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TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1917.
"TELEGRAMS.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
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FRENCH PROGRESS."
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AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS...
A VICTORY FOR MR. HUGHES,
MELON May 7..
TWO POWERFUL POSITIONS.
TAKEN AT & BLOW."
AMENDING THE GERMAN CONSTITUTION..
*THE
UNDERMINING THE MONARCHICAL PRINCIPLE"
AMSTERDAM, May 6.
CHINA MAIL.
SPORT.
TENNIS.
BRITISH ARMY COUNCIL'S CLASSIFICATION OF MEN.
The War Offes eireistates “for general information the Army Couseil Clumsi- fention of men, by estegories. It will take effect from Jung lst meet. House classification, i
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THE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL.
SPORT No Sax wox. The final match in the Championship A Berlin message says that simultane-Singles was played yesterday under ex- ously with the deliberations of the. Reitstag Committee for amending thecellent conditions There was a lighp. Reutters correspoulent at the French Constitution of the Germatt Empire, cool breeze and the light was good. The despatch "oversets; A reoruit whet
there have been debates This light shower which occurred about half It is expected that the Nationaliststten huurgers, telegraphing on the 5th Roiebstny regarding the Army, in which if way through the match was so light us should be fit am as trained; ABB
Dusit Hun
access,
السلام
LONDON, May 6,"
peaco
ridiculous WILM
while
A. Fis for general service: "A for
E. Foft for a WPC, The standards are: A men, able to
will have 21 seats fix the Federal Senate inst., says":- and the Labourites 15. It is certant Craodne and Laffaux respectively are the War Minister and the Conservatives to have rather a beneficial effect that returned Ę Fuen when handsued,”
1. Pit fir sumarinten abring but not t that the Government will" control lothanking points of the Platenu froma declared that a huge army would be otherwise. A large crowd of spectators necessary after the war to protect witnessed the phy, evěry "sent on
kor general service, 1 i Horses as the majorities of the labour which the Germans are now, swept the throne. Moreover, International the arand being occupied, and many provisional units: is our units:
They are powerful positions, constituting
the late comers laving to stand, Amongst Irmigkokis have een enormandy re- the Laffix enlient which is the corner-Socialists' denounced the illegal in those prescut were E. F. The Governor. Karrison or regimental outdoor staphy dueck The Elections passed] vif quietly stone the Hindenburg Line svety where.
They
corporation of Belgians in the German. E. Major General Ventris, the Herment: 5 i sedentary werken jerks or re especially ditent
army, and voiced the complaints cf Mr. Claud Severn, Colonel John War, FATER
the valley containing Allwugh thy election retamps are
C. For service at bone ouly. Ci) the Sojasons and Laon railway had soldiers of the brutality of officers. The M. P. Erecisely at the advertised time juvmplete, it seems retain that to be era, auit the heights which also declared that the people refused to
crownert Ladanx Mill had to be store be browbeaten by Herr Groener's (430) the players appeures on the ones garrisons or provisional utfits; C il labour i and the match started without lelay tits, command garrison, or regimentai Mr. Hughes will have a pisjority in Yer the pitions were taken as a blow, terrorism of the workers.
The Committee amended the Articles Sae Kwong took the first service and outdoor: 6 ili sedentary employment as though the thermans were continuously of the onsitution relative to the the commented the hardest fought set clerks, storemen, bagmen, cooks, order. Tinwally, the sensitive inforrect by a tunnel connecting the appointment of Army and Navy oficers, of the match. It was quite evidenties, sanitary dates,
tronches with quarries in the rear.
1 X temporary classification, for those Lakoni stronghobis dar vir been greatly
Fighting everywhere had been very substituting the Chancellor, who from the outset that Nisbet intended.
will counter-szign the several prominent hard. The orrespondent watched a
Kaisers to press his opponent to the utmostatic for A B or C hat likely to become
„"„dean » haye ile i detented.
