THE
HONG KONG TELEGRAPH
EXTRA
HONGKONG, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1916
TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS.
[Beater's Service to the "Telegraph."]
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
ⱭERMAN BARRACKS BOMBARDED.
January 2; 6.45 pm. According to Beater's correspondent at Paris, a communique sister that heavy artillery in Champagne effectively bombarded the German barracks, while a grenade attack at Tahure was repulsed.
ENEMY SUFFERS HEAVY DAMAGE.
January 3, 1.55 .. According to Renter's Paris correspondent, a commanique states that a violent bombardment of the enemy's trenches in the region of the Belgian danes resulted in Leavy damage, causing two conflagrations and exploding two ammunition depots.
The French artillery ponadel, the German trenches in Argonne and Chevaliers wood, resulting in the collapse of several blockhouses. A violent German arúllery bombardmen: et Hartmannsweiler- kopf resulted in a slight withdrawal on the part of the French, but the enemy refrained from an infantry attack.
THE ILL-FATED PERSIA:
THE SAVED.:
TELEGRAMS.
NEW YEAR HONOURS.
A Comprehensive List.
(Bantara Servios To The Talegraph.”
London. Received; Jannary L The New Years Honcurs' List includes the fellowing:-
Knights of the Garter. Lord Carson.
The Duke of Devonshire. Viscount Mersey.
Privy Councitors- Sir F. G. Banbury, Unionist
M. P. For the City of London.
Sir D. F. Goddard, Liberal M.P. for Ipswich
Mr. G. N. Barnes, Labour, M P. for Blackfriars
Mr. W. Crooks, Labour M.P. for Woolwich.
Mr. Leverton Harris, HP. Mr. D. Maclean, Liberal M.P. for Peebles.
Baroas.
Admiral Lord Charles Beree- ford..
TELEGRAMS
NEW YEAR HONOURS.
Order of Ment.
Reater's Section to The Telegraph.")
London. Becïived, January L. Henry James. Vice-Admiraly Garden, Brock, Patey, Limpas and Thuraby.
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KCLO
CB KCV.O. Sir J. R. Dunlop Smith.
KCB
Lieut. General Sir P.H.N. Lake Major General F. J. Aylmer.
G.C.B
Sir D. Chalmers.
C.B. Vion Admiral Robeok. Rev. Henry Montagu Bailer. Colonel H. W. G.Jola. INDIAN HONOURS LIST. Star of fodis.
General Sir Beauchamp Daf, Sir T. G. Shaughnessy, Presid ent of the Canadian Pacific Bail-GCB, Commander-in-Chief in India, receives the Cross of the way Co.
Star of India
Mr. William Waldorf Astor. Mr. D. A. Thomas, Manîtions Commissioner.
Sir A. Henderson, Unionist M.P. for St. George's, Hanover Square.
Capt. W. L. Norios, Liberal P. for Newingta
Baronets.
Bt. Hon. Charles Booth, P. Chairman of the Canard Co.,
Sir G. Balloagh, for services in connection with the war.
Mr. W. Barbidge, Director of Harrods Stores, for services în connection with the war.-
Sir William Goschen, late Am- bassador to Berlin.
Sir Charles Johnstone, the Lord sixty-Mayor of London..
January 2, 9.15 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Cairo states that the Chief Officer, the Second Officer, saved engineers, twenty-seven seamen, three Lascars and fifty-nine passengera were asved.
A GREEK PROTEST.
GERMAN BOMB KILLS A SHEPHERD.
January 2, 9:20 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Athens states that Greece has protest. ed to Germany against a. Taube dropping a bomb on Greek territory, kiling a shepherd.
TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.
NEW FOREIGN TRADE DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED.
January 2, 10.20 p.m.
The Foreign Trade Dapartment of the Foreign Office, which has been established as a new Department in order to carry out the Government's policy against trading with the enemy, requests the active co-operation of basiness mea. Me. Worthington Evans, K.P has been appointed controller.
