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mors substantial conforts. It cannot be too strongly emphasised that not the least vain- able of the services which the civilian, population can render their country is to change their habits of life as little as pos sible. It is important that the industrial activities of the country should be fully maintained. If the public unduly restrict their purchinssy it follows that tho offects: will be felt in the factories. Men will be thrown out of employment and distress become more and more widespread and acute. These considerations are boing emphasised in trade papers and by many large firms at Home; and they need to be emphasised here in Hongkong and in alt other British Colonies. We find the position is well stated in a sort of manifesto by the

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THE

WAR.

{THROUGH" REUTER'S AGENOPY

GREAT

BATTLE PROCEEDING

SLOWLY.

HEAVY FIGHTING ON

ALLIES

LEFT.

ACTIVITY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

LoxDos, September 20th.

3.45 p.m.

A descriptive report by an eye-witness, received from Headquarters, was issued this afternoon. It says that Wednesday, the 23rd inst., which was a perfect autumn day, was uneventful, except for a heavy cannonade near Paisay. The absence of wind gave the airmen a great chance. They killed some of the enemy's artillery horses and caused others to stampede horpe. The lull continued on Thursday. The Germans dropped' heavy

Kingdom to act upon this principle; shells near Pargnan, and the French-British, and German seroplanes.

but the public will realise the impossibility of doing so unless we have the support of our customers." Believing that it will be possible to maintain this position, the firm Announces their intention to make no change in their usual autuma artauge- meats, except in so far as the war may render it impossible to deal with certain These observations European countries. have a local application in many directions. so far as the arrangemanta and habits of life in this Colony are concerned there is little necessity to make sweeping changes which will disastrously affect the local traders in the first place, and, through them, the mass of the operatives who produce the goods which the public abstain from boying. outfitters and drapers. All of themi sent Home, long before the war broke out, their customary orders for the coming season, and the goods are reaching the Colony in due course. It would mean a sorious loss to local traders and shopkeepers if the pre- Bent restricted demand continues. Even the fact that such & large number of tho men in-civil employ in the Colony are now required to always wear their Volunteer uniforms his had an appreciable effect on the outâtting trade in the Colony. In turn à depressed condition of trade spells idle. ness in the Home factories, and great

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MellerCHON.-At Kellet Crest, The Ponk,

HANNAH - SELEBESNIK,On September 24th, at Shanghai, RICHARD LAONEL HANNAH, to CLEMENTINE KATHERINE SEREBRENIK, of Shanghai.

in other Woold

on 29th September, to Mr. and Mrs.increase in the amount of distress which a J. M. MCHUTUнON, a daughter...

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directions, and, therefore, we earnestly emphasise the view that these evils will be gratly reduced if the public, in the Colonies as well as at Home, realise the fact that they may greatly help their country by altering their arrange- ments and habits of life as little ns possible.

DEATHS.

HALOE-On September 25th, at Shang

hai, ALEYOSE MARY, beloved only daughter of JOHN and HANKAR

·HAREDE, aged 19 years and 7 months. SCHNEIDER OR September 25th, Shanghai, GEORGES SCHNEIDER, Messrs. Hirsbrunner & Co., aged 29 years.

at of

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We suppose everyone recognises, though perhaps in a vague sort of way, that it is sacred duty devolving upon every man, woman and child to render ull assistance possible to their country in the prosent time of trist and danger. Great and gratifying as the response has bean to the call to able- bodied men of British race throughout the Empire to join the fighting forces of the

but

Mr. T. F. Hough returned to the Colony by the Pacific Mail steamer Korea, after a holiday at home.

The Manila Observatory reports a cyclone or typhoon over or near Meiaco sima, recurring north-eastward.

The attention of the public is directed to the announcement by the Food Com- mittee appearing in our advertisement columns on page 4

The sum of $420 was realised as the

result of the organ recital given by Mr. George Grimble at St. John's Cathedral on Tuesday evening, in aid of the Prince of Wales' Fund.

