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HOAGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1915.

WEATHER REPORT.

THE

POST OFFICE.

"SNIPING" IN THE UNEARTHED BY SOLDIERS

TRENCHES.

Test of Skill and Patience. Treasure Found While Digging

The Unseen Terror.

Treaches,

Paris, September 18. At Nancy some soldiera digging & trench in the forest of Champonaux unearth- (The Times Special Correspon-ed a treasure, consisting of gold dent.)

and silver coins of the early 17th British Headquarters, Sapt. 14. century, of considerable value from -It would be interesting, if such an antiquarian point of view. It a calculation were pocaible, to was apparently buried there classify the agencies to which during the time of the French our total daily casualties are entry into Lorraine in the reign due. And the calculation weald ) of Louis XIII,

be interesting vory largely According to the law of treas what ure trove, the soldiers are entitled On this edoro,. that

over

the

statistica

Xmas & New Year Parcel Mall

SHIPPING NEWS,

ARRIVED,

On the 2nd at 10.30-No returns from Indo-China.

Preasure has increased moderatoly over eastern Japan, the Bonins, Formosa, and the south coast of Chlon; Ikhsa decreased 15thalghtly alsowhore,

The Pablic are informed that the Christ- mas and New Year Parool Mail' to the United Kingdom will be closed in this Of- † Nissho Marn, Jap. a., 1,632, M. Yadama- mail is due in London on the 25th Dec. fice at 5p.m. on the 19th November. This

to

The above date of departure is Hablo alteration.

Correspondence addressed to aromy subjects in Calan, Siam, Persia and Mor.

oceo cannot be transmitted.

The Services to Germany, Austria, and

might to one-half of the find, the State the Ottoman Empire are suspended, prove, the most formidable agenoy taking the other half. The Pre- (the adjective is used here in its feot of Nancy will have the strict conse) is still the sniper's soldiers' share put up for suction,

bullet.

tat Nov.-Fansooran, Oot, Bugar—J,0.J.E, Cheongshing. Bram, 1,23%, V. McQ Liddell End Now Tentsin, 28th Oct.

Kwangsang, Br.. Blabard, tad Nor- Shanghai, 31st Oct, Gen.-J. M. & Co.

Namsong, Br.. 2,291, H. E. Gilroy, Int

Inst.—Moji, 29th ult. Gen.-J, K. & Co.

Skidzuoka Maru, Jap, an-9,869, M. To

wa, End Lost,-Boatilo, 1st ulto Gen.-N.Y.E.

The antioyolone is now contral in the nagbbourhood of Tukin. Fressure is relatively low over the China Bos, and fresh monicon will prevail over the nor thern portion.

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

Forecast,

District.

1 Hongkong and Neighbour, modozata

hood.

Z. winda,

to freab; fair to cloudy.

-

N.E.

DEPARTED.

ith Cape

3 Formosa Channal...................... winds,

strong.

Ships in communication It is possible, perhaps so as to get the best price pos- D'Agullar Radio Telegraph Station :~~ even probable, that the majority sible, and the coins which fail to of our casualties would be found the ahaze of the State will be Polynesien to be attributable to shell fire. It placed in the Nancy Museum. might be found that slong a par-

ticular line of tranch the balk of

the men are knocked out by hand

grenades. Bat the sharp-shooter's

hullet has a special formidable.

ness of its own such as is enjoyed at a time when there is nothing

by to other weapon.

sufficiently important to justify a The aboll, the rifle grenade, it is the shortness, rathen he communique. Asa matter of fact, the trench mortar at least give so no warning to the ear; the length, of our essanity lists which bomb and the aerial torpedo are unceasing activity of the trenches. needs to be reconciled with the visille as they come through the For, behind the rows of sand bage air ja day time, and may

which face one another with such Tbo frequently bo dodged. "listeners" ere generally able to apparent preposslemness, there are the snipers who will spend give some warning a to the hours waiting for the opening of operations and progress of hostile

a loophole, the sight of a cap or miuera. The ballet alone is

a hand incautionsly raised above absolutely unobtrusive, instan

the parapet, the hoisting of B taneous, and intoaaing. One may lake, a certain amount of which may betoken the least periscope, a shovel-anything liberly,

it Da

were, with

undue activity. shell fire. A single man, or even two men, provided that they are

Novara Awa Mara Kving Maru

Tjikini Amarone Cordiller.

