THE COLONY IN- EARLIER DAYS.
(ontinued from Page. 6.) The vecordingly did so, and all the officere, engineers, and other Europeans wore confined in the ato-room, watched by a guard with drawn cutlasses,
POST OFFICE,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1921.
HOTELS.
THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.
ENTERTAINMEN
THE CORONE
TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15
EXCHANGE:
[Opening Rate: closing Rate
on Page 11
SELLING.
21514
2/556
2/534
2/574
2/6
OPERATING.
T/T Singapore..
Nom. 106
T/T Japan
T/T India...
Registered and Parcel Mails are closed 15 minutes earlier than the TT
Demand time given below unless other- wise stated, and where mails are 30 da One of advertised to olose at or before 60 d/s the passengers, a man named 9 a.m. registered and parcel mails/s Petersen, a lighthouse-keeper in are closed at 5 p.m. on the pre- Chinese Customs servico, "being vious day.
unwell and on deck when the
FfT Shanghai
tirat rush was made by the
pirates, was one of the first!
victims, four bullet wounds being
INWARD MAILS.
found in the head of the dead man. Saigon --PEI HO, 12th Feb. How systematically the attack Manila and Australia
had been planned was seen in the
VICTORIA, 12th Feb.
97 17344 Demand, India 17334 T/T San Francisco)
48
fact that the pirates were able Shaghai--For DUNERA. 13th Demand, Paris... to st once secure charge of the Feb.
& New York.f ET Java .... Porr Marks f/T France
135
Nom
6.70
BUYING.
2/234 21734 2/8
2/914
nip. They compelled the fire-Japan-Per TAKADA, 13th Feb, ma to take charge of the London 13th Jan.) Por erines, while the crew wore ALPS MARU, 13th Feb. nde to carry out such work as Shanghai-Per TIENTSIN 14th pirates wished done. Of Straits-Por TAIAN M. 14th Feb. three native quartermasters one Manila, Australia and. Now was hit by a bullet and thrown
Zealand-Per TANGO M. overboard, the other two being
14th Feb. ale seriously wounded, while Japan-Per TSUSHIMA M. two Chinese cooks were also
14th Feb. fired at.
Japan--Per KANOWNA. 14th
Fob. Japan-Per AKI MARU,
Feb.
THE PASSENGERS-PROPERTY RANSACKED.
The ship was takon out to
soine distance
sea
and the pirstes applied themsel- ves to the work of looting. There
14th
OUTWARD MAILS.
To-morrow.
9 a.m.
Was sasure on board in the Fort Bayard-Per SHUNSHING, way of cargo, so the pirates ransacked all the luggage, oblain-Japan-er YATSHING. 5 p.m. ing seperty to the value of some
Swatow-Per CHUNG HING, $55,006, which was transferred to sixka. These had evidently
اد
on
waiting by arrangement. After regaling themselves with a the Namoa's deck, pirates made preparations having the vessel. The ship's lights wore thrown over- And, the firemen were ordered
raw the fires and open the alty-valve so as to blow off the strain, the windlass was disabled,! andrinerally everything was de that could dolay the ship in goti NWAY. Before quitting the ship the pirates throw containing $200 engine-room 30 Q enshaw" to the firemen. THFRYTES' EXPLANATION,
A while after the pirates had gothe officers got out of
êt inte
the
le room and the ship was readiness as quickly
the
1
asy
kon
४
for returning to Hong
abe, arrived at next morning. The
Y ro
NAWS
caused the
5 p.m. Hoihow-Per YUE YING WA
5 p.m. Shanghai, North China & Japan
vis Koho-Per ARRATOON APCAR, 9 a.m. Philippine Islands-Per YUEN
SANO, p.m. Philippine Is., Straits, Bangkok
4 m/s. L/C 4 m/s. D/P 6 m/s. L/O 30 dfs. Sydney and
Melbourne ..$ 30 d/s, San Francis-15014
co & New York
4 m/s. Marks
4 m/s, France
6 m/s. Franes....
