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CALDBECK,

(ESTABLISHED 1864

WAR NEWS.

WINTER AT THE FRONT.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 1915..

CALAIS, November 23rd. Northern France and Belgium are now an expanse of Arctio whiteness Loo is MACGREGOR&Coming on the canals, and the frozen ground is inaking entrouchment fighting no longer possible, as the troops are unable quickly to out new trenches. Life in the trenches is also much more dangerous, since the snow clearly betrays the lines. The commanders also hesitate to deploy infantry on a white back ground. The Germans are accumulating at Ostend many motor-boats armed with machine guns, and it is believed those are intended for use in the flooded areas or on the canals if the banks of the latter be low enough.

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WASHINGTON, November 27th. The South American Republics have The twenty-first annual report of the asked the United States to co-operate with them in the exclusion of all belligerent Board of Trade, dealing with changes in warships in North and South American rates of wages and hours of labour, just water, and have urged that & series of issued for 1913, states that during the movement in wages which began in 1910 diplomatic conferences be held, at which greater part of that year the upward negotiations should be opened with the

and continued throughout 1917 and 1913 belligerents to arrange a modus operandi. procceded at an accelerated rate; and, The Republics state that trade has been although there was a falling-off in the last paralysed between North and South few months, the total net increase in wages America, and they are anxious to restore for the year has only been exceeded twice it as soon as possible. Argentina, Chili, viz., in 1900 and in 1907-since these Peru, and Uruguay have already made statistics were first collected in 1803--The proposals to the United States asking for number of workpeople affected by the co-operation: The Colombian Minister has changes was slightly in excess of that for publicly announced that Colombia has 1912, the highest previously recorded; and maintained the strictest neutrality since the number of separate changes reported the war broke out, and if Britain and was much larger than in any previous Franceshow any evidence of infringement year. All the changes reported up to on her part Colombia will immediately the end of August were increnses; but punish the persons involved. Ho also after that date wages in those branches states that the wireless station complained of the metal trades in which changes are about is under strict supervision. The regulated by fluctuations in the selling Minister admitted that it is possible that Prices of pig-iron and manufactured iron The number of workpeople reported as the Germans have erected another secret and steel began to fall in certain districts. fruitless efforts to find any such station ing 1013 was 1,906,878, excluding changes on the Pacific coast.

affecting agricultural labourers, ɛermen, and railway servants. Of these, 1,868,080 received net increases amounting to £180,182 per week, and 38,272 sustained get decreases of £1,751 per week; while the remaining 3,005 had upward and downward changes which left their wages at the same level at the end as it the beginning of the year. The net result of all the changes was thus an advance of £178,711 per week, compared with one of £138,401 per week in 1912. The net aggregate advances in 1900 and in 1907 amounted to £208,588 and £200,812 re- The statement that the spectively... changes occurring in 1013 resulted in an increase of £178,711 per week means that the tatal wages bill of the country, in the industries covered by the returns, for a full ordinary work's work at the end of AND

CALAIS, November 23rd. As a result of the inundation to the cast of Dixmude, 1,500 Germans were cut off last Wednesday night. Some of them station, but stated that there had been affected by changes in rates of wages dur- 1 attempted to escape by swimming at day break on Thursday, but the Allies picked them off one after another. By noon the water had risen until only a harrow strip' of land remained. The French commander ordered a pontoon bridge to be built to succour the survivors, but he was too late. as the islet disappeared, and when the French troops approached only 40 of the Germans were alive.

BATTLES IN RAIN AND COLD.

-November 23rd. An eye-witness with a British force, writing last Friday, states: The Germans had intended to assault the

CONTRABAND OF WAR.

LONDON, November 27th. The Norwegian ship Sorfareren, bound from Now Caledonia with a cargo of nickel ore for Rotterdam, has been captured at sea by a British cruiser, as carrying contraband of war, and has been brought into Glasgow, where the nickel ore, presumably intended for "Krupp's Essen works, is being unloaded.

TANNERIES' SERIOUS POSITION.

LONDON, November 27th. The British tanneries are in a serious position, owing to a difficulty in obtain ing tanning extracts from Italy and that South Africa and Australia should France The Financial News suggests fill the gap, and expresses the hope that British tanners will regularly use wattle bark, the bulk of which has hitherto gone to Cermany.

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British left on November 15th, but the British artillery inflicted such damage until reinforcements arrived. On the 19th

ing week at the end of 1912 by the amount on them thas the assault was postponed the Germans made the mistake of massing,

stated The average weekly wages paid preparatory to an attack, thus enabling

during the whole of 1913 did not, how- British guns and Maxims to he used with

ever, exceed those paid during 1912 by devastating effect upon battalions massed

this sum, as the actual changes took plac on a road. The Germans on the 17th

at various dates during these years, and attacked the cast and south-east of Ypres,

due allowance would have to be made on with three charges by regular troops, who

LONDON, November 27th. this account in comparing the average The enemy were were not guards.

