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Telegrams.

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH "

SERVICE,

CANTON-HANKOW

RAILWAY

THE SOUTHERN SECTION.

[By courtesy of the " Sheung Po").

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY DECEMBER 22, 1908.

Another Opium

Monopoly.

ATTEMPTED FORMATION AT

KIANGSU.

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Yau-ma-ti Murder Mystery.

·SUFFOCATED IN BED.

MIDNIGHT TRAGEDY IN A MARİŅE DEALER'S SHOP.

¿Yesterday exclusive news reached ́us of a murder which was committed at Yau-ma-1}" early in the morning, but owing to the lack of definite information we refrained from giving the matter the necessary publicity. Today, however, what particulars we required were kindly placed at our disposal by the police.

Shortly after seven o'clock yesterday more.

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CANTON'S EXAMPLE EMULATED.

--The frustration of the Government opium monopoly at Nanking, the defest of a tentative creation" at Cantos, and the more recent re moval of the restrictive regulations directed Peking, 21st December. against the raw opłumi trade in Swatow and the outlying prefectures of Waichaw and others, In arranging with Mr. J. O. P. ['bave not deterred the Provincial Government of China from raising barriers id the way of Bland, of the British, and Chinese the opium trade as conducted by British tradareing the body of an old man was found in Corporation, for a loan of two mil-in pursuance of and in strict pccordance with small back room on the ground floor of 40, lions sterling for the construction of

been dead for many hours, for his body was Reclamatigo Street, Yau-ma-il. The man had

the Hunan-Hupeh section of the

cold with rigor mortit; and it was clear at fitst sight that he had been murdered in a terrible Cunton-Hankow Railway, it was the

manner. intention of H.E. Chang Chih-tung to borrow, at the same time, a sum of £5,000,000 for the Southern section of the trunk line.

As, however, some apprehension existed lest the Cantonese might offer opposition to the loun, it was deemed expedient to telegraph to H.E. Chang Jen-chun, in the first instance," to ascertain the existing state of affairs in Canton.

between the Governments of Great Britain the stipulations formally provided by Treaty

and China.

Private telegraphic advices have just recently bron received in the Colony by a leading firm of opium merchants from their Shanghai office reporting that native dealers had bad informa. tion, that the Provincial authorities in Kiangsu had promulgated regulations within the Fra viace, similar to those in Kwangtong in Sep- tember last, whereby all dealers in raw opium must be registered and licensed.

Under the new regulations the number of opium honga permissible in each provincial city will be required to supply a long list of detailed be limited to ten, only. All dealers will

particulars relating to their business which is fantamount to a complete disclosure of their whole trade to their competitors. Dealers in Kangsu see in the new law (he same difficulties and enterrain apprehensions similar to those felt by the opium Aongs in Canton when the restrictive regula ions were issued in September at. Even more oucrous than the Southern fegislation, the provincial Government in Kiangay limits the minimum quantity that can be sold at any one time by a dealer to 000 whole ball of opium. Those who have been in the trade for any length of time discover in the regulations the thin and of the wedge Peking, 21st December.

for the creation of a monopoly by which The Waiwupa has notified the the officials stand to galt. Represents Portuguese Minister in Peking that tions have accordingly been made to im- the concession for the Canton-Macno in Shanghai by whom, we are informed on the most reliable authority, the matter has been taken up and suitable communications.addressed to the British Con- sul General in Shanghai with a view of the good offices of Sir John Jordan in Peking being invoked to combat this fresh attempt at creating a Provincial monopoly to the detriment of established firms of merchants.

CANTON-MACÃO RAILWAY"

CONCESSION Cancelled.

{By courtesy of the "Sheùng (b,"]

Railway has been cancelled.

CHINA AND MACAO.

Proposed establishment of A CHINESE CONSULATE.

· · [By' courtesy of the “Sheung Polj

Peking, 21st December. The Waiwupu has addressed a communication to the Portuguese Minister in Peking, stating that it is proposed to establish a Chiness Con- sulate at Macao to protect the inter ests of Chinese residents in that Colony.

LOSS OF MANILA SIKAMER,

MANY IMPORTERS SUFFER.

