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COMPANY REPORT.

RED CROSS HELP FOR SERVIA.

Sungel Way Rubber.

Sir Ralph Paget Appointed Commissioner..

TRE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1915.

THE WAR.

COUNTRIES engaged.

Germany

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*Austria

Turkey

against

Britain.g

Russia.

France.

Belgium.

Japo

Servta

Montenegro,

ARMY TERMS EXPLAINED.

Army corps is a complete army

on & email scale in itself. The atrength varies from 35,000 to 48,000 men.

Division is a force of infantry,

cavalry, and artillery, usually with a strength of from 15,000 to 20,000 men.

Sir Ralph Paget has been The report of the Sungei Way appointed British Commissioner (Selangor) Rubber Company, for Red Cross. Relief Werk in Limited, states that the revenue Servis. He is the husband of account for the year to D camber Lady Puget, after whom a street 31 shows a profit if £25,624, alter in Uakub has been named in making allowance for proportion of management expenses, for all gratitude for her work with one of the Red Orcs Hospitals. She home expeuses, fr upkeep of arop jought typhus from Eer patients, being tapped, aud charging 10 but is now envalescent. He will revenue all immigration charges work under the auspices of the and tapping impleme nie. The int committee of the British Rd balacea brought forward, after

Cross Society and the Order of paying the final dividend for St. John. The arrangemeris for 1913, and allowing : the other supplying the urgent needs cf allocations mentioned in last year's Servis in the way of medical report was £3,185, which, added stores and Red Cross per ohnel to the stove pri fit, leaves a divi- sible surplus of £28,790, but fon are being rapidly completed:

A ccnfernos was held recently this allowance has to be made for in Paris at which the Bon. Arthur the following payments:-Interim Stanley, M.P., ohairman of the dividend of 28: 1er hare already British Joint Committee, mete- paid on account of 1914, 85,866; presentatives of the Freno v donations to war relief fonde ernment, the American Red Or as £135; leaving a balance of $22,788, This eom the director Society, and the Rockefeller Foundation, and a scheme was recommends should be treated a drawn up which will ensure a follows: In payment of a finel dividend of 5. per share, lessory large accession to the Red Cross units already engaged in income tax, payable on April 24, Servia without any danger of making a total distribution for waste by overlapping. The ex the year of 78. per share, or at the font of the work will necessarily rate of 35 per cent per annum be regulated by the financial supe pers placed at the disposal of the £14,000; allowance for deprecia tion on buildings, plaat and various societies, but the ready machinery, £1,500; reserve ac count, to be employed in the first responeniready made in England to recently published appeale is a instance on estate capital require good earnest that the mo.ex "ments, £2,000; to put to the credit

DECOJEBRY will be forthcoming. · ·| of income tax reserve account

The latest reports from Servia £500, leaving £4,122 to be carried show that a great work already frward,subject to bonusesto estate has been achieved in combating employees. The crop of dry rubber the fever outbreak, and there is harvested during the year, on reason to boge that very shortly final weighing, came to 426,126 the situation in all the stricken June 29-Archduke Francis Fer- lbs., against on estimate of 425,arese will be well in hadd. But 700 lbs., and was obtained from the need for increased financial an ares of 1,152 acree in bearing, help will be continuous for some July 23-Austria-sands an ulti- the average yield per acre, in-time to come.

Brigade is a forge of infantry or cavalry. The infantry brigade is from 4,000 to 7,000 strong. The cavalry brigade is from 1,000 to 2,000 strong. Regiment of infantry is from

2,000 to 4,000 strong.

cavalry regiment is from 50 to 1,000 men strong.

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Squadron of cavalry is from 150

to 200 men strong.. Battery of artillery in the British

and French armies has 8 gans] and about 200 men. In the German Army consists of 4) guns and 150 men. In the Russian Army it consists of 3 guns and 250 men,

PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

dinand assassinated.

matum to Servis.

mobilisation.

6

Russia, French Cabinet orders general mobilisation..

Aug. 2-German forces enter Luxemburg. Germany de- "manda free passage through

Bolgiüm."

Aug. 4-England sends altima-

tum, demanding observance of Belgian neutrality. Ger- many rejects ultimatam." German troops attack Liege: 5.England announces a alate of war with Germany.

-Germane enter Liege. French invade southern Alsace.

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neutrality.

