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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY
POST-OFFICE.
1918.
WEATHER-REPORT
"Embassy
The
Perfect
Cigarette
In
Tins
QUALITY is the point
which is necessary
in an enjoyable
Cigarette.
of
25. & 50
The Parcel Port Service to British Fait
Africa and Egypt (except for members January 80. 115. Sim-No returos of the Expeditionary Faroes) and to from Japan, Viallivostock and Indo-China. Abym iula Bagdad, - Erithren, Franch Moderate Increases of "pressure "bara" 8 mall Coast, Italino Somáliland, Porta- f'occuzzed at the majority of "reporting : gnese East Africa, Zanzitar and Kusala - stations; the andiotelons has attained. have beau suspended.
abnormal intensity. Ban
Sirang manson will contious" leng the Chita Cast, and over the N. Chină Boa.
Corre pondence adressed to enemy andjects in China, Siam, Siberia and Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ** Portuanor Bast Africa, Parsa and Moranding at 10 am. to-day, 0.00 inch.“
Total xinos January 1st. 00.9 inches occo cannot be transmisfed.
against an average of 0.19 inches.
The Services to Germany, Austria, Bol- caria and the Ottoman Empire are suspended.
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.
Districk
Forecas
Uninsured parcels for the United 1 Hongkong sa Gap Boet winds, Kingdom will in future be forwarded
are therefore advised to pack such parcela Tery carefully,
from Hongkong in bags and the Publis
F. & N.E
fresh; fine,..
|3 Formosa Channel
N, winds, strong.
Letters franked at the conta zate3 douth east of China be-2 The same addressed to. Yunanfa and Mangies and
tween H., and Lamooks as No. 1. other places in the Provines of Yunnan & South coast of China be- ) The same hould be perscribed with the words tween H.K. and Balzan...) as No. 1. "For delivery by the Chinese Post Office."
China Coast, Meteorological Register. -
Parcels for Greece cannot be accepted. for transmission unless accompanied by. a special permit issued by the British Minister at Athens.
Station.
January 8, simi
¿Winda
Bour.
Barc mater.
Temperatur,
Humidity,
D'ion.
Fores
VICTORIA
"
THEATRE
Tuesday, 8th January, 1918.
The Great Magnificent Photo Play,_______
IN 5 PARTS,
THE KAISER'S SPY."
Featuring Mr. POUGAUD in the “ROLE OF THE DETECTIVE CHANTECOG."
Comics
RIDING THE GOAT."
Note: Owing to so many seats having been Booked for Saturdays' Matinees, and not taken up, the Management has decid- ed not to reserve seats for the 5.15
5 per-
formance. Season ticket holders ? only. will be allowed to reserve their seats,
Booking at ANDERSON'S.
In
Boxes
That's why
of
Artergomonte have been made for the transmission of parcels to the United Kingdom via Canada.
Vstock
AUCRATO
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“EMBASSY"
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The rates of postage are az f Lows:-
10010
Kochi
Parcel out over Sibe.
Do.
Do.
- 90 canta. 7:bm... $1.80 11lb... 2,70
Asyizna Jahima
“Suka
"Embassy
VIRGINIA. CIGARETTES-
WD &HOWIES
BRISTOL & L
VIRGINIA No. 77
has been justly
described as
THE CIGARETTE
DE LUXE.
No insurance can be effected on parcels hijima
sent by this route.
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Bonia is
Whaiwa: 6m 30.55 24 87. naw. 6 b Hankow
Ichang
Fadins
Changsha Shanghal Gutsed
Sharp
P.
30.69 18 53 aw 11 30.62 100 да 64 3045 83 new 30
THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS ISSUED BY BRITISH-AMERICAN. TOBACCO CO., LTD.
SAVING OF HUMAN CAPITAL.
P. LAMMERT.
IMPORT PROHIBITIONS.
