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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER. 10 1916.

AUCTIONS.

PUBLIO AUCTION.

Undersigned have received instras.

Hughes & Houghto all by Public Auction;

AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Auctioneers bare, Coal and General Produce

"Brokers and Commission, Aronte.

PROPRIETORS -To-Ews-Waq' Coal Storage.

Code

Bentley's"

'th & 5th Editions.

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A 1 Telegraphic Code.

Telegraphic Addru "MEIRION "` HONGKONG,

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PUBLIO AUCTION. Thunders by Public Auction, HE Undersigned have received in-

(TOM LCCOUNT OF THE COŃCERXID).

on

TUESDAY,

the 14th November, 1916-commcncing- at 1.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street, VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACK WOOD FURNITURE,

&c.

As Follows

One Suite Blackwood Furniture, Upholstered Suites, Arm-chairs and Botas, Card Tables, Bedroom Furniture, comprising Double Brass-mounted Bed- stead, Twin Bedsteads (Teakwood). Sideboards, Dinner Waggons, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tea and Occasional Tables, etc, etc., Dinner Services Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Toilet Sots, &c. Bath Room Utensils, Large Roll-top Desks "and Writing Table,"etci," s" quantity of

Electro Plated Wars,

1 Piano, in good condition, Electric

(POS ACCOUNT OF THE CONCEINTŲ)

оп

SATURDAY,

the 11th November, 1916, at

THE CHINA MAIL.

CONSULAR SERVICE.

BRITISH TRADE HANDICAPPED.

(ar TH CIVIL SERVICE CORRESPONDENT OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH."]

September 30th.

The urgent and important question of the improvement of our consular service, 10.30 am, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, is intimately bound up with the success

Des Vinux Road, Corner of Tez Hovaz ŠTRKYT,

A MISCELLANEOUS STOOK

Comprising

War.

of the proposed British trado bask with any other scheme for enabling British trade to hold its own after the The principal complaints scalant Gent's Shirts, Woollen Singlets, Waist the Consular service which have been Coats, ota. Pants Sweaters, Dressing made time and again by the chamber Gowns, Bath Robes, Toilet Soaps, Bathe commerce individual firmware that and Face Towels, Hosiery, &c., ke.

Blankets, Counterpanos, a quantity of Coloured Alpacas,Rain Coats, &c., Holdalls and Suit Cases, &e.,

Also

A small consignment of Gent.'s Felt Hats (good quality)

A number of Suit Lengths, Blue Sergo,

Flannell, &c. &c.

Terms-Cash,

HUGHES & HOUGH

Auctioneers.

Hoogerng Nov. 2, 1916.

.PUBLIC

AUCTION

1206

THE Undersigned have received in- structions from the Liquidators of MESSES WITZXR's. & Co, to sell by Public Auction,

Comumencing WEDNESDAY,

the 13th November, 1018, at 10.30 am, and continuing on MONDAY, 20th is, at 10.30 am., at No. 1, Ormsby Terrace,

Granville Road, Kowloon,

A QUANTITY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

including BLACKWOOD WARE,TM - CROCKERY and GLASS WARE, And

One PLANO. Catalogues will be inattad Ou view from Tuesday 14th inat. TRUab,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, Nov. 3, 1916..

THE

PUBLIC AUCTION..

long as the election is rested not in one man, but, la a committee, there le little fear of negotiim

OUT-OF-DATE TRADITION.

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MID-DECEMBER.

before the war advocated an increase of at least 50 par cons The rates of salary mum that a consul-general can rise..to are considered Inadequate. The maddes is £1,200 a year, and, though the initial salary of £300 may be repaidarat satin- factory, promotion is slow and regular, and it takes much longer than in the com mercial worlds to arrive at a remuneration really commensurate with the Importance of a consul's duties.” The the service la starved, and that is standard of remuneration in business haa recruited from men without any ecap risen so considerably in recent times that mercial experience, a

the present consular salaries would not Mr: Charles E. Musgrave, secretary to

prove much of attraction for able the London Chamber of Commerce, young man in commercial houses."' stated, in his evidence before the recent. It is believed that the office of British Royal Commission on the Civil Serties, connal dates book to the afteenth cen that while the salaries and expense of hiry, and our present service has grown the Gentina Cumulate at Petrograd up in a haphazard manner. It has suf- hooses so readily obtain from their con-

