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HONGKONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 20. 1917,

BUSINESS NOTICES

巳丁大歲年六國華中

THE

OVERLAND GHINA HAIE (PUBIMSHED EVERY

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of Hongkong and she, For Expe

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par: annum.

PRICE, $3.00 Per Month

THE WAR.

"No. 16.931.

THORNE'S

OLD VAT

No. 4.

SCOTCH WHISKY.

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SOLE AGENTS.

A. S. WATSON & Co, La.

WINE & SHIRIT MERCHANTS,

G.X

JEONGKONG,

616.

NOTICE.

WY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC

INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of M. to 1 P.M. and 8 PM. 304 PM.

daily.

Applicants will be required to produce:

Dr identification papers. All persons, 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 particnlars required may be obtained at the G.F.O. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is a

exceeding $50,

fug.not

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE..

WEEE DATT

1.UU...be 8 00 ....Every 15 minutes. 3.80 a.m. to 10.00 a.m...Every 10 minuter. 10.00 m. 10. do 11.00 a.m...Every 15 minutes, 11.30am to 19.45 p.m...Every 15 minuter. 11.6 p.m. b 1.15.b.m...Every 10 minuter. 1.15 p.m. be 1,45 p....Beery 15 mloster. 1.45 p.m. 1.15 p.m...Every 10 mlæruber, 3.18 p.m. 1.80 p.m...Every 15 minutes.

5.00 pas, to 8.00 p....very 10 minuter..

非

8.50, p.m. kud.24.m., 9.30.p.m. to 11.00

- Dvory hall boar.

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

are hour,

7.30's.m.

SUNPATE.

8.00 am to 10,90 m... Every Liminate. 10 30 a.. to 11 007.m...Every 10 minutes. 11.30a.m. to 12 Nocn.... Every 15 minns. 12.00 soon to 10 p.m...Every 10 minuter. 1.00 pm to 5.30p.m... Every 15 minutes, 6 31pm. to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 5.00 p.m. to 6.80 p. Every 15 mtantes 5.30 pm to 8.00 ... 10 lautes.

FIGHT CARS « on Week Days.

SATURDAYS,

Extrs Car at 19 midnight, SPECTAL CARS by arrangement at the

** Company's (SCO, ALEXANDRA Buildings'

Dos Voeux Road Central

Reason and proat ticket available for

- all cars. not. slready full running at the time stubed in the Company's time tables, but not for special cars, os be obtained on application as the Company's Offene Ne Beasca ticket will be issued anti payment therefor has been made in Bank Noben er by Cheque or Compradore order roprosenting Bad Notes.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS SON, General Manager's.

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE,

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WHICH ARE VESTED THE SEASES OF 1HE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

CONFANT, Lap.,

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE. 'CO.

KITAL FUNDS AT S1st DrorMB2B, 1914,

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Babesribed Capital £4,500,000.

Paid-up Capital

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Fire Funds,877,047

III Life & Annuity Fanda... 17,307,590

Binking Fund Accuent

198,230

£23,870,367 -49,881,456 Life and Annuity-

Branches 2,141,098

"Revenue Fire Branch....................

Berende Marine Department... 837,930

Other Receipt e

$78,9,10 25,330,228

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THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Go., Ld.

Established 1883

·MANUFACTURERS OF.

PURE Manila ROPE

STRAND

GABLE LAID

4 STRAND

to 15

5 to 15 CIRCUMFER

3" to 10" CIRCERERENCE.

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

#Prias, inciples and full particolare will be forwarded on application to

Shewar, Tomes & Co. General Managers.

Hongkong, April 11, 1912.

WATSON'S

PRICKLY HEAT

IS NOT ONLY A

LOTION

CERTAIN CURE

FOR

PRICKLY HEAT

BGT IS ALSO

AN INVALUABLE PREPARATION FOR PREVENTING AND RELIEVING

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Telephone No. 16,

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(NOW RECONSTRUOTED).

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BHEWAN, TUMES & OD.

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Hagkong, April 1, 1919,

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THE ADVANCE IN FLANDERS.

18.

THE SITUATION. AT LENS.

LORDUS. Aug. 19,

fam.

Renter's Correspondent at Head- quarters in France telegraphs regard ing the situation at Lens: We

PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH.

TONDON, Aug Beuter's Special Correspondent ut dominate the duster appenaeber to British Headquarters, telegraphing on August 18, states that the French.

