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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

ADVICE TO SHIPMASTERS. The Hungkong timernment Gazette contains the text of a circular issued by the Marcon International Maritime Company to their operators

TRADE REPORT.

EXPORTS,

Dil generally have again ruled, very quiet. Wood Oil improved to 230,80, but as the close could be had ag about $1 per picat under that figure. Other nila re- main practically unchanged at last week's quotations.

"

Land --Contrary to expectation, the

fair

The Director of the Observatory (Me. T. A Claxton) says shipmasteri ara earnesty requested to co-operate in the South American markets are already forecasting and stormy warning work of showing signs of activity, and the Royal Observatory, Hongkong. by sized parcel of the Wing Tak Brand tins is reported to have, bunda arranging for meteorological observations in aew to be made in accordance with the pro- fixed for November shipment to Peru. granume given in the circular, and trans- The Canton Lard market, piso, is harden. mittel by the wireless operator withouting, and it would be difficult today to The accuracy and utility of the Observa-buty even old tinx" under a per pigal tory forecasts will increase in proportion 1.0.b. lighter. to the number of ships co-operating the

the accuracy of the observations, and, promptness with which they are despateb ed. the interest of shipping, there fore, every master possessing telegraphic fustallation should send observations at the hours stated: vis

of the 10th Meridia a. and 2 Time, and endeavour to make the service

possible.

delay.

(504

lent na

from Europe continues, but, in view of Chinese Tuineco lan-The demand

the heavy advance in prices, ou fresh business of any importance has been re-

during

the interval

SPORT.

CRICKET.

RIENDLY MATCHKS. ORALGENGOWER DEFEAT CIVIL

SERVICE

A friendly game between Craigmgower and the Civil Service was played on the latter's ground, on Saturday after noon, and ended in a win for the visitors

30 runs.

Ed-

Barting first, Craigengower compiled the chief contributory, being 13. Alexandra, Thompson and de Sousa, alt three of whom baited soundly. manda and Ling, for ate Civil Service, took wickets for 8 runs and 2 for respectively.

MR. CLAXTON'S TEAM

. MR,

THURSFIELD'S TEAM -

A useful practice game was played on the Hongkong ground on Saturday Thr wicket was hard and dry, and play, on the whole, was not very brilliant,

The game showed that A, A. Claxton is in good form, that Major Edwards has lost none of the skit which math him so

ago, that Capt. P. Havelock Davies, reminent a cricket in Ceylan six sears R.G.A., is certain to find his place as a bowler in the Colony's teams against the visitors from Shanghai and Malaya, and that there are at least three men hitherte unmentioned whose form will have to he cofally watched this season-Licut-Cel Humphreys, E. W. Day, and C, Baker.

Amongst those who did not turn out on Saturday wers B, E, Donnells, Capt. Gray, Capt. Murray, and R. O. Hatch

The match wa rawa, the scores being

son..

The feature of the Civil Service innings follows: -- was the batting of Bradbury, who scored 4 runs nearly half the total for his

aradisaigon Craia continues to be neglected, side: Abbas. fel Craigengower, had the

It is requested that mercurial baro meters should be used whenever possible, and that owners should co-operate by supplying their ships with at least one

few aneroid bas

MR, CLAXTON'S XI.

Compl Mann, Thursfeld b

Davies......

and the 4/10/4 assortment could probably excellent bowling average of 4 wickets for

He sent down only four overs.] » 81.30 per plena runs.

twayof which were maidens Scores

st to 21

below last week's

This quiet and

prischanged.

Starnaisted- There is

The closing rate is 827.30,

no business,

Aniseed Oil has declined to 8163, but crea this rate buyers are not coming

good mercurialer of the Board forward milk-There is nothing doing

of Trade

pattern.

meters are satisfactors. Generally speak-und the market is unchanged at last

index varies error

considerably prices. ing the from time to time, and seldom

Rice. We have to report a decidedly weaker feeling in this market owing to stant throughout the scale

Moreover their readings are usually affected by lack of demand. Esual" could be had changes of temperature, though they now at about" $10 per picul for prompt supposed to be compensated in this delivery, but gusiness with America is stili anworkable the drop in local Lo

mer-quotations has been off-set by the steady the word should be followed by the reddings cury if a mercurial

is read, rise in e barcineter is

In

New crop Pak. if an aneroid is read. aneroid

respect.

