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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1916
AUCTIONS.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
"LIE Understened have receitol instrus-
Hughes and Hough fiven to hell by Publia Auction:
AUCTIONEERS TO TU GOTERSMEST.
AND Apumaltre
General Auctioneers.
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PROPRIETORS
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
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EE Codersigned have received instruc
To sus cauction.
(708 ACCOUNT OF THE CONGRÁNDE)
الريق.
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WEDNESDAY,
the lat March, 1918, at
11 am at their Sales Raums, No. E,
De Vieux Roi, Corner of fee
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House Street,
NINERY
VALUABLE HOUSKAULD
FURNITURE.
(Removed to Sales Rooms for Convenience
of Sale). Comprising
Brass Twin Beds, Hair Mattresses. Blackwd Overmantel, america ice Chest, Pillows, Cushions, Ca.tains, Towels, &c., a
76 Sewing Machines and a far cases of Potted Alexis, die
Terras - Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers,
"Hongkong, Feb. 22, 1916,
(re COUNT OF THE CONCERNSD),
121
WEDNESDAY,
the he March, 1916, at 3 p.m., a tho Fountain, opposite the City Hall. immediately following the Sale of Rice Ponies,
A QUANTITY OF NEW AND SECOND-HAND
SADDLERT:
Ten-Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers. Boogteng, Feb. 29, 1918.
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COLUMBIA
Double-Disc
RECORDS
$1.50.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
LAOU KONⱭ MOW COTTON "SPINNING CO.
TROUBLE WITH THE CHINESE STAFF.
The twenty-second Aneust"-Meeting Lacu Kong Blow
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Cotton
they staral in the Jauks at a very unser Christophe, he says: What was nos trug- rative figure, chicks to the alley of for hini does not exist; and as there are Plata Juare providing simple deery few of the processes of humic growth. provision
Dufor the year you will or deny whien wes not analyzed, there is nuties from the wets that we have daclosed to the render the most dom apert The. 19771 25 sepi and prahensive survey of andern life which has appeared literature in this contury." Thero is hardly a page of a translation th deos nos gratla"with such gaucheriea of greinar,
Rbrwate.
From the accounts you will be va that the undertaking is on A goodsoned busincial hasis, and now that the rougahason of our abour question is on a rainfactory Spinning and Weaving Co., Lt, was held footing, we should resp the bench on February 21st at the ellices of the as the market for yanis redon from the general maargers, Meurs llbore and Co., flathargy into which is has fallen, during the El Shanghai. Those present at the last three or four months.
Before asking you to adopt the Acounts "meeting wars the following directors. Mral Report. I shall be planned to anawer E. C. Pearce (Chairman). Mr C. M., Rain, ay quastions the best of my ability. Mr E. . Ezra, Me Chung Liang-yu,' and
The following foar relations were then shareholders reprasonting together 1,736 Psed without discus fon
shares.
The Chainstay at Guntiumen, -The report and accounts having been in your hands for some few days, we will, with your permission, adopt our usual procedure 173 and take them as read.
THE ANDERSON
MUSIC CO.,
6. Des Yeas Hd.
Inging the report and accounts before the shareholders, your Board regret that the result of the yours, working is not entisfactory.
In reviewing the past, year, I have to report a cumpista dislocation of the mills internal working during the groster part of the year due to staff and labour rubla.. During the first quarter your Board were faced with an output from the mill showing a qasutity of cutton to produce a tale of yare out of all proportion" to our previous records, owing to the amount of wate cotton produced in spinning. Very little batter results were obtained for the next quarter. Your Beard realized that it was necesy to make a drastic change in the working of the mill.
Afr Mar phine, our manager for several years endeavoured to do his best, but was unfortunatoly severely handicappad by ill heal h, which was corroborated by a letter from the Company a medical adviser informing the Boned that he could not further stand the strain of maungement During Angest the bands became sou mly that it became vec.ssary to dismiss the whide of the native staff.
was
Then
That the report and secounts sa pre santad bè puwetī “ Peopard lay the Chairman and secaled by Mr Ram.
That Bles-r. E. I. Eera and Chung Liang Ju be ra ulentul directors of the " Propo al by Mr R. W. Wells dompany. and seconded by Ms M. Siwmors.
That Mr George Wingrove ha re-lacted the company's auditee for the currunt roar. " Proposed by Aft R. W. Wells al seconded by Mr. M. Custine."
