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MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1918.

AUCTIONS.

Hughes and Hough

AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT:

AND ADMIRALTY,

General Auctioneers

MAND

Share, Coal and

General Brokers

#

PROPRIETORS

**TO-XWA-WAN'

COAL STORAGE.

Codes used

A.B.O. 4 & 5TH EDITIONS.

AI. TELEGRAPHIJ Coda,

Telegraphio Address

MEIRION EONGKONG.

PUBLIO AUCTION.............

THE Uadoraigned have received instrue-

Hons to sell by Public Auction, (FOB ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

On

TUESDAY.

the 18th April, 1915, at 11 in... at their Sales Rocms, No. 8..

Dos' Tour Road, Corner of

lce Boca STREET,

A Newsen Cases or

MARGARINE, MANGO CHUTNEY,

(Major Greyis), TEA (Ceylon. and Chins), DUTCH CHEESE,

BENGER'S FOOD,

&4. ...&...

&c.,

These Provisions are Perfectly Fresh. Terma :--Carb.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Atuationes,

Hongkong. April 15, 1818.-

PUBLIC

AUCTION.

G.

R.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

DARTICULARS and Conditions of the

letting by Pablic Auction Sale, to be held on TUESDAY, the 15th day of April, 1918. at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of Bi Excellency the Governor of One Lot of CROWN LAND abore Kennedy Road- in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years with the option of renewal at a Crown Rant to be land by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King for one further term: of 75 years.

F. of Bale

Lacality.

*Kented Load.

Particulars of the Zoi.

Boundary

34 JULLE POSTAL GINČK.

(approximaId)

能

W.

M.

R.

思

per sale! plan 150W •

PUBLIC AUCTION.

of

THE WAR.

(Continued from"Page 5.)

SUNDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

TRAKT

16

THE CHINA MAIL.

[Router's Servics to the China M'efl.)

RUSSIAN WAR THEATRES.

SUCCESSES ON THE AUSTRO. GERMAN FRONT.

"

PETROGRAD, April 15.

betwesa

A communique saga: -- Two German attacks Lakes Sventer and Illu Were "repulsed. Many German dead and

wounded were abandoned.

The Russians in the region the mouth of the Strypa storthed the hill and treachee towards the south repulsing two coery counter-attacks, and capturing many prisoners.

SIN DAYS BATTLE WEST OF

"ERZERUM.

TURKS RETREATING IN DISORDER.

M

wesi

of

continues Fighting 536 Erzerum. Turkish attacks against the Tussian centre lasting six days were repulsed. Tho Turks suffered heavy losses and retreated in dis- order. The Bussions are vigorously pursuing them.

VALUABLE LEASEHOLD

PROPERTIES,

situate at

LI

Hung Hour in the Colony of Hongkong and being Kowloon Marine Lot No. 83, and Kowloog Inland Lot No. 1178

to be sold in One Lot

GO

THURSDAY,

the 4th day of May, 1918, at 3 o'clock p.in.

by

GEO, I', LAMMERT, Auctioneer Mat his Auction Room's in Duideli

Street.

The Property consista of-

All those pieces or parcels of ground situate at Hung Hom in the Dependency of Kowlood and Colony of Hongkong and registered in the Laar, Ofce respectively + Kowloog Marige Let No. 83 and 543 Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1178. Kowloon Marine Lot No. 83 contains an area of 139,800 square feet" and is held for the 75 years from the 18th May, 1904, (renewable for another term of 15 years) created therein by a Crown Lease dated the 11th day of October, 1906 and made besseen is Lace Majesty King Edward VIIef the one part and Deould Macdonald

term or

A

E Urderalgued have received instrac-and John Wilkie of the other part subject

Total by Public Auction,

01

TUESDAY,

the 18th April, 1916, commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Rooms, No. 8,

Das Vœux Road, Cornur of

Ice House Street,

A LARGE QUINIITY OF

VALUABLE TEAKWOOD BLACKWOOD FURNITURE, CARPETS, RUGS, &..

AND

Ai Fellows:- Upholstered Suites, Arra-chairs and Solae, Card Table, Bedroom Furniture Brass Bodsteads, Double and Single Bras-mounted Bedsteads, Sideboard, Dinner Waggon, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tes and Uccasional Tables, otc., etc., Dinner, Tea and Coffee Services, Crockery, Glass and H.-P. Ware, 9 Cooking Stoves, Catlery, Toilet Seta. Bath Room Utepails, etc.

