MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1917.
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TUESDAY,
10
the 17th April, 1917, commencing at 2.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8,
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THE WAR.
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THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA.
GENERAL MIUNE'S. PROGRESS.
Lesbos, April 14# An officia? message from Meso- potamia states: General Maude, ou
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advanced detachments from the right bank of the Diala drew the bulk"
THE BRITISH ADVANCE of the enemy forces on this flank
13,000 GERMAN PRISONERS'IN FIVE DAYS.
"LONDON, April 13. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports as follows:
THE MACEDONIAN FRONT.
A Frenait official report states:—.
Eastern Army: The anomy madoa
INTIMATIONS
local attack in the direction of Tirnov OYAGER SING'S MOTOR CAR GARAGE.
west of Monastir, but failed. Bands of comitad jis supported the Austrian troops in an attempted offensive west of Koritza and were repulsed
British neroplanes successfully attack id the aerodrome at "Trama,"
SUBMARINE PIRACY.
ARGENTINE, SHIP SUNK.
towards Deltawa. We marched to. the Dial and attacked, on the morn ing of the eleventh The enemy was driver out of his advanced positions
BUENOS AIRES, Apr. 14.. near Ghaliyeh north-eastward of! It is officially announced that the Deltawu on the same evening. The Argentine ailing ship Monta Protegulo enemy withdrew six miles to Seraijik. has been sitak in European waters Operations were continued on 12A minute enquiry has been ordered, and 13th, the Turks talling back to and the incident has caused a great Deliabbas. The Turks lost 700 impression. wounded on the bith, and 200 off We pressed back the enemy on our their dead were found. Our casual- whole front from north of the Scarpesies were about 200.- River to the south of Loos. W. seized the villages of Ballen, Willeryal; Vimy Petit, Vimy, Givenchy-un-Gobello and Angrts. We also gained a footing in the trenches north-east of Lena, captur ing prisoners and guns in this area.
We extended our operations north wards to-day cast and north of Vimy Ridge.
To the southward of the Arras- Cambrai Road we captured Wancourt Tower and advanced astride the Hin- denburg line to seven miles south-anat of Artss
GERMAN ATROCITIES.
BHAMELESS CRUELTY TO
PRISONERS.
LONDON, April 14. Stories of shameless Funnish cruelty aro multiplying..
SPANISH PRESS COMMENTS...
LosDos, April 14,
Spanish Press comments reveal a distinct cleavage of opinion in respect to the situation created by submarinismo. [The Liberal organs strongly favour, vigorous action in this connection and amphasise the solidarity of the Cabinet and the necessity for national tinity and patriotism. On the contrary the Con servative journals "strongly oppose intervention, declaring that it would ruin Spain without being in any way
Mon, April 19.
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A CURIOUS STORY.
the Marseillaise.
Router's correspondent at French We also progressed on the high
Headquarters gives numerous instances decisive.. ground to the cast of Leverguier and in which occurred during the occupation of Havrincourt Wood.
Yesterday we drove down firs hostile recently liberated territory. In one SPAIN TO SEND A STRONG NOTE
TO GERMANY. town alone eighty girls of superior clase
PETROGRAD, April 14. aeroplanes: three of ours are missing.
were kidnapped for alleged industrial
The French and British Labourites Since the 9th inst. we have taken and agricultural labour. In another 13,000 prisoners of whom 285 are town the entire population was dragged
The Goverment is sending a have arrived and were greeted by
to Gemnity on officers; we have also captured »166
the huge crowds, military and militia away at dawn without warning to a strong note guns, of which sight, are sin, also 15% destination unknown. The commone subject of the torpedoing of the guars of honour, and bands playing field guns and howitzers, 84 tranch of Uguy-le-Gay was. fined 10,000|. Fulgencie. mortars; 250 machine guns; and, marks because a house was burned addition, many guas have been dows, really through the fault of the demolished and buried.
Germans. Nevertheless the fine. ww enforced and, three local notables were imprisoned and accorded apare diet and rigorous treatment until the fine wea paid in another town the Germans stopped people and demanded to see their watches. If the watches did not show German time the owners were heavily fined.
FURIOUS BOMBARDMENT BY FRENCH.
LONDON, April 13
The French communiqué states: South of St. Quentin fighting con- tinues before the positions we con- quered this mornings, the enerny
At Senattik Steamers are berthed along. side the Company's wharf where there in a minimum depth of 97 to 28 feet at low water Spring Tides."
Charts of Sibuke Bay (Sebattik Ear-vigorously resisting. bour), Prices and all other information concerning the Port can be had, on 1663 application to the Agents,
'HUGHES & HOUGH. Auctioneers
Hongkong, April 11, 1917.
PUBIJO ACOTION.
HE Undersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction,
(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
**OR
WEDNESDAY,-
the 18th April, 1917, at 11 am
at The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.'s Godown No. 10, FORTY-SIX BALES ..0CNNIES.
