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23 JUNE, 1927-

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THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER COMPANY (1918). LIMITED.

XY IT Reference to the Notice to Shancholims of the above Company dated 16th FEBRUARY, 1927, whereby the Final Call of $3.00 Fer Share on the New Sharon was le payable on 30th June, 1927, instead) of 1st Mane, 1927, the Directors ul the Company have decitost, in view of the conditions prevailing at present, to turther Extrul the Time for Payout of the fall.

NOTICE 13 ACCORDINGLY HEREBY GIVEN that the Date for Payment of the FINAL CALD IS POSTPONED to 30TH NOVEMBER 1927, and that the Form of Rankers Recat already sent to Bhareholders can be used as though the Dat named therein were the 30 NOVEMBER, 1927.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers. Hong Kong, 10th June, 1927. ¡5024

PUBLIC AUCTION

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGLE,

VALUABLE LEASEHOLD

known AN

PROPERTY.

CITUATE at Vicrons, Hone Kane,

registered at the Land Offers SECTION A or INLAND LOT : 17. Together with al Buildings there

Nos, 3 & 40, Queen's Road Con rat and No. 1, Sanloy Street to be Sold by PUBLIC ACC TION on Monday, the 20th day of June, 1927, at 3 o'clock 1.5, by Mr. E. V. M. R. Do Sousa, the Auctioneer, ls Avers Room, No. 4, Duskivit

feng Sterner Particulars and Condità ne of Sale, Apply to:-Dr, 8. W. Ta'o, olicitor for the Vendor, N. 2 Des Vinx Road Central or to Mr. E. V. M. R. De souss, the Auction F

Hong Kong, the 19th day of May. 27.

SHOPS TO LET

.94. NATHAN ROAD,

KOWLOON.

OFFICES TO LET

STEPHENS BUILDING, 67/69, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL,

AND

PRINCE'S BUILDING,

CHATER · ROAD..

APPLY TO

A. J. DAVID

PRINCE'S BUILDING, CHATEN BOAD.

NOTICE.

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INTIMATIONS.

DEWAR'S on

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TUESDAY, JUNE 14th, 1927.

CUCKOOS.

Altogether 210' earthqenkes were recorded at the Royal Observatory, Tun Hustented London News of Hong Kong, during the year 1023 May 7th has an interesting article by the Milne Shaw Seismograph. The number Unckons." no doubt written las against 159 in 18gb.

series of 15 with special reference to the Eug for 1928 includes a lish ariety. But there are two stall ethquakes un August 5th- species of the cuckoo tribe whoch, th, 6 on August 7th-8th, and 4 ou

August Dah make themselves so pogument :}] Hong Kong that a few lines on the

Letters of administration to the (question may not be out of plavej estate of Tom Yak Ho, otherwise

tore, The Cuckoo which

known as Tam Yik Toa, lies Tam **Cuckoo," or

Pai Shum, afios Cam Sai Hing a near relative, op prats to mange across the whole Tong, merebant, late of No. 124 of Northern Europe and Asin: its Caine Road, where he died on well known note may be heard in February 12th, this year, have been RIGHT Ronned HOUSE, with

Tom Wing Shi, his the spring and early Stubber in granted Central Boating, Fire Bedrooms, SCOTCH WHISKY amu dapat widow, and to Tam Shin Wa, his

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"C. BL. BROWN,

Secretary.

FOR SALE OR TO BE LET UNFURNISHED.

No. 27, PEAK, LUGARD ROAD.

Four Bathrooms, Three Drying Rooms, Modern Sanitation, Grass Tennis Court and Garden-Possession MAY 1ST.-- Angly LINSTEAD ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

DAVIS,

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LABEL

FINEST

OF GREAT AGE.

Awarded 50 Gold

Dereas

l's estate in the Colony nants | to $0.9

HONG KONG'S ERRATIC WEATHER.

INTERESTING ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORT.

ABNORMAL RAIN AND FIERCE

HEAT IN 1926.

The report of the Director of the Royal Observatory, for 1926, sintes that the wireless house was cont pleted in November and the receiv ing bet

Whs

EXECUTIONS RIFE AT

HANKOW.

GAOLS FILLED WITH ANTI- REVOLUTIONARIES.

