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BUSINESS NOTICES

HONGKONG. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1918.

BUSINESS NOTICES

THE

OYERLAND CHINA MAIL. (PUBLISHED BVERT MAIL DAYU

"Contains the Week's Naws

at Hongkong and the

Prima (including "Popman) to say

· part of the webeld #13, per annow.

THORNE'S

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

No. 4. SCOTCH WHISKY.

BOLE AGENTS,

A.S. WATSON & Co, Lď

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

6.

HONGKONG,

T 16

NOTICE.

XY

NY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC

INDIAN desiring to leave the Golony aboald apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of 9 am to 17.M. and 2 r.3 to 4 P.M.. daily.

Applicants will be required to produce Pamports or identification papers. All percos, with sertain exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than 7 days see required to Register them- under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forms of Registration giving the particulars Required may be obtained at the G.P.C.

td at all Police Stations.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.

KOWLOON BAY.

Dream and Motor Vessels,

Steel Building Work of every Description, Castings, Forgings, Repairs and Supplies.

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO

STEAMERS.

تعقد

JUINT SERVICK OF THE BONGKONG, CANTÓN & MACAO-STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

Sailings-To Canton daily at 8 m. (Sundays excepted) and 16 m

From Canton daily at 1 a.m. (Sundays excepted) and 4 p.m. SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

.HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.

Sailings-To Macao daily at 3 a.m. (Sundays 9 am) and;

2 p.m. (Sundays 1 p.m.).

From Masao daily at 7.30 am and 2 p.m. (Sundays 3 p.m.).

Farther information may be obtained at the COMPANY'S OFFICE, Hotel Mansions,

or from Messrs. Thos. Cook & Bor, Booking Agents, Hongkong.

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The Penalty for zon compliance is DRAGON MOTOR CAR GO.

Sine not exceeding $50

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.

WEICH ARE VESTED TER ZBARER OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPAST, Lam

End

THE RAILWAY 'PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE 00.

TOTAL FUNDS AT S1E7 December, 1914,

£73,970,367.!

-Authorised Capital £6,000,000,

Subscribed Capital 24,500,000

Paid-up Capital

-Fire Tand

Einking Fred Account

Il-Life & Annuity Fundr... 17,667,590

Revende Fire Branch

Life and Anosity

Branchemena

£2,497,500

3,837,047

128,230

£29:970,887

£2,381,658

2,141,583

Revenue Mazice Department... Other Receipts.

$97,239 478,840

£5,332,998

The Accumulative Funds of the variens Branches are separately invited, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet the claims under the respective Depart ments of the Company's Barinoes,

SHEWAN, TOMĖS & 00., *

Agents

PE TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LIMITED

TIME, TABLE.

WESX DAT

100m. 6, 8,00...very 15 minutes 8.00 .. b 10,00 am... Every 10 minutes. 10.00am to 11.00 ...Every 15 minubes, - 11.30 a'm,' to‘19.45 pm. Every 25 vaimukasi. 12,45 p.m. to £15 pm Every 10 minutes, *-1.16 p.m. to 1.45 p.m...Eray 15 minutes. pm to 2.15 p.m..Every 10 minutok, 1475pm. to 5,00p.m... Every 15 minatas, 4202:16. 8.00 p.m...Every 10 misinton.

pm and V.80 p.m. to 11.00

P. every half bou.

to 11:45 pm, every quarter of

BUIDATE.

2001 to 10 or 15 minute, $18.30 min. to 1100 Every 10 minuter, 11936 19 Neon Eyery 15 mhiates. 41.00.dom to 10 pmvay 10 nirates. 160p to 5.80 p.m...very 15 minutes. 1,00 pm...Every 10 saintes. 1.00 pm. bo: 6,30 pm Every 15 minuter.

· 6,570 m. b# 6,00) p.1%......Every 10 minutne,

NIGHT CARE LI on Wosk Days, 2

„SATURDAYE

Katra Car at 12 midnight. SPTOTALCARS by arrangement so the Gormonery's OffÓW, ALEXANDRA BUILDTRON Des Voeux Road Central,

Benoem and panch tiekam available for. all our pok already full running as the

time stated in the Company's toe tables,

but not for special cara, Casa be obtained

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THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S

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AMERICANS OCCUPY PART PEACE DELEGATES

OF BATTLE-FRONT.

XMERICAN WAR SECRETARY'S WEEKLY REVIEW.

ALLIES SUPERIORITY IN MEN AND GUNS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.

R

RETURN TO BERLIN.

