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THE HONGKONG INELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY M. 1922

NOTICE.

HOTELS.

HONGKONG HOTEL

CAPSTAN

NAVÝ CUT

The Standard Tobacco

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE

CORONET.

PEAK HOTEL

KOWLOON

"THE

THEATRE

REPULSE BAY HOTEL

INFERIOR

TO-NIGHT at 9

Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd.

SEX."

KING EDWARD. HOTEL.

ROULETTE DANCE.

Tickets, $100 each

at MOTRIE'S

CENTRAL LOCATION, SLECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR. HOTE LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS.

Tol 373.

Telegraphic Address: “ VioTORIA "

J. WITCHELL

Manager.

EUROPE HOTEL, SINGAPORE.

UNDER NEW BRITISH MANAGEMENT,

THE PREMIER HOTEL. FINEST SITUATION.

EXCELLENT CUISINE.

ARTHUR K ODELL

(Late Grand Hotel, Southclife, England and

Royal Palace Hotel, London, WJ

KINGSCLERE HOTEL

MID-LEVEL

KNUTSFORD HOTEL KOWLOON

SACHSE, LENNOX & Co. General Azents

Are resident Managers,

EXCHANGE.

Opening Rate: closing Rate

on Page Li

SELLING.

TIT

Demand

12 dia

2/514 2/5.5-15

NOTICE.

HONGKONG THEATRE

Telephone No. 2511.

TO-NIGHT at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m.

An Excellent Triangle-feature.

WATER LILY

featuring the popular screen favourite

ALICE MANN

Followed by a Mack Sennett Comedy

TEDDY AT THE THROTTLE'

IN TWO REELS.

"

WORLD THEATRE

1

PHONE, 1337

LEDIUM STRENG

CAPSTA Navy Cut

MILD

stol & Lot

FULL STRENG

CAPSTAR CAPSTAR

Navy Cut

D&HOWL Stol & Long

Navy Cut

D&HOWL Stol & Lond

50 dis

i mi-

RT Shanghai

3b After: Sement

14 Ted By Pot mer.

PEER'S SON AS MYSTERY

MAN.

Strange Career of the

Hon. V. Gibson.

Found sitting dead in a chair. at the Crown Hotel at Horahan, last month, a mysterious Irish. man has been identified as the ernest Victor Gibson, fourth sou of the Erst Baron Ashbourne, and brother of the present peer.

In conversation he bad declar ed that he was a rebel, known under six names in Ireland: Educated at Cambridge And Trinity College. Dublin.

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JRAPH COMPANY, LTD.

"On Friday he announced that THE GREAT NORTZERN TELE- he was going to his house as Fesisk. When he returned he said that he had seen his little daughter. Daringabe afternoon

he had a whör sleep in the lounge and then went ont for a walk. That was the last I saw of him.

He reached Horsham that evening with no brezave, and engaged a room at the Black. Horse Hotel, paying I depozit and signing the visitors" bank with the address "Dublin" at- tached to his name.

Next day he went to the Crown Hotel and, receiving permission to await some friends, whom he appeared to expect, he settled in the chart in which he was

An explanation of the first of afterwards discovered dead. The these strange.statements-siace

only money in bis possessiDN WAS he was an undoubted loyalist 3d. was given by a friend of the family, who said that once, when travelling in Central Africa, the dead man contracted malaria in a severe form and had been sub- ject to periodic attacks.

"It was while these attacks were gripping him," added the informant. "that he would some. times talk rather wildly. His remarks about being a rebel, and being known by six different Dames in Ireland are to be at. tributed to this cause."

Mr. Gibson had lived for several years

at The Knoll Pealake, Surrey-where Lord' Ashbourne also has a residence-- and a few days before his death be visited the White Horse Hotel, Dorking. He was well known to the manager, according to whom he "Looked a total wreck." In reply to a remark that he was not looking well, be replied, "No, I think I have a touch of the 'flu.**

LORKING TO HORSHAM,

On Thursday morning," said the manager "he paid his bill and states that he was going to town and would probably return in the evening. He came back at about 6 o'clock, ate very little dinner, bu: id that he felt very much bater.

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The Dowager Lady Ashbourne, mother of Mr. Gibson, who lives in Basil-street, London, S.W. was unable to see a representa- tive who called. She had, how. ever, prepared the following writ- ten statement-

The Hon. Ernest Victor Gibson had suffered recently from a severe attack of in- fluenza, and had been under medical treatment in London

He was in a weak condition when he left London for Surrey last week.

His friends bere knew nothing of his subsequent movements until the report of nis death in the newspapers. Mr. Gibson was educated at Wellington College, Trinity Col- lege (Dublin), and Trinity College.

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The following Unclaimed Tele. grams are lying here -

Watanabe elo Hotel, from Osaka

VIT Japan

Non..

T/T Singapore.

10346

112

T/T India.

187

Demand, India

TIT San Franciscaļ

& New York.j

5316

TIT Java

1:1

TIT Marks

Nom

T/T Francs

6.00

Demand, Paris

BUYING.

-264

1 m/s. D/P

ō m/s. L/C

2/65% 2/673

(3) ds. Sydney and Melbourne 33d/e.San Francis-1 ro & New Yorkƒ

......Nom.

20

5514

6.40 653

4 in/s. Marks Nyponkso

i m/s. Francs

Thare kawamuru cjo Okanokiku n. 18 Kaiboni, from Miami. Csaken. from Osaka. Bury Hongkung Club, from Shangrai.

Express

5 m/s. FrancsB.............. Demand, Germany, Demand, New York 533 IIT Bombay

...... Nom. Demand, Bombay... 187

Nom. T. Calentts Demand, Calcutta... 137. from Yokohama......... 112 Demand, Manila .... 116 Cheungkemwa eo Manshun-Demand, Singapore. 10516 Woo No. 9 Des Voeux Road, Demand, Batavia from Tientsin.