PROPERTY BEING CON- FISCATED,

That much transpires in Hankow which never finds a way into the press was evident from statements made by an informant who has been removed from its in Hankow, since the beginning of shelter in the old the present Wuhan government last temporary

Guols ad filled with Telescope done to the new house on October. November 2018. It is a tangalar | anti-revolutionary captives, he de t!st6461593 building 44 feet long by 13 feetclared, and there are wide, with brick walls 12 feet high known himself when men have at the eaves, and a gabled roof of her charged for private reasons with ising anti-revolutionaries, Canton tiles. It contains an tin- gine and battery, roun, 18 feet long! thrown into prison, executed and by 12 feet aide, and a main in their properties forthwith ethiscat- bas had the honour of a reference); President Tuft yesterday were Mr.

strument room 32 feet long, by ined. The large number of executions K.

which have been going on as a part frent wide. The · Recriver is :L in the disenssens of the Kiwkoj | John Colgate and Mr.

of the struggle for survival of the Javenport (representing Colgate & It is very

Murconi Press type RP2 B. Residents Association.

C. as mentioned yesterday), Mr.

with a wave range of 750 10 90,000 present government at ankow has tainly at maisance, its zuvinotouets |

M. 1gr. Mr. 11. Gillares, Me.

metres. The Tram mitter is a Marheen eurefully suppressed. note being confond long autorand Mys. F tiale. Mes, L. Hawin.com type "Q" 11 Kw. with wave

Similarly an active counter-re-

* of the same address. 1 relations in South China are the Bain Bird and the listina Koel, i The Hain Bird like the man caters of Tsave which had the stinction I Among passengers for Hong Kong arriving fron the North on the ss. NO LET Cofurnished. End OcToRE. and Prize Medals. of being mentioned in Parlament

Five-roomed HOUSE

IRAK.

the

Reveally renovated, Moderate Hrut. Apply Hox 5031, efo Hongkong

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T QUEEN A ROAD CENTRAL,

LET-Spacious OFFICES in No.

Apply--COMPRADORE DEPT,

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NO LET From 18T JULY, 1927,

"VICTORIA

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"dark.

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Mr. 4. A Laysen, Mr. Alfred Lan, !

range

of 250 to 1,000 metres,volutionary movement is seen to ha I N known to cientists

a Mr la The Fong, Mr. C. C. Ling! Frequency 300 cycles. The systems progressing in Changsha, arvording t'aramaates.meculiums; it is a smadi | Mr. A. Maonk and Miss M.

Muller. Mr. G plainly coloured bird and is comu Maouk, Mr. F.

Been Pattison, and Mr. T, Y. mon in Hong Kong and Kowloon.

No. 1. KELLETT HOUSE, PEAS, THE VERY FINEST OLD the New Territory al-Tai Pu and! Pei.

Four Rooms, Separate Kitchen,

Servanta Quarters All Modern Conveniences.— Apply Masses. DEACONS, PRINC BUILDING.

Fanding its place is taken by the

The

Construct 191

Kier

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24 SCOTCH WHISKY|Indian Kind Budyouts hommate, puldir bathing matshed, the first of

110 LETAL FASLING, #roomed As supplied to the Houses of

TOUSE with Garden and Garage. KWONG Moderate tent. Apply SANG HONG, LTD., 250, Des Voux

Lords and Commons. ROAD CENTRAL

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BIRTH. Lawn Ch Jane 12h, 12. 11. the Victoria Narsing Homes, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs, D. W. LEAH, a son.

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Hong Kong Office: 1A, Chater Rd. London Office: 21, Bride Lane,

Fleet Street, E.C. 4.

The Daily Press.

Hong Kong, Joxe 14mm, 1927

THE CONFERENCES IN

THE NORTH.

THE conferences between the mili- tary braders in the North appear

I have broken down

SOLE AGENTS:

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

HONG KONG DISPENBARY,

used are:--

Continuous ware: interrupted continuous waye; Telephone.

The Instrumeats. Automatic records or the tem

Soldiers and to this foreigner. merchants, the former being mainly small farmers and merchants who have joined up as soldiers to pro- feet their own properties, formed neombination about one month

perature of the air and evaporation ago. More recently a three days'

This is a much larger bird about its kind in the Colony, was begitu

were obtained with a Richard dry round up of labouriles, rumposed the size of the English Cuckou. Then Saturday in a position a little and wet inth thermograph, and of of the riff-raff and undesirables, by male is black and the female brown, fo the south of the centre parking | the direction and velocity of the the soldier-nserchant combination flecked and spotted with white.

