H.M.S VINDICTIVE." CAPTAIN'S PLAIN TALE OF DASH AND COURAGE.
Captain Alfred F. B. Carpenter, of his Majesty's ship Findictive, told the story of the raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend in cabin at Dover to the Daily Tele graph's Special Correspondent.
Captain Carpenter, a young-looking, typical British naval fficer, told the story the raid as he might tell a simple everyday story to brother officers over
wore a sling owing to an in jury to one al his arms, but the incident had no place in his narrative. He said nothing about how he was in the flame throwing enclosure until it was riddled and torn by shells, nothing about how he was blown from his bridge, which was
reduced to matchwood.
"UTINEERS " FOR DUTY.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, JUNE 22ND 1918.
pushed her sideways until she was close up. The fris went along at full speed to a position about two hundred yards ahead of the Findictive,
AIR DUELS.
THINKING AT 200 MILES AN BOUR.
STATE AND TRADE,
AFTER WAR CONDITIONS.
Air-fghting is a brand of warfare At the annual meeting of the Associa There was a very heavy swell against which requires more individual quickness tion of Chambers of Commerce, held at the mole, and the ships were rolling of thought, and of action, than any the Connaught Rooms, Sir Algernon F about making the work of securing to other to the mole very difficult indeed. When When one machine is fighting another Firth, in his presidential address, said the brows were run out from the Finto the death there is in it soracthing of the that generations would have to pass dictice the men at once climbed out, but duel. One machine thrusts and dives at before the wickedness of the unprovoked it was exceedingly perilons in view of its opponent, pouring a stream of lead the fact that the ends at one moment and fire into it, the other one parries the assault by the Germans upon
the liberties were eight to ten feet above the wall and thrust by an adroit twist, or dive, and of the nations and the misery caused the next moment pressing on the wall as in it, then thrust again thereby were forgotten Steps should be the ship rolled.
has automatically to think and do a taken by combinations of traders, either thousand things at once.
wa
The way the men got over these hrows
Not only has he to attend to his machine with or without the knowledge and con. was almost superhuman. I expected very moment to see them falling over, and to his engine, as in normal flight, down between the moto and the ship, but he las niso continually to witch his sent of Government Departments, to drop of over 30 Feet, and the certainty opponent, and to think, if he can, a step secure a supply before the war was ended of being crushed between the ship and ahead of him and to act accordingly of such raw materials as they would the wall I do not think any man fell. and, above all, at the critical moment, heurgently require. If," he said, It was not a case of a bare-footed sea-has to aim the whole maching at the ever again allow the foreigner to pene First came the preparations, not formate running along the deck of a rolling enemy plane so that some vital spot, such trate our industries, or to influence our transport, or to control production of Sight direction' to take the smoke-screen trements bombs, Lewis guns, and other getting that the wind must be in the ship, but of men carrying heavy accou, as the engine or the pilot's head falls goods that are essential for the safety of
struggle. Once articles-along a very narrow plank of batore the raid was nearly brought to a an exceedingly unsteady nature. They success, but the weather intervened. This never hesitated, but went off and on to time the elements were with us, and the mole with the utmost speed. Some british luck did the rest. It was known 800 or 400 were on the mole within a few that the ships might lose every officer, minutes, and at once fought their way. that no one might return, yet some of the along under cover of the barrages put
pompom fire from the ship
Mr. Shirtley Benn. M.P., moved a re-
solution, which was carried, supporting the Government's war aims
Sir Albert Stanley (President of the
men, when they heard they could not go, down on the mole by Stokes guns and sight, and, to be successful, it-wants- Board of Trade), speaking at a luncheon
were almost in open mutiny. They went. Every man of that crew is home again. Arrival of the two sections of the expedition was synchronised so per- fectly that each arrived at its desting Lion exactly at midnight-an important strategical point in the raid.
