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ABMED CAR RAID IN EGYPT.

A VERY DASHING AFTAIR

The Souriary of the War Office issues The following account of the brilliant part played by armed motor-cars in the put of the rumy after the eppturs of the Westors Egyptian frontier post of Sole March 14th

Timports have been pretiwd from officers who hay returned from Solluin which show the this armoured cars nation on March uder the Duke of Westminster was ery dashing oflair. Aeroplane recna- issance dispovered Carly in the morning the the carpe Birwar was empty. Orders were at once given to push forward in pursuit with seasonable boldness.”

"A SQUIRE'S DAUGHTER ”

AN ENGLISH WOMAN'S CONDUCT.

ASTONISHING STORY IN HOUSE

OF COMMONS,

THE CONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY APRIL, 28TH, 1916,

THINGS WE HAVE DONE WELL

ITRIUMPH OF RAILWAY CONTROL.

SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON.

NEWS OF THE EXPEDITION.

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BEGULAR FORTNIGHTLY FERVICE BITWEEN

JAVA, CHINA AND JAPAN.

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ON OF ABOU9.

Reuters Agency says that a telegrane received recently from Buenos Ayres states When the authentic history of the grit that the Badurader; which left there on war comes to be written no chapters in it October 96th, 1914, with Sir Brost Shack- leton and the owhere of hig Trans-Autare- will niford sure satisfaction thun tie Expeditions for the South, expreted which deal with the work of the British daily to return to the Argentine part; Shi

wil bring the Bry news of the landing of railwan. Few parts of the way mache | tur parte in the shores of the Wildel Sea, have escaped bitter criticism from domestic and of the start of the great march of 1,700 tractor of the railways, which cones cross the Soul Polny Continent

In the event of the explory being unable TJITAROEM stitute a far bigger part of that, machine to grers out his programins and fores bis than most pole imagine, ahna can it be way over the explored feging of the Poler the Endurance will in all probability bring -aid that ni sm has utteral a word of dis- the lack ta civilization in South Aussier. approbation Complaints there have hem. The kidmare left South Gongin-t

Ayres and the Aurelie Continent-il De

The House of Commous last month was much disturbed over the expemences of a young English lady the daughter of am pure English English squire, and of

loud: Tận, from her honey thrust into a vilu grst, subjected for two days to most Fearching inquiridon, and sti lying in duress. Oh it was a moving (ale and Mr CP. Trevelyan to'd it with skill The member för Elland is not a popular The going was bad for the first eight member in the Hous, just me--for his miky, After that, however, the cars. then 2 strick the Derna rose and the pace was views on the war a thorough's dete ind

increased, reaching nearly 40 miles an hour but he described with such pathus th, trata doubt, wirther well or ill-bounded, ems of half-way house between Buchos The cars, posed some humirets of Beduin treatment of this English squire's daughter 31ylag westward, ninany of them being arm that Dr. Lynch upale yely started to his

4, but no heftes was taken of them. The feet and asked whether it was the Rusa main carip was seen about a mile south Governuent which was responsible for this of the road 35 miles word of Boltun, shocking tyranny And Mr. Trevelyan had Diretion wa humedinely changed, and to hang his head and shy that those dark * all but two of the cars advanced in line. deeds had taken place, not in Russia, but These latter went about wo miles farthern England the home of Magna Charta, long the real before turning south, acting the birthplace of the Habeas Corpus Act, elc, Sorrowfly, he hung bis hand for spconcated plan,

England and only his passion for liberty evercame his. natural wprigne to tell. such a darle story of her shunit, wh ch had taken place by addinistrative order, under passiho to agree upon tering of owed to the unknown ways of the lowly the Defens, of the Realm Act (Regulation 14),

ds the cum approached, one gan and twe machine-guns came into action. These were smartly handled by the enemy, but The whole gu jeums were shot down while No cars were 400 yrs away. The ears hen dashed into the op The hostile for scattered in every direction, and

cerring the failure of the rhifengs to carry passagers and freight with the panctuality at disgutch to what long us has accus to us. But they are made only by de fached censing who have not yet realised that military necessity must override private concerns,

cube: 1914, iner which late nothing las her leard of the expedition Reuters Agency is enabled, by the courtesy of thin Shackleton's latest messages to produce suice extracts from his diary of the voyage to the Antarctic. A striking and pathetic page is that from a letter in which the Luxplorer who, instead of turning in “lected.

