19
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1918.
W. D. &
H. O. WILLS'
HIGH GRADE
"Embassy"
NO. 77
CIGARETTES.
THE CIGARETTE DE LUXE
*
Embassy
N#77
VIRCINIA CIGARETTES
Are made by sciènife processes from scrupulously elemes and perically matund Tobacco of the Higher Grade only.
For that reason preferred and demanded by SECH men of all kinds.
Their World Wide Popularity is based
upon their unquestioned excelence.
CAN BE OBTAINED OF ALL MICH CLASS TOBACCONISTS IN TIME OF
21 AND HAND BUSES OF IN
W.DOHO. WILLS, BRISTOL
LONDON
OBTAINABLE AT ALL TOBACCONISTS.
POST OFFICE.
Woody, the 3rd June being a General Holiday, the Post Office will be open; from 8 to noOIL..
There wil be on delivery of correspon- dence and one selletion of let.ors from the Fitlar Bre
The Money Order Office will be entirs- ly closed, #
The impo atiso by post ints Japan of foreign rie except such sa may be Imported by the Minbter of Agricolture and Commercsend the person designated by him, in proibited.
This prohibition at applicable to rics imported Into Taiwan (Formosa) and Karabuts (Japaness Baghalien.!.
The Farcel Pest Service to the Portu- guere Colonies in West Africa and to Spanish Offices in Mordoro (except for Priscere-of-War) is suspended.
Tatil further notice razcels for civil address in the provinces of Udine. Vicenza; Trerise, Fadus, Vanice and Belluno in Italy will not be accepted for transmission unless posted under the British War Office Permit
On and after May 1st 1918, Imperial Postal Orders will be cashed in India at the rate of 16 to the rupes.
From the 1st May 1918 there will be three Garieral deliveries daily from the District Post Offices except on Sunday ard Holidays when there will be one delivery only.
The bours of delivery will be as f-llow-Week dayı 9 a.m. 1 p.m. and 5p.m
Sunday and Holidays noon.
The Director General of Posts and
Telegraphs, Irdia, advises that: "The
Parcel Post Service to the Indian Civil
WEATHER REPORT.
May 31d. 18h. füm-No iaturas from Japan and Vladivostock. Premiure has decreased lightly to moderately from Amoy to Weibalwei, and incensed alight- ly elsewhere. A shallow depression is situated in the Yellow Seu,
Bongkang Rainfall for the $4 hours ending at 10 am today, 0.02 inch. Total since January 1st 12.22 not en against an armage of 23,32 inches,
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS INDING AT NOON TO-MORBOW.
Distrist.
Forecast
SW. winds
1 Haastung in Gaj Rock moderate;
13 Formosa "Bazdei
cloudy, 20212 rain.
The same
as No. 1.
3 douth coast of China be-7 The same tween H. and Lamoozi} No. L South coast of China bè-) The same tween HK and Haizan... No. 1
China Coast Meteorological Ragister,
Station.
May 31, 4.
|Winds
Hour.
Barometer.
Temperature,
Hamidity.
D'tion.
Fords.
Weather.
33
Postal Agencies at Abel Fbasib, Amara stock Sa Ragdad, Bura, Burra City. Fao. Kut. Nemere Naseiyah. Quiat Saleh. Suk-esh-Sbsyukh Hakodate and Zubair in Mesopotamia is
is spended
and
Lace Tokio
d that piece-goods, baberdashery and och similar articles, except those intended Ragassk
for the personal use of the addresses and
Oshima Nabs
not for sale, cannot be sent to thoas Egima offices or to Abadan, Ahwaz oz Mehm merah by the letter post, and that such chi'ma articles if received will not be delivered and will be liable to confiscation"
Bonta Is
Whaiwel 63 29.63 58 97 Information has been received from Hankow
chang the Director Gereral of Posts, and Kinking Te'o egraphs Tokio, that on and after t April 1918, the Post Office of Japan will collect a demurrage charge from the addressees of parcels on which Custom dusies or inland taxes.ars imposed in Japan, not withdrawn from the Post Office within 20 days from the date of the notice of their arrival to be sent to the addressesE.
29.80
201
ENTERTAINMENTS.
THEATRE
ROYAL
T. DANIEL FRAWLEY
PXIRENTS
THE FRAWLEY COY.
