WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1917.
Hughes & Hough AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
General Auctioneers Binaw, Coal and General Produce
Brokers and Commission Agents.
Q:
PROPRIETORS
Wa-Wan" Osal Storage.
Codes used
Bentley's
4th 5th Editions, Ai Telegraphic Code.
Telegraphic Address MZIZION" HONGKONG,
PUBLIC
AUCTION.
TEE facerection HE Undersigned have received in-
OU
THURSDAY,
the 28th June, 1917, at 10 am.. at E.M. Naval Yard, and at the Kowloon Depot,
The Sale of Uld and Surplas Victualling Stores, also at the Kowloon Depot, will commence on THURSDAY, 28th instant about at 11 um. OLD AND SURPLUS NAVAL and VIUTUALLINO STORES
Comprising:
AUCTIONS.
PUBLIO" AUCTION.
THE Undersigned has received instruc sions from the Liquidators elMessrs. James & Co. in pursuance of an order of the Hongkong Government to sell by Foblie Abetion at 12 o'clock (Neon) on
TUESDAY,
the 31st day of July, 1917, at his Sales Booms,
DEDDELL STREET,
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE HONGKONG WAR CHARITIES FUND.
ALLOCATION OF, FUNDS.
"JONAH"
When the old trawler · Bluebell shed, her unthy deckgear, eavered her rusty nakedness with Admiralty grey, and stiflown on the harbour.rix with the white ensign scrap over her raffral
ane beat till your dropped below into the one would hardly recognise her, as the
foesie and the familiar old crawd
Mr. Murray Stewart in his acknow ligment dated London April 27. addressed to the Secretary of the Songkong War Charities, encloses ropies of letters received from the,ghthered round the dirty coal stove. various societies aid institution's which base mariyed donations four the funds placed at his disposal by
and were the saine old bowler hat with Uncle Situs was still cock the mess
Throw off he commanded, waving his hand in salute to the excitable little captain on his big bridge.
There was my response" from the "Fönalt at the bow out The Reutenant looked up and saw him tabling with arine tangled gear forand
nipped out.
Now theá, the step lively he
The back of the merchant Fack was still bowed over his tangled rope in the bows.
What the hell is the matter**
his thigh boots as of rore, unless he went quired the officer irritably: THE VALUABLE - LEASEHOLD' the Hongkong War Culties Com ankore, when he affected the uniform |
PROPERTY siltaste at The Past Hongkong, and being Rural Building Lot No. 18.
IN ONE LOT. The property consists of :---
The piece or parcel of ground and premises known as "Lysholt," 104 The Peak, situate near Mount Gough in the Colony of Hongkoty with an area of 124032 square feet and registered in the Land Other as Rural Building. Lat. No. 10...
The lot is held for the unexpired | residue of a term of 75 years crented therein by an indenture of Crown Lease dated the 23rd day of April 1906.
The Annual Crown Rent is $80.00.
For further particulars and conditions
of sale apply to Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist, Solicitors for the Liquiduters, or to the andersigned.
mitter.
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"She's fouled, sir," reported the bow
stacks and jumper aid a little mound, har, The last rohittance ol £14,250) has Then, in coure of time, discipline nude The officer sprang up and dodged for been distributed as follows:---
itself feit, and a couple of 'outsiders came ward to investigate. There was a m alward to swell the ship's company! Ouenf rope in the bows, and the man was was a wikheyal youth from the great hillsarpaceably turning is ower. inland with definite religious opinions that.. appealed strongly to Unele Silas and whery portable harmonium that coughed out dreary bymu sines on exery available opportunity. But the other was
Y.M.CA. Ents
1.800 St. Dunstan's Home......
2,200 Officers" Families Fund... 1.500 D.F.C. Hospita!
1,000 Red Cross Society ... 1,750 French Red Cross, General
Funds
1,000,
500
7{}
50)
"I'm only purtendin', sir.” he whis- pered hoarsely: hut, there's sathio" fishy about this bo't."
The ofleep tumbled quickly to the situa tion.
a reprobate, a merchant Jack from one
You elumsy hubber, he shouted with of the big ports to the south, who scored assume iudigastion. I reckon. YOU MUS freligious discussion with a profane con-only fit to paddie visitors on Yarmouth,
tempt, attempted rag-time tunes ote the harmonium, and invariably came aboard. with uncertain stem. tainting the air with wickedness where he breathed.