to remain up all night, Wpeter

who bave peceived (by whalen Sip: Ernest

When, on the outbreak of war, possession was taken by the Government of the rail ways of Gant Britain it is happily

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For Farticulars of Freight, and Paisags, apply to the

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A. I shoud to-night and looked over the calm son, and upwards to the gene stare blazing in the vel sky, ay, wind few for nation, without recome the pen train as yet, awhiting the feet of me and sive and dieult process of arbitration | for which the Regulation of Forces Add wond red how our little party wou'd work provides. The agreement was based on the fare in the long days to coinu. consideration that it was necestry to work fight will begin. The county NETH, INDIA, MANILA, HONGKONG & SAN FRANCISCO. the railways as a single corne, thereby party will have their depôts fiid out and he ready to start ohont November 16th. voiding any possible conflict of interis 1915, and they ought to crms in four and saving complicated nancial aditions; and be niet on the other side. So mats as betwent one pan and another far for my hopes. What God way arrange

Itake practical difference to any particular company whether it line is healy or lightly worked, and the Bril controlled railways are free to distribute way Executive Committee who manage the the trafic as they think fit.

I can say,

THE OUTWARD VOYAGE

of bis voyage to South Georgia, and of his Sir Ernest has given a graphic account

arrival there,

Briefly, it was this. Laat September a the pursuit was carried on, After about certain English quin returning fron 10 for there was langes of the petrol martridge-shooting-the touches were

iply giving out. It was found when the nurs tor's own embell stimen found the en ware again, encontrated that all the his house bad born-invaded in his these runy wrtillery had fallen inte our hands by the polios who lind forcibly carried off The amounted to three guns and nines daughter, after ransacking her ons enschine guy with 94 pe barrels, and and pounding a her privite papers Fox 40 revolt and a large quantity of Members were asked to sympathise with the zmunition. Ninety on prisoners who feelings of the outraged father who for fomed part of shipwrecked crews who had whole for ght was unable to serve lanted on the Cyrenaica coast and had whither his daughter had been taken, The Teda seized by the Sentisi, were rescued. at last he found that she had been thrown fur foren consisted of right officers and into gad, after being subjected to a pro zie her ranks, casualties hoing wie office Jonged cross-examint on, without a fri nl slightly wounded. The enemy's casualtis to help her or a lawyer to stand up in her have been alrady wported as 50 killed. behalf. And, apparinty, she still remains A very skilful little campaign has thus under lock and key, denied all progess of been brought to a successful conclusion by law and the opportunity of establishing her this netion. In three weeks General Pey innocencz tou's force has captured the hostila" com. mater, and bill or captured quite 30 per erni, of the Turkish bordinate on other ja surprise, “aking how these things of all the ccntrolled nailway 10 the level Haby, reindeer, two ponies, cattle, a bull, -mandas, bus driven the settered remnant could come 19 pass in the home of the free of 1918 was necessarily soowhnt queer, ducks, hens, and a monkey, Theistad

if his fores far beyond the Egyptian bor dr and has taken all his artillery and machine-ras. During the operation the

forey has advanced 150 mtes, 1

The work of the infantry was rendered samely arduous by lack of water, but all Jifficulties wera met, and overcome with Epled d spiri

east of Barani,

As Mr. Trevelyan told the story evea

impresionab's menter, turned to one

MMPLIFYING SYSTEM

Lines which are of spain, importano from the millary point of view, and con- sequently carry a large amount of Gover ment rathe, huve consented to give up the profits which they would otherwise have carned in order to ensure that he whole railway system any be worked in the sim- Pat and Fost eficient way. From the of agreement to bring up the net receipts, standpoint of the State the Barncial effect

and with a Liberal Home Secretary in it be laid on the highest thee. Wint madness could have so zed authority shit either party to the arrange in! Not even the exigencies of war could so far son. Feason to expent of

it.

stress and the sorrow brought on the par. justify by infliction of such unmerited trilge-doozing squira

THE REAL STORY.

