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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1916.

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AUCTIONS.

PUBLIC AUUTION,

Hughes & Hough THE Undersigned have received in

AUCTION KIES TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Amotioneers hare, Coal and General Produca Brokers and Commission, Agents.

PROPRIETORS *ToKwa-Wan' Coal Storage.

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Telegraphje Address

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PUBLIC

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HONGKONG.

AUCTION.

HE Undersigned have received in- structions from the Hon. The Director of Public Works to sell by Public Auctico,

añ

WEDNESDAY,

the 13th December, 1916, commencing at 10.30 am, at the Government Store, Balleck Lane, Wanchai,

A QUANTITY OF KISCELLANEOUS STORES, &c. As follows:-

structions to sell by Fablic Acction, (For Account of the Concerned),

THURSDAY,

1

the 14th December, 1918, st.. 9.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,

A`QUANTITY OFTM HIGH CLASS IRISH GOODS,

|:-- Comprising :-- Bleached Sheeting, Hemstitched Sheets Embroidered and Frilled Pillow Cases, Turkish Towels, Large Bath Towels Bath Sheets, Huckaback Towels, Damask Table Cloths with Begriettes to Match, Cushiona, Glass Cloths, Dust Sheets, &c., &c...

(Full Particulars from Catalogue). TRAMA :—Caah,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Avictioneers. Hongkong, Dec. 9, 1818.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

THE WOMAN FROBLEM IN out, a conscience," he called in the war that baru 'ban so

Germany, they feel that they are helping gagged,

GERMANY.

YAGARIES OF THE ETERNAL FEMININE..

effectively

tionary meetings are whimpered trans mouth to mouth by the women strading in the fond lines, waiting for their potatoes, morning bread half-pound of meat weekly, and the other ticketed ['supplies, for the war has produced. among the lower third of the population of woming a distinctly revolutionary feeling.

to fight a war for the defence of thair The notices summoning sotti-revali- home and their children, and the oynics at the dorman Foreign Office, who want facture their opinions for thom, rub this in in sermons from the pastors, novels, newspaper articles, faked Kinema Alms, PAGE FROM THE SECRET HISTORY garbled extracts from Allied newspapers, books, and bogus photographs, Reichstag orations by Bethmann-Hallweg, and the [BY D. THOMAS, CUETIN IN "TER TIMEs."]reas of it, not forgetting the all-important lectures by the professors, who are their efforts all over unceasing in Germany.

OF BERLLY.

The handling of the always difpult question of the stormal feminine was firmly tackled by the German Govern ment almost immediately after the out-ia break of war...

In dealing with this many-sided pro blem they have been, on the whole, successful. Mistakes have been made, but they have not been the mistake of dolay.

To understand the differences between the situation here and in Germany it is necessary first to have a little under. standing of the German woman sad her

Americans,

To show how little the truth of the war understood by the German women, I may mention an incilant, that occurred at the house of people of the official aless at which I was visiting one day.

The eldest son, who was just back from the Somme tranche, suffering from alight shell-shock, brought home a copy of a Fondon ilustrated paper, which bed been thrown across the trenches by the English. In this photograph, there was ■' picture of a long procession of German prisoners captured by the English.

The daughter of the house, a well-read

There women do not pay the stention they formerly did to the bell ringing and lag displays which ars ordered by the Goverment on.every possible occaaign, such as the safe arrival of the submarine Deutschland så. Baltimore, it return to Bremom, and the first succose against Rummnia.

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Before this success the same, feeling was rising up again, which roso just before August 1st, and unless the Garmana can achieve some, material success before Christmasy I venture to prophesy that it will rise once more..

The Interesting truth is that the women are the chief promoters of this areat, The unfortunate fact is that xa", the Government is in possession of the

contral.

With you and with 1312 woman is treated as something apart, girl of nineteen, blazed up at the sight of machine guns, it has little real bearing on something on a pedestal. In Germany this photograph, and showed 19 to her, the war so long se the Army is ander and in Austria the situation is reversed.mother, who was equally drprised. The The German men: case his home-se a sua of the house remarked. Surely you place to eat and sleep in, and ba waited know the English have taken a great upon. The attitude of the German many privonera 25** *. woman towards the man is nearly, always that of ske obedient humble servant to command.

