EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from page 1.) TERRIFIC BATTLES IN FRANCE.
Enemy Withdrawing on Wide Front.
London, Oct 9
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy strongly attacked this morning north-eastward of St. Quentin with fresh troops, succeeding in pressing us back from Sequehart, where we stopped him. Local fighting north- ward of Crevecoeur and westward of Cambrai resulted in no material change in the situation. The Canadians, as the result of operations yesterday and at night time in the neighbourhood of Cambrai, captured the suburb of Neuville St. Bemy and the high ground westward of Ramilies. The enemy early this morning commenced to withdraw on a wide front, southward and northward of La Basses Canal. We are following up closely and have taken prisoners,
The weather is fine and cloudy. On Oct. 1 our lowßïërs were very active, machine-gunning trenches and parties of troops, bombing and stampeding a gun team. We took more than 1,700 photographs and dropped thirty tons of bombs in the day and sixteen tons at night. Wo heavily attacked rail junctions at Valenciennes, Aulnoye and Busigay and set two on fire There was much air-fighting on the German side of the lines. We destroyed twenty-one aeroplanes and drove down right uncontrolable. Fifteen British are missing.
Last Line of Hladenburg "ys'em Brokea.
London, Oct. 2,
Reuter's correspondent learns that there has been the heaviest fighting to-day from St. Quentin-to Flanders, with little to show except sanguinary enemy losses. As was expected the enemy reacted the heaviest north of St. Quen- tin, but here we hare broken through the enemy's last line of the Hindenburg system. We gained a little ground at Gheluwe, in Flanders, and captured Fleurvaix. Southwards of Armentieres there are indications that the enemy is prepar ing shortly to retire between La Bassee and Lens. We gained ground north of Cambrai and extended the front of attack northwards. Here on a tront of five miles the enemy. has thrown in eleven divisions and is determined not to give ground unless compeled
Northward of the chief tactical gain the battle swayed. with incredible fury. We gained and maintained the high ground between Crevecourt and Rumily sending back batches of prisoners. which by nightfall totalled over 1,700. The Canadians fought against heavy numerical odds in the spirit of men who were not to be brooked. They inflicted the heaviest losses on the enemy. In Flanders the Belgians, pushing through mud often hip high, drew nearer Roalers. taking Hooglede and Handazene. Our Second Army, equally handicapped by the condition of the ground, continued to open the great crab-claw towards Armentieres and took Le Bixet, north of that town.
Americans' C-pture of Makriai.
London. Oct. S.
An American communique says: A partial count of the captures of the past week totals 21 guns of all calibres, 750 trench-mortars. 200 machine-guns. 100 heary Tank-guns, thousands of shells and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition.
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TO ENCOURAGE MARRIAGES,
Taxing the German Pachelor.
GERMANY AND "YELLOW PERIL."
Another Reminiscense of the Kaiser..
St Valentine Chirol, writing The Chancellor of the Es
the Time on Mr. Davis's chequer is periodically urged injis
of the Kaiser, make the bachelor pas for his remin cerges
ingle blessedneen, saya the Daly SBT-
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1918.
MONDAY'S TRIBUNAL,
Six Cases to be considered.
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
The Tribunal again meets on Monday for consideration of tem- porary exemptione granted to the following :---
Mr. N. 1. Brewer.-Mosers, Brewer & Co.;
Mr. B. Kennedy.—Mercantile Bank of India.
Thomson.
Mr. F. Syme Mesers. Didwell & Co.
Other Cases.
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Asiatic Petroleum Co, Ltd.- |J. Crookdake, Medioslly fit, (The remasining men of military age in this Company caïna before the] Tribunal on the 22nd July, 1918).
Consideration of temporary exemption granted to Mr, W. È, Gibbins of Messr, Wilkinsdr, Beywood and Clarke,
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News Nobody in this constry "At the time when the Kaiser stats however, seems to have sopoesjed | waw will trying to induce Great that municiralities should raie Britain to hemen herself to the
pepea.
No, a V. A. D. Monday, October 7th-8 p.m.
p.m. First Aid Lecture. 8 pm. Wednesday, October 9th-7 gasd and Streicber Drill.
Friday, October 11th.--8 'p.m. Squad and Stretcher Drill,
part of the local rates at his ex German chariot be himself sug-Squad and-8treteber Drill.
