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BRITISH EMPIRE

EXHIBITION..

Plans for Next Year:

THE FUTURE OF WEMBLEY PARK.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1921.

14

WEATHER REPORT.

Nov. 258. 10h. 00m.-Warz-| ing to Hongkong, Coast Parts, &e.A typhoon of unknown in- sanity within 120 miles of La 12' N. and Long, 195" E, moving

HOTELS.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.

**The exhibition is not to be an ordinary temporary exhibition аред for sir months and then pulled down of sold Mr. F. F. Wintour, general; to the nascer of the British Empire buildings are to be permanent. highest bidder. The Exhibition (1922) has explained They will be built of steel and in an interview with a representa- sive of The Oberer, the objects requirements of those bodies that concrete, and designed to suit the of the exhibition and shown how will occupy them during the November 234.11b.37m.-Pres- materially they differ from those

sure has decreased considerably, REPULSE BAY HOTEL PENINSULA HOTEL (Kowloon) of all previous exhibitions.

For example, the sin block over N.E. Japan where a depres of buildings, which will house the stow is now situated. It has dor exhibition

HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE from the United creased moderataly

over the

exbibition.

West.

OPERATING-

HONGKONG HOTEL

{Kepala Bay]

(Hongtan)

{pr>jwted>

"Moat_exhili jans." he said bave, I think, suffered from the fact that they have not been Kingdom, will become the Visayas under the advance of organised with a definite object permanent koma of the the typhoon from eastward. At TOWN GARAGE & SHOW ROOMS RUSSELL STREET GARAGE

in view. They have been little | British Industries Fair. The 6 am. this morning the centre. more than collections of mer-great sporta ground which we was in about latitude 12 N. and chandise brought together with shall require

GO

for the inter-longitude 123' E., moving. West. the vague idas that they were Imperial sports during the ex- good for advertising trade. tibition is to be designed to

The estimated positions "That view is correct in regard provide the finest football bad November 23-and 24 were too far to certain trades, but not to all, athletic ground in the world, ac-

East. and certainly not, I believe, to commodating 125000 spectators csay of the great staple trades

any

Strong monsoon may be ex- pected along the coast of China. and over the N. China Sea

Hongkong Rainfall, for the 24 hours ending at 10 am to-day. 9.00 inches. Total since January 1st. 97.04 inches against average of 31,77 inches.

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

District

Forecast.

A strong anticyclone now and seating 35,000. This ground covers China and S.E. Mongolis- in this country. It is obvious (will become the permanent home that if you want to buy a loco of the Football Association. Their motive you do not go to look for principal matches will be played ene in an exhibition. Nor does upon it, including the final of the the Indian peasant who wants Cup Tie. It has also been let to Manchaster calico for bis trousers number of important athletic go to an exhibition to look for it.associations throughout aub The great staple trades have been sequent sommers. Other negotia- established for centuries, and for tions of a similar character are them the soount of advertise-going on now, and a very sub- ment gained from an exhibition stantial annual revenue is assured ja not always commensurate with | for years following the exhibition.) the money they spend.

This is a very valuable securi- "Oo the other hand, exhibitions ts for the redemption of the to appeal very

if owing to strongly and guarantee directly to new countries that unforeseen circumstances, such want to find a market, and they as an abnormally wet summer, are very useful for drawing atten-there should be a deficit on the too to new industries, new in-exhibition itself. But we do not ventions, and all those articles look for a deficit; on the contrary. which depend for their market on we hope the exhibition will be the changing taste of the indivi- not merely self-supporting, but Formosa Channel N.E. gale. dual in the street. Thas France, will make a handsome surplus, which produces luxury goods which will be devoted not which depend so much on the private profit but to some object | taste of the individual, is a great of a national character." lover of organised exhibitions. And a trades in this country which are of a similar description like them ton; but all the great

laple trades do not look uponi them with sue's favour.

THE HOT IDEA. "The Iminions take a totally different view, because they are Low countries and have to make their markets in the world. The

SQUIRRELS DAMAGE FRUIT

to

A plague of squirrels bas, caused a great deal of damage fruit in the district of Chalfon Bucks.

CHINESE VERSION OF THE SCRIPTURES.

The Rev. Dr. Bondfield, for British Empire Exhibition will the last twenty-six years the afford all the opportunities which British and Foreign Society' Previous exhibitions have offered secretary for Chins, states the

N.E. winds,

1 Hongkong to Gap strong:

Rock

cloudy.

3 Sauth coast of) China between B.K. & Lamocks..

South cost of China between H.K. & Hainan.)

The same * No. 1.

The same RS NO. 1.

T. F. CLAXTON, Director.

1.K. Observatory. Nov. 25, 1921.

TIME SIGNALS.

Kowloon

Signal Hill is dropped daily at 10

The time bail on am, and 4 p.m., except on Satur days when it is dropped at 10

The ball is hoisted half mass at

REPULSE BAY GARAGE

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

CENTRAL LOCATION,

ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR, HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS. Tel. 373.

Telegraphio Address: "VICTORIA “

THE PEAK

J. WITCHILL

Manager.

