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THE

BRITISH

WAR.

ACTIVITY.

OFFICIAL BULLETIN.

AIR RAID.

A SECOND

THIRTEEN WOMEN AND SIX CHILDREN

KILLED..

FRENCH

AND ITALIAN PROGRESS.

FRANGO-BELGIAN FRONT (IMROUGE REUTERʼa ADENOY.] BRITISH ATTACKING GERMAN

TRENCHES.

LONDON, June 18th. 10.00 p.m. Field Marshal Sir John French in a

bulletin says:-

Wo captured last evening the German Iront line of trenches eastward of Festhu- bert, along a mile front, but failed to hold them during the night against a strong counter-attack,

We attacked early-to-day the enemy's positions northward of flooge, and

FLO31.

AIRSHIP ACTIVITY,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.}

ZEPPELIN

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY JUNE 18T 1918.

RUSSIAN FRONT

(THROUGH REUYER'S AGENCY.] FROM BALTIC TO DNIESTER. CEASELESS AND FURIOUS FIGHTING,

PETROGRAD, June 16th. Fierce battles continue from the Baltic to the Dniester.

A communiqué Bays:The situation at Shavli remains unmodified. The Ger. mans made an abortive night attack at Karejy, and made other isolated attacks northward of Przasnyz, which were successfully repulsed,

Frosh German troops have appeared in Galicia to make good General von Mac- kensen's losses. These new formations, which had hitherto not been seen on this front, resumed the offensive at Jaroslav and along the right bank of the San, sup: We ported by a very strong cannonade, yielded some ground after three days hard fighting along the right bank of the

BOMBS ENGLISH | Lubaczowa and the Wiznia. COAST.

THIRTEEN-WOMEN AND SIX CHILDREN KILLED.

LONDON, June 16th.

A Zeppelin throw bombs along the North-East coast on Tuesday evening, Some fires started, but were extinguished. There were fifteen deaths, and a similar

number were wounded.

LATER.

We delivered successful counter-attacks on the Dniester, taking 90 officers and 1,200 men, with seven machine-guns. The Germans homentarily held Rogouzy, but

GERMANY'S EASTERN ARMY

[HAVAS SERVICE]

THE OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS IN FRANCE,

PARIS, June 15th. President Poincaré and M. Millerand (Minister of War) paid a visit to the factories turning out war material in the Department of Leirt, where they were impressed by the progressive efforts which are being made to increase the outpat te the utmost.

[CHROVOK REGTER'S AGENCY.) ·‚ TERRITORIALS IN INDIA. DAILY RATION ALLOWANCE INCREASED.

LONDON, June 17th.

In the House of Lords, Lord Islington announced that it had been decided to increase the daily ration allowance of the Territorials in India, and that the increase would take effect from the date of landing,

BRITISH STEAMER AFIRE. BARCELONA, June 18th, It is the Queensland, not the Kingsland, that is on fire in the port. The fire broke out during discharge of cargo, and was kept under by the port pumps and the local fire brigades. It is feared that the damage to the vessel is important. A GERMAN PROPHECY.

AMSTERDAM, June 10th General Mackensen has telegraphed the Kaiser to the effect that he will recapture

· Lemberg before July 1st.

ว

EAU-DE-COLOGNE,

· THE · CHINAMAN'S HENLEY. ROWING TO WAR-DRUMS.

A ORIFFIN'S IMPRESSION OF THE DRAGON-BOAT STIVAL

with longs on the banks. and days nothing is hoard but the unceasing

with paddles, accompanied by the sound of a deum and gongs which are placed in the centre of the boot. Impromptu races are got up, not unattended with accidents at times, as the boats are slight and dangerous when paddled by well-nighe hundred excited Chinamon, wild with ontha- Large crowds of spectators line every vantage Even now, in funcy, I can hear those and unsteady with spirits. war-drums booming out the regular ground on the banks of the river; and prizes them, and are eagerly contested for, the barg deep toes, and find myself aging of no intrinsic value are often affered by backwards and forwards to the bend of honour of winning spurring me on in their an imaginary car or paddle; and the efforts; the crews are ocensionally trented by For hours excited cries of the myriads of barmen, mingled with the snapping and splutter-monotonous clang of the gongs, and the boom ing of crackers and the shouts of the of the deep-toned drams in the numerous Since the advent of plague, tho people in boats hundreds of them and boats.

