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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1916

Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Anotioneers

11

AUCTIONS.

HELIGOLAND.

THE CHINA MAIL.

REAL VALUE EXAMINED..

“A_LOOR "QUT STATION,

The Naval and Military Record " reminds us, sare Mr. Gerard Fiennes, writing on August 20th, that is la just twenty-six years ago since Lord Salisbury

PUBLIC AUCTION

ARTICULARS and Conditions of the lecting by Pablle Auction Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the 18th day of October, kare, Coal and General Produce 1916, ab S p.m., at the Office of the Fublis "graceful concession" caded Heligo Works Department, by Order of Elland to Germany in exchange” for a Excellency the Governor, of One Lot triendly settlement of questions in South of CROWN LAND above Condult Road, and East Africa. From that day to this in the Colony of Hongkong, for there has been debate as to whether the | term of 15 with the option of

Brokers and Commission

Agents.

PROPRIETORS -

wa+Wan" ́ Coal, Storage.

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Codes, used

Bentley's

ach & 6th Editions.

A1 Telegraphic Coda

Telegraphic Addres MEIRION" HONOTONI.

PUBLIC

AUCTION.

THE Undersigned base, reelived, in

structions from CAPTAIN RIDDELL,

o sell" by Public Auction,

on

4

BATURDAY,

the 14th October, 1918, at 11 s.in, st No. 1, Minden Villas, Kowloon, THE WHOLE OF TEL

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE, $5.

ko..

dbe.

contained therein. Copsiating of - Fained Teakwook Sideboard, Dinner Waggon, Table and Chairs, Chesterfield Sofa and Arm-chairs, Brass Standard Lampe, Crockery and Glass Ware, Fictures, Curtains, les Chost Famed Teakwood Wardrubes (Bevalled Mirror), Dressing Tables and Washstands, Shang. hai Baths, Cooking Stove and Utensils, atc, etc.

Also

One Suit Japanese Armour und Gent's Bicycle.

Un view from Friday the 13th at Noon. Catalogues will be istuc.

TransUash.

HUGHES & HOrga,

Avationari

Hongkong, Oct. 7, 1915.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

TRIBUTES TO PADRES.

SOLDIERS HUMOROUS STORY OF

THE FIQAHAGE.

Many and various, il generally very unconventional are the tributes paid by wounded officers sad men to their padres. Here are one or twn specimen remarks, culled from those one hours every day co the lips of the wounded of all ranks, land- ing at Southampton.

Only thing than sometimes rattles

HAVE YOU A

BAD LEG

with wunda that discharge so schnewins, pacage sorrounded with inflammation and zwoƐka, chai wide you, press your impar on the indamad pan. it Zakron. Lar" tmpensalon is if we under the. Lan 'you have polson, which, duben 43 126: maZMAŠĪNI you bewa izseda · Punkot 7067 knode azu sundum, iber wins, being memetice the tune with tha

• možda, rucnd whilab thus skia may be diamolored. so senkinam, wil Zeverive you of iba power to walk. Yes, szaty Java schočeć viršomą 2

beta amputation beck de noti zyy the Grasshopper

At that my ber

Trotment, which is a wram, muy it and b

Eac macy kind, he left, lamet, and Deg Smeal when to the Drug Stores for a day, et

INTIMATIONS

WAR CHARITIES.

"OUR DAY"

THURSDAY, 19TH OCTOBER,

will be devoted all over the Entre to collecting funda for

THE

removal of a Crown Riana to be frech by bangalia was a good or a bad one for this our chaplain a bit is the fact that he GRASSHOPPER OINTMENT BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY

the Surveyor of His Majesty the Hing. for one farther bar of TO years.

| No. of Bala

Locality.

Raglatry No.

Particulars of the Lot...

Boundary

Hanscramenta.

(Approximate)

(

the

-110 115 100

boat

PUBLIC AUCTION,

1110

HE Undersigned has received instrue

Hons to sell by Public Anetion,

פם

SATURDAY,

the 14th October, 1916, commencing at 11 LE, at the Godowns of the Ilongkong and Kowloon Whart and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon,

Salved ex. 8.8. "CHIYO MARU,” A Quantity of COPPER, BRASS, IRON, STEEL, etc, etc.

