10
Golofina
sold:
in
Two sizes
Perfectos
&
Bouquets
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1918.
CIGARS
are
always fresh
because
an
WEATHER REPORT.
June 148. 12h. 00m-Warning to Bong, koor and Haiphong-Typhoon in Las ** N. Lang, 1*1* En direction of motion and valocity unknown.
Jone 14d: 12h. 30m-No returns from Japan. Thesture bas decreased slightly at Hongtors. Shanghai and Vladivostok sad increased slightly elsewhere. The depression has become desper, and ap- pears to be cars! near Hoihow.
POST OFFICE.
The importation by post into Japan of foraim ride, sroept "such as may be. imported by the Mixitisy of Agriculture. and Commerce and the · persons de signated by him is prohibited.
This probitition in not applicable to crushed and Mochi rice (gilineas rics) and to rice imported irio Taiwan i (Formera) and into Karafute (Japanese | Saghalien)
No official lelle addressed... to Hongkong Bainfall for the 24 hours Abadan. Ahwax or Mohammerah in the anding at 10 am today, 1.58 lockes., Parsian Gulf may exceed sight ounces in Total since January let 25.56 inches weight. sgainetin average of 30.45 inches.
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS' INDING AT BOON TO-MORROW.
Ditrios
Forecast. 18.FF.cz
ever
variable winds, 1 Heartong to Gay Book-moderate;
cloudy, zain.
constant demand
created by its
Quality insures
a quick turnover
of stock
"PERFECTO" Actual Size.
STOCK BY
LEADING TOBACCONISTS
* Formosa Channel
The same
No. 1.
[å douth coast of China bei) The same
tween H.E. and Lamookuỷ BE NO. 1. South coast of China bei) The same wwen H.K. and Esinan...) as No. 1.
China Coast Meteorologisal Register,
laun.
Torlook Nemiro Hakodate Tokio
Kochi Nagasak
Cabins Naba
Bonin is.
Swatow
June 14, a.m.
Winde
flour,
Barometer.
Temperature.
Humidity:
D'tion.
Forte.
Waathor.
6 29.80 61
*
Ye
29.76 EU 97 Www 20
baiwel 6 99.91 63 89 ene
1 b
Kankow
Kjukiang
ALL
Changi
Shanghai
29.82 66 100 one
1x
Gutsia
#981 65 10 se
41
Sharp P.
29.68 72 94
Talhoku
5 29.80 13:94 =
Ab
Taichu
29.81 73
Tainan
29.80.79
110
b
Koshun
99.21 31
20
P'dores
29.76 19
៦
Canton
6 29.61 76 95 ne
Bkons
29.60" 76 100 ene
3 or
Gay Rock
29 57
1 or
Macao
29.39 77 96.que
Wrabo
Pathol
Holhow
Paulien
7 29.63 79 93 une
10
Tour ne
59.67 79.
200
0. St. J.
29.79 77
WEW
20
8 22.82 75 91 sw
10
29.80 75 94 .40
+
ASAHI BEER.
29.82 75 94.
0 a
29.84 75 98
00
29.85 77. 91
6 29.78 81 95 N
2 b
This Advertisermoni ́ is innar by British American Tobacco Ca, Li
NO FOREIGN WORDS." CEO. P.
A Patriotic derman, Professor's Objections.
Berne, March 21.-The Cous tance newspapers comment with Patiafsation on the fact that the Keiser has acorpted with warm thanks a copy of a small diction- Bry called Dawa with Foreign Words." compiled by Professor Oito Eichhorn, of that city. It contains about 2,000 words which patriotic Germana are asked to avoid., German propagandiste, with curious lack of bamour, are attempting to popularise the book in Switzerland.
آکر
LAMMERT.
AUCTIONEER. APPRAISER AND SURVEYOR.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
By Order of the Mortgagees..
MR. GEO. P. LAMMERT has sell by Public Auction
received instructions to
ON
FRIDAY
the 28th day of June, 1918, at P.M. at his Sales Room, Duddell:
3
Street, Victoria, Hongkong.
The following Leasehold pro-} perty situate at Victoria Hong- kong viz:-
All those pieces or parcels of ] ground situate at Victoria afore-
said and known and registered in the Land Office as the Remaining: The English terms the use of Portion of Section & of Inland which is specially denourced Lot No. 905 and The Remaining include the following: Beefstesk, Portion of Inland Lot No. 905 dards, flirt, girl, gentleman, grill, together with all the messuages how bog, iflaenas, interview, or buildings erected thereon re- lade, lawn tennis, msmus, mixed picklea, oxtail, ecob, soffragette,
ICABL!
