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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

BUSY POST OFFICE.

OPIUM SMUGGLING.

WEATHER REPORT.

A Record Day.

Shipping Journal's Comment.

The arrival of a large batch of Home

mail matter al the

•

Nov. 1d. 11h. 00m.-Warning. to Hongkong, Coast Porte, &c. In the course of a leading Depression or typhoon of o same time as the dispatch of article on the recent statement known intensity within 50 miles AQ exceptionally larga con by the Colonial Secretary of of Lat. 19 N. Long 15" Ex, mor- signment of registered letters Hongkong on opium smuggling, ing N.N.W. made yesterday recard Shipping and Engineering (Shang- Nor. 15d. 11h, 07m.-PressUYS one of work for the suff of the hail anys --

has increased considerably oVOT Hongkong General Post Office.

While it cannot be denied that central Japan, and decreased The previous mail Home took daring recent years there have moderately at Shanghai, Ishiga Christmas parcela, a record in been a few instances of ships" kijima. Kosbun and Aparri. I point of volume, and yesterday officers conniving at the smugis nearly stationary over the when the 5.9. Porthos left gling of opium, it is equally per-Visayas and as Hongtong. she carried away registered

tain that the proportion of such

The anticyclone is central to letters intended for Christmas cases of connivance to the tots!

Home instarces of smuggling which the north of Vladivostock.

At 6 am, this morning the Though an additional opportunity come to light is extremely small. is provided by the departure on In the Merchant Marine, as in typhoon appeared to be about 250 Friday of the Empress of Canada. other callings, there are black miles to the east of Aparri moy- which will enable delivery to be sheep, and while is cannot be suging NNM. made on the name date as the gested that the Colonial Secre-

taken AWAY

the tary of Hongkong would have French mail steamer, my made a ramark such as quoted residents here appear to have above without some just and fair been unduly anxious, with the reason, he might, in common result that the staff was consider justice, have mentioned at the ably overworked yesterday in same time a fact which is both dealing with the exceptionally obvious and certain that by far large number of registered letters the great majority of merchant posted.

weet

10:

delivery

by

marine officers on the Chin the Coast are quite stove suspicion A notice, appeared in mail notifications advising the re and hoki the untrammelled treat! gistration of letters intended for of their owners, and that in Christmas week delivery at regard to smuggling of opium.] Home, and the result was seen the few cases where it hasi in the big rush asterday Op definitely been proved that afficers the Registration Office. Added have connived are not in them-

of the worries the staff solves sufficient reason to cast a

the that msil slur on the whole of the merchant was the fact

arrived by the watter which

service. con- stored not

tu

FOOCHOW NEWS.

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Hongkong Rainfall for the i hours ending at 10 am, to-day, 100 ineË. Total since January 68.21 inches, "against an verage of 81.33 inches.

ist

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

District.

Forecast.

N.E. winds, Formoss Channel strong.

South coast

China between }

of]

3

H.K. & Lamocks, i N.E. winds, Hongkong to moderate;

generally Gap Rock...

South coast of cloudy. Chins between

K. & Hainan.j

1. F. CLAXTON, Director, 4.K. Observatory, Nov. 15, 1922.

METEOROLOGICAL

Previous

Day

on date.

on date.

Kutsang was

Owing to the ingenuity of veniently in one hold. The col mugglers, the difficulties under lection of this resulted in con-which work all concerned in their, siderable delay and in a wastage detection, are enormous and little of valuable time.

realized by those not directly con- Mails taken away by the Por-cerned. Whatever efforts are made thos yesterday will reach London by the reverue authorities, by the on the 21st December, on the shipping companies or by the same day as those to be conveyed ships officers, so long as Chinese by the Empress of Canada oarecartied on China Coast ships Friday.

-whether passengers is immaterial-the: smuggling of opium will go on: 30 long as there is a demand for opiam there will be a supply; and in supplying the drug there will always be those ready and willing their SthFor to pit their brains and several days there have been resources against the forces of law Barometer ron ours that the Northern troops and order. It is well-known that Femperature... which had been gathering at those who smuggle opium and Humidity Hoken, in Kiangsi, had entered morphis on a big scale can afford Wind Direction Fukien Province. The people in to lose one consignment in three, Wind Force ... Chung, Kienyang and Kien and that they always allow for Weather...

Rain.. ning Fu are terror-stricken, and this happening.

Highest

оред are moving away as fast as they

Temperature on the Lowest орна Air Temperature on the

Terror-Stricken People. (Parin Correspondent)

Nor. Foucbow.

CBD.

Most of the methods employed Reports say they are far by smugglers are far in excess, in mora panic-stricken than they cunning and ingenuity, of theį were when the Southern troops comparatively cluray and crude Came through that way a few methods describedby the Colonia) |

Hoogkong. Secretary of

and weeks aze

The Fukieneze in Peking have usually are such as to render betitioned the Goremment to futile any efforts on the part of -

Much of theị. stop outside troops coming into ships officers. Fakier.

opium that is smuggled into China After some delay in coming to arrives disguised in the form o: a decision, Lenz Seng bas now cargo, and it is in this matter i yielded to the request to take up that the Hongkong authorities i the Provincial Governorship, and wight become a little more active. means and methods of will enter on his office to-day. New This decision has given general smuggling are always coming to satisfac'ior.

light, each displaying a surces- Tittle Hsu." finding that hesively greater degree of ingenuity

unpopular with the Fuk-oa the part of the smugglers. In bene. left for Shanghai occidentally, we might mention as Yor, 2nd. Li Hoichi, the late matter of interest that a valu- uchun, after visiting Shangbai,able consignment of contraband is has gone to Amoy.

rated to have arrived Som Adminl Sah has wired to Dumonths ago at a Chinese port, and Si-gie warning him not to bring to have successfully passed the Customs" authorities, conceal- his troops to Foochow

Many of the shops in Fonchowed in the motor casings of electric remain close f. as the soldiers go fans, from which everything else in to buy things and refuse to pay. had been removed?

