MONDAY, JULY 18, 1917.
Hughes & Hough
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
BE Undersigned have received in
structions to sell by Public Auction.
(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
19
on
TUESDAY,
the 17th July, 1917, at 12 delock Non, at their Sales Rooms No. & De Verar Road, Corner of
Iee House Stret FOUR FOX TERRIER PUPS.
Teroka z—us usouk
ECOTES & HOUGII,
ARCITOM'. Bangkong, July 14, 1917,
1050
PUBLIC
AUCTION.
THE Undersigned lave received in
structions to sell by Public Auction. (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCRETED),
TUESDAY,
the 17th July, 18, commenting
at 230 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of
"Icz. HOT STRIKT, VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE, REDSTEADS, CURTAINS, PICTURES,
tc..
As follows Upholstered Suites, Arm-chairs and Sofas, Card Tables, Bedroom Furniture comprising Double and Single Brass mounted Bedsteads nud Twin Bed steads Sideboartis, Dinner Waggons, Extension Dining Tables And Chairs, Tes
Occasional Tables, etc., Dinner Services, Crockery, Glass Ware,) Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Toilet Sets, Ee, Bath Boom Utensils, Roll-top Desks and Writing Tables, Sundry Electro Flated Ware, etu,
and
pl 2 Pistion in good condition, Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood and Tank- wood Screens, Sundry Blackwood Furniture, including farie Overmante), Engravings, Pictures, etc., etc.
Aloo
Tennis Poles and Netting. Porcelain Cigar Cabinet, Enamelled Eath, Carpets (New and second hand)-Perabubutors. *&c., &
(Fall Particulars from Catalogus.)- TEX-Cash.
HUGEES & HOUGE,
Auchiensers Hongkong, July 11, 1917.
PUBLIC
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YOU WANT PINK CHEEKS.
Every woman pants pink theeks They mean not only beauty, but health.. Then put the colour in your cheeks, not on them. The glow of health is the red of healthy bled showing through | translucent skin. It is you assess rich, ral bloossible unless
When a girl's colour fades and she looks debilitated, is short of breath,
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THE WAR.
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SUNDAY'S TELEGRAMS.
when her heart palpitatos after avery (Reuter's Service to the Chind Mail) various parts of the body, she needs Dr. slight exertion and she has pains in Willian pink pills for pale people.THE They are the remedy best suited to restore, the blood, bring brightness to the eyes and put calout in the cheeks and lipe
The only other treatment needed costs Dothing. It is this. Give the patient plenty of fresh air, molerate asereise every day, not enough to cause fatigue. Land "ube "caru in the diet, for the food travel for by the swemic is often not the best for the sufferer.
So start Dr. Williams pink pills with nt delay ask your dealer for the bottles to the Dr. Williams Medicins Co., Szechuan Roul, Shanghai.
FREE Address a post card to the abaw address, asking for a Health Guide.
or send 31.30 för a bottle (88), for 8
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AUCTION.
FUBLIC AUCTION,
EĘ Undersigned has received instrüc. tions from the Liquidators of Mesers Jay Co. in pursuance of an order of the Bergkong, Government to sell by Fublic Auction at 12 o'clock (Noon) on
GERMAN OFFENSIVE
IN BELGIUM.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE
THE MESOPOTAMIA DEHATE.
MR. ASQUITH'S CENSURE.
Lostos, July 13.
THE ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
(Continued from, page.
most of her norda". It is, therefore, asy American countries for the supply of to imaging the distressing condition into which Japan would fall if war broke pus between Japan and Britala, and Japanese shipping on the Indian and other over-sea routes is jeopardised.
In the House of Cammors, the year in order to varry on the present war, Mesopotamia debate was resumed As all the iron ore which Japan can obtain Mr. Asquith questioned the desir- ftrum Chinese, Korean, and domesti expressed the opinion that the House year. Japan is looking to Europe and ability of appointing a Tribunal, and markets does not exeved 200,000 tons. A
of Cenimons alone woull be able to say whether Statesmen anil Soldiers deserved censure. Ele expresse. his profound regret at Mr. Austen Cham- berlain's resignation, which he con- sidered uncalled for He also strongly denounced the tanner in which the report had been travestied, Reuter's Correspondent at Head-perverted and exploited as one of quarters graphically describes the the most disgraceful proceedings in German attack on our new frous in history, and to the degradation often remains beteren Britain and tiers Belginn, on July 10, to which be the Press. incidentally canarks, the home uilitary crities manifestly, attach exaggerated importance.