The professer exhorts German laries to cease talking about their "boudoire," and tells working women there is no such word af "queue" in their language.
"
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Coriously enough, he proteste against the use of the word "kultar," in the place of which be suggests six genuine German ποτές,
Stallions to be Licensed.
A Bill introduced by Mr. Prothero to regulate the use of
spectively.
Term 939 years.
Estimated Area 20,000 and 30,000 Square Feet respectively. Pro- portions of Annual Crown rent $264.29 and, $396.43, respectively. "For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to:-
Messrs. JOHNSON, STOKES
AND MASTER,
Prince's Building, Ice House Street,
Hongkong.
Solicitors for the Mortgagees
· of to
To MR. GEO. P. LAMMERT, The Auctioneer...
THE HONGKONG. & SOUTE
CHINA WAR SAVINGS. ASSOCIATION.
PPLICATION
undersigned.
fas
stallions for stud purposes DRO Ambership of the above vider that after a date to be fixed Association may be obtained any person who travels as exhibits from all the Banks or from the a stallion not licensed by the Board of Agriculture shall be liable to s fine not exceeding $20. The Board may refuse to grant or may mapend a licence in the case, among others, of any, animäl sfected with 'contagionis or
fost disease or calonlated to pre
UNION INSURANCE. Į THE 8OULETY OF CANTON, LTD.,
Honorary Secretaries &
Hongkong, 15th January, 1917.
ASAHI BEER GRAND PRIZE
ASAHI
BEER
ASAH
DAI NIPPON BREWERY C
LIMITEANTOKYO, JAPAN
LAGER-BEER
SPECIALLY BREWED FOR
EXPORT.
COMPANY
** SOLAR MACHINE »
Mitsui Bussan Kaisba
Telephone 07 & 10.
KEROSENE OIL.
We guarantee all kerosene oil sold by us to be pure and unadulterated.
Present price.
Dagupan Manila Legaspi Tacloban
M
Sorigno Grusm £20
Labuan
C. W. JEFFRIES-C: of Assistant. Hongkong Observatory, June 16, 1918. 1 Barometer, reduced to 31 degress Fahrenheit on the level of the sea in ip- ches, tenths and hundredths.
? Temperature, in the shade, in degrees Fahrenheit,
3 Humidity, in percentage of saturation the Humidity of air saturated with mois- tare being 100,
4Direction of Wind, to two pointa,
5 Force of Wind, according to Beaufort Scale.
Stats of Weather, à blue sky, o de- tached cloud, d drissling rain. "I fog, B. gloomy, h hail, I lightning, o overcast, p passing showers, q aqually, z rain,'s snow,.
thunder, v visibility, w dew wet.
METEOROLOGICAL.
Sardineler gem
Previons
Day. On date On date. 23. Dim Cap.I.
29.63 29.60
+
Temperatura
81
76
29.61
76
Eumidity --
85 100
96
8.7..
Foro....
3
3
Weather is order in
0
OF
1 52
£1,00 256
Wind Direction 8.E EN.E.
**
#
The importation by post into Japsa of foreign rica expert such as may be imported by the Minlater of Agriculture and Commerce and the po sons designated by him, is prohibited.
This prohibition is not applicable to rice Imported lato Taiwan (Formosa) and Karabuto (Jarangve Faghalian.)
The Parcal Post Service to the Portu- guess Colonies in West Africa and to Spanish Offee in Marocca (except for Prisoners-of-War) is suspended.
Tatil further act co parcels for civil addresses in the provinces of Udine, Viesuza, Trevise, Padua, Venice and Balluno in Italy will not be accepted for the transmission unless prated under British War Office Permin
On and after May lat 1918, Imperial Postal Orders will be cashed to India at the rate of 1,6 to the rupes.
From the lat May 1918 there will be
three General detiene, daùy from the District Post Offis except on Sunday
azd Holidays when there will be one delivery only.
The tours of delivery will be as (-Uw:--Week dayı 9 am 1pm and Sp.J.
Sucdays and Holidays noon. -
Information has been received from the Director General of Port and Telegraphs Tokio, that an and after let April 1918, the Post Once of Japan will collect a demurrags charge from the addressopa 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 the notice cf. their arrival to be sent to the addresse01.
The Director General of Posts and Telegrapha, It dia, adrises that: "The Parcel Post Sarrice to the Indian Civil Postal Agancionat Abul Khasib, Amara, Bagdad, Basra, Busts City. Fao. Kut, Naseriya, Quiat Saleh Suk-ash-Sheyukt and Zubair in Mesopotamia is suspended and that placa-goods, haberdashery and similar articles, except those intended for the personal use of the sodresses and not for sale, cannot be seat to those offices or to Abadan, Ahwaz ör Mohn- morah by the letter post, and that such articles if received will not be delivered and will be liable to corfiscation."
