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"FRIDAY, JULY 28. 1916

Hughes & Hough

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AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Auctioneers hars, Coat and General Produca Brokers and Commission

Agenta.

PROPRIETORS "wa-Wan ""Coal Storage.

Codes) set

Bentley's

ABC. 4th & 5th Editions A I Telegraphic' Code!

Telegraphic Address

ACETRION

PUBLIC

BONGBONG.

AUCTION.

HE Undersigned have received Instruc Tdons to sell by Public A action,

ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNRY),

(POR

00

SATURDAY,

the 20th July, 1918, at 11 .m.,

at No. 10 Robinson Road (lower Flat). (Entrance also from Conduct Road)

+3 8cxonY

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

contained therein...

Consisting of

"

Teakwood Hall Stand with Mirror, Teakwood Bookcases, Screens, Teakwood Dining Table and Chairs, large. Arm- chairs, Fictures, Crockery and Glass. Ware, Double Brass-mounted Beds, large Teakwood Wardrobe with Mirror, Teuk- wood Bureau with laize Mirror, Camphorwood Chest-of-drawers Coir- Blatting and Rattan Furniture.

(Fall Particulars from Catalogue). Terms --Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

duationeers. Hongkong, July 9, 1916

850

PUBLIC AUCTION. THE Undersigned have received in

tractions to sell by Public Auction, (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED},

од

SATURDAY,

the 29th July; 1916, at 2.40 p.m.

At "Rogate" Austin Road

Kowloon.

TKZ.

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

$0.

FURNITURE. 0,

acy therain contained. including Gent's Bicycle, Singer Sewing Machine and Piano (Crazer & Co London) (Full Particulars from "Catalogus.)

On riow day of Sale.

Tervis :-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, July 27, 1018.

PUBLIC

AUCTION.

י

851

THE Undersigned have received instrac. Tidons to bell by Public Auction,

"(FOM ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

On

FRIDAY,

the 4th August, 1918, commencing

at 230 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8,

Des Faux Road, Corner

of Tee House Street,--

A NUMBER OF Lom or HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c.

Comprising

Boreal Carpets and Rugs, Sideboards, Dinner Waggon, Dining Tables - kud Chairs, Chesterfield Sofas, Arm-chairs, dkd., Wardrobes and Toilet Tables, Double And Single Brass and Brass-mounted

HAVE YOU A

BAD LEG

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There are wounds; thy,

se vomitata, will, dapalem you of the papier to gathe

THE ACTING SUB."

A NATAL STUDY.

"

THE CHINA MAIL.

By TAFFRAIL** Author of "Carry On!" Pincher

Martin O.D., eta, a

"He was a very Junior young older indeed when, the powers that ba" first gladdened his heart and ruined his clothes

You may have time, wander borgies, and bass by sending him to a destroyer. A mere toki your map is bopaleme, or advised to subir de " station, but do sodi 27 the Gashopp

Almenn Gludiarswelings, Fabout Hand, Carbondios, lauried Forms, Bustosa, Hanngi

·Sond, as umai te tha Deng, Sločne for a bez, of

GRASSHOPPER OINTMENT AND PILLS, Prepared by Albert, Albert Roxio, Foragidas Street, London, Kágiand. Prime ja Xnsfont. 1/13, ant. 29 pár bon Arents-A. 3. Watson & Co., Ed.`

Rongkong

AUCTIONS.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

THE Undersigned has received: instruc-

Hours all by Public Auction,

on

MONDAY

the 31st July, 1918, commencing at

I am, at No. 26 Godown of Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd. (Kowloon), salved ex. S.S. CHIYO MARU," A Quantity of

COFPER, BRASS & IRON PIPES,

* FITTINGS, Etc., Etc., Etc.

a BRONZE PROPELLERS Teams :---Onch on delivery. On view Now.

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer

Hongkong, July 25, 1916."

PUBLIC

BAT

A

AUCTION."

BE Undersigned have received in- THE

structions to sell by Public Auction,

an

TUESDAY,

the lat August, 1816, commensing at $:30 pm, at their Sales Rooms,. No, R,

Des Vanx Road, Corner of

Ice House Street, VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE, "

&c.,

L

As Follows Si Indian Carpets and Rugs (New), Upholstered Suites, Arm-chairs and Solaa, Card Tables, Bedroom Furnitare, Doable Erase-mounted Bedstend Side- board, Dinner Waggons, Extension Dining Tables And Chairs, Tea and Occasional Tables, etc. etc, Large- Dinner Services, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stovee, Cutlery, Toilet Sets, Ice Cheats, etc., Bath Room Utensils, American Roll-top Desk etc., 'a quantity of Electro Flated Ware.