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

FRIDAY,

the 18th December, 1916, commencing at 2.30 pm, as their Sales Kocms, No. 8, Des Your Road, Corner of Ice House Street- HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

Comprising:- Carpets and Bags, Sideboards, Dinner Waggon, etc.. Dining Tables and Chairs, Cheitarhald Sofas, Arm-chairs, &, Wardrobes and Toilet Tables, Double sad Single Brass-mounted Bodsteads, &s., Miscellaneous Furniture, Binakwood Ware, Pianosy few los Porcelains, &, Fantry, Bath Roum and Kitchen Utensils, Peram-

If husband and wife are out shopping it is often enough the wife who carries the parcele. In entering any public place the middle class man walks first and the wife dutifully follows.

The

The women had never heard. H, and were dumbfounded, When you come to think of it. I wonder het aftan you have seen a reference to losa of prisoners in ary German communique. The Garmans conceal the Jeet prisoners just as they conceal the real death-roll.ie

While there are an increasing number of doubters among the German mankind as to the accuracy of statements isaced by the Government, in the class with

On the whole, the efforts of the German woman have almost doubled the national output of war energy. Except in Berlin there are very few idle women, and these which I mostly came into contact in The Germany, the women are blindfold and only among the newly-rich class.

in believe, all they are told, my women of the upper classes, both

either in i So strong, too, la, the influence of Germany and Austria, are hospitals or are making comforts for the Government propaganda on the people in Germany that in a town where I met two troops, or are in munition factories.

Women have alwaze aprked harder in English ladies married to Germans, they Germany and at more kinds of work than believed that Germany bat Verdua in har grasp, had annihilated the English here, and what, judging by your illustrated papers, seems to be a covelty troops (mainly black) on the Borome, A few lots of Turkish Towels, Bath-the engagement of women in agrical had defeated the English Fleet in the reduced the greater part of the farti Towels, Brass Vases, Brass Finger Bowltural and other pursitis just the battle of Skagersck (Jutland), and

(Full Particulars from Catalogus.)

fications, docks, and monition fsetecies TERMS:-Cash.

of London to ruirs. by Zeppelins.

Also

India Rubber, and Brass Scrap, Insulated Copper Wire (Scrap), Glass Sheets (various sizce) a large assortment of Tiles, Flushing Cisterns with Brackets,bulator and Child's Cot. Flanges, Stop Cocks, Sockets, Plugs, Bendis Valves, &c, India Rubber and Leather Plugs and Washers, Assorted Packing. Chandeliers, Electroliers, Pendants. &c., with Shades for me, Cast Iron Ripes (variona sizes) Scrap Telephone Wire, Tar Eoiler, Wrought and Cast Iron Scrap, &o, &a, &c.

On view day of Sale.

Tare:-Cash

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers to the Government.

Hongkong, Dec. 9, 1918.

PUBLIC AUCTION."

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HE Undersigned have received instruc

done to will by Public Auction,

(For Account of the Osncerned),

Co

WEDNESDAY,

the 20th December, 1918, at 9.30 p.m.,

at their Sales Rooms, No. 5,1

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street,

A Varied Assortment of

XMAS TOYS,

And

A Consignment-of

IMAS CRACKERS,

Al30

Cna Doll's House Furnished,

ko. &c.

&c Terms --Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, Dec. a, 1918,

PUBLIO AUCTION.

$4.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers

Hongkong, Dec. 8, 1918-

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natural way of things in Germany.

It should always be remembered, when estimating German manpower and Gor man ability to hold out, that the bulk of the work of civil life is being done by prisoners and women, A German woma PUBLIC,

and a prisoner of war, usually a Ruasian, working side by side in the fields in a THE Undersigned, have received in-common aight throughout Germany,

stractions to sell by Public Auction, (FOB ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED).

AUCTION.

AN EARLY DATE

One occulting apparatus, complete.

Circular wick lampa.

Sparo barners.

ORGANISING WOMEN'S WORK.

Their anguish, for the fato, of their English relations was sincere, and they were intensely hopeful that England would accept any sort of terms of panca in order to prevent the invasion, which soce people in Germany still balleve possible.

At the beginning of the war the click of the knitting needle was board every

As if what has been already accom plished is not sufficient, you will have where in Germany Shop girls knitted

It must not be supposed, however, that the life of feminino Germany is entirely gloomy round of duty, sed suffering.. Among the women of the poor things ars us bad as they can be. They are getting higher wages than ever, but the food usury and the blockade rob them of the Increase.