That the next general meeting be held during either the month of February or March 1917. Fuped by the Chairman and seconded by Mr Ezzo.
THAT" AND
WHICH.::
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hol, Boyhood and Youth
In the introduction to Tolstoy's "Chill. As a series of pon pierates of the author's
it is si early life this book will for many persone, convey more thaw the fullest and inst connected autobiography of thus-me period could have done. Still more, for such could be written by the most intimato persons, will it surpose may study which friend
or the most enthusiastic disciple if Matthew Arnold ("On Translating Ziemer") writes: "Instead of diay sig Hemer's (alleged) gareality as general question I prefer to bring to my mind some
T style which is garrulous, and to ask myreit whather made by that
anything at all of the impressi♫
abyla
made by the style of Homar. The following, to ke
the mastan,'
out of a thousand instances the first which
comes to band, and so forth
the following from the Editor's Note t
If any one needs a rule on the subject Cobbett's English Grammar is ciens ancugh: Who and which te proper ly the coordinating relative proneuse and is properly the restrictive relative
Whenever pronoun
K clause restricts imita, defines, quali, the antecedent, i..., whenever it is adjecital-explanatory in its functions, it should be introduced with the ralatire pa pot and nok with which no with who, or hun."
CASC
connot
admit actin atituda in bad grammar. One error of writera that gets en my nerves is the incorrect use of "which" and fectly graasmatics is by the nature of
in fact I demand is Writing that is per that," and especially of which" for dantic, it in fau tily faultless" and "that," says write in The New York writers are all "ungraumatim!" naing bad psexs distincti n. The best sun. Almost universally these woda e grammar with ta nesse and distinction, used indiferently as if they meant the same
As a musician wes discord an artist thing, and a large percentage of writers and is required for the best effed s
uiness, for Daliness is in tho
grammar of have an saanying preference forwich"There is no excellent heauty that Bath where they should use that," coming to not some strangeness in the reportings, regard the former as a more choica ex. B.. The highest skill, anything. pression and as lending more distinction to tles. Therefore, I would it have writer ie in knowing whend how to vidite the their style. There is not the wightest ex-never use which for "that" there aTO suse for this. Wu do not expect writers to
times when hier unsidering quite use double negative for an airmative haluat misuse of the Werri, Ant-ny that it be done. My compaint be of tho and wou'd consider the habit the hei, he of she rain is that in most in-lance the
anality. Yet this misuse of "which" is wordaja e babitual y misused. just se bazal.
Mr Fairburst, our prereat manager,
Examples abound in simaat any bonk September 14, and to this may be picked up. The following te barge of the mili ́un October 2. taken at random frers the first book a coansienced a period of intim dation the Pater ("The Renniscence") says: "For kad. Speaking of Pien della Mirandols. put of the dismissed Chinese to heal dis-the essence of humanisa is that belief of content among the new hands; a: one which be seama never to have doubted, was on Saturday fu the roof of Siperry's tima in September the troubles almost that nothing which has Tr interested T. 1922. resulting in a complete stoppage of the Eving men and women can wholly lose its mill. In these circumstances, the outputitality." Ife mansoothing that has ever interested. The two forms of
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JAPANESE MAKERS
179
PONIES: PONIES: PONIES: Every kind of Footwear
"PUBLIC ROUP.
THE Undersigned hate received instruc
tions to sell by Public Roup,
KJ12
WEDNESDAY
the 1 March, 19.6, at 3 pm, at the
Fountain, opposire tuo City Hall.
A LARGE NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN RACE PONIES (Fell Particulara from Catalogus.) Torms --Carb.
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HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auct unders
Hongkong. Feb. 23, 1916.
PUBLIO AUCTION.
151
THE Cadersigned have received tpatroc
tions to suit by Public Auction,
(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERTER)
J
SA
FRIDAY,
the 3rd March, 19:8, cutemencing
at 2.30 p.m., at their sales Roonia, No. 8,
Des Vruz Road, Corner
of low House Street,-
AN ASSORTMENT OF
#
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE.
GRASS CLOTH, DR.WN THREAD
WORK, &c. "Comprising:-
MADE
TO
ORDER
CHERRY & CO.,
PEDDER STREET,
Talephone No. 431.
Opperiteangkang Houl.
Hongkong. March 20. 1914.
