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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1918.
CAPTAIN SCOTT'S OWN Cairns The members going for-
STORY.
ward are Scott, Lieut Evans, Wilson, Bowers, Oates, Lassley; Patty Officer Evans, and Crean, 150 Miles from the Pole on
POST OFFICE,
EASTER HOLIDAYS.
SHIPPING NEWS.
ARRIVED.
WEATHER REPORT,
On the 20th at 11.00-Pressure has increased slightly over Japan, and aduthern districts, and has Ka-decreased slightly over the Yang- tze Valley: It is highest to the north-east of Japan.
Good Friday, the 21st,Saturday Daito Maru. Jap. 8.8 2.727, the 22nd, and Easter Monday, the
tayama, 19th Mar-l'ort 4th instant, boing General Holi
Arthur 13th Mar, Coal --M. D. K. days the Post Office will be open as follows
On Good Friday from 8 till 9
The Money Order office will bo will be entirely closed during the Holidays.
Ghazse,
se.. 3,262, Cave, 19th Mr-Liverpool
and Bingapore *19th Mar,
'Gén –D. & Co.
19th
,
Depressions lle over Manchuria, the Yangtze Valley and Tong. king.
Variable winds are indicated along the E coast of China and
Mall Steamers
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO.
moderate S E. winds over the N. Wasatch VESSELS is the Underactivat FORTS
Chunan, Br. 3. 1,356. Jones.
Mar-Shanghai China Sea. 16th Mar, Gon.-B. & S. Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 Wiegand, Ger. as, 291, Ahrens, hours ending at 10 am to-day, SHANGHAI; 'MONI, KODE & 19th Mar-Caroline Is. 0.00 inches...
FORECAST FOR THE 24
YOKOHAMA... 10th Mar., Ballast.-M.
HOURS ENDING AT NOON & Co.
TO-MORROW.
A
SAMERS
to FAIL ON
alout 26th March
tight, snd:
about::::/},Eznight.näk.
Punto.
DATES Dazed-
FOR
SHANGHAI LONDON, A UaUAL PORT OF CALL
NORB Capi, D: Asbury' Capi
ASSAYE
to light; cloudy.
Variable
LONDON & ANT.
Praze, Co,
WEBPT. NANKIN
· Uśpi, Qwen Joner,
about 'Bad April'
„PORE SAID, AND
(Continued from pays in. frequent, the-sky-continually
January 3- overcast, and land very rarely
"Jandry 3, 1912, Intitude visible. Under there cucumstan- 87.32, height 0,800 feet-After vers it was most difficult to keep a leaving the upper glacier depot, ¡straight course and maintain south of Mount Darwin, I steered ratody marches. The ponios con southwest two days, This did
On Saturday from 8 till 9. finued the pull splendidly: The not keep us clear of pressure
On Easter Monday from 8 till 9 excellent condition they retained ridges nad orevasses, which com ander work I attributed entirolycurred frequently at first and gave There will be one delivery to the management of Capt. Oukes.us trouble, but we rose rapidly in of letters and a collection of
:of delaye, In epito
we altitude. Probibly the difficult lotters from the Pillar Boxes on reachad latitudo 83 degrees planos were more snow-covered each day. 24 minutes; witbia twelve than further oastward. The ad- milos of Mount Hopo, on Decom-vantage of this course was mainly bor 4. We could have reached felt on the third and fourth daya,
In the event of the arrival of the glacier with five ponies on when, owing to our altitude, the French Nail from Europe on following day but for the inter- got a splendid view of the dis-Easter Monday a delivery of lot vention of a southorly gale which fribation of land masses fringing ters will be made lasted four days, during which the ice sheet and the arrangement The Publio is notified that' wo did not sight land, although of ice falls. Since leaving the the American Mall per s.a. Nile only a few miles away. The wind depot our marches love averaged sailing March 31st will be due to was very violent at times a pro over fifteen statute miles a day, arrive in San Francisco April Tjimahi Dutch s... 3,815, Scherni-2 Formosa Channel > winde, mo-
dorata. digious amount of snow fell, and
"On Christmas Day, we were 19th prior to the Mail per s..bert 20th Mar.-Muntok
12th War, Gon-J. C. J.3 South coast of wo had continually to dig out close up to the eighty-sixth Mongolia.
