Officer's Graphic Story of a
THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.
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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1915,
HELL IN AN ORCHARD. Love ever spent. Major and I and two men spent the whole bloased nightcrawling about on our stomachs in the snow under quite a heavy are trying to find them, but only picked up one jgat before dawn when, of course, it was too late. However, cat la guerre, and I will get off the subjoot.
Hot Corner.
The following letter from an officer of the has been sent to the Times of Ceylon by a corres- pondent:-
Before I do anything else must really take a piece of your notepaper and eit down and thank you most awfully for the simply
"THE GROTESQUES.”
Gwynne sang
Cock-Doodle
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SPORT AND THE WAR:
PRINCE OF WALES' FUND.
Some Interesting Comments.
Subscription List No. 18.
Proceeds of Concert,
Taikoo Olub, Quarry Bay Mr. A. W. Smith Staff of Standard Oil Co. of New York, 5th Sab. Proceeds of sale of
:
"A Scout in Fairyland by Mrs. Ivan Grant Smith and Mra. Weston, 3rd Sub. Miss A. 8. Fletcher...
The Grotesques" were in fine. form again last night, and every item on their very full programme
(Our Special Correspondent.) was received with vigorons up-
When the Germans shelled. I will skip the rest till the day plause. The at last came when we heard that Farmyard Crawl; by the whole Hartlepool the Frisrage ground the Sanforths wera boliind wait company, was productiva of the was in the direct line of their hoartiest laughter: 80 fire, and, though the damage ing till dark to relieve our two
Miss Irene Greville's Song.
done was not serious, the field remuants of companies, and I was Auntie" and Mr. Scott's" Capid when the attack ceased resembled sent out at dusk to guide them and Bacchus," Bliss Liliana tipping ground rather than a io. It was a joyful moment, too; delightful parcel I have just got it was better than going home beautifully, and was also very Something like a dozen shella "Nightingale "plaos for the playing of football.. from you. I have just this mo from school at the end of the effective in a duet with Mr. Hugh ploughed up the earth and left ment opened it, and it was one of the beet 10 minutes I have had term. Though every man of us Baily, who further distinguished holes big enough to bury a hores and cart, Ahorse that was killed for a long time, inspecting its was absolutely finished, we crept himself in some ragtime nursery
in file for a mile through ditches rhymes. In this ho was joined whilst grazing on the ground was and then straggled seven miles by Mr. Scott, and also by Mr. Fred afterwards buried in one of those. 1. F. about in the dark, half asleep, across the frozen snow, falling Winn, who wease rollickingly am- holes. A little cariously, one abell Mr. R.D. Harvey's Fund: until we eventually reached this usingasover. Miss Phoebe Hodg-struck the tip of a goal post and A. & F. M:.... village about mid-night, Five gou, too, was quite herself in "Just broke it off just above the cross- minutes afterwards every man was
her way and Beat foot forward," bar. Friarage is one of the best more known grounds in the north of down out" on the straw in his while Mr. Argont was
popular than ever in "A Wonder-Englund, being the headquarters fal Roge" and "Blow, Blow, thou of Durham County and having winter wiod." The performance bean the vanne of several repre- finished with a most laughable sentative games. sketch: "The Mayor's Matines, in which all the charactors did good work.
contents and reading the letters
that arrived at the same time. They couldn't have arrived at a better time either, as I will pro- ceed to show you, censor or no. Please excuse my shaky band; I'll explain that too. Its not drink or high living!
baru.
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A False Alarmı, Major them so, found out a cottage close by and were delightfully received by the good ludy, with enormous bowls of hot coffee, trae French style (and none batter), Wo then flopped out splendidly. The next thing I heard was Major's voice about 4.30 am. calling out:
and I, having seen
Well, about two hours ago arrived, broken, weary, dirty and dejected after about the worst month I have ever had in my life at a perfect paradise of a billet seven miles in rear of the firing line in a dear little quiet village called-You simply can't imagine how homely and ripping it is to sit the whole evening in front of the kitchen fire and doze and smokes good pipe (my word, that pipe!!) feeling olebn and warm, and at peace after 25 days sorry; what have I been saying and nights of cold and wet and By that time I was up and half worse things,
Stand to your arms there! - o get the men out quickly.
