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the deep could: throw 10011, of high explosive twelve milenwithmat overreaching herself,

THE NEW MONITORS.

The nexs arrival caused, somewhat of s | seamation, not only to the "enemy,, hub ba aur awn, troops. ·ÂÎne afternoon there ap- Ipeared at the satrance of Kaphalos Harbour an amazing looking object. She could bardly be said to steam up, but rather web bled into port, like a huge goose primed for Michaeims. It was impossible to tell distance whether she was broadvido

ou, of

or showing her bows or her atern, for • resmed... to bas quite wound. Hor high sides held aloft na absolutely dat desk, on which nothing shawed szeptan anormous turret, from which projected kwo gans of enormous girth and lengthy what rising up from her centre, like the giant of somas Californian forord, masi x hogs striped tripod, bearing aloft a kind of oblong jawel-box, the exact replica, on a huge sale of that in which the. Dalai Llama bears about with him the ashes of bia Erst embodiment,

With great difficulty, stearing vilaly, aha. made her way through the crowded: bar- bour and dropped anchor with the wyse af thousands riveted on her. Nu ons had 'urar senn the lika of her before. 'Bazsa- tion, in fact, followed·isation. Berefaw

began to Sathe appearantly all possessed the divine power of walking on the walet, for, on descending the ladder, instead of plunging late the wares, they walked aling. than by the side of her. sad,

baring distributed themselves, proceeded to dire in, only to

thus

Later, at the out again 4. faw min We not ok beats to investigate this strange pheno moon, and then found that just below the faurisco hat sides baigo out some 10th and then curve pader, torming a platform just washed by the waves. This is the secret and the mystery of these craft. In that Lalge man bas concentrated his ingensity to defeat the submarine. If a torpedo

hotkey her side it will lode amidat a

variety of anhatandes which I must “mus martion, and cas hull of the vessel will escape injury. These huge monitors carry naught but two Min. guns and sauce, anti-aiserait armament. They arn. roomy and comfortable, unlike their amallee neighbours. Their speed is, how- ever, very slow, on account of their spent their development f strange, abape, and they only in its infancy, and they are interest- 108 because in them you see the germ of *** han a will probably be the battleship of the

HERPRISE FOR THE TURE). ⠀

The fizet tîre one of thesa-monitors went to the month of the Dardaneller to alibrate the gars the poor old Tak berria shock of surprise. Her guas go off with terrible car, and carry over three- quarters of ton of metal fifteen miles.

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Then came the sinking of the Triumph, followed two days later by the loss of the Majoatic The Beat bad to see shelterod harbours, protected by boome and nate. The Turks on the bills above us Jocked on exultingly. They were so carried

away by the successes of their ally future. They can hardly be described as that they issued a pathetic appeal to our graceful, and alongside of the best des- ers and elegant cruisers, with a stora soldiers in the trenches, pointing out how troyers. Who will over forget the magnificent they had been deserted by the Fleet, and orie, they resemble a fat old dowager spectacle our Flect presented when the that now no hope remained for them, chaperoning some young and graceful expedition first sailed from Madros Bay adding that if they would surrendor they frieds at a ball.

be certain of would fur better or for worse, of the afterncom

good

and treatment a friendly reception en arriving in Con- of April 24, 1915 Sines then so many stantinople. The Seischpads as they things havs happened in the Fastern called the big guns of our ships, had gone. Mediterranean that those early days have In their ignoranCO they imagined they faded into the back-ground, and have been were going to enjoy a respite from big-gun fre until the end of the war. They forget, 818 almost forgotten by many. In addition however, the time-honoured old axiom that to hundreds of transports drawn from the Anglo-Saxon rice is always suprised overy ses, in which the British Fieg has but never beaten. We are never ready for still around. Later on three more of thes ever flown, every type of warship was anything except fresh taxation, but, on the moustars arrived, giving an eight 1sin, consult us.

other hand, we have marrellons talent with which bombard the represented. There was Cheen Elizabeth, flying the Admiral's to meet asw and unexpected emergencies, smaller monitors of all shapes and a glasses to

