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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY DECEMBER 18 1908.

Mails.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD.

BREMEN,

IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL-LINE.

NAPLES, GENOA, ALGIERS, GIBRALTAR, SOUTHAMPTON, ANTWERP and HAMBURG .......

MANILA, YAP, NEW GUINEA, BRISBANE, SYDNEY & MEL- BOURNE

STEAMERS.

TO JAIL

BUELOW "

WEDNESDAY,

Capt. H. Formes..

30th December

THURSDAY,

SP.M. 31st December,

*PRINZ WALDEMAR "

Capt. F. Ireka y

KUDAT and SANDAKAN............

{"BORNED

Capt F. Sambill

Beginning of Januáry,

*1909,

For further Particulars, apply to

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.

MELCHERS & CO.,

GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG & CHINA.

Hongkong, 18th December, 1908.

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MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

FRENCH MAIL LINES.

FORTNIGHTLY SERVICEJTO and FROM EUROPE via SUEZ JANAL.

TO`and `FROM JAPAN via SHANGHAI.

Fox

STEAMERS

CANTAINE TO SAIL ON SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA .....TONKIN......................Charbonnel... Dec, P.M.” MARSEILLES, VIA FORTS - ....................... DUMPEA .................... Bayer..............22nd Déc, at 1 P.M. SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA SYDNEY.Henric.... 4th Jan.Jog, P.M. MARSEILLES, VIA PORTS ERNEST SIMONS ... Girard........ 5th fan,f09, at x PM, Transhipment on the Co's Steamers at Singapore for Batavia; at Colombo for Jalcatta, Bombay and Australia; at Port Said for the Levent, Constantinople and Black bas. „

Through Tickets to London via Parts from 637.10 up to £71,10: 20 hours' rallway from. Marsalis to Londen..

Interpreters-medt passengers at their arrival in Barveines."""

For further particulars, apply to

Hongkong, 8th December, 1908.

No. 1 DOCK

Length Inside 514 ft. Width of entrance, top 85 ft.; bottom 75 it. Water on blocks, 27.5 ft. Time to pump out, 4 hours,

No. 2 DOCK.

Length Inside, 975 ft. Width of entrance, top 80.5 ft. bottom 45.8 ft. Water on blooks, 26.5 ft. Time to pump out, 3 hours.

THESE DOOKS are conveniently situated in Yokohama kubour, and the attention of THESE

Omptalos" and "Engineer is respectfully called to the advantages offered for Docking and repairing Vessels and Machinery of every description.

THE WHITE PERIL IN CHINA

A CHINESE.ON EUROPEANS.

Inscrutable as the outlook in China mest for the present nachkio no one will dany, that, if the death of the Emperor means little, the death of the Dowager Empress means a great deal to the Celestial Empire at large. Some account of the forces now at work within that Empire, gathered mu it is from an authoritative Chinese source, cannot fail to be interesting at such moment, and I give it for the most part in the words of my informants t

PRO)

ORSH

METEORO

Meteorological

SIGNALI

mast in front of the Water Folice Tsim Sha Tsui for the information of vessels leaving the port.

nacessišly imply that bad waaibar here:-

When I hear Englishmen talking about the Yellow Peril and see them shaking their heads Bigat at the idea of Ching 'wating up, I sometimes wonder why it never occurs to them that a re formed, revivified China would perhaps be a welcome addition to the family of nations, China is very big; vary unwieldy, very well- sufficient because self-supporting-very con- servalive, very patient.The Egilsh, too, are tice, of old customs, old ideals, old supersti conservative at heart, very tenacious, in prac

tions. Like the Chinese, tog, and unlike most other nations; they are not wedded to one re ligious faith, but at batiom, think of religion asa propriety, a decency, and would rather 'a man'uphold a religion be did not quito believe in than waiva all such things aside. I say mil this in order that Englishmen should get rid of the idea that in the main, the Chines character is "mystorietis” and enjgmatical" Steam Launches of Steel or Wood, Lighters, Steel Buildings and Roof Bridgs WHAT STRANGE CREATURE—THE FOREIGNER, Work, and all kluds of Machinery ark mada on the premiser.".

*Bear in mind, too, please, that natural con ditions.baing such as have enabladas.in the Tandars will be made up when required and the workmanship and material will be past to bi self-supporting, we have been able. "guaranted."

