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魏一月六年八十卷百九千登英
BUSINESS NOTICES,
1918
Jail, Sudan
1845
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 19.8
午戌年七國華中
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ALEX ROSS & CO.. Machinery Dept 'Phone £7.
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NY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC or AA INDIAN desiring to leave the Calony should apply in person at the Centri Police Station between the hours of A. to i P.M. and P.M. to 4 P.M. daily,
Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All persons with certain exceptions, The remain in the Colony for more than
days are required to Register them- selver under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918" Forms of Fegistration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the Q.P.O. and at a Police Stations.
The Fanalty for non compliance is a Ene not sreceding 850
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WHICH ARE TRUSED THE STAARS OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE
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(THE BAILWAY 'PASSENGERS
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IÚNTAL FUNDE at Sler Drozkaza, 1914,
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-I-Adthorised Capital £6,000,000,
Bubscribed Capital £4,500,000
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128.930
£23.970,387
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TIME TABLE.
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Sahlings-To Haczo daily at 5 am. (Gundays 3 am) and
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THE
GREAT BATTLE,
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION BY THE
FRENCH
Lospos, May SO.
ENEMY FIGHTING HIS WAY TO THE MARNE.
Losvos, May B1.
12.10 3.4
A wireless (reman official message says :--Sauthward of Ferent Ardenois
Fickl-Marshal Sir Toughts Haig | we are Aghting our way towards the
reports:-
The French on the night of May
Marne.
LAST.
[20th corfled out a successful kedi THE PRESENT BATTLE AND THE Foperation, to the eastward of Bieke |
bush, improving their position.
There WAS respond artillery activity on the remainder et the front.
BRITISH AERIAL ACTIVITY,
Losnox, May 30, Fiekl-Marabai Sir Douglas Haig. reporting on aviation, status:--
:
A. COMPARISON,"
Pants, May 30. The Hevos Agency Correspondent at the French Front, telegraphing or May 29th, is of the opinion thus the position- foming, as compared with" that of Murgh, is mel mere advan-· tagedus to the Allies. In March, the Low clouds and poor visibility pre-hid'spensable unity of aétion had to vented much flying, yesteriny, until he realised in the midst of a battle lute in the day whed the weather which wie, the most dangerous cleared,
nience yet enduret. Boads were We brought down five German bleeked white humpered the arrival.
DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO. machines and drove down one out of triniorumits, and it was only
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1,500 Feet above Sea Level,
of ventral: No British machines after a week from the beginning of were lost.
the battle that the enemy was de-
return.
We hopped fire tons of bombs finitely hell To-day, the Britishy during the day-time na dumps and and French, subterged by ssuil- billers in the neighbourhoods of unte is and oven pight times more Armentieres and Bapaume. We numerous. El to give way, but did heavily:bombed the muilway triagles in perfect veder with wethodiosy at Merzsablons on the night of May slowness, without losing contact for 29th. One British reaching did not a moment mid there were aver
gaps between the British and French;- We dupped sixteen tons of bombs as was the east in March; when the on the night of May Wth on railway gaps absorbed all the first reinforec stations at Valenciennes und Buligny meats to arrive To-day our masses and also on Bruges Docks. All our manduvre, and are arriving on open melines returned:,:
roads and are already in action.
There is perfect coiniadeship in am among the French and British. At Fismes. the British cyclist batta- Een spontaneously helped the French defending the village at Craonne, British Divisions which bad already suffered heavily, curried away by the gallantry of the French Colonial Division which was charging up the diminischd violence on the whole bills in furious counter-attacks front. Our tops hanging on to the against four German Divisions, rush- western outlets of Soissons preventeded to the assault alongside the Fall-enemy progress from there.
Coloduls.itish and French sol- Southward we solidly hold the leftdiers on the muds help each other buk of the Crisę.
in the most moving spirit of
·BATTLE CONTINUES WITH UNDIMINISHED VIOLENCE,
AN INTENSE STRUGGLE.
Losos, May.31. 1.04.
A French communique states: - The battle bus continued with un-
In the Centre the intense struggle rudeship. The collaboration between" at Slackened. The enemy has the Stoffa is as close us it is cordial.
ciptured Förent - Ardenois, and Yezilly and is multiplying his efforts towards Villeens Ardenois.
On the Right as well as North wist of Rhen we are holding on to our positions,
Our aviators participated in the attle with endurance and daring
FRENCH PRESS COMMENT.
ENEMY ADVANCED 10 MILES
IN TWO DAYS.
Paris, May 30. The newspapers adfit that the
The
beyond all praise. The crews fought German attack is indisputably well" against an etery air force which is conducted.
enemy advanced very aggressive and most ribmerous.sixteen miles in two days. His in- Flying low they machine gunned mediate objective, apparently, enemy troops and carried out recon the itne. naissances far into the enemy lines. They played on important part in
15 Minutes from Landing Stage.maintaining communications.
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LONDON, May 30 Reuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters, telegraphing to-day,
M. Marcel Soriat writes in the Heure: We have received a heavy blow, but less grave than on the Samme where a breach was made on March 24th. But to-day there is now open door.
M. "Henri Bidou in the Debuts says Germany is seeing a decision and The enemy is held on the flanks raust emerge victorious or be, das at Soissons and Rheims and is throw- troved.
ing his whole strength, this morning, into a thrust southwards, his obvioUN
The Liveste says: How the Ger→
goal being the Barne. During the mans ar ale to surprise us and night and early morning be pressed suddenly appear four times forwards about five miles towards numerous must be investigated the River, advancing his front to the Prisoners on day 20th described
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Germans Jope to establish them-
selves on the larne with view to and tanks and warned us of an attacke turning the direction of the inn fixed for Muy 27th. effort westwalds trusting to the for us how to parry the River to protect their night, as they by 'n defensive. used the Ose in April
The hottest fighting is proceeding
on the who, Southern Front el
Thinning, for fint un
were engaged to support
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Franera horreat marked improvement, Dir