WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1917:
Hughes & Hough
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H Undersigned have received in Unders to soil by Public auction,
(FO ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
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SATURDAY,
the 23rd June, 1017, at 10.30 am,
at their sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of
Ice House Street,
MISCELLANEOUS STOCK,
Comprising -
AUCTIONS.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE NEW PUSH.'
“BATTLE STORIES FROM ARRAS.
HARRASSING FRITZ.
EPISODES OF THE KÄISER AND GENERAL SIR W. ROBERTSON,
with their eyes rolling, in, like frighten, STORIES OF A GENERAL. el cattle stampeding. You van hardly -wonder their own ezers, wall tem cannon. fodder"; though is does seem & erael way fot speaking. But they're terribly like [brate heusts, you know. Those big chaps..
now, I saw several of them ting hare There are some interesting sluries in sions from the Liquiilators of Messrs.
fellows right down and trample on them. Sir George Younghusband's book of Jesse & Co. in pursuance of an order
fairly stumping on them, in their burry reminiscences. One of the best of them of the Hongkong Government to sell by
her to really hardly like en hat, dad concerns the Kaiser. On one occasion.
away from an unhealthy spat. Fublic Auction at 12 o'clock (Noon) on Iman, "fered; and you wouldn't depress our kanws, they've never been treated like Sir George tells us, be paùl a visit to
THE Undersigned bar recolved instruc-
TUESDAY,
the 31st day of July, 1917, at his Sales Roonis, DUDDALL STREET, THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROFERTY situate st The
Peak, Hongkong, and being Rural Building Lot No. 19
IN ONE LOT The property consists of:-
You can't make Fritz Feally theerful, even when you give him what he likes
to get
fellers with steamshamtaer. I
men by their divu poople. Their ofcers Salisbury Cathedral shortly after "the realised that when I saw bow cheery they and N.C.0.'s beat and kick them, and German Emperor hack,been there, and were even in the atrodot weather con-epit in their faces. I've seen that with a policeman on duty tok him
And so they kick and amusing Annecdota abent the Emperor's ditions of the last werk. Because, mind my own eyes.
trample on each other, like stempeling theatrical behaviour: you, weather means niething in beasts, Why, one of then who spoke Push. You ran's taky a taxi or get inside English to memind. I don't know that a bus to droid it, you know. You'fe got it's trou—but he told me that even when Away from your cookers and your shelters, they redend this work isn't done. They and whatever the fates sad in the shape are wired tagether in batèlies, then, and of weather why, you're "for it," you to make fat fre munition making, and to The piece or parcel of ground and promises known "us Lysholt 104 Theow, and no change of ewups, fit our feed pies and poultry, and Gel knows Feak, situate near Mount Gough in the fellows have been just as jolly about it what beside. Then other folk out the Colony of Hongkong with an area of all as though they were going hay-making pigs and "poultry, so you may say it's 124032 square feet and registered in the inau English fold to June June that canstibalism, mu't it? This fellow told Land Otice as Rural Building Lot No. had not gone and lost itself in mid-winter,
as this April has.....
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The lot is held for the unexpired residue of term of 75 years crested therein by an indenture of Crown Lense detect the gard day of April 1596.
The Annual Crown Rent is 886.00. For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist, Solicitors for the Liquidators, er to the undersigned.
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GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer
Hongkong, April 30, 1917..
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A variety of Dress Materials including Bine and White Serge, Alpaca (Blac,
PUBLIC AUCTION Black and White), Prints, Holland White Linen, Drill, &c. &c, Counterpanes, Blankets, Handkerchiefs, Towels Toilet Tide, from the Liquidator of
THE Undersigned has received, in Soap, Perfumery,,
Messrs. 17zkx & Co. in pursuance of an Order
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Sup Hats, Panama Hints, Lady's Silk of the Hongkong Government to sell by Public Auction, at 12 o'clock (Neon) "
Hoses, &c., ke..
Terms:-Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers. Hongkong, June 16, 191.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
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THE have received in The Undersign by Public Auction,
from ACCOUNT OF TER CONCERNED);
クロ
SATURDAY,
the 23rd June, 1917,
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at 12 Noon at their Sales Booms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of
Ice House Street,
A CONERINMENT, OF
**MANGANESE PUTTY" (will be sold in small lots to suit intending purchasers).
Terms -Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioncara.
· Hongkong, June 16, 1917.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
1989
Y direction of the Government of HOUGH have received instructions to sell by Public Auction.
