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TUESDAY,
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
FIGHTING RESUMED IN THE BALKANS,
FRENCH AND BULGARIAN CAVALRY IN -CONFLICT.
Greece Calls Up More Troops.
AUSTRIANS REPULSED BY THE SERBIANS.
[Beater's Service to The “Telegraph."]
THE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS.
FRENCH AND BULGARIANS IN CONFLICT.
February 7, 12.30 p.m.
FEBRUARY 8, 1916.
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
DEFENCE OF LONDON.
NEW AERIAL COMMAND.
February 7, 115 pm. Admiral Sir Percy Scott at the end of this week relinquishes the command of the aircraft defences of London, which will bance forth be in charge of the Home Army.
INDIAN WHEAT MONOPOLY.
EFFECT IN ENGLAND.
February 7, 115 p.m.
OUR SPORTS LETTER.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
February 8 1915,
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close quarters. It was clearly not Rice's intention, if he could avoid it, to stand up and box în the lay in rushing in to close quar- typical British way, safety for him
ters. But he rushed uncs too often. Early in the second round instead of meeting and defening himself against the onslaught weils coolly stepped back two or three paces. This momentarily
London, December 31. Captain Cheape Wonsded. The famors polo player Captain L. St. C. Cheaps of the let (King's) Dragoon Guards disconcerted Rice, and before he
$36 PER ANNUM
TELEGRAMS.
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
CONDENSED.
The Canadian Parliament fire
The Serbians have repulsed
The British steamer Bizownie
officially reported to have been could recover, the champion crash has given a great fillip wounded in Egypt Happily hised home straight to the point of the recruiting. condition is not serious. Captain jaw three or four lefts and rights. Cheape, who is generally regarded Rice went down heavily and was ax one of the best players in the clearly "out" that his segunda world, developed his skill in the did not even wait for the count the Austrians at Darazzo. game whilst stationed in India. bat entered the ring. Wells ca On returning home he at once usually be relied upon to provide claimed a place in the chief teams the dramatic touch toan entertain- at Hurlingham and Ranelagh, ment, but brilliant bener as he is has been sunk, and the Second being for a few seasons the he has never displayed such re- Officer drowned. mainstay of Count de Madret's source in any previous important well known "Tigers." At that match.
Ee deceived everyone, time be was considered to be and most of all Rice, who best at "3 or back, but when by the success he achieved the opposing forces in the Balkans he went to America with the to his fatal blander must have since the retreat of the Allies has British team in 1911 Captain thought the champion a rather Hardress Lloyd with keen judg."easy" opponent. It now seems occurred.
The first encounter between
The death is announced of Sir
ment placed him No. 1 in the that a clever plot was laid to became a brilliant performer in was the Welsh light-weight Jim Cecil Clemens Smith, formerly of challenging side, and be at once catch Rice and the sathor of it his new position. England failed Discoll, Wells has never too to win the Cup that year being much confidence, and he was pos the
badly served by their ponies, and at all sure.of-winning on this oc- In connection with the announcement of the indefinite extension the team which went out under casion. So the story raas he ap of the Raj's monopoly of the export of wheat, a correspondent of the the Duke of Westminster in the pealed for advice to Driscoll, ane Times remarks that acquestions bly the monopoly has been a co-following season was no more of the cleverest little boxere the siderable factor in the cost of the English loat India last summer successful though Capt. Cheape ring has known, and the latter was able to supply a quantity of wheat equivalent to fully four again distinguished himself. But devised the plan which proved so weeks' consumption in the United Kingdom. This must haves turn in the fortases of the successful. greatly mitigated the most serious rise in prices which occurred in challengers came in 1914, when March and April
ANOTHER STEAMER SUNK.
February 7, 115 pm.
The British steamer Balgownic has been sunt, and the Second Officer drowned.
[The Balgownie was a steamer of 1,061 tons, built it 1880 by Meesra. A. Hall & Co., Aberdeen, for the General Steam Navigation Co. Her dimensions were :-Length, 235.1 feet; breadth, 30.1 feet, depth, 17 feet.]
page they will be found on the Extra).
