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BEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1) BRITISH WARSHIP SUNK.

London, October 4 The Admir announces that the warship Drake, Captain Radclif, was torpedoed on Tuesday off the north Boast of Ireland but reached harbour and then sank in shallow water. The explosion killed one officer and 13 men The remainder of the crew. wwe saved,

GERMAN-TOWNS RAIDED.

Amsterdam, October 4.

According to German accounts on the night on Oct. 10. a dozen airmen dropped a considerable number of bombs: on Frankfurt, Stuttgart and other towns. Five were injur ed and one killed. The damage was generally alight,

An official telegram says the object of the French at tacking open towns far from the front, containing numerona hospitals is not clear. Such barbarity will only strengthen German determination to persevero,

AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS.

Melbourne, October 5.

The Carly restoration of normal industrial conditions throughout the Commonwealth is now assured.

Sydney, October 5:

Most of the coal miners in New South Wales resumed work yesterday,

RUBBER_QUOTA ION. THE

Maasra Benjamin sa Pi have recuivert it, following rab bae quotations from Shangbai (all buyers): Almas

Anglo Datch Anglo Jatsu

B.to Aorme

"GUTHA" BMBING

AEROPLANE,

Some Facts about Enemy Glant

Machine.

TiA

91

440 99€

Mr C.G. Gray, editor of the Aeroplane, writes:

"

Ohemore

Consolidateda

Dominions

#1

Java Coo-olidateds

Kota Babioe

Kroeweks

Senawangs

Tabong

Zangbee

BANK RETURNS.

2.55

1 ms; be inka mau sri-m 0.95" to uidered as a bombing 116m chine, the Guths. biplane, which has formed the equadron: 900 bich have raided Eugland of 15.0

nte, is a enco-89. Viewed ad'sD 67-ple of seroplane constra

perfet on the chiue is a 160

13 00 horror. Nevertheless, it does its 18.00 1b, and does it only 100 well for the comfort of some people,

5.00

As seen by the inexperienced it a distance the Gotha looks like an ordinary biplane of the ype familiar to everybody. That 18 to say there are two pairs of The retards of the average winge, with a long solid-looking amount of bank notes in circulanody, or fuselage, sy it is called, tion and of specie in reserve to prej o ing in front of and behind Hoagkong, during the month them. Bat, instead of having an ended 30th September, 1917, engine in the forward projecting osrufed by the Managers of the portion, with so air forew in

· respective Banks, are as follows:ront of it, the front part of the Specia Chotha is coonpied by guener- bserver, who is armed with a Chartered Bant... 6,760,029, $5,000.00*| aaobine-gun.

"There are two engines, which Hoadons Kha

hai Bank *#(1,543,800, 18,000,000

550,0re placed one on each side of the KerpantisBank...$ 3,168,670.

central body, in little o-bins, or Esch collen, of their own engine is a Mercedss of 260 h-p. The pilot sits behind the gun- car-observer, practically in bet Crowalween the winga. Behind the pilot

BackL

Average Amvant

in

Reserva.

Total... $19,457,199. 23,550,000

• Burling Beontities eposted with the Crown Agants valued at £150,000.

Becurities with the gante £110,000;

is a third compartment, cocopied by a second ganner. This man has a gun mounted on the top of POLICE RESERVE ORDERS. the fuselage, which covers all the

air above and behind it, exclud-

Orders isened to-day by Mr. ying the area dead aft, where the

Service Board.

C. Jenkin, D.S.P. (E.), slate:~. Tuesday, October 9.—Staff and Company Commanders,

Wednesday, October W-Band and Orchestra.

Thursday, October 11-No. 6 Pistoon.

tail and rodder gets in the way, The area thas cut off has hitherto been the ons “blind spot" in sil seroplanes, and to obriste this the

designer of the Goths has introduced the ingenious idea of quilding the fasstege in the form of a bottomlese tunnel, so that a! All members (including Medi- gan placed on the door of the cal and other exempts) who for after-gunner's compartment can any cause have not attended with fire straight aft ander the tail, and abotish any attacking their respective anise are warned machine which adop's the neast to attend on or before Thursday,

method of hiding in the blind October 11, the foal witting oi

spot. the board.

Departmental Orders. In lins á of D.V. 77 the word "pasy” is to be substituted for the word "must.”

TYPHOON WARNING.

