CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO FUND.
For The Allied Forces at
"The Front,
Amount oknowledged
THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.
TELEGRAMS
SECOND
THE BENALLA.
FIRE DANGER over-
to 13th July 1915 "...$5503.91 | (Router's Service To The "Telegraph”)
Bank Interest to 30th
Jope 1916
Mira B. Walker's List
Continued
Tipperary
Tobacoleros
Eddin French
A.S.
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Mies Clarke
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2.64
London, Received July 24.
EXTRA
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1915.
TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS.
GENERAL BOTHA'S WELCOME
IMPRESSION MADE BY HIS SPEECH.
July 23, 3.25 p.m.
THE KWANGTUNG FLOODS.
VICTORIA THEATRE.
Last Night's Benefit Porformance.
there was a big house at the As might have been expected. Victoria Theatre last night, the occasion being a special picture show and instrumental concert on Relief Fund. behalf of the Kwangtung Flood
THE SERGEANT WHO
BOLTED.
"How he Retrieved his Ropytation......
Cantoa Returning to Normal.
The latest that we hear from Canton is that Shameen is now
was sentenced to penal servitude The story of a sergeant who. going about its business pretty
for cowardice, and who after- much as usual, and is counting
wards retrieved his character and the cost of the past fortnight's
hie stripes by nating with great The splendid reception accordad to General boths at Capetown upset. was the forerunner of a series of similar welcomes received from to ana and even villages in South Africs, Claneral Botha's speech bas der water though indescribably The native city, no longer an-
heroism, was related by Professor has made a great impression. He ascribed his success to his officers listered and slushy in parte, is theatre was largely augmented by Force, ina leutura at the Univer J. H. Morgan, Home office Clom- missioner to the Expeditionary and men, and he emphasised the fact that the value of the campaign still a prey to the most terrible the Socieda Philarmonic, and aity College, London, says she was that of leading to a better anderstanding between two white races. smells, and sickness is, of course, the joint banda under Pro Daily News of June 9. Speaking of the hardships and sacrifices of the troops, he said it was rile. The cholera aitnation is fesser Gonzalez, gavo s most often after a burning march that they had to scrape the dry still, happily, confined to a few excellent programme, including night, raid Professor Morgan, While out with a patrol one river-bed for water for the horses, whose tongues were so dry that isolated asses, and we understand Sappe's "Light Cavalry," select this sergeant completely lost his THE STANDARD OIL RIOT. they were unable to drink, and the water had to be forced down that there has been hitherto tions from La Traviata" and nerve and bolted.
their throats. He resolved to follow the principles for which he nothing in the nature of a acare, "Lucia di Lammamoor," Dvorak's tried by court-martial for cowar had stood hitherto,
either in the city or on Shameen." Humoresque" and Sir Edward dice, and sentenced to five years
The a.. Beaulls had wirelessed that she will reach Durban to 5.00 morrow. The danger of Fire is 5.00 over. The P.9. Otaki has reanmed
3.01 her voyage.
2.00
1:00
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Poker and N. V.
Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Stabb
No name
16.01 50 00 1:00
Mr. R. Hudson
5.00
Mrs. K.
100
AUSTRIAN AMONG THE WOUNDED.
Kowlood Dook Reading
Room and Recreation
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186.00
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G. A. Robinson
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Mr. F. Bevington
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Chai Wan (W.B.)
OBITUARY.
THE ITALIAN TRENCH WAR.
MAGNIFICENT DISPLAYS OF HEROISM.
July 23, 1,45 p.m.
The authorities are taking wea Bares to prevent, as far as pos aible, any spread of disease,
Subscription List No. 8.
The Tang Wa Hospital begs to
T. T. from the Chinese mer-
Sobзoribod
The regalar orchestra of the
Elgar's "Salut d' Amour. In addition, Mr. Gonzalez gave, as oello solos. Godard's" Berceuse" and the ever popular "Broken Melody" of the late Auguste van Biene. Both were played with a
The cinematograph show in cluded two splendid sets of recent war pictures, new and most sucoseful sketch by Max Linder, and the concluding portions of "The Perils of Pauline"a series that has for so long delighted the patrons of the Victoria.
H WAS
panal servitude. He was de prived of his stripos, and taken back to confinement under an armed guard to await the con firmation of his sentence,
In the meanwhile, however, the den and fierea assault upon our lines, and all the British reserves were rushed up to resist them. The sergeant's armed guard went, and with them went the sergeant.
London: Heceived July 24.
