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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1917.
AUCTIONS.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
Undersigned has rootved izstrac-
Hughes & Houghen the Liquisistors of Miceers
AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
General Auctioneers
Khara, Coal and General Prodnos
Brokers and Commission'
Agents.
PROPRIETORS
#To-Kwa+Wan” Coal Storags.
Code, sod
Bentley's
4. 2. c. 4th & 5th Editions.
A 1 Telegraphicy Code
Telegraphic Address " MELION" BONGKONG.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received in
structions to sell by Public Auction,
(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED)..
·
On
FRIDAY,
the 15th June, 1917, commencing at 230p.m., at their Sales Rooms, Nois,
Des Faux Bend, Corner of Ice House Street- HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Comprising:-
Teak Twin Bedstenda, Sideboards, Din- Dar Waggon, etc.. Extension Dining Tables and. Chairs, Chesterfield Sofas, Arm-chairs,
dc., Wardrobes and Toilet Tables, Cut &c. Miscellaneous Furniture, Pictures c. Roll top Desks, Blackwood' Ware, including Cabinets, Wardruber, Stands,
JERN Co. in pursuance of an order of the Hongkong Government to sell by Fublic Auction at 12 pclock (Neon) on
TUESDAY,
the 31st day of July, 1917,
at his Salen Rooises, **
DUOPKLE STEERT,
I
THE VALUABLE · LEASEHOLD' PROPERTY situate a The Peak, Hongkong, and being Rural Building Lot No. 19.
14 IN ONE LOT The property consists of 1—
10.
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE TORPEDOING OF A
HOSPITAL SHIP..
GERMAN OFFICERS COWARDLY
"PANIC. #
nearly sit of those who could move there together, it was imposible to save them. was a great patie at first. The oflver They had only themselves in blames for the most part behaved disgracefully.
NOTĪTER TERPELEN S breaking out of the salon, where the had been confined, and leading the pale Thing, were the first on the pronende deck, and the first to jump for the boate shoving averyone else aside. They had to be loved and 'beid back before they would wait their turn, and a few would not stop until they had been knocked
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"I was taken on byard oat of the English vesels which areived quickly to the reseus and at this, vessel the sub- marine tired ather torpedo while she was cruising around. The tire we knew of it was when the offer in cenazand suddenly swung the helms hard over and the ship swerved. It sevgis, he had seời the wake of the torpede, and only just -EPRALAN OPERUS rot. "RESOČER.” t times. It only just missed us, and "A great contrast to tiene cowards the oicer tard Bound with laugh wed were two men I saw stay beltind below. You've caught one and escapet, and shid. Well, you chaps are lucky beggars.
The following sevour is given in 4 London paper of the torpedoing of the
pital skip Lanfrane (which i addition to 2 wounded British offers (and men carried 197 wounded Gerthan · down.
prisoners.com
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A Buitisi PORT, Saturday Night.
The latest U-boat outrage has in part brought its own Nerusis, though not, unhappily in this heats inmachiate authors.
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to every mother officer-a streteber case
up to the deck so that he should nok be left behind. Never mind us; but
it
you've just missed another!**
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All the men with whom have talked are full of plea for their officers, and
man who they suplemistically described asthe major of the blooming médičīne men," He was as cool as a baby thist didn't know what was going on."ate of the seamen seld me. He worked like hero, giving, his orders very calmly. telling his men to do nothing he wasn't prepared to lend a hand with himself.”
The piece or parcel of ground and in some of the homes of thermiany the please give this officer place. I heard the way in which they handled the situa premises known as "Lysholt," 104 The ews of this"test" navad success”” wille of then beg the officer of a boat, were also ruthusiastic about the guntie tion after the explosion. Several of them Frak, situate near Mount Clough in the be recrived with mixed feelings, for Gier-1 do not know whether he was saved of Colory of Hongkong with an area of man fours and men are among the not, but hope so for the sake of the 12412 square feet and registered in the tins.
ur They escaped are In two brare men who would not desers Land Office as Rural Building Lot. No.
