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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1916

Hughes & Hough

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PROPRIETORS

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received in- atractions to sell by Public Auction, (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCARNED),

on ."

FRIDAY,

the 7th October, 1916, at 11, at The Wanchai Hospital, Ручнуть Ельне BUNDET

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

ፈር..

Re

therein contained."

Consisting of :-

c.

Teakwood Wardrobes, Washstands, Dressing Tables, Single Iron Beds, Blankets and Bed Linen, Enamelled Ware, Chinese Becis, &c. fr.

Also

Sundry Hospital Requisites.

On view day of Sale.

Paxxs:-Cash,

HUGHES & HOUGH,'

Auctionser

Hongkong, Oct. 12, 1016.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

1106

THE Undersigned have received in Etructions to sail by Public Auction

од

SATURDAY,

the 29th October, 1918, at 10:30 a at No. 3, Barrow Terrace, Top Floor, Granville Road, Kowloon,

THE

.

FALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE,

therein contained.

Comprising

Toakwood Suite, Overinantel, (practi- cally new), Blackwood Teapuys, Tables, Stands, &, Engraving and Pictures, Ornaments, Dining Room Furniture, & Bedroom Suite comprising Wardrobe 2 Mirrors, Washatand with Mirror, Large Cheval Glass Toilet Table, &c, &c., Brasa-mounted Double Bedstead, Bathroom Utensils, &c.,

A Lao

Encyclopædia 15 vols, (practically new), a quantity of Books, Illustrated Papers, &c. dealing with the War, Electric Fan, and Rubber Tyred' Ricksha in very good condition.

Da view day of Bale. Terms: Cash,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers:

Hongkong, Oct. 21, 1016.

PUBLIC ACOTION,

1150

GE Undersigned bare received instruc-

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

MONDAY,

the 30th October, 1916, at 2.30 pm, at No. 6, Lochiel Terrace, Cameron Road, Kowloon, KUNDAY

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD.

FURNITURE,

therein contained.

Consisting of

Oak Sideboard, Diner Waggon (Eur- spean make), Table, Chairs, Crockery! and Class Ware, &c, de, Brass Twin Beds (practically new) Teakwook ward- robes, Bookcase, American Cloth-covered Sola, Ice Box, Shanghai Bath, Cooking Brovd and Cooking Utensils, des

And

Piano in good condition. Two Sewing Machines and a Kady's Bicycle. On view from Monday 8 .m. TR-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers

Hongkong, Oct 20, 1928

1156

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received, in- structions from the Liquidators of MEARS. MELCHINA & Co. to sell b Public Auction, ENE 250

TUESDAY,

the 31st October, 1916

at 1.30 pm, at their Baler Booms, No. 8, Des Yous Bond, Corner of Ice

House Street,

for

ONE LARGE STEEL CABINET SAFE WITH KETA

EUGHES & HOUGH,

AUCTIONS.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned Eave received in- structions from Miss E. A MASSKY to sell by Public Auction,

on

MONDAY,

the 30th October, 1016, at 11 am. at Brighton House, No. 10:Arbuthnot Road, (also Entrinos by Stops opposite No 33 Wyndham Street, Desk with Pigeon Holes, Overmantel (bevelled glass) Chiffonier,

Carding Wardrobe,

Large Large

Adaptable Bed Sofa,

Upholstered nad Rattan Chairs Electric Fan and Fittings, Sewing Machine,

A few lots of Chinese Porcelains,

Bronzes Water Colours, etc.

Ca view day of Sale: Catalogues will bu fassed, Terms-Caak.

HUGHES & HUCOH,

duction. Hongkong, Oct. 23, 1918.

1166

PUBLIC ADOTION.

THE Undersigned have received in structions to sell by Public Auction, (ros LCCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

од

AN EARLY DATE

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE NEAR EAST.

THE NEW BATTLEFIELD.

HISTORY LIKELY TO BE REPEATED.