The public are informed; that the un-Swatow dermension.d articles are prohibited Takhaku from importation into the United King. Taichu domfeither by letter past or bý paresi
Laman
Dost-
Gold manufactured or unmanufactured including guld coin and articles consisting partly of or containing gold; All manu- factures of Bulver' other than silver watches and silver watch cases'; Jewel-Arhed |lery of any description. I
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National Children's Bureau of Working Conditioas.
The straggle of nine of the warring countries to strengthen sheir human resoaress by making labour conditions tolerable for children who must work, and by providing schools to teach them Yow to do better work, are recounted in Child Labour in
#
Warring Countries," ■ brief 18view of foreign reports just jeased by the National Children's Bozesa,
"The prospect for better in- dustrialeducation for England has tately been strengthened," saya a statement by the Baresa, "by the Bill introduced in the British Parliament by M- Herbert Fisher, president of the Enard of Educa tion. The bill 6xes the com- pulsory school 'auendanos age at fourteen, without the prevent ex- emptions, and requires that all working children under eighteen spend at least 320 hours a yeaT in continuation rahool*.
"In Italy, as well as in France and England, etanderdarf labour protection were relaxed at, the beginning of the war, only to be: restored and strengthened as ex- perience showed that long boar", night and Senday work, with their evil effects on health and efficiency, did not pas.
***And Rumis, coording to ic- formation receive ince the balletin went to re, has found it necessary to with aw the power given her Minister of Labour and Indasty waris in the war to grant exempli i to con cerne doing war work firm the laws regulation heirs and the "emplosment of
children under sev
"Can-ds, New Z Australia have maintained preatically unchanged through three years of war strain their high standards of protection for working children.
snd
GEO.
AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER AND SURVEYOR.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE
HE Undersigned has received instructions to sell by Pub- lic Auction on
FRIDAY,
the 1th January, 1918, commencing at 2.30 p.m. at his Sales Rooms, Duddell Street,
A Large Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture
comprising: Tapestry covered drawing covered room suite, moricco dining chairs, extension dining tables. teak sideboard, dinner wargon, teak ice chest, teak book cases and chiffonniere, tea and card tables, engravings. glass and cutler, E. P. wara, crockery, electric fittings, etc, etc.
Fine double brass. and brass- mounted bedsteads, double and Finale teak wardrobes, tables. washstands, crockery, etc., etc.
foilet
toilet
Several Typewriters (Under- -
wood, Oliver, etc).
Grand Piano by Winkelmann (in fine condition.)
#iso A Large Assortment of Ornaments Comprising:
Bronze fizures (European and Chinese) brass vases cups, fine* brass tea kettle, brass incense burners, porcelain vases, lacquer. ware, etc., etc.
And
1 Japanese Silver Teaset.
1 E. P. Tantalus with cut glass Bottles.
The above have been removed to Sales Roms for convenience. of sale..
On View from Thursday, the Toth, Inst
Catalogue will be issued Terms-Cash on delivery.
GEO. P. LAMMEET.
Auctioneer,
NOTICES,
WAI KEE.
FLAC. & SAILMAKER
No. 129, Des Vœux Road Central Top Floor, HONGKONG. Telephone No. 1833
ASAHI BEER.
ASAHI BEEB
GRAND PRICE –
ASAHI
BE
ASAHI
LAGER-BEER
SPECIALLY BREMED FOR EXPORT
COMPAN
Milaul Bussan Kalsha
........
30.49 14 60 a
30 33. 434
..z b
30.31 16
4.0
Koshun
30 26 55
65
...
Canton
Jap Book
6
30.37 48 on 30.48-41
98
57
10
6 b
Macao
30 35 3.37
6 b
4 B'
Wuchow
Bothow
Fbulion
Letters and Parcels containing soch Tours articles cannot therefore be accepted for O.. transmission by the Post Once,
Aparri
6 $0.14 64 76 1*
6:
29.93 68 8$ now
2 o
29.94 73 75
40
Tacloban
29.89 72 92 #
The Parcel Post survica to Aden (e-Boo peat in respect of parcels for millian, natal addressece) has been suspended.
