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NOTICE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY. MAY 30, † 1922.

"Embassy

Virginia Cigarettes

Embassy

VIRGINIA CIGARETTES

WDSHOWILLS

Finest Quality

The kind of quality that not only pleases the smoker but gratifies an ideal of the manufac-

turers to produce the finest of Virginia Cigarettes.

Embassy

WITI. YAZINIA CIGARETTES

Sold in fins of 50s 225 Cigarettes packets of 10's

also

The Advantimement in 144med by Best American, Tabisto Ch. (C) 201.

SMUGGLING FIREARMS

INTO SHANGHAL

EXCHANGE.

(Opening Rate: closing Rale on Page 11. SELLING.

T

21714 2/7.5/16

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.

Telegraphio Address: "VICTORIA "

Tel. 373.

J. WITCHGALI,

Manager.

THE EUROPE HOTEL.

SINGAPORE.

DANCING AFTER DINNER

BVERY

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. TEA DANCES

TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS.

The Hotel Orchestra under the Direction of Mr. F. R. Martens.

Telephones in every Room,

Telegraphic Address:-" EUROPE, SINGAPORE.” Telephone No. 2740 (9 lines).

KINGSCLERE

THE EUROPE HOTEL, LTD.

ARTHUR E ODELL. Manager.

HOTEL

KNUTSFORD HOTEL

MID-LEVEL KOWLOON

SACHSE, LENNOX & Co., General Agents

Are resident Managers,

PALACE HOTEL, KOWLOON.

Tel No No

Tel Add Palace."

Two mizate from Ferry and Pallway Station. Five minutes by ferry from Hongkong

A ficam Hotel in every reapest and under English management

Cuisine moder personal supervision of the Proprietar Loange. Bar and Billiard Roc

Term Moderate.

Special arrangements for families on application to-

WEATHER REPORT.

May 30. 11. 20m.-Pressure has decreased considerably at Vladivostock, and slightly from Weihaiwei, to Hongkong. It is nearly stationary over the Philip- pines and lado-China.

Depressions are shown to the west of Vladivostock and over S.W,China.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 bours ending at 10a.m. today. 0.01 incb. Total since January 1st. 18.48 inches. ageinst an

verage of 22.83 inches.

-1 Formosa Chsane!

217

Nom 11214

122

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

19314

T/T San Francisco) 58

& New York.j T/T Jara T/T Marks IT France ... Demand, Paris

District

Forecast.

153 Nor. 6.40

2 Hongkong

to i

Gap Rock.........

ments of this menace, are not

BUYING.

28 4 m/s L/C im. D/P ............ 23

2,8% 6 m. L/C efforts of the Municipal

the Settle-30 dfs. Sydney and Police in ridding

Melbourne

S. winds,

• South coast of moderate, China between squally;

H.K. & Lamocke. | fair.

2/836

# South coast of

China

between

5934

Unfortunately, the information mentioned is not available for publication; and we have to de- duce more or less from the Fress reports of the occasional cases A Growing Menace.

where the culprits have been

Demand Recent police court cases, in spprehended. and from private

from any 30 dis which

invariably information. Apert convictions

there thet

involved. ISCO have been recorded. bave proved

30 d/s beyond all doubt that the filegal always present the grave importation of firearms into the langer to the community in

IVT Shanghai port of Shanghai is conducted un the case of desperate "gunmen."

