HBECKONG STORM SIGNAL CODE. (LOCAL).
Introduced on ist JULY, 1917.
* DAY SIGNALS..
MEANING.
typhoon szizia which mar yomfhér öRSHE
Hongkong whom 24 hörn:
THE HONGKON
THE PERFECT HOLIDAY,
A CONVERSATION AND AN
CENA DISCOVERY,
J. J-Ball-writes in the Daily Chronicle as follows ———
began
The perfect holiday the man with the mild eyes and silky beard. A
Gale expected from the North (NSW)
Bouth (S. 5.T Bast (NX to" SE}
West (N,W. to 8.W‚«!-
yer.
Gale expected to increase. –
Wind of typhoon farce expected (any direction_)
Messt Wa. L'in intended artè yarados fer el fland By and watch for the neck singal, That is with a law-courtly gesture.
Ke kom van bombaland i will man than, on account of a disage in the track at She typárok, se foe mao-other rooms, a mile it be longwe expected from, the direction indianand by the
ΣPolen Flačína and repasted at the Earbour Often.
AND THE
Mr. C. For Smith, writes in the Dily Chronicle-
Coin the
I suppose most people have soon at some time speecimens (of rep
AL NEWS
ures, Moròl and eport dated Augs.
tiona
the
those delightful little models of some alternatives of Frists only in the wealthy ships inside a glass bottle, with full and some fluct imagination," finished the Law the making of which the old-time prices, the volume of transsotions *shellback used to occupy a good has remained, on the whole, Come, come, Barlow! the many of such leisure hours as fell quite large, and, former gently expostulated.
close," prices stand, according to to his lot. - "There's always a fly in the
Even the strenuous life of the descriptions, at 5 to 10 francs ointment," the Lawyer asserted, windjammer sailorman left him above the quotations of a month "Don't know what you want the ship lay becalmed in the for the advance in prices on our some time for such hobbies, when ago. The weaker tone of our franc exchange partly accounts (đêm Ba, Twii bu sovmpadłać np. Akomatplatten sambe, fred at baiervalu of 30 monaɗat at the. | With ointment on a holiday." Doldrums waiting for a wind, or market at the same time, it may remarked the student of the sports when she surged along in the be truly said that seldom has the molt bey Saldarend and the many bend of the piano stal net on Backbed FL page, and his neighbour, intent on tropies before the pressure of the production of silk been so largely Reviews of Books," murmured steadily-blowing Trads, her high sold ont for forward deliveries a
"It's the flies in everything that piled canvas as white against the spoil holidays for me. For me blue sky as the small fleecy "trade early a stage of the milk season. the perfect holiday would be on clouds, the sea, intensely blue, and buyers often find it difcuft
Stocks are already ill-assorte the sea-not by it-if only my with its dancing white caps and to get exactly the sill they need RED GREEN: stom--
shoals.ofradiant flying fish, ssen WHITE GREEN ORIEN RED sired, at was on the beer of the taler kale, a holiday!" exclaimed the youngest straining foresall.*
"Nothing like
a yachting under the curved arch of the The Eastern markets are st
governed by the United States; in the compartment, who looked as though a santine would have proved fatal.
"Got's yacht?" demanded the Lawyer,
HILARINA V Kart and Outres Commser at Kurlans, ka dietat en Sie sentivec về làn
DUNDARY 18 DACIAāžkoky nuk the lagraf avaz the Fish Cibour's Quartacs si Lyman.
WRITI
WHIT ORE
TV
IGHT SIGNALS. (Lamps.)
5.
GREEN. WHIC
GREEN
A-GREEK WHITE GREEN
T.
Timer, mil me vier Buchose Ddru Lapusti. They will have the same desification at the day nirosha.
199) Ko. 7 will be actiesparing le colites bouchcm above, in the event of 156 inflamation) ma vapul bứ Thin signal boɛng fest published at sight. –
1
Fhat jota) sizlə
“SUPPLEMENTARY WARNINGS,”
Chiplayeď to the Harbour a COME = it be urlibat al the followʻad vations: GAP ROCK WAGLA
ABERDEEN
aaatly the bulk he had va cračí ani pRIČNÉ COMAN THANIA
BAU ET WAR
RAI KUNG
SHA TAU KOK TAI PO
Farence detalla CAN SWATT be giving to coming weddets, cu secund, by algant from the
HONGKONG STORM SIGNAL CODE. (NON-LOCAL), -Introduced on 1st JULY, 1917,
The Disunin 374 made by mercur of ten symbols reprnonating the ten muotteide
1-LT+AVO>
4.
