SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1917.
Hughes & Hough
AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
** General Anotioneers.
Share, Coal and General Prodne Brokers and Commission Agents.
PROPRIETORS (wa-Wan" Coal Storage.""
Ooder
Bentley's
4th & 5th Editions.
A Telegraphic Code.
Telegraphic Airwa *SCHRION" HONGKONG,
PUBLIC AUCTION,
THE Undersigned have received in
(FOB ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
TUESDAY,
the 4th December, 1917, commencing at 2.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of
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47
Ies Home STREET, VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD, FURNITURE, TWIN BEDSTEADS, CURTAINS, CARPETS, PICTURES, de., &e,
As follows:- Upholstered Suites, Arn-chairs and Chesterfield sofas, Card Tables, Bedroom Furniture, comprising Double and Single Brass and Brass-mounted Berlateads and Twin Bedsteads Sideboards, Dinner Waggons, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tea and Occasional Tables, &c., Dinner Services, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Toilet Seta, &c., Bath Room Utensils, Koll-top Desks and Writing Tables, sundry Electro-Plated Ware, etc.
Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood aad Teakwood Screens Black wood Furniture, including Side Tables, &c.
Engravings, Pictures, Tennis Poles and Not, Iron Safe, &c.
faw lots Turkish Bath Sheets, Towels, Single and Double Bed Sheets, Bed Quilts, &c.
Ales
Carpets, Braas Fenders a few lots Fire Brusses and Four PIANOS, &c.
INTIMATIONSTM
BRITISH GOVERNMENT WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
Applications may be made through the undernoted Banks from whom full information and the necessary forms may be obtained :—
CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. HONGKONG AND SILANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION. MERCANTILE BANK'or India, Ltd.
THE CHINA MAIL.
"SCOTTISH SPORT.
(From Que Dam Correspondent)
Edinburgh, Opt" 3. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALIM
AN INVINCIBLE SKY
MR. PAGE ON BRITISH AND AMERICAN UNITY.
The war energies of the United States
ware described by Mr, Page, the Ameri cua Ambassador, in a speech which he dolirend at Leeds in opening an exten- aion of the Second Northern General (Orthopedic Hospital.
It was remarkable that only three some cluba should be returned winners. It was unfortunate in a sense, also, that Celtic and Rangers should be numbered Aong the successful visiting teams, and that Motherwell should sustain its first defeat. So long as the two leading alube continued to change places of American surgeons to British soldiers Mr. Pago said this the ministrations the table with Mortos, Kilmarnock and Motherwell, there was hope for the competition as such, but with their taking such a clear lead thus early in the season thero is little chance of any exciting race for the Championship. It was a narrow thing at Tynecaatle Purchase Price Hearts giving Celtia's hard run for it: On the whole there was little of import- arice in the other results.
War Savings Certificates
Value 5 years after purchase
£500 £1
£387 10 0
15. 8d....
FREE OF INCOME TAX
For every 15s. 6d. lent now £1) will be paid in 6 years time. squivalent to 5 per cent. com- pound intersst. No Income Tax will be payable.
Anyone, whatever his or her income may be, can buy War Savings Certificates up to a maximam of 500 £1 Certificates in all or their equivalent..
Meanwhile the money may be withdrawn in fall any time, with an addition after the first year,
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
(1) A Certificate entitles the purchaser to receive £1 for auch 158. Gd. on the fifth anniversary of the chate of purchase, free of income tax in respect of the accurau- Lated interest.
except by permission of the Postmaster (2) A Certificate is not transferable General, a fee of 1. will be charged in respect of each transferee. In the event of death the same rules will be applied in the case of Savings Bank Deposita obtainable at any Post Office) being (3). Op written application (on a form made to the Controller, Money Order Department, Loudon, the purchase price or part thereof in multiples of 15. 6d. will be repaid at
at any time, with an addition of 3d, for cach 13s. 6d. un the first anniversary of the date of purchase and with a further addition of 1d. per 158. 6d. for each month thereafter.
(4) No person may hold more than 600 21 Certificates of their equivalent.
The 1 Certificates (purchase price Los bar) are issued in book form. The Certificates for £12 (purchase price GB) 26 (purchase price £19 TS. 6) are issued without books. The £1, £12 and Certificates are on sale at local 2340 Post Offices and at most Eanks.
(Fall Particulars from Catalogue.) TERMS:Cash.
BUGHES & BOUGE Auctioneers. Hongkong, Nov. 28, 1917.
G.
COLONI
SECRETARY'S
DEPARTMENT.