BATTLE.
LONDOS, July 14.
The Prime Minister stated that the administration of the Mesopotamia campaign at present was everything that could be desired. The guilty persons must be severely punished. but hair and impartial investigations of the facts was first essential,
The subject was dropped and no rote was taket.
PROPOSED TRIBUNAL
ABANDONED.
LATER.
For the above-mentioned reasons I prefer an alliance, with Britain to se with Germaux, wod, there is little doubt than the British people are also degimus of the maintenance of the Angkellaparsaska Alliance na bong as hostility or compati
many. With all my desire for the main. teannce of the Alliance, however, I cannot
eognise the existener of some grave Alliance ascund basis for years to Boultion in the way of keeping the came.
DANGERS TO THE ALLIANCE.
fle says the secne of the fighting a. tumble-looking stretch of sand, sparsely covered with brownish
What causes ne the gravest coqueen gruss. In some places the Banci
in this connection" are the relations of rises in little bluffs from a ribbed
the Japanese and Eritish peoples a foreshore, in others, it shelves gently
China. Needless to say, the Angles) to the surt. The greatest height of
Japanese Alliance has for its hjort the the ground the enemy occupied is 60
pilservaţion CE
territorial feet above
integrity, as the pen door and equal Heg level. Nume
opportunity in China. K last the guilies and holes afford goal hiling In deference" sa" Elfi, opposition in KAKTUSSİNG and ambitious design net places, but there is indifferent various quarters of the House of Russia and Germany. Now" that Rössia-
has become the trand nf both Britsin and matund shelter from gunfire; oving Commons, the episod of the
Japan, and Germany has lost her use of to the loose suul. The position is Government to establish a Mixed activity in the East with Japan's redue. impossible of conversion ifto one of Triliual on the Mesopotafittie affairdion of Kiacchau, there is every indien THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD Strong defenny, although the Frenchus been practically abandoneit! - PROPERTY sitiate at The Peakhuring their long tenure of "the" The whole question las heet, left Hongkong, and being Rural Building Sector, and ein best of it.
in a most confused state. Lot No. 19.
TUESDAY,
the 31st day of July, 1917, at his Sales Rooms. DUBBELL STREET,
."
the
The gray artillery swelled to un โ」 Oss Lot
Treninous upcour curly di' July 10, The property consists of film
directed against 600 yards of flout The piece or parcel of, ground and the trenches paralel with premises known. "Lyshelt," 10s The eastern bank of the Yser. After an Peak, situate near Mount Gough in the hout the guns were directed on the Colony of Hongkong with an areù of 194032 square feet and registered in th support trenches, and an hour later Land Office as Rural Building Lot. No.] to crumpling the ground to the west of the river. The mage was then The lot is held for the unexpired shortened to the fist unge. The therein by an indenture of Crown Lease residue of a terms of to years createdenenly repeated this methobeal bombardinong which was largely dated the 23rd day of April 1996.
assisted by great serial activity. Our guns, in the meanwhile, weth
19.
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The Annual Crown Rent is 985.00 For further particulars and conditions
of sale apply to Messrs. Wikipsen & thundering in reply. During the Grist, Solicitors for the Liquidators, or Lakening, the tiernan shells destroy-. to the undersigned.
GEO. P. LAMMER",
Auctioneer Hongkong, April 30, 1817..
FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
1748
TEAKWOOD MOTOR BOAT, hall and Sttings in good orier and condition bottom sheathed with Muntz Metal
Length....
35'0" Pean Depth
"
3.6"
ed the bridges ass the Yer, between the sea and Nieuport Lock (destroying the possibility of rein
ferring the front line.
The newspapers are irgi la Government to makeup its adat and decide upon ou definite" policy.
HUNGARY AND PEACE.
AMSTERDAM, July 13.
tion that future competition in China Peili chiefly he between Japan and Britaïs, Signs of Anglo-Japanese trade competition in China are already apparent. China trade of the Powers prior to the present war is shown by the following
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131x Tarli Britala 200,000"5,100,000 it,PHASE OF ONLIN Japan ..... 70,ook, Papel, na poun 1120 America 4,000.00) 17,000 25,000,000 240,000- Germany
faures-
ING
300,000
"
Fitte
all to 000, 00.00 4,00
Hongkung 72,000,000 $6,000,000 171,000,000 15,000
I the Lower House of the Hun-Bula garian Diet, M. Karolyi declared that the first requisite condition of prace. was the deliberatisation of every country
DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN
GERMANY.
