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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1915.

BY TELEGRAPH.

THE PROGRESS OF

THE WAR.

ITALIAN TROOPS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE ON THE

TYROL FRONTIER.

FIGHTING WITH MAGNIFI- CENT DASH AND

CONFIDENCE.

(Renter's Service to the China Mail)

THE ITALIAN ADVANCE ON THE TYROL FRONTIER.

Bastos, June 1.

& communique issued at Rotie skadest The Italian advance continues along the Tyrolinot. We accouz ied an important height to the north, of Alu, wounding the new Austrian fortress at Rovereto,

A victorious artillery engagement proceeds on the plateaus and our infantry are strongly establishing themselves.

The Anstrane on the Camin Gront sunde five violent attacks on the Mont. Uroce Press. Our Alpiners then tool; the offensive atal defeated the khony.

Our losses, were slight.

Bvarewhere the Italians show ad magnificent dush still confidonea,

-THE-GERMAN." BLOCKADE U

The Admiralty anonner that during the week Pinded the 26th ult. 1,820 stemmers arrived at and sailed froth British ports. Of these, one British stemmer was sunk by submarines,

BALKAN STATES AND THE WAR.

LONDON, Juue 3.

Reuter's Sofia correspondent telegrapha that the Bulgarian Minister to Bukhares has arrived here to report on the situation in Lumanis, and to receive instructions as to Bulgaria's attitude in the case of an evastant entente with Rumania, who is reported to have made overturee to that end.'

A Rome telegram says the transfer to Berlin of the Bulgarian Minister to Rome, who is pro-German, is regarded as indicative of a Bulgurian rap- prochement with the Triple Eatents. There have been great pro-Italian demonstrations in Sofia,

DEATH OF A NOTED POLO PLATER.

LONDON, Jitne 1.

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Captain Noel Edwards, the international polo player, has died of gas poisoning,

RUSSIANS CAPTURE 9,000 PRISONERS.

LONDON, June 1.

Reuter's Petrograd 'worrespondent telegraphs that the fighting in the

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DEATH OF EARL JERSEY.

LONDON, Jane 1.

The death is announced of the Earl of Jarrey.

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[In 1800-03 the late Earl was Governor. General of New South Wales.}

(Wah Tax Yat Po's Service.) ARSENAL SUPERINTENDENT.

PARIS, June 1. Tia Chang in been appointed Superintendent of Ariemula all over the country.

RIPORTS AND REQUESTS.

A presidential mandate orders that in future all reports and requests from the provincial authorities shall reach the President's office through the espective boards.

SICK LEAVE FOR. WAR MINISTER.

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SPORTING.

LAWN TENNIS.

Professional Pairs Final.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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(To the Editor of the “* Chisa Mast?”) In a mannar more easy than the more jadicates, the brothers Hancock defeated Sir,May I be allowed to say that Major Falchnie and Capt. Hatturday Smith I read "Citovonne's" letter with in the Asal of the Hongkong C. C. pro-much interest and with quite a lot fessional país tournament, 96, 0-0, 88 of pleasure. Litoyenne is t The winters were always safe. H. Hausweran greatly daring Fra inclined cock's form had improved a good deal, to think, however, that she won't sepacially as regards voleying, while Reive such sympathy fran herA GINEER for H.M. THE ATLAS Blinck gave a foe all-round display, Au sex in her spirited denmeintion of Rate of pay. -87.00 per day for novon BOARD and RESIDENCE, for herbalan pec work boins good and his service the tyranng exercised by Dame days per wook. frequently unplayable. Hattersley Sraith Fashion. Her observations are very was safer than his partner, who was not quite up to his usual form.

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sensible and watch to the point. especially in these trying times; and

adopted. her advies is well worthy of being

No doubt it would be HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUT. adopted were the "uxiled" women

ING of the SEASON will be held at Happy Valley on SATURDAY, the 5th June, 1913, commending at 3.30 pm.

