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OUR SPORTS LETTER.

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(From Our Correspondent.)*

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London, August 20.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER

POST OFFICE.

Correspondence addressed to enemy subjects in China, Siam, Persia and More woso cannci be transmitted.

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ports of him are not too encourag ing. Of all the candidates the one whose staying capacity is abso lately proved in Mr.Jemeade Roth- rohild's Apothecary, who recently brought off a surprise by winning the Newmarket Gold Cap, but he is surely far removed from the The Tud

glass of half a dozen of the others. In writing of the present one Achloi we see in the entry which

The Services to Germany, Austria, and must always (our Racing Corres shows that Mr. Mortimer Singer pondent Centaur writes) be mak has faith with which to make the the Ottoman Empire are murpended, ing comparisons with the past entry. Bir E. Cassel's Gadabout that past which is referred to as won a race in the spring, but he best, has "ordinary times." Recollections Mazıman; whom and comparisons of the kind proved to be a dismal failure as a indeed inevitable and three-year-old. Suafire is Mr. J. simply cannot be ignored. Thus B. Joel's representative, bat he in ordinary times we should not be capable of getting at this point in the month of more than a mile and a quarter Salamis August be viewing the approach in the best class company. Mr. of the race for the Et. Lager at Hulton' Silver Tag has been brilliant Doncaster with considerable in described terest. Note the incalonlable dift. miler, yet we find, her entered Boow ference imposed by the War. In-for this severe tank, stead of an entry of three or four Marton is the easy winner of the Biberis, Anhui, 29th Inst. ' hundred, as there was for the Now Oaks, but subsequent to that abandoned race, the entry for race she disappointed in the Gold. the September Stakes, which is Cap race won by Apothecary. the Jockey Club's substitute, Passport is a useful three-year-old extends to twelve, Pommern, in Lord Wolverton's nomination. Fenaog--For GEMINI, 28th Sop£ § p.m. the new Derby winner, Racing is a funny game and of course, one of them. After all bringa strange results. All the it is not the war which accounts me it would be astonishing in- for the enormous difference in deed to find Passport capable of the entry. Far from it! for the beating Pommera and "several Bwatow, Amoy & Formous vin Takao & entry for a normal St. Leger is others. made when the animals entered

R.S

·Just a few lines in reference to

MAILS DUB,

MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY,

TO-MORROW,

Anplag-Per 80SHU M, 19th Inst, 9 a.m.

SHIPPING NEWS.

ARRIVED,

N

Tamon (Maru, Jap, as. 1818, Y. Fuilta, 871b Bept-Make, Lind Bephi. Coal-M.D.K. Bombay Maru, Jap, as. 9,398,-T. Terada, 28th Sept.-Singapore, 28th Sept. Q#D.-N.Y.K. Tangshan, Br. na 2,595, J. W. Muir, 28th Beptinwangtao, Ocal-D. &

Oo.

+

Anyo Maru, Jap, ka. 1,299, G.C. Yamamo

to, 28th Sept, Coal-F, &Co. Carnamousbira, Br. a. 5,955, 8. W. Bol

land, 28th Sept-Singapore, Gen. →J., & Co.

YuzzARE, BL, 3.2. 1,118, W. Merney, 17th

fast-Manila, 24th inst. Clea J. M. & Co.

Luzon Maru, Jap. z., 2,963, T. Migata, 27th Sept-Mojt Llad Bopt. Gen. ...Одк

DEPARTED.

Sept. 27.

Kwangtah for Shaurhai

Tannin Maru for Hoogay Posting for Nawohwang via Tsingtau Empire for Kobo via Singapore Luchow for Shanghai

Hongay-Fer TAMON II. 29th Sept.Colombo Maru for Kobe via Shanghal

a.m.

Hongay--Per PHUYEN, 29th inst, 5 pm Wimbledon for Cantan

THURSDAY, 30th Sept.

▸

Holbow & Halphong-Por HONGKONG,,

30th Sept. 10a.m.

