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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1916.

Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT..

General Auctioneers hare, Coal and Genera Froduce Brokers and Commission Agents.

'PROPRIETORS

--Wan" :Coal Storage,

Gods used

Bentley's

C4th & 5th Editions.

A 1 Telegraphic Code.

Telegraphic Address 'MEIRION" HONGKONG.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

THE Undersigned have received in structions to sell by Public Auction, (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED);

P

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FRIDAY,

the 8th October, 1916, commencing

at 8.30 p.m., at their Sales Rocms, No. E, Des Voeux Road Corner

of Ice House Street.- HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

And

A QUANTITY OF DRAWN THREAD WORK. GRASS CLOTH, etc.

Comprising

1 Persian Carpet (prantically new), Sideboards, Dinner Waggon, Dining Tables and Chairs, 2 Chesterfield Sofas, Arm-chairs, &c., Wardrobes and Toilet Tables; Double and Single Brass and Brass-mounted" Bedsteada, &c., Miscel laneous Furniture, several lots of Black- wood Ware, 2 Pianos, few lote Porcelains, &c., Pantry, Bath Room and Kitchen Utensils, Table and Sideboard Covers, Bedspreads, Napkins, Doylics, Grass Cloth Goods, etc., etc.

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AUCTIONS.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

MID-DAY AT NIGHT.

OFFICER'S PEN-PICTURE OF MODERN WARFARE.

GERMANS AT LIBERTY IN connection with this it has to be remem

bered that 50 or 60 years ago there was BRITAIN.

Aanbatanial migration from the southern German-States to this country of those who were dissatisfied with the Prussian GOVERNMENT ACTION EXPLAINED.domization). Another class condita) of shokowhose feelings and interests are Those members of the publis who are obviously on our side, and whose cocupa- fearful thas, owing to official laxity, there tous are such an to render them of service to the nation as the present time. We live in exiting times and all Lesting by Publie Auction Sale, to be that I experienced before is as nothing. Garmans in our midah who are either They include technical experts of racious bold on TUESDAY, the 10th day of October, 1916, at 3. st. the Odioen sa compared with this. It is quité of the Public Works Department, by impossible for you at home to get any

PUBLIC AUCTION

DARTICULARS and Conditions of the

An officer, writing home from France,

Order of His Excellaroy the Governor. of Che Los of QROWN LAND Kaleencaption of what is

Lung Wan, in the Colony of Hongkong,

for a term of 70, JOLIE

Lowality.

Registry Ro.

Q.

Particulars at the Lot.

·Bozbdary

ASGANCIOMERte. (Approximate)

A

the the

now,

meant by the

making money out of us or are playing the kinds-chemists, mechanics and, traders. have most of their doubts seb. st. rees by 22.000 alien subjects left in this country spy on behalf of the Fatherland, should I must not he thought that any of the to definite supervision and to various restrictions. the complete story of whas the Governare free agents, for they are all subject

ment has done from the outbreak of

THE GERMAN BPT. SYSTEM. newspaper phrase "Terrific bombardment along the whole front." The effect both.

war about the enemy allens resident in

There is a common belief that Ger to the car and eye is such that the man Britain. It may be said at onen thai the tia not born who could commit to paper aim of the authorities has been to find many's apy system was framed among

saadequate description of it.

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held. to the prosent time, The If you by to imagine all the most out every individual German or other this scattered Garman population in ou terrife thunder that over rent their army subject who lives in this country,midat, and the delusion has been widely

and to

dent with that person in the way supposition was very far from the mark. 11 and try to`zencentrate it loto one place that beat meets the Internats of the Te is to be imagined that an astute people and one period of an hour or so, you do British people. The ako has been run like the Germans, would have their spies not even then begin to get an idea of the

own nation Hundreds of conaninica- Feris plan. 2.856 138 noise which begins to shake both hearen are carafully ovar, every parish, are among those known to belong to their and earth, while a mental picture of at every street throughout the longth, an tions have poured into the Authorities breadth of the land, and the net result from individuals who have suggested that the most vivid lightning you have ever 1083 een, coupled with rock's most magna in that a vast number of persons have their neighbours of German extraction will not tell been sent back to their native country, mero spies The Government depart Berme display of Greworks,

of allowing no chance to be overlooked. you the half of the effect of the "strafes and 13,000 Eave been interned. Twenty monte concerned, sating on, the principle to the eye. The other right I was on duty two thousand alien enemy subjects remain have carefully investigated every sugges ats certain point white a fine half-hours as liberty here, the majority of them tion of the kind, but in no single casa concentrated bombardment raged, and I being women, and the He history of has anything been found to jusilly the realivod se I havo never done before what every cae of both sexes is known to the suspicions of the patrictie letter-writers. It should be added that Nevertheless, the authorities do not frown upon thean, cotamunications, for it may modern warfare means. In front of the were field guns which cast forth their there may still be a man or a woman be that once in a thousand times some projectiles in one continuous stream, hero and, there who has escaped the information of value may turn up. while from behind and at each side of moshes of the net-unavoidabla ́in s me came the death-dealing shells from population of over 40,000,000-that the our big guna. The noise was stupendous, work of scrutiny and investigation is the crack and boom of the guns in front continued unremittingly, and that the and the terrific reports from the guns foreigner who has managed to escape the behind, coupled with the shriek of the eye of Scotland Yard is a very exceptional bella as they passed over our heads, person. It may, indeed, be doubted, mado one great pandemonium of noise, such a person existe. and in the superlative degree at that.

