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CHANG'S ARM OURED MOTOR-CAR.
A Wonderful Contrivance.
of
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
A MAONIFICENT INTERIOR, "Examination of the interior
of the ́oar gives convincing
of
Perhaps
charne-
SHIPPING NEWS.
US. TANKERS POR SALE
CANADIAN FAR EASTERN
SERVICE
Vessels of the Canadian Gov-
ment Merchant Marine, which are working in conjunction with
WEDNESDAY,
HOTELS.
UGUST 10, 1931,
THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.
OPERATING:--
(Repulse Bay
HONGKONG HOTEL
Dawgkung)
sundar 940strugtian)
REPULSE BAY HOTEL PENINSULA HOTEL (Kowloon)
HONGKONG HOTEL · GARAGE
ships of the Blue Funnel Line. TOWN GARAGE & SHOW ROOMS RUSSELL STREET GARAGE have now commenced their ser vice between Vancouver and Far Eastern ports,
evidence that His Excelleney's Twenty steel tank steamers wish for magnificence has and eight concrete tank steamers, bee a realized. The cushions constituting about one-third of Chang Tso-lin, Tuchun of Man-seat backs and auxiliary seats the Government's tanker flent, are churia, is taking no chances. And, are upholstered in purple and offered for sale by the United incidentally, he is giving the gold mohair. In the upper States Shipping Board. good roads movement a flip by part lining of the body the setting an exauple to other pro-panelling is made entirely of cariously placed Tuchuns all over inlaid mahogany. Vanity cases off the Republic.
the same material are provided With two braves" in front, on either side. The fittings as one at the wheel and the other well as the other materials used
with a machine in the tonneau are all at the "ready gun, and three others on each run-Istiver and eloisonne. ning board-presumably soldier-the mast striking chauffeurs in case of casualties teristic in the interior de
DREDGING OF THE CHU HU, -His Excellency Chang hopes coration is the beautiful design of
The dredging of the Chu-bu to feel reasonably protected towered parquetry on the rear against the perils Chinese door panels in which more than River, which flows for abon: 80) highways and at Cost of 20 kinds of wood were used. miles through northern Anhui, Gal! $35,000 be seems to have The car is equipped with special has been Enished at an aggregat- something to meet his require Disteel wheels, nickel plated ed cost of more than $6,000,000, ments. Added to which there is head lamps, side lamps and under the supervision of the Works. lampa which no speed limit for Governors-tail
farther Pengpu Conservancy General.
emphasize the beauty of the Similar work is to be undertaken "It is too bad," says "Motor," machine. On the left hand on the Wei River, the main "that His Excellency is going to side of the wind shield is mouri-waterway of Anhui, by the same use the car in far away China ed a powerful searchlight. On Board. The people on Fifth Avenue and the right side is a special Klaxon! South Michigan Honterard should barn operated from the tonnesu A Copenhagen message saga: be given a chance to see this by means of a push button. The Sir William Petersen, who at- machine, which is a thing of rare monogram of Chang Tso-lin is beauty and undoubtedly the most emblazoned in Chinese and Eng remarkable car ever built. Thellish on both doors of the Packard Motore Export Corpor-i neau.” ation has given the Manchurian. Tuchun exactly what his imagin-i ation called for a car which was not only fully armed and armour- ed. but a twin six lirou-ine.) magnificent in appearance. speeds, comfortable and powerful
in performance.
"Under the beautiful exteriori finish there is an ioner lining of
toil-
ANOTHER NORTH SEA FERRY.
companied Sir Charles Sykes and the British delegation on its recent visit to Copenhagen to in- quire into the possibility of utilis- Log the free port of Copenhagenas a transhipment centre for the British-Baltic trade, is again in Copenhagen pursuing further in- Street and other collections on | vestigations. It is understoo Alexandra Day in London and that the whole of the former!
£18,557 FROM ROSE DAY,
metropolitan boroughs amounted British delegation will make an to £33,667. This is nearly £3,000 other visit to Copenhagen next more than last year. This is con- month.
TRADE
sidered extremely satisfactory, stARP COMPETITION IN PACIFIC) chrome nickel steel Shutters ohasing regard to the arount of the same material, concealed in
unemployment in London and the roof, may be lowered to cover the dificulties caused by the coal! the side windows.
