TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1890
Hughes & Hough
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-PUBLIC AUCTIONS-
[HE Undersicred have nocived to Tundersized
(For Account of the Concerned), ON
WEDNESDAY, February 25, 1020, at 5:00 pm, at No 4, ClareArron Road, Kowloon.. THE
Vainable Household Furniture,
therein contained...
As follows:---
Handsomely carved Cherrywood Rall stand, Cabinets, Desk, Chairs, L., large Chesterfeld Sofa and Arra-aksira, cor. pets and rage carina, de. Funer Tenk Dining Room Furniture, Blestroher and Metla. Tantalus and Plated Ware,
Stained Teak Bed Room Suite good As new large and small Teakwood Bedatends made by Powell. Camphor wood Wardrobe, Chvet-pfultaners, &c. Fustry and Kitchen Utensil
Also
Piano by Collard & Collard practic- ally new, Victrola and Records, Electric Lights and Pho, Curtain Poles, c
(Pall Particulars faem Catalogue). Op view day of sple
Tarma :-Cash..
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Austinsert. Hongkong, February 18, 1990.
fFOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONGERASE),
ON
THURSDAY, Tehrary 26, 1920, at 10.30 am., at No. 4, Nathan Roal, First Floor, "above Mesara. A. Watson & Co. Ltd.*
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PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
RE Undersigned have received in-
WANT
THE CHINA MAIL.
INTIMATIONS.
THE PAIN OF PROGRESS.
structions from, J. ZDE. Ea ADVERTISEMENTS ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB ner at the House of Commons declar
to sell by Public Auction.
FRIDAY,
the 7th February, 15:20 at 2.30 pm. at. No. B. Torres Buildings, Kimberly foad,, Kowloon,
The Factz or THE Valuable Household Furniture, Fittings. o., de,
sharein contained..
comprising
Teakwood Hall Furniture. Black.
96 WORDS 3 INSERTIONS, į
$1. PREP ID.. Every additional 5 words 4 Centa
TO LET OLETA GODOWN at Yaumati. Apply to The Fongkang Land Realen L
то
NOTICE.
The Norwegian Minister at a din-
ed that "England was a land of [great moral forces and wasteful fre
places, of unlimited individual liberty, and after dinner speeches.""
ROWING REGATTA will be held
at the Club Houss, North Point, Since the days of Froude, and on SATURDAY, 2815 instant.
long before them, the belief in Pro- By kind consent of the Admiral Com-gress has suffered assault," says the mander in Chief and Ocers China Squadron, the Band of HMS. "Haw- king" will play Selections, and Ten will be served on the Lawn during the afternoon.
"NOTICES.
THE MOTOR UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. AND THE UNITED BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
FIRE, MARINE, LIFE and MOTOR. ACCIDENT, For ›Rated sad. Particulars appply to the Graoral Agen
UNION TRADING CO, Prince's Building.
British Weakly.
Dean Inge scoffs at the thought. GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD.
wood Tables and Stands, inter TO LATA SHOP in Nathan Road be at Heine to lombers, and friends in England it took the form of
Iowlcoo.
Hall and Stair Carpets, Drawing Apply Humphreys Entate & Finanon Room Suite by Lane, Crawford & Co. Lu, Alexandra Buildings, Co... Brussells Carpet practically new
(about 19 by 15), Blackwood Cabinets, Stands and Table, Pictures, i
and Engravings, a number of lots of
FOR SALE.
Chinese Porcelains, &c., comprising FOR SALE--Savers! lots of FUR
Owner has no further need fer Bine and white, 5-coloured. Pekinese them. In goed condition. Apply Box Cloisorre and Brass Ware, Curtains,' 11-26CTA MAIL" &c. Solid Brass Fender and Fire, Brasses, Fumed Teak Dining Room Suite with Silver Cabinet in good condition.
Electro-plate, Sundry Cutlery, Glass and Crockery, &c.
Bed Room Suite (Fumed Teak), Solid Double and Single Bedsteads. Box Mattresses, large and small Wardrobes, Linen Press, Washstands, and Toilet Crockery, Bath Room and Kitchen Utensils, &c., &c.
Also
Upright Piano by Neumann, Ham burg. good tone excellent condition, Singer Treadle Sewing Machine, Lady's Bicycle, large Copper Boile:, Electric Fittings and Fans; Pot Plants, &c., &c.
(Full Particulars: from Catalogue). On view from Thursday 26th inst. at 2 p.m.
turtas:Cash.
