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NY EUROPEAN Non AFLATIC or INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours
of 9 A.01 P.M. and 2 P.B. to 1 F..
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dailyphicate will be required to produce Passports or identification papers
oersons, with certain exceptiosis, whe resin in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them- selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916. Forms af Registration giving the particula required may be obtained at the G.P.O. add at all Police Stations
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TOTAL
AL Funds at 31st Decemsen, 1914,
£93.970,367.
1--Authorised Capital £6,000,000
Bubscribed Capital £4,500,000
Paid-up Capiat.£2,437,500 II-Fire Fund.......................................... 3,837,047 III-Life & Annuity Funda... 17,567,690 Sinking Fund Account ....... "129,230
£23,970,967
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26,339,298
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Shewan, Tomes & Co. Gmeral Managers,
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GENERAL MANAḍPUS
THE HONGKONG HOTEL
AND
GRILL ROOM
H TAGGART
MANAGER
HONGKONG
HOTEL
THE Management ber to announce that as from 1st December, 1917, the "HONGKONG HOTEL ORCHESTRA - WILL PLAY DAILY (Sundays excepted) as follows:
IN THE MAIN LOUNGE From 11.30 to 1 pm
From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m...
IN THE GRILL ROOM.
From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
OLTEA DANCES will be held during the Winter Months
and Friday commencing on 11th December, 1917. pm to 7pm
DINHER DANOES will be held on CHRISTMAS NIGHT BOXING NIGHT and KEW TEARS EVE
For THE HONGKONO HOTEL COT.
ong, Dec. 1, 1917.
J. H. TAGGART,
PEAK HOTEL,
as
PRICE $3.00 Per Mon
THE WAR.
TO-DAY'S
TELEGRAMS
ANOTHER
#Reuter's Service.
ENGLAND
AID ON.
BY TWENTY-FIVE MACHINES,
TWO ENEMY MACHINES. BROUGHT DOWN..
LONDON, The
THE CAMERAI REGION.
ENEMY ATTACKS · REPULSED,
Loxnos, Dec. B. "Field-Marshal" Sir Douglas Enig
reports.
Two minor enemy attacks, in the neighbourhood of Gannulieu, wer officially announced that 5cessfully repulsed." enerny aeroplanes participated in a
There was local fighting, to oús raid on England, early this morning, advantage, in the neighbourhood-a The first group, st 1.50 a. La Vacqueries, more serious bombed places on and rear the Rentenem attack, in this area, and of coast, and a second proceeded-up the considerable force, in the afternoon, Thames, penetrating some distance was repulsed after severe fighting..
to Kent. Both groups carried out preliminary attacks with the object of drawing the anti-aircraft gunfire and exhausting the defences. A our-later-a-serious attack developed Between 1a.m. and 4.30 am two groups of machines crossed the where we slightly improved our posí Essex cost and three groups crossed tions and also pulsed reconnaitring the Kent coast, converging towards parties. Loudon, in an effort to deliver five simultaneous attacks, from the north-east, the east and the south west.
- The gunfire turned back one group | and not more than ave or six huchiues penetrated London,
ALARM LASTS THREE AND A HALF HOURS.
Loxbox, Deg. 8.
Our artillery broke up the enemy infantry advancing to attack in the neighbourhood of Bourton Wood and. Moeuvres.
The hostile artillery was active to the north of the Menin Road,
́SIR DOUGLAS HAJO'S LATEST REPORT
Losnos, Dsc B. Field-Marsha Sir Douglas Haiz
reports
Our troops, on Tuesday without enemy interfere drew a short distance to the West from Noyelles-sur-Laso
After a quiet moonlight period the Bourier Wool sahent. London was startled late this morn.elsery wis not aware of the more
ing, by an air-raid warning. It was ment until late yesterday!
·bright starlight with a faint waning We prior to our withdrawals moon and Erosty. The few rest systematically destroyed the enemy dents in the City and the incoming fieldworks in the abandoned area. workers went to the shelters quietly
We repulsel attacks in the neigh- and promptly. The boom of the tourhtad gå kø Vacquire and ed cnûnonude was bear, followed by vanced our line slightly to the scuth. the sound of aircraft engines. Thwest of the village, during the night.") alurin lasted altogether three hours
DEATH OF BRITAIN'S "YOUNGEST and a half.
GENERAL.
A few explosive bombs and a lurge number of incendiary boibs fell in various districts...
LONDON, Dec. 0 Brigadier-Geneal R. B. Bradford,
The defences brought down. two aged 36, the youngest officer to attain
machines. The crews, the men such, were captured alive.
A number of fres occurred in London, but were speedily got under control
The casualties are believed to humil light.
A number of our templanes went up and ull landed safely.
THE CASUALTIES.
LATE
that rank, has lied of wounds.
THE ITALIAN FRONT.
ENEMY RESUMING HIS ATTICKÉ
Lasnax, Deo: 162 Bouter's Correspondent at Ika Headguarters states thut the of winter conditions is the gre rassistance to the enemy resuming, his attacks with forces and more powerful
In the House of Commons, Boner Law stated that the casual ties in the air-raid were three killed
and 10 iujured in Londen, and four while, the Italians killed and 11 injured outside London.
BRITISH AIR RAIDS.
Londay, Dec. 8.
strengthened their defences,
the ardour and faith of the cop prprise new success
The Austro-German plán seem... Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, be to concentrate their lorces on t reporting on aviation, states: - | Asiago Fuatan and also to thei
Our aircraft, yesterday, dropped of Monte Grappu towar
118' bombs: oir un nerodrome, to the
north of Dount und un villages and Valley, somewhere ne machine-gun emplacements for the hoping to reach the Yen battle area.
ab. Bawunot,
They also fired several rounds on enemy troops: g
* None of our machines are missing, We raided, this afternoon, large milway junctions and sidings at, the Zweibrucken works and at Saar brucken, ecuring many direct hits and causing two large fires
The an aireraft firing was heavy and courate, but all our machines returned, A
NAVAL AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY
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