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

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THE WAR.

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"AND

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daily

Applicants will be required to produce Passports, or identification papers. All ersons, with certain exceptions, whe "remain in the Colony for more than

days are required to Register them selves under the REGISTRATION PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916. Hoems. of Registration giving the particulars squired may be obtained at the G.P.O. "and at all Police Stations.

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WIJK DATE.

7:00 am, toTM8 00 % malvary 15 minutes. 8.00am to 10:00 am...Every lú minados. 14,00 m, to 11.00 am..Every 15 min ates. 16.30 am to 12.45 pom...Every 15 minutaa.. 14.45 p.m. to 1.15 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 1.15 p.m. to 1.15 p.m.Every 16 mlaze 1.45p.m. to 2.15 p.m...Every 10 minutes. #235p.m. to 5.00 p.m...Every 15 mlasten, | 5.00 pm to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minutos.

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NIGHT CARS as on Week Days.

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THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Go., La.

Established 1883

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Shewan, Tomes & Co. General Managers.

Hongkong, April, 1919. ..

Brown Brandy

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OLD

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THE HONGKONG HOTEL

AND

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THE ANGLO-FRENCH ADVANCE.

MORE ORGANISED RESISTANCE

Loxboy. March 23. Beuters Correspondent at British Headquarters reports that the worst possible wintry weather has almost brought operations to a standstill.

APPALLING DEVASTATION

PARIS, March 23. The newspapers continue to be devastation on the line of retreat. filed with stories. of appling

The latest example is Chaune“, Where 1,800 out of 2,300 houses, live been destroyed and fred, including elurebes, the Palais de Justice, the Ecole Primaire, the Hospital and;

Almshouses

The enemy are offering a more organised. resistance, particularly All hales between the ages of 14 along the line running to the north at 50 years have been taken off. west fm Bois-de-Sary, which is The enemy Ecarded women, children three miles west of St. Quentim

and the feeblest inhabitants of the thirteen surtounding communes, in a certain quarter of the town, and then trained guns on this quarter, killing and wounding niny

The enemy continues to maintain strong covering patrols and cavalry guards in the most northerly sector where many machine,gins are posted at vantage points. It is clear that they want to prevent us advancing with the sine mpidity as hitherto.

It is now officially confirmed that the Germans have been poisoning the

walls with arsenic.

HEART-RENDING STORIES. LONDON, March 23. Correspondents relate heartrend.

Most tremendous activity prevail's behind our new front, viz: troop movements, road-mending, road- making and railway-making,

The enemy are sending women ing stories of the condition of the inhabitants of the re-occupied dis- between the ages of 17 and 35 yearstricts in Vance, particularly" at to the fortress at Maubeuge to Nesle where they found famished rake munitions. The inhabitants left behind state that the Bochet Fke, araid the ruins of their homes, children wandering about, ghost- have been talong a good deal lately

and know more of the true situation with bluish faces and heavy-lidded than is generally believed.

eyes. Some who were prostrated They have ret concealed their spprehen wanly smiled at the soldiers who wine at the prospects of another supplied them with the first food great British offensive. Indeed, one they had, bad for days. The inabi:- possible reason for the retreat may auts had had comment since Septem- luve been the dubiety of the higher ber and no milk for a year. They 'corumind

never received" a. quarter of the to whether the men 18 would face another Somme.

rations supplied by the American As In S Officer remarked an

relief fünd'. me

Don't you think there is a good deal in this very simple idea that the Bodle is quitting because he knows he's beat?"

SOME HEAVY FIGHTING ON

FRENCH FRONT...

ENEMY LOSSES VERY HIGH.

LONDON, March 23.

THE MISSING GERMAN PRINCE.

PARIS, March

4.4

A French commentator announces that the aeroplane bug in the advance included Prince Friedrich Carl's anthine #

THE NEW GERMAN LINE.

4

Josnux, March 15* A French coinmuniqué reports: A violent enemy attack on our states the Germans are retreating.

The Timex military correspondent positions before this village of train the Ancre because they appar Artenyes, north of St. Simon, esterently want to fight on clean ground. day evening, at first alightly drove and seem to have prepared such a Buck our troops, but we immediately position on the so-called Hinden- vigorously counter-attacke and burg line threw buck the enemy as

front Lens through St JasQuentin towards Luou Graniseraucourt.

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There was 21

lively artillery duet between the Soinine and the Oise,

New detachments crossed the f Ailette to the south of the Oise. There was intermittent cannonading in this region. We ugain progressed

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(Delayed in transmission.)'

THE TREATMENT OF BRITISH PRISONERS.

LONDON, Mareli 28. « published between Viscount Grey "Further correspondence has bee

und Mr. Page, the American Amba

to the north of Soissons. It is con firmed that the eneiny attacks on the Fregny Chivres front have been sudor, with regard to the treatment most violent. A whole regiment of British prisoners in Germany. was thrown against

Mr. Tuge states that there are STZ single point. Two Frencli chalisgir companies who British Indians from the Hanso were momentarily Isolated from the liners interned at Havelburg. The bulk of our forces, succeeded in conditions are satisfactory and there extricating themselves after stubbom is little illness, fighting and brought back some

prisoners a

The enemy losses during the course of these fruitless attempts have been very high.

Several enemy coups-de-muin to the north-west of Bheims, towards Maisons de Champagne in Avocourt. Wood and in the region of St, Afihiel failed.

An Albatross aeroplane chaser was brought down in our lince.

GERMAN REPORT.

A German official message, trana. mitted by wireless, stated in or

We drove back the French, who had crossed the Somme at Crozat Canal, with Banguinary losses We took 200 prisoners.

We repulsed strong French attacks

and south of Margival.

fully bombed lishments neur Afudros:

FRENCH SHIPPING RETURNS,

LONDON, March 23, The French official report of submarining for the week ended March 18, states p

--1:

The arrivals of merchantmen over 100 tons, not Including fisting craft, was 920, and the departures 91 French ships sunk wore" six over 1,600 tons and six under 1,600 tons. Fifteen fishing craft were sunk and there were three unsuc cessful attacks.

THE KOEYE."

AMSTERDAM, March 23.

It is officially announced from Berlin that the auxilliary guiser More has Toturned home after a second critics s the Atlantic

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