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·八廿月五年八十壹百九千叠英

BUSINESS NOTICES,

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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1918.

·午戊次歳年七國民華中

BUSINESS NOTIOES

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

No. 4.

SCOTCH WHISKY.

SOLE AGENTS:

A.S. WATSON & Co. Ld WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS

HONGKONG.

TEL. 016.

NOTICE.

NY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC or INDIAN desiring to leave the Colory should apply in person at the Centra Police Station between the hours of 9 AM to 17.M. sad 2 P.M. to 4. P.M. daily

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than Y days are required to Register them- selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forms of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.F.O. and at all Peles Stations.

The Pensity for non compliance is s fine not exacting 150

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO,

WHICH AXE VREND THE MELLES OT THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

Company, L.,

Jand

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE CO.

TOTAL FUNDS AT HIM DECEMBER, 1914,

£93.970,207,

I-Anthored Capital £6,000,000,

Subscribed Capital £4,500,000

Paid-up Capitał manyconcemaran £2,437,500 -Fire Fund

3,837,047

HI-Life & Annuity Funds... 17,567,590

Sinking Fund &count.....

198,230

€23,970,387

Revenge Fire Broch................. £2,381,456

Life and Annuity-Į 2,141,593

Branches..........AN Revenue Marine Department... 337.239 Other Reseipt

478,940

£6,339,498

The Accumulative Funda of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by

Act of Parliament, are set aside to ment the claims under the respective Papart- ments of the Company's Business.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO..

Acents.

EAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LIMITED.

PEA

TIME TABLE.

WORKS DATE 7.00am to 8:00 am...Evary 16 minutes. 8.00, 11.00 a.m...Every 10 minutes, 10.00am to 11:00 Every 15 minutes. 11.30a.m. to 12.45 p.m...Every 15 minutes.. 11.45 p.m. to 1.16 p.Every 10 minutes, 1.15 pm. bo 1.45 pmLvery 15 mfuates, 145 p.m. to 2.15 p... Every 10 mlastos 16 pm to 6.00p.m...Every 15 minutes. 500p.m. to. 8.00 p.m...Every 10 mluates IGET CARE.

8.50 p.m. and 9 p.m.. 380 p., to 11.00

p m. every half bour...

1100p.m. to 11.45 pin. wary quarter of

an beur.

SUNDAYE.

7.30a 8.00a.m. to 10.30. Every 15 minutes 10.30a.m. to 11 00 ....very 10 miaater. 11.30am to 19 Noon. Every 15 minutes. 12.00 noon to 100p.m. Every 10 mtandes.. 100p.m. to 5.30 p.m...Crory 15 minute. 5.30pm: to mp.m... Krazy 19 6.00p.m. to 6.30 p.m...Every 15minutes, 6.30 pm. 8.00p.m... Every 10 minuts NIGHT CARS on Wook Days.

sa

...... SATURDAYS

Extra Car at 12 midnight. BPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Dod. ALEXANDER BUILDINGS" Den Foux Road Crotal.

Besson and punch tickets available for all esmu, uch already full running the time stated in the Company's time tables, hot not for special care, can be übtained pu.application st the Company's Office- No Besson Malast will be issued until payment therefor bas been made in Bank. - Notes or by Chains or Comprador order.

reprarating Bank Note

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers.

TANG IÚK DESTINI, SUGOWOT

the late SIEN TING,

TERMS STERKT MODERATES

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,

HONGEONG-CANTON LINE.

Sailings—To Canton daily st § a.m. (Sundays excepted) and 10 p.m. From Canton daily at 8 a.m. (Sundays excepted) and 14 p.m.

SERVICE or Ter HONG KONG, CANTON & MADAO STEAMBOAT CÓ., LTD.

HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.

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

2 p.m. (Sundays 1. pim.),

From Macao daily at 7,50 a.m. and 2 p.m. (Sundays 3 p.m.).

Further information may be obtained at the Company's Orcz, Botel Mansions,

er from Messra. Tace. Coox & Saw, Booking Agent, Hongkong.

TAIKOO DOCKYARD

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES.

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

-THE TAKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

OF HONGKONG LTD.

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THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S

TELEGRAMS

!Reuter's Service to the China Mai.

THE WESTERN FRONT,

HEAYY SHELLING.

Loxbox, May 26. Field-Marsha Sir Douglas Haig

reports:

The French repulsed a raid north- waal of Bailleul. Shelling was re- ported on the night of the 25th at Villers Bretonneux, which was lary, consisting of gas shell.

The Onemy this morning heavily gus-shelled westward of Hinges.

AERIAL WARFARE,

BRITISH AVIATORS GIVE ENEMY NO REST.

