1917-05-16 — Page 8

To-day's Advertisements

PUBLIC

AUCTION.

TIRE Undersigned have received in Tatrretions to sell by Public Auction.

Cras ACCOUNT OF TUX (ONCERNIÐ),

TUESDAY,

the 2nd May, 1917, commenting si 130 p.m., at their Sales Roonus, No. 8,

·Dog Verur Road, Corner of···

Ics. Hour STI

A LARON QUANTITY OF

VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND

BLACKWOOD FURNITURE,

&C...

...

As follows:- Upholstered Suites, Arm-chain and Chesterfelt Safas (new) Blackwood and Teakwood Card Tables, Beciroom

Furniture, comprising Double and

-Single Brass Bedsteads, Twin Bedsteads (Teakwood) Sideboards, Dinner Wag g. Extension Dining Tables, Obairs, Tos and Occasional Tables, etc., Dinner Services, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Toilet Set, de. Bath Ren Utensils, Roll-top Desks and Writing Tables, Electro Plated Ware.etc.

Pianes in good condition, Electric Bending Lampe, Blackwood and Teak- Food Screens. Hundley of Blackwood Forniture, Engravings, jetare, o..etc.

Alw

Tennis Teles and Netting, Two Perambulatom.

One Yost Typewriter, Carpets (Sew and second hand, American Tee Chest and the Enamelled Bath

(Fall Particulars froin Catalogue.) Tax-Cash,

HUGHES & HOUGH.

Auctioneers.

Hongkong. May 18, 1917.

TO LET

OFFICES

TO LET.

at Connaught Hond,

1:00

"OFFICES in Kinga and York Building, HOUSES In Clifton Gardens, Conduct

Žead.

HOUSES in Broadwood and Motton Terraces.

HOUSES on Shamcen, Canton.

Apply to

14

THE BONGKONG LAND INVEST-

MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD.

"%

TO LET.

DISTED LATE ENTRY,

tw

very

desirable SHOPS situated in Ice House Street, opposite the Grand Hotch

Recently reconstructed...

For rent and other particulars.

Apply w

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

Bengkong, April 25, 1917. p

Apply→

TO LET.

1478

TDSHEAL, No. 11 The Penk,

A newly done u

CHATER & MUDY,

6 Queen's Road Central.

Hongkong, May 5, 1917.

1

TU LET.

1751

When you think of MOTORS think of ALEX. ROSS & Co.

Largest Stock of Motor Cars, Motor Cycles and Marine Motors. In Hongkong, "Everything for Motoring."

PATELL & CO. ORIENTAL PRODUCE

EXPORTERS,

"SILK MERCHANTS, COMMISSION AGENTS.

Agencies in

NEW YORK,

SAN FRANCISCO, U.S.A. -

Branches-

CANTON,

SHANGHAI,

ΤΟΚΟΠΑΜΑ,

BOMBAY,

HEAD OFFICE: KING'S BUILDINGS HONGKONG

SILIMPOFON (SEBATTIK)

-COAL

THE Undersigned harjus been appointed AGASTA for the COWIN HARBOUR prices for best quality SILIMPOPON COAL CO. LTD., are prepared to quote COAT. trimmed into Bankers at SEBAT TIK SANDAKAN (British North Borneo

SILIMPOPOY COAL compstes favgns- bly with the better grades of Japažene Jcal and gives good results on a very monerate consumption.

Steners sling at SEBATTIK or SANDAKAN exclusively for SILIMPE FUN COAL (either cargo or Bockers) are exempt fibm payment of all Port charges.

side the Company's wharf where there is a At Sebatti Steamers are berthed along. minimam depth of 27 to 28. fast at low water Spring Tides.

Charts of Sibuko Bay (Sebattik Har- bour), Prices and all other information moncerning the Port can be had on

pplication to the Agents

BRADLEY & CO., LTD.,

Agenta Cowie Harbour Coali

Company, Limited.

