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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1916.
THE WAR.
LATEST
TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
THE WESTERN FRONT.
BATTLES ON RUSSIAN FRONT.
RUSSIANS TAKE 3,000 PRISONERS NEAR HALICZ.
LONDON, Oct. S. Russian communiqué states: We drove back dense German Bolumns who attacked east of Novo Alexandrovsk.
Battles continue north of Halicz whers the energy is stubbornly resiet- Ing. We have taken 5,000 prisoners here in three days. These include 500 Germana.
RUSSIA'S NEW PUSH.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 3
There is reason to anticipate that General Brasiloffa new push will extend north and south of the Lamberg region embracing the battlefields of Koval and Vladimir Volynsk and a wide extent of Galicia..
THE SOMME REGION.
FARIA, Oct. 8,
A commusique reports a fairly violent artillery duel north of the Somme and that attempted. attack by the Germans north of Rancourt was repulsed.
an
QUIET NIGHT.
THE REVENUE OF
( Thoýrovetrue
THE
UNITED
NCREASES
Las
for the
amounted to £319,958,000-
CHINA MAIL.
·RUMANIANE CROSS, DANUBE
BUCHAREST Oqt 3 official Rumanian con masque
Oct. 3 On the southern front we crossed the bas Danube betweed Rustahuk and Tur
takaf ~
SHIPPING NOTES:
Tho Pacife Mail steamer Ecuador, on her maiden turps to the East left Manila * fat No clock last night and is, excreted to arrive in Hongkong curly on Friday morning She has 64 Arab-cises, and 195 third-class passengers for Hongkong The "Ecuador" leaves for Shanghai &c. and San Francisco on the 11th inst
On the north front we captured 511 prisoners at Thanhuil in the Margitta
with £913;395,500 lat year,"
The revenue from income tax has Mountains, risen by £38,274,000%:
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
|
ĐĂ northern contemporary states that the Bank Line, Ltd, has contracted to charter the Lie Dliris Hara, 6,000 tone d. w. registered in Dalty, at the rate of 30 shillings (G." Yen 14.10 in Japanese cimrency) per ton, which amounts to £3,000 per month The Darren Haru le to make a round-the-world trips
We attacked along the whole front în
· Dobrudja and repulsed the enemy a centre and right Hank MARGIN VAN HA MOST DRAMATIC STROKE.”
** LONDON, Oct 3 THE ZEPPELIN RAID.
The Rumaning announcement of that crossing of the Danube between Rust LONDON, Oct. 2.chuk and Turtukai is a most dramatic, The bringing down of the Zeppelin attroke, as it threatens Cineral Blackon Potter's Bar was a most impressive son's rear, spectacle, and was, visible from all the The exact spot where the Rumanian A Japancas company. northern suburbs on the outskirts of crossed is unknown, but in any case it is formed for the salvage of abandoned London
most brilliant operation, counter wrecks on the China posat and is locat stroking the German claims In Traning such craft with a view of calving as much of the stenstural worku as possible. sylvania.
Operations have - already been coOUS menced on the sunken as foari hing which was lost in the Chusan Archi- polago in September of 1909 from which about one hundred and twenty tons of steel: have already been recovered.
The airship was picked up by the searchlights shortly before midnight er she was coming from the East, and the guns were instantly brought into action.
The airship turned towards the south, then towards the North, vainly attempt- Fing to oscape from the searchlights and tabelis.
Suddenly a white are of flame appear- ed in her side, and this spread like a wave till she was a mass of tira. Then the airship dipped by the nose and
Lospos, Oct. 3. The night has been quiet south af the Aere.
Successful raids were" carried out broke in two.
south of Look.
PARIS, Oct. 3.
Two enemy aeroplanes wers brought down, yesterday, in Somme region.
RAID BY BRITISH. NAYAL AEROPLANES.
the f
AIRSHEDS ATTACKED NEAR BRUSSELS.
