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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER LAA
WEATHER REPORT.
Ronic Smoke Gr
Jamour Glaze
Salyan Wery Soothing &
Live wren regnter
Smarter of your Gelegen
Am sure this tim
Kaming lay Stamens God Bathin
Suash as “100 Offen Dagtata 25
holes in his yours truing
Aloe Sny that Tramot
Spust to live to th
5. Pay
November 1d. Lih, 58m. The anticy. class has moved eastward to north Japan, and promure has increased quickly over ibal area; alight to modiente de- STELSEN ATO FEneral elsewhere, except in the vicinity of Shanghai, where they are considerable. A depression appears to, have formed in the Eastern Sea
Hongkong Rainfall for the 4 hours anding at 10 am, to-day, 0.09 Inab., Total since January 1st, 9034.. Enchor against an average of 80.15 Inches,
FORECAST FOR THE 3 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW
District
Forecar
เ
E. winda,
1 Hongkong to Gap Bock... } moderate
to free:
"The MAN with the PIPE."
Gait.
SMITH'S
GLASGOW MIXTURE
"THE TOBACCO FOR GOLFERS.
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
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China Coast Meteorological Register.
Station.
November 1, a/m2,
Winds
Hour,
Barometer,
Temperature,
Humidity.
D'tian.
Force.
Wasther.
Yostock ba Nemura Eskodate
5a. 30.08
30.21
ENTERTAINMEnts,
VICTORIA
THEATRE.
Positively the Last Five Nights of THE CAMEOS
IN. HONCKONG.
THE CAMEUS WILL PRESENT AN ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME NIGHTLY, AND IN ADDITION WILL
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RESPOND TO ALL REQUESTS THAT MAY BE SENT IN AT ANDERSON'S, OR AT THE THEATRE BOX OFFICE
LAST 5 NIGHTS. Booking at ANDERSON'S. USUAL PRICES,
SATURDAY, 3rd November, 1917.
2.15 P.M.
"
MATINEES
The Magnificent Film, By Arnold Daly, Featuring Pearl White,
5 F.M.
THE KING'S CAME.”
in 5 Parts
Booking for 5 p.m. now open at ANDERSONS.
GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT,
to be held at Taikoo Recreation Grounds on Saturday, 3rd November, 1917 at 8 pm.
Band of the 25th Middlesex Regiment
By kind permission of Lt.-Col. John Ward, M.P. & Ocera. BANDMASTER LAWRIE OWEN A.R.AM.
VOCAL AND INTRUMENTAL NUMBERS
Service Men in Usiform, Admission free. Refreshments on Grouns i.
PROCEEDS TO E DEVOTED TO THE 25TH MIDDLESEX RECREATION FUND.
Bocht
Tobo.
30.22
др
30.17
Nagamid
30.09
пе
L'egime
30.06
ле
Oshima
29.91
Saba
29.89.
fabi'jicom
29,89
Boala I.
39.02
Whaiwai da 30.14. 50 86
Hankow
ichang
Klukiang
Changar
Shanghai
2992 57·100 ene
Gutzlaff
ADMISSION
21.91 63 100
Bharp P. AMOY Swatow
29.90 68 94
00
H
29.90 79 10
0.0
Ob
29.88 70
UD
Talosa
29.87 72
pne" i b
FLOWER SHOW AT RUHLEBEN.
Koshan
29.86. 72
A
-
Pdores
29.87 73
Q
Carton
*6 29.58 71 95 w
10
H'kong Gap Rock Macao
24.87 73 .56 . 29 yi
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* od 4.
1.53 96 ene
2 of
Wuchow
Fakhol Kolbow
United
Phulter Touzana 0.84, J. Aparri
729.61 75 95 esc
ib
29.76 73
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20
5 29.31 73 91 e
1 b
Dagupan Manila
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BELGIAN ARMY THEN AND NOW.
Changes Sincs 1914.
integration of s fighting retreat and the alter abandonment of the whole national machinery, B modern, clock-work, Becond- checked engine. Such was the tremendous change I noticed af: asan na foot over here.