49.45 72 89 *
看
Barino
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UNUSUAL SHOWERS.
*porar or eggs have at bomstime been transported, probibly the wind.
"Raddisk dust is, howeve
Strange Talogs from the Sky, frequently brought down în raio, and some so-called showers" of blood, may be thus explained. Periodical "showers" of fish, Rollen, especially from coniferona froge, toads, and the like have trees, is often deposited in abund- been reported ever since man has ance over extensiva ärozs. A had sense enough to exercise his pollen shower at Picton, Novan faculties of observation. The Scotia, in June, 1841, was so moet remarkable thing about heavy that bucketfuls weroswept these stories, thinks an editorial up on the deck of ship. Pine writer in the Scientifle Americas pollen is highly infimmable, (New York), in that so few hence its occasional identification in the popular --mind with believe them. persons
The wonder is not that they occur, {"brimstone," and a belief in ita bat that they occur so seldomhowers of fish are de
diabolical origin. inte Everybody, he says, has seen
he wind carry away light objects costs of a glairy substance which, like leaves and verspe of paper; upon drying, forms s sort of skin and tornadoes and hurricans on ite surface. It is probably, an transport much heavier articles most cases, the materiał known At Beauregard, Mass., April 22, ooglos, formed on the surface 1883, the solid iron porew of of water where bacteria are activo- cotton-press, wishing 676 pounds, multiplying. Other rains of was carried 900 feet, On another' Resh' or 'jally consist of the ooovin a hen coop weighing 75 dried spawn of fish or batrachians, pounds was transported for the egg masses of milges, or miles. He goes on to call attention colonies of infasoris. | to other similar occurrences;---- *** With regard to larger forme of organic matter many reins of “In a tarasão at Mt. Carmel, Babes, frogs, and toada hava hamm Ill., a piece of a tin roof was described in recent as well as carried 15 miles and a charat ancient times and by eye-wit pire 17 miles. What goes up nesses of unquestionable veracity. must, come down." We know, Mr. Handny, a French naturalist, from the facts first cited, that the win 1822 beavy shower of 3 Humkity, in percentage of astern them fall of eo light and common arsin in large drope, miast with Customs, Declaration particularly and the Humidity of air saturated with moobject as a frog, for example, tosde the size of a walnut. This mast happen rather frequently in pecarred more than a lesgna from
FRENCH PARCEL REGULATIONS.
60
Gula 4.20 29.94 75
6' 49.76. 77 95 Lapoan
C.-W. JEFFRIER -Chief Amidstaat. Hongkong Observatory, Jan. 3, 1918,
1 Baromates, radnoed to 11 degrees Fairrenbelt on the level of the son in 20- shan, berths and hundredība.
2 Temperatare, in the shade, in degress
The Public are informed that the new regulations adopted by the French Customs insist that senders of parcela addressed to Franos, Comics and Algeria | Fakranfmit." must fill in the columns of the regular
Exactly, omitting none of the headings | ture being 100. comprised therein.
It is furthermore shaclutely necamry to ahow in the aforesaid declaration (1) The full name and address of the addresse (2) A statement as to whether the contents are intended for State capplies or not.
LOCAL AND REGULAR MAILS OUTWARD.
Tal 0-Week daya, 5 p.m.
Tai Fo-Week days, 10 am; Sundays,
9.30 & 1.
Direction of Wind, to two points.
5 Force of Wind, socording to Beamdort ang part of the world subject to any brook, river or marsh?
Écala.
State of Weather, b blue sky, a da Lached cloud, d drizzling rain. ffos, & gloomy, a half, 1 lightning,
passing showoza, q aqually'r min, » KEI W. † thunder, v visibility, w daw wet.
METEOROLOGICAL.
Berometer
Cheang Chow,Weeks days, 7.30 am. Temperature --
Humidity
and 3 p.m.
Shatankok, Shatin and Sheangshai- Week days; 4 p.m.