Dr. Bardo's Home..... 1,000 Dreadnought Hospital :.....
1,000 Prisoners of War Fund 1.000 British & Foreign Sailors
Society Lord Roberts' Workshops
In the beginning the Bluebell was lucky. Thea with the advent of the new i Blue Criss Society
arrivals at the harmoonium their back The donation to the YMCA.changed. Time after time the putrol Buts will defy the cost of the retarded to harbon, her finet white erection of three Huts, one each in, with salt and the eyes of her crew aching 1748 England, France und Macedonia: and homeshot with constant watchings,
Egypt or Musopoturnia, whichevs | and nothing to, report. Down below they most requires it. The Huts will pondered deeply upon the subject, anil. each be named Hongkong Hit "eing seamen, naturally came to the enti and if possible the statement that union that they had hit an unlucky They have been erected out of funds patch. THE Endersigned as received bruised, by public subscription in "this
structions from the Liquidator of Colony,
GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer
Hongkong, April 30, 1917.
PUBLIC AUCTION
Oil and Surplus Naval Stores: One Lon Lighter (currying anyucity is Tons) Yurious Ships and Bouts Fittings Far Engines" Canvas Hoses. Coir | Messes. Wirzak & Co. in pursuance of Cortinge, Papperstuff, Canvas Rags, OLT}
un Order
India Rubber, Boat. Ours Fir. Carpets, of the Hongkong Governme to sell by Hugs Blankets, Betsiendis," Blectric
Public Auction, at 14 o'clock (Noon) Cable, Old Steel Tubes. Old Iron and Steel Mineral and Olive Oil, Gas Cylinders, den, de,
Okl and Surplus Victumlling Stores :- Provisions, Seamen's Clothing. Blankets, Others' Mess Traps, (A quantity of Electro-plated Articles and Table Linen). Implements, Suncos Mess Utensils,
op
MONDAY
the 27th day of August, 1917, ' at his Sales Rooms, DUDDELL STREET, Hongkong.
ALL the piece of ground situate, at Cooperage Articles, Oak Staves, &c., de. Į Yaunuui, Kowloon, in the Colony of Terms of Sale:As detailed in the Hongkong and registered in the Land Office as KOWLOON INLAND LOT NO. Catalogue,
Ou view from Tuesday, 26th inst. Catalogues will be issued,
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beach.
My apologies, captain, for this delay, he shanted up to the little man, who was watching events with!
ruptuous curiosity.
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"When I wa-holdin' (10) sir." explained the Jogah, still tumbling feverishly with the angled painter, “I caught my car in plate runnin? alveg her starbourd strake. Is don't seem right. daly incsel bolted os. I worked in u/Bry docks once, na" paver seed mucit a ching. You watch her as she pilise"
With the swell as she lay there the tremp lifted and, as pointed om by his las Sur O end. see there was for 'rythin' bolted on to her lower plates, other plates remarked ng Silas nettaully ene in a ist unasuah man Sir H. E. Proctor, the Acting erenige. "an' there's a reason for this.
acknowledgment of the gift" mene pointin the fingerscorn at is wi Treasurer of the YIM.C.A., in his Why should 'ev'ry other bolt in hasbour | ladder,
tioned that there was urgent need ur empty happenin's? The Bluebell ofanother hut in Switzerland for the allus was a lucky bo't: why should it be English, prisoneri interned there, and changed this sudden *** requested that one-third of the sim be devoted to this, which, Mr. Stewart writes, he agreed to.
"There's &
reason
Ffe turned to the merefiunt Jack, who sut silent and indifferent, his jaws marving mechanically ever his tobacco quid.
A where were yo afore ye came here along?" he demanded truculently.
In the Niele
**Cos she was other abruptly.
"An" after that, what then?"
"The officer nun ay the mecvmaridation
"
Im sorry, wir." he said to the per
plexed Bttle captain, but fun, strid that Luast ask you to run on 'lo my humd harbour for further search."