American

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Canadia

are only yearlinge-two years or the closing day's racing at the so before it is hoped they may balast Newmarket Meeting. Owners good enough (if alive!) to be sent were not racing for big money but to the post. Naturally if a breeder several of the results were not breeds a promising yearling he without some interest. Thus it must not miss the chance, however was thought that Clerical Error, remoto, of winning a classic raco. a beautiful doughter of St. Fra The entry is therefore made for squin and Stolen Kiss would the original fee of five sovereigos, ofstra aorth of the Trent Shanghai & N. Chino, Japan via Re certainly win a race for two-year-

Per CARNAROONSHIRE, How vastly different it is with this

30th inst. 19 a,m. but she was incapable of giving war substitute for the real thing. Even a rich man thinks twice even lbs. to Major Roberts' Money before inourring a liability of

Moon, also a daughter of St. £50 which represente the entry fea Frasquio, a sire that died some montha age. The French horse for the September Stakes. More- over what is the good of entering Corsaire, third for the French anything buta high-class and prov-Derby a year ago, was an odds-on ed animal when it is known that favourite for the Stradishall Plate Pommern represents formidable of a mile and a quarter, but he obstacle. A month before St. Leger never looked like besting Mr. Bas. time the best three-year-old hssett's Cromdale, who had finished nearly always been declared, which third for the Irish Derby. Saud- is why there would always be a mole, belonging to Major M.A. Ball meagre entry in peace time apart easily won the Cheltenham Handi- altogether from the circumstances cap for three-year olds, and Cicerc mar won the Cavenham Plate, beat, connected with the forthcoming race. At any rate it explains why ing favourites in Lady Brilliant and & small entry is due to the fact Duke of Westminster's Luxford. After these resalts, therefore, it of the race being so near and to the best animal being known rather than to any apathy add em- barrassment caused by the War,

scarcely to be wondered at that. backers received a rather nevare

buffeting in places where they bet.

Bhangba, North China Japan via Nagasaki Victoria, B.0 Beattle, Gaited Kingdom via Canada Per YOKOHAMA M. 30th Sept, 10 a,m,

(Europe via Siberia Shanghal Br. P.0. Surday, 2nd Oct.)

Chiawantag-Fer WIMBLEDON, 30th

Sept, il a.m.

Straits-Por DERWENT, 30th fast, 11

a.II.

Shanghai & North China--Per OHENAN

30th Sept. 3 p.m.

(Encope via Siberis, Shanghai Br. P.O Tuesday, 5th Oct.)

Hoihow,

FRIDAY, 1st Oct.

Pakhol * Haiphong Par BUNGKIANG, lat Ool., 2 sun.

Kwanging for Shanghai via Bwatow Malts for Yokohama via Shangbal Nanyo Mara for Kakomolu via Talysh Iyo Maru for Bombay via Singapore Myogisan Maru for Horgay Parthan for Naw York via Singapore Atrous for Liverpool via Salgon

ULEARANCES AT THE HARBOUR OFFICE.

Sept. 27.

Daigi Maru for Haiphong via Holbow Kumsang for Moji and Kobs. Nippoa Maru for B. Francisco via Manila

Sept. 28.

Yingehow for Shangtal

Halching for Poochew via Swatow

Kwang Chou Wan for Holhow Hulshow for Tiantain via W. H. Wal

Genial for Penang Chinhua for Dollo via Manila

Ilon for Vancouver vis Koolung Protasilans for London via Singapore Talgaon for Melbourus vis Manila Bombay Maru for Købs via Yokkaichi Laisang for Calcutta via Bingapore

PASSENGERS ARRIVED.

∙1916

WEATHER REPORT,

On the 28th at 11.45—No returns- from Japansso aistiāns.

Pressure has fallen slightly"over the sast coast of China, and increased alightly slowhere. It remains low over the China

The antleyclone has probably remained stationary and increased alightly in in- twaally.

Moderate to fresh monsoon will prevail over the north part of the China Bea

Hongkong Bainfall for the 24 hours ending a1 10 am. to-day, 0.00 Inches

MAIL STEAMERS

THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO

ENGLISH MAIL.