BUCHES & HOUGE,
Auctioneers. Hongkong, Fabruary 21, 192)
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Undersigned have resolved instans. tions to sell by Publle Auction. (FOR 1000GHT OF THE CONCERNED,} .
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SATURDAY, February 11, 1990, at 2:30 pm)-, at No. 6 Observatory Villas, Kowloog TAC Valuable Household Furniture, therein contained. Comprising - Ballstand Blackwood Table and Standa, Art-hair and Chesterfield Sofn (Tane Crawford make) good' as new, Blackwood Furniture comprising Cabi neta, Music Stand, Blackwood User- mantel, &c. &c., Engravings, Water Colours, Oil Fainings, Curios, &c., Carpets, Rugs and Curtains, Famed Teak Sideboard, Extension Dining Table and Uhaire, Silver Ware Cabinet, Gles and Crockery Ware, and a quon- Dining Table and Chairs, Teakwoodsity of good. Elestro Plate, Manive dinner waggons, Overmantels with Bras Bedstead, handsomely carved bevelled wirEOTĄ Carpets Crookery Cherrywood Baresa, Wardrobes. Toilet Chaseware, K., &c.
Tables, Camphorwood Chest-of-drawers, Teakwood Double Bed, one pair Sc.. Enamelleed Baths, American To Teakwood single Wardrobes. Chest of Chest, Boring Machine, &c., Drawers, Bureaux & Dressing Table, Ke... &c.
MUNDRY
Valuable Household Furniture,
&, &a
therein contained.
Consisting of :-
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Two Sofas & pair of Arm Bookcase, Hall-Stand, &c., &e...
Also
Victrols & Record Cabinst.
-
Also
Piano Electric Fittings and Fans. Chairs.msde for the Climata by Collard & Collard, large Amerimar Combination Sale,
& (Fall Particulars from Catalogue).
And Enameled Bath in perfect condition.
Catalogues will be issued..
On view from morning of sale. Terms: Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers, Hongkong, February 23, 1990.
(For Account of the Concerned)
UD.
THURSDAY,
February 20, 1920, at 2.50 p.m., at The Government Quarters. No. 5. Wong Nai Chong Road,
SUNDAY
Valuable Household Furniture,
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Sack
therein contained. Consisting.cf- Teakwo Sideboard, Extension Tining Table & Chairs, Bookcase & Desk combed, Axminster Carpets & Hugs, Sofa & Arm. Chairs, Pictures & Fagravings, Crockery & Glassware, including one Dinner Service,
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*c.,
&a, Teakwood Wardrobe, Dressing Table & Toilet Set, White Metal double Bed, circular Mosquito Net
&.c.
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dec..
&c.
On view from Friday 27th inst. at 3 μ.00.
TheCash.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneert. Hongkong, February 18, 1990.
G.
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THURSDAY,
AND FRIDAY,
the 4th and 5th March, 1990 at EL.M. NAVAL YARD, Hongkong, and at KOWLOON NAVAL DEPOT respectively, commencing each day at 0.30 a.m. with an interval frem 12 noon to 1.30 p.m. OLD AND SURPLUS NAVAL STORES. &c..
Comprising
Life Boats (wood and steel). Dingin, Whalers, Caboose, Rice Boilers, Hot Water Boilers, Cooking Stoven, Ships' Fittings, Iron Bed Mattresses and Fitt- ings, Washstands, Tables, Chairs, Side boards, Ias Chests, Steel Tanks, Pro- Teakwood Ico Chest, Meat. Safe, allers, Vertical Steam Props, Life Cooking Utensils, đc., de
Rafts, Electric Fans, Telephone, An chors, Enamelled Iron Baths, Latrines, One Piaco by Brinsmead & Sons Porcelain Water Closets, Booby Hatobes, recently overhauled" and in good condition and one Electric 12inch Fan.
Catalogue will ha issued.
Also
On view from morning of sale. "Terms: Cash...
- HUGHES & HOUGH,
Anctioncars.
Hongkong, February 23, 1920.
MEE CHEUNG HIGH CLAUS PHOTOGRAPHER. Ice House Street.
Tel. 1013.
Portrait takes in any Style desired
Photographie Suppiles of
Every description. //
Wood Ladders, Steel Wire Rope and Hawsers, Carpets, Enge, Blankets. Counterpanee, Electric Cables, Canras Boses. Coir Hawsers, Cordage, Paper- stul, Canvas Rags, Old India Rubber, Leather, Old Iron, Brase, Gun Metal and Steel, Coal Secka, Firewood, Wiste Paper, &, ke.