Amity for impratization and adopting fresh means positions, in addition to a large enemy's eyes soientifically and fit- deg, the wonder of all eyes, and the ad-Dur mighty pre-Dreadnoughz Fleet had some with names and some without, but mitation of every Englishman, Colonial, suddenly become useless, and we could sach armed with the

the very latest weapons OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Indian, Frenchman, and Senegalese, who gord to risk the 1.as of any of precision

more battleships. Already Ove had gone- Then the new Fiest began to settle to ita MEETING of the CHINA FIRE IN. had been brought together for this. the the Ironistibla, Oczan, Goliath, Thumph, werk, sa lying forth day by day and bom- SURANCE

MPANY LIMITED 11 last of the great crusades of the Cross and Majestic-more than we had ever lost barding the enemy's positions, being he held at the registered Office. of the against the Crescent Then down the before in any one period of our naval spotted for by balloon-ships and arrC Company No. Queso's Rond Central scale Victoria, Hongkong or

history. The Turk had some real reason planes. The Tanks and the Huns the Nelson

to feel sinted. For rbo neat two months began to grasp the sad fact that we hat ho saw but little off his const except an once more regsized command of the r occasional battleship, some small cruisers, face of the seas, and that the great effort and the tireles deste yers. f course, which had led to the retirement

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and 3rd day of December, 1915, at 12 o'clock Agamenitea, the last two the greatest of pon when the subjoined Resolation will our pre-Dreadnought battleships, follow b3.proposed I' as an Extraordi, ssy sexsolationell by the Queen, the London, the, Prince viz:-

That the Articles of Association of the few birthdaya ölder, the Canopus, Prince been forced to retire, we should have all. Inter on two other strange vessels,

of Wales, and Traplacable, and then, according to his theories, our F1 at having our High Seas Fiest had been waited after HONGKONG & MANILA. Company be altered in manner following: George, Goliath, Albina, Majestic, and taken the army off the coast Bath } twenty-five years old, also protasted by a acknowledged on solves beaten and have the Endymion and Theseus cruisers waited for his happy dénouement in vain formidable inthelt similar to that worn the monitors, turned up. It has not CHECKMATING SUBMARINES.

15T improved their appearance, for the protec Meanwhile what was happening The sins abbomo sere working out & scheme ch is hang on their sides by steel to get beck

command of the surface of stanchions and wire ropes. They look an if the Mediterranean. They set to work to they had just survived a terrible gale, in design graft which could carry the guns which most of their fittings had been of battleships without having their washed away Thore old ertisers of the Sir William White epoch bara been boru vulnerability to submarine attack. Qaly

(b) in Article 50 in lier of the words Vance, and ernisers of all sorts, which it would take too long to enumer Twenty one clear days notice there shall be substituted the wordante..

Ten days notice at least of avery. Mesting

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This mighty Armada should have struck terror into the hearts of the Turks, but (c) The following article shall be sub-tulah, and extremely stupid people

stituted for Article 53, namely

have little or no sense of fear, and were

"these Articles no business shall

by

SANITARY. BOARD OFFICE:

TO THE

OWNERS OF DOMESTIC BUILDINGS.

**Except as otherwise provided by srobably rather flattered at the immen-nation with shaolate command of the sex. 100% and the mo itors fear no TAKE NOTICE that under No. 5 of the

ho transacted at any Mesting sity of the forces heonght against

and

CLEAT HOMBARDMENTS.

LAZING ON PLATFORMS,”

unless there shall be personally After all, this same Armada failed to could have set to work to substitute one

them appearance of solidity and security. VENTILATION BIE-LAWS ( end- **present at the commencement of force the Durianelles on March 18, and feet with another of an entirely different

the business Tep or more Share they had then seen three battleships, the type, at a few bours notice, in the middle? The by monitors are za stendy as aresy Domestic, Balding or part of ach bolding within the EASTERN holders".

of a Test war, while at the same time rock at sea, but they are no beds of ross to Drisinn of the City of Victoria, scorpied *()*ä:acle 64 phall be altered by strifesistible, Ocean and Bouget. 19.) blockading the farman fleet and holding! whore, and they are almost impors-blito;} except those within the Toropean Reser

live in, for the così dust penetrates every- by Mönsbers of more than one family, all words after the words the bottom, and several more retire nene all the world's trade routes Rumours ing out ** upon a poll every shareholder" the better for their trip up the Straits,

