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TUITION
MISCELLANEOUS.
SPANISH LANGUAGE TUI WA
JANTED one furnished and
TION — Students taught both
usfurnished house on Peak
Tal. 4630
Technical and Commercial or Lower levels, also flat in Happy *panish. rapid mothed. Pro- Valley or Causeway Bay, furnish- icier cy guaranteed in six months od or unfurnished. The Spanish professor is a higher Small Investor's, 10 Des Voeux graduate of Madrid University, Į Road. For particulars, apply Post Office Box 635.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
LOST.
CHINA AUCTION ROOMS.
BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE.
PARTICULARS AND CONDI TIONS OF SALE of the Valuable Leasehold Properties. Situate at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, and known as Section H of Inland Lot No. 161
and Section D of Inland.
Lot No. 152A Together with the messuages brec- tions and buildings thereon known as Nos, 9 and 11,, Prince's Terrice,
To Be Sold
In One Lot
by
PUBLIC AUCTION,
on TUESDAY,
the 12th day of January, 1926, at 8 o'clock p.m., at the China Aue-1 tion Rooms, Duddel! Street, Vie toria, Hongkong,"
by
The properties consist of:
Mr. E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA.
All those pieces or parcels of ground situate at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong and registored in the Land Office as Section H of Inland Lot No. 151 and Section D of Inland Lot No. 152A with the messuages erections and buildings thereon known as Nos. 9 and 11,
MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1926.
LAMMERT'S AUCTIONS
PUBLIC AUCTION.
The Undersigned have received instructions from Messrs. Wing Yue Treung to sell by Public Auction for account of Messrs. Him Yuen Choung Kee on
Wednesday, the 6th January
1926 at 11.30 am. at their Sales Room, Duddell St., 200 New Tins ‘FONG TSZE' OD| The Goods" are now stored in Messrs. Wing Yue Teoung's Go down, No. 402, Des Voeux Rd. W.)
Terms-As Customary
Messre. LAMMERT BROTHERS
Auctioneers
HUGHES & HOUGH
LIMITED.
GENERAL AUCTIONEERS.
LOST.-Between Hongkong Prince's Terrace, Victoria, Hong-IMPORTEERS, EXPORTERS
Hotel and May Road, via kong. The properties are held for
WANTED-Expert male Seth Corner, lady's black and red the unexpired residues of the stenotypist open for im-handbag containing keys etc. respective terms of 024 years from mediate engagement. Conversant Finder please communicate with the 22nd day of January, 1919, and with filing, coding and general Box No. 1430 "Hongkong Tele- 999 years from the 25th day of office work. Moderate salary.graph." Apply to "Advortisar" 19, Gran- ville Road, Kowloon:
WANTED.
WANTED. Homes for two
Chow. Dogs which other-. wies must be doutroyed. Males 3 years old. Apply Lady Pollock,| 367 Peak.
PREMISES TO LET
PRIVATE HOTEL, quiet Bri-
tish family, Losed residence from $4.00 daily. One minute from ferry, family rates.. Personal supervision. 1, Victoria Gardens. Hankow Road, Kowloon, Tel. K.357.
Lo
OST.-Strayed from 2 Tre
gunter Mansions, black and grey Tom cat.
Finder please ring up 0.2441.
June, 1849, created by an Indenture of Extension dated the 3rd day of) November, 1849, and made between Her late Majesty Queen Victoria of the one part and Abraham Joseph Burley of the other part, and by an Indenture of Grown Lease dated the 1st day of Novem ber, 1849, and made between Her late Majesty Queen Victoria of the one part and the said Abraham) OR SALE Silk Hosiery, Burley of the other part, respec- Silk and Wool Scarves, Knittively. Annual Crewn Rent $9.50 ting Woel, etc, at wholesale and cents 28 respectively. prices. Inspection welcomed. For further particulars and con- Seeing is elieving. The Mutual ditions of sale apply to: Co., D'Aguilar Road.
FOR SALE.
FOR
NOTICE..
