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HOTELS.

HONGKONG HOTEL

PEAK HOTEL

REPULSE BAY HOTEL

Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd.

KING

EDWARD HOTEL.

CENTRAL LOCATION,

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

Fal. 373.

Telegraphic Address: *VICTORIA

J. WITCHELL,

Manager.

EUROPE HOTEL, SINGAPORE.

UNDER NEW BRITISH MANAGEMENT.

THE PREMIER HOTEL. FINEST SITUATION

EXCELLENT CUISINE.

ARTHUR E. ODELL,

(Late Grand Hotel, Southcliffe, England and

Royal Palace Hotel, London. W".)

KINGSCLERK HOTEL

MID-LEVEL

KNUTSFORD HOTEL KOWLOON

SACHSE, LENNOX & Co. General Agents

Are resident Managers.

Tel No. K

PALACE HOTEL, KOWLOON.

Tel ad

Palate,

Two minutes from Ferry and Railway Station. Five minutes by Ferry from Hongkong

ciao Hotel in every senpect and under English managemen. Cuisina under personal supervision of the Proprietor. Lounge bar and Billiard Room.

Terms Moderate

Special arrangements for families on application to

J. H. OXBERRY. Proprietar.

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE

CORONET

2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15

MARSHÄLL NEILAN

presente

WESLEY BARRY

in

"DINTY."

KOWLOON THEATRE

To-night at 9.15 p.m.

"DON'T CHANGE

YOUR

HUSBAND."

WORLD THEATRE

ONE. 1337

PHONE

Hongkong's Most Modern Picture Palace. Entirely Under British Management

TO-DAY, at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m.

WILLIAM FOX presents

JUNE CAPRICE

in

"BLUE-EYED MARY”

THRILLING DETECTIVE STORY WITH SMASHING SURPRISE CLIMAX.

2.30 and 7.15 p.m.

FINAL EPISODES of "BRANDED FOUR"

Usual Prices.

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE.

ID:1 A Derttiamat

PREPARING FOR A CLASH IN CHINA.

The Powers' Activity.

Tabasca

(has) Lia

GIRL RECITES HEBREW.

Sermon in an Unknown Tongue During Delirium.

The case of a servant girl who,

T

EXCHANGE.

Opening Rate: closing Rate

on Page 11

SELLING

A Tientsin report of the 19th. inst. states: On the era of a clash between the northern army under Chang Trolin and the forces of Wu Pei Fu, additional American marines have been rushed to Peking to reinforce the legstian guard, and Colonel William. F. | Arts. Martin of the Fifteenth Infantry. Everyone thought it is leaving for Peking on Thursday marvellous. to confer with Minister Schurmen regarding the protecting of Ameri-

in her delirium, recited Hebrew, Demand a language which she had nerez | 10 dis learned, was quoted by Sir 50 dis Frederick Mott, L.C.C. petholo- + m/s gist. to the People's League of | FIT Shanghai Health at the Royal Society of

can interests in the event of an outbreak.

A company of British white troops also passed through Tien- tsia to-day, en route to the British legation in the capital. French troops have begun to patrol the foreign concession here, ordering the Fongtion forces of the sta❘ tions reserved from Chinese by the Boxer protocal.

$/6 2/6.1/15

2/674

Non

T Singapore. T/T Japan

10812

117

Was

T/T India...

193

Demand,; India ......

-

T/T San Francisco)

5516

Then it was found that at one, time the girl had been employed & New York.}

by a Jewish Rabbi, who used to T/T Java............. 14636 recite his sermons. The impres- } T/T Marks sion had been stored up for T France

a long time and was released¦ Demand, Paria when the girl was unconscious.

Sir Frederick said he never practised hypnotic suggestion. He would express no opinion on it, however.

THE VALUE OF GOOD SIGHT

Nan

5.95

BUYING.

I. L/C

2/7 2/754

2:744

I m/s. D/P

Od 2177/2

5 m/s. LIC..... 30 dis. Sydney and)

Melbourne 30d/s.San Francis-1

cadaNew York 5734

4 m/s. Marks ....... Nom.