NSEALED TENDERS in deplicate,
TO. S. 96. It is bereby notified that
which should be clearly marked "Tender for Quarries will be received at this Office until Noon on MONDAY, the ard day of December, 1917, for the letting of the undermentioned Granite Quarries at Hongkong, Kowloon, and the New Territories, cne year from the Ist January,
1018,
Each tender must be accompanied by receipt to the effect that the tenderer has deposited in the Colonial Treasury a sum of $50 as a pledge of the bowl silen of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited
to the Crown if the tenderer refuses to
carry out his tender เทคโ
hereinafter
comply with Contained,
the conditions here should the tender be accepted.
The Goveonment does
does not bind
itself
to accept the highest or any tender.
Forms of tender can be obtained from
the Director of Public Works.
Conditions of letting and plans of the Quarries can be seen on application to the Principal Land Surveyor, P.WD.. PARTICULARS OF THE QUARRIES.
» Approxi- Quarry Lot No. mite Aren
That Taz Mui No. 2
Upset Crown
in Acres
Rent,
19-02
$ 800,
Shaukiwan Nos.
73.90
**&4.
3,200
Hok Un No
8.41
9,100
Ma Tau Tok No. 7.
6-70.
700
Do No: 8.
1,800
Ti No. D.?
194
200
Jordan Road No.10
4.65
,lht
2+59
1,009
Yaamati No. 11. Ngau Tau Kok
No. 0.
Ngau Tau Kok
1-5, 7, 9, 10,
10, 2) &.
Ngau
Tau Kok
No. 9, 11-14,
10 12
1.200
3:00
200
21 & 24.
NOM. 1-30
24.56.
3709
Fai Tso Wan
Kom 1-16.
16.03
€00
Lyemur Fos. I-25
26'44
3,000
No, 12,
4,200"
NOTICE.
"Fak Toun Heung
Partick Thistle, 2; Hibernians, 2 Third Lanark, 1; St. Mirren, 2 Clyde, 1; Queen's Park, 1.- Dumbarton, 2; Rangers, Hearts, 0; Celtic, 1. Airdrieoninas, 3; Motherwell, 1. Hamilton, 1; Falkirk, 1-` Kilmarnock, 4; Morton, 0. Clydebank, 3. Ayr United, 1.
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typified thair willingness to servo, ind showed also the union of purpose in all netieties of the rar, and this complete understanding existing between the two grent families of English-speaking folk. and the will to see that free government abduld not perish from the curth. - Behind the broken faith and intrigues of fier many lay the danger of the utter destruction of civilization, and when the American people came into the war they came in with a rear coderstanding of what they were daing, There would be no change of mood until their task was dove, and no weariness or slackening of i effort. They would have, as woon is the new men could be trained, a million and halt in France, and soother million and
In the League table, Celtic and a half if necessary before next year was Rangers have played & games apiece, far udvinevil. Of course other drafts and scored 12 and 10 points respectively. I could and would by made, and still more Kilmarnock, Morton, and Motherwell, ed.
It additional in tere with six games each, have 9 points, required, the need would be met by And Airdrieonians and Clyde have & registering men up to 35, and even to 40 points.
years of age. "The inan-power of the -WESTERN" MEETING" AT AYR, Republic was unlimited (Cheers.) Racing was resumed at Ayr after an
Remarking that it would be a greas interval of 30 months. It cannot be mistake to ensure the besourses of the said that the meeting was a success in United States by imports and exports.
porting point of riw. It was popular, some respects, certainly not from a he touched on the financial arrangerzenta
if judged by the attendance, which was quite up to the Western Meeting in Pre-War days; but there was none of the colour or enthusiasm that one looks for at the Scottish Ascot. A sparsely tenanted members stand, an almost dazolate club, exclosure, asa not what Ayr has been accustomed to, and while
the workingmen were largely in evidence, society, it was evident, looked upon the fixtaze with disfavour.
which had kept the rate of exchange practically normal, anal suid that for any reasonable time that the way might con tinue it would be possible, with the help of Great Britain, to keep secure the financial structure of the Allied world.Į besides having the armies supplied.
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ROUBLES AS A GAMBLING PROPOSITION.
The submarine could not stufre Hag:
Gambling in roubles has been one at and had done incidental and very the principal Chinese sports ever serious injury to the world's generat since the outbreak of
the war, says Millard's Review (Shanghai), and shipping, but it had not dealt a capitul blow to the military or the economie owing to the fact that the aggregate of strength of England or of America. The transactions locally amount's to millions submarine was an American invention they have sufficient influence.to bring the There was the pit (Loaghter.) sexchange rate on the rouble in the Far Fast out of all proportion, to the rates as between Petrograd and London or New York. Last week roubles could be bought by the thousands in Shanghai de wine Mexican cunts each, but in the meantime the rate has gone up to
The chief event of the first day, the Ayrahire handicap, brought six runnere Single Certificates for sums from £100 to the post, a sorry lot to contest the to £600 may be obtained on application great race of a Scottish season. Eagle's to the Comptroller and Accountant General General Post Office, London Rest and Roubaix, however, looked well, was the seroplane, which they took a application forms are available at all and it was a close thing between them practical and a sentimental interest. Post Offices and at most Banks.