Reatar's correspondent at Udine says that the Italiana on the acknowledge with thanks the fol- fine sympathy and finish and Prassian Guard made their.sud- Reuter'a New York correspon.. $2.00 dont says that two strikers were Leonzo are storming the cemented, armour-plated entrenchments flowing donatione to the Kwang alioited bountiful applause,
200 killed and eight wounded at communicating with the subterranean pasanges in the excavated tung Flood Relief Fund. 5.00 Bayonne in the attacks upon the rock. The advance is necessarily slow and even when Goritz has 2.00 guards at the Standard Oil works. fallen the conquest of the Carso Pistoan will be the most difficult obants of Tientsin 310,000-Tien- 5.00 One of the wounded men is an and most costly. A scone of touching heroiam took place at tain currency $9.117.50. 1.00 ex-Austrian soldier.
the storming of the last entrenchments at Podgora. Fifty
Per Kwong Wa Hospital col- volunteere, mostly from Trieste and Goritz, and students lection No. 7.2,428.55. from Bologna with their
"The following professors (including Signor Lavezzari, a Feteran Garabäldian aged 78) had asked $2000.00 Bank of Taiwan, Pacific and obtained permission to jɔia the regimeat assigned to the, Mail Steamship Co.
The attack. Daring the night the volunteers cat the entanglements, and at,
following Sabscribed sunrise, led the regiment to the assault." When the entrenchment: $1000.00
Mesers. Jardine, were stormed, Lavezzari, s'nading on the parapet, flang off his Matheson & Co, Ld. Messrs But-theatre, announced from the stage that be was able to forward no soldier's tunic and displayed a red Garabaldian shirt. He was shot terfield & Swire. through the heart and the body was escorted back by 200 Austrian
Inhabitants of Shaukiwao 718.-1986 a sum than $1,373 to the prio aere.
Kwong Wah Hospital, to be devoted to fhad relief. This sam represented the takings at the performances laat Sunday and the two houses last night.
'3.00
2.00
SIR SANDFORD FLEMING'S DEATH.
London. Received, July 24. Reuter announces the death of
3.00 Sir Sandford Fleming, K.O.M.G., 3.00 Chancellor of Queen's University 200 the Canadian Pacific Railway.
and formerly engineer in chief of 3.00 [Sir Sandford Fleming was born 5.00 in Scotland in 1827 and went to $5.00 Canada at the age of 18. His rise
2.00
was a quick one and he became 5.00 chief engineer of the O. P. B. in 500 1871. He was one of the main 160
promotera of the movament for 5.00 establishing the Pacifis cable and a Pan-Britannic telegraph service. Lie was an authority on time. 5.00 notation and had published vari- one works on that and other sub. 500 ject-1
5.00 5,00
200
2.00 3.00
5 CO ledgemente received from the 3.00 Fighting Line," the kindly 300 thoughts and aola of those out
here are greatly appreciated by 122.00 those who are bearing the burden and heat of the battle, during this, $1.00 our great national peril,
5.00
It would seem from the fol
5.00 lowing that the supply to the 2.00 Front is not of the roag hae that 400 we hear about and surely the 200 people of Hongkong will not allow 5.00 it to be said that they let the 2:00 movement fall through. The 2.00 Committee was able to send two 2.00 consigaments a month for the 1.00 firat six months, now they are 2.00 barely able to send one.
"
Podgora, which is one of the chief defences of Goritz, is crowned with five forts of long range guns. The whole slope is out into trenches with sliding armoured shatters, and behind these there are vast grottoes where the enemy's reserves are kept. Whenever blocked the remainder of the trench with a wall of quickly-drying the Italians capture a section of a trench the Austrians retire, having
cement.
THE PROGRESS IN GALLIPOLI.
WONDERFUL WORK BY ARMOURED CARS,
July 23, 0.20 p.m.
A despatch from Mitylene says that the British armoured motor care have been most successful against the enemy in Gallipoli, and that the capture of trenches recently is due to their help. They darted towards the entanglements and grappled the wires with iron hooks attached to the osrs by short chaine. They then wont rear- wards, at fall speed, tearing down the entanglements for a length of a handred and filty yards, end infantry quickly filled the gap.
AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUE.
MORE ENEMY ADMISSIONS.
July 23, 2.20 p.m.
Austrian commanique, which mentions that ten Italian regiments The fierceness of the fighting on the Isonzo ia illustrated by an successively attacked the trenches at Podgora and other points com posing the bridge-head of Goritz. There was constant hand to haad fighting, and the communique admits that trenches were pierced.
FRENCH MUNITIONS.
NATIONAL REGISTER BILL INTRODUCED.
July 23, 2.20 p.m. Renter's Paris correspondent says that a National Register 200 What we need cat here is Bill has been introduced into the Chamber with a view 2.00 something good to smoke, We to the better utilisation of the workshops for munitions.