The previous report of Nuri's death has privel to be untrue. He was, sesa dis. But one story is unly, good until another appearing from the fold of petion on Mass told, and the other side what'd by Sir F. E. Smith. The Attorney-General spoke Nuri Boy, brother of Enver Pashu, aned by facts to diferently the, the only un besalf of the Honio Secretory and pre was reported to havo ben bild, when in command of the enemy in the fight on points of agreement in the two stort Pray 27th at a prating 15 miss south-secined to be that the young lady, was in Eng'ish Indy and that she had been for The 01 pruners inent and as having by car el off It turned out, indeed her retened tre, says Bruter's Cairo cort Mr. Trevelyan and omitted--and did respondent the survives from the Tare not chalong the suggestion that he had the conna, who since November last purposely united-such car al considera have been prisoners of the Senuss the tin, as the following: or four days camel journey westward of Sollum. His Majesty's armid boarding temerari, Captain Rupert Gwiki Williams, was attackel hy two enemy sub- marines in the Bay of Sdl' on Novem hr hth. Thity-four of the crew were at fint reported missing, but this number. waterwardsyreducel to 70, The Tari wa formerly the Landes and North-West. 4 panger stemu's Hihere a, plying be- wen Dublin and Ho'yhead The Maurina, of 1994 (pps as reported sink on Noven Je 11th lase, Ble was formerly the Ger

wow straster l'har nyts, inf. Vienra, and had been rejuîsition « by the Australian - Government.

WHAT POLICEWOMEN

DOING,

ARE

OFFICIALLY EMPLOYED IN THREE ENGLISH TOWNS.

That the young ady was an intimate Ar end of a person who had bad to flex the country.

That this man had been assisted way plots of assassination, and was charged with y land dangerou, offences

That he went to Fern, and sing, the war los heen bug vising montral coun

That the lady list year went to Switze land is meos him, and stayed in the sam hote for several days,

That be told her that he was an ago of the German Foreign Office, and had 21 offen Barn.

That she cau back to Eng and bring ing message from this wen to one of the net dangerous. German age ots n England.

Thit the papers seiz dem her po srasiat were of a sodíkaus and yo at ca charseter,

Ta

It is strange to realize (he saya) that a sub-Antarctic island should have si popula-| tion in the suturacy of over 2,000 suuts, and that at every station the manager's hono is like the advertisement of the modern hotel, replete with everst confort. There

ectric light everywhere, even the pigs.

Pigs are the principal domestic animals. and heahouse are lit with electricity.

the island, though there are sheep,

Next Sage for SAN BANCIECO NAGASAKI Subject to Change Wilout Notice.

ES. "ARAKAN”

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12th May.

11th June.

19th July.

17th August.

The Stormers have accommodation for a limited number of Saloon Passengers and carry

daly qualified surgeos. Cu

Cargo taken in though Bill of Lading to all Overland Points In the United States cf Americs-and Coulda Jan

For Particulare of Freight and Passage, spyły to!

Yerk Building Hongkong, 14th Apr 1, 1916

also boste o inagistrate who may be ween sculling his other boat owned the in toning stemiers: The magistrate is reputed the best billiard player in South Georgin, THE

and at every station there is a billiard table, There are only about twenty Britons on the istand, though it lelongs to Great Britain, all the rest are Norwegian, except for 5 stray individual froid some other nation