INTERCESSION SERVICE.
BISHOP OF LONDON'S SERMON.
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January 2, 8.30 pm Crowded Intercession services were held by all denominations throughout the country to-day. Maffed bells emphasised the sense of loss felt regarding the gallant dari.
Kt. Hon. I J. O'Brien, Lard Chancellor of Ireland.
Mr. S. Palmer, Director of Huntley and Palmer's, for services to music.
Hon. Charles Bussell, solicitor. Vics-Admiral Sturdes.
Mr. A. Tarrow, ship-builder. Sir J. Jardine, KICE, MP. for Roxburg.
Col. J. Rutherford, T.D., M.P. for Darwende
Mr. Webb, MP for the Forest of Desa
Knighthoods.
Twenty-eight Knighthoods are conferred, among the recipients being:
Mr. Thomas Beecham, the well- known Opera promoter
Mr. R. Liches, Lord Provost of Edinburgh
Rev. Adam Smith, Principal of Aberdeen University.
Dr. T. Parkinion.
Dr. M. Boss, Laryngologist to H. Mia Household.
Dr. G. Berry, Oculias to HM in Scotland.
Mr. A. W. Blsck, Liberal M.P. for Bigglearade.
Me. W. Middlebrook, Liberal MP. for S. Leds.
Mr. Anton Bertram, Attorsey. General of Ceylon.
G.C.M.G.
The Bishop of London preached at St. Paul's Cathedral, where the service was most impressive. He referred to the ghastly crimes in Armenia and to the torpedoing of the Persis. He urged the need for British preparedness and iciency, recalling the warnings Lieut-General Sir E. S. Miles, atterei by the late Lord Bober, who was buried in St. Paul's. His Indship concluded by saying bat. after the day of victory Britain mu be worthy of a great place in the world.
-WORKERS AND THE WAR:
A SETTLEMENT REACHED.
January 2, 9.20 pin:
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Kighthoods.
LOCAL SPORT.
A HONGKONG TRAGEDY.
THE SITUATION IN
CANTON: 5
CRICKET.
Hongkong y, the Rest.
Revenue Officer McMullan Found Desi
Quiet
We regret to record the death, under most tragic cirenmatsZIONE
aru, a strong.
prevailed in the Cold time past that the Year holiday would not
This all-day match on Saturday of Keranda Officer James Makil- produced some excellent play, the lan. The deceased was found at his residence at Naval Terrace at Best showing up partinglarly well. ; Indeed, the Club were fortunate about aleven o'clock yesterday to escape an innings dafest, a morning with a ballet wound in to go by without dem cireamstance for which they have his temple and a revolver clasped in Canton, of houbility to thank Morgs and Reed, who in his right hand. When the news jected change in the pulled the game out of the fire, became known the police removed of China. Scores:
wah the "body to the Mortuary and
Yesterday it was reported sealed the room în which the body | Hongkong that trochie was -14 was found.
expected in Canton, but
Hongkong, Firat Innings- T. E. Pearce, b. Hamilton H. H. Tapgler, & Birdm
C. A. Hasper. b Hamilton | E.J; B. Mitchell; b Bird
La-Col. Morgan, b Marley RA. Brand, not outs E R. Brand, & Bird, b Marley A. Whitmarek, b Bragă- Dr. J. Glister, b Braga D. E. Donnelly, e Sattoo, b.-
Braga P. Jacka, b Brags
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Total BOWLING ANALYSIS.
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that no disorder of say seri nature - bas takan either in the city of TO
ng districte The K Government, we are inform in no way related ite but it does not autic dietarinose A cermin Iswiosa- nee is observable in the urbem and country districts; but, se hrigindage and minor rioting are not uncommon there normal times, perhaps little in- pertanes is to be attached thereto.
