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SHIPS AND THEIR PRICES.
IRRITATED AND IN
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1921.
TO-DAY'S SHARE QUOTATIONS.
Dentons
OFFICIAL PRICE?, Banks.
North Chines Colons
German Inquiries in Japan.
can be directly traced in many Germany is still in need o
cases to the Sunday Motor trip ships, and, according to the and Golfing. The dust from some A.K. S. B. b. 70234 s. 210 ax rts. Mainichi, nquiries have been resections of the local roads contain
£35 paid caived by the Japanese Governa decided eye irritant. A suggen. BL. of E, Àsia ment from Germany regardin, tion for these trips would be to approximate quotations: for newbkeep the windshield up and to built ships, and terms and condi nзe a pair of Sun glassee. Sun tion relative to sales. The glasses of any pattern with either Dapartment of Communications Crookes, Lexfel, Fieusal, Amber, has therefore given notification "Loodon Smoke, or Blue lenses that effect to all the shipbuildim ara obtainable at very moderte yards and others interested. The prices from The Hoogkong Japanese dockyards have all large | Optioal Co., Successors to Clark China Fires stocks of materials' and are sureland Co., Manufacturing and Re-H. K. Fires to welcome these inquiries at this fracting Opticians-the MOST time of great depression in the competent manufacturing optical: trade... But there some establishment in South China~ | Douglases
To
anglesos
Far EasternS
HOTELS.
THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.
HONGKONG HOTEL
(Nasa)
PENINSULA HOTEL (Kowloon)
(un:Ise sonstructioni
HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE
TOWN GARAGE & SHOW ROOMS RUSSELL STREET GARAGE
Viking Street)
KEPULSE BAY GARAGE
h Manne-Insurances.
410 152
OPERATING-
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REPULSE BAY HOTEL
(Repube Day)
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937
22.
Fire insurances.
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120
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3:20
Shipping.
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6011
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27 38
Indo Def. Lon/Reg. s. 290 sa. 302
280 Indo Def. H.K. Reg. b Shells Farriss
KING
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Refineries.
Bugars
D.
Malabana
187 35
HOTEL
Tel. 373.
Mining.
do abis as to the solvency of Ger- located in 53, Queen's Road Cen- HE.Steamboats xa. many and wages are still high.tra), (opposite to the Singer | Indos (Pref.) Moreover, building promises to be Sewing Machine Company).. very slow, because the yards have already effected a wholesale in-¦ ternal readjustment, by dismissing workers in their employment.
Building freighters of 5,000 tons hardly paya at anything under
WEATHER REPORT.
July 22. 10h 05mLocal Y220 or 1230 per ton. The ships signal No. Thoisted. already in service are, of course July 22d. 103, 05m.-Waruing chasper, three or four-year-old to Hongkong, Coast Ports. &c:- freighters of the same size being |A typhoon of unknown intensity quoted at about Y120.
within 60 miles of Lat. 20° N. and Long. 124' E. moving W N.W.
July 218. 12h. 34m-Pressure has decreased corsiderably over S. Formosa, and slightly Hongkong and Manila.
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There are plenty of such ships for gale, many of them belonging to the banks as forfeited security, but it is probablu that in desling With the German Government the banks would require a sum that would cover their loans and in tares. However, it is hardly probable that anything short of a general governmental conspiracy
At 6 am. this morning it could prevent ships being sold at reasonable prices to German contre was in about latitude 20
and longitude buyers. There are some shits.
E. going cheap enough in Japan. It apparently moring W.N.W.
A secondary formed in the southern porting of the typhoon ares yesterday. It may be of dangerous intensity.
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PROPRIETORS:
THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.
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CENTRAL LOCATION,
ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR,
LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMEKɔ.
80,-
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H.K. Wharven 5. Docks
'hai Docks N. Engineering. b.
Lands, Hotels & Buildings.
Centrals
is reported that the Nippon Yusen Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 Kaisha is pursing à polity of hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day. getting rid of old ships and ately 0.00 inches. Total since Januars. Hotels Hold the Miike-maru and the 1st, 67.29 inches, against an
H.K. Lands H'phreys Est Tientsin-maru at Y32 per ton to average of 47.50 inches. the Kobe Shosen Kaisha. It is
Kloon Lands also reported that the company has decided to sell to a certain company at about Y42 rer ton on an average the Wakarama-maru of 3,401 tong, Bigo-maru of 1,291 tons, and Kobe- maru of 2,923 tons.
All these ships were built more than thirty years ago, but many old ships have life in them yet, and are certainly worth more than a tenth part of the price) which it is said that new. ships| cost in Japan. When the United States Shipping Board really get to business in disposing of its surplus craft, there will probably ba a big drop. But unless some- thing is done that will be the end of the Japanese shipbuilding trade, which has become altoge:b- er too dear for commercial pur- pases.
Availing themselves of shipping circles having been temporarily
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENCING AT NOON TO-MORROW.
District
t
143
b.
210
D-
20314
ti.
2016
Д
40
L. Reclamations b West Points
122
b.
