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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1918.

The Three Castles Cigarettes

FOR

EVERYDAY

SMOKING

The

Three Castles

Cigarettes

The Three

"The Cigarette with the

Pedigree"

POST OFFICE.

WEATHER REPORT,

Whit Monday, the 20th May, being a General Holiday, tin Post-Office will be May 17d. 12h. 18m.-No returns from open from 8 to 9 am

Japanero stations. Prosture has increas Thers will be one delivery of ordinary ↑ ed alightly at Weibalwei, and decreased POTTARDOR DOS and one collection of alightly to moderately as other reporting statione. The anticyclone has probably continued to more north-eastwards, and a dopressin covers To-gkion-

|laṭtarn from the Pillar Boxim.

The My Order Oßes will be entirely closed.

The Faret Post Service to the Portu gusse Col in West Africa and to Spanish Of ia Morocco (except for

ar) in suspended.

Tatil further not oe parcels for civil addresses in the provinces of Udine, Vicenza, Trevise, Paduz, Venice and Belluno in Italy will not be accepted for transmission unless stad under the Britlab War Office Primir,

On and after Way lat 1918, Impe lai Postal Orders will be cashed in India at the rate of 1/6 to the rupee.

From the 1st May 1919 thers will be three General del‹veries daily from the District Post Offises except on Sunday and Holidays when there will be car delivery only.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am, kɔday, 0.42 Inch Total since January 1st 8.42 inch against an average of 16 97 inober.

FORECAST FOR THE KHODRŠ ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

Dietrich

Forecari

S. & S.W. ! winds, {foderate

i Hongkong 10 Gup Beck-Ito frosh:

The hours of delitery will be a Formola l'hannel" filows:--Week days 9 am, 1 p.m. and

5 p.

Sundays and Holidays noon.

The Director General of Pow' and Telegrapha, er dia, advises that: - Thi Parcel Pest Service to the Indian Civil Postal Agencies st Abal hash, Arsam, Bagdad, Buara. Busra City. Fan, Est. Naseriyah, Qulat Saleb. Suk-sab-Bhayukb and Zubair in Mesopotamia in apended and that piece-gocdr. haberdashery and similar articles, except those is tended for the persocal use of the addressee and not for nie, cannot be sent to those offices or to Abadan, Ahwaz or Mechm- merah by the letter post, and that saob articles if received will not be delivered and wil be liable to corfisestion."

aloudy, squally and rainy

The same

as No. 1.

douth coast of Chias be) The sam in ..and Lamecke } as No. 1. South rosal of China be-) The_sada tween H.. and flatan_) ar No. 1.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

Hour,

May 17, a..

Winds:

famperatur

Humidity.

Forue;

Warther.

Information has been received from Yostock 6a 29.95 45 the Director General of Posts and Nemuro 5 Telegraphs Tokio, that on and after at Badate April 1913, the Post Office of Japan will Tebo collect a demurrage charge form the addresses of patetis on which Customs SNEL cuses or inland taxes are imposed in E Japan, not withdraws from the Post Oshima Office with'n 20 days from the date of Nabs the notice their arrival to be sent to ibi'ima the addressees.

Bonis

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ENTERTAINMENTS.

THEATRE

ROYAL

THE FRAWLEY COY.

TO-NIGHT

(Saturday,) 18th MAY,

"IT PLAYS TO ADVERTISE."

MONDAY 20th

TUESDAY 21st

WEDNESDAY;22nd

THURSDAY 23rd

FRIDAY 24th

SATURDAY 25th

"

KICK IN"

13th CHAIR."

THE HOUSE OF GLASS..

THE BOOMERANG."

TICER ROSE,"

SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE."

Prices $3, $2& SI. Curtain 9.15 p.m. sharp.

Booking at MOUTRIE'S.

VICTORIA

THEATRE.

WDE HOWills.

"Eristal & London

Registered Trade Mark.

AIF-PAIDS AND GERMAN

MENTALITY,

Continutes from Page 9.) Everything then would lead one to guess that the Germana would make an effúrt to "ory of" air raids, either by hypocrisy of force. There have already been hints that they have approached. eminent neutral personager with this object. At the same time they are trying to tire cat London and Paris and ingidentally to make mischief between them-by continuous raide, thus reinforcing the claims of "Humanity" with the bombs of brutality. For they can scent ότι coming predominance from "afar. Thi? attempt should not be under. stimated. When the German dogs a thing, he does it simply, con- sistently and as bard as he knows how. His mentality is etude, but alear and determined. - He has a certain element of nervé eurain to help him,

Nothing has revealed the Teaton attitude of mind more cogestly than this reprizal con- troversy. He began by believing that bo had

-80 instra. ment to his hard ad- mirably designed to produce panic among civilisus. He believ ed that by this instrument he had gained a long, stert over his -nemise:-That-instrument-failed. He tried another, the super- homber, but found that the Allies would inevitably profit more by ita ase than bimself. The weapon not merely broke in his band but pierced his own breast, Therefore ho decided that this wespon mast, be centralised, or in other words eliminated by suggestion or ter- rorization.

