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THORNE'S
ESTABLISHED
1845
就八十月二年八十叠百九千叠英
BUSINESS NOTICES.
HONGKONG MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1918.
午戊歲年七國民中
BUSINESS NOTICES
OLD VAT W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.
No. 4.
SCOTCH WHISKY.
BOLE AGENTS.
A.S. WATSON & Co. Ld
·WINE & SPIRIT" MARCH ANTE,
HONGKONG.
ATL.616
NOTICE.
HY EUROPEAN Nen ASTATIC or INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of § LX. 1 1 P.M. and 3 FM to 4 P.M. daily.
Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. Al persons, with certain exceptions, whe comin in the Colony for mors than
days are required to Begister them- nives under the REGISTRATION of TERSONS ORDINANCE 1916 Forms of Registration giving the particular required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations.
The Penalty for non compliance is s Asa not exveeding $30,
FORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE
· INSURANO» 00, ·
WHICH ÄRA VESTEN TEN REAKTA 27, THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE,
Company, 129–
and
THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS
ASSURANCE Co..
TOTAL FUNDS AT 81 Dzomber. 1914,
£23.970,967.
-Authorised Capital £8,000,000
Fubscribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital £2,487,500 E-Fire Find............................. 3,687,047 II-Life & Annuity Funds... 17,567,500 129,290 Hinking Fond Accommt......
223,970,387
Bevenus Fire Branch
£ 381,456 Life and Annuity 2,141,583
Branches.
Revane Marins Department... Other Receipts sastrarmemiznin
เ
$97,299 478,940
£5,339,298
The Accemolative Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, arð sob aside to meet the claims under the respective Depart- ment of the Company's Brincas,
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
Agents.
TRAMWAYS COMPANY.
LIMITED
TIME TABLE_"
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1.90 %. 66 8 (1) rury 15 minutes. 8.00 10.00 am...Frary 10 minutes. 10.00-11.00 km...Every 15 minutes. 11.30 am to 12.45 p.m...Every 15 minutes 11,45 pm to 1.15 p.m...Every 19 minutes. LIA.m. to 1.65 p.m. Every 15 minutes 265 pm to 2.15 p.m.very 10 minutes 125 pm. to 5.00 pmvery 15 modumuss. 6.00 am, to 8.00 p.m... Every 10 minbow
*
450pm, md 9 p. 9.30 ponto $1,00 p.m. every hit boar
11.00 pm to 11.43 p.m., every quarter of
BOTDATE.
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NIGHT ULRS an de Wool Days.
SATURDATA
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SERVICE
Ballings-To Canton daily at 8 am. (Sundaya, excepted) and 10 pÈ. From Canton daily at 8 a.m. (Sundays exempted) and 4 ÍÞž.
HONGKONG, CANTON & MADAO STEAMBOAT CO.. THES
HONGHONG-MAGAO LINE. Sailings-To Macao daily at 8 a.m. (Sandays 9 am) and
2 pm. (Bundays 1 p.m.).
From Maces daily at 7.50 am. and. 2 p.m. (Sundays. 3 p.m.)
Further information may be obtained at the Coursey's Orrick, Hotel Manalona
or from Messa. Tros. Coax & Sox, Booking Agönts, Hongkong,
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Established 1883
-MANUFACTURERS OF
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STRAND
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Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length
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Hongkong, April 11, 1912.
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AND
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THE WAR.
TO-DAY'S
TELEGRAMS.
(Router's Service to the Chio Hail.)
TRAITORS SENTENCED.
BOLO AND CAVALLANT SENTENCED TO DEATH.
PARIS, Feb. 15. A court-martial has sentenced Balo Fusha to death.
Cavallini, ex-Italian Deputy, who
THE HOUSE OF COMMONE,
END OF THE DEBATE.
Laxbox, Feb. 14.
The Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne was adopted with- out a division.
FRENCH COMMENT,
ie under arrest in Rome, has been!
PARIS, Feb. 15. sentenced to death in contumacium.
The newspapers express delight" Torchere, who was Bolo's accorn-over the result of the House of plice and agent, has been sentenced Commons debate
to three years imprisonment.
LATER.
Bolo will be shot at Vincennes.. An enormous crowd outside cheer Led the sentence.
