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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1915

THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Leuter's Service to the China Mai.}

THE DARDANELLES.

SUCCESSFUL EVACUATION OF SUYLA BAY AND ANZAC,"

**INSIGNIFICANT CASUALTIES,"

GERMANY'S PRODIGIOUS WAR DEBT.

FERTINENT QUESTIONS BY THE *YORWAERTS."

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LONDON. Deel 20.

„ITAM AMIE TIT THE CHINA MAIL.

BARLIEN TELEGRAMS.

(Rauter's Cervics to the China Mall.)

GERMAN FLEET "SEARCHES FOR THE ENEMY,**

A. LUDIEROUS ANNOUNCEMEXT.

LONDON, Deo. 20. The German Admiralty announces: "Our flest last week searched the North Ses für the enemy and then cruised, to Skuge Rock, watching the shipping and examining fifty-two vessels. They scized one with contraband aboard," During the whole time the British Nayal forces

were nowharo visible."

The statement is preposterous, and is obviously intended for German con sumption to offset the losses in the Baltic.. 24

MAGNIFICENT RESPONSE.

CANTON ITEMS.

(From Our Dos Correspondent)

CANTON, Doc. 10,

REDUX OF KORTENNES

--..... ROSE WOOD CARPENTERS'88 THINK.

here furniture is made from wood The carpentarx employed in the shop

have established a sort of anion and have struck for higher waga. They walked out ab the same time in all the shops and

the matter. At last the proprietors appealed to the Chief of Police and he has ordered the police stationed it No. 4 station to investigate the trouble and aattle it in some way

NORTH RIVER ITEMS

(From Our Oven Corrupoadan".j

· A STRONGHOLD OF ROBBIES LOCATED. In a recent tour of three districts. I came

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THE QELY IKOLVAYF

TAYLORE

· ANGLICH

IN THE COLONY.

31. Queen's Read Central

Bros.

Lash month the Government set aside a in dose touch with robbers in a number large sum of money for the purpose of places. These bad characters ropezing the forts in and around Canton.pillaging the country. They had stolu General Lung bas now issued an order far women at one place and murdered susceptible of fature fitation and disease. appointing Mr Tong Kit Hoog to inspect agod mother in her efforts to rescue her all these places and report their condition daughter. Cow, were being taken at one to him. An order also forbids the com- placo, and at another place the travellers manders of the garrisons, to absent were upheld by the mad side and robbed themselves from their posts at any time. of their money and clothes, Othors were badly bruised. One of the preachers of the mountains and held for five days. He the Baptist Mission was carried away into was accused of helping the officials in locating those robbers. This prascher was that thane bad characters have gathered carried plose to the stronghold. He learned

in large numbers near the dividing line of Ying-tak, Ch'ong Lon and Wung Ngun dis- trista. They are strongly fortified in ona of the high mountains. They have a cip- tain who sends out hands into the outlying

beads receive half of all they can get, but sections who pillage day and night. Thess the other half goes to the captain whe in turn looks after their troubles. The Ying- tak Magistrate was doleg something to put the captain is caught. but little will be stop to the work of the bands, bas datil done to rid the country permanently of the trouble. No one Magistrate is bold enough to attack the stronghold where there are ported to be nourly two hundrað despers- dous in the mountain passes." The worst section is bear Talang Tong, some forty miles east of Ying-tak City. The leader Years. has wrought have in that section for many" "

Lesnos, Dec. 2)... Rrowing the recent speech of CALLING UP YOUNG RECRUITS.. there has been a good deal of troublanar The War Office neunces that all Dr. Helferich, the therma Finance troops at Suvla Bay and Anzue," Minister, the Formenta urges the with their guns and stores have been Gäveniment, to declare how the Moebusfully trust-tred with insigal money for the patient of interest ficant realties-to-another-sphere, and "for the redemption of the Wer of operations..

can be misest.

Lstant

It says the German war debt is The transfer of the British from how two thousand million sterling, Buvin - Ray and ** Anzne" wàe mi-all the interest on this unoants to expectedly successful. The circum one hundred million sterling a year. atances have given great relish and The redemption' will necessitate are regarded as loquent testimony another, twenty-five millions. to the skillness of the Military Landers, under the perfect guardian, ship of the Savy.

En grder to meet these and tho current expenditure the income of the Empire naist be more than doubled.

"

The withdrawal of such large mun- bers, possibly in the region The Forrigets concludes by say

undred thousand, is svilently "oning that the interests of consumers' of the greatest feats of the whole and industries defend the abolition of the huport, taxes after the war,

War.

.

...

It is presumed, as ne mention fund this would considerably rodvee made of Seldet Bahi, rlit the Allies the income of tertuang,"

inter to remain in occupier of the the zone, which is a sort of Utbmber

SERBIAN REFUGEES IN ITALY.

