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Intimation.

LAST

FEW

DAYS

OF

Powell's

CASH

SALE.

FURTHER

REDUCTIONS.

GREAT

BARGAINS

offered

during this

Week.

POWELL'S

'ALEXANDRA

BUILDINGS

and

28, Queen's Road,

HONGKONG.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURS

CONNE

OPIUM

[Continued from page 5.]

"Orong

vis veritatial" Cicero, We apmak the Triath in Shadowland?" "Anon.

Minutca of a meeting on January 3, 1999, at

In use they minister to tastes; U nate: in Abuse they are.

Word Es

ikust,told us that,

eat in China to pres

as we ware in England to stop the sale alcohol. What then remained bat regulation

Ho of what could not be prohibited?

H.M.TRO Kuang--I trust that these ravel tloss will sasist the Illustrions Obscure is wie the Celebrities' Club, Sponkton, Shadowland.nowing the chaff of terrestrial cross-purposes Prerani, H.L.M. Tao Kuang, Emperor of from the grain of fact. They must not forget China from 1811 to 1851, in the Chair: H. E. though, that It is possible to keep a wolf from Lin, Opium Commissioner to Canton; Hawque, the front door while a tiger is stealing in at the a member of the Co-hong, whose real game back. Then the sprite dispossessed would be Tai Woo Tong Yuen Lord Napier, First mocked by the demon la parshHİON.

Lord Falmerston-That was and is a que Official "Superintendent of Trade to Canton".. Capt. Elliot, who succeeded him: Mr. Jardine tion for Chies herself. She had then to land and Mr. Dent, British merchants: Mr. W. S by her own strength or fall through her own Wetmore, an American merchant, Mr. Read, weakness. She had no treaties with anybody.

HE. Li-Just so. We were above them. American Minister, Lord Palmerston, Lord Shaftesbury, a Chinese Mandarin, and others-Lord-t haftsbury-But your countrymen as a.

H. I. M. Tao Kuang-The object which H. whole desired suppression, did they not?

A Chinese Mandarin-My countrymen were E. Lin bar is calling us together to-day is the shedding of light into the minds of the Illui-divided into three classes:Nicety per cent. trious Obscure who are shortly to gather at Shanghai for the further discussion of the now world-wide question of opiates. The revelations of this Shadowland community canent but dis abase.men's minds of soms prejudices which båre still further darkened the natural duliness of perception amongst the Opaque of the Terra

Obscura. *

HLE. Lin-i propose to say little myself, your Majesty. My opinions are better known that my fale (except to your Majesty), and there are others better qualified than 1 to ex

them know little or nothing of oplum: de and ninety-nine hundredths per cant including vast aumbers of the wicials, used the drug and were determined to continue so doing the numerically insignificant remainder formed the Chinese Anti-Oplum Society, and bad in- duance at Court. Now you see why suppres sion though making a gread noise was doomed to fail. I smoked opium, so did all my friends. HE, Lin did not. He was that rare bird which visits China once in ten thousand ages. In corruptible by smoke or syces he carried out

Intimations

Browth, People believe la, things that, they see, and, in a broad sense they are right. What is sometimes called blind faith is not faith at all. There must be reason and fact 10, form a foundation for trust. In regard to a medicine or remedy, for example, people ask-

a cured others? Have cases like mine THE the truths of modern science, and bas it a record above suspicion? If so, it is worthy of

been relieved by it? Is it in harmony with

confidence; and if I am ever attacked by any of the maladies for which it is commended I shall resort to it in full baller in its power to help moOn these lines

WW WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION“ bas won ite

won its high reputation among medical

They trust it for the same reason that they men, and the people of all civilized countries. trust in the familiar laws of nature or in the action of common things. This effective remedy is palatable as honey and contains all the nutritive, and curative properties of Pure Cod Liver Oil, extracted by us from fresh cod livers, combined with the Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites and the Extracts of Mall and Wild Cherry. It quickly eradicates the poisonous, disease-breeding acids and other

Entertainm

TRE ROYAL

BY SPECIAL REQUEST:

HONGKONG AMATEUR DRAMATIC

CLUB

WILL PRESENT

A COUNTRY GIRL.

FRIDAY and SATURDAY,

19th and 20th February, 1000.

PRICES AS USUAL.

toxic matters from the system regulates and BOOKING at The Robinson Piano Company opens at 10 o'clock a.m., promotes the formal action of the organs,

infallible in Frostration following Fevers, gives vigorous appetite and digestion, and is Anemia, Scrofula, Influenza, Wasilag Disenses,

Bibit the true state of affairs which existed in his order from above and destroyed 20,183 Throat and Lung Troubles, etc, Dr. W. A..|

Canton during those stirring events. You were these a little before, I camp, weren't you' Napier?

