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& TRUN

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also Passport Photos.

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The China Mail.

No. 17,126.

THORNE'S

BUSINESS

ESTABLISHED

1845

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1918.

·午戊次歲年七國華中

NOTICES,

BUSINESS WOTICES

OVERLAND CHINA MIATE.

(PUBLISHKO EVERY

"HAIL DAY.)

Cuntains, uso Wook's Nowa of Hongkong aid the is

Far East

Prions (including Postage) to say

-part of the world

25 per sannya

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

九月四年八十壹百九千叠英

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

No. 4. SCOTCH WHISKY.

20

SOLE AGENTE.

A,S. WATSON & Co, Ld

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

G

HONGKONG,

TEL. 618.

NOTICE.

K

NY EUROPEAN NOD ASIATIC or INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours: of 9.x, 1 PM. and 9 PM to 4 P.X. daily.

Applicants will be required to predoce Passporta or identification papers All persons, with certain exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than I days are required to Register them selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forms od. Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is s fine notarseeding $50,

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE

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INSURANCE CO.

WESCH AKI TENTED TEB KHARES OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

FI

COMPANY, LCD,

and

38E RAILWAY PASSENGERS:*

*ASSURANCE 00.“

-

#FIJTAL FIX99 AT 1ST DECEMBE, 1914,

TUTAL £93.970,567.

I-Anthorised Capital £6,000,000

Sabecribed Capital £4,500,00

Paid-up Capital 437,500

3.887.047

-Fire Foodð.................... 17,687,690

III-Life & Annuity

Sinking Fund Account

+128,930

#f

£25,970,367

Revippe Fire Branch........

£2,381,458

>

9,141,695

837.239

478,940

£5,339,228

Life and Aconity

Branches Rereane Marine Department... Ether Bossipte

The Accomplativa Funds of the various Branches are separately inverted, and, by Act'st Parliament, are set aside to meet the claims ander the respective Depart ments of the Company's Burines.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agata,,?

PRAY TRAMWAYS COMPANY.

LIMITED

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAY

*7.00. to 8.00 am...very 15 minutes. 8.00am 50 10.00 ....Every 10 minutos. 10.80a.m. to 11.00 m...Every 15 minutes. 11.30a.m. to 12.45 p.m... Every 15 minutos, 19.65 p.m. to 1.10 p.m...Every In minutes; 1.15 p.m. te 1.15 pm. Every 15 minutes, 1.40 p.m. to 2.10 p.m...Erory 10 minutes, 2.10 p.m. so 5.00 p.m...Erary 15 minutes. 6.00pm, be 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minutes,

4.50 p.m. and 9 pm 1:00 pm to 11:00 p.m. every half hour.

11:00 pm to 11.45 p.m. every quarter of

1.30 a..

boar

SUSTATI 8.00. 10.30 y 10 minutes. *10.30a.m. to 11.09 m.,.Every 10 minutes. 11.30am, to 12 Noon....Every 15 minutes. 13.00 noon to 100 p.m.Every 10 minuter; 1.00 pm to 6 30 p.m.Every 15 minute 5.30p.m. to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 mulzabój.. 6.00 p.m. to 6.50 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 5.20 p. 6o 5.00p.m...Every 10 minutes, NIGHT DASH sa sa Work Daya..

Baturdata,

Extra Dar as 19 midnight. SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Oion, ALEXANDRA BUZZONGK Des Your Road Central

17 Basson and punch ticket available for all are not already fall seaming at the time stated in the Company's time tablas, but not for special cars, can be obtained on application at the Company's Oos-- No Besson ticket will be acted at payment bhozofor bike bars made in Bank Blokas on by Coque or Compradore order sapranting Bank Rob FOHN D

T PHRLYF & BOW

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 & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

HE PUBLIC IS HEREET NOTIFIED that the following revised Passage. Fares between Hongkong & Cantor will come into force on 25th March, 1919.

Dayboats, Nightboats.

Saloon, Single

Retar

2nd Class, Single...

Deck

$5.00

$7.00

8.00

· 12.00

2.00

1.00

1.80 .90

In addition to the above, for the convenience of the travelling public a specia 1st Class Return Ticket at Hongkong Currency $11 and Chinese Carrency $11.80 available one way by Railway and the other by the Company's vessels will also be issued.

HONGKONG. CANTON LINE.

Salings: To Capton daily at 9am. (Sundays excepted) and 10 p.m. From Canton daily at 8 a.m. (Sendays excepted) and 4 b.m.

SERVICE OF THE HONG KONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

KONGKONG-MADAO LINE.

Sairings:-To Macao daily at 9 a.m. (Sundays 9 am) and

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

From Macao daily at 7.50 km. and 2 pm. (Sundays 3 p.m.).

Further information may be obtained at the COMPANY' Ornicz, Hotel Mansions,

or from Messrs. The Cook & Soy, Booking Agents, Hongkong.

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OLD

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BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES •

SHOF EVERY DESCRIPTION_

-THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY - HONGKONG LTP.

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THIS

SPACE.

¡Reuter's Service to the China. Mail.;

BRITISH OFFICIAL

REPORTS:

BRITISH LINE SLIGHTLY ADVANCED.

LONDON, April 8. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hulg reports:-

We advanced our line slightly. during the night, on the south bank

of the Somme, eastward of Vire-wOUS- Corbie.

We took a few prisoners north ward of the Somme, near Neuville- Vita ase

whole battle-front.