Thus the machine is able to bring two guos to bear in

roadside or on an enemy attack ing from above. One gan can defend against a forward attack. And in an attack from behind the forward gunner can come aft and operate one of the after guns

THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH SATURDAY OCTOBER

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The "telegrame quoted below while the regular gunner operates ST. JOHN AMBULANCE have been received by the Am- the other. Sa it is considered to orioan, Consulate General, Bong-be the best defended machins of

from the Manila,

kong, Observatory :**

5p.m. Oct. 6th, 1917.-Typhoon in about 125 degrees Long.

the moment.

Despite its bad construction the Goths has a very good perform

e. With its fall load is can reach a height of 12,000 to 15,000 and 16 degrows Lat. N. moving feet, and when it has dropped its W. N. Wambur

41 p. Out. 5, 1917.-Orsione bombs and has used part of its or syphoon E. of Luson, less than fuel is can get to 18,000 feet or 300 miles distant, moving Word with ease. W.N.W.

The span of the wings, from tip to tip, is about 80 feet, and the rest of the machins-li in Licensing Semions, proportion, which is why so many Notion given sust a meeting people who saw the machines the Lioning Board, will be over London thought, they were wild in the Council Chamber on low down, When one, in used, to

Yedaseday, Qdobar 31, as our average machines of only 40

for the pes of consider: fost span an 80 fod

toes looks the

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Orders issued by Mr. E. Balpha

stata ****

All Divisions will parade at the Law Courts on Sunday, the 7th inst., sad on Sunday, the 14th. at9a.m. Dress: Helmets, shorte, "putteso, haverasoka (fitted), water bottlew. Hand-stretchera required.

Y.M.C.A. Division.

Tuesday, October 9th-8 Squad and Stretcher Drill.

Thursday, October 11th.-4.30 p.m. Bandaging Pesotios and Steteber Drill

Friday, October 12th-10.30 a.m. Route Maroh.

Nsterday, October 13th, 2 p.m. Bund Practice.

Queen's College Division. Tanday, October 9th.-4.15 pm. First Aid Class Corpl Kong in charge.

Thursday, October 11th-5.15 p.m. Sgasd and Stretcher Deil Saturday, October 19th-2.30 rm Parade on Q. C. ground, p.m-Causeway Bay,

Thursday, October 11th-8 p.m. Squad and Strætober Drill.

• Salyingpua-Diylion.

Apenday

Victoria Oblon Taseday, Otober 9th-51 p.m. Sqasa sad Biober Drills Wednesday, October 10th 518 p.m. Squad dad" Bretober Drill

TU-DAY'S

ERTISEMEN

NOTICE OF REMOVAL

THE MERCANTILE BANK

́OF INDIA LTD, will "re" move on TUESDAY 9th Octo- ber, 1917. from the present premises Queen's Road Central tu No: 7 Queen's Road Central

C. CHAMPKIN,

Acting Manager.

FIRE INSURANCE ASSOC- IATION OF HONGKONG.

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BANK HOLIDAY, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that all FIRE IN- SURANCE OFFICES will be CLOSED for the Transaction of PUBLIC BUSINESS com MONDAY, 8th October, 1917.

By Order

AR LOWE, Secretary

Hongkong, "6th October; 1917,

MARINE INSURANCE ASSOC- IATION OF HONGKONG.

BANK HOLIDAY,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that all MARINE IN: SURANCE OFFICES will be CLOSED for the Transaction of PUBLIC BUSINESS 021 MONDAY, 8th October, 1917.

ByOrder;

A. R. LOWE,

Secretary. Hongkong, 6th October, 1917.

THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO., LTD.

THE SIXTEENTH ORDIN

ARY GENERAL MEET- ING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the Company, St. George's Building, No. 6.Connaught Road, Victoria, on SATURDAYTM the 20th day of October, 1917, at 11.30 AM. for the purpose of receiving a state- ment of accounts and the report of the General Managerz for the year ending the 31st July 1917. and electing & Consulting Com- mittee and Andítors.

...

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be OLOSED from 5th to 20th October, 1917, both days inclusive.

"SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers. Hongkong, 5th October, 1917.

DOLLAR DIRECTORY

NOW ON SALE “YOU'RE IN IT."

Summit

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Made with lock top, which holdi the front, of the Collar ucure in' position; ample room betw V the inner and outer földs,

ing the Tia to slip easily the band.A

To satisfy the wide demand for this collar. We stock it in J1⁄2, 11, 214 and 211⁄2 inches deep WAGENAM D. and in quarter sizes=4 sizes to SHAPE No. 40... the inch

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