[DTIL ASHMAD DÄRTLETT.]

hish advanced posts were rushed, bus the Frem Kundendil there is the main road Bulgarians were completely checked in and railway direct to Soña :: Tho their attack on the main positions, and | Kumanova Egri-Palanka road is one of in less than a mouth were pushed right ahe nest in Macedonis. It is practiuable beak to their frontier by the joint the whale distance for motor vahielest Greco-Sorbian offensive.

and as there are no largo riram to be At this point Bumanis duelded that spanned, and damage done by the But suitable opportunity had come to enforce garians could be easily repaired by our basolatma on curtain atzip al territory engineers.-Thero-is an abundance dr south of the Danube Sho declared war wood available for this purpose. In 1913. on Bulgaria. In twenty-four hours the while the main Serbian army Wie "A brief description of the character of Rumanian engineers bad thrown two threatening Sets from Egri.Tilanka, the huge pontoon bridges across the Danube Greeks had reached Djuma farther south, the country over which the operations in one at Turaa Magerglu, where the bulk with a view to crossing the frontier and the Near East will take place may not at the army crossed-each over 000 yards marching on Dupaica. But the Treaty be cut of place at the present thein length. The Bulgarians proboated to of Bucharest, pit astog to the 'invasion. This part of Macedonia strongly resom-mako. no effort to resla: this row: menace, abandoned to her fate by Germany and the Powers, and announced they would When Bulgaria fads she has been bles the Highlands of Sectland, minus and would allow the Rumanians to enter, Austria, she is laced with absolute ruin, the lakes, and with open patches. more Sofa without opposition. But the affair which means her disappearsace from the ausceptible to cultivation. The hill and never reached this extremia stage. The map as an independent pation, or else she mountains which rise to considerable marians, poured over 300,000 men into must endeavour to save something from Northern Bulgaria, occupied Plaena, and the general wreck by coming to termas heights, in places to nearly 4,000. their cavalry patrols strived within speedily as possible. aume no well-defned formation, but seem twenty miles of Soña, without fring a to have been thrown from the skies to shot. Then, pressed on all sidea, Bulgaria | fall så random on this troubled soil; some | Have inc An aminifee as deranged are well wooded and green with small and the Treaty of Bucharest was signed, a settlement which was regarded by the trees and shrubbery to the very summit, combatants as little batter than a Bruce. and others are rocky and bare, like the kopjes of South Africa; some are flat on the top, and offer plenty of room for infantry to entrench themselves; cthem faro razor-backed, and provide but little space and no cover.

Da soms it is easy owing to the moitress of the soil, to dig

the

WILL HISTORY BE REPEATED?

The soll in already partly crepared for | compromise. For instance, the make of the Bulgarian peasants have always looked upon Eussia their natural protector and friend.. Radko Dimitrief, their leading general, commanded, Russian army in Galicia at the start of This briefy the history of the events the war, and formally repudiated his et 1913.. Shall we sea repetition of country or mather the existing Gloverd them in 1016? I believe that we shall men of his country when it declared remnants of the Turkish army are not indignation amongst a large section of The Bulgarians, even swisted by the against the Allies. There was intense signg enough to resist sa offensive from the people who did not want to go to war Saloniks. sud at the same time to hold gains Russia or Englund. This was prosaure of half a million suppressed by the immediate mobilisation. Bumanians from the north. I see the army, and by the skilful manner which Ferdinand and his pro-German reason why Rumania should not throw; her pantoon bridge across the Danube in entourage managed to turn public thought 1915, as she did in 1919. There may be away from the real issues at stake, into some resistance this time, but under more popular channel, namely, the idea cover of her heavy artillery the task of a purely local, war against the Serbiana should be fairly easy of accomplishment. to regain thosu, tarritories of which the Bulgarians considered they Ead been The valley vary almost as much as The Bulgarians in 1013. were lacking astly deprived by the Treaty of the hills, for some are little more than pontoon equipment suitable for a river Bucharest in 1913. It was, in fact, the narrow ravines, and ethers are wide and Danube is crossed, there is no tormidable; hatred of Serbia which alone made war highly cultivated. The so-called rivers position between the river and Sofa Possible. are at this season.cf the year little more which could not be easily turned. The

In any case, whether she comes to than dried-up streams, and cffer bus fere comparative smallzees of the armies terms of prefers to Sght to a finish,

Bulgaria, derived of Austro-Germ

The following LIGHTHOUSE GEAR entrenchments; on others, the jigged off te. Se, viz:-

rocks defy the spinde. Somo possess almost precipitous slopes, whilst others are approached by gonile spurs, which form a glacis down which the defenders Petrol Lamps, and can pour a deadly Are os an advancing

One occulting apparatas, complete. Circular wick lamps. Spare burners:

Cylinders and wicks. Lacandescerit

appurtenances

And

A quantity of gear pertaining to Mooring Buoys,

Alos

Axles

A number of Locomotive wheels and Further particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

Turtesa usuà).

FUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hong Long CUỘC 84, 1976.

