1914-09-10 — Page 13

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1914,

DIARY OF WAR.

POST OFFICE.

SHIPPING NEWS.

WEATHER REPORT.

(Continued from Extra).

The undermentioned Homeward Sibe- rina Mails despatched from Hongkong before the War have reached London:

THE SERVIAN ARMY.

A Well Equipped Force. A brief account of the Servian military forces may not be out of place at the present moment. It must be understood, however, that

Sept. 2.-List of British casual there is no information available ties published. Details:Officers Date of de.

spatch. as to the progress of the organisa killed, 30; wounded, 67; missing, tion, sa decreed last autumn, of 85. Men killed, 127; wounded, July 2nd the troops which are being raised 029; mining, 4,183. Rakaians in the newly acquired territory: Buatain reveres in local engage Those new troops can, therefore,ment in East Prussia but defeat -

Por us.

ARRIVED.

On the 10th at 12.83-Pressure has los Greased. alightly over Annam and the Philippines. It increased moderately at Hongkong till 3 a.m, and has since boon | slowly decrassing.

MAİL STEAMERS

THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. ĈO.

ENGLISH MAIL.

Date of Ar-Haltan. Br. a. 1,185, J. W. Evana, 10th rival London.

Repk-Swatow, 9th Sept. Om→ D. L. & Oo.. Nicklyo Mara, Jap. n. 2,427, 1, Sone, 9th Faolfe to the cast of Japan. The ty An antioyolone is still shown in the ist-Nagasaki, Japan, Coel-phoon now dominates the map. At 6 am.

this morning the centre was a little to the WILL despatch VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORTS on

22nd

E of India? Yorok

Aug. 27th

H

23rd

Fores

M

25th

Kanchow

Aug, 28th

27th

Paul Locat)

War' risks are not covered by postal

best be referred to separately. three Austrian Army Corpe near Under the defence law, service Lemberg, capturing 160 guns and is for twenty-four years, viz. ton inflicting enormous losses on registration or insurance. years in the first estegory or enemy. Japanese occupy seven active army, seven years in the Islands of Kianchau, and remove

The Parcel Port servien to Egypt and French Govern countries beyond is for the present aus second category or reserve army, 1000 mines. and seven years in the third ment removes to Bordeaux for ponded. category or garrison army. The purely military reasons. active army is the Regular Army. September 3.--Russians defeat in which colour service lasts for Austrians and occupy Lemberg two years, followed by eight years Additional list of British casualties in the reserve of the active army; issued. General Gallieni issues this army has cadres with a proclamation saying he reasons strong peace establish- defend Paris to the end,

will

M. B. G. K.

Bocotra, Br. za 3,896, R. P. Stevenson, north of Naha, moving N.W.

9ib ingt--Keslang, 7th inst, Can. -P. & O. 8, N. Ca.

Taishun, Chinese a. 1,216, R. J. Faza"anding at 10 am: to-day, 0.00 Inches.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours more, 10th Inst.-Tientsin, 30th ult, Gen.—C, M. 5. N. Co. Mexican Fringe, Br. us. 1,935, R. Mao- donald, 9th instMeroran, 20th pit, Ballast... E. & Co.

loft Singapore on Monday, the 7th inst. at noon and may be expected to arrive bere on Saturday, the 19th inst, at day-

The Baletto, with the English Mail Salahad, Dut. sa. 1,335, J. Libers, 9th Inst.Newchwang, 2nd last, Bal- Inst---A. P. Co,"

|'light." This paoket brings the "parsel mals' closed in London for despatch

ment, like other regular armies, September 4.-Russians occupy by the all-sen route on the 5th ult. and The reserve army has virtually no Haalice. Announced that in seven for despatch overland on the 11th ult paaco establishment, although its days' fighting, Russians have

cadres are organised. The garrison captured 40,000 prisoners. Now army likewise has no peace British. recruits total 280,000.

MAILS DUE.

MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY,

establishment, and it is only Announced that Germana continue English, Salette, 11th lost. formed in time of war; although to leave the entrenched camp of it was brought to some extent in- to play after a time in the recent ware it need not be considered farther.

vls Calcutta-Per SUISANG, 10th inst., 8 pm.

Paris on their right, marobing south-east, Germans evacuate Compiegne and Senlis districts, Straits & India Great patriotio demonstration at the Guildhall,

-- TO-MORROW. ·

Amor & Foochow -Per HAI

TAN, 13th Sept., 9 a.

