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TO LET

TO LET

TMMEDIATE ENTRY, four

very

desirable SHOPS situated in Ice Bouse Street, oppsite the Grand Hotel secently reconstructed.

For rent and other particulars apply

to the Manager. Blongkong Tee Co, Lid

45 Connaught Road Central.

Boogkong, Angust 2, 1917.

TO LET.

13

FIVE-ROOMED HOUSE with

A Tennis Court in Minden Villas.

Kowloon.

.."

A FLAT in Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Apply to

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MOTOR ACCESSORIES.

"Dunlop" & "Goodyear," Tyros

sizes)

Rubber Solution.

Patches, Tools, Lamps, Horns. Speedometers, Pumps, Eto,

ALEX. ROSS & CO.,

4, Das Vaux Road, Central.

HONGKONG.

CO., LTD.

-Alexandra Buildinga.

Blangkong, June 18, 1917,

TO LET.

DEVONIA - No. & Peak Road. Six

Boomed Bungalow, with canden

and tennis court.

HOUSES in Shameen, Canton. No

21 and 63.

Apply to

DAVID SASSOON & Ca! Lan.

Hougkoms, Jaly 5, 1927.

OFFICES

TU LEE

at Coomaught Rood.

OFFICES in King's Building.

1332

HOUSES in Broadwood and Moretou TESTSCC.

HOUSES on. Shameen, Cantan..

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Tung.....0.30 rx. 9.30PM. ↑ PM. Shak Ki.......30 P.M. 9.30 P.M. 0.30.R.M. Kongmoon 6:00 г.M. 6.00 PM, 6,00 F.X. Komchuk...0.00 P.M. 8.00P.M. 8.00 P.M. Kaukong 6 00 P. M. 6.00 P.M. 6.00 PM.

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TAI MEMORANDUM ·

WASHING BOOKS (for mom)

Temperature. Hongkong, August 7, 1917,

Dol

1. PM.

11.00 ↑ Tuan,

20

HONGKONG REGISTER."

.20

4:0

Barometer Temperature Humidity Direction of

Wond

на

Previous

day On date si On date at Tat ze jean

29.00

80%--

29.64

9.66

8#

opq

29.07

420.86

Force

Weather.

18

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Don't Despair Cuticura Soap

WEATHER REPORT.

On the 7th at 1.15-No returns from Japanese stationa. Pressure has de- ereased slightly to moderately over Aunsin and the Philippines, and in creased slightly elsewhere. Ete'depres- sion has now merged into the general law pressure covering China.

Hongkong Rainfall-for-the-24-hours ending at 10a.m. to-day, 0.58 inch. Total since January lat, 09.30 inches, against an average of 55.01 inches.

Forecast for the 24 hours ending st neer on the 8th August

1-Hongkong to Gap Rock: "S.

and Ointment winds, moderate to fresh; cloudy,

Will quickly restore your to health and beauty."

necasional showers.

skin-Formous Channel: The meas

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No. 1

TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1817. SHARE REPORT.

AUGUST 7, 1017.

Approximator Pstarn tod

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Väli

tiona 11.90 A.M.

Laat Dividend

nod date,

on last your's dix.

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No. 1.

NEW TYPHOON SIGNALS Hongkong and Hainan : The same le

Now Local and Non-Loçal Storm Signal Codes will be introduced at Hongkong on 1st July, 1917, in place of the old Local Code, and the China. Coast Code.

The principal change in the Local Code is that the new signals will show the direction from which the gala is expected, whereas the old signala showed the position of the typhoon. The latter will be indicatel, as bereto- fore, by the Non-Loral Signal. Tha new Local Code is given below-

DAY, SIGNALS,

1-Red conc, point upward, will mean a typhoon exists which may possibly cause a gale at Hongkong within Af hours.

-Black cone point upward--Gale expected from the North (NW, to NE);

3--Black cone point down al-Gale expected from the South (5.1 S.W.);

4-Black drum-Gale expected from

the East (NE to S.E); 5---Black ball-Gale expected from

the West (N.W. to SW.) 6-Two black cones, top one point down, bottom one point up,-Gale expected to increase. 7-Black cross-Wind of typhoon

force expected (any direction), Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by three explosive bomba, fired at intervals of 10 seconds at the Water Police Station and repeated at, the Harbour Office.

The signals will be lowered when it

No. 1.

OFFICIAL NIGHTS IN AUGUST."

The following table shows the" Stan- dard Time at which Official Night ends and begins during the month of Aug, 1917

Date. Ends. ang. 7th. SAT A.m.

Donglas

825

19 and Interim of 18 al 1916. ******

·Int. div. of 18 % = 156- At 36 5/16, 84.25 per abure */ 1018

Final of 9 and bonus.

of $10 a/c 1915 and

IF

MARINE INSUR- ANTOES.

Cantona

87 final making

North Chenar

T. 140

$100 2830

Intarim of $30

1916

4-South Bosat of China between Tangtoos 50 $195. b.

315 making $21

for

1913 and special of $3

A mount 1016.

11 p.s

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China Fires

Hongkong Ytre

SHIPPING...

Stowmare 30 | 366

20 $14 b.

$305 b.

$7 and bonus 12 for

1915.

6 p.o.

$27 for 1913-

Int.of 83 a/c 1916-1917–

15819

$1.25 for 1918

7 r.ċ

Begins. 7.11 p.m.

Indo-China

#

19th 348

8th, 547 9th, 3.17 10th 47 11th. 5.47

7.14

(Preferred...£5940 m.

Delerred)...£[BI013..

Final 3 af 1916...... Fiual of 40-a/c 1915, ...

6.4.

