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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1916......

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PUBLIC AUCTION..

HE Undersigned have received in- Tenders och by Public Auction.

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

од

SATURDAY,

the 2nd Septembër, 3016, at 101.319 (LE,

at their Sulos Hooms, No. 8. Da Faux HOAD, Corner of

Ice House Street,— A MISCELLANEOUS STOCK

Comprising

Gent's Shirts, Singlets, Pants, Dressing Gowns, Bath Robes, & number of Fairs of Boots and Shoes, Toilet Soups, Bath and Face Towels, Hosiery, &c., &c.

Blankets, Table Cloths, Counterpanes,

a quantity of White Alpaca; 'n number

of Lots of Grass Cloth, Rain Coats, de Holdalls and Suitcases.

Terms-Cad.

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with winda that disobares at otherwion, puchana suuroanded with, indegnenden and apology that When you press YORK: dings on the infiesa par

it

THE CAPTURE | OF

...POZIERES.

AN AUSTRALIAN'S ACCOUNT.

THE CHINA MAIL.

trated on parts of the village besides↑ DESCRIPTION wany feld ge. Heavy this continu ally burst amidst the shattered trees, or in the brick baape, until the whole plaos was from time to time difen by the mist from the greak, black and brick.rod burats. This has continted as intervals

we the lesion HEC so, dar de 25 EXPERIENCES WITH THE ANZACS.all day. Te through the inforso our

„ther namedics,

year baye tiled. Fuchsaw your kante met zwrotkan," The joints being slammind, the nece geith, the Maziah, round which thu tha may be discoloured, on that may be woonday the damng. It allerwak be amacions, via depetys you of the pesar so well," You may have sehnat varioka bambina, med bene Bold your sua in hopinianna, ar nevimad ka amb to amputation, bel de matrichy the. Ganachopan

ARRERAS, CĂRandalle dwellings, Polonel Hands

Soon af sun or cha. Deng Gem for a boat GRASSHOPPER OINTMENT AND - PILLS... Prapani by Albers, Albool Home Furingdon Street, London, Hughes Price in Indard: 1/31⁄2 mod, 29 por bin, Agents A. S. Watson & Co., LA.

Hongkong.

AUCTIONS.

PUBLIC AUCTION

THE Undersigned bare received in: structions to sell by Public Auction,

оп

MONDAY,

the 4th September, 1018 cocmenting at 12 o'clock (noon), at his Sales. Reens, Duddell Street,

lved ex. 8.8. "CHIYO MARU,"

[SEDY "CAPTAIN" BRÁN, COYYONWEALTH OFFICIAL FRESA "REPRESENTATIVE.}

BETTISH HEADQUARTERS,

France, July 2

- THE GROUND.

"AN AUSTRALIAN'S MESSAGE:

- [ TROM CAPTAIN-BEAN, COMMONWEALTIE NOFOFFICIAL PERM REPRESENTATIVE)

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troopa steadily carried on the day's duties

British Headquarters, and much more besides, I know this to

France, July ŝtrd.: beno exaggerations because I Wit myself, Cocks, engineers, plineers, watse After, a splendid night attack the carrièrs, all war deing their normal work Australians have taken the greator as it the things happening around-thom portion of Forferes. The attack was a complicated ons, and was carried out in were mere street Incidents. At one several stages. After, several days of moment what the air was thick with stendy, slow bombardment our artillery I went out to the Pozieres battledeld dying fragments a call went up for shortly after dark increased to a very The din continued hosey firs. The bombardment was spread this afternoon with a young French officer. stretcher bearers.

yet seen stich a spectacle. A large sector. I wish the people in Australia could have with varying intensity. One had almost over a fairly large front. I have never adon what we saw. Up and down a car forgotten this call when big Western of the horizon was lit up not by single tair wandering track, a behind the Australian passed the month of the hole flashes but by continuous band of in which we wore squatting, Anyone quivering light. A mile away you could Eattlefield, came a stream of trafic ask for wreches bearer, he said. The catch the sweet heliotrope scent of the and one passed Thoas going up the track were great, Australias rotcher bearers have won plied on our

reas thick

from the gas shells cheory, strong faced "follows of a trotting derful reputation to live up to. As far through areas I have seen they are preserving la formented:

and of the line a torrent of Towards gun beaga, whose easy. Imbed drivers completely by the way they move through artillery fire was suddenly turned on to looked se if the men were part of the the teary shellfire of the German bathe lines in front of Foziered village, and

almost immediately after the Australiana- horses. Down the same track came men rsgey.