Imom the terribly hail of shot"and | him. sheft aluch has so appalled them and their tellows on the Western troat only to all victites, when the quiet goal of salety in England was alouet in sighs, to the particular brand of " frightfulness " which their brethren on the
The lot is held for the unexpired residue na term of 15 years created therein an indenture of Crown Lease dated the 23rd day of April 1836.
The Annual Crown Rent is $9500. For further particulars and conditions
of sale apply to Messrs. Wilkinson&eting out to all and sundry. Grist. Solicitors for the Liquidators,
to the undersigned.
GEO. P., LAMMERT,
Auctioneer
..... Hongkong. April 30,, 1917,
PUBLIC AUCTION
Ot
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THE Undersigned has receives in Messrs. WITZ & Co. in pursuance of structions, em the Liquidator of
an Order
& Brass Friders and Fire Brasses, of the Hongkong Government to sell by
a low lote Porcelains and Curios, .. Pubile Auction, at 12 o'clock (Noon) Pantry and Kitchen Utensils. Electric
Lang, Fans, Eqamelled Bath, Carpets and Ruga.
And
One American Ice Chest. (Full Particulars from Catalogue.) TERM:-Cash.
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on
MONDAY,
the 27th day of August, 1917, at his Sales Rooms, DUUDELL STERET, Hongkong.
ALL the piece of ground situate at Yaunati, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong. and registerul in the Land 1876 Office KOWIDÒN INLAND LOT NG
HUGHES & HOUGA, Auctioneeri. Bongkong, Juse -7, 1917,
PUBLIC AUCTION.
200.
In One Lat.
The property consists of a piece of ground abutting on Battery Street and Fourth Street (near the Praya) in Kow. Tor under iced by pen but vection, loup and contains an area & dan Square
THE Undersigned received
(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNTU),
оп
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SATURDAY,
the 17th June, 1917, at
10:30 am., at their Sales Rooma, No. 8, Des Vaux Road, Corner of
Ice House Street, "
A CONSKINHENT OF
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Turkish Bath Gowns Large Turkish Bath Sheets, Bath Towels, Face Towels, "Linen Damask Table Cloths ar
Serviettes, Single and Double Bed Sheets, Pillow Cuses. White Satin Quilts, Glass Cloth, etc., etc.,
Also
A VARIED ABORTSLENT 07 Large and Mall Brast
Vases Jardinieres, Finger Bowls, Incense Borners, Kinkusan Satsuma Yases. Flower Vases, Eutani Vases, Wall Plates, Porcelain Vasco, etc., etc., etc.
And
A few lots of Enamelled Kitchen Utensila.
"(Full Particulars from Catalogue)
Terms -Cachi.
HUGHES & HOOGH, ·
Auctioneers. Hougtong, Jane 11, 1917.
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Part 1-Mammala and Birds Far II-Heptiles, Auralis and
THE MISSIONS ETRANGERS (History of the Fastern Churches):
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("ham Te King," - transiste by H. Jitel) ROBERT HARTS LANDE TAX MEMORANDUM
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The Lot is held for the unexpired re- sidue of a term of 15 years created therein by an Indenture of Crown Lease dated the 4th day of May 1888)
The Annual Crown Rent is 800.
For further particulars and conditions of sale rply to Messrs HASTINGS.& HASTINGS, Solicitors for the Liquidator or to the Undersigned :
GEO, P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer.
Hongkong, May 23, 1917.
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When one of the soull vessels nest came alongside within a few minutes, rest of the Germaa officers who had just that nomenn rushed on deck thought it
I am told some of the men returned to) was their own ship come to resne them, port singing jovially." Here we are here
we nee, here we are again und most 1 and they started cheering like mad and of them, after getting their pay, made yulling out -Dusche: Deutsche But, inquiries at once for another ship. ↑nne àữ them, who was a bit wiser than į "It is hell mat, there in the trenches, the rest, quickly realised that it was an Your guns are terriblemerkosaal: Mense of Pnglish verl, and shunted out: Na aken is reported to have reszket to Deutsche Maglinde sailor," Then they member of the Lantrane's brew duringut started shouting nut : Kamerad! the roynge. We are so glad we are Kursernd Mercy, nergy? guing to England.*** 1
really funny.
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NOT PUT OF Ink woop.
