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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17ră, 1911.

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN

REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE BETWEEN

JAVA, OHINA AND JAPAN.

US MAIL

LINE.

PACIFIC

MAIL S.S. CO.

STRAMBE

--FROM

ON OR ABOUT

WILL LEAVE FOR

ON OF ABOUT

SEMI-TROPICAL ROUTE.

Only Line taking the warm SOUTHERN ROUTE across the PAUIFIC VIA

· HONOLULU, OAHU, the most Fortile and Beautiful Island of the PACIFIC,

MANCHURIA.......

EXPECTED

NOTES AND NEWS.

aspect of a grocer's shop, with its stro diwars-but the space filled by a frand's worth of sugar representa in diamonds, say, one remarks, is guarded night and day, just as M million. This room, a Paris sontemporary slyly Dajardit-Beaumotz will look aftor Jasonde," if she ever returns to the Louvre. The merchants have their own bank, wo ato told, and their own telegraph lines, not for getting their own dining hall. On the ground

OHILDEEN SOLD INTO SLAVERY. A stir has been caused in Berlin by the publication of a book entitled "Little White BATON," written by a former woman police as sistant, Bister Henriette Arandt, who alleges that every year hundreds of German children are sold into slavery. A female employment Becond half of agent" in Berlin told the writer, in the press for is the Baurss, whioli is in a continuous of witnesses, that she delivered children abroad slate of commotion Babel, To the second for diferent

purposes at prices ranging from £5 to £500, particularly large number going here silenon reigas. Each merchant has his and third floors the ascent is made by lifts, and to Rassis. Neither the police, the municipal ava office, where he can go through his con- gaardians, nor the children rescue societies vor signments with oare sad in privacy. The offer created any trouble. Only a few weeks ago & facing the north command the highest rentals, child had been delivered to a Russian "baron

Nov, Second half of Nov; Becond half of Nov. Firas half of

Dec.

TJIKINI

TJILIWONG

PROPOSED SAILING FROM HONGKONG.

TJIMANOEK (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.)

STEAMERS

TONE 27,000

SAILING DAZE

SATURDAY,

25th Nov., stiem.

TJITAROEM

27,000

SATURDAY,

16th Dec., st'l P.M.

18,000

FRIDAY,

12th Jan, at 1 2.M.

18,000

.............. SATURDAY,- 271kJan, at 1PM,

27,000

27,000 in

18,000

TJIPANAS..

TJILATJAP.

FJIBODAS...

TJIMAMI

-JAVA

JAPAN

JAVA

MAVA

JAVA:

SHANGHAI

Second half of Nov. Second half of Nov. Second half of Nov,

JAYA

JAVA

First half of Doc. First half of Doo, First half of Dec.

~JAVA

JAVA

JAPAN

JAPAN

JAVA

JAVA

SHANGHAI

JAVA

First half of Dec... First Kalf of Dec. First half of Dec.

Deo,

❤ MONGOLIA, .....................

KOREA

•SIBERIA ..........

MANCHURIA...

MONGOLIA

• KOREA. ***

• SIBERIA .......

18,000 .....v

*Twin BorowN. All Steamers have an Excollent "Philippino Stringed Orchestra" for the entertainment of

Passengers, and are Equipped with Wireless Telegraphy.

THE P.M. 8.8. "MANCHURIA" will be despatched for SAN FRANCISCO

TA SHANGHAI NAGASAKI, KOBE PROHAMA AN HONOLULU

- SATURDAY, 25th November, at 1 P.M.

+

FARES: HONGKONG To LONDON £71 10s. Od. RETURN, SIX MONTHS, £120; 24 MONTHS, £125; INCLUDING BERTH AND MEALS ACROSS AMERICA.

SPECIAL RATES (First Class Only) Granted upon Application To European Points: Officials of any European Naval, Military, Diplomacy, Consular and/or Civil Servloes located in Asia, to European Officials in the Services of the Governmenta of China and Japan To United States Points, Commissioned Ofoera of the United States Army, Navy, US. PH. and M.H. Services, stationed at Ports of Call; also all Officials of U.S. Diplomatic Service, U.S. Consul Generale, Consuls and Vice-Connie located in Asia To United States and Canadian Pointe Members of the Naval, Military, Diplomatic and Consular Officials of the Governments of China and Japan. Between China, Japan and Manila to Offcials of U.S. Diplomatic Service, U.S. Consul Generals, Consuls and Vice-Consals located in Asia, also Commissioned Officers of U.E. Army, Navy and T.8. P.H. and M.H.. Services. These Special Rates apply when travelling at their own expense and to their families. To all Points:-Missionaries and their families,

INTERMEDIATE SERVICE. CHINA..... .10,200 Tons ...... FRIDAY, 17th Nov., at 1 r.x. PERSIA-

FRIDAY, 5th Jan., at 1 F.M.

