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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY.

(British Section)

T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that

1 TIFFINS WIL

FLED at NOS FM. Train from Kowloon on SATURDAYS, the 8th and 16th December,

By Order,

H. P. WINSLOW, Manager, A (1357

Kowloon, 5th December, 1917.

Q.

GOVERNMENT BILLS, ETC.

ENDERS for SPECIE current in TNHANGHAI, RP to and for the

em of $400,000-current in Shanghai, will be received by the TREASURY CHEST OFFICEF, ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT, entil 11.30 4.M. on the 7th December, 1917.

The amount accepted is to be placed by the fenderer to the credit of an account with the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HANKING available CORPORATION, Shanghai, so as to be en the 8th December, 1917.

Persous tendering to state alternatively (a) The amount of Hongkong currency payabis In Hongkong on 8th December, 1917, raquired for each. 81,000-nghai currency and/or (b) The amount of Dollars currant in shanghai per £100 for Telegrapido iraunter ou the Lords. Dominiesioners of Haal. Tranry, London.

The tenders to be in duplicate, and in memled sovers, addressed to the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT. and endorsed FENDERS FOR GOVERN MENT HILLS, etc."

The right to accept or reject any or all of the leaders is reserved.

Copien af Forms of Tender can be had on

can application.

Parsons tendering for (Bills) are hereby notified that, baring regard to the provisions of the Acts 23 George III., Cap. 4b and 41, George. ILL Cap. 52, the acceptance of any such Tender eubject to the express condition that no Member of the British House of Commons shall be adimitted to any share or part in or to any benefit to arise from the Centrici (horeby made for the allotment of such

to

apply **The provision in question do not Contracts entered into by any incorporated Company in ite

INTIMATIONS

BANK HOLIDAY.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.

Nocordance with Ordinance No. & of 1915 the EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the action PUBLIC BUSINESS on NATURDAY, the 8th instant. Hongkong, 4th December, 1917, [1956

TIENTSIN FLOODS.

THE Students of the University invite you to their BAZAAR and ENTERTAIN- MENTS not THURSDAY and FRIDAY, Dec. eth and 7th, at the University.

The Proceeds will be for THE METRO- POLITAN FLOOD RELIEF FUND.

BAZAAR 230 P.M. to 5.30 13. and 7 F to 8 PA

on each day.

EXHIBITION OF LABORATORIES 7 PM to 8 F.M.

CONCERT AND PLAY (în English)

THURSDAY, Dec. 8th, 8 PM to 11 P.II. "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (in Cantourse) on FRIDAY, Dec. 7th, at 8 PM to 11 P, in the Great Hail of the University.

Tickets of Admission to the University in the Evening, a enche

Millions of Chinese Families will starve this winter unless help is provided. The students of the University invite you to assist them to raise funds for the victims of the Tientsin Floods by coming to the Bacar and entertainments at the University on Thursday and Friday, December 6th and 7th.

4% FRENCH LOAN. (RENTE PERPETUELLE

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THE BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DEJ ACHINE beg to announce that they are prepared to receive and forward to Paris, the selling rate of T. T. on Faria, applica will shortly subscription. tions for the above Loan, which will

for the general comind capacity and made free of commission and talegram changes,

of the Company

Any further information can be obtained by

personal application to the TREASURY be open tong will be CLOSED

CHEST OFFICER, A.P.D. MERU

Lt. Colonel, F.J.THURSBY-PELHAM,

Treasury Chest Officer, A.F.D.

His Majesty's Treasury Office,

Hongkong, 6th December, 1917.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

FROM JAPAN.

NHE Steamship

THE

← FJILIWONG " having arrived, Consignees of Cargo by bar are notified that all Gerda are being landed at their risk into the hasardous" anefor exim hazardous Godowns or the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd. whones and/or from

fsized.

The list of

IN PARIS

DECEMBER 18ru, IF17. and those intending to su teribe are invited

to apply with

without delay,

Isste Price: 65.60 Full particulars will be supplied on appli cation to the

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE,

5, Chater Road.

[1200

4% FRENCH GOVERNMENT LOAN 1917.

