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TYPHOON SIGNALS.

STORM-WARNINGS ISSUED FROM THE HONGKONG OBSERVATORY,

The following Typhoon signals are hoisted on the Masthead on the Signal Bill. Kowloon, Harbour Office,'' the Kow*oon Godowns, H. M. S. 1 amar, Green Island, Btandard Oll Premises Lai-ch-kok and F. O. Quarters, Lyeemoon.

ACONE

point upward

THE

THE WAR.

COUNTRIES ENGAGED.

Britain.

Rumala

France.

Belgium. Italy

Japau Servia

Germany

Austria

Ty. indicates a phoon to the North

Turkey

of the Calony.

A CONE

indicates a

oboon to

the

North-East of the Jology,"

"point upwards}

and DRUK

below

A DRUM

A CONE point down." ward and DRUM'below

A CONE

polat down- warda

A CONE

polat dowa- wards mad BALL below

A BALL

A CONE

polat upwards and BALL below

xpainst

HONGKONG TE

VALáttacks on. Oct, 29 Turkish

Odssss and in the Crimea,”

Oct, 30-Col. Mariis, rebal leader

driven out of Cape Colony. Nov, 1 German naval victory

off the coast of Chili. Nav. 8-German squadron makes a raid on British coast. Nov. 4-Gertaan cruiser Yorck strikes mine in Jade Esy. Nov. 6-England and France de clare war on Turkey. Dar danelles forta bombarded. Nov. 6-Taingtan surrenders.

Russians enter East Nov. 7-

Prussis. Montenegro Nov, 10-The Emden destroyed. Nov. 11-Germans capture Dix

mude.

Ty.

ARMY TERMS. EXPLAINED. I

Army corps is a complete army na amall kale in itself. Tel strength varies from 35,000 to 45,000 men.

idiostoma Ty-

of the Colony,

Indicatae a Ty" phoon to the Bouth-East of the Colony,

hoon to the East Division is a force of infantry cavalry, and artillery, usually with a strength of from 15,000 to 20,000 mens Brigade is a foron of infantry or cavalry. The infantry brigade is from 4,000 to 7,000 strong. The cavalry brigade is from 1,000 to 2,000 strong. Begiment of infantry in from

2,000 to 4,000 strong. cavalry regiment is from 500 to 1,000 men strong. Squadron of cavalry is from 15

to 200 men strong.

indicates Tr. phoon to the South of the Dolony.

Indicator Ty- phoon

the to South-West of the Colony.

Indicates a phoca to the Wast

of the Colony.

Ty. indientes &

boon

to the North West of the Colony.

RED SIGNALS indicate that the centre is believed to be more than 300 miles away from the . Colony,

BLACK

SIGNALS indicate

that the centre is believed to be less than 30 miles away from the Colony.

The above signals will, as bere- "tofore, be hoisted only when typhoone exist in such positions or are moving in such directions that information regarding them is considered to be of importance to the Colony or, to shipping leaving the harbour.

URGENT SIGNALS, .......... In addition to the above, when it is expected that the wind may increase to full typhoon force at any moment, the following Ur- gent Signals will be made at the Water Police Station, and re- peated at the Harbour Office - THREE EXPLOSIVE BOMBS AT INTERVALS OF TEN BECONDS.

A Black Cross will be hoisted at the same time, superior to the other shapes.

NIGHT SIGNALS.

The following Night Signals will be hoisted from the Flagstaff on the roof of the Water Police Station at Kowloon, the, Harbour Office Flagstaff, and H.M.S.

Tamar.

I. Three Lights Vertical, Green, Green, Green, indicates that a typhoon is believed to be situated more than 300 miles trom the Colony.

II. Three Lights Vertical, Green, Red, Green, indicates that a typhoon is believed to be situato Lless than 300 miles from the Colony.

III Three Lights Vertical, Red, Green, Red, indicates that the wind may be expected to increase to fuil typhoon forge at any moment.

No. III Signal will be accom- panied by the Explosive Bombs,

Battery of artillery in the British and French armies has 6 gunt and about 200 men. In the German Army consists of guns and 150 men. In the| Raasian Army it consists of & guns and 250 men,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1915.

FOTEL LIST.

Hongkong Hotel. Anderson G F Yup JB Balllion REmLanriksen O Buon Mr & Mral D Longfield Bain H Murray Lonsdale Miss K G Baring J H for Lloyd G

GT Bolllios, Mrs ER. A

NoMurray D Ball CDJ Menarts A. O Bouman

Warding J D'Almada Casted Choy Lenng-shi

Mr & Mrs P'Almada Castro' D'Almada Castro

··"Miss

MiaMarkham B

LD

NOTICES

SILIMPOPON (SEBATTIK)

GOAL.

