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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7," 1914.

THE MAN WHO LEADS it to develop into the long-drawn

THE BRITISH.

French,

guerilla struggle,

How French Refloved, Kimberley,

The larg at. force of cavalry that ever mustered in English

POST OFFICE."

Ships' Letter Boxes:

1. It is hereby notified that during the

2. Ships' Officers are strictly forbidden to receive on board their vessels any correspondence from the Public.

or expeso on board their vezzels letter J. Shipmasters are not allowed to place boxes for the purpose of collecting corres- aboard their resole will be removed and pondence; all such boxes fourd exposed returned to the General Post Office.

SHIPPING NEWS.

'ARRIVED.

Nukai Maru, 2,275, Y. Tanili. 7th inst.

Moj, st inst, Coal-M, B. K. Erroll, Br... 2,887, L. James, 7th inst.— Vladivostock, Zad inch, Ballast --D. & Oo. Maru, Jap... 2,043, B. Watona- be, 8th inst.Tamavi, 4th inst., Coal-M. B. K.

Pujisan

Hokuto

4. Shipping Companise must not re-j ceive from the Public for inclusion in Clam, Br. sirpa Papers any but bona fide con- #igsees" letters which should be left open |

·

Mara, Jap. 2.8. 2,426, K. Morita, 6th inat-Palik Pupap, 28th ult Suger & Candloa--D, & Co.

s. 3.311, D. Davies, 6th inst. —Saltozaki, Bulk all—A.P, & Co

for Inspection when required. **** | Halmun, Br, as, 611, A. · H-Stewart, 7th

5. Shipping Companies should state in their notifications to the Past Office the

Office

jnst-Swatow, 6th jast¦ Gen. – D. & Co.

int-Bangkok, 25th ult., R.cs- T. & Cu.

--Tientsin, 20th uit,, flon,-9, & B.

oers must send to the Post Office ALL

6. Shipping Companies and Shire On. Kueichow, Br. 28. 1,220, Forsyth, 7th Inst. correspondence except bona fide. consi- gncos' latters posted in the Ships' Letter Boxes or received by Ships' Officers at tho ports from which they sailed, or anywhers an route to Hongkong.

7. The above regulations will not affect

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE

PASSENGERS ARRIVED.

|

WEATHER REPORT.

On the 7th at 1140-Tbs anticyelors has moved eastward slightly. It now Genital over Mid-Japan.

A depression has formed over `S, Mongolia,

Preasure has decreased slightly Southern districts.

MAIL STEAMERS

THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. ENGLISH MAIL.

WILL despatch VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORTS on o

about the DATES named:— For

A shallow depression libs over To LONDON, via Us] Oriental

king.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hour ending at 10a.m. to-day, 0.58 Inches.

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW,

District.

pore,

Penang, Capt. A. Collyer

C'mbo, Port Said,

To Sail On Remarks

Steamers

ual Ports of Call

LONDON & ANT-}

Capt. A. L. Valentini

}

Freight

noon 10th Oct.

&P'sage

*WERP via Singa- Namur

about

10th Oct.

Freight & P'sage

Forecast

& Marseilles

SHANGHAI **gravin

Malta

·Capt. (. W.

R.N.R.

B... Cockman

about

13th Oct..

about

Freight

17th Oct.

& P'

1 Hongkong and Neighbour- 8.E. wind, SHANGHAI,

bood....

Por us. Quelchow from Tisntain-Mra 2 Formons Channel....

PASSENGERS DEPARTED.

For Europe sto.-Miniator Sze, Mesara GB Schwabe, Mr & Mrs Chai, G Rabier.

moderate; I fiae.

NEL

winda, freak.

Freight & Page

MOJI, KOBE Nellore AND. YOKO-Capt. J. Gaunt HAMA

R.N.R. Subject to alteration without notice. All the above steamers are fitted with Wireless Telegraphy:

NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

SHIPPERS are informed that the P. & O. Company's Vessels,

3 Bouth coast of Chins be-The same are insured under The British Government National Insurance tween H.K. and Lamocks A No. 1. Scheme and they can effect War Risk Insurance on individual shipments with The National Insurance Committee, London, through their representatives there.

tween H.K. and Haluan... as No. 1.

