NEW ADVERTISE- MENTS.
·HONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Nthat the ORDINARY YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of HUNG KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED, will be held at the Offices of Mars JARDINE, KATHESON & Co., Lra, Hong
MONDAY, the 97TH Day FEBRUARY, 1995, 19 O'CLOCK NOON, to transact the Ordinary Business of the Company
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that the REGISTER of MEM. BERS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, 137, to MONDAY, 37TH FEBRUARY, 1938. Both Days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
· INTIMATIONS.
QUEEN'S COLLEGE OLD BOYS': ASSOCIATION.
NOTICE.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21st, 1928.
INTIMATIONS.
LECTURE,
"ERVADOBAN-TOWLER-
Mwill give An Address in the
TEXATER HOTAL on TUESDAY, SIST FEBRUARY, 1998, at 4 F.M., ander the
NIGHTS ANNUAL auspices of the HONG KONG GRAAL GENERAL MEETING of the AssociaUWAKEER OF COXEECE. OD tion will take place on FRIDAY, the 24TH of FEBRUARY, 1918, at 5.30 r., in the Fate of QUEEN'S COLLEGE.
W. F. SIMMONE. Secretary, Hong Kong, 4th Feb., 1998. [6851
`HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
RACE THE FIRST EXTRA
MEETING will be held (Weather OTE VALLET Permilling) at HAPPY SATURDAY, 25TH FEBRUARY, 1998,
Commencing at F. The First Bell will be Bong at 1.30 rx
The Charge for Admission to the Public
By Order of the General Committes, C. G. ANDERSON,
Flon, Secretary. Hong Kong. 17th Feb, 1928. [5880
HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
TOTION IS HEREBY GIVEN N°
that the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the FHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will be held at CITY HALL Hong Kong, on SATUR 1929, at DAY, the 25TH FEBRUARY, 193 Noox, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with Blatement of Accounts for the
endig The REGISTER
P
4
1927.
Bata of the Corporation will he CLORED from MONDAY. the 13tu FEBRUARY, to
THE PROBTects of ComMERCİAL
AVIATION IN THE FAR EAST," Members of the Public are cordially invited to attend.
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IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
OFFICE.
IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that I the team annoh "BUNG TAT now lying anclaimed at the Pouce SLIPWAT, YAUMATI, will be disposed af by the Undersigned unles cisimed BEFORE NOON on MARCH 1 NEXT.
Any Person claiming the Steam Launch will be required to present his Claim in Ferson, to the Undersigned with the necessary proof of Ownerships
G. R SAYER,
Sup of Imports and Exporta. Hong Kong, 18th Feb., 1928. [6998
SATURDAY, the 25 FEBRUARY. THE SAN-FAN" CIRCUS. perid No-Tianafer of Shares can be registered.
all Personsure will be $1.00 for 1928: Both Days inclusive), during which
including Ladies. Soldier
and Sailors Uniform: Half Price.
Mambers are advised that they must how their Badges to obtain Admission
the Members Enclosure.
Each
to the amber har the right to in....) trodace 2 Non-members to the Member Encloara, Tickets for whom can be obtained from Mosare. LINSTEAD & DAVIS Ab 15.00. Each Up to FRIDAY, 24TH FERNUARY,1
1929.
The Charge for Admission for Ladies to the Members Enclosure will be $2.00. Each Member сап
obtain, upos application to the SECRETARY. Badges for. Admission of 2 Ladies Fres of Charge
Bookmakers, a Tae Mes, etc., will not be permitted ie operate with. will
HONG KONG JOCKET OLUB daring Race Meetingn. 13903
R.
PUBLIC AUCTION..
THE Undersigned have received
Instructions
TO SELL BY
PUBLIC AUCTION,
ON
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY,
Tuz 6TH, 7TH AND 8TM¤ MARCH, 1998,
17
H.H. NAVAL YARD, Hong Kong,
ÄND AT
KOWLOON NAVAL DEPOT, COMMENCING EACH DAY AT 9.30 AM.
