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PANIC IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
GERMAN TRANSPORT TORPEDOED.
Ding, LONDON, May 30, 7.15 am. en In the recent raid at Constantinople Submarine Ell'caused great panic, andļall the shops were closed. The torpedo fired damaged a German trans- port. The majority of the reasols took refuge in the inner port,"
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THE ARGYLLSHIRES EXCITING EXPERIENCE.
Losmos, May 29, 1 p.m.
The "Argyllshire" had s most exciting escape in the Channel. Keeping a sharp lookout, she saw two submarines rise and aiteropt to get close to the liner. The latter want full speed and sett wireless messages for assistance. Torpedoes ware fired but missed the liner which scon out-distanced ber
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[The "Argyllshire" in a Glasgow steamer of 10,000 tons.)
TURKS LOSE 80,000 MEN IN THE DARDANELLES,
LONDON, May 30, 7.15 am.
A telegram from Athens says that the Turkish losses in the Burdane lies are estimated at 60,000,
FRESH RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.
LARGE CAPTURE OF PRISONERS ANE GÜNS.
London, May 19, 3.55 g. An official announcement at Petrograd states that the Russians captured a strongly fortified position at Babie in the region of Shavle, taking 100 prisoners.. The battle in Galicia continues most intensely. The Russians on the night.
losses. They captured on May 28 enemy fortifications on the Figany front, taking 6000 Austrian prisoners, 6 heavy guns and 6 field guns. They ther stormed Seniawn, capturing a further 1000 prisoners and 5 güns
| AUSTRIANS IN FULL RETREAT BEFORE THE of May 27 opened the ofensive to the north and east of Seniaws inflicting heary
ITALIANS. :
LONDON, May 29, 1. p.m.
The Austrians aro in full retreat before the Italians, the whole "defcosive, line being one of barning houses, stores and crops, and the destroying of roads and bridges. Their main resistance was made at a fortified position beyend the bend of Lake Idria, but a short and sharp fight drove them to Ala, where
RUSSIAN CAPTURES AT VAN.
LONDON, May 20.. An official announcement isened at Petrograd says that the Russians
when they ocupied Van,
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The girl would do something to
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cheer her. A letter from the front; TVINDSOR LOEGE, Kimberley would be the best restorer. And | W Bond, Koricon 6.Roomed House
THE Undersigned have recuired instrus-beeks. They agnia retreated, and are now hastening towards a stronghold incred 6 quis much munitions and stores at the Governamen: Treasury the girl wrote que out, anul nu with Zarris Cours
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TUESDAY,
the 1st June, 1915, "commencing
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A QUANTITY or VALUABLE TEAKWOOD
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One Drawing Room Salto. Bedroom Fornitura, Arm-chairs and Sofas, Carpets, Twin and Brass-mounted Bodsteads, Sideboards, Dinner Waggona, Extension Dining Tables and Chaira, etc., etc..
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One Pair very fine Blackwood Cabinets, 1 4-fold Blackwood Screen (Porcelain Panuls), Blackwood Fire Screen, Stands, Taapors, Settoes, etc.. One Piano by Brinsmead, several pairs Lace Curtains (NEW) 4 yds. long. One Singer Sewing Machine.
Trent which is visible from the Italian outposts at Montebaldo.
The Italian are using the French model 75 guns and these lave silenced a battery of twelve inchers at Flitsch, Carinthia
BRITISH LINER SUNK IN THE CHANNEL.
Lospos, May 29, 2.30 p.m.
The Elder Dempster liter "Ethiope" has been torpedoed and sunk in the Channel. The chief officer and sixteen segmen have been picked up. The rest of the crew are in other bouts.
LATER.
The Elbiope" was gunk at the mouth of the Channel at 9 am on May 25. The survivors have been landed at Falmouth.
STORY OF PLUCK AND GALLANTRY.
MORE FRENCA`SUCCESSES.
LONDON, May 29, 6.50 p..
dinut into her "mother's room. "A letter!" she exclined: "ant full of good news!"--and she pre- pared to rend it alouil.
The mother saw how carefully thus i girl kept the handwriting hid.
Child she exclniced. Then
know the truth !*!
A Paris communique says there was a most violent artillery doel north of Arras yesterday night, the Germans particularly bombarding the French pai-you tions on Loretta. Height. The French further progressed east of the Aixsouther Road and a German attack et midnight on the French trenches at Ablaia were likewise repulsed.
ENORMOUS TÜRKISH LOSSES.
The girl nodded ar astonished : assent and starting tears.
"I thought you didn't," said the mother, in her ivelly, voice: but! I have known is all along. A few minutes after your telegram about our beloved's promotion, telegram Teuter's correspondent at Athens learns on reliable information that the came to me as his mother that my Turkish losses at the Dardanelles amount to sixty thousand. The enemy's force am was dead, but I kept back the on the Peninsular are now eighty thousand. The whole of the Turkish army w God knows how hard it was in other theatres has assumed the defensive and efforts are being made to con
Lospex, May 29, 12.45 p.m.
to set to rejoice when my heart
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Centrale at the Dardanelles whither re-inforcements are being rushed, mos in was read in coin. I waited to tell our
ari exhausted condition.