Also

*Caille" Portable Motors with Battery etc., complete, Pianos in good condition Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood and Teak wood Scroons a quantity of Black- wood Furniture, Pictures, Engravings, a few Oil Faintings, &c.

And

&c.

One Tennis Net and Poles, Two Now Bieyples, Remington Typewriters,

(Full Particulars from Catalogue.). TERMS: Cash.

HUGHES & BOUGH, Auctioneers.

Hongkong, July 27, 1916

864

FRENCH LESSONS

G. "MOUSSION.

18, Morrison Hill Road"

Bedsteads, &., Miscellaneous Furniture, THE FIRST CHINESE NEWSPAPER

Boveri lots of Blackwood Ware, Pinos,

a few Jota Porcelains, Atc., dc.¦ Ice Obašta.

Also.

Tea Sets, etc.

And

די

A number of Lots of Matting, &c, &c, 1 Caille Motor, Complete, Gent.'s Bicycles, &c.

(Fall Particulars from Catalogue.) TяCash, by!

HUGHES & HOUGH,

"Auctioneers

Hongkong, July 27, 1916.

THE Undersigned have received in

structions to sell!..

(FOR ALCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED}, at their Bales Rooms, No. 8 Des Voir Bood, Corner of

VÍDUKESTREET,, One GRAND PIANO by Brinsmend, in perfect order, cost £150, And

a

One ORGAN by Mason & Hamlin, Eleven Stope, in good order, Further Particular and inspecto may be made on application to the Undersigned.

Torms as netaMENTE

GHI, & HOUGH,

Hongkong, July 15, 1918

·EVER 'ISSUED UNDER

PURELY NATIVE DIRECTION.

But the acting sub " did hesitate to call him unnecessarily. After all, it was quits possible that the " C.O." might be rathon peavish i be was hauled out for no766100. He was not really in dieulty, he persuaded himself, sot fe certainly did not wish to pittent the fact that he could not keep the ship in station whatever the ciroumstance

Nat he would not call him. He solved the problem by increasing the speed of the engines over so slightly above the

CHINESE LABOUR FOR FRANCE.

LIANG SKIH•YLAN A COOLIE RECRUITER:

Supplementing the paragraph which appeared in our Tientsin notes Tester- day, about the recruiting of Chiness labour for Franer, we understand that Mr. Liang hihi is the principal mem the cuolisa for the French Authorities. ber of the Syndicate which is recruiting in 60,000, the Syndicate undertaking to secure as many skilled ardaans as pos

ible (carpenters, masna,, joinera, etc).

- sud-laurenana-wich **(soting)" after his normal, and Hes:minutes later hoved a fire aggregate number of coolies required

name, which, as any proper utwin sigh of profound relief as the black shape tell you, is a sign of extreme juniority of the next. ahead hove up out of the Alcreover, the lügle gold stripe on his monkey jacket was still suspiciously new and terribly antarrished.

Not so very long before he had been "snooty" (midshipman) in a battleship.

mere dogs Body" who had to obey! the orders of almost every officer te the ship except those few who happened to be junior to him. It is true that he axeraised his authority and s setara discipline on those midshipmen, who had the mistertone to be's year or so young that bimself, and that he expressed hardly contemps for the assistant clerk. But he lived in the gun-room, slept in a hammock, kapt all his worldly possess in sea-chest, and bathed and dressed in the company of fifteen other boisterous young gentlemen.

his

darkness.

In an hour bis helpless feeling had gone and he was jogging merrily along without any difficulty.

•

But the skipper, who was accustomed the ways and tricks of newly joined officers generally, and sub-lieutenants in particular, had been swake the whole time. He always lens with ána eys open

the rate of 100 francs per recruit, which means a profit of about $2,000,000-, to Mr. Ling Shih-yf and the other mem bers of the Syndicate.

