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THORNE'S

雙九七月四年八十壹百上千业英

HONGKONG

午戊次年七國限簿中

BUSINESS NOTICES,

BUSINESS FOTICES

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

No. 4.

SCOTCH WHISKY,

--

VOLE AGENTÓ

A. S. WATSON & Co, Ld

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTA

HONGKONG,

Ta dis.

NOTICE

NY EUROPEAN Non ABIATIC OF INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Contra Police Station between the hours ol.9 1.1. k. I P.M. and P.3 to 4.P.M..

daily

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

The Fannity for non compliance in fine not sxeceding $50,

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO,

WISICH ALL THREND TRI KHARMS OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPART, I.,

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE 00.-

-

TOTAL FORDE AT Hist Decause, 1911,

TOTAL E29.970,367,"

-Authored Captal £8,000,0

Subscribed Capital £4,500,00

Paid-up Capil£2,457,500

II-Life & Annuity Fanda...-17,567,590

Sinking Fand Account .................

-Fire Funds

3,837,047

128,230

£23,870,367

£2,331,458

2,141,593

Revenue Fire Branch

it Life and Annuity Branches

Revenue Marine Department... $37,239 Other Resipis

478,940

26,339,228

The Accmnnlative Funda of the various Branches are parately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to sweet the claims under the respective Depart ments of the Company's Burinces.

SHEWAN, TOMES & QU..

Agents.

AK TRAMWAYS

PEAR

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS

COMPANY,

70% to 8.a.m...Every 15 dute. 8.600-1100 m. m...Kyary 10 minutes. 11.00 .m. to 1100 Every 15 minuter, 11.90 to 12.45p.m...Every 15 min. 12.4m 115 p.m...Every 10 minutos, 1.15 p.m. te 1.45 p.m...Every 15 mtuates, 1.15 p.m. to 1.15 p.m... Every 10 mlantes, 215 p.m. boy, 5.00p.m...Every 15 mianza, 800p.m. bo 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minutes, MIGHT CARY. 8.50 p.m. and 9 p.m.,, 9 80 p.m. to 11.00)

p.m. every half hour. B

11:00 pm. to 11.458 p.m. every gumber of

an hour.

7.30 m

BUNDATE. 8.90x.. bo 10.30 am.. Every 15 minute. 10.30 a.mbe-11-00 Every 10 rinater. 11.30 am to 12 Noon Every 15 minutes.. 11.00 poun to 10 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 1.00p.m. to 8.30 pm.yury 15 minutine. 8.500. to 8.00 pm. Every 10 minutes. 600 p.m. be 6.30 p...Every 15 timme. 10pm bo 8.00 pm. Hvery 10 minabou.. MIGHT CARS on Week Days.

SATURDAYO.

MY

Extra Car. at 19 midnight. SPECIAL QAER by arrangement at the Company's Office, ALXXARDIA BUILDINGS Dan Your Road Contes

Bosson sad panch tickets available for all ́ours ank strendy fuil rinning at the time stated in the Company's time tables, but not for special cars, can be obtained wa sppilation at the Company's Džios.

No Forma Vozet will be issued until payment theretor has been made in Bank Notes or by being or Compeadore order sparesenting Bank NOGO

T

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BOF,

TANG TUK, Dorset, open

Lifɑ SILEN WING,

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.

THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that the following revised Passage Farveen Hongkong & Chacon will come into forte on 35th March, 1918.

Saloon, Single...

Return

++

Sad Class, Single....

Deck

***

***

***

Dayboat. Nigh. boats $5.00. 4 $7.00

B.00

12.00

1.80

.90.

00% :

1.00

In addition to the above, for the convenience of the travelling public a specia 1st Class Return Ticket at Hongkong Currency $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 8 am (Sandays excepted) and 10 p.m. From Canton daily at 8 a.. (Sundays excepted) and 4pm.

"

.

SERVICE HONGKONG, CANTON & MAQAO STEAMHUAT. CO., LTD. HONGKONG » MACAO · LINE. Sailing To Macao daily at Ba.m. (Sundays 9 am) and

Spim. (Sundays I p.m.). From Mane daily at 7.30 am. and 8 p.m. (Sundays 3 p.m.).

Farther information may be obtained at the COMPANY's Orrcx, Hotel Hansione,

* from Mora. Taos. Coon & Box, Booking Agents, Hongkong.

Talsun!

BURE-

OUR GIANT

LAVENDER

TALCUM

Is rapidly becoming as popu. lag as our well-known Laven- der Water. Blended with the Purest and Softest Powder, is the Sweet Fragrance of Laven- der, and the Effect on the Skin is Delightfully Cooling and Soothing.

1-lb. Size Price $1.00.

S. WATSON &

CO., LTD.,

HONGKONG "DISPENSARY.

Tel. 18

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Go., Ld.

Established 1885

·MANUFACTURERS OF.

PURE Manila ROPE

STRAND

to 15" ČIBETAFERENCIL

GABLE LAID

4 STRAND

5 to 15 BIRGUMIRKAN

3 to 10%

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

Prices, amples and full particulars will be forwarded on application te

bh

Shewan, Tomes &

Hongkong, April 11,

General Managers.