The British steamer Kulama, en route from New York to Manila with an extra large cargo of merchandise for local importers and various branches of the insufar government, was bure ‚ed and scuttled ai nes, off Singapore and bath vessel and cargo are reported a total loss, says -the Cableṛews Awwices of 19th inst,, '

On board the Kaloms and lost with the yes sel, were 86,co> pesos worth of goods for the bureau of supplies and 1,000 new books for the American circulating library of this city. Vast quantities of Christmas goods were among the cargo and while the latter is probably fully- insured, the many good things from the home country destined to bring Yaletide cheer to the hearts of the exiles will be missed sadly and the loss will be felt by: merchants and the Manila public alike.

Messrs. Erlanger and Gallinger, of this city, are among the heaviest sufferers from the disaster, their loss including fourteen motor cycles and a large consignment of shoes for the enlisted force of the Philippines constabulary, manu'actured under contract with that firm in the United States.

The opening of the Påfomar Park, Manila's

Since the interest' in the opium trade in to closely bound up and the links in the chain of commercial connection so tightly forged for the entire length from Calcutta to North China, we understand that British 6my in Hongkong dealing in opium are watching the result of diplomatic negotiations with close interest. MR. WOODCOCK'S APPOINTMENT.

LETTER FROM GOVERNMENT. -

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The following letter from Government wai laid on the table ŋi the meeting of the Sanitary Board this afternoon

Colonial Secretary's Office,

11th December, 1908. Sir, I am directed to stafe for the informa- tion of the Board that; owing to the exigencies

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Blow suffocation was the cause of his death. His face was livid; bis mouit was gagged with old paper; his tongue swollen; at the neck just behind the right ear, as we are given to under- stand, was a deep indentation, indicating severe pressure of a person's thumb, while his hands and legs were bound fast,

furnishing of the room, which also contained It was impossible, owing to the " scanty"

there was any struggle or not; but there is no heavy pieces of old iren, to discover whether doubt, taking into reckoning the manner in which ite man met his end, that there had been a fight, which had proved fruitless as far as he was concerned.

The body was identified later in the day as that of Lam Chang, oged fifty, and until recent ly he was a mirion bowker of Reclamation Street and a bill collector for other dealers in

the same line of business in Hongkong.m

No. 40, Reclamation Street is a three- storeyed brick building behind the pumping station, and within close distance of the police station. The first and second flours are oc- cupied by families, while the ground floor was lot to Lam Chang, who was known in the district as a well-to-do man-mainly through what he collected for other dealers.

According to the facts which we have gather ed, Lam Chang, who was a bale aud'huany old" person, employed two folis in the shop, but be alone ilept in the premises afer clos leg time. It was about "seven o'clock on Sunday morning that he was last seen, and at that time he was behind the counter trans- acting what business came along..

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THE BANISHMENT ORDERS

SIPA CHINESE' MERCHANT'S RETURN,

One of the Chinese merchants, Chiu Shlu pok, against, whom banishment order had heen issue 1 but not wived owing to his absence from the Colony, huiu returned. Mr. Chiu is manager of h Kung Wo Hong, Bos ham Strand Westi bin 6rm Chala la general marchandise.

CANTON DAY BY DAY,

PROVINCIAL JUDGE,

[From Our Own Correspondent,}

Canton, 19th December The | newly-appointed. Canton Provincial

To-day's Advertisements.

to give hec services to lady in reture for XPERIENCED MAID (English) wishes passage to England or would undertako care of Childran. Good reference.

Address-

E. M.,

C/o Miss Clausen,

2 Bluff, Yokohama. „Hongkong, aznd December, 1908, (1098

FIRE INSURANCE. ASSOCIATION OF HONGKONG..

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

Judge Wei King Tung took over the seat of NOTICE is hereby given that all FIRE office from Cheung Shik Foo to-day.

LIKIN COLLECTION,"

The total collection of Likin dues in Canton for the second ten days of the 11th mond as reported, by the Likin officials amounted to 55.959.6.0.0 tasis.

RODDERS WANTED.

Military Camp at Ko Tong for the apprehen

Recently; rewards have been offered by the sion of some fifty robbers in that locality; the rewards offered vary from one hundred dollars to several hundred dollars for each of them.

THE NEW BUND. '--

band (about 120 ft.) opposite the Dutch Folly On Wednesday last, a portion of the now

shitained. Island, collapsed; no other damage has bega

CANTON. MINT.

Expectant Prefect Ching Sia Chun has been

INSURANCE OFFICES will be CLOSED for, the Transaction of PUBLIC BUSINESS on FRIDAY and SATURDAY, the 25th and 26th December, respectively,

By Order,

A. R. LOWE, Secretary.

·Hongkong, 22nd December, 1908,

PUBLIC AUCTION.

