7.
CKONO STORM SIGNAL CODES (LOCAL),
Introduced on 1st JULY, 1917.
DAY SIGNALS.
MEANITA..
(RED) CA triboom exista which may possibly sanes a gale as
Hongkong, within 24 hours.
Gale expected from the North' (N.W. to NM)
South (SE. to SW)
East (NE. to BX)
West (N.W. to S.WI
Gals expected to increase.
Wind of typhoon force expected (any direction.)
No 2 intended as a warning to" Sand By “had watch for the 2813 migrat. When it sy Bolstad after a Vank venal kan banes displayed it will mean that, on account of a change in the trict of
HONGKONG
COMMERCIAL NEWS,
IRON AND STEEL.
FORAPH
AUGUST
VISITORS
ROTELS
Capt. & Mrs.
Mrs. Es M. Jobli Mr. Jabha
Barrow, June 23 The demand, Corrected to August for hematite pig iron is steady,g. Adler and orders are well held. Require-↑ M., & His R. G. "Jenson Bu ments all round are heavy, whilst ändernd localstealmakers are taking good W. Bedake supplies of metal Trade is oon-3. Bordmen fined to home users Prices are Lt. E. B-Major J. J. Kirk steady, with mixed numbers of
R. M. Joseph” ~
patrick
Bessemer iron at 1858. 6d. with Mins Bergstrom Mr Lavan Koes" veld & chil. special brands at 205s. 6d. per net, J. Brady a Iron ore is in brisk demand, with Mr. and Mrs. Adren local smelters taking the whole. G. Bernard
BA Konora of of the output. Native sorts are. M. Big Madam K. Keeler at 45s. to 50s. net at mines and Mr BET. Kidd
Bergeron
F..Lobel the tyskern, be the mamme other xampon, a pale la no longer expected from the direction indicated by the Spanish ores at 489. 6d. per you I B. R. Boericks. (Capà H. Leizh
elf. Steelmakers are busy in the M. & R. Bellion Capt Longlands Bessemer, rall, and merchant
G. H. Lynots B. J. Birbeck mills, and also the steel foundries. The plate ruills are idle. Prices
Not ongan), and shut anotime black signal may possibly in hommad later.
Japan) 210, 7 will be nocnengantied by three sanion va bombe, fired us intervals bể 20 seconds so tha Water Polos Station and repeated as the Harbour Chic
The signals will be lowwed when it is considere ghar all dangue in ear."
The Dar Signals will be displayed at the manhood of the storm signal mast on Reches! 3 Harboe 1600 E24 Tower, free Irland signal mask De Esesta as Se cremine &
Zungkane end. Lowson Wharf and Godown Campeny et. Erwhpon, the fagus? m the prerzines of ins pawned Dù Chapaar st bal-chi-kok, and the flagstad bear the Fisid Ulfer's Quaglets at Lammen.
NIGHT SIGNALS, (Lamps.)
3.
WHITE
GREEN
GRKEY
WHITE
GREEN WHITE GREEN
WHITE
GREY WHITE WHITE- GREEN
The Night Signade will be displayed, ni maiset, on the tower slim Qasw.
And on the "thout Ousen Bugdal. They will have the ringades, fontannat 2 mi Buy Sets Saveemny mand ky ozginaire barska aðaland, MAN
royal by thie signal bring Brai pukkake, at h
SUPPLEMENTARY WARNINGS.
BA
· When lorn) algusla, are daykayad if the Harbour a CONE will be ezhibnet at the billowing statio08 2
GAP ROCK
WAGLAN
STANLEY
ABERDEEN
SAU KI WAN SAI KUNG
SHA TAU KOK TAI PO
w modify cha fuck to sativa cesta and paring wazz vesela,
"Further details can always be goma ku ocean vieslag on demand, by signal from Kighthouses.
HONGKONG STORM SIGNAL CODE. (NON-LOCAL).
Introduced on 1st JULY, 1917.
The Surmale nie made by manta il ten armbola rezonecting the wafunmain:
1−LT+AVOX
2
3.
5.
6.
1.
8. 0. They are displayed at the brand wraw of the Storm Sigmat must on Burstand 10 and m until no seder to change or lower in perected forth tie ObservALETY.
The blowing VEČSELATAN IN GARBAGE Trokoon and Continental Yount encent la demandain at one cand a m
Depresine Ségasts
Sale Sickada
1
Tel. kuetan và motion and wolkenly of meat my el die same day 2 pentas
at she elder van arm Tales 1.228.
