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WEATHER REPORT.

April 44. 126. 19m-Pressure has decreased consideably at Wladivo- stock and Weihaiwoi, and increased moderately for. Shanghai to For mosa. Changes since yesterday are "small at other reporting stations.

A somewhat deep depression passed over,S.W."Japan yesterday. It now lies between Wladivostock and. Wei- haiwel apparently.

Pressure is highest over the Yang- tze Valley...

Hongkong Bainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am. to-day, 000 inch. Total sineo January 1st, 674 inches, against an average of tea inches,

Forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon: un April 5th. 1.-Hongkong

Gay Rock, NE. winds strong, moderate, fine to cloudy

to

NGI.

Formoes Chausel. The sama na

3.---Bouth court of Chins between Hongkong and Lamocks. The mae is No. 1

4--South court of China between Hongkong and Hainan. ·E, ́ winds, moderate.

“MONDAY, APRIL

ENTERTAINMENTS

THE

PREMIER I

CORONE

TO-DAY TILL THURSDAY:

FATHES BIG 1921 SUCCESS

"THE EMPIRE

OF DIAMONDS"

VANITY FAIR COMEDY.

GAZETTE,

CHILD LABOUR.

THE HONGKONG INQUIRY.

SHANGHAI PATER'S COMMENT.

COMING TO HONGKONG.

11

H. B. WARING COMPANY.

AN EXTENSIVE REPERTOIRE.

The H. B. Waring Company are at present playing Singapore, after which they leave for Hongkong and Shanghai.

The appointment by H. E. the Governor of Hongkong of,a Com mission of Inquiry into the Industrial

We doubt very much Employment of Children, reported by Reuter, is one step further, it is visited the East during the past few whether any Company which, has to be hoped, in the regulation of the

years has shown itself so versatile employment of children of tender as the Waring Company. From years, says the X. C. D. Nërs. As American farce to Sheridan or things stand at present in the Crown Goldsmith, Dumas, and Shakespeare Colony children may be engaged in is very extensive in style of treat- factories for precisely as many hoursment, but the clever company Eastern es their employers choose to keep Tours Limited have got together then, and at any sort of work. They seem equally at ease in any of the may be, and very often are, exposed, various types of plays they under- through the processes in which they take. During their opening week the Company will include are engaged, to danger to life, health here

their in

repertoire **Ann," 2

or limb, while it has been a common delightful comedy: "The Witness for mantter to see children struggling up, the Defence," the well known Anglo- the slopes of the Peak under loads Indian drama; The Butterfly on the manifestly above their strength. It Wheel the famous divorce court was in May, 1919, that the Sanitary play; "The Merchant of Venice;" Board, by unanimous resolation, "SheStoops to Conquer," that delight called upon the Government to pro-ful old English classic; and last, but hibit the employment of children uncertainly not least, Mr. Pun Passes der the age of 14 years in factorie or By. Mr. Pim Passes By" has proved workshops for more than 10 hours a tremendous favourite throughout per diem, but this was thrown out the tour, combining as it does so de- by the Legislative Council. Questions lightfully comedy and drama. were asked in J'arliament. the Gov-

RÜYAL OPERA COMPANY,

emor was instructed to send a report | A special telegram has been re- home and apparently the Commission cerved in Singapore to the effect that is the result. Whatever may be the the season of the Royal Opera Com. outcome of this body's deliberations pany in Calcutta has broken every it is a matter for congratulation that record at the Empire Theatre. The even such eminently domestic pro-

place has been packed to capacity

blems as that in point can be brought enthusiasm has prevailed.

CVETY night and the greatest

to the notice of Parliament and action eventually obtained And as long as this is so there need never be any great fear of colonial administration becoming too bureaucratic.

DREADED LOODWINS.

SEARCH FOR TREASURE.

SUGGESTED TUNNELS TO SUNXEN WRECKS.

Before long it is probable that the Goodwin Sands, so much dreaded by mariners, 'will be dotted over with treasure-seekers.

Hidden in the sands, and within a few square miles, is the accumulation

Ran-

at 8000 is preparations for their visit there and present making looking forward to a rare musical treat, whilst Singapore residents have been worrying the booking agents regarding the likely date of the open- ing of the box plans. After their visit to Java the Company will leave for Manila and China, arriving here about September. Never has any company which has visited the East been received with such wonderful enhusiasm from one and all The stage effects, lighting and general presentation are said to be extraord- inarily fine and evidently no expense has been spared to make the whole a tremendous sucCASƏ.

*** EURYADES*

(via Kobe and TokohamM)

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NEW

25th May

YORK

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(via Sner or Panama) 13th May.

