AFTER THE WAR.
Engineering Worthy of More
Attention.
trenches of the insmy,
THE DARDANELLES FIGHTING.
Description from a Member of
the Contingent,
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1915.
POST OFFICE.
It is hereby notified that the Radio Telegraph Station at Cape D'Agullar opened for the transmission of radio telegrams to and from ships,
Messages for transmission to ships wil be received:---
Telograph Counter, General 1Atthe? Post Office Public Hall, between 9 a.m. on week days
..
SHIPPING NEWS.
ARRIVED,
Mongolia, Am. Vs. 8,759, E. Rios, 15th July-San Francisco, Gen. P.M, & Co
Tanglee, Chineto .. 893, M. Honda, 16th July-Halphong, 13th July, Con! ----Chinoms. Tra
Nikko Maru, Jap. 21.3076, R. Takeda, 15th July-Nagasaki, 11th July, Goneral-N.Y.K.
..., Sardinis, Br. 1.3. 4 143, J. T. Jeffary, 16th July-Bhanghal 12th July, Gen.
P.&O.8 N. Co.
The Coast and Land Line charges will
be:-Minimum per radio telegram of 1q
Australia, 12th Juno, Gen.-0Jx & Co.......
WEATHER REPORT.
On the 16th at 11.30-Increases of prosare are general throughout the area, eupaloally over Japan." The anticyclone | kas again increased in Intensity and aras and now extends from the, China Coast to tho N.E, of Japan, Pressure remaina relatively low over the central portion' of The China Ses.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 14 hears ending at 30 mum. to-day, 0,30 inches.
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.
Distrios
Forecast
hood
words, three dollars. For each additional Eastern, Br., F. Carter, 15th July-1 Hongkong and Neighbour moderato word after the Brat ten. thirty cunts.
To the local charges must be added the. hip or coast charges of the receiving Sta- tions. These charges can be ascertained Seshu at the Telegraph Counter, General Feat ta'egrams in plalu language' will Daly
A member of the Ceylon Con- tingent has written as follows to It is interesting to learn from a friend in Ceylon :-" Well, we all quarters that the present war really are in the thick of it at last 2 A1 the Telegraph Ofice-Room No. 16, 3rd for, General Post Office Build ing: is going to be won by the on active service
batweón 7 i.m. and 9 a.m. and engineer; that, although men are Shrapnel is the bane of our exis
between 7 s.. and 10 p.m. on very necessary and strategy has tence. While you are si ting cook-between 6 p.m. 10 p.ni, on wook days, and afill a place in the order of affairs, ing your grab, while you are Sundays and Public Holidays.
CHARGES. victory will lie on the side which bathing in the sea, or while doing ktowe most about high exp'o uves anything else, the enemy sudden and has the finest machinery ly start abelling your camp and wherewith, to distribute these you have to leave what you are explosives in and around doing and bolt for your dug-cu
and wait till that particular spasm of the wily Tark is over. It is interesting, says the They generally fire only half a Standard, because the engineer dozen or a rounds and then s'op, has been treated very indiferent-being afraid of giving away the Those ly in the past by the politician. position of their guns, Germany Las been allowed to few rounds generally take their make this Empire a freehold for toll; one or two are killed or ormules are the competitive distribution of wounded
damaged. We are entrench. her products, and the engineering
firing industries bave been left to fighted clcee habia i our ikeir own battles. Now in the line. Each little dog out on the time of national crisis they are side of the hill is occupied by olled upon by the Government from two to four men. You have departments to save the Allies your own fireplace cataide and from destruction,
Oшco.
be received.
The public are bereby notified that the G.F.O. prepared to receive instructions requesting information-noncering the sighting of steamers at either Gap Rook of Waglan Light-houses: The charge for such mesanges is 20 cents per message.
Short messages to be signalled by som. arhore to incoming ships from the light- houses will also be acceptedat u fos of 5. coats for each word.