LONDON

THE

1027

DIRECTORY.

(PUBLISHES ANNUALLY) NABLES traders throughout the World to communicata direct with English MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS

in unch cian of goods. Besides being a NEY HOUSE in Conduit, 'Road. complete commercial guide to London and

Rely, for occupation. "

Also I GODOWN in Dudlell Struct. Fur rent zod other particulars Apply, 10- "

H. M. H. NEMAZEE

1 Des Voeux Rond.

Honkong March 15, 1917.

• TO LET

1877

NOUR-ROOMED NOUSES in Gorton Terrace ne Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon

A PLAT in Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon

TO LET OR FOR SALE. Kowloon, Marine Lot 48 with wharf area 58,000 sq; t suitable for coal storage or erection of godownS

-Apply to-

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

CO., LTD. Alexandra Buildings.

Hongkong Feb. 7, 1917.

HONGKONG TIDES.

The tide tale Kiven below has been sompiled at the National Almanac Office So London Fru the result of the analys observations taken by means of an atomaric turecording machine in the Water Poli Basin at Taim tha Tsui

suring the years 1887-8-9.

The of the table corresponds with

te zeru of the sounding in the Admiralty Fast which has been found to be 4 feet

incilen behow wean sea level

To obtain the depth of water on the

side

nd

Buge at the Victoria Naval Yard

ita kabure, the Directory contains lists of EXPORT MERCHANTS -

41

with the goods they ship, and the Colonial and Fertigo Markets they supply:

STEAMSHIP 'LINES arranged under the Ports to which they all," and indicating the approximate dailings; PROVINCIAL TRADE NUMCES

of leading Manufacturers, Merchants/sto.. in the principal provincial towns and industrial centres of the United Kingdom. A copy of the current edition will be forwarded, freight paid, on recept of Postal Order for 208.

Dealers selang Agencies can advertise their trade cards for £1, or larger adver tisements from £3.

The London Directory Co., Ltd., 25. ALCHUAGE LANs, Losyon, EC.

EXCHANGE. Hongkong May 18, 1917.

Ou London

· Bank Wire

11

11

PASSENGERS DEPARTED.

Per Aki Maru, Mr and Mrs del Rozario, Misses del Küzario, Master del Rozario Mr and Mrs Francisco y Person, Miss Salmon, Mrs La Sala and chik, fiss.; Cosgrove, Mrand Mies Needham, Mírs E. F. Famos. Miss 3. G. H. Howell, Mr Y. Yamada, Mr Ikeda, Mes and Miss Mar- tell: Mr McKenzie, Mr and Mrs Joba Jones, My Clesterman, Me Akerman, Mr Albert Rue. Mr S Kuroda, Masters Jones (2) Mr A Gascon, Mr and Mrs Selby. 31 Burry, Mr Birkett, Mr Aller. Dudßeld, Mr PG,Elliot, Miss Mont 3frs Ranson, Mr J. R. Redfern, Mr J. F. Vida, Miss Hughes, Mr Fouts, Pamer, Mr H. Khiani, Me-Feehan tur Miss Hoben, Mrs H Fujita Mrs Webster, Mrs Y. Kawamur, Mrs R. Shiojina Messrs A. Smith, Y. Sudzuki, K. Furu- tani, C. Arake, Watson, A. G. Nicholls and R. Frame, Miss R. Frame, Miss J. Mekay.

Mr

POST OFFICE NOTICES,

C

THE CHINA MAIL.

.

BURNING ITCHING

ECZEMA ON LIMB

Awful at Times. Started With Small Pimple. Getting Larger.

WEATHER REPORT.

11

Ou the 16th at 120-Pressure has de censed slightly over Shantung and the Philipping, and increased slightly over the China coast and Anua: consider. able inerenars are also probable at the majority of Japanese, stations, although in the absence of observations yesterday

HEALED BY CUTICURA-morning, this lacks confirmation.