DUTCH OPINION.
LONDON, July 15. Opinion is growing in Holland that the German Governinëtt, "itself is supporting the democratic agitation, with a view to obtaining peace.
THE COAL CRISIS IN GERMANY.
ONE OF THE CAUSES.
ZURICH July 14.
The Germans nelvanced concentric ally along the scú shore. Our ranks were now eg thinned that the defence consisted of a small detached hand- fub ut men. They put up a rang
die particularly the King's Royal Scent fight against overwhelming Rifles and the Northamptons.
A In the Reichstag Dr. Hellfrich dis- pasy of bombers, and another with closed that one of the princip al causes flanze towers attacked a tunnel in of the real crisis was the miners' strike. which the Headquarters Stuff of the King's Royal Rifles were sheltering frous the Bombardmant: The last
Teak wood derk house 18′′-6' bong fitted with venetian shutters.
Completely equipped with stern gear, including brass propeler, brass rudder. ateering your, telegraph. and usual seen of them here, was a party at KobonThe then had been pressed back to five officers standing back to back.
accessories
1949
Vessel may be seen at The Engineering Works.
No reasonable offer refuser.
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TUESDAY,
be-17th July, 1917, at 3 p.m.,
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Das Vœux Road, Corner of
Ice House Street
About Twenty Five Dozen
SLAZENGER TENNIS BALLS IN AIR TIGHT TINS.
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The above table shows that while Britain's trade with China was almost gundrupled düring 20 years, Japan's trade withthina witnessed færgenter development. It may be argued that it tise, bulk of the trade of India and Hory. kong with China is added to the figures of Eritain's truele, Tapan's trade still falls short of the British in this field, but it must be remembered that Hongkong's trade with Chini does not exclusively the British speak of their China" trudis they represent Britis/trade" and in fact when
leave out of consideration Hongkong's trade with China, It may be pointed out that cotton gods have been and will pon- tinue to be the principal line of export goods to China boh by Japan-and. Britain, and it la in this line that kien competitina will take place between the two countries. Cotton goods occupy the most important place in the Chinese trade, standing "first on the list. of China's imports for 1913 with the total value of 182.000.000 tels. The trade of Britain Americus and Japan
with China in this particular line in 1939. and 1913 is shown by the following figures-
Britain
America
1009.
1933. Pieves. legs,
10,019.444 11,706,426
$248.201 2.291.123.
5,716.34
Japan... 1,098;207 Was
the river bank, and they plunged in accompanied by General Smhts, inform It will be seen from the above table that. and swam across. One soldier, umid | ed a deputation that the Government u fall of "inullets, "swam across and accepted the principle of National fetcher a rope and secured the end, responsibility towards the sufferers from air riada and other enemy attacks on and then swam pack, establishing a means by which many unable to the United Kingdom. swim escaped. The Germans placed machine-guns in position around, the former right of our positions, and awept the ground..
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THE COTTON CRISIS.
PROPOSED CURTAILMENT OF PRODUCTION.
in Japan's case the figures were more than dripled during the short space of five years, while Britain increased her figures fires autually showed a decrease by B only by 10 per „cent., nad, America”-
per cent.Marunter, since the outbreak of war, Japan's exports of cotton"goods to Chind have doubled as compared with pre-war days, and from the facts it must be concluded that very keen Anglo, Japanese competition will set in after the the war on the. Chinese markets.
By three in the aftemoon the boinburtinent was intensified to a whirlwind, which was muiintained for true hours. The battalion bead quarters of the King's Royal Rifles became untenable and the staff moved, to a tunnel, nearer the sea All the breast works towards Lom burtzyde were levelled and the trenches were being ripkily wiped After a two hours' conference, with out. Is was evident that the GerSir Albert Stanley, the Cotton Control inans meant an infantry attack and Board issued the following notification: the officers disposed their maen to The Cotton Control Board, after
LONDON, July 14. receive the assaut. The Germans carefully considering the position, and closed with buyers satisfied.
