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THE BATTLE AT VERDUN.

FRENCH CARRY ALL OBJECTIVES.

Lasnos, Aug. 24 Reuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters reports?---

At dawn today the French begun another battle on the history field of Verbiu.

For a. Retright the batteries "on both sides of the Mouse have been handering the Gigman line ou loti side of the viver, from Avocourt Wevil on the leh Bank to Bezvans on the right bank a glistance of fully sixteen miles.

The morting the infantry Josh from their enches in a "Splendid rish rhien,within forty minutes esg- ried them to she limits of the first "Kn"objectiva, ng

All the objectives of the day were. entral by seven ock and factory repbers and coming ing

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A number priscities were, cup- tul by all rie Divisions engaged

There is every reason to hope that the splendaí results were achieves with relatively small usualties,

French artillery in in the small hours of the morning, before the Totuary left their trenches, renches] and resined at hurricane pátől. The night was dark and miless,

but the flashes of hundreds of guns

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HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS-

Corps Orders by Captain J. H. W. Armstrong, Y.D.

ENGINEER COMPUT.

Detail of duties at Lyeemmn from 17th to 31st August 1912 is posted at Head- quarters.

PARADES.

Trasay, ard instant-

7.10 4. Secuts Company M. G. Detachment at Eeadquarters.

7.30 am.. Belchers 6 Section (Layers, class only) at Helchers Battery.

3. p. Artillery Battery (Layers. and Setters only) at Belchers Battery.

5.30 pon. Mounted Section at Jockey Pub Stables.

Famay, 24th inspant

7. Belchers '6" Section (liange mikers bass and Oun Numbers na detailed, only) at Belebery Battery

3.30 p.m. Actillery Battery" (Gun Numbers other Belchers Matter Co. at Figadquar than specialists) at Wigs Section M.C

unit Commander. «Tests of ters Elementary Training.

round der Corps, Grimes Edmonds, Recruits of all units on Murray Parade and Filzenmbe and Lee. Corp). Meade.

Signalling Section "A" and "3" classes at Happy Valley (Helioraph and Flag Station work)

SATURDAY, 25th instant:

FAO BL Scotts Company (men detailed by Sergt. Major Ramsay) at Headquarters. Masketry instruction.

1.30 pm Special Furnde at Head-

of all calibres selling the tiem quarters for embers of the Corps trondises lt up the road so that out-Infantry) unable to attend drills ordered Times of things a dozet: gards away on the 20th, 1st, 2nd and 24th instant the N.C.O. from each unit seruling men were phiny recognisable and th

wilkattend. Hashes filiyoil like shamer Bightning all and the horn. “

W+-

The rows of gins of various descrip- Bon in every key at. Varying dis fances inercised After the maxi- mum violin it dropped for a few

nttuck rates before the launched, then i rapt again, to torted strength.fr the burge "which preceded the infantry down the slopes fronting Pepper Eill as Loremont, «Soren minutes later a slower of goldin tekets over the Boche lines indicated that the thr Joan Battalion Commanders bully needed, a drugge to chechter Frenci Intantry, ApparuntyThe.. signal wis con inte: n the French

DETAIL.

On duty 20th instant Centre Section

M. G. C

On daty 21st iestany Senuta Comping. On duty instant Scuits Company. On duty 23rd iristant Right Section

M. G. C

On duty 24th instant Left . M. C. n. and Civil service Co.

Un duty th instant Centre Section M. Co

Orderly Officer from 19th to 26th inst Lieut. J. D. Danby

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER

RESERVES.

assaulting fewer dashed from the Major Wakeman, Commanding H.X,Y.R. departura mericlies with such speed and precision that the ruched the enemy host, lingi boston his barrage was opened.

THE TASK OF THE FRENCH

The...Correspundem telegraphing from Verdun this afternoon, rior to the cupture of MartLongur, show's what a terrible task is set the French "Infantry.

