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號十二月四年七十壹百九千查英、
HONGKONG FRIDAY, APRIL 20 1917.
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BUSINESS NOTICES.
STEAM OR MOTOR VESSELS
8,000 Tons, 4,000 Horse Power now Built. .Steel Building Work of every "Description.. Castings, Forgings, Repairs and Supplies. Prompt. Attention and Shipment to Destination. INJECTORS AND STEAM PUMPS.
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NOTICE.
NY EUROPEAN, Non ASTATIC
INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hors of 9 AM to 1 P.M. and 2... to 4 P. daily.
Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers, All persona, with certain exceptions, who remain in the Colony for more than days are required to Register them- elves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS. ORDINANCE 1916: Forms of Registration giving the particul
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IN WHICH 4RE. VESTED THE RIAREN OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE
COMPANY, LTD.. and
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TOTAL FORDS & SIT DECEMBER, 1914,
£93.870,587.
1-Authorised Capital £6,000,000, Szbscribed Capital £4,500,000
Paid-up Capital £2,497,600 I-Fire Fund 5,837,047 III-Lile & Appuity Fanda... 17.567,580
Staking Fund Accourt
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128,250
#93,970,367
Revenue Fire Branch......... £2,381,456
Life and Annuity
T Branche....9 Reienne Marion Department... Other Receipts
2,141,693
$37,239 478,840
£8,339,228
The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet the claims under the respective Depart ineute of the Company's Barines.
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Hongkong, April 11, 1912.
5.00 pm, bo 8.00 p.m. Every 10 minutes.I
"6.50 p.m. and 9 p.m., 9.30 p.m. to 11.00
p.m. every half hour..
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THE WAR.
THE GREAT OFFENSIVE.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
HEAVY FIGHTING,
CONTINUES.
LATEST REPORT FROM THE
FRENCH FRONT.
Luscos, "April LD.
A French attack on the night of April 17th-18tia near Brays succeeded after
peated attacks on an elevated» s front at Chetain-des-Darnes of specia? violenes, Near Umonne they failed sanguinarily and also near Taville- Barna- Bois, Our forest position has we have A French commaimique reports: - become unsuitable and There she grant reciprocal attil-established, to the rear, a fortified lery activity to the south and south-line.
Sew Eghting has developed in the We continued our progress to the Clampugne and to the northwest It mas most north of Villy and Ustel, betweend ward of Auberive.
intensa- this inerning swing to the the Aisne and Cherrin-des-Damie
Our machine-guns stopped dead an the region of
West of St. Quentin.
enemy, attack Courtecon,
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The Bergans yesterday evening. violent attack on our positions
introduction of further forces..
The Russian fri has been more active between the Pripet and the Dniester,
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on the Plateau at Vernuclere; and RUSSIAN DETERMINATION."
further cust, were nłowny downby our
fire at the assaulting waves hul to retire with great losses and without i reaching our lines.
There was a lively artillery action during the night on the sectors Supigneni, "Legodar and La Porn pelle.
TO ANNIHILATE GERMAN.
MILITARISM
PETROGRADY April 19.
The speeches of the Government representatives at the reception, of the English and French Labour delegates all emphasised that the Allied at Democracies are fighting for liberty
We continued, our Succeeя Morouvillers and Massef in the and the elimination of war. Champagne. Our attacks were M. Miliukoff declared that the everywhere successful. We cap Provisional (fovernment would continue unred High Mount død several to exert its utmost efforts to annihilate beights to the eastward, including German militarism.
That this view is overwhelmingly Hill 27. Or the outskirts and to
the south of Moronvillers, we cup-endorsed by the people is shown by the general condemnation, of the pro- tured two inore. German batteries.
Awelve new German divisions were peace speaches of a few former exiles identified
whese journey to Russia was greatly. thi boissons and
facilitated by the German authorities. Auberive front..
All the newspapers refer to them as being in the pay of the Kaiser.
THE ATTITUDE OF RUSSIAN
SOCIALISTS..
SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S LATEST REPORT.
Lostos, April 19 Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-
We improved our position slightly to the southward of Mongby-le- Preux.
We further progressed to the east of Faimpoux and in the trenches to ale south-east of, Loos..
NO PEACE ON BASIS OF EXISTING GOVERNMENTS.
NEW YORK, April 19. The Associated Press atutes that assumnces have reached Washington that.
under
no conditions at present oncvirable will the Provi- We beat off u bombing attack to opal Government of Russia yield the south of Lens.
The guns captured total 328.
BRITISH AIRSHIP ACTIVITY,
to the overtures of the Austrian and
German Sialics for separute
PERCE
It is authoritatively learned that. LONDON, April 18. so far from contemplating any peace Correspondents at Headquarters on the basis of the existing Govern state that the steady rain and thick ments, the advanced Soufalists of arist are robbing the British of their Russie Walt to carry their dezno
ratising ideas into the Central air supremacy and observation.
Since the bustle of Amus began the Empires and appeal to the Austrian British airmen have made 400, duify and German Socialists to revolt und..
the monarchies an crossings of the German line, taking overthrow photographs and enabling the gun-establish socialiatic republics instead. ners to sinush the enemy batteries
AN INFORMATION BUREAU IN and emplacements.
The guns captured represent a third of the enemy's artillery, The cordon round Lens is now nearly £ serii-circle and the British patrols are within 400 yards of the streets leading to the centre of the town.
RUSSIA.
PETROGRAD, April 14* The statement of the Times”.. Petrograd correspondent regarding foreign relations referred to in a The Germans, by dainining the table dated April 11 is gai-officially Souchez River, have flooded a por denied. It is declared that the tion of Leux und some of its atburbs, Executive of the Workmen's and and also inundated some nines. Soldiers' Committee merely informed the Government that it had estab- lished an Information Burca for the purpose of keeping the foreign Socialist Press informed regardin the event fu Bunde
GERMAN REPORTS.
LONDON, April 19. A German official message, trans- whared by wireless, rappris :-
There were several French attacks along the Aisue and the Alarne canal.
The strongest, against The Brimont, failed.
Our counter-attack in the Cham-1 pagne compensates for the enemy gain to the north-west of Auberive. LATER.
A. Gerinau official message, truns. mitted by wireless, reports
Frena Amy Orders found in dicate the far-reaching objects of their attack on April 16, which failed; The French only approximately at- tained their tactical aims to say nothing of their strategic objects.
Delayed in transmission.)
AMERICAN HELP.
BAILWAY EXPERTS FOR RUSSIA
WASHINGTON, April 18
The Senate and the House of Representatives have passed #BIT peruitting the Allies, to recruit their citizens in the United States
Arrungements are being made to Bend 500 American ruźway, expertx to re-organise the Russian railways
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