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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 1914.

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TUESDAY,

the 8th September, 1914, commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their SALs Rooms, No. 8, Doa Visur Road, Corner of Ice House Street.-

A QUANTITY or VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE,

J.,

$c.

ko., Comprising as follows:- TEAKWOOD-Dining and Drawing

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THE BRITISH CROPS.

Produce of the Combatants.

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It is an undoubted benefit to the British ennaamet that war has been-delayed until the first sheaves of the flume crops were already in stuck, while so much whist land was tips for the harvester that scarcity" could be at most a matter of days,, mags "The Times of July 31st. Had war broken out before Jums was over, the ax citement on the corn wirkets must have been far greater than has actually been the

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PARTICULARS and Conditions of the latting by Public Agation Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the 14th day of Sapt... 1914, at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Publk Works Department, by Order of His Arcellarey the Governor, af Ten Lots of RWY LAND at Nattan and Jordan Roads, Kowloon and Oue Lot at Stankiwan Road. in the Colony of Hongkong, for a The initiation of social and phil-term of 75 years, with the option of canowal st. Crown Rents to be axed by anthropic work among members of the Chino colony in Londen, one of the for one further term of 25 years.

the Surrogas of Elis Majesty the King,

AND OPIUM.

Rumanian produce, must buy in Now World markota in direct compaction with our few fields which tho activities of B merchants. The Romanian urma is about | Churchs and other charitable bodies have - that of England: its wheat ares in three left penetically untouched, is being con- | timon ours,. "The winter wheat in Rumand

has just been secured and is a god yield, but the springwao wa crops are not promis ing Rumania Sko Serria, would.safer terribly if the agricultural population were precluded by wax service from harvesting the maize.

mplated by a number of former geid- cats in -China and others cognizant of the conditicas prevailing in that curious little patch of the Orient wedged in be twen Limehorsan Church and the Dorks. It is proposed to establish at bestel. Bulgaria is barely on the road to re- covery from her disastrous war with Servis including social club and institute, with and Úreece, but good haërents of winter a reading-roun, jud classes in Engifeh | whost and barley ware secured only in the and in Gertain branle of smanship- month, and the yields are put at 30 million portans is attelil to the prevision evt. of whant and seven of barley. Spring Facilities for residing one thus paru corn la early ripe and the naise was SOWD in May over an extensive ares, probabyings of the sailors to their wives and acarly 2,000,000 acres. The yield at families instead of justering them at ps: acre only should be 4,000,000 qr., and the fantan table or in the pizden. of this a million might be availabid for exportation. This export strplus together visurs of the neighbouring parishes, with perhaps half a million quarters of who ate sirendy astympring some roll. whoat that might be spared were expected gious work among the Chinese, are wimis, to keep the rising ports of Varna and ly supporting the tow proposal, which Burgas busy wall fa o the eintr. Sf the will, it is hoped, resnit in the institution Dardanelles a sadly impoverished people. arparts were prevented from leating the inn ely dependent on its agricultural ex ports, thight find itself in a position of

RUSSIAN EXIGAIS,

DĚ a Chinese Merchant Service Guild, having as its object the proznotan' of the welfare of the eight hundral Chisee who maka their temporary homes Line- here.

before August is over is a serious matterment was revealed by inquiries mande

The mobilization of the Russian any

How great is the need of suels ‘a moves for a country principally depending on its by Daily News reprewitative res spring on croyo. It is to be berred

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The days when our ports held a mouth's supply of wheat and ample reserves of feuding stuffs for ber stock appear to bo past, ani trade profits in times of peace. Are now so small that there is no longer margin for carrying charges, for paying for the warehoused holding of grain, or of demurrage, on arrived, but uniended, cornreat financial difficulty. on shipboard. That our bus ren3ls, öde per sack since Monday and wheat pos quarter despite the early pespective supply of fair to gued home crops is a circumstanco supplying in sms slight that Austria-Hungary quainly dependeatly. Thermal Chinese populations na winter- grain and that war was not of Linghouse is, as has been salt, alvert mensure a key to what would tave hadeclared aaril these crops were secured. eight hundeed, and of that” wunder theco- pened if new crop supplier has been soven | Russia is placed at a decided disadvantage are few who hi mt find - sirią ciet teaks in-cess of a fortnight off.

for the spring own wheat, barley, and oats diversion when askeze in opim-smoking HOW VARDON FIRST WON FAME. So much for the general situation. The are not rige until mid-August exept in gaming, '[1: anemanly of optim involved in the present struggle in South in Rusin amount to over 230 millio

An Intimate History. for the peasas proprietors never minare the ground and the yields per sere are smaller than in any other meat producing region except Australia. Thus the harcent extends

enormous areas and is prodigious business in the homing.

