AND.."

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WITH THE LATEST, BEST 3 SPEEDGEAR, GEAR CASES AND DUNLOP TYRES.

From $120 to $150 each.

GUARANTEE FOR 8 YEARS,

Intimattous

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· DOSE 1:One wise-gluks after the swo'jripoipal meals?". Each bottle of genuine MIN SAINT-RAPHAËL bears, in addition to the registered trade-mark!

({}) TUE WAREANTY STAMP of the LEIJÓN DES FABRICANTS.

(3) A METAL HEAL, Edvertising CE BTELAS5.

laa MELISSA and MINT: Cordial

CLETEAS which surpasses all others by its

purety and faultless preparation. To be taken on a lump of sugar, COMPARNÍE du VIN SAINT-RAPHAKL. Valenos (Dröme-France).. WALDBECK MACGREGO& & Jo., Hongkong.

EYES.

RIGHT!

N. LAZARUS, OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN, 3, PEDDER STREET; HONGKONG.

7ILL test your eyes free of charge, and if they are wrong will put them right.

Spectacles for all requirements. Leaser Ground, All kinds of Repairs.

Ask, or write, for Illustrated Booklet on "Defective Sight free,

CALCUTTA,

SHANGHAI, LONDON,

566, Nanking Road. tt, John Street, Bedford Rów, W.C Bougkong, 27th Novembar, 1904,

WANTED AT ONCE.

19, Bentinck Street.

"ENDERS will be received at the Head

WILL CLIMB ANY HILL ON THE LOW GEAR FIRST-CLASS TYPIST and SHORT WAR DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS.

HAND, QUICK WORKER with good references required.

Apply between 11.30 and 11.30, or 2.30 for the Supply of

نیر

Portemouth Evening News :-" For 38 years the name of the HUMBER has been as a guarantee of good workin inst-p..

DRAGON CYCLE DEPOT,

AGENTS,

1 D'AQUILAR STREET and KOWLOON.

4 Hongkong, 19th July, 1907.

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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 AGENTS FOR ARTMANN'S RAHTJEN'S GENUINE COMPOSITION RED HAND

BRAND, HARTMANN'S GREY PAINT,

DAIMLER'S PATENT MOTOR..

LAUNCHES, &C.

&C.

"Sole Agents for. FERGUSON'S SPECIAL CREAM and

P. &. O, SPECIAL LIQUER BOOTCH WHISKY, &c.

EVERY KIND OF SHIP'S STORES AND REQUISITES ALWAYS IN STOCK

ATS

REASONABLE PRICES Hongkong, 7th March, 1967.-

THE HONGKONG STUDIO

HIGHER CLASS PHOTOGRAIHER, 41 & 43, QUEEN's Road CentraL, TOP FLOOR.

and 4.40-

.'

LLOYD'S GREATER BRITAIN PUBLISHING "Co., LIMITED,

18, Queen's Road Central: Hongkopp. 24th October, 1907.

SUB-EDITOR AND REPORTER.

Tunner Offices, until 12 o'clock Noon, on TUESDAY, the 12th of November, 1997,

**

GENERAL SUPPLIES, "A" (except Milk) including Indian Food-stuffs, for the period from 18th November, 1907, to 1.31st March, 1908:

Forms of Tendar and any particulara can be obtained on, application to this Office, personally or by letter, addressed to the Officer 1941 Commanding Army Service Corps; between the

hours of to A.M, and 4 PIM.

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The Tenders must be properly filled up, signed and dated, and ng Tender will be noticed THERE acancy for a SUB.EDITOR unless delivered upon the praper form at the and REPORTER on "THE CHINA Head Quarter' Office by 12 o'clock Noon on GAZETTE No applications except from pro- the above date, in a closed envelope, marked perly qualified men will be entertained. Good"TENDER" on the outside. salary and prospecus. Apply by letter only to The right to reject, any brall Tenders is ibe Editor of the "China Gazetis. Shanghai, 14th October, 1907.

'937

A. CHAZALON & CO.,

6, Queen's Road Céntral, WINE, SPIRIT ANd Coaú MerchANTS AND GENERAL STOREKEEPERS.

Just Unpacked.

BARCLAY PERKIN'S STOUT in pints and Baby bottles.

·FRENCH SYRUPS

GRENADINE,

|

reserved. M

Head Quarter Offices,

Hokong, 18th October, 1907

SANITARY BOARD OFFICE,” Hongkong!"

TO THE OWNERS OF DOMESTIC

AK BUILDINGS.

TAKE NOTICE that under No. 5 of the

· DOMESTIC' - CLEANLINESS',and VENTILATION BYE-LAWS (as amendedį, avery Domestic Boilding or part of such Building within the CENTRAL Division of the CITY OF VICTORIA, and the WESTERN DIVI SION OF KAU-LUNG, occupied by members.of more than one family must be CLEANSED, and LIMEWASHED THROUGHOUT by the owner during the months of September “ROCHEMAURE and October

VICHY, FERLE, &o.

AND

NB-The word "Throughout died in this notica means that the Houses should be Lime- Other FRENCH MINERAL WATERS washed in respect of all the Walls of each

ALSO

Large Assortment of CANNED GOODS ipitable for Pic-nic

*** Hongkong, 15th May, 1907

PEAK

Room and Staircases, all Cubicin Partitions, Stair Casings and Stair "Linings, all Ceilings and the Undersides of Roofs both in` Main Buildings, Offices and Servants? Quarterá mud inclosive of Verandahs.pd

The Backyard should have its containing Walls Limewashed up to the level of the first

TRAMWAYS COMPANY floor.".