Comparatively few of the German guns were able to hit the hull of the ship while she was under the protection of the wall. It was a case of the safety of the ship turning upon how near she could get to their guns, instead of bow far Nothing was left to chance that could from them. The upper works, the musts, possibly be arranged by forethought, ventilators, bridges, etc., were showing The crew of the sacrificed submarine got above the wall, and a large number of Away in a small beat, and the pinnnce German guns concentrated on these parts, detailed to pick them up was on the and many of the casualties were caused spot. The Thetis, one of the three block-by splinters falling from these parts on to the vessel. If it had not been for the abips, stranded itself in the entrance to the canal and calmly signalled the course Daffodil pushing the Pindictive to the to the other two sister ships as to their wall throughout the operation, none of
the men would have come back.
course.
Near the end of the unthrilling story the captain appealed to a brother officer. asked. There was a prompt reply: No, "Did you expect to get back he e of the lid." A large piece of the masonry of the Zebrugg Mole was brought over on the indictive, and it is desired that it should be inscribed and ptree as a memorial over the resting place of the gallant men who fell in the light.
aptain Carpenter's story, which he pleaded should have no personal element
, publication, was as follows
A HAZARDOUS EXTERPRISE
BLOWING UP THE VIADUCT
in line with the sights of his gun, which the nation, or that contribute to its is fixed to the nose of the machine in prosperity, we shall be ignoring the front of him.essons of this epoch-making, period.
All this has to be done at any speed (Hear, hear.) between 100 and 200 miles an hour, while the machine is looping, diving vertically or doing "wind-mills and spins. It wants clear thinking. It wants good eye. knowledge of tactics, and a brain which is quick to see, and act upon, an advan-a concetion with the annual meeting, tage which only appears for a second said he had endeavoured to fulfil the It is the most personal fighting of the pledge he gave them a year ago to re- organise the Board of Trade in such a way that it would be qualified to deal war, just as bombing is the most per tonal, and so, be it confessed, the most with the problems, which would confront delightful destruction of the war.
theus after the war. He had tried to meet the dewand for the establishment of a Ministry of Commerce, but it would be great mistake to create new depart-
to overlapping, duplica ments, which led tion of work, and confusion. It was bet- ter that there should be a few depart
into sub-departments menta divided rather than that there should be an abundance of Ministers and Ministries. Speaking of trade restrictions, he said that he had never hesitated to sacrifice trade and commerce when it was neces
Lif should be done in this national. interest. They were out, first of all, to win the war, and he was just as con
*
argcón
It is because they are such extremely good shots that many successful fighters, with a great score of machines shot down to their credit, have won their victories. Strange as it may sound, when the terrific speeds and the mad, whirling maneuvres of the scouts sidered, it is often the opposing pilot's bend which is aimed at and which is bit. Some crack pilots are such good shots that at times they see the pilot in the other machine fall forward to his seat dead after a burst of only half a
to
About twenty-five minutes after the Vindictive was alongside the blockchips were seen rounding the lighthouse landen bullets. There are airmen, like vinced in our ultimate victory as he was the famous Immelmann, who rely on this, the day. war whs declared There of the mole, heading for the canal en-. trance. It was than realised that the the make one live on the machine which was nothing between fighting fris, Vindictive, and Daffodil had per there attacking and open fire. If they win and the acceptance of an ignominious formed their part. Their task had been miss they continue their dive, and do not peace. Some of the restrictions must con- tinue for a period after the war; most of accomplished. About a quarter of an again engage the machine. hour after the Findictive get alongside.
them, based tremendous explosion took place nt
tion, must automatically come to an end the shore end of the mole. We then
with the war. Some continuance of e- knew that our submarine had managed
strictions would, however, be necessary, otherwise there would be absolute chaos.
The diffenities of aiming in the air have been much simplified by the use of bullets which leave a trail of smoke by day and trail of flame by night, and so
war
to get herself between the piles of the fat onen show the attacking àirman where the close of the war practically the
viaduct connecting the mole with the his bullets are going t
Most modern sconts are small, single-whole of the trade and industrial activi tjes of the country would, in some form.
