HONGKONG DEFENCE
CORPS,
ORDERS.
Orders for Artillary Company by Capk.
J. H. W. Armstrong, V.D.
PAMADER.
THURSDAY, 30th instsat
5 pm. Let Halt Company (Gum. eclut than Specialiste) at
Bolchers Battery,"
FRIDAY, 14 istuit-
70 am Night Halt Company (C
zumbers, as detailed; at Belchers.
5.) p.
and Setters Bathery
Bight Half Company (Layers
claws, only at Belchers
22 pm. Lo Hai Company threes
Price
$130.00
"SMITH"
MOTOR WHEELS.
Latest Models just arrived:
ALEX. ROSS & Cò.,,
4, Des Vœux Road, HONGKONG,
"TEL. 97.
THE CHINA MAIL.
FARES FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES,
UNIIRS.
-In Fictoria with two Bearers.
Quarter hours
Half bourse i' romanu
Price
One hour,
Three hours,
Six hours.
$130.00
and Setters only) as belchers Batters. 10-day's Advertisements PATELL & CO.
Orders for Engineer Company by
Captain W. Russell.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.Y. FROM CALCUTTA & SINGAPORE.
14th to 27th Sept. Nightly F, L, Maas- ning as laid down is Besters at Lyrenu THE SteambiESTAT
bel riches.
Alaves are held on Tuesday and Thursdajs te manders preparing for ilar pélticïns, skilled and superior fat. ings, underbergt.-Major Bryant, Bul Staß Sergi. Parsons. B.F., Corporal Day
and 20 Coporal Norris, Hongkong Delance Corge.
Detail of duties as Epermom from leth to Zarh Sept., 1917, is posted as Head. Quarterk
Detail of Belcher Reliefs for Sept.. 1017. Is posted at fleadquarters. .
4
Orders for Infantry Battalion by Major H. A. Morgan.
PARADES.
THUESDAY, ab insunt ;-
5.00 p.m. Machine Can Company Usil members. ร Reatedly Rond Hang. T.F.T. Gimp Prees Frill ber without rifles,
5.50 pak.. Memmed bertiuti on Crisket Gram ( antedi Tests of Element- „ary-Training. Dress: Dril Order with
peaches..
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*25.30 panc'bigoning Mortion ** 35 ** and $("A"geosens endopt fener members of 31.5V.R) at 1lquarters. Bron: Clean Fatigue.
having arrived from the above Porta Consignees of Cargo by her are notified that all Goods are being landied at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous torlowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon
Wharf and Godown Co. from the wharves Ltel., delice
may be may be
by seth September,
Goods not
not cleared will be subject to rent.
All broken, shafed and dinnged pack- ages are to be left in the Godowna, where they will be examined by Messrs. Goldanla Douglas on ath September,
and at 10 am.
Claim against the Steamer must be in writing within 10 days presented after arrival.of Steamer, otherwise they will not be recognized.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by the undersigned in any case whatever."-
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by.
DAVID SASSOON & Co., LTD.
Apen Rongkong Sept. 19, 1917.
RI
PUBLIC AUCTION. THE Undersigned have received in structions to sell by Public Auction. (FOB ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED).
11
TUESDAY,-
the 25:1 September, 1917, commencing at 2.00 pm, no their Sales Rooms, No. 2, Des Vieax Road, Corner of Icx HotSE STREET, VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACK WOOD FURNITURE BRASS BEDSTEADS, CURTAINS, CARPETS, PICTURES,
Lecom
As follows
&C
FEIDAN, RI instant
6.10 pan.
All members including exempted toen of old H.K.V.R., A, B, ; and Tompanies. Signallers, Machine Ganners. Mounted. Section and Recruis will parade, under Magse 6, H. Wake-Upholstered Suites, Army-chairs and man, outside the Fa Courts and pro- eerd by Trum to the Pole Grund. Kowloon and Tankob Sections will parade at the Polo finosná up for pm. Trek: „ÞAll_Amler.Ufiners will wige-sword.
.5.20 p.m. Beerwit of all units (ex- cept farmer members of H.K.V.R.) ou Afarray Parade Grund møder 'C:8,3. Witchell. Porporals Grimes, Edgeume and Meade, Dress: Drill Ordeż. 5.30 pm. Signalling Section Clan (estep former. members IV. at gry Valley Station work Dri: Chen Fatigue.