The butter deadlock. to effect the curve formed by the top and sides of the carriage, att actually a number of steel plates eut into strips and fastened by means of flexible steel bands. The whole assembly operates on roileri bearings grooved in the window silla.
TO-DAY'S SHARE
QUOTATIONS.
OFFICIAL PRICE.
Banks
ABMS AND THE CAB. "Inasmuch as each of the steal; sbutters weighs approximately 73] H.K. & S. Bank
£33 paid pounds, a big task confronted the
Cantone North China Unions Yangrazes Far Easterns
builders in evolving a mbзn of 8k. of E. Asia raising and lowering them. After ervezal experiments this Was accomplished by a sprocket and! chain device built into the top of the car. This is operated by nietal handles which tit a crank overhead. The handles are easily detached and stured in a fronti
When partition pocket.
the China Fires handles are taken of, the steel H. K. Firas projections are covered by abowany knobel Narrow strings
of mahogany, operated on hinges, conceal the openings through which the shutters pass.
b. ex div. 720 b. & sav 415 b.
152
Marine Insurances.
h.
410 144
b. & sa.
225
D.
1.
2452 22
Fire Insurances.
b. i.
120
343
Shipping.
Douglases
b.
54
.. Steamboats b. ex div. Indos (Pref.) Indo Def. Lon/Reg.
25
•
b.
33 2872
285
102'6
28
Although the car is thus prinda Def. H.K. Reg. n. tected from attack, equipment for
Sbells Ferrisa
Fensive action is similarly com- plete. Ritles or pistols may he tired from within the limousine by being threst threech port-holes
Sugars
in the sides and rear of the ear bons The two port-holes on each side
are closed trom the interice by i
shatter of armour plate, crained | Kailans
and
match to
Competition for Pacific trade among British, U.S. and Japanese conpanias is approaching the eat-i throat stage. The Pacific ('aasti West Bound Conterence was dis-] banded at San Francisco on May | 6th, and officials of the E.S. Ship- ping Board prediet an era of sharp competition, "not a rate war, but very early.." A freight agreement "entered into be thei Tokyo Kisen Kaista. Java, Pacific | Mail, China Mail and other Haes aligas the forces of competition for cargoes and passengers against CS.owned and operated lines. The Barber Steamship Company of New York will play a conspicuous, par: in this competition. Shortly) it will open a round-the-world! line. calling at Oriental and Euro- pean ports, with New York as the Starting point. U.S. ships ar to
be devoted increasingly to Pacific trade. Journal of Commerce,
SALE OF EX-ENEMY SHIPS
In the House of Commons, Si, John Butcher asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any ex-German ships allotted to this country by the Reparations (*ɔmmission, and announced to hel available for British and Alid nationals only, had been sold to German ownership through a i! German broker, and whether he would give particular of these: sales names of broker and pur- chasers, and the reason for pell. 826 in the ships. Mr. Stanley Bull win, replied:--The sales of ex- 1014 German ships are being conduct
ed by Lord Inchcase on behalf of the Reparations Commission, but 22 understand that ten ex-enemy 18-ships. nine of which had been advertised for sale on the British
b.
L.
Refineries.
D.
193 55.
Mining.
b.
n.
b. b.
$1
Docks, Wharyes, Godowns, &*
9014
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195
n.
125
B.
1214
painted
the Langkats mahogany finish of the coarb) Shanghai Loans
The exterior of these 3'hai Explorations} work.
Raubs openings is closed by means of a
meral disc operated on a spring. Tronohs The two port-holes in the ruat are Ural Caspians constructed in the same manper
as those at the side but conceal
ed by means of cleverly fitted g.. Wharves b. quarter lights.
3. Docks
"An extraordinary frature of 3′hai Docks the vehicle is the Colt automatic V. Engineerings machine gun mounted
00
nivoted bracket which is bolted
Lands, Hotels & Buildings.
to the right side of the cowl the fall depth of the body and is Centrals anchored to the frame for rigidity. H.K. Hotels This gun can be operated from HK. Lande the front seat. When not in use 'phreys Est. it is placed in a special compart-Eloon Lands ment under the front seat L Reclamations b
West Points cashion.
