10
HOAGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1915.
WEATHER REPORT.
THE
POST OFFICE.
"SNIPING" IN THE UNEARTHED BY SOLDIERS
TRENCHES.
Test of Skill and Patience. Treasure Found While Digging
The Unseen Terror.
Treaches,
Paris, September 18. At Nancy some soldiera digging & trench in the forest of Champonaux unearth- (The Times Special Correspon-ed a treasure, consisting of gold dent.)
and silver coins of the early 17th British Headquarters, Sapt. 14. century, of considerable value from -It would be interesting, if such an antiquarian point of view. It a calculation were pocaible, to was apparently buried there classify the agencies to which during the time of the French our total daily casualties are entry into Lorraine in the reign due. And the calculation weald ) of Louis XIII,
be interesting vory largely According to the law of treas what ure trove, the soldiers are entitled On this edoro,. that
over
the
statistica
Xmas & New Year Parcel Mall
SHIPPING NEWS,
ARRIVED,
On the 2nd at 10.30-No returns from Indo-China.
Preasure has increased moderatoly over eastern Japan, the Bonins, Formosa, and the south coast of Chlon; Ikhsa decreased 15thalghtly alsowhore,
The Pablic are informed that the Christ- mas and New Year Parool Mail' to the United Kingdom will be closed in this Of- † Nissho Marn, Jap. a., 1,632, M. Yadama- mail is due in London on the 25th Dec. fice at 5p.m. on the 19th November. This
to
The above date of departure is Hablo alteration.
Correspondence addressed to aromy subjects in Calan, Siam, Persia and Mor.
oceo cannot be transmitted.
The Services to Germany, Austria, and
might to one-half of the find, the State the Ottoman Empire are suspended, prove, the most formidable agenoy taking the other half. The Pre- (the adjective is used here in its feot of Nancy will have the strict conse) is still the sniper's soldiers' share put up for suction,
bullet.
tat Nov.-Fansooran, Oot, Bugar—J,0.J.E, Cheongshing. Bram, 1,23%, V. McQ Liddell End Now Tentsin, 28th Oct.
Kwangsang, Br.. Blabard, tad Nor- Shanghai, 31st Oct, Gen.-J. M. & Co.
Namsong, Br.. 2,291, H. E. Gilroy, Int
Inst.—Moji, 29th ult. Gen.-J, K. & Co.
Skidzuoka Maru, Jap, an-9,869, M. To
wa, End Lost,-Boatilo, 1st ulto Gen.-N.Y.E.
The antioyolone is now contral in the nagbbourhood of Tukin. Fressure is relatively low over the China Bos, and fresh monicon will prevail over the nor thern portion.
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.
Forecast,
District.
1 Hongkong and Neighbour, modozata
hood.
Z. winda,
to freab; fair to cloudy.
-
N.E.
DEPARTED.
ith Cape
3 Formosa Channal...................... winds,
strong.
Ships in communication It is possible, perhaps so as to get the best price pos- D'Agullar Radio Telegraph Station :~~ even probable, that the majority sible, and the coins which fail to of our casualties would be found the ahaze of the State will be Polynesien to be attributable to shell fire. It placed in the Nancy Museum. might be found that slong a par-
ticular line of tranch the balk of
the men are knocked out by hand
grenades. Bat the sharp-shooter's
hullet has a special formidable.
ness of its own such as is enjoyed at a time when there is nothing
by to other weapon.
sufficiently important to justify a The aboll, the rifle grenade, it is the shortness, rathen he communique. Asa matter of fact, the trench mortar at least give so no warning to the ear; the length, of our essanity lists which bomb and the aerial torpedo are unceasing activity of the trenches. needs to be reconciled with the visille as they come through the For, behind the rows of sand bage air ja day time, and may
which face one another with such Tbo frequently bo dodged. "listeners" ere generally able to apparent preposslemness, there are the snipers who will spend give some warning a to the hours waiting for the opening of operations and progress of hostile
a loophole, the sight of a cap or miuera. The ballet alone is
a hand incautionsly raised above absolutely unobtrusive, instan
the parapet, the hoisting of B taneous, and intoaaing. One may lake, a certain amount of which may betoken the least periscope, a shovel-anything liberly,
it Da
were, with
undue activity. shell fire. A single man, or even two men, provided that they are
Novara Awa Mara Kving Maru
Tjikini Amarone Cordiller.