weat over the parapeta limping in twes and threes slowly. They

The firsttreach scross the wide

diately The line went "

41.

tearabellit the Germans re yeah-heavy chloro-

ivers the wounded from the great battle;/roy light yesterday morning, about 100 stretch of grassy int, was taken imme-

STRAIGHT THROUGH THE GERMAN SHRAPNEL. ン

Shortly after e fighting bagan in the

Germans were seen moving hurriedly but they held themselves with w sort of through the treas to reinforce the gir stubborn erectness which said as plainly rison. These were bewly-arrived troops, asin words. Zet zobody pity tos." many of whom have since been killed ors if the pellets were raindrops. › Even Some were smoking, others quietly yarn captured Leter two of our patras push-in spite of all the bombardment machine ing through the further edge of the vil gun were aweeping the ground The ing over the events of the wild night lage had a sharp fight with Germans Brst line consisted of a misemble trench, much of it recently dug. A few re before; but I saw scarcely a single hastily aniving from positions further Germans, were found in it, and they were

a Chronometers, one Kelvin's Sounding who looked in the remotes adesso as

machine, one set Kelvin's Sounding peing Tales, Ship's Patent Log, Best Compasses 1 Standard Compass bowl, 1 Binnaria Lamp, & Clocks, 2 Barome-

to

working

for himself. Hope I'm not going forward bombard the tranches.

icae my fingers," said one youngster, with

a shattered hard." I reckon I ought to

POPIED TERZI, TIMES. -

ters, 8 Megaphones, quantity of be good for a number of the beggars feHe continued, working until the thiri ( tố the second trench This was very

Nautical Books, etc., etc

On view from Friday, the 1st Sept. TERMI:-Cash on delivery.

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer.

Hongkong, dung. I1, 1916.

PUBLIO AUCTION.

Aretioners.ructions to soll by Public Auction, "HE Undersigned have received in-

(FOB 4000UNT OF THE CONCEANED). "

HUGHES & HOUGE,

Hongkong, Ang. 2), 1936

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received instrus Thunderne The Liquidators of

Mesar MELCHIES & Co., to well by Public Auction,

Commencing

MONDAY,

the 11th September, 1918, at 10.30a.m., on their premises, Queen's Bulidings, THE VALUABLE OFFICE FURNITURE, FITTINGS, SAFES, &c., contained therein.

Comprising Filby Cabinets, Showcase, Counters, (atted with Yale locks) by Wm. Powell, Ltd, Large and Small Desks, Sample Tables and Cupboards, Bookcases, Chairs -Large Office Clocks, Weighing Machines, Swing Doors, Stationery, Obce Requisites, &c., &c., &c...

And

ויי

TUESDAY,

sho St, September, 1916, commencing at 3.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No.

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street, VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNIEDRA,

*&c,

Persian and Indian Carpets and Rugs Upholstered Suifes, Armchairs and Sofas, Card Tables, Bedroom Furniture, Double Brass mounted Bedstead, Twin Bedsteads (Teakwood) Sideboard, Din- mer Waggons, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tea and Dessional Table etc., etc, Dinner Services, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves; Cutlery, dc, Bath Room Utensile, Large Desks and Writing Table, etc, & quantity of Electro Flated Ware,

↓

"Alo "Caille" Portable Motors with Battery, eto, complete, 2 Pianon in good condition, 2 Collapsible Sample Cupboards, Large Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood and and Small Safes by well-known Makers Teakwood Screens, a quantity of Black (one combination) Copying Presses,wood Furniture, Pictures, Engravings, Large Model Steamer, Electric Ceiling a few Oil Paintinga, &c. and Desk Fans, Lampe, Fittings, includ

Fittings

ing Two Large Laverted

omplete with down chains, &c,

2500 Piecegoods and Hardware, Samples,

&c. &

(Full Particulars from Catalogue) On view from 8th September. TEXXI:--CASE.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioners.

Hongkong, Ang. 56, 1916.

$70

PUBLIC "AGOTION.

THE Undersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction, (FIK ACCOUNT OF THE CONOKEYID).

On

AN EARLY DATE.

The following Lighthouse gear ke

One occulting apparatus, complete.

Circular wick lamps.

Spare burners. "⠀⠀-

Cylinders and wicks..