The contract calls for a trial shipment of 6,000 recruits; and if they prove

France, & d d North Africa, the rumaining satisfactory for non-combatant work, in 45,000 coolies will be taken on and har Liang Shib yi's Syndicate will not the handsome praft awaiting them. Ba of the batch has already sailed for Europe the rest are now embarking at Tony J

sea, and the charthouse was immediately beneath the bridge and the shafting of the wheel and engine-room

It appears that Mr. Liang Shih-yi'a telegraphs passed within few feet of original ides was to recruit the trial his head, he know at once from their shipment in Ewangtung: but the seces- agitated movement when anything really sion of that province forced him to desperate was happening. So when the Tientsin as a base. We hope care will be recruit his men in the North with

1.

went over and the revolution exercised as regards, the recruiting of telegraph revolved frantically five or six akilled artisans. While the supply times in quick succession he yawneded, it is necessary to limit the employ unskilled labour is practically unlimit wearily, flaug of kis-rag, and sat up. ment of skilled workmen for service I won't go up and interfere unless abroad so that the price of such labour he sends for me," he thought to himself. in the country may not be seriously

He must lesin."

affected "sub" in a destroyer himself. The

summons néver came.

He had been a

Then he had his watches to keep at sea and his picket boat to rua in harbour, while his spare time was fully employed ia mastering the subtleties of gunnery. torpedo work and alectricity, and in rabbing up

dwindling rapidly knowledge of engineering and x and y. It was well that he did not for at some dawn was breaking, the "C.O." did the organisation which marks the distant period when the war cessed ha would have to pass certain stringent cxanzinstions before he could be confirmed in the rank of lieutenant,

At three o'clock, by which time the

appear on the bridge.

[

Well, Sub": he asked. **What d'you think of station keeping it night?" "" Quite easy, sir," said that young

In this connexion we might refer to thể unsatisfactory manner in which Chine e labourers are being recruited for work in Siberia. There is an entire absence of

France listment of Chinese labour for It appears that the recruiting is left in the banda of labour-dealers who are psid - ecmmission of so many roubles per coolie, the latter being rounded up in

INTIMATIONS

ALEXANDER'S

LEMON SQUASH

Prepared from FRESH AUSTKALIAN LEMONS with full favour of the Feel.

ONE or TWO Tablespoonfuls with cold plain Aurated or Mineral Water forma DELICIOUS AND REFRESHING BEVERAGE

DONNELLY & WHYTE,

SOLE AGENTS,

Queen's Buildings.

TIL A

“AMUSEMENT WITHOUT DISCOMFORT”

SEE

PALISADE

THE

OUT-OF-DOOR-PICTURES

LOCATION" "NEAR POST OFFICE, KOWLOON,

TO-NIGHT

THE MOST GIGANTIC AND MOST ELABORATE SPECTACULAR PRODUCTION OF ALL TIME:

ways of the slave trader and treated 4 Parts we quote the remark of a correspondent-like a

So on the whole he had beez kept officer blatantly, quite unaware of the inner tot a little reminiscent of the fairly busy. more particularly as watch- keeping at the guns with the ship at sou in all weathers in war time, was podall, jam.

"

A

But when he was sent to a destroyer he found the life was more strenuous, for the little ship spent far more time, at The weather was sometimes very tad indeed, and at first he was sea-sick. but it was always a consolation to have. Ia cabin of his own, to live in the ward- room, and to be treated as a responsible officer instead of a mere "makee learn

Eo had to work at least six times harder than he had in a battleship: For one

thing he had all the charts to correct and

acoustic properties of the charthouse. “Ax'èasy as falling off a log.”... o

Did you have shy diffely in seeing the next ahead ?.

Not much, sir. It was bit dark at times, though."

The C.. amifled to himself. know.

hape

dog maible to report some improvement when we next touch on the subject

The same correspondent relates rather a humorons incident which, he warns

cs, may be only ben trovato. A labour

Be agent of the Russian Authorities recruit-

The sub," he has passed out of the "acting stage, is now an expert at the game, and, to use the phraseology of his latest confidential report, is energetic and trustworthy

& most pro sing, and capable oficer."-" Daily

Mail."

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS. 19

SIXTY

YEARS A QUEEN

Parts

A FAITHFUL GRAPHIC AND MINUTE RECORD OF THE LIFE OF

VICTORIA THE GOOD.