Lord Wimborne's team were victorious. This success was largely attributed to the superb play of Capt. Cheape who showed great dash and skill despite a nasty accident which at one time threatened to keep him out of the contest
Boxing.
Football
service.
Hongkong Government
the theory that it was an accident, Though the Ottawa police bold the public is convinced that Germans burned the Parliament Baildings.
Messages of sympathy concera- Most unfortunately the weathering the Canadian Parliament fire. during the holidays was most un-have been received fom · Mr. favourable for sport, and the a-Asquith, Earl Kitebecer, the tendances at matches were very Dominions and the Allies. much smaller than would_other- wise have been the case. Even at Catles on Boxing Day fewer
Admiral Sir Percy Scott at the thas 9,000 people were present, end of this week relinquishes the Though it took him some time and in the provinces the condi- command of the aircraft defeates to break the ties of home life Extions were so bad that play wax of London, which will benceforth Bombardier Wells, the British impossible in some cases. There be in charge of the Home Army. heavy-weight boxing champion, was cae exception 20,000 being has gone back to the army with present at the content at Shemald splendid spirit and in a few between the Wednesday and months has risen to the raak of Notts Forest. The position of the sergeant instructor. In all pro- clubs to date is as follows: bability this will mean that be
Renter's correspondent of Salonica states that the first en-In the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on in this will remain ia, England and counter between the opposing forcse since the retreat of the Allies has occurred. In a conflict between the French and Bulgarian cavalry patrols on the Doran front, half a mile south of the frontier, the French had two men wounded. The Balgarian losses are on- known:
The French patrols are most active in feeling the enemy's strength
AUSTRIANS REPULSED.
February 7, 12.30 pm.
Reuter's correspondent at Paris atates that the Serbians have Lepulsed the Austrians at Durazzo.
GREEK TROOPE.
MORE MEN CALLED UP.
February 7, 12.30
pm
Renter's correspondent at Athaps says the King has jammed a Decree calling to the Colours the Classes from 1892 to 1914 who are abroad, except those residing in Bassia, Turkey, Bulgaria and Roumania
THE CANADIAN FIRE,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
ENEMY OFFENSIVE ON NORTHERN BRITISH
SECTOR UNLIKELY.
February 7, 3.40 a.m.
London Combination.
Goals.
The King of Greece has isened Decree calling to the Colours the Classes from 1892 to 1914-who are abroad, except those residing in Bassis, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Roumania,
P.W.D.L EA EIN
1814 2 257 16 30 In a oorflict between the 18 10 4 439 21 24 French and Balgarian cavalry 1810 2 642 31 22 patrols on the airan front, hali 18 9 4 637 33 22 a mile south of the frontier, the 18 7 4 737 32 18 Erench had two men wounded. 18 6 6 632 32 18 The Bulgarian losses are 18 6 5 730 32 17 known. 18 7 11028 45 15
samet in the training of recruits. Ee will have plenty of opport unities too for boxing for this is the sport which makes the greatest appeal to the men in the Chelsea, camps. Even amongst British Millwall prisoners of war in Germany there Fulham is a keen desire to "put the Arsenal gloves on." This, we are told, by West Ham a representative of the American Tottenham Embassy in Berlin who has just Brantford visited the camp at Mereeborg. C. Palace Here he found one man with a Watford 18 7 01132 38 14 black eye, another with a apraided QP. Rangers18 8 21020 35 1 thumb and a third with a broken Clapton O. 18 4 410 18 38 12 nose as the result of boxing Croydon 18 3 41120 39 10 matches. Another little story is that oze Britisher complained for having a hole in his tron- sera." On investigating the complaint it was found that he
Barnsley Notts C.
Midland Section.
Groale P. W.D.L.F. A. A 1712 3 237 14 27
17 10 1 634 34 21 17 8 3 6 31 22 19
Leicester F. 17 8 3 623 24 19
Lincoln
17 8 1 833 37 17
Sheffield W. 17 1 2 829 25 16 Heddersfield17 6 4 721 28 16 Leeds 0.17 6 4 7 27 28 16 Bradford C. 17: 6.3 82824 16 all C. 17 8.3.828 32 15
Bradford ⠀⠀ 17 6 2 93032 14
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Bijou Theatze-9.15 p.m... Victoria Theatre-9.15 pm..
