The Hongkong Telegraph
WEATHER FORBGAS?
OVERCAST
Barometer 29.83
August 11 1915,
Temperature Humidity
(ESTABLISHED 1881.) yright, 1915 by
prietor.
August 11 1914,
·Temperature " 6 nak Humidity
2991 日一初月七年卯乙
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUNTA
1915.
三拜歳 號一十月八英港香 SINGLEROOPY 100缸
:636 PER ANNUM.
TO-DAY'S.
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS
WAR TELEGRAMS
WAR TELEGRAMS
TELEGRAMI.
BRITISH TRADE.
JULY FIGURES.
GERMANY'S ANTE-WAR PREPARATIONS.
THOUSANDS OF RIFLES TAKEN TO SOUTH WEST AFRICA.
German Fress Undertakes Peace Campaign.
WORLD-FAMOUS MUSICIAN DEPORTED FROM ENGLAND,
[Reuter'e Service to the "Telegraph."}
DISCOVERY IN SOUTH WEST AFRICA.
27,000 RIFLES LANDED BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF WAR.
FRENCH PROGRESS IN AFRICA,
August 9, 5.30 p.m. Reuter's correspondent in Paris states that the French are operating with great success in the southern and saalera Cameroons. * We shall soen re-occupy the whole of the Congo ceded to Germany in 1911. The Germans have evacuated Gadi. Progress in encircling them continues.""
WARSAW LIBRARY IN CULTURED HANDS. August 9, 8.20 p.m. Renter's corrançondent în Petrograd states that the magnificunt library of Warsaw University could not be removed in time to prevent ita falling into the enemy's hande.
BULGARIA AND THE GERMAN BANKS
August 9, 0.20 p.m. Bulgaris has apparently succeeded in arranging with German banks for the payment of a further instalment of the loan conoluded prior to the war.
THE DOMINIONS AND THE EMPIRE.
́ ́August 9, 6 20 p.m.⠀
The Hon. Sir Robert L. Barden, G.O.M.G., Premier of Canada, on receiving the freedom of the city of Bristol, predicted that the Dominion contingents fighting in comradeabip in France and the Dardanelles would tend to create imperial unity in the fature. H paid a warm tribute to the successes of Beer and Biton in South West Africa, and said he would take back to Canada an expression of the strong determination to struggle without ceasing till the war was brought to an honourable and triumphant issus (lond cheers) The Dominion would give their best in the cause of the Empire and of liberty (cheers).
SIR JOHN FRENCH'S BULLETIN.
August 9, 9.55 p.m. Field Marshal Sir John French, in his bulletin, says the artil- August 10, 2.25 p.m. The Times gives prominence to information received from an lery on both sides has been active at Ypres since the let inst, Wa authoritative source, that Union troops have discovered in South-had the advantage," he adds, "after a successful bombardment to- West Africa 27,000 rifles packed in cases which were landed a few day, in which the French on our left co-operated effectively. We weeks before the ontbreak of war.
GERMAN PEACE CAMPAIGN.
"SIGNS OF INTERNATIONAL HATREDS DECREASING.”.
August 10, 2.25 p.m.
attacked, and re-took all the trenches at Hooge which were recently captured by the enemy. We further progressed northward and westward of Hooge, extending the front of the trenches captured, by 1800 yards, Daring the fighting we challed and derailed German train at Langemarck, setting fire to the tracks. We cap- tured three officers, 124 men and two machins gane.”
"
FRENCH COMMUNIQUE,
· SAARBRUCK BOMBED BY THE FRENCH."
Apparently a German press campaign with a view to peace has begun. The Dutch newspaper, the Rotterdamsche Courant given
August 10, 9.40 p.m. prominence to an article which it says it received from a diplomatio Monroe. After blaming Sir Edward Grey for the war, the writer A Paris communique says:-The day his been relatively quiet descants on the heavy British losses and says that neither in the along the whole front. There have been artillery actions at differ East nor West is there a prospect of decisive results. He hopes that ent points. A squadron of thirty-two bomb-carrying aeroplanes, the British people will listen to the voice of reason in view of the escorted by scouting machines, started in the morning to bombard inaressing signs that international hatreds are decreasing..
KAISER'S FAVOURITE PIANIST.
DEPORTED FROM ENGLAND.
Angust 10, 2,25 p.m. Madame Janotha, the Kaiser's favourite pianist, has been arrested in London and deported.
[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on this
page they will be found on the
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
TURKISH BATTLESHIP SUNK.
igust 9, 5.40 pm,
that the Turkish battleship
to Boater's correspondent at Amsterdam
art of t communique remarke
the station and factory at Saarbruck. The atmosphere was no favourable, the valleys being shrouded in mist, and the sky olondy, but twenty-eight maabines reached the goal and dropped a hundred and sixty-four bombs. The enco:t drove off the avistiks which attempted to bar the way. Numerous columas of smoke and fires were observed above the paints bombarded.
RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE.
RUSSIANS REPULSE GERMAN FLEBT
August 10, 3.35 s.m.
WHAT THE GERMANS ARE STRIVING FOR.
Anguat 10, 5,50 ».m.
(Bouter'a Bervice To The “Telegr
London. Roostred Ang, 10. British imports for Jaly showed sa increase of $16,171,063, and
Realer's correspondent in Petrograd says that smal oiroles exports a decrease of 40,688,880. explain the value attached to the Germans' securing naval posses- sion of the Gulf of Bigs, which would sanble the fiset powerfally |to support an army occupying the western coast of the Gulf. The enemy delivered three attacks, attempting to force the mine defence which the Russian fleet, assisted by somplanes, protopled. stacks were repalsed.