3.00 Extracts from Soldiers' Letter.
2.00 used to get plenty, but now there
2.00 are so many more of us, cigaretten
2.00 are scarce as heas teeth."
200 Have the people forgotten us? 1.00
The Consignment, ordered on
2.00] the 1st of Jane have been sent to
SIR IAN HAMILTON'S REPORT.
(Official Telegrams from British Foreign Office,)
July 22.
16
Teachers, Papila & Friends of Baiyinggun Government School 282.64.
Per Meaers Po Hing Tai "Boog 253.00.
Diocesan Boys School 227.35: Sle of Flags per. Mesare O. W. Fulcher, Fa Pak Ying, Lo Wan Man, and Taui Wai U 1:8.03.
At the interval, Mr. J. Blake, the popular manager of the
VOLUNTEER ORDERS.
Joined.
The following subsoribed 8500, The Kailan Mining Administra- Corpe Orders issued to-day by tion, Mesere Dodwell and Co. Ld., Lient-Col. A. Chapman V. D. Messrs Kang Yuen, The Hong Blate: Kong Electric Co. Ld.
Cheang On Company, $200, Private C. G. Anderson joined The following $100 Meaars Bassoon, Gubbay Corps No. 1878 and posted to sabeoribed the Corps on 23-d just,, allotted and Howard, Mesure Olawa and Right Section M. G. 05. Jo., Tai Yan Bank, Mr. Woog d Si-ki, Mr. Laa Yuk-Chauk,
Parades.
le courage returned, and during the fierce fighting which followed be performed acts of brilliant bravery which, in other circum- stances, would meat certainly have won him the D.C.M. and probably the V.O.
His behaviour was brought to the notice of the authorities, the sergeant received back his stripes, and his sentence was quashed. His case also led to the passing of an Act of Parliament by which a sentence by court-martist may be auspended to give s prisoner aIL opportunity to retrieve hin oharacter.
"Higher education at General Headquarters" is now in full ewing, said the Professor. At the beginning of the war soy officer who desired to improve himself in the lethal arts had to doit privately in his own dag-out. For instance, one young subaltern manufactur
with water, suspended by string ed a flare out of a test tube filled
in a bally beef tin containing. sodium, which he tied on wire in front of his trench. At night ad- vancing Germans bumped into the wire, spilled the water into the sodium thereby causing a fre--and were abot by our
our men, their only disadvantage was as dangerous to the neers as boing that this kind of ordinance to their foes. Things have changed since then, and among the schools now in fall swing are those for machine-gaas, trench mortars, and Aying.
Parades for Monday, 28th Mesra Kwong Baog-lee, Meserinstant. 6.15 am. The following Tang Tai, Messra Tang Mow, members of Right Sotion M. G Mr. Chan Stek-shin Mr. HoChak Co-Pres. Beltran, Castillo, |lum, Mesiri Tin Wo Cheon Kee, Hart, Jalyan, Johnson,
Mr. Ms Tao-chi, Mesare You Lima, Place, Remedios, Silva snipere. Old stove pipes were Cheong-loong, Mr ! Lai-kong, and Tangap-Masksiry Instruction also made into trench mortars by Mr. Yang King-ong, Wing on Kennedy Roal Range. Ser- Sia-yuen, Mr. Ng Wai Chi, Urimea R. E. will attend. Remin Hing-tong, Lum lo, Mr. Choy vice Rifles to be carried. Corpl. Teachers, Papils and Friends der of Right Section M. G. Co. Salyingpun Govt. School,$100.45, Squad Drill and Skirmishing on Teachers, Papila and Friends Cricket Ground. 5.30 p.m. Re. Sairingpun Govt. School, $67.40, oruite of Engineer Co.--Musketry Teachers, Pupils and Friends and Rifle exercises at Taikoo Salyingpun Govi, Babool, $76.00, Dockyard, under Sergt. Ballook. Teachers, Papile and Friende Remainder Nil. Sayingpun Govt. School, $34.50,
Defail, Teachers, Pupils and Friends
Gun Club Hill, Kowloon. On Sayingpan Govt. Echool, $5051, duty until 30th insion: Scouts Meears. Tang Seng & Co., and Company. Officer on duty Lient. Hattori & Co., each $50.00, Mr. Murphy. B. R. S. Vergette, $25.00, Mr.D. B. and Mr. A. K. Grondahl, each $10.00.
Already acknowledged $223,- Total $245,342,52.
|
812.43.000
VOLUNTEER RESERVE.
ORDERS.
