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MONDAY, JANUARY 8 1917.

·RHEUMATISM'S PAINS.

-SOME KNOWN FACTS. There are many things that are still Most unknown about rheumatism. treatments" of the discrtiar are far from

Hughes & Hough satisfactory, and though doctors realize

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this nobody is more painfully aware of ic than the sufferers themselves.

tendency te rheumatisan once established, the acute pains are liable to return with every spell of bad

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE WAR.

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(Continued from Page 5.)

SUNDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

wenther, showing that the poison is still (Router's Service to the China &fail.) in the blood, awaiting favourable conditions to become active and causo trouble.

One fact is known and acknowledged by all medical writers, and this is that the blood is rapidly thinned when the rheumatic poison invades it Building up the blood by means of the well-known Dr. Williams Fink Fills is the best remerly for rheurestian, as the blood se enriched is able to overcoma or throw off of the disorder. Lembake

the purse, theumatism in the muse is, of course, of the back and less and should be trested similarly.

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The Ravenna Cruiser

"KUNG TING "

she now lies on Ocksen Island,

· Extensive repairs were made to this Vsel quite recently.

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MARTEPS:

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1917 THE YEAR OF

VICTORY.

THE BIGGEST WAR CONFERENCE.

'ALLIES' REPRESENTATIVES IN ROME.

Loxos, Jan. 8. Mr. Lloyd George's arrival in Rome, was a big surprise.

THE WESTERN THEATRE.

THE ENEMY RAID NEAR LOOS.

LONDON, Jan. 5. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-

THE NEW BRITISH WAR LOAN.

BIGGEST LOAN IN HISTORY."

HEROIC BRITISH FLYERS.

A FRENCH APPRECIATION OF THE R.F.C. AT THE FRONT.

Under the title of English Aristor

Who They Are and What They Do.** the "Matin" recently publishud an

Loyoos, Jan. 5. An enemy riding party entered our

The forthcoming new great war

appreciative article from which the nas southward of Loos, where there loan is assured of a most favourable

following quotations sro-takan was heary tighting. The enemy was reception, not only by financiers but The English aviators are entrusted with speedily driven out, leaving a number by the public generally. The terms the same mission to the French. The The French party includes of dead. Some British are missing have not yet been announged, but

We successfully exploded a mine the prospectus is expected in the they obtain the samo glorious resulta, and same halo of brilliancy encircles them," Brand (French Premier), General Lyautey (French Minister of War) northward of Givenchy and bombarded next few days. Sufficient is known and M. Thomas (French Minister of trenches opposite Lea Boeufs and

which distinguishes them from their Munitions while General Paliumina Gueudecourt, westward of Gommecourt to make it certain that the loan will set there is an indefinable something" be highly attractive, affording a long French colleagues. What is this elusive and in the neighbourhood of Hill 60. dated investment, with a "rate off represon Russi

(The exaggerated idea of the incident interest highly remunerative. There quality which enables cop, to distinguish The fact that Roins has been Relook for what is likely to be the published yesterday, saying: “We pene is a general belief that there will also the nationality of, the aviator on merely bearing the details of an aerian exploit ? biggest War Conference has aroused trated the fourth line and indicted sangbe other attractions of a minor but I think it is because our Allies carry on gregs enthusiasm in Rome, where uinary lower on the English," is a good substantial character. Part of the aerial warfars in a more sporting thes Mr. Lloyd George is already a popu-/example of the npprasio veri, auggestio |loun "will be issued with dividetas military spirit. They regard all encounter PARIS, Jan. 6.

lar hero, is garded as the most si clar eter of enciny reports.-E.] General Nivelle, Commander-in-Ringible proof to the whole world of

she absolute (accord of the Allied Chief on the Western Front, in a New Year address to the Army, said :

GENERAL NIVELLE'S NEW YEAR MESSIGE.

"You can look back on the past You amaahad your with pride. Germany's biggest onslaught i Verdun, and you proved your STOP growing superiority on the Somme. In rivalry with your British com. rades you will make 1917 a year qi riotory."

THE PEACE QUESTION.

CONFERENCE OF ENEMY

LEADERS.

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 8. The Archduke Frederick und General Hoetzandorf (Austrian Chief of Staff) lunched with the Kaiser at Headquarters. There were also present the Crown Prince Baris of Bulgaria, General von Hindenburg THE KAISER DISAPPOINTED AND General Ludendorff, and General

Jekoff (Bulgarian Chief of Staff).

The Kaiser bestowed the Order of Merit on the Archduke.

ANGRY

AMSTERDAM, Jen. 6 Itistically announced that the Kaiser, in an Order to the Army and Nary, states:

Our enemies have refused my offers of penee. They desire Ger many's destruction. Before God and humanity I declare the heavy respon- ibility for further terrible sacrifices resta on our enemies who do not want the understanding offered by me. With God's help our

will enforce it."

arms

GERMANY'S TERMS COMMUNI- CATED.

