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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1916

Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONEERS TU TIDE GOVERNMENT,

General Anctioneers

Cosi and General Produce Brekers and Commission -

Agenta.

PROPRIETORS

NERVE-STORMS.

Lightning is not more untie than the person who suffers from nerve stocas Though the victim is often accused of being "bad-tempered the trouble is really one of health. Bad days' usdaily begin with irritation on rising. Some little upset arouses & contankerous moon, and once the balance topples all contrui is km.

THE CHINA

THE WAR.

(Continued from Paga 5.)

SUNDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Nerve storma ses dangerous; the wear (Rauter's Service in the China Mall; and tear on the nervous system is highly exhausting and debilitating to the

MAIL.

THE STRUGGLE IN RUMANIA.

ENEMY CROSSES DANUBE.

LONDON, Nov. 25. The German evening communiqué states force of General Mackon- sen's Army has crossed the Danube at several points.

GRAVE SITUATION IN

GREECE.

ROYALISTA DETERMINED TO RESIST ALLIED DEMAND.

„ALLIED ULTIMATUM-

EXPECTED.

ATHENS, Nov. 24.

digestion and heart 1 causes so A GREAT ALLIED AIR-RAID. ENEMY ADVANCE ARRESTED.. It is expected that the Allies congestion in the liver and brain ; and, indeed, collapse sometimes follows.

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TRAINS, TROOPS AND STATIONS

BOMBED. i

Make no mistako, nerve storma indicate nervous-dyspeptio state. When the digestion is perfect the appetite is good, and food ton keeps the nerves and blood well fed. Then such goed health pervades the system that nervous dis- ENEMY MACHINES BEA

ALL OURS-RETURN SAFE.

«TaKwa-Wan" Coal Storage)urbances are rare.

Code) used Bentley's

22 04th & 6th Editions. A 1. Telegraphic Code."

Telegraphas Address *MEIXION" HONGKONG.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

HE Undersigned have received in-

Tections to coll by Public Auction,

[roz LOCOUNT OF THI CONCHAMID),,,

03

TUESDAY,

the 18th November, 1916, commencing

of

Weak irritable nervous victims indigestion should tone up their nerves and strengthen their digestion with new blood. To make this new blood it is necessary to take Dr. Williams" pink pills for

pale people, for these pills create new blood that makes you feel it from top to toe. You will be delighted with the teen appetite, energy and radiant good health that follow.

Most dealers sell Dr. Williams' pink pille, also obtainable 1 bottle for $1.50, e bottles $5/- from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., 96 Szechuen Road, Shanghai.

Write to-day for a free book on The Nerves; to the above address

AUCTIONS.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

13.30 p.m., at their Sales Ropas, No. 6, ions to sell by Public Auction, THE Undersigned have received in-

(103-4000UNT OF-THE-GOROXINEÓ)..

Das Vur Road, Corner of

Ice House Street,

VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE,

dci,

dc,

including a small consignment of Tonkin Inlaid Trays.

As Follows

Upholstered Suites, Arm-chairs and Botas, Card Tables, Bedroom Furniture, comprising Double Bras-mounted Bed stead Twin Bodsteads (Teakwood). Bideboards, Dinzer Waggons, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tea c

Dinner Occasional Tables, "atc, etc, Services, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stores, Cutlery Toilet Sets, &c., Bath Boom Utensils, Large Bolltop Deak and Writing Tables, etc., quantity of Electro Plated Ware,

9 Pianos, in good condition (One by Carl Strasss), Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood and Teakwood Screens, a

quantity of Black wood Furniture, Pic tarse, Engravings, &c, and 2 large Oi Paintings

Gent's Bicycles (saw), Stereoscopic Oliver Typewriter, Brass Jardinieros, Vasos, Finger Bowls, at Carpets (new and sscend had), Ferambulator, Child's Cote, std

(Full Particulars from Catalogue).. Ts:-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers, Hongkong, Nov. 23, 1916 - 1239

PUBLIC AUCTION,

BE Undersigned-have-received_in stractions to sell by Public Auction, (FOR ACCOUNT, OF THE CONCERNE),

SATURDAY,

Ind December, 1918, at 10:45 am, at their Salon Rooms, No. 9, Des Voeux Eoad, Corner of Téo House Stroot, A CONSIGNMENT OF

HOUSEHOLD LINENS,

Comprising

Ladies' and Gents, Handkerchiefs, Bamisk Table Cloths and Serviétion to tch, Linen Damask Table Cloths, Tarkish Towels, Bath Towels, Bleached eeting, Hemstitched Sheets, Double Warp Sheets, Embroidered Pillow Cases, Lace Curtains.

fow lots of Double Bed, Heavy Witney Blankote, and at 11.45 am.

