THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1918.
Hughes & Hough
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
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THE Undersigned have received in-
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SATURDAY
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12
the 18th March, 1918, at 11 am, at their Sales Rooma, Na. &
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Des Vox Road, Corner of
Ice House Street,
A CommanXT OF WEITE GOODS,
Comprising:- Single and Doable. Bed Sheets, Satin Quilta Damask Table Cloths and Serviettos, Pillow Cases, Sheetings, Turkish Towels Bath Sheets, Glass Cloths, ste, etc.,
CHARGE AGAINST A VOLUNHEER RESERVE.
ACCUSED DISCHARGED.
THE CHINA MAIL.
AMERICA'S GREAT TASK TO FEED EUROPE.
INTERVIEW, WITH MR. HOOVER.
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concerned there has been concerted educt to increase screage,. This year the Ferep was 605 trillion bushes which is below the average. It is hoped that owing to the naressed acrosges tho crop An lateresting case was heard at the
next year will be 1,000 million bushela. The work of the Food Administration This will provide sufficient, to incet Kuala Lumpur Police Court when H, D. Moffat, a private in the M.S.VR was in America, of which Mr. Hoover is the demands. Meanwhile Amstien ebarged by the Kuala Lumpur Military head, has been compared as being equal being urged to use corn meal—that is, Authorities, as the instance of Lieut. Cel. in importance to that of the War Depart-inaize meal-instead of four. Cora meal Tyte that be, on the 8th January, comment, Certainly, in the circumstances, cannot be exported, Americans are used to mitted the offence of cheating by falsely it is of no less importance, for while is as food, and there is an ample supply. representing that he wished to leave the the Army will do ite share by the side of Thin year's crop was a bumper, amount F.3.5. in order to join His Majesty's other armies, the Food Administration ing to over 3,000 million bushels. This torees at the Front, and that before tear has the unparalleled task of producing greas supply of maize, while helping to ing he would sattio all his liabilities to and supplying food to enable the Allies economise in wheat dour, la also giving the M.S.V.B. and therefore "dishonestly in Europe to go en fighting, while at the tremendous assistance in the provision ef Induced Lieut.-Col. Typs" to supply him same time is safeguards the provision of Foxtes fats and mest.
food for its own bandred millions of Fab hogs are greatly to be desired. Arith a pasaport to leave the country.
The D.P.P., Mr. McCabe Reay, stated population. The signiscanto ef all, this The fattening properties of maizo are that on Jan. 9th defendunt approached the is brought home by the fact that the war extraordinary and bogs are getting is le A few lots of Bram Ware, Glass Commandant of the M.9.V.B. and asked has produced a condition of things in abundance. Moreover, producers are Ware and Kinkosan Vases.
**discharge certificate" which which there is not at present enough being stimulated a minimum price for Trom:-Cash.
would enable him to, obtain a passport food being produced in the world to feed
a fixed period on hogs. which gives assur
immediate to leave the country. Defendant told
ance for the future, prevents the world. It is the task of Mr. Hoover Lieut. Col. Tyto that he wished to join
tale of smaller pigs because owners His Majesty's farten and go to the Front,
realised they can be quickly fattened to and, according to what had come to light
a greater weight, and that for these since, this was cheating, Defendant
bigger anirals they wil get owed the M.S.V.E. Corpa "$50, and Col.
minimum price by weight. (The Tyte, believing defendant, gave him
minimum, it should be said, is a high- full and clean receipt for tast sum, and
oue) One result is the ecodbragement without that discharge certificato delen.
to keep large breeding stocks and increase dant could not have left the country. It
production: There will be tremendous was therefore a valuable document. The
additions to the stocks of pigs in a shart only point at issue would be what was
time, and this means not only meat, but really in the mind of defendant when he
the all-important fits. Steps bare also induced Lieut. Col. Tyto to give him that
been taken by Mr. Hoover to increase the
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HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers. Hongkong, Mar, 13, 1918.
PUBLIC AUCTION
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THE Undersigned have received in- Orr, to sell by Public Auction,
00
TUESDAY,
the 19th March, 1918, at 9.30 p.m.,
at their Sales Rooms, No. 5, Des Vaux Road, Corner of Ice House Street
One UPRIGHT PIANO by
BRINSMEAD & SONG, London. Terms: Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auciones Hongkong, Hat. 13, 1918.