The Charge of Admission will be $1.00 for others than Members of the Hovakova JocEEY CLUB or Gyochana Cien.

of Hongkong as precisely the same T SECOND GYMKHANA MEET. Kent and Hewett boat Wong To Koung women.all over the world, namely, and Ho How Fan, 4 best Ng Ste Ewen rams intent upon adorning their and Lo Man Pia, 9-2 best Cho Po Min pretty selves according to the decrees and Li Ching Fang, 8 -4.

of Dame Fashion than proving thein Linton and Cary best Wong Fo Keangstres really rational beings. When and Ho How Fan, 0-3pbeat Ng Size Yun and Lo.31an Flu, B2, best Che Pa Min will the ladies prove themselves to and Li

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be really emancipated? Alast that Hall and Mass beat Won Po Keung mest lailies should believe that one. and Fia H. Fan, 83, lost to Ng Se out of the fashion" might as well Yuen and Lo Man Pia, 3 bost Chobe out of the Workl

Po Mia and Li Ching Fang, S-3.

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BOXING.

Contests at the N.S.C.

A mantiate grante two months' sick Teako and $3,000 medical expenses and. four tania, uf ginseng to the War Min- ister, Tan Kini. Wong Shih Chan's Battaling, who is thought by may Private Jerry Daikney, of the Sports.

has been appointed to carry on his competent julges to be ona of the best of All the light weight botter, mot Willis duties in the meantime.

Farrell at the National Sporting Clab for £100-aside and a purse. It is common knowledge among those interested in boxing that Delaney, ata future date, hopes to meet Freddie Wolsk for the world's championship. Ha all the

qualition that go to make a qhampion-youth, speel,

T

SAVOY SANDBAGGING CASE.

International Thieves.

KRATE FACH PRISON,

Trof the most expert and dangerous thieves in the world appeared before Mr Jantée Inwrance at the Old fisilay recently, when Charles Williams, 64, described as a bookkeeper, and Annie Ferguson, 40,

stamina, and cleverness.

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Gederonts odds were bottoda Dulaney, and until half-way through the contest the soldier scored so many points that a victory for him appeared certain. Then Farrell, who took all blows this came his way with wincing, boxed in such a way as to ggest the possibility of a surprise. In 40, who described herself an

the twelfth and thirteenth rounds he dil setries, wote for a Violence Wladyslaw Gatowaki, and stealing possibly wild. To the end Farrell made from him rings and money to the value of hard fight of it, but he was never so you about 41.002, and also with causing him his opponent, and Delaney was a popular grievous bodily harm

winner.

Prisoners pleaded guilty to robbery with

violence.

My Winter Fanarter sppenter for the Brusecation, sad Mr Purcell defended..

Mr Frampton stated that on February 10 the two prisoners went to Mr Gutowski's premises in Adelphi and asked to see some rings, and a bargain was struck to purcha

on of the articles for £27. Williams pail over the money, and Dir Gutowski "was asked to come ver to the prisoner's fat at Savoy-mansions that Afternoon at thred; o'clock_bringing' with him a selection of rings, Fargason promising to introduce bim

me of her friends.

A teen counds contest between Sam Keller, of London, and Deorge Matthews, fof Hanley was so on points by Kaller..

CANADIAN BRIDGES BURNED.

German Secret Agents Work at Vancouver.

Yours, etc.,

CITIZEN.

Hongkong, June 2.

EXPLOSIVES IN WARFARE..

Hand-Grenades and Their Modern Usa..

tainly an engineer's war" it is none the Though the present conflict is moet eer-

less tree that without the assistance of the

makers of modem high explosives, who bave kupt pace with the enormously rapid advances in the creation OF warlike machinery, many of these death-dealing creations would be of little or un practical valge in the warfare of to day. We reminded of this fact by the publication by Mesura J. and A. Churchill of a rary com- prehensive volums entitled F Explosives: Their Manufacture, Propertien, Testa, and

story by ble Arthur Marshall, of the Ordinance Department Bern we have an account of practically everything regarding which the student of these matters the history of explosives, boginning with the incendiser "Greekice," rat muntion. requires information. We are told all about

od in à 1 869, which prevented

centuries the coudest of Canad Every of Europe by the Moale.

