MUMEYA
Japanese Photographer)
All kinds of Photographie
Work done in, istess styles
also Passport Photos.
Developing and Printing for
Amateurs & Speciality.
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TEL. 234.
The China Mail.
TABLISHED
1845
就九月三年八十壹百九千叠英
BUSINESS NOTICES,"
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1918.
BUSINESS NOTICES
午戊大歲年七國良華中
THE
OVERLAND CHINA MAIL- (PUBLISHED EVERY' MAIL DAY.)
Cuntis ae Wook's News af Honskung and, the The East-
Prions (including Porings) be ange
pues of the wurid "843 ye
No. 17,101.
THORNE'S
OLD VAT W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.
No. 4.
SCOTCH WHISKY.
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NOŽE AGENT8:
A. S. WATSON & Co. Ld
·WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
HONGKONG,
TH. 48.
POTIOR.
NY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC or INDIAN desiring to are the Oclony should apply in person at the Central Folice Station between the hours of 8 10 12.3. and SF.M. to 4. P.M. daily.
Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All persons, with sertain exceptions, whe comain in the Colony for more than
dage are required to Register them- selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONE ORDINANCE 1918 Forms of Registration giving the partieniars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations.
The Penalty for non compliance is a fine nos exceeding $50,
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO..
WHICH ARE VIZZED, TER KRAKES OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE
COMPANY, Lat., sad
TAT RAILWAY PASSENGERS
ASSURANCE CO.
STRURAL, JUWDs it Ylar DECEMB1E, 1914,
£23.870,367.
Subscribed Capital £4,500,000
III-Life & Annuity Funda... 17,567,590
1-Authored Capital £6,000,000
Paid-up Capital
£2,437,500
II-Fire Fund.....
3,837,047
Sinking Fand Account
198,930
£23,970, 387
Ravenna Fire Branch... £2,391,458
Life and Annuity
2,142,598 Revento Marine Department..... 357, 239 478,940 Other Bennipts Locmance.
The Accompletire Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by Ast of Parliament, are set aside to meet the elims under the respective Depart sts of the Company's Barinses.
SHEWAN, ZOMES & CO.,
Aġenza.
PRAB
TRAMWAYS CŮMPANY.
LIMITED.
"UME TAULA..
WINK BAT
1.80 to 8.00 a.very 15 minutos. 11.00am to 10.00 a.id., Kvery 10 minuter. 10.00am to 11.00 km.kvery 15 minutes. $1.50 am to 19.45 p.m.. Every 15 minuta, 12.15 p.m. to, 1.15pm...Every 10 entrantes,
·1.15F.T. ∞ 1.45 p.m...very 15 minuten. 145 2.15 p.m. Every 10 miuntos 1.15 p.m.5.60 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 6.00pm to 8.00p.m... Every 10 barben
STERKT GARA SA
1.50p.m. and 9p. 1.80 p.m. 11.00
p.m. every ball hoary dat
11.00 pm. 11.45p every quarter of
9.50
BUSDATA
8.00 to 10.30) ...ETKY 10 minuta, 18.30 am to 11 10 humanEvery 10 mfnate. 11.30am to 19 Noon...Every 15 mLaudes: (12.95 noen tis 1,00 prosy 10 minuter, €1.00pm to 6.30pm. Every 15 minutes, 630pto 6:00p.m...Bray 10minsted.. 5.00p.m. to 6.50 p...Every 15 minutes, 4.99 pm 8.00 pm.my 10 mLaufne,
"NIGHT WARS! as on Tool Day
Kiew. Car sh 19 midnight." SPECIAL CARS by arrangement as the, Dompany's Office, AIKKANIRA BULLSTRER' Dan Tex Hood. Opatizál
Besson and punch tickets avaliable fer
all cars now already fall running at the
lima stabed fu the Company's time tables,
but not four pecial care, al
1 spplention at the
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ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS,
KOWLOON BAY.
Steel Building. Work of every Description, Castings, Forgings, Repairs and Supplies,
HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS.
JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACÃO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA. NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
HONGKONG-CANTON LINE. “.
Sailings-To Canton daily at 8`a.m. (Sundays arcspted) and 10 p.m. From Canton daily at a am. (Sundays excepted) and 14 p.m.
SERVICE oF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.“
HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.
Sallings-To Macao daily at 8 am. (Sundays 9 am) and 2 pm. (Sundaye 1 p.m.)...
From Mao daily at 7.50 am, and 2 p.m. (Sundays.3. p.m.).
Further information may be obtained at the COMTANTS OFFICE, Hotel Mansions.
or from Mesra. Thoa Coor & Sox, Booking Agents. Hongkong.
"NESTOR" SANITARY FLUID.
A Reliable, Disinfectant, Germicide, Antiseptic and Deodorant, non-Poisonous.
$2.50
Per gallon tin
50 centa
Per pint tin...
VICTORIA DISPENSARY.
Telephone 295..
THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Go., Ld.
Established 1883
«MANUFAUTUREKS OF.
PURE Manila ROPE
STRAND
"152
CIRCUNTERKA TR.
CABLE LAID
4 STRAND
8" to 10"
8" to 15" CECERFELDT 1:
DECKTRENG
·Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length
Prices, samples and full particulars will be forwarded on application te
Shewan, Tomes & Co, General Managers,
Hongkong, April 11, 1918.
WATSON'S EUMINTOL
(11
A Liquid Dentifrice having all the Characteristica
of Odol
Applied directly on the brush it cleanses the teeth and prevents their decay.
When mixed with water it forma a pleasant antiseptis mouth wash, which purifies and refreshes the whole month.
Price $1.25 per bottle.
PREPARED ONLY BY
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,
HONGKONG., and CHINA.
TEL. 16.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.