L
China between, H.K. The same The Nile does not call at Manila
All the abova atanmers are fitted with The tom parallel, and the prospect of
and Lamocks ponies and tenla,
as No. 1. Eiger, Nor 8.8,578, E Fingalson, perature rose to plus 3; the Christmas fara gave us an excel-nor Honolulu,.
20th Mar Canton 19th South coast of
For Freight, or Famage apply to China between H.K.
The same snow melting on our equip loat march, soventeon miles, but
Mar. Beans Kwang
and Hainan.
88 No. 1. &0. 8. N. Co.'s office, Man Tai. ment and completely soaking the effect was not so happy the
China Coast Meteorological everything with water. No such following day. The surface grew prolonged storm has hitherto more difficult as we approached been recorded in theso regions the eighty-seventh parallel. On in December...
New Year's Eve, in latitude 36 "On the Uth, after the storm, degrees 50 minutes, we dopoted eighteen inchos of wat snow there a unit of provisions and re- covered the originally soft surface. built cur sledges with new short We could not have advanced at runners, which remarkable piece all had not the leading pony worn of work was performed by the show shoes. The men hauled on senmon of the party under adverso. akia. It took fourteen louis conditions.
MAILS ARRIVED TO-DAY. Europe, 8.8. Prinzess Alice.
MAILS VIA Siberia.
Lais
London
Feb. 27 Feb. 28
Ilus Shangbal Mar. 15 Mar. 17
MAILS DUB. Am., Nippon-maru, 21st inst. Siberian, Taishun, 21st inst
The Nippon Maru with the American Alaf is expected to arrive here to-morrow at noon.
Varg, Nor. 8... 874, Rasumissen, 19th Bar-Hdügay 16th rheumpant, Br. 8.8. 1,065, Jas.
Mar, Coal-B. & Lo.
1
*
B. Scott, 19th Mar.-| Saigon 15th Mar., Gen. Wo Fat Bing
Distriot Hongkong and
Neighbourhood
!
Prinzoss Alice, Gor, .., 10.081;
Z Franck, 20th Mar.- Hamburg 6th Feb. Gen. ---M. & Co.
Prinz Waldemar, Ger. в s., 1,737,,
H. Bremer, 20th Mar Station. Yokohama 13th Mar, Gen, M. & Co.
CLEARANCES AT THE HARBOUR OFFICE.
Mar, 19.
without a moal to do eight miles. "Although it cost us nearly a At the first halt the ponies were day's march, the change amply destroyed, as we had no more repaid us. We have been able The Taishun is expected to Daito-maru, for Canton. forage for them: To-day we have to keep up our average, and we arrive here to-morrow. with the Tokat matu, for Nezanski. come through the pass and des- are now within 150 miles of the London Maile (via Siberia) of Titan, for Vancouver.
Wednesday the 26th February and Chenan, for Canton. cended on Beardmore Glacier, Pole.
Saturday the Jet instant.
www.
MAILS CLOSE.
Per Haiching, 21st Mar,, 9 á.m.
Mar. 20. Halvard, for Bangkok. Michael Jebsen, for Singapore
Ulv, for Bangkok. Dagny, for Saigon. Varg, for Canton. Ghazae, for Yokohama, Derwent, for Saigon. Haiching, for Foochow Tjitaroem, for Yokohama,
but only with infinite difficulty"I am going forward with a and after twelve hours, work party of five men, sending three The soft anow brought by the back under Teut. Evans with Swatow, Amoy and Fooshow-Anhui, for Shanghai.· storm continued over the pass.this noto. The names and des Men on foot Bank to their cross-criptions of the advance party bars continully, The dogs have are Capt. Scott, R.N.; Dr. Wilson, Japan, given some help, but could only chief of the scientific stoff; Capt. | hp ligbily laden on such Oates, Inneskilling Dragoons, in Shanghai and North China-Per
urface.
charge of the ponies and mules;
!
via Yokohama-l'or Dil-
wara, 21st Mar, 9 am
Hangsang, 21st Mar,, 9 a.m.