THEN THE MEN.
"Further features of the ear
are the six ayebolts on the sides. Ewas
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RIVER LEVELS.
As a guide to skippers and others interested in the water levels
of the river we have been requested by the Bind of Conservancy Works of Kwangiang to publish the following table of water levels. The levels are taken at 10 are. each day.
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TIME TABLE.
a 100 D
01.30.
WEEK DAYS.
7.30
Beery 15 mis
* 00
13 ma
1.34
13.00 0.
0.34
in 15
10 1.0.0.
四
12.30
10 5.00 p. B.
2012
1.00
to 140 p.m}
15
NIGHT CARS.
مربع و
NOTICE.
To-day at 5.45 1 9.15
MAE MARSH & TOM MOORE
- in
་
Tel. K484
THE CINDERELLA MAN
SNUB COMEDY.
GAZETTE.
HONGKONG THEATRE
TO-NIGHT at 5.15 and 9.15 p..
VIVIAN MARTIN
in
"MOLLY ENTANGLED
RICHARD JONES
IT PAYS
EXCHANGE.
1Opening Rate: closing Rate
on Page 11.
SELLING.
-1921
ever Freedad
I'ma
huset W. L.. 'Town W. L
fet er ded Fe
A12 Aug
Wuchow. West River Kopgmoon. Liakonghow. North Samsboi. Sheklung. East
19.00
242
31.40
Feet
29.60
FIT
14.70
-0.30
6.10 6.30
Demand
51.80
V
5.30 6.00
30 d/s
27.20
-5.00
45.13
~.99
9.20 9.00 0.66
1.51
4 m/s
2/8
FIT Shanghai
Nom.
TĪT Singapore.
114
TT Japan
100
T/T India..
2014
Demand, India
TT San Francisco
& New York.f
IT Java
152
IT Marks
TIT Francs
Nom. 6.10
Demand, Paris
BUYING.
4 Tais. L/C
• គ
4 m/s D/P
2/914
(MITSUBISHI TRADING CO. LTD.
6 m/s. 1/C
21934
30 dis: Sydney and
Melbourne
2/1036
30 d/s San Francis-
co&New York/
5114
4 m/s. Marks
Nom.
4-m/Franca
6.70
6 m/s. France,
6.90
Demand, Germany.
Demand. New York 489%
NIT Bombay
Rom.
Demand, Bumbay
20114
T/T Calcutta
Natti.
Demand, Calcutta...
20112
100
98
4.50 p. 30. Le 5.00 p.m. 9.20 p.m. 1.30 pm to 11.30 pm. meaty 30 minglav
SATURDAYS.
EXTRA CAR 1200 midnigɔL
SUNDAYS. "
7.30.
8.00 .. 18.50 a.m.
10.30. 1 1100 m
11.30am, un 11.00 sov
120 GD to 1.00
market. hare been sold to Mr. 12.30p Sloman, of Hamburg, the brokers |being Messrs. Arthur Capel and Company. These were ten ships which had been engaged contia- nously in the Baltic on reparation. work under the auspices of the loading nations. They few the German flag and carried German officers and crews, and bad never | been placed on the British Regi. ter. No satisfactory offers for any of these ships were received: from any British firm. Replying to a further question by Sir J. Butcher, Mr. Baldwin said these ships would not be released until they bad finished their work 2234 under the League of Nations, but delay in the sale of ships méant receiving considerably less money for theur; the price obtained was much larger than could have been got in England,
t.
140
b.
210
b.
197
b.
10
b.
38
125
b.
50
.
Cotton Mills.
b. & sa.
Three guards who may stand on Kung Yiks
the rauning board on each side Lau Kung Hows
of the car are provided with Orientals
zide
leather. heavy
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17
Di,
52.
155
-belts! Shai Cottons
Miscellaneous.
which they hook 10 the Yangtzerpoos eyebolts by snap fasteners
The guards thus have the fall users
of their bands for the bandling of Cementa rifles or other purposes
b.
1.00 p.m. §.39 j. u. -15.30 p.m. ka 1,29 p. 2 1.10 to 6:30 pm
Every ot
NIGHT CARS.
