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MUMEYA

Jaganmå e ? hat 51 maben:

X kinds of Photographla

Work done in latent styles

Also Passport Photos,

Developlag and Printing fo

Xmateurs's Speciality,~

Hola, Queen's Road Central

Tal. L

No 17 293.

NOTICE..

The China Ittail.

ANY EUROPEAN Non ABTATIO dega

INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should appblic person at the

Central Police Station between the hours of 9 AM to 1 rar, qui J-punto di rimta dially

Applicante will be required to produce Paporta, or identification papers. Ali 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 1918., Forms of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non complianca is a Ane not exceeding $80

NORTH BRITISH 2 MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.

WHICH AR VERNED THE SHARES OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

CORTASTY, LED.. yand

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANUS DO

TOTAL

FENDE AT SİST UXCRÉBIK,, 1914,

£23,870,367.

1-Authored Capital £5,000,000

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Subscribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital, 437,500 II-Pire Fund... 3,837,047 III-Life & Annuity Fands... 17,607,090 128,530 Sinking Fond Acconak ...................

E33,970,567

Revenue Fire Branch

誠七十月八年八十叠百九千叠英

ESTABLISHED

1845

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918.

BUSINESS NOTICES

W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

What is

AJENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS,

KOWLOON BAY,

Steam and Motor Vessels;

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

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO

STEAMERS.

BUSINESS NOTICES

WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION for

·午戊夫歲年七國民中

over THREE-QUARTERS of a CENTURY

WILKINSON'S

• 100 highly of

́ESBENOR.... OR, FLUID 'EXTRACT OF RES

SARSAPARILLA

brenounced by the, KranEST. MÅLIGAAN-AUTHORITIES,

TEL. DAFEST: 35

WONDERFUL PURIFIER of the HUMAN BLOOD

Torpid Liver. Debility, ERUPTIONS, & WILKINSON'S INDISPENSABLE TO

SARSAPARILLA ALL WHO VALUE HEALTH BEWARE OF IMITATIONS AND SUBSTITUTES

TALL AUKINITY, VAN

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, INTON & MAGAD STEAMBOAT

CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITEDRA

HONGKONG - CANTON LÍNE, vfølel Sailings-To Canton daily at 8 a. (Sundays excepted) and 10 p.m. From Canton daily at 9 am (Sundays excepted) and

་ ་ ་ ་

molti data

SERVICE or THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD HONGKONG-MAÇÃO LINE. Sailings:-.9. "SUI AN to Maca daży at 8 a.m. (Sundays. 9 a.m.).

8.3. "SUI TAI to Maing daily at 2 pm. (Sundays excepted), 8.5. "SUI AN" from Marap dally at 4 p.m. (Sundays 3 p. 8.8. "SUI TAL" from Maen daily at 7.30 am. (Sundays excopted).

£1,458 Further information may he obtained at the Company's Ornicz, Botel Mansions, Life and Ananity,

2,141,593

or from Messrs. Tabs Cook & Sps. Booking Agents, Bocgkong. Branche.....mak Rerensa Marine Department... 397,939 Other Receipta

478,940

£1.338.008

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branchen are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, ara aet aside to meet the daims-auder the respective Popart ments of the Company's Business

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agewa

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE

WEEK DAYS

7.00a.m. to 8.00a.m...Every 15 mints. 8.00.50 10.00 ... Every 10 miante, 10.00 to 11.00 ... Every 15 minutes, 11.30am to 12.40 p.m...Every 15 mlaws. 12.45 p.m. to 1.16 p.Every 10 minutes, 1.15 p.m. to 1.46 pm...Every 15 ming toe. 1.45 p.m. to 2.15 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 2.15 p.m. to 5.00 p.m...Every 15 mlaaim. 5.00p.m. to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minutes. NIGHT CARS.

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

11.00pm to 11.45 p.m. every quarter of

La hoor.

7.30 am.

"SUNDATI.

25 mirab

8.00a.m. to 10.30 am... Every 13 minute. 10.30 am to 11.00a.m...very 10 minutes. 11.30m. to 19 Noon....Every 15 minutes. 12.00 noon to 1.00 px...Every 10 main bee.

1.00 pm to 5.30 p.m...Every 5.30 p.m. to 8.00 pm...Every 10 minutes. 8,00 pm to 8.30 p.m. Every 15 maybe. 6.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minuta, NIGHT CARS on Wook Days,

ŠATUEDATE

Extra Car at 12 midnight. SPEOLAL CARS by arrangement at tha Company's Office, AIKKANIRA BUTEDthan' Dea Vaaz Road Central

Season and panich tickets available for

all cars not already fall running as the

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KALOTHERMINE.