Incandescent Petrol Laaspund appurtenances,

And

A quantity of gear pertaining to Mooring Buoys,

A number of Loginative wheels sind. Also

has

Farthing particulary may be obtained from the undersigned?" @

Terusa

And

One New Gent.'s Bicycle, Typewriters, &c.

A special selection of Brass Jariin. ieres, Vares, Finger Bowls, etc.

(Fall Particulars from Catalogue),

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers:

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Hongkong. Aug 20, 1928

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PUBLICATIONS

BTAINABLE at the Our Mail'

Wyndham Street, Honx,

kong BUCHES & HOOGE Hongloang, Ang ty 100 Đ

“ductionèeral":

FOR SALE

THE Undermigned have received in

•stinctions to sell it their Bales Bons, Nur, Des Voeux Rood, Corner of Ion House Street

Jo

Pisno by John Bradwood & Sons

******* (in good condition);

HISTORY OF UNION CHURCH

(1891-1809)

HONGKONG'S MUBICAL.

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Part I Mammals and Birds 50 Part II Keptiles, thy hibla mad

700

Paso Moutrie & Co. (in good condition) THE MIS

Fiano by Sterling

Stops,

ONS ETRANGLER:

1.00

BOOK

I can't be sure that I got even cue last night.

*

But the sight which remains in my mind was one which met us a good des Further on from the crest of a certain

rise.

time, when he callspand. Don't think

I can monage again, to anid.

As we reached the ridge we found more use there then olsexhor they said, villeg were fairly numerous. They!

that the Garmen shells, whose crashes and splashes we had seen and heard long siace, were bursting in one continuous constant line across a certain valley and upland. The dext raised by..

curtain LATORS

THE LINE OF BLACK GEYSERS where the 5.0-inch shells were striking

the actually formed a landscape, through which we could faintly see parts of the backgrert as you see a tableau through ganzo. This was the German shell barrage, and it was put there becacsa it was known that our working parties, reinforcements and al the mubifarious traffic of the trenches, must pass through it.

It was a terrife thing to look at. One would have been pearly scared ever by watching it bad one not seen that the trame of the trenches went into-und

through it ernetly as it is did not exist. Through that inferno came ordinary par ties of bronzed. keen-eyed men, occasion- ally with a cheek bloeding from a cat by

beadily Zoravare despite the mostly cowed. The Are was coming from men. One youngater, from New South into the first trench digging foriously while our shrapnel continue to rain over- Wales, when working lika a tiger, was head Presently the fire lifted still further, and the Australians.swept on different from the first being deep and well built, hut in parts so smashed by the bombardment that some "As we watched the shall swept arts the men told me that they went past.

A it to be in a certain quarter. yesterday somecus it not knowing mentioned that a certain regimental all. This line in general soome to have doctor had placed his ad post in that been just beyond the tramway, which part. It seemed that, he could be ofrans just under the fringe of the In many parts of this line the One now quite certainly what the end of the story must be and to-day I hear were mostly bayonetted or prisonered what happened. He was seriously. The Australians again started to rapidly

stell wounded by 1. The wounded are improve this trench, and after another Wenen D

Fin their attitude-short interval swept onward through narprisingly sturdy

the To-day. I overtook dejected looking the mall woods at the back of corporal walking painfully back, naked village strees and on into the heart of As they passed to the waist in order to accommodate the village itself. about half dozen separate bandages through the trees they saw against the and wearing a German helmet on his shell glars the outline of two heavily bend Might be worse was all he said constructed mounds which were recog when I asked him about it. You got &nised as gun

emplacements Beside one fine souvenir out of it anyway I said, gun confd be shen the figures of four rifles. These were looking up at the helmet Some bloke men

he remarked

quick with

killed or wounded. The ne put it there'

"The attitude of me the man is swept past the guns wh

which, whot. I, last. For God's sake don't make us heroes heard, were still in pur We can stand anything but that We I saw today a hedge in front of Fozieres some fair sized German howit zers. The Germans in Polseres were fresh troops.

They

had brought in plenty of food with them, and they told us that many were killed by our bombard

TWO STRONG TRENCHL ment, but there were lighter intervals uning nearly north, and south behind daring which they chatced it and moved Pozieres, which itself way also surround- to and from the frache on fatigued by trenthee The Eritish's week ago date.

mcat

DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING.

