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The Bongkong Telegraph

June 26 1915,

(ESTABLISHED (1881.) Copyright, 1915 by the Propriatos.

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SATURDAY,

JUNE

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TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

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June 26 1914,

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TELEGRAMS.

NEWS FOR BUSY HEN.

1915.

WAR TELEGRAMS

CONDENSED.

THE ITALIANS' PROGRESS,

FURTHER SUCCESSES AT MALBORGHETTO

AND MONTE NERO.

| ITALIANS CONTINUE TO SMASH MALBORGHETTO

FORTIFICATIONS.

THE MANUFACTURE OF OUR MUNITIONS.

June 25, 9.20 p.m.

June 25, 12:55 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Roms reports that the Italians are methodically and persistently progressing in the Trol. The Italian guns continue to smash the fortifications of Malborghetto. A communique says "we are still advancing in Montemern, estab lishing positions across the leonzo, gaining more and more ground, All the Austrian usual night attacks have been repulsed.

[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for lasertion on this

page they will be found on the Extra,)

Eathusiastic Response to Munitions Appeal.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

SIGNIFICANT BILL IN FRENCH CHAMBER,

[Reuter's Service to The "Telegraph."]

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS TO THE FORE

June 25, 1.25 p.m.

FIGHTING ON THE DNIESTER.

Jane 25, 7:30 p.m.

A Petrograd communique says:In the directions Zalkiew and Lemberg the enemy on Tuesday evening and all dayon Wednesday sought with extraordinary persistence to advance along the Lemberg-Gerejany railway, but our vigorous counter-attack- bifled his attempts.

A desperate battle is proceeding along the front Jurawno- Demsezkovitz, and is developing in our favour.

Great German forces crossed to the left of the Daisster on Wednesday morning in the Kozary district. They "suffered enormous losses, and were driven back to the river. They were Of the 19,618 reformstory and industrial schoolboys serving forced to act on the defensive under the most difficult conditions, a the British Forces, three have won Victoria Orcases, twenty-partly crowded on islands in the river and partly alinging to the

the Distinguished Ondact Medal, twenty have been mentioned loft bank. be despatches and eight bave received commissions, while thres

Seven more trawlers have boom sunk in the North Sea by enemy submarines,

for those skilled in Chemistry,

Commissions are to be provided.

The campaign to réfrait skilled workmen for the manufacture of munitions of war opefied on Thursday evening, when every Town Hall in the country became a recruiting depot and every Labour etc., at Home. Barsau official a Recrailing Sergeant For Mr. L'oyd George's now Army of Manition Makere.

An operation has been per

The Bureaux in the 27 London Boroughs were besieged with applicants,

The Scotia ecction of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers formed on the Sultan anticipated the provisions of the Munitions Bill, after the visit of surgeon from Berlín. their delegate to the Front, by enrolling a so-called War Squad for shell production. Over 8,000applications were received to the 22nd inst.

Mr. H. J. Tennant (Under-Secretary for War), in reply to Mr. E. Jardine, asid that arrangements had been made to employ a officers and non-commissioned officers persons who were skilled in chemical analysis, etc., in daties in connection with poisonous gassen, poisoned wells, new explosives, eto. Fellows of the lastitate" of Chemistry would be eligible for such Commissions."

MONTENEGRINS AGAIN ACTIVE ON THE

OUTSKIRTS OF SCUTARI.

June 25, 2.50 s.m,

Great Britain has paid America In the way of compensation, more than the cargo sold realised.

The enemy forces which orosand the Daiester suffered heavily at the hands of the Rassions.

The Italians are making wonderful progress in the Tyrol and are smashing the forti fications of Malborghetto.

Reuter's correspondent at Ro ne reports that the Montenegrin Army arrived on the outskirts of Satari on the 22nd init, after There has been wonderful dispersing some bundreds of Albanians, who offered a weak resis-recruiting in connection with the tange en route.

provision of skilled labour for the msnalacture of munitions,

laden barge at Sangiovanni Medius and took them to Autivari as A Montenegrin tug seized two Austrian Lloyd ships and a coal-

prizes of war.

LUXEMBURG THREATENED WITH COMPLETE

LACK OF BREAD.

Austrians orossed the left bank near Martynovo and e been decorated by France. Five Hundred and thirty have Rouzdvizny, but an impetuous Russian counter-stroke Bang them

June 25, 2.50 a.m. killed in aotion, sixty-two have died of wounds and 1,540 have back to the river. We had taken 1,740 prisoners up till 10 o'clock threatened with a complete lack of bread, has appealed to Switzar- Reuter's correspon teat at Berne reports that Luxemburg, wounded. Sir John Simon has sent congratulations to the on Wednesday morning. The Austrians wera desperately resisting and to help her. The latter has arranged to send fortnightly a in houses olose to the river. Our heavy and light artillery was supply of flour, the distribution of which will be under the super

cole.

SOFT JOB MEN TO GO.