- hauerella on the calf of my left lib which started with a small blapte. It was 'of a wet nature and is leritated: something awful The buraleg and seeking was awful at times and tan water that,caze a world make the Enon sari clothing foɑlt as if they had been starched. The place got to ba about the size of the palm of my hard and It kept on getting langur.

" Cuticura Sony and Ointment ad- vertised so I sent for a sample. I found it was doing me good not purchased' mere," and lu four weeks I was completely healed? (Signed H. Vairweather, S. Hurst Rd Belvedere, Kent, Eng. July 29, 19:5

Sample Each Free by Post,

Tech -p Ski Book, (Soap to cleanse and Olament to heal.). Addrome pont-card for samples! F. Nawbery & Sons, 27, Charm Lathouse Sq., Landon. Said everywborn..

FARES FOR PUBLIC

VEHICLES.

CHAIS.

I-In Victoria with two Bearers. Quarter hour. ..... Half hour.

******

One hour, Three hours, .... Six bours

Duy (6 am to 6 pm)

10 cents..

50 70)

$1.00

If the trip is extended beyond Victoria, half fure extTA,

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1917.

SHARE REPORT.

MAY 16TH, 1917.

Stock and paid up

Valge.

QPloua 11.30 AM.

Approximate

Laos Dividend and data?

year's"

BANES

A weak anticyclone extends from the China coast-to-the Bonins, and depros- sions are shown to the west of Hokkaido, over South Maccharin und Indo-Chine.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours Honglong & Stal 3106 8710 onding at 10am. to-day, 1.30 inch. Total since Jariuary 1st, 1069 inches, against an average of 1938-inches.

MARINE INSUK.

Final at 293 making

£4.83 for1918

and

bonus of 10 sub- ject to deduction of Incometax

■ 1916 and Interim: of 18 e 1915......... Flex, div. of 15 %imaking 97% / 1915... Interim of $30 ■/≈ 1015...

of pa

Ferreast for the 24 hours ending at noor on the 17th May

ANGES.

Canton.......semua..$. 50) $950

$7 final making

I-Hongkong to Gap Rock S. winds,. moderate; cloudy, frequent main.

-Formosa Channel: NE. winds, North Catuas veering to S. later.

Unlonso 3-South coast of China betweer Hongkong and Lamocks: The same as Yangtzes GO 8217

5T 150

#1002870

8 piss

$15 making $31 fot

4-Youth coast of China betweed Hongkong and. Hainan: The same as No. 1.

1915 and special of 83° ww.count. 1916.

Tip.c

37 and beau $2 for

1925. 827 for 1915 m.

51p..

8 per

No.

Between the huurs of 8.30pm, and 6. a.m. the above fares shall be increased. by 50 per centum.

Particulars of outgoing and incoming 11-Beyond Victoria, with four Bemers. Mails will not be advertised in future.

The Post Office will forward all.corre pondence posted by the fastest routes,

Correspondence addressed to enemy subjects in China, Siam, Liberia, Portu- guese East Africa, Persia and Morocco cannot be transmitted.

The Services to Germany, Austria Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire are. suspended.

2

Fax.

9:30 LM..

LOCAL AND REGULAR MAILS OUTWARD..

SUNDAYS & WEEE-DAYS, HOLIDAYS Tai ....

... 5.00P.M. Tai Po.... ...10.00 A. M. Cheung Chow... 2.00 2.x. Shaterkok, Sha- tin and Sherzgshui. 4.00", Aberdeen, Autau, Ping Shan, Sai keng, Santin, Stanley.. 4.30 PM.

Canton Samsui and Wuchow

Macao

$1.30 A.X.

Regis 5P.M. Letters 8 P.M.

***12.30 P.M. 6.00 P.M.

Except Saturdays

wwwwwm

Hour:******

Three hours.............. Six bours...

Day (6 am to 6 pm.)

י

OFFICIAL NIGHTS IN MAY.

