12
CANTON'S PROGRESS.
Report by Customs Commissioner.
EXCHANGE.
(Drening Role: closing Rate
on Page 11. SELLING.
F/T
21833
Daniand
Pr
...........
2911
Som
101
214
494
155
Nom. 6.35
BUYING.
2/1099 9/1034 2:11
& New York.j F/T JAVA FT Marks T/T Franes Demand, Paris
In the course of a lengthy and interesting report on the trade pi Canton during 1920, the Com-50 dl- missioner of Custams Mr A.
1 m/s gross rit Shanghai Wilson remarks:-The value of the trade of the port for TIT Singapore.
was Japan the year under review FLK. Th. 245,396,446, which, after T/T India... Allowing for the reduction of reDemand, India exports, valued at H. K. Tis. 4 FT San Francisco) 782.129, gives a net total of H.K. TM 140, 8143 17. This ticure is well in excess of that for 1918 and only some 7 millions below that of 1919 almost entirely accounted for by the depression in the silk market, the falling off in the arports of that staple commodity showing the large figure of H.K. Tis. 6,000,000. The heavy cloud of political chans which
for several now hung over the trade of Kwangtung never ceases to show a silver lining in the form of a caqmercial buoyance and power
has
years
+ m/s. 1/0 4 m/s. D/P 5 m/s. L/C 10 d/s Sydnes and 3-4
Melbourne
30 die. San Francis-53 co New York/
4 m/s. Marks
4 m/s. Francs
of recuperation, which auguts
6 m/s. Francs......
Now
6.95
715
TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, JULY 25, 1921,
HOTELS.
THE HONGKONG
WEATHER REPORT.
July 244 18b. 20an-Local signal No. 4 lowered.
July 25. 196. 10.---Warning. Itu Hongkong, Coast Porta, Se
A typhoon of unknown intensity. within 60 mites of Lat 91' N. an Long. 109 E, moving West.
July 25d. 12h. 17m.-Pressure has increased considerably from andi Formosa to Hongkong. slightly over Luzon. It has de- creased moderately over Tong- king.
The typhoon passed a little to the south of Kwong-Chao-Wan | last night. At 6 am. this morn- ing it was about 50 miles to the s.W. of Pakhoi.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 surs ending at 10 a.m. to-day, 49 inches. Total since January ist, 63.3 inches, against an average of 41.85 inches.
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW,
Forecast.
District.
.
1 Hongkong to Gap S.E. winds.
Rock
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SEA LESIL
15 MINUTES FROM LANDINGSTAJE,
Nom.
214 Nom. 214 101
moderate :
: cloudy. Tay.
THE
1091
155
? Fortnows Cbagnel
E winds, muietate.
Nom
Noa. 1.10
well for China's commercial] Demand, Germany. fatars when peace is once more Demand, New York 195% thoughly re-established within T/T Bombay.........
Demand. Bombay her dominions.
Under the heading "miscel-T/T Calcutta
Demand, Calcutta laneous it is said "The con- straction of the irst-term mair 2o Yokohama..... roads was completed in July, and Demand, Afanila the survey for the second-term Demand, Singapore. 1181 roada has been carried out and Demand, Batavia... parts of these works are also well On Haiphong onder
Lack of funds. On Saigon WAT
On Bangkok however, has called a temporary
ranch- Sovereign these halt needed improvements, and the Gold leaf per Tael... 49.8 natuma troubles have further Bar Silver, ready... 38
forward helord to impede progres9. It is however, certain that Canto Bank of England rates 516 means to be a modern city, and New York/London... 3.5914 to those who bave been resident here for many years the changes are very startling though very
to
373.
SUBSIDIARY COINS.
welcache.--l'olice records give H'kong 50 ct. pieces
001
number
of
as 94;
and the
motor-cars
Kwangtung
10 3
Tramway Company, while await-Canton sat, coins
ing fulfiment of orders for rails!
1.
p
14 die 15.57. dis
from America, has started its Hongkong July 25, 1921.
street service with six motor
cost ef) The same
between
I South
China H.K. & Lamocks.
as No. 1.
E. to S. E. + South coast of gale,
Chins between mode- H.K. & Hanan. rating
T. F. LITON, Direcrar. H.K. Observatory, July 25, 1921)
TIME SHINALS.
Kowloon The tithe ball on Signal fill is dropped daily at 10. sim. and 4 pinì, except on Satur- tays when it is dropped at 10 a.m. and I p.rn, and on Sundays
mnibus86.-The Kwangtung HOW OLD DO YOU LOOK?) and Holidays when it is droppe.l
Electric Supply Company's new turbine plant has been fully
year
10a.m. only.
