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Intimation.

Powell's

28,

QUEEN'S ROAD.

GENT'S

HELMETS

·FINE QUALITY;

INDIAN PITH

Covered English Felt

in White and Grey,

FEATHER

WEIGHT.

THE

'SINGAPORE

made of Rubber, cover-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY MAY 13 1010

Notices of Firms,

ducted,

NOTICE.

"HALLEYS COMET,

On April 8, Wries Mr. E. W. Mounder, TRAS, is the Daily News, Halloy's comet

W bare this day established our Hong-was rerbaarved at the Royal Observatory, kong Branch, with offices in the Hong, Cape of Good Hops, and that observation kong Hotel Building, Des Vœux Road, and marked the comat's entry upon much the most bave admitted as a partner to this said Branch, arresting portion of its long course. Moving Mr. DENIS Ewart DONNELLY, under whose management the business will be con-round the sun in the opposite direction to that

of the earth, there was a time, last autumn, when, the two bodies were approaching each other almost in a direct line, and hence the comet appeared for a short time to be almost station. | avy amongst the stars. This was the condition of things at the time of its detection is Septem- ber, when it was distant from us usarly four hundred millions of miles, and hence far out side, not only the orbit of the earth, but of those

GARNER, QUELCH & CO.,

Wholesale Wine Merchants. Hongkong, 7th May, 1910.

NOTICE.

THE UNDERSIGNED are GENERAL HEPRESENTATIVES throughout the FAR EAST for the following firms 1-

Ackerman-Laurance (Estbd, 1811) Cham pigee Shippers, St. Hilaire-St. Florant, France,

James Bachanan & Co. Ltd. Scotch Whisky

Distillers, Looden & Glasgow, Cupliffe, Dobson & Co., (Estbd. 1804) Claret

Shippare, Bordesox. Deale, Mounie & Co., (Estbd, 1838) Cognac

Shippers, CoDEC Edgell & Hutchinson, Wine Shippers,

London.

Foster & Sons, Ltd. (Ebd, 1829) Bear &

Stout Bottlers, London, Bunt, Roope, Teage & Co. (Estb, previous to 1735) Port Shippers, Oporio &

London Humphrey, Taylor & Co., (Estbd. 1770)

Liqueur Distillers, London. Martini & Rossi, (Largest Vermouth Manu-

'facturers in the World) Turin. Meux's Brewery Co., Ltd. (Eatbd. 1764) Beer

& Stout Brewers, London

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Giest Britain. The transit is dus to commence at 3 s.m. Grásnwich civil time on the morning of May 19, and will last an hour." It will thero" ford bare anded more than an hour before the

son rissi here. But the phenomenon will be visible from India, Australia, Chios, and Japan.,

For as in Great Britain another and not loss, interesting observation is possible. The sarth will pass directly behind Halley's comet at a distance of less than fifteen millions of miles. The comet will then be a month past its perl. helico passage, and it is quite possible that by thlaltime it will have developed a tall long enough to extend to the orbit of the earth, in which case the earth will pass actually through it. If so, the question arises, shall we be able to detect any evidence of it?, It is believed that the earth passed through the tail, of

of Mars and most of the minor planets Now, the great comet of 18 1, on June 30 of seven months later the earth. has swung round | that year at about the tame distacco to the opposite side of her orbit, whilst Halley's | from the head as ibe Barth will be comet has almost reached its point of dearest from tho head of Hailey's comet on approach to the sun, and has pasiad, not May 19. A certain goudel phosphorescent only within the orbit of the carb, but withis light was remarked in the sky that evening ihit of, couvalin. "Once again, therefore, the but that appears to have been all. We have, two badies wai, be approaching each other, therefore, no defalle precedent to guide us, but almost to a direct lise, and on the 23rd and it will be well worth while to examine the‘sky 241b of this month the comet will again be carefully broughout the nights of May 19 and nearly stationary amongst the stars,

MAY 20

TEN TIMES AS. NEAR.

At that rate they will be moving towards each older with a speed of 3) million miles a day, or forty miles a second, and the motion of approach will continue, though ata, diminishing speed, until May 20, when the Ta' queray, Gordon & Co. (Bubd. 1769) Comet will be too times as near us, and

Gia Distilles, London.

therefore appear to be of ten times the GARNER, QUELCH & CO.,

diameter it seemed to have at its radin- Wholesale Wins Merchaots.covery on "April; 8, After May 20 the two | Hongkong, 7th May, 1910.