The contrast in this respect is true, in general way, of the situation and appearance of all our Consular offices In the past the Foreign Office have taken little or no interest in the proper housing of our Censuls, simply giving the Consul a lump sum for offer allowances, and leaving him to shift as best be could not even requiring an account of expendi

OINTMENT End PILLS, which ta u narımla ware for Bud Leen-Polacosti Hassia, Unacazed Joint Bonett's Kape, Carbunela & Snake Rod Lamentan, 25, 26, Kagian Prious, sih nad → sa cena de tren Kaka of a Gistiheyser ve a Go Land Paper by ALBERT, VI

Bungal, Lamina,. Incisad

Agunta:-A 8.-Watson & Co., Id.

Hougtong

Commerce.

"KISMET"

At Night.

After a hard day's work, or after unusual physical exertion, take Horlicky it helps Nature to tone up your system. It is the ideat Food-Drink--its in- gredients are Wheat, Malt and Milk, scientifically combined and put up in powder form in glass jars Delicious to the Taste. Made

moment-ne cooking,

before the war reached £12,000 a year fored, more or less, septinually, from us. British Brme had actually been the annual total cost for the Britisk neglect, and to this day there is no repre-handicapped by the action of theirss Consulate was only £1,840, The German sentative of the consular service in the national representative" China offers s Consulate wis presided over by

Foreign Office Central Staff. So loose has very wide fald for British ada, and the Consul-General, the British Consulate by seen the control that it was only just firme concerned in the Far Eastern trade 5 Consul. In addition to this chief

before the war that any system of parodiare very important frms in the City of official, the German Consulate had

cal inspection of the Consulated was London, and are in full sooord with thei eighteen salaried oficials, the British instituted, so that a Consul may live and complaints advanced by the Chamber of

He further said that" Consulate twe while in Petrograd the German Congul die at his post without any visit from a higher official The London Chamber of

UNPAID FOREIGNERS A CONSULE. had his house or office is a good through-Commerce has constant relations with

It is evident that we wanb not alone a fare and in a prominent position, and the Foreign Office and Mr. Musgrave different personnel in the exsular ear. there was an air of dignity and respect its secretary: felt constrained to say vice, con with commercial training and ability about him, so important in butors the Royal Commission that the experience, but wo want the present business, you had to go down an alley tradition still prevails in the Foreign shackles removed, so that they shall not Office that it is considered to bebe tied by the traditions of a service to find the British Consul.

intra dig to appear to be pushing trade."walch feels that it is infra dig to bother I le under this cramping and out-of-date about trade; and, as already suggested, tradition that our consular servisa has the first step towards that great reform been created and its instructions framod is the transference of the consular ser It le clear that if we are to hold ous vice to the absolute jurisdiction and odd- own the conditions following the war trol of the Board of Trade, to which it this attitudo mast pe changed radically, naturally belongs. Does it not strike and a closer and more active co-operation you a very peculiar." said Lord Mac established between manufacturers and donnall addressing Sir Algammon Firth, Another reason is that so much exporters and our Gotamment depart

A witness before the Royal Commission, of a Consul's work in the more Important mets. I is constant complaint in the that there is not single commercial parts is taken up with merchant shipping condterefal world thas, while the consuls attache in the whole of South America ?" duties, pailora, etc., that he is forced to of Germany, France, and America, for a does, was the reply. This was just 1213 place the Consular Ofiica near the quare, instance, do everything possible to help before the war, and considering what o often in quite a alum quarter. As their nationale, very little assistance traitful feld, for trade South America matter of fact, with the constant earning derived from the British consul. The affords, and how. sedulously it has been and going of saltors, it is found that many competition is an unfair one. The British cultivated by the Germans, this neglect landlords will not in such cases let an merchant finds himself competing, not will seem peculiar to other people Consular building. For this reason, and because so much of a Consul's time is taken up with mere routine shipping Consulates did their duty, there would taken up by this country in matters of

If our British Embassies and of the detached official attitude hitherto MINISTERING CHILDREN'S duties, to the inevitable neglect of othe no need for the information Depart, trade, on which the nation really lives. trodo intereste, the suggestion has been made that the two classes of duties shouldnt proposed by Lord Faringdom's Com mitter as an important featurs of the be separated, forming different depart trade bank scheme. ments of the samo service:

ture.