The middle and upper classes still devote a good deal of time to the feminine pursuits of whopping and dressing The outbreak of war hit the fashions as a curious moment Parie had just aban doped the tight skirt, and a comical. struggle took placa between the Govern mont and those women who desired to be correctly gowned.

The Government said, "In order to avoid waste of material, you must stick to the tight skirt," and the amount of cloth allowed was carefully prescribed. Women's desire to be in the mode was. however, too powerful for eren Pros sianism.

Coples of French fashion magazines were smuggled in from Paris maker to dresamaker, and house to house, through Switzerland, passed from drese- 3d despite the military instructions and the leather shortage, wide skirta and high boots began to appear everywhere,

DERMAN FASHIONS.

This feminine bullition was followed by an appeal from the Government to abandon allenismy example and to institute Lew German fashions of their own making. Models were exhibited in shop windows of what were called the ald and elegant Y Viennese fashions.**:

read last week that all the German people while waiting for customers, women These, however, were found to be grea The following LIGHTHOUSE GEAR of both sexes are to be organised against"in trams and trains, ae etica,sumers of material, and the wom

you, so that there shall not to the waste in churches, and, of course, in the home. still continued to imitate Paris.. of a single pair of hands, if possible.

The matter is to be taken, up, as you will have read, by soldiers and others of distinction. Von Stein, for example, in consegnence of his failure on the Somme, has been brought back to Berlin, where it is believed he will have a great deal A quantity of gear pertaining to to do with the man-power part of the Mooring Buoys,

Cylinders and wicks.

Incandescent Petrol Lamps,

appurtenances

Axies.

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And

Also

and

A number of Locomotive wheats and Further particulars may be obtained trom the undersigned

Terms

as usual.

BOGIES & BOUGH.

Auptimeers

Honglong. Ảng 4, 1973,

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FOR SALE

THE Undersigned have received in- Tractions to sell by Public Auction,

(FOR ACCOUNT, OF: ZHE: CONCERNED).

..." ob

WEDNESDAY,

the 7th December, 1916, at II. at their To Kwa Wa Godowns, Balvaged Cargo ex. 88. "WISLEY,"

Comprising data About 400 drums of Caustic Soda. About 15 drums "Napthalins Flake. About 60 casks of Carbonate of Ammonia

About 90 cases of Oxide of Iron.” Twenty Braiding Machines, “for covering electric cable.".

Three small Electric Motorz Eight machines and parts for cotton winding, (these are suitable for use in knitting factories), PDA One Marble Switchboard. One Starting Regulator in cast iron

Nina direct current starting switches

Anmsterstat

scheme.

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BOOKING AS MOUTRIE'S.

PRICES:

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"UALA NIGHT, Dress, Cirila Centrs Sesta... $10

Remainder of House

FOLLOWING NIGHTS

Dress Circle.

Stalls ***

Pit

Soldiers and Sailors Half Pri

At 9 p.m. Sharp.

Economy.

With LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, a few drops only are necessary to give a delicious and appetizing flavour to the plainest disf

A far larger quantity of cheaper sauce fails to give the same satisfaction..

the signature

Lea

Perrin

hersex. Use radi ladet 'on every bottle.

The original and genuine Worcestershire

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My own position with regard to theer discussions was one of great difficulty, and

The Imitting is cousing now for the rary. The day before I left Berlin I heard on practical resson that the military amasing conversation in the underground bar na possible Landesroured to avoid authorities have commandeered all the milway between two women, one of whom them, opening my mouth as little as wool that got through your blockade, for was talking about her hat. She told her possible in railway and other restaurante, the clothing of the soldiery. The other friend that she found the picture of the lost my accent betray me, although my reason for the stoppage of such needle hat in a saunggled festion paper, and had rule was to enter into as many conversa work in the fact that women are engaged it made at her milliners, and eba, was tops se possible, but to do so with great

obviously very pleased with her taste, in countless forms of definite war work.

The women in the munition factories, I bave now been sufficiently long in. England to compare the diffrent attitude who number millions, wear a serviceable of English and German women in regard kind of uniform overall to the war."

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Argumenta with German women about the war are absolutely futile. Too Allies have just scored successes on the West.

The venom of the German women in a front and on the Carso. The Garm regard to the war is quite in contrast woman, who, after their own mathod, with the feeling expreased by English follow the war, very alosely, will blindly ladies. German, women have read a great beliegs, that these defonts are toctical!

