TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1916.
Hughes & Hough
AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
General Anotioneers bars, Coal and Genors Produce gore. Brokers and Commission
Agents.
PROPRIETORS (To-Kwa-Wan" Coal Storage.
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PUBLIC
HONGKONG,
AUCTION.
EE Undersigned have received instruc tions to sell by Public Auction,
· (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCEANED).
WEDNESDAY,
the 13th September 1018 at 11 am
at their Sales Rooms, Nc.
Des Vaux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,
A CONSIGNMENT OF
LADIES HATS, FLOWERS,.
OSTRICH FEATHERS, &c "Superior quality goods". Will be sold to suit individual requirements
On view day of Bale. Tens:-Cand.
BUGRES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers
Ecngkong, Sept. 8, 1916..
THE
PUBLIC AUCTION,
HE Undersigned have received in
structions to sell by Public Auction, (FOR ALCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
on
FRIDAY,
the 18th September, 1916.commencing at 2.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No, p Des Vaux Road, Corner of ICE HOUSE STREET," HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c.")
Comprising - Sunday Table Linen, 1 Parsian Carpet (practically new), Sideboards, Dinner Waggon, Dining Tables and Chairs; - 9 Chesterfeld Sofas, Arm-chairs,
Wardrobes and Toilet Tabler, Double and Single Bras and Brass-mounted Bedsteads, &.,- Miscellaneous Furniture, everal lots of Blackwood Wazu, ? Pisnoa, a few lots Porcelains, &c., Pantry and Kitchen Utensils,
Aspecial selection of Brass Jardinieres, Yases, Finger Bowls, etc...
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(Fall Farticulars from Ostalogun.) Terms: Cash.,
"HUGHES & HOUGE,
Auctioneers Hongkong," Sept. 9, 7816.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
AUCTIONS.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGES%.
TESSAS Henus & Hopon have Meived instructions to sell by Fublic Auction -- -- 1-
on
WEDNESDAY,
the 20th day of September, 1916, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon at their Sale Rooms in Ice House Street, Victoria, Hongkong
THE
VERT VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
situate at
Praya West, Victoria, Hongkong, and registered in the Land Office as- SECTION B AND THE REMAIN ING PORTION OF MARINE LOT
OUR NEW ALLY.
BUMANLANT: OFFICER'S VIETA
THE CHINA
developments might be the throw
HAVE YOU A
BAD LEG
surrounded with Infuzynnikon and webms 700 peuss your fungus es, they buffled posĮ it foryou, the impression is. If any vodne tête than you have potean, whink dodas at the comedian:
then joint" being slæmated; the vane with IDO Kakla, round, which, 12% akin any be disolve ar bara una be woundry the FM] Kuta Bonapa,, will depotem por of the power to walka -You may have attended viziour hosptala, and, bannĮ 2. told your saon la hopeless, or mividad se subunit wei
stepulation, but do postigny the, Grasshopper Any Phantome Gamester Sundanes, Pontet Handia,
A large force of Cosmicks into the valley of the Theiss and a rapid advance on Debratson, an important city for many has a population of close on
· FORGODS.". 100,000 soul, mainly Protestants, bitl
bitterly Acorrespondent who is well versed in hostile to the austrians. It was here that Balkan adais writing to a Lendon Kossuth in the Hungarian Revolution paper on July 30 by incorporates the declared the deposition of the Habsburg views of a Rumanian, Friend of his dynasty. Is woukt be strange indeed, artillery officer who as a Subaltern took the wheel of fortune should again take part in the Ruso lurkish war, was pre-a full turn round and the Hungarian sent at Flavna and subsequently bold malcontents, break away from the the post of Military Attacheat two-For- Hababang
but the placating of the eign Courts and who, is addition, has
also of the Serba who attended in an official capacity autumn the Rumanians and ale repudisition of
France and Ger maneuvres in Austris,
look upon the restitution of Temesvar many. He has been a professor at the and the Banat as a simple act of Star
Colleg
in Bucharest and is n schen- fe as well as ractical soldier, so that My friend did not think that the main GRASSHOPPER OINTMENT
a solatium for all their anferings. justice, his view are well worth considering. Russian Army would commit laclf to The correspondent will endeavour to say basty advance into Hungary on AND PILLS-ed by Albert, Alban reproduce his words bet the roads in the rear, were in good work!
