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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1917..

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BUSINESS NOTIOES

THE

OVERLAND CHINA (MAIE (PUBLISHED) BVELY

BEALL DAWN

Conins e Week's Nus

of Hongkong and that Far East

Prions (inaluding Poetara) to any

To part of the world #13.

No. 16.981.

THORNE'S

̇號七十月十年七十壹百九千登英

OLD VAT W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

No. 4. SCOTCH WHISKY.

SOLE AGENTS.

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TIL KS16.

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KOWLOON BAY.

Steam and Motor Vessels,

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NY EUROPEAN "Non ASTATIC or INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of 3 A.M. to P.M. and 2 PM to PM. daily

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than days are required to Register them selves under the REGISTRATION of FERSONS ORDINANCE 2018. Forma of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations.

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WHICH ARE FISTED THK, SHARES OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LTE,,

and

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TOTAL FUNDE AT SAT DECEMBER, 1914,

£23.970.387.

I-Authorised Capital £6,000,000, Subscribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid-up Capit★) ..........................£2,437,500 -Fire Fund.............. 3,837,047 HL-Life & Annuity Fund.... 17,587,60

Sinking Fund Account ......

Rerenne Fire Branchürensove

Life" and Annuity

128,230

ESS.970.307

£9,381,456

2,141,588

Branche......souse) Revenue Marine Department... 337,230 Other Receipts

478,946

£5,339,248

The Accamalative Funds of the varions Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside

meet

be claime under the respectire Depart mouts of the Company's Business,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

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Hongkong, April 11, 1912

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,Beer can be said to be genuine,

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ARRATED WATER MANUFACTURERS. Telephone No. 436.

1.10 p.is, And Pp.30 am to 11:00 THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

p.m. very half hour..

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THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S

TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Service to the Chino

THE RUSSIANS FIGHTING. GERMAN SOCIALISTS AND

PATROL SQUADRONS IN-ACTION IN SOELASUND

LONDON, Oct. 16.

THE WAR

PEACE A VITAL NECESSITY.

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 16.

Her Ebert, the President of the

A Russian official mesange states — A German Dreadnought shelled a patrol squadron off Soelasund, severely Socialist Party in the Reichstag. damaging the torpedo boat Grom poosiding at a Socialist meeting at Subsequently, twelve German torpedo Wuerzburg said that the speedy con- boats of the newest type penetrated clusion of peace was a vital necessity Sociasund and engaged our patrol to workmen in all countries. The squadron. They put the Grous guns)

palier of the nailed, fist "after the est of action, and soc ire to ami aank her. The bulk of the craw were sare disappear and it a ballot were taken. war and the frightful horrors would We sink an enemy torpedo boat and

aine-tenths of the people would ap apon other of one warships appearing

prove of peace. Hr declared that, on the scene, the enemy turned back.

Our Fleet Commander testifies to the the Michaelis réginic spells the col good firing and the stubborn spirit of pse of the present Government

arstel in Germany

our crews.

A

Herr-Schiedroant, referring to the Naval muting, asserted that if the· Government, wanted to catch all

An eyewitness reports that two enemy torpedo bouts were sunk and two! were damaged.

The enemy has been reinforced and those connected with similar incr- continues to develop his success on dents they would have to prosecute Gesel Island, and endeavouring to 300 persons simultaneously.. He inptare the batteries at Cerel, covering said: “Every day soldier came to the entrance to the Gulf of Rigs

us with complaints and a special RUSSIANS STILL DESPERATELY RESISTING.

LONDON, Oct.

A Gerumu official message states:

possession

bureau was opened to favestigate these."Here Sche'dmann affirmed. thas Admiral von Capelle would go, but be exford when would Dr. Michaelis follow

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portion of Oesel Island.

states that Herr Ebert said that the

The Russians are isolated on the Socialists favoured Alsace and Lore Sworbe Penmeul, but artilfruine baring & complete Repub desperately resisting Only portious lien antonomy and constitutional of the enemy, on the east coast, have equality with the other federu escaped in the direction of Moon,

We took 2,400 prisoners and cup- tured 30 guns and some seroplanes," We cccupied the islands of Ituno

and Abro,“

AN APPEAL TO THE RUSSIAN FORCES.

PETROGRAD, Oct. 16..

States."

WESTERN FRONT.

ACTIVITY ON FRENCH FRONT,

LONDON, Oct. 16.

A French communiqué states On the Aiste Front there was

The Executive of the Centrul Com-ciprocal artillery activity but it was |mittee of the Council of Workmen's less intense.

and Soldiers. Delegates appeals to On the left of the Meuse wa 14- the Forces, to vigorously resist the pulsed an attack to the north invaders. It promises to see that Hill 304. sacrifices shall also be made in the

On the right of the Meuse, the reur au to do its best to prevent artillery deel was particularly lively, the war lasting a day too long. to the north of Bois-des-Cauneres.

Meanwhile, group of political German aircraft, last night, bom undesirables recently expelled from barded Dunkirk. There were co Russia but allowed to remain at visits and no material damage wo Helsingfors, by the locul Council of i.done

Workmen's and Soldiers Delegates

there, have returned to Petrograd.

THE BRITISH FRONT,

To chemista and chemists":

LONDON; Oct. 16. ssistants have decided to strike owing to the refusal of their economic Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig.

reports

The Irish troops successfully car A REGENCY COUNCIL FOR POLAND-ries out a raid, to the north-west of

Bullecourt.

deniunds.

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 15 The Centrul Powers have appoint

There was considerable hostile

ed the Archbishop of Warsaw, the artillery activity during the night Mayor of Warsaw, landed in the neighbourhood of the Ypres

Staden railway, proprietor. named von Oatmwaki to

the Regency Council of Poland,

THE DESTRUCTION OF NORWEGIAN SHIPPING.

LONDON, Oct. 16

BRITISH NAVAL KIRCRAFT. ACTIVITY.

TONDON, Oct. 16, Admiralty announces that naval attruft carried out a cou lost during Septeraber, of which nine-siderable number of patrola yester

Twenty-eight Norwegian ships were

teen, representing 30,000 tons, were due to events of the war.”

THE BALKAN FRONT

day and encountered several enemy formations. They drove down two machines. One of ours 19.missing.

We carried out bombing raids on BRITISH SUCCESS OF STRUMA Bruges Docks and the aerodromes at

PLAIN

LONDON, Oct. 1B Getinan official report statęs

rians ceded some villages

Struma Flai

dropping explosives will?

Varssevere and Houtt Barge quantition:

good effect

All out machines returne

-WOMAN SPY EXECUTED.

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