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Intimation. F

Powell's

ALEXANDRA

BUILDINGS.

DRESS

DEPARTMENT.

TWEEDS.

CLOTHS:

THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23 1907.

Auctions. PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned has received hetructions to tell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

ON

AND

WEDNESDAY, the 27th November, commencing at 2,80 p.m. THURSDAY. the 28th, commencing at 5 p.tn., at his Sales Roous, Duddell St A CHOICE And Valuäie COLLECTION Or

OLD PALACE and TEMPLE HANGINGS, very ñóé Court Ladies Silk Embroidered Kimonos, Mantel Diaperies, Kakemonos, Cushion Covera and Table Centres.

ANCIENT CARVED WOOD BUDDHAS, RAMAS and FIGURES, OLD LAC QUERED WAKE.

OLD JAPANESE PORCELAINS, such as Seto, Imari and Kutáni Wais. SATSUMA Vases, locense Bumers and Plates,

-BRONZE Vases and Figures,

IVORY Carved Figures and Groups,

OLD NETSUKES, INROS, TSUBAS and PRINTS.

SILK EMBROIDERED and Cut Velvet Screens.

VERY FINE SILK EMBROIDERED PICTURES, OLD BROCADE PRIEST ROBES and HANGINGS;","

On view from Sunday, the 24th November.

Caualogues will be-issued.

TERMS Cash on delivery.

Hongkong, 20th November, 1907.

PUBLIC AUCTION..

T

HEUndersigned have received instructions"

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

ON

MONDAY,

the 25th November, 1907, at 1 A.M., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road,

corner of Ice House Street,

17 TENNIS RACQUETS,

AND

ALSO

17.DOZ. BALLS,

A quantity of TʊY“, BOOTS and, SHOES,

CHEVIOTS. SOCKS, TABLE COVERS, PERFUMER:

Dress

Fabrics

for

every

Occasion.

ALPACAS.

ARMURES.

SERGES.

Special Show

- of New Goods.

VOILES.

EOLIENNES.

NINONS.

WM. POWELL.

LTD.,

Outfitters, Milliners, Furnishers,

Des Voeux Road,

HONGKONG.

Hoogkong, zoth November, 1907.

TERMS:-As usual,

&c.:

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers, Hongkong, 22nd November, 1907, " [1018

ARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of]

be held on MONDAY, the 25th day of Novem ber..1907, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of Bis. Excellency the Governor of One Lot of CROWN LAND, near Shaukiwap, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of re- newal wa CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty, the KING, for one further term of 75 years.

* PARTICULARS OF THE LOT,

ht

Bogadtfry *Méaliséments.

!feet feet foc feet

Ifangkong, aand-November, 1997.

Upset Price.

GEO P. LAMMERT,...

Auctioneer.

[1972

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE

Undersigned have received instruc

tions from The Proprietor, The Westera Hotel, to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

00

THURSDAY,

the 25th November, 1907, at 11 AM..., HÌ, "

No. 05, Q een's Road West,

PAPAR ON MY NURSERY WILL,

The paper on my nursery wall

Shows meadows bright and greens. A harrow, winding ford runt on

The Ulla bills between. There, crook in hand, roams and Bo-prep

Trying to hard to flod her sheep!

„1 with that the could turn and look

Around the nursery wall She'd find them, then, is plaib, as day,

Waiting to hear Bör calli It's mean the cannot understand' Her sheep are there, în noar at hand!

Anight I lie in bed and think

How jolly it would be

If she could only turn her head

As early as mo'; Then, while I'm thinking of Bo-peop....... I generally go fast asleep!

—Lippincott's, -

COAL AREAS IN CHINA.

OUTPUT OF THE MINES.

Consul W. T. Gracey, of Tslugiäv, fuiniatiks the following particulats regarding mining in North China:

The miting concession of the Shantung

Mining Company extends to an area of thirty ii (sen "miller) on either side of the railway which has been built with German capital from Taingiau to 1 sinantu, and which passes through two known coal. fields-Fengts, about 173 kilometern (102 miles) from Tsingtau and the valley of Poshan and Trach udu, about zgo kilometers (168 miles) from Tsingiau, adjoining which are the iron mines.of the Tichshan, deir Chialingchen. Whether, there are any other minerál deposits within the area of the concession which will bá worth ex-. ploiting is not konwn; at any rate, the mining company bis secured two such importsat fields DOUBLE and SINGLE IRON BEDat they will be sufficient to monopolize its STEADS and BEDDING, SIDEBOARD attention for many years ib come. with BAVELLED GLASS, DINING TABLES, WASH STANDS, DRESSING, TABLES, PICTURES, GLASS and CROC