5. 6. 7.
vetil að seder të nhangs or lower la ruenived from the Chearystory,
*B... 0.
The fochewi ALÍCULATION, A Trakoon and Continuata) { /*/ Position of pentre; by f'kynbala st one rard arm.
Penanłok Signals {135. Direction of motion and velocity of ovatre, and the time; by 3 symbols
- st the other pard meu (Tables 1, 2 and $).
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In general appearance it is compact and ciss been incorporated the greatest degree of adjustments 43 daily service requires manufacture under the most rigid system final fest ensures a motor of extremse rafiner
•smooth ramming and powerful with the added *feature of economy, of operation. The large
and exhaust passages and carefully bala
There is no unpleasent vibration at t reciprocating parts make this mater slow speeds as well as the higher spe
In order that this motor shall stand up ander severe conditions, there have been portions of such feature as bearing area, wate and connecting rod & crank shaft "strength. direct and positive. The use of segurst timing gears and entirely closet and valve springs, etc. make one of unus
4 MODELS IN STOCK-14 TO 40 HOR
Bottled ships are getting to be on this side Amisties have been: rarities nowadays The life of quieter. The tsel keeps rising, and the steamboatman, with its swift quotas now about 9.30 ff, which rush from port to part, never Cantons have been more inquired is a serious hindrance to business. really out of touch with land in for during the past few days; the Well-a-not exactly; but a the true sense of the phrase. has fourth crop in Canton is estimat pal of mine.
Under the no root for such diversions. To ed at 11,000 B, against 8,000 B legal eye the speaker blushed and him an eight months passage is last season. Japans are now became incoherent. It was a thing unknown, and, superior abundant on our market; the evident that he had shot his bolt. though his advantages in the more recent advices from Yoko The painful pause was Silkyway of education may have been, hama report-a decline of several Beard's opportunity.
the modern seaman, even in ssil-francs, notwithstanding "Give me moor and mountain."ing craft, is seldom so cunning & he valiantly declared, "and no craftsman as his predecessor. impedimenta-merely a knapsack and a stout staff!'
And filthy bogs and soaking Thes are depleted as the yard arts of the Storm Signal was on Blackhead Hil, and remais fogs, not to mention wild bulls and unmuzzled dogs," said the Lawyer, grinning.
that does!" the Sportsman Suggests a big pot of oint.
observed, folding up his paperature sailing vessel. Steamships irrigation, raidage, waterworks, and producing cigare tes.
in bottles are mere travesties of etc.; roads and bridges, town the real thing, looked on with planning, architecture, etc; the scorn by the skilful model-maker, production of energy electricity, Real little works of art they and industries (including iron- often are in their way; I have Forks, factories, and agricultural seen a delightful little full-rigged industries); mining and geology. ship with all sail set in a tiny It will deal with other subjects bottle such as might hold about also such as technical education, two ounces of liquid. Often the the artisan question, building the artist adds a lighthouse-the materials, and aerial navigation! Fastnet is a favourite or perhaps Invitations have been issued to a temple and a Chinese junk by engineers in countries border= way of local colour, and there is ing.
the Pacific and course a mimic sea in which the Indian Oceans. The main ship sails.
object is to influence the technical THE LEADING TOBACCONISTS IN THE EAST. And mox - comes the great development of eastern · Ana, mystery-how did the ship get ind in Dutch and English, and it The proceedings will be conduct- to the bottle?
Hence the ship in a bottle is seldom seen except in the home Arrangements have made for a of some old seafaring man or general engineering congress to occasionally in some sailor town be held in Batavia, Java, in May, junk store with its omnium 1920. It will deal with harbours gatberum of objects worthless and and means of communication SHEWAN TOMES & CO the genuine article the mint telegraphy, otherwise I allude, of course, to (including railways, tramways. and telephony);
Saša Šigania
fo! The region threatened, the fraction from which the justement,
and the time; by 3 symbola si une yard arıza (Tablon 3 mod 4 EXPLANATION OF THE SIGNALS.
