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WAR TELEGRAMS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TJURSDAY, JULY 22, 1916.

POST OFFICE..

SHIPPING NEWS.

WEATHER REPORT.

(Continued from page 1)

FRENCH COMMUNIQUE.

July 21, 1.40 a.m.

vio A Paris communique reporte only local "cannonades and a lent bombardment of theime, which killed several oivilians. A French airship on Monday night dropped twenty-three bombs on the military atation and ammunition depot at Vigneulles les Hatton Chatel.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL.

July 21, 4.35 a.m.

The House of Commons has passed, the third reading of the Government of India Bill.

CUSTOMS WAR POWERS BILL.

July 21, 4.25 a.m.

The House of Commons passed the second reading of the. Cus- toms War Powers (No 2) Bill, which Mr. E. G. Prelyman, Parlia-) mentary Secretary for the Board of Trade, explained was to restriot trading with the enemy in Siam, Chinu and. eleawhere..

On and after the 17th Instant the Latë ter Boxes in Kowloon will be olested as follow

Box No. 3 Sham Shui Pa, Wook days, Time Clearazon, 9.10a.m., 3.20 p.m. Sun | days & Holidays 8.30 mimi kama

Box No."4 Cosmopolitan Docks, Wook days, Time of Clearance, 9.30 am. 3.80 p.m., Sundaye & Holidays 9.00 amD, T

Bex No. 3 Junction Shanghai de Argyle

8. Wack days, Time of Clearance, 9.35 a.m. 12.40 & 3.35 p.m. Bundays & Holidays 9.05 a.m.

Box No. 8 Yaumali Police Station,

Week days Time of Clearancs 2.10 sm. 12.45 & 5.40 p.m., Sundays & Holidays, 9.10 pm. "

The Harbour Ofice_Totographs have bean removed to the G.P.0.

Registered Letters to the Caroline, La- drone, Palew and Marshall Island, can now he accepted for transmission.

The Barvices to Germany, Austria, and their Colonies, and to the Ottoman Em- pire are mustoaded.

The Mall Bervice to Canton Obicese Post Office, Wachow, Samabul, la resumed from to-day, parcel post excepted.

ARRIVED.

Luchow, Br. za 1,til, D. R. Dowier. 21st

On the Sind at. 10,45—With fẩm ex- captions, pressure has increased slightly | throughout the aros; it remains relatively low upon t

the continent and over Fromncss.

The antleyolone has sirongthened it fe

to How contral the 8. of Japan..

Hongkong Bainfall for the E4 hours Linan, Br. 1856, ET. Pollinger, 22nd

July-Shanghai 18th July, Gen. Jending as 10 q.m. to-day, 0.09:lachen.

-B. & B.

•* ́FORECAST FOR THE 1 HOURS

ENDING AT NOON TO HORNGW.

Joly-Shanghai, Gen-B & S.

Pheumpanh, Br. s. 1,065, W. C Bird, 22nd July-Saigon, 17th July, Rice & General.—Owner.

Ceylon Maru, Jap. 1488, 8hinoba, 2nd

District.

Forecast,

1 Hongkong and Neighbour- | 8. winds,

July-Moj, 17th July, Gen.--N.

Phu-Yen, F., 1848, Repult, 22nd Julyhood

Balgon, 18th July, Rice-Brad-

Bauri Maru, Jap. us. 8,396, 22nd July-

Keelung, 20th July, Gen-Bod- well Co.

DEPARTED.

July 21

Chenan for Shanghat

Chao Chou Fu for Bangkok via Swatew Rio Faziz for Saigon

The Parcel Pest to Canton British Pott Kwang Lee for Shahghai

Kamakura

Mr. G. Cave, K.O., (Consevative, Kings'on) said he understood the position to be that whereas Britiebere abroad were at present Office la resumed from to-day. prohibited by proclamation from trading with the enemy, Britishera at home were not under the same disability and this Bill equalised the position.

ITALIAN COMMUNIQUE... ...

MAILS DUE,

Europo, Atlantique, 23rd test.

Maru for Bhanghai and Kobe Jinaon Maru for Bombay via Singapore

Taming for Hallo via Manila

Holbow for Shanghai

for Halphong via Pakhel

Jade

Hangmang for Shanghai via Ningpo

Lycaon for Liverpool via Singapore

Kelyo Maru for Hong and Hollow

Amerton (ex Korea) Awa Maru, 1-t prex. Hongkong for Haiphong and

Ught to moderats; fair

MAIL STEAMERS

THE PENINSULAR

AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO.