IN A SERIES OP NEW AND CURRENT SUCCESSES
TO-NIGHT!
TO-NIGHT!!
FAREWELL PERFORMANCE
"A SUCCESSFUL CALAMITY.
Prices
A crmedy in two actɛ.`
$3, $2 & $1. Curtain 9.15 p.m. sharp. Booking at MOUTRIE'S.
VICTORIA
THEATRE
May 31st. and June 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1918.
"KICK IN."
The greatest crook play ever written. with William Courtenay and Mollie King in the leading roles.
"BY THE SAD SEA WAVES."
One thousand- Teet of laughs, girls and prize winning balding sults.
BRITISH GAZETTE NO. 446.
"ETC. ETC.
LAMMERT.
Changtha Shanghal Gu
29.67 68 68 wow
29,€6 66 100 waw
P. Sharp Amoy Enatow
29.77 78 91
29.73 28.92. sze
10
Trihaku Taichu
that
29.74 72 98
↑ ს
29.78
00
Tainan
тъ
The amount of the charge per parcel in fixed at 5 sen per day after the expiration
Koshua
29.79
Pdoros
29.78 79
1
f the period stipulated
Carton
6
29.72 78 95 ene
CEO. P.
F'kong
2)
Registered and Parcel Kala clore 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated.
Gap Rock
29.73 81 65 ssw 29.72
3 04
acao #
99 69 79 95 5
Wachow
Pathol
17
Holbow
Paulien
Tourans
C. SLJ.
799.87 81 92 ese
29.74 84 29.79 77
+ b
10
15
4 G
Aparri
OUTWARD MAILS.
Dagupan
293) 77 86 to
45
PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
Manila Legasp!
NOTICE.
Tacloban
TO-MORROW.
follo
Surigao
Guam
4.20
ASAHI BEER.
MR.
R. GEO. P. LAMMERT has
received instructions to
Straite, Bangkok, Caylon, Bombay, Aden, Egypt and Europa vis Btez- 2ed Ja Registration 9 a.m. Letter 9 a.m.
Labuan
THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS ISSUED BY BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., LTD.
GERMANY'S HIGH
FINANCE.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
Ruse by Which Alsatian Cotto4sell by Public Auction
Mills were Plundered.
Zurich, March 15,-A oberaet.
ON*
FRIDAY
Victoria, Hongkong.
eristic piece of German rickery, the 7th day of June, 1918, at involving the important cotton 3 o'clock in the afternoon at manufacturing industry of Al-bis Sale Room in Duddell Street, eece, has recintly been accom - plished. In December, 1917, the authorities of Strassburg sanoane. ad they wool accept up to the
of " end
THE VERY VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
January Bora for situata at Victoria aforesaid and all the sequestrated Alestiso registered in the Land Office as textile milla en bloc. If they SECTION H AND THE REMAIN- tried to sell atch of the two ING PORTION OF MARINE LOT dozen big mille ons after the No. 200 and SECTION E AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF other, there would be a cheros
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF RECLAMATION that local persons, which means THE PRAYA Alsatiane, would bay the mills, TO MARINE LOT. No. offering the highest prices. But Together with the messuages by declaring that all sequestrated and shops thereon known as cotton mille in Alsace could only Nos. 118 & 120 DES VŒUX be bought en blee, they excluded ROAD WEST, Alsatian capitaliata from buying them.
Therefore the Aleatian to *08, knowing very well that the car- chese of all these Alsatian cotton mills by Germans would mean the trepaler of all machinery, all materials, and perhaps also of all "workmen to the German textile "districts, and with it an economic catastrophe, organised a financis] syndicate to purchase the mills. But the Strseiburg Government, Alsatian though formally an Government, did not accept the offer of the towns. It edcepted the offer of an Alsatian firm form: ed ad hoc under the title "Eleas sisobar Tertilaussobuse."
IN ONE LOT.
200.
The area of the property is about 2,300 square feet.
For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to MESSRS. DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON & HARSTON. 1. Des Voeux Road Central,.
Vendor's Solicitors.
F
or
To MR GEO. P. LAMMERT,
The Auctioneer.
Hongkong, 27th May, 1918.
NOTICE.
KEROSENE: OIL. guarantee all kerosene oil sold by us to be pure and unadulterated.