The other began to protest vigerously, but the sinister perkiness of the patrol's six-pounder was a decisive factor, and in
I his acknowledgment of thei
few minutes she was following, her captor as merkly"ix a lemb. "But, to her gheque for £1,000 for St. Dunstan's Home, Sir Arthur Pearson, Bart. An why in't ye aboard her now?
skipper's sorprise, after a fruitjosst searchi of her curge, he`rreeived information, that' One Lot.
the Chairman, after expressing the
sorpedoed, retorted the his ship was to be dry docked. He fumed - HUGHES & HOUGE, The property consists of a piece of deep appreciation felt for the gift,
and storied tore than ever in protest. By Appointment Auctioneers to the
ground abutting on Battery Strect and suggests that the interest on the
but it was of we. The skipper and Admiralty. Fourth Street (near the Praya) in Kow-money should be applied towards the
erew of the Blu-bell watched the proceed Hongkong, June 20, 1917. - 1988 loon and contains an area of 4500 Square |úpkeep of new establishment! The Christabet, a weeper: she fouled
ings, an the water was pumped out of which will be ready next month at her gear in a dine five days after I was sidue of a term of 5 years created half of the Hongkong Committee,
The Lot is held for the unexpired reBrighton. To this, Mr. Stewart, onabourd an' went down in eight minites, the dock, with an excitéd interest, and when the water dropped, a couple of therein by an Indenture of Crown Lease
**Anh after that?”. hose agreat.
experts reparted timidition to the ** Shipped valinng' wi' this ille, et trang's keel-plates of numerous "copper Mr. W. Baker, the Hon. Pirector in
sheets bolted on in an entirely ne sory "and highly suspicious manner, their excitinent reached a height of profane
PUBLIC
AUCTION.
Trder by a vection- THE Undersigned have received in-
(POR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCHANED),
**
FRIDAY,
by 20th June, 1917, at 3 pm, at Ñò, Î. Great George Street, East Point, (next door to Ice House).
LUNDAY
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
therein contained.
Consisting, of :-".
Teakwood Sideboard (Bevelled Mirror), Teakwood Wardrobes (Double Beveiled Mirrors), Brass Fenders and Brasses.. Teak Overmantel, Copper Boiler, Copper Fish Kettle, Cooking Utensils, Se.. de.
Terma-Cush.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers. Hongkong. Jude 25, 1917.
PUBLIC
AUCTION.
1912.
HE Undersigned have received in- Theactions to sell by Public Auction..
(FOR ACCQUET OF THE COBUKENID),
WEDNESDAY, the 4th July, 1917, commencing
at 2.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 2, Des Voeux Rood, Corner of Low HOVOR BIRNET, ALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND
BLACK WOOD FURNITURE,
Lim
As follows Upholstered Suites, Armchairs and Bolas, Card Tables, Bedroom Furniture, comprising Double and Single Brass- mounted Bedsteads and Twin Bed
Feet.
dated the 4th day of May 1988.
The Aunun Crowis Rent is $00.
For further particulars and conditions of Dr. Burnik's Homes, in his "Chele Silas kooked around trumphantlyet
of sale apply to Messrs. HASTINGS & acknowledgments, mentions the fact the inuaticisus glented in his HANTINGS, zolicitors for the Liquidator that at present they know of 9,262 piercing blay eyes,What did I tell or to the Lindersigned :
Bardo's Home buys serving in these he demanded. The coffer is laid GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Army, Navy and Mercantile Marie-low as is the tall trees, the wicked ain't Auctioneer Hongkong, May 21, 1917. 1839 One of the boys enlisted in China. able to trip. He a Jonah; that's
HE
PUBLIC AUCTION.
Undersigned have received instrue tions to sell by Public Auction, (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNE9),
Ji
00
SATURDAY,
the 30th June, 1917, at 10.30. at their Sales Rooms, No. &,
Des Voeux Road, Corner of “
"Lee House Street,
A. CONSIGNMENT OF HOUSEHOLD LINEN,
&c.
Consisting of
Bed Sheets, Cashion Covers, Bed apreads, Table Cloths and Berrietten; Dusters, Glass, Cloths, Towels, &c.
Also
A number of Lady's Blouses, And
7A quantity of Lace Curtains, ~Terms :-01sh.