SPECULATIONS AS TO THE REASON.

LONDON, Feb. 5 Dr. Kuehlmann and Count Czer min have suddenly returned to Berlin from Brestliterak, cetensibly to

.The War Secretary's Weekly Be- view officially announces that the participate in deliberations regarding Americans occtipy part of the actual political, economic and territorial battle front:

questions affecting the Central The nation ie wurned not to 'per-

Powers. The precise meaning of mit the industrial listurbances in this sudden interlude is unknown, but it seems to point to a temporary Germany to slacken its war prepara- tions. It is believed that the Allies breakdown of the negotiations and have a preponderurée of men and Possibly foreshadows a final ultims- guns on the West Front, despite the tum demanding the immediate reports of Germany's numerical acceptance of the German annexa- superiority which are spread by the tionist terms.

enemy.

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CABLE LAID

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3" to 10" CIFCOMIERZACE

5° to 15"

CIRCTZIZKEN 1

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

Prioca, samples and full particulars will be forwarded on application te

Shewan, Tomes & Co, General Managers,

Hongkong, April 11,' 1912,"

COMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS

DE FILIPINAS

NUEVO

CORTADO

EXTRA

$3.00 per 100 FIRST-CLASS CHEROOT

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THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

[HOW RECONSTRUCTED),

NGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRABS

FOUNDERS Al work done in this establishment in guzimateedi pr

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THE GERMAN STRIKES.

MOVEMENT WINING TO EXTINCTION.

Losnos, Feb. 4. Apparently the strikes in Germany

The Inter-Allied Council at Ver azilles attained complete and close co-operation between the Allies and ourselves, and harmonious under standing between the Supreme Com-

promisce to show positive results.

are waning. Reports from the pro The operations in which Amerivinces indicate that the movement cans have yet participated have been in mest places is ending or has of a minor character.

ended. Krupp'state that no lewer Hostile concentrations are continu- than 400 of their workers struck ing on the Western Front, while Some of these have been dismissed positive proof has been received that and others fined.

the enemy has removed troops from Troops are guarding the entrance the Eastern theatre, and is stripping to the building in the Moabit district, other fronts for the coming struggle Berlin, where the court-martial in the West. Nevertheless the Allies being held in camera. are believed to still hold a very appre- ciable numerical superiority, both in men and guns.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

LONDON, Feb. 5.. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig

ports

We successfully raided, last night, Fleurhaix and the Ypres Stadera railway.

BRITAIN THREATENS

REPRISALS.

THE IMPRISONMENT OF BRITISH AIRMEN

LONDOY, Feb. 5. Retter confirms that Great Britain, through Holland, has informed Germany that unless the captured British airmen, Captain Scholtz and Test Wookey, who have been sentenced to a dong term of imprison-

It transpires that both the Majority and Minority socialists requested a immediate convocation of the Reich- stag. The President replied saying that the leaders of all other Parties opposed the proposal, which, there fora, was refused.

BOARDING STEAMER

SUNK

LARGE LOSS OF LIFE.

LoxDos, Feb, 2. The Admiralty announces that the armed boarding steamer Louran was torpedoed and hunk in the Eastern Mediterranean, on January 21.

Seven officers, and 217 men were lost.

A DISPUTED PRIZE COURT JUDGMENT.

SUCCESSFUL APPEAL BY THE HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE.

LONDON, Feb. 6

The Judicial Committee of the

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the tiny did immediately released and by the Hamburg-Amerika Line treated as ordinary prisoners-of-war against the Prize Court judgmená Great Britain will be compelled

Kron Prinsessie confiscating the take reprisals, of which one month Celic and the Prince Adalbert, nolice will be given, in accordance seized at Falmouth on August 6th, with the arrangement reached by 1914

Lord Newton's recent Mission to The The Court based its judgment ou Hague

Great Britain does not aduit Germany's contention that the air men; committed a breach of interns tional law and points out that the Austrian and German aimen have repeatedly dropped pamphlets.

NEW ZEALAND AND THE WAR COUNCIL

WEISINGTO)

Febr

at the Cabinet

The Hague Convention and held that the circumstances attending the seizure were such that the vessels concerned were only liable to deten tion during the war.), and

Costs were given against the Crown

The effect of this judgment is to reserve all rights for decision till the war concludes and the German- Government's views regarding the true, construction of the Convention are ascertainmble,

AMERICAN WIR LEGISLATION.

BILL TO CONTROL FINANCING OF PETYATE UNDERTAKINGS,

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