The plant and tools are of recent petrocas for dealing quickly" and cheaply with work and a large stock of material is always at kabd, (plates and angles all being tested by 'Lloyds' surveyors).

| Two powerful Twin (Some Towboats Leni qvailable" fág laking Vaisals in or out ni Dock, and for taking Sailing Vesselt in or gat of the bay. The floating derrick is capable of lifting $3 tons.

to do what every other nation would have liked to do, namely, to shut out that strange creature

The cost of Docking, and repair work, will be found to compare favourably with that with his now face, meaningless speech, and

· of siy port fu the world.

Telephone: Nos, 876, 508, or 681.

Telegrams, “Dook, Yokohama,” Codes A. B. 0. 4th and 5th Edt,

Lieber, Sootte, Yokohama, May aşıd, 1905-

A. 1 and Watkins.

Shipping Steamers.

MESSAGERIES CANTONAISES.

FRENCH LINE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN HONGKONG. CANTON AND KOUANG-SI.

S.S. "PAUL BEAU," 1,900 tons, 14 kants,

as, "CHARLES HARDOUIN," 1,900 tons, 14 knots,

The spoodlest,imost luxuriously appointed and punctual steamers on the g Departure from Hongkong;at 19 2.M. (Saturdays exceptad). Départure from Canton,al-5.75 ṛ.M. (Sundays excepted)

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untutored conduct the foreigner! Every boy knows, what it is like to see a foreigner for the first time, how amusing and yet how Irritating | It is so, you will admit, even to-day in England, even when your people have books, stories," plays, and pictuta in which the people of other lands are described:.... You know their history, In most of you, the blood of other natinės rude intermingled with that of the domfuant Śaxon type, Figure to yourself, then, what a foreign- er means to a people like ours, millions' of whom, living in country that has anjojed the arts of peace for centuries, in the midst of a literary and artistic civilisation, have yet never seen other than a Mongol face or read or heard other than a Chinese, tongue. It's only because we are by bature and mataing, a, parceful, studious race that foreigners are not treated as they would be among any other people to whom they came at once as a shock and as a deliberately disturbing force. Bearing all this in mind, the-settlement of strangers in Chiba and the gradual influence of Western diplomacy, education, and irade in China have been tolerated in a manner remark. able in the history of marklad"}, "

A COME point spwards

LA CONE polat upwards and DEUM befow":

DEUX

4"A COME

poist down wards and DRUM below

A CONE point down. WAIS

6.

A CONE point down. -warda and'

BALL below

BALL

& COME

pointtupwards Bad HALL below

Indicates a Typhoon to the Horia of the Colony

Typhoon

to the Nortß-Bart of the Colony.

indicates a Typhoon to the Fart of the Colony

indicates Typhoon Aalto||the-Boufh-Fast

of the Colony:

Indicatesa Typhoon to the South of the Colony.

indicates Typhoon

} fSto the Fouth-West

of the Colony.

Indicatesa Typhoon to the West of the Colony

Indicates a Typhoon to.the.Worth-West

of the Colony.

Red Signals indicate that tha, centre" is believed to be more than 300 miles away fmm the Colony.

Black Signal Indicate that the

the Colony,

Turnier to another point, my ipformant went "believed to be less than 300 miles away from on: "If China may fairly be hamed as the country where that port of intrigue.sed carsup. tion always described typical of the Orient The above signals will, as heretofore, holds unbridled sway, itis plain that these vices hoisted only when typhoons Balu 18. have by no, mesas cepted to play a part in positions or are moving in sach directions that

These superb steamers carrying the French Mall are fitted throughout with Electric Light Western civilisation, for we have abundant ax-information regarding them if considerad and Faus and were specially balli for this trade. Excellent culsias

The Company's Own Whari asar Wing Lok Street and Its berib in Canton

· Shameen.

For further particulars, please apply to the COMPANY'S OFFICE at Shamenn,

amples of corruptigo sed dishonesty in the very bo of importance to the Colony or to shippl "Traffickings with our Empire in which Western leaving the harbour. opposite-foreigners have indulged. Thus in our inter Coung with you, your practices have been such have materially marred the effect of your

Canton.

or to their Agents

·BARRETTO ́& 00., Hongkong.