To arrive Henri vou Der Goltz, who was arrested wages paid in 1913 and 1912. repulsed and 1,200 dead were counted upon a front of 60 yards. Evidence of last week on suspicion of being a German at the changes in the total wages bill in German losses is accumulating. Forty-spy, was to-day convicted of being a the two years it would also be necessary to nino dead were found in one house, German subject in England who had ascertain, for cach of the trades affected, the variation in the number employed, Failed to register as such, as required by and the exact amount of time lest owing Indeed, all the farms and cottages before the British front are charnel houses. The law. Von Der Goltz, who had been styling to suckness of trade, labour disputes, and weather is bad-usually frosty early, but himself Henry Bridgman Taylor, and

calculation are not available; but an heavy rain later, rendering the conditions professing to be an officer in the Mexicanother causes. The data for such an exact in the trenches wretched: The men stand 'army, was sentenced to six months attempt has nevertheless been made to in a mixture of straw and mud, or half imprisonment.

estimate approximately the total amount. of additional wages paid in 1913 as com frozen slush. The proprietor of a neigh

his

pared with 1912--that is, the amount by bouring factory has converted establishment into a bath-house, with rats

which the aggregate wage bill in 1913 of large enough to contain several men at one time. While the men are bathing their

would have been if wages had remained PORTABLE TYPEWRITER underclothes are washed or renewed, and

at the same level as at the end of 1012. their uniforms cloned by gangs of women.

In this calculation eneh change is given Fifteen hundred men are thus treated

its full effect from the time when it daily."

occurred until the end of the year, or until it was cancelled by another change. Simplicty, Compactness, Durability, Portability. Weight 16 lbs., in leather travelling case 21 lbs but no allowance is made either for

time fost br for overtime. The sctal additional amount of wages paid in 1913, calculated. on this basis. amounted to oyer Rix million pounds (£6,339,473). If the changes had been in operation the whole year this amount would have been over £9,000,000.

GERMANS' FATAL ADVANCE.

PARIS, November 23rd.

The Germans on Thursday last bom barded a Gurkha outposts trenches at Hollebecke for five hours, and 1.000 infan- frymen the advanced leisurely believing all,the Gurkhas to be dead. They crossed the canal in pontoons and brought 30 waggon loads of food and ammunition across. British batteries then destroyed the pontoons, and wiped out 600 of the Germans. The remainder surrendered.

AERIAL ENGAGEMENTS.

PARIS, November 23rd,

A fight between British and German acroplanes was on Saturday terminated by artillery fire near Soissons, on the Aisne river, The German aviators, being out-manoeuvred, sought to fly back to their own lines, but passed witain range of a French battery. Shrapnel wrecked the acroplane and exploded its petrol maga zine, and when the machine reached the earth the two officers and the mechanic it carried had been burned to death.

EAST PRUSSIA'S FLIGHT

·COPENHAGEN, November 23rd. Panic and excitement are becoming general in East Prussia, for over 40,000 people are fleeing the country daily. The situation is so serious that Germany has been obliged to abandon her intention of evacuating East Prussia and Silesia in

order to win a decisive victory in the west. German officials are endeavouring to buy foodstuffs and footwear from Scandinavia.

ON THE DANUBE.

A WAR TROPHY,

MELBOURNE, November 27th.

In Queen's Hail, at the Federal Parlia-the industries covered exceeded what it men: House, the German Black Eagle flag which was captured by the Australian forces at Rabant; in German New Guinea. was hung in a conspicuous position this afternoon and excited considerable

interest.

THE NEW GUINEA VICTORY..

MELBOURNE, November 27th. The Minister for Defence is not satisfied with the terms arranged when the German forces of German New Guinea capitulated to the Australian troops. The Minister stated this afternoon that he had sub-

British

The changes in hours of labour rercitid mitted questions to the Attorney-General as taking effect in 1913 affected 14.018 Of these, 7685 had their as to whether, some of the terms arranged workpeople. were valid, and the Imperial authorities aggregate working time jucrcard and had also been communicated with on the 146,963 had it reduced, the net effect of subject. One of the conditions, which has all the changs bring a reduction of been adversely commented on, is that the 377,073 hours in the weekly working time Germans who surrendered are to be paid of the workpeople affected. their salary. There are other features Trade Revira which are said to be equally objectionable. The terms were arranged by an Australian officer, who is reported to have been em- powered by the late Federal Ministry to make the best terins he could for the surrender of the Germans.

