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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1917,"
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Pags 1.)
TEA SUPPLIES FOR BRITAIN.
LONDON, Nar. A "
The Food Controller announces that -the axisting Tea. Control Scheme is temporary until the Government pur- ebeads of tes in India and Ceylon reach the United Kingdora. It is anticipated that all fresh tea will have gone into con sumption by December 31 after which It should be possible to further reduce the pries, making 4/- the maximum.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE FRENCH BUCGESS. AT
* CHEMIN-DES-DIMES.
THE END OF A GREAT BATTLE
LONDON, Nov. 3.. Router's Correspondent at French Headquarters, telegraphing on the 3rd inst. states that the German retrost from Chalkin-des. Danes ranks the ent of one of the great battles of the war.
The battle bogan on April 19th, wher the Franch had reached the croat over looking the former German position down to the banks of the Aisne and the enemy communications in the Ailetto Valley, and it ended yesterday after six months of almost continuous fighting Is lasted longer and cost more lives that the Battle of Verdun.
The Tea Control Committee as nanimously elected Mr. George Follard, In the first three months of the battle, of J. Lyons & Co., as successor to Mr.when the fighting was most persistent, Piggott, who has been appointed the enemy divisions were relieved at
quicker rate than during the correspond Director of Tea Supplies.
ing months of the Battle of Verdun. No German division that was sent away from the battle was ever called upon to return.
The Times understands that the Indian Ton Association yesterday appointed a sub-committee to consider schemes for providing for the Govern ment acquisition of Indian and Ceylon ten for the reqirements of the United Kingdom. The Times says it is already clear that the trade will severely criticise the "A" scheme in the same way as
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The
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE GERMAN, ELECTRIC VAR SE CONTROLLED BOAT.
SPORTING
CRICKET.
W. W. Edwards, run out.
F Thompson, b White... DE. Kher, IDW A T. Ford, b Reales
KOWLOON C.C. MIDDLESEX CCR Has Ebow. B Crip
Played at Happy Valley on Saturday.
LONDON, Nav. 14. The papers are mach interested in the Gorman electrically controlled boat destroyed on the Belgian Coast. It is anggested that it carried no crew, bat | Scores: was controlled by wireless from the ́thore or from aircraft."
THE ATTEGAT FIGHT.
LONDON, Nov. 4. British Squadron was reconnoitring in Telegrams from Copenhagen state the the Kattegat and flying the British flag when they sighted a fagicas flotilla.
When signalled to display hér flag o German auxiliary replied by firing simultaneously breaking out the German ensign.
DATA, KOWLOON LE
F. Wheeler, & Smith, b Cooper ...
4. Claxton, Butherworth, b Pur nell...
J. Stalker, Butherworth
•White.
B.Grimmett, b
H. Graham & White
Li An Rose) & Renkes....
1.
: Pits not out
Noris, e McGregor, b
2iT Thomson, absent
Extra
18:
BOW LISO
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19 White.. ripwell Feites.
W. T. Elson, e Cooper, ↳ Fawthrop L, R. & Hodge, b Cooper (2)
8 J. P. Robinson, but out... D. J. Mackenzie, Cooper H. Cobb, b. Fawthrop
de Sousa, o Gel, b Woodward C. J.Stapleton, Woodward, b Cooper R. Pestonji, b Cooper
Extras
Total
ROWLING ANALYSIS,
Her commander, who was woualed in the action, was reseved and brought Pe Woodward to Copenhagen. He said the shells of Pte. Purnell. the British destroyers were so rapid Lic. Butherworth a that the Germans were almoss unable to Lt. Couper ---
1.3. k work the guns, and only fired a few shots Opt. Fawthrop when the abip was a mass of flames.
MIDDLESEX C Pte. Thomson Coop*** Pr. Geat, b Cobb... Pte. Smith, & Pestonj
محيي
INSANE.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 4. The ex-Minister Protopopoff has been pronounced insane.
THE SINN FEIN ACTIVITIES.
EXCITEMENT IN DUBLIN.
LONDON, Nov. 4. There was much excitement in Dublin
L/c Tobbett, c
b Cobb........
Lt, Cooper, Robinson, b restonji Capt. Fadfel, a Pestonji .... Lịc Batherworth, lib.w, 'b Fas Pta, Woodward, not ont Cpl. Famthrop, hw., b. Cobb Pte. Purnell, Pestonji
Extras
Total
ROWLING ANALYSIS.