MAILS DUB.
Australis, Changsha, 7th Nov. Australlo, Aldenham, 5th Nov, Australia, Tango Mara, 18th Nov.
American
*
。
MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY
Canadian
Philippine Islands, Japan via Nagneski, Honolulu, United Sistes, South America, and Canada via Han Francisco U. Kingdom ria Canada Per PERBIA M., 2nd Nov, 3 pm.
TO-MORROW,
There is a constant pitting of swatow & Bangko-Por DRUFAE, 3rd patient vigilance against ignor.
Nov. 8a.m.
not obviously people of importance, carelessness, or the sheer Hoihow and Haiphong-Per KELIO M., anca, may risk a walk along a
readlessgees born of physical
3rd Nov, 0a.m.
tria Batavia)Por TJIKEMBANG, 3rd Nov, 0
stretch of ground in view of the fatigue. The strain of being under Batavia, Samarany, Bourabaya, and Port enemy's guns, simply because it shell fire and other of the larger is not worth a gunner's while to projectiles may be more acute abcot at every individual ecemy while it lasts, but, in the long Swatow and Doll-For V.8PILBERGEN" he sees. No such familiarity is safe
ran, it is the unintermittent crack
3rd Nov. 11 a..
with a sniper. He is the Army of the bullet which jars the Philipples Iz-Por TAMING, Sri Nov. Autolycus, always on the look ont for unconsidered frifice, and allervous system most permanent. the more ready to fire that bis am. and leads to the majority of Amoy-For HONGKHENG, Sad, Nov. 5
munition is so cheap and plenti
ful.
The Old Salper. This static trench warfare hes largely curtailed the ag ivities of the old type of sniper-of the
sniper, that is to Bay, who conceal
what might to called avoidable casualties. And the greater the number of our first-class shota the greater, of course, the enemy's loses and the greater the ever- lasting sapping of his moral,
to be hopelessly platitudinous, All these remarks may appear ed himeolf ja somo neat piece of but one or two incidents which cover and thence with the aid of
have come to my personal know- telescopic sights, picked off indi-ledge reem to show that the viduals at a long range. And this essential truth of a platitude may for two reasons. In the first place, be forgotten and neglected in as soon as be two Armies realized
As readily as in peace. that trench warfare was likely
to last for months, they set to work Everybody will admit the very naturally to elaborate their but here is one example of a man supreme value of a good sniper, defences, and have largely defeat- whose loss was perhaps noneces ad the tuiper propar by the very eary. The men, whom I will call elaboration and multiplication of A" was admittedly one of the their communication trenobes, first half-dozen rifle shots in Great And, secondly, the immobility of Britain. In the early days of the the front has meant that very war his special valos se a rapid many of the eniper's haunts have firer during the German attacks gradually become found out and in masses was great. "A" was, are so carefully watched as to be later, put in a machine-gan seot- almost untenable. The old sniper ion and was finally killed while
3 p.m.
p.m.
THURSDAY. 4th Nov..
Hohor, Pakhoik Haiphong.ParEUNG.
Siberian
Austra
Mail.
lian
KIANG, 4th Not, 9 a.. Timor, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, via Port Darwin
☎Now Quines via Thursday Is.. Por EASTERN, 4th Nov, 10)
D.PL.
Shanghai, and North China (Entons in Biberia) Por — SINKIANG, 4th Nov. 3 p.m.
(Shanghai Br.P.O. Tuesday, 9th Nov.i
Boglish Mail.
FRIDAY, 5th Nov.
Nov. 1..
