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SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1916.

THE WAR.

LATEST

TELEGRAMS.

Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

FURTHER BRITISH PROGRESS.

**DELÝILLE WOOD WHOLLY

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LONDON, Jaly 27.

General Sir Douglas Haig in a com muniqué sa

Delville Wood is wholly ours Further progress has been made at Longueval and near Pozieres.

After avere fighting we drove the Bth Brandenburg Division from their remaining positions at Delvillo Wood, sapturing 3 officers and 158 men.

Two counter-attacks were beaten of with heary shem losk ~

Enemy gana last night were active against our new positions and there were heavy artillery duels in various sectors of the battle line.

Near Naive Chapelle small parties of Germans entered our front trenches at two points but were immediately driven out, leaving a few wounded.

We shelled the enemy front line and communication trenches north-east of Souchez and at several other points.

ON THE FRENCH LINE.

RUSSIANS CLEAR A TRENCH,

PARIS, July 28-

A communiqué says:

A German attack west of Thisamout was completely checked by heavy artillery fire.

A Russian feconnaissance at Auboruk In Champagne sleared an enemy crench with grenades and took prisoners.

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AERIAL FIGHTS.

Numerous aerir fights took place. Two German aeroplanes were, felled in Somme, one at Verdun, and another wrecked in the Vosges

French aeroplanes bombed the railway north of Tegnier and the station at Chauny, enemy, convoys and military establishments.

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

STRONG NIGHT ATTACKS REPULSED..

Rowe, July 28, A communiqué states that strong night attacks in Point Valley and Setti Commufi have been repulsed. with heavy loss.

BULGARIANS DRIVE BACK SERBIANS.

SALONIKA, July 28.

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BELGIAN SUCCESS IN EAST AFRICA.

BIG CAPTURES.

LONDON, July 28

THE CHINA MAIL.

"EARLIER » TELEGRAMS.

THE BRITISH ADYANGE

A GAIN OF 24 SQUARE MILES.

AMERICAN CABLES.

[FROM THE ANLA

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"DEUTSCHLAND" HELD UP

DELAY OVER INSURANCE OF GOLD BUSTION IN CARGO,

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LONDON, July 277 A correspondent at Eleadquarters says.

WASHINGTON, Jậy tr that the British forces since the 1st

The Gurman submarina Deutsch inst have captured and consolidated 24tead" is will at Baltimore, the depar square miles of ground in the Somme sure on the return trip to Bremen having been delayed because of the negotiations over the insurance, of the gold bullion which forms part of the cargo.

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THE EAST AFRICAN OPERATIONS GOVERNOR OF NEULANGEN

BURG KILLED.

LONDON, Jaly. 27. An official report from East Africa states that General Norshey on, the A telegrams from Korogwe states that 4th inst, expelled the southern German the Belgians have occupied Maria Hillberg's crew, from a strong position mid force, including the bulk of the Komiza a hundred miles south-west of Munnis way between Neulangenburg sari Lake Victoria, after successful progress Iranga. along the west of the Lake where thay eaptured a thousand porters of an enemy.convoy with loads of rifles, munitions and supplies, defented an" enemy force of 600, and captured 4,000 natives.

altogether the Belgians have taken prisoner 190 whiten

THE DARDANELLES AND MESOPOTAMIA COMMISSIONS.

AN AUSTRALIAN COMMENT.

MELBOURNE, July 29.

The enemy, after several strong but unsuccessful counter-attacks, retired to warte Iranga, abandoning a 4-inch howitzer and two machineguna.

The Governor of Neulangenburg, who was captured, has died of a wound.

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

Rowe, July 97.

A communiqué states:-The enemy is stubbornly resisting, in strongly- entrenched positions, at the wood north of Monte Cimone. We, however, bave made some progress.

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THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

SAK HAKOFF'S NINE-DAYS'

CAPTURES.

The Argus regrets the appointment: of the Dardanelles and Mesopotamia

PETROGRAD, July. 28. maique states-General Salt Comraissions and suggests that the baroff has captured 31,000 Austrians and Cominionwealth Government should Germans, 43 guns, and 71 machine guns infonu Mr. Fisher (High Commis-in the fighting between the 16th and doner of the Commonwealth

25th July. ic London) that it does not desire a seat on the Dardanelles Commission.

