THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAFIN FRIDAY, – DECEMBER 28, 1917,
POST OFFICE.
WEATHER REPORT.
Golofina
THE
SMOKE
of
CONNOISSEURS.
TRY
PERFECTOS®
SOLD
"PERFECTO
Actual Size.
HIGHEST
GRADE
JAMAICA
LEAF.
TRY
BOUQUETS.
EVERYWHERE.
UBRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS
The Post Office will be open on Mon- day 24th, Tuesday, 25th and Wednesday 26th inst; Monisy Slat uod Tussiay the 1st January from 8 to $ 3.m.
There will be one collection and one delivery of ordinary corrmpondance asch day as on Sunday.
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December 181 1h 44m-No returns from Japanese stations. The anticyclone bag wasianic, causing slight desresson of pressure at northern stations; other changes are wilght.
China Coast, and over the N. China Ses. Fresh mensoon will continus along the
"Hongkong Rainfall for the 34 bouw There will be a delivery of Feristared | sading at 10 am. to-day, 0.00 incl. correspondence at 9 am, on the Pita and | Total since January lat 81:43 inches 26th December and lat January,
The Money Ordar Office will be entirely closed during the holidays.
The Parcal Post Service British East Africa and Egypt (except for members' of the Expeditionary Forces), and to Abyminis. Bagdad, Erithres, French Somali Coast, Italian Somaliland, Portu goose East Africa, Zanzirar and Remia have been ruspended.
agalnet an average of 13:06 kacher.
FORECAST FOR THE 4 HOURS INDING AT NOON TO-MORROW,
Distria
Forssan.
NE winds
1 Bongkeng to Gay Rook fresh to"
Correspondence addremed to enemy 3 Formosa Casanel subjects in Chips. Siam, Siberia and. Portuguesa East Africa, Perda and Mor occo cannot be transm: ted.
The Services to Germany, Austria, Bul. garia and the Ottoman Empire are suspended.
Uninsured parcels for the United Kingdom will in future be, forwarded from Hongkong in bage and the Public are therefore advised to pack such parcela very carefully,
moderate:
F. windi, strong..
3 douth coast of China be) The are
tween E and Eamocks) No.1. South coast of China be-) The same sweep and Hainau
No. L
China Coast Meteorological Register. December 18, BUIL
Station.
Letters franked at the 4 cents rata addressed to. Yunanfu and Mengies and other places in the Province of Yanaan should be superscribed with the words
Vostock 6a 30.02 For delivers by the Chinese Post Office." Nemtro
Hairdate
Parcels for Grecs cannot be accepted | Tokio for transmission ontem accompanied by Kochi a special permit issued by the Britib aga
Minister at Athens.
ENAINMENTS.
War Charities.
OUR DAY FAIR
AT THE
KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB GROUND
ON
NEW YEAR DAY. TUESDAY, January 1st, 1918. 3 P.M. TILL 11.30 P.M.
30 GREAT ATTRACTIONS 30
Winda
FOR YOUNG AND OLD.
LATE TRAMS (PEAK)- AND
FERRIES.
5
7 c
TO-NIGHT
K'agima
Ushims
Kabs
tabi jims Bonin is
Whawal da 30.20 20 85 4, Hankow Lobang
7ibe...$180 2.70
*
»
Shanghai Gutslad
Arrangements have been made for the transmission of parcels to the United Kingdom is Canada!
The rates of postage are as flows:- Parcel not over 31be... 90 cents,
Do..
Do.
No insurance can be effected on parcels Shary F. seat by this route.
TO-NIGHT
20.35 14 57 ди
Ib
30.30 16 100 zw
Amoy
30,16 40 81 www lo 30.30 15
Bwatow
Talhoku
5% 30.20 46 87 •
Taichu
30 11 45
Tainan
30.10 43
Koshua
30.05 57
Pidores
30.11
Canton
Sa 30.1745-
X'kons
30.13 52 61
Gay Rock Macao Wuchow Pathol Holbow Fhallen 7 30.08 55 55
29.98 64
30.11
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10
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23.86. 75
15
RICHARD AND GLADIE
PRESENTING LATEST
BALL ROOM DANCES
Manana Tango Ragtime.
MAXIXE, BRESILIENNE..
ETC.
ETC.
Bert Wiles
THE RAGTIME XYLOPHONE KING and
IMPERSONATER
..
Bell Chaplin as Charlie Chaplin
Not on the Screen but 20 minutes of comedy on the stage,
together with Misa Gladie.
THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS ISSUED BY
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., LTD.
NO "FREE" DIVORCE.
Further Reforms Necessary.