*

recollect my coming, and the communication I brought from the British Government.

Howqua-I do. It bore the superscription "Letter," not the ordinary one, Tetition," Not one of our mandarins, I remember, would

chests surrendered to him,

on Friday, 12th February.

Hongkong, 3rd February, 1909.

ALEXANDRA

Young, of Canada, says: "Your tasteless pre- paration of cod liver oil has given me uniformly satisfactory results, my patients having been of all ages." It is a product of CINEMATOGRAPH, the skill and science of to-day and is successful after the old style modes of treatment hava

2, Zetland Street.

to it "forever" after, 1 cannot disappoint been appealed to in vain. To try it is to trust, you and is effective from the first dose. Sold

Capt. Elliot 20,191, "not 20,283. Mandarin-Dur authorities any 29,283; Pro Lord Napier,I wa. Some of you must fessor Douglas and, I thluk, others' support us Capt. Elliot-Dr. Hawks Poit, I am glad to seb, corrects the error. The difference is easily explained: The smaller number was the num ber first given up. Later on a man named lanes tried to dispose of an additional eight chests at the very time that the foreign com munity was in the greatest danger. I told bimby chemists everywhere. that he had painfully increased this risks and embarrassments of the situation, advised him to depart with all practicable speed, and hand. ed over the extra 8 chests, thus making up the greater total.

even so much as touch it.

Napier. It was you who fitit put my name into Chinese, wasn't it?

Howqua-No, somebody else did that. merely substitated other characters having the same sound.

Napier-And what did the substituted characters really mean?

Honqua. They meant "Laboriously Vile," Napier.Humph You had the better of us there, hadn't you?

Howqua We thought so.. Napler-And yet I was merely asking.... H.E. Lin. You ware merely asking for such treatment of English 'gentlemen in China se Ray Chinese coolie would have got in England, But, being barbarians, in our eyes, you could only approach us by way of óútreaty, and obey us to the manner of slaves. We forebade you the poor dignity of sedan. chairs in order to emphasize the fact that Chinese were too good' to be your bearers. We laughed at the. "Ta" in your country's name, "Ta Yiog Kwoh "Great" England, indeed Ho, Ho, ho! You talked of your Queen, but we knew that though thets might be many Wangs, there was but ona Hurugti, just as thero' is but one sun in the heavens, and so I proceeded to issue my "Commands." I required obedience, repente ance, and reform. I 'ordered the surrender of all the opium and the giving up of the recal citrant Dest

"

Mr. Dent. Who didn't quite ses it, eh? He knew all about the tender mercies of a Govern- meat which "cherished strangers from afar."""

H. E. Lin-Exactly. Hostages had but one advantage in these days:-They knew that their troubles might soon be over...

Mr. Jardine-But there was one thing which we did not know, and that way, where the justice of your demands came in. We had openly carried on a trade for years and years. Your officials had not only not forbidded us to do so, but they bad actively assisted us in the work, Frohibition there had been: we well knew that: so did they. But there had also ben prohibitions of tobacco, gambling, and other Things, not one of which, but was IC counted a dead letter, obsolets; condemned, ignored. There was no means of enforcing

bem.

H.L.M. Tao Koang.-Mr. Jarding has hit upon the real cause of all our troubles at that time. Any country for its perfect government. need qualities of three kinds, Mental, Moral, and Material. In sufficient abundance we had neither. I can see now that we were snoutally deficient, morally corrupt, and materially weak to the verge of contempt. What is Law? Is it not the expression of the will of the strongest? That being so, 'Chinese law from 1835 to 1865- was the law of the smuggler and the rebel, neither of whom could we subdue without the mortification of outside assistance.

Capt. Elliott was for this reason, your Majesty, that foreign nations dealt as gently as they could with you. Personally no one saw the evils of oplom more vividly than I. I urged this upon Lord Pa'meratos, But it was outside the scope of my instruc tions to enforce a Chinese law which your Majesty's sell was unable to safoice. oc'viliz ed Government undertake such a task, “or asks

it of others. I could bind Fritain alone, and then only when breaking British law.

H.E. Lin. That was true." I found after the British had sqrrendered their opium that they were responsible for about a moiety only of the whole trade.

Mr Wetmore. We were all in it more or less. I myself surrendered 103 chests, and I was an American,

Mr. Reed-Was there not another reason 'afterwards why wo. Americans gave up the trade?..