All insterations must be given elther (ty in writing and handed in at the Enquiry Counter G.P.0, accompauled by the fee.
as having accounts with the G.P.O. ** (7) telephoned in the case of shipping formerly with the Harbour Office) to the Telegraph Operator Room 16 G.P.O. Tel. 75.
cook your own grab-excellent grab to-tinned meat, potatoes,
· · That they will not be found onions, tes, sugar, bacon and wanting is certain. The British biscaite. There is a plentiful engineer has a rich strain of supply of water brought daily on versatility. His patriotism is water barges, Oarcne grest want boon removed to the G.P.O. supreme. He will be found at just now je matches,
Our
The Harbour Office Telegraphs bare
Registered Letters to the Caroline, La- drone..
Pelow and Marshall Feland can
work consists of doing fatigues the end of the war to have adaptat the General'a Headquartersnow he accepted for transmission. ed himself to national require menta in a way cqualled by no and of supplying escorts to him others. But it is only reasonable and members of his staff when that he should expect a reward. visiting the trencher.
The Sarvices to Germany..Austria, and We get thair Colonies, and to the Ottoman Em
He must be given more attention odd jobs too, such as hunting out piro are suspended.
pickets.
Maru. Jap... 1,119, A. Kobayashi, 16th July-Swatow, 15th July, Gen.-0.8.K.
DEPARTED.
July 15
Ausan for Vaidivostock
Mexico, City for Saigon Kalfers for Balabong via Hc thơw Chenan for Canton Oriental for Shaghai
Chuas for Swatow Taiyuan for Melbourne
1,-
ULEARANCES AT THE HARBOUR OFFICE.
Haimun for Foochow via Swatow Nikko Maru for Melbournevin Manila Chingchow for Port Paroval Bardinia for Bombay viu Singapore Hon Wan I for Singapore
MAIL STEAMERS
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO.
ENGLISH MAIJ.
WILL despatch VSSELS to the Undermentioned PORT3 br or
"about the DATES. named i
E. wind,
For
Steamers
to fresh,
aqually cloudy, rain.
Criental
SHANGHAI
To Sail On Remarks
dlight Freight Capt. A. L. Valentini 16th July
*Page
Formous Channel.
N. winds, frasti.
LONDON via Usual) Sardinia
Ports
Capt. J. T. Joffery
noun 17th July
Freight
& Plaza
Kashgar
"R.N.R.
noon
Freight
30th July & P'sage
Penang, Colombo, Capt. H. N. Rivers
3 Bouth coast of China be- The same L'DON via S'pore, PortBaid and Marseilles de
tween H.K. and Lamooks
at No. 1.
& Bouth coast of China be-7 The same tween HE, and Hainan...} No. 1.
SHANGHAI
MOJI, KOBE Nore
AND
HAMA ****................
China Coast Meteorological Register.
16th July, a.m."
Winds
Station.
Wostock
Hour,
Barometer,
Humidity.
D'tion
a 30,05 61 87
Force.
Weather.
about
26th Aug.
YOKO (Capt. D. Asbury
Subject to alteration without notice.
All steamers are fitted with Wireless Telegraphy.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
Nemuro de 30.12
July 15,
Hakodate
34.09
Tokio
$0.08
*30.07
Delgi Maru for Haiphong Hitachi Maru for Yokohama
$0.03
sona
K
gima
30.10
Oshima
30.06
July 16.
Naba
30.07
Khiljima
In
30.00
P. & 0.8. N. Co.'s office,
Chekel
29.87 75 05 aw
? om
Hongkong, 15th July, 1915
Ichanz Kluklang
Gutal Amoy
29.99. "79 - 98 #16 30,00 77
$ b
407
P. 7
29.92, 87 87 nne.
4 D
da 29.88 63 91. •
I b
Н
Swatow 29.93 81 91 se
1b
Talboku Talchn Tainan Koshun
4 b
ช
25.9%.75
0 b
29.92 77
06
29.91 81
FW
4b
Gap
6. Canton H'kong
Rock 29.06 Macao
10.56 81 88
#1
•
4 opt
24.84.77 02 nas 1b
at Westminster than he has re-spipers and supplying night. The mail Eervice to Canton, Wuchow. Thllwong for Batavia
The Colonials have and Samahal fa suspended until further ceived in the past.
fought magnificently. The Tarke notice owing to the flood.
