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NOTICES,
MEUKOW BRANDY
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Purveyed to House of Lords,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, APRIE
PUBLIC AUCTION......
POST OFFICE.
11 1917.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Govern-İ ment Depart-| ments
Washington, U.S.A.
AND 'The
Different Navies and
Armies.
Sold Everywhere.
GEO. P.
LAMMERT.
AUCTIONEER & GENERAL BROKER,
FOR SALE
MOTOR CARS, MOTOR CARS, 1917 Overland Touring Cars,
6 Cylinder. 7 Seater.
GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Duddell Street. Hongkong, 18th February, 1917,
Sold Agents: JAPANESE IN SEAITLE. H. RUTTONJEE
& SON.
[16, QUEEN'S ROAD.|| Propused Measure Abandoned.
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SHIP CHANDLERS & GENERAL STOREKEEPERS. STEEL, IRON, BRASS & METAL MERCHANTS, WHOLESALE & RETAIL IRONMONGERS. TELEPHONE (448.
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IMPORT PROHIBITIONS.
On the 12th at 11.50–No returns from The public an Informed that the un-Indo-Chine. Pressure has L'ereamed dermentioned articles are probinted moderately over Bouth Maschuria, o82- from importation into the United Klug: tral Japan, and the Bonine; it has de d.m, either by letter post or by parcel (creased mõderately at all stations Fur yourding the Eastern Bee, and slightly post-
elsewhere,
Gold manufactured or unmanufactured, including gold coin and articles cops'sting partly of or containing gold: All ma a kzemres of filter other than sixar valabar and river watch cakes i Jersi lory of any co cription.
Lecters and Faroe containing such ertini ■ nanact therefore be accepted for fran-mission by the Post Office.
FRENCH PARCEL REGULATIONS.
The Public are informed that the new regulations adopted by the French Customs insist that wonders of parcala Fädreseed to France, Corica and Aigetis mat fill-in the columes of the regular Customs Declaration particularly and sxactly, omitting none of the headings, comprised therein.
it in furthermore absolutely necessary lo show in the aforesaid declaration (1) The full name and address of the addresses
| (2) A statemenias to whether the contents
are intended for State supplies or not.
The articyclone has strengthened and appears, to be central evar Bontà Man- obaris; a depramion is situated to the NW, of Haiphong and a seconda y has formed over the Eastern Set,
Mcderate southerly winda rainy, and equally weather may be expected over the north part of the Chinaßen.
ENTERTAINMENT NE
VICTORIA THEATRE.
t
Friday, 13th April, 1917.
Pathe's Famous Serimi 15th & 16th EPISODES.
THE IRON CLAW"
Hongkong Esinfall for the 34. hour anding at 10 am to-day, 0,13 Inoh. Total sinos January 1st, 197 inches || INTERESTING —~ against sa avenge of 7.89 inches.
FORECAST FOR THE # HOUES INDING AT NOON TO-MORBOW
Dietziet.
Forecast
Z
8. winda, modara.ta,
1 Hourbong to Gap Bock_squally,
41
Particulars of on'going and inc ming Malls will zoi be savertined in future, 2 Formosa Channel The Post Office will forward all corres pondence posted by the fastest routes
Recently the Seattle municipal suthorities introduced a. proposal Correspondence addressed to exemy
to the Municipal Council provid-|nabjects _la_Chinos, Slam, Siberia and ing for a revision of the regulat-Portuguese Eart Afrina, Persis and Wor- ions for the grant of licences to hawkere and hacksters, with the
|0cdo cannot be transmitted.
The Services to Germany, Austria, Bul- object, it is said, of exoluding maria and the Ottoman Empire are Japanse and Italians from the nuspended.
busines. The revised regulations simed
at refaced the grant
OUTWARD.
Tai C.-Werk daya, 5 p m.
9.30.1
overcast, rain.
-----8 winds,
freab.
(5 South coast of China be) The same
tween H.K. and Lamooks) as No. 1 South sount of Ohiou be ) The Maze tween H.X, and Hainan...} a No. L
China Coast Mekuorological Bugister.
Station
Vortock
at Fa-Week days, 10 am; Sunday. Tokio Cheang Chow-Weeks days, 2 p.m.
Shatantok, Shatin and Sheungsbalam Weak days, 4pm
Ap.il.17,a,m
(Wlodar
Нош.
Barometer.
Temperatura,
Humidity.
Weather.
D'tion.
Foros.
a 30,25 36 nne
Nemuro 50 29.97 Hakodata
WEW
$0.19
30.12
да
Kochl
30.09
29.95
29.85
27.81
29.78 .