[357 bodies begin to draw away from each other, and by the end of the month will be moving spart again at a speed of about 31 million miles TN connection with the above ndvattingen day.". It is clear, therefore, that our, chance of ments we have this day appointed Messrs. seeing the comet as a conspicuous object is LANE, CRAWFORD & Co, Retail Agents limited so the next weeks, It came within the for the sale of the above WINES and

orbit of the narch on the morning of March 12; | SPIRITS, to whom all enquiries should be

it will pass out from it on the mording of May addressed.

„GARNER, QUELCH & CO. ig, seventy-eight days being thus spent within Wholesale Wine Merchants. the earth's orbit, whilst the whole of the rest of Bongkang tab May 1910.

its period, about 77 years on the average, lies beyond.

NOTICE.

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NOTICE....

TAVING this day bean appointed by HAM GARNER, QUELOH & Co., Retail Agents for the sale of the above WINES god SPIRITS we are prepared to supply same at reasonable prices. Every article mentioned ps our Wise and Spirit Pricelist, which will be

supplied on application, is BOTTLED IN EUROPE by the Shipper.

,

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

· Hongkong, 10th May, 1010,

NOTICE,

'These 'are 'two other circumstances which limit the possibility of Halley's comet affording us a fun spectacle to the next few weeks. The Gratis, that by far the greater piti of the comer's orbit lies. below the plane in which the earth travels round the sun only for four months.

from January 18 to May 9 of the present year, ∙is the comet north of the ecliptic. Afer May (36119, therefore, it will move somewhat quickly southward, crossing the celestial equator on June 8. This means that, even in the telescope, it will be scarcely possible to follow it from the observatories in Great Britain after the end of July, though observatorick is the southers bemisphere will have a chance of doing so.

COMMERCIAL TRADING

C COMPANY, Michal RING sion Agen's, have this day been established at No. 13. QUEEN'S ROAD GENTRAL, 2nd Floor

ed white affords splen-30

did protection.

THE

SHIKAR"

Cork and Gossomer in white with puggaree.

A SMART AND USEFUL НАТ.

PIGSTICKERTM*

in Khala Silk Alpaca.

A reliable helmet for

those continually ex- posed to the. sun.

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BEST QUALITY

GOODS ONLY.

WM. POWELL,

LTD.

28, Queen's Road,

- Ugophong, 9th May,

Dated the 3ri May; 1910.

LO YUK KEE, Manager,

Public Company

THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND

MINING CO, LIMITED,,

NOTICE.

BRIGHTEST ON APRIL 20.

But the most important crcumstance affect ing the brightest of the comet is that it maket its closest actual approach to the sun on the morning.cf Apnl zo. Now, a comet szines 'partly by refscling the it, ht of the sun and partly by the disturbances set up. within it by the sun's heat and other influence, And the sun's light and beat for it increase as the dis- tance of the comet lessons, not in the simple proportion of the distance, but at a much greater rate. Consequently, the intrinsic bright. ness of Halley's. Comat will 'ba

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At the present time the comet is moving very slowly westward in the 'constellation Pisces, on the star Epsilon, Da April 24 it will bà stationary. Then it will move eastward under the great square of Peganús at a constantly in- creasing pace until it comes into "conjunction with the sun on May 19th, not far from the Plejades. During this period it will be a morning står, visible in the cast before, suprise, and rising about 2,30 from M .y 8 to 15. This latter date is about the time when it should offer the most brilliant spectacle, but it will be hardly infețior “ia splendour immediately after the conjunction on May 19 when it will be visible as an evening star passing through the lower portions of the constellations of Gemini, Cancer, and Leo. On the last day of May it will be some too' degrees duto south. of the bright star Regulus-:he Lion's Heart

and by this time it will probably have consed to be visible to the coassisted sight and will not be so scea again until another revolution of

more than seventy-five years has been com- plated.

KUBBAR PAMINE,

SCARCITY OF THE CRUDE ARTICLE. IN

AMBRICA.

Intimations.

SAINT-RAPHAEL

Tonio, RestoĦATIVE, DIGESTIVE WINE

Very palatable.............

Known throughout the world and prescribed in all cases, of Anomia, Dability and Convalescence, to young women, chudren and the aged, Invaluable in hot olimates.

