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Jagunesa Photographers.

A kinds of Photographic".

Wark done in latent styles.

also Passport Photos.

Developing and Frinting for

Amateurs a Speciality.

No. 84, Queen's Road Central

TEL. 204.

No. 16.916.

THORNE'S

The China Itail.

OLD VAT

No. 4.

SCOTCH WHISKY.

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SOLE AGENTS:

A. S. WATSON & Co. Ld.

#11

WINE&SHIRIT MERCHANTS,

HONGKONG.

七月四年七卡堂百九千壶英

ESTABLISHED

1845

HONGKONG, "SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1917.

BUSINESS NOTIOKS

巳丁次歲年六國民華中

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.

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ENGINEERS and SHIPBOILDERS.

KOWLOON BAY.

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FOYERLAND CHINA (MAIL.

(PUBLISHED) »2TERY MAIL DAY.)

Conzing the Wook Nowy

of Hongkong and the

Yar Fast.

Prices including Postige) to ang

pre part of the world 81%.

· per annum. *,

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month

THE WAR.

LATEST TELEGRAM S.

(Reuster's Service to the Chino Mail.)

Ta 18.

NOTICE.

H.

NY EUROPEAN, Non ASIATIC OF INDIAN desiring to leave the Calony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of. 9 A.M. to 1P.M. Andr.x. to 4 PM daily.

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All versims, with certain exceptions, who remain in the Colony for more thar. 7 days are required to Register them- seires under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916 Forms of Registration giving the particulars quired may be obtained at the .FO. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance isfa fine nat exceeding $50.

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO..

IN WHICH ARE VENTED THE SHARES OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LTD.,

and

..

TEE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE CO.

TOTAL FUNDS AT 31ST DECEMrs, 1914,

223.970,367.

I-Authorised Capital £8,000,000.

subscribed Capital £4,500,000) Paid-up Capital,437,500 fl-Fire Fonds............ 3,837,047. Il-Life & Annuity Funds... 17,587.590

Smaking Fund Account ......

128,950

£23,870,367 Revenue Fire Branch... 2,381,458 2,141,698

Life and Annuity į

Branches Ravenas Marine Department... 937,229 Other Receipta ******

478,940

£3,339,228

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches ar neparately lovested, and, y Act of Parliament, are set aside to wear the cisime under the respective Depart- ments of the Company's Business.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

Agents,

PEAK

TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

'WEEK DAY'.

7.00a.m. to 8.00.m...Every 15 minutes. 8.00a.m. to 10.00 a.m... Every 10 minutes. 14,00a.m. to 11.00 am...Every 15 minutes. 11.30am to 14.45 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 12.45pm. to 1.15 p.m...Erary 10 minutes. 1.15pm to 1.45 p.m...Every 15 minutes.. 1. p.m. to 2.16 p.m...Every 10 minuter. 2.15 p.m. to 5.00 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 5.00p.m.50 8.00 pm...Every 10 minutes.

.

.

HIGHN CARS...

8.30 p.m. and 9 p.m... 9.80 p.m. to 11:00 P...very half.bour. 11.00 p.m. to 11.45 p.m. every quarter of

An hour.

7.50.

SCHDAYS. 8.10a.m. to 10.30 am... Every 15 minuter. 10.30h. to 11 x.m...Every 10 minuter. 11.30a.m. to 12 Noon....Every 15 minuta a. 12.00 coon to 1.00pm...Every 10 minuter. 1.10 p.m to 5.30 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 0.31p.m. 4.00p.m...Every 10 minutes. 6.00p.m. be 0.80 p.m...Every 15 minubes. 6.30p.m. to 8.00 pm...Every 10 minutes, NIGHT CARS 1s on Week Days.

SATURDATA.

Extra Car at 12 midnight! BPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Jompany's Offion, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGA" Des Voeux Road Central,

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Sesson and punch tickets available for all cars! not already full running at the time stated in the Company's time tables, but not for special care, can be obtained tou application at the Company's Office

No Besson ticket will be issued payment therelor has been made in Bank Nabes or by Chorus or Compradore order representing Bank Motes, d

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & HON, General Managers.