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for London

21st April Srd May 21st June

for Liverpool

for London

7th July

for Liverpool

For Freight and all Information Apply, to

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ROYAL OBSERVATORY, HONGKONG. DAILY WRATHER REPORT.

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APRIL 4, 1991.—

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THONGKONG THEATRE.

TO-NIGHT, at 6.15, & 9.15 pm. GOLDWYN ́ presents

GERALDINE FARRAR

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Direction

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BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

AGENTS

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POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Telegraphic Coumapication with Gap Rock Lighthouse is interrupted;

REGISTERED and PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier than the -time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close st or before 9 a. registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day.

Shanghai

INWARD MAILS.

Sochi...

Nagasaki...

Kagoshima

Jabina.

Sonia Island

Weihaiwei B1 Sankow

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Changsha Shanghai Gutclas Sharp Fk

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TUESDAY, APRIL 8.

Haiphong...

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6.

Shanghai Shanghai

Cheran Tean

Japan

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Amshi and Wachow *.loihow

OUTWARD MAILS.

of centuries of shipping disasters. MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA Swatow and Bangkok..... The treasure thus concealed is worth many millions of pounds.

THE COTTON BRANCH.

A NEW COMPANY EORMED.

Holbor

Bt. Tampo Aparri - 6 6 Dagupan...

29.26

C. W. JEFFRIES, Director.

Hongkong Observatory, April 4, 1991. 1. BAROMETER, redared to 21 degrees Fahrenheit, on the level of the sea in inches, tenths and hundredths,

Legaspi

Tacloban

Hello.

Barigao

Guam Cebuan

4.30 29.80

6 £2.78 78

For

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Yangtzekiang- Teoplo.com Uwajima Maru Pocies

5 pat

5 p.m. р.д.

TUESDAY, APRIL 8.

*Swatow and Bangkok

Boihow, Pathos and Haiphong Weihaiwei, Cheloo and Tientsin .................... "Heibow, Siraita and "Bangkok. *Dairer, "Japan, Honolun atd "SAN

FRANCI

Kanebow Kaifong.

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Japan

straits, Bangkok, Calcutta and ADEN Straits and Bangkok. straite Bangkok,

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shanghai and North Chins

L' Marques, South Africa, India.vis Dhanushkodi, Egypt & EUROPE via SUEZ. Registration 1.45 p.m.. Letters *am m

According to a statement made recently by Lord Headley, the Good. win Sands problem is not a "wild! cat" scheme. Indeed, it is far more sound than maoy a mining pre- tion, because the treasure is really

The establishment is, announced of there

Toyo Merka Kaisha. Ltd. (The The statement as made by Lord Oriental Conon Trading Co., Ltd.), Headley in his pre-i cuutal address tole new Company incorporated in Japan, the Society of Engineers, at Barling-on April 15.-1920, and since then ton House.

carrying on business there. The new Various schemes to recover the Company has its Head Office at treasure, he said, had been turned Osaka. Branch Offices at Tokyo. down, but he thought it possible to Nagoya, Dairen. Hongkong. Bombay sink a big ficating concrete tower in and agencies in important centres of Trinity Bay, and to run tunnels from the Conon trade all over the world. this base of operations in any direc Owing to the constant expansion and tion. Bering with suitable hangers wide spread development of the vari would probably reveal the presenceous business interests of its Cotton of many an old craft, and the next, Department, the Mitsui Bussan Kai-Shanghai, North China, Japan, tezada, question would be to arrange forjsha, Ltd.. felt it a positive necessity rapid tunnelling,

to make a separate and independent organization for its coton, cotton A number of other fascinating yarn and all cotton manufactured topics were dealt with by Lord goods business and therefore the new. Headley.

Company has been formed..

VISION OF A FUTURE WAR.

Ningchow

Parboi and Haiphong Han qua nh Karping

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6.

Lokung Danera

Shanghai And North China. Hothow sad Haiphong

United States, Centrál & Wouth America « *EUROPE Via VANCOUVER. “Beris- tration 2.46 p.m. Letters 2.3 p.m. watow, "Bhanghai and "North China

Tyndareus Tringsang

THURSDAY, APRIL 7.

& p.m.

2 TEXPERATURE, in the shade in de. grees Fahrenheit

THE

BRITISH SHIPPING.

A YEAR'S REVIEW.

DRAMATIC. FALL IN FREIGHTS.”

EFFECT OF THE COAL STRIKE.

*The year has been marked by a

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY. BEUKNER, MOXD & CO. (CHIZA LIMITED

Alkali Manufacturers.

7, Queen's Rd. Coak

TeL 1630.