T

9,000. Tons

HE 8.8. "CHINA" will leave for SAN FRANCISCO VYA SHANGHAI, NAGA-

SAKI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA AND HONOLULU, on FRIDAY, 17th Nov., at 1 F.M..

On the Fine MAIL Stormera, CHINA and PERSIA FIRST CLASS, SALOON SERVICE is furnished at Intermediate Estes.

via New York.

225

FARES, HONGKONG TO LONDON vis Canadian Atlantia Poris, £43. B45. HONGKONG TO SAN FRANCISCO Through Bills of Lading issued to Japan, North, Central and South Amerlos Porta For further information as to Passage and Freight, apply to the Agency of the Companies KING'S BUILDING (opposite Blake Fier).

HIW

BANK

LINE

JHO

FRED J. HALTON, AGENT.

гая

REGULAR SERVICE FROM HONGKONG TO

VANCOUVER. B.C..

SEATTLE &

PORTLAND (Or.),

VIA

SHANGHAI AND JAPANESE PORTS.

CARRYING CARGO ON THROUGH BILLS OF

LADING TO ALL OVERLAND COMMON POINTS.

FOR VICTORIA, VANCOUVER, SEATTLE. TACOMA AND

“PORTLAND (UH).

STRATHLYON 21st Nov. ORTERIC RYGJA...

SUVERIC

FOR MANILA.

RYGJA... 2nd Dec. SUVERIO 5th Deo

... 14th Dec, ... 20th Dec,

1912 1912 KUMERIC

3rd Jan, 9th Jan,

To be followed by other Steamers of the rerar intervals.

Calling at AMOY and KEELUNG

Indacement offers

Company at

if sufficient

The BANK LINE Steamers are of the Newest Design, have mat Commedione Acerin modation, and are fitted with.

·Electric Light and Wireless Telegraphy.

Sperial Parcel Express to America and Canadian Points.

Fer Rates of Freight and Passage, apply to—

THE BANK LINE, LIMITED.

TELEPHONE NO. 780. KING'S BUILDING, Praya Central.

ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE. NEW LINE OF STEAMERS

TO

SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.

Regular Direct Bervice from JAPAN, CHINA and STRAITS to BEIRÀ, DELAGOA BAY, DURBAN, FAST LONDON, FONT ELIZABETH and CAPE TOWN, calling at MAURITIUS if sufficient inducement offers, and affording the -Qaiskest Freight Transport from the ORIENT to SOUTH AFRICA,

8.8, "DUNFFIC"

8.S. "KATANGA"

MAY

PROPOSED SAILINGS,

3,000 tong....to be despatched End January, 1912. › 5,600 tons

to Follow.

And regularly thereafter. For Rates of Freight or Tessage, apply to—

THE BANK LINE, LIMITED,

MANAGING AGENTS.”

INDIAN AFRICAN LINE.

Cargo, exrried on through Bills of Lading from HONGKONG to BEIRA, DELAGOA BAY, DURBAN (Natal). EAST LONDON, PORT ELIZABETH and

·CAPE TOWN--with-transhipment at COLOMBO to Steamers of the INDIAN AFRICAN LINE.

**539]

FROM HONGKONG :... `

25th November.

PROPOSED SAILINGS.

For Eates und Further Information, apply to

FROM COLORBO

10th December.

THE BANK LINE, LIMITED, MANAGING AGENTS.

CONFERENCE-WEIR LINE.

REGULAR SERVICE FROM CALCUTTA TO RIVER PLATE.

THE STEAMERS OF THIS SERVICE PROVIDE THE QUICKEST TRANSIT FROM THE ORIENT TO THE ARGENTINE.

Frequent Seilings from BONGKONG connecting with the Company's Steamers 1st-CALCUTTA,

PROPOSED SAILINGS.

-Next Departure,

For Rates of Freight and Further Particulars, apply to-

F

Hongkong, 31st October, 1911.

FROM CALCUTTA : End November.

MARAGING AGENTS,

THE BANK LINF, LIMITED,

[1075-17

The Stescuers sro all fitted throughout with Electric Light and have accommodation for a limited number of Saloon Passengers, and will take Cargo to all Netherlands Indian Parts on through Bills of Lading.

For Particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the

York Buildings, 1st Floor.

Hongkong, 16th November, 1971,

STEAMSHIP RUBI

ZAFIRO

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN. Telephone No. 375.