Once it had been decided to attack the born, She carried several tons of genter machines, very strong, and cap be eontrolled directly or indirectly Bumber of men and suitable ships, so moke off from the shore. The crew of mormous speeds without collapsing at that time at once to cominence the
it.
the Grand Fleet, the main naval depôts, the submarine consisted of highly ex-
Two seater machines are also used, but abandonnent of those controls imme- and various commands such as Dover-periented officers and men, and they were were asked to lend us suitable men in a very small motor-skiff after firing the advantage gained by having a back diately the national position would per- Ho excluded railways and canale, The men were given to understand that the explosive. The skiff lost its pro-gunner as well as a fixed gun in front they were embarking upon a very hazard-peller, and it was kept going slowly by neutralised by their somewhat slower hecause he did not believe or see how it sas enterprise, and therefore one may paddles against a heavy, tide, while being speed, and the loss of quickness in was possible in the national interest that say that tanse whe took part were volun-fired on by machine-guns from a tango Mavring owing to their increased they should revert to their pre-war state.
size and weight
It had beun suggested that the effect of yes who willingly accepted the risk of not more than a matter of fect.
It is a trite remark that our battles the Imports and Exports Restriction Bill without actually knowing how great it Most of them were wounded, and the was to be. They were, however, told quite small hoat was picked up by a steam have often been won on the English play was to establish a new ficil system. That' was not so. There was nothing of tho clearly what was expected of them, pinner, which had been specially detailing fields, but it is very true of air cause it was realised that every oflicered to assist them in their part of the fighting, in which the quickness of brain, kind behind it. The hill did exactly what might be kancken out and the min be operation. It is possible that the Gerte ogged determination, the fearless he had said, continue during the period mans, who by the aid of searchlights saw ness, and the habit of meeting another of reconstruction such control as was neccessary in the national interests in
left entirely on their own..
The men were then given a chance to the submarine, thought it was going to boy or another team in some struggleorder that they might fulfil any pledges { say that for family or other reasons try and pass under the viaduct to attack which one side must win and one low given during the war to their Allies. they would rather not go, but there was vessels inside the mole. Being under that not one man who asked to he left. In impression, and knowing that it could fact, in one ship in which orders were not pass through the interlacings of the given that &ertain number were not piles, the Germans waited on the viaduct required, there was something approuch-" to catch the submarine alive." It is
The blockships came under very heavy fire immediately they rounded the end of the mole and it appeared that most of
those qualities which have been acquired at school-give to our fighters in the skies their superiority over the enemy.-8.T.
PRUSSIA'S POLISH FRONTIER
UPPER HOUSE AND ANNEXATION.
In the course of a recent debate in the Prussian Upper House on the subject of the enforcement of the law, relative to the promotion of German settleinents in Pasen, the Colonization Committee pro- posed a resolution urging the Government to adhere, in all contingencies, to the logical carrying out of the law relating Marches, and also emphatically urging the Government to pay due regard to the military security of Prussia in the im pending agreement fixing the future from tiers
of
Herr
drew attention to tho
NATIONAL HAIR-GROWING
EXPERIMENT.
How to rid yourself of Failing Hale mani, Dandruff and secura a
Magaldoant Growth of Bountiful Abandans Hair. 1,000,000 “HARLENE HAIR-DRILL” OUTFITS FREE.
Remarkable interest has been aroused. in a wonderful and dolightful plan of bone- hair-growing experiments, which every man and woman who taken, a pride, in his or her. appearance and desires to possess a wealth of abundant hair should learn about.met
This plan consists of an interesting perier of playmant; hair-bousity `ozereisen, in which "all the necessary.
Falling Beír incomb and brush can be overname by Two- minuta-a-day
maturais sie supplied free of charge.
***S.) hottle of "from" Kelliantlen, which given a fast- tacle of baraty to the hair, end to upgocially. Masafiolał: 19: those whose words to latitant to be dryjne, kee!
(4,A) İyna - Memesi arabusing annoźly how to "enemy. ent the "Harlowe Maar-Heil)."