OR
MONDAY.
the 13th day of August, 1317 at 3 г.M. at their Sales Rom, Ice House Street, Victoria, Hongkong.
The Following VALUABLE LEASE- HOLU PROPERTY situate at Victoria Hongkong Viz:-
ALL THOSE pieces or parcels of ground situate at Victoria aforesaid und known and registered in the Land Office as SECTION A OF MARINE LOT NO. 101 and SECTION "R" OF MABINE LOT NO. 101 Together with the "messungen, erections and buildings thereon known as No. 7,Queen's. Road Central, Victoria aforesaid. Tera 999 years created by Crown Lease dated the 8th day of April 1858:
Area in respect of Section "A" of] Karine Lot No 101=8445 sq fo Proportion of Annual Crown Rent 494.45
Area in respect of Section "B" of Marine Lot. No. 101=675 sq. " ft.) Proportion of Annual Crown Rent $8.73.
For further particulars and conditions ať sale apply, to
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,
Prince's Baildings, Ice House Street, Hongkong- Bolicitors for the Liquidator of THE DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE BANK.
or to
Mesa AUQBES and BOUGH,
The Auctioneers. gkong, May 9, 1917.
OVERLAND CHINA MAIL?
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MONDAY,
the 27tli day of August, 1017, at his Sales Rooms,
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boiled down in factories as a business,
Fritz calls his margaritie corpse fat." because they suspect that's what it comes The speaker was a wounded Lieutenant, properly human, in a manner of spenk from. Por me word, they don't - svem
juus lauded in Blighty from the Arrasing" front, and particularly keen to hear of Pre. Th, of, the Ewasdians, wild, he the success our French comrades in had stacked to the tight of Neuville St.
Vaart. The ground seemed, to be just.) the sitthern part of the prissent huge alive with war barrage, Ele stark beiling! battle groomi.
in a pot. Before I got knucked ont "I j only saw one Fritz who was really pat- He was ting up a fight; trying to resist, a old grey-haired chap. foking like sixty and when he saw how all the.cont were putting up their hands, he just gave a sort’bť a grunt, and he threw down | his ride, tos; but he did'at put his hands up. Seemed more of a man than, the another battalion came up behind me, and others. When we'd got to our objective
we shoved on to another objective, further
A Sergeant of a Dancashire Regiment, a thick wet, wocky, very determineditook. ing famle man, said "There's un douby Cold Fritz was harrassed hall out of sech wity as he's got by our raids before the push begin. Several prisoners told me the same thing about it. They'd stood içi for söven annentis nights, as rest of the raids, and they'd been
sending up 8.0.5.'s for three nights briere four pivanite. If over men and the wind, properly up, they did. When our rum-fire stacks on Sunday night. they mad sure there was no big attack coming! hut they caperted. the usual raids, and that's how i was their front, line" was packed Tull, where we went over; though I heard that in some parts they were nearly "empty." They didn't wait for us to reach
The Fritzes didn's (counter-attuck
till that night, and by then we were proš perl; ready for them, and we did'n half
at it sees them. They went down just. |
i like carn.
AT THE GATES OF GAZA.
HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT CITY OF SAMSONI
ALL the piece of ground situate at them. They just streamed out to meet Yaunti, Kowloon, in the Colony of us, with their huids "well up. Some of
Ciaz, which is now menned by the Hongkong and registered in the Land their 3.0.s are pretty good men, and a Uice as KOWLOON INLAND LOT NO. river than their friters; for theyores under General Mueres. was one of
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"The Emperor went in and visited the Cathedral, and whilst be wat ip, it get about that the German Emperor was here. So a small crowd, mostly boy, collected 'round the car to see him when be came out. After the Emperor had got into the car, someone in the crowd said': -
Three cheers for the Germain Emperor.
"So a few boys cheered; boys is realy to cheer anything..
The Emperor stood up in the par and took off his hat and bowed, and then he made a speech something like
thi
**Citizens of the town of Sulisbury. I bave just visited your beautiful and anciant cathedral, and my only sorrow is that I am not an English- man that I might elxim to be a part owner of it.'