WILL despatch VLSSELS to the Undermentioned PORTS at of

about the DATES' named TM-

For

FORECAST FOR THE 14 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORBOW.L'DON vis Singa-

District.

Forecast

To Ball Or Remarks

Steamers

pore, Penang, Nore

O'bo, Fort Baid & Capt. D. Asbury Martellles ten.

7th Oats

- about

Prage

Braight

9th Oot,

about

Freight

16th Oct.

1. Hongkong and Neighbour-N.E.winde, SHANGHAJ, Moji, ) Novara TM

Kobe, and Yoko-- Capt. HÄR. Hether hama, ...r

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hood

\moderate;'

fine.

NE windi

2 Formosa Channel........................... † fresh to strong.

$ South coast of China bo-) The same tween HK. and Lamookr as No. 1.

4 Bouth coast of Chios-be-1 The_same tween HK. and Hainan... ss No. 1.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

Station

28th September, K.m.

Winds

Hour.

Barometer.

Temperature.

Kumidity.

D'ition

Wostock is Nemuro da Hakodate " Toklo

Kochi Nagasaki

H

X'agins

Oshiron

Naba

Ichijima

Bonin Is.. t

Chefoo

Whalwal

30.15 62 83 w

1..8

Forca.

Weather.

245

b

Hankow

Lobang

Kinklang

Changaba

Shanghai

30.14 98 иде

1 bf

Gutstaff

$0.09 67

Sharp P.

29.66 72

26

Amdy

9a 29.88

10

Swatow

Б

Taikoku 5a 29.87 72 96

3r

Taichu

29.82 72

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Tainan

29.81 72

or

Koshun

29.81 75

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FArea

29.84 75

6r

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Canton 66 29.97 68 74 n 20

20.82 72 68 = Bykong Gap Book 29,91

Macao

20 120 40 Д

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Wachow P

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Holhow

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Phulien da 29.97 68 68 n Touran 29.86 28 Dnw 6 of

29,81 73 92 to 4b 29.79 77 100 se 20 29.31 75 06

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C. BL. J.

Aparri

Amoy & Foochow--For HAI- TAN, 1st Oct, 11, am.

Per Yuensang from Manila--MB4TH Maunal delpas, A Cain, Callan, Mr&Mrs Melboune, Miss Edasy.

MARIA Dagupan

Legazpi

Tacloban Hoflo Burigao Laman

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SATURDAY, 2nd Oct.

Austra-

Mail.

Timor, Australia, Teamanai, Near Zealand and How Guinea, vis Thursday Is-Por ST. ALBANB, 2nd Oct. 10 pm.

The September Stokes will be

Too old at Forty. competed for on the 15th of

Before the War came to hsm- next month. It has attracted twelve entries so that a strictly and set up new standards in

mor and break pre-conceived idess Swatow, limited field will compete for the Sport, it would have been thought £1,000 and the Sweepstakes of scarcely possible that the most £50 in respect of each horie en vere test of endurance for the tered. Pommern, it is satisfactory best athletes amongst the then- to note, is one of the dozen. There ands of acidiors forming the had been an idea that he would Aldershot Command, would have not accept this chance of farther been accomplished by one forty proving his superiority, but with the horse wonderfully fit and well ships for this big Military centre

years of age. The Champion-| 2 Mr. 8. B. Joel was the last man to have just been decided and oue ignore the opportunity. So we find of the most notable performancee him in the race, and every other

was the victory of Sergeant Arthur owner must know that the only in the three miles race. In the chance of beating him is to have good days of peace Arthur woold him fail over the long course of have been too old for service mile and three-quarters. Many but now he has come back as if Derby winners have failed to stay to prove that a man may retain the St. Leger distance, and Pom- all his old physical capabilities at mern's capacity to get more than the age of forty. He is of course a mile and a half has still to be e winner of long experience and proved though there is no reason has represented Wales in interna seriously to doubt it. Perhaps tional contests but he had prac the most depressing failure of the tically retired from the track when Swatow. Amey & Foochow Per HAI- small entry is the absence of the recalled to the Army. On this crack Irish three-year old Ballaght-occasion

Canadain

MONDAY 4th Oot.