Ur

1.3.

shipment to the United States

done) and Canadian Pacise Coast gerts during November/December

It is very important that a few read-ling rice a very fair business has been ings (at least four) of the ship's baro meter (the barometer used for the wire less, messages) should be taken in Hong- kong and forwarded to the Observatory in order that the currection to Observatory Standard may

be obtained otherwise, the barometer readings are It is also very important that useless:

The Pakling rice is produced in Indo- China. The district where the best grade is grown is called Blad Yer Unfor tunately about 30 to 60 per cent. of the crop there has been either damaged or

a typhoon and it is ther

the reading should be exactly as read off. I save antichat higher prices will

in the The closing quote

distant for quality

without

any correction whatever except fore

which have not sent rule for this in the ease of ships

observations to the Observat. comparison tory. Such ships should correct the read-tions are as follows: Siam Ciarden Rice

819

(small stock), Siam Straight Rice ings for index error, and reduce them to

Eahrenheit, re-vis and gravity at 818 (small stock). Siam Usual Rice $10. 43 latitude using the best index errar Saigon Long Rice $15.50. Saigon Round available and adding the word "cur. Rice $15.93, Fakling White No. 1 $17.30,

Pakling Brown $14°)

rected

THE MARCUSI CIRCULAR.

Operators employed on board ships trading to the Far East will note that arrangements have been made to transmis Irom the

Radiotelege d'Aguilar (Hongkong)

Station to ships at sea

|

CHINESE RAILWAY.

CONTRACTS.

of "meteorologion conditing Mr. Yih Kung-cho, Adviser to the Pre-- and weather forecasts. In return, shiident of the Republic of China, and Dr. will forward meteorological observations through the "Cape d'Aguilar atation the Royal Observatory, Hongkong.

of the arrangements are give

2 mars of meteorological con

ditions and weather forecasts will be broadcast by Cape d'Aguilar daily a 1 Hongkong standard time (5 a.m. GMT.)

and repeated at 5 p.. Hong standard time ( a.m.

very

HAPPY HIT Storm warnings are broadcasted at British manufacturers and exporters to

CIGARETTES

Ga.m

ORATOENGOW¢u.

B

J. P. Braga, e Strange, beLing ... 13

Bradbury, E L. Braga, ť

Scrange

„F. Thongson, e Ling, b Strange... 3

C J. Smpleton. e Ling. b Strange D M. Goodall, e Piercy, b Flet-

cher

A. do Souan, e Strange, b Dancan 23 R. Witchell, Wood, b Fletcher 1 Alexandra, e and b Edmunds

A. A. Claxton, retired..... Major Edwards. b Davies

Lieut. Col. L'es, e Day, b Fobin-

son ......

G

البدائي

Blaker, e anb Robinson ... 15 Sergt Connor, McConnell, b

Davies J. D. Humphreys, not nut

Extrus

Q

L.

Total (for 5 wickets, declared) 112.

E. Lammert, D, MeNicol, A. K.

Mackenzie, Currie and C. W. John- atone did not hat,

17

20

A. W. Bainsny. b. Edmunds

Omar, b Edmunds ...... MH, Abbas, not.out

1

0.

Bowling Analysis,

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4.

3.

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Extras.

Capt. Daries

11

3

Total

Bowling Analysis,

0. M. R

Horrocks

'Robinson

Strange Fletcher

9.

7

Ling

Piercy Edmunds Duncan

9.2

CIVIL SERVICE INS

A. E Wood, ran out H. Pierey, b Omar A

B. W. Bradbury, and b Witchell 41

H. E. Strange, b Omar

Dr. Smalley. b Braga

E. Crocker. b Abbag

FJ. Ling. Omar, ↳ Abhan

J. Fletcher, run out Maskeli, e sub., b. Abbas Edmunds, e Omar, b.Abbas Duncan, not out

Extrus

Total

83.

ED. Way

Raworth Mackenzie Thursfield

MB. TEURSFIELD'S XI

3

K

10

Col Humphreys, o and b Edwards 21 E. W. Day, Claxton, b Hum-

phreys

A B. Raworth, Jonstone, b

Tavier

J. Melonnell; e Tayler," b

McNic

Pay-Lieut. Robinson, Euwards,

b Lammert.

Capt. P. H. Davies, e Edwards!

5 MeNicol

P. Thursfield

Lammert

W. W. Mackenzie,

Edwards

Tayler, b

Claxton,

H. Hollands, e A. K. Mnckënzie.

b McNicol....

'P. Jacks, e Edwards, b.Lambert

Corp. Horrocks, not out ........ C.SIM, Talfourd, did not bat

Extray

Tount Trat a Tickets)

Bowling Analysis,

34

21

Bowling Analysis,

the

P

Witchell Omur „Ramsay

16

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15

0

JV Braga Alexandra

·Abbas

5

1

13

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Tayler

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Humphreys

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C.R.C. PRACTICE GAME.

Edwards

Lammert McNicoll L'ales

INTER-PORT CRICKET.