Reading Lamps, Blackwood and Teak-Undardgned have received instrus office in a good neighbourhood as a Britiab with the German, but with the German besides Lord Maedonpell and Biz Alger

wood Screens, a quantity of Black wood Furniture, Fictures, Engravings, ke.

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Sterbomopio Camera: Oliver Type writer, Ona Iron Safo.

A selection of Brass Jardinieres, Yames, Finger Bowla, etc.

And a number of Carpets (new" and rcond hand, we

(Full Farticulars from Catalogue.)

Tres ---Coah.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Audioniers. Hongkong, Nov. 8, 1918.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

1ger

THE have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction, (FOR ALCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

THURSDAY, the 16th November, 1916, at 2:30 pm, at No. 4, Nathar Road, (First Floor),

THE WHOLE OF THES

TALUABLE, HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE,

kai

&c.

contained therein. Consisting of :- FUMED « TEAKWOOD Sideboard, Dinner Waggon, Extensión Dining Table and Chaira, Chestorfield Sofa and Agin- chairs, BLACKWOOD Carved Folding "Card Table, Curio Cabinet, Flower Stands and Chairs, Largo Dinner Survica (whitch Gleasware and Crockery, Etchings and Water Colours, &c. &c, BEDROOM FURNITURE, FUMED 'TEAK, 'Large' Wardrobe, (Bevelled Mirror), Teakwood Twin Beds, Dressing Table Toilet Ware,

Ales:

Cooking Stove and Cooking Utensils

and, Twin Beds, are. by Mesra. W Powell & Co, Lawn Pen met

Catalogue will be isted

On view from Wednesday, 15th inst. THEME:-Chab.

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

MONDAY

the 20th November, 1914, at 2.30 p.m.,

at Messra Hughes and Hough's, “ Coal Godowns at To KWA WAKI THE FIRST AUCTION OF BALVAGED CARGO” 6. S.WISLEY”

Comprising:

About Six hundred kegs of Wire Nails, About Fifty Sowing Machines, and a number of cases of apare parts.

About One hundred Remington Type writers with Russian characters

and cases of Ribbona for same.

Felt

About Seven hundred rolls of Roofing About Twenty large rolls of Linoleum. About Forty-five Cotton Braiding

Machinea.

Aloo

A quantity of Sole Leather, sundry are parts for Motor Cars, and a lot of Old Iron.

auctions will be notified later.

elasers will leave Blake Fier at 7 pm. sharp on Monday the 20th inst.

Terms:--Cash.

Whole Consular service in Russia £12,000

backed by all the resources of Governon Firth. But it is highly significant mart.

The question of unpaid. Consule, the great majority of whom are foreigners, also deserves serious attention. The rule of the Forga Ofice has been to sprRRIE | TACK OF COMMERCIAL TRAINING.

With the existing consular staff it wing these Consuls in place where our trade Au showing bow little wa apand on our i Cepedar service compared with the huge not be possible to introduce any great does not justify the appointment of a interest involved Hr. Musgrave pointed scheme of reform in time to be effective eslaried official, but it can hardly be out that our total trade with Russia for when peace comes, but preparations expected, that a foreigner, will do anything 1911 was 285,000,000, and the cost of our might be set on foot now so that & com to promote British frade, especially mercial expert should be attached to each where it runs counter to his pen interest year; that is, 0.018 per cent. If this of the principal consulates. The con- or his country's We do not expect our unlar service is divided into thres Government departments to experiment, repraents the value which our Govers branches the General Conralar Service, but it must have struck business men ment attaches to the encouragement at. British trade abroad, it will not be the Lovint Service, and the Far East that there are many districts whers, regarded with wonder that our Consular Service. The two latter orices differ these foreigners were replaced by a good bolag, qual diplomatic as well as com- might be so coveloped that is compost. service compares so unfavourably with from the General Consular Service in English salaried Consul, British trade marchant is so seriously handicapped inercial, but the complaints by British son the salary of the latter would be a

traders apply to all three brancats, inas mere bagafelle the foreign market. But undoubtedly, as sir atgernon Firth, Freedent of the much as they are aut supported as they Association of Chambers of Commerce of should bo, and as their foreign rivals are,