CHINI AGENCY & TRADINGʻDO.

HONGKONG.

Iron, Steel & Piece Goods,

dramatic fall in freights," is the Tel. 2143. 10, Queen's Rd, Conleyi

opening sentence in the annual report for 1920-21 of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom, just jesued.

The report mentions that the Character "of the movement is reflected in the due charter rates, which fell from 25s (12 mpaths general) to 10s. After the close of †1920 the rate dropped to 7s fid

·

CHINA ØYERSEIS TRADING. DE (1918), LTE. Importers and Exporters" Tel. 1104. 16, Queen's Rd, Conici.

Tel.

CHU KYOKU-TREDING DOTT Importers and Exportere.

-7, Queen's Rd, Cozirgi 2108 and 2908.

EDWARD NOW FUNG. "Import & Export Merchant,

Tel. 1676.

50, Des Veir Rd. CH

The falling-off was accompanied by no reduction in the cost of run- ning charges, except in the price of coal. "As compared with the pre- ceding year, the increase amounted to 149 per cent. in the coasting and home trade, and 230 per cent, in the case of foreign trade. Under present New Films and Cameras just arrived. conditions, it is stated, very little Tel. 2170, 60, Queen's Ed Contr

shipping is being run at a profit, and

On a great many voyages heavy losses have recently, been incurred. According to information collected at the end of January, 1921, there was

THE KWONG KWUL..

LAZIKUS, N. Opticians.

taid up in the UK. U.S.A., and Sean-Tel. 2203. 28, Queen's Rd. Conta

dinavian ports (apart from 268 wooden ships laid up in the U.S.A.) five million tons deadweight, or ap proximately three million tons gross. Tel.

1. EVRIDITY, in percentage of satura The sea-going tonnage of the world; tion the humidity of air maturated with excluding sailing vessels, was on moisture being 100,-

June 30, 1920, 516 million gross tons;

4. DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points, the share of the UK, was 18.1 million

or WD, according to

MUNKTA È BAÑO.

Japanese Photographers: 234

BA, Queen's Ed. Centrill,

gross tons, or 35 per cent.; the share held at the disposal of the Govern

B. STATE OF WEATHtx, b blue 2ky, e of the British Empire was 20 million ment for the benefit of the com detached cloed, d drizzling rain,

foz, gross tons, or 38.7 per cent. The munity. Some 400 to 500 ships were gloomy, à bail. I lightning, overeast pre-war (1914) proportions of UK thus affected. Some of these were P passing showers, a squall, rain, snow and Empire tophage were 43.8 per already discharging at London, Liver i thunder visibility wew, wet.

dredths.

HONGKONG¡EEGISTER.

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Modern science, he said, had mar- The object of the new incorporationwatow, Amoy, and sk

*Swatow "Straits and "Bangkok. ched. with deadly effect in the is, to take over all the cotton, cotton Shanghai and North China matter of the destruction of human yam and all cotton manufactured Shanghai, and North Chins, Japan, Canada, life in time of war, and it might goods business hitherto carried on by well be argued that in the future, the Cotton Department of the Mitsui

United States, Central and Bouth América when the dogs of war, in the Bussan Kaisha, Ltd., with the view.

EUROPE via VANCOUVER, B.C.: Registration 2.46 am: Letters 10.30 am. Monteagla shape of harnessed electrons, were to develop the same on a still larger let loose, not a single human being scale, devoting all its energy and would survive in any battlefield A Capital to this line exclusively.. general officer sitting at his comfor: The Capital of the new Company is Swatow. Amoy and Foodbow...

table desk in the War Office might 25,000,000 yen, of which 12,500,000 touch a' button and release destructive. agencies capable of sweeping han-yen is paid up, divided into 500,000.

Saigon

Philippine Islands

dreds of square miles, and depriving Shares of 50 yen each. Mitsui Bus Amoy

of existence every living creaturen Kaisha, Ltd., has subscribed for Shanghai and North-China..

445,630 shares and the remaining

thereon.

Lord Headley is one of Britain's 54,370 shares have been subscribed

FRIDAY, APRIL 8.

Friching

p.m

SATURDAY, APRIL 9.

Tean

Cher

MONDAY, APRIL 11.

Booking Tangshing

TUESDAY, APRIL 12,·

Sinking

1a.m.

greatest engineering authorities. He by the Directors and the Staff of the Shanghai, North China and Japan.. has been engaged for some years in old and new Companies. The Senior Shanghai and Sorth Chins foreshore protection works in Eeg. Director Mr. M. Fujise, of the Mit-

land and Ireland, and is the author sui Bussan Kaishu, Ltd., has been Swatow and Bazkak

of many publications on engineering elected Chairutan of the Board of Amoy. "Shanghal and North China subjects.