And of

explosive invented from that time na appears to have received careful attention in all its details of manufacture at the hands of Mr Marshall until we come to the very modern tracurs used for getting the range of such rapidly moving object Now York. April 29, as an aemplane. There

tracers are ahcil. A niesage from Vancouver. British in the base of which, for day work, there is Columbia, sites that Gorean agenta have contained a dark-coloured liquid which is act fire to the Granville and Comanaghtnight tracers are filled with n

ejected during ligh: a fine spray. The bridger.

nfrework

A liter messige states that the Con mixture which is ignited by the prepubere

toral lows, charge and renders the course of the pro Bridge is expected that the Granvillojectile visible like that of a rocket.

will be saved. Together the bridges cost over £20,000. These out-

to

31r Gutowski want there a arranged, taking with him thirty-three dimoni rings lle was received by Ferguson, who showed him into the drawing-room. Ale bag Bridge will become Gutowski handed over the ring which had been selected, Ferguson romarking, "How beautiful," and on learning that an inore business was so be done he turned to go. received a blow behind the car, bis feet were knocked beneath hin, for seemed th

appear on either side of hit very smelly" tewed was not over hie head, a gay was inserted in bis out, and his hands and foot were tied.

LOMA DE £1,850.

managers of the date and the police were Sabe quantly hin grosss attracted the brought. Not only the rings, but a diamond pin diamond stud, and his purse were taken from him. the total value being £1,600. Since then Mr. Gutowski had been deat.

Detective-inspector Ashley, Detective. sergonat Lonchi, and Detective sergeant. Harrell absequently arrested the prisoners, who vera living

's-lane.

•

Shavli district continues to our advantage. We captured oa the front between 1St Martin together in a fat in Uppar |

the Pilica and the Upper Vistula, from the 12th May to the 24th May, 200 officers and 8,017 men,

ACTION AGAINST "THE TIMES."

Counsel produces the sandbag arrange. ment, which, he said, was of a type which was novel to Scotland Yard. In appearance it was but unlike the weight of a clock, and the rope was so arranged that it was instantly converted into a pair of handcuffs the person nsulted. None the prosecutor not being insured had suffer.

serious losa, Detective inspector Ball said at North London Sessions in 1900 Williams as sentenced to four years' peost servitude for stealing E in notes from a lady depositor

For wellery had been recovered, and

of the

ed

".

Probably the most interesting chapter- follow the annuncontent, by the became of its topical catareia the ons in Anthorities that all citizens of countries at which the author discusses The Clinton war with the Allies would be placed in of a High Explosivo." One naturally toms detention camps. The Germans in Van-to the action dashing with tri-aittoluene," cover held celebrations when the Canadian or TNT., an explosive which is, for the losses were angounced, and this aroused first time, and with the most tremendous the anger of the authorities.

results, being used in warfare. T.N T. is A highly placed police official hun stated rapidly replacing picric acid, Or Iddite. that it is believed that the bridge burners just as the latter has eclipsed compressed connect the business and rusicential pur-disadvantages; it is liable to form highly plotted to destroy the city bridges which zaa-cotton. Pieria acid has two cient loss of Vaucourac.

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SECRET TO OVERCOME BARBED WIRE.

Experiments With London Firm" a Invention.

sensitive compounds if it come inti contact with metala other than tia oz zinc, and if it be wet it loses its power of detonating. The velocity of detonation, power, and density of T.N.T. are all slightly lower that is the case with picric acid, but not sufficiently so to make any appreciable difference

The obstacu is stated to be used in submatize mines and torpedo war-henda, replacing nitro-

By itself it is too Bouitive for using glycurine explosives, which are not so

Set their Auitable on account of low tability. Company, has been rocking the solution. in armour piercing shells, and is therefaze The result in the Barbed Wire or lead nitrate, to diminish in spuitive- aired with other substances, ach as resin Travesor," an invention in appearance,

barbed wire obstacles is a problem of which How to enable soldiers to searcame the well-known frus, the Wilkinson Sword

LONDON, June 1. The Times has been prosecuted under the Defence of the Realm Act for publishing an uncensored letter from Major Richardson, the noted trainer of Bloodhounds, headed "The need for Compulsion." The latter said that a recruits were being called out in France while acores of able-bodied men in England were complacently doing nothing.

