HOTELS.
THE
HONGKONG
HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL: PEAK HOTEL
Telegraphic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG." |
AND
SHANGHAI
'ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL; KALEE HOTEL; MAJESTIC HOTEL. Telegraphic Address: “CENTRAL, SHANGHAL"
HOTELS,
LIMITED.
In association with the Grand Hotel Des Wagons Lits, Peking.
KOWLOON HOTEL.
THE PREMIER HOTEL KOWLOON,
First Class Billard Room & Saloon Bar. Electric Lift and Telephone to each Floor.
Tal. £,508 mud K.609, Cable addres KOWLOTEL, Hongkong. Under the Personal Superviainn and Management of
FRANK L. COOKE, Proprietor.
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
CENTRAL LOCATION
ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR.
HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS
Tel, Central 373,
#
Telographic Addrona "VICTORIA”
J. WITCHELL,
Manager.
THE EUROPE HOTEL.
SINGAPORE.
FOR
COMFORT-FOOD-MUSIC-DANCING.
Terms;--A la carte or Inclusive.
The after-dinner dances are held every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. Telephones in avery room,
The Europe Orchestra plays nightly during Dinner, And for Tiffin on Saturdays. GRILL ROOM
Telegrams "Europe Singapore".
Telephone 2740.
ARTHUR E. ODELL, Managing Director.
QUEEN'S THEATRE
TO-DAY AT 5.15 & 9,15 p.m.
HONGKONG'S
Pavourite Soubrette
**
IVY NICHOLLS
in
Charming Irish Soubrette
Chorus Hits
also
GRACE DARMOND AND
GASTON GLASS
in
"THE SONG OF LIFE”
À FIRST NATIONAL ATTRACTION
Prices of Admission:
At 5.15 p.m. $1.20, 80 cts & 40 cts. At 9.15 p.m. $150 $1.00 & 60 cts.
PASSENGERS DEPARTED.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
EXCHANGE.
T/Thanghai... T/T. Singapore
Demand, Calcutta
+
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1925.
وتانا
(Opening Rate: closing Rate on Page 1.)
SELLING.
30 d/s, San Francisco and Now
York....
561
T/T.
Dorand
3.d/s
2738 2/3.7/15
4 m/s, Marka
Nom.
4 m/s. Franes
6 m/s.. Francs
12.45
Domand, Germany
2/31
Domand, Now York
Nom.
T/T. Bombay
...1511
Domand, Bombay
T/T Japan
.1341
T/T. Calenite
1511
T/T, India
Demand, India...
On Yokoliams
Nom. 1343
T/T. San Francisco and New
Yark
651
...1364
...Nom.
On
.11.65
ăn đa phong
On
BUYING.
Gold leaf.por Tao!
47.20
4. /. L/C
2/4.7/16
Bay Barer, ready
4 m/s. D/P
2/4.9/16
forward...
...31.13/15 ...314
5 m/s. L/O
... 2/49
Bank of England rates Now York/London...
...4.85
SUBSIDIARY COINS.
TIT Java...
T. Marks
T/T. Francs Demand, Paris...
30 da. Sydney and Melbourne 2/41
Hongkong 50 cents pieces
10
Canton sub. coins Gold lon!
"
Hongkong June 17 1975:
Demand, Mandla
Demand, Singapore Demand, Batavia
POST OFFICE NOTICES.
...111.
...97
...136 ...Nom. Nom.
82
8.63
2% diu.
por. 3.1/2 dia. 327.1/8% dis.
$47.20
The fransmission of Radio Telegrams to Canton has been resumed.
TRAVELLING IN SPAIN,
ENTERTAINMENTS
New Openings for Tourists. TORTURED-
Before the war Spain was com- ing into line with Italy as the grost hunting ground of Southern Burope for tourists, and now the steady increase in the number of
by the racking accusations of pitiless prosecution
travellers, checked for a time by INNOCENT
curiosity and the desire to visit. the new countries of Central Europe, has begun again. Mar- quis de Estella's coup d'etat has attracted visitors whose intereste are far removed from politics, Bays & Times correspondent,
Marquis de la Vega Inclan, Royal Commissioner for Turismo, is unromitting in his efforts to preach the gospel of the comfort- Table hotel and to encourage
ONLY
of any crime, but with over. whelming circumstantial evidence against him-- THE LOVE
of a noble hearted woman salvages his soul!
municipalities to develop local THE MIGHTIEST CLIMAX
resourÛes. Many towns have formed Syndicats d'initiative on. the Franch model. Madrid (in- oreased its hotel accommodation
by as much as 600 beds within SEE the last year; Barcelona is pre-i paring for a great influx for its Exhibition; Santander, San Bob- astian, and Seville have all groat- ly improved the standards of their hotela.. What is wanted now more than anything is an
Wireless Communication with Swalow is resumed but Margages are subject to improvement of the sinuller
delay.
