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TELEGRAMS [Beater's Service 15 The "Telegraph."]

(Continued from Page 4) THE BALKAN FIGHTING. Germans, Uso Explosive Bullets.

London, January 20.

JANUARY 22, 1917.

KOWLOON CITY TEA

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

NEW TENNIS courts.

MONDAY,

THE LATE MR. J, B. A.! MACKINNON.

- Enjoyment for Almshouse

**[amstes."

A Ramsian official message rozcived by wireless says that, covered by sonce trated artillery fire, considerable enemy forces are attacking on the Nanoschi front in the vicinity of the River Rimnik.

They pressed back our detachments toward, Sorelà. The enemy exclusively used explosive bullets to the south-east of lakotisch and used them also in the Gaucasus. Desperate Rumanisa Attacks.

London, January 20.

A German official announcement, received by wireless, says that the Humanians made desperate attacks to the north-west of Susita Valley and were five times sanguinarily repulsed. We made prisoners of 400.

General Mackensen captured Manesti on the Sereth, despite the snow słorms.

THE LONDON MUNITIONS DISASTER.

Terrible Damage and Loss of Life.

London, Jaakkody (20. The Ministry of Munitions officially states that yesterday evenug a fire started a factory, to the east of Louduny note the river, which was employed in relining explony. A few minutes afterwards an capiosku occurred.

Many of the operativo, escaped, but meanwhile all tho 'caplesves and the factory wore completely destroyed.

Fires were caused in the neighbouring warehouses, in- cluding an important four milf.

The explosion was felt at a great distance. Three rows of bouses in the neighbourhood were prac was considerably and other property tically declutted damaged.

The local fire engine was destroyed and two firemen were killed while playing on the fre..

The chief chinist of the factory and a number of work- people were killed and buriel,

The Kified and_lajured.

Later.

1to

The number killed in the factory and the neiguvvurhood has not been ascertained. Uwing to the warning given, Luo sted. Wite hot nearly bel heavy os CRILICH between thirty and forty budive bavo veen recovered asu about a hundred are reported to be seriously mured. Local Government Board and the local nutarimus are up- dertaking to apply the funds raised, and meanwanie top Mameter of Munitions has requested the Borough authorities jo_govide the immediate necessary relief.

Megment. AUDIA/Us states that the accident wili

victima

London's Mars ***

Axplosion.

"

London, January 21, The explosion in the East End last evening was one of the most terrible experienced in the metropolis. The entire ety to the outlying suburbs was shaken, and there tho eclves were dropling. The report had scarcely died away when an angry scarlet glare filled the eastern sky. Tho wildest, rumours spread, but gradually the facts filtered out, It was found in very truth that they were dreadful enough. Fires, caused by the falling burning debris, broke out in au azóa enveloping, in addition to the four mill and other industrial Concerns, many homes

Firemen, police, military oflicial, and ambulances rushed to the scene. It was impossible to remove the injured to hospital in the available ambulances. Street vehicles were therefore requisitioned, and military ambulances and wag- gous summoned. A five minute convoy was organised, and thus the most injured persons were removed to the hospitals, which were commandeerod.

which

That forty had been killed was only an estimate. Apparently the first secident happened in the factory without waning, A vast eruption rusulted, blow up the entire establishment. A scene of the utmost Serror occurred. Masses of burning liquid and timber, and red-bot iron were projected in all direction.

The Casualties.

Later.

Twenty-ne died in ten hospitals yesterday. Therefore the death-roll of the explosion is now between hity and sixty. Ju-patient number 112, in addition, to 265 who were

more slightly injured and are being treated.

ADMIRAL DEWEY'S FUNERALI

Washington, January 20.

The late Admiral Dewey was buried at Washington with the highest national honours, in the presence of Pre- sident Wilson, the Cabinet, and the mombors of the Supreme Court, All to American war vessels fired a nineteen gun saluto,

GENERAL SMUTS CONGRATULATED,

Dar-es-urizam, January 20. The King has sent à message to Gocers; Smuts saying "As you are relinquishing the Chief Command in East Africa I'desire to congratulate you on the effective manner in which you have eurossfully conducted the operations, not- withstanding the unusually difficult conditions, I wish to thank you for the valuable servicos recently rendered to the Empire."