P. NALIN,

ACTING AGENT,

QUEENS BUILDING

Hongkong, 9th October, 1908.

Intimations.

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

Steamer,

REGULAR Tar+Wxxxly SexVICE

From

BELWEEN JAVA, CHINA, AND JAPAN,

TJIPANAS SHANGHAI

........ 2nd Half Dec. | JAVA

TJILIWONG. JAPANI 'half jap. | JAVA

TJIMARI

Og of about

Expected on or about

Will leave for:

and half Déc.

*

stall Jan. SHANGHAI

Ist hall jan

TJIKINI A JAYA

ma.....|^2nd half. Jau. || JAPAN-

TJILATJAP... JAVA ...........

Eat Feb. SHANGHAI

1st half Jan.

and hall Jun. 1st hall Feb.-

TJIBODAS

JAVA tema

JAPAN

The Steamers are all fitted throughout with Electric Light and have Accommodation fof

a limited number of Saloon Passengers, and wil! tako Cargo to all' Netherland” India. Ports

on through Bills of Lading,

For Particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

Telephone No.375,-

YORK BUILDINGs, ist flour,

Hongkong, 14th December, 1908.

WEST RIVER BRITISH STEAMSHIP

COMPANIES.

HONGKONG WUDHOW LINI

THE Steamers

“LINTAN" and "SAN-UI!

SAIL FRỐM HONGKONG TWICE A WEEK and ComfletE THE ROUND TRIP 18:4 Days' vf, Thaka stasmers have Excellent Saloon Accommodation, and are Lighted Throngkout by

OLIMATE ON THE WEST RIVER DURING THE WINTER MONTHS 18

VERY FINE AND EXHILIRATING.

INTERNATIONAL SLEEPING CAR

and

EXPRESS TRAINS 06.

(THE

TO EUROPE.)

HAVING been appointed AGENTS for

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO

Agents

GUNS

'AN APPRAL.

the above Company, we shall be

HE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN -pleased to give any faforintion au to zales of

THE

CONVENT, CAINE ROAD, begs mos respectfully to APPEAL to the Residents of pastaga, &c., in 'connection with above.

Hongkong and the Coast Ports, for their kind patronage and support, and desires to stats that she will be pleased to recalva orders for all kinds of NEEDLE WORK.

Gentlemen's Shirts made to order, and Caff and Collars renewed on old ones. A

Ladies and Children's Under-clothing, Chit dren's Dresses, and all kinds of Embroidery, Materials can be supplied, if required.

precepts.

THE "AWAKENING" AND ITS MEANING,

Let me instance.the Railway Condition traffic of a few years back, from the effects of which Chips still sufferi, You bought con- Cessions from us and your Government enforced agreements by which, if the scheme failed, we bad to bear the financial and other burdeus: Whilst if it succeeded, the profits want to you. to this manifest iniquity the fact that wo

Add single-minded enough-foolish enough,

I had better say—to permit the foreign advisers of these syndicates to decide the direction and character of the railways, so that they were

Office, H.M.S. Tamar,, Green Island Signal These signals are repeated at the Harbour Mast, and the Fisgital on the promises of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godawa Company at Kowloon,

URGENT SIGNAL

that the wind may increase to full typhoon In addition to the above, when it is expected force at any moment, the following Urgent Signal will be made at the Watar Police Station, and repeated at the Harbour Office 1--- THREE EXPLOSIVE BONES, AT INTERVALE

·OF TEN- SECONDS.

A Black Cross will be boisted at the same

NIGHT SIGNALS.

1. Thres Lights Vertical, Green Gress Green, indicates that à typhoon is believed to be situated more than 300 miles from, the Colony,

indicates that a typhoon is believed to be

11: Three Lights Vertical, Gran situated less than 900 miles from the Colony.

DIRECT from the manufacturers at lowest constructed purely to earn speedy and large time, superior to the other shapes.

