1917-02-08 — Page 3

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1917,

"Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

General Auctioneers 'Share, Coal and General Produce Brokers and Commission Agents.

PROPRIETORS

ToKwa-Wan" Coal Storage.

Coda) ured Bentley's

... 4th & Ith Fitions. A 1: Telegraphic Code:

Telegraphic Addr

'MEIRION" KONGEONG,

PUBLIC AUCTION",

HE Undersigned have received - THE

ructions to sell by Public Auction.

(ID ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

FRIDAY,

the 9th February, 1917, commenting

9.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. B Dez Vous Road, Corner of lee'.

Boase Street, BOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c..

Compring-

Tentwood Twin Bestends, Carpets and Rugs, sideboarde, Duner Waggon, etc., Dining Tabies and Chair, Festerfield Sotas, Arm-chairs, o., Wardrobes and Toilet Tables, Double and Single Brack mounted bedstende, Cot. ., Mucol- alogue Furniture, Blackwood. Ware, including Cabinets, Wardrobes,

&...

Bra Feudors and Fire Brasser, a iuw los Porcotains, &c. Pantry, Bath Room and Kitchen Utensils,

Se

&.c...

A few lots of Turkish Towels, Bath Towels, Bruss Vases, Brass Finger Bowls. (Full Particulars, from Catalogue.j. TERMS-Cash.

HUGHTS & HOUGH, Auctioneer. Hongkong, Jan. 30, 1917.

PUBLIC

AUCTION.

1426

THE Undersigned have received in siructions to sell by Public Auction,

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERĶID),

00

TUESDAY,

the 13th February, 1917, commencing at 2.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 5, Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Iczest STREET,

A LARGE QUANTITY OF VALUABLE TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE,

Ae...

As Follows:-

One Upholstered Suite, Arm-chairs and Sofas, Curd Tables, Bedroom Fürni- tare, comprising Double Brass-mounted Bedstead, Twin Bedsteads (Tealwood), Sideboards, Dinner Waggots, Extension Dining Tables And Chairs, Tos and Occasional Tabies, etc., etc., Dinner Services, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking

Stoves, Cutlery, Toilet Set, &, Bath Roon. Utensils, Roll-top Desks and Writing Tables, etc, Sundry Electro Plated Ware

Piano in good condition, Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood and Teak- wood Screens, a quantity of Blackwood Furniture, Pictures, Engravings, etc.

? Alo

Tendis Polos and Netting,. &c, de.. Brass Finger Bowls, Carpeta (New And second hand), Child's Cots, etc.

(Full Particular from Catalogus.) Trus¡-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneer

Hongkong, Feb. 7, 1917.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

BUILD UP YOUR BLOOD.

It is a hopeless task to try to restore your health while your blood is deficient in quantity or quality..

The blood circulates-through every portion of the body axcept the hair wad nails. takes nourishment from the food and distributes it to the various

THE CHINA MAIL.

KOWLOON BRITISH SCHOOL

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

muscles Bod organa; it takes also say medication that saminiatured through the mouth. The blood is the only means by which medicine can reach the nerves.sence of a large attendance of patents If the blood is thin, its conveying Capacity is lessened because it is thus and friends of the scholars. red corpuscles in the blood that carry Mr. E. J. Edwards, the Head- oxygen and other needed constituents master," read the following report on to the various parts of the body.

Dr. Williams pink pills for pale po the work of the school for the your ple increase the number of red carpusclen i the

the blood. They enable it to absorb more oxygen, to carry more life and strength to the weakened organs, In any disease in which the patient becomes weak and pale Dr. Williams" pink pills combat tbo can be used sucessfully to beth and

strength.

1016-

The School was opened 201 times during the year. Maximumn enrol ment was 71 (Feb.) compared with 62 last year. The minimum enrol ment was 30-(Sept.) compared with The Blood and its Work" is a hook-51 st your. The Avenge Attend let, full of information, affered free to all readers who send a post card saking ance was 60 compared with 60 last for a copy to the Dr. Wi

Villiama" Medici o Co., 98 Stachuen Road, Shanghai. year, 12 Now Sebolura joined during the gear: 7 of the children nude completo attendance; one boy and two girls have not missed a day for three years.

Begia Dr. Williams pink pills today they are obtainable from dealers overy- whare, also most frem, & bottle fo: 81.50, 6 for 3j. from the address above,

AUCTIONS.

PUBLIC AUCTION.»

pointing to report that only four of and from that report they would the nine, senice boys have taken up gather that tão school had been the subject Mr. Sung's report making steady progress during tha shows this these boys are making year. Its condition at the end of tha good progress.