The service to the Canton British Post are putting up a fight, very once is still in oporation (for matter different from their Canal efforts. other than parcels) but correspondence by
to that Offer cannot be guaranteed.- We were lucky enough witness the bombardment of the mouth of the Dardanelles It was a on April 25.
The engineers potion is clearly outlined in the current issue of the Engineering Review. It is there pointed out that the people in the engineering in
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MAILS DUB.,
dustry are in a class apart. They wonderful sight, and the roar of Shanghai, Ville de Cictat, 17th inst. are not professionally and com the big ships gane was deafening Siberia. L'angoh w 18th inst mercially opportunists. They and the effect on the forte was
America, Empire, 19th fast, need perforce plan and design astonishing. We started
** they shead. For this reason. are perhaps belter entitled that anyone else to criticise the Goy ernment and the nation for slipshed method."
MAILS CLOSE TO-MORROW.
inst. I a.m.
9
PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
Pers. Sardinia from Shanghai-Sir H
de & Lady Sanamarez, Lau Hoy-sing. Miss Lu Chong, Ab Bua, EO Welton, M S Barker.
E
5 29.93 -79 85.
11
Per es, Mongolia from San Frazcisco Wuchom 92 eto-Miss M L Andre. Mra G R Bennett, Fakhol
landing operations by running the steamer Clyde aground on the beach and the troops landed. direct from her and rushed the Chinwastao-Per WIMBLEDON, 17th
Misa O Bennett, Rev O Crow, M D W Holbow"" rositions on shore. We personal-Holbow- For TAIWAN M. 17th July, Dunlap. A i Duxe, Rar Me CE Eckela Phullan 6
*Some
Mr & Mrs M F Fybush, Elias 1 T Fybush, Tourane The same journal points out, lented elsewhere.
Straits, Burmah, Ceylon, Ade-30 W Gravely. HEGreen, Mes B
B Horn
C. BLJ. that "it was even in the face of where in Turkey" is my address!
laide. Western Australia, In- ogo, Mra A D McDonald,E
Aparr The fighting has been very fierce
dia, Adon, Egypt, and Europe. AG
Roby,
DrRE8 vilification that our armament
Urain- Dagupan The parcel mail will be closed hard. Miss Os Brawthen. L. Ab Leong, Manila firms went on with the building here. We have all had
Where
on Thursday, 16th July, at 5 Mr & Mrs B CHaile, Miss K Holls, Miss Legaspi pm. Fer SARDINIA, 17th Elale Smith, 8 Toteish, Capt OM Allen, Tacloban of the invincible Navy that has narrow escapee. ~
Jaly Printed Matter and Sam- Mrs 9V Alton.
Branham, Hollo saved us from a terrible invasion. before our beach was a barren It was by no uphill straggle waste, it is now more of a busy senport town than anything, with
our
against favoured foreign competi: 40 or EO abips in the harbour. I tion that many firms now turning
English Mail.
9.30am Lotters 11 8.m
ទ
.C
Lies. Registration Kowloon B.C. N Berry, CA Back., Cha, ME & M ries 10 am. Registration 10.15 Ges E Brown, Mrs F N Borry, Mastor D Surigao
Chung ching, Labuan “ Wm
Huizel, Cullough, ML McCullough, Mrs E F Mitchell, CO Mapes, Mr & Mrs H Mur Tow, Mrs M Stepbean.I tFDThomas.Mrs Thomason, Rott Tland, E A VI kory, H O Whittall, N Williamton, Captain Tom Wing, E 6 Zaballero.
oct shells and other munitions haven't been able to tell you fhilippine Is Per WINGSANG, 17th
July, 2 p.m.
maintained a bare living when much, but I have everything Wo-bai-wel & Tientsin-Per HUL. Thomson, Mia F Thomson, Master)
down in my diery, written sitting in my dug-out to the tone of rifle balleja over head and bursting abripnet you never know where
next."
