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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1918.
RECESS NO. 44.
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Cigarette.
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The parcel port service to Cuba is suspended
Telegraphic Communication with lan, fghthouse in interrupted.
WEATHER REPORT.
August 14d. 6h. 15m-Warring to Wag-Hongkong, Coast Poria, & a ---Typhoon in Lat. 0 N. Long. 116 E early stationary.
The charge for customs duly no type Augunt 146, 1th, 68m.-- No returns from samples funmanufactured tabacco not Japan and Vladivostrok. Pressure has exceedindons, in gross weight, and on decreased slightly in Hongkong, and samples spirits (except pe fumed increased lightly to moderately alse- spiria) exceeding it oza in grows where the depression over Tongking has weight impted into the United Kingfilled up. At 6 am. this morning the dom by po has now beet increased to typhoon was lasted about 100 miles to 25/60 and 1d respectively.
the W.S.W. cf.Pratas Shoal; it is pro- Mably
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The importation by postinto Japan of moving slowly to the W. or W.N. foreign rics, except such as may be imported by the Minister of Agriculture anding at 10 am, to-day, 0.09 inates. Hongkong Rainfall for the 34 hours and Commerce and the perous designated Total aines January lat 63.79 inches by him, is prohibited.
agalosi að average of 38 69 inchs.
This prohibition is not applicable to rice imported into Talwar (Fo moral and Karabato (Japanese Bagtalien.)
The Parcel Port Service to the Portu. ganse Colonies in West Africa and to Spanish Offices in Morocco (except for Prisoner-of-War) is suspended,
Packed in subjecte in China, Siam Siberia and
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THE BRUTAL AUSTRIANS, once, all hande being drowned.
Three boura after I was taken Prisoner we came op with foar other eabmarines lying together
Treatment of British, Mercantlid, exchanging provisions, I was on
Marine.
board the ecbmarine thirteen idays, and the only time we got [anything to eat we when we The experiences of a British Book a ship and bad time to go as ren osptain show that the Austri- board and pirate ber. I don't en treatment of oor Mercantils think there were ever ecoh pirates Marine is no better than that do the Germen enbmarine. which oar men have received were hunted both by ships above- at the the hands of the Germans, end ander water.
We
The captain's vessel while "On my arrival at Cattero I gaw homeward bound was torpedoed thirteen submarines in harbour. without warning early One While I was on board the sab April morning lest year of msirne it sank three eteamers, two the Italian coset by a German of which were Italiana and one submarine. The third engineer Norwegian, and four siling and two firemen, all British vessels. All my papara were taken were killed by the explosion, from meat Cattaro. Those mastere which wrecked the engice-room. and Officers who had the mis to be sank Via the The vessel sank stern first within fortans
will D ver twenty minutes. The captain Mediterranean
brutal treatment and the remainder of the ship's forget the
which we were sab company got away in their bosts, to About four boars later a submar jected by the Austrians, being until ine bore down on the master's boat, bangered and degraded
and ordered him spoerd their we got out of the country. An ramel, telling him he was to be improvement took place in Gor- taken to Germany as a prisoner many as far as treatment was Be was allowed to concerned. We all bed to go of war. give his boats à course to the through she "same treatment until Italian coast, and the enbmarins our food parcels came from home. then made off at full speed, being I was seven days in the train from joined later in the day by other Carturo to Orefeld, and given U" boats. The British captain two loaves of black bread for the remained a prisoner on the sabi oraş, one of which Losed as a marine for thirteen days before) villo - whilat lying in the corridor he was landed at the Anstrían of the train for three days and port of Cattaró. There he was nights out of the eaven." subjected to
The optein adda: "My happy a number of in dignities, and soberquently sent releas from Germany was quite to Germany, where he spent alasexpeale i for, considering there year in a prison camp He is ur 105 officers in osmp, only now interned in Eland. jeight of as mera permitted to have
In the course of a statement our freedom. Some of the ffisery which he bas mede since bis left behind are well-on to seventy internment in Holland he pays: year of age, Ol oar comrades "Chosidering that my vessel warem sioing some are in a very bad sank in the dark we were very 4. andrada of prisonera in fortunate in losing noly thr-rodas will take yours ta be the men. The commsader of the resɔdable persons they Bobmarine told me when I got on were before the war,"
board that be as my voozel ab at
eight miles off in the moonlight,
About an hour later, when thei
moon went down, be waited for
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FORECAST FOR THE 4 HOURS UNDING AT NOON TO-MOBROW.
Distrisk
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AUGUST, 13th 14th- & 15th, 1918.
"THE STORM."
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American Gazette, No. 71. "FRENCH DAY IN SHANGHAI.”
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winds, strong.
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tween H.K. and Lamooks No. L.
1 South coast of China be-) The same twoan H.S. and Hainan...) is No. L.
China Coast Meteorological Register.
Station.
