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THE DIRECTORY
FOR
AND CHRONICLE
1925.
СНІЖА JAPAN, FORIA, INDO-CHINA, SIAM, STRAITE
SETTLEMENTS, MALAY STATIA, NETHERLANDS INDIA, PHIMP.
PINES, BORNEO, Era.
SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL ISSUB
Parc
812
Abridged Editiosa
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THE DIRECTORY corers the notable events, ports and cities of the Far East, from Natteraads India to Siberia Europeans reside.
which.
"Not only is the Directory sa fall and completa in each case as it can be made, but each. Cokny, Port or Settlement in profied by a DESCRIP- TION, carafolly revised each year, most of Which will serve sa an accurate GUIDE 102TER TOURIST, giving every detail in connection with the places, their History. Topography, etc.
The Information in them Descriptions, consist ing of a hundred interesting articles, packed with facta concíssly set cat, and containing statistica of the TRADE of each Country and port, would alone suffice. to fill a large volume.
The Book in priated from New Type specially -reserved for the purpose, and uniforzaity i every arrangement greatly facilitates reference.
Bosides the uwzal Alphabetical List of Firma: the Directory given the CLASSIFIED LISTS of TRADES and PROFESSIONS at the larger Commercial Centres.
Th
ALPHABETICAL LIST of RESIDENTS ia the Far East contains the names of over, 90,000 FOREIGNERS, arranged, with the Inicials as well as the Sur- names, in strictly Aphabetical Order so that any name can be found instantly.
THE MAPS AND PLANE
of the principal porta of the Far East has been engraved by one of the "meat eminent Firms Great Britain and are annually correctal and brought up to date.
The CHRONICLE covers the notable erants together with the Tests of all the most import
the countries of aat Treaties concluded with Eastern Asia the various Customs Tariffs, Trade Regulations. Chambers of Commerce, Scales of Commisions, Consular and Coatt Foer, "Hongkong Stamp Daties. Signal Codes, Chinese Festival Table of Money, Weights and Measures and other Com mercial Information.
It is published at the Office of the "HONG- KONG DAILY PRIS."
Tas Directories and Descriptions are of
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 16TH, 1925
The following unclaimed telegrams are lying in the Great Northern Telegraph Company's othies at Hongkong ****
ADDRESS
W. Norris, American Consul
Lustre
Senclentz
Christenen
Wangkuishan. Warrant (teers
ROMANCE OF COFFEE.
ARAB TRADER'S "CURIOUS SEED."
Cofee, from a small and insignificant FROM beginning in Abyssinia, has become an Newyork
item of international relationship. For Moji
the United State was exchanging notes Clevelandobio about it with aster republic in South Amor America recently This was because the people of the United States thought ther were paying too much for their coffer, due to the limiting of export by Brazil, where more than half the coffee of the world is grown.
Cluby..
Cathay
Export Import Ober
Fagsa
Chungroo Bank...
Weibaiwei
Chicagoill Koł Shanghai
Fongkankee, Shop Ngiyar
Tub, Hh Floor, Kalua Street,
Kennely Town"
Shanghai
Keb
Kresal
No. 5000 Looboike
Ananyickcheong Theacheong
1717
Amoy Shanghai Shanghai
The following is a list of unclaimed telegrams lying in the Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company's office at Bangkong
ADDaru
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NUMBER 4601/ith Armott, 5785/9th Competent... 340/5th Hokutei Kashi
FLOX
Newcastle Shanghai hehinh 6th James, 510, Nithan
Road, Yaumáti Calcutta 7719/11th Kogetando Kaigaadori Keshang 17381/25th Williams Norris,
American Consul Newyork
WEATHER REPORT. March 15th at 18.06.-Premare has increased lightly from banghai to 3.W.Japan and the Loochoos. It bas decreased slightly at Hong
and Tourane.
The saticyclone over China has strengthened
lightly.
along
The Loochoos depression has moved N.H Ashallow ilepression covers Indo-China, Malerate to Fresh monson may be expected the S.E. coast of China, and slight, variable wirds over the N. China Sea
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending a 15 hours, March 17th 0.60 inch. Total since January 1st, 4.72 inches, against an average
of 1,27 inchen.
The forcast for the 24 hours ending at 15 hours, Mama tubli is as follow
DISTRICT
FORECAST Formoss Channel IN.E. wieds, mod.
rate to fresh, (E. winds, light to
moderate: fair t first, some rain later.
Songkong to Gay Rocke
Boath coart of Chins between 1 Hongkota and Lamocks) South coast of China between
Hongkong and Finan
do.
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HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER.
Hongkong Observatory, March 15th.
Previona On Date On Dats
Day #t
at
at 2 p.m. 6 am. 2 p.z.
Barameter
24.85
29.97 29.82
Temperature
75
66
Fumidity
10
94
76
Wind Direction.....
W
Calm
Force Weather...
0
9
BI
Baia
0,00
0.00
0.00
Elightest open-air Temperature as 14th Lowers open-air Temperatare on Lith
CHIKA.
Peking
Boochow
Tientsin
Peitsiho
Chinking Naking
Canton Kowloon
Moo
Taku
fiukiang
Antang
Faukow
Yorhow
Pakhai
EONGKONG TIDE TABLE. From March 16th to 29, 1925. Box WAT23.
Days of
H'kong 8tandard
Time.
Fri.