PERVILL
"A" of
On duty 18th and 190th Sept. : "A" Coy. Now. 1 ami Platoons (formerly
Scouts Call..
On duty 2 Sujit. : * & ** Cas, No. Platrem formerly Dight See, M.G. Co.). On duty 22nd Sept.:"A" Coý., No. 4 Platoon (formerly. Laji Sec. M.G. Co. and Civil Service (ny).
Orderly Offer from 16th to 22nd Sept.:
•Licut, T. W, Bennett.
ki
On duty from the morning of Sunday. 23rd Sept. Lo the morning of Sunday, 20th Sept. members of the Corps formerly in "A" Company. H.K.V.R.
rdly dieur: u facut. A. M. Tharubill...
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
Orders issued by Mr. F. C. Jankin,. D.S.P.R.
SERVICE BOARD.
All Units will attend before, this Board at Headquarters Club at any time between 6 and 8 pm, followm
Monday, Sept. 24th.—No. 3 Plåtool. Tuesday, Sept. 26th.-No. 4 Platoon, Wednesday, Sept. 28th,--No. 1 Platoon. Thursday, Sept. 27th-No, 2 Platoon. Friday, Supt, 28th-Mounted Police,
Sofas, Card Tables Bedroom Furni- ture, comprising Double and Single Brass-mounted Bedsteads and Twis Bedsteads, Sideboards; Dinner Waggons, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tes and'Occasional Tables, &c., Dinner, Services, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking, |Stoves Cutlery, Toilet Sets, &c., Bath Room Utensils, Roll-top Denka and Writing Tables, Sundry Electro-Plated Ware, etc.
Electric Rending Lamps, Black wood and Teakwood Screens, Suzdry Black- wood Furnitare, including Large B-Fold Blackwood Bereen with 3-Coloured Fanels, Engravings, Pictures, etc, etc., Tennis Poles and Netting.
Towels, Single Double Bed Sheets, A few lots of Terkish Bath Sheets,
Bed Quilts, etc.,
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Also One Large Hall Clock. PIANO by Collard & Collard.
Shiedmayer Sochre,
Stuttgart. One Pair Old Fekinese Brass Lions
¿Full Particulars from Catalogue.) TERMS:-Cza
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, Sept, 13, 1917.
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HONGKONG TIDES.
Fuglers and Drummers and Maxim Gun-automatic tide recording
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() Medicni Exempts, and men leave must attend. Uniform optional. bus Armlets to be produced.
The Burgeon Supt. will arrange for the attendance of either himself, the Resistant Surgeon Supt./ or Surgeen Suspector Thomas at each sitting..
WTH EXOTH Joined.-C. T. Thomsen (Lieutenant, Tretied to Water Police.
Resigned.-P.c. 159 Lam Chung Po Ambulance) is permitted to resign on
ving the Colony
ka
PROMENADE CUNCENTI.
Atef, Company and Platoor "pectors are asked to place themselves the disposal of Staff Impector Ar
hazina of the committer,
Saturday Fent, 2nd
in uniform xChe:Publie
My Order
the
Εντου
The tide-table serven below has been compiled at the National Almanac Office London from the result of the analysis of observations taken by means of
in the Water Folics Bas
Basin at Sha Tsui during the years 87-5-9.
The sero of the table corresponds with The
of the angling in the Admiralty zero of
which has found to be feet zinches below men sen levolan
To obtain the depth of water on the add a levt 4 inches, and on the gange tide auge at the Victoria Naval Yard
st Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 feet 4 inches in the height given in the table.
Cha
September 20th in 28th, 1917.
ORIENTAL PRODUCE
EXPORTERS,
SILK MERCHANTS, COMMISSION AGENTS,
Agencies, in
NEW YOKE,
BAN- FRANCISCO, US.A.
Branches:-
CANTON, SHANGHAI,. ΤΟΞΟΒΑΜΑ,
BOMBAY,
HEAD OFFICE: Exo's BUILDINGA" HONGKONG.
SILIMPOPON (REBÄTTIK)
COAL
10 conta
1
ay (8 am to 8. p.m.), .......................$1.00
If the trip is extended beyond, Victoria, hal fare extr
WEATHER REPORT.