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 6.

The "Kolnische Volkszeitung" statan that Germany's peace terms have

RUSSIAN ATTACK NEAR

RIGA.

ENEMY REPORT.

LONDON, Jan. 6 A German ofcial report, received by wireless, mys:

nour Lods conveyed in an enemy report

ARTILLERY ACTIVITY IN MOEVRE,

INDON, Jan. 6. The French communique states that there W33 considerable reciprocal artillery activity on the Woevra front.

AERIAL BOMBARDMENTS ON THE

SOMME.

LONDON, Jan. 6.

A French communiqué records aerial berbarilments of "serodromes,

and ammunition dings; icatly on the my stations,hutments, bivouacs Somime front.

THE IMPERIAL WAR CABINET.

THE REPRESENTATION OF

INDIA

The Im

free of income tus.

LATER. It is officially announced that the now war loan will be sued on Thursday.

LATER

The issue of the biggest loan in story has dwarfed all financial questions....

in the air with their abhorred enemies se an exciting and thrilling experiance. And they observe the rules of the game with stringent and knightly courtesy,

This mode of action, while permitting our Allies to obtain remarkable results; has also the inconvenience of augmenting The combat in the ain, is their losses. often unequal, the Eaglishman will zob The secret of the conditions is still bonitate to attack ringle-haded tec ́or He bring down carefully guarded, but the confidence twelve Germans.

the market is shown in the facs several, but is often besten himself in that the price of gilt-edged securi. the loog nu by fores of numbers. The es has been steadily rising this English, with perfect hyalty, siste in week. ".......

their feial commaniques the number of their aeroplanes witich do not return se. their base. In September they lost 18 avions, brought down 53 enemy machines The French and daringed about 100, during this mouth brought dowa 36. damaged 37. Un their lusses' werd very much less.

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The general idea is that the Toan will yield 53 per cent.

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The Times forecasts that the Loan will be unlimited in amount, and it expects that with conver sions and new money it will repre- sent the unprecedented amount of £2,000,000,000 (ra Thousand mil lions of pounds sweling). “

In expectation of a rugh the Bank of England has engaged outside pre- misea. It is estimated that the prospectuses, etc., will require 300 tone of paper and will cost £13.000.

AN-INDIAN APPOINTMENT.

LONDON, Jan. G General Sir Edmund Barrow has

LONDON, Jan. 6. Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India, in an interview with ja representative of Reuter's said he was in, correspondence with the Viceroy regarding the election of The Russians attacked and pene. two representatives of India on the trated our positions in the region Imperial War Cabinet. between the coast and the Mitau-perial Government's formal recogni- Riga high road. We, counter-attack- tion of India's great assistance in the been appointed a member of the Coun- war position of the Empire would cil of India in succession to General Sir ing, took 900 prisoners.

give great satisfaction in India and C. C. Egerton. would be well received in the Domi- The Timer states that General Bar nions. He had received communica.row's appointment is unusually interest tions from Dominion soldiers, especi-ing is the present circumstar.ces and career in the Indian Army. He has in Gallipoli, highly praising the borne the brunt of much of the hearY gallantry of the Indian troops and additional work cast upon the India the devotion of the Indian bearer Office by the employment of Indian

troops in so many theatres of war.

DEEDS OP ZAHOISMO But arvellous are the deeds of humniam insurited sach day in the annals of the Royal Flying Corps. I will site a few of them.

Cho August 11, Bring a reconnaissance in Egypt, in aeroplane was attacked by two enemy machines. A bullet broke the English pilot's jaw, another pierced his shoulder, a third found a resting place in his left leg, and finally his left hand who also wounded. He fainted, regaining Conscioustics when paly 150 metres above the earth. He was over his own lines.

He brought his machine safely to land. and then found that his observer was

wounded in the chest and shoulder. With

difficulty he made his report, fainted and

| already been communicated to President CONTINUED FIGHTING INally of the forces which were engaged fittingly crowns most distinguished Ball noticed twenty enemy seroplanes,

Wilson.

RUMANIAN REGION.

AMERICAN SENATE "DISAPPROVES CAPTURE OF BRAILA ANNOUNCED. | companies.

PRESIDENT'S NOTE

LONDON, Jan. 3. WASHINGTON, Jaa. 5. A wireless German official messago After debate lasting three days states that Germans and Eulgars bays the Senate rejected the motice approvesptured Braila, and adds that the ing President Wilson's Note to the Dobradja is now cleared of the enemy. Powers, and then adopted a Republican

LONDON, Jan. 6. resolutico approving merely the Pre- sident's request for peace terms.