ENGLISH MAIL.

WILL despatch VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORT3 or

about the DATES named 1-

Bor

generally BHANGHAI

Голова Обанде.......

The Bato IO No. L

To Ball On Remarka

Steamers

Malta Capt. C. C. Talbot

R.N.R.

about

Freight

30th July

& Praze

Kashgar Capt. H. N. Rivers

R.NR.

noon 10th July

Freight &»Finge

Doon

Freight

Capt. C. C. Talbot

R.NR.

14th Aug.

L'DON via S'pore, Penang, Colombo, Port Baid and Marseilles OFJAL No, I LONDON via Usual) Malta

Ports

9 South coast of China be-) The same

twosu H.K. and Lamooki

Bouth coast of China be-? The me

·twien H.L. and Hainan.....} as No. 1.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

Station.

Wostook ?n

22nd July,

Hour.

Barometer.

Temperature.

Humidity.

"

Nemuro Ba 29.91 Hakodate Todo Kochi

Nagami Kagima Oshime

30.01

Winda

Weather.

Borca

#9.8$.

$0.05

29.9

29.9B

23.23

29.83

MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY.

i'ma

29.78

Bonin Is.

Straite-Per DERWENT, 22nd July, 2

1

p.m.

·CLEARANCES AT THE HARBOUR OFFICE.

Chefoo

Whatwe!

29.74-75 60, aw 7 cqm

Hankow

HUICHOW, 22nd July, 3 p.m.

Tchang

Shanghai

July 22,

Gutaaf

Sharp F.

Amoy 6m 29,88 83 87

Bwatow

Talhoku

Taichu

Talosa

M

29.75.79

Koshan

29.74 79

60

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3 cz

.b.

H'kong

Gap Rock Macao

30

Pakbot " Hollow

SHANGHAI,

MOJI, KOBE Nore

YOKO (Capt. D. Asbury HAMAsassan,

AND

Subject to alteration without notice.

about

Freight

26th Aug. & P'sage

All steamers are fitted with Wireless Telegraphy.

For Freight or Passage, apply to,

E. A. Hewett,

Superintende

FURTHER MARKED PROGRESS.

July 21, 1,00 a.m.

A Rome communique reports that the Italian offensive has 00-Wet-hai-wal. Ohefoo & Tientsin-Per tinued along the whole of the Isonzo front. More trenches and five hundred more prisoners have been captured on the Carap platean and counter-attacks repulsed, the fighting continuing throughout; the night.

DRAFT OF AMERICAN NOTE APPROVED.

July 21, 1.00 a.m. Router's correspondent at Washington states that President Wilson and the Cabinet have approved the draft of the Nots to, Germany.

EARL KITCHENER AND THE INDIANS.

July 21, 5.35 p.m.

Earl Kitchener inspected the Indian hospitals at Brighton yesterday..

TO-MORROW,

Swatow, Amoy & Foochow Per HAF

·CHING, 23rd July, 1.30 p.m. Shanghal, North China & Japan va Koba -PerSANGOLA, 23rd July, 2

p.md.

Shanghai; N. China &Japanvia Moji-Per NAMSANG, 23rd July, 5 pm.

French

SATURDAY, 24th July..

Mail.

Baigon, Strats, Burmab, Goy. lon, Adelaide, Western Austra- Inda, Aden, Egypt & Eu- rope.Por ATLANTIQUE, | 24th July, noon.

Straits and India via Calcutta-Per YAT-

SHING, 24ta July, & p.m. Philippine I, -Fer YUENBANG, 24th

July, 2 p.. Shanghai & North China-Per ANHUI,

84th July 3 p.m. (Europe via Siberia Shanghai Br. P.O.

GERMANY'S REAL HATE. pasrons of their respective peo-Wednesday 28th July)

ples and have almost gained the Shanghal North China-Per CHOY-

SANG, 24th July, 5 p. sympathy of the neutrale. We have here, then, a misunderstand-

New Explanation by a Professoring which it would be easy to

F

The Vorwarts quotes a note worthy article contributed to the Forum by the well known Manich Professor, Wilhelm Herzog, who aake:

clear up. Let us remove it, then,

MONDAY 26th July,

Professor Herzog is a courage Philippine I-TEAN, 26th inst. 3 p.m ous mar, but so far, it would Holbow, & Haiphong-Per LOEGANG; seem, only the Socialist Press

16th July, 5 p.m. has taken notice of his atterance.