BUGETS & BOUGH, Auctioneer Hongkong, June 22, 1917.
stends, Sideboards, Dinner Wagon FRENCH
Extension Dining Tables and Chaire, Tes and Occasional Tables, ora Dinner Services, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Tollet Sets & Bath Boom Utenis, Roll-top Deska and Writing Tables, Sundry Plectro Plated Wara etee
¿
exhilaration.
smiling Fouah-
Unele Silas benned upon the grils
It's a quick-eye ye have, b'y," he
givin hip hopes of ye yet. - ́Âu' it playin” theur-devil's tunes U help ye and the error of ye ways. I ain't a biddin' ye
Mr. P. Michelli, the Secretary of what he is, an wi' him aboard this bot is remarked genially. an" we win't above, the Dreadnought Hospital, acknow-accursed as the cities of the plains ** ledging receipt of the donation, The indifferent one who had dodged stated that arrangements, would be death twice in six days was moved to made for erecting a tablet over"ench numbled apology. of the three beds now provided by Hongkong. inserited The Hong- kong Hed."
*** Only_mne blarsted luck," he explained. And the Blind again was a happy
Ye're a taglie fout of xinesadyship-WALTER II. Indros in the
he dried up by the flames of hell went rhester Gnardiah."
in-
All the feltnowledgments contain ou Cacle Sitas prints. The devil has expressions of deep gratitude for the tollered yo, aboard here, and it seems as timely help provided by this Colony. if innocent is to suffer wi' the guilty DISSOLUTION OF STERMAHIP
The mount donated to the Pri-Ye mense by proof so long as ye site in soners of War Fund is disposed of the weat of the scorner.**** nes follows:-".
Men.
201
20
22
he
I'm turnin' in here, sir that hymn
for, iné," ♫
COMPANY.
HOW 2,000 PER CENT. DIVIDEND WAS DECLARED.
INTIMATIONS
Bara 7300 Still going strong,
VOLESTEER We want to go 10 the front at once, Sir !"
6 years old.
Orvices (good-humouredly): "All in good time, my lads! You ast first get into perfect conditien, like Johnnie Walker.. Then you'll be in front and not easily shifted.""
JOHNNIE AYALKER "We ·Label" JonsNE WALKER Red Label" to years old. JORNAIR WALKER "Black Label." 12 yenes old. thuaranteed same quality throughout the world. Agonis General, CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.
JOHN WALKER & SONS, LTD. SOTO Wakey Distars, Kilmarning, scOTLINED
THE EVER POPULAR. HOUSEHOLD REMEDY
Which has to borne the Stup of Public Approval for "! OVER FORTY YEARS.
ENO'S
FRUIT SALT
PLEASANT TO TAKE, REFRESHING AND INVIGORATING.
IT IS VERY BENÉFICIAL IN ALL CASES
OF"
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Constipation, Errors in Diet-Eating or Drinking, Thirst, Giddiness, Rheumatic or Gouty Polson, Feverish Cold, with High Temperature and Quick Pulse, and Feverish Conditions generally. It is everything you could wish as a simple and Natural Health-giving Agent.
Prepared only by: J.C.ENO, Ltd., Fruit Salt Works, London, England
SOLD BY CHEMISTS AND STORES EVERYWHERE.
CHANG HISUN'S SOLDIERS AT
PEKING."
AT A JAPANESE CIRCUS.
The Peking Gazette has the following
to say regarding the presence of Chang Hsun's soldiers in Peking
AUCTION.
PUBLICAVOTION
Particulare of the Zot
That evening, in the wrond dog wateb. s. the officer was taking a pipe on the Worcestershire Regiment 1.
deck forward a Sure heavily laden with Royal Münster Fusiliers,
bedding and kit lurched by bits in the Io a recent issue,"ways the Japan Argyll and Sutherland High- lalt lights and slid laboriously, down the Chronicle, we reported that the in Chiness theatres, ten houses, brothels PARTICULARS and Conditions of the
Not contented with making trouble
tunders ....
angtime net room...
Chuyetan, Steurship Company had de- and other public places the pig-tail letting by Fublic Auction Sale, to be Welsh Regimed: 53
clared Hulo, what's your game?
a dividend of 2.000, per cent..soldiers of Chang Hsun are beginning to held on TUESDAY, the 3rd day of
with 1917 at 9
Offices of These men are kept regularly inquired. The ostracised Jonah tirued which seemed somewhat big even in foreigners Recently, about forty of the Public Works Department, by Order of supplied with parcels containing and saluted.