DETAIL

On duty from the morning of Sunday the 19th Angust to the morning of Sun- day the 20th August H. R. V. C.

Sext for luty A" Cor. H. K. V. N. Orderly Office, Lieut. E. Evan Jones.

PARAMMES.

Theasjay, 23rd instant -

Recruits on the Cricket Ground at **The Berthern hall Mork-p.m. ander Instructor Sergt.Oxberry.

Dress Drill' rider. hotgune was strongly, hold by, the enetay, while we

were established Leynalling Section:

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PRICES

1 gal. $3.25

5

15

$13.00

$100.00

THE CHINA MAIL.

“THE BEST OF ALL"

JEYES FLUID

ALEX. FOSS &[Co. (File Agents)

← Des Voux Roar, Central, 【

HONGKONG

PRICES

Kl." $3.25

$15.00

. $100.00

PATELL & CO. POST OFFICE NOTICES.

ORIENTAL PRODUCE

EXPORTERS.

SILK MERCHANTS, COMMISSION AGENTS."

Agencies in

NEW YORK,

SAN FRANCISCO, U,BLA.

Branches:-

CANTON,

BRANGHAI,

YOKOHAMA,

BOMBAY,

HEAD OFFICE: Rist's BUILDINGS

HONGKONG.

SILIMPOPON (SEBATTIK)

'HE

COAL

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E Undersigned having been appointed AGASTS for the COWIR HARBOUR CUAL CO., LTD., are prepared to qucte prices for best quality BILIMPOPON COAL trimmed into Bankers at 'SEEAT-

Borneo

Farticulars of outgoing and incoming Mails will dot be advertised in future.

The Post Office will forward all corres pondence posted by the fastest ronzes.

"

Übrrespondence addressed to enemy subjects in China, Siam, Liberia, Porta- gusse East Africa, Persia and Morocco

cannot be transmitted.

The Services to Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empira are suspended.

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LOCAL AND REGULAR MAILS

Fux

T'ai 0....

WEATHER REPORT

On the 22nd at 1240-Noreturns from Japan or Welhaiwel. Pressure has in- creased slightly to moderately at all stations reporting; it is probably highest over Japan and lowest over SW, China, This mornings observations are. în sufcient to indicate, the locality of the typboen it has probably filled up to the west of Shantung,

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours" "ending at 10 am, to-day, 1.13 inch. Total

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917

REPORT.

AUGUST 92ND, „ 1917..

SHARE

Last Dividend

Stock and paid up

* 11,50 A.M.

end dati

Valen

BANKS.

since January 1st. 79.99 inches, against Hongkong & Shal #LP1 { $600 m.

an average of 62,37 inches.

Forecast for the 14 hours anding at

noow on the rd August

MARINE INSUE-

ANOES.

1-Hongkong to Gap Rock - S.W

or variable winds, moderate; cloudy and Cantonā 50 1920 6. Labowery generally.

-Formoes Channel: The same as No. I.

J-South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamocks: The same as No. 1.

4-South coast of China between Hongkong and Hainan: The same sa No: 1.

OFFICIAL NIGHTS IN AUGUST.

--

The following table shows the Stan- dard Time at which Official Night ends and begins during the month of Aug.

1912-

Date

דו

ور

North Chtune EBT. 140

Colors........

#100$810.1.

Yangiaces a€ 50 JUNTA

$500

FIRE INSURANUES, China Fires.20 $133 Hongkong Ft.

SHIPPING..." Douglas Steamakide BB0|

Bia

Steamboats... 15818

Indo-Chins:-

(Praferred)...£6 | $40 R (Deferred)...£51014"

*Shell" Toposta £1109/6 b.

F-ds.

Aug. 22nd, 5.51a.m. 3rd, 6.31

Begins. 7.00 p.m.

6.59

.. 94th 5.02

6.54

95th, 6.32

6,59

26th, 3.53

6.37

N

th

5.35

656

» 99th, 5.54

*

6.56

OUTWARD.