German counter-attack, accompanied Appointments, but all the amendments but Ng Sa Kwong's defence was spit in six months,
were the wurk of the reactionary persistent that the score was carried to ans returned my most furious bombardment, on the Centre National Liberals. Afr. Hughes
ciptural trenches. These were smoking
Teightcore games, and the set finally Bondigo by a mujority of 3,600,
under the rain of henvy shells as if afire,mitter's triting, and demands its dis-During this set, as indeed throughout factive service conditions. 15 men, free
The ureterk genouneen the Comwent to the latter by ter games to eight, marca, see to shoot, heur well and stand i Mr. Cook, farterly leader of the
The main feature in the Conseil, while the reactionary organ the game. Nisbet displayed a tactical from serious organic disease, able to stand Liberal Party, is now a uga.ber of
stor, was operate atempts of the Arews Zeitung, protests against the 1 Baghes Ministry,
eremy in employing Prussian Guards to alterations as undermining the Monar ability which eventually won him the service conditions. 15, men. free from [re-capture Craonse. Repeated waved
chical principle.
mates, but he lost many points by driverions orpiric disease, able to
entire enditions on lines of communiés ing his ball into the net or outside. In the attacks were finally broken the of sands were mows Hown. When
in France or in garrisons in the tropics, the second set Nisbet remedied this and i, able to march five miles, sem French hunted the survivors from.
defect in his otherwise fine play and, to shoot with glasses and hear well; BB the trenches and shelters where they
| taking more care, played an almost perds, or work 13 Hi sottalte for sedentary had assembled for attack. These were
fect tactical game. His method was to work men, free from serious organie found packed with lead. 1.100 prisoners
gradually work up to the ret and at the disenso. able to stand service condiziona - were taken here alone, and as these were
first opportunity, neatly place the ballout in garrison as Ilote and Cienciù taken only at reapt the enemy losses can be imagined.
of Ng Sae Kwong's reach. The latter in 13 class. pinyer was baffled every time. Whin his. opponent saw the opportunity he would hue the tall, and Kwong would not be there. This set was in casy win for
Speaking at Syings, Mr. Cooks declared that the natione had rise guilly and bad hing time to its trod.tions.
REFERENDUM IN QUEENSLAND
yet the French viekled not a foot.
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BRSHANE, 3ly 7. The bust figures of the referen;
The rest of the whole fighting is that dum on the question of the abolition gaps several miles long have been torn for the Queensland Legislative Coun- in the Hindenburg Line. This is most
igainst.
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CHINA AND THE WAR.
IMMENSE POSSIBILITIES OF ASSISTANCE.
M
The following "Contributal article is reproduced from the Peking Gazette:
What conlt Chin de in, the war if she were to join the greas nations which
hbmarine policy?
F,307 Jor" auf 157315-notable, as the enemy meant to make have taken up urma against Gerina Nisbet which he secured by six games to
IMPERIAL PREFERENCE
QUESTION.
Losmos, Mas
In the home of Cousins, Mr. W. A. S. Howins"usked whether the question of 19sienter had beet taken from the ital of the Diperial War Corner lay the Empurial War Cabinet
stoul on Craonse plateau, if anywhere
u France.
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FRENCH GAINS RETAINED.
THE INCREASING ROLL OF TRISONERS.
Londos, "May 6. A French communiqué says: North-west of Soissons wa completed restenlay's successes and extended the Bonquered ground, capturing by local operations, several important strong points north of Laffaux and north of Braye en-Elonnois.
Chinese newspapers, which do nec appreciate the great producing power of China if properly directed, are inclined to make light of the assistance she could render. German propagandists are be littling the ability of China to render
valuable aid to the anti-German fortan and ure
For
two
third set and although the Chinese player The same features governed the
saved himself many times by soco remarkable hack-hand strokes, Nishet's generalship proved too ameh, and he won by six games to three.
to drive into the net, made, s
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RAFID REBUILDING NEAR LONDON.