EP. Cobb B. Pestonji
The Garmana will, of course, say that RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT PRONOUNCED LED Robinson, b Cobb they abandoned the ground voluntary in order to husband their men. truth is that, since October 23rd, when the Zouaves stormed Halmaison Fort, the Germans lost and abandoned twenty miles of the Hindenburg Line. To retain this sector of the Front, stretch- Calcutta has done. There is no traceing from Laffaux to Craonce, the Ger- of an unreasonable epirit among the mans provoked over twenty battles, and leaders in the ten industry, but rather a falmost as many times they accepted willingness to be perfecty satisfied with battle forced upon them by the French. payments for supplies based on provar earnings, or, if that be regarded as expecting too much, then with terms substantially helow that level, Evidently there will the no general and willing acceptance of any scheme which while possibly not unacceptable to com panies with high working expenses would leave very little return, if any, for shareholders, in successful companies with low working costs.
THE SILVER MARKET.“
LONDON, Nov. 5.
Silver is 441 very quiet.”
THE MELBOURNE DERBY,
LONDON, Nov. 5.
They engaged in scores of minor operations, and suffered carualties to be numbered by the hundred thousand. As a result of their efforts they, bit by
XI.
-Total
ANALYSIS.
"GOLF.
The third and semi-final rounds in the
145 | Championship, were played, at Fanling
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(R. HENDERSON, Don, Goa, Fair C'ammútion,
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beat Badwell, who was favourite, 2 upi And Erwards beat Sandford & up and too play mate
In the semi-final, played in the after Doon, Ritehis beat Edwards Sup and I to play, and SymerThomson best Leith by 2 and 1
The final 30 hotes, is to be played next Sunday
SATURDAY'S FOOTBALL
H. DEVEyes Corps NAVZÁo. interesting match played on the Clab Ground resulted in victory for the
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Defetive Corps, by 4 goals to 2 Ten Hair Vita
H.K.D. C. Rodger Cave, and Mc- Cubbin; Railton, towart and Ralston
Wood
... 35 xlker..
Chasselt. Berrard, MacTavish and
Navy-Pullen, Coaker and Black; Randle, Cornish and Biggs: Hutchison, WLlewolyn, Bye, Burns and Cape.
Referee, Mr. F. W. Wright.
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ST. JOSEPH'S Coed in a win for ¥88TH CO.,
the soldiers by 3 goals. to L
yesterday in consequence of wild KOWLOON O.C. (5) 4. À MILITARY RGA-This game bit, won back the greater part of the rumours of drastic measures against erest line, and had every intention of Sinn Feiners including the arrest of hang themselves comfortably on Devalors. The rumours subsequently
it for the winter.
were proved baseless.
Devaler, who spoke at Limerick on Friday, is still at liberty.
Played at King's Park on Saturday. Scores:-
HILSTART XI The Sinn Féin Headquarters announce Major Robertson, b Schulz... the abandonment of a meeting at New-S. I. Jawaberry, b Schulz...
Opl. Charters, 1.b... b Schulz... bridge today, which the Authorities
Ellerby, b Schulz .....
ed Edwards, Lt. McConnell, stamped
Febalz
The French command viewed "the situation with calm and had since been methodically preparing to reverse the position at one blow instead of wasting men by innumerable minor attacks When the blow fell at dawn on October hari proclaimed. 23rd, perhapa two-thirds of the creat line was in German hands. By the evening of that day four of their beat divisions had been put out of action. and, excepting at Les Bovettes they were everywhere driven fromthe plateau. With the fall of Lea Borettes went their last foothold on the crest.
Yesterday, they gave up the lines. they held under the gerest on the The result of the Melbourne Derby northern alope, which were taken in the is as follows:-
rear from the new French positions in the valley, and their right dropped back noiselessly to the other side of
Biplane
Prince Viridis
Broken Glass
.1
Biplane won easily. Time, 2.35) Berting, two to one on.
the Aisac.
ORGANISING THE NEW GROUND,
LONDON, Nov. 4.
(Continued on Page 3.j
THE COURT GÅRDS AND THEIR JOKER.
Fr
Comdr. Davidson, caught Mead, b
Schulz...
Private Connor. b Birnie Lt. Dunbar, b. F. Heado Abdulla Aziz, b Birnic..... Lt. Dobson, rün out Sgt. Rivers, not out
Extras
Schulz
Shroff
Total
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
HowLoor MIDLEBEX REA.---Result, a draw, 3 goils each.