The Submarine War.

Come sense is also spoken by:

TUESDAY, 27th July.

SUTA M., 27th July, 9am.

Linan for Canton Kashing for Balgon Standard for Salgon Wada Maru for Moji

Hulchow for Tientsin via Obsfoo

for Pakhoi via Hofhow Hacel Choysang for Casten Nichirow Maru for Keban Derwent for Singapore Kuelshow for Canton Luchow for Canton

PASSENGERS ARRIVED.

29.76 77 06 se

29.74 78

76 29.72 82 85

29.73 82.79

5 29.78 81-87

Wuchow 9a

Phullen Tourans

#

29.75 77

29.72 81

99.73.81 87 29.73 8187 29.75 29.69. 77 90%

6 29.71 81 89

21

C. BL, J.

29.81 79

Давирах Manlin Legaspi

Tacloban Hollo Barigao

For a Luchow, from Shanghat, Dr Gabuan B Leely, Mr and Mrs Almberg Mouriour Baurens.

WATER RETURN.

Level, and Storage of water in Reservoirs on the 1st July, 1815.

4

IRIS.

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER

WORKS LEVEL. froft din Below acts in Eslow DAIJIN M.. 27th July, 10am Tamil 101. Belorusitis, Below Shanghai, North China, Japan "Bywa averior

Amoy, Formosa & Tammul-Per Tu

Did we, and do we, bale Professor Franz Eulenburg the England? Is there any ench a Leipzig economist, in the Ber. Shanghai, N.O. Japan via Kobe-Per AT- hate outside the ranks of profes-liner Tageblatt, on the univers-swatow, sional lyrical poets and other al rise of prices in the belligerent intellectuals of the same elamp as well as neutral countries. Ke- We bate neither the English, ferring to the case of England, nor the French, nor the Russian he says:

P

people. We only hate those who England has so far succeeded are responsible for the present in maintaining her sea traffic to a

'idealiste."

C'dian &

American

A'can

Canadian

,ovedlow

overfione

overflow via Nagasaki, Honolulu, U, S. Tym Interfon Below at Below

"mediata...... { overflow

overdow South America and Canada vin Ban Francisco and U. Kingdom Fekfulen off, reit. Above it in Below

Ovellow

OverBow via Canada Europe via Biberia Wing.nl ofl. Be'ow in Below

overflow -For SHINYO HARU

U 27th July, 11 a.m.

MUN.

*** STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMĀLS ·

OF OALLONS,"

1915 19634

3-4

1577

13,60

16.01

& Foochow-Por HAI

Formoss vis Keelung,Trtam Byewash Shanghai, North China, and Tram Intermediate, mo Japan via Moji, Vistoria, B.C. Pokuna

Woit-tal-chung von vorne, and Beattle, U. Kingdom vis Caneda-Per BADO M. 27th

“inst. 3 p.xx.

THURSDAY, 29th July.

Tat

447:13 Consumption of water in the City and lilil District in millions and decimalsotgalloné during the month of June, 3955

Consumption

Estland

popa'ation

Comtaples per

29,75 79 80 =

4b

н 29.76 77 94 mm 26

·29,80 77 98

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29.78 70 - 92 - waw - 2 b

- 20.78 79 93

29.79 81 85. zw. 20 #29.70 77 90 wawio 29.81 80 91 sw 3.b

C. W. JEFFRIES, Director. Hongkong Observatory, July 22,

1 Barometer, reduced to 33 degreen Fahrenheit on the level of the ses in in- ohes, tenths and hundredths.

2 Temperature, in the shade, in degresa Fahrenholt.

3 Humidity, in percentage of saturation the Humidity of air saturated with mols-" ture being 100.

Direction of Wind, to two point

5 Force of Wind, according to Beaufore Boala.

State of Weather,” b blus sky, cis- tached cloud, d drizáling rain," [fog, g gloomy, h hall, I lightning, e overcast, p passing showers, a squally, ratu, s snow, i thunder, ♥ visibility, w dew wet.

0.Rain in inches, tenths and hundredth =

METEOROLOGICAL.

Previous 15

Day: On date Ois data

29:9am, at 4 m

at e p..

TOLY

Barometer 17100 m. gallons Temperatura

Humidity Wind Direction...

