THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1917.
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&. Ray
SMITH'S
WEATHER REPORT,
ENTERTAINMENTS.:
The Weather Report and Forecast VICTORIA
for to-morrow will be found
on an Extra.
November 2d. 11h. 30m.-With few va ceptions, pressure bas decreased through- out the area, considerably over B. Japan; | It is highest over S. Manchuria, where a moderate anticyclone is situated. The depression has moved from the Eastery Sea to the south of Klushiu.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 84 hours' anding as 10 am. to-day, 0.00 inah. Total sinos January 1st, 80.34 inches against an average of 30.61 inches,
FOREJAST FOR THE 2 HOURS INDING AT NOON TO-MORROW
District
Forecast,
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1 Hongkong to Gap Book-moderate;
E. inde,
fair..
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November 2, 3.10.
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Hour.
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Temparatura,
Humidity.
D'ilon.
Weather.
Force.
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Hakodate 30.15
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CHRISTIAN
NION.
Comment on Anglican and Wesleyan Reconciliation.
If Wesleyane and the Church
80
Jof-some sort of concordat between
the existing Wesleyan society and the Church af. Eagland... For.. tanately, there
PUBLIC AUCTION.
instructions from
are no legal THE Undersigned bas received difficulties in the way, bat there are temperamental difficulties, Liquidators of F. BLACKHEAD and already the Wesleyana have & COMPANY, to sell by Publico staban, Chan Chues, and Whampoa made it plain that they desire not Auction on absorption but affiliation."
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Their point of view is presented of England should reunite is in a letter written by a Methodiar the land of Wesley what effaclergyman the Guardian) would it have on the Methodist (London), organ of the Establish- body in this land? seks ed Church. The communication, American paper.
in the form of hypothetical ques Outside" its
tions, aims to find a sympathetic impressiveness as an act of the reception on the part of the much preached church union, the Anglican Church :- effc upon the American body is "We are asking whether the likely to be inconsiderable; yet Wesleyan ministers either to Church of England will allow the Churchman (Episcopaliso, receive conditional ordination or, New York) hopes that the present alternatively, to be ordained in a diarstion of the projected anion formals which would substitute in England "will reealt in the words 'Church of England' the drawing together
the of for
worda "Church of two-parated religious comman God' in the Prayer-Book formula. ion at have special grounde for We are asking whether confirms- mal anderstanding, although tion migh', daring a period of they are at present divided by transition, be regarded are strongly marked divergent prin- domestic institution not to be lon oiples." The situation, as it has rigidly enforced opon adult developed in England, brings catsiders. We can see that some before the Wesleyens the possible concessions must be made for the necessity of a choice between an sske of healing our ushappy alliance with the Church, of divisions and many of us England or the dissenting bodies. prepared, with that end in view, 'From the American point of view to socept re-ordination, even auch a contingency as this would eans phrase if that should be sppear remote because, as the sbeslately necessary." Churchman pointsons, "American The Church Times (London), Methodista, contoions of their the organ of the Anglo-Catholic strength and numerical appari-party,
suggests thie modus ority, feel no more relationship to rivendi
"It could not be made a con- the Episcopal Church than they do to other branches of American dition of reconciliation that Christianity. In England the Methodist ministers should deny situation is different:-
their calling. Bat neither can the "The followers of John Wesley Church accept their ordination es there are both in religious and certainly valid. Is is donbifal. political principles isolated from Thelder apostles could, hesitat the mass of other Free Church. ingly and reluctantly, receive St. men. They have not forgotten Paul into their company as one of the rock whence they were hewn themselves; the bishops of the and they have a sentimental Church of England, being bot a regard for the Church to which small part of that aniversal their founder, John Wesley, ba piecopate which represents the longed. They still remember the spotles, have no power to do earnest words addressed to his the like. Is there bere, followers by Wesley in regard to ther, a dead wall of partition ? their association with the Church No, for there is a way through, of England.
recogniz.d by the "There is a more immediate to ordain sub conditions
of the Obarch. It is permissible reason at the present time why whose previous ordination Methodiste and Anglicans should doubtful withont parsing apy arrange their differences. formal jadgment on its efficiency, Even before the war the Free We think in extremely probable Churches were showing a trend that the English bishops would towards scheme of federation. be prepared to do this in the casa During the war this trend bas of the Methodist been much more pronounced. All Would the Methodist ministers, ministers. of the Free Churches except the for their part, consent? We Methodist may form one corporate think it likely. It would be made body. Methodist leaders are con- quite plain shat they were not eidering what will happen if their repudiating their previous mini- Chuich is left in the position of trations, but were conforming to isolation. Not a few of the reasonable requirements of them are looking for s solution to the Church for the sake of peace their problem in the arrangement and Christian union.”
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THURSDAY, the 15th- November, 1917
AMERICAN TELEGRAMS,
The following are taken from the Manila Daily Bulletin:-
3002
29,91
29.88
Ace 1
L'agime
29.78
29.83
W
24.89
waw 2
2991
น
1
29.97
U
Whatwe 68
20.16 54 62 zr
2 b
Bankow
POST OFFICE.
ADMISSION
kchang
Kjukiang
Changsha
shanghai
the
zate of postage on letters from Hongkong
On and after the lat October, 1917, the
SRTP P. Guzzle.
Amor
will be 4 cents for each curce of fraction thereo!.
Low
29.95 57 98 ne 24.98
50 100 wow ŻI 19.86 72 94 D 29.82 72 100
0 of
Lashoku
Sa 29.87 72 94
Laichu
29 88. 70
ub
Tainan
29.37 72
де
ሚካ
Koshin
29.85 70
b
L'dores Canton
29.86 73
толь
lip Etek Каско Wuchow Pathol Boihow Phullen Touran
7a 29:82 12 94 xx
b
И
23.81 29.74
29,82 75 $1
...
