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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER STA, 1915.

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD

FAR EASTERN MEN AT THE WAR.

On the night of the 24th our Colonel addressed the Battalion and made a fiery oration which moved the men a great deal. We marched away at 5 p.to, and arrived at our bivouack at twelve mid night after a very rapid march. Raiced all night so got wet through; it was miserable. We got rendy to move off al 10 am,

"Marched for three hours and then went straight into action without a rest, having just been called upon as reinforce ments. The idea was for the Army Corps to break through and then branch to the right, another to the left, and then for our Army Corps to break through and continue along the centre. On Army Corps broke the German lines and gained came along, with our long march and fall about four miles of territory, then we Mr. P.kit and continued the good work.

INTERESTING BATTLE STORIES.

News has just been received by a letter from Mr. Charice A. Dufour, whe left Shanghai last February for France, say. ing that he has been wounded in ection. He was hit in the left leg by a bullet and a piece of shell, which mindo two wounds the size of a teacup. He is now receiving treatment in a hospital in Paris and he is afraid it will be some time before he can rejoin his Regiment, the 8 Regiment, d'Infanterie Coloniale.

Lieut. A. G. Nugent, of the 9th Buffs, left. fer France on October 4th. Lambe left at the same time.

Mr. R. W. (Peter) Scott was gazotted on September 23rd to the 11th Reserve Battalion East Surrey Regiment and entered the Officers' Training School at St. Albans on September 28th,

Mr.

gallows incgot their statuts

round.

Our Battalion led the division and, being how Platoon Sergeant of No. 1 Platoon, I was right in the front from the About mile from very commencement.. the Germans we opened into extended order and then men began to fall all However, we advanced to within a quarter of a mile of the enemy. I almost forgot to say it was raining all the time. When it became dark we took up a position in a line of trenches 300 yards at the front of Loos which put us about two miles northwest of Lens and Eve miles south of La Basice. At about p.m. we entered Loos and did a lot of band, however, so we retired to our street fighting. No reinforcements to previous line at foot of hill.

"Here I heard that our Sergeant major was lying wounded in a field with a broken shin bone, so went out with another chap to find him, strapped his rifle, and carried him for a leg lo little distance under fire to a enfe spot Here we improvised a stretcher with the use of two rifles and carried him for about

TRADE OF. HONGKONG,

The following statistics have been taken.

OPIUM.

ran into a force of about 300 of the enemy three days ago, and had a pretty warm corner for half-an-hour, especially as there were only fifty of us. The worst part of from the fortuightly price current and the fighting in this country is that if you market report of the Hongkong General happen to get wounded and fall into their hands you are almost certain to be Chamber of Commerce:-- killed and horribly mutilated; if I had

Stocks on November 4th were. 417 not seen it with my own eyes I could not have credited the lengths to which they go; chests of Paton, 233 Benares, 302) Malwa some of our wounded who fell into their and 169 Persian and Turkish. The ex- hands were killed and horribly mutilated, ports during the interval to Shanghai, stripped of their clothes, and then, left nte, have been 20 Patna, 5 Benaras, where they lay. I saw the bodies myself, Malwa, and 30 Persion and Turkish L and can assure you that their condition uncertified Bengal opium, the balance of was utterly indescribable; only fiends in stocks on November 4th was 180 Patna human form could possibly have committed and 50 Benares. Six chests of Patna and monopoly. Fifty chests of Patna have by durdum or explosive bullets, which been imported during the interval. sneh outrages. All the wounds were made 18 of Bonares were boiled by Coverna make a dreadful mess of whatever they hit."

· EXPORTS.

The Feather market is very quiet, and but small business is doing in Ginger. There is no business in Galangal. Chasia THE JAPANESE NAVY,

Oil is firm and small business has boon done. Star Aniseed Oil is sterdy and The destroyer (rakust, the construction;

Few sales of ground' of which at Glasgow was completed about quiet, and Star Aniseed is firmer a a There are no stocks of Yuna Tur the middle of February, arrived from native demand. England at Yokosuka on October 27th nuts are reported. Nothing is doing in after a journey lasting forty-two days. Quicksilver; buyers are reported to b The vessel is of 1,000 tone, 283 foel in speculating and prices are advancing. The Saigon Cassin market is firm, but length, and 27 feet in bead.