THE WHOLE OF THE FURNITURE

THEREIN CONTAINED,

Comprising:

KERY WARE, &c., &c.;

ALSO

One ENGLISH BILLIARD TABLE Heanig Bros, London,,

AND

> COTTAGE PIANOS. TERMS —Aqusual-

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, Lith Nävember, tony,

いい

PUBLIC AUCTION. THE Undersigned have received instructions PUBLIC AUCTION,

to sell by

A ...

TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, the jid and 4th December, 197, at to A.. each day, at H.M: Naval Yard,

· SUNDRY OLD AND SURPLUS NAVAL, AND VICTUALLING STORES,

Comprising:

OLD AND SURPLUS NAVAL STORES :- CHAIN CABLE, WOOD BLOCKS, IRON and STEEL BOLTS, HOSES, DOLS, OLI TRON and MERE, FLECTRIC CABLE, MATS and MATTINGS, WOOD BOXES LEATHER, COAL, SACKS, OLD INDIA 109 RUBBER, OLD BOATS, FURNITURE CARPET, OLD CANVAS CUTTINGS, &c.

OLD AND SUMPLUS VICTUALLING STORES: "-BEDDING," SÉAMEN'S, CLOTHING, MESS TRAP, COOPERAGE MATERIALS, a large quantity of BISCUITS,' &c, &c.

Catalogues will he issued. TERNSAT Usual.

PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS

of

the letting by Pablic Auction Sale, jo be beld on MONDAY, the 25th day of November, „1907, al 3 AM.... at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellenoy the Gatemor, of One Loi of CROWN LAND, at- Shaukiwan, in the Colony of Hongkong; for a term of 75 years, with the option. oftenewal at a CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for Cope further, térm of 74-yezis.-

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

| No, of Sale

Registry No.

LOCALITY..

Boutitary Menzurements.

34. S.W

El.

16

Upset Price.

Hongkong, 220d November, 1907.

(1020

M

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE,"

PUBLIC AUCTION.

[R GEORGE A CAMMERThis yēceiv

instructions to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION,"

ON. MONDAY,

the and day of December, 1907, at ́j o'clock in the afternoon, at his Auction Rooms, in

Duddell Street, Victoria; Hongkong," THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE LEASEHOLD

PROPERTY

situate at PING Chat in the New Territories in

¦ the Colony, dl, #tongkong, vis, ;— t ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL, or GROUND situate at Ping Chau aforesaid and known and registered in the Hongkong District Land Office "ar Lot No. 133 in Distlet Ping Chau (near Lanino) in the New Territories of the Colony, of Hongkong to gether with the buildings thereon and the rghus members and appurtenances thereunto belonging. Area '19,650 square feet or there- abouls.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Government Auctioneers, Hongkong, 15th November, 1907, £1000

Entiinations.

BWATOW DRAWN WORK COMPANY,

38, WELLINGTON STREET.

· Dealers in all kind of

HAND-MADE DRAWN CHINESE LINEN, GRASS CLOTH, &c., all of the best quality ;-

ALSO

„SWATOW BEST PEWTER-WARE. CANTON EMBROIDERY 'and' CHINESE' LACES,

The premises nie 'beld under all the terme and conditions of the Crown Leao thereof dated 24th January, 1905, at the Annual Crown Rent of 12.23, which Crown Lease and a plan of the Lot can be'seen' and inspected at the.. Distict and Offite, -Beaconsfield, Victoria aforesaid.

For further particufare and conditions of xale, apply to--

- Mesa, JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,

Solicitor for the 'Mong iger,

OF 10'

Mr. GEORGE P. LAMMERT, The Auctioneer.

Hongkong, zach November, 1907,

front

all from the best French patterns, HONGKONG AND SWATÓW. Hongkong, th October, 1907.

A BROKEN-DOWN' SYSTEM.

