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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1918
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Page 1)
BRITISH MOTOR-BOATS FIGHT ZEPPELIN
ANOTHER THRILLING NAVAL- RECORD.
ATTACKED BY FORTY SEAPLANES.
AMSTERDAM...AA. (BE The Patch papers, describing the Night herween the noter-boats and siwerft of "Ameland, state that three fritish motor-boats were sunk and
Hur disabled One of the latter recclest the slave. Altegether 19 that were inked of which feur wres samadest..
The whole crew at the Zeppelin porished.
Ash tutilla, which bod y
work attacked by Herrian airships
FRENCH AVIATORS BRING DOWN 40 MACHINES.
PALLA
THE CHINA MAIL.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE GREAT OFFENSIVE.
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BRITISH LINE FURTHER ADVANCED.
THE GREAT BATTLE' AR IT APPEARS TO A SPECTATOR.
LOANS WITHOUT INTEREST.
ith House of Re In the Commonwo of the War I wish I could mate the people at presentative considerat honte see this battle as it really is (wrote
Loan Bill was resumed in committee. Mr. Percival Phillips recently)
Mr. Fenton (V) comprised that mem- mption as Looking
over the Flanders plain bors had been given no ha for from the low bills that mark the high tu the rate of interest to be pa side of the struggle, you are at your future war hans. The New Zealan feet a seene such as might be painted by Treasurer proposed tomake contributions an inmaginative artist seeking to over by the rich compulsory, wealthy Haigeksiks armageddoo, said a sway they would receive & per cent.
emphasise the impressiveness of war people wery forced to contribute in this officer
atend of 41 por continterest and world about and tried to picture for agerer fürcher Rotation shall take place anti It is the battlafinil we have dreamed pay double income tax, He moved to
a provision that tion thrown scross forty miles of ruined been ascertained by proclamation farms and flaming villages, streaked and" bloched with
growy smaka
for other effective means what ainoant
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to clause
Do
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HAVE YOU
BOUGHT A COPY"
HONGKONG BOYS AT THE FRONT
Losnoy, Aug. 18. A French communiced states:- Despite the attempts of energy squadrons to oppose the passage of Our bombers on the 11th, we made huistul expeditions against eeing
Los pas, Aug. 12. tines, copiously bombing bridges, reports:-
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas | manis,"neilways, hoops aral.nummer- There was suecassial fighting in the conys, which were blocked neighbourhood of Roys Road and cost wari of Fouquescourt and the acuth altogether.
„Fifty-secon tons (of bombs were inch of the Somme. We advanced our
line in each of these localities, taking | battlefield as flat as a tablo, creased by for honey is obtainable for war purposes) chopped caring the day and at night. hundreds of prisoners
Fifteen aeroplanes and, four bal Proyart, southward of the Sommo after af khaki melting into the sluggish fog were made he was afraid money would We captured canals and shallow streams, with this line free of interest." Cnless a direct appeal bons were brought down and 21sharp fighting in which the enemy lost and tiny tongues of red darting in every not be contributed free of interest. disabled by French at American heavily in prisoners and killed. Fight direction. It is all there, even to the bfr. Tudor (V) said the war census of
ing continues.
general un his hone beside a tree,
1915 showed that two-levenths of the REMEMBER THE pilots.
The French on the British right have moving battalions with cart word and 2,191,045 poisons he furnished returns taken Les Logos.
impassive face.
received more than half the total The wounded, staggering drinkenly income, and about one-dixth of the up a country lane in stained bandages, people bald five-sixths of the assets. the crossroads dressing atation, the This was the reason why they should Bash of bayonets in the mellow sunshine, seek other means of raising money. He the dusty orderbes with menges, all At blamed the Government for not taxing naturally into the picture and you are incomes in accordance with the high not surprised."
prices charged for commodities Mem All around you is movement, swift or
Ders should compel the Government to slow, but always methodical, a feeling tax those who were able to pay. Mr. of tension, but no confusion. Motor Tudor explained that he had been cyclists, hooded and masked, flash into erroneously credited with anying that the smoke. with their dispatches, two-thirds of the shareholders in co- broken The amendment was defeated on a
clause was then agreed to.
