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The China Mail.

觀十二月八年八十奎百九千业英

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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1918.

BUSINESS FOTICES

CYCLES of bipi nad 1-it hagu ALEK. KOS$ 8,00, Machinery Degh

Thona 97-

午大葳年七國民中

PRICE $8.00 Per Months

THE WAR

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

it.

[Reuter's Serence to the Ching Mail.)

NOTICE.

BY EUROPEAN Non ABLATIO of ADIAN destring: to larve: the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of A.M. to 173. ad 9 r.m. to 4. P.M. dally,"

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or Identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them- solved under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE. 1918. Forme's of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and stall Police Stations.

compliança is a

The Penalty for non com fine not exceeding $50,

NORTH, BRITISH & MERCANTILE

INSURANCE CO

- WEICH ARE TINTED THR KHARES OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMTANT. LTD.,

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE Co

STIOTAL FUyra az 31st UZORMEXX, 1914,

£23,970,567,

I-authored Capital £8,000,000

Subscribed. Capital £4,500,000- "Paid-up Capital ........................... £2,497,500

I-Fire Funds.

5,837,047 III-Life & Aanaity Funds... 17,587.590 129,990 Sinking Fund Account

£33,170,367

£2,381,455: 2,141,EB3 387,299 478,940

Revocas Fire Branch..

+9

Tifa and Aonaity

Branches.......masa 1. "Reveste Marine Department...

Other Receipta

£5,339,228

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament," are pet haida to niest the claims under the respective Depart ments of the Company's Busin.com."

SITEWAN: TOMES & CO

Agra

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE

*WEEK DAY:

7.00m. to 8.00a.m...Every 15 minutes. 8.00am to 101,00 am...Erary 10 minutes. 10.00 am to 11.90% Every 15 minutes. 1480m. to 12.45 p.m...Every 15 minutes? 12.46 p.m. to 1.15 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 1.15 p.m. to 1.48p....Every 15téftraças. 1.45 p.m. bo..15 p.Every 10min 216pm. to 5.00p Erary 15 minu 5.00 pm to 8.00 p.m.Erary 10 minutes.

RINT CAR 8.60 p.m. and 9 p.m. 3.30 p. 35 £1.00) p.m. every half hour.

·

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

-an hour,

7.50 1.00. SURDATE.

8.00 m. bo 10,30 Every 15 materi 10,30 m, te 11.00 .m... Every 10 micates, 41.3.m. to 19' Noon Every 15 minutes. 12.00 moon to 10 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 1.00 p.m be p. Every 15 miante.

5.30 6.30 p.m. te 6.00 p.m...Every 10 minut. 6.00 p.m. bo 6.30 p.m...Every 15mmater 8.30 p.m. to 6.00 pm. Every 10 minute. NIGHT CARS as on Week Daya.

SATURDATE

"Extra Car at-19 widoight.. SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the "Company's Office, ALEXANDER BUILDIN Des Vac Bond Central: TADI.

Season and polish ticketa-edaffable for "all ears not already fall running at the Ime stated in the Company's time tables, but not for special cara, Chiba oltaland- on application at the Company's Office- No Season ticket will be issued onti payment therefor bas baon made in Badk Noten or by Cheque de Compradora order representing Bank Now.

JOHN P. HUMPHREYS & JON,

General ManagerY..

METEOR GARAGE

BUSINESS NOTICES,

W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS,

KOWLOON BAY,

Steam and Motor Vessels,

Steel Building Work of e

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Description

Castings, Forgings, Repairs and Supplies.

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO

STEAMERS.

Boer TABLE AXIOX

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, DENTON & MACAO STEAMBOA

CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED,-

HONGKONG - CANTON LINE.

SallingsTo Canton daily at 8 - (Sundays excepted) and 10 p.m. From Canton daily at da.. (Sundays excepted) and p..

SERVICE or Tuz HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.)

HONGKONG MAÇÃO LINE. Sailings-S.S. SUT AN to Macao daily at 5 am. (Sundays 8 a.m.),

9.5. SUT TAI" to Macaq daily at p.m. (Sundays.excepted).-- S.S. "SUI AN" from Macao day at 9 p.m. (Sundays 3 p.m.), -S.S. “SUI TA!" from Macaß daily at 7.20 a.m. (Sundays excopted).

Further information may be obtained at the Court's Orc, Botel Mansions,

or from Messrs. Thos. Coot & Sex, Booking Agents, Hongkong.

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TELEPAM

THE WESTERN FRONT,

LOCAL FIGHTING ON THE AVRE..

LIVELY ARTILLERY DUEL.

Lostos, Aug. 10,

A French comununiqué status: — Artillery duel continued very lively during the day, particularly in the region pl Curuy-sur-Mutz, and Beurruignes.

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, Aug. 18.

4. wùvless German official messagy

A MAKA YAIKU : We drove back enemy

Attach along the Troirdin Amie Montidier to Koper

Enemy attacks between Bea- reigned Thest

collapsed. enemy guneda, foothold in

our forsuurtes rear northward of Autrechies.

Ical actions south of the Acre resulted in our capturing 150 prizi In the Vorges our posts which had paulvanced in the Five region hs l

nquers...

Fight

tromy yeroplanes

were trapelle, yielded to a local enemy

brought dow: add this emptive | thrust. ballouus were set on fire yesterday T SPANISH WOTE TO “

STIFF ENEMY RESISTANCE.