Previous,
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30.36
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16 15 10:
Y. Wind Direction N.
Force.—— 3. 6
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34
NE
2
Weather-ge
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0.09 0.00
b
Aberdeen, Autan, Pico Shan, Sel Kang. Santin and Stanley.--Wask days, 6.30 p.m. Canton. Samahui, and Wuchow, --★ CHE days, 7.30 am, Registration 3 p.m., Let Rij tere & pm Sundays, 5 pm
Macso-Wook days, 7.5 8 m., 1.20 p.104 || Leknes Bundays, 9 m
Kongmoon-Week days. 6 p.m. Except Baturdayı; Suadays, 3 p.m.
amian and Barmel-Weekdayi,
t.pm.; Sondays, 5 p.m.
Shamchun.-Week days, 10 am, 6 pm; Fundays, 9 & PL
FROM SHEUNGWAN WESTERN BRANCH PO.
Kacza-Weekdays, 7.30 am. 110 p.m. Sundara, 8.30 am; Holidays, 7,30 am. 1.30 am, MA.
Unt-Wook da v.7.30a.m. 9.50 p Sundaya, 950 p.m.; Holidays, 7.30a.m. 0.3 pm
Tai Plz Tang-Weekdays, 9 30 p.m.;. Banday1:9.30 pm: Hoildays 9.30 D.EL.
Surk Li Werk £aca 9,30. p.m; Ban- Way2,30 pm; Holidays, 9:30 pm
Kong con Week days, 6 pma Ban- day, 6pm; Holidays. 6. p.m. 1
Komeasck-Week days.: 6 pm; fan- dave. 6pm; olidays, 6 pama di
Kantong Waak da ya, & pana Knowp Baturdays, Bondays,"å «pmg"
Mov
B.K. Observatory, Jan. 8, 1918
T. P. CLAXTON, Lärmotor
high winda,
Showers of fish have been report- In the May number of the ed many times in the United Monthly Weather Review, Mr. W.[States, in 1893 at Winter Park, L. McAten, of the United States Fla., in 1901 at Tillers Farry, 8: Biological Survey, presents an[0, sto. In the Monthly Weather interesting digest, drawn from a Review for May, 1894, it was oven- wide range of literature, of the recorded that during a severe facts and fables hitherto recorded hailstorms at Boving, sight miles concerning showers of organic naat of Vicksburg, Mise, a zopher matter. In many of these ossea turtle six-by eight inches, entiraly fants and fables are intermingled. encased in ice, fell with the hsil," For instance, various kinds of red
rain are known to occur, but they
Day. On date On das have been erroneously, decribed An Interesting Announcemeat. a showera of blood; deposits of English papers to hand cons pallen ato described as sulphur; tain the interesting sanonnse showers of 'worms' are sometimes ment of the marriage at the British reported when heavy rains or Consulate in Paris, of Miss Aliz melting now, by saturating the Lenox Simpson on the 31 Octo o hava driven the larvae of bar to Major General W. H. Grey, Polidier beatles cr other insedie ont BE, CE, the two witnesser 0.00 of their hibernating quarters, and being Colonel Rhys Williams of
so forth.
the Grenadier Guards, and Sir "Blood rsing figure in all the Henry Austin-Leo of the British ancient and medieval obroniclee, Embassy. Owing to war-exigen. and so what goes under this name cies the groom, who is a cousin maat be fairly common of Viscount Grey's, and is just phenomenon. qua ad back from Mesopotamia,wa
Some blood raine, asys Mr. forced to leave immediately for MoAter, have been found to be Italy with the British army, which sbe meconial flaid joted by ie reinforcing the Italians The large number of certain bride, who ban besu nursing with lepidopters sina taneously em. British Red Cross Unit for two erging from their chrysalidere; yesra, on the Leous front, is the Low Wee her red rains are due to the youngest sister of Mr B Lenor rapid multiplication in raiopris Nimpson (“ Patnam Weste) and of sand of rotifars containing is twenty-three years old. - She beidered Cloning matter;
Tad Dow
was born at Swatow, and will be
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