1917-03-25 — Page 8

Te-day's Advertisements

PUBLIC AVOTION.

E Undersigned have received in- tractions to sell by subbe Auction.

VAR SOCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED)

- од

TUESDAY,"

tíns 3rd. April, 1917, at 2.30 p.m., at „“CLOVELLY “No. 12 Peak Road.

THE WHOLE OF" THE

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD.

FURNITURE,

therein "contaiand.

Consisting of -

Blackwood silver exbinets, black wool erved desk, flower stils &e.

Teakwood Sideboari, dinner wILAHORIS, Text:ssion dining tableand chairs, dinner

senice, grookerý, glassware &e.

Tenkwood "extra kirgo" wardrobes, fired thres large beveiled mirrors).

Tenkwood Marble-top Bureaus, (with bevelled mirror) teakwood Overmantels, Fineu presses, large double, Brax

with air mattresses mounted Red Harble-top waskstands, porcelain com #les Je.

Also

나

Upright Gmad l'fano, by well known taker, unthin splendid condition.

Large American Ice Chest and several

god engravings and pictures.

Catel tes will be insted..

On view from Monday the 2nd April

at man.

Tex-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.. Hongkong, March 28, 1917.

ALEX. ROSS & CO.

Machinery Office 'Phena 27.

OUR AGENCIES:

Kapier, Ford and Buṛmóbile Motor Cars, Brake, Caille and Scripps Marine Motore Triumph and Indian Motor Cycles, Royal and Corona Typewriters, Dreesco Faints and Colourwash. Options Stoves,

Jeyes Fluidy

Carbotyp Stationery,

Turner Oil and Gas Engires,

"

Simpson and Lawrence Yacht Fittings. Dunlop Tyres,

General Accident Motor Car Insurance.

TO LET

STO. LET.

THE CHINA MAIL.

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Particulars of outgoing and incoming Mails will not be advertised in future.

FARES FOR PUBLIC

VEHICLES.

Half hour,

CRAINA.

... 10 cents.

Fo-In Victoria with beo Bearers.

Quarter bour,

Que bour,

Three hours,........................

$1.00

Six hours.

Day (0 ani to 0 pm)

L

If the trip is extended beyond Victoria, halt fare extr

"Between the hours of 8.36 pm, and ( a. the above fares shall be increased by 50 per centum.

IT-Beyou! Fictoria, with four Beers,

0,60 cents

1.30.

Hours polla di Three bours....1. Six hours,.......... Day (6 4.1 to 6 pm), .......................... 2.0M)

With : Bearers With 3 Beurera

$0.30 Quarter hour.......80.15 Half hour,

... D.AU The Port Office will forward all corresQue honr.

.........* 0,34 OUR-ROOMED HOUSESia Gordon

Two hours... 0.00 Terrace and Salisbury Avenue.pondence peated by the fastest routes.

Three hours, ...... 0170 Kowloon

Six hours......... 1.00 Day (B.toāp.ro.)156

H.40

++

0.50

0,50

2.00

1.50 2.90

A FLAT in Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon.

⚫ Correspondience adaressed to enemy subjects in China, Siam, Libéria, Portu- guess East Africa, Persin' and Morocco.

TO LET OR FOR SALE. Kowloon Marine Lot 49 with wharf arra 58,500 eq. ft. suitable for coal, cannot be transmitted. storage or erection of godowns.

Apply to-

[

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

CO., LTD. Alexandra Buildings. Hongkong, Feb. 7, 1917.

1613

TO LET-IMMEDIATELY.

KING EDWARD HOTEL

Central Location JL BLLTRIO TRAMs Pam Entrance, Electric Lifte, FaDxn Lighting. Koropemu Baths and Sanitary Fittings, Bar and Cold Water System throughunt, Best of Food and Service-

-TALETHOJE WA Bezgrarung ADDRESA:

*VICTORIA."

J. WTCHELL, »

Manager.

PATELL & CO.

Importers-Exporters

AND

Commission Agents

HONGKONG.

Branches :-

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. BOMBAY, INDIA.

China:

HANKOW,

SHANGHAI,

CANTON.

NORAH BRITISH & MERCANTILE

INSURANCE 'GO."

IN WHICH ARE FENTED TUZ. SHARES OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, I.,

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE CO.

UTAL FUNDS AT Sist Diclazza, 1314, £23,870,387.

I-Authorised Capital £6,000,000. subscribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid up Capital -Fire Funds

T ARCE OFFICER. Centrally Situated Right, telephone and sub, exchang

3o. 21. Apply

Ca Man Office. Hongkong. Marel: 2/1517,

TO LRT.

