THR BONOKONⱭSTREE
WAR TELEGRAMS
A YEAR AGO TO DAY
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NOTED MEN JOIN THE COLOURS.
January 5, 7.20 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Melbourne sates that Sir Douglas Mawson, the Antarctic explorar, the Hon. Charles MaDonald, formerly Speaker of the House of Representatives, Commonwealth Parliament, and the Hou. Miles Staniforth Smith, Administrator of New Guinea, hare enlisted.
GERMAN EXCHANGE."
FRANTIC SELLING OF SECURITIES.
January 7, 225 1.12.
A message from Zurich says that on the Bourse, German exchange is at 92, the lowest point reached, and there is frantic selling of German securities,
AN ITALIAN STEAMER'S GUNS.
January 7, 2.35 2,1
Beater's correspondent at New York telegraphs that the Italian Einer Gaiseppe Verdi arrived with two four-inch naval guns It is probable that the Government will mounted on her stern. request that the guns be dismounted before the ship laavat American
waters
THE ITALIANS.
HEAVY GUNS AT WORK.
January 7, 4.00 am.
The Rome communique says that Italian heavy guns frustrated Austrian attempts to rebaiki trenches and gun emplacements at Malborghetto. A brisk artillery engagement is proceeding from A number of fruitless Austrian siz raids are Plava to the sea. reported from Isonzo and elsewhere.
THE PERSIA OUTRAGE.
OFFICIAL FIGURES.
January 7, 5.20 2.10.
The official figures of the Persis tragedy are: 166 sared, 335 drowned.
VOLUNTEER ORDERS.
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Carps Orders issued to-day by Liens Col. A Chapman, V.D.,
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Field Operations 9th Jan.. The Right Centre and Left Sections Machine Gun Company will parade to-morrow as follows: 9:00 am at Sistus Pier-Mar- bers living in Hongkong.
LEADING EVENTS IN THE GREAT WAR.
the “Hongkong of January 8, 1915.
Reported Acrest of Cardinal Merder.
The arrest of Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Maliner, has azused profound impression in Romë. Papal circles are astonished and can hardly believe that Germany would be guilty of such an sot,
B.M.S. Formidable, The British. Admiralty, has isesed à list of 517 men lost in the sinking in the English Channel of FMS Formidable. According to the German news- papera, a submarina has report ed by wireless that abe Bank HMS. Formidable. British de stroyers, pursued the enbosarine which, however, sscaped.
Zeppelins Near Calais, Türes Zeppelin sirships were reported on Wednesday morning! off the coast between Calsis and Gravelines, while German airmen repeatedly appeared at Dunkirk during the day. The respondent says that possibly they were scouts covering the move- ments of airships, for they dropped only one bomb, The Allied aitmen twice drove the intruders away.
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Loed Curzon and Numbers. Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Curzon urged that the utmost number of men should be went to the front with the Tea t possible delar. He believed that considerably more than two million man were nested, possibly pressed the atmoet satisfaction with the recent events in Egypt. He also paid s tribute to the In- čian troops, "and expressed the hope thss their numbers were being maintained. Earl Kit- chever replied in the affirmative. Bombardment of Dar-es-Salaam.
nearer three. Lord Curzon er-
British warships have bombard ed Dar-es-Salaam, a ses-port în German East Africa, forty-Eve miles to the south of Zanzibar, causing considerable damage to the town and completely disabling all the enemy vessels in the har bour. Fourteen Europeans and
Fara, The British casualties weze
one filled and twelve wounded
VESSELS AND CARGOES. twenty natives were taken prison-
Further Lists of Detentions. The following lists, which ap- peared in the London Gazette of the 29th, October, 5th and 12th November, 1915, are published in the Hongkong Government Gazette for general information:-
Vessels Detained or Captured at Sea by His Majesty's
Armed Forces.
Nationality.
Namo and Tonnage.
9,30 am. st Kowloon Docks Members living in Kowloon
Dream:-Khaki drill jacket and aborta, pasties, black boots Ayia Nikola (Officers-brown boota), helmet, (4) belt, sidearms, two ama 1 pouches Esteburg (empty) and rifle.
Parades.
Parades for Monday, 10th inst Mem 7.00 am. and 5.30 pm.
Section bers of Bignalling
other Signallers, 8 and detailed in Signalling Section order dated 8, 12. 15-Morse flag and Horse lamp practice at Head- quarters.