WITH "AX INTERVAL' FROM 12 NOON 1.30 P.M. OLD AND SURPLUS NAVAL STORES. &c., dc.. Je
Comprising
Steel Girders, Iron Reels, Davits, Boat Hooks Vacuum Cleaners, Bar moniam, Air Parifying Plant, Sewing Machino, Catter, Steamboats, Ours, and Shearing Machine,
Gigs, Paniers Platen, Pumps, Boats
Old Lead
Electrics and Wireless Telegraph Old Electric Cable, Glycerine,
Stoves, Bakery Oven, Iron Mattresses, Water Closeta and Pats, Hydraulic Jacks, Table Covers, Carpets Rugs, „Tables, Chairs, Deals, Old Stool Files, Matting, Fold-up Lavatories, Beda, t'urtains, Overcases, Glazed Camp
Unglazed Tiles, Leather and Met allic Hose Metallic Voice Piping, Old Old Curtle Old Coir fuprug, in Co Bubber
'AZVRA
By Order of the Court of Directors,
A. C. HYNES,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 6th Feb, 1999. (855
THE HONG KONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS...
HUNDRED AND
ING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Offices of the Company, No. 41, Das Vaux HOLD, on TUESDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY, 1928, at Noon, for the purpose of receiv ing Report of the Directors, together with Statement of Accounts, and slecting Directos and Anditers
TIGRTH ORDINARY MEET
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from WED-
ISTE
FEBRUARY. to NESDAY, TUESDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY, 1928, Both Days inclusive, during which period No Transfer of Shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
JOEN ARNOLD,
Secretary- Hong Kong, 4th Fab. 1928. [6854
HONG KONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that
NOT the Certificate No. 5/NS 4823 dated Hong Kong, 2nd OctoBER, 1917,
for One Shark of this Bank Numbered 54089 in the Name of Mr. LO KWONG CHUN has been LOST
or STOLEN, and should this Certi
"SAN-FAN CIRCUS, -- having
returned from AMERICA, are Giving SHOWS at the PRAYA EAST RECLAMATION AREA
Exper European Handsmes and Dancing Girls have been employed.
PRICES:
1st Class
Di
GALLERY SEATS ...
TIME TABLE.
NIGHTLY SHOWS
$1.00 $0.60. 10.30
8.00 P.M. ro 11.00 PJ.
MATINEES
2.00 P.M. TO 5.00 P.M.
Every Saturday and Sunday, and other General Holidays.
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-NOTICE.
MONTES F 10 8200.000 re
Available for lavestment on
· INTIMATIONS.
White Label EST SCOTCH WHIS -OF GREAT AGE.
Dewar &SOUSE
DISTILLERS.
PERT
AWARDED
50%
The annual meeting of the Euro- pena Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, will be
on Monday would be illegal. To- H.E. the Governor's new launch bacco and cigarettes are on sale up Britannia will leave the slip at Ah to eight o'clock in a tobacconist's King's Yard," Causeway Bay, on held to-day at 6 p.m.
"
shop; after that hour you can get Wednesday. This launch has been
built by Messrs. Thornycroft. cigarettes but not pipe tobacco, only in public-house or at the
The Hong Kong and China. Brachythe British-Medica--
Coupons purchased for Miss Association hold their annual 'die- | refreshment bar of a theatre. These Violet Capell's dancing display at nem at the Hong Kong Hotel this
are a few instances by way of illus-the Queen's Theatre to-morrow and evening. . tration, A Departmental Com- on the 27th, and at the Star mittee sut up by the Home Office | Theatre on the 29th, must be ex-
to revise the rules, enforced by Dona changed for tickets at Anderson's.
appears to have become infected by
that angular female, and judging
Yesterday at about 10 am. a
WAS
by their report just issued the thief let himself into the servants with the option of a renewal at a
At the Public Works Department Offices yesterday afternoon, there soll one Lot at Crown Land at Shamshaipo, for a term- of 73 years, begiming from July 1st, 1609,
of Jordan House,' have, like the dear lady herself, quarters
Crown Rent to be fixed, for one Nathan Road, Kowloon: but we further term of 24 years. The Lot become childish.
