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1843

霖八月七年八十盛百九千奎英

HONGKONG, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1918-

午戊次歲年七國華中

1918

Indian

MOTOR CYCLES

ghb.p. of hp and 1-0 b.p. -

ALEX. BOSS & CO

Machinery Dept. Phone 37.

THORNE'S

BUSINESS NOTICES

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

No. 4.

SCOTCH WHISKY.

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SOLE AGENTS:

A. S. WATSON & Co, Ld.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, ~

HONGKONG

TEL. $16.

NOTICE.

NY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC or INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of 8 to 1 P.M. and 2 PM to F. daily.

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, whc remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them- melve ander the REGISTRATION of

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.

KOWLOON BAY.

Steam and Motor Vessels,

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

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANPON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMIT'F'D.

HONGKONG - CANTON LINE.

Sailings-To Canton daily at 3 a.m. (Sundays excepted) and 10 p.m. From Canton daily st 9 8.m. (Sundays excepted) and 4 p.m.

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

HONGKONG-MAÇAO LINE.

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

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

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

PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916. Forms Farther, information may be obtained at the COMPANY'S OFFICE, Hotel Blansions,

the particulars

of Registration Eivained at the G.F.O.

required may be

Bad at al Police Stations.

The Penalty for ton compliance is a

Aine not exceeding $60,

NORTH BRITISH MERCANTILE

INSURANCE CO.

WHICH ALX VERIX THE HARKS OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LTD.,

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE CO.

TOTAL FUNDS AT 1ST BEcensen, 1914,

£99,970.36%

1-Authorised Capital £8,000,000

Subscribed Capital £4,500,000

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

LI-Firs Funds,

TI-Tile & Annuity Funds... 17,567,890

Binking Fand Account ..............

3,837,047

198,230

£23,970,367

Royston Fire Branch... £2,387,45€

"F

Life and Annuity

Branches............ Revente Marina Department... Other Receipts

2,141,589

adver

937,299 478,940

*25.330.098

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separataly invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet the same under the respective Depart ments of the Company's Business.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Atenti

PRAK TRAMWAYS

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS

COMPANY,

10 minutes.

7.00a.m. to 8.00 ...Erny 15 minutes. 8.00. be 10.00 a.m... Kvery 10 minutos. 10.00am to 11.00 ...Every 15 minutes. 11.30am to 12.45 p.m...Every 15 minutes.

1.15 p....Every 12,48 p.m. to

1.15 p.m. to 1.15 p.m... Every 15 minutes. 1.45pm, to 2.16 p....Every 10 minutes. 2.16m. to 5.00 p.m...Every 15 minalas, 6.00p.m. to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minutes,

NIGHT CARS.

8.50 p.m. and 9 p.m., 9.30 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. overy half hour.

·11.00 p.m. to 11.46 p.m. every quarter of

an bour.

7.30 a..

BONDAYS. 8.00.m. to 10,30 m...Every 15 minutes 10.30am to 11.00a.m...Every 10 minates. 11.30.m. to 12 Nooa....Every 15 minutes. 12.00 ton to 100p.m... Every 10 minutes. 15 muter 1.00pm to 5.30 p.m...vary 6.30pm to 8.00p.m...Every 10h malzubelski 6.00pm. be 6.87 p.m...Ere 7 ibminutos. 8.30pm. to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minutes, FIGHT CARS on Wook Days.

SATURDAYS

Extra Cer st 12 midnight. SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Office, ALEXANDRA "BUILDINGS" De Vosur Road Omiral,

Besson and punch tickets available for alicia not already full ranting at the imo stated in the Company's time tables, bat act for spesial cara, `cao. be" obtained on spplication at the Company's Of No Baton ticket will be inmiód until payment therfor kan been marle in Bank: Rotes or by home or Compradora orter representing Bank Note.

JOHN I HUMPHREYS & SON,

Hoera! Manoperi

TANG TUK DESTINE, FOCUSESOT

the Inte JIEN TING,

14 D'AOUTLAR STREIT.

TERMS VERY MODERATE..

Ducaniation free

or from Mears. Turs. Cook & Sos. Bocking Agenta. Hongkong.