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Gamah authorities are utilising every kind of woman. The social evil, against which the Bishop of London and others are agitating here, was effectively dealt

Upon the whole it is beyond question with by the German authorities, not only that the German women are not standing for the sake of the health of the troope, the bosses as well as you. I have been but in the interest of munitions. Women honoured here in England in the inat e deal about English and American women rearrangements of positions, dictated by 964 of doubtful character wore first told, that weeks by conversations with more than and they cordially detest them the wisdom of the General Staff, and so if found in the neighbourhood of barracks one lady who has lost heavily in dear Their point of view is very dificult to keng as no Allled troops are upon German When I have told German soll, long will the German populaća they were liable to be arrested, and when ones. The attitude is quieter hers than explain. so found were immediately removed to in Germany, and is not followed by the women that in many States in my coun- believe in the invincibility of its army

I am speaking always of the middle and to Goo Link Foged by ALEKO The

Bytes 21 Zrcátaden Scenet, London, their zative places, and, put into the peace talk which such events produca in try yomon, have yotes, their truly in.

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1. Their attitude towards upper classes, who are on the whole but THE Undersigned have received in neatent cartridge filling or other shop.

Agents:AB: Watson & Co. Id structions to sell

the whole queation of women's franchise with, increasing exceptions, an intensely The double effect has bean an increased

gillarryzmu wɔh Hongkang is, that it is a form of American lacs of pro-war as the lower classes are anti-war. output of mimitions for the army and

INTENSITY OF WOMEN'S HATE. What surprises me here is the fact that culture and lack of authority. Increased health for the soldier, and such scenes ga eno, may witness in Piccadilly, the word "peace" is hardly ever man- The freedom accorded to English and The neglect, and in some case-ndusel, or other London streets, at night have tioned anywhere, whereas in any German American girla is misunderstood. It is to attend the English wounded, by Ger been effectively. quelched by the strong railway train er tramear the two dominant regarded as a form of laxity of morals, man purses are a sign both of their own Prussian hand, with beneft to all on words are Frieda (peace) and Essen Many of the old-fashioned German folk fatensity of Lealing in regard to the was

forbid their daughters playing lawn tennis and their entirely different mentality. cozuede quadrille out to do.((food).

Again and again I have heard Greeman I za not speaking of German momis The peace le always a German Ides of because they regard it as indecent.

[FOX ACCOUNT OF THE COMCKAY&D),

Ood Two Seater !!! TRUMBULL MOTOR CAR, recently overhauled, and in geod running.order.

Fall particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.zi

Tapas de stavak"

BUGHES & BOUGH,

Auctioneers"... Hongkong, Nov. 10, 2016.

useful munition makers.

German households.

ASON (PRICE AND FOOD.

AUCTIONS.

PUBLIC, AUCTION."

WEDNESDAY,

in general, which are notorious. I marely peace for the extreme grumblers do not A Dutch girl who, in the presence of woman shy. In the event of a successTHE Undersigned has received in- state the practical way the Germans turn talk freely in public and the food talk some German ladies, expressed admira ful German Invasion of England

structions from the Hongkong and 1933 the women of doubtful character into is not always the result of the shortage, tion for certain aspects of English women will accompany themes, and Kowloon, Wharf and Godown Co, Ltd

but of the great difficulty in getting what feminine life, was feronly and venomously teach the women of England thap war to sell by Public Agction The lot of the German woman has been is to be obtained, together with the attacked by that never failing wespon, the war." Their remarks in regard to the much more diftenly than the lot of the increasing monotony of the dist.

German woman's tongue. Ni mwen of my own country are equally The poor thing, who mildly expressed calenstre. Indeed, States that Germay The feeling of German women of the woman in the Allied sountries, for upon her has fallen the great and increasing lower classes come to rise and fall in the view that hockey was a good game regards, as neutral, and who are treated burden of the struggle to get enough to curves, changing apparently about every for girls, and the fice complections and the officially controlled. German Freas sat for her household

three months. There was a great curvo elegant walk of English women were due with certain amount of repeat are In practically, all classes of Germany it of rebellion talk, food talk, and pesce to outdoor sports, was reduced almost to loathed by German women. Their Atti- hse been the custom of the German to talk in July. Immediately following the tears to metade, be that all who are not on their, come Lame from his work, whether in s Somme, offensive, the losses in which

