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HUMEYA Japanese Photographers.

All kinds of Photographie

Work done in latent styles

ala Passport Photos

Developing and Frinting for

Amateurs & Speciality.

No. 84 Queen's Road Central

1154.

No. 18.761:

The China Mail

THORNE'S

OLD VAT

No. 4. SCOTCH WHISKY.

SOLE AGENTS:

A, S. WATSON & Co, Ld.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

HONGKONG,

ESTABLISHED

我一月二年七十安百千查慕。

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1917.

已丁大嵗年六國華

BUSINESS NOTIOES

BUSINESS NOTIOES.

STEAM OR MOTOR VESSELS

心

8,000 Tons, 4,000 Horse Power now Built. Steel Building Work of every Description.

Castings, Forgings, Repairs and Suppúes." Prompt Attention and Shipment to Destination. INJECTORS AND STEAM PUMPS.

سكر

W S. BAILEY & Co., Ltd.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.

KOWLOON BAY

TEE

OVERL AND CHINA MAIL

(PUBLISHED EVERY MAIL DAY.)

Contains the Week's News of Hongkong sad the " Far East.

Prions (including Postage) to any

part of the world #13 per sanam.

PRICE, 83.00 Per Month

THE WAR.

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail,},

FIL $16

NOTICE.

•TAIKOO BOCKYARD

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES

DRAGON MOTOR CAR

CO.

K.

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SOLE DISTRIBUTORS FOR TEK PAMOUS

NY EUROPEAN, Non ASIATIC or INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. and 2 P.3. to 4 P.M.

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Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All gorsons, with certain exceptions, who remain in the Colony for more than days are required to Register them- solves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forms of Regisaation giving the particulara required may be obtained at the G.P.D. and at all Police Station

..

The Penalty for nes sompliance in a fie not exceeding 150

PEAK TRAMWAYS

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WIEK DATA,

COMPANT,

1.00 am to 8.00 a.m...Every 15 minutes. 8,00a.m. to 10.00 a....Every 10 minutes. EX00%, m, to 11.00 mm...Every 15 minutes. 11.30 am to it. 48 you.....Ermy 15 minutqa. 12.45 p.m. to 1.13 p.m...Every 10 minute. 1.10 p.m. to 1.45 p.m...Every 15 minutAR, 1.45 p.m. 8o 9.16 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 2.15 pun. to 5.00 p.m...Every 15 minute. 6.00 m. bo 8.10 p.m... Every 10 minutes.

NIGHT CARY

3.50 p.m. and 9 p.m.. 9,30 p.m. to: 11.00 p.n. every half hour,"

1100p.m. t11.45 p.m. every quarter wë

7.30 a..

an bour,

SEXDATE

a00am to 10.30 am...Every 15 minutes. 10.30. to 11.00 ....Every 10 minuten. 11.30a.m. to 12 Noon...Every 15 minuter. 12.00 noon to 1.00 pm...Every 10 minutes. 1.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m...Every lö minutes. 6.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 6.00pm, to 7:00p.m... Every 15 minutes. 7.00p.m. to 8.10 p.m...Every 10 minutes, NIGHT CARS as on Week Days.

SATURDAYS

Hatz Car at 12 widulabi. SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Offico, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS' Des Voeux Road Central,

Besson and punch tiekota arsilable for all cars hot already full running at the time stated in the Company's time tables bat not for special cars, can be obtained on application at the Company's Olice- No Besson ticket will be issued until payment therefor has best made in Bank Nobes or by Cheque or Compradors order representing Bank Notes.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

Omarsi Manager i

THE FIRST CHINESE NEWSPAPKE

"

EVER ISSUED UNDER

PURELY HATIVE DIRECTION,

The Chinese Mail

華字日報

THE LAS ÜRITUS POLITIDAL AND

ONEERCIAL JOURNAL

KO ETARY MORNINO.

