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HÖNGKONG HOTEL GRILL ROOM.
FINAL PERFORMANCE D* * Kia MKT ".
ON 30TH DECEMл, 1918
at
view of the fact that the above performansen will Comence 7.30 pm, an AFTER THEATRE SUP FER will be served in the Grill Room at 10.45 p.m.
“SUPPER TICKETS $200 PER HEAD.
The antire proceeds of the sale of the above will be devoted
to the
"STAR AND GARTER. FUND"
Entending patrons aru kindly requsited
to book seats beforehand.f
Plan and tickets may be obtained at
the Hotel Otice.
Hongkong, Dec. 22, 1015.
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HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANT,
LIMITED.
NOTICE
NOTIC
TOTICE is hereby given that the
demand for Electricity has almo reached the limit of the capacity, of the prent Generating Plant, and n a result on further applications for new connections
inns can be acceptal as from 1st January next, until completion..of the New Power Station at North Point, it was fully expected that the North Point Station would have been completed and ranning before now, but owing to the War work in respect of the new plant has been considerably delayedt
By Order of the Board.
GIBB, LIVINGSTON, & CO.
Agents,
Hongkong, Dec. 14, 1016
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT
COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTILE IS HEREBY GIVE
1329
that
IN an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL
MEETING of Greer, Island Cement Company Linfied will be held at Oce of
of Messrs. Showan, Tomes & Co.,
of the
"Rund
the General Se
St George's
Chispan
Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, on FRIDAY the fifth day of January, 1017 at 12 o'clock noon when the subjoined Resolutions which were
were passed
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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, OF HONGKONG
Announces a free lecture on
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
BY..
CLARENCE W.
CHADWICK,
C.S.B.,
at the
THEATRE ROYAL
DECEMBER 29th, 1916
At 5.30 P.M.
BANK HOLIDAY.
5 accordance with Ordinance No.
of 1912 the EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business or MONDAY the 1st January, 1917.
Rongkong Dee. 28, 1918.
WANTED.
1376
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RURSE to infant during voyage DEQUIRED somebody to act to London. February or March.
Reply.
"PASSAGE." Co CHINA MAIL' Office. Hongkong Dec. 27, 1016.
1374
Ex Fauriant, Eeneral Meeting of the DAIRY FARM NEWS.
aid Company held on the Fifteenth day of December, 1916 will be submitted for onfirmation as Special Resolutions -
be
(1) That the capital of the Company reduced from $4,000,000 (Four million dollara) divided into 400,000 (Four hundred thousand) shares
s of $10 (Ten dollars) each, to $3,000,000 (Three million divided
red into 400,000 (Fetr thousand) shares of 87:50 (Seven
dollars and fifty cents) inch, and that such reduction be effected by returning (on such date as the Company's Board of Directors shall appoint) to the h holders of the hundr 400,000 (Four
shares that have been issued up capital to the
the extent of $2.50
(wo dollars and fifty cents) per share and by reducing the nominal amount of each of the said shares from 810 (Ten dollars) to 87.50 (Seven dollars and fifty cents). (2) That application be made to the Supreme Court of Hongkong to confirm the reduction of the capital of the Company in con- formity with the foregoing
Resolution. Dated this 19th day of December, 1516,
By Order of the Ecard,
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SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers.
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That's why
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has been justly described as
THE CIGARETTE
TACTICS AND STRATEGY.
DE LUXE.