DIARY OF OPIMILATIONS ÎN EXTTOSION AREA.
stand
the progress of the reconstruction work, The following is a diary, recording undertaken by the Office of Works in the aren devastated by the recent munitions explosion near London. It is regarded [by experts, says the Times, as a remark-
able building achievement
Jan. 10, 2017 (Evening of)--Explosion Jan. 22-Report on damage to houses
centred. in immediate vicinity of explosion called for. Jan. 21-Report presented by First
Camdiasioner of Works to the Prime Minister
are trying to frighten ill-informed Chinese by telling them they could gain nothing by association, with the forces which are battling
for นพเคร
In the fourth set, which proved to be rights the rights of the inthivirluan against the that. Sg Se Kwong appeared to be the will of a dynasty.
in difficulties and Nisbet, stili pursuing With China's
úgricultural population his offensive tactics took the score to properly organized under foreign directive games to one. In the next gume clon China
inn could become the granary for the entire world, he has the labour. Ny Sze Kwong, taking advantage of a She has the land. All that is needed is return on the part of his opponent modern machinery and scientific methods. There has been a furious artillery England has turned to the United States lined in the whole region of Chemin-des- for machinery and skilled agriculturalists Dames, where the Germans again launch-to break the food shortage not wholly Autisfied with the trouter strong counter-attacks against our about by the German submarine activity. ment of the question would "he positions of Froidmont Farm, Varclerce United States has been calleth upon worthy in the extreme. From five Jav. 25.-Staff sent to site to prepare a i Thedly here. The resolution wax debated in the Emperial War Cabinet by the opinions representatives | (and nevondokhiarty support. It was moved in the Conference by the Prime Minister of New Zealand and fire and re-treated in disorder, lesvian methods In a recent interview given in and the match by 8-10, 6-2, 8-3, 6-4,
Ale. Walmer Bong replied that the impression that the Couferynce was
plateau and the Crannne sector. Wa verywhere maintained our gains and pulse the enemy, inflicting heavy losses.
During one of the attacks, `a embattalion was caught by our ngrent part of its effectives on the
carried unanimotely. The menthers ground. of the Cenference desired it to be "recorded that the reason why they die ret speak at any hugth on the reaolution, was that” the question hd aliwaily been fully, debate, by the
War Cabine
Mr. Long sleek that any sugges- tion that the Imperial War Cabinet could take the nutter from the hands of the Conference would show an imperiet appreciation of the powers of the Conference. and would be warmly resented by the Dbapinions.
PENALISING FOOD WASTAGE..
LONDON, May 7.
Solar, 6,100 prisoner have been counted. One of our army corps took 1,800 prisoners, and on a front of four kilometres, captured almost the whole of the Siegfried line.
THE BREACH IN THE HINDEN- BURG LINE.
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SEVERE ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED.
LONDON, May 6. Field-Marstal Sir Douglas Haig reports: --
Fater reports show that the Ger man attacks along the Hindenburg Line "Lastward of Bullecourts were
is entrustedt
Sir with the day of increasing food pro tion in England, to supply 500 farmers and a large number of tractor engines for the development of English agricol tural lands
lands Canada has also been asked to send skiled farmers to teach English agriculturalists New World Lordon by Sir Arthur Lee to a cor- respondent of The Associated Press, he said:
"I have great respect for the ability of the American farmer. I have seen bin at work and I know that every thing he does spells efficiency. That
wale recovery, Considering be was playing a Insing gime, Ng Sze Kwong's stand at this stage was praise-
games to one, against him, Kwong brought the score up to four games to his opponent five and altered the complexion of things. However, in the next game. Nisbet soon put matters right for himself, thus scouring the set
The play showed a considerable differ- ence between the methods of the two players, Mr. Nisbet relies considerably upon forcing the game and tactical methods over which he has a superb command, but he is inclined to get a
Jan. 34.-Prime Minister's instructions to proceed immediately with renova. tion of
of destroyed and damaged pro- perty received
schedule of dilapidations. Photographs of damage recorded on schedules; authority for expenditure received. Feb. Idangerous work shored up
or feiled Feb. 800 en employed. Délin cleared away from about 600 houses- work proceeding rapidly, in spite of severe weather conditions. Value of work executed £4,000 Feb. 7.-All rools covered in temporarily
where houses were in occupation. Feb. 18.118 men employed. Progress somewhat delayed by severe frost. Cost of work to date, £12,000. Feb. 28-1,040 men employed; good
why we should like to have so many little careless, and loses more points progress for the week: 799 houses re-
of him in the present crisis. Your
farmer bas solutionized farming than seems justifiable, by his tendency methods. Like the American in all at times to find the net or to place ont- other walks of life he is continually side. Ng Sze Kwong, is more of the on the lookout for a more effcient way
do things. The result is stolid defensive class of player, making in which to that he has the most modern agricul use of a cutting stroke which would tral implements in the world. With these and his natural bent for industry
prove useful against an ordinary he gets the most out of his soil. I hope opponent. He is also a fine fighter, that we may be able to attract to refusing to slacken up, oren when it
these shores as least 6,000 skilled
farmers from the United States. We appears that be bas no possible chines will of course, get some skilled of winning, as for instance in the last agricultural help from Canada-from wet of the match, when the score stood great North-west-and we are at two sets to one, and five games to the already benefiting to some extent by
mofed and
re-alated total amount expended to date, £31,000. About 190 painters went on strike, demanding war bonus. They were all paid off, and other men obtained.
