Mails.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRACHMONDAY
Intimations.
MARCH 20 900.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD.
BREMEN.
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES
FOR
YOKOHAMA" and KOBE
NAPLES GENOA, ALGIERS, GIBRALTAR, SOUTHAMPTON, ANTWERP and BREMEN
STEAMERS
PRINZ SIGISMUND" Opt. D. Lenz
TO BAIL
About SATURDAY,
3rd April.
"Prinz LUDWIG ...........] WEDNESDAY,
Capt. F. v..Bicker.........
SHANGHAI," NAGASAKI, KOBE) “BULOW **..............
7th April, Noon,
No. 1 DOCK.
Length inside 514 ft. Width of entrance, top 95 ft.; bottom 75 it. Waterjon blocks, 27.5 ft. Time to pump out, 4 hours.
No. 2 DOCK. Length inside, 875 ft. Width of entrance, top:80.5 ft. bottom 45,8 ft, Water on blocks, 26.5 ft. Time to pump out, & hours.
HESE DOOKS are conveniently situated. In
d. in Yokohama barbour and the attention of Captains and Engineers is respectfully called to the adv ninges offered for Docking and repairing Vesseli and Machinery of every description,
The plant and tools are of recent pitems for dealing quickly and cheaply with work zat a large stock of material, is always at hand, (plátas and angles all being tested by
***? About. WEDNESDAY, 4WD Boron]."
and YOKOHAMA ..............................inere ) Qapı, H. Formes '.............'ï...
KODAT and SANDAKAN....
MANILA, YAP, NEWGUINEA;") BRISBANE,. SYDNEY and MELBOURNE .......................
{"BORNEO" arana
Cap.. F, Samblil
" PRINZ SIGISMUND" „...) FRIDAY,
Capt. D. Lensán
7th April:
Beginning of April.
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...........] FRIDard April, 10 A M..
For further Particular, apply to.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG & OHINA,
Hongkong, 27th March, 1909.
is
MELCHERS & CO.,
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
FRENCH MAIL LINES.
FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO and FROM EUROPE via SUEZ CANAL.
TO and FROM JAPAN via SHANGHAI.
STEAMERE
CAPTAINE
TO SAIL ON
SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA,..ERNEST SIMONS...Girard..........29th March, F... MARSEILLES, VIA FORTS. NERA..
Martin.........30th March, atʼIP. SHANGHAI, KOBË, YOKOHAMA .....TONKIN.............. Charbonnel... 12th April, M.
MARSEILLES, VIA FORTSCALEDONIEN .....Bruno ...........13th April, at ́x P.M.
Transhipment on the Co's Steamers at Singapore for Batavia; at Colombo för Valenite, Bombay and Auñtalla; at Port Said for the Lovani, Donstantinople and Black Saá, *
Through Tickets to London via Paris from £azito up to £71.10, so hours' rullway from "Marsailles to London.
interpretóra moot passengers at their arrival in Marsullios.
..
För farther particulars, apply to
*Hongkong, 15th March, 1909
"P. de CHAMPMORIN,
AGENT,
QUEEN'S BUILDINGS.
MESSAGERIES CANTONAISES.
FRENCH LINE OF STEAMERS, BETWEEN HONGKONG, OCANTON AND
KOUANG-SI.":
S.S, "PAUL BEAU,” 1,500 tons, 14 kaota,
as. "CHARLES HARDOUIN,” 1,900 ton, 14 knots,
The spoedlast, most luxarlogsly:appolated and punctual steamers on the line. Departure from Hongkonglat ra rim. (Saturdays éxcopted). Departure from Ganton at 5.45 7.M. (Sundays excapted),
These superb steamers carry ng the French Mall are fitted throughout with Eisctric Light and Fans and were specially built for this trade. Excellent cuisine...
The Company's Own Wharf near Wing Lok Streat and lits borth in' Canton (opposite Shameen.
For further particulars, please apply to the COMPANY'S OFFICE at Shamson, Canton.
"Hongkong; 9th October, 1908.1
EYES
́or to their Agents BARRETTO & 00., Hongkong.
RIGHTI
N. LAZARUS, OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN,
CORNER OF D'AQUILAR STREET AND QUEEN'S ROAD,
FILL, last your syns free of charge, and if they are wrong will put them right.
W
· Leuses, Ground" All kinds of Repairs, Spectacles for all requiramamin.”İ Ask, or writs, for Illustrated Booklet on "Defective Sight, "--!
