MONDAY, MAY 8, 1918.
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(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED);
TUESDAY,
the 9th May, 1916, eonnancing, al 2.30 pm, at their Salos Room, No: 8,
Des Virux Road; Corner of Ica
House Street,
Á QUANTITY OF
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lating by Public Auation Sale, ta bò. heldon MONDAY, the 15th day of May, 1918, at 9 p.m., at the Oess of the Fublic Works Department by Order of Elis Excellancy the Gosummer, of One Los of CROWN LAND at Shankiwan, Road in the Colony of Hongkong, for term of 75 years, with the option of renows! at a Clown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of. 75 years.
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FOR SALE
FOR SALE
VALUABLE GLASSWARE, USED TYPE METÄL
A follows:-
Chanipagne Classes (Ont-Glass}
Sherry:
Port
Hork
Tamblers
&c..
Torme
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SALE.
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(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNLD),
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TUESDAY,
the gh May, 1916,
at 4:30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8,
Des Voeux. Band, Corner of Ico
House Street-
ONE GENTS BICYCLE, Triumph
7. Speed Gear Takes &c. &c.
Practically New. Terms uscul.
HUGERS & BUUon.
Auctioneers. Hongkong. May 8, 1915.
Our four Cylindered Marine Engine
horse
power complete with Magneto, Reverse Gear, Shaft, Propellor, Fall particulars may be hid front the undersigned
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THE CHINA MAIL.
THE WAR.
(Continued from Pags 5.)
SUNDAY'S TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service in the China Mail
STRONG GERMAN ATTACK AT VERDUN.
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PARIS, May 5 Today's communique reports that there have been only minor operations, except west of the Merse. where a moss violent German bombardment was succeeded by a strong attack, which was bloodily repulsed, except at isolated points on the front trench.
There was moderate artillery fighting
east of the Meuse"
THE BRITISH FRONT.
EXEMY SPRING MINES.
LONDON, May 6 General Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy last night sprang minesner Neuville, and one to-day east of Albert 4 without altering the situation. There has been considerable artillery activity during the night along the banks of the Somme and opposite Hullach. There is nothing to report to-day. The artil- lory, have been less active than usual.
THE HEROES OF KUT.
LÖRD, KTTUDENER'S KULÁŠA,
Toxbox, May..
THE COMPULSORY MILITARY BILL.
开
HUSCUSSION IN PABLLEMENT,
Enson, Mar 3. In the House of Lanks, Lond. Kit-
On the Secotal Rending of the Cont chener spoke of the dogged deter pubica Bill Mr. Halt move the mination and splendid coumge of
Two other rejection of the Bill teneral Townshend and his troops. Liberals supported hint. The ofijections and the excellence of the General's raised were mainly economic. dispositions for the defenes of Kut. Mr. Lloyd George said he would He emphasised the strṣin upon the rather be driven out of political life troops holding the positions auder than accept responsibility for refusing most difficult conditions. In their the demand of the Military Authorities. honourable captivity they would have for men whom the Bill alone could the satisfaction of knowing that in secure. The Bill met the economia the opinion of the House and the objections raised. It was intended to country they did all that was follow the system in vogue in France, humanly possible. Their aurrender where men indispensable for Home was no discredit to the British of the industries were kept at Home. Mr. Indian Army Lord Kitchener paid Holt's statement that if the war lasted a tribute to the courage and devotion until 1917 we would be unable to stand of the relief forces, aul thought the the financial strain was not in the least House would endorse the words in financiers and they were confident of true. He had consulted the lending Generał Townshend's mesange, Those " who held and those who strainer ability, however long the war last el, to out-stay Germany, Supposing every nerve to relieve Kut alike. Mel Holt were correct, it, would be the earned our admiration and gratitude. wisest course to apply full power forth- Field-farshal Lord Grenfell sail with. Some of the Cabinet Ministers the defence of Kut would king Le were mort relactant than others to remembered with"admiration by, the agree to the Bill. The best argument British Army and country,
for the Bill was that those who were ready and those who were reluctant' untainously concluded that the Bill was absolutely inevitable. It is true that the Allies are overwhelmingly superior in unmbers, but superiority must be in equipped nico. Russia's comparative failure last year was due to a lack of equipment. There had been, a great; improvement this year. at till Russi
FRENCH ARMY'S ADMIRATION,
แท
Losos. May 3 General Joffre has telegraphed to the War Offer expressing in the A4a result of uir-ights yesterday we warmest terms the admiration with drove down two chiny machines bewhich the French Army had followed hind the German lines, que being the reig defines of Kut, and the wrecker and the other damaged. We
les an aeroplane which was brought brilliant efforts of the relief cohn had completed the equipment of ker in face of the most favourable, troops Great Britain and France, who down in the enemy lines.
conditions, and asks that there septis, were able to equip their armies, shoukl nents be conveyed to the Coni- mander in Mesopotamia,
BAD WEATHER HAMPERS OPERATIONS.
