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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22xn, 1915.
THE VICTOR-VICTROLA
is a source of endless pleasure to the entire household.
THE GERMAN AIM
a large proportion of young hands and people under training it is all the mora gratifying. The engines worked magni-
LAST OF THE “ EMDEN.” ATTEMPTS TO CREATE PANIC IN SYDNEY'S CAPTAIN ON COCOS Scently, and higher results than in the
ENGLAND.
FUTILE DEMONSTRATIONS.
[BY THE TIMES NAVAL CORRESPONDENT.
For the second time the German cruisers have made a hasty raid upon the English const, and on this occasion they have actu ally bombarded an English watering place and a couple of flourishing towns. Hartlepool, at the mouth of the Tees, and Whitby, lower down the coast, although centres of industry, are not entirely or even mainly engaged in the supply of war material. Scarborough is a resort of pleasure-seckers and those who would ronaw their health from the ozone-laden breezes of the North Sea. It cannot said that their throwing of shells in these places has any redeeming feature as an act of war. The circumstance should neither create alarm nor surprise. Acts of this character can have no significance can they have been unexpected, for attacks upon unfortified coast towns have been a feature of German naval warfare ever since the Goeben und Breslau bombarded Bona and Phillippoville on the morning of August 4th.
INVALUABLE AS AN ENTERTAINER, whatever as a precursor of invasion, nor
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THE OFFICIAL REPORT.
Captain Glossop, N., of HMAS Sydney, sent to the naval authorities at Melbourne the following report, dated Colombo, November 15th, dealing with as follows
the destruction of the Emden. It read
"I have the honour to report that at 30. on Monday, November 9th, a reading: Strange warship at entrance. wireless message from Cocos was heard I was ordered to raise steam for full speed at 7 a.m., and proceeded thither, I then worked up to 20 knots, and at 9.10 am. sighted land ahead, and almost immediately the smoke of a ship, which proved to be the Emden, coming out towards me at a great rate, At 9.40 m. I kept my distance as much as possible to fire was opened, he firing the first shot. obtain the advantage of my guns, The Emden's fire was very accurate and rapid to begin with, but seemed to slacken very quickly. First the forward funnel of the Emden went, and secondly the foremast, and she was badly on fire aft: Then the second funnel went, and lastly the third funnel, and I saw she was making for the beach, on North Keeling Island, where he grounded at 11.20 am. I gave her two more broadsides and left her to pursue a merchant ship which had come It is true that the war is getting nearer
up during the action. Although I had to us, nearer in reality than if, for the guns trained on this merchant ship example, the German soldiers had got to at odd times during the action, I di
she was making off last Calais. Our people may now know what not fire, and
pursued and overtook her at 12.10, their grandparents experienced when, [31.8
little more than 100 years ago, hostile prring a gun noross her bows and hoisting. jectiles folk upon our shores during international code signals to stop, which engagements between our ships and those he did. I sent an armed boat and found her to be the steamer Burenk, a captured of the enemy on the southern coast
British collior, with a Chinese crew of 18, one English steward, one Norwegian cook, and prize crew of three officers, one warrant officer, and 12 men. The ship, unfortunately, was sinking. The Kings: ton valves were knocked out and damaged to prevent repairing, so I took all on board, fired four shells into her, and returned to the Emden, passing mon swim ming in the water, for whom I left two boats, which I was towing from the Buresk. I then felt the Emden, and returned and picked up the Break's two boats, rescuing two sailors at 5 p.m., who had been in the water all day. I returned and sent in one boat to the Eniden, manned by her own prize crew from the Burçek, and one officer, stating I would return to their assistance next morning.
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trials were obtained. I cannot speak to highly of the medical staff and arrange- ments, the ship being nothing but a hospital.
