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FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
Continued from Page
MAILS TO INDIA AND THE EAST.
FORTNIGHTLY INSTEAD OP
WEEKLY!
Laxmix, May 30, The Postitaster-General announces that fits mate will be despre So Imlig forpaightiy weekly. The first nutid under this Mew arrangeipts, will be despateland.
wat week
MR. CHURCHILL.
TO BE OFFERED A POST IN THE GOVERNMENT.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
QUIET ON BRITISH FRONT,
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Laspos, May, 30. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Hig statre there is nothing of interest to report.
ARTILLERY ACTIVITY IN
P
CHAMPAGNE.
Lustos, May 30, A French communiqué stutes The artillery on both sides continued most actively in the neighbourhood south, of S. Quentin.
the atteries in Champagne silence a heavy beambardment of our trenches at Monthant word Casque,
ITALIAN GAINS EXTENDED.
LONDON, May 30, An Italian official report stutes There WA
very heavy artillery activity on the Julian front, froni Mannt there to Mount Vodice, eastward of
Purizia
dad
WUCHOW NOTES.
(Fruin Chun Chơn (hrverpendent.)
May 29,
RICK CHOPS IN KWANGS.
THE CHINA MAIL.
found the rice fields in 6 state of
THE MAGISTRACY.
MURDER CASE RESUMED.
la Mr. Wood's Colet this morning the case was resmer in which a “jous.
FRENCH RELIEF FUND.
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FOR HOMELESS POPULATIONS IN NORTHERN - FRANCE.
|«On a reynt tour" up-wintry paper maker ramai Wing Tsui Lengai Shor & Co.
pleurial not guilty to the charge of W. Juck arrested development; the inhibitering one Til Pak San, lato Anonymous
mainger of a salt shop, whom the " From Claw" Fund? arta touring that if in rain, fell the defediant was alloggi to have stabbed Seng Hong Hong prospective crop would not yield the to death, on May 22nd at No. 95 supply adequate to their needs. Reclamation Street, Yamati. However, during lost work "reports. reaches, us that up-river they have experienced-luency mins, and that the rice enqs promise to be abundant,
TANDE PROGRESS IN VILLAGKS,
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Mr. G. E. Wakeman, Crown Solicitor, is conducting the prosecution, and the defendant was this morning represented by Mr. F. Mattingly, of Messrs. Dencon, Looker, Denson and Harston,
The first witness gallel at to-day'shear It was surprising to find in the
ing was Sergeant Wills of the Yanwate [upoountry Villages, far off the better
Police Station. He depered the whilst trek, suull stores will stocked within the Yacuati Police Station, at abort foreign goods & singularly vari 8.20 p.m. on the divi instant, he heard solletion of English, Aprærienu and a police whistle and harried to No. 93-
As shown above, the Subscription) Japanese exports were ses mit on the Reclamation Street, where he fun as favour of the hotgless piquilations The enemy three times unsuccessfully read boards which in previous you large crowd, gathered outride the in the fihemted areas in northern attacked mir trenches on Hill 85% be displayed native trinkets, prilsnuts, buihling. Elpon entering the room in France reneled the total amount of tween damiano and the exit.
which the crine had occurred $16,000 nude out of private dona- We extended on: gains westwant ofgur gate and incense sticks?
tions and €1,000 given by the Hong- Medeaza.
he was informed by Lance Sergean
kong War Charities Committee. Talloeb, who was already on
This amount represents a total of scene, that the murderer had given 7,320 franes which have been sent himself up. The defensert was lying to the French Foreign Office "as the Almost daily we discover thets on an opium bed in a dying condition. Hongkong, Subscription. It has Oficer serving at the front it was re- only in the large centres fat ebbe, Boor and walls wirls struggle i should be remitted to the mayors of i at a Congress of Delgates of the whah indicate how the Chinese for There were fresh blood stains on the been stipulated that these suma basios, May 30,
solved thar, while hailing the Provision- Ford Fosport in, sufferingstrial Government nspirations towards a stable peace, the. Congress declares that the only means of arriving at that are by immediate re-establishment of EXPORT OF GOLD FROM AMERICA the military offensive.
Expos, May 30 The Daily Cemois -tates, that? Mr. Winston Churchill, will be offered a best in the Gernregar.
LORD DEVONPORT'S ILLNESS.
ear discuss
TO JAPAN.
AN EXPLANATION,
Losos Mayo. The Tools New York Correspone Bear states that, in response
rogant's for information about The hysy gold cattle to Japan, the agendusp of the Japanese financial
THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE, *
FETROGRAD, May 30.