JE Certificates
ficates but, and the serial for favouritism. It was different in the There were 20,000 air machines now numbers can be furnished to: the race. Run at a muddling sort of pace, under contract for the American Arty, Controller of the Money Order Depart. it just suited Roubaix, who came away and 21 great air camps had been formed ment, new Certificates will be issued at from the distance and won pretty much where Eying men were in training. The
as his rider pleased.
charge of 15.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, LONDON,
14
June, 1018.
(For examples of Investment in War Savings Certificates, see the other side.)
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Has for sale.
CAMEON PAPER at $1.00 per dozen
sheets : CA
RIBBONS at 81.50 each.
HIGH-CLARS PRINTING U Typewriters at 912.00 per machine
AND
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THERAPON N 2. THERAPION NO 3.
GOGH ME LEADING GENITY, FRICKINKAGLAKIER
THE OBSOLETE SWORDS.
OFFICERS COMPLAIN "OF THE USELESS THINGS THEY ARE
FORCED TO BUY.
Officers in the British Army ara com- plaining of the cost of many of the little things they are forced to buy-without which no oficer- is complete, though he could very easily do without them and
them.
plans for an unprecedented sky feat were thirteen or fourteen vents, and as this to be carried out with the greatest speed. neaus ur increase of fifty per cent. it Adil these machines to the greatly can readily be appreciated what an attrac- inercased Eritish production of aero-
planes, and they would see such a dying on this form of gambling has for Chinese armay be no man could have foreseen event foreigners having ready cash to invest. half a year ago. Flying enthusiasts told The great majority of the many millions them that the war will be won if the of roubles held locally were, of course, air. Well, there was no doubt then who bought six months or so ago, since which would win it. Cheers. He thought if time the value has dropped by about two would be won quickly after the augment.
ed squadrons of Eritain, and America hundred per cent. The holders are placed In the awkward position of either holding began their work. (Cheers:)
at
to their purchases for years, or selling a heavy discount. The Japanese public also seems to have gone in heavily for rouble purchases; as may be judged' from the following item from the Japanese paper at Dairen
There was another, weapon which we could nr, and were already using with some efect-the blockade and the work could be strengthened so as to make the eennomic pressure on Germany fatal. It know war is waste, but why should west bounder, too that the Cover the Esreditary high priests of arment and people of the United States had those Aldershot minds who draft the Army regulations and orders make the no objection to European neutra's getting waste worse that it is 1" writes a corres-all supplies possible for their own
As the rouble, notes steadily féll with pondeat.
populations, America, had set up & Food the progress of the War, there were many Here at the Front we never use a Controller with the largest powers. Japanese, who, never dreaming of the sword never even see one. But we The United States had been at war incredible drop made by them since, pre bava, to buy these stupid encumbrances. —and leave them at home. I know one little over aix months and the speed of huge factory employing (or rather wast preparation was increasing geometrically ferred to hoard the rouble notes received ing) a vast quantity of energy and skill
as they want on. Every Department of in payment. A good number went, still in turning out ornamental weapons, His Majesty's Government and service further. They took to purchasing more which are at once wrapped up, whea
was giving the United States the atmost with funds fetched from Japan. A few bought, and put out of sight. All we bring to the Front is the leather frog help, and the co-operation between the went to the length of borrowing from
an instrument we haven't two. Governments. CATTYING
completo. got-and leather and boots so scarce.
the banks on the security of the rouble notes funds with which to buy more notes.
for
It is just the same with apurs. All
officers above a certain rank must war
(Chears.):
waa
After the desolating villainy of a mili- ther. Even if doing only clerical werk tary autocracy had been checked the help at the War Office they must put them of the English speaking world would be
when their only opportunity to use necessary to prevent a them would be.
on.
op
recurrence of
This led the Bank of Japan to iseus
the lift attendant despotism, and a "solemn responsibility private warning to advanco no loana
would keep Great Britain and the United on the security of rouble notes. States at bae. Therefore any man who thet time G. Yen 100 was quoted at failed to do his utmost to keep our race Roubles 139. The total purchases of the on both sides of the pesan in the losest spropathy would be an enemy to the peace of the world. (Cheers.)
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The Kuharas, and the Furukawas accepted Russian Treasury bills to the ammint of about Yen 35,000,000 at the average rate E.15 in settlement of their copper accounts. Their losses one in this single 'deal now reach Yen 28,000,000, The Mukden Government bought 1.8,000,000 at the current rate, of R.180. The notes kept on falling, while in the meantime, silver rose., the Government must have felt the Auctions of the exchange market seriously. As a result, ubireetce Wang, of the Board of Finauzer had to re
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