The Court a verdict on the eleven charges against Bolo wers unari
VICUB.
The Liberte says the solution dis- persen alouda and, strengthens the Lloyd George ministry whose fall would have delighted the enemies of
the Entente."
The Tenija notes that any other result would merely encourage the German Chancellor to believė, it": would be enough to persevere in BRITAIN AND THE POPE brutality a little longer to bring
CHARGE OF DISRESPECT REPUDIATED.
LONDON, Feb. 15.
England to her knees, and em phasises that except for a few im penitent pacifists the whole of the peoples in Britain, as in France, approve of the policy of the Versailles
In the House of Commons, reply-Council.
ing to Mr. J. McKean, Independent
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD. Nationalist Member for Monaghan, SKILLED MEN RELEASED FOR
PORTLAND CEMENT
In Chaks of 378 iba, zet.
In Bags, at 250 lbs. nat.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
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Lord Robert - Cecil, Minister of Blockade, emphatically denied that any diarespect to the Pope was in-
SHIPBUILDING.
LONDON, Feb. 14.
volved or intended by the Govern. Speaking in the House of Com- atated that ment in rot. aending more than a mous, Mr. Macnamara
men have beetr formal acknowledgment of the Papal 20,000 skilled Peace Note, which decision was due released from the Army for slip to the belief that nothing could be building. usefully added to President Wilson's
reply.
Referring to the treaty with Italy, which has been published in Petro grad; Lord Robert Cecil said that the. clause relating to the Pope merely declared that if Italy objected to Papal representative at the Peace Congress, Great Britain would up port the objection, because naturally only belligerents were entitled to attend.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
ANOTHER RAID BY CANADIANS.
Loipox, Feb. 17. Field-Mashal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-
This morning the Canadians suc cessfully raided trenches in Lens and returned without losa,, bringing with them a few prisoners.
There has been hostile artillery activity on the Souchez River,
FRENCH RAIDS NEAR XHEIMS.
LONDON, Feb. 19.
A French communiqué states:- Wa carried out raids m the north-
AUSTRIAN COMMENT ON PRESIDENT WILSON'S
SPEECH.
ZURICH, Feb. 14. The Austran papera generally maintain an attitude of reserve with regard to President Wilson's speech, but several of them consider Presi dent. Wilson's speech as being more friendly than that of any other Entente statesmen."
THE RESIGNATION OF THE POLISH
#CABINET
AMSTERDAM Feb. 15.
A telegram from Berlin reports the resignation of the Polen Cabines,
THE SILVER/MARKET,
LONDON, Fab. 12. The Silver Market is unchanged.
(Continued on Page 8.)
THE GOLD STANDARD FOR CHINA?"
JAPANESE FINANCIAL
ADVISERN PLANS. :
Baron Sakatani, who has been west dad cast of Rheims, capturing appointed Finsccial Advisor to the prisoners.
Peking Government and who is about There is fairly great reciprocal to lears Tokyo to take
bis new post artillery activity in Charupagne. Our is quoted by the Nich Nich (Tokyo) batteries caught and dispersed strong as follows enemy concentration south of Dar moise.
NEW ZEALAND AND THE FORMER BEWEGERMEN COLONIESE
JARE WELLINGTON, Fab. 18. Bir J. G. Ward has stated that the Dominion epresentatives are going risi Conte
ap
The present troublesome condition of China cannot be EsTed uptil, abe establishes & sound system of currency. This system, like the system of ertarica in the human body, is the most rital organ for the health of cation
In order to help China ccatablish a proper system of currency mut arst study can fully the actual financial condition of the country. It is for this purpose that I am going to China. I to the
xpect to leave here about the middle mperative
n off of the month the Pacifio Télands to Germany must bo prevented, Bunce their restoration would be a calamity.
"MATIONAL""WAR" BONDS.
SUBSTITUTE FOR A LOAN.
LONDON Feb 14
Catated
be ultimate object we haveão the reform of the currency system of Chin is to adopt the gold standard. But any | hasty stop taken, toward this yob
wil rather tend to work the financial interest
may likely dyan irrep the progress of the MEKTITE WO TAKE galated that, onge Changed under no circ
cerned first the eficien