MAILS DUB.

Australis, Changsha, 7th Nov. Australlo, Aldenham, 5th Nov, Australia, Tango Mara, 18th Nov.

American

*

。

MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY

Canadian

Philippine Islands, Japan via Nagneski, Honolulu, United Sistes, South America, and Canada via Han Francisco U. Kingdom ria Canada Per PERBIA M., 2nd Nov, 3 pm.

TO-MORROW,

There is a constant pitting of swatow & Bangko-Por DRUFAE, 3rd patient vigilance against ignor.

Nov. 8a.m.

not obviously people of importance, carelessness, or the sheer Hoihow and Haiphong-Per KELIO M., anca, may risk a walk along a

readlessgees born of physical

3rd Nov, 0a.m.

tria Batavia)Por TJIKEMBANG, 3rd Nov, 0

stretch of ground in view of the fatigue. The strain of being under Batavia, Samarany, Bourabaya, and Port enemy's guns, simply because it shell fire and other of the larger is not worth a gunner's while to projectiles may be more acute abcot at every individual ecemy while it lasts, but, in the long Swatow and Doll-For V.8PILBERGEN" he sees. No such familiarity is safe

ran, it is the unintermittent crack

3rd Nov. 11 a..

with a sniper. He is the Army of the bullet which jars the Philipples Iz-Por TAMING, Sri Nov. Autolycus, always on the look ont for unconsidered frifice, and allervous system most permanent. the more ready to fire that bis am. and leads to the majority of Amoy-For HONGKHENG, Sad, Nov. 5

munition is so cheap and plenti

ful.

The Old Salper. This static trench warfare hes largely curtailed the ag ivities of the old type of sniper-of the

sniper, that is to Bay, who conceal

what might to called avoidable casualties. And the greater the number of our first-class shota the greater, of course, the enemy's loses and the greater the ever- lasting sapping of his moral,

to be hopelessly platitudinous, All these remarks may appear ed himeolf ja somo neat piece of but one or two incidents which cover and thence with the aid of

have come to my personal know- telescopic sights, picked off indi-ledge reem to show that the viduals at a long range. And this essential truth of a platitude may for two reasons. In the first place, be forgotten and neglected in as soon as be two Armies realized

As readily as in peace. that trench warfare was likely

to last for months, they set to work Everybody will admit the very naturally to elaborate their but here is one example of a man supreme value of a good sniper, defences, and have largely defeat- whose loss was perhaps noneces ad the tuiper propar by the very eary. The men, whom I will call elaboration and multiplication of A" was admittedly one of the their communication trenobes, first half-dozen rifle shots in Great And, secondly, the immobility of Britain. In the early days of the the front has meant that very war his special valos se a rapid many of the eniper's haunts have firer during the German attacks gradually become found out and in masses was great. "A" was, are so carefully watched as to be later, put in a machine-gan seot- almost untenable. The old sniper ion and was finally killed while

3 p.m.

p.m.

THURSDAY. 4th Nov..

Hohor, Pakhoik Haiphong.ParEUNG.

Siberian

Austra

Mail.

lian

KIANG, 4th Not, 9 a.. Timor, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, via Port Darwin

☎Now Quines via Thursday Is.. Por EASTERN, 4th Nov, 10)

D.PL.

Shanghai, and North China (Entons in Biberia) Por — SINKIANG, 4th Nov. 3 p.m.

(Shanghai Br.P.O. Tuesday, 9th Nov.i

Boglish Mail.

FRIDAY, 5th Nov.

Nov. 1..

