THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
EXTRA
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1917.
TELEGRAMS..
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FRENCH SHIPPING 'RETURNS.
London, June 15. A Paris message states that during the week ended the 10th inst, the arrivals of vesseln numbered 1,034 and she departares 4,015. Four steamers above 1,600 tons, one under, and three fishing boats were sank. Six steamers were unsuccessfully attacked.
A GALLANT COLONIAL SOLDIER.
London, June 15.
CITY HALL WORK PARTY.
A Fortnight's 'Activities,
Daring the past förtnight the City Hall Work Party packed :- 180 shirts, 180 prismax, 130 resta, 92 bed-jsokote, 12 reversible bad- jackets, 20 shrouds, 45 milk- | covers." 4 prs.” slippers, 8` prs. invalid boxs, 20 knitted expe 20 pra, soaks,
One case was sent to Queen Mary's Needlework" Gaild in. London, one to the French Rod Cross Headquarters, Parit, and three to Mesopotamis.
▲ consigament was received from the Italian Convent, too iste to be picked this week it will appear in the next list.
Stirring stories are published of the deeds of Ive winners of the Victoria Crom. The following is an example:
Sergeant Donald Brown, of the New Zealand Infantry.-For most conspicuous bravery and determination in attack when the Company to which he belonged suffered very heavy casualties in officers and men from machine-gun fire. At great personal risk, Brown advanced with a comrade and succeeded in reaching a point within thirty yards of the enemy gaas. Es killed four of the gun ore w and captured a gun. Subsequently, when the Company was again held up by machine-gun fire, Brown rashed « gun and killed the crew. After this second position had been won, the Company came ander heavy shell-fire, and, with an utter contempt fir danger, and with coolness, Brown did much to keep up the spirite of the man." In a subsequent attack, Brown again showed most conspicuous gallan try, when he attacked single-bauded a magnine-gun which was hy'd-and who have not yet received s ing up the attack. He killed the gan-orow and captured the gan. This very gallant soldier was killed later whilst saiping the retreating snemy.
BRITISH CAPTURES.
London, June 15.
In the House of Commans, Mr. Masphereɔa stated that up to the end of May the British had taken 78,078 prissasta on the West front, to which at least 8,000 must be added fɔr Jane.
Also, since July 1 last year, we have spinred 434 guas on the West frout, taken 10,900 prisoners in Mesopotamis, and 8,739 in "Egypt, where we had also osptured eighteen gads.
Since the war, we have captured 132 gaas in Mesopotamis, not including the guas lost at Kat sad subsiqususly reospinred.
Mr. Macpherson, continuing, said that since Jaausey 1 last
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The badges went out from Queen Mary's Needlework Guild have now arrived, and are being distributed to all workers who sent their name in last Autumn. Will say members of the City Hall Work Party who did this,
badge, coms to the City Hill next Tasaday morning, when they will be given out ?
The raffle for the picture by Mrs. Macpherson, of Magusine Gap, will be drawn next Tuesday morning at the City Hall, at II o'clock. The proceeds to go the Aeroplane Fund.
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This week we lose the help of the Kongmoon Work Party-holiday tripa have dispersed the workers, We wish them a pleasant sammer, and that they may cams back invigorated and ready for the winter's work,
The American ladies in the Colony have formed them-
year, the British had been able to regain shout six hundred squareselves into a Working Party, miles on the Western front.
THE ADVANCE IN THE WEST.
Another British Thrust.
London, June 15.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hsig reports:-We_attacked last night to the east and south of Meaines, astride the Ypres-Comines Osaal. We quickly overcame the resistance and gained the whole of our objectives in both localities, taking prisoner over 150
We also osptured one howitzer and seven machine-guns. As the result of these operations and the constant pressure sinos Jane 7, we now occupy the German front trenches from the Lys. River to the Warnave River.
men.
We have advanced our line from five hundred to one thousand yards on the whole front from the Warasve River to Kleinsillabeke, a distance of seven miles:
We successfully raided last night to the north of Lean.
GERMANS FALLING BACK.
London, June 15. Reater's correspondent at the British Headquarters asya that the capture of Infantry Hill was the casalt of the sms preparation, forethought, sudden and irresistable onslaught of the infantry following gua-battering, characterising the, uther recent suoseSISA, The infantry swarmed up the kaoll before dawn, and, despite a hot rifle and machine-gun fire, the whale plan was executed by 7.30, The German casualtise were considerable, but, what is more im- portant, we strengthened the wosk link in our ling,
Farther north, the 'enemy shows signs of falling back from positions which the Messines victory has rendered quhealthy,
It is significant of the enemy's changed viewpoint that the prisoners no longer apeak of a drawn war, bat merely say that, the German Army will hold on till the submarines bring us to our kases.
NEW FOOD CONTROLLER.
Lord Rhondda » Appolated.
London, June 15,
In the House of Commons, Me. Bɔnse Law amounted that Lord Rhondda had been appointed Food Controller.
» [Lord Rhondda was appointed President of the Local Govern-. Iment Board ander the new Lloyd George Administration. He was formerly Mr. D. A. Thomas, paing made a Baron in the law Now Year's Honours. He has set on a Liberal for Merthyr and Cardiff, and in Managing Director of the Osmbrisa Combins and other “dollary odoúpanies in South Wales.]
MERCHANT CRUISER SÚNK.
London, June 15,
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with Mrs. W. D. Kraft at their head, and have affiliated themselves with the City Hall Work Party. We extend a hearty welcome to them—aot only on sccount of the actual work they will turn out, which we know will be excalleat, but also becKUNS we like to feel they are working alongside us, all going forward together in our endeavour to send some help and comfort to the men who are fighting.
((64) ETHEL ML. STABB.
LINK WITH DICKENS,
Death of His Sister-In-Law Miss Hogarth,
"The best and truest friend ever man had," is the description Charles Dickens gave in his” will of Georgine Hogarth, his sister- in-law and the devoted guardian students of Dickens will regret to of his children. Lovers and
hear that Miss Hogarth has fest died at the age of 90.
In his Life of the Novelist Forster speaks of ́s draft of a character for a novel, under the date 1855, in the note-books. It is of a women who never married, is always devoted to the children (of somebody else), and always has youth dependent on her till her death--and dies quite happy," Forstar thought this was a picture of the “Geogins" who figures so frequently in Dioksas's correspondance after his return from America, when she joined. the household a housekeeper. Obsces Dickens, and wife sepa- rated, Miss Hogarth remained and brought up the younger children.
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She was not what is called a literary woman, but she took the keenost. interest in
fecting the interpretation of Dickens's works. By his will she was the custodian of his privata pers. She made a shrewd con- tribution to the Edwin Drood controversy. She
that Dioksus said
call the book Elin Drood,
The Admiralty announces that the armed merchant oraisse Avenger, was torpedoed in the North See on the night of Jane 131 and subsequently maak.. Opą parson, was killed by the explosida, of dyin Drood de bat the cast of those on boszi waes saTIG 1903 s.es TXIKI ZIOTUANL
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