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SATURDAY, APRIL 8 1916.

Hughes and Hough

AUCTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT

AND ADMIRALTY.

+7

General Auctioneers

AND

Share, Goal and

General Brokers,

PROPRIETORS

"TO-KWA-WAN

FOAL STORAGE,

Codes 'used

A.B.0 4TH & ÖTH EDITIONS.

A1. TELEGRAPHIC CODE,

-

Telegraphle Address MEIRION HONGKONG.

PUBLIC

AUOTION.

HE Undersigned have recolted instrue-

THE

до

biedrotion,

TUESDAY,

the 11th April, 1916, commencing at

2.30 p.m. at theic Sales Rooms, No. 8,

Dos Yeux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street...

A LARGE QUANTITY OF

VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND

BLACKWOOD FURNITURE,

FIRE BRASSES, &, 'CARPETS,

RUGS, &

As Epllows:— Upholstered Suites. Arm-chairs and Sofas, Card Table, Bedroom Furniture, Brass Bedsteads, Double and Single Brasa-mounted Bedsteads, Sideboard,

Dinner Waggon, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tes. and Occasional Tables, etc., etc., Dinner, Tea and Coffee Services, Crockery, Glasa and E.-P. Ware, 2 Docking Stoves, Cutlery. Toilet Bots, etc.,

4130

Two Pianos (Une Collard & Collard), Electric Reading Lamps, 1 Large 4-Fold Blackwood Screen, a quantity of Black wood Furniture. Une American Oak Dining Table (& leaves).

(Full Particulars from Catalogus.) Trzs-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,..

Auctioneers,

Hangrong. April, 1916,

PUBLIC AUCTION.

608

max Undersigned have received instruc Tato so by Public Auction,

„(FÓR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCZANED),

**

TUESDAY,

the 11th April, 1916, at 2.30 p.m. "ap their Sale Rooms, No. 8, Da Vaux Road, Corner of"

Ice House Street,

TWO BABY TIGERS,

As venal.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

Bengkong. April 6, 1918,

505

MITSU BISHI GOSHI KWAISHA.

(MITSU BISHI 00.)

COAL DEPARTMENT.

COLE PROPRIETORS of TAKA-

SSTMA, DOTY, MUTARE, YO-

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T AGENTS or BAKITO, & OYUBARI

OOALS.

HEAD GFFICE :-TOKYO,

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TEL. ADDRESSES for Above : 'IWABAKL' Döden;-A1. ABU 5th Ed., Western Union.

AGENCIES: CHINEIANG: Messrs Gearing &

Co. MANILA Messre Macondray &

Co. SINGAPORE: Mesra Borneo Co,

Ltd. GLARGOW: Mesure A. E. Brown,

McFarlane & Co., Ltd.

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EVERY BEETLE

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HONGKONG.

Europe, and are building thêu an a...saply. as the cheapest. All the shipyards în Hongkong capable of building ocean vessels have work to their full esquecity.

h the two larger Hongkong "yards laurteen new,yesaola are now under con- Istenction or to be constructed as soon a progi for thegt ena be made. Thee vesels included three new ships for w Ilue Fuel Line's Straits Steamship} Company's extension and three new ships. for the Chus Navigation Company 'a coaut |soryice batween Shanghai and Hongkong, sh the yard of the Talkoo Dockyard and Engineering Compang. As the yard of she Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Com papy tr), six new ships are being for Mesar Brunsgaard Kjosterud 'and Col of Drammen, Norway, and two-for Messrs, Hans Kiuer and Co., of the same place. Two other vessels of the same cinas will be started as soon as rooms can be made for them and three others ar contracted for: There are also under construction two vessels for the Sin Steamship Company. All thesa new vessels are being built in additiņa to a large amount of work in the overhauling and repair of old vessels, the soak in some instances approaching in importance the construction of new vessels.”~

"AN ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY.

CORSET MAKING.

The following account taken from the New York Herald " will be read with jinnést, and sansement—

Mayor Mitchell was the principal guest last night at the ninth sanual dinner of the Corses Manufacturers"-Association in the" Casendes - ballroom of the Biltmore. The three hundred number at the gather- ing represented concerns that do a dugj-

·ness ół 850,000,000 a year. Daniel Kops, president of the organization, in introduc Fog William A. Marble na toastmaster for the evening, declared that in achieving their success they had the one great help they never had counted upon-the beänsi- futly formed wonam of America.

Before the European war," said Mr. Kope, Meur wogaen went to foreign coun- tries, al the women there, seeing the || Beautiful forms" of the Americans, de- mended to know what makes of corseta. they wore. So now we are selling our earset in every country where corseta

are word,"

Just as Mr. Marble arose

D

· HIGH FREIGHT BRATES AND FAR... gcoda moderate in value for their bull-

to speak EAST TRADE.

raw materiala, particularly of the class in Colonel L., M. Ulman jumped to his feet which German Erms have succeeded in and, lifting his glass, thundered -

"Eetus drink to the American cannot be moved under present freight |woman."" ratan. This not only reduces exportw from the Far East, but at the same time. reduces 'the buying power of the Chinese people materially, and affects import traile just as seriously.