Satur. 21 m
20 m
#11
Chiawangtac Wahu
C'tres Shan
Newchwang Dairen Port Arthur
Cheloo
Weihaiwei Trinantu
Mediem Shanghai
Swatow Langchingchan
Shaking
Hanelow
Wenzhow
JATAN & FORMONA.
Moji Tokohama Narasa
Hakodate Shimonoseki Kyoto Digita
Lappa Shampi Konymoon
1m 1
Tues. 172
Nanning Wod 18m
Wachow
K'Chwar Thar. 19 Hoihow Lungchow Mengtsz Hokow
Szemo Бел 22 m
Harbin
Tokyo
.Kobe
Sua:1130
Poosher
Amoy Kiris Laukow
"
Tengyush
Changchun Hanchan
Keelung Taip
Tainaa Takow Anping
EASTERN SIBERIA..
Vindivostock
Nicolejowsk
Uncax (Korea).....
Seoul Chomulpo Хадева
Yoxsat
F15800-73
Pingyang
Mokpo Chimamps Songshiz
HONGKONG AND ITS DAYINDECINE, MACAU,
fluight.
in
Low WATER.
B'kong.
Standard
098 AN EV
Time.
COAL
1920
Height
ft, in.
14
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The story of coffee rea:is like a romange, The plant belongs to Abyssinin Tradi tion has it that a learned Arabian sheik to took a liking to it, and introduced it his fellow-Mohammedians. It served ad mirably, for one thing, to keep the pious inwikke during prolonged religious
ceremonies, and has served that purpose! felsewhere ever since.
"The priests denounced it as an intoxi- and therefore contrary to the cant, Koran; and threats of divine wrath were uttered against the bibbers-but coffee became to the Arabs what tea was to the Chinese,
Arabing trader is said to have An taken a bandful of curious seed with He struck him on a voyage to Jura. sati in the harbour of Batavia, and turned over some of his seed to Governor: General van Hoorne at the Town Hous
IN THE EAST INDIES.
and
lo the rich soil beside the River Jacatre the seed sprouted, and trees with glistening leaves
forth; and sc prang it came about that in the cargoes that left Batavia, the hub of the East Indies, fee took its place beside teak and
gold dust
diamonds, and tobacco, cataphor and spices, opium and edible bird nests.
beca an Coffee
export, and one of the trees was sent to the Governor of the Dutch East India Company in Hol- and, who had it planted in the Botanic Garden at Amsterdam. In the course of a century the progeny of that single plant produced half of all the coffer grown in the world, and by that time a coffee drinking Europe had become consinenk
Even before this plant was sent to Amsterdam Constantinople had found out about the drink. It had travelled from Arabia through the Golden Horn, and the coffee-houses had become grave competitors of the mosques. On the up- peal of the religious orders, the Sultan imposed a
flourished
a heavy tax on the tentic; Luc flou nevertheless,
An English inerchant in Parkey learn.
·
.
ed to like its mild stimulation, and took home with him to
Greek who to London knew better than most of his fellows how to make it; but the merchant's
im. nosed so on his hospitality, demanding coffee at all hours of the day and night, that he set his irrek up in business, and friends to bay their drinks. told Tbus
the first London coffee-boire came into being.
In less than a
of a cen became an issue in London. Char coffer les II." issued a regal proclamation against it. He said that persons who congregated in the coffee-houses sprend shroud dalmatory reports of his reign.
Still the
quarter
century
tried
expedient of a heavy tax, but the only aparent
conuenee, was smuggli France had learned about coffee Constantinople, too, along in 1840, and French traders bought some of the plants from the Arabians for their colony Cayenne, thence a sprig was taken to Brazil, last of the monarchies on th American continent, and from that sprig
the has sprung present controversy.
To-day Brazil grows seven-tenths of all the coffee drunk on the globe, nul half of it comes from the single State of Sao Paulo, Santes, the seaport nf Sin, Paul and not
catat coffee centre ou
is
IN DOW
CENTER OF THE INDUSTRY. From Sun Paulo down
to Santos by
the sea runs a railroad over which alli the coffee of the Hinte must pass. It is known as the coffee road. and is famous traders all over the world. The aulong trains run right into warehouse enr the wharres, where the greencoffre,is lifted out by electric cranes and mavastr- ed into new sacks, ach holding 182 B "A single estate may have more th
4.000.000 coffee teres,
There is a single crooked street in
Quina de Novembro Santos Rua
where scores of houses do business. The half the coffee of the world changes hands.
.
The brokers deal in coffee from samples, and on making a contract inspect larger quintiles of the cousignment. Then elec tric trucks, if the inspection has been sauctory, take the bags from the)
to inanholes, where they are dropped to endless underground rubber
device American
these loads, if need be to ether
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ut right angles, so that the fee will go to the correct wharf and s aml-tini it is lifted be detric power into huge butes, which tubto the foud into the hold of the vesi. Man has has left the plantation until it comes into the roster's in s
SUZUKI & CO., httle to do with the process once the enf
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BILL PRESENTED TO GROOM, AT
· THE WEDDING.
A bride who handed her newly married husband an account caused mạch laugh- fer in the North London Register Office recently, especially when, after the bridegroom had settled with her, she de-.. clared that she was out of pocket.
• towing to the business paties of the bridegroom, who came from abroad, the bride had to make all arrangements for the wedding. She paid for the licence, settled with the registrar, bought her
ring. which she handed to the
ridledom to put on her finger, and]
for the motor-cars.
she cried, smilingly to the bridegroom after the ceremony, here is the account you asked me for
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