1918-11-04 — Page 9

WAR CHATTER.

Home Letter to Soldiers

Oversca.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY NOVEMBER

VICTORIA

THEATRE

COMING

London, August 28th.-The COMING war dawa is leaving us breathless. "Every day there are now advancem "on" new. fronta, DOW victories, new batches of pri- soners by the thousand, new esptares of guns end material. It's been going on for over fire weeks and we've never been used to such a series of sucĎERVER. “And now an the top of it we are given to understand") that this ie all merely the pralade, that the real thing is coming later. We are keeping our heada bat we really are getting rather excited about it. It seems hard to realiss'sfier all these years of waiting and hoping that we are actually reeing day- light at last. Of course the end isn't yet; Frits hse still probably got some cards up his sleeve, bat we have broken the back of the war.

The first few years are always the worst and I don't suppoɛe there are many men in the Army to-day who are ready to sign a

·separate ? peace. If the Boshe -armize aren't cracking'ab, st say. rate the nervea .cf Barliners and Cologuers have gone 'fat.' There are fraatio appasis in their papere and reports of speeches, which arge them of to throw up the sponge but to wait and see what Hiqdendorf is going to do, and so on. But they've evidently got the wind up pretty badly-and apparently the Independent Air Forcs doesn't intend so let it reat at that. For all that has been done on all our fronte,, arone reslices better than the Generale in Command that "the credit is mainly due to the Fighting Man you who read there lines, Tom Atkins, as the Yanke call him.

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Bome time ago I wrote of the scheme which the Government had decided upon for Housing after the war. I can now give you more particulars, which Ism sure will interest you, because they affect nearly every one of you.. It is estimated that in Great Britain alone it will be nacegosty to build st

desat 400,000 new bouses, and plans: have been made on a large scale to get them started with as little delay as possible. The ides is! that no soldier at the end of the WAZ should be without the prospect of having a home

in his own town or village, sad it, is up to the Local Authority to

set about getting basy as soon as

it cao. To ensure that this is

being done local pressure ébould

be applied, for you can hardly

HATE

1918,

HONGKONG STORM SIGNAL GODE. (LOCAL). Introduced on Ist JULY, 1917,

DAY SIGNALS.

ESMEARINGS

(RED) (A typhoon exists which may posibly cause a

Hongkong within 24 hours.

Gals expected from the North (N.W. to FEJ

SIGNAL SYMBOL.

ANTONIO MORENO

COMING

COMING

COMING

COMING

This is the Hooded Terror." who TOWS vengeance upon the House of Waldron and the beautiful girl who,

through his murder of her father, becomes

its head.

OF

PEARL

H

WILTA

E

IN THE

HOUSE

B

1.

2.

WHITE

WHITE

WHITE

GREE

WHITE GREEN

CAP BOCK

ABERDEEN

South (8 to XW)

East (N.L. to -BR)

F: (N.W. to &W.J

5. GREEN. GREEN WHITE WHITE GREEN

WHITE WHITE WHITE GREEN

GREEN GREEN GREEN

RED

GREEN

RED

This is the "Hooded Terror,"

who VOWS vengeance

upon "the House of Waldron and the beautiful girl who, through his murder of her father, becomes its head.

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Gale azpected to increase.

Wind of typhoon fores expected (any direction.)

Sigel No. I is inĝandad as a warning to "Etand By “ and watch be the maxi signal. When ¿balsted after a black signa? has been displayed B will mma thai, on account of a change in the track

the typhoon, or far soms elder russon, a gala is no longue arpaciad from the direction indicated by the last signal, and tharanother black signal may possibly be hoisted later."

Sal No. 2 will be accompanied by three szpistes botaže, Brač at Izirenja of 10 seconds at the

Water Police Station and repeated at the Harbour Ofica,

The gals will be lowered when it la considered that all dangue li ove

The Day Signals will be displayed at the marthand of the stora sigual Blackbood F the Harbour On HMS. Tamer, Green Island signal mast, the angesat on the praises để the Bezkong and Kowloon Whad and Rodews Compear at Evvicom, the Bagbag an the pression of the Sladard Oil Company st Lai-chi-kek, and the flagstaƐ near the Field Offair's Quarter at Levants.

RIGHT SIGNALS, (Lamps.)

The Night Signals will be displayeć, at sunset, on the lower of the Railway, Station; en EMR. Tomar, and on the Harbour Ofios Aserind. They will have the same alcalification at the day signals,

Sign No. 7 will be anqmpanied by explosive bomba ne above, in the east of the inheMATION sonveyed by this nigual being fist published at night:

SUPPLEMENTARY WARNINGS.