'Terms:-Cash
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers. Hongkong, April 13, 1917.
THE
PUBLIC AUCTION.
1673
HE Undersigned, have received ia- structions to sell by Public Auction, (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
on
FRIDAY,
the 20th April, 1917, cómmencing at 2.30 p.m., at their Bales Rooins, No. 8,
• Des Vœux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,-
GRADLEY & CO., LTD.,
Agenta Cowie Harbour Coal Company, Limited,
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Our artillery furiously bombarded German organisations between the Samine and the Oise and there was also an artillery duel in the region of the Aisne and in the Chainpagne,
Mr. Beach Thomas, correspondent of the "Daily Mail," tells a story of two of our men who had been prisoners with the enemy but had escaped to our lines What these men say will fill our army with more fury than anything yet recorded against the enemy. They were captured early this year and immediste- ly set to work near the lines, sometimes under our shell fire. They were starved from the beginning. One, who w thirteen stone when he was captured is now eight stone. The other's foot is covered with boils. If they askeri to be allowed to conso work" because of their weakness they were lashed with a whip. As a mark of his admiration of the or his with the butt end of a rifle. splendid work of the Naval and Mili. Their diet was a quarter of a lost of tary wings of the air service and bread and some thin soup, with De especially of their wonderful achieve casional small "extras." The full detaila ments in the recent operations in France are being officially recorded. TOT TOTAL FUNDS AT SIST DERMARE, 1914, and elsewhere, the King has become Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Flying Corps.
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE
INSURANCE CO.
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COMPANY, LTD.,
and
THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE Co.
£29.970,3877
[Authorised Capital £6,000,000
Subscribed Capital £4,600,000
-Fire Fundi
Paid-up Capital sumanos. £2,437,500
[11-Kile & Annuity Funds... 17,
Sinking Fand account imp
£23,970,367
£2,381,456 Revenue Fire Brape.............
Lute and Annuity | 2,142,593
Branche....mkannyan 5 Revenue Marine Department. 897,239 Other Receipts
THE KING AND THE FLYING CORPS.
LONDON, April 13.
HOSPITAL SHIPS SUNK:
BRAZIL SEIZES GERMAN,
SHIPS
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 18.
A curious story comes from Stock- holo that thirty Russian revolution- aries from Switzerland have passed through there proceeding to Petro, grad. It is stated that the Germun
RUMANIA'S KING AND HIS
TROOPS..
1681
Jassy, April 13.
King Ferdinand, inspecting his troops at the front, promised them gifts of land and an extension of political rights,"
EXPLOSION AT AN AMERICAN MUNITIONS FACTORY,
CHESTER (Pennsylvania), April 13.
Two explosions at the Eddystone ammunition factory have occurred.
The Government has ordered the Government waived their passport seizure of all German vessels in and baggage, examinations on condi- It is estimated that 175 have been Brazilian waters as a precautionary tion of their promising to obtain the killed, while several hundreds are release of a similar number of civi-injured. The force of the explosion
measure,
It is officially announced that is has been decided to arm Brazilian merchantroen sailing in the danger zone.
*BRAZIL
THE WAR
inns, from concentration camps.
THE RE-CONSTITUTION OF POLAND.
PETROGRAD, April 13. The Allied Governments, it con SUGGESTED INFANTRY FORCE gratulating the Russian Government on
FOR EUROPE
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 13. It is suggested by the newspapers that Brazil should send 200,000 is fantry to Europe.
BOLIVIA SEYERS RELATIONS WITH GERMANY.
LAPAZE, April 14. Bolivis has severed relations with Germany.
scattered shells in every direction:
The first explosion occurred in a room in the shrapnel building, where 100 girls were putting the finishing touches to shells. Approximately, 30,000 shells were stored in an. adjoining building, which, the second explosion demolished. Both build- ita proclamation to the Poles, associate lugs caught fire and the firemen themselves with the idea of re-constitut strenuously confined the flames to ing Poland which is bound to play an these buildings. In the meantime,"
injured picked up filled two hospitals important part in the future of Europe.charred bodies were recovered. The RATIONING IN GREAT BRITAIN. and two improvised hospitals were
organised.
LONDON, April 13.
Whispers of a German plot are current.
LATER Font arrests have been made in connection with the Eddystone
A Memorandum of the Board of Agriculture states that the diminish- ed importation and the military requirements reduce the feeding explosion.
stuffs of the country for the config | THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA, year by one and a half million tons.
THE RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS.
PETROGRAD, April 13... The meeting of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Committee mentioned on the 11th inst. adopted by 325 votes to 65 a
Simultaneously, the numbers of live- stock are unprecedently large; there fore rationing of feeding stuffs and a substantial reduction of live stock is essential.
UNFOUNDED RUMOURS ABOUT. THE KAISER..
AMSTERDAM, April 18: A Berlin oficial message states
BRITISH - COIL FOR SPAIN.