"prices. 12 bore Double Breechloaders GREAT TRANS-SIBERIAN ROUTE Latest model Shot Guns, Combination Guas, pative consideration at all, and you see bow from 30fs each, Fillustrated catalogue of | profits, wilbout regard, to strategic,-or, indeed, Aporting Rifes, &c., post free. D. JAMES & little we have for which to thank the Westeind from the Flagstaff on the roof of the

The following Night Signals will be exhibit REYNOLDS, George Street, Minories, Lon don, E.C. Kugland,

* business man. „To the Chinaman, then, who (886

Police Station at Kowloon, the looks shend, the Awakening of China" mean Flagstaff, and H.M.S. Tamar, the realisation at its full significance of what bas been for long White Perl in our land, You remember the Shanghai-riste-of last year? Shanghai is now a huge cosmopolitan settlement. To the Chinese mind it represents. the chief pest of that parasitic population of foreigners who have settled upon us for com 'mercial purposes of their own and from which war derive no real benefit at all They bring with them their own laws in a very practical III. The Lights Vertical, Red Grood Rest sense a police

of their own has been forced indicates that the wind may be expe apon us, in the sense that it does not when it | increase to fall typhoon force,at any moment. so dares scrople to interfere with our people. In this particular affair, a Chinese woman ac

No. III. Signal will be accompanied cased of kidnapping (in spite of the fact that the charge related to an alleged offence com mitted thousands of miles away from Shangbal, and therefore outside say foreige jurisdiction) was arrested in Shanghai by the foreign police, [62, and, contrary to all proper custom, was lodged in the foreign gal. Unavailing official protest followed, and naturally riots ensued. Surely no one can be surprised at our indignation and revolt-Pall Mall Canctie,

Hongkong, vest Triv, root:

THERÁPION MAY NOW ALSO BE OBTAINED.

[-IN DRAGER (TANTELESS) FORM. 'SELF 'CURE NO FICTIO:1. MARVEL UPON MARVEL! NO SUPFEREA

UN.

cho đẹp và

Lodge of

+ NOW DESPAIK,

but w*** anning a doctor's bill or fall ng nio

sách of treacher or safely, buil and goally cure himsell without the knew and party. › the introitu n-cauf, [TA NEW FRENDH KEMEDY

ERAPION

pietersvolution kashoon weingat la thīsda- partment of medical aclamon, whilst thousands bar bean restored to hesith and happiness who fo years previously had boon wenly drugging out a' elsarkisia eslasanCE,

T'

THERAPION NO. 1-A Sovereign Manedy for dlackarges, supervading infoc tions, the ung of which dont irreparable baru by: laying the foundation of stricture and caber-

èciaŭe disan

HERAPION No. 2-A Sovereign Remedy for primary and sekondary abla erupticas, alderations, patna and awellings of the Jolate, and all those complaints which, marvary, and sarsaparilla as popularly but areomsowily supposed to kwa, Thli puparation, purifies the ' whole system through the bigot, and thoroughly eliminates all nelsonzurmattu from the bod”2-. THERAPION:NO" --A: Sovereign. ag Remedy for dabil tyy muudessam, in paired vitalíky, rulous moment, dislang med incapacity for! Indigestion, jaise in the back pain bed/2013:

• purvos, hay which the lacuity so persistentli kamero" MIJERAPIONisskābipelnet af Chete -

Buy In ordering, state which at the, tanam

The Superforess will also be most gratefn: for any PAPER, or `old ENTELOPES to be made unto Books for the Children of the Poor Schools who are taught by the Klatera

Hansbano, 120d April. 1973.

Dentistry.

TRIN TING,

78E "PINANG LAWYER."

LATEST METHODS OF DENTISTRY.Concerning the origin of the name

STUDIO AT NO. 14, D'ÁGUILAR STREET.

REASONABLE FEEL

Donsultation Fo Hongkong, soth June, 1994,5

Dr. E. OHAUN,

Lawyer us applied to the cang walking common in Fening, which it was came from Pinang Liar, the wild

■ correspondent writes to the (Maloy Herald) viving

skys the term: 10 Pinang Lay being a species of plam fonać There has ɓean's dispute

Explosive Bombs, as above, in the event information conveyed by this signal published by night,

to

the Day Signals at sunse

These Night Signals will be substitnted the necessary, be altered during the

SUPPLEMENTARY.

For the benefit of Native Craft Ocean Vassala, a Cone will be mach of the following stations dath that any of the shove Day Signala "new" holi in the Harbour.

Rock

WEST RIVER