WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1916
Hughes and Hough
AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT
AND ADMIRALTY..
General Auctioneers
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FRIDAY,
the 3rd March, 1916, tummencing '
at 2.30 p.m., mi thoir Sales Rooms, No. 8,
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FURNITURE,
GRASS CLOTH, DR.WN THREAD
WORE, A... Comprising
Sideboards, Dinner. Waggon, Living
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Tables and Clairs, Chesterfield Salas, MUSIC CO., LTD.
Ar chairs, &c., Wardrobes and Toilet
Tablus, Double and Single Bedsteads, c
Miscellaneous Furniture, several lots of 6. Des Vieux Ro d.
Blackwood Ware, 2 Carpets, Two Pianos,
A few lots of l'exinene, Cloisonne, Porse.
lains, da, dã, and & number of Small
Folding Chairs,
.
Aike
THE CHINA ATALL
LONDON STREÈT TRAFFIC."
fin», since the terminal charges por pas- sanger aza uvch the same whatever the I stands traversed, and they murtover a n- In the year 1911 the nunting of, pasean science a substantial proportion of the total gora curried by the London County cost," For various reasons-of which one Council Trimways wo a 318 million, which, les in the fear of troubia to be anticipated at that date repreonused per cent but slight at an intermediate us, and from pametigare biwking to distant points, the total bam and puniban traffic." Inselling: the remainder of their ticket | 3813 this tutal had increased to 393 million this yem han and becu, dupted | but at the same time the emails traffe by main-line milways, the Emerdon afecte lines such cousidurations Anediy had risen from 340 millonện 1911 to 705 app
apply and the are are azadustod million, so that the proportion of the whole accordingly. Thus the avenge 1d. faza secured by the trams ad fallen to 41.8 stage is 1.4 miles, whilst the ad, nè go la 3.1 miles. Posibly still grater per coat, whilst that of the amnibuses had geklustion than this would be dupted risen to 58,2 pero,nt. In the first half of worn it not for the fact that sui face 1914, again the omnibus caried 383 mil. competition is very serious in the case of the "whorter stages, but dimini hen. în tion passengers, cornispending, mr. to
intensity as the distance increases. The nearly 200 million per annum had pre-war two elements which determine tarol are conditions ctioned. In 1911 the the cost and the time taken. The in port. omnibuses euried $40 million, so that in use of the latter factor was much under ́estimated in past yesra. In the Eindon the course of two years the traffic had a Sir. Albert Stanley Manathak mere than doubled. Only the more reck-sap rience shows that id, is about the fare | less of politicians would venture to saerthimit, season ticksta being preferred if the that the tramways could have sacred more ordinary fare is greater than the figure
The time limit stared
>bout 40 than a very small fraction of this înare minut Engineering.
had they been protected against competi tion, as they are in Glasgow, Manchester,
Mad" "other províccial towns. Thê figuess
BURNT.
The Statia, the Dundee whaling schooner which cried the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition to the South: Polar regions under the command of De William S Brace, has Leen burnt in the Bristol Channel and run ashore at Sully.
1902, and carried on oceanographical The Scolis left Trons on November 2.
indeed demonatista în a most striking way THE ANTARCTID SHIP SCOTIA I how large must be the indisch lons affered by these communities through their policy of oe ablishing a monopoly in transport Facilitia. In no case do the omnibuses merely parallel the tramways. Even where they traverse the same streets for long distances, they patsed into areas otherwise untouched. In fact, the diverity of service offered, would be impescticablo" with any system of tramways commercially ponible arch in Antare ic as which had never For example, the omuibuses traversing the been traversed before as far south as 72deg. section between Oxford Circus and Bind. In November, 1903, she once mare left ine street belong to so less than fourteen the mouth and, reaching latitude Tider. distinct services. By no practical expendi-south, discovered and mapped 15 miles ture would it be possible to give an equal silios of the Antarcte continent, and thereby added half a million square miles -service by niezna of tramwaja, Tho dem
to the then known Antarctic” continant, Alcareated 1 by the omnibumen is, however, not athibutable to this circumstance only, July, 1904.