Chinese think that the dragon-boats, brought on the shore, still ring in my ears.

out and paddled about at, or near, the time Aberdeen, in ordinary times, is a quiet, of the festival will drive it away. This one of the frin. festivals at which settlements of accounts pictaresque little harbour which seems to taga-fort Feast is have withdrawn itself from the rush of sea take place amongst the Chinese; the others borne commerce and chosen the prettiest bring New Year's Eve; ocenrring sometime in our January or February; the Moon spot in all the island to carry on its tame Festival on the lith day of the 8th moon in business affairs. Yesterday it was the most September or October; and the Wintor moon, November or December. The Dragon- animated portion of the island, and gave Solstice Festival, a variable feast in the 11th itself over to the joys of a real Oriental Bont. Festival is thus second of the series Henley. The Thames regatta at once occurring on the 5th day of the 5th moon, auggested itself-with just a few details Jimo or July. absent-when my launch posed itself into the bay The water was filled with a variety of craft, rauging from pink and white paper junks to dapper Britis T.B.D.'s and a submarine, and they were all weatly arranged so as to form a good broad course for those, aquatic een- to rash along: for when tipedes the dragon boats are being propelled at top speed one can just discern

THE

LUSITANIA.“.

NO HEAVY LOSS FOR INDERWRITERS,

INSURED IN A MUTUAL CLUB. · The Time understands that the low of the Litani dues not fall heavily on

British insurance companies and under- writers. The liner was insured with the

Though precise figures have not been published, the Lusitania was believed tr have cost about £1,800,000 to-buid in 1907. She was insured against marino perils with companies and underwriters for £800,000 only, so had she been lost through marine riska, the Cunard Com pany would have been a heavy sufferer.

nancially.

The value to be placed on shipping for scheme is determined by certain rules. war risk insurance, under the Government Shipowners are allowed to insure the original cost of the vessel miñas deprecia- tion at the rate of 4 per cent. per angu with, int, ut additional 20 per cent, in view of the rising value of tonnage sineo. the outbreak of war.

the Russians counter-attacked at dawn

long dark body, with multitudes London and Liverpool War Risks Lasar- anco Association (Limited)- mutual of small legs which churn up the water us

association of shipowners which rein- and retook Jouravkoff, capturing a

they force their sinuous frames forward | suyes 80 per cent, of its liability with the heavy gun, with equipment, and artillery.

in a gigantic effort to out-leg the other Government, men. The Germans here hoisted the white

centipedes. The only anomalies which flag, and then treacherously opened fire. The Russians thereupon annihilated

interfered with one whose imagination conjured up centipedes was that these them with the bayonet. The enemy con-

particular specimens were singing and The Press Bureau announces that the tinued his attacks on the Russian bridge-

shouting all the way down the course, cupied the whole frat line of a thousanusaltics in the Zeppelin raid last night heads with strong forces and artillery.

and above the din of voices rose the deep One of the chief exports from the city booming of the wardrums, and each time yards and also part of the second line.

were sixteen killed, including a police. We repulsed these, capturing over 1,500. of Cologne to France, Russia, England those drums boomed the legs kicked more We withdrew our front in the Czerno-and various other countries is le viciously at the water, and the long dark We passed 157 prisoners to the rear by

man, and forty injured.

Cologue. It it also the most popular There was a Zeppelin raid on anotherwitz region beyond the frontier. and most widely used perfume in Ger body forced itself forward at greater A German counter-attack was repulsed part of the North East coast at 6.06 p.m.

my. There are two stories of the origin speed. Yet, really, those imaginury cen- of eau-de-Cologne, one being that Giovanni which resulted in the killing of five meni

Maria Bardha, who was born in 1086, at tipedes, we dragons with most awesome with heavy loss,

Santa Maria Maggiore, Italy, first looking heads, and green tails which started its commercial manufacture, and the other that John Paul de Feminis, who wagged viciously, and the long bodies

INSURED VALUE OF £1,55,000. were full of brown and benny men lived near Santa Maria Maggior and

