TELEGRAMS.
IN THE BALKANS,
Violent Attacks on Serbian Front.~
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1916.
SHARE MARKET. QUOTATIONS.
Up To the Minute.
THE STUDY OF RUSSIAN,
TYPHOON WARNING.
THEATRICALS.
The Howitt-Phillips Compnay,
The Summer School at Cambridge.
b. $.920.00, $390.03.
September 20, 4.15 p.m. A French official message from Salonika states :--- The position on the Struma is unchanged There was a lively Italo-Bulgarian engagement in the region of Foroj.
There were violent artillery duels on the Serbian front, Two Bulgarian counter-attacks in the sector of Vetronik were repulsed.
There was no enemy counter-attack at Florina.
Greece's Demands on Germany.
September 20, 4.25 am. According to Reuters correspondent at Athens, the news-" "paper "Embros" siztes that Greece has demanded from Germany the prompt return of the Kavalla army corpa, now in Germany, mentioned on 13th fast., with their arms and munitions.
Bulgarians Menaced.
September 20, 4.25 a.m. Reuter's correspondent at Bukharest states that on 18th inst, skilful Russo-Rumaniati stragelic movements at Dobrud- position was critical. The arrival of reinforements improved ja resulted in such a shortening of the front that the enemy's the situation. A battle is imminent.. Hitherto there have been only minor actions, resulting in our favour.
BRITAIN LAUDED.
A French Tribute.
september 20, 2.25 s.m. Reuter's correspondent at Paris reports that in the Chamber, replying to Socialist complaints of the prolonga- sou of the war and the sacrifices of French pres, 3. Brand paid tribute to the Milesellers, and Was especially cirquent of britatus givrants Tum Pratge, in additiDEL
guarding the seas,
When the socialist Brizeu meïrapted, M. Brund sprang to his feet. ife recalled Gerumny s aggression and Frances ekur tu repel the vader, and säil **200 course Uus moment to speak of peace. 15 as a suit to our acau.
e contine "Prince does
of saving monkey up. even flood earuange for 4 uniuewate
Jace, wheli Lu-day would be Dumaling. Peace and justice in the world whi only be possible with complete victory,
the spoken made a propung ppression in the Chamber, and was greeted by prolonged cucering.
3. Brand, paying is tribute to British-effort, said that.compulsory service was unprecedented in British history.
"We know, he continued, the ditculties surmounted before Britain created her formidable acuny. The hundreds of thousands of British soldiers on our sul had to be armed, and are now fighting gloriously by our side. Britain entered the war spontaneously and loyally, and has now extended. her action. You know the fileulties she is overcoming with us in the mountains of Macedonia. Look at the figures of . her losses and judge of the effort of Britain!"
LIEUT. HOLBKOOK'S
EXPLOIT.
A
Torpedoing of a Turkish Battleship.
DAY BY DAY,
For the Troops.
Farther batches of reading matter have been received from Mr. H..A. Waskına and Mr. D). A. Uma.
..Union Church Prator's
Bereavement,
Unions.
H.K. Fires. Douglases. Indon (Def.) Langkats.
b. $ 135.00. b. 129.50, b. T 25.50. 88. $ 131.50. h. T 76.00. b. 8. 100.50. sa. 8 10.25. b. $ 33.00. 7.30.
K'loon Dooke. S'hai Docks, H.K. Lande. Cements. Ropes.
H.K. Tramways, s. $
THE FREIGHT LINE,
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TRADE OPENINGS.
The telegram quoted below Hongkong Connections Sought. was reosired by the American Consulate General, Hongkong, Trade Inquiry List No. 58, from the Manila Observatory at issed by the U. 8. Consulate
15.m. to-day ---- Long. E, and 22 degrees Lat, N., Hongkong connections as listed General in Hongkong, shows thai Typhoon in about 127 degrees American concerne are seeking inolining westward.
below:-
A Pick-Pocket.
