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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 34, 1918.
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Page 1.)
BRITISH OFFICIAL
REPORTS.
LINE ADVANCED SLIGHTLY AT
ROBECQ.
FRENCH OFFICIAL
REPORTS.
A GOOD DAY IN THE AIR./
Loston, April 28, 110 u.m.
AMERICA AND THE WAR.
THE CHINA MAIL
RAW COTTON PRICE FIXED.
Wasisaros, April 29,
A Bill fixing the maximum price o mw cotton at 20 cents per pound during the war has been introduced A French communiqpiš atzţes:-in the Congres. It empowers her was nothing except some-President Wilson to reduce or miss what lively artillery action in the the price at his discretion. | Mortdidier-Noyon region between the
20th and the 2nd.
Five enemy-neroplanes and two captive balloons were brought down. Sixteen, were folled in our own lines, Haigudly dariagad,
LONDON, Anril 22, 10 p.m. Fill-Marshal Sir Doughs
PUPKOREA ---
EXCITING. MOVEMENTS ON NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
New Yons, April 29. The Cotton Exchange had another exciting day.
Alter
DEFENCE."
AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS.....
THE WITNESS FOR THE tall her lover, but she at the same time informe Threak that she has already secretly married him. She also intimsi as', that she would' kill, hertelf if Hazlewood threw bor over after the confession, so great was her love for hot Last night's performance at The new husband. In the last acene, wo Witness for the Defence," a play in four have the whole company together and the confession. Richard Harlawood neta by A. EW. Mason, will be remem-standla by Mr. Ballantyne and explodes bored by all who were present as me of the bombshell to his father' that he is the beat examples of what the local already married, and, no matter what amateurs can do is the histrionie are his wife bus done, he intends to stand when they really give their minds to it by her, and we all ends happily.
Mr. W. Sinclair as the brutal and The Theatre Royal was packed to dranken Stephen Ballantyne, acted his the doors, and amongst those present part in a most convincing manner and were His Excellency the Governor, did not fail to inspire the andis aco Lady May and Miss Iris May. On with a testing of repulsion that such a bin arrival at the Theatre His Excellency S. Leefe as the famous barrister and mania ordinary life would invoke Mr.
nspected's guard of honour which was former loror of Mrs. Ballantyre, acted Japanese support drawn up outside the Theatre. It was his part to perfection and played up to Tales broke from 125 to 163 points composed of the Sayingpun School, the the latter to the last word. Mr. M. S. der heavy general selling, then Y.SEC.A., Queen's College and Vietoriserie country gentleman with very Northcope, acting the partofthasomewhat re-bounded from 68 to 80 points, but College Divisions of the St. unct
Jokin aided opinions usually the opposite to again slumped a hundred points on Ambulance Brigade under Mr. Ho those generally held, was both amusing the introduction of the Bill Axing Laung
whare he was called upon to be so, and the price.
also carried the air of lassy seriousness which his part called for, without over- doing it but retaining a perfeedy natural attitude throughout. Mr. W. McQuade in the part of the country squire's son in love, was excellent at times, but in the final scone of the play could make his rule more convincing. Mr. H. W. Bird, played the part of the successful and elderly country lawyer in really professional style and he carried out a piece of character acting in a manner that would be hard to equal even by a professional actor.
Our mtchines diepped 40,000! We repulsed rails in the "neigh-kilogmannes of projectiles on railway bourboel af Hamel and south of stations, camps, and aerodrones at the In Braser Canal, opposite St. Quentin and elsewhere, Cumbrin.
chased fires at the milway stations The enemy,capturd an advanced of Chaulnes and Asfeld. Wo ́ blew post north westwani of Festubert, Jup an ammunition thump cast of| which las already changed handa | Glyscard.
several thies
We advanced our line lightly utj
> Bobecy, taking 8 prisoners.
Our oreillery engsged hostile in-
funtry" assembling in this neighbour.
jood.
LOCAL FIGHTING TO OUR
ADVANTAGE.
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Lossos, April 23, 1.15 p.m. Fiek-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: --
We wok 60 prisoners as a result of a successful operation last night northward of Albert, improving ar position. We also captured a nun- er of prisoners in the Rebecq and Wytechuete ureas in local fighting. which was to our advantage,
We railed trenches and reached the support lines in the neighbour- Hood of Fampoux.
Hostile artillery was active west- ward of Albert on the bulk of the frent from southward of Nieppe Forost to custward of Ypres.
Our artillery, engaged uncentr- tions in the Villers Bretonneux sec
or and in the neighbourhood of
Serve.
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THE INDOMITABLE COURAGE OF OUR ARMIES.