WELL-DAYS

25.00 PL

71

th. 5.54

6.55

"Star Fower 10 | $29

30th, 5.5-4

6.5t

SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS

14

+

Jist 5.54

6.04

REFINERIES.

11

.9.30 a..

7.30 AM. & 3P.M.

Sha

Tai Po.......10.00 Cheang Chow

Sha-auko

tin

Sheungshui 4.00

Aberdeen, Antao, Ping Shan, Sai Kung, Santin, Stanley.. 4.30 r..

7:30.LX.

and Wackow

Macao

TIS or SANDAKAN (British North Canton Samsui Regis. & P.

Lotters 6 r.M.

[7.15 A.M. 11.30 r.M.

HILIM POPON COAL comparse favour- bly with the bolter grades of Japanese Coal and gives good results on a very moderate consumption...

Steamers calling as SEBATTIE or KongmoonExcept SANDAKAN exclusively for SILIMPO PON COAL (either cargo or Bankers)

"A" and "9" will parade at Happy Valley for Station Work. Fall in at monument Headquarters at 5.30 pm. Dress: Clennet

pth and "C" Class at Volunteer

Fatig

Mounted Section at Polo Ground at 5.30 p.m. Dress Drill Order, Famay, 24th instant

on the utheru, slopes and Comiers Ridge Carrying eties r us to the river the right bánk, hofors as stretches the valley in which lies Fosges Wood Beyond that rises finother kong

belast points of wilebuck, the

"A" and "B" Coys and Recruits on the -which run from -1,000 to 12000 feet road outside the Orderly Room at 5.15 between the villages Samigius anal Thikon Section on the Pole Ground Oraes. All this is ground which the at 2.30 p.m. Kowloon Dock Section at Kowloon Docks at 3.15 pm. for Tests Gemmats have been strengtheffing of Menntary Training Musketry. "By "wvery" means fes-the-last eighteen-Dress Drill Orier except Kowloon Dock months.. The energy is known to Section which may parale in plain

clothes: lave strongly reinforced, his 'arty in fran of Verdun, End, it is certain that the Germans mean to make a hard fight." The attacks fulfi „highli userul pinspose, „forcing the

Every an including exempted meat bers must attend this parade.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

enemy to withdraw his troops and To-day's Advertisements guns from other points and" acdept imultaneously three serious engage- neuis tamely, Flanders, the Aisne, i and Verdun. The enemy is firing enormóna muumbers of qusphyxiating shells Alled with a new puisson gus, ckwomedMustard thus, which atfheles the Inge, eyes und marcos ing, the lungs, yes and mucous

r

membratus with deadly effect.""

THE POSITIONS GAINED.

OVER 4,000, PRISONERS TAKEN IN ONE DAY.

Lemos, Auz. 21:

A French ecommuniqué states: --- Nofthe of "Verdun we carried enerny leluces on both sides of the Meuse on a front af eighteen kilometres tội deptie, at some points, of over two kilometres on the lett bank parti- |

ularly.

THE Undersigned have received in?

atructions to sell by Public Auction. (rux ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

TUESDAY,

the 28th August, 1917, commencing

at 2.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8. Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ics Hovaz STREET,

VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND

. BLACK WOOD FURNITURE BEDSTEADS, CURTAINS, AND SMALL CONSIGNMENT OF INDIAN CARPETS, &c, &c. As follows:-

Upholstered Suites, Arm chairs add Bolas, Card Tables, Bedroom Furni

We hold Avocourt Wood, both tare, comprising Double and Single sununits of Morthomme and Cor-Brass-mounted Bedsteads and Twin Bed- beats and Cumieres Woods."

steads Sideboards Dinner Waggons,

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On this right hank we carried Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tallon Hill, Chanpduville, Hill 244, Ter and Occasional Tables, etc., Blorent Farin, and Hill 240.