Chirs Coast Meteorological Register.

NAMES OF THE VESSELS BY WHICH MAILS ARE FORWARDED WILL NOT BE ADVERTISED IN THE MAIL. NOTICES.

CORRESPONDENCE (INCLUDING FL Dalton, SJ Bullen, A D Dabl, Mrs 5 South coast of China be- The Ame AS OPPORTUNITY OFFERS; BUT Okabe, Rov & Mrs CL Camp, T Iriye, PARCELS 18 BEING DESPATCHED Bruce, Miss Bruce, Mrs Sze, K Nakal, S ALL SERVICES ARE IRREGULAR Kanai, Hender on, Bevan, K Tamura. B AND UNCERTAIN AND ALL CORTI Badley. MissTong, AB Kitmiller, JR RESPONDENCE IS LIABLE TO DE. Smith, AO Bronka, Chang, Col Bruce, LAY

Miss Yan Gonn Moi, H Huber, N Blatt- FRANCE IS SUSPENDED UNITEL Chal, Master Chai, Lau Kon-shan, Lai THE PARCEL POST SERVICE TO nor. E Fischll, Sex, Mrs. Showai, Wong,

FURTHER NOTICE.

Kon-abao, Lai i Yen, Mrs Lion Siyo, Mis Wai, 9 Jeno, Oreuth, Forsyth, Lion Sive, Yabu, Lau You-ling, T Ito, Y fold, O Sutheran, S Bagal, S Matsuaki, Tada. O Ruddick, R Yeaes, Wong Son-wan.

Road.

::

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Bloom-

For Seattle etc.-Mr & M K Kato,

Osker Mallor. Mr & Mrs Sashotsky. E P Shesham. K Uyene, T JT Williams, Lowder, T Hazama.

A Character, Sketch of General sifatm's was burriedly thrown continuance of the War all outgoing ear ogether. Young and profession-respondence must be posted at the Genere ally reckless leaders were picked Offices. Omes or at any of its Branch upon, and colonela "and" even The Kaiser is not the greatest majors found themselves, to their villain in the world. He is ex-eremo gratification, converted colled in iniquity by a vinerable by a strike of Lord Roberts'a pon old gentlemen who wears a long into local and temporary brig. grey beard and shoulders andie.-generals. At two o'clock Boythe...

on the morning of February 12, Father Time has not dealt in the first year of this century, kindly with Jack Frorob. When" Boot and Saddle" blared on I first met the man of the hour regimental trumpets, and, amid die was a captain in the 10.b the thud of 20,000 hoofs on the Elussare, aitting at the Royal hard, san-baked veldt, the rattle Barracks, Dublia, as member of of ecabbard and the clank of exact hour of departure of their vessels Standard, Nerw. a. 335, H. N. Bull, 6th

general court-martial which steel-shod carbine against stirrupta order that the pubho may have every was assembled to try certain of iron, French'a division, 500 facility for posting at the General Poet his troopers who took it into strong, started on its 100-mila their foolish heads one Saturday ride for the beleaguered Diamond morning to run away from parado City, at the Carragh Camp. French On the second day of the was then a typical Ouidaesque advance the throng of horse found cavalry officer, fuir complexioned, facing itself two bills, connected with big eyes, long fair mous by a narrow pass, from which the liesased, Private letter boxse carried daches, square-shouldered, and emit'ad a blizzard of Mauser between Hongkong & Canton by the ver slim-lipped, with legs which bullers and Crossot shrapnelsels belonging to et managed by the ET Williams, Mr G E Stewart. Hooked well in skin-tight fitting ahell. But French had no time to Hongkong Canton & Macao Steamboat overalls and patent leather bussar seek another road. Swinging Company. top-boots-French in those days round in his saddle, he shouted was the beau ideal of a light to General Broadwood, "Now cavalry captain. Now he rides forward! Hell for leather." sixteen stan.' Ilia eyes have Wave after wave of cavalry, the become heavy-lidded, and the 9th Lancers leading them, swept

assumed moustache has

the at a mad gallop through the appearance of a well-worn tooth-"nek," and so on to the open plain brush. But the brain is still beyond. Some 60 obargers and half there in fullest vigour.

