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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1915.

BY TELEGRAPH

THE WAR.

LIVELY ARTILLERY DUEL AT NIEUPÖRT.

RUSSIANS STILL PURSUING THE TURKS.

GERMAN AIRCRAFT RAID ON NORFOLK.

BOMBS DROPPED ON YARMOUTH AND

KING'S LYNN.

SANDRINGHAM PALACE AIMED AT.

(From Our Own Correspondent.}

Losdes, Jan. 20. 12.30 a.m.

ZEPPELINS DROP BOMBS.

·Zeppelins dropped bombs at Great Yarmouth this evening. Some damage has been done and it is hated that there is also lows of [ Fle.

The details are scanty.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

RAID A PROFOUND MYSTERY.

6.50 a m.

A soldier has died of wound, received at Yarmouth. It was an intensely dark night that wrapped the raid in profound mystery. The opinion is divided sa to whether the raiders used aeroplanes or Zeppelina, The latent idea is that it was an aeroplans dash combined with Zeppelin movements.

The most significant fact is that roch a comparatively small amount of amage was dons,

Only about a dozen people were injured.

AT YARMOUTH..

Lostos, Jan. 20, 12.40 p.m. The damage done is of the slightest, "umounting only to £50 at Karmouth, while the total death roll is,two women, and two men,

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It appears that six aircraft reached the soust and then separated to he north and the south.

"The Yarmouth authorities say positively that these were visitors" Beroplanes.

The situation at the raided towns is already normal.

HOW CROMER ESCAPED.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH.

THE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

A DISPATCH FROM THE EYE-WITNESS.

LONDON, Jan. 19,-

The Eyewitness at Headquarters in a dispatch on the operations on the British front in France states that the report of a considerable British sua cass at Labusgro is untrue, bat our artillery completely.rained a bridge of great importance at Frelinghira, bolow Armentiores,

The floods have now slightly subsided. The physical well-being of the Gorman troope la inferior to that of the British. They are not so warmly clad and their medical attendance is undoubtedly inferior.

ARTILLERY ACTIONS IN SNOWSTORMS,

LONDON, Jan. 19, 5.30 p.m. To-day's Paris cómmuniqua anya:- Snowstorms continue in Belgium, but there has been intermittent can. nomading.

Snow has also fallen in Arras, 'where our heavy artillery on several de. casions silenced the enemy's batteries.

There has been a somewhat lively notion at La Boisalle, but the snemy Phas not renowed his attacks.

The bombardment of St. Paul and Soissons has not been followed by, an infantry attack.

Artillery dusle continuo et Rheims,

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We captured another Garman work ar Baisle-Fretre where we now. occupy 500 metres of German tranchess :-

A nowstorm prevails in the Vosges, and there is artillery activity especially at Bandesapt and Thann.

LexDox, Jan. 20, 3,05′ atuït

The Paris evening communique contains no incident of importanca.

THE ALLIES' PROGRESSING,

LosDON, Jun. 20. 6 p.m.

A Paris, cominînaiyac states:--Thurs has been a lively artillery" duel at Nieuport, the enving vainly trying to destroy our bridge at the mouth of the Yser. We succeeded in demolishing part of his subsidiary defences and, near St. Georges, a farm which he had strongly fortified. There have also been artillery actions.at" Ypres and Lers and a violent bon- tringent at Bhagg. Our artillery at Chalons, Perthes prid Mussipes was most effective against the enemy's works.

DESPERATE ENCOUNTER AT BOIS DE GRURIE.

A communique states · The enemy violently attacked Bois de Crurie and we retired from ons trench under the shock. However, we recaptured by a counter-attack the greater part of the trench and afterwards retook the whole position.

The Germans miner the north cast salient of our trenches at Saint-Hubert, but we dashed into the cavity made by the explosion to prevent the enemy establishing themselves there.

We established ourselves another hundred metres aLend of the trenches captured from the Germans north-west of Pent a Mousson. The enemy made unsuccessful counter-attacks:

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There has been at Thana na artillery engagement which resulted in our favour.

AT THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

RUSSIANS STILL PURSUING THE TURKE.

LONDON, Jan. 19..

A Petrograd communique states that the Russians are successfully pursuing the retreating Turks, clearing the enemy out of the Transchorak country, capturing his positions on the Sultan Selin mountain, and inflicting hery losses:

FRENCH SUBMARINE SUNK,

LONDON, Jan 19

An official announcernent at Paris states that the submarine Saphir, which was on patrol duty near the Dardanelles on the 15th inst., has not rejoined the squadron.

According to foreign Press accounts she has heen sunk. Turkisit vessels rescued part of the crew.

DUTCH NATAL LAUNCH BLOWN UP.

LONDON, Jan. 20...

A telegram from Amsterdam says thas a Dutch Naval launch has Cromer cleverly escaped owing to the officials' promptitude in extia-been blown up by a mine in the Scheldt, and that five men were drowned. guishing all the lights, in conseguenes of which those in the aircraft did not see the town and dropped no bombs.