THE BIFFICULTIES OF HUMANIA.ing order for the quick transmission of 03- Pater in Bisland: 1/33 und 2/7 sur Yon.
and units dager reinforcements
The Agents A. 8. Watsap & Co., La. of the
the Commacka is a
Commack would, End food for himself and
“an“ užsory
“Rumania, as all your text-books tell wet wating, 150 WERBEROSENE DE TERRA 2 you, has an army of upwards of ball inillion trained acldiers, well equipped
and well organised, but her military { would starve, incangkor semmi | 3no
W well
No. 238 together with the mesauages west lie Russia Popeless East and axiom in the Russian Army 'that a Cos-
and tenements thereon known as Nos. 26, 27, 25, 20, 30 and 31 FRAYA, KENNEDY TOWN, Nos. 1, 8, 11, 15 and 19" HOLLAND STREET and Nos. 24 and 6 DOUGLAS LANE.
11
IN. ONE LOT The property is held under Crown Lease for 900 years and contains an area of 18,500 square feet.
For further Particulars and Conditions of Sale apply to
:
Messrs. DEACON, LOCKER, DEACON & HARSTON, 1 Des Vax Road, Central
Fendor's Solicitors,
o to
Messrs. HUGHES & HOUGH,
The Auctioneers. Hongkong, Sept. 5-1016.
1,000
Üver: 30 years ́igo the late Lord Bosconald tasked to the beurtits 'be'received tram HIMROD'S CURE, and every post hrings similar lesture-lo-day.
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CURE for
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FAMED FOR 40 YEARS,
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·Chemists and Slotts...... throughout the 'Country. Beware of Imitations.
nals of the tale
Hovis, ; Finchplat. Benet,, London," Zaghad.
Kang,
THE AMERICAN
PRESIDENCY."
SPEECH BY MR. HUGHES.
New Yoas, July 31
position from & geographical point of
and Austria, both
tac sack pony failing corn, will thrive for a
week or two on stray, enpresat Fil the perior in fighting.power
also a formidable fon graph wire. The broad Enleprinces of
themselves to Tend
opora Despite the
politicians Ely
fiona and a contest between Konved and we have never been, on friendly Cossack should prove of profound in terms with any of our neighbours, terest Both have fra Belief in the for their districts boarding our frontiers arme blanche, both are consummate
chiefly peopled by Rumanian horsemen, and both have great reputa. Hughes, on his acceptance of the
outbreak of the war in 1914tions to maintain." On the we laid down in znmistakable terme the price of our Alliance. The immediato retrocession of Bessarabia, the ultimate of Transylvania at the conclusion cession
be it minded, is a of the war. This, Hungarian province, bring contiguous to our frontier and peopled altaost entirely Rumanians. Further we asked that by we should be furnished with ample supplies of weapons and munitions and with monthly subsidy which would enable us to maintain an army of hall & million men and to place at the disposal of the Allies the whole of our harvest and of our oil supplies.
MUSITIONS.
· '
WAR INVESTMENTS BY JAPAN.
"new
Republican nomination for the Presidency, delivered a long speech this evening before thousands of people assembled in the Carnegie Hall. In saying that hu According to Government estimates, stood unflinchingly for American rights, 401,710,000 yen has been invested in he remarked: We have bad brave Japan since the outbreak of the war words in the series of Notes, but despite of his amount 117,470,000 yen was
our protests the lives of Americans have devoted to the establishment of companies: 213,100,000 yen for the in been destroyed. What does it avail to crease of capital and the extension of use some of the strongest words known manufactories and 71,030,000 was applied diplomacy if the Ambassadors can to debentures and loan accounts. 07
Eighty per cent of the total amount receive the impression that the words 301,430,000 yen was invested in such are not to be taken seriously. It is not industries as spinning, chemical work, words, but the strength and resolution raining, brick manufacturing, shipping behind the words that count. The chief and shipbuilding and other lines boomed function of diplomacy is prevention, but by the war Railway and electric works
Your Press has been very severe upon our statesmen, but really I cannot see that they could have adopted any other course. As a student of war
I forest that this was bound to be a war of muni- commanded. 12,310,000 yen, while money in this our diplomacy failed, doubtless Seas.
had recently re-armed our used for banking and insurance is put at because of our impaired credit and the hanifest lack of any diaposition to back Army and
isted up an arsens near 47,700,000 yen. Bucharest, whic
which is capable of turning out large quantities of
amail armakings, but great extensions were made the, words with action. And this Covera ngement, by the use both of its informal ammunition, but we are a small nation, existing enterprises:
Industries on all scale, undertaken and format diplomatic opportunities, left and a poor nation, and it was manifestly impossible for us to equip an arsenal for the supply of even field artillery aminu.