T/T Singapore.. This was demcastiated recently T/T Japan a large scale. In a recent in-

vivid manner when an

T/T India....... stance, the offenders were mainly in

Demand, India members of the crews of certain American lady suffered death at Vassels, which included Hamhe hands of armed miscreants. burg

German Cases of robbery where firearms ** other of call in their are brought into play are general-| parts itinerary. Wbile, as evidenced adroitted to be on the increase. by the instance referred to, some and it is obvious that these bands of armed robbers do mot mano. of the smugglers have been laid by the beals, we have every facture their own pistols, which n most cases are of the Mauser reason to believe, from informs- tion which has been passed to us, pattern and imported. It is that those convicted only con equally obvious that if the excel- stitute a very small percentage of lept the number actually engaged in this nefarious trade. The very small fines usually inflicted on

to be bandicapped, severe pen- 30s. San Francis-1 arms smugglers by the Japanese alties should be imposed when the Court of any nationality is authorities. for instance) would seem.out of all proportion to the called upon to deal with any per- seriousness of the offence, and on proved to have taken part in unless more repressive methods the smuggling of Grearms into are adopted in dealing with this the port. Leniency in this matter class of smuggler, these small can only encourage smuggling of firearms, and, indirectly, will be a means of assisting those banda of a deterrent, will only encourage the offender in subsequent armned desperadoes whose actions such a persistent transactions of a like nature. It is constitute obvious that with the present deager to the peace and good depreciation of the German mark, ordez of the port.-Shipping and Germany of Engineering. the purchase in

fines, instead

of Beting સૂર્ય

firearms and their disposal in Eastern ports constitutes a very Jucrative business which-appears to be well worth the risk to those Bo argaged, when the punishment on conviction is generally only nominal.

We are given to änderstand docketted that, could certain

information in the possession

SIR DONALD MACLEAN'S

OPPONENT.

Mr. Archibald Crawford has af the authoritics, with bean adopted as prospective reference to the smuggling of candidate by the South Midloth firearme into Chinese parts, be an and Peebles Coalition Unionist published, it would constitute a Association to oppose Sir Donald present most damning indictment against Maclean, M.P, the

gun-running business,” member.

co &New York/

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

4 m/s. Francs

6.70

-6 m/s. Francs......... 6 80 Demand, Germany. Demand, New York 58% T/T Bombay

19814 Demand, Bombay... F/T Calcutta

19816 Demand, Calcutta ...

122 On Yokohama.......

119 Demand, Manila

153 Demand, Singapore, 1124 Demand, Batavia ...

Num.

8014 43

an Haiphong

On Saigon

On Bangkok

Sovereign

Fold leaf per Tael... - Bay Silver, ready... 363

form ard

363% Bank of England rates 4% New York/London... 445

SUBSIDIARY COINS. Hong 50 ct pieces

10

H

5

par Dar

HI.K. & Hainan.

1. P. CLAXTON, Director. H.K. Observatory, May 30. 1922.

TIME SIGNALS.

The time ball on Kowloon Bignal Hill is dropped daily at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., except on Satur- days when it is dropped at 10 k.m. and i p.m. and on Sundays and Holidays when it is dropped at 10a.m. only.

The ball is hoisted half manÌ at the 55th minute and full mest at the 57th minuta, Should the ball fail to drop at the correct time, it will be lowered at five minutes past the hour and the ordinary routine repeated at the following hour, if possible,

Should the time ball be out of 1/5% disorder the above routine will be 19.7% dis carried out with the flag Z, on the storm signal mast.

Canten sub, coins

Hongkong, May 30, 1922,

J. H OXERREY,

Proprisca

PEAK TRAMWAYS CO., LTD.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS. 7.90.10 1.50 m. m.

உ

11.30

12.30 p.m. i

10 1.30 a.m.

to 11.50 am.

2.30.

30 6.50 3.00 4.30. sa 1.10 p.m.

Mery 18 mÂN.

13 min

13

NIGHT CARS.

10 in

15 m

1.50 p. z. to 1.00 p.m. 1.33 6.00) 114 9. m to 11.30 p. 1. srazy 30 mitesur 11.4 p.

SATURDAYS.

RITRA DAR 12,99 m/salghu SUNDAYS.

1.30 mg ko 7,45 4,0. 1,00 a. m. 10 7.34 .. 1.30 Km. 13 11.00 11.30 am, to £2.00 soos 11,00 aos in 1. p...

4.00 pm to 6.10 p.m.