Bemainder Nil
Where detained..
Turkish........ Malta
(240)
German... London Hambor........ Nethere ..... Halifax,
land
NS. Flocking
NS. Ships Whose Cargoes, or Part of them, have been Detained. Name
United... Halifax,
States
of Vemel Nationality. Cargo De
sained at
Scouts Company will parade Absalon Danish Boston
Annis next week as follows:
on-Tyne
Norwegian Kirkwall
Swedish... Kirkwall
Lerwick Danish Danish Greenock Danish Boston
Tuesday, 11th January 5.15 Johnsen.. Swedish... London p.G. Section of No. 4 Antwerpen Danish Newcastle Section Machine Gun drill at Headquarters Remainder of No. Balto 4 Section-Bayonet fighting at Consul Olsson Headquarters
Wednesday, 12th January 5.35 Earom... p.m.- G. Section of No. 1 Flocida Section H. G. drill at Head Gulfaxe quarters Remisinder of No. 1 Heelsum. Datch. Stornoway Section Bayonet fighting at Iberis. Headquarters
Swedish .. Lerwick : Kentucky. Danish ... Leith Thursday, 13th Jany, 5.15 p.m.Maracaibo.. Danish Lerwick G. Section of No. 2 Section-Osterland. Swedish.... Grimsty MG, drill at Headquarters. Be Prosper IL Norwegian Imming- mainder of No. 2 Sea-Bayonet
fighting at Headquarters.
hau
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Rodfaxe Damiah Kirkwall Friday, 14th Jany. 515 p.m.-Som-- M.G.Section of No. 3 Sea-HG. melsdyk., Dutch drill at Headquarters. Remainder Tiber....
of No.3Section-Bayonet fighting United
Danish....
TheDowns Newcastle
at Headquarters,
States
Danish
Detall
Valcan
Danzah
Liverpool Fleetwood
Gun Club Hill, Kowlɔon :----
On duty until mormag of 15th
On duty to-morrow night Scouts No. 2 Section Arty, Batty Company
age Officer on duty Capt. W. MOfficer on duty Capt. Stewart,
THEFT OF ANTIMONY ORE.
Sentence of Six Months Imprisonment.
A Chinese was charged before Mz. Hassland at the Police Court this morning with the larceny of 6,450 The, of antimony ore valued $1,000, the property of the Mitsu Busen Kaisha.
Mr. E. A. Davidson, appeared on behalf of the Company, stating that he was prepsted for the police to conduct the case.
Detective Sergeant Willa pro- secuted. The facts of the case
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were that on January 3, the de- PEAK TRAMWAY MISHAP
fendent who is a junk master,
book's cargo of 572 bags of an
TELEGRAMS.
timony are from West Point to Service Suspended for Two Hours. ASHOKE NEAR FORMOSA. the Borneo Maru, which was lying
it Kowloon Wharf. On the way, A startling experience befel 17 the defendant cut open the bags passengers on the Peak Tramway and took out over 6,000 lbs of the car proceeding on the up gradisol are, stowing it away in the bilges at about eight o'clock this mora-
of the Tessel. The shipment was ing
(Beater's Service To Toe "Telegraph.”)
London. Received, Jan. 7. The British steamer Australian refused on sccount of the bags The mishap was caused by a Transport, from New York to. being cut, while the junk was part of the machinery known as Vladivostok, is askore taken to the wharf, where the the "presser" leaving the guiding Formos. missing ore was discovered. rail upon which, it runs. The
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The prisoner admitted the brakes had to be applied, and the It is reported that the Austra offence, and he was sentaneed to car was suspended for over two lan Tansport has 23 feet of water six months' hari labour and four hours, all traffic being dislocated in her No. 1. hold.
bours' stocks.
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On the application of the pri for that length of time.
- passengers included soner, the police were asked to 15 Chinese and two Japan make arrangements for his junk eee, there being no European to be given over to the care of passengers other than the driver. his relatives:
In consequence of the accident, many residents of the Peak, ho daily come down to the Colony. to business, had to walk. By 10 Amongst the passengers who o'clock the ordinary service: was arrived here this morning by the resumed. P. & O. steɛmer, Nellore was
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FRIDAY,
the 14th January, 1916, commencing at 2.30 p.m.
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