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PUBLIC AUCTION. THE Undersigned havo received instruc tions from H. M. VICTUALLING STORE OFFICEE, to sell by Public Auction,

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SATURDAY,

the 7th October, 1918,

at 11 am, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice

House Street

A Quantity of FLOUR

BISCUITS RICE OATMEAL

Trzs-Jash.

"

PUBLIO AUCTION.

stractions to sell by Public Auction, Brass Jardinieres, Vases, Finger THE Undersigned have received in

*(TOS LOCOUNT OF THE CONCERNID).

Bowls etc.

(Full Particulars from Catalogue') Terma-Chat

HUGHES & HOUGH.

Auctioneers. Hongkong, Sept. 30, 1916.

1087

PUBLIC AUCTION. BE Undersigned have received in

structions from the Liquidators of Mesra Wizz & Co, to sell by Public

Auction,

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THURSDAY,

the 19th October, 2016, commencing at 10.30 am., on their premises, .No. 1 Ningpo Street, Yaumati VALUABLE PLANT, MACHINERY,

·TOOLS, &c., " "including Cast Iron Serap and Metals, As follows.

One Electric Lighting Set, consisting of Highspeed Vertical Steam Engine ci, &et, complete with Mountings and Switchboard, Marine Multitubula Boiler with Furnace, Boiler complete with all Mountings and Feed Pump, One Horizontal Compound Non-Condensing Steam Engue with Pipe Connection Valves and Storage Tanks, Several "Double Geared, Screw Cutting" and

Surfacing

ing Latbes, Bhears of varying "lengths, 1 Planing Machine, com plete with Pulleys, &c. 1 Chaping Machine complete with, Shaft, Blotting complete, 1 power and Maching Shafts croving

4ssortment of Dies, Yer

tical Double Geared. Drilling Machine complete, One Double Pillar Geared Vertical Drilling Machine (equival to two machines) by Applegant & Co Halifax, England.

One: Double Column Steam Hammer Complete with all connections One Belt driven: Dragght Blower for Blackestaith Shop complete with connectionsy OneTM Om Weshing. Tank with agitating Gear Bhatting, des degreener, vár tudt

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AN EARLY DATE. The following LIGHTHOUSE GEAR &c. &c, Víz-

And

A number: off Locomotive wheels and Axles:

Further particulars may be obtained from the undersigned Terms as usual.

*BUGBKS & HOUGH.

Auctioneers

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DESCRIPTION DEFIED.

authorities..

AN EMERGENCY STEP....

Those who are timorons about the

German spy system in this country will Government Departments concerned were possibly be surprised to hear that the aware of the real German- network of spies hare, knew that it was made ny at. persons who were ostensibly not. Germans, declaration of the war erary one of those. at alt and that, within two hours of the persons was under lock and key. It is, of course, possible, and indeed probable,

ITALIANS ORDERED TO FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE

The story begins Back at the com-that efforts baro,since been made to mencement of the war, when, at the re-establish some kind of epy system by The sight of it all was just as gigantic suggestion of the War Office, there was means of enemies who pose as neutrals. BUGBES & HOUGH,"

as the noina the whole front was a blaze an attempt to round up Germans and on this matter it is sufficient to say that Auctionet to the Government.

1001 of light. The bursting of our own shells Austrians with a view to their intem, the Admiralty and War Office are in the ment. It was an emergency step, and closest conjunction with the Home Office, Hongkong. Oct. 3, 1918.

put

the War Office apparently had not and that the lafter, with Scotland Yard as and those which the Germans were sing over, together with the glut of star measured the extent and complexity of its executive branch, is neither blind nor abells which both sides were sending up, what they proposed. The reanit was that inactive-Frank Dilot, in Daily made up a sight which will, to me st the police, after handing over thousands Chronicle. any rate, make the most magnificent of individuals day after day for soRE further accommodation was lacking, and display of freworks at the Crystal Palaed days, were told by the Way Office that seem a tame as a night-light. And the that it was no good collecting any more festure of-s bombardment like this is the of the aliens. Indeed, a good many of the released. The little bit of War Office

Italy has now decided to fight fire with way in which the country in front is those who had already been detained wire

common revealed in light sa bright as midday. You stand in darkness miscalculation was eventually straightened

criminals Austrian soldiers who may be One occulting apparatus, completa

yourself, and in front you see miles of ect."inasmuch as all the Germans and fire, that is, to punish as

were eventually Circalar wick lamps

country like a huge and cerie panoramas. Austrians concerned Spare burners.