BONDAGE OF DRINK,

"Banish it from the Church,"

says General Booth.

"I regard the Prime Minister's' reference to the drink question as one of the most urgent and pathetic appeals that have ever fallen from the lips of a Slates-

msn,

"asid General Bromwell Booth to the Daily Chronicle recently, commenting on Mr. Lloyd Georga's speech to the Free Church Cour oil.

"It is co use ebatting our eyes," he continued." Mr. Lloyd George is rightly stirred by the horrible fact, which oan only be known by a few of the prevalence of drink and vice. His instinct, is right hen be appeale to the Obarobee. There is no power outside the Charch which could sustain this traffo for a single day of it were not sustained from within the Church,

"Let the Churches resolve that from a given date they will admit to their fellowship so more of those who traffic in and profit by the drink. If the Churches would resolve it sad would set up to their resolution, they could do away with the sale of intoxicants within a week,

-“-From "a"given ¿ste let the Charches refuse to appoint soy more office besrera-ministere, elders, descone, or stewards→ who are not abatsiners from alcohol. I do not say put out a man who is already in office. La the past dually bury the past. But no more! In a abort time the mschinery of Church life would The best way to cure & race of be free of this olog to its wheels, barbariem ja to show it thatThe moral force of the whole

£78,

barbarism is a boomerang, to movement against intemperanse show that berberiem is a reproach and its related vios would be nerves no purposs with a race

Driak enormously inorassed. aspable of employing such destroys the whole conception zaethoda. The first way to cure of liberty, equality, and ira- them is to convince them that fernity: they are inconsistent they will get a return with co with its bondage. Lord Boss.IN pound interest for every Honnishbery aid it was £ new form of practice they introduos. It is slavery, and I am convinced that clear that Strawburg, Frankfort, if the Church of Christ cannot *Mien. Cologne, and a score of master, and throttle the drink other sowan are to hava thin, music, the tenthe will master the

Church

AFUPPON.

NOTICE.

ASAHI BEER.

ASAKI BJER

"GRAND PRIZE

ASAH

LAGER-BEER

·SFERIALLY EGENER POR EXPORT

COMPART

BOTAL, AMS Mitsul Bissan Kaisha

BANK HOLIDAYS.

N ACCORDANCE with Or dinance No. 5 of 1912 the EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the transaction of Public Business on MONDAY, the Ruth instant.

Hongkong, 16th May, 1918.

Is

The amount of the charge per parcel is fix:d at 5 sen per day after the expiration of the period stipulated.

6a 29.99 35 91.

4 cf

Icbang Kisking

29 89 63 100 ase

1 a

Gutria

3013 5 100 uns

4 rf

M

29.78 68 90 ne

#r

*

*Registered and Farcel Maila close Is Chang minutes earlier than the time gives below unless otherwise stated.

Starp P. The importation into the Common Swatow

Amoy wealth of Australis of tex, other than Talboka that grown or produced in British Posses sion is probibted, unless the consent in writing of the Commonwealth Ministeria for Trade and Custom has been fest Koshur FGOTSS

obtained.

Taichu

Caston The Parcel Pout Services to British East HOD Africa and Egypt Cement for members Gap Rock of the Expeditionary Forceel; and to Macao Abyssinia Bagdad, Eritrea, French Somali Coast, Italian Somaliland, Portu. Kaszo gusse East Africa, Zanzibar and Ronia Holbow have been suspended.

Correspondence addressed to enemy subjects in China Siam Portuguera East Africa, Persia and Mor- occo cannot be transmited.

5 29.76 12 98

+7

*9.76 72

29 7B 73

*

19.78 73

29.8%

sa 29.72 76 95

0

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29.70-79 86 556 od n *9.20

99.7394 sxw 4 c!

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29.72 29.74 99.75

Phillen Tourans

Za -99.71

U. St. J.

Dagupan

Marila

29 76

| Lapt

The Services to Germany, Austria, Bel. ↑ Taclobas zaria and the Ottoman Empire are Hollo sospended.

Surigao Guam Uninsured parcels for the United Loan Kingdom will in future be forwarded from Hongkong in bags and the Public are therefore adsiard to pack such parcels very carefully.

4.20

2

30

79 Be

20 . 4

99.75 81 80 one

50.74 77 39 m. 2 b

2b

6 29,77 75 95 **

GW. JEFFRIES, -Chief Azzistant,

Hongkong Observatory, May 17, 1918 Letters franked at the 4 cents rate addressed to Yunanfe and Mengtse and

1 Barometer, reduced to 12 degresa other places in the Province of Yunnan abes, tenths and hundredths.

Fahrenheid on the level of the six in in- hould be superscribed with the words

TO-NIGHT

THE FINAL EP.SODES OF

"THE FATAL RING."

"The Crystal Maze," "The End of the Trail.”

"British Gazette No. 444. American Gazette No. 53,

and HAROLD LLOYD în ** Bliss." Booking at ANDERSON'S.

NOTICES.

BRITISH TRADERS INSUR- ANCE COMPANY, LTD..

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

NOTICES.