NO FURTHER PEACE NOTE The State Department states that NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE President Wilson foes not contemplata

the issue of another Pence Note...

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I-Aatherbed Cpital £8,000,000 Babecribed Capital £4,000,000

SHIPS BUNK.

LONDON, Jan. 6.

The following ships have been sunk The atomers Leon (French), Odda (Norwegian), San Leandro (Spanish), Dimitrios, Goulandros, Aristotelis and Cianasow (Greek),

JURIOUS INDIGNATION, IN SPAIN. The sinking of the San Leandro has Paid-up Capital £2,137,500 excited farious indignation in Spain. -Fe Fand 8,837,047 The Spanish Government has already - Life & Annuity Funds... 17,667,500 repeatedly and vehemently protested Staking Fund Adxunt

128,230 against the sinking of Spanish vessels.

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£23,970,367

Gant.' Woollen Singlets and pants, Shirm, Ties, Sweaters, Socks, &c, a few Rareuse Blza-Branch-murrer £2,387,456

Life and Stauity i pair Lady's and Gent's Boots and

2,141,593 Branches......ers Robes Shoes, Bath

and Gowns, Ravenne Marine Department... 37,236 Costerpanas, Blankets, Bath and Face Other Receipts.... Towak, Toilet Soap, &c, &c.,

A quantity of Dress Material, Sud and traw Hats.

Terms --Cush

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· Hengkong, Jan. 4, 1917.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

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Undersigned have received structions to sell by Public Auction

•CHOK LUGDUNT OR A ODBCKENED),

10/22

AN EARLY DÁTE

The following LIGHTHOUSE GEAR &c. key, viz

--Dae peculting apparatus, completa,

Circular "wick lumps.“

pare barners.700

Cylinders and wicks

eandescent Petrol

purtenances

And

A quantity of gear pertaining te

ssing Buoys,

Anumber of Locomotive wheels and

perticalars may" be damino the undersigned.

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Ang 14,

A German official report, received by wireless, saya.:

We defeated and drove back Rus- sian batalions) zorth-east of Kirli- bato.

ENEMY CASUALTIES

IN 1916.

LOBBES IN FRANCE ALONA ESTIMATED AT A MILLION.

LONDON, Jan. 5.. Reuter's Correspondent at the French Headquartere states that the Allies in General Mackensen tormed 1916 took 582,423 prisoners, exclusive strong position from Tartar of thoas taken in Egypt and East Africa. Rimniceni, ptured villages and The French took 78,500, of whom odvazeed towards the Sereth

26,660 were captured at Yerdan and Furiber it to the south÷emas wa 51.840 on the Somme. Tho. British captured Olabeasca, Zulianca and took 40,500, the Italians $2,250, the Maxineri, aur advance guards recck-Russians 400,000 and the Macedonia ing the Serth in Dobrudja. Galatz Army 11,173.

Estimates of the enemy's total is being subjected to our fre

Casualties in Francs during 1916' place. them at a million.

FAMOUS GAME HUNTER KILLED IN ACTION.

THE MACEDONIAN ERONT.

SUCCESSFUL BRITISH OPERATION.

LONDON, Jan...8.

A French communiqué reports bad weather in Macedonia, where there ia lively mutual artillery activity.

The British successfully operated against Kupri, near the Seres Demirbisser railway

British Fleet bombarded Akarvike, Semuntoltos, south of

THE INVERNIA" CASUALTIES.

478,940

LONDON, Jan. 6.

The The Admiralty announces that the 25,833,228 final number of the rank and file missing

from the transport feernia, torpedoed Orfano. in the Mediterranean, is 85.

Tie Ashumziative Funds of the various Branches are separately forested, and, by Act of Parliamont, are set aside to most the claims under the respostive Depart mbent the Company's Busino

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OF THE WEEK

THE KITCHENER MEMORIAL FUND.

LONDON, Jan. 6.- The Kitchener National Memorial Fand now exceeds £400,000.

LOSING WEIGHT BY THE POUND

Under Weight, a condidan. of ill-Gealth, shows your sosim. Hatice powers, are docreásing.

WATERCURY'S

METABOLIZEDAZ32 COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND

THE SITUATION IN GREECE.

GREEK RESERTISES IMPEDE [ROYALIST TRANSPORT.

LONDON, Jan. 6.

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LONDON, Jan. 6. Mr. F. C. Salous, the famous hunter of big game in Africa, who has been serving in the Legion of Frontiersmen in East Africa, has been killed in action,

[Mr Schus vna 65 years of age, and his life for the past forty-fire vents had been one of adventure as a hunter of big game.}

BRITISH TRADE RETURNS FOR 1918.

"LONDON, Jan. 6,- The trade returns for 1916 are s followi

Importa Exports

6949,153,679... £506,546,212.7%

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RAJAHS AND THE RED. GRÜSS

SOCIETY..

