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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31.
WEATHER REPORT.
Oct. 9L11k Da-No returns from Japan Joh
·Pressure bas decreased slightly to moderately at all reporting stations. The anticyclone aver N. China, which does not appear to be of may interity.. his commenced to MOTO Castwards. Moderate monsoon will prerail along the const to the south of Foocbow, and over the no th part of the China Sea.
HangFoug Einfall: for the 24 hours ending at 10 am today. C0 lech. Total siere January at 98 97 inches, against an are age of 80 28 inches.
Forecast for the 24 houra ending at noon on Detotor 23th.
Beck.
1-$100gkong 60 Gar
NE winds, moderate; fine. —
1-Formas Unsum
So. 1
The same as
A-South coast of China besween Hongkong and Lamocks. The same as So. 1.
-Booth loose of Chima between Hongkong and Hainan. The same as No L
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OCTOBER 27, 1990.-6-7.
Station
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at Sea Leval
Barometer
Temperaturo.
Hure 1-857%
Victrostock: 8a Samo
Hakodate
50
Wind!
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AN OLD ROMANCE.
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DEMOCRACY IN THE HALL OF THE CAESARS!
You mast now hear the strange
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UNREPENTANT SWINDLER.
IMPUDENT FRAUD.
RATTAN FOR CHINESE YOUTE. '
Mr. Thompson appeared in Magis trate Smith's court this morning, to watch on behalf of the Dairy Farm Company, a case in which a Chinese boy was charged with unlawfully attemping to obtain by false pre- tences, a Dairy Farms pass book belonging to a compradore's shop at No. 9, Pottinger Street.
The defendant deried the charge. Inspector Blackman, who prosecut ed, said that about 2 p... yesterday, the Kwong Wo shop of No. 9, Fottinger Street received a telephone from the message, apparently Dairy Farm Company, that a messenger would be sent for the shop's pass book to be checked. About ten minutes later, the defendant. "Can you imagine what would have arrived at the shop, and representing happened if you were put back in that he had come from the Dairy time 1910 years to A.D. 10-with Farm Company, asked for the shop's the object of delivering a prophecy pass book. As the Dairy Farm Com to the miller of ancient Rome!
pany had issued a warning to their DAYS OF JULIUS CAESAR.
customert, the master of the shop:
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Tiberius Caesar was upon the was suspicious, and detained the throne. There were men living who defendant, while he made enquiries
PASSENGERS.
ARRIVALS
Per as "Takada" yesterday --COL Moffat, Miss W. Walker, M: T. Kullivan, Mr P. Wicklund, Mr bearer, Mr H. Treado, Mr. Hynn, Mr K. Orick, Mr C. Olsen, Mr J. Mack'serson, Mr G. Peterson, Mr A. Wicklund, Mr J. John- on Mr La Poterson, Mr. J. Posen, Mr a, Lanse, Mr Erickson, Mr C. O. Ander- son, Mr J. Gomelison, Miss A. Von Bars ing, Miss K. Hevtman, Mr Oo hwaite, Mr and Mrs Lobman, and Mr E. Asmus.
The Dodwell Live as "Mancaster Castle," from New York, lef: shanghs: as tet. 25, and is dus here on the 28th înst.
The Lloyd Triestino (Dodwell & Co. Ltd.). "Africa" is expected to sail from Shanghai on November 1, and is due here on the 3rd.. the sails DEDOS for Trieste via the usual pocta of call on November 5.
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C. W JEFFRIx, Dirztar. Hongkong Observatory, Oct. 17, 1930. 1. BAROMETE, reduced to 32 desrves Fahrenheit, on the level of the sex in inches, tentte and hundredths.
2. TEMPERATUar, in the shade in de- Tees Fahrenheit.
3. ECMIDITY, in percentage of sature- tion the humidity of air saturated with meistare being 100.
DIRECTION OF Wise, to two points. 5. Foace or Wren, acording to Bedford Srals.
6. STATE OF WEATHER, b blue sky, a detached clord, & drztling rain, E log g gloomy, bhail 1 Fehtning, o overset P pag showere, q equal, r'min, s now
thander v visibility w zew, wet.
7. Rars in inches tenths and hen dredtis
HONGKONG TIDES.
The tile-bable siren below has been replied at the National Almanac Offor In London from the result of the angivels * observations taken by mesas of an automatic side-guarding machine in the
turing the yeaza 1905-9.
had seen the Crucifixion. Julius from the Dairy Farm Company who Tel. 1630. 7, Queen's Rd. Central. Water Police Basin at Taza Sha T Caesar's unsuccessful attempts to confirmed his suspicions. conquer Britain were fresh in the
After his arrest, said the Inspector,
memory, and the Emperor Claudius, the defendant was identified as the CHINA AGENCY & TRADING CO. OF
destined to succeed in the Colonisa tion and to build Colchester and Lon
HONGKONG. **
Iron, Steel & Piece Goods.
