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THE BOOKSHELF.

By. "Librarian.")

A-RIC MISCELLANY, R

"Assound." It took me

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

minute!

or two to realise that Assousn is the biggeat dam in the world.

30 dẫn ̈

EXCHANGE."

Of the many whimsical stories Sit Guy tells of such political selsbrities 23 !!", H. 3mith. Randolph Churabill, Campbell Bannerman, Salisbury. Dissy and Demand

be Gladstone, most of whom 10 dis served in one espacity or another,

4 / ........ for his space may be found

when

her Shanghai experience strange

TIP Singapore.............. lusched with Gladstone and

TP Japan Mme. de Novikoff.

Demand, India TIP San Francisco) Naw Tork.f

FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1922.

HOTELS. "

LEADING FAR EASTERN HOTELS

HONGKONG:

Peak Hotel.

Repulse Bay Hotel. "SHANGHAI:

Opening Rate: closing Rate

on Page 11, SELLING

37 97.1/16-

Hongkong Hotel,

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Astor House Hotel,

Nou

111

120

19519

5767

150

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6.85

In the course of his If Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson bas filled many yaperiant pots and met mans important people. & record of bis experiences and impressions has just appeared under the title of "Let to Somebody" (Cassell, 79. 6d, in which Sir Guy shows He was asked because he talk-TIP India... himself the possessor of an entered Italian. Mr. Giladstone was cordiality itself, and said: "I taining style, je me

"My vary earliest recollection anticipate a treat; after luncheon is of being whipped," is the you shall talk kalian to me, and author's ingratiating introduction I shall listen to you with genuine of himself Sir Guy's early life insatisfaction." Florence, where he was born, After the luncheon the states. brought him into touch with a man said: "Sit in that chair, number of celebrities. Here is an and now for Italian." Sir Guy episode of the Browning, cot new, records :- yel probably not known to every reader:

Mr. Browning used to hold a ape is of literary state I repción once a week, when she, her husband, and her small son used to receive the worship and the adulation of their admirers largely composed of American and English birds of passage.

It was Lady Sormnaby who, on hearing that little Browning had written a poem, exclaimed, with mock solemnity. "Then there will no longer be two in comprehensibles, but three in- comprehensibles."

Then there was Walter Savage Landor, with his vitriolic tongue and pen and the vileat of tem.

pets :-

On one occasion says Sir Guy) was sitting with him when his dinner was brought

I

As soon as I sat down he

DIT JAVE.... T/T Marks France Demand. Parin

BUYING,

a muls, 1/O .......... 377

mis. DIP

5 m, 40

Melbourne

2/819

23

33 d/s Sydnes and 20 33/a San Francis

co&New York/

4 m/s. Marks ......... Noo

I m/s. Francs

7 30

Sma Prancs.......

began to walk round and round the room qu ting the Italian Classics and discussing (ocess jonally in Italian, correct, but somewhat Dantesque) every conceivable subject from olive Kroves of the Pope. He waved ' his arms, his tie got under bir Demand, Germany. ear, his feet kicked footstool Jemand, New York 575% out of his way, his bands push-T/F Bombay ........ ed aside the furature, and round and round thegreat man strode. his torrential discourse never ceasing and his enthusiasm never abating. I was given nej chance of uttering one sing! word from first to last.

These extracts soffice to give an idea of the informative and ofter diverting matter contained in the volume.

Considerable skill is shown it.

Demand, Boubay... 1934 T/T Calcutta

1984 Demand, Calcutta

Yokohama......... 120

1164 Damand, Manila Demand, Singapore, 111 Demand, Batavia 150 3n Haiphong H On Saigon

On Bangkok Soversigo

Nom.

803

7.60

Gold leaf per Tel... - Bay Silver, ready... 3516

forward

3536

Bank of England rates 3%

SUBSIDIARY COINS. kong 50 el piacer

Something about it dis-Career" (Heinemann, 74, 6.0 by blessed him, and be took up the Dorothy Kenosnl, which refleczew York/Loaden... 4.45 tablecloth by its four corners duplomatic and social life un to and threw the whole bag of Buphorus befor the Great War tricks out of the window into the lore episodes are related the street, utterly regardless of witt. great sympathy and. ak the risk to those below; and folic and circumstances that he lived on the fourth floor in

give +sery opportunity for the Via San Galeo, & crowded ronabce. tretungh-fare.

To reveal the one great plot of Another hot-tempered acquain-which the whole story tuen. tance was Mrs. Caroline Norton would spoil for readers · th.

upposed to have been the original pleasure to be derived from its of Meredith's "Diana of the perusal. It is racial rivalry Urasaways," of whom we'read:herween an Englishman. Fanshaw

10 5

Dar Dar

3,10% dis Canton sub. coins 20% dis

Hongkong, July 21, 192.