March 6-786 houses re-roofed, slated
glazed, and rendered weather proof 1,871 meri employed. Valno of work to date, £38,000.
March 18.80.4 houses re-roofed, slated," azed, and rendered weather proof
bad weather handicapped the work, but progress has been satis- inctory Practically every house will have to be re-plastered. Number of men employed, 1,809; cost to date, £35,0 108 houses completed and barded over.
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HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
Corps Order by Lient. Col. A. Chapman, V.D.
Pte. 3. G. Marshall, having joided, is allotted Corps No. 2005 and posted to Right Section 3.G. Co.
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LEŃVZ.
NG. 1. WÈNDULAM 19.
{Homer Simsek)
BSZARLINKED· · 3000
of Mounted Police, who have not yet attended or have failed to pa School These to be warned by Platoon Com maader and Inspector Oegg respectively. Class 34 Inspector Gerrard)-40'Co- stables of No. 1 Compuay, to be warned by Inspector Wel Wing Sam.
Class 15 (Chief Inspector Kent).—40 Constables at No. 2 Company to be. warned by C. No. 2 Compsoy.
(a) Lists of members warned are to be sent se Staff Inspector Fothergill. Captain A. F. Churchill, Adjutant) Members may attend in coufti, and H.N.V.C., has been granted ten montba*
will provide their own writing material. leave from Oth instant.
Le..Cpl. F. L. de Bozo is granted two weeks leave from 4.3.17.
the labour of Canadian farmers who one in the fourth set, in his opponent'a have come over to fight for us. But favour. Ng Sze Kwong put the score at we cannot have too many. Skilled deuce no less than five times. Last In the House of Commcus Mr. C. particularly severe. The enemy
farm labour is our drying need at this night's play also proved that the sudden moment." Bathurst stated that an order would be threw in heary fores which we
return to his old form at the part of Mr £12,000 FOR A FICTURE. Imagine the revolution in food pro- repulsed after fierec fighting. fasued penalising food wastage.
We repulsed two counter-attacks" duction in China which a similar number Nisbet is good and saletantial, and like- this morning which were endeavour of skilled farmers, provided with modern ly to last. If this proves to be the case
In the Chancery Division, Dublin, be machinery, could bring about! The Mr Green will have a very hard struggle fore Mr Justice Barton, Mr Harrison, ing to recover the section southward great plains of North China are almost to retain his title and the match should KC, on behalf of Lord Bangor, the leave from 9.5.17. of Souchez Biver which we captured identical with the whast
cat-producing sec- last night.
driven engines of the sort used in North event.
NORWEGIAN NICKEL REFINING
WORKS DESTROYED...
Spr. N. S. Moses is granted 21 days
APPOINTMENT.
(e) Members may not absent them" Relves from Patrol in order stief Sehool. They may absent themselves
fran parades for this purpose.
tenant for life of the Bangor estates, tions of America and Canada Gasoline prove a very exciting and interesting applied for an order for liberty, to Ball H.E. the Governor has been pleased by the D.S.P... (R.)