THE CHINA FIRE INSUR-

ANCE COMPANY LTD.;.

No

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FORTY-NINTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEET that the FIFY-SECOND at the Head Office Nos. 3 and 4 ORDINARY YEARLY MEET Queen's Buildings. Hongkong,

Por delivery by the Chinese Port Office." Temperature, in the shade, in degree! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ING of the Company will be held

Fahrenheit.

Parcela for Greece cannot be accepted * Humidity, in percentage of saturation for transmission unless sccompanied by the Fumidky of air maturated with mois a special permit issued by the British, ture being 100. Minister at Athens.

4 Direction of Wind, to two pointa. 3 Force of Wind, abcording to Beaufort

"

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 Sibe 90 centa

71b... $1.80. 11lbs... 2.10

Do.

Da

No insurance can be effected on purceis

sent by this route.

OUTWARD MAILS.

TO-MORROW.

Jaran is o'e-19th May. 9am.

Swatow, Amoy and Formose via Keelung

-19th May, 9 a.m.

--TUESDAY, 1st May.

Scals.

of the Company will be held at THURSDAY, the 23rd May its Head Office. Nos. 3 & 4 1918, its 12.30 P.K. for the pur- Queen's Ruildings, Hongkong, on pose of receiving the report of THURSDAY the 23rd May 1918. the Directors together with the at 12 15 P.M for the purpose of statements of account to Sist

the State of Weather, à blue sky, a de-¦ receiving report of the December 1917, and of declaring ttached cloud, d drissling rain, flog. Directors together with the Dividends etc.

gloomy, a hail, i lightning, o overcast, P Statements of Account to 31st paaxing showers, g squally, z rain, snow, December, 1917, and of declaring the Company will be CLOSED The TRANSFER BOOKS of “i thunder, v vizibility, w dew wat.

Dividends etc,

from 13th May.to 23rd May both day inclusive.

METEOROLOGICAL,

Swallow, Amoy and Formosa via Keelung Humidity

lat May, Ba.m.

Sandakan--21st May, 11 a..

dwatow, Amoy and Foochow -21st May,

“Noon.

Shanghai and North China-21st May,

2 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, 22nd May. Shanghai, N. China, Japan via Nagasaki, Canada, United States, Central and S. America and Furope, via Opada-22nd May, B.- stration 9.45am. Lettera 10.30 8.1

Batavia, Semarang, Bourabaya and Port Moresby via Batavia-22nd Kay, 11,

Prations

-Day On date. Un date.

si e pim. At á matka si s pon86 |

29.37 29.70

81 79

29.72

81 87 89

Baratar

Temperature.....

Wind Direction ... 8.S.E. S.8.W. 5.W.

Foro

6

2

Bala

0.00

0,00

0.62

Highest open már Zompornaare sa tại Strict N

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B.K. Oservatory, May 17, 1918

77

4. E. CLAXTON, Dirvotar.

TIDE TABLE.

From 13th May to 19th May.

THURSDAY, 23rd May, Swatow, Amoy and Formosa Tix Takso -

23rd May 13, Fients ---23rd May, 11 a.m. Shanghai and North China—23 d. May,

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Low Wat

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FRIDAY, 24th May. Philippine Islands-24th May, 0a.m.

TUESDAY, 28th May. Straits, Bangkok, Ceylon Bombarden, „Erypt and Eu opp-28th War; Fegistration 9,45 am.. Letters 10.30am.

| Swston, Amoy and Fooohow—238th-May.

Boom

Hongkong

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The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 13th May-te 23rd May, both; daye inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

C. H P. HAY. per pro General Manager.

Hongkong 11th May, 1918.

UNION INSURANCE

By Order of the Board,

C. EL P. HAY: per pro. General Manager. Hongkong, 11th May, 1818.

HONGKONG CLUB.

NOTICE

SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD. AN EXTRAORDINARY

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FORTY-FIF TH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Bociety will be held at its Head Office, Nos 3 & 4 Queen's Buildings. Hone kong, on THURSDAY. the 23rd!

GENERAL MEETING of the Members of the Hongkong Club will be held in the Large Dining Room on FRIDAY, the 31st May 1918, at 5.30 P.M.

Business,To confirm the Rs. solution passed on the 16th inst. as posted in the Fall of the Club.

By Order;

E, DES VEUX Secretary.

May 1918, at noon, for the pur-Hongkong 17th May, 19:3

pose of receiving the report of

the Directors together with the

the Statements of Account to

NOTICE.

31st December, 1917, and of A. B. MOULDER & CO., LTD. declaring Dividends etc..

The TRANSFER BOOKS of NOTICE IS BEKEBY GIVEN the Society will be CLOSED AND that Mr. M. C. OWEN has from 13th May to 25th May both resigned his position as Secre days inclusive.

tary of the abovenamed Com pany!

By Order of the Board,"

OHP, HAY

per pro General Manager.

Hongkong, 11th May, 1918.

2

WONG 01 KUT, Director.

Tongkong, 17th May, 1918,

Printed and Published for the Propel by George With

Gade Burnett at 11 Los Hous Stroot, in the Of

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