This is sleeble account, I know, and brought under review, and were dealt caught infringing the lawe of honourable Cylinder and wicks."

The first interaments were This fact is made known officially in s Incandescent Petrol Lamps, and I realise it when I see for myself how with as the necessities of each care little ides the bird newpaper cortes demanded. appurtenances

pondents give of what they try to describe. organised in an improvised way, the Note sent ont by the Stefani Agency. It "The Austrian Supreme Command, A quantity of gens pertaining to The fact is, I suppose, that the whole detailed persons being those whose cod Mooring Buoys

thing defies description, and the unrestrictive liberty here might be. unfertuzate correspondent mint lesi small regarded as dangerous primischievous, through the medium of a parlementaire, This rule of thume method prevailed until communicated to the Italien Com as he reads his copy through

An hour or so after what I have after the sinking of the Lusitanis was mander-in-Chief an Army order which described above the sound of wheels is followed by the moin and attacks on instructs the Austrian troops to shoot beard, "and we stand to know that our aliens' premises. Then the order went smarily any of our soldiera caught first batch of wounded is arising forth that all enemy subjects here without wearing the Austrian uniform or having "In view of this act of effrontery, the One by one the cars ecme up and dis distinction wore to be brought under explosive cartridges in their possession. charge their pathetic cargoes--you cannot examination, and very good complete 4 begin to understand what is meant by and thorough systems of investigation was Italian Commander-in-Chief has sent the * men broken in (be'ware until you see set up. An Advisory Committee presided following order of the day to the Italian these heroes as they come red-hot from over by two judges was established, and the irsy to have their wouids dressed every enemy subject who was still at before they are passed on by a casualty liberty bad to produce evidence, before Clearing station, and front thence to the this Committee to show cause why he bass and "Blightyy A crowd of wounded or she should not be interned, ce sant our protests, made either in our med in London with their white bandages buck across the mess. The police scoured and-ble uniformes has inspired pictures eaciz district for those who had zet dame my balletins and official communiquée, entifled Broken. Fa the Wars, but at forward voluntarily. Each individual had or by notes to the International Cort- some genius anses who can produce on io, provide a past history, and this history mitten of the Red Cross at Geneva have contos the scene at an advance dressing was azamned and commented on by the remained unheeded, I order that enamy station orfeld ambalance when a local police. The Advisory Committeldiers of no matter what rank, found attack is in progress the people at home guided by the evidence in each case to have in their possession explosive will have tid ides of the true signi-recommended one of three con cartridges or dum-dum vylets or caught ficance of the phrase. A few hours before rely, that the person should be enring the Italian uniform, shall be all this they swing past vs with & smile repatriated, should be interned, or should immediately executed. Pod their faves kada song of their Tips, be allowed to remain at liberty in this their bodies the picture of Ife and energy, comtry under certain restrictions. The and their uniformar clean and smart, and general principles directing the decisions nów thay la rulesme out again with bodise were that those of military-age should be maimed with hot and bell, and with interned and that those who their khaki stained with the mud and demonstrably friendly to this ustion and to the official Notes

either hazzless of of national service The countless cases of violation of

his committed with the present time should be allowed the laws and mages of war which, the

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the begi persistency ance main on here in kind of regulated

of the day to the notice bring this liberty

war, cause the Commande

of the

Hongkong, Aug.2 11.

MARTIN'S

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FRENCH LESSONS

large Pulleys, assorted Belti

Materia Atity of Miscellan

ac., Tubes and Piping, Steel Bars,!.. Wrought Irun, Steel and Cast Iroal Встер.

large and varied assortment of Brass Valves and Corks, Brass Bods, Machine

GMOUSHION. 15-Morrison Hill Ros

THE

Screw Copper Pipes, 3 Copper Elates, LONDON DIRECTORY.

"And

SUNDRY OFFICE FURNITURE, &

(Fall Farticulars from Catalogue.) On view from Monday 2nd October.

HUGHES & HOUGH

Auctioneers.

Tongkong. Oct. 4, 1918

(PURTERED ANZUALLY

blood of battingent

GLORIOUSLY. BRITISH.

Sad, pathetic, ghastly! Yes, it would be but for one thing, and that something gloriomly, British. All the horrors

were

of the 22,000 persons who are still at liberty, 6200e of military The fight and the agony of the wounds thousand seven hundred of have not broken their spirits, or taken the

What are officially kno from their faces and the chesty that is to any, while techn words from that lips. They are magnatonality they are

in their weaknessy this wa Scent, even MOR

the ngth in which theyevent

Austrian subjects, anch time the smile lesvar thair and Pelick Jaws

the World ANABLES 324-40 sokakuumiesty diésés. with English ground.

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be made in due course.

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Lea

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and

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