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THORNE'S
ESTABLISHED
八十月二年八十叠百九千變英
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1918.
午戊夹歲年七國民華中
BUSINESS NOTICES,
BUSINESS NOTICES
OVERLAND CHIM HIL (PUBLISHED "EVERY (MATE DAY)})
Cuntains una Wonkh' News of Honzkolu, anil: thr
Prions (including Postaga) to any part of the wozia. Sia
·PRICE $3.00 Per Month
OLD VAT W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.
No. 4. SCOTCH (WHISKY.
SOLE AGENTS.
A.S. WATSON & Co, Ld
WINE - SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
HONGKONG,
T818
NOTICE.
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NY EUROPEAN Non ASTATIU or
INDIAN desiring to leave the
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.§
KOWLOON BAY.
Steam and Motor Vessels,"
Steel Building Work of every Description,
ť
Castings, Forgings, Repairs and Supplies.
HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS
„JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION. COMPANY, LIMITED.
HONGKONG CANTON LINE.
Sailings-To Canton daily at 8 m. (Sondays excepted) and 10 pm. From Canton daily at 8 a.m. (Sundays excepted) and 4 pm.
Colony should apply a person at the SERVICE & HONGKONG, CANTON & HAOAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. Central Police Station between the hours
of $ A.M. 30 1∙PML and 3 PM to 4 P.M. daily.
Applicants will be required to produce Passports er identification papers. All persons, with Bertsin exceptions, whe resin in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register tham alves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONE ORDINANCE 1918 Forms of Begistration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.F.O and at all Pobee Stations.
The Penalty for non compliance is #ina net exceeding $50,
NORTH BRITISH & MEROANTILE
INSURANCE CO.
WHICH ARE VÆRTED TIER BEAREN OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE
ÓCKPANY, LED.. sod
THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE 00.
TAL FUNDI AT Bist DevEMEK, 1914,
£24,970,367.
TOTAL
1-Authorised Capital £8,000,000, Rubocribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital -li,497,500 I-Fire Funds........................................... 3,837,047 THI-Li & Annuity Funda... 17,687,830 188,230 Biking Fund Account ..............
£23,970,367
Ravenue Fire Eranch.
Life and Acauity Branche........ Revenge Marice Department... Other Receipta verséinegamanszaizan.
2,981,456
2,141,599
$78,940 £5.239.09
The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet the elaime under the respective Depart mople of the Company's Boriness.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
A penta
PA TRAMWAYS COMPANY,
LTMAINED
TIME TABLE.
WEEK DAY
7.00a.m. 8.00a.m...Tory 15 minutos. 1.00a.m. to 10.00a.m...Every 10 minutes. 10.00 to 11.00 Every 15 minutes. 11.30am to 12.45 pm. Every 15 minutos, 1245 pm to 1.15pm...Every 20 minutes, 1.35 pm. ho: 1.45pm...very 15 minute 1.5 p.m. to 1.15 p.st. Every 10 minutes. 2.15pm to 500m.Every 15 minutes. €20 to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minutes.
3.58 pm sod 9p.m., 9.50 p., bo 1100 p. every half hour."
· 11.00 pm to 11.45 pm every quarter of
an hour
SUIDATE
TML 8.00 10.30 m... Cry 15 minutes, 20.502 be 11.00am, Every 10 minutes. 410 6 12 Noonery 15 minutes. 12.00 noon tai 100p.m. Every 10 minutes, 1.00pm to 5.30 p.m... Every 15 minubas 4.30 p.m. to 8.00p.m. Every 10 minutes. 6.00p.m. to 6.30 p.m... Every 15 minetom. 6.50 po to 8,00p.m...Every 10 minube. NIGHT OABS on Week Day.
BATURDATE
Extra Cui at 18 midnight. SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Oon, ALEKAKERS BOILDINGS Doi Vanty Road Centrály
od
Besson and punch tipkele avaliable for all care now already full running at the Work stated in the Company's time tables, but not for spended cars, can be obtained
HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.
Sailings:-To Macso daily at 8 m. (Sundays 9 ) and
2 pm. (Sundays I p.m.).
From Kinee daily at 7,30 am and p.m. (Sundays 3 p.m.)..
Further information may be obtained at the COMPANY' Ornica, Hetal Manziena,
or from Mesars. Tro. Cook & Bor, Booking Agenta, Hongkong.
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DECIDE RANGE
Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length
Prices, samples and full particular will be forwarded on application to
Shewan, Tomes & Co. General Managers.
Hongkong, April 11, 1813,
WATSON'S
OLD
BROWN BRANDY
25 YEARS IN WOOD.
A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd.,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
THE PHONE NO. 516
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.
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and BHIPBUILDERS, BOILER-MAKERS, BRASS IRON on spplication as the Company's Office- FUUM ERS. All work done in this establishment is guaranted. We have No Bruce tekst will be invoed with over thirty years experianos. We own two Blipurya and own woodmanCLASS ANY OR
Mobus or by
Bad Omersal. Hoogbang.
