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The Letter Mail to be dispatched per "Kitazo Marn" on the 13th inst, is epeated to reach London en December 17th.
REGISTERED and PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 miantes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close at or before & a.. registered and parcel mails are clored at 5 pm on the previous day.
GENERAL HOLIDAY.
The General Post Office will be open on Thursday, the 11th November, from Bate to 9 am only.
There will be one drivery of Ondiyary and Registered 'Comrap pdence and one collection of letters from the Pillar Fees
The Money Order tice will be entuely closed.
The District Post heel will be open from 8 am to 9 am and from 5pm. to 6 pm with the exceptar of howloon Office, which will be open from 8a.. to 9am only and Sheung Wan Ece which will be open from 8am 10.9 LD, and frem 1.30pm to 8 pm.
Then it becne delivery from District Offices at noon.
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WEATHER REPORT.
Nor. Ad.214.456-Warning to Hong- kong. Pholic, and Coast Forts.
Ters typhoon within 130 miles of Lat 176 K Lang. 1970 E. moving W.K..
Nov. 114. tô-No returns from Japan and Indo-China
Pressure has decreased slightly at Weihaiwei, decreased considerably st Vladivostock, and decressed Eightly to moderately elsewhere. An anticyclone is probably developing ever N. China -nd a typhoon is situated about 30 miles jothe' of Luzon, moving W.N.W.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours anding at 10 am today, 000 nich. Total since January 299-29 inches. against an avrage of $1-03 inches.
to
Forecast for the St hours ending at noon on Novenler 10th.
-Hongtour
Gar Rect. SE winds, moderste für.
t-Formoes Casun L The same as No. 1.
-Bonth coses of China between Fourkong and Lamocks. The same as No. 1.
-South coast of China between Tongkong and Hainan. The same as Xo 1.
ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
WWE LONG, DAILY WRATETR
NOVEMBER 9, 1990.-..
Station.
iont,
Temperatura.
Vidivostock, 6/195€ 20
Yeah
Jakodate Tokin
Sochi
Fagasaki. Karoshicis Dabima Sabs
3onth Fland
30.01
Hanko
chang
Changaha
Shanghai
Jutzla
Sharp Ph
Amoy
7.86
Swatow
Takoku
29.89
Taicha
19.89
Tainan man
29.68
Koshum
29.86
Pascadores.
*nto
29.61
Songkong
8
Gap Rock.
29.8
Humidity.
Direction.
Forco
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1920
ENTERTAINMENTS,
THE CORONET
TO-NIGHT, at 5.15, 7,15 & 9.15
FIRST NATIONAL PRODUCTION
"BACK TO
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There never was a Film like This.
HONGKONG THEATRE. TH
2511.
2511.
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IS
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at 515 & 9.15 ELSIE FERGUSON
"THE RISE OF JENNIE CUSHING
In 6 parts.
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A New Consignment of Stockings and Interwoven Socks, etc., at very moderate prices.
AN INSPECTION IS SOLICITED.
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Loongaatg
98..
Swatow, Amoy and Foochow
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Tyisalama
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Philippine Islands.
Elatians
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Taming
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 --- Kaijo Maru Swatow, Amoy & Formosa via Keelung
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15.
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Bsibong Bestow, Amoy and Foochew
Suiganga ord Amoy Shanghai and North China pred
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20.
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ITS CLUSES AND CURE.
SIR WALTER BUNCIMAN'S VIEWS.
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FRENCH GOVERNMENT LOAN 6% 1920,
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The Subscriptions will be received by the BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE from TO-DAY up to the 25th November, 1820, free of commission and telegram charges and the most favourable rates of exchange will be quoted for the payments made in -local or any other currency.
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C. W JETRI, Director Hongkong! Observatory, Nov. 2, 1920. 1. BARCHER, reduced to 37 degrees Fahrenheit, on the level of the sea in incher, tenths and bundredths.
2 TEMPERATTAL, in the shade in de grees Fahrenheit.
3. HEIDITY, in percentage of satu tion the baridity of air saturated with moisture being 100.
4. Darcrios of Wise, to two paint. 5. FÖZLE UY WIRD, according to Beadford Scale.
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
SHANGHAI CONFERENCE.
THE SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION.
In an editorial on November 3 the N. C. Daily News said→→→
.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
AHRATOON Y. APCAR & CO. Agents for Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macho, Yorkshire Insurance Co., Ltd. International Petroicum Co., Ltd.
Tel: No. 332.
BRUNNER MOND & CO., LTD. Alkali Manufacturers.
The second conference of British Tel. 1630. Chambers of Commerce of China
IF
7, Queen's Rd. Central,
Iron, Steel & Piece Goods. Tel. 2143. 10, Queen's Rd. Central"
opens this morning in HM-Supreme CHINA AGENCY & TRADING CO. OF
HONGKONG. Court under the best auspices and with an exceedingly interesting agenda paper for its delectation. It is fortunate in having been able to secure the presence of His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in Peking to
6. STATE OF WEATHEZ b blue sky, c detached clord, d drizzling rain fog preside at the opening ceremony
g gloomy, hhail. 1 Ughtning, o overrast
P passing showers, q squall, r rain, a snow
f thunder v visibility w few, wet.
We may be sure that Mr. Clive interest in will find as much
7. Ray in inches tenths and hun-meeting the British business men
dradeka.
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HONGKONG TIDES.