6216
Forecast.
Corton Mills.
1 K.W.
winds.
Kwos Kung Yika Liu Kang Mow- Orientals
b. & sa.
2444
ably; fine at first,
3'hai Cottons
b. & sa. b.
17 153
Tangistepoos
rain later.
Cyclonic gale.
1 Hongkong to Gap freshening
Rock
? Formoss Channel
consider-
3 South cosst of The same
China between > HI.K. & Lamocks.
Cements
Miscellaneous.
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Pangraphia Address: “Victoria'
PEAK
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J. WITCHELL,
Manager.
HOTEL.
SEA
LASAL
15 MINUTES FROM LANDINGST«QE.
UNDER
THE
MANAUEMENT
MRS. BLAIR.
UP
EUROPE HOTEL, SINGAPOR
UNDER NEW BRITISH MANAGEMENT,
THE PREMIER HOTEL FINEST SITUATION.
EXCELLENT CUISINE.
ARTHUR E. ODELL,
(Late Grand Hotel, Southcliffe, England and
Royal Palace Hotel, London. W.)
KINGSCLERE
HOTEL
KNUTSFORD HOTEL
MID-LEVEL
KOWLOON
SACHSE, LENNOX & Co. General Azenta
Are resident Managers.
GRAND HOTEL DE PEKIN
PEKING, CHINA.
CODES: A.B.C. 5th Edition; Bentleys & Liebers.
THE ONLY HOTEL DE LUXE IN THE FAR EAST.
s. 17.40 sa 172
as No. 2.
} Light
4 South coast of variable Chins between windą, H.K. & Hainan. freshening from N.W.
China Light ald b. Do. Light new b. China Providenta o. Dairy Farms b. Electrics E.K. ElectricsMacao n. Hongkong Ropes n Hk Tramwaya Peak Trams, old
10.90
10.8.
Tel. Address:
13.10
"GRAND HOTEL'
2534
$4
2312
Peking.
30
25
b.
13
n.
9
Do. new 10.
Steam Laundries n.
8
b.
1044
11.
b.
b.
T. F. CLAXTON, Director.
settled, says the Jiji, Japanese, H.E. Observatory, July 22, 1921. British, and American shipowners
TIME SIGNALS. are busily offering their old ships for sale both at home and abroad.
The time ball on Kowloon On the other hand, many of the Signal Hill is dropped daily at 10 ships mortgaged are being dump-).m. and 4 p.m., except on Satur ed, and there is a congestion of days when it is dropped at 10 cains. None of the buyers, bow. km, and 1 p.m., and on Sundays exer, is ready to accept there at and Holidays when it is dropped the prices offered, as it is believed 10a.m. only. that trade will continue gloomy
The ball is hoisted half mast at in the future. Prices are there the 55th minute and full mast st fore in a continued declise. With the 57th minute. Should the ball the ides of effecting a readjust-fail to drop at the correct time, it meat, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha will be lowered at five minutes recentlyfsold the Tientsin-maru, past the hour and the ordinary! Miike-maru, and one more ship routine repeated at the following (4.000 tons to 5,000 tons), built in hour, if possible. 1898, to the Kobe Shonen Kaisha
Should the time hall be out of
at something like 730 per too. order the sore routine will be The same company is expected to carried out with the flag "Z". on
sell the Kobe-maru and figo-the storm signal mast. maru (now lying idle) as well. Other shipowners are also con- fidentially offering ships for sale
Time signals are also given at
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Steel Foundries Water-boat Watsons Wm. Powells Wisemans
Hongkong, July 22, 1921.
NOTICE.
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MITSUBISHI SHOJI KAISHA, LTD.
UMITSUBISHI TRADING CO. LTD.
Aight by means of three white 00AL, GENERAL IMPORTS AND lamps mounted vertically off the
EXPORTS. Observatory wireless mast. From soLE PROPRIETORS OF COAL MINES OF 8h. 56m. 0s. to 9h. 0m. Os. p.m. YOSHINOTANI MOJO, NAMAŽUTA, SATO TAKASHIMA, OCHI, MUTABE, KISMIDARE the lamps
extinguished SHINNEW. KANADA KAMITAMADA, BIRAL
* ÖTUNARI; momentarily at the even seconds, TEETHING TIME NEED NOT except at the 2nd, 28th, 50th,
Agents for SAKITO COAL. 52nd, and 34th of each minute.
The bours refer to Hongkong Standard Time (8 hours of east Greenwich).
MEAN TEARS.
When baby's teeth are coming through is a time of worry to many mothers. The little one's guma become swollen and tender; he is croes; does not sleep well; is troubled with constipation.. eolic or diarrhoea, and sometimes: even convulsions seize him.
During this period nothing can equal the use of Baby's Own Tablets, the Canadian children's remedy. They regulate
METEOROLOGICAL.
Previous
Day
on date..
on date.
the Barometer ......29.58 29.56 29.49 bowels and stomach and make Temperaturo... the teething so easy that the other scarcely realizes baby is getting his teeth.