Mutira for Calcutta via Singapore Anhul for Shanghai Frithjof for Bangkok Yuensang for Manila
Colombo Marn for Calcutta vin Bingspere Hinze og for Bandakan Cordillere for Marseilles vin Salgon Hainchang for Canton Derwent for Singapore
Bloklang for Captoa Kanu for Canton
CLEARANCES AT THE HARBOUR OFFICE.
Nov. 1.
Awa Maru for Seattle via Shanghai Nichirea Maru for Rajang
Nov. 2.
Rangoon Maru for Koba via Shanghai Husfor Halpbongvis Kwang-chou-wan Talebua for Bhanghai
3 South coast of China be-3 The _mme tween HK. and Lamooka sa No. 1.
* Bouth coast of Culan be-2 The_same
twein H.E. and Haluan... as No. 1.
China Coast Meteorological Register.
2nd November, a.m.
Blation,
Wostock s
Nemuro 6 29.12
Hakodata 30.26
Winds
帅
Tokio
30.40
naw
+
Kootil
30.33
WW 1
#
Nagasaki 30.27
K'ogima
30,25
*#
Oshima
30.16
20
Naba
36.09
010
Ishi'jima
30.03
Bonin Is.
30,24
10
Chefoo
Whatwel
30.35 54 89 aw
10
Haukow
Ichang
Hiukiang
Changsha
Shanghai
Gutzlaff
Shary P. Amoy
30.23 61 88 n 30.22 62
$ omr 2 ft 30,05 57 26 w 20.09 70 85 waw 10-
1 rf
D
Bwatow
6
Talhoku 5
Talohu
23.98 72
00
Taipan
20.95 73
£1
20
Κούτα
PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
Pdores
Canton
H'Long
"
G6 30.02 61 82 n
29.96 70 B3 one
29.95 G1 98 ano
20
40
*
Tunjaban for Canton
Halton for Focchow via Bwa tow
Chlogohow for Port Parzeva! Balabadji for Balik Pappan
Keijo Marafcr Haiphong via Holbow
»
Gay Book Macao Por, Siczuoka Marn from Seattle ots. Truchow Pa TDW Baunlater, Mrs MG Booth, Miss J Pathol Burrows, DR Cook, Mis AC Dade. Vra Hulbow Ho Fook, PG Garicck, Mirt V L Herrick, Fhulien MraE& Mias Hiotic LL Lasher, H.C Tourane Lyman, O Nelson, Mr & Mr AG Spiller, O. St. J. AM Temolston Rev E Terlan EEWeiss- Aparri berger.
Dagupan Mazlin Persa, Haiten from "Swatow ato.-H. Legaspi 8 Hills, Mr & MrsWO Ford, AE Silkstone;
Tacloban Mr & Mrs HFKicking
Hollo
WATER RETURN.
17
Surigao
15
47
29.97 70 90
29.81 77 96
00
29.81 77 91
00
Lapusn
29.817 89 ww 2. RADIO-TELEGRAMS. *Tskioi
C. W. JEFFRIES, Director. Hongkong Observatory, November 2
MAIL STEAMERS
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO.
WILL
ENGLISH MAIL..
FILL despatch VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORT3 a
about the DATES named r
For
L'DON & B'bay via
Steamers
S'pore, Panang, Novara C'bo, Port Said Marseilles ......ton,
(Capt. H. R. Hether
ington R.N.R.
SHANGHAI, Moji, Sardinia.
Kobe and Yoko (Capt. J. T. Joffery
hama. 49,4241)
SHANGHAJ, Moji, Namur
Kobe and Yoko-Capt. A. Collyer hama.
LONDON & Bon-
bay via Singapore, Nellore
Penang, Colombo, Capt. A. M. King Port Said and
Marseilles ........
Subject to alteration without notice.
To Sail On Remarks
5th Nov.
noon
about - 6th Nov.
Freight
& P'sage
Freight
& Psage
}
about
Freight:
14th Nov,
& Frage
about
Freight
19th Nor.& Pange
All steamers are fitted with Wireless Telegraphy.