BALQUNTAI
19, Baullask Street,
Two ponurful Twin Screw Towboats are available for taking Vessels in or ont of Dock, and for taking Salling Vessels in or off of the bay. The Boating derrick is capabla of liftlug 35 tons.
TRE CAMPAIG
PLAGU
KEKPIKO OF CATS).
OBS
METEOROLOGICA
Meteorological?
SIGNALR
mast in front of the Water- Fóli Tsim Sha Tanl for the of vassals Imavin čɛthes
A CONE. point"dpwards:
indic
to the Northöfṛzhe Colony
при
deway to the North-East-
Dion writan the following to zu Indian contemporary, which should be lateresting la view of the effort of our own Sagitary Board to ancourage the keeping of cats as a preventiva agalust the propagation of plague
Rat me no rata The cat's the thing. Buch necessarily imply that bad, was the burden of Lieutenant-Colonel Bacha- | hare "nán's discourse at the Medical Congress. In- Bigsal
oculation, segregation, disinfection, may be good enough in their own way, but, taken in the aggregate, these are but poor, partial and Dot very affectual remedies, compared to the powerful instrument against plague,: "which fa at hand, but which has been strangely neg«: lected. Employ cats for the destruction of rate, says Col. Bechuan in effect, and the back of the plague will be broken. If it were feasible to employ a discipliced cohort of cats in each area, with the result: anticipated by him, 'ken we may bring ourselves to suffer with resigna- tion, the Duisance and discomfort arising from their prosence among us. But his bouadiess faith in the remedy proposed by him is not shared by othem." Captain Liston, who haldu up the virtues of inoculation; saya; "by'all means, let us advocats the keeping of cals; but this cannot be regarded as the beginning and
have as believe. And the majority, 1 think, will go with Captain Liston.
Steam Launches of Bigel or Wood, Lighters, Steel Buildings and Roofs, Bridge Work; and all klods of Machinery ala mada on the premises.
Tander will be made up when required' and the workmanship and material will be end of plague administration, as some would guaranted.
The cum of Docklps, and repair work, will be found to compare favourably with that of any port in the world. :
Telephone: Nos. 876, 506, or 681.
Telegrams, ** Dook, Yokohama," Codes A. B. O. 4th and 5th Eat.
Liebers, Bootta, A. 1, and Watkins. Yokohama, May 13rd, 1905-
DON'T BUY
ELSEWHERE BEFORE YOU CALL AT
FRENCH STORE
(Opposite ASTOR HOUSE).
NOW SHOWING
A Largs and Fancy Assortment of The Best FRENCH TOYS, DOLLS,
TOM SMITH'S CRACKERS,
CADBURY'S CHOCOLATE,
PERNOT BISCUITS.
&C
Hongkong; 11st November, roof,
F139
PHILATELIC NOVELTY
suitable for PRESENTS..
BAGS OF USED Postage StamPB. Containing: All Asiatic Stamps, 4,000 for $8.00 3,000 11
7.00 2,000 500 2700-02.03.
7-300, 11
1.00
All Chinese Stamps.
4,000 for $4.50.. ... 3,000, 3.50 2,003 2.50 --- 1,009 #
1.50 500 #
1,00
Also Stamps in Packets and Sets, and other Philatelic Requisites at prices to suit every body.
