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Joly 4d 11h 4-Warning to Hongkog Coast Ports, Le.:-Typhoon within bu miles of fat 180 N. and Long. 1 E. muvios TPML
July 48. 11. 49m.-Pressie Has increased slightly fraga Foochow to Tourane. It has decrea ed consid. erably over S. Euro, owing to the appreach of a typhoon. At 6a D, this morning the centre was about 100 miles to the east of Manila.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours anding at 10 am today, 6.30 ireb. Total since January 1st, 68$ 38-inches, against an average of 4083 inch.
Forecast for the 24 hours ending at moon on July b.
1.-HregionE
E. winds, modernis; Era?
Gag
Rock
MONDAY, JULY. 4, 1923.
ENTERTAINMESTS.
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PICK OF THE PICTURES
TO-NIGHT
TO-DAY
at 2.38, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15
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MAX LINDER
10th July
Genoa, Barcelona & Liverpool
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16th July
Mlies, Earra, L'pool & Q'gow
26th July
Liverpool & Glasgow
EURYFYLUS "
5th Aug
Geaos, Marseilles.& L'psal
SERVICE
4---Berth coast of Chins betw
The same 23 Hongkong and Hainam. No 1.
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HONGKONG.
DULF BATHER REPORT.
8tatio
JULY 4, 1971.---__
Hour
Wind
Temperaturo.
Mamidity.
Direction.
Vidivostock 6 29.75 66
B
Nemuro Adeodabe Tekio
Kochi Sagasaki me goshir
Tahitian ... Bonds Inland
*chang --- Kishing-
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3
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THE
CORONET KOWE ON
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TO-NIGHT!
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TALES OF THE STUMPS
LORD HARRIS' MEMORIES.
A SPARKLING STORYTELLER.
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Lord Harris is one of the Paladins ol cricket. The present generation knows him not as it knows its Hobbs and Hirt, its C. B. Fry and its A. C. MacLaren; possibly rot thousand of the enormous crowd which watched Middlesex beat Surrey at Lord's last August ever saw him; bat. Yet for filty years Lord Harris has been one of the outstanding figures of English cricket. la im
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MARINE MISDOINGS,
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Pensities totaling $90, with one! math's imprisonment in default. were imposed upon the master of the SORT: Laxissch "Fee Ting" at the: Marine Court this morning. He had been pronounced guilty by the Marine Magistrate (Lieutenant Con- way Hake R.N.R.) on a charge of
40 passengers having carried excess of the number permitted by his licence.
IN
The mistresses of a trading junk and two cargo boats were convicted of unlawfully lying in the Causeway Bay harbour of refuge. Two of the perial politics he is a legislator by defendants were fined $5 and the hereditary right; in the hierarchy of other cricket he is still, as he has been for nearly half a century, one of the wise men who have guarded with a jealous eye the traditions and the laws our greatest pastime.
SCME
OLD STAGERS."
of
was acquitted in view of the fact that she had been engaged to put ballast on a yacht.
Two boarwomen and the master of
For a parcel not exceeding.
3 lbs.
7
11
+
Feny
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SUPERSTITIONS.
UP AND DOWN.
He has now joined the increasing band of famous criketers who have given their reminiscences to the world. In A Few Short Runs Lord Harris writes with engaging candour and as a sparkling humour of the great berses of the game-in nearly every instance of men whom he has met
To insure a child being bright and in the flesh, even though he may not have joined them in Fiendly rivalry rising in the world a baby should be Thus he carried up stairs before it is taken in the field of pley iself. often met the great Fuller Pilch-down stairs. This is universal in the Some nurses take a until W. G. Grace's time perhaps United States. the finest batsman that the game had baby up a short step-ladder before produced. Pilch, he tells us was carrying it down stairs for the first groundman at St. Lawrence, Canter- time. This superstition is purely one **bury, until 1968 and used to umpire. of an association of ideas in a measure the same as the idea "I have played when he was stand- ing, and remember that he was seri. that the right hand is "right" affected by hiccoughs. The and the left hand, consequently, ously following might not infrequently be wrongone for good luck and the heard: 'How's that, Fuller? Hic other for bad. Primitive man con cough.) Cuss that ginger beer: ceived his principal gods.
Not our!
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MONDAY, JULY 4.
Laen Samud
Kaps.****
4.30 pm,
Kochow
4.30pm.
Fhanghai and North China
Bolt and Baiphong...................... Fort Bayard
Chekiang Winkotvar Taksang...
5 p.3.
5 p. 5 pum
*watow and Bangkok
"¿watov "Tograme and *Quinhon.
TUESDAY,
Hobo, Pakhi and Haiphong..