So You Will And “Marlene Bale Dell? Will Kwakan your hair to new Sif, and will bring back all fenatura) hoaith and abundanes i
When you here wnjoyed your hair-bonuts expezie
Demirağ relarde hair growth; bus 3 Thurlene), Hair-Drill Pe mones dil dendrey and surf,.
MILLIONS PRACTISE HAIR-DRILL...... ̈
Mr. Klwards, the laventor-Discoverer of "Haslene Hale-Grill!! wesyn:
"There are millions of people' the world over who now proctiso Hariens Hair-Dell,
· but I have decided once igre in offer a soil-
·Bon Burlans Hair-Dri{LO«tsts free, so that everyone dan tinue to their oven, salle- festion that they em grow healthy. Josusant, abundant baiz at any age.
„THE FREE-GIFT PANCEL COMPRISES:
5-1. A Telz) Bøizla al “Bartánu,” the mother- (al hair-tento; siirantant, and drosting that filurally compita a mare"beant growth of baby.
BA from packet of → Trema Sharpe Powder--the finest sonty cleensar in the maris, which prepares: the boat for Hair Bru
Healthy, abundant and beautiful Chele follows the adoption at Huty Driti. Sand coupon forfraenpple
mienta you can obtain further supplies from say. or Drug Store in may park of India. The Propy will at any Ume be pleased to maypir their preDame. tion direct on zweipt of Plates M.0, which Tabould loodude sualpasiti cover postage, enga
FREE GIFT COUPON
Fast TWARDE HARLENT, LTD.
23-28 Lamb's Conduit 31, London, W.0.1, Eng. Dear Shen-Plonso,and zwe your Free " Kartone" Four Fold Hair growing. Dutili su doscribed above. I enclose a dimams in winenza for pORIAES TO SAY. DHA ĐỀ the world. (fondgo skuurpe noapted.) ·
NOTE TO READER.
Write your fall name and addrous clearly on a nishi piece of paper, pin this coupon to it and post as directed
SWAN
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
FREE.
Hongkong Day Pro
FOUNT PEN,
DEFIES
HEAT
Its perfect At and ecientific construction preventing that annoying clogging and evaporation of the ink which attends the ase of the old-fashioned dip pen, or the cheap and nasty type of fountain pen The “ Swan" has a perfect, ink-food, is itted with a gold nib iridium tipped, se not leak, and is easily filled and aleated.
THE SWAN
SOLD BY ALL JEWELLERS, STATIONERS AND IMPORTERS.
MABIE, TODD & Co.,
Manufacturers, LONDON.
LIFE WITHOUT HEALTH 18 LIVING DEATH,
VETARZO
BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD
This remarkable compound, like latest Alorevery of modern times, is wilkout revalla kii com af defective nerve and brala power, whether induced by wasry, overwork, dissipation, or other infuences. Sleeplessness, palpitation, defective circulation, nervous dyspepala, tie ou neuralgia, o spirits, mental and bodily prostralion, want of sumődence, general debility, prematuru decay ateiciency of the vital forges, loss of vitality, korszeing dreams, restlessneen thai can settla ta Bobing, irritability of temper, female complaints, bysteria, backisht, bearing dess senastiese, wasting diseases, cosammption, night sweats, muddy, high-coloured water, &c., are alí zo zazw diferent phases of brain and serve wreckage and exhaustion, the cause of by far the greates portion of the misery if hemith, and despondency by which we are confronted on every hand, tha can only be successfully combated by the toe of this wonderful and highly scientike preparation Eracing up the system generally, it gives tone to the exhausted verven, arrests aid wenkesing Fasting discharges, restores the falling energies, end impasts sew Wife and vigour be there wit kad so recently seemed pizyed out, moed op kad vaineless." Bottles Price Is. 18.,
WITHOUT PURE BLOOD HEALTH 18 IMPOSSIBLE ZE
VETARZO BLOOD
MEDICINE
Never before was there anything like it, nor can its marvellous properties ever be egensted in Si cases of poornesa, fuparity, or other imperfection of the blood from whatever cause arising, No couer in 11 imbibed into the system that it permeates and penetrates to the minutest capit Lasins, overcoming and expelling diserse, wherencerer and in whatsoever form met with; remaVİEZ Ril blotches, pimples, sourf, scurry, scrofulous and glandular swellings, discoloratione, coughsem and unsightly patches, &c. Its effects are almost magics) en the treatment of gout, rheumatism, scistics, Ismbaga, paina and swellings of the jotai, discharges blood polsun, ecsema, lepra, portasi, kad legs, bad breasts, abscesses, ulcers, wounds, sete, goitre or Derbyshire neck, Improve the general health, and quickly removes long-standing bronchitis, untivar, and hacks, maining, spaimodle cough, too often the precursor of consumption. Bottles Price 38. 96.