"year, he was pleased to say, was vary Monthly report books are used in much Butter than it was a year ago. | At the Rowoon British School all classes, unde detailed reports are Last year Mr. Holyoak, speaking yesterday afternoon prizes we disent to the parents at the end of from the same platform, made some tributed by Lady lay in the pre-each half year. Thuso reports are of remarks regarding the condition of great mahue in keeping parents ad- the school, and pointed on: the duty vised regarding the progress shoir of the children and the parents. children are making. The discipline These remarks seemed to have been and tone of the. School am very good. acted upon in a proper spirit, and as The children attend regularly and a result of the efforts of the head. appear to be happy and contented in master and staff and the hard work their work. When are few cases of) of the children the school hail beyo unpunctual attendance.

brought to its present creditable Great keenness has been shown in state of officiency.. A matter that Athletics. The outstanding, feature had not been referred to was that or of the year is the success of the Empire Day it was announced that, School in winning the Hongkonga To scholarship would be given to Inter-Schools Swimming Challenge every class in the sabcol.. These Shield. Six schools entered for the scholarships had been awarded. He rice, which is held annually at the was sury they had not the rames of Queen's College Swimming Sports the winners available at the moment. Kowloon won easily. Hockey is but those who had gained then had played by both boys and girls twice been made acquainted with their suc- In September Mr. E. J. Edvards a week, under supervision, and the cosa. He had to congratulate them was appointed Heidmüster, vice Mr. { boys also practise cricket in the play on winning such a prize. It would A. T. Hamilton, transferred to ground. Football continues to be be the duty of the winners to show Queen's College. Miss Knight re the most popular gaine, and the boys by their future success that they signed during the summer holidays play regularly in the Hongkong Culet were worthy of them, and to strive to take up a post in Shanghai, and Corps League. The playground, on to win another scholarship `at the her place was pot filled up to the account of its size, cannot be used end of the present year... (Applause.) end d, the year. Miss Juck was for football or hockey.. It is, hapr. unnsferred to the Victoria Bish fever, fegularly used in the cool School on September 19th, her place weather by classes for physical drill. being taken up by Miss RobsoIL. A Junior Platoon having been

formed in connection with the Hot kong Volunteer Cadet Corps, every boy in the School over seven year of No alterations have been made in age is now a member of the Corps. the School Buildings. Two moms filitary drill and signalling are the main objects of the Corps, which also in the School Quarters are utilised as class rooks.

The health of the encourages the boss in football and

According to a wire from Netherlands School has been good throughout the swimming. Bathing parties are held

during the Summer and are greatly India, the Batavia Handelsblad has 1466 year. The Medical Officer has car enjoyed by those who take advanting the "irresponsible utterances of made public a Government order regret- ried out periodical inspections. There

tage of them. At the Annual Camp the Assistant Resident of Buitenzorg'in have been no cases of serious illcese.held during the Christmas Holidays respect of the actions of Helferich and

Classes I and II.. were" presented 12 of our boys attended.

other Gormans.,

*|\HE Undersigned have received instruc

Lions from H. M. NAVAL STeak OFFICER, to sell by Public Auction,

Q

SATURDAY,

the 10th February, 1917, -no 9.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8,

Bea Vaux Road, Corner of

Ti

Ice House Street,

The Clothing and Effects of the late Mx. A. W. BUTTON. TEENS-Cash.

1.

נן

HUGERS & HOUGH,

Auctioners Hongkong, Feb. 3, 1917.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

HE Undersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction,

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CON CERNID).

OL

TUESDAY,

the 13th February, 1917, at 2.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 5,

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

FOR HOUSE STEKET

One Columbia Grafunola De Luxe with Regina attachment, Tune Discs, and Records Also

A number of Bocks on Gardening, inclurling The Garden of Italy in two vola by Claarles Latham.

Gartens Old and New by Job Lagled

Thy Century Book of Gardening" by FF.Cook.

"The Book of Gardening management.

*c.. Terms-Cash!"

ke..

kc.

Auctioneers.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Hongkong, Feb 7, 1917.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

The fees are:-In the Upper School, $, per month; in the Lower School $3.

us candidates for the Hongkong | Since May lasts collection bas University Local Examinations held heen made each month on behalf of in Decernber. The results are most the War Charities Fund. The total satishctory, as far as the girls are amount subscribe to the end of concerned. Two girls-Clara Frost December was $166.80, and this sum and Era Forsyth took the waior has been duly handed to the Hon. examination, and both passed. Seven Treasurer of the Fund, girls took the Junior Examination, six being successful. One boy took the Senior Examination and two the Junior, all without success. This

I should like to take this opportu. nity of thacking the Headmistress and the other members of the Staff for their able assistance and untiring efforts during the year.