Mr. Brannan, on clause 3, relating to The great agony is hidden yonder in the purposes for which the money may the thick fog, beyond the guns that be used, said this clause opened up the overrun the naked countryside. Only question of the purposes for which the the airmen can penetrate the heavy
war was being waged. He wished to
ever to be forgotten. ve:!..
call attention to one of the war purposes Nor is the battlefield at night a sight indicated by the Prime Minister and the The burning Minister of the Navy, who declared that baras and cottages, the ashes of guson to the Pacific Islands she had taken. Australia had marle ber mind to hold and bursting shell under the clear, starlit sky, give one a sharp realisation of the grimmest side of war.
AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
GERMANS PURSUING ARMED PEASANTS..
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LONDON, Aug. 12. Wireless Remeira mparts
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THE PACE SLOWING DOWN.
LONDON, Aug. 12. Reuter Corresponleat at British Headquarters, telegraphing toslay, The pace of the ighting in stowing
From a
cratiated its fire on the Zeppeline state that 3,000 peasants, blown as the enemy is throwing in signallers go up and down the front panics were working people.
d aeroplanes in great strength prosild with machinery, art reserves as fast as he can rush them up trailing a new wine, coding, hurrily party division by 98 to Ei votes.
ship with ten torpedo ships uppvarņi
A but dhewel nour the wome
Fot Pitara.
ent pursuing homes
Chat "the"laster was bought downley, food and hospital motors,
Time alone will show whether the Saune,legre, later a British battles the Pieper in the directionismans are attempting to stabilise the present line or are covering a farther The Germans are withirapal
One of the most gratifying features There has been incant fighting of the victory is the comparative amull The Star'a ntory last unists & Vologde are taking by the completeness of the surprise and kin varoak parts of Ukraine, Tass of our, and the Alles forces. engaged. This was rendered possible. pareatly "referred to the 'Anehunt!'"
to Maubat the Trish the work of the Tanks. Zeppelin. Acerante bagla go the vastines Best Chest Shane tint a Beppeinni
Land French sees and the White
Cuands. tereompanied s" by Saplanes, intere
mpted the Bivine service on Heitish warships, which preanntly CANADA REPRESENTED IN THE counterattackel, when the Zeppelin. SIBERIA EXPEDITION.
the
th flagship signalled all
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the ships! cungies to sing the It is ficallymoner that *hyun bezinning: *** Ole happy and Comula is being 'represented in the.
oi pilgrims look upward to the skies." | Allied "Expeditionary Form Meter di terry seaplanes at Siberia, wire will inilised an
Expatched "as is my de
toked the zintor-boats.
One of the British eroplanes, was attackel by the Zeppelin. “hlighted on the water but was picked mp by destroyer within a pile of the German evust.
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LARGEST ZEPPELIN BROUGHT DOWN.
ON THE EAST COAST OF ENGLAND:
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Lostos, Aug. 12. The Star states that antl Zep-
was hught down this big. It was "sighted "off the Fast
peling
C at daybrouk.
THE SIBERIAN EXPEDITION.
CZECHO-SLOVAKS HARD PRESSED.
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Loynox, Aug. 13. The Fimes Toldo Correspondent, telegraphing on August 7th, states the Czecho-Slovaks are hard pressed on the Ussuri and Transbuiselio front by strong forces of Magyars und Germans.
The weather is Ano ang hot!
BUSY DAYS BEHIND AMERICAN FRONT.
· RESTORING COMMUNIGA.
TIONS.
London, Aug. Hit Ketitor's Correspondent at American Headquarters, telegraping to-day
states::-
ones Yet all you see clearly touches the fringe of the panorama of this battle.
AFTER-WAR GERMANS.
The Berlin gorrespondent, of the Cologne Gazette supplies his journal with entertaining speculations about the of the future the German, say, of 1910 appearance and manners of the German or 1920 Then, it seems, "the German will lean upon his sword and wipe the who has survived this tremendous war sweat from his brow.5
The
This was inconsistent with the original war aims of the Allies, and with the best interests of Australia.
therefore, moved that the following words be added to the clanse. Provided that war purposes shall not include the acquisi tion or retention by the Commonwealth of additional
territory,
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PART PROCEEDS
FOR WAR CHARITIES -
PRICE
FOR
CARS on HIRE
-ONE DOLLAR,
Experienced Chaufeura
and
Expert Mechanica.
