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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Banks
The Bank of Canton, Ltd,, Dos Vœux Road Central,
Shiza Evacle Bank, Ltd:
Daddell Street
theChinese Merahantq' Bank,Ltd,
Alexandes Bldgs:, Chater Road
Building Contractors
Wing On & Co.
Building Contractors. " 14. DAguilar Etroot. Tal. Com. 1587
Coal Merchants
Cedian Mining Admin.fo/oDodwell & Co., Ed.), Colliory & Steamship Owners. Bituminous Coal, Coke, Firebricks.
4. Kimura & Co.
A, Connaught Road Central.
** ang Hang & Co., Dual Merchante <3 Don Voeux Rd. Con. Tol. Can. 2736
Eateni & Co., 5 Queen's Road Central. Merchants. Coal Contractors and Laipping Agents-Phona, Can. 1543. ̧
Cotton Yarn Importers
Jerko Kabushiki Kalsha.
Importore Cotton Yarn & Picco Goode No. 7 Mercantile Bank Ballding. Tel. Cen, 2774 and 2008
Uurio Dealers
Lock Hing, Chineso Curios &Silver Ware
Dentist
Carry Fong, Dentist,
Photographers
Hea Uhanng, Photographer. 23 Joe House Street,
7 Bessonfleld Areads (Branch), Developing & Printing undertaken.
Printers
The "Uhina Mail,” General Printers, z.
Publishers and Bookbinders.
B, Wyndham Street. Tal Cont
Boales.
| Mustard & Jo., Concaught Road Oth
Ship Chandlers
Chung Fook, 78 Connaught Rd. Ol
First Roor. Tel. Contral 638. Shipchandler, Stevedores and Compradora.
Wang Kee & Co. Shipchindler, Compradores, Stevedores & Col Merchants, Es at & Pilot apply. No. 382 37. Connaught Road, Tel Contial No.846.
Shipowners
1
Man Wing S. B. Co., Ltd.,
18 Boubam Strand West. Tel, Con. 1719
Regular Fortnightly Servico Hongkong and Haiphong via Hollow
• J. Flaitau.
Thái Thuận Đ.B. do..'Ltd.
147 Wing Lok Street, Eani, Tol., Čen. 13 6.8. “Derwant". 1,5. "Boɑrben'
botworm Hongkỡng and Saigoni
Shoemakers
Jam Kee, Dealer in Bewing Machines
and docessorios, Boot & Shoe Makor,
7 Pottinger Street.
WONG SIU WUOT
BOOTS, SHOES & SLIPPERS FOR LADIES, GENTI
Tat door, No. 74, Queen's Road ] & CHILDZEN, BEST DESIGNS, PRICES MODERATE, Central, Tol. Contel No. 1955,
Electrical Suppliers
Kan Hing Co., Electro-plators and Electrical Contractors alss Typewriter Gepairers, 10 Pottinger At. Tel. Gen. 3560
Engineers & Shipbuilders.
W. 9. Balloy & Co, Ltd.. Enginours & Shipbuilders,
Kowloon Bay For Work & Repairs
Call Flag "L
Qlass Merchants
Ling & Do., Glas Merchanto, Faraltare, Mirror and Canton Marble Hanufacturer, Electro-plated, Class and Crockory Wares and Photo Sappiton, 18, Queens Road Central. fal. Central No. 1419.
Hotels
Falace Hotel, Kawloon Corner of
minutes from ferry.
Silk Stores.
D. Chellaram.--- Royal Silk Store. 300 Queen's Food Central, datin Orepo de Chine, Goorgotto and Brocado Bilka.
Pohoomall Bros., 36, Queen's Ril. O..
Tailors
Ah
Hongkong Tailoring Co.
Ladies' and Gent's Tailors,
10, D'Aguilar Street. Now Materials of all descriptions. Tel. Centl. 2880.
Young, Tailors, Drapere & Oat- Bitters, Hat & Clothing, Buits made to order. No. 74 Queen's Road Central, Tol. Central No. 250.
Sing Cheong,
Ladies' and Gentlemens Tailor. 24. Wyndham Street, 2nd Boor.
Haiphong and Hankow Floads. Few Tobaccos, Cigarettes.
British American Tobacco Co. (China), Ltd. 15-19 Connaught Road,
› Importers & Exporters
The Bros. & Co., Importera and Exportera and Commission Agenta.
Dos Voour Road.
Swang Sun & Co., 58 Queen's Ived Central, Ko Chi Chung (Manager), Kwong King Him (Arst.) Tel Cen. 3180.
Eemsuda Trading Co.,
Importers and Exporters, BIKKO-Japanese flis art curtos,
13 Queen Road Ct. Tal. Con. 1158
Kom Hing Loong,
47-8-99 Queen's Road vestral General Storolcoepers, Wine & Cigar Merchants. General Importers, Exporters of Chinese Prodice. Tol. Contral 951.