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Registered and Parcel Maila close 15 Tokio | minutes earlier than the time given below
unless otherwise stated.
No unoffici lette: addressed to Abadan, Akwaz or Mobazmorah in the Persian Gulf may exceed sight ounces in weight.
Information has been received from the Director Genera of Posts and Telegraphs Teklo, that on and after 1st April 1918, the Post Office of Japan will collect a demurrage charge from the addressees of parcels on which Customs dusies cr jaland taxes are imposed in Japan, not withdraws from the Post Office within 20 days from the date of she notice of their arrival to be sent to the addressees.
Aug. 14,
Winds:
Hour,
Barometer.
Temperature,
Humidity.
Weather.
D'tion.
Force.
Kochi
Naga
K'sgima Oshima
Ixhi"jkma Bonin la
Whatwe da 129.82 73 Hankow Johang Kiuliang Changaba Shanghai
Sharp P. Amoy swatow Taiborn Taichu
1 b
29.82 75 94 ## 29.9% 78 95
1 b
29.74 81 91 A 20.67 80 82 and
4 b 4 b
20
TADES
Koshun
29.52 78 93 a 10 52 971 77 89 wie Zo
C 20 * 20
29.69. 29.67 75 20,69 77 29.58 79
60
8 29.6% 76 95 A
29.59 80
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Gay Bock Macac
29.75
де 5c
#
f'kong
# RL
29.55 77 91 #
7 29.63 77 96 eco 40
29.61 $1 19.73 75
639.69 75 88.
The Director General of Posts and Telegraphs, Ladia, advises that:
* Tha dorsa daral Parcel Port Service to the Indian Ciril
Canion Postal Agencies at Abul Khasib, Amare. Bagdad, Buara. Baar's Cty. Fao. Kut, Nasoriyah, Quis: Salah, Sck-esh-Shayukh and Zubair in Mesopotamia is Faspeaded Wuchow S and that piece-goods, haberdashery, and Pahoi similar articles, except those intended Roibow for the personal use of the addressee and Phullan not for sale, cannot be sent to those Toomas offices or to Abadan, Aivar or Mobm- C... merah by the letter post, and that such Aparel articles if received will not be delivered Dagupan and will be liable to confucation,“
Manila 29.74 77 94 ze Legal
2.81 73 96 Arrangements have been made for the Tacloban 29.30 75 96 transmission of parcels to the United Hollo
·23.82 75 94 sw Kingdora via Canada.
Surigao
29.89 75 92 ww The rates of postage are as follow:-
Guat 1.20 29.18 Parcal not over 3lbs.. 90 cents. Labuan. 6 29.76 80 96 ** 20
71b... $1.80
2.70 No insurance can be affected on parcels ceat by this route.
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OUTWARD MAILS.
TO-MORROW. Swatow, Amoy. Forces via Takao-15th
Foilaw & Eaglong 15th Aug. Bar. Straits, Bangkok, Ceylon, India, Mauri- tius, South Africa. Lourenco Marques, Cape Town and Europe. via Cape-15th Aug., 20 a.. Swatow, Amoy and Poochow-15th Aug,
1, p.m.
Japan via Nagasaki—15th Aug., 3 p.m. Haiphong, Saigon. Stat Heartak "Ceylon, Ind'a va Dhanushk-dī, Europe via Sep-13th Aur. R-gl-tration 2.45 pm. Letters 330 p.m.
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FRIDAY, 16th August,
| Formons vis Keelung, Canada,“ United
C. W. JEFFRIES—Chief Assistant, Hongkong Observatory, Aug 14, 1918 1 Barometer, "reduced to 32 degrees
Fahrenheit on the leval, of the sea in in- ches, tenths and hundredshi,
Soldiers' Classes'nt St. Annes,
IRISH FISHING BOATS
SUNK.
German Submarine Attack.
marine..
The Khaki College of the King's Lancashire Military Con. Seventeen Kilkeel and Ardglass. valescent Hospital, now establish fishing bosta has been sank of ed, st St. Annes-on-the-Sea the frish coast by a German sub- Technical School, ie an interesting Detaila show that while the effort to keep officers and men in bosts were fishing off Kilkeal olour touch with oivilian life by on the evening of May, 31. mena of classes and colleges, a submarine appeared suddenly, Colonel Barron, commanding the crews of half a dozen of and the commander ordered officer at the Blackpool them to take to their pants. The Convalescent Oamp, heasme skipper of one of the vessels interested in a similar institution remonstrated with him, and the formed by the Canadians in ing; get out, or you go to hell." commander replied, "No parley- Surrey and sent Captain Brock, The men begin to leave their one of his officers who has had a bests, but one, who was rather long experienos in elementary and slower in doing so, was fred at from the submarine and a secondary schools, to investigate, revolver bullet entered his arm. Hisreport was entirely favourable, The Germans then placed bombs and the Lancashire College began in the holds of the vessels, and in its work on the last day in Feb a few minutes all six were at the rusry. In the three months which bottom of the sea. Bat the sub- have since elapsed there have marine next attacked the other been 1,286 applications from confiaking-boasa, Il in number, and valecenta for studentship, bateank all of them. owing to military exigencies not The German commander ia more than 700 have been able to said to have declared thas" he join the classes. The number on would see that no mare fish was the books to-day is 300.