1543 i

RICKSHAS.

WEATHER REPORT.

On the 20th at 11.40-Pressurs bas increased moderately over Japan and| decreased slightly chewhere. The AR- ticyclone has weakened but remains stationary over S. China; a depression which crossed Japan yesterday is in- dicated, to the east of Hakodate.

Fresh monsoon will continue along the China const sud over the northern part of the China Sea,

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours. unding at 10 am, to-day, 6.00-inch. Total since January 1st, 1,52 inches, against ad average of 3:53 inches.

Forecast for the 24 hours ending st noon on the 27th March

-Hongkong to Cap Rock' N.E. winds, fresh to moderate; cloudy with" |drizzling rain, improving later..

4-Formosa Channel: N.E. winds, strong.

3-South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamecks: The same No. 1.

MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1917.

SHARE REPORT.

MARCH 26TH, 1917

Stock and pald.op

ty Bioca 11.30 A.M.

Falco,

BANKS.

Hongkong S'hal 8125 | 8080: b..

MARINE INSUR- ANCES.

Canton

..850 $370

North China

T. 150

Culoza, #100|#890

outh coast of China between Yangtzes....... ...#: 90 | 3231 Hongkong Hains: The same No. 1.

"OFFICIAL NIGHTS IN MARCH.

The following table shows the Stan- dard Time at which Official Night ends,

The Services to Germany, Austria, I.—In the Island of Hongkong if engaged and begins during the mouth of March, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire arr acepended.

LOCAL AND REGULAR MAILS

OUTWARD...

WELL-DAYS SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS

For Thi Fo......

Jai .........00 P.M. ...10.00A.M.

Cheung Chow... 9:00P.M... Shataukok. Sha

tim undi

Sheungshui... 4,00 P: M. Aberdeen. Autau,"

Ping Shao,

Sai Kung,

مرا

Sautin. Stanley.. 4.30 Y.M.

OFFICES, 2nd Floor, St. George's Canton, Samsul

Apply to

SREWAN, TOMIES & Co.." | Macau, ... Hongkong. April 7, 1914.

TO LET

311

NEW HOUSE in, Condait Road.

1 heady for occupation."

Also GODOWN in Duddell Street. For

rent and other particulars apply to

EL M. H. NEMAZEE. 1 Bes Vaux Road. Hongkong, March 12, 1017.

OFFICES

TO LET

1577

at Connaught Roed. OFFICES in Kings and Fork Building. HOUSES in Clifton Gardens, Conduit

Road.

HOUSES in Broadwood and Moreton Terraces.

HOUSES on Shamoen, Canton. THE RETREAT No. 65, The Feat.

Apply to THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST

MENT & AGENCY Co., L.

¿

TO LET.

IMMEDIATE ENTRY, four very desirable SHUPS situated in Ice House Street, opposite the Grand Hotel. Recently reconstructed.

For rent and other particulars,

Apply to

THE MANAGER, Hongkong Ice Co., Ltd. 46, Connaught Road Central

£2,437,500. Hongkong, March 15, 1917.

3,837,547

Life & Annuity Funda... 17,567,690 Sinking Fund Account ...... 128,930

£23,970,387

Revenue Fire Branch... £,381,68

Lite And Arnnity į

2,141,685 Branchen) Lavonne Marine Department... 337,239 Other Recsiņā cie

478,940

"CHINA MAIÏ. ”

1578

PUBLICATIONS.

BTAINABLE at the "LUBINA 'MAIL'

in Victoria

Ten minutes.....

Quarter hour, eode

Half hour,.

One hour,

Every Subsequent boar

20

-2161

18. $75, 6.08

5. cont

TO

Date

Bads.

.15

Mar. 26th, 610 3.20..

Begins. 6.47 p.m.

$47

..

18th, 6.08"

0.48

29th, 6.08

348

30th, $.07

6.43

31st 9.08

6.49

*

20

engaged Note- the ricksha be within the City of Victoria, and be dis charged outside the Western part of the City of Victoria after 9 pm, or be dis 9.30 1.M. charged to the Fast of Bay View Police Station on the Eastern side of the City of Victoris after 9 pm at extra half fare shall be chargeable.

9.00 ..

and Wuchow

(7:30 AM.

Regis 6 r.x. Lotters 6 P... 17.15 4.3.

(6.00 PM. Kongmoon... Except

Saturdays

Sancaci... 5.00 PM.

10.00 AM. Shamchun... F.M.

50 Pi

.3.0P.M.

8.00 P..

9.00 A.M.

FROM SHEUNGWAN WESTERN

BRANCH P.O.

It-In Kowloon. Quarter hour, masina

Half hour,........