BY APPOINTMENT.

WATSON'S

REGISTERED.

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PYERIS.

An exact reproduction of a well-know}).

BUSINESS NOTICES

TAIKOO DOCKYARD

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION) •

+

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AGENTS:- BUTTECHELD A SUCCE

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PRICE 3.00 Per Month

THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

1 Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

AMERICAN TRANSPORT

SUNK.

NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD.

SIX OF THE CREW MISSING.

WasHisetos, July 6.

The transport Corington, foretly the 15,000 tonner Hamburg-American line: Cincinnati, has been sunk in the war zone.

Six of the grow ấy müssing,

· There were no passengers on board.

"GERMANY CAN HAVE

PEACE TO-MORROW."

MR. LLOYD GEORGE ON KAISER'S DISAPPOINTMENTS.

ADDRESS TO AMERICAN TROOPS.

LONDON, July 5. Reuter's Correspondent' at Azneţi- can Headquarters, telegraphing on the 5th, says:

Mr. Lloyd George, addressing the review,

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD. American troops after

Spa at half the price. PORTLAND CEMENT

Blends perfectly with Spirits, especially Whisky.

"

"A little learning is a dangerous thing, Drink deep or touch not the Pyerian Spring, There shallow drifts intoxicate the Brain And drinking deeply sobers us again”—Pope.

Pints 90 cts. Per Doz. Splits 60

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

AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS

BLUE

BIRD

CONFECTIONERS

CATERERS ICE CREAM PARLOUR.

UNIG SRIS

HOT and COLD

DRINKS.

DEALERS IN-

aimbal's and Orange

Blossom

American Chocolates.

Assorted Fancy Cakes

Oto PUNT OFFICE BUILDING,

Queen'a. Baal & Peddler Street,

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

GRILL

THE

AND

ROOM

J. H. TAGGART

MANAGER

PEAK HOTEL.

1,500 Feet above Sea Level.

15 Minutes from Landing Stage. Under the Management of

GRAND

Mrs. BLAIR.

HOTEL.

A First-class and sp-to-date Hotel, our teatral mention is thische laity of all the principal Валка Noted for the best food, Befreshments, accmarzodation and Chuden. Caldes under European Bupsetipicuí

A Brise Biring Orchestra fenders sele-tions frame 100-P.. to h Special monthly terms for residents and for Shipping People.

For further particulars apply:

Telephone No. 137.

ARLTON HOTEL.

CARLTON

W. BARKER,

Mazinger Telegraphis Address "COMFORT.

(THE ONLY AMERICAN HOTEL IN THE COLONE) ICE HOUSE STREET.

Under American Management.

Nice and quiet yet only low minutes walk from the Banks and Central. District. 43 Bedrooms, Excellent Cuisine Sea pulsuly Clean Moderate Terns. Monthly and Failly Bateson application to the Proprietress:

-Launches Meat Passenger Banta Telegraphic Address CABLION.

TAFE CAMERON,

Gasks of 375 lbs. net.

In Bags of 250 lbs, net.

GENERAL MANAGERS

uid: "Germany can have peace to-morrow with the United States, Frince and Great Britain if she accepts the conditions voiced by President Wilson yesterdays, but the Kaiver and his advisers have hot given any sign of their intention to [accept them."

Mr. Lloyd George further said.. Your presence is a source of great | disappointment to the Kaiser, who never quite expected you. The Kaisers advisers counselled

SUCCESSFUL RAID BY FRENCH.

LONDON, July 6,

A French communiqué reports - Moderate reciprocal artillery Bring ia mare lively south of the. Aisne, particularly in the regions of Cutry and Moat Gobert We carried out a mid west of Bussaines and brought back- prisoners.

541'S- +

BRITISH - AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY.

LONDON, July & The Air Ministry's official report On the morning of July A, aeroplanes heavily attacked the railway station at Cohleaz. Observation was difficult awing to the clouds. We also succ fully attacked Sharbrucken, where as Trought down one of the attacking aeroplanes and drove down another. All our machines returned.

'NAVAL AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS.

