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THE HONGKONG

RAIN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1918.

NOTICES

WFATHER KEPORT.

ITERTAINMENTS.

SMOKED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD►

THE NEW VICTOR EMANUEL MONUMENT at ROMEI

The Three Castles

Cigarettes

Just Pure Rich Mellow Virginia Tobacco

Castles Cigarettes

WDCH.O.Wills

Bhatel & Lo

THE CIGARETTE WITH THE PEDIGREE

IF YOU SMOKE A PIPE OF COURSE YOU SMOKE “CAPSTAN NAVY CUT-

POST OFFICE.

"CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

Monday the 11th That being Chic** New Year Dar, the Post Office be entirely closed.

There will be no delivery or collection of correspondence from the Pillar Boxes Nen Boxholders may, however, obtain +heir ordinary correspondends on applica- on at the enquiry Counter at the Beuth- "Wert of the tuliding.-

Ot Thes'ay the 17th inst, the Post Office will be open from 8 to 9-am, and there will be and delivery and one collect in of ordinary letters sa on Sundays.

The Money Order Office will be entirely closed

"The Parcel Post Servises to British Esat Africa and Egypt (except for members of the Expeditionary Forces), and to Abyminia, Bagdad, Erithres, Franch Somali Coast, Italian Bemaliland, Porta- guess East Africa, Zanzitar and Russia have been suspended.

Correspondence addremed to ecamy subjects la Chips, Sism, Siberia and Portuguere East Africa, Persia and Mor- Deco cannot be transmi.ted.

The Services to Germany, Austria, Bel garia and the Ottoman Empire are Baspended.

Uninsured parcels for the United Kingdom will in future be forwarded from Hongkong in bags and the Publls are therefore advised to pack such parcela very carefully.

Letters franked at the 4 ceata rate addressed to Yuranta and Mergies and other places la the Province of Yunnan should be superscribed with the words "For delivory by the Chinese Post Office."

Parcels for Groos cannot be socepted for transmision unless accompanied by atspecial permit issued by the British Minister at Athens..

Arrangements have been made for the transmission of parcels to the United Kingdom vin Canada.

The rates of postage are as follows:-

Parcel not over alba... 50 centa.

Do. -Do,

7b...$180

11lbs., 2.70.

Mfasurance can be effected on parcele sant by this roule,

IMPORT PROHIBITIONS:

The public are informed that the na demention/d artioles are prohibited from Importation into the United King den, either by letter post or by parcal

Gold manufactured or unmanufactured including gold coin and articles consisting partly of or containing gold; All manu- factures of Silver other than sliver watches and silver watch cassa: Jewel- lery of any description.

Letters and Parcels containing anch articles cannot therefore be accepted for translesion by the Post Office.

The Parcal Post service to Aden (ex- paci in respect of parcels for military and zaval addresses) has been suspended.

FRENCH FARCEL REGULATIONS.

The Public are informed that the new regulations adopted by the French Customs insist that senders of parcel addressed to Franos, Corsica and Algeris must fill in the columns of the regular Customs Declaration particularly and exactly, omitting zone of the headings comprised therein.

THEATRE

HONGKONG

ROYAL.

LAST GRAND CONCERTS

Thursday, 7th Feb.)

at 9.15 p.m.

A. MIROVITCH

(PIANO)

M. PIASTRO

(VIOLIN)

BOOKING AT

MOUTRIE'S

PRICES

83:00–$2:00 & $1:002

NOTICES.

WAI KEE.

FLAG & SAILMAKER

No. 129, Des Voeux Road Central Top Floor, HONGKONG. Telephone No. 1833

DAI NIPPON

ASAHI BEER.

ASAHI BEER GRAND PRIZE

SAHI BE

EWERY

THE HONGKONG FOTEL COFLTD.

February 5d. 12h 17m.-No returns from Japan and Vindivostock: Prusice has decreased slightly: to"moderately st all station reporting; it is probably chest aver the Sea of Japan, ha depression remains over Indo-China. anticyclone having moved mutward. The

NOTIORIS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary eneral Meeting. of the Hong kong Hotel Company Limited will be held at the registered anding at 10 am to-day: 0.00: inch

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24-ho office of the Company, Pedder Total dinos January at 00.2 Inch Street, Hongkong, on SATUR - sgulant an average of 1.77 mohan, DAY, the nineth day of February, 1918, at noon, when the subjoined resolution will be proposed as an Extraordinary Resolution

"That the Articles of Associa- tion be altered in manner

fxlowing:

(a) By the deletion of the word "twice" in the so-

cond line and the.word

-FORECAST FOR THE M HODES ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW,

District

Twinde, moderate

: Honghoar ca Gia Earn } tot bởi

Half in the fourth lines Formon Channel of Article No. 5

(b) By the deletion of the word." Half" in the first. seventh and last lines; the substitution of the word

meeting" for "meetings" in the eighth line; and the insertion of the word “an " between the words. "at" and" ordinary" in the seventh line, of Article No. 61.

(c) By the deletion of the wordBalf in the third

Ang generally, ing or

N.E. -----> Winds,

moderate,

3 douth coast of Chins be-} The same tween HLX. ind Lamooks } `as No. L. South count of China de- ? The sažne tween H.K. and Hainan..) sa No.1

China Coast Meteorological Register.

Station.

Hakodate

and fifth lines and the substitution of the word Vostock 6 “an" for "the" in the Nero third and fifth lines and Tokio the word "meeting "«for Kochi meetings in the third and Nagasaki

Kayima sixth lines of Article No.

Oshima 62.

Baha

(d) By the deletion of the Ishijima

Bonin L.

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Hour.

Barometer.

Temperature.

Humidity.

D'ilon.