sa many troopers were rolled over through the process of Messrs. Might have been a Broker. Mausers, Clanet Schneider, and In the early eighties I chanced Co. And 57 brother Boere tasted to meet him at a service olub, an invigorating acquaintance when he informed me that he with the beautiful white weapon, chow will in future be closed for all A lute mail for Swatow Amoy & Foo- had made his mind up to "ent" If French had hesitated and tried Douglas ateamers 20 minutes before each the service and to enter non, the another way round, that slim, we received after the regular mall stoammar sails. Ordinary correspondence nefarious occupation arcokold, grey veldt wolf, Urouje, has closed at the side west entrance to broking. I was sorry to hear would have ffected his escape the G. P. O in the lane off Des Voeux it, and was glad a few months from the banks of the Orange later to learn that an appoint- River into the adjoining Orange ment under Sir Evelyn Wood, River Republic, with the result then S.rdar of the newly- that Roberts's great strategic constituted Egyptian Army, had movement would have been saved ay friend to the honour indefinitely held up. French's able profession of arme..

supreme qualities as the Murat of In the fighting outside Suakin, our time saved the situation when when an ill-disposed person-he, with that politeness so one Orman Digua-persisted in oharacteristic of a cavalry leader, being periodically killed and expressed his conception of the resurrected, the writer was situation by " Now, forward! nahorsed owing to the snapping Hell for leather."Major D. of a stirrup leather. A Dervish, Stuart Stephen in the Daily in the most ungentlemanly Drapatch. fashion, prepared to make mince-

Journalistle Appolaśment. meat of me. Fiesch then opm-

air. M. F. Sanderson, who. for 'MAILS CLOSE TO-MORROW manding the BRyptian cavalry, several months has acted an as-Swatow, Ningpo & Shanghai...th inst, gave the Mohammedan gentleman sistant manager of the Shanghai point two with his Wilkinson Mercury, has been appointed to sword, and released me from the position of general manager Bomow hat embarrassing situs-of the Peking Gazette and he tion.

leaves in the course of a few days As we all know, Sir John

to take over his daties in the French got his chance, hia big capital. Mr. Sanderson has only one, when he sailed for Southeen in the Model Settlement a

A follow pas- few months but during that time now away, closing at Shanghai Farasworth Miss aenger of his was a nephew of he has made many friends who President Kruger, and my poor wish him all success in the north. friend of many campaigns, Melton Mr. Sanderson is a very widely Prior, sent a curious picture to the travelled Englishman and bas Ilustrated London News, in which considerable experience in the the then General French and the printing business which abould relative of Kruger are depicted stand the Gazette in good stead. reading the latest telegrams from

~Shanghai Mercury. South Africa. The nephew par- ticipated in the siege of Mafeking, and towards the end of its invest- ment made a desperate attempt to break in, was duly captured by "B P.,", and asked by that dis tinguished cavalry leader to come "in to dinner to the headquarters' мед. The other and greater cavalry leader, about the same time,carried througir the coup that practically ended the war as one between organised forces, leaving

Africa in '90

SILIMPOPON GOAL. BUNKERS

can b supplied at cheap, rate

nt

SANDAKAN & SEBATTIK

(British North Borneo}," At these ports steamers calling for bunker coal exclusively ale exempt from all shipping dues and charges.

THE

IT IS WHAT YOU BET, MORE

THAN WHAT YOU PAY.

DOUBLE STRENGTH, MEANS 'DOUBLE YALUE,

LOTUS MOKHA

111 UNIFORMLY EXCELLENT,

Obtainable Everywhere.

A. BUNE

RUTTONJEE & SON.

War risks are not covered by postal registration or insurance,

The Farnel Post service to Egypt and countries beyond is for the present sus- peaded.

The service to Tsinatau is suspended..

The Namur, with the Mails from day, the 5th & 7th ult., is due to arrive. London (via Biberis) of Saturday, & Mon- here to-morrow,

MAILS DUE.

