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EXAMINATIONS FOR DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICES.

NOTIFICATION BY THE MINISTRY

OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

IN accordance with the Decree for th

and

Taner Diplomatic Consular Services and the Regulations for the Qualification Tests in the Examinations For Diplomatic and Consular Services pro mulgated by Mandate on Sept. 30th, 1915 and pablished in the Government Gazelle o Oct

1916, this Ministry will conduct the qualification tests next April,

Those who possess the qualifications as required by Article 3 of the Decree for the Examinations for Diplomatic and Consular Services and wish to enter as candidates for the examinations must, as provided by Articles 1 and 2 of the Regulations for the Qualification Tests, send in to this Ministry before February 25th 1916, their application. and the statements of their records and also an esay together with its translation into one or more of the following languages; English, French, Russian, German, azel Japanese.

They must also submit their diplomas or/and certificates from Chiness

MAN OF WAR,

AND THE GIRLS WHO WERE TOO BUSY

THE BEWITCHED TOWER

AT YPRES.

OBJECTS THAT SEEM TO BEAR A CHARMED LIFE

I had been reading, writes Robert Blatchford in a home paper, the suggestive chapter on Silent Ypres, in Mr. Valentine Witour's book, With Our Armies in

[BY W. PETT RIDGE.]

Thomas Woolcombe, ordinary seaman (hy had given his name to the compartment, but shrewdly declined on the journey to supply any other particulars); glanced at the naine of the station. Removing bis cap, he took off the outer band and -Flanders," and I asked some of our wound- thus exhibited god letters that announceded soldiers what was the state of the town. the ship to which he belonged,

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Can't be too careful," he explained, One of them told me that Ypres was a in these times. Our orders are very battered wacek, "It's really a pity to sce strict. A friendly passenger, agreeing, it suggested that a peaceful holiday in Lon- Jon would make a welcome change. The passenger recalled two mortal hours he himself once spent in a boat aboya Rich

he said. The Germans have been shelling it for months. When I was there the only building that seemed to "have cramped was the Incky tower, and I hear that's gone now."

mord and the content experienced when Gdy

peritous vayage was over,

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the

I've been looking forward to it," ad- mitted young Woolcombe, thoughtfully, for months and months, but for some rea- son or other I don't seen quite so keen as when I assumed the ship would never

go into dock to be refitted, and consequently

Wasn't

going to grant me ght days The compartment declared its inability to understand this. "If pens had never been manufactured, and if ink barn't been found out," he said, and if I'd had to pay postage. I should not at the present momont be quite an much worried about what was going to happen when I get out of this carriage at King's Crose. Supposing by change the train stops at Finsbury Park His fellow travellers promptly snatched this hope

from him.

I don't deserve the trouble what's waiting for me up there, he went on, and if gels could have a bit of common sense about 'em everything would be smooth and plain sailing. They kept on sending me presents while I was aboard ship, and I put it to you: sapposing you received parcels containing mufflers, and mittens, and Half Howers with the Best Poets, and abs of chocolate, would you have been able to write a cold storage sort of letter acknowledging the gifts Stands to reason you wouldn't. Not if you'd been well brought up, anyway, There's such a thing is good manners, and lieve me not-that made me open my heart, it was good manners believe me, or be-

so to speak, and write rather more, per-

"It's a queer thing," said the men of the that sometimes a particular. building, a church spire, or a milk, or a clock tower, will seem to be charmed so that the best gunners simply cannot hit it."

There was," he went on a little busy old town in Flanders, standing woll back behind. th. Bacher' lines, and in it was a slim grey tower. It wasn't a handsome, swagger tower, but just an ordinary uld square thing. Well, somehow that tower got on our nerves. We got fed up with it. Every day we stored at it, and it was the only tall thing to be seen, and though the Germans hadn't put it there we felt they were goose-stepping about in their pride because they had kept it there and we used to get ratty and want to bash that tower about

"And at last our lieutenant caught the feeling and began to stare at the tower through his glasses and to seam to be think- ing a lot, And after a day or two he says to the sergeant : Do you think, sergeant, that tower is an observation post?' and the sergeant said emphatically there was not n doubt about it. Well," says the officer,

we'll get a couple of guns kid on it, and we'll knock it endways. So the next day wo laid a pair o guns and we raked up two crack gunners and we opened fire on the little old tower. It was a great bom- bardment, We stared out through the smoke, and the gunners blazed away, and, well at the end of two hours the tower

stood as solid as if we had been throwing

hapa, than I ought to have done. Apartowballs. So we knocked off for the day.

And the following afternoon we tried from which, I was a long way off, you must remember. Distance lends enchnatwo more crack gun-layers, and we bom ment to the view."

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tentively, remarked that he was not quite The friendly passenger, listening at site that he followed the statement. Was he to understand that Woolcombe had made promises to some member of the other sex which he now found it incon venient to fullf

You're near it, boss, answered the other goomily, but you're guilty of what is called an under-statement. The

HONGKONG VOLUNTEERE.

ORDEN DY KANUS -COL, A. CHAPMIN. V.D.