Marriott Dr & MnO The undersigned having been appointed Agents for the Cowle Harbour Coal Co., Ltd." are prepared to quote prices for best quality Silimpopon Coal trim med into Bunkers st - ebattık or Sandakan (British North Borneo).

Monts Mersoki J MaNicoll Moore W

WR Neighbour Master the Duty Miss ME, Ormiston J Davis Mr & Mrs FEFoll D French Oupt & M Fitcher AJ

RE

FrancMaster GH Read ME

DrG HLReed C Caricol PG Hoffs Capt PH Gould Mr & Mrs J. Balberg Gard Gibb J Nov. 19 - House of Commons Goulbourn

votes a new army of 1,000,000 Goodrich L

GriEGJ men. More than 1,100,000. Mr & Mrs Nov. 23 Russianssurround Cher, Hannibal Me

man corpa south of Lods, Nov, 26-British battleship Bulls wark destroyed by explosion in the Medway River: Dec. 1-German Reichstag votes new aredit of five billion marka. King George visits Flanders:

A

Bymmena W.G Teeuwissen O. Voorall #E

Shirley D's Bmith JG

Smith W H

Borby V

3

de

atradieinert B

Ofquare Miss A

Hall Capt T

P

Hewett Hon M E Hodge WJ

Joseph EM Joseph BM Jones MT

Almond M. B Beale. Mrs

Dec. 2-Austrians occupy Bal-B

grade. Gen. De Wet captur knød. Tra

Deo. 3-Servisna defeat Aus- trians in three days' battle. Deo. 6-Germans occupy Lads. Dec. 8-British naval victory off

Falkland Islands.

Dec. 9-Gen. Byers, Boer leader,

A White FW

GIAN WILLE FEMM

Food GG

Wood Mrs RB

King Edward Hotel.

Silimpopon Coal compares fovourshly with the better grades of Japanese Coal, and gives good. results on a very moderate con- sumptions

Steamers calling at Sebattik or Sandakan erðlusively for Silimpopon Coal (either cargo or Banken) are exempt from pay- ment of all Port charges. Y

At Bebattik steamers are berthed alongside the Companys" wharf where there is a minimum depth of 27 to 28 feet at low water Spring Tides.

Charts of Sibuko Bay, (Bebattik Jaskron Mráz Mr W Harbour) Prices, and all other

Joseph J Lee WD Lennar Capt & Míra Mr MTSLennox Chambers Mr & MrMontgomery Mr Cleary-Coe Cooks & L Cooke, Miss J Cooks Masters

Course A Duckworth FF

Murphy Nabi M&

H

Pamomore Mn WC Fearman HO Perplit A A

Newman Mr & Mrs

Mr G Foper O E

Capt

Button Mr & killed at the Vaal River. Dec. 13-British submarine sinks Elson W.T

the Mesaudich in Dardanelles. Fotheringham

For Mr A Dec. 15-Austrians evaonate Bol-Fat20

Frio AA grado,

Gen Mr& Mes Gregory TM Grieve E Hamme Mr & Mr Hishimoto F E Haya H Hoahing A

Doc. 16-German cruisers bom- bard Scarborough and Hartlepool.

18-Egypt proclaimed a British protectorate. Gen, Boths reports Boer rebellion as at an end.

PRINCIPAL EVENTS. June 28-Archduke Francis Fer-Dec.

dinand assassinated.

July 23-Austria senda an ulti-

matum to Berria.

July 31-Basia orders general

mobilisation.

Aug. 1-Germany declares war on

Russia, French Cabinet orders general mobilisation. Aug. 2 German forces enter

Luxemburg.

Aug. 4-England sends altims-

tum, demanding observance of Belgian neutrality, Ger many rejects ultimatum, Aug. 5.England at war. Aug. -Germans enter Liege.

French invade "southern Alsace.

Aug. 15.-Austrians enter Servía, Japan eende ultimatum to Germany.

Aug. 17.-Britet land in France. Aug. 19-Beginning of battle of

Lorrains.

Ang: 20-Germans enter Brussels. Aag. 23-Germans enter Namur. Ang. 24-British begin retreat

from Mons."

Aug. 25- French evacuate Mal

* hansen.

Aug. 26-Germans take Longery, Aug. 27-Louvain burned by

German Japanese blook- ade Tangtan. Aug. 28-Battle of Heligoland. Sept. 2-German advance reaches

Senlis. French Government moves to Bordeaux. Sept. 3-Kurians occupy Lem.

Dec.