A small consignment of JAPANESE BRASS WARE Comprising:-

Brass Jardinieres (large and simsil), Benas Vases, Finger Bowla, eta, eta,, old,

Catalogues will be inunod.'",

Temes: Cash

HUGHES & BOUGH,

"Auctioneers

Hongkong, Nov. 22, 1916.

PUBLIO AUCTION

00

WEDNESDAY,

"the 29th November, 1816, at 11 am

at the Kowloon Wharf and Clodown Co. Premises, 375 BALES, GUNNY BAGS HEAVY CEES 2 LBS. Unless previously disposed of. Tre:d, and

“HUGHES & HOUGE,

Auctioneers. Hongkong Nov. 34, 1918.

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PARIS, NOV. 251 Details are published of the great air raid on November 2nd, the resulta of which were most import ant

....

The object was to, deprive the Germans of their line of communica- tions fifty kilometres behind their front, where intense activity had Previously been noted by our recon- noitring airships.

The operation was entrusted to a British squadron of 18 machines, escorted by 12 ahasers, seven of which were French.. The squadron carried four tons of bombs and were favoured with splendid "weather.

TRAIN FULL OF TROOPS :

BOMBED.

They reached a certain ailway Bug thl of trains and material which they bombed. Then they arrived at a big railway station where were two trains; one full of troops, the other full of material. Great greite ment was observed... CENTRAL STATION BUILDING

SET ON FIRE:

An enemy squadron "ithmediately attacked but were put to fight by

A Ramanian communiqué says: The to-morrow will present an ultimatum at Islaz and demanding the delivery of the arms enemy landed troope "Zimmita north of which place their recently asked for by Admiral advance has been arrested

The Royalist section of the Army ENEMY OCCUPIES DANUBE

is determined to 'resist 'even if the ISLANDS

King orders the surrender of the

·Fournet.

Árin 5.

A Bulgarian communiqué states----- Near Ghighan, Grehoro, Lam and Vidin, The Allies have accordingly taken

appropriate measures. we occupied islands in the Danube.

A RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE.

A Russian communique states:

In the Alt Valley the enemy energeti cally attacked and pressed back, the Rumanians towards the south of Kali-:

neat and Maidarasht

GERMAN NAVAL RAID FRUSTRATED.

The enemy from Crsiora compelled SIX, DESTROYERS MAKING FOR the Rumanians to retire behind the Rivar Olten

The Gormane, have crossed the Danube near Zimnitra.

RUMANIAN BATTALIONS CUT OFF.

LATER.

A German communiqué states: The Rumanian resistance is broken on the Lower Olt.

We crossed the river there. Rumanian battalions, cut off from the main army, are stubbornly resisting.

North-east of Turzusoverin the forces of the Central Powers, after crossing the Danube gained a foot- ing in Rumanian territory.

THE BALKANS.

the chasers who brought down one ITALIAN ADVANCE CONTINUES. Meanwhile the bombarder dropped

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LONDON, Nov, 25.

116280 bombs on the station and pre- cincts. A series of explosions was distinctly beard, while an immerse A French communiqué states that sheet of flazas armes above the central the Italians continue to advance station bulding and smoke darkened west of Monastir. the sky for a long time.

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

st

On

FRIDAY,

the 1st December, 1918, commencing

4.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 6

Des Yarux Road, Corner of Io

House Street,

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c Comprising :- Carpets And Rugs, Sideboards, Dinne" waggon at Dining Tables and Chairs,

Chesterfold. Sofsa, “Arm-chairs, &c., Teakwood Twin Be's, Wardrobes and Toilet Tables, Double and Single Bra mounted Bedsteads & Miscellaneous Farnitura, Blackwood Ware, Pianos, a faw lots Porcelains &c, Pantry, Bath Room and Kitchen Utensilu,

30..

S Alm

&c.

A few lots of Turkish Towels, Bath Towels, Brass Vases, Brass Finger Bowls (Full Particulars féhm Catalogue.)| Tam -Cash

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers. Hongkong, Nov. 25, 1916.

PUBLIO AUCTION.