* DOBË: One wine-glass after the two principal meals. Each bottle of genuine VIN SAINT-RAPHAËL bears, in addition to the registered trade-mark:

6) THE WARRANTY STAMP of the UNION DES FABRICANTE.. [[(3) A. METAL SEAL SÖYərisinE CILETYBAN,

CLETEAS

is & MELISSA and MINT cordial which surpasses all others by its purety and faultless proparation. To be taken on a lump of sugar. COMPAGNIE du VIN SAINT-RAPHAEL, Valence (Dromo-Franco); CA COBEOK MACIZE‡OR & Co., Hongkong.

BANK HOLIDAY,

N accordance with Ordinance No. 6 of are the EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Busi

on MONDAY, the 16th instant, WHIT MONDAY.

163 Hongkong, zoth May, 1919;

FRENCH STORE.

NOTICE.

We beg to inform our numerous

customers and the public in general

that we have been appointed Agent for the "CREME SIMON" and

all Simon's Produces for Toilet

Requisites, Perfumery, Powder,

INGLIS SYDICATE'S PURCHAIE.

The Westminster Gatetis, of April 14, says:

News writes: that the New York correspondent of the Central Soap, etc.

∙ia view of the extraordinary boom in rubber shaies on the Loadun. Stock Exchange, of

which full reports are daily cabind to Wall Street, the following extract from the current report of the United States Rubber Co, may prove of interest in England. The report states inter alia:

INSPECTION SOLICITED. Honesday, 21st January, rgio, “

Consignees.

AMERICAN AND MANCHURIAN LINE.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM NEW YORK,

HE Steamship

THE

"KASAMA,"

Captain Purcell, having arrived from the above Port, Consigases of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong. and Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Company, Limited, Kowloon, and stored at Consignens', risk and expensa.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on FRIDAY, 13th inst., at 3 P.M.

All Claims must be presented within; fifteen

days of the steamers arrival bere, alter which

dnis they cannot be recognized..

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns; and all Goods remain- ing undelivered after the 13th instant, will be subject to rent,

No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by

SHEWAN, TOMES & 'Co..

Agents Hongkong, 7th May, 1910.

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52 "TOURANET

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.-

*NOTIOL.

PABST EXTRACT. C°

"ONSIGNEES óf Cargo-from London ex 18, Gordour, from Havre and Bordeaux ox 1.9. Villa de Rockafurt, in connection with above Steamer are hereby informed that their

Boalth in the Tropics. THE best TONI0 for keeping to perfect Good with the exception of Treasure and

The crude' rubber famina is based upon actual acarcity of the article. Our country consumes 60 per cent of the world's prodać. tion, which last year was about 82,000 tons,

It is a liquid food in "predigasted form, con Usually the normal stock of crude rabber intaining all the bracing, soothing and toning our country is 000 or 700 ton. It is doubitul effects of the choicest hops. Nearly Nan whether there is in the nation to-day '175, tons of crude rubber, Many of our customers aro reducing working hours at their plants

alcoholic.

Valuables are being landed and stored at their risks into the bazardous and or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.; Ld, at Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after landing.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless – Highly recommended by the local medical intimation if received from the Consiguses" profession in cases of Debility after adataria, before PM, TO-DAY, requesting it to be

Nervousness or Dyspepsia. Samples of application.

A SHILLING and SIX PENCE, per april 20 and the following daye, though it on as they say that they cannot, take the grave from overwork of other causes, anemia, banded here,

N INTERIM 'DIVIDEND of ONE

Share five of tax, on account of year coding 28th Februare, foto, has been declared by the Directors of the abova Company.

COUPON No. 14, is payable on the 2nd May, at the Chartered Bank of India, Australin & China and the Russo-Chinose Bask at Tientsin and Shanghai,

J. S. DOBIE,

Man ng. 20d May, 115

"

Agent.

f3a

not be, at its hearest approach to the earth, and consequently at its greatest apparmot size, natil May 20.

risk of selling on present prices for renote deliveries when they nor nobody else has any idea of how high crude rubber will go. Last year's manufactures of subber $125,000,000 in this country.

'There is yet another feature of the comer's movement that is of extreme interest. We fost sight of the comes in the middle of March, because it was moving in one direction on one side of the sun, whilst the earth was moving in the opposite direction of the other side. The comet the for appeared to pass behind the sao, this "co. į inćtion" taking place on March 25. But on Mayʻgʻis will again be in "courers junction" with the sun, this time passing ber fore it At à distance from the earth of less than THE Undersigned have received instructions afteen milions of miles, and it so happens

Auctions.