JOINES,

1.--Sapper G. Mavor joined the Corps on February 7th, 1916, allotted Carps No 1976 and posted to Engineer Co.

2-Parades, for "fo-day,

3

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7.a.Members of Signalling Section and other Bignallers, as detailed in Signalling Section Order dated Dec. 8th 1915 Semaphore practice at Headquarters,

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some of their Tregunter Mansions (May Road) Flats to suit intending tenants. There Fists have first-class appointments which include English Baths and Kitchen ranges hot water supply and water-closets. They are of two kinds, viz.: Flats with 2 Bedrooms and 2 Sitting Rooms and Flats with 3 Bed reoms and 1 Sitting Room. The lattor are specially suitable for Bachelora Arrange- ments could be made if desired for the use, 6.15 p.m.-Recruits of Engineer Coin common with certain other tenants, of the

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residents on Cricket Ground at 8.30a.m.; Kowloon resid. ents outside Kowloon Dock Office at 8.45 a.m. Ang mga ka- Nos; 1 and 2 Sections Artillery Battery and Scouts Co., Hongkong residents on Cricket Ground at 8.45: a.m.; Kowloon residents on viennt land in frunt of Victoria View at 0.10 a.m. Half of the Signalling Section will parado with one fares and half with tho, other,

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Dress Arms and Equipment. Khaki drill jacket and shorts, putties, hel- met, rifle, sidearms, belt and two small pouches (empty), pullthrough, haversack and waterbottle

DETAILA 15-On duty to-night: Scouts Company." On duty 10th inst.: Scouts Company. Orderly Officer: Lieut. Murphy.

G. E. Savant, Capt.

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orard foreign schools or/and colleges to this He mumber is four. Four is the total." ed. No. When we woke up the next morn Drill order.

Ministry for examination.

The

Sgnalling Section at Volunteer Head.

D

quarters, Uniform to be worn

barded that blooming old tower till the light. failed and nover, touched it once. It is 1, that sometimes, It was so with the tower witched. Well the lieutenant was dis at Ypres. Seems as if the bally thing's be

gusted, and the champion gun-layers were HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVES Jumping wild, and chaps begun to bet

ORDERS BY MAJOR WAKEMAN, 0,0,. KE.VA, money on it, and one of our bombardiers began to make a book, He said he should offer six to four on the tower. And there

PARADES FOR WEDNESDAY, 9TH INST., was a good deal of loose silver likely to

AT 5.15 P.M.

Dresa: change hands But the book was never open" Co on the Cricket Ground.

held up his left hand and toucheding the blooming tower was gono

Recruits on the Cricket Ground. Dress: finger ups There's Ada Colley, There's

Drill order der man Louise Harwood. There's Caroline Bus regards applicants resident in Provitices, they may send by post to this There's Mabel Drew Am I right in my Ministry their applications, statements of figures? The compartment examined the their records, essays and translations and statement, certified the same to be correct

**They're all living in the same neigh- may defer the submission of their diplomas or/and certificates until they come to Pekingbourhood at Tufnell Park. Years ago we for the Examinations. They will be notified went to Sunday school together. I used through the Government Casette if and when to recite at the Band of Hope meetings, they have been passed by the Qualification was He gazed out of the window for the was before I joined the Navy, that Tosta Committee as qualified candidates for was the Examinations, so that they may come to spece of a few telegraph posts and then

And on the Sunday there was a clatter. Peking at the appointed time, Y

chuckled. Wrote poetry to Mabel Drew,

of pom-pom fire, and a Taube flow oven our I did, in the letters I referred to just now. You see here was the easiest name to position very high up, and down fell rhyme, and I tell you how I did it. Long stick from the neroplane, and tied to put down first of all every word I could the stick was a letter. The sergeant pick- think of that was like it : due and fewed up the letter, and as it had no address | and know and renew and adieu, and then he opened it. And this is what was writ- I started to work, Writing verses isn't tan as near as I can remember › ' Kindly by any means a difficult business if you've to chuck it. You have destroyed a hundred got natural aptitude and some idea of houses and spoiled our café and made many how to set about it; drawback is that it casualties, and it is a nuisance, so we have leads you on to saying a jolly eight more pulled the blinking tower down, Gott) then you would do if you kept to ordinary strate England Id

FORN OF APPLICATION.

It was gone clean off the mur officer stored and wiped his lenses and stared again, and the sergeant said he hoped he'd be an angel and with angels stand if he could guess what bad become of the little old tower that had stood up against shell-fire without a scratch and then had fallen without being hit. It was mystery, and a mystery remained till the little old tower had disappeared Sunday, which was three days after tho

Co. at Volunteer Headquarters for instruction in musketry, aiming and triangle of error. Dress Drill order. CARON EZHIONATIONEN T

Le Cpl. H. Tobias is permitted to resign

on leaving the Colony

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With Ada Colley," he went on, ani- matedly different way was necessary She's the one of 'em that's stuck to chapel. and I foresaw when I started writing to her that I should get a headache, owing to the tax upon brain power. Most for- tunately a parcel of tracts, sent by some old lady who little imagined what a kind act she was doing these arrived in the very nick of time, and I couldn't be thank ful enough for the help they pave me in forwarding communications to Ada. The two msde a most remarkable good mix up. Love, I mean, and a dash of religion. Wonder to me was that no one ever thought of it before. Sometimes the letters I used to write were wo beautiful that it seemed a shame to part with 'em. When read them over they made the tears come into my eyes, and if anyone here durez to call me a liar I'll pitch him straight out through this window before he bas time to say a short prayer.””

