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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1918,
THE "GARRICK
LAMB
Tobacco and Cigarettes.
THE GARRI
ABSOLUTELY UNEXCELLED
URING TOBACCO
BERT & BUTLER,
ENGLAND.
MANUFACTURED
BY
LAMBERT & BUTLER
ENGLAND.
ALWAYS RELIABLE
POST OFFICE.
~WEATHER REPORT.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
VICTORIA THEATRE
The render of registered article No. May 76. 18h. Gim.-No whiras from | VICTORIA
·weak
1790 posted at Fonskoeg on the 5th Japan and Vladivostok. Pressure has November last, addressed to Mrs. A. B. increased moderately at Shanghai and Jones, Swampscott-Man, in invited to decreased slightly elsewhere; call at the G. P. O. and furnish fuller Ratioyclone again covers N. Chins, and a pa ticulas of the address of the article depression is indicated over Tongking, for the 1. formation of the United States Post Offer.
Os and her Way lat 1918, Imperial
· Postal Űráves will be carbed in India st the rate of 1,6 to the ropes.
From the lat May 1918 there will be three General del veris, dally from the District Post Offices except on Banday ard Holidays when there will be one delivery only.
Hongbong Rainfall for the 34 hours sading at 10 am today, 0.00 incl. Total since January lit 6.26 inch, against an average of 13.39 inches.
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HODES ENDING AT NOON TO-HORROW.
Forecan
Distric
E. winds, fresh to
cloudy.
The hours of delivers will be as follows:--Week days am, I p.. and1 Braytona to mɔ Rock moderate; 5 p.m.
Sundays and Holidays noon.*
The Director General of Posts and Telegraphs, Irdia, advises that: "The Parcel Pest Service to the Indian Civil Postal Agencies at Abul Khasib, Amars, Bagdad Buara, Burrs City, Fao. Est, Nasorizah. Qalat Salab, Suk-ab-Shaykh and Zabair in Mesopotamia is suspended and that piece-goods, haberdashery and similar articles, roept those intended for the personal use of the addressee and Bot for sale, cannot be sent to those offices or to Abadas, Abwas or Mohm- merah by the letter post, and that such articles if received will not be delivered and will be liable to confiscation."
Information has been received from the Director General of Ports and Telegraphs Tokio, that on and after lat April 1918, the Post Office of Japan will collect a demurrage charge from the addressees of parcels on which Customs duties ar inland taxes are imposed in
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Captain Bairasfather's Cartoons, Series 2.
American Gazette No. 51. ETC.
tween HE and Fatakowa GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Chins Court Meteorological Register.
Station
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Humidity,
Temperature.
Weather.
D'ilon,
Foros.
Japan, not withdrawn from the Foet Vostock Sa Office within 20 days from the date of Nemuro the notice of their arrival to be sent to Hakodate the addresse87.
Toklo Kochi
The amount of the charge per parcel is | Kuglas. fixed at 5 son per day after the expiration Oshima "of the period stipulated.
Naga
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SOLD BY ALL TOBACCONISTS.
Naka Luijma
Registered and Parcel Mails close 15 Whalwe da 30.01 54-74 ow minutes earlier than the time giren below | Hankow unless otherwise stated..
Lobang Kinking
The importation into the Common. wealth of Australia of tea, other than that grown or produced in British Posses-Gutz
Sharp sions is prohibited, unless the content in writing of the Commonwealth Minister Amoy fer Trade and Customs has been first wasow obtained.
30.GS 52 22
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5 29.92
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29.90 65 95 #
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29.85 75
29.97 72
THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS ISSUED BY BRITISH AHERICAN TOBACCO CO., LTD.
The Parcel Post Services to British East Africa and Egypt (except for members Koshan cf the Expeditionary Forces), and to Abyminia, Bagdad, Eritrea, French Canton Semali Coast, Italian Somaliland, Portu- 'kong guese East Africa, Zanzibar and Rumia Gap Rock have been suspended.
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THE
MAN
BEHIND
THE
CHEQUE BOOK
To be in control of money to-day is to be in control of POWER. The Man Behind the Cheque Book is as essential to victory as The Man
·Behind the Gun,
#
Use your power and your Cheque Book to HELP The Man Behind the Gun.
Buy St. George's HONGKONG WAR BOND TICKETS and you will HELP him automatically.
For sale at alli Banks, Clubs, Hotels & Leading Stores.
