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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
lanks
he Bank of Oanton, Ltd.. Des Voeux Road Contral.
Osiaa Spaolo Bank, Ltd.
A Daddell Strot.
Building Contractors
Wing On & Co.
Building Contractors,
14. D'Aguilar Street. Tol. Con. 1597
Toal Merchants
Kailan Mining Admin. (olo Dodwell & Co., ht. Colliery & Steamship Ownes. Aitaminoes Chal, Coks, Firebricks. Cwong Hung & Co., Uwal Merchants Des Voeur Bd. Can. Tel Oct. 2735
Tabaul & Co., & Queen's Road Central Morchants, Coal Contractors and
Minera
WEATHER REPORT.
THE CHINA MAIL.
December 178, 11h. ¡¡m.—Press- ure has decreased considerably at Wladivostock and Increased slight- ly from Formosa to Tongking. It is nearly stationary at other report-] -
Jhlus Cammarolai 00. LEA Miners, Imporiors and Expo"tor: 14.50 Quoan's Road Ct. Tel. Con, 280ing stations.
Modistes
Madama Filaz,
31, Queen's Road Opn. Tel, Owl $38.
(latest Pulstam m ·dola)
Optiolan
The Hongkong Optical Os, Phone 2529.
82, Queen's Hood Central
Printers
The anticyclone conditions are uncertain.
The monsoon will be interrupted to the north of Amoy, but will re- main fresh over the China Sea
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 non: 8 coding at 10 am today, 0·00. Inc. Total sinoo January 16, 106.51 inches, against an average of 69.48 inches.
Forecast for the 24 hours ending nova on December 18, 1829.
1-Formosa Channel, N.E. winds. strong.
of
ath const toner me and Lamocks. NE winds,
„Mae China Mail," Graarst Printere, fresh; fine.
"ublishers and Bookbinders,
& Wyndham Atreet. Tel. 0.13.
Shipping Agouts Phons Coa. 1543. Photographers
Jotton Yarn Importers
Tosho Kabushiki Kalsba
Picco
Importora Cotton Yarn & Goods: No. 7 Mercantile Bank Ballding. Tl. Gen. 1774 and 1906
Jurio Dealers
Men hauns. Photocrapbac
99. Im House Striek
floseonfield Aronds (Branch), Developing & Printing undertaken.
Pe Kwong Photo Studie
129, Wellington Street, Photo Supplies and Developing.
Art picture dealer.
Look Hing, Chinese Curios & Silvar Ware Rubber & Wood,
Dentist
Carey Fang, Deation,
tt floor, No. 74, Quera's Bead Dentral, Tel. Central No. 1355,
Engineers & Shipbuilders
W. 9. Bailey & Co., Ltd
Engineer & Shipbulider
Kowloon Bay Now Work & Repairs Call Flag
-t
Fertilizer
Eastern Agricultural Perailizer Oa:,96 Jervale St. Tel. 650 Bolo agente Bat Onsno-Klagio||Pertisers
Glass Moronants
A Liag & Oó.,
Gla Morchants, Parnituro, Mirror and Canton Marble Yanafacturer, Eleaten-plated. Glass and Crockery Wares and Photo apples. 18, Queens Road Central Cal Central No. 1319.
Hotels
Frisco Hotel, Kowloon-Curser of Haiphong and Hankow Roads, Few minutes from torry.
Importers & Exporters the Bros. & Co., Importers sad Exporters and Commission Agents.
Den Voeux Road.
wong Sun & Co., 36 Jusan's hood Central, Ko Chi Chung (Manager), Kwong King Him (Asst.) Tel Cen. 188.
Garuda Trading Co.,
Loxporters and Exporter, N'KKO-Japanese fine art carive,
23 noon Road Ctl. Tel. Gen. 1168
Nam Hing Loong,
97-8-99 Queen's Rood outral. General Starekeopars, Wine & Ulgar Merchants, General Importers, Exporters of Chloese Produce Tel Central 351.
Land & Estate Agents Pan Ylok Cho, Land & Rotato agente
Tol Contral 911-1997.
25. Queen's Road Ventral.
Leather Goods
Nam Kang Saitoare Co.,
Best makers of Leather Guitcases, Hand Bags, Parnee, Belts, etc. Pottinger St., 208 Queen's Rd. Ct.
and 28 Hiller St.
Po Blug, 221 Des Voeux Rund. Magn. facturers of Leather Suitesson, Hand Bags Tranks etc.
Merchants
Aria Commercial & Development Co.-
Tankahkoe & Co., 39 Coansught Rd. W. Manufacturors of Rubber Soles and Singapore Wood. Tel. Central 4479,
Ship Chandlers
Chung Iooky-70-Connaught Rd. Ct.
First floor. Tel. Central 639. Bblpebandler, Bteradoras and Compradore.