Also

Three Pianos (in good conditior), Electric Reading Lampa, 1 Large Black. wood Screen, a quantity of Black wood Feraiture, Pictures, Engravings, etc. "

And

A number of brass Vases and Jardinieres (Particulars from Catalogue.)

TERMS:-Cash.

HUGEES & HOUGH, Auctioners.

Hongyong, April 19, 1918.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

530

Vodersigned have received instras- Tradersigned basis auction,

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED},'.

..!

OP

THURSDAY,

the 20th April, 1918, at 10.30 B.m., at their Bales Pooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ica House STAZEE,

*;.

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c., Removed to Bale Rooxs for Convenience of Sale.

(Fall Particulare from" Çatalogus.),

And

“THREE DUPLICATORS, tabe sold without reserve,

One Upright Cabinst Grand-Piano by

Sterling.

Fiano by Collard & Collard,

by Challen & Eon,

by Allison & Co.

by Robinson Piano Co.

in good condition.

Terms: Chab.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers,

Hongkong, April 14, 1916,

539

FRHE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannos be

Besten if quailed. For Brobs

to the payment of the Crown rent to the observance and performance of the Lessee's covenants therein reserved and contained.

Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1179 is situate en the Northwest side of Kowloon Marine Lot No. 83 and contains an ares of 94,072 square feet" and is held for the

term of 70 years from the 16th May, 1904. (renewable for another term of 8 years) created therein by Crown Lease dated the 16th April, 1911 and made between His Majesty King George V. of the one part and the said Donald Macdonald and John Wilkie of the other part subject to the Crown rent and to the observance and performance of the Lessee's covenants thereis reserved and contained.

Crown Rent of Fowloon Marine Lot No. 93-81,284 per susum. Crown Rest of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1178-8248 per annum. Particulars and conditions of sals

sy be had from

M. DEACON, LOOKER,

DEACON & HARSTON,

and

1, Des Vreux Bond, Central,

MR. LEO. D'ALMADA

E. CASTRO: "

Old Supreme Court Building,

Vendors' Solicitora.

and also from Ma. CEO. P. LAMMERT, "The Auctioneer. Hongkong, April 11, 1916.

PEAR

EAK. TRAMWAYS

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

■

$30

COMPANY,

WHE DAYU. 7.00 am to 8.00 a.m...Every 10 mạnaten.. 8.00am to 10.00a.m...Every 10 minutes. 10.00a.m. to 11.00 ....Every 15 minutes. 11.30am to 12.15 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 12.45pm. to 1.15 p.m...Every 10 minutes, 1.10p.m. to 1.48pm...Every 10 minutes. 1.43 p.m. to 2.15 p.m...Every 10 minutos 2.15 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.Every 10 minutes. 5.00pm to 8.10 p.m... Every 10 minutos,

NIGHT CARE.

11.00 p.m. to 11.45 p.m. every quarter of

AD hour.

"

"AUSTRIA ADMITS RETREATS. "

AMSTERDAM, April 15. An-Austrian, canimunique. admits!

the Russian and withdrawals on Italian frouts under heavy enemy

kenésure.

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

ESEMY MOUNTAIS TOSITION “RUSHED. ·

AUSTRIAN DEFEAT AT MANTENERO,

ROME, April 15.

A communique recounts a fire achievement by Italian mountaincera who,clambering up glaciers to su altitude of 10,000 feet rushed on enemy position.

A whole day attack on Montenero resulted in a repulse of the Austrians.

"THE BRITISH FRONT.

SUCCESSFUL

MIÑOR OPERATIONS.

Lospos, April 15.

A British communique reports: By exploding mines east of Ver- nelles last evening we considerably damaged the enemy's positions and drew heavy but ineffective artillery in reply.

Our artillery early to-day success fully bombarded the neighbourhood of Souchez.

PANAMA CANAL REOPENED.

Losaos, April 14,

The Panama Canal re-opens to-day after having been closed seven) months,

ARMED LINERS.