ệ for "The region threatened, the disvetion lena s hich the sa
and the time by gate
EXPLANATION OF THE SIGNALS.
The saw annen mutuis of group fat indiente the lasimodo, man she then
s the sector-1 the Thok sa ne pamprennica en degrees, za zamay sa tatlo
The bow symped of asuu (2) cansaten zie Crection a wel de Nyathin 25
aber a
The rattle ayechi dine army saps rétindicates the velocity at which sugometre in de typhoon in wavallion. Alternativo, ninay indieaweer in conditions, de a Cuatennial DpTORRENZE,
ma velocity is given.
Lagman et au cap di indeuten the timent whiru tine copy, multi mingin
mal whole tirkan Beste kg. You the lowest spankei the luar si lint any dan tatione vore feat
adicated
aleus latitude 16. N. and longitude 100
*
оразува
TYPHOON SIGNAL
Latitude
storm centre of motion
Time Yolusity of Direction
Conditions at 5 am, to-day indicated a 17choos 115. Direction of motion known
CONTINENTAL DEPRESSION SIGNAL
Latitude
• digudle it?* 15., Travelling 1: er 1: SE
are divide
vespirat
Time Condition
ville in the Former Chane
Fonlarday, indi ated 3.1
KELION
fraction
TYPHOON SIGNAL.
CALE SIGNAL
CAUTION Thin the mosifovonenila zierensinners the position algun indicately the depas of latitude and Panzitul serait to 14 aminated posities of the centre. When the sastre la für from any raporting miles, or when telepruakie reports see lacking. The position Missing may be as much se 2o la arrow, bath in latiinta and innglican, and the valusky na diction si motion will then, ha in error by curverponding SMOTAÍS,
ji skonid is partiesmely sath that the velocity sizsalied in the mean for the series,
Table No. 1.-Direction Signals"
UPPLE SYMBOL OF HOIST.
Those indicato che direntice in which a typhoon or depremina in traveling, or the direction: Ita
Which A ADOBOZk game is expected.
L
3.
6.
7.
1-LT+AV
SL EorZAL 7.&W.
8.
9
0.
WWW. NW.' NEW, Ucknows
Table No. 2-Velocity and Condition Signals.
MIDDLE, AYMEOL OF MOIST.
VELOCITY.
3.
5.
8.
1-LT+AV
m. mph.
slovn
Table No. 3. Time' Signale.
LAWESI SYMBOL OF HOIST,
CONDITION.
Depresied.
Mr. & Ms. 8. Mr. and Mrs. O
Bisney
Maj. Mrs. G. D. R. Black Master Black Capt. and Mrs. -Branch
W. G. Browell Carl Crow
Capt. S Clover N. "Croucher
H. Cosgrors
Lauritsen Mme Leiria G. Ludin
H. P. Murray
Mrs. E. Manning
Mrs. MS. Mac- donald & family
H. E. Maslin Mr. & Mrs. T. B
E. McInnes
are harder, with heavy rails at £16 to £16. 10, light rails £17. 168. to £20:10s., billets £15, ship plates £17. 15s, and boiler plates £19. 10. per ton. Shipbuilders and engineers are fairly well employed. The demand for fuel is brisk all round. Steam toal is at 34s 6d. delivered, with house coal at 34s. 6d. to 428. 4d. per to
Dr. G. W. McKean delivered.-East coast coke #W. Cop
Lt. J. F. Newton quoted at 45% to 4îs. 9d. delivered,g. B. D
W. P. Neeson with Lancashire qualities at 448. P. Demaretz A. Pingrin
8. Pitt per ton delivered. The shipping Haig Dilekyan trade is quietly employed. Mrs. F. E. Davis Mrs. A. Parlenky
Mr. J. A. Donne S. S. Perry, Mr. & Mrs. E. M.H. H. Peterson
Epateis
Mrs. C. E. Powrie Min E. Essalt Logan Russell
J. E. Russell Miss A. Eusson Masters J. G. & L. S Greenhill
J. J. Russell E. F. Garden
r. & Mrs. F. W. H. Bay Green & child F. M. Sanderson EE Somerville Geo. Spence Mr. & Mrs. A. S
DRAPERS' BIG PROFITS..