Ing Hintinous spirit. The men were safe to say that of the Germans with to the German guns we were comparative apart the ship, and when they found machine-guns on the viaduct waiting toy immune from being hit while we were they were to be taken off they flatly catch the submarine intact bot one realongside, but it was fully realised that refused to leave. They were allowed to mained after the explosion. The cheer remain as extra crew, and went into the that went up from the Vindictive when the moment we moved away we should be Bruges Canal on a blocking ship and the explosion occurred was one of the der very heavy five, and no doubt finest things I ever heard. Many of those if there was anybody on board who really every man was saved and brought back.
The unture of the operation required men had been severely wounded, some of thought we were guing to get back 1 a very large number of small craft, and them three or four times, but they should be surprised,
On getting away from the wall the ship the trip across the sea being rather over seemed to have no other thought but the sterned northward, followed by salvoes to German settlements in the Eastern the tiles necessitated that the weather success of the operated by the ment was from the German guns, which semed to should be favourable. At the same times was continually asked the men was,
drop missiles all round the ship without Have we won 1 They asked just as as had to be ashore, we must use smoke-screens effectively. The possibility if it was a football outch. That was the actually hitting it. In a short while the of the vicinities of Ostend and Zeebrugga one thought in their minds Have we ships were clear from danger owing to being thickly mined made it clear that won?" One poor fellow lying on the the large amount of sunke they had left behind them. The next morning, at day. conderable risk had to be taken. deck, with an arm shot off, raised his light, we were all very anxious to know antagonistic attitude of the Poles to all
Everybody started off in the highest other arm to me and asked the eternal
The very best of how our other ships had fared because German interests, even during the war, spirits, and with no other thought but question, adding:
it was impossible to see any other ship adding We must cease to consider ourselves bound by the long-antiquated to make the greatest success in our power fuck to you."
during the operation.
There were frequent reports from men Reichstag resolution. of the expedition. Fate was very kind
Germany, who in to us on the whole, and everything went almost as per schedule. The various
who thought they had seen the 772, blown the last 20 years has demonstrated her eplonizing capabilities both in Africa and phases of the operation depended upon the fig was concentrated on the leading up, and it was especially pleasing when Southern Pacific, will also prove to
arrived at Dover, the be ent units. The snoke-screen craft and over the entrance to the canal on the harbour, and the men cheering as they lions of Poles. In order to place Ger the fast motor-boats went ahead at very edge of the channel, and sank as far as passed on their way.
must have a large war indemnity. Most "great spted. Enemy vessels were at possible across the channel so as to form have learnt sines that those in the Iris any economically on her legs again we tacked with torpedoes, and the way was an obstruction to the passage of German were certain that the Vindictige had been important of all, our military interests cleared for the main forces, whose apvessels. She made a signal to the other sunk, and this ignorance as to how each urgently demand frontier rectifications in 4th Sunday after Trinity, 22rd Juve, 1013 proach was screened by the smoke. Mean blockships following close behind as to ship ha fared probably existed through favour of Germany and primarily in the Holy Communion (1.50am. Matics (11 & 29.) We can therefore Hosponses, Ferial Venite, Manfarrea, Pesime, While i heavy bombardment was being which side to pass her that was best to out the various units. The smoke special interests of Prussia.