Tao Howitt-Philips Bepertory Company, who have just can- The study of the Russian cluded a very suposeful season language and literature in Eng at Singapore, are due in Hongkong | liali Universitive is no new thing. on Monday next by the se. The Oxford University Press at Novara and will open at the the beginning of the seventeenth Theatre Boyal, when they will century published, in Latin, the
Selling Hongkong" goode on present a new farcical comedy first Russiao grammar in any
nommission.—Mosers. F. B. entitled "A Little Bit of Flofi." language, and since then the
Vandegrift and Company, of 15 This play is now running in Lon-came eyadiosts has produced at Police Court this morning, aaugurated the practice of ressiv- don at the Criterion Theatre where least two books on this language Obicees was charged with larcenying foreign goods on consigament Before Mr. Hazeland, at the City; announce that they have în- -25 Whitehall Street, New York it is drawing record houses, and is which considered one of the funniest portanes, besides some of minor by Inspector Brazil that com letter to the Consulate General of rst-rate im from the person. It was sated for sale and have indiosted in n farden written. On Tossday the significance. The Liverpool Uni-plainant was looking in company will prasert another versity School of Russia Studies, window at Sincere's when bements can be received. new play by Hartley Manners, which, during the war, has served felt a hand in hie pocket, and,
thehe terme upon which such ship- San Francisco to Hongkong, "lightfal comedy is one of the ou these subjecte, had for many ant had his purse containing Lederle Antitoxin Laboratories, of "Pego My Heart." This de-se a bareas of general information turning round, saw that defend greatest successes of reoent years years past done excellent work in $3.50. His Worship sent defend bandredth performance in London. and theoretical, not the least im ordered that he should be placed and in now estering on its eight-this connection, both practical ant to prison for a month and Other plays to be presented dar-portant part of which was the in the stocks for four hours. ing the week include "Quinneys," pablication of "The Russian Be
The Manila Daily Bulletin gives the following:~
splendid comedy by Horace view." And at both Oxford and Annesley Vaobell, now running a: Cambridge, sa well se at some of the Haymarket Theatre, London; the newer universities, it has been Caroline," the very latest comedy possible for some time past, in the
vaccines, vaccine virus. Toe Antitoxine, serume; bseterial
170 Willisar Street, New York a posi ion to care for the export City, announce themselves as in trade in antitoxins, serams, bao. torial Taccines, vaccina viras," sto sad invite correspondence:
General representation.-The International Resident Boyers, of
the
The American freight carrying fset on the Pacifio will be in- foreased by two large vessele on January 1, 1917, and later by ten other modern ships, all belonging by that well-known author, W. Schools of Modern and Mediva!" permanent understanding be- 33 Union Square, New York City, to the San Francisco and Hong. Somerset Maugham; "The Morale Languages, to take a degres in tween England and Bussis means seek Hongkong connections in kong Steamship company, of Mareas," by W. J. Locks; and Russian.
a million dollar firm recently "The Breed of the Treshams," the
permanent pesos for the world." general import and export trade organised at San Francisco. The great costume play from the ago, was not so far behind as in that it is a language of termins Consulate General the terms
England, then, even two years Bassian is alike English in ad give in a letter to two vessels now building (and Adelphi Theatre, London, in deually supposed, at any rate in tions. With its seven cases it has upon which they propose to do which it is expected will be ready which Martin Harvey made such the provision she had made for a faller declension even than for service by the beginning of tremendous success.
basinera, the year) are the Belle of San
the fartherance of Slavonic Latin; at the same time it is, with The plans and booking are, as studies; indeed, the state of things its precise and elaborate system
Portable fire extinguishers, Francisco and the Belle of Hong- usual, at Moutrie's.
-The Fire-Foam Manufacturing kong, each with a general cargo
here compared favourably with of prepositions, highly synthetic, Company, of Milwaukee, Wis., capacity of 4,000 tons and room
that in Germany, with the four and these two qualities are most seeks a Hongkong agent for the for 2,500,000 feet of lamber in
chaire-or five, if we include test valuable to English people, whose introduction of its line of portable addition. One of the later ad-
occupied at Munich by Professor natural tendency to slovenliness fire extinguishera and invites ditions to the fleet will be okristen-
Berneker-of Blavanic languages can be counteracted by the "eenas correspondence. ed the Belle of Manila.
in our enemies' university system. of Inngange" which a systematic
Cord of Chinese manufacture. But the number of studente bere study of Russian produces. If The has been few. And Secondary offers, therefore, a mental dis- Company, of Menominee, Mich., Lloyd Manufacturing Education has ignored Russian cipline hardly less than that invites quotations c.i.f. New York entirely.