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IMPORTS.

On the morning of October 25th about nothing is going in Gall Nuts. Nothing fatsuyaki, which is taking part in the

The Cotton Yarn market continues dulk naval maeuvres off Kyushu, came into four o'clock, the Japanese destroyer has been offered for Bristles, collision with another destroyer, the and a very limited business has been 10s at 905-$112. arukaze, seventeen miles of Hyugami-transacted at a slight decline in ratea No. 10s at $102- yakozaki on the eastern coast of Kyushu. Quotations are:-No. The fatenjaki was damaged chiefly at No. 12s at 8100-8113. the bows, but arrived at Kure under her $125 No. 20s at 8105-9142. Arrivals 11.000. own steam. No casualties are reported. bates. Saks 1,500 bales. Shipments al. Unsold stock 38,000 bales. Bargains As to Woollons the

The friends of Mr. Paul Legendre, Inte of the Secretariat Dept. of the French Municipal Council, will be sorry to learn that ho was wounded during the recent heavy fighting in Franco. Legendre, accompanied by his wife, sailed for France in January. AND REGULAR ATTENTION Mrs. Legendre is doing her little bit

by nursing the sick and wounded at a pri- vate hospital in Lyons. Writing on "I was on September 30th she states; duty on two days to receive the exchanged prisoners returning from Germany. It was really a touching sight to see how glad the poor fellow were to get Home again. The trains wore decorated with

The launch of the Japanese hartleship 34,000 bales, flags and they steamed into the station

a mile. Then we got a stretcher and took Yamashire has taken place at Yokosuka demand for these in common with all and waved and shouted Vive le France him back another two miles to the She is a ship of 30,600 tons displacement, other piece goods, has slackened off, and business has been done in Raw Cottone. twelve 14-inch and sixteen 6-inch guns. "Vive les dames de la Croix Rouge." Dressing Station, arriving there pid and her principal armament consists of the market has now no life in it.

There are no quotations and no stocks. Most of them were cripples or had an night

Of course there was a terrific, bom. arm amputated, and some of them were

A telegram received by the Naval In Metals, there have been cales of wire Specification There are totally blind, and others quite out of their bardepent all day and night; the guns minds. The whole scene was too touching never ceased, shrapnel, Jack Johnsons, authorities in Tokio reports the departure nails of some importance.

They of the Japanese cruiser Asuma from 2-3 inches at a fair figure. high explosives, gas shells, etc. and I think everybody had a lump in ako let off a lot of star shells, which lit Esquimault, Canada, on the 23rd inst..also enquiries for cuttings, with some their throats. I know I did."

up the ground wonderfully, and our temporary repairs having been completed, business placed at higher figure, Parcels, stretcher party got shelled often. We will be remembered that the damn however, could not be replaced, as advices several went ground in Turtle Bay while from home indicate higher values, with were spattered with mad occasions but escaped.

engaged in operations against the German further difficulties regarding shipment. Bars, Augles and Plates are further ad- cruisers in the Pacific.

vanced, it there appear

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in the condition reported Petroleum Products, No sales of Coal of importance are reported. The Sugar marked is weak, and there has been a fur ther decline in prices.. The Saitpotre market is strong.

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"I returned to find our Regiment but was told that a mere 300 odd remained any other Regiment, perhaps a little more, Came up with our Bombers, so remained with them, having lost my riffe, pack and all contents.

Estimates given for quick construction and repair of Ships, Engines in France, to his mother in Shanghai and we had suffered about as heavily as

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LETTER FROM LIEUT. 8. 0. MY The following is an extract from a letter dated September 29th, written by Lieut. 8. O. Lihy, of the Royal Engineers, new "I have been through the most wonderful and terrible experience of my life; for us it only lasted two days, but those two days Our division socmed quite two weeks. attacked at daybreak on Saturday morn ing. By great good luck, as far na our safety was concerned, the brigade to which we were attached was in reserve, so we did not take part in the great assault of the trenches, but were sent up immediate ly afterwards.

"I received orders at about 8 o'clock on

A DOOMED PEOPLE. YOUNG TURK POLICY AGAINST ARMENIANS.