For Freight or Passage; apply to
P.&O. & N. Co.'s office,
Hengkong, 1st November, 1915.
TO SAIL
E. A. Hewett,
Superintendent,
REGULAR STEAMSHIP SERVICE.
HONGKONG-NEW YORK.
Proposed Sailing from Hongkong REGULAR SAILINGS vis FORTS & SUEZ AND PANAMA CANALS.
(With liberty to call at the Malabar Coast).
For NEW YORK and BOSTON,
(It is intended to despatch the above steamer via Panama Canal but owners reserve the right of proceeding via any other route and all liberties as per Bill-of-Lading.
For Freight and further information apply to
|Hongkong, 23rd October, 1915,
18
፡፡
Level and Storage of water in
1 Barometer, roduced to 32 dogross Reservoirs on the 1st Oct., 1915.ohes, tenths and hundredths.
Fahrenheit on the level of the ass in in-
CITY AND KILL DISTRICT WATER
WORKS LEVEL,
2064
1915,
↑ Temperature, in the shade, In degrees Fahrenheit.
PODWELL & CO., LTD.
Agent,
CLEN LINE"
(McGREGOR, COW & Co.) LTD.
For Genoa only
3 Humidity, in percentage of saturation THE Steamship
the Humidity of air saturated with mols- vredig silta. Aborotott a Balow ture being 100.
aver Low STL din. Abortis at Below
arerise
Overflow als in. About 18 zla. Akovs
Overbow 1. pl. Below) oft vin Above
overtion
Overflow
Straits, Burma'b, Ceylon, Ade-Tyla laide, Western Australia, InTyta da, Adon, Egypt, and Europe, fiyewah... The parcel mail will be closed Triam Inter mediate.... on Friday, 4th Nos craber, at 5
Pokfulam pm. --Per NOVARA, Rogis. tration 5th Nov. 10.15.m. Let Wong.vai. on, dia, áborskiest gis Balow
thuon tor 5th Nov.11 m
has thas been forced more and going to fetch water for the guu. Swatow. Amez & Focokow-Per HAI-
more into the background, and That, auroly, was a job which finds it increasingly difficult to might have been detailed to a leas get anything liko a good day's bag. valuable man. It would asam to The other afternoon I was with be only common prudence that two snipers when they at last first-class ehors should be care spotted a German sanning himself fully husbanded.
in a field. The distance was made
out to be just over 2,000 yards.
Rifle Practice for the Troops.
American
ア
Siberian.
MUN, 5th Oct. 1 p.m.
TUESDAY, 9th Nov.
Shanghal, North China, Japan via Nagasaki Honolulu, United Blates, B. American, Canada via Eau Francisco & U. King dom via Canada-Per OHIYO M. 9th Nov, 11 am
Sp.
WEDNESDAY, 10th Nov,
Overflow
overdo
STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECÍMALS OF GALLONS.
Tytan....7 188 Tytam Byw Tytam intermediate ....... Pokkum Wong-nal-chung
1974. 402.00
10
10.40
101.01
005.03
70.04
68.20
To
743-05
$89.
TOLL IND
Darict in millions and decimals of gallons during the
Consumption of water in the City and H month of Sept, gy
Estimated
.2014 107.73
1. gatione #38,610. 5.alg
syis
4 Direction of Wind, to two points.
5 Force of Wind, according to Beaufore Beale,
Btate of Weather, & blas sky, o da- tached cloud, d drizzling rain, ffog, g gloomy, h hail, I lightning, o overcast, p passing showers, g equally, r rain, s snow,
thunder, v vilbliity, w daw was.
Rain in inches, tenths and hundredth *Lat. 13.25 N. Long. 117.48 E
METEOROLOGICAL.
popa'ation
Barometer Consumption per head per day.