The new of the table corresponds with she soco of the sounding in the Admiralty Chart, which has been found to be 4 feet.
Inches below masz con-level
To obtain the depth of water on the
same youth who on August 21, last, went to the Dairy Farm Company, Greetings, O Philominus!" you compradore's shop a No.2, Pottinger would say: how's business with Street, with a chit, and asked for 54 thee, O flowery one??
lbs of butter. As the brand of but-i And Philomisos, white with new-ter mentioned in the chit was not ground grain, would come out of his sold by the Dairy Farm Co, they
telephoned to the shop, and learned, Tel. shop and tell you trade was bad.
den, was a young man of twenty. produced a pass book belonging to a Tel. 2143. 10, Queen's Rd. Central dde gange at the Victoria Naval Yand
CHINA OVERSEAS TRADING 00.
(1919), LTD.::
of Lucius Amprdins Philomusus, his wife and daughter, writes a correspondent in a London me thousand nine hundred and forty-five years ago there lived in ancient Rome a slave who became prosperous, was given his freedom, Aset himself up as a miller, and begot a daughter remarkably like mother." When he was gathered to his ser- Tile forefathers there was set up over his tomba bas-relief represent ing him, looking stern and senatorial,
I have come to tell thee," you that the shop had never ordered the with his wife on the left, and Patricia would say, "that many years bence batter, the defendant having obtained oa the right. Then, for about the effigy of thee and of thy family the shop's pass book by representing 1900 years, this worthy tradesman will be set up with Julius Caesar, himself to be an employee of the vanishes from history.
Augustus, Tiberius, and dozens of Dairy Farm Company who wanted emperors yet unborn.
the pass book to check Defendant Tel. Thou art of a verity completely was sentenced to jail for that offence, balmy." Philemusus would have re-but apparently the punishment had no effect on him, as he was back to But-but-if only he could have his old trick almost immediately Tel on the rockery. The ancient Rnknown! How many more drachmas after being discharged from jail. man family lived more or less happily he would have spent upon his upon the Putney rockery until the sculpture! purchaser, becoming smitten by something strange about them-- were their easy ghosts trying to tell him?-went to the British
He is next heard of in St. John's
#nod.
market-gardener of Putney Loght a bas-relief from a contractor plied. of St. John's Wood, which be placed.
Museum about it.
THE FINAL TRIUMPH. Now happens the final triumph in the history of the worthy Lucius Ampridius Philomuses.
Washed and brushed up, Lucius and family have now been installed
FIGHT ON BL. STEAMER
HONGKONG POLICE
CONCERNED.
PASSENGER DIES FROM INJURIES.
.
The Magistrate paised sentence of one month's hard labour and eight strokes with the rattan.
of the
. Importers and Exporters." 1104. 16, Queen's Rd. Central.
CHU KYOKU TRADING CO. Importers and Exporters.
7, Queen's Rd. Central. 2108 and 2908.
EDWARD MOW-PUNG, Import & Export Merchant, 1876. 60, Des Voeux Rd. CL
THE KWONG KHUL Photographic Suppliers.
Tel. 2170. 60, Queen's Rd. Cestral.
LAZARUS, X. Opticians.
be Tel. 2203. 28, Queen's Rd. Central.
LOCK HING. Curio Dealers."
33, Queen's Rd. Central
were injured. - one Latter so seriously that kad to be taken ashore and sent to hospital where he subseqüent. ly died. Pour other Chinese were also taken sabore subsequently and There was a somewhat serious had their injuries dressed. Another Minen. Below them Jullus fight on board the B.I. steamer of the Chinese was also badly injured, Caesar, Cleopatra, Nero, Claudius, Talsada" in Penang harbour at but his condition was not so serious Augustus, and all the other old beans about noon on October 15 between as to necessitate his detention in and has beens of purple Imperialism some members of Sikh Police who hoepitel. gurl their marble Eps at eternity were on their way to Hongkong from The fight, it appears, was the Tel. 2548a, Queen' Rd. Central. -u think of it! Democracy in the Calcutta and a number of Chinese result of one of the
In the Imperial Gallery of the
It is enough to make Tacitus turn with the result that a number of the and this led to
Eall of the Caesars Enga
passengers."Sticks were freely med (the luggage of 1
Sikhs and five of the Chinese, soquently a fight.
"HUMEYA & FÌNO. Japanese Photographers.
add zeifaches, and on the guage 14 Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 fact 4 inches to the hisght given in the fable.
October 2 la November 3, 1820.
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