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TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.

DER OSTASIATISCHER LLOYD"

SERVICE]

EUROPEAN SERVICE.

TURKEY AND GREECE..

CRLEDE, MAKING STRENUOUS PREPARATIONS.

FOR: WAN.".

LONDON, June 16th.

DER OSTASIA7750HER LLOYD

SERVICE

HUSSIA AND FRENCH MILITARY

STRENGTH

BERLIN, June 18th.

Following orders received from the Russian Council of Ministers, M. Iswolski, Ambassador at Paris, has demanded

and Greece continues unabated and is French Three Year' Service Law.

likely to become aggravated by the formal annexation of Chios and Mytilene on the part of Greece, which is making strenuous preparations for war. It is,

RUSSIA AND NOUMANIA.

BEZLIX, June 15th, Press news about the exchange of toasts

Board)

SANITARY BOARD.

THE ESTIMATES.

THE TREASURE OF LAHUN

A HOARD OF JEWELS FOUND IN EGIPT

MYSTERY OF A FLUNDEBED PYRAMID,

(HY PROFESSOR FLINDERS PETRIE IN "THE TIMES.")

pound weight of gold beads was the The first large object found after a

RESCUES AT SEA The usual fortnightly meeting of the

diadem. This is a band of burnished gold BRAVE DEEP BY MINERIC ?” “OFFICER. Sanitary Board was held yesterday after-

over an inch wide and large enough to surround the full vig. In front is an noon, the President of the Department

A fisherman of Kagamiga-ura, Hiro- inlaid cabra, the Royal uraus, and shima prefecture, Japan, named Saku- (Mr. D. W. Tratman) presiding. There

around the band are attached 15 rosettes, taro, his son, the latter's wife, and two were also present Hon Mr. A. F

each composed of four Bewors and four men while out fishing off Nagasu, Buzen, leaves of open work inlaid It is thus were caught in a typhoon on June 3rd. Churchill (Vice Chairman), Hon. Mr.

of an entirely new pattern, most like that While making for the land the boat was E. R. Hallifax, Hon Mr E A.

painted on the statue of Nefert. Behind capsized The men managed to struggle Hewett, C.M.G., Colonel Irwin, Mr. miles south of Cairo, stands the high, descended the whole crown being over heen in the water for about four hours At the mouth of the Fayum, about 30 the crown stood up high plumes of gold; out from under the boat, but the woman P. W. Goldring, Mr. Chan Kai Ming, dark mass of the brisk pyramid of foot and a half high. This is now in the when about one o'clock the British steamer at the back and sides, streamers of gold remained imprisoned inside. They had Mr. Ng Hon Taz, Dr. Francis Clark Senusezt II, built about 3,400 a.c. The Cairo Museum in Minerie, of the Dodwell Line, hove in (Medical Officer of Health), Dr. W. W older custom of building pyramids of pectoral of gold inlaid with lazuli sight. As soon as she sighted the h The political tension between. Turkey guarantees for the earrying through of the Mr. E. W. Hamilton (Secretary to the dynasty to the shorter method of building princess, it has the cartouche of Benusert boerd the steamer, the rescuers running Pearse (Assistant Medical Officer), and solid stone had given place in the 12th have belonged to the girlhood of the Alongside and the men were got safety on and amazon-atone (green felspar) must tressed fishermen the vessel was brought the bulk of black brick, and then covering II., upheld by a kneeling man with palm considerable risks in picking then up. with a casing of large blocks of fine white branches, the emblem of millions of years. Merle people that a woman was im- I found the entrance to this pyramid, and is altogether 31 inches wide. The back is Chief Officer of the steamer, volunteered limestone quarter of a century ago. It is flanked by a hawk on each side, and prisoned under the boat, Mr. E. J. Hales, ...When the fishermen informed the last winter I returned to it with the exquisitely engraved in the gold. A to go to the rescue. Though the sen was students and resources of the British second pectoral of similar design was a to make a füller clearance of the whole as it has the cartouche of Amenemhat III lowered in which Mr. Hales reached the School of Archeology in Egypt, in order gift in the mature years of the wearer, running high, a boat was successfully.

any other, in its surrounding works, frames, but these outlined by the forms hull with an axe to release the imprisoned This pyramid is better preserved than pectorals from Dahshur have square the offer sot about cutting a hole in the This also is in the Cairo Museum. The capsized boat. Climbing up on the keel,