SANG, 11th Sept., 10a.m.

MARU, 11th,inst., noon.

SATURDAY, 12th Sept.

Straits, Ceylon, Adelaide, Western Australia, India, Aden, Egypt and Eufope in Brindisi--For SARDINIA, 12th Sept. 10a.m. ̧*

day the 11th inst., at 5pm.

SHING, 12th inst., noon.

Cranley, Br. a. 2,903, A. Henderson, 10th Last-Manila, Gen.-Carmichael.

DEPARTED.

September 9.

Kamo Maru for Straits & Ceylon Sungkiang for Haiphong val Fakhol

| Scabu Maru for Anping via Swatow

Telemachus for Saigon Prometheus for Bangkok Kashing for Canton Chiyuen for Canton Haimon for Swatow

Standard for Bangkok via Swatow

Kenkon More No. 13 for Mlike

ULEARANCES AT THE

HARBOUR OFFICE.

Z

September 9. Kwang Chau Wan for K. C. Wan Merionethshire for Vancouver via Bhal Hue for Haiphong via K. O, Wan

September 10. Balahad for Singapore

Kanchow for Shanghal"

about the DATES named :** For

SHANGHAI

KOBE Candia

To Sall On Remark”

Freight

Freight

Steamers

Salsette Capt. A. F. Vine

R.N.R.

about

12th Sept.

& Penge

1.

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS. ENDING AT NOOK TO-MORROW.

LONDON, via Us- Sardinia

ual Ports. of Call

Capt. J. T. Jeffery

noon

13th Sept.

& Ringe

District

Forecast.

SHANG HAI

MOJI,

About

N. to N.W.

moderate flue.

20th Sept.

Freight

*HAMA -

B'BAY, via Straits) Nubia

About

Freight

and Colombo

22nd Sept.&P'sage

LONDON & ANT-

2 Formosa Channel...

The samo as No. 1.

}

about 14th Oat.

Freight

Hongkong and Neighbour-winds,

hood..

3 Bouth coast of China be-) The same tween H.K, and Lamooks as No. 1.

5 South coast of China ba-) The same

tween H.K. and Halaan... A No. 1.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

Station.

10th Sept., am."

Winda

Hour.

Barometer.

Temperature,

Humidity.

Weather.

D'tion.

Force.

Wostook 78

Namuro da 30.16 Hakodate 30.17

Tokio докто Kochi

Nagamki

Kagima Oshima

Noha Tahijima Bonin Is

Servio, as it existed be. fore the recent extension, is September 5.--German squad- divided into five divisional ron sinks 15 British fishing boats Swatow, districts, each producing one in North Sea, the crews being division of the active army and one taken prisoners. "Announced that Shanghai & N. China --Per KWONG division of the reserve army; the Britain, France and Russia divisional beadquarters are re mutually engage not to conclude swatow, Amoy & Foochow-Per KAIJO spectively at Belgrade, Waljevo, peace separately during the war. Kragujevata, Zajecar, and Nish. September 6-Press Bureau. An active division on a war foot-announces that in recent fighting ing consists of sixteen battalions, British casualties total 16,000 and four machine gun companies, a German losses thrice that number. cavalry regiment of four squad- Austrians make fruitless attempt rona, and nine field batteries, be- to pierce Russian lines, losing sides engineers and departmental | 5,000 prisoners. corps. The active ariny further September 7.-Announced that. The Parcel Mails will be closed on Fri- includes a cavalry division of H.M.S. Pathfinder' struck a mine sixteen squadrons and two horse off the East coast and rapidly Stralte, India via Calcutta-For YAT-Boostra for London via Singapore artillery batteries; it also in-foundered. Official report issued clades six field howitzer batteries stating that German enveloping Pallippins Is-Fer LOONGSANG, 12th Taishan for Canton and nine mountain batteries, movement is abandoned; British besides garrison artillery, railway superiority over Germans clearly troops, and so forth. Each of the demonstrated. Allies success five divisions of the reserve army over Germans at St. Quentin. comprise twelve battalions, two officially confirmed. Germans [To make connection with the Tion.SHIPS PASSED THE CANAL. Gutzlaff cavalry squadrons, and nine field lose 3,000 men in a terrific tsin-Pukow Rallway, closing at Shanghai batteries; the reserve army also encounter west of Malines; fur. Br.P.0, at 8.30 pm. on Thursday the 17th includes seven mountain batter-ther losses sustained owing to September.) ies, and possibly some field opening of dykee to the south-east Tientsin-Per CHEONGSHING, 12th howitzer batteries. Adding in of Antwerp. Germans destroy certain reserve units, not directly Dinant by shell-fire and incend- Shanghai & N. China-For TAKSANG, available as portion of the fieldiariam. Announced that altoge

