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MONDAY, JULY 10, 1916
Hughes & Hough
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received in structions to sell by Public Auction, from ACCOUNT OF THE CONCKERED),
.on
TUESDAY,
the 11th July, 1916, commencing at 2.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms,. No. 8. Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,
Aumber of Lots of Books by well kaown Authors including Books of Reference, French Novels, etc., etc.
Two Gent's Bicycles (New) with all accessories,
"And"
One New Remington Typewriter No. 10. Visible.. Terma:--Cash..
·KUGHES & ROUGE,
Auctioneers.. Hongkong, July 6, 1816.
822
PUBLIC
AUCTION.
HE Undersigned have received in- stractions to sell by Public Auction,
00
TUESDAY,
the 11th July, 1916, commencing at 1.30 pm at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vaux Road, Corner of
: Ice House Street). VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE,
&C.
*C...
LAB FollowE:— Indian Carpets and Rugs, (New), Upholstered Suites Arm-chairs sad Bolas, Card Tables, Bedroom Furniture, Double and Fingle Brass-mounted Bed- steada, Sideboard, Dinner Waggons, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tes and Occasional Tables, etc, etc...; Large Dinner Services, Crockery, Glas Ware including: Cut-glass, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Toilet Sets, Ice Chests, etc., Bath Room Utensils, etc., a quantity of Electro-Plated Ware.
"Caille" Portable Motor with Battery, eto, complete (practically New), Pianos in good condition. Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood and Teakwood Screens, & quantity of Blackwood Furni ture, Fictures, Engravings, few Dil
Paintings, Enamelled Bath Tube' a amber of Boils of Mattings, etc., a few lats of Bentwood Chairs (New), Bath Towels, etc.
TERMS: Cash..
Full Particulars from Catalogue.)
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.
Hongkong, July 5, 1910.
PUBLIC, AUCTION,
806
IF HE Undersigned, have received in
'structions from THE REGISTRAR, SUPREME COVET, to sell by Public
Auction
en s
WEDNESDAY,
the 12th July, 1910, atten
12 Nom, at their Bales Booms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of
Icz. Hovas. STREET,
USING UP VITALITY-
The struggle for existence, uses, up vitality at a greater rate than any other thing. In the long effort to make both ende inget we shorten, life surely, though imperceptibly
Tervo
Especially in middle age, at forty or thereabouts, do we become impressed with the necessity of having something in hand against bad times, and with that feeling in time come breakdown, neuraathenin entire system feels the result of the pervous strain, and then showraiguala of distress. The digestion rents things that, it accepted before, the heart palpitates on- slight exertion, the muscles of the back ache after a day's work. Your bloed is thinner and not so bright red : you lose strength,
When bone things occur, whether you are fourteen or forty, you need a tonic Dr. Williams pink pills suit the needs of
zooat people because they are non
THE WAR.
THE CHINA MAIL.
fContinued from Page 51 30.
SUNDAY'S TELEGRAMS.
BIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S, LATENTES
"REPORT","
LARGE CAPTURES OF WAR****
MATERIAT
LONDON, Jale 8. General Sir Douglas Haig reports (Router's Service to the China Mathat air has impeded operations be
tween the Ancre and the Somme,
We have
captured in the last few days twenty gun fifty-one machine guna, a large mumber of automatic rides and trench mortars, and a mass of other
THE MIGHTY GERMAN
EFFORT DYING.
GERMAN PUBLIC ALARMED AND
PANXIOUSt
LONDON, July 8. Despatches from Paris state that the British guns are again, thundering over the whole front, from the Samme intensity equal to Belgium, with women whose nervous energy
to that of last week.
zlcoholic, and they really build up the blood and strengthen the nerves. They sra useful for growing children and for
and
ten has been overtaxed.
Start a course today and ask the dealer for Dr. Williama pink pills for pale people, so se to avoid substitutes. Also obtainable direct froze De William
The French recognise that the British have not merely had to meat
Medicine Co., 08 Szechuen Road, Shang-the pick of the enemy forces but to hai one bottle $1.60, six bottles. $5, post free
AUCTIONS.
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ARTICULARS and Conditions of the PARTICULARS and Gonion sate to be hold on MONDAY, the 17th day of July 1918, 5.8.2. at the Qfices of the Publie Works Department, by Order of His Excellency
the Governor, of One Lot of OROWN LAND.. at. Mes Lan Street, le the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal
• Grown Bant to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further terra of 76 years.
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No. of Sale,
| Registry No.