The following table shows the Stan- dard Time at which Official Night ends and begins during the month of May,

10%

HERE INSURANCES.

悲

Chios Piz.....390|3146 b.

Hongkong Firem... ou $325 b."

11

SHIPPING.

Douglas. Stowmahide 550 882 11.

Steamboats 181917) b.

Indo-China.

Int. of 35 g 19181917

81.23 for 1918.

16

p.c

(Proferred£5 $40 (Doterred).ES $109.

Interim ut 3 / 1916... Iutaries or 10-a/o 1918,

BD.C. 8. DAG.

1917

Dute. May 16th, 5.32.

Ends.

Begina.

746 pm.

th, 3.31

1

18th, 5.31

7,07

th, 5.30

7.08

90th, 6.30

7.03

21st 5.30

...... 0.80 cents.

gend

5.99

7:00

..$1.00

3rd, 5.29

7.20

Shell" Transporta. £l [109;

**Star Forry ....1032 d.

1-iot Me 1918Coupon £7

91.63 dividend

7 pe

t

4.24th, 6.29

....... 2.00.

n. 25th

6.30

7.11

Bonue for year ending 30-4-16

26th

5,20

7.11

th. 3.28

8th

59th

REFINERIES. Chiné Sugars 100 $110 b. Malabon Sogars... L30 $301

62 3

812 for 1916

104 p.)

P. 5 l 1916...

13

30th 5.7 J19ty

5.27

1.50

III-In the Hill District.

With 2 Bearers With's Bearers. Quarter bour......13 $0.30 Half hour... One hair, Two hours.

... 0.20

0.40

0.30

0.0)

0.50

0,50

Three hours....... 0.70. Six hours.1.00) Day (8 am to 6p.m.)1.50

1.00

1.30

2,00

RICKSHAS

1. In the Iand of Hongking if engaged

in Victori

Ten minutes, Quarter hour,

Half hour,

One hour,

Every Subsequent hear,

ROYAL OBSERVATORY

· MINING.

Kailans.............4130/6 x. 4. b.

BONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER Lago 10T: 17 b.

REPORT..

MAY 18, 1917.-..

5 cents

.15

Wind.

Station.

Note-If the ricksha he engaged

within the City of Victoria. and be dis.

charged outside the Western part of the

Hour.

6:23.77

City of Victoria after 9 p... or be dis Wostock. charged to the East of Eay View Falice femur. 29,51 Station on the Eastern side of the City: Hakodate

of victoris after 9 pm, an extra half, Tokio fare shall be chargeable.

HI-In Kowloos.

Quarter hour.ge Half hour,..................

5,00 PM. Hour,

9.00. M.

6.00P.M.

Kongmoon

Sambar and

Sannici

Shamchen......

5.09 P.M.

10.00 AM, 14.00 1.3.

5,:00 M

9.00-4.3.

#

FROM SHEUNGWAN WESTERN BRANCH F.O. WXKX-DAYE

For

17.30 A..

Macso......!

11:30 P

17.30 AM 10.30 p..

83.36.

5.20г.M.

Every subsequent hour,

III-Taipo Road.

מ.

29.83

99.03

27.Ho

Kagoshima 39.38

Osima 30.01

Kochi

5 cents. 134

10

4

Nabu

"I

21

人

30.03

Ishijima, 28.01

Bunin Leland

Chefor... 88.20.82

Weihaiwei

Twenty cents shall be added Bankow for each extra hour or part Ichang of an hour if the birercauses

Direction.

||4|Humidity.

||||| + Temperaturo.

Weather:

Kiukiang

2001

Shanghai..

120.03 30.02 129.93.

29.94 64

the journey to take longer Chagata...... than:- To 4th mile-

„Mingle, pra të cents....1 hour.

reth 81.00 hours. Beyond 4th to Eth mile-

single...$1.20 2 hours. rotura......81.60.........