12th Sopt., 4 p.m. army, the active and reserve ther 12 Austrian divisions have armies on a war.footing consist been completely destroyed by altogether of 186 battalions, 47 Russians near Lemberg. squadrons, and 122 horse, field,

"

September 8.-Russians capt.re mountain, and howitzer batteries, Mikolajoff and Rawaraske, and making up, with engineers, convert Galicia into Russian garrison artillery, and depart Province. British casualties to montal troops, a total of about date: Officers killed, 63; 230,000 men. The garrison army pounded, 162; missing, 230. would probably represent about Men: killed, 212; wounded, 60,000 more,

1,061; missing, 13,413.

CONSIGNEES

SHIRE" LINE OF STEAM-

ERS, LIMITED. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

The newly-acquired territory has been divided up into five divisional districts with their head- quarters at Uskab, Novibazar." Pristins, letip, and Monsetir. At present only infantry have apparently been set on foot, the ides being that each divisional district shall produce 4 regiments The Steamship of 4 battalions caoh, making 801 "MERIONETHSHIRE" battalions all told, and all having arrived from the above

From EUROPE etc.

forming part of the active army, ports, Consignees of cargo by her i.e., consisting of men in their are hereby informed that all goods are being landed at their risk into

Siberian

inst., noon.

"+

Kutsang for Kobe via Shanghai

Shanghai & North China Songkiang for Haiphong via Hoihow (Europe via Alboria) -Par Hild for Bangkok ANHÚI, 12th inst., 4 p.m.

p.m.

SUNDAY, 13th Sept. Bwatow-FerHAIMUN, 13th Sept. 8 a..

MONDAY, 14th Sept.

Ningpo, Shanghai & North China-Fer KASHING, 14th jest, 4 p.m. i

TUESDAY, 15th Sept.

Ano

M

30.08

#

29.95

PF

29.68

20.36

89.18

HW

29.40

WAY

29.99

20.77 €9. 90 nw

S ob

AND YOKO~ (Capt. R. E. Feel

......Capt. F. J. Fox

WERP via Singa- | Namur.

pore, Penang, Capt. A. Collyer C'mbo, Port Said,

& Marseilles

Subject to alteration without notice.

All the above steamers are fitted with Wireless Telegra

NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

SHIPPERS are informed that the P. & O. Company Vessels are insured under The British Government National Insurance Scheme and they can effect War Risk Insurance on individual shipments with The National Insurance Committee, London. through their representatives there.

The production of a Marine Risk Policy is not immediately necessary.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

P, & O. 8. N. Co.'s office,

Hongkong, 10th Sept., 1914.

E. A Hewett

Superintendent

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES

FRENCH MAIL LINES.

FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO AND PROM JAPAN via SHANGHAI,

FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO AND FROM EUROPE via SUEZ CANAL.

wbaiwel

Hankow

Ichang

Klokinng

Changaha Bhanghai

Sharp F. Ta

29.69 70 ди

3 oda 29.39 25 now 7 omd 20.64 78 DW 2 b

For

Steamers

Amoy

20.01 .79 74

2 b

London, 21 July.

Bwatow Talhoku Ba

29.68 7870

MARSEILLE via PORTS

Cordilfere

29.62

Polynesien

Arrivals from Obina Agapenor, P Ludwig, Arabia, Norderney.

Taichu Taman Koshua

19

29.62

MA

i

де

29.69

n

T 6

29.60

nw

H

49.69

nw

29.77 71 85 u

29.69

-77 56 aw

D

2 b

now 10

1 ba

-

The following vessels have passed the

'kong

Canal:--Brasilia, Cordillere, Goeben, Hi-Canton tachi Maru, Indraal, Kashims Maru, Nip- pon, Orestes, Biam.

London, 24 July. Arrivals from China:Africe, Cathay.

Gay Ro

• Book" Macao

20.79 73 Wuchow, So 29.89 64 88 nw Pathol

BERERED

H

29.86

29.75

29.82

29.67.