Our guns em render. comunicntion difficult, lost to... last night. completed the pushing of their lines forward to national front Germans are now in a saileank; so ganza!! the point of being impossible. The

formeit the sleek and Broen-

by book rivers,

Two strong, German redoubts. Lex.

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the tow

that it is

out of the ginestion for them to group ang artillery within Lilas and Mondovi Farm, which had first regular defensivé spatern beyond it The Oppy-Maricourt line, the

held out against the French attacks

Lens, is within easy rugge and co since Thursday, were finally shelledfortable observations from our new into bussion and the French were positions. Even

the Dincourt-

ble to complete the conquest of the Queunt line, forming a sector of the Hindenburg Line, cones well within

infantry attack.

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territary south of the rivers.

The Correspondent, describes P Lilas us a conerele and steel farti | Langemarck resulted in 'ugh the | range of our luxies. The battle a fication, leavily armed with unchine proving our position along the higher gins and almost impregnable to ground forming the key to the whole defensive system of Northern Bel The French, on Thursday, moved gitn

The Germans are hurrying forward on either skly of it, and left in asses of troops and guns to try it in a pocket, and it was only when i argsst our advance. Prisoners the heavy artillery concentrateji upon state that new batteries are co the position that the German arstantly arriving 1 but they also admit the destructive work of our heavies has knpehri out many,

Fiscu rendered.

The morale of the French troops continues to be at the highest, pitch, and a feeling of great optimis prevails.

BRITISH REPULSE MORE ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS.

Lobos, Aug. 19.

It would appear thuit the day of

What our troops are now most likely the regular trench system has passed). to have to overcome is loose, real- tered résistance, taking advantage of every bole and corner to develop machine-guniping posts;

Field-Marsicil Sir Douglas Haig GERMANY AND THE WA

reports

There were two, enemy counter- attacks this morning, to the enxt of Loos and in the neighbourhood of Bo's Hugo. Our bag axi maligen fire drove back the first attack and the enemy, supported by turmmenwerfer, failed in his spoon

attuck

YAR

IMPRESSION MADE BY BRITISH PREMIER'S LATEST SPEECH.

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 10."

Parliament on the 16th inst. cens Mr. Lloyd George's speech in to have vastly impressed German circles,

Twelve German geroplanes were that no intelligent. man has ever The Frankfuries, Zeitung declares "brought down and 18′′wery drivgasserted that Great Britain could be down. Twelve of ours are inising.

FRENCH REPEL CONSECUTIVE ATTACKS.

abdued by starvation. It points out that Dr. Helfferich's statements were exactly contrary to those of Mr. Lloyd George. Only when the history of the war-is written can final judgment be pronounced.

This'in very interesting se it shows that

A Fréncir communiqué states There is lively artillery duelling doubt the official staternents regard-

the Germans are beginning

on both books of the Meuse, in

Bois-le-Pretre, cast of Badon Villers the submarine warfare which

they have hitherto regarded gospel:

and porth of these places.

Consecutive enemy attacks were repelled with appreciable lossen.

GERMAN. AIRCRAFT BOMB CASUALTY CLEARING

STATIONS,

STATION

TEN WOUNDED' GERMANS KILLED, OTHERS AGAIN WOUNDED

LONDON, Aug. 19, -t-p.m.

Fjeld-Marshal Sir Douglas Enig

reporta

We captured tranches in the neigh bourhood of Gillemont Farm, south enstward of Epehy, and raided powi tions south-westward of Huvrincourt, inflicting heavy casualtie

Enemy sircraft on Thursday and

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comunity clearing stations, killing ten wounded German prisoners and again wounding nine other Germans.

GREATER ARTILLERY ACTIVITY FURTHER BOUTH.

Losnax, Aug. 18.

A French communique states that there has been somerunt greater. artallery Act!

Cong of enuand on

Vouclere

bobl banke of the Meuse.

GERMANY AND THE POPE'S APPEAL

EXHAUSTIVE DISCUSSION EXPECTED IN REICHSTAG.

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 18. The Reichstag Main Committee, will meet on Monday,

when actord- ing to a Berlin newspaper, the Pope's appeal will be exhaustively da cussed.

Herr Michaelis, the Chancellor, who had gone to Belgium, will return for the meeting

KRUPPS WORKMEN STRIKE AT MADEBURG

SEVERAL HUNDRED OUT

AMSTERDAM, Aug 193 The Lokal Anzeiger. several hundred workmen at works at Madeburg have owing to the arrest of one leaders on a clurge of atrike handbillя.

THE SILVER MIRKET"

LONDON

Silver is firm

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