Hour,

Every subsequent hour,....

III-Taipo Road.

5. cents.

10

Twenty cents shall be added for each extra hour or past | of an hour if the hirer causes" the journey to take longer than

To 4th mile- single

76 cents.... hour. retarn... $1.00

...bours.

Beyond 4th to 6th mile

single 81.20..... return 81.50........

Beyond 6th to 9th mile- single81.75. return......200

Beyond 9th to 11th mile-

9 hours.

**

43

single89.00........3 return 83,507 Fares for journeys beyond the 11th WKEX-DAYS SUNDAYS &mile to be a matter of previous arrange The faces hete set out to apply to one richsha with three coolies from Tsim Sha Trui

HOLIDAYS (7.30 A.M 9.30A.M.

1.30 P.AL (7.30 AM. 6.30 г.M. 19.30г.M.

Macao1.20 M 17.30 ..

$7.30 A.M. Canton 18.30 PM, Tai Ping

Tung...0.30 PM, 0.30 PM. 0. P.M. Shek Ki0.30 P.M. 9.30 P.3. 9.3 P.M. Kongmoon 5.00 PM. 6.00 г. 8.0 PM. Kumchik...6.00 P.M. 6.00P.M. 6.00 p.35. Kaukong ..-6.00 P.M. 6.00P.M.”8.00P.M.

Except Saturdaya.

In the case of Mails closing before 9 a.m. Fegistration closes at 5 o'clocken the vous evening,

1

EXCHANGE. Rengkong, March 26, 1017/

On London

Bank Wire

**

On demand,

30 days' sight...

cat in each case.

FIRED FOR FUBLIC CARRIAGES.

1.

1.

From Slaughter House to

Sailors' Home .............. From Sailors Home - to

Government Civil Hos

ROYAL OBSERVATORY. HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER REFORT.

"MARCH 26, 1917.-8.m.

Saties.

Wl'ostock Memuro

Hakodate

chio!

Косы

Kagoshima

Ba,;

5 5.|

זז

Oshima...... 80,12

Sana

30..

Ishi'jima.. 80.19

Bonin Kland

9.95

Chefoo

Weihaiwci..

30.29

"

Hankow chang dinkang..."

Changskn.. Shangbai Gutaf... Sharp Pk...! Amoy

**

,00

130.9.

9.30.17

• B

Taihaku.. 8.90.15

Taichu... Taipan

#1

Koshun..... Pesescores

Canton Not exceeding Hongkong Gap Rock der passenger.

Macao Wachtowa. 04 cents.

Pakhoi Hoibow....

04

From Government Civil Hospital to Clock Tower From Clock Town to Race"

Couse

04

10

From Clock Town to Bay

View House

12:

From Wanchai Market to

Bay View House .........

08

17

2/3

From Bay View House to

Quarry Bay

08

...2/3 15/16 22/4

II—In the City of Victoria.

Not exceeding

...2/4 3/16

per passenger.

10 cents. IU

4 months' sight, Credits, 4 months' sight, 2/43 Documentary, 4 months' pigh: 2/47 On Paris

On demand,

****

...393

Credits, 4 months' sight, 333 On New York- On demand,

...564 Credits, 60 days sight, In Bombay--- Wire, ... Un demander

£6,239,228 Once, Wyndham, Street, Honz on Calcattay

kong:

The Accumulativa Fazde of the Parious Brauches are separately invested, and, Act of Parlimen, are set selde to west the cin ms under the respective Depart ments of the Company's Business.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

Åsenta,

LESSONS IN CHINESE.

wwwwwww

HISTORY OF UNION CHURCH

(1891-1903)

HONG KONG’6 HISTORY...

MUSICAL

NOTES ON WILD LIFE IN

HONGKONG AND BOUTH CHINA (by Rev. G. A., Bunbury, M. A.)

FRI

Part X-Mammals and Birde

Part II-Reptilen, Amraíbis and

Fishes...

H. LI DON FAN, &Chinam raduste rozed in literature, has been a teacher to Rampasa And Horekanta in Lale Colony for lan yours. Die kam a good method of training Haroposes to Jars in the Chinese sxamination, and is possessed THE Da Brat cats certificate na a Chinese tenchan, Ke Ban good knowledge of Mandarin and hakka, Those who Intand learning the Chinese langunge Baw puented to write to "China ait Office dirent in Device, Wellington Street, second Door

(1251

FRENCH LESSONS

G. MOUSSION,

15, Morrison Hill Road.

***

nom.

+.

Wirty d

Ctz.

On demand

On Singapore

On demand,

On Manila

60

On demand,

On Shanghai--

On deciand

Quarter hour,

Hall bour..

