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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 1915.

ENTERTAINMENT.

THEATRE HOYAT. LAST 3 PERFORMANCES OF

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INH LAUGHTEEN MAKEN. SVOM THE RÄVOY THEATRE, LONDON, rednesday, February 10th.

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The "Grotesques" will be at Canton on Monday, 8th February and Tuesday, 9th February, and will rebara to Hongkong, playing their last three performances at the Theatre Royal on Wednesday 10th," Thursday lith and Friday 12th February, when three special popular performanose will be given.

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Curtain at 9'15 p.m. Booking at MOUTRIE'S. Hongkong, February 8, 1915.

a great distance off I think we had a very surong position, if they had dared to mako an attack: There were numerous barbud wiro entanglements in front of us on the open ground, and thousands of empty bully-beet tins strewn about. Thi believe," was to give us warning in s the enemy's approach on a dark or loggy night, as they could not help kicking the tins. Most of the time I was in the fring line it was raining, which made it very itserable. The mad was awful, nothing ill describe it. Wading through it was most exhausting, and made us feel com pletedly lone up, and e covered with wok olay, In some place the french is so narrow that you have to force yourself along. We have all beautiful fur coats served out. A ration of rata was also served out for warmth. Our colonel kindly arranged

to quarters, hot bath for us on our retara ta which made us all feel better, especially with clean clothes. We have also had a mackintosh each served out-a great im- provement on the mackintosh sheet which we had before...

HELIGOLANDA.

George Fitch writing in a Maalu paper.

Heligoland, which is now ap

A GOOD AND BE Syed Friend. On the 13th the enemy got up in force in the, wood and gave us hell again, but we We were relieved did not lose many men. that night by another regiment, which on relieving as lost sixteen men eat of company. We only leat one, but it waw one of the best of our men. You can fancy

ast our tronches and like in this weather.pearing in print as regularly as vonio of clean bed to it, and we the Class A countries, is an island in the Eesex mud is have to throw the Germs dead sut of the North Sea about as largs as some of the tranches La maske zoom, and so that they searcheuds which it has inspired. It is can be buried later on when things are chim.

Yesterday I was taken in front of about 40 miles from the mouth of the Gyurtal South Dorries to spise and Film and is about four times as larm) describe the position. In our late captain as the Grand Central station in New we have lost one of the finest gentlemen in the regiment, and he was good and contains about 160 acres and beloved friend to me.

We

consists of a fat rock 200 feet high with

I should be glad if people at bome began to realise what we are in for.. There no denying that the Germans make war well, although their methods 818 are not always those of A civilized Laur kofall crowds cou'd see what There is hardly a church left in the district. Por Beigars. Their country is a desert, ANY EUROPEAN desiring to leave the Even here. at the Germans, before Colony should apply m writing for they left fired the church and some factories

A stirring incident occurred to me about a small beach beneath. On the rock permission to do so to the Provost Marbal, with old and petrol. If only Englishmen Head Quarters Offices, at least 48 hours could see the ruined homes, the beautiful three p.m. on the 15th, whilst in the forts, potato patches, wireless stations and before the intended hear of departure. old churches with their destroyed onu trenches. Aly men noticed some men in Yeppelin sheds are located, while below giving name, nationality, as, sex, Feightments, the towns burnt and fallow flat, they khaki digging behind, bedge in front of ars fishing villages and bathing beaches. complexion and occupation of the applicant, would realise that it would mean if the as we ordered a few shots to be fired at and stating the name of the steamer or Germane invaded England, and I do not them. Instantly about two domn Germans Heligoland has 2,500 people, which is a other vessel or the hour of the train by believe that any able-ladiod as would dressed in khaki stood with their hands pretty fair population for a quarter section up to render, so we sent two patrola fura Souse of these live by fishing which the applicant wishes to leave. hold back.

I wish I could tell you some new, but along old trenches to fetch them in, at the some by ruising vegetables and milking Applicants should apply in person for their passes to the Prevot Marshal at Hend it is earos, and I hate the feeling of not sime time catering them well with our

It requires great skill to balance Quarters Office between the hours al progressing. The Germans are sapping an sin found their ruse our though. They fairsized milch cow on a Heligoland

tour lines, and I think they have some more men. 1. hope they wil attack, thought that we should all go not to fotel farm during a high wind and consider- as they would get a good biuing. I hear them in, and they would then her mowable livestock falls off the island during them shooting now more than usual, sous down by party of over 300 which they the course of a year." Heligoland is re perhaps they are coming on. It is a bright had concealed in the wood, and would have fmoralight night, and that always means retaken the trenches. When they sawgarded with great interest by the geolo-

more ab soting.

