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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1918.

POST OFFICE.

WEATHER REPORT.

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE "GARRICK"

Tobacco and Cigarettes."

ABSOLUTELY

UNEXCELLED

THE GARRI

CKING TOBACC

LAMBERT & BUTLER,

ENGLAND

MANUFACTURED

BY

LAMBERT & BUTLER

ENGLAND..

SOLD BY ALL

ALWAYS

RELIABLE

The sender of registered article No.

May 88. 15h 13m-No returns from 179% posted at Fonekong on the 5th November last, addressed to Mra, A. B. Japanese stations. Premare has remain- Jane, Swampscott Man, is invited to ed stationary at Shanghal and Walbal- call at the G. P. O. and furnish fuller wet and decreased slightly to moderataly patieula of the address, of the artice at other reporting slations. The anticy. for the i∙ formation of the United States clone is moving eastward, and the Post Offic.

depression over Tongking has become deeper.

On and after May 1st 1918, Imperial Hongkong Bainfall for the 24 hours Postal Order will be cambed in India, atanding at 10 am, to-day, 0.13 inch. Total since January 1t 5.39 inch the rate of 1,6 to the ropes.

against an average of 13.67 inchss,

From the lat May 1918 there will be three General deliverie daily from the District Post Offices except on Sunday ard Holidays when_tte's will be one delivery only.

The hours of deliver will be as f Ilɔwa:--Week days 9 a.m. 1 p.. and 5 p.

Fundays and Holidays coon.

· FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

Diatrist

Forecast,

E & SE.

wincis,

1 Borckoos to Gar Bock.

The Director General of Posts and Telegraphs, dia, advises that: “!

fresh; cloudy, rain.

Parcel Pest Service to the Indian Cir Postal Agencies at Abul Khasth Amara,

Engdad, Bows, Bos

Boara City,

Kut

and

Zubair in Mesopotamis is suspended

and that piece-goods, haberdashery and

similar articles, except those intended

Naseriyah. Quiat Saleh, Suk-esh-Sheyuth Formosa Channel

[N. winds. strong to fresh.

for the personal use of the addresses and 3 douth coast of China be-) The same Dot for sale, caract be sent to those tween HAL, and Lamocks) as No. 1 offices or to Abadan, Ahwaz or Mohm-4 South coast of China be- } The_same merah by the lester post, and that such trou FAX, and Halnas........ No. L articles if received will not be delivered and will be liable to confiscation."

Information bat been received from the Director General of Poets and Telegraphs Takio, that on and after 1st April 1918, the Fort Office of Japan will collect a demurrage charge from the addressees of parcels on which Customs dusies or inland taxes are imposed in Japan, not withdrawn from the Post Office within 20 days from the date of:

China Coast Meteorological Bögister.

Station.

May & a..

.........

Hour.

Barometer,

Temperature.

Humidity.

D'ilon.

the notice of their arrival to be sent to Fotos 6 29.78 53 the address.

The amount of the charge per parcel is fired at 5 son per day after the exniration of the period stipulated.

Nambre Hakodate Toko

ARETE

Registered and Parcel Mails close 15 minutes earlier than the time gives below unless otherwise stated.

Kag

hims

Nain

Booin La.

TOBACCONISTS.

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

THE

MAN

BEHIND

THE

CHEQUE BOOK

To be in control of money to-day is to be in control of POWER. The Man Behind the Cheque Book is as essential to victory as The Man Behind the Gun,

Use your power and your Cheque "Book to HELP The Man Behind the

Gun.

Buy St. George's HONGKONG WAR BOND TICKETS and you will HELP him automatically.

For sale at ali Banks, Clubs, Hotels & Leading Stores.

NOTICE,

ASAHI BEER.

SAHI BESS

SAHIK

ASAH

LAGER-BEER

SPENALLY. SPEED EXPORT.

COMPANY

KOLE LEWATI Mitsui Bussan Kaisha

Delephan4; “IKEA 186.

Last of the Race.

Eliza Hammond, aged 102, hes died at Nottingham workhouse. Har husband died forty-three years ago, and tho gusdianu aro unable to trace any relatives living.

Sa

The importation into the Common-Whalwe da 30.01 58 59 a wealth of Australia,of 185, other than Kankow that grown or produced in British Fosses-chan sions is probibted, unless the consent in writing of the Commonwealth Minister :

lchang

for Trade and Curtoms Las been firat) Shanghai

obtained.

