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MONDAY, MAY 1, 1916

THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

GENERAL TOWNSHEND COMPELLED TO SURRENDER.

(Beuter's Service to the China Mail)

MESOPOTAMIA.

BELEAGUERED BRITISH FORCE SURRENDERS.

SUPPIES EXHAUSTED.

LONDON, April 29,

15.4 2.

It is officially announced that

General Townshend's force ut Ķut

LATEST NEWS FROM

DUBLIN.

REPORT BY VISCOUNT FRENCH.

PETORTED SURRENDER OF REBEL. LEADER.

IL

Lospos, April 30. Visgant French in a timed

30 on Saturday supe

The sittich in Dublin this nor

ing is considerably improved, but the bas surrendered after il resistance whels are still seriously resisting in,

neighbourhood of Sackville of 14 days of ever menntable gallantry and fortitude,

Street.

THE CHINA MAIL.

NEWS FROM RUSSIAN FRONTS.

GERMAN ATTACKS IN MASSED FORMATIONS.

TURKS REFCUSED ÄT ERZINJAN,

HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED.

DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS.

At the annual meeting to be held 20th fuss, the direstors will recommend the following distribution of profita :-`

Divulund (42.05

shareh

per

Write of Plant Write of Saw Property Write of Old Property Write of Furnitureo, Place to Bemure Bonus to Sent Larry forward

#183,000.00 175,000,00 3,000,00 20,000,00 241.35

200,000,00 9,688.79.

| 110,558.422

RUBBER FROM WEEDS!

The latest triumph of German setence (says the Express" is the extraction of rabber from garden weeds. The announcement ;-

Cologne Gazette. is responsible for the.

"Thirty years ago (says the journal) Kasaner conducted some interesting ex- periments with our goose-thistle." common weed which is easily planted, and the productiveness of which can be Easily improved by cultivation The yiek in pure rubber quounts only to 318 per cent, it is true, but the quality of its lates or milky fluid is surprisingly high Fresh researches made by Grete and Linsdauer have, moreover, brought to light the lactuca viminalis," a stately ang-stemmed weed that grows wild both along the Danube and the Elbe In the second year of its life this werd puts forth numerous milk canes. On making an incision in these a sap, which at first is yellow and later becontes

PETROGRAD, April 20. A communiqu "reports German artillery activity at Tvinsk and in the region further smith, followed by infantry attacks in assed forma. tions. All these were abortive except one of small limensions which re- eaptured Gennan teenches which they had previously lost.

The Russians at Eizinjan, after ment ta-mortos, the can of current for brown, acades very freely, and when ex ropulsing Turkish attacks, drove backlighting purposes is reduced from 24 centsused to the air thickens into a remark- the enemy westwards.

per unit to 20 cents per unit as om rubber is equivalent to 1 per cent of

abig

tough texture. Its rieki in pare Iaf May..

its dry weight.

THE HERO OF VERDUN HONOURED.

Paris, April 29, The Frenely success in the battle) of Verdun has been marked by the pradation of General. Petain to be

Honour, with the War Cro-M

Grid Deer of the Legion of

THE CONSCRIPTION QUESTION.

Loxtos. April 29,

There segtas to be a disposition to

$384,480,30

As will be announced by advertise

TERRIFIC FIRE AT NANTAO.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

TAELS DAMAGE. »

One of the largest river front are that has occurred in Shanghai, say the 3. C. Daily Verge of the 23th ult. broke out in the early hours of yesterday morning at the Ningpo and Ningsha Wharf, and it was still burning after it hart been blazing more than twelve hours 19 impossible even approximately to

ENGLISH IN GERMAN.