+
+
As a Wetu Dasa. SPECIAL CARS.
-15 min
17 DLS
ST JAY IF THE COMPACT'S DURI AYAZANDRA MOLICA
TIDE TABLE.
8th to 14th Aug., 1921.
Haight..
PASSENGERS DEPARTED.
¦ Law Water
12.10
** Bergodag
26
Per 8.s. ECUADOR -Capt. &c. 23.65 Mre. Geo. Anderson. Mr. Thes.
Mazu Tönen
22 25
b.
Black, Miss H. Hext Mr. W. Mon. #│us 0 37 5.2 0 478 6.J Holman, Mrs. W. D. Inman, Mrs. 134. Birch Jones, Miss Regina T≈ 1 25 54
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9 1
Levy, Miss Ruby Levy, Mrs. Maude Laue, Miss Dorothy Lane,
b. 17.20 sa. 1714/30)
11 Nickel China Light old b
10.90 plated hand holds project from Do. Light new. b. the body for the use of the guards. China Providents n
"Because of the extra weight of Dairy Farms
b. & 90. the armour plate, the machine Electrics H.K. gun and the added number of Electrica Macao b. passengers to be carried, beary Hongkong Ropes n. reinforcements were embodied in Hk. Tramways the frame of the vehicle. The Feak Travis, old running board was strengthened,
now D. extra leaves were added to the Steam Laundries b. springs, and Westinghouse Air Steel Foundries Springs were attached.
Do...
All Water-boat
windows in the body, as well as Watsons
the windscreen, are constructed Wm. Fowells
Wed. 10m 15 |
3 48 47 84 Miss Wilma Lane, Mrs M. Taur. 11 m 3 .101 Melrose, Mr. Lee Me Cahill,
b.
I.
16
b.
Major G. W. Olivacrona, Mr. P. Tr. 12 m. 4 15
8.05 Otterback. Mr. H. J. Pease, Mr. det. 13 3 30 18.16 G. F. Norris, Mr. & Mr. H.
of triplex glass which, if hit, is Wisemans b. ex rta, com div. 31 Eodine, Mr. A. Rosales, Miss E
J. Rogers, Mr. H. D. Rolph, Mr.
practically
bullet proof and do New issue IL
25
affords the best possible protection
from splintering.
Hongkong. Aug. 19, 1971.
L. Steventon, Mr. E N. Bellery, Miss C.Wilson & Miss G. Ehman.
146 P
mn morning afternoon
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WEATHER REPORT.
August 10d. 1lb. 29m-Pressure is nearly stationary at Shanghai and user Farmasa. It has de creased slightly at Guam, and increased slightly at other re porting slations. There ar indications of a depression to the north of Guam.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 bours ending at 10 am today 0.64 inches. Total since Januarj 1st. 73.47 inches, against si average of 56.59 inches. FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOUR ENDING AT NOON TO-MORBOW.
Forecast. District.
East
winds.
1 Hongkoak tin Góp Lại
Rock
fair.
Formosa Channel
The same
* No. 1:
3 South coast of
Chias between
H.K. & Lamocks,,
The SEO
as No. 1
4. South coast of The same
China between
H.K. & Hainan..
35 No. 1.
T. F. CLAXTON, Director."
H.K. Observatory, Aug. 10, 1921.
METEOROLOGICAL
nosa
Day
on date.
on date.
MË' p. 16. 135 m, 26, 45 2
154
Now,
7934 Notn. 7.40
Barometer 29.75 29.78. Temperature .83 Homility
78
83
On Bangkok Sovereign Gold leaf per Taal... 50 Bar Silver, ready... 351⁄2
forward........36 Bank of England rates 531⁄2o
3.654 New York/London ...
SUBSIDIARY COINS.
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10 5
Canton, sub coins
par.
1/2% pm. 1/2% dis 15.5% dis
Hongkong Aug. 10, 1991.
No. 14, Pedder Street Hongkong1,
Whud Direction E. Wind Force
Weather
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Esin............ 0.61 0.00 Highest open
9th
Kir Temperature on the open air Lowest
Temperature on the 10th ¿T, F. CLAXTON, Director
H.K. Observatory "Angk
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