Beyond 6th to 9th mile- singlo...$1.75

return......$2.00

SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS

Beyond 9th to 11th mile-

single.......1200

(7.30 A.M. 11:30 1.1

17. A.M. 10.30 P.M.

P.M.

Chatou ... Tai Piog

Tung9.30 r.M. 9.30 PM: 9.

Shek Ki... 30 r., 9.30 P.M. 9.3 P.M Kongmoon 5.00 PM. 5.00P.M. 5.00 PM. Kumchak...6.00 г.x. 6.00 P., 0.00 P.M. Kaukong...600 PM. 8.00P.M. 6.00 r..

Except Baturdays

In the case of Mails closing before sm. Fegistration closes at o'clock on the j'vous evening.

2/43

On demand,

30 days sight...

3/4 1/16 ...2/4] ......2/4 15/16

2,5

Temperature... Hongkong, May 15, 1917. KAROKITEE

Da Do

AX 1.P.M.

4 F.M

THERMOMETER

Do.

Do.

4 months' sight, "Credits, 4 months' sight,

Documentary, 4 months' sight 2/54 On Paris-

On

Ün demand,

Credits, 4 months aight,...356

New York-

On demand,

Corta, 60 days might

Ja Bombay-

·Wire...

Op derisad, Wire, ......

feet 3 inches, and on the gange On Calcutta-

ut Lupoat Docky Aberdeen, add 10 feet

inelies to the height given in the table,

May 17th to 23rd, 1917.

• tiangkong

Happy

•Time.

In Manila

30 days' night(private paper).

дом

пош.

113}

100%

9 AM.

4.1.the

Da, Wat hold) A

Do. (We bulb) I

Do, Wet ba+b) 4 T.M.

-o. Maxmu

D Minimum (over night'

་

HONGKOND REGISTER.

Barometer

Temperature

Humidity

Direction of

*****

return......$2.50

Gutula... Sharp Pk... Amoy Swato..... 29.8 Taihokua 29.ES Taichu

99,80 2384

Tainan

Koshan

Fescadores

Canton

Gap Rock.

Hongkong

20000

Pakhoj

Fares for journeys beyond the 11th, mile to be a matter of previous arrange Hoihow....

cat in each case,

Phulien

The fare bere set out to apply to ono rickaha with three coolies from Tsim Sha 'Tsui.

FARES FOR PUBLIC CARRIAGES.

From Slaughter House to

Bailors' Reme

Not exceeding

· per papsenzer.

'04 cents.

From Sailors' Home to. Government Civil Hos pital ......

From Government Civil. Hospital to Clock Tower

14

From Glock Town to Race:

"Couse.

99.40

20.87 From Clock Town to Bay

View House

0.86

78 From Wanchai Market to 75 Bay View House

From Bay View House to

73 Quarry Bay

06.

13

C. St. James Aparri€ :

Dagupan Blanila Legaspi

Tacloben Toilo

Surigao

Labuan P]

9382|23|3333|

T:F. CLAXTON, Director.

Rabası Trouch Miles

LI $2.63

£1278 s.

Final div, 5% free of in-

come tax, making 10% a/c 1915-1918 coupon No. 8

Tis. 1 for 19

1 interim making 4-

afc 1916. strada.

9 % 10 1913

p.c.

Fial Caspian

£133/

DOCKS, WHARVES '

AND GODOWNS

Kowloon Wharvan # 50) $80 H.K. & Whampo

Docks........3 60|$122) bi

Shanghai Dooks T. 100 T. 90

8% 1916.& bonus $2.

Finnl $2.50 & bonus 88, musking $11 s/c 1910...

Te a year ending

...80-4-16

10 p.c

8p.c

HOTELS LANDS AND BUILDINGS

Hongkong Hota...8.50 -8 100 b.

Central Eataso ...8100 899

Hongkong Lands...$100 8074

Humphreya Batacen€ 1080) b.

Kowloon. Lazdu... 30833

Pout Polat"...50 $77

Shanghai Laida T. 50 T

COTTON MILLS.

