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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED & REDUCED,
#JIHETWENTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY 1 ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Odices of the Company St. George's Buildings,
thater Now Victoria Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the 27th day of March, 1917 at 11.30 AM.: for the purpose of receiving a Statenunt of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ending 31st December, 1916, htt declaring Dividend.
By Order of
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NOTICE.
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A MONDAY Next, the 19tis inst
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THE WAR.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, 1st March to SATSEDAY, 31st March, 101, both days inclusives.
The return of Capital of 8250 per slure will be paid to Shareholders. on
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THE FOOD PROBLEM IN GERMANY.
NOTABLE CONFESSION BY FOOD COMMISSIONER.
AMSTERDAM, March 9.
In the Prussinni Diet the Fool Com 'malasiover declared that food difficulties were consequent, on the cessation, of work and the more dismal things in a zertain western town were attributable DESPERATE FIGHTING IN to wholesale falsification of bread-
A SNOWSTORM.
BRILLIANT FRENCH SUCCESS.
cards resulting in the entire food reserves being used up.
He stated that without drastic, men- sures it would be impossible to bold
out.
It is believed the town referred to is
Lesnos, March 10.- Beuter's Corresponder n the French Headquarters, telegraphing STARVING GERMANS CROSS DUTCH from -Champagne-on-the-3rd «inst describes the recapture of the salient tentioned in a communiqué of the Sth inst."
| Easen where a big hunger strike was
reported recently.
FRONTIER.
ادامه دار
AMSTERDAM, March 9. The Maastricht, neispaper He states that tla ferian success
states that 300 Germans, February 14th e themi faNourikes possession of a long crest-over-kok--including 100 deserters, eraser the
and after the 15th March 1917 on POR STEAMER-GOING HOMEng the Perch lines. This was frontier at Limbricht and demanded presentation of Share Certificates for
enalognent, By Order of
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Bagkong. Feb. 22, 1917...
HONGKONG TUE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
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HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
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strengthened by two powerful forts bread." bristling with onchine-gunk.
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PETROGRAD, March 9.
When the Frenchinttack began the THE FOOD PROBLEM IN RUSSIA. weither intervened most unexpect- edly on behalf of the Boches, The heaviest shuwste of the "winter and a blizzard-like gale hampered the here was a foot of snow gunners. on the ground when the infantry emerged yesterday morning from the bottom of a ravine at the foot of the
THE THIRTY-SIXTH ORDINARY
and after 19th March, 1917 the HOLDERS will be held at the Offices business by the Hongkring Savings Bank
ANNUAL MEETING on SITARE HOURS for the transaction of rest and started to emiss the 200 -f-the-General Mannery ne bi
will be 10. to 12 Noox, Saturdays inchalek
WEDNESDAY, 29th instant, to- receive a Statement of the Company's Arraunts to stegnier, 1916
1916, wi
the report of the Gellami Manager,
The TRANSFER BOKS of the Company will he CLOSED from the 14th to 18th instant bobbidiers inclo åve
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Lee.
General Managers. Bangkong, Marcḥ, 8, 1917.
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HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTION TO SHAREHOLDERS,
TERETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
FORTY EIGHTH ORDINARY
will be held at the Oives af the Undersigned at Nons, ou WEDNESDAY the 99th instant.
The TRANSFER BOOKS, of the Company will be CLOSED from the 14th to the 99th hstart, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Ltd.
General Managers. Hongkong Fire Insurance Company Ltd.
Hongkong March. 8, 1917.
CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY LIMITED.
NOTICE.
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For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION,
X. J. STAER,
Chief Manager. Hongkong. March 5, 1917. 1552
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
CORNED BEEF
AND
CORNED PORK.
Pur ve N KES AND BARRELS
FOR
EXPORT OB STEAMERS USE
COLUMBIA
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At & conference the Fremier, Minister, Members of the Duma and Municipal officials discussed tho urgent food problem.
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FLOUR SUPPLIES NOT DIMINISHED.
vars of heavily trenched ground to that the commander of the troops there A telegram from Petrograd" states Here the the first German line.
proclamation, informed the ocasional dash of a greande showed inhabitants that our supplies had non that the bomb-throwers were busy diminished. There, whould be ample (clearing out dug-outs, but the Gerbread if the people were moderate in,
mars surrendered rendily and within. their requirements. half an hour Frenebraen were visible on the top of the crest, having pro gressed 300 yards in the centre and 300 yards on the flanks, securing powerful works and a "number of prisoners."