Osborne Morgan Russia. from Shanghai.

Moricho Chokagaras. Osaka.

Singkes, from Shanghai. Hingles West Yingpon Tram Road, from Shangbei

Manebuenchan 164 Qces Road, from Amoy.

Leeos, from Amog. Leeyewtong, from Shanghai. Honchokan Kwongfookseng, from Tokobama.

L. Wahyik Walyip, from Yokohama.

Wingsingchong, from Yoko-

hama.

In Haiphong

141

Nom.

8514

On Saigon On Bangkok Sovereiga Fold leaf per Tuel... 8 Bar Silver, ready... 333

forward

3348 Bask of England rates 5% Yew York/London... 4.3834

SUBSIDIARY' COINS,

H'kong 50 ct proces par

10

1/2% p. 5

4,5%, dis.

Yeangsuseng Taitung Hotel, Caston sub,coins from Amoy.

Taiseng Co. Shanghwan, from Tientsin.

TH. KALNO.

Superintendent.

Hongkong. Feb. 15, 1912,

Cambridge, where he was "Wanderlust" was

17.25% dis.

Hongkong Feb. 21, 1822.

METEOROLOGICAL.

a member of the Pitt Clab, characteristic of the dead man. Temperature...

He served in the South African He had visited most parts of the Humility........ War with the imperialYeomanry, world, including Greenland, the Wind Direction

Antarctic and Central Africa.

and had the distinction of being

and a temporay commander in the R.N.V.R.

Previou

Day:

on date.

on late.

2

strong Barometer.30.00 30.00 29.97

62

57

6!

71

73 1

NNE. NE

E

1

懂

0

0.50 0.00 0.00

sir

Wind Force....

an bon. lieutenant in the Army He used to indulge this taste Weather.........

by wandering about England, Rain..................... Carrying no luggage, bis course Highest shaped by his impulses. He was an accomplished linguist.

Bach

He was called to the Bar in Dublin 21 years ago. He had been married twice-ia instance to au American-and there are two children-s boy and girl-by the second m r:iage,

At the inquest a verdict 'of death from syncope was returned. There was no evidence of self- Įdestruction, said the Cordner.

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open

19th 63 Temperature on the Lowest

Mix Temperature on the 20th 56 T. F. CLAXTON, Director. H. K. Observatory, Feb. 21.

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5.15 p.m. and 9.15 p.m. performances.

MITCHELL LEWIS

KING SPRUCE

6 parts.

From the Novel by Holman F. Day.

230 and 7.15 p.m. performances FILEEN SEDGWICK in "DIAMOND QUEEN"

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Usual Prices

AGENCIES FOR:-THE MITSUBISH MARINE AND FIRE INSURANOL

Co.

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For Particulars Apply to

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Episodes, 14 and 15,

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE,

WEATHER REPORT.

Feb. 20d. 11h. 45m-Warning| to Hongkong, Coast Ports, &- A depression or typhoon in 17' N. and Long, 131' E., direc- tion unknown. position uncertain. Feb. 20d. 11h 50m.-Pressure has increased slightly over N.E. Japan sad decreased slightly in other districts. There appears to of Luzon. Its direction of motion be a depression far to the is at present unknown:

Moderate monaden

Drag bel

South coast oft China between

The same

H.K. & Hainan.. as No. L

T. F. CLAXTON, Director. & Observatory, Fab. 20, 1927.

TIME SIGNALS. The time ball on Kowloon Signal Hills dropped daily at 10

and 4 p.m., except on Satur- days when it is dropped at 10

af Holidays when it is dropped sun, and i play, and on Sundays.

(at 10 am, anty.

he ball is hoisted half mast af the 55th minute and fall, cast at

PEAK TRAMWAYS CO., LTD. expected along the S.E..cost of the 57th minute. Should the ball

0.00

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS.

Kenty in min

18 MA

15 m

IS MIA

NIGHT CARS.

1.30 p.m. to 1,20 p.8. 320p-R

9.30 pm to 11.30 pm nače je mincinn 12. 9.m.

SATURDAYS.

EXTRA CAR 12,68 midnight-

SUNDAYS.

7. La, to 7,45 am,

1.3 kg. (> 1120 28. 13.39 6-m, to 22.40 nove 21.00 nook in 10 p.B. 1.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. to 8.10

Every 11

NIGHT CARS.

At out" Wah Days. SPECIAL CARS..

China.

Lai to drop at the correct time, it Hongkong, Rainfall for the 24t be lowered as fre minutes hours ending at 10 am to dist the hour and the ordinary 0.00 inch. Total since Jaduty routine repeared at the following

against an hour, if possible. Est

7.23 inches. average of 2.59 inches.

Should be time bil bs out of

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS order the above roation will be -ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW. carried out with th; flag "Z", ca

-District... Foreca. the storm signal, maal

Tim signal are siso given" at

1 Hongkong

Gap Rock....

toN.E. windsight by means of three white Tamps indunted vertickily on the moderate;

| Observatory wirele» mast. From fair.

8h. 56m. Os. to 9h: Oat. 0s. p.m. the lampe are extinguished N.E. winde, morae tarily at the even seconde, fresb.

ascept ai thi lai. 28th, 50, | 52no, and 54th of each minute.

The hours refer to Hongkong Standard Tim's (8 hours of east Greenwich).

* Formoss Chazanel

1910

+ South

COSST of 1 Chins between H.& Lamecks,,

The same

32 (URLSONWONT EN TET SOKFINEM OFFICE. ALEKENDSA VOELDEKOR

as No. 1.

Printed, and Published for the Proprietor, by Alfred Work

·Ice House Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.

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