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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY APRIL 8- Loco

Intim lons.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD.

BREMEN

IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES

FOR

· STEAMERY

TO JAIL

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

“GQEBEN“ „ze

Capt. B. Wilbetml ...

WEDN ́`·

atit April.

"PRINZ ŠIDIGMUND “

Osəti D. LonE.

FRIDAY,

33rd April, to A.M.

MANILA, YAP, NEWGUINEA,) BRISBANE, SYDNEY Που MELBOURNE

For further Particolari.,apply to

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,

MELCHERS & CO.,

GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG & CHINA,

Hongkong, 8th April, 1909.-

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

FRENCH MAIL LINES.

FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO and FROM EUROPÉ vía SUEZ CANAL

TO and FROM JAPAN via BILANGHAL.

FOR

STEAMERS

CAPTAINS

TO SAIL ON

SHANGHAI, KOBE; YOKOHAMA .....TONKIN..................Chuṛbazoei... 12th April, F.M. MARSEILLES, FIA PORTS..........CALEDONIEN Bruno 13th April, at 1' P.M. SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA...OOZANIEN ................... Magaen".... 16th April, P.M. MARSEILLES, VIA FORTS ERNEST SIMONE Girard 37th April, at 1236,

Transhipment of the Co's Steamers at Singapore for Batavia ; at Colombo for Calcutta, Bombay and Australia ; si Port Said for the Levant, Constantinople and Black $60.-

*

Through Tickats to: London via Paris from £37.10 up to £71,to, no koura' kallway from

Marsellies to London.

Interpreters masi pasanngers at thelz arrival in Maresillas.

For further particulars, apply to

Hongkong, 30th March, 1999,

P. do CHAMPMORIN,

AGENT,......

QUEEN'S BUILDINGS.

MESSAGERIES CANTONAISES,

FRENCH LINE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN HONGKONG, CANTON AND

KOUANG-SI,

5.5; "PAUL BRAU,” 1,900 1009; 14 knots.

ES., " CHARLES HARDOUIN,'-1,900 tane, ta' kivis

The speediest, most luxuriouslyjappointed and punctual steamers on the lies Departure from Hongkonglat xo P.M. (Saturdays excapląd): Departure from Canton at 5.75 K.M. (Sundays exceptad).

These superb steamges carrying the French Mall are dated throughout with: Electric, Light.

and Fans and ware specially bullt for this trads., Excellent collas.

No. 1 DOCK Length inside 514 ft. Width of entrance, top 95 5 ft. bottom 75 it. Waterjon.blocks, 97.5 ft. Time to pump out, 4 hours,

No. 2 DOCK. Length Inside, 376 ft. Width of entrance, top:80.5.ft. bottom 45.8 Water on blooks, 38.5 ft. Time pump out, 2 hours.

THESE DOCKS are conveniently elitated in Yokohama barbour and the attention o Captains and Engloser la respectfully called to the advantages offered for Docking |and repairing Vamals and Machinery of every description,

The plant and tools are of recent patterns for dealing quickly and cheaply with work and a large stock of material is always at hand, (plates and anglas sil belag tested by ("Lloyds' surveyors).

GH SETUL

STANNIFEROUS LAND AWAITING THE

DOMAINER PROSPECTOR

**** Minero' sends to the Ban, ko). Timas an accopot of a trip through Setel, a comparatively

Public Companie

UNION INSURANC

CANTON, LI!

NOTICE TO SHAREHOL

ERS:

little known Siamare, State to the north of N SIXTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEET.

Car refer mo

more

TOTICE is hereby given that the THIRTY- of thinING of the Society will be held at its Fand Office, No. Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY, the art April, 1009,!