that we were not to be had "the party in gists because of its restless disposition: the wool fired on our patrols. InstantlyIt is the most unstable flat in the It is wonderful to see how cheerful the pat valleys into them, and I hope work. Half of it is steadily raising men are ander very trying circumstances. wiped them out. The constant wet, the everlasting ad make things very unpleasant especially for

aryl my admiration

In Trenches and Cares. real heroes of this war for them is unbounded. They have "dug. some shelter, und og," which give them

pared, which will Private Alban Leeper of the Artspers to stay there. the trenches are being

them little drier. They are also Rifles, has written, ander dato Dec. 10, have owned Heligoland since 1990, and extremely well fed and clothed, and, in the following scannt of his experiences at with true German thrift they haven't fset, this could not be improved on. A the front ta bis father, the Rev. Wasted any of it. The space between the wonderful tribals to the care which is Leeper Mellis

trenches, enbbage patches is occupied by huge guns I have just returned from the k taken of the army in that the numbers of

of sickness out here are ac higher and will give you are masomune wong the in the work. It has long been an invita a full desaription of my and it is one of the most formidable forts than those in peace tima in barracks.

Hongkong, January 26, 1915,

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higher above the ecu, while the other helt is slowly disappearing A inan might as well buy a farm acur the Mis- souri river as buy a lot on the sandy shorts of Heligoland below the hill and The Germans

e have fitted up a large leandry fall of road, when we suddenly entered a long tion to England, which doesn't enjoy its

a communication taba (half a wine cask) where the dog-out trench, called

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CONCERT

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men can here shot bath, a barber, and a french, leading to the reserve trenchesxistence, and if the present war tuzas

*This chiropodist

One of my duties is to keep a record for a french seemed over a mile in lepath/"gainst Germany Heligoland will probably

just broad

cad enough to pass through, a

and be removed. Pulling Islands out of the MUSIC CLASS, OF THE this division of the men who are recoms sufficiently deep so as to enable troops to sea has never been regarded as an easy manded for distinguished emdact. There move up in broad daylight without being job, but the Panama Canal boys would must be over a hundred names in the book, observed. On arrival at the reserve treesh food the whole concern on barges and and each mau bas done a noble deed. It is I was struck with the comfort of every wonderful tale of heroism to read, but thing. We were all divided bat, and took tow it to England in six months. Heli- alas | most of these man in fact, nearly all better cases. They are very cosy straw student of geography usually passes it possession of our wigwams or bomb-proof land is so small that the careless

of them have been killed.

The heroes always go first. One of our brigades has only six officers left out of something like seventy-fire,

blanket much. THE sleep on and previous men had evidently spent a lot of

to

time

over for a fly speck. But it has a hit- in finishing touches, shelves dag out tory over 1,200 years long. In the seventh century Christian, missionaries Our mou have had to stay on in the draught proof, de

We all had Eron, coke being served converted its inhabitants, and it has been trenches day after day and night after night, sa we had not enough reserra men out, and we did what cooking we could, an orderly and reapretable community

and wonde to relieve them, whereas the French, with Personally, I boiled some water their superior rumbers, are able to reliere tex When he beard hulle coping we had ever since. Ich us hope so warring

to bary

buto the shelter. In movies up fleets get to fighting about the island. their men every three days.

Really, England is no place for an able to the hiring-line we had to file up through if a dreadnought should collide with it bodied man, just now. It ought to be clear another long counication trench, and tip it over in the haste of conflict,

geography would ender a great lowe to anyone that if we do not beat the Geraisal there we were immediately asgard mans on the Continent we shall have to our

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Lieutenant H. G. Winton, 2nd Sulk 52 Regiment, who was recently promoted; from the ranks for gallantry on the battle- Rold, writes home from the trenches on Dec. 18 se followns, "A SWA

During the last few days I have

WA through my worst part of the war. left our billets at two .. on Den. 15, and marched to position in reserve to z Icegiment which had to attack And capture a line of the enemy's truches. If they wanted support we were to support them but the regiment gallantly captured the line and hold it. It so happened. that the French on the left and author regiment on the right, who had to attack and tako the trenches on the left and right respec Evoly, failed to do so, owing to immate | barbed wire entanglements in front. This, of course, left this gallent regiment in sn isolated trench far advanced into the German lines. “At, five“ o'nlock on the night ofthe 14th my company was druered to relieve these bravo" fellow in the moet ad vouced of this line of trenches in front of a wood

We relieved all right with luck, but about six plu: the Germans advanced into the wood, which was only fifty yards in front and gore na ball. We only safered cas Canunity, but it was the sont terrible of the lob, for it was my captain in charge of our

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li tle room to more about in the dug-outa (caves) They were very small, and sleep

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waa practically out of the question, as wo had to be ready if needed. We had fire and could de cooking, but it was not wine The Governor of Bombay, opening the take much smoke, as it drew the new building of the Academy of Iulian W the enemy's fire. Buil, wore wore quite Mumio at Botabay, in the course of his safe by keeping down.

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