H. K. V. B. Orders issued
OUR TROOPS IN EAST AFRICA.
*Extract from Hongkong Man's Letter
The following je taken from a letter received in the Colony from
Detention Camp, Kowloon on duty to-night Scouts Company. Officer on duty Capt. Hutchison. Oa duty to-morrow night No. 1 Sec. Art. Batty, & the following members of Right Section M.G.ongkong man serving in Bost Co.:-LcOpl. Rozs, Ptas.. Alves, We have settled down here
Afrios B. Auderson, Archie, Benjamin, for training st machine guns. Cordeiro, D'Azava do, Greaves, am a sergeant, end the crowd we Hyndman, F. Murray, Pereira, have a splendid lot. and A. J. V. Ribeiro.
"Regarding the country, it is Office on duty Lieut, Kennett simply idest, We are on a plateau" Dearly,000 feet above theses level
toon duty 28th instant Centre
1.00 the Front for distribution amongst tions, a raiding party rushed a trench in front of our line during the Sir Ian Hamilton reports that, in the Northern section of opers. 2.50 the following:
lat. Essex Regt. 10,000 Wood- the 19th an anti-sires aftgun was located, and hit with the second round night of July 18. All the enemy filed except one who was killed. On 363.50 bicos and 44 lbs. Plug Tob. 1st.of one of our guns, and was blown into the air with the fifth round. In Suffolk Regt, 10,000 Woodbines the Southern area the Tarks, on the 18th, made an attack on some Total... $5.931.68 and 41 lbs. Flag Tob lot. R. West newly-daptared trenches in the French section, but were easily re- Amount expended... 5,888.73 Kent 10,000 Woodbines and 44 pulsed. There is steady progress in the British section daily, consolidat "Balanoe in hand.:- 5.32.05 10,000 Woodbines and 44 lbs. Yesterday, the 21st, a small redoubt was captured, with insignificant/manding H. K. V. R. state.
Ibs. Plug Tob. lat. Dorset Reg.ing and in some cases extending tranches won on the 12th and 13th day by Major Wakeman Com-Section M. G. Co. Officer on duty and the climate is topping, hot. The Committes desires to ex- Plug Tob. let. Devon Regt. loss, and a successful attack was made on part of a communication the 30th inst., is cancelled. “A,
The parade ordered for Friday; press its sincere thanks to the 10,000 Woodbines and 22 lbs. trench held by the enemy. A Tarkish machine gon opposite our B” & “0” Companies will Orderly Sergeant until 301 night two blankets are none 100 ladies who are so kindly taking Plug Tob. Ist. D.O.LL 10,000 left was knocked out by French artillery. In both sections the parade on the Cricket Ground at an interest in collecting subscrip- Woodbines and 44 lbs. Plug Tob. tions for the fund, also for the P. P. OLI, 10,000 Woodbines enemy artillery has been' zative.
very handsome contribution from and 44 lbs. Plug Tob. K.0.8.B. the Kowloon Dook Reading Room 10,000 Woodbines and 22 lbs. and Recreation Club, which will enable the Committee to order 10,000 Woodbines and 22 lbs. Plug Tob. lat. S. W. Borderers another Consignment. It is most Plug Tob. lat. Shropshire L.L gratifying to be identified with 10,000 Woodbines and 22 be. A work of this kind when Plug Tob. ***** such ready sasistance is given. Judging by the many nożnow-
GEO J.B. SAYER. Hon: Secretary & Treasurer.
THE PIRATES BAD WEEK,
(Official Telegram from the British Foreign Office.)
July 22,
The Admiralty announce that, during the week ended July 21st, 1328 vernele arrived at and sailed from British Ports; none were sunk by submarines.
6:15 p.m. on Thursday, the 29th
inst, for Battalion Drill Happy Valley.
1t
The Recruits Parade ordered for Thursday, the 20th inst,, will
antil 80th instant-Lieut Murphy, Captain Wood. Orderly Officer
instant Cerpl. Shenton.
The Kailing Mining
Administration. 22, We are informed that the total
and dry during the day, but at
much. It would delight you to Fee the profasion of flowers, Roses grow in all varieties. The townol Nairobi supplies all needs, and would appeal to George BB regards tempe beer being 1/4 a bottle, a whi and sodu eightpence.
be held on Friday, the 30th inst. output of the Administration's
The parade of “ A‚"B" & mines for the Wook ending 15th "I have plenty of good solid
0 Companies for Company July amounted to 58038 tons and Drül for Monday, the 26th inst. the Sales during the period, to will take place su ordered. - 48618 sons.
food and every consideration I
am just as fit as I could demire. and burned brown as a barry”,