S. O, A. Maartenaz, "of the F.MLS.

Chin-Chan Wang. Administrative Direc for of the Chinese State Railways and Technical Delegate of the Chinese Lizyern- ment, "who have been investigating the echnical and commercial resources of the United Kingdom and other European countries, in conversation with repre- sentative of The Times Trade Supple ment, expressed themselves as favourably impressed by the efforts of about son and repeated every two hours, re-establish the supremacy of British satil midnight. If a second warning is commerce, and by their realisation of the The chief features of the practice game lagued during day the later warning seriousness of the present position.

played on the C.R.C. ground, on Satur will

With reference to the present Cape position in China,

day, was the splendid batting, display range of

it Was pointed the Captain will arrange for

to be made at 6 4.m. and that the gross receipts of the given by Ng Se Kwong and the success Chinese railways "for the year 1916 ful bowling of : Ching. Ne Sze Kwong 2 p.m. Hongkong time (10 p.. showed an increase of 23 to 20 per cent. drove very well indeed, being especially Forest Department, has just returned to.

M.T.), and a message, prepared by the

over the previous year. The increase in hard on Yew Man Taun. He gave a very Malaya from war service at Home He observer, will be banded to the operator The Real Burley Cigarette for transmission containing the following the costs of working due to war conditions difficult chance early in his innings, and played a great deal of cricket for Hamp has been relatively small, and feel in the another chance when he was in the sixties.shire while awaiting a passage to the (n.) Ship's name, position, and the time Form of Chinese coal bas presented at Ching promises to be one of the main

chervation (G.MT.).

problem. The present prosperity of the 503 of the C.R.C. bowling strength this East, and made some respectable scures, (6)

rending (with no corres Chinese railways is in marked contrast to ear.The Belding of Yew Man Taun's besides keeping wicket for the county..

was poor. There were 13 players fartensz was in the Slalayan' tem that tion whatever).

the condition of railways in many Euro a side. The match ended in an easy win visited Hongkong in 1912 and if he 19 pean countries. Reports of brigandage op for Nz Sz Kwong's team. Scores:- able to recompany that team for the the Chinese railways have been greatly

cdining inter-port tournament here. NOSZE KWONG'S TEAM.,

Malaya will be appreciably strengthened. Wei Lee San, retired....

He is one of the Garst wicket-keepers în Sin Mag Ping, run out ....

the East, and once received an invitation e Chua, b Ching

to go with an Australian teata to England" b Ching

Should Maartensz mak, the trip, he may be the fourth Ceylonese in the Malayan team, il Dr. J. A. Scharenuivel, Norman Grenier and W, O, Jonkinas all of whoin are thoroughly worth their place are free to make the visit to Hongkorig.

IT'S TOASTED.

An entirely New principle in

Cigarette Manufacture.

SOLE AGENTS:

THE HONGKONG CIGAR STORE

CO., LTD..

THE

Hotel Mansions.

Tel. 151.

CORONET

TO-NIGHT

at 5.15 and 9.15 p.

ETHEL BARRYMORE

IN

THE CALL OF

HER PEOPLE

SEVEN PARTS. Booking at ROBINSON'S

115

information:

(c.) Thermometer reading (if the baro- meter is of the mercurial type). (d) Wind direction and force.

(e) State of weather (in plain languaggerated, and there has been only one in the last two attempt a hold-up years, a record of which the United States might well be proud. A policy of uniform standardisation is to be intro duced which will affect locomotives, cars, trucks etc.. There is already a upiform gauge. This innovation should be borne in mind by British contracting firms.

#ze). Under no circumstance will the operator write the messages

4-Reports for transmission from the ship will be addressed to "Royal Observa- tury, Hongkong," and immediately on the acceptance of these messages the operator will enter () Prefix S, (U) Date, (e) Times handed in (G.M.T.)..

5.- All

handed messages

in under the abové conditions shall be dealt with as

to the coast

follows:

The present position of fire-war railway contracts in China is very unsatisfactory. During the war much new construction work had perforce to come to tandstill. This was a blow to the Chinese Govern

They shall be communicated to and shall mest, which had to find the interest on the

station at the first

receive priority as Government message

The greatest care shall be observed to have them correctly transmitted:"where. ever possible, each message shall be re- peated.

tax

6.-All messages shall be treated free of Const

ship tax, and land charges. 7-Reports handed in for transmission written on any form other than on the message form numbered I shall be to u message form S1 in such a manner as not to cover the space reserved for service instructions and other data.