Lots may be inspected on WEDNES DAY, the 3rd March, 1920.
Also Sale of old and Surplus Victtail-" ing Stores at Kowloon MONDAY, 8th March commencing at 9.30 am., and comprising.-
Beds, Blanketa and Fiammoeks; &c. Terms of Sale-As detailed: on Catalogue.
1/1 HUGHES & HOUGH, By Appointment Auctionséra to the
„A denrašty, nao6!! ruary 21, 1990
"Everything for Motoring"
Lamps and Horns
Good Year Tyres
The Commodore and Committee will
from: 9:30 p
In the event of adfavourable weather, Dancing will take place in the Club House during intervals between events
By Order
R. EMACDOUGALL
Hon. Secretary.. Hongkong, Feb. 19, 1920.
CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAN SERVICES: LTD. TRAS PACIFIC
OFFICE OF THE MANA JAPAN AND CHINA.
Yokohama, 1st February, 1920, FFECTIVE 1st February 1820 EM... D. SUTHERLAND, General
He says: The myth of progress is our form of apocalyptism. In France it began with sentimentalism, devel- oping normally into homicidal mania!!
kind of Deuteronomic religion. As a reward for our national virtues, our population expanded, our exports and imports went up by leaps and bounds, and our Empire received additons every decade."
BAS HAPPINESS INCREASED? "Is human happiness increased by progress? The question still awaits do answer.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
In Case of 3735. 165. Dat..
In. Bags of seo. Thɛ, net.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
We may best help our readers LONG HING & CO.,
by presenting first the dark side of Progress and then the bright. This week we will deal with the case against Progress. Next week we hope to furnish some reply.
"It is urged in the first place that i out increased knowledge of suffering and sorrow in the world has made our hearts heavy. It is a common- place that during the Napoleonic Agant Passegger Department, Hong-wars, as a recent writer says, the life Log is appointed General Passenger of the people was carried on mach Agaal for Japan and China, with Office as usual, and the dally events of way at Hongkong.
Approved:
WM. T. PAYNE,
• Manager.. Japan and China.
G. M. BOSWORTH, Chairman...
MOTOR CAR FOR SALE.
1914 4 Seater Overland. In perfect running order. Spares, etc. Apply HMS ALACRITY."
NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES
were not brought home to each household and individual as they have been now,
"We become day by day more alive to what is passing in the world. Though suffering is not the predomi nant feature of life. it is of its miseries we hear most. Every day we read of wars, epidemics, devasta tions, droughts, earthquakes, famine. Every year, every day, space tends to vanish and time is disappearing. The horrors of the war, of which a half has not been told, seem to destroy, or at least impair, the capacity for joy. A NEW SENSITIVENESS.
*This knowledge goes along with a new sensitiveness. Our ears seem to hear the cries and greans of anguish. bowever far away. The PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COweat of over toil, the steam of car-
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
3.8 VENEZUELA,” “ From SAN FRANCISCO, via JAPAN PORTS, SHANGHAI and MANILA.
THE above mentioned vessel baring
nage, the blood-guiltiness of aggres- sive nations; all this we more or less conceive. The skin of the mind seems to be worn away with inces sant friction, and serenity vanishes. Our newsmen bring us knowledge of menaces to what comfort and peace are left. Harassing anxieties go on increasing.
How hard it was to read the arrived from the above mention.
newspapers in war time! There ad. Ports, Consignees of cargo are hereby informed that their cargo were editors who broke the 'news be lended at their risk into the gently on their front pages, and they Pacific Mail Steamship Company's had the thanks of not a few. There godowns at West Point. and stored were others who did what they could at Consignees' risk.
to proclaim our reverses, and no Consignees of Carzo are hereby doubt they were conscientious. But notified that they must prodate ad there is the anxiety still. We have Import Permit signed by the Saporin- gone through much, and the thought tendent of the Imports and Exports, has overwhelmed us at times that we Hongkong, before Bills of Lading can cannot go through more. But still be countersigned.
we hear of the hunger of children in All broken, chafed and damaged Vienna, and of living skeletons fall- goods are to be left in the gedowns,ing dead of hunger. where they will be examined February 25, at 10 am, and February
ALEX, ROSS & CO. 26, at 10a.m.
Phone 2487.
25, Des Voeux Read Central
THE
PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
HE Undersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auc-
Kint
(po 1000 OF TEN CONGRENED},
с
SATURDAY, February 28, 1820, at 10.30 a.m., at their Bales Rooms, No. 8; Der Vœux Road, Corner of
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OUR SLOW MEANS.