30.06
39.09 44 68 D
40
1
Oshima Aberdeen, Astan, Ping Shan, Bai Kor. NA settin and Stauley-Week days, 150pm- Lahi'fina Canton, Bamahni and Wachow-Week Ronin Is. 70-days. 7.30 am, Registration 5 pm, Let Choo
6 .m.; Surdays, 5 tere 6 p.m.;
Macao. Weck daya, 7.15 a.m., 1.30pm: Bankow
Lobang Sundays, 9 ..
Kongmoon-Week daya, & pan. Except Kiukiang Changsha Shanghai
BACON AND TARIFFS. the ordinary laws of supply and
lemsad, bat are regalated by of licences to those who do not LOCAL AND REGULAR MAILS Need of a Secure Home Market.cnditions in other countries and possess the status of American the operations of foreign traste citis:nship. This would mean a We have heard lately a good and combines At times our total exclusion of Japanese from deal about the ncesssity for in-markets have been flooded with the business. creasing the boms food apply the surplus products of America On the 27th ult. the Japan and discussion, officially initiated and Denmark, and at other times ese Association of Sentile made has revolved on wheat growing there has been a great sourcity, formal protest to the Seattle and pig-rearing. The decline of s at present. Prices have not municipal authorities against the the cultivation of wheat and the advanced steadily or gradually, proposed measure. At the same torning into pasture land of but spasmodically. These violent time the Japanees induced many areas formerly arable bactuations have caused the a told its own tale to all whe British farmer from time to time would listen without canarie to lose heavily, and after one or prijedice. The imports of foreig two lean years he has often lost wheat by keeping down the price hes tand gas out of the industry discouraged the termer who se
altogether. cordingly turned bis land to"m're
The need of salegaards in the profitable use. But there are form of ters in hers clearly mistakable siges at handadicated. It pigbreeding is to better times for our cllee, noe revived in this country on any still our greatest industry. The thing like a large scale, we must, new President of the Bard on in the eve of wheat, give our | Agrical are, Mr. Prothero, hse not farmere & staare bome market, are Japanske, been long in muking hia izfloeng and we mat no longer give felt in his department. Die anrestricted entry to the produc:s Advent to cffice was signalised of foreign nations. France levies by the establishment of a duty on bacon and home, and principle of a guaranteed price &
this
reaprot
under
large namber of eamers to lodge protest against the measure. The con- sequence was that the municipal authorities agreed to postpone the operation of the revised regulat ions and have given an onder taking that the rights of the Japanese bankers shall not be encroached upon in futors.
There are said to be about 150
hawkers in Seattle, of whom half
Grateful Shipowners.
5
Baturdays: Sundays, 3 p.m.
Namtap and Saamel-Week days, p.m.; Sundays. 5 pm Bhamchun.-Week daya, 10 am, & pamoj Sundays, 9am.
2
Whaiwal
::..:
Pathe's Gazettes
"CHARLIE THE MASQUERADER."
MONDAY, 16th April, 1917. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT
OF
Miss LOLITA RAMOS,
THE WORLD FAMOUS SPANISH DANCER.
Booking at ANDERSON'S.
BIJOU THEATRE.
The Corint Theatre in Hongkong.
TO-NIGHT!
TO-NIGHT!!
THRILLS! ROMANCE! .. ADVENTURE!
" THE ADVENTURES OF TERENCE O'ROURKE.
5TH & 8TH EPISODES.
Each Episode a Complete Adventure In ́ itself.
'WAR GRAPHIC
THE WHIRLPOOL OF
לי
WAR."
and KEYSTONE COMICS.
Guttili
29.73 52 97 naw 29.75 52 100 w
20 6 of
-2.66 61 94 n
1 bf
HONGKONG
AJROT
Ba 29.78 64 95 w
dwstow 68
00
Taiboka
54 29.72 64 H
29:74 70
21.76 70
TH 29.72 29.63 71
ཟླ ཝཱ ཝོ་སྙན་
Falchat
FROM SHEUNGWAN WESTERN BRANCH P.O. Macso.-Week daya, 7.30 am, 1.30pm.; Bandays, 8.30 am.; Holidays, 7.30 am 1.30 p in.
Canton.-Week days, 7.30a.m., 9.30p.m.; Burdays, 9,30 p.m.; Holidays, 7.30 am, 19.30 p.m.
Tainan
曲
00
Por
Ax
Canton
Kiep
Macao
Book
Woobow
29.60 71.85 29.62 15 95 a 2 od 29.64
10
40
29.58 773 18
40
14
Pathol
#
Torrade
Tai Ping Tung-Work days, 9.30 p.m.;
Flochow Sher Ki-Week days, 9.30 p.m.; 800- Phalle day, 920 pm; Holidays, 9.30 p.m. Sundays. 9.30 pm: Holidays, 9.30 p.m.