Inorder to understand what follows it is necessary to explain that Pozieres was a very strong point just in front of and forming part of the original German second line. That line consisted of

captured, kher Garmsarız boyadi lina south of Puzieren almost up to the town, hut in the meantime the Germans had built what the Canadians call a switch line running across from the second line to the third line just north of the British new positions. This line runs roughly from near Potieres due east to Fleurs.

forme practic ly the angle of this new Bat scort portion of the old

the flying earth. When a shell crashed GALLANT AND STEADY CONDUCT. Pozieres therefore

near them they rarely troubled to crouch.

I saw very few even duck. Later I gam elsewhere some of these men "moving

shrough a corner of scrub which was suffering at that time's shelling almost

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the projects from south-easter corner, and is in the The Daily Chronicla's Facie cor possession of the Germans. This, though torn to pieces by the shell fire, is still telegraphed laat evening strongly held by the Germans, and to 35 severe & that through which the responden Pozieres pletena waY AS

The fight for

from the right of our attack bends away Frussians were noticed walking the day full of horror at any incident in the war

the village to this

point before in Pozieres. I irsakly confess that When the bombardment

on Sunday

The British troops who attacked at. it was a lasson to me in the way to treat morning had broken up the German the same time against the switchline

the Australians carried a tren redoubt at the entry to the ning eest from this point took a part shell fire. I had not seen anything quite

of the switch, but. were forced later the same since the early days on the village by assault, and quickly establish- tion of the switch be

continual The men walked ed themselves in the first houses. They to withdraw. There was beach at GaEpcl.

bomb encounter the vitebline June through that death-strera place, with the made progress step by step, until half on between the Austrians and Germans evidences of death fresh beside thems, past eleven in that morning, when they when I left the battlefeld." The troops ware stopped near a church by a charge drove through a wildernight, - through and dust and debris from the shell burste from German reinforcement both sides shrapnel,

and machine guns, and *K wounded officer whirling botero and behind them-they

difficalt angles and went for each other with oqunt fury through complicated stages with extra walked through it exactly as if they were

The men usually learn their The Germans and evidently been plied ordinary soclness and success. They going home.

with

ether, as they reeked of it had a famous corps in front of them, but RO demeanour from the officers, but I must Anstalkas met them with beras ten-those Australian troops showed the dis- own myself not too proud to take ***.

cipline and Umrah merdang k Rifles were useless in this terrible encounter, only knives, bayonets, vol CAPACITY FOR BRIC CONTROLLED from mest of the Australian private solvers, and grenades being dised; while intelligently amidst the awful surround-

some of the Germans had long spikedings, the night attack which only BARON WITHOUT PURE BLOOD HEALTH IS IMPOSSIBLE clubs. I saw a German officer strike thee who w them in the tight places British wounded soldier with this brutal in Gallipoli would have suspected. The weapon; but he had not time to finish Australian officers sacrificed thermaelves carelessness of any thing hat the job. A revolver shot stratched 1

is still very fierce The battle man squadron, when trying to get a maching gun to work was stricken down Australians will undoubtedly have to with the bayonot by a party of Austra-withstand a tremendous abelling during hans, who broke into the ruins after the the day and a certain counter-attack machine gunners

We most The shelling was force from the first and thrilling dual An English seemed to grow flercer at dawn any vill Thermy commander has Englishman got home, a sword stroke: already

A LESBON IN COOLNESS

i

diers. I doubt if the morale of these troops way ever so high as at this moment. That is the second stage of the fight for Pozieres I saw it. In the background the further outskirts of the village were reaking with our shell fre.

Our troops went further to-day. Just before dawn some section of the Geman

counter-attack poor fallows; I believe they

beside his victim. In one house #Gerth sheet

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until the middle of the brown shell scorched planda, on which **Our machine guns mowed them away Pal They resumed their advance our boys are at this m aald one youngster. Our casualties have a woelock and by 7"O'clock three their great steadfast sacrifice for their been comparatively, light up to the pre-quarter of the flage was captured: ideal of the world? A sw (2

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quietude, both aides strengthening their positions! sädie galling on themselves We found several more guns 10-day together for the new struggled the deatroyed by our artillery, and took about Germans bt dawn on Monday, after the 100 prisoners, including a colonel "It is heaviest canncitado came du ana furious to be hoped that is the glamour of affaire charge before, which sther Australiisan

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The on this more important battlefield, AU-latest news tolls that the fight continuée tralians will hot forge the quite equal argumbly in the north easterd sector of gallantry of the man who fell for the the village.

same cause, a few days before at Arman- tieres The British attack beat Polieres was very successful land, many prisoners were taken..

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