DIVISIONS. ACQUIT THEM-
SELVES WITH CREDIT.
GERMAN REPORT.
Toypos. April 22. 10.35 p.m.
STABILISATION OF SILVER QUOTATION.
The curtain spe precisely to time and After a rally of 30 points, induced the fist scone tent in Rajputana by heavy covering, the Market closed-beautifully set as a call forth steady.
round of applause. It was supposed to be the temporary aboda of an Indian Civil Servant, who was bordering on delirium tremens, The time was night and, with a single light in the centre. 1830 MILLION DOLLARS TO BE leaving the corners in deep shadow, the
MELTED.
scene was excellently adapted to the atmosphere created by the acting. *
The second scene, the library of The Government's Silver Bill has country gentleman's house, was no lesa been passed in the Senate, which cleverly set and it also draw a wand of 2 has inserted an amendment provid-applause--
ing for the melting of 350 million silver dollars instead of 950 million, us originally provided.
A wireless German offcial report i stater:-
Energy attempts to cross the La Bassee Canal north-wostwand of Bethune failed.
We captured 88 English and mine-throwers northward of Albert.
FIGHTING IN THE ·
BALKANS
Loxbox, April 23..
A French; Macedonian communiqué
Mbutes:---
There is great fighting activity on nil sectors.
FIGHTING IN MAGEDONLI.
ITALIANS INFLICT LOSSES.
LONDON, April 22.
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An Italian oficial report from Macedonia states:-
We inflicted at dawn on Saturday heavy losses on the Germann advanced [pests, one of which was destroyed..
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LABOUR OF WAR PRISONERS.
GERMANY DELAYS DESPATCH OF RUSSIANS.
AMSTERDAM, April 22. Germany, letermination to retain
.
soutirward necessitated the with- tions.. drawal. Before withdrawing it in- Hicted great loss on the enemy, the possibility of the prisoners' and - the German officiul reports ferring to remain in Germany;" acknowledge the bitterness of the fighting.
The Twenty-Fifth Division in close -sur port when the attack opened was sent immediately into battle in the neighbourhood of the Bayawme- Cambri rood, but were not dislodged from any position, though they were! constantly attacked.
to
*GERMAN, PRISONERS IN RUSSIA,
RUSSIA EROMISES BETTER TREATMENT,
WASHINGTON, April 23.
THE BILYER MARKET.
MESSES. MONTAGU'S REPORT.
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LONDOy, April 23. Messrs. Samuel, Montagu and Company's Silver Report states -
Owing to proposed legislation in the United States possibly involving
the stabilisation of the silver quota- tion there at a high figure, the Mar- ket here has developed considerable
firm.ness.
Shanghai exchange has somewhat improved, but the quotation still keeps below the silver parity.
A MAIL STEAMER IN DANGER.
STRANDED IN A SQUALL.
The following report is taken from the Singapore Free Press of the 8th inst
of her line.
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Mis. W. Logan's portrayal of the wo maadriven todesperation, was everything that could be desired. She had a most ditult part and she played it through to the and with triumphant success. No The play itself is of a dramatic plaist of her acting could be regarded as order. An Indian Civil Servant,axtravagant. Mr Thornton, as the Stephen Ballantyne (Mt. W. Sinclair) wife of the lawyer, although she did has reduced, himself to the verge of good impression of her histrionic gifts. not have a great deal to do created a delirium tremen, which sesentustes ther. W. Charters and Mr. G. McGregor state of abject terror in which he lives, made two exceedingly life-like Indian owing to the fact that he is in possessionkhitmatgars in the first act, and later Mr. Charters carried out the part of a photo of an Indian criminal who of butler to the life. The services of he thinks, will kill him to regain the prompter, undertaken by M. 1. possession of the photo.
Bowen Fartington, were never called upon and the play was certainly one of the most successful ever given in the Colony either by professionals ог amateurs.
In the first act we see Stephen Ballantyne and Stella bis wife (Mrs. W. Logan) in the tent at night, and glimpse is given of the awful life the wife has to endure. Staphen-invites tourist passing through the district to dine at the tent, and during the dinner the husband's brutal conduct obliges the wife to leave the table. -- The tourist (Henry Thresk), unknown to the husband, happened to have been in other "days a lover of Stella, and this mada. it all the more difficult for her to bear the brutal treatment to which she had been subjected by her husband in Thrak's presence, Thresk, without revealing his former acquaintanceship with Stella, upbraids Ballantyne, who' attempts to excue his conduct by reason of his possession of the photo
she, in desperation, takes up a rook rifle and here the curtain falls.
The next scene the library in the
Great credit is dus to Mr. Sinclair
who produced the play, and he was fully rewarded for his labours by the manner in which the piece was acted.