It is reported that their supplies are diminishing rapidly.
THE FRENCH TAKE GERMAN POSITIONS.
Tasos, May 29, 6.55 p.m.
A Paris communique states: We repulsed further counter-attacks |
you when you would be stronger than you are.
**There was no news of promotion. It was a teler to tie as his wife that my husband was detd. We have kept the news from each other. and God knows that it was hard ivatel, '
Dinner and Dessert Services, Crockery, SPLENDID WORK OF THE BRITISH REGULARS AND TERRITORIALS.
LONDON, May 30, 7 a.m. - Renter's correspondent at British Headquarters says that words cannot fittingly describe the pluck nnd gallantry, of the British regulars and territorials alike when the recent big advance was made at Festhabert, when they bad bent and bitten the German line. Especially noteworthy was the splendid leading qualities of the enbalterns who with only six months service, when their seniors bad fallen, assumed command. The battle was heralded by an half-hour bombardment before midnight. Then the infantry charged,
There was no need to net, uny capturing a long section of German trenches. Another charge three hours at Augres. later most successfully established a big bulge, which was extended by the
longer. They were heroines both. We continued the offensive at Allaia Atizaine with full success, and they wept together at the her activity of the bomb-throwers, who were most important. They carried Bombs und if aimed accurately the destruction was great. A special school for bomb-sunken road south-east of Ablain. We maintained all the grounit won, the hero's mother, and she soon fitted with wooden handles in a box slung at the waist. The bomb lobbed high and carried a whole group of houses beyond the Cetery and notably death.
the Presbytery, which the enemy had strongly" organised; also the
The strain had been too great for throwing has been established behind the firing line.
The Welah Fusiliers, in the thickest of the fighting, waited in the and inflicted sever loses on the enemy.
passed away. And i lud been 300 darkness while the Engineers prepared a smooth passage to the German At daybreak the French advanced eastward towards Souchez and great for the hero's wife, for she was treaches, built bridges over a ditch full of water and provided scaling curried a big Gennan work after the fiercest fighting. The enemyaBlicted nigh unto death; but she ladders from the trenches. All this was very well done. Soon the officers of were severely defeated..
pulled through. the Fusiliers stood with watches in their hands, waiting for the bombardment to cease; whereupon the men sealed the ladders and possessed the opposing German trench two minutes later despite a furious German fusillade. There was no wavering though the line was getting thinner and thinner. The enthusiasm did not wage and on reaching the trenches with a great cheer our men irresistibly drove the enemy out with the bayonet, There was a curious scene of straggling figures amid lyd lite markiness.
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One notable deed was Sergt.Major Fartee. with even bomb-throwers, fearlessly proceeded down a number of Goruwen trenches, occupied 500 yards and captured 102 Germans including three officers. Private Hardy of the Queen's gave invaluable assistance. When wounded in one arm, he continued to throw bombs with the other; but being a conspicuous mark with a bandaged
it was soon shot dead.
An assaulting company of Scots Guards earned memcruble heroista. They were so impetuous they out-distanced everyone and became surrounded, and were unheard of for a couple of days. Then the scouts found eighty dead Scots- men in the open. Filed up high around them were numerous German corpses. All signs around testified to a gloricas stand by thean splendid Guardarsen against overwhelming odds..
The South Staffe participated in the attack at dawn. These men from Welsall and Wolverhampton "showed wonderful, pluck against the 57th Bavariana. The latter all night long shouted to the Staffs to Come ca,” and when they came with a rush the Bavarians bolted over a line which ex- tended a mile.
Booty and luxuries were captured."
The Warwicks, who were in support, showed magnificent gallantry in bringing in the wounded, their young officers showing remarkable efficiency. Lieat Chavaase, the nephew of a well-known Bishop, uarding the praise of bis Commander..
The Queens had an unpleasant experience. When they found the wire insufficiently cut they requested an additional £fteen minutes bombardment, lying in the open between, the trenches while their own, shells were crashing. over them, but they reached and occupied the enemy's position.
The prisoners Juken yesterday evening alone numbered over four hundred, and we also captured a dezen quick-frers. We made further captures in the big German work referred to, but the numbers have not yet been ascertained.
We pmgressed, and made plisoners ir Bois-le-Protre
THE REPORTED SINKING OF A RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP.
Toxos, May 28.
An official Petrograd communique dobles the story of a Turkish animate sinking a Bessin battleship. No Russian wardip in the Black Sea has been either snek offlanged.
THE S.S. CHAMPAGNEL
Feared Total Wreck.
LONDON, May 29, 6.13 p.m.
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War is an alchemy, that can turn the baser spirit substance to gold. And the girl who would faint out the sight of blood" is now in the land where her husband - mrse at the front, playing her part! bravely in her husband's memory. -- (** Gaffer Bey'in Andras Tires.).