Assuming that the liner cost £1,800,000 married into the Farina family, first made it. At any rate, several families fifty od in each body--who strained and to build, depreciation for her seven years named Farina lived at Sunta Maria sang to the beat of the drums as if their of life, amounting to rather over £500.000, Maggiore and know the scoret of making lives depended on each deft sweep of the would have to be deducted, having the instired value at nearly £1,300,000. Under perfumery, and the secret, according to paddle. And the man who drumned his the concession recently allowed, the Can- widespread tradition, was imparted to

erow into action worked himself into aard Company would have been able, o a member of the family by an Oriental. Ean-de-Cologne, was first. introduced into frenzy which was goat to look pop-from this basis, to insure with the war risk duks Cologne through some of the many Italians

an additional 20 per cent, bringing up who opened thous there for the sale of the shade of a whit awning. To a

the insured value to £1,855,000. Italian silks, embroideries, work of art, griffin, however, it was all very weird

Whils 80 per cent. of the total insured perfumery, etc. One or two of them were and fascinating, with its read Oriental value is reinsured with the Goverment, So successful in sefling eau de Cologne,

the war risk club retains itself the remain- which at that time was called Aqua della setting and symbolical mystery Regina," that they finally gave up-their-

Two dragons did all the racing, and other interests and began manufacturing the uglier of the two-a most aggressive- it in large quantities.

BRITISH AGAIN ACTIVE..

PARIS, June 16th.

3.10 p.m.

Te-day's communiqué says:- The British yesterday took a line of trenches to the westward of La Bassee.

A GERMAN COMMUNIQUE. WITH ADMISSIONS,

reverst

at

AMSTERDAM, June 16th. A Berlin communiqué reports import ant battles both in Franco and Russia, and British attacks in strong force -northward of Ypres and also La Basse.

The communiqué admits a Ypres, but says that the battle continues. The British atlack near La Basse was made by four Divisions against the West phalians, who were reinforced by the Prussian Guard.

Fighting is also proceeding between the Oise and the Aisne, and the report says that the French attempted to break. through the Vosges in the valleys of the Fecht and Lauch.

Fighting continues north west of Metzeral, and the communiqué claims in Bailte, in Galicia, some progress west- ward of Lemberg, but admits Russian successes between the Dneister Marshes and Zurawno.

MORE FRENCH PROGRESS.

PARIS, June 10th. 2.50 a.m.

A communiqué confirms, the report of Field-Marshal Sir John French, and adds: We have gained ground in Arras, notably next to Lurette and Souchez, and also at the Labyrinth, capturing prisoners and several mitrailleuses.

(civilians), thirteen women and six children, and the wounding of forty.

GERMAN AIRSHIP BROUGHT DOWN.

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PETROGRAD, June 16th. Military critics estimate the German forces operating on the Eastern front to total forty-five Army Corps, as well as twenty-six Austrian Army Corps and üfteen German Army Corps which are PARIS, June 16th. The French brought down a German engaged in the operations against Let airship at Noroy-sur-Ourcq, and the avia-berg, and seven in the operations in the

Baltie provinces.

Bors were taken prisoners.

ITALIAN FRONT

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

AUSTRIAN DEFENCES ON ITALIAN FRONTIER.

ROME; June 16th. Reconnaissances have been made with a view to discovering the quality of the Isonzo defences. The trenches consist

sometimes of several lines constructed of masonry and contrete, strengthened with metal plates and entanglements. Batteries are frequently found in observation caves, The Italian wounded bear evidence of the use of explosive bullets by the enemy. Heavy rains have modified the heat of the past few days. The health and moral of the troops are excellent.

An Amsterdama telegram stairs that the Austrian General Danki says that at pre- sent no great blows are possible against Italy. We must have pätiener," he said.

VIOLENT FIGHTING ALONG

TALIAN FRONT.

ROME, June 16th.

The Italians in the Tyrol and the Tren-

THE NEAR EAST

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.).

RUMANIAN HONESTY. PROVES EMBARRASSING TO TURKS.

LONDON, June 18th. The Turks are increasingly embarrassed by Rumania stopping stores, ammuni- The tion etc. coming from Austria, Rumanians have redoubled their efforts in this direction, and have just seized a complete goods train which was en route to Turkey with a double framework, investigation revealing concealed shells. All were confiscated.

Aurong the personal baggage of 50- Leafled German diplomatic couriers was found apparatus for dealing with poison ous gas. The Rumanians have seized thirteen such cases within the last few days,

GENERAL.

-(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] TO TAX WAR PROFITS.

Lossox, June 16th.