"HE

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Undersigned have received instruction

to sell by

PUBLIO AUCTION, FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

DO

THURSDAY,

the 24th December, 1908, at 11 .M., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road,

---- comer of Ice House Street,”

A QUANTITY OF

appointed to be manager of the Canton Mint ENGLISH JEWELRY AND BEST SHEF.

in succession to Mr. Tsoi Hang, qs the latter has gone.into mourning on account of the death. of his parent,

***A PRISONER ESCAPEN,

FIELD SILVER PLATE,

Comprising

WATCHES, CHAINS, BRACELETS, PINS, BROOCHES, DIAMOND RINGS;

AND

· å prisoner named Woog Ab KweŊ, who has been spending eight months in the NamheiA quantity of LOOSE DIAMONDS ; jail since the 4th moon last, when he was sen- teuced to imprisonment for our year, falt tired of remaining ibers any longer. Early yester day morning, be effected bis escape by climbing over the wall of the cell, while the jail, warden were still la their beds.

ARMS-RUNNING.

The officials of Kiangchow have wired to Caston requesting the auaborities to at once demil a government gunboat to that post to cruise in the locality in order to prevent the smuggling of arms and ammunition by the out- laws, who are in the habit of importing contraband articles into the interior by way of Kingcbow.

21st December.

BLACKMAILERS-BUSY,,

"

It has been frequently reported that robbers have recently been sending blackmailing let- ters demanding money from influential people

and native as well as foreign firms in the vici-

From an inspection made of the bullding by the police no matky could be found on any of the doors of the house as to lead them (D suspect that the murderers had forced an en trance, and it is presumed that the main door was unlocked when the visit was paid. The nity of Oanton. It is not long ago that the suggestion put forward was that the robbers-otereational Banking Corporation in Shamces, for robbery was the motive of the crime-st-received a blackmailing letter from the robber tacked the old man in bed, and, after binding chief Luk Lad Ching who demanded the pay. and Regging him, josted the premises.

The tragedy, why was discovered by a shopkeeper, was immediately reported to the police, and Inspector Meßardy, in company with Detective Lospector Watt (No. 22) visited the bouse, where they found the marine dealer's dead body lying on the tiled floor. After have ing his remains' seat to the mortuary, they hunted for a clue, but without any result, so far as we know. The officers' searched high and low; they interrogated the jokis and neigh- of the public service, it has been necessary bours, but nobody knew or heard of any for His Excellency the Governor to apguise to indicate that a crime of such a point. Mr. Woodcock to act as Deputy Re-character was being enacted under their very gistrar,, and Accountant of the Supreme beds. The marine dealers' trucks were found Court during the absence on leave of Mi. open, but his clothing seemed untouched, and Lee-Jones, and that it will therefore be ne-it is not known whether he had any money in cessary for the present. to continue the exist those trunks at the time his life was taken for ing arrangement under which the duties of the robbers to carry away. Secretary of the Sanitary Board are divided between Dr. Gibson and Mr. Craig. I regret that by an oversight this information was not conveyed sa'you prior to the last meeting of the Board. am; etc.,

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FH. MAY, Colonial Secretary. The Secretary, Sanitary Board; --

THE NEW ASTOR HOUSE.

ERECTION OF WATER CLOSETS,

An application from Mr. G. J. B. Sayer for permission to erect two water-closets on the 3rd and 4th floors of Nɔ. 13, Autor House, was considered by members of the Sanitary Board this afternoon..

The police confess that there'is not a single clue for them to work on. Nobody had seen the robbera 'come nobody had seen the mur derers go; and so far as matters stand at the 'pratent moment the police are helpless, and the Reclamation Stree; murder is another to be added to the list of mysterious tragedies committed in Hongkong.

Spitting Nuisance."

CHINESE TO PETITION SECRET

ARY OF STATE.

MEETING OF THE COMMERCIAL UNION,

As stated in our last evening's' issue, a mesting of the Chinese Commercial Union

Was

.bald

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ment, of $10,000. The Corporation' has 'now'

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RARE OLD TESTORE VIOLIN, RE- MINGTON TYPEWRITER, THEODO. LITE io Case "Sextant." -

TERMS AS Donal

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HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers,

· Hongkong, zand December, 1958.

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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS,

ROM and after 1st January, 1989, the FROM

rates of Subscription to the Hongkong Telegrafi (daily and weekly issues) will be as follows:-

DAILY-536 per.onnum.