LONDON, May 26. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, says

Firing was only possible during tine intervals on the 25th.

SWEEPING THE SEAS, DECISIVE RESULTS SECURED

DAMAGED SHIPPING RESTORED TO SERVICE.

PARIS, Mar 26. In the Senate the Minister of Marine, in the coarse of a state' ment, said the new engines which the Allies were using to sweep the seas had enabled them to secure decisive resulta since Jamury. Dur. ing April Great Britain and the United States along built 40,000 tons of shipping in excess of enemy sink- ings. There had been a sorsider- able increase of damaged shipping restored to service, during the last four months In England the ton nage thus restored exceeds half-a- million tons weekly, while last week

We dropped over 800 bombs on the total touched 598,000 tons billets in the neighbourhoods of Similarly France Armentieres and Merville, an

had am 280,000 toza in one month.

regained munition dump at Varssenaere and There are indications that the on the Bruges docks.

destroyed enemy submatings in May will show a very much better total than in April.

We brought down nine machines and drove down two out of control.

No British plane is missing. Our night flies dropped over six tons of bombs on Peronne, Bapaume and Maricourt. All our machines retumed.

THE FRENCH FRONT.

ENEMY RAIDS REPULSED.

LONDON, May 26.

A French, communiqué states:- There was fairly great reciprocal artillery Bring in Hangard Wood, south of the Avre."

NEW FIELD FOR GERMAN

·SUBMARINESAN

ADMIRALTY PREPARE

LONDOY, May 26,

In connection with the sinking of the German subbarine cruiser, the Naval Correspondent of Lloyd's Weekly says: In view of the un- heuthiness of the British waters for enemy submarines, which have coured A marked decline in the

An enemy raid, after a lively bom- hardment of our posts in the Orsiller rule of the submarine crews, the Germans have concentrated their efforts on more distant lines of com- munication and may be expected to

Sorel sector, produced po result.

Enemy attempts in Chumpagne and the Vosges also failed.

Our patrols and detachments took appear in the neighbourhood prisonuts, notably in the region of Arlette.

INTENSE BOMBARDMENTS ON WIDE FRONT.

DO NOT NECESSARILY HERALD

THIS large and luxurious Vessel, fitted RESUMPTION OF OFFENSIVE.

throughout with electric light and

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD. fans, will be despatched from Hongkong

PORTLAND CEMENT

In Caaks of 375 lbs, net.

In Bags of 250 tha, nas.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGERS.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

AND

GRILL ROOM

J. H. TAGGART:

MANAGER

THE PEAK HOTEL

1,600 Feet above Sea Level

15 Minutes from Landing Stage Under the Management of

BLAIR

Gibraltar, the coast of Spain, the vicinity of the Seillies and the South Atlantic. The sinking of a sub marine cruiser shows that the Adv miralty is prepared for this develo

ment.

MEXICO AND CUBA

DIPLOMATIC

EPRESENTATI

EXISTENCE OF

LONDON, May 26, Reuter Correspondent ut British Headquarters, telegraphingo-qu

Since last evening the enemy's to the above Ports on or about the 30th artillery fire hus markedly increased in, various pladen. Villers Breton-

LONDON, May 28 A curious situation has aris May. Excellent and roomy accommoda-ux, the Surpe Valley, Aucleon-

villers, Englebeliner, Jailly, Mutlet between Mexico and Cuba,

yul Martinwart have been bombarded

have mutually withdrawn: tion is provided for 86 First and 32 by gns and high explosive ebella diplomatic representatives, but ap Second Class Passengers.

For further particulars please apply

parently without formally rupturing

There were ako prolonged out bursts of intense gunfire from Penthu- relations. The Mexican Foreign bert to the Yeer. During the after: Minister admits that tension exists. zaon the uproar lulled owing to the steps taken by Cubu in consequence of a state of awar There is no reason to assume that

affecting Mexican interests but the bombardments herald an tinmi-

hopes the matter will be cleared up and the solidarity of Latin Americu maintained

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Ltd., ent sumption of the offensive. “

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A diary found on a prisoner reveals the boss our altroen are inflicting on the creing. It mentions, inter alin. Two non-commissioned officers and 14 soldiers were killed by an English gumb near Lextrein. The incessant manclino-gunning by our airmen on

SINN FEIN PLOTS.

to pre AMERICA DENOUNCES THEM.

NEW Yong May 27 Newspaper editoriale, potably in the New York Word and the New York Herald, declare that the British routes along which the energy troo0% PAN

19 and transport dare to more, has state cent regarding Fun Fein slots

also proved very chadly amply justifies the action taken..

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