THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
EXTRA
HONGKONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1916.
"OUR DAY."
TELEGRAMS.
THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.
WAK WORK,
Over 1,000 Prisoners.
[Beater's Service to the Telegraph.”]
October 23, 12.35 8.m. General Sir Douglas Haig, in an official despatch, states:-We took 1,018 prisoners yesterday between the Schwaben Redoubt and Le Sara.
In the morning, the earmy exploded two mines to the south of Ypres, in the neighbourhood of a bluff, and occupied the lip of the arster, where he was subjected to a continuous bombardment.
Aeroplanes rendered valuablo servios by locating enemy batter- ies yesterday, and also drove down five machines and damaged four. Three of ours are missing:
"Germans Surrounded.
October 23, 12,40 a.m. An official message from Paris states:-South of the Somme, a free enemy attack in the afternoon against the southern portion of Chaulnes wood was repulsed with serious losses. Prisoners wors taken, but the number has not been counted.
In the morning, an attack in the same region cost the Germans most dearly. We surrounded the enemy, who gained a foothold in our first lines. One hundred and fifty survivors were taken prisoner.
"There has been intermistent canonade elsewhere,
IN THE BALKANS.
Enemy Attacks Repulsed.
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October 22, 11.30 p.m.. A Ramsaian communiqas dated October 22 shows the contina ance of beary fighting on several sectors. On the Transylvanian front, the Rumanians attacked and drove back the enemy, using the bayonet, and elsewhere enemy attacks were repulsed. Eles where there was a violent reciprocal bombardment. There is nothing fresh on the Danube front. Violent enemy attacks obliged a retirement in Dobrudje,
CRIMINAL SESSIONS,
A Fairly Big Calendar.
The Criminal Sessions opened at the Supreme Court this mora- ing, there being fire cases, but none of a serious nature. There were no capital indictments.
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Lady May's Rose Fund. The Mother Superior,
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Italian Convent "An Ally Right Raw Bishop D.
Porsoni Abelated en baaription
Union. Church Party's Bfforts.
The Ladies' Working Party at Union Charabu have this week sent:off a box of rolled, bandages- to Mim Mackenzie, Royal Naval Surgery, Orkney, also a case coU- taining the following articles to. 39:59 | Q seanse Mary's... ... #Needlework 50 ·Guild :-80 shirts, 12 pairs of surgical stockinge; 72 pairs of 159.59 Bocks: 60 milk covers; 6.mufflers, Previously soknowledged 7,403.00:||6 pairs of knee-caps, 18 eye bandages, 12 hospital-ompe, 6 kimono jaskets.
MoLay, No. 3 Boo- tion. Anonymous
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$7,562.59
The entry in the last. list "Lient. Golland, BN.V.R.", $100, should have been entered as collected by Lieat. Golland from the officers suc men of the Stonecutters and Cape
Naval D'Aguilar
Wireless Stations.
The following lettere have been received:-
6th Scottish. B
Mrs. Maconachie.
B.E.F.. 14 Ang., 1916.
3. Kennedy. Road,
Hongkong.
Dear Madam,
The entry in liet of 19 10.16 "Mr. G. Grimble," should have
Three parcelesddressed to Rov.. been "Eric, Vida. and Duria."
W. W. Beveridge, ment off: 'by In the list of subscriptions per you on 30th May bare" bees de- Mr. & F. Arcalli, the names Mc.livered to us. Mr. Beveridge was
Mod" $16, and "Mr. Yacob Hakim," $10, should have been he went home on the expiry of his our chaplain up till Hay last, when "H. Mody and Co." and "Mr.leave of absence, so i have given Golab Hakim.”
out the things to the-mén.
Our Day" Concert. As a result of the concert at the Victoria Theatre on the 12th inet, the "Oar. Day" Fund has
the benefited to $1,659.40.
Boxing.
extent
Great Northern Telegraph Company, Ltd
The socks and the other things are just beautiful and are greatly appreciated. Some of them I have kept to give oct when the colder weather comen...
We get comforte sent from the oi homeland, bat somehow the pleasure seeme greater to get them from such a distance as Hong- kong. On behalf of the men here, I send you my warmest thanks for your kindness and interest. -1.
Mr. Orme, in outlining the case, eaid that the two prisoners charged with offer.ng bribes to Revenue Officer Wildin of $500 and $105 respectively on September 20. About 8.30
'In connection with the boxing. on the evening, Revenue Officer programme to be presented at the Wildin went to the residence City Hall on November 4, efforts of the prisoners and, as was ans are being made to arrange a tomary when going to search for match betsreen Seaman sucing, opiam, was dressed in his uniform of the Fantome, and Sapper and was in company with some Richards, H E., for a 10-round Chinese revenue officers, who contest. Banishee's Return.
were attired in plain clothes. Before the Chief Justice, Lau They all went up to the second Tring, who had several aliases, floor and went into
a cubicle, UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS. was indicted on a charge of where they found the two defend- returning from banishment before ants. Before, searching the place, the expiration of his sentence. a Chinese revenue officer was
Mr. G. H. Wakeman, prosecut-placed at the door to prevent ed for the Crown, and said anyone making an- exit, - and the men had a very bad record. another one was placed outside There were several convictions the door leading on to the recorded against him, including verandah, se acme people in a one of manslaughter, for which panic were, spt to choose the be received two years' imprison- shortest, but most dangerous, ment. On May 15 prisoner was menue of exit. The search pro- baniened for ule. In all he had deeded and in a while the second been banished three tunes and defendant backoned to Wildin in bad returned three times.
the direction of the kitchen The Chef Justice, in passing and thea placed in his sentence of three years, Batu hande $105 in bank notes, prisoner had returned three times Inspector Wildia addressed some from banishment after the banish obervations to him, which could meat order had been issued by jaot be put in evidence, because the government. He was evidently defendant, not speaking the Can- more fond of people in Hongkong son dialect, did not understand than they of him.
what was asid to him. The Ip Pak-chao, was also indicted Inspector took the money and
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Yours very sincerely, (Signed) J. M. DENHOLM Lieut.