Cure that Sore Throat Elly quickly by just rubblag In LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM and wrap ping the throat with a fannel.
Siberian
French
Mail. Mall.
CHOW, 17th July, 3 a.m. Saigon. Strats, Burmah, Cey loo, Adelaide, Western Austre. lia, Indo," Adon, Egypt & En- rope. Por VELLE DE LA, CIOTAT, 17th July, 5
p.it.
Shanghal and. North China (Europe via Siborla) Fer OHENAN, 17th July, 5 pm.
(Tiontain-Pkuow Railway ShbogballBr. PO. Tuesday 20th July.)
the public and the Government were both quite indifferent about their fate. If business govern ment' is cow more urgently neod-| ed than ever before, it must be the soit of business' that is more characteristic of the engineering trades than of many other sec. tions of British commerce. If we
Erre throat simply can't exist when have so far excused the Cabinet
LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM gote after on the ground that it could not
It and
markable.
remedy is equally introduce all at o:ce the best effective in case of whooping cough,
bronchitis, chut cod
chart cold and aro
SUNDAY, 18th July. - methods of Potadam, that does
Be un
on the safe Aldo! Клар д a bottle in Swatow, Amoy. Formosa & Tamsul-Per not involve a pardon in advance the house-richt close at hand-and so
KATJO M., 19th July, ?am. day. for any unconscionable further have ready relief by night delay in taking full command of cannot foretell the hour when Croup may
Pat your children's Hirom in jopardy.. the whole military situation, and You cannot know what aches and pains proocoding by direct organbation are coming to you and yours. But you to throw into the scale the entire force of this Empire, the main fighting basia of which consists of the manufacturing capacity, of our iron and stcel and machinery Works,"
Group
or
You
can BE PREPARED with this ready. relief, this remedy of world-wide fame. Then you'll bo
Batt
Bold atls. 46. per bottle.
Agents for Hongkong, Messrs. A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd.
AN IDEAL DRINK "FOR
SUMMER MONTHS
WHITEWAY'S CYDER
SWEET OR DRY
As supplied to all the leading London Hotels and Clubs such as Eavoy, Claridges, Berkeley, Trocadero, Hyde Park and Royel Automobile, Raleigh and. Conservative Cluba..
SOLE AGENTS
H. RUTTONJEE & SON.
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
་་
MONDAY, 19th July,
WATER RETURN.
H
Level and Storage of water in Reservoirs on the let July, 1915.
CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER
WORKS LEVEL!
1015, Tym
(tolt. oh Be'ow af Dow
overflow
oyellow Tytem3ft, coin. Delow 13 in Below
Byarash
overflow Tyism Inter-soft, sin. Below in Below
mediatel
OTR dow
overtow oft role. Above in Below OverRow overdow
Below
Pokfutum......
overflow
overlow
Philippine lalands, Formosa Shangbal, North China, and Japan, via Nzako, Victoris, B.C. Tacoma, & U. Kingdom via Canada-Per PANAMA Tamm M. 19th inst. 1pm.
Tytam Byewash_ Tétam intermediate ....... Shanghai & N. China-Per HANGSANG,
19th July 3 p.)
Wooganal-chan Haiphong-Fer TAKSANG, 19th July, 5
p.m.
on aieftin. De'ow aft in chung...... overflow STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS
TUESDAY, 20th July. Philippine Is—TAMING, 20th inst. 9 auh Swatow, Amoy & Foochow-Por HAT.
TAN, 20th July. 1.30 pm.
Amèrican
Siberian
C'dlan &
Sibertia.
Shanghal, North China, Japan
Fokfelon
OF GALLONS.
