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THORNE'S

The China Mail.

ABLISHED

1845

二廿月五年八十叠百九千业英

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1918...

午戊次年七國華中

BUSINESS SOTIOES

BUSINESS NOTICES.

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

No. 4. SCOTCH WHISKY.

BOLE AGENTO.

A. S. WATSON & Co, Ld

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

HONGEONG,

616.1

NOTICE.

H.

ANY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC or

INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person st the Centrs Police Station between the hours of 9 AM to 1 PM. and 9 P.M. to P.M. daily.

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All porsons, with certain exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than days are required to Register them- selves under the REGISTRATTON of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forms of Registration giving the particula required may be obtained at the G.P.Q. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is s One not exeeding. 300

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE

·INSURANCE CO

J WHICH ARE TRIED THA SHADES OF

THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, INC.,

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE CO.

TOTAL FUND 42 31 Dzokmaz, 1914,

£23,970,247.

1-Authored Capital £8,000,000

Sahecribed Capital £4,500,000

Paid-up Capital £4,437,500 -Fire Fund

11-Li & Antity Fands... 17,267,590

Staking Fund Account

Revenue. Fire Branch

13

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS,

SKOWLOON BAY.

Steam and Motor Vessels,

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

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS.

JINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAU STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED, 1

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Sailings-To Canton daily at 8 .m. (Sundays excepted) and 10 p.m. From Canton daily at 8 m. (Sundays excepted) and 4 pm.

I

SERVICE or 28 HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

HONGKONG MACAO LINE.

Sailings-To Macao daily s: 8 m. (Sundays 9 am) and

9 p.m. (Sundays 1. p.m.).

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

Further information may be obtained at the Comrary's Orrier, Hotel Mannons,

or from Messrs. Tues. Cook & Sox, Booking Agents, Hongkong,

I, 827,047

128,230

£23,970,387

£2,281,455

Brown Brand

337,239 478,940

Lifs and AnnuityĮ 8,141,598

Branchesponde Ravenne Marine Department... Other Rossip makamanda

£5,339,225

The Accumulative Fands of the various Branchen are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to mest the claims under the respectiva Depart ments of the Company's Business.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

PEAK

Agents

AK TRAMWAYS.

LIMITED.

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TIME TABLE.

WERK PAIN

COMPANY,

7.00.m. to. 8.00 ....Every 15 minutes. 6.00a.m. to 10.00 ....Every 10 minutes. 3,00 to 11.00 ...Every 15 miuates 11.80a.m. to 19.45 pm...Every 15 minutes." 19.15 p.m. to 1.16 p....Every 10 minutes. 1.15 p.m. bo 1.45 p.m...very 15 minuter. 1.45pm to 9.16 p.m. Every 10 minutes. 15 p.m. to 6.00 p.very 15 minutes, 8:00p.m. to 8.00 p.m. Every 10 mfuntos. BURT CARY. +

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11 03 pm to 11.18 p.m. every quarter of

7.30-12.

an bear...

BUYDATE 8.00.m. to 13.30 am... Every 15 minnie 19.30a.m. to 11 00 am...Every ID minata. 1180am to 19foon....Every 15 minute 12.00 noon i 100p.m...Every 10 minutes. 1:00pm to 5.30p.m... Every 15 minutes.. 6.30p.m. to 5,00p.m...Every 10 minutes. 8.00 pm to 6:30p.m...Every 15minnbee.. 6,100 st 800 p.m... Every 10 mlan NIGHT CARS as an Week Days.

SAFTEDATE

Extra Car. at 12 midnight. SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the -Company's Office. Alaxandra BuildINGI"

Des Voeux Road Central

Ba

Sesson and punch, biokete avaliable for all cars not already full running at the tize abeled in the Company's time tables, but not for special cara, o be obtained on application at the Company's 050- No Resin Holes will be issued until payment, therefor has been made in Bank Noten or by Oberyne' or Compradors order repreending Bank Nato.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON,

General Blonoge...

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

Shewan Tomes & Co. General Managers.

Hongkong, April 11, 1812

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.

(NOW ELCONSTRUCTED).

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GENERAL MANAGERS.

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AND

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IR BLAIR

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Indians

the road."

ALEK, BOSS'& 00ɑ

Machinery

Department

PRICE $8.00 Per Months

THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S

TELEGRAMS

1 Reuter's Service to the China Mail.:

THE AIR-RAID ON LONDON.

GREAT SATISFACTION AT"RESULT

OF RAID.

LONDON, May, 20.

THE SITUATION IN SIBERIA

CHINESE DETACHMENTS AID SEMENOFF.

