:SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1912.
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THE WAR.
OANNONADING RESUMED WEAR CONSTANTINOPLE.
Bauder's Service to the China Mail.)
LONDON, Nov. 29.
A talagmim from Constantinople atates that cannona/ling was resemed yesterday evening most violently.
"
THE CHINA MAIL.
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS | thuy had men in the 'onging room to mako
AND SHIPBUILDERS.
INTERESTING SPERCHIĄ
(the ships go, If the whips could not go
they could nut ught. (Applause).
Sir Charles Eliot returned thanks for
the demand for the evacuation of Reception to Most the Governor. the welcome extended to him, and con Chutaldja, which, however, has been vigorously held; therefore the r sumption of negotiations, especially with a view to a conciliatory statement emanating from Solin, is not improbable. Bulgaria has appointed Generals Fitceielf and Saroff to be Plenipotentiaries, and to proceed immediately to Chataldja.
THE CRUISER “HAMIDIER.”
"A telegram from Constantinople states that the "Hamidiah" has been THE FIGHTING AT MONASTIR. towel into the river with her stara in the water, having apparently ben torpedoed. Sho was immediately docked. The Commander eulogised the enact of the officers.
Reuter's Athena' correspondent sele- graphs that about 30,000 of the Monastir Army were routed by the Sarrians and Hed rit Florina, which the Greek army occupied yesterday, capturing quantities of material and Ammunition. The Greek troops were ander the command of the Crown Prince.
›GREEKS OCCUPY MITŸLENÉ.
"
Elavon Greek worships and four transporta liave affected a landing at Mitylene.
Fassed his ignorance of engineering bat related an experience of his own on the Uganda Railway over which he travelled. A recaption was held last night in the Before ba sed out he was informed that rooms of the Institution of Engineers and arrangements had been made for his com- Shipbuilders of Hongkong to introduce to fors and was told that either the engineer the members B.E. the Governor. Siz qe the guard would be saber (laughter) Francis Henry Aby, E.C.M.G., Honorary Before resunsing his seat he announced President; Sir Charlos Eliot, K.C.M.G., that Mesars Marshall and Gainsborough had' Honorary Vice-President: and Engineer presented to the University of Hongkong Commander G. W Rooms, R. V., Honorary a very valuable engine and condenser, Vice-President. The chair was occupied (Applauso). by the President, Me J. Raid, and the large Engineer Commander Rooms thanked attendance inchaded: Mr R. M. Dyer, the gathering for their cordial welcome, Me W. C. Jack, Mr T. W. Robertson, and said he was particularly glad to be Professor C. A. M. Smith, and De Clark. present and to reprosent naval men and The Frosilent, in opening the proceed naval engineering. Their work was very dings, said he felt honcured in occupying wach the same in the engine roms of the position of President of the Institution.marships as in the engine rooms of ather and he was glad to see so many members, ships He spoke of the value of debaten who had right foralty turned out for the on technical subjects and advocated atten- purpose of welcoming Bis Excollogey
tion to this subject. Honorary Prosident of the Institute. | (Applause); and also Sir Charles Eliot and Engineer Commander Roeme se Eosórary Vice-Presidents. (Applause). By reason Your Excellency, Sir Charles Elios ausd of His Excellency's ecse nequaintauceship. gentlemen,-There is, at the present (Reuter's Service to the China. Mall) with the colony of Hongkong and being so time, one subject of absorbing interest LONDON, Nov. 23, closely identified with its progress, he sub-to all of us who are here tonight, and The Juliowing naval appointmensmittel to the Institute that the honour that is the development of Chias. In oof opinion that will be the most import. conferred upon them was a very great one.. Vice Admiral Sir are
'antevant in the world's work of the sexi George to Clerc Egerton, K.OR, interest in all matters, pertaining to an-dande. It is safe to say that in the Plymonth.
gineering in all its branches was well-green changes which are coming the ongi- Capt Thomas Jackaso, C.D... M.V.0, known (Applause).
meer and the scientist will play a mosi Be therefore, in
important part. the name of the In titate, extended
At the prrent time, it is gradually Rear-Admiral Arther M. Farquhar
giring to dawn upon people in Eng- C.V.O. Chief Inspector of Coastguards.
land that the British Empire is a reality Rear Admiral the Hon. Alexander E.
hause of the cumerous inventions which Bethell, C3LG., Chief of the War
BRITISH NAVAL AP-
POINTMENTS.
announced:
TORPEDO ATTACK AT VARNA.Chief of the War Staff,"
Four Bulgarian terpela hunta at.
tacked the warship Hamidied at a
plan dituated about 40 miles from
W#S
Varna. It is admitted in Sofia that the torpedo boats returned with their funnel damaged, although it believed that the warship was
kunk, but the Captain of the Hamilieh later) reported to Constantinople that he
Back twa torpedo boats, and that the Hamulich we only slightly damaged by a torpedo...