TAIKOO DOCKYARD
BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
-THE TIKOG DOCKYARD & ENGINECASIC COMPANY OF HONGKONG LTD..
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THE
TO-DAY'S
WAR.
TELEGRAMS.
/Reuter's Service to the Chino Mail:
GERMANY AND RUSSIA.
ARMISTICE REFUSED.
A RUSSIAN CALI, TO 'ARMS.
LONDON, Feb. 27, A Russian official message, by wire Lam, states—..
The
GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH.
Laxbox, Feb. 28.- The following is an amplification
of the earlier summary of the Ger- man Chancellor's speech -
The Chancellor declared that Ger German Government has
many undertook the present opera- formally refused an armistice because tions in Bussin in the name of it desires not pace but the strong bumanity, confident that a Russo-- ling of the Revolution: Obstinate German peace would soon be con- and pitiless resistance to the German cluded. History, had never more bordes is thus the principal, task strikingly confirmed the Aristotelian Our greatest dictuin that "we must resolve pit
Не
of the Revolution. strength is our wide territories. The occupation of Reval and Fakat andar for the sake of penice,"
described Germany's role at Buk even Petrograd, which is still very harest as not only to protect her
distant, will in no wise decide the
destiny of the Resolutice. Shouldn interesta but to see a compro- the threat on Petrograd increase, the mise arranged, as regards the diver Soviet Government will retire to gent claims of her Allies.
Count Hertling, referring to Pre- Moscow or elsewhere in Russia, but! our chief and present task is to barident Wilson a second principle, the roads to Petrograd by every Wilson, was labouring under the said one ought to think President obstacle.. We will prove to the
illusion that antagonista existed in Germans that they must dispeme
an autocratio
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erush the authority of the Soviets. Sovernment and the mass of the They will never have the forces for people without rights. this. The more deeply they pene trato the mare surely they will bring on a revolution in Germany.
PETHOGRAD, Feb. 27. The Bolsheviks announce that the Revolutionary population of all classes i mobilizing for a vigorous defence of the Capital. Long queues are lined up at the arsenals awaiting
arms and ammunition.
TURKS ENTER TREBIZOND.
LoxDos, Feb. 20. A telegram from Constantinople states that the Turks have entered Trebizond.
Count Hertling accused England of inventing the game of balanes of power in order to oppose any European State which threatened to become too powerful. This would possibly arouse difficulties, but all- round goodwill would overcome them.
He, accused England of having a Policy of annexations. Her belomal war airns were directed to increasing and rounding off her enor possessions, especially in Africa, He denied having ever harboured the thought of infringing Swiss neutrality.
- AN APPEAL, TO SHIPYARDS.
LONDON, Feb. 26. In the House of Commons, Mr, Barnes appealed to the men in the shipyards to put their backs into the work. He suit that last month bess
THE WESTERN FRONT.
LONDON, Feb. 26. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting ca aviation, states
Our night. Biers dropped over 1,200 than half the estimated number of bomba chießy on aarodromes at Ghent ships were turned out. This month and Tournai used by enemy night fiers the position, apparently, had not and also on an aerodrome at Courtrai improved. The matter was very We bombed billets at Douai and serious, because as regards shipbuilt- dropped 350 bombs en billets at St.
ing, America was failing us. Wa Casatin
must turn out a much larger number of ships if we are to get through the trouble in the next few months.
All our machines returned.
LONDON, Feb. 26.
A French communiqué states- There was marked receiprocal artillery activity to the north of Chemins-de
OUR OVERSEAS TRADE.
Dames; on both banks of the Meuse, DUTIES OF TRADE COMMISSIONERS
especially at Hill 304, at Morthome Beaumont and Chambrettes.
AMERICANS ENGAGED.
IN A FIGHT OF THEIR OWN SEEKING.
LONDON, Feb. 26.
AND CONSULĖS
Loynar Feb 28 Introducing in the House of Com mons the estimates for the Depart ment of Oversees Trade, Mr Steel Maitland stated that out of aïxteen Imperial Trade Commissioners, thir Reuter's Correspondent at the teen had been sanctioned and nine French Headquarters states that actually appointed. He emphasised American troops were engaged for the necessity of up-to-date inforros the first time. a fight altion regarding the selling of, goods, their own sceling in a coup-de-falso of careful analysis and record main carried out by a mixed from different foreign countries of the French and American detachment whole of the methods of banking, in Allette Valley near Cheve finance, transport and other great regny on the 23rd inst, The party factors in the commercial system. numbered a hundred. There was a British Consuls in future would be cail for volunteers and practically expected to deal adeguitaly with the
Dames sector responded Twenty be the duty of commercial attacass Faix of them were selected. The zuid to keep the Government informed of was entirely successful. It lasted the general financial development twenty five minutes and yielded 25 and the whole economie stata of the prisoners fand
machine-gun
country in which they are stationed.
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GOOD BRITISH ATECHAFT WORK
LONDON, Feb. 287 The Air Ministry announces that from February 1st to the 22nd, the
Corps brought down, 76 outbre des and drove down 39: brought down slz-
bombers dro
LONDON, TOK 26 Press Bureau announces
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