WHOS WHO IN JAPAN
EDITED AN PELBAND BY 8. KORITA
The Arz (13) edition is already sand,, DIOGRAPHIES of ever 5,00 people.
who is well-known in society and of. severni hunited foreigners-asociated with Sideboards, Dinner Wargen, Lining materials and accurate sketches, both being Japan appost in the book. Quite new Tables and Clairs, Che-terfield ofas,atterly free from prejudices. Arr chase, Wardrobes and Toilet Many portraite are inserted. The book Tables, Doble and single Bedsteada, &, centaine over 1,400 pages. Miscellaneous Furniture, several lota if Binckwood Ware, Carpets, Two Pianos, a few lots of Iekinese Cloissonne, Percu elains, &c., &c., and a zumber of Sinall
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Ai
Grass Cluth Bedaj ra da. Table Clotha, Sideboard Lovers, Dubes spins, Hard- kerchiefs, Tray Chitos, Coston Corel Pillow Cases, Hand Bage, de c
(Foll Particulaes from Catalogue.) TERKE:--Coh
·UTOHES & HOOGA, ductionéers.
Longkong. Feb. 20, 1816."
PUBMO AUCTION.. THE Undersigned have received instrco tions to sell by Publiauction, (75% 100001T OF THE CONCIUNED),
MONDAY,
th: 6th Mrch, 1915, .11 .m., at the premises of the Hongkong and Kowloon
Wharf and Godown Co., Kowloon,,, ONE PORTABLE OIL ENGINE WITH. MAGNE O ATTACHMENT. ONE LARGE HAND POWER PRESS
MOLDLINÜ MACHI E TERMS -Ch.
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The price is yen 6 (12) or 23 per copy, Order for the book should be socompanie by payment.
Sub bscribers for the second annual edition of Who's Who in Japan' will be allowed a reduction of one yen.
The registred postage is 18 zen, to Kores sen or 35 cents. and Chins Wen and to Esrope & America
IT IS A GOOD ADTZAZING M MZDIUM. Many Indtential papers of the world' noticed this work in the highest terms.
For example. The Daily Mail saye— Yet another Who's Who and this tiree from Japan 1 The reader is apt.at first to regard it as a curiosity, as algo that the East has now become Western practically unst to the last detail. Bat Who's Whale Japan is far more than curiosity; it is a very found and asalah reference book. It is printed In English. and contains brief biographies, 90, the socepted modil of prominent men in de p Dir Kurica is a skilful editor and has done his work well
Who's Who Japan Publjaninü Övriɑz.
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THE WEEKLY EDITION OF TAR -CETNA MAILTM
161
HUGHES & HOUGH.
Auctions Hongkong. Feb 25,-1916,
DON'T Porter after the Stɩw,
and at Kefreshments,
ALEXANDRA "CASE Opba TUV Kildal he
COSTARS ALL THE NEWE
TLE
FIRUL 20 ota. (Cumi)
all
Nothing which has ever intere ted means that nothing always interested
on and women analardity-
was seriously affected." The labour trouble expression do not mean the same thing ab became su xeste "that on the evening of October 4 several leafers obtained acces to the mill with the night shift, who after oftinguishing the lights, started miniature riot in the spinning room, causing the breakage of reversi windows said the deliberate cuttin, of sacia › driving bela, The police had to be called in to restore,
order
..
Matters commenced to run more smooth- ly in November, but the new Chinee contractor was unable to turn out anything like
our normal production.
Tuting the last quarter Although the -new manager has been able to reorganize successfully the internal working of the mill, the minket has been against, porn, as you are aware, gradually falling away in prize.
Under these very adverse circunstaness, against which your Board have had tə contend throughout the yer, it is to be regretted that no dividend is possible...
Your plant and machinery are in good working order and altheu h we are unable to recommend any depreciation this year,
LOSING WEIGHT BY THE FOUND "Under Weight." a condition of ill-hezlib, shows you assin- Hative powers are decreasing.
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[ DP All CHEMISTS/
PRIX: $1 26 and 12.25
Amun. wh was apparently insane
raises. He was taken to the hospital.
A fatal se of plagne, six varies of entetic fever, the fatal, one case of peral fever, and 10 cases of smallpox, fatal) were recorded in the Celors werk,
The translator of Jean Christophe treas not to know that there is such a word as **that," at least he is incapable of sing it. io a prefico, graking of Fran last
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