Telographic Communication with,Waglan Light-house is interrupted. The daily morning sail for Canton will bo rosumed from to-morrow, the 16th ins
INWARD MAILS.
From
Straits
Shanghai...
Australia & Manila...
Canada, U.S.A., Japan & Shanghai.... Pres. McKinley
+
Tuesday.
hotels. There are many en-
inn would be a godeond, but whore chanting places where a good
tourists daro not linger at present. One such is Arenas de San Pedro a: the foot of the lofty Siersa de Gredos, now accessible by motor bus from three different directions -Talavera, Almorox, and Avila. Fow travellers ever left the rail- way line-to their loss, be it said. Now the motor-car and motor- omnibus have brought tourist traffic where there is nothing ready for it. The Easter Wook festivels at Saville (which is pro- paring for a great Pan-American Exliibition) drew this year more Aki M...Thare, 10 inst., 9.30a.m. visitors than could be housed, and Kotsa M.Thurs., 18 inst., 10.30 am.. some were obliged to go on to Timanoch. Thurs., 18 Inst., 10.30 am Cordoba or Granada for accom- Kheichow Thurs., 18 inst., 2.30- p.modation.
Per
Charinda
Vogtland
A
-Aki M.
Due. 17th June ...17th
17th.
117th
Manila
Pres, Lincoln
...IBCH
Straite
Talanda
...10ft
Europa via Negajintan (Letters
Papors Landon 21st May.)
&
Marioniers
...10th
Japan... Manila
..
Hakusan M.
...19th
Japa
Empress of Asia Tango M.
...21st ...23rd
OUTWARD MAILS,
For
Per
Thy pare...
Japan...
Java via Batavin
Wolidwoi
Swalow
Manila"
Inpon..
Straits
Swalow, Amey & Formasa
Strails
Hydrangea
;'',
Prea. McKinley
Shanghai, Japan, Tonolula, *Cauida, U.S.A., C. &'S. Amorien & "Europe San Fraucteen...
Straita, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. & Africa, Egypt & Europo via Marseilles ...
Sandakan...
Swatow, Amoy & Formora
Swatow & Bangkok Swatow
157
dwatow Manila
་་་
I
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444
***
Amoy
*Switow & Bangkok
Swatow, Amoy & Foachow... Saigon, Elrajta, Grylon, India,
Mauritius, E. & S. Africa, Aden," Egypt & Eurage via Mursoilles
Manila, Australia, & New Zealand
via Thuraday Island
Date.
Thurs., 18 init, 8.30a.m.
...Thurs., 18 inst., 3.30 p.m. Thurs., 18 inst., 3.30 p.m.
The charm of Andalusia, in Macassar M....Fri, 19 inst., 10.30 h.in. spring-time is irresistible, and Van Oversteaton Fri, 19 inst., 11:30 am.
Pres. Lincoln...
Parcela noon. ...Fri., 10inst.. Registration 245 pm.
Latters (Due San Francisco 7th July
3.30 p.m. & Europa vin Siberia (Dorrespondence specially superscribed ein Sibaria" only)
Hakasan M....
Hinang... Hozan M.
Kalgan....
Kingyuen Kingyuan Pres. Adan
Feoksang...
Yadaling Haiching
Portion
those who have been there ongo are sure to return. Of the An- dalusian town Granada is perhaps, emerging the quickest from a long torpor. It can now offer new attractions. On a hill above the Alhambra, in full view of the Sierra Nevada, an ancient wine- shop, whose name, the Ventorrá det Aire, guarantees pure air ...Sat., 20 inst", Registration 9.45 a.m.
amidst olive groves, prickly peure, Lettera 9.30 a.m. and 'cacti, is one of those small (Duo Marseilles 20th July.) hotels as much needed in Spain, ......Sat.. 20 iurt., 10.30 a.m.removed from the dust, noise, and ...Sun. 21 inst., 9a.m.beggars of the plaza. At the ex- ...Sa ...Mon, 22 inst., 8.50 a.m. Ventorre dol Aire comfort is Mon, 22 inst.. 10.30 nm. studied, even to the purchase of Mon., 22 inak, 6 p.m. the little dogs that yap at night! Mon.. 22 inet. 6 p.m. beloning to cave dwellers in the ..Tuea.. 23 inst., 10.30 alm.
