"THE HONGKONG BUTCHERY,
THIS WELL KNOWN ESTABLISHMENT
RE-OPENED! RE-OPENED! RE-OPENED!
ON FRIDAY, the 15th JANUARY, for the Transaction of Business as heretofore under
ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT.
In making this announcement the Undersigned respectfully INVITES INSPECTION of his Premises, and, while expressing gratitude for past favours, respectfully solicits the continuance of Patronage.
For THE HONGKONG BUTCHERY Co.,
Per C. CAMPBELL.
Hongkong, January 15, 1897"
Source: The China Mail, page 1, 15th January 1897
No pun intended but the business of supplying meat locally was cut-throat. There is a story behind this - this announcement was, in part, a public trolling of the Chinese butchers who tried to force the Hongkong Butchery out of business before.