E. Hing & Co.,
25 Wing Woo Strost. Tel Central 1128 Metal Merchants & Ship Chandlers, Managing Director- Mr. H. 8. Chin.
Sun Cheong Compradera,
Ouneral Provision Store. Naval and Military Contractor. No. 66, Prays East Wancha!.
Telephone No. 3761.
Wang Koe & O., Shipchindler, Compradores, Slovedores & Coal Merchants, Ba set & Pilot supply No. 38 37, Connaught Road, Tel. Central No. 943.
Shipowners
dau Wing_8.8. Co., Ltd.,
38 Bonbam Strand Woet. Tel, Cen. 1710
Regular Fortnightly Berrico Hongkong and Haiphong is Holbow
B.S.
Thai Thaan 8. S. Co., Ltd..
147 Wing Lok Street, East Tel. Cen. 35 a.a."Derwout" "Bourbon'
between Hongkong and Salzon,
Shoemakers
Jam Kee, Dealer in Bewing Machine
and Accessories, Boot & Shoe Maker:
7 Pottinger Strok.
WENT SIU WON
*BOOTS, Sitvi 5 A SURPERS FOR LASH, GERIS
16 CHILDREN, BEST DE MENS.PRICE A MOVILRĄJA
DJATHAIR ŠIL, THE NCAN,
Silk Stores.
D. Obellaram.-Royal Silk Store. 30s Queen's Road Central, Satin Crepe de Chion, Georgette and Brocade Bills.
Pahoomall Bros, 36, Queen's Rd. 0.
Tailors
Hongkong Tailoring Co.
Ladies' and Gent's Tailors,
10, D'Aguilar Strent. New Materials of all descriptions. Tel. Centl. 1630,
Ab Young, Tailors, Drapers & Out atts, Hat & Clothing, Suits made to order. No. 74, Queen's Rowi Control, Tel. Central No. 2×30.
Bing Cheong,
Taution and Ge-cloarea
24. Wyndham Streut. 2nd floor.
3-toarkong to Gay Rook. N.E, winda, frosh; flas
4-old boast of China betw#D Hongkong and Hainan. N.E. winds, freakin.
ROYAL OBERVATORY,
HORGEGNO,
DAILY WEATHER REPORT.
www.
DECEMBER 17, 1923,-.
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Kaur.
Baromatar
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Tamidity.
Wind
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Tochi
| Nazmakli Kagoshima Jakima
Tah....
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Tomen Triand
Cheloo 6.30.13 36 13 waw
Hankow.....
nhaav
90.40 32 08
Theousha Thanghat Yatzlaff
30.40 40 100 tharp Pk - 30.28 58 #2; ▼ Amoy 30.36 58 81 3stow.... "Athoku 5 30,33 67 72 Tatchu.... $0.19.87---
** 33.18 59
Tainan..... Kosban..... Pansvinres,
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8
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Hongkong Observatory, Dec 17, 1923.
4,20
G29.78 80 82 x
1. BAROMETER, reduced to St decros: Fahrenheit on the lerol of tho nea incha, tonths and hundredths.
2. TEMPERATURE, lu the shade lu de green Fahrenheit.
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3. HUMIDITY, in percentage of salan on the humidity of air maturated. It molatore being 100.
4. THRECTION or Winn, to two palste 6. FORCE OF
WIND, according b. Reallon Beale,
6. STATE OF WEATHER 6 ne ky.
for detached cloni, d drizzling rain.
gloomy, h hall, 1 Hghtning, a nyernini P pamino showers, q squall, rain, ana athandor visibility w dow, wot.
7. RAIN a taches tenths and m azdthe.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16.
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-HONGKONG TIME SIGNALS.
Japan... meesore Bardakan..TRODA.PA
Amakusa Mara MONDAY, DECEMBER 24.
9.
- Bilgisima Maru .10.
Hinaang
Chambord
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President Jefferson WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28.
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The Time Ball on Kowloon Gigant Hill Fooksang, J. M. & Co.) for in dropped dally at 10 am and 4pm. axocpt on Saturdays when it is dropped Singapore. December 17,
at 10 am, and I p.m., sad on Bandays Helenus, (B. & S) for Singapore.and Holidays whan it is dropped at Xingchow, (B. & S.) from Can--December 17.
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65th minute and fall must at the 5712 ---812.
Kiungehow, (B. & S.) for Amoy.minate. Should the ball fail to drop as
be lowered at 1 |Swatow, Amoy and Foochow ............ the correct time it Kalping, (B. & S.) from Amoy-December 17
minutes part the hour and the ordinary Shinshu Maru, (MBK) for routine repeated at the following hour.. Sungshan Maru, (N.V.K.) from Keelung-December 17.
U possible.
Should the Time Bail be out of order the above routine will be ̈osrrled "on with the flag "Z" on the Storm Bigan
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Kwangtah, (C.M.S.N.) from
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Helonus, (B. & S.) from Shang-
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Tean, (B. & S.) from-Manila- A30
Solviken, (Larssen & Co.) from Hongay Ba
Tukusel Cru, (M.B.K.) from Koelung.