TO-MORROW.
Bijon Theatre 9.15 pm. Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.m.
Thursday, February 10.
E, the Governor; 5.00 p.m. Police Rezerva.-Inspection by
Saturday, February 12, Humphreys Estate and
shareholders; moonú
for making more than a purely defensive reply to the constant many who, having given Well Grimsby T 17 4 4 9 21 34 12 Finance Co., Ltd.-Meeting of
Darby C.
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Lancashire Section.
Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd Meeting of Shareholders; 12.30
Beater's correspondent at Headquarters discredits the idea that had cut down a new pair of Notta F. the increased activity of the enemy on the northern British sector trousers which had been given Sheffield U. 1993-539 23 21 presages an offensive. These operations are purely local and limited him by the German military in character, are not heralded by any particular artillery preparation, authorities, in order to make a and are not pressed with determination. The biggest was opposite pair of boxing "short" The Loos on January 28, when a battalion made a sudden attempt to chief sporting event of the holi- rash a position. They were met with a fierce rifle and machine days was the contest at the in this affair. On the Ypres Pilken Road the enemy was apparently 28ant Welle and Sergeant Rice. gun fire. The enemy cannot have lost less than two hundred men Liverpool Stadium between Sar under the impression that we had withdraws from a stretch of They had met twice previously trenches, otherwise it is hard to account for the launching of an and the champion had son os niantry attack at noon-day without it being prepared by artillery both occasions though very m or gas. A possible explanation of the greater activity is the need conclusively, but there were now harassing which is alverrely affecting the enemy's morale. The up as hopeless, were prepared to see Bice successful at the third. flow of enemy deserters is appreciably increasing.
attempt. But the boat was all over in the second round when Rice was knocked out. There
Monday, February 14, could not have been a stronger Barnley vindication of the science of Wells
Union Waterbout Co., Ltd over the rugged, forestal methods Everton
Meeting of shareholders, 11am. of his opponent From the second Stockport the gong sounded Rice mashed at Liverpool
Tuesday, February 15. his man with the obvious inten- Blackpool
HK Canton and Macso Steam- tion of flastering him and put Staka V 74 628 23 18 boat Co-Meeting of shaza- According to Reater's correspondent at Salonica, there is conting him out of his stride. Tos ManchesterU 17 65 626 27 27 holders; noon. siderable Tealo Bulgar friction on the question of an attack on ceram extent Wells was hustled, Oldham A. 17 73 729 33 18 Salonica. The Bulgarians are opposed to this, realizing they would and in the rough and tumble Southport 17 64 728 22 18 have the lion's share and therefore suffer heavy lowes, which would sort of boxing his opponent Bary 1772 830 35 16 compromise the Bulgarian military strength as compared with her was pleased to exploit aftereds Bochdale 17 44 921 36 12 Hongkong ages of sympathy have been received from Mr. Asquith, neighbours. The Balgarians also are not in favour of Zeppelin great set of punishment from Bolton W. 17 421127 48 10 Banking Corpor
er, the Dominions and the Allies.
raids on Balonica owing to the immediate terrible French reprimia. Ishort starp blows delivered at Preston NE17 221316 45 6 of shareholder
GERMANS BELIEVED GUILTY.
February 7, 12.30 pm. Renter's correspondent at Ottawa states that though the police hold the theory that it was an accident, the public is convinced that Germans burned the Parliament Buildings.
The disaster has given a great fillip to recruiting. Every military and police precaution is being taken against further
TEUTO-BULGAR FRICTION.
February 7, 3.40.a.m.
Goals P.W.D.LE. A.Pt. 17104 3:50 24 24 ManchesterC.17103 438 21 23 171106 45 30 22 17 93 531 21 21 17 66 534 30 18) 17 82 735 32 18
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Saturday, February 19.