Was told to go back and get some bombs under a heavy cross fire of shrapnel which started just as I had got about 100 [FROM A CORRESPONDENT TO THE TIMES."]

Half way back a piece of yards. shrapnel caught me in the front of the thigh-slight wound only, a deep graze---- and another piece went through my haversack and somehow left me unscathed -a wonderful weape. Got dressed and

Dedeayatch.

THE FLOCÚ MARKET.

no

No

buyers done change.

In the American market, Wheat is very If there were no war shoking the world to its foundations and thus ceasing very firm, and millers generally are asking Stocks are 220,000 eneks. important events to be passed over almost advanced prices. Freight rates are no Quotations: Patents (Green Girl) $3.90 to have a shave somewhere, as I have be taking place in every country of the enquiry.

civilized world to protest against the per sack, cut off $2.05 per sack, straight

Young Turks thrown everything I had away.

of the

$2.95 per sack, seconds 82.90 per sack. "This morning the Germans with the inhumanity

This can be The markets, both local and Americeur, Enquiries help of gas drove us back, and I hear Armenian policy to day. have recaptured most of the trenches. I summed up in the statement that they are are unchanged and lifeless.

Saturday morning, and went up with my have now got the day off, and am going in silence, it is certain that meetings would cusier. Locally there has been practically

HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS. coars ORDERS SY LIEUT, CO, CHAPMAN, V.D..

PABADES.

section to build a road over our and the captured trenches, up to a mining town that had just been taken. We worked all day without rest up to 8 o'clock in the evening. We wers shelled all the time by

requirements on account of the approach shopnel, but fortunately the shells were I shall go back to the remains of the gradually, but effectually, exterminating from Coast ports are nominal and pur.. pitching just over the road and we had Battalion to-morrow and continue that the entire Armenian people and getting chases are being made only for immediate no casualties."

awtol work. We must have lost about rid of a subject race,

The modus operanili is to send off from of the Australian market and probability "The noise was terrific and the sights 15,000 in killed and wounded in one day,- terrible; dead and wounded strewn all Awful, ins't it? I don't suppose how each Armenian village day by day as many of the Governnat cancelling the restrie- over the place, and, of course, the wound-ever that anywhere else the fighting basas the trains can carry. When they arrivation to export.. ed had to wait their turn. Those who been as hot as it has been here it was at Konish or some adjacent station they are tarned out and an escort is supplied could hobble along passed us on the road fierces

SHANGHAL'S AEROPLANE"-

over the Taurus Mountains. Once on tho all day helping each other. The stretcher-

Mr. H. H. Read has received the bearers worked unceasingly, but of course there were not nearly enough. I felt st following letter from Mr.. E. Wrench other side those wretched people, with first a great pity and anguish, but soon Hon. Secretary and organizer of the enough food for perhaps a fow dazu, aro Overscas Club: You will doubtless be told to continue their journey to the got more used to the sights and gave assis tance to a lot of poor fellows; my brandy gratified to learn that the aeroplane neighbourhood of Mosul, as they will now

Shanghai Britons, so generously contri-be in perfect safety. was soon finished and my opium pills buted by our members and friends at YEAR saved many from the worst tortures.

Amongst the stream of wounded were Shanghai, is now on active service at the several batches of German prisoners. They surrendered in shoals, ho rible look ing fellows most of them. Still they had been through a horrible experience and were not quite sure what was going to happen to them. Along one bit of front, held by the division on our left, we broke through on the two wings and 600 mien-14 between surrendered without firing a shot. They were Bavarians. Prassian Guards and Polish Conscripts. These last one could understand surrendering, but not FRENCH LESSONS the other two; they all locked well fed and

XMAS

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clothed.

"Their trenches were nothing like 50 wonderful as we thought, only the dug outs were very deep and well constructed. Those who had hidden in these were com- ing out and surrendering all through the day.

front.

We have much pleasure in enclosing the original letter we have received from the pilot of the machine, by which you will see how much your generous gift has been appreciated.'