Think of it! As far back as
the cartery of France will allow,
The Editor of Questions, the
training clamp sed manition! well-known Blgien revin is, works torn out the human and Londen, some time agɔjde mechanical re-inforcements and army of King Albert. Ashe was despatch them as needed. Closer switness of the first phase of le to the frontier special schoole sad special factories finish the more world war (and an actor, toc) his elaborate products; non-com- impressions after bie retorn to missioned officers, cffers, Big "date have the advantage both of nallers, engineers, on the human fresh observation and of military side; motora, electrical apparstas, experience.
ane, rifle, bomb throwers, and A few people in London have machine-gune ou the material been asking themselves wonder-side. And then, between the ingly: "What is the Belgian Army front and that ever-bleeding! doing? This looks so much like fringe of bamin breasts that a connnerem that cre is tempted | holda back the tide of Gorman to reply, "A lot," and leave it at vandalism, an elaborate system that. This, however, would be whereby every individual givés foo much after the stylo of car his utmost, and is, nearly auto- official communiquer, the compi-matically, withdrawn to recupe lera of which are obviously scting rate from his dreadful exertions. This, theo, is the business of on the idea that our enterprise is eo great and so overwhelming wara settled routine something that the waiting world must neede very like the team work in a know about it; and so what is the option factory. These were the ute of blowing the thousad. men I had Been panting and yet horned trumpet of propaganda ? revelling in an unequal bat in- Yet, hamble private as I am, it spiriting straggle. Their fierce would exceed my ability to do tempers had been carbed to "the fall jostica to the memorable daily round, the common task,” straggleof my fello countrymen. of going to death as one went to Just a sidelight here, a glance one's office, their extreme inde there, and the reader must draw pendence broken into a conecions, bis own conclusions on these very self-imposed discipline-for the
sake of King sad country. apore facts.
And theirs an easy tank. In Thirty-two months ago I left a corps of heroes, in the fully glory the temporary capital La Panne, and the utter misery of a "guerre the greatest need is the enlarge. de mcavement, when, anfortament of the slready extensive! nately, every movement was a emergency sad field bospitals. And when I was privileged to live. fighting retreat, and when these gallant fellows fought alone that in what was oilled a quiet sector others might get ready. They (un secteur de repos") I lived still bed the stored hest of an close to a little chapel, with a immediate offensive, Although mortuary holding twelve ccffias. retreating, they still had these Well, I lived there for five of months. And not a single day, not
glorious
"ooms bicke"
a eingle night, bat enfins were
Haelen, of Termonde, of Antwerp laid by two and threes and half- and Malines, of Qastrecht and
dexens on the grams outside,
Nieuport, Their greatest glory;
and their greatest martyrdomamidst the wild cornflowers, the
thistles, and the popics-awaiting.
the butle of the Your Fet their torn for a funeral servica, · to come. They were hungry,
fighting, retreating, struggling,
That queue of dead men-ment
foot by foot and in the depths of killed without glory, without fase, their souls they were still wildly without any sensational battle boring for a andden turn of the news that queue of ancred beroes awaiting their tarn for the last tide.
targical corr. ... I osanot On reaching, after a long think of anything more expressive abaence, that sacred patch of an of the silent sacrifice my fellow enllied though blood-drenched countrymen havs andergone dar. Belgian soil, my surprise is difficult ing the time when nobody has to describe. Our native genius for been speaking about them.
organisation had turned the war
into something very much like a gcing concern. After the heroia
glorious, murderous muddle and
Well-known Artist's Deafb.
etroggle of the first monthe; a The death baroccurred in New
steady, reguler,
systematic York of the well-known artist,
organisation; after the total disRaphael Kirchner.
NOTICES.
HONGKONG GOVERNMENT
6% WAR LOAN OF 1916,
COUPON NO. 2. PATABLE 1ST NOVEMBER, 1917.
•
NOTICE 15 HEREBY GIVEN
that as the definitive.Bonde
POST OFFICE.
-On and after the 1st October, 1917, the rate of postage on letters from Hongkong to Fatahan, Chan Chuen, and Whampoa will be 4 cents for sach outes or fraction thereof,
Correspondence addremed to enemy subjects in China. Siam. Siberia and Portugues East Africa, Persia and Mor- occo cannot be transmite
The Services to Germany, Austria, Bul.
uspended.