PETROGRAD, May 12

All reports confirm that the It is reported from Matchuria that miders were everywhere, harassed| General Semenoff's Consucks have by uur airmen and gunfire. Search joined forces with Chinese, detach-- | lights greatly aided our gunners. inents:

At one point the searchlights

showed one of our machines pursu-A GERMAN THRONE, IN THE EAST S ing a Gotha and machine-gun fring was beard in the intervals of the booming of big guns. Then there

was a burst und flume and the Gotha unished. to the ground.

や

CANVASSING ON BEHALF OF

COMPETING CLARIS,,

AMSTERDAM, May 18.

The Foruverts says various Ger At another place a formation of

man courts.are very excited regarding Gothes was seen under our ter the opportunities of obtaining a

planes and machine-gun firing, was throne in the East.

Agenta are

heard, then a great flash and a journeying in all directions on behalf Gotha enne down spirally, the occu-of competing claims as there are at paute jumping out before it smashed most six thrones to distribute and It reported that all of them were the German dynasties number

twenty-two,

Killed.

Great satisfaction is felt at this result of the raid, especially after the British maid on Cologne: when our aviatory returned scatheless.

THE CASUALTIES

LONDON, Mag 20.

The Press Bureau, states:-- The casualties in Sunday's nir-raid

on London and district were:--

Men Women. Children. Killed 17 14.

6

Injured 83 40 28 In the provinces tone were killed. but two men, three women and one child were injured.

The Vorwaeris suggests filling the thrones by Turkish Princes, other wiss German unity will be imperilled.

MUTINY IN GERMAN REGIMENTS

IN RUSSIA-

SEVERAL OFFICERS"

MURDERED,

Moscow, May 10.

A mutiny has occurred in the German regiments så Wesenberg)" Esthonip. Several officers have been killed. The German High Command has sent trustworthy troops who? Considerable damage was done to arrested 200 of the mutineers, terr house property.

of wian were immediately shot.

ALLIED AIR-RAID ON COLOGNE.

HAYOG AND DESTRUCTION CAUSED.

25 KILLED AND 47. INJURED.

AMSTERDAM, "May 20,-

4b is reported that 25 were killed and 47 injured in the Allied air raid on Cologne, cabled on May 19.

The bombs fell mostly in the centre of the city, causing a terrible panic and considerable damage.

Several buildings were wrecked.

GERMAN OFFENSIVE

TIED TO COMMENCE. IMMEDIATELY.

Boxbes, May 20.) Reuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing to-day

There was much violent gui-firing at night-time and it continuespя Biodically Today is one of the dates eutioned, according to trench gossip, as likely to witness there wl of the German offensive We Shall ser

The dazzling say in moaning and

Another muting occurred in the German regiment No. 875 at Tivinsk- which war-prisoners' returning from- the interior of Russia supported.

CAUCASUS AND TURKISH GOVERNMENTS.""

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PEACE POUBPARLERS BROKEN OFF.

FETROGRAD, May 13

A Titlis telegram states that peace

fourparlers between the Caucusux Diet and the Ottoman Government have been broken off, owing to the monstrous demand of the Tarks. who iramediately began an energetic offensive on the whole front and occupied the town of Van, mas sacring the Armenian population.

BOLSHETISTS OCCUPY TWO CIFIES,

AMSTERDAM, May 20

* "A" Constantinople telegram states that the Bolshevik troops have cap- tured Oerentkapoi and Petrovek.

GERMAN REQUISITIONS IN POLAND

ONE-FIFTH OF ENTIRE STOCK OF COUNTRY.

Zvaten, May 20

droning with our machines The Germans in occupied Polanet luve demanded the delivery of On Saturday the Austalons suc-

100,000 head of cattle and 20,000 cres resulted in carrying forward our

pigs, constitutios a . Sith on the tite to Ville-sous-Corbie on a fronteritire stock of the country, after the

pl. two miles!

SEQUEL TO EMPEROR KARL'S PEACE LETTER DISCUSSIONE,

JOURNALIST EXPELLED FROM PARIS.

Y PARIS, May 22 Robert Dell, the Manchester

Paris correspondent, has dedi

previous German requisitions.

RUSSIAN TURKESTAN & REPUBLIC.

NEWS CONFIRMED.

PETROGRAD May 20,

The news that the Soviete have oclaimed Russian Turkestan Republic is confirmed

LENINS FOREIGN POLICY MLenin, speaking.

Socialist Deputy who is pro sad his foreign

testing-ittributes the expulsion to "Until the Revolution has broken Mr Dell

eign out in Western Europe

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