WEEKLY 513 per sozum.

The rates per quarter and per mensem, pro

portional, Subscriptions for any period less. than one month will be charged as för a full montb.

"

The daily issue is delivered free when the

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per quarter is charged for pastage.

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twenty five cents (for cash only),

Intimations.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

Naccordance with" Ordinance No. 5 of 1875 EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the Transaction of PUBLIC BUSINESS on FRIDAY and SATURDAY) 25th and 26th'insta. Aga

Hongkong, 71st December, 2008 Σταρό

THE IMPERIAL COLONIAL OLUB.

THE abore, Club: le formed, chiady for

́COLONIAL 'and OVER-SEAS MEM- BERS; it is situated at No. 84, Piccadilly (the' centra of Clubland), opposite the Groen Paik.

The Club has a Bridge Section, Reception, Dining, Billiard Room, Smoking Lounge, Reading Room and Library,

Ladies are eligible as Members, Entrance Fee, Five Galness, Annual Sub- |scription; Fire. Guineas,

Farther particulars from

THE ORGANISING SECRETARY,

84, Piccadilly, W. London, 19th August, 1908.

COLD STORAGE.

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HONGKONG: 10E. COMPANY

COLD STORAGE available at EAST POINT, Stores will be Open at to A.M." and "4.2.3. day, Sunday excepted, to receive and deliver parish.ble goods.

TLTD, have 20# 40,000 Cable feat of

WPARLANE, Manager.

Rangkona, vand-Inne, roar.

THE PE HINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND

MORTGAGE CO., LD.

(CAPITAL PAID UP $1,250,000)

Losus on Mortgage of House Property, &c. Günde received on Storage.

Advances made on Merchandise. Losos made on the Provident System.

*(Rates and Particolars on application)

- THE OFFICE OF · TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS,

ATTORNEY, &c.) Undertakes and Executed.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers:

Rangrang, 10th March, 1908.

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

7.00 8.m,

LIMITED

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAVE.

7.30 8.m. to 9.30 km, ...Every to mianter. 9.30 8.m. to it.co am: .....Every 15 minutes. 11.30 am, to 18.45 p.m. à.Every ri minutes.

12.45 p.m. to 1.11 p.m....very to minutes, Weekly,-1.5 p.m. in 3.15 p.m. ...Every 10 minutes. (1.15 p.m. 10. 1.45 p.an. .....Every 15 minutas

(PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.) There will be so, rebate to Missionary Subscribers as heretofore. *.

By Order,

THE MANAGER, Hongkong Telegraph Co., Ld. Hongkong, 22nd December, 08 tor

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR SWATOw.

agdia received a similar letter bearing the signs tures of several untorious robbers asking for a loan of one million dollars. The original letter bai, been forwarded.through their Consul to the Viceroy for his information. The nature of these blackmailing leters might have probably aroused the suspicion of the recipients, but according to the opinion expressed by one of the native papers here the other day, it would appear that no fear need be entertained, though the letter contained various descriptions of threats. The paper stated that the robbers would not be so daring and foolish as to ask for a million dollars which it is beyond doubt would gaver be forthcoming, so it is generally sur mised that the letter received by the Banking

THE Company's Steamship Corporation might not have really come from Captain Evans, will be despatched for the robbers, but from some people who had been above Port, TO-MORROW, the 23rd instant,' robbed. . The victims of the robbers' nefarious | at 12 o'clock Noon, plans are no doubt anxious to have their For Freight or Yassage, apply to enemies arremed and punished; but they are unable to get the local officials to do so, failing which they have hit upon the plan of sending like blackmailing letters-de-foreign-hṣms-in- the name of those robbers whose arrests they are longing for. When the letters reach the foreign firms, they will be forwarded through their Consule to the Viceroy, and the letter, (upon receipt of the Consuls' communication, will no doubt give immediate, orders to his subordinates to buat down the robbers.

ACTING PROVINCIAL JUDGE.

The Acting Centon Provincial Judge Cheong Shik Fao, after handing over the seal of office to Wei King Tung on the 19th inst., left here on the following day for Shiu Hing to, resoms bis doties as Taotaí of the prefectures of Ship: Hing and Lo Ting. Craig

" HAIMUN,"

3.13 p.m. to 3,00 paní „Every 15 mļontos, vago p.m. in. too p.m. ..... Hvery 15 minutes. . kuiña pým, to 8.00 p.m. ..., Rvery 10 mluntas,

NIGHT CARL Bat pm, and 9. pm, 945 pm to 12.15 p.mi' every half, hour..

