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[WRATHER REPORT
January 20th a 1333-Pressure hande crossed' considerably at Vladivostock, me- BRITISH OFFICER'S DISGUISES. darately, st Wiihzfwai,, and, slightly over Formosa. It is nearly, stationary at other Major F. M. Bailey, of the Indianromating stations. Y Political Service, who was seat in August, depression is shown over the sea of 1918, on a special mission to the Soviet | Japan. Government of Turkestan, and of whose whereabouts for over a year there was no nova-it was feared that he had been killed by the Bolshevista-lectured, res cent before the Horal Geographics Society.
The anti-cyclone over China appears to be stationary W
Moderate monsoon may be expected along : Chin's Bos, 3
the south-east coast of China and over the
fajor Bailey spent into two months in Hongkong rainfall for the 34 hours the autumn of 1919 in Bokhars in the ending at 10 am, to-day, 0.00 Inch Total sammed capacity of a Bolshevist Paverage of 0.65 inch
bo since January 18, 0.11 inch against an and afterwards made his escape, together with, foms companions, across the Kärs The forecast for the 24 hours ending at Bum desert to Northern Persia. His noon to-day is as follows to e Jeture dealt with his experiences in Bekhara, & Moalem city famed through out the East for the fanaticism of its inhabitants, and with his journey" across | Hongkong to Gsp Rock the, desert, the home of nomad Tarkoit mans, where every man's hand is against Formoss Channel his neighbour.
It may be recalled that recently Red troops invaded Bokhara and that the Emir is in fight. During the Teardom the position of Bokhara was similar to that of an Indian Native Státe. At the time of Major Bailey's visit the Bolshevista had recognized the complete independ ence of the State, but relations between the Bolshevista at Tashkent and the. Bok- harans were very strained.
Describing his life in Bakhara, Major Bailey said:-The bazaars are most in- teresting. There is a special Jewish quarter and a Hindu Berai, where about 3 Hindus were living. They are all small. traders and moneylenders. The Hindus and Jews are not allowed, to ride a horse
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Bocking now opened at MOUTAIE'S:
FORECAST NE winds, mo- derate fing to Teloudy.
N.E. winds, "fresh"
South comes of Chins between, The samo'na
Hongkong and Lamocks No L Boathocant of Chins between.) The same as gel Hongkong and Bainan--1 No. 1.
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JANUARY 2021, 1981.
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Weather.
or in a carriage in the town, and are Vladivostook, 8.29.77, 17 obliged to wear a string round their waist Nemuro
outside their cloaks, and may not carry Hakodate arms. Russians, when in Bokhara, wear Tokio the brilliantly coloured thalat or robe Kochi over their own clothes, and on their heads Nagasaki the small art skull-esp, or in winter a Kagoshima fur of the Russian pattern............
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THE BOXHAKAN, ARMY,
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The Emir of Bokhara lives in a palaco, Ishigakijima Sittar Nahassar, about two or three miles | Bonin Isla outside the town, and now-a-days: never
Weibstwed enter the city. An important officer in Hankow the Kazi Kalan, or chief justice, who chang
Kinhiang waa frequently seen riding in the streets with his spare horses all gorgeously Changsha clothed following behind him, and pre-datalaf. Shanghai ceded by a man on horseback, carrying an sharp Peak... axe as a sign of office. Official couriers Amoy also attracted attention by carrying their Swatow pasaport bound in their turban for all to Taiboku
Taichu Troops could frequently be seer march- Tainan.... ing through the streets; they gave the Koshun unpression of extreme inefficiency coupled Pescadores... with complete confidence. The officers Canton... wear Russian badges of rank. I once saw bongkong...
see.
a captain playing a fife in the band. The Cap Hook ... generals are invariably respectable-look aca
Wachow ing old men with long white beards, and are preceded by about a dozen mounted o
Pakhol men carrying white wands. All ranks are Phallen plastered with numerous medals and de- Toron corations. The city is surrounded by a Capo Jamen ruined but still strong wall about 77 | Aparri miles in circuit. The houses are very Dagupan densely packed together, and there are Mani no opan spaces or garden, except for a
Legarpl patch of reeds dear the city wall, in which | Tacloban one day I pat up a pheasant. A carious Loo thing about. Bokhara is absence of spar-Barigao rows. It is the only large city that I Guam --- know where this bird is
Labuan though it is, of course, common in the surrounding country,
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4 DILECTION OF WIND, to two points.
Of the dangers which attended his journey, Major Bailey said little, but admitted that great caution was required. as Bolshevist spies were frequently caught, and drastically dealt with by the Bokharans. He was himself arrested | 100,- 7- when walking on the walla, but secured his release. To the Bokharans he re presented himself as an Austrian prison. er of war, Just before he retched Bok- hara, being then in company with some
48 STAIR OF WEATHER, b blue sky, o detached Alghani, a private cipher from Tashkent cloud, drizzling rain, I fog, gloomy, h hall, was received, asking that careful in lightning, overcast, p passing showers, q quiries should be made about "Colonel9ual, rain, smow, thander, v vizibišty, Bailey of the Anglo-Indian Service. To wet,
this
we sent a reply calculated to put the Bolshevist authorities off the scent"
5. Fox or WI, according to Beaufort. Scale.
7.-34, in inches, t tenths and hundreia.
T. F. CLAXTOR, Director.
Of the difficulties surmounted in making HONGKONG TIME SIGNALS. his escape from Bokhara, Major Bailey gave only a hint. Apart from the risk of The Time Ball on Kowloon Signal Hill discovery of his identity, the crossing of is dropped daily at 10 am and 4 p.m. the desert itself was full of perils. The except on Saturdays when it is dropped appearance of the desert was that of a at 10am and 1 pm, and on Sundays stormy sea frozen solid, the waves or and Holidays when it is dropped at 10 hillocks being 10 to 90 feet high in most All only places, and the distant horizon appearing absolutely fat. A
For food (said Major Bailey) we carried Russian ukhari. This is ordinary leaven ed bread dried in the oven. It keeps indeinitely, and though very bard, can be eaten when soaked in tea. We also carried salt, ten, sugar, and raisins, and
minute and full mass at the 57th minute. The Ball is hoisted half mast at the Kith
time it will be lowered at, 5 minutes past Should the ball fail to drop at the correct the hour and the ordinary routine repeated at the following hour, If possible.
Should the Time Ball be one of order the above routine will be carried out with the fag Z, on the Storm Signal mast.
a little fresh meat for the first day or Time Bignals are also given at night
two. Later, a Persian showed us how to fry lumps of meat in fat-with a good deal of salt, which kept good a surpris ingly long time.
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