RUSSIAN DESERTERS.
"
PETROGRAD May Despeters have been, rounded up at Kir
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In 2015, and for the most part of Just year these primitive places could not bont of such aus exhibit of foreign
texports,
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in the villages and hamlets are mowing forward to the modern."
Waliow now possesses a restau-
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wiwre Me cin obtain foreign rats." Chopsticks in the establishment are considered antiquated the civilized knife and forks are in comunion use,
QUADITION OF THE WEST RIVER.
Thradghout, Aprik and april the middle of this month the river as AIR RAID AT FOLKSTONE.
heen, viry low, though not abnor Lostos, May 10
ally. At the same time naviga. Viscount French, Commander-in-Chief to san-Więbow to Nunning has of the Homü Defences, replying to a been dithcult; the rocky nature of institutions have informed the TruFalkestone deputation, said it was ine
that they will probably in possible to absolutely prevent aeroplane the river bad preveriting river.craft £10,000, F80 worth of gold glaring the fattacks, but the scheme of defence badiran takia Fe usual direct course. been reponsidered in the light of the ex- of late there "live been frequent 'nest the huntly in order to pay perience gainer from the recent raid.dent rain stoms: the river in con-
India bor entran
He hoped the measures taken wonnick make any further raid a risky operation seneishas risen considerably to involving, beary loss.
the relief of those responsible for the [river traffic.
GREAT RUSSIAN LOAN.
Pernon, May 31.
• The Governanens bes unanimously
apprked "of the proposals of M. Telestehenko (Prime Minister) who Ja temporarily in charge of the Ministry of Finance to raise à lon of two thousane million roubles by the issue of "panger money",
FOOD REGULATIONS IN ITALY. TENALTIES FOR DIS. OBEDIENCE.
A SINISTER COMBINATION.
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| FORCEFUL SPEECH BY GENERAL SMUTS,
CAPTAIN FLYNN OF THE TYNDAREUS,
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TRIBUTES TO OFFICERS AND CEEW OF THE TRANSPORT.
MESSAGES FROM COL WARD, MI,
AND BIA MEN.
Can the name of the expixia of the Tyndareus (of Birkenhead drill fanie) be given?" asked Mr Peto in the House of Conions on April 4th
b
the
wag.
appeared to have taken place in the the villages liberated by the Franco- roon. In the presence of the defendant British advance. They will be "dis
tributed among the distressed fami- i and Pun You Tông, the Chinese istories which have suffered the most perter of the Yanmati Police Station, daring the two years and a half of the witness put three pestions to German occupation. the dying man before He removal from the building. the first question, which was: De pan think you will die?" the deceased, who was able to speak, shook his head in the negative. To the second question: "who stabbed yan! the deceased pointed to the defendant
To
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The French residents and the French Consul in Hongkong · do hereby convey to the generous dona tors the expression of their grateful thanks, the most so because the Hongkong community being solicited by numerous and unceasing appeals. for national war funds has, however, French relief fund. They and in this so generously contributed to
To the third question: "Do you owe
readiness of the Hongkong com- him money?" the dying man again manity to relieve all sufferings, a shook his heal in the negative... noble proof that among the Allies Evidence was then given by Pun Yanthere is not only the unity of front Tong Chinese interpreter at the Yau- but also the unity of charity. mati Police Station, whose deposition coroborated the statement male by Sergeant Will The witness however added that the defendant, answering numerous questions pot to him by Major Wakeman, Commanding H.K.V.R. Inspector Gerrami. of the Yaumati
Police Station, said that he had been
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HONGKONG VOLUNTEER
RESERVES.
DETAIL.
swindled out of 8300 worth of On duty from the morning, of Sunday, opium which was sold to him in the 3rd June, to the morning of Sunday. the Bile room
marter the 10th June A, Coy. H.K.V.R. occurred, After buying the epium the defendant started to leave the building but whilst on the stairway leading from the first floor to the ground Tesday, 3th instantl
Orderly Officer: Lieut. E, van Jozes. Next for duty: HK.V.c
PARADES FOR NEXT WEEK.
was arrested by revenue CHA and (eys, anbe mad officers and the spian subsequentlyde the Orders Rom as 5.15 p.
Hoor, he
coniscuter!.
The ease was then adjourned until Kowloon 11.30 o'clock to morrow morning.