When losal signals are displayed in the Harbour = CONE will be exhibed at the following station:

WAGLAN

STANLEY

to antify the fact to native craft and pasting coena vemala.

SAU EI WAN SAI EUNG

SHA TAU KOK TAI PO

Further details QLD RĪTAJO DA gİTME TO COHAN THsesia, en demand, by signal from Nghchaitons.

HONGKONG STORM SIGNAL.CODE. (NON-LOCAL).

Introduced on Ist JULY, 1917.

The Signals are mada by meśng of tes erudals representing the ten numerals ---

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Б.

8.

Thay at diaglayed at the yard ärme of the Storm Signal samt on Blackhead. 101, and runsín

until an order to change or lower is monived from the Observatory.

ffaf Fosition of centre; ky 4 symbals at our raid aroz.

Direction of motion and velocity of cenize; «nd the time; by 3 araboli

at the other pool arm (Tables 1, 2 and 3). fe) The region threatened, the direction from which the

and the timə: he ♬ symbik at one yard arm (akim 3 and 4.

EXPLANATION OF THE SIGNALS.

The two appar goals of group (a) ludicnteche inzende, and the two lower symbols the longitude of the centre of ske Xyphoon or Depression in degrees?he ovarty as cajo be nucertained from the form tion availañía. Cuły the seam and unita of the longitude are given; thua, 19 halicatos Iongitude 10

The upper armbol of group (k) indicates the direction, in which the Typhoon or Degremion in travellinar. (Tabća 1.3 G

The middle sabel of groep (2) fadicate the ralocity at which the centre of the Tyaboon in travelling Alternatively 11 mar tadiasie ontain conditions, ara Caction?. Depression. In such cont as Talonity is given.

The lowest unbol of group (b) indiostes the time at which the centre was in the paaltion dgnalied, The 199er syzandel of grocs (d indicates the region threetmoed; the middler symbol the direman from which the gala je szpontot, sad the lewat symbol the time at which aile conditions wars desi indicated.

TYPHOON SICHAL

TYPHOON SIGNAL, 2-

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The following information, is given in Typhapa sad Costiasata Depression Signals Gala Signals.

Latitude

Velocity af

Time storm canica of antian

Dembilan at 14 m. to-day indicated typhoo

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of motion niknews.

tek bakuda 261.

Latitude:

CONTINENTAL DEPRESSION BIONAL.

CALE SIGNAL

Longituda : Baillyde.

CAUTION.-Under the meet favourable ciremastakin the souljon algaal ladiestas only the degree of luilinda zad lozzireća asaron to the estimated position of the castes. “When tha

whef mation will ther he is prac

signalled may be as much as 2o is arme, both la latiivde und longitude, and the valesity and

| corrasponding AUPRAİL ()-

Di akonić da portionierty metad that the velocity) Mgsallat in the mask' for the svorlage

-Table No. 1.—Diraction Signals,

ZPPER SYMBOL OF HGIST.

These tadicate the direction in which a trphosa at daszonales is

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MIDDLE STIOBOL 67 HOIST.

Tablo Ns. 2.-Yelocity and Condition Signals,

expect the Local Authority to get affect thousands of men of all tow. They have invaded the table enthusiastic about it, unless the sorts of occupations. And that is of a lovely Strafe Officer and York's and the Coliseum gleaming and shimmering in The New Theatre, the Dake of Deere & little silver dragon-fly, people affected are keen. So if only a single section of the vast ordered Four fried fish and chipe, have dirgorged their sudience the stark, relentless rays." For you are interested in the rastier

programme of reconstruction, please, misa" rather to the horror fall at the same time and a surge few wonderful reconds the sero- of where you are going to live we have so entirely separate of the diguided waitress. The of people is sweeping down intr plane struggles like a bird spared, when you settle down again. Ministry now which does nothing band strikes up "The Belle srs Trafalgar Square to the Tube seeming to seek escape from the write to your friends at home and bat consider rebemes and m-ringing for Me and My Gal", the stations, speculating whether soila in which it is caught. Then, get them to find out what your anggestions for the remaking of op-haired fippers hom the there will be a train to take them as though realising the hopeless- Local Authority poposes to do Britain sfter the war, And I can chores and everybody is area home, for there is a strike on. about it.

ness of its fort, it surrenders, tell you they are pretty bary, The State robeme starta with

sciously swaying to the masia. Some of the crowd are humming throwing out a red signal light, the assumption that such plane round Landon. Ya mast often

Let us take s'k together Tast's one bit of Landon by night."O-ob, it's loverly to be in love," that hovers in the sky for an are impossible for private enter wonder what