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE

WERK DAYS..

The superstitions which claster smund Aowers are as many as there are different Mowers. It is considered unfucky to gather flowers out of season, as before and after the season they are said to belong to the fairies. The first wild flowers which are ga'hered by a young woman in the spring should spell the initials of her future husband, if the supenition PORTRAITS GROUPS and ENLAR 11.30 am. to 12,43 p.m....Every is minuter.

hold true..

1. Here in a schedule of superstitions About JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LD | finding the first flower of the season: Hongkong, 19th October, 1007,

found on Monday, good luck all the year. ': If found on Tuesday, large undertakings which will be successful,

TO LET.

1933

HOUSE NO. 5. ROSE TERRACE, I found on Wednesday, a wedding in the

Apply to-

. COMPRADORE,

Burretto, & Co, Hongkong, 14th October, 1907, 1665

TO URT

[ATHERLEIGH,'.Conduit Road..

HAT

4

OFFICES in KING'S BUILDING And 2. YORK BUILDING.

GODOWNS on PRAYA EAST,

A HOUSE in Clifton Gardeng, Con-.

dait Road.

FLATS In MORETON TERKACF.

Apply to

Hongkong, 24th October, 19077

- (35

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT REGENCY CO, ID. Hengkong, 19th October 7507, (dag"

family.

If found on Thursday, hard work with little prost.

If found on Friday, unexpected wealth, If found on Saturday, misfortune. If found on Sunday, best-luck of all. Sonie of the numberless flower superstitions

are z

If any one nike for the flowers pinned or your dress and you refuse, you will have im mediate ill luck. '.:

GING and COPYING in all Siros.

LARGE SELECTION OF VIEWS ALWAYS ON HAND. ་་་་་

PRICE VERY MODERATE Hongkong, th September, 1905,

AN APPEAL,

7,00 MM.

7.30 am to 9.30 am....Every 10 minutes 9.30 am to 11,00 am....Every 15 minutes. 12:45 pm to 1.15 pm.... Every ic minuter. 1.15 pm to 1.45 pm....Every 15 minuter 1.45 pm to 215 pm. Every to minuter. 2.15 pm to 3:00 pmmEvery 15 minutes. 3.30 p.m. to. 5.00pm. Every 15 minutes. 5.00 p.m. to 8.00pm....Every to minuter

NIGHT CARS. 38.45. p. and 9 p. 9-45. p.m. to 1.5 p

every half hour, SUNDAYS. Soo am to 9.00 am....Every 15 minuter 9:00 am to 9.30 am, 4Every ga minute!. 15 minuter.

THE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN T. CONVENT, CAYNE ROAD, bege most respectfully to APPEAL to the Residents of Hongkong and the Coast Ports, for their kind patronage and support, and desires to state that she will be pleased to receive orders for all kinds of NEEDLE WORK, D

10:30 am to 11:00 am... Every 10 minuter. 11.45 4.m, 10 12.00 0005... Every 15 mipate 1200 Nona to 1.00 p.m....Every 10 minuter 100 p.m. to 500p.m...Every 15 minne 15.00 pm to 6:00 p.m.........Every 10 minutes. 600p.m. 40 7.00pm....Every 15 minutes 7.00 pm to 8.00 p....Every 10 minute

NIGHT CARS s'on Week Days, SATURDAYS, Extra cars at 3.15 pm, 11.30 pm, and

11.45 pm M ́SPECIAL CARS by 'Arrangement stribe. The Superioress will also be most grateful Company's Omice ALEXANDRA BUILDINGR för sny PAPER, ur old Envelopes to be made | Der Vase:Road, Central de Mag into Books for the Children of the Poor Schools, To hand a flower reversed to any one is to who are taught by the Sistersely! bring bad luck.

Bougkung, read April,

To bura faded flowern is a sign of coming

SOTTONE.

To plant a flower hedge is to bring goed

·luck,'

"If you point et buds they will blight,

and Collars renewed on old ones..."..

Gentlemen's Shirts made to order, and Coffs

**Ladies and Children's Under-clothing, Chil

dren's Dresses, and all kinds of Embroidery, Materials can be supplied, it'required.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON

General Managers, Hongkong, ch Tuan, 1997,

|

Carved, Painted" or "Polished Woodwork in good condition, however, need nat de Liman washed, but must be Cleansed.

The Central Division of the City ljes between Gilman rent and feel Street on the East and Tank Lane and Gleverly Street on the West.

Kadung is divided into the Easter, and

Westera divisione by Robinson Road and a

straight line drawn from the North and thers of through the Yaqmati:service Reservoir to the Northern boundary of Kau-lung......

G. A. WOODCOCK, 'Secretary.

Dated this 1st day of October, 2007, 2₤934

SWATOW DRAWN WORK COMPANY,

WELLINGTON STREET,

Dealers in all kind of: HAND-MADE DRAWN CHINESE LINEN, GRASS CLOTH, &c.,

"all of the best quality;

ALTO

SWATOW BEST PEWTER-WARE.”

CANTON EMBROIDERY und. CHINESE, LACES,

all from the best French pathin

HONGKONG AND SWATOW, "Hongkong, 19th Qalaber, 1909