A Large Number of
Always in Readiness.
The amendment was then submitted from the chair, and was defeated on the voices, amidst a scene of great disorder. committee at midnight, and the Speaker After the Bill had been passed through had resumed the chair, the closure was Although the American front during
for the passage of the Bill Divisions New and Comfortable Cars Applied to the formal motions necessary the last few days has ceased to move
were called for by the Opposition in forward, movement is not lacking behind the Germans will no longer be fat. The Labour members as tellers, they per- The great outward change will be that each case. When the Speaker nominated i Trestle bridges are replacing pon correspondent is convinced that "the sistently declined to act. toons across the farne and each day the age of fat bellies in Germany is over" reice was drowned by the loud and
The Speaker rsilkend is carried a littis further. "Soon and this is not merely because the food angry ahouts of Oppositionists. The a most important link between the east supply had failed, but because the bells were repeatedly rong for divisions dwest will be repaired and trains will intellectual appreciation of the fat belly which were demanded, bat could not be again be running from Paris to Chaloda no longer exi
exists. The German has held for want of tellers. Ultimately and beyond. The Paris-Amiens line has even learnt to walk to walk with face the Bill was Tued. aircarly been repaired, thus removing and with economy of all gestures that calia and unmored, with body straight, strategical disability, which has long are not absolutely necessary. For the also being repaired and the organisation but has learnt reserve hampered the commanders. Roads are German is not only physically different, of the Army is in a much more stable to practise it in
and intends condition has a when a brand in his eve Tesle.
beer houses "the German may stil. for
time remain what be but when he travels he will in future repay politeness with politeness, 800
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INFLATED CAPITAL.
-A. NEW POLICY TO CONCEAL PROFITS.
It is becoming a fashion amongst in-
APPOINTMENTS OF APANESE ENGAGEMENT OFF FRISIAN COAST. everything. forget, nothing and keep dustrial companies, because they are
OFFICERS. General Kikuzo Otami, the Com Acoplanes immediately ascended; funtder of the Expeditionary Force, Jased and got closes before the is a rember of the Supreme, War rider observed them.
The Zeppelin fell in flames info the sea after a abort tight. It was fth largest cand newest chossigen ist.
BOLD. BRITISH AIR-RAIDS.
MACHINES BROUGHT DOWN.]
Losbos, Aug. 12. - Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, statesje
During the day and night of the 11th we dropped 30 tona of bomba Thielly on the Sonne crossingssund
Council.
Laut timal Misure Yubi has been apprinted Chief of Staff und resigus is Commerd of the Imperial Guards.
Leut.-General Tak nachi necorn- panies the Expedition in a capacity not stated.
BRITISH TROOPS PROCEED TO
"USSURI FRONT.
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his observations to himself." He will earning abnormal profits, not unly to be no longer so subject to flattery and pay handsome dividends but to give So Ausceptible to a little praise. The shareholders munificent scrip bonuses. writer think that after the war In the majority of cases these bonuses Germany's erenties will wring their come out of reserve funds, which, before hands in vain regret at the final dis- the war, were not accumulated for these Air("ppearance of the Germans of 1914 ende, says a financial correspondent of r Calo ne Gazette to preach the all-porvid capitalise these funds and issue shares and, in spite of the frantic efforts of the London paper. But directors DOW
pondent now announces that fog mission of Kultur, its Berlin corres- against them. State has no duty whatever to conduct Thausport and Trading Co. gave their grent A year ago the directors of the Shell Kultur mission; Kultur is a thingsbarstolders a thumping bonus by which one possesses but about which issuing to them one million Ordinary one does not hatter."
BRITISH MOTOR-BOATS LOST.
