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THURSDAY,

SEPTEMBER 27,

1917.

四拜禮 號七十月九英港香

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

7761 日二十月八

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NEW OFFENSIVE IN FLANDERS.

BRITISH HIT BACK AFTER GERMAN ATTACKS, GOOD PROGRESS; BITTER FIGHTING PROCEEDING.

British Attack on Wide Front.

London, September 26. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a communique states;— We attacked this morning on a wide front in the sector east and north-east of Ipraw. Good progress is reported. The Suffolks accesfully raided east of Goosecourt in face of strong opposition. They destroyed two occupied dug-oute, bayonsited many Germans and took a few prisoners."

Heavy Enemy Effort Falls.

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TUESDAY'S RAID ON LONDON.

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Valus of New Defensive Measures.

London, September 25.

Some of the"newspapere attribute the' fawness of the raiders rescking London to the new system of defense by a vertical barrage. It is generally agreed that the anti-miroraft firing at London, yesterday, was the heaviest ever known.

Success of Our Aviators.

London, Septembar 25.

BRITISH NAVAL ACTIVITY,

Good Work by Airmen and Naval Forces.

London, September 28. The Admiralty announces that naval aircraft dropped maaY bombe on Sparappelhoek aerodrome at noon on Tuesday. Several direct hits were reported. Our fighter patrols over the Fleet sa- countered air hostile men planes and drove down two. Our Daval forces bombarded naval ́establishments at Ostend in the afternoon and secured several hits on a marine workshop.

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THE SILVER MARKET."

London, September 26,

The zilver merket az genady. SCHOOL BOYS IN BUSI- NESS LIFE, Scathing Criticisms. The Landon Eduestion Com.. Contrary to Monday's moonlight sky, yesterday evening was

mittee, anxious to know whether overcast, with low-lying aloads. Again it was noticeable how London has learned to take cover. The thoroughfares were cleared

AUSTRALIAN LABOUR UNREST ENDED.

the educationsi system is provide ing the riding generation with with business-like celerity. There was ample room to take refage,

London, September 26, which was done most calmly in the nearest buildings offering introduction of the card system, the employees of the railway work-secured the views and criticisms Renter's correspondent at Melbourne asys that, resenting the future commercial struggle, hau an adequate equipment for the shelter and in Tabes, etc. But the entertainment, an an London, September 26., Beater's correspondent at British Headquartere, in a meage coolness of the conductorettes on the omnibases in sticking to their way Unions strack in sympathy, almost completely stopping the engineering, shipping, and print- Monday, carried on as anual. What was noteworthy was the shop at Sydney struck on August 2, Other Bailway and Train-of representatives of the chemical, sent on September 25, says that though it is stated in an earlist posts. The raider that penetrated the drifting mist masses dropped The Government, which adopted the firmest sttitude, employed ant banking, financial, insuranos, service in New South Wales, which later gradually improved. ing industries, heads of import. despatch that there has been no infantry action of importance to-day bombs on small houses where there were no munitions works. There volunteer labour. Namerons Unions in New South Wales and other and railway concerns, textile on this battle front, he learns now that the enemy before noon began was apparently a big sie fight some distance from London, a States, including coal miners, seamen, lampers and cartera, struck, warehouses attacking heavily in the ses south of the Mania Road. The first heary machine-gun firing was sadible in the sky. Probably a attacks succeeded at some points in driving back our advanced British formation was driving off the raiders, and there is no doubt practically stopping shipping sad refusing to handle goods handled and representatives of Lloyde, poste, but our men re-attacked with great spirit and in the course that, besides the veritable barrage, British aviators were most by voluntary labour. The strike has been a complete failure. the Port of London Authority. the afternoon the situation was restored. Sme fighting continaes nccessful in repelling London's assailants. The Daily Express Alter several weeks' of idleness the railwaymen have returned to work and of commercial housse dealing and there is very heavy artillery firing.

quotes a high official se saying "We have stopped the day raideder the card system, the Government promising an enquiry at with foreign exchanger. and the time is not distant when Haz machines will no longer come general resumption is expected and there is now a prospect of a pro-was that the L... was not in the end of three monthe into the working of the system. A The commercial view generally to this country."

langed industrial pesos.

