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MUMEYA Japanese Photographers.

All kinar of Photoraphic Work done in intent styles

also Passport Phot

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The China Mail

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JULY 7. 1917.

BUSINESS NOTICES

No. 18.894.

THORNE S

OLD VAT No. 4.

SCOTCH WHISKY.

SOLE AGENTS."

A.S. WATSON & Co, La.

WINE & SIRIT MERCHANTS,

HONGKONG.

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BUSINESS NOTICES,

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.

W. S. BAILEY & Co., Ltd.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.

HOWLOON RAY.

.

NOTICE.

NY EUROPEAN, Non ASIATIC & A INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between tho'keurs of 5 a.m. to 1 Fat and: 2 km. 16 4-P.M. daily.

Applicants will be required to produce All Paporte or identitation papers. persona, with certain exceptions, who remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them- selves under the REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forms of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained as the G.F.O. And at al Police Stations

The Penalty for non compliance in s fins not receding $50,

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE,

WEEE DAYS

1,00a.m. to 8.00 am...Every 15 minutes. 3.00 am to 10.00 a.m... Every 10 minuter. 10.00a.m. to 11.00a.m. Every 15 minuter, 11.00am to 19.45 pm...Every 15 minotas. 12:45 pm. to 1.15 p.m...Every 10 minutes.. 1.1bp.m. bo 1.45pm...very 15 minutes. 1.45p.m, to 2.15 p.m...Every 10 minuter. 2.15 p.m. to 8.00p.m...Every 15 minuta.. 5,00p.m. to. F.00 p.m...Every 10 minuter.

NIGHT CARS.

4.50 p.m. and 9 p.m.. 9.30 p.m. to 11.00 P.. very half hour.

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

sa hour.

7.30a.m.

SUNDAYE.

́8.00am, to 10,20 .... vary 15 minare, 10 90 m. bo 11 00'....Every 10 minute. 11.30a.m. to 12 Noon....Every 15 miners s. 100 coon to 100p.m...Every 10 minute. 1.00 pm to 5.30 p.m...very 15 minute. 5.30pm. to 5.00 p.m... Every 10 minut. 6.10 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Every 15 mlärte, 6.30 to 9.00 pm...Every 10 minute. NIGHT, CARS sa on Week Exyn..

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"SATURDATE

Extra Car at 13 midnight. SPECIAL DABS by arrangement as the Jompany's Office, Azazaarna BUILDINGS' Deaux Road Central

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Semba and punch ticket available for ail am not already full running at the time stated in the Company's time tables, but not for appoial cars, can be obtained on application at the Company's. Oficin No' Season ticket will be issued unti payment therefor has been made in Bazk Notes or by Cheque or 'Compradɔra' order representing Biak Notes.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS; SON,

General Mana ers.

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.

WHICH ABX VENTED THE BUARES OF 'THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LTD.

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS,

"ASSURANCE CO.

TOTAL FUNDE AT 31ST Decuci, 1914,

€23,970.387.

-Anthorised Capital.£6,000,000

Balmoribed Capaťál £4,500,000 AN Pabing Capital ano£2,127,600 Il-Fire Fund

$,337,047

11-Life & Annuity Fundal. 17;567,590-

Sinking Fund Account 128,290

'223,970,367′′

Toronne Fire Branch, fil331, 456

Life and Annuity

Branchenranta

Bersane M rise. Lypartment;

Other Receiya & 'meinsamen

· 2,141,593 857.938

DRAGON MOTOR CAR GO.

AND

DIELAND

>MOTORİ

SOLE DISTRIBUTORS FOR THE FAMOUS

TELEH:13 482.-

COME AND INSPECT

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· BEST CARS IN THE COLONY FOR HIRE.

BEWARE OF MOSQUITOES!

MOSCATINE.

The infallible "insect repeller,

PRICE 50 cents, $1.00 and $2.50 Per Bottle. "PREPARED ONLY BY

THE

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

32, Queen's Road Central.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Co., LJ.

Established 1883.

·MANUFAUTURKAS OF..

PURE Manila ROPE

STRAND

" to 15".

CIRCUMFERENCE.

GABLE LAID

4 STRAND

3" to 10"

5 to 15" „CIRCUMFEREN E

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

Pric, ampies and full particular will be forwanid on application be

Shewar, Tomes & Co. General Momaĝurs.

Hongkong April 11, 1914.,

BY APPOINTMENT.

WATSON'S

STONE GINGER-BEER

The only fermented Stone Ginger-Beer in the Far East.

The real charm of Stone Ginger-Beer is the favour produced by partial fermentation: without this no Stone Ginger Bear can be said to be genuine.

TRADE

$1.00 per doz.

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MARK

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,

ABRATED WATER MANUFACTUREES. Telephone No. 426.

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

(NOW BEGONSTRUOTIL)

478,94 INGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILERMAERS, BR489 And TRÚS FOUNDERS All work done in this establishment is guaranteed. Wo Lave over thirty years' experience. We wwn two Elipwayt and jau sobom modake any scath

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Town Office, 48, CONFORT ROLF Dengan Hartong Shipyard: Shwin-Sui-Po, Bowloon, Hong co

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TAIKOO DOCKYARD.

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES » EVERY DEFTION

OF HONCHONG LTD.:

-THE TALKON DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

AGENTS

·SUTTERREL & Suter.