A PICTURE FOR THE NATION

ed about 2,000 coolies somewhere inside EVERY BRITISH SUBJECT MUST SEE THIS GREAT ALL BRITISH

and

IT WAS THE TALK OF LONDON, AND WAS UNDER

ROYAL PATRONAGE.

HARRY'S GAZETTE, Keystone Comics Etc., Etc... FULL BAND will be in attendance on SATURDAY NIGHT.

Performance will commence at 9.15 p.m.

the Wall at Stanhaikuan and sent them by train to Mukilen to be forwarded to MASTERPIECE Harbin On arrival at Mukden the party was allowed to look-sea when mustered for the rail-journey to It seems that the rest enlisted for the Harbin, on y eight put in an appearance. sake of a free railway ride to Makden. I Another story that is worth relating appears in a London evening paper. In to keep up to date, no small labour with

reply to the Trade Unionist criticism of pencil, dividers, parallel rulers, sad

Chinese labour on board British bot mack red ink in these days, of war,

toms, the manager of a shipping line declared that the Chinese seaman was prolific minefields, dangerous areas,

not underpaid and was employed be- extinguished lights, and removed buoju.

cause there was a dearth of Britisk sen- He also assisted with the ship's gunnery.

mea and also because the Chinese was and at sea kept a regular, three watches.

more reliable than the Britisher. Be could only remember one instance when eight hours out of every twenty-four, with

Ah-sing failed him. It was the time the first lieutenant and gunner. But it

when German submarines were some-OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Company within pursuance of the power was the sense of responsibility and the

what active in the English channel. A reserved to it by Clame 2 of the conditions endorsed on the above in series feeling that he was doing really useful

merchantuan, with a crew partly made redeem the debentures the numbers of, which are ast cut underneath at the up of Chinese, was due to leave the work whieh gaddened his heart and ksp, best to acquit themselves with credit Thames and go down the Channel. "But expiration of six months from the date of this notice, that is to say on the First

him keen and energetic..

I.

"Have you ever been in a destroyer before his commanding officer had asked him as soon as he joined.

**No, sir." "Ever kept offcer of the watch at nén ?” Again the answer was in the negatives Well, you'll have to do it here, my on. If you want to know anything come to the. There's nothing much in 1 so long as you keep your eyes skinned

You'll soon learn."

然

The skipper had said there was nothing in it, but the first night at sea that he found himself alone on the bridge in

THEIR WORK IN FRANCE. •.

total

THE HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.

REDEMPTION OF DERENTLIK ISSUE OF 1st JANUARY, 1909.

British Headquarters in France.. The Non-Combatant Battalion out here is doing, honest work of a useful character quite contentedly, & party of newspaper correspondents went to see them yesterday The men, though ecf from lack of training, are doing their Their conduct is exemplary, an unusually large percentage of them boins to Ab-sing budged, refusing to risk a hero's day of August 1916 at which date all principal and interest will be paid on fato: in matters that did not concern him presentation and surrender of the debenturer in question at the Company's well as non-smokers except in the sense of good abstainer The particular party which was visited, party was charged in Court and the Bankers, the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION: The holders of such debentures are requested to present such debenturas somie:200 strong, "is" at the moment need *to a fortnight's imprisonment. engaged on railway work, amid very Upon their release the men called on the for payment accordingly, together with all coupons attached thereto to the pleasant surroundings, some distance steamship manager and gravely thanked HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION on the 1st from the front. They receive the him for the good treatment they had day of August 1916 for payment. ordinary ration, which is given also the with their fundamental humanity, could additional allowance of mast, above the received whilst in gaol! Only Chinese Dated this 29th day of January, 1916 Navies Battalion, which is employed do that. Any other people world be on similarly strenuous work. In

other

revenge-Feking Gazette respects they are treated just like the mapired rather by a sense of wint men of any infantry regiment, except that with their uniforms they do not

wear belts or carry?

artities among themacives bur address each other 16

They use no military

Mr or by nick names. There appeari to be no shadow of complaint of any

THE "DANISH WEST INDIA

Lad

Apropos of the purchase of the three

charge of the ship he thought differently. harah treatment; and if they have been islands of the Danish West Indies by tas A light craiser squadron and two the victims of any unusual amount of United States the following cable, which flotillas of destroyers were steaming at cerite from their comrades," as was appeared in the:** New, York: Herald."}

the House, they themselves month ago, will not be without interest- 20 knots in close formation with lights do not seem to be aware of it-the pleas the Danish Government grants ent. The night was as black as the wolf's saldiers generally treat them with perfect this colony representation if the Colonial mouth, and the rapidly rising wind ert indifference, and the

the same good nature they tise the tops off the short seas and sent them sa

aking themselves. Drawn as they fying over the bridge in constant showers

are from a wide range

1

300

By order of the Board.