"reaffirme

Aug. 8. Aug. 15.--Austriana enter Servia. Japan senda altimstam to Germany..

cluding young rabber, being, Sir Ralph Paget, son of Sir July 31-Russia orders general therefore, 380 lbs., as against 344 Augustus Berkeley Paget, was Ib. per sore for the previous born in 1864, and has been an Aug. 1-Germany declares war on year. The all-in cost of produc- Assistant Under-Secretary for ti u and marketing the rubber Foreign Affairs since 1913. He for the year was le. 1:53. entered the Diplomatie Service atinfactory reduction of 5:19, in 1888, and served in Vienna, as compared with the previous Cairo, Zanzibar Washington, and year, and was made up as follows: Tokyo. He scled an Charge. -F.o.b. oost Purt Swettenham, d'Affaires in Guatemala in 1910. including export duty and bonuses He was transferred to Bangkok in 1992, and at a time when the.. to employee, 10.59.; freight and London le charges, including Government found some 'difficul- loes on weight and agenes com ty in filling,the post, on Bocount mission at the rate of 1/2 per of the dangerous climate; be acted Aug. dent., 1.170; home office expense, na Ubarge d'Affaires for two years 81d; war insurance, .123; depre- in Stuttgart and in July, 1910, Aug.

The gross price became Minister Plenipotentiary oiation, .84d. realised for the 1914 orop was at Belgrade. He married in 1907 24. 392d., de compared to 39: Louisa Margaret, daughter of 1.62d for the previous year. The General Sir Arthur Paget, Com ermpany unfortunately lost 25, manding the Korces in Ireland. 250lbs. Through the sinking of the T.dilus by the German oruiser Emdin. The estimate of orop for the current year is 125,700 lbs and the costs of producing same will, it is anticipated, again show a redactic n. The estate is in first-class order throughout, and the outbreak referred to in last report appeare now to be well under control. The company tai the following contracts for forward sales f rabber to complete from

Through the economical use of the cinrent year's crop.-Four. tons ribbed smoked sheet, moath the available grain we have suo- lyo livery, May to Jure, inclusive, ceeded in regulating in a com- or eight tuns in all, st 28. d. per bread supply until the next bar pletely satisfactory manner the lb., and five tone ribbed smoked sheet, monthly delivery, July, too. It will be the same with December, inclusive, or 30 tons po s'osa, if we husband the sup- in all, at an average price of 2e. Ply. Potatoes in stacks have last

ed to well that the loss may be 3.2d. per lb.

expected to be well under the

Panama-Pacific Exposition Dally Average for Six Weeks, 62,000.

San Francisco, April 3.-The total attendance at the Panama)

CONSERVING THE POTATO:

Germans Enjoined to Practise

Economy..

Amsterdam, April 1, The Ber liner Tageblatt reproduces a cir- cular from the Minister of Agrical-

are, which says:-

average.

Aug. 17.-British expeditionary force completes its landing in France. Aug. 19-Beginning of battle of.

Lorraine, Aug.20-Germansenter Brussels. Aug. 23--Gormans enter Namur

and begin attack on Mons." Aug. 24-British begin retrost

from Mons.

Aug. 25

hausen. Aug. 26-

French evacuate Hal-

Non-partisan French Gabinet organised. Germans take Longwy.

Aug. 27 - Louvain burned by

Germans. Japanese blook. ade Tringtan. Aug. 28-Battle of Heligoland. Sept. 2-German advance reaches

Senlis, thirty miles from Paria, and swings eastward. French Government möves to Bordeaux... · Sept, 3-Kassians occupy Lem

borg.

!!

It is unktown, Lowever, that the potato crop owing to drought at the end of last summer is con- siderably below criginal expenta- tions. But what remains of the potato crop which was gathered will suffice if every one practises Sept. 7-Maubenge taken by the the atmost economy....

Germans.

Sept. 6-Battle of the Marne.

begins.

This year about 3,500,000 Sept. 12-German rétrest halte Pacific Exposition for six weeks, hectares of the German Empire on the Aiene. · ended last night, was announced will be planted with potatoes. Sept. 20 Germans bombard

fficially to-day at 2,804,813. One and a half to 24 tons per The attendance for last week was hectare will be employed for seed, 248.571. The average daily at and the economy in seed will be tendance since the opening was half a ton per hectare. This gives approximately 62,000. Secretary for the whole Empire 1,750,000 af State Bryan, and former Presi- tons."

Rheimsand injure the famous Cathedral.

aubmarine sinks British ornisere Abou- kir, Cressy, and 'Hogue. Buserans capturo Jaroslav and invest Przemysl.