Don't row too soon, sucky you're nearer one of the at our of the wood yet, plied thewark and shouted witor."
mon Take
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It was
As the ip kame
leaned over the hal- English very good ashore." We could
He spoke wularly, but exactly a week hardly put on the rows for laughing. below he hub watched fut the deck of
his own esset in mid-Channel the sink-
by wine of the hospital ship Salta.. Some of the Germans jaited in his latter, but other indignality re- pudiated the idea that the snomurines of the Fatherland would deliberately attack
¿sencxvel OFFICEE.
Just at that time t order came to laseur the bits one by one. No 9 bone was being lanched when one of the talls jazzied. For the moment the prestition, seemed very critics), for the bout was heavily laden, and seemed to be in
JOHN BUEL'S SURNAMES.
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WHERE SOUND AND SPELLING ARE AT VARIANCE.
The man who agued his name in a hotel register as John Phtholonyrrh and
it was pronounced "Turner, was perhape an Englishman. The phik," he said, way sounded as in "phthisis the alo" us in colonel and the cyrrh as in "myerh: In no part of the world are the sound and the spelling
at variance. In other lands they inay seem baffing enough, but at least they go hand in hand, a twin children should in Great Britain there is often a deadly family feud between them.
Izpital whips in broad daylight. Within gras danger of smashing to bits drainst way to Beauliet, which asked the
hur many of those who scoffed or Protested had been pear to their death by se i thong saute submarines,
the side of the ship.
However, the second ofheer saved the situation: ile gave me a kaife opened, and we both Many of the German officers, according took a fall. Cat when I give you the to my informatino, showed up it a very ¦ word," he said. He made sure the bont despicable light whom the danger he was level and steady, and then gave the worked bountifully, and although there
It is related of an American student eveling through England that he stopper
workman un tue rad
be pronounced of the place, but late, when it was E-lych. The workman had never heard spelled out to him, replied with sudden illumination. "Oh, you mean Bewley! British spelling was at faolo.
A writer in the Philadelphin Ledger recently recapitulated a few of the more nunciation. He brought out some start flagrant examples of British mispro
which moed him to say:
we hesitates credit such stories, bat word, and we both slashed away. Iling examples, the very existence of
they come to the freer wo many different
quaiters,"wijl such definite corroboration, this their accuracy einnus be doubted.
A FORGOTTES LESSON,
Nearly seventy years ago Prassiaz
were 45 or 50 people on it the boat dropped perfectly safely inte the water on an even keel.
Andrew Lang udice said that should cultured Englishman want to realise how ignorant he really was, he should attempt to pronounce a selected list of Lang was of the opinion tam say, a hundred English
A terrible erlent curred in Englishnan succe
Kity ordered the reading of the Birken, launching No. 6 bout on the port side.rectly
d'épie in all the regiments of his army I was in chargeel six or eight of our perfect exemple, et soldierly discipline, men, but! was so overcrowded by many uni courage, These particular officers Germans who had joped into it with
should the pronouncing eor score of such names hd was "entitled to pat himself on the back."
It is not by any means every man whe knows that Levesin-Gower is probably pronounced Looson-Gore: that a famous general is called by his friends Bay-den Pole: that another popular soldier is rightly addressed us Fool Carey, or that
Lord Knulles, tary
the King's pirate secre is known as Noles, Who, without special enlightenment, wild pronounce Dalzel. Dee-elij Claverhouse, Clayverse. or Gilzman,
of
must have forgotten alle lesson, aah, pres ons waluniritur orders that "directly the sumably, the recrutarminder afforded by men en deck hegnu to lower it the the Tyrtarens tiled to ready their carseadas weight or the pulley rope
int there were some frw among them on of their hands, and the whole bunch whose manliness forced them to after in the bet were' pitched into the water. protests in their captors against their You'd imagine the scene in theileen, although he would certainly
convict himself, in British eyes, countrymen's inhumanity. Among these heavy sea. I believe all our men were ignorance if he failed to do so? was mõë utheve of high rank. "I am told saved, chiefly owing in the fact that all he was a brigadier-general. After the could swim and were wanting their life explosion, while waiting for resete, he belts, bait us at of the Germans were turned to one of the Haglish officers and vot eases sodne of them had alsolutely no remarked" endly. F like net my country chance. But it was entirely owing to for this." The incident was related to their panie and awariies that they were
Why, it may reasonably be asked, Hotham into Buthan, and why should should Home be changed into Hume und Jervis become Jarvis ? Keighley is pronounced Keely by all except the Roof people who live in that Yorkshire town, and they call it Krethly, while Rathven, for some obscure reason, is Keightly is to those who know, Keetly.