The deceased was formerly a 1 gunner in the RGA, and be had 16 seen service in the South African 20 War, for which he received several 46 medals and clasps On leaving 9the Army, he jined the Police 5 Force as a constable in 1911, and, o some three years later, he was transferred to the Imports and 10 Exports Department, becoming a Berence Officer. He was gNCO. in the Engineer Company of the Volunteer Corps. During his 131sociation with the Imports and
Exporta Department, he was pro- A Hongkong vernacular pal minently identified with many of cation repeated, last night, the the recent large opium seixares, rumour: which has now been the value of hauals with which he spread for some tixis that Yunus has been concerned running into Province had declared its indo-? many thousanda of dollars. Bependence of the Central Govern was only as recently az Christmas | mont, and added that Yuna Shih- day, (in the company of K'ai had telegraphed to General 39 a comrade, both being attired sa Lung Chae-Kwong, instructing 5 Jack Tars), making collections him to send a penitive expeditio 0 Iécally on behalf of the Cigarette into Yunnan, The General în said 38 and Tobacco Fund. He also to have replied that he could spa
took a prominent part in these troope for this purpose. The 47 arrangement for the amusement Chinese periodical further states of the children at the Civil Service that a similar message from Luân 4: Cricket Club Christmas Treat Shibek's to the Governors of two few days ago The deceased was other provinces met with a simise
reply.
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Hon. Mr. Justice Holmwood, of the Higa Court of Bengal.
| Bird, ———10° 2.25.2 Bai Kailash Chandra Bax Hamilton, 8 0 31 Bahadur, of Calzatta Municipality. Braga,
Mr. Reit, Managing Director Marley, of the Bombay Company, Bom- bay.
Baba Garbakhan Singh Bedi, xra Assistant Commissioner of the Punish.
Mr. Hanter, Secretary of the Bank of Madras. Me Justice Chimier, Chief Justice
designate of Bihar-Orissa?. Mr. Fry, ex-Director-General of
Stores at the India Difica,
Military Honours.
4.4.B.
Major-General Paayre Brigadier General F. Fowler. Brigadier-General Eustice,
KCB
Brigadier-General Paterson. Brigadier-General C. Hendley Colonel F. H. S. Thomзa. Colonel Cripps. La-Colonel W. W. White.
OBITUARY.
"Great Tragedian.
Beceived January 2. The death is reported bf the tragedian, Commander Tommaso Salvim, of Florence. He was the President of the Actor's Dramatic Society, and had wavelled all over the world with repertory of Shakespeare, etc.
Explosion at Oil Works:
5 0 37 The Rest.
A. A.Giarton; e Booper, b
Beed..
G. E. Marley, b Reed L.M. Whyte, b Reed B. C. Witchell, Lw. b Reed Major Robertson, & Hooper, b
Reed
J.V. Braga, Mitchell, b Dan-”
Belts
J. P. Robinson, & Witchell,
Taylor
b
P.T. Lamble,c Pearce, bTayler
EW. Hamilton, by Brand
| F. Satton, not out
E. E. O. Bird, b Brand
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31 a married man, his wife and 2 children being at Home. He was 55 a native of Armagh, Ireland.
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The funeral takes place at firs Go'clock to-day
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Tats!... BOWLING, ANALYSIS.
0. MR. W. ...13.3 1 69 2
Brand
Reed
19
Taylor
∙10
Donnelly Morgan Glaister
88
3.81.5.
0.55 2 027 1
2 0 170
2
Hongkong Second Lunings. P.Jacks, 1.b.w. b Bird
J. R. Mitchell, b Bragy D. E Donnelly, e Brige,
Bird
Tayler Lwb Hamilton C. Hooper, c Bird, & Hamilton BA.Brand c Braga, b Hamil
tox
15
HONGKONG'S. WAR PRISONERS,
To be Removed to Australia.