INTERESTING STATISTICS,
British Colnage.
All
From some old Parliamentary returns Mr. J. H. Schooling has prepared the following summary of the coins of the Realm made during the Nineteenth Century.
Name of Coin.
Gold Coins. Five-Pound Piece Two-Pound Gaines Sovereiga Hall-Guites.... Half-Sovereign,
Seven-Shilling Piece
Crown
W
Number made. Face value.
73.360 151.183 1861473% 284.214.216
3 251 794
117.182 912 6.842140
Total, Gold Coins... 412.077.108
Silver Coins.
Four-Shilling Piece... Half-orowa
Florin
100
Shilling Sixpence Fourpence... Threepence Творецов Penny halfpenny Panny
0.098.138
+
888.800
802.386 379.547 284.214.218
-- 1.707.192. 58 591471 2.394 740
347.958,341
2.274.600
2.689.830587.966
89 908.385
92 496.576
339 835.406
262.949.210
20 822.420 187.763.080
700.800. 470 670- 811 920
Total, Silver Cina... 957.354.753
11,238,548 2,240 657 18.901.770
6,573.730
343.707
.722 026
5,840
2.998 3.383
48 944.234
Copper and Brones Coina.
Number made
Face value.
Penny
Halfpenny *** Farthing Half-farthings
Total, Copper and Bronze Coina në
510,470.018 414.048 861 284.384 028.. 16 438,104
...1.175.941.009
Total, All Coins... 2.545.372 852
· 2.126 968 · 863.852. 244.149.
·8,528%
· 3.243.521
400.144.098
HOME FINANCE.
TREASURY BILLS REVISED.
Asosivad, Aug. 10. British Treasury Bille" have been revised on a basis of 43 per cent, discount,
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
CONDENSED.
It is apparent that a German press campaign with a viw to pesce, has begun,
·British Treasury": Bills" have been revised on the basis of:44 per cent. discount,
Madame Janotūs, the Kaisar A favourite pisuist has been arrest ed in London and deported,
The French say that Liky soon occupy the woop of the Congo ceded to Germany in 1911: Field Marshal Big John Frenov reports that the artillery on both sides have been active since the
English imports during the month of July show an increase of £16,171,663 and the exports a decrease £9,683,809.
Bulgaria has apparently succeeded in arranging with the German bank for payment of a further instalment.
The magnificent library at the Warsaw University could not be
removed in time to prevent falling into the hands of the enemy.
The Russian esaplanas drop ped bombs daring the attacks of the German Heet on Riga and damaged an enemy craiser and | two destroyers. V
The Germans on Saturday night renewed their attacks on the fortifications of Korno and severely bombarded their poat tions all Sunday.
The Germsofset delivered three attacks in attempting to force the mine defences of tho Gulf of Biga but the Russians | asolated by the seaplanes protect- [ed alle sitacks. 25.
Home idea of this enormous number fooins may be gathered times gives promitienne to from the fact that it would take one peri 00 years to count this information from an authoritative quantity, counting at the rate of 100 på inute and working 11 soures that the Union hours each day of the year. The face of the coins may be discovered in South West understood from the fact that invented at 3 per cent, interest it 27,000) rifles packed in
Grey which were landed a few wee would yield an incoms of about 833.000 per day
A Petrograd communique states;----- Vorepulsed persistant attacke The sovereign leads in point of value but the penny is the before the outbreak of War, by a German fleet of nine battleships, twelve cruisers, and numer- most popular coin, beading the list with over 500.000.000. The Naral experta in Petrograd ex- ons destroyers at the entrance to the Gulf of Rigs on the 8th. Our weight of metal needed to mint the popular penny was 4,327 tons 6 plain the valne otisobed to the sesplanes in dropping bombs, contributed to our suposes. One owls 18 lbs. While if the half-pennies were put end to end they Germans securing the naval possession of the Gulf of Bigs, ensiy uruiser and two destroyers were damaged by Russian mines. would cover 6,544 miles.
Mr. Bobooling also make the following comparisons showing which will enable the fleet power the new coinage per head of the population in 1809-1851 and the fully to support an 'army-00- capying the western coast of the average of the 10 years 1892-1901.
Yearly new guif.
coinage per head of Population.
0.74
ENORMOUS ENEMY LOSSES.
ormous
August 10, 325 8.m. A-Petrograd communiqus reports that the enemy on Saturday night renewed his attacks on the fortifications of Kovno; and severe- ly bombarded our positions all Sunday with guns of all calibres, dvanced including their heaviest. The enemy' attacks against our positions wore most desperate. His nassult on the western front of Korno on Bunday night, was everywhere repulsed with Tossen. Our artil replying to the bombardment vig Bawings between the Dwins and the Neimen the direction of Friedrichstadt and dislodged the guarda north-east of Vilkomir Fort and from inflicting severe losses and taking a number were isolated sctions on danday on the laff of the ly in the direction of Bomes and north of the Lomss
the
Average of 10 years
V 8.283.509
Volue of new Population. Coinage, Millions.
11801
In 1851
450.295 4491864
15.9 27.4
1892-1901"
39.7
This shows that the great increase in our and sinos 1851 has been quite outpaosd amount of new coinage per head of pop
1801
yearly
dona
fish to attach too much import
of hard cash coined, this increase may i ulvazce in the national wellbeing off be
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