Retell & Co., P. O. Box 316
Land & Estate Agents
Ban Yick Cho, Land & Estate agents
· Tal Central 911-1987.
35, Queen's Road Central.
Leather Goods
Hom Kang Saltosse Go.,
Bost, nankers of Leather Buitcases, Hand Bage, Pareos, Belta, ota. Pottinger Bt., 208 Queen's Rd. Ct
and 28 Hiller &
Merchants, --
Typewriters, Etc.'
Mastard & Co., Cornaught Read Ct.
Wine & Spirit Merchants
Kwan Tyo, General Storskaapa
Wius & Spirit, Marchant.. No. 103, Queen's Road Centr
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May, 30d 19h 05m-Warning to Hongkong, Const-Ports, &e-Ty phoon intensity within 6 miles of Lat'16 N. Long. 109: Estationary or very slow.
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* May 31 d. 12h 04m--Watning to Hongkong, Coast Ports, &c.-Ty phoon of unknown intensity within 60 miles of Lat. 16 N: Long 107 E., filling up
May 31d 12h 48m--Pressure has increased considerably at Wladi-. vostock and Hokkaido. It has in- creased slightly at the majority of other stations.
The typhoon is filling up to the west of Tourane,
Hongkong minfall for the 14 hours ending at 10 am, to-day, 043 tuot Total sinco January 186. 11'91 inche. against an average of 23:32 inchos.
Forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon on June 1, 1998.
1-Formora Channel E. winds, moderate; generally overcast, occasional rału.
-Bonth costs of China be I Songkong and Jamooka. · B.-winds, moderate; generally overcast, occasiODA) rain.
-Hongkour to Oor Reck. · E. winds. moderate; generally overcast, occasions!
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rain.
_4-Bouth cours of China, between Hongkong and Heizen. B. winds, moderato; generally overcast, osiona! rain.
ROYAL OBSERVATORY, HONGKONG. DAILY WEATHER RUPES
Station
MAY 31, 18223,--..
Wind.
11.jar.
Barometer
Temperataru
Tamidity.
pirection.
Foros
Vidivostock 68.99,57 47 Yamare
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Hongkong's Most Modern and Coolest Picturo Falico.
THURSDAY, 31st May to SATURDAY, 2nd June,
- at 5.15 p.m. `and 8.15' p.m.
R. C. Pictures Corporation presents.
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"A WIFE'S AWAKENING "
The Tale of a Man with a Twisted Soul
2.30 & 7.15 pm.
FRANCIS FORD & ELLA'HALL in
"THE GREAT REWARD" Episodes 9 & 10.
Usual Frices. Booking at the Theatre.
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THEATRE
T. DANIEL FRAWLEY 00.
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a play everyone knows.
FRIDAY --" ANNA CHRISTIB
Greatest play of the decids now packing Strand Loudon Only for grown men and wouen»
Hard you and of London's enthusiastic praise of this play? SATURDAY:MY LADY FRIENDS If you liked ***THE GOLD DIGGERS" don't miss this
AT THE STAR THEATRE, KOWLOON. SUNDAY night, June 3rd-THE GOLD DIGGERS
NY. Chorus girls at their favourite pastimes. MONDAY, June 4th-KEMPY"
a delightful toms comely. BOOKING AT MOUTRIE'S..
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1. BAROMETZ, roduced to 81 degree Fahrenheit on the level of these p Inches, tamibs and hundredths.
2 TEMPERATURE, in the shade in de grees Fahrenheit.
3. HUMIDITY, In parcentage of satura tion the bamidity of air saturated lib moisture being 109.
4. DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points. 6. FORCH OF WIND, according Bendford Scale.
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Eugene O'Neill's play "Anna Christie' which is at the present time enthralling London with its powerful brilliance is to be staged locally by the Frawley Company.at the Theatro Royal on Friday dredths. night.
The pices had a capital "press"; when firat presented in London. The Daily Telegraph, for instance, had this to say about it :-
Every now and then in theatrical season, sandwiched in be. tween the first nights of plays that ure, generally speaking, either
Eo King, 284 Des Voeux Road. Manaordinarily good or ordinarily bad,
starors of Leather Suitcases. Hand there coming Bagy, Trunks etc.
a production that strikeo you as being of outstanding. importance and interest. Such an event occurred, last night at the Meta. Commercial & Development Co.--Strand theatre, when for the first daima Bank, Buildings (3rd floor) Tel. 2800 time o play by Mr. Eugene O'Neill was introduced at i London West- slikts, J & Co., Alexandra Building, End, playhouse. Mr. O'Neill has been hailed in some quarters na the first great American dramatist. Three playa of his have boon seen madame Lily ---Alexandra Building, st the Everyman theatre, and these Latest models and creat ons from (and others have been available in Paris in Frocks and Millinery. book form, and we have had oppor
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Millinery
Miners
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T. F. CLAXTON, Director, Hongkong, Cheer May, 1992.