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Noted Journalist Killed.

The Story of Our Latest Offensive.

London, September 26, Reuter's carrepondent at the British Headquarters says:-This morning the British Army in Flandera again «pushed back the

London, September 26. Germans from the big ridge system to the east of Ypres. Although The fatalities in Monday's raid included Mr.G. J. Stevens, till the attack was planned for dawn and was carried out as arranged, lately the Athens correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.

Raiders Turno Back.

The Casualties.

The German Story,

Lister.

London, September 26,

KAISER'S PEACE MANOEUVRE.

GERMAN SEAPLANES BROUGHT INTO FLUSHING,

London, September 26. Reuter's correspondent at Fiu-hing saya two German seaplaner, one of a big new type, were brought in last evening. Ons out of the four occupants was severely wounded.

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taàch with the requirements of business men, and that firma knew little of the facilities for ad- acation offered by the Cousoil. elementary school-boy that he In the main it was said of the was deficient, in handwriting, arithmetic, or spelling, and that

address)

ease,... and obedience, thoroughness.common manners (good lacking.

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Of the secondary schoolboy finolading the public schoolboy) the criticism was that he wasn deficient in handwriting, and arithmetic, unable to express him- slf in good English; that generally he was "** aloppy" in thought; and that he needed, more grit and energy in his work.

It

it may be said to hare boiled up again yesterday in consequence of heary German attacks. The first of these developed abortly after

London, September 26. daylight, when the ground was still shrouded in mist. It came on The Press Baresu eaye that gunfire turned back the first group in great strength and pressed back our line to Lone House, the of raiders approaching Loudon Iast night, only two penetrating the enemy reoccuping Carlisle Farm. The result was a considerable defences. Tasse dropped a number of bombs on the south-eastern bulge in our front line, just north of the Menin Roid. At about outskirts of London, and damaged soms dwelling bouses, killing by a Dutch torpedo boat on her refusal to surrender. The other One of the German seaplanes, flying very low, was shot down eloven o'clock the Germans attacked the Australians with great six sad injaring three people. The second group of raiders was descended at Cadzand, where the occupants were interned. weight, and for a while there was most heavy fighting in the driven off without reaching London, Tasy dropped bombe on the neighbourhood of Polygon. Wood, with the result that the Germans south-east of England, but no damage or assualties hers yet been

ITALIAN SHIPPING RETURNS. penetrated cur positions in rome local spote. Daring the first of reported. theas attacks, some Highlanders made some most geliant rushes in

London, Septembar 28. to the dent in our lias sad checked the Garman onslaught. The

Daring the week ending September 23, the faalien shipping Auxins fought most determ andly and the enemy's elight, temporary It is officially announced that last night'e air raid "casualties rivals were 540 and the sailings 470. The sinkinga were one steamer gaine to their territory cost them dear. At about two o'clock were seven killed sad twenty five injured."

above 1,500 loan and six small sailing ships. A steamer and a mailing yesterday afternoon, British and Australinas attacked so rigorously

lship were damaged, bat resohed port, while one sailing ship escaped that the Germans shortly afterwards were driven oct, except for a short length of our front. This was the situation on the eve of this A German official wireless message sister:-Oar avistors last

FAMOUS FRENCH AIRMAN MISSING,

Io regard to univerzity moo morning's cffensive. The German efforty yesterday clearly proved evening bombed Ramsgate, Margate, Dover, Boalogue, Caisia and

there was a note of hopefulness - that he was determined to fight desperately to try and check our Dankirk, causing fires. One of our machines did not return.

London, September 26. advance. Be had been bringing op many fresh troops Gince

Renter's correspondent at the French Beadquarters reports succeed, but nothing more. in the replies that they might Tharadey last, and we know that these ruff and very heavily adder

that Captain Guynemer, the champion airman, has been missing the serially-regulated file of our batteries,

since the 11th inst. He had felled fifty-three German machines.

generally, if not always, the

of product Denounced by Russian Press.

Landon, September 26, older universities and not the London, deptember 26.