The amount of the charge per parcel is fixed at 5 sen per day after the exiration of the period tipulated
Registered and Parcel Mails close 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated.
The importation into the Common- wealth of Australia of tas, other than thak grown or produced in British Posses ziona probibiak, unless the consent in writing of the Commia wealth Minister for Trade and Customs has been first obtained. .:
The Parcel Port Services to British East Africa and Egypt (except for members of the Expeditionary Forces), and 10 Abyminia, Bagdad, Eritares, French Somali Coast, Italian Somaliland. Porta- guese East Africa, Zanzibar and Russia have been suspended.
Correspondence addressed to euem subjects in China, Slam, Siberia and Portuguese East Africa, Perna pad Mor- ouco cannot be transmitted.
The Services to Germany, Austria, Bul zaria and the Ottoman Empire are suspended.
Uninsured parcels for the United Kingdom will in future be forwarded from Hongkong in bags and the Publis ars therefore advised to pack such parcela very carefcily.
Letters franked at the 4 'conta, rate addressed to Yunaofu and Mangwe and other places in the Provlace of Yunnan should be superscribed with the words "For delivery by the Chinese Post Office."
OUTWARD MAILS.
TO-MORROW.
Swatow, Amoy and Formosa via Keelung -16th June, 9 8 m. 5 !
Highest open sic Terence on the 15th ja 14th 16 Lowest
B.E. Observatory, June 14, 1918.
·T. F. CLAXTON, Director.
TIDE TABLE.
From 10th June to 16th June.
Wed.
WHITE ROSE," 16.05 per case er store,
"COMET,”a $5.85 per case ex stores. SACHING CHEONG
168 Des Vaux Road Central, Sai 2 blocks West of Cent, Market.
WONG YUENARIO
19 Des Your Boad, West.
High Water
Hongkong
Low Wate Hangoey
Straits, Bangkok, Cerion, India, South Mauritius, “Aden, Africa, Erypt and Europs via Suez-
16th Juor, Registration 9 a.. Letter 9 a.m.
MONDAY, 17th Juue. Haiphong and Saigon-17th Juve, lami Japán vis Nagasaki, Honolula, United States, Canads: Central and South America and Europe Tia Ban Francisco-17th Juña, Rezistration Ló pan. Letter# 1.30 pin. Holbow-17th June, 4 p.m.
: TUESDAY, 18th June, Swatow, Amoy and Bocchow--18th Jane,
1 pak
ENTERTAI
VICTORIA
.64
"
THEATRE.
JUNE, 14th, 15th, 16th & 17th 1918.
THE SEVEN PEARLS.”
Episode 3. 'THE AIR PERIL.'
Episode 4.
LAMID THE CLOUDS."
HARRIGAN IN CLOVER."
BRITISH ✨ GAZETTE-No. 448.
"FLORENCE ROSE FASHIONS."
ETC. ETC.
THURSDAY: 20th June. ARMOUR PLATE " RING”
Stazghal and North China-20 h Jun“, i
1 p.uk.
FRIDAY, 21st June. Swalow, Amoy and Foochow -21st June, Philippine Islanda~$1sť June, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, 22nd June. Shanghai and North Chia-22nd June,
IMFORT PROHIBITIONS.
The public are informed that the un- dermentioned articles are prohibited from importation into the United King dom, either by letter post or by parcel
post.
Gold manufactured or namsaufactured,
Sidelight on Naval Estimates.
Expenditure on the Navy for the year ended March 1917 nearly £225,000,000 according to the appropriation secount isaned recently with the Comptroller and Auditor General's remarks there. on. Some $50,000 is written off
thi irrecoverable, and as $22,167 shows the net amount
including gold coin and articles consisting money lost in ships during the arty of er containing gold; All manu-year. As £17,200 wsa in Trea- factures of Silver other than silver Bury notes, this is not an actual watches and diver watch cases: Jewel lost to the Exchequer.
lery of any description.
Letters and Parcels containing such articles cannot therefore be accepted for transmission by the Post Office.
The Parcel Fost service to Aden (ex-! pect in respect of parcels for military and naval addremces) has been suspended.
A aum of $13,025 was misap- propriated by a Fleet paymaster, sincs sentenced to penal servitude. He was made a bankrapt bathed Do assets. The Treasury have deferred sanction to the writing. off of the item until the pecuniary responsibility of the commanding officer and to others has been Opusidered.
FRENCH PABEEL REGULATIONS.
