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THE HONGKONG TELEXRAPH, BATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1917,

THEY SAID OF HONGKONG.--XIII

180 DAYS FROM HONGKONG TO ENGLAND IN 1854

•OMMENCEMENT next month of a regular air service across the Pacific

COMMENCEMENT Colonia, coupled with a services the

tence, makes interesting the following Proclamation regarding travel to and from Hongkong 80 years ago.

The Proclamation, which is reproduced in part bolow, was issued by Sir Samuel Bonham, Governor of Hongkong, on January 5, 1854. ·

TEST ANSWERS

Murder on tho

Underground (Solution)

was

Tripolitani

killed by Festeiln. For any of the others to have committed the murder is clearly out of the question. But Festella had plenty of time. He boarded the 12.5 at Pleca- Circus, accompanied by his dilly girl friend; nccidentally ran into Tripolitani; shot him under cover of the general hubbub; left the train and ran up the escalator again. He had spotted Babbldge at the station. He now, for Bab bidge's benefit, went through the motions of again saying farewell to Emilia, and hooked once more for Edgware Road. A prolonged examination of witnesses, how- ever, established the facts set out above,

Weck-End Problems

PROBLEM I

HIGH FINANCE

2d.

**

AN AGE PUZZLE

1002.

*

PROBLEM 111

PROCLAMATION

By His Excellency Sir Samuel George Bonham, Baronet, etc. Whereas by an Act of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland passed in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth years of Her Majesty's Reign, it is amongst other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor

. to declare what shall be deemed for the purposes of the sold Act to be the length of the voyage of any ship carrying passengers, and to substitute for the articles of food and pro- visions specified in the sald Act, such other articles of food or provisions as he shall deem to be full equivalent for the same:

Now therefore 1, Sir Samuel George Bonham, Bart, the Governor 'aforesaid, by is my Proclamation, Issued for that purpose, do declare, thut the following shall be the Rute of Computation by which the Length of the Voyage of any ship carrying pussengers from Hongkong to the several places hereinafter enumerated shall be computed, for the purposes of the said recited Act, that is to say:~

Passage from Hongkong to tie undermentioned Places for Ships.

In the Months October, to March, April to Sept.

100 days

California

Sydney, Melbourne, or S. Australia - Western Australia

GO

45

Van Diemen's Land

ак

New

w Zealand Manila

Singapore

Bombay

Cape of Good Hope

West Indira, U.S.A. (East Coast)

Great Britain or Europe

75 days

80

GO

EU

00

20

42

63

05

147 162

108

180

And I do hereby further declare, that with respect to Passengers being Chinese, in addition to, and Irrespective of any Provision of their own. the Master of every Pussenter ship shall make to each statute Adult during the voynge, an allowance of pure water and swest and, wholesome Provisions according to the following Dietary Serie:-

Rice Salt Pork

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Lard, Salt Fat, ric,

Pickled Vegetables Tobacco

Water

dally

11⁄2 lb. dally

/lb.

1⁄2 oz dally

3 oz dally

1⁄2 ez daily

I pall. daily

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All's well with the Breast-fed Baby

Firewood Salt Pepper Vineper

Tea

31b, dally

1 oz weekly Joz weekly pint weekly 4.02. weekly

Three weeks' supply of Blscult is to be placed on board, to be issued at the rate of 2lb. daily, only when the weather is too bad for cooking, or when required by the Surgeon.

Peas and Beans may be substituted for rice, and Opium for Tobacco,

Given under hy Hand and Seal of the Colony, at Government House. Victoria, Hongkong' this 28th Day of December, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fiftythree, and in the Seventeenth Year of Her Majesty's Reign.

S. G. BONHAM. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN,

The most valuable service a mother can render her baby is to ensure that he will be fed from the breast. Upon this may well depend his future health and happiness. Maternal milk is the one perfect food for baby. It is. naturally constituted to-suit his delicate digestion and to provide every nutritive element required to ensure healthy growth and development..

Doctors and Nurses know the remuckable value of 'Ovaltino' to expectant and nursing mothers. Taken regularly before and after baby comes, 'Ovaliine", not only promotes a rich and ample supply of breast-milk but it maintains the mother's strength and vitally,

Delicious OVALTINE

Enables Mothers to Breast-feed their Babies

Four recent prize-winners In the "Telegrapli's" Giris' and Boys' compellitons. From left to Right-Peggy Barton, Jan C. McNay, Alazi

Cutcher and David Asche,

Photogem Studios.