Bome. Dec. 20,

SUNK WITHOUT WARNING. " STORY OF RESCUED OFFICERS.

Loxpox, Dee. 20, Three offers of the steamer

AL

FIRE, DAPARTMENT, AT TALLAZAS. For some time tha Central Fire Depart

LONDON, Dec 20, welcomed in all quarters. There is no The calling up of recruita fe generally indication of the numbers available at: Great Britain is now eailing up the fourment has been stationed in the building of present, but it is pointed out that while youngest classes, Austria is already the Caston Navigation Co., or the Long calling up men of 46 years of age. The Band. But recently it was decided to Admirable spirit in which the first remove it to Tai Sha Tan where it is now well for the response of future lavien. recruits responded to the call augura installed. This looks a though Ta Shs

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THE MAGISTRACT,

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A Chinese woman was fined $30 or a

18 sticks of dynamite. month by Mr. Wood to-day for possessing

Wood today in cases of Chiness charged Fines of 820 and 25 were imposed by Mr. with using falso scales and eloth rul-a

Tau might coma into considerable prost minonce before very long.

DESECRATION OF A TONE. What Mr Iau Hing Toog was appointed Finance Commissioner for Kwong Tang, he removed the body of his mother from Hongkong to White Cloud Mountain, It contained many gold ornaments and jewels. had been whispered about that this setin

A few daye.ago some thieves removed tha

RUCCATIONAL AWAKENING..

An amah who was allegod to have taken coin in the night, broke it open, and stol of the grastess educational movements yet :

all the valuables therefrom. Mr Lau and his brothers bave been away from Canton for some time, on the Pan Yae magistrato

I found in the Wang Ngen distrier Das,

There is a movement well underway to seen in China, paparily in the interior. establish a college at Sam F Chin. This

advantage of the fire at Wanchai barly yesterday morning to steal clothing from her master, J. L. Marques, a clerk in the Great Northern Telegraph Co., liring four doors away from the fire, was triod-by Mr has taken it upon himself to try to detect place is well into the interior, a small place į Hazeland, this morning. The case was dismissed.

A Chinese charged with anlawfully possessing 11 tarls of pr pared opium covered with shrimps" prate at Kowloon Railway Station was this morning fined by

and punish the thieves,

EPAT DE DUTCH HOLLY ISLAND.

Since the last food the walls of Dutch Folly Jaland have been slowly breaking Kawo little by little. As this is an important place and the head vilces of the

but located in very fartile soction. Popular subscriptions were taken up early fin the year and now over twenty-two-thoes. and dollars have been raised. The buildings arc insgely built and great preparations aro

The Tribuna stoles that the Sur het, ported on the 7th inst.Me Haland $589, or two menths' hav] [ Chief of Water Police'ars situated there, being wide to open the college uext year.

bian refugees subo five arrived in the villages of Central Italy have keen snapathetically ceived. Many 'mcee fire"expectedly

GREEK ELECTIONS.

VENEZELISIS, COMPLETELY,

ABSTAIN FROM VOTING.

ATHENS, Dec. 20. effici!ly razed that the elections give M. Gounares majority.

stained from voting,

mouth on Sunday after kur days in as having been sunk, reached Ply

life-bout with 20 Lascars. The meta was attacked by a German submarine in the Mediter inean on the 1st inst." The first sign of the presence of the enemy was a quick suegersion of shots. The fourth entered the hold and the res sel begun to fill. ⠀

While there were embarking in ur life-boats the submarine con- tinued to fire on the ship: -

labour

A Chinose was charged before Mr Wood at the agistracy this afternoon, with unlawful possession of 29 taels. of opium. Me W. L. Stanton defended and, habitual opium smoker. He was going pleading guilty, said the man *34 Into the country for a month, and was taking a mouth'a supply with him. Defendant was Goed $1,020.

BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY;

AND THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM,

work on the repair of the walls has been iwtituted

he

spent the night with the directora whe were free to receive me and told in all

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Prasangers may sleep on board withoch additional sharge on reborn Kezdet

STE-MOSS WAXEN TRIPPR, about their phase. They are highly is THE EASTERN ASBESTOS CO.

ork the forces that will eventually clear infest much of South Chine the country of such abaracters as 'NOW

classes.