-Per Eiger, 21st Mar., 9
a.m
Laend this note by returning | Lieut. Bowers, Royal Indian teams. The party is very fit, but Merines; & commissariat officer Chefoo and Newchwan and Dalny
petty Officer Evans, R. N., in
Capri, 2 st Mar., 9 a.m. Swatow and Siam-Per Landrat Schioff, 31st Mar, 9 a.m. Por Sui Tai, 21st Mar. 1.15 p.m
and Yokohama-Per Tjitaroam, 21st Mar, 5
cannot. keep up the hours which we liave been working. The charge of sledges and equipment, Straits, India vis Bombay-Per Bior has already cost us five
"The advanco party goes for days. Ita ellocta may yet delay ward with a month's provisions, na further, which would be and the prospects of auccess seem serious matter. Otherwise avars good, providing the weather holds Macho thing has worked as planned, and no unforeseen obstacles aried. We hope to Gud better conditions It has been very difficult to Japan as we advance up the glacier house the advance party, as We are necessarily dopen lont on overy one was fit and able to go Philippine the weather, and the season, thus forward. Those who return are for has been very unpromising. naturally mach disappointed.
Fighting for Five Miles a Day
Everyone has worked his hardest. December 21, latitude 85 do: The weather on the plateau has gress 7 minutes south, longitude been good, on the whole. The 303 degrees 4 minutes east, height sun has never deserted us, but
p.in.
ร
DEPARTED. Mar, 20
(honan, for Canton. Ghazee, for Boji Anhui, for Shanghai. Tjitatoum, for Yokohama. Dagny, for Faigon. ↑ Halvard, for Hoihow. Clara Jebsen, for Amoy. Michael Jebsen, for Amoy. Islands, Angagur, Yap, Hangsang, for Canton, Frod. Wilhelmshafen, Carl Diedrichsen, for Hoihow. Rabaul Herbertahohe, benarty, for Yokohama. Matupi, Australia, Ta Yoshow, for Canton, amania and New Zealand via Brisbane-Per Prinz Waldemar, 22nd Mar., 8 a.m.
Naha
Forecast.
BE or va riable winds, >moderate
Register.
20th March, a.m;
Wind.
Hour.
Barometer.
Humidity.
D'tion.
Force.
Weather.
Oqt. G. W. Cookman, A,x.a. 27th March
INDIANE
Noon
Unph G. W. Gordon, ... | 29th March ]...... Punge
Bongkang, 18th March, 1919.
A HEWETT,
Superintendent, a
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
BREMEN.
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES
MANILA, ANGAUR,
Tokio Kochi
Nagasaki
Wostock 7a29.8436- Nomuro ·6a30.22--- saw 1
1 Hakodate, 30.15—— 30.12-- 30.07 BW 1 3001-
se 5 or
ne
B
K'shima 30.06
880
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29.99-
29.99.
FOR
STEAMERE.
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Tehi'jima
29.91
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Bonin Is. Chefoo
YAP, NEWQUIKRA, Į PRINZ WALDEMAR BRISBANE BYDNEY: Capt. H. Bremer
6,100
SATURDAY 2nd March
"
"
Whalwei 29.9744 76 sw
& MELBOURNE
OM,
Hankow Iohang Kiukiang Changsha 11 Shanghai
11
LOBE & YOKOHAMA
PRINZ SIGISMUND
about.
Cipt. D. Lens
146,000
0
11
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Capt. F.Sembill
*29.8850 100 GEO Gutzlaff 29.8749-se. 5 om
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Amoy 6a29.97 59 94 88, 10 Swatow Talhoku Sa29.93-6 2- Talohu
29.94 Tainan -29.95 ne 2 Koshun
29.94 ne 2- 29.92*-*-*
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11.
6a 29.89 73,93 8 10
29.86- 29.83 70-**
NAPLES, GENGA,
ALGIERS, OIBBAL- YORCK". TAR, SOUTHAMPTON, (Capt. H. Formes ANTWERT & H'BURG.J.
Calling at Manila.
TUESDAY,
29.h1A'pi!!”
End of March
TUESDAY
(10 AMA
-All she alemmary of the European Line and Hited with Wireless
New Baton of Tolofanken."