1270

THE Undersigned have received in-

to sell by Public Auction,

Tractions from The Carcorned

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" on

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SATURDAY,

the 2nd December, '1918, at -

MUNITIONS TRAIN BOMBED"

Despite anti-aircraft guns the squadron got away but the work was unfinished. Following the railway: line "they arrived at an important supply station just when a muni tions train was. coming in. Descend. ing to 300 metres the squadron dropped 50 bombs, completely destroying the train.

CONVOYS ATTACKED BY

"MACHINE-GUNSITY"

The raiders then attacked with machine-guns and revolver-guns motor-car convoys which were on the point of leaving. The soldiers were thrown in a panic and fled in all directions.

RETURN TO BASE INTACT. Enemy air-squadrons attacked and Out an exciting battle ensued. squadron put out of action two hostile machines and arrived at our base intact.

́BRITISH 'NAVAY AIRCRAFT'S EXPLOITS AT DILLINGEN.

LONDON, NOT 93

A French communiqué states that British Naval Aircraft dropped a ton of bombs on blast-furnaces at Dillinge with good effect; and brought down an enemy aeroplane,

10.45 am, at their Bales Rooms, Nos" dan "data" 1970

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Tca Hoos. SET,

* A NUMBER OF

LADIES' EVENING GOWNS These Gowns are recently imported and are of the latest fashions,

Terms:-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH

Auctioneers. Hongkong, Nov. 24 1016..

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TAE Undersigned have received. In Tandem sit by Public Auction, (FOR ADCOUNT # THE GOMOHLINKD),

AN EARLY DATETTAVA

The following LIGHTHOUSE GEAE

One occulting apparatas complete

Girvalmy wick lampe.

Spara burners, DA BO

Cylinders and wicks.

Incandescent. Potrol spurtenances

Mogring

A number of Locomotive,

Further particulars ray be obt

from the undersigned

FOR SALE

HE Undersigned have received in-

structions toisella W

(FOR ACCOUNT OF ZIL CONCERNED Opo Tws-Soxter "TRUMEUIL MOTOR CAR, T recently overhauled and in good Thomas running order

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned,

·Taxis :----24 usual

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BUGBES & HOUGH,"

TORPEDOED HOSPITAL.

SHIPS.

*BRATE BOY ECOUTE.

LONDOy, Nov. 25. In contrast with the German statement that the Britannic, was not forpedoed, the Kieler Zeitung,

a well-informed Naval paper, says

GENERAL BARRAIL THINKS

TROOPS."

LONDON, Nov. 25. Reuters correspondent at the Allied Headquarters in Macedonia reports:→

General Sarrail, in thanking the troops, says abounding wit

1977 4 The Serbian frit opened the

the road, and their sustained hortat permitted the capture of Monastir.

The legendary courags-of-the- Russians never failed.

The British till today have had thankless work on a defensive "front. They have not spared their efforts and have fulfiled their role with

honour.

RAMSGATE.

Lobos, Nor. 25.

An Admiralty communiqué atates that during the night of the 23rd 24th inat. six German destroyers attempted to approach the north end of the Downs..

The enemy were seen by a patrol vessel, and steamed off after firing twelve rounds.

There were no casualties, but drifter was slightly damaged.

The open town of Ramsgate was

untouched.

"

LATEST.

The Germans claim that in the Channel raid they san o patrol vessel and bombarded the fortified place Ramsgate. They saw nothing of the British Fleet and withdraw safely to their home base.

A NEW -ZEPPELIN WRECKED.

ONLY, ONE SURVIVOR.

AMERICA AND GERMAN PLEDGES.

** SITUATION DELICATE.”

like an inmate of a tes-house. Her face was foarfully mutilated, all the Angora, cf the right hand were gone, and thers wors halt a dozen gaping wounds in tha baak. where she had been stabbed Later on, the murdered woman was' identified as the mistress of a tee-house at Fukuhara named Naiki Suye, 45 years, who used to visit the shrine daily.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Officials state that while the situation is delicate nothing can be As a result of careful examination done concerning the resumption of the surreadings where the murder toor ruthless submarine warfare by Gerplass, it is used that the wome. many until all the evidence is star ending the fast-flight of stonë. gathered; but a severance of diple steps, was on the mat placed in front matic relations will follow any of the shrine, and was engaged in worship violation of German pledges.

AMERICA ́AND MEXICO.

WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN TROOPS FROM MEXICO.

ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 25 The Maxican-American Commission have signed & Protocol providing for the withdrawal of the American troops from Maxico and the formation of a border patrol by the respective Armies each on its own aide within forty days of the ratification of the Protocol.

THE BILTER MARKET.

when the 'murderer made his appearance from the back of the shrine. Escape-was well-nigh impossible, as the shrine bulit on the side of a hill, and is resched by three flights, of steps, but the poor

woman

sema to have entered what -resistance she could in the circumstances.

Probably during the struggle that ensued Suyo grasped at the murderer's aword', and in doing so all the fingers of her right band were cut of,

...

The execution of the crime must have been awith and sudden, as it is stated that no more than half an hour elapsed from the time the murdered woman lett her rainoosh at the shrine-keeper's till the latter's mother noticed a man coming. down the steps from the shrine, I certain that this man was the murderer, in view of the shocking discovery that LONDON, Nov. 95.

followed. After cutting down his helpless. Masera Montaga's report states that and inoffensive victim the murderer orders have not been confined to mint carried the body behind the shrine, in age, but have embraced orders for general purposes at home and on theer to avoid immediate detection, and Continent and also for the Indian made of.

Meantime, the homicida! lunatic of bizirs. The unfavourable views taken in India caused a bear position in Mikage, who escaped from confinemen!" the London market which, in view of in a relative's house & few days ago and the statistical position, is not without is suspected to be the perpetrator of the danger. It is unchallengahla that the double murder-at-Kisano-cho, still running- condition of the market is sounder than at large. In these circumstances, fol at the time of the spectacular movements consturally people are inclined to in May. Since then the Chinese stock attribute the murders at Bitaner and has been greatly reduced and America Yumeno to the homicidal frenzy of this has been relieved of the accumulationsanine, bror, whom is sects the polios then axisting there. The Indian currency should have exercised more effective com figures show a declining tendency trol. Certainly the extraordinary brutality. Silver" often does the unexpected, but the situation is, such that further advances are to be expected before the close of the year.

OBITUARY.

SIR HIRAM MAXIM.

LONDON, Nav, 25. The death is announced of Sir Hirani AMSTERDAM, Nov. 26.

Stevens Maxim, ste of the firm of Travellers hom Munich report Vickers, Sona &: "Maxim" that a Zeppelin was completely... wrecked in a storm on the 21st inst while on its maiden voyage from Friederichaven to Wilhelmshaven.

It fell in a wood.

There was only one survivor out of a craw of 28.

AUSTRALASIAN WOOL.

LONDON, Nov. 25.

The War Ofice has announced that an agreement has been reached with the Australian and New Zealand Govern manta.for the purchase of Colonial wool- The Italians will always be remem-clips. The details of the scheme show bered for their great deeds in the that they will bundle this season's Alps.

production.

LATER The French are proud of having ,been at your bead

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May the present be the prelude to greater successes !”-

THE WESTERN FRONT.

THE BRITISH FRONT.

ARTILLERY AND AERIAL ACTIVITY.

It is estimated that £30,000,000 sterling is involved in the purchase of wool-clip; while a scheme for the purchase of the meat output involves £40,000,000.-

COMMONWEALTH' GOVERNMENT TO TAKE OYER MINES.

displayed in all these murders tends to point to the probability of their being committed by the same hand. There is -another-circumstance which is polated....... out by local" Sherlock Holmesen AS, KIT important link connecting these murders. The Mikage fanatic, Triye Saburo, ie the son of a former chief priests the Mirume Shrine and therefore shrines have been associated with his childhood memories. Both murders this week ware committed near shrines. The victims of the Kitano tragedy were murdered near the Ichinomiya Shrine, while the second

"RIGHT HON. CHARLES BOOTH, murderous, outrage was actually con

P.C.

LONDON, Nov. 35. The death is announce of the Right Hon. Charles Booth, P.C.

mitted on temple ground. There are said to be other circumstances which poins to the strong probability of the murders ́ si Kitano and Yumeno baing the work of the same reckless hand

¡TÁSY BOGI, KW ̈ZZUws of the Yumeno tragedy was received by the police statiqme im Kobe, a strong force of police was.desailed

SHOCKING MURDER NEAR from all the stations, the hill In which

KOBE.

WOMAN WORSHIPPER BUTCHERED

AT A SHRINE.

