The following is from the "Kobe Herald" of January 7 reported from Nagoya that since Thursday evening so onosually severe gale has swept the sarroanding country. Three fishing veatels were wrecked at the entrance to the ar, the wen on board, all, narrowly escaping death. The men were almost frozen to death before they shed shore. Five beata, with fifteca fishermen on board, are missing. They were Inst seen at work at the mouth of Efficiency Shield presented by the Com- the K.
6 jie river. Another fi mandant, Lient.-Colonel A. A.
S. was blown og Barnes, "This shield wae presented to smashed to pieces, the one man on encourage ell-round efficiency, as the board barely managing to escape. The name suggests, and is competed for an-steamer Rokago Maru was towing seven unally by the Units of the Corps. om Yokkaichi to Nag: Points are allotted for (1) the highest the storm broke, They wore the peroontege of first-class efficients as two miles from the lighthouse on the shown in the annual efficiency return on breakwater at the entrance to Nagoya May 1 in each year; (2) the highest! harbour. One boat was lost. The percentage of attendance at Corps storm was also felt severely near Chosbi, parades; (3) the highest percentage of in Hitachi Province. The Fishing entries in the Corps Anooal Rifle ion of Choshi Machi, reports fat Meeting; (4) the greatest number of that seventy fishing boats, large and Unit parades held daring the year; (5) small, put to sea on the 5th, but only the highest percentage of entries in the fifty of them succeeded in reaching Unit Annual Rifle Meeting and finally shore. Twenty boats are missing, with (6) the lowest percentage of resignations 120 men on board. {t is feared that and discharges, except on leaving all have been drowned. Owing to the Shanghai or on medical certifcs high seas ranning, it was impossible to The Artillery wins the Shield for the send out " vessel to search for the mise-year by a very broad margin. In (1.), ing crews, (4), (6.) and (6) they gained the greatest possible cumber of points and
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