THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
EXTRA
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1917.
TELEGRAMS,
Beater's Service to The "Telegraph."
CROPS RUINED IN EAST GERMANY.
Serious Situation.”
London, June 22.
SANITARY BOARD.
Questions by Mr. Alabaster and· Mr. Bowley.
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The orders of the day for Tues- day's meeting of the Sanitary Board include the following :-
Mr. C. G. Alabaster, „purensat to notice, will ask:-
Beuter's correspondent at Amsterdam says that except for ccasional violent hailstorms there has beau no raiu în East Ger- many for eight weeks: Hay is rained and the position of the grainveniences are there in the Colony
crops in mort serious.
The drought is so bad in Bevaris that the Ministry of Agricul. ture has ordered the streams to be dammed is order to inundate the falde.
Hail and thunderstorma hava devastated the whole area betwBEɑ Brieg and Ohlar, in Silesia.
DUTCH COAL-MINERS STRIKE.
London, June 22. The Amsterdam Telegraaf mya that 70,000 Datoh coal-miners are going on strike for a minimum wage, and an eight-hour day.
DISASTERS IN GERMANY:
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Munition Works Explosion and Farm Fire,
Loadion, June 22. Beater's correspondent at Amsterdam ways that the Frankfurter states that lightning exploded the manitim works at Forde, in Westshalia.
The explosion destroyed the workshops, and two workers were killed and four injured.
Eleven farmsteads have been burned down at Grow brunn, in Bavaria. Many cattle were incinerated.
THE TREACHEROUS HUN.
**(i) How many sanitary con-
Earhed with water from the mains which supply the population with drinking water?
(ii) In how many of such caseE is the water so used messared by a water-meter?
(iii) Is filtered water used în spy, and if so how many, of such
(iv) In how many of such cases was the question of using potable water from the public mains die- cussed and considered when per- mission was given for the con straction of the conveniencë ?
(~). To what extent has the sup- ply of potable water to the in- habitants of the Colony, or sections thereof, been restricted during the last twelve months ?”
Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, pursuant to notice, will ask :-
"Beferring to my question of 17th April, 1917, will the Head of the Sanitary Department take staps for the periodical scaveng
the following mandy Schoening of
beaches within bis jurisdiction which are used by the public for bathing and recreation, in addi- tion to the bathing beaches at North Point and Sulphar Chao- nel-Lai Chi Kok (2 beaches), Besch behind Dook Point, Sai Wan (2 besches),Big Ware Bay""?
London, June 22. "Benter's correspondent at Petrograd esys thaiGerman aeroplanes on the north front have dropped messages thanking the Russians for fraternisation, enabling the Germans to transfer troope to the Western front to support the resistance to the Anglo-French attack, The messages concluded "Now we have had enough we are going to fight and will fire on fraternisers."
Beport of the Sub-Committee on the Offensive Trade limite în Victoria and Kowloon,
ATHLETICS IN HONAN.
RUSSIAN RAILWAY STRIKE ENDED.
London, June 22.
Reuter's correspondent at Petrograd says that the Petrograd- Moscow railway strike has ended, the Government granting an increase of wages.
INDEPENDENT FINNISH REPUBLIC FAVOURED,
London, Jana 22.
Reater's correspondent at Helsingforse says that the Finnish Social Democratic Congress has passed a rezalation in favour of an
Independent Finnish Repablie.
EX-EMPEROR OF KOREA IN JAPAN.
London, June 22. Beater's correspondent at Tokyo says that, the. ex-Emperor of Koren has arrived on his first visit to Japan. He has received the highest honours.
TWO NEW V.C.'s.
London, June 28.
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It is announced in the Gosette that the Victoris Óross has been -awarded to
Lions-Commander W. E. Sanders, of the Royal Naval Reserve, in recognition of conspicuous gallantry and consummate skill while -commanding a ship in action. Also to
Lanos: Corporal W. R. Parker, of the Royal Naval Division, for conspicuous bravery in the Dardenelles, while in charge of a battalion of stretcher-bearers who helped to remove the wounded under, most heavy fire, Although he was very seriously wounded, he showed most conspicuona bravery for four consecutive days.
MAN › POWER " QUESTION.
Young Unmarried Miners Desire to be: Taken.
London, Jahi 22.
Foreign Atheltic. Doctor to be Obtained.
The late inter-school athletio meeting (says the N. G. Daily News correspondent at Kaifeng- fa), which was so successfully carried out on the fine grounds of St. Andrew's School, has borns. speedy fruit. Some of our young athletes were sent to Japaz, under the auspices of the Depart- ment of Education, to attend the Far Eastern Olympiad in Tokyo, Mr. Knob Hai-feng, the local Commissioner of Education, has become so enthusiastic over, the reports brought back," that. a meeting of the heads of all- the city schools was convened on a recent date. This meeting decided that Honsn should officially-become a member of the North China Athletic Association, and that an invitation should be extended to the Association: to have the annual meeting in Kaifeng in 1918. It was also decided that, to keep up enthas isam and to fit our students in approved ways, a foreign sthletio director should be obtained for the city if possible.
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