Benter'a correspondent at Paris raya that Captain Guynemer graduate of the newer aniversition Renter's correspondent at Petrograd says that the Russian went on the morning of the 11th on an expedition. He soon en-that was the subject of criticism. newspapers denounce the Kaiser's Reply to the Pope's Note, de-countered a whole squadron of chasing aeroplanes. He might have The evidenos showed that re- scribing it ́sa andeniably in consequence of the Russian Revolation, avoided combat, bat straightway he dived into the enemy and shot latively few university men who The tactics employed in this morning's operation were precisely for Germany is now silent about concessions which she would have down two. Subsequently be was overwhelmed by numbers, falling bad not family connection with similar to those which were so saccessful on Taaraday last. At six made at the beginning of the year. The only possible Entente into the sea.

business had been appointed by o'clock the first wave of infantry followed the barrage towards the reply is a prosecntion of the war moet vigorously, with Bassis

any of the firms represented, Ia German positions. It is not known yet which were the flanks of redoubling ber efforts. Even Maxim Gorki's organ trounces the

certain large houses aniversity attack, but I believe it has a front of not less than that of Thursday's Kaiser, and says that the moment has come for the Russian battle, of which, indeed, it is practically a continuation,

men were said to have failed; in The first democrsey to deliver an altiæstum to the German workers to re-

others, such as life departments, stage of the advance appears to "have attained its goal with com-podists the Kaiser's pretenzinos.

of insurance officed to have parative ass in the left centre and right, but to have met with

sucoseded. At the present mo- strong resistance elsewhere. Bitter fighting is reported to be pro-

ment a few university wou greening in the neighbourhood of the Tower Hamlete Ridge beyond Blank Watch Corner and about Batte, of Polygon. The Anzace are

were a success. Shipping compan- ies had not tried aniveraity man. said to have taken a considerable number of prisoners in the codree of their first advance. The visibility was low, restricting the work

except in rare cases, and these had not induced the firms to repost of the airmen.

the experiment.

Britiah air squadrons last night flew over the Germans rese: 758 and, by the light of free, dropped hantreds of bombs on troops who were bivouscked or moving up. The ai men also co-operated with the gunners, who plastered the whole back area with gas ebells, shrapael and high explosives.

Attack on French Froat.

Londen, September 26.

RECAPTURED GERMAN PRISONERS.

MOPES OF IRISH SETTLEMENT.

London, September 26. Sir Horace Plankeit, speaking at Cork, maid that the prevalent optimism regarding the Convention was more than justified. If had passed the most important stage and was approaching the next. He hoped the Constitution would be completed..

#TAXING, UNENLISTED MEN.

The severest critics stated that boys have no self relianos or sense of honour, that they cannot convey a simple message scoKŹNIE-

London, September 28 Rentar's correspondent at Melbourne says that a Bill authorisingly, and that they are ill-mannered tax on anenlisted men bas passed the Sensie Oummister. Au and lacking in respect to their amendment exempte bachelors over sixty with a gross income of elders and others Far too many ander #100 yearly.

Emden's Commander Among the Number.

SPANISH MINISTER RECALLED. London, September 28. Nine of the escaped German officers have been reoptated,

Loudon, September 28, including the Emden's Captain, Csplaïa Mueller, the aviator. Otto, Router's correspondent at Madrid ways that the Spanish and Thelan, the famosa tunneler whose previous four espes have Minister in Belgium has been recalled. earned for him the nickname of "The Ban Monte Cristo". The Coatining his account of the German attack, Beater's escape was discovered by a Jabourer noticing a hole in z tarnip field correspondent at the French Headquarters says:-The enemy uredjolose to the hate. All escaped at 4.30 in the morning, with ample : fire battalions including a Bohrstuem. Bittalion which is a model provisione, clothing, tobacco and self-drawn mapa, Six were ra school for the Sturmtrappen, commanded by the officer who captured at break fast time, one currying a huge portmantana. introduced the aratem into Germany. The objective was the Thelan and a compaion were found seleep in a wheat field, and two trenches surrounding Hill 363. At the same time diversions were others were playing cards in a ditch. Some children blackberrying attempted by units of other divisions at Bexɔnysur on the right and met Muller in a wood and gave the alarm. He was recaptured by Besamont on the left. In the centre and right the attack was mid-day. Three were captured walking on the road and they said repelled after very hard fighting at close quarters. On the left of that they were monition workers from London seeking work. Police the Hill, the Garmanı mat with still worse look. Colonial troops, on bicycles were scouring the roads. Other maps found on the pri- who were awaiting them, left the trenches and with magnificent somers had the roads to the East Coast marked most accurately. #dash and corage met the smalting Germans half-way, driving

Later. them back to the starting line with bomb and bayonet. The The German officers, mentioned earlier, senaped by tanneling bombardment still continues,

under the barbed wire.