Sept. 22-German

dent Roosevelt, were long-distance. A telegram from official sources participants in the dedication to- in Berlin state that, owing to the Sept. 28-British troops from day of the San Francisco Press recent greater conenmption of rye India land at Marseilles." Clab's

quarters in the press bread, the proportion between the Sept, 28-Germans begin siege of building at the Exposition, stooks of wheat and rye has shift- Antwerp. Becretary Bryan, sitting in the od. To order to prevent the Oct. 2- Germina defeated at National Press Club at Washing- stocks of wheat in the last montha by Augustowo. ton, 1ressed, a button releasing before next harvest being pre- Oct. 5-Belgian Government re the flig and officially dedicating dominant, the increased conmoved from Antwerp to the quarters." He then conversed sumption of wheat and four for ] Ostend. With members of the club and pastries and bread has been Oct. Bombardmentof Antwerp Exposition directors by telephone, ordered,

begins,

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Jan. 8-French advance across Aisne, north of Soirsons. Jan. 13-Tarka oooupy Tabiiz. Count Berchtold resigns. Jan. 19-German air fleet bom-

bards Yarmouth and other Norfolk coast towns.

Des. 25-British naval and aerial raid against Cuxhaven.

French occupy St. Dec. 28-

Georges, near Nieuport. Jan. 1, 1915 British: battleship: Formidable unk in Ohannel,

the

LIKE

Jan. 21-General Falkenhayn, Jan, 3-French capture Steinbach. German War Minister, Jan. 3-4-Russians win decisive reeigus, Jan. 24-British naval viutory in

. North Sea: the Blucher sunk. Jap, 26-Germane lose two bat- talions at Givency and Ouin. chy.

Jan, 31-Germany inauguralee

victory over Turks in the Caucasus, Russians overrun Bukovina.

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Marr-House of Commons votes supplementary credit of 37 millions and a freeb credit of 250 millions.

submarine raids on British March 8-British aeioplanes shipping.

attack Ostend.

tingent lands in England.

Feb. 3-German destroyer snak March 9.-Second Canadian con-

by Russian submarine cff Denmark. German auxiliary orniser sunk off Patagonia,

Feb. 5-Tarke attempt to cross

Suez Canal. Feb. 6-Allies resolve ti nnite

financial resources,

Feb. 8-Total British cazaaltion

104,000. Tarks retreat from Suez Canal. Feb. 10-Germans exeonte the

rebel Maritz, Feb. 17-Osnadian contingent

2

lands in France. Feb. 20-27-Over 10,000 Ger-

mana surrender in France.

Feb. 27-Allied Fleet enters the

Dardanelles after destructive- "bombardment.

Oct. 9-Antwerp occupied by.

the Germans.

Oct. 12-A Boer commando in

the Cape Province matinies. Oct. 13 - Belgian Government

transferred from Oetend to Bavra.

Oct. 14-Allies ocoopy Ypres. Battle begins on the Vistula. Oct. 15-Ostend occupied by

the Germans.. Oot. 16-British oruiser Hawke Bank by German submarine. Oct. 24-Ten days' battle be- fore Warsaw ends in German' defest.

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Russians Lodz and Radom..

reoccupy

Oct. 27 Oct. 29-Turkey begins war on

Russia by naval attacks en Odessa and in the Crimea. Oct. 30-Col; Maritz, rebal leader

driven out of Cape Colony, Nov: 1 German naval victory

"off the coat of Chili. Nov. 3-German squadron makes

a raid un British coast near Yarmouth.

Nov. 4-German oruiser Yorck strikes mine in Jado Bay

and sinks.

NOTICES

AMERICANS

PRINCE ALBERT

CRIMP CUT.

March 3-10.-Four German sub- BECAUSE

March

capture

marines accounted for. 10.-British Nouvé Chapelle, March 14.-Announced that 'Ger-

man losses in La Basses region total 10,000 in three days.* March 14. German orniser

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Dresden sunk off: Juan For- nande Island. Murch 16.-Sir John French estimates German losses in La Basses region to be 17,000. March 18.-British battleshipe

Irresistible and Ocean and French battleship Bouvet sank by floating mines in Dardanelles. Admiralty an nounces that it has reason to believe the Karlsruhe was sank the West Indies in November.

March 19-Russiana enter Memel,

East Prussia:

IT DOES NOT BITE THE TONGUE.

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CONTENTS.

1— 3' The Colony's Railways ...44 Death of Mr. K, I. Deans 844 Hongkong University

Union...

45

7-8 Hongkong Boy Scouts ...45

bards the Bosphorus. Ger- man submarine sinke West African liner Falaba. March 31-Australia offera an-

other contingent, April 8. His Majesty the King

forbids consumption of Day by Day... wines, spirits and beer in Fassenger Lists any of his houdeɛ... April 8.-Prinz Eitel Friederich Hotel Lists

internet in Norfolk Navy Correspondence Yard, U.S.A.