Now come outside. It is 10 30 which they have just heard sang instant and then vanishes, The it looks like and the theatres bava jet closed by Clarice Meyne, assisted by her lances of light, dart apart down prise, as, owing to the desrness nowadaye. It is 930 in of material and labour, it will be evening.

the their doors. It is a very of differirresistibly fatuous companion the darkness and the plans cesseo atre in far from any reporting sixties, or when fairgraskie suporta are lacking, the position We will look in first ent London from the one you" That" Others are enthusing to exist a long time before a profit can be at that popular resort in the very knew Tour years ago. The streets about Ethel Irving'a hysterical are watching

for those expected on the capital laid cut-beart of London, the rendersons are in ratuer

from below. more then semifɔp in "The Chinese Tris The same difficalty applies to the of East and West, of sappers and das kurse as a prevention egaite Pezzle" or the charm of Irisearchlights alea bing a raider Exccessful. Tehestas! of Local Authorities. Therefore the appste, of British groups and air raide, though it is so long since Hoey in "The Man from Toronto." seems partly to explain the State in to bear at last three skittish group, where Hebes of we had one that mot of as here For ware may come and ware may immunity from raid we have whick monsoon gales exported. quarters of the loss, and the the gateanz wait on Szebas of forgotten what it is like to be go, but London especially Flapper anjiyad. We go on our way up loosl expenditure need not in the Ghetto, where the damsele sprinkled with shell fragments Loadan is still trus to any case exceed what can be

it into Leicester faäare, are sometimes kiddish and often and bomb splinters. The theatrical idols. That is perhaps Daly's to Picay Circus there in defrayed by about a penny on the yiddish, where you may a restaurants and public house part of the charm of old London; tha rates. Advisory Committees and

Fame old slow-moving 10.0 to it makes the war-seriously enough procession up and down. We architecte will be appointed for many khaki lade and a fe are all blosed at esch district and the plsus will be

larky pads, where our gladiatore 4879 coal and g48 and most of the time God knows it continue to the Tube station BIO seldom gled-eye-hatere, food and to induce as to go to bed hae reason to but it still retains where there is a quene, two laid down in sccordance with in short, the Colonials Carlton early. The theatres must all finish its Hippany and frivolity, it hundred yarda long, of would-be local needs. The fundamental and the Typists' Ritz, I mean, of at 10.30 for similar ressone. gind-ryed jy-giris for whom war passengers waiting to take their ides is that there shall be po course, the Strand Corner House. There is a perpetual shortage of means a constant supply of exacy tickets. And the evening paper- overcrowding. Each house will The band is in full swish, as we axis and hoses for purposes of subaltern, sarcastic sergeante sellere, old man and old women, have three bedrooms, a living enter, playing the latest creamy petrol economy and for want of and pushing privates. Blem so longer allowed to display Boullery: many dreamy walls song without which drivers, so that the streets, the their fluffy beads, who will sewabills, ara shouting in subdsed will have a parlour se well and also a garden.

no dinner would be complete. Tabas and the bases are all rodge 'em their gsisties? Most tones Aig pashes again There will.

never be

The room of a thousand lights is crowded--we etrap hang inside of them have worked hard all day more than streaked with blue and khaki, there bares now. Everybody je trying to munition making

ticket twelve houses to sa ACTS

are few civilians or civiliennes in get bome at the same time instead pasching or typing or motor and in country places only eight, the place. The girls are nearly all of lingering for food and drink driving so they've earned their An important effect of all the new Waca, Wrens, V. A.D's, purses, before going to bed. There te evening's entertainment.ge building will be the amount of farmerettes or chauffenses; the 00 labour that must be employed. It men are anything from su A.8.0, for whistles have been abolished everybody seems to be suffering nab-whistle to be heard, Down by Helson's Colamo ie estimated that for about five vsts to a Staff Colonel from the to apare the nerve of the wound from some form of stiff neok, for years after the war the Housing Wat House, or else members ed. There are few men to be all heads are cranet skysseda. Schema wik employ something of the jaior senin seam în boiled shirts and few We falins Like 1,000,000 med-brickisver, GTH ANY others left, own women in evauing nafners but figh mtemme, carpentere, brickmakers, a like workers from the Eon esmo number is khaki, sky

Trou foundarie

vernment office round Whitehall the majority, Ffancy, melouch wood-workers,Bani engineers,

7. At the next table to us two hats. In fact I am inclined to plambere,

apperssppers think that the most conspionaus and so

their hat ahori festure of wartime Landon în she alled in with a flöngh hat of the Aums, the Eu•jnekata in Eared and then enke

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