Demand, Germany.
Nom.
7.30
7,50
Demand. New York 48% TIT Bombay ... Nom. Damand, Bombay... 1734 T/T Calcutta
Demand, Calcutta
Nom. 17334 97 10816
On Yokohama...... Demand, Singapore. 106 Demand, Manila
On Haiphong ... On Saigon On Bangkok Sovereign
Nom,
8516 Nom, 7.85
Gold leaf per Tael... 50 Bar Silver, ready... 36
forward
3434 Bank of England rates 7% New York/London ... 3.8834
SUBSIDIARY COINS. *Egypt & *Europe via L. ---Per KNIGHT TEM- PLAR, 11 a.m.
H'kong 50 ots. pieces 1/10% dia. 3watow,* Amoy and Takan--
1/5% dis. Per SOSHU M., 9 a.m.
1/5% dis. 19.2% dia.) Bangkok-Per KANCHOW. 2 Canton subcoins
Hongkong Feb. 11, 1921.
p.m.
Shanghai & North China-Per
YING CHOW, 3 p.m. watow, Amoy and Foochow~-~-
Per HAIHONG, I. p.m. Philippine Is., "Shanghai, N.
China, Japan via Canada, *United States, *Central &
10. 5
WEATHER REPORT.
over
*8. America & *Europa Feb. 1ld. 18b, 11m.-Pressure via Victoria--Per SUWA M.,has increased moderatoly Reg. 8.45 a.m. Letters 9.30 8.W. China and slightly over Luzon. It has decreased moder- ately from Weihaiwei to central Japan.
a.m.
nsternation, and im-Swatow,
ly the authorities were on
Sunday, 13th Febr.
Aroy and Keelung -Per AMAKUSA M., 9 a.m.
Per KAIFONG, 8 a.m. Monday, 14th Feb. Shanghai and N. China-Per
TJILIWONG, 11a.m. Java Port via Batavia-Per
HAIYANG, 11 a.m.
The anticyclone has passed into
ed over China.
The monsoon will freshen along the east coast of China and over the N. China Sea.
the Navy doing what it Pakboi, Pakhoi & Haiphong-the Pacific, and another has form- and the Chinese authorities |
stified of the occurrence. December 12 one of the 2 rminsters, a Malay, died in it, making four deaths. In meantime. the police had erred with their inquiries dw arrests wore made, but Buy ames insufficient evidence.
"
Chinese authorities, how- id hold of a batch of the strators, and on April 17, 1897. thera WAS a wholesale tion at Kowloon City, when 'zon pirates, thirteen of them
Tuesday, 15th Feb. Straits *Bangkok & Calcutta-
Per KWAISANG, 1 p.n. Philippine 1-Per TAMING,
2 rum.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 24) hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, 0.00 inch. Total since January 1st, 1.23 inches, against an average of 2.09 inches.
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS
Swatow Amoy & Takao-Per ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.
SOSHU M., 9 a.m.
swatow & Bangkok-Per
LUCHOW, 8 a.m.
p.m.
en rned in the Namoa con-Tion Tein Per-KWANGSE, 3 spicy, were decapitated. A few werks Inter &
further group suffered the same fate. Thus was expirated & crime reminiscent of the conditions prevailing when Britishers took possession of the island.
}
WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
A woman, who was sued by another woman at Southwark County Court-I don't want! your piano. It has always boon: a rope round my neck.
Willesden witness with two black eyes gave his name as Basham.
"I will tell nothing about the truth."A woman taking the oath at Bow County Court.
A judgment del tor wrote to the Shoreditch County Court that he was suffering from "bronchitis, asthma, heart disease, and im- pecuniosity."
A cyclist at Kingston-I had no guilty knowledge that the lampas out.
A solicitor at Westminster County Court-It should be re- unembered that my client is a for- eigner. Judge Sir Alfred Tobin-- My experience is that foreigners are quite as outo as English people.
