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No 17.273.

The China Mail.

麗七十月九年入十壹百九千叠英

BUSINESS

LISF

1845

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1918.

午戊次歲年七國民奉中

PRICE $8.00 Per Month

NOTICES,

BUSINESS NOTICES

NOTICE.

NY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC or INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Police Station between the bours of 9 to 1 P.M. and i P. to f P.M.

dapplicants 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 selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1618. Forms. of Registration giving the particulary required may be obtained at the C.P.0. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is s Bae not exceeding $50,

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO

WHICH ARE VISTID TEZ BHARKA, OF THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LAD.. and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE CO

TAL FUNDS AT SAT DICEMIX, 19:4,

£93.970,967

TOTAL

I-Authored Capital £6,000,000"

Subscribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital 22,47,500 11-Fire Funds

3,837,047 III-Life & Antoity Fands... 17,567,590

Sinking Fund Accuart

Revenue Fire Brsch

128.230

£23,870,387

£2,381,458- Life and Annuity

2,141,593 Branchen). B. Revenge Marine Department 337,239 Other Receipts 478,940 P.5.330,228

The Accamative Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet the claims ander the respective Depart ments of the Company's Boxinera.

-¦ SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agents.

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LILITED.

TIME TABLE.

WERK DAYS.

.7.00.m. to 9.00's....Every 15 minutes. 8.00. o. 9,30 a.m... Every 10 minuten. 9.3 to 10.40 ....Every 15 mluctos. 10.80 to 110a.m...Every 15 minutes. 11.30a.m. to 12.80p.m. Every 30 minutes. 1.16 p.m...Every 10 minutes. -12-45 pm to 4.18)

9.15 pm. Exwry:10 minutos.

1. p.m. to. 2.15

1.40 p.m. 2.15 p.m.

Saturdays only. Every 15 minutes.

2.30p.m. to 4.00 p.m...Every 20 minute. 2.30 p.m. to 4.00) DAT,”

Satanlays only...Every to minutes. 4.00p.m. to 6.00 p.m.Every 15 minutes. 6.00 -60 8.00 p.m...Every 10 mkanter, NIGHT CARSĄ

8.30 p.m., 9.50 p.m.. 19 p... 11 p... 11.99 p.m. and 1135 p.m. SUNDAYS,

7.30 L.M.

8.00a.m. bo 10.30 am... Every 15 minutos, 10.30 am to 11.00 ....Every 10 minutes. 11.30a.m. to 12 noon....Every 15 minutes. 19.00 noon to 12.30 p....Every 10minates. 12.30 p.m. le 13)p.m. Every 15 minutes. 2.00pm to 5.30 p.m...resy 15 minutes. 5.30p.m. to 6.00 p.m...Every 10minste 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m...Every 15minutes. 7.10 p.m. to 8.00.p.m...Every 10miantos. SIGHT CARS on Wook Days. SATURDAYS EXTRA CARS. 1.30 p.m. and 12. midnight. SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Oes, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS, Der Vaux Road Central.

Season and punch ticketa available for all care not ireedy fuil ranging ab the time stated in the Company's time tabiza, but not for special care, can be obtained on application at the Company's 'Office. No beason ticks will be issend until therefor has been made in Bank payment Notes or by Chejus or Comprador order rogresatting Note.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers.

W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS,

KOWLOON BAY.

Steam and Motor Vessels,

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

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS.

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JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MAGAD STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

HONGKONG - CANTON - LINE.

Sailings-To Canton daily at 8 a.m. (Sundays excepted) and 10 p.m. From Canton daily "at 9 6. m. (Sundays excepted) and 4 p.m..

SERVICE OF THE BONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO. LTD.,

HONGKONG-MADAO LINE. -

Sailings.. SUTAN to Macao daily at 8 ani (Sundays 9 a.m.).

§ §. “SUI TAI to Micso daily at 2 pm (Sundays excepted). M.S. "SUT AN" from. Macao daily at p.m. Sundays 3 p.m.). S.S. SUI TAI" from Macao daily at 7.30a.m. (Sundays excepted). Further information may be obtained at the Company's Orrace, Hotel Mansions.

or from Messrs. Tros, Cook & Son, Booking Agents, Hongkong.

SPEY

ROYAL

SCOTCH WHISKY.

10 Years Old.

SOLE AGENTS:

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

WINE AND

SPIRIT MERCHANTS,.

TELEPHONE No. 616.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

AND

GRILL ROOM

“J. E. TAGGART.

*MANAGER

METEOR GARAGE THE PEAK HOTEL.

Sole distributors of

MAXWELL CARS. Automobiles for Hire and for Sale

at reasonable Price.“

Phone 2500.

65 Des Vaur Road

CentraL

[328,

1,500 Feet above Sea Level

15 Minutes from Landing Stage. Under the Management of-

Mrs. BLAIR.

GRAND HOTEL,

First elur and sp-to-date Hotel, most central location within the vicinity of all the princip

Benks Noted for the best Yond, Befreshments: Accommodation and Ciɛa linens, Culing under European Supervision.

drst-cinas String Orcheta randers selections from 6.0 r., to 1131'7.8):

Special monthly terms for residents and far Shipping People.

For further particulars apply

Telephone No. 197.

NG YUN Derrist, successor of CARLTON HOTEL

WING

W. BARKER,

"Telegraphic: Address: “COMFORT."

:(THE ONLY AJLERIAN HOTEL IN INE COLONY.)”