29.77

28.78 78

29.91 81

29.86-88

Holhow The following vessels have passed the Phullen Ja Canal-Perseus, Phemius.

London, 28 July

Aparri Arrival from China;-Hitachi Maru Manila

Legnapi The following vessels have passed the Tolfe Canal:--Benarty, Canton, Glenroy, Ma Bacolod

Cebu chaon, Myrmidon, Nubia, Paking, Svoro-

Labuan Swatow, Amoy, Formoss via Tamsulo, Sithonia, Nellore

Per DAIGI M, Sept. 15th, 20

London, 31 July." Arrivals from China: Achilles, Bra- Batavia, Samarang & Sourabaya-Persilla, Chalister, F. Bulow.Goober

TJIBODAS. 15th inst., noon. Philippine I-Per TAMING, 15th Sept.

1

..

2 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, 16th Sept.

Swatow 핸드

For HAIMUN, 16th Sept. 9 am Formons via Keelung, Shang- bai, North China, Japan, Nagasaki, Victoria & Tacoma

(Europe via Siberia) - For

Canal Miyasaki Maru, Anne Rick- The following võnsola have passed the

|mers, Helgoland, Deucalion, Késmu.

WATER RETURN.

now

AW

4

T. F. Claxton, Director,

Hongkong Observatory, Sept. 10,

1 Barometer, reduced to 82 degrees Fahrenholt on the lerol of the res in in- ches, tenths and hundredths.

"

Temperature, in the shade, in degrees Fahrenheit,

3 Humidity, In percentage of saturation, the Humidity of sir saturated with mois-

Railway closing at Shanghai Br. (To make connection with the Tientsin-Reservoirs on the 1st Sept., 1914.

MEXICO M., 16th Sept, 1 p.m. Level and Storage of water in ture being.100.

Innt.)

first ten years of service. The the hazardous and/or extra hazar-Pakow difficulties of making such an dous Godowns of the Hongkong r. o. at 11.30am. on Monday the 21st- organisation effective are obvious, and Kowloon Wharf and Godown because, even if the young man Company, Limited, whence, and/ reaching the military age in the orfrom the wharves, delivery may autumn of 1018 has been enrolled, be obtained.

Goods not cleared by the 15th that only gives one annual contingent out of ten required, Sept. will be subject to rent.

All brokon, chafed and damaged and the men liable to be called up for service as reservists will have packages are to be loft in the

Godowns where, they will be

THURSDAY, 17th Sept. wel-hal-wet & Tientalo-Par KUEL

CHOW, 17th Bopt, 10 a m..

had no military training, beoanee examined on 15th Sept, at 9.30 Swatow, the Tarka did not (at all events am. Claims against the steamer until of very late "years) enrol must be presented within 10 days Christians. Moreover, whatever of arrival, otherwise they will not may be the case in the Uakub be recognized.

FRIDAY, 18th Sept.

Amoy & Fooohow-Per HAI-

YANG, 18th Sept., 9 a.m.

TUESDAY, 22nd Sept.

CITY AND. HILL DISTRICT WATER

WORKS LEVEL

sora

1994- Ff. din. above aft in Abore Tytami CYCLEOW overflow Tylamoft toin. Below 3/4 in Below

Byewah gvertown, ] "overdow Tyum Inter- aft, in. Above all in Abo

kedinte

overdow Pakiulara

1/2 sio, Above it in Below

-overdow Wong-nal. zz. Gia. Helowe dla Below

chub

overfion

Overla "STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS, GALLONS.

Overflow

Overflow

Tytamislig Tytam Byewash Tytam Intermediate.

Pokfulam.com-mazanadryin Wong-nal-chung

4 Direction of Wind, to two points. 5 Force of Wind, according to Beaufore Scale.

State of Weather. b blue sky, o de tached aloud, d drizzling rain, fog, g gloomy, h hail, I lightning, o overcast, p passing showers, e squally, z rain, s snow,

thunder, v slalbility, w daw wate

0 Rain in inches, tenths and hundredths

1913. 407.20

1,30

God za

17.71

109-31

61.78

#7.15

1455

METEOROLOGICAL.

Total......

721-36

218.57

с

Bitima od

Philippine Is, Australia, Tas-Disuiet in millions of gallon during the month of mania & New Zealand via Auga 3314 Port Darwin-Per TAIYUAN, 22nd Sept., 10 am..