In point of faet the land is nothing but marauding bands of Kurds or Beduin rob a desert and before many hours are past and pillage these helpless men, women, and children, so that even those who are not netually sinin die of hunger and thirst. Not one ever reaches the intended destina tion. Should anyone try to escape in The letter referred to reads as follows: another direction Turkish shepherds hare "I flew the B E 20 Shanghai orders to shoot Armenians at sight. The Britons over from our base in this conséquence is that many distracted I am now women throw their children into the country to our Squadron. flying it as my machine, and want to Euphrates rather then see them suffer; thank the Shanghai Britons for this

some even sell them for what they will It is very much fetch before starting on their journey. mark of their loyalty.

Perhaps you would appreciated here.

hard this letter, or let the douers know

that their machine is now on active service against the common for Yours sincerely,

DOUGLAS A. COLQUHOUN-SYMINGTON

2nd.-Lieut. R. F. C."

Mr. M. A Taylor, of the S. M. Police, left Shanghai last night by train, During his travelling home ri Siberia to offer his services to his country. stay in Shanghai Mat," popularly known, has made a host of friends, He was particularly welcome at

as be

is

"smoker," having a remarkably fine voice besides being a good all round sport. His comrades and friends gave him a

A well-known American missionary who arrived in Constantinople in the first week of September saw as many as 15,000 Armenians collected round one of the stations waiting to be sent on this journey from which none of them would ever return alive.

PRESS TELEGRAM RATES. EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED INCREASE.

1-Parades for to-day, nil.

Parades for Tuesday, 9th instant 5.15 p.m.-No. 1 Sec. Arty Batty., Cen-- tre Bec. M.G. Ca and Left Sec. M.G.. Co., Company drill on Cricket Ground, under Captain Wood.

5.15 p.m.-Right Sect on M.G. Co.: Section drill and Rifle exercises on Cricket Grount.

5.16 p.m.-Scouts. Company: Company

drill on Cricket Ground,

G.15 p.m.-Recruits of all units (except Right Section M.G. Co. and Signal- ling Section) Sqand drill and Ride exercises ot Headquarters under Bergt. Major Higby and Sergt. Craw. ford.

6.10 p.m.-Stretcher Bearer Section? Ke- Lastruction at Headquarters, mainder, nil

DETAIL. 2.-Gun Club Hill, Kowloon

On duty until 11th inst: Scouts Co. Officer on duty: Lieut. Weall

P. of W. Camp, Kowloon-

Os duty to-night: No. 2 Section

Arty. Batty.

Officer on duty: Capt. W. M. Scott. On duty 9th inst.: Civil Service to. Officer on duty: Capt. Churchill, Orderly Sergeant until 11th instant?

Sergt. . S. Cooper,

G. E. STEWART, Capt., Adjutant, H.K.V.C. HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE..

PARADES, ETC.

Mr. E. Robbins, manager of the Press. Association, has written a memorandum in regard to the effect of the proposed in- crease in the charges for press telegrams. He disputes the statement that the Post the Post Office were to take the same Tuesday. Nor. 9th.-Service Rife lostruc Office is a heavy loser by the press. If

About midday the Germans counter attacked, and shelled all the approaches to our captured front with shrapnel and

These last were asphyxiating shells. new experience for us, and I had half my The odour and men down with gas.' taste was not at all unpleasant at first, but soon one's eyes, nose and throat began Photographie Goods of Every Demription to start. Our new respirators were very effective, though very uncomfortable, and one felt all the time as though one wanted hearty send off. to tear them off and gasp for air. For-

Captain Winfield Joyce Bonser, who has tunately, I managed to restrain this in- elination, and barring feeling sick and been killed in France, was the only son of the late Sir J. Winfield Bonser, giddy, was all right.

0.3 a whole and not from newspapers The German guns and ganners are P.C., of 3, Eaton-place, 8.W., and former-broad view as a commercial concern would onely Chief Justice of the Straits Bettlements. and ascertain what revenue was received certainly to be respected, but no

At present thinks much of the infantry.

