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TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1917.

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FONTES FONIES PONIES!

PUBLIC ROUP.

HE Undersigned have received, in- structions to sell by Fublic Boup,

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WEDNESDAY,

the 7th March, 1917, at 3 pm, at the Fountain, opposite the City Hall, A Large Number of WELL-KNOWN RACE PONIES, A Quantity of SADDLERY, lucluding:--

Hacing and Polo Saddles, Bridles, Bits, Knee Caps, Muzzles, Blankets and Sundries.

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(Full Particulus frobi Catalogue.) Termo-Cash.

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HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, Feb. 28, 1917. #.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

15-10

THE Undersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction, (rol ACCOUNT UT TUR CONGARNKU.

119

FRIDAY,

the 9th March, 1917,

at 1020 am, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,

SUNDAY

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD.

FURNITURE,

&c

Ac

Bemoved to Salo Rooms tor Cosvenience of Bale.

Trawa :-da Daval.

BUCHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, March 8, 1917.

*FUBLİC AUCTION.

HE Undersigned have received in-

Tstructions to sail by Public Auction, (795 LOCOTKT OF THE CONCERNED)

on

SATURDAY,

the 10th March, 1917, at 10.30 am, at their Sales Rooms, No. 2, Des Vaux Road, Corner of Toz HOUSE STREET,

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WHAT TO DO WHEN

MEN

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NERVES GO WRONG

A Phyilcian's Advics

FEN and women who suffer from weak nerves, who tire easily, can't sleep, bavo brain fag, low vitality general weariness, loss of strength. Ambition, lack of will power, or any of

THE CHINA MAIL.

DIRECT NEWS FROM

GERMANY.

THE FOOD POSITION."

RICH Y FOOR.

Summaries of the following two articles which appeared in "The Times" at the suit of January were sent out in Reuters telegrams at the time, but they are anticions interest to be reprodured in full. The articies were written by

those symptoms that so surely arise from poor, unsteady unstrung herres, or nerve force run low, should try taking a ittle Sargel with their meals for a few dars and note results. This preparation is the greatest ginger up stimulant and nerve vitalize ever known for putting the good old "per, ambition, courage Neates!" who observations. The baght women's boots, the idea and real vital energy into a tired, run down and shattered nervous system.

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through the snow to the milway station in the country. But these people are so and saw line of people waiting for their incapable of understanding the minds of daily dala of potatoes, soup, or bread, othar zations that they really believe that, my guilty feelings were bot enviablo, because they have mentioned the word

I do not you how Germany in to coo

pesca to the Allies and to, the 1.tinue indeficitaly without securing dentrals, pesce there will be. As you leather. As you will know, boots bara know, the foolish sptimism of the Ger now been put on the card system. I was mans received a tregjetidons shock iphen in Berlin on what was apparently, the England adopted conscription. But Last day of sale without cardy. People optimism has rorived from time to time, crowded the frents of the shops and had and the mere making of the focus

be dispersed by the pulize when the peace offer led to careless administration shops olowed. Outsido one ɔf thà shope of the ford supplies. We have had in the Leipzigerstrasse there was a great father alterations of slight improve fight. Everybody wanted to get both meat and then, anddens deterioration of no matter of what kind or size, and men our food; by "our" I mean, of course,

the food of the masses of the people, so being that it would be possible to change the food of those among whom I pove. Times remarks have proved an accurate them later. It was, however. promptly The exasperation prodhuerd by the arinounced thes in Cubara boots would duration of the yar and the increasing Here is a test worth trying. The next in the past:- time you feel tired, blue, or when

COLOGNE, January 12th.

not be changed without a special permit." abweɔgy of nutrition, food has now proj nerves are fairly crying out, take two

In letters which ought to have reached Velvet and silk enn'still be bought with duced much more original and indepeu- Sargol tablets. Then wait for just ten

Commodities that are thus dent thinking and talking than I have - minutes, and note resulta. Sargol seems you, one at the end of November and out cards. to go straight to the nerve cells and another shout Christmas, I explained ["free" are, shown in the shop windows; known in themany since the beginning starts work the minute it reaches them that since the period at Mr. Curtin's with the mark ** Ober" (without), of the war, The easily led German It brings & 4 ten minute change from that Awful dull, weak, lazy, don-give-a-bang inyotigation of the economic situation in which means that they can be had with widdle clases dont know what to make

matters have been getting out tickets.

of the situation, and from the beginning. feeling to brightness, strength, clear Germany

The potato rations rary headedness and courage. It calm and steadily worse.

in different when they were told that Germany had strengthens the nerves of people It would be no exaggeration to say places, and in many the rationis well been fallen upon," their view of the gst the "jumps" and fidgets. gives that one can now see tresh deterioration under db. per head per week and often war has been an entirely distorted view. them poise, power and tremendous reserve energy. Sargel is absolutely every week, and the pace downhill is mixed with talp. The broad, which But never have their feddery been s harmless, contains. no habit-forming getting taster. Both the German people improved considerably some time ago, is bitterly criticized as during the last few drugs, and is always safe, easy, pleasant and the Gerasa Army on the Westar new generally as bad as ever--the old weeks. Even Hindenburg, the great pod And eficient. A. S. Watson & Co. Ltd, trons have in the last low mouths sodden potato bread, which, together with Hindenburg, has been as much abnand The Victoria Dispensary, The Pharmacy,

I have hengi. Queen's Dispensary. The Edward Dis-experienced very considerable changes the acorn fee and saccharit. produces a Betheann Hollveg.

