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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1916

Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONEERS TO TER, GOVERNMENT.

General Auctioneers

Share, Coal and General Produce Brokers and Commission)

Agents.

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To-Kwa-Wan" Coal Storago.

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Ac. 4th & 8th Editions. A 1. Telegraphic Code.

T'alegraphie Addres XILION EORIONG

PUBLIC AUCTION.

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THE Undersigned have received inletes

tions to sell by Pablls Auction,' (FOR LOCOUNT OF THE CONGRELIED)},

SATURDAY,

the 30th December, 1916, at 10.30 1.m., at their Salon Rooms, No. 8, Da Vaux Road, Cornar of

→Ice Humse Street,-

A QUANTITY pr VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE, Bimored to Sales Rooms for Convenience of Sale.

Including Glass and Crockery Ware Pictures, etc., 3 Small Brass-mounted Korean Boxes, Sundry Vases, Bowls and, Candlesticks, Silver-mounted Goods, etc., etc.

Tertia :---Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGE,

Auctioneers, "Hongkong, Dec. 21, 1918.

PUBLIC

AUCTION.

1357

THE Undersigned have received in- strections to sell by Public Auction-

·(FUK 'AUCOUNT OF THE 'CONCERNED)

THURSDAY,

the 4th January, 1918, commencing

WHAT NERVOUS MEN

NEED.

Blero, everywhere, are many man with nervous systems urgently in need of battertone. The feeling of exhase tion affecting such men is the result of thin blood, which has become de-vitalized by long hours of indoor pesupation, insefficient open-air recreation, "worryi and other cause

To every man the loss of nerve-force is serious, and no sufferer can afford to delay biscurs. The symptoms of nervous exhaustion are depression, irritability, falling interest in work and recreation, pallor, lack of appetite, headaches, paint in loins and Hubs, nervousness, and a aense of impending calamity

Exhausted nerves need refreshing with By building up wowk, thin new blood blood the entire system is strengthened, the appetite revived, digestion Tastared, And Berres reinforced with the elements they need. This is the reason Dr. William Pink Pilla for Fale People have been used I successfully in thousands of instances by exhausted, nerveus men; and by the power of the new, red blood which these pills create ther have cured many severe case that did not yield to cther treatmenta..

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FREE-Weak men: read "The Nerves and thair Needs." Send a postcard far

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THE CHINA MAIL

SIR OLIVER LODGE AND

HIS SON.

A REMARKABLE BOOK ON LIFE. DEATH, AND THE HEREAFTER.

Raymond was the youngest son of Sir Oliver Lodge., Ho was educated sa an engineer, and was at the beginning of what promised to be sucessful career when the war broke out? Ele plunteered in September, 1914, get his commission.

and went out to Flanders in March, 1915. on September 11th of the same year he was killed." He was twenty-six.

Balieving na ha, does in the survival of personality and the possibility of cam municating with the dead, Sir Oliver Lodge has tried to hold converse with his son on the other ado." "As an ordinary time he would probably have kept the resuls to himself. It has satisded him, Lady Lodge, and their family, some of whom, we gather, were inclined to be aceptical; and this would have boun sufficient. But, as he says, the amount of premature, and unnatural bereavement is now so appalling that the pain caused by exposing to scoffers one's own sorrow and its alleviation becomes almost

THE NAVY'S WORK.

*I am terrified of a rab running over my face, but my servant sínepe with me, so I consola myself thao` sho obances are just even than they won SUBMARINE MENACE IN WAR AND choose me, I wish he wouldn't sacre though-be's lowering the odds

PEACE

And here in a passage indicating his WHAT THE FUTURE HAS IN STORE. capacity for putting a smiling face on a mugh job-

I should think that never in this world before have there been so many mon sofed up' before. And then the women at home too—is is wonderful where the driving force comes from to koop things going on.

Bur still-I don't want to conveys false impression. If you took my last

•falter by itself you might think things wora very tartible out here all the time They are not. On the whole it is not bad time at all. The life is full of interest, and, the discomfort a few and fer botirean."