Dinner Services, Crockery, Glass Ware,

-

To the north of Louvement on Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Toilet Sets, &c, the right, we considerably advanced Bath Room Utensils, Roll-top Desks and

Chaine.

*:

in Bois-des-Fosses and Bois-ler Writing Tables, Sundry Electro Plated

Ware, etc. The total number of unwounded prisoners excels 4,000.

Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood

Are exempt from payment of all Port Namatan and

Sanmei -At Sebatfik Steamers are berthed slong- side the Company's wharf where there is a Shamchun minimum depth of 27 to 28 feet at low water Spring Tides...

Charts of Sibako Bay (Sabattik Bar) bar). Prices and all other information concerning the For can be bad on Application to the Agents.

BRADLEY & CO., LTD..

Agents Cowie Harbour Coal Company, Limited. ------

Approximate Kubra based

Con lart Spar's

dir.

Interim of £9-3}- »/e'

1917.

Bp...

$ final making

$25

/ 1915 and Interim of 15 afe

a/c 1916. Int. div. of 15-15-

3,6 1:16, 81.25 per share 1916 ................ Final of $20 and ben

of $10 a/c 1915 and Totorim of $90 a 1918 115 making 191 for 1915 and special of 33 un axount 1916....

#7 and butus for

1915. 1997 for 1913

11, p.

+

Int. of $3 / 1916-1917)

15 pe

7 F.c

6.9

$1,23. for 1916

Final of 3/4 je 1916...... Final of 40/-/o1916.....

0/- final making it alo

1918 free of income tax Coupon 28

$1.86 dividend &, 16 cts.”

Bonus for year ending 30·4-18-

21 p.4.

812 for 1916 .......................................

12 p.c

•

P. 5 for 191..

13 p.

ROYAL OBSERVATORY

HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER

KEPORT.

"China Sugan.#[OC] $96

Malabon Sugar... L. $0 $72 b.

Tat. div. of free of in-

[-

AUGUST 22, 1917.—a.m.

Wind

5.00 P.M.

Station.

9.00 A.M.

[6.00 P.M.

5.00 P.M.

Saturdays

5.00 P.3.

£10.00 AM 4.00 Pi

6.00 P.M.

W'estock Mearn Hakodate Tokio Kochi

9.00 AM Nagasaki...

Kagoshima Ostima

Tabijima...

Naba

lour.

Ba

FROM SHEUNGWAN WESTERN

BRANCH P.O.

# Bonin Island WERK-DAY SUNDAYS & Weihaiwei.6.a.

HOLIDAYA Hankow

FOR..

1.30 PM

Macso.

1027

1.30 P.M. 17.30 AM. Canton 9.30 F.M

9.30 P.M. Tai Ping

(3.30. 8.30

(7.30 AM. Tchang

(7.30 4.3

JAPANESE MAKERS

www

Every kind of Footwear

MADE

• TO

ORDER

CHERRY & CO.,

PEDDER STREET. Uppcaite Hongkong Hotel Telephone No. 491.

Mongkong · March 201, 1914.

LESSONS IN. CHİNESE Mat HON PAZ, athenese zawartz versed in

Irerare has been a teacher to For Ofbells and Merchants In This Colony for ten year ‹- He has a good melled of trdning Furopean Nor pars in the Chinese examination, and in pamed of a fert rate certifestă nu a Chinese faneker Ham Bond knowladgast Handarin and Thore scho_Intend fervilne the Chiesa fin=nage are requested to write em “Eblox Mal" files NE

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FRENCH LESSONS

and, Teakwood Screens, Bundry Black-dire to Nostot, Wington Stroot, Brat flour The Germans vilently counter-wood Furniture, including Large-Over- tucked at Avocourt Wood, Mortmantal, a few Engravings, Pictures, etc, Journe, and Hill 844,-but our fire etc., Tennis Poles and Netting." everywhere nullified their efforts and

A few lots of Turkish Bath Sheets, inflicted heary 'louses,

Towels, Single and Double Bed £beets, Bed Quilts, eter

Mad PIANO by Collard & Collard.