TURKS EXCESSIVE OPTIMISM "
The Press correspondente at Charali. ja declare that execssive optimism has followed upon excessive gloom in the Turkish Army and the hands are play- ing for the first time since the battle. Luleburges. They are tounedjat
the Bulgarian withdrawal from pusi.
College.
s
Rear-Admiral Thomas II. M. Jerman, to the China Station.
Rear-Admiral David Beatty, S... to Nirst Cruiser Squadrun.
Rear-Admire) Frederick C. D. Stardee, CMG CVD, to Second Cruiser Squatron.
Captain C. E. Maddes, C.V.D., Third Cruiser Squadron.
to
and especially as
His Excellency &
to His Excellency vary hearty walcone, and they trusted that his tenure of office as Honorary President might be a vary long ons indeed (Applause). Sir Charles list
Profesor Smith then delivered the fol lowing address on Applied Science in China :---
base mado communication and travel
had mulytely arrived in the colony to easy and which have enabled the natural ocupy the responsible position of vice-resources of the lands which compose it Chancellor of Hongkong University, and to be adequately developed. Theso Chi
new who have travelled are rigorously he was especially welcome in their midst representing as he did an element which informing their fellow countryman that was entirely new in these parts. He felt the uation will cease to exist and be come split up into fragments unless they nfident that they had secured
take advantage of twentieth century science.
bim h Honorary
in
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Vice-President, gentleman whose work would bring him into close contact with many of them, and, it he might prophery, greatly to their Peirse, to the East Indies Station, advantage (Applause.) Representing a King Hall to Capt Colony,
section which entered largely into the life Commodore (F.C.M, Cradock, QB. [of the colony, they hnd 10 wal MV.O., to Training Squadron.
Capt. E. C. T. Troubridge, C.M.G, MV.O., to command Meditteranen Cruisers.
HOME RACING.
come Engineer Commander Roome, who of marine engineering, which was largely was in close touch with the profession represented there that night (applause), He considered it a very happy álca of the Committee to invite Engineer Commoder Roome to accept office as Vice-President, And it would undoubtedly be for the good of the Institute. He mentioned that the Institute was incorporated in the year 1891,
tions they had captured, as the Turks THE MANCHESTER NOVEMBER and has now. reached a stage of sound
had brought up all their reserves and made preparations for eventual, retire-
ment, The morale of the Army is now
fta highest.
**
A "STALEMATE" POSITION.
HANDICAP.
Probables And Betting.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, Nov. 22. The probable starters end jockeys
maturity. It had had many upe and downs, of course. The membership at the present day stood at 400, which, considering the size of the community, was vergras tifying indeed. Financially it was on a very
sound basis. The committees in the laat
three years had worked of a debt of
About 91,000 and turned it into a ere.
dit balance of $2,000 (Applause). This
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thought of those who live on bis planet, than any canbination of political, wil or personal influences could have elected. We understand now that the amins of Juanes Wart was more usefully employed than that of Napoleor. People. dependent. from the cradle to the grave enlise nowadays, that they are utterly
upon the works of the inventor. They Be suddenly that the fairy stories of their childhood are surpassed by thos who have applied science tp industry; they know that the worker in experi meatal laboratorive hava not caly weighed and moured, but have even analysed the sters; that by the new knowledge we pre able to descend to the recesses of the wrth und anderstand lie de it exists in
The Bulgarians are now entrenched for the Manchester November Handi- on high ground faying the Turkish cap (the last big race of the year, run all pointed to the fact that the Institute ubyases of the oceat: towce the rise right. The German General lock-at Manchester to-morrow afternoon, the Turks, Saturday, 23rd, distance one mile and
·waurtor, who describes the position assalenute," a halij are as follows:- neither side being able to advance.
with
FURTHER BULGARIAN ·
SUCCESSES.
PROBABLES.