מל
There have been faw. new under
by private individuals, have sprung up no doubt that when we said strict in various parts of the country Accountality we meant precisely what
U small arms were made at the feature of the new-war trade is the factory in Austria, our machine number of dye-state factories which
have been started. guns came from the Wallen Fabrik in Ger many our
our fieldguns from
from Schneider Canet our lances and cavalry stords
wd enid and should unhesitatingly vindicate that position. I am scntilent that there would have been no, destruction of American lives in the sinking of the Lusitanis. There we had ample notice in the face of the published notice. General Alexeieff, the Russian Chief Furthermore, we knew the situation, and of Stal, says bis confidence it based on did not require specific notice: Instead a two-fold foundation. The Erst is that of whittling away, our formal statement we nooded. the Allies are advancing simultaneously by equivocal conversations The enemy is no longer able to fight us piecemeal as he was last year. The traight, direct, decisive representations, second is that the Germans have used which every diplomat, and Foreign Offee up their reserves, and the talk about a understand I believe in this way wa huge reserve army hidden in the interior should have been spared the repeated
do has been proved to be bluff. They not possess the men or materials to form assaults on American lives. Moreover, a new units and in this connection one firm American policy would have been may add that the internal situation of strongly supported by our people, and Germany is decidedly critical All
from Solinger. So with the one excep- RUSSIAN CHIEF ON THE POSITION. tion of imal army ammurition we were actirely dependent on outside sources For munitions. Our powder factory was not large enough to meet the require ments of a modern campaign. We were aware of the condition of the muni- well tion factories in Russia and Serbia, we knew that buth those countries would have to fall back on you or the United States; and that until Turkey was com KING BOWARD HOTELpelled to sue for peace and the passage the Dardanelles opened to Cirent Britain and her Allies we should be Central Locations forced to depend on our own resources
THE EXAMPLE OF ALL ECKrko Tame-Pass entran Des
Electrio Lite Fans and Lighting, Then we saw within a few a very fow European Eathe and Hanitary Fittings,days of the outbreak of the war how sources of information concur that dis-pportunities for the development of bitter
of the empire. The German Government Hot and Cold Water System throughout Belgium had red, and though Serbia orders have broke out in Avery quarter feeling would have been vastly reduced.""
Best of Food and Service.
the hape
that the people will forget Hughes said, "We have denounced all Brussiloff has put the whole Austrian
TXIPHONE 873. TezzGRAPHIC ANDŽER.
VIDTORIA."
WITCHILE Manager.
of
„our
wwo felt, that
AUSTRO-GERMAN. INTRIGUES.***
for some time held bar cinations we 19 daily increasing its output of lies in Referring to Teutonio propaganda, Afr." if we did open to invasion their privationary plate and conspiracies in the interest of
whould log
western by Bulgaria by. Austria on.our western. en our southern frontier. We had little
fear of the result of war with Bulgaris front in jeopardy by his swift blows any, foreign nation. It is utterly intoler but it was very donbtful if
if we could Thers seems to be a state of semi- able to use our soil for alien intrigues. meet the "doable attack unless Bussis, ippressed panic in Hungary. There
German
Every Americaa must unreservedly
was able' not merely to send us a are no le still the stability of on or condemn them and support every effort of an early for their suppression. But here also, large force, but also
the inside, to keep that force.
with debacle on the
but and our own
I have said shat we are a not for a moment must we count on prompt. Vigorous, and adequate measures munitions
it Interviewed by
illustrate aceded. There should be no hesitation. poor were miserably so, being almost dependent on our exports of maise and the desperate shortage of the German Such, abuse of our territory demanded
re-call the well-
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE or nation. We are and for mapy/General Alaxeicfi asid Correspondent, on the part of the Administration aro
INSURANCE, CU...