ENTERTAINMENT PAGE

DAVENTRY PLANS FOR WORLD WIDE CORONATION B'CAST

MESSAGE BY H. M. THE KING

The BBC has now completed a number of its plans for brond- casts in connexion with the Coronation. In view of the improve- ments in hand at the Empire Broadcasting Station at Daventry and of the installation of new high-power transmitters, it is hoped that the Coronation programmes will be heard clearly throughout the world.

- On May 12 large part of the pro- vers will be stationed within the pre- Palace, at the grammes for that day will be devated cincts of Buckingham 10 a brondens of the Coronation Ser corner of Constitution II and the Mall, vice in Westminster Abbey and descrip at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, outside tions by observers of the processions Westminster Abbey, within the annexo both to and from Buckingham Palace. to the Abbey whore Their Mnfentien and In the evening there, will be pro- important guests will arrive, and in- Kramme under the title "The Empire's side the Abbey itself. The observers Homnge to which the Dominions and engaged so far aro Mr Howard Mar- somo of the Colonies with which there shall, Mr. John Hnngre, Mr. George. in radio-telephonie communication will Blake, and Mr. T. Woadrooffe, but there contribute. Thin programme, will end will be several others, who will be with a message by Ilis Majesty the Kingseiveled Intor. Their Majesties will re In person.

turn from Westminster Abbey to Buck-

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The IBC plans to mark the occasioningham Palace by a long and circuitous of the Coronation by special pro route, in order that they may be seen by the waxlocum number of people. grammes during the whole of Coro-

After their departure fram Parlament nation Week, many of which will be heard hy Empire listeners. On Sunday,auited to the occasion. This will

Square there will be n studio programms May there will be a talk on the re- igious Kigaileance of the Coronation by Mr. Lawrence Tanner, and in the even- ing a special service In the Concert Hall at Brondenating House at which the address will be given by the Arch bishop of Canterbury. The prayers will be wald by the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, and the lessons will be real by the Moderator, of the Federal Council of Evangelical Free Churches. A special anthem has been written for this occasion by Sir Wolfard Pavica, the Muster of the Ning's Minnie.

L'interrupted, however, at shart.intervalai to enable steners to hear the sounds of the cheering crown, which will ba picked up from microphones altuated at Trafalgar Square, St. James's Palaco, and Oxford Circus. When the process slon finally reacher Constitution Hi the commentary will again be resumed, in order that the final scenes of pageantry may be described, unt! tho time when their Majesties unter Bačk Ingham Palner.

WITHIN THE ABBEY Dramatic programmes of speelal inter- The Coronailon Service, which lasts est include The King's Anointing, based

en the historical significance of, the for almost two-and-a-half hours, will bo Coronation: The King Music, a pro-rondenat in its entirety with the excep- gramine consisting of music, prose, and ton of brief passages in the service verse written by the Kings and Queens which do not lend themselves to broad- of England, a play by Sir James Barrie, gusting. Twenty-four microphones will be installed within the walls so that who has authorised a brandeast per formance for the first time; and detail-of-the-proceedings-may-be- Midsummer Night's Dreum' with an all-missed by lateners. Before the begin

stur cast.

CORONATION MUSIC

Two special performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra will be broadenst Juring Coronation Week, the first con- sisting of Coronation munle from the tline of the componor Purcell until the present day; and the second consisting of work specially written by modern British composers to commemorate the Coronation of King George V. There will also be 'n spoelul performance of 'Merrie England, by Sir Edward Ger- man, and an all-ntär variety perforni ance The popular programme In Town To-night will be broadenst each oven- ing during Coronation Week. At this hour ench day it is hoped to introduce to listeners a number of the more in- teresting Coronation visitors, especially thoap from the Empire overkena. number of special talks will also be given by visitors from abroad,

THE CORONATION PROCESSION

BBC observers along the route of the Coronation procession from Bucklagham Faines to Westminster Abbey will de- scribe the scenes to listoners. Obrer.

WEEK-END PROBLEMS

By Hubert Phillips

PROBLEM 1.