caught in the act of ransacking some in question is at New Kowloon No. Hitherto Doss has known twenty-of the servants' belongings by the 2, situated at the junction of Tai eight sorts of fruit, and has for cook boy. Upon searching the man Yan Street and Wong Chuk Street, some mysterious reason permitted a set of keys and some pawn tickers
Shanshulpo. fourteen of them to be sold at any were found on him. He was handed hour and forbidden the sale of the over to the Police, ather fourteen after right o'clock in the evening. Now, if the Comi
Pang Chang, a 50-year-old stable mitter have their way no truit at hand. was killed on Saturday as
The area is 2,089
quare feet, and the anual Crown rental (814) The upset price was $2,002.50, and there, being no ad- vance on this figure, Mr. Chain Wing Kee, of 17. Tai Nan Street, Shain-
al is to be sold alter the set the result of a kick in the head from shuipo, became the purchaser for
pony which he was leading to the this sum
UNIVERSITY "EDUCATION
DEBATED.
hour of eight. Dona decreed that
race course. The man died at fresh fish might be sold after, right, the Government Civil Hospital soon but insisted that the sale of smoked after admission, The animal waN fish after that boar was a crime frightened by a passing motor car against the State, Now, if the and the man received his injuries Committee can manage it the sale in the struggle to keep his hold on IS IT NECESSARY TO A SUC- of all fish after eight o'clock is to be the pony." made equally criminal.
CESSFUL CAREER |
ST. PETER'S CLUB.
rl
The medical profession came in
A lighter coolin received severe INTERESTING DISCUSSION AT It used to be permissible to sell injuries during the week-end. A a pie cooked the same day in, the motor car "which was being landed | prohibited hours, but if it were from an American ship broke from cooked the day before it was illegal the sling and tell on him. Another for same criticism last night when to sell it. Now, if the advice of the coolie was injured in almost similar the debate on the motion that a Committee is followed only "newly circumstances while some metal was “University Education is not a capked foodstuffs sold while warm "eing landed from the 8.8. Kuong necessary prelude to a successful was discussed at the Stu Sang. Both the injured men were career are to be excepted from the opera.
Peter's Church Young Men's Club.
One speaker said that although. moved to the Government Civil Hospital.
it was necessary for doctors to have a university education, their suc- rose in life depended on the number of men they had oured or killed. Another speaker said that doctors are being turned out as rapidly as
Mr. R. H. Hollis who moved the proposition said that if university ducntion was necessary to gain
GOLD & PRIZE tion of the rule. Presumably the
MEDALS.
IT NEVER VARIES!
BOLE AGENTE: --
inspectors will go round with ther- nometers and decide whether the This (Tuesday) afternoon, at the half-cold pic is warm" enough to Theatre Royal, Mr. R. Vaughan satisfy DORA or not! Could such Fowler, Adjutant of the Royal Air folly be matched anywhere outside
Force Base, Kai Tak, gives an address to members of the General Bedlam?
But the most amazing Chamber of Commerce, the Chinese absurdity is that on serious single Chamber and the Institution of success, then a bar-tender would reason has ever been given why Engineers and Shipbuilders on Dons should be allowed to exist"The Possibilitles of Commercial
H.E.
at all except the ridiculous pretext Aviation in the Far East." that shop assistants might suffer.
the Governor has accepted an invita tion to be present.
We learn that an effort is to be lat Clan Mortgage, Becarity subject A. S. WATSON made to rid the country of these
to a Trustee Valuation.
$7913
Apply-M2. DEACONS,
Prince's Buildings.
TO LET.
FROM 1 MAY for 6 Months
KIEK-UT. STUBBS BOLD, I Bight Rooms, Fully Furnished and Gar-
[6837
ficata not be produced to the Back before age. Konthly Bent; H.$300. Use of Car the 137 MARCH, 1928, a New Oerti- may be arranged.-Apply Box 5837, clo ficate for the Share will be issued, and | Hong Kong "Daily Press, the aforesaid Certificate No. 5/NB 48 will be thereafter treated by this Car peration as NULL and VOID.
