WHATHIR BEFORT.
April 21st, at 12.09.-No returns from Japanese stations. Pressure has Inercased
pagkaloowhera, considerably at Weihaiwel; it is.
DIRECTORY
dantely at Visdirostook and decreased
AND CHRONICLE probably highest to the B.E. of Japan
1918.
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HONGKONG-TIDE TABLE.
From 22nd to 28th April, 1918.
HION WATE
B'kong
Mean
Tizde
flight
LOW WAZIN
Long
Time.
22 m 7:38 5 2 m
200 Tues, 23 7.62
Wed, 24 m 2 s 58 354 Thurs, 25 13 26 8 3
FA. £6 m 8 $ì
118.3
6m 1:30 2
159 | 2
2 28 2
3
5 8
3 134 1
10 478 4
11:30 6 4 6
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