• the wharves" delivery may be Bearing Interest

Good not alared by the 12th December, 1917, will be subject to raut.

A brakan, chafed and damaged packages are to be left in the Godowns were they will be examined on the 11th December, 1917, at

10

Claims against the stamer must be pre- sented in writing with tos deya after arrival of steamer, otherwise they will not be recognised.

30.Fire Inazione will be effected by the Undoreigned in any case batever.

Bill of Lading will be countersigned by

Price of Issue Frs, 68.60

from the 16th Dec., 1917, payable quarterly. Free of Taxes: Not to be redeemed for 25 years. Subscription List will be Closed on the 12th December, 1917.

Bills and Bonds of the National Defence" bought before the 1st November, 1917, are accepted in payment Applications will be received by 1.

JAVA CHINA-JAPAN LIJN THE BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,

Agents.

Hongkong, 5th December, 1917.

NOTICE OF BEMOYAL.

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IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that we

I have This Day REMOVED our Office to the Second Floor of No. 7, QUEENS ROAD, CENTRAL

BRUNNER, MOND & Co. La».

NOTICE

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HENRY ARMAND HENRICKSON

Firm Name per Procuration.

Dated this 1st day of December, 1917.

CARVALHO & COMPANY.

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wher full particulars may be obtained.

L. BERINDOAGUE, - Manager. Hongkong, 8th November, 1817. (1.968 CENTRAL BUREAU OF LIQUIDATION OF THE DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK IN

CHINA

under instractions from the Ministry

Allied

INTIMATION

WATSON'S

OLD

BROWN

BRANDY

E

QUALITY.

25 YEARS IN WOOD,

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

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

TELEPSONS 616,

BIRTH

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6ra, 1017,

fewer than fifteen assaults were delivered against our La Vacqueric positions. bath cases a terrible toll was taken of the enemy. We are told that when the on- coming troops moved across the open in closely maased waves, without even a smoke screen between Moeuvres and Bourlon, our gunners never had such an expanse of human targets, and the ground is strewn over a very wide area with grey corpses, while opposite to La Vacqueric' we killed more Germang within twelve

A small fire occurred on Tuesday on the CHINESE TELEGRAMS. ground-floor of 49, Connaught Road West, It was extinguished by the time the Fire Brigads arrived on the scene.

Mr. M. A Murray, the Hon. Treasurer of St. Andrew's Fair, acknowledges the receipt of $62.20, being the amount col- lected by

Billie, the Regimental goat

[DY COURTAST OF TEM CHUNG NOOI

ĐẦM BO

FOUR CONDITIONS.

PRKING, December 5th. The Tientsin meeting has formulated

of the Royal Engineers, on necount of four conditions in opposition to those "Heather Day." The silver cup prend down at the Wuchow mecing, viz. sented by, dr. Nicol, of Tatoo, lo, d

PASTA

(1) the southern army to be withdrawn best group on the tubo range target at

hours thaa at any other spot in the same the Fair was won by Mr. W. J. Eldride from Changsha; (2) the Southern Tuchun.. time since the war begao. By means of Taikoo Dockyardy with a 3/4 inch to be appointed by the Government, (3)

group.

SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S THANKS

TO ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY OF HONGKONG.

the dismissal of the extraordinary Parliament; and (4) the cancellation of the Military Government. If the condi tions are not accepted Tạo Kun and Chang Kwai-tsee will lead an army to Aochu..

The President and Wang Shi-chen have ordered the Northern army to withdraw from Auchu.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

MINISTERIAL RESIGNATION.

counter-attacks the Germans have been ejected from most of the positions which they temporarily regained, and the majority of the guns which they captured bave been recovered. The remainder are understood to have been rendered useless.

The following message has been received before they were abandoned under the pressure of the first onrush. Our troops in reply to a telegram sent to Field- have withdrawn unmolested from the Marshal Sir Douglar Haig from the St.