PETROL AND MUNITIONS The stores captared at Erzinjan and

It says "Fight" on!" is the Aus-vicinity include 18 tons of petrol, huge tralian watchword. Nothing quantities of munitions, and a hospital

matters.

THE FOOD QUESTION IN HOLLAND.

AMSTERDAM, July 29.

The Handelsblad says the Minister of Agriculture has intimated that is necessary to seize all wheat, oats and barley for feeding purposes and bus ordered the purchase of all eoru in the fields at fixed pricus.

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with 800 beds.

BRITISH STEAMER ATTACHED ́IN NEUTRAL, WATERS.

CHRISTIANIA. July 27. Crowd of people stationed on the hilla saw a German auxiliary cruiser, disguised in Swedish colours, attack the Wilson liner Eskimo in territorial waters.

BLACKLISTING AMERICAN PIRMS,

A PROTEST.

WASHINGTON, July 27 The Government of the United States has cabled to Great Britain protesting ANGLO-RUSSIAN SUEMARINE BASE against the blacklisting of firms in the United States as an invasion of neutral righta,

BOMBED.

LONDON, July 28.."

A Berlin communiqué says that a Zeppelin has bombed the Russo- British submarine base at Aaland Islands.

SENTENCE ON MR. GINNELL M.P.

Lokros, July 28.

Mr. Ginnell, the Nationalist M. P.

THE IRISH PROBLEM..

NETTLEMENT BY CONSENT SOUGHT.

LONDON, July.27.

A new Unionist. movement in favour of an Irish settlement by consent was inaugurated at a meeting in the House of Commons yesterday.

Sir Edward Carson supports the

movement.

HOOSIER POET DIES.

TOBAGOÓ" DUTIES.

A NEW SCALE

The Goresent Galette to-day contains the following Orlor made by the Gaver nor in Council under Section 8 of the Tobacco Ordinance, 1916 —

It is hareby ordered that the duties the Tobacco Ordinance, 1916, shall ceas imposed on tobacco under Section 6 of to be payable as from the date of publi cation in the Gereffe of this Order and that following duties shall be substitutst therafor

(a) Cigure valued at not less than 80 per lh, and angf of whatever

value,

$1.50 per lb. (b) Cigars valued at leas than 220 per b. and not less than 1 60 per 1b.,

INDIANAPOLIS, July 23. James Whitcomb Riley, the fameus(e) Hoosier poet, whose verse has made him

during the past 30 years, died at his home

one of the fornicat American writers)

in this city rowley,

James Whitcomb Riley was born an Greenfield. Indianapolis, in 1838, and at(e) the time of his death was years of age

N.Y. STRIKE BROKEN.

WasmNazos, July 21. The Newport garment workers, who have been striking for higher wages and for improved working coplitions are

turning to work!

THE PHILIPPINE BILLJ

WASHINGTON, July 23. The House and Senato conferees on the Jones bill' have come to an agreement on the Philippino measure as passed by the Rouse. The House members accept. ed certain nuner amendrachts proposed by Senators on the conference committee. and in this form the bill is to be reported favourably to both houses.

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Republicans will fight the tooth and mail but it is predicted, that the passage of the bill is cartsin.

It is to be taken up next week and is next to the lust on the list of monstres

which the Eemocratie souers has decided this session of to push through as Congress.

SPORTING.

TENNIS.

VANGUARD ROWLoos Co.

Played on Thursday on the Hongkong CCS ground and won by Vanguard by 18 gamel Score →

nd Lock beat Vanguard Manley and Brawn and Abraham 9-2; beat Wolff and Cooper & lost to Christian and Foster 4-7

Grose and Anderson best Brawn and Abraham 7-4; beat Wolf and Cooper -3 lost to Christian and Foster 4-7, Roberts and Lo lost to Brawn and Abrahan 5-6 beat Wolf and Cooper 4 lost to Christian and Foster 65. Totals: Vanguard 56: Kowloon 43.

AN AMERICAN CLAIM AGAINST

CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

COMPENSATION OF 92400,000

TO BE PAID.

Tobacco and cigarettes valued at not less than

cigarettes valued at 81.60 per h Tobacco, cigura and

less than $1.80 per la and not less than 81.10 per

Tolacto cigars Anl cigarettes Palace an less than $1.10 per lb. and not less than 60 centa per Ib

U) Tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, of any other kind not herein ather- wise provided for

WAR OFFICE EXPENDITURE.