Upinaurad parcela for the
have not yet arrived from Eng-Rarin and the Ottoman Empire are land, the payment of the dividend due on 1st November. 1917, will
Taiboka Sa 29.86 72 96 Taichu
Tacloban Hollo
Surigao
be made by a provisional coupon. Kingdoms will in fature be forwarded Strip Certificates should be pre-from Hongkong in baga sue the prese sented at the Hongkong and are therefore advised to pack such paresis Legaspi
very carefully. Shanghai Banking Corporation.
1st November. Letters franked at the 4 cents rate Hongkong, on 1917. when the relative provisional addressed to Yusaríu and Mergise and other places in the Province of Yunnan coupon will be issued.
should be superscribed with the words ["Pur delivery by the Chinese Past Office."
E. D. C. WOLFE,
Colonial Treasurer.
Farcels for Gresce cannot be accepted for trauension unless accompanied by
Minister at Athens.
La busa
29.75 72 96 a 10 29.73 72 9% be 29.73 75 96 wow to 29.71 75 91 a 29.72 72 94 vw 10] 4.20 29.50 ** ne
2.0 6 9.72 78 95##
C. W. JEFFRIES,--Chief Asaletant. Hongkong Observatory, Nov. 1. 1917. 1 Barumstar, reduced to 32 cegro
Hongkong. 26th October, 1917. pocial permit issued by the British Fahrenheit on the level of the ana la in-
DAI NIPPON
ASAHI BEER,
ASAHI BEER
GRAND PRIZ3.
ASAHI
BEER
SAHI
LAGER-BEER
SPECIALLY, BREIVED FOR EXPORT.
COMPAN
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Telephons, 139 & 10.
AP
IMPORT PROHIBITION $.
The public are informed that the un- dermenuon d articles prohibited from importation into the Vailed Flag-- dom, either by letter post or by parcel port,
Gold manufactured or manufactured including gold coin and articles consisting purtly of or containing gold; All manu- facturos of Silver other than silver watch and silver waich cases: Jewel- jdery of any description.
Letters and Parcels containing such Articles cannot therefore be accepted for trammision by the Post Ofco.
The Parcel Post servics to Aden jez- pect in respect of parcels for military and mavel addressom) has been suspended.
FRENCH PARCEL REGULATIONS.
The Public are informed that the new regulations adopted by the French Castoma Insist that senders of parcela ad tressed to France, Coraic and Algeria most fill in the volumns of the regular Customs Declaration particularly and ozkotly, omitting aɔpe of the headings comprised therein,
Iti furthermore absolutely necessary to show in the aforesaid declaration (2) The full name and add ́ess of the addresse (2) A statement ar su whether the cuntouts as intended for State supplies or not,
LOCAL AND REGULAR MAILS
· OUTWARD,
Tai 0.—Weck daya, 5 p.m.
Tai Po Wook daye, 10 a.m. Bundayz, 9,30) a m.
Cheng Chow. Wasks days, 7.30 h.m.
3 pa
and box, Shatin and Shengshu
Week days, 4.3.
Aberdeen, Au'au, Fing 5145, Bal Kung. Babtic and Btauley,--Werk days, 430 p.au. Canton, Samshui, and Wuchow.-Week days, 7.30 am, Registration 5 p.m. Lath tore & p.m. Sundaya, 5pm.
Macao-Weekdaya, 7.13 a m. 1.30pm; Busdaşa, 9 a.m.
ches, tenth and hundredthm.
? Temperature, in the shads. In degrees
Fabranhoit.
3 Humidity, in percentage of saturation the Humidity of air saturated with mola» Lure belog 100,
& Direction of Wind, to two points. 5 Force of Wind, according to Beaufort Scale..
Staf Weather, à blus sky, a do- tached cloud, d drisling rain. 110s. E
thunder, visibility, w dow wel
·METEOROLOGICAL.
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Previous
Day On date On date.
Barometer vom 29.88 Temperature Hamidity
Wind Direction
Fores
20.37 20.81
73
78
81
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E-N.E.