BNG
PUBLIC AUCTION, THE Undersigned have received ia-
(POR ACCOUNT OF TER CONCERXED),
TUESDAY,
the 19th March, 1918, commencing at 230 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 2, Dee Vaux Road, Corner of
Ica HOCAR STREKT,
TEAK WOOD AND BLACK WOOD FURNITURE,
BRASS · AND TEAK
PUBLIC AUCTION.
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THE Undersigned have received instrue Tdious to all by Public Auction,
(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
On
TUESDAY,
the 19th March, 1918, commencing at 3.20 p.m., at their Eales Rooms, No. 8,
Des Voeux Road, Corner of
Ic How Samar,
Siz "MIAMI" MOTOR CYCLES.
The premier light weight, high tension gear driven armourd magneto with fixed spark, patent loverleas handle bar control, &c. complete with tools and accessories.
Terma :--Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctionsert.
Hongkong, Mar. 13, 1918.
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to organise the resources of America, o to get enough food to Europe to make up. the defciency..
It is a colossal task. This country has had to be swiftly educated to is. Ideas of big profits on the one hand and of many daily comforts and fururies on the other have to be eliminated from the expectations of all American people. That is one step towards conservation of present supplies. Sweeping agricultural measures for an increase of wheat land next year and for the increase of breed
Radical re-organisation of railway transit
this
to the slaughter-house are picked out and returned to be used later on for breeding, purposes,
With regard to sugar, there is a great secure adequate effort being made to supplies. One example is the fact that for the first time agar is being brought from the Philippines as well as from the other sources. Meanwhile Americans, like Europeany, are being asked to limit them selves. The ordinary consumption is 00lb. per person each year. It is desired to get this down to 671b., and there is good prospect of success.
discharge certificate. There was evidence ing stock are another side of the work, production of cattle. Female calves sent that defendant was beavily indebted when The left the country; there was also in food-producing and distributing areas evidence which would go to show that he is an incidental. The whole country is left the country, in a hurry, without baing probed, stimulated, regulated to informing his creditors that he was going save food and produce mote food. Mr. Harold Douglas Modat, defendant, said Frank Dilnot had a walk with the muc be was divisional manager of Sungei who is doing it, which is related in the Sembilan Estate, Jeram. He had get Daily Chronicle," leave from his estate for six months from In June or January 6th, on half-pay. 237 July last he was refused by the 3.0. in Singapore for Home Service, Taree months later he applied again and was He had fall and again refused. sustained partial paralysis of the shoulder, He produced letters from Dr. Hennessy, and Dr. Black, of Singapore: the latter, in his lost letter, strongly advising defendant to go Home it once if the paralysia was getting worse, and see good medical man in London, regarding
TWIN BEDSTEADS, CURTAINS, THE Undersigned hare received instase
CARPETS, PICTURES, &c., IND A
LARGH ARSOFTMENT OF USEFUL HOUSEHOLD GOODS, As follows:-
Upholstered Suites, Arm-chairs and Chesterfield sofas, Card Tables, &c, Bed- room Furniture, comprising Double and Single Brass and Braas-mounted Bed- stoads, and Twin Bedsteads, Sideboards, Dinner Waggons, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tes and Occssional Tables, &c, Dinner Services, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Toilet Bets, do, Bath Room Utensils, Roll-top Desks and Writing Tables, Sandry Electro-Plated Ware
tions to sell by Public Auction.
(JOK ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
TUESDAY,
the 19th March, 1918, commencing at 3.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, Kɑ. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of
Ice House Street,
ÁN ASORTMENT OF HOUSEHOLD LINENS,
Comprising
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Plain
1.
Single and Double Bem-stitched Sheets, Pillow Cases, Bed Quilts, Table Cloths, Fare Linen Damask Serviettes, Bath Sheets, Bath Towels,
&t
Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood Turkish Towels, and Teakwood Screens, Blackwood Furniture, including large 6-Fold Black- Tax ---Cash. wood Screen with a-Coloured Panels, Side Tables, &c., Engravings, Pictures, ke, &c, Tennis Poles and Net, Iron Safe, Beveral Carpets, dv., day,
One three quarter size BILLIARD TABLE with Accessories
Full Particulars. from Catalogue), Tax Cub
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers Hongkong, Mar. 13, 1918.