Directors of the new Company and Mr. 1. Kohana, formerly General Acting on information received, Manager of the Cotton Department of Inspector Willis yesterday executed the Mitsui Bussan Kaisht, Ltd., at a serach warrant at a house in Con- Usaka, has been appointed Managing

Director, maught Road West where he seized $185 worth of counterfeit Kwange the Cotton Department of Messrs. Mr. H. Togawa, the former head of government notes of various denom Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ltd., mong vations. One man was arrested, kong, has been appointed. Manager of and will be charged in due course, the Branch Office, Hongkong.

FRIDAY, APRIL Biraits, Bangkok, Ceylon, Mauritius, I

Marques South Africa, India à vis Dhanushkodi, ADES, Egypt & EUROPE via MARSEILLES. Registration 8.45 a.m. Letters 9.30 sati dikkat

Swatow, Amoy and Foochow

The Patcel, Mail will be^closed, on

„Tharaday, 14th April, at 6 p.m.”

Haibong

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7. RAI in inches tenths and ham. Cent. and 47.5 per cent, respectively, pool, or elsewhere in the United the tonnage being: UK. 18.9 Kingdom; others were on their millions; British Empire, 20.52 way

United Kingdom die millions. Thus, while the British charging ports others were at proportions were lower than before the port of loading; some were fully the war, the actual tonnage of the loaded, and many of them had actually Empire exceeded the prewar sum, received clearance for UK. or foreign notwithstanding war losses.

ports; others were only partly loaded, while others, again, were ready for The entrances and clearances of cargoes which were, la part or in British ships in the foreign trade of whole, available the United Kingdom, which were Prompt steps were taken by the for shipment. 72,000,000 net tons in 1913, amount Government to hold up all these ed to 44,000,000 in 1919, and rose to ships so that by retaining control of 50,000,000 in 1920. The weights of both cost and hulls the Government our exports and imports during last should have available supplies in- Tear were about 60 per cent of those such a mobile form that they might of 1913, indicating a slight improve be directed to any part of the com ment on the figures for 1919. The try where the demand appeared "to- 1ost serious falling-off, from the be most-urgent, The price of point of view of shipowners, was in bunkers, coasting trade and railway coal exports, which decreased from rates, wireless telegraphy.compulsory Hongkong, Cheervatory April 4, 1981, 73,000,000 tons in 1913, to about pilotage, and the Egura of Employ

20,000,000 tons in 1920, -0

ment (Seamen), Bill are, all dealt. During the year under review it is with in the report, which goes on to pointed out that British industry was say that the chamber as a body, and engaged in picking up the threads the shipowners as individuals,.," have broken under the influence of the been glad to co-operate with repues war. Considerable progress was sentatives of officers and seamen and - made in restoring ships to the longer the Workers Educational Association is dropped Badly at 10am and 4p. sea routes from which, they had been in testing a scheme for the educe except en Saterdays when it is dropped at

tional recreation of the men of the

-"{ighsst, open" air Tempotabure, on the drd=79

T. P. Czaxton, Director,

HONGKONG TIME SIGNALS,

The Time Ball on Koon Signal Hill

withdrawn.

10 am. Alid 1 pm, and on Burdays and Holidays wherrit in dropped at 10: 6.20 *** ***

One of the most interesting features Mercantile Marine when on boar *The Ball is hoisted Half net at the 55th of the past year was the ballot of the ship migate and full mast at the 57th minute. National Seamen and Firemen's Among other matters cot Should the ball fail to drop at the correct Union, which declared against nation time it will be lowered at 5 minutes pastisation of shipping by a consider the hour and the ordinary routine repeat-

in the report are timber deck loada,

the Imperial Shipping Committee, the

Treaty of Peace with Germany, and foreign shipping legationis

ed at the following brur, if possible, faben able majority. De

Should the Time Ball be out of order. In the course of the section of the the shore routine will be carried out with report devoted to the coal strike, it is development of the motor ship and the flag 2, the Storm Signal maststated that, the coal strike being vessels fitted to burn oil faci also

Tima Bignals are ala" giren at night by declared for October 18, eps come under notice, and it R mena al three white lace mounted war were taken to ensure that all coal that more thangtwork From £68 to 3.00 pay the Tamparas ships with the coal already on board vessels fitted for bil extinguished. momem arily at the war or available for loading should be 'Americans seconds, except at the 2nd, 19th) 50th, 5ind, and bath of och santeTACANT The hours refer to Hongong Standard Time (8) pure East Greenwich)

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