HOCKEY.
The Hockey players of the Hongkong
0 Defence Corps met at Headquarters on Friday last to discuss the prospected for the coming season. Many of last year's players having left the Colony, the 16 unanimous opinion of those present was es that only one team could be ran this year instead of two as last year. Gunner of last year's team Brayshay. Captain and Corp. Edmonds, Vice-captain of last year's B team, were elected Captain. Vice captain respectively of this year's Seant. Pto. Harkott, Secretary of B 137and also General Secretary Inst year,
declined farther honours and is this yea succeeded by Sapper Piercy.
Mr. Edgar Warwick's "season of humour and harmony which he will inaugurate at the Theatre Royal on Saturday next is attracting an extra- ordinary amount of interest. The box pluns at Messrs. Moutris & Co.'s are rapidly filling, and those who do not wish to miss this popular attracEE Lindsell, c Connor, b McConnell 19
HS. Roast Abdalla, b Connor tion will be well advised to see about 7. Meade, e Aziz b Connor
A French communiqué states -The scuts at the earliest opportunity French are organising the new ground The company has recently arrived THE EMPIRE DOCK AT SINGAPORE. on the Ailette front..
There was an artillery duel in various from Australia which was included sectors at Chemin-des-Fames.
as" part of their tour of the world.
NAMING CEREMONY PERFORMED
BY THE GOVERNOR.
An important event in the history of Singapore took place or October 25th at Tanjong Pagar, when in commemort tion of the completion of the dock and wharf extension works H.E the Governor Sir Arthur Young, .C.M.C.) named the new wet dock. The name given was the appropriate one of Empire Dock.
fr J. R Nicholson, G., Chairman of the Harbour Board, in the course of a speech said:
A few figures may be interesting tho length of the new quayage is within a faw feet of two miles, and we are now provided with 7,894 feet of quay having over 3 feet of water alongside at w.ox of this 4,373 feet ranges from 34 to 58 feet deep at LW.0... Before the commencement of the work we had only $95 feet of over 30 feet in depth. We have now 21 acres of floor aren in our godowns, and a coal storage capacity of 200,000 tons
To give you some idea of the magnitude of this work, these figures may interest. yon, put in the manner followed by a popular magazine. The amount of can- crete used in 4 0,549 cubic yards, and to make this we required 408,000 enakts of
In the battle of La Malmaison the
BRITISH REPULSE ATTACKS. ·
French airmen brought down 16 Phenomenal success attended thern German machines, engaged in 611 there, indeed it does wherever air-ights, and 50 German machines they go, and it would be surprising crashed down in their own lines.if this were not so, for they make a very wide appeal owing to their versatility. There are not madry who do not remember with very much pleasure their bright, wholesome entertainrgents when last they were in these parts. They have a way entirely their own, and their fun is always in the best of taste and is wedded to tunefallness in a manner that never fails to please the most
LONDON, Nov. 4. Field-Marshal, Sir Douglas Haig reporÍA:--
We repulsed, this morning, after aharp fighting, attacks southward and westward of Passchendaele, in which the enemy captured an advanced post in the neighbourhood of the Ypres Roulers railway.
The weather interfered with fying.
H.A Ronse..... F. Mende Birale.......
KOTLOOK A
3. H. Mead, b Ellerby A. E. Schulz, c. Dobson, b Ellerby
0
4
J. Edward, e Ellorky, b Connor
Green, c Robertson, b Ellerby..
A. Birnie, b Connor
Dr. Forsyth, not out D. G. Nicoll. D Connor
L F. Shroff b Connor
Extras
BOWLING AMALTS19,
Connorna Abdulis Aziz... HcConnell Ellerby
Total
0.
10
AHONGKONG «, BOA,
HONGKONG.
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18
31
The team will be entered in the United Services Hockey League ng before, and in the meantime, the new. Hop. Secretary, whoso address is elo Jardine Matheson & Co. will be pleased to usage friendly games wi
with local tennis.
THE MINISTERING CHILDREN'S,
LEAGUE BAZKAR.
So far as can be, ascertained up to the present, the receipts of the variona stalls. and raffles and entrance feer, at Satu- day's Bazaar, beld in the grounds of Government House by the Ministering 134 Children's League, are as follows:
Belilios School stall
6 Victoria stall
T. L. Fearce, e Drummond, b Athorne 05 Military stall.... Capt. E. E. Gray, b Atheroa Lt. H. E. Murray, b'Athorne ...
$1,950.00 1,399.75
A True Hair Grower
Price $1.00 per bottle
Queen's Dispensary
Tel. 492.