LONDON, Aug. 12. The Admiralty states -- Our light forces and the Royal Force's aircraft reconnoitring the west 11th, ware heavily attacked by German Frisian coast on the morning of the aircraft and six motor-bosts have not returned. Apart from this there was neither damage or casualties.
northward of Ameland, bringing it Airerait attacked a German airetip
down in times into the sea from a great height.
THE NEW CZECHOSLOVAK ARMY.
CZECHS WELCOME THEM. COMMANDER APPOINTED.
Lespus, Aug. 12.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 12. The War Ofee states.
A message from Moscow states that General Teherbatch eff will command The British troops who were land the new Czecho-Slovak Army. at daylight from a low height with-ed at Vladivostock have proceeded} out loss. Many direct hits wer to the Usui, front, and were enthu effectively secured. "
certain
railway junesions.
We
[hoibed Courtrąjį station and sklings
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At night we attacked the Pergne ard Combrai stations. All our night-
bcribers returned.
Enemy siseralt and large form tions were sctive on the battle-frons. We destroyed 25 machines mad Jrove down 21. Five British
machines are missing.
Anti-aircraft guns brought down a
.Gotha.
AERIAL ATTACKS ON GERMANY,
FRANKFURT AEROPLANE WORKS HIT.
siastically ridived by the Czecho Slovaks.
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THE GOLD STANDARD RESERVE.
LONDON, Aug. 12. " Ifficially stated that the balange af gold" standard, reservu on July 31st was hell as follows
THE SILVER MARKET,
LONDON, Aur. 11. The Silver Market is quiet.
THE FIGHTING IN ALBANIA.
ENEMY DRIVEN FROM POSITION.
LONDON, Aug. 12. An Italian ofEcial message says. In India, mil. Iri Eugland In Albanis we compelled the enemy £84,737,017, of which £6,000,000 to evacuate the Jagodina bridgehead and cash was placed by the Secretary to pass to the right bank of the river. of State, at short notice, against" £19,818,801 worth of British and LONDON, "Aug 12. Colonial Govemanent securities, os The Air Ministry reports:— ... valled on March 31st and £2,018,485 "On the afternoon of the 11tig in British Government securities, prir. addition to the bombing alreeds chased singe reported, we bombed the railway Ariangle at Metz:
Wo attacked on the night of the PLAGUE IMPORTED TO ENGLAND. 11th 12th two nerodromes and vari
GERMAN PRISONERS' LÜZÜRIES.
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ADVERTISEMENT CODES.
shares at par when the market quotation was nearly £6, the shareholders having the right to apply for one share in respect of every four shares held.
-Now they give a still more bandsome bones and resort to quite another policy. They propose to raise the Ordinary share capital from
to 26,0 0,0 0 -£12,000,000, to take £3,000,000 out of the 24,000,000 reserve, capitalise it, and distribute it to the sh trebalders in scrip This will leave £4,000,000 of capital vaissued.
the object of the increase They say
apital is to distribute in the future Containing of
the. nounts available for dividends on a This Order, of which the primary capital more nearly approximate to the object is to prevent the enemy from actual funds paid by the shareholders receiving secret information disguised than is represented by the present us small classified advertisements, affects nominal capital."
{ FRENCH PROHIBITION ÖN EXPORT OF ORDINARY NEWSPAPERS.
A Barry has been caused in the Paris newspaper world, hy an Order issued by Gecoral Dubail Military Governor of the city, probibiting the transmission abrouc of петрарета advertisements:
papers.
DIVIDING UP TO THE HILT.
all display "advertisement, aven the announcements of large department
It looks as if the directors are copying stores and other business enterprises the scheme conceived by the board of whose patriotism is unimpeachable the Brunner, Mond Company. If these applies to newspapers sent to idees spread, where will they endi England and other Allied countries, Such finaatin casuistry, if generally us well a Switzerland and neutral adopted and acted apon, is likely "to States where the Germans have a special have pernicious consequences. Com- organisation for examining Franch news-panies can divide profits up to the hilt,
force The Journal and some other big Paris shares at par or at their own arbitrary markat prices to a premium, issue dailies are preparing special foreign premium, which is below the market editions, in which all advertisements premium; depend upon these preminuos. will be replaced by reading matter ap for their reserve (the Shell Company's proved by the Censor
reserve of £4,000,000 inciades no less Other publications, it now appears, than £3,60,000 of premiums), make will be liable to be stopped unless adver a show of euch reserves for a season, tisements are all obliterateil.
hand back the premiums in the shaps. of scrip, food capitals with water, and when a change of fortune comes, [attribute it to undeserved and unex- pected misfortune. The shareholders who receive the gifta now will bless the directors for their generosity, not for
DEMOBILISATION PROBLEM.
