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· GENERAL NEWS.

German Ships at Rio. For some weeks past there has been great motivity on board the German ships taking refuge at Rio de Janeiro, says nices! news: paper. Came of them are taking In ooul and provisions, others ero priating their bulls. The paper suggests that they are making ready to leave secretly, so se to aroid being requisitioned.'

Enemy's Field Strength. Petrograd, Usember 8.--The Rusisa General Staff estimates the enemy's strength on the varica European front at over five millions, making 340 divisions, of which 220 to 225 aro German, 85 to 90 Austro-Hung- Aries, and 30 Bulgarian and Tarka From Rigs to the Rumanian frontier there are 130 divisimm, of which 75 are Ger man,-ishka

Admiral Jerram Received by the King."

Vice-Admiral Sir Martyn Jor- tam had the honour of being received by his Majesty on Dec. 6, when the King conferred upon him the honour of Knighthood and invested him with the Ic.. signia of a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished' Order of} St. Michael and St. George. Other officer received the Iaignia of] Companions of the Orders into which they have been sämitted, and his Majesty also conferred a number of decorations already »gazəttëd,

Mr. Ben Davies's Name Forged. London, Déc. 13.-At the Cen- tral Criminal Court yesterday, before the Reorder, Archibald Egles, 36, tator, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment in the second division for forging and attering « obequa for £5. The oheque form came from a cheque- -book haionging to an Army officer, who had lost it.. The prisoner filled the form up for £5 and forged the name of Mr. Ben Davier, the singer, to it, and asked a friend to cash it. It was very clamby forgery, and it was urged on the prisoner's behalf that he was desperately ill at the time be did it and on the verge of starvation.

The Duke and Masonry, The Dake of Connaught, Grand Master of English Freemason”, attended last month the quarterly meeting of the Grand Lodge of England for the first time since his appointment to the Governor- ship of Canada, from which he has now retired. He was enlbusi- astically received by an unusually large attendance sol was wel comel ly the Deputy Grand Master, the Right in. F. F.. Balces, and the leading grand officers. Mr. Halery referred to the ptriolic servios: which the Duke of Connaught had rendered to the Empire, especially since the outbreak of war. The Dake of Connaught, in reply, spoke of the great debt which the Empire owed to the Dominion which had voluntarily supplied 350,00 of her best sons to the defends of that which all of them bold dear.

Higher Pay For Nurses. The Secretary of the War Uffice #anonuos that it has been decided to increase the pay of all members of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Sr vice. Reserse and the Territorial Force Naching service who, having ompleted twelva montha' service; are willing to sign so' undert king for general Army se: vice foras *loogi The pay of V.A.D. required. and sprotal probationers military borpitals staffed by Queen Alexandre's Imperial Narsing Service or the Territorial Narsing Service will als after they have completed six months approved sevice, be raised from £20 10 £22 104. par sanam, and, provided they are willing to sign an vadertaking for general Army service for as long as nebeasACY, they will be eligible for farther half-yearly increments of £2 10% op.to a maximum of £30 per annum,, In addition to the above increase, the board. Tad washing allowázos of all the above classesį of narede, and probationers has been raised by, as, a wook:

THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPIE, THURSDAY JANE 18:19177

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