HEAVIER PENALTIES NECESSARY. Russian farmers, have, however, a great At last, however, action has been feeling of security in this very raarness of taken in the matter, The keepers of the territory. There is no fear of the two opium-ders were recently charges, stacked corn being commandeered by an economic enemy of burned by a vengeful the Justice of the Pharmaceutica one: The pre-cat seur's yields are not set Society, with is brunch of the Poisons I was present at an open professional at all certain but the winter wheat is put at Act. Kwong Tai being fail and costs, tetornament at Bisley in Cheshire in the about 166 million art and the spring and Wong Ku Chen 5s and coutery early nineties, says Mr. Hark!

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Room Faraiture, Cpholstered Arm-chairs / Particular details of the food supplies the extreme south. The acres under being sucked, and sold with impunity.[

and Sufas, Carpets and Rugs, Braen and Eastern Europe require separate consider. Bram mounted Bedsteads, Buress, War-atten, face two, very distinct issues will be drobes, Washstands, &e., Sideboards, | found to be involved, Dinner Waggens, Exton-ion Dining Tables

nd Chairs, Ice Chests otc., etc., Dinner kad Dessert Barvices, Crockery, Sundry Glans Ware, Cooking Stoves, Kitchen Utensils, Cattery, &c., Brass Fenders and Fire

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(Full Particulars from Catalogas.) TERMA usual.

HUGHES & HOUGE,

Auctioneers, Bongknur. Sepr. 5, 1914.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

1*HX Undersigned! have received instruc- tions to sell by Public Auction,

on

FRIDAY and SATURDAY, the 11th & 12th September, 1914," commencing each day at 3pm.. at their Salon Rooms, So. E,

Das Voeux Road, Corner

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FINE ACHTRIAN PRODUCE,

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212 millions, in all 74,900,000 qr. of 480lb.

in the "London -Cocuty - Coupeil arvu. white men and women are being sho for precisely similar penetices in China,

often been pointeri nut.

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at the grifing family of Vardons, it was Although Hurry 14, tino olket" member

nevertheless his brother Tom who first indo a player. In truth, Tummy was viewed in the light of one of the most premiding of the youaigre, geperation of players, some time before Harry het do lás spjaraner us a profc «ional,

by a crushing defons of "Taplow early In Į 1808, the match being played over" tlau course of the Gunten" stol with which Vardou wn then cintal.

THE CRAMPIONSHIP CV 15905, * Wo then' como to the Open Cham pionships at Muirfeld in 1803, Thin wus a championship in which tow who were

In search of the winne wouhl look bes

yon! Taylor and Here, nd the for mer having wen the creat in both 1801

and 185, was a raging hot favourite. No doubt Tayfor himself, in light of his de frutat Gantun, slower the Torsey man aa a probabis menze, but therk

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very few who gave name than a sing, thought to Harry Vardon. The W. than pien hip opened as if the opinion that it was to be a daci between Taylor S. FL. Dodwell, Esq. P. B. Holymi, Esq. and Herd was to be duly confirmed, is. Gabbay, R. Hou, Mr E. Shaling

G.T. M.Edkins, Esq.A. Flammer, they lo at the end of the Best day's play, and moreover at the conclusion of the thin rond. Varlon Wa never | many strokes behind them, but attention was so keenly focussed upon the two favourites at no one had any time to pay attention to the play of the others.

I was playing with Varlon in that But count. and at the filteruth hole spectator détached himself, from the gathering following Herd (who was going to the fourth boleh and unked me how wa were doing. I replied: This man is just about going to win." This cousisi a prasiiveable augmeptution if our crowd. Whal commenced with two spectators, and fain that tinje forth to, the conclu (sien of the `mund wo had ten.

My prophetle utteranou proveri true dá Vardon won after a tie with Taylor, and Wardon Tad at last confirmed my opinien of his promise.

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SCERABLIA,

SOLAKARTA (Solo) TANDJONG-BALEI,

TRBING TINGGI (Deli), TEGAL TILCE BETONG,

TULATJA, WELTEVEKBEN.