Steps are rapidly being taken its practical value as the language for sowing up bales of matting afforded by Latin or Greek, and or San Francisco on the cord of Chinese manufacture usually used
Mr. W. C. MaoGeorge, a for- mer Manilar, is interested in the company, and in a letter to the Bulletin he states that he will probably visit the Islands in the near future as a representative of
THE POLICE RESERVE.
Programme for Te-morrow's "At Home."
The programme for the "At the company, and it is apparent Home"
to be held at the Police from other information which has Beserve Club to-morrow evening reached this city from the United ie as follows:- States that he had done much
to lead the company, to make Manila a regular port of call, In his letter to this paper he 1. mistes that be has taken up the matter with government officials and with the various local cbam- bers of commerce, and that ne-21 gotiations for the appointmant of local agents are already under 3. way, adding :
PART I.
and ratian,
Glased kid and patent leather -
to remedy these defects, and not of one hundred and seventy is the one taken by the Cambridge equivalent to that of German or the least important of these steps millions of people is obviously University in making Bussian the of French. It is, again, unlike are. E. Spiegel and Company, subject of its annual summer English in the elements of its of 37 Spruce Street, New York school, which was opened with an vocabulary: with the Teutonio, City, seek & Hongkong market inaugural lecture by Lord Robert Latio, and Scandinavian groups for their glased kid and patent Cecil. This meeting, which lasts of language our speech has much leathers as well as all other March.... 8. K. Pulice Reserve ing very large audiences, will do to a totally different group in the factoring purposes.
a fortnight, and which is attract in common, but Russian belongs leathers auitable for ebos man March. H.K.P.B. Band. mach to stimulate the interest of Indo-European system, and the also toonere and invite corres (composed by Bandmaster a large and important section of-to us-very abstractness of the pondence in regard to sheep skins
I ds Costs), SongSelected..........
the community in all thinge dlavonis roots increases its educa and goat skins for import into Russian. And, since stive value.
the United States, Miss Camilla Castro. proper appreciation of the art, Violin Solo,.....Salected.......
What English and Russian literature, and life of a people can have in common is very striking, Conductor F. Gonzsies, only he arrived of at through a for there are resemblances which
1.
They are
Fancy poultry and live stook, The San Francisco Live-Stock Export Company, of 525 Market
Francisco,
4. Song,...Selected.......... serious knowledge of its language, occur in hardly any other langu Street, dan
"To show its good will the company is willing and ready to 5. Manila agents with the shippers sign up contracte through our of the Philippines and to guar- antes a low freight rate, giving a bond and also exacting one from 1. the shippers for the faithful per 2. formance of the contract.
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PART IL
THE OVERSEAS CLUB:
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The
Sgt. F. X. Botelho, the attention of the many school ages than these. Most marked of invites correspondence in regard Valeo, The Fairest in masters who attend this meeting all is the strong tonio scoent to the export from the Unitel
the Land,"
"...8.K,P.R. Band.will be directed to the question which place sil the stress upon States of fancy poultry and other
jof making the Russian language one syllable in a word aulike live stock. In the Prize Court Sir Sampel
an additional subject of study if German, Italiar, or France, where Chemicals and dys stalls. -The Selection......." Il Trovatore," of secondary schools. Present all the syllables. Again, the New York, invites correspondence, nats part of theregular curriculum it is fairly evenly distributed over Nairs Company, of 120 Broadway, Evans bad before him a motion on bahalf of Lieutenant Norman We are informed sont a tele-
Song,.........Selected,
B. K. P .B. Band. evidence of Douglas Holbrook, V., and the gram was received in the Colony
more general similary of conjugation to our samples and quotations on sandal interest in Russian as a subject own the use of soxiliary verbs wood and extracte, Diri Divi, ship's company of his Majesty's yesterday announcing the death
Mr. E. H. Aquino. of education is not wanting: and the construction and word- various essential oils, and Yarione submarine BXI, for a declaration in Japan of Mr. John Fergussion of the new company, the Ban
In connection with the forms-3. Piano Solo Selected publishers tell of the huge number order of sentences-is remarkable. constituents of dyes, and as far se that they were entitled to prize Maconachie, the only surviving
Miss Elfrida Osmand. of elementary text-books on Ras- bounty in respect of the destruc- son of the Rev. J. K. and Mrs.