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A Gibraltar wire says:--Capt. Glossop|MACGREGOR&C.
and the officers of the Commonwealth. cruiser Sydney were ontortained at a banquet by the Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce on December 14th. As the visitors were about to return to their ship the inhabitants removed the horses from their carriage and dragged the vehicle to enthusiasm. the dockyard amid scenes of great
An officer of the Sydney relates that when he was last at Sydney three boya from the training ship lingire voluntoor- ed to serve on the Sydney. The captain did not want them, but took them because they were so keen. Two of them, who belonged to the officers gun crew, were hair, and the other carried projectiles to perfectly splendid. One did not tura n the gun without thinking of cover "The Ender was nothing but a shamble from end to end, adds the officer. The Amden accused the Sydney of Bring on the white flag when Yon Muller assembled the Emden's officers, but the charge was formally denied. At one stage of the Aght the Sydney was deceived by peculiar smoke, and believed that the Emdes had sunk. The crew coased fire, and began lowering the boats. Von Muller considered himself nilncky as all the voice pipes were shot away at the beginning of the engagement
GOLD OUTPUT IN THE PHILIPPINES.
** Judging from the present outlook, I believe that the output of the Paracale mining district for the year 1915 will reach P.1,500,000," déclared Frank B. Ingersoll on Thursday in response to an inquiry relative to the prospects in that gold dredging camp.
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This district, continued Judge Ingersoll,“ promises to have a bigger gold production this year than ever before in its history. The Australian PROTESTANT companies operating on the Paracale River now have four dredges at work,. As one of these dredges has just recently been completed, and has a greater capa city than any of the others, the flect should turn out considerably more bullion than last year.
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and Local Booksellers. pany' dredge had some pretty had troubles for several months after starting operations, chiefly on account of defective boilers sent it from the factory. Recently these boilers have been patched into fairly good shape, and much better returns have resulted.
The bullion output of the Malaguit Company for the last three months has been 2,670 ounces, valued at P.98,000. New boilers for this dredge were shipped
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In Great Britain there may be some who will express surprise that the German ships can get out at all, but they cannot havo realized the actual conditions of modern warfare. Even though the British Fleet holds the practical com mand of the North Beu, this does not mean that the Germans cannot leave their porte. On the contrary, our British sea- men wish they would do so. Our outer guard is not placed off the German coast to resist attempts on the part of their feet to come into the open sen, but for the purpose of reporting auch movements. Yesterday a rush of a small squadron of That vessels to our coast does not prove that any larger force, particularly if accompanied by transports, could have a similar chance of success, not, even if the ENEMY'S UNDERTAKING, latter were to reach ite destination, that "This I had to do as it was desirable the troops could be landed. Nor is it to find out the condition of the cables and possible that we can have a superior force the wireless station at Direction Island. at any and every place which the enemy On the passage I was again delayed by may select for a hasty raid of this resening another sailor at 6.30 p.m., and character, for our castern coastline, it by the time I was again ready and ap- must be remembered, is 600 miles in proaching Direction Island it was too length, and our Flest has other duties to late lay on and off all night, and perform.