The Ententa's Military experts here. regard the success south of Brzozany toward, Rogatyn as an important stage towards separating the Lemberg and Halicz armies, and they dwell upon the similarity of the Russian and the Angiother attack on airsheds in the vinity French tactics.
of Brussels. One failed to return.
THE BALKAN ZONE,
THE BRITISH BAYONET CHARGE.
BULGARIANS COMPLETELY
ROUTED.
LONDON, Oct. 3. It is officially announced that nasal aemplenes carried out a tur
A BRILLIANT BRITISH ENTERPRISE.
A GREAT BAYONET ATTACK:"
PARIS, Oct. 3. LONDON, Oct. 3. The French papers supplement; the particulars of the new brilliant successes A British official report states: Three battalions of Bulgarians which the British gained on the lat Bounter-attacked our new position int. as indicated in General Sir Douglas en the east bank of the Struma. Haig's report on the morning of the The attack was broken by our are.
Then a British battalion charged with the bayonet and completely fouled the enemy, taking 40 of them prisoners
Our aeroplanes borbed troops and Transport at Prstenik and the rail- way thence to Sercs..
FURTHER SERBIAN SUCCESSES.
Sad
The Zeppelin reached the earth in white-hot fragments within twenty minates of her first coming under the are of the guns.
A
The remains were scattered over two miles of the countryside, but the bulk of the wreckage fell close to a cluster of [ houses.
A score of men are believed to be buried beneath the pile. Others were shot out of the gondolas na the wreck fell, and were picked up in
up in cornera of the field
An extraordinary statement is made that the Commander of the Zeppelin was picked up alive,, but, died soon afterwards.
GERMAN VERSION OF
THE RAID
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 3. The German official report of last night's raid is characterised by misstate
manta.
Ifswerts that the airships successfully pelted bombs on London, when in fact they never reached the Metropolis.
It is further stated that the destroyed Zeppelin fell above London, while, on the contrary, the airship was brought to earth fifteen miles away.
· THE SOMME FRONT.
SEVERE FIGHTING BY BRITISH.
LONDON, Oct. 2 The objective aimed at was entirely General Haig reports that there has gained in less than two hours. It was been severe fighting in and about characterised by a great bayonet Eancourt where the enemy succeeded in attack in
which two Hanoverian regaining a footing in some buildings.
We improved our positions near battalions were driven back despite Guendecourt and Courcelette. their desperate resistance.
Today we captured one officer and 63 men.bens
Our aeroplanes bombed several points military importance
The services rendered by the "Tanks included breaking the ground for the infantry advance by levelling a formidable defensive system.
The situation at Le Sare and Transloy A Fronch official report from is now most critical. They are points Baloniks states that the Serbians. of support for the first line of defence have carried enemy's first trenches of Eapaume, and are being heavily on the heights of Sta-kougrob, north bombarded.
LONDON, Oct. 8.
Bast of Kajmackalan and captured CAPTURED BAVARIAN ORDER. another Bulgarian battery..
Bad weather continues.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN DOBRUDJA,
RUMANIANS ATTACHING ALONG „THE WHOLE FRONT.
LONDON, Oct. 3. A Rumanian communiqué states We are violently attacking along the whole front in Dobrudis. The enemy „la stubbomly resisting.
THE BRITISH IMPERIAL AIRGRIPT
FLOTILLA.
LONDON, Oct. 3. Seventy-eight aeroplanes have now been presented to the Imperial Aircraft Flotilla, the
contributona including residents of Shanghai and Hankow
Twenty-nine aeroplanes have been presented to the Boyal Flying Corps by British-Malaya.
A: REVELATION OF WEAKENED MORALE
LONDON, Det: 3, Reuters Correspondent at Heads quarters reports that a captured Bays rian Order shows that the enemy is suffering from nerves.
An enemy hite balloon was brought
down in flames.
There were many air-fights, in which two enemy machines were destroyed and many driven down: Wo suffered ng losses.
THE FRENCH FRONT.
PARIS, Octa:
HOIHOW NOTES.
