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INTIMATIONS

KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

EMBERS ARE HEREBY NOTI GENERAL MEETING will be hel in the Cp Housz pa MONDAY, September 30th, 1019, at A30 PM.

BUSINESS:

Report and Accounts for 1917-1918. Fleation of Officers for 1918-1919. General.

L J. BLACKBURN,

• Hon. Secretary. Kowloon, Sept. PQ, 19JA.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

THE

750

HE HALF-YEARLY MEETING of Members will be held of TUESDAY, the 1st October 1919, at 12.30 r... at the Ohces of the Foss KONG JOCKEY CLUB, on the gronad Ecor. of the Hosusone CEC ANNETE, Chater -Road

A Report will be made at this Meeting as to certain propuls...to sibutitute spectators' stards for sonso

of the

aatsboda hitherto, erected on part of the Jockey Clen property and the adjoining Land.

By Order F. HOUGH,

Clark of the ConTJA. Hongkong. Sept. 25, 1918.

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THE WAR.

(Continued from Paga 5,} .

SUNDAY'S

*

TELEGRAMS

THE FRANCO-AMERICAN

OFFENSIVE

FRENCH TAKE 7,000 PŘISONERS IN ONE DAY.

FRENCH ATTACK DEVELOPS SUCCESSFULLY.

LONDON Sept 27

A French communiqué' states: Yesterday's attack in Champagne! From the developed successfully. Suippe to Argonne the first German positions ennesting of a formidable i network of trenches and barbed wire over five kilometres deep, which the Buey had not ceased to strengthen since 1913; were brilliantly cup- tured by our troops on a frons of 38 Hemetres, and they passed at certain points.

Navarin Form, the Buttes of Souvain, Montmuret, Tabure, Meg. ¿QUEEN MARY'S NEEDLEWORK fell and the villages of Tabure,

GUILD..

BONGKONG BRANOJ. MEETING of the GUILD will te heid in the CITY HALL on WEDNESDAY, October the ud, at 10 o'clock. All women interested in the work of the Guild are invited to attend.

ALICE D.. HICKLING.

Hon," Secretary.

Hongkong, Sept. 29, 1915.

790

THE CHINA, BORNEO COMPANY, *LIMITED..

TOTICE IS FIEREBY GIVEN that

N°

Ripont, Rouvroy, Cernay-en-Dormois, Serron and Xelzicourt which were orgarised as point's d'appui and obstinately defended, were captured on the first day of the battle after severe fighting.

The prisoners counted up to the present exceed 7,000, including 200 officers.

The eneiny did not attempt to react during the night.

The attack

resumed this morning and is proceeding sasis- factorily, despite bad weather.

11 an. EXTRAORDINARY GEY. ERAL MEETING of THE CHINA- BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED will be helf at the Offices of Messrs, Cins, LIVING STON & CORPANY, St. George's

Victoria, Hongkong, the Bling!

Office of the above-named Company, on TUESDAY, the 1st day of October, 1918, at 11.89 o'clock in the forenoor when the subjoined Resolation which was passed at the Extraordinary Gen held on eral Meeting of the Company the 13th day of September, 1916, will be submitted for coafirmation as 'n Special Pesolution:

AMERICANS GAS THE ENEMY'S ARTILLERY.

ENEMY FIELDS POSITIONS OF GREAT STRENGTH.

Lasnos, Sept. 27.

Reuter's Correspondent at Ameri-

That the new Articles already can. Headquarters, telegraphing et approved by this. Meeting and for 9 o'clock on the evening of the 25th. the purpose of identification thereot

subscribed by the Chairah thereof,

be sad the samo are hereby, approved.

The bombardment before the is and that such Articles be and they are fault was extremely Beveren sie hereby adopted as the Articles of the Company to the exclusion of and enemy's in autatitation for all the existing Artides thereof.".

Dated this 18th day of Sept. 191.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO.,

Argents.

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THE BRITISH ATTACK THE CHINESE OPTICAL CO

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EXCELLENT PROGRESS

Jifficulties of our young troops,, I like clockwork, but it is toc. soon OVER 10,000 PRISONERS is too early to pronounce 'upon the to say what the result will be. We

A copy of the new Articles referred to

200 GUNSE may be inspected by any Shareholder of the said Company at the Company's

LONDON, Ctices in Hongkong, or at the Obces of results, but certainly the enemy have taken what may be considered

Field-Marshal Sir Doughe Messrs. Johnson. Stokes & Blaster been forced to give up positions of the Hindenburg line but behind is B.string of trenches called Hagens- (the Company's Solicitors) at Prince's

His machine-gun telling, and behind tim: and joined

reports:-- Building, Victoria aforesaid, on any great strength.

Portions of our First weekday between the hours of 10a.m. work alone caused trouble, although to it by a good deal of wire and other sud 4 p.m.

b's uir work improved the battle defensive works, is the Volkerstell Armies, under General progressed. Our tanks did well.ing, which connects a series of strop General Byng respective The Prussian Guard held Vaquois places. All there must be passed before dawn on a wide with instructions to resist to the last. before Kliembildestelling, which was

"Notwithstanding the great It is believed the enemy is now the line on which the German main general, direction of Cambra stubbornly retiring to a prepared line relance was placed, can be reached. of the enemy position

We are along a big stretch of the in the northern sectophe THE DAIRY FARM ICE,& COLD to which all his heavy artillery has

But our inside Hindenburg support line and have Canal-du-Nord and d been withdrawn. *STORAGE COMPANY, LIMITED. ·

are deep. Our gassing of the enemy crossed in places.