THE WESTERN FRONT,

London, January 21.

A French official messago states :-There was an artillery duel south of Lussigny. An enemy coup-do-mais failed.

A French raid north-west of Soissons captured prisoners, There were patrol encounters at Burnhaupt, in Alsson. A strong enemy rooonnaisance south-west of Altkirch was repulsed.

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reportat~-We carried out a successful raid castward of St. Eloi.

There has been considerable artillery activity on both' sidos, particularly on the right of our line, northward of the Bomma,

We affectively bombarded enemy positions on the La Bassso canal and south-eastward, of Boig Examine,

For Chinese Y.M.C.A. and G.P.0. Staff.

There was a large gathering on Saturday afternoon at the recres- tion ground in Leighton Hill

C.A. sss Tennis Club, were for mally opened for joint ase by the Chinese Y.M.O.A. Tennis Olab and the G.P.O. Recreation Club. After tea had been served, Mr. Chinese Young Men's Christian Association, saked Mr. Wolle, she Postmaster General, to declare the grounds open.

Chan Harr, as President of the

Shanghal's Serious Loss,

on Saturday morning, after a brief but very severe illness. Mr. Mac- kinnon had been in failing health some time prior to his removal to Early in the Narsing Home.

cum-

MISSING ANCHORS.

The Charge Against a ship's Officer.

The case in which the M. Bal- eatin, the Chief Officer of the 8,6. ne, is charged with the theft of

UNION WATERBOAT CO.

Proposed Dividend and Capital Reduction.

·

Subject to audit, the Conralt- A good tee and a red packet It is with very deep regret, containing a substantial

the N. C. Daily News of shaw was the portion of the

ing Committee of the Union

dividend of $1.25 per share, Bosd, when the grounde, at one January 15, that wo hare to re-inmates of the Almhouses and the two anchors of the ship, war Waterbost Company, Ltd., will time are! by the European 3.Mcord the death of Mr. Joha Eyre Refuge at Kowloon Old City/#gain before Mr. J. B. Wood, at/recommend the payment of a It will be remembered that the absorbing $34,653.75; write Bernard A. Mackinnon, Acting on Saturday last. The Church the Police Court this morning. Secretary of the Shangbai Man building was filled with a gather- icipal Council, which occurred,

The Consulting Committee from typhoid fever, at the Vistosing 150 people, whose lot hitherto prosecution alleged that defendant $15,000 of Waterbosts, 3500 in pleasant places, and they sats marine hawker, and that after of investments; and carry for Narsing Home about four o'clock cannot be said to have been cast sold the anchors for $100 to off pipes and staging, $1,000 down with evident enjoyment to changing hande several times, ward a balance of $8,221.31

$277,230 the good things which had been they were eventually recovered

The Hon. O. 8. P. (Mr. O. Mol. reduction of the Company's will pro provided for them. The veteran from a junk leaving the harbour. have also in contemplation the Pastor, Mr. Fong, presided over the gathering, and interested visi Messer) appeared to prosecute capital from Mr. Wolfe expressed his appre- | December he was so run down tors were the Bishop of Viotoris and Mr. F. O. Jenkin defended, §104,081, which"

and thus reducing the face valus ciation of the kindness of Mr. that he took a short period of)sed the Bev. W. T. Featherstone, whilst Mr. E. Davidson watched bably be effected by returning Anton, head of Merera. Jar-ears from offes caties and spent aring a fall in the proceedings, the case on behalf of a marine to shareholders the sum of $3 in

to those anchers had passed. dine. Matheson & Co., in loaning bie racation in a trip to Foochow harsh dressed dealer, through whose hands the respect of each share held by them,

The Captain of the 6.8. Hur, of each share from $10 to $7. encouraging words the grounde, which were twice where, it is believed he contracted He returned from

whilst Pastor Fong present, larger than be thought they were.big illness.

brief account of Giving a

Foochow about three weeks ago, also had something interesting cross-examined by Mr. Jenkin, meeting was said the ship arrived in Hongkong clabe united how the two

scoompanied by his sister-in-law, in securing the same grounde, be and had simust immediately to be the renit of much kind thought on February 8. The defendant TERRORISM BY POSTER.

on the part of Miss Baby How was first officer, and a man named stated that the Chinese Y.MO.A. removed to the Nursing Home.