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The explorer's letters state that at South this they have been matched by the Georgia he heard from the wasters (bat it waymen From the beginning the Jatür ried out the greatly increased work thrown hack tit broken up the have shown a fine pubbe spirit, and car was a very bad ice season, and that the pack All idea of crossing the Continent that year. on depleted daffs without a murmur. and settled on wistering in the Weddell. this excellent understanding the wars Sea. After leaving South Georgia. Sir now as a wek to all, has contributed. It was arrange between the companies and Ernest hoped to gain 57.30 south Intitado the unions with the concurrence of the before the ship was frozen in. The Endur. Government with the least posible friction,ance had a wireless plaat on boarch, so that In entering the services of our rail it is possible that the expedition may have jobtained rews of the progress of the war, ways during the war those rentered directly to the Stay are natura ly of price but whether this worked satisfactorily it portance. The transport of the origins is impossible to say Expeditionary Forde we 1 within scheduled | Sir Ernest's law. As finally arranged * *... tina triumphant bi of work which as contemplated that the Endürned, after soon, mg it, ya known el ciod univert her thirteen months in the Werdell Seat admiration an old story now. Anos I would take off the reminder of the shore ever since that time the rai ways have been party (he self and his five companions doing these thing on a much bigger having in the memtime croyed the Poe to scales Up to the end of January this year their goal on the Ross Soa), about the be the South. Wtern Company alone (and this ginning of the month. The ship was then though the 'ne most conceruid in the mate proceed to South Grortia to com- ter i am the paly one) lad run 1500plete the scientifg work which was begun foste dating the moush the party spent there at troep trainsaver system, more j transport of troops on their way overeared of 1914 m the outward yovane,

his figure, of course, take, no account of the e exorton number of special kuna arranged at short notice in connectime with the umbil'sation and subsequent for the conveyance of troops, horses, and staret, to and from vulous parts of the country

The Incisaid the Attorney-neral Bad beradmitted by the Indy when under carination by the Ady Bury Co. mite of the Home Offies, of which Coun¡ | Torkwerd-ihe most chivalrou, of inne pn the englacering workshops of

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Todbe expedit on the island was nướst valê. uble, brease the Angs-on whom the expedi tig, relied on nivel could be exercised, and fed on fresh meat

· STOWAWAY - FOUND.

In the preipt adaptation of railways. On the voyage to South Georgia Sir nationa, cuerol, stricades of the ducts. Ernest narrates in incident probaby uni

On the la bois naj stemmers way bị no mang to que in South Poles zp oration, whole of the account Allerntion, we afternoon of the sond day out a siɑwnway carried ont at numerous stations for the was discovered in a little int locker_thu better handling of shaowal traffic only part of the ship that was not cruinued buluner train were built, hosptal his win stores was a healthy young sail we improvi od and, when the call was or, and when he was brought before Gir Ernest Shack tot he said that he hid con caled ingef betuse it was his only the country for airplation to the mason sunce the unrice which had hither a been chance of joining the expuition So devoted to de private purpos of railways Ernest made him chok's help, and he is began with one con ent to make wuni.is probably still with the expedition Shack- leton jo he last message gave some indica * Our alu" she said, " is to get women with ingois parable skill. If he had beas of war

pics established in every town on u pro-exposing a rogue's trumped-up tale in th

In their ervices to our soldiers, a distion as to those who were to be Analy - With that objeer we have tried part with po'iter parto, With an artist played a philanthropic part. Buch continent. He said

Tesional be, working for salaries like law exerts it could not have performed tinct from the State, the jailwaye late elected to secoupany him seross the frozen

Beng areoint of the work of the Wo- men colico Serviço was given réceninį. As f B. Aden, the engaprin utent in on Yatérylowy widia restato p

In Hull Gurls.