Japan vla Nagasaki, U. S South America, är Canada vĨA San Francisco and U. Kingdom via Canada - Per MON GOLIA, 4th Oct 11 am.

TUESDAY, 5th Oct.

MUN, 5th Oct, noon.

PASSENGERS DEPARTED.

Fers, Nippon Maru for Fan Francisco oto-Miss WE Bolzbold, Mrs E A Betz hold, Mr & Mr Bromley. J N Blaok. Chan Quan Pang Chun Kal, Dr & Mrs E G Da. les, Ma Blok Fong,WM Roads,Bly Chong Boon, Bly Yek Blum. A L Sprung, Biy Lo Sin REsliabury. Efer Cũng Blue, FR Forher, Lam Say Lin, H Shiraishi.JBF toll, Miss E L Kroger, Miss F S Schultz

WATER RETURN.

Level and Storage of water in Reservoirs on the 1st Sept., 1915.

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER

WORKS LEVEL.

he completed the Philippine la-For TEAN, 5th Oct. 3pm Tytanjit gin. Below

English Mail.

THURSDAY, 7th Oct.

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change orcaflow

overflow STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECI:

OF GALIONS.

Straits, Burmah, Ceylon, Ade laida, Western Australia, Ins dia, Adan, Egypt, and Europe. The parcel maji will be closed Briam

Tytam ByerasĪZ CA

an Wednesday, 6th Oct, at 51 Tytags listermediate and pm. For NORE 7th Julum --- Sept, Registration 2.15 pm. Wong-al-chung Letter 3 pm.

SATURDAY, 16th Oct.

obia. Asko had been entered for distance in just over filton the Cambridgeshire, and it was and

a quarter minutes, B understood that his joint ownere performance that would have believed him to be the best of done credit to a much younger his age in the United Kingdom, athlete. In most branches of it is surprising that this chance Sport "too old at forty" is a stern of putting the matter to the test law that is only broken in the was not taker. The Irishman exception. Many men hava con. won the Irish Derby but only by a tinued in firstclass cricket beyond neck from Achtoi. It was even this age. T. E. Hammond, a said that Achtoi was unlucky to Member of the Btcok Exohange be beaten. That horse was only created the record from London to fourth in our New Derby, baaten Brighton (just short of sixty miles) many lengths behind Pommern, when over forty and E. J. Webb, Let bly, and Rossendale, and one J. Butler and B.V.L. Boss were fails to understand, therefore, why other "old men" walking cham Ballaghtobin should be thought pions. Webb went through the capable, even in Ireland, of Biege of Ladysmith and even beating the English champion, after that ordeal could more than His non-entry must be regarded hold his own with the walkers of in the airoamstances as a sign of his day, O'Keefe spends most weakness. Let Fly and Ross of his time getting reoraita and endale are entered. The latter has by his ready native Irish wit not been mean out since the New rather then eloquence or appeal Darby, but his always sanguine he is extraordinarily successful. owner, Colonel W, Hall Walker, "I want every boxer in England, no means without hope every man who has ever had the "fall"and" com- gloves on and who knows the joy

Rosendale

of giving a hurd punch, combe Ahimself;by trounc

me. I promise tim the time Findon Haddocks, Kippers o, sion the

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29.8 75 98 IN 2

29.81 77 60 W

Q. W. JEFFRIES, Director. Hongkong Observatory, September 28.

Fahrenhalt on the level of the som in-in- 1 Barometer, reduced to 3% degrees rahsa, tenths and hundredths,

2 Temperature, in the shade, in degrees Fahrenheit

the Humidity of air isturated with mola- Humidity.in percentage of saturation

ture being 100,

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

State of Weather, b bine sky, ode tached cloud, d drizzling rain, flog, z gloomy, hall, I lightning, o overcast, p passing showars, a squally, rain, a snow,

thunder, v vizibility, w dew wet.

i

́0 Rain in inches, tantha and hundredthe

METEOROLOGICAL.