HIGH FINANCE ... Here is s simple problem for Anunciers. What is the largest sum of money which can be paid in cur- rent coin of the realm in just as many different ways as it contains farthings?

PROBLEM II,

AN AGE PUZZLE When I asked a filend what his age was, he replied:

"In the year in which I was born, my father reached an age which, in years, was the square, root of the year in which he was korn,"

In what year was my friend born?

PROBLEM III. DOUBLE ACROSTIC

UPRIGHTS Two sets gone wrong, and, both

alike; 1

Nor is the whole of use "The guns of this fell foo I'll spike,"

Declared the gallant Bruce

LIGHTS

(1) That's clear. A laugh within

you'll sen

"A celebrated Jew

ning of the Service a BBC observer will describe the various nets and ceremonies which form part of the Coronation.

these nets, when no sound la nudible. speaker will rend selected rubrics which will enable listeners to follow the proceedings. The BBC is installing, within the precincts of the Abbey, an elaborate control room, which will be linked to Broadcasting House, This control room will be the focal point both of the broadcasts from the route of the procession and of the transmis sions from within the Abbey. Alto- Kether more than fifty microphones will be employed, all of which will be con- trolled by dals on a central control panel. Special facilities are being pro- vided by the BBC for observari nant from foreign broadcasting organluations, These observers will broadcast from special observation booths which will be linked through the facilities of the BBC with the International Telephone Exchange of the British Post Offer. No decision has yet been resched as to whether it will bo possible to televiso the proceedings. (App. 956 word.).

BOAT RACE COMMENTARY

During parts of the service devoted to

The eighty-ninth Dont Baes between Oxford and Cambridge Univeraltloa takes place on March 24, and Hongkong listeners to Daventry will hear a run- ning commentary by J. D. M. Snaggs. He will follow the boats in the BBC launch Maglelan. The launch, with two commentators aboard, ́n complement of engineers, and a crew of alne, will carry a small transmitter, generators and bat- terles, and at the start of the race will lle 200 ft. ahead of the crowe When the boats have passed, Minglelan will follow as closely as possible behind the umpire's launch.

Of the past eighty-eight races, Cam- bridge has won forty-seven, Oxford forty, and there has been one dead- heat. Since 1921, however, Cambridge Has won every race, and this year, as in recent years, millions of people, who are if Oxford will at last break the pheno keenly interested in the result, wonder

menal sequence of defonts. Transmission 1, March 25, 4.15 p.m. Transmission 2, March 24, 7.10 p.m. Transmission 9, Mareli 24, 10.10 p.m.

SERVICE FOOTBALL, Hongkong listeners to Daventry are to hear on April 3 a commentary from

Twickenham ón thỏ Rugby - Union -foot-. ball match between tho Ariny and the Royal Air Force. Last year the Army won both their inter-Service matches, besting the Royal Air Force by Lwo gonis, a penalty goal and n try to ans Hon. The Army thus finished the son

Df son as champion the Triangular Tournament.

Transmission 3, April 3, 11,40 p.m.

1.K.T.

The many members of the British forces, stationed oversons, who Are closely Interested in inter-Service Asso- clation football matches can look for. ward to following the play in the match between the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. A commentary is to be broadcast from Daventry to oyerson Matenera, -Tranumlasion --1,--March-- 28,-- 3....... p.m.-

If for myself exchanged I be, Transmission 2, March 28, 6.35 p.m.

No further payment's due.

Arlinda (left) of Cedric and Arlinda fame, photographed with Max Baer. Arst before leaving the States for. die East.

RUMOURED: That the Hongkong and Shanghat Hotels Lid, signed o contract for a record fee for Cedric and Arlinda, the two most polished and versatile artistes ever to visit Hongkong. The exact amount is undisclosed, but this Page believes that it comes to thrice as much per week as the aver- nge Hongkong socialite carns per month.

KNOWN: That the Hongkong Hotel has picked, two winners. This couple gave four numbers last Saturday, and also during the week, that were the acme of polish and brilliance, and Hongkong has seen nothing quite like their performances for several years. Incidentally, change of programme is announced for to-night.

RECOMMENDED: Ring up the Boy Friend when you read this re- minder, and make sure that he's booked your table. If the B.F. Is out fighting for "Redland" make another date.

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