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蟹大十月二年八十壹百九千雙英
HONGKONG, BATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1918
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THE
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No. 4. SCOTCH WHISKY.
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A.S. WATSON & Co, Ld:
WINE & AFIKIT MERCHANTS,
HONGKONG,
TEL. 616
NOTICE.'
MY EUROPEAN Non ASTATIC or A INDIAN desiring to leave the Golony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of 9 AM to 1 ra and 2 PM to 4 P.M. daly
Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identifestion papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, who main in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Begister them- pives under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forms of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. mad at all Police Stations.
The Penalty for non-compliance is a fine not exneading: $0.
FORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE
INSURANCE, CO,
WHICH ARE TESTED TIEN. ERARKs or THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE
COMPANY, LED.
and
THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE Co.
#TOTAL FUNDS az 31st Decemven, 1914,
£23,970,387
TOTAL
-Authorised Capital £6,000,000, Enbscribed Capital £4,500,000
Paid-up Capital ...£2,437,500 -Fire Funds............................................ 3,837,047 II-Life & Annuity Funds... 17,507,500 Sinking Fund Account ................ 129,230
£23,970,987
Foronus Fire Brach...... £2,881,458
Lifa and Annuity Branched quen Reveans Marine Department... Other Receipta mariamomema
2,141,693
337,239
478,940
**£5,399,128
The Accumulative Fànds of the various Branchoe are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to moes the claims under the respectiva Espart monks of the Company's Business.
BHEWAN. TOMES & CO.,
PEAK
TRAMWAYS' COMPANY.
· LIMITED |
TIME TABLE
WERK DAY
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Bailings-To Canton daily at 8 am. (Sundays excepted) and 10 pm. From Canton daily at 8 am. (Sundays excepted) and « p.m. SERVICE oF THE SONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.
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From Macao daily at 7.30 am. and pin. (Sundays 3 p.m.).
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THE WAR.
TO-DAY'S
TELEGRAMS.
Reuter's Service to the China Wail.)
THE RUSSIAN
"PEACE."
JOY IN GERMANY NOT
UNALLOYED..
HEROIC DEEDS.
TWELVE MORE Y.C.'S.
EqyDox, Fub, 12. Another series of herole acta is
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 13:
·New from Berlin indicates that gazetted in connection with the the joyfut reception given by the award of twelve Victoria Crosses. population to M. Trotzky's anomal. Seven of those who won them sacri ous Russ Quadruplice peaca declara- ficed their lives. tion is not shared by the Press which
The exploita include that of the dwella on Gehang's difficulties in late Lieut. Colonel Neville Elliott
futuro dealings with Russia.
FRENCH PRESS COMMENT.
PARIS, Feb. 13.
Cooper, Royal Fusiliers, who on leaming that the enemy had broken through an outpost line and was
The French Press, commenting on advancing across the open rushed the Ukraine Peace, emphasises that out of his dug-out; mounted the Germany has courted trouble with parapet and dashed forward calling! Poland by allocating three Polish the reserve company and details of provingas to the Ukranians, and con- the battalion headquarters to fol- sequently the Polish army will still play a part in the struggle.
AUSTRIAN POLISH PARTY'S ATTITUDE.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 13. A Vianna message states that the Austrian Polish Party has broken of reations with the Vienna Govern
ment, because the Ukraine Peace has assigned the Cholm Government to Ukraine.
THE TRUCULENCE OF THE KAISER.
low. Absolutely unarmed be made a bee line for the enemy, and, lead- ing our men, forced back the enemy 600 yards. He was severely wound- ed when forty yards ahoad, when he signalled as follows: Withdrawn
realising insuperable odds regard- less of the knowledge that he must be taken prisoner.
Royal Fusiliers, though ordered to The late Captain Walter Stone,
withdraw his company and lease a rear-guard owing to an expected. attack remained when be realised.
The Kaiser has resumed his trucu- the respected rapidity of the, lent tone over the result of the onslaught. He proceeded to tele Ukraine Feace. He has telegraphed phone macet valuable information to Count Hertling that the cordon of under a tremendous bombardment Germany's enemies has at length and wae seen fighting to the fast been broken by the victorious der when the rearguard was surrounded
and cut to pieces,
maa armies,
He also telegraphed to the Manag ing Director of the Norddeutsche Lloyd that the German sword had opened a door which must lead to general peace.
Lieutenant Samuel Wallace, Field. Artillery, when the personnel of his Battery had been reduced to five and surrounded, maintained the fire by swinging trails round close together,
GERMANY'S GAINS TOO enabling the men to serve the guns,
MODEST."
thereby rendering very valuable sup port to other troops. Ha was in Westfaelische action eight hours.
Tho Rheinisch Zeitung in a remarkable article,
Sergeant Cyril Gourley, Field
says Germany's gains from Russia Artillery, though closely beset, fired
are too modest. Germany must have all Poland and White Russia. enemy view the whole day and kept a gun at short range and in full
Shewan, Tomes & Co. General Managers GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD. borse Rusia coccal porous the enemy in check.
Hongkong, April 11, 1912.
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ign of 250 thu. not.
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explosive forces which are bound to affect the German masses and enthe Manchester Regiment, despite. The late Private Walter Mills,of danger the monarchies. Therefore being badly gassed, continued to reckoning with Great Britain re bomb a strong enemy patrol single- mains inevitable. Without the handed until the arrival of reinforce sen a cultured people cannot ments. The enemy was sorely. de- prosper"
feated owing to his exertions and the line was retained intact. Mill died from gas-poisoning.
ITALY AND THE WAR
SPEECH BY THE ITALIAN PREMIER.
In
NATIVE CHRISTIAN LABOUR. CORPS.
ROME, Feb. 18... a speech delivered in the Chamber of Deputies, Signor Orlando
LONDON, Feb. 12. emphasised Italy & inflexible deter
Hoping to encourage retraiting for mination to continue the war from the Labour Corps the Government has motiver of self-preservation and the Society's Missionaries to mine double asked some of the Church Misionary
attainment of her national ideals.
The deliberations at Veenilles, he
of their companies
Christians and to surd, had inspired the fullest cam chaplains. In descrdance with this Badm accompany themes officers and fidence which could be humanly free of the Bociety's missionaries are forseen: One factor alone" which
now in France in charge of the Indiens must greatly improve the situation working behind the lines, four are lo was the growing American assistance Franco in charge of the Chinese whils The Versailles Conference emphas sid
eight are serving with the Labour Corpa the recessity of close Allied cohesion in Africa on the West Front, concurrently with freedom and responsibility for uch Allied Command. Buch auto- nonous command was due to roas sons of general utility and not con alderations of national amour propre
NORWAY'S SHIPPING LOSSES,
OVER A MILLION TONS.
LONDON, Feb 13
To January 31st. 714 Norwegian
ggre
ing to
(Continued on Page 5);
HONGKONG DEFENCE CORPS.
Order for Infantry Battalion by: Major