The war will tear up by the roots our moet hardened and Scary traditions, and car "Government must be prepared to Dates and particulars of further the United Kingdom, told the Foray their consulsa partida de dat

Commission, the alreal complaint and The fact, that the Levant and, Far corno down from its pedestal, and, fol

•Launch to convey intending put the chief criticism directed against the Eastern services deal with diplomatic or loving the example of other nations, Consular service is that it is recruited Political questions may appear to present identify itself with the interests of British some difficulty if detaching the Consular trade in a more vigorous and enterprising from men without any commercial train Service from the Foreign Office and hand. spirit than it has shown in the past. HUGHES & HOUGH, ing or experience.

Auctioneers.

The most important recommendationing it over to the Board of Trade, but Hongkong, Nov. 8, 1916...... 1919 of the Walrond Committee of 1903, of such a proposal to say the least, is far

| less objectionable than the present ac rosaber.! -which Mr. Bouz Law was was a proposal to remedy this defect, rangement, which gives the Foreign Office bub, true to te traditional, indifercccatrol of a service; immeasurably more important on the commercial than on the

FOR SALE

FOR SALE.

AS A GOING CONCERN: FIRST CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL A containing: 42.Bed Bodiš,

21 Bath Rooms,

to trade, it has ever been carried out diplomatic side. The polat is that the

THE EMPIRE'S FUTURE.

VARIOUS VIEWS.

by the Foreign Offse. Of the eleves Foreign Office by its tradition and train. The "Daily Mail ** published on the

Buccessful candidates at the 19107

examination for the general Consular is not the proper department to which 6th ult, a symposium of the rows of service, not one had any previous compur Contaldr Services should belong. Li

the war. mercial, training, and a survey of the is surely the natural adjunct of the Come oversea representatives on the Empire antecedents of the successful candidatmercial Intelligence Branch of the Board, aller

and. Holland, upecial training colleges

at all the examinations held for back of Trade, and the Foreign Ofice would Lord Sydenham said he believed an as 1905 revenin the same latul drawbackery likely welcome the change Imperial Cabinet, responsible to a repre The London Chamber of Commerce, seztsilve Bouste, for dealing with foreign In France,, Austria-Hungary Belgi, hrough their secretary, placed is on affairs, defence, trade, and inter-migra NB-Chesterfield, Sofa,, Arm-chair, Halls, Lounges Reception Room, thats ofisted for the Consular service/record just before the war that the tion, waszentisi inatlar ta sècomplish

Private Dining Room, Belt contripod

British consular servies in China does the destiny of the British race." maitee of Apartments with Bath Booms fly on a mixed literary, and tech

Sir Samuel Hughes (Canada) stated sttached Dining Room with acum competitive examination; and of quite pot support the British mercantile cozi modation for 100 persons. Store Rooms, low standard at that Arithmetic for manity there to the extent which the that he cured the establishment of an Library Servants quarters pte, htc ate instance, goes no higher than bulgar and later have the right to expect, and which, Imperial Parlament to deal with maters @" Hot

Hot and cold water laid on throughout,

indeed, in casential to them if they are, affecting the wilde Empira Approximate value of Furniture, etc. decimal fractions. The techaice

to hold, their own In the constantly in, Sir Thomas Mackenzia (New Zealand) about 32,000,

large stock

Lines and

pressing competitios from French, Ger. placed, adaquate, Imperial, defence in the Crockery all new and

an Ardicts, and other formign com faze-front, and declared that unless this cial houses! So far he added, from Benured it would be fuals to dea Imported from Engl

ritíshe

is that with any déhérande Conference of French Empire-setertnet (ded by represent tives or the great industries should confer with regard to the sitar. New

were practically

·Zealand's (^rEKOLLIDER

"HUGHES & HOUGH,"

Auctioneers Hongkong, Nov. 9, 1016.