There was heavy hostile shell

gas ing between Lens and the Ta Bassee Canal and also castward of Annen

PRESS CORRESPONDENTS REPORTS.

GERMANS ASSEMBLING IMMENSE. NUMBERS OF GUNS.

ENEMY MOWED DOWN: BI NEW ZEALANDERS.

Reuter'a Correspondent at British

LONDON, April B. Headquarters, in continuation of m message telegraphed on the evening of the 7th instant, says

The counter-attack at Avely Wood on the 6th was brillian

There was increased hostile artil-Practically re-establishing our posi lery activity during the night on the tion along the old line. We took 213 prisoners and a dozen machine guns.

Casualties among German officers' have been exceptionally, heavy in the they have been moving more freely past fortnight; apparently becaus than heretofore among the meu. There has been also such a toll of non-coms. that a general comb-out of the older classes is progressing to replace them:

tieres.

FRENCH OFFICIAL

REPORTS.

SHARP FIGHTING AT CERTAIN POINTS.

FUTILE ENEMY ATTACKS.

LONDON, April.8.

Three attacks against the New Zealanders proved horribly costly tor the enemy. On each occasion the New Zealandars continued firing with Lewis guns until the rapidly thinning wares were sufficiently close them. A French communique states they bombed them furiously with Our artillery stopped attempted hand grenades. It is easy to believe enemy attacks in the region of their assurance that the Boches dis- Hangard and in Santerre and caught liked this form of resistance.

concentrations of troops at various points of the front to the north of Montdidier.

A strong German attack on the

Their dead are lying like cornstalks

at hartest time before the New Zealanders' positions.

The Germans are bringing ne

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BROWN BRANDY PORTLAND CEMENT

25 YEARS IN WOOD.

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

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

TELEFEONE No. 516.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Co., Ld.

Established 1883 -MANCFAUTUREKS OF.

PURE Manila ROPE

STRAND

1" to 15"

„OLLOWKETRENCS.

CABLE LAID

·4 STRAND

5 to 15". CIRCUMPEREN K

S" to 10"

CELGEXITKENCE

Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length samples and fall particulars will be forwarded on application

Shewan, Tomes & Co. General Managers.

Hongkong, April 11, 1913,

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

(NOW RECONSTRUCTED);

ENGINEERS and SBIFEUILDERS BOILERMAKERS FRAES and IRUN FOUNDERS. All work done in this matablishment is guaranteed. Wa kure ever thirty years' experiatice. We own two Blipways and can accommodate any war of 200 feet long.

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Solo Telephone No. 9, Khipyard i haus Bal-Po, Kowloon, Hongkong,

mentor femeisijad on spoliation

WONG FLIO W&T) Monage

ADM 1. 1912.

In Casks of 375 Iba net.

In Bage of 250 lbs. nat.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGERS

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

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AND

ROOM

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MANAGER.

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1,500 Feet above Sea Level,

15 Minutes from Landing Stage. Under the Management of

Mrs. BLAIR.

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of Hill 344' was repulsed after, sharp calibre into the struggle, but we are fighting.

combatting them pretty adequately The enemy's losses were import-Thus last, evening a heavy bou ant. We took 20 prisoners.

Seven ueroplanes and two balloons were brought down..

Five tons of bombs. were dropped on cantonments in the Roye region.

·FRENCH FRONT:

bardinent broke out east of Villers and Bretoabeairs. We have reasons to believe it is preliminary to ass infantry attack. We retaliated with auch intensity that the enemy bom bardment died down, with nothing transpiring,

VIOLENT ARTILLERY ACTIONS ON captured airman attributes our greater serial activity to the greater numbers and superior qualities

of British machines. Consequently the Germans cannot afford to risk flying over our territory to any great extent.

Losnow, April 6. A French communiqué, states:- The night was marked by violent artillery actions, notably on the left bank of the Oise.

The enemy is employing machine gung, opemted by trained teams,

AMIENS STILL THE ENEMY GOAL very large nutubers, and is losing them in very large num

PARIS, April 8.

A semi-official message states that [so far, there is no reason to regard the German attack at Hill 844 ves- terday, as indicating a forthcoming offensive on this sector,

The Chann Burisis affair does not seem to point to any new departure of a general nature.

GERMIN REPORT.

LONDON, April 17.

A German official message states: After violent artillery detivify, the British; and French attacked at the Aere and the Avre.

collapse

The English manes northward of Beaumont Hamel and

before the bridgehead position af

A great mess of German reserves is still moving towards Amiens which is still the goal of the German Albert High Command, though the latter The French vainly stormed, be is momentarily forced to interrupt tween Costel and Mailly, enatwurd the forward movement, owing to the exhaustion and heavy losses of his

troope

of Thory, near Cantigny and five

es near. Masnil. All the attacks broke down after desperate hand-to- hand fighting

LONG-RANGE BOMBARDMENT OF We crossed the marshes of the Oise and stored the suburbs of Chauny. We also took poaiko near Amigny and the north-eastern. portion of Ciney Wood, taking over 1400 prisoners..

PARIS

ONE GUN BURSTS

PARIR, April 8.

Qe

An official report staten

The bursting of one of the long-We brought down eighteen ame range guns bombarding Paris, which planes. 16-confirmed from ¦ agaSUTÓ - BOUTOD, occurred on the 20th ultimo

A lieutenant and nine men wore

Lilled

The long-range bombardment con- tinued yesterday, but there were to

BOLO'S FINAL APPEAL REJECTEDE

PARIS, April 8,

Prosdent Poir Bolo Pasha's final appeal