Mr. Bodkin, the Treasury Couseel, said the letter was calculated to sug at the Birkbeck Bank, who was Barrounded/wall, capable of being easily surmount į without brew high explosive is upw

gest to Frenchman the absolutely false impression that complete indifference and bustled. Prisoner was arrested after regarding the war existed in Great Britain.

The bearing of the case was ailjourned,

THE TURKS ROUTED WITH HEAVY LOSS.",

Tusos, May, 31.

The Official Press Bureau aupoanees ---- The British on the 28th May detected Turkish engineers raining in the Terinsula, whereupon we exploded a counter-muine most success fully. The Turies in the evening got a footing in the vocant, trenches. We, counter-attacked with the bayonet, and captured the firing trenches, whereupon the Turks in the support trenches surrendered.

Meanwhile heavy culmans of the energy advanced, Being visible in the bright conlight to our gunners, who opened a crossfire which was mos accurate, the ranges being known, resulting in the demoralisation of the Turks. Their second line of bomb-throwers, was bombed first, cor plating the rout: -The unemy's losses" were at least, 2,000. Ours were 300. NANGAN TER

The Turks on the next night runde two souiter-attacks, which were easily repulsed-

The French, on the might of the 28th just.. captured an important redoubt on the extreme Jeft of the Turkish line and consolidated the position. A Turkish counter-attack was chgeket. An ́ artillery: attack) of another French Division was also defeated,

(Hanas Sartice.)

Tanis. Mag 01. On the right bank of the Year wo carried hill No. 17, making 30 prisoners and three mitrailleusqu? We also congnored a labyrinth taking 150 prisoners,

Petrograd-On the Chalicia front wo captured 3,000. prisoneri "in-{ cluding CO officerer In the ragion of the River Trister we took a farther 400 prisoners va

Rome The Italians laive occupied positions et Spenss, heur Stormer after cannonades. They destroyed the Lucerna Fort and captured the fort and the village of Vazena,

without risk of a scratch.

mora like a khaki-coloured waterproof teden, For attack on hips, shells TO

requited that will pa

the armour quilt, six foot square, then anything else. And explode

other whenthey are on the aide. Experiments, a a "Daily Chronicle" re value. Thrown over a fonce the sheet ie, the auchanical dificulties of obtaining presentative was informed. have shown its to protect its nose, and

By providing the shell with a cap of unit iron transformed tisu barbed wire inta sort of

suitable constrac by

A projectile which can perform this fent

up lavo

been overcome extout. And this is how it is done," said Mr.to a great ext Juha Musgrave, a director of the firm will not be exploded by the fremendous

anted, according to Mg

Me Marshall, that The inner lining of the sheet is composed she caused by the impact of the shell on of cotton wool which has been subjected to the armour at a velocity of several thousand special treatment giving it extraordioner feet per vocand. Black powder will power of resisting penetration. The pro-

nish this.

and armour-piercing shells |complish

aromatic explosives, on the other hand,

A

violent straggle. Io.Jooe, 1871, at Illinois, U.S.A., he was sentenced to live years' penal servitude for larceny. On his release from the sentence of four years passed at North London in 1900 witness took him to New York and handed him I over to the police on a charge of breaking oss is a secret, but the effect of it is that still often filled with it: the pitma

into the post-office at Springfield, and he was sentenced to three years.

PRISON WARDIRK USLD UY.

by means of a powder the,fibre of the cot

and

Armour-plate,

THE GATXADE AND ITA TAE.