Owing to having been largely cut into a of the birth are more graceful in design woman. In the meantime. Mr. Hales' mass of rock. The rock features have not Collar of age gold cowries and of been plundered for stone, as has happened double lion-heads in gold, each over an preceded with his work. After about hoat was carried away, but he fearlessly usually to buildings. The height of the inch wide are similar to those found at half an hour's strenuous labour he made permanent rock work has also caused sand Dahshur. A third collar was of beads through. When he got her out, she was and rubbish to accumulate, so that the and pendants of gold, lazuli, amazon almost in a state of collage. The ineric hole big enough to drag the woman worked faces were buried, in some parts stone, and carnelian,

lowered another bost and picked them up. as much as 16ft. in depth. It is therefore the most complete of the later pyramids,

to the police on the steamer's arrival at The shipwrecked people were handed over The following appears in The Times as architectural details. In order to make

Moji and also the most interesting in its from its correspondent at Shanghai:~~ certain of finding all ancient entrancus to the Pacific Mail steamer Siberia, which outside the pyramid has been completely The recent false alarm of an accident and structures, the whole surface far caused very great anxiety throughout the¦

bared, the rock scraped and brushed, and Far East, brings into strong relief the every fissure aud crack examined; no site scandalous delay that has taken place in in Egypt has been so thoroughly searched. providing Hongkong with a wireless FYRAMID OF SENUSERT 12 telegraph station.

at Constanza says that the Czar's utter

The report of the Select Committee appointed to consider the Estimates for 1915 was laid before the Board. Estimates had been considered by

Hon. Mr. Hewert said that as the

however, expected that Grecco will not succeed in inducing the United States ances were of a wouing character towards Sub-Committee, and the report was before to sell the two battleships she is seeking Roumania, which is opposed to any bind

Require.

ing agreements.

to..

BERLIN, June 15th,

The Greek diplomats declare that war will be inevitable unless satisfactory answer is returned to the Greek Note...

The Athenian Press prints passionate articles against a postponement of the Struggle.

THE SIEGE OF DURAZZO.

BERLIN, June 15th.

The Italian Minister at Durazzo writes: "The town has been attacked from three sides and it is rumoured that Colonel. Thomson has been killed. The town is GREEK COMPLAINT DESCHIDED AS GROUNDLEER, considered safe. The Prince is fighting

Taleat Bey reports that the Greek com at the front," plaints regarding the Ainali affair are groundless, and cites the affidavit of the Greek Consul to this effect.

TURK18 SERVES CALLED UP. Turkey has called up the reserves of 1887 to 1383,

Turkey contemplates blockading the Dardanelles in case of war, but this would lead to the intervention of such neutral Powers as would suffer thereby.

LATER. The cruiser Helli, bought from the United States, has started on her voyage to Greece,

PROPOSED GREEK LOAN.

BERLIN, June 16th. Greeve proposes to raise a loan of 40 millions for military purposes.

THE TSAR AND THE KING OF ROUMANIA.

Herlix, June 18th. The Ozar's meeting with King Carol of Houmania at Constanza was very cordial. The Roumanian Ministers await the Russian proposals and are reticent about the Dardanelles question.

King Carol, in a speech at the banquet, recalled the Roumanian and Russian brotherhood of arms and tendered his personal thanks for the Russian marshal's baton. Ho emphasized Boumania's love

States.

RECRUITS FROM ALSACE- LORRAINE.

BERLIN, June 16th

THE BAGDAD RAILWAY.

ANGLO-GERMAN AGREEMENT.

the Board, he proposed that the report be adopted.

Mr. No Hos Tsa secondled, and it was

carried.

HONGKONG AND WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

site

Taatened by a broad sliding strip of gold A pair of armlets, over 3in. wide, are inlaid with the titles and name of

the Japanese pilot who tank the Minerie representative of the Japan Chronicle by from Kobe to Maji. He warmly eulogized the courage and resource shown by the British officer.