Balance-sheets issued by the leading provincial retail drapery companies show that during the war the drapery trade has enjoy ed a period of exceptional pros perity. Taking fifteen of the biggest concerns, the figures show that the profits in the aggregate J. H. Green amounted to £325,727, as com-J. M. Grief pared with £136.164 in 1914, 10. Graeme which for trade purposes may be. B. Gallop
R. E. Shaw regarded as practically a normal N. C. Galuzzi
F. Sindsband Fear an increase of £189,563. 1. 8. R. Gardiner A Solomon Some of the concerns have J. F. Hananie H. Stephens doubled their profits, several have | L Honigsberger v. Steenby trebled them, and one at least & Mrs. CJ. P. Thornton more than quadrupled them, this:
Mr. & Mrs & E
Henriques
da Silva
being Messrs. A. H. Bull, Ltd., of Harrison Templeton
Mr. McConnell
Bussey
Thos. Vint
E. B. Waite
Dr. E. C. Water
house
Reading, who from £2312 in 1914 earned £10,710 last year. Messrs. Plummer, Reddis, Ltd. H. Hart." of Hastings and elsewhere, have Capt. T. P. Hall
G. Harper improved their position from
A. Holgersen earnings of £19,208 in 1914 to £56,927: Messrs. Hill, Carter P. Holzheiser
A. Shelton Hooper 4 Waterhouse
Inzes
R. Wiel
D. J. van Wyn-
gaarden
Williams
and Co., Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees, Capt. & Mrs Mr. & Mrs. J. H. jumped from £9,003 to £32,681; while Messrs. Bobby and Co., Ltd trading in a town which has been persistently reported to have been hit heavily by the war Margate-increased their profits from £17,086 to £43,542. R. Almond Capt. & Larssen
1. H. Booth ME. & Mrs. Lum- Dividends to shareholders are D. G, Burleigh mnis, higher in 13 cases out of the 15.
J. Baylis
KING EDWARD HOTAL.. Corrected to August 1st, 1912)... Dr. M. E. Asger B. James
as compared with the first year i. de Boer of war. The figures as a whole, R. H. Bears. xbow roughly the same rate of. Bawder progress as has been made by G. Becke the London drapery houses, the M. Clements. balance-sheets of 27 of the largest C. P. Curry of which were recently analysed. C. Corlun and found to record profits in the aggregate of £3,466,979 last year, as against only £1,200,576 in 1914, or an ipcrease of £3,956.403. SPITSBERGEN'S MINERAL
WEALTH
G. Coomes G. Chadwick Choi Shing & som D. Danby
R. G. Dougins . Eborall than Fat More than ordinary interest A. L. F attaches to the meeting of the P. T. Farrell Northern Exploration Co.in view Miss Farrell of the immerse deposita of coal, 3. « Fetherston iron, and other minerals now hapgh being developed by British enter-F. P. Fielding prise in Spitsbergen. West Spit-7. Huzgins sbergen, which is the chief island. P. Hughes of the northern archipelago, is. Master C Ram according to expert report, a5: unsurpassed treasure house as Mr. & Mrs. C. 3. regards the enormous extent and Rammes the great diversity of its mineral His F. Hanmer deposits. The most important of A. Harrison these, from the standpoint of IL J. Johnston British needs, are iron and coal, rg J. John of which there is an extraordinary abundance. There are no fewer than eighteen known coalfields
in Spitsbergen, most of them
stone
H. G. Lewis
J.. G. Markly
¡D." Mackintosh
J. B. Meikle
J. Macfarlane
Mr. & Mrs. Moline
Mrs. La M. Peace
3ira. W. C. Pass
mote
- A. Robert-
803
J. Boche
Mr. & Mrs. C. K
Richardson
R. Slessor IR. K. Spencer
Mr. and Stewart family
iP. Taylor F. C. Todd C. H TurnOS
Mrs
and
T. B. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. W.
Underwood
fr. and in. f.
B. Witebell Miss Watson
W Woodward. Walters
G. E. Wetton J. Welch
CARLTON HOTEL
Corrected to th July, 1919.
in the 2,000 square miles territory Mr. & Mrs. G. H. G. Lindsay'.
of the Northern Exploration Co. These are so situated that they can be worked at a minimum cost and shipped direct from the
Amati & child
Aremant W. Bartley 3A Basto J. L. Bominel
Lammert Mr. & Mr. Mow-
shaw
Mr. & Mrs. Merry
mines, for there is deep water Mrs. F. E, Came-L. Mam
close to the shores of the bays, ron
and only wire ropeways tre need-W. G. Chan
ed to slide the coal down the H. Diketia
and child'
J. R. Morris A W. Neef Wm. Ross
mountain side into the vessels' RA. Galje . Q. Stater
holds.