WEATHER REPORT.

The most striking feature of a character extremely wel July 1d th. 40.-Wstoinz Mrs. Norton's great besuty wasalised), and a Turk. An oito Fengkong. Cost Poris, &c :- her wonderful skin, which re-concession is involved, and a Dapression o typhoon of un-

maited almost perfect to the woman's honour is the keg thatki own humosity within 170 miles

wilt open the door to victory, of LAIN N. Lɔng, 125° E Hut.

last.

I once asked her how he wa!! manged it, and she told mej

that ever since her girlhood she Mr. Phillipa Oppenheim car had, after washing her face well, ke trails bezelim on to tell passed over it a sponge dipped good story, and "The Amazic. in quite fresh milk, into which Quest & Me

Ernest Bliss'

July 2id. 11h. 10m-Pressure, is highest over central Japan. It has increased slightly over the N. E. portion of the map and de

she bad squeezed a perfectly (Heddor and Stoughton, 7. dereared lightly over the S.W, freeb lemon. She did this just idone

Full justice 10 be! portion. taleste. Erneat Bis is

of life

before she got into bet, and wh- assured me that she had never young man whore wealth hay

brought ¿ =1E applied anything else to her

good things a very reaper faco and rack throughout ber

The is fed up** with life life.

bluntly told that he is merel Consulting a physic.ar. be

urfait

An amusing contretemps oc curred when Bir Guy received a command to attend an investiture

suffering from

at Osbrae. It was towards the pleasure, and, stung by the con-

A trough of low pressure ex- tends from Indo-China to the east of Luzon. The typhoon is at its eastera extremity, apparently moving northward.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 neure ending at 10a.m. to-day. 0.18 inch. Total since January

end of Queen Victoria's reign. tempt of the doctor for his 1st 34.37 inches. against an

I was the very last," says Siraiady. Mr. Bliss makes a beverage of 47.07 inches. Guy, and by that time her that he will reegunce his wealth PORECAST FOR THE 2

for a year and live on what br

Majesty was evidently tired and can earn.

distinctly cross."

When I knelt at her feet I It is an exciting game. Bliss could not for the life of moebas a hard struggle to keep his head above water in the labour avoid being completely sh.

marker, but he wins through sorbed by the patters on the Need it be added tbs: the ex fearful and terrible presentment perience provides hirp with

footstool. It was covered by a

in worsted work of a King charming wife? Charles spaniel with a blind-

An

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•

HOURS

ESDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

District

Forecast.

Formosa Channel

a

: Hoogkong

Gap Rock.

to

East

3 South const of winds.

China between moderate: H..& Lamocks. showery.

South coast of China between

H.K. & Hainan..

ingly blue ribbon round its

excellent specimen of neck and the most acarlet transatlantic fiction, is to be found! longue ever weed in life

Booth or in Mr.

Tarkington death.

"Gentle Julia (Hodder and I cannot account for it, but Stoughton, 7. 6d.). Jelis is the that spaniel made me forget show-girl of the village. Besiegeri ay drill. Instead of pulting out by admirers and barassed by the my forearm at right angles to curiosity of her family regarding i the Queen so that she might her love affairs. Julia makes 2.K. lay her hand on it for me to kiss, comico-pathetical figure and the I tried to take her fingers be- pivot of a good deal of admirablei tween mina to enable me to kisa fun. the back of her band.

The Queen instantly with- drew ber hand and gave mine a little smack; not a pat, but a genuine, argny little smack.

1 wooden adds Sir Guy, "if anyone else, other than the Royal children, ever got smacked by holoved Queen Victoria; God bless her!"

PERTINENT PARS.

Wish we could train maths toj at the same boles every year.

A swalled bead is easily broken. Paste this in your hat.

1. F CLAXTON, Director.

Observatory, July 21, 1922.

TIME SIONALS.

Kowloon

The time ball on |Signal Hill is dropped daily at 10 a.ch. and 4 p.m., except on Satur days when it is dropped at 10 sm, and I p.m. and on Sundays and Holidays when it is dropped st∙10 am. only.

The ball is hoisted balf mast at the 55th minute and full wait at

Every now and then man the 57th minute. Should the ball

Bir Guy's work in South Africa loses his best friend by marrying | fail to drop at the correct time, it during the Boer War brought him ber.

will be lowered "at five minutes

into close touch with Kitchener, & success in a self-starter. A past the hour and the ordinary "supposed to be the stern, unbend-failure is a self-stopper.

routine repeated at the following

ing, hard man of war. Is point of Love isn't stone blind, if the bour,if possible. fact, he was shy, he was rather stone is a diamond. soft-bearted, and I have known bim distinctly emotional"

on

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BY F

Place of Observation

Hight W. L.

recorded

Lowest W. L.

ever

recordad

Feet

Wuchow,

West River

+ .9.50

-2.42

+ 14.70

-0.80

+.,7.00

0

+27,25

-5.00

East

+15.15

-0.98

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METEOROLOGICAL

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ENTERTAINMENIS.