FOR SALE.

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of the size of the Danabe. Once the

from Salonika.. We shall then be left

obstacles to the passage ci troops of all engaged; and the extent of the territory distance, could, not long withstand' ■ ¦ armas. Scattered amongst the valleys and absolutely prohibit" any extensive lines 964 dules are the small villages, composed off treaches, much as cover the Western joint attack from across the Danube and wretched huts of mud And thatch,frent. It, would, in fact, be a procession, face to face with our one remaining | wherein dwell the inhabitants of this dark. to Sofia. and blood-stained land. It is a country of infinite variety, and the very last into which a general, trained in the schools of beria, or Paris, would choose to load

groot army.

But the hardy Serbisa pessanta seem to revel in the very difficulties-which will not be no readily overcome by the troops of the Allies.

There is not sufficient open ground

AS A GOING CONCERN. A containing

FIRST CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL

42 Bed Rooms

about

to

In 1915 Rumania had her neutrality enemy in the Near East, the Turk. But forced on her by the great German drive, the collapse of Bulgaria zaeans the which cleared the Russians out of Galicia collapse of Turkey. The two must staad and-Bukovins, and brought a victorious or fall together. Once the Bulgarians are hemy right on to her northern frontier, finished with, there is no position on She could not afford to risk an attack on which the Turks could make a stand, with the limited numbers at their disposal.. Bulgaria with her northern and wester frontiers thus threatened. Therefore she, this side of the lines of Chataldja, which are only twenty miles from Constan- continued her wait and see policy." But this consideration no longer exists. Kne of the Marit, offers no facilities for tinople itself. Their existing frontier, the The

a five-

Russiana are once more in possession of defence. Their only fortress in Europe Bukovina, and bare occupied its capital, is Adrianople, which withstood Crnovit, and are now threatening the months siege in 1912-1913, but which could hardly hold out a day against plains of Hungary..

modern artillery...

23 Bath Rooms, Halls Lounges, Reception Room, Private Dining Room, Self contained suites of apartments with Bath Roomy permit the development of a large force The danger has 'passed, for over.. attached Dining Room with accom in attack at any given point: it is modation for 100 persons Store Rooms extremely dificult for the units of an Servants' quarters, etc., etc. etc. attacking foret to co-operate and to keep

water laid on throughout bajate value of Furniture, etc. open their communications, and the com- A large stock at extra Linen and

mander svec of a division has dithecity Crockery all new and high class recently imported from England.

Electris light throughout The Hotel is centrally locate being only a few minutes from the leading Banks, Post Office, Ferry, &c. good will

To be sold as a

as a going concern with Further particular muy be obtained from the Undersigned,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong. Oct. 10, 1915.

in keeping his troops under his their power of making a big offensive The Central Powers havn. lost for asez whilst the general in supreme command

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CHATALDIA AND GALLIPOLI,

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The thought of danger served but to

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doubt,

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out,

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while she, who had inspired his touch

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might gain ground at one point and be on the wcale of 1915. The stubborn and decisively defeated at another only a mile-informed. Germans will fight fill they ing Constantinople from the East, the or two away, without knowing what was sre crushed. But we shall be able to Turks cannot withdraw a man or a gua clear up the Near East, and get rid of for their fast stand in Europe.. Between taking place. The nature of the ground her foolish dupes, who backed the wrong the laritza and the lines of Chataldjs in fact, gives cathews scope to a display horse, and then we shall be in a position there are no positions which would not of initiative on the part of subordinate, commandera Rad commanders of concentrate our entire strength against be easily tomed. The last stand of the to tales of old; we read on every page, batteries, but it imposes "the states the Turks and Bulgarians are beginning at two points, the lines of Chantaldia and When gallant knight mounted his fiery.

the arch-villains of the piece. Already, Turks in Europe must, in fact, he made Romantic doings of that golden age, difficulties on those in supreme command.

to realise how completely they misread the lines of Bulair. But by retiring on ADVANTAGES OF THE DEFENCE.

the European situation. It will some as Chataldja they must leave their arty in And cantered forth intent on doughty Almost every advantage rests with the great shock to Ferdinand and Enver Gallipoli isolated, as they were obliged defence. The jumbled nature of the hills when they find the All Highest has to do in 1913 before the invasion of the