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'Information has reached Shanghai that Mr. A. W. U. Pope, formerly general manager

of the Shanghai Nanking Railway, had been ordered to the front. Crown, the Army and Navy, greatly. Pope was EL colonel of railway enlarged though they be can

engineers (volunteers) in India and he absorb a very small proportion of the remained on the reserve until recently population. There are huureds of hen he volunteered for active service. ways in which those who remain at home at ease may help their cuntry Policy Sergeant Marks skinning a gont An Indian watchman was caught by besides contributing, as all should, to the in broad daylight yesterday in Duddell National Fund which has been organised Streat, and in the presence of a number for the relief of distress occasioned by the of admiring Chines. He promptly war. It is a singular fays that one of the arrested the Indian, who stated that be most important ways it which the country had only just previousty killed the animal can be helped is the one most in danger of by cutting off its head. At the Magis being overlooked. We refer to the estracy yesterday the case was remanded. sity for the maintenanes of steady trade M.-J. M. Xavier, of Guedes & Co., so far as that is possible in the circum Ltd., was fishing in the Harbour un stances. Not only at Home hut here in, Tuesday night opposite the Kowloon Hongkong and in other Colonies, an Wharf and Clodown Company's wharf inclination has been shown to tightly when he saw a Chinese who was fishing draw the purse-strings to do not only with near by pull up a package containing a re- out the little luxuries and conveniencia volver and several rounds of ammunition. which in time of peace are regarded as Mr. Xavier took the revolver and necessities, but in many cases also without ammunition from the man, and handed

them over to the police.

were most active. So also were the anti-aircraft guns.

The Germans are now inclined to concentrate shells in definite areas, hoping thus to find the gums or the places where the British are billetted. The result will give work to local builders.

6.30 p.m.

A Paris communiqué issued: -day states: On our Left Wing, north of the Somme and the Oise, the enemy made seviral attacks during the day and night, but all were reptised.

There is no change north of the Aisne, and the enemy in the Centre has confined himself to heavy cannonading.

·Between Argonne and the Mense the French have made slight

progress.

regions.

There is no notable mange in the Woevre, Lorraine. and Vosges

LONDON, September 29th.

11.80 p.m.

The Official Press Bureau states that there is practically no change in the situation. The Allie Left Wing had very heavy fighting, but they

are well holding their own.

September 30th.

220a.m.

A - CONHEIT Wigled bed at Paris at 11 p.m. describes the situation as unchanged

(FREN

MUFICIAL TELEGRAMSĄ

The following Jegrams from the French Government were sent ria Peking to the Car at Hongkong:~

PARIS, September 27th,

The battle confued on our Left Wing, where we advanced in a marked way between th Dise and the Eamme, and to the North of the Bornme.

We repulsed violat attacks between the Oire and Rheims; and also

·repulsed a vigorous offensive attack by the Prussian Guard between Rheims and Sousin,

Between Souain and Argonne the enemy attacked in the morning. with success, but we regained the evening the ground lost.

A German aeroplane, sking advantage of the fog, flew over Paris on the morning of the 11th (1) September and dropped several bombs near the Eiffel Tower, with the object, moparently, of destroying the wireless station, Que old man was killed, and do daughter was wounded.

..

PARIS, September 28th. There was nothing ng on the 27th in the general situation. There is relative calm along part of the Front. German attacks on the south of the Somme and on the road between Arras and Cambria were repulsed.

The alleged destrucrio on the 19th September, by the Catlaro forte, of a large French man-of-war which was announced by the Cologne Gazeite, is but one more invention, ishe added to the many others.

(THROUGH THE HAYAS AGENCY.)

On the evening of the 20th the French troops were as far forward

'as Ville-sur-Tombe.

On the south of the pevre the Germans occupied a front going through St. Mihiel and north of Pont-a-Mousson.

LATER.

The general situation is unchanged, and there is comparative calm on part of the Front. We qulsed, however, fresh and violent attacks at certain points, including the positions between the Aisne and Argonne,

The Times corresponnt at Petrograd-has-wired that the Kaiter- arrived in Eastern Prussia the 2nd (sic).

German Army Ceris are said to be on the Russian frontier.

THE CANADIAN MINISTER FOR DEFENCE.

LONDON, September 30th,

4.50.a.m.

The Canadian Minster for Defones (Columel the Hon, Sam Ifughes) contradicts the newspaper statement that he is going to the front.

MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENTS OF GERMAN WARSHIPS-

IN THE BALTIC SEA.

LONDON. September 30th.

2.20 a.m.

A message from Petrograd says that 38 German warships, including nine battleships and seven transports, appeared oft Windau (near the Gulf of Riga) on the 24th inst, and subsequently disappeared_southwards.

Eighteen destroyers and ergiser approached the coast off Windau on the 28th inst. They lowered boats to take soundings, and disappeared

when fired upon.

[THNOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE SIEGE OF TSINGTAU.