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Large playground for children in the park of the hotel. which is the healthiest location in the city.
THOS. COOK & SON, Headquarters, in the building. Motor bus nieets all trains.
L. M. MAILLE,
Manager.
RIVER LEVELS.
As a guide to skippers and others interested in the water levels of the river we have been requested by the Board of Conservancy Works of Kwangtung to publish the following table of water levels. The levels are taken at 10 a.m. each day.
TIDE TABLE.
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Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 5.30 and 9.15
SPECIAL ATTRACTION
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Change of Pictures Daily PRICES: 5,30: 80 & 40 cents
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A screen adaption of the modern comedy hit.
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Highest W. L
1921
Place of Observation
ever
Lowest W. L
ever
W. LV. L
recorded
recorded
July 20 July 21
Feel
Fest
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on Page 1). SELLING:
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+15.15
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3.30 5.00 6.30 5.30
4 m/s 1.60 11.57TT Shanghai
30 dis
60 dia
2/9
Nom
TT Singapore..
1171⁄2
T/T Japan
101
T/T India..
21244
TIT San Francisco)
TIME TABLE.
& New York.}
4914
WEEK DAYS.
TT Java....
154
18th to 24th July, 1921.
FT Marks
Nom.
1.00 am, to 8.09 s.co.
13 3»
3.00
to 1.39 1.
19 mi
FIT Francs
630
2.30
14.00 0.
23
0,30
to 12.30 p.m
1513
Demand. Paris
12.30 p.m. to 2.50 . 12.30
to 3.50 p.m.
BUYING.
5.00
to. 8.10 p.m.
10 mio
4 m/s. L/C
2/1036
4 m/s. DIP
2/1034
6 mjs. L/C
2/11
Melbourne
and] 31-14
53. Nom.
Bangkang
tit
Falekt.
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2 p.m. at 5 am. at 2 g.m
34 64 High WaLET
Low Water
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21
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0.9
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Highest open indigestion, colic. diarrhoea, sim-
Temperature.on the 21st 79: The fever and expeiling worms.
open air Baby's Own Tablets are to be Lowest had from chemists, also post free Temperature on the 22nd 80 at 60 cents the vial from Dr.
T. F. CLAXTON, Director. Williams Medicine Co., 96 Sze-
H. K. Observatory, July 22. one Road, Shanghai.
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THE OSAKA MARINE & FIRE INSURANCE CO.
For Particulars Apply to:-
S. KOMURA, Manager. No. 14, Pedder Street Hongkong.
Fri. 1219 3
Sa 23m 0 12 4,5
19 35 Sun. 140 39 | 44
11 9
mn morning; a afternoon
NIGHT CARS.
1.530 p.m. in 8.00 p.m. §.20 p.m. 930pm to 11.30 p.m. ertly 50 minūte 11.45 p.
SATURDAYS.
EXTRA CAR 12.00 midaighs
10.30 am. so 11.50 s.m. 11.30am, 12.000 2290 mora no 100 p.es5. 1.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. 4.30 p.m. to 6:00 p.. 6.00 p.m. to 6.3 3.1. 6.10 p.2, No 17 y...
NIGHT CARS. As on Week Days. SPECIAL CARS.
ET LARANGEMENT AT THE COMPANY'S OFFICE,
CZER ARORA - BUILDINGS, DEA, WHEEL
EXCHANGE.
Opening Rate : closing Rate
30 dfs. Sydney and
30 db.San Francis-1 co& New York/
1 m/s. Franca. ...... 6.90 5 m/s. France......... 7.10
T/T Calcutta
Nom. Demand, Caloutte ... 21234 On Yokohama......... 101 Demand, Manila... 110 Demand, Singapore. 11732 Demand, Batavis 154
On Haiphong ... Rea On Saigon
On Bangkok
Sovereign
-
7754 Nam.715
Gold leaf per Tani... 49.80 Bar Silver, ready... 38
forward
Bank of England rates 532% New York/London... 3.58
SUBSIDIARY COINS.
Яtong 50 ct. preces
10
par.
1/2 pm. 1/2% dis. 1434% dis.
Benton cub, coins Hongkong July 22, 192L.
PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
Per es. MANELA:-Capt. A. R. Nevill Mr. A. 8. Forsyth,. Eng.-Lt. G. Gamblen. Lt. Col. D. H, Clarke, Mr. G.8. Butler; Mrs. M. Smith, Mr. H. V. Wijnmalen, Mr. D. C., Denham, Mr. B. N. Williams, Mr. .5. Grundy, L. Stoker H, Cann, Stoker W. Ranu. Stoker J. Stevenson, Stoker B. Whittle, Stoker T. A Knight.
Printed and Published for the Proprieter, by "Alfred Morley në 11. Ice House Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.
SUNDAYS.
1.10 ..
#.00 8.0. ke 10.30 6.02.
13 mis
פנב כן
dim.
4 m/s. Marks
***
12 D
30 mis
Demand, Germany.
12
10 Tip
Demand, New York 495% T/T Bombay
NOT.
Demand, Bombay ... 2121⁄2
201