NOTICE.
ASAHI BEER.
SAH
LAGER BEER
STERIALLY BREMED
EXPORT-
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LIMITED
OMPANY
BOLE-AGNITUS
Mitsui Bussan - Kalsha
Zelephone; ba 100.
Powerful Wireless Station. An Italian wireless station bas been establiebed which can end Cut mesragen to the post at. Arlington Vs, a distance of 10,000 kilometres. This beats the German Froord for the Hanen wireless station : 8,000 to 9,000 kilometres, V
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PORTRA
Phalias Fourans
Bt The Services to Germany, Austria, Bol-
Apard zaria and the Ottoman Empire are Dagupan suspended.
Legaspi
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AUCTIONEER. APPRAISER AND SURVEYOR.
PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
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HE Undersigned has received instructions from D. V. Steavenson Esq to sell by Public
Auction on
THURSDAY, the 9th May, 1918.
commencing at 2.45 p.m.
"Stanton at
residence hie Lodge " Mount Parish (Kennedy Road).
The Whole of his Valuable Household Furniture Comprising:-
PUBLIC AUCTION. THE Undersigned has received instructions from Duncan Clarke, Esq. to sell by Public Acetion on
WEDNESDAY, the 15th, May 1918.
commencing at 2.45 p.m.
at his residence, "Tusculum," Barker Road (No. 155 The Peak) The Whole of his Valuable
Furniture
comprising:-
Tapestry covered drawing room suite, teak overmantels, lady's writing desk, brass fenders and fire brasses, tes and occasional tables, lace curtains. Brussels carpets and rugs, etc., ste:"
Extension dining table, side- Tapestry covered couches & armchairs, blackwood armchairs, board with bevelled mirror, di & teoppys, teak writing tables &]ner waggo", dining chairs, tear bookcases, tea & occasional screens, crockery and glass weaLy tables, tapestry & cretonne cur-cutlery and E. P. ware, pictures, tains, carpets. ornaments, etc. etc. etc. etc.
Tesk dicing table & chairs. Single and double brass mount- fine teak sideboard with bevelled ed iron bedsteads, teak toilet mirror, card tables, flower stands tables and marble top wash- ice chest, brass fender, dinner stands, teak wardrobes, with and ware, without mirrors, toilet crockery, service. cutlery, ginssware, electric table etc. etc. fans, etc. etc.
electro-plated
Enamelled and Shanghai bath
Teak twin bedsteads, single & tubs, ice chest, store cupboard, double tesk wardrobes, dressing tennis ner, garden seat: rictsha, tables tled washstands toilet etc. sets etc., etc.
Also
Also.
A quaatity of Napery, bed
A Large Quantity of plants in linen, blankets, and eider down
MACRO
Correspondence addromed to enemy subjects in China, Siam, Siberia and Portuguese East Africa, Perria and Mor- ecco cannot be transmitted.
Washow
Hoitow
799.79 75 95 se
4 r
49.80 75
40
29.09
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40
pots
29.81 75 83 e 29.80 72 91 29.19
2 b
Ob
87 n
2 b
29.76 79 92
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£.20
6 29.74 80 96 aw
40
Uninsured parcels for the United Tadobau Kingdom will in faturs be forwarded Hollo from Hongkong in bags and the Public are therefore advised to pack such parcels Brigno
Ghuma very carefully.
Laopan
Letters franked at the 4 conta rate addressed to -Yunaofo and Mengise and other places in the Province of Yunnan should be perscribed, with the words "For delivery by the Chinese Fost Office."
Parcels for Greece cannot be accepted for transmission reless accompanied by a special permit issued by the British Minister al Athens
Arrangementă have been made for the transmission of parcels to the United Kingdom via Canada,
The rates of postage are as follows:- Parcel not over Jib... 90 cents. Ꭰ ' . 71b...$180 Do 11lbs... 2.70
No insurance can be elected on parcola | sent by this route.
OUTWARD MAILS.
TO-MORROW.
Straits, Cegion, India, Adea, Egypt and
Europe-8th May, Begistra
tinam. Letter 9 a.m.
Batow-9th May;11 a.m.
C. W. JEFFRIES,-Chief Assistant. Rongtong Observatory, May 7, 1918.
1 Barometer, reduced to 32 degrees Fahrenheit on the level of the sea in 15- chea, tonths and hundredths.
2 Temperatura, in the shade, in degras Fahrschoit
3 Enmidity, in geroantage of saturation the Humidity of air saturated with mois-
are being 100.