**For she's a jolly good fellow." and So say we all of us," came from various WASHINGTON, February 25th.

parts of the room, sung in various tusen, o Various lines of trade in the Far East

Mr. Marie asserted that the corset are being seriously hampered by the great

manufactters" organization was one of increase in freight rates on practically ali

Under normal conditions this situa the greatest philanthropic institutions in lines between the Orient, and Europe and tied would right itself in time, bat at the world. the United States, according to a recent present no,reduction in freight rates "ca Your activities are devoted to keeping. report by United States Consul General be justified here so long aa there is a women straight," said Mr. Marble," and George E. Anderson as Hongkong. demand for spisala olacwhzra_at_high-pour-representatives-are-constantly.travel.

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Now well-known throughout the East Inc

manager of the biggest business in the STEAM RAISING. FORGING, STEEL » MAKING, SHIPS "BUNKERS

Formal sazouncement has been made rates. The situation is particuladyling from the frozen lakes of the north of a 20 per cent. advance in the unfortunate for American trade, which to the torvid sans to see to it that not between the Far East and the eastera consists so largely of goods in both import alone the women of our country but the coast of the United States by way of the and export lines in which freight raton women of every country are properly, Suez Canal, and shippers bava.” bren are a dominating factor. The export provider with fitting surroundings.** informed by the Pacific ccnference lines trade in four, lumber and machinery, Mr. Mitchel was introduced as the of a similar advance soon to become particularly, will be affected. effective for trans-Paciño traße. ·

**While the temporary closing of the

"As a result of the difficulty in United States. The Mayor congratulated Panama Canal is said by shipping people securing transportation, the rattan and the organization on Iving one of the to have had some influence upon this almacige-gum industries in some parts of essential industries of the world. increase," says Consul General Anderson the Philippines are reported seriously

embarramel, and many of the ratives face} in his report, the plain facts saera be that ships are needed in other parts social destruction. Shipments of beans of the world to such a degree that they and similar goods from North China and will be taken from the Far Eastern rn Japan to Europe are practically impossible unless the racy sunounced be at present rates. The export of coal from obtained and ships be filled as such Japan and Indo-Chins is reduced fully advanced rates.

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Mr Harold M. Pitt writes in the number of the Philippine Merchants Association ReviewThe total value of the exporta from Hawaii to the United States ranches to in the neighbourhood of 850,000,000. or It is known," says the consular lone

P100,00,000 year, which about equals report. that there are unusually large The large shipyards of Hongkong, the entire export trade of the Philippine rice crops i Indo-Chins, Siam and under certain conditions, can build ships anda.. The population of Hawali is Burma, and the demand for tonnage for 13 cheaply as any yards in the world. 200.000, and of the Philippines, in excesE the movement of this crop has stifened Usually the necessity of obtaining much of 8,000,000. There is rolbing produced in Hawail for the growth of which these islands Bifreights beth locally and in world service. of the steel plate work from abroad, since are not well adapted. If the Philippines

There is, in fact, no element in the steel is not-produced here, serves

were a highly developed as Hawaii and

wid for situation promising any weakening in counteract many of the advantages the produced much per capita

export, Is about the the demand for vessels. Norwegian ship Industry has otherwise in Hongkong, but instead of P160,000,000 (which is owners, who in some respects reflect best in spite of this and the fact that much present figure, par exports would reach the TELEPHONE: No. 869

Sgure enormous

ef P4,000,000,000 the general position of shipowner toe of the steel now obtained in Hongkong annually. Large capital for the promotion world over, are refusing to let their ships is bought at high freight rates sad in of enterprise; intense coltivation of the on less than two year time charter at competition with "American yards, the soil, and an advanced state of industry rates which are very high, to say the Hongkong yards are now building ships among the people, would be necessary to this and, but it is not beyond the range of While, for instance, the Nippon in competition with the shipyards of

posalbilities." WARE MEROBANTS. Wholerals Yusen Kaisha, the chief Japanese line and Retall Ironmongers. Pig Iron and concerned in European and American Foundry Cake Importers. General Store trade, is maintaining a service of eleven keepers and Shipshandlers. Now, 36 and liners and four additional ships, together 37, 'Hire Loong" Sinker, (2nd Etzøet, wast

with six other ships which return to the #1 Central Market) Telephone No. 315

Far East by way of New York, there is Bongzone. September 4, 1913.

i scarcity of tenange for Europe at present, and many commodities which can move generally at comparatively low freights, only are held up in Far Eastern

: | ports.

"The most serious phase of the situ TEE Undersigned having been appointed tion is the effect the high rates are having the report Acrats for the COWIE HARBOUR upon business generally," COAL CO., LTD., are prepared to quote continues. "Avery large share of pricen for best quality BILIMPOPON COAL trimmed inte Bankers st SEBAT- Chinese produce for the United States TIK or BANDAKAN (British · North Borneo

TRON" STELL, METAL and HARD eat.

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Steamers calling at SEBATTIK or SANDAKAN exclusively for BTLIMPO PON COAL (either eargo or Backers) exempt from payment of all Port

At Babattik Stoamare are berthed along. side the Company's wharf where there is s minimum depth of 57 to 28 last at low water Spring Tidos.

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concerning the Port can be bvd on application to the Agents p

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