WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1917,
Hughes & Hough
AUOTIONKINS TO THE GOVERNMENT:
General Auctioneers Skaro, Coal'ànd General Produce Brokers and Commission Agents.
PROPRIETORS
'To-Kwa-Wan' Coal Storage.
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METRIUX* HONGKONG.
→ PUBLIC AUCTION, THE Undersigned have received in
structions to sell by Public Auction, (POR. ACCOUNT OF TER CONCIEJ15), -
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FRIDAY,
the 20th July, 1817, at 10.30 a 1
w their Sules Roopis, No. 8, Des Yeux Road, Corner of
Tex House STREET,
LUXURY
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HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c.,
Removed to Salen Roonus for. Convenience of Sale.)
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• quantity of PAINT RED LEAD, &e,
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HP PORTABLE MOTOR
in grol running order.
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BUCHES & HOUGH,
Åte Bieners.
Hongkong, July 17, 1917.
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AUCTIONS.
PCBLIC AUCTION.
MHE Undersigned has received instruc
Blons from the Liquidators of Messrs. JEBSKX Co. in pursuance of an order of the Hongkong Government to sell by Public Auction at 12 o'clock (Noon) on
TUESDAY,
the 31st day of July, 1917,
this Sales Rooms, DUDDILL STREET,
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE.
STIRRING STORIES OF THE RECENT FIGHTING.
THE LOSS OF THE TRANSYLVANIA.
A 'SURVIVOR'S STORÝ.
face, you again soon." At. 11.9), 10 hour after the wand torpedo struck her, the transport saak.
Two rowlocks were missing hens the lifeboat in which Miks Baker-Jones was, and it was badly overcrowded. Is made
Special Cables to the Pioneer (India) MAGNIFICENT RESCUE WORK BY water, in spite of baling with hats and
dated London,alune 8, stated:-An Ane- rican correspondent at the French front points cut that the fighting in France is
DESTROYERS.
boots. At the end of an hour the people in her were deep in waton with the rising As washing over phem. Mias Bakers
back supporting
SAID
representative by John May, second cook lifeboat, bet on board. He said :—
herself with an car.
The story of bow the Translyvania went now almued wholly for possession of obdown was told to "The Times", LiverpoolJones was actually washed out of thự servatories. Ho mys after the battle of the Marne, the Germans took up positions commanding their opponents tino. These are now being wrested from them. When the French, bo had at THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD ready taken Chemin des Dames and aloronvillers with a meat valuable out zhall be able in their tarn to
The torpedo struck the vessel about 10, 'clock in the morning, striking her in
bont were picked up by a destroyer, one It was 130 when the recupants of the the bunkers near the engine-room. Thore of the escort, which afterwards picked up
PROPERTY situate at The Peakit took not overlook every German, move was a tercitio explosion, and many of tho | a large number of survivors. They were]
Hongkong, and being Rural Building Lot No. 19.
IN ONI LOT! The property consists of ;—
iment
The piece or parrul of ground and age to that of the Germans head, were on parade on deck.
They
the war on the Western front will men must have been killed by it, tunded at a city in an Allied entry be practically won. This written before
General P
the time the troops on boast, who where the pröple were kindness itualis, had added the conquest of the Measines
included man Ridge
from Liverpoot and Birken "There was no key of life among the providing another example of premises known as "Lysholt," 104 The
being #re pushed on
uses. The captain was drownel, his on the lower ground Peak, situate near Mount Gough in the Prior to our offensive their observation behave splendidly, and there was no body bring reenerced.
Several vien Colony of Hongkong with an ares of points served them well. Added signifi ponic whatever, The crew had a clear actually swam ashore, and others were 12-4032 square feet and registered in tàcance is given to our success by
the fact Land Office as Raral Building Lot. No. It enemy were fully prepared for way to the deck from below, and as they picked up tqund, the coast. The captain attack. Germa newspaper had same up they saw the sellers standing was gived a great military funeral Sixty-four nurses left afterwards on their way to Engluid.
19.
"A
The lot is tiek for the unexpired residue of a term of 5 years created therein by an indenture of Crown Lenso dated the 23rd day of April 1906.