NOTICE is hereby given that the Power of Attorney dated 8th) October, 1925, made by us in favour of Mr. Rolf Johnson has
TO LET (ne European flat, to-day been cancelled.
Wanchai Gap Road, Hong
kong. Apply to 32 Kennedy Bload.
I
"o Let.- Two newly-con structed European, houses, Magazine Gar, Motor Road, three flats, three large 100mg each with kitchen. servants' quarters and bath room, fitted with flush system.. Garages provided. Immediate possession. Apply Sang Kee, New Влак Building.
THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL
HONGKONG.
In February the School will move to its new buildings atj -Kowloon. The Buildings are sit- uated in 23 acres of Grounds and are easy of access by Road and Rail,
Boarders and Day Boys who wish to attend in February should send in their tames to the Headmaster.
U. SPALINGER & CO.
Hongkong & Canton,
31st December, 1925,
NOTICE.
The Kowloon Cricket Club Dance,
Members are reminded that the Second Dance of the Season is to be held on Friday, the 8th, inst as previously arranged. Dancing) to commence at 8 30.p.in. on the Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden.
Tiokets may be had on applica1- tion to the undersigned.
S. E. GREEN,
Hon, Secretary.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that
Mr. ALAN LAWSON BARTON is authorised to sign our firm pr
W. T. FEATHERSTONE, procuration as from January. 1st, I
Head Master.
NOTICE.
ST. JOSEPH'S (BRANCH) COLLEGE, CHATHAM ROAD,
KOWLOON.."
PITMAN'S SHORTHAND, EVENING CLASSES FOR LADIES & GENTS.
FOUR MONTHS INTENSIVE COURSE, SUCCESS GUARANTEED. · Classes for Beginners and, High
Speed Aspirants. Students for High Speed must
possess certificates for 80 words per minute.
Enrolment at the above College (Kowloon) at 5.30 p.a. on the 5th January, 1926.
1626.
ARNHOLD & CO., LTD.
FATAL MOTOR MISHAP.
POLICE COURT SEQUEL.
When a Chinese motor car cleaner was backing a car on the Praya East on December 12th, the car knocked down a Chinese, injur-{ ing him in the left ankle. The cleaner took the injured man to Д chemist, bought him some Chinese medicine, and gave him some money.
The injured man subsequently went to hospital and died four days later. The cleaner did not make any report of the nc- cident, either to his employer or the police, and he was summoned ht the Central Police Court this for failing to report the accident. morning, before Mr. R. E. Lindsell
Dependant admitted the offence, and was fined $50.
Messrs. JOHNSON STOKES & MASTER, Mortgagee's Solicitors,
or to
Mr. E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA,
The Auctioneer. Hongkong, December 24, 1925.
GENERAL BROKERS.
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THE LONGITUDE OF
HONG.
HOW RECENT ERROR
WAS DETECTED.
to mariners, the sole comment in of one revolution of the earth.. the local press being to the effect For most purposes, longitude that the geographical position of conveniently expressed in time, nug Hongkong was 61 miles in crror the atatement that place is six The error in the position of the hours East and another alx hours Royal Observatory on this account Wost of Greenwich, indicates that is actually about 260 yards, and the meridians of the two places are the effect is that the timekeeping half the earth's circumference In the Hongkong Government at the Observatory has been six- apart, and one quarter of the Gazette of December 4th, appeared tenths of a second too slow since earth's circumference distant from the following notification:- Its inception. For all but methods Greenwich on either side,
"It is hereby notified that of extreme accuracy, this error is The longitude of a place is ascer from 1st January, 1926, the negligible, but some account of the ined by determining the differ adopted longitude of the Royal means by which this relatively ence of local time at Greenwich and Observatory Hongkong, will be small fraction of the earth's cir- the place at the same instant. 7h. 36m. 41.258. East of Green-eumference was determined may be This somewhat paradoxical state- wich, in place of Th. 86m. 14.863, of more than passing interest, illes-mant is understood when it is re which observations of the Partrating, as it does, an application membered that local time depend deaux rhythmic time signals bave of radio telegraphy. shown to be wrong."