An investigator for the Bureate of }; stry of the Philippine Leluals has discovered that a local plant that has been heretofore commonly regarded as a weed is the same as that from whichr the camphor is manufactured in other parts of the Far Eist. The plus is the Blumen bakamters, described in Merrill's Dictionary of Philppine Plants as tall, anus woody herb, 5 to 8 ft.)
The French trans-Atlantic liner Champagne which, as reported on high, very common, and extensively used Saturday, grounded off Seint Nazaire, man on a mek, and broke amid-y the natives in the practice of medi- ships at low side. She is considered to bo lost.
VIOLENT OUTBURST IN THE REICHSTAG...
German Chancellor on "Icaly's Bad Faith.""
LONDON, May 28.
It is reported that Herr Bethuwn-Hollweg, the German Chancel-
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cine." The plant is described as very plentiful the Philippins. hasECOND FLOOR, Powell's Building, never before ben regarded as a camphor- 3 Airy Rooms. Lift, Light. Immediate bearing plant, although it is known to be Possesion, | identicul with the Blumen balamfera Apply
found in Burmah and China.
The 4th Camerons reached the German trezebea by swimming. Their lor, in the course of a violent outburst in the Reichstag, denounced
The following are singst the fur-j advance apparently was over level grassy ground, when suddenly German machine Italy in the bitterest terus and suggested that she was either threatened ther subscriptions acknowledged by the guns on the right oponed heavy fire. The Camerone continued to advance or bribed by the Allies. He went on to necese Italian statesmen of Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund: splendidly, when the leading men found themselves floundering in water out of bad faith and disregard of Treaty obligations. their depths. They had fallen into a deep ditch. This they sworn, and on wen-` the Highlanders, The Germans did not wait much longer but ran off like rab bits. Then bomb-throwers and machine guns were required.
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April The fury and fear of Germany ut Italy's entry into the war was and race in Siani, £1,000, this being the evidenced by the frantic applause which greeted the abusive passages fourth remittance, which makes a total No. 8, STEWART TERRACE, Pak y in the, Chancellor's speech.
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A lieutenant and two deer-stalkers volunteered to take a messige to
up to the present of £1550; collection Let May; Furnished or unfurnished. Headquarters. When they returned the enemy were attacking in strong
in Keluh, Malay Peninsula, per Mr. L. force and the Camerone, to escape the epiling fire, bad pulled up the 'door
E. P. Wolterstún, 4678 12s. 6d. the boards of their trenches and had crawled into the hollow underneath,
British Community and certain Chine Colonel Finger was shot at the edge of the ditch, having refused to leave.
sympathisers at Canton per IAM till the list man was safe,
Copul-General (further instalment of 474]. The Kings (Liverpool) were of the bravest in attacking two "faims
February) 101 G. Id.; the suburiler and caasi anuch annoyance. Lance-Corporal Tombs left his trench
LONDON, May 28, 6.55 pau. in Shanghai, pet ... Jigia (1st in five tirnen in the face of the Gennan marksinen and returned unhurt with The Porte has issued a Note to Eriendly and Neutral Powers, de-stalment); £5,000; the British Society, wounded. Lieutenants Hutchison and Enlign with a bombing party went cluring That, owing to the hostile actions of the British and French Tokyo, £525, and his Honour the Com THE Undersigned have received instrac-lown to the trench, and captured 200, while a further 200 fled scream in Egypt, it bus bean decided to extend hostinties to the Suez Canal, sustiner od British Residents Weld
ing end in temur, They were fired in by other fermāns..... and the responsibility for any damage to neutral vessels or goods there ha weil (1st installent). £200,
Colnuel Wood, of the Scottish Borderers, fall into à' stream, wounded for devolves, upon Great Britain and France.
C. Ex" and was on the point of drowning when he wok of vent by three of his men. This appears to imply, the ectofision of submuging warfare to, the under/heavy fin, one of the rescuers being the Colonci, a servant?, who - Cuma, "zone, Lad n business to be in the firing line.
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The British troops generally bare shown wonderful wakite, and con- quering spirit partly undoubtedly due to bitterness caused by German treachers and to the German treatment of our wounded which in the Festhubert section has been terrible. Apparently, the further victory recedes from Germany the lower and roots despleable her methods becoine...
RUMANIA AND BULGARIA TO JOIN THE ALLIES.,
LONDON, May 29, 12:00 pm.
Is tug Variety of dainty dishes at the The lenders of the opposition in the Bulgarian Parliament ufro ALECANDRA CAFE care to tempt that when Humnnis shortly joins the Allieh she will be flowed by
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ACTIONS"IN_THH-ADRIATIC.
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Loxpos; May 20, 3.40 a.m.
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A llome communique reports naval betions on Porto Corsini, and Typhoon Barletta, in the Adriatic, on the 24th inst., in which an Austrian tor pedo-hout, shree destroyers, and a scout, were seriously damaged, it volving many, casualties.
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| The Italians lost a destroyer turbine when chasing the enemy. The
destroyer. turbine was attacked by four enerny slips, and, us her husban Imunition was exhausted and she was on fire, her Commander ordered the
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