Andrew's Society of Hongkong- sharp salient formed by Masaieres to s

Anton St. Andrew's Society, Hong. better defensive position, and, apparently,

kong

The President has sent Luk Kien-chang our line has slightly bent back at La

"Your kind wiro has given pleasure to Nanking. (Tsang Chi-peng has wired. Vacquerie, which is situated at the

to al renke of the British Armies and, to Wang Shischen that be will withdraw. junction of the roads running from

on ti eir behalf and on my own, please Cambrai to Peronne and St. Quentin.

convey to our brother Scots in Hong to Chao An). The nett result, therefore, of four or five

kong our hearty thanks for their very daya furious fighting is that the Germans

welcome congratulations and our ap are, with few and unimportant excep

preciation for what they are doing on tions, back at the points from which they

behalf of Scottish Hospitals for wound- started with nothing to show at all com-

ed of all, nationalities. mensurate with the enormous sacrifices. they have made. Indeed, REUTES's Corres- pondent says that if the sum total of Germany's losses in the field will win the war for us, then we have taken a substan tial step in this direction during the past few days. Nevertheless, it looked at one time as if we were destined to suffer a serious reverse, and it was solely due to the extraordinary gallantry of our troops and the dogged tenacity with which they opposed great odds" that the enemy's intentions have been frustrated. struggle for an equitable Service Dol

lar" It seems desirable, then, to correct The struggle is not yet over, but our men,

an error into which you have fallen in who are fighting like - tigers," Kre

this morning á editorial, You write: reported to be confident of their ability to

We are informed that a man was caught The full concession will be enjoyed by sustain it successfully. Meanwhile, all ranks up to a major of Infantry" in the Civil Governor's yamen yesterday, have won two strong positions to the That this is not so, because all allowances who admitted that he had been sent by northward of Passchendaele, enabling us have to be brought in, will be seen from to chtain complete scope for observation the following particulars of the position purposes,

of an Infantry lieutenant-

The ecountant of a firm at 30, Chung Ban Street West reports that a partner

HANGOR 20th Clay- of the firm has absconded, taking with more House, Swatow, to Ur and him $1,163, collected from various shops MTS JULIAN H, B. Issos, & daughter, which owed the firm money.

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HongKona OFFIon: 104. Das Youx Road, C LORIR, Orros: 181, Fiam Branız, E.C

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, Gru „Decimmer, 1917.

THE BATTLE AROUND CAMBRAI.

THE great importance which the Germans attach to the breach which our troops mado in the famous Hindenburg Line between Cambrai and St Quentin on

* DOUGLAS HAIG.”

CORRESPONDENCE.

CONCESSION TO THE

SERVICES.

THE

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG

DAILY PRRSS.

SiRy It is certain that all Service men in the China Command are grateful for

the part that the Press has played in the

The daily allowances, which are tem- porarily specially high, are, in the case of a lieutebant:—Lodging (quarters not

PERING, December 4th The resignations of the Acting Premiery. Wang Tah-sieh, Ministers of the Interior, Justice, Finance, Education, and Agrical- tare have been accepted.

Wang Shin-chen, at present Chiefs of the General Staff, has been appointed Acting-Premier.

CANTON DASANA

Ta CorkzAY OF THE " CHONG SOF BAT 20.1

CANTON, December 5th

CONTEMPLATED ASSASSINATION,

a certain person to masassinate the Governor. He said that he gained entrance to the yamen by disguising him. self na Li Fook-lam's (Defence Comvis- sioner) servant and following Li into the yamen when Li went to visit the

yesterday. The rent to sito Governor

being provided) 82, fuel and light 15 cents servant 60 cents, rations 32 conte, police Department for further enquiries. colonial allowance 90 cents, chair 60 cents, to be made. making a total of $4.63 per diem, or MEETING IN DUTCH FOLLY. The Hop Treasurer of the Alice$1,762.8 per annum of 365 days. Should any of these allowances be taken in kind. Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals ac as when quarters are provided, neverthe knowledges with thanks the following lese the amount indicated above is to be donations to the funds of the hospitals brought into the following calculation: SOLD Rice Guild, 8100; Pupila Belilios Girls' School, 810 Cheng Rai Shing, 820.

The total allowances of $1,762.83 are to

A secret meeting was held in the Dutch Folly yesterday. Among those present were Admiral Ching Pik-kwong, Dr. Wa Ting-fang, Tong Shui-yi and many others.