BRITISH OFFICIAL STATEMENA,

THE INSTRUCTIONS TO MERCHANT

CAPTAINS,

GERMAN LITE EXPOSED). The Secretary of the Admiralty has an- ponuced that in view of the recent issue by the Garuna Government of a. Memorandum

INTIMATIONS

INTIMATIONS

OLD FRIENDS

YOUR EYES

SHOULD NOT BE 'NEGLECTEL,

At the first symptom on the treatment of armed merchant ships, of eye strain you should the admiralty decided to make public the instructions setually governing the actions consult us... of British merchant vessola armed for self- defence. These bash actions, dated October eyes scientifically and fit glasses to individual re quirements.

120, 1915, are as follows —

INSTRUCELONS FOR DEFENSIVELY : "ARMED MERCHANT SHIPS," "

·

KTATUS OF ARMED MARCHANT SHIPS. 1.The right of the crow of a merchant Tassel fercibly to resist visit and search and to fight in self-defence is well revog- nised in international law, and is expressly admitted by the German prize regulations in sa addeadunvissued in June 1914, at a time when it was known that numerous merchant vessels were being armed in self-defence.

The armaments supplied solely for the parpoee of resisting attack by an aimed Tassel of the enemy. It must uut be used for any other purpose whatscorer.

We test

& Co

CLARK &

SCIENTIFIC OPTICIANS

RK BLOGS.

RD.

CHATER

HONGKONG

HONGKONG & MANILA

33 armed merchant romol, thero- fore, must wat in any circumstancos inter- fore with or obstruct the"free passage of other merchant verses or taking craft. whether there are friendly, neural or MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA

hostile.

4.The states el a British Atmed mer- chant vessel caunos be changed open the High Boss,

(MITSU BISHI CO)

RULES TO 02 DBANRVED IN THE EXERCISE COAL DEPARTMENT

OF THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENCE. 1.The master or officer in command is

responsible for opening and craig fre

COLE PROPE BTORS of TAHA -Participation in armed resistares So must be confined to persons neling under SIMA, OCHI, MUTABE, YO the orders of the master or offeer in com- SHINOTÄNL KISHIDAKE, HOJO, mand.

2.Before opening fire the British EANADA, NAMAZUTA. SAYU, BEINNEW and KAMIYAMADA colore cast be hoisted.

Collaries.

4-Fire must not be opened or continued from a reel which has stopped, hauled down her fig, or otherwise indicated bor 2ktention to surrender.

3.The expression "armament" in these instructions includes not only cannon. bat also rifes and machine guns, in cases whore those are supplied.

The ammunition used in rides and machine-gaus must conform to Article 23, Hague Convention 1, 1907, that is to say, the bullets must be cared in alckel or other hard substaner, and must not be plit or cut in such a way as to cause thèm re expand or set up on striking a man.. The use of explosive bullets is forbidden.

FINGEWATANCES UNDER WHICH TAK

LENAMENT - SHOULD AR IMPLOYED.

1. The armament is supplied for the purpose of datencs only, and the object-at. the master should be to avoid action when- ever possible."

2. Experience has shown that hostile submarines and aircraft have frequently A small party during the night attacked merchant vessels without warn raided the German front trenchesing. It is important, therefore, that craft north-west of Lens and killed some occupants before withdrawing:

THE VICEROY'S YOYAGE TO INDIA.

-UNSUCCESSFUL SUBMARINE ATTACK ON THE LINER.

;

Losnos, April 15.

of this description should not be allowed

AGENTS for SAKITU, & QYUBARI

OQALS.

2

HEAD OFFICE :—TOKYO.

BRANCH OFFICES:- Nagasaki, Moji, Karaten. Wakamatsu, Otaru, Maroran, Hakodate. Kate, Osaka, Kura, Tokyo, Yokohama. NagoJA. Tsuruga, Shanghai, Hongkong,

Hankow, Poking.

TEL ADDRENZA (or above: TWASAKI.” Codes:-A1, ABC 5th Ed., Western Union.

AGENCIES:.

to approach to a short rango at which a CHINATANG: Messrs Gearing & torpedo or bomb launched withcq; police would almost certainly take effect.

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presumed that aty submarino, or aire sit SINGAPORE: Messrs Borneo Co. which deliberately approaches ne puranes a merchant vesen does so with hostile in tention. In such cases fire may be op bed in sell defence in order to prevent the resistance to

It is stated that the liner convey-hostile craft coding to a range at which

Lord and Lady Chelmsford to India was unsuccessfully attacked by

a German submarine.