Mr. Hung Pue, a wealthy resident of the formed and Aggressive men. It we prosperous suburb known na Sai Chuen, indeed inspiring to see the enthusiasm withouta zon. So, as is customary in aachilling to put their actoy into the new bagarrived at the age ofsixty years and is still manifested by the leading man of the district. They have large plass and are cases, he adopted one of his nephews, whose enterprise to make it a scocess. In spite Game is Hang Liar. It appears this young of the rubians pillaging the untry in man is rather inclined to lead fast life some places, these men are starting to and la happier gambling and carousing than he has honest work to do. The other day sat in on a little garde till all his money was exhausted and then returned to his house and asked his wife to get some clothes. Also at Ying tak there is a movement to The Yenelists completely ab- Where the steamer was abandoned for publication the following letter

The Hon Colonial Secretary forwards to for him to pawn that he might be able to establish an Industrial School in connection the submarine officers called the addressed by Sir Robert Hadean, Chair. continue his game. His wife, who seems with the Ying-Tak Boys' School of the boats alongside and inquired the British Red Cross Society sad the Order of refused to allow this, and when the yeang is awakening large interests among all man of the Finance Committee of the to have a good stock of common sense, Baptist Mission. This Industrial. School name of the owners and destination Excellency the Governor on "the subject of part became abusire she called for thei St. John of Jerusalem in England, to His the contribution £1,200 sent from Hong, adopted father to coms and reckon wit's kong -

the young man. In the cause of the angiy 85. Pall Mall, London, S.V.

discussion that followed the boy pushed bis 17th November, 1315. SIR, I begon behalf of-Lord-Lans-

uncle agaicat a wall with auch violence that downe and the Finance Committee of the the old man was badly injured. The upshot of St. John, to express our warm thanks in the ancestral temple of the family where British Red Cross Society and the Order of it all is that the young man is to be tried to you for your cablod meauge of the 15th much punishment will be meted out sa is roceived through the Colonial Office, and thought proper to teach the young man not for the draft for £1,200, which has forwarded to sa at the same time from the to overstep legat bwandy again.

been Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpora tian. We bare seat to that Bank the formal acknowledgment which they require and I now have the honour to forward to the nate's boat headed for Tripoli.which the people of Hongkeng make to our you our official receipt for this contribution After four lays they were "picked up joint fund. by Swedish steaner and taken to Port Said.

f the ship and demanded the ship's papers, but were fold that these had been left on the liner.

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RUSSIA'S PLAN OF ATTACK.

Zchen, Dee. 20. A Bucharest relegram, saya the

The Commander of the submarine "Russians leave-apparently abandoned being apparently satisfied ordered une for the present their plans to attack-boats to proceed, after which Le Bulgaria. The movements of theirtinued the work of destroying the troops indicate that they intend to steamer.

The boats of the 'meta headed for Malta, & hundred miles distant, but got separated by a storm. Find DERMAN OFFENSIVE IMPOSSIBLEg that they could not reach Malta,

renew their attacks in Bukowina.

IN THE WEST.

PETROGRAD, Dec. 20.1 Colonel Selinsky affirms that any considerable German offensive in the Western Theatre is impossible, as the Germans are unable to detach sufficient trops from the Eastern Front.

BIG FIRES IN SCOTLAND.

LONDON, Dec. 20. A bonded warehouse at Leith, the contente consisting chiofly of tea. cofice, tobucco and whisky, has been destroyed by fire, the damage being 'estimated at $130,000.

Simultaneously a whisky store at Glasgow has been gutted, the dam age being estimated at £150,000, The neighbouring canal was verted into a river of fame..

con-

WAR RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE.

WHO PROFITS MOST-ENGLAND CR AMERICA?

WASHINGTON, Deo. 20 The British Government has sent

Hlavas Servire.)

AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE · SUNK

THE HAGCE, Dec. 19... An Austrian "sabmaring struck a wine at Gattaro, and sank with all bands.

THE ITALIAN OPERATIONS.

Boaz, Dec. 19.

Gimanocre, an overlooking and com. A communique says: We occupied mading position at Hastastico.

FRINCE OF WALES' FUND IN HONGKONG...

am desired by Lord Lansdowne to

THE PRICE OF VOTES IN HUPEH

According to the Election Law, ten

PANAMA-PACIFIC FAIR.

A Financial Success.

Francisco closed ois the 4th inst. with The Panama Pacific Exhibition at San from President Wilson and speeches ware appropriate ceremony. A massage was read delitated by representatives of the Exhibi tion Committee sad the city.

Eighteet. million persons visited the Exhibition and the fascial statement shows a surplus of a million dollars.

express the hope that you will, be so kind members are to be slected from the pro- To-day's Advertisements

as to 'commoriente an expression of our vince of Hupah for the Citizens' Conred- gratitude to

to all who have been concerned in making this generous contribution, and ation, the body whisk in to pass the For the same time I have to ask that you willment Constitution: There mambara sre Resept for yourself our best thanks for the to be voted for by the successful candidates very Lind interest which you have diephiyed

of the

RBT. A. HOCHOV, Chairman of the Finance Committee, His Excellency

Sir FRANU H. MAY, K.0.3.G.,

Governor of Hongkong.

