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1918.

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No. 4.

SCOTCH (WHISKY.

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SOLE AGENTS;

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WINK & SPIRIT MERCHANTA EONGZONG,

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.

KOWLOON BAY.

Steam and Motor Vessels,

Steel Building Work of every Description,

Oastings,

Repairs and Supplies.

NOTICE...

EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC or AINDIAN desiring to lowre the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of 9 am to 1 P.M. and % P.a. to 4 v.m.

daily

Applicants will be required to produce Passports identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, whe rain in the Colony for more than

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT- CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

BallingsTo Canton daily at 8 a.m. (Sunday's, excepted) and 10 p.n.. From Canton daily at I a.m. (Sundays excepted) and 4 p.m.. SERVICE or tz HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD,

HONGKONG.MACAO LINE.

Sailings :--To. Mamo daily at 8 a.m. (Sundays * am) and

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

From Masso daily at 7.30 am. and 3 p.n. (Sundays 3 p.)

7 days are required to Register them-Farther information may be obtained at the CoNTANT'E OFFICE, Hotel Mansions,

adres endor the REGISTRATION of

PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forins of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and as all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is a fine sok erreading $52.

NORTH BRITISH & "MERCANTILE

INSURANCE CO.

VILLOŃÍ ÁRA TREZER VIER KRAKEN or, THE OCEAN MARINE INBUBANCE

COMPANY, LED

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURAKOR 00.

MOTAL FUNDS AT 31T DIUREsan, 1914,

193,970,367.

TOTALE

1-Authorised Capital £8,000,000

Sabeer bed Capital £4,500,000

Paid-up Capital ........................£2,437,500 I-Fire Fande.

$.837,047

III-Life & Annuity Funds... 17,567,500 Slaking Fund Account 128,230

Earence Fire Branch......

£33,970,367

£2,981,456

2,141,599

Life and Annuity

Brancho.myst Revenue Marine Department.. Other Recipta

397,239

478,940

£5,239,228

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invented, and; by Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet the claims under the respective Depart meals of the Company's Burinces

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

* Agma

PEAK TRAMWAYS OOMPANY.

LIMITED

TIME, TABLE.

WEEK. PAT

sm, to 8.00 x....very 15 minutes. 8.00 10:00 a.... Every 10 minuter, 10.00 am, bo 11.00 ... Every 15 minutes. 11.30 ., to 12.45p....Every 15 minutes. 12.45p. to 1.15 p.m. rory 10 minutos. 1.15 p.m.1.4 p... Brezy 15 minutes 2.45p.m.bo-2.15 p.m.. Every 10 minute 1.15 pm to 6.00p.m.4.Every 15 minate 6.00 p.m. bo ́18.00 p.m...Every 10 minube

9.30 pm to 11.00 pm. every half hour, 1100 p.m. to 11.45 pm, every quarter of

4.50 p.za and 9 p.

an.hour

SONDATE

·NG ajca, be 10,30 am...575y in minuta, 11.30 to 11:00 am.:Erery 10 klanten. 11.30a.m. to 12 Noon...Every 15 minnsex- 17,00 on to 100Every 10 minubes. 1:00pm to 5.30 Every 15 mirable. 1.30 p.m. to 5:00 pada Krapy Hintertime. 6.00pm to 6.10 p.m...Every 18 date, NIGHT CARD as on Wook Deys

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or from Mesars. TROL Cook & Sus, Booking Agenta, Hongkong,

"NESTOR

$9

SANITARY FLUID.

Reliable Disinfectant, Germicide, Antiseptic

and Deodorant, non-Poisonous,

$2:50

Per gallon tin

50 cents..

Per pint tin

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

Telephone 298.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Go., Ld.♫||

Established 1883

- MANUFAUTURERS OF

PURE Manila ROPE

STRAND

1" to 15"

CIRCUMPPELINCE.

CAELE LAID

5" to 15" CarZZZY Ł

4 STRAND

3" to 10" СТАСОМУНА

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

Prices, samples and fall particulars will be forwarded on application be

Shewan, Tomes & Co. General Managers.

Hongkong, April 11, 1672;

WATSON'S

OLD

BROWN BRANDY

25 YEARS IN WOOD.

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd.,

WINE AND SPIRIT: MERCHANTS,

TELEPHONE -No. 616

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

FINDINEERS and SHIPBUILDERE,

FOUNDEES. All work done in sver thirty years experience. We ona at 300 fees long.

BOILER-MAKERS, BRASS

establishment in guarnat

Slipways and our accommoda

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THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S

TELEGRAMS.

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Service

THE WESTERN FRONT.

CONSTANT RAIDING.