This is a coudition (tur ellaessel la wizin in doctor give many Bamba, but which few of thrus really understand. Jis simply weakness-glarea kedown, as it were, of the vital forces that sustain the nyw tem. No matter what may be ijs raitars (for thry and almost numberīnas), its s

isymjtomiraremuch the vame the more prominent béng sleeplessness, sease of prostration or weariness, depremos al spirits and want of energy for all the ordinary anales of life. Now, what alonglishlately eens Uulinailchaser) a increased vitality-Vigouc VITAL. STRENGTH & ENERGY off those morbid feelings; and experience proves that as pight succoeds the day this may be more certainly secured by a courif THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY

THERAPION No. 3

thad by any other knw youmbination. Hoi kur as it is taken in Recordance with Pie priet directions accompanying it, will the shattered health be restored,

THE EXPIRING LAMP OF LIFE LIGHTED UP AFRESH,

, and a new etlitence imparted to place of wha

had no lately pooed wor-qualed-uje” and vajucions, This wonderful medicament as purėly vegetable and innocúnus, is agreeable in the Laske, —suitable for all constitutionu and condition, i (veliker met ; and ii de difiquit to imagino a cabo už Alanase or dormgement, 'walsa masti features Kre thoma of debliky, that will not be spredity anil permanently beuafited by this never falling secur perative essence, which is destined to cast into odilson wverything that had preended it for this wide-spreadind numerous efaciofhuman alimenti, Xls sold by

THERAPION the pricipat

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The coal fields of Weihsien is remarkable for the irregularity and distribution of his coat seams, and the preliminary boring triali have shown that the whole of the surrounding coun- try.has,at one time been the scene of violent volcanic eruptions, which have so disturbed the coal deposits that nearly a whole year was lost by the mining engineers in finding a conti

nuous seam.

COAL EMBEDDED IN GRANITE.

Intimations.

DONE BY TRYING.

LOW PRICE OF COAL AT LINE. The Truchna coal mine, which is worked by foreign machinery supplied by an Engli Grm, was 'closed in "1891. l. 1898; the ma chicory having been partially repaired, it was When a thing ought to be done the modern Nobody can tell that he can do till bé «tries. " put up by a Cantonese at the foot of the Hung" spirit moves us to keep working away at C What and used instead of pumping apparatus tatil it is done. In the face of this idea the The native coal pius, being stunted at a higher impassible vanishes. Where there's a will, levst, were thereby drained of the water which there's a way. If we could but rob cod liver had put a stop to their workings. Work was thus resumed with great vigour, add the Can. oil of its sickening taste and smell and then tonete draws a röyalty for keeping the mites combine it with two or three other ingredients wa abould possess thé bost remedy in the world Too Shantung Mining Company, in the sup for certain diseases that are up practically postion that the superior, Heishan coal which incurable. So said a famous English physi- crops out at the head of the valley is the cabe done," be added. "You can no more turn cian twenty-five years ago. "But it will never tinuation of the main coal bed, has attempted. to Hrike, if at a lower level nearer the main rastway line, which crosses the entrance of the valley. Boring tlals have been carried with very satisfactory results. The Foshan mines raised in 907, 7, 36 tons, Briquettes are now being manufactured from the amalies coal mixed with coal tar pitch.

dry,

NEW PLANTS BEING INSTALLED.

"

The mines of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, while no longer the holy source of coal supply in North Cifas, con tinue to occupy the first place. The total out- pat of the mines in 1906 amounted to 958,675 to as compared with 851,533 tons during

1905.

than you can turn the Codfish itself Into a Bird cod liver oil into a pleasant palatable medicine,

of Paradise." Yet be lived to admit that in the impossible had been accomplished. It

IWAMPOLE'S FREFARATION (A is palatable as honey and contains all the nutritive and curative properties of Pure Cad Liver Oit, extracted by us from fresh cod livers Hypophosphiles, Extracts of Malt and. Wild combined with the Compound Syrup of Cherry. This remedy is freed from the bad peculiarities Dr. Frothingham so deteiled, and it is precisely the splendid medicine be wished for. Use it freely and confidently, for Anemia, Hysteria, Wasting Complaints, Blood Impuri

ties, Asthma, and Throat and Lung Troubles, The mines of the Peking syndicate, in Nor Dr. W. H.B. Aikins, F. R. C. P., London, therp Honan, have encountered obstacles and M. D. G. M., Victoria University, Br setbacks which have greatly delayed their Toronto University-Consulting Physician to these mines a regular production of a very General Hospital, says: "1 am much pleased development. Nevertheless, there is from Home for Incurables, Physician to Toronto good quality of anthracite coal, which, besides to state that the results front using Wampold's supplying the consumption of the locomotives of the Tadching railway, is-largely used as hard Preparation of Cod Liver Oil have been uniformly satisfactory; it appealed to me col fuel at Tientsin. A fourteen-foot seam as being prepared according to correct scien was reached in March, 1906, and a twolve tific principles. It increases the appetite and foot one in November, 1976. An excessive influences the digestion of food; it is delicious low of water and other difficulties have made to take, will not disappoint you and is effective a heavy output impossible, but work is ener from the fist dose. It represents the dawn