Silver is quoted at 41. The market were seen maning, at six in the
In consultation with Sir Albert Stavler evening. A wounded sergeant of the Northamptony volunteered to swin regarding the actual supplies
LONDON, July 14.
COMMERCIAL RIVALTY IN CHINA. Board of Trade, attended a meeting, of Sir Albert Stanley, President of the
Some people may denounce the idea the Cotton Control Board at Manchester; commercial relations as having any serious | cf attaching importance, to international to consider the curtailment of production bearing on the diplomatic relations by short time or a stoppage of a portion between the countries concerned; but of the machinery!'
when I give due thought to the great RESULT OF THE CONFERENCE. political influence wielded by Lancashire,
LATER.
THE SILVER MARKET."
FRENCH LESSONS infantry advancing. The sericent sumption of coton st. some fatsare time, are using the new two Hapee notes; of
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came to the fore in connection with the'
the manufacturing centre of British punterable as
an attempt to persuade, cotton-goods, I cannot take so optimistic Japanese steurship companies to with- view of the situation as some publicists draw their vessels from the Chinese conată" de. When question arose in India last and the Yangtze River dimply because year in favour of levying import duties the maintenance of their services will on cotton gode from the necessity of hurt the feelings of the rival, British. wartime finance, the Lancashire mer steamship companies. What I dealre to chants started an agitation in protest call the attention of Japanese people to aguirmth duties, and with successful in the fact that beneath the surface of Ministry was formed the matter again an anti-Japanese element; whose material results. After the present Lloyd George the Anglo-Japanese Allianca, there lurks
question of India's contribution towards Japanese merchants. It is not my faten- interests conflict with those, of Bother
the Imperial war expenditure." The pro- tion to attach unda importance to the tests were resumed vary vigorously by attitude of Lancashire, but my fear is the Lancashire merchante, and there is that when this element combines with no doubt the Indino proposal would have other cogent anti-Japanese factors, an fallen through on account of their rehe, optimistic view of the future of thes ment opposition had it not been for a war Alliance is not altogether warranted, y contribution of ¥1,000,000,000 which other cognat anti-Japanese factors I mean India gave to Britain. Lancashire boasts the conflict of Anglo-Japanese intereste many influential members in the House Central and South China, and especially of Commons. It also worthy of note in the Yangtze Valley. that "Lancashire has powerful Press SUP-
LONDON, July 15. the Tier as the only practicable of cotton in the country and pany's report Atates that owing to interests and views of Lancashire, and the Measta. Samuel, Montague and Com-t at its back. For instance, the Daily New always represents the way, of reaching hud wurning the the prospective supplies, has decided troops ou the right of what was being act to recommend any immediate genel buying the price has reached same may be said of the Manchester
record since 1892. The Shanghai Guardian prepared. When across he saw three curtailment of production Should it heary Waves of Cremas marine become necessary to reduce the con Ceylou reports state that the Plantern Exchange bas hardened sympathetically.
THE INFLUENCE OF LANCASHIRE An regards the attitude of the Laser reached his objective and delivered his message in consequence of adequate sotice will be given to afford which five lakhs were erenlated early shire element towards Japar, it must be which a bomb stop was hastily ample opportunity for making the June, for the payment of coolies in confessed that tirey frequently uume an thrown up and machine-guns placed necessary adjustment. In the meantimetary's bolding of silver has guia collision of the interests of Tapeshire preference to scia The -Indian anti-Japanese attitudo on account of the in position, and the attack was pro the policy with regard to the issue of increased!
With those of Japon in China, wa ja evi- vented from deploying beyond this licences will not be altered Licences
denced by the fact that the two papers point
will be granted (for the purchase of not
mentioned printed very strong articles O:ber instances of the glorious spirit more than s week's supply at a time)
against Japan in 1015, when the Sigo of the men will be told when the fight only to spinners who have less than is concluded. Even the enemy did not two onthe supply in stock considerat safe to fully
of the micerin
themselv
old ang
ABYE-ELECTION.
SOUTH MONMOUTH RETURNS as negotiations work in progres, and when the question of inviting thing FALIBELAL
into the Fintente, froup organion outh Monmouth bye-electiontention then to urge Japane
Nothing is furth from
in the retum of Sir Galod |
Liberal who pol
DEATH OF A FAMOUS JOCKET.
July 118.
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