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MUMEXA Japanese Photographers.

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also Passport Photos,

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Amateurs' Speciality

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The China Mail

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No. 4.

SCOTCH WHISKY.

DOLE AGENTS:

A. S. WATSON & Co Ld.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS-

HONGKONG

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BUSINESS NOTICES.

1845

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1917.

STEAM OR MOTOR VESSELS

6,000 Tons, 8,000 Horse Power now Built. Steel Building Work of every Description. Castings, Forgings, Repairs and Supplies. Frompt Attention and Shipment to Destination. INJECTORS AND STEAM PUMPS,

W. S. BAILEY & Co., Ltd.

SNGINEERS and SHIPSOILDERS.

KOWLOON BAY

BUSINESS NOTICES

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Котов CYCLES

KY EUROPEAN, Non ASIATIC or A INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the boars of DA.M. to 1.P.M. and 2 PM, to 4 mại. daily

Applicants will be required to producs Paports or identification papers. Al persons, with certain exceptions, who remain in the Colony for more than cinys required to Register them- selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1910. Forma of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is s fine not exceeding $50.

TRAMWAYS

COMPANY

LIMITED

TIME TABLE.

WISK

DATE,

7.00.m. to 8.00 a.m...Evory là mantes. 8.00a.m. to 10.00 am...Every 10 minuto 10.00a.m. to 11.00 ....Every 15 minutes. 11.30am to 19.45pm...Every 15 minutes. 12.45 p.m. to 1.15 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 1.45 p.m... Every 15 minttbew 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m. to 9.15 p.m...Every 10 minutes, 2.15 p.m. to 5.00p.m...Every 15 minutos. 5.00p.m. to 8.10 p.m...Every luminate

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8.50 p.m. and 9 p.m., 9.30 p.m. to 11.00 p.m.every half hour.

11.00 p.m. to 11.45 p.m. every quarter of

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AB bear...

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8.98 a.m. to 10.30 s.m...Every 15 minutes. 10.30 am to 11.00 ....Every 10 minutes. 11.30 a.m. to 19 Noon....Every 15 minutos, 12.00 noon to 1.00 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 1.00 pm to 5.10 p.m...Every 15 minuter. 5.00 p.m. to -8.00p.m...Every 10 minutes. 6.00 p.m. to 7.00p.m...Every 15 minutos. 7.00p.m. to 8.10pm...Every 10 minutes. NIGHT CARS na Wok Days,

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Extra Car at 12 midnight. SPECIAL CARE by armugemens so the Company's Office, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS" Des Tax Road Central,

Season, and punch tickets available for all cars not already fali running at the tims stated in the Company's time tables, but not for special care, can be obtained en application at the Company's Office- No Season ticket will be issued unti payment therefor has been made in Bank Notes or by Cheque or Compradore order representing Bank Note

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· N.B.-REDUCTION IN PRICES FROM 1st JANUARY.

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

39 QUIZN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Co., L8.

Established 1893

„MANÜFAJTUKERS. OF

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STRAND

CABLE LAID

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" to 15"

5" to 16" CIRCUMFERENCE.

3" to 10"

CIRCUMFERENCE.

· CIRCUMFERRYCA.

Oil Drilling Cablee of any size up to 3.000 feet in length

Filon, Bamples and full particulars will be forwarded on application to

Shewan Tomes & Co.. General Managers

Hongkong, April 11, 1915.

ROBERT PORTER & SON'S

BULL DOG

LIGHT ALE

IN PINTS AND SPLITS.

SOLE AGENTS:

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HONGKONG.

Telephone. No. 016.

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD,

(NOW RECONSTRUCTED).

NGINEERS' and 'SHIPBUILDERS, BOILERMAKERS, BEALS and IRON FOUNDERS All work, cous m'this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years, experience. We own two Slipways and os socomizɔints any muft

200 twen Longho

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Telephone No. 9. *Shipyard Sham-Sai-For Kowloon, Honkong

Estimazan foriishad on application.

WONG PING W. Manager

Hongkong April 1, 2015.

TAIKOG DOCKYARD

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES,

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

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OF HONGKONG LTP.

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THE HONGKONG HOTEL

AND

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` J. H. TAGGART,

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THE WESTERN FRONT.

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, Jan. 2.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 Impartial newspapers generally praise

A German official report, received. the Entense's reply to the German Nota

by wireless, says: "We repulsed as being straightforward and lucid.