VIEW POSTCARDS, ALBUMS, HINGES, RAPHAEL Tuck'a Toy BooKS AND Ralier Scraps, MANILA CIGARS AND CIGARETTES, &c., &C. &C Inspection invited,
GRACA & Co, No, 27, Dès Vœux Road.”,
HOME CAT PREJUDICEB. Col. Buchanani in so earnest about his cult of the cat that he has been at some pains to ascertain the feeling entertained by the various Indian communities about the animal. The Parsis-have-a-repugnauce to it, and Col. "Buchanan bas it on the authority of one of their learned clerics that this feeling is to ba accounted for, in some measure, by the fact of the aximal "being loved and cherished by. Musalmans. It was Musalmans who had driven the Parsis out of Persis, and the ill-will which the Parsis bore towards them in consequ ence, was extended to the animal whom they loved. This idea, I see, în sconted by writers in Parti newspapat, but I have ascertained from Paral friends" that there” in some truth in It, although as a community, they bear no ill- feeling towards their Musalman tolghbours, I may-quote here an analogous instance of vicarious resentment, recorded by George Bar row in his Wild Wales," of which a poor cat was the victim The vicar of Llagollen had left behind him bis cat. As nearly the whole population consisted of dissentors, they persecutedj ruthlessly as the Church of England cat," "polely on account of the opinions which it was supposed to have imbibed in the house of its life maner." Everybody had a fling at the poor asimal, and its condition was most forlorn and miserable uotif Barrow came to its relief. From what ever reason, the Pams will have nothing to do with the cat as a domestic pot. With them, the cat is as unclean animal, while the dog is with the Hindus. If it were established that the country can be purged of the plague, "mbrough the agency-of-the-cat, the¬Parois-are- too sensible out to overcome their prejudice, and harbour the animal in their household.../
F. BLACKHEAD & CO., DEAR TRAMWAYS COMPANY, held sacred. The case is quite the revers
SHIP-CHANDLERS, SAILMAKERS,
COAL AND PROVISION MER- -CHANTS, NÁVAL CONTRACTORS
AND GENERAL COMMISSON AGENTS,
GROUND FLOOR,
ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, HONGKONG;
SOAP AND SODA MANUFACTURERS,
"SOLE AGENTS FOR ARTMANN'S RAHTJEN'S GENUINE COMPOSITION RED HAND
HA
BRAND, HARTMANN'S GREY PAINT.
DAIMLER'S PATENT MOTOR
LAUNCHES, **
Bole Agents for FERGUSON'S SPROIAL OREAM and
P &, O. SPECIAL LIQUER 8COTON WHISKY, &c
EVERY KIND OF SHIP'S STORES AND, REQUISITES ALWAYS IN STOOK
REASONABLE PRICES. Hongkong, vih Mech, vann,
LEE YEE HAIR DRESSING SALOON,
HAS ALWAYS on Hand CIGARS, CIGARETTES
AND
TOILET REQUISITES
++
FOR SALE
12, D'ABDILAR Street,
HONGKONO.
tamokaro, and Kapomberjanengo,
AN APPEAL.
THE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN
respectfully to APPEAL to the Residents ol -Hoxpicong and the Count Förts, for tenis-kind patronage and support, and, desiren; to`sinte that she will be pleased to receive orders for ́All kinds of NEEDLE WORK.
* Gentleman's Shirts made to order, and Goffi
and Collars renewed on old ones,
Ladjas and Children's Under-clothing, Ohli dren's Dresses, and all kinda of "Embroidary": Materials can be supplied, li roqulrade?
The Superlicensa: will also be MOST, TER for Any PAPER, or old ERvELOPES to be ma | tato Books for the Children of the Poor Scho
who des tangki by the Sistari, S
7.00 a.m.
LIMITED.
TIME TABLE.
WEEK DAYS,
7.30 am to 9.30 am, .....Every 10 minutes 9.30 am, to 11.00 Lm .....Every 15 minutes. 1.30 am to 12.45 pm....Every 15 minutas, Tex45 pm, tom1:15 pm 15 Every so minutes. 1.15 pm, to 1.45 p,m...........Every 15 minutas 1.45pm. to 2.15 pm ...Every ra minutsi, 1.15 p.m. to 1.00 p/m...........Evary 15ʻmiantes, « 3.30 p.m. to 5,00 p.m/.....Every 15 mlautes, " 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. „.Every to minutes.
NIGHT DARI B
THE CROWN „AGENTS OFFICE,
'COMMITTER'S 'REPORT.
The report of the Committee of Inquiry fato the organization of the Crown Agents' Offics. 8.45 p.m; and 9 p.m., 945 pr. to 11.15 p.. was issued on 22nd ult.
avory balf hour.
SUZDAYS.
5.00 am to 9.00 am. Every 15 minutes." : 9.00 am, to 9.30 km .....Every 30 minutes, 9:30 am to 10.30 a.m. .....Every 15-minutes." 10.30 am to 11.00 am....Every 10 minutes. - 11,45 8,m. 18 12,00 noon.....Evṣiy 15, minutes. 1200 Noon to. 1.00 pm. ...Every 10 minutes [1.00 p.m. to° 5,00 p.m. ...Every 15 minutes. 5:00 pm, to: 6.00 pim. .....Every 10 minutes, 6,00 p,m, to, 7,00 pm; ...Kvery 15 minutan, 5:00 p.m. to. 8.00 p.mi ««Every 10 minuta*
NIGHT DARS as on Week Days, BATURDAYS." Extra cars at 8.15 p.m., 11.39 5.104, madl
SPILCIAL CARS by Arrangement at the Company's Office, ALEXANDRA BUILDING
·Das Veena Road Central.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
Bipul General Managers, Hongkong, ath Tous, roa”,
BENGERS
Food
is quite distinct from any other. It possCISCI the remarkable property of rendering milk, with which it is mixed when used quite easy of digestion by children, invalids and convalescents.