AN ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE, Sir F. E. Sur seg forth his narrat v

a training, college, maintained entire y by natura pride in good work he quot yeyond the fate of the law hai bean done for voluntary contribution, in which the “ghị wek conte includes drill, first aid. poed Mr. C. P. Trevelynn before hn, the confort of troops in transit: while the establishmely of free canteras and rest Practical ingruction in place duties, the other members It was net cone roughii"

roos at any of the important stations study of special Acts reking to women and He did not impute motives to the no-

ure Lori's to extra-oficial cure for the children, and the proud and rules of member Eut he did confer to some su

men who are fighting our battles: The vidence in police

transport of the wounded to hospitals and and Folkestone

And it real'y wasn't quite the gang Mị cony lescent homes in all parts of Greit women police are paid from the rate, and Trevelyan is not an h storing kiwan Bylisin has been an ever growing daly nd are under the direct control of the Chief members of his family but haght in pinby empied out. And to the servies Constables, The, salata's vary from a some little respect, however superficial to thus rendre to men broken in the war to Ewo guineas. In her towns, like gezursey. As us, the whoh story, as he may be added the free travel granted to the

bubledon gd Richmond pajerwomen are

by oil Ladies cunnies.

bad prisented 1.09 destrove. All his it relat ven of sounded soldierz In London about thirty voluntary

rosphere as bunkam; al! his patios false workers are engaged at railway stations, To sut his own purpose Mr. Treve'yan utside public-bouws, i patrolling the bad not scrupled to bring to fight amb areole, and in one of the two parks where painful fam y brag dy, which but for his we have permission to place themed never have been exposed. And all

The work in London is very different score a purely mom-ntary pal against thi frin that in the proviures, because where Government, for he must have known that ya have no offical recognition we cannot whatever Minster answered him the tru here the grue free han! Moreover, we had only to be fully told to cover him was

pid

have not the extra experieure of a Chief | confusion. Constable directing ur in Lond Invo in the provinces. “

Sir Edward Henry has expressed the qiniga that we bave to prove ourselves theful and recomm000 siders that we are doing it. There is no doubt that policewomen have been able, their presence in uniform, in exercise Teneficial and quieting ionc among the inhabitants of certain clo:inasly tron bloome districts. They have unde these districts safe for the ordinary passers by. arul have over been in any way themselves anfested,"

Mr. Town Willison, instruced

strange case of Cardiff norusintanée

RWAYMEN AT THE FRONT,

As a manly of course the ordinary trave.- line publicand traders had to take, second place when the railways werp web list for war. But though they came off best their position was by no mean, bill The compuies did their best to to vices hid to be reduced they have been inconvenience, Though the main-line ser-

maintained quite adequately, and racept en certain qoutes, there, has been very

The party whe. I think, will arass the continent with we are Wild, Crean, Mar on Hurley, and Macklin They are all pleadid men and fit and capable of look ing after the dogs; they, indeed, spend their whole tire with the dogs, and the Infter. know them and are enable to chem. All but Macklin, who surge; have dons a lot of sledging. Mackin a splendid, strang fellow, and a good compasión. Harley S, a great worker, and I think je be a good stroke to take him, for he hag a splendid camera that is right for 1.000ft of flin, and never hase movieg tures been taken on a po ar journey,

150,000 are serving with the military forces of the Empire, the formation of a corps of ruwaymen te supervise the dispatch of purcels to soldiers i anallier of the many rendering service fo the State. The great ways in which this gre

great organisation achievement of our raitways for the

ccntion of the war buy been rendered p

of

le disturbance of suburban traffic ly by the devoted service of the executive who had been hunished, from Card With regard to freights, was obvious com the whiel, setio under the since June last by adminstrative order from the Rest that restriction must be authority of and had been refused any opportunity placed on the conveyance of certain goods, cludes nearly alt of the managers the cabling his innocence of the charge but even to these circumstances special great companies No stronger body of yelled against tin. Sir FF. Susi b said has been given to porishable art cles, 83d railway export cod hare heen brought that he knew nothing of the circumstane failure in this respect is practicaly together and with S Herbert Walker but promised to give the matter h's ne kaown, down of the Londen and South-Western sonal at cation, and a surd the Hime, that Though way employment is essential he was always aces ibe to any men er wha a "starred" trade the number of men who though that any injustice had been com-have joing the colours comparez favour mitted,

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"HONGKONG TIDE TABLE

From 28th April 4th May 1916:

LOW WAYER.

kong

Tima

50

23.

231 8

16 4 1 2012, 6

57m 2 49 9 8 490 3 60 = 1.0

m233

514