Born 37 years ago, Mr. Mackin Fang, ably assisted by her Martineon was then second officer. had alrrsye been keen on sports bat had been without ground for some time and were on the look-on was educated at the Beman brother, Mr. Fred Mow Fung, who The latter had since been dis

Catholic College of Downside, voluntarily collected over $170 charged. The previous trip had Inhuman Documents of German oat for such a place when they England, and after leaving the from sympathetic friende. As been to Haiphong, and defend- tes was made a ant's wife had accompaniei

she had to the European school spent some time on the result, the Y. M. C. A. no longer required Continent of Europe, making use certainty, whilst the depleted him, the passage being fros, theirs and took certain steps to of this opportunity to make ends of the Almhouses was sino bat

thorough study of the French and made to benefit substantially. for food. Witness was sure that lobtain them. At the same time)

and also the M. Y. San Oo. for inventory, and it was then that he tion given by Mr. Ian Malcolm the G.P.O. were out on a quest German languages in which he They desire to thank the donors, it was 11th on which he took the

most proficient. H beasme afterwards roosived s nomination considerate help in the catering

learned that

Ohing to

For some of the same astare. time the health of the staff,

to the Chinese Maritime Onstome particularly the Chinese staff, bed

and came out lo been a matter of growing concern on the part of those in charge. Mr. join the Indoor Staff, we be Wolfe indulged in a few detaileeve, in 1902. In March, 1906, he of the duties of the mail sorters,

was appointed Senior Assistant When the mail is received it is Secretary to the Shanghai Mao- dumped on a long table, and as a icipal Council, eince which time regalt of canetant friction which be usa been Acting Secretary on it eaffers on a journey, sometimes several occasioan and has held the of three or four thousand miles, latter post since the departure on

to

my.

The

| arrangements.—Communicated,

THE MONEY MARKEN

Why Silver is Strong. The silver market owes its

Warfare..

"A series of inhuman doon-

pay ditions ander which hundreds of ments, showing the actual con-

are now living" is the descrip- thousands of our gallant Allies M.P., of his collection of German the invaded districts of Belgium War posters or proclamations from and France.

Inspector Gordon had made a missed the sachors. He thought mistake when he said it was the 10th.

The collection, which was Farther pressed on this point, witness said he was not quite shown to the Press in the House bat his Worship of Commons tes room is probably certain, said the Court would assume that the only one of its kind in ex-

istence, with the exception of * · similar one in the possession of The posters date from the beginning of the war to the spring of this year. The first is the tomons proclamation by vos

is covered with dust, which the home leave of the Secretary, Mr.strength primarily to the fall of the inventory was made, but the the French Government.

10

it was the 10th,

Continuing, witness said that defendant was not on board when

In the course of further quee Borter has the pleasure of freely W. E. Leveson,

To the above brief outline of 218 lakhs in the silver holding of second officer was.

the Indian Treasury, but there are imbiling. Unless something can

counteract the Mr. Mackinnon's liis, his friends other causes which in the present tione, Mr. Jenkin intimated that be done

Merery, the anchors' being stolen.

Answering farther questions, effects, the health of those who will supply their own comment-condition of the market are also there was considerable doubt as to Emmich to the people of Belgium

of importance, wrols handle the mails will be seriously ary. To say that they feel hir

ed. Accordingly a bathing death severely, is a poor state Samuel, Montagu & Co. in their

"I don't know Limpaired

Mr. Mackinnon se weekly circular dated London, the witness professed ignore here, and to the Superintend linguist, speaking, we bollere of local currency now that gold

of life. Ed was

Continuing: they on certain points, whereupon Mr. Lo dia amber lay saamersted what the Latin for 'I don't know 18 brilliant ent of Maile, E-quiries were two dialects of Chinees as well as if armszked by many govern-defence was that the writing on Blanes plumpeiiekülmanis in, but I should recommend it to Mr. Jenkin intimated that the made with reference to

