From January 1
Hongkong, Dec. 29.
On and after January 1, it was announced here today, telegrams may be sent and received in Hongkong in the following codes: Bentley's Complete Phrase Code; Bentley's Second Phrase Code; ABC Sixth Edition; Petersen's Third Edition.
The following abbreviations, the announcement added, must be inserted in the service instructions to indicate che code used:—"Bencom," "Bensec,"
"ABC" and "l spectively.
It had originally been intended to introduce this relaxation of the restrictions on telegraph and wireless communications on December 7 but postponement of the step was &nnounced by the censors on December 4.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.