Gutal #f P. Sharp The Parcel Post Services to British East Africa and Egypt (except for members Amoy of the Expeditionary Forces), and to Swatow Abyssinia, Bagdad, Erithres, French Tainola

Taichu S mali Coast, Italian Somaliland Portu Rueso East Africa, Zanzibar and Russia Tainan have been suspended.

Correspondence addressed to enemy objects in China. Slam, Siberia and Portugues East Africa, Perris and More occo cannot be transmitted.

29.80 63

72 90

0010g

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ė

10

000000000 00

30.03

30.03 29.97

now 4

29.88

5a 29.65

$5

- 29.79 69

29.78 70

Koshyn Pdores

M' 29.76 75

70

Canton

29.73

'rong

$9.76 70 96 a

4 od

Gay Reck

29.73

Macao Web

29.71 7294 ese

The Services to Germany, Austria, Bal- zaria and the Ottoman Empire are suspended.

Pathol

Hoihow

7 29.83 77 94 ́ase

29.75 75

29.78

де

b 20

6 29.74 77 85

29.74 73 91

00

་་

29.71 77 91 a.

4:20 29.73 73

40

Phulion Touran Uninsured parcels for the United C. St. J. Kingdom will future be forwarded| Apart! from Hongkong bags and the Pablic Dagupan are therefore advised to pack such parcels Manila very carefully,

Legamps

Tacloban Letters franked at the 4 cents rate follo addressed to Yunanta and Mengtse and Surigao. other places in the Province of Yunnan Guam should be superscribed with the words Labuan

For delivery by the Chinese Post Office."

Parcela for Greece cannot be accepted for transmission unless accompanied by & special permit issued by the British Minister al Ather

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

The rates of postage are as follows:- Parcel not over Sibm... 90 centa.

Do.

Tibs...$1.80

Do. `libs... 270

No insurance can be effected on parcela wout by this route.

OUTWARD MAILS.

TO-MORROW.

20

Swatow, Amoy, Formosa via Takao, and

aoping-9th May, 7 a.m.

Swalow, Amoy and Formosa via Kesiung 3th May, 8 a.. Shanghai and North China-9th May,

2 p.. Amoy9th May, 1 pim. -

FRIDAY, 10th May. Straite and Burnah-10th May, 9 .. Swatow, Amoy and Focchow-10th May,

Noon. Philippine Islands, Sandakan, Australia. New Zealand via Port Darwin and New Guinea via Thu sday Islands-10th May, Registen tion 1.45 pm. Letters 2.30 p.m. Philippine Islands-10th May, 2 p.m. Straits 10th May, 5 pm..

SATURDAY. 11th May. Weihaiwei & Timtai-ilth May, 11a.m. Shanghai and North China-11th May,

2.m

Philippine Islands, Bandakan, Australia,

New Zealand via Port Darwin and New Guines via Thursday Island--11th May. Registration 145 pm. Letters 2.30 pz. watow-11th May. p.m.

MONDAY, 13th May.. Fhilippias Islande, Sandakan, Anstralia;

6 29.73 78 95 =

•

O. W. JEFTRIFX-Chief Azzistant. Hoogkong Observatory, May 8, 1918

THEATRE

ROYAL

T. DANIEL FRAWLEY

PRESENTS

THE FRAWLEY COMPANY

14

FIRST CLASS ARTISTES

A REPERTOIRE OF LONDON & NEW YORK SUGGESSES:

COMMENCING

Tuesday, May 14th.

BOOKING

NOW

OPEN AT MOUTRIE'S.

VICTORIA

THEATRE,

GLADYS HULELTE

in ご

THE STREETS OF ILLUSION:

+

):0:-

JJ

Captain Bairnsfather's Cartoons, Series 2.

-):0:(-

American Gazette No. 51. ETC.

GEO. P. LAMMERT.

AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER AND SURVEYOR.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned has received Austructions from D. V. Steavenson Esq to sell by Fublic Auction ou

THURSDAY, the 9th May, 1918. commencing at 2.45 p.m. residence. st bin Lodge Mount Parish (Kennedy Road).

"Stanton

NOTICES.

THE CHINA BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED,

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS:

THE FIFTEENTH YEARLY MEETING of Shareholders. fot the above Company will 'be held at the Company's Office. St. George's Buildings, at 11 A.M. on FRIDAY the 17th May, 1918 to receive a Statement of Accounts to the 3'st December, 1917, and the Report of the General Mana- ger and Consulting Committee, and to elect a Consulting Com- mittes and Auditor. «..

