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October 30d. 11h. 50m-Pressure bas | decreased modern'ely over N. Japan and slightly over the Visayar: slight to moderate ingresoos are general sins whare. The anticyclone has increased in inten- |sity;' the "copression is moving north- sastwards, and in situated near Hakodate the morning

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WEATHER REPORT,

SMITH'S

Strong monsoon will prevail along the Chius Crast, and over the N. China Sea.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 14 hours soding at 10 am. to-day, 0.83 inch. Total since January let, 801.25 inches against an average of 80.63 inches.

FORECAST FOR THE 14 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW

Distrik

·Forecast **E. winds,

CODE: cloudy

"The MAN with the PIPE."

1 Hotong to Gap Rook—¿generally,

driling rain or

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GLASGOW MIXTURE

THE TOBACCO for GOLFERS.

SOLD EVERYWHERE.

THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., LTD.

N.E.

2 Formosa Channel

▶winda.

streng.

3 South coast of China be-} The xác e

tween H.E. and Lamocks} as No. 1.

1 South coast of Chins be-) The same

se No. 1. tween E.K, and Hainan-

China Comet Meteorologica! Begieter.

Blatun

October 30. a.1.

Winda

Four.

Barometer.

Temperatura.

Humidity.

D'ilon.

Fores.

Waather.

Vostock.6 29.77,38 AT

Nemro

Hakodate

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Sa

29.71.

29.63

Tokio

29.73

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30.01

www

30.11

Lids

SLUY

WAW

Oshima

3014

30.09

Lahijima * - 34,475

Bonin I.

29.97

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40

Whaiwes 6x 30.15 47 53 w

ENTERTAINMENTS.

VICTORIA

THEATRE.

Positively the Last Five Nights of

THE CAMEOS

IN HÒNGKONG

THE CAMEOS WILL PRESENT AN ENTIRE CHANCE OF PROGRAMME NIGHTLY; AND IN ADDITION WILL RESPOND TO ALL REQUESTS THAT MAY SENT IN AT ANDERSON'S, or at the THEATRE

BOX OFFICE.

LAST 5 NIGHTS.

Booking at ANDERSON'S.

USUAL PRICES.

GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT.

to be held at Taikoo Recreation Grounds on Saturday, ård November, 1917 at 8 p.m. Band of the 25th Middlesex Regiment

By kind permission of Lt.-Col. John Ward, M.P. & Officers, BANDMASTER LAWRIE OWEN A.R.A.M.

VOCAL AND INTRUMENTAL NUMBERS

Service Men in Uniform, Admission free. Refreshments on Grounds. PROCEEDS TO HE DEVOTED TO THE 25TH' MIDDLESEX RECREATION FUND.

ADMISSION

AMERICANS AND

IRELAND.

Mr. O'Connor on His Mission in Aid of Entente Cause,

New York, Aug. 31. Mr. T. P. O'Connor is working steadily,

they are not mora bat le esmpathetic to any attempt to

NOTICES.

partition Ireland, especially on HONGKONG GOVERNMENT sectarian grounds.

6 WAR LOAN OF 1916.

·

"One of my many surprises this trip is the vehemence and uz animity, almost bitterness, of feeling on Ireland." I expected to find it among the Irish, though Dot &o violent as it ia, but I did. expect to find it so deep and oniversal among Americas of

Courox No. 2, PAYABLE

IST NOVEMBER, 1917.

1st November.

1917, when the relative provisional coupon will be issued,

POST OFFICE.

On and after the let October, 1917, the

rate of postage on letters from Hongkong to Fatahan, Chau Chuen, and Whampos will be 4 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof.

Hankow

Clutisar

icheas *

Changaba

Shanghet Gutslast

30.21 45

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Share P.

Sharp P.

27 wow lo 30.19 52 93 naw 40 30.07

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Ampy

watow Tribota

77 kw 2 o 64 91 ce 29.94 72 85 ae

46

WOMEN CLERKS.