31 BO 20gf
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Canton
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11
Wushow 98
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PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
C. B&J,
Aparri
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Per 8.8. Tjimahl, arrived 20th
Manila
Legaspi
Iloilo
sse 2 dh 29.8877 -- saw 40 29.9275
80 2 c 75 29.9372 29.9377. 9 & 29.9582
0 b
Bacolod Cobu Labuan
29.9283****
about 6,800 feet, four miles south, the temperatures are low, now thirts west, of Mount Darwin, about minus 20 degrees; and the Shanghai. North China and inst., from Muntok:-
Japan via Kobe and Moji Caldenhoff, A. Overbech, L D. -Per Fooksang, 22nd) Mar., 9 Am
Per Cheongshing, 22nd Mar., 9 a.m.R Suigon--Per Derwent, 22nd Mar,
9am.::
Largely as a result of the storm wind pretty constant. However, reported in my last dispatch the we are excellently equipped for lower reaches of the glacier wore such conditions, and the wind Swatow, Woibaiwai and Tientsin Alled with terribly soft snow. undoubtedly improves the surface. Men ou foot sank to the knee at So far all arrangements have each stop. It would have been worked out most satisfactorily. quite impossible to advanco, hadIt is more than probable that no wo not pulled on skis. As further cows will be received it was, the Finube surface of from us this year, he our return sladgue proved inadequate. They must necessarily havlute.” - Tipquently sank to the crossbars, requiring to be extracted with ALICE MEMORIAL standing pulls. For four days we struggled in this morass, scarcely
noon..
SHIPS PASSED THE CANAL.
London, 28th February. Arrivals from China-Prinz Ludwig, Noleus.
Slam-Per Ulv, 22nd Mar., Da.m. Straits and India via Caloutta- The following vessels have pas- Per Torilla, 22nd Marved the Canal:-Alcinous, Ernest Simone, Goeber, Hirano Maru, Philippine Islands-Per Yuen-Indien, Japan, Mishima Maru, sang, 22nd Mar:, 1 p.m. Prinzess Alice, Breistone, Sitho- Japan via Moji Victoris and Ta-nia, Furst Bulow, Rhesus
coma-Fer Tacoma- maru, 22nd Mar.. 1 p.m. Per Sul Tai, 22nd Mar.
HOSPITAL
The Hon. Treasurer of the advancing are miles a day. Alice Memorial and Affiliated although working ten to eleven Hospitals bege to acknowledge Macao hours. It is difficult to pitch with
thanks the following
Hospitals:
WS. Brown
camp and load sledges on such a donations to the funds of the surface. On the 5fth day the Burface grew, a little harder, and we were able to push on, still pulling on skis. We did not get abreast of Cloudbreaker Mountain until the 17th, so that the snow cost us a week's advance,
Wong Po Chnfi "Lawrence Gibbs
W.D. Jupp
$10
10.
.10
5
STOLAN COAT,
Gang which Hangs About the Theatre.
"Since the sixteenth we have been able to make very good marches, working up from thir teen to twenty-three statute miles Two men were charged before por day By programme I er- Mr. F. A. Hazeland, at the Police ranged to push on from the Court, this morning, with steal- eighty-fifth parallel with oight|ing a padded coat belonging to la men and twelve units of pro coolie. The latter, it appears, visions, but hoped to reserve a was walking along Queen's Road, margin over this,As we stand; near tho Ko Sling theatre, when we are only half a day'e food short his coat fell off a basket that he on programme, and should have was carrying. When the doolie a good chance of getting through, discovered his loss, he saw the The weather continues untis defendants with it. He asked lautory: We had to march without them for the coat, but thoy re- sight of land on occasions. We fused to give it to him. are getting intermittent fog. in European constable 121 caw the this most crevassed part of the affair, and arrested the men. glaciar very body is in the best The coolie offered them a few alhealth and spirite zure
cente "tea money," but even then has been most diflicht to they declined to give up the coat. die returning party of four Inspector Dymon 1 said the
cerride this note. Our defendants belonged to
to a gang usulates -purs upper who hang about the theatre and Complete depots were a pest to the neighbourhood. hed ron - Lho| They were each sent to gaol for one month and ordered our hours
Siberian
Mail.
London, 4th March. The following vessula kave pas sed the Canal:-Bayern, Bena- von, Altmark, Flintshire, Lovat, Laomedon.
ane 1 c
20
1c
* 2 c
** 29.9583-- T. F. Claxton, Director, Hongkong, Observatory, Mar. 20 1 Barometer, reduced to 39 degrees Fahrenheit on the level of the sea in inches, tenths and hundredths.
degrees Fahrenheit.
2 Temperature, in the shade; in.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD MELCHERS & CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG and CHINA.
Hongkong, 20th March, 1918,
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD.
Hongkong-South China Coast Ports.
Highest Class, Fastest and Most Luxerioda Steamers on the Court, haying! plaid Accommodation for First-Clson Passagen, Electric Lib
i
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW RETURN (Oocopying: §, 19, 10 dus.)