SOLDIERS FOR CANTON.

SWATOW AFFAIRS.

Two thousand soldiers arrived at Can- be converted into sterling at 2/- and the ton yesterday. They are said to be the No amount, $176.5.81, to be added to the Governor, Li Yew-hon's soldiers who wEIÐ The master of salt junk, T4473H, lying off Mongkok, has reported pay which, at 9/6 per diem, is 15.6 sent from Shui Hing to protect the city. to the Police that on Tuesday evening, giving a total of £331.8.2), which, it is while be bag returning to the junk, two seen, is well over the £300 limit for the maximum concession. Of this, then, the

A message from Swatow states that the men assaulted him and robbed him of:a

leaders in Swatow have been requested offrer is paid £225, plus £15.14.11 at box containing $18.60 and the licence for

by the gentry and merchants to make 2/- and £75, plas £15.14.17, at un the junk.

averaged current rate Taking this peace with the Canton authorities. The month's rate, 2/103, he would draw per leaders agreed, and proposed to dimis annum, ignoring income-tax, 83,049.05, the Defence Commissioner, Mok King-yu.

Owing to a typographical error it was stated in the article on “The Concession

days.

**

It may be noted that the effective rate

úf, exchange in this example, works out

at about 2/63 The Hongkong Civil Ser-

sent "secretly to Canton to open peace negotiations.

The Intelligence Bureau of Canton

ounces that Mr. Tong Shao-yi, ex-

WE HAVE This Day appointed Mr NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that November 20th is shown by the prodigious ASTRO Manager, of our Business at Hong of Finance and the Ministry of Foreigu efforts which they have made during the kong and have authorised him to Sign our Affairs of the Republic of China, the business past three or four days to repair that to the Bervices," which appeared in which gives 8258.42 for the month of 31 We learn that representatives have been

in China of the DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK has been placed in Elguidation, breach. They assembled a vastly superior yesterday's issue, that the Services had force, numerically, to that opposed to seen their pay diminish by nearly 80 And all Parties of Chinese, Neutral nationalities having Claims against the gaid Bank in Canton are hereby them, and havo squandered life with per cent. It should have read early required to notify the Canton Bureau

appalling prodigality in a vain attempt 50 per cent.”. Liquidation of their Claims, within one month from this date ran to recover their lost positions. This

AND NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that all Parties indebted to the attack in described, indeed, as one of the said Bank must discharge their liabilities greatest, if not the greatest, ever launched within one month from this date, after which by the Germans on the Western Front,

LOCAL BUREAU OF LIQUIDATION OF THE DEUTSCH-ASIAT SCHE BANK,

* CANTONA Canton, 1st December, 1971.

NOTICE THE MOTOR UNION INSURANCE CO. LTD. (FIRE AND MARINE).

Premier of China, arrived at Canton on

TAVING bean Appointed AGENTS to varied the Central Bürean" of Liquid the only possible claimant to equal versity, H. E the Governor of the Colony tenant is $10.37 better off this month than peace to Chinas

ACCEPT RISKS and issue

policies at

Cursent Bates,

UNION TRADING CO., Agenta

Queen's Buildinga,

Hongkong, 12th November,-1817, [1971] HONGKONG HOTEL.

THE

THE MANAGEMENT beg to announce that as from 1st December, 1917, the *HONGKONG HOTEL ORCHESTRA will play daily (Sundays excepted), se fellows→

IN THE MAIN LOUNGE. From 11 80 AM to 1 PM. From 5 PM to 7 P.M. IN THE GRILL ROOM. From 8 PM, to 10 r,x

A series of TEA DANCES will be held during the Winter Months each TUESDAY. and FRIDAY, commencing on 11th December, 1917 Dancing 5 PM to 7 PM

Special DINNER DANCES 11 be held on CHRISTMAS NIOHT BOXING NIGHT and NEW YEAR'S EVE

JH TAGGART

vy Minager.

Hongkong 1st December, 1917.