"and"
(NOW RECONSTRUCTED),
IPBUILDERS, BOILER-MAKERS, BRASS and TRAN work done la: this establlabisent la guaranteed; :: Tie kdys
*W* own two Blipwazy and oɔn ́soo
TAIKOO DOCKYARD.
BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
-THE TUINDO MACKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPARY
•OF HONGKONG LTD.
-Tasqunk le.-
AGENTS: BUTTERFIELD & SWARE
PRICE $3.00 Per Month
THE WAR
TELEGRAMS.
TO-DAY'S
f Reuter's Servics to the China Mai.
·IMPORTANT SPEECH BY MR. BONAR LAW.
HOW RUSSIA'S COLLAPSE AFFECTS ALLIED PLANS.
only with regard to the queation of moral advantage and prestige, but to the strength and possibilitie arising therefrom. Until the British. Empire was absolutely defeated obviously we could not abandon Egypt. Lord Kitchener's estimate LONDON, Mar. 7.
of the number of troops necessary Mr. Bonat Law, Chancellor of the to save Egyps from invasion was Exchequer, introducing a Vote of far larger than the total which had Credit for £600,000,000 starling, aid been operating in Mesopotamia and this was the largest single vota over Palestine. The position of our introduced. He was glad to say that' the Vote of Credit for £500,000,000 owing to the grents in Russia. The troops at Salonika was unsatisfactory introduced in December, would carry us to the end of the financial year these troops, would be purely on the Government bad never expected that The average daily war expenditure from the beginning of the financial defensive. There was good reason Fear to February 4th was £6,557,000 to, suppose that they would play another part, but events in Russia After stating that he would in the meanwhile treat the money lent to had made that impossible. Russia as recoverable, the Chan- THE POSITION. AT SALONIKA...... cellor said the excess expenditure Mr. Bonar Law paid a tribute to over the Budget estimates was the moral of the troops at Saloniks £154,000,000. The increase was and to the ability of their com mairly, due to the Army, including mander. The Government recogu- Its expansion over operations in ised that the position there might Mesopotamia and Palestine become dangerous, because the volving a great deal of railway Central Powers might be able to send construction and provision for river
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD. tion programme also, cost a good quately to meet, but the man-power
PORTLAND CEMENT
In Casts of 375 lb net.
In Bags of 250 Ibe, mós.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
GENERAL MANAGERI
THE HONGKONG HOTEL
AND
GRILL ROOM
J. XL. TAGGART
MANAGEM
trafic. The expansion of the avin- force which it would be difficult, and perhaps impossible, for us ade-
many additional millions. The in- crease in expenditure on the Navy The Germans could not do every- of Germany was not inexhaustible.
was about £13,000,000, ands the
thing simultaneously, and from all subsidy for the nine-penny loaf the information, the Government cost £1,000,000; ons to our believed such an expedition would Allies to March 9th amounted to be costly for the Central Powers, $1,261,000,000; loans to the Domi-
who must pay for every yard they uns to £108,000,000, represent drove the Allies back. Hy em→ ing increases of £137,000,000 und phasised that but for the Salonika £33,000,000 respectively.Expedition, King Constantine would mated that the National Debt the
still be on the throne of Greece and end of 1918 would not exceed five the whole of Greece would have been thousand nine hundred millions overrun by Germans, who would. (45,000,000,000) of which, sixteen have been able to control the Balkans hundred millions (£1,600,000,000) from all quarters, greatly increasing would be loans to the Allies and the their strength. Greek harbours Tominions.
MILITARY SITUATION
would have been at the disposal of enemy submarines and experts were of the opinion that it would then have. been almost impossible to maintain our communications with the East. That sufficiently justified the present seemingly waste of energy in this
theatre of the war.
REVIEWED. Reviewing the military situation, Mr. Boner Law remarked that the, withdrawal of Russia had deeply affected all subsidiary war theatres,
THE WEST FRONT. except the German colonies. The Germans had been driven out of It was difficult to estimate the their last colony sometime ago, extent of the undoubted advantage and a force of about 2,000, including Germany had gained in regard to 200 Germans, was wandering about Busin. It was absurd to assume Portuguese East Africa. The net that Germany would be able to ex result of the war in this respect had ploit Russia. The Government had hitherto Been the disappearance of been informed that possibly barely the whole colonial empire of Ger- aufficient food would be produced in mony.
Russia in 1918 to feed the popula Beferring to Rumania the Chan- tion. He believed the ruthless way cellor, asid the action of Rumania in which Germany was trampling had always depended on the com-upon a prostrate foo would create plete co-operation of Russia, whose intense, hostility throughout Russia 15 Minutes from Landing Stage collapse lud put Rumania in a tragic During the lust law months the
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position. He expressed the deepest enemy had moved at least thirty sympathy of the House for the divisions, representing 800,000 troops, Rumanian people and soldicis, to the Western Front. The majority (Cheers,)
hod: bean moved despite the German Regarding Mesopotamia and Pales, pledge given at Brestlitovak Never- bine he stated that it was hardly thelena, he believed we were at the possible for us to carry through present time slightly superior ind decisive operations by means of men and guns. The Germans might troops transferred by sea. When bring more from Bussis, bab, they we hud sufficient tonnage to move would be very inferior. Possibly the froops we had insufficient numbers Auatriona might come East, but wo
knew that on the whole Allied Front of trained troope, and now the ton- nage position made impossible the extending from the Channel to the Adriatic, the number of men would moving of very large forces that WKY?
remain in our favour. No competent soldier or civilian ever thought Great Britain couli stand, out of events in the East. At the same time no competent soldier ever doubted that it was essential that the Western Front should Beaufcient men to socure ITALIAN SHIP Whatever result was obtained in that
would be a great mistake that the value of the
(Speech incomplete.)
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