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No. B. Queen's Bend Central

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No 17,178.

雙八月六年八十坐百九千告英”

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1918.

午戊次歲年七國華中

BUSINESS NOTICES,

BUSINESS NOTICES

-1918

Indian

MOTOR CYCLES 9h5hrs and. 7-9 b.p

ALEX ROSS & CO.,

· · Machinery Depty - *Phans 27,

THORNE'S

OLD VAT W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD. A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION for

No. 4.

SCOTCH WHISKY.

-10%-

SOLE AGENTS. A.S. WATSON & Co, Ld.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

G.

HONGKONG

T. 618.

NOTICE.

NY EUROPEAN Non ASTATIC Dr A INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Centra Police Station between the hours of a.. to 1 гM. and SP.M. to 4 P.. daily,

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than days are required to Resister them- solves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916. Formos of Registration giving the particulars

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.

KOWLOON BAY.

Steam and Motor Vessels,

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

HONGKONG, CANTON & MAÇAO STEAMERS.

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

HONGKONG CANTONELINE,

Sailings-To Canton daily at 8 a.m. (Sundays excepted) and 20 p.m." From Canton daily at 9 a.. (Sundays excepted) and 4 p.m.

SERVICE OF THE SONGKONG, CANTON & MAÇÃO STEAMBUAT CO., LTD. HONGKONG-MACAO LINE,

Sairings-To Macao daily at 5 am. (Sundays 9 am) and

2 pm. (Sundays I p.m.).

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

required may be obtained at the G.F.O. Further information may be obtained at the Company's Omnicz, Hotel Mansions,

and at al Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is a

fine not exceeding 250...

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE

INSURANCE CO.,

WHICH ABE VISIID TEZ BELARES OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMFANT, L.,

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE 00.

TOTAL FUNDS AT HIS DEзxz, 1914,

£23,970,367.

I-Authored Capital £6,000,000 Sabocribed Capital £4,500,000

Paid-up Capital 29,437,500 I-Furs Fund...

3,697,047

117-Ife & Annuity Funds... 17,567,690

Staking Fund Account wer

128,230

$29,070,367 Revane Fire Branch... £2,381,456 Life and Annuity 2,111,393

Branch 63...... Ravenus Marine Department... 337,239 $78,940 Other Rescipts

25,339,238

+

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, ara set aside to meet the elaime under the respective Depart manta of the Company's Business.

SHEWAN, TOMES & 00..

Agents.

PEAK TRAMWAYS

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

"WEEK DATA.

COMPANY,

7.00 a.m, to 8,50 a.m.Every 15 minutes. 8.00.. to 10.00a.m... Every 10 minutes. 10.00a.m. to 11.00 Every 18 mlamber. 11.30am to 12.45 p.m...Every 15 minutes, 12.45 p.m. to 1.15 pm.Every 10 minutes. 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 pm...Every 15 minutes, 1.45 p.m. to 2.15.p.m. Every 10 minutes, 13 p.m. to 5.00pm...Every 15 minutes, 6.00p.m. to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 mlagtes.

NIGHT CARS.

8.50 p.m. and 9 p.m.,

.

50 p.m. to 11,00 p.m. every half hour,

11.00 p.m. to 11.45 p.m. every quarter of

an hour.

7.90 a..

SUNDAYE. 8:00a.m. to 10.30 am... Every 15 minutes 10.30am to 1200...very 10 minutes. 11.30 a.. to 12 Noon....Every 15 minuter. 19.00 noon So 100 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 1.00 pm to 5.30 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 5.90 p.m. to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 6.00 pm to 6.30 p.m... Every 15minutes 6,30pm. bo 8.00p.m... Irary 10 minutat; NIGHT CARS så en Week Days.

BATUEDATS

Ext: Oar a 18 midnight. *SPEUTAL CARS by arrangement að tía Company's Office, ALEXANDRA BUILIWynga' Des Voeux Road Central:

Season and punch kokets avaliable for

ar from Messra. Turs, Coox & Sox, Booking Agents, Hongkong.

WATSON'S

PRICKLY HEAT LOTION

-AND

POWDER

are certain cures for Prickly Heat. Can be used either in conjunction or separately They will also be found invaluable for preventing an

Supburn, Freckles and all Skin Irritations.