HOMICIDAL MANIAC AT LANGE.

the murderer le supposed to have takes refuge.. has been surrounded; and thorough search is being made.

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Importers-Exportera

While the perpetrator of the recent double murder in Kitano-cho, Kobey has not yet bocis arrested, and the polica ure king strenuous efforts to trace tho homicidal maniac, Inge Sabur, who is Commission Agents

suspected of the crime, Kobe people bava been startled by the news of the murder of another woman at Yumeno, says tha *Japan Chronicla magi

I appear that at about four o'clock on Friday afternoon party of four men,

MELBOURNE, NOV 250 their way to visit the Himuro shrian LONDON, Nov. 25.

at Yumeno, which is some distance shove It is anticipated that the Cozzi Kobe Prison, and situated in lonely and General Sir Douglas Fisig, ipa com- muniqué, states-There was hostile monwealth Government, under ita, unfrequently surroundings amid dump artillerying in the neighbourhood of war powers, will take over cu 27 of old cedar trees, noticed what seemed. Les Boguis and D'Fancourt

inst. the work of the mines; grant to be bloodstains washed by 'rala, ** Fro Our artillery dispersed infantry southing the man's demands pending seeding towards the shrine the men were startled to Bnd several freshly-covered human fingers lying in the road. Tracing

ward of Puisieux

Five enemy aeroplanes vero destroy-

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ed, several were driven down damaged, MUSSIAN MINISTERIAL CHANGES, the blood-stains they proceeded till and three of ours are missing

QUIET ON THE FRENCH FRONT/

HOTEL PARIS, Nov. 25:

A communiqué states-Quiet pre vails on the whole frontare

PETROGRAD, Nov. 25.

further unit at last they discovered the terribly multilated body of a woman, 'about 40 yests of age, lying behind the shrine

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M Hematoff, Assistant Forei

on the edge of a clit. The horrified then JAPANESE MAKERS, Minister, takes over the Ministry reported their discovery to the shrina- replacing M. Sturmer, who reper, who lives at some distance from

Two Garmin seroplanes were falled bined this portfolio with the Premier the shifts, and also conveyed infórma.

she was torpedoed because the car-A TRIBUTE TO THE INDIAN ARMY, ried troops.

ATHENS, NOT, 25. The Braemer Castle was torpedoed aixty miles east of where the Britannic was torpedoed

ship.we

CRITICISM OF THE LATE

PREMIER

[tion to the polits?

The police soon strived on the scene) and were a little later joined by Pro carator Csada, of the Hobe Chiho The newspapery dwell on the saibanako, and the Follos docter. - They failure of M. Stearmer's attempt to made a careful examination of the body revive bureaucratism and say it is

THE DINISH WEST INDIES.

COUGHING INTO CONSUMPTION

QUEEN ALEXANDRA FRESENTS A. FLAG AND SHIELD.

only 20 tags and and padres LONDON, Nov. 23.

az open secret that his relations with and of the spot where the murder was It is believed that there was only Queen Alexandra, escorted by Mr the Allied representatives left much committed. The deceased was apparently

We are over 40 years of age, and was diné one victim Mine-sweepers and Austen Chamberlain, recaiyed the flag to be desired. T destroyers transported the survivors and shield from representatives of the to the island of Byra

League of Empire, in the presence of a Seventeen English Boy Scouts on distinguished gathering of - Indiaa the Britannic behaved most Edroie-Princes and officers, who were present

A REFERENDUM. ally. One waited calmly at the ed to Her Majesty. The latter gracious door of a cabin while an officer was,ly accepted the fag and shield, and handed them to Sir Pertab Singh, Ay

COPENHAGER, NOT-25 £7 collecting documents Another

The question of the sale of the helped to launch bosts. A third ingon word Esce custata 5 Hongkong! Now: 10, 1819 112y descended three deel It gives me the greatest pleasure to Danish West Indies to the United present you on behalf of the women States is to be decided by a referen and children of the Empire, this shield duz on December 14th. Damsh and flag as a thuate to the brave Indian Army for their brillant services in this people of both sexes will vote, great war. Let me assure you of my constant and grest admiration for the splendid Indian Army, which has done such wonderfully gallant deeds sil through this trying time, and also my heartfelt appreciation of its never-fil ing loyalty and devotion, formerly to my beloved husband, and now towards ouri

MARTIN,

to get water for all officer. When he returned He Zound that the boat had been ordered off, but the plast officers aboard the ship took him off in their boat.

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