In the House of Coniinons the Hon. E

ng 20 per cent. The London and Liver- Fool War Risk Insurance Association (Limited) is known to have had a cony siderable balance in hand, and even if at

At une time-in December-when under- writers were quoting dower rates for war insurance than the Government-about £400.000 was placed on the Lusitania im

This was at the beginning of the looking monster, who seemed prepared eighteenth century, and according to the to jump from the water and feast any time a call on its members should bo necessary the amount of the call on indivi- United States Consul at Cologne, in 1740 one Farina opened a branch shop in Paris, himself indiscriminately at any moments oners should not be heavy. The where his perfume quickly beame popular won all the events. He had a long grisly value of the tonnage liable to assessmÉN É and acquired the name of ean-de-Cologne, heard, fearful eyebrows, and eyes which in this club at the outbreak of war was As the French Court at that time led the struck terror cach time they were rolled, at least £30,000,000. world in fashion, the name became, vali.

So with the I do not know what effect ugliness has able and was retained. manufacturer's name, Farina. Many upon water, but this Blue-beard specimen Italians, who had since become nature of a dragon soomed to leap along, his

10%. per cent. for a round voyage of aboutt lised, at once turned their attention to manufacturers who had no one named drums be carried forced the brown-bodied a month. Then at the end of the year, the manufacture of eau-de-Cologue, and crew chanted long and lustily, and the the market. The premium accepted wo Farine in their family sent to Italy for a Farine, whom they made a partner, or asmen to share the drum-tean's frenzy.when the Government reduced its rute three months, underwriters felt they else admitted into the firm some local man The beardless and less frightful dragon from 40s. to 30s. per cent for a period of was manned by many a good crew, could no longer compete. Since then no whose name was Farina, so that they could truthfully advertise cau-de-Cologne made

Farina, by

There are now forty manu- but he was always beaten at the post-insurance on the hull had been placed in

the market. facturers of the perfume in Cologne, and perhaps just by that fear-provoking beard

C.S. INTEREST IN CARGO. no less than twenty have the name Farina.

And the latter was not The Zusitania was never a large cargo Until a few years ago there were bitter of his rival.

When he carrier. She was, par excellence, a fast trade wars betacen manufacturers, some at all modest in his victory. claiming that others were usurping their had beaten all-comers he held his ugly passenger liner. Such insurances as there were on what cargo she may have had on names or their label, or the form and she had higher in the air, obviously waved bourd would have been placed with the now been stopped owing to the German his head and wagged his long green tail, United States companies in New York. of the bottle and the packing. This has law of registration of trade marks, and and then moved grandly up and down No doubt some of these may have reinsur- each firm has its own distinctive label,

even though many are similar. It is the course to receive the plaudits ofed part of their liability with British inurance companies in London and Liver impossible to state the yearly output of Europeans and Orientals alike. I gave pool. The loss, however, is not one which, eau-de-Cologue. In Germany and Frane, him a cheer, but, honestly, I wanted to do so far as is known at present, is likely to among other countries, can-de-Cologne is

Bot only used as a perfume, but it is also something ungentlemanly to his big, affect the British insurance markets seriously. There was a report-current- believed to have some therapeutic effect green and red face, with its annoying that the liner was carrying a consider. in cases of inflammation of the eyes,

able consignment of diamonds But an headache, and toothache, and is oven cocksure expression.

As my launch left the bay it passed confirmation of this could be obtained, taken internally for indigestion and

United States to this country seems im- and a large shipment of stones from the used, too, sprtykled in baths and for junks hattered almost beyond recognition. probable. refreshing the air in sick rooms.

There will be certain substantial insur- ances on passengers' baggage and on registered post.

tine continue the gradual occupation of 8. Montagu indicated that the Govern palpitation of the heart. It is largely numerous wrocks; liners, sampany and

the dominating points..

ment would find some means of taxing We have progressed on the Upper.

The Austrians in Carnia made more in war-profits. It was something repugnant, Fecht, capturing at Braankopf 310 pritense and more repeated attacks to break he said, that there should be individual soners and a vast quantity of stores. rifles through Sessis Pass, which we still strong firms who were making more than they and half a million rounds of ammunition,

We also hold the ridge of Avos did in 1914 without any speedal taxation, Rheims has been again bombarded, ly hold.

taris and the Monte Croce Pass. Here and when everybody was, asked to make particularly the Cathedral.

the enemy developed a cannonade with sacrifices. great viclence until dawn. The enemy THE MUNITIONS MACHINE. were repulsed and pursued with the

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

DAMAGED.