W
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WISEMAN'S BREAD.
"More good news
WISEMAN'S.
from
After, a lapse of 3 years, we are Low getting regular supplies of the very strongest and best quality flour that Australia produces and we turning out the most natritous and elicous Bread the Colony has ever known.
are
Don't take our word.
Write for
a sample
and try it.
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First class"
Time
Keepers
Specially
EAT
WISEMAN'S BREAD.
WRIST
WATCHES
Popular
and
Highly
graded
Climate
regulated for this
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PEAT HOTEL Corrected to 1st August, 1919. Capt. Allen W. A Knight F. B. J. Adama Mr. & Mrs Late Miss F. A. Brit- man
Miss Marsh 'tan Maj. and Mrs. Lt. Comdr.
and
· Bristow *
Mrs. Milkasher. Major. and Mraj aky
Bird, D.B.C Mr. and Mex. R.
Kewley Mrs. C. Bull: Maj. F. T. Bowen Miss L. P. Lobe Dr. & Mr. Byers Mrs. Loring Q. T. Breakspear 3. A. Morrines Mr. and Mrs Miss McEwan
J. D. Lloyd, Bridger
Mr. and Kra Dr. and Mrs. N. MacDonald
Mons. & Maine, Beicovitz
Bridger, J.
During the sammer Miss L Hargrove Miss Tarlor months there is continuous 4. S. Hallberg Capt. J. Thom. A Butterfeld de Mattos," daylight, so that loading can go. F. Hepworth
F. HenneT on day and night without interes, F. E-Mr. & Mr. Vries G. W. Bartos
Mr. and Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Taylor Capt. G. L. Baker J. Fmlar Miller
Martin ruption, a fact of peculiar interest
b. B. Bird Hamilton
Mr. & Mrs. D. K. Mr. and Mrs. J
Bleis
Miloe ¡Ng HeMorest
and sun and importance to shipper andur. & Mr. D. P.5. L. Vellenga “ shipowner alike. Seeing that, at
Henderson B. Wübar the coal Mr. & Mrs. Hynd Wacket
A&M
Kapadia A. Yaga
Marly Vejoets Forms" Fiffer Zuotinental the present time, 21-30.3. S'ationary Unknown
output of Great Britain is declining, that the population. Piriy is actually threatened with a fool.
J. Kelly famine next winter, that the un- certainties of pationalisation fm-
ກ pend, and that there is a torrible scarcity already in allled and
Pitting PT neutral countries we are not, Barda RC longer able to supply, it is obviously vitally important thes
#yo Intatilay
am To-day.
Taray
– Ragions Threatened by Mussoom Gales.
| our domestic resources should be
supplemented. Spitsbergen
ta new and apprec
field for British
barker 00
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C. M. Blaker Wiki, Battoo
Rev.
Boodie, C. .
I. J. Brett Mrs. Charlem W. A. Comelt
A
Wiex II. S., Marth tape
Pike.
T! Platt
fr Parell Miss Philips
on Mr MR. C. Comrie. TAT Parker
J. Cochrane
and
VM Lt Col E. 0.1 Therapy Palha
Come and
Mes, Cormack"
March
Mr. and Mrs. 0.[Mrs. and Miss
Eager
8. Evans
Stubbings
4. Findlay Smith Miss Funderburker. & Mrs. G. D. Mr. & Mrs. J. Thomson
Forsyth
Lt. and Mr.
By and
Mrs.
Thornton
Flegoet
Maj Gen 7
Gondbesi
Tentris
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KAISHA, LTD.
(MITSUBISHI TRADINGBOJ
Mr. & Mrs. Wat COAL, GENERAL IMPORTS, AND
soa
Garriso Mes Graves in Mr. and Mr&Mr. E. J.
Werks
Galloway
Som
& Mrs. G. M Wol
Mark and Miss
Hotwordier
du F. Hutchi Mies Williami
Rer. W. Bogers Mire Koight P. D. Wilson, Fir Ellis Kadonrie Maj. Wakeman Li-Col Loring Mr. & Mrs. E. J
D.S.O.
Warren Mr. Loring
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