As the father of a soldier who had been prodded with a bayonet" by the
Mr. G.H. Roberte, Minister of Labour. Germans for refering to kill his speaking at Smethwick lately on the the coundness of their fanncial prin- brothers, and kept for three days with- problem of demobilisation, said they had civile
Meanwhile directors can hope, by
out water, Mr. J. J. Redding raised the already deals with 400,000 discharged towering the percentage of the dividends question of reprisals, at a recent moot soldiers. He would rather men were Ing of the City of London Corporation. kept in the Army longer than they might paid, to silence the restiveness, Auspi
He said that at King's-cruss he saw think necessary than that they should con, and criticisms of employees and onco of German prisoners, und English of the unemployed mo women were driving them. They were
ous targets and bombed machine FOUR OF SHIP'S CREW FROMotor cars brought up for the conveni- be released haphazard to swell the ranks others, and in such silence.to find more guns, despite the weather,
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On the 12th, we, saccessfully at
tacked the aeroplane and chemical
work at Frankfurt, Bursts were ob- j.),
CALCUTTA VICTIMS.
LONDON, Aug. 14. served in the centre of our 'objective. The steamship Sector has arrived Large numbers of enemy aeroplanes at Gravesend from Caloutta with four kept up a running fight for thirty members of the crow suffering from miles. We destroyed two. All the bubonic plague. British touchines returnedin wollen
Another squadron attacked an aerodrome at Hagenau with excellent results and encountered cuny" hos tile machines: Savere: fighting or sued. We destroyed four enemy trinchines and drove down another Two British reachinza ure missing.
TEETHING CHILDREN.
mental rest. gave zero p
of Weahould never tolerate the spectacles Last weak the directors Brunner also provided with basket chairs and we had witnessed after previous war of Mend and Co. paid a dividid which deck chairs, tennis racquets, and every scarred warriors at Atreet corners he works out at 11 per cent on the multi- conceivable form of luxury
Another member suggested that in nover again be a blight on our country.
ging for bread and boita. That must plied capital, the shareholders few months back having received" three view of The Hague Conferends the
sharca for every two hald.. Corporation could de no good by taking action, and the matter was dropped.
CROWN PRINCE", DECORATED.
KAISER'S HINT TO, HIS DESERTERS,
The Petit Parissen staten that the Kaiser, for the honour if the Army ha ordered that each soldier taken prisons A Berlin telegrain of May 25 states must be specially examined, and oure TEETHING children have more or that the Kaiser has sent the folowing turn from his captivity the officer quat
less diarrhea, which can be con message to the Crown Prince
mike s report on the circumstances in trolled by giving Chamberlain's Colic "In view of the grat successes which | which he was taken prisoner, ove and Diarrhea edy Ail that is the brave battle proved troops of your
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THE KEEPING OF GOATS.
We are advised to keep goats anya s writer in the Daily ChronicleIt we do a let us keep their etherol, for at Trustees, their ercating to the Showing tradition ascribes davil. The desert condition of Meditor: Countries is attributed to their work Virgil urged his countrysien, to
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squadron reformed after the ceasary is to give the prescribed dose army group have gained, doring these America has failed after trying | guard their trips against any per 7.16. a.m.4 Patzortnance and alsoïxWednesdayı matinee.
after each operation of the bowels more days under your command I confer upon;
proceeded to bomb so than natural and the castor, mil to you the Star of Graad Commander se three yenta in nesplints to keep Lenting enim, Irma treat this mon and directly hit a large clean the system. It is safe and pure of the Royal Order of the found of of the war, how can send it by meku- rurdy brits but
our enemy
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