PUBLIC AUCTION,”

to scil by PUBLIC, AUCTION,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

of

"

.-SATURDAY,'

camo to

Tao Detroit correspondent of New York World learns that an English syndicate bas takes overthe Mexicas Crude Rubber Com pany, which has a capitation of $1,500,000 the option price agreed upoa bbing $3,750,000, THINGS WHICH COST, MORE. The decision of the billard-tablà manufac- in consequence of the boom in rubber prices-te advance all listed prices of tablon s per cent, and of replacement or renewals of

cushions as per cent, has not occasioned much surprise among tradesmen. It is presumed that kimately everything in the manufacture of which rubber is employed will have 'undergoos an advance in price.

that at that very moment it will be passing through the plane of the earth's orbit. it will therefore appear, not above the sun's place, as happened at the conjunction" or March 35, nor below it, but exactly projected upon it, the

Already the retail cost of a multitude of arti centre of the comel's bedd passing almost excles of general use has gone up appreciably, actly over the centre of the sun's 'dise.

the 14th May, 1910, at 2.30 F.M., at their Salas Rooms, No. 8, Des Vœux Road, corner of Ice. House Street, SUNDRY VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD "CONJUNCTION WITH THE SUN,

FURNITURE,'

This opens up two questions of quite extra- Comprising TAPESTRY-COVERED DRAWING thus right in front of the suo, will it be possible ordinary interest. First, when the comet is ROOM SUITE OVERMANTELS with a see anything of it? All the precedents seem BEVELLED GLASS BOOKCASE, HAT. against it. Thus the very bright cometiol 1862 NER WAGGON, SIDEBOARD with ́ ́BE. so bright that it was easily followed in the tele VELLED GLASS, TEAKWOOD EXTEN--| scope right up to the momsat of its apparent cop. SION DINING TABLE and OHAIRS, tact with the sun, disappeared completely as soon DRESSING TABLES with BEVELLED GLASS, MARBLE-TOP WASHSTANDS, it passed before the solar diac. Halley's BRASS and BRASS-MOUNTED IRON comet itself has been observed to pass centrally BEDSTEADS, TEAKWOOD WARD- before a star on more than one occasion with ROB S. with DEVELLED GLASS, out in the least affecdng the latter, either in.ite quantity of CANTON CARVED BLACK WOOD WARE, GLASS, CROCKERY and E.P. WARE, CARPETS and RUGS1

ALSO

A Number of TYPEWRITERS and OSE BICYCLE. Catalogues will be issued. TERMU—ÁS usual,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers, Hongkong, in May, 1910,

PUBLIC AUCTION.,

to sell by PUBLIO AUCTION,

ON

Even the child's penny ball is affected, and it it remains a penny ball, it will be a smaller

two advances, and is now if par cent, mors ex penny ball. At the other end of the scale is the motor-car tyre, which has already undergone pensive than it was six months ago. Another rise in motor-tyre prices inthe immediate future, we understand, is not wholly unexpected.

Cycle tyras have naturally shared in the movement but this is a comparatively small affair. According to Mr. A, W. Gamago, who deals with an immense amount of goods con- taining subber, the increase in the cost of cycle the price of lyras sold with bicycles by his firm tyres is only a matter of a shilling or two, white would remain unaltered,

colour or brightness, Duting its return in 1835) two such observations were made, the one by the great Russian asisonomer, Sture, at Dot pat, the other by the late James Glaisher, so well known as meteorologist and adronaut, "at dozen than they were before the boom, while

HIOM PRICES FOR TWO, YEARS, Golf-balls are now six shililage more a

ALSO JUST RECEIVED- PABST (Amarican) BEER, in barrels of 120, bottles, In view of the arrival of the American-fuel in a few days,, plants order carly, as our stock lillanted.

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SIEMSSEN, & CO.

Agents.

Hongkong, 13th December, 1909.

JAPANESE MASSAGE.

Masseur MEIJI SHA,

GRADUATH OF

KOBE MESSAGE SCHOOL.

ATTENDANCE- AT 'PATIENTS' RESIDENCE. No. 171, WANGHAI ROAD, GROUND FLOOR

Hongkong, toth January, 1910,

OSMAN &

140

24

CASUM,

1 &.8, D'AGUILAR STREET.