The fact that some hundreds of applications have been made to the Poor Persons Department of the Supreme Court by soldieră and others deeiring admission to prosecnte divorce causes sa poor nitorm shows, said Mrs. Seston- Tiedman, the secretary of the Divorce Law Reform Union, in an interview with a representative of the Observer, the great need that exists, among poor persona, for relief. There is, however, it was pointed cat, no free divorce, and the new scheme for poor suitora has many shortcomings.
B
What happens now is that a person maat satisfy the depart "ment that he does not posseSZ more than 450, exclusive of weaI- ing apparel and tools necessary to earn bis living.. He is then relieved of Court fees, solicitor's fees, and counsel's fees. Too often, however, the solicitor to whom-be is eent by the Court requires £5 or £10 down, and in most cases £2 moonth teaides for out-of-pocket ex- The effect of these penses, demande, Mr Seaton-Tiedeman Faid, is that half the cases have to be abandoned, for either the per- sons have not £5 or $10 to pat down, or they are afraid to go on with a case becsass the solicitor is anable to tell them where the expenses will end. At the same time there are some solicitore, she admitted, who understand more fally the needs of the poor and do all that is possible to help them, and one exceptional care, ehe mentioned, sotually went through for the sum of six shil. liage."
"Then," she said, "I have heartbreaking letters from people in the country who can never hope to bring their cases forward because they cannot afford, to
"There are also letters from soldiers in the trenches whose. wives have left them and whose homes have been broken ap They write to ask what they can do, having no money except their pay and
NOTICES.
WAI KEE.
FLAG & SAILMAKER
no opportunity to No. 129, Des Vœux Road Central prosecute their cause. In some cares their cfficers have given them special leave to return home and bring their setion.
"What is wanted is that special leave for the purpose should be extended to all cases where possible. There are unfortunately hundreds of cases where the wiTee of soldiers have left them daring the war, and many of the lettera we. receive are most distressing. The case of the people from distant parts of the country would be met by decentralisation, which was one of the findings of the Royal Commission. And then, to make divorce really free for poor people and get over the great
the difficulty of
indeficité charges made by solicitors for out-of-pocket expenses, a small grant, as was originally intended, should be made by the Treasury.
Superfluous Dulness.
"I am often struck with the extreme cleverness of quite small children and theextremo stupidity and dulness of people of my own age" said Mr. Fisher, Minister of Education, at the North London Oollegiate School for Girls. “I sometimes wonder whether in the ecientific process of education we may not be manufacturing a certain amount of sape: fiacus dalness. Stupid methods of teaching and, above all, of learn- #ing may tend to dal! the powerB of observation and to stultify interest in inquiry."
NOTICE.
BANK HOLIDAYS.
come to London and bring their IN ACCORDANCE with Or
wifnemer.' In one case a dock z whose evidence would have been necessary said that he would hate- to charge 610 a day for waiting in London for the 2580 to come
dinance No. 5 of 1912 the EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the transaction of PUBLIC BUSINESS on MON- DAY, and TUESDAY, the 3 st
Top, Floor, HONGKONG. Telephone No. 1833
ASAHI BEER.
ASAHI BEER ORAND PRIZE
IMPORT PROHIBITIONS.
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...
The public are informed; that the un- dermentioned articles are prohibited from importation into the United King- dom, aither by letter, post or by parcel post.
Gold manufactured er unmanufactured Tourane Including gold coin and artic en consisting | O. BL. J. partly of or containing gold: All manu- Apami“ factures of Silver other than silver Dagupan watches and silver watch cases: Jewel- Mandis lary of any description,
Legaspi
Letters and Parcels containing such Taclobaz articles exnnot therefore, be accepted for Iloilo transmission by the Post Office.
The Parcal Post service to Aden (nx- pect in respect of parcels for military and naval addressões) has been suspended.
FRENCH PARCEL REGULATIONS,
The Public are informed that the new the French regulations adopted by Cartoma insist that senders of parcels addressed to France. Corales and Algeris
must fill in the columns of the regular Customs Declaration particularly and exactly, emitting none of the headings comprised therein.
It is furthermora abeolutely necessary to show in the aforesaid declaration (1) The full name and address of the addressee (2) A statement as to whether the contents are intended for State supplies or not.
LOCAL AND 'REGULAR MAILS OUTWARD.
Tai O-Week days. 5 p.m.
Tai Po.--Week days, 10 a.mg Sundayı,
9.30 ä
Barigno Guam Labuan
# 91 sw *
C. W. JEFFRIES,—Chlaf Assistant:" Hongkong Observatory, Dec. 28, 1917.
1 Barometer, reduced to 32 degre Fahrenheit on the level of the sea in in- ohes, tenth and nundredtha,
CONSIGNEES »
** FANTASTIC
STARS
* Temperature, in the shade, in degrees NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
Fahrenheit.