September 10. 11 des-No returns from Japanese stations. Pressure has decreased quickly at Wladivostock and increased slightly at other reporting station; it is probably highest over N. Japan The western portion of an anticyclone covers Equth China, a 'de- prosalon is moving eastwards across Kores, and an area of relatively low pressure is situated in the S. China Sea. Hongkong Rainfall for the #4 hours
:0
Between the huurs of 8.33 p.m. and sending at 10 am, to-day, 30 inch. Total am. the above fares shall be increased since January lat, 73.90 inches, against by 60 per contam..
an average of 7241 inches,
Forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon on the 20th September :- „
1-Hongkong to Gap Rock: E winds, moderata ; fair.
II-Beyond Victoris, with jour Beezers.
Hour.
Three hours.... M
Bir bours,...
0,60 cents.
$1.00
Day (8 am to 6 pm),
1,50 9.00
III—In the H3) Diatrict.
"With Bearers. With 4 Bearers
Quarter bour.......$0.18
$0.30
Half hour,
... 0.20
0.40
One hour,
0,60
Two hours,... (50). Three hours.
0,80.
0.70
1,00
Six hours.1.00 Day (6 am toɛp.m.)1.50
1.50
200
RICKSHAH.
I.In the Island of Hongkong engage if
in Victoria u
Ten minutes,
Quarter hour,
Half hour,
Every Subsequent boar,
One hour.
3 cents. 10
.15
20. 20
Note-If the ricksha be engaged within the City of Victoria, and be dis
the Chased outside the Western part of
Victoria after 9 p.m... or be dis charged to the East of Bay View Police Station on the Eastern side of the City. of Victoria after 9 p.m., an extra half fare shall be chargeable.
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"".
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1917.
SHARE REPORT.
BEPTEMBER 19TH, 1917.
3 book and paid up:
"
11,90A.M.
Last Viydeno and dac
Approximate Peturn band “
Your's div.
BANE
Hongkong & S'ha! #12 1 | 8550 sm.
Interim of 3-37 4
19171
p.c.
MARINE INSUR-
(
ANUES.
2-Formoes Channel: S. winds, Canzoo....*** light to moderate.
3-South dosas of Chins between North Chamar”), - Hongkong and Ismocks The sime na No 1.
...$50 $390
$7 final making
· $25.
a 1913 and Interim
-918 1910.
EST. 110
• Enton team. T100 | 8773 1
4-South coast of China between Hongkong and Hainan: The saICA. JE NO. L
Yangtowce......60 $190
FIER INSURANCES, OFFICIAL NIGHTS IN SEPTEMBER Chins Firms
The following Table shows the Stan dard Time at which Official Night ende sad begins during the month of Sept,
20 $130,
Hongkong Ytrạm 24 bư: $500
SHIPPING. Doug Steamahme 550 61
Steambente... 15) 5173
Indo Chitas
(Preferred...£5 $35 Detarred)...23 880
1917:-
Data. Enda Sept. 19th, 639
20th, 6.0 $7.st. 6.0 nd Ga
Begins 0.11. 6.35 P.Ty
8.35
19
6.31.
6.33
23rd
6.32
24th,
6.31
S5th
6.30
96th
II-In Kowloon
27th
6.99
29th. £2
6.97
Quarter hour,
Half hour,
Hour,
5 cents. 13 1+
10
99th, 6.9 30th, 6.2
6.25
6.94
· Shall “ Teangports £1107/6
"Star Feary 10829
*
Every subsoquent hour,
III-Taipo Road.
This for the CQWIK HARBOUR 118E Undersigned having been appointed
COAL-CO......-LTD.-are-propared to quote
AL trimmed into Bonkers at JEBAT To 4th mile prices for best quality' SILIMPOPON. TIK DI SANDAKAN (British North
Forneo.
SILIMPOPON COAL compares favour- bly with the botter grades of Japanese Joal and gives good results on a very moderate consumption.
Steamers calling at SEBATIK or SANDAKAN exclusively for SILIMPO. PON COAL (either cargo or Bankers) ar axempt from "payment of all Port tharges.
At Senattik Steamers are berthed along. side the Company's wharf where there is a minimum depth of 27 to 23 feet at liv water Spring Tides.
Charts of Sibuke Bay (Sebattik Har- bour), Prices and all other information. concerning the Port can be had on application to the Agenta..
BRADLEY & CO., LTD..
Agents Cowie Harbour Coal
Company, Limited.
*1727
JAPANESE MAKERS.