- SUNDAYS 8.00 am to 9.00a.m. Every 15 minutes. 9.00 6.m. 10 9.30, 8.m. „Every 30 minutes, 0.30 am, to 10.30`um. .....Every 15 minutos, 10.30 am, to 11,00 a.m. .....Every 10 minutes. $1.45 am, to 12.00 seon...Every 15 minutes. 11.00 Noon to 1.00 p.m... Every toʻmfantes,"

5.00 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 5.00 pm: to 16.00 p.m. .....Every Toʻminutes, 8,00 pm to 700 p.m. ...Every 15 minutes, 7.00 p.m. to. 8.00 p.ís. .....Every rõ minutas

NIGHT CARS as on Week Daya.

1.00 YIL

SATURDAYS,

Extra čam.at 3.15 pæn, 11.30 p.m, and · II.45 p.m.

·SPECIAL CARS by Arrangement ́ at the, f1103 | Company's, Offco, Alixandra Buildings,

Des Verns Road Central.

DOUGLAS LAPKAIK & CO., General MacsNDIS. Hongkong, aand December, 1968,

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGÉRIES MARITIMES.

FOR SHANGHAI, KOBR AND YOKOHAMA. THE Company's Steamship

TONKIN," Captain Charbonnel, will be despatched for the above Porta TO-MORROW, the 23rd instant,

For Freight or Passage, apply to

P. NALIN,

at & A.M.

158 21 Acting Agent. ⠀⠀ Hongkong, azad December, 1908.

fra

S.S. TONKIN."

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

The Medical Officer of Ule.lib minated :-- Coney Island, will be retarded indefinitely by The additional water close:s proposed are for the sinking of the Kalomo, the fixtures and ma the convenience of the Uotel guns's

this afterooop under the

CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY, It does not terials for which, îmported by M. A: Clarkë

mean that some excretal matter will be dis- presidency of Mr. Chang Kang-gu, to discuss The total collection of the second call of and coming over on the vessel, having been charged into the sewers. The rooms it is pro Ordinance making spitting in public places the Cantod-Hapkow Railway Company during the recent amendment of the Magistrates railway shares by the different institutions for lost. The wonderful scenic railway which was to delight our wards old and young, at the Posed to erect the four, new water clossis in great Tondo playgrounds, bas found a resting Board might reasonably allow the water closets, Chau. Siu-ki, Paon Yen chuen, LiPo-kwei, by the Oi Yuk Charitable institution; 216,005 open directly into the external air. I think the misdemeanour, puuishable by fine. There the sath mpon amounted to: 7,100,192 0.8.5 were also present at the meeting Mestre taals, of which, 189,231.6 1.2 taels was collected place at the bottom of the sex, a plaything, for but would advise that for the sake of cleapli.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. the pranks of the fiozy, deniztos of the deep.

ness, the partition shown in the plan should not Ho Siu-chow, S. W. Tia, Ku Fai-shan, hi Yu Kwong Chen: 10,650 1.7.1 teels by Kwong Yes; Havre ex s.s. Charente and fet pan, and Chan Sio-pak, Sio Fai-yuen, Les Chak-yule by Wai. Hang, 208,601,0,1.5 inala by The first intelligence of the disaster was-re.

"ONSIGNEES of Cargo from London and be of wood but of brick and exp.aded metalman, Cheong Sam-wa, Woog Yiu-tong L 116,970.0.5 7tael by Shung Ching: 39.737.4-7.4 from Bordeaux ex 3.6. Combras and Ville. ceived lu Manila yesterday morning by the ex-rendered smooth with cement and tiles, and Yu-chuen, Chan Cheuk-hing, and Leung Pingels by Midg Shit, 23.40; taels by Shut Shlu; Arrai in connection with abore Steamer are ecutive secretary, in a cable from the bureau of sea that the type of water closet bisio to be Insular affairs at Washington, the American pat is should be 'first approved by the Board.