Later on he is very which is the cnly way to exist bere, since once you begin to get down and to worry, a All up with you, but as long as you smile and dont care a hang about anything, well the war seem to go on quite all right.".

J

Most Tür. OTHER SIDE. Evidently's fine fellow? How does he speak from the other side "g

For the most part, allowing for the impediments (one may excusably call

Of all the wars of which we have any record this is the most pre-eminently. maritime, says Mr. Archibald Hard in the Daily Telegraph." Every operation in which we are engaged depende ultimately on ships ships of war and ships of com-| merce. Each of the Allied armies, - la varying degree, is sos-supported. No one would imagine that to be the case from a study of the newspapers of this country, France, Russia, or Italy, not would any

anception of the truth be drawn from tha knowledge that in the counsels of the Allies the main forces on which every- thing depends the British Royal Navy sad the British Midhchani Navy are meyer! directly represented. The Germans are awake to the position, if the Allier som not, and hence the attention which in baing devoted to the campaign of sub. madne piracy.

.. What are the Allies going to do about it? Are there shy concerted plans, for dealing with a condition of things which la. becoming serious? That statement i does not mean that the Germans can starvo 17. We need no doubt the

negligible, in view of the service which them) at the methods of communication, accuracy of the declaration. attributed to

he speaks like himself, We do not suggest that this is evidence of the truths Sir Oliver Lodge is trying to establish but it is well worth noting.

the Imperial Chancellor, that German may be rendered to mourners if they can

experts have concluded that if submarines dorive comfort from learning thus com

were employed for two years onwards munication scross the gulf is possible...

Britain could not thereby be compelled So we says, the "Evening Standard,

He shows solicitude for his mother-se for peace. This country is pol are given here an account of various Mother, don't go doing so much, he blockaded, but whatever comeciation may sittings" with mediums, and every pleads. I am very strong," says Lady be extracted frogs that conclusion, it information necessary to forming Lodge. You think you are," he retorts remains true that we can be seriously. opinion on what happened at themhat you tire yourself out too mach. inconvenienced, and a post-war situation Every reader must judge for himself the troubles me." received evidence at own in the books. Much of

at sca created which may prove a matter. of grave embarrassment. it is curious and impressive. The full import can only be gathered by careful study of the whole."

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

02

"SATURDAY,

the 30th December; 1918, at 10.30

at their Sales Rooms, No. 9, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,

3 BAGS BISCUITS

31, BAGS MARROWFAT PEAS

1 BAG HARICOT BEANS

3 DRUMS OATMEAL ·

• BAGS RICE.

Trey usual

BUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneert. Hongkong, Dec. 17, 1916.<

WANTED.

It is, we suppose, a common experience with the agnostic of paychical research that the subject talks out of charactor; or that, having no mess of knowing his character, one is a loss to decide whether what he is supposed to say from the spirit world corresponds with any thing he would have been likely to on earth. The point is highly important when ccosidering personal "survival, Bir Oliver Lodge helps us as much as he can by beginning with sketches of the life and character of his son and with a selection 1372 from hie letters written at the front.

as

EQUIRED somebody to act REURE during tyage

to Londen. February or March.

Reply.- "PASSAGE"

C/o 'CHINA HAL' Office. Hongkong Dec. 17, 1916... 1374

LESSONS IN CHINESE. MLI HON YAY Chinese graduate rered in

literature has been a cher to Europea

at 2.30 pm, at their Bales Rooms, Hoonetals and Merchants in this Colony for ten years

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Ios Hove SixEZ,

VALUABLE TEAKWOOD

BLACKWOOD FURNITURE,

&c.

A Follow-

One Upholstered Suite, Arm-chafts and Bofas, Card Tables, Bedroom Furniture, comprising Double Brass-mounted Bed-

He has a good method of training Europeans to pas in the Chinese gamination, and is. aff rate cortifkato në & Chloper d

has no a good knowledge of Mandarin änd, Hakka Those w5o istand learning the Chinese Targaag are requested to write c/o China Mai" Office or direct, to No. 1, Wallington Street, second. Boat i

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THE

Bread, Twin Bedsteads. (Teakwood) LONDON. DIRECTORY.