E.
E.
3
2
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0:03 0,00.
0.09
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Allotment Successes of British Prisoners.
Of the many enterprises of the British prisonera interned i Rubleben not the least noteworthy ia the Horticultural Society. founded on Sept. 25, 1916 and affiliated to the Royal Horticultuṛ- al 8.ciety, three weeks later. Fior the humble beginning of “a piece of seteland at the rearofthe wal house," the Society has pro-pared so well that on August 3, the dat of the summer flower show, the committee were able to report that they bad growing at that date 18,700 lettucer. 10,500 cab bages, 7,300 csalilawers, 7,000 beetroote, 2,000 celery plante, 1,800 leeks, and 500 tomato plante, In addition they had already de livered and sold at the canteen prodace which included 12,237, lettuces,
4 062 bandlea of
i radiabon, 227iba, of kidney basne, 7501bs. of pese, and 1,094 band les of onioce.
$1.00
THEATRE ROYAL
FOR A SHORTÜSEASON ONLY (7 Days) COMMENCING SATURDAY, HOY.`10TH
AT R.IS P.M. EDGAR WARWICK begs to announce The Return of the Favourites
THE
COURT CARDS
Every one a Trump!", Better and Brigh'or than ever. PLAM Mouirie's PRICES ... $3, 52 & $t, Book Before You Sleep,
These and other interestine gloomy, hail, i ligosaing, overos, facts are contained in a report of
Lleut. R. H. Bor. passing showers, o squally, z rain; a snow, the Sciety's work forwarded, by Ofist news has been received |the Dutch Legation at Berlin to that Lisst, Reginald H. Bɔx, of the British Minister at The Hague. | the North Bufurdshires, son of The piece of ground which was] Mrs. Holyoake Bız, of Tokobams, first cleared; trenched, and treat | received tw; severe wounds dur- ed with rifass (no manure being ing an engagement on the West- available) contained 10 rods. Os ern Front on the 9th inatent, and this two "three-light "· frames. | has been conveyed to England, meararing 4 by 2 metres, were where he now lies in Horton War errated.
Hospital, Epsom. Nearly all through the terrific winter the work was carried on gardens, the best individas!
bot in the open,
at las plants, table decoration, cut permission was obtained to erecta Aswers, sweet pers, buttonholes, potting ahed, which greatly help window boxes, sud vegetables. ed the work. With the help of Special avantion was given to the the sum realised by a spring bulb aweet pas section, '51' variation ebow a g:seahouse was built, and being cultivated, 100 tomato plants snoosssfully The great increase in the raget- coltivated. All the woodwork of able department was dua to the" the greenhouse and frames (which) permission granted by the mil. eventually covered 56 square itary Bathoritise to rent 5} sores. Iyarda) wsa constructed by mem- of the inner part of the racing bors of the camp, mostly out of track, at 100 marks per month. Į packing cases. In addition to The work of digging was carried the vegetables, 20,000 ɔwer out by a permanent paid staff of plants were raised and supplied 12 man, and by a daily gang of For the barrack and publio gar 60 to 70 volunteers. Expenses
dens.
ware paid out of a fund advanced Results having been so encour by the Captains Committee af Low Witwaging a flyer and vegetable the end of March. Up to Angust Hook show was decided apon; and thie 20 Isat the total expenditure, in- was held on August 3 and 4 cluding rent, had been 6,700 About 2,000 planta were staged, mark", "end" only 500. marks, and prize were given for the remained to be cleared off the Lest barrack, public, and private debt,
Wasthar
Rain
Bigen op aly Tamamature en casi
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HE. Observatory, Nov. 1, 1917,
T. F. CLAXTON, Dlzkotor,
TIDE TABLE,
From 29th Oct. to 4th Nov.
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Zoex
10
P
Wed
Thur
I
Kongo-Weekdays, & pm. Except
Frt.
| Saturdayı Sündays, 5 p.m.
Famtan and Banmel-Wook days, ||5 p.m.; Bondayı, 5 pup.
Shamchos. Weer days, 10a.m., 4 ppi Pundays, 9 am
Hongkong.
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