etically proceeding toward the overcoming of of progress". At chemists everywhere. these difficulties, and it is hoped that large supplies of coal will be placed on the market in 1907. Abother mine, which is already n regular producer and of which great hopes are eblerained, is the Taingkiang mine, in Stanai., This mine produces both bituminous and an thracite conf of good quality, and besides sup. plying fuel for the Shaasi railway and.coke. for government migis it furnished household fuel to a considerable extent to the residents of Tientsia and is seeking larger markets..

THE

“HINA, PROVIDENT. LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LD..

(CAPITAL PAID UP....... 51,000,000.)

Undertakes and Executes

THE OFFICE CF-

ATTORNEY, &c. &..

A. CHAZALON & CO. TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS

WINE,

6, Queen's Poad Central, SPIRIT AND COAL MERCHANTS AND

GENERAL STORÜKIEFERS.

The theory, advanced to account for the pockets of coal embedded in the granite, which were discovered and, have been exploited by the Chinese, is that the action of water on the uneven surface of the subsidiary bed of grantle caused deposts of coal forming vegetable mat- ter in the crevices, where they could not be washed away, leaving the upper surface of the granite bare. The remains of the Chinese A LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT shafts are distributed in small clusters where these pockets are found, and are separated from cach other by the outcropping granite.

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After boring for a year, during which only granite and volcanic tula were found, they struck scam of coal about nine feet thick at a depth of 450 feet. The Weihsien coal is a bituminous c al containing about 30 per cent. öf gas.. It burns with a clear flame and does not cake like the Japanese coal, and it has also the advantage of having a lighter smoke During the year food the Feogise mine (Wejh sien district) raised 103,000 tons of coal, which was disposed of as follows: Sold at the shaft, including that used at the mine, 103,46 tons; sold at Tsinglau” 32,1 6 tona; sold for export, 23.444 tons, and sold for broker, coal at Tsing- tau 3,8,9 tons. The total increase of there mincs shows a gain pl 19,223 tons over the

DEPOSITS OF ANTHRACITE,* The valley of Poshan, in which are the district towns of Poshan and Truchuan is about twenty miles long and from 200 yards in nearly six miles broad. The whole of this valley is a vast bed of coal, situate at a deeper level in the middle and appearing on the surface at the edges, where it has been forced upward by the pressure against the limestone of the, surrounding bills. At the northwest exit of the valley, the coal bed is interrupted by a chain of limestone hills, but it commences again and continues in undiminished quantity in a wasterly direction for another twenty miles between the main range on the south and the Changtaishan on the north. to this valley and its branches are situated the mining centres of Puchi and Puchuan,

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The best quality of anthracite coat is found" near the surface. în the Hejšlide valley, and it Is on account of this coal that "Poshan has been famous. It is principally used in manufactur- ing coke, which, owing to its lightness, can, be 1818 tradsported farther, by wheelbarrow than the beavier coal. Unfortunately the Chinese bave of late been unable to cope with the water in the shaft, and most of the mines have been obliged to suspend work. The method of removing water is extremely primitive. A basket woven of willow twigs is passed from

958) one man to anotbef and is then emptied into a ditch at the mouth of the cost pit. As the galleries are low and narrow-about thren to four feet in diameter—the milners are obliged to work in a sitting position, and during the time that water is being removed from the mine other work, his 'to cease. The side galleries are abort and are shored up withi millet stāks supported by shart wooden props. To a 'country devoid of timber the cost of shor ing up extective galleriçi and in addition the difficulty of removing the water is so consider. able that the Chines miners are provented from going far into a seam of coal. The cost of timber may also account for the siall diameter of the galleries, which, if enlarged," would need extra support. The coal, loaded on low wooden tracks, with iron wheels, manufactured at Chinlingchen from Tiebsban iron, is run along the galleries on wooden rails until the bottom of the main shaft is reached, and is then- hoisted by wicker baikels attached to a

to a pulley

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