June 25, 1.25 p.m. According to Reuter's correspondent at Paris a remarkable was debated in the Chamber yesterday. It contains measures onating shirkers from safe. billets and imposes penalties varying m two to five years on men in the army having soft jobs, and ir protectors. It also provides that men indispensable in the nufacture of munitions and working in the public service, sball

be removed from their posts.

ENGLAND A MUNITION FACTORY.

June 25, 1.25 p.m. Reports from the English provinces testify to the enthusiasm the reapones to the appeal for munition werkers. A thousand n straight from their laboura were waiting to eural at Liverpool en the bureau opened. Similar conditions ruled in Birmingham, olverhampton, Cardiff, Manchester and other great centres. The iversities are rallying to the appeal, and ammunition classes are ing formed.

FRENCH REPORTS.

(Havas Telegrama.)

June 23.

most effective here in these actions.

F

The Russians on Tuesday took the offensive on the Daiester, to vision of a Swiss officer. the south-east of Nijdic, and approached the strongly-fortified mount Bezymianas. After digging themselves in, the Russians at dawn on Wednesday furiously stormed the position. The enemy did rot wait for the bayonet, but filed in disorder to the second line. The Russians, close on their heels, entered the warks and bayonetted almost the whole of the garrison, and captured 212 prisoners which remained.

THE SULTAN OPERATED UPON,

June 24, 11.45 p.m.

A message received at Amsterdam from Constantinople eays that the Sultan was successfully operated upon for stone in the bladder on the advice of a specialist summoned from Berlin.

NUNS AND NURSES KILLED.

useless

June 24, 5.05 p.m. A Paris communique sɩys :—Cannonade has been northward of Boushez, The Germans have re-bombarded Arras,

The communigas affirms that an ambulance of the Holy Sacrament suffered especially, and that nuns and nurses were killed. The Germans were quite unable to take the onquered ground in Lorraine.

The French, in the recent fighting along the Fecht, captared 25 officers, 53 non-commissioned officers, and 638 mena

RUSSIA NOT WAR-WEARY

Rauter's correspondent

French stook row stands at 71.00. Yesterday at Arras, on the heights of Meuse, at Woevre, and in orraine we checked the enemy's attempts. Today we repulsed olent attacks on the same frorts, taking 142 prisoners. In Facht Pion we occupied Sondernach. In the Dardanelles, the Allies ptured Tarkish trenohen of the first line on an important front.

Petrograd-In Shavli region our cavalry carried out import- transportation, and annihilated several platoons. In Tanew Vorwaerte endeavours to give a clear picture of the situation in rion we stormed at the point of the bayonet the Austrian position, Russia, sad says

whole battalion and taking 840 prizoners....In the Daiester weariness. The people

at

Jace 20, 9,05 pm. Amsterdam reportathat

on we carried several forsified works, taking 8,500 prisoners and policy and the Government, in return,

00:3000sions to the people.

lazo sign of war. supporting the Government's not disinclined to offer

EMPLOYMENT FOR GERMAN PRISONERS.

Juna 25,905 p.m. The Government has decided to allow the German prisoners to aasiat in barvesting near the places of detention.

SEVEN TRAWLERS SUBMARINED.

Jane 25, 9.05 p.m. "Boven trawlers were torpedoed in the North Sea on Wednesday evening. A steamer picked up the crews of two of the vessels,

GREAT BRITAIN PAYS LARGE COMPENSATION

TO AMERICA.

June 24, 10.30 p.m.

NEWS,

"Our Contemporaries" appears on page 2, Commercial News on page 9, and Log Book on page 6.

The Censorate.

for War), writing in reply to Sir Mr. Tennant (Under Secretary W. Ball (U., Hammersmith), says: Several lady censors, British and foreign, have recently been discharged as being either incompetspt or unsuitable for the work of the censorship of mails. | The following are the details as

to the censore now employed i | British, 480; Allies: ... Balgiau 53, Russian 7, and French 4; total: British and Allies 544 Neutrals: Danish 12, Datch 8, Norwegian 8, Portuguese 3, Swedish 3, Swiss 2, Italian 1, Spanish 1, and Morocoan 1; total of neatrale, 37. Grand total, 581.

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY,

Bijou Theatre-9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre-0.15 p.m.

TO-MORROW,

Bijon Theatre-9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre-9:15 p.m.

Monday, June 28. *

The British Government in a Memorandum details the steps taken to minimise inconvenience to neutral commerce, due to British Sale of Furniture, 10 Kauts- restriction on enemy trade. It enumerates special concessions made ford Terrace G. E. Lammert. to America, and mentions that a total of £450,000 has been paid to 2.30 p.m.

manta which American claimants exceeds the amounts realised by the Fale of cargoes,

NATIONAL RESOURCES TO BE REGISTERED

Tuesday, June 29.

Bale of Household Furniture No. 9, Lee House St.-G. P. Lammert.-2.30.

* Wednesday June 80.

Sale of Curios & China, G. P. Lammert's Sales Room----2:30p.m. Corinthian Zacht Club Generak

Jane 24 10.30 p.m "In the House of Commons to-day it was annouaood that Mr. will next week introduce a Bill providing for a register of the national resources.

6. p.m.