LONDON, Jan. 6

A zumber of beautiful presents have been received from Rajahs for the great Red Cross Sale at Christie's at the end

of March

COALITION GOYERNMENT FOR AGSTRIA.

During bombing mission Lieut. Albers divided into three groups. He advanced towards the first group, which contained

sevon machines, and fired on them. at a distance of ton yards. The first German wavered, wheeled and fell. He ther threw himself upon the others, fring two volleys at them. The first Boche took firo and fell. The others attempted to escape, but our pilot immediately started, in pursuit and followed them until he had discharged his last cartridge, one of the enemy machines falling on a house, in a village Ball then returned for more munition came back to the charge, and attacked three more adroplanes, which ha put, out of sction then, having no inore petrol, was obliged to return to his base with his machine disabled.

Attacks on trains are very popular with the RF.C. In spite of the bad weather Lieut. "Owen "Tudor Boyd' one day den. AMSTERDAM, Jadų 5.

seaded to within. 850 metres in order se The "Yossische Zeitung" states that drop bombe on a passing train. Lient. the Austrian Emperor has summozed ordon Kidd descended imm 2,200 mitres Count Juice Andrassy, the leading to 800 for the pleasure of dropping z opponent of Count Tiaza, to Vienna bomb on a munition train, which caught The formation of Coalition Cabinet fire and blocked the line with wrackings. is mers probable than the immediaté Lieut. Taylor derailed, a troop train, Lieut. Gordon Gould, attacked during a resignation of Count Tim

reconsience, we wounded in the leg. In spite of the intense pain, he brought down one enemy machine, severely damaged another, and then calmly.com. tinued his appointed work

· INDO-FRENCH · THÁDE

LONDON, Jan. 6. Regarding the Miasion to Franes, of Messrs. Chadwick and Black, they will in vestigate the possibilities of the develop ment of Inds-French trade.

FIGHTTSO AGAINST DIG ODDB.

Captain Gerald Dizon Spain one day observed four enemy machines. Ee attached three one after the other, and

The Tea expresses-gatification that put them to fight, the fourth in the Mr. Chamberlain and the Raj have meantime being engaged by another.. taken the preliminary step in the diree Englishman. The following day he fought tion of ging elect to the policy of two enemies, brought one down, forced promoting Allied trade, laid down at the other to recede, continuing his the Paris Conference. It pointerest thas in some ways their taak will be less complex than their investigation in Russia, siace much data already existe regarding Indo-French commerce.

successful career by again bringing down

Boche the next day. Lieut. Cap Evans, during one flight, conquered four German machines, crashing them, to earth

Another great feat was acccomplished SCHOOL OF OUIRERAL MIUDIZ. by as wristor named MacLaren, Flying over an enemy aerodrome, he noticed a machine' abbut to rise., Pilot and observer

LONDON, Jan. 6.

The Import show an increana of £97,253,323, and the Exports an increase of £121,077,764,000 Stand

The King will open the School of their places, mechanicians hald the wings. The Englishmen samé gantly The imports for Desamber were Oriental Studies at the end of February down to within 80. yarde and dropped a £75,406,304 showing an increase of The students' classes will begin po 18th bomb, Acroplane, pilot, observer and 25,079,391; the exports amounted to January

mechanicians were pulverised, bal MacLares wand üeranaly on his bombing

The Times Correspondens as Byra | £39,928,460," showing an increase of says it is reported thas Greek Reser-50,980,941. vists have blown-up a "bridge in Larena in order to impede the transport of Royabat troops to Peloponnesus (in compliance with the Allies demands)

THE GILYER HANKIA

LONDON, Jan. 1

PILL WALL GRIPPIN' CHANGING way, set fra so bage id destroyed.

the Tokkurs i ecobained,

Among the many heroio-exploits of our Alies thure is one which would have LONDON, Jan 8.

** inspired, the, admiration of Edgar Poe. Messrs Montagu & Co.'s report states Sir Henry Dalziel, a Hadical member An English seroplane was soorlog 3,000 that the market is unusually inert of the House of Commons, and Managing matres above German terntory an 58000; The visible transactions are rather Director of "Reynold's Newspaper,tring bent. Seddenly shell Ebrak small. General enquiries apart from bought the Pall Mall Gazette.

near Hilling the pilot instantly, AMERICAN PROTEST TO the coinage demand, are insuficient tis

damaging the machine, bet mat injuring affect the price, Shanghai archange

[the observer Lénzt. Howey, has fallen a half-penny. Soms silver has been sold on China account and some purchases have been made for Indian bazaars, where the stock has around the bush We mightymale feat. He ancceeded

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of our beating terrific fall, performing

well out with it first as Inst. We wank

you to try Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy from his place to that the next time you have conger coldspeeped his dead hands,

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