Feminded by his father -on- ancther occasion that it is getting near Christmas, he says: "I know. I shall be there. Keep jelly, or it hurts me horribly. Truly, I know it is difficult, but you must now by now that I am so splendid. I hall never be one instant out of the house on Christmas Day,"

He is saxious because his, brother Also "can't hear him. I do wish he would believe that we are here safe; it isn't dismal hole like people think; it is a place where there is He

** FREEDOM OT: THE BEAS.", With and anger the apostles of the new doctrine of the freedom of the sessary sinking practically everything ficat which they can attack at the minimum of risk. They do not stop to inquire whether s Tessel Belongs to an Alled or a neutral astion; they do not wait to find out if there is cprårsband on board; they do not Besitate to sand our ressal, to the bottom, leaving drew and passengers buddled in As the communicatiche proceed be small boate at the mercy of the waves. grows happier stil. In one passage, The fate of the Marine, because it had placed by Sir Oliver Lodge under the some unfortunate-Americans on board, heading of Unverifiable Matter he has attracted a good deal of attention. speaks of going to a gorgeous place, Many lives were doet, and as to the others, which he describes as the Bighest con boat was buckesting about for seven- Sphere. The full account Sie Olivng teen and a half hours on the Atlantics

The letters coincide pretty well with the estimates of his friends. They show him to have been a young man of sound

omite until the case for survival in another for over twenty-seven hours, and character, cheerful and bent on making considered established, it is thought a third for thirty-one and a half, honra

the best of things, affectionate in dis-improper and anwise to relate an expen: and ovary minate these unhappy people position and zealous in his undertakingeende of the kind, which may be imigined,

may almost have longed for the quick

by no means given to idealism but of But, something is given felt exalted end which case to those who met danth strong practical turn..

FATHER, AND SON,

His father, after saying that, of all his sons. Raymond, when small, was moet like himself at the same age, goes on,to' observa

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character, and would has made, expect, a first rate sngineer.

at sace. That story is merely illustrative

What is going to be done about it? The available shipping of the whole world,

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A recherché Supper at 2 per head will be sorted after the performance in the Hongkong. Hotel Grin Room from. 10.45 pm, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the Star & Garter Find.

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is becorning scarce, na may be judged t from the fact that the English-built Japanese steamer Haifuku Maru, of 8.000

The idol Recasstructiva Nerve Food, Sana phoÄ

For Nerves and

Brain

-To restore your physical fitness.

-Ta restore poise of the nerve system

To repair the results of weariness and overwork take a glass of Sanaphos on rising, at mid-morning. afternoon, and on going to bed.

You will feel distinctly the beginning of the undeniable benefit that Sanaphos alves you,

within ten minutes.

Sanaphos

Any this when you can't sleep, when you wake up tired, when you can't think.. when you feel, gzbansted, when your generi physical health fr deranged.. taka Sapephos, and 'goms sha ̈remitz, You will be convinced as once.

trấngth to your sukses and to your body. ** Ganschow, and Soda "; as, a bezast. ego. fo hot weather is superb,” and fat better than sugy dalej.cöntrining: Sa alcohol. It gives great energy witheaLY hosting and without toring the digestion: to two tablespoonfials of water add-about two small teaspoonfuls of Sanaphon stir rapidly with spoon or lorie, and sill the tumbler with soda water.

Yet Senaphos is not to be cotiftzad with the harmful stimulant de drags which only make matters worse, it not a simplant; not a drug. It la

In convalekonce' and' DETYRUE DES simply an energialug:'fodd Nick, al- most instantly begins to give new { hanation Saxaphon works wonders (12)

chemist has not Sanaphon waiter for a free sampla, mentioning his name, and a trial :

U package 10 be seen heron los and post mida. Supplies, san as obtained free and af the following bolestie Agents: Fletcher & Co., Hong Kong; The Queen's DispenseTY, Wholeme Distributors for Zodia, scd Far East: Dakis Brothers, Ltd., Middlesex Street, London, Englandi,

THE FUTURE FOR COTTON IN CHINA,

JAPANESE MANUFACTURER'S

VISITS.