LARCENY PRŮM A. WARSHIT>,
Drawat May 31. General Smonts, speaking at the Hus sin Exhibition held in the Grafton Galleries, said that if nothing further happened as a restit of the war bat the Russian revolution, posterity would say that the war had not been in vain. The Germans always regarded the Russians as barbarians. Our prayer was that these "barbarians" would save the worl from military despotism as they had saved
Dr. Maenam gave the name of Capt. Europe from Napoleon. Also, that ther George Flynn and added that where
Before Mr. J. R. Wood this morning would continue to bear their share in the Admiralty was responsible in future. Chinese coolie was charged with
mashing the bloody Turks and thus oficial reports dealing with similar cases stealing & ditty box from a warship.
Michael Desborough, a stoker on the en the anti-Christian tyranny. He the department would follow the naval ventored to remind his Russian brethrenston in including the rame of the ship, deposed that whilst coming of Rome, May 31. that discipline must accompany freedom:aptain, unless there might be some par duty he saw the defendant take the
ticular reason for not doing so. otherwise freedom was like a new wine Captain Flynn lives in Livingstone. ditty box from the cook house and The Gazelle untrainees that pet that sometimes went to the heal avenue, Sefton Park, Liverpool. He start away with it. The witness in sons buying foxeistuffs at prices Germany was quite ready to swallow joined the Alfred Holt Line as a junior mediately followed the defendant who above those fixed by the over-all Russia's ideal formulas about peace officer in HK, and after, pissing through was apprehended with the stolen ditty ment will be able to six months and swallow Russia, too!
without annexation and inderanities, all the grades was promoted master in box in his possession..
1911 He is an old boy of St. Francis Dr. Yon
His Worship sentenced the defendant Xavier's College. imprisonment and heavy fines
Bethmann-Hollweg's speech showed This is not the first time that Captain to six weeks hard labour; and four that Germany longed for peace, but à Flynn bis distinguished himself since hours' stocks in lieu of the last day." peace based upon German victories, the outbreak of Germany, built on blood and iron, must break of war. In December Inst commanded by the King go down by blood and iron. He and mentioned in the hoped that Russians would not forget service, and in coupette" for good with this he was also presented by Japanese
DUTCH STEAMER SEIZED BY GERMANS.
the
the agony of Serbia and Belgian The Government with an interesting relic in latter was making a brave fight, not the form of a tantoh, a short sword of only here, but in East Africa and antique design. The weapon is reckon- Central Africa Cheers. He knewed to be about 030 years old. he was expressing the sentiment of the Russian and other democracies when he said "shame on the Allies if wa.. let these small nations go under."
"GOOD OLD TYSBAREUS.”
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:) RIFLED VAULTS,
GERMAN RAGE VENTED ON THE CHURCHES.
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After an absence of taree months from the Somme front, writes. H. P. Robinson in an exchange, I have ranged over a Colonel John Warth, ML. P., who com-wile tract of country by Roye und Nesle, manded the "Die-hards on the Tynda-green country much of it, almost un-
and aikoo Sections on this Football Ground. Happy Valley at, 5.30
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Dill order, Thursday, 7th instant Barracks at, 5.15 p.. fatigue.
Machine Gan Section at Wellington
Dress Clean!
Mounted Section at Jockey Club Stables at 530 Dress: Drill order. Fridag, th instant---
"A" and "B" Coys, and recruits on
Capa-Orders by Major D. Macdonald, Y.D.
RESIONED.
In consequence of the reorganization of the Corps. His Excellency the Governor bas accepted with regret the resignation of Lieutenant-Colone! Arthur Chapman, V.D. from the Command of
1917 May,
by launch from Statue Wharf at 430 p.m.
5.30 pm-Recruits of all unity at Headquarters, under Corps Edgeumbe, Grimes and Edmonds.
0p.m.-Left Section M. G. Co. und Civil Service Company at Headquarters Tests of under unit Commanders. Elementary Training,
6.30 p.m.-Signalling Section class at R.A. Theatre.
the road outside the Orderly. Room at the Corps, with effect. from the 23rd Thursday 7th instant= 5.15 pm. "Kowloon and Taikon Sections on the Polo Ground at 5.30 p.m. Dresu: Drill order.
Signalling Section: "A" and "B" Classes at Volunteer Headquarters at 5.15 p.tn. Dress: Clean fatigne.*.
TRANSTER.
Pte. W. H. Peters is permitted to re- sign, on leaving the Colony, dated 25th May, 1817.
Pie. 3. Spradbery is transferred to leave from 1. 6. 37.
rens, has written to Captain Flynn sarred by shells, such as one had long "D" Coy.
forgotten the existence of on, the H
AMSTERDAM, May 31. The Dutch newspaper Maisbole states that the Dutch steamer" Junmoun, ou vayage from Copenhagen to Amsterdam has been taken to Swinemunde.