A writer in the Londom Daily News understand there is a union of patriots pleged that for the future no the Home Secretary would put it) shall word of hostile origin ne association (S be allowed to s their lips. The pris

to anil ciple may be right. If so, no doubt it is merely reprehensible laxity on the

Part of the enemy that permits a Berlin paper

deyote a whole page to an advertise- ment of "Roverkont." should be explained is the name t Koverket. it [ of material "Koverkout Skirts

Gerrans have for a long time been fund of using old English Warcis in new meanings. For

Velvet

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sell biscuits and cult then "Cak in Berlin menn velveteen, and they stil

pelled to sarren for owing to the house-this fighting is rendering believe that the alternatives befors 1 China Merchants' wharves. The fire patriot, however, some years ago invent-

exhaustion of his sunglins,

his

Better surrendering he destrowed

is guastaud munitions,

The Post Oflige and a bhk of Buildings rust of Sackville Street have been destroyed by fin

There is much speculation regard-estimate the damage, but it is sale tois perfectly. iorqual tenninology. The ng the Government and the recruit-say that the low will run into hundreds The troops encircling the quartering situation.

of thousands of taek,

The scene of the fire is on the Chinese General. Tawnshend was eine However, are strádily 'ekasing in, but

Bund (Nunta) inediately above the "pregress, whow.

was confiar to the godowns and wharves ed a Teutic spelling, and advertised thy Cabinet are to bring in a Bill of the Ningpo and Singsha Cour pany, his English Keks," which brevity, or pa inuerliately conscripting all men Godowns. 3 and wore cumpletely desire to disguise as far as possible the between 19 and 41, or to defer suenestroyed with all their contents and ancestry of the

"Cex." Inco- Bill until they see how the new of rains with toppling walls, with long and Frankfurt and Colage fulminate yesterday afternoon they were a to the phonetics converted into sistently enough, the editors of Berlin. (voluultry effort surveeds,

tougues of fame leaping upward. The tirelessly against Engla Althongle it is reengnisert that both godowns were packed with general illuminateri by

by sach courses are, beset by diffenities, the merchandise to their fulle cupocity, Bluf Boycuttiren, and

and Boycot and there was also a large amount of tirang while tipe in the sense of opinion is generally expressed that

goods stored in the open on the wharves dignited company in Germany than in good advice, is admitted to much more the former is the ensler of the two. and pontoons, which together with the the land fits birth,

The Westminster Fazeti adunits ennnecting bridges were badly burned.. that it is writer,and unjust to con- script buds of 18 and the time-expired men without taking steps to bring in the unattested married men?

Thes are consists of 2970'e

of Edlands Sit and veg ringeď A party oldrebels has been driven

Barish and 6,000 Indian troops by guns mounted on seator-farvies.

and followers.

VERDUN

*150LATED ATTACKS RESUMED AT

VERDUN..

PARIS. April,2,

Today "s"comanarisque says?"

Th rebel leaders Peake, (repeated to have been wounded.

Subsequently it was imported that Pearse had survenereal usalition Jally sting that he was thesised

to beeept the same being as

llowers in Dublin. Augther lender, James Conelly, is reported të bavo hoen killed.

The Fourcourts districs will hel by the ebels is also being surround-

The French by a coup de main in od de a cordati of traps who are Argonne suptured a trench and man-gradually desing in on then. bers of prisoners,

GERMAN ATTACK OF AMERICAN, AMBASSADOR,

CoresHages, April 30: The Keile? Near Sachrighten, the organ of Prince Henry of Prussia and the extreme suaumrinists, kes En Thost violent back upon the

All information points to the Isolated attacks were resutned at rebellion in Dublin being on the American Anibassador AG Berlin, Verdun

verge of collapse. A consemble The newspaper declares that the The Germans anaño futile attempts number of rebels

ambassador favours war with ler- are prisoners to debouch against Hill 304:

Military custody.

0

Our batteries blow up an ommuri- bon depot.

Reports this evening from the rest

Being heenuse he represents a power ful group of multi-millionaires.

The same story is published bad.

of Iceland are generally satisfactory, Frust in the provincial Geeman Press. The enemy made violent artillery Conditions in Belfast and Ulster are

ARMY PROMOTIONS, preparation east of the Meuse and normal. Fondonderry is quite sutis- attacked under cover of an itens fuctory and the district within fifteen

Losbox: April 30 aurtain of fire westward of Thiano miles of Galway "is normal; but a

The Gazrite Announces that Major- mart, using liquid fire. We swept band of rebels is located between General Dobell has been warded the them with artillery and machine gun Acherry and Craughwell. Nineteen fice and defeated them with hanvy rebels have been captured and went

Another ack between to Queenstown.

repulsed.

