CHURCH SERVICES.
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL,
HONGKONG.
*«p Sunday AFTKE PUNITY, Jan (24rn.
Holy Coruzaunion (7.30a.m.). Matins (17. aj.)
Besponses, Ferial; Venite Novelly : Tasions, Camidge, Casidge To Bern, Woodward, Smart," Turle : Benefictus. Wesley (1st morning) :) Hyuns, 21 415 (F. 23.
God Save the King. Eyndanog (6 July Resurses. Ferial.; Psalms, Of the 24th evening: Mamificat, Cooke (1st evening); Nunc Dimittis, Purcell(1st esening): Hymns, 281, 172, 24,
St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon. *Moly Communion at um anxi at
Kovning ervice.
Morning Prayer at 11 am.
Renenses, Ferial: Fruite. Of th
Morning Palins Of ith Morning Te Deuna ley in P, 13th Evening: Fenedicts, Lagdon Hymus, 408, 174, and nu
God Save the King.
Evening Prayer 6 p. Beste, Ferial; Palas;
Of 24th Evening: Magnifient. Stainer, Clint 238 WA Supe Pinnittis, fonk;, Errie, Mendelssolin :' Hyruns, 39- (Tome A. M, 1, 1 (Tune A. & 2. 277) 243 med 7790
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God Save the King.
Union Church, Kennedy Road. Sunday Services, June 24th. Morning at 11 in Hymns 367, 558,
1.
Uvening at 4 pm. Hrus, 376, 7,
Frencher: Rev. J. Kirk Mlacouaghir,
St. Peter's Church. West Point. 11.m.-Morning Prayer and Sertoon." Pronabe: Ber. W. T. Fatherstone.
Peak Church.
Evening Service nt
The Gospel Fall.
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The following table, shows the Stan- dard Time at which Official Night ends. and begins during the moni of June. A FLAT in Nathan Road, Kowloon
1917-
Date
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24th, 530
256, 5.30
28th, 5,30
Ertl 331 28th, 537 29th, 1531
20th, 201
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7,20
7.20
7.21
HONGKONG TIDES.
The tile table, given below has been compiled at the National Almanac Utica -in London from the result of the analysis of overvations taken by means of an Antomatic tide-recording machine in the Water Police Basin at Tsim Sha Tsui
77-9-9.
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cero of
during the the table corresponds with the zeroved the sounding in the Admiralty Chart, which bas been found to be 4 feet
incles below ment sea Terel.
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4 inches to the height given in the table.
June 4th to July 1st, 1977.
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NEW TYPHOON SIGNALS.
Now Local and Non-Local Storm Signal Cales will be introduced at Hongkong" on 1 July, 1917, in place of the uhl Local Code, and the China Coast Code.
WEATHER_REPORT."
On the rd at 11.-No returns from Japanese stationa. With few exceptions, pressure, has decreased slightly at all stations reporting: there is no apparent change in distribution since yesterlay
Hongkong Rainfall for the 14 hours cuding at 10am. to-day, 0.28 incl. Total since January 1st, 23.08 inches, against
an average of 3535 inches...
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1917
SHARE REPORT.
JUNE
BUND, 1917.
Ortions
Stock and paid ap
$11.30 A.M.
Tees.
Last Dtriden
sad.date.
Approximate Betura, casad
Year's
div...
BANKS.
Forecast for the 24 hours anding at Hongkong Shal $125 9395 -noon on the 24th Junu
1Hongkong: to Gap Rock: S.W. winds, moderate; cloudy, ruit
No. 1.
MARINE INSUE. ANCES
Final of 29-35 making £46 for. 1918. And bonus of 10. sub- ject to deduction of Income tax
41
323
/ 1915 and Tatarim of $18 a/c 1915. Int, div, of 1%-15
-Formosa Channel: The samo za
-South coast of China between. Hongkong and Lamocks : The samO ES
No. 1.
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North China
8 dna! making
..₤3 T."150
4South coast of Chins between Hongkong and Hainan: The same as
No 1.
Untors
$100 2880 5.
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PASSENGERS DEPARTED.
Rev. and Mrs
child
FIRE INSURANCES,
China. Fire".3 99 $148. b. Hongkong Y... 839%.
SHIPPING. Douglas Stenzellve $30|355 10:
*
(Preferred)...£5 $40 ». Daferros)....£59103 .
Fer Miss L. L. Austin, Miss. Mes F. K. Bennett, Miss C. Benedict, Mr Ednu Beatty, Miss A. Brawn, Mr and G. H. Boyd, Mrs H. Baron, Miss O. E. Carter, MrJ. R. Capell. Mr Yuen Chanto, The principal change in the Locs!fr F. 9. Douglas, Mr R. H. Daniels, Mr Code is that the new signals will show. R. Dragton. Miss E. Ehrhards and Steambo 151817)
and M. Fox 1 the, direction from which the gale is.
dren, Mrs H. 4: Grut and 2 children, Endo-Chinas expected, whereas the old signals Mr. M. F. C. Jenkin, L. Hall, Master showed the position of the typhoon.D. Hall, Mr. Hip, Mir
Mr and Mrs G. R Kellogg and The latter will be indicated, as hereto Mr Korada, Mr S. Kato. Dr H. 8. fore, by the Non-Local Signals The Leach, Mr and Mrs H. Lee and a
children, Mr and Mrs W. H Lambert, Shell" Tramparts 21 1184 new Local Code is given below:-
A. Lilly, Mr. M. Lakin. Miss Mrs J E. F Lowe. Mr G. McGann, Mes M. Ohaldia children and amah, Mr E. «Sour Ferry"...... 10|990)| Roses, Miss J. P. Simpson, Mr L. W Strawa, Lieut. and Mrs T. T. Shanzen, Mr E. T. Singer, Mr E. H. Staber, Mr
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DAY SIGNALS.