PRICKLY HEAT LOTION

in Bottles at

50c. and $1.00

›. over THREE-QUARTERS of a CENTURY

WILKINSON'SE

to highầy of 1-

ESSENCE OR FLING EXTRACT OF RED: SAMATOR.

SAR SAPARILLA

Pronounced by the HIGHEST MÉDICAL AUTHORITIES

THE SAFEST A

·MOST RELIABLE ALLEMEDY FOR

愈

WONDERFUL PURIFIER of the HUMAN BLOOD Torpid Liver. Debility, ERUPTIONS, &c? WILKINSON'S INDISPENSABLE TO

SARSAPARILLA ALL WHO VALUE HEALTH

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S

TELEGRAMS.

Reuter's Service to the Chino Mail,)

THE

GREAT BATTLE.

salient, exposed to a flank attack. from the new Germain line between the Ailette and the Aisne. Cone

It will be noticed that several of the sequently when the enemy pressure telegrame printed below have been began we retired gradually," Aglining"

BEWARE OF IMITATIONS AND SUBSTITUTES greatly delayed in transmission, rearguard actions, to a new line of We publish them in the order of defence inflicting the greatest their dispatch frðar "London. * possible logs. This operation which widen the base of the enemy suliánt · STORY OF THE BATTLE'S - PROGRESS-

AS. Watson' & Co., Hongkong, Dispensary,

Victoris Dispensary, & Queen's Dispensary.

TAIKOO DOCKYARD

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES -

-OF-EVERY DESCRIPTION

-THE THIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

OF HONGKONG LTD.

SERAMIC ADD.

ving

PRICKLY HEAT POWDER

in Boxes at

$1.00

FREPARED ONLY BY

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,

HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Telephonia 10.

PRICKLY HEAT REMEDIES.

Victoria Prickly Heat Lotion

The only Safe and Certain Cure.

30 cts. & $1.00 per bottlo..

Victoria Prickly Heat Powder. Gives immediate relief.

50 ots. &$1.00 per tin..

Talcum Powder, for Family use. Lavender, Lilac Violet, Carnation.

$1.00.

1-Ib. tins

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

32, Queen's Road Central.

Telephons 298.

DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO.

CHANDLER

HUDECE

AND OVERLAND MOTOR

CABR

BOLE DISTRIBUTORS FOR THE FAMOUS

TELIPHONE 482.

COME AND INSPECT

BOGAT

GRZT

HARLET DAVID JON FOTOR

CYCLES

BEST CARS IN THE COLONY FOR HIRE,

ail cars not already fall running at the THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Go., Ld.

time stated in the Company's time tables,

hat not for spoolal cara, can be obtained

on application at the Company's Ofoam)

Na Benson bloket will be issued, until mywent therefor, bes been made in Bank Notes or by Cheque or Compradore order

epresenting Bank Note

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON,

Geral imagers,

the late STEN TING

IVAQUIL

TERMS VERY MODERATE

Established 1883 “MANUFLUTURERS OF.

PURE Manila ROPE

4 STRAND

STRAND 1% to 18" CIBOUNTFREXCL.

GABLE LAID

5° to 15%.

3 to 10

Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 9,000 feet in length Sock, impler and full particules will be forwarded'in

Sh

Tomes & Go, General Ma

AGENTS BUTTERFIFO & SALLE

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD.

PORTLAND CEMENT

Chairs, of 375 Ius. mat.

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Bags-of- 250 lbs. nat.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGERS

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

·AND

GRILL ROOM

J. H TAGGARTIS

MANAGER

THE PEAK HOTEL.

1500 Feet above Sea Level.

Wus

effected practically...without casualties. Our troops on the right of the enemy's in advance are LONDON, May 81,

stoutly Bohling the plateaux west of p.m.

the Crise. Villey, between Saissone Reuter's Correspondent at the fund Hartennes. The Germans in French Headquarters, telegraphing the centre have not seriously to-day, says:-

pro

There is no sign of relation of On the right we are still vlwriding gressed during the last twelve hours. the German pressure. The enemy frinly the west and north Rheims, on the right, in spite of the most ound which the Germans now hold gallant resistance, was able to push almost a compete semi-circle. Od

out his line north; and sdith, ofi

Soissons astride the Asus In the whole the enemy bus guined. centre his

maced parties are nothing of importance in the whole battle-field in the list twelve hours. progressing. Along the whole front we are still holding in inferior num detachments of German infantry are

bis the enemy, on the whole front. Eltering steadily through the woods along the valleys wherever there is a

EXPECTATIONS: weak spot in the thinly-held French| line.