MOTOR CAR GO.

DRAGON

SOLE DISTRIBUTORS FOR THE FAMOUS

$17

GREY

HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTOR CICLES

HUDSON

AND CYERLAND

MOTOR

CARS

BEST

TELEPHONE 482.

COME AND INSPECT

CARS IN THE COLONY FOR HIRE:

NESTOR

SANITARY FLUID.

44

RELIABLE DISINFECTANT.

Two tablespoonsful to a gallon of water for washing Hoor, &c. is most useful for the Destruction of Fleas, Per Pint Tin 50 cents

Ca

Per Gallon Tin $2.50

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

32, Queen's Road Central.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Co., Ld.

Established 1883

•MAN UFAUTURKAS CF,

י'

PURE Manila ROPE

STRAND

" to 15" CLECTMYTRIXCE·

GABLE LAID

- STRAND

3to 10"

5" to 15"

GIACCHIEREN E

CIRCUMFERENCE

Ol Drilling Cables uf ariy size up to 3,000 feet in length

Price, ramples and full particulars will be forwarded on application to

Shewan, Tomes & Co, General Managers.

Hongkong. April 11, 1912.

Grown Brandy

WATSON'S

OLD

BROWN BRANDY

E

QUALITY.

25 YEARS IN WOOD.

•TAIKOO DOCKYARD

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES

1)

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

-THE TIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

~TEREGRINIC APP.-

OF HONGYONG CTD. -

AGENTS!- SUTTEMELD & Swice - TELEPHONE A $12

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD.

PORTLAND CEMENT

A

In Casks of 875 lbs. -net.

In Bags of 250 Its. not.

SHEWAN. TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGERS.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

AND.

GRILL ROOM

J. H. TAGGAR1,

MANAGER.

PEAK HOTEL,

ADMIRABLY SITUATED AT VICTORIA GAP Adjoining the Tramway Terminus. 1400 feet store Sea Level. FIRST-CLASS FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND TOURISTS_HOTEL.

rooms, Roof Garden.

Telephones in all rooms. First-emss Culine, Lounge, Smoking and Ladi

Telegraph add: Peaceful

P.Ó. PEUSTER,

Tarma From $ por day mex.

A.S. WATSON & Co., Ltd., TO THOSE GOING HOME

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

TELEPHONE NO. G16.

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

KNOW RECONSTRUOTED).

TINGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER-MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this retablishment is guaranteed. We here over thirty years' experience. We own two Slipways and can accommodate any craft of 200 feet lon

Town Ece, 48, Conwatons RoaDCENTRAL, Hongkong Telephone No. 450. Shipyard: Sham-Sui-Po, Kowloon, Hongkong,

Telephone No. 2. Estimates furnished on application,

WONG PING WA," "Manzon.

Hongkong, April 1, 1912,

Keep in touch with local happenings by subscribing to

"THE

OVERLAND

Manager.

AMERICA'S ENTRY IN THE ANGLO-FRENCH

THE WAR.

REPRESENTATIVES PASS WAR

RESOLUTION BY 373..

VOTES TO 50.

THE LADY MEMBER WEEPS.

ADVANCE.

A DAY OF SANGUINARY DEFEATS FOR THE ENEMY.

Paris, April,6.

A French expert states that. Do ohatnele checks the offensive of the Allie armies or stops their dash;

Wasmxotox, April 6. The House of Representatives its Yesterday was another day of sanguinary pussel. the resclation by 373 votes defeats of the energy and despite his desperate defence, the department of

to 50,-

.. 4.