A considerable number of prisoners sleping towards the eyed the adrance mosterditionpur NOTICE TO SHAKEHOLDERS.

gunners proved more effective that expected.

ure already reported. About zine:

abjectives have been THE TWENTY SECOND ORDIN

Ment Faucon is the key to the enemy divisions were engaged, some the SHAREHOLDERS in the above whole of this front. and, with Sept- made up of composite elements, Company will be held at the Company's shrges and Cuisy, has formed a kind Several were comparatively fresh in Town Unice, Lower Albert Road of hinge where the Volkerstellung the line. Large forces are undoubt Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 5th day joined the Hagenstellung to enable diy in close reserve. Summing up of October, 1918, at 12 Noon, for the purpose of presenting the Report of the the German "front to swing some the battle so far is going well. Directors and Statement of Accounts ninety degrees front the south to prerect any successful oxit from to 31st July, 1918,

ANNUAL MEETING of

M. MANUK...

Secretary

760

Hongkong, Sept. 20, 1918. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

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AIRCRAFT WORK IN THE

· ·BATTLEFIELD.

American detachinang

extreme right capture trenches, and fortifiedring

the outer defences ofpan Hindenburg system ward! of Le Catelet. Furthe the. Fifth Division captured amp ard, combining with thebire inen of the For cleared Beaucamping north-eastwards to imping

In the right cent and Third Division of

ision

forps,

east-

te vil.:

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Bois-de-Montinucoa in front of it. Company will be CLOSED from The country in which we are now 27th September to 5th October, 1918 operating is ideal for artillery work. both days inclusive.

The Correspondent describes the An Air Ministry communiqué By Urder,

intense cagersees of the troops im-ays: mediately behind the fighting front In conjunction with the Franco- under Geuersaking to participate in the buttle. It was American operations yesterday we through the erem across this, country that forty-eight attacked the always ab. Metz wärdsof Harized Yeais ago the armies of the Crown Sation, and Audan-le-Roman with lage of Flesquietingossen Princes of Prussia and Saxony passed very good results.

sion of the long plint east- like devouring vultures to feast at Large numbers of enemy aircraft wards from THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEET: Sedan upon the vitals of France, were encountered in bitter fighting 1ING of the above Company will be Now, instead of Prussia hastening We destroyed two and shot down one

units of the held at the Company's Offices at Nooy to victory the Prussian arrnies are out of control. On SATURDAY the 19th of October, facing south desperately to avoid Six of our have not returned having stormed

We further attacyed Metz Sablon du Nord edsta The TRANSFER BOOKS of the defeat from the army of the New Company, will be CLOSED from the World zuiracle, rodeed, which sat night and also bombed railways of Moeuvres 5th to the 19th of October, both days proof of the find appeal of righteous-at Mezieres, Thionville and Ars and checked by?

ness to the heart of man. inclusive,

(Cont DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co."

-1918.

LIMITED.

→ General Managers,” Hongkong, Sept. 26, 1918

PROPAGANDA BY

CINEMATOGRAPH.

IDEAWAKE croake

OVER 100 GUNS AND 8,000 PRISONERS.

Margoing

their loft

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the Fresesty serodrome.

Many direct hits were observed at Metz Sablon, Thionville and on the railway junctions. A total of 13 PROGRESS OF THE AMERICANS. tons of bonile were dropped

our night-fiers returned?

All

AIRCRAFT WORK ON BRITISH -

FRONT.

LOS BY

*Unde

of ULT

Losnox, Sept. 29. Feld-Marshal-Gir Douglas Haig, Twenty tons of bombs were drop-

IMPORTERS

with the Interior are requested to communicate with

Bax No. 29.

C/1⁄2“ China Mám Office. Bragkong, Sept. 23, 1918.

ST. HILDA'S GIRLS SCHOOL,

LA CANTON,

EAT PARADE, GROUND.

LONDON, Sept. 23.

An American communiqué states: Our First Array, continued the

780 attack north-west of Verdun and took

Charpentry, Very Bpinonville, and reporting on aviation, utates

voiry

Repented hostile counter-attacks pe during the day on enemy dumps, rail heads, and billste. Several hangars were ignited during the raid of an aérodrome and we destroyed

were thrown back by troops from Ohio, New Jersey, Maryland,

CHOL BE OPENS (D.V.)Septem-ginia, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, machine on the ground and shot

ber 18th: Katrance examinations Wyoming, and Montana

September 16th Chinese Course, eleven We captured over 100 guns of

rears

Course, thirteen years.

Hardes Fen Bixi to One hundred which twelve are hexry-

Leighty cellars per sanam-

Principal; MISS BENDELACE

French ingeturs, and hund

many

Town Heren cthere which attempted bo repel attack. We destroyed four hostile machries olew bere

Five of four are wing. Thred

alf tops were dropped

towards

Naval Corps,

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