The Annual Crown Rent is $85.00. For further particulars and conditione of sale apply to Mears. Wilkinson & Crist, Solicitors for the Liquidators, or to the undersigned. “
GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer
Hongkong, April 30, 1917.
PUBLIC AUCTION
un Order
that
been pointing out the obvious messingin erried line tive deep. of the volume of British artillery fire, at point where the German line formed a waiting salient
The Daily Mail's correspondent at the front, remarks that one might as wall
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Sixty-six nurses were also on bonze and showeni splendid self-possesion, and when after the ery of “Wonnet tirst" was raised
try and hide, London try and hide the and the nurses were being lowered to preparations for a modern attack. The the bits, one of the women called out. serumulations of batteries and railway lines were anmistakable. The trenchesive us a song, boys. To this the but been crumpled up in raids and anldiery at once responded, singing, first,
the whole practice barrages had swept feld of battle- The Germans had Epperary," and then, with a touch at replied with an meal preparation and
Tim following proclamation isoned
The Mayor pa the Edglish imopa.
and suffered so much on account of your This city that was so anxious for you,
mischance, greets you. We trinh Irm
obtain legninst our eragin enemy victory showing both your bravery and the herofe acts achieved by the Bed Aquies for was the triumph of civilization.
had cloaked thousands of guns behind im humour, “Take me back to Deur the ridge ani had said in almca and Blighty,** 1748 ny words: “.
"Atte UH if you dare."
The battle was as open a challenge a ever men fought in the lists.
It was obvious that the vessel.
less another correspondent doomed, Several destroyers raced altr
declares the to the reue, sau
WES & T
experience.
41 CASUALTIES ES MEDITER- RANEAN,
The Secretary of the Admiralty made the following andgement-
prise to the enemy, who had expected it expaged and while a houtkad was being to be delivered on the King's birthday.owered a seenid torpedo struck ji and ". In goe place we found reliefs in progresa and took some prisoners who had only blew it sky-high. The chief steward was THE Undersigned has received in-arrived from the Eastern front that THE
in the bont axl has survived the terrible) structions from the Liquidator of right. These were, according to another Mesere Wirkt & Co. in pursuance of account, the only prisoners whose morale was unaffected by our long preparation, and the enormous mine explosion which was a special feature of this attack Other prisoners complained that food could not be brought up and sleep was impossible. Our shels dropped rately in the support, trenches day and night, but all this was nothing 2000 püred
the mine explosions. He saw no heavy sen The destinyers did remqui- confugie. There was indescribableficent resume work, and every available
of the Hongkong Government to sell by Public Auction, at 12:o'clock (Noon).
..on
MONDAY,
the 7th day of August, 1917, at his Sales Rooms, DUDDELL STREET, Hongkong. ALL the piece of ground situate Yaumati, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong and registered in the Land Office KOWLOON INLAND LOT No.
203.
In Une Lot.
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The property consists of a piece of ground abutting on Battery street and Fourth Street (near the Praya) in Kow. loan and contains an area of 4500 Square Feet.
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 1888.
The Annual Crown Rent is 800. For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to Bears HASTINGS & HASTINGS, Solicitors for the Liquidator or to the Undersigned:
GEO, P. LAMMERT,
Hongkong, May 23, 1917.
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FOR SALE
FOE SALE.
TEST
one
"The earth simply opened
Me. May. Bling the Transylvania heavily listing, went way the side and
beats were half fill of water, and it was was pulled into a boat. Nearly all the
impossible to row ashore owing to the
The destroyers sept" eruising min until help capse froth the shore fant; hours afterwards, but the Transylvania went low 50 minutes,
and our line disappeared. Then the part of the decks was covered with thes British, went through them without and soldims, raty of the men having to appearing to suffer any casualties. The terusan artillery was silent. Eardly sit astride the guns.
redoubts ur.damaged by mines." aay machine guns spoke from the
It i said Mr. Lloyd George had himself awakened at three o'clock in order to listen to the mine explosion which, ho hearddistinctly at 1 Walton Heath. French writers draw attention to the way our new advance threatens Prices Kup- precht's right tank and to the possibility of our outflanking the strong defences between Lallo and Cambrai.
EXCHANGE AND SALARIES
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All the survivors were picked up and landed, where they were gives a warm welcome by the owespenple.