By Order of the Court of Directors, A. C. HYNES,
Chief Managor Hong Kong, 11th Feb., 1998. [5880
PARTICULARS AND CONDI
TIONS OF SALE
"
07 TOE
VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
PROPERTY
Old Leather and Len Hemen,
and Lexine. Tarred Rage. Situats in the PEAK DISTRICT in Old Woollen Rags,
úla Lork
Cocos Nut Matting Asbestos
the Colony of Boxe Kosa and registered in the LAND OFFICE RE Packing, Old Fenders, Old from Drums,
The REMAINING PORTION of New Canvas Catrings, Caze, Petrol
KURAL BUILDING LUT No. Old Iron and Steel, Old Scrap Felt Brass, Cappor, Lead, Zinc, Metals of Sorts, Brass and Gun Metal Borings, Zing Bottoms
Bad Zing Brass Tubes Lampa, Lanterns, Ganges,
Ashes,
1 год
Wood and
Steel Plates, Old Steel Shovels, Old Glass, Old Steel Wire Rope and Cattings. Mineral Old and Old Fuel, Chain Pale and Gears Fire
Engine
Forges,
Compasses, Watches Binoculars,
Clocks, Air
and Bresat Kopes, Old
wood. Baths,
Sponges,
Ola Steel Tools,
Together with the Dwelling House thereon known as "FUNG
SHUT"
/
TO BE BOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION.
ON
THURSDAY,
TUR FIRST DAY OF MARCH, 1928, AT 3 O'CLOCK.P.M.
BY
Air Pipes Fire- Hammer MEASZA HUGHES & HOUGH, LTD.,,
Auctioneers, AT THEIR
Motors of Borts, Associated Motor Driven
Ebonite Old, Afwraft
Gas and
Water Tubing and Miscellaneous Iron- mongery, Drills and Tools of Bort, Fans
and Starters, Milling Machine, Shaping
AUCTION ROOMS,
Ice House Steurs, VictorȚA, Hạng Kawai
A
TO. LET.
FLAT in Hurraaris BulLDINGE, KOWLOON-Apply to HUM. PHREYS ESTATE A - FINANCE | CO., LTD. Aexxandra BuilDINGS.
[6617
OLETI HUMPHREYS BUILD INGE, KOWLOOK. for 12 Months.
& CO., LTD. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
PHONE C. 616.
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Hong Kong Ofice: 11, Ice House
Street.
London Office: 21, Bride Lane,
Fleet Street, E.Û,”4′′-
The Baily Press.
HONG KONG, FEBRUARY 21st, 1928.
fighting pility.
Ik
also need to have o. BA degre, and it could not be argued that a bar-tender was not a success in his Jine of work. He further aid that a university education was
Mr. hindrance to businessmen, Hallis also instanced the case of Gene Tanney. He said thas if The Hong Kong Branch of the money is any judge of a man's extraordinary stupidities.
The Mother's Union will hold their success in life, Tunney, who had never been to a University, surely matter will be raised in Parlia-annual sale on Tuesday, February had amassed huge wealth by his ment. The present Government has 21st, at the Helman May Institute,
Mr. A. J. May, AR.I.B.A., who no paternal responsibility for DoRA, commencing at 3 o'clock. There will
seconded the motion; said that he but found the ugly foundling on be a variety of useful articles for was not opposed to education but its doorstep. It seems to us that sale, including good things to eat. Shakespeare who left school at the what the country needs is not more Everything is very moderately age of 14 to become an errand boy, achieved success without going laws but fewer laws. It would be priced and buyers will obtain good through a university, Sir Waket value for their money. Proceeds Raleigh, he said, had only been to a excellent move to set up & per-will be given to Local and Homs university a short time, and yes ht manent Parliamentary Committes!
was successful in making a name for himself. Lord Northcliffe had whole solę function would be to re-
also never been to a university and no one could deny that he was not
success in life.