K.G.B.

Major G. M. Orr, Lith Lancers,

CLOSING SHARE QUOTATIONS.

$732)

Bauk **Douglases

Indes Docks

*

The fire was first discovererst about) two o'clock yesterday morning by a watchman in No. & Godown. It had debtless been suguldering many hours, perhaps even since Saturday, it having Foriginated it is said, in some tuses of lotus seed. Shortly after the discovery a number of large enses of firecrackers raught, and soon after that the wholo godown was a furnace. The godowns were stored with cotton, heau oil, vegetable tallow, egg yolk, and in fact, almost every kind of merchandise, commonly found in leal water front To-day's Advertisements.

warehouses. Melted tallow inches | deep, Hooded The Band..

11

133)

118 6.

123 M.

Whorty

78 b.

NOTICE.

COMPANY

Inspector Mellows of the River Polies was early on the scene and bis launch rendered invaluable assistance, among INDOCHINA STEAM NAVIGATION other things assisting in tuwing off three steamers that were tied alongsicle opposite the burning godown. One of these bouts, the Chang On, of the Hong On Company, was badly scorched before she could he got clear of the wharf. The River Police lannch was at work the burning" buildings. alf day pumping streams of water into Brigule font.

wns the

BELAZING TALLOW, ON RIVERË.

has been appointed Assistant Ad central bell tower at 250 o'clock and The fire was first reported from the jutant-General with the tank of Chief Officer Pett inntediately went to Dountant and Vaux was easily Another band is reported entrench temporary Lieut. Columel. Cappin Nantoo, where he found that the large 1. S. Marshall, 95th Sikhs, and gorlown of the Hoong On Company, the ed at Enniscorthy, but the Police are Captain G. E. Mount: 63rd Infantry, one nearest the French Concession, was still holding out and roads and milhave been appointed Deputy Assist in Eames on the south end, and that a ways are clear to within four miles ant Adjutant-Generals. Captain B.quantity of wood and other material on

Fellows, Indian Army, retired, has been appointed to the General Darnage has been done to Barrow, Staff.

PARIS, April 30. That night's communique · sajs i The day was marked by artillery aclions. particularly in Belgium and Argonne.

"

The enemy in the Veriun region

bombarded our positions at Avocourt Wood, Hill 8044. south of the Baudró mont region, awl the foot of the Mense heights.

Our artillery everywhere countered enemy batteries.

of the town

#

Bridge, Dublin, of the South-eastern (Continued on Fags 3.) Railway, but it is not serious.

END APPROACHING.

LONDON, April 30...

LLOYD'S AND AMERICAN SHIPPING.

the wharves wus-abo whizze. At that time the Chinese brigade were work were the wharf coolies, the former working from the roadway, but the tire was making such rapid strides that, it was fast gaining on the wharf side, a the leeile jets used by the Chinees were. having little effect.

Three steamers were theu alongside,

In Dublin laat night there was tile marine is detained in home parts or On. These ships were in very grave At a moment when their own mereka- the Hsingming-shao, Vauzin and Chang every indication of the end of the interned in "foreign, it will especially danger not only from the fire on trouble approaching. Troops were annoy the Germans to know (saya the wharf but from the blazing molten continually arriving and there was London correspondect) that, as a result tallow that was flowing from the intermittent fighting to the disadvan-of the enormous expansion of its work in godown and under the wharves. This HOIST BY THEIR OWN PETARD."tage of the rebels.

the United States, the committee al Haming mass Acated on the water and Lloyd Register for the survey of ship-steamers had great difficulty in getting on the bund severni inches deep. The There was still some shelling ping han "decided to open a branch astab away, and would doubtless have been ENEMY OVERWHELMED BY THEIR the dentre of the City which is the lishment at New York. In this way its rore seriously damaged had it not

Sinn Fein stronghold.

surveyors at the different ports will be been for the assistance of the police and A few burning buildings are kept in closer tooth with developmenta. other launches. smouldering.