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word Half" and the sub-wawat 6 30.21-34 90 stitution of the .word Hankow meeting" for "meetings" Ishang

in the first line of Article

No. 90.

(s) By the deletion of the word Catalan

"Halt" wherever appear- Eharp ing in Article No, 93.

Swatow ff). That the following clause Taiku 3 be inserted in Article 107 Talohu after Sub clause (p) there-

of, namely, (p) a. -

BOSANTS

Fund.

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F'dor Canton Todes (p) & To employ the reserve fund for

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Book the time being or Macao any portion thereof Wachow in or for all or say Pathol of the following Plan Holhow purposes, that is to say, in meeting CSL contingencies, in Aparri equalising divi-Dagupan dends, in paying

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special dividends or Tacloban bonuses, in repair-falo --- ing, improving and Surigao maintaining any of Gram- the property of the Company, and in or

C. W. JEFFRIES,--Chief Assistant, for such other pur poses as the Direc- Hongkong Observatory, Feb 5, 1918, tors shall in their

1 Barometer, reduced to 35 degrees discretion think Fahrenheit on the level of the see in in- conducive to the jobes, terika and jundrediba.

3 Temperature, in the shade, in degrese of the interests

Fahrenheit. +2 Company." (g) By the deletion of the word"half" in the fourth line of Article No. 111.

f.

VICTORIA

THEATRE

9,15. P.M. PERFORMANCE. WEDNESDAY ard THURSDAY The 6th and 7th February, 1918,

7th & 8th Episodes

THE GREAT SECRET.

THE YELLOW CLAW & A CLEW FROM THE KLONDIKE

Pathe's American Gazette

AND

Various Comics.

Look out for the opening date of

THE FATAL RING & PEARL WHITE. Booking at ANDERSON'S.

THE SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE, HONGKONG.

"St. George's Day," 23rd April, 1918. DRAWIN

DRAWING OF WAR BONDS

IN AID OF WAR CHARITIES.

$500,000 (HONGKONG CURRENCY) or more or less according to subscriptions

PROSPECTUS

Tickets $500 each.

Prizes to be paid in Bands of the Hongkong Goverment 6% War Loan of 1916 (which may be redeemed at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation at par) and, in order to ensure that the scheme is productive of "new" money for war purposes, an equivalent amount of the prizes will be reinvested by the Hongkong and Shanghai Hanking Corporation in new British War Loan Stock. Of the net amount subscribed, 75 per cent. will be distributed in prizes, and the remaining 25 per cent, will by given to War Charities.

The amount to be distributed in prizes will be divided as

50 per cent.

· 3 Humidity. In percentage of saturation follows:~~- the Humidity of air saturated with mola- sure being 100, K

• Direction of Wind, to two poluta.

'5 Force of Wind, socording to Beaufort Scale.

(h) By the deletion of the word "half" in the first

State of Weather, b blue sky, e de- first line of Article No. 126.tached aloud, d drisling rain, flog, e (i) By the substitution of the gloomy, à hafi, 1 lightning, o uvazonas, p

word" Once" for twice", passing showers, a equally, a zuio, a uno

} thunder, v. vialbility, w dew wet. › in the first line of Article No. 129.

Should the Resolution be pass- ed by the required majority, it will be submitted for confirmation as a special resolution to a second. Extraordinary Meeting which will be subsequently convened."

Dated the 29th day of January, 1918.

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By Order of the Board, JE, TAGGART,

Secretary.

CAST IRON

RAINWATER PIPES

AND FITTINGS. FRANK SMITH & CO. # DES VEUX ROAD," CENTRAL TEL.:'2090. HONGKONG.

METEOROLOGICAL.

Barometer

Previous

Temperature Humidity Wind Direction

Toros-

Bain

First Prize *** Second,, Third

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Numerous smaller prizes

ranging in amount from H.E. $,000 to HK. 250)

15

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Winoing Tickets, must be presented at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hongkong during business hours.

Should any winning ticket not be presented before noon on the 23rd October. 1918, the ticket will be cancelled, and the value will be distributed amongst War Charities by the Committee of St. George's Society of Hongkong through the medium of the Hong- kong War Charities Fund Committee,

The Drawing will be in public and the date and hour at which it will take place will be notified in due course by advertisement. Day On dats On date.

The sale of tickets will close in Hongkong on Saturday, the 13th April, 1918.

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T. J. CLAXTON, Duster.

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NOTICE.

THE UNITED BRITISH IN- SURANCE CO, LTD Incorporated in the United Kingdom)

HAY

AVINGEL been appointed com

MARINE AGENTS to the In above Company, we are prepared to ACCEPT RISES and iaus Policles at Current Ra

UNION

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TIDE TABLE:

From 4th Feb; to 16th Feb.

High Wa

Renghong

Low Water-

Hongkong

Any disputes arising will be decided by the Committee of the St. George's Bociety of Hongkong, whose decision shall be final,

The names of the members of the Committes are 2—

Hon. Mr. F. H. FOLYOAK,

(President).

N. J. STABE, Esq. (Vice-

President).

His Honour Mr. H. H.

GOMPERTZ

G. S. ARCHBUTT, Esq.

EW. BIRD, Esq.

C. MONTAGUE EDE, Etq..

W. J. ELDRIDGE, Esq.

H. B. B. HANCOCK, Esq LN. LIFE EST

Hon. Mr. H. E POLLOCK, K. C.

J. H. BAMBAY, Esq., (Hon,,

Treasurer):

JOHN BENTLEY, Eq. (Hon.

Secretary,

Tickets and Books of Tickets can be had on

the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation on and

a date to be announced shortly.

H. C. SANDFORD. (Hon Treasur

CHAB BESWICK

Georges War Bo