·Also.

1. REFRIGERATOR,

1 AIR PUMP,

1 ELECTRIC MOTOR. Texas-Cash on delivery,

country, and I suppose most people would non-combatant, and a crantz's carry maintain that the cassion of Heligoland arms, or lend a hand in sny kind of strategical blunder.. The last strafing. But his heart's in "the righ? place.

W34 remnants of the German colonies in

AND PILLS. Prverid by AIDNIE, ADMOR Haimo "Fascingdon faces, Landon, England. Prion, in Hugland. 1/12-mail-10 por bên, ArentiA E. Watson & Co., Ed...

Hongtong.

Africa seem about to fall into the hands when our chaplain frab came to us. of Britain and ber Allies, but Helgeland at the boys thought they'd goo's soft remains, in the view of the majority: the thing on. He looks about saventoon, and bulwark of the Gorman Navy and of they thought they ware going to work all SIR WM, ROBERTSON ON EMPIRE fortified base1. It may be of some interest to discuss the influence which the island has mally had on the course of the naval war and what would have happened if it had been in British instead of in German hands.

HELIGOLAND'S NINTURY..

UNITY.

BRITAIN'S WAR DIRECTOR ON CERTAINTY OF VICTORY.

soria of little dodges with him, dropping out of fatigues, and all that. What a sell Inaids of a week he had she measure of the trickler old' esidiar in the battalion. He's wire and whipcart. (our padre; hard sa nails, and good, as f gold. Onde the boys found it out, they Delegates of the Commonwealth Heligoland, which formerly belonged to got really fond of him. They never try Parliament, who were the guests of the the Dones, was seized by as in 1907, and to pull his leg how but, begad, they're British Empire Parliamentary Associa formally made over to us by treaty in on to him before you can way kaile, when tion for some weeks, recently were enter

tained at dinner | 1914. Had we not so acquired it, it they've any real trouble, and he's always ad aner at the Hotel Cecil by

Fisher, High Commis sioner for Australia. would no doubt have passed to Prussia or the spot, every time. after 1861, along with Schleswig Holstein, There's no mistake, one does mest Mr. Lloyd George, who had caught a with which it is politically incorporated. some pretty sporting padres at the freat. chill and was not able to be present, wrote that he was extremely sorry to During the eighty-three years of our Near B 1 the so she was a sort mist the opportunity of wishing the tenure wo Inado no military use of it, and of Knight Templar; he seemed to be delegates

and Godspeed. indeed, there was none to be made, at kind of free lance. Fattalions came and in their work for the Empire and the

went, but he stopped on in his dug-out Commonwealth. in the ascend line, as if he'd settled theres for life. He knew that part of the line! better than any man living, every nook and cranny in it, and when any party got fogged and wanted a guida nobody could help them so well as the padre. And I'm bound to say nobody could have been more willing to help.

any rate, until the German Empire possessed a navy of important size. It dose not appear that the Germans then selves had any anticipation that it would be of service to them from a Laval point of view when they scquired it. Indeed, the colonial and military parties of that time were indignans over the bargain which the Emperor had struck, the check to their African ambitions outweighing

He labelled his dug-out The any advantage they expected to gain from cage. One day two men belonging the possession of Heligolard. It was to a draft fresh out from home-Cockneys accepted rather as s concession to German they were--came along that trench. pride and sentiment than sa a possession

Look here, Bill, blimey if era ain't likely to do in any way of military service. vicaragel' aid one to the other!

Cat pops the padre at that with half his Enormous soms have been spent in face lathered, as he was having a shave THE Undermigned bave received instrue-fortifying the island both against the as the time ones, wast, che ce tor eneroachments of thouses and against a the vicar! What can I do for

you? possible foe. It has been crumbling away

Imagine how the. Tommies for years and yeare-for centuries, in fact, looked! They say that padre applied It is heavily armed with big guns and has officially to be appointed chaplain of the Zeppelin hangars upon it. There are also trenches. Well, he belonged, all right; to small harbours in which submarines he was one of us.**

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer.