STRANSKIPĀ.
CAPTAI
HAICHING... ] W. C; Passmore
FRIDAY
FOR SWATOW
3 Humidity, in percentage of
[9.8, Ronch mu | TUESDAY, 25th, Mig, v saturation, the Humidity of als MAITAN saturated with moisture being 100. HAIYANG ... | A. E. Hodgins ... | FRIDAY
4 Direction of Wind, to two points.
Force of Wind, according to HAIMUN „[J.,W. Evans...... | WEDNESDAY, 26th Mar. at 10 x.m
1 Beaufort Scale.
Stramers will arrive at, and depart from, the Co's Wharf nem
"For Freight and Paɛnage, apply to
6 State of Weather, b blue sky. c detached aloud, d drizzling rain f. fog, ggloomy, h hall, I light ning, o overcast, "p passing showers, q squally, 'r rain, s snow #29] t,thunder, y visibility, w dew wet). 0 Rain in inches, tenths and hundredths,BG WAT
METKUROLOGICAL,
Previous
1.15 pm. Shanghai, & North China (Europe via Siberia).
London, 6th March. Per Chenan, 22nd Mar.,
Arrivals from Chins:-Novara 5 p.m.
London 7th March. Swatow Per Haimun, 23rd Mar.
Arrivals, from China:--Jason, 9'am.
Mishima Mora, Polyphemus, Swatow, Amoy and Foochow via
The following vessels have pas- Tamsui Por Daigised the Canal:-Japan, Sunda, maru, 23rd Mar, 9 am,
Nile, Telemaõhus, Magellan. Straits and India via Calcutta-
Per Suisang, 24th Mar,
London 14th March.
Day On Date On Date Arrivals from China:-Goèbón, 9 a.m. **62,
29.86 Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Alcinous, Schuylkill, Armenia, Barometer 29.88 29.88
65.: -Per-Haltan, 25th Mar., 9 Telemachus, Laondedona Temperature 64 64 The following vessels have pas Humidity 94.90 am. Baigon, Straits. Coylon, sed the Canal:-Kaga Maru, Ara- Wind Adelaide, Western Aus-bia, Liberia, Amazone, Peshawar, Direction
Forced tralia, India, Aden, Egypt Narrung, Bremen, Lan
Weather
French
Siberian
#
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4
018
and Europe via Maraeil- is : London, 11th March: Raini
les: (Late Letters 11 to Arrivals from China Furst Highest open air Temperature on the tith Noon. Extra Postage 10 Bulow: Monmouthshire, Magel- Lovat henken
H.K. Observatory, 19th Ma 1913 conta). (Letters posted lan. Swazi, Bambia de
in all the Pillar Boxes The following vessels have pas-
in time for the first clorance will be included.
Bouglas, Lapraik & Co., General Managers.
PA
THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN
STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED.
******* Mail Service to Australia
via Manila.
MAIL SCHEDULE.
(SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION
VWVT. F: Ciszton, Director,
ST. ALBANS immin. sed the Canal:-Antonor, Ben-TINES TABLE.
AAL ALDENHAM Laguna ***** vorlich, Bohemja Candia, Kana-
BASTERNUTES 41122049.
in this contract mail.) gawa Maru, Gothian, Longsor Mar, 15th to 21st Mar, 1913, Por Nora, 25th Mar,, Lutzow, Middleham Castle, Ty14. 11.a-mas
deus, Goldenfeladat daT W
Shanghai, North Ohinis London, 18th March
Hope kang.
Japan via Nagasaki,
Arrivals from China Brod-
கேச
Honolulu, Canada, Unit- stone.
o Juferior High nir Jów Way
ed States and South 'Am-|
The following vessels have pas-
erica via San Francisco sed the Canal Glenturret, Oan-
Europe via Siberia) -Por fa; Sardinia, Tango Maru
- Mongolia, 25th Mar,
Per Sul Tai; 96 Mar
Oystem. Fre. Fried or Stewed.. tadan Haddock, Kippen &
ALEXANDIES CARE
'Arrive Hongkong)
from Austalla:
the 7th March
~On the 4th April.
The above Bleamers are fitted with Re Fontiful supply of Los, French Provisage, eta, Bledaricity All Slate Rooms kaya Hilando wward-ons are carried; Mex"
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