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 4th May to the 17th

Babe Whole of his Valuable May, 1918, both days inclusive.

Household Furniture

Comprising:-

Tapestry covered couches & armchairs, blackwood atmchairs). & teopoys, teak writing tables & 1 Barometer, reduced to 32 degrees bookcases, tea & occasional Fahrenholt on the level of the sex in intables, tapestry & cretonne cur ches, sathe and hundredths.

2 Temperature, in the shade, in degrees (tains; carpets. orcaments, etc. etc. Teak dining table & chairs,

Fahrenheit.

THE CHINA-BORNEO

CO., LTD.

W. G. DARBY, General Manager,

CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED.

3 Humidity, in percentage of saturation fine teak sideboard with bevelled THE

THIRTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING of

the Humidity of air saturated with mols-mirror, card tables, flower stands ture being 100.

ice chest, brass fender, dinner SHAREHOLDERS will be held service. electro-plated ware, at the Offices of the undersigned. 5 Force of Wlad, according to Beaufort | cutlery, girseware electric table on FRIDAY the 17th May, 1918,

at NOON.

4 Direction of Wind, to two pointe,

Foals,

I fans, etc., etc. State of Weather, b blue sky, o da Teak twin bedsteads, single & The TRANSFER BOOKS of tached cload, d drimling rain, ffog, double teak wardrobes, dressing the Company will be CLOSED gloomy, i hall, i Bghtning, overcast. Ptables, tiled washstands toilet from the 3rd way to the 17th passing showers, a squally, x rain;'s snow, sthunder, w visibility, w daw WEL

May, bath days inclusive.

METEOROLOGICAL.

Previous

Day On date On date.

E.

sets etc., etc.

Also

A Large Quantity of plants in pots

And

A few pictures by Lawson Wood.

N. E. most of the above furni- ture made by Messrs Lane. Crawford & Co. & W Powell Ltd.

JARDINE, MATHESON

& CO., LTD.

General Agents, Hongkong, 29th April, 1918.

HONGKONG CLUB.

NOTICE

On view from Wednesday, the AN EXTRAORDINARY

Latalogue on application TermsCash on delivery.

GED. P. LAMMERT,

8th inst.

Barometer

2981 29.76 Temperature ma Humidity Wind Direction

29.69

73 70

... 70

89

26

96

E

E.

Fors

3

·

4.

5

Weather - we • cd Bain

0.00 0.00

OF

0.18

| Bigrati open str Tangjesines zu ihr

Lowest

7th 73

1tb 0

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**ELIL Observatory, May 8, 1918.

T. F. CLAXTON, Director

New Zealand via Port Darwin Mo and New Guines via Thurs AT Telands-13th May, Begistra tion 12.45 p.m. Letters 130 p.m. Wat TUESDAY, 14th May. Shanghai and North China-14th May,

FRIDAY, 17th May. Bwasow, Amoy and Fooshow-17th May,!.

Nock.

TIDE TABLE,

From 6th May to 12th May.

A

High War

Hongkong

Mean Time,

-

Low Water- Hongrong

Mic

Auctioneer.

Hongkong, 1st May, 1918.

NOTICE,

KEROSENE OIL.

We guarantee all kerosene.

sold by us to be pure and

unadulterated.. Present price.

"WHITE ROSE." $5.55 per case er store.

"COMET."

$5,35, per case ex store.

--CHING CHEONG... 168 Des Voeux Road Central,

2 blocks West of Cent. Market.

KWONG YUEN,

19 Des Voeux Road, West,

GENERAL MEETING of

the Members of the HONGKONG CLUB will be held in the Large Dining Room on THURSDAY, the 16th inst, at 5:30 PM. -

Business As set forth in the notice posted in the Hall of the Club.

By Order.

É. DES. VŒUX, Secretary.

Hongkong, 7th May, 1918..

NOTICE.

CARVALHO & COMPANY,

NOTICE IS HERERY GIVEN

that MR. HENRY ARM- AND BENRICKSON CASTRO has this day ceased to be the Manager of our businessgat' Hongkong and his authority to sign our Firm Natae has been withdrawa

Dated this 6th day of May, 1918.

CARVALHO & 00

Printed and Published for the Proprietor, by' George William Barnett at 11 Toe House Street in the Oity of Wirker