Every 15 min

It lo

10 min

NIGHT CARS.

da ce Week Days. SPECIAL CARS,

BY FORMENT AT TRY COMPANY'S OPTICA. ULTIMEDIA JUILTED ON THUS LOAD.

Time signal are also given at night by means of three white lamps mounted vertically on the

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE

CORONET

TO-DAY

2.30, 5.15. 2.15 and 9.15

GERALDINE

'FARRAR

In

"THE RIDDLE:

WOMAN."

KOWLOON

THEATRE

SPECIAL DANCE

with JAZZ BAND

of the

PINE TREE STATE

TO-NIGHT?

Tickets $2.00 at Moutrie's.

WORLD THEATRE

Phone. 1337

| PHONE.

Rangkong's Mom Modera Picture Palace. Entirely Dadar British Managemena.

TO-DAY at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m. WILLIAM FOX Presents TOM MIX

in

THE MOST EXCITING STORY EVER SCREENED

TREAT 'EM ROUGH

2.30 and 7.15 p.m.

CHARLES HUTCHISON in "WHIRLWIND "

Usual Prices.

Episodes, 10 and 11.

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE

"STAR THEATRE."

*

KOWLOON.

For Thursday, 1st. and Friday, 2nd June.

at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m.

The Paramount Picture

"JANE GOES A-WOOING"

"Welcome Little Stranger" (Comic) Paramount Graphic

At 7.15 p.m.

THE SERIAL FILM

"THE GRAND RADIUM MYSTERY"

1st and 2nd Episodes.

From Saturday, 3rd. to Tuesday, 6th. Jane. Georges Carpentier in the Great American Social Drams. "THE WONDER MAN”

A Super Production Picture.

Observatory wireless mast. From UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS. 8h. 56m. Os. to 9h. Om. Os. p.m. the iscopa are extinguished momentarily at the even seconds expect at the 2nd, 28th, 50ch, 52nd, and 54th of each minuta.

The hours refer to Hongkong Standard Time (3 hours of teas Greenwich).

METEOROLOGICAL.

Previous

Day

on date.

on dute.

***.. 14 5 4.M. 41 29.

Barometer... 29.71 29.70 29.68

88 83 Temperature

74

THE GREAT NORTHERN TELE- GRAPE COMPANY, LTD.

The following Unclaimed Tele- grams are lying here --

Miss Lajain 2 Seatortor. (2), fran Yokobama.

Kies Liceun St. Paul's College,

Eastern

from Yokohama.

Walterjing

Great

Hotel, from Chefoo.

Hoksisang family 2 Seymor

Street, from Yokohama.

Yuwochong, from Shanghai. Kupwobcheong, from Kobe. Khiantak, from Amoy.

TH. KRING. Superintendent. Hongkong May 25, 1922.

EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRA) AST & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO

15571/22nd Mrs. Evins Bango of Indo Chine, from Melbourn

Nagao Tsunekichi Ichitosenk. | PO. · yaku, Hakone Marn, from Tokio. Yoshio c/o Sbunyo Maru, from Moji.

89

21 81

गुफ Captain Senzau Maru clo

4 M.B.K. from Kobe.

Dq

Humility. Wind Direction SBW Вп Wind Force 4 4 Weather........ cq - oq Rain....

0.00 0.00 0.01

air Highest open

Temperature on the 29th 88 Lowest

siz оред Temperature on the 30th 82

T. P. CLAXTON, Director HE. Obaarvatory, 30 May:

Yatdibong, from Dairen.

Wongfukwong c/o Kwong- tailoy Hotel, from Shangbai...

Hongbin Hokkee Tekbuta- tions, from Amoy.

f

13957/19th, Violet Oatma Young Women's Christian Ass ciation, from San Francisco.

M.E. F. AIREY,

Superintendeni

Hongkong, May 25, 1922.

Printed and Published for the Proprietor, by Alfred Mi

11, Its House Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.