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TELEGRAMS.

„[Bectar's Service in The

(Continued from Paper 1.).

AUDIENCE WITH THE KING.......

December 6, 3.15 p.m.

Birdar Daljit Singh has bad an audience with the King.

RETURNED UNOPPOSED.

December 6, $15 p..

Mr. Kennedy Jones has boon returned unopposed for Hornsby.

THE WESTERN FRONT,

A Quiet French Report.

December 6, 4.46° p.nf.:

A French communique says there is nothing to report iz the west. Two enemy" aeroplanes have been brought down.

More Successful Raids.

D-cember 7, 1940 ́à m. General Sir Douglas Haig reports:We avcessfully aided trenches to the south of Neuville St. Fast,

The enemy's attempted raids to the west of Beaurains and north-east of Roelincourt failed.

The enemy is heavily artillerying in the neighbourbood of Eaucourt La Abbaye, Mouquet Farm and northward of the Ancre

Enemy Attack Falls. ·

December 7, 12.55.m.

It is officially announced from Paris that on the Somme there has been a fairly active reciprocal artillery dad in the neighbourhood of Bouchavesnes and in Champagne.

Our artillery dispersed an enemy detachment, north-east of Fontaine Edorniois. On the left of the Mense the enemy made an attack on the slopes of Hill 304, but owing to our machine gun fire only gained a footing in some of the ab vanced elements of trenches.

IN THE BALKANS.

Franco Serblaus Progress.“

December 8, 4.45 p.m.

A French communique states:-The Franco-Serbiana again progressed north of Paraslova and made prisoners of 125. There is a violent artillery duel north of Monestir.

Serblans Carry More Heights,

December 7, 12.40 s.m,

A Serbian official statement says:--There have been violent artillery and infantry actions on the whole front

We carried the strongly fortified and tenaciously defond ed heights north-east of Badimirci.

A fairly large number of prisoners and booty were captured.

IN RÚMANIA,

Further Enemy Successes.

December 6, 4.253.mm.

A Russian communique says the enemy was successful in the direction of Tirgovinea, Ploesti and in the region of Dokanoste on the Titu-Bukharest railway, where the Rumin- ians were compelled to retire in consequence of the piercing of their fron

Capture of Slaxis Claimed.

December 6, 6.10 p.m.

A German official statement says:We captured Sinais, which is 7 miles north-west of Pluesti

Enemy's Large. Captures,

coomba 6, 8,30 pink)-

An official message from Berlin states:-We cleared out the Rumanians from the south bank of the Argesul and are now advancing towards Bukharest. It claims that they cap- tured 1,800 men and four guns in the fight on the Alb, with the Orsova rearguard, whose way was blocked on this onek bank of the river. They also made prisoners of 4,407'okker Bumatism.

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The communication sys they captured considerable" stores of wheat, bought by the British, on the railway north- wost al Bukhorest,

It adits the Bussian success in the Trotusai Valey,

Fall of PloveLI,

December 7, 18.40.m

A Vienna official annouiicement says the important rail- way junction of Plosti, north of Bukharest, bas beca captured,

The Keiser's Joy,

December 7, 4.55 a.m.

Beuter's correspondent at Amsterdam saya that the the Empress "Bucharest Kaiser has telegraphed

is taken. What a magnificent success on the road to com plate victory, gained with God's help.”

British In the Dobrudja,

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December 7, 4.55 km. Beuter's correspondent at Patrograd Bay's Britial armoured cars fought three actions in the Dobrudja, Commander Locker Lampson was wounded and viz. petty officers are missing. They are believed to be prisoners. None of the cars were lost.

THE ITALIANS,

Eauny Driver Off

December 6, 6.15 p.m. An Italian official stalement says the enemy altompsod to approach Scatolazi but were driven qff.

There was intense artillery fire between Gorizia and the

Italy's Determination.

December 6, 6.50 p.sh. According to Reuter a corespondent at Rome, speaking in the Chamber, Signor Bowell" said the Italian Navy was increasing. There were 2,300 wse factories:

He emphasised that victory would assure Thaly comfhand " où the Adriatic and the incontestable right of the opposital shore without overlodicing the just demands of the Blaw neighbour

He emphasised that the Allies had no intention of far- puring “hazardowa anti-dynastão movements in Grobink?