hereby informed that their Goods, with the ex- consul-general at Singapore having commpai Water closets have recently been put into You Chues and recorded by. Mr. Li Po-kwal, 82,625.2.0.6 tals from Hongkong: 16,000 tals being landed and stored at their risk into the After discussion, it was proposed by Mr. Poon 10,563,0.3.3 toels by the Chamber of Commerces ception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are cated the tidings to the latter by wire. Mesirs, buildings in the Colony of very poor design. Warder, Barnes and Company, the local agents

that a petition be formulated and transmitted from Fatshan and 11,510 faels from Macao. hasardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of The Hon. Mr. E. A. Howell-Erect, subject to the Secretary of State for the Colonies Up to the present time the whole amount col the Hongkong and Kowloon Whatt and for the vessel, at firat sceptical about the report to the usuil conditions as to water supply,' against the recent: legislation making the pai. lected since the opening of the lists for the Godown: Co., Limited, at Kowloon, whenco..

delivery may be obtained immediately after landing. N

owing to the absence of news from Singapore cabfed to that place at Loon, n questing inform stion and at four o'clock in the afternaop recaív- ed a reply confirming the loss of the vessel No details sie given, maa

даш.

The Director of Public Works The grace a punishable offence.

second call of shares on the 1st day of the 7th dient of the pipe connecting with the vertical

The resolution was unanimously carried. A moon is said to have reached the round sum of oil pipe might be improved..

committee, consisting of the following goatie-nearly $7,000,000, little over half of the sum men, vix, Messrs, Chang Kangyu Chau Siu quired. ki, Poon Yan-chuen and Chen Big-pak, was appointed to obtain legal assistance to drawing up of the petition.

The Alamo left New York on November 18 THE Phoenix Assurance Co, Ltd., by their and coming by way of Singapore, was due to local agents Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd., have arilve here- da" December 32," "The vessel issued a neat lule packet-noté-book and pencil. was a modern freight carrier built only in came to advenise the company. last year of 5,010 too displacement, at Port Glasgow by R. Dançao and Company, For the convenience of Roman Catholice Ltd. The Exlomo mas owned by the Buck- there will be services on Christmas Day at call 6. 3. Lion, Lid, and for some time past 7.45 km, 8.15 a.m., 8.35 am, and ga.m. Folemn bad baan, mador: charter to the Americín- Maan at 10 am, at St. Joseph's Church, On Manchorjen: Bleumship Company, plying bo- Now, Vaara Day, Divins Service for Roman Yuson the Atlantic: seaboard grand-Oriental | Catholics will take place at 56, Joseph's Chorch, countries, and afterwarde

VELES MAJOR-GENERAL BROADWOOD. arrived here by the steamer Faishan and at

This morning, Major-General Broadwood

am-to-day-HE. Viceroy Chang-Jon Chuú received the distinguished visitor,

THE Ministry of War his obtained the ap proval of the Prince Regent to select a large | THR Walwopu has obtained the Imperial number of the pupils of the Nebles School in Seal for affelog to the letters addressed to the Peking to send to Great Britain, the United | sovereigns and Presidents "of the various Stales, Germany and Japan for the purposes of Tre Powers in the pan HL. M. Hauon studying at the Naval Academies of those

formally Infor them of his access the Dragon TRYONG Ašika successor of is sub-leutenanta for tw

Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless

intimation is received from the Consignees before 6P.M., TO-DAY, requesting it to, be landed here, a

after TUESDAY, the 20th December, at Noon, Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned Goods remaining, anclaimed will be subject to rent and landing charges...

All claims must be sent in to me on or before the 29th December; or they, will not be recog» aired p

All damaged packarus will mined on. TUESDAY, the 19th Decemb

No Fire lasuresce

́ssad Decem

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

• General Managers, Mamakang, ath Tune, raw

To Let.

TO LET,

GODOWN NO. (A, DUBDELL STREET.

Apply to--

**... THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-

MENT & AGENCY CO., LD.. Pongkong, 1st December, 1908. ·[490

TO LET'

NE LARGE ROOM, with Spacious Verzadah, and Bath-Room attached.

Harbour and Mainland, and use of Servants! Quarters, ou CONDUIT ROAD LEVEL, Magnificent view of the

Aj ply-

SEPOL

Cjo Hongkong Telegraphi Hongkong, 25th November, 1905, [1039

TO LET

HATHERLEIGH, CONDUIT ROAD,

A HOUSE in WONG-NEI-CHONG ROAD,

A HOUSE in RIPON TERRACE. OFFICES in YORK-BUILDING;" GODOWNS in ¦ PRAYA HAJT, BEUS

"""BUILTINUS,”and No. 103,DE VOU. Road next to the Hongkong Hotel, FLATS in MORETON, TERI

No. 10, DXS VŒUX ROAD

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