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The China Mail.

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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1918.

BUSINESS NOTICES

1918

Indian

MOTOR CYCLES 3).. 6 h.p. and 7:0-b.p ALEX HOSS & 00.- Machinery Dept. 'Phone 87.

午戊歲年七國民華中

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

THE GREAT BATTLE.

FINE WORK BY AMERICANS.

NOTICE.

ANY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC 01 A INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours 8AM to 17.3. and £r.x. to 4 „P..

of

daily

Applicants will be required to produes

or identifestion papers." All persons, with certain exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them- selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916: Forms qt Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Folice Staticos.

The Penalty for non compliance is a fine not exceeding $50,

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO..

WHICH ARE VINTED THE: CHARES or THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LTD.,

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE Co

TOTAL FUNDS AT 318 UZCzmazn, 1914,

£93.970,387,

I-Authorised Capital £8,000,000- Subscribed Capits £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital 2,437,500 3,837,047 -Life & Annuity Funds... 17,867,690 128,230 Sinking Fund Acquent ...

£23,970,367

Revenue Fire Branch £2,381,456

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"试一月八年八十查百九千春英

BUSINESS NOTICES.

W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS,

KOWLOON BAT

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Steam and Motor Vessels,

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

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS.

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

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

Sailings-To Cunton daily at 8. a.m. (Sundays excepted) and 10 p.m. From Canton daily at 9 a.m. (Sundays excepted) and 4 p.m. SERVICE OF THE HONG KONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO. LTD. HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.

Sailicgs:

$48.9, "BUÍ AN" to Macao daily at 8 am. (Sundays' 9 a.m.).

R.S. SUI TAI" to Macao daily at 9 pm. (Sundays excepted). s.s. "SUL AX7from Macao daily at 2 p.m. (Sundays 3. p.m.)... S.S. SCI TAI" From Macao daily, at 7:30 ap. (Sundays excopted).

fe xad Annalty 2,141,699 Further information may be obtained as the Costrar's Ormuz Botel Mansions.

or from Messrs: Tes. Cook & Sos. Booking Agents, Hongkong.

Brandlies.......tasa Revenue Marine Department.... Other Receipts

$37,239 478,940

£5,$39.99

"The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invented, and, by Act of Parliament, are But aside to weet the claims under the respectiva Depart ments of the Company's Busices.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agenti,

PEAK

TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LBITED.

TIME TABLE.

**WEEK DATE

7.00a.m. to 9.00. m...Every 15 minutes. 8.00a.m. to 10.00 a. m... Every 10 minob 10.00a.m. tc 11.00 a.m...Every 15 molantos, 11.90m. to 12.45 p.m...Every 15 minutes, 12.45p.m. to 1.16 p....Every 10 minutes. 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 1 45 p.m. to 2.15 p.m...Every 10 miondes. 2.15 p.m. tc 5.00 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 6.00 p.m. to 8.00p.m...Every 10 miuntos,

NIGHT CARS

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

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

7.30 a.m.

in boar.

SUNDAY

8.00 to 1.0.3 ... Every 15 minutes 10.90.m. to 11.00 ....Every 10minator." 11.30a.m. bo 12 Neon....Every 15 alantes. 12.00 noon to 1.00 p.m...Every 10 minuter. 1.00 p.m to 5.30 p.m...Every 15 minate. 6.30p.m. to 8.0 p.m...Every 10mfoster. 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m...Every 15minutes. 6.90 p.m. to 8.0)....very 10 minuter. NIGHT CARS 1 on Week Daya.

SATURDAYE

Extri Cer at 12 midnight. SPECIAL DARS by arrangementai the Company's Offics, Alexandra BUILDINGS' Des Voeux Road Central

Semon and peach tickets avaliable for all ears not already full running at the ime stated in the Company's time tables, bat not for special care, can be obtained on application at the Company's Office- No Bosson ticket will be issued until payment therefor has been made in Bank Notes or by Cheqta er Compradore orde! representing Bank Note.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

Gewal Managers. '

METEOR CARACE

Sole distributors of

MAXWELL CARS. Automobiles for Hire and

for Sale

at reasonable Price,

Phone 2500.

66 Des Voeux Road Central

PANG YUK DErvist, suocessor of

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TERMS VERY MODERME

Coomaltation Lean

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CEASELESS FIGHTING ON AUSTRALIANS CAPTURE MERRIL

AMERICAN FRONT

il CHAORIN OF THE PRUSSIAN GUARD'S.

Losnos, July 31. Renter's Correspondent at Ameris egn Headquarters, cabling on Ts day afternoon, says: -

LONDON, July 30.. Ficht-Marstal Sir Douglas Hive- reporting last night, says:

The Australian First Division patruls who entered the German) positions about Merris successfully established themselves eastwards of the village, which they surrounded There was cuseless fighting on the and captured, taking 180 prisotine"=" American Trout yesterday in which and a number of trench-mortars and Fitzl detual progress was possible, įunchine-guns. Our casualties were the enemy resisting, most deters remarkably light,

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inedly and bringing up iresh Putrols ruptured prisoners in the troops: but though this delayed usNieppe Firest sector.