THE HONGE

TELEGRAPH,

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THE PORTUGUbie in AFRICA.

December 6 4.30 p.m.

corrispondent at Lisbon mys that in the" · "Climbed the Premier announced that 2,000 Ger -man- Alkaria with guns of various calibros attacked. Nowalų

near the Mostaticbigłe fronline.

Alter z twelve hours battle and twelve days' soigs the garrisőt stroossdled in retiring during the right of Novem ber 28

THE GREEK CRISIS;

"Atfees at Pressat Quiet,"

December 6, 9.08 p.m.

The British Minister at Aibes telegraphi that the city is quiet, but energetic measures have been taken to ensur the safety of the Britfakt.

Mülending Press Massaget

Drosaber 6, 9.45.pam.

The Foreign Office states that press messages from Grests are misleading inasmuch șa the Royalists have regais- ed control of the able and the press censorshipa, aznd the Allied press correspondents in Athens have been threatened with personal violence similarly with all others suspected of Venizelist leanings.

There is reason to suspect that the Royalist ferves and the mob are guilty of very grave acts of violence.

Royalists' Command of the City.-

December 6, 11:50 p.m. According to Rester's correspondent at Paris an Athank message says the French Colony has gone to the Piraeus. Ärrestr of the Venimelistes pontinue. The Liberal papers do not appear. Strong bodies of Hojallets are establishing cordons in the streeta. » The Allled Ministers are not communicating with the Cabinet. The authorities que, encouraging the anti-Venizelist more

ment in several of the provincial towns.

PURTUGUESE COAST SHELLED.

Several Sallors Killed.

"December 6, 9.20 p.m. Bonter's correspóndent at Lisbon, says a subinarins threw fifty shells at Fusebad, hit a beat, and killed six. Porta gese sailor.

The submarine disappeared when subjected to a strong fire from the land bulteries,

Two Submarizes Concerned.

December 6, 11.50 p.m.

It transpires that two submarines carried out the raid on-, Fanost. The show was bombarded for two bours, but there was little damage.

MUNITIONS FACTORY EXPLOSION.

December 7, 9.45 pm.

It is officially stated that an explosion occurred in a national factory in the North of England last night, and 96 women workers were killed and 30 injured. The damage wa alight

THE FOOD SUPPLY QUESTION.

Detenidber 6, 11.15 gim.

The Board of Agriculture has been empowered to enter upot and cultivate unoccupied or common land with a view to the maintenance of the food supply.

THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN,

French Cunbeat Sunk.

December 8, 11,50 p.m.

The French gunboat Surprise, the abip Kangerou and the British steamer Dacia hara been torpedoed.

The official desili-rolf is 34, including many of the gun. boat's crew.

American Steamer Sunk.

Demeraber 7, 4,655 am) Beuter's correspondent of New York says that November 22 submarines abelled and wik without warning the Adierican steamer Jobs Lambert.

The shelling continued while the crow were boarding tho boste

`BRITISH LOAN IN JAPAN

December 7, 3.30 m.xm: · Reuter is informed that the British Loan in Japan, ha been fully subscribed and the lists have consequently bee closed on Dec. 5 instead of Dec. &

RUSSIAN POLITICAL CRISIS,

Deosin bar 7, 4.55 a.. Bleuter's correspondent *t Petrograd maya.

Chri. debates in the Duna culminated in the resignation of Presidens Hodzianko in consequence of an insult by E Markoff, member of the extreme Right, who-called: the" Prv sident "a babbling blackguard."

M. Markoff said the insult was deliberato, basmoney,lhe Duma had previously insulted bigh persongen.:

M. Markoff v suspended for fifteen sitting a£tu most indignant speeches referting to this unprenadantad insult to the chair,

The Duma re-elected M. Hodzinako by an overwhelming - majority, bag M. Rodzianko, to antisfy his personal honosi, challenged M. Markoff to a' duste

The incident emphasises the spiritz of the,resssionary Extreme Right. · As regards the dibaasvim the Date sind-thes Council of Empire, the critics of the. Geirermounty whiskusid

· by a determination. to prosecute the war to that bistne doly complained that ortain dark fórong worm styging the powieŋ/ of the Empies, owing to the system ad: Government pendus- ing a Cabinet domilate of united patrzonet:

FOOD SCARCITY IN GERMANY:

December.7,

Boater's Amsterdam corespondent sys Pramian Dist has discussed the food, socity 1 zamotioned that goons, arɑ nog 150° ahillings) melléiing in the visitor in forconated.