Ewor

„T. GOIT, 1501

Shanghai Cottons T. 50 T, 122 b..

b.

Kucg Yik..

Yngtatapos

T10 T. 141 b. 5 s.

T-T 6.70 b.

MISCELLANEOUL

China-Borrisos

Hongkong Observatory, May 15, 1917. Light & Power ..., § -- [244

1. BAROMETER, reduced to 32 degrees

Fahrt nheit, on the level of the sea in China Providenta $10 $8 inches, tenths and hundredths. 7

2. TEMPERATURE, in the shade, in de. Dobry Bassi,€ ↑ [#24 ma. grees Fahrenbeit.

L'HUMIDITY, in percentage of saturs tion, the humidity of air saturated with moisture being 100.

4 DIRECTION OF WIss, to two points. 3. PORUE OF WIND, according to Bes zford Scala,

a. STATE OF WEATHER, b blue ; c detached cloud, d drizzling rain, flug, gloomy bhail, I lightning, ovrcast, II-In the City of Victoria. Paing showers, quaqual, rain 1 snow

thunder. v visibility, w dew wet), Not exceeding

passenger drodze.

7. Rar in inches tenths and han- 10 cents.

Quarter hour.

Half bour,

One hour.

Two hours.

Three.

Four

Hix

On daie ladata a Five.

35.

75458

One day from 6am to 8pm.1.25:

III-Beyond Victoria.

On demand On Singapor

On delako,

On demard

COM WATEN

On Shanghai

20.79

29.82 29.83

On demand

8 1

D

Baigi

On Yokohama

WEST

On demand,

Wind. I

One hour,

Gold Leaf, 100 no (per tael)

18.20 -

Sovereigns (Banks Buying rate) $8,10

Force Weather

.3

Two Hours

orla

od

Three

Laa

Four

Silver (jer oz)

Bar Süver in Hongkong

Five

Six

Chinese Copper Caab Chinese Copper Cents.. Bate of Native Interest Chinese Sub-Comm Hengleng dula Coin

| #latinal, opere ale temperature on the 2006

Lawput agam air temperatmy, om jaklaw tack-

Bongkang, Obervatory, May

Une day from

"If a vehicle a dác

Not exceeding

per wassenger.

20 penta

extra is to be slowed for the return joumey.

IV-In Kowloon

Quarter hour, Half hour, Une hour. Two hours

Not

Green Islands

● 7307.30 b.

Hongkong Electrics 10 850 ss, Hongkong less | $151

Hongkong Ropes...§. 10 | 822)

Hongkong Tramways B. $9,20 6.

H. Steel Foundry

10

Final of 85 making 6

*/ 1918

87 kie 1918.

Final div. of making

ST / 1916

b0 cents for 1916

$2 for 1916

Final #395, making 86.2. #fc 1918 bene 8 final making 12%

a/c 1916

Tis.. for your ́ending

31-10-16... Tie, & dia's your eaded

30-6-10

The 0.90 for 1916)

· 72 eta. Ine 1945........

8 p.o. for your ending

£8-2-06 .....

cents for 1918

13 for yetending

31-7-28

80 cents for 1918

$2† s/c "1916/17 Bonus

75 cents 11 on a 191

81 final and bonus $1, -musking $3 element 23 % Ensia/e 1918 Pand- ing (conta 48 persaara)

Peak Tramways...3:10 39,80

7% for 1916/1918

5 D.

81 pc

Up.e.

Steam Laundry.

96 cente for 1915/2016..

121% for 1916 Alum

Union Waterbok.m

70 beta fue 1918

10 p

60 cents for 1913/134.0

iales,

HOXON & TAYLOR Bhare And General Brok

Thres

Fortr

Five

0

One day from 6 a

Talephone No::990;

POB/N 1115

1:60

Between the hours

beyond

ni the above farest shall ben

MALL Edited by

Elita of the City of Victoria hare by 10 pieribika, st