3watow and Bangkok ....... Shanghai rad North China
dwstow, 3banghai and “North Chine Swalow, Amey and Foothow, Shanghai and North Chisa................. Toure
WEDNESDAY,
Stuache'nz
Yangtzekiang mamam 6 p.10. JULY 5.
Changta
Kailang
Foosting was
Zwangiang
Hinzzang ...
Hailong
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8
9am.
9 A.02.
Szebuen
Chong Hing JULY 6.
Changcbq...... Chipshing ... Tjisondar
It
bp.m.
$m
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Golden State
Swatow, "Straits and Bangkok- Weihaisni, Chefoo and Tientsin Shanghai, North China, Japan, Honolulu, Japa and "SAN FRANCISCO
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Tyndarees p.m. Letters 2.30 p.............. in-
THURSDAY, JULY 7
Choyang babiting high places. The look up Swatow. Shanghai and North China ................
Snacho... ward for good spirits and downward Amor. "Shanghai and North China ..........................
FRIDAY, JULY 8.. for the powers of evil. Jupiter and
Lord Harris tells many amusing stories of the great player of Keras his court dwelt on High Olympus Straits, Bangkok, Ceylou Mari with which county own career and the sun and moon in the
L. Hamues, Panth Africa India so closely identified.heavens 1 cricketer is
Isis were Osirls and
via Dhanushkodi, Egypt & EUROPE W. Yardley, most famous of "Old to the
Egyptians. Pluto dwelt I MARSEILLES. Registration 8.45
am. Letters 9.30 GAY - KOMAN
Stazers,"
had frequently to play in the under world-his shadowy under an assumed name, and once realm was down." The idea is Sandakan Canterbury, having made, 15 "Mr. ingrained in the human mind. Wewatow, Amoy and Foocho
Courtley, the only good score look "up" to a superior and "down" Philippine Idande ............
Amoy, and Philippine Islands...........
against Norts, an acquaintance
met upon an inferior. Children were,
him with, "Glad to see you in such from time immemorial, locked upon Straits, Bangkok, Calcatta and ADEN... Namsang...
"How
you as peculiarly susceptible to spiritual Jorm, old fellow." Lean?" asked Yardley modestly. influences; to magic of all kinds, Shanghai and North China .......
Paulien ...
Dagupan.
Kayls...
Legapi Tacloban
Bollo
B4.20 293.0 Y&T 1.799.0
Laboso 1655 SU 91 •*
C. W JEFFRIES, Director, Hongkong Observatory, July 4, 1991.
BAROMETER. Teduced to $2 degrem Fahrenheit, on the level of the sès in inches, ten the and hundredths.
1.
EXPERATUrz, in the shade ip da-
grees Fahrenheit,
July 6
THURSDAY
July 7. FRIDAY
July & SATURDAY
July 1.
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"THE PURSE, STRINGS $4, $2 and $1.
Booking at HOÛTRIE'S.
"CHU CHIN CHOW"
THE END IN SIGHT:
NEARLY 1,000 PERFORMANCES.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
BRUNNER. MORD & CO. (CAIXAS
LAMITED,
Alkali Manufacturers.
At last the run of that wonderful | Tel. 1830, 7, Queen's Rd. Om
1. Hranier, in percentage of saturamusical play, "Chu Gain Cilo," tion the buzidity of air saturated with
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DIRECTION OF Wero, to two pelat 6. POBCE or
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all records by something not very far
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Wire, according to about to be brought to a close. The TeL 2143. 10, Queen's Rd. Conării..........
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P paning showers, y ajoal, z'rain, ecoming month. In anticipation of è thunder ▾ visibility w dew, wet.
7. RAI in Inches fantka and nume drection
HONGKONG REGISTER.
CHINA OTERARIS TRADING.
this being the case, Miss Lily Bray-dl.
tan has made her awangements to
sail on a holiday trip for Madeira on
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FOWARD HOW FUSO.. Expert & Export Meżchani, 80, Des Voeux Rd.
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Friday, June 10. As it is almost Tel 1676..
unthinkable that she should be absent from so memorable an occasion .it may fairly be assured that the cur tain will finally fall
upon the piece Tel. 2293. 12, Queen's Rd. Central,
not later than the preceding evening. As Mr. Oscar Asche, too, stands in
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SATURDAY, JULY 9.
2 p.m.
Tingchar
31.03.1
MONDAY, JULY 11.
3 p.m.
TUESDAY, JULY 12.
