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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY AUGUST 4 1910
Intimations.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD.
BREMEN.
'IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES.
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STEAMERI
SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, KOBE {* #GOX***T. 17,330) About WEDNESDAY,
Capt. G. Bolte ale mima, and YOKOHAMA" isinumicos
NAPLES,
TO BAIL
Hoth August,
reth Ang., Nonu,
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GENOA, ALGIERS, ] » » KLEIST* ......(T. 17,000)] WEDNESDAY, GIBRALTAR, SOUTHAMPTON,
Gipt. O. Pabake ...... 5 ANTWERP and HAMBURG.....
MANILA, ANGADR, YAP, NEW-}
GUINEA, BRISBANE, SYDNEY. and MELBOURNE .................. jakke
YOKOHAMA and KOBE
[ · PŘINE WALDEMAR” ............. Į SATURDAY,
Capt. F. Jack...(T. 6,100) ▼ 13th Aug. Daylight.
· PRINE SIGISMUND [ske | About TUESDAY,
Capt. D. Lens...(T. 6,100)}
{"BORNEO
23rd August.
(T. 5,010) End of
August.
KUDAT and SANDAKAN... van
Dist.-F. Sembili american Fitted with Wireless Telegraphy Now System of Telefunken.
For further Particulare, apply to
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
MELGNERS & CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG & CHINA.
Hongkong, in Augant, 1919,
Intimations.
KWONG FUNG YUEN,
·HEAD OFFICE-No. 83, Das Vœux Road Wast TIMBER YARD-Kennedy Town.
TIMBER MERCHANTS,
SAW MILL OWNERS,
AND
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
TO
HB.M. Naval and Military
Authorities,
[AVE always on hand large stock of HAVE, Douglas Fit, Oregon Pine, Teak, Yacal, Hardwood, Oregon Spar, Oblase-Spar, Chinese Pine of all descriptions,
Inspection Invited to the Yards.
Best Terms.
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Managing Director.
Hongkang, roth Tannery, rgto
OSMAN &
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Docking Length)....515 R. | Docking Length......376 ft. Width of Entrance 80.
Width of Entrance... 50.
Water on Blocket.............. 18. „
Water on Blocks
KIN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION.)
Docking Length......481 ft. Width of Entrance... 63 Water on Block....... ang.
THESE DOCKS as convaulantly situated in Yokohama karbone and she attemilos of Captainaj and Owners is respectfully called to the advantages; offered for Docking sad repairing Vassals and Machinery of avacy description.
The plant and tools are of rećeni patterns for dealing quickly and cheaply with work and a large stock of misterial ix'always on hand, (plater, angles and tall shafts all being | tested by Lloyds purveyors).
Two powerful Twin Screw Towboats are avaliable for taking Vainols in or out off Dock, and for whing Sailing Vessels in jox ent of the bay. The doning derrick is capable
-of ifting 40 tons,
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RAILROAD SUPERSTITIONS.
WEATHER. FORBOAST VAND STORM-WARNINGS ISSUED.
FROM THE HONGKONG,
· OBSERVATORY,
O ENS ENGINE DRIVERS FOAR
The superstitioga of marinese are as old ai -the sea. Those of the land sailors, the railroad
men, date back only a few yours. Thirteen' has bien an omloons number for years. There in mot no soglas numbered thirteen on any railroad to the Volted States. No locomotive | mast la front of the Water -Folice Station at works in 'America will put the fulshing touches on an engine or complate. It entirely on a Friday or the thirteenth of the month.
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Nine is the dumber that locomotive engineers consider evan more dangerous than thirteen. There was an engiuser on one of the Michigan divisions of the Grand'Trunk some, years ago,.
• dara-devil'runner, though he never had an accident. Ha foured' one thing above all else, iba namber nios. He maver took out as engine
but once that bor that numerat,
On one occasion hts'own locomotiva had asded some kiding repairs, and there was go ilme to finish the work of getting it into sbapa. An almost now engine, No. 999, was the only available substitute. The obgineer who had such a superstitions fur of the number nige rafosed point blank at first to take this one out ;
Sisam Lasachas of Steal or Wood, Lighters, Stasi Buildings and Roofs, Bridge station at full spoed (the trale made no stóp Work, and all kläds of Machinery are made on the premises,
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but as no other locomotive or anginter could' be scared at such short notice, he had to go.
