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THORNE'S

The China Mail.

ABLISHED

1845

雙十二月五年八十蠻百九千登英、

HONGKONG, "MONDAY, MAY 20, 1918.

午戊次歲年七國民華中

OLD VAT W. S.

No. 4.

BUSINESS NOTICES,

W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

BUSINESS NOTICES

Count the Indians

the road..

ALEX BOSS & 00-

Machinery

Department.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month:

THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S

TELEGRAMS

SCOTCH WHISKY.

BOLE AGENTE:

A. S. WATSON & Co. Ld

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

HONGKONG.

Tx 816,

NOTICE.

NY FUROPEAN Non ASTATIC'or INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony shenid apply in person at the Centra Police Station between the hours of 3 M. to 1PM. and 2 P.M. to 4 P.. daily

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All remain in the Colony for more than to Register them-

persons with certain exceptions, The

days are reqEGISTRATION of selves ander the PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918 Forms of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O.

od at all Failee Stations.

The Fenalty for non compliance is s

fine not exceeding $50

NORTE BRITISH & MERCANTILE

INSURANCE 00*

WHICH ARE- VENTED THE KHARXI or THE QORAN MARINE INSURANCE

CONTANT, LAO.,

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE CO.

NOTAL FTED AT Sist. DucesEME, 1914,

LES, 10,367

-Authored Capital £8,000,00G

Bubscribed Ospital £4,500,000

·Paid-no-Capital £2,437,500

Fire Fand

3,887,047

TI--Lilo &Amnity Fanda... 17,567,500

Baking Ford áccơttik. «-«com

Barande Fice Ersch

Life and Annuity

Branskes......keran Rerenne Marine Departament... Other Rassips *****

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS,

“KOWLOON BAY,

Steam and Motor Vessels,.

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

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS.

J›INT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & ̋GLAQIAO "STEAMBOAT

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

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

and 10 p.m.

Sailings:-Tu Canton daily at 8 am. (Sundays exces and 4 p.)

From Canton daily at 8 am. (Sundays excepted)

SERVICE

41

OF THE HONGKONG, DANTON & MADÃO STEAMBOAT CO., 175,

HONGKONG-MACAO LINE. Sailings-To Maçao daily at & a.m. (Sundays 9 am) and

2 pm. (Sundays.1 p.m.).. From 51acao daily at 7.30 am. and 2 p.m. (Sundays. 3 p.m.)..

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

or from Mesurs. The Coon & Son, Booking Agents, Hongkong.

128.290

£23,870,367

£2,381,456) 2,141,593 337.259 478,940

Brown Brandy

TRIBES & C

£5,939.228

The Accumulare Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to tones the claims under the respective Tapart- mants of the Company's Business.

SHEWAN, TOMES & 00..

Аделька

PRAK

TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.“

WEEK DAY

70s.. to 8.00...Every 15 minutes. 8.00 1.00 am... Every 10 minutes. 100m. to 11.00 ...Every 15 minutes. 11.30a.m. to 12.45pm...Every 15 minutes. 1.45p.m. to 1.15pm. Every 10 minutos. 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m... Bemy 15 minutes, -1.15 p.m. to 9.15 p.m...Every 10 minuter, 215p.m. 5.00p.m...Every 15 minutes. 6.00pm, to 8.00p.m... Every 10 minbow. XIGHT CARS. 8.50 p.m. and 9 p.m., 930 p.m. to 11.30 *p.m. every half hour;

11.00 p.m. to 11.46 p.m., every quarter of

-un betri

7.58 m. BuYRATE,

8.00am to 10.80 a.... Every 15 minutes 10.30am to 11.00a.m...Every 10 minates. 11.98 am to 19 Noon Every 15 mln the a 12.00 noon to 100) p.m...Every 10 minutes. 100p.m. to 50ery 15 minuto 6.90p.m. to 8:00p.m...Every 10 minuta. 6.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m...Every 15minate.. 8. 0p.m. to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minutes.

