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NOTICE
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY. MAY 30, † 1922.
"Embassy
Virginia Cigarettes
Embassy
VIRGINIA CIGARETTES
WDSHOWILLS
Finest Quality
The kind of quality that not only pleases the smoker but gratifies an ideal of the manufac-
turers to produce the finest of Virginia Cigarettes.
Embassy
WITI. YAZINIA CIGARETTES
Sold in fins of 50s 225 Cigarettes packets of 10's
also
The Advantimement in 144med by Best American, Tabisto Ch. (C) 201.
SMUGGLING FIREARMS
INTO SHANGHAL
EXCHANGE.
(Opening Rate: closing Rale on Page 11. SELLING.
T
21714 2/7.5/16
HOTELS.
HONGKONG HOTEL
PEAK HOTEL
REPULSE BAY HOTEL
Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd.
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
CENTRAL LOCATION,
ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR, HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS.
Telegraphio Address: "VICTORIA "
Tel. 373.
J. WITCHGALI,
Manager.
THE EUROPE HOTEL.
SINGAPORE.
DANCING AFTER DINNER
BVERY
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. TEA DANCES
TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS.
The Hotel Orchestra under the Direction of Mr. F. R. Martens.
Telephones in every Room,
Telegraphic Address:-" EUROPE, SINGAPORE.” Telephone No. 2740 (9 lines).
KINGSCLERE
THE EUROPE HOTEL, LTD.
ARTHUR E ODELL. Manager.
HOTEL
KNUTSFORD HOTEL
MID-LEVEL KOWLOON
SACHSE, LENNOX & Co., General Agents
Are resident Managers,
PALACE HOTEL, KOWLOON.
Tel No No
Tel Add Palace."
Two mizate from Ferry and Pallway Station. Five minutes by ferry from Hongkong
A ficam Hotel in every reapest and under English management
Cuisine moder personal supervision of the Proprietar Loange. Bar and Billiard Roc
Term Moderate.
Special arrangements for families on application to-
WEATHER REPORT.
May 30. 11. 20m.-Pressure has decreased considerably at Vladivostock, and slightly from Weihaiwei, to Hongkong. It is nearly stationary over the Philip- pines and lado-China.
Depressions are shown to the west of Vladivostock and over S.W,China.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 bours ending at 10a.m. today. 0.01 incb. Total since January 1st. 18.48 inches. ageinst an
verage of 22.83 inches.
-1 Formosa Chsane!
217
Nom 11214
122
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.
19314
T/T San Francisco) 58
& New York.j T/T Jara T/T Marks IT France ... Demand, Paris
District
Forecast.
153 Nor. 6.40
2 Hongkong
to i
Gap Rock.........
ments of this menace, are not
BUYING.
28 4 m/s L/C im. D/P ............ 23
2,8% 6 m. L/C efforts of the Municipal
the Settle-30 dfs. Sydney and Police in ridding
Melbourne
S. winds,
• South coast of moderate, China between squally;
H.K. & Lamocke. | fair.
2/836
# South coast of
China
between
5934
Unfortunately, the information mentioned is not available for publication; and we have to de- duce more or less from the Fress reports of the occasional cases A Growing Menace.
where the culprits have been
Demand Recent police court cases, in spprehended. and from private
from any 30 dis which
invariably information. Apert convictions
there thet
involved. ISCO have been recorded. bave proved
30 d/s beyond all doubt that the filegal always present the grave importation of firearms into the langer to the community in
IVT Shanghai port of Shanghai is conducted un the case of desperate "gunmen."