English hand-grenade attacks The New York Herald expresses the Ypres, and raided trenches opinion that the positiveness of the

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rejection will prove a step towards, Argonne and the Meuse region. peace by revealing the truth to the German people, thus marking the biginning of the end of Prussianism.

The Tribuns says the Answer de Saite end to the attempted ly puts an

intervention of the United States.

The New York Times thinks the door

HOSTILE PATROLS AT BRITISH TRENCHES.

Loyoos, Jan. 2.

Field Marsha! Sir Douglas Haig

is left open to peace and cicipates reports:

A fresh German bid for it shortly in

A hostile patrol reached qu?

view of the threatened exhaustion trenches eastward of Vermelles, but

of Germany,

The Washington Pord says the Reply sents the doom of Germany, but, before yielding, she will fight desperately in new directions. Neutrals will almost certainly be involved in the struggle.

RUSSIAN AND RUMANIAN FRONTS.

SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY.

LONDON,, Jun. 2:

A Russian official. report trans- misted by wireless states:

Enemy groups advancing alter fierce firing by rifle and machine- gul south-west of Brody driven back.

were

An enemy "offensive on the "Mol- davian frontier was dispersed. **

All enemy attacks north and south of Oituz Valley were repulsed.

were driven back, losing half their ̈ number.

We ejected the portion of a strong patrol which entered our trenches northward, of Ypres. Their losser were heavy.

LIVELY ARTILLERY DUEL.

PARIS, Jan. 2.

A communiqué reports a somewhat lively artillery duel between Hardan- mont and Brezon Faux

There has been intermittent enn- nouading chewhere.

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

ENEMY'S. POSITIONS HEAVILY SHELLED..

LONDON, Jan. 2.

An Italian official report state: Replying to the enemy's artillery

A Rumanian counter-attack rewe heavily shelled trenches and lines gained positions on the River Kai- of communication along the whole zina, despite continuous fieres front. attacks..

Our Dobrudja detachments with- drew to new positions.

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, Jac. 2.

A German official report, received

wireless, statca: ̈

We stormed several hil positione in Oituz Valley.

General,, Mackensen forced the Russians to further retreat and is sharply pursuing and defeating the rearguard.

We exploded an artillery ammuni tion store near Castagna vizza.

The enchy persistently shelled Gorizia, causing material damage- only.

THE ARMENIAN

MASSACRES.-

HARROWING STORIES BY TURKISH

EX-OFFICIALS.

LONDON, Jan. 9 Trustworthy Turkish ex-officials

The Austro-Gericans are approach have given to the Times an appalling ing Focsony Fundeni bridgehead account of what they witnessed ox positions and have taken 1.800 the occasion

massacres.

of the Armenian

prisoners...

The Bulgaro Germans captured They saw numerous bodies of men, stubbornly defended Russian post-women and children at ftah, al tions eastward of Braila, and drove horribly mutilated. The won were mostly naked. Five hundred back the enemy towards Micen.

AUSTRIAN REPORT. women, giria and children were An Austrian official report, received herded in a comp at Bitlis awaiting the arrival of bands of Kurd criminals, by wireless, states

The Austrians and Germans are who were clered to deal with before the defensive lines of Braila and them in their own way." Foessay.

#

The Archduke Josef has progressed KING EDWARD HOTEL in the Foulesco and Soveja regions.

We stormed taxeral positions south-east of Harja.

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RUMANIA CONFIDENT.

JABST, Jan. 2.

M. Jonescu delivered a stirring speech in the Chamber, concluding with the words: Confident of vic- tory," we accept all the paina and all the sufferings, since it will be given to us to write the epic

TANG YUK IZTIST, successor to Humanis."

The late SIEN TING,

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TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation free

SHIPS SUNK.

LORDON, JAD. The Danish steamer Danmarck has been torpedoed.

The informants of the Timea su

15,000 bodies piled in the ravines. One was filled with corpace of child ren. They say that Armenians committed suicide to escape a name. lesa fate. Government “officials selected the best-looking women who were outraged dad murdered.

STORY OF A WRECK.

HARDSHIPE OF THE SURVIVORS.

Lonvos, Jan. 2. Eighteen survivors have bee ladded at Queenstown from wreck of the 8,000 ton ste Aloudia, wrecked on the Cork They were rescued from barren rock. Beveral died exposure. Twenty-eight are missi

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