At a meeting of the Kojansha Ginb

Mr. Toyo Wada, managing director of

says the supposititions speaker," puzified, lifted ap.

I was kneeling. I couldn't of others whion would form a big volume stand up, I wanted to kneel. Maher, I devoted to the experiences-aluwarisa He didn't vaged by a professedly civilised. State, thrilled from head to foot. ecme near me, and I didn't feel I waited Lot merely against the Allies, but against. to go near him. Didn't feel I ought. all that section of the world which uses The voice was like a bell. I dan't tall the neas. At a later stage of boyhood I per-you what he was dressed or cubed, la. All ceived that his ability and tastes were seemed a mixture of shining caloum." akin to mine, for we had the same

The Evidential Sittings" contain most passionate love of engineering and curious instances. There are references machinery; though in my case, having to a dead grandfather, to holidays spent no opportunity of exercising it to any with his family and their devices for teat gross, built in 1892, has just beenormine are kept going by ships, and if the useful extent, it gradually turned into sausing themselves; to songe mown in sold for £150,000, whereas nine years ago ships are endangered the axmise must special aptitude for physical science. their circle or capable of recollection she was bought for £2,000. That suffer, not temporary weakness, but a Raymond was never anything like there, nick-names, and other small proportionately, half as much per ton as weakness which cannot be made good good at physics, sor had he the same familiarities. These will certainly not battleship represents, with all be Seamen state that submarines are shy of anthusiasm for soathematics that I had convices the sceptic or the agnostic, but, armour, guns, torpédioca, and a maze of guy therefore has not every but he was better at engineering whether he is one or the other, a man engineering devices. Mr. Runcimar merchaub vessel best provided, with a in many ways I consider stronger pet, acknowledge that they leave plenty stated the other day that we have couple of guns in order to enable her to

of scope for material explanation actually lost by enemy action and by be defended to accordance with the Full Spimlag Mill Company spoke ***On the other hand, the paraphernalia or marine ride no less than 2,000,000-groed immemorial customer, the se He also extolled me in a keen sense as we have called thera) the impeditons of shipping since the war begad.*** of humor-not only appreciation, butments of communication must be taken That constitute our record: 1 Ouri Albas the matter seriously in hand and adopt When I first web to China in 1806 and again in 1895 to study the textile schievement. The whole family could into account. Many who otherwise might have also suffered Neutral Norway, acne such policy as this

industry and to discover a means to open not but admire and enjoy the readiness listen to the messages will be affronted Sweden, Denmark, Spain have been with which he perceived st once the by the channels through which they come badly.hit. They have lost shape and men Every merchant ship must bela markes for our cotton fabrics in Chins, I learned that there were in operation in humorous site of everything and he is not easy, even under the misatie We are almost as concerned in the injury armed without delay

2.-Concerted action must be taken to that country, as the time only $200,000 equally kept lively any gathering guardianship of Sir Oliver Lodge, to forget they have enstained as though their which he was, a onit.

Am the past reputation of such agencies, a vessela and crews were under the Red protect merchant vessels, the best braine spindles Twenty-odd years later there Baymond Lodge's sense of humour spirit writing and table tapping, The Ensign, pecans, owing to over 60 per at the Allied arios, and particularly of are 1,200,000 spindles. My last trip was comes out now and then in the letters. psychical investigater, hard as it may cent of our teamage being required for the British Nary, being brought to bear the third one. The textile industry in darted to hung the things with factor in his appoxia to the ordinary man rely, to an increasing attend on the ships great maritime Powers-Britain, France, large scale system, while others slac parents, brothers, and sisters want to| and, woman, Heigh

of neutrals for our Insistent needs

Italy are available gradually developing I Gent's Bicycle (new); Tonnis Poles of leading Manufacturers, Merchants, et know of the daily life of their loved ones Sir Oliver himsel is scrupulously fair A GRATE OUTLOOK

Post War Policy : For every guidance the Chinese spinning industry. In the principal - provincial, beigas, and, and Nettings, de, di Brass Fingerinduarial centres of the United Kingdom on the battlefeld. This is how he in his presentation of the evidence. His Consider what the future his in store merchant ship sank by the enemy at has a vasă fpture; moreover, Chins bes Bowls, Carpets (naw. and second band), ***