T/T Singapore.. This was demcastiated recently T/T Japan a large scale. In a recent in-
vivid manner when an
T/T India....... stance, the offenders were mainly in
Demand, India members of the crews of certain American lady suffered death at Vassels, which included Hamhe hands of armed miscreants. burg
German Cases of robbery where firearms ** other of call in their are brought into play are general-| parts itinerary. Wbile, as evidenced adroitted to be on the increase. by the instance referred to, some and it is obvious that these bands of armed robbers do mot mano. of the smugglers have been laid by the beals, we have every facture their own pistols, which n most cases are of the Mauser reason to believe, from informs- tion which has been passed to us, pattern and imported. It is that those convicted only con equally obvious that if the excel- stitute a very small percentage of lept the number actually engaged in this nefarious trade. The very small fines usually inflicted on
to be bandicapped, severe pen- 30s. San Francis-1 arms smugglers by the Japanese alties should be imposed when the Court of any nationality is authorities. for instance) would seem.out of all proportion to the called upon to deal with any per- seriousness of the offence, and on proved to have taken part in unless more repressive methods the smuggling of Grearms into are adopted in dealing with this the port. Leniency in this matter class of smuggler, these small can only encourage smuggling of firearms, and, indirectly, will be a means of assisting those banda of a deterrent, will only encourage the offender in subsequent armned desperadoes whose actions such a persistent transactions of a like nature. It is constitute obvious that with the present deager to the peace and good depreciation of the German mark, ordez of the port.-Shipping and Germany of Engineering. the purchase in
fines, instead
of Beting સૂર્ય
firearms and their disposal in Eastern ports constitutes a very Jucrative business which-appears to be well worth the risk to those Bo argaged, when the punishment on conviction is generally only nominal.
We are given to änderstand docketted that, could certain
information in the possession
SIR DONALD MACLEAN'S
OPPONENT.
Mr. Archibald Crawford has af the authoritics, with bean adopted as prospective reference to the smuggling of candidate by the South Midloth firearme into Chinese parts, be an and Peebles Coalition Unionist published, it would constitute a Association to oppose Sir Donald present most damning indictment against Maclean, M.P, the
gun-running business,” member.
co &New York/
4 m/s. Marks.......... Nom.
4 m/s. Francs
6.70
-6 m/s. Francs......... 6 80 Demand, Germany. Demand, New York 58% T/T Bombay
19814 Demand, Bombay... F/T Calcutta
19816 Demand, Calcutta ...
122 On Yokohama.......
119 Demand, Manila
153 Demand, Singapore, 1124 Demand, Batavia ...
Num.
8014 43
an Haiphong
On Saigon
On Bangkok
Sovereign
Fold leaf per Tael... - Bay Silver, ready... 363
form ard
363% Bank of England rates 4% New York/London... 445
SUBSIDIARY COINS. Hong 50 ct pieces
10
H
5
par Dar
HI.K. & Hainan.
1. P. CLAXTON, Director. H.K. Observatory, May 30. 1922.
TIME SIGNALS.
The time ball on Kowloon Bignal Hill is dropped daily at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., except on Satur- days when it is dropped at 10 k.m. and i p.m. and on Sundays and Holidays when it is dropped at 10a.m. only.
The ball is hoisted half manÌ at the 55th minute and full mest at the 57th minuta, 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 1/5% disorder the above routine will be 19.7% dis carried out with the flag Z, on the storm signal mast.
Canten sub, coins
Hongkong, May 30, 1922,
J. H OXERREY,
Proprisca
PEAK TRAMWAYS CO., LTD.
TIME TABLE.
WEEK DAYS. 7.90.10 1.50 m. m.
உ
11.30
12.30 p.m. i
10 1.30 a.m.
to 11.50 am.
2.30.
30 6.50 3.00 4.30. sa 1.10 p.m.
Mery 18 mÂN.
13 min
13
NIGHT CARS.
10 in
15 m
1.50 p. z. to 1.00 p.m. 1.33 6.00) 114 9. m to 11.30 p. 1. srazy 30 mitesur 11.4 p.
SATURDAYS.
RITRA DAR 12,99 m/salghu SUNDAYS.
1.30 mg ko 7,45 4,0. 1,00 a. m. 10 7.34 .. 1.30 Km. 13 11.00 11.30 am, to £2.00 soos 11,00 aos in 1. p...