·Dux Diem Cal
WAITING FOR“EUNG CHAI
KWONG
has been
at Tokyo paper states that the Cani- dien Pacific Ocean :Services: Eid, tha Toye Kiran Kaubs and the Pacific Mat Steamship Company, have agreed on uniform sabedule of passenger rates, Bamours of political changes in Hai- which provides that all pages are nan have been numerous during most of to be paid on the basis of American gold the Inst month. The people learn from dollars. For the last forty years and more. passenger farts on boats bound Canton that the former Tutuh, Lang,frain the Onent to America, have been coming with several thousand soldiers, paid on the basis of pounds sterling some say 9,000 and others decrease the They have also agreed to abolish the six number as far as, 2,000. The native months round trip fare. The only round trip tickets to be sold in the fear that thess schtiers will foot and future, will be for a period of one year. maks trouble and there have been some The report adds:-Though it is carry- protests sent to Faking on that accounting on its business independently of the It is to be hoped that their fears ara vain, agreement of three other steamship lines the Nippon Yusen Kaisha will adopt for Hainan surely needs a strong hand the new tariff decided on by these three to suppress the robbery and blackmail companies in the near future and looting that has been carried on by bath factions that have been contending here for the last few months.
Quite a number of Japanese ships. have been sold to foreign companies Hoihor and Kiangchow hare many recently. We hear from a Japanese Con- wealthy refugees from the interior who temporary that the a.. Shingo "Maru, 3,519 tous groas, has been sold to Mesars, have come out to escape heavy sases Macondray and Co., of Manila, at the ments by the revolutionists who have price of Yen 1,000,000 for delivery thia practically the control of about half of the month The Meias Mars, swit east side of Hainan, Theis tebais Naver 3185 took gross, has been attacked Kachek, and as they were re pulsed they seem to have given up theplan they made of attacking the officials in Kinngchow. They seem to be waiting now to see what the next move will
be in Canton.
· POLITICAL EXCITEMENT" ACROSS THE
AUSTRALIA
Luchow, just across the Strait, has beer haring political and other excite mant which fairly sclipses Bainan. One of our Hoihow residents has recently returned from there and he reports that the three Districts which made up the Península declared their independence
·TORKS! -
purchased by a British merchant for 2205,000. In addition the Fone Afuris, Ezaki Mara, Kinfungan Maru and Tolas Mary, have been purchased by foreignera Rumours are current that the Japanese Government is contemplating stopping the sale of Japaness stemme foreigners in the near future, in order to prevent shortage of hold space. The question was exhaustively debated but the sentiment is said to be in favour of only the export of new steaners built maintaining the status, quo, prohibiting under Japanese Government subaidies
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THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BENE.
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to nart Account...
Bad weather in hampering the Somme they say, to cut off supplies from the Nippozuar Kaisha, the Cani Bhooch Directors of the Yokohama Specie Bank To Balance carried forward"
operations
There was an intermittent cannonade. rulers so that they will withdraw. elsewhere,
YOUNG TIGERS CAPTURED.
In the Bouchavesner fighting wa captured 40 prisoners and six machine-
guns.
800,000.
note from the shipping page of the Manchuria Daily News, a Japanese paper printed in English at Dairen)Nine steamship companies, including the of Canton early in the year. Later, Toyo Kinen Kaisha, working the Hong- soldiers from Kochow came and toak kong Ameren service, have entered into over the government of these three dia compact under the style of the Trans- Pacific Conference. According to the trieta, and have controlled it for several latest reports from Hongkong the mouths with the consent of the gentry Conference has decided to dissolve itaeif and merchants. There were revolution shortly at the initiative of the C. P. R.
