News has just been received from Antwerp of the death on July 19, at the age of 85, of Mr. Carl Ingenohl, proprietor of the cigar factory, The Orient Tobacco Manufactory, 1 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
The late Mr. Ingenohl, son of 9 cigar manufacturer and himself an expert in tobacco and cigar _manufacture, established at Antwerp 1882 a' Belgium limited company under the style of "El Oriente Fabrica de Tobaccos" with the object of manufacturing cigars in the Philippines, and the first branch house was started under that name in Manila in 1883. The cigars manufactured by Mr. Ingenoht in his two factories acquired a world-wide reputation, especially under his well-known brand "La Perla Del Oriente." After the war Mr. Ingenohl concentrated upon the manufacture of his cigars exclusively in his Hong-Kong (branch) factory.
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