Mr. Thomas Lumsden, for Seventeen years general relieving officer for the Ieda area, states that in his experience 30 ner cent. the runaway husbands have Adamcar conductor at Strat- ea was not properly drunk. A twistrate-What is "groperty When
Swatow, Shanghai & N. China -Per TIEN TSIN,5 p.m. Straite, Bangkok, Ceylon,
Mauritius, L. Marques, 8. Africa, India via Dhan ushkodi, and Bombay-Per DUNERA, 11 a.m. Amoy, & Shanghai, & N. China!
-Per SHANTUNG, 11 a.m. Japan-Per TANGO M., 10 a.m. Honolulu and Sau Japan,
Francisco-Per KEIYO M., 11 a.m.
District.
Forecast.
N.È. & N.
1 Hongkong to Gap winds.
Rock
moderate
to fresh;
fine, colder.
2 Formosa Channel N.E. winds
strong.
3 South coast of)
China between
H.K. & Lamooks.)
The saine
as No. 1.
4 South coast of The same
China between
H.K. & Hainan. J
Philippine, Australia, & New! Zealand via Thursday Is.
Per AKI M., Reg. 8.45 a.m.9.K. Letters 9.30 a.m.
Wednesday, 16th Feb.
watow, Amoy & Foochow-Per
HAILOONG, 11 a.m.
as No. 1.
T. F. CLAXTON,-Director.
Observatory, Feb. 11, 1921.
TIME SIGNALS.
The time ball on Kowloon Signal Hill is dropped daily at 10
Philippine Islands, Sandakan, a.m. and 4 p., except on Batür-
Australia & New Zealand via Thursday Is. Per CHANG. THA, Reg. 12.45 p.m. Letters 1.30 p.m. Swatow, Straits & Bangkok
Per LINAN, 9 a.m.
Sunday 20th Feb. Shanghai, North China & Japan
Per BADO M., 9 am, Wednesday, 23rd Feb. Straits, Bangkok, Ceylon, Mauritius, L. Marques, S. Africa, India via Dhanush kodi, Egypt, & Europe via Marseilles Per. YOKO HAMA M. Reg, 8.45 a.. Lettera 9.30 a..
Thursday, 24th Feb.
days when it is dropped at 10 8.m. and 1 p.m., and on Sundays and Holidays when it is dropped at 10 a.m. only.
The ball is hoisted half mast at the 55th minute and full mast at the 57th minute. Should the ball
fail to drop at the correct time, it. will be lowered at five minutes past the hour and the ordinary routine repeated at the following hour, if possible.
Should the time ball. be out of order the areve routine will be sarried out with the flag “Z”, on the atorm signal mast.
Time signals are also given at night by means of three white straits, Bangkok, Ceylon, lamps mounted vertically on the Observatory wireless mast. From Mauritius, L. Marques, S. Africs, India via Dhanush-ah. 36m. 0 to 95. Om. Om. p.m. kodi Egypt & Europe vis the impa are extinguished Marseilles Per YOKOH momentarily at the even seconds AMA MARU, Reg. 8.45 am, except at the 2nd, 28th 30th
52nd, and 54th of each minute Letters 9.30 8.m.
The hours, refer to Hongkong "Correepor.dence Bearing vessel's Standard Time (8 hours of day:
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H'phreys. Kat. K'loon Lands
L. Reclamations 8. West Pointe
Ewas
Cotton Mills.
Kuog Tiks
Lau Kung Mows b Orientals
S'hai Cottons Yangtzepoos
Miscellaneou Cemente pen.
Do, Light old b China Light new Chios Provident
at 2 p.m. a. at p. Dairy Farms Dat Barometer 30.01 30.06 30.44 Bleotrios H.K b Temperature... 62 37 45 Beatos Macao
6257 65 Electrics
Wind Direction E. B.F.E, WNW HK Tramways"b. Wind Force 111 | Past Irama, old b.
Rain................. 0.00 0.00 0.00 Sesam Highest open in ST Fou
Temperature on the 10th 63 Water
TS Temperature on the 11th 67 Wm. Powell.
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