THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 1914.
THE CHINA MAIL..
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CADBURY'S
CHOCOLATES
IN FANCY BOXES.
Chocolate Almonds, Chocolates Assorted, King
George, and others, in Great Variety.
BOURNEVILLE NUT CHOCOLATE
FULLER'S
Assorted Chocolate
Peppermint Lumps
CONFECTIONERY
Assorted Sweets And Chocolates
CREME de MENTHE DELIGHT &c., &c, &c. CARAMEL MOU A LA CREME
LOWNEY'S SWEETS AND CHOCOLATES ASSORTED
Kohler's Chocolates in Fancy Boxes.
MACKINTOSH'S CREAM, AND TREACLE TOFFEE, DEVONSHIRE TOFFEE,
CALEYS CRACKERS
of the Finest Quality in great Variety SPECIAL DESIGNS FOR TABLE DECORATIONS.
HORLICK'S
MALTED MILK
......
IN THE BUSY STRESS OF LIFE
Horlick's proves a veritable pick-me-up, for it helps nature to impart life and vitality to im. poverished blood and impaired digestive powers. Made in a moment-no cooking. Most delicious.
Of all Chemists and Stores,
in 3 sizes, 1:6, 2,6 and
11/4 (in England).
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Hongkong, April 11, 391
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KAISER'S LIVING
BREASTPLATE.
THE TERRIBLE STORY OF ROULERS.
Civilians as Shield For Troops.
(From the Special Correspondent of
the
Daily News,
17
Just Arrived:-
Ladies' Gold Wrist Watches.
Diamond Ear Rings.
Diamond Brooches and Bracelets.
Diamond and Pearl Pendants.
Gent's Sleeve Links and Tie Pins.
Gold and Silver Cigarette Cases
etc.,
etc.,
etc.
them, wel, locking round, saw then the termans said they thought she was
hing metking.**
الحديث
That were about 2,400 of us, and The man stoppes telling his story and. in either parts of the town there were others mided details, but is was obritans strálar crowds, all moving towards the that, ce for the dll memory French Two-thirds were women and some hideous four und movement for children. It was rare to hear any sound strange little incidrats. ST! cvent fuscept of low mobbing from some of the humorous, they had no power to, rivalt) wow. Whole families, from grand its awfuls, Nature is kind in enes fathers to grandchildren, held hands and of such a sort. But then the main spoke walked in a hiked row. Mou walked nonin! in front of their wives, and womeni The Kaiser sail," he furst out, shielded their children. Only once that the Germans do not make war on women and children. By they do
Borten Now, 13. A terrible story of the taking of hea a piercing cry, It was from Roulers by the fortnahs has just beer, woman suffering from an injured knee ont. They murder them with the bullets | toki to me anal to two prominent English who had fallen anal was being dragged of their own friends. Their bodies a public men by four civilians of that forward by two men. Lehind whom were, the Kaiser's hrunstplate?"
soldiers with fixed bayonets****
| tuwne lined merchant, his two sisters, and his brother-in-law. It more than
Besides was a woman carrying a confirms the worst of many such stories huby on day old. Think of it! She I have heard in Belgium, an almost was forced out of her bed and wrappert surpass anything believable about only in a blunket. She had been seizgl. civilised nation at waz. Here it is, annade to curs "hop baby out into the the manufacturer sold it:
On the day of the attack on Roulers forget which day it was, for day, and sights were then only a dream we stayed in the cellars of my house on the cast side of the town. ik daring to suve ixcipt occasionally to
recon-
GERMANS IN THE ROLE OF FALSTAFF.
A good any hundreds of German primers have been taken into France, strect und out to the field of battle.. states a corresppadent. They seem prac Forward we went till the town was tically all to be men who surrendered and was, and then in a roup we were of shor physien! misery, their to stand nu a shield while the tier pouze endurance being worn out by mam brought up, their artillery and dug elles days of fighting in Honded tren- their trenches. The town of Boulers ches where the water roaches to mid- had been taken. Faced with the alter thigh, without foil, without rest and
| urâtre for "food" and to see on which side native of killing,, the French had rewith hope, except of a mudly leath
was gouble scape. Every time, however, tired, except in uw place, where 320 in the trenches. In one day or wo found our chinces growing low and civilians wero killed by their fire before the sand
Burrendered. Among the
less, for on one site of the town were they fel, heter skelter, right and leit, dodge to which the Germans resort as the French, ad on the other the Cure for shelter.
46.
MORAL
OCT OF THE CELLARN.