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AIR-RAIDS ON GERMANY."

for a day, the enemy,, jis mulikely There is great hostile artillery Ering to stand this side of the Veste. The against dur new positions at Merris. Tenemy's machine-gun firing sturely | ceused the whole of yesterday. It wes plain that the Chuss bivision was bitterly chugrines at the loss Bi Sergy the previous evening after re- taking it four times. Therefore it was not surprising when they re- attacked at dawn, supported by gun- fire which compelled the defenders | of Sergy to withdraw across the river, The enemy was permitted a few unattacked the railway stations af

TOWNS ATTACKEĎ VIGOROUSLY.

Loxpox, July 80%-

The Air Sinister stated :----

On the night of the 20th we

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PORTLAND CEMENT

In Casks of 375 lbs. net.

In Bags of 250 lbs. net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGERS

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Go., LJ.

Established" 1883 MANUELUTURELS OF

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: 3" to 10"

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Oh Drilling Cables of any size tip to 3,000 feet in length

Prices, stopley and fall particular will be forwarded on application te

Shewan, Tomes & Co. General Managers. Hongkong,, April 11, 1912.

MACARONI, PASTE STARS,

...

EGG NOODLES, VERMICELLI, AND ALL KINDS-OF SOUP STUFFS,

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Į which an American attack drove out We abis attacked" Stuttgart and the Guards who apparently were Solingen, and borübed and machine shaken, for few renale to face the gunned three nerodromes and mmer-t? hayumet.

ous ground targets.

2.Then an attack developed at Sør- We also bombed the railway hges which the eneiny held in great station of Offenburg during the day strength-with-nuchine-gun-nests on for the 20th with good Tysuits either side of the village. The We shot down three aeroplanes Americans formed up in the open and one other out of control. Ouer ground south of the Oure which British machine is unissing.

ENGLAND'S CONTRIBUTION IN THE WAR.

7 PER CENT. OF TROOPS SUPPLIED BY BRITISH ISLES

Taxbox, July 30.

was swept by a terrible fire, yet they gelsunced very steadily, und forded the rivers it on rude. It was Jan astounding performance for troops so recently blooded. The men steud- ily climbed the slopes, silenced soc. cessively Berpuin machine-gun nests, And swept on to the top of the hill. and stormed the village. A fierce There was no asking Ffight ensued. for giving quarter. The enemy wala speech at Kew, said that out f stout-hearted. Very few fed to the 7,500,000 soldiers contributed by the Forest of Nesles. The remaindex Empire the British Isles supplied 75- were buried in the village,

per cent., incluxling 4,500,000 from The final success of the day was England alone. The tonnage of the the exposure of the hill above Sergy, British Navy is now over 6,000,000" re-establishing the Une.. The Forest compared with 4,000,000 in August, of Nesles, lying right ahead of the 1914.

•

The Rt. Hon. W.-F. Massey, int

advuheg, will take some clearing. The prmonnel of the Navy met Prisoners state that most elaborate 420,000 compared with 145,000 iz preparations have been made to hold | Algust, 1914.

it..

The enemy is still retrunting, but it is plain there is slow work before

ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS..

VERY LIMITED SUCCESS.

Lospex, July 81, * 1.10 am.

Five hundred and sixty-seven steumers were continually employed in carrying troops and stores to the Annies in Eruce and in the

A DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF FOOD PRODUCTION,

LONDON, July 30, The From Bureau announces that Sir Charles Fielding has been ap On the right bank of the Oure pointed Director-General of Foo

A French comuniqué engs--

we advanced to the north-east of Production.

ALL our Pastes bear the Rouster" label and are made from Flour of the Best

a were in-Turtlesin, Quality containing a large percentage of Gluten. Starch and Gluten are the Stage.triment than Starch. Manufactured under the most sanitary conditions:

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Telephone No. 197.

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In the region of Sergy our guins!

were maintained, despite an enemy conterattack.

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South-west of Bheins the enemy

Site Exphrive, resulting in only BY THE ADMIRALTY?

TO LINK FORTH AND CLYDE.

PROPOSED NEW CANAL DESIRED

slight enemy advance west of Sainte Euphraise. All attempts to capture this village failed.

BRITISH AYTATION WORK.

ENEMY MACHINES,

DESTROYED

An Interesting article, by Captain G. S f. Swintop appens in the "Nineteenth Caditury,advocating in ship canal ber tween the Forth and the Clydes. The canal is advocated both as being desired by the Admiralty, and as very necessary for merchant shipping

The author states that the distance between Glasgow and London by se would be

255 miles

abe Newcastle

tween wond

and between Glasgow and Hamburg by

There are tog 380 miles

are two alternative sebes

soy, July 30. Field Marshal Sir Juglas Huig under consideration and the estimate

cost of the cheaper, and in the epim reporting un aviation, suya

of the anther the better. scheme Despite a must, we dropped eleven be £23,000,000, Captain Swintori tons of bombs ta dun and billets see the great opportunity that Wo bo opened for new manufacturing. tów and destroyed 14 heisplanes, Two, on the banks of the canal

British machines are in sing Wely planned and laid out from the com

mencement, encli-with its, arlent bombed Buy onl Bongue, diting | belt for the production of: food

wiiki, provida" splet Shinestre inbabitahu,

settlements for the people,

biseigib

turned.