...Tars., 23 inst, non vicinity. (Cave dwellings are in-
habited to a great extent by fami lies of the working classes as well, as the famous Granadio gipsies. Registration 1.45 p.m. They consist of a couple of rooma (Due Marseilles 25th July.) and ront for the equivalent of a
shilling a month.)
21 inet...m
Tues., 23 inst..
Letters
2.30 p.m.
...Wad., 24 inst.. Registration 8.45 0.m. Loiters 9.30 a.m. (Due Thursday Is, 5th July.)
Tango M.
Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., C. & S. America & Europe via Vancouver B.C.
Emp. of Asi
(Thu Vancouver B.C. 13th July, Swalow, Amoy & Foochow we
Haining +** Αποτ
Anhui .... Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. & S. Africen, Aden, Egypt & Europe, vía Maraolios
Malwa
Hollow
"Swatow & Bangkak
Chinhna Kwanglung....
*Corccasiondance boaring vessel's margo only,
GIRL SWIMMER'S FINE FEAT.
SUBLIME SOLITUDE. *
IF
The newly opened tramlins into the Sierra Nevada brings within) » Parcela 24th 5 p.m. easy reach a world of size, soli- ...Thurs., 25 inst., tude, and sublimity. The line Registration 9.15 um. follows the gorge of the river Lettera 10a.m. Genil for 12 miles. A milo and & ...Fri., 25 inst., 2.30 p.m. (half beyond where the tram stopa Fri., 36 inst., 5 p.m. is a hotel, situated at an altitude
of 4,500ft., within the zone of vegatation, owned by the same, company as the largest hotel in Granada. The tram-line will eventually roach the hotel, with which it is connected at present by a narrow road, to drive along. which in a mule-drawn 'vohicle prolonge the emotions OX- perienced during the tram ride, certainly one of the most remark able in Europe.
26th Parcels & p.m. ....Sat., 27 inst.. Registration 9.45 am
Letters 10.30 am. Due Maraviller 25th July.
...Jun., 28 inst., 9. ...Si., 28 insta.m.
WEATHER REPORT.
has
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The white tramqazratarts from
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in the most soul-stirring drama of the day, achieved on the screen,
the greatest love drama since “WAY DOWN EAST”
WINTER COMES
TO-DAY, TO-MORROW & FRIDAY
-Prices-
2,30 p.m. $1.20 and 60 cents. 510 p.m. 9.15 p.m. $2.00 and $1.00. ·
SPECIAL COMEDY PROGRAMME
at 7.30 p.m.
$1.50 and 80 cents.
THE
CORONET
-THE STAR-
TO-DAY AT 5.30 and 9.15 p.m.
HOOT GIBSON
in
"THE RIDIN' KID
E
FROM
POWDER RIVER"
His Latest and His Best
TO-MORROW till SATURDAY
HAROLD LLOYD
in
GIRL
SHY"
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW ONLY, 5.15 &.9 15 THE LATEST SCREEN SENSATION
THE TEMPORARY MARRIAGE"
Starring MILDRED DAVIS AND KENNETH HARLAN A colourful, tense and gripping photoplay of the Morals and Marriages of the Young Goneration. USUAL PRICES
STARTING FRIDAY GREAT BROADWAY SUCCESS
"MORE TO BE PITIED THAN SCORNED”
With an all star cast including
ALICE LAKE, FRANK J. GLENDON, ROSEMARY THEBY, etc.
Also JACK DEMPSEY in "THE TITLE HOLDER"
(The 7th of the wonderful "FIGHT and WIN" Herles)
THURSDAY to SATURDAY, 2.30 and 7.15 p.m. "SLAVE OF DESIRE”
Also
BUTH OF THE RANGE" Episodes. 4 EVERY SUNDAY to WEDNESDAY, 2.30 and 713 p.m. WILLIAM FOX presents the greatest serial "FANTOMAS"
New York, June 16. Jun 17d. 11h 10m.-Pressure the end of the Faseo de la Bomba Misa Gertrude Edorle, the his decreased slightly at Shang. in Granada and runs, rapidly the famous American girl swimmer, hai, and increased slightly to first fow milos along the valley who yesterday accompl shed the moderately elsewhere. The an- of the Genil, amidst grey, blood- amazing feat of breaking the ticyclone has moved to the south red, or chocolate coloured fields, gained where the green crops take on men's record, covering a distance of Japan, and
nues in contrast. of twenty-one miles; down New intensity; a depresson" covers startling York harbour from the Battery Tongking.