Zi D.C.-

7.10.

11

7.10

7.00

5.48

Shell"Imeports, £1] 190/-

7.07

14th 3.43

7.06

5) p.c

15th, 3.49

7.00

"Star Ferr ......$.10 829

.. 10th, 5.49

7,00

17th 5.80

7

7,04

18th

18th,

531

China Suga10C | $98. Malabon Sugara 30$39_b.

$12 for 1916

P. & fot 191.

12 pic.

131 p

6.59

6.58

MININO.

Int, diy, of 1-free of in-

6.57

6th 3.5+

6.56

esth 4.64

6.56

嘗。

203.34

6.55

30th,

Kailan 34/8 b.

Langadi 10. 13. b. 21 $260 b.

qume.tar, making 10%

4/ 1916-1917 *oupon No. 9

7 p.

Tis. 1 for 1418

4. p..

"

- interim making 4

afe 1916.

15.p.c

9% fur 1913

5.31

203.31 20th, 5.31

-915 5.51 2135, 5.01

„22nd, 1431..

and 4.31

23rd, 6.51

24th, 159

261 6.93 28th 353

1 31st, 6.54

*

KOYAL OBSERVATORY EONGEONG, DAILY WEATHER REPORT.

AUGUST 7, 1917.-4.11.

Station.

Hour.

BB

Barometer

at Sea Level.

Temperature.

is considered that all danger is over. Wrestock...)6 x.[29.69, 70

Memuro... The Day Signals will be displayed at

Hakodate the masthead of the storm signal mast Tokio Коспі fon Blackhead B, the, Harbour Office, ava

H.M.S. Tagar, Green Island signal mast,

Kagoshima the flagstaff on the premises of the Oshima

Naha Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and

Ishijima Godown Company at Kowloon, the Bonin Island flagstaff on the premises of the Standard Weikaiwei

Hankow Oil Company at Lai-chi-kok, and the flagstaff bear the Field Officer's Quarters at Lyemun.

NIGHT SIGNALS.' (Tampa), 1.-White, white, white

White, green, green.

3. Green, white, "white. 4-Green, green, white. 5-White, white, greer. 6.-Green, green, greed. 7.-Red, green, red.

P

Amoy......

Swatow.... Taiboka. Taichu

68.2.66 73

11

Tainan.... Koshua..... Peseadores Canton 6 N Hongkong Gap Rock.. The Night Signals will be displayed, Macao

Wachow at sunset, on the tower of the Railway | W

Pakhoi Station, on HMS. Temar, and on the Bobor Harbour Office flagstad. They will Phulien have the same signification as the day.

Tourane C. signals.

Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by Dagupan... 29.

Manila explosive botabs as above, in the event Legaspi ... of the information conveyed by this Tacloban

Iloilo signal being first published at night, Surigao...

Guam 4,20 SUPPLEMENTARY WARNINGS. ~

Labuan

When local signals are displayed in the Harbour, a Cone will be exhibited is the following stations:-Gap Rock, Waglan, Stanley, Aberdeen, Sau Ki Wan, Sai Kung Sha Tau Kok, Tai Po to notify the fact to native craft and

passing ocean vessels, on demand, by signal from lighthouses

5.23.74 20

Wind

Humidity.

Direction.

Weather.

To Force.

T. F. CLAXTON, Director.

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1. BAROMET, reduced to 32 degrees. Fabrenheit, on the level of the sea is Hongkong Ico......28151 incbes, tenths and hundredths.

2. TEMPERATURE, in the shade, in de grees Fahrenheit.

Hongkong Ropes... 10 (27) a.

Hongkong Tramways 57% | 48:40-

STATE OF WEATHER, b blue sky, Past Tran detached cloud d drizzling rain, I fog, g gloomy, h hsil, I lightning, 207 rast, p passing showere, a squal, rain suo thunder. v vinblity w dew, web)

Tix. for year ending

31-10-18 1. div. ato year ended

30-8-15,

Tha. 0.90 for 1418

po. for year ending Jounts for 1918

13 for

31-716

Joar ending

80 cents for 1916

12 al 1913/17 Bonus

75 cent

411 on / 191

$1 final and bonus $1,

making

Entering of-9--1/0-1017-

LE 10 ]P9,10 -1 90

7% for 1918/1917

HOMITY, La percentage of siuro The object of the code is to give sition, the humidity of air saturated with least 24 hours' warning of a gale (Force moisture being 100.

by Beaufort Scale, or 40-45 mph

DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points. Steel Fandry... 8:0 D. FOROR OF WIND, according to mesa velocity by Dines Anemometer) Bea lord Scale and also warnings of expected changes in the direction and force of the wind. Owing, however, to the uncertain move ments of typhoons and to insufficient telegraphic observations, it will occasion ally happen that signals 2 to 5 may be displayed without a gale occurring at to Stand By and watch for the next was Hongkong, or even Gap Rock, but the signal" reverse is not likely to happen, except

Him in inches tenths and han-Steam Laundry, dredths.

Calon Wat

In the now Non-Local Code the illiam Powell

in the case of typhoons forming in the approximate velocity of the storm vicinity and travelling rapidly towards direction of motion, and the position of -ventre will be shown, in addition to its

Hongkong incrons abnormal

Sigust No. 1 is intended as a warning

or of a

Fate of

25 centa lor 1915/1913..

124 % for 1916 Ma

70 cents for 1216 ***...

- 50 cents for 1913/1914.

batera.

Spic

13 pe

Telegraphlo

Telephone No. $30-JOB No. 111.

Ehare and Uederal Brokers,

typhoon the contre-will-be-given in degrees of progression latitude and longitude The time at

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