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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24. 1918.
BUSINESS NOTICES
1918
Indian
MOTOR CYCLES · hip... 54 h.p and 7-9 p ALEX. ROSS & 00..: Machinery Dept. *Phone 17.
NOTICK.
ANY EUROPRAM Non ASIATIC or A INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hosta + of 2 x." to 1 F.3. and 27.3. to 4 1,3,
dapplicants will be required to preduce
Pasaporta or identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, whe ramain in the Colony for more than 7days are required to Register them- selves under the REGISTRATION PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918 Forma of Registration: iring the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P,O. and at all Police Stations.
The Penalty for non compliance is a Eine not exseeding 130
NORTE BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO
VICH AXX VESTED THE OXARYS OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE
COMPANY, LTD.. 'and
THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE CO
TOTAL Funda at 31st Uncensea, 1814,
£23,970,887,
1-Authorised Capital £5,000,000
Babecribed Capital £4,500,000
Paid-up Captial£2,437,500 II-Fas Funds,
9,837,047 Il-Life Annuity Funds... 17,067,590
Sinking Fund Accuant...
Recenas Fire Branch
198.230
£23,770,367 £2,381,468 Life and Annuity Į 42,141,693
Branches. Rerenna Mariae Department... 337,239 Other Receipts
478,940
£6,339,228
The Accomslativa Fands of the various Broches are separately lovested, and, by Act of Parliament, ara set aside to meet the claims under the respective Depart ments of the Company's Business.
SHEWAN, TOMÈS & CO.,
Agen!1
PEAK
TRAMWAYS
LIMITED.
TIME TABLE.
H WHIK DAYS
COMPANY.
7.00.m. to 8. s.m...Every 15 minutes. 8.00 am, to 10,00 ....Every 10 rainnter. 10.00 .m, to 14.00a.m...Every 15 mlunter. 11,50a.m. to 12.45 p.m... Every 15 minutes. 19.45 p.m. to 1.15 p.m.. Every 10 minutes, 1.16 p.; to 1.45pm.. Uvery 15 mhuntas, 1.4 p.m. to 2.15 pm.. Every 10 minutes 9.16 p.m. to 5.00p.m...Every 15 minutes. 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m...Every 10mtamÍN, FIGHT CARS..
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8.50 p.m. and 9 p.m., 1.30 p.m. to 11.00 "p.m. avery half bour.
11.00 p.m. to 11:48 p.m. every quarter of
an hour.
7.30 am.
SUSTATI
8.00a.m. to 10.30 am...Every 15 mlncter. 10.30am to 11.00 a.m...Every 10 minates. 11:30a.m. to 12 Noon....Every 15 minuten. 12.00 noon to 1.00 p.m...Every 10 minutes. "1.00p.m to 5.30pm...Every 15 minutos. - 5.30p.m. to 8.00p.m..Every 10 minut
8.00p.m. to 6.30pm...Every 15 minutes, 5.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minuter, NIGHT CARS as on Week Days.
SATURDAYS
Extra Car at 12 midnight. SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Office, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS' Das Yax Road Central
Sason and panch tickets available for all cars not already fall running at the ime stated in the Company's time tables, bat pot for special caes, can be obtained or application at the Company's Ocomin No Besson tekst will be issued until payment therefor has been made in Bank Notes or by Okano or Compradors order representing Bank Note.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers.
METEOR GARAGE
Sole distributors of
MAXWELL CARS. Automobiles for Hire and for Sale
at reasonable Price."
Phone 2500.
05 Des Voeux Road Central.
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ANG YUK DIswar, auocessor of
the late BIEN TING,
(14) D'AGUILAR STEETZ,
TERMA VERT, MODERATK Cataniation from
就四廿月八年八十壹百九千叠英
BUSINESS NOTICES,
W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.
95 CHE
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.
KOWLOON BAY.
Steam and Motor Vessels
Steel Building Work of every Bescription 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 9 a.m. (Sandays excepted) and 10 p.. From Canton daily at 8 mas (Sundays excepted) and 4 pm.
SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. HONGKONG-MAÇÃO LINE.
Sailings -8.5. "STI AX to Diacao daily at 3 a.m. (Sundays 9 am).
8.S. "SUI TAZ" to Macio daily ut ? pul (Sundays excepted). 3.S. SUI AN" from Macao daily at 2 pm. (Surdays 5 pm). S.S. SOT TAL" from Macao daily at 7.30 am. (Sundays'excepted).
Further information may be obtained at the Contrary's, Ornex, Hotel Mansions,
or from Messrs. Thos. Cook & Bos, Booking Agents, Hongkong.
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THE GREAT BATTLE.
ENEMY RETREATING ON 50-KILOMETRE
11
FRONT.
(Reuter's Service to the China dah)
BRITISH CAPTURE
ALBERT.
1,400 PRISONERS,
Losvos, Aug. 23. 1.10 a.m. Field-Mursta! Sir Douglas Hai reports:-We havé captured Albert. the Austmiin participating.
We wok 1,100 prisomers and a few
THE "FIGHTING AT ALBERT.
HEAVY GERMÁN COUNTRAL-' ATTACKS NORTH OF ·
THE ANCRE,
BRITISH TAKE. 3,000 PRISON-
ERS IN TWO DAYS,
Loxtos, Aug. 23, 1.10 e.
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas "Hag
reporte
determination, nor caused us to give ground.