Chan Shantung zoendabygro Haiching
"Oh, of course. I knew it must be It is important, therefore, that the you; no one else in Kent could get baby should start right in life: Weihaiwo, Cheloo and Tientsin...... Kusicho hat score against the Notts bowl should receive the proper labetus. ing." and the twinkle in his eye It follows
that he should be | •vustow and Bengkok
when Yardley repeated the team was carried "up" before he is carried Shanghai and North Chins
down." The magic of association Swalow, Amoy and Foochow merriment itself.
applied to movement.
TRAGEDY IN TWO WORDS! Another Kent worthy was William de Chair Baker, who in the early days managed the Canterbury week! Meeting him one morning, a friend addressed him and received the fol lowing replies:
"Good morning, Mr. Baker.
Morning, morning.
+
"It's a lovely day for cricket."
"Fine day, fine day."
"I hope you are well?"
"Well well?
"I hope your brother is, loop"
"Dead, dead."
Swatow. Straite and "Bangkok
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13. Hapeh..... THURSDAY, JULY 14.
SATURDAY, JULY 16. But Lord Harris' pages are not Shanghai and North Chips Suming
• Xhina, Japan, Honolala.fanda, United States #Gentral & Sorth America & EUROPE SAN FRANCISCO, Registration
suade up entirely of anecdotes. He has many shrewd comments to make
on roodem cricket; he is not down-
hearted at the lack of success of our team in Australia, and be still thinks
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9.45 am, Letters 10.29 a.mBkinyo Maru
that old "W. G." was the greatest] Bhangăsi and North Chins.. balsman who ever lived, and that?
Spofforth, the Australian, was the head and North China. greatest bowler the game has pro-
duced.
DR.D. .11a.m..
Noon
...
Wil a.m.
Weather......
Kirbast open air Temberstore in the red-
4th-7 Sorest upon për Tempestar on the
T. F. CHATTOK, Director, Hongkong, Observatory July 4. JBL
HONGKONG TIME SIGNALS.
The Time Ball on Kolo Sgast Hill is dropped daily at 10 am, and 4 pa except on Baturdays when it is dropped at 10 mm. and I p.m. and on Sundays and Holidays when it is dropped at 10 am.
The Ballinhoisted half miss na the 55 á
need of a lengthy rest before enter thing like 600 plays have been pro- ing upon the arduous business of a duced, and, apart from current st production, there is little pro-tractions, gone the way of all things. bability that he will raise any objec-The last night is, by the bye, to be tion to bringing the present season to in the nature of a gala performance. a conclusion by that date. There Many of the old popular features wit are, however, other interests to be then be restored, to their original considered before a decisive en place, without prejudice, however, nouncement can be made on the sub-to the existing favourites, which wil ject. Sufficient for the moment that of course, be retained. This ob the public has been warned, so that viously will, involve a considerable they may take steps to profit by the lengthening of the programme, but rapidly decreasing opportunities left-ever should midnight ring eat before at their disposal for witnessing the the end arrives it may safely be pre- seat will, be piece. It may be added that places dicted that not one can now be booked for "the last scene vacated.
afterwards-a of all." When that does come Mr. Start is to be made with certain strac- Asche will, as a fitting end to so tural alterations undertaken at the splendid an achievement, have an request o!. the London County extremely importani statement to Council. These, it is estimated, will. make as regards both Miss Brayton's require from six to eight weeks for and his own future, and the future completion. Early in Sepleraber the of His Majesty's. The exact nature theatre will reopen with the great
Immediately
mimate and full amet at the 57th minute, that it is not permissible even to spectacular musical play, "Mecca," written by Mr. Oscar Ascho, mad Should the ball fail to drop at, the correct hint at more explicitly.
time it will be towered stű miniates pas It may not be anise to recall that composed by Mr. Percy Fletcher, the bour and the ordinary routine repe."Chu. Chin Chow" was produced on which has already proved exit ed at the following hour, if posible,
Should the Time Ball be out of order: Aug 31. 1918, close upon five years ordinarily successful throughout the the shore routins will be carried out with ago. By the time of its withdrawal United States. In it Mr. Asche and the dag in 2 on the Born Bigasi sebit will have reached its 2,200th per- his wife, Misa Lily Brayton will Time Signala sro al given at night by formunce, and brought to the coffers Again be seen, together with a co- of their old mans of three white lampe mounted war of His Majesty's Theatre a sum well pany including several Mealy on the Obervatory wirolans, miner,
notably Mr. Courtice From 8.50 to 9.00p.m. be lamps over £700,000. During the period comrades. extinguished momentarily at the even it has been before the public gone Pounds, and various fresh recruits. {eicomida, except at the fod, 25th, 50th;
52nd, and 54th of sach misala. |
Buiysok
TUESDAY, JULY 19.
Sinklang kais
“bolting vessel's pane only
The house reʼer to, Hongkong. Blanlard Time (8 L'ours Back o' Czesawick)
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