When they fire their big guns ration or in Holous South of Austin camo tippling down the sunny Mediter keep clean. by adding after such words present

ranean of strangs craft having been sighted the concussion blows gest clouds of Read or those parts of a Dementia building in person or by proxy shall have one

un their way out the like of which had smoke and flame from the funnels, used as a Shop...t for or Godowe, must vote for every share held by him "." Who will ever forget those early tom nerer been seen in Eastern waters before. smothering everything astern. They are be "CLEANSED and LIMEWASHED ALL SORTS OF ARTISTIC JOB-PRINTING AND NOTICE IS HEREBY AL80 bardments, the like of which the world The rumours about craft of strange shape pot really ships at all, but fosting gua THROUGHOUT by the Owners during the

GIVEN THAT 得 further Extraordinary is hardly likely to see again against and became more and more definite. One fine platforms. Nevertheless they serve their months of Dojober and Narembeza

day in July the _such as t

first of them strived. parpose well, and as an experiment have

She

N.B.The word ; throughout * used in Gred as the spring of the Company ill be defences, assed Mr. E. Ashmead Bazi was unlike any other real ever seen in proved a great daccess. You will have this Notice means that the houses should be SATURDAY the 18th 997, 4 December left. Who does not recall that cicains these para ha wator, a 3.8 im he bows and boord one in a rough sea. The waves hankach Boom, limings, all Ceilings and

some susage **low freeboard, almost

experiences if you try and Limewashed in respect of all the Walls-of- INVITATION CARDS, MENUS, DANCE, AND ENTERTAINMENT 18% o'clock noon for the purpose of eens at 5 p.. on May 8, when every long dih sator, She looked more likerer the projecting idea just below, the aur Casiggs and Stair Linings, all Ceilings and

Hash with the PROGRAMMES, CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETE, BOOKS, PROSPE pret of the proceedings at the battleship opened up on the Turkish pea- Ohinese pagoda than a ship; but she talk face, causing a long line of zaging surf. Un the Undersides of Roofa In Mais frat meatione Meeting and of confirming, tient with Line, Lin.. O., 7.5%, Gin.ed like one all right, as the Zorks found a less you are very carefel estuing alongside Balklings Offers and Servanty Quarters TUBBS, WINE LISTS, ETC., ETC., ETC.

if thought it, as a special resolution the and every other argilable inch. The few days later when she went out and tried you may be washed bars, gural rely and inclusive of Verandaan above mentioned resolution.

earth shook, the akties became overcast, a few shot of Asia for practice.

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Dated the 11th day of November, 1915.

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and bursting fames. It was magnificent. a fas Lizzio's as the crow delight to tell of July our new Fleet assembled inady to It made you feel drunk with the ease you. She was so small and ad young that over the landing of the new armies and to of power that lies within these steel no one had oven taken the trouble to Mint Its efforts to break through the The EASTERN Dirios of the City baptise her, so she cried & zauber in lien Turkish lines by the fire of ita guna 1 is bounded on fe West by Cilmas Street B Bat the Turk, not being of an imaginab said to live on her

of mine. Her crew of evenly, eth hardly should have been brought about math and Poul Street. Kowloon is divided into fox in such a the EASTERN and WESTERN Divisions he room for tivo turn of mind, refused" to play the that they apparently hang on anywhere short space of time. It gave you tete in- by Nathan Road and a straikat, line draws our itirilia e from the North and through the Yaumati role assigned to him, and to run away they can. This litle craft came all the way sight into the extant of shrieking to Allah for mercy and pro-ng-da opder her own steam. "Iesit meet any new situation which may be of Kowloon.

esources and the ability of our Naty toj service reservoir to the Northern boundary- tax,tection against auch devilry. On the othe sea was fine, but what she'd do in The jew Fleet of moulton played as

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W. BOWEN ROWLANDS, trary, he sat tight in his trenches, na hegale God only knows, for the smallest saas important role on the necision of the new

Secretary, has done ever since, and succesfully come right over her decks. This is in landing at Bayla Bay on August 6, ad in Duted this lat day of October, 1915. resisted out infantry when they went for answer to my inquiry. The Turks mest the various ropassions which followed 1005 ward to the attack" ***

have regarded her arrival with mingled contacopt and amusements after their They cared with their fire the advance of Now, unless we carried the Straits by experience of the mighty Queen Elizabeth ar infanter Thoth a Anzac Savis, sod Bolles, Wettersking the coast, they cour de mas it was obvious from the others, but they sang a different tune commanded asargantage point and kept start that our Flest would not be cok when one fine day she went outside to to "remain indefnitcly of the const, be calibmate, and they found that this baby of the clife and hooked their attempts to

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