Biberlan, Namur, 8th Oct.

11 a..

Swatow.....8th Oct., 1 p.m.. Etraits & India

U)

**

via Calcutta 8th Oct. 2 p.m.

Shangbal and North' (Europe vla Siberia) 8th Oct., 3 p.ut.

HOTEL LISTS,

Hongkong Hotel.

Abraham, ES Allen H G. Alport C M Anderson Mr &

Bate E. R

Atbol L

Belilion, Mr ER

Bell OD J

Bena, GA

Lambert,E B Lloyd GT Lobet

Station.

7th Oct., a.m.

Winda

Bour.

Barometer.

Temperaturo.

Humidity..

D'tion.

Wostock 7a

ور

Force.

ASM

_ _Q@L$P9

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

For Freight or Passage, apply to

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

Hongkong, 28th Sept., 1914.

E. A. Hewett,

Superintendent,

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES

FRENCH MAIL LINES.

FROM

FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO AND

JAPAN via SHANGHAI, FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO AND FROM EUROPE via SUEZ CANAL.

Nagasak! K'sgima

Namuro da 30.03 Hakodate 30,09 Tobo Kochi

39.16

1

30.11

30.01

Ве

30.04

Oshima

30.08

Naba Ishi'jims

30.13

30.01

Bonin Is.

30.02

For

Steamers

Chefoo

Whaiwel

29.86 67 84 aw

3 cb

MrLyle E F

Hankow

MARSEILLE via PORTS

Macdonald J

Macdonald R

Kiuklang

#

30.00 66 05

BW

2 or

Macintyre Mir and

Changsha

Mra N

Shangha!

29.98 61

Mann MrR R

Gutzlaff

24

Sharp P.

29.94 84 пре

Dne

ONE

2 om SHANGHAI & JAPÄN

Ja

30.02 76

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Matheson, Mra R-

T.

Amoy 68 29.85 77 26

Swatow

30.06.79. 74 pe

10

Matheson, Miss

JA: 29.99

30.01 .H

Tainan

30.01

29.99 14

29.99

EF

Bishop Mr & Mr A Marriott, Di ()»

A

Black W M

Brister J H

Brooks A Bmoke CB.

Brodhof B

Burt: WH

AJ"

Merecki, J Meyer CE Middleton GS

Musso Musso

Meyer CE

Nowton D

Coleman DrALE F Norton JE

Course Arthar

Douglas DS $

Chian Dowicy WA

(To make connection with the Tlon.

Br. P.O. at p.m. on Monday the 12th

inst

Austra-

English

2

C

FRIDAY, 9th Oct.

Mail.

Duffy Miss ME Buny Duncan J

Ehrenfola Mr & Mrs]

HC

Gould J

Grabain WE Granenno P de Grooms EH

Philippine Is., Australia, Tas Hall Capt. TP mania, New Zealand via Fort Handley Pegg H Darwin & New Guines, via Thursday Is......9th Oct,

11 a..

SATURDAY, 10th Oct.

MAIL

G

RD

Ondonhoven W Pennlug Al

Powell GM

Preston A M

Purvis A

Ray, H Reay, Miss F Sandora Miss C M Fanders Min LG Beddon Mr OP" Bloat Mr & Mrs Bloigh HO Smyth F Square Min A

MTalhoku

Taichu

* Karbun

Svensen Capt & Mrs Walker Capt HA Warren EST

Hawett, Hon. Mr E White F W

laide, Western Australia, IndiaMMAA

Stralia, Burmah, Ceylon, Ade-

Aden, Egypt, and Europe - Late Letters 11 to Noon. Ex-

tra Postage 10 cent) (Letters

Howo W F Hunter 12 Hutchison DL

Posted in all the Pillar Boxes Jonos M T

Intime for the Srst clearance Joseph R M

'

#

Whitmarch Mr and

"Mra F Wiley A L Wilkinson Mr and

Mr.J D Wood G.G Wright Mr & Mra

JF

will be included in this con- Kocks Capt & Mrs Zuellig J E

tract mail). The parcel mail

will be closed on Friday, the 9th

Oct., at 5 p.m......luth Oct.: lia.m.