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
Undersigned have received in structions rollare Liguitators of the Firm of Mesar FONCHARD LOWTEXE & Co, to sell by Public Auction,
MONDAY,
the 25th March, 1918, commencing at at 11 am., at Ala-tan-kok,
Kowloon City Road,
A QUANTITY OF
SECOND-HAND CONTRACTORS"
2 bed PLANT,
Two 15- Invincible vertical double creak compound set condoning twin series direct acting centrifugal pumping engines (one left band and one right hand) steam cylinders Bjin. by alin. by Itin stroke with the necessary fittings and auction and delivers pipes for a lift
of about 10 foot
Two Gates Rock and Ore Breakers (Allis Chalmers Ca) one No. right. angle style and coo No. 3 right angle style with revolving screens, oncar Liners and fittingsv
Ono 20 in. by 10 in. Blake Crusher (Fraser & Chalmers) with manganese ja platon
Two Taylor's patent I yard Concrete. Mixers with Steel Framing and fittings, various and spuru gear.
One Sin. Double Cylinder Manchester Pump by Peura in: sad 12in cylinders 14in. stroke with suction and delivery 101 Ladouble cyl. Robey Port able Engine with usual fittings and mountings, in
One 8th. Helt-driver Centrifugal Pump with saction and delivery pipos about
Abo
Aquantity of Steel Wire Rope, Ok *Metal, dc.
On view frus0th March:
&c.
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HUGHES & FOUGH
Auctioneers, Hongkong Mar. 13, 1913.
PUBLIO AUCTION,
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the muscles of his shoulder.
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He was arrested in Hongkong and kept in the Police barracks for seven days in cell Aftern foes by ten feet. He had no heavy clothing with him, and it was very
WHAT THE ALLIES WANT,
Mr. Hoover went to the rest of the
marter at once,
**The Allies want from us 600 to 700 million bushels of grain, instead of the normal pre-war amount of
Here is an example of the kind of work 120 million bushels. We are trying to. Hoover is doing in this matter. It meet that by stimulating production, by has been the custom in the great live- reduced consumption and by cutting down stock handling districts such as that round the supplies we have usually sent to other Chicago to concentrate operationa countries. We are doing that cutting Mondays and Tuesdays, and as this was prevalent everywhere it can easily be thoroughly. The mess sitimtion is pretty similar: we have to export four times what we did before."
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Mr. Hoover rapidly ran over the ways cold. He went back to Kuala Larapur of in which the saving of food is being
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seen how trate was disorganised by the attempt to handle a week's live-stack in two days. Under the system bow set up hy Mr. Hoover food operators in ench rilway zone are given different 'daya from those in ather zones, and thus the
his own accord and at his own expense. brought to accomplishment. There are available cars are spread over the entire |
because the authorities in Hongkong
week instead of having for more thas they can do on the first two days. This multiplies the value of the railways so far as food is concerned by at least three,
were either unwilling or unable to tell 200,000 public eating places-hotels and and him why he had been arrested. The mstaurants, and among them there is a Chief Detective Iospeelor in Hongkong very wide acceptance of one wheatless
him he might have to wait
It remains to be-sail that in his multi- told several weeks in Hongkong. Quesday and ous meatless day a week-and lioned by the D.P.P., he said he this means not so much the imposition farious activities Mr. Hoover has secured solicitor of the firm ol of a hardship as the difficulty of establish. the enthusiastic co-operation of the engaged
American people generally and that there Stevenson. He personally drafted ont ing a habit, for on meatless days chicken is manifested in all the cities areo the copy of a telegram to the authorities in Singapore, asking for specific charges and fish are available, and on wheatless co-operation and a sense of incrifice that These is a truly heartening signal to the Allies for bis arrest. His solicitor would not days delicious cornmeal brend.
establishments Ars being on the other side of the Atlantic. send this telegram. He baked him upon 200,000 more than one occasion to do so, but he instructed every few weeks by special refused. His solicitar said: De bulletins in methods of saving food not nothing." He then, in an interview with only by choice of meci but also by means the Chief Detective Inspector, suggested
of preparation. that he should come back here, and the Police assented, so he came back. Cendetailed guidances. tinuing, defendant said be bad not paid So far as private families are con Mr. Murray, as he had not sufficient cemed," said Mr. Hoover, we have funds to pay everybody before he went instituted a nation-wide canvas. Two Home, but he had told Mr. Murrayyame hundred thousand volunteer women copsiderable time ago, that he was going
THE Undersigned have received instruc- tions to sell by Public Auction,
(YOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCELED),
Co
THURSDAY,
the 21st March, 1918, at 220 p.m., at Rock Villa, N. 15 Wong-Nei-Chong Road, (next door to Le Calvaire
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VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, .
therein contained. Consisting of :- Carved Blackwood Overmantel, Sottoes, Curio and Silver Cabinet, Joss
Table, etc.
