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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1918.

Combassy

E VIRGINIA HIGH GRADEC

Embassy Cigarettes

There has been no alteration in size, weight, quality or manufacture of "Embassy" since 1914.

Every Virginia Leaf used in the manufacture of

Embassy Cigarettes is selected and blended by

specialists, skilled in the art of their profession.

Sold in Boxes of 10 & in airlight tins of 25 & 50 Cigarettes.

This advertisement is issued by British-American Tobacco Company Ltd.

CEO. P. LAMMERT.

“AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER

AND SURVEYOR.-

PUBLIC AUCTION.

HE Undersigned has received

PUBLIC AUCTION,

By order of the Mortgagees

Geo. P. Lammert has Mr. received instructions to sell by Public Auction on

Tuesday the 30th day of April. 1918, at 3 p.m. at his Sales Room, Duddell Street, Victoria, Hongkong.

The following Valuable Lease-

instructions to sell by Public hold Property situate at Victoria.

THI

Auction on

Hongkong, VÍZ:-

ALL THOSE pieces or parcels

THURSDAY, the 25th April.] of ground'situats at Victoria afore-

1918,

.commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at his Sales Rooms, Duddell

Street,

said and known and registered in the Land Office as Section, G of Marine Lot No. 200 and Section D of the Southern Portion of The Praya Reclamation to Marine Lot No. 200 Together with the

A Large (Quantity of Valu-messuage erected thereon known

able Household Furniture

as No. 116 Des Voeux Road West Victoria aforesaid Proportions of Annual Crown Rent $9.70 and $4.90 respectively. Area 65 Square Feet and 260 Square Feet respectively.

comprising:

drawing covered Tapestry Toom suite, easy chairs, teak

For further particulars and con- desks and bookcases, card table. engravings, brass incense burrers ditions of sale and figures, vases, carpets, ruge, | etc,, etc."

Teak extension dining table and chairs, teak sideboards, dinner wargon ice chest, dinrer and dessert services, glassware,' cutlery, electro-plated ware, etc.,

etc.

Fine double brass and brass mounted iron bedsteads. teak

Apply to JOHNSON, STOKES AND

MASTER,.. Prince's Buildings. Ice House Street, Hongkong- Solicitors for the Mortgagees

or to GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer.

single and double wardrobes Hongkong, 15th April, 1918.

dressing tables, Washstands,

toilet crockery, etc., etc.

Also

A Quantity of Blackwood ware comprising:-Curio arbinet lay's desk, tables, flowerstands

BLouis, etc; e·C.

And

HONGKONG TRAMWAY-

COMPANY, LIMITED,"

JOTI EIS HEREBY GIVEN Not the Ordinary General Meeting of the Hongkong Tram way Company, Limited, will be Side Car (in-Erst class cond-held at the Offices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co,

Indian Motor Cycle with

tion)

1 Antopiano by Kastner & Limited, Pedder Street, Ho-g-

Co Ltd

kong, on WEDNESDAY, the.

Full Size English Billiard 24th day of April, 19'8, at 12 o'clock NOON, to transact the Table by Hennie Bros.

On view from Wednesday ordinary business of the Com

the 24th instant

Catalogue will be issued. TermsCash on delivery

GEO. P. LAMMERT Auctioneer

pany.

By Order of the Board,

W. E ROBERTS, Becretary, Hongkong 5th February, 1918.

NOTICES.

WAI KEE.

FLAG & SAILMAKER

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

ASAHI BEER.

ASAKI BIZER CHAND PIRTS

4SAH AGER-BEER

– SPECIALLY BENOD EXPORT

COMPANY

BULE - AGENDA

Mitsul-Bussan Kaisha

POST OFFICE.

Information has been rece red from the Director General of Posta and Te agraphs Tokio, that on and after 1st „Ap 11 TIE the Fost Office of Japan will 'culect a demurraga" charye fom the addisassor of parcele on which Customs dules or inland taxes are imposed in Japan, not withdrawn from the Post Omes with n zu days from the date of the notice their arrival to be reat to the add-asee

*The aucuns of the charge per parcel i de dat 3 sen per day after the expiration of the period stipulated.

The parcel post service to Szechuan province Ima been resumed for ordinary parce's only.

The Burrions to Germany. Autis,

WEATHER REPORT,

April 194. 128. 05m.—No returns from Japanese stations. Fremure basin- creased very considerably over §. Man- churia, the depression" having "moved watwande; slight incrmons are guzical -

whers, sinept over Tongkirg, where light decrease has pecurred.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 14 hours anding as 10 am, to-day, 0.00, inch, Total insa January 1st 3.28. Inah against an average of 9.18 inchon, - --

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURA ENDING AT NOON TO MORROW.

