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GENERAL NEWS.

A Singapore Charge. The case of, Arthur Elward rown, signal sergeant at Fort Janning, was mentioned before fr, E. L. Talma, first magistrate ast wook in postponed. Brown charged with criminal brenoh f trust as a pablo servant with espect to 0 worth ot white ounting, in the form of laga.

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To All. Whom It May Concern.

Anyone having custody of any vill or other docamente or property of the late Mr. William Marray sometime manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Shanghai, is requorol to communicate with Messrs. Craig, Kerr and Macnaughtan, Glasgow.

Germany's Lost Industries.

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London, May 21.-Speaking at the general meeting of the British Broken Hill Company yesterday, the chairman said he was hopeful that a workable scheme would be evolved for the treatment of zino concentrates in Great Britain. He also

expressed the hope that the British Government would deal with German contracts in the esme way as the Australian Gov. ernment had done.

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one picture of ghastly horror. We called it"The Avenue of the Dead” "As we passed down the road Corpsen of overy category of arms issue of Reynolds Newspaper. Little did we think as we were next day we saw hundreds of lay about, mostly in the positions Mr. T. P. O'Connor says:-Home Ralore, English and Irish, cannot put in the train at Dresden at men, omen, and children who in, which the men fell and with pur." see the entrance into the Cabinet nine o'clock in the morning that had to hurry away from their the rides still by them. The horror

mado should, bo

to homes, leaving everything they of it! It was impossible to avoid of so many Io'itic il opponenta without some apprehension as to face the epemy immediately after owned behind, in order to save the corpses, and we had to drive

Nineteaths of us their lives. It gets into one's over them. the fature of Rome Ru'e. Mr. our arrival. Redmond, I am sure, could have were of the Lindsturm. We ex throat to see so much misery had a set in the Cabinet if he pected to be put in charge of some women weeping, carrying children But the io their arms or strapped to their depots at the rear. bad desired it, and his presence length of car journey began to backs and the bigger ones holding Aga'n four of us were left cn "would cer'ainly lave added

strength and preatige to the excite oar doubts, especially on on to the clothes of their mothers the battlefield, I myself was not Ministry, and would at the same the fourth day, and we wondered and looking terrified. The men able to get away till night, when Kwangziangsang, Shanghai.

We 'o.k sullen and distrustful, and'

I crawled back. Glad I was to get time have been a great object whit was to become of us.

an order to drive with 16 wag. learor and a guarantee for the reached our final station in some of them painfully push in fature of Home Rule of the most Belgium at five o'clock in the wheel barrows a few things such as zona to fetch ammunition at valuable character, for nobody afternoon and expected to get a bedding which they have caved. Courtrai. We stayed there two could be foolish enough to believe rest. Instead, we were told im-Some drive a cow or a pig before days. Eight waggons remained that if Mr. Redmond were fit to mediately to unload our train them for food. More horrible it is behind, and the whole detach- be a Minister of the Empire he get our convoy ready and start off to are the infirm and helpless,ment met a horrible fats. Nine

[The man some more than 70 years of age,

enemy aeroplanes had sighted was not it to be Prime Minister that very evening. of his own country. I understand belonged to the Artillery Reserve, sitting or being carried on them and pointed them out to the

and his section was to form part stretchera. that Mr. Red mcad has respect fully refused the offer, and I have of an artillery convoy.]

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was imposed upon him by the conditions of Trieh public life.

It was dark when we started in order comes for ammunition. The loading when a hail of abell The Irish party has a long un-

The ancient hospital of the broken tradition behind it of our waggons. Uphill and down firet four waggons quickly get saddenly fell on them. “Que

drovo helter-skelter, ready and start away at a gallop. waggon and all the horses, with Knights of the Order of 8t, Jobn single-minded and self-sacrificing bill we devotion to the oruse of Ireland, through towns and villages, by We follow as best we can along the driver, were instantly destroy bea perhaps the largest ward of 'all homes for the sick in Europe, and probably many of Mr. Red-fields and woods, till the early sheltered ways and keep clore to ed by the first shell,

I was sent to bury the dead; be writes a Manchester Guardian mond's-countrymen might crning. Our weary, night ride the woods, driving over fields and think that he would have broken was made more uncomfortable meadows. Each man then carried fore morning I found myself correspondent from Malts. The that tradition, or would at least when we learned that we were two shell crates weighing atout between two burning haystacks, severely wounded are few. be charged with breaking it, it near the enemy. You can imagine 1301b. forward through the woods. Suddenly shells burst all round, talked with two of the Dabling. he were to take any office until the creepy feeling that came over The ground is marshy and there Then rifle bullets came. I had to One had lain two hours between In the morning weia no path. We go in single file decamp. The question was how two dead bodies before he could Home Rule had been established. ue. Anyhow, whatever Mr. Redmond drew up in frut of a big farm and the shells and bullets crash to get away by the quickest route, rush on and let the Turks have did would have been approved and hoped to get a real. We through the trees. We have to go: Valuable ammunition had to be the bayonet. Father O'Reilly, We made wild the chaplain who was with the by the Irish people, over whom were again disappointed. After down and orawl. A bullet just got into safety. he has a hold stronger then sny two hours we received harried whizzes past my face, missing me hasto. We had no lights on the Dublins at the landing, was like leader since Farnel), and stronger orders to start. We kept ca all by a hair's breadth. We jump from road, and this was encumbered by some old crusading priest, the day till six o'clock in the evening, behind one tree to another with batteries and columns on the soldiers proudly told, encourag- perhaps than Parnell'e,"

when we got to a great country our heavy baskets. At the edge of marob, all in a chaotic state. The ing all 10 by word only but by place with farmloses and sheds, the woods we see at a glance where enemy was coming on us in example as well. He had taken I was detailed for sentry service the battery is firing. We have to masses and getting always nearer. a ride and a bandolier for his for the first five days, and what I orozs an open space of 100 yards I was a mad chase for an hour until protection again t the treacherous As we ruah reinforcemente arrived and the foe, but a bullet soon found its ore of the big variety of cribed. You may imagine the back, three men are missing advance of the enemy was obecked billet in him. He would not stay. you have lost your appotite sent through then cannot be des going and coming dainty dishes at the ALEXAN-state I was in when wo were call. Twelve times we had to make the by fisnk movements on both sides. Another shot struck him, another, DRA JAFE is sure to tempted upon to take part in a sharp journey, and as night came we rat We have been holding the same then another ni a fith killed

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