2 b

56 30.06 63 94 e

0

Taichu

29.95

64

出

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Correspondence addrewed to enemy subjects in China, Siam, Siberia and | Portuguese East Africa, Persia and Mordo

occo casset be transmuted.

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Bong Gap Boek

29.95 59 5 eue' 4 0 29YL

C Bod 29.92. 63. 90 nne 4 of

Fakbol Bolbow

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92 pe

Dagupan Manila Loggi Letters franked at the 4 canta rate Tacloban other places in the Province of Tuncan Burigao addressed to Yunanfu and Mengise and co hould be superscribed with the word Guam "For delivery by the Chinese Post Office."

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6 X5 75 94 €

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23.80 15 98' ne

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29.76 7 91

29.75 27 91 a

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29.75 75 96 4.20 29.80 75 ·

The Services to Germany, Austria, Bal- Macso and awaits the sutom filling up all creeds. Tais does ant mean have not yet arrived from Eug suspended.

NOTICE I HEREBY GIVEN

that as the definitive. Bondsaria and the Ottoman Empire are Wacho of New York to take more active stepa. Meantime, he is delivering that Americans back the claim for land. the payment of the dividend

7 24.53 fy United Prullen Usiomurod parcels for the the Irich Itepablir, but they want | due on let November. 1917, will addresses, at publié dicuse and.

29.84 72 Ireland to have the fallest, most be made by a provisional coupon from Fongking in bigs and the Publis... Kingdom will in future be forwarded Eourane

29.75 in clabs, everywhere winning

generons measure of Home Rule. Serlo Certificates should be pre- are therefore savised to pack such parcels Aparri personal and oratorical success, Abore sil they want the question sented at the Hongkong and

very carefully.. And is helping the work with bis indefatigable peu. A speech, in eettled for England's sake, for Shanghai Banking Corporation. which be criticised, calmly but their own, and because they feel Hongkong, on Gigently, the pro-German com-10 strongly the justice of Ireland's

claim. paiga among the Irish extremiets was greatly applauded.

Tho, be fulfills a function acknowledged gratefully by Americane as by the ssae Irish "elemente; as a rallying point for the sapport of the Allies. Colonel Roosevelt he promised him every support, and Colonel House, Senator Root, Mr. Charles Boghee, late Presidential candidate-in- deed all outstanding political

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NOTICES.

HONGKONG STEEL CO., LTD.

Application for New Issue of Shares

personalities-have promised THE Share List CLOSES on

similar support.

THURSDAY, Iat November

What form the movement in 1917, at 3 P.M.

Mr. O'Connor's favour will alti- mately iska will not be decided till after consultation with the many jsportant mea in American and Irish-American circles still absent from New York, but a public banquet bidding him welcome

KOWLOON CANTON

RAILWAY. (British Section.)

notified that on and from

and wishing him success is THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY *mentioned..

Mr. O'Connor has also been WEDNESDAY 31st instant and each succeeding WEDNESDAY thanked for "some stirring until further notice the train speeches about Armenis, and timed to leave Kowloon at 1.48 the Armenian Committee has P.M. is cancelled and in its place pressed on him a series of a train will leave at 1.28 P.M. and meetings all over Americs, bot will run according to the timing! he has been obliged to decline of the present 1.28 P.M. SATUR- owing to the many demaude on DAY local train. Tiffing will be served on this train if ordered him for his own csɑen,

Asked by me to-day about his the previous day.

impressione of the present state of

popular temper in Americs, Mr.

O'Connor said:-

'Every hour increased my hoper. The war fever is rising, and after a few more parades such na that of Thursday, with a can named O'Ryen as commander-in- chief, and Irishmen througing the

By Order,

H. P. WINSLOW, Manager. Kowloon, 19th October, 1917,

NOTICE OF REMOVAL

ranks of voluntary recraile, there WE have this day removed

will soon be no room for pro Get- mana in any race.