Distric

Torecar

E. winds, moderate;

Balgaria and the Ottoman Empire are 1 Hongkong to Gap Bookfair, fog süspanded

*Registered and Parpet Halls close 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated.

The Parcel Post Terrice to placen în Szechwan Province is surpended until further notice.

The London Post Office advises that all parcels (except thon for Prisoners of War) and all sample packets fọr Den, mark, Holland, Norway, Spain, Sweden- and Switzerland will be stopped by the Military Ueciors unless posted under a War Office permit

The importation into the Commia- waalih of Australia of ten, other than that grown or produced in British Po sions is prohibited, unless the consent in writing of the Ocmmonwealth Minister for Trade and Customs has been first obtained.

* Formosa Channel

for mist

3 South soust of China be-7 The axe kwom HK. and Lamooks ఎం. 1.

4 Bouth coast of China be-) The same twasa HK. and Hainan. No, J.

China Coast Meteorologica) Eagister.

dtation.

April 19, am.

Winda

Hour,

Barometer.

Temperature,

Humidity,

D'tion.

The Farcel Post Services to British East stock Ba 19.95 39 Africa and Egypt (except for members Nemaro 58

of the Expeditionary Forces), and to Hakodate Abyssinia, Bagdad, Erithres, French Bimali Coast, Italian Somaliland, Porta- gasse East Africa, Zanzibar and Russia have been suspended.

Asgrims

المنطوي

·Correspondance- addressed to enemy Naha subjects in Chips Slam, Siberia and Ishi'jima

*90104_

Weather.

Portuguese East Africa, Farma and Moro 6 30.01 46 59 ame b

occo cannot be transmiɩted

The Services to Germany, Austria, Bal. Ichang garia and the Ottoman Empire are suspended.

Uninsured parcels for the United Kingdom will in fature be forwarded from Hongkong in bags and the Public Amey are therefore advised to pack such parcels to very carefully.

Taichu Tainaa Letters franked at the 4 conta rata

Koshun addressed to Yunanfu and Mengtes and | Karhub

Pdora?" other places in the Province of Yunnan Gokal should be superscribed with the words | Canton "For delivery by the Chinese Post Office." 'kong

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Paroals for Greece cannot be accepted for transmission unless accompanied by" a special permit lesaed by the British ho Minister at Athens.

Arrangements have been made for the

Kingdom via Canada.

The rates of postage are as follows:- Logany Farcal not over be... 90 cents.

transmission of parents to the United Apart

Do Da.

Vibe... $1.80 11be..: 27O ·

Inciotan Dolla Surigao No insurance can be effected on parcels | Guam sent by this roase,

Lapurd

OUTWARD MAILS.

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C. W. JEFFRIES—Chief Amistant. Hongkong Observatory, Apr. 19, 1918:

1 Barometer, reduced to 32 degrou Fahrenheit on the level of the sea in ing chen, tenths and hundredths.

2 Temperature, in the shado, in degrees Fahrenheit.

3 Humidity, is percentage of saturation the Humidity of air saturated with mols- (urs being 100.

Philippine I Canada, United Sta's",

Cn'alth America Епора vin Victoria-20th April, Registration 2,45mm. Letra: 9.3 8.01. Sourabaya Samarang, Batavia and Port

Moresby via Batavia-20th sexis April. R... Shangbai ard North Chios-20th

5 p.m.

1

TO-MORROW,

& Direction of Wind, to zwo pointa 5 Force of Wind, according to Bezufort.

do-

State of Weather, 5 blue sky, o April,hed aloud, d drizzling raka, 1 log, 8

Swalow. Amoy and Forma via Keelung 21st April, am

-)

Straits, Geyim, Lourenco Marques, Caps Town and Europe--21st April, 9 a.th Charghal and N. China-1181 Arril, 9 a.m. Japan Tis Nagasaki—21st April, 9 a.m.

MONDAY, 22nd April. Tientain—22nd April, 5 p.m.

TUESDAY, 23:1 April. -

ploumy, E kail, I lightning, o'overcast, p paastog showers, q squally, e rain, a znów, tthunder, visibility. w dow wat

VICTORIA THEATRE.

APRIL 19th, 20th, 21st, & 22nd 1919.

THE FATAL RING."

Episode II

"THE

SHORT CIRCUIT.

British Gazette. No. 440.

Episode 12

DESPERATE

CHANCE

Annals of the War No. 20.

"FINDING A HUSBAND.'

&c.,

TOMBOLA

SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE,"

Hongkong.