1 Care Elections in the province, -

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over 40. Most of thes

PRINCE OF WALES' FUND IN HONGKONG,

in connection with our apreal, and for the electo a are now in the capital of the pro-ATA MEETING of the Committed of trombs which you have taken to fosure its rince and are reported to be engaged in A the Prince of Wales Fund held on succn.I bave, etc.

offering their respective votes for sale.the 16th December it was unanimously Some of the hotels in the provincial capital decided to Close the Food in Hongkong. are acting as agents."

Between the price of a vo's is 840; but whees a

principaut on the 31st December, 1915. middleman comes in the price ranges from $500 to $800. The Kuomintangpao states that

ceria Bunerman, who was to bay vote at 8310 a piece but without Tactain the Inte regime, has been trying | access, as the market price has been £zed by the brokers.-N. D Daily News.

ALICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL The Hon. Tresaurer of the Alice Memorial and. Affiliated Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the Hospitale→→→

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THE DOCKER AT THE FRONT.

Mr. Ben Tillett's Story of the Prince.

Mr. Ben Tillett, in a lecture at His Rutland presided, to some stories of the Majesty's Theatre over which the Duke of trenches.

THE HYSON CORDILLERE COLLISION..

DECISION OF TOKIO HIGHER

MARINE COURT,

Judgment in the spport to the Tokio Wo draw the attention of our readers to

Price and Captain K. Eakoma (pilīts) has Higher Marise Court by Captain W. EL. the sanouncement made in our advertise- ment columns to-day that the focal

boon delivered. toe young officer said to him: It's so Committee of the Prince of Wales Find jolly of you to come out here. We have judgment of the Oaks Blarine Court was According to the Japan Advertiser, the bed decided to close the Fund in Honga lot. I have been playing pitch-and-toss. Captain Fice but Captain Salama was bad a beastly uno, but the men here kune upheld-in regard to the decision against kong on the 31st December. The Monthly with them, and they cooked me every declared not rasponsible for the collision of the end of this month but the Hon. him, and every man in the trench loved Mesageries Maritimes la Costillare t Subscriptionists will not be went out time-Yeb-tab-officer had got gris in the Blue Fennellaer Hyem and the to the Government of the United Treasurer, Mr N. J. Stabb, will be glad to Dim, and would willingly Laya laid down the Inland Sen last Jan 17. Captain

Prion's licence as pilot in Sea

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States & memorandum denying. Press statement that British mer- chante are profiting by the war restrictions at the expanse of Ameri can trađe,

The Memorandum shows that the British trade with neutrale is in

finitoaima! as compared with the American trade. Statistics prove that American trade has been im proved rather than injured through

receive any sums up to 31st December.

GERM DESTROYER.

bis life for his dockers," said Mr Filletter be suspended for a month, and no ts ta

∙iffere

appointed to look after an office bear the costs of the case, 138,10."

That officer used to, pludge along the treaches rogardless of paddles or other hindrances. One of the man said to the other. It's all very well for bin (the officer); if he

if he gets killed he's all sight, bub

Gfs 1

That

young officer

what becomes of.

THERE is on danger antever frouw the Prince of Wales

lock faw or blood poison resulting.

from a wound when Chamberlain's Pain

Afother story was of

•

Bim in promptly Applied. It is an antisepelices, who was so annoyed at his men.

these diseases.

THE CHILDREN'S COLDS. WATCH the

calds and ours them beforethey weaken the vitality

rie and dentroys the germa which case being biped off that he offered ad for Use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy fres neal without restoration and in one third on, Fall," teid one to the other. Enner. 2008 botatoes, and costs but strife. It also causes wounds to every German killed. Ted of our beIt is perfectly anfe. It has been tested by the time required by the usual treatment Balls crown each, and there are 7,000 of For me by all Chemists and Storekeepers, snipers were elated at the offer, Come chemists, and pronounced free-fimo in. Vor eslaby all Chemists and Storekeepers them in front

N. J. STABB,

Hon, Treasurer.. Hongkong, Dec. 21, 1915. 1083

INDO.CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITEN.

THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the above Comp ny will be CLOSED from 28th irstant to 31st instant both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Lan

General Managers. Indo-Chins Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.

Hongkong, Dec. 21, 1915.

.1084

HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE,

NOTICE

E Committed bas decided that the Days for the year 1918

followion shall be the Settlement

FRIDAY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, TUESDAY WEDNESDAY: FRIDAY, TUESDVYA THURSDAY, FRIDAY, TUESDAY, FRIDAY By Order of the

28th January, 2th February 29th March 27th April 30th May 28th June," ***** 28th July, 2918

Auguste 28-4-September. 27th October

28th November 22nd December,

amitie,

EDWARD, M. RAYMOND,

Hong

hmgkong

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