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GENERAL NEWS,

Seutetarles tu Chinese Legation in London.

Mr. T. Y. Lo has been appoint. od First Secretary to the Chinoso Legation, Mr. Y. S. Tara Second Seco'sry, and Mr. Sze Kuoi Third Secretary.

Hold Up and Murder in F.M.S. Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 21-The mail car from Kuala Lipis was held up yesterday afternoon fifteen miles from Kuala Kuba: The Malay driver was shot dead and the Fatsengers robbed, but. the mail bag was untouched.--- Singapore Free Preas.

A Millionhire Cambler. New York, Decombe: 18.-The will of Richard Canfield, noted gambler, was filed to-day. Ho divides his eats, valued at more than $1000,000, among his widow of Providezos, R. I.; his daughter, Gaco Hannon of this city, and bie. son, lowland D. Canfield, of Providence.

Stralts Jockey's. Prowess in

To Calcutta.

Ruiz, who used to ride at Straits raco meetings, he had a very good cold weather season in Calculis, He won the King Emperor's Oapon Arthur Band the Culcuits Plate on Primrose Morn, was second in the Viceroy's Cup. won the Ellenborough Plats on Yuau, the International Póny Plate on Refresher, the Paddock Plata on Double Chin and the Cooch Behar Cap'on Muteblock.” -Free Press.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY,UARY 29, 1915.

NOTICE

S. MOUTRIE & Co., LTD.

PIANOS

ON

HIRE

At $10 Per

MONTH.

TUNING AND REGULAR ATTENTION

INCLUSIVE.

HOW LODZ WAS CAPTURED.

THE YARN MARKET..

Story Told by von Hindenburg.

Shanghal Wedding. A wedding took pliss st.Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, last

Lodz (tussian Poland), Dec. week the contrasting parties being Mr. William Horton Laalie and, by automobile courier to

Posen, Prussia. The capture of Miss Beatrics Ferencs Rowland, Lodz, according to a depluralion third"daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Rowland of Shanghai. Tae of the Associated Preae, by Gen made to-day to a correspondent Cathedral was tastefully decorateral Von Hindenburg, the Ger- officiating. A largely attended reception was afterwards given by the bride's mother, when a large number of beautiful presents were

ed for the occasion, the Dean

on view.

Singapore Mortality Returns,

The mortality returns for Sing- apore issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths show that, during the weak onding January 16, there were 233 deaths (172 malas, $1 females), giving a ratio. per milla of population of 35 77. Malarial fever accounted for 4 dentas, phthisia 20, avalans 27, beri-beri 21, Bronchitis i,

one children under this months of age died. The no tonalities were represented as follo: Europeaps 4, Eurasion 1, Onicese 172, Malaya 34, Indians 17.

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Business Still" Extremely

Dall,"

Mesaro. Polishwalls and Kot- wall, in their yare raport dated January 28, state

Since the depature of the last mail, on the 10th inst., per s.s Arcadia, our market has been ex- from one to three dolls per tremely dull. Rates have declined bale, while the volume of business a commander, was the turning transacted was oa & very limited point of the campaign in Poland. scale, amounting in all to about The Russian lines in northern 1,800 hales. Deliveries also have Poland reeted on this city, for the fallen off considerably, which is possession of which there occurred doubtless due to the near up- the most bitter struggle of the roach of the Chiness Now eutire war, on this front.

Year, Tae Bombay market in

1,

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Shanghai-Merket quiet, "VIEW" c/o "Hongkong Tele- been very quiet throughout the

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relieving the situation for the Chinese sales, 100 balce (amall) at Daw Cotton-Bengal, nomales. Singapore, says the Straits Times.

