WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1915.
ENTERTAINMENT.
THE CHINA MAIL.
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AND ADMIRALTY
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AND
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PUBLIC AUCTION,
THE Undersigned have received instrus
1. D. P., to Foll by Public Auction,
.00
FRIDAY,
the 26th November, 1915, në 11 a..
at Thu Opornment Store, Bullock Lane, Waschai.
AN ASSORTMENT OF WATER PIPE FITTINGS
of good quality (NEW).
On view Thursday, with last- Traus:-Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers to the Cucernment. HoDzken, Növ‚—24-1815.——
PUBLIC
4 GCTION
·90+
HE Undersigned bave received instruc
Tout well by Pablic Auction.
4
oa
FRIDAY,
the 28th November, 1918, commauucing at 2.3 p... at their Sales Roonas, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of
Ice Houss Street,
SUNDRY
VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE,
CARPETS, &c., ⠀
A's follows:
Chesterfield Sofas and Chairs (Now), Brass and Brass-mounted Hpdstends, Bed- room and Dining Room Furniture, Toilet Tables, Wardrobes, Washstands, &c... Sideboards by Powell, La Dinner Waggone, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Bass Fenders, Fire Brasses, etc., BLACKWOOD: Cabinets, Obaica, Flower Stands, Piano Stool, Brackets, Marble-top Tables, Manic Cabinets, Card Table, Stools, Photo Frames, ato., '
Also
Que Dinner Service, Sundry Crockery. Sandry Glass Warc. Cutlery, Cooking Stove, 2 Pianos, Carputs, Sundry E.-P. Ware, Electric Reading Lamps, etc.,.,
Two Saloon Rifles and Silver Ware.
(Full Particulars, from Catalogue.) Terme- SILA).
HUGHES & ROUGE,.
Auctioneers.
:
Hongkong,-Nov. 22, 1915.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
997
Tons to all by Public Auction, THE Underaigned have received instruc
(FOR ACCOUNT OF TÉR CONCERNED),
CB
WEDNESDAY,
the 1st December, 1915, at 2.30 p.m.,
at their Sales Rooms, No. 8,
Des Voeux Road, Corner of Los HOUSE STAT,
A LARGE QUANTITY OF
VALUABLE DIAMONDS JEWELLERY, SILVER WARE,
IVORY, GRASS CLOTH,
Sich
&c.,
Ga.,
mach of which was originally intended for the Panama Expoalition,
As follows:- Lady's and Gent.'s Hall-marked Gold Watches, Gold Pendants, Rings, Brooches, Boar! Pins, Links, Jadestons Ornaments, and 4 Sets Ivory Billiard Balls, &c., &c., A large assortment of Silver Gooda, Amber and Jadestone Beads, Glass Cloth Dresses, Mionsas, Table Covers, Bedspreads and Cushion Covers, 20., &c., &c.
Alk
A number of Gold Rings set with Precious Stones Diamond and Kuby", Diamond and Sapphire, etc., etc.
And
Six Large Solitaire Diamond Rings,
·TERs-Cash
UUGHES & HOUGH,
"Auctioneers Hongkong, Nov. 22, 1815,
WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV., 1915.
th
The Magnificent Drama
in 3 partN
FASCINATION
Pathe's British Gazette.
TANGO TANGLE.
'riday, 26th Nov, 1915,
The Beautiful Drama in 3 parts.
THE STEPMOTHER.
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CHINA TRACERS INSURANCE
CANTON, LIMITED.
COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE is hereby given that an MEETING, of the China Traders Insure EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL ance Company, Limited, will be held at the Company No. 9
LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.
"THE ORANDEST SCENE:""
Charge by the Guards.
A non-commissien offer in the machine-gun avdion of a Lundos regi
At last we are out of the trenche", week ago we were in the advace on Log and Il tell you, in tis of our wonderful expericnes and marvellous escapes, as they will be interesting compare with the ac counts the papers will soon have of it all. To begin with, last Sunday (September 26) we got all our guns and quipment ready ia reserve while the last intense bombardment on the German lines of place-There was one vaub zuar, and de the horizon amoko columna. At last the bombardment stopped and the first wound- ed mer began to came in, showing that our men had advanced to the attack.
We waited Impatiently while the guas raised their range and continued hammer Fing away. Two li at of enemy trenches takon," came through ou the telephone, And we moved up. All round us artillery Were galloping into action, and infantry in
jaké
home a volvend on or in the
in.
We our old carrying all our stuff with us, and wont
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puts into you what Heat- Exhaustion
takes out.