communicated with Direction Island at The long hours of darkness which nowa.m. on November 10th, to find that the prevail provide opportunities for move Eden's party, consising of three oficers so easily carried out when the nights were had seized and provisioned a 70-ton the steainer Mongolia, which is due in Physiology and Anatomy) will be poss
MASSEUSE (with diploms The distance from Heligoland to schooner, the Ayesha, carrying 4 maxims, Flamborough Head or Hartlepool is with two belts in each. They left the Manils about February these to give hamage, ander medical supervision. approximately 300 miles, and from Bor- previous night at 6 clock. I borrowed boilers should be installed before the first Address NOMURA HOTEL, kum rather less. Vessels of 20 knots a doctor and two assistants, and proceed of March, and thereafter the efficiency 15, 16 and 17, Connaught Bowl, speed could cover this distance, in 15 ed as far as possible to the Emden This Company paid a five per cent. div.Telephone No, 400AA
of the dredge should be greatly increased. houre. It is quite dark now at á o clock | assistanes. I sent an officer on board tu p.m., and if the ships left at this hour sue the captain and, in view of the dend the first of the year. they could be off our const by 8 next large number of prisoners and wounded The dredge of the Maximelo Com morning. There are at least three classes and the lack of accommodation in this pany should add to the bullion output. of cruisers in the German Navy which ship, and the absolute impossibility of As should also the small mill of the
Nueva could keep up this speed of 20 knots
leaving them where they were, he agreed New Tumbaga Mining Company SMALL NATIONAL FLAGS cruisers like the Goeber, of which there all of the wounded, for such time as they now there, has ordered for the Mambulan Are five in the fleet under Admiral von emained in the Sydney they would cause Dredging Company on electric driven Ingonoht; the armoured cruisers of the interference with the ship or fittings eight-foot close-connected dredge, which For Sale at Scharnhorst class, of which there are also and would be amenable to the ship five; and the light cruisers, of which there discipline. I therefore set to work at may be ruening before the end of this are more than double the number, of the once to tranship them, a most dificultar, although this is not probable. other classes If destroyers are not used operation, the ship being on the farther will undoubtedly have a larger capacity on such occasions, it is probably because side of the island and the scour along than any other dredge in the Islands, and they would be kept back for the purpose side were heavy. The conditions on the should greatly increase the gold produc of offensive action against any British Enden were indescribable. I reosived the ion in the Paracale district"-Manila squadron that might follow the raiders to last man from her at 3 p.m. and then had Cablenews. their own ports and
to go round to the lee side to pick up 24 The engagements which have already men who had managed to get ashore from taken place love indicated in every the ship. Darkness came on before this instance that it is essential for the ships could be accomplished, and the ship again. which are brought to oppose any partiou stood off and on all night, resuming lar class to possess a superiority in gun-operations at 5 am. on November 11fb, Fower and at least an equality in speed, cutter's crew having to land with There are five classes of cruisers in the stretchers to bring the wounded round to British Navy which, as compared with the the embarking point A German officer but the remark ceased to be true when the $7.50 per 100, SPORTING REQUIE- German Fessels just referred to fulfil and a doctor died ashore the previous day ended, because Tuesday dawned even (TES and AIR GUNS in Variety, these conditions. These are the battle day. The ship, in the meantime, ran over colder. The thermometer dropped in the cruisers of the Lion class, the heavy to Direction Island, to return their course of the night to 8 degrees Fahren Inspection Invited, "armoured cruisers of the Shannon and doctor and assistante. I sent cables and heit, and where there was an exposure to
Natal classes, and the light cruisers of was back at 10 am, embarking the the north one degree below zero the City and Arethusa types. While, tacre remainder of the wounded and started registered, while later in the day the fore, no precautions could prevent the fox Colombo at 10.35 am. on Wednesday, record was seven below zero. A force Cerman vessels from pushing back or November 11th,
wind blew from the north, swirling dust evading the British patrols on their own
sad sand along the streets and driving coast and stealing across the North Sea The total casualties in the Sydary into dwelling-houses, thus making con in the darkness, there is always just an were Killed, 3; severely wounded ditione in Peking exceedingly, trying for off chance that on their return journey and since died, 1, severely wounded, those who had the misfortune to spend any AH CHEONG AND L HANSEN, they may meet with impeachment at the hands of a superior force.s
for such a run. These are the bands
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It
THE COLD IN PEKING.
The Paking Daily News of Wednesday, the 13th inst., says:
In yesterday's issue we remarked that Monday was the coldest day this winter,
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slightly wounded, 4. 1 can only time in the open. &pproximately state the killed ол As the result of the arctic-like weather: the Emden at 7 officers and 108 monit is reported that many destitute people from the captain's statement. I had on died from exposure, but the figures of such board 11 officers, B warrant officers and fatalities have not yet been obtained. It 181 men, of whom a officers and 53 men is certain, however, that a number were were wounded, and of this number one frozen to death. We know also of several
morning yesterday and returned with frost-bitten ears.