Tår
'The
The Britisa transport Transylvania, with troops az board was torpedoed in the Mediteraneun on 4th inst., resulting. in the following losses
20 Cficers.
873 Other vatiks..
The Captain of the Ship, Lieut.
S. Breuel, R.NE,
1. Over
4 Men
of Crew
buen
The next of kin have inforted.
The survivors were picked up by the exerting destinyers,
OF
A WOOTON LINER.
The Times" addy-The Transyl reception they got was magnificent,
vania NYHA
liner of 14,3 tons gros, quays were lined with motor cars, and a built by Scott's Engineering and Ships nimber at doctors in their shirt sleeves building Company (Limited at Grenock were waiting to receive the injured. The in 1914, and owned by the Anchor Liu. mittes through the place where the sur
Henderson Bro.) (Limited) in which vivors were housed was aner in the the Canard Company holds a contralling nature of a triumpha' procession than interest. She was driven by fenestenza thing . The people showered gift-turbines geted to two werew shafts, and clothing and cigareties on then. All had a speed of 178 knots. As a mail and the people were anxious for souvenirs, | pússenger vested she was employed in the and one girl asked Mr. May for hist seeks. North Atlantic trude, He said, "I have lost my bote. I will exchange my scelts for a pair of luxets,”
Geo. E. Anderson, American Consul- In the course of a recent report, Mr General at Hongkong, points out that the continued. high course of the ex-of change value of silver has had a marked effect upon conditions of employment in the Far East. The payment of salaries in Hongkong or Chins on a gold basis in 1839 actual practice means that salaries ars girl in silver currency na the rate of the as fixed by the lanks for the pur-1 chaseofcrufts on the United States When exchance is at 40 cents gold to the NURSE'S ESCAPE FROM DROWN. silver
dollar, the employee receives for his gold draft ar
gold allowance B5) silver for each gold
old dollar. When ex change is at 60 certs gold to the dollar,
rate been bas
approached late
Lately,
TEAKWOOD MOTOR BOAT, hull and fittings in good order and condition, bottom sheathed with Huntz Metal
24'-0"
Length...
Beam... Depth
B-G
which
..
ta. May, 1915, it was given out in New York that, if the ferman plans did not miscarry, the Transylvania would be torploed, like the Lamitanin. cu her voyage to this enuntry. She reached the Clyde safely from New York, but not Misa Cicely Baker-Fones, daughter of wither adventore. Two days before Irez
ING.
he receives only $1.88 in local currency Captain and Mr. Baker-Jones, Nasarival, in der weather, the patiampe for each gold dollar, while the cost of living in Hongkong or China has con- port, Mon, was a nezber of the hospital of a submarine was sighted 90 or 400 tinned at the same rate or actually in- unit who were on the way to one of the yards astern, sad the Trussyivanią, which creased because of the high rate of ex fronts. According to her account, the wax making to not at the tie elunge. A salary based on
on gold but mid in silver varies in a way that Transylvania was about a day out when, immediately slopted a zig-zny" course, neither employer nor employee can at about 19 in the morning, the captain, prevent or correct except by fixing
ĥ fair rate of exchange from of the transport saw a small walling vessel
Bold
The submarine, however, never use to
Teak wood deck house 18'-0" long) ta silver and passing payments, upon change its course. The from behind the the surface, and was icon lost sight of.
that rate without regard to the rate shelter 'n that vessel.
fitted with venetian shutters.
Completely equipped with stern gear, including brass propeller, brass rudder steering gear, telegraph and usual
BZcessories.
Engineering Works."
Vessel may be seen at The Kowloon
No reasonable offer refused.
Apply --
SHIP CHANDLERY, LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. Hongkong, July 14, 1917.
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hour later Boother torpedo sick the engine-room, and the steaner began b settle down,
The nurses and soldiers were wearing M.P.'s who had asked questions their life-belt and the booth west about the sugar shortage were reminded
by Captain Bathurst that in the days of lowered. he was thashed, but the Crecy and Agincourt there was no sugar others were got cut, and though the le at all in this country, and there was no reason to suppose that our ancestors du boat in whics Miss Buker-Jones was not get on well without it.:
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