(IN AID OF:

WAR CHARITIES.)

THE PRIZES WILL AVERAGE 6 FOR EVERY 100 SPILLS SOLD.

There are in all 2,000 Prizes Valued at Approximately $20,000,

Purchasers of Spills containing numbers must keep such spills until St. George's Day when the Prizes will be drawn in public view.

SPILLS $1.00 EACH ARE ON SALE AT ALL CLUBS, HOTELS, STORES, Etc.

PRIZES are on SHOW at 13, Queen's Road Central (next door to Astor House Hotel.)

Among the presents received for the TOMBOLA

are the following: -

DIAMOND DRAGON FLY BROOCH. LARGE DIAMOND BAR BROOCH. TURQUOISE AND PEARL BRACELET, THICK SOLID GOLD, BANGLE AMETHYST PENDANT. GOLD CHAIN BAG. GOLD FOUNTAIN PEN. GOLD LINKS.

GOLD WATCHES.

WRISTLET WATCHES.

QUANTITIES OF CUT GLASS. INNUM ÁBLE SILVER ARTICLES. TWO PIANOS.

GRAMOPHONE. SEWING MACHINE. TYPEWRITER. CLOCKS.

INCUBATORS,

DOZENS OF PICTURES.

CURIOS AND FANCY GOODS.

ALSO SEVERAL HUNDRED WAR BONDS, ETC.

NOTICES

ST. GEORGE'S DAY FUND.

METEOROLOGICAL..

FOR THE

THE WITNESS

Previona

Day On data Où date.

Shanghai and North China-23rd April Barocaster

2 p.ia.

29.95 29,99

29.98

74

69

76

72

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Etatra, Central and South Amer ca and Fu-op an enthat; mammam Francisco- 24/h áp il; Regis. | Bain minima

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4

1.

32

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0,00 0,00 170.00

Temperature WEDNESDAY, 24th April. Humidity Shanghai, N. China, Japan vis Koba, 1 Wind Dirmotion —

Honania, Canada, Unit d

tration 945 am, Letters 10,50 | mghan open-air Taupnemence as cha

THURSDAY, 25th April.

• Swatow, Amoy, For- nus via T-kão and

Ang ng-15th April 7 mm.

-1 Shanghai and North China –25th April,

FRIDAY, 26th April.

Swatow, Amoy and Fooch w--26th April,

Hoop

Philippine Lelarde-26th April, # pan.

SATURDAY, 27th April,

Shanghai, N. Chl's, Jason'v & K«g»nk!,

lowest

ค

ith ty ELE, Observatory, Apr. 19, 1918

#P. CLAXTON, Dissolar;

Fire and Explosion In-a Japanese Factory.

Fire broke out on the premisen

DEFENCE

REPEAT

PERFORMANCES.

THURSDAY, 25th inst

SATURDAY, 27th Inst.

NOTICES.

THIRD LIBERTY LOAN.

TE

HE Subcripti n List for the THIRD LIBERTY LOAN of US $3,000,000,000 carrying interest et 4 14 per cent, per annum closes in America on 4th- May, 1918

THE INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPORATION is prepared to receive applications up to 25th- pril, on the following terms -

5% on application. 20% on 2.st May. 35% on 1th July. -40% on 8th August, and will also grant loans against thisecurity.

THE HONGKONG & BUUT CHINA WAR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION,

APPLICATION forma

Membership of the above Association may be obtained from all the Banks or from the

AT 9.15PM...

ORDINARY THEATHE PRICES undersigned...

THE UNION INSURANOR SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD. Honorary Becretaries &

Honelalu, Canada, fed of the Bieska Electric Kabu-hiki

Boking at MOUTRIE'S from Brato Ce trai pw Suth Kaishs, at Knis mars, Tomads FRIDAY 19thirst, 9 AM. Amiga Europa-vis San

Mimaaske province, gda," Fran 1800-27th Arri, Rag s trail in 9:45 am. Letters 10.30 Olayems prefectare, on the 4th Boldiers and Sailors in uniform

instant, at sbout 6 p.m. The Half Price to Pit and Gallery, Hongkong, 15th outbreak cansed an e

exel wion of some esses containing 400 bombs

MONDAY, 29th April.

Shanghal, N. Ofim, Japan Fia Nagasaki, and osrtridgen, killing one man

Furope, Conde, via Visovia, Urital Blistas Central and 8. and wrongly inja ed three other

Printed and Published for the Proprietor

Ameios vis Bestile-29th men. Fall particulars are mol Cade Burnett at 11 Los Houss Pelleza 13.30 p.m.

1917