One hour:

Two hours,

Foar..............................

Six

70

75:

Five

One day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. $1.25

111-Beyond Victoria.

nom!

One hour....

Two Hours,

મ

Three

Four

Tivo

Six

30 days sight (privata paper)--

On Yokohama

On d'mand,

JWA

ཌ་

Dom.

108

50 Gold Lend, 100 fine (per taal). 48.70

Sovereigns (Banks Buyingrate) 88.55. n.

MISSIONS ETRANGERES (Eistoryofibe Eastern Cherche)

... 1.00

ORINESE SCHOOL BOOK *(** Sun-Ta King,” translates

by E. J. Eitel) m

SIR; ROBERT HART'S LAND

TAX MEMORANDUM criticism WASHING BOOKS (for

Temperature.

Silver pengkong Bar Sliver in Chinese Copper Cash ... Chiness Copper Cents... Rate of Native Interest Chinese Sub. Coin Hongkong Saba Coin sensin

45

Not exceeding

per passenger

26.cents

"

60

75 17

86

+1

00

One day from 6am. to 6 pm. §1.50

If a vehicle is discharged beyond the limits of the City of Victoria half fre extra" is to be allowed for the return journey.

IV-In Kowloon.

Not exceeding

30.05 60 (30.04-60* 30.01 81 30.04 67

30.10 49

*

30.05 65 78

30.04

30.05 6 97

字

Phulien 7.29.0

Tournes

Apart

Dagupa

30

#

29.8

Manils" Legasp Tacloban .....

Iloilo

**

Surigao. Labuan...

Wind

1|:,ཡཱཝསདྡྷ ཾཙྪཀྐལོ།། T

FIRE INSURANCES.|| China Fires... 20$15 b. Hongkong Fire ou} #9526;"

SHIPPING.

Douglas Starshipe $50 $109.

Steamboats.... 16919)

Indo Chizas:-

(Preferred).£5 841

Deferred)....£3 81284 Bil

*Shell" Transporta* £1]10%)- **Star Ferry'... 10:33

REFINERIES.

China Sugars................. (00) $125 b.. Male boa. Sagar... P. 30j $20 b. 30 an

Kailana

MINING.

£338/.

Langkaca.........dr. 10) T. 18 b

....£$2.36 3.

Raubs...

Tronoh Mins £130% i

Ural Casplans......23 28/

-DOCKS, WHARVES

AND GODOWNS. /

Kowloon Wharvem $ 50 981 5.

H.K, & Whampo

Docks.......... 5013127 b. & sa.

Shanghai Docks T. 100jT. 87

:

Rota

Laat Dividend and, date.

ICAL'

div.

Final of £2-3 mating £4.6 for 1978 and

bonds of 10/ subi jeeb to deduction of Income tax

$ Rial making $25.

ajo 1914 and Interim

of 15 al 1916. Fical div. of 15% waking

27/1915 Interim of $30 wực 1915.

Final of 816 making $18

·for 1914 and int. of 36. an axema 1915.

187 and bonus #2 for

1914........

827 for 1914

$1. final making $8 and 89 bonus, making (14 alls/1015-16

$1.25 for 1916 «............

4

Interin of 3/- a/c 1916... Interime of 10's/61918,

of 'p.c.

6. p.c

8 p...

9/int m/c 1916 Coupon 27

7 p..

$1.55 dividend & 45 cts.. Bonus for year ending 30:4:16

61 po

$12 for 1915 Summerton

F. 5.for 1918.

10 p.0.

131⁄2 p

Finial dir, 5% free of in- come tax, making 10% a/c 1915-1918, coupon No. 8 Tis. for 191

1- interim making 4-

ale 1918

9% for 1915

8% 1316 & bonus

Final #2.50 bonus 26, making $11 a/c 1316...

Ta. 7 lot year ending

30-4-16

HOTELS" LANDS

AND BUILDINGS

Hongkong Botal... 50 8102 Central Estate...$100 $93 Bengkong Lands...$100 $94 b. Humphreya Estos 20 861 b Kowloon Landa ...6: 30|| #83.

West Points ......... 50 370 b.

Shanghai Landa T. 50 T. 99

Final of 3 making $6

a/ 1918.

| $7 a/c 1916...ervacanzone

Fiosi div. of $34 making:

87 / 1910Üçı

50 cents for 1816

82 fär 1916

Final 3-25, making 65.25

ale 1918 6% final making 12%

a/o 1916.....

COTTON MULLS.

T. F. CLAXTON, Director. Hongkong Observatory, March 26, 1917.

BAROMETER, reduced to 3 degrees Ewpe Fahn nheit, on the level of the sea in inches, tenths and hundredths.