The ball is hoisted half mast at
the 55th minute and full mast at the 57th minute. Should the tail all to drop at the correct time, it will be lowered a tive micate-i past the hour and the ordinary routine repeated at the following aour, if possible.
Should the time hall be out
Old age is altogether a matter instaBed, but the intake power of years People of seventy or house on the river fronz has yet to be completed. During the eighty often look twenty years On the other bind it is younger. Water- the Canton
min or works laid 1,333 feet of additional no nousual to see mains and 143.185 feet of now woman of thirty who has the pipes. Income. however, only appearance of a person of fifty.
If you would retain your vigor. reached $15,000 for the year, and i
strength and ambition keep your the company is reported to have blood and nerves in good con-order the above routine will be lost about double that amount.
dition. Anemia o: thin blood
carried out with the flag "Z", en owing to the increased use of
lowers the vitality, starves the the storm signal mast. fuel and the depreciation in nerves and causes a general run-)
Time Signals are also given at Bank of China paper currency down condition. When the blood Two new match factories have' been established during the year: is thin the skin loses its color. aight by means of three white the shoulders droop, weight is lamps mounted vertically on the ane in Wongsta suburb, and the lost and lines crease the face servatory wireless mast. From sther at Yimpo some 1 from These are the cutward changes Sh. 56m. Us, to 9b. Oct. 04. p.m. Canton, and styled the Man Sang
The the wrought by the disease. Factory. Exports of matches victim of anemia loses appetite, extend as far as the Straits Settlers from indigestion, head ments, and the substitution of
The hours refer to Hongkong locally split wood for the Japan aches, sleeplessness, nervousness and exhaustion after slight effurt. e imported article has proved
Do not delay. If you bave Standard Tide (S hours of east very satisfactory.--The concla- san of tao Great War was a hard any or all of these symptoms | Greenwich).
blow to mining enterprise ia Kwangmog province. A few
begin treatment now with Dr. Willliams' pink pills, the world. famous blood and nerve tonic:
mines have therefore closed down, you will be surprised to note the and antimony ere, which gave! 3500 piculs in 1918, has fallen to improvement in your condition after a few weeks. Almost the 683 picak only for 1920.
The
pradiction of native coal also first effect of the treatment will
shows
The
be an improved appetite. As the marked shrinkage.
blood becomes enriched the color of moderate
cost
returns to the cheeks and elasti. Japan cost and transport
Headaches. dificulties in the interior causing city to the step.
reasons
extinguished
lamp comentarily at the even seconds, except at the 2nd. ch 30th. 52nd, and 54th of each minute.
METEOROLOGICAL.
disproportionate expenditure, toervousness, sleeplessness and rether with an advance of 100 weakness soon disappear.
Get a bottle of Dr. William per cent in the importations of
pink pills at your druggist's to Kaiping coal, are the assigned.-Canton has now five day, or write to the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., 96 Szechuan Road, large factories and several hun-Shanghai, enclosing $3.50, and a fred workshops for producing bottle will be sent you, post paid. Wied Force
Building Up the Weather....................... socks and underwear, the trade)
A little book. in which is flourishing, owing to
Rain... the high price of the foreign-made Blood," whith explains the rest mert, will be sent free on request.
THE HONGKEW PARK CASE.
article. An innovation worthy f note as a sign of the times is the employment of female labour nother lines thau as teachers) In the Mixed Court at Shang- and factory hands. The position hai Mr. P. M. Linebarger applied of clerk in the railway admin for a new trial for the students istrations is one form of advance- who were sentenced in connexion ment for them, and several are with the distribution of incendiary employed as secretaries in the literature and the firing of a House of Parliament and the revolver in Hongkew Park during Senate. A further opening for the Olympic Games. He stated girl graduates is the telephone that he would be able to call fresh xchange station, where plans evidence on behalf of the youths. are being made to introduce Mr. Blackburn said that the female employment. Much has Beuch would like to know what been done
the year the new evidence was and they
during
Previous:
Day
on date.
on date.
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THE
MANAGEMENT
MRS. GLAIR.
UF
EUROPE HOTEL, SINGAPORE.
UNDER NEW BRITISH MANAGEMENT,
THE PREMIER HOTEL. FINEST SITUATION.
EXCELLENT CUISINE.
ARTHUR E. ODELL,
(Late Grand Hótel, Southeliffe, England and
Royal Palace Hotel, Landon, W.)
KINGSCLERE
KNUTSFORD
HOTEL HOTEL
MID-LEVELA✨
KOWLOON
SACHSE LENNOX & Co., General Azenis
Art resident Managers,
GRAND HOTEL DE PEKIN
Tet. Address: GRAND HOTEL “
PEKING, CHINA.