me by a member of the crew who over drowned. They crowded into the boat netamorphosed into Bild Frottish
heard i
"Yes," chítned in another, and be aluid that if the people of Gelmany
in sich nurthers that our
able to restrain them,”
Serymgeour, that
men were name, comes as Scrimjer from British
lips,
and
Tyrwhitt is given as "Tir-rit t
ms to rhyme with spirit. Menzies is not what knew that these things were going on they (erman prisoners were wiped out in the while Lord Wemyss would not know The mapper in which some of the it seems in print-it is Bingen, or Meen-
would kick over the traces to-morrow:"
Meux degenerates into Mewes,
It was in the curly evening of Tuesday by the boss. I was asleep in my his title. Weems. Mr. Yerburgh answers first tragic moment was described to nebe was addressed unless you pronauticed that the Lantrane was torpedoed. She.
link when the explosion came, he told to the name of Yarborough was about mid-channel when the attack'
Lord Luke is addressed as Coor; Mr. me, “but I had time to find out exactly Featherstonhaugh as Festinhaw. Also
must be added, the knowing English- usn- must never fail to pronounce
was made, and there was a heavy sehat had happened before I left the vit running from the porth-west at the time. wel. The torpedo had hit as on the quar-Folambe as Fooljam, Dillwyn as Dillon,
fer just abaft the engines, and had torn
a great hole in the ship's side.
DROWNED LIFE BATS."
"A remorkably graphic count of the wes which followed the torpedoing was given me by a young A... & suiiling. dapper-looking sailor, who had already when I saw him'arranged to sign on for Just where It entered was Dward. another bost, I give the story almost and here some of the German est cases word for word as he gave it to me.
had been placed. Judging from the
1)
As far as I can retuerbery" he said, "nature of the explosion and the extent of the damage I should think practically “it was just a quarter to eight when the crushing explosion of the torpedo startled all of them were killed outright. Those everybody on the vessel. For about two who may have escaped death from the sxplosion had no chance at all of escape seconda she" seemed to stop
dead, then shivered like a leat and seemed to stagger
or rescue, for that part of the vessel was on. I raced on deck, grabbed a lifebelt, immediately faded by the heavy seas and then went to my boat station. By
and they must have drowned lika rata.. that time the first, alarm had passed and the ho'sun emphatically, that the dif You can take it from ine, added overyone was cool and collected, the ference between, our British Tommies and offers calmly going about giving orders then cther people was something extra- for the carrying of the wounded to the ordinary. Uur fellows were perfectly evol A few minutes after I reached the to un, arul cheying orders promptly, while and calm, joking among themselves and
deck the ship gave one big larch, as
practically all the Germane were in a though she were going to dive right under
terrible pani Some of them fet down at once. Last Tuesday, we saw the Staliu,
on their knees on the dock, while others sintig thun in & jew zinutes, and all were crawling about in their shirts, of as belonging to the Lanfrane thought pleading to be saved.
.boats.
Belvoir as Beaver, and Bertie as Burty-
from all of which it will be observed that our British cousins evince curious! and contradictory ideas with reference to proper names.
▲ PHONETIC
LIMERICK. Thus far the Philadelphia Eedger, which might have extended its lists We and no mention, for considerably. example of Colquhoun, Charteris, Cao- banka, waile Hartlepool had its own trap silis Cholmondeley, Death and Marjori and none bat a resident of that turma can properly prononce Southampton. But the two latter aru, perhaps, rather provincialiams than actual perversion. some years ago Funch satirised a few! of the most famous of these pames, of which we recall one specimen as foliowa
There was a young man named Chal
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Who always at dinner sat dolmondeley.
His fair partner said, "
da be crumbled his bread,.. The curious thing is that Bcitors are Dear me you behave very rolmondeley.
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