Mutira for Calcutta via Singapore Anhul for Shanghai Frithjof for Bangkok Yuensang for Manila

Colombo Marn for Calcutta vin Bingspere Hinze og for Bandakan Cordillere for Marseilles vin Salgon Hainchang for Canton Derwent for Singapore

Bloklang for Captoa Kanu for Canton

CLEARANCES AT THE HARBOUR OFFICE.

Nov. 1.

Awa Maru for Seattle via Shanghai Nichirea Maru for Rajang

Nov. 2.

Rangoon Maru for Koba via Shanghai Husfor Halpbongvis Kwang-chou-wan Talebua for Bhanghai

3 South coast of China be-3 The _mme tween HK. and Lamooka sa No. 1.

* Bouth coast of Culan be-2 The_same

twein H.E. and Haluan... as No. 1.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

2nd November, a.m.

Blation,

Wostock s

Nemuro 6 29.12

Hakodata 30.26

Winds

帅

Tokio

30.40

naw

+

Kootil

30.33

WW 1

#

Nagasaki 30.27

K'ogima

30,25

*#

Oshima

30.16

20

Naba

36.09

010

Ishi'jima

30.03

Bonin Is.

30,24

10

Chefoo

Whatwel

30.35 54 89 aw

10

Haukow

Ichang

Hiukiang

Changsha

Shanghai

Gutzlaff

Shary P. Amoy

30.23 61 88 n 30.22 62

$ omr 2 ft 30,05 57 26 w 20.09 70 85 waw 10-

1 rf

D

Bwatow

6

Talhoku 5

Talohu

23.98 72

00

Taipan

20.95 73

£1

20

Κούτα

PASSENGERS ARRIVED.

Pdores

Canton

H'Long

"

G6 30.02 61 82 n

29.96 70 B3 one

29.95 G1 98 ano

20

40

*

Tunjaban for Canton

Halton for Focchow via Bwa tow

Chlogohow for Port Parzeva! Balabadji for Balik Pappan

Keijo Marafcr Haiphong via Holbow

»

Gay Book Macao Por, Siczuoka Marn from Seattle ots. Truchow Pa TDW Baunlater, Mrs MG Booth, Miss J Pathol Burrows, DR Cook, Mis AC Dade. Vra Hulbow Ho Fook, PG Garicck, Mirt V L Herrick, Fhulien MraE& Mias Hiotic LL Lasher, H.C Tourane Lyman, O Nelson, Mr & Mr AG Spiller, O. St. J. AM Temolston Rev E Terlan EEWeiss- Aparri berger.

Dagupan Mazlin Persa, Haiten from "Swatow ato.-H. Legaspi 8 Hills, Mr & MrsWO Ford, AE Silkstone;

Tacloban Mr & Mrs HFKicking

Hollo

WATER RETURN.

17

Surigao

15

47

29.97 70 90

29.81 77 96

00

29.81 77 91

00

Lapusn

29.817 89 ww 2. RADIO-TELEGRAMS. *Tskioi

C. W. JEFFRIES, Director. Hongkong Observatory, November 2

MAIL STEAMERS

THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO.

WILL

ENGLISH MAIL..

FILL despatch VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORT3 a

about the DATES named r

For

L'DON & B'bay via

Steamers

S'pore, Panang, Novara C'bo, Port Said Marseilles ......ton,

(Capt. H. R. Hether

ington R.N.R.

SHANGHAI, Moji, Sardinia.

Kobe and Yoko (Capt. J. T. Joffery

hama. 49,4241)

SHANGHAJ, Moji, Namur

Kobe and Yoko-Capt. A. Collyer hama.

LONDON & Bon-

bay via Singapore, Nellore

Penang, Colombo, Capt. A. M. King Port Said and

Marseilles ........

Subject to alteration without notice.

To Sail On Remarks

5th Nov.

noon

about - 6th Nov.

Freight

& P'sage

Freight

& Psage

}

about

Freight:

14th Nov,

& Frage

about

Freight

19th Nor.& Pange

All steamers are fitted with Wireless Telegraphy.