Francisco Chronicle says:
4. Comic Song......Selected...sian which have been dispatched mate Russian, for the English-producere direct.
It is these last qualition which possible seeks connections with tion of the Turkish battleship Maconschis. The deceased, who
P. C. (B) 49. to the expeditionary forces of man, a relatively easy innguage Messadieb, a vessel of 10,000 tons, was almost 22 years of age, left the J. D. Barnce Company of
Contracts have been closed with 5. Two Step,... On the Miss Great Britain, of France, and of to acquire, at any raia no fer The Lagan Commercial Com Lumber, fet and food products. in the Dardanelles, on December with his parents some five weeks Alameda for the construction of
issippi,.....EK P.B. Band. Italy, some twenty 13, 1914
Miss Elfrida Osmund has very schools in London and a the pro-ed. Its difficulties have been Seattle, Wash., seeks Bonkong nunicipal reading and writing are concern-pany, of American Bank Building, ago for a holiday at Unsen, and the first two vessels of the fleet of kindly socepted to ant as acvinces have already started classes exaggerated by superficial obser. connections for the esle of lumber, Mr. D. Stephens, appearing in while there he had a rather severe support of the motion, recalled illness from which, however, he cisco-Hongkong Steamship com-
the newly organized San Fran- companist.
in commercial Russian; Eron, vers even Mr. H. G. Wella feh and other food products and Sist of our officers to take a sub was not of a robust conatisation, Hongkong, will be ready in about that Lieutenant Holbrook was the appeared to be recovering. He Peny. These ships, the Belle of
Clifton, and Sherborne have been cannot be excluded from this for a ocnsection through which mariae under the minefield pro- but the news of his death came six months. The fleet is to total Sin Francisco and the Balle, of!
the first among the public schools category-who have usually cop.it can buy merchandise for ship- tecting the parrows of the Dard-as a painful surprise to a large ten vessels, said Captain Walter
to give facilities in this direction; fined their remarka to the ment to the United States. and the Russian Society of Lon-alphabet, only exceeded in its company invites correspondanos, anelles. Having euccessfully nuinber of residents in the Colony.
don is taking up the question of irrationality by that of English- accomplished that task, he found The atmost sympathy will be felt B. Rideout, president and general
granting certificates of proficiency another point of resemblance. the Messudieh, which he promptly with the Rey, and Mrs. Macons manager of the company.
Alleged Police Obstruction. torpedoed. The submarine then chie in their sad trisi.
in the language to boys and girls But the average boy of 14 A Chinese was charged before in English schools, came to the surface and the battle-
can learn the alphabet in a Mr. F. A. Bezelend, at the Police Proposed Branch for Hongkong relative value of modern lango presented so him scientifically s
When the question of the couple of one-hour lessons, if it in Court this morning, with causing was subsequently seen sunk by as I had come, by diving under trade, and each will have a capac
obatraction to the Police. members of the Royal Flying the minefield one more.
ages is discussed it is not intre 18., in sound groups instead of in Defendant was repre-eated by Corp.
quently advanced that the main the oral haphazard way of A.B. Mr. W. E L. Shenton. Alakong ity of 4.000 tons of general cargo hundred members of the Overseas unlike English" If this is so we of the simplicity of its syntary throw some rabbish into the re about one claim of Germany is that it is oC. arrangement. And on account stated that a girl was about to Lieutenant Holbrook, describ complement ?-Fourteen men and They are to be motorabipe of the has not had a branch of its own valuable because it is at one and stories or parables of Tolstoy in hand, when defendant intervened The President-. What was your and 2,500,000 feet of lumber.Clab in Hongkong, the Colony can say that Russian is doubly the same boy can read the short street, from a tin she held in her ing the exploit from the witness two officers, including myself. At newly developed Pacific coast box, stated that he received in the time, added witness in reply type, of which the City of Port- "p to the present, though lest the same time vary like and vary the original after three months.and, getting hold of witness, formation that a Tarkish battle to questions, the nearest British lead, just launched, is the first evening's meeting was held at sulike English. The value of a ship was lying off Uhanak, just warship was 17 miles away. past the Narrows, and that she
example. The boats with be usii- | which sub-committee
The most important thing wo prevented him getting bold of the was being used as the headquarness)-All I can say to you in that Diesel engines capable of develop ago now sinos it was felt that it has in common with our own teacher
The President (addressing witing vessels equipped with semi-appointed to
was language which resembles our have to remember if we wish to girl, establish
A number of people ters of the Dardanelles German you showed splendid courage.