After the singing by the senior

failure is due to a marked weakness. in Mathematics. The Inspector of English Schools in his annual report pupils of the school, Lady May dis

intributed the prizes as follows!

states: The

weak.

methematics

Classes I, II, III, Boys, are very A slight improvement has been noticeable recently, but the standard of work must be raised con siderably if boys are to pass in these subjects at the University Local Examinations. Special Classes are now being held in Mathersaties and

PRIZE LIST.

Class 1-Clara Frost, Farm Prize, At tendance prize, Senior Local Certificate Ena Forsyth, Arithmetic and Drawing. Senior Local Certificate.

Three cheers were the given for Lady May, followed by the singing of the National Anthem.

Visitors were afterwards invited to inspect examples of the pupils" work.

1

GERMANS IN DUTCH INDIES.

MORE PLOTS..

نزو

"In this connection, the "Telegraaf romarks that the Assistant Resident of Buitenzorg, Mr. Schenck de Jong, is the first Government official who has cared effectually to put an end to the in- trigues between Germans, Arabe and fanatical natives in Java. According to the statements of witnesses, a plot, against the Dutch Government was dis covered at the beginning of the present year, that bad been set on foot by two German administrators of Boiten- zorg Estates, and in which one, Herr Ker, was involved, together with a

number of Arabs and some "Sarėkic Islam.leaders. On one of these Estates' the German and Turkish flags were displayed side by side, whilst the ministrator had everywhere adopted Mahomedan customs. It was asserted thap at a meeting of some 1,000 natives he had been introduced as the future sovereign of Java,

The German and Austrian înbabitazta of Batavia in April addressed a petition Class II.--Doris Carry, Form Frize, to the Governor General, complaining of Janior Local Certificate Millie Kiss, the Assistant Resident and demanding Drawing, sewing, pecial prize his punishment. Herr Helfferich For Composition, Junior Local Certificate. Manager, of a Batavia. Fatate Co., was for

Drill, Attend- ance, Special prize for Conduct, Junior at the head of this movement. He is Maggie Ramsay, Sering, Local

Edna Knight, Attend-anid, to be the same man who sent a

CA

1476 Fit is hoped that these will have the Los Certificate. Ethel telegram to a relation at the German 4

WACHT 31. B. LOLLO rawl-rigged

I hp. Thomeyeroft M. engine,. (Kerosine) 3 long, 8' beam complete with dinghy, code flags, anchors/etc. 7 knot Apply Mess President 74th Punjabis. Kawicon.

Hongkong, Feb. 2, 1917.

FOR SALE

1464

at their Sale Rooms, No. 8,

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street, --- SECOND HAND CONTRACTORS PLANT, THEODOLITE AND LEVEL. Fall particulars may be had from

Terra:-66 usual.

1472 undersigned.

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

of

THURSDAY,

she 18th February, 1917, commencing at 10:30 am, at their Balms Rooma 1. B, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ica Homzo Street,

A MISCELLANEOUS STOCK,

„Comprising:

Grat's Woollex Singlets, and Pants, irts, Ties, Bwestern, Bocks, &cahont 100 pairs Lady's Boots and Shoes, Bath Bobes and Gowns, Counterpaná ze Baskets, Rath and Face Tawals, Tollet Boap, de, about 20 Doz. Tumblers, Eet or Coid Flaska, &c., Dressing Cases,......

About 30 Doz-Lady's Billy Hun. Terma con Cask

HUGHES & HOUGH

1917.

147%

desired effect." The results of the ance prise

Special Curry

-prize for neatness and Foreign Office, for the conveyance. of " School examinations beld. in Decem-general improvement, unier Local Certi which a pro-German Asistant Resident, History, French who went on leave to Europe, was hold and General Knowledgo.

Class III Regina Levy, Form Prize, up at. Hongkong and fined $200. Junior Local Certificate, Mozella Levy, Special prize for

ber show that good progress has been mads. In the lower classes 45 children were examined. and 40 passed. Excellent results have been

obtained in Drawing, particularly in Classes I, II and III, Girls. Three-

~Class L. Rickhereral improvement.

bleau IT.

Frost, Form Prize. Cedric Graham, Form prize-

Clay Ro

the classes mentioned are deserving! tion and General Knowledge

ture.

Forn

FRENCH MARITIME TRADE DURING THE WAR.