Straits, India via Calcutta......10th inst.,

2 p.m.

Grand Hotel,

Allen F Philippine Is.......10th fast. 2 p.m.

Daberg A Shanghai, Wel Hat Wal & Tientsin...... Boudewejas

Book Ö - 10th lost, 4 p.m.

Crow Mr & MrsAB Bhanghal & North China Gonder J9

Esnault Mis via Siberia). Gibba A W D 10th Oct, 4 pm.

(Europe

Jones P MoFarlane WJ

(To make connection with the Tien- Kowat J tain-Pakow Hellway, closing at Shanghai Br. P. O. at 8.30 p.m. on Thursday, the 15th.October)

SUNDAY, 11th Oct. Swatow......11th inst. 9 àm.

TUESDAY, 13th Oct. Batavia, Samarang & Sourabaya,

13th last, 11am.

La

Reynolds Oswald A Owon F G Pedersen SJ. Parkia

R Roggeveen Sanderson R Wright B, IT Wolaman O Zollvin O

Carlton Hotel-

Ballantine Mr and Morris EO

·Mis B.A

Paul S. Barnes C Behary Dr B.B Bentley R

I

Patel Dr M I Pennell W V Powell G Bentley Mr & Mrs Crombla Lt Gen

Riggs A

·Silva Mr & Mra David

Stannard VR R WEDNESDAY, 14th Oct. Davies E D

Stil J M Formoas via Kechung, Shangcher O W

Dawson Mr & Mrs A SwiggsCV hal, North China, Japan, via Fulcher

Tall Mrs Negasaki, Victoria B.O.Tacoma Garit EF Thomas H & United Kingdom vlaCanada GT G

Tribon

EM 14th Oct, 2 p.m.

Gladwell TA

Walker Mr and Mræ Strnita, India via Calcattu......14th Grandy A. 3

Howeit Mrs W J Watling Mr & Mrs Hewett Mims Whibley AB Higginbotham J. Williams J BiH

Wilson Wm Win D Jackson Mr & MrsWWinterson RW Len H

Inst. 2 p.m.

FRIDAY, 16th Oct.

Swatow, Amoy & Foechow.....16th Cat Hollway HD

1.pm.

THURSDAY, 29th Oct.

Philippine In, Australia, Tas. manis and New Zealand via Thursday. In-For TANGO MARU, 29th Sept. 8 a.m..

Austra....-

Mall.

Oysters, Fresh,Fzled or Stewed Findon Haddocks, Kippern &o,

ALEXANDRA CAFE,

P'dores Canion

'kong

Gap Rosk

90.04

30.01

6a 29.94 7601 so éa 29.85. 78 82 eso

29.92

Macao Wuchow a

Pathol

Hoihow

Phulian

Aparri

1

B

29,89 77 fae

20.94 77 29.94 75

2

4 DTG

3

waw 4

Manila Legispl flollo Bacolod Cabu

20.95.75 29.94 72

Bw 1 b

29.02 70 no

29.97 81

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no

2012

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29.93 87

2 b

Labuan

29.95 85

T. F. Claxton, Director,

Hongkong Observatory, Ost. 7.

1 Baromater, reduced to 32'degrees Fahrenheit on the level of the sea in in- ches, tenths and hundredths,

2 Temperature, in the shade, in degress Fahrenheit.

3 Humidity, in percentage of saturation, tho Kumidity of air saturated with molt turo being 100,

& Direction of Wind, to two points.

* Force of Wind,socording to Beaufore Boale.

State of Weather, b blue, sky, o de- tached cloud, d drizling rain, ffog, g gloomy, hall, I lightning, o overcaat, p passing showers, q squally, rrain, u Know, + thunder, v visthllity, w dow wet.

G Rain in inches, tenths and bundredth

METEOROLOGICAL.

Previous

Day On date On date

Barometer Temperature Humidity

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ats .. 20.96

78

58

Wind Direction ESE ENE ENE

Weather Raia

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Kigbest open air Wongiekturo na the

EI, Obervatory, 6th October.

[T, F. ÚLAXTON, Director.

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10th October,

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