Present price
This sincera consisted of re- presentatives of the Deutsche Bank, the Disconto-gesellechaft. We the banker Bleichroeder, and of other German financiers. Lá about a year all spinning ms- chines, all looms for dyeing and other installations, will be tranE ferred to the German factories; the raw materials sequestrated, and the buildinga rented to the Aleutian branches of German firm, which will take care that
"WHITE ROSE," $5.55 percase er stora. "COMET,"
$5.35 per case ex store. CHING CHEONG 168 Des Voeux Road Central, no Almatian, but only Germans, 3 blocks West of Cent Market
are the occupiere-New York Boing Boo
KWONG YUEN
19 Des Your Road, West.
ASAHI BEER
GRAND PRIZE
REE ENTISE DOHERTE
ASAH
DAI NIPPON BREWERY
BEER
ASAHI
LAGER-BEER
SPECIALLY BREVIED
FOR
EXPORT.
COMPANY
LOKYO, JAPAN
LIMITED
Mitsui Bassan Kalsha
BANK HOLIDAY.
IN ACCORDANCE with Or
dinance No. 5 of 1912 the EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the transaction of Public Business on MONDAY, the 3rd June
Hongkong, 29th May, 1918;
Japan vis Nagasak. Honolulu, Canada, United State, Central and S. America and Europe via San Francisco-2nd June, Begi. tration 9 a.m. Letter 9 a.m. Balgon-2nd June, 9.8.m. Bauskck-2nd June, 9 a.m. Swatow-2nd June, 9 a.m.
MONDAY, 3rd June. Weibalwel and Tientsia-3.d June.
2.1.
#
6 £9.83 76 95 w
2
C. W. JEFFRIES,-Chief Assistant.
Hongkong Obervatory, May 31, 1918
1 Barometer, reduced to 32 degrees Fahrenheit on the level of the sea in in- chas, tenths and hundredtha.
2 Temperatura, in the shade, in degrees Fahrenhert
$ Humidity, in percentage of saturation the Humidity of air saturated with moia- ture being 100.
4 Direction of Wind, to two points. 3 Force of Wind, according to Beaufort Boxle.
Shanghai, N. China, Japsa via Nagasaki
State of Weather, b blue sky, o da- United Honolulu, Canada, States, Central and Southfached cloud, d drhaling rain, flog, s
AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER AND SURVEYOR.
By Order of the Mortgagees"
MR GEO. P. LAMMERT has received instructions to sell by Public Auction"
ON
MONDAY
the 10th day of June, 1918, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon at his Sale Room in Duddell Street, Victoria, Hongkong.
ન
THE VERY VALUABLE -
America and Europe vis Ban Kinomy, hall, I lightning, o overcast, LEASEHOLD PROPERTY Francisco--3rd Jare, Regi-passing showers, o squally, z rain, a walow, tration 9.45 a.m. Letter 10.30. it thunder, v visibility, w đạm was.
Straits, Bangkok, Cegion, Bombay, Aden.
Egypt and Europe vis Suer- 3rd lune, Registration 9 a.m. Letters 9 5.m..."
Strait, Bangkok, and India via Calcutta
-3rd June, il a.m.
Swatow-3rd June, 11 am
Batavia, Samarang - Bourabaya and Port Horesty Tia Batsvis-3rd June, noon.
Straite, Bangkok, Ceylon, Bombay, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Suez- Std June. Registration 11:35 Letternoon.
Haiphong-3rd Jure, poo
METEOROLOGICAL.
Previous
Day On date On data.
Barometer van már bele
Temperature Hamidity
Wind Direction
ب Baron
Japan ria Mojl, Canada, United Staten Weather -
29.71 23.78 85 81 74 83 - B.W. S.B.W. 8.W.
29
99.71
86
70
0 ca 034 0,00
Central and 8. America sad Batma Europe via Vancouver-3rdgbust opas, ale Tamparustes, on Las June, Registration 8.30 am. Yownt Letter 8.30 am.
TUESDAY, 4th May.!
Amisy-4th June, 9 am
Japan vis Kobe, Canada, United States. Central and 8. "America and xia Vicorla-th Turope Juce, Registration 9.45 am. Letters 10.30 a.01. Weihaiwel and Tientsin-4th June, 11a.m. Swator-4th June, 11'am.
Phillipine Islande, Strats and Europs
Ti Suzz-4 h June, 11 am Swatow, Amoy and Formosa vis Keelung
4th June, lla.m..