General Smuts concluded: "We follows: ANOTHER STEAMSHIP FUSION.
have achieved what was thought in- At the request of my officers, possible namely, a union of the free 3.0.0's and men, 1 in writing to Lustos, May 31. peoples of the world against autocracies express to you our admiration of the The Timer states that an agree-like Germany, Austria and Turkey, and, troism displayed by yourself and your officers on the night of the accident to your ship, and your heric efforts in nent his bee concluded for the you may ald, the Devil! What a com
bination!"
bringing her to post in safety. We one fusion of the interests of the P: & Or
and all realised that the cool and calm conuinct of all ranks was in great measure Steunship Company with the Unipa
due to the efficient, handling of the boat Steamship Company of New Zealand.
by your crew and the discipline that prevailed.
HEAVY PENALTIES FOR DRUNKEN-
NESS IN RUSSIA. -
PETROGRAD, May 31. 'The Government has issued deeree making publie drunkenriess punishable by eighteen months' 'imprisonment and violence or robbery hy drunkard punishable by six to eight years' penal servitude.
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DEATH OF A FAMOUS SINGER
AMSTERDAM, 2fy 31. The death is announced of the famous Polisli singer, Edouard "De Thake.'
BRITISH SHIPPING REPORT.
LONDON, May 30.
Somme line, where the new grass is springing and trees are budding, and everything combines to make it a beauti-H. ful land if the Mark of the Beast was not over it all.
and
NOTICE...
Reference Corps Order No. 31 Pta. 8. West is posted to Platoon 8 Section 15 stead of Section 12.
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
MONDAY, JUNE 4TH. No Parades or Palies Bebool will take place on this date.
LEATH
2nd Lieut. Matthewman is granted 2 months' leave from 1.6.17.
Spr. W. Cornell is granted 3 months" Pie. D. E. Clark is granted 2 months' leave from 26. a 17.
S. Boulton is granted 1 months leave from 7. 6. 17.,
Spr. O. Carvalho is granted 2 months' leave from 1. f. 17...
ETZENÖTH.
The leave granted Pte. C. H. Soper having expired, he is removed from the strength of the Corps, dated 30th May 1917..
-ENGINEEZ COMPAXT.
Detail of Engineer Company duties at Lyremuu from 1st to 18th June 1917 is posted at Headquarters.
CARE OF ARMS..
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5.30. p.m.-Mounted Section at Joskey' Club Rabies.
Battery at
6.30 p.m.-Artillery Belchers Battery
Friday 8th instant
73.-Belchers & Section t Belchers Battery.
4.30 p.m.-Recruits of all units.” ove Murray Parade Ground C. 8. M. Wit- chell, Corps. Grimes and Edgcumbe will astend.
Centre Section and Left Section M.G. : Co. and Civil Service Coy, at Herd- quarters under nuit Coromanders. Tests of Elementary Trainining
Signalling Section B class at RA Theatre.
Artillery Battery at Belchers Battery,
DETAIL,
On duty 10th instant Centre Section M.G. Co. NARS N
On duty 11th instant Right Secties. M.G. Co.
O duty 12th instant Scouts Company On duty 13th instant Scouts Company,
POLICE SCHOOL, BAG P.M. Tuesday, June 6th. Class 13 (Iospec for Gordon).
Wednesday, June 8th. Cloes 15 (Chiet that wire. Caurs is to be used on pull Inspector Kers).
throughs only for removing bard touling M.G. Co. Thursday, June 7th Class 14 raped or rast. For the ordinary cleaning, pull
throughs are to be used without wire11.G. Co tor Garrard),
Members of the Corps are reminded Company. th instant Civil Service:
the duty
15th instant Centre Section
On duty 16th instant Right Fection Orderly Officer frour 10th to 16t instant Lieut. Danby
Churches outraged and defield; torba broken open and rifed of their contents; the poor goods of peasants in theircottages burned or broken with minute malignity; farm implements smashed and battered so as to be useless for husbandry; crebard after orchard of fruit trees systematically the In another letter Colonel Ward wrote: murdered, tree by tree: what are The Admiralty returns of the ship"We felt so safe with: you and the good military reasons which justify these ping for the week are:--Arrivals, 2719;old Tyndareus that we would have pre-things
ferred to have continued the journey Perhaps the saddest sight is that departures, 2.768. Eighteen vessels over with you and her to any master or ship family vault at Guyancourt, facing the and one under 1,600 tons were sunk.
upon the-saven seas. Give not my mere ruins of the beautiful old chateap, into Seventeen were unsuccessfully attacked. regards but my real manly love to every which the Germans have recently forced
one of your officers and crew, especially an entrance, broken open the casket, Two fishing boats were sunk.
rbief engineer, Mr Wragg, and first opened out the leaden coffin to steal whist- officer, Mr. Cupley, and express every: over of ralne might be within. The thing I could give myself. If we never vault. is temporarily closed again, and Grant).