ASTONISHING CHARGES.

Mr Ashley, the Unionist Member of Blackpool, severely criticised recently the Financial Departments of the War Office, and produced a number of instances in which he claimed that there had not been Aufficiently strict control over expendi

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He complained, for example, of the expensive quarters of variona head- quarters stads-a big new building în Pall-mall, the most sumptuous conatry house in Norfolk, ed. What was the need of it he asked. Why should not more modest quarters salice for the generals and their statis? Mr. Ashley

estimated the cost of Norfolk house at £20,000 a year. Mr. Harry Forstor replying for the War Office, said it di not cost more than a fifth of that wom. He took personal-responsibility for the choice of the Pall-mall building: it was: essential that the beaiquarters should be within conversation distance of Whiteball. But Mr. Ashley's principal onse was directed against the cost and percentage stem of contract. It was most wasteful he said, and no check could be put on the contractors. Mr. Forster said he entirely agreed, but assured the House that, apart from the big hutments contract, there were only three cres in which is had been resorted to. One was in connection with the supply of anti-gas helmets totally new article-where the agreed percentage over cost was only 2 1 3. another, was for 5 per cent, and the third was in connection with a contract for surgical, decesings. As for the hulments, Mr. Forster said that the contractora would not undertake the job on any other basis, as they could not be sure of their supplies of wood, and he pointed out that enough huts had been put up to acent- modate the entire populations of Mam chester and Leeds. Mrs Ashley had spoken of these particular contracts ne amounting to about seven or eight, millions of money; Mr. Forster said that as he was now in negociation for the rovision, he would rather not state the

An official statement, anya that who was recently arrested under the THE MESOPOTAMIA COMMISSION: to the latter for the cancellation of a precise figures, but he would gladly do

the Serbian troops Jave been driven Defence of the Reim Act, bas heep. tack by Bulgarians in Greek ter. fined £100, with the alternative of six zitory, north of Vedenn, after a sharp weeks' imprisonment. engagement.

NO CHANGE IN MESOPOTAMIA.

GERMAN ANXIETIES.

In the course of some remarks inde

at a dinner of neutral Prese correspon

dents in London last month Lord North-

LONDON, July 28, General Sir Percy Take reports that the situation in Mesopotamis is uncliffe said changed, except that two gunboats were fred on in the Euphrates in the neig? bourhood of Khidir. They replied, Inficting casualties. Our losses were one, Naval officer and five men.

BRITISH MERCHANT CAPTAIN SHOT!!

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FOR ATTEMPTING TO RAM" A GERMAN SUBMARINE.

AMSTERDAM, July 28.

A Berlin oficial statement says that Captain Fryatt, of the Great Eastern Company's steamar Brussels, which was recently captured by the Germany, has been shot for attempting to ran Submarine 233

BOUNTIES FOR BRITISH SUBMARINE GREES.

LONDON, July 28

"Another of Mr. Asley's remarkable

Referring to a dispute between the Government and an American company regarding the payment of compensation Large order for bank notes for are so later on. The House of Commons has adopted a vernacular contemporary is responsible charges related to the War Office refusal

under the Hung Reien Imperial regime, an amendment to the Mesopotamia for the statement that the Government of the London-General-Omnibus Com Commission, to first enquire into the has agreed to settle the dispate by pay paay's offer at the beginning of the war. provision made for the sick and woundeding the sum of two million four hundred This refusal, he said, had skeady cost and to report the result before proceed thousand dollars to the Company the country anything from hall to ing with the rest of the enquiry, compersation, payable in thirty equal thres-quarters of a million, and was due annual instalments of $80,000-Peking PAY OF CAPTURED OFFICERS OF Gazette.

THE INDIAN ARMY,

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LONDON, July 28.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Charn berlain atated-It has been decided that.

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to the action of the contracts department. PRICE PER CASE 1 DOZEN QUARTS DUTY PAID $82,00 though the Quartermaster, General'e Department had advised the acceptance of the offer. But hero, too; Mr. Forater was able to give another version of the story which pata difgrent complazion upon the transaction.

The most piquant instance adduced by ft. Ashley had to do with the supply of ammunition. boxes. He said that at the outbreak of was the Government placed

contract for million as a Gesch.