The proclamation was due to the Jun- rest of the poor, especially the women, who hegan to assemble demanding bread, but were very orderly, the use of troops not being necessary,
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The Duma has been lengthily debat The French enntinued a furthering the food crisis. 300 yards when the roar of the re- awakened artillery announced that FRANCE AND THE FOOD FROBLEM. German counter-attack was develop- ing. The enemy pushed through the barige und engaged the French ut close quarters, bus were driven off after a desperate fight. principally with bomba.
GERMAN REPORT.
Losoos, March 10. "A German official report stafes : We repulsed French-attacks near Rancourt, southward of Crapeau mesnil.
Russian troops, led by "French
RECORDS.officers, penetrated our lines on both
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THE THIRTY-NINTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the nhove Corn-033 pany will be held at the Offices of the General Agents Pedder's Streck, on FRIDAY the 30th
30tli instant at Noon for 8107
the Report and
the
Statement for the year
ending
of 31st
1918.
Invitation to the Waltż
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of Proshes. A counter-attack ripeted theut!
The positions westward & Chim. pignouite several times changed Orchestra hands resulting in no important
change in the situation." We took } 55 prisoners.
For Valour Military Waltz Business as Usual March
Southern Wedding
The Water Melon Fête
March Lorraine
December The TRANSFER OOKS of the 8838
6097 Fic
Company will be CLOSED from the 18th to 30th March both days inclusive.
JARDINE; MATHESON & Co., LTD.
General Agent Hongkong, March' 9, 1917.
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Hangking, Feb. 12, 1917.
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Our detachments forced their way [into Caurieres Wood and tools 206 prisoners. The remainder of the garrison filed.
The prisoners taken at Magyaris total 1,004.
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THE RUSSO-RUMANIAN FRONT.
ENEMY ATTACK REPULSED.
LONDON, March 9.
A wireless Russian official message
BAYA:
We threw back an enemy attack in the Mitau region.
The enemy captured three heights to the north-west of Okna d
The attacks to the west of Olam failed
... GERMAN REPORT.- Between the Trotne and Uz valleys we stormed the high ridge of Magyaros adjacent to the Russian positions and. took 60 prisonera.
During February we lost 24 deroplanes and the enemy lost 91.
PARIS, March 9. The Chamber of Deputies has passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 296 votes to 1, following a three days" debate on food supplies, in which the Chairman of the Agricultural Committee emphasised the necessity for the Allies and neutrals economising in wheat or largely substituting other cereals,
The Chairman said that experts exti- mated France's wheat deficit during1917: would be 136,000,000 bushels. The the Allies and neutrals, it is estimated deficit in oversens expplies for France, will be 200,000,000 bushels.
HOW THE WAR WILL
END.
HUNGARIAN MINISTER'S VIEW.
Manis, March, 10,
Le Malin publishes a remarkable interview given by Count Andrassy, the Hungarian ex-Premier, in which the latter expressed the opinion that
the war would end through general exhaustion and peace terms would be dictated by the cleverer belli Igerunt.
Count Andrasay asserted that in this connection the Centrul Powers more intelligent than the Entente.
were
He also declared that Germany. had two anna: Erstly, the uniting of Central Europe and the "East; secondly; to become, a dominant world power.
The first would be
attained by the present war, but in. order to achieve the second Great Britain must be defeated.
Court Andrassy said he doubted the success of submarinism and with regard to this expressed the opinion that other and slower means must be employed.
A BLANK PEACE- Count Andrassy declared that it would be a blank peace, without formal canexation of indemnities, but he emphasised that it was necessary that the Central Powers A Russian official report states: should control Poland and Lithuania Northwestward of Okna our troopiuilitarily and economically, an o are counter-attacking to regain the lost barrier against Russia, whose power heights.
LATER.
THE ITALIAN FRONT.
SHORT LIVED ENEMY SUCCESS.
LONDON, March 9. A wireless Italian official meGSAGA, saya:-
muat ultimately be broken before Germany's world policy and plans. for supremacy in the East could be fully realised.
MESOPOTAMIA COMMISSION.
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LONDON, March 10. In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar The enemy penetrated lines to the Mesopotamis Commission was not yet Law stated that the Report of the west of Castagnavizza, but were written He declined to promise, be thrown out.
WHEN YOU WAKE
TO-MORROW MORNING
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are perfectio
shion,
fore receiving the Report,, that it should
be published in its entirety.
CHINA AND THE WAR,
LONDON, March 10 Telegrams from Peking state that the withdrawal of the Premier's) resignation is regarded as indicating that the President has finally agreed to the Cabinet's policy of a rupture
diplomatic negotiations Germany, lándz possibly an / slliance:
with.
MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1917.
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