Not a drug-Not a false stimulant.-Jur
1.- gom diemt to the no-contrez —|| balds up usage its davor is planasuit-Of all Chemists-Son how it will help you
We managed to get a little food and water that moeing, and had a fairly quie day but always under cortir cous shell fre ext day we again moved and had a mach quieter tho, because we were nearer the Germans. A company of our battalion took wood that night, assisted by our own
bombers, sto 10 was supposed to he
the
finest thing dons I was up to
over into the German old first line, where the wood tho vaxt day, sad, gee our we bails a position and mounted the guns.berto lingide in I boar that our division had done terrible work, too homic
What scums: Piles of German dead, smell of
of gas everywhere, barbed wire blown to bits, dug out all battered in trenches anrecognizable in some parts, and the holo piata in pits from our huge sholls. I shall arrer forget those tereilly mangled dead, nor the small of powder, gas, and blood.
NOTICE is horsby given that ad EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEELING of The Union Insurance Society of Canton, Eimited, will be held at the Head Office of the Society, No. 2 Queen's the Colony of Hongkong. on SATURDAY the 4th day of Decembst, 1915 at 12 o'clock 1915 at 12.15 c'clock in the afternoon. for into sation, put again, then, further up Noos for the purpose of considering, and if thought fit, passing as Extraordinary Resolutions the following Resolutione, that
It began to rain, and we moved to another part of the line and built another place. La about an hour we moved up to position there. We had to cross the long the German send line and. built a papers and that was undrains in the papers, and that was a veritable death trap SATURDAY the ur day of
n's Buildings, Ice Blouse Street,limb ra, hors 3, and we were blown up they tore down it to get up to our
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100 only completely carried out their programme, but did more in emplu ing the wood and saving the flank and I know that if the Germans had come near our Sun they would have been absolutely wiped out, for we all meant business that week. It was very cold every night. hig mount of rain had fallen, and we get site used to standing shivering, day and sight,
Buildings. Ina House Street, Victoria, in Victoria, in the Calony of December, Dighting line. Artillery came racing "P, heavy "loud-through miles and miles of
is to say: -
:
1. That the Capital of the Society be **increased to $4,000,000 (Fear "million Dollars) by the creation of 9,200 (Throw thousand six hundred) "additional ordinary shares of $350 (Two hundred and fifty. Dollars) each (whereof 8100 (Une Sendres Dollars) shall be credited as paid anking for divilnod sad in all "other respects pari pasru with the "existing ordinary shares of the "Seciaty and that the raid ad.
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ditional shares so far as shall be "necessary for the purpose, bo issaad to those Shareholders of the Chinn Fire Insurance Company Limited
ho have
accepted or aball accept the Society's oder made to them on- the 4th day of August, 1915-such isAca being in accordines with the. **terms of a contract or memorandum in writing made or to be made pursuant to the said offer and to be led with the Registrar of Com- panies
and that the balanos (if any) of the said additional shares **be dispos d of by the Bociety's Board of Directors in such manner. AB such Board shall think most "beaeficial to the Society
2.That Article No. 9 of the Society's
Articles of Association which now **rends: --
The Society shall have a ûrsk and *paramount lien upon all the shares of any shareholder for all montes due to the Society either from him alone or jointly with any other *person and where a share is held by more persons than one the "Society shall have a lien thereon in respect of all monies so doa to 'it from all or any of the bolders 'therect'.
"bo eliminated in its antirety and that in lieu thereof the following new Article be inserted as Article ** No. B:--
The Boo ety atall have a first and paramount on upon all the shares registered in the name of each whareholder. (whether solely or jointly with others) and upon the proceeds of sale thereof, for his dept, liabilities and
engagements,
and solely or jmstly with any cther person, Lo or with the Society, whether the perind for the paymen, fulfilment, or die charge thereof shall have actually arrived or not. and no equitable *interest in ay share shall be 'created except upon the footing nad condition that Cause 341 *hereof is to bare fill affect, And auch lien shall extend to all dividends from time to times declared in respect of such
• shards".
the purpose of coneidering, and if thought the following Resolutions, that is to say: fit, pawing as Extraordinary Resolutions 1. "That Article No. 9 of the Company's
"
9.