High praise is also due to Mr. W.. A. Cornell who attended to the scenery, which contributed so much to the success of the play, and to Mr. Donman Fuller for the artistic manner in which be carried out the lighting effecta,
At the close of the performance, Mr. HP. Waite auctioned of the furcitare and 6ttings, details of which will be found in another column.
CORRESPONDENCE, "
(To the Editor of the "CHINA 2 (L.)
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The labours of the Ladies Sub-Com-
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of thead special appeals. Behind both, and especially the "Spills, has been an enormous amount of willing service which only one behind the sce
The Committee further desire to record their keen appreciation of the
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108il making for Singapore on Satur. day night want ashore en a sandbank to the west, about 10.45 pm. During the night there was a very strong Sonatra, which drove the vessel farther on the back and she took on a dangerously bis fear. He seks Thresk, who is ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY'S THANKS. steep list. She had a large number of Laxpos, April 28,
passengers on board and these were going to England, to take charge of the 2.45 p.m.
anded in the early hours of the morn photo, which he does. After a brief the labour of the Bussian prisonering, some Anding refuge on the Dutch tax with Mrs. Ballantyne, her husband Field: Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in of war as long as possible is reflect the wurves, the others coming ashore not being present, Threek takes his
hipe recently requisitioned and now at supplementary report, anys --- ed in on official staternent to the practically with only what they had 90. During the first two days of the Gennan Press that the hamediate Craft of many sorts were sent out to the departure. Then Ballantyne returus ening's offensive southward of Arras return of the Russian prisoners isistence of the vessels, which is one of and commences to bolly his wife, and the Twenty-First Division maintain-impossible. Their retum can only LA PASSENHER'S, ACCOUNT. ed the positions at Epehy against proceed very slowly and must ex-left the Smoking Room and went to the "Somewhere about half past ten I all assaults and only withdraw under tend to a long perici, owing to the cabin wheremy wife had already retired, erders, when the enemy's progress tax the war makes upon coramunica cn D deck. I had just changed into house of Mr. Hazlewood (Mr. M. Smittees have been prodigone and a
pyjamas when the squall came. The Northcots) at Little Beding. Two years Fessel at once took a liat to starboard, The statergent finally refers not a big angle but a decided one. This are supposed to bave elapsed and during gradualy increased slowly, as I suppose that time Mrs. Ballantyne has stood pre-the water got in through the submerged her trial for the murder of her husband, ports until at last, we were almost stand whom she was accused of shooting with ing on the cabin wall on board. "On opening the big square port I felt the the rifle in the tent. She has returned tuin come pouring in the shelter of to her home in England at Little Beding the deck above to the promenade deck cabaida the cabin being lost at that and she falls in love with Richard can properly appreciate. angle. It seemed
to fall almost Hazlawood (Mr. McQuade) son of perpendicularly, so the list may be
the somewhat imagined. Meanwhile things began to break loose, the wind howling an aquira. Related to the Hazlewoods are Sinclair's supervision, of "The Witness pretty heavy sex being on. We got into the Best saloon and the men started lawyer and his wife, Mr. and for the Defence" which was rehearsed Fairies" had perforce to be abandoned helping the women and children up the Mira. Pettifer (Mr. H. W. Bird and Mrs and produced when Pinkie and the then steep angled staircases. Thres of the starboard boats were soon lowered Thornton), and naturally the subject of as the result of the prevailing epidemic, Russia has informed Germany that and filled with women and children, the Mr Ballantyne's trial is discussed.in a little over three weeks. -
task of getting them down the 20 odd
The Edition the Lute of Louis orders had been issued in internment feet fall being a dificult one. We were Robert Pettifer is not convinced by the Raemakers War Cartoons was bought A SUCCESSFUL DAY FOR BRITISH camps to prevent acts of violence then told to get to the port side, where evidence of the trial of Mrs. Ballantyne's by me, as one of a syndicate, re we clang to the rails, and the vessel amongst prisoners of war differing seemed to right herself a bite to innocence of the crime. At the last prisenting a few members of the politically, and also to assure offert. the lights went out, but fortunately moment in the trial, Henry Threak Hongkong Club who felt that such a witness and made valuable and bistorical collection, should the sea had calmed and wind fallen. It appeared as a LONDON, April 23, prisoners the privileges that they was a dreary wait tall daylight, when statement suggesting that Richers present it to the Club Library where it To the Editor of the "CuA MAIL been MIR Edo is das who always
remain in the Colony and desired to possess in their 百码 country the first reaching vessel care slongside
A living chain of men handed the women Eallaatyue was shot by an Indian, will shortly be on view.
worka so quietly, she aloco knows how Moreover, officials have been instruct and children through the passages that giving the details as to the photo In conclusion, we desire to pay a well
bad
Sir,May be permitted to take up much she does. There is a tendency in to be traversed in order to get to for the motive, and this secures Hra deserved and heartfelt tribute to Mr. ed to renounce all agitation Again the steam launch, but it was got aw Ballantynos acquittal Mr. Pettifer Bentley, the Hon. Secretary, Mr. Band some of your space?
this Coloxy for some to have their the political constitution of Germany safely about daylight.
names always in the paper. From the beginning of the War Mrs. Ele as and her allies.