A SAFE AND SIMPLE APPLICATION.

Ypi

HAS BEEN USED WITH CONSPICUOUS SUCCESS IN THE. TREATMENT OF PNEUMONIA BRONCHITIS, SPRAINS," BRUISES, BOILS, BURNS, AND IN ALL INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS WHERE LOCAL TREATMENT IS REQIRED.

باز امام

ANTISEPTIC AND ANTIPHLOGISTIC.

Easy to use and Entirely supersedes the old fashioned LINSEED POULTICES, BLISTERS, PLASTERS, Etc.

SOLE, AGENTS :-

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

THE

ime stated in the Company's time table 203 97

but not for special cars, can be obtained

on application at the Company's Office- **No' Season ticket will be issued until payment therefor has been made in Bank Notes or by Obozus or Compradore order representing Back Note.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON,

General Managers.

METEOR GARAGE

Bole distributors of

MAXWELL CARS.

Automobiles for Hire and for Sale reasonable

Price

Phone 2500.

65. Des Voeux Road Central.

HONGKONG and CHINA..

HONGKONG HOTE

RAND AND GRILL ROOM

J..H. TAGGART

MANAGER.

THE PEAK HOTEL.

1,500 Feet above Sea Level.

Hanks,

15 Minutes from Landing Stage. Under the Management

innon previne gid@Mr3:0 BLAIR.

GRAND

of-

HOTEL.

Fil-class and up-to-date fetal, most restral orallon will be vicinity of all the paripal

Noted for the beat-Food, Badredhots, Acromodation sad, Chalinow

Cuisiner. Zuropean Saperators, p A Brat-c String Orchestra renders selections from 8.30 9.3. 14113) M Special monthly terms for residents and for Shipping People,

W. BARKER, For further particulars apply:

Manager legraphic. Address COMFORT.

Telephone No. 197,

ARLTON HOTEL

[230

CARI

TANG YUK DET,ocessor of

Fate SIEN TING,

14, D'AQUILAN BIZKRZ...

UERY MODERAFT:

(ONLY AMERICAN HOTEL IN THE COLONY.)

ICE HOUSE STREET

Under Americad Management

Nice and quiet yet only a few minutes walk from the Banks and Central District 43 Bedrooms, Excellent Cuisine, Scrupulously Clean. Moderate Terms. Monthly and Family Rates on application to the Proprietress.

launches bleet sasenger Boats Telegraphic Addresa "CARLTON..

MÉS. FE CAMERON.

..

aon? & Co., Hongkong, Dispensary.

Victoria. Dispensary, & Queen Dispensary.

TAIKOO DOCKYARD

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES

"OF EVERY DESCRIPTION-

THE THIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY →

HONGKONG LTD, OH Mi ten

→TELEGRAPHIC

AGENTS: Sutterfeld & SwLRE

LIVER AIDS.

1918

Indian

-MOTOR CYCLES

Sth.p... od b.p. and 7:0 h-p- ALEX. ROSS. & CO., Machinery Dept. Thons: ST.

PRICE $3.00 Per Months

THE GREAT BATTLE.

BRITISH TROOPS REACH CASPIAN SEA.

lao jeito 38RO "BAT

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(Bruter's Service

THE GENERAL MILITARY SITUATION.

REVIEW.

LowDog Aug

China Mail)

Czecho-Slovaks but there is a die quieting report that the Bomboviks are transferring troops to the Volga front and have inflicted a seven check on the Czecho-Slovaks, It is impessible to confirm this. There Late vorenty pottenstution is every posability: the Genuenf refani glas intarzin The Alexief and the Cosuck General village of Tassigny is still in the Perekin will be able to join hands hands of the enemy, bút the French with the Czecho-Slovak- ́ ̈Gebetul- bow possess the high ground on the Alexieff has nsiderable force of ridge to the south: They hold the Don and other Cocks, all of which. whole of the massif and are ajure reliable. present working down the far side.

Thirty-four thousand" prisoners have been taken by the British Fourth and the French Fust and Third Armies, and between 100 anl 700 guns of which 450 were capture hy the Britis

BRITISH TROOPS REACH THE

CASPIAN SEA.

Important developments, whic obviously cannot be discussed, are. cacurring in Persin, and the Caspion Sea. It is permissible to say that.. British troops from Bagdad have. The Gerthan loses siner August advanced to the southern shore of 8th have been greater in proportion the Caspian," meeting e opposition to the Alles loser than in muy except my certain tribesinen. A previous battle. Their dend especi-etiennent of thedo troops has been ally exceed enormously our deu;)

conveyed by steamer to Baku and indeed the total Allies' casualties are is now assisting the Armenians probably less than the prisoners we defending Buku against the Turks [took..