Mr. Wetmore. There was a very good one —we didn's produce any opium i

Lord Palmerston-We did or rather India did, and, as a government, we looked upon the question entirely from a business point of view, We had made agreements with one nation for the Import of rum and brandy, with another for wine, with another for tobacco, and so on, an we didn't see any such vast difference between ar to call for specisi tregimenk

and

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RACE HOLIDAYS; +

'THE' EXCHANGE BANKS will be

CLOSEDANG ILS Transaction of

To-night & Every Night,

FAMILY PROGRAMME.

NO ARTISTES BUT ONLY THE

At this juncture there was a short adjourn PUBLIC BUSINESS at 11.45 AM. LATEST ment:-N. G. D. News.

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Auctions.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

HE SECOND SALE OF THE STOCK

IN-TRADE

OF

-MADAME JAY'S, LIMITED; will take place TO-MORROW,

the 12th February, 1959, commencing at 10.30 A.M., at their Premises, Des Vœux Road.

This Sale will include AFTERNOON and EVENING GOWNS and ROBES and a Selection of TRIMMED HATS. TERMS:-Cash on delivery.

On View from Wednesday, the 10th Febru ary, 1999,

GRO. P LAMMERT,

Hongkia, Ith February, agog.

:

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and THURS

DAY, the 16th, 17th and 18th instant respec tively.

Hougkoog, toth February, 1909,

[165

Intimations.

GUNS

DIRECT from the manufacturers at lowest prices, 12 bore Double Breechloaders from 30ja each. Illustrated_catalogue, of

latest model Shot Guns, Combination: Cont

Sporting Rifles, &c. post free." D. JAMES & REYNOLDS, George Street, Minories, Lon- dos, E... England. Det

>(886

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

PATHE

FILMS

*7.00 8.1.

HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LIMITED ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME

TT is hereby notified that on and after the 1st March, the selling price of ics, will be reduced to ONE CENT per pound.

~JARDINE-MATHESON & Co., Ld

General Managerą, -HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LIMITED. Hangkung 10th February, 199}"

JURORS-LIST-1909.

IT Auctioneer.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

[158

HE Uadersigned bave received instructions

to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

on'

SATURDAY,

the 13th February, 1909, at 11 AM at their Sales Rooms No. 8, Des Vœux Koad corner of Ice House Street,

A QUANTITY OF...........

ENGLISH JEWELRY,

Comprising:

DIAMOND RINGS, PINS, BROOCHES,

Every

MONDAY and THURSDAY.

These Films have never been 166 Shewa in Hongkong by any other

Cinematograph.

TT is hereby notified that, pursuant to the provisions of the JURY CONSOLIDA- TION ORDINANCE, 1887, I have this day caused to be posted at the chief entrance to the Court House a List of all persons ascertained by me to be liable to serve as Jurors.

The said List will, romain so posted until the 16th instant, in order that any person may apply by notice in writing to me requiring that

Programmes to be had at the door. Hours from 9 to 11 p.m Hongkong, 28th January, 1909,

Public Companies,

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE

WEEK, DAYS,

7:39 am to 9.30 am. Every to minutes 19.30 a.m. to 11,00 am Every 15 minutos- 41.30 am, to 12.45 p.m. ...Every 15 minuter. 12.45 pm. to. 1.15 p.m. Every 10 miuxtas. 1.15 pm to 1.45 p.m. .....Every 15 miantesf 5.45 pm, to 2.75 p.m. Every raʼminutes. 2.15 p.m. to.-3.00.p.m. ... Every 15 minutes. 13.30 p.m. to j40 p.m. .....Every 15 minutas, Every to mluutas 5.00 p.m. to: 5.00

NIGHT CARD 8.48, p.mi and Q p.m., 9.65. p.m. to 18.15 pa avery, hall how.

SUNDAYE..

18.00 a.m. to 9.00 2.m. ...Every 15 minutes. 19.00 am, to 9:30 am, and Every.30. minister,. [19:30 am. to raga am. Every 15 miantes, (10,30 m, to-11:00 am....Every to minutes, 11.45 am to 13,00 moon...Every 15 minutes. 12.00 Noon to 1.00 pm....Every 10ʻminates," 11,00 pm to 5.00 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 15:00 p.m. to. 6.00 p.m....Every 10 minutes. 17.00 pm to 8.00 p.m....Every to minate",

NIGHT CARS as on Weak Days, BATURDATE,

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK-00 pm to 7,00 p.m....Every 15 minutes.