The ship was laden with passengers states he would like to question Henry ford the Hon. Treasurer to the War Bond Committee whose very heavy including considerable number of Chinese. These last behaved very wall, Throak, who was not unknown to him, labours still continue) and Bir. Ramsay, the keenest interest in all the proceed been a most loyal and enthusiastic and the rafta with which the ship was in a professional capacity, as to certain the Hon. Treasurer, to St. George's Dayings connected with St. George's Day worker. This scheme has entailed very provided were soon in the water
The partion of the ladies is worse, parts of the evidence and to see him Special Appeals food and I feel compelled to mention Mra little experte, thanks to a very on the Thourout railway station, ou TO BE INTRODUCED SHORTLY. Most of them had retired and hastily confront Mrs. Balantyne, and, under the Arduous "executive" labours do not made for lad been one of the organising power. hope lors des Fot those who are privileged to come. In appear in the limelight, but they are roused were exposed, insufficiently clad, to the heavy rain and wind. The list text common interest in none the less essential to success and greatest-privileges I have had to work contact with her she will has to on the ship made even the shortest miniatures, Thresk is invited to Hasle michly deserve recording area with her, although I have only done a strength to take, as on this occasion, the
To the ever-generous public of Hong very small port From the beginning greatest part as far as a woman is con journey a perilous one and the wood's house where he is questioned, uncertainty as to the position of the vessel whether she was on a ledge of regarding the trial to the final satisfaction kong who have so royally contributed, he has simply worked devotedly and cerned in the future. She is most liberal
in giving I dare not give my use rock or sand bank, and might slip of of Mr. Pettifer. Thresk later sees Mr we tender grateful thanks. We believe into deep water, added to the apprehen- Ballantyne alone and taxes her with that their splendid support was not so to easelsbly, making everything, such sharafmins frota publicity, Bas sion. Some of the poor women were the true detail of the incident in the much due to the well organised and a pleasure for everybody treating one of very quite worn out with the axertions and tent. He thinks if she really hot her insistent appeal as to the increasing everyone squads, No one can contre sentiments ex pasure to which they had bew aube husband she ought to confess to Richad recognition of the absolute necessity what a work this Tombole
AVIATORS.
12.50 a... Field-Marshal Sir Douglas. Baig, reporting on aviation, says
There was better weather Fester- day, greater activity and incessant bombing on the whole Front.
We dropped over 28 tons jot hornba
Menin, Armentieres, Chaulnes and
other targets,
LONDON, April 22.
A wireless Russian official report
states:
THE HOME RULE BILL
LONDON, April 22. Our low-fliers fired thousands of In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law stated that the Home rounds.
Enemy machines'appeared in great Bule Bill would be introduced in number, but they were not aggres mediately, but he could not give the
sivé.
We brought down 18 and drove
dato
down six machines out of control, MAIIMUM PRICE FOR WHISKY. Fiva of our are missing.”
The plot of one of the enemy machines brought down was Barou Eichiolen
fected which came ng
Making
Hazlewood if she intendi to tasty bra for grister and still greater support of Another ship
Finally, ake confessos to Three that for Bingapore after the mail, had an chored further out and the Cams she shot Ballantyne and profite to
break and stood by the alongside at day mailed ve
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LONDON, April 22. The Press Bureau states
As the passengers landed many BOWEL COMPLAINT IN DHILDREN The Food Controller has fixed the found sccommodation in the Dutch
URING the summer months ships in Empire Dock, and a staff of
are subject to disorder of the cooks and provisions were promptly.
attention. Ag: "MINCHES S despatched in the early morning to bowels, and should receive the most attend to the ants of the shipwrecked caref
Tpowersof the bowel Oumberlain's Colie, Cholera. A large number of her passenger was orig
maximum prices of whisky of 80 Our night-fiere dropped B tons of bombs on Perrone, Armentieres, per cent, under proof at Be Bd and
Bapaume and is the railway june De Bd per bottle, according to quality, and s tionate reduc- tion of Chualce, then
tion for lower strengths.
All our machines resumed
accommodated with lethporary quarters
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