The challenge was, by consent, ignored

FIELD DAY,

Field operations will be carried but bý AB" and "O" Companies on the morning of Sunday, 13th inst. Für ther orders will be issued. Field operations ordered for Bunday, 20th inst., are hereby cancelled.

G. KH BRUTton, Capt.,

Adiutant," H.K.VERİ

The narrator paused and looked round very gravely. When the young officer read the latter," he said, he laughed like one o'clock, and while he was laughing up like a turkey gobbler and begins barkin' rides a peppery brigade-major with a face

like a dog at our poor sub What the devil do you mean,' says he, *by knockin' All down our tower! Don't you know that tower was our landmark ↑ Don't you know you have left us nothing to get our distance by? Oh there was a great breeze, and I hopped into the dug-out and shed tears'

And what happened?" asked the map of the Dorsets.

"Nothing," said the gunner; “'uothing as all. You don't suppose that Mr. Allemande would build the tower up again 1

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE

EL THE GOVERNOR'S INSPECTION.

ranks (including that night's Patrol- men) will fall in at Volunteer Head- quarters at 3 p.m. punctually on Thurs day, February 10th, prior to proceed ing to the Garrison Parade Ground for Inspection

Uniform, Caps and Covers and Rides. Staff, Company Inspectors, Platoon Coromanders and Bondsmen only will wear Helmets,

All first shift Patrolmen will be exempt from Patrol Duty, except Water Police ASA

EQUIPMENT RETURNS,

are to be returned to the Equipment officers not later than 4 pm on Wednes.

Caroline Banks," said Thomas Wool combe with a dreamy expression is 1.Forms together differcut. A quiet, nice-mauner- ra little piece of goods; who would no day, February 9th, "I now approach,” he said with de more think of getting mixed-up in a

S.NO: 2-COMPANY MUSKETRY. liberation. * the case of Louisa Harwood, builabio than she would of putting The attention of all ranks of No. 2 Com- known in Sunday school days as Gin- crosses at the end of a note to any chap 7 pany is drawn to orders of February

* but who now speaks of herself as she wasn't properly engaged to. But, 7th and 8th. A CURE THAT CURES.

Titian. Lovisa is, I expect at the pre- mark you, that don't mean she doesn't SENA_MASCOTS. sent moment pacing up and down the appreciate a kind word, and what I'm The Great Dane Mascots, recently presente There are men and women in every if she catches sight of the others she'll or exchange of a few family words, Caro "Bob and Babe" respectively.

Arrival platform at King's Cross, and afraid is that, if there's any argamental to the Forge, will be known as locality who are being racked to death put two and two together, and the only line will simply burst into tears. It may DNA DEFAULIERS, with Rheumatism. Many of them have chance for me is that they all get turned

take years off her life. I shouldn't wonderTwo Pcs who permitted their memories tried electricity, liniments. Turkish sad out by the station people. Louiss has if her bair turned grey. It might

to fail them in the matter of duty have while others mineral baths, massage, ete,

have been doctored until they have lost got a temper. When Louisa finds a grieve that she'd be never seen to smile again each been ordered 3 hours Cells Duty all hope and patience, LITTLE'S Luce, she lets everybody within earshot Wish to goodness. I'd warned my mother. For being under the influence of liquor ORIENTAL BALM has, by its thousands her words once she's annoyed. If Louise home!!

know about it. Louisa doesn't mince not to breathe a word, about me coming

whilst on dusty and for being over- of successful cures, demonstrated shald find that I've been writing to three

officious towards the public, a Fc. has superiority over any known treatment for other girls in mach the same way that I've The compartment busied itself with the been ordered 12 hours Cells Duty. the cure of Rheumatism. Through it been writing to her I begged each one task of collecting hand baggage. At the

F. C. JENKIN sufferers have abandoned their crutches of em to regard my letters as strictly con terminal station the yoding sailor jumped__—_—_—_—_—_ D.§.P. (R.)__ others have been cured after years of fidential and private, will be what is dropped his canvas bag in order to the

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ford, writers: "For the past 5 years I Louisa is quite capable, instead of vent myself to tell every young woman of your Rumanians would not fall into the lave licen laid up totally lane from ing her spits upon the others, of turning acquaintance the exact time the train was German lap, because Germany had only Rheumatism, and suffered the most excru on me If only some accident prevents her going to arrive, and they all said they promised what belonged to others. M ciating pain all medical aid was un- from being at the station at King's Cross were far too busy to ask their Employers Sassanoff confirmed the Austro-German aveiling. Two botiles of LITTLE'S

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