Every kind of Footwear
MADE
TO
ORDER
CHERRY & CO.
PEDDER · STRKET, Opposite Hongkong Hotel Telephone No. 451
-Hongkong March 20, 1914.
EXCHANGE
Hongkong, Sept. 12.1917.
Documentary, 4 months" right 3/4)
single
Twenty cents shall be added for each extra hour or part of an hour the hirer causes the "journey to take longer
than
4-
75 cents....1 hour. return $1.00. Beyond 4th to 6th mile-
single $1.0 return......$1.50........4 Beyond 8th to 9th mile-
single.81.75... return......82.00 Beyond 9th to 11th mile
single $2.00 ...... return....$2.50
داران
ROYAL OBSERVATORY HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER REPORT.
REFINERIES.
t. div. of 15% = 15/-
nt 3/6 6/16 31.25 per
share sjú 1818
Final of $1 and bonus
of $10 / 1915 and Tutarim of $30,
vd axesurs 1916-
27 for 1913
1916
7.p..
315 making 321 for 1915 and special of 83
Ip.#
$7 and bonus 2 for
1915.
6 p..
9 p.
18 pa
7.5
.BH.A.
Int. of 85 a/c 1916-1917
$1.23 for 1918
Final 1 3/-/o 1916.....
· Final of 40/- /a1916, ...
5/ final making 7
1916 free of income tax Coupon 28... $1.65 dividend ♬ 45 cts. Buous for your ending 30:4:15 -
21 pt.
China Sugars soma.#100), 222. Mahbor Sugur. 2,30 900 6.
$12 for 1918
P. 5 to 191e...
18
14 pix
FEPTEMBER 18, 1917.-
KINDXO.
Wind
Kailan......
Langka
bours.
bours."
Station.
Rab......
Trench Mines.
WTestock Memant
6.1000 81
Tral Caspians
Fares for journeys beyond the 11thakodate mile to be a matter of previous arrange Tokio ment in each case.
Kochi The fares bere set out to apply to one Nagasaki. rickahs with three coolies from Tsim Sha Tsui.
FARES FOR PUBLIC CARRIAGES. I
Not ereseding
Kagoshima Ostima Naba Ishijims... Bomia Island
£1/41/~ b.
dr. ID T. 14
£189.50 5.
DOCKS, WHARVEF AND GODOWNS.
Kowloon Wharves & ¿C) 97%
H.K. & WhampoR
Docksmī
$112
at. dir, of 1/- free of in- come tax, making. 10% alc. 1916-1917 compon No. 9
Tia. ↑ for 1916
1- interim making 4/
/ 1918.
9% for 1815
4
15 p..
8% for 1916 & bor.us 63
Interim of B2 s c 1917.
Weihaiwei.6 a 29,32 89 80 Bankow Ichang Kinkang
Shanghal Docks 21 104| 1.76
Ta for year: ending:
30-417
8 p.
L
Shanghai Gutalaff Sharp Pk...
Amoy
Swatow
per passenger
From Slaughter House to
Sailors' Home From Sailors' Home to Government Civil Has- pital ............ From Government Civil Hospick Tower to Race to Clock Tower From
Couse...... From Clock Tower to Bay
View House -
04 centa.
04
04
10
12.
Taman..... Koshon....
Pescadores. Canton.com Rongkong
29.93
6.99.94
From Wanchai Market to
Gap
23,81
Bay View House:......... From Bay View House to Quarry Bayer
II.—Is the City of Victoria
Not exceeding
Quarter hour. Balf hour
One hour
Two hours,
Three."
Four
Fiva Bix
per passenger
Rock
Macao пасто
44
L
chow 92.
部
Hoihow..
Phalien ..
Tourane ma
89,"81
72.29.91 77 129.86 77
C.St. James.50
.68 77
10 cents.
-D
10
"
Manila
****
129.84
P
15
Legsep
Iloilo
Surigao.
TO
Guam .... Labuan
4.20
One day from 8s.m. to 6 p.m. $1.25
III-Beyond Victoria.
One bour.. Two.nours. Three Four
Five
Six
One
......."
Not exceeding per vassenger.
25 centa
day from 6am. to 0 pm. $1.50
If a vehicle is discharged beyond the amita of the City of Victoria half fare extra is to be alked for the return journey.
IV—fa Kowloon.