"Bat I must again warn every bodi at home that they must not imagine that the growing keen- as of Amerios in the war altera their attitude as a nation towards! the Irish question. They are not lem but more vahament, not less but mora unitad, than people at bome, in thinking failure id'settle the Irish question in discreditable to British stalemanship." In spite their sturdy Protestantium,

our office to No. 19, Ice House Street

MOXON & TAYLOR- Hongkong, 29th October, 1917.

*MASSAGE.

MR. HONDA..

Trained ́mals Mamoor. Teu jomen experianos. Formerly of Tokyo Military Hospital. WELL, VISIT PATIENTS" RESIDENCES

{T. PREFERRED, YE

No. 216 GELEN'S ROAD, ERST,

E. D. C. WOLFE,

Colonial Treasurer. "Hongxong, 16th October, 1917.

ASAHI REER.

ASAHI BEER GRAND PRIZE

ASAHI

*DAI NIPPON

BEER

ASAHI

LAGER-BEER

SPECIALLY BREWED

BREWERY

_FOR

EXPORT.

COMPAN

„Milsu) Bussun♬ Kaisha

Farcels for Greece cannot be accepted for tranemision unless accompanied by a special permit wird by the British Minter at ACUSRE,

IMPORT PROHIBITIONS. The public are informed that the un dormen wond articles are prohibited from importation into the Valted King- dom, either by letter post or by parcel post.--

.

Gold manufactured or unmanufactured | including gold buip and articles consisting | parity of or containing gold; ·All manu• factures of Silver, other than wilver

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6. 29.76 76.95 ww

C. W. JEFFRIES-Chief Assistant:" Hong Kong Observatory, Oct. 30, 1917.

1. Barometer, reduced to 32 destock

Fahrenheit in the level of the sea in in chea, tenths and hundredthi,

Temperature, in the shads, in degrees

Fahrenheit.

3 Hamidity, in percentage of saturation the Humidity of air astucated with maia- care being 100.

Direction of Wind, to two pointe

5 Force of Wind, according to Beaufort Scale.

Btate of Westber, b blue sky, o de- tached cloud, d driziling rain, í fög, g watches and silver watch cases: Jewel- loony, hall, I lightning, e overCA

passing showers, q squally, a rain, a snow, ¦i shunder, v visibuity, w dow 'wal.,

lery of any description,

Lettera and Parcels containing such articles cannot therefore be sccepted for transmission by the Post Otos.

The Parcel Pont sérvies to Aden (ex- pect in respect of parcels for military and, naval addressees) has been suspended.

METEOROLOGICAL.

Barometer

Previous

044 220, 21 Appl.

*29.59 29.45

29.93

72 64

93

71

£6

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FRENCH PARCEL REGULATIONS.

.The Public are informed that the bew regulations adopted by the Freach Customs insist that senders of parcels Temperature addressed to France, Corsics and Algeria | Humidity must Gll in the columns of the regular Wind Direction EN.E. E.NE. Customs Declaration particularly and exactly, emitting none of the beadings } comprised therein..

Force

Weather

4

OF 225

0

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0,00

0.17

024. 25 acch of

Hughastapen når Tompstonate on thi

It is furthermore absolutely necessary to Hain show in the aforesaid declaration (1) The feil name and addrem of the addressee ((2) A. sɛatamant as to whether the contents

are intended for Stats supplies or not.

LOCAL AND regular mAILS OUTWARD.

Tal D.-Wook daya, 5 p.m.

Tai Po-Wook (ays, 10 mins Sundays,”"]

9.30 &

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"An Employer" writes in the Daily Chronicle:----

Long before the war gave women the chance of competing in the business world many people were inclined to agree with the theory voiced by the Scotch hercine who declared that ** there were few things a woman could na' do if the men would let ber and she tried."

UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

Eastern Exténalón, Australasia & Chios Telegraph Co. Hale, from hanghai.

Hangkee, Bonham Str. W., │from Manila.

Hindly Co., 32 Cunard, from San Francisco.

Hockhing, from Manila. Howo Mr Peak Hotel, from Singapore.