AXLIXYED BY THE FRENCH. be relieved i Ob, how our hearts weet up! Next day we are told i be prepared to The following sight we were triiured by the French. carryi & all our stuff with usa jolly We had to march back,
trenches with dead bodies yig in the straight to Loon Charoh, and we started had bis meet, and were given some tea
I then bad orders to take my team and in great holes.
bottom and svsrything washed about We got to whera vo to the pen. The church is just near and bread and cheese and sept in across
Tower Bridgs" (490d by eurn-rick. What to and what's fistd the Germans for observation purposes) sleep: Wallhd saven days' face fungus which we had known and are ded for so and dirt and and accumulated. What a many months, and now we are right in of raffans we all looked. Our fot under the towers How many lisos
and again hammered on.
by
towars,"
were awful and didn't hare our naval brisk ussch buck the next morning We had fary long march, and he a sa ale in a barn
* Articles of Association which now *resda :-
•The Company that have a first and paramennt lien upon all the shares of any shareholder for all fest srossing those felis I dag's know *monies due to the Company either a machine gub was doing, its best to wipe from him aloze or jointly without and I planned out exactly what with food and's large pat bag. What moro any other person, and where a should do when bit. Still the bullets share is held by more persoramased me, and the shrapnel sprayed than one the Company shall bare harinlessly by, alien thereon in reapest of all 'monies se due to it from all or 'any of the holders thereof. "be eliminated in its entirety, and that in lion thereof the following new Article be inserted as Articls No. 9
RUNNING THE GAUNTL T.
do we what? We areli Lapy now and out of it for a little time, but we had at lovely time of it and did good work.'
We reached the church, when in an ended in it and all found it. The air was instant about eight large German shells filled with hits of abell and brick, and is
"BONNIE FECHTERS."" was then that I really gave up hope of Froni one who has returned from the getting out of it sain. We waited there, bat sull we couldn't find the re-b of the front in France, after taking part in the section, and all the time we expected the great advaffee, and witnessing many shells to wipe us out. The rooms of the eve of daring done in battle around, shattered houses were flied with German Loos. writes a London correspondent, I deed, and the din of shrapnel and learn that it is not easy to exaggerate whistling
σερί είτες WAJ u end- ing. At last we teams, and wo mo the gasutlet back to the South regiments. It has to be refi
for the fichting qualities displayed there by saw the other gun Any other person. to or with the them, Again wa dug positions and mount- nerabered that these killies."" from ide Company, whether the period for ed guns. We had no food or drink all this north were not seasoned soldiers, but the
payment, falliment discharge thereof aball have I forget to mention that wa sotpally strived or not,
gassed in the olf German front line," but
The Company shall here a ürst and paramount on upon all the *shares registered in the same of each bareholder (whether solely or jointly with otters) and upon the process of me thereof, for debts. liabilities and engage ments, and aslely or jointly with
or time, and we wers Fay Mekrif mostly ew to the work, as, having been
and
no equitable internet in any share we soon got over the effect of that and it war, they were thus, so to speak, on trial recruit sizce the commencement of the shall be created except upon the only added to our discomfort Three times footing and condition that Classe in that next trench shifted, and each
thder fire and engaged in a fateful charge 3 hereof is to bars full effect. tims more hard work, more
for the first time. The Seaforths, the And sach lin shall extend to all escapes, and no food or sleep." dividends, from time to time
Black Watch, the Gordons, the Camerons 'declared in respect of such share. fellows in front, and we expected to go aprausic of the bagpipes, and the London
Encouraging reports came in about our
were there, all inspired by the martial German Senttish were attached to the brigade.
2. That aftor Article No. 33 of the to the first line any minute.
FATTO.
prisoners kept streaming in, and the dad
33A
Save
Company's Articles of Association the following Dow "as Articlo No. 33A:-
lost must have been a coloreal anus Article be inserted they
According to my informant, thone
ber. All that night. tillery were bringing young Sets fully came up to the stan as herein otherwise provided in captured German gune whi's purs dard anggested by the traditional praise
the Company shall be entitled to roared all round The Germans were conveyed in the vernacular tongue of the treat the registered bolder of any completely taken by surprise, and were north bonnie fechters."
aharu as the abeolate owner t
thereaft das
LOOS
of, and accordingly shall not,
windy.
They went the
Germans started shelling formand without faltering, The Highland except as ordered by a Court of systematically, and good number blood in them was on fire. As infantry competant jurisdiction, or sa by of their hoge cral-bores just missed our they charged the German trenches with Ordinance requir. d. be bound to trenches, so we breathed again. We were dash and determination, comparable only recognise any equitable or other absolutely accked, and we started
claim to er interest in such share looking for food. We got a good haul out the dash and resolute daring of the on the part of any other person, of dead German packs, and we got a little ficuts Greys at Waterloo." Nothing could +6 m. Company or Corporation. water and felt a bit more like human beings stop them. If they crred at all it was 3.That the heading of Articles Nor, ain. The dead were being collected in by going too far and forgetting that rein. 24 to 89 (inclusivb) of the Comaps, and the dead mules weeding forements would be aceded to hold the
buried.
