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No. 4. SCOTCH WHISKY,

SOLE AGENTS: A.S. WATSON & Co. Ld.

WINE SPIRIT MERCHANTS, HONGKONG

ESTABLISHPİ

白丸千登

BUSINESS FOTICES,

'RONGKONG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917.

BUSINESS NOTICES

STEAM OR MOTOR VESSELS

8,000 Tons, 4,000 Horse Power now Built. Steel Building Work of every Description. Castings, Forgings, Repairs and Supplies. Prompt Attention and Shipment to Destination. INJECTORS AND STEAM PUMPS.

W. S. BAILEY & Co., Ltd.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.

KOWLOON BAT

已丁次歳年六國民章中

THE

OVERLAND CHINA MAIL (PUBLISHEDANTERY

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Cantilne the Week's News of Hongkong and the " Yar Fast

Prinsa inchadang Postage:to ang

(part of the world. $13. per annum.

PRICE, 8900 Per Month

THE WAR.

LATEST

TELEGRAM S.

Reuter's Service to the "China" "Mail.)

NOTICE.

NY EUROPEAN, Non ASTATIC

INDIAN desiring to leave the. Colony should apply in poraso at the Central Foljer Station between the hours 9 to 16.Monad 2 r.at. 36 €) P.M. thaily.

Applicants will be required to pendues. eports, or identification papers. All grozs, with certain exceptiens, whe quaia in the Colony for more than days are required te Register them. free under the REGISTRATION PERSONS ORDINANCE 1914. Forme of Registration giving the particulars quired may be obtained at the 6.7.0. abel at all Police Statis,

The Penalty for non samplinion in si

Se not excoding 850.

MOTOR

SOLE DISTRIBUTORS FOR THE FAMOUS ·

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BUDS

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BEST

Tamron 489.

COME AND INSPECT

CAR CÓ

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KARLET DAVIDSON KOTOL

CARS IN THE COLONY FOR HIRE,

ANISEED AND LICORICE

COUGH BALSAM.

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FOR THE RELIEF OF ALL CATARRHAL COMPLAINTS SUCH AS COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, AND SORENESS OF THE CHEST.--

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE PRICE 50 CENTS AND $1.00 PER BOTTLE.

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...INSURANCE CO,.

ON WHICH ABB VESTED THR SHIBM (7

THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

COMPANY, IT...

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE CO.

CAL FUND AT 31sr Dicey, 1914,

£23,970,367.

TUTAL

I-Authorised Capital £8,000,000 Subscribed. Capital £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital ......£2,437,500 11-Fire Fonda 8,837,047 II-Lite & Annuity Funda... 17,567,590 Sinking Food Acneat...... 198,230

£98,970,567

Revenue Fire Branch... £2,381,458

Lite and Annuity | Branche..........! Rerence Marine Department Other Recipta

2,141,573

337,239

478,940

15.390'008

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to mest she claims muder the respective Depast, ments of the Company's Burines.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

Agenta,

PEAK

TRAMWAYS. COMPANY.

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEL DATE.

iinutes 7.00a.m. to 8.00 am...Every 15 8.00 am, to 10,00 a.m.Every 10 minutes. 10.00 .m. to 11.00 s.m...Every 15 minutes 11.30a.m. to 19:15 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 2.45 p.m. to 1.15 p.m...Every 10 minutes 1.15 p.m. to 1.46 pm...Every 16 minutes. 1.43 p.m. to 2.15 p....Every 10 minuten. £15 p.m. to 5.00 pm...Every 15 minutes. 6.00p.m. be. 8.00 p.m...Every 10 miantos,

́NIGHT JAZI

9.10 p.m. and 9 p.m., 9.80 p.m. to 1400 P. every half Ecor.

2.30s.m.

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

a bour.

BUNDATI *8.00 am to 10.30 am... Every 15 minutes. 16.50a.m. to 11,00 a.m...Erazy 30 minutes. 150.m. to 12. Noon....Every 15 minutes, .00 noon to 1.00 pm...Every 10 minutes. 1.00pm to 5.30 p.m... Every 15 minutes. 4.37 p.m. to 8:00p.m...Every 10 minutes; 900pm. to 6.30 p.m...Every 15 minaben. 6.30 pm, ho, 8:00 p.m...Every 10 minutos.