The above incident was related to a

Anienemhat III in carnelian Each separate the rows of minute beads of gold, armlet has also six broad bars of gold to relian, and amazon-stone. A pair of bracelets of the same kind are in wide, of silver, with a head of Hat-hor of cast with plain gold sliders. The mirror was

inlaid with plaited gold bands and leaves. gold, and a handle of polished obsidian of carnelian and blue and white paste. This is now in the Cairo Museum, toilet outfit also included three obsidian vases and a kohl pot, all with gold CHS. mounting at top and base. Eight other funerary waifit,

The

INTIMATIONS

J. GAUPP & CO.,

The pyramid casing was founded in a What Hongkong feels so acutely is that deep catting in the rock, where a few it sees others, French, Germans, and even blocks of it still remain. The sides The German Government has ordered Chinese, erecting powerful stations, and probably varied two or three inches; the it must be dependent on their courtesy length was 350ft. So careful were the that all the recruits from Alsace-Lorraine for sending and receiving messages. The builders to preserve the soft marly will join regiments outside those probat apart from the fact that their help Jarge trench filled with sand was cut

men-of war in harbour help Hongkong foundation from damage by rain that a vases of alabaster belonged to the vinces, the order taking effect from the

18 casual, as they come and go, they cannot round all sides of the pyramid. This coming autumn.

be expected to trouble themselves about trench. varies from 11ft wide on one side amethyst necklace of very deep, colour The smaller objects comprised an commercial - messages. For news ef to 44ft, wide on another. It was about with lion-claw pendants of gold; five typhoons, from which Hongkong suffers sit, deep, filled with very clean coarse motto, pendants of gold with inlaid WATCHMAKERS so terribly in the interests of safety at sutid, and covered with about 10in of carnelian signs; a necklace of rhombic sen, and for the prestige of the Empire brown pebbles, which Hongkong demands a wireless station, immediate surrounding of the pyramid, eight gold lions and nine knots from formed the beads of blue amazon stone and carnelian'; and as coming from the second biggest The whole was enclosed with a panelled necklaces and bracelets; seven quadruple is not unreasonable. At least it might rock stood high enough it was left as a handled razors; fragments of two caskets shipping port in the world her demand stone wall at least 12ft high; where the lion-heads; two inlaid scarabs; gold- command respect on the score of antiquity

of ivory inlay, with gold emblems in the gold, carnelian, and panels; and over 10.000 minute beads, of belonging to the bracelets. Lastly, in very inassive limestone box, were found the four canopic jars of alabaster, with carved heads, giving the name of the King's daughter, Sat-Hather-ant

**________ BERLIN, June 15th. It is expected that the Anglo-German agreements relating to the Bagdad Bail way and Mesopotamia will be framed to-day, since complete understanding has been arrived at on all outstanding points. The agreements will come into force as soon as the treaty with Turkey. has been signed, since the assent of the letter to several important points is required. THE MUSSIAN ARMY ESTIMATES.

BERLIN, June 15th..

The Russian Duma bas passed the estimates of the War Minister.

TYPHOON IN JAPAN

STEAMER WRECKED ON THE LOOCHOUS..

[As we have recently announced, this this year E», IL.D.P} demand seems in a fair way to being supplied

BOTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RICKMERS' LINE.

core to this wall.

amazon-stone,

MISSING THE OBVIOUS.

AND

JEWELLERS.

SURVEYING AND NAUTICAL

INSTRUMENTS.

SUN GLASSES.

Representatives

tombs of the Royal family, of which 14 Around the enclosure wall were the have been found. One of the most remarkable is a great tunnel descending by stepe to soft deep, after giving access to one tomb, it branched, and another long passage led to a second tomb 70ft. farther on Another tomb had a stone trapdoor in the floor, which gave the The extraordinary conditions of this ZEISS PRISM BINOCULARS. The Rickmers Linie d can this year kokages access to the pyramid, and it must discovery seem quite inexplicable. The back upon a successful past extending

have been by this indirect way that the bhad been attacked; the long and over a period of eighty years. In the granite sarcophagus of Senusert was heavy work of shifting the massive granite of Helgoland, started a small shipbuild direct shaft into the pyramid was too year 1834 B. C. Rickmers, a shipwright taken into the burial chamber, as the lid of the sarcophagus, and breaking it ing yard in Bremerhaven. The amal narrow. Another of the tombs contained away, had been achieved; yes all the gold enterprise soon began to prosper, was the Treasure, which is described below of the passage, uninjured. The crown SILVER AND PRINCE'S PLATE.