For Freight or Passage; apply to

P.&O. & N. Co.'s office,

Hengkong, 1st November, 1915.

TO SAIL

E. A. Hewett,

Superintendent,

REGULAR STEAMSHIP SERVICE.

HONGKONG-NEW YORK.

Proposed Sailing from Hongkong REGULAR SAILINGS vis FORTS & SUEZ AND PANAMA CANALS.

(With liberty to call at the Malabar Coast).

For NEW YORK and BOSTON,

(It is intended to despatch the above steamer via Panama Canal but owners reserve the right of proceeding via any other route and all liberties as per Bill-of-Lading.

For Freight and further information apply to

|Hongkong, 23rd October, 1915,

18

፡፡

Level and Storage of water in

1 Barometer, roduced to 32 dogross Reservoirs on the 1st Oct., 1915.ohes, tenths and hundredths.

Fahrenheit on the level of the ass in in-

CITY AND KILL DISTRICT WATER

WORKS LEVEL,

2064

1915,

↑ Temperature, in the shade, In degrees Fahrenheit.

PODWELL & CO., LTD.

Agent,

CLEN LINE"

(McGREGOR, COW & Co.) LTD.

For Genoa only

3 Humidity, in percentage of saturation THE Steamship

the Humidity of air saturated with mols- vredig silta. Aborotott a Balow ture being 100.

aver Low STL din. Abortis at Below

arerise

Overflow als in. About 18 zla. Akovs

Overbow 1. pl. Below) oft vin Above

overtion

Overflow

Straits, Burma'b, Ceylon, Ade-Tyla laide, Western Australia, InTyta da, Adon, Egypt, and Europe, fiyewah... The parcel mail will be closed Triam Inter mediate.... on Friday, 4th Nos craber, at 5

Pokfulam pm. --Per NOVARA, Rogis. tration 5th Nov. 10.15.m. Let Wong.vai. on, dia, áborskiest gis Balow

thuon tor 5th Nov.11 m

has thas been forced more and going to fetch water for the guu. Swatow. Amez & Focokow-Per HAI-

more into the background, and That, auroly, was a job which finds it increasingly difficult to might have been detailed to a leas get anything liko a good day's bag. valuable man. It would asam to The other afternoon I was with be only common prudence that two snipers when they at last first-class ehors should be care spotted a German sanning himself fully husbanded.

in a field. The distance was made

out to be just over 2,000 yards.

Rifle Practice for the Troops.

American

ア

Siberian.

MUN, 5th Oct. 1 p.m.

TUESDAY, 9th Nov.

Shanghal, North China, Japan via Nagasaki Honolulu, United Blates, B. American, Canada via Eau Francisco & U. King dom via Canada-Per OHIYO M. 9th Nov, 11 am

Sp.

WEDNESDAY, 10th Nov,

Overflow

overdo

STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECÍMALS OF GALLONS.

Tytan....7 188 Tytam Byw Tytam intermediate ....... Pokkum Wong-nal-chung

1974. 402.00

10

10.40

101.01

005.03

70.04

68.20

To

743-05

$89.

TOLL IND

Darict in millions and decimals of gallons during the

Consumption of water in the City and H month of Sept, gy

Estimated

.2014 107.73

1. gatione #38,610. 5.alg

syis

4 Direction of Wind, to two points.

5 Force of Wind, according to Beaufore Beale,

Btate of Weather, & blas sky, o da- tached cloud, d drizzling rain, ffog, g gloomy, h hail, I lightning, o overcast, p passing showers, g equally, r rain, s snow,

thunder, v vilbliity, w daw was.

Rain in inches, tenths and hundredth *Lat. 13.25 N. Long. 117.48 E

METEOROLOGICAL.

popa'ation

Barometer Consumption per head per day.