Penang and Kedah. These passages particularly to the natural resources) test

district

The population of Setul is about 5,000, Malaya predominating, but there are a good many Chinois and Tamils and fex Siamess

T The roads a clavel, and well made with deep brick drains on sither side to carry away the surface water, and are kept clean and free from rabbleh,

The main road through the State is good for travelling as far as Sungel Dusun, 14 miles, and a new road following the telegraph line from Kempong China to Pariis has been traced and partly made as far as Wang Blachan,,but the road requires eastalling, and veral bridges will have to be built, but 1. underland "thers are; no- foods available, for this work, which bas to be paid for out of revenue, stude

Noon, for the purposs of receiving that Repon of the Director, together with Statement of Accounts, to 31st December, 1938, and of do claring dividends, &c.,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from th April to the arat April, both days Inclusive, sist

By Order of the Board, REVAN HE EMONTAGUE EDE,

Secretary)?? -

200

Hongkong, a4th March, 1009,

NO

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITEDA

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

OTICE is bereby given that an EXTRA NORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

on WEDNESDAY, the 24 April, 1900, 1 No.z Queen's Buildings, Victoria, Hongkong. 12.15 P.M. for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit passing the following Special Resolution -

>Two' powerfal Twin; Screw Towboaté' are available "for taking Vassala la or out of large stear of agricultural land, both flat and, of the Society will be held at its Hand Office, Dock, and for taking Salling Vessels in or ont of the bay. The dosting derrick is capab of lifting as tons.

Starm” Launches of Staal or Wood, Lighters, Steel Buildings and Roofs, Bridge Work, and all kinds of Machinery are made on the premises.

«On eitherfside?'of this new road there are

undulating, available and eminently altable for rubber or sugar planting and equal to any. thing in the E.[M:3.

The land iswell'watered, requires little drain” log, and has the advantage of being servad by Tenders will be made up when required and the workmanship and material will te plog port, whilst the telegraph line traverses a good mad and within easy distance of a ship-

guaranted. 1. The cust t of Docking, and repair work, will be found to compare favourably with thei

of any port in the world. --

Telephone: Nos, 876, 506, or 681. Telegrams, "Dook, Yokohama,'

Liebers, Bootte,

Yokohama, May 23rd, 1905).

PHILATELIO NOVELTY

*raitable for PRESENTS.

BAGE OF USEd Postage STAMPS. Containing:

́All Asiatic Stamps.

4,000 for $8.00

3,000.00

1,000

5,00

700

2.00

300.

1.03

All Chinese Stamps. 4,000 for £4,50

3,000 # 3.50

1,003 11 3.50

#. 1.50 1,01

"Codes A. B. O, 4th and 5th Edt.

A. 1, and Watkins.

1,000 500 Also Stamps in Packets and Sets, and other" Pallatelic Requintes at priese to suit every. body.

VIEW POSTCARDS, ALBUMS, HINGES, Raphael TUCK'S TOY BOOKS AND RELIEF SCRAPS, Mamila Cigars AND CIGARETTES,

ke,

&c..

&c. Inspection Invited,

GRACA & Co., No. 17, Das Vœux Road,

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

7.00 $.m.

LIMITED

TIME TABLE

WERK DAYS:

7:30 am to 1069 Lm. „Kvery, 10 minutes 10,00. 5.m. to 11.00's.m. ...Every 15 mingites 17,30 R.m. to 12.45 p.m. ...Every 15 minutos. 12.45 p.m. to. 1.15 p.m. ...Every to minutas,

1.15 p.m. to 1-48 p.m. ...Every 15 minutes 2 1.45 pm to 15 p.m.*.... Every 10 miuntas 2.15 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. .....Evary 15 minutes 13.30 pʊns: to - 5,00 pm Every 15 minutes. —ška p.m. to.........oa p.m.....Every 30 mlaster.

NIGHT CAIL.

Benger's Food is 'mixed with fresh new milk when used, is dainty and delicious, highly" nutritive, and most easily digested. Infants thrive on it, and delicate or aged persons enjoy it, „Benger's Food is sold in iine, by tail

· Chemtria, ulo, everywhere, a

BENGERS

FOOD

FURNITURE WAREHOUSE;.

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the property.