10.

ton wool is hardened in such a way as dos generally detonate in the face of the to destroy its pliability. It is

It is hard soft at the same time, so to spask to spark It was customary in New York on The Travesor was tested by 20. Boldiers Thanksgiving Day to give certain amount across a barbed wire entanglement in The hand-grenade receives, as is appro of liberty to prisoners and to allow them chimp near London. The soldiers, all being priste at the moment of its re-introduction to receive friends. Revolvera were smeg athletic men, were over the fence and away into modern warfare, smaaltantion at the held op the warders and maça pod Williams would have started cutting the wires. Not this weapon was introduced in the sever gled into the prison, and Williams and athers long before, in the ordinary way, they hauds of the author, who reminds us that was regarded as one of the most dangerous one of them received the slightest hart.teenth century, and was very largely used men in Amarica. The woman had been an They were mainly concernal as to say during the wars of the eighteenth. It lost its associate of the man Williams fu earlier increase in the weight of their equipment importance in the time of the Napoleonic days, when she was known as Annie Grant. if the insection, was adopted by the War wars, but its aso did not cease entirely, for it

Ferguson: No, an absolute lie

Ofice at a matter of fact, it is ng was employed in 1808 1809 at Saragosat, in Detective sergeant Alfred Pearce stated heavier than the ordiassy ground sheet, 1832 at Antwerp, in 1854-1856 at Sebastopol, that in Sapamber, 1911, the woman was and is soft to lie apon, and forms a very and in 1854-1886 by the British in the senteiked to five years' penal servitude for warm wrapping."

Sudan. During the Russo Japanese war the shoplifting and had twenty months, to

hand-gronado, regained much of its oli serve. In July, 1905, she got three years

importance, and the

regalar

ferrant for stealing a diamond necklace Within a year of her marriage her husbad part of the military equipment.

the Old Tailey in the game, of Angio I know that her husband was a criminal or providing this weapon Powera Ara valued at £2,000-from-Christie's was sentenced to three years, and shortly From the point of view of explosives this

The detective added that Fercasen was after that to ten years. She declared that hand grende presents no special satterast sopposed to be the wife of a well-known that was the cause of her downfall. She The difficulties to be nzercome aro-meclis- American bank thief, named Gronson, and became the asciate of criminals,

nicul A grenade weighing about a pound.

her real nanio was Annie Bresson. She Bir Justice Lawrence said the prisoners can be thrown by hand approximately-fifty is looked upon," he was one of the were dangerona international criminals, yards and its radius of ache is about most successful America thieves we hate showed not the smallest attempts to reform twenty yards, consequently the weight can beru to-day, and an apolate of the best thieves p

Sudan Mr Parcell, for the defence, said the prisoners were both America. The women was married in 1893, and did not

Williams had been a young man lie would not be made rather he his should have given hint shorter period of impri, danger to the thrower sonment, and corporal punishment. This either act only no impact; or if it be a time- art of crime would not be tolerated in a fase, abould be so arranged that is becomes cirilised apuntry. It was carried out with active only after it has been throw the ingenuity and skil, of accomplished

Grenades are also made to three with a thieves. A

Aling, and there are rifle gronales that can. Williams was sentenced to twelus paars he propelled front a rifle a few hundred ECONOMY IN THE END. Deal servitude and Ferguson to ten years, yards. In these the grenade is attached to

Friffe, out claint a small amount to keep later kad reproachfully at the judged, which gner down the barrel of the which it is fired by an ordinary of Chamberlain's Colic: Obglern and she left the deck..

"The judge, complimented. Detective amarm cartridge, from which tha bullet Diarrhom Remedy always in your medicine Impactor Ashley and Detective Sergeants bsen-xtracted The explosives most chest, and it facinging in the und Its Louch and Hassell on the remarkabis used in graules are T.N.T., bierie weidl, way cars and curus quickly, For sale by piece of skill by which they had tracked compromed gun estton, tomile, and smoke- Fall'Ubomlats and Storskosporn.

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