NIGHT CARS 1a sa Wack Daya: D

SATURDAYS.

-Extra Car sá 13 midnight.

SPECIAL CARS8 by arrangement is the #ompany's Offon, “ÁLSZANDRA BIELDINGS'- Den Vórax: Road Central, nat

Sexson and punch tickets available for

all care not already full running at the

tims stated in the Company's time tables,

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Go., L¿.

Established 1883

-MANUFAUTUBERS CF)

PURE Manila ROPE

STRAND Atoll 155

GABLE LAID

4 STRAND

,5% to 15% CÖLCÜMPAKKİKA.

3", to 10% CIRCUMFERENCE'

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

Prisen, ampies and fall particular will be forwarded on application so

Shewan, Tomes & Co., Gawal Manager.)

Hongkong, April 1912.

KANO KO

Brown Br

WATSON'S

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601

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QUALITY.

25 YEARS IN WOOD.

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

[WINK (AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, TELEPHONE No. 616,

THE KWONG HIP LONG CO., LTD,

(NOW 'RECONSTRUCTED).

but not for special cars, san he obtained TINGINEERS and SKIFBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS. BRASS and 1308

en application at the Company's Office

Ne Benson taket will be turned and payment therefor has been made in Bank Botas or by Choque de Compradora nedar

presenting Back Notes,

"JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON,

General Managers.

FOUNDERS All work done in this establishment la gasenotend. “We bari over thirty years exparison. We own two Slipways and can come any of 200 face lank.

Town Often, 42. Comriment Road Carrsal, Hongkong Bhipyard : Bhum-Sai-Po, Kowloon.. Bowmang.. **Betama.Com furnished'on applioni

Hopgions, April, 1912

Taleptowa Ne. m Telephone Wo

"WONG"PIGIWI"

TAIKOO DOCKYARD

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES •

„OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

THE TO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

OF HONGKONG CTP.-

AGENTS!- "SUTTERHELS & SWIRE

-TELEPIE 32-

-Tusquame Res.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO.,LD.

PORTLAND CEMENT

In Cadice of 975 lbs. Act.

· Is Bags "of 254 12s- net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGER,

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

AND

GRILL ROOM

PEAT

J. E. TAGGART,

MANAGER.

HOTEL,

ADMIRABLY SITUATED AT VICTORIA GAP, Adjoining the Tramway Terminus: 1,400 feet above Sea Levsk FIRST-CLASS FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND TOURISTS HOTEL

Telephones in all méma. First-cine Cuisine, Lounge, Smoking and Ladies roma, Roof Garden.

Terms-From 85. per day max.

Telegraph add: Pedul

P. O. FEUSTER,

PATELL & CO. Importers Exporters

Commission Agents HONGKONG.

Branches

BAN, PRANUIBO0, CAL. YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. BOMBAY, INDIA.

Olins

KHẲNGĦAT

QANTES

POSSIBILITY OF ATTACK

ON ENGLAND.

LCSDON, Feb. 15,

The Fines Military Correspondent states that Germany is undoubtedly massing troops on the Western front, where there are now 166 Divisions,

THE WAR LOAN CAMPAIGN.”

AN OVERWHELMING TRIUMPH.

LONDON, Feb. 16,

Messrs Ralli Bros, and clinuta bare taken £1,5000 of the War Loan, the

compared with 123 in November. He suggests the possibility of an attack on Indian and General Investment Trust England, in conjuction with a great 66,000 and the Bengal Bocars railway naval offensive, and quotes a well known | £30,000.."

paange from a General Staff text-book The War Long campaign is alsing that the advantage of gaining partial most enthusiastically. Already:it is 300 control temporarily in order to land evident that the Loan will be a gread“- troops might justify the loss of the

success and that the highest hope German Fleet.

will be fulfilled. Large and small The correspondent emphasises that the General Staff controls the Fleet, subscriptions stili pouring in from all and the temptation to use is in a quarters make the triumph over

offensive whelming.

Kreat

and

and SCIL

| against England must be consider. Fable. Therefore, he urges the main

tainence of a strong bome defence force "despite temptations and jibes."