TEN NEW CARDINALS.

Bitter's cormspondent at Hóme...”

Scat comitory Cardigals, all French maid Italian. “Në moment, as dias Clarian Caridinal Frash Che red hát mutil Dember 7.

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MOTOR CAR FATALITY.

some one if that maa For the fire was. He was suswand that: |the engine-room" was on>frazan well, and, on-going to me, he saX. The enquiry was continued at thara was danas smoke insuing

J.-R.Wood, bekle the Marine Court this morning, forth. Tying a handkarahisanquiry at the Mmaistency, t by Commander Beckwith B.N., round his month be endeavoured afternoon into the circumstances Commander Gibson, E.N., and to get down into the angin-room surrounding the dusth- of a | Captain Walker, into the osuser|with a bone. It was some Chinesa named Chan Kü, which

attending the fire aboard the considersbis time before they resulted from injurise received: Palama while lying in the Kow-got down to the corner, but when from being knooked down by s | koon Dooku on November 1. they did so they found that the motor our on Bowringiom. Being

A Chinese electrician employed oil tanks' were ablane. More on November: 24, shout 8 o'clock at the dookyard: stated that house were proosted, and the fire in the morning.

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The mat aboard the Palavou - was put out. It took them, pros on the morning of the | bably about two, hours, to put it fire, si about 7,15, for the purpose out. Ler he made as inapes deceased carrying a large is natio of sing if there was electric,sion of the bases where the fire of alothing on the bridge, going light in the lamps. The whip was and started. The store had burned from west to east. When she one connected with the electric light may, the tanke had beer laft wombant 100 feet from deceased system of the Dock Company, standing in their original poshe-honed the horn sound. The There were two electris. Lighta- tion, but cil, was dripping frun ole kupoked the man down one of three and one of two groups the tanks-lubricating oil and and the wheels: rad ever him. The one was only proceeding at ---at each side of the engine-room. |fostosios. After he had seen there was light,

After the water bad boen, got an ordinary speed. He could not be went up. The two group out, a lot of charred wood we see why the car did not avoid light were at the bottom of the found, besides oily matter round decoseed; it did not alter itu engine-room, and when he got the top of the tank, when be fre down, the lights were burning. went down, the deck sader, the Dr. Moure, Assistant Superin- He did not take say notice whether coal bunker was all, bankled up. tendent at the Government Civil other lights on the ship. were The beams were all twisted, is Hospital, anid deceased was barning. Holes, at the time, were well as some frames on the side brought into, the institution în sa being drilled in the ship by eleo of the ship. The fan engine ancpnecione state and died about triaily supplied by the Dock showed tracce of fire, and the two hours later, Dosth was due Company. He examined the fun casing was buckled. It to fracture of the bass of the skull. place where the holen were occurred to him that the fire bad An uncle of deceased, said him being drilled and found that been fiercest on the plate directly nephew could neither hour, nos- the current was on. Lampa under the goal banker between 900 vazy well, Docsani was about were so applied to the boiler-decke. He could smell kergeize 50 years of age. makes for them to work with, oil quite plainly after he had hadi Albert Woodall Smith, manager Thers were lighta burning in the the pinos: pumped out. Heat Memes, Watana's soda water first, secund, and shind, holda looked down" at the cost factory, said that on the morning where the boilermakers, won which he had taken one andfür question hự war diving w working.

put on shore, and saw that soms motor, our to the works at North Cre-examined, witness said of it had not been burned at all, Point. He had had 'a driver's he or five balbe alight also hat 50 per cent, of it would be licence for about a year. The car 'gether. He did not agree that of no farther use. About 35 tone) wag a fes-newter and he had": sometimes the filters had to use were taken out. When an sil driven the car swine before. A‡ candies as well as electric light. mhip name in, the men ware given the time in question, a hand He had never seen osnåles used jimatruations that no man had to go truck was on the bridge proosed- on board a ship.

down with a naked light. This ing in the same direction and

OGE.