There are also immenes' areas of staani- ferous land waiting for the prospector, and the throwing open of the Siate by the Government to miners, Af the presenttime Malays and Chinese only are allowed to take up land for mining purposes, to the exclusion of the European whe could introduce capital and open up the coun-

try,

Several large, areas have been taken op by Chinese, baz no actual mining or prospecting has been done, mad although the Slamese Min. ing Regolations apply to the State, there does not appear to be any, resident official capable of enforclog them, and all applications for mising pragricultural Isod"; must be made direct to Bangkok. "

its dificult to understand why these small

That the Memorandum and Articles of

Association of tas Society be respectively extended, altered and amended so as to read as shown in the print signed for the purpose of identification by the Chair 'man," of this” Meeting" and that; such If extended, altered and amended Mamo- "randum and Articles of Association be "henceforth adopted as the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the So- ciaty to the exclusion of those heretofore prevailing."

Should the above Special Resolution be duly passed, it will be subsequently submitted for confirmation to a farther Extraordinary General Meeting, of which Notice will be hereafter given dit de par,

Prints of the "proposed Memorandum and Articles of Association can be seen at the Society's Offices or obtained on application there

By Order of the Board of Directors,

O. MONTAGUE EDE,

*****Secretary.

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Hongkong, 7th April, 1909,

States on the Western "Coast are not thrown open to foreigners ~as are the Eastern States- for mining and planting, but the methods of | THE Eastern Governments are proverbially slow, an

The writer has spent some months. In the State and hai come sciosk very old Siamess tip workings, and evidence that the lin. was crudely smelled for'

sxport, the tin slag found, assaying over 20 per cent. Ho alto discovered several places in the interfor") where 'payable tio could be mined, but until a satisfactory, title is obtainable it would be use- legs to take the land up, or rather apply for it." The State is wall administered by a Gover. nor (Múlay), 'á very enlightened man, but the amount of revenus derive at present is quite inadequate to meet the expenses of road mak. ing, bridge building, and generally opening up the country.

1.

When the introduction of outside capital is permitted, and granted to Europeana for mining and planting-and this must inevitably come in time-and an European Adviser to the Government is appolated, as at Perlis, "It will not be difficult to prophesy a great future for

LI KWONG LOONG & CO keqwn State.

CABINET-MAKERÉ AND ART DECORATORS,"

from Shanghal, has re-opened their FURNITURE STORE

- No. 39, DE# VæŒUX ROAD GENTRAL.

8.45 pm; tod y pi, 9.45 pm, to 22:15 pm. The only Shop in Hongkong with this name

every balf bour. FUNDAYS"

8.00 am. 10 9,00 6m. 1. Every 15 minutes 9.00 1.1 to 9.30 am. ...Evary jó minutes. 9:30 am, to 10.30 am. ...Evary is minatus., 10.30 am to 11:00 LM: ...Evary to minutes. 11.45 km. to 13,00 noon...Every 15 minutes. '12,00 Noon to 1,00 ̊p,m........Every 10 minutes 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm. ..... Every 15 minutes 5.00 p.m. 10 6.00 p.m. „Evary to minutos 6,00p.m. 10 7,00 p.m. ..... Every 15 minnie. 7.00 pm, to 800 p.m. .....Evary to minate

NIGHT CARS as on Week Days

BATURDAYS. Extra care at 3:15 pm/tije. p.m. and/

~ 11.45 pm. SPECIAL CARS by Arrangement at the Company's OliCI, ALEYANDRA Building”,

The Company's Own Wharf dear Wing Lot Strest and it harth in Canton opposite Das Vœux Road Centro).

For førtkar particulare, pinsan apply to the COMPANY'S OFFICE at Shamoen, Cantos.

Hongkong, 9th Octobár, 1908,]

EYES

or to their Agents*** BARRETTO & CO., Hongkong,

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JOHN D. HUMPHREYS ♣ §ON,

G-varal Managers, Hongkonsist–April,–1909.

KJHERE HIGH-OLASS, FURNITURE:

W of every description can be made to

erder in any design required.

Have been patronised by the Hongkong Olab, Hongkong Hotel, Telegraph: Co., Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co. Firms and other loading Establishments" in the Colony, to whom reference can be made as to the Superior Workmanship and Materials of, thi | Farultura, &c., supplied,

Mesum, A. S. Waison & Co., Ltd., write ai follows: de verden

"We have pleasure. in. stating, that Mr. LI KWONG LOONG foreished the Annexe to our Dispensary and gava un every saila, faction."

ayth May, 1891.