Charities-Anyy,
commend the abolition of unwanted There are 35 items on the agenda laws. And every law is unwanted for this afternoon's meeting of the which curtails the liberty of the Sanitary Board, but the majority The most individual without conferring on are of a formal nature. the community benefits out of all interesting matter is the report of proportion to the individual's loss, the Committee appointed to enquire into the proposed re-adjustment of The existence "of Dons is against
the rents of market stalls. This mublic policy, because it creates in
matter
A Well Furnished Commodious FLAT MISS "DORA" LINGERS ON. the public mind a disrespect for law of 6 Booms. Recently Redecorator, c/o Hong Kong Daily Press: Entry Exp of APRIL-Apply: M.R.S.,
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του WANT BETTER
It will be very interesting to see whether, D.O.R.A. (Defence of the Realm Act) will survive all the
D HEALTH SIMPLE WAIT ridicule that has recently been long waiting for Results--Catarrh, poured on the bead of the ludicrous
Malaria, Rheumatism, Nervousness, Indi-
Hold 'Indy. Any Government which gration, Constipation, Cough, Asthma, Brozchitis,
was not Department-ridden, as all Dropay-POO ON HERE
post-war governments have been in
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Co. (YEE Epo Luw, Chinese Herbalist, years experience in America), 62, Queen's Road Central (1st floor), Entrance 66, Queen's Road Central-Hours: Daily 8 am to 12 noon, 1.30 p.m. to 5 pm. (Sundays 10 to 3).
1.
Multiplies
POCKET CALCULATOR which curately like Big Machines and Counts up to 999 999,990. It is so Useful, Con- venient and Inexpensive that it does the Entire Work Batisfactorily, Rapidly
WARDEN, GANdayi, Bombay." [5860
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and government.
Silk forwarded from here by the Empress of is on January 25th, arrived in New York (St. John's Park on February 17th having been 23 days in transit.
was discussed at length Other items include an application
not
The speaker then went on to of Our Lord. instanes the case Could anyone say that Christ was success, and yet he had ever been to a university. The best education, he said, way to rub shoulders with men of the world
THE OPPOSITE VIEWS. The Rev. H. A. Wittenbach..........
4., for the opposition said that talking of successes, one must not
fof an offensive trade licence at No. include all kinds of success other-
01 and 83, Castle Road, and an apwise a pirate chief would be con- sidered a success if he had amassed plication to register No. 14. Percival fortune and escaped capture. This Street, ground floor, as a dairy,
applied to millionaires as well, and i Henry Ford with his millions was just as successful, as his cars, the speaker said he would not call him a success
While detained at Yaumati Police Station as a" returned banishee, a
Mr. Wittenbach said that he had Chinese named Ho Yu made an
looked up the Encyclopedia Bri- attempt to escape from his cell by tannien and he found that 7 Charged with being in possession forcing the wire netting on the out of 10 great men of the world" England would long ago have of 214 na mi lottery tickets, a window and digging out bricks from had been through university A politician needed to have a univer- abolished war time restrictions. The Chinese was fined $60, or four the wall with the aid of a bucket sity education before he could make proper place for war relics is a weeks'. hard labour at the Central cover. Failing to achieve his object, his calling a succes. The Labour muscura, and it is high time that Magistracy yesterday.
Movement in England was failing because they had no educated DotA was banished from the public's
leader to understand the world and its problems "disgusted view. Britons who go
the man then tried to strangle him- self with his singlet. Dr. Dovey
Mias M. H. Clark supporting the
last speaker said that a University
A Chinese, charged at the Kow examined the man and reported that home on leave are astounded that loon Magistrues yesterday with he was desperate due to his craving people submit passively to the stealing three sheets of corrugated for opium. The prisoner was re-education gave one a balmark. It iron from the military camp at moved to the Government Civil
Machine Leibs with Stand, Lamp Endr, VACANT POSSESSION 3167 MARCH, 1928. and Accurately. $18 Fort Free. D. restraints and annoyance imposed shamshuipo, was sentenced to one Hospital,
Are Lampe, Money Trays, Ben Tables,
and Stools, Gymnastic Gear, etc, etc.