Coaramption of water in die City and

200

Consumption.

177,28,galkos

JARDINE, MAIREEON

00. LTD. Agents.

Philippine

-For TEAN, 22ad Sept,

popullonin

#24.71958.210

Comumption per

p.m.

head per day...

194

and Novibazar divisional districts. No Fire Insurance will be the bulk of the population in the effected by us in any case, what- others is not Sarb, but mainly ever Balgarian.

The Servian infantry is armed with the Mauser, the hugs captarea from the Torks having

Bills of Lading will be count- orsigned by :-

probably provided enough to arm Hongkong, 8th, September 1914.

all the troops available. The

batteries mostly have the Schneid. er Cater gun, but it seems likely that some of the battteries of the reserve army would be armed with Krupps captured from the Ottoman rees they had older guns in 1915. The field howitzers

SILIMPOPON GOAL. BUNKERS

gelegent can be supplied at cheap rates

Siberian,

Formosa via Kealang

galost Constant supply in all distries during the month Barometer Bhanghal, North China, Japan, of Aug. In both years 2013 and 2014

Temperature... KOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL,

Humidity Wind Direction Weather

Kowloos Gre Level with

Erla Hoji Victoria 3,0, & Best-

tle (Europe via Siberia) For! AWA MARU, 22nd last. 3 pm (To make connection with the Tien tan-Paków Railway, closing at Bhanghai Br. P. O, at 11.30a.m. on Monday, the 28th September.)

WEDNESDAY, 23rd Sept.

vitation Reoverflow servois moines!

Level with

こ

- overflow:

STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS. HERMAN, GALLONS TRADED

Kowloon Or

Previou

WBW

To sail : TUESDAY, 15th Sept. at 1 p.m TUESDAY, 29th

Sept. at 1 pm.

ALL STEAMERS FITTED WITH WIRELE

Transhipping on the Co.'s Steamers at Colombo, for Calcutta, Bombay and Australia, at Port Said for the Levant, Coreiantinople and Black Bea.

For further parkolare apply to

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KOREA 18000 Lone

CHINA 10200 tons

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SIBERIA 8000 tons NILE nooo Lens

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Between Hong Kong, Manila, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama,

Honolula and San Francisco

"THE SUNSHINE BELT"-The Most Comfortable Route to America and Esroge

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MONGOLIA

PERSIA

KOREA.

Salling

TUESDAY,

„A TUESDAY,

15th Sept: at X p.m.

6th Oct. 1 p.10.

These steamers are famous for their modern equipment, confort, and the superiority of the queen, which is under the veramal supervision of Mr. V.Matual, the world-famous esteryr. Large stateroonsa, wqgpped wich alentate Jans, and running water. – Berths equipped with electria reuding lampa - - Numerous amatzen it water ruimmias tank, Filipino orchestra, dock games, dances, sto~inoša dalt meinens, throughout THE DIÍp,

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TO SAIL

· Agintz

Day On date. On date

29.59 29.69 . 29.07.-

THE AMERICAN & ORIENTAL

LINE.

FOR BOSTON AND NEW YORK VIA SUEZ

CANAL.

(With liberty to call at the Malabar Coast.)

HE Steamship.

For freight and passage apply.

ARNHOLD KARBERG. & Co

General Agents:

for the Proprietor, by George Willisto

Best open air Temperature on the Bil

vilation go Reservalr

1774

353.80

HE. Observatory, 9th September.

THE

VTE, OLAITON, Director.

Consumption of water. Kowloon In millions

SANDAKAN & SEBATTIK Biraita & Ceylon Per KASHIMA during the month of Aug 914-

are quite up to date, at least in (British North Borneo), the active army. As far as wen- At these ports steamers calling pons are concerned the Berrian for bunker coal exclusively drept military forces are in fact in a exempt from all shipping dues very efficient condition,Morgand charges.

ing Pon

A. BUNE

23rd Sept, 8 K.m. - - THURSDAY, 25th Sept.

Philippine lande, Australia *Tamania & New Zeland ri Port DarwUPE ATEX. BANG 25th Book 1 m

Consumption Estimated popala- 1.

sband per daya Ta

D

The Government Analyst's reporte shum that the water is off'excellent quality: Pabile Works Department,

YACHURCHILL!

Water, Authority

CAFE.