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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1917

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GERMANY'S NEW SCHEME OF DEFENCE

OLD DODGE ADAPTED.

DAILY NEWS.

THE CHINA MAI

The pillbox system of defence, which has been playing a great part in German strategy, recently, is an olil Iriend, with,

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Hongkong at the time of Booking.

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covered

eing so gross, and the working

eq (a from their badky The contection of pliberes by means of east-order for new coing might be munication truches, de tunnels for the faming other Mints, Ehore sta ralist of the arall garrisons ithin, then Sydner" Melbourze will also present, muri timculties or place the boca piece at shotDee

The ball doll light be minted. similar means of relief for the front line the 10 cent, piros at a third trench, and apart from this tunnelling is might supply nickel coing, er game at which to a play. Their Ottawa is too buar By immorability will also be a bandicap, for the dollar sa a circulating they will offer a itafinito objective to the present. & conazuisce, there wo by substituting, a nieka alba bombing party and the tank, but the saving of time labour at expense Inther will be unlikely demaah the introduction of the 23, hillar might the pulses itself though it may put the still further saving of defenders ont of action.

offore because the Boring

Correction,

SOME POSSIBLE METHODs.pence might be adopted as regards eleht, size and Inscription on one side new name. In uncine days troops Our telegrams indicate this special thereof, the different description on the other side being #1 British Malaya" 50 joined in battle fa sortied rank of redeans have been devised to counter the cents British Malays and 25 cents British new move. It is unlikely that long range Malaya Later on it would be easy weight and reserves winning the day artillery or aeroplanes, will play a pro-econd to make British silver coins lega More recently, within the memory of moss misont part, as the chance of a direct hit tender here pari paasu with the local old soldiers, infantry moved to the attack in so small, and nothing" leer would be

coinage. Subject, to. expert we believe thas at present, record prices in runks of khaki, obliterating therebeseffective, Mortars lobbing high enlo for allves the actual value of that metal parties will probably account for met sives shell as short ranges and bombing in shilling is less than nine-pence. smoke servene will put them temporarily out of astián and eture the near approach of the bombers, while gas shall!! will render the pillbox far from healthy, even if thes fail to turn it into a lethali chamber. It is still to the engineers and artillery to prepare the way for infantry cupation of new territory, and these two branch with confidence be relied upon to checkmate the enemy's new mov

"best they could. Then skirmishin' order held the Bell, as it does today, Troops advancing in more open order and during the Sul stages of the molt me, detail alternately running forward in a erouching position while the other lies low (and roverslife advaner hy, rith fire,

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An infantry attack develops through throw phases, First the advance, en erally in columa formation, till a point is reached when the enemy's field artillery can range on itsucond the adspace through the zone of artillery fire ti third, the that assault is made on a posi- tion. fis the second

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gn a definite target, therefore, troops furance through artillery fire in isolated sections, presenting neither a defined front

or depth. in this manner

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advantage of a dollar je obvious. What are the disadvantages! But, with producers making larger pro. (1) Inered cost of Eurapean goods.

prices and pay higher salaries? sta, they

could afford to buy at higher

(2) People who reniit money Home or to India for domestic use would have to send more. This d

This difficulty could be met'

Capt. & Mrs Branch Major D. Macdonald Mr W. G. Browell Mr H. Markey Mr. D. E. Cappleman Dr and Mrs. O Mr J. T. Van Cleve

Marriott Mrs Coleborn Me H. E. Maslin Mr Geo E. Costello MrMaNaill MrGeo. L. Courtenay Mr and Mrs Mees Mr M. Courtney

PAID-UP CAPTAĽK RESISTE FUNDS

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F. A. Holyoak.-Deputy Chairman. Hon. Mr. Mr H. van bleines

G.T.M. Adkins, Esq CE Anton, FC Butcher,

Mr F. M. Crawford Mr T. B. Mullins Mr. D. Courtney Mr J. Marecki

Maq-

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Mr K. Daarelle Mr J. S, Nicolson. Compton, Esq. E. V. D. Pary, Eaq, Mr W. B.Davenport Mr Olsen

Miss Dora à. Earle Mr M. 8. Fow Mr D. E. Dennally MrJ. Norman Parke Mr.C. W. Falk Mr. R. R. Horburgh Mr. 6, H. La Miss F. Reay Mr K. M. Fetterly Mr B. H. Ray

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Mr HLM. Sherwin Mrs M. Sinde

MP3. F. Gale Mr M. Gaujoin Mr and Mrs H.

Gibson

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Miss A. Square

Mr A. W. van der

by raising salaries. The Government Mr B. Glass. and private enterprise could afford to do |Mr V, Goulbourn Star this with 2r. dollar

ator to Mr & Mrs J. Got d Mr C. P Templeton

(3) Increased cont of Government

as railway material, Still, stores sich With increased totals derived from ad valorem duties which are collected on dollar prices, there would not be much to worry about.

the guns and wiped out, but the mass fairly with Home investors who have

A section or two may be picked up by

The real ticulty is how to deal covers too great an area to be effectively up of our rubber and tin lands. In- given 24. 4d. dollars towards the opening shelled and is enabled to advance till the creased salaries and a la exchange. order to form lias is given a short dis-value of the sterling si ce? We do Would the lower dollar af t the selling tance away from the final objective.