Commercial............ 9-10

.....48—47. April 12.-Kron Prinz Wilhelm The Courts... 11-10 Chinese Carrenoy

17-23 Aasther Hongkong aero pute in at Newport News. Leading Articles........ Announced that second Notes and Comments.....24-28 plane... .47 Canadian contingent will be Special Articles 29-36 Appointments. ............47. despatched in te near future.

Sport

...37-28 From the Pulpit ............................ Orer-Seas' Aircraft Fund 39-40 Baden Powell Boy Scouts' Canton News

..........., 40

Building Fund.........40 The City Shrievalty.

Catholic Women's League 40

Cigarette and Tobicca At a meeting of the Court of

Fund... Nov, 10--The Emden destroyed. Aldermen at the Guildhall the Prince of Wales' Fund ...41. Nov. 11-Germans capture Dix-Lord Mayor, fulfilling a statutory Annual Police Report.....42-43

obligation,nominated Mr.George The Observatorys' Work...43- Nov. 12-RussiaDe ocoupy Johan-Hagscm, a member of the Car Food Prices.

aisburg in East Prassia.

the Baeket poration and of Nov. 19 House of Commons Makers' and Sprotacle Makers'

Nov. 5-England and France de-

clare war on Turkey. Dur-f danelles forte bombarded. Russiane reoccupy Jaroslav. Nov. 6-Tsingtau surrenders. Nov. 7 Russiana enter East

Prizesia.

"mude.

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Runyan Miss Richardson G A Hankin Mrs F

Sraith W H Sorley V Swaffield HE

Mrs A G

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votes a new army of 1,000,000 Compraie, se aon didate for the Fair HA men. More than 1,100,000 City Shrievalty at the next elec- Fairie R

Gibb J meu already under arms, ex-tion. He added that he had in- Gould Mr & Mrs J Riley Mrs E clusive of Territoriale.

tended alro to nominate Mr. G. A. Goulbourn Nov. 23-Russiang surround Ger Touche, M.P., but as he had be

Griffitha AL Galluzzi R man corps south of Lodz.

come an Aldermen he did not re- Gregory T

+ W Nov. 26-British battleship Bul- quite nomination oni would come Grande& Mr wark destroyed by explosion forward as a candidate in the usual Goodrich OL in the Madway River. Ger- inans break through Russian way. The election takes place on Griffith MraD P.

Mideummer Day. The ther can- didates are. Mr. S. G. Shead, Master of the Gardeners' Com pany, and Dr. W. R. Smith, J.P., late Mayor of Holborn.

circle near Lodz.--- Dec. 1-German Reichstag votes new credit of five billion marke. King George in Flanders.

ad.

HOTEL LIST. Hongkong Hotel.

Kulka F

Kay JA Lambert EB

Deo. 2-Austrians occupy "Bel-

grade. Gen. De Wet captur Deo, 3--Servisna tarn on Aus-

trians in three days' battle anderson GE

WH which ends in a notable Ber-Avery

Atherlay J E vian victory.

Backhouse H

Lloyd GT Bell ODJ

Layseon O Dec. 6-Germans occupy Lods.

Lang LG Deo. 8-British naval victory off Belillos, Mrs E R

Léa Bishop' & Mrs. Bopp F E

Lennox Miss Falkland Islands, British Barondte D. occupy Bussorab, in Asia Burns Mr & Mrs R Lim Kin Jin Mr &

Brown Mm AE Minor.

Brown Mira B B Lim Teng Day Gen. Byars, Boer Beckingeale L Marriott Dr& Mrs

TH leader, killed at the Vaal Baring J

ter TDW Banclater1 - River,

Brinkworth G Dec. 13-British submarine sinks Baylis F

Clayton WE the Mesandieh in Dardanelles. chestham B

ColoCart Dec. 14-Servians capture large Plunkett

Deo, 9.

Austrian forces.

Arm

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Seemallar HE Sanderson Mrs Sm.th Mr & Mrs Bloister Dr & Mr Stoel J W daunt

Capt

Speed Capt J Hollir gaworth A H Sundbeimer WA Hall Capt. TP Southraayd JB. Hannibal Mr & Mrswift Mr& MIS GH.

Taylor

- Mr & Mrs J W Tindall G Tisdall Mrs EW Troy A

L Trip GJ L

Hanzon A Hand Miss Hutcheson TH Hajtman E H Hose A Hulder CE

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Irving E A Joseph EX Joseph 8 M Jono BET Joseph E... Johnston J Junker W M Kales FH

Grand Allen Mr & Mra Drew Mr & Mrs Meyer Mr & Mr CE Duarioh A Mehta KB

Mr & Mrs J H

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Mann Mrs BR Middleton GB Merecki J.