Whatever the Hongkong or else tender worthless paper money, the shopkeepers preter authorities may think

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T. F. CLAXTON, Director. H.K. Obs.vatory, Nov. 15.

PASSENGERS ARRIVED.

Pers. PRES. MADISON.— MẸ. B. S. Carvin, Mr. Theo G. Daris, Miss Rose A. Donovan, Mr. H. J. Eddo, Miss E. D. Everet. Mr. John E. Grant, Mr. Wm. H. Grostemp. Mr. Tim Go, Miss How Go, Lt-Cat. Frank Hodsell, Mr. Han Arg Kang. Mr. Fong Fu Kong, Mr. Ting Ho ung. Mr. John F. Mason, Mrs. E. H. Miller, Mr. Aptonie Nubis, M. WH. Pipeklrd. Lt. Col. John Roberts, Mrs. Sarah B.1 Roberts, Misa Cornelia Roberts,

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MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD.,

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ir. Jack Ryan, Mr. Maro J. UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS. Sprecker, Mr. Seng Kwong Ting, Mr. L. J. Winstanley. Mrs. She Woog..

THE GREAT NORTHERN TELE- GRAPH COMPANY, LTD. The following Unclaimed Tele- grams are lying here

Reny, from Shanghai.

c/o Matsubara, Togohideki from Tokio.

Sadler, from Shanghai. Irene Barton Care Suwa Maru, from Keijo.

to keep their shops closed. There matter, it would be monstrous to is an air of tension in the streets. suppose that the many important!

November, 11th. hipping companies on the China Artistic Das waselebrated in Coast give the slightest condona- FORD'S ENGLISH PLANTĮ MOVED. Southampton Borough Council Foochow by a service in the tion or approval to the use of any British Church. The Allied Cop of their vessels for the transporta- has confirmed the sale of a water- Fuls, British, American, French tion of contraband; in fact it is side frontage to the Ford Motor- Work on con- and Japanese, in full quiform, unquestionable that the com- car. Company. attended, and the church was well panies and their officers do all instructing what is expected to be out the the largest car factory in Britain Alled. The service was read by their power to stamp the Chaplain, and after the two opium traffic, but whether they will be commenced almost im rainutes' silence had been observ. receive from the official preven mediately, and it is hoped to start ed be gave a short address. The tive services a full measure of manufactore within a year. It Mesengeries, from Vladivostock. singing of the well-chosen hymns assistance in return, is debatable. is stated that the manufacture of the Ford cars will now be transferred indisputable that and chants was very bearty. It is

are very from Trafford Park, Manchester. the Revenue Authorities the afternoon, sports on

Ground Recreation

were assiduous in their duties when About 2,000 hands will eventually thoroughly enjoyed by both adaits it comes to searching a vessel be employed in the factory.

The day ended suspected of having opium on and children.

board; but it is equally indiaput- with a dance at the Club.

E.M.S. Bluebell left this mornable that in many cases their at ing and her place has been taken tentions and surveillance are not by the Hollyboek.

PERTINENT PARS.

equally as assiduous at the port of shipment. The Buthorities concerned have no doubt made a close study of the methods em. ployed by Chinese in the smug- Rling of drugs on local vessels,

TIDE TABLE.

15th. to 21st. Nov. 1922.

High Water

Man Th

Low Water

Boug

b. m. fin

to

1437

; 6 41 65

0.25

2.3

m 1 330

t. E.

Many a small boy is kept in and it would appear that a far after school because his father more strict supervision of vessels, Wed 15 m 5 45 83 worked his arithmetic wrong. loading could be instituted by

these authorities as a means to a Thur. 16 6 52 5.

7 194 7.0 more comprehensive and effective method of dealing with the

7 matter.

A parrot told the U.S. customs med to go to bell. The new tariff is getting in its work.

Irish Free State privates call officers by their first name but this isn't what the fighting is about.

A baby costs more than a Inadors Duncan

Bays ebe motor, but it lasts longer. dances with her soul, but that isn't what she shows in ber pictures.

Houses are not as scarce aa they were, but the rent is.

PL 17m 54 61

F

TA

Sat. 188 55 5.9

1 7 2.5

1 33 2.3

Joergensen a.s. Azayloridazu Nakajima 77 shamen; from

Moi.

VæJI

'Peak, from Shanghai.

Masayoshi, from Toxio. Manchuenchen Des Road West, from Amoy.

Lashing, from Shanghai. 7844, from Bhanghai. 7311, from Dairen. Loongeheushing Great Eastern Hotel, from Peking.

4355, from Shanghai. Chatam c/o Tipchen 135 Des Youx Road Central, from Shangbei.

Taiwoo Taiping Street, from

Shanghai

5480, from Chefoo. Longsblusing c/o Wan Kau Hotel, from Peking

Isheaghuo, from Onaks, Tsoichung 81 Hight Street, 22.8 from Peking.

1.444.2.6

2L6

255 3.0

81.6.

Ban 1955 57m 3 23 12

9 9 81 M. 20 m 10 53 3.5 19 47221 Imtl 32 49 53 10 2 8.0

3 30% 3.2

450 0.9

4 6 2.4

m. morning s. afternoon

1717, from Shanghai. 6231, 4789, from Shanghai. "TH. KRING, Superintendent.

Hongkong, November 9, 1922.

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TIME TABLE.

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