The Repulse Bay lower direction and velocity of the wind resulted in 1,000 having been shot, Among those Like the English Cuckoo its note read. It is hoped to have it com-

with Beckley and a Dines-Baxen- and 500 disarmed. its most prominent feature: it pleted and ready for use of hithers deil Anemograph, modified as des-shot according to an authoritativo cribed in the report of 1912. The source was Dr. Tung Wei Chien is a shy bird generally flying low by the end of dúne. It will accom

formerly head of the Changsha modate about 60 persons (49 men

amount of rain is recorded nuloma-

Foreign Office and Mr. Tung Teng, and seldom settling on free tops. It may be heard an hour before 20 ladies) in ten and five tically by a Nakamura pluviograph head of the Industrial Commission, edueles respeed ively, There will and the amount of sunshine by two buth violeus Red leaders. This, it daylight and an hour after dark at two fresh water shower Campbell Stokes universal sunshine should be pointed out again, had no There is unfortunately no system baths.

uf spelling bird zuotes. The note of the Roel with a little hangination

Described by Mr. R. E. Lindse might be given as How-are-you as a low class car and a billy,

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recorders.

connection with orders from autho- Eye observations of rities, It represented purely und barometrie piessure, temperature simply a taking of matters into of the air amof evaporation and their own hands by the anti-Com- minist group-North-China Dreili the amount of cloud are made at News. and js Lepented several times Chinese was yesterday punished for each hour of Hong Kong Standard assaulting 2 Wond living iz usually in a rising tone.

Beichers Street, West Point, with have one good point in common --

the object of obtaining money. The i they are only summer vaitors-they accused was fined 820 or, in de Yellow River one of the principal Werry someone else for the rest of fault, 14 days' bard labour.

150

Mukden aviny withdrew across the

the year.

Both birds

1. G

He was also ordered to pay 25 compen· sation to the girl or undergo a further 10 days' jail. In addition HONG KONG'S POPULATION. | areused was required to sign a bad in the sum of 8100 to be of good The influx of Chinese to Hong behaviour for 12 months. Kong stiff continues. From the

arrested by the police for stealing a purse containing $600 and 20 fires of jewellery, "valued at $279, from the count of a jeweller's

woman was making a purchase shop at Aberdeen Street. Another the shop on Sunday afternoon and put the purse, down on the counter in order to examine

generals was found to be in cem munication with both FENO Ye

ISIANG and TANG SENG CHL A

Sacre torsstige MIN intercepted which established his guilt and he was summarily excrated. But this The pre-¦ is only one instance. It is dught- middle of February until the end A Chinese girl of 19 has been Alangrinaz, therefore, is that Curysuj fu! whether the loyalty of any of of May the arrivals exceeded the If the Ku Suck considers himself rich the subordinate commandiers in any departures by over 50,000.

absolutely growth of the Colony contitates at enugh to hay his way into Tientsin of the armies can

velied uponi: everyone is lighting this rate there will soon he the need

for greater bulding activity. for his own personal enrichment. CHANG THING CHANG'S troops are uid when they are paid at all- as the rate of $6 a month. These calenilar to lay is the Formation of ars the men to whom Carasu Rai | Heaven and Earth (Pin-ti-ion Suk's armies are opposed and if

han). the Southerners have money at their disposal it should not for difficult to prediet the outcome,

and Peking without the tenỷ ni compromising with Unang Tso Lix.

On the other hand the Makalen

authorities are nongemaulating them

silves that they have extriented their forces from a dangerous posi tion in Hutan and are satisfied now that they are capable of with- standing any attack which may be made upon theat The following telegram went to General CHANG The su Chand, after the evacuation Chengchow, Bustrates their

attitude:

forces from the battlefields of

it will not follow that China will

Accord ng 10

the old Chinese

During Friday, Saturday and Sunday no eaves of ontifiable dis Cases were reported a very 12: usual and extremely satisfactory occurrence,

There will be another of the As is very well known popular concerts for Service men "Cheer 0" YM.C.A., at the completed on the night of June the generals commanding suflicient Chater Road, this evening, begin 1st with only insignificant losses free to make their influence felt, ning at 6.30 in arms, men and supplies. Now

An excellent pro- ut forces are well entrenched, whether they are inside or outside gramme has been arranged. waiting patiently for further the Party will always be a low. developments in the Honan situa

We are maintaining tion, defensive attitude against our enemies and expect our Shantung and Chihli brothers-in-arms will be able to check the advance of the Cantese along, the Shan tung-Kiangsu borders.