(54) A: S. WATSON & CO..

Intimations.

THE

HINA PROVIDENT LOAN

MORTGAGE CO., LD.”

·(DAPITAL PAID UF

CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE

.COMPANY, LIMITED, E

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS"

NOTICE is hereby givan that the FORTY, N-THIRD ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS lathe above Company will be held at the Mead Office. No, a Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st April, 1909, at 13.30 Pisty for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Director, to, gether with Statement of Accounts, to the 3tsi December, 1908, and of declaring Dividends,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 7th April to the 21st April, both days inclusive,

By Order of the Board of Directors. Y

C. MONTAGUE EDE

Secretary: Hongkong, 16th March, 1909,

F296

THE CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED,

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

NOCHARLENERAL MEETING

TOTICE is hereby giver that an EXTRA.

of the Company will be held at its Head Office; No 1. Queen's Buildings, Victoria, Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY, the arst April, 1909, st 17.45.P.M...for the purpose of considering and. "AND" if thought fit, passing the following: Special

Resolution

*******$1,250,902)

Loins on Mortgage of House Property, &c. Goods received on storage,

Adraucai made'on Marchandise. Loans made on the Provident System.

(Rates and Particulars on application)

THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, koy!. Undertaken und Execnind.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. Pegg Gemaral Managers. Hangkoug, roth March, roofi

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ORDERS punctually attended to, and F BLACKHEAD & Co.,

CHARGES most moderate

"AN INSPECTION "INVITED. Stephena, fil-Kispest, roof

SAINT-RAPHAEL

RIGHT!

TONIO, RestoRA

Kroww throughout the world:

N. LAZARUS, OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN,

CORNER OF D'AGUILAR STRERT AND QUEEN'S ROAD,

Lest your eyão fradî

KITU, Rudjų tały am wɔong will put these right./

IRöstrated Booklet

DIGESTIV

VINE

rescribed in all-08100-

Anaemia, Dability and Conontescande, to young woman, children and the aged. Invaluable in hot climates;

DOBH 1,One wipe-glass aber ihe two pria Weon, bottle of genuine Vin

bears, in additi

to the registered trade mark

CLETEAS

SHIPCHANDLERS- SÄILMAKERS, COAL AND PROVISION MER» CHANTS, NAVAL CONTRACTORS

AND GENERAL-COMMISSON

AGENTS,

WARM GROUND FLOOR, F

ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING,: WAT HONGKONG," ZAN “SQAF AND SODA MANUFACTURERS,

"SOLE AGENTS FOR MAM HAROMPOSITION RED HAND ARTMANN'S RAHTJEN'S GENUINE

BRAND, HARTMANN'S" GREY ́ PAINT. PEDAIKLER'S PATENT MOTOR VA VIEGLAUNCHES, AN

TERGUSON'S SPECIAL ORKAM

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That the Memorandum 'and Articles of "Autociation of the Company be respec. **tively extended, altered and amended se “as to read as phown in the prut sigrad - for the purpose of identification by the Chairman of this Meeting and that such ***exterded, altered and amended Mamos “randum apd” Articles of Association by

henceforth adopted as the Memorandum "and Articles of Association of the Com "pany to the exclusion of those heretofore "prevailing.VIS PRE Should the abovs Special-Resolution: be daly passed, it will be subsequently submitted for confirmation to a fortbar Extraordinary General Masting, of which Notice will be hareafter given,

By Order of the Board of Directors, 2,532,

AMOR MONTAGUE EDE

Secretary, Hongkong, goth March/1000) 2000 (307

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO, LD. TOTICE'I hereby given that the TWEN-

MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Company's Office, St. George's Building, OF SATURDAY, the 24th April, 1909, At:12 o'clock Moon, for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Director; to mother with m. Statement of Accaduta to 28th February, 1909, and electing Directors and Auditors,

TE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the roth to the 2414 "Apill, 190g, both days inclusive Mar

By Order of the Board of Director, HGIBB, LIVINGSTON &

Hongkong; yth April, 1009,-

Med ter

RLY HON

ta, Koroptad omels

·Colony for over tep NBs has a good