Capt. T. Ball Mr F. G. Thompe

MrJ. S. Hantilton Mr AL. Todt Mr and Mrs W. A.-Mr EB. Williams Hannibalbir G. G. Wood Mr G. Harper) ; Mr C. Zantz- Mr D. S. Hewitt

D.-K. Blair

FEAR

Mr & Mrs Nell Mac HOTEL not know the amount of British capital "A trench presented similar features to since the dollar was fired at

which has been invested in this parts Mr and Mrs O. T. Intyre and child

As 24

Breakspear Capt. & Mrs Vieris a line of troops. It was easy to get, this mers and very general tentative idem Mr and Mrs A. E. de Mathos range and then to sweep along "it br

the introduction of an exchange com.

Carleton

Hon. C. Mcl. Messer degrees till, as we have read more than a period of 14 years might be worth Mr&Mrs F. W. Cary Mr M. Nascimenta pensation fund to operate and tide over ance bench existed-only a line of consideration. Incidentally it may be Mr J. Compton Mr and Ms G. E. riddled earth and torn flesh..

mentioried that the adrocates of % Mr A. David Nightingale So the decimal coinage for Great Britain (the Mr and Mrs Dubois defenses of the enemy are now ispisted Desiaal Association) have fixed on 14. 65 S. H. Ellis Tittle concrete forts in more or less honey. When the Chinese Government Started Mr F. W. Evans

the best monetary unit for the purpose. cocih formation, monobed by machine gun their Fas dollar, the then price of Mr. S. Evans"

silver gave it a valse of about 2 The gold basis Japanese yen is valued at

Rev. Featherstone

Sa Old. J

Mr L Forster

Mra E. Gaudiot Me Denman Fuller,

Dr Gibson

crews..

THE KEVERNE SIDE.

Most of them are probably levelled before our troops go over the top, but some will escape and with a wide field of fire, like a battle-ship's turret, will play havoc with the advance.

Mr T. L Perkins Mrs Perrin

W. L. Pattenden, Esq.

CHIEF MATAGER..

Hongkong-N.J. STABB, Esq.

MANAGER

Shanghai G. STEPHEN, Esq.

CAPITAL 66,000,000 (CE,000,000 CATTTAL 60,500,000 (£5,000,000 RESERVE

FUND

f9,837,149

HEAD OFFICE—ANYTERDAM,

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Correspondents at Bomb

Colombo,

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Saigon, Baiphong. F

Hanni, Amoy, Yok

per cent. per annum on the daily balance, Kobe, Melbouras, Bydney, Naw

Ox FIXED DEPOITTA For 3 months

6

per cent. per annum.

N. J. STAEB,"

Chity Manager

Hongkong, July 12, 1977.-1.

"HONGKONG SAYINGS BANK.

York, Bazz

San Franciaen, do., Sites. LONDON BANTEE:The Union

London and Smithe Bank, Timited.

The Bank boys and relis and receives for collection Bills of Exchange man letters: af credit on its Branches and Continent, ip Great Britaky America, Correspondents m the East,

euTM the. and Australia, and transsete banking“ business of every desciption.

.F. VAN REES

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THE business of the shore Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR PORATION. Rules may be obtained on

THE application.

INTEREST on deposita is allowed on the minimum monthly balances, at aj PER CENT. per annum. Depositors Mr and Mrs W. E may transfer at their option balances of

Roberts

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YOKOHAMA SPECIE

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ESTAD 1890

9.000,06° 9:200,008.00-

$100 or more to the HONGKONG AND AUTHORDED CAPITAL. You 48,000,001,07 SHANGKAI BANK, to be placed on Pain or CAPITAŤ.......... Mr. MrsA Finding FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT, RESERVE FIND

Smith Mr Mrs V, Findlay

For the Hongkong and Shangha Mrs Gouthern Smith

Panting Corporation Rev. G.H.G. Griffith Mrs Staple Smith Mr and Mrs B. A. Mr. S. R. Smith

Hale

Rev. Tope

local coinage would necessitate sending We are told that any change in our our silver coins to India to be re-minfer, and that the Mints (Bombay, D are too bury to undertake this work at the pre- sent time. As a matter of fict it is not Decessary to haves dollar coin in acha circulation. The Japanese ven (99. d) The adoption of mich a method of is not yet in

The only silver circulation. defence has its disadvantages

coins in use there are the 50, 20 and 10 Mr F. B Johnson Major-Gen. Ventris as well as cent pieces. The yen itself is always Sir Ellis Kadoorie Miss Ventris its advantages.. It will probably Jessen represented by a note, In addition Mr T. Kring Lt. Col. Jobs Ward the use it wire, which in the past has there are Band 1 cent piece in niokle (or Mr and Mrs A. MrG. E. Wetton

some alley) which are much more con been used to such a great extent to venient than a copper coinage and do

··Lembelet

Col Young, RE protect the trinch dwellers from sudden pot collect dirt in 'quite so marked a Capt. & Mrs H. MAS attsek, the area that would have to be too big or too heavy to carry comfortably RAM.O.

quantity. The 50 cent (half yen) is not Cameron Macaulay

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Chief Manager Rongkong May 14, 1916.

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