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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1918.

BUSINESS NOTICES

Indian

MOTOR CYCLES

ALEX ROSS & CO.

Machinery Dept. 'Phone 27.

午戊次蔬年七國良華中

PRICE $3.00 Per Month

THE GREAT BATTLE.

TRIUMPHAL PROGRESS BY BRITISH

NOTICE

BUSINESS NOTICES.

W.

S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

121aX NY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIU or AS INDIAN during to leave the ma Colony should spply in person at the Central Police Station between the hours of 9 to 1 .. and 8 P., to "par"] daily

Applicants will be required to produce Pasaporta identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, whe remain in the Coleny for more than 7 days are required to Register them. selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forma of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtaized at the G.P.O. and at all Folice Stations.

The Penalty for nos compliance is a

Eine not szacoding, 250

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE. ́INSURANCE CO

WHICH ARK, YXSTID THE SHARES OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSUPANCE.

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THE RAILWAY PASSENGELS

ASSURANCE CO

TOTAL FUNDS AT 918 DECEMBER, 1914,

£33.970,387,

1-Authorised Capital £6,000,000

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS,

KOWLOON BAY,

Steam and Motor Vessels,"

Steel Building Work of

very Bestription,

Castings, Forgings, Repair and Supplies,

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO

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N. TA AINUTY

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Sabcribed Capital £4,500,000

£9,437,500 SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MAGAD STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. Paid-up Captial posscarasat II-Fire Fund.

3,837,047 II-Life & Annuity Funds... 17,557,590

Sinking Fund Acount.......

Ravanne Fire Branch...

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128,230,

£23,970,367

9,381,458 Tifa and Annalty 12,141,680

Branche... N Berente Marine Department... 337,238 Other Receipts

$78,940

£5,339,228

--The Accumbintive Funda of the various Brooches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set skids to mast

ch claims under the, respective Empat- anita of the Company's Business.

& CO.,

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JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

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BRITISH ENTER BAPAUME: superiority which the Alles have gained over the Germans. On Saturday when the splendid tenacity and will to conquer of all the people. of Great Britain and her Domini

LONDON, Aug. 25,

9.10 p.m.

British cavalry and reconnoitring patrols entered Bapaume this morn

SIR DOUGLAS' HAIG'S LATEST REPORT.

ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS

INCREASE

BUT BRITISH MAKE FURTHER

PROGRESS.

again shown, it does credit to our. Allies who are wresting enemi places and positions on the Somme, the punes of which yeall.so mucfr sacrifice of blood pre

Tent. Col. Fabry, writing in the Oni pays tribute to the feat & rasing and organising the British Ag, and to the conception and exécution of the Brits attacks of the last three days. He says...." Wo Lussos, Ang, 20

must praise unreservedly in addition the British Figh Commund and the Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Hair Stuff of their valiant Divisons who oversome an enemy determined for Hostile opposition increased, to defend the ground step by step. It with the arrival of German. reinforce is purely British victory," ments.

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reports:-

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Muny counter-attacks different points were broken down |

FOCH'S TREMENDOUS ACTIVITY.

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MACARONI, PASTE STARS,

..

ABLY STILL TO COME.

Wonderful

LONDON, Aug 2017

is the adjective applied to the successed during the week-end which have roked the enthusiastic commeat of experts fir

coming the res stance, made further progress, taking many prisoners.

Un the northern bank of the Somne, the Australians by a Buc cessful attack early this morning Paris and London. Marshal Foch's curried the enemy's position on the activity now that the change Exe high ground to the east of Bray, come is described as so incessant while on their left the, London and and tremendous that it is dibeuk East Country Division continued, to for the observer to keep pace witir advance in the direction of Curnoy him. At the same time, great "àð-". and have taken. metz. The miration is expressed on the taction: Welsh captured Mametz Wood. In of Genen Byng and Rawlinson the winter of our attack we crossed who sully voided a frontal the Albert Bapaume road along its attack whenever they encountered whole length southward of Rapaume į powerful “positions! but by attack- and captured Martinpuigh, Le Sarsing less formidable positions on and Te Burque, j

either side tunsported dangerous contres

GERMAN REPORTS.

#

Losos, Aug. 20,

1.15 .. A wireless ficemats official report

Atat

Strong Fugleh force, led by Tanks and advancing between Ned

ville and St. Tager, collapsed.

Our posts at St. Leger withdrew

to the east of the village.

Strong uttacks initiated by numer, fous Tanks ngalasts Bapaume col-

Inpsed.

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We threw the enemy buck beyond Pozlere

en

The onsing six · times stormed

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of resistance into fresh" salients to be later reduced by en. relopment, It is pointed out ti the extreme wings, commanded Tespectively by General Horne and General inuud, have, not yet been engaged and the opinion is expressed that the real offensive is probably

still to come,

DELUDING THE GERMAN PEOPLE. -

DECEPTIVE ACCOUNTS OF BATTLES..

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 25.

The astonishing length to which Germans ur going to disguise

against the middle of the front the rent militarytust on from their eust of Albert in the Sone. We threw him back to La Boselle Lover the Athert

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A German evening official report

Heart attack on both sides Bipalume failed.

NGRUDGING, FRENCH TRIBUTES

TO BRITISH VICTORY,

PARIS, AU 20. "The brilliant British successes are

the subject of warm tribute in the French Press.

i

People is revealed in the latest beri- official account of the fighting in France, which assert that tlift British and French on the 23rd con- timed with fresh forces their offen-

of the despite the defent

previous day

GERMANS BUSPECT, ALSATIAN BOLDIERS.

ORDERED NOT TO BE EMPLOYED IN FIRST LINE

- PARIS, Ang,~20- Evidence of the German suspicion

of soldiers, who being. Alsatians and forrainers regard themselves us French, appears in a secret order ERREFERENT to the 2nd Division, which recently came into the possession of the

L'Heure says the Higis Connnand French. It reporte, that in the Crown Prince's Army Alsatians and buses great hopes out the British Army The latest news from the Lornriners shall on no pretext be front shows that these hopes will not employed in the first line, and t reads, Regiment will be antinely be disappointed.

Le Journal, declaring that it was canonsible for the loyalty of those Alsatiares and Lorminer who are again the British who had the hon

Tours of themy They

They retained in the first line-

obliged the Garnaul Staff to unit delest

Murrel Hun in the Echo de Parra emphasises that the British advanced by loent thrusts which mode condensbio, breaches in the

(Continued on Rese 5.).

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