Quarter, bour, -Half-bour,
On London-- Bank Wire
On demand, "
3/23 2003/27
20-days sight
4 months sight,33
Credits, 4 months eighty
Une hour, Two hours,
Three in
Un Baris-
On demand,
Credits, & months' night, 464)
Four Fivo Kir
-On New York
On demand
Credits, 60 days night,
On Bombay-..
"Wire, ***** On demand,"
On Calcutta
Wire, On demand Un Singapore On demand, On Manila
On demand
On Shanghal--
Might On demand
MAR 20 days' night(private
Yoknhams
PHP Goh Lent, 100 físafper tael)
oversigns (Bank's buy
Silver (per oz.)
Sliver in Hongkon
Chinese Sappey Cath
Chinesa
vršta
"Notreeding
•per passenger.
80
+
T. F. CLAXTON, Director.
Hongkong Observatory, Sept. 12, 1917. ́L BAROMETKE, reduced to 32 degrees Fahrenheit, on the level of the sen in inches, tenths and hundredths.
3. TEMPERATURE, in the shade, in de
Krees Fahrenheit.
HOTELS LANDE AND BUILDINGS
Hongkong Hotels.....☎ 31 | 294 m.
Contral Estacos 810300
Hongkong Lands...$100 $88 Humphreys Estate 10 48. Kowloon Landa - 30 | 384
West Polote......50 $78 b.
Shanghai Lands T. 60T. 32
83 af half year ended
30-6-17.
6 p
87 / 1916...
7
Interion of 8 a/c 1917.
30 cents for 1ä18 m.*..........
$2 for 1918
Interim of 23 afc 1917....
% final making 12%
c 1916
eper
7 p.a.
COTTON MILLS,
T. 50 T. 160
Shanghai Cottins 2, 50 T. 121
Kung TikiT 10 T. 14
Y pgtatepoos Orientals,
Tle. 9 for year ending
Tis, 6 div, ac year ended
30-8-16.
54 p.c.
3 we
T. 0.9% for 1916.....
4.95
MISCELLANEOUS.--
3 HUDITY in percentage of aura Borneo 155 moisture being 100 mg. tion, the humidity of air saturated with
Dios or Win, to two points.
Lizht & Powers
FORCE OF WIND, according
to
Ch na-Providents
# 1087) (4|623.
Beauford Scale
5 STATS OF WEATHER, b blue sky, CD iry Farms detached cloud, d drizzling rain, i fog.
g gloomy, à hail, I lightning, o ovrcast, Green Islands
P passing showers a squal, r rain a mow
thunder visibility w dow Toś),
7. Batz in inches, jantha and hun- dredths.
9.40
.2.80
3.00 One day from 6 aura. to 6 p.m.-: 5.00.
Between the hours of Bidu pum and 6 am. the above fares shall be ingressed by 50 per centur
Temperature. Hongkong, Beptember 19, 1917. BAROMETER
Do.
8.73 801 82.
Hongkong Elentrica 8-10-848- Hongkong los....$25 $149 Hongkong Ropes... 20 €26] *.
Hongkong TrimiwayS $6.00
the
“p.ch for year ending *~28-9-06
8 pc
70 senta for 1916
ур
For yous ending SI-7-18 80 cents for 1918
∙13 pe
*BUTEURIS/17 Bonus
·75 cents
22 interim a/a 1917.....
81 intermeleri Interim of G
[$1 ajo year 21-5-17.....
B/c 1917.
B/ 1917
・1·P,X
29.94 29.00 29.07
H.K. Steel Foundry 8:0
THERMOMELZE
Peak Tramways. 10 59
·Z for 1918/1917
85
HONGKONG REGISTER.
Ds. (We halb) 9 db. Do. Way bulb.) 1.8.
80
"Trerians"
3% (Wot bal) 4 £#. De MaamALDS.
Steam Last
Die Minimates (0)
Union at
29.01
Barometer...
Temperature
29.88
-87
Haundity. 65
Direction of
Wind
Fores
Weather
50.00
0.00
TREATUENT FOR DYSENTERY. AHAMREKLAINH Colo, fefrolers and Diarrhoes Remedy followed by a dane of caster, all will efectually care tha még stubborn cases of dysentery It is especially good for summer thees, ini hildrenver Fort s (bemisa anë
Willam Powell
35 cents for year 31-5-17;
123% for 1916 gra
hexal terrai
140 vente loe
10.ple