GIASTLY WORK FOR WOMEN,
protection against the genet in t stuff their unies with shirts, cloth, or (£ our great sumber about thirty anything they on find. The Belgian dist then, though others will never nonet is a short, stumpy weapon with Twice theris was fighting near our wyer, and in all about,
tho and a ten-inch blada, which buries itself in hits and then for time everything civilians were killed in the top. Is the padding and fails to reach the borly.
"pet and brother-in-law was part of my duty to bury them, surl] At any rate that is the theory of the] CsInd cut of the Leliams to look aptal, she women, too, wen: not spared. Many patrim of this devise. Most Germans | It was wind. In all 249 houses serd were ordered to take the regimental of Landwehr age and pruetigally all] burned. Wo saw Gonnan infantry and umbers of dead German soldiers. and qualified for the Landturm are sogarell dists pouring into the town. At the wome were even forced to carry the dead provided with frontal priding by witlice roment we were not our house, and out of houses to turnbrils in the strent. that any tificial increas of amplitude we flew to our cellans, where the wouen One woman was shot as she was in us direction would swell their girth ware. Five minutes later we heard the laying her baby in a garden because to Falstaffan proportions. But a few Gerrauns roaring and stamping aloit
weeks' campaigning in the thats of Flanders has doubtles done mors for their figures than a score of Augusts at Karlsbad.
Į above telling us to come out. The wo nes were fainting and hystericul with fright, but "wa wimbed up and out into the street. There we found hundreds of uthers cowled together in us pitiful e plight as we were, their hands in the air.
From house to hoy the soldiers were going, ordering everyone into the street. A glad, thought, seized moj-We wers to bo went away beford it-torn www, destroyed, as Termonde had burni I told tay thought to others and every- one was cheezed, but then came the order Forward! How terrible that; was no one will understand. Then were! the French in the tranches ready to pour rite bullets id shrapnel on any ad sarving party, and we could not go back, DRIVEN WITH BAYONETS,
There were Germons with bayonets
| providing us m, and with bullets for those who turned. Some turbed, and wn hoard the revolver shots that killed
"LOSING WEIGHT
BY THE POUND
Under Weight," a condition of ill-health, shows your asclan. ilative powers are decreasing.
WATERBURY'S. METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND
Suppllas the blood with the wanted tourishing and healthy Besh bullding materials. Very palatable,
OF ALL, CHEMESTS.
Parce: $1.95 and $2,96,
TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.
Solicitors and Their Clients.
It is just possible that the substance of this letter in the "Globo." signed Dit custod, may havo sus appositeness.fo re- ference to losxl affairs in this Colony :-... How comes it that British solicitors can allow themselves to act for onery clienta î In this nor trading with the enemy? How maay British subjects are at this moment being worried by British solicitors with writs and thrasta on behalf of enemy ellents. The legal profession ought to be ashamed of themselves. I am at the moment worried. by a British alinter on bokalist German firm, or exuding under British registration, to pay up for German ponds, shipped in a German
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TUBORG BEER
Yearly Output 92,000,000 Bottles
By special appointment to the ROYAL DANISH COURT,
Supplied to:-"THE HOUSE OF LORDS" and “THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.” - SOME PRESS OPINIONS:--
“Financial News" "The superior quality of the Beer will sasuro a lar o share of patronage."
"Sporting Life" "To those of our readers desiring a 'light, rates.bing and. palatable drink, we can confidently recommend Tuborg Beer?"
"Lancet" "The Beer is desirably light in character, showing a low siccbolic strength, and the tanto, was delicately bitter; the absence of objectionable pre-
servatives and of bitter substitutes was ascertained.”
ON SALE AT ALL HOTELS AND Clues. CAN BE OBTAINED FROM :—
MESSRS, NAM HING LOONG-WING ON CO.,-TY SING;- HEUNG CHEONG, KOWLOON, Etc. Ex. AND THE
SOLE AGENT, ·| WALLACE J. HANSEN,
Tale. 1612.
FOR SALE CHEAP.
ENTRE-BOARD SAILING BOAT **FOAM"; 18x6, decked; 'mcries Laare feot. Good singlehander epipleta-with mooring, etc
Apply FOAM" Care of CHINA MAIL Officm. Hoogkong. Nov. 18, 1914.
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THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be
5, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
FRENCH LESSONS
G. MOUSSION,"
Morrison Hill Eond/
stoster, hiding in a neutral port, and Beaten, if Equallod, Fir BroadYSTERS; Frash, Fried or Ebowned,
*Dems that, under British law. I mont pay, and a British solicitor is doing his very utmost to make me laud over the csah and he looks like edusading,
Findon Haddraka, Kippery dai ALEXANDRA CAYL-