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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1918,

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applicants will be required to produce Paarports or identification papers. All marcos, with certain exceptions, whe somain in the Colony for more than 7.days are required to Register them- salvos under the REGISTRATION of FERSONS ORDINANCE 1916. Forms of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.F.Q. and at all Police Stations.

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THE DARDANELLES

ACTION.

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LosDon, Jan, 2 The Admiralty states that the

THE WESTERN FRONT.

LONDON, Jan. 23.

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-

We captured two machine-guna in successful patrol encounters, last night; to the east of Ypres.

The enemy raided a post to the

details of the Goebon and. Breslau south of St. Quentin... engagement show that our destroyer There was boatile artillery activity Lizard was patrolling to the north-at Cambrai. cast of Imbros when she sighted the

Our aeroplanes, during the night, dropped over 200 bombs' on zero- dromes at Courtrai and on billeta at Raulers and Rumbeke.

Gooben and the Breslau, going north. The Lisard gave the alarm and opened fire to which the enemy replied, at 11,000 yards, but without

We also carried out a raid in Ger securing a hit.

many and dropped two tons of bomba The Goeden then sighted the moni-on steel works at Thionville, milway tors in Kusu Bay and engaged them, sidings at Bemsdorf and on Arnaville. whilst the Brealau Continued to Junction.

engage the Lizard which was pre One of our machines is missing. vented from closing in to torpedo range by the enemy's accurate fire.

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the monitors by a smoke screen, but

LABOUR CONGRESS AT NOTTINGHAM,

both monitors wers hit and sunk. FOREIGN DELEGATES AND THE

VIR

Loxnox, Jan. 28.

The destroyera then followed the. enemy and an explosion was observed on the Breslau when six miles to the south of Kephalo, followed by three At the joint conference of the more explosions, and she sank in ten Trade Unions Congress and the minutes.

Labour Party at Nottingham, Mr. The Goeben continued to steam Arthur Henderson moved the pro- southwards and four enemy destroy-posal, which was adopted, to estabe om were then sighted coming out fish a Labour Instituts in London, from the Dardanelles, supported by at a cost of £800,000, for the purposs an old Turkish cruiser.

of meetings and containing libraries, The Tigrees and the Lizard im etc. mediately engaged the enemy de stroyers which retired up the Strait, one of which was repeatedly, hit and set on fire..

Mr. Henderson said that between 750,000 and 1,000,000 band fide members of British Labour organise

Our aircraft forted the docben to tions had joined the ranks during the make for the Dardanelles, and in war. turning she struck a mine and

in the evening, ME steamed slowly escorted by enemy Huysmans, the Secretary of the |seapidnce and destroyers.

International Socialist. Bureau, said. Our aircraft repeatedly attacked he was of the opinion that if the ber, directly bitting her twice, off moderate democratic war sime of Chanak

the Labour Party were presented to The Goeben was be this time as International Labour Conference," damaged that she steered for the then the Austrian and German shore and was beached on the end Labour Parties would be compelled of Nagar Point and our seaplanes to declare their war aims, and if a secured two more direct bits. In general agreement transpired the fighting enemy seaplanes one of our fighting, would be paralysed. machines was lost.

said the recent declarations of the The Cape Helles. batteries now Entente and American Heads of opened fire on the Tigress and the Governments had made a greater Lizard which bad followed the

impression on the German people Gueben, but owing to our aircraft than their Press admitted. He de- activity, they proceeded to rescue theclared that the first question muat survivors of the Breslau. During be that of disarmament.

work

He

these operations a submarine's peris- M. Litvinoff (the Bolshevik Am cope was sighted and the rescue bassador), following, defended the was interrupted while the conduct of the Bolsheviks and boped destroyers hunted the submarine that even if peace did not result The survivors of the Breslau from the Brestlitovsk negotiations, pressed their dislike of the Turks and

a revolution in Germany and some stated that they hoped to be sent

(cheera)-might come back to Germany when the Goebon where else" returned to Constantinople after the within the ranga, of immediata

possibilities. mid-A

FUSION OF THE WOMEN'S LABOUR LEAGUE.

Our aircraft reported on Monday that the Goeben had not changed her position, and we are stil bombing

bar

Mr. Arthur

ur Henderson, addressing the Women's Eskour League at Nottingham, suggested fusion with NEW PUBLIC MEALS ORDER AT the Labour Party on a basis of twenty per cent female representation on the National Executive,

HOME

LONDON, Jan 28,- The Press Bureau announces that a new Public Meals order instigates two meatless days weekly and pro hibits the, congu

of milk ex.

cepting in tea, coffee and cocoa, for which persons must carry their own

sugar.

It was subsequently proposed that the Women League should cease to exist as a separate organisation.

PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION,

LONDON, Jan. 29, The House of Lords adopted 182 votes to 42, that the pr The following are some of the be inserted in the Electora

of proportional representation

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