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HONGKONG, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1918,

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• BUSINESS NOTICES

BUSINESS NOTIOES

從五十月四年八十壹百九千睿英

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

No. 4.

SCOTCH WFISKY.

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WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTA

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HONGKONG,

TEL. 814,

XOTICE.

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ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.

KOWLOON BAY.

Steam and Motor Vessels,

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

HONGKONG, *CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS.

JUINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & LOAO STEAMBOAT

CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED, F:

HEREBY NOTIFIED that the following rovised Passago.

NY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC THE PUBLIC 18 osgions & Canton will come into force on 25th March, 1918. A INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of 3 L 13, and 37.a. to 4 PM. daily,

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916 Forms of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.F.O. and at all Folios Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is a fine not excroding $50,

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE

INSURANCE 00,

WHICH ARE TRIED TEK, KHARTS OF

OCEAN MARINE' INSURANCE

COMPANY, LED,

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE 00.

TEAL FOR A $1 DECEMIZE, 1914,

£23.970,387.

I-Authorised Capital £6,000,000

Bu becribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital £2,437,500

II--Fire Fands

3,887,047

III-Life & Annuity Funds... 17,587,890

Sinking Fund Achernt some

Raverns Fire Branch

128,230

£28,970,387

£2,381,458

Life and Anunity) 2,141,593

Branches Reroons. Marine Department... Other Receipts and

997, 939

478.940

£5,339,228

The Acormulative Funds of the varjous Branches are separataly invested, and, by Act of Parliament, aro set aside to meet the alaima under the respective Depart wente of the Company's Bu-ints.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY.

LIMITED.

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* TIGHT CAME $.50 p.m. and 9 p... 9.30 p.m. to 11.00 pm, every half hour.

11.00 pm to 11.45 p.m. every quarter of

7.30

* hour

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Extrs Carat 19 midnight.

SPBOLAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Office, Azzxandra BulletroS De Vox Road Central, d

Besson and panely tickets wrufláble for care and alzandy full running as the Fatated in the Company's time fúbim, for special carny man be obtained application as the Company's Of

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Compendors ordai

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2nd Class Single ... Deek ...

Daybozia.

$5.00

8.00

3.00

1,00

Nightlights,

$7.00

'12.00.

1.80

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

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

Sailings:-To Canton daily at 6 am. (Sundays excepted) and 10 p.m. From Canton daily at 8 m. (Sundays. excepted) and 4 pm. SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. HONGKONG - MACAO LINE.

Sailings --To Macao daily at 8 s. (Sundays 9 a.m) and

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

From Macao daily at 7.30 am. and 9 p.m. (Sundays 3 pm.).

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

ar from Mesara. Txos. Coox & Box. Booking Agents, Hongkong.

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THE GREAT BATTLE IN

FLANDERS.

BRITISH LINES INTACT.

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BRITISH OFFICIAL

REPORTS..

BRITISH LINES INTACT.

VERY SEVERE ENEMY CASUALTIES.

Tosnos, April 14. Field Marshal Sir Douglis Haig reports;

FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORTS:

FRENCH TROOPS ON THE OFFENSIVE.

ENEMY PUSHED BACK.

LONDON, April 14.

A French communiqué states There was reciprocal artillery firing north of Montdidier.

The French west of Lossigny at-

We repulsed, after heavy fighting throughout the evening, attacks from tackel in the woods north-west of Meteren to Wulverghem and also Urvillers and Sorel on a front repulsed a fourth attack at Neuve 1,200 yards. Eglise.

We advanced several hundred We beat of last evening, a detersunds and took prisoners, mined attack near Festubert on this The German storm troops," portion of the battlefront and north-attacking in the Noyon sector. were caught by cur fire before reaching

westward as far as Locon?

Numerous enemy troops were our lines, and were sanguinarily

effectively engaged at short range defeated. by infantry and artillery fire...

Despite numerous strong attacks in all parts of the Lys buttle-front, our line rensing intact. **

The enemy's losses were severs throughout yesterday.

Fighting re-opened last evening at Neuve Egbe, and the enemy re-com- menced, his attacks, in the neighbour hood of Bailleul this morning, which continue.

WARFARE IN THE AIR.

A SUCCESSFUL DAY.

86 MACHINES ACCOUNTED FOR,

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporting on aviation, says: Atmospheric conditions favourable for aviation yesterday for

were

The French aviators were very active, with fine weather on the whole front, in chasing etery planes: They made 850 trips and fought 120 combats.

and

Eight enemy, places were felled 29 fell into their lines" damaged. Five German captite balloons were || on fire.

Our bombing piepes, including the Italian planes, dropped 49 tons of projectiles on various stations, cup- tomments and convoys. ¿Saveral fires and explosions were observed.

ENEMY LINES PENETRATED.

LONDON, Apr 14, 4.35. p.. French communiqué states:- There were fairly lively artillery

a great "concentration of our uero-actions between Montdidier and Noyon. Our reconnoitring parties he brought back pronera.

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Large numbers of low-flyers were employed in bombing and machine gunning roads packed with enemy troops, 30 tons of bombs being drop ped-and-over-110,000 rounds of am menition being fired by us.

We penetrated the enemy lines north of St Michiel, and the Em- bermesnil and Bures sectors. im Loraine, and took prisoners

-German coupe-de-main north of Hill 804 in the region of St. Michiel,

Other formations Bying at a greater height engaged the enemy's auro-Woevre and Bontonne Hill were planes which were extremely active repulsed. in this sector. Other machines re- connoitred the battleares, bringing back information of the positions of our own and the enemy's troops, a

Forty hostily aeroplanes were

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ALLIED REINFORCEMENTS BROUGHT, UP.

PARIS, April 14. Aserni-officiul report, issued this evening states:

The battle in Flanders continues

by anti-airgit machines and three to age very violently, but to-day, bostile bullons destroyed: Twelve shows u very definite slowing done of ours are missing.

In the enemy's advance, which, Incessant bombing was carried out henceforth, it should be possible to throughout the night and over 22 hold back as Allied reinforcement tons of bombs were dropped on dif: are ready to be brought up and put firent targets, including the Don The Geroun advance, southward

into the battle-lime. and Douai rullway stations, two im Methrem outflanks Bailleul portant milway junction between

which, however, the Allies still bold, Meziers and Rheims, and the roads,

The Gemana continue

to attack" leading up to the battle-front in the

on the whole French front with neighbourhood of Estain

view to keeping our reserves from the principal hätte area, but in this they have failed, for the

BRITISH AVIATORS BOMB OSTEND

ALLEGET ENEMY CAPTURE OF TORPEDO VESSEL

LONDON April 14. Berthian official report states: British monitora and Deroplaries the night of the 12th attacked the coast of Flanders, bombarded

and bombed

A

Cops occupying the sectors copcers ed are sufficient, to repel all enemy efforts.

The great mass of our reserves intact and at the disposal of the General Command

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BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS.

THE FIRST NIGHT ATTACK.

The long-range

batteries rapulsed"

Queiny torpedo vese Ostend. She was shot set on fire and abandoned.

We ruptured her, with her tuf quipment

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