ING CORPORATION,

OTICE is hereby given that the ORDIN

his name or the name of some order personNARY HALFY EARLY MEETING of may be respectively either added to or struck off from the sald List, upon cause to be duly

signed in sach-notice.

ARATHOON SETH,

Registrar,

The Registry, Supreme Court,

› Hongkong, 1st February, 1909,

the SHAREHOLDERS in this "Corporation will be held at the City Hall, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the zoth day of February, 1909, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving, the Report of the Court of Directors, together with abtatement of Accounts to 31st December,

By Order of the Court of Directors,

J. R. M. SMITH,

Chicí Manager.

[1621908.

"

BRACELETS, GOLD WATCHES, FOUN. BLACKHEAD & CO., Hongkong, with February, 1909.

TAIN PENS, UNSET DIAMONDS, SIL. VER WARE, GRAMOPHONE RECORDS; MISCELLANEOUS GUODS, CAMERAS, MANDOLINES, GUITARS, MACKINTO SHES, OVERCOATS, HATS, DRAWING INSTRUMENTS, SEXTANTS, HART FORD and REMINGTON TYPEWRI- TERS, ELECTRICAL GOODS, 18-K, GOLD CHRONOMETER WATCH, LARGE DIAMOND RING, COLLECTION UF STAMPS, RARE OLD VIOLIN, &c. ¡

SURVEYOR'S THEODOLITE COM. PLETE;

ALSO

AND

1. CHRONOMETER by Barränd, and 1 CHRONOMETER by Hughes.

Catalogues will be issued, TRRMSAs usual,”

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Aactioneers, 200 Hongkong, 9th February, 1909, [159

Entimations

RACE NUMBER

THE KALEIDOSCOPE (Tom Swaby's Magazine),

ON SALE EVERYWHERE,

or from

14 ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS, ‚”

[163 Hongkong, 10th February, 1909, -

LEE YEE HAIR DRESSING SALOON.

HAS ALWAYS ON HAND CIGARS, CIGARETTES

AND

TOLLET REQUISITES ??

FOR SALTA 12, D'AQUILAK ST HONGKONG,

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 HAROMPOSITION REM

[ARTMANN'S RAHTJEN'S GENUINE

·HAND BRAND, HARTMANN'S GREY PAINT. DAIMLER'S PATENT MOTOR LAUNCHES, &C.

́Bola Agenix for FERGUSON'S SPECIAL ORBAM and

P&O. SPECIAL LIQUER SOTCH

WHISKY, &c.

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

REASONABLE PRICES Wongurno,vos MAPPh, TRON

THE "HINA PRÖVIDENT LOAN AND

MORTGAGE CO., LD.

(UAFITAL PAID UP 'im...........$1,150,000)

Loans on Mortgage of House Property, Acc. Goods received on Storage. Advances made on Merchandise. Loans made on the Provident Systein.

(Rater and Particulars on application),

THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR. OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c. Undertaken and Exécutad. :

SHEWAN TOMES 4.00

19th March, 1998

„Extra cars at 3.15 p.m., :11.30 p.m. and

··11:45 pam. ·

·SPECIAL CARS by Arrangement at the Company's Offico, ALEXANDRA Buildings, Des Voeux Road Central.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

“Generál Managers,

· Hongkong, atk Tona, 1909,

[457 GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY,

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION.

NOTICE is hereby given that the RE NISTER OF SHARES of the Corpora

LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

tion will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, the In Cake of 375 Do, pet $5,50 par Caik

9th instant, to SATURDAY, the 20th instant, (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered,

By Order of the Court of Directors,

J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager.. Hongkong, 5th February, 1909.

[347

HONGKONG, AND, WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.

[NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

ex Factory

Io Bage of ago bv. not $8.45 per Bag ax Factory

SHEWAN TOMBS & Co.,

General ManAKETE.. Ponokang,' 15th August, 1008.

0. C. MODSA,

THE SHAREHOLDERS will be held in

THE ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING 1 & 8, D'AGUILAR STREEL

the Offices of the Company, Queen's Buildings, New Praya, on MONDAY, the 22nd February,

1909, at 12 o'clock usou, for the purpose of NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON. receiving the report of the Directors and the. Statement of Accounts to the 31st December,

1908.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company

Trimmed and Untrimmed

will be CLOSED from the 8th to the 22nd (IATS, RIBBONS, FLOWERS, February, both days'inclusivo.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

THOS. L. ROSE, Secretary.

Hongkong, 27th January, 1909.

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