6th Scottish Rifles.
H; M.-H. 9. "St, Andrew,” c/o G.P.O.,
London,
15th August, 1916.
My dear Mrs. Maoonachie,
How good of you to send all those beautifully done up parcels for the "boys". They have jant arrived-air in all—and will be Tosek, Queensroad from Tokyo, most useful to our wounded Kumkinglan, 20 Wingon Street soldiers on board ship. The eye- (2) from Shanghai.
Tong Hong, from Shimonoseki.shades are very best and will be. from Nagoya,
Aokibuajiro c/o Matsunoya, particularly useful. The little capa we gave to the officers last time. Chaowayman Room 25 Hotel and told them they came from Kwongtailoy, from Swatow.
Chins, and they were so delighted. Sinchinchhiong, from Amoy, As the men are unable to write on
A. B. SORENSEN,
board'ship, Lasked un-Australian "Act. Superintendent. Sister to send a message to the Hongkong, October 20, 1916.
Chinese boy. She tells me she did write, but didn't-post it, "20 [II)ack her agein if she will do it. | I'm sure you would like to see over our hospital ship; she is no beautifully kept and such a treat to look at, outside - and is. We anually carry about four hundred wounded man, and since "The Pash" began, they have been mostly badly wounded, fand require a lot of attention, They make so little of their pain that we can't do enough for them, We cross the Channel six timor a week, and yesterday is the first ' time we have had any exome for en-rickness. › I'm sure you must all be as tired of the war as we are, and yet there seema' little- obscos of itżeeming to an end for some-lime
on a charge of returning from went back into the cubicle Mr. Pollock said, that, when
banishment.
to. Fee how the searching was Mr. Wakeman said the man was progressing. Before any more was banished for ten years on May 18, done, a man, dressed in European 1918. He had nine previous clothes, who spoke Cadionase Convictions against him, and he and English, came out of who was the real tenant of the was found in Shanghai Street neighbouring room and acted as Tsumati, last month. He had re-interpreter. Some conversation turned from banieb ment four followed, and in consequence the times,
His Lordship passed sentence of three years, hard labour,
Alleged. Bribery,
to do with the $500 bride. The second defendant, however, was the first to more in the muiter.
charged at the Court, the men denied any knowledge of the opium, but said that it belonged to a man named Lam Uhoi-bok,
cubicle. With regard to the con- aiderable sums of money produc- ed by the two men, the first Inspector allowed the first de prisoner owed large sums of fendant to leave the floor and the money to Lam Choi-hok and house. While he was gone, 50 he had gone to the house for the sels of love opium and 2 lbs. of purpose of paying some of it, opium drosa were found behind ■. He oweds about . • $700, | Before the Paisne Judge, Ma glass case in the cubicle. The first and with the assistance of Yang-chan and Ohan Kwong- defendant was away from the house the other prisoner, who was chak, of 8 Wing Wo Street wore for about twenty minutes and leading him $500, he was going
It is nice to know we have such indicted in e charge of offering some more loose opium, making to pay $605. When the revenue good friends in Hoogkong, and to John Charles Wilden, revenue about 113 lbs in all, was found in officers arrived and began to you may-ba-sare, we appreciate offer, two bribes of sounding a cockloft. The first defendant search the pisos, they both pro- our great kindness in sending $105, with a view to influencing then came back and openly laid duced their money, to show why all those things for our men. the condnot of the officer in the on the table the sum of $500 in shey were, there, - Itɛ was never you plesse thank all your friends excusion of his duty.
one dollar notes,which he handed intended":nuɛs) bribe, but was, who were? so good us to join you Mr. G. N. Orme, prosecuted to the officer, Toe Inspector took brought, out to show that they in matting apthe parcels, and and prisoners were defended by the money and then had the men were not of the shop and had accept our sincere thank your.. the Hon. Mr. EE Pollock, K.G, arrested and they were subsequent only, gone, share, to pay a debtself for having taken” so much The jury was, empanelled as ly charged at the Police Station: But Lam Chai hol was not there, trouble to help us in this import. follows:-Mocks Augustina Keat with offering a bribe. The first and the revenue officers-thought ant work which has fallen to our ing, John Sharp Johnstone, Chin- defendant said that he had lent the prisoners were connected four hands? len Lee, Charles Herbert Philpott the $500 to the second 'defendant with the shop..
John Joseph Harrington, Abdool and the second defendent said Evidenes for the idefence was
Talil Hassan, Alvaro. Gustavons that all the bribe he had given then called,
da Books,
was the #105 and be had nothing ! The camo wan adjourned,
With all good wishes, -
Boliera 200, Yours sincerely. (Signed)' E./M^MILLER,