LONDON, July

The Admiralty states that during tha 1st, 2nd and 3rd July, aeroplanes dropped fifteen and a half to of bombs. Fires were started at Eriages and alsa at Vaissonaire aerodrome. Barts" were observed among the sheds, hangars and warehouses and on Mariaeter aerodrome, also on the lock-grates at Zeebrugge and on sheds and warehouse on the quay at Ostend.

OUR AERIAL SUPREMACY.

ANXIETY AND ALARM THROUGHOUT GERMANY,

LONDON, July 6

This has been a week of intense air fighting, the outstanding fea ura of Thiet era the abnormally high per- him rentage of German machines destroyed

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. badly when they said that America by the British, and the increasingly would never come into the wards over Germany whose larger and menseing portent of the British air His next illusion was that, owing to more distant cities are now in constant submariniem, there would be no fear of attack. This is occasioning a ships. The Kaiser is now beginning rapidly spreading feeling of anxiety ind to realise that detest, sure, certain alarm throughout Germany.

The new British Independent Flying and inevitable, is aaring hina in the Force is especially conspicuous by a series of beavy and telling blows against big industrial centres in the Rhine provinces.

YEE SANG FAT CO.

Fine Gauze Underwear

Price $1.25 each and up

Also

WELL-KNOWN

B. V. D. Underwear

Price $1.00 each,

YEE SANG FAT CO.,

-Tel: 1355.

34, Queen's Road Central.

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THE WESTERN-FRONT.

BRITISH CAPTURE PRISONERS.

LONDON, July 5 Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig Freports: Feve

The number of prisoners captured in the. operations on July 4 on the Somme and in subsequent German counterattacks exceeds 1,500, including

40 officers.....

There is hostile, artillery firing at Scherpenberg.

PATROL ENCOUNTERS.

Los N, July 6. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hig reports”.

aptured a few prisoners in patrol Fencounter in the neighbourhood of

Ypres.

Hostile artillery active betreca Villers Bretonneux and the Anero

SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERATION BY AEROPLANES. -

LONDON, July 5. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporting on aviation, says:——

Aeroplanes, co-operated successfully in the stack on July 4, southward of the Somme, "by hearily bombing: the German positions throughout on the presious night and by machine-gunning. and bombing, from for altitudes, erdmy | troops and transports during the mutual

operation.

Naval airmen have also vigoreusly and daringly engaged in offensive operations against vital enemy des stations on the Belgian coast.

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

NEW CENTRES OF ENEMY RESISTANCE BROKEŃ.

Lospos, July 4*

An Italian official message states:- On the lower Five, having topuksed violent counter-attack, we destroyed new centres of the enemy's resistance. We considerably extender our occupa tion south-eastward of Chies Nuova and northward of Cava Zuccherina, aking 419 priaquers, a battery of six howitzer and many machine-guns.

We penetrated the enemy positions north-eastward of Grappa

We repulsed two counter attacks on with bayonet and bomb, and inflicting the Asiago Plateau, engaging the enemy

severe losses.

The British destroyed a post at Cabove.

SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON TURKE BY HEDJAZ ARABS..

LONDON, June 6 A official message says — The Haljuz Arabs attacked and ap turud KalsieAhmar as the 28th June and took 60 prisoners.

ARMENIAN TROOPS OCCUPY ERIYAK.

Twenty-five

TIFLIS, July thousand Armenia troops are occupied Erivan.

Wo destroyed machines and dive. down 10 out of control. Four British machines engaged in 1but area are missing. All those engaged or other parts of the Front returned..

We dropped 331 tons of low on STATEMENT BY THE ENTENTE July and on the night of July 4 and 5.

A GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, July 5.

THE LIMBURG RAILWAY: TRAFFIC.

POWERS.

THE HAGUE, July 5. The Allied Legatione have issund & statement emphasising that the assodat i ed Powers nere contemplated conceding the transit of military Supplies on the

▲ wireless. Gern official message Southward of the Somme the enemy paustrated the village, and wood of Limburg Lailway. Hemak. Our counter-attack fratrated hin kotack eastwärd si Hamel. -

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