CONTAIN THE MOT Recranda TELEGRAPHIC NEWS TROM NOETH CHINA, `

ALL FOR LATEST ÎNTZIZIGERŐK FLOW

VARIOUS PORTS OF CHINA AND JapaR,

417.00 per annum delivered in Englans

$17.00 to all Codes Pería,

BIMIT, HORIENTE,

ΚΟΤΟΣ

BEST

TELÈFESCUE 482

· COME AND INSPECT

AATH

KARATY DAVIDSON MOTOR

OTCLES

CARS IN THE COLONY FOR HIRE.

ANISEED AND LICORICE

COUGH BALSAM.

FOR THE RELIEF OF AEL CATARRHAL COMPLAINTS SUCH AS COUGES, COLDS, HOARSENESS, AND SORENESS OF THE CHEST.

PRICE 50 CENTS AND $1.00 PER BOTTLE.

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

-THE TRINCO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPART

OF HONGKONG LTP.

➡Tazçqunic App. -

AGENTS:-

-Tecent #2012-

PLOT TO POISON LEOYD, FURTHER

GEORGE.

SUFFRAGETTES AND A CON- SCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR

CHARGED.

UNSPEAKABLE CRIMES CONTEMPLATED,

BRITISH GOVERNMENT THREATENS IMMEDIATE

REPRISALS.

LoxDos, Jan. 31.

LONDON, Jan. 31. The Daily Mail says three suffragettes The Foreign Office announces tän and conscientious objectors have been the German Government claim to arrested at Derby and Southampton on have conclusive proof that enemy pensational chargs of political conspirsay, hospital ships have been misused for The Daily Sketch gives the names of the transport of nicitions and to have the persons arrested and says they were troops. They ulső claim formally charged at Derby with con-submitted proofs to the French, and spiracy to murder Mr. Lloyd George. The British Governments, at the same paper adds that it is understood that time declaring that the traffic of the prisoners are scoused of conspiring hospital ships within a line from to poison Mr Lloyd George.

Flaznborough Head and Terschelling and shant and Land's End will no Alice Wheeldon, Harriet Ann Wheel longer be tolerated. don, Winnie Mason, and Alfred Georgs Mason have been charged at Derby with conspiring to murder Mr. Lloyd George (Premier), and Mr. Arthur subject. The Foreign Office adds. Henderson, M. P. (Member of the that Germany has the right to search hospital ships, which it has never used."

Cabinet.

LATSI.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO.,LD. Only evidence of arrest was givati

VICTORIA DISPENSARY. PORTLAND CEMENT

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Go., Ld.

Established 1883

-MANUFACTURERS OF

PURE Manila ROPE

STRAND

CABLE LAID

4 STRAND

" to 16",

5° to 15% CIRCUMFERENCE.

3" to 14" CIACONTERENCE

CIRCUMFERENCE,

Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length

Prices, as ad full particulars will be forwarded on application to

Shewan, Tomes & Co., General Manager,

Bokong, April 11, 1913.

Brown Brandy

WATSON'S.

OLD

501

BROWN BRANDY

E

QUALITY.

25 YEARS IN WOOD.

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

TELEPHONE No. $16.

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

(NOW. EXCONSTRUCTED)..

TANGINEERS and IHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON HUNDERS. All work done in this establishment le xtiaranted. We have over thirty years experience. We own two Blipways and on anoomendada kuy, saf of 200 foot lon

1 Town Office 49. Dɔww/sume Fold Castell, Hongkong.. Telephone No. 450.

Saipyard: Bbum-Bul-Po, Kowloon, Herwrong Jetimates furnished, we spelfies

1912

WONG PING WA

In Calls of 375 lbs. met.

In Bags of 250 (ha. met:

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

URNHRAL MANAGED,

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

AND

GRILL ROOM

PEAK

J. H. TAGGART,

·MANAGER.

HOTEL,

ADMIHABLY SITUATED AT VICTORIA GAP, Adjoining the Tramway Termin. 1,400 feet above Sea Level" FIRST-CLASS FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND TOWRISTS HOTEL

Telephones in all romus

-cias Cuisine, Lounge, Smoking sad Ladies roos, Boof Gartlon.

Term From $5 per day mex.

Telegraph add Peaceful

P.O. PEUSTRA

Manager.