4 b
20
29.76 73 86
100
29.76 77 69 ce
180
Tacicban
29,74 75 94
Go
9.23 77 94
20
29.73 75 0
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4.90 29.84 5***
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Corespondence addressed 10 elemy subjects in China. Siam, Sikerin and Portuguese East Africa, Persa and Kor- ecco cannot be trammited.
The Services to Germany, Austria, Bul- zaria and the Ottoman Empire are suspendet.
G. St. J. Aparri L'alosured parcel for the United
Dagupan Kingdom will in future be forwarded Kanila from Hongkong in bags and the Publi: Leogna are therefore advised to pack such parents very carefully.
Letters franked at the 4 cents rate addressed to Yunanfu and Mergise and other places in the Province of Yunnan hould be superscribed with the words For delivery by the Chinese Port Office."
Farcels for Greece cuznot be accepted for transmission unless accompanied by 4 special permit iesped by the British Minister at Athens.
Arrangements have been made for the tracamionon ef parçela to the United Kingdom via Canada.
The rates of postage are as follows:- Farcel not over 3lb... 90 cents.
Do.
7lbe$1.80" Dó, libs... 270 No Insurance can be effected on parceli sect by this route.
It is copdered probably that any parcel posted before the 7th Nov, for transmisico vis Canada wil arrive in England in time for Xmas.
Holic Suricas GLAND punn
6* XY37 79 95 0
29.85 75 940 24.83
29.84 75 96 can Zo
629.69 78.95 Gb
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C. W. JEFFRIES,-Chief Assistant. Hong Kong Observatory, Nov. 2, 1917. 1 Barometer, reduced to 32 degres
Fahrenheit on the level of the nos in in- ches, tenths and hundredths.
Japanese Sink 40 Submarines. Tokyo, October 26.-Officerant the Japanese cruiser Akasbi. bringing the bodies of Japanese sailors killed in the Mediter- ranean back to their homeland, report that 40 submarines have been sunk or captured by the Japanese.
Sixty-Seven Lives Lost. Washington, October 25,--A revised count of the officers and.
men missing in the Achilles Bick ling, shows but 67 lost. Admiral Sims reports that the Gunner'e: we lost his life when a dee troyer convoy was struck by s torpedo. This craft while dis abled, continued to hant for the
Fahrenheit.
2 Temperature, is the shade, in degrete tabmarine until dark.
►
3 Humidity, in percentage of saturation
Vice Threatens Fighters.
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the Humidity of air saturated with mole-Secretary of the Navy Mr.
Chicago, October 26The Book Before You Sleep,: ture being 100,
Daniele, in an address delivered bere
4 Direction of Wind, to two points.
* Force of Wind, according to Beaufort
Beale,
before the Amariena Congress of surgeons has urged that there be an end to the faler.
THE
Biate of Weather, b bine sky, don ble standard of morals which LONDON DIRECTORY.
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METEOROLOGICAL.
IMPORT PROHIBITIONS..
The public ara informed that the un- dermentioned articles are
Barometer
prohibited
Humidity
Pravions
Day On date Ün date.
ARDAN, ME *NAR ALA Dm.
29.84
82
| from importation into the United King- Temperature ----
dom, either by letter post or by parcel post.-
29.81 29.85
78 75
80. 94
E E.
75
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1
1
b
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009 44.00
0,00
Rigkast open air, Temporalara se tu Lowest
20% TE
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and 25
H.K. Observatory, Nov, 2, 1917,
T. F. CLAXTON, Director,
Wind Directio Gold manufactured or unmanufactured
ForD including gold cold and artic es consisting Weather, or we be a partly of or containing gold; All mažu Bain factures of Biver other than silver watches and silver watch cases: Jewel- lery of any description.
Letters and Parcels containing dich articios cannot therefore be accepted for tradumidor by the Punt Offico.
"The Parcel Post service to Aden cer. poci in respect of parcels for military and Kaval zddiéssecs) has been suspended.
FRENCH PARCEL REGULATIONS,
*
TIDE TABLE.
From 29th Oct. to 4th Nov,
High Water
Mean Times
The Fabic are informed that the now. regulations' adopted by the French Customs, insist that sanders of parcels
36.00 addressed to France, Corsics and Algeria || Tum most fill in the columns of the regular Customs Declaration particularly and Wad. `s sxactly, omitting none of the headings | Thi comprised therein,
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30
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It is furthermore absolutely usessary to || SAL show in the aforanid declaration (1) Abs full name, and addressŊpf the addresses (2) Amatamentas to whether the contenta m'e intenced for Biute supplim eu net.
mn morning. A
society approves for men and
women,
He declared that vice is impair ing the efficiency of the army and nary and stated that in 1915 the navy treated 112 out of every thousand enlisted men for venerel disease.
German People Weary of the War.
Washinging, October 27.-The American Minister from Berne, Switzerland, has cabled to the Siste Department that the Ger- muns are weary of war and almost ready for revolt.
He adds that the Kaiserbind at last realise the military failure of Germany. The food situation is bad and the economic situation is constantly growing worse, Navy Will Operate Transports. Washington, October 27.—Tor Secretary of the Navy has an- nounced that officers and enlisted men of the United States pATS) will take over the operation of all Army transporta for the period of of the war, relieving, the civilian. Low Wass="| Crowa now on thoas vaesels,
(The cable makes no distinction Tibetween the transports on the Atlantio and those on the Pacifio, and would seem to indicate that the army vessels plying between the Pacific coast and the Philip pines will also be officered and manned by navy men.)
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