VICTOR CLIQUOT

SPECIAL DRY

for the militarism of the Prussians, Personally I do not think it possible whom I know well, and amongst whom I have sojourned much to be anything India officers of the army taken prisoner,

Following in the finding of the but annihilated by Russia France

after 61 days full pay, will receive fall Collector of Customs at Manila in the Belgium, Italy, Japan, Serbia, and Montenegro. I have never been misled 235, of their tank plus half the staff pay case of the Chinese Prince on the owners by the philosophy of the Germans or by attaching to their ordinary employment of which ship he imposada fins their military skill. It is quite easy to the total averaging about five-sixth of aggregating P50,000 for non-delivery of be skilful in anything if you have 40 their full ordinary emoluments. Staff 2,000 packages of cargo taken off the years to prepare for it, and while 1 officers still on the cadre of a regiment ship by the British authorities at The second contract was placed at 35. PRICE PER CASE 1 DOZEN QUARTS DUTY PAID $44.06 believe the war to be a matter of very will be treated similarly to regimental Penang very slow progress-it takes a long time oficers. The decision will be retrospec 1. The master failed to produce a cath, and A. Abley added that his to build a big gun, and it takes .4 year to build the first two guns of tive from the beginning of the war. receipt or proper list of the cargo said inform told him that the boxes might that type I edn 500 the effect Family allotments will be adjusted to have been removed at Penang, or to wall have been made for 14. 24. eacli among the German chiefs. There is accordingly. No alteration is proposed otherwise properly account for all cargo Mr. Forater, however, hai no knowledge anxiety as to the way the war is going regarding officers of British Regiments in his custody of the transaction, but promised to look It is not yet to be seen with the German mob History has proved that they are

The master apparently did not into it The Financial Secretary's

· INDIAN APPOINTMENT submit, in the intercate of consignees, general reply was very skilfully made, the most anally led people in the world. But looring at them through

and retain an authenticated copy to and if it did not altogether acquis the papers, speaking as a newspaper

present the port of destination, a War Office of lavish spending, it certainly I see a different German attitude from

formal written protest addressed to the soned down very materially the high authorities said to have been responsible colours in which Mr. Ashley had painted for the removal of a part of the Manila bie picture of inadequate financial

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LONDON, July 28. Mr. Reginald Richard Enthoven, the attitude this time last year, and C1E recently acting Deputy Controller from the attitude of the first mix wecke of the Import Restrictions Department

of the war. You find the attitude of i German

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U.BA ARMY EXPENDITURE

1916, ks, first, contempt for anything appointed Controller. The Bal having that may be going to happent, such as granted the necessary leave. the Economic Conference in Paris, then LONDON, July 28unxiety, and later there is engerness to The Prize Court has awarded bounties explain to the German people that there is "nothing in it. The sititude of the of 24,300, £1,000 and £625to submarine German Press towards the Economic

WASHINGTON, July 21. Eff, commander Naismith, V.C., EF and Conference of the Allies in Paris is to The Senate has passed &. Bill authoris E16, for binding a Turkish battleship, indicative of one of the many anxieties the Army, This is a third more me and to many other people plainly ing an expenditure of 8312,000,000 on gunboat and torpedo destroyer in the they are feeling.

than was voted by the House ""; of Bea of Marmora, a 4,000-ton German

Representatives zmed auxilliary cruiset off Borkam, and a 3,000 ton German auxilliary ermser off Heligoland, respectively,

OPIUM AND COCAINE PROHIBITED.

GRAMP COLIC.

need of suffering from enumpa in tomach; or intestinal pains. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera sad. Diar Schón: Remedy cover fails to relieve

most severe case Get it today ther July 28.

will be no time to send for it alter the and attack coses on Forslo by all her

cakeepers.

BLAZON TYPE NOT NECESSARY

HAMBERLAIN'S Colie, Cholera and Diarthon Rentedy need glaring beading to attest the public eye. This simple statement that way It has m

in failing to present to the insular collector of customs within the 24 hours after the arrival of his command" in Manila, the customary: marine protest relative to the removal, or alleged re meval, of pars of his cargo in Penang.

CLOSING SHARE QUOTATIONS.

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The Japanese Government is

stock at the Zoo and among the consignments to Kobs on the Sang were two, splendid haboons, well, do x number of beautifully coated parrots.

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