"THE-" BRESLAU” SERIOUSLY | bayonet.

FETROGRAD, June 16th,

ITALIAN PROGRESS.

It is now ascertained that the Dredau | SUCCESSES ALONG WHOLE FRONT. was seriously damaged in the Black Sen fight, and that some Turkish torpedo- boats were sunt, 12 Turkish officers and SO seamen being drowned.

SUBMARINE - CTIVITY.

LANDON, June 16th.

sub-

The steamer Strelknairn

marined off Pembrokeshire.

was

The Captain and twenty-one of the crew were drowned,

ROME, June 16th. A communiqué reports successful opera tions along the whole front, including Trentino and Isonzo, where the have consolidated their gains.

Mountaineers scaled the rocks on- tepero 'n the night, and red the Austrian positions at dawn, cap ring 200 prisoners.

TRADE UNION SUPPORT.

LONDON, June 16th,

A conference of Trade Union repre- sentatives pledged themselves to support Mr. Lloyd George' scheme for trans- ferring men from commercial work to the munitions factories. They also decided to do everything to prevent disputes throughout the country.

PRICE F

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LOND Y

The price of wheat it is quoted at about 52, tó.

Time: 16th.

ing, and Je quarter.

This

There is no secret of the general process An hour or so previously they had been of manufacture. Eau-de-Cologne contains tine, handsome pink-and-white paper pure alcohol as a base, and from three or four to seven or eight other ingredi nts, riders of the waves; but always doomed which are essences of fruits and flowers to be sacrificed to the water joas. Lemon and oranges as well as their

The accounts of Whiteaway. Laidlaw blossoms are always used, with, of course, mysterious gentlemen has now to watch

flower essences. Manufacturers over and guard the homes of the thousands & Co. for the year ended February 28 leet show a profit of £107,052. The ofher state that even though quantitive and of water-families who yesterday paid him directors propose to pay a final dividertr qualitative analyses should reverd the

such weird-yet very sacred-homage.

of 5 per cent, making 10 per cent, pror. ingredients and their amounts, their per

arum, free of tax, on the ordinary fumes could not be copied, as their virtue

The Dragon-boat festival is the neart shares to carry to the reserve [un l entirely depends upon the order in which

The approach to an annual regatta that the 9909, making, the reserve, £100,000; fo the ingredients are put together. farruult of the different manufacturers Chiuose, possess. It is held on the fifth day set aside £1,500 against contingent loss o are most jealously guarded, and cly the of the fifth moon. but the preceding days Continental goods in transit or on enemy

shadow forth the feast day as well.

shing; to pay to the trustees of the Em- head of each firm does the actual lobe took its origin in the commemoration af plomes. Provident Fund £1.600; and to the szeret, being handed down from one

For the preced- The extracs a virtuous minister of state whose remon generation to the next.

nces are haght in France and Italy, straneos were unheeded by his unworthy year the dividend was the same while the alcohol is manufactured in sovereign, and whose only reward wa dismizal, some 450 Germany, The best brands of aede degradation and

Be committed suicide, and Cologne are stored for varying periods so years B

on the first anniversary of his deat that the old bouquets or others can

it has been continued o develon. just as they do in eld win the ceremony of looking for his body we Manufacturers who make cheaper gredes' commenced;

aturally cannot afford to keep larg succeeding anniversaries ever since, and ha Little packag tocks; and the perfumes ars, therefore, resulted in this festival.

cesarily inferior. The ge era pocers of boiled riec, done up in bamboo leaves, ar manufacture is simple, only few arben at this time, as such offerings wer site to being needed, except for filling cast into the river by the fishermen who trie labelling the bottles and packing to recover the body. The dragon-boats a The battles and corks, will se the 'abe long narrow boata from fifty to one hundres |nd packing materials, are made in Ger- feet in length, broad enough to seat twr men abreast. The croft is propelled rapidly many and bought from manufacturers.

carry forward £11.472.

T'e Hon. Treasurer of the Alien orial and Afflisted Hospitals bes knowledge with thanks the following. tions to the funds of the Hospitals ry Mr. Cha Sia Ki:-

en Fat Hong Toung Ki

Trang Toorg Wo

m On Insurance Co., Ltd.

T On Insuranos Co., Ltd.

Wan Kam

Chrung Tez Him

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