HOME gallons Temperature Comment apply in all districts during the root Humidity

of September agra Contant Supply in all "districts up

Praviona

Day On dats On date

at 2 punt, ut SLU

ALP

29.99 30.01

29.88

71

70

74

€6 SPL 1000

83

82

N

ENE

3

of

Ant Spatenter Park. Servios to houses in Rio Wind Direction

der Main districts disconnected from Rider Mains and supply given by public street fountains only Team ath September #375.

KOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL,

Each of my companions was well-known big game shot, and‍ they each fired a couple of roun 26 One other suggestion that I Europe via Siberia, Shanghal Br. P.O. Comption at the enemy. The bullets must will venture to put forward is Saturday, 13th Nov, have gone uncomfortably near the that the troops who are billeted Swatow, Amey & Foochow-Par Hai- mark, for after each shot the man well behind the front should have

ORING, 9th Nov. 1 pm. stared about him with a puzzled more opportunity of rifle practice. Pallippine For CHINHUA, 9th Nov, movement, but he stalked off an-The muskelry of some of the new hit. This was, of course, an extreme drafts is probably unever, and it is also probable that some of range, but the marksmon wero exceptionally good, and their the men have had insufficient failure to and soything but so practice with the short rifle. Apart unpromising a target shows clear from the military range which ly enough that the only possible are dotted about the countryside, marks are frequently set at it would be

easy to Bet virtually impossible rangos, up a number of ranges of, say,

The New Style.

200 yards, which would give the Bat, with the temporary ex. eoldier the chance to fire at a dis tinction of the sniper proper tanno as great as he may require there has grown up a host for some time, and would also en- of trench snipers, msn able him properly to check the who are

constantly firing sighting of his rifle.

at from 20 to 300 yards or what- The firing line is not the place over may be the ridiculously to do this, and it would be a amell: distance separating the grievous blander if, while this opposing lines. One of the trench warfare gives us ample op- saddest, and, to many people at portunities to prostise at ranges, home, perhaps one of the most we lose that reputation for good bewildering, festures of the war musketry which even the Germans In its present stage is the daily have been willing hitherto to grant publication of long casualty listă to ua.

吼

Japan via Moji, Honolulu, Hilo 8, Francico, Los Angels, Sall- un, Coor, Panama, Callao, Art- as, Iquique, Valparaiso, and Coronel-Per BEIYO M, 10th Nov. 11 p.m.

SATURDAY, 19th Nov.

Wol-hal-wal & Tientsin-Per

CHOW, 13th Nov.11a.m.

WEDNESDAY, 17th Nov.

Jora

}

L

75

Balow

overdo

Kowloon O-Level vitation Re-} wick

Ti

STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS

OF GALLONS,

+45

19:1 Kowloon Gm-)

vitation

9$1.50 Reservoir Consumption of water le Kowloon in mitions and Decimals ofGuilous During the month of Sept. 1953

Consumption mess HUI-Estimated popula

Consumption per

hand fier day. The Goretamen! Ansigat's reports show that the water is of amcallent quefly, Public Works Department

Philippine Islands, Australia- Tazmania, Now - Zoaland vin PortDarwin & New Guinea VİN

h

Ford.

Weatherman

Rain D

Kalesi open ak Campernizes on the Lovect

+

H

H

0

H.X. Observatory, 2nd November.

O. W. JEFFRIES, Director.

TIDE TABLE.

1st Nov. to 7th Nov., 1915.

Bu

Wild

Low Wher Hoagreg

MOLE

1916 9024

95.110

27-30 mi gallons

$6.95

1

3.9

gations

1. UL

:

Mon

Tuen, W CHILTHAM, Wed. Wet Authority

Ther 4

Yel

No inferior

haft la,

Not LW.

43 4

E

Oysters, Fresh,Fried or Stewed 5.

Thursday Per CHANG, Findon Haddocks, Kippers &o. a

ALEXANDRA GAFE, BUT A

BHA, 17th Nov, 11 a.mm ·

To t

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Captain R. Webster

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For freight, passage and further information, apply to

Hongkong 2nd October, 1915.

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