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BATTLE STORIES.

what they did exoept by lovin' such a los of men. As long as they keep up them weighty attacks, without givin'ta3blade of

Tales from the Western Front green gram for how many men

The following war stories are

Erlo Go Bragh. About this last fight, now, Faid a wounded Irish soldier, here the Germans can'at asan' made such a stramaah, well, it was

they loss, they'll take But they'll never be able to it up: On the r day I was Eghtin" "T-saw" the inference in the way they they did it'all, The men were not nearly so thick,

"It was five days fightin" with

THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JUNE

+1915.

COMMERCIAL - NEWS.

Rubber Shoas.

rubber overshoe mannfas- turers of the United State early. a purving for ag in May were working on Govern- ment orders for '500,000 pairs of short rubber boots, ・ “about

out end that we did and we had 2,000,000 pairs of hip rubber retired's good bit, making them boots and 3,000,060 pairs of four pay for every yard, when wal

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like any ather fight only bigger. suddenly found ourselves backed, buckle all-rubber "Aroties." It The great thing about it was the up by the French. It was a great is believed that way we killed the enemy. Deed thing to see them good fighters at afscturers

the back of us, but our Eghtin wasn't over sil the same. It was another Ave days before we got

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the will complete the I've never seen sooh killin' in

for 5,500,000. paira orders fl-mv

my life...

enumerated by August 1. In viow "Ye'll have heard by this time low the Germanz osme, at o

proper rest enduring of the rapid expansion of the through a thick fog an' managed them are days lot bad. American military forces, how- to get in past our flank, makin' happened. The Germans had got

e retire. Well, after that it was their cavalry out by thatime and ever, it is likely has new orders fight an' fight for five days almost we had a few good fights with will have been placed before without a real. Of course, we the Ublans, Glory be to God ! that time. didn't give way until it looked as what a lot of them we killed, them if we were goin' to be cut off hone soldiers.

The

After War Trade Outlook

Trade between the Allies and samed after the war if experience of previona poat-war adjustments is a proper guide, states a report from Washington.

Trade between belligerants :.

Year Five years Franco- preceding following

Prussian

war (aver) war in- cresse 40

War

Not that they we held on until the last osme at as in lompe the way the minute an' ye can believe me infantry did, but they were that we made them pay for their always tryin' to annoy as an'a the Central Powers will be re- enterprise, the murderin' villaise, man on a borse is a good target We had to retire bebind a canal with a bit of fan to him." >'; we retired fightin'.

"There's not much chance of Fagineers blew up the bridges pattin' together a complete story we crossed an' it was a mortal of the way we had to fight, but it Forifice for the Germans to come was night and day, day and night,| a na the way they did after the all the time for us an by the time Bridges was destroyed. They we were given a rest we were never stopped comin, an one nearly done up Now all the time attack would be no sooner broken | wa were doin' that fight--ten days | up than another would come on. I never got a scratch, an' it's "In front of us the Germans marvellous when ye think of the wied to get over a gap in little way the Germans came on with bridge with planke, an' I must machine-guns on their backs. It say for them that they were brave was a hail of ballets all the enough. They tried it first by time. I slept like the dead when weight of numbers, for that's way I got out of the line an' the only they are born to fight. A big thing-that could have waked me crowd would come up and try 10 was the thing that did. It was rush the planks scross, but we'd shell and a bit of it got me in the rate them until the title bridge small of the back when I was was spillin' over with their dead.sleep. Bow it got there good: They'd get the planke down, an anses knows, because I was well few would get acroes, but the protected all round. Bat fightin's same thing happened every time. fightin' an' nothing need ever -We just killed them off. surprise you.

“It came on to dusk an- then they triód it by stealth, but what with our machine guns and car rdee, it was as little use so the other way. It was only next mornin'

EXCHANGE.

fired on from behind, that we had T/T 3/378.

when we found that we'd béen

“out-isakad sgain and were being

SELLING,

a retire. We retired in good order Demand

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with coverin' patrols behind ne 30 d/s.