KING EDWARD HOTEL

PATELL & CO. Importers-Exporters ALL THAI Pam Extases,

AXE

Commission Agents HONGKONG

Franphes

SAN FRANCI800, CAD. YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, BOMBAY, INDIA. Olina

"HANKOW"

SHANGHAT

CANTON/

Central Location

Electric Life, Fars and Lighting,

and the accused were remanded.

No details are published.

LATER. Alice Wheeldon is the mother of Harriet Wheeldon and Winnie Mason, who is the wife of Alfred Mason. The latter is a Chemist. Harriet and Winnie are school teachers. Alice Wheeldon în Court declared that it was a triumped-up charge "because my

lad conscientious objector."

The Wheeldons are well-known. Derby suffragettes. It is stated that others may be involved, but there are still no details of the charge available.

THE FIGHTING ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

LONDON, Jan. 31.

A Russian official report states: After a bombardment with chemical shells, the enemy, strongly attacked

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His Majesty's Government has received no communication on the

As it is the evident intention to add other unspeakable crimes to an already long list disgracing her. cord, His Majesty's Government has decided that if the threat in carried out reprisals will immediately

be taken.

GERMAN "FRIGHTFULNESS.TM*

INCREASED ARMAMENT FOR MERCHANT SHIPS.

LONDON, Jan. 31. Telegrams from America report new threats of German: frightfulness in retaliation for the alleged naw British minefield in the North Sea

The increased armament of merchant- man is causing apprehension among the authorities. It is forecasted that the State Department will take the position that merchantmen belonging to the belligerent Powers are entitled to carry

along the Kalacem-Chlok high road heavier armament than heretofore and and also northeast of Kalncem, pressing mount gun fore and aft without losing

us back two-thirds of a mile, and their customary rights.

occupied a small sector of our trenches.

cast of Kalncem,

FIGHTING IN SNÓW WAIST HIGH.

We advanced in snow waist high and captured at the bayonet point the heights east of Jacobeni, taking pri Boners and booty.

GERMAN REPORT.

A German official report says: We stormed a forest position on the east bank of the As, repulsed strong counter-attacks and took over 900 prisoners.

GREAT NAVAL BATTLE- EXPECTED.

New York, Jan. 31. The New York World's correspondent in Berlin states that a great naval battle is expected shortly.

́NORWAY AND SUBMARINES.

After strong attacks, southward of!

CHRISTIANIA, Jan. 31.) Valeputaa, two of which failed, the The King has signed a decree pro Russians penetrated a point d'appui hibiting belligerent war submarines The Ottomans drove back strong entering Norwegian water, except owing reconnoitres in the neighbourhood of to storms, damage, or in order to saTO the Danube...in

life, when they must be unsubmerged and show their nationality, also signal "the reason of their presence. They must leave as soon as the reasons for their entry are no lenger valid. Unbelligerent war submarines are also prohibited, except in daylight and, un The following steamers have been submerged, showing their nationality, Submarines contravening these orders

SHIPS SUNK.

LONDON, Jan. 81-

.

Bunk:-

Jozington (British), Theresedat, Boron Baby and Beglary ratings Donated and Fulton (Norwegian) will be liable to attack by Norwegian Hos and Cold Waker System throughout and Egret (Russian).

Best of Food and Service

TELEPHONE." 373

warships.

THE

! STRICTER BLOCKADE

BRITISH LADS OF 18 CALLED UP.

J: WITCHELL,

14 D'AGUIAR STEERI

TERMS VERY MODERATE

LONDON, JAL 81. The youths of 19 years of age are being called up

A DUTCH VIEW

AMETALDAM, Jan. 81. Referring to the German nows paper report that Great Britain in beginning a ricter blockade of the German North Sea coast, the Tele- THE MESOPOTAMIA COMMISSION. graaf mays I this should lessen

LONDON, Jan. 31. The Mesopotamia Commission bas earned the Earl of Crewe dee tary of Statelor India

the submarine danger the advantage, to Datch khipping would out the extra bundan imposed."

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