Oh d! I'm most awfully.
I simply love the old lady ofway across the room. That alarm over, I slept like nothing on earth the billet and bor two little kids, till about 7 a.m. when Major, and her neighbours who all come came clattering into the room fully in and sit reand the firo and ask dressed and using rather strong questions about the war and everything imaginable! The old language and said "Come along, we've got to turn out at ones, the lady middle-aged I ought to say, French have given way in the perbaps-looke after me very centre and we've got to march 23 well, takes heaps of trouble over miles to reinforce them. Hurry my creature comfort, and is an
I'll go and get the men out." excellent cook, and our kitchen With that he disappeared, and sitting room is as clean as a now I crawled out still half asleep and pin. So you see I am quite proceeded to don the filthy maddy happy, and I think I deserve it,kit I had flung off the night asl will show you.
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HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB.
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The following will represent the Hongkong Cricket Club against Craigongower Cricket Club on Saturday, 6th February, en the Hongkong Cricket Club groand: play will commence at 2.15 p.m.-Messrs. T. E. Pearse (Captain), R. N. Anderson, Major 1. J. Bowen, D. E. Don- nelly, C. A. Hooper, P. Jacks, R. Kennedy, E. J. R. Mitchell, S. B. Moore, R. P. Thursfield and Lt.
bafore, using awful languago and Enemy 60 Yards Away,
feeling that that was really the In the trenches we have just list straw, not even having had left (thank goodness), there was time to have a hot bath. When IA. R. Sutherland. one particularly hot corner known- to fame as "The Orchard," as it was half dressed, booted and consisted of the outside hedge of spurred, etc., I went down to the kitchen to got some tea ready
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The formation of the Foot-
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Mr. P. Fladgate Police, 4th Sub. Mrs. Joseph Gould... Mr. R. D. Harvey's Fund: Callected by Mion
Square:-
Mies B. Walker Miss Hamilton... Mr. E. W. White.. Mr. T. W. Loughlin Mise A. Square. Mr. F. T. Uhapple Mr. G. Martin Miss Vanstone Mr. F. J. Gellion... Mr. F. A. Mackintosh Dr. O. Forsyth
Mr. E. Maurioio) Mr. H. Overy Mrs. Foy (Donation) Mr. W. E. Donglas,
(Donation) Collected by Capt. C. A.
Amoy
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GERMAN PRISONERS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.
Others to be Brought to
Hengkong.
Four German prisoners, who escaped from the Detention Camp at Kamamoto early on the $150.00 morning of the 24th ult., werd 25.00 Arreated while on their way to Nagasaki, The Chugai Shogyo cays 70 prisoners of war, includ- 149.00 og an officer, will be forwarded to Hongkong from Tuingiau on February 10 by the British steamer Tannenfels (now re-nim. ed the Basilan);
51.15 12.00
VOLUNTEER ORDERS.
TO-DAYIS ADVERTISEMENT. THE NATIONAL LOAN OF THE THIRD YEAR OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($16,000,000) and
SUPPLEMENTARY ISSUE OF EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS
($8,000,000) mis
Notice is hereby given to 'Sub- scribers that arrangements, havs
been made by the Chinese Go-
vernment to hand to the under
signed each month the sum of Dollars One hundred and Twenty Thousand ($120,000) from the Tovenues assigned under the Loan Regulations to the service of these loans Loan service
Corps Orders issued to-day, by
accounts have been opened in 50.00 Major D. Macdonald, state: the name of the undersigned with Field Day 7th inst-Field the Bank of China and the Bank 50.00 glasses bould be carried by every of Communications, into which 15,00 member of the Corps possessing these monthly instalments of 442.00 them.