a branch. It is some months will strengthen the qualition which we
anch own is of course that its stady learn Russian successfally is that shouted out to defendant to go Naval Staf He accordingly
ing tea knots an hour.
must avoid the native with him to the police station. After some disonsaion as to the proceeded up the Dardanelisa complement of the Messadish.
a branch should be established and of one which is unlikeour own French and German has been Our failure with The company was incorporated out of the members here, and that it will supply our deficiencies, largely due to our not do. and, having dived under the fire lines of Turkish mines, extending think this is a case in which I offices are in the Sants Marias permission and for an affiliation highest educational as well and the German who has taught The President said: I do not ion for increase. The executive the Headquarters at Homs for of language to make it of the has taught French in England for $1,000,000, with ample provie- it was then decided to write to Much more than this is demended ing this. The Frenchmen who Borose the width of the channel, ought to encourage any splitting building, 112 Market street, and certificate. The certificate has practical value. And much more German has nearly always been The P. & G. 12 NOVARA Left Binge- he sighted the Mossudich at of straws. anchor off Chanak,
I declare that the branches have been established been received from Linden, and, than this do we actually find is the one whose qualifications to teach pore for the Part on the 20th Instant Mr. Stephone-What did you submarine B XI are entitled to Several American and Chinese been held and a sub comraittee door to a great civilisation; it to be permitted to teach in his afternoon,
cfficers and crew of his Majesty's in New York and Hongkong. as stated above, a meeting has case with Bassian. It opens the have been too exiguous for him is due bors on the 25th instant, at about do?-fired a torpedo at her,
The President-At what dis- and having brought about, the Chinese shipping and business committee have finished their study of many- langonges; it well as one who has been through, bai for this Port on the 20th instant, st prize bounty as being present at, banks and leading American and appointed. As soon as the sub- serves as the foundation for a country. Besides who knowa so tance 7-800 yards, my Lord. I destraction of the Turkish battle- men have stilisted themselves work of framing the rules of the forms the link between the them, how to explain the diffical-Mails, and is dus here on the 23rd i satent heard the torpedo explode, and ship Mesaudieb. I declare the with after an interval of three minutes amber of persons on board the Rideout, as well as the directors Overseas Olub members in the Much more than this, it helps us must therefore send English con
the concern, I came up and saw that the battleship to be 700. The amount of the new company, have bsen Colony will be hold and the new to better understanding of the toRassis, and after a yearer two of in Leudon on Wednesday arouing, the
Captain branch, a general meeting of all literatures of East and West, lies of a forsign language? We at about noon. quarter deak of the battleship of the prize bounty, at the rate of long identified with the shipping branch properly Incached. Mr. aims, ideals and achievements of bard study bring them home again, 20th loatant, Was Wash. She was going down £5 per head, therefore, will be interests of San Francisco and the J.J. Bryan bas been appointed race which occupice hall of to teach Bassian to -E, G. The CPO.8.&. EMPRESS OF ASLA by the stern. I managed to return | £3,500.
secretary for the time being. Europe and a third of Asia; and Underwood in the Daily News.
ship was seen to be sinking. She
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The vessels are to be built ex- clusively for general merchandiss
Pacific coast.”
Although there
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MOVEMENT OF STEAMERS.
ip.m., with the Outward English Mails, and
The F. & Q. 4. NAMUS left Shang- evening, with the Homeward English
The P.&O... WANKIN -wh3ol_left
Arrived Kobe on Sept. at 6:30 -aan. left Kobe on Sept. 30, st á pun..