T. 50 T 147

Shang! ai Cottons T. 50 T. 117 2. TEMPERATUÉR, in the shade, in "de-

1:

grees Fahrenheit.

3. HuxшITY, in percentage of stura. Kung Tik... tion, the humidity of air saturated with moisture being 100.

Y ngtizano

4. DIKECTION OF Wind, to two points. 8. FORCE OF WED, according to Besford Beale,

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tls. 9 for your ending 31-10-16... voz drunmas Tha; 6 diy, so year ended

90-6-18.nata

T. 13.

T 0.90 for 1916

6. STATE OF WEATHER, b blue sky, e detached cloud, d drizzling rain, togs China-Borneos...... 1948 b...

gloomy, h hail, 1 lightning, Dovreast,

Passing showers, a squal, r raiz snow, Light & Fowers... 5842 m.

thunder: y visibility, w dew web).

7. Kate in inches tenths and hun- dredths

HONGKONG, TIDES.

China-Provideata

Dry Farms

10 2820 $6 $23 Green Islands. 10 88.80 b. Hongkong Electrica # 10 848) k. Hongkong Ices.... | 21 | $169

The Te-table kiven below has been compiled at the National Almanac Office in London from the result of the analysis of observations taken by means of an Hongkong Ropes... 10 $29 automatic tide-recording machine in the

Water Police Basin at Tsim Sha Tsui Hongkong Tramways 5/ 37.10.b

ring the years 1587-8-9.

The core of the table corresponds with i

zero of the sounding in the Admiralty E.K. Steel Foundry 810

354 17% nom

per passenger.

84% dis

Quarter hour, ** Half bour... Una hour, Two hours.

.46

.60

.80

1.40.

Chart, which has been found to be feat

Three

inches below mean sen level.

-Four Vive

2.40

To obtain the depth of water on the

2.80

tide gange at the Victoria Naval Yard Peak Tramways

Six

3,00

add 3 feet 4 inches, and on the gauge.

at Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 foot

Between the bours of 8.30 p.m. und 6 am. the above fares shall ba

One day from 6am to 6p.m.6.00"

Odits at a late per by to centum.

*

·HONGKONG REGISTER."

'ome 30

"Prations

day

Barometer

30.10 30.00

30.00

Temperature

69

53

53

68

00

BEER

30.09 Weather

0.03

00

"or

0.0%

Humidity Direction of

Wind

Hongkong, March 26, 1917, HABOMETER. 30,11

Rik mummas: 30,00 Force

Do..

BEST MEDICINE MADE. better medicine can act be made thon Charnberlain's Cough Remedy. Telieves the lungs, opens the secretions, aids expectoration and assists nature in motoring the system to a healthy condi

Ou Eraldes it contains no opiates ad is perfectly safe to take, For sale ay all Chemists and Storekeeper

THERMOM

4 PAG

9 AM.

Dow

Do. (Was bulb) 9 ́Auāli un com ¿Do. (Wat bilb}]} #iku

Do: (Wat balbj 4. 7.M.

De Maximum saman Do., Midasm (over nigh

RUE IT IN

good many people think.rheumatism can not be cured without taking Chamberlain's Pain nauseous medicine

Balm imaged thoroughly into the skin

Fighest, open air campersture on the thua cured far more rheumantiam than

TAF CLAYTON Directo Observatory March 8, 1917

any internal, remedy in existence, and gives relief quicker. Forsalok Crémiste and Storekeepers,

inches to the height given in the table

March 27th to April 2nd, 1917. ⠀ ̈ ̈

72 cts. foe 1915.

8 p.b, for year ending

68-2-06

"Dents for 1918

13 for year ending 31718 KAU SUR VOTIONA

30 csinta for 1918 m.

$2 for 1913/1918... 62 cm s/o 1918

$1. final and bonus $1,

making. $3

23% final / 1918 Food- ing (canta 48 pershare)

7% for 1915/1916. aas

Steam Laundry

Union Waterbantá

BRAZILBE

Helgön

Madighe

blch

2IG $263

Watsons idiomüil ▼ 10

William Powell .....

25 cents for 1915/1916.

123% for 1918

5.c.

13 pe

81 p.

The

71 p...

81

aj per

124 p.

9.04.

201

8 p.#

Telegraphic Add :

36 & 70 cents for 1915

If cant for 1918/1914

Telephone No 99020, No. 111,

MOKON & TAYLOR Sharad General Brokers,

rinted and published toe THE CHITA Matt Lamites be BERTEA A HAL

dham Bleet, Hongkong,