"Again, our little and slow means of diminishing misery beat upon the All claims must be prosented with brain like an anvil, as Hazlitt has ia a week of the steamer's arrival said. The insufferable supremacy of hore, after which they cannot he re-law bears more and more heavily as cognized.
the thought of the reign of law uni- No claim will be admitted after the and the vastness of the goods have left the godowns, and all verse takes possession of the goods remaining undelivered after human mind. This vastness of the February 26, will be subject to-rent.universe-is-no new difficulty in the No Fire Insurance whatever will be way of faith. It was fought by effected:
Pascal, and by thinkers before him. They taught us that the love and the hope and the faith in the throbs of a poor heart are greater than frozen planets. Still, our own insignificance in the face of the indifferent universe is a terrible and ever recurring weight.
Consignees are requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersigns. tare immediately. ..
PACIFIC MAIL: STEAMSHIP CO., As Operators, U.3. SHIPPING BOARD.
Hotel Mansions. Hongkong, February 19, 1920.
NIPPON TUSEN. KAISHA
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
"FROM EUROPE AND STRAITS.
THE Company's Steamship,
Ice House Street,
A Quantity of SHIP'S STORES AND MEDICAL
KAGA MARU," COMFORTS,
having azrived from the above Ports, Comprising:
Consignem of Cargo are hereby informed Tianed Beef, Mutton, Salmon, Milk, that their Goods, ars being landed and Jam, Marmalade, &o, Preserved Vege-placed at their risk in the HorexONG & tables, Pene, Beans, &c., Cocoa, Pickles, KOWLOON WHIP & GODOWN COMPANY' Sauces, Extracts of Beef, Mutton, and Gooows at Kowloon, where each consign hent will be sorted on mark by mark Obicken, Bengar Food.
and delivery can be obtained as soon as
Ex-Cash.
de...
-HUGHES & HOUGH, Amotioneers Hongkong, February 18, 1990.
FOR SALE,
the Goods are landed,
· Optional Goods will be carried on unless Instructions are given to the contrary be
fore Noon, To-DAY,
MADE HER INFANT WELL AND STRONG. Mother's Strong Tribute To Baby's Own Tablets
"I can scarcely say too much in praise of Baby's Own Tablets, na they inade my baby well and strong. I think avery mother thould keep thesa Tableta on hand at all times." writer Mrs. R. S. Martin, of Pearcefield, New York, U.S.A.
Many other mothers tell of similar experience: in fact Baby's Own Tableta have a remarkable record of success as a silmenta of remedy for the comman infants and young children, such as simple fever, indigestion, constipation, colic. vomiting, diarrhites croup, eczema, teething trombics. They expel woes, induca health-giving, sleep, good sp- petite and regular development. Are guamateed to be harmless and absolate. ly free from oplates narcotics, or injur- fous dress of sty kind.
Goods nos cleared by the 29th February, 1920, will be subject to rent.
Of chemists, or post free at 60 cents Damaged Packages must be left in the the vial from Dr. Williams' Medicine' Godowns for, examination by the Con Co., 98 Szechuan Bend, Shanghai. signoo's and the Co.'s representativos FOR SALE. At their Sales Rooms; an appointed, hour on TUESDAY and
No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner
of Tom House Street, M
FRIDAY. All claims must be pre- sented within ten days of the steamer's
Two Vertical Steam Electric Light- Ing Sets, as follows. Generators, arrival here, after which date they cannot new. Engines in thorough good be recognized. Np sisims will be admitted runnlag order, Output 200Amps after the goods have loft the Godowns.
NIPPON TUSEN KAISHA, 400 Volts. 16 Kilowats.
* Agents. Hongkong, February 23, 1920.-
Spare armaturse, Switch panels, and ranning Gear, Full particulare can be had from the undersigned, } : HUGHES & HOUGH,
BEWARE OF COLDS.
CHILDREN SEG
much more likely to contract the contagious diseases when they have colds. Whooping cough. diphtheria, scarlet fever and conssmp.. tion are diseases that are often contracted when the child has a cold. That is why all medical authorities say beware of colds, For the quick cure of colds you will find nothing better than Chamber nin's Cough Remedy. It can always be depended upon and is plent and sale Spend your Evenings in a “ WALLA to taka. For me by all Chemists and
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Large and airy rooms, Elevaters, Electric Light and Fans installed... Hot and cold water service Atted, Excellent Cuisine, Bar and Billiard room, Roof Garten.. Cinematograph Theatre and every modern convenience provided.
Special monthly and family rates can be arranged on application
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