Since the development of our armies need four divisions immediate, thorough going: aclion, was
IN. WHICH ARE TAKEN THE SHAKEN:07 elda this has been our chief source catalished fact
1018 THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE
oi
y
THE Undersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction, (TOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
од
SATURDAY,
the 16th September, 1916, at 10.30 as their Saics Hösms, No. 8, Des Vaux Road, Corner of Ice Houss Street,-
soon as the Administration had “notice of revenue with the Dardanelles closed were hurried here from France soon
bren..
anable, to export our after June 4, when our offensive began. of plets and conspiracies, it was its duty
These
were the 19th and 20th, forming to them: It was not lacking in to Western Campo and our he
the Tenth ctive Corps, and the 11th peasantry have been reduced to sore THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS straits The, acrangements made with Bavarian and 43rd. Reserva Divisions resources and its responsibility for their was the British Minister for the e sole of our We were expecting the 44th Division, continuance cannot be escaped by the
149:
Aginal condemnation of others ASSURANUS. OU, salute harvest to you in 1315 of a necessity fell out
Foot" "Pistoccafed French
badi
Referring to the dealings of the present My faves way through owing to the inability to ship t
divi- Although 17
Administration with birico. Mr. Hughes TOTAL FUNDS LE SIGN DEUR, 1814, it, and we were compelled for financial powers of resistance, Lil
sionis tettain before Verdun, the enemy £22,970,367,
reasons to fall back on the Central formed it imposibles timeve nither man said it constituted & confused phapter of hither, and as soon as the British acmies blunders. Madco, was a prostrate, hejp-
Antherlod Capital £8,000,000
Subscribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital.......
11-Fira Funda..............
2,437,500
Powers
A DELICATE SITUATION/
am- filfe & Annuity Funds. 17,567,590
8,857,047-0an who firote the Weater Powers had to be abandoned seven washington only served to promote, it is idle to ignore the fact that the ULIO. THE MAXIMUS INTO While denying sympathy with Huerta, Staking Fund Account 193,230 is at the same time a very strong party The units confrontingus tepresent M. Hughes declared that his Government
They why favour the Central Powers and the maximum effort of GermaDY. £23,770,887 when Serbia was overrun these blew are being moved about blows the Rile was the only de facto one-in Mexico, and
their trumpets with 42,381,456 poifited
peko et much gut. They slam frent chiefly ito khe,bout horaft, in when the prasons, Americian idleviniaza
at Belgium
Bil ap tremendous gap caused, tion commenced, it had been cognised order to f 12,141,693 then serbia had fallen into the hands by the overthrow of the Austriansoda anch by Great Britain us other
Like "destruction. of the Central Powers and that neither a single fresh unit has been produced Great Britain nor France had been
been able
Two badly mauled leading a Lions.
• the apps from Verdun.con
Huerta's Government, Mr. Hughen said, horrors of war. They pointed 162 stitate the strategical reserve of the left Kerico to the ravages of £3,338,223 to Russia driven back and ther
Aryl-luck has then German
"only wann turned to us well wibers...
SVO
A MISCELLANEOUS STOCK
Comprising Gent's Shirts, Woollen Singlets, Fanta, Dressing Gowns, Bath Robes, a number of Pairs of Boots and Shoes Tollst
Rorange Fire Branch..
Eller and Annuity
Branches Revenus Marine Department Other Receipta
$78,940 to save the little + is put
Scaps Bath and Face Towels, Homers RHAGIAK, A p
Cloths Counserpanez, a quantity of White Alpas, & few Lots of Grass Clotha,Rain Couta, &c., Holdalls and Buit cases, at the Bar, Filtele
HUGHES & HOUGE,"
ductioniers. Hongkong, Sept. 8 1916,
the clans under the porpestiva Depart canta nf the Company's rainos,
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO Sedoeta:
of. Enginedest the divisions which came hither United tutes and Mexico sho
* peade, stability, and prosperity-We
Tns on July should be ready ", he fald," to aid in
INTIMATIONS
AN OLD PROVERB
Wine and an old frienti
ary
without price everywhere."
HUNT'S PORTS AND SHERRIES
TEL. 636
ARE NOT THE CHEAPEST
BUT THEY ARE THE
BEST.