6.35 I m/s. France

The Shanghai Journal of Com. merce states that members of the Diplomatic Body in conference proposed that foreign garrisons

3 m/s. France......... 6.50 be at once directed take delen-

cannot be over-estimated. Sight Demand, Germany. sive measures for the protection stands for everything that is Demand, New York 55% of foreigners in the event of valuable or enjoyable in life. You

hostilities. The Sinicanpao be- lieres that alrealy Great Britain and America have decided to bo- dertake the direction of defen- sive operations in Petice and Great Britain alone in the Yang

iza-valles.

Bombay cannot tell is your eyes are right; Demand, Bombay... 198 you may see well yet have de- FIT Calcutta fective eyes. If you wish to have Demand, Calcutta... 198 your eres tested, the refracting 25 Yokohama....... 117 Co., successors to Clark & Co., re- Demand, Singapore. 10811⁄2 room of The Hongkong Optical Demand, Manila.... 113 fracting and manufacturing opti- Demand, Batavia... 1464 A good deal of nervousness icians, the most competent option Haiphong Nom apparen: in Shanghai China cal establishment in South China On Saigon circles for fear that the pro-located in 53, Queen's Road

On Bangkok vince of Kiangsu may be involv Central-is at your service. They Sovereign ed in the pending hostilities have the equipments to test your old leaf per Tael... between Chibli and Fergtien eyes accurately. Testing the Bay Silver, ready... 3414 Various public bodies bave mem-sight and fitting glasses is their orialized the Tuchons of Kiang specialty.

su and Chekiang on the subjects

of refraining from going to war,

and one suggestion that has been

made is that the four provinces 1 Chien,

the

well-known

C

834

7.85

SOLE AGENT,

DAI NIPPON BREWERY COMPANY UMIE TOKYO,APANE

SPECALPY BREWED PORE ZKPART

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD.,

MONOKONO,

UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN TELE- SRAPH COMPANY, LTD. Mills Swire, from Shanghai. Grabamite,from Amoy. Tooyoko, from Osaka. Ishikers c/o Rich 4 Welling- ton Street Central, (Two Tele- grama), from Kobe

Yingfat c/o Kongping Des Voeux Road, from Shanghai.

Yuwochong, from Shanghai. Chunsingkai No. 1 3rd floor Queen's Road West, from Shang-

hal.

Kiankee, from Ámoy.

Howcheung, from Amoy.

PEAK TRAMWAYS CO., LTD.

TIME TABLE. WEEK DAYS.

1.30 6. m. 10 1.00 am.

1.34

to 2.30.3.

50 11.00 - II. 30 30 12.30 p 12.30 9.2. 10. 2.30 pt.

7.26.

Svory Il mix

Ri

13 дія

NIGHT CARS. 1.50 p.m. 30 1,00. v. m. 1.20 #.30p.m. 10:30 3. m. 49177 19 minutes 21.40 9.10.

SATURDAYS.

NITRA CAR 1300 midaighs.

SUNDAYS.

7.38 mm. to 1,49 a.m. 1.30 am, so 1.30 E30 mm != 11.00 1.2. 11.30 mm. 14 12.39 soon 11.00 nood to 1.

4.00 .. 101.18 p.m.

Hipke 210 Rice Street (2),) '19 ** * from Amoy.

Yipahkon Motorcar Club Can-

tral, from Shanghai.

2684, from Hankow. Hiptaisou, from Shanghai. 5656, from Shanghai. Manshinghing, from Shanghai. Chunfat, from Amoy. 6261, from Chefoo.

TH. KRING. Superintendent

Hongkong. April 27, 1922. .

Every

NIGHT CARS.

do os Trek Daya SPECIAL CARS.

BY JALGRATTÈT YE) DOMPLET'S OFFTOA, LLEZLIDEA WORLDTROS DRS TOTE ROAD.

11029/18th, Davisboag, from Adelaide.

8747/13th, Hewitt, from Cor- regidor.

intertext, from

8221/12th,

Shanghai.