CAN YOU THREAD A NEEDLE

Holding The Thread. An Inoh From The End 7 Not To Be Able To Do This is A Sign Of An Over

wrought NerFORE: Condition

The intolerance of German women is side are their enemies, Government office, bank, or factory for ware not known for some weeks, but almost impossible to express. I know a American women who are making shells his mid-day meal, usually followed by anwhich trickled through gradually, the case of one young girl, German-Ameri- for the British, French, and, Radians are hour's sleep began the agitation for the groot man cen, whose parents retumed to Hamburg, just as much the enemies of many s THERE's only one way to correct The Gerraan man is often a greedy tion strike which was to have taken place who declined to repeat the ridiculous the Allied soldiers and sailors

this. Your must reach the cause of fellow as regards meala. For him special on Angust st

German formia, Goto strade England, argument offen wood is Elad to be strictly the trouble Just because your hand

The dimensions of was proposed and with the result pentral America whopld mare no muni follow that: food is always provided, and the and

Bificen cases of Spare parts for Over-trouble hoc

Sand A lot of spans gear wheels, and beari Laga for the same make of carvi

land Cam (La--springs, urlés, clutches, |as| roller bearings, mödguards," whacha, are tot

* They do not know that nothing goes on properly, but the stay at homes, who are

in any part of the body that every other all men gear, 45

know of The get the best part does not instantl

of this sympathy is familarly. Face

to the 10 to 15 mls are very flustastod, by,

ch, indigestion fow Indeed. neuralgia, st, NDAN the

Atribuna irtar may not be the sent the troi

Germany Bvary Chrə Alespiestas, nervousness, even dreameras war

18, 35 & EVInpathetic strike" by bea

Immediately, following this sale the part

undermentioned cargo

the profiles of the

loon Wheel and Glöck

100 boxes of Tin Plates

100 casos of Black

and Shoc

view front. Monday:

borders. Godawn' ba? Krom the

be sold

y the Germans, i balf the, American [ direction, the pay of the childega, sin roupa patlatly catching him seem to have, boen, allocdely amoodled that spot to her paint to das cole slope at all, but is would hop be so bad, body has or

full of what is known ab Ha erpecs, special food today, by the German ocpsonship. I found try agad, m

wspapers Thers is a motion here that the Gott ammunition went to Germany - zna, bista The soldier of pouse, is getting it, and little shoot in the English that such nerves aris

did cead mirate ogland cry has costed in Ger the Alle

mentem evalu bout my temper once by saying to obe which reached Berlin, but, wha

Bethany. I found no sign of Its lessening lads, under 10 till were isolated fragments,

edicely red food Frau, Since you have Kainer's appeal to the people on August and to it has been added such food as cap

"the latter being even more beaten the English abses, why don'b you Ja, which, it be referred to, will be Amerika,

hips to fetch is 2 Our your fand to include a special sppeal to the popular with the German woman then and rom

workers. No one in England seems to the German men

front," he said, too busy.

are sals, hiding many know abod this important avement The poster professors, and the Proms English, Flas

there was havs told the German women that their What happened was that ignificant movement of machine guze husbande anns and keras sea baina this to all points of danger mich as the Moshisidled by Aseircap shall man who seat digirict of Berlin, sad Spandau, together ought to know better, like Prince Rupazi warnings Egilst so-called of Bavaria, ses public statement that

The German Government hall of the Alias” ummpunition "án. period of anes

and the can.

Verres and stomach

lowering of the generat

this kind, nothing is more grateful compes than the help and strengte ding gow

femarkable discovery called

nothing but praise sho

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the 13th December 1918 commencing a2 pm at their No & Wharf,

2 Leon Sheer Legs $0 ft, long

Iron Strats or Fick Legs, 64 ft. long,

va Iron Guides for Strata, 12.

Bed Gates for Sheer Legs

These

To be sold in cue lot.

Large Turnbuckles

legs were capable of lifting 20 tons-

36 Three Bheave Iron Blocks, with

6 Spam Shed panty

One Hoisting: Engine (Grafton & Co)

!

for the Sheer Legs, working pressure 80 T

Ons Storm Wisch (Howarth Ers

& Cay suitable for ship, used hsal back for theers, working

• sænktúra 100 lb

One Length of Old Cable Chain. Ninety fix fathama 811⁄2 Wirel One Lot of Old Wire, various leng On view How.

TEET

Déc. 7, 1918.

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