Benger
Gins
fas
In their recommendations the committee consider that the Crown Agents' Office is not in any sense a private firm, but a Government department, and should be organized on the lines of a department of the home, Civil Service, with definite scales of salaries, based upon those in force in the home Civil Service, and that the expenditure on establishments, etc; should be subject to the control of the Secre- tary of State, ND NE
The position of the secretary to the Crown Agents can be better determined at a fatore date, when the new organization which they recommend has made its result felt.
and A
balow
A DETM
point down wards and DEUM below
SURA" CONH
point down wands
&A CONE point down- warda'and's HALL below
BALL
-8----A CONE-
polat upwards and RALL below
indicates K Typlibos >thi Fart of the
Indicators Typhoon Hito-the-Benfl-Räst)
of the Galony,
Indicatesa Typhoon to the Bouth of the Colony.
indicatesa Typhoon to the EouthWort of the Colony::
Indicatesa Typhoon to the Work of the Colony
Indicatesa Typh to the North Wast of the Colony,
Red Signals indicate that the centre believed to be more than 300 miles away from the Colony, s
Black Signal Indicate that the centre is believed to be less than goo miles away fmm the Colony.
The above, signals will, as heretofore, be hoisted only when typhoons exist-la-such positions or are moving in such directions that information regarding them in considared to be of importance to the Colony or to shi leaving the harbour.
Office, H.M.S. Tomar, Green Island Signal These signals are repeated at the Harbour Mast, and the Flagstaff on the premians of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown. Company at Kowloon,
Gnasit
In addition to the above, when it is expected -that-the-wind may increase to full" typhoon force at any moment, the following: Urgent Sigual will be made at the Water Station, and repeated at the Harbour Office
THREE” EXPLOSIVE" BOMBITAT INTERVALS
OF-TEN:SECONDS.
“ ́A Black Cross will be hoisted at the same time, superior to the other shapes.
NIGHT SIGNALE
--The following Night Signals will be exhibit- ed from the Flagstaff on the roof of the Water Police Station at Kowloon, the Harbour Ofre Flagstaff, and FL.M.S. Tamar
1, Three Lights Vertical, Green Green Gress, indicates that a typhoon il believed, to be situated more than yoo miles from the Colony.
II. Three Lights Voical, Green Red Grace indicates that a typhoon is bellered, to be situated less than 300 miles from the Colony
pected to
111 Three Lighis agical, Red Groes Red, indicates that the wind may be increase to fall typhoon force at any moment,
The committee recommends that the princi- of opon competitiva, examination by the Civil Service Commissioners for first appoint ment should in future be applied to the whole of the clerical staff, which should be recruited from four sources: (a) The 'examination.for || No,"III." Signal will be accompanied by the junior appointmants; (b) the examination Explosive Bombs, as above, in the event
for abstractors; (c) the G.P.O. examination for information conveyed by this signal bala
women clarkey and (d) the grade of boy clerks pablished by sight,
Further, that a new class of established clerks
should be crested-Class V—to be recruited. These Night Siguals from the abstractors' examinations, and that not the Day Signals at suns less than half the vacancies in Class 111, should necessary, be altered duri
be filled by open competitive examination for
Juolor appolotments in the Civil Service.
The committee invitos alléption to the ques:
TARY:WARNI
For the benefit of Natiru Grafti
tion, whether arrangements could not advan: Ocean Vessels, a Cons will be 1ageously be made in the future for a Crownach of the following stations duri Agency warehouse, and if such a warehouse is that any of the above Day Signals are entablakid whether the packing work at pres
sant performed for abs Crown,
outside firm of packers could not be can out in"
such warehouse. The |-satisfied-tast-file-recommendations.
viding for the efficient conduct of the boil of the office, will cause no largo imm Incrente la its cost, and, will eventu; substantial economies,
The report is accompanied by!! Soid Crewe, the Secretary of E
·Colonies, in which/hd/muptip
etter from for the