Vino de Pasto, Manzanilla, Maduro, eta
Old White, Very Old Tawny, Invalid Newfoundland etc.
DONNELLY & WHYTE
SOEE AGENTS
BOXING.
CIFY HALL
Queen's. Building
SATURDAY, 16TH SEPTEMBER, 1916- COMMENCING at 215 PM. SHARP. DOORS OPEN 8.30 PM. For the Beavyweight Championship of the Colony 16 Rounds CoNTRI
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CORPL SCOTT, R.E. v. SEAMAN HICKS
Champion For the Lightweight Championship of the Colony
10 Rounds Contest ENGAG
V. SEAMAK ISAACS SAPPER RICHARDS, R.E Lightweight Champiga
10. Rounds" Contest
PTE. BEASTY V PTE, COTTON 8 Rounds Contest
PTE. THOMAS
PTE PLANT,
Light Heavyweight of the 4th KELIA 26-Bounds Contest.
KELLY TONG Hongkong v YOUNG ALFREDO Masila
BOOKING AT MOUTRIE'S. PRICES. $3, $3 & 39. Soldiers & Sailors in uniform $1.
GOLDSBOROUGE Promoter.
Appropriate, always.
With certain dishes, such as Game, LEA"
& PERRINS BAUCE is always appropriate...
use.
It is the recognised sauce for such
In fact, for everything with which a sauce can be used, LEA & PERRIHS is invariably the BEST. It has a refinement of flavour. that suits the most delicate dishes, and appeals to the most exacting palates.
lea Serrino
The Originst & Genuing WORCESTERSHIRE,
THE CHINA COMBINED COLOURED
TYPHOON MAP & GUIDE
REVISED AND UP TO DATE Shows tracks and daily progress of the big
during the last twenty years. Explains day and night typhoon signals, Enables one to locate the centre of a typhoon. Gives a table of typhoons for the last thirty years.
and Glet ("binding her wound but we shall have MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD AND TAPED FOR HANGING
Afes Suiti Lengths, Blankets, Table Accommiatlys Foods of the various and said "Had we followed your advice from the French and the
ayand to month ago fionéral Branches are separately invested, and, by where should we have been Act of Parlameal, are set aside be meettens of thousands of averess swung plished & brilant feat
round in their
in their views and felt that it 18 sth, at the expense of
an dirimuse Firing his better to tighten oue liek and suffer at 1 TittabusrET
rather than see our country
in Galícia ho treated as Belgium and Serbia have been the
shepherding the Oirthusikinste remit of the way I Haveustrise and driving 1shes in Fail rons not a doulit, but Liam convinced that it during the night distance of drie will be bilar longer struggle thinn most seven miles. Le bally mangled the uple balisve, and until we see our way 22nd Germa division, transferred from people dear before us it would be the height the Urinak frms, and siled the above of fully for us to abur.dot our neutrality mentioned 49id division, which tried to You camemberthrew in save the hard pressed soldiers of the
licata situation. Our King is archduke Francis Joseph La Hohenzollern, our (@deen "an angio, Queen Marie Delongs to tha childm
PUBLIC AUCTION,
3012
THE Undersigned hava received (în. structions to sell by Public Auction, (FOX AUDUNT OF THE QUEUERRED).
DAN, EARLY DÁTE V
The following Lighthouse gear &c.
One octyd
apparatus, Camps
mplete.
and wicke
LONDON DIRECTORY
complete courtóerpia) ita "saburbe, the Direc VOLANT PURT" MERCE
with the
they ship:
ill
Louis fka Worl
with English DEALERS
being Lion and
cars of the Orthodox Greek Chutch,
the Boyal family being pulled Best: thia, way, then that I have explained, our situation from geographical point
of view and you know as well as i do to provoke, ua
the Buluna land give her
the Colonial to some act of war
Markets they supply by
Arranged under the Po
and indicating the approximate elei
portion of the Dobrudja ceded to the b the occasion to attempt to moorer that the Treaty of Bacharest in 1313.
cultition is one of
and though I personally
the futureof Europe is bested downfall of Pruman militer
etz, the sake of my own cou
om the victory off
will com
to adopt new poli consistency, throug promote sadaring
– HELE ÅRERICAN
Mr Hu
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of firmness and
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prevent bandit. the warnings of the past
Price 50 cents.
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