LOSDON, April 13. Renter is informed that Great Britain bas "agreed to supply Spain. with 150,000 tons of coal per month, while Spain has agreed to export to England as much ore as is required and part of the orange crop, and also will allow Britain to charter Spanish ships.
THE P. & 0. COMPANY.
DIVIDEND ANNOUNCED
Meanwhile news of fresh sea atrocities come in daily. The latest example is the French schooter Leontine A.enb marine fred at her, whereupon the Leontine immediately put out her boats. The submarine watched for a few minutes, then satisfied that the schooner Loxnox, April 13.
was unarmed, fired forty shells into The Adinirelty announces that the her, killing four and badly wounding resolution endorsing the proclamation Hospital ship Gloucester Castle was three, including the skipper, who was cabled on the 10th inst, which the 478,940 torpedoed without warning-in mid conveyed to the cabin. The submarine Committee considers an important step
Channel on the night of March 30-31; then fired incendiary shells and finally towards the reallaation of democratic that the rumours that the Kaiser is
put a crew abcart. The boatswain and principles in the foreign policy, declaring ill are unfounded,"
the official renunciation by all govern- All the wounded" on bord" wery cabin boy lay bleeding on the
The P. & D. Company's interim. deck, and knowing that the explosionments of ideas of territorial expansion
dividend on deferred shares has been A Berlin official message on would mean their death, asked for will powerfully contribute to ending the
AMSTERDAM, April 15.announced at the rate of twelve per Wednesday "last proclaims that the merry. The German officer's reply was war; but while the war continues Pas-
cent. tax free.. A message from Vienna statee that ressel was subitarined thus removing to shoot the cabin boy through the head is democracy recognises that any dis with his revolver, the submarine crew organisation of the army, weakening its any doubt in the matter.
The Admiralty also announces that meanwhile laughing and singing. The fighting capacity, will be disastrous to General Steinstetten has been ap thor Hospital whip falta was mined Latine anally blew up with her the country and liberty. The Commit. pointed Minister of War.
tee appeals to the people to concentrate and sunk in bad weather in the wounded. Five unwounded men were their energies on sasuring the army and Channel on Tuesday. There were Lowever, cavad.
£25.329,223
The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are seperately Investad, sad, ny Act of Parliament, ara est side to meet
the claims under the respective Depart HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c, ments of the Company's Business.
SHEWAN, TOMES & 00.
Agents,
Comprising —
Doable and Single Bedstes is. Bide boards, Dinner Waggon, atd., Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Chesterfield Bofas, Arm-chaire, o., Wardrobes and Toilet Tables, Cots, &c., Miscellaneous Farniture, Roll-top Desks, Blackwood Ware,_indloding Cabinets Wardrobes, Stands, &c., Brass Fenders and Fire Bramen, '&'low' fota Pçicelain, and Curios,
c., Pantry, Bath Room and Kitchen Utensils, Electric Lamps, Fans,
&c.
(Fall Particular from Catalogus.).
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, April 11, 1917.
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Ometals and Merchants in Liria Colony for ten years.
16 has a good method of training erop toedical officers and nine nursing states that the Captain of the Fulgencio pars in the Chinoso, examination, and is pomorand
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direct la Nu itt, Wallington Birset,
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him with his revolver, Actuallycom pelled him to carry a bomb in his own The Gloucester Castle was tor-boat to sink his ship.
pedoed at midnight. An engineer and a fireman were killed by the
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WASHINGTON, April 13. hastened to the rescue and took off
As a result of a conference of mival 450 wounded who were landed rad Ent to hospital. The moonlight and anthorities it is understood that the calm sca facilitatek tanshipment; first step of the American Navy, will be which is frequently difficult owing to patrol the Atlantic and the Carib
bean Sea, and ultimately it will to the number of atretcher cases.
releva
the Allies of the Perfect discipline prevailed and there.
the North and South Atlantic on this The mirsen and doc WUB no panick
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the population of everything that is indispensable.
The Executive of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Committee emphatically denies the reports that it or the Russian Socia lists have sent delegates to any secret peace negotiations at Copenhagen or anywhere else and adds that Russia has not the least aden of such negotiations
NEW AUSTRIAN MINISTER OF
WAR.
THE GERMAN CHOWN PRINCE.
AMSTERDAM, April 13.
LONDOX, April 15.
OBITUARY.
WESLEYAN PROFESSOR DIES.
LosDoy, April 15. The Wesleyan professor, James A Berlin message states that the Hope Moulton, died from exposure Crown Frince has resumed command after the sinking of the ship on which of the contral group of armies on the he was returning from India Western Front.
GERMAN: BREAD RATIONS REDUCED,
AMSTERDAM, April, 154 Bread rations in Germany have been DANISH SOCIALIST CANNOT ENTER reduced by one quarter, but meat and
Borg
RUSSIA:
COPENHAGEN, April 15, The Danish Socialist Commoner M
who recently started for Petrograd to confer with the Russian Socialiste, has not been permitted to enter Ras
RUSSIAN COAL SUPPLY:
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