1-Red cone, point upward, will mean a typhoon exists which may possibly cause a gale at Hongkong
within 24 hours.
י
Black cope point upward-Gale expected from the North (NA to N.E.):
3-Black cone point downward-Gale expected from the South (8.E to- S.W.);
4—Black ›drum---Gale expected from
the East (N.E to SE); 5-Black hall-Gale expected" from
the West (N.W. to S.W.)
6--Two black cones, top one favert..
ed. bottom one point up-Gale| expected to increase.
7-Black, cross-Wind of typhoon
force expected (any direction). Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by three explosive bombs, Bre at intervals of 10 seconds at the Water Police Station and repeated at the Harbour
Office.
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ROYAL OBSERVATORY HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER Tronoh Mines
Station.
Kochi
REPORT.
JUNE 23, 1917.—a.m.
WTostock The signals will be lowered when it
Истото is considered that all danger is over, Hakodate ..
The Day Signals will be displayed at Tukio the masthead of the storm signal mast Nagasaki on Blackhead Hill, the Harbour Office, Kagoshiruna.
Oatima B.MS. Tamar, Green Island signal mast, Nata the faster on the premises of the Ishijima. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Beain Island
Cheloo Godowa Company at Kowloon, the Weihaiwe Alagstaff on the premises of the Staulard Backow ...|
Tchang Oil Company at Lai-chi-kok and the Kiakiang.... flagstaff tear the Field Officer's Quarters: Changsha.. at Lyoniun.
(Lainps.)'
NIGHT SIGNALS... () White, White, White. 2.-White, green, grean. 3.-Greed, white, white. 4.-Green, green, white.
5.White, white, green.
6.-Green, green, green. 7.-Red, green, red.
Shanghai..
Gutainft.. Sharp Pk...
35
Amoy
Swatow
(24.81 66 (87)
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Tricia.... Tainan Keahun..... Pesendures Cantona. 18.61 Hongkong Gap Rock Maeso The Night Signals will be displayed, Wuchowa
Pakho at sunact, on the tower of the Railway Boihow.. Station, on HM.S. Tumar, and on the Phulien
Tourane . Harbour Ofice flagstall. They will C.St. James have the same signification as the day Aparri, 601-
Dagupan siguals.
Manila Signal No. 7. will be accompanied by Legaspi
Taclobun... explosive bombs na above, in the event of the information conveyed by this Surigao. signal being first published at night.g
Labuan
SUPPLEMENTARY WARNINGS.
When local signals are displayed in the Harbour, a Cona will be "exhibited at the following stations:Gap Rock Waglan, Stanley, Aberdeen, Sau Ki Wen, Sai Kung Sha Tau Kok, Tai Po to notify the fact to native craft and pawing ocean, vessels, on demand, by signal from fighthouses.
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AND GODOWNE..
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T10 T. 14
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MISCELLANEOUS.
99.84
29.76-81
b. Ona Borneos ...... [3 '16 | gy
Light & Towers [84]
Gias-Providenta) @ 10|87,70 h.
T. F. CLAXTON, Dirselor. Hosigkong Observatory, June 21, 1917. | D by Farms.
1. BAROMETER, reduced to 32 degrees Fahrenheit, on the level of the sea in Green Lalanda 73 87.60 M inches, tenths and hundredths.
Hongkong. Mectrica $ 10243 b.
* 2. TEMPERATUxe, in the shade, in de grees Fahrenheit.
& HUMIDITY, in percentage of seturs tion, the humidity of air saturated with morature being 100
The object of the code is to give at least 24 houre" warning of a gale (Force 8 by Beaufort Seale, or 40-45 mph mean velocity by Dioca Antiometer) and also warnings of spouted changes ing the direction and force of the wind. Owing, bowever to the uncertain more ments of typhoons and to insufficient telegraphic observations, it will occasion-
4. DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points. 5. FOZLE OF WIND,ording to Bes ford Scale
6. STATE OF WZarume, b blue sky, c detached cloud, d drizzling rain, f fog, gloomy, a hail, Lightning, o o rest, passing showers, 9 squal, train know * thunder, y visibility; w dew wed】ental 7. Rain in inches, tenths and huu- dredths
P
ally happen that signala 3 to 5 may be to "Stand By and watch for the next
diaplayed without a gale occurring at Hongkong, or oven Gap Rock, but the reverse is not likely to happen, except in the ease of typhoons forming in the Ticinity and travelling
„towards. Hongkong increasing
Signal Not intended
signint
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In the new Non-Local Code the
velocity of the storm William approximate centre will be shown, in addition to its direction of motion, pad the position of the centre will be given in degrees of Latitude and longitude. The time at which the warning" was asked, will also
Tia, 0.90 for 1436
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80 cents
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