*((d) Members are required to attend Schoel until they pass or are exempted
The first two sittings of the above fred for the following
an oil painting of Lady Arabella Ward, | America drag as many as twelve ploughs In the other match played last night which is ascribed to Romney (1789) to appoint Captain G. E. Stewart to be Acheville and westward of Huliyen. at once and break up hundreds of acres Mr S. E. Groen (ywe 30-37-beat M; J. II. Counsel said that the purchaser was Mr | Adjutant H.K.V.O. with effect from 9th Classes are
We drove off raids southward of
We had no casualties.
at
activity northward of Scarpe. "
G. Stanley Sedgwick, of Fifth Avenue,instant.
in a single day. Combination harvesting
and threshing machines, also run with Foeters (rec. 4-8) in the semi-finst of the
New York, and the price was £12,000
one operation and scatter the bags of
Ármy,
butan affidavit that had been
filed
FARADES.
duten pem
Class 12. Monday, May 14th, Monday, May 21st.
Class 13. Tuesday, May
CHRISTIANIA, May 7. The nickel refining works
We successfully mided south-east- Christianiaand, in conacation with ward of Lous.
| Asiliene, cut, threat and sack grain with Handicap Singles (A) 4-6, 6-4, 10-8, thus Lord Bangor was at present serving in There has been reciprocal artillery grain along their course. Germany has Putting Mr Green in the final of this by his agent verified the making of of 4th instans the lecture to be given by Wednesday, May 23rd. which there was recently considerable
With reference to Corps order No. 0 discussion owing to the whole output
never approached America in modern class, and he will consequently meet Mr the contract with a person in Landon Captain G. E. Stewart, H.K.V.C. on going to Germany, have been burned
farming methods. The United States Redmond for the honous.
Mr. Bennett. a valuer, had stated that and Canada have the broad expanses of
the picture was worth £10,000. Counsel down
land which lend themselves to farming
The challenge round for the Tennis for the trustees of the settlement con- operations 'on a barge, scale. Scientific management has been applied to great Championship of Hongkong, in which bented to the sale, and Mr Justice Barton farms in America with the same still Mr. H. A. Nisbet meets Me. S. E. Green, made the order.
the holder, will he played to-morrow
AN ANZAC MEDAL. "
JJ
Six Eritish aeroplanes encountered fifteen to twenty Genmans. The enemy broke up our formation; but our reachince continued to support each other and brought down five of the Germans. The others' retired. that it has been used in facts of afternoon at £33p.m. We are asked
China only needs the guiding hand American experts to become one of the to announce that if the match in post-
tickets booked will hold good for the substituted dato."
THIS EVENING'S FIXTURE.
TALK WITH THE DEAD.”.
"The Bishop of Oxford dealt with spiritualiera in the course of ssertion at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, TE cently.
Class 14. Wednesday, May 16th, Tuesday. Ja 22uk.
Class 15, Thursday, May 17th, Friday: May 25th.
Wednesday, fith instant, is postponed until further notics, and, in place thereof there will be the following parade 6.10 p.m. Adjutant's Parade for Left, Centre, Bight Sections 3.0. Co., Seputa Company and Civil Service Company out. side Court of Justice and proceed by to resign pu leaving the Colony.
knot attend.
HONGKONG POLICE, RESERVZ.
MR. PUTNAM WEALE'S SISTER AS All our nachines returned, much
A MODEL.
shot about.. The total of German world's greatest exporters of foodstuffs. coned on accouni, of bad weather, all BISHOP CONDEMNS ATTEMPTS TO car to Poin Ground. Senior Officers weed machines brought down yesterday The United States has already sent
Two British aeroplanes engineers to reorganize the railways of The Londos weekly known as the was eleven.