Mandaria with ease, besides found to be available. In 00 bed a remarkable grasp of all payments. The near approach of ant's. The defendant was oo the people of Liege are told that able grounds, and these were French, German and Lislia, lements for reserves or for external document "A" was not defend ferring with representatives of Council business, and in his the Chinese new year is also rinnad that it was the writing of 110 people in Andenne have been

material, for it not only renders the ment was easily reached which manner of discharging the beavy sales of silver impracticable from defendant's immediate junior,

Lask of the secretarist he gave will no doubt work out to the promise of a brilliant futare. If Chins, but it makes occasional the second officer, and

anit.

the Chinese Y.M.O.A. en agree-

men named

ing

"regretting" that troops mast crom the frontier, and ordering

the Germans free passage, or them to choose between submitting to the horrors of war; and the last, dated April 1916, is

time as monaments of German, the order for the deportation of

Most of them

om will of Talle

remain for all

savagery, such as the one in which

and that a similar fate will st

Martinson, shot and the town Isid in ashes,

them in case of resistance..

benefit of both parties. The neo

that the other writing

Then there is the grim placard of the grounds falls to the is to be feared, however, that he purchases in America poesible on

was similar to the handwrit- allowed his datier to weigh upon

account of China. Y.KO.A. on Mondaye, Wednes.

The fact that heavy with- ing of Martinson. Martinson Dancing the shooting of Narse his mind sad thus undaly taxed

Carell. A similar poster, pat ap deya, Friday and Saturdays and his strength, so that he had little drawals of silver from Chinese had had a

beat for getting at Lille, informe the people that to the G.P.O. on the remaining days of the week.

evidence would be given of that for concealing an English aviator the present year does not en-.

reserve to draw upon when currency have been made during hold of ship's stores before, and four of their towasfolk were shop

typhoid attacked him,”

Mr. Makinnod was a member) courage the hope that supplies./fact. Defendant wse to some ex;} and helping him, and French and

There are also some posters

After declaring the grounds oped, an opportunity was given to of the Shanghai, Country and will be forthcoming from that boat responsible for discovery of exhibition games of basket ball, rider, both in Paper Hante and/Blementa connected with the in fact, the Iset witness had found issued in Pacis at the time of the exorbit them and to witness Race Clabs, and always keen quarter, sfter the customary set-Martinson's previous shortcoming. Belgian soldiers, to escape.

Chinese new year have been stores in Martinson's cabin, the German march on the capital, in latter saying he was keeping them elading Gallieni's proclamation. completed.

Further, there is little resson safe. The Captain did not, how- to believe that the world's ever, seem to think he needed keep production is increasing, not them safe.. The defenos farther withstanding the high level of was that defendant was on duty prices. Indeed the contrary on the ship on the 10th, Martinson 14 possibly the

for was on duty on the 9th, and the

of the game

extended.

is

volley ball and tennis, Adjoin-casionally at Kisng wan. ing three concrete tennis courts

[His parents live in England, and beyond the matched a space has been recently levelled off and and to them and to his married basket ball gear erected. On this sister, who is resident in the Far plot a very interesting exhibition at their friends sympathy

WIE witnessed. The decased gentleman was The Whites, Captain Ko Sik Wai, brother to Mr. Arthur Mackinnon, the position of mines in Mexico Chief Officer was on duty on theed by their aims maser in "s won from the Reds, Captain.formerly of the Honghong Tele is being aggravated by fresh 9th. It was on the 9th that the Bling, by a score of 5 to 4. The graph, who died last year in diffolios, no hear from New arrangement for the sale of the volley ball was won by Queen's College against the Y‚É‚¤‚Á., 2-0.

Street Robbery,

case,

York that there existe an embar-anchor was made. go on all freight koth on the After evidence by Dotective Mexican and Inter-oceanic Rail Sergeant Pincott, the case was ways and that they are therefore adjourned,"

In tennis, Mr. Wolfe and Mr. Watt, Mr. Bors and Mr. Britto, represented the G.P.O.