-TREPIENE #012

~TELECRIMEG ADD. -

“已丁歲年六國良華中·

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD.

PORTLAND CEMENT

In Casks of 375 lbs. nat..

In Bags of 280 lbs. net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGERS.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

AND

GRILL ROOM

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MANAGER.

PEAK HOTEL.

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THE WAR.

LATEST

TELEGRAMS.

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(Reuter's Service to the China Mai. I

THE ENEMY'S GREAT ATTACK.

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GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION:

LONDON, July 6.

THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE.

SURVEY OF RESULTS,

Lospos, July 6.

Mr. Perry Robinson, a War Cor." respondens, writing from Headquar

offensive says

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better stuff and are better com manded than the enemy's armies.

Mr. Robinson recounts instances of heroism among the English, Scot tish, Welsh, Irish Australian, Cand- dian and South African troops. He says: Not the least remarkable bus. been the performance of some of the latest drafts. Several times officers

Reuter's Correspondent at theters in France, and surveying the French Headquartere describing the results of the year of the British powerful attack by the ensiny on the French writes:-

"It can now be confessed that The fernung mustered the pre- there were doubts regarding the New- yious night in trenches on the Armies, but the disquiebüde has northern slopes of the plateaux. at vanished. The new men have proved 7,30 the muxt etmung, the French rót once, but hundreds of times, to Divisional Generul commanding the to superior to the Germans. We sector of the plateaux was sitting are confident day that the New down to his evening meal, wonder-Armales are stronger, are made of ing what the silence of the enemy guns firun, when a"sudden roar of artillery supplied the solution. The Germans hall opened a bombardment with staggering violence along the entire front. Acwas the plateaux ran an unbroken wave of shell bursts cutting off all access to the front. In the rear great shells mined on every part of the position destroying have expressed misgivings in this the communication trenches, cutting connection, but always those mis wires, and ploughing up roads. Forgivings have been taʼsified and seeined ludicrous after the event. a moment the position appeared Behind this quality of the men is desperate.

the enormous development of the But the Boches reconest without machine. We have learned to their hosts. The roar of their over-strike with the fist more heavily ture had been heard for miles, und mailed than the German has ever the result was that every French gut known how to use. Whether the job was turned into the Germer depar he long or short, the army has per ture trenches. The Germans had fect confidence that it is stronger. counted on immunity for these than the enemy and that only one trenches on. the slopes of the end is possible.".

plateaus, because, owing to the j

Loxnos, July 3.

A French communiqué reports:- There were artillery contests, on various sectors.,

Five hundred shels fell on Rheims

BRITISH ATTACK ON THE MACEDONIAN. FRONT.

LONDON, July 63 A British official despatch from Salonika states

steepness of the ascent most of it ENEMY STILL SHELLING RHEIMS. had been counted as dead ground for artillery purposes. As it hup pened, the day before the Divisional Artillery Commander himselt, adven. turing beyond the front trenches, had worked out the exnet minge and angle of fire needed to reach the enfeiny front line,, and directly the battle begun several batteries of Seventy-fives opened a terriffe bar mge on these trenches which were naturally crowded with men. Meanwhile the beavy artillery was raining destruction on the supports behind, and the German communicu tion trenches and batteries. The

Our aeroplanes bombed Drama, Porta French reply had been so prompt that the attempt failed even before Drama and other canips and dumps. an Angista stations, the aerodrome at it was properly commenced. The

We drove out the enemy from our trenches on, the ridge to the west ofy Dodzele, in which he had gained a temporary footing

enemy bombardment did down in During June we dropped nineteen tons

of explosives. forty minutes.

Ten minutes after the German infautry left the trenches. At this part of the line. the enemy did not employ stosstruppen, the attackers consisting of fresh troops of the 1918 class, who, full of fire came -on yery

GREAT BRITAIN AND HOLLAND.

THE BRITISH POSITION.

POSITION

LONDON, July 5%

With reference to the statement made by the Dutch Minister cl

gallantly, but the decimation caused Agriculture, to the effect that Great Britain demanded potatoes but, seat by the Seventy-fives left them too | weak to advance far against a storm

of machine-guns, trench-motar and rife fire from the trenches. They never reached the French line.

(Meusage incomplete.]

to Holland, as Germany did. Reuter learns thut the Britishs Government has placed no pressure on the Dutch Government to send potatoes to England, unless potatoes were also sent to Germany Con sequently, if there are insufficient potatoes in Holland for the country's own use, the Dutch Government can remedy the situation by red quantities Bent to Germany, thereby automatically reducing the desti A Franch communiqué reports —

ties, to be sent to England, There was very active reciprocal Tutch con equirements have

THE WESTERN FRONT.

ACTIVITY ON FRENCH FRONT.

LONDON, July G

artillery firing in Clumpagne, notably

at Casque and Teton. Enemy attempts,

nothing to do with il mutter

west of Corsillet and south-east of fur is the British Governmen Tabure, were easily repulsed

Our artillery carried out a destructive fire on the German Organizations to the north sud-west of Hill 304:

THE BRITISH FRONT.

LONDON, July:G →Field Marshal Biz Douglan Haig

·repor

CHINA MAIL OFFICE.

ilsed a raidym the neighbour Edod of Bullecodri

concerned

THE KING OF SPAIN DISMISSES HIS MILITARY HOUSEHOLD

SADRID,

The King link dismisse de Cunipan

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