INTIMATIONS

a The Final. Reconstructire: Narre. Food,

Sanaphos

Immediate

Nutriment for Overworked, Underfed

Nerves and Brain

Within ten minutes you will feel distinctly the beginning o the Kadeniable benefit that Sanaphos gives you. Yet it i not to be confused with harmful stimulants, which only make matters worse. It is not stimulant, not a drug; it is an energising food, which almost instantly begias to give new strength to your nerves and to your body,

Sanaphos

To restore your physical Stress; pression. Denngement of Health, to restore poise, of the nerve sys" | Anxieties, Overstrained or Ünder- tem to repair the results of were fed Nerves, Sasaphos is unequalled. pess and pverwork ;-take a glass of Thousands of Doctors, NurKENS Sasaphos on rising, at mid-morning, and laythen testify to les superiority. mid-afternoon, and on going to Your own experience will prove bed.

that it does all that we say it [ does..

For Steeplessness, irritability, Dea

'Hemne chemist han not Saampion write for a.fren mampia, sentioning his name, and trial backene vs 1 e son to you irve and eld. Snoplies can be detained from my of the following Wiral, can Ágmust Fletcher & Co., Hong Kong: The Daveola Disomaanty.

lona Kou

Wholesale Distributors for India and Far East: Darin Brothers. Lid, Middlemen Street, London. Egil

i1

Variety of Uses.

The uses to which LEA & PERRINS' SAUCE can be put are innumerable.

At Luncheon, Dinner or Supper, it is the ideal sauce for Roast Meats, Fish, Game, Cheese, Salad, etc.

In the Kitchen, it is indispensable to the cook for flavouring Soups, Stews, Gravies, Minced Mfcat, etc.

In India, a favourite Pick-me-up" is Les & Perrins' Sance, with „Soda-water

Lea Perrine

The Odigital and Gastóns

WORCESTERSHIRE.

AKE WELLINGTON KNIFE POLISH WELLINGTON SILVERSMITHS BLACK LEAD SOAP ECR CLEANING POLYBRILLIANT METAL POMADE NEVER BECOMES DRY&HARD LIKE OTHER METAL PASTES

JOHN CAKEY & BONS, LIMITED, ** WELLINGTON MILL." LoxDOP

increase is to be noticed at Houleur, to 6,021,000 tons in 1915. A múmílar, 4, 6-

Caen, Granville, St Nazaire, Nantes, La KEATINGS

Rochelle and La Palico.

PLATES

LESSONS IN CHINESE. MELI HON YAN, Chinese graduate versed in,

literature, has been s tascher to FRÍUYOLK Oheinland Merchants in this Coldgy for ten year

good method of traising Enzopeana la. poft Cuiness examination, and is poronad Let a first rate artifiante su a Chinese teacher. Ha has also a good knowledge of Mandarin and Lates Them whe- İstand learning the Chinese language 'aes requested to write tja "Chins Mall". Clic# je.

diront No. 15), Wallingtox Streft, second floor.

(2252

LOZENGES FRENCH LESSONS

Form Prize. branches of the subject are taken up, William Taylor, Headmaster's Frize,

Knight,

ryand Algebra

The war, which on mobilisation was and the specimens of work done by

Mathematics. Wiliam Hyde, Compost the cause of a stoppage in the briskness of the shipping trade, has become after Class IV. Andrew Kinross,

a time the cause of an increase in trans- of praise. Clasees IV. and V. have prize. Stewart Ogilvie, General

Forsyth, ficiency,

As regards coal, for English port business. also produced very creditable draw and Drawing Gladys inga in colour. The Infants' Kinder.metic and Drawing, Da Arith-instance, the following figures are signi- Harvey fennt: Le Tré port imported, in 1913, garten Class has again bees very Special prize for Geography and Scrip 17,738, tons of coal; it received in Basie Weill, Generah improvement. 1914, 54,000; in 1915, 273,000, or successful and is good preparation for Class Y.-George Curry, Form Prize. the work in the succeeding chases. Allan Robertson, General Proficiency times more than in 1913. At La Graham, Composition and Writing Rouen, the tonnage, which in 1913. The Inspector of English Schools. Marjorie Scotty Special prize for Draw did not exceed 2,897,000 tons, rove reporting upon an inspection bed in VI-Metd Levy, Borm Prize, October, 1916, states:--"' A very Alex, Gordon, Geography.

