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BUSINESS NOTICES.

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1918.

BUSINESS NOTICES

午戌天歲年七國民華中

OVERLAND CHINA #AIL (PUNITAARONBYRNY

MAIL DAY).

Ounisins zoe. Wooks News

of Hongkong and the Far Ro

Priass finalnding Posings) to my

part of the world "613,.

Moer annum,

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

THE GREAT BATTLE.

LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR WEEKS.

A STATEMENT BY MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

1 Beuters Service to the China Mail.

THORNE's

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

No. 4.

SCOTCH WHISKY.

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SOLE AGENTS.

A.S. WATSON & Corld

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

G.

HONGKONG,

THL 618

JOTICE.

ANY EUROPEAN Non ASTATIC or INDIAN desiring to eave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of 9 A.M. bo 1 P.M. and PM to 4 P.M. daily.

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

days are required to Register tham- selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forms of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is a Ene not exceeding $50,

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO,

WHICH ARE VISYED THE BHARES OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, INU.. and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE CO.

OTAL FUNDS AT Sler Dace 1914,

TOTAL LES.070,367.

3-Authorised Capital £8,000,000

Subscribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital

£2,437,507

II-Fire Funds............. 3,837,047

H-Life & Annuity Fonds... 17,587.590

Sinking Fund Account ....

Revenas Fire Branch.

Life and Annalty

Branch Revenge Marine Department... Other Receipts statem

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS,

KOWLOON BAY.

Steam and Motor Vessels,

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

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS.

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

PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that the following revised Passage TF Pages

come into on 25th starch, 1815.

y

Salcon, Eingle

Return

And Class, Single

Daytonts, $5.00

Nightboats..

$7.00

8.00

12.00

2:00

1.80

1.00

.90

Deck ... In addition to the above, for the convenience of the travelling public a special Ist Class Return Ticket at Eongkong Currency $11. and Chinese Currency $11.80 available one way by Railway and the other by the Company's vessels, will also

be issued.

HONGHONG-CANTON LINE. *

Sailings-To Canton daily at 8 m. (Sundays excepted) and 10 p.m. From Canton daily at 9am (Sundays excepted) and 4 p.m.

SERVICE or THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.

Sallings-To Macao daily at 8 am Sundays. 9 sim) and

p. (Sundays 1 p.).

From Macao daily at 7.30am and p.m. (Sundays 3 p.az).

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Further information may be obtained at the COMPANY's Orricz, Hotel Mansions,' or from Messrs. Thos. Coox & Sos. Booking Agents, Hongrong.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Go., Ld.

Established 1883

-MAŃUFAUTURERS OF.

PURE Manila ROPE

.1.28,230

STRAND

CABLE LAID

4 STRAND

£23,070,367 £381.456 2,141,599

1" to 15" CIRCUMFERENCE.

5 to 15" CIRCTKEZEK DA

3" to 10" CIRUTEVEKLATE.

478,940 25,339,228

The Acampistive Funds of the various Braccio su separately invested, zud, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet the elims under the respective Depart ients of the Company's Burines,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Ants,

PEAK TRAMWATS COMPANY.

LIMITED

TIME TABLE,

·WEEK DAYT

7.10.30 800 sm...vary 15 minutes 8.00am to 10,00 m... Evary. If mkatos 10.00a.m. to 11.00. Every 15 minutes; 11:30a.m. to 12.45 p.m... Every 15 minutes. 12.45 p.m. to 1.15pm...Every 19 minutos,, 1.15pm. to 1.45pm...Lvery 15 minutas. 1.40pm. to 2.16 p....Every 10 minutes

15pm to 6.00 p.m. Every 15 min 6.00p.m. so 8.00 p.m. Every 10 minutes NIGHT CARS

2.50 p. vnd 9 pm 8.30 pm to 11.00 theloopam, avery, half boar. ** 11.00pm to 12.45 p.. every quarter of

an bour

4.30

SONDATE

8.00 .. to 10,90) Key infe 1990 to 11 00 ....very 10minates 10 to 12 Noon Every 16malantes. 12.00 ponto 100p.m.Erezy 10mlasba, 1pm to 5:30 pmvery 15 minutes, 6.30pm to 5.00p.m... Every 10mfortne, 16.00pm to 6.30 p.m... Every 15tonto

$,00. Every 10 minutne s NIGHT WARM as on Wook Days.

BATURDATE.

Car ab 18 midnight, SPECLATUARS by arrangement at the Company's Ocs, ALEXANDRA BUILDING Don Voens Road Central

Basson and prask tickets available for all care, not already fall running at the time stated in the Company's time tables, but not for special cars, and be obtained en application at the Company's Office. No Besson Elektril be issued anty Tyment therefor has been made in Bank Robes or by Ohana or Compradore order representing Back Hote

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON

Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length Prices, samples and full particolars will be forwarded on application te

Shewan, Tomes & Co. General Managers.

Hongkong, April 11, 1912.

E WATSONS Search B

WATSON'S

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THE PREMIER SCOTCH OF

THE FAR EAST FOR 25 YEARS.

POPULARITY MAINTAINED BY ITS EXCELLENT QUALITY: NOT BY EXPENSIVE WORLD-WIDE ADVERTISING.

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

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS HONGKONG.

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

(HOWERE

(CTED).

ANGINERHS ad SHIPBUILDERS BOILER-MAKEER, BRABS and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this, tablishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years experience. We own two lipways, and can accommodate any cont of 200 feet long

Off, 18, CONNAUGHT ROAD, UNTIL Hongkong Telephone No. 4 DekTowni

Shipyard, Bhow-Bal Po, Fowloon, Hongkong,Telephone No. Al Badiran ben Lurnished on application

WONG PINOF WAY: Manager April 1-19192

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TAIKOO DOCKYARD.