DAMAGE TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

LONDON, Jan. 10, 11.55 p.m.

A German aircraft has passed over Yarmouth and dropped several Bocabs, doing a good deal of damage to property and inflicting some loss

f life.

LATER.

The aircraft appeurd at 8.30 in the evening. It was impossible to see the machine, but the buzzing of the motors was plainly audible. It sppeared to be currying a searchlight.

The porial of the bomb-dropping lasted ten minutes. One man båd Ha-head-blown of.

RAID MADE "IN THE DARK

LATER.

CARDINAL MERCIER'S PROTEST.

LONDON, Jan. 10...

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ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.

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War Becretary Escapes Bomba,

PEKING, Jan. 20,"

An unsuccessful attempt was made to-day to assassinats Chan Wan, Secret- nry of the War Department. A bomb was thrown, but the War Secretary fortunately escaped injury. Nine aereats | have been made by the police,

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A PECULIAR SITUATION.

„A wymawhaży poculiar situation arose in Hazeland's Court this morning, on a solicitor making an application to re-hese » case, in which the defendant had pleaded guilty and had been fined $300. Tho chatyo was one of selling

elling jataricating liquor without a license, and the defendant wha Li Chi of 90 Queen's Road West. Half-an-hour later, Mr. Shenton mentionedi that he had been instructed to defend the c. He thought there was some oxplaza- tion to the charge,Tire owners had been his obce sined 8.30am this morning and unfortunataly had only just been discovered. He said he knew very little about the esse beyond the fact that the whole of the wine was bought from Messrs. Hughes Aral Hough.

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Mr. Hazeland: They were selling it without a license.

Bir. Shantou abesrved that the owners bought the shop, which was licensed, se well as all the stock. He was not in a position to discuss the matter.

Eventually it I was agreed that defendant should pay the fine and that an application for ar

ara-hearing be tasde within a week. Inspector P. O'Sullivan asked Mr. Haze- land if he would forfeit the wina neized,

The Magistrate intimated that he would wake the order basinstructed the police to I hold it for a week.

The value of the wine, which comprises ,400 në 500 battice, is about 360.

A STRANGE STORY.

A sensational story of the alleged dreg. {ging of a woman has come to the notice of

the police, but on investigation it was (Sand) to be Tai

A woman named Leung Sía Ting, of 199 Hollywood Road, an the originator of the alleged outrage, said that 'on the 16th înat, she went with and her woman named Sani Kutoa bogve in Caine Road, with the

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object of interviewing a man who had inti- mated through an agency that he would hire her as his concubine. They reached, the

house

and after witing an hour she was gicen a cup of tax. She declared she femembered no more for three days when she awoke is her own house. Then to was the missed a pair of geld" bangles valued at $80.

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undertook to make a com- plaint as the central station, and on receipt of the formation the police commenced. making inquiries. They acertained that the two women cond

| concerned,” and others had been gambling hastily and Leung had contracted A debt of $183. Shia tock the police to a house in Caine Rosd, where she alleged she had been drugged, bet she was unable

donied ever haring soon the wOBIT.

An Amsterdam telegram states that Cardinal Mercier Jus sent a letter to the priests of bis diocene in which he protests against he. Germans forcing entrance into vicarages, seizing his pastoral Jetter,dentify any of the household, all of whom threatening to punish priests if they read it, violating a Carlieal's dignity by detaining in, and violating the rights of the priests and himself. He congratulates the priests on doing their duty

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BOARD OF TRADE FROHIBITIONS.

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Lospos, Jan. 20, 6.50 pim

The Board of Trado has prohibited the export outside of the Empire of oile, except linseed oil and has also prohibited oil-henring nuts, seeds, lard and refined tallow.

WAR NEWS:

It was too dark to identify the aircraft at Yarmouth, but from the dent; in describing the interview of King zoise of the engine it was believed to be an aeroplane. It remained ten minutes and dropped five bombs.

Three people were killed and several houses were shattered. Many windows were broken.

The aircraft subsequently dropped two bombs at Sheringham, but they did no damage,

It is noteworthy that an Amsterdam telegrarn, reports that three Born airships were sighted at the island of Ameland early in the after- Boon, flying westward.

OUTRAGE ON A MISSIONARY.

- LOVE AND LANGUAGE.

How to Remain Happy

An extraordinary wedding is reported. A young Canadiso, Private Victor Albert Baker, aged twenty-three, who left his employment us un engine-driver in the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to fight for the Empire, return. ed to Salisbury Plain recently after one of the most bastily made matches on re.