PARIS June I..

The ends are filled with refugees The morning papers regard the carrying Inusehold goods' on vehicles smptoms as more and more reassur of all descriptions. All wear & brate ing. The intentions of the enemy face and seem sinussed and interest-ure learer from his attempt to face: led by the sights. The enemy has westwards and push towards Paris. theen able to maintain his daily pro We yielded some ground belate this ges by constantly feeding the front new push, but hold fast on the Aisn with resh troops. Over 10 German and, the, Ourer Vigorous counter Dividons have been already.identi-attacks prelude the arrest of the fed. A larger number must have enemy advance. There was anima becu-"engaged. There was very tion in the Lobbies yesterday, the heavy fighting yesterday along the Deputies commenting in a pleased valley of the Crise. Attacks. and tone on nows brought by delegates. counter-attacks alternated across the from the fronts Details cannot be valley from east to west. A Divi-published for military reasons, but sion attacking this morning, dashed the delegates formed an excellent.

the valley and recaptured impression of the moms of the reg Berry-le-Sec and pushed on as far serves who are about to hurl thema- as Moyart on the east side of the selves at the invader? river. The Germans counter-attack- ed in great strength and, re-establish ed the line after very bitter äghting.. Further south in the region of Hartennes another battle is raging, the Germans being supported by numerous Tanks. Wherever there His a chance of wuccem we do not besitate to counter-attack against

neront

CONFIDENCE IN PARIS,

CHANGE IN THE SITUATION SHORTLY EXPECTED.

LONDON, June 6, 13.80 m. There is undiminished anxiety za

superior numbers, even though the garding the strategic situation of the conflict which is developing into. # utmost hope is to delay the enemy.

On the extreme right French and second battle of the Marne of far British gallantry is holding the line greater intersity than the first:

The newspapers frankly, recognise in front of Rheims. Yesterday, the French stormed and captured a group the extraordinary nature of the of hills north of Rheime, on the bank German military feats, but point of the Aisne, known as Courcy out that the Allies have an Bĉvan- Horserien, The French later were to-day compared with 1914. driven cut by a German counter There is no question now of the war attack, but achieved the object of ending by a single stroke in the

enemy's favour with the resources: gaining precious time,

One of the most memorable stories and resolution of Western. Civilisation of the battle is of three Frenchy batta- confronting the Germans, white there l'ous surrounded r Ailette Valley ons abundant evidence that the moral of both the Armies and the publio the morning of the 27th being cut

tage

off from the rest of the Army of Great Britain and France is un From, the first their position was shaken. This inspires confidence hopeless. They could neither be that the situation je nawise past

retrieving relieved nor helped. They sent a carrier pigeon. Muying they would The Pars evening newspapers do ret dany the extent of the danger, fight to the last. They must have but are confident that the stemy +

15 Minutes from Landing Stage. held out. 18 hours. The lust message furious efforts to abake the

Under the Management of

would fight to the end. Mrs. BLAIR.

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD,

~(NOW¬¬KICONSTRUCTED

TİNGINEERS A SHITBUILDERA, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and TRON FOUNDERS AL Tork done in this stablishabent la guaranizer Wahaxs

erer thirty yeach" experience. We'own two Blipways' and osm masommodate any craft of,900 feet long

Town Dice, 48, Comitume Boan Opstart, Hoogkong. Telephone No. 455. Shipyard Sham Sat Fo, Kerloon. Harstong

15 Hetimates furnished an application.

„Telephone Na,

WONG PING WAT

HOLDING THE ENEMY ON THE

WHOLE PHON

received on the afternoon of the 28th on the flanks will fail. They expect repeated, the assurance that they shortly a change, ja' the situ

when the Germans in enden to extend the bottle-front will forced to turn aside from the tral objective to engage, reserves, only a portion of who | have so far been eraployed.

great mass of reserves are, place positirns which enable them to dent at the a violent counter-stroke elegmphing papers point out that

tain positiona dot

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