seal across the channel to feed The principle acted upon in the "damned English,” who, the College is to provide what the he added, should be starved out men want and to present essentials before the Kaiser won the war. in away designed to give as much The crews of all the ves information se possible within the aels were safely landed, but they brief eight weeks commonly allost alt their belongings and their totud to each Bojourner in the only means of livelihood has gone. convalescent cemp. The car.
The aggregate value of the 17 riculum shows that instead of bosta is estimated as between being purely utilitarian, the de- £6,000 and £8,000. mand has been extremely catholio. The languages taught include Latin and Greek, as well a French, Italian, Spanish, Portia fot, that but for certain agtese, and German; and the insuperable difficulties that num. branches of art range from bez would, here been more than asricature in black and white to doabled even in this short drasing from life, modelling)tins. Military requirementa musi from the antique, and work be met first, When a man is in oila sad water colours found fi; he most go back to The commercial subj-ets cover active service, so they are coming basiress metbode and publicity : sad going all the time, That and general agriculture and necessarily interferes with the poultry farming seeme almost sa even course of the studies. In the popular as motor mechanics and second place, this technical driving. Cottoa epiasing and school, splendidly adapted for the Tearing, of diarre, cocupy a work as it is, stande on the outside prominent plane
the of our area instead of in the among bandicraft. The all of the centre, with the result that men swimming end l-fs-waving olassen | have to be brought 2) miles by malara 125 efficara sad man. mo dr obarabane, and many Even chiropody has its place. For officers would bave to journey an incloure fee of belf a crown four or five miles in order to Day On data 0a dan. the officer may choose 88 1^2y attend. We are hoping soon to
subjecte as he likes, and other be ebla to erect suitable premises ́« mau may have them forsabilling. in the camp itself. The time ie As rule they accept the avide rios already." If that can be done, ' given to them a ́oodvalescants thère is no reason why we should and Ex their attention on one or] not bevs 2,000 students at the two. The fiascial coat ja met end of the prezent year. mainly out of the Central Fand "In the third place." Captain of the Hospital, which is raised Brook added, “wa nead the hy enbecriptions throughout | official recognition and a'atuv so Lapsebire and to which Moafordeaied to us by the War Office, chester is a big contributor. and at least the nucleus of a per
Dicassing the work of the mecent staff of tischers. We have College with a repreaptative of plenty of qualified tenchera in our the Manchester Guardian” the| raske, but they, like the students, Principal (Captain Brock) asid it are constantly coming and going, waslɑspiring to see the keenness and sometimes military duties with which the men entered into and other causes keep them from their studies and the remarkable the" alsson. This could be progress they have been able to remedied by the Home Command maks in the few weeks at the posting to us seven or eight camp. “We set out,” be explain. thoragebly and diversely qualif. ed, "to demonstrate that there is ed offers or men unâi for farther 30 10" a 'demand in the army for educa miliary service If we osanot ** tion facilities of all kind-, and prevail on the authorities to da we consider that the samber of this for as we shall have to enlist applications we have had ban mina civilian halp.”—Manchester ajrády proved it. We hali-v». Guardian.
1 Temperaturs, in the shade, in degrees Fahrenheit,
3 Humidity, in percentage of saluration the Humidity of air saturated with mala ture being 100.
& Direction of Wind, to two polaž 5 Foros of Wind, according to Beaufort
Ecale.
State of Weather, b blue air, a de tached stond, d drissling rain, toɛ, e gloomy, h hwil, i lightning, o overcast, j parking showers, a 4qually, z rain, E BLON i thunder, v vizibility, w dew d
METEOROLOGICAL.
States, Central and 8. America Barometer and Europe via Victoria, B. C.
-16th Aug Registration 8.45, Temperature 10. Lettam 9.30.7,
Humidity
Shanghai N. Chios, Honolulu, Canada, Wind Direction
Previous
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19.51
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64
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Shanghai, N. "hine, Japan'via Nagasaki,
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Europe via "an Francisco-m 18th Aug., Regākation 2 a.m. Letters 9 a.m.
Low Water-
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TIDE TABLE
TUESDAY, 20th August, Shanghai and North Chins—20th Aug,
11 2.1. Swatow, Amoy and Foochow—20th Aug, Ã¥ ÃI
10.m. WEDNESDAY, 21st August. Tiental-21st Aug, 2. p.m.
From 12th Aug. to 18th Aug.
High Water
Hongkong
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Mean Time
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33
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THURSDAY, 22nd August.
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