hare ever acu
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SPECIAL DISPLAYS,
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IN
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OF
GABERDINES
AND
**pany's Articles of Association read: There were cellars whith our shelle ha Hobeazolern redoubt, which they and ALL THE LATEST MATERIALS
ing the Secretary be alt-red gone clean through, killing all the so
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won. Their losses were heavy both in
dying renown to the famous regimenta
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expert, nothing finer than the charge of WILLIAM POWELL,
to read the
General and that in the last cupants, dead men killed by our bombers afficers and rank and file, especially Articles (Nos. te been so busy we might have felt squeamish, themselves with glory, and added un- and eut about most horribly. If we hadn't among the Gordons. But they covered **inclusive) wherever the word ***Becretary appoa sach word be but there was no time for that,
eliminated and that in liea thereof
AN ADVANCE IN THE ONLY. the words General Manager, be
to which they belong. I am told that, "inserted."
The following day we sat and lit l'y from the point of view of the military 4: "That in the following Articles of grad at scene that I have ever seen in
dodged abells and bullets. Then the **the Company's Articles of Associa-life occurred. The Guarda advancing in those kilties" has ever been witnessed Lior, Tiz Articles Nos. 2, 7 artillery formation over about three quar in war. They were university students **24, 35, 44, 48, 52, 54, 83, 93, 192 ta of a mile, completely in the open, in youths about to enter the professions, and 128 the word "Secretary broad daylight. At last the Germina got teachers from the Presbyterian Sunday wherever it occurs be eliminated news of it, and the shells they sent aver schools, and clerks and men from the -and that in lien thereof the words
General Manager 'be inserted."
a stream. The whistles and explosions were incessant, and the air warehouses of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Save us herein otherwire provided by the requisita majority, they be they had been risible through the thick
Should the above Resolutions be passed must have been black with flying the Society shall be entitled to submitted for confirmistion Special How we cheated, them when they slowly
holls
Aberdeen. treat the registered holder of soy Resolutions to Second Extraordinary
smoke. On'y half a dozen were touched. share as the absolute owner there General Mesting which will be sub-and in perfect order crossed over 88 Ard of, and accordingly shall not,sequently convened. except we ordered by Court of
3 "That after Article Nr. 84 of the "Society's Articles of Association the following new Article be insert "ed as Article No. 34
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'competant jurisdiction, or
Ordinance required. It bead by
to
recognise any egaitable or other
Dated this 22nd day of November 1916.
By Order of the Board,
claim to or intercat in such abare 1001. on the part of any other
Birm, Company or Corporation
4. "That the heading of Articles Nu
95 in 100 (alasive) of the Boiety's "Articles of Association reading the "Bestelary be altered to rend **the General Manager'; and that in the last mentioned Articles (No *495 to 100 inclusive) wherever the "word Secretary appears such werd ba liminated and that in leathersof the words General Manager ba *inserted."
That is the following Articles "of the Society's Articles of ** Association, vis~Articles Nos. 1, 47, 26, 36, 46, 47. 53. 55, 84 94. 103 and 123 the wordSecretary wherever it occurs be eliminated and that in lies thereof the wards General Manager, be inserted," Should the above Rsolutions be pass by the requisite majority, they will be 928 submitted for confirmation is Special Resolutions to Second Extraordinary Goneral Meeting,which w ill be subsequent, by convened, w
Dated this 22nd day of November 1910.
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0. MUNTAGUR EDE
Secretary
C. MONTAGUE EDE.
Secretary
PUBLIC AUCTION.
BE Undersigned have received lasting
ticas to all by Public Auction
(FOR LOCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
SATURDAY,
the 27th November, 1915, st. 1 ... at their Sales Rooms, No. 8. Des Voeux Road, Corner of
Ice House Street,
A large number of pairs of Gent, 's Books and Shoes, Suit and Over Coat Lengths, Tiende. (uperior quality), Several Buit Costs, etc. (New),
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS,
Anumber of lots of Brass Ware, including large Buddha, Boris, incense Barrers, Vassa, efs. ota
Teams --As nazal,
HUGHES & BOUGH,
Quesioners
Kong, Nov. 19, 1915. 1004
passed on They were the who were in reserve to be at Givenchy, and the grand fellows Bow we wore in reserve to them. Can you Imagine the ordinary Inttia pictures of troops adraacing under hell's own shell 6 I thought such a thing was impos- sible.. Nua Luot only know it's true, but saw it all."
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