The following notification has been sent us from Government House
The following is a translation from the Sai Kai Kang Yik Po--
A telegram raceived et Peking scates that Yunnan Province has declared its independanos against the Central Government. There is no fighting
Chica Hok (?) and Tong Kai-yu have seat a telegram to General Fong Tin saying that he is not to help the Central Governm
Several Mandarms of Innnak. have sent a telegi
Provinces saying that they help to maintain the Republicra Government
End January 1916:
At Hunan, Chan Kwang Tee His Majesty's Government have has received a telegram from the decided, on general grounds that Central Government to bring the prisoners of war andinterned tops to the Kweichow Province women and children in the Colony and not to Yanman.
transieel to Australia, the
The Clon Commonwealth having agreed to big guns
vinces by Treave them
DISASTER AT CHICAGO. A. Whitmarsh, and b Muley 19 The transfer will take place
Dr. Glister, o Bird, b Braga 3 during the current month. Lent Col. Morgan, b Marley-38 E. B. Reed, DOF OOF...
14 **T.E. Pearce, st. Clacton, b Bird: 34
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Received January 2 Renter's Correspondent C'ocago"reports that eight were killed and twenty injared in an explosion at a linseed oil works caused by fire. The damage is
early half a million sterling.
THE ADMIRALTY.
orders fro
and
delay the de
Yesterday
14 was good, the forwards showing fine combination. For the Est 158 Leung Wing Tai did good work
on the right wing and it was from mlite ADA of his many centrex Canton were that Ogley was able to score the
Total
'BOWLING ANALYSIS.
0. M. R. W 850423 30 210 6 0 19 3 6 0 28 2 50:33
New Command
Received January 2
Bir Witchell Hamilton
MJA. S. Backaill, Calef Justice of the Straits Settlements,
Mr. E. & A. Boarne, C.MG
The Admiralty has announced Braga Judge of Weihaiwai, formerly of that Admiral the Hon. Sir Stanley Marley Shanghai.
·Cesil, Colville, K. C. B, wil succeed the Hon. Sir Hedworth Meuz, G. C. B., s8 Commander-in- Governor scd Commander Chief at Bartsmooth, and thei Chief, Gibraltar
Vice Admiral Sir Geo, J. S. War- KOMA
render, B., K. C. B., will succeed Admiral Sir George de Clere Egerton, K. C. 3 as Comman driz-Chief at Plymouth.
Siz Edward Morewesher, KCVO Governor and Com mander-in-Chief, Sierra Leone.
Hón. Thomsa Mackenzie, ligh Commissioner of New Zealand-
Bt. Hon. Peter White, P., Minister of Finance, Canada, a be
Hon. Lancelot Carnegie, HB.M. to Portugal
The Press Bureau announces that Mr. Asquith has addressed at the Saltan of Johore deputation of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Be aserted the
abeoints necessity for a dilution of skilled labour by semi-skilled and (honorary). unskilled workers, and said it was most imperative that they should Mr. Lyle have the utmost poemble output of Home manitions so as to sanet Bangkok the financial problem ahead, which was most seziona mese geda
agreed to an amendment in the Munitions Bill protecting work
providing the labour troubles ceased. Thereupon
ion consented satively to co-operate in the scherzo for
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TYPHOON WARNINGS.
The telegram quoted below was salate General, Hongkong, from received by the American Con
The Manila Observatory at yesterday Typhoon
degrees
FOOTBALL.
equalising goal. From this pant trouble the Esst seemed to have the better rivers are unfo of the exchanges, and the goal of their opponents underwentseveral Larrow escapes. After a low minutes of exciting play cont of goal, Ozley was again success- | fnl, he scoring with procurally an open goal. There was DO East v. West
more scoring during the first half, The exhibition game arranged and the Ea-terners crossed over for New Year's day between teams with a les? of two gosia to one. representing the East and West Play during the second meistr proved quite an attraction, a large was of fast and interesting crowd Sassembling at Happy future, the West striving to Valley Flay throughout wastlways equalise in vigorous me interesting, the result of 2 goals Eventually Ley WITH Bo all indicating the evenness of the Hyndman putting in s struggle.
which the goshe could opened, in favou the partially clear, and the Westerners, they worki
to Cle field and foreig the cut and cle