CODES:
A.B.C. 5th Edition: Bentleys & Liebers. Peking. THE ONLY HOTEL DE LUXE IN THE FAR EAST. Afternoon dansant, dally.
Beautiful new steel and concrete fire proof bailding with sie doors. 3 lifts: 300 rooms, each with private bath and city telephone: and a spacious roof garden overlooking the romantic the Rockefeller Imperial Palace. the Legation Quarter, Institute, and the entire city.
with French chet Unexcelled cuisine. specialty. Wines of the best districts of France.
ENTERTAINMENT.
DURING THE TIME THAT
THE CORONET
is closed for repairs
PATRONS ARE REQUESTED TO VISIT
Ꭵ Ꮲ
EMPIRE
LATE
WOPING
Opposite Central Markely
TP-NIGHT at 5.15 and 9.15
"THE DEVIL'S PASSKEY"
KOWLOON THEATRE
TO-DAY at 5.45 & 9 15
MARY PICKFORD
in
DADDY LONG LEGS
HONGKONG
THEATRE
Saturday Tuesday
UNIVERSAL-JEWEL
presenta
"SHIPWRECKED AMONG CANN'BALS"
in & reels
and Comedies.
TO-DAY'S SHARE
QUOTATIONS.
OFFICIAL PRICE.
Banks.
NOTICE.
MITSUBISHI SHOJI ."
KAISHA, LTD.
*
H.K. S. Bank b. & s. 710 ex rts.
410 £35 paid Br. of E. Asia
a. b.
152
Marine lasurBocca.
Cantons North China. Unious Kangtszes
n.
405
144
IELTS SHISHI TRADIBO 80, LT#5~, COAL, GENERAL. IMPORTE AND
235
n. b.
Far Easternts
22
Banquets &
Fire InsurancCK.
China Fires H. K. Fires
b.
b.
120 320
THOS. COOK & SON, Hedquarters. in the building. Motor hire meets all trains.
Shipping.
L. M. MAILLE.
Manager.
Douglases H.K.Steamboats D.. b. Indos (Pref.) Indo Dei. Lon/Reg. n. Indo Dof. H.K. Reg. n. Shells
A.
59 27
285
II.
Farris
n.
110 31
Refinerita.
B.
53
Large playground for chil tren in the park of the hotel. which is the healthies: location in the city.
RIVER LEVELS.
As a guide to skippers and others interested in the water lerela
of the river we have been requested by the Board of Conservancy (Sagers Works of Kwangtang to publien the following table of water levels. Malabons The levels are taken at 10 am, each day.
Samabui.. Highest open
Temperature on the 24th 5 Sbeklung. Lowest open air
Temperature on the 25th 76 T. F. CLAXTON. Director. H. K. Observatory, July 25.
TIME TABLE.
EXPORTS. #450 SOLE PROPRIETORS OF CBAL, MIXES OF
TAKASHIMA, OGNI MƯTABE, KISMIGAEL TOSMINSTARI, ĮMOJO, NAMARITA, SATO « SHINNEN, KABRDA, ZAM YAMASAINIAI
MOTUSARTS
Agents for SAKITO COAL” -
HEAD OFFICE, TOKYO, BRANCHES AND HEPRESENTA~.
·TIVES :- NAGASAKI, KARATSU, WAKSMATSU, MOJI, KURE, LOBE,
TSURUGA, NAGOYA
38
İ YOKOHAMA, TOKYO, HAKODATE, 28714 MURORAN, OTARU, VLADIVOS- TOCK, PEKING, TIENTSEN, DAIREN, TSINGTAO,, TUINANYO, HANKOW, SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, CANTON, MANILA, SINGAPORE, SOLRABAYA, LONDON, PARIS, NEW TURE & SEATTLE
Cable Address:—"IWASAKISAL." Codes Al, 4.B.C. 5TH ED.
Western Union and Bentley.
AGENCY FOR THE MITSUB19 8 1, MARINE AND FIRE INBURAKOZ
Co.
THE OSAKA MARISE & FE INSURANCE CO.
For Particulars Apply to:-** 5. KOMURA, Maneger. 944 No 14. Pedder Street Hongkong.
Barometer Temperature... Humility Wind Direction
49.45 29.63 0.65
Wining
24
$2
$2
£.
S.K.
F.
Higley M. I. Lowest TV. L'
recorded Fee:
12:1
W. L., W. L July 23 July 20 Feet Fee
Kailans
b
826
Eangkats
Shanghai Loans
B
11
7
3
4
8hai Explorations}
Waebow. West River
19.80
- 2.42
Reube
b.