Heavy German Losses.

London, September 28.

THE NORTH CHINA FLOODS.

London, September 26. Beater's correspondent at Peking says that the concessions at Tientsin are flooded. Walls have been built round the godowns with a view to saving the merchandise.

girle are taught shorthand and typewriting irrespective of their waitability, and they do not up- pear to be trained in matters excha ss cars of the person and dress.

To bridge the gulf which separates education from amm merce and industry, the Edson- tion Committee suggests the THE SWEDISH ELECTIONS.

formation by the L. U. G. of coD- RUSSIA'S DETERMINATION.

suitstive committees for banking London, September 25, Beginning to Re-climb the Slope.

Benter's correspondent at Stockholm says that M. Branting has visit the Connoile institutions at chemistry, and engineering, to won a further six seats, three being from the extreme Socialists. which instruction inthesoOCKPR= Renter' correspondent at Paris are that M. Kerensky, inter. The position at prevent in:-Social Damoorsta, 80; Extreme tions is giver, and calar oriticisms viewed by a representative of the Figaro, declared the Rassis was Socialists, 10: Liberals, 58; Conservativer, 51; National Association, and advice on the spot. It is also beginning to re-climb the slope and would reach the top. He 3 and the Passante Association, 9. Conservatives elsim both proposed that the edgestion a Loudon, September 26. :

emphasised that over half of the forces of the Central Powers were (Houses?) but there are Independents who will vote irrespective of thority ball offer ite asistence lo A Germin official wireless message states. We receptored on the Russian Front: Bussis had to bear a tremendose enemy parties. yesterday a portion of territory to the north of the Menis-Ypres effort, but had pulled herself together and would do her atmost to road and repulsed four viclent center-attacks, taking 250 prisoners. stain victory. Basis would never make a separate pesos. Following dramfire, the English attacked this morning between M. Terestchenky affirmed that the Russian moral was improving. Heatholet Wood and the Comines-prea Canal. The battle is in The war had become national and there would be great results fall swing. The enemy lest fifteen aeroplanes.

A French commanique states:--There is an intense artillery stragźle between Barmant and Begonvaax, on the right bank of the Mense Prisonera donfirm the fact that the enemy lost heavily in fruitless attacks north of Chaume wood on the 24th instant. We took prisoner then 12) men.,

Battle In Full Swing.

GERMANY'S LATEST HOPE,

London, September 26.

• Renter'a correspondent at Zarish says it is reported from Macich thal, owing to the sucesss of experimenta on nettles sa substitute for cotton, 20,000 sores in Germany will be devoted to netale growing in 1918. The estimated yield is 18,009 tons of fibzo. The Bavarian Netde Company is being formed, with a aspital of

1,000,000 marks.

therefrom.

London, September 26.

The Premier's 'Return.

London, September 26. Beuter'a corrispondent to Petrograd states:-M. Kerensky has returned from Roadquarters,

WAR CASUALTIES.

London, September 26. Brigadier-Genernal F. A. Maxwell has been killed.

in the Flying Corpe, is mising. One son is already a prisoner It is understood that another son of Mr. Bonar Law, an offiner

"with the Turks.

ARGENTINE RAILWAY STRIKE,

London, September 26.

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Beater's correspondent at Buenos Aires states that the railway strike is very serious. The strikers have refassd the Government's offer of arbitration. The strikers, including women, are trying to—Firat Day. hold up trains. There have been some casualtis among the troops.

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SOUTH 'CHINA UNREST.

London, September 28. Beater's correspondent at Poking states that the garrison'st the strategia pase of Linling, in South Haaan, has declared its indepeed-Second Day. ence at the instigation of the Southern leaders. The objșor în to going to assist the rebels. gain nontrol of Hanan from the Nortberasra, Kwangai troppe KES

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