was left within arme reach, in the recess enlarged, and beaides other craft the Surrounding all the burials was the great would have been bent in some part if it building of whalers was begun. About brick wall of the temenos. This was 16ft. this time B. C. Hickmers, noticing the thick and about 30ft. high. It still had been dragged out of the narrow considerable increase in the rice import remains to a height of lott., where it is no signs of rough handling. The whole opening of the sarcophagus, but it showed trade, struck upon the idea of building protected by the rock cutting. A staircase his own vessels to take up the rice trade of stone gave access to the top of the wall, treasure seems to have been stacked in the on his own account In connection with for guards to keep watch over the Royal recess at the time of the burial, and to this enterpriss he built his Rice Mills in mausoles. Bremen R. C. Rickmers died in 1888

have remained there, gradually dropping

of peace and declared that her policy, was on the 3rd instant and wrought wide Rickmers Ricemille Shipowners and on the north and part of the west, where down the pit. Had it been seen or A typhoon swept over Southern Japan and in the year 1889 his heirs continued lower sides by a line of trees around it, course of years, with repeated flooding of

The great enclosure was graced on the apart as the wooden caskets decayed in MAPPIN & WEBB, directed to maintaining the balance of spread havoc. Two trains were blown over Shipbuilding Co. The capital of the the rock rose around the sides. Fragments suspected by those who so vigorously the concern under the new designation 42 along each side; these did not extend storm water and mud slowly washed in,

LTD.. power and the friendship of the Baikau bangers injured, while Company then was 8,000,000 marks und of the scalptured and painted shrines attacked the sarcophagus, it is impossible

200 coral boats are missing.DS in the year 1865 it was increased to

LONDON, the Hayashi Shipping Department of turned out many trading vessels but on the east and the north sides. Many visitors in later years ever ransacked tho he Hayin aru, 1,065 tons, owned by 13,000,000 marks. The shipbuilding dard were found; these adjoined the pyramid that they should have left it. No chance South Beas, was caught in the typhoon 1996 the firm opened a service to the Far rollers for moving the stones, were found have found the treasure. How such Osaka, on her way to Japan from the for German and Foreign, concerns. In of the wooden mallets of the masons, and pit, as it stood open, or they would soon ar the night of the 2nd instant, the was net with lest of seven stemmers left behind on the rock foundations. driven on the southern part of the number of which were new steamers.

things should have escaped destruction Loochons and wrecked.

under these conditions is an entire twenty-one were saved, but the Captain river service on the Yangtse was run. In discovery of the Treasure, which is only plunderers, as then the parts would have

Of the crew connection with this line in 1500-1800 A DISCOVERY OF THE

mystery. It cannot be that the whole was We now turn to the most surprising deliberately buried in mud to hide if from and five others were drowned 1903 a passenger service Was started

The storm had a disastrous effect on between Bangkok-Swatow-Hongkong. In paralleled by the results of De Morgan at been in exact relation to each other. On crops. The centre of the storm developed 1913 & noteworthy change was made tombs of the Royal family had evidently gradual decay and dropping apart, Dalishur many years ago. One of the the contrary, everything showed a long in the vicinity of Yayeyama, one of the transferring the seat of the management heen oponed ages ago, and remained during which the wood and the threads Looohoo group, struck Kyushu, and to Hamburg. Just previous to this, in advanced north eastward by way of 1911, & regular line was opened connect standing open, gradually filled up by were rotted by the wet, before they were Chugoku. Kynsha and Chugoku seem to ng Europe with ports of Siberia. In dust and rain storms. On descending bedded in the mud filling. The caskets have suffered must, the force of the wind January, 1014, a regular service to about 20ft. the burial chamber of a had completely gone to pieces, and the gradually abating as the centre advanced Mediterranean and Black Sea ports was princess was found, containing & granite ivory veneers had fallen about in every to the Kwanto and the north-east.

bogun and the service to the Far East arcophagus, this had been attacked, a direction before they were covered over. was considerably increased At the same hole broken in the lid, and everything Yet the whole was in an open recess, time the capital, was increased to abstracted. So far, nothing unusual brushed past by every man who had worked $3,000,000 The Bleknets Linie appeared, and our workman was told to a smashing into the sarcophagus. There THE THINGS THAT MATTER. now has a feet of 37 modern steamers and clear the hard mud out of a small recess, never was a more astounding case of Mr. Filson Young in one of his recent maintain their lines. The Company also wall of the passage. This recess had stood Such is the strange history of one of the

also seven chartered steamers running to about 3ft, wide and 5ft. deep, in the side missing the obvious, MACGREGOR&Ca contributions under the above heading to owns the world's largest sailing ship, the open for many years, gradually filled grostest hoards of Egyptian jewellery the Pall Mall Gaceite, says five-mustar .. Rickmers, fitted with

It is now necessarily. Colonel Thomson, at Durazzo, has refused things) is little spoken of now from the founder fer cuts of the psok the man found the larger objects, not yet represented in.