Hongkong, Oct. 11, 1918.

to scil

(FOX) ACOQUNT OF THE CONCERNIKU),

as their Bales Rooms, No. Br Dr Your Road, Corner of Ice House Street, ---

1181

CRUMBLING AWAŽ

114 ONE PIANO by ERUSS, STUTTGART sad torpedo bosts may shelter.

in first clase condition. Now on view. Tërme—as usual..

¡HE Undersigned have received in- structions,to sell by Public Auction, (722 ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED). "on

TUESDAY,

the 17th October, 1916, commencing st 3.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No &

Des Vaux Road, Corner of·

Ice House Street, VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE,

doy

&c

A. Follows:- Several Carpets and Rugs, Upholstered Boites, Arm-chairs and Sofas, Card Tables, Bedroom Furniture, comprising Double. Brass-mounted: Bedstead, Twin Bedsteads Teakwood) Sideboards, Dinner Waggons, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tea and Occasional Tables, atc sta, Dinner Services, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Tpilat Bata, ko, Bath Room Utensils, Large Boll-top Desks and Writing Table, etc, * quantity of Electro Plated Ware,

1 Large Wall Clock “ London make," Calle" Fortable Motors with Battery, etc, complete, 1 Piano, in good condition, Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood sad

Auctioneers.

1088

The

of the Visitors

Mr RTVE HIDSON, Save the toast The fact that Rumanin bad joined the Allies, he said, enabled them to bid adieu to their visitors tinder the most hopeful and inspiring circumstances. Members of the Commonwealth Par Hament could reture with the positive awarence that the Mother Country and All the Allied Powers were determined and there was going to be no dishonour able peace neithery (Loud cheers)

nature nor belated.

Benator Keating fasmania) and Mr D. Watkins (Now Bouth Wales) res ponded.

--- WHAT AUSTRALIA HAS DONE. General Sir William Robertson, Chief

of the Imperial Staff, gave the toast of

give

وديعة

during

men sre

THE

AND

ORDER OF ST JOHN OF

JERUSALEM

IN AID OF THE WOUNDED.

LADY MAY'S ROSE FUND

20,000 roses have been given, and will be sold throughout the day! amerons ladies and school children.

before the day by Lady May at Government House, who will send a rose, with, the Subscriptions to the Rose Fund will also be gladly received it any tima acknowledgment.””

GREAT ENGLISH FAIR

in the afternoon, from 3 till 7, on the Murray Parade Ground. COCONUT SHIES,

WILD WEST SHOW, DANCING ENCLOSURE, JUNGLE SHOOTING RANGE

(Elephants, Lions, and the Peak Tiger). BED CROSS COMPETITIONS, THE "EVERYTHING" STORES,

ALL THE

THE

THE MAN IN THE TUB, OBIEDREN'S MAYPOLE DANOF, THE LUCKY WELL INDIAN TORCH DANCE, TWO BANDS, “ WANKS:

Ent OF THE FAIR

50 Cents.

FETE AND ILLUMINATIONS

in the Evening, from Still 11.30, at the Public Gardens.

CONCERT

TWO BANDS Entrance, $1; seats in Reserved Enclosures, $2 and $1 extra.

Bafreshments on sale during the Afternoon and Evening.

Tickets obtainable at MOUTRIE'S and the ROBINSON PIANO CO

E. R. HALLIFAX, Hon. Secretary,

CITY HALL.

BOXING!

BOXING !I FRIDAY, 18th OCTOBER 1918

Commencing at 0.18 PM. For the Lightweight Championship of the Colony..