interest will be paid as received, 50,00 Pura los.Para las for Satar- and those accounts will be drawn day, 8th instant, nil."" gi on to meet the half-yearly inter- Detail-Orderly Officer, Liontest Coupons payable through the Rees. Orderly Sergeant, Sargt, intermediary of the above-named
Banks, 3.00 Hall, To furaish Guard to-night,
The first interest instalment 3.00 Scouts Company; to-morrow, for the month of January bas been duly received and brought
6.00 Scouts Company. 5,00 5.00
WATER RETURN.
10:00 Lovel and Storage of water in
5.00
Reservoirs on the 1st Feb., 1916. 1,50 6:00
CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER
WORKS LEVEL.
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5.00
Pokfulamit ol. Delawie pie Dela 50,00. Wong-nal. ft. i. Da'ow salt in. Below
5.00 Mattonyam
Mr G. F. Matthews Ospl O. A, Mattɔn Mr. E. 0. Sullivan Mr. S. Wheeler Mr. J. Gibзoá M. J. Noble Mr. B. Cadman Collected by Mr. O. A. Peroy
Mr. A. O. Botelho Tai Ming Tak..... Mr. J.V. Braga Mr. Willie Wright: Mr. A. A. d'Almeida Louey Po Sang
overflow
oversion
chanco.......... ("overflow overflow STORAGE IN BULLIONS AND DECIMALY, GALLONS.
1916
;/
18.95
10
Tyiana Byawash songen. Tam Interdiste
$6.0
.350.0 Tall
353.30
5000 Pokfulam
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1573 342
15.00
399.08
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Subscribers to the Supplement- ary Issue of Eight million Dollars (68,000,000) are further notified that in accordance, with Article II of the Loan Regulations" the full amount of Dollars Four Hundred and Eighty Thousand ($490,000), baing the amount of interest on the loan for one year, has been duly raised by the Ministry of Finance and the, Ministry of Communtoa-. tions and has been placed on fixed deposit i the name of the undersigned with the Bank of China, and the Bank of Com- municatione; as a permanent.
5:00 Consumption of water is Chy and guarantee for the interest on the
District is milligan of gallaus „Buring the month of | 1oan.. 5.00 Jan 1913.
15 10.00 Consumption 713-57
#guien gallane 10 00
$39.19.
Estimated
poputation
10.00umption per
head per day...
supply
Main bilan angry by Rider with the excer
10.00 tion of the grid, with ana agh when Ponstant Sup..
ply wax tumed on owing to the Chinese New Year 10.00 Cousta supply in all districts during Jan 1935 KOWLOON WATER WORKS" "LEVELS 10.00
7015 ..aft ein Defew STOIT overlow
overflow STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS MEN ARMAANA GALLONS.
20.00 2,00 10.00
2014 Kowlogs Graft ying"
vitation Re-Beow
191
Collected by Mr. J.J. McKay, Kowloon: Gra 300-10 Kongmoon
Mr. And Mrs. F.
Smith Mr. W.B. MoKay Mr. AL Dickson Mr. B.O. Reid ... Mr. D. McRae Mr. J. Macdonald
vitation
Reservoir
2015
337.00
Consumption of water in Kowloon in millions of gallone during the momh of Jan'1919-
1
1914
32" 30.99 .gallons :'/ 91,937-~ '91.730.
The Government Analyst's reports shows that the 'water is of excellent quality.
Public Works Department'
W.CHATHAM
Watat Autounty.
10.00 Consumption
Estimated popula⋅ j 5.00
1.00 Corupties per 1.00 $1.00
Bead per day...