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Jewellery. The girl, it is alleged, seized the purse and dashed away but was caught by an assistant of the shop who handed her over to the police.

time.

Daily readings are taken of self-registering maximum and minimum thermometers.

Principal Features Of The Weather.

The principal fentures of the

weather in 1026 were:-

PROPERTY SALE.

BUILDINGS AT QUEEN'S

ROAD WEST.

At the China Auction Rooms yesterday afternoon, Mr. E. V. M. I. de Sousa sold, by order of the buildings at Queen's mortgagee, Road West, known as Nos. 592, 504 and 496, and situated on sulisection of Section 4. of Inland Lot No. 470, Subsection 2 of Section A. of Inland Let No. 670 and the remain- the ing portion of Section A. of Inland

Lot No. 070.

(D) Phenomenal rainfall during a prolonged and very severe thunderstorm on July 15th, when 21 inches of rain fell in 18 hours, causing severe floods and land slides. (2) Rainfall m above

average in April, July and September.

The properties have an area of about 6,086 square feet, and the Hong Kong on July 22nd and annual Crown rental is 853. The September 27th.

(2) Typhoons which passed near

The upset price was 850,000, und bidding was brisk and ranged from $800 bids to $1,000 bids. Mr. Wong Yat Cheung eventually be came the purchaser for 870,000.

properties are hold for the unex (4) Hent waves in July, August |pired residue of the term of O

and September, and relative-years from June 25th, 1961. ly cold spells in April and June. Barometric pressure was anoder- ately above normal in January, February, March, and August. It was nearly normal in other months. The highest pressure was 30.384 ins. on January 26th, and the lowest pressure was 29.220 ins. on July 22nd.

Messages From Ships. The number of Britis

ships

With a previous conviction last Me month, a coolie was charged before It. E. Lindsell yosterday, with the attempted larceny of soun The temperature of the air was sending message increased from 857 The obrinus mose now would ap

weet being carried by a coolie. A moderately above normal in Janu- in 1925, to 1038 in 1920, cused told the Magistrate that hary, February, March and Septem- This was due in a large measure par to do the amalgamation of

was arrested by mistake, and the ber. It was considerably below to the co-operation of the Navy. knife h was carrying was the Hankow and Nanking Govern

Bet normal in June, and moderately The number of ships of other Among passengers on the Presi-sharp enough to put bef. After below in October. The highest ter nationalities increased from 752 mouts, are amalgamation, in effect.)

drust Tuft passing through to examining the knife the Magistrate | perature was 99.5 on August 16th, to 831 in 1926 and the number of of the Kuomintang. But even if

said that he did not think the ne As agaiust 098 in 1995 and 979.0 messages received from these ships Manila is Sonator Juan B. Alegre,cused would have had much dif for the past 43 years. The lowest increased from 1762 to 2376, an ap The sudden withdrawal of the the Kuomintang as a united poli-Mr. W. C. Burke, Mr. A. E. 1.ficulty is cutting a mouthful of temperature was 13° 2 on December preciable increase, but still repre- Honan to the north of the Follow tieal party obtains the virtual con- Bost. 3r. C. E. Ferguson and Mr.

beef with the instrument. Accused 20th, as against 39.7 in 1923 and 8unting only a small percentage of was sentenced to four weeks' 'im- | 32.6 for the past 45 years.

the ships within call of Hong Kong. River was

a movement fraught trot of the whole of the country H. L. Fisher,

prisonment with hard labour.

The rainfall with real danger in view of the

An appeal for regular observa- was considerably serious menaces from both front and rear.

he more united than she was pre-

A charge of larceny of a foun above normal in April, July and tions from ships has been made But through smart

September, and considerably below through the faternational Commis tain pen, the property of Mr. G. and well-thought out plans on theviously.

in May, June and August. The sion for Maritime Meteorology. EF. Thompson, accountant of the total rainfall for April, 17.18 ins., part of our commanders it was

Hong Kong and China Gas Co.,

In addition to meteorological re- brought against a Chinese school total fall for July, 20.70 ins. The China, aneteorological fogs were e was the greatest on record, and the gisters kopt at about 10 stations iz boy, before Mr. W. Schofield at

total for the year was 100.78 ins, ceived from 130 ships operating in the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, as against 87.58 ins. in 1925 and the Far East. These logs, repre- was angeider to one of unlawful

85.55 ins, for the past 13 years. senting 8,680 days observations have The amendment was possession.