Two hours later. In the dawn of a winter morning, just as they were approaching a amall
|thare), the engineer thonghi'ba-saw the head- light of another locomotiva on the track ahead, It was snowing herd, sad the wind was blowlog a gale. He started to raverts his engine; bat as he did so what had saemed to be the white The cust of Docking, and' répals work, will be found to compare favourably with that gleam of a headlight grow smaller, flickered, and disappeared. Thinking it was one of the of any port in the world.
track signals that had become obscured by the A large moorlog basla "fa" available alongside our own works for mooring vassnis whilst | now, and that the line was clear," be sent the under repalts.
Tandais will be made up when required and the workmanship and material will be guaranteed.
Telegrams, ** Dook, Yokohama,” Codes A. B. 0. 4th and 5th Edt,
Telephone: Nos 876, 500, or 881,
Idebars, Bootte,
Yokohama, April-28th, 1907.
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anging forward at full spend agals. A moment later there flushed into view a freight train dand ahead, but still some distance away, just taking ' the siding.
The passenger coginnor tovoriad ' and yelled to his Greman to jump. The fireman crossed the cab, but hesitated a moment before. be swung himself from the bottom stop. This fraction of a second's delay was fatal for the engineer. His foot tripped on the fireman's shoulder as be tried to jump from the four of the cab, and he was thrown headlong, brasking his neck and dying instantly. The fireman escaped without a scratch; but several lost their lives in the wreck that followed,
METEOROLOGICAL SIGNALS."
Meteorological signals ara holsted on the
Telm Sha Tsui for the information of masters of vessels leaving the port. Theyi.do mot, necessarily implyithatjbad waather in expected' hare Sigani
A COME" point 'upwards
-A COTT point upwards and DRUK
·below
¿A DRUM
5
6.
A CONE- point down. wards and DRUN below
'A.CONE poins dawa- wards
A CONE polat down wards and *BALL balow
7. A BALY
Another combination of numbers considered highly unlucky for no angina is 1176,"eleventy
8.
ATCONE pola opwards and BALL bajow
GODOWNS, 151 to 155, FRAYA HAST. OFFICES, No 3, DONNADGHT ROAD, | "even" The four ones ar löpked upon with
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If an engineer or fireman stumbles when N6.10, DES VOUX ROAD CENTRAL, | cllmbing late or out of his cib, iç is considered
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Dentistry
Dr. M. H. CHAUN, DENTAL SURGEON...........
·SA QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, IST FLOOR, ROOMEs and j.
From the University of Fandrylvania, D.B.A
Telephone 136. Hongkong, nyth January, 1910.
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very unlucky. It is also unlucky to stop into the cub with the left foot first,
Suparetitions about stumbling are not com fined to those who ride on the engines, writes Mr. Thaddeus A. Dayton, in the New York Tribuna. If any yard or train band stabs his toe in crossing the track, he is sure to turu about add hẹp bigh over the rall, so as to obviate any fotore I lack. This if specially the case when be trips over a switch frog.
There are unlucky months as well as Funlucky days, railroad men. firmly believe. September is the unlucky month. It is a matter of record that there are more accidents during the month than in any other of the year. No one knows why. Enginears as a class carry THE HONGKONG-LAND INVEST-pocket places-queer coint, stonas, or some:
thing they consider lucky." MENT AND AGENCY 00, LD. Hongkong; a7th July, 1910.
HOUSE ja Knutsford TerrACE.
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Oficer.
ONE GODOWN la MASONS LANE,
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ASIATIC POSTAGE STAMPS
and
VIEW POST CARDS. Stampe in Sets, Packets, Bags and Single. Assortment of Stamps and Post Card Alboms.
Postage Stamps Cataloguss for 1910, Stock Books, Duplicata Pockat · Books Transparent Envelopes.
Tweezers," Magnifying Glasses, Perforation Gauges,
Norsia Books, for pariour and household asa Toy Books for Children.
Prayer Books, Religions Pictures, Pendantst MAISU, Staźnattes; Flower Breda, - Raflaf Scrape and Scrap Albams.
MANILA CIGAR AND. NELE CIGARETTES.
Inspection Invlied, relia
Cross-eyed mes, continues the writer, áro very unpopular on a railroad. It is impossible for one of them to get employment except in
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Indicates a Typhoon › to the Horth of the
Colony.