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Contemporary Opinion .50- Sanitary Board...........52 Telegramer...”

Carlton Hotel.

Alomberg E Attinson W F Branco A Clarke Miss May

Costello M

Play L

NO CropleroC. Fitzpatrick J

Fulchor WO

Hellway HD

Hosbal De J Kynoch Mr & Mis

Lawsen J. W. Lewis F8 Mariani Mr & Mrs Molva M Meek Thomas

Murell Mr & Mrs'T Murroll J

Pennell Wy Taylor W

Thom Wm Whebley AR Wilson DB

Kingsclere

Fielder BE Filkins Miss D Forbes Mr & Mrs Forbes A Fulder BE

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Hotel. Rawlinson R. J Robertson Mr & A.... Mrs J.

Baodes M

Sheldon Mr Ki-

Mr. Wardighielda A L ̈*

White F W. White Mr & Mrs

Wixon OF Wood GG Woods Mrs PM. Well Mr & Mrs A

Hotel. Grant J.. James B

Binger Mr& Mrs E

Wilson M J

Logan W Lurbre J H van G.JPerey Burn Nixon FO

King Edward Hotel. Ag Jones 8 Andi Koay WE

Almond Mrs R Bander C

Barclay Mr & Mrs ELambert MICHA

Beale Mrs

Lauretsen har & Vizs

Bettison

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Lendor Manseng

Lennox J

Farmore Mrs W. GM Millar

Macdonald Major D

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DE Brown' W Badge W Chipp ON Claxton AA Cooke MissF Natal Gooks Master GJM& Nelson Dr Ba

Fearman Mr & Mrs.

Meblare Capt & Mrs. Batles RR and Mrs John Cooke MrFL

Osula H

Mr. Moraough Mr & Mrs Dec. 15-Austrians evacuate Bel-Cookson Mr & Mr.

TO Cogswell FD grade.

Neighbour WR Cansel H Dec. 18-German cruisers bom

Ormalston Curling Mr L bard Scarborough and Duty Miss MEPitchar AJ

Du Mr & Mrs Y Force Mrs A Davia Hartlepool

1 My & MrsPurdon Jára G 0

Parrott Capt R B Britian protectorate. Gen. Donoran JP

Mrs H Rony, Miss Fr Botha regards Boer rebellion Dallas Mr & M

Evensen as at an end.

Rayner Lt Col and Ehrenfels HH Dec. 20-20-Bevere fighting on Edwards Mr & Mrs Mr

*H Viddy Randall the line of the Baura River. French Capt & Mrs. Rowell JP. Dec. 22-French Parliament as EM

Raymond Fatto sembles.

Fitzwilliams DIGBL Reach GP Deo. 23-French Chamber votes Fielding Mr & Mrs Reld Miss A

Rice Mrs R J Bünyan Mr & Mrs. War credit of £340,000,000, Y HE

Dev. 18-Egypt proclaimed a Dennison Mr Found EH

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Mollison Mraz Mes &

Hoynoldsw Wright & H Peak Hotel.. Armstrong Mr and Johns Mrs TJR.

Mr W

Jonen Lee Bowdler Mas Lambert Eng Liont

Carmichael. Mr and Lambert Miss

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Linton A Cartwright H A Mitchelmore Mr &. J F Casulll Me Mrs Dan Men V

Mou Mr&Mrs DK Cossart Mr&His Hammy Mr

Dutton Mr & Mrs & Richardson Mr Mrs

Cary FW

Denaland. A Darling Col RE Falahine Major Goodban Mr & Mrs. Sinclair A

JHO Hale Mr & Mrs BA Bkott Hind BA

Hall Col Gordon

Hardman

Hazeland FA

Conzze ANOVAM. Badford Ha

Beerey I

Bichardson WEN MedBingo Mr&Mrs H B Robson M

Robertson Mr & Mrs Barro 0 0 Soper OH

Mr&Mr E Boy: Mrs A

Fyfe A A Skinner Mi Graham WER

Georgeson

Smith Mr&Mrs EG Hardiman A Smith Me & Mrs AF Home Mr & Mrs Squale Mire

Hashimoto FB Hamming FR Lanto E Hoahing At Threlfell

Jackson Mr & Mrs - Underwood Mr and

Trahn J A Hovbrender MinVandon Mr&MrsPol

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Sylvester M 8

Humphreys Mr and Watson Mr & Mrs N Hanter Mr&MrJ Tanda B

Mr W.G Humphreys Mr and

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