4.00 pm to 6.10 p.m.
Every 15 min
It lo
10 min
NIGHT CARS.
da ce Week Days. SPECIAL CARS,
BY FORMENT AT TRY COMPANY'S OPTICA. ULTIMEDIA JUILTED ON THUS LOAD.
Time signal are also given at night by means of three white lamps mounted vertically on the
ENTERTAINMENTS.
THE
CORONET
TO-DAY
2.30, 5.15. 2.15 and 9.15
GERALDINE
'FARRAR
In
"THE RIDDLE:
WOMAN."
KOWLOON
THEATRE
SPECIAL DANCE
with JAZZ BAND
of the
PINE TREE STATE
TO-NIGHT?
Tickets $2.00 at Moutrie's.
WORLD THEATRE
Phone. 1337
| PHONE.
Rangkong's Mom Modera Picture Palace. Entirely Dadar British Managemena.
TO-DAY at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m. WILLIAM FOX Presents TOM MIX
in
THE MOST EXCITING STORY EVER SCREENED
TREAT 'EM ROUGH
2.30 and 7.15 p.m.
CHARLES HUTCHISON in "WHIRLWIND "
Usual Prices.
Episodes, 10 and 11.
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE
"STAR THEATRE."
*
KOWLOON.
For Thursday, 1st. and Friday, 2nd June.
at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m.
The Paramount Picture
"JANE GOES A-WOOING"
"Welcome Little Stranger" (Comic) Paramount Graphic
At 7.15 p.m.
THE SERIAL FILM
"THE GRAND RADIUM MYSTERY"
1st and 2nd Episodes.
From Saturday, 3rd. to Tuesday, 6th. Jane. Georges Carpentier in the Great American Social Drams. "THE WONDER MAN”
A Super Production Picture.
Observatory wireless mast. From UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS. 8h. 56m. Os. to 9h. Om. Os. p.m. the iscopa are extinguished momentarily at the even seconds expect at the 2nd, 28th, 50ch, 52nd, and 54th of each minuta.
The hours refer to Hongkong Standard Time (3 hours of teas Greenwich).
METEOROLOGICAL.
Previous
Day
on date.
on dute.
***.. 14 5 4.M. 41 29.
Barometer... 29.71 29.70 29.68
88 83 Temperature
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THE GREAT NORTHERN TELE- GRAPE COMPANY, LTD.
The following Unclaimed Tele- grams are lying here --
Miss Lajain 2 Seatortor. (2), fran Yokobama.
Kies Liceun St. Paul's College,
Eastern
from Yokohama.
Walterjing
Great
Hotel, from Chefoo.
Hoksisang family 2 Seymor
Street, from Yokohama.
Yuwochong, from Shanghai. Kupwobcheong, from Kobe. Khiantak, from Amoy.
TH. KRING. Superintendent. Hongkong May 25, 1922.
EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRA) AST & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO
15571/22nd Mrs. Evins Bango of Indo Chine, from Melbourn
Nagao Tsunekichi Ichitosenk. | PO. · yaku, Hakone Marn, from Tokio. Yoshio c/o Sbunyo Maru, from Moji.
89
21 81
गुफ Captain Senzau Maru clo
4 M.B.K. from Kobe.
Dq
Humility. Wind Direction SBW Вп Wind Force 4 4 Weather........ cq - oq Rain....
0.00 0.00 0.01
air Highest open
Temperature on the 29th 88 Lowest
siz оред Temperature on the 30th 82
T. P. CLAXTON, Director HE. Obaarvatory, 30 May:
Yatdibong, from Dairen.
Wongfukwong c/o Kwong- tailoy Hotel, from Shangbai...
Hongbin Hokkee Tekbuta- tions, from Amoy.
f
13957/19th, Violet Oatma Young Women's Christian Ass ciation, from San Francisco.
M.E. F. AIREY,
Superintendeni
Hongkong, May 25, 1922.
Printed and Published for the Proprietor, by Alfred Mi
11, Its House Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.