Indicates a Typhoon
to the North-East of the Colony..
| Indicatas a Typhosa | to the East jöf,¿the
Colony.
Indicatana Typhoon to the Sentent
of the Colony
Indicatesa Typhoon to the South of the Colony..
Indicates alTyphoon
to the South-Wes- of the Colony,
indicates & Typhoon to the West of the Qotony.
indicatesa Typhoon to the North-Wou of the Golony,.
Red Signals indieste that the centre is bellaved to be morasthan soo miles away from
the Colony.
Black Signal Indicate that the centre in believed to be less than 300 miles away from the Colony.
The above signals will, as heretofore, be holsted only when typhoons exist in auch positions or are moving in such directions thay. Information regarding them in considered to be of Importance to the Colony or to shipping Weaving the harbour,
These siguals are repeated at the Harbour Ofice, H.M.S. Tamar, Green Island Signal Mast, and the Flagstaff on the premises-of-the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company at Kowloon.
URGENT SIGNAL..
In addition to the above, when it is expected
some unimportant capachy. Even there the that the wind may Increase to full typhoon pejudice against them is historic. Ops of the force at any moment, the following Urgent oyed accii-n hand. It is told by tie tampere Station, and repeated at the Harbour Ofica oldest tales of railroad life relates to a cross-Signal will be made at the Water Police
from Manhattan to Mendocino.
Ton section bands were wanted in a hurry to send out on the line, Nine appeared; but the ionib sent word that he was lil and could not come Just, at, this juncture a crois-ayed | men-applied to the section boss for the vacant Job. Despite his instinctive misgivings and the matterings of the men, be hired him Thereupon, a cloud of all fuck settled down on the gang and stayed there. The drst day one of the man was laid out by a nestroke. The gang lost one man sich month for ten movies. The cross-eyed min was the last to go the sole survivor of the unlucky ten and the one who reapad te fullest measure of mis- fortune. He tried to cross the track in front of the pay train, and was run over and killad.
Intimations.
HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB,
THE EXTRA MEETING of the HONG. KONG GYMKHAMA CLUB will be held at Happy Valley, on SATURDAY, the 6th August, 1910, commencing at 3.30 E.ME.
The Charge of Admission will be $1.00 for others than Members of the Hongkong Jockey Club or Gymkhana Club,
Boldiers and Sailors in uniform Half-price. The Committee layits the Ladies 'of Hong" kong to be present.
REGINALD E. O. MASTER,- linn, Sec, and Treasurer. Rangkong, and August, 1970.
CHEONG HING
HAS ALWAYS ON HAND
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
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THRER EXPLOSIVA BOMÉS, AZ INTERVÁLS OFTEN SECONDS,
A Black Cross will be holated at the' sama sims, superior to the other shapes,
NIGHT' SIGNALS.
The following Night Signals will be exhibit. ed from the Flagstaff on the roof of the Water' Police Station at Kowloon, the Harbour Offen Flagstaff, and H.M.S. Tomar.
I. Three Lights Vertical, Green Green Green, indicates that a typhoon is believed to be situated more than 300 miles from the Colony
11.' Three Lights Vei · tal, Grean Rod Green, [lodicates that a 'typhoon „Is bellevad to be situated less than 300 miles from the Colony,
111. Three Lightstical, Red Green Red, indicates that the wind may be expected to Increase to full typhoon force at any moment,
No. 111. Signal will be accompanied by the Explosiva Bombs, as shove, in the event of the Information conveyed by this signal being feat | pob·lshad by night.
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These Night Signals will be substituted the 157 the Day Signals' at sunset, and will, when Inscessary, be altered during the night, &
CURIOS, PORCELAIN, JADESTONE ||
AND
SILK EMBROIDERIES,
Inspection Solicited.
No, 77, Queen's Road, Central, Hongkong, fich July, 1916.
SUPPLEMENTARY WARNINGE
For the banalt of Native Grah and passing Ochan: Vassala, s. Conn- will be exhibited at sach of the following stations during the time that any of the above Day Signals areˇkole éd- In the Harbour,
Otp Rock. Wagian
Stanley.
Gape Collinson,
Aberdeen. San ́K! Was Bal Kung. Shu Tau Kek,
This will indicate that there to a dopesasian somewhere in the China Son, and that a Storms: Warning is holsted to the Harbour,
Further detalls can always be given to Ocena: Vessels on demand, byjeigual, from the ligh
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