1.00
1.00
1.00
.40
ballers Battalion is progress ing Blowly. and it mast "The Grotesques play in now be realised that the players, Canton on Monday and Tuesday, of whom quite a good percentage but will perform again in Hong have joined, can only form the kong on Wednesday, Thursday nucleus of such a force. It is good that Vivian J. Woodward and Friday.
has been given a commission in the battalion. The most popular and undoubtedly the best amateur | footballer since the days of G. O. Smith, Woodward enlisted in the London Rifs Brigade at the commencement of the war and in the meantime has been in camp. Another well-known, footballer, J. C. Hartley, has rejoined his old regiment. Distinguished both as cricketer and Ragby footballer, Hartley double Blue at Oxford. In the four Rugger matches he played against Cambridge he was only once on the bauten eide, and he did useful work with both bat and ball in two matches against the rival university at cricket. In recent years he has taken a good deal of interest in horse breeding,. and is now the owner of Lorenzo, Particularly interesting in the gazetting of Mr. Gilbert Jessop to a captaincy in the Manchester, one of the regiments that has won undying fame and unfading laurels during this war. There is no need to dilate on the record performances of Mr. Jessop, as oricketer, golfer, and all-ronad sportsman. The "croucher is still Mr. J. A. MoBear the most popular bat in England M. B. Langriil MJ. J. McKay Most people would rather see Jessop whole-heartedly slog î
Collected by Mr. D. Harvay: couple of eixes than watch soms Mr. B. D. Hervey other batsmen laboriously and (Jan. Sab.).
Staff of D. A. T. Co. meticalonely: compile" century: Mr. Jestop's recent con
(Jau. Sab) tribations to this letter have been
Mr. F. A. Coleman widely appreciated. We shall Mr. AE. Harvey...
Mr. W. McKay hope to get news of him from the
Mr. WF. Hast battlefield, und, when he is through with Blogging the Ger HP & Ma Ma mans, and may be carry his bat
Grann within 60 yards of us and built a huge redoubt there during the
triumphantly we shall welcome
Anonymous his return to sport and journalism, Collected by J.P. night, from which they could throw grenades and various very
ontinue to crowd the casualty.
Sportsmen of every branch" deott Eq unpleasant kinds of bombs right
list. Major E. P. Thomson, of the into our trench! Even then they and about 80 men; marched
Royal Mürster Fusiliers, who wBS wouldn't let Major - attack and
"A" Company, with Major wounded, and is now reported dead, olear them out, and of course the efraight back five miles, where
we had a low hours sleep and and self in charge, were selected is a most accesstal batsman Orchard became a more unsavoury then continued on to our billets, to go and see the King, represent in South Africa He has latterly residence every hour.
arriving there about 4 pm. Sing the regiment. We had only been in England, when he has But what annoyed us most was that that very night they sent the you ere for three days and two got back from the trenches at made a lot of runs for the M.CC. | “Gratitude"
nights we had been practically midnight, bot set off at 7 in the as well as the Troe Forest Seaforthe in to relieve the other continually on the move and in- morning, just as we had come out ors. Lieut. the Hon. E. O. Hard two companies who had had' a
cidentally had some very un- of the trenches, dirty, unkempt, inge, of the 15th Hussars, who most easy time of it, hardly pleasant and difficult work to do and weary, but very willing, and bas also been killed in petion, shelled at all, and practically no i am not going to give you the the King was awfully pleased was a daring horesman, A year casualties. They went off into nice number of miles marched in so with us. I had ten minutes' con ago in connection with the Horse comfy billets and left us in the
many hours, or the number of vereation with bim, and about a Show a military trial was held in luroh. Well, how
kours we went without sleep until quarter of an hour with the a race to Aldershot, and he arrived it I don't know, but we did
fitfol élumber in the frozen snow, birgself after the show was over, ing the French officer, Lient. The first night it snowed like old as it wouldn't convey any mean. and made himself most awfully Michand, by three minutes. boots and poor old, my coming of what we really went greeable, so much so that I found Lieut. Hrdinge was also a well- panion and a great friend of mine, through, Sahoient to say that rygolf, much to my anuoyance known polo player. A prominent Monthly Subscriptions: 2,652.72 wentout with a patrol, all dressed it would be hard to imagine a and I think to his own pleasure, army footballer, Capt. H. G. C. Already acknowledge in white so as to be less visible in grimmer or more soul-scathing talking to him exactly as if he Towler, of the South Wales Bored, Lista 1/17 23,284.01 the snow, and got shot on the time than those three daye." had been a subaltern in my own dextra, has been wounded. Ho parapet of the German trenches, December 2. I haven't had regiment. I was really charmed was one of the Wanderers' tesm Only one of the patrol got back. time to touch this letter since with him and thought the King which reached the final in the It was one of the worst nights then. Jove, I must have been in too splendid for words,
Army Cup in 1900.