HOTEL.

1,500 FEET ABOVE SEA

LEVAL

15 MINUTES FROM LANDING STAGE.

UNDER

MANAGEMENT OF DIRS. DLAIR.

THE

EUROPE HOTEL, SINGAPORE.

UNDER NEW BRITISH MANAGEMENT.

THE PREMIER HOTEL FINEST SITUATION

EXCELLENT CUISINE.

ARTHUR E. ODELL,

(Late Grand Hotel, Southelife, England and

Royal Palace Hotel, Landon, W.)

KINGSCLERE

HOTEL MID-LEVEL KNUTSFORD HOTEL KOWLOON

SACHSE. LENNOX & Co. General Ageals

Are resident Managers.

RIVER. LEVELS,

ir advertising manufactures of during the five years 1915-192).m. and i p.m. and on Sundays alt kirde and classes, but its root the B.F.B.S. put nearly fifteen and Holidays when it is drapped neck is to show how new wealth million copies of the Scripture can be created from the un-into Chinese hands. In 1918 the

at 10 am, only. welopel resources of the Empire Chinese Bible, thoroughly revised

We have spent five years in in its two great versions, Manthe 55th minute and full mast at -As a guide to shipmasters and others interested in the water destroying things. We have a darin and Wenli, was published the 57th minute. Should the ball levels of the river we have been requested by the Board of Can- cumulated a debt of eight thou in various editions. The revised fail to drop at the correct time, it servancy Works of Kwangtung to publish the following table of sand millions, and Wa Are all

Mandarin Bible was received will be lowered at five minutes water levels. The levels are taken at 10 am, each day. groaning under the burden of with acclamation all over the tazation. The more continuance country. People sait everywhere,

It is just as we speak.

or extension even of existing trade is not enough to pay off that debt within any reasonable perio og to remove this crushing taxa. ton. But within the British

EXCHANGE.

#Opening Rate: closing Rute cm Page ti

SELLING.

Empire we have the greatest variety of natura! Resources mineral, animal, and vegetable. ths: any Empire has ever seen We have every kind of raw mater ial, every kind of climate, every variety of soil, and people must Demand

understand that with all the re

FIT

ources we hare. the thing to do 50 dis

is not to complain about the six

shifting income tax, but not to gT Shanghai.

out and earn their living.

When you place the object of

T/T Japan the exhibition in this light before T/T India. Bradford, Manchester, Leeds, and Demand, India other great cities, whiet ordinar: T/T San Francisco) ily do not

& New York.ĺ ruch care for ex hibitions, they see that it is a T/T Java totally different story. Everyone is T/T Marks willing to give support to an T/T Francs exhibition which makes a special Demand, Paris a; peal like this at a momen! whao unemployment and taxation is so high.

past the bour and the ordinary eatine repeated at the following

hour. if possible.

Should the time ball be out of order the above routine will be carried out with the flag"Z", on the storm signal mast

Place of Observatiou

Aug. 30 Anz. 51

Highest W. L · Lowest W. L.

134

Tec

EVA

W. W. L.

recorded

recorded

Feet

Feet

Foot Feet

West River

→ 79,50

-2.42

29.00 29.40

+14.70

-0.80

6.90 7.60

+57.00

0

8.50

+27.25

-5.00

8,00 8.10

+15.15

-0.98

3,61 4.00

Wuchow. Kongmoon, Linkooghow, North Samshui, Sbeklung.

East

Time signal are also given at night by means of three white lampe mounted vertically on the Observatory wireless mast. From 8b. 5am. Os. to 9h. Dm. s. p.m. the lamps вте extinguished PEAK TRAMWAYS CO., LTD.

The boars refer to Hongkong Standard Time (8 hours of east Greenwich).

METEOROLOGICAL.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS.

Every 13 m

3.30 g.

4.30 p.m.

NIGHT CARS.

1.30 p.m. 16 9.00 y.m. 1.20 Ə HƏ

.30. 13.30 p.m. ovozy 58 minnie

SATURDAYS.

11.05.

EXTRA CAR 12.00 midnight! SUNDAYS.

2.7 277

mordeatarily at the even seconds,

4 m/s

2,814

except at the 2nd, 28th, 50th, 52nd, and 54th of each minute.

Now.

TT Singapore.

114

110

19814

5231

15214

Now.

7.45

BUYING.

bad

4 m/s. L/C ..................

2/936

€ m/s. D/P

2/91/1

"There are other objects, too which make a special appeal namely, that of fostering inter. Imperial trade and finding fresh world-markets for Dominion and home products, and that of making the different parts and peoples of the British Empire 5 m/s. France....... better known to each other, and Demand, Germany. focussing public attention in this Demand, New York 5274 country

the illimitable T/T Bombay possibilities of India and the Demand, Bombay... 1981 Dominions, as well as of the T/T Calcutta

2/10

2/11/

4.19 .. 1 1.

Barometer

...30.14 30.23 30.22

Temperature

75

As on Week Days.

63 59

Nom

..8,05

Homility......