4 Direction of Wind, to swo points, $-Force of Wind, wooording to Beaufort Scale.
State of Weather, b bins aky, a de- tached aloud, d ́drissling rain, fog, gloomy, h bail, 1 lightning, oreza, passing showers, q squally, rrak, I mOW,
thundar, visibility, w daw wet.
METEOROLOGICAL,
Harometer
•Temperature
Fort Bayard, Holh and Haiphong-Humidity
8th May, 5 p.m.
THURSDAY, 9th May.
Swatow, Amor, Formosa via Takao and
Anping-9th May, 7 a.m..
Swatow, Amsy and Formosa vis Keelung 9th May, 8 a.m.
Shanghai and North China-9th May,
2 p.m.
FRIDAY, 10th May, Grater, Agos and Rocchow--10th May.
Soon.
Philippine Islands, Sandakan, Acatralia, New Zealand via Port Darwin and New Guinea vis Thursday Lalande-10th May. Registra tion 1.45 pm. Letters 2.50 p.m. Philippine Island-19th May, 2 p.m. Straits-10th May, 5, p.m.
SATURDAY, 11th May. Weibaiwei & Tientsin-11th May, law. Shanghai and North Chinz-11th May,
Previous
Day On date On dasm
-E.
: And
A few pictures by Lawson Wood,
Lane.
N, B. most of the above furni- ture made by Messrs Crawford & Co., & Wm. Powell
Ltd.
On view from Wednesday, the 8th inst.
Catalogus on application TermsCash on delivery.
GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer.
Hongkong, 1st May, 1918.
MB
B. GEO. P. LAMMERT has received instructions to sell by Public Auctioa
ON
TUESDAY
the 14th day of May, 1918, at 3 o'clock in the AFTERNOON, at his Sales Room in Duddell Street Victoria, Hongkong. THE VERY VALUABLE ́LEASEHOLD PROPERTY, situate in Barker Road at The Peak and comprising those pieces or parcels of ground registered in the Land Office as RURAL BUILDING LOT NUMBER 70. and GARDEN LOT NUMBER 2 # together with the attractive. residential house thereon known
TUSCULUM
and garden tennis court thereto attached
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Wind Direction
E.
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H.E, Observatory, May 7, 1918.
T. F. CLAXTON, Director,
TIDE TABLE,
From 6th May to 12th May,
મ
High Water
Banglzing
m. 1 th. km.
SLOR,
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7
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2 pa Philippine Islanda, Sandakan, "Australia, Sel New Zealsad via Port Darwin Ban and New Guinea vis Thursday Taland Ifth May, Registratio
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Low Wait Hongkong
23.3
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IN ONE LOT
Rural Building Lot No. 70 contains an area of 29790 square foot and is held under a Crown "Lesse for 75 yeare,
Garden Lot No. 24 contains an area of 7800 square feet and is held under a Crown Lease for 21 years.
For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to
MESSES. DEACON LOOKER, DEACON & HARSTON, 1, Des Voeux Road, Central, Vendors' Solicitors.
or
to MR. GEO. P. LAMMERT,
The Auctioneer. Hongkong. 22nd April, 1918.
quilts,
And
Plants in pots, fern cases and Canton flower stands..
On view from Tuesday 14th. inst. ...
Catalogues an application Terms-Cash on delivery GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer..
NOTICES.
G.
R.
NOTICE.
NORTH POINT PUBLIC BATHING BEACH.
THIS beach is now open for the use of the General Public.
The accommodation is free with the exception of the reserved portion for which a charge of ten cents. per person is made..
Soldiers and Sailors in uniform are admitted free to the reserved enclosure.
KENNEDY TOWN PUBLIC BATHING BEACH, This beach is now open for the use of the General Public,
The accommodation is free...! W. CHATHAM,÷ ̈ Director of Public Works. Public Works Department, Hongkong, 6th May, 1918.
CANTON INSURANCE- OFFICE LIMITED.
TH
HE THIRTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on FRIDAY the 17th May 1918. at NOON.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 3rd May to the 17th May, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON
& CO., LTD..
· General · Agents. v Hongkong, 29th April, 1918.
Priated and Fablished for the Proprietar, by Ge Cade Barnett at 11 I House Street, in the
Ba Lon