15 Rounds. Contester LE BAPPER RICHARDS

ASEAMAN ISAACS. For the Eantamweight Championship of the Colony,

10 Rounds Contes Pte. BEESTY

SEAMAN ALLEN. For the Amateur Lightweight Championship of the Colony

8 Baunda Contest. YOUNG MAHER, Champion SAFFER SAKER. 8 Rounds Contest Pta. COTTON - PRICE: $5, $3, $2 & $1.

SEAMAN MESSENGER

Booking at MOUTRIE'S. O. GOLDSBOROUGH, Promoter.

of the Minister of War, who would have and from MEMBERS OF THE WAR CHARITIES COMMITTEE had something to my about the part the Overseas Dominions had played the present war-a part that was well- known, and to nobody more than to the enemy (Cheers). It had been said that tho enemy had made

many mistakes, Perhape the

the gratest mistake he made LIVED ON DEAD BOCHES FOOD.

was that in which he under-estimated island performs, to some extent, the same function that the sea forts de at Spithead.advances of the present Somme offensive, The enemy, continued Sir William, A hace corporal who, in one of the the help the Overseas Dominions could

the Mother Country (Cheers.) That is to eas, its guns. cover HUGHES & HOUGH, anchorage where ships may lie bolors by a terrife enemy barrage, which present! it has dore more to weld the Em

had been with a party that was cut off

thought the war would break

the British Empire. Why, bloss my life and preceeding to Wilhelmshaven or the vented reinforcements being sent up, pire together than anything else could Hongkong Oct. 2, 1916,

mouth of the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal described the curious period of twenty have done (Cheers.). Fig. Birailarly, of course, a feet could con- four hours during which he and his mates unselfish sacrifice. When

Fighting meANS centrate under its guns for some adven-crawled back to cur own lines, from one marching together shoulder to aboulder ture seaward. It is of value as a look-out shell-hole to another, frequently pursued those splendid qualities that do more to 1118]

against the common enemy it brings out station. In the battle of the Bight our by Boche machine-gun fire. Some of his rivet the bonds of Empire than any hips were, no doubt, hampered to some men occupied much longer time in amount of extent by the need to avoid coming under dribbling beck, and one man seen by

talking. (Cheers) "War was declared in August 1914,, their fire. That is about the extent of this lance-corporal told him he had been and by September 1,70 or 80 transports the usefulness of Heligoland to 26 several days in three shell-holes, nursing, they have been arriving ever since. In were on their way from Australia, and Germans, It certainly does not forbid his wounds, Eving on the rations of dead February 1915, these troops were taking. entrance to the Bight, and the mine Boches in the neighbourhood, and getting part in the defence of Egypt and in strewn and schmarine-guarded waters back his strength. His baggage, when at April

ey

Went to Gallipoli I cannot would be little less datigerous if it were last ho reached our own lines consisted stained in the death of Geners!

of a waterproof sheel, and a few little Bridges.

piece of work was done than the evacuation of the Gallipoli

command of ble battalion for the time,

A captain who had found himself in Peninsuls The way in which it was

carried out was perfectly incredible. being, was looking out on Bapaume forty. eight hours before arriving at Southamp

JAPANESE MAKERS

Every kind of Footwear

MADE

то

ORDER ere.

CHERRY & CO.,

REDDER: STREET, Upporite Hongkong Hosel

Teakwood Screens, a quantity of Black.lephone No. 491

wood Furniture, Pictures, Engravings,

Hongkong. March 20, 911.

LITTLE ADVANTAGE TO DRETAIN.

-help. The great loss the Army

souvenirs in a Boche helmet, which he no more) be allowed to say that

could not bring himself to discard.

tco

Had it remained in our hands, and had we fortified it in order to hold it sa an advance bass, I renture to think that it would have been an embarrassinent, even a danger,rather than an advantage to us There is no proper analogy to be found

Out-there on the left of High between it and places like Gibraltar and Wood we could look right down on Aden possessing good harbours and Bapaume. It was tantalising It looked situated at each a distance from our home se though it would be so easy to break bases that they are necessary centres of right through. But the look of the thing supply for the squadrons operating in the is nothing to go by. That's what irritates waters adjacent, Heligoland, exposed to our men--the eldarrences of the Boche. bombardment and air attack, would also The beggar's nearly always out of sight be liable to investment, unless it always It's all fighting bits of iron, say the men, had the support of the Fleet. If we had I know what they mean. Death comes succeeded in turning its harbours into a at you everywhere from unseen strong secure torpedo base the effect would have been, not to aid us in getting the German Bect out, which is our desire, but to lock

Plate Carbine Camers, D.-R. Foring TAX FIRST CHINESE NEWSPAPER t me securely in its ports. It would

Plece, elc

A few lots of DRAWN THREAD and

EMBROIDERED GRASS CLOTEL, ets.