The greatest fall in one civil day been untilised for amplifying the made in consequence of the absence was 21.09 ine on July 10th, which weather

парк and verifying is the highest on record for the typhoon tracks. The corresponding of the complainant, who was stated to be 縣 bitsy man and prevented they will simply wait their opportu деалн for Shanghai include Mr. from attending Court by his work. Past 13 years, and the greatest in figures for the year 1925 were 158 nity to grab them.

N. S. Brown, of Messrs. Butterfield It was stated by Sergeant Morten ne hour was 3.90 ins. between 3.30 and 6,097. The conference

a.m. and 4.30 a.m. on July 19th, that has just proved abortive sug-

& Swire, and Mr. A. Brosted, that the defendant and the com

plainant went to the Tai Wan beach al the highest on record for the General Traffic Agent gested a compromise between CHANG Canadian National Railways.

on Saturday and occupied the same past 3 years. epartment. Complainant missed The wind velocity was consider The telegram shows the airty TSO LIN, CHIANG KAI-SHEK and

his pen and a detective was called, pably above normal in June, moder- the defendant being later arrestedately below in March and Novem with the article in his possession. ber, and slightly below in January; The defendant was fined $30.

July, September, October and December. The maximum velocity On the morning of July 22nd a for one hour was 73 miles at 10 typhoon passed a few miles to tho 031 September 27th. The south of Gap Rock on a W.N.W. maximum squall velocity, was at track. Winds of force to were ex- the rate of 101 atp.h. at 9.61 am.perienced at Gap Rock at 10h. and on September 27th.

1th. and squalls at the rate of 80 to 85 p.h. were recorded at the The relative humidity was moder Observatory between 8h. and 9h. rast and remarks, issued by the ately above normal in February i À' typhoon also passed near Gap and November, slightly above in Rack on September 27th, travelling April, September and October, and at the rate of 24 m.p.h. In the first nearly normal in the other months. typhoon the lowest barometer read- The mean relative humidity for the ing at the Observatory, reduced to year was 70% as against 76 in

sea level, was 20.33 ins., at 8h. 45m. 1925 and 77% for the past 43 years.

In the second typhoon it was 20.20 (Continued on next Column). ins. at 74. 1am.

unto themselves, and unless, they Hong Kong passengers leaving are granted kirge, enough rewards to-day on the 6.8. President Jark

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of

the

ciả Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama

of the Fongtien baders regarding the Governor of Shansi. That The local offier of the American the advance of the Southerners might have meant the elimination | Mail Line beg to announce that the through Shantung. The failure of of LOC

the rival southern 8. Pesident Jackson will be des CHAND Treno Grang to check this tenders and have led so a perind patched for Victoria and Seattle advance will, of emirse, necessitate of peace. to the place of such a NMR. ARCHIBALD RIT- a rearrangement of their disposi compromise there will probably be.. to day and not al 7.30 CHIE, Chartered Accountant, our n'ortons and KD bur CHANG TRENG pooling of the resources of CILIANU Assistant in Hong Kong for Horse ye CHANG's record luto not been one Kai SHEK, Bankow and FENG Yo past, has from THIS DATE be

to inspire confideure, Treachery | HHLAND. Authorised to Sign the Firm in all

Even if the Northerners matters pertaining to our Hong Kong and intrigue are constantly being are driven back there are so many Oflice.

to share the spoils that further LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS, brought to light in the course of

Chartered Accountants,

Hung Kong. 11th June, 1927,

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the military operations. Mail ad- outbreaks of fighting will be in vices state that shortly before the levitable.

am, on June 15th, as previously advertised.

WEATHER REPORT.

OCCASIONAL RAIN!

Yesterday's weather report, fore-

A fine of 84 was imposed upon | Royal servatory A. Andrews at the Kowloon Magis stated:--- tracy yesterday for allowing his motor cycle to form an obstraction goth. It was stated that the eyele outside the railway station on May

had been left for four hours,

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pm

A weak unti-cyclonic area extends eastward from S. Japan and a depression remain over Tongking.

LOCAL FORDasr: East winds,

i moderate, cloudy, occasional rain.

a.m.

Typhoons.

The tracks of 12 typhoons and 30 of the principal depressions which occurred in the Far East, in 1026, are given in two plates in the Monthly Meteorological Bulletin for December, 1928.