Serco weeks before another Canadian soldier introduced him to his cousin, a

The Daily Mail diplomatic correspan Dosa of Medicine Meled Out to Germans. cord. Albert of Brigium with the Kaiser at Kelin A fortnight before the war began, states that the Kaiser finally said

Some day you will remember that you King Albert replied are & Cobu

Certainly. And I am alo an Orieanist;

ama Delgan."

bit, about 1, I am a

The steamship Morinils, which rived Bagian refugee named Bertha Venden Sydney from Rabaal on December 1 Bosch, who was being cared for in a brought a number of Germau prisoners, includ ng those who were year busille fur huntei attached to the Linden-grove Con- the Blogging of the Rev. Mr. Cox, a British gregational Church, Nunhead.. mi rionary, at New Ireland recently. Bertha is twenty youre of age, and According to the news brought by the

An article in Die Zukunft sare-Duty Morinda, 27 members, of Jeanstralians from Antwerp, what she was en

to gaged on a umbler lua hatal. It was

probibits as from concealing the fact that expeditionary force, wars de recapondent, who tells the story, and

case of luvent first sight, surya "the

we are appallingly far from our goal, and New Ireland to arrest Germans that the overwhelming majority of neatrals for the outrage. The men were is against us. Another great Powar as to hare escaped in the mountains the language difficulty was a serious one

with rides

Their arrest wan however,

but in was overcome, and at the second and they wera

two warrior nations in Eastern Europe di

BOY KILLED AND THREE PERSONS INJURED.

LONDON, Jan. 20, 2.5 a.m. An aircraft, believed to be a Zeppelin, at 10.40 last eroning droppedanced. bur bomba at King's Lynn. Bombs were also dropped near Sandringham,|

- LATER. Two houses were demolished at King's Lynn. A boy was killed and Free porcons wero injured.... aku tufa ya ku

The damage sustained at Sandringham is not known.

insy join our fors, and Germany must be prepared for the bardeat fate over caperi brought to Rabaul on November 30. Thamesling after their introduction Taker Germans in question were publicly flogged proposed marriage, and an engagemçal at Rabaul in the presence of the Admisie ring was placed upon the girl's finger. trati. The garrison was drawn ferm of

■ hollow Musses in the in the He say her twice more alter that, and which was placed a large travelling trunk they were married at the Linden grove across which the prisoners were wretched Church

EYEWITNESS' OPINION.

London, Jan. 8. Eyewitness writes that the New Year opened with a more favourable situation mencement of the campaign. An far sa the

centre of

German residents were instructed to attend, while the punishment was meted out. The bride's mother and father ars

Tho special constables in London have been called out in view clan for the Allies than at any time since comind although many requested to be allowedtranded on the Continent, but hearty

airship raid.

áircraft

`FURTHER DETAILS.

LATEA..

British

1 aro concerned, the original small ex- to stay away about Efty Germans were "pproval came from the girl's uncle and peditionary force of four divisions has now present. The crew of the Merinda were aunt, who, are also refugees, from Belez swelled to great army which is steadily can present and witnessed the incident, siuma

increasing in numbers and has become After the square had been formed and the The bridegroom word khald, he also foured to war and can look back on a officers had taken up their positions near did his father, who is waining with him. An Amsterdam telegram states that at two o'clock in the moming record of hard fighting such se British atrakched in cruel tetan prisoner Their karo was short, and the honey-

were C›logel Holines

prosided rise Gennan airships passed Hellum, Vlieland and Terschelling, retumu malom sustinul in the pret

Eyewitness points out that even whet poisted on that the prisoners had only spent, at Peckham, part of it in a local over the asthering, and is said to have innon was limited to one day. It was ing from the west. Pelaks

active operations are bot in progress there Their Majesties the King and Queen left Sundringham yesterday and in continual effort to gain hist-ry by fully flueged a British missionary, and they cinema arrived in London several hours before the appearance of the hostile marines and hand grenades, demanding own medicine coupon the Germans dated the wedding braskfast, at which one and bombardment, by trench | were going to be served with some of their The Mayoress of Camberwell attend-

Colonel Holics Isl qualities of enterprise, coolness sad A Zeppelin passerk Desingram, half a mile from Sandringham House, endorses equal to say other format they were to recognise the British flag and of the guests offered the bride and brids- but the nearest place to the Palace that, o barab was thrown was Heo- | warfare.

while Hey did so they would roepivo groom a little amusing advice cham, near Hunstanton."

The German con

comprata now consist of a proper westment. In the street at King's Lynn where the houses were demolished all mixtaste of active colors, Landwehr with the name we put with which they had runge, you will be the happiest man The prisoners were thien publicly nezadu don't learn med other's lan- Landsturm, Eretz volen- krébe front doors wem burst in and the furniture in the houses scattered by toem. It appears that there is a gred deal. Agged the Rev. Bir. Cox in Ouober 1st and wile in the world.

the explosion ARADAN

of sickness in the suaray's fanks and some. A doctor and two others are mid to have The brido is to go to the home of her units have been temporarily withdraw uning to typhoid.

A report that a Zeppelin was brought, down at Hunstanton is unton

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received 20 arrokes sich, pre other received 25 stroken bach, and snother 10 strakes.

husband's parents in Cronda" to: soult his return from the wor.

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