¡A communiqué states tem
ary soldiers who were dissatisfied, and one of the most influential members of the Conference, and to re-organize the We made some progress east of they came recently and drove out the Conference under the new regulations. Bouchayesues. *
Ko-chow soldiers from Sun, and hope, adding thereto sa new membớng thờ
The Report to the Shareholders of the Kishs, and the Blue Fumel Line, all offor the Half-Year ended 30th June, 1918, which have hitherto chosen to keep states per wee aloof from the Conference. The two The Gross Profits of the Bank for Japanese compatties have expressed the part Hall Year, including Yea A day or two later the report came their willingness to join. it, and the Elas 1,336,716.90 to Ven 24,781,485.00, forward from last that two young tiger had been captured Funnel Line is expected to follow suit. Account amount to A German detachment was dispersed, and killed within ten miles from where With the prospective formation of from which the sum of Yen 31,124,000 with 50 killed, in the same region
Seath of the Soume small enemy the writer was staying. They were sold the new Conference, which fa now with has been deducted for Interests Tres in aight, comprising altogether thirteen Current Expenses Rebate on Bills Car easily repulsed A Lieutenant-Colonel plaintively Fattack south of Verman d'Ovillers was after they had been killed for 821, and steamship lines, it is anticipaton there rent, Bad and Doubtful Debts, Bonde 30th June, 1916
for Officers and Clerks, etc, leaving A taken to Lui-chow, where they were will be an advance of the Conference palance of Ten; 3,637,455,74 for BYUTO
We have examined the above cut up for food.
steamer freights between Hongkong priation and American Facile parts by 50% DEPARTURE OF THE FERNCH CONSUL subject to a 10% rebate, over the rates 400,000.00 be added to the
The Directors propose that Yen in detail, coinparing them with the
rve Fund, and Vouchers of the Bank and the
returns, Leqm the Ranches and Agenci Our Hoshow. "foreign community 1 now in force. recommend Envid
hick and bare Loring them to be correct
Have further inspected the Ber General Joffre, in an Order to the have had some changes. Among the
Ewill absorb Ye
thold) will be leter of the Bank and allo- t Northern Armies, states that he is well principal to the leaving of Mt. Hench
account of Loans Advancemen satisfied with their efforts on the corne, the French Coneal for France
have found thear Somme, which had struck a blow at the with his family. The duties of the enemy from which be will hardly recover Verdun had been relieved Consulate will be talom over by M
wenty ve villages had been reconquer de Purbaren, MD who had for the ed 36,000 prisoners and 150 guns had last three yes the position -Physicia been taken, and the enemy lines "Hid
to the rench Consulate and Su beenmaibed to a depth of ten kilometres. The Allied Somme Armies
rebukes his men. He says: "I have got, the impression that a few English- man throwing bumbe from their trenches can thoroughly frighten Is crowd of Bavarians If we put an unnecessary barrage on the enemy, he retaliates and we suffer. This fright on the Bemme front must be dispelled.
CROCODILE TEARS;
·SHED BY THE GERMIN ÜROWN PRINCE
LONDON, Oct. 8.
The German Crown Prince,
obviously with the object of further THE REFERENDUM IN AUSTRALIA.ing mediation, has made a statement
SYDNEY, Oct.
to an American Press correspondent. He wept crocodile tears, deploying The State Ministries, except that the terrible loss of bfe, and said the
pporting the German Generals deplored the neces question ofsit for using liquid fire and other
instruments.
Hour organisations of He hinted that American treasures Queensland, New South Wales and should be invested in sowing the
fiators are strenuously opposing it need of peace
It is expected that the voting in
lew South Wales will be decisive..
ALLIES REQUEST" TO HEUTRALS
THE INSURRECTION IN NETHER PREVENT SUBM
GENERAL JOFFRE WELL CAN ANG BATISFIED.
A Manila paper states that two
two: now The Halsno freight vessels of 4,000 tons capacity to carried fory
to the credit of dext operate between San Francisco, Manila Houglas and way porte, are now being
ORDERAL BALANCE, 30TH JUNE, 191 built frban Francisco' shipyards, and will be ready for operation by January Capital (paid up)
the new Reserve Fundi 17Mike, company to:
line is the San Francisco and Steamship Company, a newly the French Hospital, and hoa |-firm”, expitalised, stay
theng vessels are to
were asmred of a glorious part in the treated tically final victory
Loreign and native
"special": PAGOHANGES IN ZER MISSIONARYO Us | acotomy
ANTHE BOJ CATRA, REBELLION.
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