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magnitude being the second Battle of Ypres They advanced to denne manses on November 30th with the intention of delivering a simultaneous encircling at tack upon our new salient, the operations ADY ASSISTANT required for Mor-extending from Bourlon and, Moeuvres, D

chant's Office. Some knowledge of due west of Cambrai, and from Crevecoeur Bookkeeping necessary.

to Vendhuille, south of Cambrai After Apply

"ABC Care of Daily Press Office.

many hours fierce fighting, in which the Wero rers losses, the enemy suffered repulsed from Further south

A

NOTICE

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NY EUROPEAN, Non-Aslatio or Indian

vico effective rate for the same averaged A Congregation of the University of current rate would be about 1/11g, giving, Hengkong will be held in the Great Hall if applied to the above example, $133.84 December 3rd. He and Dr. Wu Ting- on Wednesday, January 9th, 1918, at 5.20 for pay, or with allowances 2283.57 for fang, who reached Canton on November pm, at which the Chancellor of the Uni the month, so that, although the licu 30th, hope to labour together to bring will confer Degrees Admission will be he would have been but for the recent War Office concession, he is $25.15 worse off then be won lo had that concesion placed his pay on all fours with that of Civil Servants.

by invitation

A are occurred at the U Tack Ching Godown, 49, Praya, Kennedy Road, used hy a Chinese firm in Bonham Strand

West. The cutbreak was caused by some bags of bones becoming iguited from a lump used by the coolies, who got the fire under before the arrival of the Brigade ieres, We are informed by Mr. C. F. Lee rated Lear that the birth notice

ca which appeared in weight of yesterday's issue of this paper, though purporting to be sent and signed by hima,

they

цет positions

numbers at various points as far as a

Further comment appears superero

gatory

I enclos, my card and am, sir.-Faith fully yours,

HALF MEASURES.” Hongkong Club, 5th December, 1917.

SANDAKAN AND THE COURT

CARDS.

The following letter of thanks was

addressed by Mr. J. N. Wardrop to Mr. Edgar Warwick, of "The Court Cards," at Hongkong:

- Dear Bir,—I wish to exprees to you the deep gratitude 1 feel, as Honorary Secretary of the British North Borneo War Relief Fund, for the Entertainment you gave in aid of our Fund whilst pass ing through this port bound for China At the meeting of the Committee of the Not only did the people of Sen

NORTH BORNEO AND THE ALIENA

TION OF LAND TO ALIENS.

desiring to leave the Colony should Vacquerie and fionnelien and Gonzea is ♬ malicious fabrication by some North Borneo Chamber of Commerce, ré̟ enjoy & musical treat such as they have?

apply in person as the CTRA FOLION Court For this success, however,

required

STA or between the hours of 9 am to 1 paid very beavily, being caught by y and ra, to 4 Fair daily li

Applicants

to produce blank fire from our field artillery, and or identification papers. Paarport

he driven back before they All persons with certain econoton remain in the Colony for more than * day are requiral "to' Register themen. the REGISTRATIO ORDINANCE IDIS.

Mosiacs required may be GPO, and as all Police. ***The Fenalty for se

scrupulous person against whom it his or her identity can be established legal proceedings will be instituted:

cent

the

establi

lished

As a result of the Jumble Sale, held bean, themselves. They claim to have taken under the auspices of Union Church out on that occasion four thousand prisoners Wor

and several batterica. The int

Mor

the Secretary read the reply from never had in this country before, but the ernment to the letter of the Chau Waz Relief Fund benefitted to the extent her to the effect that no large areas had of over thirty pounds.

would be sold to aliens with All here hope the Court Cards" nce to the Court of Directors, membrances of Bandakan may be but a fully cognisant of the dension tithe of the happy memories they left ments of the Straits Settle behind here, and perhaps it may interest ederated Malay States in this you to know that we think a better name Calso of sentiments of for your talented Company would be the Council by the Trump Cards, as you certainly were

Party on the 21st alt, a draft, who has been sent to the National

the fighting is illustrated by the fact that Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of

ten hostile attacks were repnised in the Wair. The Committee wish to thank all conn neighbourhood of Massieres in twenty those who helped by sending clothing for the public four hours and that on December 1st no the sale Every article was sold.

Hon ME W C. Darby.

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