Class VIL-Florns Neare, Form Prize considerable improvement is notice-

George Band, French, Scripture and

In order to arrange for the recaption theals throughout, but particularly in Georgraphy. Ronald Carry, Compori-

of goods, it was necessary in a short Cissecs 1. II, 111, Boys. Work is tion and Grammar

CHELSA

Form space of time to enlarge the quays of the.. done and corrected systematically, Prize Philip Kennedy, with the result that exercises which Geography. Robert Gordon, Arithmetic port of Harre, the English base, noe and Geography, Vislet Lery, Scriptare, became too limited. Su, of the beginning (474 at one time were conspicuously un-Charles McArthur History Bettie of 1915, the Civil Engineering Corpe made

tidy are now carefully and neatly Thorkin, Reading and Spelling, Billy mooring itations for ships, and in August Fil

Walker, Progress). written. Drawing in Classes I, II,

Infants-Irens Raymond, Form Prize the steamers running between Harre

THE Undersigned having been appointe Tom Neave, Arithmetic Stella Levy, and Southampton were transferred to

As for the COWIE HARBOUR III, Girls, under Mrs. Gork, calls for Reading Majoris Martin Dictation the North of the cuter-harbour, thus COAL CO. LTD., are prepared to quota special mention. In every clasa Jones News Gerciri, Writing Betty tidal wharf. Bouen harbour, was able SOAL brigada 48 (British Nardo Pro-Liberating a sew loading station at the prices for bestality SILIMPOPON there are evidences of careful and Kress diligent attention to work on the parting Laird alexander FrogFosc (G. 1910 to much 190 metres of Bornec f Y

to offer to trading companies, early in TTK on BANDAKAN

wharfing.

SILIMPOPON COAL compares favour With regard to the improvements in ably with the better grades of Japanese accommodation and machinery, we may Coal and gives good results on a vary nota with thanks to the enterprise of the moderate consumption. State and the Chief Shipping Co. 300-5 muling At SRBATTIK or SANDAKAN Excinately, for SILIMPO Dew landing stations are now at the PUR COAL (either cargo or Banker) on

BUGERS & HOOGE,

Auctioneers Hongkong Feb. 7, 1917.

LOSING WEIGHT" "BY THE POUND

"Under Wöight,” a. mendilian of ill-konth, shown your padan, fladivo pawea pre deuroaning.

WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED

·COD LIVER DIL COMPOUND

Supplies, the blusa with wanted thing and bez fesh bufidi palaka

CHEMISTS

ALPRICES 31,24 and $155.

14

Willieading and different barboura. In Normandy, thu

Martin, Rending. Dodo &lernisder

of both teachers and pupils Untidi-Edwards, Writing, Ronald Gerrard, Pro- ness in the Class Rooms, has disapere Annie Smyth, Reading peared, and the buildings, grounds At the close of the distribution and offices were cleen in satisfne Endy May was presented with a large bouquet of flowers by the scholars as tory condition. I am able to raport that the School is angking rapid, pro- a thank-offering

Mr E. Ralph (Inspector of

Schools), who, sccompanied Lady In May last a class to the study of Chinese was formed by the Direc My, said he had been asked by Lady May to say on her behalf fast she

Cure the worst

"BILIMPOPON (SEBATTIK)

COAL

G. MOUSSION.”

18, Morrison Hin Rond

CHINA MAIL

OVERLAND EDITION.

THE BEST WEEKLY NEWS

poverenj rafall: Port FAPER FOR ALL INTERESTED

AND CHINA

disposal of France and exempt from payment of

DON'T COUGH.

Betaltik Steamers are berthed along IN HONGKONG ide the Company's wharf where there is miniman depth of 1 to 28 feet at lov GENERALLY. tor of Education. This class is held

is abourd to allow a cough to hang water Spring Trea ton, and a your gritality when I

Charts of Sibuk Bay (Gobettie Hat es, and "is was very pleased to have had the Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will cure in Hongkong, twice

ORDER IT BEFORE GOING taught by M. Sung Hok-pong of opportunity of presenting the prizes you. You don't know widere a persent bour Prices and all other information Queen's College "The value of this to the successful children. There cough will land you. You can't afford meaning tho. Fort can be had on

to allow your throat and lungs te berms Application to the Agents,

BRADLEY & CO. VID.." HOMA; AND THUS KREP IN was very little left for him to any diseased when it is such a simple thing

genta Covis Harbour Cal OTOBB TOUCH WITH clast to boys who

the condition of the school to step into a chemists shop and get

Premmurd Battle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy?

Company Limited "Mi Edwards fnd quoted very liters, For sale by all Chemats and Store-

1977 COLONY report, keepers. ally from be (Mr. Bal;

busters firms in Hor

wiem. It is therefore very disspe

regam

THE