17:

PHILIPPINES S.S. CO.

Tora

LIKPTAIN

4000 Crosby

FOR

for 2500, but in this case the child came of good for here the light is enob that the stones can bo stock,

from aristocratic

worth the price paid for it, and was well sean at the greatest advantage..

azerago hay: ing price for a child of working-class parents in Borlin is

while for £15,

cufldren of better. class people more money is paid, ranging up to

a most

WEATHER REPORT.

On the 16th at 12.15 p.m.-The depression. lowly North-eastwards over N. Korea. lying over the Yellow Ses yesterday is moving

Second half of 250 and £500 for children of noble birth. A DISTINGUISHED SCOTSWOMAN. - One sof the most remarkable Scotswomen the period attained her 102nd birthday rai cently in the person of Mrs Francis Edmond, aunt of Mrs.

B. Orifiths, wife of the Principal of the South Wales Cardid Still in the fall possession of her University, faculties, with presence as stately and mind as ólose as half s century ago, she is a brilliant linguist, deeply read and widely travelled, and I was born in Aberdeen of disting- nished parentage. In her seventeenth went to a boarding-school in Greenwich, and year he Lad as teacher a refugee, M. Martin, who had been a captain in Napoleon's army. From Greenwich she went to a convent in Rouer, and spent seven years in France. She returned to Aberdeen and became the wife of the celebrated Orientalist, Dr. Marene Sachs, Professor of Hebrew in the Fras Church College. The lady's second husband was an advocate of Aberdees, Dr. Francis Edmond, whose

gifts to Abordeon University and charities reached nearly £100,000. She was left a widow for the second time at the are of 83. Two years later she

joined Principal and Mre. Griffiths at Cam bridge, and went with them to Cardiff in 1902. She bad heen in the city only a few months when, through an accident in the street, she had one of her legs broken, but she fully recovered in a few months, and now walka unaided. Mrs. her daily walk in the garden of the Principal's résidence. She

remembers that whou the victory of Waterloo was brenght lighted were placed in the windows and orowds

central area of the anti-cyclonic baring thifted Pressure is giving way over Japan, the Eastwards over the Pacifio.

of the China Sea

Pressure appears to be low over the 8.B. part.

Moderate monsoon may be expected, over. the N. part of the China Sou

Mrs. Festing and instructive companion. at 10a.m. to-day, 0.02 inches.

BAILING DATA

Manila, Cebu & Eloilo On 20th Nov., 4 P.M.

-1 4000 M. C. Smith... Manila, Cabu & Hoilo | On 30th Nov., 4PM.

For Freight or Passago, apply to Hongkong. 13th November, 1911.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., General Managers,

PHILIPPINES 9:8, Co.

13

THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN men goes orcselenally to chorok, and takes

STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.

EASTERN ALDENHAM EMPIRE

ST. ALBANS

MAIL SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA.

STNAMELS

MAIL SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION).

ARRIVE HONGKONG PROM AUSTRALIA,

24th Nov. let Dea. 15th Dec, 12th-Jan.1912

news of

chiced in the streets. She slan vocells that

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending The forecast for the 24 hours ending at room to-day in se follows :---

DISTEJOT

FORECAST

(N.E. winds, moderate.

Formosa Channel * Hongkong & Neighbourhood

+

Sonth coast of Chins between Samo na No. I. South coast of Chios between Same as No. 1

Hongkong and Lamooks. I

E. winds, moderate; fair.

Pongkong and Hsinah

: CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL

REGISTER.

: November 16th-AT A.M.

Station.

when Napoleon's name was uttered with bated Viostack breath, she said it was all right, "father is in Nemuro

house." She has gone to ball in Hakodata sedan chair, and was the only lady passenger on Tokio the smack that took her to London when she Kochi LEAVE HONGKONG set out for the boarding school. The journey Nagasaki

FOR AUSTRALIA. from Aberdeen to the Metropolis took a week at. Kagoshima..... Saturday,

that 9th Deo. Saturday, 23rd Deo.

Naha Satday, 6th Jan., 1912. Saturday, 3rd Fob.

The shore Steamers are fitted with Refrigemting Machinery, susaring & plentiful supply of Ice, Fresh Provisions, etc, and are lighted throughout with Electricity. All State-Rooms have Electric Fana, à duly qualified Dootor and Stewardess are carried.

For further particulars, apply to

1262]

SWEDISH

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.,

AGENTS.

EAST ASIATIC

CO., LTD.

...

GOTHENBURG.

PROFGSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION), "

DESTINATION

SHANGHAI, TOKOHAMA,"

STEAMERS

KOBE & MOJI... MA} «CEYLON"..

TONS

DATH OF SAILİNGO,

9,000

About 2nd December:

TELEPHONE No. 171.

YORK BUILDINGS TOP FLOOR.

For Freight and Farther Particulars, apply to

-OLOF WIJK & CO., CHINA AGENOLES, AKTIEBOLAG.

461

Herald, so we learn from the Glasyow Oshima

Ishijima

Wind.

7% 30.25: 42186 188

Hour.

Barometer.

MIERES FILEDUS Temperature

Humidity,

NHW

·Ó S

30.38

30.46

39.31

30.23

30.25

30.2

30.17

EAR

30.11

30.10

9 30.16 50

9 a. 70 22

CROSSED CHEQUES NO SAFEGUARD, The banking world, says a London paper, is Bonio Is. ondearearing to stop a practice which menaces Cheloo 6 the security of the crossed cheque.

Weihaiwoi For some time past thefts from letter-bores Fiankow have been taking plane, particularly in London, Kinking the object of the thieves apparently being to Shanghai obtain any chegnes the letters might contain.

Gutalaf When the cheques were crossed the words Sharp Pak

Pay cash" were written over the oressing, and

the

cheque wee then cashed by the thieves. Swator Swałow Of late years a practics has grown up for Taiboka

ustomers of ban kers to cancel the

Taful

by writing it

and initialling or signing the at Pay or Tiran

DF

the bankers themselves hare acquiessed in this Perendores proceeding. The affect has negatived the pro- Canton tection afforded to the public and to bankers by

by Hongkong the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, which onacta Viet. Peak that A crossing authorised by this Act is a Gap Rock material part of the cheque; it shall not be Maca lawful for any person to obliterate, or, except as Wachow authorised by this Act, to add to

the alter Haihow crossing." It is imperative that all busines Pakhei firms as well as private individuals should for Flofien ir own protection take every step to make Toamne

Letter boxes as secure as possible against C. St. Jamre... the depredations of the thieves, and that bankers should insist that the "crossing" of a cheque Manila Aparri be not cancelled.

Lopespi Bronted Some 200 love lettere, filled with mystic signs, flailo were presented in the Supreme Court, New Coba

„THE EFF KIRB."

SAN FRANCISCO TOYO KISEN KAISHA York, last mouth in au sotion claiming £10.000 Labuan

CENIC

OUT

TRANS-PACIFIC

WESTERN PACIFIC DENVER AND RIO GRANDE

TRANS-CONTINENTAL

TOYO KISEN KAISHA.

Now Triple Scrow Tarline Flyers--20 Knots Speed.

21.000 toms.

8,8. TENTO' MARU...

8.8. CHIYO MARU..

9.8. SHINYO MARU

AND

... 21,000 tons. 21,000 tons.

9.8. NIPPON MAKU ... 11,000 tons. (INTERMEDIATE.) ' HONGKONG to SAN FRANCISCO via CHINA and JAPAN PORTS and HONOLULU. Semi-tropical route-Daily tank bathing, cricket, baseball, danows and free newspaper containing World's happenings by wireless.

damages for breach of promise, brought by Mr. Russell A. Griswold, aged twenty-eight, spainst Miss Helpn Woodrat Smith, daughter of the late Mr. James D. Smith, president of the New York Stock Exchange, and commodore of the New York Yacht Club. The defendant herited £300,000 from her father, and the bill of complaint against her set forth the beart- rending details of how chowasted nine years of the plaintiff's life by promising him marriage when, at the close of his college career, he became a bank clerk. The plaintif, who is now a member of the chorus appearing in a Philadelphia theatre, informed the jury, in tragis accents that he was eighteen years of aze when the defendant told him she loved him to distraction and in- duced him to abandon his banking career and performs odd jobs at bar constry residence. She showered on him presents, such as diamond scarfping, rings socks, and ties, and he implicit ly bellered lier when she exclaimed, "We were made for each other and must have met first in another world,"

you

"She taught me the eye kiss,"

WESTERN PACIFIC DENVER AND the plaintiff proceeded. What is the aye

RIO GRANDE.

The T.K.K. lipers connect at San Francisco with the palatial trains of the Westera. Pacific and Denver and Bio Grande Railways to Chicago vis Salt Lake City and Denver WITHOUT CHANGE.

Throng: Standard Bloopers.

Through Tourists' Sleepers.

Dining Cars-Observation Cars,

Electric Lights-Electric Fans, Union Depota.

New lands, cities and scones-hundred of miles through the gorgeous scenery of the Sierras Feather River Canon and the Royal flores of Colorsta.