J. H. TAGGART,

Acting Secretary.

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vote together to sell these islands to the of spray. Moreover, the perpetual pitch hardly be expected yet to do as good a

of classes in the population, they can United States, was the opinion of D. ing and rolling soon gave our friend a day's work as a like number of men

who squamish and altogether casty sensation have been accustomed to manual labour, who is in closest touch with the political in the region of his waistcoat, and in ten all their lives. But they are hardening situation in Denmark

***The conservative party, composed of minutes, by which time the water had and improving. Meanwhile, they are will be of immense leading a life which found its way through his oil skins and

benefit to every man of the capitalists, is against the sale of these was tricking merrily down the back of his and are doing work of which hereafter islands to the United States," he said. neck, he felt miserable.

they will be justinably provd. One The radicals are openly in favour of the The shit was in the middle of a lineman, since they came out here, has found. The balance of power in the

his conscience lesa obdurate than he sup

physical

of eight destroyers. Two hundred yards posed, and he naked to bo_transferred / gsdag is held by the socialfire. If they

1

The Chinese Maisons. At times, when driving cain service they conscientiously can to their

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sheed of bim he could just discem, the to the combatant ranks. It is by no

can obtain the necessary legislation to dim black bing of the next ahead and the means, unlikely has more will follow. grant the labourers on the islands direct occasional splutter of whitey-grey foam The best service that can be rendered representation in the Colonial Council in her waze s her sterna fbed to the them is to forget them, or think of them they will be assisted. I they cannot only as men who are rendering what obtain this they will know that there is Aqua care down from windward, he country in her need, just like any other absolutely nothing to be gained from the ill cast their Home Government and will somed to lose sight of her altogether, patriotic Britons.

DE NON-COMBATANT. "CASUALTIES," votes with the radicals la favour of the and, through inexperience and in his | “

Mr. King having asked how many men sale. These two parties, thus combining, anxiety to catch up, increased. tho revolutions of the engines not wisely but have been sent abroad belonging to will be able to put through the measure the Non-Combetans Carpet and what rather too much. The next thing that casualties have been sustained by this providing for the sale of the islands to the i

happened was that the squat cleared, and corpe to the lat

latest data for which figures United States.**

Mr. Tomment has replied:--

No action by the Rigadag can be had he found himself almost on top of her, arg

sutama sion next and had to put the helm. oven and shear |

ad343 man of this before, the corpe have been cent sbroad Aathi September out of line to avoid a collision. At the corpe has not been and will not be same time he reduced speed to drop back employed in the face of the enemy.my Info station. Sometimes he redused more bon. friend will not be surprised to learn that do men of this corps have been than he should, with the consequence that billed, wounded, or taken prisoner by the next asfern nearly bumped him, while the enemy. Biz, however, have been the leader shot shoad and dashed into admitted to hospital suffering from Ger the darkness like a ghost, man monales, one froni venereal disease, It was then int he had horrible une from scabies and one from some malady the nature of which has not yet thoughts of being scrubbed for the deadly been diagnosed. sin of losing touch with the Botila And Com meandering about the ocean like a lost

sheep looking for his next ahead. If he A WOMAN'S COMPLEXION did not succeed in finding her, somebody's Pi blood would be required soon becomes clear with the aid of

wa rather, trying many times he remom manding pincar's standi not hesita

call me if or din

they sold

rice and

Do

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LOSING WEIGHT BY THE POUND

Under Weight:

condition. of ill-health shows your assim flative powers are decreasing.

WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL: COMPOUND

132

THE HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED.

NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY given that the ABOVE NUMBERED DEBENTURES were drawn on Saturday the 22nd Jan 1916 for en 1st August next as per notica

The Company is prepared to purchase any of the above drawn before 1st Augnat next on the dent day of any intervening this date and date of expiration as set forth in such notice order the

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