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3/34

3/356

3/35%

Nom.

13914

147

to keep the Germans book until 60 d...

We found the next line, an TTT Shanghai.. lost a few men in the doin' of it,

bas we got into the line an' moet rf the paizola oäme in later.

"It's a marvel to me how the Germans could k-pop the pressure they did. I'm inolined to think I sisughtered about a battalion myself, but they es. ad to care about as much over losin' a battalion as we would over a vingle map. Our battalion was Almost intact on the second day;

while we had done for about four battalions of the enemy

A Scraped-up Force." "The German managed to break through the place where we joined up with another Division eo' to fill up the gap a General, I believe it was, collected all the men round about the Brad.

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T/T Singapore

T/T Japan

Nom. TT India Demand, India ...... Nom. TT San Francis-1

7734 co & New York f

14914 TT Javasorasarcad T/T Marks. Nom

4.4476 T/T France ¡........... Demand, Paris 4.45

BUYING.

4 m/s. L/0........ 3/476 m/s. D/P. 3/416 .... 3/492 343⁄4

16 m. L/C.

79

Nom.

30 dis. Sydney & Melbourne Room. 30 d/s San Franc-1 isco &New York 4 m/s. Marke

4:5914 m/s. Francs

4.6474 6 m/s. France .............. Demand, Germany... Demand, New York. 77% quirters, at E, servants, sigual TT Bombay

, diggin troops, en' whacked Demand, Bombay... Nom. them in just in time. They Tr Calcutta Foght like tigers an I'm Demand, Calcutta... Nom.

that fold

of Fore

Demand, Manila... 156 accounts Demand, Singapore. 13914 diger puid their

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to the Germans with spades, I'm On Haiphong not gain', to sin 'my soul by gayin On Saigon

Sovereign

Prem 144% prem. 47/4 6.05 Nom

it's the truth. I'm tellin', because On Bangkok

I never saw them fight with their Gold Leaf, per oz... 45.40

per cent 110,000,000 133,000,000 U.S..

Spanish War, in-

crease 33

per cent 15,000,00 20,000,000 Raasc. Jap

war (dac) 6,000,000 5,060,000 Exportato Russia) increase 160 per

.

cent 1,500,080 3,750,000

The six leading Allied Powers sold to the four Central Powers in 1913 $1,275,000,000 and bought from them $1,300,000,- 900. The four leeding Earopean Allies (excluding United States and Japan) sold $900,000,000 to; and purchased an equal amount | amönnt from, the Central group.

Japanese Spinning Companies.

Com

During the latter part of last year, 33 spinning companies in Japan realised - a bet proft of Y.41,315,000, and paid dividende averaging 41.1 per cent, pared with the first half of last year, the net profit shows a1 increase of Y.9,888,000, and the average rate of dividend an in- crease of 74 per cent. "In addition, Y.20,330,000, or nearly one-half of the net profit, was allotted for reserves or carried forward. The following table shows the financial standing of

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Half 1017.

(1,000).

First

Half 1917,

...156,553

150,652

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EISHI ONO, "Manager. Hongkong. 11th March, 1913.

BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.

HAD OFFICE, HONGKONG

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Zezeral Banking Business Fransacted.

INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS:

For 3 Months 3% per annum,

Ter 6 Months 4% per annum.

For 12 Months 41% per annum

LOOK POON SHAN;

Chief Manager.

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE

DE CHINE.

Subscribed Capital... Franca 45,000, 00. Paid up

22,500,000.

(36 of the Capital, La. Frares 15,000,000 subscribed by the Government of the

Chinesa Republic)

Chairman of the

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A. J. Perrotte.

HEAD OFFICE:_

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Silver 19

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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND. CHINA.

Jacorporated by’Royal Charter 1588.

FEAT OFFICE:~LONDON.

