MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1918.
Hughes & Hough
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AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
General Auctioneers hare, Coal and Genera Produce
Brokers and Commission Agents.
PROPRIETORS
Wan" 'Coal Storage.
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Codes used
Bentley's
A. 4th & 5th Editions.
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Telegraphic Address MEULION" HONGKONG,
PUBLIC AUCTION.
HE Undersigned have, received, in- structions to sell by Public Auction, (13H LOCOUNT OF THE CONCERFED)....
от
TUESDAY,
the 3rd October, 1914, commencing at 2.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vanx Road. Corner of
Ice House Street, - VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE,
LE
1 As Follows:-
D
AUCTIONS.
THE WAR.
(Continued from Page 5.)
PUBLIC A HOTION.
DARTICULARS and Conditions of the
SUNDAY'S TELEGRAMS.
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE TAKING OF COMALES.
WHERE FRENCH AND BRITISH MET.
LONDON, Cet. Hautar's correspondent Headgian ters, describing the expture of Combles At the outsas the coumy's
withdraw from the town or risk a miniature Sedana. Our bombardment gave no indication where our attack was going to be launched.
Losting by Public Anction Sale, to baRenter's Service to the China Mail.) position was sich that he bad either to
held on TUESDAY, the 10th day of October, 1916, at 3 r., at the Officer of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of OROWN LAND 28. El Long Wan, in the Colony of Hongkong. for term of yours.
Lomality.
Begley No.
Particulars of the Loë
"(Approximate)
sala, plan, féin, SUN
Kabout
PUBLIC AUCTION.
1083:
TE Undersigned have received in
structions from the Liquidators of Messrs. WITZKE & Co, to sell by Public
Auction..
ότι
"WEDNESDAY,
the 4th October, 1916, commencing at 10.30 am, on their premises. No Ningpo Street, Yaumati, VALUABLE PLANT, MACHINERY, TOOLS, &c., including Cast Iron Scrap and Metals,
A follows
Several Carpets and Rugs Upholstered One Electric
IN
UNDERGROUND GIBRALTAR.
-AN AMAZING DEFENCE
SYSTEM.
TERRIBLE BATTLE UNDER-
GROUND.
UNTOLD TRAGEDIES, AND
UNSEEN DEEDS OF."
HEROISM.
Two lines of transhes were masily takon, but a sunken road beyond these proved a more matious obstacle. - We lought os, however, and cleared it yard by gard, the sight of the bolting Germans in the final stages being reminiscent of a partridgs drive.
The Germans began the arcuation of Combies at night, when the British artillary put a terrible barrage across avery possible exit. Our patrola entered the town at three o'clock in the morning, It was a dramatic momens. A voice
IS THIS YOUD P
Some people live in an eternal gloom They believe themselves to be the object of all the vexations that beses mankind. Potty grievances and trivial trouble rasp and imitate beyond endurance. They magnify Hittle annoyances that would pass by other people with stronger nerves, unnoticed
this.
Admit that you yourself feel like at times everybody doen in the Far East. These fits of gloom and grumble are the clouds that precede the storm. They are the signals of nerve exhaustion, and will recur with greater frequency as time goes on unless prompt measures are, taken to set things right."
To do this is simple enough if you go to the root of the trouble weak blood. This poor blood is Lailing to supply sufficient nourishment to your nerves it lacks the senator eller pallo bato energy and purity that Dr. W orested in so many thousands of cases of nerve exhaustion and debility caused by week blood, By
up the blood, making it pure sud
Huling it with enrgizing red corpincles, D. Williams Fine Pils in five and twenty- years
As have gained a W.
World-wide reputa KNOWLE tion as the greatest blood tonic kno
needs a
a blood tonin o If you
· wied out--“Halle i Qué va la?" to which Everybody do now Dr. Williama'
came the reply-Were the British Then came the delighted rejoinder 4Les' „Angleis! Bois !!!
Thus the two armies ware linked up at Cambles.