3 Humidity, in percentage of asturation the Humidity of air saturated with mou
are being 101,
4 Direction of Wind, to two pointa, 5 Force of Wind, according to Beaufort Seals.
State of Weather, b blue sky, o de"
teabed cloud, d drixxiing rain, ffo, gloomy, h ball, i lightning, o overcam, p passing shownes, q squally, z zain, a snow,
thunder, ▾ visiblity, w dew wel
METEOROLOGICAL.
Barometer Cheung Chow.-Weeks days, 7.30 am | Temperature and 3 p.m.
Hamidity
Statsulok, Shatia and Sheangskal- Week days, 4 p.m.
Previous
From SAN FRANCISCO AND KOBE.
THE Steamship
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"COSTA RICA," Captain 0. A LILLELAND. having arrived from above Ports Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their zoods are being landed at their risk
Godowns into the
of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Com- pany, Limited, Kowloon, and tored at Consignees risk and
expense.
Consignees of Cargo are hereby
BIJOU THEATRE, TO-NIGHT AT 2.15. P.M. ¡ÁCROBATICS, SINGING,
DANCING, MIRTH & MUSIC.
On Sunday night the Fantastic" Stars and Bell's Vaudeville Company. will appear in a big double bill at the
VICTORIA THEATRE..
NOTICES.
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT.
NOTIFICATION.
Day Da date On date, notified that they must produce IT IS HEREBY notified that an Import Permit signed by the on the 8th January proximo. Superintendent of Imports and at 3 FM at the Public Works Exports, Hongkong, before Bills Department, and before a Com- of Lading can be countersigned.mittee presided over by the Optional Goods will be carried Director of Public Works, tenders. on unless instructions are given will be received for the supply.
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"Macao.—Week days, 7.13 a m., 1.30 pm; Lowest
With ta a6tb sa
Bundays, ŷ a.m.
Kongmoon-Weck days. 6 p.m. Except Saturdays; Sundays, 5 pm.
B.K. Observatory, Dec. 28, 1917.
T. F. CLAXTON, Director,
Pamtau and Sanmel Week days, 5 pan; Sandaya, 5. p.m.
BE
Aberdeen, Autan: Ping Shen, Sai Kung Santin and Staniey-Wenk days, 4.30pm. Woaths: mmmme
Canton, Samsbui, and Wachow-Wear daye, 7.30 am Registration 5 p. Let | Bala --antia andata per da tere 6 p.; Bundays, & pan,
AS
ASAHI
SAH
ELAGER-BEERE
·SPECIALLY BREWID FOR EXPORT
COMPANY
instans and let proximo. Mitsui Bussan: Kaisha Hongkong, 22nd December 1917.
Shamchun. Wook daya, 10 a.m. 4 p.m.; Sundaya, 3 a.m.
FROM SHEUNGWAN WESTERN BRANCH PO.
Macao.---Week days, 7,30 a.m. 130 p.m. Sundays, 8.50 m; "Holidays, 7.30 àm. 1.30 p.m.
TIDE TABLE.
From 24th Dec, to 30th Dec.
Canton-Weekdays, 7.30am. 9.30 pm; Bandays, $30 pm; Holidays, 7.30 m 9.33 p.za.
"Tal Pig Tang---Week days, 950 p.m.
Sundays. 9.30 pm; Holidays, 9.30
p.to.
Shek KL.-Wook days, 9.30 p.m; Sug- days, 9.10 p.m; Holidays, 9.30 pm.
Kangmoon-Wook days. 6pm; Sun- Pl
days, 6 p.m.; Holidays. 6 pm da
10 Kumsbook—Week daya, 6 pm; Sun,
Flay, 6 pany Holidays, 6 t?/ Ban.
Kankong:-Work dayɛ 5. pay
Bakrdays, Bondage, 6. pm; Holidays, Praga-
High Water
Hangkong
Low Water Bongg
to the contrary before noon, 27th and laying of pipes for csualiza- instant.
tion of salt water (Extension). All broken, chafed and dam-
The conditions of the tender- aged goods are to be left in the ing, the specifications and the godowns, where they will be plans of the canalization are open examined on MONDAY, 31st to the public at the Public Works inst, at 10.a.m.
Department and in the For- All claims must be presented tuguese Consulate in Hongkong, within FIFTEEN DAYS of the where they can be examined steamer s arrival here, after an all weak days.
which
date they cannot be
recognised.
Macao, Public Works Depart-
No claims will be admitted ment, 18th December, 1917 after the goods have left the RAUL M. DE FARIA E MAIA, Godowns, and all Goods remain Engineer Director ing undelivered after the 2nd January will be subject to reat
No Fire Insurance has been effected. tempo
TH
NOTICE!
THE Offices of the Swedish Bills of Lading will be counter- Vice-Consulate have this.
signed by
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
Agents,
day been removed to 12, Des Vour Road, Central, Powell' Building, Jet Floor
Hongkong. 28th December, 1917, Hongtong, 7th December. 1917
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