PAINOP CAPITAL

RESERVE FUND

AESERVE LIABILITY OF

PROPADITONB

$1,900200

ZOCO 200

£1,200,801)

POREIGN EXCHANGE and Guéra? Banking

bushies transmŁAD.

CURRENT ACCOURTS opesed, kar · gudin DEPOSITS received for 3 year or that periods ester which will be anotad an application.

1. C. DOWNING,

Manager, Hongkong, 11th April, 1912

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA. LIMITED.

Head Office 15, Gracechurch Street, London. Authorised Capital ..............£1,800,00 Subscribed

Paid Up

Reserve Fund

MANEFIA

1,125.809

650,000

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aven ander extreme-difficulties, taking their competitors. Tas when a definite course is fixed visitors made a tour of inspection and all strive towards the goal, under the guidance of leading The directors of British Dres, La., officials and experts, and nons sre justly proud of what has been could fail to be impressed with the Capital...

accomplished in the period of magnitude of the undertaking and rather more than two years which the difficulties to be overcome. Paid-up Capital:111,595 108,209 Reactres

62,180 49,133 elapsed since the company The best sugury for the fature PEAK TRAMWAECO BATAVIA 27 529 25.715 began its present development, success of the industry is found Dabentures Fixed Capital...108,480 109,173 and recently a party of journalists in the progrem that has been who visited the extensive works made. In a business of this sort Depreciation 7,919 9331 Brought forward. 16,901 12,884 had an opportunity of seeing the pace cannot be forced; the Net profit

41.315 31,449 and bearing something of what pioneers must feel their wEY has been done. As Mr. James cautionsly and build slowly, but 22,909 17,770 Dividends Special Reserves. 12.017 9114 Falconer, M.P. (chairman of the surely upon a sound foundation. Carried forward. 23,200 17,428 company), explained to the Such a foundation has been laid, visitors, if you can secure the and if, as there is every reason to intermediate products, the believe, the spirit of co operation difficulty of making dyes ie com- is extended, success is sasured. National Dyeware Industry. DISCOUNT PER

paratively small". This is really Time and money will have to be H'kong 50 eta sub.

The Bradford correspondent of the key to the problem: It has devoted to research on a scale $1.00% prem. the Economist writes: At the been estimated that, of the capital which has not hitherto been st $1.50% prem outbreak of hostilities the great to be expanded by a dyestuff tempted in England; money will consuming industries of Great manufacturing company, for have to be expended on the de- Britain were practically depen-plant dealing with coal tar pro relopment of plant; and careful dent on Germany for dyes, but as ducts only, about 85 per cent, thought will have to be given to a result of the efforts put forth by will be represented by inter the problem of providing a con- Liept William Griggs, O., British chemists during the past mediate produnt plant. On the tent and expanding supply af from their proper jobs an whack the well-known key, was mar-two or three years, much of the other hand, the dye-making skilled labour to cope with the in thein in to save situation, ried recently at Northampton to lost ground has already been plant for converting the intergrowing demands upon the They must have everything cal- Mim Madge Parker, daughter of recovered, sad the country is in a mediate products into finished industry. If all these essentials calated to a time-table or they're Mr. Fred Parker, er-Mayor of fair way to becoming satirely dyestuff is less costly and are secured we shall have, in the done, though I'm not sayin' they Northampton, and a well-known self-supporting in the matter of complicated, and the processes course of a few years a national haven't done a smart thing the racehorse owner. Lient. Grigge dye supplies. The notable involved are more simple. It was in lastry which will place British Why they attacked this time, won the Egyptain Derby at Cairo, sohievements of the past two years because the Germans realised the users in a position of Independ- But you'd be wrong to get His bride bar been doing useful must be apparent so yone who importance of the intermedistes, ente, and will be able to compens moomy over the way things have work for some time sa a V.A.D. area to make himmelf sequainted and spent both time and money with its rizale is all parts of the

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