THE

CORONET

"HAROLD LLOYD

in

"I DO."

FRED STONE

in

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KOWLOON THEATRE

JUAMTA AND

CONCHITA,

HOBART BOSWORTH

io

WHITE HANDS.

WORLD THEATRE

PHONE. 1337,

PHONE

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TO-DAY 8 5.15 and 9.15 p.m.

WILLIAM D. TAYLOR'S Mast Stupendous Bpecial Production

THE FURNACE

↑ REELS

by "PAN"

↑ REELS With a ess of celebrities jacluding AGNES AYRES (the noted beanty)

MILTON SILLS and THEODORE ROBERTS.

2.30 and 7.15 p.m.

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STAR THEATRE.

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*

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in

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A Paramount Picture.

Booking at the Star Ferry Wharf for Haugkong Roskent FREE FERRY TICKETS BOTH WAYS. Open Day 4:39 to 5,15 pm, and 6 to'y pm. Saturdays 2 to 2.15 pm. 4.3 to 5.15 p.m. sad 6 za 9 `p ta.

SEE HAND BILLS

༄་།

prezy, 15 ata

HONGKONG.

RIVER LEVELS.

As a guide to shipmasters and others interested in the water levels of the river we have been requested by the Board of Con. servancy Works of Kwangsung to publish the following table of water levels. The levels are taken at 10 am. each day.

1922

W.LIW.L Jaly 18 July 19 Fest❘ Fest

47.5

21st, to 27th, July, 1922.

54 72nia Water

"Hongkong

10

Love WACKE

Eongkows

b. m. fl.

- 0 19 21

2.30 0.9

3 30 237 35-4-74 | m^3 12.17

2 513

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TIME TABLE,

WEEK DAYS

to 22...

12.30 pm. 10 1.50 1.00

NIGHT CARS.

• 30 p.m. to 1. 19. g. 12. do 20 gra 9.30 pm to 1150 p.m. sestr 1. D

7.307

SATURDAYS.

́EXTRA MAR 1200 midnight

SUNDAYS. 1,5 .. 5.00 sm, w 9.34 mas $30 km la 11,00 m, an $1,10 m, 14 12,80 novu 12.30 Boos, to 1.00 pos

4.30 p.m. takit ym.

NIGHT CARS.,

kr 43 Wack Day. SPECIAL CARS.

DY ABRANGOKE99 ET 788 00SPLINT'A BEPLAN

GAR

EASTERN EXTERION AUSTRAL CASTA & CHINA TELEGRAFK.CO

10617/18th, Orefarm, fron Su Francisco.

12029/19th Saigondas,

Ricoccal

12090/17th, Roberts, G meat Civil, from Singapore

Superintend Hongkonz, July 20, 1922

the City of Victor

Barometer

Should the time ball be out of

Temperature .**. Thanks to radio broadcasting order the above routine will be

Humility".... sermone, a so can stay at home carried out with fing "Z" Lord Fisher's predilection for and claim he has been to church. the storm signal masi.

Wind Direction meaningless bad language was No girl buying clothes wante

Time signal are also given at Wind Force once the cause of an attempt by the most abe. can get for her

night by means of three "white Weather .... Bir Guy to wean him from a habit money. that was doing him harm in the In Detroit, madman whipped lamps mounted vertically on the

Bain... eyes of the public.

bis endlord and escaped; but all Observatory wireless mast. From

8h. 56m. Us. to 9h.-Om. Os. p.m. Highest open Knowing my man, I wrote mad men ban't do that.

are extinguished Temperature Jestingly, suggesting that he Chear up. Only one person in the lampa should strengthen his style. Ievery 300,000 is struck by light momentarily at the even seconds

expect at the 2nd, 28th, 501b, Lowest added: "Cannol you find some ning

52nd, and 54th of each minute.

more suitable word than damin of Sarah Bernhardt plans anolber which everyone is getting weary farewell tour. This pots her two In reply 1 received a telegram farewell tours ahead of boviness containing the single word, depression.

The hours refer to Hongkong Stodard Time (8 hours of teas Greenwich):

Previous

Day

on date.

29.71 29.70 29.72

83 79

83

3. De

75

89

E

K

6.3 <77] Frk. 11 ] m 5

7.2 3.9 EST. 12

4.497.0

4

1

0.01 0.00 0:28 Mon 24

air on the afr

List 79 Temperature on the

T.F. CLAXTON, Director. H.K. Observatory, July 21.

20th 35 wedse m

Ther. 27

..

152a 14

1 182

51-13

0.J

m. morning a. afternoon...