PUBLIC AV0F10N

12.9

· Undersigned have received in structions to sell by Pubito Auctions

Banki, Port Office,

¿TO% ""söld'së" • gring good

Venom From the

HUGHES

Hongkong. Oct. 19, 1928.

OUGH

£1051

EARLY DATE emer following LIGHTHOUSE GEAR

"One Boculling apparatus, complete

Circular wick loops.

Epare harass, t

"Cylinders and wicks

Incandescent Fetrol Lan

sppartenances

A quantity of get

Mooring Buoys,"

number of Lo

aubjects can, be crammed in a few weeks. Izopa soy text book This is an ago aborsi of specialisation, and where techron knowledge is required, no worse system. of selection could well be devised," than, that of examination.

· possa

Betvice competitive ^one":"advantage open-smpetition is that

it excludes favouritiam, but we may pay too

price for it, and, la shutting

the door to one eyil, we may open it for otheti 61. more, setiolis conse

The first step towards, as reform of the Conaniar service. it over altogether to the Board and let the selection af

by the Adv

LOSING

THE

and they were capablo al

John McCall (Tarius

the bolding of conference of repr

tipes of all parties in

Parliament

Sir Peter

phasised the absolute

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the various Em

LEAGUE

Of all Chemists and Stores in 9

Fj6, 26 and 11,4 (ir England), 1

H.

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HORLICK'S

MALTED MILK

SILIMPOFON (SEBATTIK)

COAS

SALE OF WORK

TEE Kindersigned having been appointed Baxxts for the COWIR HARBOUT - HET INSAID'Or

RECOAL CO., LTD.; ATO propsial to quote OCAL CHAHETI ILDREN prices for best quality BILIMPOPOR the EMPIKE" Corbrimmed Into Bankers at EBAY. CHILDREN and

and bind TIK SANDAKAN (British :) North FUND for disabled BELGIAN OREHANS in BELGIUM SILIMPOPON COAT compare favo BOLDIERS and BATORS and the Borneo,

To be held in the grounds at Govern-shly with the better grados-of-Japanese Coal and gives good resulta du'a very moderate, consumption. ment House by kind permission of HS Excellency, the Governor

Steamers calling at SEBATTIE BANDARAN orcianoly for SHAMPO FON COAL (either carga or Bankra are exempt from payment of all Fori charges de velas and mo

on SATURDAY, 1th NOVEMBER

· from 2 to 6 PM 2. Entrance only at the Garden Gate in Upper Albert Road.

At Johathir Steamers are berthed along- PRICES OF ADMISSION ADULTS 30 Cts.

CHILDREN Cta, 27 98 foot at low

aide the Company's wharf where there is

All members, and Cocinas 10. Cha minimum depth of 97, to M.C.L. Badges free

Como sed the "SWANES and "TABLEAU.6.30 Tickets $1.00

Toys And Fancy Articles, Ices, Sweets, Tea, Lacky Well, Tulip Garden. Do MATPOLE DANCE

NO CHITS TAKEN Hongkong, Oct. 28, 191.

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Charts, of Sibuko Bay (Sobattik EX- bour); Prices and all other information concerning the Port" can be had an applications to the Agents.it su d

BRADLEY & CO., LTD.

Agents Chwin Harbour, Coa!

* Company," Eini

1097

Hongkong, Dec. 2, 1915"

PATELL & CO. FRENCH LESSONS

Importers-Exporters

Commission Agents

HONGKONG.

Branches

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. BOMBAY, INDIA.

SHANKOWE BHANGHAI, DANTON.

JAPANESE MAKERS in M

Every kind of Footwear,

MADE

ORDER

G. MOUSSION,

-15, Morrison Hill Road.

THE

LONDON DIRECTORY.

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(Puztanaro AzUALLY) MARE LINABLES traded througham the Workt Butoimmunicate direct with Engah. #SMANUVIOTUXERS & DELIERS cisms of goods. Bender "Bring 60mplate onlarcal guide to London and its #lbarbay the Edinchazy odziaine lists o

PORT MEROHANTASY

and Pareign Markain they

arranged under the suid fod

the app NCIATZ TRADE. nufacturers.

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