Miss Rankin, the only lady on the Somme was entirely freed of the ber of time House, alle et änswer the favarter. Reconnaissances rescher to first roll call, but sat with her head within 1,500 yards of the gates of St. bowe She ose upon the secouk Quentin. The Germans attempted to eal and exclaimed sobbingly: want to stand by tuy country but camor vote for war." There were eries, of `* Vote !. Vote!" from all parts of this House,

Finally is Rankin sank into her

seat and was recorded as voting in the negative.

carry out big diversions in the Argonne and in the Champagne, especially in the latter section where every kind of bom- hardment and the employment of the elite of their troops gained only ephemeral success.

FJ

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Lip

FRENCH COMMUNIQUES,

Lostos, April 6. Yesterday evening's French-com-

unique issued to-day, states: We silencer vigorous enemy artil

A HUGE APPROPRIATION.

WASHINGTON, April 5; The executive departments have requested Congress for at immediate appropriation of $8,400.000.000 fiery activity to the Trth of Lays the army and navy, of which over

The enong sing diquld fire, $2,030,000,000 is for the army

attueked to the north of Vinne-le- Chatriu on the westem boundary ef

akwe.

AUSTRIA AND THE UNITED

* STATES.

MINISTER INSTRUCTED TO DEMAND PASSPORTS.

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AMSTERDAM, April 6.

•

Villiers.

the Argonne We repulsed the attack, the energy leaving their den behind and some prisoners.

A German attack on Sapigneul and Godat furin developed on a front

[ of 2,500 metres. The enemy col-

leeted numerous selected storming ·

A message frony Vienna states that troops, but the attack - completely

the Austrian Ambassador to the failed.

instructed to United States was derband his passports it Congress) ratißed a state of war with Gerinany.

THE ZIMMERMANN NOTE RELATING TO MEXICO.

WASHINGTON, April 6..

12

LATER This afternoon's French communi-

reports There was fairly lively artillery activity during the night between the Somme and the Oise. German counter-attacks were stopped dod to the north of La Felje Farm.

We considerably progressed to the south of the Vise and north of Landricourt.

We progressed by means

In the course of the debate on the War resclution, in the House of Representatives, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee declared grenades and re-occupied fresh por- that an unpublished paragraph tious of the trench to the north-west in Zimmermann Note offered to of Rheims

establish submarine basea" in Mexi··

can ports, to supply Mexico with arms and ammunition, send German

AERIAL WARFARE..

LONDON, April 6..

A German official message, trans reservists to Mexico, and arrange an mitted by wireless reports:

attack all along the border.

LATER.

Mr. Larsing, Secretary of State, hiss denied the statement

made

By

a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee with regard to Mexico, but

the latter has reiterated that his information is correct He said that Mr Lansing's denial is a diplemétic one made in the interests of good relations with Mexico.

FRENCH PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT WILSON.

PARIS, April 3

Four "British aeroplate which reached Douai were chased, and ak° were destroyed. Apart from these, the enemy lost eight machines.. Three of outs are missing.

VICTIMS OF THE HUSBIAN REVOLUTION.

A NATIONAL FUNERAL.

PETROGRAD, April 0. There was a national funeral of

180 victims of the Bevolution? which 1,000,000

civilians and

M. Poincaré has sent a message to soldiers participated Fuctories, President Wilson expressing "the joy schools, etc., were closed.

The bodies were buried at the four and pride with which the French nation again facts our hearts besting in comers of a quadrangular, space in unison with yours." The war, be says the centre of the snow-covered

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significance if the United States had no processions started from different been led by the enemy himself to

parts of the town in mourning, participats και

carrying the zinc collins covered with The Chamber of Deputies and the red. The crowdy sang bymus to the Senate were crowded with people to termal memory of the dead, ülternat listen to the tributes to America by the ing with the Revolutionary march Chairmen, M. Deschanel and M. Dubest. You tell as victims." respectivele aui also of M. Ribet, the Premior, whose clequent orations will be placasded throughout France.

The Municipality of Paris has heddered tant President Wilson's speech shall be Published in book form and dit ibuted to all school children

Burks played the Alaineillaise and the guits of the fortress of St. Peter

Dil St. Paul parked the lowering uch cofan mo the trench.

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