THE BRITISH FRONT.
ENEMY AMMUNITION DUMP EXPLODED
London, Sept. 30, Correspondents at Headquarters describe Thiepval as an Under- ground Gibraltar." Its capture is our greatest triumph. It had been garrisoned since September 1914 by the Wurtemberg Regiment who: The night was quiet on most of gloried in le impregnability and the front Positions won north of resolved to hold it to the last.
A thousand of them are now prisoners.
They have told how they lay snug in their dug-outs during the worst
DELING A LONDON, Sept. 30, Sir Douglas Haig reporta-
Thiepval were heavily shelled. Our bombing parties were active in the neighbourhood of the Schwaben Re doubt and the Hessian trench, parts of which the enemy still bold.
occasions...
Pink Fills are obtainable from medicina vendors everywhere, also direct from the Dr. Williama Medicine Co., 96, Szechten Road, Shanghai, 1 bottle $1.50, 6 for $6-post free
THE GERMAN-CHANCELLOR ON GREAT BRITAIN.
THE MOST EGOTISTICAL, THE
FIERCEST AND THE MOST OESTINATE”
LONDON, Oct. 1 D: Bathmar-Hollweg, continuing his speech in the Reichstag said Great Britain was fighting for world suprem acy with an expenditure of strength unexampled in history, breaking ona international law after the other. Great fiercest and the most obstinate. of their eromies, and any German statesman hesitating to use against this enemy avery available instrument, and thus aborten the war, should be hanged.
Suites, Arm-cheirs and Gofis, Card of Highspeed Ehting Set, consistine bombardments, laughing at the idea aeroplanes observed a huge Britain was the most egotistical, the
explosion south-east of Bapaume, if a large ammunition dump
blown up.
.
The smoke ascended 9,000 feet.
had
of our winning Thiepval
Our attack was made from the South, across o
maza of trenches connecting subterranean passages, and past, the ruined chateau whose vast cellars connecting with others IMPORTANT SECTION OF HESSIAN The Chancellor expressed disgust at were our most formidable obstacles.
Vertical Steam Engine Tables, Bedroom Furniture, comprising, &c, complete with Mountings and Marine Multitubular Boiler switchboar Boiler complete with: Double Brass-mounted Fedstead, Twin with Bedsteads (Teakwood),Sideboards, Dinner -
Feed Pamp Waggons, Extension Dining Tables and'
Compound Non-Condensing Chairs, Tea and Occasional Tables, etc., Steam Erigine with Pipe Connection Valves and Storage Tanks Several Etc, Dinner Services, Crockery, Glass Double Geared, Screw Cutting and The German veterans fought most Ware, Cooking Stores, Cutlery Toilet Surfacing Lathes, Shears of varying desperately during the afternoon and
lengths, 1
Machine Sets, &e, Bath Room Utensils, Large Roll-top Desks and Writing Table, etc.,Machine complete with Shaft,
plete
1 Shaping night.
Slotting Our men ran short of ammunition, quantity of Electro Plated Ware,
Machine complete, 1 power and but they found abundant German 1,Aleo
hand driven Sorowing Machine Shult, bombs, and there was hand-to-hand tical Double Geared Drilling Machine fighting, hayones work, duels with
on One: Double Pillar Geared clubbed rifles, and even fists.
Drilling Machine (equivalent
1 Large Wall Clock "London make, Calle Portable Motors with Battery, sic, complete, i Piane in good condition, Electric Feading Lamps, Blackwood and Teakwood Screens, a quantity of Black. wood Furniture, "Pictures, Engravings
And One New Gent's Bicycle, Typewriters. a selection of Brass Jardiniers, Vasca, Finger Bowls, etc.
(Full Particulars from Catalogue.) TIES:-Caal.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
ductioneers.
Hongkong, Sept: 27, 1918
1070
PUBLIO AUCTION.