"And, sir," he continuel "the Emperor got so moved with his own words that the tears poure:l down his face. So the boys cheered again, and off he drove."
ell
Sir William Robertson, whom Sir George first met'ns a young man work- ring in the office of the Intelligence Branch at Simla, i another notable figure in Sir George's reminiscences:
extra-
He had recently been promoteri from the ranks, and "was then a Second Lieutenant. Au ordinarily hard-working and zealous officer, be struck one thep, but never in the wildest imaginings' of Enyone. certainly not in Sir William's own modest dreams, did we see before us the great brain that was to direct a European War. One day in offles lie remarked:
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"I have no friends or interest, and not a boh is the world and what becomes of me after this job, is over God only know."
One of the most entertaining chapters in the book is that on Mess Customs.
that there are regiments in the British Army in which the King's health is not and drunk.
sured to and set to work on our wounded the five ties of the Philistines. They It is net generally knowa to civiliana. The property consists of a piece of under a ghod deal of fire, and upon my took Samson to Gaza after "the Lord was ground abutting on Battery Street and word I didn't see that much pink shown departed from him, and it was in the Fourth Street (pour the Praya) in Kowy a single one of Fritz's juluntry, and city that he performed", his that loon and contains an area of 1500 Square that's a fact. There was one chap, a greatest feat of strength.. Fzet.
umchine gunner, and I wondered to sen
The Lot is held for the unexpired: re- sidue of a term of 75 years created therein by an Indenture of Crown Lease dated the 4th day of May 1988.
The Annual Crown Rent is 500. For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to Messrs. HASTINGS & EASTINGS, Solicitors for the Liquidator or to the Undersigned:
GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer, Hoogkong, May 23,"1917.
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"The origin of this omission is that these regiments were in ancient days so andonbtedly loyal to the King. that they were exempted from the test
the toast is drunk sittifig, as it is in the Nuvy.
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In Welsh regiments, everyone in the mess who has not previously done so has to paas, the leek"- that is, cat a
bitur sticking it as long as he did. But Palestitie duseribes Glazs as the bridge atter weld rushed that gua, and bayonet. I head between Egypt and Palestine, No of the toast. In other regiments, ted the crew, we found the gunner had invasion of Egypt from the worth is on his wrists, made fast to possible, unless it is captured. It was ster claigh the gap.".
cordingly seized by Alexander the Great A fer upstanding" Feck with sea-line in his advance from Sysia to Edypt, and evés tuớt, due with a real tiuards' sainte, by "Napoleon on his advice frean Egypt
raw onion at dinner on St. David's Day though his head and lett ari were to Serik Bandaged His Brigade, he said, "had; It is "läteresting to reminder thug it while the regimental goat is told behind altucked east of Afras, and taken four was not until the days of the later him by, two drummer boys, and other |Boche lines with hurdly a essaalay Maccabos that the Jews possessed fraza, drummers "beat a fanfare."
talk about." After that, the Gertnar. They how it again after thirty years. positions were very strong, and their. Even i Gaza falls to Sir Archibald resistance Aiffened, considerably, Also, Murray, e further, progress
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their others and N.C.0.4 began to drive Terusalem will be diffch. The writer) the, with pretty frequent revolver shots in Palestine saykum,
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from behind, instead of surrendering with { "It is one of the most difficult countries | them,"as they had done in the fmat in the world for offežisive military opera lives.
tions. Jerusalem is only soune fity miles Fun Gus, but the fifty inilex include some of the very best defensive positivas to be found anywhere.
If the country had been less strongly
After Jock lind got his two packets his platoon officer ordered hina back to have his, wounds dressed, and on bis way
the war le fell in with a strange fortified by nature, the Jewish State procession: a party of sixty Germans would not have existed as long as it did To fugl the whole of Judaea is one arching alone in fours, with an officer
tremendous natural fortification. The at their head. Jock looked and thought. approach run the south across the Negeb Ther he went up to the little column, is a natural glacis, and Fudinu has uerer waved his side, und halted them. been succesfully invaded that way.
Who's in charge here" he asked. *I am, Highlander. We've had enough of this a war. replied the officer, in idiomatic English.
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Well, then, I'll een tak ye in sel!" And he did, marching at their head like a Sergeant Major, util he reached one
IN THE CHCADES. The approaches from the east -are, The heaviest fighting equally diffenit.
Dining once on this auspicious oc casion with the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers there was an Italian Roman Catholic priest present, evidently inures to this rich diet, who thought that he was meant to eat the whole plateful of leeks, which he proceederl to do with great gusto. And · clie. more be ate, the more everyone cheered him, and the more they cheered, the more the priest smiler! and the more he ate; till at last everyone was in hysterics. Which hilarity so weakened the two boys holding the goat that they let him slip. Whereupon he promptly charged the next thing ahead which happened to be the holy father's chair and over went that zealous prelate "backwards. For few moments there was a fine medley of drummer boys, priest, drums, gost, and, onione.