197: Struju
19211835
"Lorality.
Inloud
Particulars of the Lat.
Boundary
Measurements, (approximate)
..s
|per'sale plati. | 1,048 14
PUBLIO ACOTION,"
Upset Price, I➡
917
THE Undersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction,
-- (FOR, ALCQUER OF THE CONCKENED),
**
WEDNESDAY, "the 19th July, 1916, at Noon, at their Sales Rooms; No. 8.
De Vosna Road, Corner of In Hot xiz THREE ENGLISH POINTER
PUPS, MALES,·
זי
8 WEEKS, OLD. Terms :-Cash.
HUGHES & ÉOUGE,
Auctioneers. Hongkong, July 8, 1916.
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CHINA MAIL'
PUBLICATIONS
THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
FURTHER SUCCESSES-ON-THE
STYR.
PETROGRAD, July 8.
A compsunigne states We have achieved further suc ceases on the Styr, and captured the simall town of Gradie and a village on the rain road to Kolk
The number of Austro-German prisoners is increasing.
We We bombarded enemy tranches in the east of Dottutyt neighbourhood of Gommecourt.
WAT ZAGTEris).
e captured an enemy position
A German, counter-attack south- east of Lako Naratch regained part of their lost tronchest
Despite most unfavourable weather, our aeroplanes rendered most valuable Service In addition to active co-opera-
Violent enemy counter-attacks east tion with the artillery, they bombect of Bamnovitchi pressed us back hostile aerodrome at Douai, completely vitali
red the hangar sad doing other lightly, but our concentrated fre
forced them to withdraw.
TEN THOUSAND PRISONERS
TWO DAYS...
PETROGRAD, July 8 A communique states The Russians. have captured over 10,000 prisoners and many guna D two days' fighting west of the Lower Stryp, and have routed the Austro-Germans west of the river Styr.
"LONDON, July 8"
face strongly fortified ziagos, while THE KING'S CONGRATULATIONS. the French have profited from the division of the German rear by the broad valley of the Sotime.
But similar obstacles now confront the French..
All accounts go to show the un- diminished eagerness of the Allied troops for attack.
While the Germaz papers received, in Holland betray the alarm and anxiety of the German public at the unexpected success of the Allies, they warn their readers thas the offensive:
His Majesty the King has talegraphed General Sir Douglas Haig as follows
Please convey to my Amy my sincere congratulations upon the result of the recent fighting. I ant proud of my troppa None conki have fought more bravely." General Sir Dougins. Haig repert follows
All ranks will do their utmost to continue to deserve your Majesty's
praise."
has only just started and that deci CALM NIGHT ON FRENCH FRONT sive successes are fet impossible...
Lord Esher, writing from France,
Pints, July 8.
ENEMY LOSE MANY GUNS. The Russians west of the Styr captur ad strong Austro-German positions, the enersy fleeing and abandoning numerous prisoners. The Russians, pursuing, cap tured two villages, the railway station, and many guns, including a lattery of six guns which had surrendered to a cavalry charge after firing only a few ahots
north-west of Kimpolung was repulsed.
says the mighty Gemaan effort is unique states-Nothing of An attempt of the enemy to attack dying. There are manifold signs of importance has transpired on the Somme the disintegration of the enemy fores, and a lowering of its morale.
THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE.
STORMING A GREAT REDOUBT.
LONDON, July 8. Geners Sir Douglas Haig, in a com- !muniqué," states:→
Front.
THE PLAN OF THE ANGLO-FRENCH COMMAND.
PARIS, July 8
A semi-official statement makes s feature of the resumption of the British offensive on the 7th inst. from Thiepval to the point of junction with the French.. Despite the enemy's stubborn saying that before the battle can resume resistance, our Infantry, well "assisted its victorious course the British and by artillery, pushed the advance in the French sectors must be brought into most gallant manner. In the morning line. The successes of the British yester we gained several important points.day ended in the formation of a sinuous We stormed the immensely strong line, but this will be rectified by the Leipzig Redoubt, south of Thiepval, and subsequent advance, for the action con- forced our way to Ovillers, where fierce inues completely in favour of the British, and in conformity with the fighting continues.
plan of the Anglo-French command
We advanced on a front of 2.000 yards for a depth of 500 yards east of La Boisseller
We drove the enemy from two woods and three lines,cf trenches north or Fricourt.