OLD TRENCHES HUPPLYING |

GERMANS WITH GOOD, DEFENCE.

LONDON, Aug. 18. Reuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters," telegraphing to-day,

GERMANY.”

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13 "IT AN ULTIMATUM

SITUATION GRÄVER THAN

SEVER, Op.

Manip, Aug. 18.

As regards the Spuriuh Note, to Germany. mentioned on the 17th

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD. The coergy apparently hum decided it suted that the Note is really

PORTLAND CEMENT

In Casks of 375 lbs. net.

In Bags of 250 lbs. net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGERS

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to resist stiffly on his present lines un ultimatum

aporta

m the Royo, Lassigny and the Dise The situation is believed to wetges. The old trenches are giving graver than "ever." him a solid defence. Hence the battle hus momentarily reverted to trepeh warfare.

SUCCESSFUL LOCAL OPERATION. BY THE BRITISH.

VILLAGE AND DEFENDED FARMS CAPTURED.

NOTE DENIED.

SPAIN TO REMAIN NEUTRAL

SAN SEBASTIAN, Aug. 18. As the Spanish pets have been publishing sensational statements recaringSpain rehtions with Germany, Senor Dato, the Foreign Minister, husisstied a declaration insisting that the intention of the Government, like its predeceso, is to maintain neutrality under ult "We curried out a sucessful local circumstances and denying the existe operation on u front of over four ence of any Note to Germany. miles betweea Vieux Berquin und. He says it is not the practice of Governments to publish instructiona

Tapos, Aug. 18, 11.30 p.m. Field-Marshat Sir Douglas Huig report,

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Co., Ld. ||Bailleul with fight Jo

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PURE Manila ROPE

·STRAND

1 to 15"

GABLE LAID

4 STRAND

g" to 10" CIRCUITES ENCE

5 to 15′′ CIRCUMFER 1,

Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length

Fricca, samples and full particulars will be forwarded on application to

Shewan, Tomes & Co. General Managers. Hongkong, April 11, 1015.

MACARONI, PASTE STARS,

EGG NOODLES, VERMICELLI, AND ALL KINDS OF SOUR STUFFS,"

1,500 Feet above Sea LefN10H OF AQuality containing a large percentage of Glafen. Starchs ore Glutes are that

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We advanced our fine from 1,000 sent to Diplomatic representatives** to 2,000 yards and captured the viabroad and concludes by denying bage of Duttersteene and several inising forwarded. a Note regarding defended far and homes.

the alleged torpedoing of the steamer Serante, when Joss svas due to fire in her cargo of petroleum ship Pedro New York T

We took over 400 prisoners.... We also progressed to the south wet of Merville and between Chilly |and Frujida, faking pusopers.

We repubdattacks against post in the malgaming Bewucourt, Setri and Fuisieux, taking prisoners.

FIVE ENEMY MACHINES DESTROYED.

LONDON BUS, AND TRAM-*

EMPLOYEES STRIKE.

10,000 MEN IDLE. .00

Enchos, Aug 18:

The bus and team drivers and con

Losnos, Aug. 192ductors have betrach following «

women cutting Field Marshal Sir Douglaw, Hujg,

addit oral five shillings per reporting on aviation, states

Vx, destroyed five" aeroplanew. Three British machines as s

dropped 13 tons of bonis.

GENERAL ACTIVITY ON BRITISH FRONT.

Losnos, Aug

Docglas Flui

LL our Pastes bear the Rooter" label and are made from Floor of the Best

principal components of Fleur. Gluten is easier to digest and contains more nutriment thau Starch Manufactured under the most sanitary conditions.

Farge quantities have been exported to various important cities in the World.

Terma moderate, especially for Agencies. Orders executed promptly... THE HING WAH PASTE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. Head Office: No. 47 and 48, Connaught Road, Central, Hongkong Telephone 12:30 Arette setor and also southwart of Principal Factory: No. 71, North Soochow Road, Bhanghai, Chins, Telephone 3385, the Scarpe when our patrole pense

Branch Factory: Wing Hing Street, Causeway Bay, Hongkong.

trated some distance into the enemy's positions.

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prisoners on the

Worrupulled miders northwa tho Scarpe

We further progressed on the Morville sector, taking, 40 or 150 prisoners..

which advance was recently given the ne2 201222:20

Practically the whole of tho London bus services have been sus- pended, to-day camp 10,000 workers- are idle

The workers representative anti- ciputes the strike, spreading to provinces.

MAXIMUM PRICE OF SŻLYER

FRIEDZ07:CY.

ÍA ELUS WASHINGTON, Aug. 16,

The Treasury announces

as virtually fixed the maxinfom price of silver at 1012

The FedarriReserve Board

only grant esport feeuses for tial civil and military pur

Our artillery and machine-gun fire condition-itligt "the" completely broke up a counterattack price is not exceeded. on, our new positions between Outer chaser

Steene and Metereit

BRITISH AERIAL ADVENTURES.

ERODROMES ATTACKED.

Loypus,, Aug. 19.

On the night.

edit punnaw

Frailway junctions, bla

17th-18th

trains and other ground, targeti

We machine-gunved many tar gets;

turned

THE SILVER MARKET.

JONDON, Aug

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