memory,
an orchard round a farm. This before going out, and was greeted was held by my company "A"
with a roar of laughter from the and my old company now Major who was sitting with his bad state when I wrote the commanded by. We used to feet on the stove quietly sipping above! That time was certainly be attacked here, day and night, an enormous bowl of coffee. a bit of a nightmare and we were shelled, bombed, enfped, charged Having had his laugh ho said hard put to it, but it had to and everything under the sun,
"Great Scott, I didn't think you come to an end some time, and and simply had to slick it out and would. believe it, come and have now
it's only do what we could by overlasting some jolly good coffee!" I told which unfortunately I shall never digging, as we were not allowed him briefly how I hated him and forget. Since then things hove to retaliate, being in inferior num hie coffee, and crawled back to brightened up a lot, though we bere. Well on the 20th day of bed for another hour. this, having been told that wo
The King "Awfully Pleased were going to be relieved or re-
"With Us.""" inforced daily, for about a fort.
Anyhow at 3.30 p.m. we did night, all of a sudden we woke one
We marched morning (we never slept more than get called out! two hours at a time) to find that seven miles, everyone still as tired
:
have speat 48 honra out of the interval (our week'e rast!!) in the trenches.. We were sent to the scene of that night attack of ours to clean up!' "A most appalling task, much worse than ne doga, slept from midnight till fighting. Now we are back in our the enemy hai sapped up to 3 a.m., or the frosty road, then billets again for three days and got flung into an attack on some go back to our original trenches frenches which three Indian regi. to morrow night. Yesterday was retook them with the loss of one of spent and things happened on it ments had been pushed out of, one of the best days I have ever
our cheeriost of sportsmen,
which I shall never forget. I must tell you about it. *--
did
Hai-
phong t Staff of Greon Island
Cement Co. Herbert Goffe, Esq., OMG: (7th Sab)... Capt. SC.H. Wilde... Inspector Sims Mr. J. M. Moorhead.... Mr. J. W. Bolles
Already acknowledg
F. A. AGLEN, Inspector General of
Oustoms, and Vice-
Chairmais of the Büroau of National
Loans.
Inspectorate General of Customs, Peking 27th January 1915, |
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SANITARY BOARD OFFICE, Hongkong
To the
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been dealt with by the Liquidat ors, are required to send in the Reservation or those parts of 36 50 particulars thereof to the Liquidata Domestic Building used as a 3.00 ors before the 25th day of Febru-Shop, Office or Godown, must be 3.00 Bry, 1915.
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Secretary. Datod this lat February, 1915, Remitted to London XAMINATAANOTICES
on 22nd December; 1/0.5-16. 1914, £17,000
ed, Lists 1/17/193.073.85
$197,603.28
23.72
atiok it out for another six days we got eleven and a half houre Prince of Wales, who came up by first in 3 hours 43 minutes, beat Lens discount on sub-
sidiary coins
$197,069.54
820,186.73
$223,806.
136.05"
Balance in hand... $32,800.32
Hongkong, 4th February 1015.
VINAJ STABB
Hont Treasurer
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