CAPTURED GERMAN TERRITORY.

WARM BATHS IN TRENCHES

HAIRDRESSING, REVUES, AND

CONCERTS. MELBOURNE, November 27th. Paris-A French officer, in a letter to Within the next fortnight another a relative, draws an amusing picture of Commissioner will leave Melbourne for the life in the trenches Pacific to administer the affairs of lands captured from the Germans. The officer to be appointed is Mr. Atlee Hunt, secretary of the Department of External Affairs, who will proceed to New Guinea

DIESEL-DRIVEN SUBMARINE:

"Yes, ma chere," he writes, "we are clean people. Thanks to the ingenuity.

M., we are able to take a warm this teasing the Boches, for this bathing douche every day from 10 to 12. We call establishment of the latest type is fitted upwould you believe it?in the trenches!

So far as the present war has gone, the

Picture to yourself a big hole, six sea-going submarine has proved itself a nuch more formidable war vessel than yards in diameter, lined with glazed tiles any of us dreamed. As a matter of fact picked up among the ruins of the houses, to the aubmarine must he given the credit covered in with sheet-iron roofing, on top of most of the serious damage done to the of which earth with growing corn has British and German Navics. The sub- been laid. On the roof is an enormous, marines of the principal navies of the bucket, pierced orosswise by four spouts, world are fitted with light type high communicating through the roof with Underneath each is a speed Diesel engines. There is no doubt four roses, ATHENS, November 23rd. that for submarine work the oil engine bucket. Beside the bucket on the roof is

Apart altogether from a boiler in masonry, to beat the water. The Austrians are trying to occupy the holds the feld. Danube between Ranaain and Servia, in the saving in weight the oil-engine-driven In the douche room below are a stove, It is ripping! I order to be in a position to use the river, submarine has considerable advantage in stools, clothes pegs, and I am to send supplies and ammunition to being able to carry more fuel, and fuel romancing-drains.

time since my departure. I was able to Turkey. The batteries along the Serviant that which gives per ton a much assure you, this morning, for the first bank have foiled every attempt so far greater radius of action.

take a sorely needed bath. All the made.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS. Generals have been to se our bathroom,

and is took their breath away

THE HARDY RUSSIANS.

PETROGRAD, November 27th. The Russian reeps engaged in the winter campaign in Poland and East Apply to the Manufacturers for Prussia are showing remarkable powers samples:-

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of endurance, Bone cores have been con tinuously engaged for 50 days, have stormed several fortified positions, and have marched 1,000 versts (605 miles) ever bad roads. They are so inured to hard- ships that they are of greater ughing value than ever.

GERMAN ROBBERY

AMSTERDAM, November 27th. The Kaiser is proceeding with further. rigour against the subjects of all hostile i nations, by confiscating all their personal property which remains in Germany. The and luggage which British, French Russian travellers deposited at German Custom offices and military depots for safe-keeping when war broke out has been seized by the authorities.

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ORDERS BY LICUT, COL. A. CHAPMAN, V.D.

We have gone one better, and opened a hairdressing saloon-in the trenches, of Parades for to-day (Saturday) N. Parades for Monday, 11th instant, coarse. The last word in luxury is a on revue and concert, with the assistance of 5 p.m. Musketry Instruction

It is astonishing what a Kennedy Road range for the follow good artists. ing Recruits:No 1 Section Artillut of talent is to be met with in a We even have an acrobat- Jery-Gunners Griere, Schultz, Stone, regiment

elown as cyclist. He has a trained dog Railton, and Young No. 2 Section Artillery — Gunaers which has followed him from Y, and Ainslie, Cormack, Fisk and Gerrard, accompanies him under fire. He makes Contre Section, M. Co., Ptes. Goz you split your sides with his droll

tricks and Macdonald.

Service rifles are to be carried Sergeant Major Colley, DC.L.I., will 5.15 p.m. N.C.0. drill on the Cricket

Ground.

Remainder: N

PARA DETAIL

2-Orderly Officer: 2nd-Lieutenant Can

ningham.

Orderly Sergeant: Corp. Shenton. To furnish Guard to-night: Civil

Service Co. To furnish Guard to-morrow: Right

Section M.G. Co.

G. E. STEWART,

Adjutant, H.KVO

A Parisian barrister wrote to a friend on October 28th-

"Did I tell you that we have in my battalion Ernaldy, the chief d'orchestre of Nantes He enlisted as a private for the daration of the war, and has risen successively to corporal, sergeant, and now sub-lieutenant. As such he com com- mands a company, and shows marvellons dash. In the trenches he gets up concerts, singing the Marseillaise or the Soldiers Chorus from Faust under the noers of the Germans, who are in their 1. trenches only 200 yards away. He is a character.

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