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KUMETA Japanese Photographers.

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Werk done in latest styles

Also Fassport Photos.

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TEL 254.

No 17 243.

The China Jail.

號河七月八年八十叠百九千登英

ESTABLISHED

1845

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1918,

Indian

MOTOR CYCLES sjh.php and 7-9 hp- ALEX, KOSH & CO.

Machinery Dept...

"Phone 27.

NOTICE.

WY EUROPEAN Non ASTATIC or A INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of 2.3 to 1 px.and i r.. to P. M. dally.

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All porses, with certain exceptions, who cemain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them selves under the REGISTRATION of FERSONS 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 compliance is a fine not exseeding $50.

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.

*CTION ANY URSIED TER AMAREL OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LTD.,

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE CO

TOTAL FUNDS AT 37 UC INS

"E$3,970,567,

1-Authorised Capital £6,000,000

Subscribed Capital 24,500,000

י

Paid-up Capria) £2,497,500 -Fire Fand

3,837,047 III-Life & Annuity Funds... 17,687,890 128,290 Binking Fund Account .......

£23,970.567

Ravante Fire Branch...... £,381,458

Life and Annuity

VIDE Branches......amiyes Ravente Marine, Department... Other Receipta venena

9,141,893 337,230 478,940

£5,339,228

The Accumulative Fund of the varicos Branches ara separately inventod, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet the elaine ander the respective Depart manta of the Company's Business.

SHEWAN, TOMES & 09.,

Agents

TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

P LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WELK DATY

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1.15 pm to 145 pm.livery 15 minutes. 1.45 p.m. to 2.15 p.m...Every 10 minutes, 2.15 p.m. to 5.00p.m...Every 15 minute, 8:00 pm, to 8.00 Eray 10 mlustee, NIGET CARY,

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• Sailings :-S,S. “SULAN" to Macao daily at 8 am. (Sundays. B m.in.).

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THE GREAT BATTLE.

BRITISH AND FRENCH ATTACKS

SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPING,

50,000 PRISONERS TAKEN,

(Reuter's Service to the China-Mail)

GENERAL MANGIN'S

VICTORIES.

· A REPLY. TO LUDENDORFF.

MARSHAL FOCH'S STRATÉ. GICAL LESSON TO ENEMY.

On the other hand, the fighting is very intense on the front of Rose- Lausgos 1" Dospite the Fenemy's stubborn resistance, the Allied troops are prophasing continually, particu- larly in the outskirts of Tassigny, the suburbs of which the Treel have redebed

ay the west.

60,000 "PRISONERS.

The German communiqués will (REUTER-HAVAS SERVICE.

doubthen try to divunial the results olitived in the various operations Prais, Aug. 21.

On Sunday aruh Alonday over the The successes achieved yesterday whole fighting frost, where during by General Mangin's Army overathon two days the French alone 25-kilometre front forms part of the captured in one sector, between the battle engaged in sined August 8th Oise and thir, Alino, more than which is developing armilly,

(2 theual prisoners. From Albert" to the village of karak, od de Osly, the furtifermost point which FRENCH TAKE CARLEPONT AND

CUTS.

the French have reached on the Aisne to the west of Soissons, the distance more than 100 kilo-MORE GROUND GAINED WEST

metres. A junction is,, made be- tween the battle fields of Picardy and Tardenois. Never were the Germans able to engage in a fight. without intermissions over such a stretch of ground. Before July 15th

OF LASSIGNY.

LONDON, Aug."21

4.40 p.m...

A French communiqué, states ;-- Between the One and the Aisle

they never could do more than break the enemy made ho attempt at

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kilometres in the manner of a bull fight.

Our troops this morning continued

" to progress on the whole front.

We have taken Corlepontand in

Cats.

On July 15th- they tried Champagne and Turdenois a strate-] gical manovre, whicly piteously

We ained ground, after lively

failed. It was left us Marshal Foch fighting, west of Ligny, and re to revive read thanure in a war pulse seven raids in Champagne. in which continuity of front seems 2040034

to exclude the possibility and to give General Ladendorffva strate gigil Joskod, of which, the General parternoster will keep a smarting Pomembrance

Yesterday's victories are a

to the Order of the Day" issped

GENERAL MANGIN'S PROGRESS.

MORE POINTS, CAPTURED,

LONDOS, Aug. 21. left flank of General Mangin's Army Reuters Agrey leams that the

by General Ludendorff on August alvinced to-day to a depth of three 4th to his troops in which General Tuiles and captured Sempigny, Pon- Laiendorff affirmed that the French,toise and La Pominemy. If reached | British; and Americans could no more the outskirts of Cainelia, Blèran assumie the offensive, when "four days court St. Aubin uni Vezaponin

uter the offensive between the Amer Frony thenes, the line is unchanged? MOTOR CAR CO. and the Ave benis, followed by the up to Courtil, d

offensive between the, Avre and the In the centre the Germans aban“ Dise.

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It wus

• continued yesterday by one between the Oise and the Aispe,

operations, which, besides the Ex tretnely extensive ground re-con-C quered bure, already given more than 50,000 prisoners.

ALLIES PROGRESSING CONTINUALLY.

THE FRENCH SUCCESSES.

[FECTER'S SERVICE ]

PARTS, Aug 20,

FRENCH STILL ADVANCING.

BRIS

PRISONERS PIAKEN BY ONE I CORPS.

gordo19

BON. 367, Aug. 22.

Reuters Correspondent at French" Headquarter telegmphing het evening, sty 20

The troops advancing to the st between Turtists and Curtif mide jimportant progress. i

They surrounded: Ponimies, or

The new attack ached on Sun-the Aise, and captured Laval, two; day evening was continued through miles north-west-on, the edge of out Monday by French troops over u Juvigny plateau. 16-kilometres front. It was limited, according to the exact forms of the taken to-day. One Army Corps cup- · communiqué, to the southern region tured 1,600.

Some thousands of prisoners were

Lof Curlpont, on the one hand, and, The advance of General Mangin

h the other, By the village of troops continued all night through Fontenoy on the Aisne, the further the Forest of Carlepont and captured ticst pet of the counter-offensive Monte Pony500ft. high, the? ou July 18th. It was in the same evening, as well as other heights on

$4.50 doz. and up, region, the centre of the present the eastern edge of the forest The attacking front, that a successful battle was resumed on the whok local operation had been carried out front fo the morning. We reached on Saturday, this attempt having the Oise and captured the important given France the command of suff-height of Pommerye, 650 fect, over- cient information.

looking the eneinys;; zones. 5. The " The troops were thrown in the retreat from the German pocket in talt on the enemy's positions the Thiescontt massif which is faced by next day

Genera! Humbert's troops in front The communiqué gives a real and General Mangin's mez în Carle- meaning to this new offensive setion. pont forest will be andangered when It is merely a matter of rectifying four guns, as moved up close to the the Be The results are neverthe Olse

SALE CLOSES ON Saturday, Aug. 24.

YEE SANG FAT CO.,

1356

34, Queen's Road Central

less most interesting.

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