LONDON: Mar. 8 Field-Marshal Sir Daugins Haig reports:-

We successfully carried out makis south-eastward of Armentieres:

We repulsed attempted ride in the neighbourhoods of St. Quentin, Arleux-en-Gohelle and Pontruet, in- Aicting considerable casualties in the latter in hand-to-hand fighting.

LONDON, Mar. 3.

A French communiqué states:— There was fairly lively bombarri- mente at the Bois-le-Chaume Front/

Our artillery prevented an enemy attack on the north-east of Reillon in Lorraine, just as he was prepar

ing to leave his lines..

GERMAN REPORT.

GERMAN ADVANCE IN RUSSIA.

LosDox, Mar. 2.

A German official message states: We captured Gomel The Ukranians and Saxons have. heen liberated at Kiaff.

"DEPORTING RUSSIANS FROM

PSKOFF.

PETROGRAD, Mar, 3. The Germans in Pskoff have de- ported to Germany all men below 42.

GERMANY'S INFAMOUS WAK POLICY.":

DENOUNCED IN THE REICHSTAG;

AMSTERDAM, Mar. 8.1

In the Reichstag the Socialist

LONDON, Mar. 2Vogtherr denounced Germany's in-

A German official message states: famous war policy in Russia and To the east of Rheims, we forced accused the Chancellor of breaking

in our way to Fort Pompelle which the law by importing food from we destroyed.

We reaptured sections of trenches to the south-east of Tahur and storm- ed the trenches to the south of Haucourt, bringing back 400 pri-

of

We penetrated the American trenches, to the north-east Seicheprey, inflicting heavy casual-

ties.

THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE

ACTIONS...

PARIS, Mar. 8. A semi-official statement says that the German offensive actions, despite their violence and the importance of the forces engaged, amount, so far, only to vast reconnoitring operations along the whole front. Both sides are even more vigilant, "but it would be premature to conclude that these engagements are the prelude of an imminent offensive.

Bavaria

He said that Austris and Germany were already quarrelling over the Ukraine food booty."

BOLSHEVIKS SEIZE A PIEF AT

YLADİYOSTOCK.?

ALLIED WARSHIPS PREPAR- ING TO LAND, TROOPS.

LONDON, Mar. S.

A message received in New York trou-Tokyo states:

The Bolsheviks seized & plez at. Vladivostock where munitions valuedi at 100,000,000 rubles were stored, and also threatened to requisition a foreign steamer.

Allied warships are preparing land troops of marines.

RUSSO-GERMAN PEACE.

TREATY SIGNED WITHOUT DISCUSSION.

PETROGRAD, Mar. 8. The Delegation at Brasilitovek wires under date, the 2nd instans e

PLIGHT OF FRISONERS CAPTURED follows:

AT KUT.

"As anticipated, the deliberations on the peace treaty were absolutely LONDON, Mor. But

useless. They could only make In the House of Commons, Mr. things worse and might even laad Fisher stated that the unfortunate to the presentation of another "ult condition of the officers taken primatum. In view of this and of the somers at Kut recently came to their

refusal of the Germans to cedry knowledge. The Government is taking all sveps to ameliorate their military action until peace is signed, position at the earliest opportunity.we resolved to sign the treaty with

cut discussing the contents and GERMAN MINESWEEPER SUNK. leave after having affixed our sigrin-

tures. We therefore requested train, intending to aigu the treaty ato-day and leave afterwards. The most serious of the new terms is the demand to datach the Bregions

AMSTERDAM, Mar, 3.

A Berlin telegram states that German Minesweeper and three fish ing steamers were sunk in the affair

day's cables Micet of the crew Russian territory, under the pretext were saved.

of self-determination by the people involved.

GERMANY'S NATIONAL DEBT.

AMSTERDAM, Mar. S.

In the Reichstag, Count Pasador- sky stated that Germany a National Debi now amounts to nearly 124 milliards" of marksmesta

THE LATE SIR HENRY BLAKE.

THE KING'S MESSAGE OF

SYMPATHYAS

LONDON, Mar. 3 HM the King télégraphing to

| Isdy Blake aid porcela

I grieve to hear of the death of

my old friend whom I have known for so many years and 1 sympathise with you in your son Sir Henry Blake will be missed by

large number of those who knew

THE AUSTRIAN ADYANGE

LONDON, Mar. 8. An Austrian official message trand mitted by wireless reports:**

creached Laczowy, Proskamw and Lephany and occupied Chotic, Kamionec and Podolski where the staffs of two Russian Core MUZZER dered, with 800 guns, 200-fold kitchens and one complete - radio: station

Much material was captur

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