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THORNE'S

Business Notices.

HONGKONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1909,

Business Notices.

七月八年元宜

OLD VAT

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PE VAT WAS STARTED: OY THE LATE 19SENT THORNE

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SCOTCH WHISKY.

SOLE. AGENTS IN

HONG KONG, CHINA"&"MANILLA. A.S.WATSON & CO,LTD.*; Hongkong. May 1, 1907.

793

A DISASTROUS TYPHOON.

Great Damage at Foochow and

Amoy.

(Fren. Our Own Correspondent.)

AMOY, September 16,

After an exceptionally lung spell of hot

dry summer wouther, a ghbourly (1)

All Sorta or,

Artistic Printing

dono at tað Orina, Mazo. Umeri

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«The Patronage of the Public is respectfully solicited. Rangknop. September 15. 1900.

REGRET

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typhoon has brought us the long-desired YOU WILL NEVER if you Visit MOHIDEEN & THAHA

gain. And luckily we only got the tail end

of the typhoon, so no "great damage haa

been done. It sorme to have crapt cp, or

rather rushed op the Eastern side of

in D'Aguilar Street, the new JEWELLERS

and DEALERS in

Formosa aking a Westward outlet, which CEYLON PRECIOUS STOVES

it could not obtain until it pissed the north

of the island, when the pressure of a strong North-Easter in the North of Chian, a

D

onse forced it into and across the Formos Channel, where it was said to be aitunted| early on Wednesday morning. Its con- tre cannot bare been very far north as, since the glass fall ropidly betwron daylight and midday on Wednesday from 29.65 to 99.10, its lowest reading. At noon the worst Wha evor and the harometer started to rise again, but it is still rather low, 29,65, and a lot of rain is still falling in heavy recurrent showers, with a E.S.E. wind. Amoy beinga! the Southem gindrant of the circle. this timo, the worst force of the wind was from the Wost und South-west, the North- Easterly wind of Tuceday being of by no means abnormal force, and hardly coough to presage a typhoon near at hand, save for the Tow barometer. Amulling state- manta xcom to have been nude by wisencris at Kuliang, Foochow, that owing to some change in to ocean currcota no more typhoons were to visit the. Formous Channel, aud Foochow nud Amoy were in future to escape altogether.

Such gratuitous prophesy

vill tave received a Breful chock, éince the larg that govers) the genesis and behaviour of theso dread but. anlutary visitants aro net by any means

an get thoroughly understood.

The rain has only come just in the nick of time to save the crops of some, inland districts; and Hweisn, Tong An, and ether neighbouring counties wil be rejoicing at! the beneficent deluge-that is provided it

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As regards the damage froin the typhoon, it is less than might have been expected, Jurgoly owing to its force, being falu from

the West. nad because the extreme force

did not Inst many hours, though it was

Bongkang, July 7, 1900.

MEE CHEUNG

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by Captain Hudgins and tir Officers. All Building, on THURSDAY, 23rd instant, turned in en Tuesday night, which was inest .15 P.M. though very dark, without a thought of any impending trouble. Wodnesday morning, the Chief. Officor woke up to find a strong North East wind, and the arometer reading 258. Fro that time onwards all hands were kept hard at it, The glass dropped at natonishing rate, the lowest reading ro corded being 29.2. The wind was terrific, and some of the squalls were tremendous. The ship had both anchém-up, and it was only by stemning hard, and by elever mazoeavoring that she kept clear of the China Merchant's steamer Hnean, which was moored astern. Fortunately the ty phoon we soon aver, and appears to have passed inland close to Ockies. A large nu

ber of lightafava bean sunk, and also many

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Is norms remarkable that hero. 'in Anny

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|Hongkong, April" 34, 19007

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