Russia. After the Trans-Siberian and British Australian reproduces 18 photo are missing.
other routes have bees improved and graphs of medal which Miss Dora
speeded up to their highest limit, Ublisen, the Australian sculptor ot
Western experts will doubtless be present living at Rome, has lately com-
assigned to the improvement of Siberia's pleted to commemorate her follow-
wheat lands. Americans are now rushing 1,000 wooden ships to completion. They countrymen who fell at Gallipoll. The
will literally bridge the Atlantic with obrarse shows the figure of Australia bending to kiss her fallen soe; and both are represented as very young to typify the youngest country, as well as the youngest army,
Mr. Putnam Weale's youngest sister, Miss Alix Simpson, posed for the gare of Australia Referring to her, the British-Auralian says "Miss Alix Simpson, an English girl of 21, born in China and famors in Rome for her beauty, posed na Australia for Miss Ohilsen considered her a type most nearly approaching the Australian girl
at her best. She is & magnificent
"THE ANGLO-FRENCH
CONFERENCES.
Fieid-Marshal Bir Douglas Haig.596 Facite will doubtless come next.
KIXED DOUBLES.
Mr and Mrs Nisbet, (owe 30) #: Lieut.- Paris, May 6.onall boats carrying food to the Allies Col Crimp and Mrs Laws (owe 15/2).
will be provided to rusb am- General Sir William Robertson, and munition to Vladivostock. With China Admital Sir John Jellicoe attended in the war against the German submarine the conferences of representatives of policy, she, too, will doubtless share the the British and French Governments
advice of skilled experts from the West to-day.
SECOND U.E. LOAN TO GREAT BRITAIN.
WASHINGTON, May 6
4,138,163 GERMAN CASUALTIES. Į
SEMMIER UNTUK, HELMETS, & He said the Church had always dis-
Helmets are to be obtained through couraged or prohibited intercourse with the dad. If they examined the informa Central Station only. Equipment Officers tion supposed to be derived from the must send in Bats so bergeant Bouger. spiritual world mediums" or visions
dby
Members should not call at Central of apparitions they could not assign pay for forms until warned by Equipment value to them.
STRENGTE Fartier Sergeant 740 Sanil is pergittand
(Sgd.), F. O. Jangis,
D.S.P. (BA)
Here is another strange result of the war. It appears in the theatrical columns of the Sporting Timer: “A very superior cinss of young women. aro gradually getting into the choruses of Talare there are daughters of doctors, the great revues at the Empire and stack-brokers, school musters, clergymen, and army officers. There is no doube Max Darewaki told me a day or two ago, that the diminished incomes exbead by and the production of foodstuff for the lies reported in official Germaz Kale up
The following Glasscs are Earoby form war is the reason for such a strong. pobles, of Europe who are too busy in to tie end of February-including the list. To get in coomenication with teed and will attend the next Police many girls of the better middle class
desire for stage wo
work on the part of se lonace of all German nationalitics, but read would give the spiritual life.
who will lend their genius to the speed-
ing op of land and water tmnsportation
the trenches to follow the plough.
horse woman, tennis-olaport and The United States he made a is only me doctor loft to the 13000
swimmer, and is at present a Red Cross second lean of £5,000,000 to Great nurge at the Italian (mat"
Britain.
Item from a London paper There people of Shirebrook Derbyshire, where
|
The total number of German casual
Daring the war bereaved persons kad Chicers. The latter are kept advised as been encouraged to seek through me to what equipment is ready for issues diums or automatic writing the menna
of communication with the dead.
What barm, is there, in we asked
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POLIUS BERDOL.
cot Laclading naval or colonial cascalties wrong bins. It would lead to a new School, commencing on Monday, May 1 is pleasant to hear your music su
kind of Christianity, which would be 14th 4,140,169
contrary to the ties of the Church and Ch 12 Acctor Grant) 10 Con-accent
the New Testamentar PARI-be word asked to give pounsel he
Pla would tell them to have Totaũng to do
that way, whether real or imaginary
The price of beer was raised lay with auch attempts to gain comfort an epidemic of scarlet fever bas broken forth to. O and 101.
100€
wonsen" withyam" eduentes. police also a bett atmosphere in every way bebi
be warnet by 0.0 No of the lowling them
no-ballying or bad
Chia 13 (Inspector Gordoni --All Con- | Ferious, work li expe table No 1 Platoon and all Trooper upod Stago-door haters are
permitted