BThe Hongkong Observatory also sends wireless Tine Bignals

Capt d'Aguilar at the even seconds between

noon, and p.m. and 9 p.m. Hongkong time (1.50 a.m. to 4 4.m, and

The Spim. to I p.m. G.M.T.) End.. 98th., 30th., 52nd., and 54th second of each of the above

11.55 a.m. and

10.66

and between 8.58

money raised for these new undertakings: On the other hand, British and other foreign Grms cannot now carry out their original contracts except at a loss owing to the increased costs of production. Mr. Kung-cho and Dr. Wang regarded it as eminently desirable that some action should be taken to overcome this difficulty, and suggested that by a policy of "give and take a workable compromise could be effected by both parties

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

ORDERS 188CED BY ME. J, W, 7RANES, D.S.P, (RESEËVE”);"

BAND.

minutes are omitted for the purpose of At the request of H.E. the Oficer Ad-

identifying the signalare preceded by the

Time Signals

The

following warning signals from Cape d'Aguilar 11,54 aim, and 11:35 á.m., and between 8.54 p.m. and 8,55 p.m., Hùng; kong time (3.54 a.m. and 3.55.2.1., and 12.84 and 12.55 pm, G.M.T:): -

CQ DE VPS HK TIME chenals are sent out on a wave length of 1 metres

Both warning and Time

ministering the Government, thy band will parade on the 30th inst. at 9.30 a.m. at Blake Pier to meet H.E. the Governor on arrival. (Note) Statue Pier was given în error in yesterday's orders. Hongkong, September 27th., 1919

The Time Signals from ab kw spark set. are data of about 0.2 eccond

Service Regulations appended to the duration. Radio-telegraphie land and ship stations International Radio-telegraph Convention within range of Cape d'Aguilar are re of 1812. Operators are also required to quired to keep silent between 11 4 a.m. keep themselves provided with the most accurate time available in order to know and noon, and 8.54 p.m. and 8.00 a.m. Hongkong time (3.54 m. and 4 s.m. and when to shut down. 12.04 pm and 1 pm GMT) in accord ance with Article 46, paragraph 3 of the

(Continued at foot of next column.).

-The times given in brackets repre ht the GMT, equivalent of Hongkong standard time. The latter time is 9 hours in advance of G.M.T.

team

Un How Yew Man

b.

1. Wong, c Ahwee, b Ching

C. F.

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Lee, b Ching

Lo Man Fan, b Ching,

Pik Fook, lbw b Ching Chow Ping Un, b Ching Sun Kwok Leung, not out.

R: Chan, e Wong, Po Keung, b Ching Lau Fuk Ki, not ou

Extras

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Totul (for 11 wkts., declared).219

Bowling Analysis.

G. Lite Wong Po Keung H. Ching Yew Man Tsun

Hung Họ Chiu Wan Iu Shing

24.4

YEW, MAN THUN'S TEAM.

H. Ching, e Sin Man Ping, b Yew

Мал Ноп

Yew, b Ng Sze Kwong.

C. Choo Kin, b Yew........

Cheung

J. Lam, c FK. Lau, b Yew

Kwak Kwang, b Ng Ste

Ho Chin, c You

G. Lee, & Woo, b Wei Les Ban 10 Yew Man Taun, c Sun, b. Un

Hew Fan Wong Fo Keung. c Wei Lee 8an.

b On Hew Fan..........

Wan Iu Shing, b Wei Lee Ban......

Li Man Kwong, b Un Hew Fan H. Ahwee, e Ng Sze Kwong, b Un

How Fan Lai Kuen, not out

Extras...

17

8

60

LAWN BOWLS.

The following have been chosen to re- present Hongkong in the Interport Lawn Bowls match against Shanghai:—No, 3 Mr. Wotherspoon (Taikoo), No. 2, Mr Gow (K.B.G.C.), No. 1. Inspector Ger rard (Police). Messrs. L L. Guy (K.B.C.C.). and G. Gerrard (K.C.C) have been selected as reserves. Mr. D. Harvey will be the official referee, and Mr. Eldridge, official scorer. The Shanghai team "ik expected to arrive on Friday.

NEW NAMES FOR ROADS AND PATHS.

The Gazette announces that the under- mentioned streets are to be known for the future by the names indicated against them:-

HONGKONG.

Rienecker Street to become Mui Fọng Street.

Torsiem Street to become Kwai Heung' Street

Path commencing on south side of May Road near Mar Road Tram-station and terminating on north side of Barker Road,. Dear Victoria Hospital, to be known as Chatham Path.

Path

Bowen Rencing on south side at

near Peak Tramway ‘line, and terminating in May Road opposite the bouse known as Ulbank." to bo known as

as Brewin Path.

Path commencing on north side of May Road near Peak Tramway line and terminating at about the centre of last named path, to be known as Clovelly Path

Total

Bowling Analysis.

м.

2.

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.... @

1 #.... 兒 0

4.9

B 13 4

3

0

16

Street.

Ng Eze Kwong Yew Man Hon in Man Ping. Un Hew Fan Wei Lee San

*

TAIKOETHUL." 10 3 Suidter Street to become Shu Tak

Street.

Kramer Street to become

A remer