the sooner we got to work the better ler
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both of these two of our Allies. W MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA
never certainly presumed that we could
A REPLY TO GERMAN CRITICISM. prevent the Germans from taking a dozen or even 20 divisions from their front oa the West is they chose to incur the flagellation which they would get, "and have since received, for doing so Ludendorf knows the number of division on the two sides of the Western front
The Military Correspondent of "The Times, a an article dealing with German General Stad enticism on Alled strategy, writes :—
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ont
well as we do, and our only surprise "The argument of the German General during this offensive of 1016 is that with Staff, is that the object of the "Allies was, 12 divisticas in the field at the start, and fest, to break through the German frout, with all the others formed since, the and to cause it to collapse, and, secondly, Germans have never launched,
prever Germany from
seading counter-attack in the West worth a rep. saficient reinforcements to her Allies and have submisively, bowed to our In South-Eastern Europe to enable them, initiative all the time. We certainly did to overthrow Rumania. The German, net think that, in between attack and General Sta naturally replies to its own defence, the respective numbers on the statement of our first objeel by declaring two sides justified the troglodyte tactics that we have only gained local tactical of the enemy, any more than they justi sucitesses, and that four racoths of
find the song ambitions which the ritanic confict have brought us to nester Germans now pratuitously ameribe to us. the realization of our aim than before. We have rekered Verdun. Wo find As to our sopposed second object, the that the German casualties on all Ircats, General Staff declare that the Germans on the showing of the enemy, are 742,066 have conquered the Dobrudju, liberated since we opened the ball. We have not Transylvania, and have seized the poses finished yet, and our latest necesses are leading to the heart of Bomania. They among our inst Finally, though we do not actually claini in so many words, never supposed that we could restrain that Rauma will be overthrown. "but Hindenburg and his friend from gaining They make it clear that, in their opinion, some spurious fame by bullying the this will probably cocie to pass.
smallest boy in the school, "the little The weakness of this argument lies in fellow is not down yet, and meantime the fact that the united talent of Hinden- we are capturing German prisoners by the
GRAFONOLA burg and Ludendorf has attributed to us thousand and shall have to build museums
WILL COMPLETE
THE FAMILY CIRCLE
DURING THE
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SILIMPOPON (SEBATTIK) FESTIVE SEASON.
COAL
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very
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aims which we never proposed or expected to hold the German war material which to attain, and has omitted the objects (we have secured."" which we sought" and have attained. We know quite well the superiority is The writer was present at the British and men and guns recessary before we can French Headquarters in the initial stages aspire to a great strategic victory in the MANILA. Mesars Macondray & of the Song offcisivo, and, without West, and all our efforts are set on
Co. presuming Lo know the secrets of the obtaining this superiority. We hid Higher Command, can only say, that certain defnite sims when we began this SINGAPORE: Mesare Borneo Co. strategy, while giving the date, the 1918 offensive and these aims have been
Ltd. guidance, and the general direction for achieved. If Ludendorff likes to attri our effort, spparently entered very little bute other aims to us to suit his Eastern in other respects into the matter in hand. manuscript, and to encourage faint- The ghastly failure of the German attack hearted Gerumos, this le his affair. He on Verdun, which was clear to demonstra.no doubt.correctly measures the gallibility had shown that the break-through, mean to remember is that there are Westerners, tion directly the Soune battle began, of his countrymen. But what we have
ing the shattering of a front and a general and Easterners in Germany as there are retreat on the part of an enemy, was with us, and that, as Hindenburg was
improbable as the result of an attack on always an Easterner and is on the way
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a contracted front, and to such contracted to resume his attack on Russis, he la TEL. 1324 front we were still at that time confined bound to minimise and depreciate all by reason of our want of heavy guns. German losses in the West' which are a
were out to kill Germans in the direct first place, and this we have pretty reflection apon, the change which be has effectually done. We were out to rolleve imported into the place of the Higher Verdun point which the German Command, The German General Staff, General Staff leave severely alone and and the ever obsequious German Press, Verdua has not only been relieved, but therofare find it necessary to, reverss their has taken a heavy toll of its besiegers telescopes when they look at the West, and haay thanks to the Somme, reversed to ignore our tactical successes, the the results of eight months of bloody German lossce, and the relief of Verdun, German sacrifices. The strain on Verdun and to claim that we have failed by was the initial cause of the opening of attributing to us schemes which we never the offensive at the particular date contemplated, This is all part of the selected, and as we were not ready, not game of war, and we take no exception having up all the heavy guna we needed, to it at all. But what we have to do is we had all the loss cause to expect the to look coolly at all these manifestations, ambitious resulta which the Germans now and to keep steadily on our why without attribute to gs in order to enable them allowing ourselves to be deflected from te alaim a strategie victory. .
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