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Cargo arrived per «.x." Andary at maining undelivered after December 19, will be subject to rent. Agants, John extingulahod momentarily at the sim Manners Co., Ltd
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th
Tan hade toler to Hongkong Standard
my hour of Greed with.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28. Strait, *Bangkok Ceylon, Mauritius, L. Marques Booth Africa, India via Dhanushkodi, Bombay, Aded, Egypt & KUROPE MARSEILLE dus Mar..
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Hongkong's Most Modern and Coolest Picture Palaca
Monday, 17th only
"DON'T GET PERSONAL"
MARIE
Starring
PREVOST
la the Zippy Comedy Drama of a Follies Beauty who Breezed into an Aristocratic Family and Started a Storm that Subsided in a Double Wedding:
Wenal Prioen. Booking at the Theatre.
SATURDAY'S FOOTBALL
CHINA
THE CORONET.
v.: HONGKONG.
"THE ETERNAL FLAME."
Norms Talmadge is the star of Teams. China.- Lau Hing-The Eternal Flame," the current The abeung; Ng Kum Chuen and Chan attraction at the Coronet. So; Leung Yuk-tong, Wong Sin-wa story is adapted from the novel and Lam Yuk-ying; Pang Kam-
The Duchesse de Langaise" by wing, Chang Hsi-en, Wong Pak- Balzac, and special attention has chung, Li Wai-tong and Chan been paid to the setting. The theme is strongly dramatic in tone, Kwangi
Hongkong. Angus (Club); and deals with the career of a Wynne (Police) and Bishop (Club); notorious society beauty, who zi McKelvie (Kowloon), J. Stewart last meets her match in the person Miss (Club) and Lelliott (R.G.A.); of a famous general. Mason (Kowloon). Forsyth (Club), Talmadge is supported by Conway Johnson (Police), Roberts (Tamar) Tearle and a big cast. Her acting in this film is quite up to the and Begg (Club).
set in "Smilin Referee. Mr. Smith; Linesmen, standard she
Through," and from a purely Messrs. Fairburn and Wakehain.
A crowd estimated at over ten feminine view point, she is worth thousand watched the match bet-seeing because of the beautiful between the team which has gowns she wears in the course of
MOVEMENT OF STEAMERS.
represented China In the the production. recent "Australian tour and a team picked from the other clubs in the Colony. The stand was filled, the ropes packed with early spectators while others were perched on points on Leighton Hill and adjacent terraces.
Both teams were warmly ap plauded as they took the field: Stewart won the toss and chose the town-end goal.
The O.P.A., R.M.S. "Empress of Australia Capt A. J. Halloy, A.N.R, Commander, will lane hore for Victoria and Vancouver, B.C., via Shanghai (Woo- sung), Kobs and Yokobams st noOD ON
Dec 71.
The A. 0. Là n.8. "City of Spokane railed from Gostile on Oct. 31 and is die here on or about Dan 29.
The B. F..."Eedon" left Livor- pool on Nov. 17 for Binzapora, Bony. fog sud ubangbal and is due bore va or about Deo. 28.
On the whole a fast game was seen but China deteriorated in the second half when their combin |
The A.O.L. “President Jefferson " ation which won unstinted admir
whính sailed from this port at 5 p.m. oh ation in Australia, was lacking. Deo, was due in Manila at 7.30 a.m. to This may, however, have been due day. She rotaras from that port at to playing footer, several months 15 p.m. on Dec. 10 and is due here s on end. Experienced crities are 730. on Doo. 22, and will sail from of the opinion that the tean, Seattle and Vitoria in Shanghai and has improved as the result of the Japan at 10a.m. Dra. 14. tour and is expected to do well in on Nor, 18 for Singapore, Hongsong, The BF "Hys " left Liverpool local competitions The Hongkong Shanghai and Tapan and is duo here on halves played an excellent game or about Des. 26. with understanding and were, with Angus, outstanding figures on their side.
The B... Gyoson?! left Livars pool on Nov. 34 for Hongkong, Shangai and Dany and is dun here on or about Io the first half Chan Kwong-ui Dod. $7.
The B. F. 1.4. * Ixion? Tofi: tiverpool placed well from a corner kick, on Dec. 8 for Hongkong Shanghai and Wong Sin-wa-headed-to-Wong Japan and is due hem on or; about Jau Pak-chung in the latter bear13
Angus giving China the lead till the
The A. U. I. 9.Bakton is expect-
breather. Forsyth made matters ad to arrive from New York via porta level in the second half after which on January 18, 1821. there was-no-more-scoring, al
though the Hongkong forwards.
had a number of opportunities,
league match ended in a win, for
HAWKINS RES. v. SURREYS RAS, the military team, the score being
At Sõoklimboo, this second an