47

62 5f

Wind Direction

N,

8.23

N. N.N.E

Wind Force

પ

**1

4

2

U

0

Nom.

0.00 0.00 0.00

Nom.

Crown dencies.

Colonies and

19814

6 m/s. L/C 30 dis. Sydney and)

Melbourne

30d/s. San Francis-1

co & New York 553%

4 m/s. Marks..... 4 m/s. France

Depen-Demand, Calcutta

On Yokohama....... 110 Demand, Manila 10914 NEXT WEDNESDAY'S MEETING. Demand, Singapore. 114

"It is for these reasons that not Demand, Batavia 15214 only has the King given his On Haiphong. Now patronage, but the Prince of On-Saigon Wales is really keenly personally a Bangkok. interested in the exhibition.

Ja addition to the keen interest manifested by the Prince, the

Sovereign

79 ............ Nom. 7.30 Gold leaf per Tael... 47.60 Bar Silver, ready... 384

* 3736

British Government is helping forward

It has passed a special Act of Bank of England rates 5% Pariinment to enable it to con- New York/London ...

3.99

SUBSIDIARY COINS.

Previous

Day

an date.

on data.

Weather ......... Rain..... Highest open zir

Temperature on the 24th 75 Lowest аред air

Temperature on the 25th 62

T. F. CLAXTON, Director.

H. X. Observatory, Nov, 25,

m to 7.45. L. 19 9.30 ... KEL 10 1100 B EL

D. 1 17.00 moơn

Every 15 mi

12.00 2our la 1.00 p.

10 4.00 3.m.

NIGHT CARS.

10 min

13 mia

15 mla

SPECIAL CARS.

IT MERANGEMENT AT TEN COMPLET'S OFFICE, ALUZANDRA BUILD13008.

FOUL

TIDE TABLE.

21st to 27th Nov., 1291.

2013.

Hnight.

Low Water

Broagic.g

Honghong

Ime Time:

Mean Ib

h. m.

EF

PASSENGERS DEPARTED.

Fri 25 to 5 55 5.9

Moo. 31

Toes 22 1 25 7.0 Wed. 23m 351 | £5 5 14 3.8 6.1. Thur.230

05.0

0 3# 32

7.6 5.0

16

€ 350

4.4

18

18

8 7 44

m 10 11

10 14 44 mil 13

4.2

14

3.7

6 40m 6.5

0.6·27

7 m7

5.7

7 15 63

Per .. NYANZA:-M:. & Bf rs. J. Christie Reid, Mr.

Ministers and representatives of 'kong 50 ct. pieces 1/5 pm. Bft. Quien, Miss R. L MUTTBY, 31, 15

tribute to the guarantee fund,

and all the Dominion Prime

India who were over here for the

Imperial

Conference pledged

ell they could to make the ox-

hibition a great success.

10 5

their respective countries to do Canton sub, coins

1/10% pm. Miss McCorkindale, Miss War-

1.6% pmr. Mai. The Hon. W. L. Bagot, J. 2755 164% dir. 11 r. F. A. M. Kragh & Mr.

Hongkong Nov, 25, 1921.

Tinoco.

NOTICE.

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ПРОВТЕ JOLK FROPRIETORS OF COAL MINES OF FAKASHIRA, OCHI, MUTAJE, KISHIDALE. TOSHINOTANI, INOJO, KANAZUTA SATO SHINREW,- KARADA, KANITAMADA, BIBA.

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THE

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CINEMA DE LUXE

BLANCHE

SWEET

in

“THAT GIRL

MONTANA

11

KOWLOON THEATRE

To-night at 9 p.m.

JACK PICKFORD

in

"A DOUBLE DYED

DECEIVER."

SNUB COMEDY. BRITISH GAZETTE.

DANCING

HONGKONG THEATRE

TO-NIGHT at 5.15 and 9 15

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS

int

The Habit of Happiness

MAX

LINDER

in

Max gets a Divorce.

WORLD

PHONE. 1337

THEATRE

PHONE. 1337

Hongkong's Most Modern Picture Palace. Entirely Under

British Management.

To-day at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m.

ELSIE

FERGUSON

in

"UNDER THE

GREENWOOD TREE"

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2.30 p.m. & 7.15 p.m.

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Booking at Messrs. MEHTA & CO.

UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN TELE-

GRAPH COMPANY, LTD. The following Unclaimed Tele- grama are lying here:-

Tobyobnuno, from Tokio. Lakelet, from Yokohama.

Rolsed Braddell Hongkong

Hotel, from Y kohama.· Bumoon, from "Kobe. 2065, from 8bangbai.

Ynesang cheong, from Shang-

bai

(Tel 951)

Chaowungfuk Wingluk Straet, from Shanghai.

Yawachong, from Shangbai. Yuting, from Shanghai.

Ngolbaisian 82 Connaught Rd. West, from Tokio.

Onkee, from Amoy, Yukee, from Shanghai. Chowwailim 442 Bantinte Street

2nd Floor, from &mey,

Yangebong, from Osaka,

T. KRING. Superintendent.

Hongkong, Nov. 14, 1921.

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