8757/13th, Litim, from

EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRAL-Washingtondc.

forward

***...... 3456 Bank of England rates 4% New York/London... 4.4234

SUBSIDIARY COINS.

ir.

par

10294/15th, Apexine, from Now York

10

par

5

3/5% dis

Canton sub, coins

18% dis

10879/17th, A. F. Bemis Hotel Astor, from Calcutta

Hongkong, April 27, 1922.

of Kiangsu, Chekieng. Anhuifdustrialist, General Chi Chih., H'kong 50 ot. piecde and Fukien should form a de- ‡ yuan, the Nanking Tuchun, fensive alliance for the purpose states that there is no chance of keeping the peace in this of his going to war with the region. In a letter to Mr. Chong Chekiang Tuchun.

ASIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO. 10637/17th, Manager Syc Japp

Company, from Saigon.

8338/12tb, Bangkok.

9877/15th, Mr. Blankenship U. S. 8. Wilmington, from Bhanghai.

Kongsteel, from

M.L.F.AIRY,

Superintendent. Hongkong. April 20, 1922

THE COWIE HARBOUR COAL COMPANY LIMITED.

SILIMPOPON COAL.

OT

WEATHER REPORT.

April 27d. 12h. 10m.-Pressure

The undersigned are prepared has increased slightly to moder- so quote prices for best qualityately in all districts except in freshly mined SILIMPOPON the neighbourhood of Hongkong COAL, trimmed into Bunkers at where it has decreased slightly. SEBATTIK

A feeble anticyclone is central SANDAKAN (British North Borneo) or to over the Loochoos and depres- contract for regular Bunker Supsions are shown to the north of plies for & or 12 months at favour Hoxkaldo and to the south-west able rates.

of Hongkong. Steamers calling at SEBATTIK Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 ur SANDAKAN exclusively for hours ending at 10 am, to-day. Bankers are exempt from pay- 10.35 inch. Total since January ment of ordinary Port Cha gen. 1st 1245 inches, against The minimum draft of water average of 10.92 inches. longade the Company's Wharf FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS

bhattik is 23 feet at low water

ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW, Spring Tides. Charts of Cowie Bay (Bebattik Harbour) and any

District. required information concerning the port can be had on applica- tion to

BRADLEY & CO. LTD.

Axents. The TOWIE HARBOUR COAL

CO. LTD.

Messrs. Lammert Bros. ara instructed to sell The Steamship "KAM MA " Now lying of Sham Shui Po ucder an

Order of the Court by

PUBLIC AUCTION.

03 TUESDAY

The 2nd, day of May 1922 at 3 o'clock p.m. In One Lor

at their Sales Rooms, Duddell Street

•

The ship is a wooden ship of approximately 1800 tons capacity with accommodation for about 800 Chinese Passengers.

1 Hongkong

Gap Rock..

20

Forecast.

}

E. winds.

to moderate;

* Formosa Channel

overcast, occasional

rain.

The same

18 No. 1.

5 South coast of The same

Cfins between

H.K. & Lamocks.)

No. 1.

South coast of The same China between

H.K. & Hainan.

* No. 1.

· T. 7. CLAXTON, Director.

H.K. Observatory, April 27. 1922.

METEOROLOGICAL.

Previous

Day

#

**jup to

67

on date,

68

Length 252 ft. or thereabouts. Barometer...... 29.90 29.84 29.89 Beam, 25 ft. on thereabouts.

Temperature ... * 67 For permits to view apply Humidity. to Messrs. Lammert Bros. The Wind Direction Auctioneers.

Wind Force Weather ......... Raf...... Highest сред air

For further particulars apply to Messrs. JOHNSON, STOKES and MASTER, Prince's Buildings,

or to

Mersrs. LAMMERT BROS, the Auctioneers,

Duddell Street.

90

.82 91

E

I

#!

5

orfo

od

0.12 0.00 0.33

Temperature on the 26th 70 Lowest

open sir. Temperature on the 27th 66 T. F. CLAXTON, Director. E. K. Observatory, 27 April.

Printed and Published for the Proprietor, by Alfred Morley

11, Ice House Street, in the City of Victoris Hongkong