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BUSINESS NOTICES

雙六十月九年八十叠百九千叠英

1918

Indian

MOTOR CYCLES

sjh.p., dì. h.p. and 7-0 h.p. ALEK: ROSS ★ Co%

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NOTICE.

NY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC

INDIAN desiring to leave the Cokmy should apply in person as thes Central Folien Station between the hours of A.M.. to 1 r.K. and 9 PM, to 4 P.V daily.

Applicants will be required to produce Fassports or identification papers. All "persons, with certain exceptions, who commin in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916, Forms of Begistration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations.

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TOTAL

-Authored Capital £8,000,000

Subscribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid-up Captial

11-Fire Fandi

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(Bruter's Service to the China Mail)

THE AMERICANS AT ST. NEW FRENCH ATTACKS.

PROGRESS ALONG THREE LINES.

MIHIEL.

150 SQUARE MILES-LIBERATED.

Loxpos, Sept. 1. An American official message

LONDON, Sept. 14:

The French lamehed a new ätmeko & o'clock this morning on both sides of the Ailette und between the

On the St. Miel, sector cur adi (Alsny and, the Vesle, rance tits maintained touch with

The attack towards Coney Forest.

[the phony's forces and repulsed at the south end of St. Goa'u counterattack in the region of sit is progressing satisfactenly.

South of the Ailette the Frenelt Paulny

We are now able to estimate the captured Mont-dos-Aiges (and the saceras obtained during the two pre-villages of Allernontet and Songy and pvious days. Tas dash and vigour of in the edge of Villy.

Du la Aisne the advance has been

four troops and of the vallant Freela Falivisions, with whom we fought between a mile and two miles in

shoulder to shoulder, is shown jy kan ekévénandle, front.

One Division took a thomand prisoners, making si tots) of 14800 cu that front.

th fact thint the forces attacking both

eus &f the salient efecte juetion and secured the results de-

ed within 27 bours,

GREAT HAUL OF WAR MATERIAL.

The enemy ructions were appar ently very weak although the front line is strongly "hell. Prisoners say they were ordered to hold on ut all ests..

Bellerating our 150 square | South of the Aisne progress als0 miles of territory and taking 15,000 satisfactory. The number of pri- I prisoners, we captured a mass of unserial. Also over 100 guns, of all)

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guna mul trench-mortars were taken. Dspite the eneniy having buried, duing his retreat, "large stures partial examination of the battle- | field shows that great quantities Laminition, "telegraph and railroad naterial, rolling stock, clothing and epipaient were abandoned,

Further evidence of the haste with which the caeny treated is revealed in the uninjured bridges left behind:

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The French pursuit. by bombing and reconnaissance units, also British)

soners taken here is unknown. The advance threatens to turn the west flank of Chemin-los, Dames and en dangers Lzon.

The inside of the St. Mihiel pocket / has not yet been cleared

up:

Mote

gins are expected to be found." 3.55 p..

A Frenely communiqué states:-- There is nothing to report.

THE BRITISH FRONT.

LATEST REPORTS FROM SEE DOUGLAS HAIQ.

and Italin boinbing units, divided ENEMY ATTACKS DEFEATED,

with our Air Service control of the juir and contributed materially to the

success of the operations.

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VICTORS ENTER ST. MIHIEL.

THE JOY OF THE INHABITANTS.

LONDON, Sept. 14. Reuter's Correspondent at Anieri- cus Headquarters, telegraphing the 13th at 10 pan, says —

LONDON, Sept. 14.

Field Marshal Sr Douglas Haig reports:-"

The number of prisoners taken by s in the operations carried out by the Third Army with complete suc ces in the Trescault-Havrincout sector or the 12th inst. exczeđu, 1,500.

As a result of the progress made" by us yesterday north-westward of St. Quentin, our line has been estab lished custward of Bebecourt and Jeancourt.

Central Pershing, General Petain and Mr. Baker, the American Serré- tury of War, entered St. Mihiel this

During the past twenty-four Eours afternoon. The Germans had not the enemy has made several deter fine to evacuate the inhabitants, but mined but unsuccessful attempts to had previously deported all boys of from 10 to 18. They had forced the cover positions, recently captured by us in the neighbourhoods of old people to work. As for the rest,

Gouzeaucourt inte Herrincourt. the least said the better. WheYesterday a strong hostile attack in relief it was from all these years of which the enemy employed, flam-" ppression conld be judged from the menuerfer was repulsed with heavy transports of joy with which the loss southward of Gouzeaucourt. American were greeted: It was the

"At Haincourt the enemy attack sume in all other towns and villages.

ed yesterday morning in force under. THE KING'S CONGRATULATIONS. COer of a heavy artillery, bombard- ment, and penetrated the eastern Loscos, Sept. 15,

portion of the village. After hard The King has telegraplied to Presi- fighting the attacking German in- dent Wilson the following inesgefantry were driven out and our post-

On behalf of the British Empire, tions restored."

I heartily, congratulate you on the Northward of Harrincourt brilliant achievement of the Ameri-vanced slightly between the village gan and Allied troops under the and the canal. leadership of General Pershing in the In the evening the enemy attacked St. Mihiel salient. The far-reaching eastward of Trescault and gained results of these successful operations footing in our trenches, but

diven out immediately, leaving which have marked the active inter number of dead in front of our line. tention of the American Army on a During the night a strong bombing great scale under its own ad-attack in which liquid fire was em ministration, are the happiest augury ployed was made against our for a complete, and, I hope, not far tions porthwestward of Gouzt

court. After forcing our adv distant triumph of the Allied cause.

posts to withdraw, this shack was successfully beaten off.

There was local fighting resterda in the Moeuvres sector with material change in the situati An enemy attack at night sout

AERIAL ACTIVITIES.

ALON, Sept. 11 Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, states:-

The weather again interfered with Lair work,

dropped

of Moeuvres war répul established our new posts durin www.night along the west bank: Yesterday ten tots of bombs were Canal-du-Nord, in the neighbo

of Equely mind Coughs, and op O'sy-le-Verger y brought down turgenemy In the In Bases Bentor we machines and dove down two outed Andy loz-La Bussee. of control

"(Continued on Fagn 6.)

We

No British machines were missing..