on the observation of astronomicat The longitude of a place may be this, is extremely brief, and ethe meridians of Greenwich and nomena occur six hours earlier or Like many official notification, defined as the interval between rotation on its axis, and such phe phenomena produced by the earth's quiries at the Royal Observatory the place in question, measured on later at a place "A" compared with have produced the following state-the equator of the earth. This another place "B" accordingly as ment:
interval may bo expressed as the the meridian of "A" is one quar The significance of the notice in are of a circle (degrees, minutes tor of the earth's circumference question was probably lost exceptete), or as a fraction of the period east or west of the meridian of
There will be
TEA & DINNER DANCES
at the
KING EDWARD HOTEL
on the following dates:
TEA DANCE 5th Jan. 1926. 14th Jan. 1926. 7th
19th, 12th
21st
DINNER DANCE 9th January, 1926. 16th
Further announcements to follow.
Bookings for the Dinner Dances can be made at the Reception Office,
POWELL'S
F
SALE
URNITURED
CARPETS-RUGS CURTAINS BED LINENS TABLE LINENS-CHINA-CROCKERY GLASS-
WARE
BEDSTEADS-BEDDING BLANKETS -EIDERDOWNS LINOLEUMS, ETC.
The whole stock offered at-
25% DISCOUNT FOR CASH
For TEN DAYS ONLY
Commencing, Monday, January 4th
Wm. POWELL, LTD.
Furnishing Department.
Des Voeux Road-
"B"
Longitude has been progressively. determined by the observation pr the moon's apparent positión with reference to the stars, the trans. portation of chronometers, and tha exchange of telegraphic signals, The latter is infinitely the most accurate method, but its utility is limited owing to the difficulty of obtaining direct communication by telegraph over great distances. During recent years these limit- tions have practically disappeared by the utilization of radio-tele. graphy the signals of powerful transmitting stations can be heard under. favourable circumstances by all well-equipped stations on the « earth's surface, and It is thus, com- paratively easy to ascertain the time at far distant places. Green- wich time is now broadcast from many places having facilities for its determination, and the problem "of ascertaining the longitude at sea has been simplified for vessels possessing wireless installations, In that a complete check can be kept on chronometer errors and rates.
Doubts as to the accuracy of the longitude of Hongkong were caused by the observations of the wireless time signals emitted by other ob- servatories of the Far East, which showed that Hongkong was con- sistently slow. To date it has not bean possible to discover the messa by which the longitude was ori ginally determined the almanacS state that it was made by Com mander Green, of the U. S. Navy, presumably about: 1884, the method used, may have been the transport of chronometers or the exchange of telegraphic signals. between Hongkong and another port, and whatever the accuracy. of the mothods may have been, the result would still have been able to error if any error was present in the longitude of the referenco station.
...
A method of dotermining long- tude by direct reference to Green- wich is obviously the observation of the same radio signal by Hong- kong and Greenwich, The differ- ence between the accurately detor- mined local time of emission of the signal by, Greenwich and Hong- kong is, of course, the actual longitude of Hongkong, the zero meridian being that of Greenwich, by international agreements,
The continued Improvements in the radio receiving set of the Royal Observatory Hongkong, eventually made it possible to observe the time signals emitted by the pawer- ful station of Bordeaux in France. It was known that this station was regularly received and recorded at. the Royal Observatory: Greenwich, and enquiry elicited the fact that signals had been simultaneously observed by both observatories on about 12 occasions. A compari- Bon with the Greenwich times, Allp- plied by courtesy of the Astronom er Royal, has conclusively shown the error mentioned in the Govern ment notification, The determina tion is of an accurcy much superior to that of any previous determina tion
The results have been utilizedE by accelerating the clocks of the Royal Observatory by 0.61. sec., since: midnight, 31st Dec 1st Jan the first intimation to the puulle being given by the time ball at 10 a.m. on January
A seven passenger twin-engine flying boat, which it is said will revolutionize the serial fire fight- ing methode employed by Government protective patrol in being tested at the Government Airdrome Marsh,near Ottawa » If aut factory it will be flown to Ma itoba where it will take on proventive duties in one of most important forest areas