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RUBBER SMUGGLERS.
„JABSUNGERS TRICKS IN NEUTRAL
ZONE.
Attempts to smuggle rubber bi Üres many were described in the Frise Court, Lamidon, révoltly, when a quantity of) zubey found on board Putela, Dupish, and Norwegian shijw was condenaneil
Mr R. Wright, for the Crown,, said that in one me rubber was put into. drinks, as passengers luggage, and Are ether case was hidilen in parts of the machinery by numbers of the shipis crew. In a Buteli ship them, was found. Iow, of rubber in trunks shipped us the luggage of a South American mu we booked his passage for Amsterdam, but did not actually travel: The trunks arena pointed out to the searching officer | „by the master of the ship.
Two passengers bound to Germany in a Danish ship hul between them $15 par of mabber gloves. In a Ditch ship the stonel: linen-steper was found to Ive seersted 13 packets of dental rubber, and 123 packets valennal rubber were winceutel in the cabin of two JESCREEN in another ship, A ship's cigerating engineer but as anorexel
and 10pairs of rubloon.
und
leg gloves
The second linen keeper referred to mited that he had intended to get int touch with Germans frequénting the cats and hotels at Amsterdam, ind well the rubber to them. He expected w. make a profit of gão on an outlay of £20,
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MAY 319 1917.
Qtiona 1.30 A..
Last Dividend
and sista...
Approximate kett posses
on hub
Yak'a
Hongkong & Staf@126 | 9705
Hungkeng Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10a.m. to-day, 0.10 inch. Total sinco January 1st, 19.43 inches, against an average of 2394 inches...
Forecast for the 24 hours ending at Cantons# 50 | 8350
noon on the 2nd June:--
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ip.c.
27 ina! making
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FIRE; INSURANCES"
China. Firss 20 $146.
Hongkong Fuss ........ BU $327) b
SHIPPING.
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Steamboate 15 $177.
Indo-Chinna. --
The following table shows the Stan-]. dard Time at which Official Night.ends and begins during the month of June, 2.060 cents. | 1913 :—-
$1.00 1.30 ...:(X)
II-Beyonil Victoria, with four Beers Hour
Three hours
Six hours.
9.00 .31.7.-- the Esland of Hongkong if engaged
(Preferred)...£52408.
Deterred)...107 sa.
**Shell" Transports £1109/
Star Forty
10808x.d.b
REFINERIES. China Sugars.........$ 100
18104 **. Malabon Sagars..... P. 30
$20
Date.
Eads.
44
June 1st, 5.27 IL..
(Day (6 4m to é p.m.).
2nd. 5.27
Begins. 7.13 p.m. 1.13
III-in the Hill Distries.
3rd 527
"With Beavers With 4 Bearers.
4tl. 3.27
Quarter hour.80:15
$0.30
5th, 5.20
Half hous, ...
5.26
0:40
One Bour.
56
0,30
0.20
Two hours. **** 0.507-
Dan
5.27
Three hours, 170
9th
5.97
Six hours....... 10
1.50
10th, 16.97
500 r. Day (m.106μ10.)4.50
2:43
11th,
3.M
12th.
13th.
MINING.
13
RICKSHAS.
14th. 5.-44
15th, 28
Kailan
.....£132/6,b
16th. 5.25
5 cents.
17th, 8:28
19th, 6.
15
19th 5.29
20th, D.39
21st, 5.29
AwA,
22nd, 4,29
7.19
5.30
7.20
24th. 5.30
1.20
26th, 5.30
780
26th, 5,30
5th, 6.31
28th, 5.31
9th. st.
2th. 5.31
13
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ROYAL OBSERVATORY HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER
Station.
REPORT.
JUNE 1, 1917.-..
Hour.
Wind.
Sea Lovel.
Parameter
[] } ] } | Terperaturo.
Humidity.
........................... | z |Direction.
Naha
Wrostock Memaro ... Hakodate ... Tukio Kochi Nagasaki Kagoshima OxEima....
Ishijima Bunin island, Chefoo6 29.8 Weihaiwei
6R.
takinng
04
Chaz gaba Shanghai Gutalf
harp Pk
Amos ...
From Slaughter House to From Sailors' Home to
Sailors' Home
Government Civil Hog- pital From Government Civil
Hospital to Clock Tower 04 From Clock Town to Race. From Clock Town to Bay
Couse
.10
From Wanghai Market to
View House Buy View House......... From Bay View Bouse to
Quarry Bay
Awntow Tabakus
Taichu.....
08
08
Tainan
Koshun
11-In the City of Fictoria.
Pereadores Caston
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Quarter hour. Half hour One hource Domes Two hours, Three.. Four Five Six
·· PET PARIENGJEV
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}
30
Gap Rock Macho Wuchow. 98.
Pakhof
Eloibuw
*
Phalien. Ta
Tourane....
St.James
29.74
°°°**° 6° | | ££**INTHI | | | | 19 Wither.
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Raabe
32.64
Tronoh Mines £197,6
Ural Caspisan..........]
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AND GODOWNS.
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2036 646 $4.25 per share at 1918
Final of B ancl bonus
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315 making $21
1915 and special of 83.
Axon 1916
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827 for 1915 ........................
7 p.e.
bonna 2 for
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101
1.
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16
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Ta, 74 to year ending
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81 po
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Central Esta 100 800
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Humphreys Fataton 8 10 88.30 h.
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Wind...... 20.PG
Force 20.79 Weather.. 20.75 89
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T. F. CLAXTON, Director. Hougkong Observatory, June 1, 1917. 1. BAROMETTE, reduced to 39 degrees Fahr.nheit, on the level of the sea-in inches, tenths and hundredths.
2. TEMPERATURE, in the shade, in de grees Fahrenheit
3 HUMIDIT, in percentage of atura tier, the bamidity of air saturated with moisture being 100
4. Difterion or WIND, to two points. 5. JORGE OF WIND, amording to Bex iford Scales
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