There is a variety of
Home. He had not left the service of workers are visiting households giving the estate. He was going Home on six advice and asking adhesion to the food months' leave, His normal leste was not saving plan. Each woman has a group due until April next,, but af General of households under her care. Twelve Manager bad allowed him to go on account of the injury to the mascles million out of seventeen million house- of his arm.
holds have signed cards that they will co-operate.
earlier,
The D.P.P. suggested that defendant's reason for returning from Hongkong, of hia own free will, was becriso be had a guilty conscience, and thought it best
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The effort resolves itself largely into careful choice of food rather than in
YOUR EYES
SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTE)
At the first symptom
to hurry back to Kuala Lumpur to abstinence except in a few instances of eye strain you should hush matters. up. Defendant denied notably that of sugar. An instance of a this, Ho aak he did
all he
We test
Teakwood Sideboard and Dinner could in Hongkong, to find out the different kind of method is given in Consult us. waggon, Dining Table and Chairs, China reason for his arrest, but having failed connection with the large consumption eyes scientifically and fit Cabinet, Crockery, Glass Wait, etc., to do so, and his solicitor having failed of sweets, " candies," as they are called glasses to individual re.
Teakwood Twin Beds, Teakwood alas, he thought the only thing to do was here. Enough agar was being used up quirements.
wardrobes, Dressing Table sad Double
Bed....
Teakwood Ico-chest, Cooking Store and Utensils, etc.
Also,
PLANO in splendid condition by E. Moutrie & Co., excellent Gramophone, records and record cabinet, white Cockatoo and cage, etc.
Un view from Wednesday, the 20th at Noom
Catalogues will be issued.. Tax-Cab...
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctionon's. "Hongkong, Mar, 9, 1918
BRIDGE SCORERS
In Block of 50 SHEETS,
30 centá each: Your for Ope
Dollar
to come back. He had never been taken in candies to provide Britain with before a Magistrato during his detention. in Hongkong.
After a short deliberation the Magis trate intimated that he had decided to
her entire war. supply. Mr. Hoover stopped altogether, the supply of angar
@LARK & CO.
CHATER
to the manufacturers, of "candice for
acquit defcadent, and he was accordingly of car discharged.
The Man Who Gets There
Is the man who has blood- zna! rich red blood and plenty of it—his body.
WATERBURY'S. METABOLIZED COD-LIVER OIL COMPOUND
makes
giving
period, and they are now getting a
rationed percentage. Though there is as
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HONGKONG
yes only general indication of the resulta HONGKONG & MANILA
of the educational campaign and the public co-operation, there is an Ladiestion from one important district that 25 per cent of wheat flour is being saved. This
may be general, but it is to taily yet to soy definitely.
METALS
of all kinds, especially for shipmilding
and engineering works. Largest and Mr. Hoover expressed himself as appre-best assorted, stook in the Colony. ciative of the efforts being made
Eng and by the Government in the direc- SINGON & CO.
tion of food
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FOR SALE.
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Istructions to sell "at their Bales- Rooms, No. 8, Des Your Road, Comar
Ice House Street,
MOTOR YACHT.
Built 1918, had very little usage, Hall
Tenkewood Length, water-line 29" 9" ;over all 35 Becca***
Draft...
Motor "Scripps, Heavy duty 14 EL. P. Complete with Lavatory, Befrigemaster, A Suit of Sails, and ail Accessorist,
Price and full particulars may bad from the Undersigned.
Terms: Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGE,
Bongkong, Jan. 9.1918.
TO LET
TO LET
OFFICES in York Building-
HOUSES on Shamoen, Canton.
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.
MENT & AGENCY Oo., Las,
TO LET
IMMEDIATE ENTRY, four very desirable SHOPS situated th Zom House Street, opposite the Grand Fofal, recently reconstructed.
For rent and other partionEEN SPO
to the Manager. Hongkong Ice Co, I
s8 Connaught Road Central..
* Hongkong, Angust 2, 1917..
TO LET
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