Capt. A. G. Boldero, of Chersonese

millions of stamps used in we are easily holding our own and will, Rubber Estate, Kuala Kurau, who left merely from the telegraphic aide the we all hope, as soon as things get straigh-in August last year, is now serving in the advertisements, the poundage obtained from postal and Post Office orders from tened out a bit, advance again. The next Persian Gulf.

the same source, and the carriage of advance will bring us through their

cond line."

newspapers-it is probable, he says, that a profit would be shown. The effect of the new charges will be a serious falling off in all services now gent by telegraph. There will be less war, foreign. and general news; shorter Parlimentary re

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Mr. C. L. Casson, late of Labu Estate, Las resigned from the army owing to ili-health.

Dr. H. Lovett Cumming, of Port Dick son, is now a lieutenant in the R.A.M.C.

On the 21st October, by the Fushimi

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tion for certain P.es. firing on Nov. 10th.. Also parade of all Recruits of all Companies. Wednesday, or 10th-Firing of Part I..

Musketry Course, by three Platoons al ready warned. Thursday, Nov. 11th-Combined Equip Winter Uniform Station at 5.15 p.m. ment Parade of all ranks at Central to be worn by men to whom same has been issued, remainder in mafti. Rifles, Ammunition, Armlets.Truncheons. "Duty Reminders" and Musketry Course Books must be produced of this Parade. Platoon Commanders will be provided with special forms for their Members are re- equipment returns. minded of the rule that a parade is to be considered as canceled in the event of steady rain falling one half-hour ba fore the time for which the parade is

VIOLENT METHODS Are unnecessary to conquer that bitter enemy of civilization, Rheumatismo. All it forms, including Rheumatic Gout, can be cured permanently, safely, and inex

LETTER FROM SERGT. T. $. D. WADE. pensively by LITTLE'S ORIENTAL The following is an extract from a BALL. No matter how much pain your letter from Serg. T. 5. D. Wade, 10th Rheumatism is causing you. No matter Battalion, 19th Yorkshire Regt. It is maru, Mr. R. Singlcharst, Manager of the if you have tried a dozen oils, pintments dated September 26th and was written in Liverpool and London and Globo Insur-ports; abbreviated commercial, financial, ance Co., Japan, left for England to join and market reports, which must prove a and enbrocations without material relief. France. The big action referred to is

Lord Kitchener's Army, in which ho has serious inconvenience to business and com- Here is a remedy that gets down to busi the one in which Major Dent was killed ness at once, and knocks out every vestige and Lieutenant Cornaby wounded.

been recomended by the British Ambas.mercial circles and shorter accounts of of pain. It is the only thing you can "I have a small shrapnel wound in my

Arrangemente are being made for a I never left thigh and am resting for a day or sador for a commission. Mr. Duko Mar speeches of prominent men, depend upon with certainty.

shall; agent of the Union Estate und so have heaps of time to write, disappoints. Helpless cripples have left

ordered. protest against the proposed increase in the hospital with their last hope gone. A Corps has just been through the Investment Co., left by way of Siberia to deputation representing newspaper to

they tried LITTLE'S Sceptically

had better start right from the beginning. ed at Tsuruga by Mr. J. Kenderdine.

Mr. H. G. Donald, a recent depar- press telegram rates and newspapers We left Witley Camp September 9th. ORIENTAL BALM. Get relief and final biggest battle over known, but perhaps I ion Kitchener's Forces, and wi'l be join-ganisations to wait on Mr. McKenna to

Our Battalion went over all together. ture, writes that he has joined the Black portage. Since arriving we have progressed slow.y Watch and is in training at Perth, towards the Bring line, either billeting in stables in small villages or bivouacking. Training and exercises of course were continued as usual, but all marches were made at night

eure: What the medicine did for them, it will do for you. Don't let another day pass without it.

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Two twin-screw motor boats are now Pte. A. Wagstaff, writing from Tast Africa, in a letter to Shanghai says: “Ibuilding at the Bangkok dock, one for the have now been transferred to the Mount King of Siam and the other for the Queen Infantry branch which has lately been Mother. The vacht for the Queen Mother

is 55 feet long and 11 feet in bear. formed. We (the Mounted Infantry)

The

"RANGR BEGULATIONS

Range Regulations" for the Mus- ketry Course have to day been handed --to O.C. Companies for issue to their

The leaflet is to be inserted

men.

the Musketry Course Handbook.

F. C. JANETS,

D.S.F. (Reserve),