Yet this be been done gested that she should seek an stoseesially in the German town allirace with Japan. One of the of Oaeha', where single women prcaliar features of the proposed "as well as single men who are is Arragement was that whereas in receipt of a certain income pay all other parts of the world the ter on their celibsas without British and German possessions complaint.
were to be aqually guaranteed, The process is very simple. Germay declined to extend the All single people of marrying same guarantee to the continent age are taxed with the following of Asis. exceptions:
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T. D. MOORHEAD, Commissioner of Chinese Customs, Kowloon and Distict. York Buildings. Hongkong, 5th October, 1918.
HONGKONG FOOTBALL
CLUB.
No. 3 .V.A.D. Taexday, October 8th-6 p.m. Band Practice.
Wednesday, October 9th.-7 THE 31st ANNUAL MEET p.m. First Aid Lecture.
ING of the above Club, When I pointed cat to the 1. Those who have only small Cancellor the very obvions
Thursday, October 10th.-6 will be held in the offices of incomes, under £90 per annum reasona for which an arrangement Friday, October 10th.-7 p.m. Ltd., (top floor) by kind permis.
p.m. Band Practice.
Mersrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. (widowera, widowe, end divorcees or treaty of the sort that excluded First Aid Lecture. with under £315).
sion, on TUESDAY 8th October, Asis. from ita parview would have }
Saturday, October 12th-61918, at 5.30 P.M.
2. Those who have to provide
foi relatives (single persons who
very little value for us, be replied p.m. Equad and Stretcher Drill that Germany bad too few interests
have less than £200 per annum, none of them vitalin Asia,
No. V.A.D.
of which they pay 10 per cent. and abe could not therefore agres Monday, October 7th.-4.20 for, supporting relative; widow- to be dragged into possible con- P. Squad and Stretcher Drill. ora, widowa, and divoresen whose incomes are over £315, of which flicts with Raveis over ours, bat
he went on to suggest, in a most P.m. Equid and Stretcher Dill
they res 20 per cent, for the supenzaging tone, that Germany port of relativa); and lastly.
3. "Those who bave borne the would have no objection to any
·W. J. MORRISON,
Hon. Secretary
Thursday, October 10 -4.20 THE ASSOCIATION OF EX-
PORTERS AND DEALERS
No. 3 V.A.D. Friday, October 11th.-5 15||
OF HONGKONG.
SPECIAL MEETING of
responsibilities of married life for arrangement that England might/ P.m. Squed and Stretcher Drill A Members will be held in the
entar into with Japan for the
a number of yeare," to quote the fence of their common interests wording of the scheme, "and have in Asia against Rassis. become single through death or asparation."
"In order to avoid committing myself to say definite expression of opinion on so surprising a
These few exceptions have - proved to be quite sufficient, and, euggestion, I merely remarked). during the two years that the low that we found it somewhat dif has been in force, there has been foult to reconcile this with the To osse in which a wealthy single hostile attitude which Germany person has left the town through bas herself adopted towards having to pay this tax. The rate Japan in 1895, and with his is worked ont on the basis Majesty's well-known views, ad to municipal income-tax egas! the Yellow Peril. The Oben-
to 5 per cent. of the caller smiled amiably, saying that that, his Majesty would be gaite pre-
State Income tax, es
in addition to the ordinary rate,pared to trust England in every single persons with incomes of
Victoria Nursing Division.
Friday, October 1111.-3.30, Hongkong General Chamber of|| p.m. Nuring Praction.
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TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.
Commerce Room, Chartered |Bank Building, on-- MONDAY,
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Entries close for the HARBOUR RACE
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8100 pay 5 per cent, of the Pay with the 'Yellow peril' by the Race takes place on the
keeping Japan in order sa her ally.
amount of the Biste tax to the municipality; single persons with £500, 10 bet eset med single perenan with 4759, 25 per cent.
Naturally, the tax is popular foannes, Considerable interest with the married people of has been avenied in Germany by Oseba, and the single ones do the experiment, and the papers not seem ta mind it either. The show that in many dia'ricts peo- borden is not felt heavily by ple are vor thinking serioza'y of them, and it has helped very introducing the tax into their materially to ones, the municipal localities.
11th October, at 5.F.M.
Hongkong, 5th October, 1918,
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