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Day On date On data

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At # 01.

456,19

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Barometer ALS Temperaturė

Humidity mai 1963 Wind Direction

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29.93 : 29.97

29.94

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66

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Tosh Consumption of water in the City and Hill Highest open als Manageradame on the syth my Distelt in milions sad decimals of gallons during the Lowit month of Aug, 1917. :

Comumption

Hatimated

population Consumption par head per day

Balgon, Straita, Burmah, Cey- los, Adelaide, Western Surtes- in, India, Aden, Egypt & Bu-of ropa--For PAUL LEOAT, 16th Oct. 4 p.m.

SUNDAY, 17th Oót.

...: Zoxland, via Port Darwin Now

gallova Constant supply in si districts during the month August in both years 1914 and 1915.

BHANGHAI, Moji, Nagoya

Kobo and Yoko-Capt A. B. Garwood 'hama R

PURN.R

LONDON & Bom-1

bay via Singapore, Malta

Penang, Colombo, Capt. C. O, Talbot Port Bald and

Marseilles vet.co

R.N.R

Subject to alteration without notice.

10 a.m.

Freight

22nd Oot. & Prage

All steamers are fitted with Wireless Telegraphy,

For Freight or Passage, apply to

· P. & 0, 8. N. Co.'s office,

Hongkong, 27th September, 1915

E. A. Hawath

Superintendent,

PACIFIC MAIL S.S.CO.

OPERATING

MODERN HIGH, POWERED TWIN BOREW EXPRESS STEAMERS,SI

MONGOLIA 27030 ton

MANCHURIA 27000 tons.

KOREA 18000 ton

CHINA 10200 ton

SIBERIA 18000 tona

NILE 11000 La

PERSIA 1000 Lens

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

Honolulu and San Francisco

"THE SUNSHINE BELT'"*The Most Comfortable Route to America and Eurose

MONGOLIA ............Balling THURSDAY, 4th Oct, at 1 pm,

This ship will not call at altherShanghai or Honolulu,

Thare saamari ste fattons for their modern equipment, confort, and the superiority of the agising, which is under the petmoni supervision of Xia, V. Moroni, the world-faNSWE estacey, Lazo yatazenia,, wailymed with olsetria tana, nad running anime Buryža equipped with sleetrid reading lamps. Numerous simpatisanlanmi) masse:evlamide tack, Jlipino crebertra, deck games, danons, ofa. --not a dull moment throughout the mig The Gafety and Comfort of Patrone is Our First Considerstan

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Proposed Sailing from Hongkong

For NEW YORK via PANAMA CANAL

The s.s." MUNCASTER CASTLE"

on or about the 14th September

For NEW YORK via SUEZ CANALE

For Freight and further Information apply to

Hongkong, 20th September, 1915,

1914 177.78

115.34. m. galkra

ELK. Observatory, 18th Sept.

W. JEFFRIES, Director.

THE Steamship

TIDE TABLE.

37th Sept. to 3rd Oct., 1915.

Low With

· KOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL.

L

Kowloon Gra-) Lavoj.

vitation Re, with

BRYTY

Below.

overBow

"overflow STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIHALS

OF GALLONS,

TOFA * Australia, ... Tasmania, New Kowloon Or

Vinilos

(792, 30”).

1:070:30 Ileservoir Consumption of water in Kowloon In zaillions and

¡Guinea via Thursday Islanda

Per EMPIRE, 17th Oct. 9 Decimals of Calious Daring the month of Aug. 1915

Oysters, Fresh Fried or Stewed

Consumption tha

Rationed popele ya

Lox 25,000

Consumption - per a

head per day seremba

Mon

msom gullosa

Sat

„The Government dealyaťa reports dog that the } Sun,

water ly of locekleet quality,

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