FOTO

20.79 29.70

29.80

88

81

88

55

70

W

WSW,

ZA POP

war. There are everywhere erratic large extent alto in the time of Swatow, Amox, 27th July, 1.30 0.

It is they who war. It is true that the submarine exhaust themselves in senti war has caused her some losses ments of national hostility. In and contributed towards the rim England they ory out: Ger of freight rates; bus apart from maniam Case delendam, In that and we should not indulge France they refuse to liston in any self-deception-it has not to any peace which is not socom- reduced the imports into England Danied by the breaking up of the to such an extent as some think. German Empire... Analogous Still, the prices of neces demands have also been heard in maries of life have attained. & Straite, Germany. Not only Chauvinist hitherto unknown level... It is politicians, but also colabrated naturally assumed that this is scientists and artista, who in time due, in the first instance, to the of peace liked to regard them- danger of mines and anb- selves as liberal minded, men like marines." This is an error, Haeckel and Oatwald, wore seek-

A simpla arithméti- ing to bring their infatuation cal calculation will show that Swatow, Amoy & Facchow-For HAI STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS

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down to a formula. But after ten even the greatest enhancement of months of war we observe already freight and insurance coat can the gradual eclipse of all Im have but an insignificant influence perialist demands. Everywhere upon the prices. If the shipping) people have been constrained to rates for corn from Chicago to recognise that the objecte pro London have risen from 12. to claimed by intoxicated Nation 678. per ton, it still makes only alists cannot be attained indeed, Bd. per quarter wheat, whereas that Europe, if these objects could the increase of price has been 278. be attained, would rather seek her The writer attributes the rise refuge in suicide. It is no long of food prices in England to er possible to triumph in Europe American speculation, but his

Canadain

Siberian

day..

Colombo, Port Said, Marseilles &nected from Rider mains and supply given by pubile

Berrizes in houses in Rider main Districte discon U.Klogdom-Per KASETMAars fountains up to 512 June and Intermitent Wasther inden M. 19th July, 11 am.

FRIDAY, 30th July.

TAN, 30th July, 130 p.m.

TUESDAY, 3rd August..

Shanahal, North Chins Japan, —vis Nipunki, Honolulu, V.S.|

South Amerlon, Canada via San Francion and U, Kingdom via Canada Huropa vle Biberia Per PERS LA, ord Angust, Il

as a world-lord, The German remarks are chiefly valuable as WEDNESDAY, 25th Augustus Chancellor has declared that the helping to core the German news present war is for Germany ropaper, public from their wild war of conquest. All our ent mies nctions as to the economic effect believe the contrary. They have, of the German submarine. by their ganda, fanged the "blockade." Daily News,

Austra

supply Rider malun in Rider main districts from sgth | to 10th lacloure and during Jena 2014. Constant Bai supply in all districts during p1:00 2015

IOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL

TOTA

Kowloon, Ora-) ́aft rulz

“vitation. Ro Be'ow_

Kowloon Ges

2915

Balow

TOPS:

vitation

313-56. Reservoir Consumption of water in Kowloon iri mallios and Decimals of Gallour During the month of June, 1915.

Estimated populare 6,500 Consumption

30433-79, mi galions

Consumption per

bend per day

The Governman) Ayayak's reports show that the waar is of collar quality.. | Publia Works Department

W CHATHAM.

Taari

Forti

Thurmas” IP CHANG.

BHA 1 Aug, 1111

Haddocks LEXANDI

Highest open, når Bonparaturi on the

HE. Observatory, 22nd July.

O. W. JEFFRIES, Director

TIDE TABLE.

19th July to 25th July, 1915.

· Longkong

P. & 0.8. N. Co.'s office;

Hongkong. 17th July, 1915

PACIFIC MAIL S.S.CO.

OPERATING

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MONGOLIA 7000 tons MANCHURIA 27000 fene

KOREA 1000 tons

CHINA 10200 taon,

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

Honolulu and San Francisco

"THE SUNSHINE BELT The West Comfortable Route to America and Europe

PERSLA (via S'asi) ........SaŬing TUESDAY,

KOREA

SIBERIA

OHINA (la Manila) ..

TUESDAY,

TUESDAY TUESDAY,

3id Aug, at noon,

· 10th Aug., at i pum,

17th Aug, at 1 p.m. Sist Aug, at "[noon,

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TO SAIL

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Proposed Bailing from Hongkong."

For NEW YORK via SUEZ CANAL.

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sailing hence on or about 13th July,

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Hongkong, 5th July, 1915,