She returned to the Clyde at the end of but to the greater ufficionay of the serviced vffsred even along routes provided with EDWIN.
Sir Albert Stanley states that with roads baving a proper foundation the nator bus canses less injury than herved traffic, and this contention is borne out by the report of the Metropolitan Commi tee on laterials and Meas of Paving the Londo. Streek, issued in January. 1913, in this report the surveyors of districts being streets with good foundations stated that, if anything, the cost of road ms laban-e had | been decreased "by, the advent of the moter-bus. Of course, in other cases the TL. 1323. damage done has been serious; and it has been suggested that a special tar should beles led +1 the Traffic sccordingly. The Lairent way to do this would, no doubt, be to eat mark for road repairs and reconstruction the large sums new paid by the omnibus companies in the i shape of petrol-tax. This, sccoding to a Board of Trade repo t, is equivalent to 0.0083. per seat-mile, whilst the cost to the tramways of the pollo is be They are responsible is stated to be 0.007d. per sost-mile As matters stand. however, the contributions made by the maibus companies to road maintenace Care for the main part net.available for fund repair and recomatiuction in the Mot.o politen ares.
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Grasa Clogh Bedsprouts, Table Cloth Electric Facial Massage with Sideboard Covers, Doilies, ♪apkins, Hand-
kerchiefs, Tray Cloths, Cushion Covers,
Pillow Cases, Hand Bags, &c., &c.
(Full Particulars from Catalogue.). Tro-Crash
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers, Hongkong. Feb. 26, 1919
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PUBLIC AUCTION,
Masace Cream. Periamo,
By
EXPERIENCED HANDS. Novels, Magazines,
Ladies Fashion Books and
Teilat Requisites. 12. D'Aguilar Street: Bongbong. Jay 5, 1915.
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tions to sull by Pubite à ucti- . "{FOR ACCOUNT OF TÉL CONCBANEZ),
Of
MONDAY,
tis 8th March, 1918, at 2.30 j m., at No. 12, Ashley Road,
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KENDRY
VALCABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE,
Consisting vit:-
Dining Table and Chairs.. Sideboard Cabinets, GlA WATO and Crockery, I Wardrobes, Drewing Table and Washstand, Double Ers. Bed, White Rattan Fursi- ture,, Writing Talla el, e
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Piano in go d older by Locdan renkit. 'On view day of Sale. Texus: Cash,
HUGHES & HOUGH,
ductioneers, Hongkong. F.b. 29 1916. -
PUBLIC AUCTION.
*HE Undersigned have received instrce- tions to sell by Public Auction,
(FOR ACCOUNT OF TRA ÇOXÇELNED)
on.
MONDAY,
16 6th March, 1910, st 11 a.m., at the premises of the Hongkong and Kowloon. Wharf and Godown Co., Kowloon, ONE PORTABLE OIL ENGINE WITE MAGNÉ O ATTACHMENT: ONE LARGE HAND POWER PRESS OR BALING MACHINE.
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HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers. Hongkong. Fab 23, 1916.
Every kind of Footwear
MADE
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The average fars par passenger carried is 1.33d. on the omnibuses and 1.0ld, on the 581 London County Council amways, the corresponding expenses being 0.943. and | 073d. respectively. The average distance covered by a penny fare is 17 m les on the omnibuses, and increases uniformly with Ere distance. the average length of a 34. stage boing 3.1 miler. On the London electric railways, on the other hand, the fate is proportionally less the greater the distance. This has long been recognised as the most logical method of öxing milway
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It was hoped at the end of the expedition hat the Seolu might be further endowed and banded over to the Universities of ship, but, this was not achieved, and sho Scobinod as
MA Stted oceanographical fell to the hammer whaler. Subre prently, however, she was chartered by the Board of Trade to carry ons ics observation, tacteorology and occanegraphy in the North Atlantic Ocean after the Her record during wreck of the Titanic. the Beard of Trade. this voyage in 1313 has beet published by
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