The Allied forcont. But comprising There is every indication that the

Argeniaas, Russian, and others are nig interds to fight approximately under the Russian General Duku-

on the line now reached except: southward where the French are in possession of the Tassigny nusÁÌ£, This possession will compel "hirn to retire probably behind the Divetto river, a wall tributary of the Oise It will be advantageous for the Alles if the eneity remains in hi present lines where he is most tuncordfortable and suffering heavy

chioff who is opposing the Turks. Neither side possesses artillery worth speaking oftenda

LATER.

In connection with the stirring announcement of the arrival of a British force at Bar, it appears/ that the advance to the Caspian Sea from? Bagdad was begun in Febru ary.There is already a considerable British force in north-west Pemia. The German retirement the The advance was net opposed ex- Lya sector has been on front of cept by the jengali trihearnan who nine miles tô” a “maxinium depth of aro leigued with the Turks and the two iniles. Apparently the intention Bolsheviks. These were easily over s for emneunte the whole of this come and the Caspian was reached selent in their own thne. They through mountainous country. With lave also started to withdraw from bad roads and scarce supplies the Serre salent north of Albert, the troops had to face great hard posibly to belived the Aure, to

ships. depth of three cules. These with

PODOPHYLLIN AND TARAXACUM PILLSdrawals strengthen the impression

Keep the Liver Autive and the System Free from Waste Matter,

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

22, Queen's Road Central.

Telephone 298.

AMERICA TO-PROVIDE 80 DIVISIONS

that the enemy has abandoned the alen of an offensive in the North

Between the Dise and the Ancre 3,000,000 IN FRANCE NEXT JUNE the therman Base thrown in 87

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 Divisions, including fifteen from the Heserve, ct which eleven belong to Reporting on the Suste Man Prince Rupprecht's armies. Prince Power Bil, extending the draft ages. Rupprecht now holds the trout only to 18 to 13. Mr Chamberlain, Chair from the sou to Albert. Genelman of the "Military Committee

quoted General March, "Chief of von Boehm Jepunards, the group Staff, as saying it won the duty of urmies betwear Albert and Sassorethe United States to send to France

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD. He intimately acquainted with enough men to win the war in the

PORTLAND CEMENT

En Casks of 375

дет.

In Bags of 250 lbs, net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGEES;

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Co., Ld.

MUO4 3 Istablished 1883

KANUBAUTURERS OF

PURE Manila ROPE

STRAND

GABLE LAID

to 15

DODUKTKKEN LA

STRAND

3 to 10:3

Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 8,000 feet

and full particulars, will be forwardöd on app

Tomes

Managera

this part of the old Scrime" battle West Front.

POLICY.

CONCENTRATION ON THE WESTERN FRONT,

AN AMERICAN ARMY OF 4,000,000.

The report of the Committee re vealed that the war programme pro THE POSITION IN RUSSIA.

vides for 80 Divisions, over 3,000,000 Tegurding the position in Bussines being in France by next June, there are increasing indications of with 18 Divisions more in training an impending Gerinan attack on the

PRESIDENT WILSON'S Munnanimulway! Bolshevik force is reported to be advancing, 2,000 stug, from Lake Onega, while the Germans e preparing an advance upon all railheads. In Finland they are also uting uit Attack on Petebenga bukve them u grad singering base The Bol shevik rearguards are feting before us in the Archanger district. They|| Mr. Baker bas told the Senate st ire ordinitting every atrocits upon Military Comunittes that President the phabitants, eles vouring to Wilson's policy calls for the conesn

tration of the American forces, ON- burn bridges ang holding up our the Westurii Front, including Italy. since. However, we pusled on The theory of the fighting in futura to the north of Obesersylyn, which is that we must force an issue and is a hundred miles south of Archon win on the Western Front

We landed a detachment in Onegu Bay and are endeavouring to President Wilson's policy, mad intercept the Holshevik etirement We decline to be diverted from the from Areiunge Thor little policy that the military programme kibt that they have got Cerom i must be centred in France officer's

"|| "General" Marchi sild; * We can

Mouth-east

WASHINGTON, Aug 16

Mr. Chamberlum, the Chairman of the Senate Committed, referring

We who despatched another de-win the war but how long it wil

take will depend exactly tachment to work up the Dvina, we do. If we put 2 small towards Kotak whicle in 2001 files there we shall be playing

Afhanger. Thtud. game. I believe, with mainder of Buster's Army of 1,000,000 In, It not even Known Forte Camander-in-Chiet we

HOME PREACH through the German line whether emrund

we please Trotzky fled. No definite news has recently been received about the

tion"in the Tery abscin

certain

(Continued or Prof