I have always, as you internal irritation and chronic indigestion. people hare and there may good thinga, dá persary, and many other leading for the worse. chemists in Hongkong and vicinity sull know, warned the Allies against over. When I fast wrote I was able to get Count Zeppelin, hut they are not many, it in 40 tablets to a packago.

optimism regarding the economic aitua chocolate quits easily, most of it Dutch hers is, however, one great reason, din Germany, but there really does for Swiss, and also cocos. This morning of which you are probably not yet 'uware, not seem to be much need of waming I spent half an hour in trying to buy why German people generally now!

elveolate in Cologne, but could only find believe in the hope of peace bright This is the Brut time that I have been an ornamental composition which was hope and an increasing hope. It is no ia Cologne me September, 1914. What called, chaxulate and worked out as 20 that they believe in military victory. "It chang! F have come here from a 1411 per lb. We had dish for dinner lust is not that they, believe in victory in the

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ing, Gorman cents. Te is not nely my impression, but that of German friends why are in a position to know the facts Is to the food apply, that Germany is It By the prospect of being unable to festitue the struggle, unluse, as peopia suggest here, she really mis. Denzark or Holland or both for meat, corn, butter, and vif.

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It is aber diffentit to give a clear picture of the" Geimun situation in letters that most pecessarily be det short as possible, owing to the great difficulty of getting any written mutter out of the endry, even by the cans abiny dis ¿posul. Let me say Brub that throughout my tour I have not hear of way actual starvation.

Every baby, at any rate every baby Lander two years of age, gets sufficient toilk, exceps in the principal munitions areas, where, much of the milk from the surrounding dimricts is "converted Tate glycerine. Invalids "art suffering, but those who have money can,

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE

INSURANCE CO."

IN WHICH ARE VESTED TEZ SHARES OF

THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LTD.,

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THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE Co.

TOTAL

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128,230

The Accumulativo Funds of the various Branches are separately invaated, and. 7 Act of Parliament, are set anido to meet the claims under the respective Depart ments of the Company's Bariness.

Ostend are sold pretty freely.

to be almost certain. Nor is it the len My journey occupied much longer than already mentioned that Germany, hus I expected, because the whole German only to speak of peace for peace to come. railway system is disorganized by the It is the day that the call for peace now. shortage of coal. This is partly due to emes not merely from the politicians, labour difficulties-in spite of the release but from the soldiers.

It is an open

of labour by the military authorities for secret than Hindenburg. who has just work in the mides-partly to the vast made his second visit to the Western increase in the amount of coat needed by; front, returned profondly impressed by | maniticus,, work, "und partly to the the fact that the politicians must ↑

savour to make peace by hook or by. increasing quantity went to Switzerland | en

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in exchange for food. Many trains have cak. This is not there gossip. I have been stopped albgether, add ordinary the truth directly from a source which, travelling is of course, rendered more as you know, luis alwaga proved accurate diffients by the priority given to troop and in my previous communications. transport truias. Women are acting as As I told you, the area of fighting on porters and as train attendants the the Sothma and before Verdug is known fatter dressed is neat knickerbockers, as, "the Grave. The whole line from In Berlin they have rather coquettish Alseer to Ypres is really a nightmaha to The public have long the German Army, Every sort of divided skirts become accustomed to carrying their own influence and pull." Governmental, huggage. At the railway stations overy, social, and finsheial, is used to prevent where I have ween few horse-drawn cobs' the return of particular regiments and and hardly any taxi-cubs,

particular officers to the Western front,

For tie hiding of my identity never

of the armies remains as it was. There talk to officers who have returned from

INTIMATIONS

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

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Sanaphos" supplies the element! Moreover Sanaphos contains which is needed by our nerves and other food elements which at once brain and which is not supplied in jare, assimilated to make riärue and suficient quantity by our ordinary energy. It is wholly digestible, a

food. Thus it is an ideal food for fact which distinguishes it from. apurishing and strengthening the earlier and less highly perfected. nerves, and for correcting all the products. The Chairman of the many ills which result from weakness Company making “Sanaphos" is of those nerves which govern all the Sir William Taylor, M.D., Surgeon, working of the body.