The first hat lesat important issue is that of the British market being cut off from curtain qality urticles much in quos yet by no means to be regarded as dece

rolls on the dinner table at he Gue fear of Bungary for making Wall Brackets, Inlaid Blackwood Trays, we should imagine, being produced at a light and helvan pastry, are already Finckwood Folding Chairs, Cabinets, for the thier is up to 50 per tick

DJOEJAKARTA, rariantels, Side Table, Deaks, a variety and may easily go much higher 4 inded,

KOTA Ravi of Stands, etc., etc., and 2 Pianos in good Austria Bungary is not likely to continue for European Hussia, including Poland, barby as Thares Police fourt magistrate. Milton, writing in a long paper. Tom MAKASSAR, condition,

hipping at all. The bus whent crop of nut Finland. thats may yield a clear The business Isco Jarucive for such Vardon tied for first position with Taylor. MIDAS, the Dual Empire is reckoned about 7 per 100,000.00kr, and barley 45 2050 millions peraltics to "havu a seriously deterrent During the play I was talking to Panaso e-nt. deficient, the yields varying from a

The latest advices are rather unfavourable, effect, but the fact that the Pharmacof the Gandia, and we were comment-

PALEMBANG, fall average in Western Ausia tos mech but the area are a prodigions that until the A 14 per cent. under the mean in Hungary Statistical Bureau at St. Petersburg reports and Transylvania. The eastern part of the the estimates carry little wight. There loght somewhat restrict the operations We had quite agreed on the pressibilities Empire, that nearest to the sent of war,

are good reserves of old corn in Russia, for of tho moru cautions of the traders. of the polfing, carver of Tam, wher

Correspondents at Bombay, Colombo, De will be barely self-supporting Happily laat gear's harvests were excellent and the

More detrimental, perhaps, that the Chudiu somewhat surprised me by Madma, Pondicherry, Calcutta, Bangkok there is no reason to fear that ensfectionery demand for wheat and oats for export bas opiam den are the lottery and the fan-marking. But he has a broiler who Saigon, Haiphong. Hanoi, Amoy. Yoko will become of Mugby Junction heavine, been below the average.

The Engih fur the chief Land millers and their parchasing of Russian feed brioy, how to table. It is stated that there ade is a much better player than he is. Tun hama, Kobe, Melbourne, Bydney, New

Tork, San Francisco, &c., ise. br-thren of other cities are puking ex-ever, has been persistent, and since April, in the Chinese colony seven rvéognized mys so himself. At the time I was.

LONDON BANEZ-The Frioulof cellent purry Hour by Hungaring press. when the indian crop proved $5 per cent. Intturion, hearing such names the La litle 18th to necept this statement London and Sta the Bank, Limited. no longer the jealously guarded secret of deficient, has been heavy.

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| American, the English, the Langdon, and undeniably correct, us, although I was The Bank boya and sails and zeceives for "Budapest mills.

The Russian exports of gain in a good The other quality staple from which we season put £60,000,000. Sterling in the Big Eagle. Two drawings take place well swars that thers were other men collection Bills of Exchange. issues lotiore ere is n its Branches and correspond consider onreulves cut of is the said pockets of growers, merchants, and ship daily in each, the prizes often aninges of the Inruily of Yagdan, it apparents in the East, on the Continent, is israz ront à maize of Hungary, Servis, and the purs, and this amount of gold so fertilizes us high 6 £100. The magnitude of the

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a little uzlikely that there could be a Britain, Americs, and Australia, and "razis entire region of immediata trife. This the country, penetrating as it does into the figures is explained by the fact that golfer of greutes promiss than Tommy acts bauking business of every description. particular article is highly esteemed for remotest villages, that no enenty of Russis tickets are tight by English sailors as Vardon, and wins could succeed in biding feeding poultry, pigeons and game birds, would let the grain be sold if it could be well as China, and that the enlony is light under a bushel. but soy beans, small round peas, and also prevented An Austrian feet blocking the always being fed by a steady stream of

INTEREST ALLOWED home grown tick bens will be available. Dardaneller and a German: Fleet comman

On Current Accounts 2 por Anum o

bulsaces. The mat: er is one of secondary consequence,ding the Baltio would throw amaterialstatnewcomers paid off after a long voyage The writer, continues that he suggested though now that trouble has urinen every on Russian r-sources without needing to fire encls with £10 or £12 in his pockets to train that he would believe itFixed Depants.12 months 4

ne regrets the meagre stock kupt. Servisi shot. This, however, would only be the

That his scepticisni, CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CURIUS. oxports of silk cover, of pious and case if Russia lacked a matitime ally. Were Moreover, the men practically are when he saw it."