A selection ož, Brams Jardinieren,

Vases, Finger Bowle, etc.

EVER ISSUED UNDER

· PURELY NATIVE DIRECTION.

(Full Particulars from Catalogue.) The Chinese Mail

HUGHES & HOUGH,

"Auctioneers.

Hongkong, Oct. 11, 1918

PUBLIO ADOTION..

HE Undersigned have received

structions to sell by Public dagtim

| {FOR/LOODUST, UT TER OOK(KREEN),

AN EARLY DATE

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NORTH CHINA

ALL rus LATE* Laxmination, FROM

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Circular wick lamps

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Cylinders and Incandescent ppartemness.

Moori

pertaining

11.00 Annan delteerid da Hongkong

32 $17.00 to all Coast, Ports,

holds.

01 THE WESTERY TRONT.

s.ever.

won.”

Australians were fighting on the Western In the carher part of this year the from. They were in the first line at Armentières, and nothing in the present war has been more splendid thin the They had advanced the front more than captare of Pozières on July 29. (Cheers.) amle, and they had never lost an inch of the ground which they had

Sir William went on to refer to the great kindness and consideration which the Comissading Officers

War Offien had always received from the

trghan troops. He told & fery to ustrate this. In Egypt, att Australian soldier got into the carriage reserved for reminded him that the carnage was the Camadder-in-Chief. The latter

server when be replied Well, whate

matter1 are both

are both out to win, the war- We want all the men we can get, and Laughter and cheers); we want them not hierly to win this

the peace

The men don't funk that. They are prepared for any amount of it. What disgusts them in the fundamental have been a good observation post cowardice of the Boche, for that's what nothing more, and, as it could not control it is. He's efficient, and he is cruel, and the course of the German fest, that would he is a Lully. But his efficiency ktops have bean of little advantage to up On shart at the clever manipulation of we feel quite certain about, that the other hand, we should probably have mucháin Es'e nt fighter. Whenever we shall conquer the enotny, there is no

loud cheers,we want to found ourselves compelled to risk va our men are able, after superhu ahle ships in its defence, or, as is not efforts, to come to actual grips with the such a posca as will comparate us for doubt about that... But we want to win possible fr attempting its oracgation: I submit, therefore, that the vilus of they seympus up his heads every single

Bache, the blighter sings his arm in, is the great sacrifices which we have made,

(Loud cheers) Eeligolabi, ta ene side or the other time. Fight they will not what it comes axaggerated in the popular mind, and the to man to man. statesmanship of Lord Salisbury he suffered undue depreciation from this suggestions. The best thing to do with ad, she and ct the war will be to bic Into the d

LOSING WEIGHT BY THE POUND

Under Weight,

of t-tealth, shows your nasim Hlative powers are decreasing

WATERBURYS METABOLIZED COD LIVER OF COMPOUND

That's why say they are cowards, 31. bottom, every mother's When we are all the hell they can naturally, at shooting rangos, but never, ver, never will thay those of who

get through.

Ask for Horlick's.

It is well worth trying, and will mean good health for you, as Horlick's Malted M asaints Nature in repairing and building up wasted tissue.

Ith always acceptable delicious to the taste, and made in a moment-no cooking,

HORLICK'S MALTED MILK

END OF TEN WAR)

NO INDICATIONS OF

THA

FORKERS ECLIPSED.

SUPERIORITY OF THE LATEST BRITISH. AFROPLANES,RESE

Song and tes

Ministeris Pro

In a tour of certain fiving centres ú till you, cku Great Britain retently representative almost touch them, and ther the damned For Router's Agency:awes ducted to a constanty of 'em will throw up their sbéd sfilled with the teat" fighting styrse that' his Keen

7**TOMS OF IRON CROSSES-

the result that four Itter were bought down The Cerman

Lernáro bass of

of in Chinists and Stores in 3 sizes, 1/5, 2/6 and 117- to England),

deodily Labour Congress

Lord Haldane, spealth

the Farder.

The apesa

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