HE Undersigned have received in
structions to sell by Public Auction, (OR ACCOUNT OF LAX CONULENID),
FRIDAY
the 8th October, 1916, commencing
at 2.30 pm, at their Bales Booms, No. 8,
Des Voeux Road, Corner
of Ice House Street,-
ROCSEHOLD FURNITURE,
GRAMA & COFANETTI, OF...
DRAWN THREAD: WORK,
CRASS CLOTH: etc.
Câmprising in a
hear
1 Persian Carpet (practically new),
with Pullove &
com
Miscellaneoca Assortment of Dhies, Ver-
to two machines) by Appleyard & Co Halifax, England.
The second and even more terrible battle raged underground, for the British descended into the pits and One Double Column Steam Hammer met the Gerrans with boint, knife mplete with all connections One Belt-
There were untold driven Draught Blower for Blacksmith and bayonet Shop complete with connections, One tragedies and unseen deeds of Ore Washing Tank with agitating Gear heroism in these dark labyrinths. Shafting, &c, &c, &e
The thousand prisoners are but fraction compared with the German dead and wounded...
2.
Pulleys, assorted Belting, a large quantity of Miscellaneous Material, Tools, de... Tubes and Fiping, Steel Bars, Wrought Iron, Steel and Cast Iron Scrap.
A large and varied assortment of Brass Valves and Corks, Brass Rods, Machine Scrows, Copper Fipes, Copper Plates,
And t
SUNDRY OFFICE FURNITURE, &C. (Full Particulars from Catalogue.) On view from Monday 2nd October." THENS Caah K
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers. Hongkong, Sept. 27, 1916,
A MACHINE for sale.
Price $70.00 or less
TRENCH TAKEN.
OVER 500 PRISONERS.
LATER.
it rained heavily to-day. There was little activity on the centre and right wing, except intermittent shelling. We made slight progress east of Les Boeufs where 500 yanis of trenches were occupied.
There was heavy fighting in the Thiepval area
Round the Sture Redocht we took at important section, of the Hourian trench We were forced out but, by counter attack we regained the trench later, capturing eight officers. 627 other were taken prisoner in this section yesterday.
1 CEASELESS BRITISH BOMBARDMENT.
How cunningly the German bur- rows were bidden was shown by the existence of air exits behind our lires which the British were never able to find. Once two Germans were seen behind our lines. An officer advanced thinking that they were
LONDON, Sept. 30. surrendering. They shot the officer-Renter's Correspondent at the British and disappeared, and could not be front states that the defeat of the discovered
Germans in the Somme region has progressed more rapidly during the past week than at any time previously.
When the attack was made Gor moca and machine-guns kept rising from botes in the rear of our front ware; hence, a double simultaneous [1018 attack was made for the purpose of enclosing all bolt-holes and connect ing passages.
NEW broad carriage: TYPING
Sideboards, Dimmer Waggon, Dining "Tables and Chairs,
r
Chesterfield Sa
Please apply to T. C..
CHINA MAK Rongkong, Sept. 26, 1916.
Arm-chairs, de, Wardrobes and Toilet Tables, Double and Single Brass and Bra-mounted Bedsteads, &c, Miscel laneous Furniture, several lots of Black-
AGENTE
and contempt for the allegations that all means of fighting were riot being employed by Germany to the fullest possible extent.
The Chancellor concluded by saying that in view of the need for unity he declined to dilate upon the agitations. Ele admitted that many German families were suffering great bardships. He spoke of the heroism of the German troops in withstanding an enemy superior in numbers and fighting with the atmost bravery, and he appealed for subscriptions for the War Loan -
MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.
INTIMATIONS
HORLICK'S
MALTED MILK
IN THE BUSY STRESS OF LIFE
· Horlick's proves a veritabin pick-me-up, fee # kelpe nature to impart life and vitality to intim poverished blood and impaired digestive powers. Made in a moment no cooking. Most delicious
"Of all Chassista.and Storms, |_ 3. alzon, 1/8, 1/5 and NY14 (in England)
HORLICKS MALTEDHIK
Variety of Uses.