Mri RA mond

Bylvester 'Mr B Tanso H Thornton H Tourtellot MrEL

8

Me JH Wilson R W Young J

Ara

Kingsolere Hotel. Fielder BE Rawlinson RJ Filkins Miss D Bobertson Mr & Forben Mr & Mrs Forbes

Bachse Mr G Fulder BE Het gewerft Logan W

Singer Mr Min E. Lurhrs JH van GJ Percy Burn Nixon PO

Wilson M J.

Hardman &

Grand

20-26-Severe fighting on the line of the Bzura River. Dec. 23-French Chamber votes war credit of £340,000,000. Deo. 25-British naval and serial raid against Cuxhaven, Deo, 28- French occupy St.

Georges, near Nisuport. Allen Mr & Mrs Jan. 1, 1915-H..S. Formidable Ankor 30

sunk in the Channel.

Booth GE

Crew A B Jan. 3-French casture Steinbach. Collin H Jan. 3-4--Bassiana win decisive Crowell CF

LeDuo victory over Turke in the Danrloh A Саисавав,

Grant J... Hunt H Jachen B Johanson W Jones E Johnson C Klevier A Lour Lockey WH

1

Jan. 8-French advance aoroes Aisne, north of Soissone. Jan. 13-Turks occupy Tabriz,

Count Barchtold resigns.

19--German air fleet bom bards Yarmouth.

Jan.

Jan. 21-General Falkenhayo, German War Minister, resigns.

a.

Jan. 24-British naval Victory in North Sea; the Blucher sunkt Jan, 28-Germans lose heavily Givency and Cuinohy. Jan. 31-Germany inaugurates

submarine raids. Feb. 3-Germanauxiliary cruiser

sunk off Patagonis. Feb. 5-Turks attempt to eroga

Suez Canal,

Feb. 6-Allies resolve ta nuite

financial resources. Feb. 8-Total British curaalties

to date 104,000,00

RD

information concerning the Fort can be bad on application to the Agents. Th

BRADLEY & Co., Ltd.. Agents Cowie Harbour Coal

Oo., Ltd.

Hongkong, 8th June, 1915.

THE NATIONAL LOAN OF

REPUBLIC OF CHINA: THE THIRD YEAR OF THE

SIXTEEN MILLION

* DOLLARS ($16,000 0υ0)

·SUPPLEMENTARY ISSUE OF EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS (88,000,000),

Subsoribers to the above Loan are hereby notified that the Interest Inat-lment for the month of August amounting to Dollars One Hundred and Twenty: Thousand ($120.000) has been

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Binks British cruisers Abou kir, Cressy, and Hogue. Sept. 20-Indian troops land at

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Antwerp.

as above, in the event or the Sept. 28-Germans begin singe of attack Ostend. information conveyed by this signal being first published by night.

March 9,Second Canadian Con- Oct. 2 Germans defeated attingent lands in England.

March 310,-Four German sab-

Oot. 5-Belgian Government re-marines accounted for.

The Night Signals will be sub- Augustowo. stituted for the Day Signals at sunset, and will, when necessary, be altered during the night.

SUPPLEMENTARY WARNINGS.

For the benefit of Native Oraft

and passing Ocean, Vessels, a Cone will be exhibited at each of the following stations during the time that any of the above Day Signals are hoisted in the

Aberdeen,

Tarbour, men Ghp Rook, Wazlan,

San Ki Wan Stanley Bai Kung Cape Collinson, Sha Tau Kok

This will indicate that there depression somewhere in the hins: Bea, and that a Storm Warning is holsted in the

Further details can always be driven to Ocean Vessels on demand by tignals from the lighthouse.

DJ UW JEFFRIES,

moved from Antwerp to Neuve Chapelle.

March 10, British capture Ostendi Oct. 7-Bombardment of Ant, March 14 German losses at La Basses total 10,000 in three days

werp.

Oct. 9 Antwerp occupied by March 14-The Dresden sunk

the Germans.

off Jaan Fernandez Leland. March 10-Sir John French

Oct. 12-A Boer commando in

the Uspe Provinos mutinies. Oct. 18 Belgian Government transferred from Ostend to

Oct 14 Allion Occupy prea

Battle begins on the Vistula. Oct. 16 Ostend occupied by

the Germans.

estimates forman losses in La Basscoregion to be 17,000. March 18 British battleshipa Irresistibla and Ocean and French battleshi Bouvet Bank by floating mines in Dardanelles

Oot, 16-British oraiser Hawko March 18-Russlangenter Memel

sunk by Germen aubmar March 21Folile Za

Oct. 24-Ten daya

fore Warsaw ends in German Maroh 22P

Dot 27. Ramiana

Lods and Radera,

Hind BA Hogg Mir Howard Missen Howe Mr & Mrs

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PYTAMY & Mrs.

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