Lambert A., from Oakland. Lochuenkay, from Vancouver, Peters Jardines, from Saigon. Phuchao,from Hue. Pancracio Chico,, Hongkong Hotel from Macao.

Shane c/c B. & S., from Liver-

pool.

So far as the business of com mares is concerned, women has had her obance-men have been forced to give it her; but the question is bas she really tried?

Unfortunately, the experiment of anbstituting women to do Itahaca. men's work in offices has not

Binyathye, from Singapore. Taibing, from Hankow. Yeung, 16 Station,

from

J. M. BECK,

Superintendent,

been an unqualified success from Hongkong, Ost, 25, 1917. the average employer's point, of view. In the majority of cases the sacosas nobieved has proved a die-

finally qualified one, so much so sa from a catinos disinclination that after three years of practica)|(due possibly to a lack of keen'

to experience little doubt remains in competition) to work up the minds of the majority of her full power, Whether this cmployers that the end of the war defcet betray a lack of in- will present few difficulties and terest in business that must for numeroas openings for men who ever prove a barrier to feminine are desirous of resuming clericial enccess in this direction, or whe- occupation.

ther it shown's lack of honour in

1

Trae, women olerks are com working for others, raises a point manding record wages to-day, and fall of interest for those who are everyone is lond in their admira soxiously watching the feminine tion for the way they osmel worker on her trial. forward and filled the gape made Whatever the reʻsop, it in this, by the war in the world of comand this alone that is preventing Day Update On date. merce. The pity ie, that having this great army of feminine the whole situation in their hands | workers from being s rest and a they did not make the utmost velasble deset in the commercial of their opportunity, instead of world to-day. presuming apon the conditions Now that the shortage of labour - that rale to-day to take advantage is making all things difficult, it of their position.

[may be all vary well for women Mars flong a thousand doorsjelerka to stand, together and apen to women, who stepped determina that three shall only fearlessly over the threshold littlearn out the work hitherto done | doubting their capacity to sucosed.{by two men, and no matter hows

The feminine gift of adaptabi the profite may ouffer that lity, enabled many to perform feminins diguity and isminine prodigies, while their charatori comfort must not be sacrificed to utie quickoem and receptiveness mere businem exigencies.” mide is possible for them to "If the present inflax of feminins attain skill and dexterity with labour is to prove an important rapidity that esemed miraculous factor in the prosperity of this even in an age of intensive country instead of prevailing “for saltare.

the war only, it is essential that, The trouble is that for all this the women clerks come to heal in skill and dexterity the average the strictly business sense of the feminine output falls lamentabis word and realise that not only, a short of that attained by their desire to earn high, wazen bat aje mala competitora. The woman real energy and busings disal- splark in a laggard at heart, a state plins is cemential if a lasting and

of affaire resulting not so mnob satisfactory, BLOUSES

H.K. Observatory, Oct. 30, 1917.

T. F. CLAXTON, Director.

TIDE TABLE.

"From 29th Oct. to 4th Nov.

Micah Tian,

Cheung Chow.-Weska 'days, 7,30 LO. and 6 p.m.

DA

I Wor

Bhatankok, Shatin and shenogaliak- Waek day), 4 p.m.

Hongkong

Aberdeen, Au'au, Ping Bhen, Bal Kung. Santio and Staoley.--Weak days, 639 pan. Mon,

Canton, Bambuí, and Wachowsk days, 7.30 a.m, Registration 5 p.m., Let..

19

14

tera 6 p.m.; Bundaya, §.pm.

Wal

EL

Macac" --Weskda ye, 7.15 a.m., 1.30 p.m. Ther Bundays, 9 pix-

Longmoon-Week days. 6 p.m. Except | #11.

| Saturdays; Sundays. 6 p.tz,

bundas' and · Baniel-Wasir [U'p:m.; Bondaya, 3 patti

Bhamcknarm Woor days, 10 sim,

days,

TE

Low

Hongkong

from incapseity to work" quickly (sobieved,

by Printed and Published för the

Gade Burs