To Deam, Wonder ind, Barried out by monitors, and the sonnd get to the canal entrance. This opera-ly designed to protect us from the enemy give no greater satisfaction to General110, 111. Only Bopedistas, Troutback;
tion by the three blockships was carried had the effect to a certain extent of cut Ludendorf, who is to-day celebrating his Smart and Jarle of their firing as we approached was one.
53rd birthday, than by supporting the Hymns, 4 and 200. God Save the King. of the most heartening things that I can out under extremely heavy fire, and was ting us off from one another,
maintenance of all military necessities.' NA-Paalm 110 verses 1 and 5 in one of the nest features of the whole
Herr von Kleist said: We can only Pala 111 varas 1 2,7 and 8 in unison remember On arriving at a certain
I have said nothing about Commander- point, some considerable distance from operation.
Brock, because if I started mentioning obtain the means to cover our war liabili Hyman 4, vorses 1 and 4 in unison; Hymn 296 Many who have verses 1, Saud 0íu anina. Holy Commanton the shore, our forces parted, some going
names I could not stop. I have not meetles by an indemnity.
hitherto advocated a peace of
Evensong 6 p.m Ronnien, towards Zeebrugge, some towards Ostend,
tioned names of officers or men because
renuncia (12 Noon).
A Ferial; Palmas, 111 T. P., 115 Wicks; the iden being that the forces should
would be invidious to mention some tion are now of another opinion. arrive at the two places simultaneously
and not others. Every man and officer strong German Empire offers the sole Middle Voluntary, Baroeuse G, Delbruck.
Europe
Magnificat Crotch (30th moralna); Neno so her could not be used as a warning so that the communication from one to
said: The N.B.—Psalm 114, versae, 1, 9,6 and § G. P. by one or the other.
-⠀⠀ RIGHT INTO THE CANAL. The two blockships went straight through the entrance to the canal until they reached a point inside the shore- line-about 200 to 300 yards inside. So
their berth. I
COMMANDER BROCK.
*
fend stamped addressed envelope for free booklet, or P.0, 2/9 for trial bottle of withem. Pentody, to THE YETARZO REMEDIES CO., GOSPEL DAK, LONDON. Unprincipled Yande may try to sell you something dica far actra profit-do, not accept it, but insist on itaunton VITARZO. The genuine has the words “VETARZO REMEDIES" on Government Stand YETARZO BEMEDIES. HÚN SOLD BY BOOTS, PARK CHEMISTS,
CHURCH SERVICES
St. John's - Cathedral, Hongkong.
THE
PENINSULAR AND
ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.
RTEAM FOR STRAITE, CEYLON, BOMBAY, EGYPT, MEDITER-
BANEAN PORTS AND
LONDON.
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING · Issued" com BATAVIA, AMERICAN, CONTINENTAL AND ROUTH AFRICAK PORTE.
THE Homeward Mail Steamer, carrying
His Majesty's Mail, will be despatched from this port sa usual, taking Passengera and Cargo for the above Porte Passager, sécommodation in the connecting vesel secured before departure from Hongkong.