The Leipzig Bedoubt, which was situated in the German salient, and had been fortilled to the utmost of taemy ingenuity during the last twenty months, was stormed after a fierce bombardment
One of our brigades farther south, attacking from the west, forced its way across five hundred yards of the German front line trarich into Ovillers.
The Prussian Guard were thrown into the fight at ten in the morning east of Contalmaison in a desperate effort to
force us back, but the attack was Ofice, 5 Wyndham Breet. Hong sequently retired northwards, leaving \BTAINABLE "ni" the "Grana Han¦ ¦ crushed by our fire. The enemy sub-
Obs.: 700 prisoners.
keng
HISTORY OF UNION CHURCH
(1891-1903) THA HONGKONG'S MUSICAL
HISTORY
INOTES ON WILD LIFE IN
HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA, by Bar, GA Bunbury, MAY
Part 1-Mammals and Birča, Part 1-Reptiles, Amr ibis and
• Fisher.....* ****
PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL IN JAPAN AND TIBET (Historical Famphist)
THE MISSIONS ETRANGERES
(History of the Churches).
CHINESE SOHOOL
Seven case of BUTTERFLIES AND SIR MOTHS forming one of the finest
Collections in the East, comprising -
Hastern
BOOK Fam-Te King!! translated by E. J. Pitel)...
ROBERT HÄRT'S LAND TAX MEMORANDUM
Classified and set Specimens of Batter- WASHING BOOKS (for men)
fics-and Moths properly labelled with
dates and place of capture, covering South China, including the North and West Rivers and Macao, and Jav Borneo and Times, with exchange specimens for comparison from Europe, Africs, America sad other parts
parts, of 'Asia than South China ete; and a largo quantity of rare Batteries and Motka from Java, South China, Timor, Bomeo, etc., etc, in papers amilarly identified.
The ave sllection
ked at conside
$7,000
1.
"Our Infantry at noon stormed the .50
village of Contalmaison, but a strong .50 counterattack dislodged is.'
THE YERDUN REGION.
ANOTHER ENEMY ATTACK, AT THIAUMONT.
PARIS, July 8. There has been sharp fighting on the Meuse..
A German attack on our positions in the Thiaumont work gained a footing in the advanced trenches, but counterattack entirely restored our line in the immediate vicinity of the work.
There was a violent artillery duel north of Fort Souville.
GERMAN TRENCHES WON. German trenches were captured at the point of the bayonet south-west of Lake Naroer where fierce fighting continues.
Į
HEAVY TURKISH LOSSES.
MANY GUNS CAPTURED.
PETROGRAD. July 8. A- cômmuniquo states:In the Caucasus, in the Divizlite region. important Turkish forces attacked at dawn on the 5th. Inst. They in vaded our trenches, but were driven out by bomb and bayonet with heavy
loss of men and material.
RUSSIANS CARRY DOMINATING.
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structions to sell by Public Auction, THE Undersigned has received in-
FRIDAY
an
the 14th July, 1916, commencing at
OBTAINED IN JAPAN
words are steadily regaining their lost Ancient war gear, such as helmets and
place in the paraphernalia of the world
The is the opinion of Captain Murata of the Army who wille var, adds that England has recently equipped 230 her men in the field with steel helmeta modelled after Japanese helmets of old days. The new headgear 300,000 of which are reported to be in use in the British army, are made of a compound of steel and aluminium. Light in weight ex. they are capable of resisting the force of
Eastwards of Baiburt we took the offensive and carried a sodes of strongly organised dominating's baller or shell splinter at five yards heights.
THE IRISH SETTLEMENT.
Loxoos, July 8.
pm, at the Toro Kisen Kaisha's
Godowa (and afterwards at Messrs.
M. Skott & Co's, Bodowa) –
Kennedy Tow BUNDRY SHIPS GEAR
Steamshipi di
"CHIYO MARU,”
Comprising
distarice, as well as spent shot or Steam Winches Boat Davite, port fragments of shells. On the other Scuttles and frames, Brass
Saloon Wine hand, Japanese swords are in favour dow frames and windows, Electric Fans anong German soldiers. Long before
the war, the military experts of and Lampe, Copper whistle and Syren, Germany studied Japanese swords, Brass Fignal Our Engine Room Tele- especially those by the famous award-graphs and compasses, Electric water- At the instance of Mr. Bonar Lawmith Masamune, the Andrea Ferrara tight shutter bar, Copper and Brass
of Japan, and ascertained that Steam Pipes etc, etc. molybdenum is responsible for the special sharpness of the Japanese words, Simultaneously with this
discovery, the German Ister anthorities bought up the yield of the rare metal in this country and utilised it in various fields of munition manufactures-Herald of Asia.”
no resolution was proposed at the Unionist meeting, which generally endorsed the attitude of the leaders of the Farby
The fact that six Unionist mer MONMOUTHSHIRE SINKS THEbers of the Cabinet were present is regarded as indicating that a split in the Party is unlikely.