HONGKONG TIME SIGNALS
The Time Ball on Kowloón Signal 50). is dropped dally at 10, am. andé p.m. axcept on Saturdays when it is dropped at 10 am." and 1.p.m.;and on Bundaye and Holidays' who is in dropped at
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6th minute and full-mist 24 the 67t The Fall is hoisted half maatst
the corroot time it will be lowered at fand Hopolala minute: Should the ball fail to drop si Swator, Amoy and Takao minntes past the hour Red the ordinary route repeated at the Java is Scambaya
following hour if possible.
originality-the faculty of creating Commercial Co. Ltd. snow and impressing the stamp of Miners, Importers and Exporters fresh personality upon situations 44-58 Queen's Rond Út: Tal. Cun, 2009. und characters which are in them
solvos ne ordinary and commonplace na dirt. Anna Christie is the finest play of his we have yet, seen.
Should the Time Ball be out of order: Bwstow Amoy and bcted. He knows life, and hoith the flag
the boys routine will be carried out. Bazidaran ***2** on the Storm Bigan. writes honestly of what he knows mit Anno and Mat and Chris are living Thoy am threo, human
fodistes
Madame Flint,
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Optician
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hip of the relentless = | Men Flate. It is their
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. -*
A Reuter cable from London, to-day states that the shipowner Mr. Frank Bibby left £1,229,482.
Mr. R. S. McNiece, American Consul at Penang, has been trans ferred to the Azores and is leaving a few weeks, hence,
LATEST SHIPPING NEWS.
ARRIVALS.
Laisang, J. M. & Co.) from Cal- cutta, Singapore, Kowloon Wharf. Van Cloon, (J.C J.L.) from Deli, Singapore-Kowloon Wharf
Chipshing, J. M. & Co.) froni Tientsin.-C33
Reims, (Tal Woo) from Hoihow.
The death has occurred of Mr. B. | -C16.
H. Buxton, an old resident of Kuala Hein Wah, (C.M.S.N.) from Lumpur. Mr. Buxton had been Shanghai.--Co.'s Wharf. ailing for some time,
The death has occurred of Lieut.- Colonel Andrew Haggard, author, novelist, historian and poet and the elder brother of Sir Rider Haggard.
Mr. S. C. Cook, incorporated accountant, has been appointed Secretary of the Hongkong Engineering and Construction Co. Ben Ltd..
The deaths have occurred of Mr. Ernest West, formerly president of the Chamber of Commerce, Cawnpore, and of Major-General Francis Chamier,
The Consular Corps in Singapore arranged a farewell tiffin at the Singapore Club to the Hon. L. P.J de Decker, Consul for the Nether lands, who has been appointed to take charge of the Consulate General of the Netherlands at
Hongkong
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Eastern. (M. M. & Co.) from Moji-Ar
Prosper, (Fok Tai Cheong) from Canton C16
Amakusa Maru, (O.S.K.). Keelung, Swatow-Co's Wharf.
Yue Ying Wa, (Choong Fät) from Holhow. C20.09.
Sinkiang, (B. & S.) from Shang hai. Biz
Kwangtung, B. & 5.). from Bang kók, Swatow:B11.
Meinam, (M.M. Cic) from Shang- hai.-A25
New Chwung (9. & S.) from. Haiphong,Off Stonecutters.
Chefoo, (Yan Woo) from Fort Bayard.—Co's Wharf,
DEPARTURES,
Sibolga, J. GJ. L.) for Rangoon, Singapore May 31
New Mathilde, (ik Tai) for Haiphong May 31
Siyang, (B. & S) for Shang SwatowMay 31
for
Lecsang, UM & Co.) for Hai- phong, Hoihow. May 31.
Hosang, J. M. & Co.) for Cal- cutta, Singapore May 31,
Hydrangea, (Chin (On) M. Ebb Kornerup of the BerSwalow May 31. lingske Tidende, Copenhagen, a noted author and journalist, arrived at Rangoon from Calcutta on May 9 with the object of studying the people of Burma, their life customs, etc. He comes with a special troduction to the Local Governe ment from the Foreign Minister to His Majesty the King of Denmark
Mr Allister Macmilar who has been awas from since the first week passed througharain
Hero (Thoresen & Co) for Kotabaloe. May 31,
"Kashgar" homeward bound from
aland fo
on aports
Colling
Javing
Far East
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