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES •

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

-THE TANGO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPAR

OF HONGKONG LTD.

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ENEMY OCCUPY NESLE AND BAPAUKE.

HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES,

LONDON, Mar. 20. Fieki-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:

fight

BRITISH CABINET'S MESSAGE

NATION'S THANKS TO THE ARMY.

REINFORCEMENTS RUSHED UP.

There has been very severc. ing throughout the day on wide fronts southward of Peronne and following: southward and ́ ́ northward of Bapaume.

Loypos, Mar. 23.

The Press Bureau publishes

The Cabinet wishes to express the Army the Nation's thanks for its splendid defence. The whole The enemy attacked our positions

Empire is led with pride, watching in great strength with fresh forces, the beroic resistance of the bave

and, despite gallant resistance, we were forced to give ground.

The enemy occupy Neale Bapaume.

Heavy fighting continues,,

GREAT WORK BY BRITISH

AVIATORS."

and

troops against overwhelming odds. Knowing their steadfastness and couruge whenever the country' honour depends on their valour, the Empire confidently awaits the result of this struggle to defeat. the enemy's last desperate effort to trample down free nations.

We at home are prepared to do": all in our power to help in a true LONDON, Mur, 26.

spirit of comradeship Men neces- Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Hoigury to replace all the casualties, reporting on aviation. says:-- and guns and machine guns, rei There is very great aerial activity.quired to make good the losses, are

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD. The day was remarkable for the ether now in France or already p

PORTLAND CEMENT

in Cosks of 375 lbs. not.

In Bags of 250 lka. nat.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL - MÁNAGERS

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

GRILL

ROOM

J. H. TAGGART

MANAGER.

THE PEAK HOTEL.

1,500 Fest above Sea Level.

15 Minutes from Landing Under the Management of

weight of the bombs dropped and route. Still further reinforcements the Lumber of fights. Many thou-of med and guns are repay to h sands of rounds were fired from low thrown into battle. altitudes upon the enemy's troope.,.

Aeroplanes reported the progrees

of the battle, and informed the artil lery of suitable targets.

Low-flyers bombed and macone gunned musses of troops in the buttle-

the

area.

LLOYD GEORGE.

AN IRON DET

BRITISH PUBLIC

DEPRESSED.

NOT

LONDON, Mar: 201

·Over 1,700 bombs were dropped at As evidence develops that thay day-time on different targets, inclid Germans are not likely to gain, a

ing the Bruged dock, the Aulnoye decision in face of the magnificent railway station, a large camp south British resistance, public opinion, enstward of Cambrai, high velocity which, though anxious, has never gens and hostile reinforcemente.. been unduly depressed, is now, brács

The fighting is the most severe ing itself in

1 determination to expérienced.

acquiesce in whatever measures pra

We brought down 47 enemy necessary to meet an admittedly cri- machines and drove down 22 out ticul situation. All contention has of control...

teen silenced?

Ten of ours are missing.

There was a flicker of labour rest- After dark we continued, bombing LesHuess at Manchester recently, and machine-gunning enemy trooper when the unofficial representatives opposite the battle frost and also of the Engineers threatened to strike borubed the Bruges dock and the against the man-power proposals, but aerodrome between Tournai and this has promptly been extinguished Móns, used by night-tiers. Over 40 by an outburst of popular indignation tons of bombs were dropped. All in which even the Pacifists have our planes returned.

One large joized, and meetings of district enemy bomber landed behind our branches of the Amalgamated En- fanchester decisions in which the gineers yesterday repudiated the

Executive kod no part

lines.

Following the successful day-light

Everywhere unshaken confidence

ruid en Mannheim and other objec tives in Germany, we attacked, at night-time. We dropped buff a ton

ia expressed that the undaunted. of bombs on the railway stations of

front presented by the British troops Cologne, starting a 'fire.

will baffle the enemy who, with Over a ton of bombe were dis troope four to five times more numer Stage.tributed on the Luxembourg railway one, only scored a moderate success stution, where a fire was started, but cudured colossal' losses, and are to the Courcelles railway station, already showing signs of Bagging eastward of Metz, and two tons on The net result of the German move- the Metz railway station. Direct ment so far is the making of three hits were secured on a bridge south budges in the British line, namely, east of the town and on a stationary south of Arrae, at Bapaume and to train, which taught fre and a large wards Nesle, but he failed in the North, where the steadiness of the fire. alaa started. Also & ton of British line checked the enemy a

double thruss

Mrs. BLAIR.

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homhs were dropped on the Thiou ville railway station, where a moving train was derailed and a' fire caused

All our machines returned.

FIELD-MARSHAL HAIG TO HIS | MAJESTY THE : HINGA

THE ENEMY POLITICAL OBJECT.

That the enemy's offensive has a political object is corroborated in an article by prominent London cizizen, Mr. Ernest Pyke, who WAS released from Rubleben after B Mür 25 years. He frequently visited Berlin The Presic Bureau, states

catop kitchen inspector D Mr, Pyke says the present deaper- Field Marshal Bir Doughne Hug lius sent the following reply to His fear of the mob us the German people uto move in undoubtedly dictated by Majesty's nesangeure suffering unspeakable privation

Your Majesty's message has and are aching for peace and food. given, universal saccuragement to Thik estimate is confirmed by miter- the whole Army. I beg Yourted assumaces in enemy communi

qués recently that peace is near af Alajesty to accept our grateful thanked and the assurance that we will Rteadfastly continue to

to do our utmost is conf to deserve the inspiring confidence Your

and our

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