cherry liqueurs are appreciable and ready France involved, it is probable that a great creation within the hingefouer, was in no way justified, "was stopped, but, after all this is a laxary ses fight to release the Rersian grain quarter beli

quickly proved to him, and after seeing market and its temporary destruction is fotilia would be an early event in the Apart from the lotterie, the faltan the Vardon who was supposed to be bet mainly important as reducing the resources Eastsin Mediterranean.

|tables, with which the Pennyfields and fer than the one-at St. Anne'a-on-Sea, of many thousand, of hard-working Servian

BEST BUGAR FT MYLCTS, agriculturists

Limehouse Causeway lodging houses came to the conclusion that he had the The Russian graid crops are in the front to the

ahound, are a frequent surce; of mis maiding of a great player. After refer-

heathed to the champitaiship qatdi between INTERNATIONAL BANKING Reuman putting in The hardy yeomer of Sorvin are a very rank of serviceable medina-low-clare or so hero pending rishipaent, and sturdy and induktiinum clap. The areinge | foods. The wheat includes Hitle find bolding is, about 20 acres and absorbs the Polish, Eazonka, and Galician" L more than o recept ease of suicida fol-

stention of a man and his family. Thess in Little Russin, but 00 per cent. of it is a lowing heavy gaining losses anald be re-the possibilitis of Harry Varda. Just HEAD OFFICE: 80, Wall Street, New York. farmers and their son constitate the fairly strong but irregular growth of rather corded. backbone of the Servian army, but when poor colour, worth, perhaps, 3. per gr. the fighting is over they are apt to return; less to millers than tine Canadian. The to the land without further thought of barley 400th sample..making good fore, too, the authorities are begin politics. Unlike the Greek, who talk politics barley meal, but not being wable for ning to move, and recently a raid by at every market, the Sezh peopics wish for brewing. That of the south-west provinces pelice resulted in the appearance of the most part to labour in peace and is, however, often up to 410 and even look instinctively to a strong rulers Cray, The Serviane are at present producing Tu 000,000s of wheat, 2,000,000 of bar iny, 1,500 00 of oats, 14.000 000 of India curn, and 2.000,00 of best sugar, expressed from perhaps 15,000,000 of the actual sweet 978 root. Three million people with 4,000,000 sheep, 1,000,000 cattle, and, as many pigs will have a substantial export surplus out for seed purposes and for is tening stock of these yields. As wheat averages about It is also shipped in the form of cake, 30s. on the farm and maize 20%. only, the The present cheapness of beet anger is exports and to thewe underelling Austro-

A LARGE QUANTITY OF

JUST ARRIVED FROM NHANGITAN

Comprising: Chinese Foresis n of avery description, Brasses, Bronzer, etc., etc., of the Sung, Ming, Kang Yangching. Klualung nod Towkwong Dynasties,

Also

A number of Valuable thiness Painting and Engravings, Embroiderio, Jadestone Crnaments, Old Fekinese Lacquered Warr. Amber Bonds, Ivories, etc., etc., eta,

(Full Particulars from Catalogue.} Ou view Thursday, 10th September. The Undersigned have been authored to refund purchase money if not found as apacified within one week..

TEENA —ÄN UNGAI,

UHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Bangkong, Sept. 4. 1914.

THE SERVIAN HARVEST

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EAST END TEAPTATIONS.

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A. I. Tegod and Vardon, Mr. Hilton continue; But I never lost faith in

about that time I was asked by the late MF. Girdwood Stewart for the name of a promising young player who could pro- only manage to give Handy Herd a gal game in an exhibition match, and 4241b., and is fit for distilling. The as nineteen,Chinese at the Thames Court, without hesitation I pominated Hurry are rather preferred to Argentine, but are two "being remanded on bai and the Vardon. They daly it on the link inferior to Frusainz, Swedish, and English, other seventeen bount over for twelve of the Heysham Club ocar Morecombe, Maize is not very largely grown, but belongs to the round type which is suited to te montiss. It would be complete as it happened he did not manage to climate of south-eastern Europe and the take to regard the East End Chite as give Herd a fun for his touney. But northern shores of the Black Ses. Bussian dissoluns character. On the contrary, this was hardly his foult, Ler Sandy WON linseed is appreciated and England buys it he is by mature singularly well-behaved irresistible that day, at his

drinking littis or nuthing, and rarely best, under the most trying conditions. involved in a brawl or street disturbance, of rain and wind.

But as things are ho has less than.

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THE FIRST ÜHINESE NEWSPAPE tendency is to live on the maize and cell des in part to the Kassian Hungarian a fair chance. Coming wahren in Undismayed by this failure. I was year ab 3%, per «nuam or' for shorter

the wheat.