The Y..0.A. was represented by

It has been reported to the anable to ship goods for the Messrs. McPherson and Wilson, police by Tom Gunn, who is present to Mexico."

Harvard and the War. Harvard's dead in the European war are to be permanently honour- memorial to be erected on the grounds of the university. Fol-- lowing a long agitation among graduates and undergraduates, the Harvard Corporation has lant its official sanotion for much, a memorial, and the Fellows on Deo. 7 announced the authoriXE-

Chen Wai Yan and Mobler. The living at 174, Des Voeux Road In modification of previous THE FULL COURT CASE. tion of the treasurer of the college, result of this competition was & Central,that, whilst he was walk-announcements the Becretary win for the Chinese Y.M.C.A. ing in Jervois Street, yesterday, of Blate for India in Conn.

he was robbed of a gold watch oil has and obsin, valued at $70.

THE SMALL-POX.

OUTBREAK.

Sixty-three Deaths Last Week,

transform.

to recsivo sa bscriptions. Nineteen, Harvard men hava fallan so far,

TO-DAY'S. ADVERTISEMENT.

UNION WATERBOAT .

00, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDEES.

THE TWELFTH ANNUAL

given notice that intermediate sales by him of before the Fall Court, in which s

The case which is being heard | m billa of exobange and widow is suing the Canton Bank Exhibition Football... Readers are reminded of the suspended for the present.

telegraphic transfers on India, as for $10,000 dejonited by her exhibition football match which December 20 tenders will be re to another man, who had, by Oa decessed husband, and paid out takes place between military and received for 80 lakhs of rapeer, frand, obtained an order of the civilian teame, the proceeds from No allotments will be made at Court to receive the money, was Daring the past week, socord- which will go to the 8t. Daurian's lower rates than 1/-1/8d. per continued to-day. ing to the report of Dr. Woodman, Home for Blinded Soldiers and Rupee for Bills and Deferred Medical Ofoar of Health, Sailors. The match takes place Telegraphie Transfers, and 14 respondente, has argued that

Mr. Eldon Potter, for the| there were 88 cases of small on the Club ground, commencing 7/82d. for immediate telegraphia the por notified in the Colony. Thest 4 p.m.

Bank were

GENERAL MEETING of fally

Shareholders will be held in she entitled to pay out the money, sufferers were all Chinese, with

The last Indian ourranoy sle exception of ons Japanese,

A fire broke out in one of the returns (December 7) give details seeing that it was on an order of offices of Messra. Dodwell & Co., the Court that it was so paid out. February, 1917, at 11.30 am, for Limited, on SATURDAY, the 3rd and one of the cases was import bath rooms of the Tokyo Hotel at in lakhs of rapoos as follow:- ed. Fifty-seven of the onges 5.30 p.m. on Sunday, and, had it Notes in circulation

Now that it was discovered that the purpose of receiving the 7801 the men receiving had no right to report of the General Managers occurred in the city of Victoris, not been for the prompt notion of Reserva in silver coia and it, recovery should be had against together with a statement and of the total occurrences 63 the manager of the Victoria bullion

hira, and not against the Bank. 1242 Theatre (Mr. J. J. Blake), a big Gold coin and ballion

accounts to Bist December, 1917.” The other communicable dis outbreak must have resulted. The Gold in England

1192

The argument for the other The TRANSFER BOOKS off ease notified were five of enteric Chinese started to throw their

side is that the Bank is liable, as the Company will be closea from The stook in Bombay consists it paid the money to a person who the 17th January to 3rd Fab fever, all Chinese, of whom two goods out of the windows when of 5,500 here at compared with had no right to it, and that it ruary, both dates inclusiv pod succumbed, and one non-fata! the alarm was given. A naked 5,600 bars last week 4 ship should have sacertained that the opcurrence of diphibaris, Chi light was the ones of the out-ment was made from San Francis erosiveciof Abe, mosty, had mo

po to Chian of 1,400,000 ouma

ended fatally,

Hotel Fire.

1778

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