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laztern slides or "Big Game Shooting in India." He said that in that country the grass was so tall that it was quite impossible to do any shooting in foot, and it was all done from the hacks of The military situation would, of course, elephants. Both the animals and their drivers were highly trained, and, on of our dressing plations, and was able to be greatly improved by a rising of the occasion, as when the Maharaja warted hand over his new command to the care Arabs, who might attack Palestine from a guest to have first shot, the tiger ucross Jerdan. This is the historie line could be eaten oat to any particular of a regular escort,"
was a country This some personable Scot said that of invasion. The Israelites entered the sun desired. It
where Jonu came across tiger, bear, where he went over the ground was country from the east, making their way rhino, buffalo, bison, swamp deer, and almost too bad even for Tanks; and the into Samaris by the valley ronning north.ther game, and one advantage of men were so teen that they out-paced west from Jericho. Farther north is the hunting on the back of an elephant waa the monster land-ships, and, meeting more fans passage across. Jordan near that the animals being accustomed to with lave mistades than surrender Betska (the Greek Scythopolis), standee wild elephants about, took no notice. charge of a tiger, barfly Buy would prished on in many cases well beyond ing at the Jordan end of the great plain Only a good elephant would stand the their appointed objectives of Fedraelon. This was the route osally stand that of a rhino. Out of eighty in Sergeant B-, of the Kents, said the taken by the northern luvasions of Pale the Maharaja's stables only half a dozen would do this The mithout was partly only feature of the advance which had tine.
responsible, for the fact if he had con Nineveh, the myical capital of Assyria,fidence in the man with the gun, he not been practised to perfection was making allowance for the great droves of is the modern Mosul, and the Assyria world make the elephant stand; but if
We hadn't rehearsed that, invaders used to take the short rohte he thought the sportsman was a pour functions was to feed the elephant with Of the tigers, Mr. Ezra said that if the Frisoners. and I can tell you It was a queer aight across the desert now followed by shut, and the elephant stood a chance of rice. This was given in addition to the villagers brought in news that a cow being gored, he would just touch the fodder which the elephant ate when had been killed, on going to the place to see them scattling through our the Bagdad railway, enter Syria proper animal behind the cars with his toes, tabled. The boy would wrapsome rice in next day one was practically certain to reinforcements bike frightened rabbit at Alepp, and thence cams cow south when the elephant would at occe ture bay, and give this to the elephant get the tiger. The biggest lige hot turped out of their eartha by ferreta. A through, Damascus, crossing the Thidan round and trot off. This performance would go on by thehile he was there measured 10 ft. 6 in. During the shooting season the ele-hour. To mount the elephant one some and weighed 504 lbs. He had himself lot of them were just boys, and spiritles near Bethulian into the plain of Esdraelon. boya, of that and others again and so by one of the wester exits of the phant bede hard time of it: he would times got on by the head, but usually by shot one that was not so long but which go out at six in the morning and not come the tail the elephant puts out his leg weibed 208 lbs. The heaviest ever gray haired men; and, taking all ages plug Into Sharon and Philistin home will eight at night. Then he would and you scrambled on to his back. The shot in that country weighed so be the
wn tedder, and elephant loved the bath, sad the more faverago was about 400 lbs: The
he Young alike, there was a tremendous lot of em If we were in possession of Mosul there Lave to fetch his weating spectacles Specs and a helmet might be a chupey that this shelent line perhaps miles for it nicht be ter at he was scrubbed the more he enjoyed It tixers were more destructive than the night when he got home and ecramenced When he came out he was beautifully old because they killed for practice but look queer together, you know. There of yasion would again become famous feeding Every elephant had three ser oiled so that his back ahould not go the fully grown tiger was daily satis the north, but calling vanta to wait on him there was the chief wrong If that happened he wased with one Fill In some districts the were some fine big hefty naps among
communications and | man, a who was in charge during the them, too, and when
ship the
hooting son lured about six others. There were tiger the world the rent would | shooting - the second man."to whose carefreely spoiled for the shooting season, j-tizers bowed much more, fight than
without being wounded, T the elephant. was turned over when he weeks during the rest of the year the buyers that even where wounded ithal
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