1. is impossible to watch this romamkei
had reached its manhood, and could mountains and the begining of val somewhat in its strength. They would to pan grent rivers and to guide agree with him that great service had been ships the trackless ocean; to m done, directly and Indirectly, in bringing crease the speed and comfort of travel and together people connected with engineer to annihilate distance so far is com ing and shipbuilding in Hoogkong, Tomunication of thồnght by words is een- Marcolica (Robbins), Bathlen (F.the yeoman service which had been given cerned. Science has given to us light and by all past-Presidents and Vice-Presidents it has lengthened 'life; it has added in- Wontton) Wolfe Land (Trigg), Bolide and members had fostered good-fellowship nenucly to the interest of our existence t A telegram from Sofia states, that II (Jellisa), Papavero (Clark), Election and maintained the Institution in times of to it we owe our knowledge of the bygone | the Bulgarians have occupied Dedce-[(W. Huxley), Fort. (Wheatley), Dal stress, and had placed it on a sound "gon of the pre masi tue grout idea ri gateh and Malgan the latter being matian (Heckford), Lavolt (Whalley), isis: to them they owed a debt of grati-progress in the future, mid-way between "Dedeagatch and Wagstaff. (Foy). "Columbus (Winter), cude which it was difficult to repay. They she changes without being extimi-- Rabasta, thus opening up the whole Major Symons (Donoghue), Moury, could not lay too much store by the advant tir. They puke the thoughtal realise Can-Oloat), MacSberry (Herbort), Stel-ages of having a place such as that, where that the human race is moving onwards. country westward towards
it was possible to meet on common ground Growth is better than stagnation and atantinopla for the advance of the phonso (R.
Direction,
and interchange views and debate,addresses free.dge is increasing enda rude. Qu Allies.
by members and friends and keep abreast be auch have classified progress juto of the times. After referring to the various eras and each of the eras has been advantages offered by the Institution, be designated by the name of a material. 13 to against Major Symons and alluded to the University of Hongkong, and This we know of the Stone Age, the expressed the hope that it would succeed Bronze Age, the Iron Age and the Steel in bringing China into closer touch with Age. Each of these names shows tist at some time there was wen from nature western learning and science, and said that
* new secret, new weapons, were furged
SERVIA › SUCCESSES.
A telegram from Belgrade stuter Servians have occupied that the
Rexas in the westward of Dibra and north-west of Florina, and also the district south of Mouastir. A Servian force at Alessio has captured a thou sand prisonors and two guns. Another force has joined the Montenegrins ni San Giovanni and Dimedne.
ARMISTICE POURPARLERS:
A telegram from Router's correspon-
dent at Constantinople stater that wo
Aghting is reported to day, and it is
believed that pourparlers regarding the aimístice are proceeding.
(Cooper).
Watson
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8 to 1 against Wagraf
Marcolien.
10 to gainet Lavolt. [100 to 7 against MacSherry and
2 to 1 against Direction.
Kathlen.
9 to 1 against. Dalmatian and frun his personal acquaintance with Proin the struggle for existsoer. Yet the Papavero. fesor Smith he knew that bis department names of those who assisted in the win- in the University would be in energotiening of these secrets are often unknown hands. (Applause.)
while long suffering client-hings are made H.E the Governor, who was loudly ap-to memorize the doings of mythical per plauded, thanked the members for their | sonages of doubtful morik. Even in our welcome, and remarked that ho know very slept eru you will find that in the City little about engineering, though like overy of London every clark knows about the Englishana he took pride in success won sut tect of Canute hut that many mem by English naval engineers. When he used hers of Parliament have scarcely heard the term English engineers be used it in the nine of Bessemer and certainly its, widest sense, because he knew tha from iron. There are still western people do not know what steel is or how it differs most engineers were Scotch. (Laughter.) who possess no knowledge of the world
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"ANOTHER TURKISH DEFEAT. [(Router's, Servico to the Chino Mail, remembered travelling on a branch line in the thunder roll; they read their messages
A telegram from Sous states that the Turks made a sortie on Adrianople
·BULGARIA AND THE
ARMISTICE.
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leanings to mankind. were of opinion that the duty of Cardaminate, yer basaur, until I survey the at this juncture would be to fordugine." (Laughter). After he had inoked reasonable and necesary aid, und Beuter's correspondent at Sofia states that the Cabinet is considering the would be introduced accordingly. position. It is believed to be improb able that boetilities will be immediately resume, as there are indications that Belgarin is conciliatory and desirous of modifying lier conditions. Strong feel ing prevails that the main objection of Turkey to the Bulgarian terme lies
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