Rosankranz Shiedmayer & Boehne,

Stuttgart. (Particulars from Catalogue)· Tax-Ch.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, August 22, 1917.

Our aviators played a brilliant rt, machine-gunting enerny gather from low altitudes," thus con- hting to the repules of the Wer-attacks,

pilots brought down eleven and our special guns down two.

KERMAN VERSION.

BAZDON, Aug. 21. official repot, trans-

Verdun is going in

KEEP IF HANDI

our defen-MMEDIATE relief is necessary in

d, and

attacks of diarrhoes. Chambérinin's

G. MOUSSION.

15. Merrizon Hill Rosă-

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY..

THERAPION NOM

PRIMENINA MANDIRI, KIRKEZ Apptt 19 242 99ipl

THERAPION NO. 2 THERAPION NE2

A DUDP FRES DICK 1919. XXGANIC ARU CIL TANYARA YA Human Trailhan yOUL **TY RED, FAST TIS:ZALJ

BAER L

Colic Cholera and Diarrhoes RemedyTHERAPION AND

on the east squld always be on hand. For ale by

*#1 Chemfata and Storkkespais-T

Sharp Pk.... Tong. P.M. 9.30 P.M.. 9.. P.M. | Amoy **** *** Swatow..... Shek Ki......8.30 P.M. 9.30 P.3. 9.3 P.M. Taiboku. 5a.

Taichu Kongmoon .6.00 P. 8.00P.M. 8.00 P.M

Tainan Kumchuk...6.00 P.M. 6.00 6.00 .. Koshup..... Pescadores Kaukorg 6 00 г. M. 6.00 P.M. 6.00P.M. Canton

Except Saturdays.

Hongkong Gap

In the seo of Mails closing before a. Registration closes at 5 o'clock an the previous evening.

EXCHANGE.

**

emperaturo.

Barometer

3 at Ben Level,

Humidity.

Direction.

Force.

[To Weather.

MINING.

Kailans

Langkace

Raub......

Tronoh Minas

Czal Caspiana

£337/6.b.

dm 10 T. 14 6 (14)

2.60 ■.

£149/6

"

DOCKS, WHARVES.

come tax, making 10%

a/c 1916-1917 soupon No. 9.

Tla. 1 for 19

6.p...

17. interim making 4-

a/c 1916.

15 p.c.

19 for 1915

AND GODOWNS.

18% for 1916 & bor us 22

Kowloon Wharve.. '60 $74

H.R. & Whampeve.

Docks...............

#111.

Shanghat Docks T. 10 E. 78′′ b.

Interim of 8a e 1217.

Tia. for year ending

30-4-17,

8 p.4

HOTELS LANDE AND BUILDINGS" Hongkong Hotel..., 52100 Central Estas...410 | 905 1. Hongkong Lands...$10 $88 s. Humphreya Batates $ 11 83F Kowloon Land ........3 30 885

West Points .... 5C 870 b.. Shanghai Lands 1. KIT. 99

-0.29.7

1

Rock.. Macro

Wachow... 95.

帅

Phulien

C.

Tourne .....

Aparri Dagupan....

8 a.23

Manila...

Legaspi

2/11/ 2/11

Iloilo

Tacloban..

19

17

Hongkong, August 22, 1917.

On London--

Bank Wire-

On demand, ***

R

+

30 days' sight...

Credits, mon the sight,

4 months' night, 142/111

3

Documentary, 4 months' right 3/-1 On Paris.

*...407

Credits, 4 months' sight, ...418

On demand,

On New York.

On demand,

--Credits; 60 days sight, d'é

On Kombay-

Wire, o

On dersind,

Op Calcutta-

it,

Wire,

On demand 0.1 Singapore

On demand, On Handa

Un demant,

On Shanghai

Un dead.