Tets
gr
365,54
61.48
117.37 62.40 16.03
Tole
39
*
បន្ទួច
49.82 19 16 ano
26. 29 75 17 .wow 4 b 99.82 75
Za
20
29.70. 73.98 29.79 61 84' nue 29.78 75 96 bw
19.78 77 50
28.76 75 94 W
C. W. JEFFRIES, Director." Hongkong Observatory, July 18.
1 Barometer, reduced to 33 degress Fahrenheit on the level of the sea în fa- ches, tenths and hundredthe.
2 Temperature, in the shade, in degrees Fahrenbelt.
3 Humidity, In percentage of saturation the Humidity of air saturated with mols- ture being 100.
4 Direction of Wind, to two points.
5 Force of Wind, according to Beanfore Bale.
State of Weather, b blue sky, o de taohed cloud, å driesling rain, f fog, g gloomy, h hail, 1 Hghtning, 。 overcast, p passing showars, q squally, 'r rain, a mow,
thunder, vizibility, w daw wet.
• Rain in inches, tenths and hundredth's
METEOROLOGICAL.
Barometer: Consumption of water in the City and Hi Temperature District in millions and decimals of gallons during the Humidity.... moath of June, 1915:
Consumption Eation:ed
1914
Freighs & Page
E. A. Hewett,
Superintendent
PACIFIC MAIL S.S.CO.
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KOREA 18000 tone
CHINA 10200 tons
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PERSIA 000 tons
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"THE SUNSHINE BELT"The Most Comfortable Route to America and Europe
MONGOLIA Eiling TUESDAY, PERSIA (via Manila) KOREA
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3rd Aug., at noon. ?? 19th Aug., at 1 pm. 17th Aug, at 1 pm,
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TO SAIL
Telephone Not
Previous
Day On date On date
REGULAR STEAMSHIP SERVICE.
∙ate pm, at á a.m.
atp.m.
29.90 29.31·
29.94
86
81
82.
73
82
76
17400 m. gallons
E Wind Direction
Foro
E
E
Wortherns but
CA
popu ation
#17,719 Coniumption per
bend per day data and Callos Eervices to houses in Rider main Districts discon Rain ammamis
030
Eected rose Rider » alina and supply given by public: Hignast open når Temperature on the with tó
ière ; fountains, up to 18th Jans and. Toimelitent
Tia Nagasaki, Honolulu, U. E. xupply Rider maina in Rider min districts from chawatn South America and Canada vis" to 30th inclusion and during june 19:45: Constant }** H.K. Observatory, 16th July, San Franciaos and U. Kingdom, ply in all districts during June 13,
ria Canada, Europe via Siberia, KOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL/
Shanghai, and North China -Por ANHUI, 20th July, 3 pai
O. W. JEFFRIES, Director.
E
Tidon
***For MONGOLIA, 2015, Kowloon Gray
.
(Europe via Biberia)
voin ritation – Ra. Below,
STORAGE IN HILLIONS AND DECILIALS STORAGE IN &
ORGALLONS
39TS Kow.com Cra-
viuilon
301-367
· 330, 16-- Reservoir Consumption of water in Kowloon in millions and Decimals of Gallons During, the month of June, zgagé
Consumption... 35405. 13.79 gallons
2015. Dit ain Below
overdow
TIDE TABLE.
12th July to 18th July, 19.5.
High Wain
1935
Low Water
Навр
90,500
Mon
(Tientsin Fukow Barrios Shanghal Br. P. O. Saturday, 24th July).
WEDNESDAY, 21st July. Bwatow, Amoy, Formosa via Takao---Per}
BOSHU My 21st inst. 9 a.m.
THURSDAY 22nd July,
Timor, Australis, Tazmania,
New Zealand, via Post Darwin, Now Guides vis” Thursdayla, Per EMPIRE, 2nd July,
10 M
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Enimated poptik-006700
- thot
Cumpilan per
big band feridayile
gallons Tuck The Degurament Analyst's reports show that the water is of ́excellent quinilty, PublidWorks Depictasens
A
Proposed Sailing from Hongkong.
For NEW YORK via SUEZ CANAL.
For NEW YORK and BOSTON vía 8UEZ CANAL.
The s.s.EGREMONT CASTLE"
sailing hence on or about 13th July.
For Freight and further information apply to
DODWELL & CO LTD
Hongkong, 5th July, 1915,
Wed, CHATHAM, Tauru Water Authority.
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