THE ŐKLY EXCLUSIVE
EKOLAH TAILORS.
IN THE COLONY,
31, Queen's Road Central
Diss Bros,
IWYGRAMA
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"TO THE ARCHITECT' AND TO THE EAGLÆRER.
An ounce of demonstration
la worth a pound of thoszy,”
W. DEMONSTRATE Wish
"MALTHOID"
and we Invite the Profession and others soterested not only to witness our demonstra. tious, but to bear witness that “the sexulce justify the claims made both as to materjal
and methods of roof construction.
SAFET SHUWPROST ?
"MALTHOID"
Agents, BRADLEY & Co. Ltd.
Hozakozo.
Fan Oi stall.
1,301.00
Kowloon still
990.65
Peak stall
975.95
St. Paul's School stall and
Chinese Entertainment.
900.40
Quarry Bay stall
735.00
Amy win "for the Clab team. Scores:
Naval and Dockyard stall...
1737.60
St. Stephen's Girls College'
stalli
SELST
5S8.45
350.85
WATERPE40F7
Tes athil... Entertainment
296,35
274.90
18
Gate money....
7157.00
16Diocesan School stall
127:18
9 Palice stall,.
123.80
8 Sweet still.
102.75
Kitten rafled by Miss Lander
€1.60
Programmes
58.65
Gold fish
56.25
Total (for 7 wickets)
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Imna troe
55.05
Kitten
30.00
Lucky Well
28.16.
Captain HAJI
·20,00
14 15 ....12
Odd money
.9.20
Ba" or o
0
17
Total:
$11,359.15
Pearce,
Donnelly
F. E. Joseland, not out............ D. E. Donnelly, not ont
We retook the post in the afternoon jaded. They poke fun in a good E. Hollands, b Athorns. We repulsed a bombing attack east-humoured manner at almost every Lt. Col. Morgan, cand b Baker....
b Boocock... M. M. Maas ward of Gouzeaucourt
There was considerable activity by the thing. Their potted drama is said R Kennedy, b Boocek.. enemy's artillery northward of Ypres to be one of 'he funniest things ever attempted on the stage, and he must indeed he 'n misanthrope who does not laugh heartily at the merciless way in which that form of perform F. Button and P.Jacks did not hat, ance is skitted." There are many
THE ITALIAN BITUATION.
•
J
cement; if these casks were pat end to ANGLO-FRENCH AGREEMENT OF
end, they would reach over 167 miles, or
2 times round the island of Singapore
The amount of earth excavated was
2,898,788 cubic yards, and if this amount
was filled into zavy barrows, which are
VIEWS
PARIS, Nov. 4, Complete agreement between the
·Extras i
kinds of tonien but the Court | Athorne Cards" can be recommended as Borsock
Bdr. Drummondo b
presty big barrows, a procession of men British and French Governments regard supplying the most potent, for a and barrows, as near as they could con- ing the Italian military situation was good laugh and a little tunefullness Gr. Green, veniently walk would be over 16,503 reached, as a consequence of the con- go a long way towards brightening Be. Perkins, Button, Gray miles long. This excavation has re- claimed 16 acres of swamp land which Tersation between M. Painleve, the will go far to wipe out the cost of the French Premier and Minister of War, life. The Court Cards do this cheer. Mann, rut out
fully, economically and well. dock. The cost of the work comprised and Mr. Lloyd George in London. sader the original tender has been
GAVALRY.
$16,414,378, to which is to be added THE GALLANTRY OF THE ITALIAN $2,471,850 for work carried out by the Board departmentally in the shape of go- downs, &c, making a total of $18,888 225 excluding the King's Dock &c., Cur total capital to-day is just under $63,000,00 which is a big jump in 11 years from
3,70
The successfat retirement of the
GERMAN MAN-POWER.