A mest hxposing demonstration was held in Trafalgar Square at mid- day. There were huge crowds. The Lord Mayor and other represents- tives from all parts of London went in procession from the Mansion House Square where the Lord Mayor. and others made patriotic speeches. A prayer was offered and thên the Guards Band and a picked Choir ied Lospos, Feb. 16“

the singing of God our help in The Belgian dewspaper "Zn Metrojrale

ages past," most impressively, con. learns that the Germans are unprecluding with the National Anthem, dentely active. The Military, have monopolised the railways since the

GREAT GERMAN ACTIVITY IN

BELGIUM.

|

..

LATER.

beginning of February. Troops, from There were extraordinary scenes Rumanis and Serbia, and perhaps an the last day for receiving substrip- from Russia, have recently, arrived, tions to the War Loan The City including many cavalry. Also ap was invaded by thousands of sub- parently fresh units from the depots scribura and the Banks and Post in Germany composed of youths of good Offices were beseiged. Long queues physique and morale, who are well-were marshaled by the police and equipped, but the subalterns are strik commissionaires.. ingly young and inexperienced.

Similar scenes are reported from the big provincial towns especially Glasgow.

ATTACK BY THE CROWN │**

PRINCE.

X THRUST IN CHAMPAGNE.~

LONDON, Feb. 16. A German official message received by wireless enya:-

The Crown Prince attacked in Cham pagne, to the south of Ripont, and wai completely successful.

We stormed four lines on front of 3,500 metres to a depth of 800 metres, taking prisoner 808.

THE FRENCH REPORT.

J

A French communiqué states: The enemy bombarded our Butte-de Kesnil-Maisons-de-Champagne front most intensely and succeeded, with the sid of the explosion of several mines, in pentrating a salient west of Maison-de- Champagne and north of the road to Butte-de-Mesnil. Our barrage and flanking fire from the district north of Main-de-Massiges caused the enemy Theary losses, an

A violent artillery striggle is pro ceeding in this region.

There is great patrel activity in Wor

Five enemy aeroplanes were brought

KING EDWARD HOTEL down

Central Location

BRITAIN'S STOCK OF GOLD.

PARIS, Feb 16..

The well-known economist, M. EA- mond Thery, statos that the British Government's stock of gold had in creased by, £25,540,000 .ón December 21, as compared with Jaly 1914.

GERMANY'S WAR EXPENDITURE,

P

"I AMSTERDAM, Feb. 16. Gennan war expenditure hitherto bas amounted to three thousand millions

terling (£3,000,000,000),

THE KÄISEN'S VISIT TO TIENNA.

THE REASON.

BERNE, Feb. 16. The Kaiser's visit to ViennG, WAL largely due to apprehensions regard. ing the Austro-Hungarian- attitude towards Germany arising out of the recent Ministerial official and Court.

changes. Several of the new office- holders are wealthy and it is bor Our air squadrons bombed railway sidered that they are indifferent to stations, blast furdances, an aerodrom, Viennese financial interests which A scaric Latte,Fats ind Lighting,

Lal: ELECTRIC TRAMS Pass Intranes, barracks, bivanses, and a military park are dominated from Berlin - Count Eeropean Bathe and Sanitary Fittings.

Tisza, a strong pro-Kaiserite, le the Hot and Cold Water Bystem throughout. Best of Food and Service

only old Minister who remained, so aanotto riak Germany's - PTAKÍ displeasure.

TRAPROX 273,0

WYTOE

TANG YUK, IzzrwS, SUCH

Ako lato SIEN TING,

RME VERY MODERA’IE

THE BRITISH FRONT.

LONDON, Feb. 16. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig

reporte

We made a succesful mid south- cast of Souchez

An enemy party renched our lines north-east of Armentieres but was immediately-driven out, with losses,

In the air Sghting on Thursday eight enemy machines were, driven dows and anti-aircraft gans brought down another.

Four of ours are missing:

GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA.

LONDON, Feb 16, Reuter states that there is great satisfaction in British authoritative quarters at China's decision to break with Germany, The Allied Ministers: in Paking are in very close touch the Chinees Government regard measures which will result

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