PARIS May 6. A communique states-But weather has hampered operations on most of the front where only artillery actions are reported. The Pembartment has been increasingle sent west of the Meuse sector and Hil 304. There has been moderate artillery activity east of the 31st
ITALIANS REPULSE FIVE ENEMY
ATTACKB....:
ROME. May 5.
pat every available man in the fiell. It is essential that we take the utmost The reply thanks General Joffre Bor psible share of the humlens of this! his messig, and adds that the top year imneliately. The enemy realised Mesopotamia will be cheered and the importance of or long six, and the woption of the Bill would be the worst encouragen by the urine, of the danger of our not doing so. admiration of the great Army which for inany weeks has broken the possible to the German General enemy's most powerful efforts to He reginleil the vetinate that the rench Verduns
THE REVOLT IN IRELAND.
FOUR MORE REBELS SHOT.
Lobos, May 5.
Stutt
The
Bill would secure. 200,000 as GD under-estimate." He fully prre- ciated our responsibility for financing the Allies and maintaining trade, and the difficulties of transport, bur
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taking all info account we still had UNDERTAKES A substantial margin before we had
He wanted the enemy and the Allies
The results of the trials of fursherande the same sacrifices as France. A camnanique 279:Five enemy at Sinn Feiners have been officially tacks in the Tohale and Adamello zones
sanouneed. J. Plunkett, F. Daly, to know that I the time cane when vuch as: were repulsed with heavy losses
Italian airships dropped two tons Chanlon and W. Peurse have been of explosives on enemy positions east of shot. Gorizia. One did not return
.
A Portuga FOREMAN ENGINEER HEAVY ENEMY ATTACKS FAIL ON
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TUESDAY
the 9th May, 2916, commencing at 4.30 pm at their Sales Rooms, No. 8,
Des Your Road, Corner of
Ice House Street,
A LARGE QUANTITY OF
VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND
BLACKWOOD FURNITURE, CARPETS, RUGH, &e,
As Follows
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Carpets and Bugs, Upholstered Suites, Arm-chairs and Sofas, Card Tables, Bed room Furniture, Brass Bedstead, 'Double and Single Brais mounted Bedsteads, Bideboard, Dinner Waggons, Extension Dining Tables and Chalms, Tes and Uccasional Tables, stay stc, Dinner, Tea and Coffee Barvices, Crockery, Glass and E..P. Ware, Cooking Stores, Cutlery, Toilet Bats," Ice Otests, etc., Bath Room Utensila, ato.
Pianos, Electric Reading, Lamps, Blackwood and Teakwood Screens, a quantity of Blackwood Furniture, Fic- tures, Engravings, cic Bath Tubs, American Ice Chest, ete,
And
A few lots of Brass Vases and Flower Pota.
(Fall Particulars from Catalogue.) Tana:--Carb.
HUGHES & HOUGE, Auctioneers, Hongkong, April 29, 1816.
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Cin CHINA MAL. Office. Hongkong, May 3, 1016.
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FOOMS WANTED
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"ROOMS".
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C CHINA Man' Office. Hongkong, May 2, 1916.
LEE YEE'S
HAIR DRESSING SALOON. Electric Facial Massage with
RUSSIAN FRONT.
PETROGRAD, Maye 6. A communiqué states:-We have made slight progress south-east of Olyka, and consolidated our gains. Violent counter attacks were unsucessful. Heavy enemy attacks in the region of Tarnopol and the Pezérna railway were equal failures..
DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED.
LATER.
it would make the difference between deleat und victory England would strong the whole of that margin)
He ridiculed the to the Colours. iden that Conzeription would involve Fifteen further Sian Feiners were unrest among the workers. Elemental sentenced to death, but the sentences rirtues koc no class and Patriotism were commuted to ten years penal was one of the greatest of these, servitude by the Commander-in-1 air. Theodore Taylor (Liberal) suid Chief. One death scutençe has beer he opposed the first Compulsien Bill commuted to eight yours. Two rebels but would give his support to the have been sentenced to tep years. present Bill, believing that the Other trials are proceeding.
situation necessitated if
On the Caucasus front in the direction TRIAL OF SIR ROGER CASEMENT, of Bailart, Turkish attacks were re-
pulsed, and also night attacks in the TO TAKE PLACE PUBLICLY BEFORE direction of Bitlis.
ZEPPELINS DESTROYED.
TWO BROUGHT DOWN BY WARSHIES.
CIVIL COURT, "
Sir John Simon" said that the
differences between the supporters and opponents of the Bill related to methods, not to objects. There was no limit to the Sacrifices the country ought to make, but the problem involved a difficult and delicate adjustment of various neels. He did not believe that the Bill us a
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THE LOAD-LINE COMMITTEE
REPORT.