BOMBARDMENT OF THE -FORTS,.

FOUR GERMAN MACHINE GUNS AND FIFTY GERMAN

PRISONERS CALTURED.

Lounow, September 29th.

6.10 p.m.

An official announcement in Tokyo says: The Japanese on tho day and night of the 27th inst. drove the enemy towards Tsingtan. The casualties were 160. The German losses are unknown, but 50 wera

captured, with four machine-guns.

LONDON, September 30th.

2.15.m.

On the

A British

Another oficial announcement, issued in Tokyo, says: 28th inst. the Japanese bombarded two of the Tsingtau forts. warship participated. One fort replied, ineffectively)

THE FIGHTING IN BELGIUM.

BOMBARDMENT, OF ANTWERP'S `QUTER DEFENCES,

GEEMANS THREATEN TO DESTROY MOLL.

DON, September 30th.

215 a.m.

The Germans continued the bombardment of the outer Antwerp

forts yesterday. It is believed that they using heavy Austrian

artillery.

The Germans also bonbarded Lierre, and the inhabitants fled. It is feared that Lierre has been destroyed.

A strong force of Germans re-occupied Mol, which they threaten to

destroy unless the fugitive inhabitants return,

THE

RUSSIAN OPERATIONS.

INVASION OF HUNGARY,

Desnos, September 30th. 4.50 a.m.

A Budapest telegram mentions a battle on the 28th inst. around Malomszeg, Hungary. Though it asserts that the Russians were repulsed to.

the Usick Pass, it admits that there is uneasiness among the public owing

to the cutting of communications between the districts of Maramaros and Oekeermezce..

It is stated in Petrograd thut the Russians found the passes of tho Carpathians open except at Eszek, where the en were driven from three- -muccessive-fortified-position, losing all their gays and hundreds of mens

taken prisoners.

It is believed that the Russian Advance Guard is half-way to Budapest.

GREAT STRUGGLE BETWEEN RUSSIANS AND GERMANS.

TONDON. September 30th.

5.00 a.m.

A telegram from Petrograd says that there has been desperate fighting between the Russians and the Germans at Ossowetz, Druskeniki, and Symno,

ross the Nieman An attempt by the Germans, to

frustrated.

WOM

The Russians re-occupied Augustovo after a great battle for possession on the Northern outlets of the Augustovo forests.

[The towns named in the telegram are presumably on the Poland- Prussian border: only Augustovo is shown on our maps. The River Nieman enters Prussia from Russia, flowing past Tilsit into the Baltic Sea. Roughly the river at this point may be said to be the dividing line between Prussia and the Russian province of Kovno,}.

SERVIANS RECAPTURE SEMLIN.:

It is announced in Petrov

Semlin, after a fierce battle.

5.05 2.m

Lospos, September 30th.

at the Farvians have recaptured

'EMDEN” AGAIN ACTIVE.

SIX STEAMERS CAPTURED AND FIVE O THEM

SUNK.

LONDON, September 29th. 14.25 p.m.

The Secretary of the Admiralty announces that the German cruiser Eater, during the past few days, has captured and sunk in the Indian Oczan the steamers Tymerie, King Lud, Biberia, and Foyle. The cruiser also captured the collior Buresk:

The crews of the vessels were transferred to the Gryjovde, which was also captured, but was released in order take the crews to

Colombo.

(The Faden has now captured or sunk twelve ships in Indian waters. On the 10th fast. she suddenly appeared in the Bay of Bengal and captured six British steamers, five of which were zunk, and the sisth sent to Calcutta with the crow's. The Emden also subsequently Bred ning shots into Madras.

The Tymeric is a vessel of 3,314 tons gross register belonging to the Bank Line, Ltd. She was built by Russell & Co., Port Klasgow. The ship lett Samarang on the 11th September with a full cargo of sugar for the United Kingdom. She arrived at Colonibo on the 24th instant, The King: Fud, which was built at Sunderland, belongs to the King Line of Steamers, and has a net tonnage of 2,314, gross 3,050. The Foyle, which wa also built at Sunderland, is the property of the Mercantile Steamship Co., Ltd., London. She has a net tonnage of 2,000, groke 4,148. The Gryfevate is 2,840 net and 1,424 gross, the property of the Gryfovalo Steamship Co., Ltd., of Cilasgow. The Bolton Steam Shipping Company owas'n esel uamed the Riber, 2,241 tons net and 3,500 gross.]