they had actually arrived at a position thing is over it seems all like a dream. Herr von Eteinhart other is undoubt la unison; Psalm 116, verses 1, 0, 14, 16 and 15
I saw behaved so splendidly that now the guarantee of peace in
The Prussian Minister of Auriculture, Dimittis, Wesley Uyans, 223, 221 and 19. behind some of the German batteries, An officer reminds me that you may be fixing of our eastern It was awfully hard to see anything and easily steamed up alongside. How interested to know that on the way across edly of primary interest to Prussia, who in unison: Hyme 311, vers 1, 3 and 5 în that was happening beyond your own the crews of these two ships escaped is the admiral made a signal to the ought certainly to demand that adequate unison; Hymn 19, verres 5 and 3 in unison. ship. We stranied through a very thick almost beyond imagination, but a motor-indictive, St. George for England!" regard be paid to her military interests ST. ANDREW'S CHUɛch, Kowloon, aird smoke-serien. German star shells were launch seems to have picked up most of The reply wat May we give the in all agreements regarding these fron- Jane, 1918. 4th Banday alt Trinity. lighting up the whole place almost like the men in an extraordinarily gallant dragon's tail a damned good twist 12 tiers Without, however, going, fully Holy Cenuunion at 8.15. Morning Prayer
Vesite,
Maciarron; daylight, and one had an extraordinarily
manner under extremely heavy are from and I think we succeeded in doing that into the question of conditions of a war at 11. Rasponeos Furial; Vesi naked feeling of how exposed we were very short range. This motor-launch got Should the Germans propare a story indemnity, we must demand that the palms, Asset Te Deum, Laxox, Caoks nod although it was midnight. On emerging away, and pet the crews on board one of from their extraordinary gift of imagi agreements on peace shall be settled be-pkins; Bangdictum Baanent, 3d varing; tween the Governments themselves and Hymas 667, 571 (1st Tate), 215 and 122 by their own boats and pulled several act get alongside the mole, it can be miles to sta, and wore picked up by easily reluted by the fact that we brought shell interefere therein. Any formula for Brening Prayer at 6. Responsos, Forial vessels outside,
away a piece of the masonry weighing a practical Polish policy must provide for Palms, Ast; Magnifinat Bore, 31st
further strengthening of
of the
morning; Nans Dimittin, Foster. 8h evening: Play with that my ship..
there must also be 3. (fist and last verses in unison), 120. of Polish wishes.
U ION CHURCH, Kennedy Rand. Sanday, was blown up, and the mole was being repeated by siren so that the men on the ment is to be obtained by the activity of 3rd June. Bandey Services. stormed. It was unnecessary to stay any mole could hear it. It was definitely the Colonization Committee. The ex Service at 11. Palm, 1.3; Lymus, It and longer, and the signal was given to with reported that no one was left on the propriation paragraph of the measure 166: Anthem. Evening Service a 6. Hymns, draw. The ships got away from the mole mole twenty minutes after the signal new under consideration has lost its effec-213, 13, 14 and 384. Preachery Rv. J. Kirk under cover of smoke-screens as best they me of the boats with men from the tiveness and can only have a provocative Macerachie, could. Owing to the ships being so close Sirius had rowed-out fifteen miles when effect. Its abolition is therefore neces
(Continued at foot of next Column.) they were picked up at sea.".
through the screen the end of the mole the destroyer: Some of the men escaped nation suggesting that the Vindictive did that no one, not even Parliamentariars, (last vores in maison), God Save the in silk and Valuable Cargo for Italy, FrasTO,
was seen about four hundred yards ahead and the ship was immediately taken at full spted to get alongside. We had decided not to open fire from the ship until they opened upon us. A battery of five or six gung on the mole commenced. firing at us almost directly from a range of about three hundred yards, and every gun of the Findictive fired back as hard as it could. In less than five minutes the Ship was alongside, and efforts were made to grapple the mole to keep the ship in place The Daffodil was following close sera, and in the most gallant way put her bows against the Vindictive and
Rather over an
bour
after
the
#
Findictive got alongside, the situation about a quarter of a ton, which fell on terment, and, as far as is Gernia Hemos, 34 fiart varse în ruko
was this blockers had passed in and
. With regard to the signal to withdraw cautions
270
A Hynim. God Save the KingDer
come to the end of their run, the viaduct that was by sound, and was continually furthering of the German ele.
sary.
Moming
CHRIST, SCIENTIST, Sunday, 11.15 am, Wed
Frier.” GRunCE OF MacDonnell Road, meslay, 5.30 p.m.
and London (under arrangement) will be conveyed by this Steamer proceeding to Bombay and there transhipped to the oscarrying Steamer for Marseilles and London.
· Parcels will be received at the Office unifl 3 .. the day before sailing The contents and value of all packages are required.
For further particulars, sailing date, etc. apply to
P.L KNIGHT Acting Experintendenc
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.