HOME gallons Temperature Comment apply in all districts during the root Humidity
of September agra Contant Supply in all "districts up
Praviona
Day On dats On date
at 2 punt, ut SLU
ALP
29.99 30.01
29.88
71
70
74
€6 SPL 1000
83
82
N
ENE
3
of
Ant Spatenter Park. Servios to houses in Rio Wind Direction
der Main districts disconnected from Rider Mains and supply given by public street fountains only Team ath September #375.
KOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL,
Each of my companions was well-known big game shot, and they each fired a couple of roun 26 One other suggestion that I Europe via Siberia, Shanghal Br. P.O. Comption at the enemy. The bullets must will venture to put forward is Saturday, 13th Nov, have gone uncomfortably near the that the troops who are billeted Swatow, Amey & Foochow-Par Hai- mark, for after each shot the man well behind the front should have
ORING, 9th Nov. 1 pm. stared about him with a puzzled more opportunity of rifle practice. Pallippine For CHINHUA, 9th Nov, movement, but he stalked off an-The muskelry of some of the new hit. This was, of course, an extreme drafts is probably unever, and it is also probable that some of range, but the marksmon wero exceptionally good, and their the men have had insufficient failure to and soything but so practice with the short rifle. Apart unpromising a target shows clear from the military range which ly enough that the only possible are dotted about the countryside, marks are frequently set at it would be
easy to Bet virtually impossible rangos, up a number of ranges of, say,
The New Style.
200 yards, which would give the Bat, with the temporary ex. eoldier the chance to fire at a dis tinction of the sniper proper tanno as great as he may require there has grown up a host for some time, and would also en- of trench snipers, msn able him properly to check the who are
constantly firing sighting of his rifle.
at from 20 to 300 yards or what- The firing line is not the place over may be the ridiculously to do this, and it would be a amell: distance separating the grievous blander if, while this opposing lines. One of the trench warfare gives us ample op- saddest, and, to many people at portunities to prostise at ranges, home, perhaps one of the most we lose that reputation for good bewildering, festures of the war musketry which even the Germans In its present stage is the daily have been willing hitherto to grant publication of long casualty listă to ua.
吼
Japan via Moji, Honolulu, Hilo 8, Francico, Los Angels, Sall- un, Coor, Panama, Callao, Art- as, Iquique, Valparaiso, and Coronel-Per BEIYO M, 10th Nov. 11 p.m.
SATURDAY, 19th Nov.
Wol-hal-wal & Tientsin-Per
CHOW, 13th Nov.11a.m.
WEDNESDAY, 17th Nov.
Jora
}
L
75
Balow
overdo
Kowloon O-Level vitation Re-} wick
Ti
STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS
OF GALLONS,
+45
19:1 Kowloon Gm-)
vitation
9$1.50 Reservoir Consumption of water le Kowloon in mitions and Decimals ofGuilous During the month of Sept. 1953
Consumption mess HUI-Estimated popula
Consumption per
hand fier day. The Goretamen! Ansigat's reports show that the water is of amcallent quefly, Public Works Department
Philippine Islands, Australia- Tazmania, Now - Zoaland vin PortDarwin & New Guinea VİN
h
Ford.
Weatherman
Rain D
Kalesi open ak Campernizes on the Lovect
+
H
H
0
H.X. Observatory, 2nd November.
O. W. JEFFRIES, Director.
TIDE TABLE.
1st Nov. to 7th Nov., 1915.
Bu
Wild
Low Wher Hoagreg
MOLE
1916 9024
95.110
27-30 mi gallons
$6.95
1
3.9
gations
1. UL
:
Mon
Tuen, W CHILTHAM, Wed. Wet Authority
Ther 4
Yel
No inferior
haft la,
Not LW.
43 4
E
Oysters, Fresh,Fried or Stewed 5.
Thursday Per CHANG, Findon Haddocks, Kippers &o. a
ALEXANDRA GAFE, BUT A
BHA, 17th Nov, 11 a.mm ·
To t
GLENGYLE
Captain R. Webster
will be despatched for the above port on or about 30th November, 1915.
For freight, passage and further information, apply to
Hongkong 2nd October, 1915.
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Agente.
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