General of the Forces.

*Sanaphos" is sold by all Chemista. Stocks are bald by and riquesta far mapien, should de mkdressed to 7--Fletcher & Cou or The Queen's Dispensary, Hong Kong

Whoiamela Diatchetata fnd Inell and Far Eastr–Dabie Brothers, LAL, MILENA Banat, London,

Nevertheless, at several places on my although the authorities hold out sch | sledical certificates, obtain perminion to ¦ journey I saw how milway lines under attractions as superior supplies of food, go to Switzerland, Holland, or Denmark construction and much eher publis work shorter intervals in the trenches, and for fixed periods. But the rich do not going on as usual. At das place I drove the smosements at Lille, Ghent, Metz, really suffer at all. Moving about and along road berdering considerable and other places, which are provided in Eving in the circles to which gan know stretch of new railway line, and noticed order to minintain a moral that has not that I belong. I have been subjected only that all the workers were Rasaian and been so broken for more than a century to the great appagances of the ticket French prisoners guarded by very old The Eastern Army, although it thought system. As much as possible I stay with soldiers and very young ones, the latter that the capture of Warsaw meant peace friends, and with rare exceptions I Have not being allowed to go to the front at with Russia, has been able to bear its always found them: weil supplied. This, an early an age as was formerly the case, disappointments because of its various of course, applies especially to people in It is not true, as stated in the English successes since tbea. The Western TAL FUNDS AT 31ST DECEMBER 1914, the sundry, who, whatever the rerula and "Freach rowspapers, which are sold Army has had no successes,

£38,970,387.

tious may be, draw upon their own live here, as freely as heretofore, that the diet 1553 Authorised Capital £6,000,000"

tock poultry, and game. Subscribed Vajtad £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital £2,437,300

"The position of the general population, are bitter grumblings from the soldiers the front if I can help it, but I am always I have no means of verifying the facts. submarine may place Germany in Il-Fire Fande...... 3,837,047 especially in the dawns, large and small back from the Eastern front, and the seeing the relatives of officers and bear that the Hungarians, like the Prussians, position to dictate terms.

& Ananity Funds.. 17,587.690 is deplorable. There is a great deal of soldiers returning from the Somme and' ing what they write anil say. On the

are looking after themselves first, as they Already, owing to mismanagement at complaining, and of late the disputes Verdun (known as the grave" com West general after general has been have done since the beginning of the war, the railways and inefficient distribution, 293,940,367|| between the various authorities, and plain of increasing dimination in the superseded, and the number of "punish- My latest tour has, dispelled many food is dearer in some parte of Russia between the authorities of the various mixture of better and margarine served meats of non-commissioned officers and lingering illusions about German eth-than it is in some parts of Germany Revenue Fire Branch... £,381,450 States, have increased in intensity. out to them. These poor fellows are go, men is appalling. That the losses on ciency. But I have been struck by one! France is believed to be suffering from s

Life and At $2,141,593 There is also great bitterness as between longer the heroes that they were last the Western front have been nobody!

Branches. I

"or two of the successful Gerinan devices food shortage that is concealed by the Revonte Marine Department. 337,939 the country sad the towns, and in any, year. Kain Platz (No mom) I heard, knows, bat nobody believes the published for maintaining public spirit. I never Press. England is approaching the same Other Roccipta ..............

478,940 particular town. I have been told that an elderly man who was acting a tram figures. The parents of young have remember more music or better theatrical condition. The French cost is alrendy

some other town is flowing with milk conductor back out gruffly to two fired just been informed that he was not taken £6,339,228

entertainments, As I said before, blockaded by submarines.. English new and honey, although I have been about soldiers heavily laden with all their prisoner go the Soumo in July, as they military bands are everywhere. There is papers do not give the real particulars Germany enough to know better. The trench equipment, who had obviously had been told, but that he was killed. no loging now when soldiers leave for of submarine.losses. complaints against the country people are arrived in Berlin on leave,

I am cocatantly hearing of similar casca. the front, and very few people would Over 1,000 submarines are ic course; doubtlow justified by their greater The military bande we everywhere as You must see in the newspapers how take the troable to see them off were it of construction. Three hundred are, in possibilition of hoarding food, the posses usual, but there is no military spirit left indignation shout the censorship peeps not for the bands. You will have noticed ve Fewer than 100, have been lost sion of which they do not discloss. Yet in any of the cities, I have visited. The out from time to time, but the indigan that the output of German books and from all rouses, including accidents it would be a great mistake to exaggerate German people generally aro sick of the tion is really much stronger even among magazines and amusitg papers has, if Submarine crews are being trained in 12 the practical effect af, the prevailing war. Their caly comfort is their balist officials than among the newspaper anything, increased during the war. Aweeks pader the pressure of war. The distress. It seems to me that Dothing is that Ecoxi prices and scarcity in Rusela, writers themselves. Nothing that they recent and typical exatoples of the Ger submarine is operating in the southerly more striking than the way in which the England, and France are worse than in print is believed.

man methods which bea the additional Atlantic and the Mediterranesu. Com docility of all the German tribes, Germany,

To tarn for a moment to Anstrlo-advantage of making a show of Gerta munication between Holland and Eng Imsins, Saxons, Bavarians, and the

Hungary. I should say that have not broad-mindedness is the publication and continues only by permission of the rest, positively incrences with the 11

attempted to enter that country during of an entirely new edition of Dickens.