The uses to which LEA & PERRINS SAUCE can be put are innumerable.
At Luncheon, Dinner or Supper, it is the ideal sauce for Roast Meats, Fish, Game, Cheese, Salad, etc.
In the Kitchen, it is indispensable to the cook for flavouring Soups, Stews, Gravin, Minced Meat, thi
In India, a favourite Pick-me-up is Les & Perring Sance with. Seda-water.
Lea Herrins
MISSIONARIES TO ENGLAND FAIL DISMAFLY
The Odginal and Genuine
WORCESTER SHIR
-WAS IT THE MERCHANT
In the Reichstag Herr Ledebour, PEACE TALK FROM THE ENEMY. ABREMEN LIFE-BELT FOUND. the leader of the Socialist minority, demanded that the opportunity be afforded to discuss the Chancellor's speech prior to the adjournment.
The motion to this effect was immediately rejected.
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THE "YORWAERTS" ON THE CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH.
DISSATISFACTION AND
DISAPPOINTMENT.
LONDON, Oct. 1
SUBMARINE!
PORTLAND, MAINE Octl
A life belt marked "Bremen (the
The Times commenting on Mr. name of the German "merchantman" Lloyd George a speech, says: Apart submarine) with the name of a maker as from Americs there have been fur-Wilhelmshaven, has been found abore tive efforts to Ay peace lites in at Cape Elizabeth...
The life-belt is apparently new, has Spain, Holland, the Vatican and
not been in the water long, and is Sweden
Betained with cil
No wreckage has been found.
The recent visit to England via Berlin of the Margus of Villa Lobar, AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1. the Spanish Minister at Brussels, is Despite bad weather on Friday our
The Verwaerts says Dr. Bath becoming common knowledge, Ho and ear missionaries have hitherto henry: guna-maintained a practically mann Hollweg's speech has pleased failed disually
# ceaseless, bombardment, rendering.
Ble for the enemy to create fresh
nobody. The general feeling was impossible for shelters or defences, and making corone of dissatisfaction and disappoii- demonstration munication most difficult and precarious ment. There was no
The Gerthans now have to move their from the galleries similar to what FRANCE. transport and troops at night and even cocurred after the delivery of GERMAN ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE X then they aufler severely.
Dr. Bethmann-Hollweg's previous speeches.
·TAFE
A COSTLY ENTERPRISE.
#10736 DONDON, Sept. 83.
Bouter's Correspondent at Head- quarters writes:
Got
BLATER, 12 Grot
FRENCH ARMY'S "CONGRATULA- TIONS TO BRITISH ARMY.
LONDON, Sept. 30, Reiter's Correspondent at Head- quarters reports that a special order of the day includes cordial letters between When it became evident that a Cen. Jofre and Sim Douglas Haig the frontal attack at Guedecourt was former conveying congratulations to be doming costly Tanks the British on their anocesses after hard-
THE TROUBLES IN GREECE.
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
FORMED.
FALONIKA,
A telegram from Crete announces the proclamation of a prov na Government for the salvation of the
WoodWare Pianos, a few lots LONDON-WILL FAlgas, 11 & sent up and the infantry ware thus fought battles on Bept: 15 and 15, and Fatherland consisting of MM. Vene-
Porcelaine, &c, Pantry, Bath Room and Kitchen Utensils, Table and Sideboard Covers, "Bodspreads, Napkins, Doylies, "Grass Cloth Goods, etc., etc.
Brasa Jardinieres, Yases, Finger Bowls etc.
(Full Particulars from Catalogue.) de
HUGHES & BOUGE,"
Aucts Hongkong, Sept. 30, 1916.
FUBI
HE Undersigne
Este rece
structions"
AN EARLY DATE
Russell Street, W., --12: Clement's Lime, Lombard Brad enabled to go right through the the French Army's greatings...
