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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1918.

午戊大歲年七國民華中

BUSINESS NOTICES

就七月五年八十壹百九千业英

BUSINESS NOTICES,

THE

OVENLAND CHINA MAN. (PUBLISERD, EVERY

DAY.

Ountains the Wook's Newa

of Boot hong and no

Far Ea

Prions (including Forings) to asy part of the world. Kis OET WORDEN...

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

THE WA R.

TO-DAY'S

TELEGRAMS.

THORNE'S

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

No. 4. SCOTCH WHISKY,

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WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

- HONGKONG,

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NOTICE.

NY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC or AINDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Centrs Police Station between the hours of 9 a.. to 7 7.3. and. 9 P.M. to 4 P.M.. daily.

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All parsons, with sertain exceptions, whe cemain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them- selves under the REGISTRATION of FERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forms of Registration giving the partien lars required may be obtamed at the G.F.O.

and at al Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is.a be not ex eading $50

NORTH BHITIBE & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO..

WINCH AND YOUND THE ARARKS OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

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and

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CAL FUND AT SLT DICEMBRE, 1914

TOTAL 0995,970,357,

1-Authorised Capal £6,000,000

Subscribed Capital £4,500,000

Paid-up Capri,437,300

U-Fire Funds

3,837,047

III-Life & Annuity Fonds... 17,567,590

Sinking Fond Aescunt ................

Revenge Fire Branch

128,230

223,370,367

£381.168. Life and Annuity

2,141,599 Branche....... Revenge Marine Department... 387,238 Other Resaipte

478,940

£5,339,228

The Actorulative Funds of the various Branabed are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set sada to meet the claims under the respectiva Depart seats of the Company's Buriness.

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"

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ar from Messrs. Thee, Cook & Sox, Booking Agents, Hongkong.

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Hongkong, April 11, 1913;

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OFFICIAL REPORTS.

LOCAL ENCOUNTERS AT

DIFFERENT POINTS.

ing on bad ground difficult. They are generally much inforier to ours. THE GERMAN TANK The German tanka resemble more the French heavy pattern than curs. They weigh 45 tona and the highest speed attainable is 10 miles in hour, but only for a short time ther Haigmotors become overheated. Tho protective qualities are poor, despite

FRENCH TAKE PRISONERS:

LONDON, May 5, 0.33 p.m.. Field-Maishal Sir Douglas reports:--

The French took a uniber of the weight. The armouring varies prisoners during local fighting: at between 18 to 28 millimetres and night in the neighbourhood of armour piercing rifle ammunition L'Oere.

will perforate the hull anywhere. Today, there is artillery firing and They ara 23 feet long and the little local encounters at different poinba.conning tower, in which, the driver sits ie hinged, being so high that BRITISH AVIATORS' BOMBING when the Tank is entrained for trans-

OPERATIONS.

port it will not be clear of the bridges. The observation is very poor as the ground is invisible from The arnament consists of one 57 the inteñor for some distance ahead.

millimetre · gun, and six heavy

LONDON, May B, 12.35 a.m.

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporting on aviation, 688-

The mist yesterday cleared slightly in the afternoon.

We dropped nine tons of bombs on the Charles railway junction;

machine-guns, mounted each side. and asteru, but the gun ports are vulnerable. The crew consists of

Bapaume, Armentieres, Merville and one officer and 18 of other ranks. So the interior is packed like a mar- Estaires.. There

dine tin. The Germans seem to be

Sigliting.

Was little air-

We brought down one machine repeating all our initial mistakes with and drove down four uncontrolled. a few of their own added, Two of ours are missing.

Two machines, previously reported miskingate returned.

Despite the continuance of un- favourable weather at night-time we dropped over three tons of bombs on

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GERMAN REPORT,

LONDON, May 5

BRITISH GUNFIRE IN FLANDERS

COMPLETELY PREVENTS ENEMY.

MOVEMENT.

ATTACKS. SMOTHERED BEFORE LAUNCHED.

LONDON, May 6. A wireless Gernian officiul report

Correspondents, in France stato. states.

that the British gun-fire in Flanders After very strong firing prepara-inthe past three duya has completely tions the French Divisione attacked Kemmel near Bailleul and ware The enemy undoubtedly prepared er prevented any enemy movement.

beavily repulsed.

We took over 800 prisonera. Out: fire prevented the develop ment of an English attack westward of Exilleul.

Strong English thrusts southward

af Hebutere failed":

Reciprocal artillery Bring Wax revived in the evening on both sides of the Somme, especially at Villers Bretonneux and on the west bank. of the Avre.

attack on the Allied positions for Saturday, but the British guznors smothered the attack before it could be launched. This increased thes disorganisation of the enemy rear The French prevented the attack on their front by attacking, firat

Experts emphasise the difficulty which will take the Alles by eur- of the enemy in finding as target

prise. Certain pointy of importance ure carefully watched, and if other

LOCAL SUCCESSES OF TACTICAL points are attacked the Allied re

serves will reach the battle-feld an YALUE.

quickly as the German koelver, GERMAN TANKS PROVING A They are confident that Komns Fran

FAILURE:

be recovered, if the enemy fails to advance his line in this region.

LONDON, May 5, 11.6.p.m.

Heuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing to-day

15 Minutes from Landing Stage. anong the enemy troops, who are Under the Management of

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Some disorganisation is indicated

hindered by beavy rains, The French and British, in the course of accessful operation between L'Ocre and Drancourt, advanced their positions on a thousand yard front to an average depth of 500 yards. We took 48 prisoners and the French about 82.

The

We drove out the enemy from two or thes ruined farms and took some high ground, near Koudekot French continuing their operation on our flank, carried some strongly held buildings in the neighbouring sector All the enemy counter efforts were broken up with consider able lose

These local successes are" of dis- tinet tactical value strengthening our defences of approach to Saber- penberg and Mont Rou

There is little doubt that the Gentian Stanki

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