Moderate. Prices:
view of their dutiek: The President not only asked the Committee to advise the Board of Trade aa.to the attitude which should be adopted by the British repre-
mest national Conference on the Load Lime,
It is intimated that Sir Roger whole would wld to our national force? The assignment of freeboard to mar pentatives at the forthcoming Inter
LONDON, May 5.
Casement will be tried before a Civil Court, as it is desimble publicly to investigate his activities in Germany. within a fortnight. It is stated that the trial will begin
but
LONDON, May 5. Vice-Admiral De Robeck. commanding the fleet at Salonika, reports that at
Sir Roger Casement wished Sir 2.30 this morning the feet Heavily fired on and hit a Zeppelin which was passing Edward Carson to defend him, over the harbour. It fell blazing, at the this is unlikely. Perfume,mouth of the Vardar. There was no
no survivors.
LATER.
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THE
It is officially stated that it has been ascertained that there were Come survivors of the crew of the Zeppelin wrecked at Salonika. Four officers and 8 men have been made prisoners.
"THE FATE OF L7..
LONDON, May 5. The Admiralty reports that British light cruiser squadron yester- day destroyed a Zeppelin,, off the Schleswig coast.
TATER
The Commander of the Grand Fleet reports that the ships which destroyed the Zeppelin were the Galetea and the Placion The Zeppelin was apparently on scouting duty.
It
was
IRISH IN THE TRENCHES.
THEIR ANSWER TO A GERMAN INVITATION.
LONDON, May 5. Captain William Redmond, P., bus written to Mr. John Redmond, M.P., that the Germans put up en the trenches opposite the Irish Division notices suying :-
A Revolution has broken out in Ireland. English guns are fring at your wives and children. The English Military Bill has been rejected. We will offer the Irish a hearty welcome."
1
chauzalúpki, probably the
and strength.
Mr. Henderson, winding up the decomplicated shipping problem which has and for that purpose to inquin and te, said the Government had not been subjected to legislative enactment report whether, and, if so, in what allowed the General Staff to override it, and there is certainly none which is more respects, the tables of freeboard revised Dor did the General Staff expect it to do intimately related to the commercial by the Board of Trade in 1006 need o. He repudiated the idea that "the aspect of the design and trading of ship. farther revision in the light of the Bill had been used to effect industrial The Report of the Land.Lino Cornmittee experience gained since that date of thei: compulsion With reference to the just published is therefore a document practical working and effect, but invited criticism of his supporting the Bill of the highest clinical and practical advice upon the subject of a special while still Secretary of the Labour Con importance, because the visible results of lead-line for timber-laden vessels and the ference, he wished it to be known that their labours as formulated in their regulations for the carriage of desk he chose his cointry before his party revised
regulations, freeboard
of timber which they consider (Cheers.) He was convinced that the undoubtedly express the British views at might properly be adopted internationaly alternative of conscription was: defent...
an international conference," when one
will
CETINES
The Committee have gone about their
It was said by Lord Derby that 650,000 becomes posible; and it is necessary to work in a thoroughly practical fashion
men had failed to come forward when the last Act was passed, hut the number really was 750,000.
The Nationalists abstained from voting..
LABOUR TROUBLES IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY-
LONDON, May 6. A ballot among spinners in the Preston district shows (8) per cent. The Irish replied by singing Irish in favour of a strike to enforce the demand for a 10 per cent, advance.. airs and Rule Britannia"
The Spinners Executive considers the results of this and other ballots on Suturday...
SHANGHAI IRISHMEN'S
RESOLUTION.
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consider, the Committee's report with the, and have taken very little for granted. knowledge that these, rules, or something Although they possessed, through their.
i
own members, the comprehensive know- lik them. may ultimately govern the loading of the whole world's shipping.
ledge of freehard work which belongs to The memberskin of the Committee was the Board of Trade sad the throe such as to ensure the fullest confidence classification societice who have been. in their reacmmendations, not only on administering the British Load-Lize Atta the part of shipowners in this country since they came into operation In 1890, but practically throughout the world. they have examined three score witzzesen The Chairman was Sir Philip Watts, who were representative of shipowners, K.C.B., F.R.S.. who has shown by his master mariners, officers and somIJA, work & wide grasp of all problems affecting and they have analysed all the informe I the loading of whips. The other memberation which shipbuilders and shipowners
included Sir Archibald Denny Bart, have placed freely at their disposal, TLD., who was also Chairman of the well as missses of statistics. They have Ballhead Committee, and has devoted a also visited more than a hundred vesssis very large part of an active professional in order to seo for themselves the life to the solving of practical problems character of the protection which, is of design in connection with merchant afforded to ship and crow by diferent. chips. This can also be said of the kinds of perstructure, the nature and representativen of the great registration condition of the means for securing the societies Mr. W. S. Aball and bull against the possible Ingress of water G. R. Mares, of Lloyd's Register, Mr from the weather deck through hatchways, J. Foster King, of the British Corpora ventilators, casings, etc., and the actual tlon, and Mr. John Gravell, of the Bureau conditions which attend the loading of Veritas Mr. Foster King was also ships with timber and other cargo colleague of Sir Archibald on the other
"Engineering." Committeo, and, with the other repro sentatives of the registration societies, has done on sub-committees & remarkable amount of research and exporimental of Ics. House Stróety---
work in connection, with the load-ne. A QUANTITY OF
The Board of Trado was represented by BOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c.