10, TB, Blowns & Co. Ltd, village, and round up 400 prisoners: 163 Quarn's Boad Vidoria
After completing a tour of the OLARES, SON & PLATT, 85 Grack church sh. C., G. Bar & Co., Ltd, obatructive machine-gun poste and 39 Cornhill-Goanca de Gorus, 15 B. silencing all, the Tans approach. Bride O ROBERT, WAS, 150 echarstrongly held enemy line north- Fleet Bria. C. MCCHE & Cau, Önow Hi, Halborn Viaduct, C D West of the village where it was tem KITKER Co. 3 Whitefriars St., 1.C. MATHIE & CBOWIE, Ltd., 10. 11,13, NewBridge H., 10,
1097 SOUTLANDFEED, L. SIMONT, & Nalk
Megha Dand Stren, Edinburgh
porarily delayed.
The Germans, in great, force made -rush at the Tank warmed around and climbed upon the roof of
zalo and Coundouriota, with power to add a thud member
The Committee of National D fence at Salonika has replied adher
ALLIES INCESSANTLY
BOMBARDING.)
PARIB, Sept. 30, The Allies are incessantly bombarding tions on the Somme pro- my
early attacki paratory
fe have progressed between Frégi court and Marral
enemy.
it, bombed and fired rifles and pistols Intense artillery bombardment is pro- PARIS AND EUROPE, MATTOR Pecs into every chins and thought they coeding north and south of the Somme
Co5-18 Rue de la Grange, Balat had made a prize Parlamendinand But the Tank did not take this
A
“REINFORCEMENTED the
SAN FRANCISCO and American Porta sort cottement avec A OUR AEROPLANES ATTACK ENEMY
A generally ---BRKT & BLACK, Bon Fran- Censelena SITEAZA-Offre gushed out
MIPAsia FOODHOW —— Backer & Co. 27-237 AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, AND NEW
bourne and Sydney Make
The following LIGHTHOUSE GEAR ZEALAND Górnow & Gown, ad
Ons peetil
apparatus, completo.
lamps.
ders und wicks descent Petrol
yo
Thomyita sides. Infantry arrived and attacked the enemy, who retreated, leaving 800 Killed and wounded * * result of the dispute with the
Bir
CEYLON W. M. Ban & Co., Tez A low minutes later the Tanz MAPOKÉZOLI and 607, Dolombia twaddled off amid enthusi
SINGAPURE STEAT
Lampa and FHIJIPPINE ISLANDS.
Pusor & Car Mandal
the
"down"
acom
Bed actively
bat showed little
LOAN BY PRO-GERMANB TO
GERMAN AMERICANS BELIEVE IN DEFEAT OF GERMANY:
SHIPS SUNE.
LONDON Sept. 80.
The following steamors are report ed to have been sunk Roddan® Thurso and Newby The Thutto's nationality is not stated. The othere are British. Eleven of the Rod dam's prew were saved.
LONDO
SE EMPEROR OF ABYSSINIA, DEPOSED, NEW YORK, Oct 1 1uted that the pre-Germin
The Emperorá firm of "Kuhu, Loeb and Company has arranged a loan to Paris of ten been depogad million sterling, repayable in dye Fears.This is regarded as indicating the German-American belief in the defeat of Germany and
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BAND OF THE- GANDË: REPUB
LICAINE AT WIN➡SOR.;
LORD KITCHENER'S
SIR GEORGE ARTH GREAT SOLDIER'S,
Mix George Art Lord Kitchener, has stat
Macmilli
zob,
ing to Crete's decision and has issued Lobos Sept. 80zi, which
proclamation to all Greeks inviting The Band of the Garde Repor co-operation to expel the hereditary-icnine arrived in London last-
They and rere warmly welcomed. Tinted Windsor to-day and played Chios has declared in favour of a before their Majesties. They were revolution. All the islands have now accorded a most anthush adhered.
REVOLUTIONARIES GATHERING
STRENGA
the
tion
LOSING WEIGHT BY THE POU
Mooring