The 1966 verse signala of group (a) kudicato tka Letitide, asid the two lowwe symbolikha longitude the centre of the Trphone se Depression in degrees, aa Dorry as can be xenerated from the informa avalakia. Only has less and units of the longlinde are given; thus, 09 mediat longitude 209 Z.
The upper armbel af group (8) Indicates the direction in which the Typhoon ur Depesāts, jam suvaling, (Table 1.)
The middle symbol of group (b) indieniam the veinity at which the centre of the Typhoon in
avala nalively it may indique certain condition, or a Continenal Debration, in acha time, and all the time! Two
» is given
The low bod, of group (b) indicate the time at which the centre was in the position galed. The agone armbol of group (c) indicates the ragion threatened: the midis symbol the disting From which the gala is expected, and the lowwet grabel the time at which pale condiks were frat
Indicada.
TYPHOON SIGNAL.
CONTINENTAL DEPIES.
3ION SIGNAL
Longitude 11) K, kiuvailing 2.40 £8,2 Mi
Latitude
Tima Condillen PR
Conditions at um, youşerday, indicated in N.V,
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Time
TYPHOON SIGNAL.
CALE SICHAL
CAUTION.—Usine the most façamakla alevinations the psaltion alzaal Indianlos only tha Sagres of hétude and forgitude paarest to the estimated soution of the centrs. Where monton in the from szy reparting sentias, or when talagreskie nanorts are wcking, tha vesitina gested way to a tha a 3 in ne leu în picide, and ivaziinda, and the volecity and Branties of motion will then be in serer by successeading snowals.
linkoule în marilexitely hated that the Kolecity, alcanced in the mean tar the warious
§ or 24 hour
Table No. 1.-Direction Signals,
TRAN'S MONSOON gan kepicted
I.
UPPER SYMBOL OF HOIST.
What's your holiday? "the Lawyer snapped at him.
"Golf, of course! Golf every rounds a day-”
And as many a night as the landlord will let you have!"
The Sportsman smiled with good-humoured superiority: Nothing to touch golf; gets yon away from everything takes you out of yourself the only decent game for a sane man!'
"Then you imagine that the golfing holiday does you good
"What? Rather!" "Look here Flay you a crown that you come back from it with temperature above normal, irritable, given to bad langnage, and generally below par."
"Make it six-and-eightpence, and I'll take you!"
NO
Well, simply enough-through is expected that this congress in the obvi us opening, the neck Batavia will do much toward The secret is that the ship solving technical problems, as goes in with all the masts well as toward assisting in the and sars lying flat, threads development of the pan-Pacific being cunningly attached to movement by the opening up of draw all upright into po-ition pw routes and the consequent after the ship has been duly in-
extension of trade and the dis- A laugh came from the Little serted. It only remains, then, to semination of information." The Man in corner, who had hitherto dispose of the threads so as to address of the secretary of the been silent. His countenance complete the insion This is congress is Kebon Sirih 56 suggested a recent shave with adone sometimes by twisting the Batavia, Java, Netherlands Indio, potato-peeler.
ends of the threads together and reeving them through the bawse- hole so as to simulate the anchor cable; but, better still by burning
BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE "The Lawyer turned upon him.
DE CHINE "A fisherman, aren't you?"
The report for 1918 shows that "I consider the fishing holiday
the net profit for the year was as perfect as any holiday can be," away the superfluous portion 6,627,012 franca including 600,432 Really? Then you are re-whatever the closest inspection frauca brought in, as againië joicing in the present mixed will dos no clue to those not 2367,345 Francs for 1917, and the weather!"
fin the know.".
"No, I'm not. I've had 'my holiday."
"Not much doing, I suppose," the Sportsman sympathetically remarked.
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A STORE WILL BE OPENED
IN HONGKONG
AT 10 DES VŒUX ROAD.
BEFORE THE END OF
な
THIS MONTH
dividend on the ordinary sa WHEN THE NECESSARY PRE-
is at the same rate as before-10 per cent. Substantial allocations has been made to the various
"Don't you ever have a holi- day yourself, Mr Barlow reserve funds, and these, with the ven, ured the Bookish Man.
"Never"
"Well, I managed to land a fow
Earry-forward, now total 6,603- 580 franca. During the year un- rather decent ones. One, in fact, "Of course, he does!" cried the der review the bank opened bran- was fully
Sportsman. "Come along. Bar-ches at Haiphong and Yunnanfu, "No, no!" the Lawyer inter-low, strictly between ourselves, while since the beginning of this posed.
what is your idea of the perfect year the bank has opened" stj holiday?"