NIGHT CARB 1 on Week Daye.":

BATOLDATE -

Extra Car-at 12 midnight. SPECTANCABS by arrangement et the Company's Office, Alexandra, BuildTRES" Des Vaz Road Central

Season and punch tickets available for all care not already lal! ruzning as the time stated in the Company's Hms tables, bus not for special cars, est be obtained on application at the Company's Off No Susen Holst will be issued pntil payment therefor Esa heen made in Bank Notes or by Chayns or Compradors order!

Bank

WATSON'S

OLD

BROWN BRANDY

25 YEARS IN WOOD.

S.LWATSON & Co., Ltd.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

-HONGKONG.

TELEPHONE Na 016.

A PREVENTIVE OF MALARIA

MOSCATINE.

The infallible Insect Repeller. Delicious Perfume. Perfectly Harmless. PRICE 50 cts., $1.00, $2.50 PER BOTTLE.

PREPARED ONLY BY THE

•

VICTORIA DISPENSARY

32, Queen's Road Central.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Go., Ld.

Established 1883

-MAN UF AUTURERS OF

PURE Manila ROPE

STRAND

to 15 CIRCUMITEXNCE"

GABLE LAID 4 STRAND

6 to 15

to 10

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

Pricaj samples and full particulars will be forwarded on application te

Shewan, Tomes & Co, General Managers

Hongkong, April 11, 1912

representing Baule Note THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

JOHN D. BUMPHREYS & SON, General Manageri, aze

(NOW RECONSTRUUTED)."

TANG YUK, Denim, succefINGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILERMAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this, setebilsbrant is generattieh... Wa kite over thirty years experianos. : Wa own two Slipways sad dan anpommigdala any craft of 200 feet log

The late SIEN TING, 16. D'AQUILAR SINKKT."

TERMAVELY MODERATE

Lowd. Duos: 38. CorwaUART ROAD GANYM

Bhipyard: Bham-Sui-P

Fat Estimates fumptied

Hougkong, April 1812

11.

TAIKOO DOCKYARD

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES

EVERY DESCRIPTION •

-THE TANGO DOCKYARD & ENCHEERING COMPANY HONGKONG LTP.

AGENTS?- 10 BUTTEHPU & Swee -TitePINE # 212

YEE SANG FAT CO.

Just Arrived

RAIN COATS

Waterproof Guaranteed

ALSO

UMBRELLAS

ND

Gent's Waterproof -

BROWN BOOTS

at $15.00 Pair.

YEE SANG FAT CO..

34, Queen's Road Central

Reuter's "Serince to the China Mail.

GENERAL SMUTS AND THE ENEMY OFFENSIVE,

LONDON, May 17. General Smuts has arrived at Csgow to fulfil a number of public engagements.

AUPERIORITY OF FRENCH AIR

SERVICES:

GERMAN GENERAL STAFF ANXIOUS.

Pants, Mav, 17.

The French brought down $22

This morning be found several of themy aeroplanes during March and the leading shipyards and engineer-April as compared with fe French ing shops and addressed a huge eroplanes lost during the same gathering of workers in the famous period." Fairfield yurd. ··

The inferiority of the German air During the breakfast interval he service is causing the German and a fine reception. The enemy, General Staff grave anxiety. sul General Smuts, was now deliver GERMAN OFFENSIVE OF TERROR

MOST DEVILISH PLAN CONCEIVABLE,

ing his greatest blow. He Ind achieved a success few thoughi possible at the beginning of" the present offensive, but he did not go all the

He never would. way.

The (Cheers)

reversey we hud suffered in a sense had been very American Red Cross, has just arrive:f good for us. There had been a lot from the war zone.