OWN GAS,

LONDON, April 80. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a communique, says:

The enemy's artillery was active to day.

We mided the German front

Arouches at Loos last night, causing several casualties.

IMPORTANT STATEMENT BE MR. REDMOND.

"

MEETING TO DISCUSS REPORT AND ACCOUNTS.

E

the undersigned shareholders, consider that the Report and

Accounts of the above Company require

early discussion, in order that concerted | Action may be taken by shareholders

the Final Dividend by the appropriation with reference to certain matters in the Accounts including the diminishing of of £30,000 for depreciation repairs and renewals. chaing of the Company's books at such adt also with regard to the short notice.

A MEETING will be held accordingly at the CITY HALL on WEDNESDAY the 3rd May at 4pm. when the and unregistered, win are dissatisfied attendance of all Shareholders, registered with the report be accounts or the closing of the register at short notice are carnestly requested to attend.

H. E. POLLOCK., LAZ CHU PAK V.H..

Mopy.

A. V. APCAR.

G-TINDALL

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NOTICE.

The fact that most of the vessels at pre- An there was every evidence that the sent in hand on the other side of the fire was to be a big one, the assistance Atlantic are being built to Lloyd's classi-of the S. F. B. was aaker, and their fre ficalion has more than core excited un-floats and the Honing, the Customs favourable comment in Amperies, especi- float, were soon at work, the 8. F. B. ally as the only national organisation of Boat being the firet to arrive. It was the kind is not patronised very eaten manned by the Deluge Company and al sively. At various times efforts have later by the Hongkow Company. The LosDox, April 29, 5.40 p.m.

been made to develop its activities, but Customs float deveted their attention the monstres designed for the purpose to the far side where the cotton godown The enemy carly to-day, after a

Mr. Redmond, in a most important have never got beyond the Committee of Messrs Tati, Sors and Co. was in statement, saya he has placed bum-stage in Congress. Both the Japanese five o'clock and the men from the two danger. The flames, were checked by heavy bombardment, under cover of self absolutely at the disposal of the and the Brazilian Governments have now companies were withdrawn at noon, but gis made two small attacks opposite authorities with whom he is in con, under consideration the advisability of the float and its crew were still at work WCEAALD MERCAR EZISTARD Hulluch, which were repulsed. The stent touch, and has instructed the Brith organivation, whose rules are

establishing societies at the lines of the last night gas broke back to the enemy Nationalist Volunteers throughout recognised as the most perfect of their bean wil stored in the wharves were Mr.BESTAMIS DAVID FLEXING BEITH trenches, and the Germans were seen Irland to hold themselves at the kind. moning back through our curtain of fire on front of 700 yards. Judging disposal of the military authorities. The Volunteers had already of their number of ambulances, the chemy lost considerably from our own accord mobilized to support the artillery and their gas.The grund troops...

by the

at the enemy's rear was

was coloured by gas on a front of a thousand yarns and to a depth of 3,000 yards.

A CABINET COUNCIL.

LONDON, April 39)

ting

There was much successful air work during the fine weather yester

but there was marked decrease

The Cabinet hold Where Werl two hairs.

only four fight and two German

here was alteratic

“Thore's not a young man left in Johannesburg and that is more than London can say," said Mr Julius Jeppe, of Cape Town, is describing the war spirit of South Africa He is Honorary: Consul Gener for Japan for British. Bouth Africa

FOR A LAME BACK

HEN you have pains the back bitha Chamberlain's Pain Balmi messiging with the path five minutes at each. dampen ʼn prece of flarmel

the

Some 600 or 700 barrels of wood and

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and

we

saved. That godowns Nos. 1 and No. 2 to men vur Firm per procuration from were not burned was due to the valiant this date work of the firemen and the assistance from the fonte.

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