SUBMARINE PIRACY.

Losngs, April 15.

sudden attack with bomb

impossible.

GLASGOW: Messrs A. R. Brown,

McFarlane & Co., Ltd.

or torpedo would be

3.-An armed merchant vessel proceed-For particulars, apply to ior to render petance to the crew of a. vessel is distress, must not seek action with any hostile craft, though if she is hersell attacked while aɔ doing, -ára may

ba'opened In sellated that the

It should be

dig is no guida to nationality. Derma

The British steamer Chic, 3,000 submariner and armed merchant vesso's Comf, has been torpedoed and sunk.

AMERICA "AND. GERMANY.

RESTRICTION OF SUBMARINE

WARFARE DEMANDED.

AUPTURE STRONGLY THREATENED.

a frequently

hava

employed British, Allied or neatral colours in order to approach undet end falee colours in order to escape, Though, however, the use of

K. KATO..

Manager.

No. 1, PIDDER (Uranaz,

Βοτστηρο.

SILIMPOPON: (SEBATTIE)

COAL.

disguise capture is a legitimate rose de guerre, itsTHE Undersigned having been appointed.

THE adoption by defensively armed merchant

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polat out that there Admirsity fostructions, which are those aɔ s

present in force, are the latest issue. Successive inson have been made, not by rewana

or

WASHINGTON, April 14. "President Wilson and bis Cabinet are understood to have agreed to they change of policy, the policy throughout Steamers calling at SEBATTIK or presentation to Germany of cumula has remained uzsitored, but in order, by SANDAKAN exclusively for BILIMPO 8.56 p.m. and 8 p.m., 9.30 p.m. to 11.00 tive proofs of violatione by sub-improvement in wording and greater clear. PON COAL (either cargo or Bunkera)

Bam, very half hour

of all Port marines of Germany's guarantees.mean of expression, to emphasise the purely are exempt from payment

These will be forwarded within the defensive character of the armament of my

charges, chant vessels. It is because of the distorted next forty-eight hours, accompanied interpretation given to those instructions as side the Company's hard where there is a At Sepattik Steamers are berthed along- 'by a "definito and final demand for a while and of the zory forced character of minimum depth of 27 to 28 foot at low evidence of Germany's good faith in the interpretation" given by the German water Spring Tidea.

Government to the portions which they the observance of her guarantees.

Charts of Sibuko Hey (Sebattik Har. quote from the earlier issue of the instruc-hour), Fricar and all other information NEW YORK, April 15. Eons that the Admiralty have felt it desir The Evening Post's correspondent anxiety, to publish these instructioce is application to the Agents.

able, with low to allaying central oncerning the Port esa he had on Washington says the text of the extensa. Note drafted by Secretary Lansing an has been approved by the Cabinet.

SUNDAY, 7.45.m, to 10.30 am...Every 15 minutes. 10.30am to 11.00 ....Every 10 minutes. 11.30a.m. to 12 Noon.Every 15 minutes.. 12.00 Noon to 1.00 p.m.Every 10 minutes. 1.00p.m.bo 5. p.m...Every 15 mimbes. 5.00 pm. to 6.00 pm...Every 10 minutes. 8.00 pm to 7.00 p.m...Every 15 minute. 7.00p.m. to 8.10pm...Every 10 minuter

# NIGHT CARE as on Wonk Daye

VINASTUDATKU A

Rutes Cheat, 13 mlänights, th SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Office, ARKSANDRA BOLDING" Des Voeux Road Central

Season and punch tickets available for all care not already tali running at the fima stated in the Company's time tables,

The Note demands of Germany a final abandonment of submarins war- fare us, affecting neutrals, otherwise there will be a diplomatic rupture.

The Times correspondent at New York says the Note demands the punishment of submarine command- ora responsible for attacks on the Susser, and other steamers, and a full and satisfactory indemnity. The

but not for special cars, can to obtains Note also demande gustaitees as to

the future conduct of submarine war- fare, under penalty of unmediate

fon application at the Company's Office-

No Bason thoist will be sued until payment therefor has been made in Bankrupture. Notes or by Cheque or Compradore order representing Back Notes.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON

Smeral Manag

THE MEXICAN SITUATION.

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