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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM NORTH CHINA.

ALL-TES MATTW, SA PALMERŃCU "'YROM

VARIOUS PORN IN CHINA, AND "JAPAS..

88.50 per Ayam, deiwered in Hongkong

#1250 toʻladi. Loga Porta,

Servis bas an excellent method of com, surpluses. With Buria and Age strange country with money in his pocket partly instrumental in granting Vardon periods, at rates which may be ascertained ruunal grain storage, and Uctober is the Hungary at issue the best sugar market is the naturally makes for the quarter where another opportunity of tackling Heid, on appileation great month when the new maize erop hound to be not a little affected. Russis

AT BILLA NEGOTIATED & COLLECTED. is secumd, husked, and paid in," the ships direct to great Britain extremely

ho knows his countrymen (he is almost and a home-and-bane, mutch was

MAILS and TELEGRAPHIC, REMIT- depositors receiving carb se to nearly the large quantities of abcp" eggs, of second always a Cantonese, or a Hakka) ato to and over Huddersfield and Bury, with full amount of grain delivered. Should quality poultry, and a certain amount of be found. There he has weeks of idlewich club Varton was then asociated.TANGEB mada the war last beyond Michaeimas dianstes dairy produce. It is not known whether tess to file away; and temptation be Winning the tows for eboiro, of links for JARETERS OF OREDIT and DRAFTS. will be terrible and whole districts may be these exports, would be aropped a bind every shop front. Small wonder the opening at holes, Vardon, no doubt granted on sit the principal cities in the brought to the verge of starvation contraband of war.

that he turns for diversion to opinand with the view of getting the worst over fantan.

Maize in crop which de eriorates in a most dangerous manner if not secuted at the right moment, and disorders at and Perions. and intractable attend on the food use of damaged, heated OTBOUT BOTO, Greece if brought into the war would, nos bo po gravely situated as : Servis, for the barley crap, 'which la now, oven as in classionl times, the. chief ono, has just been secured and is a draldedly good yield. What is largely imported, and if the sea, mare mutrolled by 'n hostile Boet' grave Inconvenience wold result. Barely and maize, however, would be sufficient to tide a frugal people over for an indefinite period.

"A for "greater "agricultural region is flemanis where the wheat and maize cropa each average about hundred million buskrb, while there are about 80 willing Fushols grown of serviceable feeding. barley and of a leht and kinky, but atilifu, ost. Rumania alla sery little produce to the United Kingdom, but the large, flo is of sumil raspola plying hotween Galatz and Constanza (the old Türklal Custendja: ja being developed you happen to be late your meals will into fine portfed by good railways) Deurteously and Prymotly werred and the importing cities of Athens, Naples, just the Zane. ** Only at the ALEXÁN: | Ganon, Marseilles, and Fareglans ryork the

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first, solceted Huddersfield, and in on- THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS There is plenty of evidence that thing away from tho Fixby curso with OF CREDIT are available all orez the Chiness themselves would appreciate fully an adresse balanco of seven holes he Worldga

-COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF ORE- such an institution as is contemplated. might have been considered to bave dopo They preter saving their money to squannot at all badly, 16 do not think I DIT mut

PURCHASE and SALE of Stockavmary dering it, and they would weforme theatre ever come cross a course on which share efected. opportunity of improving themselves local knowledge was of such advantage.

TRAVELLERS CHECKS old and while ashore by acquiring better Imow Soven holes was, however, a comewhat lodge of English and of their own ritvere deficit to wipe out against a player. While the initiative is necessarily being of Herd's ability oven with the advantage taken by Enkich sympathizers, it seems Vordon held in his knowledge of the elour that the fullest co-operation will Bury links, and it is sad to relato that by accorded by almost all the Chinos Harry never appeared at all likely to who are not financially interested to us make o fight of it. Ervatumly ho sp maintenanen of the unsatisfactory infus Peared to coase, wying to do so, and be had to put up with an unmreiful bota- que.

TERVENTI. ÜV CONVIDENCE, That all this experience had been bene REMEMBER THE NAME

delabto him was proved later in a tourza- NHAMBERLAU'S Collc. Chilem and ment in Ireland He ran into tho final Diarrhoe Remedy is the best known, kad the game Bird a close rum That medicine for diarrhoea, dyseurbers, solie, Lol his game and bis confidence in him. eramps or paine in the stomach. You may mood it some time. For sale by at Chemise and Storks pe

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As this period in his career was gridefced

GEO. HOGG,

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