3 days sight (private paper)

On Yokribams-

On demand,

70

Mou

...1394

*338 Gold Leaf, 150 fine (per tsel) ... 40. Sovereigns(Eank's buying rate) 8876 Silver (per z.)

44) 4. Bar Silver in Hongkong 2))

**2112. nom. Chinese O Supper Cl

Chine Copper Cents...

Rate of Native Interest

Surigao.....

Guam.....4.20

Laboad

T. E. CLAXTON, Director. Hongkong Observatory, Aug. 22, 1917. 1. BAROMETER, reduced to 39 degrees Fahrenheit, on the level of the sea in inches, tenths and hundredths.

2. TEMPÉRATURE, is the shade, in de arees Fahrenheit

3 HUMIDITY, in percent ge of setura- tion, the humidity of air saturated with moisture being 100.

4. DIRECTION Or Wmn, to two points.

6. FORCB or WED, according to Besford Seals.

i

6 STATE OF WEATHER, b blue sky, c

COTTON MULLA.

EVOLT. 50 T. 1821 N Shanghai Oattoos T. 50 T. 184's.

Kung TikT-10 T. 15 b. 18j s

Y ngtatapoo

7. 5. 62.0.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Oims-Borneo

16|57.

Light & Power.....'&^5]S+] · Cinn-Providenta # 10 87.90 Dairy Farm 62.

Green Islanda. «MME 7+ [87

Hongkong Klectrica # 10 348h za.

detached cloud, d drizzling rain, fog. Boogkong lo... 22 8149 x. d.

g gloomy, h hail, I lightning, ovrcast, 14

Ppassing showers, a squal, rrain now Hongkong Ropes...# 10 $27)

Final of making $8

*/ 1415

27 at 1915...aren

Interim of Bot nje 1917..

50 cents for:1918

32 for 1916

Interim of 3 a/c 1917... 8% final making 12 %

1918.

7 p...

TI DE

Tis. 9 for year ending

31.10.18...... 11. 6 div. a'c year ended 206-16, presadzo

Tim. 0.90 for 1916

$1 p.

5. 3.C

70 ct. of 1940s

Pa: for 28-2-16

ending m

8p.c

7u cents for 1916 quinones

39 for year ending

13 p.

11 në

80 cents for 1918 ..............

121 a/c 1918/17 Borus 70 centsman ass

22 interim aló 1917 ääre

fg1 interim a/c 1917.

+ thunder. v visibility w dew wet),

Rams in inches tenths and bun dredths

Banghong Tramways

$0.20

Interim of 9% de 1917

E.K. Steel Foundry

1810) b.

HONGKONG REGISTER.

Peak Triways

doć

10 $9 Show)..100centr

pun

Previous

stap.m

On Latest On 'date as Pathe i

Steam Laundry

323 b

25 cents for 19160917..

10 p

Barometer Temperature Humidity.....

29.70

29.767.499.70

Union Wat

12% for 1916

BB

82 A

72

81.

93

Direction of *9.**

Wind 29.76 Force

Weather..... Pain

Watson

conte lur 1916

10 p.e

露

William Powell'

denta for 1915/1234/

-0.04

0 0.00

1.70%

| Chinese Sab, Coins Natal 14 dis.

Hongkong Bah, Chen

Temperature.”

Hongkong, August 22, 1917.

BAROMETEE

1: PM

#phie.

b-buyers

MOXON & TAYLOR--

Share and General Brokere

Ehrbast, opan ki Tamperismen ám Zhu 24 MET BA Lowest open air Temperature on the find. 77.

Telephone No. 990 PO.8, No. 111.

Printed and published for Exx Chia Mai-- Licited by BERAM & HALE

yndham Street, Hongkong

DERWA

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F. CLAXTON "Directo Hongkrag. Observitory, Aug 19, 1

15. Mäskkiss furar night)}

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