"deed. provides successive lines of defence not a single division to send them in their Bulgarians after the Battle of Lale which must be carried one after another; boar of need, either of his own, or from Burgas. The troops on Gallipoli will be the dead. ground provides excellent poor, battered, ruined, tottering Austria. entirely isolated by land, and will have opportunities for "counter-attacks," of the The first important strategical move is only a single line of communication open sudden enfilading of an attacking forces to separate Bulgaria and Turkey from all with Constantinople, namely, by sao. whilst the artillery, commanders have communication with the Central Powers idéal positions for indirect fire everywhere. This can only be accomplished by fear the Bulgarians and Serbians, both at Ia. 1915 the Turks successfully held off at hand. There are but few ada ing the enemy: lock, stock, and Barrel out Balair and Chataldja. "But it must be worthy of the name within the theatre of Serbis, apd: regaining possession of remembered that the Bulgarians had no of war. The troops, the guns, and the the Orient railway. This means an aty, or submarines to pass up the So, as he rode, he sang of love, and war, transport must move from point to point advance from Salonika up the valley of Straits of the Dardanelles, and has com over rough tracks, which have been the Vardor to Skopljo (late Uskuh), the mand the Sea of Marmora. Our sub- formed in the course of ages by the capital of facedonia From Uskub the mazines created a reign of terror, in the passage of the country folk, their docks, line passes through Kumanova to Vranja Marmora during the occupation of the their herds, and their country corts. La on to Narish in, in fact, the Peninsula, and they should be able to places these tracks fade away altogether, strategical point of vital importance to pass up again when the necessity ariera or else and in deep mullahs through which the Allies. It is the junction of the Thus, any forces the Torks leaveon it is difficult to drag carts and guns. Belgrade-Soño-Constantinople line with Gallipoli to hold the lines of Bulair Elsewhere they are so narrow and bumpy the Uskub-Saloniks line. With Nish in against an army approaching from the that the utmost care is required to pre our possession the line of commuricating, north must speedily be starved into sul

a fun or a transport wagon from now open between Berlin Vienna-Bel- mission. being overturned; in fact, there is hardly grade-Sofia Constantinople is... cut, and Cace Gallipoli alle, we command the a level strobel anywhere and all wheeled with the Danube patrolled by our own Straits, and the longed for une route to vehicles must crawl long at seals and Rumanian gunboats not a biscuit or Constantinople is open to us. We could No wonder maída indulged in rapotrs pace to avoid sudden and irretrievable cartridge can reach the Bulgarians and send our Mediterranium Fleet up to Con-cit then! disasters

Turks, who must then res entirely onstantinople, together with transporta, and The Serbian engineers, tesisted by their own feeble resources. the turn the lines of Chalaldja, if it was gangs of country folk, have done some As it will be quite impossible for found impracticable to force them by thing in the course of the last three yearn Germany and Austria to send any frontal stack. At the same time, It to make these, toads on the lines of material aid-except advice and good must be remembered that once our Fleet communication practicat for all arms; hat wishes to their Allies in the Balkans, is in the Marmora it can vitally assist Houds life a more the toil la immense, and will take years the Bulgarians will be driven to the an army attacking Chataldis by enflading Ent times have changed; and tho brava COAL trimmed into: Bankers LEBA

to complete. The hilly nature of the alterative of having to defend Macedonia the whole left wing of the Turkish posi county and the roughness of the tricks and Serbis single-handed, assisted by a tions from the Bay of Elyuk-Chekmeje render, bollock transport, the only possible tow Turkieb dyislon, craise of abandon: The day of the Turk are certainly macaan of keeping an army supplied in ing the occupied teritory cande falling number-Daily Telegraph." Mylee gay be made the field. Horses are in part, employed back to fortifed positions within their Every kind of Footwear by the Serbians, but it is this study, own frontier

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INVASION OF BULGARIA

Once Nish is in our possession, the ombined Anglo-French army can toro attention to the invasion of Bulgaria. woontes were chosen, by the Serbians Which followed in the wake of the Roman and Greeks in July, 1913, alter the utter And met Thudoùdgions, are exclusively umployed by the defeat of the Bulgarians on the Bre Serbians. They aid, difficult to overtum, aliize here las of course, the Nisių can be easily tighted if upper, and are Pirot Sofia route, which

Well constructs to withstand the strain to the Bulgarian capital but the country prolonged campaign AZZEZTU Sextremely dificult and mountainous,

It will be remembered that after peace the bera of our tric

·States fell,

Balkan early, remain at Salupik

3 lgned with

the Bulgarie

the

Tes or chosen by the Borbians

1010 will probably be foun prastical. The main: libo, army based on the

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