The Hide-table given below has been in London from the result of the ansiyels atoms the fide-recording machine in the of observations taken by means of an water Police Bards at Talm Sha Tsu furing the years 1905-9.
speaking generally. it is true thai ceeds the tonnage available before the
war. the efficiency of the British meradled at the Nasamal Almaasc Office shipping was flourishing.
char fleet is nearly 30 per cent. less. SEARCHING FOR CANGOES. But conditions have changed to-day That means that it is doing only a line at most of the big sea-going ports: more than two-thirds of the work large numbers of boats may be found did in the year preceding the outbreak lying idle in or out of dock, idle and of the war! unemployed; and whereas, not very long ago, the charterers were running alter the shipowners, now it is exactly
"SEXIOUS BEYOND. EXPRESSION.""
No wonder the Select Committee
the other way about. Shipowners are on National Expenditure should say searching for cargoes, and in a good what those comected with shipping many cases they are searching in vain. have been saying for a considerable the situation is serious It must be clear that this is causing time-that
a good deal of suffering to the local beyond expression." communities. Not long ago it was For this state of affairs, caused stated that there were 5,000 people partly by the less effective working of out of work in Cardiff alone, and the the seamen (who admittedly bad a very position at ports like Newcastle, Glas-hard time of it during the war), the gow, Hull, Liverpool, Swansea, and chaos and confusion and delay at the so on, is almost as bad.
ports, following largely on the applica
The sera of the table corresponds with the sero of the sounding in the Admiralty Chart, which has been found to be 4 rest
fches below meu aca-level
To obtain the depth of water on the dde gangs at the Victoria Baval Yard add feet 4 inches, and on the gange focbes to the height given in the table Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 feet
4
What are the reasons? The most tion of the eight-hour day, and less then 11 immediate and pressing is the restric-work done in those eight hours, not
+
November 10 to 16, 1920.
HIGH WATCS
Hongher
Height
15
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30 17.
1+
16 A
25
tion of the exportation of coal to a trifle merely affects those connected with sat. of what it was before the war; then the shipping and transport industries. we sent abroad over 70,000,000 tons Lack of coal and docks congestion per annum, not including the bunker affects the whole community. It is by coal, carried by the outgoing steamers the coal and other manufactured goods 10 every say, woman and child to the and used on their journeys. But the we send abroad that we, buy from country has long passed. The war amount of coal exported during the other countries the things we cannot swakened us all to it, and we are not cur year will not be more than grow or produce or make ourselves.
00.
Again, many ships leaving British likely to forget it. That is why; per- 20
a very grave matter indeed,
ports are sailing out empry, and the haps, the people of this country have suddenly become alarmed at the fact bece means that there is less whole cost of the voyage and the pro- that all is not well with the industry. than od of the coal cargoes its have to be earned on the home- Up to a few months ago it was available, export by British ships ward passage, which means that the [No one is better qualified to speak
goods arrived are much dearer when on the subject of shipping than the generally believed and with evident than there was before the War, and writer of this article, Sir Walter Run-reason--that shipping was booming; the Government's new order makes the housewife comes to buy them than
a great demand for it less still. ciman, senior partner of the well that there was known And that bears his name. Sir bo which could not be met. Ex- An equally serious factor in the pre. they would be if the ships had had Walter is fonner president of the porters who had cargoes, to send sent situation is the way in which cargoes to carry outwards, Chamber of Commerce of the U.K., sbroad were chasing after ships in ships are held up by congestion at the These are some of the great causes and has been chairman of many other which to have them carried, and were ports. It will probably come as of the vicious circle from which the shipping organisations.]
ready to pay high prices for such ac shock to most people that because of country in general, and the workers The need for emphasising the im commodadon. There might have been this, although the amount of merchant in particular, are now. portance of the shipping industry to some exaggeration about it, but, toonage in the world very greatly ex-(Journal of Commerce.)
Loy Water
Hongkong
I
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CHINA OVERSEAS TRADING CO. (1919), LTD.
Importers and Exporters. Tel. 1104. 16, Queen's Rd. Central,
of Shanghai as they in meeting bin. Even with but a two days' railway journey between them, the Tel.
CHU KYOKU TRADING co. Importers and Exporters.
7. Queen's Rd. Central 2108 and 2903.
PI
EDWARD MOW FUNG. Import & Export Merchant 1676.
60, Des Vær Rd. Cd.
THE KWONG KWUL. Photographic Suppliers.
two cities are too often as wide apart as the proverbial poles in thought. It is difficult for the man of business to appreciate the countervailing con- siderations which the diplomatist Tel. must bear in mind on any subject: and, if it may be said without offence, the mists of the Forbidden City would seem occasionally to envelop Legation Quarter and to hide from Tel 2170, 60, Queen's Rd. Central, it things quilt plain to the outer world in China. There is probably no real discrepancy between the two points of view, but, what is quite as Tel. 2203. 28, Queen's Rd. Centrał. had, there appears to be: and every opportunity of dissipating such mis apprehension is welcome.
LAZARUS, N..
Opticians.
LOCK HING.
Curio Dealers.
33, Queen's Rd. Central.
MUMEYA & SANO. Japanese Photographers. 254. EA, Queen's Ré, Central.
STINLEY & Co. u. Importers and Exporters. 969.
"38-10, Queen's Rd. CIE,
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It was hardly to be expected that as many Chambers would succeed in being represented at the second con- Hoveference as were at the first. But ted out of a a total of sixteen is a very. excellent showing. That so many busy men have been able to lay aside Tel. their own work for long journeys and four days' conferring, is both a proof of the great value that they find in the organization and a tribute to its vitality... It shows that the spirit of Tel. co-operation among "the British com- munities of China and the willingness of their members to subordinate private to national interests, on which speakers and journalists justly dwelt a year ago as the outstanding
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