Vladivostock and is shortly open- ing at Canton and Egochow. As a necessary corollary of this. Far Eastern expansion, the bank! No one believed the Lawyer also proposes to establish bran- But later in the year, the ches in European and American Bookish Man stumbled on a disports which are the headquarters covery. Let him tell of it.
for traffic to Asia, and a begin-
"We are not going to listen to you. You golfers and fishermen are far too self-centred, not to say Cocky."
Come, come, Barlow!" mut- tered Silky Beard.
Said the Bookish Man: "I
Thaan balioaths the direction in which is typhoon or davrasion in travelling, or the direction fhave often imagined the pleasures of fishing. If it weren't for the fliee
"The flies never bother me," said Silky Beard.
4.
7. 8.
....
|−LT+AVOBX
ZZ ZZS.E. W.8.W.
WEW. K.W. N.KW,
Takeawa
Tablo No. 2.—Velocity and Condition Signals.
MIDDLE. SYMBOL OF HOIST.
VELOCITY.
1.
2.
3.
&.
m.j.h.
7.
8.
CONDITION.
8.
LT+AV
abere Karty Velocity
21–30 – 30 mph, &'ationary Unknown
Table #a. 3.-Time Signals.
LOWEST SYMBOL OF HOUT.
Today.
"No, I should not think they would!" said the Lawyer.
"Chloroform!"
And just then the train reached its destination.
"I went to the side as usual sing is being made at Marseilles On the last afternoon of my and Lyon. In a review of the stay the flies, by the way, wereconomic position in China, swfull-I was walking on the the directors point out
that beach when I came upon a family satisfactory world peace group. A stout lady, novel inis impossible unless the Chinese For a moment Silky Beard hand, was dazing beneath an factor receives the consideration looked puzzled, then proceeded umbrella Near by, five children its importance deserved. First "When I spoke of the perfect were amusing themselves with a and foremost it is necessary that holiday on moor and mountain, I man. One little girl twined dried to ensure stable government the ought to have included a trout seaweed in his few remaining question of transport and com- stream. Grilled trout——-”
bairs, while her sister daintily munications be dealt with in the I presume," the Lawyer put sifted sand down his back broadest possible manner, and, in, you slay them with your A little boy was busy China herself being unable to stout staff and cook them in your filling the paternal panams with embark on any extensive railway Fillas Continental blessed knapsack
Deprentic
sand and insects, with the projects, it is for foreign enter "I happen to be capable of intention, as he declared, of prise to step in and by providing handling a rod," said the other anointing and crowning the chical knowledge and capital with dignity,
paternal pata therewith. Two help to make of Unión'a bulwark You have just informed us little boys, seresching all the for the fitnes mesde of the world. that your effect holiday involved time, were burying the paternal nothing but a staff why the legs
You have gues ed devil can't you call it a stick?that it was Barlow, though at The Rev. B. G. Bourchier, and a knapsack. And now you first I did not recognise him. find you also require a rod, fishing His complexion was crushed Vicar of St. Jude's, Hampstead basket, fly portfolio, landing.net, strawberry colour with a frightful Suburb, in his parish paper, says words and whisky
gloss; bistys suggested Just at the risk of giving offence "I don't take, whisky, sɛr!”- alaepless nights, hie-* "Only worma? It loss begin Did you speak to him?”.
Torring
23
1jm Testerday.
4.--Regions Threatened by Monsoon
1.
LT+AV
·Chulf of Churam Idi Homme? Rachilf and tehaztuta
{pim. Te-day,
to sound like a perfect hali la 71', Couldn't avoid it. He roused
Ha, ha guildwed the Young- his
est, who might wall hava beon when
a managing, perso
COM
she assured me that
more sympathetic, ani: Silky edm, In the course
Beard, giving up the unequal contest, rose and gothia'strachs & her
cads from the rack.
HOLIDAYS APART.
PARATIONS HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED.
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opinion that aw
Lessible buiDadi and wife ar members of a family, should
vour, at
** their
least once, K. YOUL, holidays apart. E thing as being too much wing & Perfect (Mr Soarchiep he
bachelor
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