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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1918.

三廿月七年八十壹百九千奎英

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BUSINESS NOTICES,

1918

Indian

MOTOR CYCLES

2) hip; of hip and 7-9 p ALEX. "ROS5 & 00,

Machinery Dept. Phona 27.

NOTICE.

NY BUROPEAN" Nen ASLATIU or A INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the bours of B AM to 1 F.3. and 27.3 30 4 7.3. dally,

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, who remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them solve under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916. Forme of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained as the G.P.O. and at sl Police Stations.

The Penalty for nos compliacco is a One pot sxseeding $50

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO

WHICH ARE FREYED THE, SHARES OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE)

COMPANY," Lo

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE 00.

TOTAL FUNDS at Slot Decamana, 1814,

£23,970,367.

TOTAL

1-Authorised Capital £6,000,000

Subscribed Capital £4,500,000

Paid-up Caprial £2,487, 600- II-Fire Fund... 4,537,047 III-Lite & Annuity Funds... 17,587,690

Sinti Fund Account.....

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Ravande Fire Brach.

Life and Annuity Branches... Revenge Marine Department.. Other Receipte

+

129 230

£23,970,367

9,141,693

397,239

+78,940

25.330,228

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet the chims under the respectiva Depart mente of the Company's Rusiness.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agents.

EAK TRAM WAYS

LIMITED.

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Further information, may be obtaine l'at the Company's Orricz, Hotel Mansions,

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[#imeral :Managers.

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CONDITIONS FAVOUBARLE THE CROWN PRINCE'S MISTAKE.

TO ALLIES.

Lossos, July 22,

4.30 a.m

LONDON, July 21, 11.20 p.m.

telegraphing

Beuter's Correspondent at French

A French communiqué states: Hendquarters

this

The battle continues under favor.afternoon, discussing the reason for fable conditions on the whole front the failure of the German offensive,

says the Crown Princo inadd a mis-... between the Marie and the Mise.

take by attacking on too, widè'a Our troops worth of the Cured aro

Font, · Hy ̃cpkulatul on a larger driving lack the

grey, who is

| munerifal superiority than be actu- striving to arrest our advance

We progressist in the fighting in ally sessed. II's plan was well- the region north of Ville Montoire,

Further guth we are asing Lenst thewey Tigny-Billy-sur-

Ourey Bine.

reised and worked out. The temains knew we expected either

retum to their original plan of

| dividing the French and British or

South of the Qure we use an attempt to uprth on Paris. big advance beyond Nolly St. Front The plan chosen would have meant and capturel the heights cast Croix and Grisolles.

THE CAPTURE OF CHATEAU THIERRY.

FALL OF PIVOT OF GERMAN FRONT. 、

Pants, July 21...

The rapture of Chateau Thierry registers the fall of one of the pivots of the German font between the Man and the Axe The other is Sissons, which is no longer safe.

Geoweb! De Beutti's Army entered] [ Chateau Thierry at dawn on the crony withdrew the pre-

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ļa substantial gain, material and

moral, which would have been meas inportant for the next blow exi Pris 16 had the advantage of sa offensive facing south and east, in- [stead of west.

General: Ludendorff" reckoned thist we would not be ready to get a Tarny which turned back on Paris.

ENEMY ON HORNS OF A

DILEMMA-

EITHER PUSH BACK THE FRENCH. OR RETIRE FURTHER..

Losnoy, July 217

0.45 plan!

zuen. The French pushed on north- westward and penetrated Entreply: The news received in London from

the Front this afternoon is better THE GERMAN RETREAT ON THE stil. The Germans are fisced with

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OF EFFECTIVE" (THOOPS,

PARIS, July 21.

Hack the French from Soissons in jolder fo sveure the railway for this purpose of supplying the advancos The Germans endeavoured to cover troops in the pocket between Rheins. their renat across the Marne by and Soissons, or to retire their fox.com painring out grase volumes of gus and further from the Marne, and thus opening & barrage of fire from the flatten out the salient.

The present line west of Rheins north bank

The Freneir replied with a terrible leaves the entry a slip of four miles fire and this ** squalls of shell, rain deep in the Marne valley on a of nagbine-gun bullets and the store 13-inile front. This is the enemy's. Joi Lainha", destroked the bridges, ole territorial gain since the offen- which were covered on both banks sive begun on the 15th, which was

purchased "at"cnomous losses. of the river with projectiles.

Further felt, strong enemy forces The energy lost 50 per cent, of h's effective, troips before he com-hold the north, bank of the riser, at pleted the eviculation of the south present preventing the French from Crossing. The enemy only succeded bank.

in grossing by sacrificing his rear- guards.

ENEMY'S TERRIBLE DAYS SOUTH OF THE MARNE.

Brez.

The French hold the heights". around Chateur Thierry. They are thus enabled to dominate a large. In the Ouren valley the French reached Ouchy-le-Chateau, further endangering the enemy u the Marne, wh

LONDON, July 21, 5.15, p.m Renter's Correspondent at French Headquarters, telegraphing at 8 o'clock, this morning, says:—

The latest reports state that the The eight enemy, Divisions which

French here advanced between six, crossed to the south bank of the

and nine miles. The enemy w Maine were never able to cross the

sorely pressed. Frantic attempts at hills overlooking the river from the

acounter-attack with fresh troops. south. Song of those who lived to re-trees the river will forget the five lid not succeed in loosening the French grip on the railway and roada. terrible days they spent south of the The envy appears to have, iar Mure. The groud, they held was overlooked everywhere by French corporated a new army between the

Murne and the Aisne,

the staff of and Amerieur, attilley observers which is enroposed of officers from Enclosed in a narrow space between Ukraine, whose Staff work indicates the

river and the hills, they offered slackness and disorganised effort asure target to our artillery.

For fol and munitions they de- pended on the transport across the bridges, which were constantly shell- ed and also regularly bombed by French and British armen. They were heret able to bring across any

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HONGKONG POLICE "RESERTE:

Orders mod by Mr. F.-C. Tanklag

• D.S.F. (B.);

-SEASON BUPERVISORS. Owing to the superiority of our

Search Supervising duties are suspend artillery they found themselves ned until farther orders. Search supervi the same position as the Austrians sore will be at once warned to report for duty at Central, both Shifts. Uim dd on the south bank of the Piave this duty caps without cuvein (and nut Their communications were unger helmets) will be wonder

DAGA BIRENGTH. tain and unsale and their losses from

P.640.0.borne la invalided out. artillery fire were startling.

Cvent of the total strengtir of Tome units were casualties.