•Guild's Cots, etc..

forwarded, freight paid, on receipt of

☎-cupy of the current edition will be describes the rate in his billete general deduction from thougal;nd The United States hang abandoned, zeroguivalent will be taken from her. That the advantage of her own cotton products,

| Postal Order for 908.gad

Immediately over my bead, I should experiment on the great mystarice is se abority as las defender of the law of provision will apply to Allied so woll which have reached 1,000,000, plozie s tions at least for the time-recognising nestral shipping. The outer must be year. The development of cotton cal Deslare seeking Agencies can advertisjudge, there is a family of young rates follows: their trade cards. for £1, or larger adveg by the noise. Occasionally, they have a Nor let us Imagine that existence the Deutschland in a merchant ship, and forced to make full restitution to all otivation may be seen in the charging of 3-For every person murdered at sen the opin folds in Shens to cotton fielde dizemieniu from. 23,3

stamgode, and a lot of dust coDEN, down- hereafter, remored from tome stoms of the 50 ordinary man-of-war on my face.

Sideboards, Dinzer Waggons Extension

(PUBLISHED ANNUALLY), Dining Tables And Chairs, Tos and

TINABLES (za.lems throughoas the World, Occasional Tables, etc, etc. Dinner to communicate direct with English -Service, Crockery, Glass Waro, Cookingent or corts bar

MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS Stores, Cutlery, Toilet Bet, &c, Eath Bown Utensils, Large Roll-top Desk in each class of goods. Besides being a complete commercial guide to London and and Writing Tables, etc., Sundry Electro its suburbs, the Directory contains line of Plated Ware

EXPORT MERCHANTS Piano in good condition, Electric with the Goods they ship, and the Colonial Beading Lamps, Blackwood and Tenk- and Foreign Markets they supply ; wood Screens, & quantity of Blackwood

STEAMSHIP LINES

Fon his impressions of Coins during his Without delay the Allies should take | jeesat tog there. His anid - zara

mia POLICY.

Furniture, Pictures, Engravingą, de, arranged under the Porta to which they theagh for the most part they are strictly seen to him, must needs reckon with this nared and military purposes, we have to on the problem. The resources of three (. Shanghai and Wuchangare run on e

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HISTORY OF UNION CHURCH

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INWEISTURY...

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maatter which now both confuse and entitled to the subal privileges. We alone Allied or neutral-full compensation mash and slihough the product this yose only. manhlast 167 will be something so wholly have lost 5,000 lives at de by submarine; be exacted for his dependante, German amounted to 200,000 piculs, in view of remote and different as to be unimaging all of these people being murdered in Popery which the Allies possess tens, the high market price in American cobicei, able; but let us learn by the testimony cold blood. It rests with the Allies to millions sterling, being confiscated to the next harcat in all probability w

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mount to about 400.000 picule, In the of experience either our own or that concert together and tackle this problem

loss German ships can obtalu British

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of chers that those who have been, before it is too late, for eten though it be must be agreed that until Ger other provinces, too, the same trend may still are that they care les us and help impossible for the entury to bring this has paid for her illegal and inhuman be noticed. With such a domestic supe -us; that they, too, are progressing and et azy, other country to the economict German ehty shall be perply, one can imagine the future of the Learning and working and hoping that condition to which the Central Powers enter ar Allied port, whatever textile industry devaloped wa there are gradas of existence, stretching have been brought, the enemy hoper sodicision on that matter neutrals in Earope ethe

This situation demands the second upward and upward, to all traits to reduce the merchant navies of the come to and that God Himsed, through His world that at the end at the whether agents and messengers, is continually with her.old chipe had the opon she had) surising And Working and planning so built, since hostilities opened and is now as to bring this class of His through buildings will be in the position of the ita preparatory labour and pain, and Carter Paterson of the sea. She call lend It og to an existence higher and culates that she will be sule to hold the better than anything we have ever maritime nations of the world to maso.

in virtue at her wealth invested Imer POLICY known

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