$1
opq tr
f.
Koogmoon.
- 11.70
-0.80
4.30
Tronahs
b.
0.97 0.00 -0.10
Linkongbow, North
24/
57.00
U
5.00
al
East"
97.25 13.15
--5.00
3.90
3.89
Urs! Caspian3
19/-
0.98 3.1.27
134
Docks, Wharves, Godowns, & .
TIDE TABLE.
PEAK TRAMWAYS CO., LTD. | K. Docks
A.K. Whare*
Thai Dook- V. Engineerage
8.
200
b.
126
D
12
Miscellaneous.
WEEK DAYS.
Lands, Hotels & Building -
25th to 31st July, 1921.
18.00.
Expry 15 mau
tu 9.30
10 mJG
9.38
15 215
Centrals
b.
149
12.30 p.ro
FLE. Hotels
tr.
210
Cements China Lught old b. Do. Light new. b. China Providents D.
A.
17.20
10.90
10.30
19.10
"
15 Sup
Ti. H.K. Lands.
20314 Dairy Farms
D
2534
g. Bungkung:
Fer
Chinzi--Mr. and Mrs.
5
High War'
Tiae.
Low Water
Hongkos
H'phreys Est.
Mean Time
..
Toon Linds L. Reclamations b. West Points -
Π.
A.
1042
Electrics H.K.
n.
2344
40
122
Electrics Macao W. Hongkong Ropes n.
30
25
b.
Rossiter, Miss Penrose and Miss Moo, 25 mV $5 Crichton, Miss Dale and Miss De
4.5
5 51 3.1
9
5.15
41.
4.6
Cotton Mills.
Steam Laundies b.
5.3
..
48
745 3.3
1 27 47
3 9 26
1.00
KWON
b.
24
Steel Foundries
b.
10
Water-boat
in
18
5.1
m 9 41 3.2
12
Lau Kung Mows
Watsons
b.
7.80
10 1/7
Orientals
171
Wm. Powells
b.
18.
15134 Wisemans
b.
+603
10 min
Hongkong, July 25, 1921.
PASSENGERS DEPARTED.
in the development of home would therefore hear the applica-Yerno, 31iss Penrose and Miss industries. New factories have tion a week bence. sprung up like mushrooms, and
more are in course of erection.
11 16
to
6'28 CL
At Homam an up-to-date cotton-foundry, supplied with up-to-date Brett, Mr. and Mrs. Koster, Arch. Tues. 26 spinning factory is near machinery, for the manufacture deacon Barnett, Mr. Mansfield and Wad. 27
Thur, 8% completion. Machinery of of copper ebeathing from ore Mr. White, Mr. F. F. Da Silva, Miss every latest pattern is to be mined in the province, is in tall Patrick and Miss McDearmid, Misa installed, and when completed working order, with satisfactory Chilling-Worth and Miss Lucina, Fri. 29m 343 5.5 11 20 2.8 und in full working order suffici- results. Bost-building has also Mr. Masters and Mr. Crichton, Mr. tar, it is anticipated, will be received an impetus by the form-and Mrs. Sth, Mr. Lopes and Mr. Beduced to meet local demands ation of a company with modem Parshin, Mr. Desromes and Mr. Bax. 31 5 and requirements. The company plant It is estimated that 100
Mr. E. Norries. Las een promoted locally, with a boats of various sizes can and Mamahou, Mr. Bodamall Dolahool capital of 5 million dollars. A will be turned out in a year,"
Sat, 30
m 4
13.00 10
22.20, th
2.90 p.
10.
NIGHT CARS.
מומנ
14 mis
bות כן
8.30 p.m. 2.46 y.m. 9.20 p.m. 3.39 .. to 11.30 p.m. every 30 minit It 45 p.
SATURDAYS.
SZTZA CAR 12.00 midaizb
SUNDAYS.
19.50 mm.
10.30 .. to 11.00 .. 11.30 8.00, so 13.00 mous 1200 to 1.00pm. a. to 5.30 $.m. 0.03. 10 3.00 7.m.
NIGHT CARS.
3.9
4ta
6.00 m.
6.30 p.m.
0 302
19 47a
127
1.5
7 22
40
11 36 31
m morning; & afternoon
As a Work Dis. SPECIAL CARS.
BY ARRANGEMENT AT THE COMPANY'S OFFICE, MAKEUPSA BUILDINGS
DEL 100%
ROAD.
Kung Yiks
6214 H Tramways b. 13.10 sa. 134
Peak Trams, old n.
Do. new D.
3'hai Cottons
Yangtazepoos
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