Saw YORK, May 17. Dr. Davison, Chairman of the

of foolish talk about beuting the Interviewed, he described the out- Bosche, and at the same time enjoy-standing feature of the German ing all the privileges of peace time.methods as an offensive of, terror The Basebe had knocked that against women, children and off damned nonsense out of our heads. people behind the lines-by dropping We are now in the war up to the bombs from air-craft and the use of neck and have to strain every nerve long-range guns in order to break to win. If we do that the result down the morale of the civilians so will be certain. The enemy has that they might importune their made us realise the great dangers Government for peace. It is the ahead of Civilisation. The Ameri mort dastardly, the most unrighte cane Dow.fully realise this and are pas, most cruel and most devilish Coming over, in tens of thousands plan conceivable based on the theory Lionthly to bear their fair and proper that the killing of four out of five shup in the struggle. He knew the children will induce the mother to workers were a feeling Ue leavy implore the cessation of the war, so bindena, but it was better to live in that the fifth child may live i these times than in ordinary times carried or from the Channel to the when nothing really happened On Adriatic and has resulted in the the other and to-day great issues aiming of thousands of women and wer at stake and if they did their children, and in driving hundreds of duty they might look forward to thousands of terror,atricken people great good. (Cheers.) Civilisation from their homes........ had heen, worked up to the point where a great change was inevitable and out of all this slavery and drudgery, all this structure of econotnic industrialism, hetter resulta for the world must come. But the basis of all this was victory--not victory in a selfish sense, not because; we want to trample down ther nations or rule the world, but because tates "we must strike down militarisra

THE OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE.

SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISES BY ARAB FORCES,

TONDON, May 17.

An officiul messages from Palestine

The King of Hedjaz's Arab forces which is the greatest danger on the raided a station and post on the fice of the earth. (Cheers.) No

hoprovement was possible in the lot ledjak railway, killing 30 and tuling

prisoners.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD. of men as long as our children te They also deznolished several inile

PORTLAND CEMENT

Caska of 376 lbs. not.

460 the nes

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGERS «!*

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

GRILL

ROOM

J. H. TAGGART

THE PEAK HOTEL

1500 Fest abo

driven to shaghter und we have to of truck and three bridges and als work year after year, in order to be attacked the defences about Mann,- fe for power. (Hear, hear. The enenty was now attempting by one

Luking 124 prisoners.

HOLLAND.

GROWING WORSE.

AMSTERDAM, May, 17.

The food situation Fin Holland is:

of de gigantic blows to break on THE FOOD SITUATION IN resistance and emerge the great dominant military power, of the world. Let him strike. We will stund, in the breach like a wall of } fron and allow him to knock himself to pieces. Then bis spirit will break Fand he will see it is impossible to win. growing worse! The Goverment "is" 10 would not be necessary for the actually sending troops to search farmst Allies to march to Berlin, which for wrongfully. withheld stocks, The many thought essential in order to farmers are indignant.The Govers annihilate the Bosche That was of ment estimate that in the Haarlemmer story even if it were pcmable was and Meer district 33 per cent of the entirely unnecessary:olf, we stood wheat crop, 13 per rcent of the barler, on the defence resolutely calmly, 60 per cent of the beans and 63 per and confidently we would win cent of the green peas have been with. (Cheers.) Ve want no indemni- hold. The shortage of bread is begin- ties und no annexation. We are ing to be keenly felt while from June, despite the famous dairy induitry, fighting for the rights of natious, furger and small, lasting peace and batter and fats are to he added to thir long list of rationed articles. Tes and coffee bare long since been exhaus Meat has disappeared and the potato ration" has been reduced. Meanwhile

PRISES

SUCCESSFUL BRITISH ENTER- the Government has not yet

the German permission proposed thres May 177 fetch grain, altho "Frekk Marissal: Sie-Ikugja Haig ready to leaver

took..

from Landing Stage, com radī

of Bes

Under the Mangge

Mrs. BLAIR

fow! prisgners in a mat

the neighbourhood. Delah