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MUMEYA Japanese Photographers All kinds of Photographic Work doom in latest skylam Also Passport Photos.

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No 17,166.

THORNE'S

The

OLD VAT

China Mail.

STABLISHED

就五月五年八十壹百九千登英

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1918,

午戊次歲年七國民華中

.BUSINESS NOTICES,

W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION for

1918

Indian

MOTOR CYCLES

hp, hip, and 7-9 h.p.:

ALEX, ROSS & CO.,

Machinery Dept 'Phone 2T.

PRICE $3.00 Per Monthi

THE WAR.

No. 4.

SCOTCH WHISKY,

SOLE AGENTS.

A.S. WATSON & Co, Ld

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

HONGKONG.

T 918.

NOTICE'.

.

NY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC 01 AINDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Cena Police Station between the hours of A.M. to IP.M. and 9 P.M. 10 & P.M. daily.

Applicants will be required to produce Fassports or identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than Rezister them- f days are required to eclves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forme of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations

The Fenalty for non compliance is s fine not exceeding $50.

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE

INSURANCE CO.

WHICH ARE YWWED ZEN SHARES OF ; THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, Lao.,

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE CO.

TOTAL FUNDS AT HIST LECEMEXE, 1914,

£29,870,567.

I-Anthored Capital £8,000,000,

Subscribed Capital £4,500,000'

Paid-up Capital .......................£2,437,500

I-Fire Fonds

3,897,047

Il-Life & Annuity Funds... 17,557,590

Sinking Fund Asconat ...............

Ravenue Fire Branch

128,230

£23,970,367

£2,881,458

Life and Annuity

19

2,141.583

Brachos.ne

Ravenne Marine Department... 837,239

Other Resciption

478,940

£5.339,928

The Accumulative. Fands of the various Branches, 7 separately lovested, and, by

Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet, the claims 'der the respective Depart ⚫ments of the Company's Business..

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO...,"

Apents.

PEAK

TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEWE DAYS

7.a.m. to 5.00 a.m...Every 15 minutes. 8,018,m, to 20.00 a.m... Every 10 minutes, 10.00a.m. to 11.00 am..Every 15 mioubas 11.30a.m. to 12.45 p.m...Every 15 minutes 18.45 p.m. to 1.15 p....Every 10 minutes 1.16 p.m. to 1.45 p.m...Every 15 minutes 14hp.m. to 2.15 p.m...Every 10 m'autos 15 p.m. to 5.00 p.m...Every 15 minales 500p.m. to 8.00p.m...Every 10 minutes

BRIGHT CARS.

8.50 .. and 9 p.m... 9 30 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. every half hour.

11 00 pm to 11.45 pm. every quarter of

A beur.

7.30 .m BUZDATE. 8.00a.m. to 10,30a.m. Every 15minater 10.30a.m. to 11.00 a.m...Every 10 minutes, 11.30a.m. to 19 Noon Every 15 minutes.

·12.00 noon to 1,01p.m...Every 10 minuter. 1.00pm to 5.30 p.m...Every 15 minutes. -5,909.7. se 5,00p.m.Eray 10 minutes. 8.00pm to 6.80 p. Every 15ulante. 6,3) to 8.00 pm...Every 10min. NIGHT CARS on Week Days,

SATURDAYS

· Oår) at 13 midnight: 7:

SPECIAL DARS by arrangement at tha Company's Ofies, ALSANDRA Boriarwos" Das Vienx Road Castril ̈*

Besson and paneb tickets available for all cars, not already fall running at the. time stated in the Company's time tables, bab not for special care, can be obtained on spputation at the Company's Offic NA RAKOD Wort will be issued until payment therefor has boni, mada in Pank Noites or by Choque or Compradore order reptenting Bank Kota

JOHN LA HUMPHREYS & BON, My Gokeral Managers.

TANG YUL DENTIST,

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS,

KOWLOON 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 & MACAO STEAMBOAT | CO., LTD, AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

Sailings Te Canton daily at 8 a.m. (Sundays excepted) sod 10 pm. From Canton daily at 8 a.m. (Sundays excopted), and . 4 p.m.

SERVICE or a HONGRONG, CANTON & MAQAO STEAMBUAT CO., LTD.

HONGKONG-MAGAO LINE.

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

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

From Macso daily at 7.30 am. and 2 p.m. (Sundays 3 p.m.).

Further information may be obtained at the Courany's Orner, Hotel Mansions,

or from Megara. Ture. Cook & Sox, Booking Agents, Hongkong.

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THE

GENERAL MANAGERS

FOR

TO-DAY'S

TELEGRAMS

Reuter's Service to the Chino Mail :

THE WESTERN FRONT.

MINOR OPERATIONS.

LaNDON, May 23,

THE FRENCH FRONT.