In answer to Mr. Looker, wit was only respecting an oil ship. there was an electric car coming news nil thus there was one It was a common thing for in an opposite direction, a little cirozit and when one porticu was candles to be used on an ordinary way from the bridge. He did alight the whole was. He who in fourgo ship. It would not not motios any other people on the forehold when theship was on be an easy thing for a workman the bridge except deosused, and fire. There was an electric light ocidentally to set alight the he was going in the same direc- in the hold he was in.

wooden fan frame work. Itsion. When he was going over ▲ Portuguese, named Oselbo, would take some time: They had the bridge, he decreased his an apprentice in the D.ok al above the store, which had speed to prevent running into the Company, said he went aboard been in the bankers for some track in front. Witnes WAN WEIN- the Palavon twice before the firms, and it would be from six to ing the truck and sounded his fire, sed on each occasion heaven feet deep. That coal might hon. He was not quiten maro went into the engine-room and have been ignited by spontaneous) whether he saw dicessed; be the fore-room. He saw a tank combustion, hested the between thought he was safe, which be with cotton waste. It was not a deck plate it was resting, on, and) would. bars, bean, if he had noŠE.. small tank. It was about third caused an explosion of any game tinuod on in the way he was go fall, sud contained used and un- that might have been omitted froning. Witness thought when he, used waste. There was a shelf in the tanks in the ators-room. He had sounded the hara it must baya the sak, which was dirty and bad experience of coal besting in frightened the deassed, for de oily.

bunkers on two, ocassions,. and get in from of the Cross-examined by Mr. Jenkin, catching fire on s'ship. The only Exactly what he (witzons). did witnes said he went on the ship way to account for it was through | just at that moment he wasʼnot to take away gear which might spontaneous combartion.. Erpio-quita aurs,, bus: he thought he be doen. They were using ions bad taken place in fraintended to swerve; io: the other candies when in the store-mom. casinga owing to coal gas. The side of the bridge. He applied Mr. Forsyth, sesistant engin-fan might have been standing for the footbrake with aik, bén smugizijs eer employed at the Dock sometime, and very fine ocal dust and wounded the hard. He could Company, said he had been and soot might have lodged in the not do say more. The man soomed. employed at the Dooks about casing, have generated heat, to fall bickwarda over the med- throw yours, and before that crested & gas, and becoms ignited guard. The street car had noë had been chief engineer on varioms | by a freak ourront of air coming then entered the bridge,

teamers. He war enpervising inprobably through the open Mr. Wood mid he did not think. the work on the Pkiavon. An ing of a smoke box. Goftour wand, that, this cams, came within, the order was issued by the Dock saithey knaw, wm, roty, india: scope of criminal law. Company for electric light to be meble, whether it was used org

The jury returned a verdict of laid on. Witmer geve instructions anosed, and the "chacode were |secidemal death and absolasly to the No. fitter to uncouple the that if that there were engite farming the day before laskige from kafesine tanks the exonerated-from- all blame. sha the fre. - Originally, the Eltron listing of the ship might cause it driver. belonged to a German firm; and to go on the cotton, which would she had been taken over by the probably be damp, a lot of agreed with this view, Admiralty for uso na a distilling | waste always was, and if kerosine ship. The Dock Company were oil dropped on it, heat' might he about to convert her into caused, and then the stuff Datok sail ship. The electric Ere. An oil tank might beva lights, bators the day been losking and gou might have of the-- Are, were sil: right; congregated at the top of the The two group Lala pa' in the an-store. The combination of two ging-rooms-had-wire attachments {gassi might'ordes an explosion, and could be marad mayɛhove Orom examined by Mr. Jonkin, abani täie roem,. On the morning | witnoon maid had not of fre

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MOVEMENTS OF BIKAMERS.

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The P. O, Homearned Mall Steamer MOEDANA with the Mongkong "Mall of

his teher, the light, wen burning, - Commanding Biokwith :-A me and sitios, arrived at Marseillas on

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testng gear, and than he wont he did mos think: thes 207. daag, rotten paste about. anyone would be much gia from hea he saw the smotrio light labricating oil hoogu ho had 10 was standing at the mooring. Jemoria IK." "All games went up,

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