THURSDAY, 6th June.
0.02 10th $6 - gist Ba
HI. Obairratory, May 31, 1918.
T. POLATON, Diracter.
Mat
Swatow, Avony and Formosa via Takay-Wed
6th June: 7.5.
Shanghai and North China 6th June,
2 pe
- TUESDAY, 7th June. Swałow, Amoy sad Forchow--7th June,
Noo Philippine Idand-1th June, 2 pan.
WEDNESDAY, 8th Jure. Shanghai, and Horth China-8th May,
TUESDAY, 11th June, Swalow, Amoy and Foochew-11th Jana,
TIDE TABLE.
From 27th May to 2nd June.
High Water
Hongkong
འ་ངོམ་འབྱུང།
Low Water Hongkong
Men C
m morning, a afternoon.
situate in Bonban Road and comprising all that piece or parcel of ground registered in the Land Office as SECTION OF INLAND LOT No. 605 Together with, a three storyed European house known as No. 26 BONHAM ROAD,
IN ONE LOT...
The property contains on ares of about 2,752 square feet and is held under a Crown Lease for 995 years.
For further particulars, and conditions of sale apply to
MESSRS, DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON & HARSTON. 1, Des Vœux Road, Central, Vendors Solicitors.
or
To MR. GEO.P. LAMMERT,
The Auctioneer.. Hongkong, May 27th, 1918.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
of
A Large Quantity of Machin- ery, Shipchendlery, etc., etc.
*HE Undersigned has received THE
instructions to sell by Public Auction on-
WEDNESDAY. & THURSDAY the 12th & 13th June, 1918, commencing each day at liam"
at his Sales Rooms. Duddel
Street.
A Large Quantity of Machin.. ery & Shipchandlery.etc, etc. as follows:
17. W. Kerosene Lighting Bet 110 volts, complete with switchboard and accessories.
7 Worthington, Horizontal Duplex Pumps.
Centrifugal
3 Worthing.on pumes
2 Worthington Triplex power pumps..
1.
Ransomes Fims and Jeffer-
fies Vertical Engine 10 B.H.P.
1 Ransomes Sims and Jefferies Horizontal Long Stroke Engine 35/45 I. H. P.
1 Ransomes Sims and Jefferies Horizontal Short Stroke Engine 18 H. P
2 Vertical High Speed Air Compressors with Air Receivers,
1 Automatic Aerated Water Machine (complete).
1 Single Phase Motor 3 E. P. 1 Motor driven generator. 130 E. P. Aster Kerosene Engine (complete)..
1 Allen Jaw Riveter having a reach of 55%, suitable for opera tion by steam of 60 to 70 lbs. pressure and also by compressed
1. Drill Grinding Machine. 7 Drills:
air.
Also
Brass and Iron "Angies. Globe
and Check Valves, Steel Ham- mers 1 to 12 lbs., Rubber Gloves, Asbestos Powder, Steel Angles, Leclanche Glass Jars Glass Wheel Barrows, Chubb's Locks bottles, 100 doz. Mattocks, Steel and Padlocks, Porcelain Cru cibles, Mechanical Indicators, Wotan and Carbon Lamp (100- 1220 volts) sundry electric gear
and fittings..
And
2. Chubb's Safes....
1 Chatwood Safe
THE Undersigned has received
instructions to sell by Public1
5105 Auction on
Printed and Published for the Proprietor, by George William Cads Burnett at 11. Too House! Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong
1
Egver's Safe (Extra large) French Cabinet Safe
25 caes Nitrio Acid
WEDNESDAY the 12th June, 5 cases Pick Handles
1918,
at his Sales Rooms, Ludell
...Street,
500 Mild Steel Pipes 2" diams ter/19/20 length (Extra heavy) 5 lbs. to foot,
84 Coils Tarred Rope 11" to 2". On view from Monday the 10th June, 1918,
TerinsCash on delivery.
GEO FLAMMERT, Auctioneer.
24 G. E. & Westinghouse" 16"
Fans
25,000 Cartridges Remington '2%
short
14 Bhests Admiralty, Dras and Red Rubber Sheetings
On view from Monday, 110th June 1918.
Catalogues will be fatted. Terms Cash on delivery
GEOP LAMMERT Hongkong 29th May, 1918.