„ko, openition, Launched on the high ground between, Albert and Bray was eininently satisfactory, more than 1.000 prisoners being taken totulling, with yesterday's cuptures," 1,000.
.......
Ar atconfirmed report Adil that "Albert is completely' in our hands. In Flanders, we are stendily Vineing towards Baillid
Cum sterysses ysterday and today eunited quite light cumities.
ENEMY IN FULL RETREAT.
ON, FIFTY KILOMETRE FRONT
Party, Aug. 29.
A semiofizial pkitement says the enemy is in full retreat on both sides of the Ose besween the Matz and- the disnes on a front of fifty kilo
Our Fght detehtments have cross-
The English East Country and metres. London troops with the Australiansel the Divette. bolding the sector between the
Homie and the Ancre attacked with A REMARKABLY SWIFT ADVANCE
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD. the object of carrying positions on!
PORTLAND CEMENT
In Casks of 375 lbs, net.
In Bags of 250 lbs, net."
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
GENERAL MANAGERS
The
the high ground traversed by the [Bray-sur-Sommie-Albert rond
atunek was completely occurfub We captured the whole of the object
tives at an early hour and advanced two miles or front of ever six viles. We retook Albert. The eniemy strongly resisted at certain points, particularly on the slopes
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WORD PICTURE OF THE BATTLE.
Renter's Corresprudent at French
Loxoux, Aug. 25.
Headquarters, telegraphing yester- day evening gives a graphic battle- picture he says that General Mans gin's advance; this morning, was
northward of Bray which sell form-kably swift and the moons, at el part of our objective in this latterday's line at certain points. * How none were saven infled befoud res
Įter Alför? (A. cduliteľa Račk pressięć.
barried the Germans were is shown us back 500 yards, Fighting cot by the fag that the foot bridgen timed some time in Albers until the toan was finally cleared by our cross the Oise were left intact. Our advance was so swift that the line rod. In this successful operation hae become vague and it is difficult to mark the line now the war move- meat has been tuned.
we prisonered 1,400 and captured w few guna
We also progressed pu the lett bank of the Ancre uthward
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Hongkong, Aprill, 1912.
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COME AND INSFECT:
THE NEW ORDER OF BATTLE, The order of battle is nowadays Northward of the Awere the enemys follows-Well beyond the infan conterattacked heasily at a num-try, patrols and advines guards alip ber of points. After the repulee of cleverly alep, tenselessly, hamesing-
the Germans and cavalry patrols ad one hostile assault. in the early moru. ing in the Traumont sector, the unce "in". "Open", éóûntry, exploring enemy again astucked this sector und woods and fams and they may be Jentered our positions. Dur counter-een starting at a gallop from the attack immediately drove him out. front lines, and then slowing down, The enemy also succeeded north scouting on NaMan's Lord
From time to time a party of ̈* enstward of Achieble-Citand in press troops will return at a gallop bring ing back our forward posts, but againing buck information. No les pier- our counter-attack re-established the turesque die the crews of the Tanks position. We took 200 prisonem covered in dust and oil, fooking like We repulsed xther attacks east-niggers. The Tanks everywhere ward of Courcelle, and eastward of closely follow the infantry, reducing inachine-gun nests as the latter un | Moyennevile.
mask themselves or are" reported We took a total of over 5,000 Behind the Tanks comes the arti yesterday, and "to-day between the fery. The batteries pose as a canter. Somme and Mogennet ville
and take up new positions, where," On the Ly front, we progressed generally, they do not stay, long ini.. eastward & Merville and in the directhese days. Supply columns follow up the advance with equal speed, GO.tion of Nere-Berquin taking prison-and the limbers no longer bring up ren nachine-gum. We ale ammunition at a walk. They come advanced our line northward of Buil-up at a galop in a cloud of dust. leut on front of one-and-a-half, The most striking part of the battle- miles, tabing prisoners, We repulsed picture, however, is the close co and in the neighbourhood of operation of the Air Service as a
#ghting an Xckebush
ENEMY RETREATING IN CONFUSION. The weather was close and threat ening to-day, yet the French uerő- planes aloft were as numerous ne every morcilessly hurrying, the Ger man aeroplanes which appeared. this: Our bombers fly ahead of the in- fantry bombing German columns Let night, we established our and convoys, Some of the latter
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EGG NOODLES, VERMICELLI, long hourly the whole of the plunge in all directions, in disorder,
AND ALL KINDS OF SOUP STUFES. ⠀
wilway betwoon Moyennelle and their attempts to escape the hail of bombe. When thus stared Bencourt, except in the Miranost they are pursued and peppered with sector.
Indchine-gun bullets, ALL our Pasted bear the Rooster" label and are made from Flour of the Bost A Quality containing & large percentage of Glaten. Etarch and Gluten are the We fe
We fell Ivici in the vicinity of The congestion on the Somme principal enniponents of Flour Gluten is easier to digest and contains more Achet-le-rund where the enemy road, where the Germans are retroat nutriment Than Starch Manufactured under the most sanitary conditions.
jing is all the greater as the Germans Sharp fighting cecurred it Beau-bed accepted battle and there was no question of surprise. Reinforced. THE HING WAH PASTE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. regard betweenraurent and they continued stubbornly wast Head Office: No. 47 and 45, Connaught Road, Central, Hongkong: Telephone 1239.Pusus, which fully came into ing, yet on the second day they were Principal Factor No. 1, Nortis Soochow Road, Shanghai, Chins: Telephone 3350, our possession. 7
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