Dean Inge says that Hell (among other suxilliary engines and named after the with mud washed down and caked hard that has survived.

the nothing could look less promising. After divided, the Egyptian Government taking pulpit. He should go to Cornwall

It is only a little while ago that a local hai, are the general agents in the Far sent for one of the staff to return, and and one pectoral. The rest of this Messra. H. Diederichsen & Co., Shang-come tubular beads of gold. He at once the Cairo Museum-the crown, the mirror, preacher was addressing his flock, on East for the Hackmers Linie, and Messrs after that the work was entirely done by treasure is now safely. Brived in that stony promontory which is the Ferd Hornsman & Co., are the agents English hande, nearly all of it by Mr. England, and will be exhibited in July beginning and the end of England, on at this port the text: In those days many false prophets shall rise He expounded

at University College, every word of his text until he came to

The Czar said his visit was the outcome of a long cherished wish arising out of the historic friendship of the two Powers Page and the solidarity of their interests, which should be further developed. He acknow- lodged the great merits of King Carol on behalf of peace in the Balkans.

A ROYAL BETROTHAL POSTPONED.

BERLIN, June 15th. The Roumano-Russian Royal engage mount has been postponed until the

autumn.

THE ARREST OF ITALIANS AT DULAZZO

BERLIN, June 15th

to apologize for the arrest of the Italian officer and Italy threatens to withdraw

her protection of the Prince..

Holland intends recalling all her officers from Albania if Italy should demand the fecall of Colonel Thomson

JA Reuter's telegram reports that Colonel Thomson was killed in the Sghting which took place at Durazo on Monday.]

THE ARMIES OF RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

BERLIN, June 15th.. The leader of the German Clerical party has remarked that the Russian armaments are eclipsed by those of Ger- many and Austria, and that deficiencies

*

Guy Brunton Five days were occupied and some evenings as well; February 10th- 15th, In the gradual dissection of that

all the earth lasted much longer; a good deal of it needed to be completely washed

false prophets There were many of The Malay Mail hears that a well-cubic yard of mud. The final sifting of them in our own day, he said. There's known estate not a thousand miles from Erbert Spencer, there's Uxley (ave Kuala Lumpur is producing its rather

of a bored of Uxley?); there's for 7d per lb. f.ch. Ingersoll, over yonder in Merika-all false prophets. And he wound up by saying

They vo robbed us of this, they've rolibed us of that, they've robbed us of the other thing; but, oh, my dear brothers and sisters, praised be the Lord, they haven't been able to rob us of Ell Fire !

His many friends in this part of the world will be pleased to hear that good fortune is smiling upon Mr. Alfred Frith. Since he severed his connection in the Army must be made up. The with the Bandmann Company he has been German Minister for War said that in Australia, and by this time should be spending a pleasant holiday with his wife

Bussia was working hard to improve the on his way to South Africa where he is capacity of her officers for field opera one, by the way, to play in musical under contract, a decidedly favourable tions. All the military training schools comedy repertory under Williamson management for some considerable bad been improved.

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* WORK OF THE BRITISH SCHOOL.

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The work of the British School has also been very successful on a cemetery a few FALCON ! miles from Lahna, where Mr. Engelbach

with a second party of excavators has dis- covered much of the 12th dynasty remains. Some beautiful wooden statuettes, gold amulet cases inlaid, and with minute granulated patterns, gold fish pendants of the most faithful naturalistic work ropes of amethyst beads, several line inscribed tablets, and two tombs with long inscriptions have well rewarded the labours of the British School, Not have the anthropological interests been

FALCON!!

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neglected, as Dr. Walter Amsden hat PILSENER BEER

measured over 400 skulls, Mrs. Flinders Petrie made the tomb plans, and Mr. Brunton and Mr. B. Guan assisted with the drawings while Messrs. C. T. Campion, F. Frost, and D. Willey were occupied also in supervision and manage inant of men and material There is good prospect of more work on neighbouring. regions of equal interest for next season, the large scale of the work and the results necessitate a free and generous support from the public, as no official help or funds are granted to this British School.

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