Chang Hain's soldiers went ton Japanese His Excellency the Governor of One Lot thine days of enormous shippler profits.ircus formerly situated at the western of CROWN LAND above Bowen Boad, food, clothing, etc., for six months.
From a later report it appears that one end of the Legation quarters but re in the Colony of Hongkong, for and it is the intention of the Comingin' in the foe'sle is gettin' too much of the three large steamers owned by the sently moved to Hsiang-chang outside term of 75 years, with the option of the city. They occupied the best seats zenowal at a Crown Rent to be fired by the nittee to continue to keep these
company was suck by the Germans some but refused to pay for the tickets. Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one 1904 men, and more if funds allow, up-
The officer a dded; he knew his men, Company decided to dispose of, dil the proprietor at once telephoned to his con
time ago, and the shareholders of the Thinking that these soldiers were there farther term of 75 years,
to interfere with the show the JapaUPER plied to the end of the wur):
and observations during the next few ships possessed by the concern and go salate, which immediately communicated drys enabled him to san up the notion into-quidation. The Company therefore darmerie Some police officers strived
the news to the Chinese police s
and of affairs pretty accurately,
acid all its vessels and other property, on the but did not do anthing to
They But beyond ocassionally reporting drift and deducting from the proceels of the the bold carry allow paid for the
pig-ball
end Hallowed them to ing mines the Bluebell's ill-usule all the liabilities a balance of enjoy the entertainment in a perfect devil-may-care, manner. It is reported tigued. Then one fine morning. Cacle 11,820,000 was left or distributing that the Japanese proprietor of the show Silas colled away a abant a brew font to a big black tram steamer than the shareholders. The latter, were was told by the police that he need not about the presence of the soldiers puid 1000 hr woh 5. puid-by ahora
Be as the polico guaranteed to pay for upon being signalled had hovs to. The and expressed theive quite satisfied every sest taken by the plg-tail soldiers. fatrol offner climbed sexily up her swing even though the Company was dissolved. These same soldiers have been terrorising the various brothels outside of Chien- ing sides, and wens throug the mul business of yeïnning her
apers. The captain of the trump Insoluble broken Engkah sargeed him nationality, be strict
LESSONS
G. MOUSSION.
The Man Who
13. Morrisem Hill Rond.
Gets There
la the maxi who has blood-
Fiance in good condition, Electric OVERLAND CHINA MAIL" Reading Lamps, Blackwood and Teak- wood Excreens, a quantity of Blackwood Furniture Engravings Pictures, Laiga Hall Clock, etc., etc.
M
Terania Poles and Netting Porcelain Ligne Cabinet, Enamelled Bath, Brass. Finger Bowls, Carpets (New sad second handjon Child's Cot, Fernunbulator,
(Full Particulars from Catalogne.)
HUGHES & HOUGH
Hanzone Wups 26, 201
THE WEEKLY EDITION OF THE
"OHINA MAIE”.
CUNTAINS AND THE NEWE
OF THE WELE.
PRICE as ta. (each) per Ber
real, rich red blood an Flenty of it-It is body.
WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL:- COMPOUND
makes blood loss of it-Ifa giving brain mom
tingui repler
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sympathy with the
heard it an often before that be merely nodded and went
suspidiou, and ellig rather
the whole proofeding, he
Into his bost
gen-
I runy
by Anted that similar come men They go about fully aried and no belog adopted by some other Japaness one, it even the local troops dare to touch them Several scenes have taken ship-owners, who evidently consider the i plate as the result of ther singing, girls hiding themselves upon the approach of prevalling high price paid for, ships
the pig tail soldiers of whom the girls Bes, the welling of their
have such .Whölasotné nWELZZANG
THE
Abgre Bowen Boad
Registry Ra
"Boundary Metastases,
(Approximata)
Apte plais
LESSONS IN CHINESE
MESI HON FAN, & Chinos gradanty vermed
Braratora; ham boan Mirasçilesi: pov Karpersek Umekos and Manchakta in lieu Colony LOR VENT CAMUS
CHe has a "hood; metida of GralizingŞİZaropents pake logba China Stazini DeAndM
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