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The hurricane which raged during the night with great fury was responsible for not a little damage to property within the city. Windows were blown in in various houses, trees were denuded of their branches, and the Feking Club skating rink was partially wrecked.
THREE POEKIELE OBJECTS. Such raids as that of yesterday may fulfil three objects. They may be intend ed to persuade the German people that the money spent on their fleet has not beer
used as a justification for the ridiculous wounds. The damage done to the claims that the British Navy is in hiding Sydney's hall and fittings was surprising But their principal purpose is also to ter ly small. In all about ten hits seem to rerize our people and so to stop or retard have been made. The engine and boiler the dispatch of reinforcements to the Con-room and funnels escaped entirely. With tinent. Moreover, it would be to the such a crowd of wounded and prisoners German liking if by raids of this descrip on board it was impossible to do any tion they could succeed in drawing our thing more than barely to look after them. ships on to prepared minefields, or into The wounded were in a terrible state and areas favourable for submarine attacks by had to lie about the upper deck and day or destroyer attack by dark. They passages under which the temporary The intense frost affected electric lights might even hope to lessen the stringency of shelter could be rigged in close tropical and telephones Batteries were frozen the North Sea blockade by drawing off weather, with heavy rain. The ship will solid, and houses and streets were without ships from it, thereby permitting the pas-consequently require most careful and light, while bell communications refused sage of some would be raiders to the trade thorough disinfecting and cleaning at to act. routes or homeward-bound ships with con- Colombo. I was more than thankful to Many stories of the cold were reported traband of war
be able to stop and transfer to the yesterday. In one office the thermometer The progress of the war makes the sitna Empress of Rusers 18 Chinese, ex-Bures, stood at zero in spite of three stoves, and tion in Germany calculated to create that 5 officers, 4 warrant officers, and 66 men one householder was badly handicapped attitude of mind which leads to the perbelonging to the Emden, most of whom for some time owing to his false teeth bombardments of unfortified towns, futile the worst cases, as I did not like the water. A lady had the unusual experience and useless as they are from a martial transhipment. Indeed, if we had bot of finding that the milk in her porridge point of view, may satisfy the desire for been fortunately in smooth water I could had been frozen on the way upstairs. something of a dashing character which not have shifted the men. The enemy Many other incidents could be cited, but has the appearance of ropisals for reverses shells appeared often to fail to burst these are sufficient to indicate the severity mct with elevhere. Meantime Germany His steering gear was disabled very carly, avoids the risks of a general engagement, and lose of speed occurred in conss of the weather and the discomfort and and while she does so cannot hope to re-quence,
rigours, which Fad to be borne yesterday. lieve the economic pressure whicir must in bave great pleasure in stating that The cold snap is to some extent explained the end exercise, & vital effect upon the the behaviour of the ship's company was when it is known that at Kidchto two days
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4 to 6 p.m.-Sanitary Board Election. Entries Clone for Hongkong Football Chal-
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Saturday, 30th Jan ----
3 p.m.—A Garden Fête in the grounds of the
University Tuesday, 2nd Feb,
11.30 pm-West Point Building Co., Ltd.
Meeting of Shareholders at the Offices of Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. 11.45 a.m.--Hongkong Central Estate, Ltd,
formance of acts of desperation, and tho were wounded; but I retained nine of having been frozen in the tambler offeeting of Shareholders at the Offices of
war.
Megere. Jardine, Mathason & Co., Ltd Noon Hongkong Land Investment & Agency Co, Ltd Meeting of Shereholders at the Offices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.,
19.15 p.m.-Hongkong Land Reclamation Co., Ltd., Meeting of Shareholders at the Offices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Ca. Ltd Tuesday, 9th Feb.
NoonHongkong Canton & Macao Steam-
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