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1845

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1918,

午戊次歲年七國民中

BUSINESS NOTICES,

W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

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

Passports or identification papers. All SERVICE oF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO. LTD.

persons, with cartais exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them- salves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916. Fors of Registration giving the particulare required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at sil Police Stations.

The Penalty for pen compliance is a Bae not expecting 350

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE. INSURANCE CO

WHICH ARE VREVED THE BAREY OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMTATY, IAD.,

And

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NTAL FUNDS AT SLET Becamex, 1914,

TOTAL £23.070,987

I-Authored Capital £5,000,000.

Eubscribed Capital £4,500,000

Paid-up Capital £2,497,500

III-Is& Annuity Funds... 17,567,590

Il-Fire Funds

3,637,047

Binking Fand Account

198,230

€29,970,387

Rerous Fire Bianchi

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£2,391,456 Tate and Annuity

9,141,593 Branzbes....name Berenne Marine Department... $37,239 Other Rescipta

478,940

£6.338,228

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invented, and, by Act of Parliament are set aside to meet the slaims under the respectire Depart meats of the Company's Busineen.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

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THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S

TELEGRAMS.

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AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE

ARRESTED.

ORIGINAL BRITISH FRONT LINE RE-ESTABLISHED.

HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES,

LONDON, June 10,

7.55 p.m.

THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE,

ENEMY EJECTED FROM A VILLAGE.

Tapox, June 17.

A French communiqué szutea:- In the Weevre region the enemy's. this monting obtained a footing. in the village of Xiry, from where by a

A British official report from the counter-attack the enemy was driven- Italian Front states:-

A pocket of the British Fiant was cleared of the enemy during the

cut, losing sour prisoners.

night and early this morning, and FIGHTING, IN AMERICAN SECTOR

ENEMY ATTACKS BROKEN.

we are now re-established on the original front Brie. We took over 350 prisonets, two mountului guns und 弥 anskrible mumber of machine-guns.

Lostos, June 17.

An American Ecial report states: We repulssel, with severe enemy

Early on the lath, when the attacks, an attack in Wouvre, taking

was launched, invaluable nas stal some prisene IN,

by infantry and artillery was in- mediately provided by the Italians on the left, which was largely re- sponsible for bringing the Austrian infilution to an immediate halt.

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THE HONGKONG HOTEL

AND

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No Besson ket will be issued, until payment therefor has been made in Bank Notes me by Chege or Compradore order

epresenting Bank Note.

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places along the Five, the castern fort of the Monte Bello heights unl Fustride, the valley of the Brenta..

Three further ceroplanes were destroyed.

ENEMY ADMITS LOBS OF CAPTURED TERRITORY.

AUSTRIANS CLAT 10,000 PŘIŠONERS.

PRINCE SCHONBURG

WOUNDED.

Lexpos, June 18. A wireless Austrian official message

Matex:-

We broke up two attacks in thr region of Chateua Thierry.

There was very active reciprocul- artillery, firing in the regions of Chateau Thierry and Picurdy.

QUIET ON BRITISH FRONT.

Losnov,“Jude 165) Field-Mushal Sir Douglas Hair atutes there is nothing to report..

ACTIVITY IN THE AIR.

ENEMY TARGETS STRAFED.

Lospo June 16. Field Marshal, Sir Douglas Haig, porting on ariat cn, sys

We dropped 10 tons of bone at day time and nine ton at night-time on Satmilay on targets, including the Estaires und Arbentieres milway stations and the Bruges locks."

We broke in the gemy's lines on and drove down two.

We brought down three machinee

the plates of the Seven Corumthes and "also crossed the Piave. •

Our prisoners, so far?- number | 10,000 Italians, British and French! und a considerable number of gins.

LONDON, June 17. A wireless Austrian official report xtates-

No. British machine is missing.

SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RAID.

LONDON, June 17. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports

We, took a few prisoners in u We captured the enemy position on successful taid, castward of Armas, the Piave and astride the Odergo and repulsed an attempted rund Treviso Railway on a broad front.. the neighbourhod of Givenchy,

We took possession of the defen The enemy heavily bombarded our eive works on the eastern edge of positions, north-westward of Albert, Montelly and penetrated the high for a short period during the night- roud..

Prince Schonburg was wounded by

a 'shell.

We took 10,000 prisoners on Pisve uk captured 50 guns

In our first assault untride: the Brenta we penetrated the third enemy position, capturing 8,000 pri

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We partially maintained our guins Tho

enemy re-captured the Raniero Mountain, to the cast of the French and formed us to evenste portion of the capture temfory of the Seven Corninunes, “

We captured Dossonlto, near the Rivu, and stored Dorno do Cavento, in, thé Adamello region

AUSTRIAN NATAL PROJECT DEFEATED.

ROME, June 17 The formal Italia says the Aus- trian Naval Division, which Captain

GERMAN, REFORT**

LONDON, June: 16% · A wireless Gernaðu official meskige states:-

We repulsed English local attacks, which entered our foremost lines, westward of Locon

We repulsed enemy attacks at Donmaiers and Villers Cotterets.

TROOPS FROM AMERICA.

ARRIVALS ECLIPSE ALL RECORDS.

LONDON, June 17. The Morning Post states the ar rivals of American troops during the past few days have eclipsed all re- cords, and, considered purely as a feat of shipping movements sergs the Atlantic, it is chiprecedented in mercantile anal

The week-end scenes in one port Rizzo broke up, when he torpedoed were acting dip after ship

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