Kongmoon-Week daya, 6 pm.: Bon-0.84. J.
Aparri days, 6 p.m.; Bolidays 6 pm.
Kumchuk-Week days, 6 p.m.; Ban. Dagupan days 6pm.: Holidays, é p.m.
Kankung-Week days, 5 pm. Except pl Saturday: Sundays, & pm: Holidays, Tacloban
aion of gallant conduct when their ves el was attacked by an ens my submarine recently, from which p.m. she escaped. The steamer at the time was taking a large and valuable cargo of sugar to Eng:
land.
the conacquinos is that she has been given by Messrs. Cayzer, A gratuity of two months' pay farmers for their what, and 358 A superabundance of Irvine & Co., Ltd, to the whole
lthough only the price for neIT
hoga. Germany, LOD, bas of the Lascar crew of one of the harvest has been fixed, is made wonderful progress Clan Line steamers, in recognit reasonably be expected that prices for a series of years will abortly tariff. In 1883 she had 9,203,0. be decided upon. It is obvious hogs, in 1913 the number bad that unless the British farmers increased to 21,885,000, and she grow wheat remocoratively br
was practically independent of will not grow it at all. Bat the foreign supplies. The war has production of wheat is now re-spened our eyes to the peril and cognise to be a national nenes the folly of being dependent on sity. Therefore the farmer must foreign sources of supply. Bacon, be encouraged by the State to which, fifteen or twenty years gior more whest, and, undergo, was to be found on every poor man's table, in now she present circumstances, the moei convenient form that encourage-luxury of the well-to-de. It i ment can take is the guaranteeing clear that if the consumer is to of a remunerative prios.
get cheaper bacon, we must də Bat there is every hope of everything we can to incresse beiter state of things in another the home supply. At present wi direction. Mr. Prothero has don
mercy of the
sre at
tha
a farther service to the country foreigner, who regulates not only by inning a statement with rear supply but the prios ut which ference to the keeping of pigs it is sold. Give the British farmer. The insteady prices and a scoure home poultry, and rabbits, crease of pige in this ecast" market, and he will have some he mys, “in the quickest possible incentive to smply bis capital in Way of adding our meat 100 pig breeding, while the consumer plies. If people would, either in would not have to pay the dividually or in combination, un-shaormal prices demanded of b'm derisks the keeping of pigs in the day. present crisis, the stock of pige in
With regard to the interesie this country could be, withinsler both of the farmer and the pos- months, greatly increased." It is samer, no one is more sympathetic motorious that pig-breeding in the then Mr. Prothero, and, working United Kingdom has greatly as he is in conjunction with Lord deoreseed daring recent years. Rhondde; the President of the and thas among the causes of this Local Government Boned; a deorossa have been the harsh and confidently anticipate that s westrictive by lane of many local soheme will be evolved which authorities. Mr. Prothero pro will re-tablish_British agricul- poses to bring pressure to bear ture, in all its branches, on s upon these local anthorities it sound, profitable, and permanent order to have these hampering basis, end at the same time will restrictions relaxed. This isaster secure for the consumer a pleati in the right direction, but ini supply of home grown food- The chief at át a reasonable price, Il is not weison why farmers do not breed Mr. Prothero suopeeds in doing so so many pigem they formerly diese will render the greatest poe- in that they einnot depend sparsible service to the people of this a steady and regular market for country. It is high time that their bag, and they are to Government attention, should be -likely to embark fresh capital is devoted to the it taranta al #gris so footunting and apoerlain culture and food production and
shaca is, happily, every indiostion: Hge gain we find the fansfol that this is now the mat info of the policy of free war has brought home to
· Uorentziosed – foreign traperative neces
tha scaling a little
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ASAHI BEER
GRAND PRILL
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BEER
LAGER BEE
SHIPPING NEWS.
ARRIVED.
Meniis
Itollo Suriga Ladzan
H
29.73 25 8
20
24.72 75 92 =
29.76 73 91
29.76 73 94
29.7A 71 96
29.73 77 68
4b
29.75 75 96 abe 29.72 78 16 aw
C. W. JEFFRIES,—Chief Assistant, Hongtong Observatory, Ápr. 12, 1917. 1 Barometer, rednoed to 22 degren Fahrenheit on the level of the son in in- shes, tenths and hundredths."
2 Temperature, in the shade, în degrees : Fahrenhaft.
1
3 Humidity. In persentage of saturation
zure being 100.