Glimpses of blue mountain and
2.34 inch Total sinos January the tram loaves the bad of the Hongkong rainfall for the 24 dazzling snows far away and to Sandy Hook in 7 hours, 11
hours ending at 10 a.m. to day, above appear and disappear. Then 1st, 40.04 inches, against an Gonil, a true mountain-torrent average of 31.99 inches.
dashing over stones, and hoights | to climb the face of a cliff For several miles it slowly advances, seeming to feel its away, below, a drop of anything up to 1,000ft. ;} above, towering pinnacles through scapes and higher speeds. The Velata, 11.150ft, ended the the cyclopic bases of which tun-track will need careful inspection meeting. But it is in the summer that the tramway and nols burrow. One of those lende after heavy rains.
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FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS
District.
Formosa Channel
BEAUTY IS MORE THAN SKIN ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.
DEEP
Forecast.
Variablo winds, froshoning from S.B. South coast of China between S. H.K. & Lamocks or variable 3 H'kong to Gap winde,
"moderate"
A. G. Moren, Maator G. Morse, minutes, 30 seconds, will be leav- Mr. W. H. Los Warner, Mr. & ing for England on June 17 to Por s.e. Sarpedon for London. Mrs. P. W. Timmerman. Mr. & Mre. E. F. Lyle, Mrr C.
attempt to swim the Channel Por 5.9. Korea Maru.-Mr. J. Reuter's American Service. Brevor, Lt: Cdr. C. B. Middleton R.N., Miss M. Evan, Mrs. S. G. F. Cramer, Mr. Desmond, Mr. J. Kirkby-Gomes, Mr. & Mrs. J. Fujita, Mr. & Mrs. P. Gain, Miss Boyd, Mrs. W. Martin, Miss M. M. J. Jack, Rt. Hon & Mrs. A. Martir, Mr. J. W. Martin, Mrs. Jameson, Mr. N. Kasys, Mr. 9. A. Ranson, Mrs. F. Tomlinson, Kernan, Mrs. T. Matsunaga, Mrs. ite well-spring is in the regular Mrs, W. Darlington, Miss D. S. Hinrichs. Mr. C. U. Bacani, working of the bodily functions. Manocob, Miss K. Molony, Mr. Mr. C. F. Botelho, Mr. R. Corpus, To every. man and woman who Mr. W. D. Todd, Mr. & Mrs. J.G. Mr. L. Ganaden, Mr. G. Gandon, value good looks-the clear firm Molony, Mr. Molony, Mr. I. Fuerrero, Mr. T. Ximoto, skin, bright oya and buoyant Shigemoto, Mrs. T. A. M. Castle, Miss F. Kobayashi, Mr. J. Mij spirits of health-Pickettes are Miss H. Castle, Miss M. Shaw, veldt, Mr. R. N. Nelson, Miss C. of the utmost value because, used Miss. I. Castle, Miss C. Castle, Romedias, Mr. & Mrs. B A when necessary they keep the Mrs. S. W. Robert Mr. W. D Sugahara, Mr. R. Takemura, Mr. tion, sick headaches, liverishness Shirazoo, Mrs. A. Souza, Mra. 8, functions regular, dispel constipa- Todd, Miss J. Todd Miss C. Todd, Mrs. F. H. Crapnell, Mr. & Mrs. Mori, Mr. & Mrs. K. F. Tong, tion. Of chemists, or post fros, & Mrs. H. Yamamoto, Mr. H. and bilious attacks, assist digos- 1. Stovons, Miss M. E. Taylor, Mr. R. Padua, Mr. I. Preposi, Mr. 60 conts. the vial, from Dr. Wil- Mr. A. Martindale, Mr. H. T. Joy, Mr. G. R. Bass, M., R. K. Valon. Palabay, Mr. Rodriguez, llama Medicine Co., 60 Klungee tino, Mrs. J. O. Jenkin, Mrs. G. Mrs. T. Sugita, Mr. N. Ubungon. Road, Shanghai.
Rock.
4 South coast of cloudy,
China between showery. H.K. & Hainan
0. W. JEFTRIES, Director. Hongkong, Juno 17.
WORLD THEATRE
into a cave which is one of the Above the hotelln Sierra Novada the hotel should proto most etations, because of the vast view two hours distant, at 7,000ft. enticing. The Sierra Novada, from the cavern mouth. Through on the San Francisco Rooks," is a wrote Charles Pack half a the spray of a waterfall, over a largo refuge near which the first century ago, is a vast flowor the garden whore plants of the spider bridge spanning a chasm, winter sports meeting in round fearsome cornices, this Sierra Nevada has just been hold. Syrian mountains may be seen daring line advancea until, in the Soveral cups wore competed for, growing side by side with the upper reaches of the gorge, it and a raid on the summit of arotic fura of Greenland." approaches thỏ, river bad once;
more. It is a scenic railway in..
avory sanso, for it provokes phy
sical sensations more commonly
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