Lasnos, May 23,

A French communiqué states:- There have been intermittent bom

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Huigbardments south of the Avre

reports:--

An enemy coup-de-main in the

We repulsed raids at Aveluy Wood, region of Bois-de-Mongital failed and southward of Hebaterne.

We attacked a machine-gun post!

under our fire.

Our patrols and detachments en-i

at Avelry Wood and destroyed the tered enemy lines notably in Cham-

gun.

The French captured a machine gun and a few prisoners in succesU- ful ruids northward of Bailleul and eastward of Locre.

SUCCESSFUL RAIDS BY BRITISH AVIATORS.

LONDON, May 24 Field-Marshal Sir. Douglas Huis, reporting on aviation, says:—

We dropped over 18 tons of bombs on aerodromes and billets. We brought down 14 and drove down two-out of control. Three of oure are missing.

Our night-fliers dropped 11 tors on aedrones and Bruges docks und billets in the same area. Several direct hits were made on a train,

ting it ufir

We again attacked Mannheim and ampped 24 heavy bombs on chlorine factory causing two large

fires.

Д

Aviators clearly observed the Blackened girders of the buildings gutted by fres we caused the pre- ceding night.

We also dropped four tons of hombs on a very important electric

power station at Kreusewuld. One bomb hit the boiler house; another caused a large cloud of steun 'to firise from another building. All our machines returnsAl

BRITISH HOSPITALS BOMBED.

SUBLIME HEROISM OF NURSES.

LONDON. May, 23. Heuters Correspondent at British Headquaters, telegraphing on the Fight of March 10th, states

and took prisoners and material. pagne. Avocourt Wood and Woeyre,-

1,000,000 AMERICANS IN FRANCE BY JUNE.

WASHINGTON, May 28. Mr. Caldwell, a

member of the Military Committee of the House of Representatives, predicts that there will be 1,000,000 Arnerican troops in France by June.

NAVAL AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS:- ENEMY DESTROYER ŞÜNK.

LONDON, May 23.

An Admiralty communiqué states: Air force contingents between May“ 20th and the 22nd carried out bomb- ing operations at Zeebrugge,also on smoke and seaplane base, oneray shipping in the vicinity, and also on Thourout and the aerodrome at St. Denis Westrem. Two direct hits were made on enemy destroyers. A Photographie reconnaissance shows one destroyer was sunk...

We drove down three enemy. machines out of control.

All ours

returned.

FRANCO-ITALIAN ADVANCE. IN

ALBANIA.

ATHENS, May.21. French and Italian troops n Albania have advanced to a maxi muin depth of eleven fles in the pust, three days. They took a num- ber of prisoners and completely opened the Santi-Quarante",

Fond be

Allied cheamities were very light, tween Elseku und Korytza: The

AMERICA'S NAVAL EXPENDITURE.-

WASHINGTON, Alay 23.

The Senate has passed a Bill

German innen bombed a number of British hospitals grouped far to the rear of our line. It is estimated that more than a score of machines authorising aval expenditure of Participated in the attacks. The sixteen hundred million dollars- casualties amount to some hundreds,,000,000,000) which is two huu- killed and wounded.

dred and twenty-six million dollars

The nuchices flew very low so it (8220.00 (X) over the amount is impossible to believe that the Red which the House of Representatives Crosses on the white grounds were authorised. The Bill will be sub not visible to them.

mitted to a joint conference of botls, Houses.

One thitermester aemplane was forced to land by the anti-aircraft

MOJI AND VANCOUVER." --

THIS large and luxurious Vessel, fitted

throughout with electric light and

Every shipyard in the United

gans and its three occupants were States has been telegraphically baked taken prisoners. One of them was the speed up the production and make leader of one of the squadrons who July 4th the greatest ship launching- cually argued that it was a pity day in the history of America.. that we place our hospitals where it is convenient for German airmen to beigh thema

The beluviour of the nurses, sev

GERMAN - BRUTALITY,

DUTCH SHIPPING INSPEC

TOH'S VIEWS

AMSTERDAM, May 28 Although bomb-proof sheltem were Giving evidence before the Ship magnificent women left her posle sinking of the Dutch steamer ping Council which is enquiring to

eral of whom are among the usual- ties, wus of sublime heroism.

close at hund), not Dome of these

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May Excellent and roomy accommoda-

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remained in the wards doing overy Cuthoring, the trate stated that when

gs of gatients,

of their hote had killed the Captair HOW GERMAN SOLDIERS ABEthey laughed. The Dutch Shipping " DECEIVED, LA Inspector charactersed this as-in- Prisoners from the 185th and 21st exeusable the Germans frere scum

Divisions relate that drafts being with increasing brutality against needed to replace the heavy losses small vessels. They no longer fired of them units, recruit of the depots warning shots; indeed, they shot are asked to volunteer on the under-

starting that they will be put some people dend without hesitating distance boland the front. One added the

| thousand volunteered, but on arriv-

ing at Arleux, they scou found the solves in the trenches. This decep

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