Tuesday, 5th intant meet again we shall still be lifelong bears, in chalk, the piteous inscription
7.30 am-Belchers 6 Bection at Bel- friends.
On est prie, de respecter cette sepulture Tuesday, June 5th-Ambulance Pla de famille violée par lea intaries Boches 1
The Peking Gazette of May LONDON, May 30.
5.10 p.m.Centre Section M. G. Co. at the church the Germans had time toon. Also Recruits of all Companies chers Battery. In The Board of Trade assumes control "As soon as wat was declared many enough to wreak their hatred and to
under C.'S. Majors.
Thursday, June 7th-No. 1 Section Kowloon Dock Tests of Elementary 24th announced: With the downfall of tobacco, prohibits dealings in sobacco, of the American papera predicted that rifle tombs. The slabs have been lifted and No. 2 Fistoon.
Training, Hongkong, residents proced except as authoriser; and fixes the would end with the abolition of bodily fem graves--not by any explosion,
Friday, June 8th-No. 3. Company by launch from Statue Wharf at 4.30 of the unmrapalins gang, who were
directly responsible for the outrageou wholesale and retail prices from June mercy and militariam in Continental but by human hands and the graves Also Recruits of all Companies 5.30pm-Mounted Section at Jockey arrest of Mr. Eugene Ch'en, we are
Europe. The first war editorial which 1st
appeared in the New York Independente empty. What was the ghoulish mo
Club Stables tive? Was it for the sake of the lead
Bearer
rer Section at enabled to report that communication 6.30 p.m. Stretcher Headquarters
TOBACCO CONTROL IN GREAT BRITAIN.
DRUNKENNERS IN RUSSIA.
سن
NEW YORK, May 30, A despatch from Petrograd states that the Council of Workmen's and. Soldiers Delegates have drawn the attention of the Executive to the
doom. Their days are numbered. Th monarchs must go-and they will
Friday, June 6th-Class 12 (Inspector | gauze...
PARADES CENTRAL, 5:45 PM.
UNIFORM.
EEGISTRATION,
p.13.
.:
PARADES.
on August 10, 1914, is reprinted in the in which the bodies were incised It Helmets, not Cape, are to be worn on last issue, and contains the following may have been; or it may have been the all Parades.
6.30 pm: Right Section M. G. Co. and has been established with Mr. Ch Whom the gods would destroy they mere opite against sacred things Members of the Police Reserve (other Scouts. Company at Headquarters under and the immediate facilities will be first make mad. Med with the luat of which has found fall vent in the wreck than those of No. 3 Company. Ambul-unit Comunanders Aiming Instruction granted for his better treatment" power, drunk with their own egotism, the head devils have signed their own age of the church,
If the German could only understand it, snce Platoon and Buglers) who have not and Firing Instruction. A
6.20 p.m. Left Section M. C. Co, and one half of the things which he does only yet done so, must register muder the make his enemies more terrible I believe Registration of Fersons Ordinance Civil Service Company at Headquarters it to be absolutely true that the British forms may be chamed from tins under unit Commanders. Tests of army here is fighting today, not in any office or from Faws office, Central Station Elementary Training ordinary spint in which waris macht,
h30 pm Artillery Section at Balchem The Ordinance applies to (1) all the ECONOMY IN THE END, O not suffer from cramp, colic or deplorable events arising from the Dan in the stomach, when Cham increase of drunkenness, and lays stress
bus with something of the old zeal of above members over 18 years of age and Battery berlain's Colic, Cholers and Diarrhoes upon the grave dangers to be expected TT costs but a small zimount to keep the gruendes a determination that() their wives and daughters if over 180.46 pm.
Forms, duly filled up, may be retura Remedy goes to the right spot and gives from suck. It declares that no one has Chamberinip's Colic, Cholers and foul and leathams: thing has to be yours of age immediate relief.You cannot afford to be without it if you are subject to right to buy or drink vodku, and Diarrhoed Remedy always in your clamped off the earth. It is a dreadfál attacks of this kind For sale by all appeals to the people to abolish it for medicine chest, and it is economy in the print, foe, the Germans haya lo coned to this office or to Centra Slation
evermore.
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