A case has been brought to The Public aq informed that the now
French notice, writes the Comptroller the regulations adopted by Customs losist that sendars of parcel in which tendara for gun shields, addressed to Franou. Corsies and Algeria
aust fill in the columns of the regular o, were invited from five arme Customs Declaration particularly and our plate contractere all of whom exactly, omitting none of the beadinge quoted in identical, and, in the comprised therein.
Itis furthermore absolutely necessary to opinion of the Admiralty, exces show in the aforessid declaration (1) The sive price. In view of the urgen: full name and address of the addremse necessity for early delivery ordern were placed with four of the firms with a request for revision of the price. In reply, each of the firms offered a similar amali
(2) A statement as to whether the contents are intended for State supplies or not.
1F
LOCAL AND REGULAR MAILS reduction which although co
.OUTWARD.
Tai 0.-Week days, 5 p..
Tai Po.-Week days, 10am Sundays
930 m
Cheung Chow-Weeks days, 7.30 s.m.
and 3 p.m.
sidered inadequate, was agreed to in the circumstances. The deliveries of the gun. shields took place at dates varying from two to six months subsequent to the dates promised, but the high prices obtained do not appear to
•Weekok, Shatin and Sheungsbufave been 'farther reduced. in
p.m.
Eantide Antau, Ping Shan, Sal Kung. and Stanley-Wesk daya, 4.30 p.m. Canton, Samahui, and Wachow,-Week
7.30 am, Registration 5.p.cs. Let tera 6 p.m.; Sundays 5 pm
Macad-Week days, 7.15 am, 1.30 pm Sundays, 9am
Kongnoon-Week days. 6 pm. Except Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays at
5 p.
Namtau and Saumel-Week days, 5pm.; Bundays, 5 p.m.
Shamchan-Week days, 10 x.m., 4 p.m.; Sundays, 9 a.m.
consequence.
How's factory which was estimated to cost £850,000 has already absorbed nearly a million more is described,
Towards the end of 1914-15 espation was given by the Tres sary for expenditure smonating to £850,000 on a new naval oor dite factory, the contrsot for the buildings so be on the net cost and percentage basis. In 1915 16 the expenditure on this er FROM SHEUNGWAN WESTERN
vice, including plant and fas BRANCH P.O.
chinery, amounted to over $1,- Macao.-Week days, 7.30 am, 1.30 p.m. Sundays, 8.30 am; Holidays, 730 am 000,000, and the engineers' re- (muneration wsa reviɛed to a slid- 1.50 p.m.
Centon-Weet dayx, 7.30a.m. 9.30 pm; Bundays, 920 p.m: Holidays, 7.30 am. ing scale of reduced percentages. The expenditure in 1918-17, in Tai Pirg Tung-Wook days, 9.30 pm clading the cost of certain addi Sundays, 9.30 pm; Holidays, 9.30
Shak KiWeek days, 9.30 pm: Bur- tional items for which a
farther team of £60,000 w dsya, 9.30 pm Holidays, 9.30 p.m.
Longmoon-Week days, 6 p.m. Ex-Banotioned by the Treasury, was cept Mondays, Wednesday and Friday,647,000. The total approximate at 5 p.
9.30 p.m.
Datthe
Kamchack-Week daya, 6 pm; San- cost of the buildings to September days, & pan. Holidays, 6, p.m.-
mrd g.
The parcel post service to Szechune province has been resumed for ordinary parce's only.
Kaukong-Week days, 6 pm. Exempt 30 was £1,180,000, and of the Saturdays, Sundays" 9 pas- Hal'days, plant and mechicery £880,000, making an aggregate expenditure 0840,000. From an inquiry recently made I understand the that sanotion of the Tresenty hí not yet been obtained for the increase of expenditure -OVA estimate, nor has the revised percentage for the engi remuneration been brought notics of that department,»--
Two amounts of £348-10s
The Services to Germany, Austria Baigaris and the Oltoman Empire are mazpenard.
The Parcel Post service to places Szechwan Province is suspended until further notice.
The London Post Office advises that
all parcels (except those for Prisoners of £330, desdibed as War) and all mmple: packets for Den are for over OF TH
Shanghai and North China--18 June, mask, Holand, Hory, Spain. Bredene of hard lying
** Philippine Islands 18th Jane, 3 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, 19th Juze.
Shanghai, N. China; Japan via Kobe, Honolu'. Ceands, United
Staten, Central And South America and
Europe
and Ɛsitzerland will be stopped by the
Military Verisure unless posted under a smbiguons descri War Office permit
Printed and Fublished for the Proprietor by George
Ban Visacinco 19th Jane, Cade Burnett at 11 Loe House Street, Registration 9.45 am. Letters
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