German Government, which for its own decreas of strength caused by the lack

the past 18 riontba, becaise the barrier

Speaking generally, while you in Eng purposes allows certain steamers to run, of, tood.

erected between Germany and Austria and seem anxious to depress your people. There is probably in all this a good Hungary is so strict that persistence. in by suppressing amusements, the German doal of the usual German tall talk, applying for peririasion to vis Austria Government are following an opposita but I am confident hat I am stating CoLOOKź, January 18th," would arouse suspicion, I do not believe course. They have a difficult taak before facts accurately when I say that respon a million of marks (£50,000) before the The problem that is, warrying the word in the Austrias papers. They them, and the next few months will be sible Germans are in favour of shorten war, has multiplied his fortime by five German Administration at the present are oven more cunningly untruteful than the most critical in the history of any ing the line in the West and extending during the war. Twelve of us sat down time, is-How a Germany exist until the. Berlin, organs, which make a show nation unless they are right about sb submarine warfare. The German people to dinner. It consisted smoked sal, the next harvest? Everybody is now of discussing freely and bluntly the food anarinca, por ka di MATTER srs not pleased with their Western Army" mon. emcked eels, a good meat soup, counting on the early vegetables, and it questions and the traffe confusion, but The German public no longer believe and the Western Army in dagry with the venison, two peese, Gruyere cheese, and must be remembered in regard to this are really only hinting at the appalling all the stories that they are told about German people. The Germans are; us any amount of sweets. We drank that it is only of recent year that the condition of affairs. But all my German submarines euch reports, for instance, regards the Western front, I fed up,'hif. burgundy, that had been plaged from Germans generally took to their heary friends tell me that Austria is in a much as that missing long-distance submarines indeed, that expression is strong enough t Belgium, apurkling Moselle, French mean diet. In my judgment, of which worse position than Germany. As to have arrived safely, but that their arrival As I barg said, influence of every kind, brandy, and Swedish punch. We dined you have hitherto approved, the whole Hungary, I was constantly told, although has been kept secret by the Government is used for the evasion of service in the at 6.80 and we roso at 11. The geese question of the ability of Germany to cannot have cost less than Bm. Opd. hold out to use the expression which (about Bs. 04.) par This I myself have is still in every German mouth is the pald 10m. per lb. for smoked goose, which question whether the Germans can live is dearer. Now, I knew that less than on these vegetables, toysiber will sud

A variety of Dress Material, including Berge and Alpaca, Hats and Millinery, Counterpanes, Blankets, Towels, Men' Canvas Shoes, Toilet Soap, Perfumery,

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A number of New Kerosene Stoves. Terme -Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneert. Hongkong, March 1817.

FOR SALE.

at their Sales Roome, No. 8,

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street,

1500

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Terms - usual.

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1917.

Hongkong Feb.

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Lampor,

I spent Christmas Day at a house.. where there was a large family gathering. My host, who certainly owned more than

"THE GRIVE."

VICTORY BY SUBMARINE,

five miles from where we were sitting supplies of mest, game, fetsh-water fish, people were esmmbling for something and imported fisa as will be avaliable called soup, or for panny bowls of until the end of August. potatoes. Next morning, as I dreva The unfortunate Herr von Batocki and, his hundreds of advisers and assistants in various parts of Germany know very letters were not received. En. well that there are no reseves of food

NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS.

Gable address JACOB HARRIS

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for excellent reasonable West. On the other hand, it is said that While, however, it is true that the big there is no dificulty in obtaining team submarines have not been the success the Navy volunteers for the submarines. that they were expected to be, the My Gerama doctor was expressing the feverish building of submarine parts in common opinion when he said to me last all the manufacturing-town which I have week:--". If we can maintain our present visited is for me conclusive evidence that military position we can win the the Government whore the general under water." opinion, which is spreading all over Germany, that the submarine alone cen snatch victory out of the present abysmal gloomy

At the Halts Excha I had a cor teration with the recently Mr. Yapp, Bacíota well-known bend of one of the largest Y..CA was presented manufacturing concerns in Europe; be is for £10,000, which has personally a strong advocate of peace at by the member of thé almost any price. This is what he said association's huts fund

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