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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1917.

BUSINESS NOTICES

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OVERLAND CHIRE PIE (PUBLISTER STREET

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JOLE AGENTS

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NOTICE.

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NY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC or INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of 9 to 1PM. and P., to F. M.

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. Al persone, with certain exceptions, who romain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them- gives under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916. Forms of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.E.O. Bad at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is a Eine not uzceeding $50

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TOTAL FUNIM AS 314 DECEMER, 1914,

£23.970,367.

I-Authorised Capital £8,000,000, Subscribed Capital £4,500,000

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£23,770,367.

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ANOTHER BRITISH RUSSIA AND PEACE.

ATTACK.

THE EIGHTH BATTLE THIS

AUTUMN.

LONDON, Nov. 8. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-

We attacked, at six o'clock this morning, against positions in the neighbourhood of Passchendaele...

ANARCHY IN RUSSIA BECOMING WORSE.

WANTS PEACE BUT NOT ANY

SORT OF PEACE."

PETROGRAD, Nov: 6.

At a meeting of the Preliminary Parliament, M. Skobeteff, the Minnie- ter of Labour, who will represent

Russion Democracy at the forth Satisfactors progress le reported. The Lincolnshires, yesterday even coming Allies Conference at Paris, ing, carried out raid in the Deighadinitted that the amy was in a sad state and urged the Allies to invite the enemy to discuss peace.

bourhood of Hulluch,

EARLY PARTICULARS OF THE,

\BATTLE.

LONDON, Nov. & Reuters Corrspondent at Head. quarters states :— !

After an interval of just a week, the eighth battle, in Flanders, dur- ing the Autumn campaign, began at six o'clock this morning.

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the neighbourhood of Pusschendaele and about the prea-Menin Road

The weather, although threatening remained dry until well after the sun was up; when a light, intermit tont drizzle caused the visibility to become poor.

• On the Camation.

Front; the ground was hot bud, and the basembly-way

arried out with no particular cuity

"The night has been exceptionally quiet.

There was u preliminary bonbard ments of shorter duration then usuni, but of terrific intensity...

M. Tereichenko, the Foreign Minister, after saying that anarchy Fie Kussia was becoming worse, said the whole world desired peace and there must be peace without anners- tions, but Russia must not accept any sort of peace. (Cheers.)

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PEACE RUMOURS

EXPECTATIONS IN HOLLAND.

Look Now G. Peace rumours, are current on the Amsterdam Bourse, where it is beloved that the Central Powers intend to propose a preparatory

conference at Berne.

It is stated that such a proposal will be made by Coone Hertlin in This muiden speech m the Reichstag,

on Noveraber 22.9

Several German newspapers are urging the (fovernment that now is the best time to offer peace to Russia and Ituis:

PETROGRAD, Nov. 0

The Local Council of Workmen's

Thanks to the untiring devotion THE TROUBLES IN RUSSIA. and strenuous work of the road- makers, practically the whole of the mobile batteries had been moved forward into more effective positions. and Soldiers' Delegates has requested The Germans replied to the barrage the garrison not to execute, o ders by shelling with their field guns, except those approved by the rather beavily, but this died down Council

ut half past seven."

is expected the Government

According to reports received up will coachat this attempt to secure to the present, which are subject to supreme power.

confirmation, the battle is proceeding MINISTER OF WAR RELIEVED OF

quite satisfactorily.

At fifty minutes past seven, one of our aaroplane pilots reported that

he could see some Canadians a hun

HIS OFFICE,

PETROGRAD, NOT. 6. The Minister of War, 11. Verhov dred yards beyond Fasschendaele, sky, has been relieved of his offer and they could also be seen deploy-in consequence of serious differences ing along the ridge to Mosselmarkt with his colleagues, especially with

Our guns are searching the regard to the foreign policy. to the west of Moorelude where large. Verkhovsky denies the allege- concentrations of the enemy are distion that he favours ʼn depurate, tributed in shell holes and pill boxes

A large number of our seroplanes are frequently swooping and attack- ing the enemy,

peace

The Under Secretary; Mine ekovely, succeeds temporarily,

Nov 0

"A map, captured by the Anzac SERIOUS DISORDERS IN CRIMEL. on the night of October, showed an ambitious scheme for the re-capture of Crest Farm and territory consider ably beyond. The information thue gained enabled us to beat of the Crimen effort, with very heavy enemy losses.

There have been serious disorders amongst the troops at Theodos

All the wine stores were destroyed

We are manifestly working our way at the demand of the Ukraine troops well along the dominant Goudberg and rivers of wine Ridge, between Passchendaele and streets. The cellars were West Roossbeek.

A captured order, said to be signed by Field-Marshal von Hindenburg, directs that should Paschendaels be captured, it must be recovered at all. costs.

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