Convenient connections at Chicago with trains for New York (Transatlantic Steamers) and other Eastern points.

When taking out Farmge over the SAN FRANCISCO SCENIC-ROUTE ask for Ticket form No. 625.

1317)

C.

...

LACY GOODRICH,

-- GENERAL ORIENTAL AGENT,

17, WATER STREET. YOKOHAMA.

AND KING'S BUILDING, HONGKONG

THOS. COOK & SON,

TOURIST, STEAMSHIP & FORWARDING AGENTS,

BANKERS, &o.

Head Office for the Far East :-- 16. DER VŒDX ROAD, HONGKONG,

EHANGHAI, 2-3, Fоoczew ROAD. YOKOHAMA: 32, Waren. StERET,

TICKETS SUPPLIED to EUROPE by the principal STEAMSHIP LINES and

TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY.

TOURS arranged to ALL PARTS of the WORLD, BAGGAGE collected, forwarded and insured at lowest rates.

LETTERS of CREDIT and CIRCULAR NOTES ISSUED CASHED FOREIGN MONIES exchanged."

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Hongkong Ubarratory, November 16th, 1919.

F. G. Fina, Director.

the level of the sea in inches, tenths and bendredtha

1 BAROMETER, roduced to 32 degrees Fahrenheit am 2 TEMPERATURE, in the shade, in degrees Fahren- heit.

S HUMIDITY, in percentage of saturation, the humidity of air saturated with moisture being 100.

4 DIRECTION OF WIND, to two pointe. 5 Ponen OF WIND, according to Beanfert Scale. 6 STATE OF WEATHER, a blom sky, o detached olond, a drizzling rain, f fog, lightning, o overeat, p passing showers, & squally,

tinomy, h ball, ? rain, snow, tthunder, visibility, w daw (wet)

D RAIN in inches, tenths and hundredths. HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL

REGISTER.

Hongkong Observatory, October 17th.

Previous Date On Dale

Day st

st at 4 p.m. 10 a.01. 4 p.m.

marry meng. “Kuzzieismo; will riescounsel inquired. "Why," answered the Barometer plaintiff unabashed," she urad fo kiss my eyes Temperature and murmur, Sweet little eyes,' and when she Humidity wrote to me used to draw an sye and place a

Kafter it, meaning eys kiss."

Wind Direction.... This delicate Forooti "IK" symbol was strewn thickly through

the Weather correspondence. The plaintiff said that he was Rain in hospital during a long illness. When be left it he found that a 'rival was engrossing the defendant's affections. Te protested, where upun she declared that she had only been play ing with bim and invited him to make a bonfire of the love-letters. **My life is ruined,” he Faid."*by the defendant's conduct," The wealthy defendant denies absolutely that she had promis. ed marriage to the plaintiff.

HOUSE OF DIAMONDS.

About twenty years ago the diamond emer. chants of Amsterdam held their market as bent ·

they could. The merabants would 'mest in a café, or sometimes in the street, where, drawing

30.03

30.11 30.03

74

78

-76

87

61

74

East 3

Fast

Fast

2

0,02

Highest open sir Temperature on 15th...76" -Lowest open air Temperature or 15th...72

39

Days

Week.

HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.

From 17th to 23rd November, 1911.

HIGH WALK.

Ways of

Htung

Moan

Time.

Height.

hot. in.

17 m 6 £5 a 6

.7 356 5. 18 m 7 45 5

19m 8 45

7 85 69

Height

LOW WATE,

H'kong

BUR

Jams.

b. m.

ft. in.

Fri,

Bat.

Sun..

Im 10

0 57 al m 1 48

7

1.30

m 2:30

8 20 7 3

Yon

20

9 33 5 4. 3.

8 43 7 6

21 m 10 20 5 1 34

977-7

9 32 7 8

9 67 7'b

their stones from their pockets, they would com pare them, chaffer, and conclude their contracts. Those days may be termed the patriarchial age. In time the merchants saw that their precious goods were worthy of a more dignified procedure. They rented premises, which they named "Bours voor den Diamanton." Business prospering Amsterdam absorbed about two-thirds of the world's commerco is the precious stones, and the syndicate determined to build their own hall or Exebange, and this the Minister of the In terior has recently opened on the Weesperplein. Tues. Munchner Nachrichten describes the

The

པ་

new building of the Amsterdem diamond Wed, 22 in 11 8 4 9 4

merchants as a veritable rolace. The Avory

room is not to be compared in extent to the Thuri 23 m 11-48 47 5 catacombs of the banking house. It has the