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD

-(NOW. RECONSTRUCTED).

KGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and TBÓN

FOU FDERS. & work done in this establishment is granted. over thirty yours' experianon. We own two Slipasya and, den, socompa

900 fees long.

Town Ollon, 48, Cottakname Bads Omerziz, Hong

TAIKOO DOCKYARD BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES ETERY DESCRIPTION

~THE THIYOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING

- Telegramic · App.

YEE SANG FAT CO

Just Arrived

SMART

SUMMER SUITINGS,

Linen, Cotton, Silk, Alpacca, and Serge, etc.

We have an Up-to-Date

TAILORING DEPT.

Fit Guaranteed

Price Moderate..

YEE SANG FAT CO., 34, Queen's Road Central

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD.

PORTLAND CEMENT

In Cook of Iba, ant

of 250

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGERS

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

AND

GRILL ROOM

TAGGART

MANAGEIL

THE PEAK HOTEL.

A 1500 Feet above

FRICE $8.00 Per Month.

THE WAR.

TELEGRAMS.

TO-DAY'S

Service to the Chino Ma

ENEMY'S GREAT LOSSES.

EXTRAORDINARY DEPRESSION IN

GERMANY.

CAN THEY CONTINUE THE

OFFENSIVE?.

BRITISH OFFICIAL REPORTS.

MINOR ACTIVITY.

WORK OF THIRD COR

VILLERS BRETONNEUX

LONDON, April 27.

:10.10

AMSTERDAM, Al 28. The attraordinary nervousness and Field Marabu, Sir Douglia Haig depression in Germany, owing to the losses in the Western offensive revealed remarkably, and frankly by

Freports:

The enemy captured a post in the neighbourhood of Festübert.

an article by Captain von Salintaon Our machine-gun and rife fire in the Touaisch's Zeitung in which broke local attack westwa

The endeavours to restore the lost Merville. The phemy did

confidence of Germans by emphasis our trenches."

ing the importance of the capture of Kemmel Hill

Captain von Salzmann enumerates

a few of the series of rumours current

Our artillery efectively-

the infantry assembling

Villers Bretonneur

The mist interfered

in Germany "All these stories are Our infantry brought down two low- prefaced by the remark in the flieri, e

Reichstag it a said," and he proceeds The Press Bureau states that to say "Our losses have been enor Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has mote. The offensive in the Weast congratulated the Commander of the has arrived as a deadlock. The Third Corps and his troops on their énemy is much stronger than the successful and important operations Supreme Army Command assumed, at Villars Bretonners.

We are unable to continue the offen. sive, owing to lack of horses.'

"BRITISH RECAPTURE, POORMEZEEDER

při 28.

Field Marsha Sir Dongles Hair

Captain von Salzman says the whole region before Ypres je a great take, and, therefore, inpa's ble, The whole country between our Amiens front and Paris is mined and will be blown up, Captain, von Salernano continues: The people reports The have begin to lose their nerve. Re- plying in the Reichstag the War last evening, but Minister said something like this carly, in the night droves him out. It goes without saying that there The enemy again attacked later in are big losses in such a struggle; the the same locality.

enemy captured Yoorazeele

counter

losses on one part of the front were There was locul fighting all night very heavy two-thirds of the com-on both sides of the Xpres Comines pany leaders of many regiments have Cunt

fallen. It is said that a certain We raided southward of Gavzelle, Deputy thereupon told his clectors in and the Lens and Hill 70 sector, a North German town that: The taking 30 prisoners, four War Minister has openly declared guns and a trench mortar our losses to be so heavy that offensive must be abandoned."

theWe repulsed an attempted mid

northward, of Bailleul;

GHASTLY ENEMY LOSSES IN THE WEST

Reciprocal artillery: battle fronts is active.

THE COMING AWAKENING

AMSTERDAM, April 28: The papers have been apprehensive lest the Gennari militarists, who favour very rough treatment to Holland, may effect Herr von Kuehl mang fall, but the latest advices From Germiny indicate that the day

FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORTS

FURIOUS BOMBARDMENT”

LONDOS, Apr 28, 12:45 "a.p.

A French communiqué states: There was the infantry action for

ghastly losses on the Western offen- Artillery firing continued lively sive "are making an anti-militarist south of the Somme on both sides reaction.

of the The Catholic Tyd's correspondent There was a violent bombardment in Germany says will depend in the region of Laflars and the. upon the course of eventst hop for Courieres Chambrettes front.

the reaction against the increased power of the Militarists will fuske itself felt as the extent of the huge sacrifices in the West, beeonies Inown they will evoke everywhere fresh die quiet and detrus and (will even be ented in hewapoper onces, the and the Lobbies. When tion of the war falsifies the prophecy that sub- event the innsport American troepe and war France this disappoint- ment will assume shar

form" Th

the energe

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the rumou

wine

GERMAN REPORTS.

LONDON, April 29. German official report of the 27th insti

abandoned fr

line south w

Hooge Zillebe

dwirelejs

Verlore

LONDON," April 22,

soatber

VERY MODÉRATE,

Under the “kizung

BLAIR

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