*** PERSIAN."
HOW THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
LONDON, July 8. LONDON
A mesage from Lloyd's agent at
The enemy's casualties must have. Malta says that the Monmouthshire been most severe Large numbers of reports that she sank the Peraian, troops retiring, over the open ground bound for London from Calcutta.
The crew were saved.
60 were caught by oog artillery fire, and the village of Bazentin-l-Petit Pas
60 heavily shelled when full of German
LOO
FRENCH LESSONS
HR NEW FRENCH.
TERAPION NE11
RAPION NO
TERAPIC
reserves.
y.8. MALTA July 8 The Persian, when off Crete, lost
GERMANY CRIPPLED.
EXPERT VIEW OF THE PRESENT
POSITION
IMPORTANT STATEMENT
The following cablegram from the
Valuable
i
CRICKETERS' 'ADYANTAGE.
ART OF DODGING MISSILES AT
GARY THE FRONT
Cricketers, it would appear, stand better, chansa. of escaping injury at the front than other ment
Mr. John Ashley Cooper, speaking on pot and the war at the Royal Colonial Institute, said that the other day he was a man overboard. Two hours later Secretary of State for India to the talking to a great cricketer, fresh from An officer taken prisoner states that the Monmouthshire signalled that Viceroy, dated 25.5.16, is published the front, who said that a lot of our his battalion was shelled by an aeroplane she had picked up the man. The with the permission of the authorities fellows would escape wounds if they would only watch missiles more closely. machine-gun from an altitude of three Monmouthshire approached the Per in India-
In's charge, too, how usefult was & hundred feet when marching to the sian, which stopped. The Monmouth
The general war situation appear to
footballer's previous battlefield, and subsequently the same hire in manoeuvring to turn struck
be this The Germanie powers having boxing man's or
Frank Slavin, the Australia experience. battalion, was heavily shelled by our
failed to break up the alliance by a firia) Ex-heavy-weight champion, who i was delest of either France in 1914 or {over here. long-range gunk groothe Persian amidships, and the
rving xa, Canadian There was heavy rain throughout the Persian sank in telt minutés.
Rusnis in 1915-have in their efforts to private, thoug The dis day, and the sodden ground and the fooded trenches added to the diffeal thes of the troops
LOSING WEIGHT, BY THE POUND
"Under: Weight ra condition of ill-healbá shows your dising fiative-power are decreasing.
WATERBURY CMETABOLIZE
COD LIV
COMPOUND
The Monmouthshire, in a damaged condition, has arrived with the crew.
CABINET APPOINTMENTS.
LONDO July 8 Mr. Makingon Wood succeeds Mr Montagu (who has been appointed Minister of Munitions), and M Ten nant, who will, ain in the House of ammens, will succeed Mr-McKinnon
AMERICA IND, MEXICO.
CARRANZA'S PROPOSAL
One Searchlight 5-Further sales will be notified
Irmeenia
On view Now! Catalogue on application. Taxxa ----Chali on delivery,
GEO, P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer- Hoogkneg, July 8, 1916.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
18E Undersigned has recare
Tons to All by Parke-Auction,
TUESDAY,
813.
the 18th July, 1916,” commencing i £30 pm, at the Toyo Kian Haisha's Godown (and afterwardsat Mesra,
HL Shot & Co Godown). Kenned" Town, SUNDRY SHIPS GEAR AND FURNITURE
Sternsing
"CHIYO MARU Comprising
Leather Covered Armchair, Revolving Saloon Chairs on Iron Folding Chairs, Nickel
do this been drawn into occupying the fifties front so extensive thait le becoming tice of boxing will prove to be of invelitoads, Iron bunk
for them to able assistance in bayonet fighting espec of the British ally. For my part: I would back one
Eritish boxing Tommy to best any two Glas Boches can the Kaisara hordes in bayonet fight for every little trick
nice used by a boxer can
hold it.The blockade at the, sama time zakre imperative to reacts decision quickly, hence the sanit on Verdun, In this asanit, the striking force with which the
decision consists
ablity
that part of.
SAVARESSES
IRANTA EL CAPSULES