JUST. UNPACKED

Ladies' Trimmed and Untrimmed

RIBBONS, FLOWERS

most of the well-known makes of tennis balls have gone up 22 3d. a dozen. The advance HATS, in Gamago tennis-bulls has been checked K

itlog Cricketers will bive to pay a itide more for batting-gloves and bat handies,

Mackintoshes hara ascended 40 per cent.; there bave been several advances in robber- shoes, surgical goods have risen even to so par

cabinas, and garden-hose have all gone up 15

& FEATHERA.

MUSLIN and FIGURED VOILES.

the observatory of Cambildge University, while during its prespat teiure, on December 5 last, Herr Archanhold observed the nucleus of Hallny pass over a star of the sath megnitude (365 without dimming it in the least, de

Nevertheless, the watch will not be an en- titaly hopeless one. If, as is generally believad, THE Undersigned received instructions the bead of a comet is composed of a swarm of

meteorites in an envelope of extremely rate bare

per cent. This selection giros a fair Indication fied gas, the gas may possibly reveal itself by of the extent to which the, cost of articles of LACE and EMBROIDERIES a speciality. Ita absorption lines in the spectroscope, and general atility have been affected during the soma of the meteorites, may be sufficiently part few months, As for rabber Rooring mater closely packed together to show themselves in al Mr. Gamage suggested facetiously that powerfal telescope. If such a close swarm ex- those possessing it would be tempted to take it up and boil it down. And the tendency to ceeded ten miles in diameter, especially if it were steal rubber Apr

Aparmats,

`he thought, would in. of considerable length, it would be just within creased the grasp of the telescopan available for the Nobody seems to know how long the height. ened prices will be maintained. It is very hard. scrutiny

to say. Mr. Gamage replied, when the question was put to him. I hava spoken to people who are supposed to be in the know, and they tell me that prove will mot ga down within two years,

WEDNESDAY,

18th May, roin, at 15 A‚M, at No. 15 Godown of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co, Ltd., Kowloon,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

** 477 Brien RAW SILK, A more or less damaged at aa. Gooben; TERME-Cash on delivery,

Hongkong, toth Mari

G. P LAMMERT.

AuctionsstriaAN

MAJANA MOT VISIBLE FROM BRITAIN,

For it asfortunately happens that under no circumstances will the transit be visible from

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned, Goods remained unclaimed after the 16th May, at Noon, will be subject to rent and landing charges,

All claims must be sent in to ma on or before the 18th May, or they will not be recogolked.

All damaged packages will be examined on 17th May, at 3-PM.

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

P. THOMAS,

Agent. Hongkong, già May, 1910.

NOTICE TO OONSIGNEES.

THE P.&O. S. N. Co's Steamer

"JAPAN," FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA, PORT SAID; SUEZ AND STRAITS. Consignees of Cargo by the above-named ressel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at skate wich in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown | Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where sách consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landad,,

Optional Goods will be landed- hare tintess Instructions are given to the contrary, before 6 hours.

Goods not cleared by the 15th instant, at 4 rim, will be subject to rent.

No Fire Insurance will be affected by me fa any case whatever.

Damaged Packager most be left in the | Godowns för examination by the Consigote's and the Company's representativa^at^) an appointed hour."..

All Claims must be presented within zu | days of the monmor's arrival hare after which | date, they cannot be recognised.

No Glaims will be adimitteð akar the Gooda have left the Godowna, ...

E. A HEWETT

Superintendent, Hongkong, gih May, roto

· BANK LINE, LIMITED,

NOTICE TO ́ODNSIGNEES,

STEAMSHIP "OCEANO," FROM TACOMA, VICTORIA, YOKO HAMA, KOBE AND MOJI

THE

THE above Steamer having arrived, Con

signees of Cargo and heróby requested

TABLE LINENS, SERVIETTES and to send in their Bills of Lading for counter

signature, and to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside, popula

HOUSEHOLD LINENS.

Samples on application. Count axeunted

Hongkong, 444 Septe

Fort Orders oarefully

Caryo impeding the dischargs of the Vaisal

| will be landed and stored at Consignees, risk

and expenses

Na Fim Insurance will be affected by us in any case whatever,

DODWELL &00, LIMITED,

Hongkong/ 19th May, 190