Domelly Gr. Baines, Murray, Gr. Sharman, e Joseland Donnelly Bdr. Athorne, Pot outs and mon Lt. Wilkinson, b Donnelly
Gr. Booneve Joseland, b Gray Q.M.S. Ross, bb Morgan ... Lieut. Baker, a Mans, b Horgan
LONDON, NOV. A LUDENDORF AS WITNESS TO NEED Extras Reuter's Correspondent at Italian
FOR ECONOMY Headquarters reports and Although we celebrate the completion
The special.correspondent of The of this scheme to-day, I must remind you Italians across the Tagliamente is Temps at the British front writes: The that it is not the end of expenditure on entirely due to the self-sacrifice of the German Frena states that the crisis in inorensed accomodation. Owing to the Cavalry, whose splendid maneuvring in regard to effectives is quite known in position of Singapora on the world's map, great masses and reckless gallantry the German army. This, however, is
the Sruthi Asin Morgan there rests or you a duty which you can against machine-gus firing remain exactly contrary to not and must not shirk, that is to pro- one of the most, brilliant Meatures matter of fact, we have incontestable
a company Tide every facility and every requirement
proof that the strength
of
of
Donnelly Pearce
SRAJGENGOWER V. RES.
Otheramounts have yet to be collected.
HONGKONG POLICE. RESERYE
Ondam farmed by Mr. F. 0. Jakis,
and a revised list will be published laten
Owing to lack of time and to the fact WINTER UNIFORM. that no oficial list was ready on Satur.
& day, we were unable to mention the
fames of all the ladies who took part
All manke retiring their Winter Uni- form altered etc, are ordered to attend
in either uniform or mufti) at Head-
In addition to the ladies in actual quarters Club at 5:45 pm on Wednes charge of the various stalls whose day November 7th or names we published on Saturday beru miloon te be
produced and
UGNONG DEE
¿CORPE,
Order for Infantry Battalles: by
Major H Morgia,
AKADEM
Bupplementary
both
and.
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Docka" Musketry "Dzill," order" with:
Hongkong residenta
fannoh from Status
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Winter the following ladies assisted Mr. Sandeman Mrs Mansfield, Mia worn for inspection by the C.8.1
her set aside, room at the die with h Pettenden, Mrs Marriott Mr. Murray changing purposed stend on Tuesday, Scott, Hr. Hayward, Mrs. Potter, Mrs Equipment Officers Frille Lander, Mr. Evan Jones, Mis Farmer, uniform on both dates Mr. Bowley, M-Hodgson, Mrs Members who me on Falconer, Mrs. Macgregor, Mr. Hallifar, nights (ie a parade on Mra Turnbull, Mr. Jacks Mrs. Kent, patrol on the other) Mrs. Todd, Mr. Rom,, Miss Loureiro salves from the parade only for the
tendingat
trend the inspection of Miss Robinson, Max Edkins, Mi Purpose of
winter hit > & League Match played at HAPPY Lander Miss Hosting Mi necessary for the quick despatch of of the war. Their constant "dering infantrylin certain sectors varies from i ships. The world's overaca trade daabes under fire screened the march of 40 to 6 men, and that to campemente Valley on Saturday between CCC. and Miss Ritchie, Miss Main, demande it, the mercantile marine de the main body of the army, enabling it for this shortage of men each company RE results in in for Craigengower mand it. So this is not a stoppage to occupy a prearranged position which was reinforced with two light machine Scores EN today. It is only the end of one scheme, it is now busy fortifying. There were guns, an increased anpply of these gans HIB EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR in his charges by squadrons and whole bri being leur allocated to the battalions speech maid the new dock wes'ont of the ades, executed with admirable; ure It may he objected that the Germone. Fergt. Macgregore o T. Thompson b. Beringer, Mia Nebolla, Mr. Rose, Lour large works which have been ont, for the improvement of Singapore Cision and at the highest oped recognising the soceriority of adoine. Grim Barbour which have been completed which the machine gans failed to arrest guns, gradually substituted, them as far Cpl. Adarna, b Grimmett
as possible for infant rien, and used White, borimmett since 1945, when the Government bought Some regiments were practically annig men made available in this way to form Gordon Grimmett Graham
Feates b up the Tanjong Pagar Dock Companylated, but not in vain, as their merifies fresh unite. This suggestion however, *The other threa large works are the molce; protected the rond along whichëths has no „rent foundation, anaforming Mach
Grimmett
quey and reclamation in the roade the third army marched to lety months peet the bench of the ditelliler, and lightimet
with the wierd, and 6 Gris reconstruction of the Tanjong Pag
wharves and the construction of the largo dry dock called the King's Dock
AMERICAN PICKET BOAT
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Km. Wall: MrJoseph, Mra Young
King
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