LOTS MAY BE INSPECTED ON
MONDAY, TH MARCH, 1928;
ALSO BALE or ..
· OLD AND SURPLUS VICTUALLING STORES "AY KOWLCON- ON FRIDAY, 1x MAROH.- Comprising Table Linen, Implements, Bemusata, Serge, Flannel, &c Bundry Articles of Mees and Table Gear, Cloth ing, and Condemned Provisions Lar Poultry Feeding, doo, da b
Terms of Sale 6 detailed in Catalogne.
LAMMERT BROTHER"," By Appointment Auctioneers
|
The Property-cousists of :----
All that Piece or Faroel of Ground having an Area of 91.334 Square Feet registered in the LAND OFFICE The REMAINING. PORTION of RURAL BUILDING No. 2. together with all the Messages or Tenements and other Erections thereon and the Bights. Ease
SERVICE TO READERS.
-month's hard-labour.
on a free country. Euder the guise of protecting shopkeepers and shop
Following the emparelling of the assistants, to enable them to cease A. P.W.D. coolie has been admit-jury in Mr. Justice J. B. Wood's work at stated times, business ted to the Government Civil Hos Court at the Criminal Besions yes premises bave to be closed regard-pital suffering from abrasions to terday morning, His Lordship men-
less" of
ments and Appurtenances thereto be- BONG KONG DAILY public evenience. But his right leg. caused through his tioned that he wished to make a
Longing and all the Estate and Interest of the Vendor in and to all the said Fremises.
For further Particulars Apply to:- ME, WILKINSON AGRIST,:
Vendors' Boliaitors, OR, TO.
MEE HUGHES & HOUGH, LTD,
-------- Auctionsars, ---
- to the Admiralty. Hong Kong, 21st Feb., 1923 [5901
|8, Das Vœux Boan Centras, ViICTORIA,
Ha Hong Kong
`glat January, 1998.
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even so, the regulations are only being knocked down by a Mortuary statement with regard to Mr. PRESS, LTD., and the HONG
cart in Possession Street.
Barretta, one of the jurors whos KONG WEEKLY PRESS, through partially effective" And they con-
пате wn's called before him on their London Office, at 21, Baby LANZ, tain all sorts of
of absurdities.
Attention is drawn to an adver- Friday, and who did not appear, FLEST STREZT, EC. 4., ars prepared to give Subscribers .... and Visitors advics
If you are in London on a Satur- tisement in another column an- His Lordship stated that he had regarding
socommodation railable, day you would find that you could nouncing that, owing to unavoid ascertained that Mr. Barretta motoring facilities,
ties, suitable shopping buy sods water until ten o'clock, able circumstances, the concert to had been seriously ill for some centras,
If, when at
they will call or telephone to the above address, they w but on Monday you could not get have been given in the Star Theatre months, and it was entirely out of receive the utmost maristance and the it after nine-thirty. Milk could be by Robert and Anatole Kitain, the question that he should attempt to-serve-on-a-jury. His abernce jeets of enquiry will be placed at their purchased up to nine o'clock on violinist and pianist, on Thursday, had, therefore, been satisfactorily dieta.l
Saturday, but to sell it after eight February 23rd, has been cancelled. explained.
.eto.
will
latest available information on all ambe
placed one on the first ring of the ladder of life. A university educa- tion, she said, was training the mind to a career, just like, one trained for a race.
After other speakers had express- ed their views on this subject, the. motion was pas to the vote, and was defeated by 15" to ten votes. -
WEATHER REPORT.
Yesterday's weather report, fore. cast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 5.10 p.m...
The anti-cyclone remains
ented
with a tendency, to weaken. Fresh to strong monsoon will con tmus along the S.E. coast and over the China Beáin
Local Forecast:-N.E, freef; cloudy.
winds,
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