ALICE HOUSE STREEZ

Under American. Manage

Nice and quiet yet only a few minutes walk from the Banks and Central District Bedrooms Excellent Cuisine, Berapalousty Monthly and Family Bates on aplication to the

Launches Moct

Telegraphic Addrese #CARLTOR.

CAMERO

TAIKOO DOCKYARD

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

THE TAIVOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

OF HONGKONG LTP.

~TELECCINE ADD *TAXXXX*

AGENTS:- BUTTERHELD A SWEE

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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD.

PORTLAND CEMENT

In Cask's of 375 lbs. net-

In Bags of 250 lbs, net..

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THE WAR

TO-DAY'S

TELEGRAMS.

1 Ruuter's Service to the China Mail:)

TURKISH DEBACLE IN

HOLY LAND.

་

SITUATION CRITICAL FOR TURKS

Losoos Sept. 9.

ALLIES ADVANCE. BEYOND PRILEP BOOTY INCREASING.

LONDON, Sept. 26

A French Bastern Dominuniqué states:-

Penter Agency learns that the

guns which were captured in Despite cu reinforcements of Palestine are believed to be the German troops, the enemy has been whole of the guns which had been in obliged to continue his retreat to the the possession of the two Turkish nirth. Strong rearguanls are kill"; Armies

desperately resisting north-west of Our cavalry is quite close to Amonastir. The Allies have advanced, nan, on the Hedjaz Railway: beyond Prilep, and are progrossing The Arts captured Jerdun, three towards the Krushevo-Kichevo-Veles. niles north of Man, anal they postula tions of the Turkish forer is now The Serbians, in the centre, chr broken in, two, est of the Jordan.ried the Popadija massif, east of Both positions have been cut off from Babina, al gained ground west of Dinasers, and the station is eri-the lower Cers, and also enlarged tical. Probably few of the Turkis fighting force will escape.

HAIFA TAKEN BY BRITISH.

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the bridgehead north of the Varder They captured the height betwegs. the Vardar and Krivala Kavitro. Val- ley, where the enemy is hastily entrenching.

ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME BY French and Greeks had thrown, trou

On the right wing the British.

COLONISTS.

LoxDoy, Sept. 25. Renter's Correspondent at Pales tine Headquarters, telegraphing yes/ terday, anys:

A few hundred Turks at Haifa resisted our advance until they were Loverconte, Enemy guns are bolding fout till the ammunition is- spent

The population at Haifa, including the German colonists, enthusiastic- tally welcomed the British

advance guards across the Vardar at Graetz, and Hudoito, and captured the Karabas massif, north of Lake

Doirun.

The booty is increasing Thi guns were suptured on the 23r

to milway material.

BRITISH TROOPS ENTER BULGARIA,

LONDON, Sept. 262

A British official dispatch from Salonila tistes that British troops opposed Restunne

A characteristic of the straine Germano-Turkish relations was the incident of a captured German Major, entered Bulgari who, was uttetapting to fee with other Germans, and who was forced

(sic): by the Turks to participate in the defence of Haifa.

The administration of the town bus been taken over without the slightest hiteh

45,000 PRISONERS TAKEN.

Losnos, Sept. 26. The prisoners taken in Pale now number 15,000.

ALLIED SUCCESSES IN MACEDONIA

AND PALESTINE..

GERMANS ALARMED,

AMSTERDAM Sept. 26.

to be

opposite, Kosturino M

We take the last two mutilation of: ED.]

SERBIAN SUCCESS.

Loxnoy, Sept. 26. Peuter learns that the Serbian have captured Ishthip.

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA-

EX-WAR MINISTERS CONDEMNED, TO DEATH.

SENTENCES NOT TO BE EXECUTED AT PRESENT.

AMSTERDAM, Sept, 20 The Burinische Westfaliache y

The Entente successes in Aluee-atnesuge from. Moscow announces jonta and Palestine have greatly that the Evolutionary Trikuual hus alarmed the Frankfurter Zeitung, condemned to death the ex-War which cannot refrain from paying a Ministers, M. Aiolivanoff, and, 31. tribute to the enemy's strategic skill Wierchevski, the sentences not to be and Huys the Entente, especially the executed at present. English, show themselves again ne masters of Colonial warfare. It also admits that the uoins for a break through in Macedonit has been very eleverly chosen.

The paper urges the Central Powers to tackle the problem of defence:s the enemy has caused, ue serious military damage,

THE BALKANS.

STIFF RESISTANCE BY BULGARS,

M LITVINOPF LEAVES FOR

RUSSIA

BRITAIN'S REPRESENTATIVES, IN RUSSIA RETURNING,

LONDOR, Sept. 24. 31. Litvino, the Bolshevik agent in Great Britain, accompanied by 31,

he compatriote, are leaving Lon don on the 25th-for a neutral ports bound for Busin

16 is stated that Great Britab ****representatives it Bisain are

Toute to England.

LONDON, Sept. 25, Nows from Salonika is to the effect that the whole of the Monastir Prilep-Grudsko road, connecting the two Bulgarian Armies, is now in the hunas of the Allies, whose cavalry are within 10 miles of the record line, Valce-Latip-Prilep

The enemy is fighting cesperately to retain possession of this road and also the actor west of

The Allies however, are.

near Jakub as the enemy

occupation Shi

We

tinue

THE MUMBLING OF OLD.

FALLACIES.

THE VIEW OF THE BRITISH

PRESS ON HERTLING S SPEECH

and org

LONDON, Sept