Russians. He is a constable and, as such,

$28 to $25 per pioul. Quotation:) was on duty a few nights ago at

In one of the operations.around

-Bengal, at $10to $20; Chinese, Lodz cocuired the celebrated the Nurses' Home. Inspector Meredith, whilst on his rounde,

catting off" of two German at $22 to $25.50 per picul. visited the place and found the corps, which, after being entirely

eurrounded by the rapid advance sian "anprall" —more faithful servant in such a deep of the Warsaw reserve, tarned advance of the German troops, sleep that considerable forre was necessary to arouse bim. Yester-end out their way out, bringing the assault by line after line of day he appeared in the second with them 12,000 of their would- dark fighters moving toward the court charged with sleeping be captors.

Rasian position like wavelets of

whilst on duty, when Inspector Meredith mentioned that the complaint of the Sisters was that

the silent

The scene of this exploit, which a rising tide and their utter! member of the general staff heedlessness of the Russian fire, characterised as one of the most which appeared to be wasted on brilliant of the war, was Strykow, them. ten miles north-east of Lodz.

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They saw men fall, but the About the same distance west gaps were filled up instantly by of Lodz is located the little others from the rear, and the churchyard of Beschici, where the advance kept on.

the final Russians, in one of showed that, in spite of defeat and phases of the struggle for Lodz,

All this gave the effect ofsome- thing irresistible, the Rassiansaid.

when the man was on duty his en ring kept them awake. Oh Ah Hoo, however, for the next twenty-one daye, will have to devate himself to soma rigorous etoployment at the gaol, where too much stress is not laid upon the importance of sleep.

The New Swiss President." diacr bragement, they knew how The Russian evacuation of Lodz Birne, Dec. 17. The Federal to fight and die. This church was effected so quietly, and cover- Asambly, in a joint session of Fard lies on a small eminence ed so well, that the Germans did the two Chambers, this morning which formed a salient into the not learn of it until the next mora-

Germon licee. electel M. Giuseppe. Motta 48

ing, when they found that the The Germans were able to Russians had vanished. President of the Swiss Confedor-

Retreat Well Covered.

ation for the coming year. M. make an attack from three sides Heavy fighting occurred at the

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Motto, who is a native of the with infantry and artillery. All town of Konstantinow, ten miles Cantra of Ticino, was born in the Russian trenches were enfilad-south-west of Lodz,. It suffered 1871. He was a member of the ed by shrapnel, bat the Russians mostly from artillery fire, the clung to their positions obetin-town being bombarded by both National Council from 1899 to 1911, when he was elected mem-ady: When the Germans finally sides. Little was left but naked ber of the Federal Council, hold-ptured the trenches, 878 dead waile ing the portfolio of Finance and Ressions were found in a space The other suburbs of Lodz suf- Customs. He was the leader of about eighty yards square,

fored leas Boveraly, and the city It was resistance of this nature itself, so far as could be ascertain- the Conservative Party in the Canton of Tinino. M. Camille which the Germans had to over-ed, has not been damaged. An Deooppet was elected Vice-Pra come to capture Lodz. The Kus efficient municipal administration sident of the Federal Council, sins are again offering obstinate has been set up by the military Bais a native of the canton of resistance, as was learned to-day aathorities, who have inaugurated Vaud and a member of the Radical from German staff officers along much-needed sanitary measures, Democratic Party. He was a the Bzura and Rawku zivera, on including compulsory house

Kassim Kumchangles, Sanda- member of the National Council their positions running north and cleaning.

kanka from 1900 to 1912, in which year south along a line thirty to thirty-

Lalsang, Kampar. he entered the Federal Council, five miles wett of Warsaw

Linquimahe Wanlay Haiphong Heat present holds the portfolio A captured Russian officer, you have lost your appetite

one of the big variety of St. Iloilo of War. The other, romboro who speaks good German said

said dainty dishes at the ALEXAN-Manshung Yessang Ye the Federal Council were re- that what impressed him and his DRA CAFE is sure to tempt Lovukao re

men most greatly was the Prus- | you.

| Mowcheeng, Haiphong"

elected for the ensuing your

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Ia D'AGUILAR STREET.

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LETTS'S DIARIES 1915.