A Direction of Wind, to two potata. $ Force of Wind, according to Befo dozla
Anabi M., Jap, n. 1,681, Kemak, 11th
Apr.-Moji, 6th Ap, Gen.-N. T. K. the Humidity of mir unsurated with mole Daiboshi M, Jap, ss. 1.894, Bakarongs, |
11th Apr-Wakamaten. 5th Apr Coul-B. G. K.
1,350, Jockyna, 11th Apr. Laertes, Br...
➡igos, 6th Apr. Rice - Chinese. Tamon M. No. 6, Jani, ez. 3,124, No à, 1115 Apr.- Baigex, 8ik Apt. Ecem fuzuli & Co. Urayasu M. Jap, sa. 1:57, “Yedamatsu, 11th Apr-Chingwantae, 3rd Apr. Coat-D, & Co.
Anhui, Br. 1,320, Eedy, 12th Apr.-
Shangil, th Apr, GB, & 8. Kinki M.Japa, 138, Minare', 12th Apr.
-Kirio, 9th Apr., Coal--Japanse. Toycra Jap, sa 165", Kolosh, 12th Apr.-Wakamaten, 9th Apr., Coal- M. B. G, K.
- FASSENGI BS ARRIVED,
Oer MG
Comble TE Franco Mi L
State of Weather, b blue sky, e de sabed aloud, d dristling rain, I ing. gloomy, h hail, i lightning, a arazonai, i paming showsze, a squadY, 5 ZRÍN, 5 HUON. s timinder, v vadekarty, w śew wet..
METEOROLOGICAL.
Previou
Day On date On delt.
29.45 29.52
gi, a À La di 9 g.M
Barometer -- Temperaints
29.61
75 75
71
Humidity
86
95
DS
8bang L B Wong IS Yin F M
Wind Direction --
8 EBW
W
5
2
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Weather man
4
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H.K. Observatory, April 12, 1917.
T. F. CLAXTON, Directm.
Asami
Perman
Lron Mr & Mru P/ Morita
Baba T Bolt A
TIDE TABLE.
PASSENGERS DEPARTED.
Forgia TB
| Chen Pirgehö
Wick Mins
Tokusema
Tutami
Grimekaw
Halkana Ozawa I Kouth Was
Bow Minn Ross
Gagay Mr & Mr Fanik
Fawnia M fwgo Mz & Mrs Bullwan
Biboya
น Toʻylomi Techer Mr & Mrs B Blubow Mr & Mrs Kokoiania R42
Yamaguubi. K
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From 9th Apr; to 12th Apr.
"Bingkong
Law
(OLD LAND OFFICE
THEATRE.
BUILDIES).
11th, 12th & 13th APRIL.
Showing: A NEW SERIAL
· Ist, 2nd & 3rd Episodes.
ADVENTURES OF TERENCE O' BOURKE."
and COMICS.
NOTICES.
SMOKE THE POPULAR CICARETTES
CORK GOLD
PLAIN.
M. C. C.
TIPPED.
*
...Per 100. $1,50
*
•
$1.50 $125
20, 35 cents.
M. C. C. SPECIAL
Per. PLAIN TIPPED
BOLD EVERYWHERE.
SOLE AGENT:-GRAECO-EGYPTIAN TOBACCO STORE,
TER Grasco-Egyptian Tobsoco. Store bas always in Block, from all frå class Egyptian Cigarette manufactories, fresh stocks, such as Martor Glaza H.D. Toooo, M. Melachrino, Dimitrino, Simon artz, Mespeco Traves' Fajtera Specials. Isherwood Brothers, Wis:minster Sociais, etc.
POPULAR PRICES,
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB
NOTICE.
HE HALF-YEARLY MEET- TH
ING f' Members will be held on SATURDAY, the 21st
April, 1917, at 12 o'clock NOON.
at the Offices of the JOCKEY CLUB on the Ground Floor of the HONGKONG CLUB ANNEXE, Chater Road,
L
By Crder.
T. F. HOUGH, Clerk of the Course, Hongkong, 6th April, 1917.
· NOTICE.
CAPTAIN D'A. LURAMAN- OFF; Russian' Volusterr Fleet Agent for Nagasaki and Hongkong, has the bofour to notify the clients of the Compány! that the political changes in Rusala do rit affect the Com- pany's businas) which will be. carried on na uspai.
THE HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA WAR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION.
PPLICATION forms for
A Membership of the above
Association may be obtained from all the Banks or from the undersigned.
THE UNION. INSURANCÉ SOCIETY OF CINTON, LID, Honorary Bedretaries &
·STIMSUTEZE. Hongkong, 15th January, 1917.
SINGON & CO.