Comprising
An official announcement states that Mr. W. David Archer, who is the Naval Sideboards, Dinner Waggon, Dining of leading Mazifacturers, Merstants, eto, Tables, and Cheira, Chesterfield Sofas, in the principal provincial towns and Fadyen's big gun immediately replied power, criminal negligence, conceniment the German reply promises that mer Architect of the Department. Sir William Industrial centres of the United Kingdom. The steamer was hit several times, but of truth and high treason. He has chantmen within and without the naval Smith, O.B. Brought to the assistance Armchairs, &c., Wardrobes and Toilet copy of the current edition will be was not seriously damaged. The crew been incarcerated, in the fortress of war zone shall not be sunk without of the Committee an intimate knowledge |
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
HE Undersigned have received lastras.
tions to sell by Public Auction, (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
on
FRIDAY,
the 12th May, 1916, commencing.
st 230 p.m., at their Bales Rooms, No. 8, Des Yox Road, Corner
Tabia, Double and Bingle Brass and Brass-mounted Bedsteads, Miscel assous Furnituro, several lots of Black wood Ware, Carpeta, Piasis, Porcelains,
Sca.. ko.. do.
fow lots of Brass Vasex, Flower Fia,
And
"A number of Lots of Rattan Furniture
(Full Partiezlata fromo Catalogus,} Tanus-Cash,
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Hongkong, May 8, 1918-1
An official announcement states now appears that Zeppelin L7 LONDON DIRECTORY. severely damaged by the Galates and Phaeton; but ita destruction WILE 1 British submarine, completed by
LONDON, May" D. which rescued seven of the Zeppelin's crew. The submarine was attacked and Shanghai Trishmen have passed a slightly injurer by a German cruiser on resolution expressing their shume and the journey.
horror at the disloyalty of a few compatriots.
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GALLANT FIGHT WITH SUBMARINE.
BRITISH STEAMER'S ESCAPE.
LONDON, May .
The fight put up by the Clan Maca Fadyen against a submarine was most.
RUSSIAN EX-MINISTER
IMPEACHED.
ACCUSED OF HIGH TREASON:
PETROGRAD, May 6.
gallant. The submarino opened. fire at General Sukhomlinof, ex-Minister
50 yards, rango, and the Clan Mac for War, has been accused of abuse of
were not injured. The steamers escape Peter and Paul
was due to courage and good seamanship, as her speed is only 11 knots.
SUBMARINE PIRACY..
SWEDISH SHIP BURNED.
LONDON, May 5.
The French schooner Bernadelle "har
you happer to be at your cell been sunfight the crew were
be Courtously and Prompt served picked inp, and 26 are missing for the Bame Udly, ab the ALEXAN 825 ORA GAVE:
The Swedeb ship dars was burned by the enw of
DEPRESSION IS SOFIA,
MANT-DESE
ARMY.
FROM THE
GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES.
WASHINGTON, May 0 Mr. Gerard, the United States Ambassador at Berlin, cables that he expects the Germann reply to day.
GERMAN REPLY TO AMERICA.
SUBMARINE WARFARE.
WASHINGTON, May 5.
warning and without the saving of lives of technical problems. Another member unless they attempt to escape, who greatly assisted the debbarations, The reply adds that Germany expects because of his maritime experience, was the United States to insist forthwith Captain A. H. F Young The Secretary that Great Britain shall observe the was Mr. C. J. D. Senders, of the Board ruls of International Law and should of Trade, and the acknowledgment of the steps taken in that direction prove the value the assistance rendered by unsuccessful a nes situation will arise him to the Committed was thoroughly jar which Germany will reserve to her! wall-merited ATHENS, May 5 self the liberty of decision. There have been many desertions A litter message states that the Germittel almple in their wording, buð
man reply has adversely influenced the from the Bulgarian Army
opening of the Stock Market, and that the reply is looked upon a ricom promising
There is great depression in Sofia Relations between Turkey and Bulgaria Bre unsatisfactory.
The terms of reference to the Com
into the net of "zám
stion a
dous antity of macacio
And it
fident from the report that the Com. iften have taken & most comit
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